NOTE:  Heavy rains overnight and throughout the morning Note:  from Tropical Storm Nestor have forced the start of the Dayton football game at Stetson to be delayed.

The game is now scheduled for a 4 p.m. start at Spec Martin Stadium. 

Futher updates will be provided as information becomes available.

DAYTON -- The University of Dayton goes on the road for the second consecutive week, taking on Stetson.  

Tight end Adam Trautman continued on a record-setting roll in last week's win at Valparaiso.  After setting two records in a win over Jacksonville two weeks ago, Trautman added the Dayton career touchdown receptions record (now 26) at Valparaiso.  In the Jacksonville game, he established new Dayton marks for He also set the Flyer single-game record for touchdown receptions (4) and career receptions (now 149).

Dayton is one of three teams still undefeated in Pioneer Football League action in 2019.  San Diego and Drake are the other two.

UD is looking for its sixth straight road win.

GOOD NEWS WORTH REPEATING
The Flyers entered the season with the fifth-best winning percentage (.733, 154-56) in FCS football since 2000 AND have produced the most football Academic All-Americans (31) at any level of competition in the same time frame.  The top five in winning percentage are North Dakota State (.792), Harvard (.772), Montana (.744), San Diego (.742) and Dayton (.733). 

STREAKING
UD has not been shut out in a school-record 481 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 27th 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 125-45 record is the best in PFL history. 
• The Flyers' 12 league championships are more than any other PFL team.  

THE MAN AT THE TOP
• Rick Chamberlin is now in his 12th season in charge of Flyer football. His record is 89-39.
• He is third all-time in wins at UD, behind two College Football Hall of Fame members-- Mike Kelly (246 wins) and Harry Baujan (124).
• After coaching the Flyers to the FCS playoffs in 2015, Chamberlin was named the 2015 AFCA District Coach of the Year and the PFL Coach of the Year.  He was the school's first AFCA District Coach of the Year, and his PFL honor was the ninth for a Dayton coach.
• Chamberlin is also in his 45th season as part of the Flyer football program.  A Flyer All-American linebacker in his playing days, he has been a part of 383 of UD's 683 wins – 26 as a player, 268 as an assistant coach, and 89 as a head coach.  He has also been a part of 498 of UD's 1,032 games. 
• A four-year letterwinner (1975-78) for the Flyers, Chamberlin is the Flyer career record holder in tackles with 419.

THE MAN AT THE TOP IN THE PFL
• Rick Chamberlin is the winningest coach in Pioneer Football League history, with 66 wins. 
• No other PFL coaches have 60 league wins. 

TRAUT FISHING IN AMERICA
• Adam Trautman broke two Flyer records in the Jacksonville win and added a third the next week at Valparaiso.
• His first reception vs. JU was a 17-yard touchdown from quarterback Jack Cook that gave Trautman sole possession of the Dayton career receptions record.  Trautman entered the game tied with Bill Franks for 133 receptions.  Interestingly, Saturday was UD's annual Alumni Game and Franks was in attendance.  Trautman currently has 149.
• The Flyer tight end's final catch of the day was a 34-yard catch-and-run in the second quarter that was his fourth TD of the Jacksonville game, giving him the Flyer single-game record for touchdown receptions.  It was also the last time he was targeted with a pass, as UD led 35-14 at halftime and threw just three passes in the second half. For the day, he had six catches for 107 yards.
• At Valparaiso, his three TD catches lifted him to 26 receiving scores, a new Dayton record.
• For the season, Trautman has 41 receptions for 532 yards (13.0 yards per catch) and nine touchdowns.  He leads the PFL in receptions per game (8.2), receiving yards per game (106.4), touchdown catches (9) and scoring (10.8).  In FCS football, he is the top-ranked tight end in all four categories.  Overall, he is fourth, fifth tied for second and sixth respectively.

UP AND...
• Adam Trautman was named a Preseason All-America Tight End by two different media outlets this year.  Phil Steele's College Football has him on the second team, while STATS has him on the third team.  
• STATS has also named him to the Walter Payton Award Watch List (the Payton Award goes to the top FCS offensive player.
• Phil Steele's College Football projects him to be the PFL Offensive Player of the Year. 
• He opened 2019 with a career-high 11 catches (third-best ever for UD) for 132 yards at Indiana State.
• His team-leading 41 catches this year are 23 more than anyone else on the team.
• Last year, Trautman led UD in receptions (41) and TD catches (9).  He had a 14.7 yards per catch average.  
• In 2017, he led Dayton in receptions with 43 (12.5 yards per catch).
• He was third on the team in receptions with 24 (9.9 avg.) in 2016.
• Those 24 catches were more than the previous freshman record (18), but Ryan Skibinski was in the process of setting a new record with 40.
• Trautman lined up at tight end, slot receiver, flanker and even as a wildcat QB in 2016.
• His Elk Rapids (Michigan) high school team had 18 players on it his junior year, and 21 in his senior season.

RECORD COOK
• Jack Cook joined in on the record parade in the Jacksonville win, throwing for a Dayton record six TD's.
• Cook was 13 of 16 passing for 198 yards in the Jacksonville win.  His passer efficiency rating was a remarkable 308.95 (roughly double what a normal "solid" rating would be).  Both the rating and touchdowns are the second-most this season in FCS football.
• He was the CFPA FCS Performer of the Week.
• Records are nothing new for Cook.  He had two record-breaking days last season.  At San Diego, Cook threw for a UD-record 432 yards (29 of 40, .725) and had a hand in all five Flyer TD's (4 passing, 1 rushing).  
• At Butler, he tied his current position coach, Kevin Hoyng, for the then-UD record for touchdown passes in a game (5).  Cook completed 16 of 19 passes for 254 yards.

COOKIN'
• Jack Cook was 21 of 29 passing (.724), for 251 yards and two TDs in the win over 14th-ranked Indiana State.  He also ran 13 times for 52 yards and two more scores.  
• With the score tied in the fourth quarter, Cook engineered a 10-play, 85-yard drive for the winning touchdown.  He completed all four of his passes on the drive for 48 yards. Each of his runs in the drive resulted in a first down.
• He was named the PFL Player of the Week.
• For the season, Cook is 89 of 126 passing (.706) for 1,183 yards and 16 touchdowns.
• Among active FCS quarterbacks, Cook is first in career passing efficiency (165.65).  Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa is the FBS leader.

 JACKED UP
• Redshirt sophomore quarterback Jack Cook was named to the HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-America Team and was also the Pioneer Football League's Freshman Offensive Player of the Year in 2018.
• He was thrust into the starting quarterback role after redshirt senior and four-year starter Alex Jeske tore his ACL in the first quarter of the season's first game. Cook's first two starts came against teams that not only reached the FCS playoffs last season, but they both won their first-round game.
 • Cook led all FCS freshmen in passing efficiency (155.5, 8th overall) and was ranked third among all FCS freshmen in passing yardage (2,421) and passing touchdowns (20).
• He was 170 of 280 passing (.607) for 2,421 yards and 20 touchdowns (with just two interceptions) for the year.  Both of his interceptions were in late-game desperation downfield situations.  The yardage was the second-best single-season mark in UD history, and the passing TD's were third.
• Cook was also Dayton's second-leading rusher, with 421 net yards on 91 attempts. (4.6 avg.).  He ran for eight touchdowns.
• In the PFL, Cook was fourth in total offense per game (258.5).  The next closest freshman was Stetson RB Jareem Westcott at 78.2.   Cook was also fifth in passing yards (220.2) behind then-seniors Anthony Lawrence of USD, Colin McGovern of Stetson, Grant Kraemer of Drake and Will Marty of Butler.
• He is on the 2019 College Football Performance FCS Performer of the Year Award Watch List.

EASTER BONNET
•Brandon Easterling leads FCS football in tackles per game (13.8).
• He had 19 tackles against Duquesne. 
• Those 19 tackles are the most by a Dayton player since James Vercammen had 19 at San Diego in 2009.
• Easterling was UD's top tackler at ISU, putting his hat on 13 Sycamores (5 solo).  He also had a pass broken up.
• At Robert Morris, he led again with 11 tackles and nine solo hits.
• After 19 vs. Duquesne, he had 16 vs. Jacksonville.
• Easterling "only" had 10 at Valparaiso.  It was the first time he did not lead the Flyers in tackles, but he did have an interception.
• His 7.4 solo tackles lead the PFL and are fourth in FCS.

SIMPLY SIMON 
• Senior safety Tim Simon is a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation's Campbell Trophy, which is sometimes referred to as "the Academic Heisman."
• Simon was the Pioneer Football League Player of the Week vs. Indiana State after getting in on 11 tackles (6 solo), an interception, two other passes broken up and 0.5 TFL.
• His red-zone interception and 64-yard return with just over two minutes to go sealed the win at Robert Morris. 
• His 0.4 picks per game are third in the PFL. 
• This year, Simon is second on the team and the PFL in tackles (48, 25 solo), with two interceptions and three passes broken up.
• He was second for UD in tackles last season (75) and solo hits (41).
• He played in 10 games in 2017, but did not see any action on defense until the Drake game (game 6) when he subbed in for David Leisring, intercepted two passes and was named PFL Defensive Player of the Week.
• He had another pick in the Marist win and was tied with David Leisring for second in the PFL in interceptions per game (0.41).

CHISHOLM TRAIL
• Jake Chisholm has returned eight kickoffs, and averages 35.2 yards per return.  That leads the PFL and is second in FCS.
• He has not had a kick in his direction in the last two games.
• He returned four kickoffs with a 36.2 yard average at Indiana State.  He also had seven carries for 43 yards at ISU.
• Chisholm's 97-yard TD return in the Duquesne game was Dayton's first since Cameron Stubbs' 94-yard return against Marist in 2016, and UD's longest since Gary Hunter's 100-yard return in 2012.
• He was named PFL Special Teams Player of the Week after Duquesne. He also had six carries for 34 yards and caught a TD pass.
• He had his first career 100-yard rushing game against Jacksonville with 101 yards on just 10 carries (79 in the second half).
• For the season on offense, he has 224 yards on 32 attempts (team-high 7.0 yards per carry).

SLAMMIN' SAMMY
• True freshman Sam Webster has made an immediate impact in the UD kicking game.
• He was 6-for-6 in PAT's in his college debut at 14th-ranked Indiana State.
• At Robert Morris, his very first college field goal was a 53-yarder that was the third longest in Flyer history, the longest by a freshman, and the second-longest so far in 2019.
• He scored 10 points in the three-point win at RMU, and was named PFL Special Teams Player of the Week.
• For the season, Webster is 3-for-3 on field goals, 27-for-28 on PATs, and 14 of his 19 kickoffs have been touchbacks. 

GSR GOODNESS
• UD'S 96 Graduation Success Rate score released on Wednesday is the best in the PFL and the best among Division I Schools in the state of Ohio.

UP NEXT
• Dayton returns home for a matchup with defending PFL champion San Diego on Saturday, Oct. 26.
• Kickoff is 12 Noon ET.