MILLERSVILLE FOOTBALL GAMEDAY INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	STREAMING	LIVE STATS
Saturday, Sept. 22	#13 West Chester	12 p.m.	John A. Farrell Stadium West Chester, Pa.	https://portal.stretchinternet.com/wcupa/	wcupagoldenrams.com
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THE MATCH-UP
• For the second time in three weeks, Millersville is faced with the daunting task of going on the road to face a nationally-ranked team. This week's challenge is a road trip to 3-0 and No. 13-ranked West Chester. Including West Chester, Millersville's four opponents boast a combined 10-2 record. 
• Saturday marks the PSAC East opener for both teams. West Chester won the division in 2017 and has not lost more than one league game in any of the last five seasons. West Chester is tied with IUP for the most division/league championships in the conference's history with 18. Millersville has won eight PSAC East titles but its last came in 1998. The last time Millersville finished higher than fourth in the division was in 2000. Last season's three division wins were the most since 2006. 
• Millersville has not won a PSAC East opener since 2007. Since that time, Millersville and West Chester have met in the division opener six times. 
• Saturday's game matches up a West Chester offense ranked second in the PSAC in scoring (44.7 points per game), third in total offense (464.7) and first in rushing (209.3) against a Millersville unit that is 15th in scoring (9.0 points per game), 15th in total offense (258.3) and 15th in rushing.  West Chester enters the game ranked 10th nationally in scoring offense. The Golden Rams have outscored opponents on average 44.7-9.0 and have limited opponents to just 55 rushing yards per game. They have not allowed more than 14 points in any game so far. The running back committee includes quarterback A.J. Long's 73 yards per game and five touchdowns. 
• On defense, West Chester leads the PSAC in scoring, total defense and rushing defense, allowing a mere 55 yards per game. That is a tough match-up for a Millersville team that has not posted a rushing total in positive numbers in any of the first three games. Linebacker Tyler Morrissey is the reigning PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Week. Millersville's defense ranks fifth in the PSAC in total defense, allowing just 326.7 yards per game. Millersville ranks first against the pass, allowing just 139.7 yards per game. 

LAST WEEK
• West Chester: A.J. Long threw for 275 yards, rushed for 118 and totaled five touchdowns in a 59-14 road win over Seton Hill. West Chester scored 35 points in the second quarter. West Chester picked off two passes and returned one for a touchdown. 
• Millersville: Slippery Rock sacked Millersville's quarterbacks 10 times and forced five turnovers. Its offense took advantage of the turnovers in the form of field position. Four of the first six drives against the Millersville defense started in Millersville territory. Millersville's lone score came on Justis Jacobs' 43-yard touchdown pass to Joey Farley. Farley also made a 21-yard field goal. 

SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. WCU: 17-68
Series Streak: WCU, 15
First Meeting: 1921 (W, 38-7)
Last Meeting: 2017 (L, 24-27)
Largest Margin of Victory: 31 (1921)
Largest Margin of Defeat: 76 (1925)
Record on the road (since 1968): 10-15
Most Millersville Points: 35 (1977)
Most WCU Points: 75 (2015)

• Millersville won the first-ever meeting between the teams (38-7) in 1921 but West Chester went on to win 41 consecutive games in the series from 1922-1974. The 1975 Millersville team finally ended that streak with a 17-12 win on the road. Millersville held a 16-12 edge in the series from 1975-2002 with the teams playing 17 games decided by seven points or fewer in that stretch. But since 2003, it has been all West Chester. The Golden Rams have won 15 in a row. Millersville had not scored more than 14 points against West Chester from 2006-2016 but the West Chester needed a 90-yard touchdown drive that ended with 1:18 left to top Millersville, 27-24. West Chester had scored at least 41 points in 11 consecutive games prior to the 2017 meeting. 

THE LAST MEETING (West Chester 27, Millersville 24, Nov. 4, 2017)
• With 4:54 remaining, Millersville was in position to play the role of spoiler for West Chester's PSAC Eastern Division championship hopes. The Marauders held a four-point lead with the visiting Golden Rams backed up on their own 10. But West Chester QB Pat Dooley led a seven-play, 90-yard drive, capped by a Mike Class 1-yard TD run with 1:18 remaining, giving the Golden Rams a 27-24, come-from-behind victory over the upset-minded Marauders. Millersville nearly matched the PSAC's top-ranked offense in yards (404-394). Tony Staffieri completed 22 of 33 passes for 352 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score. West Chester outscored Millersville 10-0 in the fourth quarter. 

CATCHING ON 
• Redshirt freshman Chris Dolan has had an impressive last two weeks, totaling 19 receptions against top PSAC West competition (Slippery Rock and IUP). Dolan made 10 catches for 137, becoming the first Millersville freshman since 2014 with 100 yards receiving. Both marks were career highs, and his yardage total was the most by a Marauder since Kevin Wiggins totaled 144 yards on Oct. 8, 2016. Dolan also made his first career touchdown catch. Against The Rock, Dolan totaled nine catches for 97 yards, giving him the highest back-to-back reception total by a Marauder since Andy Neupauer's 21 catches against Bloomsburg (9) and Slippery Rock (12) in weeks six and seven of 2003. 
• Dolan is tied for the PSAC lead in catches and with Cal's Jordan Dandridge. His 7.0 catches per game ranks 17th in Division II. 

ACTIVE UP FRONT 
• Defensive tackle Lucas Bush is a first-year starter but he has been in the thick of the action, averaging 9.0 tackles per game, which ranks fourth in the PSAC. He has more tackles than any other defensive lineman in the league and only one other player--Alec Heldreth of Clarion--ranks in the top 15. Heldreth is 15th at 7.7 tackles per game. 
• Bush made a career-high 12 stops and a half-tackle for loss against Slippery Rock. In 2017, Bush totaled seven tackles in five games played. 

TWO SPORTS, NO PROBLEM
• Evan Morrill continues to make an impact on the football field, starting every game at wide receiver and serving as the team's long snapper. Morrill has caught a pass in 10 consecutive games dating back to last season, and his four against IUP were the second-most of his career.  
• Morrill is also the starting 184-pounder for the Millersville wrestling team. Morrill went 13-13 with an 8-5 dual meet record in 2017-18. He won two matches at the NCAA Super Region 1 Championships as well. 

SAFETY STOPPER
• Trejon Dinkins has totaled double-digit tackles in each of the first three games, ranking him second in the league and tied for 22nd nationally in tackles per game. His 12 in week one against Pace were the most by any player in the PSAC that week, and he matched that total in week two. He added 10 tackles in week three. 

CAPTAINS
• Millersville's players voted seniors Brett Harris and Trejon Dinkins and junior Tommy Halloway as the team's captains for 2018. Dinkins in his second season with the Marauders. Harris is the team's second-most experienced offensive player with 21 starts. Halloway is just the 11th junior since 1956 to earn a captaincy.

ALL-STAR DEFENDERS
• For the first time since 2007, Millersville had an underclassman named All-PSAC East. Both defensive end Tommy Halloway and linebacker Cameron Boykin earned that distinction. Halloway gives Millersville a returning All-PSAC East defensive end for the first time since 2008. In 2017, Halloway totaled six sacks--a total that matched the most by a Marauder since 2001. Boykin ranked second on the team in tackles with 72.
• So far in 2018, Boykin has totaled 20 tackles and has a tackle for loss in each of the first three games. 

GOING FOR 44
• Morgan Faughnan has been the model of consistency for the Marauders. He has started 36 consecutive games--every game the Marauders have played over the last three-plus years. Faughnan entered the season No. 2 in the PSAC in consecutive starts, trailing only Alec Petrillo of Shippensburg, who started the season with 34. Only three players in the entire league had consecutive start streaks of 30 games or more. In 2017, he set career highs with 48 tackles, 3 1/2 sacks and 4 1/2 tackles for loss. He has made 11 tackles through three games in 2018. 

TWO-WAY PLAYER
• Joey Farley's PSAC-best streak of six consecutive field goals made came to an end when his attempt at IUP was blocked, but he bounced back against Slippery Rock by hitting a 21-yard field goal. He is also a perfect 37 for 37 in PAT attempts in his career. Farley, however, is not just a kicker. Farley led the team with six catches and 62 yards receiving in week one. In week three against Slippery Rock, he made the longest catch of his career (43 yards) and scored his first career touchdown. 
• Farley was named PSAC East Special Teams Athlete of the Week once in 2017. 

NEW LEADERSHIP
• Millersville's staff is almost entirely brand new. J.C. Morgan was named Millersville's head coach on April 30. Morgan hired eight new assistant coaches, with only Millersville alum and defensive coordinator Matt Sutjak returning from last year's staff. Morgan is the 22nd head coach in the 123-year history of Millersville football. Of that long list, only John Pucillo (1925-29, 33-36), George Katchmer (1954-69) and Dr. Gene Carpenter (1970-2000) coached for more than five seasons. The last time a Millersville first-year head coach posted a winning record in his first season was John Pucillo in 1933, going 4-2.
• Unlike Millersville's previous three head coaches, Morgan is coming to Millersville from another Division II program, and a PSAC program at that. Morgan started at Shippensburg in 2005 and spent the last three as offensive coordinator. Morgan's staff is loaded with PSAC experience. Both coordinators--Sutjak and Jeff Tomasetti--played and coached in the league. Special teams coordinator Dan Beard and tight ends coach Ron Kerr also coached at Shippensburg. Tim Tobin was the defensive line coach for a PSAC Championship at Kutztown. Running backs coach Chris Palubinsky was the starting quarterback at Bloomsburg just last season.
 

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