TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology opens its home schedule against Rhodes College on Saturday night at 7 p.m.
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MEDIA GAME NOTES
RHIT NEWS & NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman faced defending national champion Mount Union in its season opener on Saturday, falling 54-0 to the team ranked as the consensus No. 1 team in NCAA Division III this season in all four nationally polls.
* The Fightin' Engineers have been ranked No. 19 nationally by the College Football America Yearbook and is ranked No. 20 by Street & Smith's Football Magazine in this year's preseason rankings.
* Senior Mike Riley is a preseason first-team All-American by four major national outlets. Riley received first-team preseason All-American honors from College Football America, Street & Smith's, D3football.com and Podyum.
* The Fightin' Engineers return four first-team all-HCAC selections from last season. Returnees include Riley; safety John Kirby; offensive lineman Lucas Leiner; and HCAC rushing champion Garrett Wight.
* Head coach Jeff Sokol has a 48-24 record at Rose-Hulman, including a 42-14 mark against HCAC foes.
* The Fightin' Engineers have a tradition of Academic All-American excellence. Last season, three players (Matt Murray, Alec Thompson, Garrett Wight) earned Academic All-American honors. Rose-Hulman players have combined for 27 Academic All-American awards since 2002, including 16 in the last seven years under coach Sokol.
RHODES NOTES:
* Rhodes relied on a strong defensive effort to shutout Illinois College 21-0 in its season opener last weekend. The Lynx held Illinois College to -17 rushing yards and just 151 yards in total offense.
* Quarterback PJ Settles led the Rhodes offense by completing 20-33 passes for 180 yards and one touchdown through the air and rushing for a team-high 52 yards last week.
* D'On Coofer led the Rhodes defense with nine tackles, three sacks and one fumble recovery last week.
SERIES HISTORY:
* Series tied 11-11-1
* Current Streak: Rose-Hulman won 1
* Last Meeting: RH 16, RC 13 in 2005
* Last Rhodes Win: RC 38, RH 31 (2OT) in 2004
DID YOU KNOW?
* Senior Mike Riley led all NCAA football players (FBS, FCS, II, III) leader in sacks during the 2017 regular season with 17.
