RMU Football Notes vs. Wagner, 11.12.16

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GAME ELEVEN

VS. WAGNER 11.12.16 | NOON Moon Township, Pa. | Joe Walton Stadium (3,000) RADIO: ESPN 970 AM / WBGG 106.3 FM 4Chris Shovlin, Play by Play; Brian Cleary, color analyst STREAMING: NECFrontRow.com; ESPNPgh.iHeart.com (audio only) LIVE STATS: RMUColonials.com TWITTER: @RMUFootball #ColonialPride #FL1GH7SCHOOL

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MUSKET SHOTS

The Robert Morris University football team wraps up the 2016 season and celebrates Senior Day this Saturday, Nov. 12, when they host the Wagner Seahawks in a Noon game at Joe Walton Stadium. The Colonials are coming off an 11-point loss at Bryant. Wagner has lost three consecutive games and are 4-5 overall.

4With a start Saturday, DB Marcelis Branch would set a team record for defensive starts (42) 4QB Joe Carroll has started the last four games going 47-117 for 432 yards and 2 TDs 4LB Gee Stanley was named to the FCS Stats Freshman of the Year Watch List 4Stanley is 29th nationally with 0.75 sacks/game (7.5 total) 4Stanley tied the RMU freshman record for sacks (Matt Grayson, 1998) 4Dante Satcher set team records with a 100-yd kickoff return and 173 KO return yards vs. SFU 4Satcher leads the nation in kickoff return TDs (2) 4Warren Robinson is second in the nation in punt return TDs (1) and 26th in punt returns (9.4) 4The Colonials 23.61 yard kickoff return average is 14th in the nation 4RMU is 8th in the nation in red zone defense at 67.5% (allowed 27 scores on 40 trips) 4Defense is 14th nationally with 2.80 sacks/game 4RMU is 15th nationally in punt return def. (3.63) 4Satcher and Robinson are the only players in team history with multiple kick return TDs 4Robinson set a school record with 123 punt return yards vs. Malone 4He had an 81-yard punt return for a TD, the second longest in team history 4WR Tim Vecchio had eight receptions, third most in team history, vs. Malone 4DB Andy Smigiera was named a semifinalist for the 2016 NFF William V. Campbell Trophy 4RB Sam Woods’ 52-yard TD pass to WR Eldin Anu vs. Youngstown State was first passing TD by a non-quarterback in team history 4RMU was picked sixth in the 2016 NEC Football Coaches Preseason Poll 4Seniors Marcelis Branch (DB) and Andy Smigiera (DB) were Preseason All-NEC picks on defense

ALL-TIME VS. WAGNER 4The Colonials are 14-8 all-time vs. Wagner 4RMU is 7-3 at home 4RMU has not beat Wagner at home since 2009 4Road team has won the last three games

ABOUT THE SEAHAWKS 4Wagner is 4-5 overall and 2-2 in the NEC 4They have league wins over Sacred Heart and Central Connecticut 4NEC losses have come to Bryant and Duquesne 4Offensively, average 24.0 points and 368.0 yards, 151.7 rushing and 142.9 passing 4They allow 22.6 points, 358.4 total yards and 142.9 rushing and 215.6 passing 4QB Alex Thomson is 147-265 for 1,915 yards, 11 TDs and four interceptions 4RB Denzel Knight averages 71.6 yards per game 4RB Matthias McKinnon tops the team with 113 carries and 6 TD averaging 54.0 ypg 4WR John Williams has 24 receptions averaging 20.2 yards per receptions 4TE Ryan Owens and WR AndreYevchinecz have 20 and 19 recoeptions, resepectively 4LB Santoni Graham has 74 tackles and 9 TFL 4LB Quinton Hampton leads with 5.0 sacks 4DBs Jesse Flaherty, Tim Hayes and Myron Morris have a combined seven interceptions 4PK James Cooper is 13-16 on FG with a long of 52

WHO WAS ROBERT MORRIS? The “Financier of the American Revolution,” he isn’t as famous as his friend George Washington, but without Robert Morris, the American colonies’ bold attempt to throw off British rule never could have succeeded. Born in 1734 in Liverpool, England, Robert Morris sailed to the United States with his father when he was 14 years old. Morris became a partner at the importexport firm of Willing & Morris where he made his millions. After, he became the spokesman for opposition to the Stamp Act, smuggled arms for the new American army and navy, signed the Declaration of Independence, secured financing — often using his personal credit — to fight the Revolutionary War and served as a Pennsylvania state senator. He died in Philadelphia on May 8, 1806. 2016 R O B ER T M O R R I S FO O T B A LL

2016 SCHEDULE Overall: 2-8 NEC:1-3

Home: 2-2 Away 0-6

09/01 09/10 09/17 09/24 10/01 10/08

ALDERSON BROADDUS L, 7-14 Moon Township, Pa. | Joe Walton Stadium @ Dayton L, 0-13 Dayton, Ohio | Welcome Stadium @ Youngstown State L, 6-38 Youngstown, Ohio | Stambaugh Stadium MALONE W, 21-19 Moon Township, Pa. | Joe Walton Stadium @ Liberty L, 7-41 Lynchburg, Va. | Williams Stadium SAINT FRANCIS U * L, 10-24 Moon Township, Pa. | Joe Walton Stadium

10/22 10/29 11/5 11/12

Pittsburgh, Pa. | Rooney Field @ Sacred Heart * L, 16-10 Fairfield, Conn. | Campus Field CENTRAL CONNECTICUT * W, 19-6 Moon Township, Pa. | Joe Walton Stadium @ Bryant * L, 13-24 Smithfield, R.I. | beirne Stadium WAGNER * Noon Moon Township, Pa. | Joe Walton Stadium

10/15 @ Duquesne *

L, 24-31

COACHING STAFF Head Coach John Banszak (E. Michigan ’75) 3rd season as HC; 14th season at RMU Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator Scott Farison (Mercyhurst ’01) 14th season at RMU Offensive Coordinator Mike Miller (Clarion ’92) First season at OC; 4th season at RMU Offensive Line: Drew Richardson Secondary: Bill Hurley Tight Ends: Pat Shepard Running Backs: Myles Russ Defensive Line: Cornelius Coleman Receivers: Nick McVay Safeties: Mike Brown Linebackers: Alex DiMichele


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