SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 9 Salisbury University football team remains undefeated with a 5-0 record. The Sea Gulls have started NJAC play 2-0 with their most recent 63-0 dominating win over William Paterson. They now host Montclair State for another NJAC match-up on Oct. 19th with kickoff set for 1 p.m. inside Sea Gull Stadium.
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The Series
This is the 13th time the Sea Gulls and Red Hawks have faced off in football. Salisbury is 9-3 all-time against Montclair State and has won the previous eight meetings.
The Revenge Tour
The Sea Gulls are off to a 5-0 start and a 2-0 start in NJAC action. They have two ranked wins to begin the season and have won three games in a row to opponents they lost to last season. After the 48-26 season-opening win over Washington & Lee, the Sea Gulls hosted No. 18 Muhlenberg and hung 59 points outscoring the Mules 24-0 to close the game. In the next ranked win at No. 8 Johns Hopkins, SU shut out the Blue Jays 31-0 in the second half on the way to a 41-13 victory. In their last outing, they took down rival Christopher Newport University 42-38 in a game that had 11 lead changes.
The Captains
Junior Kharee Stephens, graduate student Carlton Johnson, senior Ki'Sean Gray-Dantzler, and fellow senior Sa'Veon Olfus were announced as team captains heading into the Montclair State week.
The Class of the NJAC
Since joining the NJAC in 2015, Salisbury has won 61 games in the conference. The 61 wins stand as the most wins among active teams in the conference. Since joining the NJAC in 2015, Salisbury has won five conference championships which is the most in the eight-year span.
Among the Greats
Salisbury head coach Sherman Wood ranks in the top-15 of active coaches in wins, regardless of NCAA Division. Coach Wood totaled 206Â victories as head coach with stints at Bowie State and SU. Wood has more career wins than other notable coaches with 20 years or more of experience than Rich Rodriguez of Jacksonville St. and Terry Bowden of Louisiana-Monroe.
Both Sides of the Ball
The SU defense has created nine turnovers in the first five games while the offense has been 58 percent on third downs while also scoring points 23 times out of 26 tries in the red zone.
NJAC Player of the Week Honors
Andre Matthews | NJAC Football Offensive Player of the Week | First Career
Quarterback Matthews (Jr. – Salisbury, Md.) led the Sea Gull offense with 11 rushes for 64 yards and five touchdowns – all coming in the first half – in Salisbury's 63-0 win at William Paterson on Saturday. The Wicomico High School graduate's five scores were the most in one game for one SU player since Nov. 2022 when Joey Bildstein found the end zone on the ground five times against Christopher Newport.
SGA Tailgate
The Salisbury University Department of Athletics and Campus Recreation announced on Tuesday that the ninth-ranked Sea Gull football team's game against Montclair State on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 1 p.m. will be SGA day at Sea Gull Stadium.
SGA is having a walk-up tailgate starting at 11 a.m. at the Wayne Street field (next to the parking garage) open to students, alumni, friends, and family. The tailgate includes face painting, Kan Jam, Spike Ball, Cornhole and more.
Concessions will be open for food and drinks with alcohol for sale for anyone of age. No outside alcohol, charcoal grills, or dogs are permitted.
Scouting Montclair State
The Red Hawks have lost their last two games both being against NJAC opponents. Just last week they lost at home against Kean University 16-13.
Only an extra point away from tying the game and potentially sending it to overtime, those chances were erased when Kean blocked the extra point and returned it all the way for a successful two-point conversion and snagged a 16-13 lead. The Red Hawks tried an onside kick to try and get the ball back, but were unsuccessful and the Cougars succeeded on their conference road trip.
All but one of the Red Hawks games to start the year have been one-possession ball games. They lost at Franklin & Marshall 35-10 in the second game of the season. They opened the season with a 27-26 victory at home against Gettysburg College.
