Football Heads To West Point For Meeting With Army On Saturday
November 06, 2019 | Football
Minutemen and Black Knights play live on CBS Sports Network at Noon on Sat., Nov. 9
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE | |
Game Ten | Massachusetts at Army West Point |
Date | Time | Sat., Nov. 9 | Noon |
Location | Michie Stadium | West Point, N.Y. | Directions |
Series History | Army leads, 2-0 Last: Army 34, Massachusetts 27 | Nov. 12, 2005 |
Game Notes | Massachusetts | Army |
Live Statistics | Sidearm Sports |
Listen (Online) Listen (Radio) |
TuneIn Radio App 105.5 FM WEEI (Western Mass.), 95.9 FM WATD (South Shore) & 830 AM WCRN (Worcester) |
Tickets | 866-UMASS-TIX | UMass Ticket Central | Mullins Center Box Office |
Television Live Stream |
CBS Sports Network Army All-Access |
Team Information | Massachusetts | Army |
@UMassFootball | @UMassAthletics | @CoachWaltBell | |
UMass Football | UMass Athletics |
FREQUENT TARGET
- Freshman wide receiver Jermaine "OC" Johnson, Jr. is the only player on the team with at least one reception in all nine games this season.
- Johnson, Jr., had three or more receptions in seven games, including five or more in four outings. He has 11 more receptions than the next Minuteman (Zak Simon, 22).
FIRST ENDZONE CELEBRATIONS
- Seven current Minutemen scored their first FBS touchdown during the 2019 season, including:
- Taylor Edwards • 7-yard catch • Southern Illinois
- Kyle Horn • 20-yard catch • at Rutgers
- Jermaine "OC" Johnson, Jr. • 3-yard catch • at Charlotte
- Josiah Johnson • 3-yard catch • Liberty
- Cam Roberson • 39-yard run • at Rutgers
- Gilberto Torres • 19-yard run • UConn
- Randall West • 4-yard run • Southern Illinois
HOME RUN HITTER
- Isaiah Rodgers owns nine of the team's 14 longest plays on the season, including seven kick returns, one interception return and one fumble return.
- Rodgers has 24 plays of 20 or more yards on the season, the most by one player on the squad.
- He leads UMass in all-purpose yards (1,141) and all-purpose yards per game (126.8). The next Minuteman in the category is redshirt junior running back Bilal Ally with 646 total and 71.8 per game.