Bryant returns home to host Southern Connecticut on Saturday

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University football team returns home to host Southern Connecticut this Saturday at Beirne Stadium. Kick off is set for 1:00 p.m. 

The Particulars
Opponent: Southern Connecticut
Location: Beirne Stadium (Smithfield, R.I.)
Kickoff: 1:00 p.m.
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Game Notes: Bryant | SCSU

Series History

• Bryant and Southern Connecticut will be meeting for the 11th time but for the first time since 2009.
• The Bulldogs and Owls were NE-10 foes from 2001-2007, with the Owls winning six of those meetings. Bryant and SCSU met in the 2007 NCAA Division II playoffs, Bryant's final game as a DII program.
• Bryant has won each of the last two meetings, in 2008 and 2009.    

Bulldogs Notes and Notables

• Bryant enters the week at 1-4 overall following a 24-13 loss to North Carolina A&T last Saturday. That game marked Bryant's first Big South Conference game. 
• Joe Andreessen enters the weekend ranked first in the FCS with 11.8 tackles per game. He has 59.0 tackles on the year, collecting 10+ tackles in all five games. Andreessen is the only player nationally to achieve that feat.  
• Andreessen also leads the Big South with 9.0 TFLs on the year.
• Ethan Gettman knocked down a pair of field goals last Saturday and is 5-for-5 on the year.  
• Landon Ruggieri posted his second 100-yard receiving game of the season at NC A&T, finishing with six catches for 110 yards. He leads the Big South with 76.4 receiving yards per game. 
• J.T. Anderson collected his first-career interception and Darnel Shillingford blocked his first-career field goal last Saturday against the Aggies.  

A bit about the Owls

• Southern Connecticut enters the weekend with an 0-5 overall record. The Owls have lost three of those five games by 14 points or less.
• SCSU's Tylon Papallo leads the team with 340 receiving yards but two Owls QBs have been intercepted nine times on the year.
• Robert Nunez has posted a team-leading 42.0 tackles on the year.   

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