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( Toreros Host Wagner College in Season Final!

GAME #IO: The Toreros (5-4) play their final game ofthe 1993 season tonight against visiting Wagner College (8-1) from Staten Island, NY. Kickoffis scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Torero Stadium. This is the f1rst meeting between the two schools. THE CQA CHES: USO head coach BrianFogarty, inhis 11thseasonwith theToreros, is searchingfor his seventhstraight winning campaignand currently has a careermarkof59-44-3. Fogarty's 1992 team, its last at theNCAADivision III level, went 7-2-1. Fogarty's 1993 squad is currently 5-4, including a4-l mark at Torero Stadium. Wagner's Walt Hameline, in his 13th season as the director ofathletics/head coach, currently boasts an overall record of 103-31-2 and brings a 1993 record of8-l to tonight's contest. PFL STANDINGS fthru Nov. 6th): Dayton (5-0; 9-0), Butler (3-2; 4-5), Drake (2-2; 7-2), Evansville (2-2; 6- 3), San Diego (l-4; 5-4), Valparaiso (l-4; 5-4). AROUND THE PFL FOR NOV. 13th: Butler at Indianapolis, Dayton at Alabama-Birmingham, Evansvil/eatDrake, Valparaiso at Northern Arizona, Wagner at San Diego. LASTWEEK IN THE PFL: Dayton df. Urbana (49-6), Valparaiso df. Michigan Tech (25-20), Alabama-Birmingham df. Butler (31-27), Evansville df. Cumberland, Tenn. (28-12) and Drake df. San Diego (17-14). ALOOKBACK: The Toreros dropped another tough PFL contest, this time a 14-17 loss to Drake University ... the Toreros got on the scoreboard first when junior QB Vince Moiso hit HB Michael Henry for a 15-yard TD with 5:59 to go in the first quarter ... Drake answered backwith a 12-play, 71-yard drive that ended with a I-yard dive by RB Mike Stanfel with 0:56 seconds to go in the first quarter ... Drake took a 14-7 lead into halftime after another I-yard TD rush by Stanfel with 3:07 to go in the second quarter ... USO knotted up the score at 14-all whenMoiso hit freshman HB Evan Hlavacek for an 80-yard TD strike with l 0:03 to go in the game ... the Drake Bulldogs iced the game when kicker Bill Willers connected on a 20-yard field goal with :51 seconds to go that culminated a 16-play, 71 yard drive that spanned six minutes and 27 seconds ... USO had their chances - they missed a 24-yard field goal just before halftime; faced a 4th and goal from Drake's 3-yard line early in the fourth quarter that resulted with a Vince Moiso fumble offthe option play; and.the Toreros missed a43-yard FG attempt with just over seven minutes to go in the game ... Moiso completed l 9-of-32 for 293 yards and 2 TDs - his main target was senior SE Darrick Morse ( 6 catches for 91 yards) ...Moisowas also the topgroundgainer, finishing with 36yards on 11 carries ...junior punter Robert Ray boomed five punts for 212 yards (42.4 average) ... defensively, the Toreros got solid performances from sophomore DB Doug Popovich (ll tackles, l pass break-up), junior NB Daniel Fur/eigh (13 tackles, l QB hurry, l forced fumble) and senior DB Randy Rivera (10 tackles). TQRERO NOTES: In their inaugural season in the Pioneer Football League, the Toreros finished with a record of 1-4 ... outside ofthe Dayton loss (30-7), USO had a chance at victory in their other three losses (25-35 loss at Valparaiso, 21- 27 loss at Evansville and their 14-17 loss to Drake)and found outthattheyare very competitive with their league foes ...through nine games the Toreros are averaging 374.6 yards oftotal offense (190.4 rushing/184. l passing) while giving up 390.7 yards (155.9 rushing/234.8passing) ... USO individuals ranking among the PFL's top statistical leaders include QB Vince Moiso (5th in passing efficiency; 3rd in total offense), RB John Lambert (9th in scoring), TB Michael Henry (6th in punt returns; 6th in all-purpose yardage), TB Evan Hlavacek (5th in kickoffreturns), RB Jermaine Rucker ( l0th in rushing), TE Scott Steingrebe (8th in receiving yardage); DB Scott Bucco/a (4th in interceptions), punter RobertRay (3rd in punting), FS RandyRivera (8th in tackles per game), NB DanielFurleigh (6th in tackles per game), ILB Neal Weitman (11th in tackles per game), and DB Jesse Hall (14th in tackles per game) ... statistical leaders for USO after nine games include QB Vince Moiso (120-for-232 for 1,597 yards, 9 int. and 14 TD's), TE Scott Steingrebe (30 receptions for 393 yards and 3TDs), FB Jermaine Rucker (389 net yards on 60 carries and l TD), senior FB John Lambert (42 points; 14 receptions for 200 yds and 4 TDs; 80 rushes for 334 yds and 3 TDs), punter Robert Ray (37.5 yard average), CB Scott Bucco/a (3 interceptions and 10 pass break-ups), DB Daniel Fur/eigh (85 tackles), ILB Neal Weitman (76 tackles), FS Randy Rivera (74 tackles) and DB Jesse Hall (73 tackles) ... the Toreros will play at Wagner College during the 1994 season. WAGNER UPDATE: The Seahawks (8-1), an NCAADivison I-AA program, are members ofthe ECAC Intercolle- giate Football Conference ... Wagner comes to town riding a 5-game winning streak after last weekend's 13-7 victory over Monmouth ... to date their results have been the following - a 27-21 win over C.W. Post; a 39-4 win over St. John's; a 22-15 win overCentral Connecticut; a 23-30 loss atthe hands oflona; andtheircurrent 5-gamewin streak overDuquesne (27-24), Pace (47-10), St. Francis, Pa. (31-21), Marist (22-6) and Monmouth (13-7) ... this past weekend the Seahawks used two TD passes from juniorQB Jason Cue as well as a defense that limited Monmouth to 88 net yards on 34 rushes to gain their 8th victory ... Cue'sTDstrikeswere ofI I-yards to freshmanTE BillSommers inthe 2nd quarterand a 14-yarderto freshman WR Kevin Daniel with l:44togo in the 3rd quarter...Cue finished 17-of-3 l for 286 yards withSommers hauling in four for l 05 yards ... sophomore RB Kito Lockwood rushed 24 times for 112 yards and caught a team-high 5 passes for an additional 70 yards ... the Seahawk defense intercepted Monmouth four times and was paced by junior ILB Kevin Moran with l0 tackles ... on the season, theWagner defense is currently#l againstthe run amongNCAADivision _T_R_I_B_U_T_E_T_O--. I-AA teams - opponents are averaging just 63.6 yards per game ... Cue has completed 130-for- 278 for2,047 yards, 9 int. and 13 TDs ... juniorRB Chris Purdy has rushed for 13 TDs (9.3 ppg), and has gained 367 yards on 77 carries ... freshman WR Sean Hurley is the top receiver with 32 catches (498 yards) ... notfarbehindareRBKitoLockwood(27 catches for385 yards and 3TDs) andjuniorWR Patrick Connolly (27 catches for482 yards and 5 TDs) ... defensively Wagner is SENIORS lead by senior LB Ryan Tobin (139 tackles, 9 QB sacks, 4 forced fumbles) and senior LB Bryan Devone (86 tackles) ... a trio of Seahawks have four interceptions each - Bryan Devone, ON PAGE 32. sophomore DB James Lorenzo and sophomore DB Roger Wyllie. 1993 USD