San Diego Toreros (1-2, 0-0 PFL)  • Marist (1-3, 1-1 PFL) 
Saturday, October 5  • 2 p.m.
Torero Stadium (6,000)  • San Diego, Calif.
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SAN DIEGO – Coming off its second bye week in a three-week stretch, San Diego football returns to the field and begins its conference slate by hosting Marist at Torero Stadium for Homecoming Weekend and the Brian Fogarty PFL Classic.

The Toreros enter Saturday having won 22 of their last 23 home games, including the most recent victory over Harvard (31-23) on September 21. USD opens its 27th season in the PFL after one of its most challenging nonconference schedules, which included matchups against two Big Sky opponents (Cal Poly, then-#5 UC Davis) and the Crimson.

Marist is already in the midst of its conference season as it enters Saturday with a 1-1 record in PFL play. The Red Foxes have lost two straight, including last week's 41-17 loss to Drake.

Saturday's contest will be available on the WCC Network, with the Voice of the Toreros Jack Cronin on the call. Livestream links, as well as live stats, will be on USDToreros.com.

LAST TIME OUT: DOMINANT FIRST HALF LIFTS TOREROS TO WIN OVER HARVARD
- Behind a dominant first-half effort from both sides of the ball, the Toreros earned their first win of the season with a 31-23 victory over Harvard at Torero Stadium on September 21. The win, USD's first all-time against Harvard, was fueled by redshirt senior Reid Sinnett throwing for 255 yards in the first half and finishing the game 22-of-30 for 384 yards and three touchdowns. Defensively, the USD defense bounced back from its first two games by shutting out Harvard through halftime and held it to 228 total yards after the first three quarters. The front seven proved to be the most effective for the Toreros as they had 10 combined tackles for a loss, three sacks and four quarterback hurries. USD also limited Harvard to just 42 passing yards in the first half. 

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST MARIST
- USD is 14-0 all-time against Marist, including last year's 31-14 win in Poughkeepsie in November. 

- The last time the two teams met in San Diego was November 18, 2017 when the Toreros topped the Red Foxes 35-7. 

- USD has scored 30+ points in five of the last seven games in the series. 

LOOKING AHEAD
- The Toreros continue conference play with its first game outside the state of California this season when they play at Davidson on October 12 at 10 a.m. (PT).

STREAKING
- Following a challenging nonconference slate, the Toreros enter PFL play where they have won five straight titles, 29 straight league games and 34 straight conference home games. The conference winning streak and conference home winning streak are both the longest active streaks in all of Division I.

- Entering Saturday, it will have been more than 3,280 days since USD lost a conference home game (Last: October 9, 2010) and more than 1,455 days since a conference loss overall (Last: October 10, 2015).

- Since 2005, USD has won 73 of its last 84 overall home games (.869).

AMONG THE BEST
- Three games into his career as a starter, redshirt senior quarterback Reid Sinnett has put himself among the nation's leaders in several major categories, including top-five in total offense, passing yards per game, passing efficiency and completion percentage.

FCS LEADERS - REID SINNETT
Completion Percentage, 69.6% (5th)
Passing Efficiency,174.5 (5th)
Passing Yds. Per Game, 346.3 (3rd)
Total Offense, 358.3 (3rd)
Passing Yds. Per Comp., 14.63 (11th)

- Sinnett has already accumulated more than 1,000 yards in the air (1,039) to go with his 9 touchdowns on 71-of-102 passing this year.

- Sinnett set the school record for most passing yards in a first career start when he threw for 416 at Cal Poly on August 31.

AIR RAID
- The air attack of the Toreros enters this week 4th in the FCS in passing offense (346.3 yards per game) and 7th in team passing efficiency (174.49). Last year, USD was first in the nation in passing efficiency (170.87) and second in passing offense (349.2). In each of the last three seasons, the Toreros have finished the season in the nation's top-25 for both categories.

- Also, USD is 12th in the FCS in total offense (472.7).

BANDY MOVING UP THE CAREER CHARTS
- Michael Bandy continues to climb the USD career lists, as he sits sixth in career receiving yards (2,481) and 10th in career touchdowns (19). He needs four touchdowns to reach ninth (Justin Priest, 2014-17) and 12 yards to move into fifth in career receiving yards.

- Bandy is nine receptions away from cracking the Toreros' top-10 for career grabs. His 138 receptions trail Justin Priest (147, 2014-17) for 10th on the list.

- He is averaging 18.0 yards per reception in his career, which is currently tied for fourth best in USD history.

- Among active FCS players, Bandy enters this week fifth in career receiving yards (2,481) and fourth in career average yards per game (73.0).

CENTURY MARK
- Michael Bandy had a season-high 159 receiving yards in the win against Harvard, which were his most in a game since he had a school-record 324 against Davidson in November 2018.

- A native of La Mirada, Calif., Bandy has 100+ receiving yards in five of his last six games dating back to last season and in eight of the last 10. 

- Last season, Bandy averaged 135.0 receiving yards per game in PFL action (1,080 total).

SCORING THREAT
- Dalton Kincaid is one of USD's biggest scoring threats as he has four touchdowns in three games this year, with one in each contest. The redshirt sophomore has 14 total receptions for 311 yards.

- Three of Kincaid's four touchdown grabs have come inside the red zone. Last year, nine of Kincaid's 11 touchdown catches were inside the red zone.

- Kincaid has a touchdown in five of his last six games dating back to last season. In those same five games, he has 2+ touchdowns in three of them.

- In his career, Kincaid has 15 touchdown grabs among his 38 total receptions. He is already closing in on the USD's top-10 for career receiving touchdowns, as he is chasing teammate Michael Bandy (19) for 10th.

PRESENCE IN THE TRENCHES
- Kevin Glajchen had a breakout game in his last time out against Harvard as recorded new personal-bests in TFLs (4.0), sacks (2.0), quarterback hurries and tackles (10). 

- The 4.0 TFLs were the most by a Torero since October 2018 while his sacks were the most since November 2018.

- A native of Saratoga, Calif., Glajchen is 17th in the FCS in average TFLs (1.7) and ninth in sacks per game (1.0).

SPECIALIZING IN THE RETURN
- Wide receiver and kick returner Michal Armstead has proven to be a big-time playmaker in special teams again this season as he is 10th in the FCS in combined kick return yards (373) and fourth in average yards per kick return (33.5).

- The product of Monterey, Calif. leads all active players in the NCAA (Divisions I, II and III) in career kickoff return average (32.6).
 
- Armstead is currently the only Torero to average more than 30 yards per kick return in a career. While he is averaging 32.6 yards per return over the last two years, he has a clip of 33.5 yards per kick return so far this season. 

- Armstead currently sits seventh in USD history with 1,175 career kick return yards. He is 49 yards from sixth (Jeff Mansukhani, 1984-87, with 1,224 yards) and 169 yards from fifth (Sam Hoekstra, 2010-13, with 1,344 yards). He has more than 150 kick return yards in two of his three games this year.

- Of the nine best totals in USD history for kick return yards in a game, Armstead holds five of them. His 221 yards in week one of this season were the second-most in program history while his week two total of 152 yards is tied for eighth.

PFL PLAYER OF THE WEEK, TIMES TWO
- Reid Sinnett and Kevin Glajchen were named PFL Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week, respectively, following the win over Harvard. Both weekly honors were the first of their careers. Sinnett threw for the most yards (384) of any PFL quarterback during the week four games while Glajchen paced the league in tackles for loss (4.0) and sacks (2.0).

THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS
- The Torero offense is second in the FCS in third down conversion rate as it has achieved a first down 57.8% of the time on third downs (26-of-45).

- The third down conversions have helped USD hold time of possession for 33:21 per game, the 10th-best time in FCS.