Bryant Football Travels To CW Post Saturday
Bryant University Bulldogs (3-1, 3-1 NE-10)
at C.W. Post Pioneers (3-1, 3-0 NE-10)
Game
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Date: Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
Time: 12:00 p.m. kickoff
Location: Brookville, NY
Stadium: Hickox Field (5,000)
Radio: www.bryantbulldogs.com
Series: CW Post leads 4-0
Last Meeting: CW Post 24-0 at Smithfield, RI
Coaches: Bryant - Marty Fine, 2nd year (7-6).
CW Post - Bryan Collins, 6th year (66-15)
THE GAME: The Bryant University football team
hits the road this weekend for a Northeast-10 Conference game at
C.W. Post this Saturday (12 p.m. kickoff). Both teams are 3-1
heading into the contest while C.W. Post is undefeated at 3-0 in
the Northeast-10. Bentley is the only other team undefeated in
conference play this season at 4-0. Bryant is coming off a 20-19
win on Homecoming on Saturday while C.W. Post put 73 points on the
board in a 73-17 win over Saint Anselm last weekend. The Pioneers,
the preseason favorite to win the Northeast-10 in 2005, enters the
game averaging 56.5 points per game after four contests.
BULLDOG UPDATE: Bryant is averaging 179.5 yards
rushing per game and 211.8 yards passing this season and enjoying
its best start since the 2000 season when Bryant went 3-1 in just
the second year as a varsity program. Lorenzo Perry has posted
two-straight 100-yard rushing games after racking up 221 yards vs.
Assumption and 122 last week against Pace at home. Perry had
touchdown runs of 13 and 9 in the game. Charles Granatell,
Bryant¹s sophomore quarterback, has completed 74 of 128 passes
for 847 yards and seven touchdowns. He has thrown just four
interceptions, with three coming in Saturday¹s win over Pace.
Bryant¹s defense has seven interceptions this season (3 vs.
Pace) and has 11 sacks this season. Bryant¹s offensive line
has surrendered just one sack all season.
THE PIONEERS OF C.W. POST: Under the direction
of sixth-year coach Bryan Collins, the C.W. Post Pioneers have been
one of the most dominant teams in the region for the past several
seasons. This year proves to be no different as the Pioneers, an
affiliate member of the Northeast-10 Conference, were picked to
finish first by the coaches in the preseason NE-10 Coaches¹
Poll in August. This week, CW Post is locked with Bentley atop the
conference standings as the only two undefeated teams in conference
play this season. The Pioneers fell in the first round of last
year¹s NCAA playoffs to West Chester University (35-3). Last
year, CW Post led the conference in rushing defense, allowing a
mere 42.8 yards per game. This year, CW Post is allowing 58.5 yards
rushing per game and 215.5 yards passing. Offensively in 2005, the
Pioneers are averaging 547.8 yards of total offense (300 rushing /
247 passing) and have outscored opponents 226-96. The only loss of
the year was a nonconference matchup with East Stroudsburg though
still managing to score 49 points in a 66-49 loss. Anthony Lazarus
is averaging 122.2 yards rushing while Rob Blount, this week¹s
NE-10 Offensive Player of the Week, is averaging 197.5 yards
passing and has eight TD passes. He had 234 yards passing and 4 TDs
last week vs. Saint Anselm.
Bryant - CW Post Series at a glance:
2001 34-7 CWP at Brookville, NY
2002 14-3 CWP at Smithfield, RI
2003 20-7 CWP at Brookville, NY
2004 24-0 CWP at Smithfield, RI
LAST YEAR VS. CW POST: Russell Jessamy rushed
for 107 yards and scored twice to lead first-place CW Post to a
24-0 win over the Bulldogs. Bryant was held to just 80 yards of
total yards in the game and saw its two-game win streak come to an
abrupt end. The Bulldog defense played well early against the
powerful Pioneers, holding the visitors to just one first quarter
field goal following a first quarter fumble by Bryant. The Bulldogs
would turn the ball over again in the second quarter (on their own
19) and Jessamy would score from 10 yards out two plays later.
David Boak had eight tackles on the day for the Bulldogs.
PLENTY OF OFFENSE EARLY: After just three
games, Bryant is averaging 391 yards of total offense and 32.5
points per game. The Bulldogs blanked AIC 21-0 in the opener,
scored 40 points in a loss to Merrimack in Week 2, and poured on 48
points against Assumption. Fourth quarters have been the most
productive with Bryant outscoring opponents 41-19 in the final
period. Last week against Pace, neither team scored in the second
half.
NEXT UP: Bryant will head to Long Island next
weekend as the Bulldogs will take on Northeast-10 preseason
favorite C.W. Post in Brookville, NY for a 12 p.m. game. The next
home game will be Saturday, Sept. 8 against Stonehill.
QUITE THE CROWD: Bryant, which has led the
Northeast-10 Conference in attendance in four of the last five
years, drew 4,820 fans for Homecoming & Reunion Weekend against
Pace on Sept. 24 and had 4,310 fans on hand for the opener vs. AIC
back on Sept. 3. Opened in 1998 and completed in 1999 for
Bryant¹s first varsity season, Bulldog Stadium seats 4,400.
Bryant¹s largest crowd for a football game is 5,561 in 1998
for a game vs. Assumption during Bryant¹s club season.
RECORDS WATCH:
Bryant has set or equaled several school records and on pace for
a few more to fall before the end of the 2005 season. Here¹s a
look so far:
- Pass completions (29 by Charles Granatell vs. Merrimack)
- Pass atttempts (57 by Charles Granatell vs. Merrimack)
- Receptions (11 by Justin Kix vs. Merrimack)
- Receiving Yards (127 by Justin Kix vs. Merrimack)
- Rushing TDs in a Game (Lorenzo Perry tied record with 3 vs.
Assumption)
- Passing TDs in a Game (Charles Granatell tied the record with
4 vs.
Assumption)
- Total Plays in a Game (57 by Charles Granatell vs. Merrimack)
BULLDOG BITS:
* Bryant needs a win to equal the best start in school history
(4-1 by the 1999 team)
* Bryant has scored on 13 of 16 (81.2 percent) trips into the
RED ZONE this year , all touchdowns (9 rush and 4 pass).
* Opponents have a 70 percent success rate in the red zone (12
for 17).
* Charles Granatell is ranked No. 3 in the Northeast-10 in
passing yards per game (217.7) and total offense (237.0)
* Lorenzo Perry is second in the conference in rushing with
143.3 yards per game and second with 162.3 all purpose yards
* Charles Granatell is third in the conference with 211.8 yards
passing per game
