Slippery Rock Weekly Update

Submitted by nmumike on September 30th, 2013 at 12:14 PM

Slippery Rock improves to 3-1 on the season with a 58-34 victory over Mercyhurst (1-3) this weekend. Slippery Rock senior QB Nigel Barksdale had another great game, throwing for over 400 yards with 2 TD's. WR John Schademan caught 11 passes for a school record 229 yards and RB Teddy Blakeman accounted for five TD's, throwing for one, running for three, and catching one.

Several notes of interest: Barksdale is one of only two Rock players to throw for more than 400 yards twice in the same season. Slippery Rock has scored 194 points in the first four games of the year, breaking a school record set in 2000. The Rock is averaging over 48 points per game this year.

Link to the story: http://www.rockathletics.com/news/2013/9/28/FB_0928130917.aspx?path=football

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September 30th, 2013 at 12:33 PM ^

They're like the Oregon of Appalachia

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LSAClassOf2000

September 30th, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^

Here is an overview from the NCAA site of Slippery Rock's summary statistics and how they rank with the rest of Division II. I sorted by rank so people could see what they are highly ranked in first:

Stat	Rank	Value
Passing Offense	6	381.3
Scoring Offense	7	48.5
Total Offense	8	554
3rd Down Converstion Pct Defense	12	0.253
First Downs Offense	12	107
Team Passing Efficiency	16	161.52
Net Punting	30	37.05
Team Passing Efficiency Defense	33	111.03
Rushing Defense	40	115.5
Punt Returns	45	11.09
3rd Down Conversion Pct	47	0.431
Rushing Offense	67	172.8
Total Defense	69	373.5
Kickoff Returns	84	19.81
4th Down Conversion Pct Defense	86	0.455
First Downs Defense	98	82
Passing Yards Allowed	112	258
Time of Possession	135	27:49
Red Zone Defense	141	0.895
Fewest Penalties Per Game	146	10.25
Fewest Penatly Yards Per Game	148	93.75
Red Zone Offense	T-107	0.72
4th Down Conversion Pct	T-116	0.333
Scoring Defense	T-125	36.5
Turnover Margin	T-154	-2