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Princeton University Athletics
Final Score:
August 16, 1999 | Football
Oct. 10, 1998
- Game Notes
PRINCETON 31 BROWN 17
Game Notes
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PRINCETON (1-2, 1-0)
The Date Oct. 10, 1998 The Kickoff 1:07 p.m. The Site Princeton Stadium, Princeton, N.J. The Series Princeton leads 45-19 Last Year Princeton defeated Brown 30-13 The Coaches Princeton: Steve Tosches (12th season, 72-39-2) Brown: Phil Estes (first season, 1-2) TV/Radio The game can be heard live on the Princeton Radio Network, which includes flagship station WHWH AM 1350 in Princeton and WHTG AM 1410 in Eatontown. The game can also be heard live on WPRB FM 103.3. The game can be seen on CN8 live, on satellite live (SBS 6, transponder 5, frequency 11823) and on RCN, which will televise the game Tuesday at 8 p.m. The Storyline Princeton looks to shrug off two straight non-league overtime losses in a key early-season Ivy League matchup
BROWN at PRINCETON
The 64th meeting
This Week's Note of the Week
- Setting the tone - Princeton, 1-0 in the Ivy League, has either won the title or played for the title in the last week of the season each of the last five times it has started a season 2-0 in the league.
- Working overtime - Princeton had four games tied at the end of
regulation
from 1981 through the second-to-last game of the 1997 season. Princeton
has now had three of its last four games tied at the end of regulation.
- Working overtime II - Princeton has had back-to-back games tied at the
end
of regulation for the first time since 1932.
- More OT - Princeton has never had three straight games end up tied at
the
end of regulation.
- Just in case you forgot - There has not been a touchdown scored in
Princeton Stadium.
- Just in case you forgot II - Brown outgained Princeton by 126 yards (357-231) in last year's game, which Princeton won 30-13.
- Gameplanning - Princeton ranks fourth in Division I-AA in rushing
defense,
Brown ranks 87th in rushing offense. Princeton ranks 67th in Division I-AA
in passing defense, Brown ranks eighth in passing offense.
- Sack master - David Ferrara has five sacks in three games and is on
pace
for 16.7 sacks for the year. The Princeton record for sacks in a season is
14.5, set by Brian Kazan in 1992.
- Sack masters - Seven different Princeton players had at least one sack
against Fordham.
- Yard work - Princeton averages 120.7 rushing yards per game. Princeton
averaged 87.9 rushing yards per game in 1997.
- OT not for me - John Burnham has thrown 80 passes without an
interception
during regulation and four passes with two interceptions in overtime.
- Getting his kicks - Matt Evans ranks third in Division I-AA with a
45.8
yards-per-punt average.
- Getting his kicks II - Matt Evans would rank eighth among National
Football League punters with a 45.8 yards-per-punt average.
- More kicks - Alex Sierk has 30 career field goals, two off the
Princeton
career record set by Chris Lutz '91.
- Mr. Consistent - Ryan Crowley has caught five passes in each of the
first
three games.
- Everybody loves Raymond - Ray Canole has caught at least one pass in
13
straight games, the longest streak among active Tigers.
- Big play scoreboard - Princeton vs. opponents in big plays:
Princeton Opponents pass plays of 25+ yards 5 8 running plays of 20+ yards 1 3
- Spreading it around - Princeton has nine players with two career
touchdowns but no player with more than two career touchdowns.
- Burnham, baby, Burnham - John Burnham has more completions in three
games
this year (47) than he had attempts last year (44).
- Burnham, baby, Burnham II - John Burnham has completed 56% of his
passes,
which would be the highest single-season percentage since Harry Nakielny
completed 59.2% in 1995.
- Ol' reliable Nathan - Nathan McGlothlin has 132 career carries and
only
two have been for negative yards.
- Picked clean - Gerry Wilson has two interceptions in three games this
year
after having one interception in 10 games last year.
- Crossing the line - Defensive tackle Brian Latke has 13 tackles and
1.5
sacks while starting two of three games after spending his previous three
years as a backup offensive lineman.
- Crossing the line II - Two of the four starting defensive backs were
offensive players when they came to Princeton. Safety Ryan Demler is a
converted quarterback, while Gerry Giurato is a converted running
back/wide receiver.
- Depth chart - Princeton has used six defensive tackles through three
games.
- 'Backer up - Linebackers Jim Salters and Mike Veronesi average 19.3
tackles per game between them. All-Ivy linebackers Tim Greene and Jamie
Toddings averaged 15.7 tackles per game between them last year.
- 'Backer up II - Due to a case of spinal meningitis when he was 18
months
old, linebacker Mike Veronesi has 40% hearing in one ear and 60% hearing
in the other.
- Perfect 10s - Princeton has 10 players with at least 10 tackles and 10
players with at least one reception.
- Young gun - Freshman linebacker Drew Babinecz had seven tackles
playing in
pass rushing situations the last two weeks.
- Up and down - Phil Wendler had one catch against Cornell and Fordham
combined and 10 catches against Lehigh alone.
- Tight spot - Princeton has completed one pass in three games to a
tight
end.
- More kicks - Alex Sierk has at least one field goal in six straight
games.
- Off the schneid - Princeton had lost five straight home Ivy League
games
prior to defeating Cornell on opening day.
- Keeping score - Princeton has not won a game when its opponent has
scored
since a 31-28 win over Colgate last year. Since then Princeton has won two
games by shutout and lost seven games when the opponent scored.
- The whammy - Princeton has not fumbled all season.
- The reverse whammy - Princeton has not returned an interception for a
touchdown since 1988.
- Back to normal - Princeton has 116 rushing attempts and 90 passing
attempts. Princeton had more passing attempts than rushing attempts each
of the last two years but only once in the nine years prior to that.
- Quarterly report - Princeton has scored nine points in the first and third quarters and 38 points in the second and fourth.
Probable Two-Deeps
Princeton Offense WR 15 RAY CANOLE (Sr., 6-1, 195, Minooka, Ill.) 19 Phil Wendler (Sr., 6-3, 195, Kent. Wash.) LT 72 JUSTIN BENNETT (Sr., 6-3, 295, Tulare, Calif.) 66 John Raveche (So., 6-4, 285, Hoboken, N.J.) LG 57 HAMIN ABDULLAH (Jr., 6-3, 280, Jacksonville, Fla.) 68 Brian Herdman (Sr., 6-4, 285, Canonsburg, Pa.) C 61 BERNARD MARCYK (Jr., 6-2, 260, Absecon, N.J.) 62 Brian Wilson (So., 6-2, 275, Springfield, Pa.) RG 52 JOHN AMBURGY (So., 6-4, 240, Clearwater, Fla.) 65 Ross Tucker (So., 6-5, 280, Wyomissing, Pa.) RT 74 STEVE LAMBERTON (Sr., 6-4, 280, Wynnmoor, Pa.) 76 Dennis Norman (So., 6-3, 265, Marlton, N.J.) TE 82 TOM STANLEY (Sr., 6-4, 225, Delray Beach, Fla.) 84 Djordje Citovic (So., 6-5, 230, Middleburg Heights, Ohio) WR 5 RYAN CROWLEY (Sr., 6-0, 185, Norfolk, Neb.) 3 Danny Brian (Jr., 5-9, 170, Escondido, Calif.) H-B 89 JASON GLOTZBACH (Sr., 6-3, 245, Redlands, Calif.) 24 Bruce Erb (Jr., 6-0, 220, Pequannock, N.J.) QB 4 JOHN BURNHAM (Sr., 6-3, 205, Washington, D.C.) 16 Jon Blevins (So., 6-3, 200, Westlake, Ohio) or 18 Pat Minnihan (Sr., 6-1, 185, Sycamore, Ill.) TB 34 KYLE BRANDT (So., 6-0, 200, Lincolnshire, Ill.) 40 Nathan McGlothlin (Sr., 6-2, 230, Lebanon, Va.) or 29 Derek Theisen (Jr., 5-11, 200, Avon Lake, Ohio)Princeton Defense DE 95 DAVID FERRARA (Jr., 6-3, 250, Ramsey, N.J.) 90 David Atchison (So., 6-2, 235, Sunnyvale, Calif.) DT 59 NATHAN PODSAKOFF (So., 6-2, 240, Bloomington, Ind.) 65 Douglas Silverman (Jr., 6-2, 225, Potomac, Md.) or 60 Preston Tims (Jr., 6-0, 245, Boardman, Ohio) DT 63 TUMOANA WEBSTER (So., 6-0, 340, Aukland, N.Z.) 99 Brian Latzke (Sr., 6-3, 270, Brookfield, Ill.) DE 56 DAN SWINGOS (Sr., 6-4, 240, Brecksville, Ohio) 96 Jason Rotman (So., 6-4, 240, Deerfield, Ill.) LB 54 JIM SALTERS (Sr., 5-11, 205, Pullman, Wash.) 51 Mike Higgins (So., 5-11, 205, Ho Ho Kus, N.J.) LB 7 MIKE VERONESI (Sr., 6-0, 195, Dyer, Ind.) 55 Steven Koopman (So., 6-1, 200, Indian Springs, Ala.) LB 50 CHUCK HASTINGS Jr., 6-2, 210, Trenton, Mich.) 45 Ted Doody (Sr., 6-2, 235, Mobile, Ala.) CB 8 GERRY GIURATO (Jr., 5-10, 175, Jacksonville, Fla.) 39 Garrett Fittizzi (Jr., 5-9, 165, Voorheesville, N.Y.) SS 33 DAVE RICHIE (Jr., 5-10, 180, Coal Township, Pa.) 30 Rocky Fittizzi (Sr., 5-9, 185, Voorheesville, N.Y.) FS 22 RYAN DEMLER (Jr., 6-2, 185, Escondido, Calif.) 28 Andrew Frank (So., 5-10, 175, Sterling Heights, Mich.) CB 21 GERRY WILSON (Jr., 5-10, 175, Piscataway, N.J.) 43 Brian Beem (Fr., 5-9, 175, Atlanta, Ga.)
Princeton Specialists PK 2 ALEX SIERK (Sr., 6-1, 180, Bettendorf, Iowa) KO 11 GREG NORTMAN (Jr., 5-11, 170, Encino, Calif.) P 20 MATT EVANS (Sr., 6-1, 185, Bellaire, Texas) LS 91 TODD HELFRICH (Jr., 6-3, 225, Northbrook, Ill.) H 86 CHUCK MINERVINO (Sr., 6-0, 190, Roseland, N.J.) PR 15 RAY CANOLE (Sr., 6-1, 195, Minooka, Ill.) KR 34 KYLE BRANDT (So., 6-0, 200, Lincolnshire, Ill.)
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