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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology football team travels to Michigan to take on the Albion Brittons as part of the HCAC-MIAA Challenge.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman enters this week at 1-1 on the season as they held off a late comeback from Trine to win 30-28.
* The Fightin' Engineers have 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.
* 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.
* Hobbs was named the HCAC Offensive Player of the Week and earned D3football.com Team of the Week honors after putting up 14 catches, 205 yards, and 3 touchdowns in the win over Trine.
* Andrew Toler also earned preseason All-American honors from The CFB Network. He was a 1st-Team all-HCAC punter in 2022.
* Toler was also named the HCAC Special Teams Player of the Week after booming four punts for an average of 49.5 yards per punt. 
* Jeff Sokol is serving in his 13th year at Rose-Hulman with a career record of 78-41 and the top winning percentage in program history at .655. 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.
* Four players on the stout Rose-Hulman defense have come up with interceptions this season. Rose-Hulman has forced three turnovers in each of its first two games of the season.
* Riley Lopian leads the Fightin' Engineers defense up front as he has recorded a team-leading 16 tackles and 3 tackles for a loss.
* Rose-Hulman will return to the gridiron on Saturday, September 30. The Fightin' Engineers will host the Anderson Ravens for their 2023 Homecoming football game.

ALBION NOTES:
* Albion enters this week at 2-0 with a 41-20 win over Carthage and a 42-20 win over Bluffton
* The Brittons are coming off a 2nd place finish in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association last season. They entered the final game of the season at a perfect 9-0, but they fell to Alma 34-31 in the MIAA Championship Game
* Albion was picked to finish 4th in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll this year. They finished narrowly behind of Rose-Hulman's last opponent, Trine
* The Brittons lost their head coach in the offseason as he took the head coaching position at NorthWood after leading Albion to a 29-5 record during his tenure.
* Phillip Jones-Price leads the rushing attack for Albion this year, averaging 113 yards per game on the ground.
* Luke Lovell has thrown for over 260 yards per game on the season despite his top receiver, Kye Bristow, averaging just 61 yards per game.
* Albion returns to its home field next week as they host Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 12 PM.

SERIES NOTES:
* Albion won the only meeting all-time with Rose-Hulman last year.
* The Brittons won 49-17 in Terre Haute despite it being a 14-10 ball game last in the first half.

2023 STAT LEADERS:
PASSING YARDS - Miguel Robertson (492)
PASSING TDS - Miguel Robertson (6)
RUSHING YARDS - Grant Ripperda (164)
RUSHING TDS - Grant Ripperda (1)
RECEPTIONS - Jailen Hobbs (20)
RECEIVING YARDS - Jailen Hobbs (237)
RECEIVING TDS - Jailen Hobbs (5)
TACKLES - Riley Lopian (16)
TACKLES FOR A LOSS - Riley Lopian (3.0)
SACKS - Jakey Ovanic (1.5)
FORCED FUMBLES - N/A
INTERCEPTIONS - Cameron Dorsey / Adam Field / Stephon Pugh / Ryan Schmidt (1)

CAREER STAT NOTES:
* Jailen Hobbs - 1st in kick return touchdowns (2), 1st in punt return touchdowns (2), 1st in yards per punt return (14.6), 3rd in yards per kick return (25.7), 3rd in total punt return yards (554), 4th in total kick return yards (1132), 7th in receiving touchdowns (19), 10th in receptions (117), and 14th in receiving yards (1430)
* Daniel Huery - 6th in receptions (137), 6th in yards per kick return (24.2), 7th in receiving touchdowns (19), 9th in receiving yards (1813), and one of only 12 players to return a kick for a touchdown
* Jonathan Oliger - 4th in PAT percentage (92.5%) and 9th in extra points made (49)
* Kyle Rehberg - 8th in extra points made (51), 11th in PAT percentage (89.5%), and 11th in field goals made (9)
* Miguel Robertson - 6th in passing touchdowns (36), 11th in passing yards (2863), and 12th in passing completions (231)
* Chaikou Sow - 14th in interception return yards (110)
* Andrew Toler - 3rd in yards per punt (38.8) and 11th in total punt yards (4229)

HCAC-MIAA CHALLENGE SCHEDULE:
12 PM - Rose-Hulman at Albion
1 PM - Defiance at Kalamazoo
1 PM - Mount St. Joseph at Hope
1 PM - Hanover at Olivet
1:30 PM - Franklin at Trine
3 PM - Bluffton at Adrian
4 PM - Anderson at #21 Alma

HCAC FOOTBALL STANDINGS:
Mount St. Joseph (2-0)
Hanover (1-0)
Rose-Hulman (1-1)
Bluffton (1-1)
Defiance (1-1)
Anderson (0-2)
Franklin (0-2)
Manchester (0-2)

MIAA FOOTBALL STANDINGS:
#21 Alma (2-0)
Albion (2-0)
Kalamazoo (2-0)
Hope (1-1)
Olivet (1-1)
Trine (1-1)
Adrian (0-2)