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TERRE HAUTE, Ind.-- The Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers football team will host Hope College on Saturday, September 21 at 1:30 PM for their Tackle Childhood Cancer Game. 

TACKLE CHILDHOOD CANCER NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman has teamed up with the Patrick S. Barrett Foundation to help bring awareness to September's National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
* T-shirts will be for sale and donations are encouraged with all of the proceeds being donated to the PS We Love You Fund at Riley Hospital for Children.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers stand at 0-2 after a tough loss to Trine in their home opener last Saturday with a final score of 39-33.
* Andrew Toler was named the HCAC Special Teams Athlete of the Week and earned D3football.com Team of the Week for his performance against Trine. 
* Toler totaled five punts for an average of 51.6 yards per kick with two punts pinning the Thunder inside the 20-yard line. 
* Jay Smith was named the HCAC Offensive Athlete of the Week after totaling 134 yards rushing with a career-high three rushing touchdowns. 
* Smith leads the team and the conference with 237 yards rushing averaging 5.6 yards per carry and 118.5 yards per game. 
* Rick Easterwood leads the team and ranks second in the conference with 460 passing yards averaging 230 yards passing per game. 
* Easterwood leads the conference with four touchdown passes this season. 
* 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 Bell, Cameron Dorsey, Adam Field, Daniel Huery, Ben Klein, Dylan Page, Kyle 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. 
* He also enters his final season ranked second in school history in career yards per punt at 39.71. 
* 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 Hope, the Fightin' Engineers begin HCAC play hosting Franklin College for Homecoming on Saturday, October 5 at 2 PM. 

HOPE NOTES:
* The Flying Dutchmen stand at 2-0 overall this season with wins over Loras College 49-0 and Franklin College 48-6.
* The team has relied heavily on their run game ranking fourth in the nation with 385 yards rushing per game and second with 12 rushing touchdowns.
* Running Back Chance Strickland leads the nation with seven rushing touchdowns this season. 
* Strickland has totaled 197 rushing yards averaging 8.6 yards per carry. 
* Hope is led by Ben Wellman under center completing 73.91% of his passes with 217 yards and one passing touchdown. 
* The Flying Dutchmen are currently receiving votes in the nation's top 25 poll by D3football.com
* Hope has been selected to finish second in the MIAA preseason poll with 13 points and one first-place vote. 
* The team finished last season with a record of 8-2 overall and 5-1 in the MIAA. 
* After facing Rose-Hulman, Hope will travel to face Alma on Saturday, September 28 at 2 PM. 

SERIES HISTORY:
* Hope leads the all-time series between both teams picking up a win during the 2021 season with a final score of 27-20.
* Saturday's contest will be the second time both programs have faced off. 
* Rose-Hulman hosts Hope for the first time with the 2021 match-up taking place in Holland, Michigan. 

CAREER STAT NOTES:
* Cameron Dorsey - 4th in pass breakups (27), 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)
* Austin Hastings - 11th in tackles for loss (31.5)
* Daniel Huery - 2nd in reception yards (2557), 4th in receptions (207), 3rd in reception touchdowns (27), 2nd in receptions per game (6.27), 5th in kickoff returns for touchdowns (1), 7th in average yards per kickoff return (23.31)
* Jonathan Oliger - 8th in PAT percentage (90.0%), 9th in PAT attempted (60), and 9th in extra points made (54)
* Kyle Rehberg - 3rd in extra points made (94), 7th in field goals made (17), 8th in field goals attempted (22), 3rd in PAT attempted (106), and 12th in PAT percentage (88.7%)
* Andrew Toler - 2nd in yards per punt (40.29), 6th in punt attempts (146), and 6th in total punt yards (5882)