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GAMEDAY: The Engineers play their final non-conference game of the season on Saturday when they travel to Western New York to take on No. 25 Alfred at Yunevich Stadium.
 
FOUR OF SIX: Saturday's game is the fourth of six road games for RPI, which is 2-3 away from East Campus Stadium this season.
 
LONG TRIPS: Rensselaer will travel nearly 1000 miles for its six road games this season ... The longest was to Buffalo (292 miles) with Alfred (271) the second longest ... Both Geneva (197), where Hobart is located, and Canton (195), home to St. Lawrence, are nearly 200 miles ... The shortest trip, by far, is to Schenectady (14), home to Union.
 
ALL-TIME VS. ALFRED: Saturday is the 22nd all-time meeting between RPI and Alfred, with the Saxons holding a 15-6 advantage in the series ... Following a long hiatus, the teams have played eight times since 2008, including each year since 2010 ... The Saxons have won the last three contests. 
 
LAST SEASON: Senior quarterback Tyler Johnson rushed for 120 yards and threw for 198 more with two touchdowns to lead Alfred to a 33-17 victory over RPI at East Campus Stadium ... The Saxons, who led 27-0 at halftime, snapped the Engineers' six-game winning streak ... Bryan Hayes, a safety, had 14 tackles (7 unassisted) and Alexander Greenidge recorded 13 stops (6 unassisted) for RPI ... Offensively, Mike Tivinis rushed for 75 yards on 13 carries, while Johnny Ramsdell, a wide receiver, ran for 25 yards on four attempts and caught five passes for 48 yards and the touchdown ... Eddie Trimpert was 8 of 16 for 80 yards under center.
 
LAST SATURDAY: RPI scored four touchdowns in the fourth quarter and the Engineers held Ithaca to -3 rushing yards while intercepting four passes in a 27-14 victory at East Campus Stadium ... Trailing 7-0 since the first series of the game, the Engineers put together a game-tying drive of 88 yards on 13 plays with freshman quarterback George Marinopoulos finding junior Keaton Ackermann in the back of the end zone from seven yards out ... The game remained tied until there was 3:56 left and it quickly became 21-7 for the Engineers with 3:39 remaining ... Maliek Kelly scored on a 6-yard sweep to finish a 4-play, 24-yard drive for the Engineers and senior Mike Tivinis ran up the middle immediately following a turnover for the 14-point lead ... Ithaca drove the ball 75 yards on 11 plays, capped by an 11-yard touchdown pass with just 36 seconds left to make it 21-14 ... The game ended with Rensselaer's DJ Stefonsky falling on the ball in the end zone after a series of Ithaca laterals ... Rensselaer's defense forced five turnovers, led by senior Bryan Hayes, who made 11 tackles (4 solo) with 0.5 for lost yards (1), an interception, two pass breakups and a blocked field goal ... Marinopoulos, making his first career start, finished 19 for 32 for 161 yards and a touchdown ... Ackermann had five catches for 33 yards and 11 players combined to rush for 112 yards.
 
HONORED: Zac Montrief was selected as the Special Teams Performer of the Week by the Liberty League after the freshman punter regularly pinned Ithaca deep in its own territory, in particular late in the game ... He had three punts in the fourth quarter with Ithaca getting possession at the 3-yard line (downed), the 5-yard line (fair catch) and the 15-yard line (downed) ... Montrief punted 10 times for 348 yards (34.8 avg) with six inside the 20-yard line. His long was 43 yards ... Named to the Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll was senior defensive back Bryan Hayes.
 
RPI TO DATE: Rensselaer got off to a 3-0 start, but dropped its next two games ... The Engineers have three more games after facing Alfred with two being on the road.
 
GAME 5: Hobart scored 24 points in the second half while controlling the clock throughout on its way to a 30-0 win over the Engineers ... Senior running back Mike Tivins had 10 carries for 50 yards for RPI ... He was also the team's leading receiver with four catches for 33 yards ... Senior defensive back Bryan Hayes made a game-high 15 tackles.
 
GAME 4: Buffalo State scored 24 unanswered points and limited Rensselaer to register a 33-21 come-from-behind victory ... After trailing 21-9 after the first half, Buffalo State forced a turnover on RPI's opening possession and took control of the game from there ... The Engineers jumped out to an early 14-0 lead, taking advantage of a pair of big plays to set up touchdowns ... Ed Trimpert finished 7 of 20 for 151 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions ... Keaton Ackermann caught three passes for 67 yards with a pair of touchdowns ... Nick Cella was the leading rusher with 38 yards on seven carries with a touchdown ... Bryan Hayes led the defense with 11 tackles.
 
GAME 3: Junior Nick Cella ran for 98 yards and a touchdown and two others had rushing touchdowns for RPI, which defeated Western New England, 31-14, in Troy ... Cella had game-highs of 20 carries and 98 yards to lead Rensselaer, which had 242 yards and three scores out of the backfield ... Nine different players had positive rushing yards, including senior Ethan Wells, who contributed 57 yards and a 9-yard touchdown on 17 carries. ... Maliek Kelly added nine yards with a 6-yard score ... Bryan Hayes led all players with 13 tackles (6 solo) and a pass breakup ... Jack Hoggard had nine stops (4 solo) and a fumble recovery and defensive lineman Diego Cuitino made seven tackles (2 solo).
 
GAME 2: Junior Ed Trimpert amassed 234 yards on 11 for 17 passing and five touchdowns and senior Sean Egan accounted for three of six WPI turnovers as RPI reclaimed the Transit Trophy with a 36-14 victory in Alumni Stadium ... Senior Mike Tivinis ran for 88 yards on 13 chances as Trimpert connected with five different receivers ... Senior linebacker Brandt Beck totaled 10 tackles, including two for loss and an interception ... Paul Marinan also had two stops for loss.
           
GAME 1: RPI gained 493 yards of offense while holding William Paterson to 51 yards, including only seven through the air, in defeating the Pioneers, 45-0, in the season opener for both teams ... Rensselaer jumped out to a 7-0 lead on its first possession when Tivinis scored at 11:50 of the first quarter ... Following a Rory McCarthy interception, Ed  Trimpert hit Rob Law from four yards out just over two minutes later for a 14-0 edge ... Ethan Wells scored his first of two touchdowns with 3:14 to play in the first quarter and Christian Kapp kicked a 23-yard field goal as time expired in the first half ... RPI added 14 points in the third quarter, including a 45-yard touchdown pass from Trimpert to Pat Etter, and one in the fourth.