Dayton, Ohio -- Quarterback Kevin Hoyng passed for 316 yards and accounted for four touchdowns, three passing and one receiving, in leading No. 24 Dayton to a 42-21 victory over UAlbany in the second annual Gridiron Classic on Saturday, Dec. 1 at Welcome Stadium.
Dayton (11-1) secured its first mid-major national title since 2002. The Pioneer Football League co-champion should be awarded The Sports Network Cup when the final poll is released on Monday. UAlbany, the Northeast Conference champion, finished with an 8-4 record.
The Flyers, who ran off seven consecutive wins to end the season, broke a 14-14 tie in the third quarter with 21 unanswered points. Hoyng, the Gridiron Classic MVP, directed his team on a 12-play drive for the go-ahead points. He tossed a 6-yard scoring pass to tight end Matt Champa in the right corner of the end zone with 9:30 left in the period.
Dayton reached paydirt with a pair of long drives on its next two possessions. Hoyng, who connected on 34 of 45 attempts, hooked up with Jack O'Dell on a 17-yard touchdown strike. Hoyng looked right and then threw to the back of the end zone to beat the safety. The senior tossed his third scoring pass, a one-yard completion to Champa, out of a full-house T backfield for a 35-14 lead.
The Great Danes, who were making their first postseason appearance in five years, rallied from a halftime deficit to tie the contest at 14 apiece on the second play of the third period. David McCarty raced 63 yards around right end for the touchdown and quarterback Vinny Esposito ran for the two-point conversion. McCarty, who added a 3-yard scoring run in the final quarter, rushed for 134 yards on 16 carries, his sixth straight 100-plus effort.
"That's a very good team,” UAlbany coach Bob Ford said. “They don't beat themselves. Their quarterback is quite a piece of machinery. We picked a bad day to play undisciplined football."
The Flyers made use of good field position to strike first in the opening period. Hoyng jump-started the scoring march by scrambling to complete a 21-yard pass to Nick Ruhe. Hoyng, the league's offensive player of the year, then threw three straight completions to set up Ben Shappie's one-yard blast over right guard for a 7-0 lead.
After Esposito fumbled after a sack, the Great Danes' defense stiffened. McCarty rumbled 35 yards over the left side into UD territory. Esposito then found flanker Mike Wall with a 42-yard touchdown pass on a post pattern. However, linebacker Brian Kelly blocked the extra point.
Dayton took a 14-6 advantage to the intermission with an 81-yard TD march. The drive was kept alive when the Great Danes were offsides in a fourth-and-one situation at the UAlbany 9. Shappie then threw a halfback pass to Hoyng, who slipped out of the backfield on the left side, for an eight-yard touchdown with 52 seconds remaining.
"Their quarterback is the most elusive that I have ever faced,” said UAlbany linebacker Colin Disch, who had nine tackles in his final game as a collegian. “The film didn't justify his ability to scramble, move well, and keep his feet. In the second half, they made a lot of third-down conversions, and that was a big difference."
McCarty added, "We came out a little soft and seemed unaware of what they had to offer. They were undersized as compared to what we've faced this year. We made foolish mistakes and they made corrections that we were unable to adjust to."
#24 Dayton 42, UAlbany 21 (2nd Annual Gridiron Classic)
Box Score (Final)
ALBANY vs Dayton Flyers (Dec 01, 2007 at Dayton, OH)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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ALBANY.............. 0 6 8 7 - 21 Record: (8-4)
Dayton Flyers....... 7 7 14 14 - 42 Record: (11-1)
Scoring Summary:
1st 00:26 UD - SHAPPIE, Ben 1 yd run (GLAVIN, Nick kick), 9-51 3:35, ALBANY 0 - UD 7
2nd 12:57 ALBANY - Wall, Mike 42 yd pass from Esposito, Vinny (Fralicker, Jason kick blockd), 2-77 0:16, ALBANY 6 - UD 7
00:52 UD - HOYNG, Kevin 8 yd pass from SHAPPIE, Ben (GLAVIN, Nick kick), 12-81 5:35, ALBANY 6 - UD 14
3rd 14:03 ALBANY - McCarty, David 63 yd run (Esposito, Vinny rush), 2-65 0:48, ALBANY 14 - UD 14
09:30 UD - CHAMPA, Matt 6 yd pass from HOYNG, Kevin (GLAVIN, Nick kick), 12-70 4:27, ALBANY 14 - UD 21
03:01 UD - O'DELL, Jack 17 yd pass from HOYNG, Kevin (GLAVIN, Nick kick), 9-80 4:06, ALBANY 14 - UD 28
4th 12:04 UD - CHAMPA, Matt 1 yd pass from HOYNG, Kevin (GLAVIN, Nick kick), 8-89 3:06, ALBANY 14 - UD 35
09:40 ALBANY - McCarty, David 3 yd run (Fralicker, Jason kick), 6-66 2:18, ALBANY 21 - UD 35
04:42 UD - SHAPPIE, Ben 6 yd run (GLAVIN, Nick kick), 9-43 4:58, ALBANY 21 - UD 42
ALBANY UD
FIRST DOWNS................... 10 31
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 27-127 44-149
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 132 324
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 18-10-0 46-35-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 45-259 90-473
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 3-18 1-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 7-124 4-37
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 6-43.3 4-33.5
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards............... 4-35 5-40
Possession Time............... 18:57 41:03
Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 10 12 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 1-1 6-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 3-23 3-29
RUSHING: ALBANY-McCarty, David 16-134; Simmons, Colin 2-2; Esposito,
Vinny 9-minus 9. Dayton Flyers-SHAPPIE, Ben 13-62; MARSHALL, Matt 11-53; O'DELL,
Jack 1-15; HOYNG, Kevin 17-15; GULICK, Joe 1-2; BROWNLEE, Kris 1-2.
PASSING: ALBANY-Esposito, Vinny 10-18-0-132. Dayton Flyers-HOYNG, Kevin
34-45-0-316; SHAPPIE, Ben 1-1-0-8.
RECEIVING: ALBANY-DeAraujo, Irani 4-17; McCarty, David 3-11; Wall, Mike
2-88; Beigel, Dan 1-16. Dayton Flyers-JONARD, J Michael 9-54; CHAMPA, Matt 8-90;
O'DELL, Jack 8-74; RUHE, Nick 7-73; GULICK, Joe 1-22; HOYNG, Kevin 1-8; SHAPPIE,
Ben 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS: ALBANY-None. Dayton Flyers-None.
FUMBLES: ALBANY-Esposito, Vinny 1-1. Dayton Flyers-None.
Stadium: Welcome Stadium Attendance: 2703
Kickoff time: 1:00 pm End of Game: 3:47 pm Total elapsed time: 2:47
Officials: Referee: Keeling, Bruce; Umpire: Woods, Steve; Linesman: Szink, Kevin;
Line judge: Shelton, Jon; Back judge: Griffith, Craig; Field judge: Kemp, Zach;
Side judge: Smith, Grady;
Temperature: 33 Wind: ESE 10 Weather: Cloudy & cold
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ALBANY vs Dayton Flyers (Dec 01, 2007 at Dayton, OH)
SACKS (UA-A): ALBANY-DuPont, Trevor 2-0; Kinsey, Emerson 1-0. Dayton
Flyers-HEMMELGARN, Kalen 1-1; VOSSLER, Scott 1-0; BURGER, Bobby 0-1.
TACKLES (UA-A): ALBANY-West, Dave 8-3; Disch, Colin 4-5; Volpe, Jon 3-6;
DuPont, Trevor 5-3; Kinsey, Emerson 5-2; Brancaccio, Justin 2-5; Bertrand, Ross
3-3; Genovesi, Tommy 3-2; Dungey, Michael 2-3; Nicomini, Dave 4-0; Casale, Dave
3-1; Sheehan, Mark 2-1; Juste, Jean 2-1; Kelly, Mike 1-2; Pandolf, Tom 0-3;
Anderson, Trevor 1-1; Sparano, Tony 0-2; Beigel, Dan 1-0; Duff, Rich 1-0;
Peretore, Mark 0-1; Poore, Jason 0-1; McCloskey, L.B. 0-1. Dayton
Flyers-VOSSLER, Corey 2-7; HEENAN, Sean 2-7; KELLY, Brian 3-5; CASTANEDA, Joe
2-4; FUMAGALLI, Drew 1-4; McDONALD, Steve 2-2; CRAMER, Brandon 1-2; VOSSLER,
Scott 1-2; ROSEBERRY, Austin 2-0; HORCHER, Scott 1-1; HEMMELGARN, Kalen 1-1;
BURGER, Bobby 0-2; O'DELL, Jack 0-2; CHAMPA, Matt 0-2; VAN ASTEN, Jake 0-2;
BURNS, Kevin 1-0; GLAVIN, Nick 1-0; WINGEIER, Brandon 0-1.
Game Starters:
ALBANY
POS ## OFFENSE
TE 89 ARCHER, D.
T 79 TOUGAS, J.
G 65 PAGANO, S.
C 75 RICHARDS, K.
G 68 WENTZELL, J.
T 74 NGUTI, R.
SE 18 DEARAUJO, I.
FL 1 WALL, M.
QB 7 ESPOSITO, V.
FB 47 BEIGEL, D.
TB 3 MCCARTY, D.
POS ## DEFENSE
E 96 SHEEHAN, M.
E 95 DUNGEY, M.
E 98 VOLPE, J.
LB 28 KINSEY, E.
LB 52 DISCH, C.
LB 54 BRANCACCIO, J.
LB 10 DUPONT, T.
CB 25 JUSTE, J.
S 21 NICOMINI, D.
FS 31 CASALE, D.
CB 5 MCCLOSKEY, L.
Dayton Flyers
POS ## OFFENSE
SE 1 RUHE, Nick
T 75 CROGHAN, Jim
G 63 McCORMICK, Pat
C 57 BIKOWSKI, Blake
G 52 LAY, Jake
T 62 POLLOCK, Ryan
TE 37 CHAMPA, Matt
FL 7 O'DELL, Jack
QB 6 HOYNG, Kevin
RB 32 SHAPPIE, Ben
WR 3 JONARD, J M.
POS ## DEFENSE
E 49 VOSSLER, Scott
T 78 BURTON, Chad
T 92 HEENAN, Sean
E 91 WALBRIGHT,David
LB 9 FUMAGALLI, Drew
LB 10 KELLY, Brian
F 44 McDONALD, Steve
CB 29 HORCHER, Scott
CB 47 CASTANEDA, Joe
S 21 CRAMER, Brandon
S 8 VOSSLER, Corey
Player participation:
ALBANY: 2-JOSEPH, D., 4-LYNCH, C., 11-BOCANEGRA, D., 13-FRALICKER, J., 17-SMITH, J., 20-SIMMONS, C., 22-WEST, D., 23-SCOTT, A.,
24-PERETORE, M., 26-GANNON, J., 30-BLAIS, C., 33-BERTRAND, R., 37-KENNEALLY, C., 38-ASKEW, G., 39-BRIGHT, C., 42-DORCELY, R.,
43-GENOVESI, T., 50-DUFF, R., 51-SIMPSON, C., 62-SPARANO, A., 72-SCHULTZ, N., 76-LEIBLE, J., 82-MILES, M., 83-BUSH, T.,
85-POORE, J., 90-KELLY, M., 91-ANDERSON, T., 94-PANDOLF, T., 97-SPARANO, T..
Dayton Flyers: 5-MARSHALL, Matt, 12-FLORIAN, Rob, 13-GLAVIN, Nick, 15-SULLIVAN, Dan, 22-BURNS, Kevin, 25-GULICK, Joe,
27-SMYTH, Matt, 28-BROWNLEE, Kris, 31-RIES, Joe, 36-VAN ASTEN, Jake, 42-BERGFELD, Bart, 43-BLUE, Tyler, 46-ROSEBERRY, A,
48-KOHSTALL, Frank, 54-VERMILLION, C, 55-WINGEIER, B, 61-WHITTEN, Zach, 66-GRIMES, John, 72-GRAY, Matt, 73-KUCIA, Brian,
80-FUERST, Mark, 87-BRADY, Will, 90-BURGER, Bobby, 97-HEMMELGARN, K.
Team Statistics
Team Statistics (Final)
The Automated ScoreBook For Football
ALBANY vs Dayton Flyers (Dec 01, 2007 at Dayton, OH)
ALBANY UD
FIRST DOWNS................... 10 31
Rushing..................... 4 10
Passing..................... 5 17
Penalty..................... 1 4
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 127 149
Rushing Attempts............ 27 44
Average Per Rush............ 4.7 3.4
Rushing Touchdowns.......... 2 2
Yards Gained Rushing........ 166 180
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 39 31
NET YARDS PASSING............. 132 324
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 10-18-0 35-46-0
Average Per Attempt......... 7.3 7.0
Average Per Completion...... 13.2 9.3
Passing Touchdowns.......... 1 4
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 259 473
Total offense plays......... 45 90
Average Gain Per Play....... 5.8 5.3
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 1-1 0-0
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 4-35 5-40
PUNTS-YARDS................... 6-260 4-134
Average Yards Per Punt...... 43.3 33.5
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 40.0 29.0
Inside 20................... 3 2
50+ Yards................... 2 0
Touchbacks.................. 1 0
Fair catch.................. 1 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 4-156 7-343
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 39.0 49.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 29.8 31.3
Touchbacks.................. 0 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 3-18-0 1-0-0
Average Per Return.......... 6.0 0.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 7-124-0 4-37-0
Average Per Return.......... 17.7 9.2
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 18:57 41:03
1st Quarter................. 5:02 9:58
2nd Quarter................. 4:41 10:19
3rd Quarter................. 6:11 8:49
4th Quarter................. 3:03 11:57
Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 10 12 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 1-1 6-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 3-23 3-29
PAT Kicks..................... 1-2 6-6
Field Goals................... 0-0 0-0
Individual Statistics
Individual Statistics (Final)
The Automated ScoreBook For Football
ALBANY vs Dayton Flyers (Dec 01, 2007 at Dayton, OH)
ALBANY
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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McCarty, David 16 139 5 134 2 63 8.4
Simmons, Colin 2 2 0 2 0 2 1.0
Esposito, Vinny 9 25 34 -9 0 9 -1.0
Totals... 27 166 39 127 2 63 4.7
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Esposito, Vinny 18-10-0 132 1 46 3
Totals... 18-10-0 132 1 46 3
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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DeAraujo, Irani 4 17 0 8
McCarty, David 3 11 0 6
Wall, Mike 2 88 1 46
Beigel, Dan 1 16 0 16
Totals... 10 132 1 46
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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Lynch, Chris 6 260 43.3 54 3 1
Totals... 6 260 43.3 54 3 1
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Wall, Mike 0 0 0 5 92 30 0 0 0
Bocanegra, Daniel 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
West, Dave 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brancaccio, Justin 0 0 0 1 10 10 0 0 0
Joseph, Dieuseul 0 0 0 1 22 22 0 0 0
Totals... 3 18 16 7 124 30 0 0 0
Field goal attempts
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Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
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FRALICKER, J. 3 143 0 0 47.7
LYNCH, C. 1 13 0 0 13.0
Dayton Flyers
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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SHAPPIE, Ben 13 62 0 62 2 18 4.8
MARSHALL, Matt 11 55 2 53 0 17 4.8
HOYNG, Kevin 17 44 29 15 0 9 0.9
O'DELL, Jack 1 15 0 15 0 15 15.0
BROWNLEE, Kris 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0
GULICK, Joe 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0
Totals... 44 180 31 149 2 18 3.4
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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HOYNG, Kevin 45-34-0 316 3 28 3
SHAPPIE, Ben 1-1-0 8 1 8 0
Totals... 46-35-0 324 4 28 3
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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JONARD, J Michael 9 54 0 15
CHAMPA, Matt 8 90 2 28
O'DELL, Jack 8 74 1 17
RUHE, Nick 7 73 0 21
GULICK, Joe 1 22 0 22
HOYNG, Kevin 1 8 1 8
SHAPPIE, Ben 1 3 0 3
Totals... 35 324 4 28
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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O'DELL, Jack 4 134 33.5 41 2 0
Totals... 4 134 33.5 41 2 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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O'DELL, Jack 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
SHAPPIE, Ben 0 0 0 1 17 17 0 0 0
McDONALD, Steve 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CASTANEDA, Joe 1 0 0 1 20 20 0 0 0
Totals... 1 0 0 4 37 20 0 0 0
Field goal attempts
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Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
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O'DELL, Jack 5 245 0 0 49.0
GLAVIN, Nick 2 98 0 0 49.0
FUMBLES: ALBANY-Esposito, Vinny 1-1. Dayton Flyers-None.
Defensive Statistics
Defensive Statistics (Final)
The Automated ScoreBook For Football
ALBANY vs Dayton Flyers (Dec 01, 2007 at Dayton, OH)
ALBANY
## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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22 West, Dave 8 3 11 0.5/1 . . . . . . .
52 Disch, Colin 4 5 9 . . . . . . . .
98 Volpe, Jon 3 6 9 1.0/1 . . . . . . .
10 DuPont, Trevor 5 3 8 2.0/13 . . . . . 2.0/13 .
28 Kinsey, Emerson 5 2 7 1.0/10 . . . . . 1.0/10 .
54 Brancaccio, Justin 2 5 7 . . . . . . . .
33 Bertrand, Ross 3 3 6 . . . . 1 . . .
43 Genovesi, Tommy 3 2 5 . . . . . . . .
95 Dungey, Michael 2 3 5 1.5/6 . . . . . . .
21 Nicomini, Dave 4 . 4 . . . . 1 . . .
31 Casale, Dave 3 1 4 . . . . . . . .
25 Juste, Jean 2 1 3 . . . . 1 . . .
96 Sheehan, Mark 2 1 3 . . . . . . . .
90 Kelly, Mike 1 2 3 . . . . . . . .
94 Pandolf, Tom . 3 3 . . . . . . . .
91 Anderson, Trevor 1 1 2 . . . . . . . .
97 Sparano, Tony . 2 2 . . . . . . . .
47 Beigel, Dan 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
50 Duff, Rich 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
5 McCloskey, L.B. . 1 1 . . . . . . . .
24 Peretore, Mark . 1 1 . . . . . . . .
85 Poore, Jason . 1 1 . . . . . . . .
Dayton Flyers
## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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8 VOSSLER, Corey 2 7 9 0.5/2 . . . . . . .
92 HEENAN, Sean 2 7 9 1.0/1 . . . . . . .
10 KELLY, Brian 3 5 8 1.0/1 . 1-0 . . 1 . .
47 CASTANEDA, Joe 2 4 6 . . . . . . . .
9 FUMAGALLI, Drew 1 4 5 . . . . . . . .
44 McDONALD, Steve 2 2 4 . . . . 1 . . .
21 CRAMER, Brandon 1 2 3 . . . . . . . .
49 VOSSLER, Scott 1 2 3 1.0/9 1 . . . . 1.0/9 .
46 ROSEBERRY, Austin 2 . 2 . . . . . . . .
97 HEMMELGARN, Kalen 1 1 2 1.5/15 . . . . . 1.5/15 1
29 HORCHER, Scott 1 1 2 0.5/1 . . . . . . .
7 O'DELL, Jack . 2 2 . . . . . . . .
90 BURGER, Bobby . 2 2 0.5/5 . . . . . 0.5/5 .
36 VAN ASTEN, Jake . 2 2 . . . . . . . .
37 CHAMPA, Matt . 2 2 . . . . . . . .
22 BURNS, Kevin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
13 GLAVIN, Nick 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
55 WINGEIER, Brandon . 1 1 . . . . . . . .
25 GULICK, Joe . . . . . . . 1 . . .
