UTICA, NY - The Utica College football team looks to snap a three game skid on Saturday when the Pioneers travel to Buffalo State to take on the Bengals in Empire 8 Conference action at 2 p.m.

BROADCAST INFO:  All Utica College football games will be broadcast on the radio locally at WTLB 99.1 FM/1310 AM (ESPN Radio) by play-by-play man Dave Peroni and color analyst Fred Miller … Live streaming audio can also be accessed on WTLB's website, www.espnur.com … Live stats will also be provided by Buffalo State Athletic Communications at: http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/athletics/football/xlive.htm

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Senior running back Jesse Baldassare (Mt. Sinai, NY/Mt. Sinai) needs 63 yards rushing to move into second place on the College's all-time rushing list – he currently has 1,497 in his four year seasons at UC … Baldassare needs 11 carries to become the College's all-time leader in career rushing attempts – he currently has 329 … Baldassare needs two rushing touchdowns to take sole possession of third on the College's all-time list – he currently has 14 career rushing touchdowns … Connor Butkiewicz (Southington, CT/Southington) needs 55 completions to move into sole possession of second place all-time – he currently has 346 … Anthony Acevedo (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford) needs one touchdown catch to become just the second player in school-history to catch 20 or more touchdowns in a career … Acevedo needs 149 all-purpose yards to become the College's all-time leader – he currently has 3,621 all-purpose yards … Jerred Beniquez (Port Ewen, NY/Kingston) needs just 57 kick return yards to surpass Cody Elliot '09 as the College's all-time leader in kick return yards – he currently has 1,140 … Senior safety James Lenahan (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac) ranks second all-time at UC with 13 career interceptions and he needs four more to tie the school-record.

BENIQUEZ DOES IT ALL: Sophomore speedster Jerred Beniquez (Port Ewen, NY/Kingston) needs just ten more all-purpose yards to move into sixth place on the College's all-time list … He currently ranks 10^th nationally and first in the Empire 8 with 525 combined kick return yards … His average of 126.7 all-purpose yards per game this season ranks third all-time at UC … … He needs 91 more kick return yards this season to break his own school-record for return yards in a single season.

OFF THE EDGE: Junior defensive end Nick Woodman (Utica, NY/Proctor) needs one sack to move into sole possession of fourth place on the College's career sack list … His 5.5 sacks this season rank third in the Empire 8 and are tied for sixth all-time on the College's single season list … The school-record of 8.5 sacks in a single season was set back in 2010 and is shared by James Brain and current UC assistant coach Tracy Branch.

GROUND GAME: UC has three players with five rushing touchdowns this season, including Jesse Baldassare (Mt. Sinai, NY/Mt. Sinai), J'Von Evans and back-up quarterback Will Kassar (Lattingtown, NY/Glen Cove) … Baldassare leads UC with 416 yards on 106 carries, good for an average of 59.43 yards per game. 

AIR ATTACK: Senior quarterback Connor Butkiewicz (Southington, CT/Southington) has completed 83-of-149 passes for 978 yards and three touchdowns through the air this season … He is averaging 195.60 yards passing per game.

RECEIVING CORPS: Utica's Anthony Acevedo (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford) ranks fourth in the Empire 8 with 544 receiving yards on a team-best 33 catches this season … Jerred Beniquez (Port Ewen, NY/Kingston) ranks second on the team with 30 catches for 362 yards and one score … Gregory Palmer (Richland, NY/APW) ranks first on the team with an average of 21.43 yards per catch. 

LEADING TACKLER: Sophomore Juwan Wilson (South Ozone Park, NY/Holy Cross) has made a splash this season and currently leads the Empire 8 with 74 tackles (32 solo, 42 assisted) … Wilson also ranks 10^th in the conference with six pass break ups … His six pass break ups this season are tied for eighth all-time in the College's single season record book. 

SENIOR LEADERSHIP: Senior captain Jon Treen (Ilion, NY/Ilion) ranks second on the team with 52 tackles this season … He has recorded double-digit tackles in three of his last four outings … He also has two tackles for a loss.

WOODBURN NEEDS ONE MORE: Junior kicker Thomas Woodburn (West Islip, NY/West Islip) needs just one more field goal to earn sole possession of the College's career field goals made record … He currently has 16 field goals in his career and is tied with 2009 graduate Casey McNulty for the school-record … Woodburn also ranks fourth all-time at UC in career scoring with 114 career points … Woodburn is the highest scoring kicker in program-history. 

FIELD POSITION IS KEY: Senior punter Dakota Peel (Alden, NY/Alden) ranks fifth nationally with an average of 42.8 yards per punt … If his current average yards per punt holds, he will break the school-record for average yards per punt in a single season … The record is currently held by assistant coach Ben Atwood '08, who averaged 41.03 yards per punt in 2008 … Peel has pinned opponents inside the 20 yard line 11 times this season and he has five punts of 50+ yards … He has also forced six touchbacks … Peel needs just 81 more yards punting to become just the second player in school-history to punt for 5,000+ yards in a career.

FRESHMAN PHENOM: J'Von Evans ranks 15^th nationally and second in the Empire 8 with 495 combined kick return yards … Evans also ranks fourth nationally and first in the Empire 8 with an average of 21.2 yards per punt return … Evans also ranks second on the team with 289 yards rushing … He leads the team with six touchdowns (five rushing, one punt return).

TEAMWORK: As a team, the Pioneers rank second in the Empire 8, holding opponents on third down almost 70% of the time … UC also ranks 13^th nationally in sacks allowed per game (0.71).

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: UC's Gregory Palmer (Richland, NY/APW) ranks second all-time at UC for average yards per catch in a single season (21.43 ypc) … He has seven catches for 150 yards and was recently named the College's Male Athlete of the Week after scoring the lone touchdown of the contest in the Pioneers' loss to St. John Fisher Saturday.

WEEK 6 RECAP: The nationally-ranked St. John Fisher College football team defeated host Utica College 42-7 in Empire 8 Conference action on Homecoming at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium last Saturday … Fisher racked up 533 yards of total offense, including 338 yards on the ground, as the Cardinals improved to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in conference play … The Pioneers have now dropped three in a row, after starting the season 4-0, as their record fell to 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the E8 … Senior quarterback Connor Butkiewicz (Southington, CT/Southington) completed 19 passes for 127 yards, while senior captain Joseph Gerbino (Mahwah, NJ/Mahwah) hauled in a team-best five catches for 45 yards for the Pioneers … Teddy VanGalen (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa)  came on in relief at quarterback and his first pass of the season, a 40-yard touchdown throw to Gregory Palmer (Richland, NY/APW), proved to be the only points of the contest for UC. 

LAST TIME AGAINST BUFFALO STATE: (10/26/2013) – The Buffalo State football team scored 20 unanswered points in a span of one minute and 25 seconds late in the game to come from behind and defeat host Utica College 34-19 in Empire 8 Conference action at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium last season ... The Pioneers led 19-14 with 11:42 to go in the fourth quarter, but two big touchdown passes from Buffalo State quarterback Casey Kacz and a fumble recovered for touchdown led to the 19 point victory for the Bengals … UC running back Ryan Burnett (Mount Vernon, NY/Arch Bishop Stepinac) had a fine game, rushing 15 times for a game-high 77 yards and one touchdown … Burnett's fourth quarter touchdown from 22 yards out gave the Pioneers a 19-14 lead with 11:42 to go in the regulation … UC quarterback Connor Butkiewicz (Southington, CT/Southington) completed 27-of-49 passes for 232 yards and one touchdown pass.

LETS MEET THE BENGALS: At 5-1 overall, Buffalo State is off to is best start since 1999 … The Bengals are 3-1 in the Empire 8 and are tied atop the standings with just one loss … Senior running back Rich Pete, a Utica, NY native, is closing in on the Buffalo State record for career touchdowns of 40 held by Perez Dinkins … Pete has scored nine times this season, and now has 37 for his career … Pete ranks 16th in Division III, averaging 124.2 rushing-yards-per-game … He rushed for at least 100 yards in each of the first five games, and then just missed the century mark against Ithaca with 97 yards … Buffalo State ranks 15th in the nation, having forced 18 turnovers in its first six games this season, including 10 interceptions … Mitch Thomas and Sherman Nelson lead the Bengals with four interceptions each … Senior wide receiver Mike Doherty piled up 419 all-purpose yards (the most in a game in Division III this season), including nine receptions for 229 yards and two touchdowns in the season-opening win over Cortland … Doherty already holds the school's all-time record for career kick return yards with 2,053, and leads the Bengals this season with 562 receiving yards. (Buffalo State Notes Courtesy of Buffalo State Athletic Communications)