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GAME INFORMATION
Series: 67th Meeting (KU leads 55-10-1)
First Meeting: 1949 (KU def. CHEY, 43-13)
Last Meeting: 2015 (KU def. CHEY, 34-0)
Last CHEY Win: 1993 (CHEY def. KU, 30-19)
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BEAR BITES
• KU already clinched a share of the PSAC East title - can win title outright with win Saturday.
• Kutztown will compete in its third-ever PSAC Championship game on Nov. 12.
• Kutztown clinched its third-straight winning season with its overtime win last week.
• Brandon Keffer (Lancaster, Pa./Cocalico)'s first career field goal attempt was a game-winner in 2OT last week at SHIP.
• KU is going for its first perfect PSAC season in program history at 7-0.
• Kellen Williams (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg) has KU record 30 rec. TDs, tied for record at 202 catches, 65 yard shy of record.
• Kutztown is the best rushing team in the PSAC East at 245.9 yards per game.
• The Western team in the PSAC title game could be California (PA), Edinboro or Indiana (PA).
• Kutztown has run for 100 yards in 17 straight games.
• For the first time since 1901, KU lost three straight games and then won six straight games.

Complete Game Notes

SERIES HISTORY:  Saturday marks the 67th meeting between the Golden Bears and the Wolves. Kutztown holds a 22-year winning streak in the series, the longest active streak for Kutztown over an opponent. In 2014, KU set school-records for points scored and margin of victory in a 74-0 win at home. Cheyney last defeated Kutztown in 1993 (30-19), and since 2010, Kutztown has won by an average margin of 43.3 points.
 
PSAC EAST CHAMPS:  Kutztown clinched its third PSAC East title in program history last week. It has sealed at least a share of the title, and with a win Saturday vs. Cheyney, KU will win the title outright. KU also won division titles in 1980 and 2011.
 
STATE GAME:  KU will play in the PSAC Championship game for the third time in school history on Nov. 12, against an opponent to be determined on Saturday. KU has a 1-1 record in the "State Game", winning the program's only PSAC Championship in 2011.
 
PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS:  Kutztown will represent the East in the PSAC Championship Game on Nov. 12, while the West will be determined on Saturday between California (PA), Edinboro and Indiana (PA).
 
TURNAROUND OF THE CENTURY:  The Golden Bears have turned three straight losses into six straight wins for the first time in more than a century. It last happened from the final game of 1900, dropping the first two games of 1901, and then rattling off six straight wins. KU has never lost three straight, and then won seven straight.
 
WINNING STREAK:  Kutztown is riding a six-game winning streak, the second-longest active streak in the PSAC behind California (PA)'s 12-game streak.
 
WINNING SEASON: KU secured its third straight winning season last week, extending head coach Jim Clements' career streak to 11 straight seasons.
 
CHANCE AT PERFECTION: KU is 6-0 in the PSAC East. It matches the school-record for most PSAC wins in a season, as KU has a chance at a perfect 7-0 on Saturday for the first time in school history.
 
LAST WEEK: Brandon Keffer (Lancaster, Pa./Cocalico)'s first field goal attempt of the season went through for a game-winner in double-overtime on Saturday as Kutztown won 24-21 at Shippensburg, KU's first win at Seth Grove Stadium since 1995. Shippensburg had a chance to win the game with a 42-yard field goal at the end of regulation, but had its attempt blocked by Sherief Sutton (York, Pa./Central York) to send the game to overtime.
 
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Kutztown University sophomore Brandon Keffer (Lancaster, Pa./Cocalico) kicked the game-winning field goal in the second overtime at Shippensburg on Saturday, earning him the PSAC Eastern Division Special Teams Athlete of the Week.
 
RECORDS BELONG TO REYNOLDS: At East Stroudsburg on Oct. 15, Craig Reynolds (Willow Grove, Pa./Abington) broke school-records for rushing yards (261) and all-purpose yards (345) in a game. This season, he became the youngest player in school history to run for 1,000 yards in a season.
 
RECORD-BREAKING BLOCKERS: Kutztown has broken the single-game rushing record twice in its last 16 games. KU's 459 rushing yards against ESU in Week 7 were a school-record, surpassing the previous record of 400-even against Millersville last season. The offensive line was the same for both games - Jordan Morgan (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway Northwest), Mike Italiani (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic), Ben Cregger (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove), Brian Robbins (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) and Skyler Panchari (Pottsville, Pa./Blue Mountain).
 
PROTECT THE QUARTERBACK: KU is the best in the PSAC at protecting the quarterback, allowing a league-low 1.11 sacks per game. Snapped last week, KU did not allow a sack in more than a month, a school-record-span of four straight games.
 
RUSHING DEFENSE: Kutztown ranks fifth in the PSAC in rushing defense, allowing 111.4 yards per game. It is the second-best mark in the modern era at KU, behind a record 97.2 yards per game in 1995.
 
RUSHING ATTACK: Kutztown ranks second in the PSAC at 245.9 rushing yards per game. It had a school-record 459 rushing yards in Week 7, the second time in the last two years KU has broken the school rushing record. The school-record for rushing yards per game in a season is 250.4 from 1977. KU has run for more yards than it has passed in 7-of-9 games.
 
MOVING FORWARD: Kutztown has rushed for 100 or more yards in 17 straight games, dating back to 2015. Under head coach Jim Clements, KU is 17-6 when rushing for triple-digit yardage.
 
6-0 SINCE QUARTERBACK CHANGE: Collin DiGalbo (Secane, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) and KU are 6-0 since DiGalbo took over at starting quarterback in Week 4 at Millersville. He has averaged 213.5 passing yards and 68.7 rushing yards over that span. For the season, he has 17 total touchdowns, including a school-record eight rushing touchdowns for a quarterback.
 
ACCURATE PASSER: Collin DiGalbo (Secane, Pa./Monsignor Bonner), a redshirt-freshman, ranks second in the PSAC and 14th in Division II in completion percentage at 66.2 percent.
 
RUNNING QUARTERBACK: Collin DiGalbo (Secane, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) has written his own record book for rushing records for a quarterback. He ran for 126 yards vs. Bloomsburg, including an 82-yard touchdown run - school-records for the longest and most rushing yards by a quarterback in a game. His eight rushing touchdowns this season are a school-record for a quarterback and ninth-most overall, while his three rushing touchdowns in a game vs. Lock Haven are the most in recorded history for a KU quarterback. His 418 rushing yards this season are third-most in recorded school history by a quarterback, behind Shane Martin's 431 in 2008 and Terry Woginrich's record-599 in 1971.
 
SACK LUNCH: KU ranks third in the PSAC and 10th in Division II at 3.67 sacks per game, second-most in school history behind a record 4.70 per game in 1985. KU has had eight and nine sacks in a game this season, both in the top-four in KU single-game history.
 
THE STREAK IS BROKEN: After missing an extra point in each of the first seven games of the season, KU has been perfect over the last two games.
 
NO FIELD GOALS FOR US: KU was the final team in Division II to attempt a field goal this season, coming in the second overtime period last week at Shippensburg.
 
THE REYNOLDS RAP: R-So. Craig Reynolds (Willow Grove, Pa./Abington) is the eighth and youngest Golden Bear to run for 1,000 yards in a season (previous seven were all in junior or senior seasons). He ranks second in the PSAC with 1,105 rushing yards, sixth-most in KU single-season history, and third with 12 touchdowns. He is 1-of-8 players in school history to average 100+ rushing yards in a season and the first since 2001. At 122.8 yards per game, Reynolds is  1-of-3 players in the PSAC to currently average 100+ per game, and is on pace to rank second in school history in single-season rushing yardage.
 
LEAVING A LEGACY: Kellen Williams (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg) is in the midst of re-writing the KU record books in his senior season. He is the all-time leader with 30 career receiving touchdowns, is tied for the school-record with 202 catches, and ranks second with 2,792 receiving yards (65 shy of tying record).
 
KELLEN'S CORNER: Kellen Williams (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg), a two-time All-PSAC East wide receiver, ranks fifth among active Division II players in career receiving touchdowns, seventh in receiving yards and eighth in receptions. He has eight touchdowns this season - fifth in the PSAC - and has caught a pass in 37-of-38 career games, including a current streak of 15 in a row.
 
DEFENSIVE LEADER: Zack Delp (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) ranks eighth in school history with 286 career tackles and 13th with 14.5 career sacks. A two-time All-PSAC selection, Delp has made a team-high 32 consecutive starts at linebacker for KU. He has notched 10 or more tackles in 13 games in his career, including four times this season with a career-high 14 coming in Week 8 vs. Lock Haven. He leads KU with 81 tackles this season, eighth in the PSAC at 9.0 per game.
 
SENSATIONAL SOPHOMORE: Tajier Jefferson (East Orange, N.J./Queen of Peace), the returning PSAC East Freshman of the Year, is second on KU with 63 tackles. He has four career 10+ tackle games. Last year, he had 70 tackles in his first year on the field, the most by a KU freshman in more than 20 years, and ranked in the top-five in the PSAC with 16 TFL.
 
PART-IN ME: Troy Parton (Allentown, Pa./Salisbury) leads the PSAC with 6.9 receptions per game. He has two double-digit catch games, highlighted by a career-high 15 catches against Mercyhurst, two shy off the school-record.
 
PERRY'S PICKS: Jake Perry (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) co-leads the PSAC and ranks seventh in Division II with a career-high five interceptions, tying him for eighth in single-season school history.
 
BLOCKING THE BLOCKERS: After allowing four blocked punts in the first two weeks, KU has improved its coverage with none in the last seven weeks.
 
MAGIC NUMBER = 24: KU head coach Jim Clements is 14-1 in his Kutztown career when holding opponents to 24 or fewer points. His only loss was to Mercyhurst earlier this season (L, 19-23).
 
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 10-1 when holding its opponent to less than 100 yards rushing. His only loss was to Mercyhurst earlier this year.
 
SEASONED VETERANS: Offensive linemen Jordan Morgan (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway Northwest), Ben Cregger (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove), Brian Robbins (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) and Skyler Panchari (Pottsville, Pa./Blue Mountain) are all returning starters. Combined, they have played in 138 career games.
 
STARTING CENTER: Junior Ben Cregger (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) has made 31 consecutive starts at center, the longest streak of any lineman for Kutztown.
 
TEAM CAPTAINS: Kutztown's team captains for the 2016 season are Zack Delp (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall), Jordan Morgan (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway Northwest) and Kellen Williams (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg).
 
EARLY LEAD: Kutztown has led at halftime in 22 of its last 24 wins.
 
BIG-TIME PUNT: Brennan Scott (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township (Old Dominion)) nearly put his name in the KU record books in Week 8 vs. Lock Haven. With help of a couple favorable bounces, Scott booted a 75-yard punt in the first quarter for the second-longest punt in school history behind KU All-Time Team member Jon Corson, who hit a school-record 79-yarder in 2003.
 
PASS ATTACK: Dating back to 2011, Kutztown has thrown 30 or more pass attempts in 41 of its last 52 games (78.8 percent).
 
SENIOR RB DUO: Senior running backs Darrell Scott (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) and James Wah Jr. (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) are in the midst of their senior seasons. Having split carries for most of their careers, the duo has combined for 2,948 career rushing yards and 25 touchdowns to go along with 73 combined games of experience.
 
ALL-AMERICAN TACKLE: Returning All-American Jordan Morgan (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway Northwest) has only missed one game in his career and has started at left tackle in 41 of KU's last 42 games, including a streak of 22 consecutive starts. His top honor last year was the AP Little All-America First Team, KU's first First Team selection since John Mobley in 1995. Morgan was a consensus Preseason All-American this year.
 
SPECIAL TEAM SPECIALIST: Led by Sherief Sutton (York, Pa./Central York)'s team-high 12 tackles on special teams plays this season, Kutztown's kick return defense is the best in the PSAC and seventh-best in Division II, allowing 15.58 yards per return.
 
OVERTIME HEARTBREAK: KU is 3-9 all-time in overtime (OT). It played its first three OT games in 1996, but KU's first OT win was a 26-23 victory over Millersville in 3-OT in the final game of 2007. KU's most recent OT win was in 2-OT in 2016 at Shippensburg. KU's most recent OT game was in 2016, a 24-21 win in double-overtime at Shippensburg.
 
HAPPY 101ST BIRTHDAY: 2016 marks the 101st season of Kutztown University football. Beginning in 1895, Kutztown's all-time record in 827 games stands at 368-436-23 (.459).
 
PSAC PRESEASON POLL: Kutztown was picked fourth in the East.
 
Eastern Division
1. West Chester (6)
2. Shippensburg (1)
3. Bloomsburg
4. Kutztown
5. East Stroudsburg (1)
6. Lock Haven
7. Millersville
8. Cheyney
 
Western Division
1. IUP (5)
2. Slippery Rock (2)
3. California
4. Clarion (1)
5. Gannon
6. Mercyhurst
7. Seton Hill
8. Edinboro