TODAY’S GAME

The Dayton Flyers are proud of their streak of 469 straight games without being shut out, and rightfully so, since it’s a number that leads all of col- lege football.

There is a much shorter streak that is just as important to the program, a cur- rent string of 13 years in a row that Dayton has had a football player named as a semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy.

The Campbell trophy is also known as the academic Heisman, and the award goes to the student-athlete who best combines academic success with performance on the field and in the community.

Flyers senior David Leisring Dayton at Marist,

p.m., AM 1290 and 95.7 WHIO keeps the streak alive this season. The Cincinnati native carries a 3.74 grade-point aver- age as a finance major, and he owns 12 career intercep- tions as a three-year starter at safety.

“It’s an incredible honor,” Leisring said. “I think it’s a testament to this program, but it also makes me reflect on some guys that came before me that I had a chance to play with.”

One of those guys is Chris Beaschler, a senior when Leis- ring was a freshman. Beaschler is one of two Dayton players to be named a finalist for the Campbell Trophy.

“It tells us we’re recruiting the right young men,” Flyers coach Rick Chamberlin said. “Guys that can come in here and play outstanding foot- ball but also get it done in the classroom and be a part of the community.”

Leisring is one of 179 semifi- nalists for the Campbell Award from all levels of college football.

Past recipients of the award include former Ohio State quarterback and St. Henry native Bobby Hoying along with Tennessee’s Michael Munoz, a former Moeller star and the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Benglas great Anthony Munoz.

The Flyers (2-2) are back on the road for the third time this month, traveling to New York for a 1 p.m. kickoff today at Marist (0-3).

Dayton snapped a two-game losing streak last Saturday, rallying from a halftime deficit to beat Davidson 42-21.

Chamberlin said in the team’s two losses the Flyers have been their own worst enemy.

hat we’ve got to do is not make mistakes,” Chamberlin said. “That’s what we did against Southeast Missouri and Duquesne, we just really shot ourselves in the foot and made mistakes at crucial times.”