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Football Travels to Anderson for HCAC Action on Saturday

11/8/2024 9:30:00 AM

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind.-- The Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers football team will hit the road to continue their HCAC schedule facing Anderson on Saturday, November 9 at 1:30 PM. 

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers enter the weekend with a record of 4-4 overall and 3-1 in the HCAC.
* Rose-Hulman currently ranks third in the conference standings with just two games remaining in the regular season.
* The team comes off a big win over Manchester with a final score of 70-7.
* Daniel Huery achieved a career milestone becoming the Rose-Hulman leader in career receptions with 257. 
* Huery finished the game with 10 catches for 182 yards and three touchdowns against the Spartans. 
* He leads the receiving core for the Fightin' Engineers with 67 catches for 649 yards and seven touchdowns.
Jay Smith broke the Rose-Hulman single-game rushing record earlier this season against Bluffton with 252 yards and tying the single-game rushing touchdowns record with five.
* Smith is the Fightin' Engineers leading rusher leading the conference with 1028 yards, 13 rushing touchdowns, and 128.5 yards per game. 
Rick Easterwood has led the offense under center ranking second in the conference with a 65.4% completion percentage.
* Easterwood has totaled 1610 yards through the air and 14 touchdown passes so far this season.
* The Fightin' Engineers are led defensively by Adam Field totaling 52.0 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 48.8 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 traveling to take on Anderson, Rose-Hulman will travel to face Mount St. Joseph for a possible shot at the HCAC title on Saturday, November 16 at 1:30 PM. 

ANDERSON NOTES:
* The Ravens enter the weekend with a record of 1-7 overall and 0-4 in the HCAC this season. 
* Anderson comes off a loss to Franklin with a final score of 35-14. 
* Zac Montgomery leads the team under center with 1042 passing yards this season and three passing touchdowns.
* Marquane Taylor is the team's leading rusher with 152 yards averging 25.3 yards per game. 
* Julian Holguin is the top receiver for the Ravens with 48 catches for 396 yards and one touchdown. 
* The defense is led by Jake Simpson recording 67.0 tackles this season.
* Sidiki Traore is the sack leader for the Ravens with 5.5 sacks on the year. 
* After hosting Rose-Hulman, Anderson will wrap up their 2024 season at home hosting Manchester on Saturday, November 16 at 1:30 PM. 

SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series between both teams with a record of 21-6 overall against the Ravens. 
* The Fighitn' Engineers have won 14 straight games against Anderson dating back to the 2009 season. 
* The last time Anderson defeated Rose-Hulman was during the 2008 season with a final score of 35-31. 
* Rose-Hulman has an away record of 9-4 when traveling to face Anderson.

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 (3086), 1st in receptions (257), 3rd in reception touchdowns (32), 1st in receptions per game (6.59), 5th in kickoff returns for touchdowns (1), 7th in average yards per kickoff return (23.31)
Jonathan Oliger - 7th in PAT percentage (90.3%), 9th in PAT attempted (62), and 9th in extra points made (56)
Kyle Rehberg - 3rd in extra points made (114), 3rd in field goals made (25), 7th in field goals attempted (30), 2nd in PAT attempted (126), and 6th in PAT percentage (90.5%)
Eli Silva - 12th in kick return yards (896), 9th in number of kick returns (46), 6th in average yards per punt return (9.31)
Jay Smith - 7th in average yards per rush (4.96), 13th in rushing yards (1969), 13th in rushing touchdowns (23), 15th in rushing attempts (397)
Andrew Toler - 1st in yards per punt (41.44), 6th in punt attempts (168), and 6th in total punt yards (6962)
* Wyatt Bell - 4th in interceptions returned for a touchdown (2)

SINGLE SEASON STAT RECORDS:
Jay Smith - 1st in rushing yards per game (128.5), 9th in rushing touchdowns (13), 11th in rushing yards (1028), 14th in rushing attempts (213)
Rick Easterwood - 5th in completion percentage (65.2%), 8th in pass efficiency (138.1), 14th in passing touchdowns (14), 15th in average yards per completion (7.1), 15th in passing yards per game (201.3)
Daniel Huery - 8th in pass receptions (67), 3rd average punt return yards (18.5), 2nd in receptions per game (8.38)
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), 12th in field goals attempted (12),1st in field goal percentage (100%)
* Andrew Toler - 1st in average yards per punt (48.78)

HCAC STANDINGS:
1) Mount St. Joseph (6-2, 4-0 HCAC)
2) Hanover (5-3, 4-1 HCAC)
3) Rose-Hulman (4-4, 3-1 HCAC)
5) Franklin (3-5, 2-2 HCAC)
4) Bluffton (2-6, 2-3 HCAC)
T6) Anderson (1-7, 0-4 HCAC)
T6) Manchester (0-8, 0-4 HCAC)
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