10 Sam Benger
Sam Benger
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Hingham, Mass.
  • High School:
    Hingham
  • Position:
    RB
  • Major:
    Business
  • gp
    11
  • yds
    2092
  • yds/g
    190.2
  • td
    22

Bio

2015

  • American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America
  • The Associated Press (AP) Little All-America Second Team
  • D3football.com Honorable Mention All-America
  • ECAC All-Star
  • UAA Offensive Player of the Year
  • PAC Offensive Player of the Year
  • CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
  • All-UAA First Team
  • All-PAC First Team
  • D3football.com First Team All-Region
  • Set the school record for single-season yards rushed with 2,092 yards
  • Set the school record for single-season touchdowns with 22
  • Set the school record for single-game rushing mark with 303 yards
  • Set the school record for single-season yards per game rushing averaging 190.2 yards per game
  • Tied the school record for most points scored in a single-season with 138
  • Led Division III in rushing yards and yards per game
  • 21st player in Division III history to reach the 2,000-yard mark
  • Named Most Outstanding Player in the ECAC Legacy Bowl
  • Saw action and started in all 11 games

2014

  • All-UAA First Team
  • All-PAC Honorable Mention
  • Saw action in ten games, starting five
  • Rushed 96 times for 570 yards and one touchdown
  • Had 21 receptions for 234 yards and one touchdown
  • Returned one punt
  • Had 19 kick returns for 517 yards

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 17 at Grove City W, 44-0
Oct 24 St. Vincent W, 41-13
Oct 31 at Thiel W, 73-19
Nov 7 Chicago W, 52-7
Nov 14 #22 Case Western Reserve W, 52-42
Nov 22 vs. Bridgewater St. W, 48-13
  Overall Conf
Rushes 315 230
Yards 2092 1486
Yards per game 190.2 185.8
Yards per rush 6.6 6.5
Touchdowns 22 15
Fumbles 2 2
Fumbles lost 0 0

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 5 at Washington (Mo.) L, 45-24 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 #14 Wash. & Jeff. L, 38-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 at Geneva W, 35-7 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 26-16 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Bethany (W.V.) W, 56-35 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Grove City W, 44-0 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 St. Vincent W, 41-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 at Thiel W, 73-19 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Chicago W, 52-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 #22 Case Western Reserve W, 52-42 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 vs. Bridgewater St. W, 48-13 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 5 at Washington (Mo.) L, 45-24 28 204 7.3 54 1 - -
Sep 19 #14 Wash. & Jeff. L, 38-14 21 303 14.4 85 2 1 0
Sep 26 at Geneva W, 35-7 28 194 6.9 47 2 1 0
Oct 3 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 26-16 26 83 3.2 12 1 - -
Oct 10 Bethany (W.V.) W, 56-35 28 201 7.2 30 3 - -
Oct 17 at Grove City W, 44-0 27 189 7.0 30 1 - -
Oct 24 St. Vincent W, 41-13 37 113 3.1 15 2 - -
Oct 31 at Thiel W, 73-19 24 166 6.9 25 3 - -
Nov 7 Chicago W, 52-7 23 207 9.0 40 2 - -
Nov 14 #22 Case Western Reserve W, 52-42 39 237 6.1 58 1 - -
Nov 22 vs. Bridgewater St. W, 48-13 34 195 5.7 51 4 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 5 at Washington (Mo.) L, 45-24 1 8 8.0 8 0 - -
Sep 19 #14 Wash. & Jeff. L, 38-14 3 -3 -1.0 1 0 1 0
Sep 26 at Geneva W, 35-7 3 16 5.3 6 0 1 0
Oct 3 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 26-16 - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Bethany (W.V.) W, 56-35 1 7 7.0 7 0 - -
Oct 17 at Grove City W, 44-0 1 8 8.0 8 0 - -
Oct 24 St. Vincent W, 41-13 1 7 7.0 7 0 - -
Oct 31 at Thiel W, 73-19 - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Chicago W, 52-7 2 63 31.5 33 1 - -
Nov 14 #22 Case Western Reserve W, 52-42 2 20 10.0 12 0 - -
Nov 22 vs. Bridgewater St. W, 48-13 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 5 at Washington (Mo.) L, 45-24 - - - - - 0
Sep 19 #14 Wash. & Jeff. L, 38-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 26 at Geneva W, 35-7 - - - - - 0
Oct 3 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 26-16 - - - - - 0
Oct 10 Bethany (W.V.) W, 56-35 - - - - - 0
Oct 17 at Grove City W, 44-0 - - - - - 0
Oct 24 St. Vincent W, 41-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 31 at Thiel W, 73-19 - - - - - 0
Nov 7 Chicago W, 52-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 14 #22 Case Western Reserve W, 52-42 - - - - - 0
Nov 22 vs. Bridgewater St. W, 48-13 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 5 at Washington (Mo.) L, 45-24 - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 #14 Wash. & Jeff. L, 38-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 at Geneva W, 35-7 - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 26-16 - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Bethany (W.V.) W, 56-35 - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Grove City W, 44-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 St. Vincent W, 41-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 at Thiel W, 73-19 - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Chicago W, 52-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 #22 Case Western Reserve W, 52-42 - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 vs. Bridgewater St. W, 48-13 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 5 at Washington (Mo.) L, 45-24 1 11 11.0 11 0 - - - - -
Sep 19 #14 Wash. & Jeff. L, 38-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 at Geneva W, 35-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 26-16 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Bethany (W.V.) W, 56-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Grove City W, 44-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 St. Vincent W, 41-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 at Thiel W, 73-19 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Chicago W, 52-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 #22 Case Western Reserve W, 52-42 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 vs. Bridgewater St. W, 48-13 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 5 at Washington (Mo.) L, 45-24 1 204 8 - 11 223
Sep 19 #14 Wash. & Jeff. L, 38-14 1 303 -3 - - 300
Sep 26 at Geneva W, 35-7 1 194 16 - - 210
Oct 3 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 26-16 1 83 - - - 83
Oct 10 Bethany (W.V.) W, 56-35 1 201 7 - - 208
Oct 17 at Grove City W, 44-0 1 189 8 - - 197
Oct 24 St. Vincent W, 41-13 1 113 7 - - 120
Oct 31 at Thiel W, 73-19 1 166 - - - 166
Nov 7 Chicago W, 52-7 1 207 63 - - 270
Nov 14 #22 Case Western Reserve W, 52-42 1 237 20 - - 257
Nov 22 vs. Bridgewater St. W, 48-13 1 195 - - - 195

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 5 at Washington (Mo.) L, 45-24 6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 19 #14 Wash. & Jeff. L, 38-14 12 2 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 26 at Geneva W, 35-7 12 2 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 3 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 26-16 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 10 Bethany (W.V.) W, 56-35 18 3 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 17 at Grove City W, 44-0 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 24 St. Vincent W, 41-13 12 2 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 31 at Thiel W, 73-19 18 3 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 7 Chicago W, 52-7 18 2 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 14 #22 Case Western Reserve W, 52-42 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 22 vs. Bridgewater St. W, 48-13 24 4 - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 5 at Washington (Mo.) L, 45-24 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 #14 Wash. & Jeff. L, 38-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 at Geneva W, 35-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 at Westminster (Pa.) L, 26-16 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Bethany (W.V.) W, 56-35 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Grove City W, 44-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 St. Vincent W, 41-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 at Thiel W, 73-19 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Chicago W, 52-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 #22 Case Western Reserve W, 52-42 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 vs. Bridgewater St. W, 48-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2015-16 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2016-17 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2017-18 11 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 43 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2014-15 10 96 570 57.0 5.9 1 44 1 0
2015-16 11 315 2092 190.2 6.6 22 85 2 0
2016-17 11 314 1671 151.9 5.3 26 64 - -
2017-18 11 190 1053 95.7 5.5 10 92 1 1
Total 43 915 5386 125.3 5.9 59 92 4 1

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2014-15 10 21 2.1 234 23.4 11.1 1 46
2015-16 11 14 1.3 126 11.5 9.0 1 33
2016-17 11 13 1.2 86 7.8 6.6 2 15
2017-18 11 24 2.2 174 15.8 7.3 2 20
Total 43 72 1.7 620 14.4 8.6 6 46

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - 0
2015-16 11 - - - - - - - 0
2016-17 11 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2017-18 11 - - - - - - - 0
Total 43 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 11 - - - - - - - -
2016-17 11 - - - - - - - -
2017-18 11 - - - - - - - -
Total 43 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2014-15 19 517 27.2 0 57 1 4 4.0 0 4
2015-16 1 11 11.0 0 11 - - - - -
2016-17 - - - - - - - - - -
2017-18 - - - - - - - - - -
Total 20 528 26.4 0 57 1 4 4.0 0 4

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2014-15 10 570 234 4 517 1325 132.5
2015-16 11 2092 126 - 11 2229 202.6
2016-17 11 1671 86 - - 1757 159.7
2017-18 11 1053 174 - - 1227 111.5
Total 43 5386 620 4 528 6538 152.0

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2014-15 12 1.2 1 1 0 0 - - - - - 0
2015-16 138 12.5 22 1 0 - - - - - - 0
2016-17 170 15.5 26 2 - - - - 0 - 1 0
2017-18 72 6.5 10 2 - - - - - - - 0
Total 392 9.1 59 6 0 0 - - 0 - 1 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2014-15 10 0 1 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 11 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2016-17 11 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2017-18 11 2 0 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 43 3 1 4.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 11 315 2092 190.2 6.6 22 85 2 0
Conference 8 230 1486 185.8 6.5 15 85 2 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 148 1061 212.2 7.2 10 85 1 0
Away 5 133 836 167.2 6.3 8 54 1 0
Neutral 1 34 195 195.0 5.7 4 51 - -
Result Wins 8 240 1502 187.8 6.3 18 58 1 0
Losses 3 75 590 196.7 7.9 4 85 1 0
Month September 3 77 701 233.7 9.1 5 85 2 0
October 5 142 752 150.4 5.3 10 30 - -
November 3 96 639 213.0 6.7 7 58 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 11 14 1.3 126 11.5 9.0 1 33
Conference 8 11 1.4 55 6.9 5.0 0 12
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 9 1.8 94 18.8 10.4 1 33
Away 5 5 1.0 32 6.4 6.4 0 8
Neutral 1 - - - - - - -
Result Wins 8 10 1.3 121 15.1 12.1 1 33
Losses 3 4 1.3 5 1.7 1.3 0 8
Month September 3 7 2.3 21 7.0 3.0 0 8
October 5 3 0.6 22 4.4 7.3 0 8
November 3 4 1.3 83 27.7 20.8 1 33

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 11 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 8 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 3 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 11 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 8 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
Month September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total 1 11 11.0 0 11 - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away 1 11 11.0 0 11 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses 1 11 11.0 0 11 - - - - -
Month September 1 11 11.0 0 11 - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 11 2092 126 - 11 2229 202.6
Conference 8 1486 55 - - 1541 192.6
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 1061 94 - - 1155 231.0
Away 5 836 32 - 11 879 175.8
Neutral 1 195 - - - 195 195.0
Result Wins 8 1502 121 - - 1623 202.9
Losses 3 590 5 - 11 606 202.0
Month September 3 701 21 - 11 733 244.3
October 5 752 22 - - 774 154.8
November 3 639 83 - - 722 240.7

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 138 12.5 22 1 0 - - - - - - 0
Conference 90 11.3 15 0 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 66 13.2 10 1 - - - - - - - 0
Away 48 9.6 8 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Neutral 24 24.0 4 - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 114 14.3 18 1 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 24 8.0 4 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Month September 30 10.0 5 0 0 - - - - - - 0
October 60 12.0 10 0 - - - - - - - 0
November 48 16.0 7 1 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 11 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month September 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -