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HOME AGAIN: Rensselaer plays its fourth home game of the season, this time against Liberty League foe Rochester ... RPI is 3-0 at East Campus Stadium in 2015 with one more contest following its game with the U of R.

KEY MATCHUP: Both the Engineers and the Yellowjackets remain in the hunt for the Liberty League title with both teams in second place ... Four teams are 2-1 to this point, all trailing St. Lawrence, which is 3-0. 

COMMON OPPONENTS: Rensselaer and Rochester have two common opponents to this point in the season ... They both lost to St. Lawrence, 24-21 and 20-0, respectively ... They both defeated Merchant Marine, 27-7 and 24-17, respectively.

THE SERIES: RPI has faced Rochester on 73 occasions, trailing 28-41-4 (.411) in the series, which dates back to October 13, 1906 ... The first game was played in Rochester and it ended in a 0-0 tie ... In the first five games, RPI was shutout in four of them ... Eleven of the first 24 games showed no points for Rensselaer ... Rochester won 12 straight games from 1954 to 1965 and was 14-1 from 1951 to 1965 ... The Yellowjackets were 16-2 against their Upstate New York rivals from 1951 to 1987 ... From 1993 to 2005, Rensselaer posted a 10-1 record with two five-game winning streaks.

RECENTLY: The Engineers are 5-5 in their last 10 games with Rochester, including losses in the last two meetings.

RECENTLY IN TROY: RPI has won seven of the last 10 meetings with the Yellowjackets in Troy, though are just 1-3 in the most recent four contests played in the Capital Region.

CLOSE CONTESTS: In the last six meetings, the Engineers and Yellowjackets are separated by a total of five points ... RPI has scored 137 points to Rochester's 132.

LEAGUE PLAY: Rensselaer is 13-6 in Liberty League action with the Yellowjackets.

IN THE RECORD BOOK: RPI's 73 games against Rochester are the third most against any one opponent ... Their 28 wins and 41 losses are second and third, respectively.

HIGH-POWERED: The Engineers are first in the Liberty League in total offense, averaging 416.7 yards per game and passing offense, averaging 242.7 yards per game ... Rochester is first in the league scoring offense, averaging 31.8 points per game ... RPI is third in the league in scoring offense, averaging 29.2 points per game, and the Yellowjackets are third in total offense, averaging 369.0 yards per game.

STOUT ON DEFENSE: Rensselaer is first in the Liberty League in rushing defense, allowing 109.2 yards per game ... The Engineers are first in rush defense (109.2 yards allowed per game) and second in scoring defense (15.2 points allowed per game), total defense (266.7) and pass defense (157.5) ... Rochester is first in scoring defense (13.6 points allowed per game) and third in pass defense (316.6 yards per game).

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: RPI senior Jeff Avery is first in the Liberty League in passing yards per game (242.7), passing efficiency (152.6), yards passing (1456), touchdowns (15) and fewest interceptions (1) ... Classmate Logan Gaddar, a wide receiver, is first in touchdown receptions (7) and scoring (7.0 points per game) ... He is second in receiving yards per game (87.2) ... Gaddar, who also returns kicks and punts, is first in all-purpose yards (124.0), while Avery is first in total offense (267.5 yards per game).