GAME SEVEN
VS. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 10.29.16 | 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 returns to Joe Walton Stadium for a Noon game against Northeast Conference opponent Central Connecticut Saturday, Oct. 29. The Colonials enter the game with a 1-7 record, 0-2 in the NEC. The Blue Devils sit 1-6 overall and 0-2 in league games.
4QB Joe Carroll has started the last two games going 25-59 for 273 yards and 2 TD 4LB Gee Stanley was named to the FCS Stats Freshman of the Year Watch List 4LB Gee Stanley is ninth nationally with 0.94 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 average (43.1) and kickoff return TDs (2) 4Warren Robinson is second in the nation in punt return TDs (1) and 23rd in punt returns (10.1) 4The Colonials 25.52 yard kickoff return average is sixth the nation 4RMU is 10th in the nation in red zone defense at 68.6% (allowed 24 scores on 35 trips) 4Defense is 24th nationally with 2.63 sacks/game 4RMU is 10th nationally in punt return def. (3.07) 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
VS. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 4The Colonials are 16-6 all-time against CCSU 4RMU is 9-1 at home against the Blue Devils 4Robert Morris has won three of the last four 4The home team has won 10 of the last 11 4The Colonials only home loss to CCSU was Oct. 9, 2004 (21-34)
ABOUT THE BLUE DEVILS 4CCSU is 1-6 overall and 0-2 in the NEC 4They beat Bowie State, 44-35 (Sept. 17) 4Their league losses came at Bryant (45-25) and home against Wagner (25-21) 4They average 23.1 points and 345.9 yards, 96.0 on the ground and 249.9 passing 4They allow 35.1 points and 421.3 yards, 158.7 rushing and 262.6 in the air 4QB Jacob Dolegala is 158-262 for 1,744 yards and 10 TDs with 7 interceptions 4RB Cameron Nash is the leading rusher with 93 carries for 406 yards and two TDs 4Nash is also the leading receiver with 24 catches for 177 yards 4Joey Fields, KJ Smith and Dan Hebert each have 23 receptions 4LB Randall LaGuerre leads the team and the NEC with 75 tackles (8th in nation) 4LB Kenneth Keen tops the team with 6 TFL 4S Tymir Hinton has two interceptions 4K Ed Groth is 7-10 on FGs with a long of 43
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: 1-7 NEC:0-2
Home: 1-2 Away 0-5
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 * Noon Moon Township, Pa. | Joe Walton Stadium @ Bryant * Noon Smithfield, R.I. | Bulldog 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