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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology football team hosts DePauw to open the 2023 regular season at 7 PM on Saturday, September 2.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman is coming off a 6-4 record in 2022 that culminated in the HCAC Championship game.
* The Fightin' Engineers had their 15-game HCAC win streak snapped in the 2022 season finale loss to Mt. St. Joseph.
* Rose-Hulman has finished top-2 in the HCAC for four consecutive years, and they were picked to finish top-2 again this year in the preseason poll.
* Jeff Sokol is serving in his 13th year at Rose-Hulman with a career record of 77-40 and the top winning percentage in program history at .658. Sokol has led Rose-Hulman to three HCAC titles and NCAA Playoff appearances in 2016 and 2021.
* Daniel Huery earned preseason All-American recognition from D3football.com. He was a 2nd-Team All-Region honoree and a 1st-Team all-HCAC honoree in 2022.
* Andrew Toler also earned preseason All-American honors from The CFB Network. He was a 1st-Team all-HCAC punter in 2022.
* Jailen Hobbs is the reigning 2-time HCAC Special Teams Player of the Year after leading the league in kickoff return and punt return average last season.
* Hobbs is coming off an All-American season in 2022 as he became the first two-sport All-American in school history in track and football. He was the first HCAC Athlete of the Year in school history in 2022-23.
* Rose-Hulman will return to the gridiron on Saturday, September 9 at Trine at 7 PM.

OPPONENT NOTES:
* DePauw made its 4th all-time NCAA Playoff appearance last season and their second consecutive
* The Tigers are the 2023 favorite to win their third straight North Coast Athletic Conference championship in the preseason league poll. They were the narrowly chosen top selection over Wabash
* Gus Baumgartner is the lone returning member of the DePauw backfield that had more than 50 carries in 2022. Baumgartner ran for 789 yards and 11 TDs
* Nathan McCahill returns at QB for the Tigers after throwing for 889 yards and 10 TDs last season
* The Tigers return 20 of their 22 defensive starters and backups from last years stout defense that allowed just 15.6 points per game.
* DePauw returns to the field next Saturday with their home opener against the Anderson Ravens.

SERIES HISTORY: 
* DePauw leads the all-time series with Rose-Hulman 44-12-1.
* The Tigers won last season's matchup 17-14 despite a 14-3 lead for the Fightin' Engineers early in the second half.
* DePauw took down the Fightin' Engineers 26-21 in the 2021 Division III NCAA Tournament.
* This is the first meeting between these two teams in Terre Haute since 2011.
* The last Rose-Hulman win over DePauw came in 2003, a 22-11 victory in Terre Haute.

RETURNING STATS LEADERS:
PASSING YARDS - Miguel Robertson (2258)
PASSING TDS - Miguel Robertson (29)
RUSHING YARDS - Grant Ripperda (831)
RUSHING TDS - Grant Ripperda (8)
RECEIVING YARDS - Daniel Huery (939)
RECEIVING TDS - Daniel Huery (12)
TACKLES - Chaikou Sow (68)
TACKLES FOR A LOSS - Jakey Ovanic (23)
SACKS - Jakey Ovanic / Payton Gryniewicz / Ryan Schmidt (1)
FORCED FUMBLES - Ryan Schmidt (1)
INTERCEPTIONS - Chaikou Sow (2)
 
CAREER STATS NOTES:
* Jailen Hobbs - 1st in kick return touchdowns (2), 1st in punt return touchdowns (2), 1st in yards per punt return (15.0), 2nd in yards per kick return (26.9), 3rd in total punt return yards (554), 7th in total kick return yards (1021) and 10th in receiving touchdowns (14)
* Daniel Huery - 5th in yards per kick return (24.7), 7th in receiving touchdowns (19), 9th in receiving yards (1728), 9th in receptions (124), 12th in yards per catch (13.9), and one of only 12 players to return a kick for a touchdown
* Jonathan Oliger - 4th in PAT percentage (92.5%) and 8th in extra points made (49)
* Kyle Rehberg - 9th in extra points made (45), 9th in PAT percentage (90%), and 13th in field goals made (8)
* Miguel Robertson - 6th in passing touchdowns (30) and 15th in passing completions (185)
* Chaikou Sow - 14th in interception return yards (110)
* Andrew Toler - 11th in total punt yards (3802)