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Ursinus College Bears

 

Head Coach Peter Gallagher

Gallagher (West Virginia Wesleyan ‘93) enters his 12th season at the helm of the Bears with a 54-58 overall record … the 54 victories make him the winningest gridiron coach in program history … Gallagher led Ursinus to its first Centennial title since 1996 in two seasons ago.

Lettermen Returning/Lost: 54/30
Offensive System: Multiple
Defensive System: 4-2-5

 Offensive Preview

Starters Returning (6)
QB-Chris Curran, Jr.
RB-Teddy Conrad, Sr.
RB-Bryan Ellis, Jr.
TE-Joe Hoy, Sr.
OL-Michael D'Amico, Sr.
OL-Chris Lenkowski, Sr.

The Bears' offense is coming off its most prolific back-to-back seasons since 1999-2000 and welcomes back trigger-man Chris Curran ... the junior completed 59 percent of his passes for 2,114 yards and 13 TDs, while also scoring nine times on the ground ... junior RB Bryan Ellis ran for 936 yards and found paydirt four times to lead the ground attack ... he also showed good hands out of the backfield, catching 24 balls ... Ellis has 1,729 rushing yards in two seasons ... classmate Drae Lewis scored six times and ran for 271 yards, while senior Teddy Conrad scored four times in an injury-shortened four-game season ... he led the Bears in rushing as a freshman with 651 yards ... junior Jerry Rahill is the leading returning receiver after pulling in 28 passes last fall ... seniors Mike D'Amico and Chris Lenkowski are the leaders of the interior line.

 Defensive Preview

Starters Returning (3)
DT-Greg Fontaina, Sr.
DB-Scott Gardus, Sr.
DB-Chris Rountree, Sr.

Graduation has taken all but three starters for the Bear defense ... senior Chris Rountree is one of the top players in the Conference and anchors the secondary ... a three-time first-team All-Centennial selection, he has 18 career interceptions and has defended 47 passes ... Rountree had 23 tackles, five picks and broke up nine passes a year ago ... he is joined in backfield by classmate Scott Gardus, who had 24 stops and broke up six passes last season ... junior Matt Ruby will contend for a starting berth ... senior Greg Fontaina is the lone returnee on the line and made 27 tackles last fall ... junior Austin Fox could contend for a starting berth after recording 14 stops last season.

Special Teams Preview

Starters Returning (1)
 P-Derek Giannetti, Sr.

Senior Derek Giannetti returns for his fourth season as punter ... he averaged 36.3 yards per kick and placed six inside the 20 ... the place-kicking job will be won in camp.

2012 Outlook

Ursinus has plenty of offensive weapons but the defense is a work in progress ... will the Bear offense be able to score its opponents until the defense comes together? ... that question may determine UC's fate in 2012.

 

 The college was well known for many years for its Patterson Field endzone, in which a large sycamore tree grew undisturbed. Ripley's Believe it or Not featured the famous tree for being the only one on an active field of athletic play  and the seclusion "of the tree at night for generations afforded lovers a trysting place. A new sycamore, growing since 1984 from a seedling taken from the old tree, stood nearby until a recent turf field project required its removal.

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