Rhode Island College Football Preview - October 8, 2016
Saturday, October 08, 2016
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Brown Bears return home to face Stetson for the first time in program history, while
URI looks to build off their
Governor's Cup win last week when they visit Villanova.
Bryant is off this weekend.
Here is this week's Rhode Island College Football preview:
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Stetson vs Brown, 12:30 p.m. at Brown Stadium
The Brown Bears (1-2) host (2-2) Stetson on Saturday afternoon at Brown Stadium. Kick off is set for 12:30 p.m.
On offense, the Bears are led by wide receiver Garrett Swanky who averages 6.3 catches per game, 24th best in the country (FCS National Ranking). He has a total of 19 catches on the season to lead the Bears.
Quarterback Kyle Moreno ranks 15th in the nation for completions per game with an average of 22.3, and 9th in the country for “points responsible for” as he has been responsible for an average of 18.7 points per game for Brown.
On the defensive side of the ball, defensive back Jordan Ferguson ranks second in the country in passes defended with an average of two per game.
The Brown defense ranks 2nd best in the country in pass efficiency and second best in first downs.
Stetson is coming off a 31-27 road win over Davidson last week. They are coached by Roger Hughes, the former head coach at Princeton.
URI at Villanova, 12 p.m.
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Harold Cooper
The Rams (1-4) are coming off their first Governor’s Cup win since 2010 after beating Brown 28-13 last week. They are looking to win back-to-back games for the first time since 2010, also the last time they beat Villanova.
URI will turn to running back Harold Cooper once again this week after he lit up Brown for 135 yards and two touchdowns in last week’s Governor’s Cup game. He is just 443 yards away from cracking URI’s top 10 list for career rushing yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, the Rams pass rush has come alive over the last two weeks. Led by junior defensive end Jose Duncan, the Rams have recorded nine sacks over the last two weeks, including five last week against Brown. Duncan has four sacks by himself so far this season.
The Rams defense leads the entire conference with 12 sacks, after putting up only ten sacks for the entire 2015 season.
The Wildcats are 4-1 on the season and 2-0 in conference play and in a tie for first place with James Madison and New Hampshire.
They score an average of 29 points per game, while only giving up 18 points per game to this point in the season.
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PC Basketball 1960-61 NIT
The Providence College Friars won the National Invitation Tournament(NIT) in 1961, defeating St. Louis 62-59 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
At this time, the NIT was considered to be the National Championship of College Basketball.
The Friars were led by Vinny Ernst and James Hadnot that season.
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PC 1962-63 NIT Champions
The Friars won their second NIT Championship two years after the first one. Led by Ray Flynn, John Thompson Jr. and Vinnie Ernst, the Friars won 15 straight games to claim the title.
Providence finished the season with a 24-4 record.
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URI Men's Sailing 1965
The URI Rams won their first small boat National Championship in 1965.
The Rams were led by Art Payne and Peter Greene, both of whom were from Rhode Island.
Photo courtesy of urisailing.org
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URI Men's Sailing 1975
The URI Rams won their second small boat National Championship and also won the National team race that season.
Photo courtesy of urisailing.org
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URI Men's Sailing 1977
The URI men's sailing team won the National Championship in small boat sailing in 1977.
The team was led by two time all Americans Gary Knapp and Ed Adams.
Photo Courtesy of urisailing.org
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Brown Men's Crew '93
The Brown Bears won the triple-crown, winning the Eastern Sprints, the IRA and the National Championship.
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Brown Men's Crew '94
The Bears repeated their triple-crown performance from the season before, once again winning the Eastern Sprints, the IRA and the National Championship.
The Bears went undefeated on the season.
Photo Courtesy of brownbears.com
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Brown Men's Crew '95
Coach Scott Roop leads the Bears to a third straight IRA and National Championship.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
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PC Women's Cross Country
The 1995 Providence Friars won the programs first NCAA title. On the way, PC won their first BIG EAST and ECAC Championships.
Head Coach Ray Treacy was named NCAA Division I Women's National Coach of the Year, BIG EAST Men's and Women's Coach of the Year, Rhode Island Words Unlimited Women's Coach of the Year and NCAA District I Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
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Brown Women's Crew '96
Under head coach John Murphy, the Brown women's crew team won the 1996 eastern Sprints, the IRA's and the Collegiate National Championship.
The team became the first women's crew to win the "Triple Crown" of collegiate racing.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
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Brown Women's Crew '97
Brown's varsity four team wins the first NCAA Championship by defeating the University of Washington on Lake Natoma in California.
The Bears finished third as a team overall.
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Brown Women's Sailing '98
The Brown Women's Sailing Team won the College Sailing Women's National Championship in 1998.
The championships were held at Tulane University in New Orleans Louisiana.
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Brown Women's Crew '99
Brown women's crew won the first NCAA Division I Championship in Brown University History by defeating the University of Virginia by a three-second margin at lake Natoma in California.
Brown also won the Eastern Sprint Championship and the Ivy Championship, setting a new course record in the process.
Photo courtesy of Brownbears.com
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Brown Women's Crew 2000
Brown repeated as national Champions in 2000, beating the University of Washington by 3.9 seconds four points.
In addition, Brown's varsity and second varsity won the Eastern Sprint Championship and the IVY league Championship.
Both teams went undefeated on the season.
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Brown Women's Crew '02
The Bears won their third National title in four years defeating the defending champion Washington by four points in Indianapolis.
Brown was the only school to qualify all of it's crew for the grand finals.
The Bears went undefeated during the regular season.
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Brown Women's Crew '04
Brown won thier fourth title in six years on Lake Natoma in California.
The win made Brown the winningest program in NCAA Championship history.
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Brown Women's Crew '07
Brown won their fifth National Championship in 2007 at Melton Hill Lake in Tennessee.
The Bears beat Ohio State and Yale who came in second and third place respectively.
Photo courtesy of taxref/flickr
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Brown Women's Crew '08
The Bears won their sixth National Championship on Lake Natoma in California.
The Bears beat Washington by eight points and third place Cal by 14 points to repeat as champions for the first time since 1999-2000.
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URI Women's Sailing 2011
The URI Women won the programs first National Championship in small boat sailing in the 79 year history of the program and hoisted the Gerald C. Miller Memorial Trophy at the Sperry Top-Sider/Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s National Championship.
The Rams won the title as a club team and were one of two club teams competing for the title. The other club team was Western Washington, who finished 17.
Photo courtesy of uri.edu
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Brown Women's Crew 2011
The Bears won their seventh NCAA National Championship in 15 years under head coach John Murphy.
The Bears racked up 45 points in the final race and beat Stanford by five seconds.
The title was their first since 2008.
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PC Women's Cross Country
The Providence College Women's Cross Country team won the 2013 National Championship with 141 points.
Emily Sisson was the Friars top finisher as she finished in seventh place at Wabash Valley Family Sports Center.
This was Providence's first title win since 1995.
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