Massachusetts Football Travels To Charlotte On Saturday

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE
Game Three	Massachusetts at Charlotte
Date \| Time	Sat., Sept. 14 \| 6 p.m.
Location	Jerry Richardson Stadium; Charlotte, N.C. \| Directions
Series History	Massachusetts leads, 1-0 Last: UMass 49, Charlotte 31; Sept. 22, 2018
Game Notes	Massachusetts \| Charlotte \| C-USA
Live Statistics	Sidearm Stats
Listen (Online) Listen (Radio)	TuneIn Radio App 560 AM WHYN (Western Mass.), 95.9 FM WATD (South Shore) & 830 AM WCRN (Worcester)
Tickets	866-UMASS-TIX \| UMass Ticket Central \| Mullins Center Box Office
TV/Stream	ESPN+
Team Information	Massachusetts \| Charlotte
Twitter	@UMassFootball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachWaltBell
Instagram	UMass Football \| UMass Athletics

TACKLE MACHINES

Four current players have at least one game with 10 or more tackles during their UMass careers, with junior defensive lineman Jake Byczko, junior linebacker Cole McCubrey, junior linebacker Chinedu Ogbonna and senior cornerback Isaiah Rodgers combining for five such performances.
Jake Byczko (2017): Old Dominion (10)
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Chinedu Ogbonna (2018): at Georgia Southern (10)
Isaiah Rodgers (2018): Ohio (13)
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Cole McCubrey (2019): at Rutgers (10)
Cole McCubrey (2019): Southern Illinois (11)

GIMME

UMass has at least one takeaway in each of the last 12 games, dating back to the Sept. 8, 2018 contest at Georgia Southern. This gives UMass the sixth-longest active streak in the nation.

During the 12-game stretch, Massachusetts has 19 total takeways, broken down to 12 interceptions and seven fumble recoveries.

FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY

Redshirt junior running back Bilal Ally averaged 5.0 or more yards per carry in three of his four seasons with the team, including 2016, 2017 and 2019.

Ally owns 760 career rushing yards over 158 attempts, an average of 4.8 per carry. Prior to the 2019 season, Ally primarily played as a reserve running back during Marquis Young's tenure with the program (2015-18).

Over 27 carries through his two starts at running back in 2019, Ally posted 155 rushing yards for an average of 5.7 per carry.

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Players Mentioned

Bilal Ally

Jake Byczko

Cole McCubrey

Chinedu Ogbonna

Isaiah Rodgers

Marquis Young

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