Rutgers...the birthplace of college football 2004

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 07:43 PM

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Rutgers...the birthplace of college football 2003
Rutgers...the birthplace of college football 2002

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 07:48 PM

Piscataway, New Jersey

Things haven't exactly been stellar for us in the last two years at Rutgers. Taking over a program in shambles, we expect to take our lumps. The most difficult part of the building process (I might say rebuilding, but we're talking about Rutgers) is being content with minor victories.
Pulling in that stud recruit. Keeping a talented player academically eligible. Landing a coach you think can make a difference, or barely beating a team that just moved up from the Ivy League. These minor victories have been strewn about my first two years guiding Rutgers, but in year 3 I'm hoping for more.

Knight Knews - Staff Shake-Up!

Unexpectadly, we are making some staff changes. In a move that really pisses me off, Great Lakes scout Kim Logan bolted for UCLA after just one year with Rutgers. I guess he figures the sun and sand of Hollywood beats the stench of the Raritan River at low tide. Maybe I shouldn't blame him....

Anyway, putting a positive spin on the situation, we hired the next-best guy. Brock Van Meter. He's got a helluva football name, and he just so-happens to be the scout who was the runner-up in last years hiring process! Welcome aboard Brock!

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Brock Van Meter

Scout - Great Lakes Region
Age: 64
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Position       Scouting Accuracy
Quarterbacks   Decent
Running Backs  Excellent
Recievers      Decent
Offensive Line Decent
Kickers        Excellent
Defensive Line Very Good
Linebackers    Pretty Good
Secondary      Poor

Another Coaching move that may have been made anyway was forced to be made when Defensive Coordinator Jerry Fulcher split for Oregon. I hope Oregon knows what they're getting. Jerry has coached a putrid defense in consecutive seasons. While he admittedly didn't have much talent to work with, he could have done a better job play-calling and game-planning. Replacing Jerry was a good P.R. move anyway, and we hope his replacement fares better, here's the book on Louis:

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Louis Book

Defensive Coordinator
Age: 44
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Play Calling   Good
Injury Avoid.  Excellent
Rehabilitation Terrible
Congeniality   Very Good      
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Position       Player Development
Defensive Line Good
Linebackers    Decent
Secondary      Lousy

While we'll miss the player development skills of Jerry Fulcher, we are adding a much better game-day coach. We hope it works!

Knot Good Knews

Aside from losing some coaches, we've lost a few players:

Tony Colley, a center, has been made academically ineligible for the upcoming season for failing a class.
Terrance Anderson, a cornerback, has left your team because of poor grades this year.
Britt Middleton, an outside linebacker, has left your team because of a lack of playing time.

Tony probably wouldn't have played much this year, nor Terrance, but Britt's decision to leave almost mystifies me. Oh well, we have to move on without them.

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 07:50 PM

NCAA News

Coach Rufus Wallace of Michigan has been named coach of the year for his 2003 performance! I wonder if the 100,000+ seat stadium is helping him out.

Heisman Watch

Though none of these boys was game enough to take the trophy last year, these are the 3 finalists who still have eligibility this year:

QB Charlie Overleese - Oklahoma
Charlie was 300-of-4,416 yards and 38 touchdowns last year. If he can cut down on his 28 interceptions, he'll have a shot to take home the hardware.

QB Winfred Hartman - Tennessee
Winfred went 300-for-471 for 4,221 yards with 40 touchdowns and only 16 ints. A serious contender.

QB Broderick Peterson - Texas A&M
Broderick is the most borderline of the returning candidates, as last year he finished last in voting going 258-for-448 for 3,641 yards and 27 Tds/19 ints.

Streaking

Ohio State is 25-0 over the last 2 years, and is looking to repeat their 2003 National Championship performance. At the other end of the spectrum, Princeton is 0-23 since 'moving up' into the Big East and Division I-A. Even better is the fact that two of those losses came to us! Can both of these streaks continue?

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 07:51 PM

2004 Schedule

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Week    Opponent
2       at Western Michigan
5       at Miami of Florida
6       BRIGHAM YOUNG
7       PRINCETON*
8       at Virginia Tech
9       at West Virginia
10      at Duke
11      BOSTON COLLEGE
12      SYRACUSE
13      at Pitt
14      CONNECTICUT

weeks off 1,3,4,15
home games in ALL CAPS
conference games in bold

Western Michigan is the second game of a home-and-home series.
Duke is the first game of a home-and-home series.
Princeton game is the War for the Cannon

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 07:54 PM

2004 Depth Chart

Quarterback
1.Darryl Perrin
2.Byron Pfaff
3.Henry Chellgren

Red-shirting:
Lewis Meadows

Hopefully Perrin will take every snap. Meadows would be a better backup right now, but we're going to red-shirt him beacause he may have to start next season.

Running Back
1.Newton
2.Perkins
3.Mendhelson
4.Bernard (FB)

Red-Shirting:
Dromehauser

These guys are very interchangeable, i may move one into a more solid starting position based off the rushing results of the first few games.

Tight End
1.Rodriguez
2.Lemons
3.(FB)Bernard
4.Hawkins (RS)
5.Kingt (RS)

Red-shirting
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Preston Hawkins
Bert Knight

Rodirguez all the way

Wide Receiver
1 Ricardo Schroeder
2 Irwin
3 Gray
4 Lang
5 George (converted safety)

reshirt
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Upshaw

Buddy lang could possibly contribute as a freshman. I like our top 2 here, and Upshaw could really help us next season.

Offensive Line

Center
1.Dan Barton
2.Kent Willis

Guards
1.Jim Lyle
2.Wayne Harter
3.Andrew Imlay

Tackles
1.Roy Vance
2.(G)Andrew Imlay
2.Ian Mullen
3.Lenny Dirta

We're not very good here, so the best available are playing. Imlay will start at tackle this year, and hopefully improve enough to become a solid guard next year

Pass Rushing

DE
1.Terry Jackson
2.Brad Lamarr

DT
1.Bernard Strong
2.Preston Slocum

Run Stuffing

DE
1.Jeff Stone
2.Terry Jackson

DT
1.Bernard Strong
2.Corwin Giron

Inside Linebacker

ILB Hopper
ILB Jandolfsky

Outside Linebacker

OLB Blackburn
ILB Zandolfsky
ILB Kent McWilliams
ILB Larry Wheeler

Defensive Backs

1.Volz
2.(S) Eddie Bidwell
3.Minter
4.(S)Ordonez
5.Sawyer

Safety
1.Hoover
2.Kent Sawyer
3.Ordonez
4.Bidwell

Safety is the strength here, so we'll have them help out at CB.

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:02 PM

Weeks 1-2

We had week one off, so we took the the recruting trails...we'll detail that in the recruting report below.

Week 2

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (0-0) at Western Michigan Broncos (0-0)

last meeting: Western Michigan upset us last year 27-20 (at Rutgers)
the Coaches poll ranked us at 107 and them at 80
W.Michigan was favored by 3 at home

We came out very big on the road, running back an 80 yard interception for a touchdown just a few minutes into the game. Our offense seemed much more comfortable on this opening day, and the experience of QB Darryl Perrin with his recievers showed. What really helped us out was the balance provided by our running game, as the committee of RB's provided over 200 yards on the ground to add to our 250+ in the air. A very nice opening win on the road, and some revenge for last year.

Final Score: Rutgers 38, Western Michigan 24

Player of the week nominees:
ILB James Zandofsky 11 tackles, 1 assist, 1 sack, 1 interception (80 yard TD return), 1 pass defensed
RB Malcolm Newton 13 carries 89 yards 1 TD
RB R.J. Perkins 11 carries 96 yards, 1 TD
DE Terry Jackson had 1 sack and 5 hurries, terrorizing Western Michigan all day long

injury report
Starting ILB Ben Hopper broke his clavicle, and will be out 8 weeks
TE C.J. Rodriguez has some shoulder tendonitis, but is expected to play throuhg it
#3 WR Neil Gray hurt his knee, and will miss 4-8 weeks

hopefully these injuries will be minimized by the fact that we have 2 weeks off before our next game

Recruiting
Dream Recruit #1
G Roosevelt Edmunds --Schenectady, NY

Roosevelt is the ultimate brains and braun recruit. A 3.67 student with a 1330 SAT score, Roosevelt is also a top-notch pass-blocker, very important in our offense. He comes from a superb high school program and would have a chance to start right away.

Some rules updates
After 2 disappointing recruiting classes, I've lessened the strictness of my house rules. Now i will be able to contact one 'red-coded' player per week, and one 'black-coded' player every other week. Previously I only allowed myself to contact one of them every other week.

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:04 PM

Weeks 3,4,5

With our sparse early-season schedule, we had two weeks off before our game at Miami. The recruiting results for all three weeks are posted below.

Week 5

Rutgers Scarlet Knights(1-0) at #11 Miami of Florida Hurricanes(3-0)

Last meeting: Miami 52, Rutgers 0 (at Miami in 2003)
The Coaches poll had us ranked #46 and Miami #11
Miami is favored by 18 at home

Injuries of note: WR Neal Gray could not play because of injury.

We managed less than 200 yards of offense, and our secondary was torched in another loss in south Florida. The only bright spot was our respectable defense (held Miami to 2.6 yards per attempt) which forced Miami into throwing so often. If we can just cover some guys, we have a chance to win some games. Despite losing, I'm pleased that we looked significantly better than last year.

Final Score: Miami 45, Rutgers 3

Player of the Week nominees
none.

Recruiting

Dream Recruit #2
TE Albert Moss -- Potsdam NY
Could excel in this offense as the top tight end, too good to ignore.

Dream Recruit #3
G Jason Strong
A pass beast, who can also pancake the opposition while run-blocking.

rejections
Roosevelt Edmunds Tennessee
Kenneth Olivo Navy

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:06 PM

Knight Knews

Freshman Guard O.J. Thompson was caught committing a serious violation of team rules. Though the violation does not warrant NCAA investigation, Coach Thompson has decided to suspend O.J. for the entire season. Rumour has it the suspension was drug-related. This comes as a blow the the football program, which is desperately trying to trun around both it's record and image. While O.J. Thompson wasn't expected to contribute much this year, it is very likely he will be removed from the team at season's end now. Coach Thompson declined comment.

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:07 PM

Week 6

Brigham Young Cougars (2-2) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1-1)

Last Meeting: BYU 70, Rutgers 19 (at B.Y.U.)
The Coaches poll ranked us #81, and BYU #52
B.Y.U. is favored by 4 at home

The Rutgers crowd was pumped for the home opener! The stadium was bedlam when on the first play of the game, QB Daryl Perrin hit WR Ricardo Schroeder for an 80 yard touchdown! The crowd didn't stay quite so excited when B.Y.U. scored the next 31 points though. Even down 31-7 we fought back hard, climbing to within one score on two different occasions (31-28, and 41-37) before ultimately being outdone by B.Y.U.'s killer offense.

Final Score: B.Y.U. 55, Rutgers 37

Player of the Week nominees:
WR Ricardo Schroeder, 9 catches, 262 yards, 4 tds
QB Daryl perrin 17-29, 4 tds, 3 ints, 384 yards

Injury Report:
WR Walt Irwin pulled his groin and will be out 3-4 weeks

Recruiting
No one has decided to visit us yet, and that is probably not a good sign.

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Rejections
Albert Moss    Oregon
Jesse Ellison  Army

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:10 PM

Week 7 - The Revolutionary War

Princeton Tigers (0-4) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1-2)

Last Meeting: A game no-one will ever forget. Senior Fullback/Halfback Lance Jennings plunged over the goal line as time expired (for his only touchdown of the season) to give us the 28-24 win to keep posession of the Revolutionary War Cannon.
The Coaches Poll ranked us at #94 and them at #124
We were favored by 16 at home

Not much has to be said to the players when rivalry week pops up. The practices are a little more intense, the coaches speak a little less, and the fans yell a little more. Leading the series 2-0, we wanted to make sure these flea-ridden tigers of Princeton would remain winless in Division I-A. Our team had a true swagger as we took the field (again at home, which is 3 years straight). RB Malcolm Newton got our crowd going real early, scoring 2 touchdowns off Princeton turnovers deep in their own zone. There was no denying who would win this game. QB Darryl Perrin played well enough, and our ground game ate up clock late in the game. When all was said and done, Princeton was 0-28 since joining the Big East, and we had taken 3 straight in the Revolutionary War!

Final Score: Rutgers 48, Princeton 16

Player of the Week nominees:
RB Malcolm Netown 14 carries 80 yards 3 touchdowns
WR Ricardo Schroeder 3 catches, 150 yards ,1 TD
WR Buddy Lang 4 catches 44 yards, 3 touchdowns
QB Darryl Perrin 9 for 15 3 tds, 2 ints, 204 yards

Recruiting
Dream Recruit #4
QB Tommy Hillman
He is the best QB in our recruiting area, and we are in dire, dire need of a top-flight QB. Next season could be a complete wash if we don't have to QB talent to run our system.

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:12 PM

Week 8

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (2-2) at Virginia Tech Hokies (3-2)

Last meeting: Virginia Tech 41, Rutgers 16
The Coaches Poll had us at #78, V.T. at #39
VT is favored by 10

Virginia Tech jumped up 31-0 and the game was basically over. Our passing game did come alive late, but it wasn't enough to get back in the game.

Final Score: Virginia Tech 48, Rutgers 17

Players of the Week nominees:
none.

Recruiting

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committments

C   Luther Shapiro     Council Rock High School       Newtown, PA
ILB Bert Horn          Ballston Spa High School       Ballston Spa, NY
OT  Nathan Darkins     North Brunswick Township High  North Brunswick, NJ
OG  Richard Feaser     Cochranton Area High School    Cochranton, PA

rejections
Wesley Sutton          Army

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:14 PM

Week 9

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (2-3) at West Virginia Mountaineers

Last meeting: West Virginia 41, Rugters 20 (at Rutgers)

We tinkered with our pass settings, and also decided to move DE Terry Jackson back to LDE where he was more successful last year.

Our passing game really failed us, and we fell behing early. The only real highlight was DE Terry Jackson having a big game. He'll go down as an all-time Rutgers great for sure.

Final Score: West Virginia 37, Rutgers 10

[b]Player of the Week nominees:
DE Terry Jackson, 10 tackles, 3 assists, 1 sack

Recruiting:
We decided to stop pursuing 'dream recruits' being that they really won't take us seriously at this stage of the recruiting game.

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committments

OLB Maurice Clawson    Owen J Roberts High School     Pottstown, PA
DE  Edgar Haynesworth  Hamburg High School            Hamburg, NY
OG  Bucky Hofmann      Susquehanna Township High      Harrisburg, PA
TE  J.R. Brennan       Bayonne High School            Bayonne, NJ
FB  Terrell Terrell    Port Jefferson High School     Port Jefferson, NY
RB  Carlton Duncan     Ticonderoga High School                Ticonderoga, NY

rejections
QB  Donald Webb        Army
RB  Thomas Chamberlin  Buffalo
TE  Brenden Torres     Army
DE  Horace Caine       Oklahoma State
ILB Mario Springer     Princeton
ILB Jerald Beyer       Arkansas State

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:15 PM

Week 10

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (2-4) at Duke Blue Devils (1-6)

Last Meeting: have not met before
Coaches Poll: Duke ranked 116, Rutgers ranked 98
We were favored by 3 on the road

3 minutes into the game QB Darryl Perrin tossed a touchdown pass to 5th reciever Frankie Goorge, the Blue Devils would never catch up. Our ground game ate up the clock and kept the ball moving for the rest of the game. When all was said and done we had a convinving road victory and our 3rd win of the season.

Final Score: Rutgers 26, Duke 0

Player of the Week nominees:
RB Malcolm Newton 15 carries for 95 yards, 1 touchdown
QB Daryl Perrin 16-for-30 207 yards, 1 td, 1 int

Recruiting

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committments

QB  Darryl Heath       Jackson, NJ
S   Wesley Gonzalez    Rahway, NJ
OLB Barry Emmons       Pavilion, NY
DT  Artie Farnsworth   Pittsburgh, PA
WR  Duane Wheeler      Islip Terrace, NY

rejections
FB  Jim Alcott         Kentucky

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:18 PM

Week 11

Boston College Golden Eagles (4-3) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-4)

Last Meeting: B.C. 41, Rutgers 30 (at Rutgers)
Coaches Poll: B.C. was 37, while we were at #85
We were (amazingly) a 2 point favorite.

The game was tight for the first quarter, then the B.C. running game exploded, leveling every defender in it's path. When all was said and done B.C. ran for over 250 yards while holding us to under 200 yards total offense. This game was a definite step down from our gritty performance in last year's loss.

Final Score: Boston College 41, Rutgers 9

Player of the week nominees:
none

Recruiting

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committments

OG  Raymond Matthews	Deptford, NJ

rejections
WR  Victor Ahern 	Ewa Beach

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:20 PM

Week 12

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-5) at Syracuse Orangemen (4-4)

Last meeting: Syracuse 51, Rutgers 14 (at Syracuse)
Coaches Poll: Rutgers 96, Syracuse 43
Syracuse was favored by 6 at home

We followed our blowout-loss formula. Give up some quick scores, then watch as they run, run, run away for the rest of the game. Syracuse had nearly 300 yards rushing, and had 522 yards of total offense in the game.

Final Score: Syracuse 58, Rutgers 17

Player of the Week nominees:
none

Recruiting
Our recruiting class is done for the year!

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  Player                  Pos   HT   WT   ST   NRank Home Town
**Heath, Darryl           QB    6-3  197  NJ   ---   Jackson                      
**Duncan, Carlton         RB    6-3  209  NY   56    Ticonderoga                  
**Terrell, Terrell        FB    6-0  204  NY   378   Port Jefferson               
$$Brennan, J.R.           TE    6-3  237  NJ   ---   Bayonne                      
$$Wheeler, Duane          WR    5-9  167  NY   ---   Islip Terrace                
$$Shapiro, Luther         C     6-2  250  PA   ---   Newtown                      
**Matthews, Raymond       G     6-4  273  NJ   228   Deptford                     
$$Feaser, Richard         G     6-2  265  PA   ---   Cochranton                   
$$Hofmann, Bucky          G     6-4  265  PA   ---   Harrisburg                   
**Darkins, Nathan         T     6-4  278  NJ   498   North Brunswick              
$$Haynesworth, Edgar      DE    6-3  238  NY   984   Hamburg                      
##Farnsworth, Artie       DT    6-4  246  PA   ---   Pittsburgh                   
$$Horn, Bert              ILB   5-11 203  NY   ---   Ballston Spa                 
**Clawson, Maurice        OLB   6-1  194  PA   859   Pottstown                    
$$Emmons, Barry           OLB   6-0  201  NY   ---   Pavilion                     
$$Gonzalez, Wesley        S     6-0  173  NJ   ---   Rahway                       
   
  Player                  High School              Reg  Ath. Prep
**Heath, Darryl           Jackson Memorial         MA   32          
**Duncan, Carlton         Ticonderoga              NE   64          
**Terrell, Terrell        Port Jefferson           NE   27          
$$Brennan, J.R.           Bayonne                  MA   76          
$$Wheeler, Duane          East Islip               NE   19          
$$Shapiro, Luther         Council Rock             GL   34          
**Matthews, Raymond       Deptford Township        MA   37          
$$Feaser, Richard         Cochranton Area          GL   36          
$$Hofmann, Bucky          Susquehanna Township     GL   47          
**Darkins, Nathan         North Brunswick Township MA   36          
$$Haynesworth, Edgar      Hamburg                  NE   2           
##Farnsworth, Artie       Schenley                 GL   3           
$$Horn, Bert              Ballston Spa             NE   18          
**Clawson, Maurice        Owen J Roberts           GL   8           
$$Emmons, Barry           Pavilion                 NE   53          
$$Gonzalez, Wesley        Rahway                   MA   2           
   
Rough Estimate of Player Interest: 
No Prefix - player unlikely to be interested
** - a bit of a stretch for your school
$$ - likely interest
## - almost certain interest

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:21 PM

Week 13

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-6) at Pittsburgh Panthers (5-5)

Last Meeting: Pittsburgh 33, Rutgers 17 (at Pitt.)
Coaches Poll: Rutgers ranked 96, Pitt 53
Pittsburgh is favored by 13 at home

Leading late in the game 27-24, our defense collapsed and allowed 14 points in the final 9 minutes. Our rushing offense had negative 10 yards, (yes -10), and amazingly our passing game kept us in it. Ultimately Pitt's ability to rush for 232 yards won them the game. This was a bitter pill to swallow.

Final Score: Pitt 38, Rutgers 27

Player of the Week nominees:
none

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:22 PM

Week 15

Connecticut Huskies (3-7) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-7)

Last meeting: Rutgers 41, UConn 24 (at Conn.)
Coaches Poll: U.Conn ranked 109, Rutgers 100
Rutgers was favored by 7 at home.

For the second year in a row, we got to send our seniors out in a blaze of glory in front of the home crowd. The day belonged to Senior QB Daryl Perrin, who was honored before the game for ending his Rutgers career the all-time leader in every passing category. Daryl played an inspired game, putting the records a bit more out of reach, and helping us build some momentum towards next season. We hope Daryl can take his game to the next level, but if he can't he'll always be remembered here!

Final Score: Rutgers 41, Connecticut 27

Player of the Week nominees:
RB R.J. Perkins, 13 carries 145 yards, 2 touchdowns
QB Daryl Perrin, 19-for-32, 241 yards, 2 touchdowns, 1 INT

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:23 PM

2004 Summary for Rutgers

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Record: 4-7
Rank: 96
   
Rutgers                 Team      Rank  
Rushes                  303       115         
Rushing Yards           965       110         
Yards Per Carry         3.18      103         
Pass Attempts           354       40 (T)      
Completions             172       58          
Passing Yards           2625      33          
Yards Per Attempt       7.41      50 (T)      
3rd Down Conversions    27.1      111         
Points Per Game         24.9      63 (T)      
Turnovers               30        108 (T)     
Turnover Margin         -12       115 (T)     
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes                  433       100         
Rushing Yards           1541      65          
Yards Per Carry         3.55      51          
Pass Attempts           328       56 (T)      
Completions             166       33 (T)      
Passing Yards           2433      73          
Yards Per Attempt       7.41      80 (T)      
3rd Down Conversions    35.8      61          
Points Per Game         35.2      118         
   
Primary Formation: Single-Back Formation
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
2     38    at WMIC (59)  24      
5     3     at MIAF (6)   45      
6     37    BRIG (29)     55      
7     48    PRIN (125)    16      
8     17    at VATC (19)  48      
9     10    at WVIR (56)  37      
10    26    at DUKE (121) 0       
11    9     BOST (24)     41      
12    17    SYRA (50)     58      
13    28    at PITT (47)  37      
14    41    CONN (109)    27      
   
Passing             Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  
10 Perrin           QB    323   161   2488  7.70  18    18      
1 Pfaff             QB    31    11    137   4.41  1     2       
Team                ---   354   172   2625  7.41  19    20      
   
Rushing             Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Stff  YdLst  
37 Newton           RB    103   496   4.81  5     29    43      
21 Perkins          RB    94    424   4.51  3     35    57      
10 Perrin           QB    54    -161  -2.98 1     47    237     
28 Mendelssohn      RB    36    212   5.88  1     4     2       
Team                ---   303   965   3.18  10    125   382     
   
Receiving           Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC   TD  
81 Schroeder        WR    93    48    1014  21.1  371   9       
13 Irwin            WR    75    32    488   15.2  136   2       
82 Lang             WR    50    15    198   13.2  73    3       
49 Rodriguez        TE    43    26    293   11.2  136   0       
89 Gray             WR    21    11    199   18.0  73    3       
46 George           WR    19    9     167   18.5  46    2       
37 Newton           RB    16    9     76    8.4   74    0       
28 Mendelssohn      RB    13    9     52    5.7   34    0       
21 Perkins          RB    13    8     108   13.5  49    0       
Team                ---   354   172   2625  15.2  1007  19      
   
Defense             Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  TFL   Ints  Defn  
69 Zandofsky        ILB   67    34    1.5   10    1     3       
17 Sawyer           S     59    15    0.5   7     5     5       
95 Jackson          DE    58    16    8.5   17    0     0       
27 Hoover           S     54    22    0.0   5     5     10      
68 Blackburn        OLB   45    15    0.0   4     2     2       
97 Giron            DT    37    14    0.0   2     0     0       
23 Volz             CB    34    10    0.0   4     0     3       
30 Bidwill          S     31    7     0.0   1     0     4       
90 Strong           DT    27    8     4.0   8     0     0       
58 Daubach          OLB   25    16    2.0   8     0     3       
70 Stone            DE    24    13    3.5   7     0     0       
59 Wheeler          ILB   23    7     0.0   2     0     2       
40 Minter           CB    22    5     0.0   2     0     2       
76 Slocum           DT    18    5     4.5   5     1     0       
93 Lamarr           DE    17    4     2.0   3     0     0       
37 Newton           RB    15    0     0.0   0     0     0       
11 Ordonez          S     15    2     0.5   3     0     2       
Team                ---   654   206   27.0  91    14    37

cthomer5000 · 03-15-2003, 08:24 PM

2004 Review

Looking at our team stats, i feel we really made some great improvement this year. While our record was still 4-7, we played all the games we lost tougher than we did the season before, we may actually be closing the gap on the rest of the big east.

Offense
Despite being a one-back team, our rushing game was better this year. While it was only slight improvement, our average rush increased .7 yards to over 3 yards per carry, we hope to move it to near 4 yards-per-attempt next year.

While our passing game took a step backward statistically, our yards-per-attempt increased over last year, meaning our offense was generally more potent. We increased our scoring average per game by over a field goal to 24.9

Defense

We got really mixed results here. The run defense improved a decent amount, but it forced teams to throw against us more, and the secondary was torched all season long. I hope our maturing safeties will help us in this department next year.

Team Overview

Going into next year, I feel we have a decent chance at taking some more steps forward. Our Offensive coordinator is settling into the single back offense, and most of our team is young and hungry. The biggest loss (by far) is QB Daryl Perrin. Daryl leaves us with a vacancy at quarterback, and the battle for the starters job should be wide open next year. If we can't get the QB position settled, it might outweight every positive we have next year.

cthomer5000 · 03-16-2003, 08:30 AM

Your agent is on the phone...

If we're looking for external confirmation that our program is on the rise, we've got it! Invited to the pro football scouting combine were the following Scarlet Knights:

QB Daryl Perrin
G Jim Lyle
OT Roy Vance
S Matthew Hoover

After their workouts complete, each prospect is bummed to find out they rank very low in their respective positions, making it doubtful they'll be drafted. The draftniks are correct, and nary a single Scarlet Knight is drafted.

Still, Rutgers has a breakthrough when after training camp and injury-riddled San Diego Chargers team is looking for a left tackle. Roy Vance recieves that phone call and becomes the first of our Knights to sign a pro contract! While his season will consist of sitting on the inactive roster all season for an 8-8 team, he's still content to know he was good enough to make it to the next level.

Roy would have to settle for his 1 year's earning of $650,000 dollars, and the rest of our draft-eligible players would never sign a pro contract before oficially "retiring." It might be a baby step, but landing a player on a pro roster (even for just 1 season) has us more excitied about our football program here at Rutgers than ever before.

cthomer5000 · 03-16-2003, 08:38 AM

What does next year hold? Find out!

Rutgers...the birthplace of college football 2005

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