Complete Game Notes | PSAC Week 1 Notes
 
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GAME INFORMATION
 
Series:                        10th meeting (KU leads 7-1-1)
First Meeting:            1990 (KU 28, CAL 23)
Last Meeting:            2012 (CAL 48, KU 45)
Last KU Win:             1997 (KU 12, CAL 7)
Radio Coverage:      WEEU 830 AM
Talent:                        Steve Degler, Steve Hahn
Live Audio & Video:  www.kubears.com
 
BROADCAST INFORMATION: The game will be broadcast on WEEU-830 AM based out of Reading beginning at 3:15 p.m. with the pregame show. It will also be simulcast on KUR on 88.3 FM and 1670 AM. Fans throughout the world can listen to the game at www.kubears.com.
 
QUICK SIX:
-- Alec Werner (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt)'s 40 completions & Alex Tonnies (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth)' 17 catches led D-II last week.
-- Tonnies' 17 catches against Clarion are a school-record.
-- English Peay (Philadelphia, Pa./George Washington) had 15 tackles against California (PA) last season.
-- Kodi Reed (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic) (125) and Anthony Kelly (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville Area) (85) set career-highs in receiving yards.
-- Cal's only win in the head-to-head series came last year, when it ran 102 plays.
-- Kutztown and Shippensburg are the only two PSAC teams not to play at home.
 
SERIES HISTORY: Saturday marks the 10th meeting between Kutztown and California (PA). Kutztown's only loss in the series came last season at University Field in a dramatic 48-45 final when Cal was ranked 10th in Division II and KU was ranked 11th. It was the first meeting between the teams since 1997, a 12-7 Kutztown win. Kutztown and California (PA) played every year from 1990-97 with the Golden Bears winning the last five meetings following a 30-30 tie in 1992. Saturday marks the 2013 home opener for California (PA) after playing against Hillsdale in Michigan last week.
 
HEAD COACHES: Drew Folmar enters his first season as head coach of the Golden Bears in 2013, and has directed KU's offense and coached its quarterbacks since 2009. This is Folmar's first head coaching position and makes him the 15th head coach in Kutztown's modern football history.
 
Mike Kellar enters his second season as head coach in 2013, and eighth overall as a member of the coaching staff at Cal U. He previously served as the team's offensive coordinator for five years before serving as the offensive coordinator/associate head coach for offense in 2011. While away from the program in 2009-10, Kellar guided Concord to a 14-8 record as head coach. Prior to his arrival, the Mountain Lions managed only one win in the previous two years and hadn't posted a winning season since 1998.
 
WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly sunny is expected during the day.  The high is set for 70 degrees and the low will be 48, according to weather.com.
 
SURFACE: ProGrass
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR KUTZTOWN: Alec Werner (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) hit fellow freshman Alex Tonnies (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth) with the go-ahead touchdown pass with 24 seconds to play in regulation, but a game-tying field goal as time expired followed by a game-winning touchdown and extra-point in overtime gave Clarion a 39-38 victory in the team's season-opener at Memorial Field. On fourth-and-goal with 34 seconds left, Werner tossed a pass into the endzone that was tipped by multiple defenders and brought in by Tonnies while falling to the turf for the go-ahead score. Michael Gallagher (Clarksboro, N.J./Kingsway Regional) blocked Clarion's potential game-tying field goal on first down, but the fumble was recovered by Clarion with one second remaining to give it another shot at the tie. From 45 yards out, freshman Phil Esposito connected on the field goal to send the game to overtime. Kutztown needed four plays in the overtime period to find the endzone off an 11-yard pass from Werner to Kodi Reed (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic); however, it failed the two-point conversion and left the door open for Clarion. The Golden Eagles capitalized on its final opportunity as they rushed three times for a touchdown and the game-winning extra point.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR CALIFORNIA (PA): Sophomore quarterback Cody Schroeder threw three second-half touchdowns, including the game-winning score with 50 seconds left, as the Vulcans posted a 22-19 season-opening victory over Hillsdale (Mich.) at Frank "Muddy" Waters Stadium on Saturday night. Schroeder finished the game with three touchdowns and a career-high 270 passing yards on 26-of-37 attempts. After the Vulcans were held scoreless in the first half, he completed 20-of-27 attempts for 208 yards over the final two quarters. Schroeder, who was making his fifth career start, connected with eight different receivers in the victory. Defensively, senior Dewey McDonald tied his career-high with 15 tackles (nine solo) in his Cal U debut. Fellow defensive backs CJ Townes and sophomore Rodney Gillin each added seven stops, while linebackers Branko Busick and Brian Justice both registered 2.0 TFL and 1.0 sack.
 
JUMP RIGHT IN: Freshman quarterback Alec Werner (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) was the first true freshman to start a season-opener at quarterback for Kutztown since Michael de Marteleire in 1998 against Lock Haven.
 
FRESHMAN DEBUT: Alec Werner (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt), a true freshman starting in his first collegiate game against Clarion, passed for 394 yards on 40-for-57 passing for an impressive 70.1 completion percentage. His completions and attempts are the second-most in a single-game in school history, and his 394 yards were the most by a freshman since Kevin Morton (Abington, PA/Abington) threw for 451 in 2010.
 
NOT TOO SHABBY: Freshman Alex Tonnies (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth) brought in a school-record 17 catches for 123 yards and a touchdown, breaking Terry Robertson's single-game record set in 2000 against Bloomsburg. It rates tied for second in PSAC history.
 
TOP OF THE CHARTS: Alec Werner (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt)'s 40 completions and Alex Tonnies (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth)' 17 receptions were the most in Division II last week. Werner earned the title by one completion over Walsh's QB Paul Kempe, who fell to Edinboro last week 39-38. In Division II, he was the only freshman with more than 30 completions last week. Tonnies' 17 catches were four more than the next closer player in Division II, and he was the only freshman to haul in 10 or more catches last week.
 
NARROW MARGIN: Kutztown fell to Clarion in the season-opener, 39-38, in overtime. The last time KU was involved in a one-point final score was in 2007, a 24-23 loss to East Stroudsburg. The last time KU won by a one-point margin was a 20-19 win at Clarion in 2003. In its 98-year history, KU is 14-18 is one-point games.
 
BARN-BURNER: Against Clarion in Week 1, Kutztown led for 32:19 (53.65%) of the game. In the second half, it led for 24:34 of the 30:00.
 
RAPID FIRE: Kutztown ran 89 plays against Clarion. It ran more than 90 only one time in 2012, 91 vs. Saint Anselm. The school-record is believed to be 98 in 2007 against Southern Connecticut State.
 
NOW OR NEVER: KU was a perfect 5-for-5 on fourth-down conversions against Clarion. It was one of 29 teams in Division II to hold a perfect conversion percentage on fourth-down tries, along with California (PA) and ESU of the PSAC.
 
DIVING INTO THE DEPTH CHART: Of the 46 position players on Kutztown's two-deep (12 players listed on offense), it is comprised of 18 freshmen (39.1%), 10 sophomores (21.7%), 10 juniors (21.7%), and eight seniors (17.4%).
 
HOME SWEET HOME: Kutztown and Shippensburg are the only two of the 16 PSAC teams to not play a home game in the first two weeks of the season.
 
OPENING DAY: Kutztown's opening day loss to Clarion marked the first time since 2007 that it dropped the season-opener.
 
HAPPY 98TH BIRTHDAY: 2013 kicks off the 98th season of Kutztown University football. Beginning in 1895, Kutztown's all-time record stands at 341-413-22 (.454).
 
OVERTIME HEARTBREAK: Since 1996, Kutztown is 1-8 in overtime contests. It's only OT win was a 26-23 victory over Millersville in three overtimes in the final game of the 2007 season. The Golden Bears played three overtime games in 1996 and two in 2010.
 
NEXT UP: Following its game against California (PA), Kutztown opens PSAC East play in its home opener against Bloomsburg on Saturday, Sept. 21. Kutztown fell on the road to the Huskies last season, 44-37. California (PA) remains home to open PSAC West play against Edinboro at 3:30 p.m. It defeated Edinboro 24-14 last season.