WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - After a last-minute loss to King's in 2015 ruined the Lycoming College football team's chances at a winning season, Lycoming will look for some revenge on Saturday, Sept. 10, at David Person Field.

The Warriors (1-0 overall, 0-0 MAC) are coming off a 27-24 win over Susquehanna in the season opener, as the team rushed for 198 yards and held Susquehanna to just 10 points in the second half to earn the win.

The Monarchs (0-1 overall, 0-0 MAC) fell to Moravian, 50-35, in their season opener. Junior quarterback Zach Whitehead set school records in the game with 40 completions and 63 passing attempts, and equaled another with four touchdown passes, as he tossed for 395 yards in the loss.

Warrior Notes
• The Warriors are 11-0 against King's at David Person Field and 11-1-1 all-time at home. The lone loss came on what is now the campus quad in 1949 (6-0). 

• Senior Blake Bowman needs to score two more rushing touchdown to tie Larry Barretta (1983-86, 24) for sixth in the school's career history.

• Bowman is 162 yards shy of becoming the 10th player in school history to rush for 2,000 yards in a career.

• Bowman led the MAC in rushing yards (164.0), all-purpose yards (185.0) and touchdowns scored (3) in week one.

• Junior Mike Ward needs one more pass  defended to reach 20 in his career.

• Sophomore Dominic Loffredo is one tackle shy of 50 in his career.

• Both seniors Tyler Smith and Jon Rummel need 1.5 more tackles for loss to reach 10.0 in their careers.

The Bowman Watch
As has seemingly been custom for running backs in the Mike Clark era, senior Blake Bowman is looking to leave a large impact on the college's record book. Some milestones that Bowman, who set a school single-season record with 18 rushing touchdowns is approaching include:
- 162 rushing yards from becoming 10th running back in school history to reach 2,000 in a career
- 3 touchdowns from becoming sixth player in school history to rush for 25 in a career
- 1 100-yard rushing game from tying Cory Sheridan, Joe Parsnik and Kevin McVey for sixth in school history with eight
- 75 all-purpose yards from passing Ryan Wagaman (2007-10, 2322) for 14th in school history
- 6 points away from becoming the 15th Warrior in program history to score 150 points in a career
- 3 touchdowns from tying Josh Kleinfelter for ninth in school history with 27 touchdowns scored

Whiteman finds his stride
Senior quarterback Chase Whiteman has recorded three straight weeks of completing more than 70 percent of his passes dating back to week nine of his junior season. The streak started when he completed 27-of-38 (71 percent) against Delaware Valley to lead the Warriors to a 43-42 win. He followed that by going 16-of-20 in a 38-14 win over Misericordia to cap his junior year. To begin his senior season, he went 15-of-18 for 133 yards and a touchdown against Susquehanna.

Fall on it
The Warriors fell on three fumbles during the Stagg Hat Trophy win over Susquehanna. It was the most for the team since picking up three fumbles in a 31-7 win over Widener on Oct. 16, 2010. Junior Mike Ward picked up the first one on the third play of the game at the Lycoming 44-yard line, which led to a 56-yard touchdown drive. In the second quarter, senior Adin Hines forced a fumble that senior Dan Heinrichs picked up. Later in the quarter, freshman A.J. McAleer forced the ball out of Susquehanna's quarterbacks hands and sophomore Sam Romanofsky fell on it, leading to another touchdown drive.

Fresh catches
The Warriors caught 15 passes against Susquehanna, with 11 of those caught by sophomores. Sophomore Nick Costello, who finished second on the team with 28 receptions in 2015, led the team with 52 yards and five receptions. Sophomore Kyle Slivka-Fralin, who made just one catch in 2015, quintupled that output against Susquehanna, posting five catches for 42 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore John Kim also caught one pass for nine yards.
 
X Factors
Under head coach Mike Clark, the Warriors have show several indicators that they will win. Since 2008, the Warriors are:
- 50-4 when tied or leading at halftime
- 48-3 when tied or leading in third quarter
- 34-5 when committing fewer turnovers
- 22-2 when rushing for 200 yards or more

Two All-MACers return
The Warriors return two players that earned All-MAC honors during the 2015 season in senior running back Blake Bowman and senior offensive lineman Austin Mital. Both were second-team selections.

Bowman finished as the MAC leader in rushing yards with 1,150 yards on 206 carries in 2015, becoming the first Warrior to lead the league in rushing sin five years. He also led the MAC with a school-record 17 rushing touchdowns and he posted five 100-yard rushing games, including a 281-yard game against FDU-Florham, the second-most in a single game in program history. The 5-7 running back also became the first player in school history to post four touchdowns in back-to-back games, doing so against King's and FDU-Florham.
 
Mital helped stabilize the offensive line, as the junior earned his first career all-conference honors. A left guard, Mital started nine games with the Warriors, helping the team average 28.2 points per game.

Staff adjustments 
While seven assistant coaches return in 2016, several will accept new responsibilities, including fourth year assistant Tim Landis, who will become the special teams coordinator along with his duties as recruiting coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and sixth-year assistant Pat Taylor, who becomes the run game coordinator along with offensive line coach. Fifth-year assistant Chris Kish will move into the linebackers coaching slot after four years of assisting Mike Weber, who retired after more than two decades in that role. Jermaine Reyes will also continue to work with the staff, serving again as an assistant linebackers coach.
 
Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator Steve Wiser (43rd year) also returns, while two former Warriors – Brian Campbell and Eric Bonenberger – will serve as student assistants while finishing their degree requirements.
 
Staff additions
Mark Surma comes to Lycoming after three years at Division I Lehigh University. He will serve as the team's defensive passing game coordinator while also focusing on the defensive backs.
  
With 12 years of experience at the high school level, Chris Long will make the transition to coaching college football in 2016 as an assistant offensive line coach for the Warriors. Long spent the last 11 seasons with the Warrior Run Area High School program, including spending the last five seasons as the defensive coordinator. 

Warriors fifth in preseason poll
The Lycoming College football team was selected fifth in the Middle Atlantic Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, the conference office in Annville, Pa., announced on Monday, Aug. 22.
 
The Warriors received 50 points in the poll, finishing behind Delaware Valley (75), 2015 MAC Champion Albright (74), Stevenson (68) and Widener (56). The Warriors finished ahead of Lebanon Valley (43), King's (24), FDU-Florham (21), Wilkes (21) and Misericordia (18).

Hines an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar
Junior defensive lineman Adin Hines earned recognition as an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar by the periodical Diverse Issues in Higher Education, earning fourth team football honors. Hines has earned two letters with the football team, earning MAC Academic Honor Roll honors as an accounting major as a junior. A defensive lineman, Hines has appeared in 10 career games and made eight tackles.

Academics first
A record group of 21 Lycoming College football student-athletes earned a slot on the 2015 MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll. The honored athletes were: Andrew Beamer, Joe Bernardini, Josh Cook, Bryan Darling, Sam Dressler, Adin Hines, Bailey Hughes, Tyler Kapinus, Matt Malecki, Eddie McKee, Jake Mika, Austin Mital, Kirby Moist, Keeghan Morrison, John Peters, Caleb Robbins, Sam Romanofsky, Andrew Traxler, Ryan Umpleby, Erik Wagner, and Cole Welham.
 
Girardi a part of College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2016
Over the course of 36 years, former Lycoming College coach Frank Girardi cobbled together one of the finest resumes in the history of college football. He won 257 games, which still ranks 16th all-time in NCAA history. He helped Lycoming win 13 Middle Atlantic Conference titles and make 11 appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament. He led the Warriors to the national title game in 1990 and 1997 and the semifinals in 1996. On Friday, Jan. 8, he was rewarded with perhaps the biggest honor of his career, as he was announced as part of a group of 16 inductees that are part of the 2016 National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame class.

The 2016 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be inducted at the 59th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 6, 2016 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The inductees will also be honored at the National Hall of Fame Salute at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Dec. 31, 2016, and they will be recognized at their respective collegiate institutions with on-campus salutes during the fall.