CARLISLE, Pa. - The Dickinson football team will face an opponent for the first time since the early 2000s as the Red and White make the trip up to North Jersey on Saturday afternoon to battle the Kean University Cougars at Alumni Stadium.
Game Information
Location: Union, N.J. | Alumni Stadium
Kickoff: 1 pm
Records: Red Devils (1-1, 0-0 Centennial) | Kean (0-2, 0-0 NJAC)
Head Coaches: Dickinson -
Brad Fordyce (7th season, 20-32) | Kean - Dan Garrett (18th season, 82-86)
Last Meeting: Saturday marks the first matchup between the Red Devils and Cougars since the early 2000s.
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Inside the Devils Den
Fireside Review - DEVILS 29, WPU 17
After a slow first quarter that saw only two points scored when the William Paterson punter was forced to kick the ball out the back of the endzone. Both teams would find the endzone inside the final five minutes of the second frame as
Princeton Douglass took a 55-yard swing pass from
Presley Egbers to the house, before Christopher Leimberg hit Matt Clarke for a 19-yard strike to let DC take a 9-7 edge to the break. In the third period, Dickinson bumped the lead out to 15-7 thanks to a
Noah Boyd 27-yard romp. However, Robert Crehan picked up a 33-yard field goal to bring the gap to 15-10 through three. The Devils would add two more TDs in a five-minute stretch of the fourth with Egbers running for a 36-yard score, followed by a five-yard gallop by
Diante Ball. Taz Burton added a 24-yard TD reception in the final minute to set the 29-17 result.
The Offensive General
Egbers was efficient in start number two going 11-for-24 racking up 111 yards with one touchdown each rushing and passing, while tossing one pick. On the season he is completing about 47% of his passes (34-73) for 366 yards and three scores posting a 99.51 passer rating.
Rushing Attack
Once again Ball paced the DC backfield with 23 touches totaling 133 yards and one score averaging 5.8 per touch. Egbers scampered for 30 yards himself tallying one score in the process, while Boyd made the most of his two rushes averaging 17 yards per run with a touchdown. Douglass chipped in four carries for 15 yards.
Pass Catchers
Egbers once again shared the rock effectively finding four different targets on the afternoon led by Douglass who pulled in four for 76 yards and one score, which included a 55 yard TD reception.
Bryce Peterson grabbed three balls for 19 yards. The duo of
Leon Friebel and Ball combined for four catches and 16 yards.
Defense Helps as Well
Dickinson was led against the Pioneers by
Alex Sulin who recorded a team-high eight stops (six solo), including one hit for a loss. Both
Bram Leys and
Brendan Walker finished the day with seven tackles and combined for 3.5 tackles for loss, while forcing two fumbles.
Sam Orzolek and
James Basilii chipped in six and five hits respectively and joined up for two quarterback hits and one pass breakup.
The Cougars Cage
Kean University enters their first matchup with the Devils at 0-2 after being tripped up by both Morrisville State (24-14) and Ursinus (30-14).
Robbie Nungesser is the man under center for the Cougars as he tossed for 243 yards last weekend against the Bears going 17-for-33 with a pair of touchdown throws and being sacked twice. On the afternoon he targeted nine different receivers with eight of them making catches. Leading the way was his top target Alex Bryant with four grabs for 159 yards and two scores. Both Dazzy Iannuzzio and John Manfre Jr. went over 30 yards with 30 and 36 respectively on seven combined catches. Jaylen Gundy was the other multi-reception player with two for 12 yards, while Nick Medina, Zymir Mobley, Anthony Summey and Matt Vingara all added one catch. The ground game was paced by Nungesser and his 12 attempts for 50 yards (4.2 avg.), followed by Summey with 11 for 40 (3.6 per carry).
Defensively, Raymond Gorny and Gabe Robles were the leading tacklers with eight apiece (one for loss). Chris Amos added seven hits, while the trio of Jayohn Arrington, Sean Mena and Nick Sura each tallied six hits and combined for three pass breakups two tackles for loss and one sack.
Stat Pack
Points per game - DC (28.0) | KU (14.0)
Points Allowed per game - DC (27.5) | KU (27.0)
Rushing Yards per game - DC (166.5) | KU (95.5)
Passing Yards per game - DC (183.0) | KU (163.0)
Total Offense per game - DC (349.5) | KU (258.5)
Total Defense per game - DC (374.5) | KU (391.0)
Penalty Yards per game - DC (45.0) | KU (45.0)
Time of Possession - DC (30:19) | KU (23:56)
