GAME INFORMATION
Series: 89th Meeting (MU leads 57-28-3)
First Meeting: 1903 (MU 16, KU 0)
Last Meeting: 2014 (KU 54, MU 7)
Last MU Win: 2009 (MU 41, KU 35)
TV: PBS39, KUTV
Live Webstream: KUTV
Stats & Video: KUBears.com
 
BEAR BITES
• Kodi Reed (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic) is tied for KU's all-time record of 23 career receiving touchdowns.
• KU has the top passing offense in the PSAC and 11th in Division II (336.8).
• Kellen Williams (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg) is third in the PSAC and seventh in Division II at 125.0 rec. yards/game.
• Tajier Jefferson (East Orange, N.J./Queen of Peace) is this week's PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Week.
• Chad Barton (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) leads the PSAC in three different passing categories.
• Saturday marks Kutztown's only night game of the season.
• Kutztown holds a five-game winning streak over Millersville.
 
Complete KU Game Notes
 
SERIES HISTORY: Saturday marks the 89th meeting between the Golden Bears and the Marauders, dating back to 1903 for KU's oldest rivalry. KU has won the last five matchups by an average margin of 38.2 points. Despite its recent struggles against the Golden Bears, Millersville holds a 57-28-3 advantage in the head-to-head series.
 
HOME BROADCAST INFORMATION: Home games will air live on PBS39 WLVT in the tri-state area, and on KUTV, which is Service Electric Channel 24, Hometown Utilicom Channel 191 in Kutztown and eastern Berks County, and Service Electric Channel 266 in the Lehigh Valley. Mike Miller and Mike Iannucci have the call for KUTV. Games will re-air on KUTV the following Sunday at 6 p.m., Monday at 3 p.m. and Tuesday at 12 p.m.
 
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Redshirt freshman linebacker Tajier Jefferson (East Orange, N.J./Queen of Peace) led the KU defense in a shutout victory over Cheyney last Saturday, earning him his first career Athlete of the Week honor from the PSAC. Jefferson stopped Cheyney runners at the line all day and was the premier defender for KU. He had a team-high 11 tackles with four tackles-for-loss and a half-sack. This season, Jefferson is second in the PSAC at 1.8 tackles-for-loss per game.
 
THREE-HEADED MONSTER: Last game against Millersville, three KU running backs rushed for more than 100 yards for the first time in school history. Terry Williams (West Orange, N.J./Cosby (Phoenix College)) (126), James Wah Jr. (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) (104) and Darrell Scott (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) (102) all eclipsed the 100-yard mark and combined for 332 of Kutztown's 383 rushing yards. It was the most rushing yards as a team for Kutztown since it ran for 384 at Saint Anselm in 2011.
 
AIR MAIL: Kutztown leads the PSAC and ranks 11th in Division II in passing offense at 336.8 yards per game. It is the second-highest average in program history, trailing only the school-record of 354.5 per game from 2012. For total offense, KU ranks third in the PSAC and 21st in Division II at 491.3 per game, on pace to break the 2012 school-record of 481.1.
 
SHARP UNDER CENTER: Chad Barton (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) leads the PSAC with a 65.4 completion percentage, 1,347 passing yards (336.8 per game) and 26.0 completions per game. He ranks second with 343.5 yards per game of total offense and third with 12 passing touchdowns and 19.5 points responsible for per game.
 
MOVING ON UP: In just 15 career starts under center, Chad Barton (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) ranks fourth in school history with 41 passing touchdowns, fifth with 4,274 passing yards, fifth with 343 completions and eighth with 570 passing attempts.
 
KELLEN'S CORNER: Kellen Williams (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg) is off to a career year, ranking in the top-three in the PSAC in most receiving categories. He ranks third in receiving yards per game (125.0), receptions per game (7.5) and receiving touchdowns (5). He has 30 catches for 500 yards this year, highlighted by a 219-yard effort in a win at Indiana (PA). He has three double-digit catch games in his career and five 100-yard receiving performances. He has caught a pass in 23 of his 25 career games, including a current streak of 15 in a row, the seventh-longest active streak in the PSAC. At his current average of 125.0 yards per game, Williams is on pace for a school-record 1,375 yards this season.
 
JUST A JUNIOR: For his career, wideout Kellen Williams (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg), just four games into his junior campaign, ranks eighth all-time at KU with 18 receiving touchdowns, 10th with 1,699 career receiving yards and 10th with 123 catches.
 
STRONG START TO SENIOR SEASON: Redshirt senior Kodi Reed (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic) is on pace to set career-highs in all categories this year. He is averaging 111.8 receiving yards per game, fifth in the PSAC. His previous career-best was 72.5 from 2013. He is averaging a career-best 7.0 receptions per game, fourth in the PSAC. Possibly the most impressive of all, Reed has caught a pass in all 37 of his games played, the longest active streak in the PSAC.
 
RECORDS FOR REED: Kodi Reed (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic) became Kutztown's all-time leader in career receiving yards in Week 2 at Indiana (PA). His career-high 153 yards moved him past the 24-year record of 2,118 previously held by KU Hall of Famer Mark Steinmeyer (1988-91). Reed is currently at 2,309 career yards, 43rd in PSAC history. He is also tied for KU's all-time receiving touchdowns record of 23, held by Steinmeyer and Josh Smith. Reed ranks fourth at KU in career receptions (161).
 
KEEP MOVING FORWARD: KU's offensive line and running backs have done a great job of not allowing negative-yard plays. In tackles for loss allowed, KU is the best in the PSAC and sixth-best in Division II with 3.50 against per game. The Division II lead is 3.0 per game.
 
STREAKS: Kodi Reed (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic) and Kellen Williams (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg) hold two of the longest active streaks in the PSAC for consecutive games with a catch. Reed has caught a pass in all 37 of his career games, the longest active streak in the PSAC and third-longest streak in school history. Williams has a streak of 15 games, the seventh-longest active streak in the PSAC. Reed can tie the second-longest streak in school history on Saturday, tying him with Trevor Smith (2001-04). If Reed caught a pass in every game this season, he would break Colby Tuell's school-record of 40 games with a career-closing streak of 44 games, the third-longest in PSAC history.
 
STOPPING THE RUN: KU's success under second-year head coach Jim Clements has stood true with its defensive ability to stop the run. Under Clements, KU is 6-0 when holding its opponent to less than 100 yards rushing.
 
EARLY LEAD: Kutztown has led at halftime in 12 of its last 13 wins. It had led at half in 11 consecutive victories before KU's 21-point comeback win this year at Indiana (PA).
 
DEFENSIVE LEADER: Zack Delp (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) leads the team and ranks eighth in the PSAC with 38 tackles at a career-best 9.5 per game. He notched 10 or more tackles in three of four games this year and has seven double-digit tackle games in his career. He was second on the team in tackles last year with a career-high 90. Delp is an All-PSAC East Second Teamer that earned Preseason All-America honors this year.
 
FRESHMAN DEBUT: R-Fr. running back Craig Reynolds (Willow Grove, Pa./Abington) ran for a team-high 94 yards at Cheyney last week, the most for a KU running back this season. In the season-opener against Assumption, he hauled in 12 catches for 115 yards, marking the third straight year a freshman receiver led the team with 10+ catches in the season-opener. He ranks 11th in the PSAC at 5.8 catches per game.
 
HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY: 2015 marks the 100th season of Kutztown University football. Beginning in 1895, Kutztown's all-time record in 811 games stands at 357-431-23 (.454).
 
PASS ATTACK: Dating back to 2011, Kutztown has thrown 30 or more pass attempts in 31 of its last 36 games. Last week at Cheyney marked for the first time this season KU did not attempt 30 or more passes (22).
 
OVERTIME HEARTBREAK: Since 1996, Kutztown is 2-8 in overtime games. Its first OT win was a 26-23 victory over Millersville in three overtimes in the final game of the 2007 season. Its most recent OT win was the 2014 season-finale, when a last-second touchdown pass catapulted a 41-35 win at Clarion.
 
PSAC PRESEASON POLL: The Golden Bears were right in the middle of the pack, slotted fifth of eight teams in the Eastern Division.
 
Eastern Division
1. Bloomsburg
2. West Chester
T-3. East Stroudsburg
T-3. Shippensburg
5. Kutztown
T-6. Lock Haven
T-6. Millersville
8. Cheyney
 
Western Division
1. Gannon
2. Slippery Rock
3. Mercyhurst
4. California (PA)
5. Indiana (PA)
6. Seton Hill
7. Edinboro
8. Clarion