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22/25 IUP Crimson Hawks (5-1, 2-1 PSAC West)
Edinboro (3-3, 1-2 PSAC West)
Saturday, October 19, 2013 | 1:00 p.m.
Frank Cignetti Field at George P. Miller Stadium | Indiana, Pa.
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THE GAME: The Crimson Hawks look to rebound from last week's loss as they return home Saturday to host Edinboro at Frank Cignetti Field at George P. Miller Stadium. IUP is coming off of a 42-16 road loss to rival Slippery Rock, the first of the season, and enter this week 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the PSAC West. Edinboro is also coming off a loss, falling 55-14 at Gannon last weekend to drop to 3-3 and 1-2.
ON THE AIR: The game will air live on WQMU-FM 92.5 with Jack Benedict serving as the play-by-play announcer and John Flickinger at his side as the color analyst. The two will be joined by sideline reporter Greg Drahuschak. The pregame show begins at 12:30 p.m. You can also listen to the action on the internet at u92radio.com. IUP-TV will have the live broadcast on local Comcast and webstreaming at NMTVSports.com.
HEAD COACH CURT CIGNETTI: IUP head coach
Curt Cignetti (West Virginia, '82) enters his third season at the helm after leading the Crimson Hawks to a PSAC championship, a 12-2 record and a berth in the NCAA playoffs in 2012. Through his two-plus seasons, Cignetti has a record of 24-6, going 13-4 in PSAC West play and 2-1 in the NCAA playoffs. He has a record of 13-2 at home and 11-4 on the road. This is Cignetti's 31st year of coaching, with previous stops at Alabama (07-10), NC State (00-06), Pittsburgh (83-84, 93-99) Temple (89-92), Rice (86-88) and Davidson (85).
THE SERIES: IUP holds the all-time series lead over Edinboro with a record of 55-21-4. The teams have split their last 10 meetings, although the Crimson Hawks have taken the last three matchups by a combined score of 63-10 with two shutouts (19-0 in 2011, 18-0 in 2010). IUP has won eight of the last 11 meetings with Edinboro at home.
NEXT GAME: The Crimson Hawks hit the road for two straight weeks, starting Saturday, Oct. 26 at Mercyhurst. IUP has a 3-2 lead in the all-time series with the Lakers, with all five meetings coming after they moved to the PSAC in 2008. IUP has won each of the last two meetings, 31-13 at home last year and 35-28 on the road in overtime in 2011.
HAWK TALK
IN THE POLLS... After last week's loss, IUP slid down both major polls and is now ranked No. 22 in the AFCA Coaches Poll and No. 25 in the D2Football.com Media poll. It's the 18th consecutive week that the Crimson Hawks have been ranked in the top 25 dating back to Sept. 3, 2012.
REBOUNDING... Under Cignetti, the Crimson Hawks are 3-1 following losses, not including last year's season-ending defeat in the NCAA playoffs. In 2011, IUP defeated Edinboro 19-0 the week after losing at SRU.
PASSING FANCY... Sr. WR
Terrill Barnes (Gettysburg/Gettysburg) is on pace for one of the top receiving season's in IUP history with 34 catches for 592 yards and 4 TDs. At his current rate, through an 11-game season, Barnes would finish with 62 catches (4th all-time) for 1,086 yards (5th) and 7 TDs.
PASSING FANCY TOO... At the pace he's on, Barnes would also finish in the top 10 in several IUP career records. He currently has 96 receptions (14 away from top 10) for 1,682 yars (170 away) and 14 TDs (2 away).
CATCHING ON... R-Jr. WR
Drew Carswell (Pittsburgh, Pa. /Sto-Rox) earned his first start at IUP last week, posting career-highs with 7 catches for 103 yards. Through six games this year, Carswell is 2nd on the team with 16 catches and 279 yards.
A BOX OF THROWS... R-Sr. QB
Mike Box (Lawrenceville, GA/Collins Hill) threw for 278 yards on Saturday, his 3rd 200-yard passing day of the season. That eclipsed his mark of two 200-yard games all of last season. Box is on pace to throw 248 times for 2,231 yards and 18 TDs.
TURN BACK TIME... The Crimson Hawks have gone back to their 2012 ways over the past three games, controlling the ball an average of 34:04. In the opening three games of this year, IUP only held on to the ball an average of 26:46.
EVEN WITH ALL OF THAT... Even after giving up 676 total yards and 449 passing yards, both school records, IUP is still ranked in the top five in the four major defensive categories, including: points/game (12.0 - 1st), total yards/game (290.5 - 1st), passing yards/game (173.3 - 2nd) and rushing yards (117.2 - 4th).
ANOTHER GAME, ANOTHER PICK... R-Jr. SS
Eric Williams (Yardley/Pennsbury) picked off his PSAC-leading 4th pass of the season against The Rock, the fourth consecutive game he's notched an interception, dating back to Seton Hill Sept. 21. His interception total ranks him 7th in Division II.
COVERING THE KICK... IUP leads the PSAC in kickoff coverage, averaging a net of 51.4 yards per kick. With the help of Jr. K
Brett Ullman (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall), IUP leads the conference with 15 touchbacks.
COUNTDOWN TO 800... The game against Edinboro will be the 797th game in IUP history, with the 800th game coming at home against Gannon Nov. 9. In IUP's nearly 800 games, they hold a 518-255-23 record. The team sits at 16th in all-time victories in Division II, three games behinid Northwest Missouri State.
PSAC SHUFFLE...The PSAC West is still up for grabs, with a slew of teams competing for the top spot. Gannon is the only West school with a perfect 3-0 conference record, but has suffered two non-conference losses. IUP, Slippery Rock and California all sit at 2-1 in the conference, with IUP and Slippery Rock holding 5-1 overall records and California sitting at 4-2 overall.
MAKE-A-WISH...Today's game is the annual Make-A-Wish game. The IUP football team will host Douglas Adamson, a 16-year old Indiana, Pa. native who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in November of 2012. Douglas has been in remission since April of 2013.
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING SCOTS
OFFENSE... The Edinboro offense put up 35 points in each of the first two games, but since then as been inconsistent, scoring a total of 21 against Gannon and Cal. QB Cody Harris, who averaged 333 yards and 4 TDs in those opening games, has not been in the lineup for the last four and is not expected to play this week. Replacement Jon Girvin will rely on WRs Marcus Johnson (30 catches) and Ben Eisel (26 catches). The Fighting Scots are 9th in the PSAC in scoring and total yards.
DEFENSE... Edinboro's defense has been picked on this year, giving up at least 34 points in three games, including 55 last week to Gannon and 47 to Bloomsburg. The Fighting Scots give up 28.2 points per game (7th in PSAC) and 386.8 yards per game (10th in PSAC). FS Delano Fabor is the main playmaker with a team-leading 49 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 2 sacks and 2 interceptions. CB Devin Ghafoor also had 2 picks and has broken up 6 more passes.
SPECIAL TEAMS... Mike Simons and T.J. Hardy split the kicking duties for Edinboro. Simons has connected on 11-11 PATs and 1-2 FGs while Hardy is 9-9 and 4-4 with a long of 39. Brad West is averaging 34.8 yards on his 30 punts, dropping 6 inside the 20. Johnson is a threat in the return game, averaging 40.9 yards per kickoff, with a long of 80 yards.
