Tuesday, September 28, 2004

MORAVIAN’S CHRIS JACOUBS NAMED CO-NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER
OF THE WEEK BY DON HANSEN’S FOOTBALL GAZETTE

WESTMONT, IL --- Sophomore tailback Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) of the Moravian College football team has been named one of four National Offensive Players of the Week by Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette for his performances Saturday in Moravian’s 27-20 victory at Lebanon Valley College.

Jacoubs, who was named the MAC Offensive Player o the Week for the second consecutive week, had his second straight 200-plus yard rushing afternoon with 257 yards on 36 carries and three touchdowns in Moravian’s victory at Lebanon Valley. Jacoubs, who had touchdown runs of 53, four and eight yards, also caught a 16-yard touchdown pass to account for all four Greyhounds touchdowns in the game. Jacoubs had a chance to tie the school record of five touchdowns in a game when he scampered into the end zone with 14 seconds remaining in the third quarter, but a holding penalty nullified the score. Jacoubs, who moved into ninth all-time at Moravian with 1,663 yards in just 13 career games, also owns the school record for a single game with 319 yards at Albright College last November. Jacoubs has three of the top five games in school history and has run for more than 100 yards in six of his nine career starts. In just three games this season, Jacoubs has run for 612 yards on 91 carries with seven touchdowns.

This is the second time in Jacoubs’ brief Moravian career that he has earned National Offensive Players of the Week from Don Hansen’s Football Gazette. Jacoubs was the Co-National Player last November after setting the Moravian school record with 319 yards at Albright College on November 8th, 2003.

Moravian, which is 3-0 overall and in the MAC, is slated to return to action on Saturday, October 2nd in another MAC game versus King’s College at Steel Field in Bethlehem. Kickoff is slated for 1:00 p.m.