Duquesne will have a different starting quarterback for the first time since 2005 when it plays at Sacred Heart (1-1) at 1 p.m. today.

After coming off the bench to provide a spark in a 28-17 loss at Brown last Saturday and sharing time with the first unit in practice this week, Kevin Rombach earned the starting job. He will replace junior Scott Knapp, who has started all 19 games when he has been healthy since he came to Duquesne in 2005.

"They'll both play," Duquesne coach Jerry Schmitt said. "We've always had competition between the two, in the spring and over the summer. We would prefer to go with one quarterback, but it's a good situation to have two really good quarterbacks."

The Dukes, whose losses have come against the two strongest teams on their schedule, Bucknell and Brown, are 0-2 for the first time since 1991 when they finished 0-9 under Dan McCann as a Division III team. They currently are in Division I-AA and next season will begin offering athletic scholarships.

"Our biggest challenge this week has been trying to make the players understand they're still a good football team," Schmitt said. "Rombach definitely brings a little more mobility to the position and a little more enthusiasm with his emotion. Scott is pretty much a cool customer."

Rombach, a redshirt sophomore from Central Dauphin High near Harrisburg, sat out last season. He completed 18 of 28 passes for 229 yards and a touchdown in 2 1/2 quarters against Brown with one interception.

"We were struggling a bit on offense and we decided it was time to go with a change," Schmitt said of the switch to Rombach, who didn't play in the opening 28-19 loss at Bucknell.

Rombach started two games and played most of a third -- all wins -- when Knapp was injured in the final three games of the 2005 season. Knapp, who completed 4 of 12 passes for 71 yards against Brown, has thrown for 4,547 yards and 40 touchdowns in his career.

Schmitt said he is more concerned about a depleted defensive backfield with the loss of injured starters Aaron Fitzpatrick and Tony Colaizzi than he is the quarterback situation.

"We'll be fine at quarterback," Schmitt said. "We're not so sure what we'll be able to do in the secondary."

Other games:

Waynesburg (2-0, 0-0) at Grove City (1-2, 1-0), 7 p.m. -- This will be the first night game at Robert E. Thorn Field. Waynesburg features tailback Robert Heller, a freshman from Ringgold whose school-record 277 yards rushing in a 45-35 victory against Wooster two weeks ago is the most by a player this season in Division III. Waynesburg was idle last week. Heller has rushed for 507 yards and nine touchdowns and has three receptions for 82 yards and a touchdown. He has scored all 10 of Waynesburg's touchdowns.

Bethany (2-0) at Geneva (2-1), 6:30 p.m. -- This is the first home game for Geneva, which is coming off a 37-14 victory against Westminster. Bethany, 2-0 for the first time since 2001, is coming off a 66-7 victory at Saint Vincent in which the Bison set school records with 739 total yards and 482 yards rushing. Bethany leads Division III with 352 yards rushing per game. Milton Joyner, a senior from Westinghouse who switched to quarterback from wide receiver this season, passed for 214 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 47 yards and two scores.

Kutztown (2-1) at Slippery Rock (3-0), 7 p.m. -- The Rock is 3-0 for the first time since 1991 and has scored 107 points, the most after three games since 2000 when it had 111 and went on to win the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West title.

The Rock's Corey Manfull leads the league with 151.3 yards rushing per game and quarterback Nate Crookshank leads in passing efficiency (185.7). He has completed 63.1 percent of his passes for 643 yards and nine touchdowns and has been intercepted twice.

Robert Morris (2-1) at Morehead State (2-0), 1 p.m. -- Robert Morris outside linebacker Chad Wengert is Northeast Conference defensive player of the week and halfback Myles Russ is rookie of the week for their performances in a 28-14 victory against Saint Francis. Wengert had 11 tackles, an interception and a forced fumble; Russ rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns.

Allegheny (1-1) at Carnegie Mellon (2-1), 7 p.m. -- Carnegie Mellon, coming off a 27-26 defeat at Hobart that ended a 12-game win streak in the regular season, is ranked sixth in Division III with 321 yards rushing per game led by Robert Gimson (293 yards, 2 TDs) and Travis Sivek (288 yards, 6 TDs). Quarterback Doug Facemyer is 6 of 20 for 79 yards and no touchdowns. He has thrown three interceptions.