Marietta College Football Game Notes (PDF)

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THE RECORDS: Marietta enters the sixth week of the season with a record of 1-3 overall and 0-3 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. Mount Union carries an undefeated record into the match-up as it is 4-0, 3-0 in league play.

GAME TIME: 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 9, Don Drumm Stadium in Marietta, Ohio.

THE COACHES: Marietta's Jeff Filkovski is in his third season as the leader of the Pioneers. He is the former signal caller for the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe. Filkovski, who earned his bachelor's degree from Allegheny College in 1991, led the Gators to a national championship in 1990. Mount Union's Larry Kehres is in his 25th year as the Purple Raider head football coach. The 1971 graduate has a 293-22-3 record at his alma mater.

ALL-TIME SERIES: Saturday marks the 49th time that the two teams will meet on the gridiron. The series, which Mount Union leads 39-8-1, began in 1933 with Mount Union winning 20-0. The Purple Raiders have won the last 30 match-ups.

LAST MEETING: Mount Union finished off another undefeated regular season with a 56-0 victory over visiting Marietta Nov. 14, 2009. Lamar Hunter (South Euclid/Brush) became the 18th Pioneer to rush for 1,000 career yards after leading all ball carriers with 71 yards on 28 attempts. Jake Depp (Geneva/Geneva) paced the defense with a career-best 13 stops. Mount Union's Kurt Rocco went 16-of-23, throwing for 372 yards and five touchdowns.

RADIO COVERAGE: Marietta College is scheduled to have WMRT-FM 88.3, its student radio station, broadcast the game for Pioneer fans. The broadcast will take the air with a short pregame at 1:20 p.m. Mount Union will also have a pair of local stations cover the game for its fans.

LISTEN ONLINE: Marietta College is proud to once again offer its fans on the World Wide Web a free opportunity to listen to all 10 Pioneer football games. For more information visit Marietta's athletic web site: http://pioneers.marietta.edu.

NEXT GAME: On Oct. 16, Marietta will visit Wilmington College and Mount Union will travel to Heidelberg College. Both games kick off at 1:30 p.m.

85TH SEASON OF OAC PLAY: Saturday's game will continue Marietta's 85th season of football in the OAC. The Pioneers, who joined the league in 1926, are 171-317-11 (.354) all-time in Conference play.

THIS WEEK IN THE OAC: All 10 OAC schools are in action in week six. In addition to the Mount Union at Marietta game, Capital visits Mount Union, Wilmington travels to John Carroll and Heidelberg plays host to Muskingum at 1:30 p.m., while Baldwin-Wallace welcomes Otterbein at 2 p.m..

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SCHEDULE CARDS: Free Fall Schedule Cards are now available. Stop by the athletics office to pick one up today.

MEDIA GUIDES NOW ON SALE: Pioneer fans can now purchase 2010 football media guides. They will be made available at all home contests and in the athletics office.

CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED: Marietta College will have four captains during the 2010 season: senior offensive lineman Cameron Kiger (Rockbridge/Logan), senior fullback Rich Klingel (Marion/River Valley), senior defensive lineman Pete Santagate (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) and senior defensive lineman Adam Tate (Chesterhill/Federal Hocking).

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT: The OAC has two teams ranked in the d3football.com Top 25: #2 Mount Union and #13 Ohio Northern. Otterbein and Baldwin-Wallace also received votes.

NATIONAL REPRESENTATION: Marietta's roster currently features 93 total student-athletes—51 from Ohio, 12 from Florida, 8 from Pennsylvania, 4 from Texas, 3 from West Virginia, 2 from California, Georgia, Maryland and South Carolina, 1 from Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.

GETTING OFF TO A QUICK START: Marietta will look to get off to a fast start out of the locker room after struggling in the first half in recent years. The Pioneers were out scored 85-20 in the first quarter and 105-30 in the second quarter of 2009. In 2010, Marietta has out scored its opponent 20-14 in the first quarter but is getting out scored 40-6 in the second quarter. In addition, the Pioneers trail 24-3 in third quarter scoring but lead 43-23 in fourth quarter scoring.

CONTROLLING THE CLOCK: Marietta will look to dominate the time of possession in 2010. Last year, the Pioneers led in time of possession in five games. This year, Marietta will look improve that number and to turn that time into more points on the scoreboard. The Pioneers, however, have trailed in time of possession in all four games this season.

TURNOVERS: Marietta has worked to improve its turnover margin after struggling in the category in recent years. In 2009, the Pioneers ranked 10th in the OAC and 222nd in NCAA Division III with a -14 turnover margin. Marietta enters week six with a +1 turnover margin, which ranked fifth in the OAC.

PERFECTION: Junior Kyle Cardwell (Uniontown/Green) is 5-for-5 in field goal attempts after connecting on a career-high 46 yard kick against Baldwin-Wallace.

DID YOU KNOW: Saturday is the first time since 2005 that Mount Union does not take the field against Marietta as the #1 ranked team in the country. The Purple Raiders were ranked #2 in 2005 and are again in 2010.

DON DRUMM STADIUM PROJECT: For more information on the Don Drumm Stadium Project visit http://pioneers.marietta.edu/index.aspx?path=dds. The project is scheduled to be completed in August of 2011.

TAKE A KID TO THE GAME DAY: Marietta is participating in the national “Take a Kid to the Game” program Saturday. Kids, ages 14 and younger, will receive a free ticket with the purchase of a full-priced adult ticket ($5) to watch the Pioneers and Purple Raiders battle in Ohio Athletic Conference football action. It will also be Youth Day at Don Drumm Stadium.

HOMECOMING: Mark your calendar for Oct. 29-31 when Marietta will celebrate Homecoming 2010. A full weekend of activities will be centered around the Pioneers' OAC battle with Ohio Northern University. Kickoff is slated for 1:30 p.m.