KUTZTOWN, PA (September 30, 2009) –
The Kutztown University football team returns home to meet
Cheyney University in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)
Eastern Division contest Saturday, October 3 beginning at 1:05
p.m. at University Field. (CLICK
HERE TO READ GAME NOTES)
The game will be broadcast on WEEU-830
AM based out of Reading beginning at 12:50 p.m. with the pregame
show. Fans throughout the world can listen to game at
www.kubears.com. The Kutztown student radio station KUR
(88.3 FM/1670 AM) will simulcast WEEU’s audio broadcast.
In addition, the game will air live on
KUTV, which is Service Electric Channel 24
and Hometown Utilicom Channel 28
in Kutztown and Eastern Berks County.
The game will be replayed at 6 p.m. Sunday Oct. 4,
3 p.m. Monday Oct. 5 and noon Tuesday Oct. 6.
Both teams enter the game looking for
their first conference victories after losing last week.
Kutztown (2-3 overall, 0-2 PSAC East) lost to West Chester,
37-17, on the road. Cheyney (0-5, 0-2) lost to East Stroudsburg
University, 37-0, in its home opener.
Kutztown leads the all-time series,
48-10-1. The Golden Bears won last year’s contest, 31-13 at Cheyney. Kutztown overcame an early 13-7 deficit to turn back
the Wolves. Cheyney’s last victory over Kutztown was a 31-19
decision in 1993.
Kutztown fell into a 21-0 hole before
slicing West Chester’s advantage to 24-17 entering the fourth
quarter. Redshirt freshman quarterback Kevin Morton
(Abington/Abington) had a solid debut, completing 23-of-38
passes for 238 yards. Freshman wide receiver Chris McCormick
(West Chester/East) caught a touchdown pass for the third
consecutive game after hauling in a 30-yard strike. Sophomore
wide receiver Colby Tuell (Columbia/Columbia) gained 67
yards on four receptions.
Junior safety Khalief Evans
(Philadelphia/Imhotep Charter) led the Golden Bears with 10
tackles. Senior linebacker David Cressman (Sellersville/Pennridge)
and junior defensive back Jay McKnight (Freemansburg/Bethlehem
Catholic) finished with nine tackles each. Junior linebacker
Joel Irwin (Coatesville/Bishop Shanahan) had eight stops
with three of them for losses.
Kutztown will look to unleash senior
running back Dontay Wilson (Stamford, CT/Stamford).
Wilson has gained 45 yards combined in the Golden Bears’ last
two games against Bloomsburg and West Chester. He needs 118
yards to become the 10th player in Kutztown football
history to reach 2,000 for his career. Wilson is the third
leading rusher in the PSAC (88.6). Cheyney is last in the PSAC
in rushing defense (278.4).
In addition to Wilson, the Golden Bears
have several additional players ranked among the top 10 in the
PSAC in various categories. Junior kick returner Kendell
Coleman (Philadelphia/Martin Luther King) is third in kick
return average (27.1). Junior kicker Matt Dineen (Wilmington,
DE/Concord) is second in punting average (41.6) and field
goals made per game (1.60). Irwin is fifth in tackles (9.8).
Senior Kevin Bolinsky (Ashland/North Schuylkill) is tied
for eighth in sacks per game (3.5). McCormick is ninth in
receptions per game (4.6).
Cheyney’s defense allowed 517 yards to
ESU while generating 189 yards of total offense. Ron Hunter and
Angel Rodriguez led the Wolves in the running game amassing 60
yards and 54 yards respectively. Rodriguez also completed 5 of
11 passes for 74 yards and one interception. Defensively, Demel
Chambers led the Wolves with 11 tackles and Bryan Payne added
nine stops. Chambers and Julius Faison had sacks for Cheyney.
Chambers is one of the top players in
the PSAC. He is tied for eighth in tackles (8.8) and 17th
in sacks (2.0). Stan Banks leads Cheyney with two interceptions.
Cheyney’s strength has been its pass defense. The Wolves are
third in the PSAC (159.6) in that category and they have
intercepted six passes. Hunter is seventh in the PSAC in
all-purpose yards (108.2). The Wolves leading receiver is John
Newman with 10 catches for 66 yards. Travis Taltoan has caught
Cheyney’s only touchdown pass of the season.
The Wolves scored a season-high 20
points in their loss to Lincoln (Pa.). Overall, Cheyney has scored 44 points through five games, an average of
8.8 per outing. Cheyney has not scored a point in 10 consecutive
periods.
Next week, Kutztown travels to
Shippensburg and Cheyney hosts Millersville. Both games kickoff
at 1 p.m.
NOTES: The first 1,000 Kutztown
fans to the game will receive a free T-shirt and a
pair of Thundersticks as part of KU’s annual Family Day
and Paint The Town Gold celebration.
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