The Week Ahead
All nine NEC teams will be in action during Week 6, but fewer than half will be taking part in conference play. The Keystone State Clash between Robert Morris and Saint Francis (PA) is one of only two league games on the docket. Duquesne will travel to UAlbany for the other league game, which will feature a pair of NEC unbeatens. Monmouth and Wagner will both host Patriot League members with the former welcoming Colgate to the Jersey Shore while the latter entertains Georgetown on Grymes Hill. Sacred Heart looks for its second win this season over an Ivy League member. Central Connecticut will visit Massachusetts, which is transitioning to the FBS level.

NEC-TV Timeout!
After televising games in back-to-back-to-back weeks, the NEC-TV football schedule will embark on a three-week hiatus before resuming on Oct. 29. The next telecast will be live from Grymes Hill where Wagner will host Albany at 1:00 pm on Saturday, Oct. 29. The following week (Nov. 5), NEC-TV will broadcast the heavyweight bout between Central Connecticut and Robert Morris live from hard-hittin’ New Britain.

Duquesne Rides Four-game Win Streak into Albany
The Dukes have kicked it into high gear. Duquesne, which posted a 7-4 record last year and was coming off its best season as a NEC member, earned the No. 2 ranking in the 2011 NEC preseason coaches’ poll, but is currently ahead of that projection. Since a season-opening one-point setback at Bucknell, Duquesne has put together four consecutive victories. The Dukes started the streak by downing Pioneer League members Dayton and Valpo in back-to-back weeks before entering into conference play. After opening their NEC slate with a convincing win at Saint Francis (PA), Duquesne outlasted Bryant, 31-28, at home in what began as a battle between two 3-1 teams. The Dukes have six more NEC contests remaining with its next test coming on the road at UAlbany. Duquesne’s Week 6 opponent appears to have found its stride as the Danes have won back-to-back games following an 0-2 start.

Robert Morris Starts Fresh
Heading into Week 5, the Colonials hadn’t won a game since last November 6. After falling at North Dakota State in the 2010 FCS playoffs, Robert Morris opened the 2011 campaign by losing its first three. Joe Walton’s team headed into its bye week coming off an excruciating 13-12 loss at Morgan State during which it failed to convert the game-tying PAT late in the fourth quarter. As it turned out, the Colonials’ struggles were nothing a week of rest and the start of NEC pay couldn’t cure. Robert Morris topped previously red-hot Monmouth, which had earned back-to-back road wins over Villanova and NEC preseason favorite Central Connecticut, for its 13th victory in its last 14 league games. With its 0-3 non-league showing in the rear-view mirror, RMU has taken the first step forward in defending its conference crown.

Dixon Does It Again
When Connor Dixon (South Park, PA/South Park) has caught the ball this season, he’s usually found pay dirt. To be exact, forty-seven (47) percent of Dixon’s receptions this season have resulted in touchdowns. The 6-foot-5 quarterback-turned-receiver has made 17 receptions for 422 yards and eight touchdowns. In two NEC contests, Dixon has five touchdown receptions. After torching Saint Francis (PA) for a pair of long scores in Week 4, Dixon found the end zone three times in Duquesne’ Week 5 win over Bryant. The 2010 all-NEC receiver, who was granted a sixth year of eligibility due to a medical hardship waiver, totaled five catches for 71 yards and made what proved to be the game-winning 10-yard TD grab with 9:22 left to play against the Bulldogs.

Paul Can Punt!
Paul Layton (Burnt Hills, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) punted three times in Albany’s 41-20 rout of Saint Francis (PA), and all three times he pinned the Red Flash inside their own 20-yard line. Layton, who was a unanimous choice for preseason all-NEC punter, entered Week 5 as the second-leading punter in all of Division I FCS. His 46.27 yards per punt average through Week 5 currently rank him fourth amongst national leaders. The sophomore is part of the Danes’ more-than reliable kicking game. Both Layton and placekicker Herb Glass () have won the NEC Special Teams Player of the Week award this season. Glass, who is 5-for-7 on field goal attempts this season, is Albany’s all-time career leader in field goals made (31).

No-Huddle Notes
Duquesne safety Khiry Carter (Philadelphia, PA/W. Phila. Catholic) made eight stops in the Dukes’ win over Bryant and also recorded his first career sack, which forced a fumble that Duquesne turned into a touchdown one play later. … Sacred Heart won for the second straight week as sophomore QB Tim Little (Egg Harbor Twp., NJ/Egg Harbor) again looked comfortable, tossing three touchdowns while not committing a turnover. … Duquesne quarterback Sean Patterson (Toledo, OH/St. John’s Jesuit) fired three scoring strikes against Bryant to up his league-leading total of touchdown passes to 13 over the season’s first five games. … Central Connecticut had won 15 consecutive home games, the longest active streak in FCS at the time, before suffering losses in back-to-back weeks at Arute Field.

Week 5 Recaps
Sacred Heart 37, Central Connecticut 24
Sacred Heart spoiled Central Connecticut’s Homecoming and ended a seven-game losing streak to its Constitution State rival. The Pioneers, which trailed 21-7 in the second quarter, out-scored the Blue Devils by a 16-0 margin in the fourth quarter to complete the comeback victory. SHU signal caller Tim Little had his best outing yet, going 16-of-28 passing for 189 yards and three touchdowns. CCSU outgained Sacred Heart, 332-265, but turned the ball over five times (3 fumbles, 2 INT) in its second straight home loss.

UAlbany 41, Saint Francis (PA) 20
UAlbany (2-2, 1-0) opened its NEC schedule by rolling past Saint Francis (PA) (1-4, 0-3) at DeGol Field on Saturday afternoon. Dan Di Lella threw three touchdown passes and Andrew Smith posted his second straight 100-yard plus rushing performance for the Danes who never trailed in the 41-20 victory. Quarterback John Kelly was responsible for 176 (93 pass, 83 rush) of the Red Flash’s 252 yards of total offense. The Danes have never lost to the Flash in 13 meetings.

Robert Morris 23, Monmouth 20 (NEC-TV Game of the Week)
Cameron Chadwick batted away Kyle Frazier’s Hail Mary attempt with 00:00 on the clock and Robert Morris (1-3, 1-0) hung on to beat red-hot Monmouth (2-2, 1-1) on the road. Preseason All-American tight end Shadrae King, the Ruby Tuesday Player of the Game, put the Colonials ahead for good when he dove into the end zone on a 21-yard pass play with 5:15 remaining. King, who caught a pass for the 23rd consecutive game, became the program’s all-time leader in receptions. He finished with nine catches for 104 yards and two scores. Frazier passed for 241 yards for Monmouth, which was whistled for 13 penalties on the afternoon.

Duquesne 31, Bryant 28
Duquesne extended its win streak to four straight games while denying Bryant a chance to do the same in a NEC contest at Rooney Field. Dukes veteran wide receiver Connor Dixon, the reigning NEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week, caught three touchdown passes from Sean Patterson in the 31-28 victory. Mike Croce hooked up with Jordan Harris on a 70-yard scoring play that gave Bryant a 28-24 lead with 12:41 to go in the fourth quarter, but Duquesne answered 3:19 later when a Patterson to Dixon strike capped an eight-play, 72-yard drive. Bryant’s Jordan Brown ran for 142 yards and two touchdowns to take over the NEC rushing lead.

Cornell 31, Wagner 7
Cornell sophomore quarterback Jeff Mathews threw three first-half touchdown passes as teh Big Red built a 24-0 halftime lead en-route a 31-7 victory over Wagner at Schoelkopf Field. In dropping their fourth consecutive game, the Seahawks allowed Cornell to avenge a 41-7 loss at Wagner last season. Seahawks sophomore running back Dominique Williams eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark for the eighth time in his 13-game Seahawk career. Williams, who gained 137 yards on 26 carries, has now reached the century mark in four of five games this season.

Team-by-Team Notes
ALBANY GREAT DANES
OVERALL RECORD: 2-2, 1-0 NEC
LAST WEEK: W, 41-20 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) (Oct. 1) - Loretto, PA (DeGol Field)
THIS WEEK: Oct. 8 vs. DUQUESNE, 1:00 pm - Albany, NY (University Field)

• UAlbany has won 10 of 13 Northeast Conference openers after upending Saint Francis (PA), 41-20, on Oct. 1. The Great Danes have scored 40 or more points in consecutive games for the first time since the 2003 season.

• UAlbany’s 466 total yards were the most since Oct. 10, 2009. The Great Danes, who ran and passed for 200-plus for the second straight week, have toppled the 440-yard mark in back-to-back games for the first time since Oct. 2007.

• QB Dan Di Lella (Neshanic Station, NJ/Somerville) threw three touchdown passes to tie the program’s single-game FCS record. Di Lella, the first UAlbany QB in three years to throw three TDs in a game, broke a 7-7 deadlock with scoring passes of 19 and 7 yards on the final two possessions of the opening half.

• TB Omar Osbourne (Syracuse, NY/Bishop Ludden), a redshirt freshman, added a career-high 89 yards and one touchdown on the ground

• WR Cole King (Syracuse, NY/Henninger) became the first Great Dane to reach the 100-receiving mark since Oct. 24, 2009 by hauling in five catches for 102 yards and two TDs last week. King made a spectacular 19-yard catch for a 14-7 lead and had a 49-yard scoring reception on the first play of the fourth quarter.

• WR Ryan Kirchner (Rumson, NJ/RFH) accounted for a career-high 142 all-purpose yards and grabbed a second-quarter TD pass. Kirchner had 94 punt return yards, the highest figure by a UAlbany player against an NEC opponent.

• CB Clay Harris (West Henrietta, NY/Rush-Henrietta) had a productive day, as the redshirt freshman returned three kickoffs for 93 yards and made three tackles

• PK Herb Glass (Miller Place, NY/Miller Place) scored 11 points, one of his career-high total, at Saint Francis. Glass made two field goals and all five PATs. His 46-yard field goal in the fourth quarter was the ninth 40-plus kick of his career. Glass moved to fourth on the all-time scoring list with 146 points and into a tied for first in career PATs (101).

• Paul Layton (Burnt Hills, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), who placed all three punts inside the 20-yard line, is fourth among the FCS national leaders with a 46.3 average.

• S Jake Ciccarello (Altamonte Springs, FL/Winter Springs) had a team-high nine tackles, as the UAlbany defense held Saint Francis to 252 yards, the lowest total by an opponent this season. Kyle Harbridge, the nation’s leading rusher, was limited to 32 yards on 15 carries

• Bob Ford recorded his 240th career win as UAlbany’s head coach. Ford started the program at the club level in 1970.

• SMITH SURPASSES CENTURY MARK - TB Andrew Smith (Schenectady, NY/Guilderland) rushed for 113 yards and one TD in the win over SFPA. He also caught a career-best four passes for 33 yards. Smith ran for 100-plus yards in consecutive games for the first time as a collegian. The junior totaled 100 or more all-purpose yards for the 10th time in his collegiate career.

BRYANT BULLDOGS
OVERALL RECORD: 3-2, 1-1 NEC
LAST WEEK: L, 31-28 at DUQUESNE (Oct. 1) - Pittsburgh, PA (Rooney Field)
THIS WEEK: Oct. 8 vs. Stonehill, 1:00 pm – Smithfield, RI (Bulldog Stadium)

• Bryant’s three-game win streak came to an end against the Dukes on Saturday. It was also the first loss Bryant has suffered in the state of Pennsylvania.

• Duquesne’s win evens the all-time series between the two teams at 2-2, with the Dukes having won the two most-recent contests.

• Preseason all-NEC running back Jordan Brown (Glastonbury, CT/Glastonbury) rushed for over 100 yards for the fifth time this season, totaling 142 on the ground against the Dukes. Brown also scored two touchdowns and has seven on the season. He is tied with Lindsey Gamble for the second-most in program history with 22.

• Mike Croce (Waterbury, CT/Holy Cross) threw a touchdown pass for the fourth consecutive week, connecting with Jordan Harris (Lincoln University, PA/Avon Grove) for a 70-yard score in the fourth quarter.

• Bryant gave up their first points of the season in the fourth quarter on Saturday. They came into the game outscoring their opponents 33-0 in the final frame.

• Jordan Harris caught four passes for 108 yards and a touchdown. He is averaging 21.3 yards per catch on the season and has caught passes of 65 and 70 yards in back-to-back weeks.

• Sophomore DB Jeremy Woodson (Houston, TX/Hightower) intercepted two passes on Saturday, becoming the 10th Bulldog to complete the feat. The two interceptions were the first two of his career.

• Filling in for the injured Michael Perry (Dunmore, PA/Dunmore), Ricardo McCray (Middletown, RI/Middletown) had the first two carries of his college career against Duquesne. He ran for 16 yards, including a 13-yard scamper in the second half.

• Seven different Bulldogs had at least five tackles against the Dukes. Senior LB Franck Tebou (Mattapoisett, MA/Old Rochester) led the way with eight stops.

• Bryant was in search of its first 3-0 start in Northeast Conference play. The Bulldogs started 2-0 in 2009 before dropping their next four games.

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE BLUE DEVILS
OVERALL RECORD: 2-3, NEC RECORD 1-2
LAST WEEK: L, 37-24 vs. SACRED HEART (Oct. 1) - New Britain, CT (Arute Field)
THIS WEEK: Oct. 8 at Massachusetts, 6:00 pm - Amherst, MA

• The Blue Devils lost back-to-back home games for the first time since the 2003 season. They also lost to Sacred Heart for the first time in eight tries.

• Freshman Darius Lee (Tampa, FL/Brandon) scored his first career touchdown on Saturday in the loss to Sacred Heart.

• Central committed a season-high five turnovers (2 INT, 3 fumbles lost) in the loss, including four in the second half.

• Central had won 37 straight games when leading at halftime prior to Saturday.

• The Blue Devils will play their final non-conference game of the season at UMass on Saturday night. CCSU is 0-2 vs. the Minutemen, losing in both 2002 and 2003.

• Junior placekicker Juan Duque (New Britain, CT/New Britain) kicked a career-long 42-yard field goal in the loss. It was the longest field goal for the Blue Devils since Derek Pearson kicked a 48-yarder in the season opener vs. Colgate in 2005.

DUQUESNE DUKES
OVERALL RECORD: 4-1, 2-0 NEC
LAST WEEK: W, 31-28 vs. BRYANT (Oct. 1) - Pittsburgh, PA (Rooney Field)
THIS WEEK: Oct. 8 at UALBANY, 1:00 pm - Albany, NY (University Field))

• Duquesne is 3-1 in NEC openers under Jerry Schmitt (1-1 when opening on the road)

• The Dukes now lead the all-time series with Saint Francis, 32-6, including a 15-4 advantage in games played in Loretto. DU has won three of four from SFPA since joining the NEC.

• Duquesne outgained Saint Francis 442-79 in jumping out to a 34-7 first half lead. DU scored on six of seven first half possessions with one ending with a fumble at the SFU 12. Duquesne didn’t punt until the 3:05 mark of the third quarter.

• The first team offense rolled up 532 total yards in three quarters before giving way to the second and third units.

• Junior quarterback Sean Patterson (Toledo, OH/St. John’s Jesuit), who threw for a career-high five touchdowns in last year’s 41-17 win over Saint Francis, completed 10-of-19 passes for a season-high 290 yards and four touchdowns (87, 40, 17, 50) in three quarters of action. It was the 10th multiple-touchdown pass game of his career and third in four starts in 2011. Patterson has 10 TD passes in four games.

• Veteran Connor Dixon (South Park, PA/South Park) caught four passes for a career-high 175 yards. The 6-5, 212-pound graduate student’s previous best was 117 yards at Delaware last season. The 175 yards were the most by a Duquesne receiver since Bruce Hocker caught seven passes for 177 yards vs. West Liberty State in 2006.

• Junior running back Larry McCoy (Wytheville, VA/George Wythe) carried 23 times for 153 yards before calling it a day in the third quarter. It was his tenth 100-yard game in his past 12 outings and 14th of his career. With the 153 yards McCoy passed Mike Haines (2,588 from 1991-93) and Sean McDonough (2,605 from 1986-88) to move into the No. 4 spot on DU’s all-time rushing list with 2,640 yards. McCoy has topped the 100 yard mark in all four games this season.

• Senior Isaac Spragg (Westfield, VA/Valley Forge Military Academy), who made four catches for 84 yards, has a team-high 25 catches for 323 yards in four games.

• Senior linebacker Chris Oliver (Washington, DC/ Coolidge) led the Dukes in tackles for the third consecutive game with eight (he also had nine last week at Dayton).

• The Dukes were without six starters/key reserves: WR Akeem Moore (Pittsburgh, PA/Brentwood) out for season with torn ACL; RB Ryan Ho (Pearl City, HI/Kamehameha Schools) out for season with dislocated ankle; WR David Thomas (Ocala, FL/Trinity Catholic) out for season with broken foot; DE Reggie Eiland (Accokeek, MD/Gwynn Park) out indefinitely with an ankle injury, LB Tyler Zimmer (Harrison City, PA/Penn-Trafford) out indefinitely with an ankle injury and RB Bill Bair (Valencia, PA/Mars Area) out due to a secondary NCAA rules violation.

MONMOUTH HAWKS
OVERALL RECORD: 2-2, 1-1 NEC
LAST WEEK: L, 23-20 vs. ROBERT MORRIS (Oct. 1) - W. Long Branch, NJ (Kessler Field)
THIS WEEK: Oct. 8 vs. Colgate, 1:00 pm - W. Long Branch, NJ (Kessler Field)

• Monmouth lost a 23-20 game at home against Robert Morris to drop to 7-10 all-time against RMU, including a 3-5 mark at home. The Colonials have won three straight in the series, including four of the last five matchups. Nine of the 17 meetings between the Colonials and Hawks have been decided by a touchdown or less, including five by a field goal or less.

•Despite suffering a pair of interceptions in the game, Monmouth still won the turnover battle, forcing four fumbles, three of which it recovered. The Hawks came into the game ranked eighth in the country in turnover margin at +5.

• Quarterback Kyle Frazier (Gaithersburg, MD/Damascus) went 27-of-39 passing for 241 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in the game. Frazier has thrown just 13 total INTs in his career, six of which have come in games against Robert Morris. The 27 completions were a career-high for the redshirt junior, surpassing the 22 he completed in the season opener against Lehigh. He also attempted 39 passes in that game. Frazier was also Monmouth’s leading rushing with 6 carries for 37 yards and a long of 13.

• Monmouth amassed 13 penalties for 137 yards in the game against Robert Morris. None bigger than a fourth-quarter "too many men on the field" call that came with RMU punting from its own 27. The penalty gave the Colonials a first down and they would eventually score the game-winning TD on that drive. Coming into the game, Monmouth had just 14 penalties for 133 yards in the previous three contests. The penalty totals are the most for the Hawks since a 2005 victory over California (PA) in which MU had 13 penalties for 127 yards.

• Monmouth sophomore Mitchell Pollard (Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook) recorded a career-high 10 catches for 88 yards in the loss to RMU. Pollard became the first MU player to record 10 catches since Adam San Miguel did it in 2006. Pollard, who came into the game ranked second in the NEC in catches per game (5.66), leads the Hawks with 27 catches for 284 yards this season.

• Freshman safety Pat Gray (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) became the first Hawk to return a fumble since 2005 when he scooped up a loose ball in the third quarter and returned it 11 yards for a touchdown. The play came on a botched snap on a RMU punt and gave Monmouth a 17-10 lead. Gray leads the team in interceptions as well, with two picks in his first four collegiate games.

• MU’s defense allowed just 14 yards rushing and 225 total yards against the Colonials. RMU signal caller Jeff Sinclair was sacked four times in the game as MU recorded double-digit tackles for a loss for the second straight week (11 for a loss of 62 yards). The 14 yards rushing is the lowest allowed since a 2003 game against Saint Francis (PA) when the Red Flash had -2 yards on 26 attempts.

• Monmouth senior defensive end Ian Simon (West Windsor, NJ/Howard) recorded 1.5 sacks against Robert Morris which gives him a league-leading 3.5 sacks through four contests. As a team the Hawks have 2.0 sacks per game which leads only Bryant’s 2.2 sacks per contest (11 sacks in 5 games).

• COACH CAL’S TAKE – "We hurt ourselves too many times with penalties on both sides of the ball and in the kicking game. It either dramatically changed field position, extended their drives or made it very difficult for some of our drives in terms of getting out of a big hole. When you do those things against a quality opponent like Robert Morris, it makes it very difficult to win. It negates many of the good things that are going on out there." – head coach Kevin Callahan

ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS
OVERALL RECORD: 1-3, 1-0 NEC
LAST WEEK: W, 23-20 at MONMOUTH (Oct. 1) - W. Long Branch, NJ (Kessler Field)
THIS WEEK: Oct. 8 vs. SAINT FRANCIS (PA), 7:00 pm – Moon Twp., PA (Walton Stadium)

• Robert Morris earned its first victory of the 2011 campaign by posting a 23-20 win at Monmouth. The Colonials have now won three straight over the Hawks and four of the last five meetings to take a 10-7 (.588) advantage in the all-time series.

• Thanks to the win over the Hawks, the Colonials improved to 14-5-1 (.725) all-time when playing after a bye week and 10-6 (.625) in NEC openers.

• Junior quarterback Jeff Sinclair (Natrona Heights, PA/Highlands) finished 18-for-24 passing for 211 yards and two touchdowns in the win over the Hawks, with his completion percentage of 75 percent ranking as the fifth highest single-game total in RMU history. In three career contests against Monmouth, Sinclair has completed 68.3 percent (41-for-60) of his passes for 487 yards, five touchdowns and one interception.

• Senior tight end Shadrae King (McKeesport, PA/McKeesport) tied a career high with nine receptions against Monmouth, finishing with 104 yards receiving and two touchdowns. He broke a pair of school records against the Hawks, running his streak of games of posting at least one reception to 23 dating back to the 2009 campaign while becoming the program’s all-time leading receiver.

• King now owns 115 career receptions, which eclipsed the record held by former wide receiver Tyjuan Massey, who posted 112 catches from 2002 to 2005. King also broke the consecutive games with at least one catch streak of former wide receiver Opio Gary (1998-2001), who caught at least one pass in the final 22 games of his career.

• King’s two touchdown catches against the Hawks give him 18 for his career, just four shy of breaking Massey’s career record of 21. He also ranks fifth all-time at Robert Morris with 1,373 career receiving yards.

• Senior wide receiver Anthony Coleman (Cheltenham, MD/St. John’s College HS) finished with 127 all-purpose yards against Monmouth to move into seventh place all-time at Robert Morris with 2,729 for his career.

• Defensively against Monmouth the Colonials were led by senior defensive back Alex Tarr (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park) and junior safety Cameron Chadwick (Vista, CA/College of Canyons), who finished with nine and eight tackles, respectively, and each recorded an interception.

• Junior linebacker Brad Banas (Houston, PA/Chartiers-Houston) and senior linebacker Jon Krepps (Belle Vernon, PA/Belle Vernon), making a return to action after missing two games with a hamstring injury, each finished with seven takedowns.

SACRED HEART PIONEERS
OVERALL RECORD: 2-2, NEC RECORD 1-1
LAST WEEK: W, 37-24 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT (Oct. 1) - New Britain, CT (Arute Field)
THIS WEEK: Oct. 8 at Columbia, 12:30 pm - New York, NY (Baker Field)

• Sophomore Greg Moore (Newark, NJ/Paterson Catholic) racked up 100 all-purpose and two touchdowns.

• Sophomore QB Tim Little (Egg Harbor Twp., NJ/Egg Harbor Twp.) threw a career best three touchdowns without an interception against a CCSU defense that had forced 13 turnovers in its first four games of the year.

•SHU outscored the Blue Devil defense 23-3 in the second and half and finished the game with 16 unanswered points.

• Senior TE Rich Rossi (Moosic, PA/Riverside) grabbed his second TD catch of the year to level the game at 21-21 in the third quarter.

• Robert Dim (Sicklerville, NJ/Washington Township) registered his first career touchdown with a 50 yard touchdown catch, in which he broke two tackles after making the reception. The longest play of the SHU season gave the Pioneers a 28-24 advantage in the fourth quarter.

• The Pioneer defense forced five total turnovers (three fumbles and two interceptions), including four in the second half.

• Senior LB Niko Sierra (Longmeadow, MA/Longmeadow) had the biggest hit of the game, flipping a CCSU ball carrier head over heels to force a final Blue Devil turnover.

• Rookie K Chris Rogers (Cazenovia, NY/Cazenovia) stayed perfect for his career with a 34-yard field goal that extended the SHU cushion to 31-24.

• Rueben McIntosh (Ft. Lauderdale/Cardinal Gibbons) and Sierra both pulled in their first interceptions of the season.

• The Pioneers broke the Blue Devils’ string of 37 consecutive victories when leading at halftime.

• Sacred Heart defeated Central Connecticut State for the first time since 2003, snapping a seven game losing streak against the Blue Devils.

• THAT’S MOORE LIKE IT - "This is a big win for us. We haven’t beaten this team in some years, this is a big win, I’m speechless right now." - Greg Moore, SHU sophomore RB/WR

SAINT FRANCIS (PA) RED FLASH
OVERALL RECORD: 1-4, 0-3 NEC
LAST WEEK: L, 41-20 vs. ALBANY (Oct. 1) - Loretto, PA (DeGol Field)
THIS WEEK: Oct. 8 at ROBERT MORRIS - Moon Twp., PA (Walton Stadium)

• Sophomore LB Anthony Bowman (Damascus, MD/Our Lady Good Counsel) posted his fifth double-digit tackle performance of the season against UA, making 11 stops. The sophomore also forced a fumble and picked up his second sack of the season.

• DB Austin Miele (Valencia, PA/Mars Area) became just the third player in the Northeast Conference to pick off two passes in a game this season. He leads the NEC in picks with three and is tied for fourth nationally in INTs.

• RB Kyle Harbridge (Easton, PA/Easton) ranks second in the FCS in total rushing yards with 649. The junior sits seventh nationally in rush yards per game average (130.0).

• Saint Francis ranks as the only team in the conference with two players ranked amongst the NEC’s Top 5 in all-purpose yards. Harbridge (178.0) ranks second in all-purpose yards per game with 178, while A.J. Alexander (Altoona, PA/Altoona) (123.0), a transfer from Florida State, sits fifth in the conference.

• Saint Francis hits the road Saturday for a game against instate conference rival Robert Morris in the first-ever night game at Joe Walton Stadium.

WAGNER SEAHAWKS
OVERALL RECORD: 1-4, 1-2 NEC
LAST WEEK: L, 31-7 at Cornell (Oct. 1) - Ithaca, NY
THIS WEEK: Oct. 8 vs. Georgetown, 1:00 pm - Staten Island, NY (Wagner Stadium)

• Sophomore running back Dominique Williams (Bridgeton, NJ/ Milford Academy) eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark for the eighth time in his 13-game Seahawk career. Williams, who gained 137 yards on 26 carries, has now reached the century mark in four of five games this season. The 137 yards were the Williams’ third-highest output of his career and for the season, ranking behind his 180-yard game vs. Saint Francis (PA) and his 141-yard effort vs. Central Connecticut.

• Sophomore tight end Joe Sidaras (Mastic Beach, NY/ William Floyd) posted career highs with five receptions for 76 yards.

• Junior quarterback Nick Doscher (Staten Island, NY/ Moore Catholic) completed 4-of-13 passes for 44 yards and was sacked four times.

• Redshirt freshman quarterback Matt Misley (Park Ridge, NJ/ Park Ridge) replaced Doscher briefly in the first half and played the bulk of the second half. He completed 9-of-21 passes for 102 yards, all career highs.
• Like Doscher, Misley was under duress often as he was also sacked four times as the Big Red totaled eight sacks for minus 50 yards.
• Wagner dug itself an early hole by repeatedly giving Cornell the ball in excellent field position and the Big Red took advantage each time as the longest touchdown drive of the game for Cornell was 44 yards.
• Senior Rory Cregan (Woodside, NY/ St. Francis Prep), Wagner’s starting holder and backup punter, attempted the first punt of his career and it came from his own end zone. Against heavy pressure, he got off a 42-yard boot. He wound up with a 38.3 yard average on three punts.
• This is Wagner’s first four-game losing streak since 2008 when Wagner dropped its last four games of the season to finish with a 3-8 record.
• In the fourth quarter, senior linebacker Julian Stanford (Bloomfield, CT/ Bloomfield) hit Mathews from behind, sending the ball skyward and eventually into the arms of senior defensive tackle Sal Gigante (New Windsor, NY / Cornwall Central Catholic) who picked the ball out of the air for his first career interception.
• Junior linebacker Carl-Olivier Prime (Laval, Quebec/Kent School) and senior safety Jeremiah Brown (Brooklyn, NY/ Grand Street Campus) share team-high honors in tackles with 36 apiece.
• Freshman defensive back Nevon Williams (Teaneck, NJ/ Teaneck) and freshman wide receiver Anthony Carrington (Toms River, NJ/ Toms River North) saw the first action of their careers.
• Wagner is now 1-2 all-time vs. the Ivy League with all three meetings coming against Cornell.