Football Caps Road Games At Northwestern On Saturday

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE
Game Eleven	Massachusetts at Northwestern
Date \| Time	Sat., Nov. 16 \| Noon
Location	Ryan Field \| Evanston, Ill. \| Directions
Series History	First meeting
Game Notes	Massachusetts \| Northwestern \| Big Ten Conference
Live Statistics	Sidearm Sports
Listen (Online) Listen (Radio)	TuneIn Radio App 105.5 FM WEEI (Western Mass.), 95.9 FM WATD (South Shore) & 830 AM WCRN (Worcester)
Tickets	866-UMASS-TIX \| UMass Ticket Central \| Mullins Center Box Office
Television Live Stream	Big Ten Network FOX Sports App
Team Information	Massachusetts \| Northwestern
Twitter	@UMassFootball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachWaltBell
Instagram	UMass Football \| UMass Athletics

YOUNG BUCKS

UMass football is tied for second in FBS for total true-freshmen to start a game this season with seven, alongside Fresno State, Stanford, Tennessee and Texas A&M.
Massachusetts had two rookies make starts on offense and five do so on defense so far this season.
It includes Helber Fagundes (OL), Wilson Frederic (DL), Jermaine "OC" Johnson, Jr. (WR), Grant Laws (DL), Josh Wallace (CB), Johnathon Weir (DL) and Billy Wooden (DL).

STARTING THE MERRY-GO-ROUND

UMass is tied for fourth across the nation in most offensive and defensive players to make at least one start this season with 43 individuals: 23 on defense and 20 on offense.
BYU and Old Dominion lead with 47 different starters apiece, while NC State is third with 45. Tennessee is even with UMass at 43 each.
UMass is also tied for second across the country in most true-freshman starters this season with seven.

A HISTORIC AMOUNT OF KICK RETURN YARDS

Senior cornerback Isaiah Rodgers has 1,133 kick return yards over 44 returns during the 2019 season.
It currently ranks Rodgers 28th all-time in FBS history for most kick return yards in one season.
He has 433 more kick return yards than the next player in the country and averages 25.8 per return, which is 19th overall in the nation.

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