Oct. 26, 2009

Center Valley, Pa. - The three teams with perfect Patriot League records play squads that are trying to bring them back to the pack on Saturday, with each contest holding significance as the League schedule hits the midway point. No. 17 Holy Cross plays at Fordham, Lehigh goes to No. 24/25 Colgate and Lafayette hosts Bucknell, with the Crusaders, Mountain Hawks and Leopards each at 2-0 in the League.

Patriot League Football Release - 10.26.09

Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week

Dominic Randolph, Holy Cross Sr., QB, 6'3, 223, Amelia, Ohio/St. Xavier
Randolph threw four touchdowns and ran for two more and set a career-high with 116 rushing yards to lead No. 22 Holy Cross past No. 17 Colgate, 42-28, on Saturday. He completed 20-of-31 passes for 288 yards and four touchdowns while carrying 14 times for 116 yards and the two scores. It was Randolph's ninth-career game with at least 400 yards of total offense. He became the first Holy Cross player to rush for over 100 yards this year. Randolph set an FCS record with a touchdown pass in his 37th consecutive game, breaking the mark he shared with the late Steve McNair (Alcorn State 1991-94). He now leads the nation in passing, total offense and points responsible for per game this season, and is up to seventh in FCS history in career passing (11,928), total offense (12,568) and touchdown passes (105). Randolph receives the Offensive Player of the Week award for the third time this year and 15th overall, extending his Patriot League career record.

Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week

John Myrick, Holy Cross Sr., DB, 5'10, 200, Dayton, Ohio/Dunbar
Myrick led a strong defensive effort in the Crusaders' 42-28 win over Colgate, notching 13 overall and 12 solo tackles as Holy Cross held the Raiders more than 150 yards below their FCS-leading rushing average. The marks for overall and solo tackles were both career highs. Holy Cross limited the Raiders to 120 yards on the ground. Myrick leads the Patriot League and ranks eighth in the nation with 8.0 solo tackles per game. He earns the first Defensive Player of the Week award of his career.

Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week

Davis Rodriguez, Lafayette Jr., K, 5'11, 210, St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg
Rodrgiuez made a pair of field goals late in the second quarter and connected on each of his extra-point tries in Lafayette's 26-21 win over Fordham. Rodriguez hit from 21 yards out then nailed his longest field goal of the season, a 42-yarder to give Lafayette a 13-7 lead just three seconds before halftime. It is his second Special Teams award of the season and ties a League record with the fourth of his career.

Patriot League Rookie of the Week

Zach Barket, Lehigh Fr., RB, 5'10, 200, Schuylkill Haven, Pa./Schuylkill Haven
Barket led the Mountain Hawks and set career highs with 21 carries for 77 yards and his first career touchdown in a 35-16 win at Bucknell on Saturday. He also pulled in a reception for six yards for 83 all-purpose yards in his first career start. It is Barket's first Rookie of the Week award, and the third straight for a Lehigh player.

Honorable Mention Performances Last Week

Rob Curley, Lafayette Sr., QB, 6'1, 200, Cinnaminson, N.J./Holy Cross
Curley completed 23-of-31 passes for a career-high 305 yards and two touchdowns in Lafayette's 26-21 win over Fordham.

JB Clark, Lehigh Jr., QB, 6'4, 215, Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter
Clark completed 24-of-37 passes for 327 yards and a touchdown and also ran for a score in Lehigh's 35-16 win over Bucknell.

Alex Johnson, Holy Cross Jr., DB/KR, 6'0, 189, Indianapolis, Ind./Perry Meridian
Johnson returned five kickoffs for an average of 27.2 yards and a long of 59 in Holy Cross' 42-28 win over Colgate.

Michael Schmidlein, Lafayette Jr., LB, 6'1, 206, Chester, N.Y./Chester Academy
Schmidlein had 11 tackles before leaving with an injury in the third quarter as Lafayette limited Fordham to 150 yards below its average in a 26-21 win.

Coree Moses, Colgate Jr., DB, 6'0, 170, Newington, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall
Moses had a 37-yard interception return for a touchdown and also notched eight tackles in Colgate's 42-28 loss to Holy Cross.

Patriot League Notebook

Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh Take the Advantage
With wins on Saturday, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Lehigh have grabbed the early edge in the Patriot League race. All three teams moved to 2-0 in the League. Holy Cross defeated Colgate, 42-28, behind four passing and two rushing touchdowns from senior quarterback Dominic Randolph. It was the first matchup of ranked Patriot League teams since 2004, when No. 12 Lehigh beat No. 18 Colgate at home. Lafayette won its fifth straight game, holding off Fordham's comeback attempt for a 26-21 win at home. Lehigh remained perfect in the Patriot League as JB Clark threw for 327 yards and the offense scored 35 points after being shutout the week before to take a 35-16 triumph. The Mountain Hawks earned their 12th consecutive victory in the series with Bucknell, the longest streak in the history of any Patriot League matchup.

League Leaders Face the Chasers
When Saturday's games are completed, the Patriot League race has a chance to be very clear, a jumbled mess or somewhere in-between. That's because the three teams at the top of the League will play the trio below them in the standings. No. 17 Holy Cross puts its share of the League lead on the line at Fordham, where the Rams have dropped their first two Patriot League contests. The Patriot League's other top 25 team, No. 24/25 Colgate, will try to climb back up the standings as it hosts undefeated Lehigh. Lafayette can get to 3-0 when it hosts Bucknell, which is at 1-1 in Patriot League action.

Looking For 3-0
Holy Cross is trying to head into familiar territory by moving to 3-0 on Saturday, while Lafayette and Lehigh attempt to get there for the first time in a few years. The Crusaders have opened the League schedule with a 3-0 record in each of the past three seasons. Lafayette last started 3-0 in League play in 2005, with Lehigh last pulling it off in 2006.

Holy Cross, Colgate Switch Positions in FCS Polls
Holy Cross scored a big victory over Colgate in the first matchup of ranked Patriot League teams since 2004 on Saturday, and the Crusaders were rewarded by jumping up five places in each of the major FCS top 25 polls. Holy Cross moved from No. 22 to No. 17 in both The Sports Network and FCS Coaches polls on Monday. Colgate held the No. 17 position in both rankings last weekend, and remained in each poll despite dropping. The Raiders are now No. 24 in The Sports Network top 25, and No. 25 in the FCS Coaches poll. Colgate had been one of only four undefeated teams in the FCS before the loss to the Crusaders, and held the longest regular-season winning streak in the nation at 15 games. There could be a third Patriot League team added soon, with Lafayette as one of the top three teams in the others receiving votes section in each ranking. Holy Cross also moved up to the top spot for a Patriot League team in the ECAC FCS top 10. The Crusaders are at No. 5, with Colgate and Lafayette tied at No. 8.

Leopards Rolling Along
Lafayette is as hot as nearly any team in the country, and now the Leopards have a chance to post a record they haven't seen in nearly 30 years. With a win over Bucknell on Saturday, Lafayette would improve to 7-1 for the first time since 1981. The Leopards are at 6-1 for the second year in a row. Lafayette's five-game win streak is tied for the eighth-longest active streak in the country, and is the longest for the Leopards since winning their final five games in 1994. Lafayette last won six games in a row in 1992.

Holy Cross Steps Up for the Big Ones
Holy Cross is off to a 6-1 start that is the best for the program since completing a perfect season in 1991, and the Crusaders have done it against some stiff competition. Holy Cross has already knocked off two top 25 teams this year, as the Crusaders defeated No. 25 Harvard, 27-20, on Sept. 19 and got past No. 17 Colgate, 42-28, on Saturday. It probably didn't hurt that the games came at Fitton Field. The Crusaders have a perfect 5-0 record at home this season, and have won nine consecutive home contests since losing their 2008 season opener to Massachusetts.

Defenses Stand Strong
Lafayette and Holy Cross each got big wins on Saturday, and were aided by strong performances from their defense that kept Fordham and Colgate from approaching anything near their FCS-leading averages. Fordham came into the game against Lafayette leading the nation with 484.5 yards of total offense per game, but the Leopards limited the Rams to 333 in a 26-21 win. Holy Cross did not even allow Colgate to reach half of its FCS-leading rushing average, as the Crusaders limited the Raiders to 120 yards on the ground. Colgate came into the day leading the nation with 273.7 rushing yards per game.

Randolph Now Holds Two FCS Records
Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph had yet another stellar game on Saturday, and in the process set an FCS record with a touchdown pass in his 37th consecutive game. He had shared the record with the late Steve McNair (Alcorn State 1991-94) coming into the day. Randolph had four touchdown passes in the game, and has thrown at least two touchdown passes in 16 consecutive games. Randolph has already shattered the mark for consecutive games with at least 200 yards passing, as his active streak of 36 games bested the previous mark of 28 held by McNair and former Portland State star Neil Lomax (1978-80). Randolph is also approaching two FCS career marks in major categories, as his 1,578 attempts are 102 shy of the record of 1,680 held by McNair and Cal St. Northridge's Marcus Brady (1998-01) and his 1,002 completions are 120 off the record of 1,122 held by New Hampshire's Ricky Santos (2004-07). Randolph is seventh in FCS history in passing yardage (11,928), passing touchdowns (105) and total offense (12,568). He leads the Patriot League in nine different career categories: completions, attempts, passing yards, passing touchdowns, total offense, touchdowns responsible for (119), 300-yard passing games (21), 400-yard passing games (seven) and 400-yard games of total offense (nine).

Patriot Leaguers Earning National Plaudits
Randolph has the most name recognition of any Patriot League player, and his spot as one of the top candidates for The Walter Payton Award presented by The Sports Network to the Most Outstanding Player in the FCS validates his success. He also became the first Patriot Leaguer to earn a pair of weekly national honors this season, as he was named a National All-Star by College Sporting News on Monday for his performance in Holy Cross' 42-28 win over Colgate on Saturday. Earlier in the season, Randolph was named the Offensive Player of the Week by The Sports Network. But he's not the only Patriot Leaguer to receive national recognition. Last week, Fordham's John Skelton was honored by College Sporting News and teammate Isa Abdul El-Quddus was awarded by The Sports Network for their efforts in Fordham's win over Cornell on Oct. 17. Bucknell's A.J. Kizekai also earned a National All-Star award from College Sporting News earlier in the season. In addition to the national honors, Patriot League players have earned five ECAC Offensive Player of the Week awards.

Patriot League Teams, Individuals At Top of FCS Stats
Patriot League offenses have put on impressive displays in the 2009 season, and the impact is certainly being felt on the NCAA leaderboard. A pair of senior quarterbacks have carved out spots as the best in the country, with Holy Cross' Dominic Randolph leading the nation in passing yards, total offense and points responsible for per game. Fordham's John Skelton is third in the FCS in passing and total offense per contest. Holy Cross is second and Fordham is third in passing offense, while Fordham is also third and Holy Cross sixth in total offense. Colgate is second in the nation in rushing, first downs and third-down conversion percentage, and leads the FCS in time of possession, where Lafayette ranks third. Lehigh's defense is up to third in the country against the pass and fourth in sacks per game, while Bucknell is fifth in interceptions per contest.

This Week in the Patriot League

No. 17/17 Holy Cross (6-1, 2-0) at Fordham (3-4, 0-2)
Jack Coffey Field; Bronx, N.Y. - Saturday, 1 p.m.

Series Holy Cross, 24-20-2
Streak Holy Cross, One Win Last Meeting Holy Cross, 38-17 (11.8.2008)
Last Fordham Win 24-21 (11.3.2007) Last Five Games Fordham, 3-2

Holy Cross Head Coach Tom Gilmore, Penn, 1986
Career Record 36-26 (Sixth Season) Overall/Holy Cross; 19-13 Patriot League

Fordham Head Coach Tom Masella, Wagner, 1981
Career Record 36-48 (Eighth Season) Overall/19-22 (Fourth Season) at Fordham; 7-13 PL

No. 17/17 Holy Cross will try to stay at the top of the Patriot League when it visits Fordham on Saturday...The Crusaders are going for their fourth consecutive 3-0 start in League action, while the Rams are trying to avoid starting 0-3 for the fourth time in the last five years...The home team has dominated the series of late, with four straight victories for the host school...Holy Cross notched a 38-17 win at home last year, while Fordham won the last meeting in the Bronx, 24-21, on Nov. 3, 2007 to clinch the Patriot League title and automatic playoff berth...The Rams have won six of the past eight meetings overall, including the last four in the Bronx...Holy Cross' last win at Fordham was a 37-14 triumph in 1999...Four of the past five meetings have been decided by seven points or less...Fordham has a 10-9 advantage in all-time Patriot League meetings.

Holy Cross The Crusaders improved to 2-0 in the Patriot League for the fifth straight season with a 42-28 win at home over Colgate on Saturday...Holy Cross won the first game between ranked Patriot League teams since 2004...The Crusaders have now won two of the last three meetings against the Raiders after dropping six in a row...Holy Cross also exacted revenge after losing at Colgate, 28-27, with the Patriot League title on the line on the last day of the 2008 season...Holy Cross also improved to 5-0 at Fitton Field this season, and has won nine straight home games since dropping the 2008 season opener to Massachusetts...Dominic Randolph threw for four touchdowns and ran for two more to lead the Crusaders...Randolph tallied a career-high 116 rushing yards on 14 carries...It was his first-ever 100-yard rushing day, and the first for a Holy Cross player this year...He completed 20-of-31 passes for 288 yards and four touchdowns...Randolph set an FCS record by throwing for a touchdown pass in his 37th consecutive game, breaking the tie with the late Steve McNair (Alcorn State 1991-94)...It was his 36th consecutive 200-yard passing game, extending an FCS record in that category...Randolph is now seventh in FCS annals in career passing yards (11,928), touchdown passes (105) and total offense (12,568)...Holy Cross went ahead for good when it pulled out to a 21-7 lead early in the second quarter...Colgate would close to within a touchdown on three occasions, but every time the Crusaders answered with a touchdown of their own on the ensuing possession...The Holy Cross defense limited Colgate to 120 rushing yards, more than 150 below the average for a team that came into the day leading the nation in rushing...John Myrick had 13 tackles, including 12 solo stops, and Marcus Rodriguez had 12 tackles to lead the defense...Holy Cross held a 440-296 edge in total offense...Bill Edger hauled in nine receptions for 127 yards in the game...Edger, Nick Cole, Freddie Santana and Alex Schneider all caught touchdown passes...Alex Johnson averaged 27.2 yards on five kickoff returns...Holy Cross is on the road next week at Lehigh.

Fordham Fordham could not come back in the final minute and dropped to 0-2 with a 26-21 loss at Lafayette on Saturday...The Rams had the ball with a shot to win the game, but Darryl Whiting was tackled at the Lafayette 10 yard line on the final play...Fordham fell to 0-2 in the League for the second straight year...Fordham saw its three-game winning streak come to an end...The Rams have dropped five of the last six to Lafayette...Fordham trailed 26-14, with just over three minutes left in the game, but scored with 2:39 to go to cut the gap to 26-21 before getting the ball at the end...John Skelton completed 29-of-45 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns...David Moore had seven receptions, while Asa Lucas and Jason Caldwell each caught six passes...Nick Magiera led the defensive effort with 12 tackles, two tackles for loss and a forced fumble...Jordan Bledose had nine tackles and two sacks...Patrick Murray averaged 49.0 yards on five punts...The Rams were outgained, 439-333, in total offense, and were held more than 150 yards below their FCS-leading total offense average coming into the day...Fordham was limited to 22:52 in time of possession...The Rams will continue their three-game homestand on Nov. 7 when they take on Bucknell.

Bucknell (3-4, 1-1) at Lafayette (6-1, 2-0)
Fisher Stadium; Easton, Pa. - Saturday, 1 p.m.

Series Lafayette, 48-32-6 TV Lafayette Sports Network
Streak Lafayette, Seven Wins Last Meeting Lafayette, 38-21 (11.8.2008)
Last Bucknell Win 17-16 (10.13.2001) Last Five Games Lafayette, 5-0

Bucknell Head Coach Tim Landis, Randolph-Macon, 1986
Career Record 84-95-1 (17th Season) Overall/31-43 (Seventh Season) at Bucknell; 15-24 PL

Lafayette Head Coach Frank Tavani, Lebanon Valley, 1976
Career Record 58-51 (10th Season) Overall/Lafayette; 33-26 Patriot League

Lafayette goes in search of its best overall start since 1981 when its hosts Bucknell on Halloween afternoon...The Leopards are 6-1, and have not opened a season at 7-1 since the 1981 campaign where they finished 9-2...Lafayette is also trying to go 3-0 in the Patriot League for the first time since 2005...The Leopards are trying to continue their recent dominance of Bucknell, as Lafayette has won the last seven games in the series...Lafayette scored a 38-21 win at Bucknell last year, and a 34-7 triumph in the last meeting in Easton in 2007...The Leopards have scored at least 30 points and won by 13 points or more in each of the last four matchups...Bucknell's last win was a 17-16 victory at Lafayette in 2001...The Bison are trying to get to 2-1 in the Patriot League for the first time since 2003...Lafayette holds a 16-7 advantage in all-time Patriot League matchups.

Bucknell The Bison saw their longest home winning streak since 2001 come to an end with a 35-16 loss against Lehigh on Saturday...The Bison dropped to 1-1 in the Patriot League and had their four-game home streak come to an end, which included a 3-0 mark this year...Bucknell lost to Lehigh for a 12th consecutive meeting, the longest streak in the history of any Patriot League series...Shaun Pasternak had a strong game in his first start of the year, catching six passes for 127 yards and a touchdown...It was his sixth-career 100-yard receiving day...His 43-yard touchdown reception was the longest offensive play by Bucknell this year...Marcello Trigg completed 14-of-26 passes for 216 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for a score...Greg Jones led the defense with 10 tackles, while Ahkiel White tied for the Patriot League lead with his third interception of the year...A.J. Kizekai had four kickoff returns for 93 yards, and now has a Bucknell record 2,640 kickoff return yards in his career...The mark is 112 yards away from the Patriot League record...Bucknell is tied for fifth nationally with 13 interceptions this season...The Bison continue their three-game League road swing at Fordham next week.

Lafayette The Leopards scored 20 consecutive points in the second and third quarter and held on the rest of the way for a 26-21 win at home against Fordham on Saturday...Lafayette is at 2-0 in the Patriot League for the second year in a row, and the Leopards have also started 6-1 overall in consecutive seasons...Lafayette won its fifth consecutive game overall, tied for the eighth-longest streak in the FCS...Lafayette has won two straight and five of the last six against the Rams...It was the first time since 1997 that the winning team in the matchup did not score at least 27 points...Lafayette stopped Fordham at the 10 yard line on the final play of the game, as Carlos Lowe tackled Fordham's Darryl Whiting...After falling behind 7-0 in the first quarter, Lafayette got touchdown passes from Rob Curley to Mark Layton and Maurice White and two Davis Rodriguez field goals to take a 20-7 lead with 8:29 left in the third quarter...White had a key insurance touchdown for a 26-14 lead midway through the fourth quarter...The Leopards held a 439-333 lead in total offense, keeping Fordham more than 150 yards below its FCS-leading average of 484.5 yards of total offense per game...Curley completed 23-of-31 passes for a career-high 305 yards and the two touchdowns...The 23 completions were also a career high...He is first in Lafayette history with a 61.7 completion percentage, including 66 percent this season...White ran for 107 yards and a score while also catching the touchdown pass...Layton caught five passes for 106 yards and a touchdown, while Mitchell Bennett had six receptions for 93 yards...Michael Schmidlein and Mark Leggiero each had 11 tackles to lead the defense, while Eric McGovern had an interception...Lafayette had four scoring drives of 80 yards or more, and held a 37:08 to 22:52 advantage in time of possession...The Leopards are third in the nation in time of possession at 33:53 per game...Lafayette plays its home finale next week against No. 24/25 Colgate.

Lehigh (2-5, 2-0) at No. 24/25 Colgate (7-1, 2-1)
Andy Kerr Stadium; Hamilton, N.Y. - Saturday, 1 p.m.

Series Colgate, 26-19-1 TV TW, WFMZ, FCS, FSN (tape-delay)
Streak Colgate, Two Wins Last Meeting Colgate, 34-33 (11.8.2008)
Last Lehigh Win 23-15 (11.4.2006) Last Five Games Lehigh, 3-2

Lehigh Head Coach Andy Coen, Gettysburg, 1986
Career Record 18-22 (Fourth Season) Overall/Lehigh; 13-7 Patriot League

Colgate Head Coach Dick Biddle, Duke, 1971
Career Record 111-50 (14th Season) Overall/Colgate; 64-17 Patriot League

Lehigh and No. 24/25 Colgate meet in a key game for the Patriot League standings on Saturday in Hamilton...The Mountain Hawks are trying to continue their best Patriot League start since opening 5-0 in 2006, while the Raiders are attempting to rebound from last week's loss at Holy Cross and improve to at least 3-1 in the League for the third year in a row....Colgate has won the last two games in the series, with a come-from-behind 34-33 win at Lehigh last year and a 21-7 victory in the last matchup in Hamilton in 2007...Lehigh won the previous three meetings from 2004-06...That stretch included a 50-34 win in Hamilton in 2005...Lehigh holds a 13-10 advantage in Patriot League games between the schools.

Lehigh Lehigh got on track offensively behind a strong game from quarterback J.B. Clark in a 35-16 win at Bucknell...The Mountain Hawks improved to 2-0 in the Patriot League for the first time since 2006...Lehigh earned its 12th consecutive victory over the Bison, the longest winning streak in the history of any Patriot League series...The Mountain Hawks have scored at least 30 points in each of their last seven games against the Bison, and have won by 16 points or more for eight straight years...Lehigh scored 35 points one week after being shutout for the first time since 1986...Clark re-entered the starting lineup and went 24-of-37 for 327 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for a score...It was his second-career 300-yard game...He tossed a scoring pass to Alex Wojdowski with just five seconds left in the first half to put Lehigh up, 21-7, at the break...The Mountain Hawks opened the lead to 35-10 in the second half with rushing touchdowns by Zach Barket and Jaren Walker...Barket led the rushing effort with 77 yards, the top career mark for the freshman...Jake Drwal was the top receiver with nine catches for 124 yards, while Lehigh held a 461-295 edge in total offense...Matt Cohen had one of Lehigh's three sacks, his Patriot League-leading seventh of the year...That puts him tied for seventh in the country with 1.0 sacks per game, and is the highest season sack total for a Patriot League player since 2005...Cohen led the League with 6.5 sacks last year...The Mountain Hawks are fourth nationally with 3.6 sacks per game, and have at least one in every game this year...They also rank third in the nation against the pass and 15th in total defense...Lehigh returns home to face Holy Cross next Saturday.

Colgate Colgate had its perfect season come to an end with a 42-28 loss at Holy Cross on Saturday...The defeat snapped Colgate's 15-game regular-season win streak, which had been the longest in the nation, and the Raiders' seven-game League winning streak...It was Colgate's first regular-season loss since falling to Furman, 42-21, on Sept. 13, 2008...The last previous League loss for the Raiders also came at Holy Cross in the final game of the 2007 season...It was the first matchup of Patriot League ranked teams in five years...Colgate also lost on the road in that game, as the No. 18 Raiders fell at No. 12 Lehigh, 21-14, on Oct. 30, 2004...Colgate had won seven of the last eight against Holy Cross, but has now lost to the Crusaders in two of the past three seasons...Colgate fell behind, 21-7, early in the second quarter and would never get closer than a touchdown after that point...The Raiders pulled to within seven points three times, but Holy Cross scored on its next possession each time...Greg Sullivan completed 18-of-32 passes for 176 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions, and also ran for 53 yards...Nate Eachus had 69 yards and a touchdown on the ground...Eachus has 10 touchdowns in five games this year, scoring at least once in each contest...Pat Simonds caught five passes for 70 yards and a score, his eighth of the season...Coree Moses led the defense with eight tackles and returned an interception 37 yards for a touchdown to even the score at 7-7 in the first quarter...It was the longest INT return for a touchdown by a Colgate player since 2005...Colgate came into the day as one of four remaining undefeated teams in the FCS...Colgate managed 120 yards on the ground, more than 150 below its average...The Raiders came into the day leading the nation in rushing yardage, and are still second in the FCS in that category with 254 yards per game...Colgate continues to lead the nation in time of possession, and fell from first to second nationally in third-down conversion percentage...The Raiders play their last road game of the year on Nov. 7 at Lafayette.

Georgetown (0-7, 0-5) at Old Dominion (6-2)
S.B. Ballard Stadium; Norfolk, Va. - Saturday, 6 p.m.

Series First Meeting

Georgetown Head Coach Kevin Kelly, Springfield, 1982
Career Record 5-34 (Fourth Season) Overall/Georgetown; 1-21 Patriot League

Old Dominon Head Coach Bobby Wilder, Maine, 1987
Career Record 6-2 (First Season) Overall/Old Dominion

Georgetown returns from its bye week and goes in search of its first win of the season at Old Dominion on Saturday night...The Hoyas are trying to avoid their first 0-8 start to the season since entering the FCS in 1993...Old Dominion is 6-2 in the first year of the program, though one of the losses came at Fordham, 34-29...That was the only other meeting for a Patriot League school against the Monarchs.

Georgetown The Hoyas are coming off a bye...In their last action on Oct. 17, Georgetown had an early lead and was tied into the third quarter but fell at home against Colgate, 31-14...Georgetown fell to 0-7 overall and 0-5 in the Patriot League, and has dropped its first seven games of the season for the first time since 2007...The Hoyas have lost 12 consecutive Patriot League games...Georgetown also fell to 0-7 in the all-time series against Colgate...Patrick O'Donnell led Georgetown with a career-high 18 tackles, the fifth-highest single-game effort in school history.