Dayton Flyers

Sept. 3, 2005

TIFFIN, Ohio - Matt Mong had three touchdown runs and Kevin Hoyng passed and ran for scores to lead Dayton to a 38-0 win over Tiffin on Saturday. The game marked the first game of Flyer head coach Mike Kelly's 25th season at the helm of the Dayton football program.

Mong scored on three of his seven carries, with TD runs of 7, 2 and 1 yard. Hoyng scored on a 1-yard run in the first and threw a 50-yard scoring pass to Ryan Wrobleski in the second. In his first career start, Hoyng ran for a team-leading 57 yards on seven carries and completed 12 of 19 passes for 271 yards with an interception for Dayton. Wrobleski caught six passes for 170 yards.

Ten UD players ran the ball, and seven different players caught passes.

The Flyers (1-0) outgained the Dragons 530 yards to 87 and had 25 first downs to just seven for Tiffin. Dayton averaged nearly 5 yards per rush, gaining 252 yards on 51 attempts, while holding Tiffin (0-2) to 56 yards in 34 carries.

The Dayton defense held Tiffin to minus-three yards in the third quarter.

Linebacker John Hoppe led UD with 11 tackles (six solo), including two hits in the backfield. He also blocked a punt. Safety Brandon Cramer added seven hits. All three of nickelback Steve McDonald's tackles were behind the line of scrimmage. Twenty-one Flyer defenders made plays in the game.

Dayton's special teams had a productive, if mostly brief, day.

Kicker Josh Heyne nailed all five PAT's and hit a 43-yard field goal on the last play of the first half (his first attempt of 47 yards was blocked). Of his seven kickoffs, three were touchbacks and two others resulted in a tackle inside the Tiffin 20-yard-line.

Punter Derek Hall put his only punt of the day out-of-bounds inside the Tiffin 20 (a 34-yard punt). Jack O'Dell returned the Flyers' only kickoff 37 yards.

UD leads the series record with Tiffin 5-0. Dayton has won its last six season-opening games. The Flyers have not been shutout in 322 straight games, the longest such streak in NCAA football.

Dayton will play its home opener next Saturday, September 10 when North Coast Conference preseason favorite Wittenberg visits Welcome Stadium. Game time is 1:00 p.m. EDT.