Oilers Head to Detroit, Face Wayne State
The Game
The Oilers will head to Detroit, Mich. to take on Wayne State on Saturday, Oct. 31. The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) contest is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. on Tom Adams Field.
Sights and Sounds
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Coach Keys Weekly
Don't forget to tune into 88.3 FM "WLFC" for Coach Keys Weekly. The radio show will be aired live from Fricker's every Monday evening during the season. The show is aired live from 6-6:30 p.m. on Monday evenings. Fans are encouraged to attend the show so they can listen live over the sound system and enjoy the great food Fricker's has to offer.
Fans are also encouraged to send questions in for coach Keys through Twitter. Please send questions during the show to Tim Montgomery and Jason Granger at @Oilersonair.
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The Series
The Oilers currently lead the Warriors 11-9 in the all-time series dating back to the 1923 campaign when then Detroit City defeated Findlay 28-0.
Last year the Warriors defeated the Oilers by a score of 43-10 in Donnell Stadium. Verlon Reed completed 10-of-21 passing attempts for 103 yards, but had three interceptions. He also ran the ball seven times for 50 yards.
Chauncey Bridges rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown on seven carries while Mitchell Faine threw for 49 yards in the loss.
Eric Palmore-Lett and Myles Alexander led the defense with 14 tackles apiece. Alexander also had two tackles for a loss, a forced fumble and a pass breakup.
Harold Jones-Quartey added 11 stops while Brad Fenton made nine.
Head Coach Rob Keys
Head coach Rob Keys is in his fifth season at the helm of the Oilers football program in 2015. He has recorded a 30-21 record with the program as a head coach, which includes a 26-20 mark in GLIAC games.
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The Oilers
The Oilers are coming off of a 52-7 loss at then 12th-ranked Grand Valley State. Findlay, who entered the game averaging 525 yards per game, was held to just 250 total yards.
Rhys Gervais felt the pressure all game as he was sacked six times in the contest. He completed 16 passes, including one touchdown, for 170 yards. Gervais' favorite target was Dylan Blunk, who hauled in five catches for 63 yards.
Anthony Federico caught five passes for 58 yards, including a third quarter touchdown. Leading the rushing attack was Marcus Jones who carried the ball 11 times for 46 yards while Daiquone Ford picked up 36 yards on ten carries.
Aaron Ivory had eight tackles in the game while Anthony Kastelic also collected eight tackles, which included two stops for a loss.
2015 Season Statistics
2015 Roster
The Warriors
The Warriors are 4-4 on the year with a 3-4 record in conference play. They are coming off of a 31-16 win at Walsh last weekend.
Romello Brown has rushed for 779 yards and eight touchdowns while Demetrius Stinson has accumulated 487 rushing yards and five scores. D.J. Zezula has passed for 1,249 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Anthony DeDamos has led the defense with 53 tackles and 13.0 tackles for a loss.
2015 Season Statistics
2015 Roster
Moving on Up
Senior running back Daiquone Ford ranks fifth on the Oilers all-time rushing list with 3,251 career yards. Ford is chasing Dana Wright for fourth place on the all-time list. Wright racked up 3,335 career yards for Findlay from 1984-86.
Ford, who has battled injuries during his career with the Oilers, had a monster sophomore campaign when he was a regional finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy, the NCAA Division II equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. The Myrtle Beach, S.C. native racked up 1,789 rushing yards, the second highest single-season total in school history, and also darted his way to 24 touchdowns, the best total in the history of the program.
During his career, Ford has 12 career 100-yard games. His best game came in a 48-27 win over Lake Erie on Oct. 26, 2013 when he set school records with 44 carries for 317 yards and six touchdowns.
Ford has also rushed for 35 career touchdowns.
Chasing Records
Sophomore quarterback Rhys Gervais is on pace to break several passing records this year. On the season, Gervais has completed 165-of-261 passing attempts for 2,465 yards and 23 touchdowns.
Gervais needs 248 passing yards to break the school record for passing yards in a season and four touchdown tosses to break the record for most passing scores in a year.
Verlon Reed holds the single-season school record for passing completions in a season (210), passing attempts in a season (357) and passing yards in a season (2,712). All those records were established in 2014. Bo Hurley set the single-season touchdown mark in 1997 with 26 scores.
Links
NCAA Division II Stats
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American Football Coaches Association
D2Football.com
GLIAC