Game Notes - Robert Morris @ Duquesne (10/20/07)
? Robert Morris has now dropped three straight to Duquesne, with the Dukes owning a 5-4 edge in the all-time series ... The Colonials have lost their last three games by a total of 17 points ... RMU is 2-4 against Duquesne at Rooney Field and have dropped four straight at the venue after winning the first two in the all-time series ... Four of the nine games between Robert Morris and Duquesne have been decided by five points or less.
? Freshman halfback Myles Russ (Boca Raton, Fla. / West Boca) eclipsed the 100-yard plateau with 116 yards on 25 carries, the first Colonial to rush for 100 yards in 19 games ... The 25 rushing attempts for Russ established a career high and also marked the most by a Colonial halfback since Devin Wilson (2002-05) rushed 31 times for 116 yards in a 38-30 win over Wagner (10/8/05) ... As a club the Colonials finished with 154 yards rushing, just three yards off a season high.
? Robert Morris finished with 310 yards of total offense, while Duquesne racked up 396 total yards ... The Colonials finished 4-for-11 in third-down conversions, while the Dukes were 8-for-17 ... Duquesne owned a 32:25 to 27:35 edge in time of possession.
? Senior linebacker Chad Wengert (Kempton, Pa. / Kutztown) upped his career total in tackles to 236 thanks to 17 stops against the Dukes, good enough to rank eighth all-time at Robert Morris ... Wengert leads RMU with 88 tackles in 2007, a total that ranks eighth in the Colonial single-season records ... Wengert now owns seven career double-digit tackle games ... Over the last six games Wengert has averaged 13.0 tackles per contest (78 total) ... Sophomore safety Michael Landers (Springdale, Pa. / Springdale), who has earned his first three collegiate starts the past three weeks, owns 32 tackles over that span, an average of 10.7 per game ... Senior linebacker Jordan Howard (Uniontown, Ohio / Lake) has posted double-digit tackles in each of his last four games and owns 55 tackles (13.8 per game) over that span.
? Freshman wide receiver Michael Blanchard (Miami, Fla. / Mater Academy) saw his first significant action of the season with the injury to flanker Mario Hines (Ecorse, Mich. / Ecorse) and finished with 59 all-purpose yards ... Blanchard finished with two catches for 22 yards, a rush for six yards and two kickoff returns for 31 yards ... Freshman Nick Schirtzinger (Hurricane, W.Va. / Hurricane) finished with five punts for 196 yards, an average of 39.2 yards per punt ... Schirtzinger also posted two punts inside the Duquesne 20-yard line and one for a touchback.
