Marietta Football Game Notes vs. Capital (PDF)

WMRT's Chris Miller's Interview with Coach Filkovski

THE RECORDS: Marietta enters the final week of the season with an overall record of 2-7 and is 1-7 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. Capital is 4-5 overall and 4-4 in the OAC.

GAME TIME: 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 13, Bernlohr 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. Capital's Henry Stanford is in his first year as the Crusaders' head football coach. The 1998 graduate of The Ohio State University is 4-5 with Capital.

ALL-TIME SERIES: Saturday is the 80th time that the two teams will meet on the gridiron. The series began in 1927 with Marietta winning 14-0. The Crusaders, who lead the series 49-28-2, have won the last nine meetings. The Pioneers' last win in came by the score of 52-21 in 2000.

LAST MEETING: Capital forced Marietta into five first half turnovers en route to a 37-13 victory at Don Drumm Stadium on Oct. 3, 2009. Capital out gained Marietta 364-283 in total yards. Andrew Keller (Cincinnati/Glen Este) finished the day 18-of-27 and threw for 157 yards, while Tevin Dones (Antioch, Calif./Antioch) had 16 carries for 69 yards and Dan Starr (Senecaville/Buckeye Trail) had a game-high 10 stops.

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

85TH SEASON OF OAC PLAY: Saturday's game will wrap up Marietta's 85th season of football in the OAC. The Pioneers, who joined the league in 1926, are 172-321-11 (.353) all-time in Conference play.

THIS WEEK IN THE OAC: All 10 OAC schools are in action in week 11. Ohio Northern plays host to Heidelberg at 1 p.m., while Marietta visits Capital, Baldwin-Wallace travels to John Carroll, Otterbein visits Wilmington and Muskingum travels to Mount Union at 1:30 p.m.

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PHOTOS NOW ON SALE: Marietta Athletics is now selling select photos on its website. To purchase photos visit http://pioneers.marietta.edu/photo_gallery.aspx.

SCHEDULE CARDS: Free Winter 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 #10 Ohio Northern. 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 been outscored 73-45 in the first quarter and 89-27 in the second quarter. In addition, the Pioneers trail 73-32 in third quarter scoring but lead 65-37 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 trailed in time of possession in their first four games this season but have won the clock battle four of the last five weeks.

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 11 with a -1 turnover margin, which ranks sixth in the OAC.

RECORD-BREAKING SENIOR: Senior Cory Kriechbaum (Marietta/Marietta) set a new single-season school record for receptions Saturday against Otterbein. Kriechbaum, who has now caught 64 passes, also moved into a tie for second place on Marietta's career reception list with 148 catches. He is just three shy of tying Antonio Hutton for the school's all-time record. Kriechbaum is also 118 yards behind Jason Curry for the school's record for career receiving yards. Curry finished his Pioneer career with 760 yards in 2006.

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.