A look at Towson

A Baltimore Sun/Lloyd Fox image. Towson QB Chris Hart leaps over the Coastal Carolina defense.

The Towson Tigers are 1-3 for the 2010 season. They have losses to Indiana, Villanova and Columbia. The Tiger's lone win was over 1-3 Coastal Carolina.

I was able to watch most of the Towson-Indiana game on the Big Ten Network. The Tigers stayed with Indiana into the second quarter where the score was 24-14. Indiana scored the next 30 points to pull away.

The star of that game for the Tigers was QB Chris Hart (6-4 220). Hart is a JUCO from Georgia Military College. Hart went 16-125 yard rushing with a 7.7 yards/carry ave. He also threw 16-35 165 for 288 total yards against a Big Ten team. Several times Hart got into the Indiana secondary and just out ran the Indiana DBs.

Hart has thrown six INTs and has a low 115.4 EFF rating.

Recently Citadel transfer QB Bart Blanchard has played more. Blanchard had six series against Columbia.

That's about all the good news for the Tigers offensively. The two leading Tiger running backs are Tremayne Dameron and Nygee Carmichael who have a 46.9 and 25.9 yards/game average respectively. Both backs together have only 288 rushing yards for the season. The longest run by either player this season is 12 yards.

The leading receivers are Hakeem Moore with 13-352 5 TD's 88 yards/game and Tom Ryan 9-60 2 TD's 30 yards/game.

The Tigers have averaged 20.2 points/game. In their three losses, Towson averaged only 11.2 points a game.

Defensively, Towson has given up 163 points for a 40.8 points/game average. The Tigers defense has allowed 200 yards/game rushing.

Towson's leading tackler is safety Jordan Dangerfield 21 UT 13 At 34 TT 1.5-6 TFL. After Dangerfield, it's defense by committee as the tigers have five players with 20 or more tackles.

Towson cumulative season statistics here.

The Tigers have no players from Massachusetts or New England.