Football | 11/1/2019 10:42:00 AM

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STORYLINE
The Bloomsburg University football team will hit the road for the final time this season on Saturday, November 2 to face Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) foe Millersville University. The Huskies are coming one of its largest victories in years in last week's 54-27 mauling over Lock Haven while Millersville enters the contest with a 2-6 overall record and is currently on a two-game losing skid.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
Bloomsburg leads the all-time series against Millersville, 46-30-5 and have won the last 19 contests between the schools. The Marauders enter the game looking for their first win over the Huskies since the 1999 season. Last season, Bloomsburg defeated Millersville, 38-14 back on October 27, 2018 at Redman Stadium. The Huskies finished with eight sacks, four forced turnovers and held the Marauders to minus-8 yards rushing defensively on the afternoon. It marked just the second time since the 2001 season that Bloomsburg held an opponent to negative rushing yards in a game.

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES with BLOOMSBURG ARCHIVIST BOB DUNKELBERGER
- In the victory over Lock Haven, Bloomsburg scored 54 points on 301 yards passing and 547 total yards. The point total was the most since scoring 54 against Cheyney in 2016 and 63 in 2015. The last game with this many points not versus Cheyney was the 56 put up on Lock Haven in 2013. The 301 yards passing was the most in a game since 311 at Mercyhurst in a 56-37 loss in the 2010 PSAC title game. The last victory with a 300-yard passing day was on November 5, 2005, a 42-28 home win over Millersville that featured 309, a game which clinched an undefeated regular season. The last game with more than 547 yards of offense was in 2014, when the Huskies had 553 against West Chester, 454 of them on the ground.
 
- The 54 points scored on the Bald Eagles was the fourth time in school history the Huskies have scored that many points in a game, all against the same two teams.  The others were in 1998 (54-12 over Cheyney), 2004 (54-0 over Lock Haven), and 2016 (54-14 at Cheyney). The 38-0 halftime lead was the eighth largest in school history, the most being 50-0 versus Lock Haven in 1996. The 81 combined points was the most in a BU game since 90 were scored in a 52-38 win at East Stroudsburg in 2013.
 
- Saturday's game was the 32nd time in the last 100 years a Bloomsburg football team has scored at least 50 points. All have come since 1972 and all but three since 1995. The 301 yards passing was the third highest total in those 32 games. The two with more were 385 at UC-Davis in a 58-48 win in the 2000 national semifinal game, and 305 in the 1986 Homecoming game, a 51-26 win over Mansfield.
 
- Michael Allen (Oley, Pa./Fleetwood) continues his rise up the all-time receiving record charts at Bloomsburg, with his 8 receptions for 164 yards and two touchdowns on Saturday versus the Bald Eagles. He has 162 receptions for his career, which is 4th all-time. Next in 3rd place is Ron Lelko, who had 182 from 1994-97. For receiving yards, Allen is now 5th with 2,239, passing Bob Tucker on Saturday. Allen is just 9 yards behind Brahin Bilal (2,248 from 2004-07). With his two touchdown receptions on Saturday, Allen has 20 and broke out of a tie for 9th all-time with Kyle Ream (2006-08) and Rocco Forgione (2001-02). Next up in 6th place at 21 is a three-way tie between Matt Wilson (1998-99), Stef Kern (1988-90), and Stan Kucharski (1965-67).
 
- The all-time record for Bloomsburg on November 2 is 8-6, with a record of 6-1 at home and 2-5 on the road. The only two road wins have come in the last two games: 29-23 at Kutztown in 1985 and 31-24 over Mansfield in 1991. Against the Mountaineers that day, Jerry Marks set a school record with 300 yards rushing on a PSAC record 59 carries.
 
- This Saturday's contest with Millersville is the 82nd in the series, with Bloomsburg's record in the first 81 games 46-30-5: 27-11-4 at home and 19-19-1 on the road. The first game was 103 years ago, when the Bloomsburg State Normal School won at home in 1916 by a score of 67-0. After winning only seven times against the Marauders in 29 seasons from 1971-1999, the Huskies have won all 19 since 2000.

SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG
Bloomsburg enters Saturday's contest with a record of 3-5 overall and an 2-3 mark in the PSAC East after last Saturday's 54-27 outburst over Lock Haven on homecoming weekend. Offensively, the Huskies are 14^th in the league as they are averaging 269.6 yards of total offense over the opening eight weeks of the 2019 season. Bloomsburg is eighth in the league on defense, allowing 357.4 yards per contest. Bloomsburg entered last week's game against Lock Haven last in the conference in total offense per game.

On the ground, redshirt sophomore Khalil Nelson leads the team in rushing with 452 yards on 97 attempts while redshirt junior Nyfease West has added 285 yards on 60 totes of his own. Bloomsburg is 10th in the league in rushing, averaging 117.9 yards per game - and just 3.4 yards per carry. Redshirt freshman Logan Leiby has completed 58.2% of his passes (106-of-182) for 1,185 yards and eight touchdowns - with five interceptions on the year. Last week, Leiby threw for a career high 272 yards and four touchdowns, the most passing yards by a BU quarterback since Tim Kelly threw for 293 yards in the 2014 PSAC Championship game against Slippery Rock. The Huskies' 151.8 passing yards per game average is last in the league with Edinboro (178.6) being the next closest in that category. Senior Michael Allen (Oley, Pa./Fleetwood) leads the Huskies with 39 catches for 593 yards and four scores.

Defensively, the Huskies are led by senior Alex Annan who has recorded 56 total tackles and six tackles for a loss. Junior Aaron Trumino has chipped in 47 total stops and a pair of defensive touchdowns while junior Alex Findura has 44 tackles and a team-high 11 tackles for a loss. Findura also recorded the Huskies' first safety since 2005 in the Huskies win at East Stroudsburg on October 19. Redshirt sophomore Cameron Young leads the team in interceptions with two while redshirt sophomore Tariq Blakney Jr., redshirt sophomore Chris Monaco, and Trumino have also each tallied an interception. 11 players have had a hand in 17 total sacks for Bloomsburg thus far this season.

SCOUTING MILLERSVILLE
Millersville is 2-6 on the year with a 1-4 mark in the PSAC East – with its only two wins coming from non-conference opponent Pace University and Lock Haven back on September 5 and October 12. Millersville is second to last in the PSAC in both total offense (242.8 yards per game) and defense (457.7 yards per game).

The offense will look for the return of quarterback Collin Shank, who has not played the last four games. Miles Miller has taken the quarterback duties since week five against East Stroudsburg, totaling 53 completions for 515 yards with one touchdown. On the ground, Bryan Malone has taken up a majority of the workload, totaling 191 yards off 55 attempts and two scores. Evan Morrill leads the team in receiving with 29 receptions for 422 yards and three touchdowns. The Marauders rank last in the conference in rushing yards per game (50.6).

Defensively, Isaiah Onuschak is tops on the team with 46 total tackles and seven tackles for a loss. Onuschak leads the PSAC in tackles per game (10.5) while his five sacks are tied for sixth. Christian Martir ranks second defensively with 40 total stops along with one interception. Lock Haven ranks last in the league in sacks with just five on the season. The Marauders rank last in the league in sacks against (40) and total interceptions (4)

UP NEXT
Bloomsburg will return home on November 9 to square off against newly added conference opponent Shepherd University. Start time against the Rams is set for 2:00 p.m.