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Georgetown Football Travels to Marist for Final Road Game of the Season |
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Written by Media Relations
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Friday, 02 November 2007 |
Washington, D.C. – The Georgetown University football team hits the road on Friday for its final road game of the season, a non-league matchup at Marist on Saturday, November 3. Kickoff at Leonidoff Field is slated for 1:05 p.m. Fans can listen to all of the action live through the Georgetown Athletics website – www.guhoyas.com – with Chuck Timanus calling all of the action.
The Hoyas enter the game with a 1-8 overall record and a 1-4 mark in the Patriot League following last week’s loss at Lehigh. Marist, meanwhile, is coming off a 33-0 loss at home to Fordham last week. The Red Foxes are 1-8 overall and 1-1 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, their lone win a 24-10 decision over LaSalle.
Saturday’s game with Marist is the 11th meeting all-time meeting between the schools. Georgetown leads the head-to-head series 9-1. The Hoyas have won the last two meetings between the schools, including a thrilling 24-21 last year on the Hilltop. Marist’s lone win in the series was a 38-35 overtime win during the 2001 season.
The Hoyas ended an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) with a 20-17 win over Bucknell on Oct. 20. The win was the first this season for the Blue and Gray and it was the first road win for the team since beating Stony Brook, 10-7, during the 2005 season. Senior kicker Eric Bjonerud (Potomac, Md./Georgetown Prep) kicked two field goals in the Bucknell game, including a 38-yard boot with 15 seconds left to lift the Hoyas to the win.
The Hoyas are averaging 102.2 yards rushing per game, while gaining 172.8 through the air. GU ranks seventh in the Patriot League in rushing offense and sixth in passing offense.
Senior quarterback Matt Bassuener (Port Edwards, Wis./Port Edwards) has completed 66.7 percent of his passes (176-of-264) for 1,533 yards, a 170.3 per game average, with seven touchdowns and six interceptions. He is fifth in the Patriot League in passing efficiency at 119.6 and fifth in the league in passing yards per game. In the last three games, he has completed 68.1 percent of his passes (77-of-113).
Senior fullback Kyle Van Fleet (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock) leads the team in receptions with 39 catches for 430 yards and three scores. He is fifth in the Patriot League in receptions per game (4.33/game) and is ninth in the league in yards per game (47.8/game).
Sophomore running back Charlie Houghton (Toronto, Ontario/St. Michael’s), who missed two games with an injury, returned last week and carried the ball 21 times for 83 yards. The 2006 Patriot League Rookie of the Year, he has 72 carries for 252 yards this season.
On the defensive side, sophomore Chris Rau (Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake) leads the team with 65 tackles, which is eighth in the league. Senior back Kevin Cherepski (Carteret, N.J./Carteret) is second with 63 stops and freshman Nick Parrish (Austin, Texas/Jesuit College Prep) is third on the team with 60 tackles. They rank eighth, ninth and 10th in the league in tackles, respectively. Senior defensive tackle Nnamdi Obiako (Bladensburg, Md./Bladensburg) leads the team with 4.5 tackles-for-loss.
Senior punter Chris MacGriff (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich./University Liggitt School) is 10th in the nation, and second in the Patriot League, with a 42.72 per kick average. Junior Kenny Mitchell (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) has returned 33 kicks for 625 yards, an 18.9 per kick average. Mitchell leads the team in all-purpose yardage with 74.7 per game.
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