MILLERSVILLE VS. CHEYNEY |
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| Millersville Marauders
2015 Record: 0-9, 0-6 PSAC East
Last Game: 7-63 L at Shippensburg
Coach: Greg Breitbach , 3rd season
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| Cheyney Wolves
2015 Record: 0-9, 0-6 PSAC East
Last Game: 20-41 L vs. West Chester
Coach: Chris Roulhac, 1st season
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| Game Information
Date: Nov. 7, 2015 | Kickoff: 1 p.m.
Location: Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium, Millersville, Pa.
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Series vs. Cheyney: 58-5-1
Series Streak: Ville, 4
First Meeting: 1951 (Ville 14, CU 13)
Last Meeting: 2014 (Ville 34, CU 12)
Largest Margin of Victory: 63 (1998)
Largest Margin of Defeat: 17 (1978)
Record at Biemesderfer: 12-2
Most Millersville Points: 63 (1998)
Most CU Points: 36 (2009) |
ABOUT THE SERIES• Millersville has won 58 of 64 meetings all-time including 30 of 31 since 1984. Millersville's 35-0 win over Cheyney on Oct. 13, 2012 was also the program's last home win--a stretch of 16 games. Millersville has held Cheyney to fewer than 20 points in 11 of the last 13 meetings. The Marauders have also scored 30-plus points in all but two games since 1990. Since moving to Biemesderfer Stadium, Millersville has won 21 of 23 games against Cheyney.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT• Cheyney is the first of Millersville's final two opponents that have yet to register a win in 2015. Cheyney ranks 16th in the 16-team PSAC in scoring offense, scoring defense, total offense, rushing offense and passing offense. The Wolves averaged 9.8 points per game and give up 51.7 points per game. Cheyney has allowed 39 sacks while recording nine.
• Brandon French is the team's leading rusher, averaging 4.3 yards per carry and totaling 392 yards this season. Quarterback Dominick Trautz has thrown eight touchdown passes to nine interceptions but averages just 92 yards per game. He has the ability to run and has gained 149 yards prior to sack yardage deducted.
• Marvin Easter is the most productive tackler, totaling 53 stops. Terrick Carson leads the team with 7.5 tackles for loss.
THE LAST TIME OUT (SHIPPENSBURG 63, MILLERSVILLE 7, OCT. 31, 2015)• Shippensburg returned three punts, a fumble and an interception for touchdown to top Millersville 63-7. The Raiders' special teams and defense scored more points than their offense. Shippensburg led 49-0 at the half despite possessing the ball for just six minutes and producing just 168 yards of offense in the first 30 minutes. The scoring started with a Steven Cain fumble recovery in the end zone off of a botched snap on a punt attempt. With 1:41 left in the first, Andrew Smith returned a punt 55 yards for a touchdown. A pick six was followed by a Sheldon Mayer 66-yard punt return for a score. The three touchdowns came in a little more than six minutes of game time.
• Smith continued his big-play performance with an 87-yard touchdown run in the second, and Mayer capped the half with his second punt return for a touchdown. This one was a 91-yarder. Millersville held the ball for 24 of the 30 minutes but mustered -30 yards rush in the half because of nine sacks allowed.
• Millersville's offense rushed for one total yard in the second half and finished with 111 yards of offense. 47 of those yards came on one drive in the third.
J.J. Paige compleed 4-of-4 passes and capped the drive with a 28-yard pass to
Kevin Wiggins, who hauled in his fifth touchdown reception in the last two games.
DEFENSE ON THE RISE• Millersville has finished last or second to last in the league in total defense each season since 2008 but now ranks ninth in the 16-team league, allowing 45 fewer yards per game compared to 2014. The pass defense ranks second in the league with the ninth-best completion percentage against and sixth-fewest touchdown passes against. Millersville's 24 sacks ranks sixth in the league and is an eight-sack improvement from last season. The Marauders' 6.9 tackles for loss per game is the best rate since 2005.
WIGGINS ON A ROLL• Wide receiver
Kevin Wiggins has caught five touchdown passes in the last two games, including a school-record four against Lock Haven two weeks ago. Wiggins has 17 catches and 213 yards in the last two games, moving him into a tie for 13th in the PSAC in receptions with 38. He is also tied for 13th in touchdown catches. Wiggins has 81 catches and nine TD catches in the first 19 games of his career. As a sophomore he is already 26 catches shy of 10th place in career receptions at Millersville. Wiggins is the second-fastest to 80 catches in program history, trailing only hall of famer Sean Scott, who totaled 108 grabs, 1,503 yards and 17 touchdowns in his first two seasons.
JOHNSON ENTERS THE RECORD BOOKS•
Rasheed Johnson's 90 tackles ranks second in the PSAC and 31st in Division II. Johnson is 10 stops shy of becoming just the third Marauder since 2000 to total over 100 tackles in a season. Johnson has recorded at least 82 tackles in each of the last three seasons and his 323 stops ranks eighth in Millersville history. He also ranks sixth in career solo tackles with 168.
GETTING IN THE ACTION• Sophomore
Tyler Zilen caught five passes for 31 yards and a touchdown against Kutztown and made three more catches against Shippensburg last week. His 11 catches this season are the most by a Marauder tight end since Greg Frantz caught 11 in 2010. Frantz was an All-PSAC East pick that season. Zilen's five catches against Bloomsburg were the most by a Marauder in more than 15 years.
BY RUN, CATCH AND PASS•
Sean Quarterman, who spent the bulk of his first three seasons at Millersville as a quarterback, has now totaled 210 yards rushing, 193 yards receiving and 449 yards passing in his career. This season, he has made a catch in seven of nine games and his 23 are third on the team. He caught a career-high seven passes against Clarion. Against Lock Haven, Quarterman threw a touchdown pass, joining him with Jamal Smith as Marauders that have scored a touchdown rushing, receiving and passing.
SANELLI'S STREAK• A mainstay of the offensive line entering his fourth season is
Lenny Sanelli. The senior has started all 42 games since stepping onto campus in 2012, and his consecutive starts streak ranks second in the PSAC to only Bloomsburg quarterback Tim Kelly, who has logged 45 in a row.
DUGAN'S DEFENSE• Since week nine of the 2014 season,
Sean Dugan has been among the most productive linebackers in the PSAC. He recorded a career-high 12 tackles at Kutztown. He has at least one TFL in four consecutive games and in seven of nine games this season. His 11.5 tackles for loss ranks third in the PSAC. He has 17.5 TFL over his last 12 games dating back to 2014
