DAYTON -- The University of Dayton, 8-2 overall and 6-1 in the Pioneer Football League, plays its final regular season game of 2016 on the road at Marist.  The Red Foxes are 5-4 overall, and 5-1 in the PFL.  Since both UD and Marist have one league loss, the winner of Saturday's game can finish no worse than second in the league. 

UD has won six in a row, and is looking to finish with at least nine wins in a season for the 26th time in school history. 

Last Tuesday, senior linebacker Christopher Beaschler was named a finalist for the National Football Foundation's Campbell Trophy, sometimes referred to as "the Academic Heisman."  Beaschler is one of 15 fifth-year Flyers who are part of UD's 22-man senior class.

GOOD NEWS WORTH REPEATING
The Flyers entered the season with the 4th-best winning percentage (.757, 134-43) in FCS football since 2000 AND have produced the most football Academic All-Americans (23) at any level of competition in the same time frame.  The top five are Harvard (.805), Montana (.766), North Dakota State (.761), Dayton (.757) and San Diego (.705).

STREAKING
UD has not been shut out in a school-record 453 straight games, the best such active string in all of college football. The last team to shut out the Flyers was Marshall, 9-0, on Oct. 16, 1976. That is also the all-time FCS record.

PFL POWER
• The Pioneer Football League is in its 24th season.  The original (and now the only) Division I strictly need-based football league began with charter members Butler, Dayton, Drake, Evansville, San Diego and Valparaiso. 
• UD's 109-33 record is the best in PFL history.

JUST IN TIME JESKE
• As a redshirt freshman, Alex Jeske guided the Flyers to 10 straight wins, a PFL championship and UD's first-ever appearance in the FCS playoffs. 
• In the Drake win, he ran eight times for 92 yards.  The 92 yards were six yards more than he gained in 12 games last season.
•At Jacksonville, Jeske was 16 of 26 for 139 yards and TD's to three different receivers.
• In the Butler win, he was 21 of 35 for a career-high 272 yards passing and three TD's, and ran six times for a team-high 54 yards.
• Against Stetson, he was nine for 13 passing for 82 yards on a windy day, added another 81 yards on the ground and guided the Flyers to two scores in two chances against the PFL's best red zone defensive team.
• In three quarters of work vs. Valpo, he was 18 of 24 passing for 248 yards with a TD, and ran nine times for 59 yards and three TD's.
• After 10 games, he is 136 of 245 passing (.555) for 1,738 yards, 13 TD's and five picks.
• Jeske leads the PFL in touchdowns responsible for (23, 10 rushing, 13 passing).
• During Dayton's six-game winning streak, he is 81 of 134 passing (.604) for 989 yards, with 10 TDs and one interception.  He also has eight rushing touchdowns and a 6.4 per carry average (65 att., 415 net).

50-50 CLUB
• With the Morehead State win, Rick Chamberlin became the second coach in league history to 50 PFL wins.
• The first was his predecessor, Mike Kelly, who had 55.
• Dayton's next PFL win will tie the two at 55.

MAJOR FACTOR
• Of the 112 players on the UD football team, 57 are enrolled in the School of Business.  30 are in Engineering, and six more are pre-med.

FLYER FAMILY    
• The Flyers have three sets of brothers on the team this season -- Kyle and Cole Kaparos, Tucker and Drake Yinger, and twins Matt and Andy Durkin.
• In addition, five current members of the Flyer football team had relatives who also played for UD in the past.
• They are Andrew McCormick (Pat, 2006-08), Luke Welsh (Ben, 2008-12), Tucker and Drake Yinger (Mitch, 2010,-14) and coach Charley O'Dell (Jack, 2004-07).