GAME INFORMATION
GAME #4: Cornell at Army
GAMETIME: Friday, Oct. 8 at 7:00 p.m.
SITE: Shea Stadium (West Point, N.Y.)
2010 RECORDS: Cornell (3-0, 1-0 CSFL), Army (2-0, 1-0 CSFL)
SERIES RECORD: Army leads, 53-17
LAST MEETING: Army won, 10-9, on Oct. 23, 2009
LIVE STATS: None
LIVE VIDEO: None

THE MATCH UP: The Big Red hits the road for the final time this season as it travels down to West Point to take on perennial CSFL power, Army, at Shea Stadium on Friday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. Both teams are coming off victories last weekend, with Cornell improving to a 3-0 on the season after defeating Post, while the Black Knights improved to 2-0 after beating Mansfield.

THE HEAD COACH: Coach Terry Cullen begins his 45th season at the helm of the big Red program with a 159-125-7 record (.558). Cullen has been a member of the coaching staff since 1964 and officially became the Terry Cullen Head Coach of Sprint Football in 2001.

THE CO-HEAD COACH: In August, 2008, it was announced that Bart Guccia would assume a majority of the on-field coaching and gameday decisions for the Big Red. Guccia is in his fifth year with the sprint football team and has posted a 12-5 record (.706) in his new role.

THE SERIES VS. ARMY: Cornell first faced the Black Knights during the 1957 season, falling to Army, 48-0. The Black Knights went on to win the first five meetings between the two schools, but in 1963 the Big Red became the first civilian program to defeat Army, winning 8-7 in Ithaca. While the Black Knights own the dominant 53-17 edge in series, Cornell has won three of the last four outings.

SCOUTING THE BLACK KNIGHTS: Army is off to a 2-0 start after defeating RPI and Mansfield. The Black Knights are led by dual-threat quarterback Tim Meier, who has gone 32-for-62 for 408 yards with six touchdowns and four interceptions, while rushing 10 time for 78 yards. Tim Meier's older brother Mike has a team-high 18 carries for 76 yards and has also caught three passes for 37 yards. Cody Nyp is the team's leading receiver with 10 catches for 73 yards, while three of Tom Jaffers' eight catches have gone for touchdowns. Defensively, Carlos Cook leads Army with 16 tackles, including 2.5 for a loss and one sack, to go along with one interception and one fumble recovery.

LAST TIME VS. ARMY: Sheets of rain, upturned umbrellas, and slippery balls were the theme of a heartbreaking 10-9 loss to Army in the final CSFL conference game of the year. The Big Red defense stopped the top-rated rushing Army attack, holding the visitors to just 84 yards on the ground, including a mere 33 in the first half. Cornell only allowed 111 total yards, and held the Black Knights to just four pass completions. John Parke led the Big Red with 10 tackles and Kevin Schmidt had the lone Cornell sack. John Mackintosh and Evan Levy both had interceptions. Cornell's offense was led by a breakout performance from senior Dan Rowoth, who led the team with 56 yards on the ground on just eight carries (7.0 ypc). Elliot Corey passed for 106 yards, with 57 of them to wide reciever Upal Sarker.


A WIN OVER ARMY WOULD:
* give Cornell a 4-0 start to a season for the first time since 2006, when the Big Red went 6-0 and won the CSFL title.
* give the Big Red its fourth victory against the Black Knights in the last five years.
* Improve Terry Cullen to 159-125-7 during his career, while handing Bart Guccia his 12th career victory as co-head coach of the Big Red.

STREAKS:
* Cornell has registered at least one interception in each of its last nine games, dating back to the second game of the 2009 season.
* Cornell has registered at least one field goal in each of its last six games.
* Cornell has scored at least 20 points in each of its last four games, dating back to the last game of the 2009 season.
* Cornell has rushed for at least 100 yards in each of its last seven games.
* Cornell has registered at least five tackles for loss per game over the span of the last 35 games, dating back to the first contest of the 2005 season.

ISN'T THAT SPECIAL?: Alex Perilstein has been named the CSFL Special Teams Player of the Week twice the season, earning the honor after the Princeton and the Post games. The senior kicker earned the award for the first time this season after accounting for 14 of Cornell's 33 points in its win over Princeton. In addition to two extra-points, Perilstein converted four field goals from distances of 23, 22, 40 and 27 yards out. He also kicked off seven times for an average of 49.7 yards and punted three times for an average of 21.7 yards. Perilstein won the award again after connecting on three field goals against the Eagles. He finished the game with 10 total points as he kicked an extra point and connected on field goals from 34, 39 and 42 yards out. Perilstein also punted six times for 221 yards with one of his punts going for 60 yards.

ON THE OFFENSIVE: Doug Famularo was named the CSFL Offensive Player of the Week following the Big Red's victory over Post on Oct. 1. The junior running back was a workhorse as he rushed for 159 yards on 28 carries and accounted for both Big Red touchdowns. His first touchdown came on a 13-yard pass reception, while his second came on a 37-yard run that put the game away in the fourth quarter.

BALANCED ATTACK: In six of Cornell's last seven games, the Big Red has registered at least one rushing and one passing touchdown.

WELCOME POST: With its 22-14 victory over Post on Oct. 1, the Big Red improved to 10-5 when it faces an opponent for the first time ever. The last time Cornell lost the first game in a series was a 48-0 loss to Army in 1957.

JUST FOUR KICKS: When Alex Perilstein connected on four field goals against Princeton, he became the first Big Red kicker to hit four field goals in a single game since Chris Garnic did so, also against the Tigers, on Sept. 26, 2003.

PRINCETON REVIEW: With the win over the Tigers earlier this season, Cornell improved its record to 17-0 against Princeton this decade. Five of those wins have been shutouts and the Big Red has scored more than 40 points on five occasions. Cornell has allowed the Tigers to score more than 10 points in just seven of those games, and the Big Red has an average margin of victory of 22.5 points (533-150).

WINNING STREAKS: With its victory over Princeton earlier this season, the Big Red improved its current winning-streak against the Tigers to 17 games, tying the longest streak Cornell has ever had against a current member of the CSFL (17 vs. Penn; 1974-88). The longest winning streak Cornell has ever had against an opponent was 19 games against Columbia, starting in 1958 and lasting until 1976 when the team disbanded.

UP NEXT: Cornell will enjoy a well-deserved bye week before opening a three-game home-stand as it welcomes Penn to Schoellkopf Field on Friday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.