Game:            University of Findlay                                            4-5 (3-5 GLIAC)   
                       at Malone University                                            1-8 (1-7 GLIAC)
Date:              Saturday, November 8, 2014
Kickoff:          3:30 p.m. EST at Fawcett Stadium
Live Video:   http://new.livestream.com/maloneuniversity
                      3:10 p.m. EST pre-game (Clint Scroggs – play-by-play, Larry Ridgeway – color)
Live Audio:   http://www.espn990.com
Live Stats:    http://www.gliac.org/sports/fball/2014-15/boxscores/20141108_x8kp.xml
Tickets:        $6.00 adults; $3.00 students/senior citizens; children 12 and under are free. 

Tailgate Against Hunger: At Saturday's game, Malone students are collecting canned food items along with monetary donations to help the hungry in Stark County.

Series:       
Findlay has won each of the four previous meetings with Malone.  The two schools, both former NAIA members, first met in an NAIA playoff game at Findlay on December 2, 1995 – a contest the Oilers won 15-7.  Findlay then tallied a 13-10 regular-season victory in Canton on October 5, 1996.  Since the series was renewed in 2012, the Oilers have registered wins of 38-14 (at Findlay in 2012) and 35-21 (at Fawcett last fall).

Coaches:   
Malone – Eric Hehman is in his fifth season as the Pioneers' head coach and has tallied an 11-40 record at Malone.  Prior to arriving in Canton, Hehman spent the previous five years as the head coach at NCAA Division III Greenville (IL) College where he led the Panthers to a 28-22 record and a berth in the 2009 NCCAA Victory Bowl.
Findlay – Rob Keys is now in his fourth season as the Oilers head coach and has guided UF to a 25-16 overall record.  Keys previously served as an assistant coach for the Oilers from 2000-04.  He then held assistant coaching positions at Indiana State Univ., Slippery Rock (PA) University, and the Univ. of New Hampshire before returning to Findlay to become the Oilers' head coach.

Last Season's Records: Malone 2-9 (1-8 GLIAC), Findlay 8-3 (6-3 GLIAC)

Malone Notes: The Pioneers suffered a 35-16 defeat at Urbana University this past Saturday… After falling behind early, Malone cut the deficit to 21-16 near the start of the fourth quarter on 30-yard field goal…However, that was as close as the Pioneers would get as Urbana tacked on a pair of TDs to put the contest out of reach…Malone registered 349 total yards and 19 first downs during the contest but also had three costly turnovers and a season-high 14 penalties, totaling 161 yards… The Malone defense recovered a fumble on Saturday and now has 12 fumble recoveries on the season, the second most in the GLIAC.

Malone players to watch:  RB Ronnie Beers snagged two catches for 55 yards and also picked up 20 rushing yards and a TD during Saturday's contest…Beers, who has notched a team-best eight touchdowns on the year (six rushing, two receiving), is the Pioneers' leading rusher with 462 yards on 72 carries (6.4 average)…WR Jordan Phillips posted three catches for 34 yards against the Blue Knights while also tallying 34 yards on two rushing attempts…On the season, Phillips has posted 18 receptions for a team-high 324 yards (18.0 average)…DB Demarco Donaldson registered 11 tackles in Saturday's game …Donaldson, now with 72 tackles on the season, is currently ranked among the NCAA Division II leaders this year in both forced fumbles (five) and fumble recoveries (four)…DL Colton Hale registered his fourth blocked kick of the season on Saturday after getting a hand on an Urbana field-goal try…Hale has the most blocked kicks in the GLIAC this season and is now tied for fifth in NCAA Division II

Findlay Notes: The Oilers opened the year with three straight victories, but have since lost five of their last six games, including a tough 43-10 home loss to Wayne State (MI) University last Saturday… The Warriors outscored Findlay 28-3 over the final two quarters to pull away for the victory…The Oilers committed five turnovers in the game and were held to a season-low 267 total yards…Despite the setback, Findlay still ranks fourth in the GLIAC in both points scored (34.7) and total yards (451.2 average)…The Oilers are also ranked second in the conference in passing with an average of 279.1 yards through the air per contest.

Findlay players to watch: QB Verlon Reed ranks second in the GLIAC in both passing yards per game (261.6) and touchdown throws (18)…On the season, Reed has completed 180 of 302 pass attempts (59.6%) for 2354 yards…Reed is also the Oilers' leading rusher with 503 yards and seven TDs on 92 attempts…WR Lloyd Henry is the GLIAC leader in both receptions and receiving yards, having posted 68 catches for 920 yards and seven TDs…WR Dylan Blunk, WR Tim Szabo and TE Anthony Federico have also been weapons in the passing game…Blunk and Szabo have each eclipsed 260 receiving yards this year while Federico has pulled down four TD catches…RB Chauncey Bridges has carried the ball 85 times for 497 yards (5.8 average) and five touchdowns…DBs Nathan Morris and Tory Clark are each averaging over 27 yards per kickoff return…K Tyler Bugeja has made 10 of 11 field goal tries this season…DB Harold Jones-Quartey ranks second in the GLIAC with 88 total tackles…LB Myles Alexander has made 54 tackles, including a team-best 9.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks.

2014 Rosters
Malone  |  Findlay

2014 Statistics
Malone  |  Findlay