2011 Robert Morris Football Game Notes @ Morgan State (9/17/11) - Page 5 Finish The Job - Robert Morris enters its final non-conference game of the Last RMU Game 2011 season @ Morgan state (9/10) having averaged 34:28 in time of possession through its first two games of the year. That average ranks second in the Game #2 • No. 24 Liberty 38, Robert Morris 7 Northeast Conference, behind only Saint Francis (36:12). Despite the ability September 10, 2011 • Lynchburg, Va. to hold the ball, the Colonials own a scoring average of 10.0 points per game, a scoring offense that ranks eighth in the league. Williams Stadium (Attendance: 15,805) - Liberty quarterback Mike Brown passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more to help lead Dr. Dre - Senior tight end Shadrae King finished with two receptions for 24 the No. 24 Flames to a 38-7 victory over Robert Morris. yards @ Liberty (9/10), marking the 21st straight game dating back to the Brown gave the Flames an early 7-0 lead when he scored on a five2009 campaign that King has recorded at least one reception, a school record yard touchdown run at the 6:07 mark of the first quarter to cap a twoby a tight end. Former Colonial Brent Hockenberry (2000-01) finished with at play, 12-yard drive. Liberty had great field position thanks to B.J. least one catch in 17 straight games over the course of the 2000 and 2001 sea- Hayes, who returned a punt by freshman Tony LaMancusa 30 yards to sons. One of seven players in school history to record at least one catch in 15 the RMU 12-yard line. straight games, King is just one game shy of the overall record. Former wide The Flames extended their lead to 14-0 with 43 seconds to play in the receiver Opio Gary (1998-2000) closed out his Robert Morris career by post- first quarter when Brown hit Pat Kelly for a 39-yard touchdown pass. ing at least one reception in each of his final 22 games. Robert Morris was only down two touchdowns at the break thanks to owning a time of possession advantage of 18:52 to 11:08 in the first Many Happy Returns - Senior Anthony Coleman has been a rock for Robert half, but the Colonials couldn't reach Liberty territory in the first half. Morris on special teams throughout his career, as the wide receiver enters In the third quarter Brown gave Liberty a 21-0 lead with a seven-yard Saturday’s game @ Morgan State owning Robert Morris career records for touchdown run that was set up the defense of the Flames. On 3rd-andkickoff returns (78) and kickoff return yards (1,633). Thanks to his consis- 8 from the RMU seven-yard line, junior quarterback Jeff Sinclair tried tency on special teams, Coleman owns 2,521 career all-purpose yards, which to hit sophomore wide receiver Donte Jeter in the flat, but Kevin Fogg ranks eighth all-time at Robert Morris. He finished with 165 all-purpose came up with the interception and returned it to the four-yard line of yards @ Liberty (9/10), the second highest single-game total of his career, the Colonials. Three plays later Brown scored to give the Flames a and has a chance to become just the sixth player in school history to eclipse three touchdown advantage. 3,000 career all-purpose yards in his final season of eligibility. Brown would cap his evening with a 37-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Ferguson with 1:50 to play in the third quarter that gave Liberty a 28Start Me Up - Seniors Anthony Coleman and Brad Rodgers each enter 0 lead. Saturday’s game @ Morgan State as RMU’s active leader in career starting Robert Morris finally got on the board in the fourth quarter, as assignments with 24. Coleman has started 24 straight at wide receiver, the Sinclair engineered a 12-play, 67-yard drive that was capped by a ninelongest active streak for consecutive starts, while Rodgers owns 22 straight yard touchdown pass to sophomore tight end Vince Mongelluzzo on starts on the offensive line and 24 overall. On the flipside, so far on the 2011 4th-and-1. campaign a total of 14 Colonials have earned their first collegiate start. Despite the touchdown, Fogg answered by returning the ensuing kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown to give Liberty a 35-7 advantage. The Home Sweet Home - Slowly but surely, Robert Morris has learned to protect Flames would eventually settle the score at 38-7 with a 23-yard field its home turf at Joe Walton Stadium. Thanks to a 42-24 win over Central goal from Matt Blevins with 2:17 to play that capped a 12-play, 69-yard Connecticut State (11/6/10) that clinched a share of the 2010 Northeast drive. Conference championship, RMU stretched its winning streak at “The Joe” to Brown finished 13-for-22 passing on the evening for 209 yards and eight games, the longest winning streak at the facility since opening the sta- two touchdowns while also leading the Liberty ground game with 11 dium in 2005. Despite a 19-13 setback to Dayton (9/3) in the 2011 season rushes for 43 yards and a pair of scores. Kelly paced the receiving opener that snapped the eight-game surge, overall Robert Morris owns a corps of the Flames with four catches for 75 yards and a score. record of 17-15 (.531) in seven seasons at Joe Walton Stadium. Sinclair finished 12-for-26 passing for 105 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted three times. The freshman tailback duo of Justin King of Queens - Senior tight end Shadrae King has already moved into the Brooks and Duane Mitchell combined for 114 yards on 30 carries, with top five all-time at Robert Morris for career receptions after leading the Brooks producing 86 yards on 22 attempts. Colonials in 2010 with 43 receptions for 531 yards and seven touchdowns. King owns seven receptions through the first two games of the 2011 season, Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Final pushing his career total in receptions to 101. That total ranks third all-time at Robert Morris 0 0 0 7 7 Robert Morris. King enters Saturday’s game @ Morgan State just 12 recep- Liberty 14 0 14 10 38 tions shy of eclipsing the school record of 112 held by former wide receiver Tyjuan Massey (2002-05). 2011 Records to Date Foot Joy - One of the most important aspects that junior Jeff Sinclair brings to the quarterback position at Robert Morris is his versatility. In RMU’s season opener against Dayton (9/3) at Joe Walton Stadium, Sinclair scored the first touchdown of the year for the Colonials with a five-yard run with 10:43 to play in the second quarter that gave RMU a 7-6 advantage. In 20 career games, Sinclair has already rushed for nine touchdowns. To put that in perspective, prior to Sinclair becoming the starter under center at RMU, quarterbacks combined for 16 rushing touchdowns in the first 156 games of the program’s history.
Robert Morris (0-2) / Liberty (1-1) Weather at Kickoff: 80 degrees; clear; winds calm Key Statistics: Rushing … Brooks (RMU) 22-86- 0 TD; Brown (Liberty) 11-43- 2 TD; Passing … Sinclair (RMU) 12-for-26, 105- 1 TD, 3 INT; Brown (Liberty) 13-for-22, 209- 2 TD, 0 INT; Receiving … Coleman (RMU) 6-59- 0 TD, Kelly (Liberty) 4-75- 1 TD; Defense … Tarr (RMU) 8 tackles, Vinson (Liberty) 8 tackles