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Football’s season finale Saturday at home

LHU Football Week 11 Game Notes: The Bald Eagles will close out the 2019 regular season on Saturday (Nov. 16) at home vs. Gannon (1 p.m.).

11/13/2019 11:14:00 AM

Gannon (2-8) at Lock Haven (1-9)
Week 11 // Saturday, November 16 // 1 p.m.  
Lock Haven University // Lock Haven, Pa. // Hubert Jack Stadium (artificial field turf)
PSAC Crossover  
 
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QUICK HITS:
  • Saturday is the 2019 season finale and LHU will honor its four seniors: Alex Welch, Stevie Pugh, Christian Rumery and Ryan Herrera.
  • Heading into the final week of the NCAA Division II regular season, the Bald Eagles feature the top-ranked rushing offense in the entire PSAC at 197.7 yards per game. It's nearly 10 full yards better than the No. 2 team in the PSAC.
  • The 2019 LHU offensive unit will look to make history on Saturday as it could mark the first time in school history where the Bald Eagles produce over 2,000 yards passing and 2,000 yards rushing. At 3,900 total yards entering Saturday's game, the offense already ranks eighth all-time for a single season. The 241 points scored this season rank fifth all-time with one game to play.
 
GAME DAY LINKS:
Game Day Coverage (live stats, audio & video)
Lock Haven Football Homepage (full schedule, roster, stats, notes & more)
Gannon Football Homepage (full schedule, roster, stats, notes & more)
PSAC Football
 
It's Week 11 of the NCAA Division II football season and the Lock Haven University football team is set for its final game of the 2019 regular season. The Bald Eagles will cap their season with their second straight home game as LHU hosts Gannon on Saturday, November 16 at 1 p.m.
 
Saturday marks Senior Day 2019 for the Bald Eagles, as they will honor five graduating seniors in the pre-game.
 
Lock Haven enters the game at 1-9 overall and is looking for its first win since Week 1 when the Bald Eagles rolled by Lincoln, 57-13. LHU went 0-7 in PSAC Eastern Division action. Gannon is 2-8 overall with wins over Southern Connecticut State and Clarion, and the Golden Knights went 1-6 in PSAC West action.
 
This marks the second straight year where the two teams will meet in a season-ending game. Last year proved to be a thriller as Lock Haven came out on top, 50-48, in a snow covered thriller. Last season the two teams were not slowed by the blizzard-like conditions and combined for 98 points and 1,093 total yards of offense. The win over Gannon marked head coach Dave Taynor's first against a PSAC West opponent and Lock Haven's first win against a Western-Division team since the 2007 season-finale at Clarion. It was the also the first ever win vs. Gannon.
 
Game Day Coverage:
Visit www.GoLHU.com on game day for live coverage links. Fans can also listen to the game live and locally on the Bear Country Sports Network. Bear Country Radio, WQBR (99.9FM) is the flagship radio station of LHU Athletics.
 
Week 11 (vs. Gannon) news, notes & storylines:
  • LHU is 1-4 at home and looking for its first win since a Week 1 home victory.
  • Despite missing the last two games, running back Chantz Swartz (8GP, 8GS) continues to rank among PSAC leaders in rushing yards per game. He has 100.1 per game which is No. 2 overall in the PSAC and No. 1 in the PSAC East.
  • Dante Graham, the Bald Eagles No. 2 running back, has started the last two games and looked quite impressive. In Week 9 (No. 2) action at Shippensburg, Graham made the most of his first start and turned in a historic outing. He ran for 205 yards and two TDs on 33 carries. For Graham, the 205 yards on the ground marked the 10th most ever in a single game. It marked LHU's first 200-plus yard rushing game since November 5, 2016 when John Ford ran for 206 yards in a win at East Stroudsburg. The 205 rushing yards were the fourth-highest individual output this season by any player in the PSAC.
  • Last week (Week 10, Nov. 9) vs. West Chester, Graham rushed for 104 yards for his second straight 100-yard plus outing. In his last two starts, he has 309 yards on 58 carries (154.5 yards per game).
  • LHU junior tight end Jalen Jackson (9GP/9GS, sat out Week 3), a 2018 All-American and a 2019 Preseason All-American, leads LHU with 62.1 receiving yards per game. He's ranked 15th in receiving yards per game in the PSAC. Overall, he ranks as the second-best tight end in the PSAC in receiving yards.
  • Linebacker Alex Welch leads LHU with 72 tackles. At 7.2 tackles per game, Welch ranks 14th in the PSAC.
  • Freshman standout defensive back Levi Engle has four of Lock Haven's nine interceptions on the season.
  • With four INTs, Engle is locked in a tie for the second most in the PSAC. Overall, Engle has defended 11 passes (4 INTs, 7 breakups), which ranks him tied for the third most in the PSAC this season.
  • LHU head coach Dave Taynor is in his fifth season at LHU and 12th overall as a collegiate head coach. At LHU he's 11-43 (9-25 PSAC East). Overall he's 48-83 for his career.
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