week 2 - shepherd game notes

2014 Schedule/ResultsDate Opponent Time/ScoreSept. 4 NOTRE DAME L, 35-42Sept. 13 at Shepherd NoonSept. 20 GLENVILLE STATE 1 p.m.Sept. 27 at WV State 1 p.m.Oct. 4 CONCORD 1 p.m.Oct. 11 at West Liberty 1 p.m.Oct. 25 URBANA 2 p.m.Nov. 1 at WV Wesleyan NoonNov. 8 CHARLESTON 1 p.m.Nov. 15 at UVa-Wise 1 p.m.

Fairmont State (0-1) vs. #11 Shepherd (1-0)Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 | Ram Stadium | Shepherdstown, WV | Noon Radio: 93.1 WFGM | Video/Stats: links on fightingfalcons.com

Record: 0-1 (0-1 MEC)Head Coach: Jason WoodmanYears at FSU: Second Year (3-8)Years as Head Coach: SameAlma Mater: Fairmont State ‘02

Passing: Cooper Hibbs - 30-57, 415 yds, 4 TDs, 4 INTsRushing: Daniel Monroe - 8 att, 91 yds, 1 TDReceiving: Fabian Guerra - 13 rec, 247 yds, 1 TDTackles: Tyler Benton, Emanuel Ivey - 11 tacklesSacks: Preston Lewis, Marcus Porter - 1 sackInterceptions: Jay Adams - 1 INT

Record: 1-0 (1-0 MEC)Head Coach: Monte CaterRecord at SU: 202-88-1 (27)Career Record: 233-111-2 (33)

Passing: Je! Ziemba - 17-25, 204 yds, 2 TDsRushing: Allen Cross - 15 att, 87 ydsReceiving: Billy Brown - 3 rec, 81 ydsTackles: Octavius Thomas - 8 total (4 solo), 2.5 TFLSacks: Thomas - 2 sacksInterceptions: CJ Davis - 2 INTs

Shepherd University .............Statistical Category (NCAA/MEC) ................... Fairmont State38.0 (36/4) .............................................. Scoring O!ense ............................................35.0 (52/5)219.0 (45/5) ............................................ Rushing O!ense ......................................... 136.0 (85/8)204.0 (90/6) ...........................................Passing O!ense ............................................ 415.0 (4/1)423.0 (60/7) .............................................. Total O!ense...............................................551.0 (17/1)13.0 (26/1) ............................................... Scoring Defense .........................................42.0 (130/8)29.0 (6/1) ................................................Rushing Defense ......................................... 124.0 (61/2)143.0 (33/1) .............................................. Passing Defense ....................................... 332.0 (140/9)81.04 (22/2) ...........................................Pass E"c. Defense ................................... 140.95 (106/7)172.0 (6/1) ..................................................Total Defense ........................................ 456.0 (120/8)27.0 (133/8) ................................................. Net Punting ............................................... 33.71 (77/3)23.5 (8/1) ..................................................... Punt Returns ................................................ 2.2 (99/9)18.5 (110/9) ............................................... Kicko! Returns ............................................22.33 (71/6)0.0 (63/T3) .............................................Turnover Margin ....................................... -6.0 (161/10)11.0 (12/1) ................................................ Tackles For A Loss ..........................................7.0 (69/T5).722 (4/1) ................................................... 3rd Down Conv ........................................... .353(85/T3) (3/1) ........................................................Time of Possession ................................................ (117/8)92.0 (123/7) ................................................ Penalty Yards ........................................... 107.0 (137/9)

The Matchup

when they travel to Shepherdstown for a meeting with the defending MEC Cham-pions.

Travis Jones and Tim Brady. Fans can also watch the live broadcast of the game via the GameCenter on fightingfalcons.com.

turned the ball over seven times and NDC scored the final 14 points of the game to pick up the victory.

West Liberty last Saturday on the road. SU rushed for 219 yards in the victory.Shepherd has

won five in a row against Fairmont State and 12 of the last 13 meetings between the

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2014 Schedule / Results

Sept. 4 Notre Dame CollegeFalcons (1-0) Fairmont, W.Va. Tied 1-1

L, 35-42

Date Opponent Site Series/Result Notes

Sept. 13 ShepherdRams (1-0)

Shepherdstown, W.Va. Tie, 32-32-7

Sept. 20 Glenville StatePioneers (0-1)

Fairmont, W.Va. FSU 45-41-3

Sept. 27 West Virginia StateYellow Jackets (1-0)

Institute, W.Va. FSU 32-13-1

Oct. 4 ConcordMountain Lions (1-0)

Fairmont, W.Va. FSU 43-33-2

Oct. 11 West LibertyHilltoppers (0-1)

West Liberty, W.Va. FSU 39-37-5

Oct. 25 UrbanaBlue Knights (1-0)

Fairmont, W.Va. UU 0-1

Nov. 1 WV WesleyanBobcats (0-1)

Buckhannon, W.Va. FSU 41-21-1

Nov. 8 CharlestonGolden Eagles (1-0)

Fairmont, W.Va. UC 5-9-1

Nov. 15 Virginia-WiseCavaliers (0-1)

Wise, Va. FSU 1-0

Schedule Notes

will play five games at Duvall-Rosier Field this season.

Virginia-Wise.

of the NCAA last week with 247 yards receiv-ing against NDC

season.

at the half before being held scoreless in the second half.

in Fairmont.

and a touchdown last season vs. WLU.

the final 3:23 of the game.

lead the Blue Knights last season.

122 yards last season against WVWC.

at UC.

-ing last season in Fairmont, 47-44


Shepherd capitalized on Fairmont State mistakes to defeat the Falcons, 27-7 on Saturday afternoon at Duvall-Rosier Field. Cooper Hibbs led the Falcons with 155 yards on 19-of-42 passing in the

Dawrence Roberts led all FSU rushing backs with 20 carries for 51 yards. Chris St. Hilaire hauled in seven passes for 58 yards, including a reception of 31 yards.

23 yards and a touchdown in the victory. Jabre Lolley carries the ball 17 times for 70 yards and a score. Allen Cross also ran the ball 17 times for 53 yards and a touchdown for the Shepherd.

Fullwood led the unit with 10 tackles (nine solo) and a fumble recovery. Gar-rett Davis added nine tackles (eight solo) for the Falcons. Bryan Wilson also made an impact with eight tackles and a sack. Jacob Jean-Charles picked o! a SU pass and returned it 38 yards.

pass was intercepted by Jean-Charles and returned to the three-yard line. Jean-Charles fumbled the ball at the three-yard line and it was recovered by T.C. Chestnut in the end zone for the FSU touchdown. The Rams responded four-minutes later when Lolley capped an 11-play, 51-yard drive with a three-yard touchdown.

the FSU 12 that was recovered by the Rams. Tinsman hit Anthony Weisen-miller from one-yard out for the score. After a failed extra point, Shepherd took a 13-7 lead into the locker room. The third quarter was a defensive struggle until Hibbs was picked by Barber to set the Rams up at the FSU 32. Cross capped an eight-play, 32-yard drive by muscling his way in from a yard out. With FSU threating with

scooped up by Barber and returned 89-yards for the score to give Shepherd the 27-7 victory.

Score 1 2 3 4 FShepherd 0 13 0 14 27Fairmont State 0 7 0 0 7

Team Qtr Time Scoring play FSU 2nd 9:32 Chestnut 0 yd fumble recovery (Dearstine kick)SU 2nd 2:41 Lolley 3 yd run (Earls kick)SU 2nd 0:39 Weisenmiller 1 yd oass from Tinsman (kick failed)SU 4th 14:57 Cross 1 yd run (Earls kick)SU 4th 1:01 Barber 89 yd fumble recovery (Earls kick)

Team Statistics SHEP FSU Score 27 7RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 49-148 35-52 PASSING YDS (NET) 23 199 Passes Att-Comp-Int 14-5-1 45-22-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 63-171 80-251 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-89 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 4--10 3-2 Kicko! Returns-Yards 2-42 4-42 Interception Returns-Yards 1-4 1-38 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-36.5 7-29.0 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 4-2 Penalties-Yards 5-34 6-71 Possession Time 27:24 32:36 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 16 3 of 19 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 3 of 5 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 0-2

Individual Statistic LeadersRushing: SU-Lolley 17-70; FSU-Roberts 20-51Passing: SU-Tinsman 5-14-1-23; FSU-Hibbs 19-42-1-155Receiving: SU-Byrd 2-20; FSU-St. Hilaire 7-58Tackles: SU-Johnson 7-1--8; FSU-Fullwood 9-1--10


NDC Postgame Notes

opener against NDC. The performance was the best of any player in the country last weekend (all divisions). The 247 yards also set a school single-game receiving record,

2006 (Pat McClintic).

The last FSU player to throw for 400 yards in a game was Bryan Harman on Novem-ber 4, 2000 against Concord.

Wise, 11/16/13)

NDC. He moved up two spots from 10th in the game.

Notre Dame. Emanuel Ivey also racked up 11 total tackles, two for a loss and a pass break-up.

sack.

NCAA Division II. FSU also had the 17th-highest output in total o!ense with 551 yards.

Scouting The Rams

defeating West Liberty, 38-13, last Saturday on the road.

on the SU sideline. Cater led the Rams to the NCAA Division II quarterfinals a season ago.

-son ago.

-trolled the ball for 39 minutes against the Hilltoppers. Shepherd has led the country in rush defense in each of the last three seasons.

Overall MEC1. Shepherd 1-0 1-02. Concord 1-0 1-03. Charleston 1-0 1-04. Urbana 1-0 1-05. Notre Dame Coll. 1-0 1-06. WV State 1-0 0-07. WV Wesleyan 0-1 0-18. Glenville State 0-1 0-19. West Liberty 0-1 0-110. Fairmont State 0-1 0-111. UVa-Wise 0-1 0-1

Week 1 (Sept. 6)Notre Dame def Fairmont State, 42-35Concord def. Glenville State, 54-27Urbana def UVa-Wise, 24-13WV State def Lock Haven, 19-14Charleston def WV Wesleyan, 42-21Shepherd def West Liberty, 38-13

Week 2 (Sept. 13)Fairmont State at Shepherd, NoonWV Wesleyan at UVa-Wise, NoonWest Liberty at Glenville State, 1 p.m.Concord at WV State, 1 p.m.Charleston at Virginia Union, 1 p.m.Urbana at Notre Dame, 2 p.m.

Week 3 (Sept. 20)Shepherd at Urbana, NoonNotre Dame at WV Wesleyan, NoonBowie State at Concord, NoonUVa-Wise at Charleston, 1 p.m.West Virginia State at West Liberty, 1 p.m.Glenville State at Fairmont State, 1 p.m.

Week 4 (Sept. 27)West Liberty at Concord, NoonWV Wesleyan at Shepherd, NoonFairmont State at WV State, 1 p.m.Urbana at Glenville State, 1 p.m.Charleston at Notre Dame College, 2 p.m.Wo!ord at UVa-Wise, 7 p.m.

Week 5 (Oct. 4)Glenville State at WV Wesleyan, NoonWest Liberty at Duquesne, NoonWV State at Urbana, NoonShepherd at Charleston, 1 p.m.Concord at Fairmont State, 1 p.m.Notre Dame at UVa-Wise, 1 p.m.

*Thursday Game

MEC Schedule/Standings


2013 FSU Notables

last season. The defense also allowed its opponent to score on 82 percent of its red-zone opportunities and 27-of-40 attempts went for a touchdown.

-cons did not score a rushing touchdown in the first three weeks of the season. FSU had three rushing touchdowns against WV Wesleyan and UVa-Wise.

in a single game since Bobby Vega threw four last season against West Virginia Wesleyan and the most by a freshman since Logan Moore threw four touchdowns against Seton Hill during the 2010 season.

pass for the Falcons last season. Nine of those players are on the FSU roster for the 2014 season.

-son; 19 of them went for a touchdown.

-eraging 84.8 yards per game.

2013.

season, the Falcons scored 20 in the last seven games. The Falcons had four o!en-sive touchdowns against WVWC and six vs. UVa-Wise.

Preseason Scouting Report

finished ninth in the final 2013 standings.

the ball, including all five o!ensive lineman and fourth-year starter Daniel Monroe at running back.

have a returning signal caller in 2014. Sophomore Cooper Hibbs threw for 1,604 yards and 12 touchdown passes a season ago, completing 52 percent of his passes.

career rushing yards. Monroe is also tied for fifth in FSU histroy with 26 career rush-ing touchdowns (Wendall Johnson). Monroe was named second team All-WVIAC in 2012 and was WVIAC Freshman of the Year in 2011.

Marc-Sears and Sharmarte Banks and sophomores Fabian Guerra and Nick Alvaro.

graduating its top three tacklers from a season ago. The Falcons will have three returners in the secondary that played significant time during the 2013 season. FSU will start eight freshman and sophomores on the defensive side of the football.

solo) and an interception and sack last season. Jacob Jean-Charles is the only re-turning defender that earned league honors last season, earning second team All-MEC honors. Jean-Charles guarded the opponents top receiver every Saturday and recorded 39 tackles, an interception and seven pass break-ups as a true freshman.

Chris Barfield earned first team honors and Jacob Jean-Charles earned third team honors. Barfield was also named to the MEC Preseason All-Conference team by Be-yond Sports Network.

Chris BarfieldSecond Team All-MEC (2013)

USA Football Preseason All-America (First Team)

Preseason All-MEC Team by Beyond Sports Network

Jacob Jean-CharlesSecond Team All-MEC (2013)

USA Football Preseason All-America (Third Team)

Shepherd UniversityLocation: Shepherdstown, W.Va.Founded: 1871Enrollment: 4,283Nickname: RamsColors: Blue & GoldPresident: Dr. Suzanne ShipleyDirector of Athletics: B.J. PumroyHead Coach: Monte CaterRecord at SU: 202-88-1 (27)Career Record: 233-111-2 (33)2013 Record: 11-1MEC Record/Finish: 9-0/1st Starters Returning (O/D/ST): 7/5/1

FSU Honor Roll

Notre Dame Quick Facts

SU Schedule/ResultsDate Opponent Time/ScoreS6 at West Liberty W, 38-13S13 FAIRMONT ST NoonS20 at Urbana NoonS27 WV WESLEYAN NoonO4 at Charleston 1 PMO11 UVA-WISE NoonO18 at Notre Dame 1 PMN1 GLENVILLE ST NoonN8 at WV State 1 PMN15 CONCORD Noon


depth chart.

FSU Picked Ninth In MEC Preseason PollFairmont State will mix experience on o!ense with youth on defense under second-year head coach Jason Woodman in 2014. Cooper Hibbs was steady as a freshman last season

candidate Chris Barfield at left tackle. The Falcons graduated all three of their top tacklers from last season, but welcome back All-MEC performer Jacob Jean-Charles in the secondary.

The Shepherd Rams have been picked to repeat as Mountain East Conference football cham-

and was picked to finish first on seven ballots.

Concord was picked second with 91 points and collected three first-place votes. Charleston was chosen third with 84 points and received the remaining first-place vote. Glenville State placed fourth (67), followed by West Virginia Wesleyan (60) and Urbana (58). Notre Dame and West Liberty were predicted to finish in a tie for seventh with 44 points, and Fairmont State (33), UVa-Wise (15) and West Virginia State (14) rounded out the poll.

2014 Mountain East Conference Preseason Poll1. Shepherd (7) - 952. Concord (3) - 913. Charleston (1) - 844. Glenville State - 675. West Virginia Wesleyan - 606. Urbana - 587(t). Notre Dame College - 447(t). West Liberty - 449. Fairmont State - 3310. UVa-Wise - 1511. West Virginia State - 14() Indicates first place votes* Coaches not able to vote for own team

Plays at home ...........................................0-1Plays on the road ....................................0-0

Scores first ................................................0-0Scores 0-9 points ....................................0-0Scores 10-19 points .................................0-0Scores 20-29 points................................0-0Scores 30-39 points .................................0-1Scores 40 points or more......................0-0Gives up 0-9 points ................................0-0Gives up 10-19 points .............................0-0 Gives up 20-29 points ...........................0-0Gives up 30-39 points............................0-0Gives up 40 points or more ..................0-1

Lead at the half .......................................0-0 Trail at the half.........................................0-1Tied at the half ........................................0-0Lead at start of 4th Q ............................0-0Trail at start of 4th Q .............................0-0Tied at start of 4th Q ..............................0-1Forces more turnovers than opp ........0-0Turns the ball over more than opp .....0-1Turnovers are equal ...............................0-0

Rushes for more yards than opp .........0-1Rushes for less yards than opp ...........0-0Rushes for less than 100 yards ............0-0Rushes for 100-199 yards .......................0-1Rushes for 200 yards or more .............0-0Opp. rushes for less than 100 yards ...0-0Opp. rushes for 100-199 yards ..............0-1Opp. rushes for 200 yards or more ....0-0

Throws for more yards than opp. ........0-1Throws for less yards than opp. ..........0-0Throws for less than 100 yards ...........0-0Throws for 100-199 yards .....................0-0Throws for 200-299 yards ....................0-0Throws for 300 yards or more ..............0-1 Opp. throws for less than 100 yards ..0-0Opp. throws for 100-199 yards ............0-0Opp. throws for 200-299 yards ...........0-0Opp. throws for 300 yards or more .....0-1

When Fairmont State (2014)...


FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- Fairmont State turned the ball over seven times in a narrow, 42-35, loss to Notre Dame College on Thursday evening to open the 2014 season. Despite the turnovers, Fairmont State had 551 yards of total o!ense in the loss. Notre Dame was nearly as proficient on o!ense racking up 456 yards

Cooper Hibbs racked up a career-high 415 yards on 30-of-57 pass attempts and threw four touchdown passes for the Falcons. However, Hibbs was also picked-o! four times in the loss. Daniel Monroe led the FSU ground game with eight carries for 91 yards and a score, Monroe had a 67-yard touch-down run in the third quarter and also hauled in a touchdown reception in the game. Fabian Guerra set a Fairmont State single-game record with 247 receiving yards on 13 catches. Guerra also found the endzone on a 55-yard reception. NDC quarterback Ray Russ was 21-of-40 for 333 yards and tossed three

had six catches for 98 yards, but it was Colton Wallace who hauled in a pair of TD receptions. Tucker Spruill rushed 26 times for 118 yards to lead the at-tack on the ground.

Monroe hauled in an 18-yard touchdown pass from Hibbs to put the Falcons on the board.

seconds remaining in the half to cap a 10-play, 79-yard drive and sent FSU to

On the first play from scrimmage in the second half, Monroe broke through the NDC defense for a 67-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 21-21. FSU scored their 28th unanswered point after a timely interception from Adams and a personal foul penalty by Notre Dame to set Fairmont State up at the five yard line. Two plays later, Hibbs found Malique Watkins from six-yards out for the score. The teams traded two quick scores at the 7:19 and 6:38 mark to give FSU another seven-point advantage with 6:38 remaining in third quarter. How-ever, Colton Wallace hauled in two touchdowns from Ray Russ to wrap up the scoring and give NDC the 42-35 victory.

Team Statistics NDC FSU Score 42 35FIRST DOWNS 22 24RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 50-124 34-136 PASSING YDS (NET) 332 415 Passes Att-Comp-Int 41-22-1 57-30-4 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 91-456 91-551 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-21 5-11 Kicko! Returns-Yards 6-120 6-134 Interception Returns-Yards 4-25 1-36 Punts (Number-Avg) 11-40.0 7-39.6 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 4-3 Penalties-Yards 8-85 15-107 Possession Time 32:10 27:50 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 19 6 of 17 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 3-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-25 2-15

Individual Statistic LeadersRushing: NDC - Spruill 26-118; FSU - Monroe 8-91Passing: NDC - Russ 21-40-1-333; FSU - Hibbs 30-57-4-415Receiving: NDC - Graham 6-98; FSU - Guerra 13-247Tackles: NDC - Berry 11-2--13; FSU - Benton 10-1--11


Fairmont State University football fans were treated to a little bit of history Thursday eve-

Notre Dame College at Duvall-Rosier Field.

Sophomore receiver Fabian Guerra shat-tered a 30-year old school record posting 247 receiving yards and one touchdown on 13

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by Ed Coleman way back in 1984 in a 39-14 victory over West Virginia State.

Guerra, a 5-11, 190-pound slot receiver from Miami, Fla., spent most of the summer in Fairmont working with sophomore quar-terback Cooper Hibbs to improve himself. If

e!orts have paid o!. Last year, for the sea-son, Guerra had 32 catches for 315 yards and a pair of TDs.

“During the summer I worked every day try-ing to improve myself to help the team,” said

fight every day to get better. I worked with

more comfortable this year with everything.

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get better though.”

Second-year FSU coach Jason Woodman says

result of the o!-season work he put in to im-prove himself.

“No one works harder on the field than that

count on him being tough.

“I hated seeing him make that mistake early with the fumble on the punt return because

right back, put it behind him and scored a

guys we can count on.”

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FSU sophomore quarterback Cooper Hibbs

college career. He completed 30-of-57 passes for 415 yards and four touchdowns. He, how-ever, also su!ered four interceptions, two of

which led to touchdowns for Notre Dame.

“The only real number that matters is the four interceptions and they were costly,” said Hibbs, whose 415 passing yards tied Bry-an Harman for the fourth-most in a single game in school history. “We made a lot of great plays in this game and battled back af-ter being down 21-0 to take the lead at 28-21, but we also made a lot of bad plays and com-mitted a lot of costly mistakes in the form of turnovers and penalties.

“I made some bad reads and one of those turned into a pick six for them. I also made some risky throws over the middle. As a

of things we need to clean up here to get better. As for me personally, I have to make

throw interceptions, I missed open receivers

Hibbs threw scoring strikes of 55 yards to Guerra, 18 yards to running back Daniel Monroe, nine yards to Devon Garnett and six yards to Malique Watkins.

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week Mountain East Conference-best 551 yards of total o!ense in the game on 91 plays – an average of 6.1 yards per play. The Falcons threw for 415 yards and rushed for

FSU, however, committed seven turnovers (four interceptions and three fumbles) and was penalized 15 times for 107 yards, includ-ing seven false start penalties. The 15 penal-ties were the most MEC in week one.

-takes,” said FSU coach Jason Woodman. “Not only did we commit seven turnovers and have all of the penalties, we were miss-ing plays too. We had guys dropping balls.

always make good decisions with the ball

we had chances to get them.

“So there were a lot of mistakes that we have

an awful lot of young kids out there and one thing I did see consistently is we had guys

-couraging. We never quit.”

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Sophomore linebacker Tyler Benton and sophomore strong safety Emanuel Ivey led

apiece. Benton recorded 10 solo stops and one assist, while Ivey had nine solo tackles and two assists, including a pair of tackles for losses.

456 total yards on 91 plays – an average of 5.0 yards per play. NDC passed for 332 yards and three scores and rushed for 124 yards and two TDs on 50 attempts – an average of

“I think we have the potential to be a good

on doing the tedious things in practice every week to make ourselves better. They hurt us with a couple of big passing plays. We need

get the experience and guys get the feel for

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State this coming weekend as the Falcons will pay a visit Saturday to defending MEC champion Shepherd University for a noon game with the Rams.

Shepherd has won 41 of its last 49 games dating back to 2010 and is coming o! of an impressive 38-13 season-opening victory on the road over West Liberty University.

Shepherd has won five in a row against Fair-mont State and 12 of the last 13 meetings be-

the series came in 2008 in Shepherdstown.

By Duane Cochran for fightingfalcons.com


Over the course of the last two-plus

familiar with the term anonymity and has been for quite some time. He un-derstands his role on the team and does it week in and week out to near perfec-tion.

the other guys like the quarterback and the skill position players look good,” said a laughing Belser, who is entering

-sive center. “The fact that no one really

and I try each and every play to do it to the best of my ability.”

But let Belser make one mistake with a rare bad snap and all of a sudden he be-comes the focal point for angry fans.

“When that happen everybody imme-diately knows who you are and is look-ing for you,” said Belser. “They may not

-men. You can do countless things right that tend to get overlooked, but if you do one thing wrong you get noticed

-ent breed of player on the o!ensive line.

We tend to do a lot of the dirty work. To be honest I like that.”

at what he does and his role is far more

simply snapping the football every play.

“Garon and I have a great relationship both on and o! of the field,” said FSU sophomore quarterback Cooper Hibbs.

here who really made an e!ort to help me feel comfortable starting as a true

supporting me and picking me up even when I play bad. Take our opener for ex-ample. I threw four interceptions and he was still patting me on the back saying

“I have a lot of faith and trust in him.

all of the calls for the o!ensive line and he honestly knows exactly what each and every position along the o!ensive

-nition that he deserves for his play.”

FSU senior o!ensive guard Tyler Thomp-son agrees.

“The best thing about playing with Ga-ron is you never have to worry about

Thompson. “You can absolutely count on him every play. I know I can take my

plays, he knows the calls and he knows what everyone is supposed to be do-ing.”

lineman, but he uses his quickness and his speed to his advantage. He gets on

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missing practice or missing plays.”

Belser was born in Fairbanks, Alaska when his father was stationed there with the United State Army. The fam-ily moved to Germany for a year when Belser was two and then settled in North Port, Fla. where he grew up and starred in football in high school at North Port.

In high school his o!ensive line coach was former FSU all-conference o!ensive lineman Jimmy Young, who played for the Falcons from 1993-96. It was Young who turned him onto Fairmont State.

“Coach Young sent my film up here to (former FSU) coach (Mike) Lopez and they immediately invited me up here for a visit,” said Belser. “I liked the school and campus and I really liked the size of the town. It kind of reminded me a little

I came.”

field either. He saw action in six games as a true freshman and ended up start-

2011 season at tackle. The following spring he took over at center and has been a mainstay there ever since for FSU.

admitted Belser, who is listed as being

played since I was little. I kind of had the position thrust upon me because I was a

it.”

“A lot of people will tell me now you

-ways been a motivator for me. It makes me play that much harder. I always feel like I have to prove myself and I kind of

will graduate from FSU in December of -

ally like to coach football wherever an opportunity presents itself.

-tention for the Falcons.

By Duane Cochran for fightingfalcons.com


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Fairmont State Two-Deep


2014 Fairmont State Football Roster

2014SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TWO-DEEP

OFFENSE

TE 82 Jamie Deason (So., 6-3, 242) 88 Jeremy Bell (So., 6-2, 225)

LT 70 Isaiah Shelton (Sr., 6-2, 308) 66 Khalil Proctor (Fr., 6-5, 290)

LG 58 Brandon Wooten (So., 6-4, 289) 51 Zach Buffkin (Jr., 6-3, 3-7)

C 54 Hussam Ouri (Sr., 6-1, 303) 77 Donnie Knox (R-Fr., 6-3, 321) RG 68 Dameon Hairston (Sr., 6-0, 318) 62 Ben Mitchell (So., 6-2, 284) RT 74 Lavonte Hights (R-Fr., 6-3, 278) 78 Brandon Dukeman (R-Fr., 6-3, 284)

QB 11 Jeff Ziemba (So., 6-3, 208) 19 Caleb Dembeck (R-Fr., 6-2, 188)

RB 31 Allen Cross (Jr., 5-7, 188) 21 Jabre Lolley (So., 6-0, 225) FB 40 Jon Hammer (Jr., 6-0, 232) 44 Vic Ceglie (Fr., 5-10, 228) SE 81 Billy Brown (So., 6-4, 228) 83 Kevin Cook (So., 6-4, 208)

FL 80 William McKenzie (Sr., 5-9, 173) 3 Dalton Boyd (Jr., 5-10, 190)

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK 18 Ryan Earls (Jr., 6-0, 172) 97 Zach Wise (R-Fr., 5-10, 170) H 19 Caleb Dembeck (R-Fr., 6-2, 188) 27 CJ Davis (So., 5-9, 188) P 18 Ryan Earls (Jr., 6-0, 172) 97 Zach Wise (R-Fr., 5-10, 170)

KO 18 Ryan Earls (Jr., 6-0, 172) 97 Zach Wise (R-Fr., 5-10, 170)

DEFENSE

RUSH 9 Shaneil Jenkins (Jr., 6-4, 278) 49 Rudie Henderson (R-Fr., 6-3, 2370

TACKLE 22 Bernard Wolley (Sr., 5-10, 261) 56 James King (Fr., 6-2, 265)

NOSE 91 Stephen Francois (Jr., 6-1, 310)or 47 Tatah Ndeh (Fr., 6-0, 240) END 41 Demetrius Dixon (Jr., 6-1, 251) 52 Myles Humphrey (R-Fr., 6-3, 232) SPUR 12 Levi Barber (Sr., 6-0, 220) 36 Jaylen Johnson (So., 5-11, 207)

SCRAPE 32 James Gupton (R-Fr., 5-10, 206) 45 Cameron Reynolds (So., 5-11, 233)

MAC 55 Octavius Thomas (So., 5-9, 208) 35 Ryan Plowman (So., 5-11, 214)

WS 10 De'Ontre Johnson (Sr., 5-9, 209) 30 Tre Anderson (R-Fr., 5-9, 204) CB 27 CJ Davis (So., 5-9, 188) 25 LaRue Bradley (So., 5-11, 175) CB 2 Phillip Rhoden (Jr., 5-8, 194) 16 Adam Coles (So., 6-0, 183) FS 20 David Carter (Sr., 6-1, 212) 26 Tre Sullivan (So., 6-0, 183)

PR 27 CJ Davis (So., 5-9, 188) 80 William McKenzie (Sr., 5-9, 173) KR 27 CJ Davis (So., 5-9, 188) 80 William McKenzie (Sr., 5-9, 173) KR 24 Trenton Cannon (Fr., 5-10, 185) 3 Dalton Boyd (Jr., 5-10, 190) LS 94 Jordan Domenico (Sr., 5-10, 235) 57 Nick Barmoy (R-Fr., 5-10, 190)

Fairmont State FootballFairmont State Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 11, 2014)

All games

Team Statistics FSU OPPSCORING 35 42 Points Per Game 35.0 42.0 Points Off Turnovers 7 28FIRST DOWNS 24 22 R u s h i n g 4 7 P a s s i n g 16 15 P e n a l t y 4 0RUSHING YARDAGE 136 124 Yards gained rushing 173 183 Yards lost rushing 37 59 Rushing Attempts 34 50 Average Per Rush 4.0 2.5 Average Per Game 136.0 124.0 TDs Rushing 1 2PASSING YARDAGE 415 332 C o m p - A t t - I n t 30-57-4 22-41-1 Average Per Pass 7.3 8.1 Average Per Catch 13.8 15.1 Average Per Game 415.0 332.0 TDs Passing 4 3TOTAL OFFENSE 551 456 Total Plays 91 91 Average Per Play 6.1 5.0 Average Per Game 551.0 456.0KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 6-134 6-120PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-11 1-21INT RETURNS: #-Yards 1-36 4-25KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.3 20.0PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 2.2 21.0INT RETURN AVERAGE 36.0 6.2FUMBLES-LOST 4-3 2-0PENALTIES-Yards 15-107 8-85 Average Per Game 107.0 85.0PUNTS-Yards 7-277 11-440 Average Per Punt 39.6 40.0 Net punt average 33.7 39.0KICKOFFS-Yards 6-337 7-453 Average Per Kick 56.2 64.7 Net kick average 36.2 42.0TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 5 0 3 2 : 1 03RD-DOWN Conversions 6/17 5/19 3rd-Down Pct 35% 26%4TH-DOWN Conversions 1/2 1/1 4th-Down Pct 50% 100%SACKS BY-Yards 2-15 3-25MISC YARDS 0 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 5 6FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 0-0 0-1ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0RED-ZONE SCORES (3-4) 75% (3-5) 60%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (3-4) 75% (3-5) 60%PAT-ATTEMPTS (5-5) 100% (6-6) 100%ATTENDANCE 1611 0 Games/Avg Per Game 1/1611 0/0 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalFairmont State 0 14 21 0 0 35Opponents 14 7 14 7 0 42

Fairmont State FootballFairmont State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 11, 2014)

All games

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gDaniel Monroe 1 - 0 8 95 4 91 11.4 1 67 91.0Austin White 1 - 0 9 28 6 22 2.4 0 11 22.0Terrell Charles 1 - 1 7 21 0 21 3.0 0 7 21.0Cooper Hibbs 1 - 1 8 29 25 4 0.5 0 8 4.0Dwight Heron 1 - 0 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -1.0Chazzy Thomas 1 - 0 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -1.0Total 1 34 173 37 136 4.0 1 67 136.0Opponents 1 50 183 59 124 2.5 2 15 124.0

Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gCooper Hibbs 1 - 1 122.91 30-57-4 52.6 415 4 55 415.0Total 1 122.91 30-57-4 52.6 415 4 55 415.0Opponents 1 140.95 22-41-1 53.7 332 3 59 332.0

Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/gFabian Guerra 1 - 0 13 247 19.0 1 55 247.0Tyrae Boykin 1 - 0 5 38 7.6 0 11 38.0Daniel Monroe 1 - 0 3 56 18.7 1 32 56.0Devon Garnett 1 - 1 2 20 10.0 1 11 20.0Jeremiah Mathis 1 - 1 2 9 4.5 0 6 9.0Malique Watkins 1 - 1 2 6 3.0 1 6 6.0Sharmarte Banks 1 - 0 1 19 19.0 0 19 19.0Terrell Charles 1 - 1 1 16 16.0 0 16 16.0Austin White 1 - 0 1 4 4.0 0 4 4.0Total 1 30 415 13.8 4 55 415.0Opponents 1 22 332 15.1 3 59 332.0

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lgTyrae Boykin 2 12 6.0 0 13Fabian Guerra 2 -1 -0.5 0 0Marcus Porter 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 5 11 2.2 0 13Opponents 1 21 21.0 0 21

Interceptions no. yds avg td lgJay Adams 1 36 36.0 0 36Total 1 36 36.0 0 36Opponents 4 25 6.2 1 22

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lgTerrell Charles 5 109 21.8 0 32Tyrae Boykin 1 25 25.0 0 25Total 6 134 22.3 0 32Opponents 6 120 20.0 0 26

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lgTotal 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0


All games

PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsDaniel Monroe 2 - - - - - - - 12Fabian Guerra 1 - - - - - - - 6Malique Watkins 1 - - - - - - - 6Devon Garnett 1 - - - - - - - 6J. Dearstine - - 5-5 - - - - - 5Total 5 - 5-5 - - - - - 35Opponents 6 0-1 6-6 - - - - - 42

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/gCooper Hibbs 1 65 4 415 419 419.0Daniel Monroe 1 8 91 0 91 91.0Austin White 1 9 22 0 22 22.0Terrell Charles 1 7 21 0 21 21.0Chazzy Thomas 1 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0Dwight Heron 1 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0Total 1 91 136 415 551 551.0Opponents 1 91 124 332 456 456.0

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk

FG Sequence Fairmont State OpponentsNotre Dame College - 22

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkAaron Prescott 7 277 39.6 55 1 3 2 1 0Total 7 277 39.6 55 1 3 2 1 0Opponents 11 440 40.0 48 0 3 3 0 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydlnJoshua McNeil 6 337 56.2 0 0Total 6 337 56.2 0 0 20.0 36.2 28Opponents 7 453 64.7 1 0 22.3 42.0 23


All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gFabian Guerra 1 0 247 -1 0 0 246 246.0Daniel Monroe 1 91 56 0 0 0 147 147.0Terrell Charles 1 21 16 0 109 0 146 146.0Tyrae Boykin 1 0 38 12 25 0 75 75.0Jay Adams 1 0 0 0 0 36 36 36.0Austin White 1 22 4 0 0 0 26 26.0Devon Garnett 1 0 20 0 0 0 20 20.0Sharmarte Bank 1 0 19 0 0 0 19 19.0Jeremiah Mathis 1 0 9 0 0 0 9 9.0Malique Watkins 1 0 6 0 0 0 6 6.0Cooper Hibbs 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 4.0Dwight Heron 1 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -1.0Chazzy Thomas 1 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -1.0Total 1 136 415 11 134 36 732 732.0Opponents 1 124 332 21 120 25 622 622.0

Fairmont State FootballFairmont State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 11, 2014)

All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd

## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf

44 Tyler Benton 1-1 10 1 11 . . . . . . . . .5 Emanuel Ivey 1-1 9 2 11 2.0-3 . . 1 . . . . .4 Demonne Cox 1-1 7 1 8 . . . 1 . . . . .98 Preston Lewis 1-0 4 2 6 2.0-8 1-7 . . . . . . .50 Evan Jones 1-0 6 . 6 . . . . . . . . .17 Chris Jackson 1-0 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . . .9 J. Jean-Charles 1-1 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .54 Marcus Porter 1-0 4 . 4 2.0-14 1-8 . . . . . . .95 Andre Young 1-0 2 1 3 1.0-2 . . . . . . . .97 Malik Forrester 1-1 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .94 Quincy Redmon 1-1 3 . 3 . . . . 1 . . . .39 Franz Evering 1-0 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . .55 Jephte Leveille 1-1 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .29 Jay Adams 1-0 2 . 2 . . 1-36 1 . . . . .32 TC Chestnut 1-1 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .99 Jordan Adderley 1-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .20 J. Armstrong 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .24 Ken Randolph 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .3 Malique Watkins 1-1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Total 1 69 11 80 7-27 2-15 1-36 5 1 . . . .Opponents 1 64 11 75 8-32 3-25 4-25 3 . 3-0 1 . .

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