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Football Hosts Manchester for Senior Day Saturday

10/31/2024 9:00:00 AM

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind.-- The Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers football team will host their Senior Day taking on Manchester University on Saturday, November 2 at 1:30 PM.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers enter their game against the Spartans with a record of 3-4 overall and 2-1 in the HCAC. 
* Rose-Hulman currently ranks third in the conference standings with just three games remaining in the regular season.
* The team comes off a big win over Bluffton on Saturday with a final score of 52-10. 
* Jay Smith was the star of the game breaking the Rose-Hulman single-game rushing record with 252 yards and tying the single-game rushing touchdowns record with five trips to the end zone.
* Smith was named HCAC Offensive Athlete of the Week for his accomplishments.
* Marshall Koch was named HCAC Defensive Athlete of the Week for the second week in a row for his performance against the Beavers. 
* Koch totaled seven tackles and scored a touchdown on a pick-six to extend the Rose-Hulman lead in the opening quarter. 
Rick Easterwood has led the offense under center ranking second in the conference with a 63.9% completion percentage.
* Easterwood has totaled 1343 yards through the air and nine touchdown passes so far this season.
Jay Smith is the Fightin' Engineers leading rusher leading the conference with 905 yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, and 129.3 yards per game. 
Daniel Huery leads the receiving core for the Fightin' Engineers with 57 catches for 467 yards and four touchdowns.
Kolton Nanko has also been a productive receiver with 413 yards averaging 14.75 yards per catch and 59.00 yards per game. 
* The Fightin' Engineers are led defensively by Adam Field totaling 50.0 tackles, three pass breakups, and one forced fumble.
* Marshall Koch is the team's sack leader with 5.5 sacks and 6.0 tackles for loss
* Koch has also totaled one interception, a forced fumble, and two pass breakups. 
Andrew Toler has been productive all season on special teams leading the conference and all of NCAA Division III averaging 48.7 yards per punt. 
* Rose-Hulman has been selected to finish third in the HCAC preseason poll receiving 25 points.
* The team finished last season with a record of 7-3 overall and 6-1 in the HCAC.
* The Fightin' Engineers finished second in the HCAC after falling to Mount St. Joseph in the final game of the season.
* The squad returns eight All-Conference student-athletes from last year's team including Wyatt BellCameron DorseyAdam FieldDaniel HueryBen KleinDylan PageKyle Rehberg, and Andrew Toler.
* All of the returning All-Conference players with additions of Rick Easterwood, Augustus Shryock, and Jay Smith have been named as Players to Watch by the HCAC this season.
* Senior Punter Andrew Toler has been named a 1st Team Preseason All-American by D3football.com.
* Toler earned a pair of All-American honors last season ranking third in all of Division III with an average of 44.4 yards per punt last season. 
Jeff Sokol is serving in his 14th year at Rose-Hulman with a career record of 84-43. Sokol has led Rose-Hulman to three HCAC titles and two NCAA Playoff appearances in 2016 and 2021.
* After hosting Manchester, the Fightin' Engineers will travel to Anderson University on Saturday, November 9 at 1:30 PM.

MANCHESTER NOTES:
* Manchester enters the weekend with a record of 0-7 overall and 0-3 in the HCAC this season.
* The team comes off a loss to Hanover College with a final score of 55-7. 
* Dante Chaney leads the team under center with 515 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, and a completion percentage of 40.43%.
* Cameron Hovey is the team's leading rusher with 244 yards on the ground averaging 34.86 yards per carry. 
* Levarian Campbell leads the receiving core with 209 yards receiving and one touchdown. 
* The defense is led by Javion Davis totaling 55.0 tackles and three pass breakups. 
* Jaylen Grimes has also had a productive season leading the team with 10 tackles for loss, seven sacks, 11 quarterback hurries, and three forced fumbles. 
* The Spartans were selected to finish sixth in the HCAC preseason poll receiving 11 points. 
* After facing Rose-Hulman, Manchester will return home to host Mount St. Joseph for Senior Day on Saturday, November 9 at 1:30 PM. 

SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the series all-time against the Spartans with a record of 25-8 against Manchester.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won 12 straight games against Manchester dating back to the 2010 season. 
* Rose-Hulman earned a win in last year's contest with a final score of 44-7.
* The last time Manchester defeated Rose-Hulman was during the 2009 season with a final score of 20-17.
* The Fightin' Engineers have an all-time home record of 12-2 when hosting the Spartans.

CAREER STAT RECORDS:
Cameron Dorsey - 4th in pass breakups (29), 13th in fumble return yards (9)
Jacob Fields - One of seven players in Rose-Hulman history to return a fumble for a touchdown, and 8th in fumble return yards (19)
Daniel Huery - 2nd in reception yards (2904), 2nd in receptions (247), 3rd in reception touchdowns (29), 1st in receptions per game (6.50), 5th in kickoff returns for touchdowns (1), 7th in average yards per kickoff return (23.31)
Jonathan Oliger - 7th in PAT percentage (90.0%), 9th in PAT attempted (60), and 9th in extra points made (54)
Kyle Rehberg - 3rd in extra points made (108), 3rd in field goals made (25), 7th in field goals attempted (30), 3rd in PAT attempted (120), and 7th in PAT percentage (90%)
* Eli Silva - 12th in kick return yards (896), 9th in number of kick returns (46)
Jay Smith - 8th in average yards per rush (4.92), 14th in rushing yards (1846), 14th in rushing touchdowns (22)
Andrew Toler - 1st in yards per punt (41.39), 6th in punt attempts (167), and 6th in total punt yards (6912)

SINGLE SEASON STAT RECORDS:
* Jay Smith - 12th in rushing touchdowns (12)
* Rick Easterwood - 7th in completion percentage (63.9%), 14th in pass efficiency (126.7)
* Daniel Huery - 13th in pass receptions (57), 3rd average put return yards (18.5)
* Ryan Schmidt - 5th in blocked kicks (2)
* Eli Silva - 3rd in kick return yards (585), 1st in number of kick returns (30)
* Kyle Rehberg - 12th in field goals made (8), 1st in field goal percentage (100%)

HCAC STANDINGS:
1) Mount St. Joseph (6-2, 4-0 HCAC)
2) Hanover (4-3, 3-1 HCAC)
3) Rose-Hulman (3-4, 2-1 HCAC)
4) Bluffton (2-5, 2-2 HCAC)
5) Franklin (2-5, 1-2 HCAC)
T6) Anderson (1-6, 0-3 HCAC)
T6) Manchester (0-7, 0-3 HCAC)
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