2021 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

2021 Presbyterian Blue Hose football
2021 Presbyterian Blue Hose football
Conference	Pioneer Football League
Record	2–9 (0–8 PFL)
Head coach	Kevin Kelley (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Joey Orck (9th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Imamura (1st season)
Home stadium	Bailey Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Pioneer Football League (PFL). Led by first-year head coach Kevin Kelley, the Blue Hose played home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium. The team got national notoriety for never punting.

2021 Pioneer Football League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Davidson ^	7	–	1	8	–	3
San Diego	7	–	1	7	–	4
St. Thomas (MN)*	6	–	2	7	–	3
Morehead State	6	–	2	7	–	4
Marist	5	–	3	5	–	5
Dayton	5	–	3	6	–	4
Valparaiso	4	–	4	4	–	7
Stetson	2	–	6	4	–	7
Drake	1	–	7	2	–	9
Butler	1	–	7	3	–	8
Presbyterian	0	–	8	2	–	9

– Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * – St. Thomas (MN) ineligible for FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division III

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	4:00 p.m.	St. Andrews*	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN	W 84–43	3,238
September 11	4:00 p.m.	Fort Lauderdale*	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN	W 68–3	1,647
September 18	6:00 p.m.	at Campbell*	Barker–Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN	L 0–72	4,978
September 25	1:00 p.m.	at Dayton	Welcome Stadium Dayton, OH	Facebook	L 43–63	4,766
October 9	1:00 p.m.	Morehead State	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN	L 30–38	2,118
October 16	7:00 p.m.	at Davidson	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC		L 35–70	0
October 23	1:00 p.m.	San Diego	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN	L 28–69	3,561
October 30	1:00 p.m.	Stetson	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN	L 14–56	1,762
November 6	2:00 p.m.	at Valparaiso	Brown Field Valparaiso, IN	ESPN3	L 55–65	1,223
November 13	1:00 p.m.	Marist	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN	L 32–57	1,778
November 20	2:00 p.m.	at St. Thomas (MN)	O'Shaughnessy Stadium St. Paul, MN		L 15–54	3,245
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

St. Andrews

In the opening game of the season against St. Andrews, Presbyterian quarterback Ren Hefley threw for an FCS single-game record 10 touchdowns in the 84–43 win.^[2] He completed 38 of 50 pass attempts and threw for 538 yards. Hefley broke the record of nine in a game, which was held by Willie Totten (Mississippi Valley State vs. Kentucky State in 1984) and Drew Hubel (Portland State vs. Weber State in 2007).^[2] Blue Hose backup quarterback Tyler Huff added two touchdown passes to set a new Division I team record (for both FCS and FBS) of 12.

Other records broken during this game include:^[2]

Hefley's 10 touchdowns totaling 538 yards and his 38 completions were both Presbyterian Division I era records
Wide receiver Jalyn Witcher's three touchdowns tied a Presbyterian Division I record for most receiving scores in a game
The 621 total passing yards ranks second as a team in the Division I era (behind 648 against North Greenville)
Presbyterian put up 56 points in the first half alone, which is a program record
Presbyterian's 84 points broke a Division I program record

Statistics	SA	PRES
First downs	17	35
Plays–yards	69–315	94–814
Rushes–yards	49–216	33–193
Passing yards	99	621
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	9–20–0	47–61–0
Time of possession	28:53	31:07

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
St. Andrews	Passing	Andrew Fowler	9/20, 99 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	D'Vonte Allen	7 carries, 86 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Kashard Cohens	5 receptions, 61 yards, 1 TD
Presbyterian	Passing	Ren Hefley	38/50, 538 yards, 10 TD
	Rushing	Delvecchio Powell II	10 carries, 56 yards
	Receiving	Jalyn Witcher	5 receptions, 156 yards, 3 TD

	1	2	3	4	Total
Knights	14	15	14	0	43
Blue Hose	28	28	14	14	84

Fort Lauderdale

Statistics	UFTL	PRES
First downs	14	30
Plays–yards	70–188	78–635
Rushes–yards	30–40	31–189
Passing yards	148	446
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	14–42–4	34–47–2
Time of possession	29:58	30:02

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Fort Lauderdale	Passing	Franco De Luca	9/24, 101 yards, 3 INT
	Rushing	Qmac Quiteh	8 carries, 35 yards
	Receiving	Zach Hall	2 receptions, 42 yards
Presbyterian	Passing	Ren Hefley	22/35, 309 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Delvecchio Powell II	8 carries, 73 yards
	Receiving	Kiaran Turner	3 receptions, 100 yards, 2 TD

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	0	0	0	3
Blue Hose	22	18	7	21	68

At Campbell

Statistics	PRES	CAMP
First downs	13	23
Plays–yards	70–220	80–580
Rushes–yards	27–37	45–156
Passing yards	183	424
Passing: comp–att–int	21–43–7	26–35–0
Time of possession	25:47	34:13

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Presbyterian	Passing	Ren Hefley	20/39, 145 yards, 6 INT^[3]
	Rushing	Delvecchio Powell II	10 carries, 51 yards
	Receiving	Matthew Rivera	7 receptions, 100 yards
Campbell	Passing	Wiley Hartley	22/30, 342 yards, 6 TDs
	Rushing	Michael Jamerson	22 carries, 101 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Austin Hite	5 receptions, 93 yards, 1 TD

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	0	0	0	0	0
Fighting Camels	21	28	9	14	72

At Dayton

Statistics	PRES	DAY
First downs	27	24
Plays–yards	93–568	78–484
Rushes–yards	31–125	44–222
Passing yards	443	262
Passing: comp–att–int	34–63–2	19–35–0
Time of possession	28:41	31:19

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Presbyterian	Passing	Ren Hefley	34/63, 443 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Delvecchio Powell II	16 carries, 131 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Jalyn Witcher	11 receptions, 136 yards, 2 TD
Dayton	Passing	Jack Cook	19/35, 262 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Jack Cook	10 carries, 74 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Tyler Mintz	4 receptions, 58 yards, 1 TD

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	23	0	7	13	43
Flyers	7	28	28	0	63

Morehead State

Statistics	MORE	PRES
First downs	21	30
Plays–yards	75–443	105–611
Rushes–yards	28–130	27–60
Passing yards	313	551
Passing: comp–att–int	26–47–1	50–80–3
Time of possession	23:16	36:44

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Morehead State	Passing	Mark Pappas	26/46, 313 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Issiah Aguero	16 carries, 113 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Jeremiah Scott	5 receptions, 83 yards
Presbyterian	Passing	Ren Hefley	50/80, 551 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	Delvecchio Powell II	10 carries, 45 yards
	Receiving	Jalyn Witcher	12 receptions, 178 yards, 2 TD

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	17	7	0	14	38
Blue Hose	0	6	8	16	30

At Davidson

Statistics	PRES	DAV
First downs	29	22
Plays–yards	99–524	54–502
Rushes–yards	38–197	42–351
Passing yards	327	151
Passing: comp–att–int	35–61–2	8–12–1
Time of possession	35:56	24:04

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Presbyterian	Passing	Ren Hefley	32/56, 298 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Delvecchio Powell II	10 carries, 85 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Jalyn Witcher	8 receptions, 106 yards, 1 TD
Davidson	Passing	Louis Colosimo	8/10, 151 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Louis Colosimo	3 carries, 95 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Jackson Sherrard	2 receptions, 91 yards, 2 TD

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	8	14	0	13	35
Wildcats	7	28	21	14	70

San Diego

Statistics	USD	PRES
First downs
Plays–yards	–	–
Rushes–yards	–	–
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int	––	––
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
San Diego	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Presbyterian	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros					0
Blue Hose					0

Stetson

Statistics	STET	PRES
First downs
Plays–yards	–	–
Rushes–yards	–	–
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int	––	––
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Stetson	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Presbyterian	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hatters					0
Blue Hose					0

At Valparaiso

Statistics	PRES	VALPO
First downs
Plays–yards	–	–
Rushes–yards	–	–
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int	––	––
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Presbyterian	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Valparaiso	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose					0
Beacons					0

Marist

Statistics	MAR	PRES
First downs
Plays–yards	–	–
Rushes–yards	–	–
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int	––	––
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Marist	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Presbyterian	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Foxes					0
Blue Hose					0

At St. Thomas

Statistics	PRES	STU
First downs
Plays–yards	–	–
Rushes–yards	–	–
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int	––	––
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Presbyterian	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
St. Thomas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose					0
Tommies					0

References

^ "2021 Presbyterian Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marinofsky, Evan (September 4, 2021). "Presbyterian QB Ren Hefley throws 10 touchdown passes, sets FCS record in win". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
^ "Ren Hefley".

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[1] "2021 Presbyterian Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

[records-2] Marinofsky, Evan (September 4, 2021). "Presbyterian QB Ren Hefley throws 10 touchdown passes, sets FCS record in win". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

[3] "Ren Hefley".

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