#13 KUTZTOWN vs. #8 SLIPPERY ROCK 2019 PSAC FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY, NOV. 16 || 12:05 PM || UNIVERSITY FIELD AT ANDRE REED STADIUM || KUTZTOWN, PA. TICKETS (CASH SALES AT THE GATE) $10 - GENERAL ADMISSION $5 - STUDENTS AND SENIORS (65+) FREE - PSAC STUDENTS (WITH ID)
LIVE COVERAGE
VIDEO	AUDIO	LIVE STATS
GAME NOTES
KUTZTOWN	SLIPPERY ROCK	PSAC
PREGAME MEDIA
WFMZ-TV 69 PREVIEW	WEEU INTERVIEW WITH JIM CLEMENTS	READING EAGLE PREVIEW

KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The 13th-ranked Kutztown University football team is off to its best start in program history at 10-0, and one more week of going 1-0 will bring home a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) title. The Golden Bears host fellow unbeaten and eighth-ranked Slippery Rock (10-0) on Saturday, Nov. 16, in the PSAC Championship game. Kickoff on Senior Day is set for 12:05 p.m. from Andre Reed Stadium.
 
The Golden Bears and The Rock sport matching 10-0 records coming into a game that will decide not only the conference title, but almost certainly the top seed in Super Region One ahead of the NCAA Division II Championship. The super region's top seed will earn a First Round bye. Kutztown is making its second PSAC Championship Game appearance in the last four seasons and is hosting the title game for the first time since 2011, when it won its lone PSAC crown, 21-14, over Slippery Rock. KU now has double-digit victories for just the third time in program history.
 
The game is scheduled to be broadcast live on PCN for television providers in Pennsylvania that carry PCN, streamed on the PSAC Network and can be heard on KU radio via the links above.
 
Tickets can be purchased at the main gate on game day. General admission is $10, senior citizens (ages 65+) and students are $5, while PSAC students with a valid ID will be admitted free. Beast of the East rally towels will be handed out to KU students while supplies last.
 
Prior to kickoff, head coach Jim Clements and his staff will honor 15 seniors. Those student-athletes include Abdul-Hassan Neblett (Newark, N.J./Paramus Catholic), Ahkee Cox-Cowan (Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg), Diego Torres (York, Pa./West York), Nyiem Nevarez (Effort, Pa./Pleasant Valley), Collin DiGalbo (Secane, Pa./Monsignor Bonner), Mason Pease (King of Prussia, Pa./Timber Creek Regional), Twynique Chisholm-Wilkerson, Luke Snyder (Levittown, Pa./Pennsbury), Corey Tomasetti (Dickson City, Pa./Mid-Valley), Justin Tindull (Seven Valleys, Pa./Dallastown), Jake, Adams, Jayson Williams (Pomona, N.J./Cedar Creek), Matt Cella (Secane, Pa./Springfield), Jack Pilkerton (La Plata, Md./La Plata) and Hez Trahan (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic).
 
The last time these two teams met on the gridiron was on Nov. 11, 2017, a 42-34 KU victory in the season-finale at Andre Reed Stadium. During that game, Neblett and Pilkerton caught touchdown passes and Pilkerton led all receivers with seven receptions for 135 yards, while Neblett rushed for 71 yards. Defensively, Chisholm-Wilkerson had two sacks and recovered a fumble, to go along with seven tackles. Shawn Turber-Ortiz (Northumberland, Pa./Shikellamy) came away with an interception.
 
Kutztown enters off a dominant performance last Saturday, racking up 517 yards of total offense and forcing four turnovers on defense to improve to 10-0 for the first time in 104 seasons of Golden Bear football by defeating Millersville 37-17.
 
Redshirt junior quarterback Eric Nickel (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan), starting in place of a banged up DiGalbo, finished with 205 yards passing, 57 yards rushing and three total touchdowns. Running backs Darryl Davis-McNeil (Roslyn, Pa./Abington) and Keagan Harvin (Williamstown, N.J./Saint Joseph) both put up career-high rushing totals, with Davis-McNeil gaining 88 yards on 11 carries and Harvin 70 on nine as Kutztown registered 300+ yards of rushing for the third time this season.
 
KU's nationally renowned rushing defense, which came into Saturday ranked 17th in NCAA Division II with just 92.9 yards allowed per game, held true to form. Millersville gained just 79 yards on 30 attempts --the seventh time this season an opponent has failed to crack the century mark against the Golden Bears. Kutztown outgained the Marauders 517-184 and ran for 307 yards. Cox-Cowan took sole possession of KU's all-time pass breakups record with a pair for the 48th and 49th of his career. Chisholm-Wilkerson had a team-high six tackles, was in on a sack with Trahan and finished with 1.5 tackles for loss. Nigel Wilson (Bound Brook, N.J./Bound Brook) tallied two tackles for loss and a sack, and Pease came up with his first career interception.
 
KU ranks fourth in the PSAC in scoring offense (37.7 points per game) and total offense (445.2 yards per game), ranks second in the PSAC in rushing offense (187.8 yards per game) and fifth in passing offense (257.4 yards per game). Kutztown has allowed no more than 28 points (to Cal U in week two) in any game this season and haven't allowed more than 17 points in a single-game for the last six weeks. KU ranks second in the PSAC in scoring defense (15.7 points per game), third in total defense (291.1 yards per game), second in rushing defense (91.5 yards per game) and fifth in passing defense (199.6 yards per game).

The Rock is at the top of the league in scoring offense at 47.9 ppg and fifth defensively, allowing 19.7 ppg. They are led by senior quarter Roland Rivers III, a transfer from Valdosta State, who ranks first in the conference in touchdowns (36) and second in total passing yards (3,107).
 
It should be a game for ages at Andre Reed Stadium and one of the more important games played on campus this century.