GAME 7 • Eastern at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014

1971 Pioneer Bowl Appearance • 1987 Mid-American Conference Champion • 1987 California Bowl Champion 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 Michigan MAC Champions Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 • 3:04 p.m. • Foxborough, Mass • Gillette Stadium (68,756) Eastern Michigan Eagles Head Coach: Chris Creighton (Kenyon, 1991) Career Record: 141-50 (18th Season); 2-4 at Eastern Michigan (First Season) vs #EMUFB Massachusetts Minutemen THE MATCHUP Head Coach: Mark Whipple (Brown, 1979) EMU vs. UMass Career Record: 122-65 (17th Season); 47-32 at UMass (Seventh Season) Ypsilanti, Mich. Location Amherst, Mass. GAME INFORMATION FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (EMUGameDay.com) -- The Eastern Michigan 1849 Founded 1863 23,341 Enrollment 28,236 Date: Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 University football team will take flight for another road game, as the Eagles Nickname Minutemen Kickoff: 3:04 p.m. Eagles battle the University of Massachusetts Saturday afternoon, Oct. 18, at 3 p.m. The Mid-American Conference contest will be played at Green and White Colors Maroon and White Site: Foxborough, Mass. Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Home to the NFL’s New England Mid-American Conference Mid-American Stadium: Gillette Stadium Patriots, the stadium is approximately 90 miles from the school’s 2-4 Record 1-6 Amherst campus. 1-1 Conference Record 1-2 Radio: WEMU (89.1 FM) The contest will be televised by ESPN3 with Bob Picozzi providing the 15.2 Points/Gm 29.4 Matt Shepard (pxp), Rob Rubick (analyst) play-by-play and Matt Chatham serving as the analyst. WEMU (89.1 FM) 161.0 Rushing Yds/Gm 94.4 Television ESPN3 will provide audio coverage of the game with Matt Shepard and Rob 110.5 Passing Yds/Gm 314.1 271.5 Total Yds/Gm 408.6 Bob Picozzi (pxp), Matt Chatham (analyst) Rubick calling the action on the field. 220.0 Rushing Yds Allowed 196.7 Live Stats: UMassAthletics.com FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: Eastern Michigan has never faced UMass 294.3 Passing Yds Allowed 278.3 previously on the football field. The Eagles enter the contest with a 2-4 514.3 Total Yds Allowed 475.0 Series: First Meeting (1-1 MAC) record following a 37-27 Homecoming triumph over Buffalo, Oct. 4 Interceptions 5 Last Meeting: N/A 11. Meanwhile, the Minutemen are 1-6 (1-2 MAC) after coasting past Kent 9/75 Sacks/Yards 6/31 18/14 14/7 COACHING STAFF State, 40-17, for their first victory of year. Fumbles/Lost This is the Eagles’ first trip to The Bay State in the team’s 123 year 46.2 Penalty Yard Avg. 49.0 Head Coach Chris Creighton history and it also marks the first time they have played a team from 20.5 Kick Return Avg. 23.9 Overall Record 141-50 (18) Massachusetts. 6.2 Punt Return Avg. 6.4 Record at EMU 2-4 (1) 37.0 Net Punt Avg. 31.7 Offensive Coord./QB Kalen DeBoer* AWARDS ROLLING IN FOR BELL: Following a breakout performance in 25:40 Time of Possession 26:13 Defensive Coord./ILB Brad McCaslin the homecoming victory over Buffalo, Oct. 11, EMU redshirt-freshman 33% Third Down Percentage 32% Secondary/Rec. Coord. Todd Frakes* Reginald Bell Jr. continues to rack up the accolades. The 80% Fourth Down Percentage 53% 12 Touchdowns 28 Offensive Line Ryan Grubb Los Angeles, Calif. native was selected the Mid-American Conference’s 3/5 Field Goals/Attempted 4/7 Wide Receivers Herb Haygood Co-Offensive Player of the Week as well as the National Performer of the Week and the Quarterback Performer of the Week by the 67% Red Zone Percentage 75% Special Teams Coord./TE Aaron Keen Performance Awards (CFPA). He was also honored as one of the Mannning Jay Peterson* THE WEEK AHEAD AT EMU Running Backs Award Stars of the Week by the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Outside Linebackers Chris Simpson* Thursday, Oct. 16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS M. Swimming vs. Northwestern 2 p.m. Defensive Line Jimmy Williams Aug. 30 MORGAN STATE W, 31-28 Tennis at ITA Regional All Day Director of Operations Jacob Kirkendall TV: ESPN3 Video Coord. Luke Mullett* Sept. 6 at Florida L, 0-65 Friday, Oct. 17 *in the press box on gameday TV: SEC Network Sept. 13 at Old Dominion L, 3-17 Soccer vs. Kent State 4 p.m. LAST TIME OUT... TV: Cox 110 Volleyball vs. Miami 7 p.m. Sept. 20 at No. 11/11 Michigan State L, 14-73 Women’s Golf Hoosier Fall Invite All Day Total Offense 484 TV: Big Ten Network Tennis at ITA Regional All Day Rushing Yards 337 Oct. 4 at Akron* L, 6-31 TV: ESPN3 Passing Yards 147 Oct. 11 BUFFALO* W, 37-27 Saturday, Oct. 18 TV: ESPN3 • Homecoming Volleyball vs. Bowling Green 7 p.m. Total Offense Allowed 537 Oct. 18 at Massachusetts* 3 p.m. Football at Massachusetts 3 p.m. TV: ESPN3 Rushing Yards Allowed 154 Women’s Golf Hoosier Fall Invite All Day Oct. 25 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 1 p.m. Passing Yards Allowed 383 TV: ESPN3 • Hall of Fame Weekend Men’s XC Pre-National Invite All Day Nov. 1 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* TBA Women’s XC Pre-National Invite All Day 2014 Statistical Leaders TV: ESPN3 • Band Day Tennis at ITA Regional All Day Nov. 15 at Western Michigan* TBA Rushing Reginald Bell - 250 yds.; 3 TDs TV: ESPN3 Sunday, Oct. 19 Passing - 323 yds.; 3 TDs Nov. 22 at Ball State* TBA Soccer vs. Ohio 1 p.m. Receiving Tyreese Russell - 150 yds.; 1 TD TV: ESPN3 Nov. 28 TOLEDO* TBA Tackles Great Ibe - 63 TV: ESPNU/ESPN3 • Senior Day Interceptions Johnson - 2 Dec. 5 at MAC Championship Game 7 p.m. TV: ESPN2 EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 1 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 The Game Week Schedule All appointments must be made through the athletic media relations office at 734.487.0317. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

MAC Teleconference Practice Weekly Television Practice Walk-through Game Day 9:54 a.m. on call 3:45-5:45 p.m. Network Conference 3:45-5:45 p.m. Gillette Stadium 3 p.m. Call - 11 a.m. Rynearson Stadium Rynearson Stadium at UMass Media Presser Coaches Luncheon 11:30 a.m. @ Media Room Noon @ Sidetracks Limited Media No Media Postgame No Media Coaches Show Practice Availability Availability availability with Availability 7 p.m. on 105.1 FM 3:45-5:45 p.m. No student- the media Rynearson Stadium athletes

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In conjunction with NCAA and College Sports Informa- Office Phone...... 734.487.0318 able for interviews Monday-Wednesday. Please contact the tion Directors of America (CoSIDA) policies, there is to be abso- Cellular Phone...... 734.845.1132 EMU Athletic Media Relations Office at least 24-hours in ad- lutely no cheering and/or criticizing players, coaches or other E-mail...... [email protected] vance to set up interviews. Players should not be contacted for game officials at any point before, during or after the contest. Primary Sports Covered.. Football, Women’s Basketball, . interviews at their residences, on their cell phones, via e-mail, Failure to abide by this will result in your removal from the ...... Golf and Web site Facebook, Twitter and all other social networking entities. press box. During regular season practices, still photographers and Asst. Director of Media Relations...... 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EAGLES IN THE NFL: For just the seventh time in program history, the Eagles will play a game in a venue when the team battles the Minutemen of UMass, Oct. 18. EMU is 1-5 all-time in those games with the lone victory occurring against Central Michigan University when EMU hosted the inaugural Collegiate Clash at Ford Field, Nov. 6, 2004. One of the most memorable games in school history, the contest featured four overtime periods before the Eagles were able to escape with a 61-58 victory. Eastern Michigan in NFL Stadiums Nov. 6, 2004 vs. Central Michigan Ford Field W (4OT), 61-58 2014 MAC Standings Nov. 5, 2005 vs. Western Michigan Ford Field L, 36-44 Nov. 11, 2006 vs. Navy Ford Field L, 21-49 WEST DIVISION Sept. 1, 2007 at. Pittsburgh Heinz Field L, 3-27 Team Overall MAC Oct. 27, 2007 vs. Northwestern Ford Field L, 14-26 Toledo 4-3 3-0 Nov. 22, 2008 at Temple Lincoln Financial Field L, 52-55 Central Michigan 4-3 2-1 Oct. 18, 2014 at Massachusetts Gillette Stadium Northern Illinois 4-2 1-1 Western Michigan 3-3 1-1 ZAPPONE NAMED MAC WEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Redshirt-sophomore linebacker Eastern Michigan 2-4 1-1 Anthony Zappone was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Defensive Player of the Week for the period ending Oct. 11. The honor is the first weekly conference honor of Zappone’s Ball State 1-5 0-2 career. Buffalo’s defense ran into some trouble when faced with the Westlake, Ohio native as he recorded EAST DIVISION a career-best 13 tackles in the 37-27 Homecoming victory over the Bulls. Zappone also added a career Team Overall MAC high three tackles for loss. In conference-only games, the redshirt-sophomore currently sits in a tie Bowling Green 5-2 3-0 for first in the MAC in tackles for loss as he is averaging 2.50 a game. His 9.5 tackles per contest is Akron 4-2 2-0 ranked seventh in the league among linebackers, while that total is also tied for 11th overall in the conference. Buffalo 3-4 1-2 Ohio 3-4 1-2 POC-MAN: Much like Pac-Man in the 1980s arcade game that became a pop culture phenomenon, Massachusetts 1-6 1-2 Pat O’Connor has been gobbling up the opposition behind the line of scrimmage this season. The Miami 1-6 1-2 team co-captain currently leads the Mid-American Conference in both sacks as well as tackles-for- Kent State 0-6 0-3 loss. Pushing opponents back a combined 66 yards on 9.5 tackles-for-loss, O’Connor’s total ranks 10th nationally. The Windy City native is among the top-25 sack leaders throughout the country, as well as sitting at seventh with 6.5 sacks. In the Eagles’ victory over Buffalo, UB quarterback Joe AROUND THE MAC: Licata found O’Connor to be a thorn in his side. O’Connor was relentless in his coverage of the Buf- falo playmaker, recording a career-best 2.5 sacks and six hurries. Saturday, Oct. 18 *Eastern Michigan at UMass REPACK YOUR BAGS: EMU will wrap up a stretch of five of its last six games on the road with the Army at Kent State 806-mile trip to UMass. The total amount of travel over that span will be 2,812 miles. *Akron at Ohio *Ball State at Central Michigan REGGIE TO THE RESCUE: Redshirt-freshman Reginald Bell Jr. had a performance that would be dif- *Miami at NIU ficult to top in the victory over MAC foe Buffalo, Oct. 11. Bell entered the contest with 4:15 remaining *Western Michigan at Bowling Green in the second quarter when the team was down, 10-0, and propelled the squad to a 37-27 victory, bolstering the team’s total yardage from 73 yards to 484 in just over a half of play. The EMU offense Saturday, Oct. 25 scored on six of its 10 drives with Bell in the shotgun. *Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan *UMass at Toledo SECOND HALF SURGE: Eastern Michigan scored more points in the second half against Buffalo than *Kent State at Miami it had amassed in the previous five second-half scoring efforts combined. Up until Oct. 11, when the *Akron at Ball State Eagles downed the Bulls, 37-27, the team had scored a total of just 27 second half points between *Central Michigan at Buffalo its first five matchups of 2014. In the Homecoming victory over Buffalo, the Green and White posted 34 points fueled by four *Ohio at Western Michigan touchdowns from Reginald Bell Jr. The last time an Eagle scored four touchdowns in a half was when Bronson Hill accomplished the feat against Toledo on Oct. 13, 2012, at Rynearson Stadium. Saturday, Nov. 1 Hill had touchdown runs of seven, 47, 58, and 70 yards in the 52-47 loss to the Rockets. Adding to *Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan the second half surge, EMU out-gained Buffalo 204 yards to 42 in the third quarter alone. *Western Michigan at Miami

BELL’S BIG DAY: Reginald Bell Jr. not only scored his first career touchdown against Buffalo, Oct. Tuesday, Nov. 4 11, but he racked up an EMU record-tying four TDs. In an impressive rushing performance befitting *Bowling Green at Akron any player, let alone a quarterback, Bell ran in three touchdowns and for a total of 202 yards and *Toledo at Kent State became the first Eagle in EMU history to run for two 70+ yard touchdowns in one game with dashes of 71 and 72 yards. In terms of quarterback records, Bell claimed the top spot in rushing yards for Wednesday, Nov. 5 a single game, knocking Alex Gillett’s 189-yard performance in a win over Ball State, Oct. 16, 2010, *Buffalo at Ohio out of the top spot. The Los Angeles, Calif. native also threw an additional touchdown pass to David *Northern Illinois at Ball State Gibson, the first touchdown pass of Bell’s career and the first scoring reception for Gibson. Tuesday, Nov. 11 The 202 rushing yards by in the Eagles’ win over the Bulls RUN REGGIE, RUN!: Reginald Bell Jr. *Akron at Buffalo marked the first time that an Eagle has run for more than 200 yards since Oct. 19, 2013, when *Toledo at Northern Illinois Bronson Hill put up 257 yards against Ohio University. Bell surpassed the 200-yard mark on 17 carries, registering an eye-popping 11.9 yards per rush.

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 3 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 Eagle Trends Head Coach 2014 August 1-0 Chris Creighton September 0-3 October 1-1 First Year at EMU • Kenyon, 1991 • @Coach_Creighton November 0-0 December-January 0-0 Chris Creighton was named in the NAIA playoffs in ‘97 and 2000. EMU’s Conference Record... as the 37th Head Football Creighton served as offensive coordinator at Concordia at home 1-0 Coach at Eastern Michigan (Ill.) from 1991-92 and Manchester (Ind.) from 1993-96 before University, Dec. 11, 2013, becoming head coach at Ottawa. on the road 0-1 by Vice President/Director In 1993, Creighton was the head coach and quarterback of neutral 0-0 of Intercollegiate Athletics the Limhamn Griffins in Malmo, Sweden, as he helped guide EMU’s Non-Conference Record... Heather Lyke. Creighton will the franchise to its first national championship. at home 1-0 start his first season as the As an All-America quarterback, Creighton led Kenyon head man at EMU in the 2014 (Ohio) College to its only North Coast Athletic Conference on the road 0-3 season. title in 1989 and was named conference player of the year neutral 0-0 The 45-year-old Creighton built Drake University into a after setting single-season conference records for passing EMU vs. Ranked Opponents... consistent power in the Pioneer Football League, sharing yardage (2,843) and touchdowns (29). He was inducted into at home 0-0 the conference crown during the 2011 and 2012 campaigns. the Kenyon College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. During his 17-year head coaching career, he has accumulated Creighton earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kenyon on the road 0-1 eight conference titles and an all-time record of 140-47 (.749 College in 1991 and a master’s degree from Concordia (Ill.) neutral 0-0 winning percentage). He departed Drake with the highest University in 1993. EMU’s Record in Games... winning percentage in school history (.667) after also posting Creighton is the first active head coach to be hired at decided by 7 pts or less 1-0 63 wins as the head coach at Wabash College and 32 at Eastern Michigan since Jim Harkema in 1983. Harkema was Ottawa University. the head coach at Grand Valley State University (1973-82) decided by 3 pts or less 1-0 In his six seasons at the helm of the Bulldogs, Creighton before taking over the EMU program and leading it to its Away during the day 0-3 racked up a 35-13 (.729) record in Pioneer Football League only Mid-American Conference Championship in 1987 and Away at night 0-1 action and a 31-9 (.775) record the last five seasons. Just the last bowl appearance. Home during the day 1-0 seventh DU coach to win 40-or-more games and the fastest Chris and his wife, Heather, have two daughters, Hallie to do so, Creighton needed just 60 games to accomplish the and Kate, and a son, Luke. Home at night 1-0 feat. EMU’s Record When Scoring... In his time at Drake, Creighton boasted a 30-5 home Coaching Experience less than 20 points 0-4 record and a 21-2 home conference record, going undefeated 2014-Present Head Coach - Eastern Michigan University 20-29 points 0-0 against five conference opponents. Drake had an 11-game 2008-14 Head Coach - Drake University home win streak during Creighton’s tenure as well as winning 30+ points 2-0 16-straight home conference games with him at the helm. 2001-07 Head Coach - Wabash College EMU’s Record When Allowing... The energetic but veteran coach was named a winner 1997-00 Head Coach - Ottawa (Kan.) University 14 or fewer points 0-0 of the Giant Steps Award presented by the National 1993-96 Offensive Coord. - Manchester (Ind.) College 24 or fewer points 0-1 Consortium for Academics and Sports as part of National 25+ points 2-3 Student-Athlete Day on April 6, 2011. Creighton, awarded 1993 Head Coach/QB - Limhamn (Sweden) Griffins in the Coaching category, was one of just five 2011 winners 1991-92 Offensive Coord. - Concordia (Ill.) College EMU’s Record When... of the Giant Steps Award, given annually to individuals who Leading after the 1st qtr 1-0 use sport to positively affect social change, actualizing the Year-By-Year Coaching Record mission of the NCAS. The awards honor student-athletes, Trailing after the 1st qtr 1-4 1997 Ottawa 9-2 NAIA playoffs, Leading at halftime 0-0 athletic administrators, civic leaders, coaches, parents, organizations, and other individuals who demonstrate Conference title Trailing at halftime 1-4 an outstanding ability to manage life on and off the field, 1998 Ottawa 8-2 Leading after the 3rd qtr 1-0 and who demonstrate a commitment to the betterment of Trailing after the 3rd qtr 0-4 society. 1999 Ottawa 6-3 During his distinguished career, Creighton has taken great 2000 Ottawa 9-2 NAIA playoffs Tied after the 4th qtr 0-0 pride in the student-athlete experience that transcends to EMU’s Record With... the football field and the classroom. In his career, Creighton Conference title less than 300 yards 0-4 has taken his teams on three overseas trips, including a 2011 2001 Wabash 8-2 trip to Tanzania, to go along with ventures to Austria and 400+ yards total offense 1-0 2002 Wabash 12-1 NCAA Div. III playoffs Panama while head coach at Division III Wabash. 500+ yards total offense 0-0 Ranked fourth among all active NCAA Division III football Conference title 600+ yards total offense 0-0 coaches in career winning percentage upon his hire at 2003 Wabash 7-3 less than 100 yards rush 0-3 Drake, Creighton served as head coach at Wabash College 100+ yards rushing 2-1 in Crawfordsville, Ind. from 2001-07 where he constructed 2004 Wabash 6-4 a 63-15 record (.808) with his teams winning four North 2005 Wabash 11-1 NCAA Div. III playoffs 150+ yards rushing 2-0 Coast Athletic Conference championships, while competing Conference title 200+ yards rushing 2-0 in three NCAA Division III playoffs. 250+ yards rushing 2-0 During his final three years at Wabash, Creighton led the 2006 Wabash 8-2 Conference title less than 200 yards pass 2-4 Little Giants to a 30-5 record (.857) including three-straight 2007 Wabash 11-2 NCAA Div. III playoffs league championships and appearances in the 2005 and 300+ yards passing 0-0 2007 NCAA Division III playoffs. Conference title 350+ yards passing 0-0 Under Creighton, Wabash won conference championships 2008 Drake 6-5 in 2002, ‘05, ‘06 and ‘07. He coached 83 all-conference 400+ yards passing 0-0 2009 Drake 8-3 450+ yards passing 0-0 players, including seven who earned conference player of the year honors, along with 13 All-Americans. Creighton was 2010 Drake 7-4 EMU’s Record When Allowing... named North Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2011 Drake 9-2 Conference title (tie) less than 200 total yards 0-0 2002, ‘05 and ‘07, as well as the Kansas Collegiate Athletic less than 300 total yards 0-0 Conference Coach of the Year in 1997. 2012 Drake 8-3 Conference title (tie) less than 400 total yards 0-1 Creighton was head coach at Ottawa (Kan.) University 2013 Drake 6-5 from 1997-2000, compiling a record of 32-9 (.780). 2014 EMU 1-4 400+ yards total offense 2-3 The San Francisco, Calif. native produced one of the less than 100 yards rush 0-0 greatest single season turnarounds in NAIA history during Career Records 100+ yards rush 2-4 his first year at Ottawa in 1997. Inheriting a team that posted Overall 141-50 a record of 1-8 the previous season, Creighton guided his club less than 200 yards pass 0-2 at Drake 44-22 less than 250 yards pass 0-0 to a 9-2 finish en route to capturing its first Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference title since 1972. He also led Ottawa to a at Wabash 63-15 less than 300 yards pass 1-0 conference championship in 2000 along with appearances 300+ yards pass 1-2 at Ottawa (Kansas) 32-9 EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 4 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014

TURNOVER TURNAROUND: EMU has struggled in winning the turnover battle against its opponents, giving up the ball 17 times in its first five contests compared to just four by opponents. However, EMU Record Book in the 37-27 victory over the University at Buffalo, Oct. 11, the Eagles had the upper hand in the EMU Career Passing Yardage turnover ratio for the first time in the 2014 season. The Green and White forced three turnovers 1. Walter Church (1996-2000) 9,142 while surrendering just one, with Jason Beck and Kevin Johnson picking off one pass apiece on defense as well as a Hunter Matt fumble recovery on special teams. The interception by Beck was 2. (1994-97) 7,592 the first of his career, while Johnson recorded his second career grab after an interception at Old 3. Andy Schmitt (2006-09) 5,867 Dominion, Sept. 13. 4. Matt Bohnet (2004-05) 4,988 SEARCHING FOR STABILITY: One factor in the EMU offense’s success is having a stable offensive 5. Ron Adams (1984-87) 4,757 line. However, injuries at multiple positions down the line have hurt the Green and White. Through 6. Alex Gillett (2009-12) 4,448 the first half of the season, Eastern has used five different starting lineups with the men up front. Both veterans and underclassmen have filled those roles as the Eagles try to get healthy. The Eagles used the same starting offensive line in back-to-back games against Akron, Oct. 4, and Buffalo, Oct. EMU Career Touchdown Passes 11. Having the identical front five for the second consecutive contest, helped give the Eagles a 37-27 1. Charlie Batch (1994-97) 53 homecoming victory over the Bulls. 2. Walter Church (1996-2000) 43 FEELIN’ FINE AT THE FACTORY: With the 37-27 victory over the University at Buffalo, Oct. 11, the 3. Matt Bohnet (2004-05) 35 Eagles remain undefeated at “The Factory.” Since installing the new “EMU Gray” turf inside Rynear- 4. Alex Gillett (2009-12) 35 son Stadium prior to the 2014 campaign, the Green and White holds an unblemished 2-0 record at home. Between the wins over Morgan State, Aug. 30, and the Bulls, Eastern is averaging 34 points 5. Bob Middlekauff (1951-53) 33 and 437.5 total yards of offense at home. Andy Schmitt (2006-09) 33 7. Ron Adams (1984-87) 26 MILESTONES WITH CREIGHTON: With a 37-27 victory over Buffalo during the Eagles’ first conference home opener of the 2014 campaign, Eastern Michigan’s football squad logged its first Mid-American Conference win and first victory over a Football Bowl Subdivision institution with first-year Head EMU Career Pass Completions Coach Chris Creighton managing the sidelines. 1. Walter Church (1996-2000) 807 GREAT TACKLING GREAT IBE: Right in the middle of the Eastern defense, redshirt-junior Great Ibe 2. Andy Schmitt (2006-09) 607 has shown his versatility between rushing the quarterback and dropping back into coverage. Find- 3. Charlie Batch (1994-97) 579 ing the ball carrier from all over the field, Ibe’s 63 tackles lead EMU by a substantial margin as the next closest Eagle has recorded 47 tackles this season. The 63 tackles by the Eastern linebacker is 4. Matt Bohnet (2004-05) 488 the third-highest by an individual MAC defender as well as 19th­­­­­­ in the nation. 5. Ron Adams (1984-87) 364

MR. COFFIN CORNER: When it comes to punting, Eastern Michigan has used two punters for dif- ferent scenarios. When the Eagles need to pin their opponent deep its own territory, senior Owen EMU Career Rushing Yards Dubiel is called upon to do the job. On a regular basis, the East Jackson, Mich. native has been able 1. Gary Patton (1984-87) 3,497 to do just that. Out of 24 Dubiel punts, 11 have been downed inside the 20-yard line, and only two 2. Mike Strickland (1972-74) 3,234 have gone into the end zone for a touchback. Moreover, 10 punts inside the 20 have actually been placed inside the 12, including four inside the five-yard line. Against Buffalo, the Eagles’ special teams 3. Anthony Sherrell(2002-05) 2,888 coverage downed the ball at the two-yard line on a 62-yard punt by Dubiel. EMU Career Receiving Yardage CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Senior Tyler Allen continues to climb up the EMU record book in terms of kickoff returns. Already the school’s record holder with the most kickoff returns in one season, 1. Eric Deslauriers (2003-06) 3,250 Allen is closing in on the career returns record of 130 held by Trumaine Riley. This season, Allen 2. Kevin Walter (1999-2002) 2,838 is in pursuit of the record with 19 returns for 387 yards. The Lansing Mich. native now has 116 for 3. Jermaine Sheffield (1997-99) 2,043 his career following the game versus Buffalo, Oct. 11, and passed current Pittsburgh Steeler and former Central Michigan receiver Antonio Brown for third on the MAC’s all-time list against Akron, Oct. 4. Allen is also chasing Riley for the record of career return yards. The speedy EMU receiver EMU Career Tackles has 2,437 return yards for his career, second in EMU laurels behind Riley’s 2,541 mark and fourth 1. Reese McCaskill (1992-95) 450 in the MAC record book. 2. Daniel Holtzclaw (2005-08) 437 ALL GRAY ON THE GRAY TURF: When the Eagles took the field at The Factory to battle Buffalo, Oct 3. Scott Russell (1988-2001) 423 11, they sported all gray uniforms for the first time on the recently installed “EMU Gray” Field Turf. Donning gray helmets with the green Block E, the team also wore gray jerseys to go along with 4. Jeff Bixler (1972-75) 375 gray pants. The ensemble, along with “The Factory,” is just another symbol of the E Tough mentality 5. David Marshall (1979-83) 360 developed by Head Coach Chris Creighton and the entire EMU football team. 6. Kenny Philpott (1998-01) 357

RUSSELL ON MACKEY AWARD MIDSEASON WATCH LIST: Senior tight end Tyreese Russell is one of 33 tight ends nationwide who has been named to the 2014 John Mackey Award Midseason EMU Career Kickoff Return Yardage Watch List. The Chicago, Ill. native is one of only four players from the Mid-American Conference 1. Trumaine Riley (2003-06) 2,541 on the midseason list. At 6-3, 238 pounds, Russell leads the Eagles in receptions with 15 catches for 150 yards (10.0 2. Tyler Allen (2011-Present) 2,437 avg.) and a touchdown through EMU’s first six games. He has highlighted his final season so far by 3. Steve Clay (1992-95) 1,772 snagging six balls for a 48 yards in the win over Morgan State University, Aug. 30. 4. Corey Welch (2008-11) 1,704 5. Dontayo Gage (2006-09) 1,587 6. Clarence Chapman (1973-76) 1,278

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ON THE HORIZON: Following the game at UMass, Eastern Michigan will return to “The Factory” turf Single-Game Records for back-to-back home contests. First, the Green and White will host defending MAC West Divi- sion winner Northern Illinois University, Oct. 25. The divisional game will kick off at 1 p.m. and be Total Plays televised on ESPN3. Also, the matchup between the Eagles and the Huskies will be a part of EMU 1. Andy Schmitt (Nov. 28, 2008) 89 Hall of Fame Weekend as seven new members will make up the Class of 2014 and be inducted into 2. Andy Schmitt (Nov. 22, 2008) 85 the prestigious group. 3. Charlie Batch (Oct. 28, 1995) 70 THE FACTORY NAMED ONE OF THE BEST FIELDS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL: After unveiling “The Factory” at the beginning of August, Eastern Michigan University football’s new gray FieldTurf surface has caught the attention of media across the nation. “The Factory” has been nominated as Total Offense-Yards one of the 10 best fields in college football by USA Today’s College Football Fan Index presented 1. Andy Schmitt (Nov. 28, 2008) 554 by Degree. Other university whose fields have been nominated include: Boise State, Clemson, East 2. Andy Schmitt (Nov. 22, 2008) 504 Carolina, LSU, Missouri, Notre Dame, Tennessee, UCLA, and Wyoming. 3. Charlie Batch (Oct. 11, 1997) 469 Career Catches: Saturday’s game against Akron featured multiple Eagles eclipse their per- 4. Charlie Batch (Nov. 1, 1997) 466 sonal bests when it comes to catching the football. Tyler Allen led the EMU receiving corps with a personal-best five catches for 52 yards that included the 18-yard touchdown reception, the second of his career. Out of the backfield, Darius Jackson caught a pair of passes for 39 yards, including a Passing Yardage 32-yarder, for a new career high. Kris Strange chipped in with a 25-yard catch, the longest of his 1. Andy Schmitt (Nov. 28, 2008) 516 career. The career days continued for the Eastern receivers as Kray’shawn Brewer made the first 2. Andy Schmitt (Nov. 22, 2008) 484 three receptions of his career for 10 yards. 3. Walter Church (Oct. 19, 1996) 450 BIG PLAYS LEAD TO BIG TROUBLE: Giving up lengthy plays has proven to be costly for the EMU football team to start the 2014 season. Through the six games of the season, the Eagles have al- Touchdown Passes Thrown lowed 29 plays over 30 yards with 13 of them resulting in touchdowns. Moreover, opposing teams have recorded four touchdowns over 70 yards against EMU this season. 1. Kainoa Akina (Nov. 24, 2001) 6 t2. Tyler Benz (Oct. 20, 2012) 5 SHARING THE ROAD: The EMU football team was not the only one facing off against the Zips in t2. Andy Schmitt (Nov. 28, 2008) 5 Akron over the weekend, Oct. 4, as the Eastern Michigan soccer team was also in town for a Friday night match, Oct. 3. The two Eagles programs played on the road against the same team on the same weekend for the first time since Sept. 5-6, 2008, when both teams traveled to East Lansing, Touchdowns Scored Mich. to battle the Spartans of Michigan State. t-1. Accomplished 13 times 4 HANSEN RETURNS TO THE GRIDIRON: After missing the first game of his collegiate career due to Most recent Bronson Hill (Oct. 13, 2012) injury at MSU, senior offensive lineman Lincoln Hansen returned to his usual starting position at right tackle. The Omaha, Neb. native has now started 16 of the last 17 contests dating back to the start of the 2013 campaign. Passes Caught 1. Tyler Jones (Nov. 28, 2008) 23 EMU DEBUTS NEW HELMET AT AKRON: EMU unveiled a new helmet design during the Akron game, 2. Kenny Christian (Sept. 23, 2000) 20 Oct. 4. The shells are a custom flat forest green metallic color, featuring a chrome diamond plate Block E logo on the side. 3. Jacory Stone (Nov. 22, 2008) 18 Tyler Jones (Nov. 22, 2008) 18 REMAINING CONTESTS TO DECIDE A CHAMPION: For just the third time since the 2005 campaign, Eastern Michigan will play eight straight Mid-American Conference games to close out the regular season. Ball State, Ohio and Toledo are the only three league institutions that cannot boast that Receiving Yardage feat about their 2014 schedules. 1. Ontario Pryor (Oct. 19, 1996) 241 2. Kevin Walter (Oct. 5, 2002) 225 BARNES BOOMS AT MSU: Sophomore punter Austin Barnes turned in an outstanding effort at Spartan Stadium against Michigan State, Sept. 20. The 5-foot-11, 218-pound Barnes racked up nine 3. Eric Deslauriers (Oct. 9, 2004) 209 punts for 407 yards and a 45.2 yard average against the Spartans. His 407 yards via the punt are also 13th best for a single-game in program history. Barnes also boomed a career-long 65-yarder Rushing Attempts that was downed at the one-yard line. t-1. Anthony Sherrell (Nov. 8, 2003) 43 ALLEN’S RETURN TO EAST LANSING A SPECIAL ONE: Senior wide receiver Tyler Allen snagged Anthony Sherrell (Nov. 15, 2003) 43 the first touchdown reception of his career in the third quarter at Michigan State, Sept. 20. The Lansing, Mich. native hauled in the 43-yard scoring strike from Rob Bolden. Allen urged the coaches to call the play after being open in the middle of the field on the same play earlier in the game. The Rushing Yardage Eastern High School grad got his wish and slipped behind MSU safety R.J. Williamson to make the 1. Larry Radcliff (Oct. 16, 1973) 291 touchdown catch and give the Eagles their first passing score of the season. 2. Bronson Hill (Oct. 13, 2012) 283 CANADIAN CONNECTION: Eastern Michigan is one of just 17 Football Bowl Subdivision schools t-3. Larry Radcliff (Oct. 2, 1971) 251 to feature a player from Canada on its roster. Senior Campbell Allison is heavy contributor, while t-3. Ime Akpan (Sept. 28, 2002) 251 Oliver Kathalay continues to see more playing time. The other FBS schools to have multiple Canadians on its roster include: Michigan State (4), Con- necticut (3), UNLV (3), Wyoming (3), Iowa (2), Rice (2), Virginia (2) and Boston College (2). Field Goals Made t-1. Accomplished seven times 4 Most recent Andrew Wellock (Nov. 12, 2005)

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BOLDEN EARNS HIS FIRST EMU START: Senior Rob Bolden earned his first career start at Michi- gan State, Sept. 20 The start was the 18th of his career after starting nine times as a freshman Team Single-Game Records and eight times as a sophomore at Penn State. Bolden’s two touchdown completions marked the first time since Nov. 2, 2013 that an EMU quarterback has tossed for a pair of scoring strikes in a Points single-game. Last season, had two in that contest against Toledo during his return 1. vs. Toledo A.A. (Nov. 3, 1894) 76 to the Glass City. 2. vs. Eastern Illinois (Oct. 27, 1956) 65 It was Bolden’s first start since the Ticket City Bowl on Jan. 2, 2012, when we was a sophomore 3. at Akron (Nov. 24, 2001) 62 at PSU. In that game, Bolden threw for 136 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 16 yards in the 30-14 setback to No. 19 Houston. 4. vs. CMU (Nov. 6, 2004) 61 5. vs. Ball State (Nov. 14, 1970) 60 PACE TURNS THE TABLES: In the Sept. 20 contest at No. 11 Michigan State, sophomore DaQuan Pace notched the first interception of his career when he picked off Tyler O’Connor’s pass at the MSU 12-yard line. The EMU offense would score three plays later for its first points off of a turnover Total Offense this season. 1. vs. Indiana State (Aug. 28, 2008) 637 2. vs. Akron (Oct. 18, 1997) 632 RUSSELL FOR SIX: Senior tight end Tyreese Russell caught his first touchdown pass of the year 3. vs. Toledo (Oct. 13, 2012) 624 early in the fourth quarter at Michigan State, Sept. 20. The nine-yard strike marked the ninth time in his career he has found paydirt and the first since Oct. 26, 2013, at Northern Illinois. With the score, Russell moved into a tie for 11th all-time in the EMU annals in career touchdown Total Rushing Yards (Net) receptions. The Chicago, Ill. product is currently tied with Gary Matsche (1966-69), Bristol Greene 1. vs. Indiana State (Aug. 28. 2008) 413 (1993-95) and Tyler Jones (2004-08). Eric Deslauriers (2003-06) holds the EMU standard with 27 TD catches in his career. 2. vs. UW-Milwaukee (Oct. 24, 1970) 410

2014 SEASON: The 2014 season is the 123rd for the Eastern Michigan University football team. First Downs The first year of intercollegiate football in Ypsilanti was 1891, when the team posted an 0-2 record. 1. vs. Central Michigan (Nov. 28, 2008) 38 EMU has fielded a team every year since 1891 with one exception, when the 1944 season was can- celed because of World War II. 2. at Central Michigan (Oct. 19, 1996) 33 3. at Temple (Nov. 22, 2008) 32 DEFENSE BOUNCES BACK: After surrendering 65 points to Florida, the EMU defense was determined to make a statement. Defensive Coordinator Brad McCaslin’s group did just that, holding the ODU offense to just 10 points with the other touchdown coming from the Monarchs’ special teams. The Extra Points Converted Eagles’ defense went through a stretch where it held Old Dominion off the scoreboard for seven pos- 1. at Akron (Nov. 24, 2001) 8 sessions, forcing five punts, a fumble and a turnover-on-downs at the goal line. The 10 points given vs. Central Michigan (Nov. 28, 2008) 8 up is the fewest allowed by an EMU defense since Oct. 22, 2011, when the Eagles defeated Western Michigan University, 14-10. The 17 points allowed overall on the night was the fewest surrendered 2. vs. Indiana State (Aug. 28. 2008) 7 by Eastern Michigan since a 30-17 victory over the University at Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2011. More Career Records-Individual DEFENSE BOUNCES BACK: After surrendering 65 points to Florida, the EMU defense was determined EMU Career Total Plays (Pass and Rush) to make a statement. Defensive Coordinator Brad McCaslin’s group did just that, holding the ODU offense to just 10 points with the other touchdown coming from the Monarchs’ special teams. The 1. Walter Church (1996-00) 1,657 Eagles’ defense went through a stretch where it held Old Dominion off the scoreboard for seven pos- 2. Andy Schmitt (2005-09) 1,210 sessions, forcing five punts, a fumble and a turnover-on-downs at the goal line. The 10 points given 3. Charlie Batch (1994-97) 1,179 up is the fewest allowed by an EMU defense since Oct. 22, 2011, when the Eagles defeated Western Michigan University, 14-10. The 17 points allowed overall on the night was the fewest surrendered 4. Alex Gillett (2009-12) 1,166 by Eastern Michigan since a 30-17 victory over the University at Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2011. EMU Career Yards (Passing and Rushing) BOLDEN BRINGS A SPARK: With the offense kept off the scoreboard, EMU Head Coach Chris Creigh- 1. Walter Church (1996-00) 8,628 ton elected to make a change at quarterback, inserting senior transfer Rob Bolden at the end of the third quarter. The move paid off as Bolden led the Eagles on a 15-play 49-yard drive that ended in 2. Charlie Batch (1994-97) 7,715 Dylan Mulder’s 43-yard field goal, the first scoring drive of Bolden’s short EMU career. Bolden kept 3. Alex Gillett (2009-12) 6,836 the ball throughout the drive, rushing eight times for 28 yards while also going 2-for-2 through the 4. Andy Schmitt (2005-09) 6,745 air for 12 yards. The drive snapped a scoreless streak of seven quarters for EMU, and with 9:13 to go in the ballgame, the Eagles found themselves back within one possession. EMU Career Receptions EMU’s Uniform Combinations 1. Eric Deslauriers (2003-06) 248 2. Kevin Walter (1999-02) 211 Helmet Jersey Pants Sock 3. Jacory Stone (2006-2009) 178 MORGAN STATE Green Green Gray Gray at Florida Green White Green Green at Old Dominion Green White Gray Gray EMU Career Receiving Yards at Michigan State Green White White White at Akron* Flat Green White Green Green 1. Eric Deslauriers (2003-06) 3,250 BUFFALO* Gray Gray Gray Gray 2. Kevin Walter (1999-02) 2,838 at UMass* 3. Jermaine Sheffield (1997-99) 2,043 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 4. Steve Clay (1992-95) 1,846 at Western Michigan* 5. Jacory Stone (2006-09) 1,836 at Ball State* 6. Tom Parm (1976-79) 1,711 TOLEDO*

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GOLDEN BOOT: He wears yellow cleats, and although he has not had many opportunities this sea- EMU Record Book son, junior Dylan Mulder showed off his golden boot Saturday, Sept. 13 against Old Dominion. The heavy rain did not affect the EMU kicker as he belted a 43-yard field goal for Eastern’s lone score Most Punts in a Game of the contest. The field goal tied a career long for the Saline, Mich. native as he nailed a 43-yarder 1. Nick Avondet (Sept. 11, 1999) 16 as a freshman, Nov. 17, 2012, in the Eagles’ victory at Western Michigan. t2. David Rysko (Nov. 17, 2001) 12 1-2 PUNCH: A pair of Eagles in the first two waves of Eastern’s 3-4 defense have been proven t2. David Rysko (Aug. 31, 2002) 12 leaders through the first three games of the season. Linebacker Great Ibe paces Eastern with 32 tackles, a mark that ranks 26th in all of FBS football. Behind him in tackles is defensive lineman Pat with 21, and the co-captain leads the team with six tackles behind the line of scrimmage, Most Punts in a Game Downed Inside 20 O’Connor including 3.5 sacks. O Connor’s number of sacks have found national ranking as well, sitting at 20th 1. Jay Karutz (Sept. 10, 2011) 5 individually throughout the country. t2. David Rysko (Nov. 8, 2003) 4 Against ODU, Ibe posted a team-high 11 tackles, while O’Connor recorded nine, including three for a loss. Two of the three tackles behind the line of scrimmage for O’Connor were sacks. Ibe also t2. David Rysko (Sept. 27, 2003) 4 added two tackles-for-loss. Leading the front seven, the EMU defense went through a stretch where t2. Andrew Wellock (Sept. 1, 2005) 4 it held Old Dominion off the scoreboard for seven possessions, forcing five punts, a fumble and a t2. Zach Johnson (Oct. 27, 2007) 4 turnover-on-downs at the goal line. t2. Jay Karutz (Oct. 22, 2011) 4 TILLMAN TACKLES: Redshirt junior defensive back Ray Tillman burst onto the scene against t2. Jay Karutz (Oct. 6, 2012) 4 Florida, Sept. 6. The Auburn Hills, Mich. native recorded 11 tackles against the Gators, tying a team t2. Austin Barnes (Sept. 7, 2013) 4 high. Tillman’s double-digit day not only led the Green and White, but it also marked a career best and tied the amount of tackles he recorded throughout the entire 2013 season. His previous game t2. Owen Dubiel (Sept. 13, 2014) 4 high in tackles was four against Bowling Green, Nov. 23, 2013.

Most Punts in a Season Downed Inside 20 39th FOR THE MAC: The 2014 season marks the 39th year that the Eagles have been a part of the Mid-American Conference football championship race. EMU was admitted into the league in 1971, 1. Jay Karutz (2006) 26 but a complete league schedule was not available until the 1976 season. t2. Jay Karutz (2004) 24 t2. Zach Johnson (2007) 24 WINNING WITH CREIGHTON: When he was hired in December 2013, Coach Chris Creighton brought a winning resume with him to Ypsilanti. In his first game at the helm of the Green and White, Creigh- 4. David Rysko (2003) 22 ton saw his new team pick up a 31-28 victory over Morgan State, Aug. 30. The win was the 140th 5. Andrew Wellock (2006) 21 of Creighton’s head coaching career and the first of what is expected to be many more during his tenure at Eastern Michigan.

Most Punts in a Career Downed Inside 20 PETERSMARK TO BE INDUCTED INTO EMU ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME: The E-Club Alumni Chapter, 1. Zach Johnson (2006-09) 69 the official varsity athletic letterwinners club, has announced the addition of seven new members into the Athletic Hall of Fame. The Class of 2014 will be honored at the Hall of Fame ceremony 2. Jay Karutz (2010-12) 66 Friday, Oct. 24, in the atrium of the Convocation Center. The Class of 2014 includes: Boaz Kisang 3. David Rysko (2001-03) 50 Cheboiywo (men’s cross country/track), Kathy Hart (women’s basketball coach), Fred LaPlante 4. Andrew Wellock (2003-06) 37 (men’s cross country/track), Tom Michael (men’s swimming and diving), Lorenzo M. Neely (men’s basketball), Allyson Newman (women’s gymnastics) and Brett Petersmark (football). A reception will begin at 6 p.m. inside the Convocation Center followed by the ceremony and dinner at 7 p.m. Most Tackles in a Game Since 1998 The Class of 2014 will then be recognized at halftime the EMU football game on Saturday, Oct. 25, 1. Donald McCall (Oct. 16, 1999) 29 against Northern Illinois University. Reservations are $45 and include the evening reception and ceremony as well as a plated dinner and beverages. For questions please call the Office for Alumni 2. Kenny Philpot (Oct. 13, 2001) 21 Relations at 734.487.0250. 3. Scott Russell (Nov. 6, 1999) 20 ADAMS SELECT MAC WEST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sophomore Nathan Adams was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Special Teams Player of the Week for the Most Sacks in a Game since 1998 period ending Aug. 30. The honor is the first weekly conference honor of Adams’s career. t1. Kevin Howe (Nov. 12, 2005) 3.0 In the first quarter of EMU’s season opener versus Morgan State, Adams found a crease in the t1. Ashley Travis (Oct. 30, 1999) 3.0 Bears’ special teams blocking scheme, getting his hands on the MSU punt. Not only did Adams block the punt, he also picked up the ball and rumbled into the endzone for a special teams touchdown 3. Brad Ohrman (Sept. 10, 2011) 2.5 and the first of his career. The blocked punt was the first by an Eagle since 2011 when the Green and White were at Kent State. Moreover, the “scoop and score” was the first of its kind for EMU since returned a Most Tackles for Loss in a Game Since 1998 Travis Lewis blocked punt on Nov. 13, 2004, also against the Golden Flashes. The blocked punt return touchdown 1. Kenny Philpot (Nov. 24, 2001) 8.0 marked the third in team history dating back to the 1967 season. 2. Jason Jones (Sept. 16, 2006) 5.0 To kick off the season, the Eagles proved that they have depth at run- t3. Justin Cudworth (Oct. 20, 2012) 4.5 THREE-HEADED BACKFIELD: ning back. In the win over Morgan State, Aug. 30, EMU rumbled for 292 yards on the ground that t3. Kevin Harrison (Sept. 4, 2003) 4.5 included 243 from the backfield. Senior Bronson Hill surpassed the century mark for the 10th time in his career, rushing for 114 yards on 19 carries to lead the Eastern rushing attack. Junior Darius Jackson followed by racking up a career-high 73 rushing yards on 17 carries. Finally, averaging seven yards per carry, Ryan Brumfield rushed eight times for 57 yards and found the end zone twice.

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O’CONNOR LOOMS LARGE AGAINST MORGAN STATE: EMU nose tackle REELING IT IN: After last season, the Eagles are returning 82 percent of its and team co-captain Pat O’Connor showed his leadership ability in the receptions from the 2013 campaign, which ranks 14th in the NCAA Division Eagles’ 31-28 win over Morgan State, Aug. 30. O’Connor totaled a career- I Football Bowl Subdivision. Last season, just 32 catches departed along high 10 tackles, 1.5 sacks and three tackles for loss that resulted in a re- with the 2013 senior receiving core. Dustin Creel leads the returning crew markable 20 yards in total loss. He wasn’t finished there; with the Bears after reeling in 46 receptions, while preseason All-MAC First Team award driving in the fourth quarter, O’Connor stripped the ball from the MSU winner Tyreese Russell brought home 44 of the team’s catches. Between running back to come up with a big stop and get his team the ball back as Creel and Russell, they return over 50 percent of the teams receptions. the Eagles held on to a three-point lead. The forced fumble and fumble recovery were firsts in the career of the Windy City native. UNDERCLASSMEN NEEDING TO LEAD THE WAY: When camp officially opened on Aug. 4, the Eastern Michigan football team’s 105-man roster SPECIAL PLAY ON SPECIAL TEAMS: The EMU special teams unit put was made up of 64 underclassmen. EMU had 38 players with freshman together a phenomenal performance in the season-opening victory over eligibility and 26 sophomores for a 61.0 percent ratio. That figure is tied Morgan State, Aug. 30. In the first quarter,Nathan Adams blocked a punt for 37th nationally along with LSU, Florida International and Georgia Tech. deep in MSU territory and scooped up the ball for his first career touch- The honor for most underclassmen goes to Pittsburgh, which had 78.6 down. Later in the opening half, Gary White, Jr. blocked a 41-yard field percent (81/103) of its roster come from the freshman and sophomore goal that ended up being the point differential in the Eagles’ 31-28 win. ranks. Inside the Mid-American Conference, only Northern Illinois (73/105 The last time Eastern Michigan blocked both a punt and a field goal in the - 69.5%) had more than EMU. same game was Nov. 19, 2011 at Kent State. Not to be forgotten in the game against the Bears, Dylan Mulder broke a 28-28 tie early in the fourth HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE: Head Football Coach Chris Creighton quarter as his 42-yard field goal proved to be the game-winner. is the first active head coach to be hired at Eastern Michigan since Jim Harkema in 1983. Harkema was the head coach at Grand Valley State COMEBACK ROBACK: After EMU starting quarterback Reginald Bell Jr. University (1973-82) before taking over the EMU program and leading it came up limping in the third quarter of the season opener, sophomore to its only Mid-American Conference Championship in 1987 and last bowl Brogan Roback grabbed his helmet to lead the Eagles’ offense out onto the appearance. field. The situation was not a new one for Roback, who appeared in nine Creighton boasts a career record of 140-46, without having a winning games as a “true” freshman in 2013. After just one drive on the field, the percentage lower than .667 at any of his three previous institutions. sophomore found his team behind by a touchdown. However, he marched the Green and White down the field on back-to-back scoring drives that PROVEN TRACK RECORD: During his 18-year head coaching career, Head resulted in 10 points, enough for a three-point victory. The win was the Football Coach Chris Creighton has accumulated eight conference titles second come-from-behind victory in Roback’s career. As a freshman, he and an all-time record of 140-47. He left Drake University with the highest brought the Eagles back against Western Michigan after trailing by eight; winning percentage in school history (.667) after also posting 63 wins as EMU ended up beating its rivals in overtime at Rynearson Stadium, Nov. the head coach at Wabash College and 32 at Ottawa University. 9, 2013. MORE THAN A RETURNMAN: Senior Tyler Allen has thrived as a kick FRESHMAN FIND THE FIELD: Three “true” freshmen and five redshirt returner at Eastern Michigan and will likely break all of the school’s career freshmen found the field to open the 2014 campaign against Morgan State, records in that area this season. But first-year EMU coachChris Creighton Aug. 30. The true freshmen that saw time on the gray turf at Rynearson sees the speedy Eastern grad as more than just a returner. Last year, Allen Stadium for the first time in the season lid-lifter were: Jason Beck, Jeremiah set a school record for 51 kickoff returns in one season as he tallied 1,014 Harris and Kenny Jones. Redshirt freshmen making their collegiate debut return yards throughout the year, the second-most in one season in EMU included: Reginald Bell Jr., Derrick Dunlap, Thomas Glick, Deshai Powell history. He earned MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the Week and Lavonte Robinson. Kray’shawn Brewer, Gabriel Guilbee-Rodriguez, accolades after taking back the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown Oliver Kathalay, Tyrie Mack, Gary White Jr. also saw their first action in against Ohio (Oct. 19), tying for the longest return by an Eagle in Rynearson the Eagles’ 31-28 victory. Stadium history.

TURNOVERS Eastern Michigan Takeaways (7) Opponent Takeaway Qtr. Yrd.-Line Result Result of the Drive Morgan State FUMB by O’Connor 4th MS 44 Recovered at MS 44 Field Goal Missed Old Dominion INT by Johnson 1st EMU 39 Returned for 0 yards Punt Old Dominion FUMB by Houston 2nd EMU 14 Recovered at EMU 14 Fumble Michigan State INT by Pace 3rd MSU 12 Returned for 0 yards Touchdown Buffalo INT by Johnson 3rd EMU 12 Returned for 0 yards Punt Buffalo FUM by Canty 4th UB 24 Recovered at UB 23 Touchdown Buffalo INT by Beck 4th EMU 23 Returned for 3 yards Touchdown

Eastern Michigan Turnovers (18) Opponent Turnover Qtr. Yrd.-Line Result Result of the Drive Florida FUMB by Bell 1st EMU 29 Recovered at EMU 31 Touchdown Florida FUMB by Bell 2nd EMU 42 Recovered at EMU 44 Field Goal Made Florida INT by Bolden 3rd EMU 36 Returned 36 yards for TD Touchdown Florida FUMB by Brumfield 4th UF 40 Recovered at UF 38 Punt Florida FUMB by Allen 4th EMU 22 Recovered at EMU 23 Downs Old Dominion FUMB by Roback 2nd EMU 27 Recovered at EMU 23 Downs Old Dominion FUMB by Bolden 4th EMU 42 Recovered at EMU 43 End of Game Michigan St. FUMB by Jackson 1st EMU 23 Recovered at EMU 23 Touchdown Michigan St. FUMB by Allen 2nd EMU 9 Recovered at EMU 9 Touchdown Michigan St. INT by Bolden 2nd EMU 15 Returned 9 yards Touchdown Michigan St. FUMB by Canty 3rd EMU 27 Recovered at EMU 29 Field Goal Made Michigan St. FUMB by Russell 4th EMU 29 Recovered at EMU 29 Touchdown Michigan St. FUMB by Bell 4th EMU 15 Recovered at EMU 21 End of Game Akron INT by Bolden 2nd EMU 18 Returned to EMU 18 Field Goal Akron FUM by Bolden 4th EMU 37 Recovered at EMU 37 Downs Akron FUM by Creel 4th UA 12 Recovered at UA 10 Downs Akron INT by Bolden 4th UA 15 Returned 35 yards End of Game Buffalo FUM by Bell 3rd EMU12 Recovered at EMU 10` Interception

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RUSSELL NAMED TO JOHN MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST: Senior tight EMU FOOTBALL HOSTS COACHES LUNCHEONS WEDNESDAY AFTER- end Tyreese Russell has been named to the 2014 John Mackey Award NOONS: The first of 10 Eastern Michigan University Football Coaches Watch List, an honor presented annually for the nation’s best collegiate Luncheons begin Wednesday, Aug. 27, at Noon. The kickoff luncheon will tight end, the award’s selection committee announced, July 8. be held at Sidetrack Bar and Grill, located at 56 East Cross Street in Ypsi- lanti’s historic Depot Town. HANSEN NAMED TO LOMBARDI AWARD WATCH LIST: Senior offensive In all, Eagle fans will have the opportunity to participate in 10 luncheons lineman Lincoln Hansen has been named to the 2014 Rotary Lombardi during the 2014 season. First-year Head Coach Chris Creighton will ad- Award Watch List, an honor presented annually for the nation’s best col- dress the group and participate in a question and answer session during legiate down lineman, the award’s selection committee announced, July each event. 14. The hour-long luncheons will be held on the following Wednesdays at noon - Aug. 27, Sept. 3, Sept. 10, Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 8, Oct. 15, Oct. 22, Oct. HILL NAMED A CANDIDATE FOR DOAK WALKER AWARD: Senior Bron- 29 and Nov. 12. son Hill has been named a preseason candidate for the 2014 Doak Walker Award which is presented annually to the nation’s top college running DETROIT SPORT 105.1 NEW HOME FOR EMU COACHES SHOW: Eastern back, according to an announcement by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum Michigan University’s Coaches Shows for the 2014-15 football and men’s Thursday, July 17. and women’s basketball seasons will have a new spot on the radio dial starting in August. Five Eagles Earn Athlon Sports All-MAC Accolades: Five mem- The EMU Department of Athletics and Detroit Sports 105.1 FM have bers of the Eastern Michigan University football team have been selected agreed to a partnership for the upcoming year that will include the broad- as All-Mid-American Conference honorees prior to the start of the season cast of the Chris Creighton Football Coaches Show. The bi-weekly 30- by Athlon Sports, June 19. Two seniors, offensive lineman Lincoln Hansen minute show will be hosted by Tom Mazawey and will emanate from the and tight end Tyreese Russell were named to the first team, while running station’s studios in Ferndale. back Bronson Hill, offensive lineman Jake Hurcombe and defensive lineman Pat O’Connor were tabbed as third team members. NEW BOWL GAMES FOR THE MAC STARTING IN 2014: The Mid-American Conference announced the creation of three of bowl games in Boca Raton, Closing the Gap - the 51-pound pipe wrench: Head Coach Chris Fla., Nassau, Bahamas and Miami, Fla., for a six-year period (2014-19). Creighton’s theme for the season is to “Close the Gap”. As a further Starting in the 2014 college football season, the MAC will have a minimum representation of that, Creighton received a 51-pound pipe wrench. The five guaranteed bowl opportunities. The Boca Raton Bowl will be played tool’s vices represent the gap, one that Creighton feels like his team has at FAU Stadium, the Bahamas Bowl will be played at Thomas A. Robinson closed. Stadium, while the Miami Beach Bowl will take place at Marlins Park.

OVERTIME: Since the 1998 season, the Eagles have played nine overtime MAC RELEASES PRESEASON POLL: The Eastern Michigan University contests, compiling a 5-4 mark in those games. Six of the games that football team was picked to finish sixth in the Mid-American Conference needed extra time have come against in-state rivals Central Michigan or West Division determined by select members of the league’s media con- Western Michigan. Prior to the 35-32 overtime triumph against the Bron- tingent. The annual preseason poll was released Wednesday, July 23, at cos, Nov. 9, the last time an EMU team played an overtime contest was a the conference’s 2014 football media day held at Ford Field. 41-38 victory at Ball State, Oct. 16, 2010. The Eagles received 24 votes in the annual poll with Toledo selected first in the West Division with 114 points followed by Northern Illinois SENIORS CLIMB PIKES PEAK: For Eastern Michigan University Head (110), Ball State (82), Central Michigan (67), Western Michigan (44) and Football Coach Chris Creighton being a coach is about so much more than EMU. just X’s and O’s. On July 31, Creighton, the assistant coaching staff and 16 members of EMU’s senior class made the trek up Pikes Peak in Colorado. EMU ANNOUNCES 2014 TEAM CAPTAINS: Eastern Michigan University’s The trip, meant to be used as a leadership and bonding experience, fea- football team has announced its team captains for the 2014 campaign. tured the group hiking up the peak, which has an altitude of 14,114 feet Providing leadership for the squad will be seniors Pudge Cotton and Lin- above sea level and is the 31st highest out of the 54 Colorado peaks. coln Hansen along with junior Pat O’Connor. The captain trio was decided On July 30, the group flew to Colorado and took a tour of the Olympic by a team vote during the 2014 spring season. Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The next morning, the team worked their way to the top on a journey that lasted more than 11 hours. PROGRAM GOALS: Head Coach Chris Creighton is building the foundation The group headed back home to Michigan the next day to get ready for of the program around five program goals: education first, be your best, the opening of fall practice on Aug. 4. family, have fun and become impact men.

NEW BOWL GAMES FOR THE MAC STARTING IN 2014: The Mid-American EMU HOSTS VICTORY DAY: The Eastern Michigan University football Conference announced the creation of three of bowl games in Boca Raton, team hosted cognitively and physically impaired children for EMU Victory Fla., Nassau, Bahamas and Miami, Fla., for a six-year period (2014-19). Day, an exciting event of football related activities at Rynearson Stadium, Starting in the 2014 college football season, the MAC will have a minimum June 27. Student-athletes as well as the coaching staff took part in the five guaranteed bowl opportunities. The Boca Raton Bowl will be played event, putting smiles on the faces of kids throughout the local commu- at FAU Stadium, the Bahamas Bowl will be played at Thomas A. Robinson nity. Stadium, while the Miami Beach Bowl will take place at Marlins Park.

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 10 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 The Last Time... EMU In Overtime Rushing An EMU player rushed 30+ yards from scrimmage...... Reginald Bell, 72 yds. vs. Buffalo (10-11-14) EMU All-Time In Overtime An EMU player rushed 40+ yards from scrimmage...... Reginald Bell, 72 yds. vs. Buffalo (10-11-14) All-time Record in Overtime 5-4 An EMU player rushed 50+ yards from scrimmage...... Reginald Bell, 72 yds. vs. Buffalo (10-11-14) An EMU player rushed 60+ yards from scrimmage...... Reginald Bell, 72 yds. vs. Buffalo (10-11-14) All-time Record in Double Overtime 1-0 An EMU player rushed 70+ yards from scrimmage...... Reginald Bell, 72 yds. vs. Buffalo (10-11-14) An EMU player rushed 80+ yards from scrimmage...... Larry Ratcliff, 88, vs. Wisc.-Mil. (10-23-71) All-time Record in Triple Overtime 0-1 An EMU player rushed for 100+ yards in a game...... Reginald Bell, 202 yds. vs. Buffalo (10-11-14) An EMU player rushed for 200+ yards in a game...... Reginald Bell, 202 yds. vs. Buffalo (10-11-14) All-time Record in Quadruple Overtime 1-0 An EMU player carried 30+ times in a game...... Dwayne Priest, 35 attempts, at Buffalo (11-20-10) An EMU player carried 40 times in a game...... Anthony Sherrell, 40 attempts, at North. Ill. (11-22-03) An EMU player carried 43 times in a game...... Anthony Sherrell, 43 attempts, vs. Ball St. (11-15-03) Date Opponent OT Result An EMU player scored three TDs rushing...... Reginald Bell, 3TDs vs. Buffalo (10-11-14) An EMU player scored four TDs rushing...... Bronson Hill, 4TDs vs. Toledo (10-13-12) 10-10-98 CENTRAL MICH. OT L, 23-36 Two EMU players rushed for 100+ yards in a game...... Ryan Brumfield, 148, Bronson Hill, 108, vs. Western Michigan (11-9-13) 10-09-98 WESTERN MICH. OT L, 37-40 Passing An EMU player completed 30+ passes in a game...... Andy Schmitt, 58 completions, vs. CMU (11-28-08) 11-24-01 at Akron 3OT L, 62-65 An EMU player completed more than 40+ passes in a game...... Andy Schmitt, 58 completions, vs. CMU (11-28-08) An EMU player threw three TD passes...... Tyler Benz, 5 TDs, vs. Army (10-20-12) 09-28-02 SOUTHERN ILL. 2OT W, 48-45 An EMU player threw four TD passes...... Tyler Benz, 5 TDs, vs. Army (10-20-12) An EMU player threw five TD passes...... Tyler Benz, 5 TDs, vs. Army (10-20-12) 11-06-04 CENTRAL MICH. 4OT W, 61-58 An EMU player passed for 300+ yards in a game...... Tyler Benz, 335 yds., at Rutgers (9-14-13) 09-24-05 at Central Mich. OT W, 23-20 An EMU player passed for 400+ yards in a game...... Andy Schmitt, 516 yds., vs. Central Michigan (11-28-08) An EMU player passed for 500+ yards in a game...... Andy Schmitt, 516 yds., vs. Central Michigan (11-28-08) 09-23-06 CENTRAL MICH. OT L, 17-24 A EMU non-quarterback threw a touchdown pass...... Josh LeDuc, 71 yds, at Miami (9-11-10) Receiving 10-16-10 at Ball State OT W, 41-38 An EMU player had nine receptions in a game...... Tyreese Russell, 9 receptions, at Rutgers (9-14-13) 11-09-13 WESTERN MICH.* OT W, 35-32 An EMU player had 10+ receptions in a game...... Tyler Jones, 23 receptions, vs. CMU (11-28-08) An EMU receiver had 100+ yards in a game...... Dustin Creel, 115 yards, at Toledo (11-2-13) An EMU receiver had 200+ yards in a game...... Kevin Walter, 225 yards, vs. Akron (10-5-02) An EMU receiver caught three TDs in a game...... Eric Deslauriers, 4 TDs, vs. Central Mich. (11-6-04) An EMU receiver caught four TDs in a game...... Eric Deslauriers, 4 TDs, vs. Central Mich. (11-6-04) Miscellaneous EMU Versus Ranked Teams An EMU player registered a 60-yard punt...... Owen Dubiel, 62 yds., vs. Buffalo (10-11-14) All-Time Series Versus Ranked Opponents An EMU player registered a 70-yard punt...... Nick Avondet, 74 yds., vs. Northern Iowa (9-3-98) An EMU player registered a 80-yard punt...... Charles Nemeth, 90 yds., vs. Alma (11-4-43) Date Rank Opponent Result An EMU player registered a 90-yard punt...... Charles Nemeth, 90 yds., vs. Alma (11-4-43) An EMU player kicked a 50+ yard field goal...... Zach Johnson, 50 yds., vs. Western Michigan (10-27-07) 09-19-92 10 at Penn State L, 7-52 EMU registered a safety...... Jason Jones, at Northern Illinois (10-15-05) 09-10-94 10 at Wisconsin L, 0-56 An EMU player had four interceptions in a game...... Richard Palmer, 4 Ints., vs. Western Michigan (10-19-91) An EMU player returned a punt for a touchdown...... Demarius Reed, 83 yards at Kent State (11-19-11) 09-11-04 10 at Florida L, 10-49 An EMU player returned a kickoff for a touchdown...... Tyler Allen, 90 yards vs. Ohio (10-19-11) An EMU player returned the game opening kickoff for a touchdown...... Tyler Allen, 90 yards vs. Ohio (10-19-11) 09-17-05 14 at Michigan L, 0-55 An EMU player returned a fumble for a touchdown...... Hunter Matt, 11 yards at Penn State (9-7-13) 10-25-08 20/22 at Ball State L, 16-38 An EMU player returned an interception for a touchdown...... Pudge Cotton, 28 yards at Purdue (9-15-12) An EMU player blocked a punt...... Nathan Adams vs. Morgan State (8-30-14) 09-25-10 2/2 at Ohio State L, 20-73 An EMU player blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown...... Nathan Adams vs. Morgan State (8-30-14) An EMU player blocked a field goal...... Mike Brown vs. Buffalo (10-11-14) 09-22-12 21/20 at Michigan State L, 7-23 An EMU player blocked a PAT and returned it for a score...... Ryan Downard, 97 yards, at Michigan (10-6-07) An EMU player record a run, pass completion and catch in the same game...... Alex Gillett vs. Northern Illinois (11-23-12) 11-23-12 24/23 NORTHERN ILL. L, 7-49 EMU blocked punt, blocked a field goal and returned a punt for a TD in same game...... at Kent State (11-19-11) 10-26-13 23/22/18 at Northern Ill. L, 20-59 EMU recorded a shutout...... vs. Indiana State, 52-0 (8-28-08) EMU was the victim of a shutout...... at Florida (9-6-14), UF 65, EMU 0 09-20-14 11/11 at Michigan State L, 14-73 SHORT ROAD TRIPS - ACCORDING TO GOOGLE MAPS First poll ranking is the Associated Press and Below is a list of the closest rivalries in the NCAA FBS subdivision (formerly I-A). Only schools the second number is the ESPN/USA Today with a regular history made the list. and the third is the BCS poll CAMPUS-TO-CAMPUS Rice - Houston ...... 6.1 miles Eastern Michigan - Michigan...... 7.5 miles Washington State - Idaho...... 8.7 miles North Carolina - Duke...... 10.0 miles North Carolina - North Carolina State...... 10.1 miles Akron - Kent State...... 11.6 miles Southern California - UCLA...... 14.1 miles Duke - North Carolina State...... 25.3 miles Bowling Green - Toledo...... 27.5 miles

STADIUM-TO-STADIUM Rice Stadium - (Houston) Robertson Stadium...... 4.9 miles Rynearson Stadium (EMU) - Michigan Stadium...... 7.0 miles (WSU) Martin Stadium - (Idaho) Kibbie Dome...... 8.5 miles Can’t make it to Rynearson for the game? (UNC) Kenan Stadium - (Duke) Wallace Wade Stadium...... 10.6 miles Now you can follow the action for all (Akron) Infocision Stadium - (Kent) Dix Stadium...... 14.0 miles home games via Live Stats powered by (Southern Cal) Memorial Coliseum - (UCLA) Rose Bowl...... 15.0 miles SIDEARM available only on the EMU (UNC) Kenan Stadium - (NC St.) Carter-...... 20.0 miles (Duke) Wallace Wade Stadium - (NCSU) Carter-Finley Stadium.23.4 miles Athletic Web site, EMUEagles.com (BGSU) Doyt Perry Stadium - (Toledo) Glass Bowl...... 26.1 miles EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 11 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB 2014 Eastern Michigan Football GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 Eastern Michigan Games Played (as of Oct 11, 2014) GAME PARTICIPATION/STARTSAll games SEASON/CAREER STARTS ## PLAYER GP-GS MS FLORIDA ODU MSU AKRON UB MASS1 NIU1 CMU1 WMU1 BSU1 TOL1 36 ADAMS, Nathan 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Offensive Line (120) 2014 Career 11 ALLEN, Tyler 6/3 START START X X X X X X START X X X 67 ALLISON, C. 6/6 START START START START START START Lincoln Hansen 5 33 17 BARNES, Austin 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X ...... Campbell Allison 6 24 39 BECK, Jason 6/4 X X X X X X START START START START 1Q BELL, Reginald 4/2 START START . . . X X X . . . X X X Andrew Wylie 4 16 1 BOLDEN, Rob 5/3 . . . X X X X X X START START START 35 BOSSARD, B. 2/- ...... X X X X X X ...... Robert McFadden 6 16 13 BREWER, K. 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 59 BROWN, Dwayne 3/- ...... X X X X X X X X X Jake Hurcombe 3 14 96 BROWN, Mike 5/5 . . . START START START START START 22 BRUMFIELD, Ryan 6/1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X START Darien Terrell 4 9 5 CANTY, Jaleel 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Kent Collins 0 6 7 COTTON, Pudge 6/6 START START START START START START 4D CREEAR, Willie 6/6 START START START START START START Matt Thornton 2 2 3 CREEL, Dustin 5/5 START START START . . . START START 15 DAWSON, Clay 1/- ...... X X X . . . 66 DUBIEL, Owen 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 94 DUNLAP, Derrick 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X ...... (27) 2014 Career 61 ERBES, Jordan 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Rob Bolden 3 20 84 GARDNER, Cole 6/3 X X X X X X START START X X X START 83 GIBSON, David 6/3 X X X START START START X X X X X X Brogan Roback 1 5 46 GLICK, Thomas 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 56 GUILBEE-RODRIGU 5/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . Reginald Bell 2 2 77 HANSEN, Lincoln 5/5 START START START . . . START START 90 HARRIS, J. 6/2 START START X X X X X X X X X X X X 30 HILL, Bronson 6/5 START START START START START X X X 28 HOUSTON, Amos 5/1 . . . X X X X X X START X X X X X X Wide Receivers (22) 2014 Career 37 HULLIBARGER 1/- . . . X X X ...... Dustin Creel 5 15 50 HURCOMBE, Jake 4/3 START X X X START START ...... 10 IBE,GREAT 6/6 START START START START START START Tyler Allen 3 3 6 JACKSON, Darius 6/1 START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 42 JOHNSON, Kevin 6/6 START START START START START START Kris Strange 3 3 82 JONES, Kenny 5/- X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X 32 KATHALAY, O. 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X ...... David Gibson 2 2 20 LEWIS, Juwan 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 76 LINSER, Travis 6/1 X X X X X X X X X X X X START X X X 23 MACK, Tyrie 3/- X X X X X X . . . X X X ...... Running Backs (24) 2014 Career 44 MATT, Hunter 6/5 START START START X X X START START 78 McFADDEN, R. 6/6 START START START START START START Bronson Hill 5 19 54 McFARLANE, Omar 1/- ...... X X X ...... 38 MULDER, Dylan 6/- X X X X2014 X X Eastern X X X Michigan X X X Football X X X X X X Ryan Brumfield 1 5 52 O'CONNOR, Pat 6/6Eastern START Michigan START START Games STARTPlayed (as START of Oct START 11, 2014) Darius Jackson 1 2 58 O'RISKY, Chris 6/- X X X X X X X X XAll games X X X X X X X X X 33 PACE, DaQuan 5/4 START . . . X X X START START START 99 PIPKINS, Aaron 1/- . . . X X X ...... ##91 PLAYERPOWELL, Deshai GP-GS3/- X MS X X FLORIDA X X X ODU . . . MSUX X X AKRON . . . UB . . . MASS1 NIU1 CMU1 WMU1 BSU1 TOL1 Tight End (35) 2014 Career 65 RENIUS, Brendan 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 4 ROBACK, Brogan 3/1 X X X X X X START ...... Tyreese Russell 6 28 45 ROBINSON, L. 2/- X X X X X X ...... 88 RUSSELL, T. 6/6 START START START START START START Cole Gardner 3 7 8D STEALS, Mike 5/4 START X X X START START . . . START 80 STONE, Austin 3/- ...... X X X X X X X X X 8 STRANGE, Kris 6/3 X X X X X X X X X START START START Defensive Line (50) 2014 Career 71 TERRELL, Darien 4/4 . . . START . . . START START START 70 THORNTON, Matt 6/2 X X X X X X START START X X X X X X Pat O’Conner 6 17 31 TILLMAN, Ray 6/2 X X X START START X X X X X X X X X 1D WHITE, Gary 6/2 START START X X X X X X X X X X X X Mike Steals 4 13 29 WILLIAMS, Jalen 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Travis Linser 1 11 72 WYLIE, Andrew 4/4 START START ...... START START 43 ZAPPONE, A. 6/6 START START START START START START Mike Brown 5 5 Jeremiah Harris 2 2 Omar McFarlane 0 1

Linebackers (60) 2014 Career Great Ibe 6 15 Ike Spearman 0 11 Hunter Matt 5 11 Pudge Cotton 6 9 Anthony Zappone 6 6 Derric Williams 0 5 EAGLES BY THE NUMBERS Gary White Jr. 2 2 Amos Houston 1 1 Geographically Geographically (Continued) Michigan...... 39 Canada...... 2 Ohio...... 15 Florida...... 1 Defensive Backs (45) 2014 Career Indiana...... 11 Maryland...... 1 Willie Creear 6 17 Illinois...... 9 Nebraska...... 1 Kevin Johnson 6 11 Pennsylvania...... 6 Wisconsin...... 1 Ray Tillman 2 3 Arizona...... 2 DeQuan Pace 4 4 California...... 2 Players By Class Jason Beck 4 4 Minnesota...... 2 Senior...... 18 North Carolina...... 2 Junior...... 17 Virginia...... 2 Sophomore...... 26 Redshirt Freshman...... 11 Freshman...... 25

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 12 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 Career Bests PASSING DEFENSE 1 - Rob Bolden 1 - Gary White Jr. 45 - Lavonte Robinson Pass attempts: ...... 30, at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 Tackles: ...... 5, at Florida, Sept. 6, 2014 Tackles: ...... 3, at Florida, Sept. 6, 2014 Pass completions: ...... 17, at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 TFL:...... 1, at Florida, Sept. 6, 2014 Pass yards: ...... 185, at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 47 - Derric Williams Pass TDs:...... 2, at Michigan State, Sept. 20, 2014 4 - Willie Creear Tackles: ...... 6, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 Had intercepted:...... 2, at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 Tackles: ...... 9, vs. Bowling Green, Nov. 23 2013 TFL:...... 1.5, vs. Bowling Green (11-23-13) Long pass:...... 43, at Michigan State, Sept. 20, 2014 Total offense attempts: ...... 45, at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 (15 rush, 30 pass) 5 - Jaleel Canty 51 - Mike Steals Total offense yards: ...... 201, , at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 (16 rush, 185 pass) Tackles: ...... 5, at Buffalo, Oct. 5, 2013 Tackles: ...... 4, vs. Ball State, Sept. 21, 2013 TFL:...... 1.5, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 4 - Brogan Roback 7 - Pudge Cotton Pass attempts: ...... 22, twice Interceptions:...... 1, twice 52 - Pat O’Connor Pass completions: ...... 11, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 Tackles: ...... 14, at MSU, Sept. 22, 2012 Tackles: ...... 10, vs. Morgan St., Aug. 30, 2014 Pass yards: ...... 209, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 TFL: ...... 2.0, at MSU, Sept. 22, 2012 TFL:...... 3.0, twice Pass TDs:...... 2, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 QB Hurries...... 6, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 Had intercepted:...... 1, four times 8 - Mike Steals Long pass:...... 45, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 Tackles: ...... 4, three times 56 - Gabriel Guilbee-Rodriguez Total offense attempts: ...... 27, vs. Western Michigan, Nov. 9, 2013 (5 rush, 22 pass) TFL:...... 1.5, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 Tackles: ...... 3, at Florida, Sept. 6, 2014 Total offense yards: ...... 207, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013(-2 rush, 209 pass) 10 - Great Ibe 76 - Travis Linser 10 - Reginald Bell Tackles: ...... 13, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 Tackles: ...... 5, at BSU, Aug. 30, 2012 Pass attempts: ...... 16, vs. Morgan State, Aug. 30, 2014 TFL:...... 2.0, at ODU, Sept. 13, 2014 Tackles for loss: ...... 3.0, at BSU, Aug. 30, 2012 Pass completions: ...... 11, vs. Morgan State, Aug. 30, 2014 Pass yards: ...... 144, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 19 - Ike Spearman 90 - Jeremiah Harris Pass TDs:...... 1, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 Tackles: ...... 13, vs. WMU, Nov. 9, 2013 Tackles: ...... 2, twice Had intercepted:...... N/A Interception:...... 1, twice Long pass:...... 29, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 TFL:...... 1.5, at Rutgers, Sept. 14, 2013 91 - Deshai Powell Total offense attempts: ...... 30, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 (17 rush, 13 pass) Tackles: ...... 2, twice Total offense yards: ...... 346, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 (204 rush, 144 pass) 23 - Tyrie Mack Tackles:...... 1, at Michigan St., Sept. 20, 2014 94 - Derrick Dunlap Tackles: ...... 1, at Florida, Sept. 6, 2014 28 - Amos Houston Tackles: ...... 2, twice 96 - Mike Brown RUSHING TFL:...... 0.5, twice Tackles: ...... 7, at ODU, Sept. 13, 2014 TFL:...... 1.0, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 1 - Rob Bolden 10 - Reginald Bell 29 - Jalen Williams Rush attempts: ...... 15, at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 Rush attempts: ...... 17, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 Tackles: ...... 2, at Buffalo, Oct. 5, 2013 99 - Arron Pipkins Rush yards: ...... 31, at ODU, Sept. 13, 2014 Rush yards: ...... 202, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 Tackles: ...... 6, vs. Ohio, Oct. 19, 2013 Rush TDs:...... N/A Rush TDs:...... 3, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 31 - Ray Tilman TFL: ...... 1.0, vs. Ohio, Oct. 19, 2013 Long rush: ...... 11, twice Long rush: ...... 72, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 Tackles: ...... 11, at Florida, Sept. 6, 2014 TFL: ...... 0.5, at Michigan St., Sept. 20, 2014 4 - Brogan Roback 11 - Tyler Allen Rush attempts: ...... 5, vs. WMU, Nov. 9, 2013 Rush attempts: ...... 2, five times 33 - DeQuan Pace Rush yards: .....30, vs. Morgan State, Aug. 30, 2014 Rush yards: ...... 20, at Florida, Sept. 6, 2014 Interception:...... 1, at Michigan St., Sept. 20, 2014 Rush TDs:...... 1, vs. WMU, Nov. 9, 2013 Long rush: ...... 18, at Michigan, Sep 17, 2011 Tackles: ...... 10, at Michigan St., Sept. 20, 2014 Long rush: ...... 30, vs. Morgan State, Aug. 30, 2014 TFL: ...... 1.0, vs. Morgan St., Aug. 30, 2014 22 - Ryan Brumfield Rush attempts: ...... 17, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 6 - Darius Jackson 36 - Nathan Adams Rush yards: ...... 148, vs. WMU, Nov. 9, 2013 Rush attempts: .... 17, vs. Morgan St., Aug. 30, 2014 Tackles: ...... 5, at Florida, Sept. 6, 2014 Rush TDs:...... 2, twice Rush yards: ..... 73, vs. Morgan State, Aug. 30, 2014 TFL:...... 1.0, at Florida, Sept. 6, 2014 Long rush: ...... 75, at Buffalo, Oct. 5, 2013 Rush TDs:...... 1, three times Blocked Punt:...... 1, vs. Morgan St., Aug. 30, 2014 Long rush: ...... 33, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 30 - Bronson Hill 39 - Jason Beck Rush attempts: ...... 28, twice 8 - Kris Strange Tackles: ...... 10, at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 Rush attempts: ...... 1, at ODU, Sept. 13, 2014 Rush yards: ...... 283, vs. Toledo, Oct. 13, 2012 TFL:...... 0.5, at Michigan St., Sept. 20, 2014 Rush yards: ...... 17, at ODU, Sept. 13, 2014 Rush TDs:...... 4, vs. Toledo, Oct. 13, 2012 Rush TDs:...... N/A Long rush:...... 70, twice 42 - Kevin Johnson Long rush: ...... 17, at ODU, Sept. 13, 2014 Interception:...... 1, twice Tackles: ...... 16, at BSU, Aug. 30, 2012 TFL: ...... 0.5, twice

43 - Anthony Zappone RECEIVING Tackles: ...... 13, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 3 - Dustin Creel 30 - Bronson Hill TFL:...... 3.0, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 Receptions: ...... 6, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 Receptions: ...... 4, at Army, Oct. 12, 2013 Fumbles Forced:...... 1, twice Receiving yards: ...... 115, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 Receiving yards: ...... 91, at Army, Oct. 12, 2013 Receiving TDs:...... 1, five times Long reception: ...... 53, at Army, Oct. 12, 2013 44 - Hunter Matt Long reception: ...... 45, at Toledo, Nov. 2, 2013 Receiving TDs:...... 1, twice Tackles: ...... 13, at Army, Oct. 12, 2013 6 - Darius Jackson 82 - Kenny Jones TFL:...... 2.0, at Penn State, Sept. 7, 2013 Receptions:...... 7, vs. Howard, Aug. 31, 2013 Receptions: ...... 1, three times Fumbles Forced: ...... 1 ,at Penn State, Sept. 7, 2013 Receiving yards: ...... 22, vs. Morgan St., Aug. 30, 2014 Receiving yards: ...... 29, , vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 Long reception: ...... 11, vs. Howard, Aug. 31, 2013 Long reception: ...... 29, , vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014

8 - Kris Strange 83 - David Gibson Receptions:...... 2, at ODU, Sept. 13, 2014 Receptions:...... 2, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 Receiving yards: ...... 12, at ODU, Sept. 13, 2014 Receiving yards: ...... 47, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 Long reception: ...... 7,at ODU, Sept. 13, 2014 Long reception: ...... 31, at ODU, Sept. 13, 2014 Receiving TDs:...... 1, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 11 - Tyler Allen Receptions: ...... 5,at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 84 - Cole Gardner Receiving yards: ...... 53, at MSU., Sept. 20, 2014 Receptions: ...... 1, twice Long reception: ...... 43, at MSU, Sept. 20, 2014 Receiving yards: ...... 20, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014 Receiving TDs:...... 1, twice Long reception: ...... 20, vs. Buffalo, Oct. 11 2014

13 - Kray’shawn Brewer 88 - Tyreese Russell Receptions:...... 3, at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 Receptions: ...... 9, at Rutgers, Sept. 14, 2013 Receiving yards: ...... 10, at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 Receiving yards: ...... 90, at Northern Ill., Oct. 26, 2013 Long reception: ...... 5, at Akron, Oct. 4, 2014 Receiving TDs:...... 2, twice Long reception: ...... 62, vs. Ohio, Oct. 19, 2013 22 - Ryan Brumfield Receptions: ...... 3, at Michigan St., Sept. 20, 2014 Receiving yards: ...... 43, at Rutgers, Sept. 14, 2013 Long reception: ...... 43, at Rutgers, Sept. 14, 2013 Receiving TDs:...... 1, four times

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 13 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014

Toughness. Pride. Resilience. These key The concept of the “EMU Gray” field The turf inside Rynearson Stadium was words have come to describe first-year was born during one of the squad's replaced this July. Utilizing the colors Eastern Michigan University Head Football notoriously intense winter workouts in gray, green and white, the Block E logo is Coach Chris Creighton’s program as they 2014. Ron McKeefery, Director of Sports at the 50-yard line while the logo for the prepared for the 2014 campaign. They are Performance, challenged the team to an MAC adorns the field as well. The playing also terms befitting the proud residents outdoor practice on the snow-covered surface is gray with white hashmarks and of southeastern Michigan and their hard- Rynearson Stadium field rather than the numbers, while the end zones are green working demeanor. warm confines of their indoor practice with the word "EASTERN" on the northside Inspired by this region of the state and facility. True to their E Tough demeanor, the and "EAGLES" on the southside in white. the student-athletes’ own backgrounds, team accepted the challenge. Throughout Southeastern Michigan has long been the team has challenged itself to be “E each drill of the bitter cold practice, viewed as one of the most significant Tough,” committed to great effort, sacrifice Creighton delivered the message that EMU manufacturing centers in the country, and triumphing in the face of adversity. Football has the will to compete against and the iconic ‘Automotive Capital of the In this spirit, the team has nicknamed "anyone, anytime and anywhere… even on World.’ Despite battling difficult times in Rynearson Stadium “The Factory,” a place a parking lot covered with broken glass." recent years, local communities’ toughness where coaches and staff will go to work Inspired by his team’s toughness and and resilience has been on display, as each day to help “E Tough” student-athletes commitment that day, Creighton’s idea of the region is experiencing a dramatic become scholars, leaders, champions an “EMU Gray” field was born and soon rebirth. and impact men. “The Factory” will be shared with administrators. EMU football student-athletes come highlighted by Division I Football’s first The new look within Rynearson Stadium, from these communities and have brought gray FieldTurf playing surface for the fall and moniker, “The Factory” will serve this toughness to the team. A total of 40 season. as visual and name recognition for the members of the 2014 squad are from the Since taking over reigns of EMU Football program’s ideals. They are a constant state of Michigan. in December 2013, Creighton has rallied reminder to the student-athletes that Ypsilanti has its own proud history in the the program to "close the gap" between being E Tough means coming ready to roll automobile and manufacturing industries. its current status and the pursuit of its up their sleeves and to never give in or let The city was the home of Apex Motors, true potential. He has studied the school, up. Preston Tucker and his Preston ’48, and its surroundings, recruiting base and the "Our colors are green and white but the last Hudson automobile dealership. current student-athletes. The one common our collars are blue," said Creighton. "The The nearby Willow Run manufacturing thread throughout has been an uncommon Factory is where our coaching staff goes complex played a critical role in producing ‘toughness’ that permeates the program. to work and our players develop. It is our B-24 “Liberator” heavy bombers in the "We are proud of who we are, where home and one that we will protect. When early years of World War II. It was also at we are from and what we represent," opponents come to The Factory we want this location that Rose Will Monroe, the Creighton added. "We know that being a to make it known that they are in for a film and poster representation of “Rosie part of the Eastern Michigan football team 60-minute fight. Our goal is to make it one the Riveter,” actually worked as a riveter requires a great commitment. We will of the toughest places to play in the Mid- before becoming the manufacturing icon train, practice and play with an uncommon American Conference." of the era. intensity. The bonds that form the team are incredibly deep. Game days will be an expression of this powerful experience and that is why we will play with such deep passion and resolve." In this spirit, the program’s E Tough mentality represents:

Team first Obsessed with getting better Unwavering in adversity Great effort Heart

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 14 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014

Beginning with the 2014 campaign, EMU installed Building Blocks gray field turf at Rynearson Stadium. The following Turf Facts records apply only since the switch to the new color When Head Coach Chris Creighton came and the moniker of “The Factory.” • Construction began on July 14, 2014, and onboard in 2014 he helped establish some was completed on Aug. 3, 2014. First game on gray artificial turf: new EMU initiatives. Aug. 30, 2014 - Eastern Michigan 31, Morgan St. 28 • EMU is just the second Football Bowl • The Wrench - a 51-pound pipe wrench First EMU Touchdown on the Gray Turf: Subdivision team to play on a non-green given to Coach Creighton. It helps serve as Darius Jackson vs. Morgan State - 1 yard rush with playing surface joining Boise State Uni- a symbol of the team’s mission to “close the 3:06 left in the 1st Quarter - Aug. 30, 2014 versity. Other non-green football playing gap.” The tool’s vices represent the gap. fields in all of college football include First EMU Passing Touchdown on the Gray Turf: Eastern Washington University, Linden- Reginald Bell to David Gibson vs. Buffalo with 11:16 • - prior to running onto the field wood University-Belleville, the University The Wall left in the 3rd Quarter- Oct. 11, 2014 at home games EMU will break through a of Central Arkansas and the University of cinder block wall. First Visitor Touchdown on the Gray Turf: New Haven. Lamont Brown III - 3 yard rush with 8:08 left in the • Hammers of the Week - the coaching staff 1st Quarter - Aug. 30, 2014 • The field is made up of 86,336 square feet will select hammers of the week for the big of field turf, 48,340 of whichs dons the hit of the week. The selected players will “EMU Gray” color. have their number put on the sledge ham- mers used to knock down the wall. • The construction crew laid down 268 tons of sand, with 224,474 lbs. of rubber • Turn it Up, Turn It Green - a pregame prep mixed rally inside the Convocation Center. The football team will arrive at approximately • On the top layer of the turf, 35,535 lbs. of 10:45 a.m. along with a special performance rubber pellets were laid atop the new play- by the EMU marching band. ing surface inside Rynearson Stadium.

• The Block E at midfield is 31-feet tall by 26-feet wide

• The two Mid-American Conference logos are 16-feet tall by 17-feet wide

“The wrench, the field, the concrete wall, • Each yard-line number on the field is ap- we know people will have comments, but proximately 6-feet tall they all have real meaning for us. It all goes back to the idea of investing, and working for something. It is about putting on those steel-toed boots, and going to work.” - Head Coach Chris Creighton

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 15 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014

Alphabetical Roster Eastern Michigan University FOOTBALL ROSTER No. Name No. Name Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown-Previous School 30 Aaron Abbott 1 Rob Bolden QB 6-4 209 Sr.-Sr. Orchard Lake, Mich.-Orchard Lake St.Mary’s- 36 Nathan Adams Penn State-Louisiana State 11 Tyler Allen 1 Gary White Jr. LB 5-11 205 Sr.-Jr. Raleigh, N.C.-Southeast Raleigh- 67 Campbell Allison Grossmont College 3 Dustin Creel** WR 6-2 203 Jr.-Jr. Industry, Pa.-Western Beaver 62 Ka’John Armstrong 40 Blake Banham 4 Willie Creear III* DB 5-9 192 Sr.-Sr. Seattle, Wash.-Lindbergh-Butte JC 27 Youssef Barakat 4 Brogan Roback* QB 6-3 202 So.-So. Maumee, Ohio-Toledo St. John’s Jesuit 17 Austin Barnes 5 Jaleel Canty* WR 5-10 195 So.-So. Lansing, Mich.-Everett 39 Jason Beck 6 Darius Jackson** RB 6-0 219 Jr.-Jr. Sparta, Ill.-Sparta 10 Reginald Bell Jr. 7 Pudge Cotton*** DB 6-0 223 Sr.-Sr. Maywood, Ill.-Walther Lutheran 1 Rob Bolden 8 Mike Steals* DL 6-4 261 Jr.-So. North Braddock, Pa.-Woodland Hills 35 Brandon Bossard 8 Kris Strange** WR 5-11 186 Sr.-Jr. Pickerington, Ohio-Central 13 Cameron Bouldin 10 Reginald Bell Jr. QB 6-3 184 So.-Fr. Los Angeles, Calif.-Susan Miller Dorsey 13 Kray’shawn Brewer 10 Great Ibe* LB 6-0 230 Sr.-Jr. Hanover, Md.-Meade-Concordia University 59 Dwayne Brown 11 Tyler Allen*** WR 5-8 175 Sr.-Sr. Lansing, Mich.-Eastern 96 Mike Brown 13 Kray’shawn Brewer WR 5-11 180 Jr.-So. Indianapolis, Ind.-North Central- 22 Ryan Brumfield Glendale CC-Indiana 79 Chris Bukoski 13 Cameron Bouldin DB 6-3 170 Fr.-Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio-La Salle 85 Daniel Buschman 14 Ross Williams DB 5-11 160 Fr.-Fr. Birmingham, Mich.-Groves 15 Clay Dawson DL 6-4 225 Jr.-Jr. Phoenix, Ariz.-Crestview College Prep- 5 Jaleel Canty Phoenix College 69 Dustin Cole 15 Malysha Flanders WR 6-2 194 Fr.-Fr. Lombard, Ill.-Glenbard East 55 Kent Collins 16 Lemar Harris WR 6-2 185 Fr.-Fr. Raleigh, N.C.-Millbrook 7 Pudge Cotton 17 Austin Barnes* P 5-11 218 So.-So. Fairview Heights, Ill.-O’Fallon 4 Willie Creear 18 David Pulliam* DB 6-1 205 So.-So. Philadelphia, Pa.-Northeast 3 Dustin Creel 19 Ike Spearman** LB 6-0 226 Jr.-Jr. Saint John, Ind.-Lake Central 81 Kevin Davis 20 Juwan Lewis* RB 5-10 214 Jr.-So. Muskegon, Mich.-Muskegon 15 Clay Dawson 21 Jalen Echols WR 6-1 212 Jr.-Jr. Rochester Hills, Mich.-Orchard Lake St. Mary’s- 24 Michael Denson Lake Erie 66 Owen Dubiel 21 D’Marcus Moon LB 6-1 225 Fr.-Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind.-North Side 94 Derrick Dunlap 22 Ryan Brumfield*** RB 5-9 188 Sr.-Sr. Chester Springs, Pa.-Owen J. Robert 21 Jalen Echols 23 Tyrie Mack DB 5-11 180 So.-So. Chatham, Va.-Hargrave Military Academy- 61 Jordan Erbes College of the Desert 25 Ian Eriksen 23 Tyler Gist RB 5-8 190 So.-So. Cincinnati, Ohio-Winton Woods- Georgetown College 15 Malysha Flanders 24 Michael Denson DB 5-10 201 Sr.-Sr. Ann Arbor, Mich.-Huron 86 Izaiah Fuller 25 Ian Eriksen RB 5-10 190 Fr.-Fr. Clarkston, Mich.-Clarkston 84 Cole Gardner 26 Tim Gordon DB 5-11 175 Fr.-Fr. St. Paul, Minn.-Cretin-Derham Hall 83 Dave Gibson 27 Youssef Barakat DB 5-11 204 So.-Fr. Canton, Mich.-Salem 23 Tyler Gist 28 Amos Houston* LB 6-0 216 Jr.-So. Detroit, Mich.-Loyola 46 Tom Glick 29 Jalen Williams* DB 5-10 200 Sr.-Jr. Southfield, Mich.-Lathrup 26 Tim Gordon 30 Aaron Abbott DB 6-0 185 So.-So. Kettering, Ohio-Fairmont-Mount St. Joseph 56 Gabriel Guilbee-Rodriguez 30 Bronson Hill*** RB 5-10 215 Sr.-Sr. Grand Rapids, Mich.-Catholic Central 77 Lincoln Hansen 31 Ray Tillman* DB 5-11 193 Sr.-Jr. Auburn Hills, Mich.-Avondale 90 Jeremiah Harris 32 Oliver Kathalay DB 5-9 180 Sr.-Sr. Mississauga, Ont., Canada-Avondale (Ga.) 16 Lemar Harris 32 Andre Houston RB 6-4 209 Fr.-Fr. Bay City, Mich.-Central 68 Chris Hendricks 33 DaQuan Pace* DB 5-10 175 So.-So. Detroit, Mich.-Cass Technical 60 Jeremy Hickey 34 Shaq Vann RB 5-10 195 Fr.-Fr. South Bend, Ind.-John Adams 30 Bronson Hill 35 Brandon Bossard DB 6-2 210 So.-Fr. Eagleville, Pa.-Methacton 36 Nathan Adams* LB 6-1 220 So.-So. Crozier, Va.-Goochland 28 Amos Houston 37 Alec Hullibarger RB 6-0 196 Fr.-Fr. Temperance, Mich.-Bedford Senior 32 Andre Houston 38 Dylan Mulder** PK 6-0 186 Jr.-Jr. Saline, Mich.-Saline 39 Jason Beck DB 6-1 195 Fr.-Fr. Indianapolis, Ind.-Arsenal Technical 40 Blake Banham RB 5-10 190 Fr.-Fr. St. Paul, Minn-Cretin-Derham Hall 41 Chance Monarch LS 5-11 194 So.-Fr. West Bloomfield, Mich.-West Bloomfield 42 Kevin Johnson*** DB 5-11 207 Sr.-Sr. McKeesport, Pa.-McKeesport 43 Anthony Zappone* LB 6-2 250 Jr.-So. Westlake, Ohio-Westlake 44 Hunter Matt** LB 6-0 241 Jr.-Jr. Wyandotte, Mich.-Roosevelt 45 Lavonte Robinson LB 5-8 242 So.-Fr. Cleveland, Ohio-Saint Edward 46 Tom Glick TE 6-1 232 So.-Fr. Green Springs, Ohio-Clyde 47 Derric Williams* LB 6-0 212 So.-So. Lake Orion, Mich.-Lake Orion

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 16 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014

Eastern Michigan University FOOTBALL ROSTER Alphabetical Roster No. Name Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown-Previous School No. Name 48 Lion King DL 6-4 205 Fr.-Fr. Southfield, Mich.-Southfield 37 Alec Hullibarger 49 Tyler Onda LB 6-0 225 Fr.-Fr. Jackson, Mich.-Northwest 50 Jake Hurcombe 50 Jake Hurcombe* OL 6-1 302 Jr.-So. Lincolnshire, Ill.-Stevenson 10 Great Ibe 51 Kyle Rachwal LB 6-3 215 Fr.-Fr. Lapeer, Mich.-Lapeer East 6 Darius Jackson 52 Pat O’Connor** DL 6-4 274 Jr.-Jr. Chicago, Ill.-Saint Rita 9 Jay Jones 55 Kent Collins* OL 6-1 261 Sr.-Sr. Los Alamito, Calif.-Los Alamitos-Cerritos JC 56 Gabriel Guilbee-Rodriguez LB 6-0 240 Jr.-So. Paw Paw, Mich.-Paw Paw 82 Kenny Jones 58 Chris O’Risky* LS 6-0 214 So.-So. Poseyville, Ind.-North Posey 42 Kevin Johnson 59 Dwayne Brown OL 6-2 339 So.-Fr. Indianapolis, Ind.-Warren Central 32 Oliver Kathalay 60 Jeremy Hickey OL 6-4 290 Fr.-Fr. Troy, Mich.-Brother Rice 48 Lion King 61 Jordan Erbes* OL 6-3 277 Sr.-Sr. Kettering, Ohio-Fairmont 20 Juwan Lewis 62 Ka’John Armstrong OL 6-4 270 Fr.-Fr. Detroit, Mich.-Loyola 76 Travis Linser 63 Darian Miles OL 6-2 290 Sr.-Jr. Southfield, Mich.-Southfield 23 Tyrie Mack 64 Dakota Tallman OL 6-5 300 Fr.-Fr. LaGrange, Ohio-Elyria Catholic 44 Hunter Matt 65 Brendan Renius* PK 6-1 239 Jr.-So. Lambertville, Mich.-Bedford Senior 89 Brad McCormick 66 Owen Dubiel* P 6-1 218 Sr.-Sr. East Jackson, Mich.-East Jackson 78 Bobby McFadden 67 Campbell Allison*** OL 6-6 333 Sr.-Sr. Kagawong, Ont., Candada-Ogdensburg Acad. 74 Cody McIntire 68 Chris Hendricks OL 6-5 270 Fr.-Fr. Fruitport, Mich.-Fruitport 63 Darian Miles 69 Dustin Cole OL 6-3 286 So.-So. Jenison, Mich.-Hudsonville 41 Chance Monarch 70 Matt Thornton* OL 6-4 313 Jr.-So. Owosso, Mich.-Owosso 21 D’Marcus Moon 71 Darien Terrell* OL 6-4 325 Jr.-So. Canton, Ohio-Massillon Jackson 72 Andrew Wylie* OL 6-6 320 Jr.-So. Midland, Mich.-Midland 38 Dylan Mulder 73 Garrett Parker OL 6-5 300 Sr.-Jr. Tinley Park, Ill.-Andrew 52 Pat O’Connor 74 Cody McIntire OL 6-5 295 Fr.-Fr. Elkhorn, Wis.-Elkhorn 58 Chris O’Risky 76 Travis Linser** DL 6-3 293 Sr.-Sr. Glendale, Ariz.-Phoenix Northwest 49 Tyler Onda Christian-Phoenix C.C. 33 DaQuan Pace 77 Lincoln Hansen*** OL 6-6 299 Sr.-Sr. Omaha, Neb.-Millard North 73 Garrett Parker 78 Robert McFadden III*** OL 6-7 309 Sr.-Sr. Flint, Mich.-Carman-Ainsworth 99 Arron Pipkins 79 Chris Bukoski OL 6-5 265 Fr.-Fr. Dewitt, Mich.-Dewitt 91 Deshai Powell 80 Austin Stone WR 5-11 199 So.-Fr. Palmyra, Va.-Fork Union Military Academy 18 David Pulliam 51 Kyle Rachwal 81 Kevin Davis WR 5-11 190 Jr.-So. Indianapolis, Ind.-Warren Central-Indiana 65 Brendan Renius 82 Kenny Jones WR 6-2 190 Fr.-Fr. Indianapolis, Ind.-Lawrence Central 4 Brogan Roback 83 Dave Gibson WR 5-10 172 Sr.-Jr. Cleveland, Ohio-Solon 45 Lavonte Robinson 84 Cole Gardner* TE 6-5 257 Jr.-So. Batavia, Ill.-Batavia 88 Tyreese Russell 85 Daniel Buschman TE 6-3 224 So.-Fr. Brighton, Mich.-Brighton 19 Ike Spearman 86 Izaiah Fuller WR 6-4 197 Fr.-Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio-LaSalle 88 Tyreese Russell*** TE 6-3 238 Sr.-Sr. Melrose Park, Ill.-Walther Lutheran 8 Mike Steals 89 Brad McCormick WR 6-1 183 Fr.-Fr. Ann Arbor, Mich.-Saline 80 Austin Stone 90 Jeremiah Harris DL 6-5 235 Fr.-Fr. Lambertville, Mich.-Bedford Senior 8 Kris Strange 91 Deshai Powell DL 6-2 272 So.-Fr. Indianapolis, Ind.-Lawrence Central 64 Dakota Tallman 94 Derrick Dunlap DL 6-0 291 So.-Fr. Indianapolis, Ind.-Lawrence Central 71 Darien Terrell 96 Mike Brown** DL 6-2 290 Jr.-So. Sandusky, Ohio-Sandusky 70 Matt Thornton 99 Arron Pipkins** DL 6-1 270 Jr.-Jr. Maple Heights, Ohio-Maple Heights 31 Ray Tillman 34 Shaq Vann *Letters won 1 Gary White Jr. 47 Derric Williams 29 Jalen Williams 14 Ross Williams 72 Andrew Wylie 43 Anthony Zappone

EMU Fo o t b a l l 2014 - Pr o n u n c i a t i o n Gu i d e

Coaches Creighton, Chris...... CRAY-ton Kathalay, Oliver...... KATH-uh-lay DeBoer, Kalen...... duh-BOR Ibe, Great...... EBAY Mulder, Dylan...... MOLD-er Players Powell, Deshai ...... DE-shay Bossard, Brandon...... BUH-sard Renius, Brendan...... rain-E-us Canty, Jaleel...... JA-leel Robinson, Lavonte...... luh-VON-tay Dubiel, Owen...... du-BELL Russell, Tyreese...... tie-REESE Erbes, Jordan...... ER-biss Terrell, Darien...... ter-RELL Hurcombe, Jake...... HUR-come Zappone, Anthony...... zuh-PONE

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 17 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 OFFENSE SPECIAL TEaMS Position No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl.-El. GP GS Position No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl.-El. X 3 Dustin Creel** 6-2 205 Jr.-Jr. 28 15 P 66 Owen Dubiel* 6-0 205 Sr.-Sr. 82 Kenny Jones 6-2 190 Fr.-Fr. 5 0 65 Brendan Renius* 6-2 224 Jr.-So. 13 Kray’shawn Brewer 5-11 180 Jr.-So. 5 0 PK 38 Dylan Mulder** 6-0 186 Jr.-Jr. H 11 Tyler Allen*** 5-8 171 Sr.-Sr. 38 3 65 Brendan Renius* 6-2 224 Jr.-So. 6 Darius Jackson** 6-0 215 Jr.-Jr. 27 2

5 Jaleel Canty* 5-10 195 So.-So. 17 0 LS 58 Chris O’Risky* 6-0 220 So.-So. Y 88 Tyreese Russell*** 6-3 242 Sr.-Sr. 40 27 52 Pat O’Conner** 6-4 272 Jr.-Jr. 84 Cole Gardner* 6-5 250 Jr.-So. 18 7 KO 65 Brendan Renius* 6-2 224 Jr.-So. Z 8 Kris Strange 5-11 186 Sr.-Jr. 18 3 38 Dylan Mulder** 6-0 186 Jr.-Jr. 83 David Gibson 5-11 175 Sr.-Jr. 9 3 KR 11 Tyler Allen*** 5-8 171 Sr.-Sr. 80 Austin Stone 5-11 199 So.-Fr. 3 0 82 Kenny Jones 6-2 190 Fr.-Fr. LT 78 Robert McFadden*** 6-7 303 Sr.-Sr. 30 16 PR 5 Jaleel Canty* 5-10 195 So.-So. 62 Ka’John Armstrong 6-4 270 Fr.-Fr. 0 0 23 Tyrie Mack 5-11 180 So.-So. LG 72 Andrew Wylie* 6-6 320 Jr.-So. 16 16

63 Darian Miles 6-2 290 Sr.-Jr. 0 0 HLD 66 Owen Dubiel* 6-0 205 Sr.-Sr. C 67 Campbell Allison*** 6-6 316 Sr.-Sr. 38 24 83 David Gibson 5-11 175 Sr.-Jr. 59 Dwayne Brown 6-3 320 So.-Fr. 3 0 50 Jake Hurcombe* 6-3 302 Jr.-So. 16 14 RG 71 Darien Terrell* 6-4 325 Jr.-So. 16 9 61 Jordan Erbes* 6-5 282 Sr.-Sr. 19 0 RT 77 Lincoln Hansen*** 6-6 301 Sr.-Sr. 40 33 70 Matt Thornton* 6-4 305 Jr.-So. 17 2 QB 10 (1Q) Reginald Bell Jr. 6-3 169 So.-Fr. 4 2 OR 1 Rob Bolden 6-4 209 Sr.-Sr. 5 3 4 Brogan Roback* 6-3 190 So.-So. 12 5 RB 22 Ryan Brumfield*** 5-10 188 Sr.-Sr. 37 4 OR 30 Bronson Hill*** 5-10 215 Sr.-Sr. 36 20 FB 46 Thomas Glick 6-1 232 So.-Fr. 5 0 20 Juwan Lewis* 5-10 210 Jr.-So. 18 0

DEFENSE Position No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl.-El. GP GS END 8 (8D) Mike Steals* 6-5 259 Jr.-So. 16 13 90 Jeremiah Harris 6-5 235 Fr.-Fr. 6 2 15 Clay Dawson 6-4 225 Jr.-Jr. 2 0EMU PRONUNCIATIONS NOSE 96 Mike Brown** 6-2 290 Jr.-So. 12 5 94 Derrick Dunlap 6-0 291 So.-Fr. 4 0 Coaches Creighton, Chris...... CRAY-ton 99 Arron Pipkins** 6-1 270 Jr.-Jr. 17 0 DeBoer, Kalen...... duh-BOR TACKLE 52 Pat O’Conner** 6-4 272 Jr.-Jr. 30 17 76 Travis Linser** 6-3 293 Sr.-Sr. 26 11 Players 91 Deshai Powell 6-2 272 So.-Fr. 3 0Bossard, Brandon...... BUH-sard ROVER 7 Pudge Cotton*** 6-1 218 Sr.-Sr. 35 9 Canty, Jaleel...... JA-leel Dubiel, Owen...... du-BELL 1 (1D) Gary White Jr. 6-0 215 Sr.-Jr. 6 3 Erbes, Jordan...... ER-biss MIKE 43 Anthony Zappone* 6-2 250 Jr.-So. 18 6 Hurcombe, Jake...... HUR-come 36 Nathan Adams* 6-1 215 So.-So. 18 0Kathalay, Oliver...... KATH-uh-lay BUCK 10 Great Ibe* 6-0 230 Sr.-Jr. 15 15 Ibe, Great...... EBAY 45 Lavonte Robinson 5-8 242 So.-Fr. 2 0 Mulder, Dylan...... MOLD-er STUD 44 Hunter Matt** 6-1 241 Jr.-Jr. 29 12 Powell, Deshai ...... DE-shay Renius, Brendan...... rain-E-us 28 Amos Houston 6-0 216 Jr.-So. 12 1 Robinson, Lavonte...... luh-VON-tay 56 Gabriel Guilbee-Rodriguez 6-0 240 Jr.-So. 6 0Russell, Tyreese...... tie-REESE LC 4 (4D) Willie Creear* 5-9 193 Sr.-Sr. 18 18 Terrell, Darien...... ter-RELL 23 Tyrie Mack 5-11 180 So.-So. 3 0 Zappone, Anthony...... zuh-PONE 32 Oliver Kathalay 5-9 180 Sr.-Sr. 3 0 SAFETY 39 Jason Beck 6-1 195 Fr.-Fr. 6 4 35 Brandon Bossard 6-2 210 So.-Fr. 1 0 WHIP 42 Kevin Johnson*** 5-11 207 Sr.-Sr. 33 8 29 Jalen Williams* 5-11 194 Sr.-Jr. 17 0 RC 33 DaQuan Pace* 5-10 175 So.-So. 18 4 31 Ray Tillman* 5-11 193 Sr.-Jr. 12 3 NICKEL 7 Pudge Cotton*** 6-1 218 Sr.-Sr. 35 9 1 (1D) Gary White Jr. 6-0 215 Sr.-Jr. 6 3

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TEAM STATISTICS |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| Total Date Opp. No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg off Aug. 30 MORGAN ST. 56 292 3 30 18 99 0 14 18-30-0 99 0 14 2 29 0 17 2 15 1 1 391 Sept. 6 at Florida 34 80 0 16 9 45 0 13 9-21-1 45 0 13 7 161 0 29 1 1 0 0 125 Sept. 13 at Old Dominion 48 143 0 23 12 72 0 31 12-24-0 72 0 31 2 51 0 34 1 1 0 1 215 Sept. 20 at Michigan St. 19 20 0 7 10 115 2 43 10-29-1 115 2 43 2 31 0 18 3 0 0 0 135 Oct. 4 at Akron* 37 94 0 19 17 185 1 32 17-30-2 185 1 32 6 100 0 27 2 51 0 50 279 Oct. 11 BUFFALO* 49 337 4 72 10 147 1 29 10-18-0 147 1 29 3 78 0 37 1 -6 0 0 484 Oct. 18 at UMass* Oct. 25 NIU* Nov. 1 CMU* Nov. 15 at WMU* Nov. 22 at BSU* Nov. 28 TOLEDO* Totals 243 966 7 72 76 663 4 43 76-152-4 663 4 43 22 450 0 37 10 62 1 50 1629 Opponent 244 1320 15 80 142 1766 14 78 142-219-4 1766 14 78 8 171 0 39 13 231 1 55 3086

Games played: 6 Avg. per rush: 4.0 Avg. per catch: 8.7 Pass efficiency: 90.06 Kick ret avg.: 20.5 Punt ret avg.: 6.2 All purpose avg./game: 357.3 Total offense avg./gm: 271.5

2014 Of f e n s i v e St a r t e r s

Game Y/TE LT LG C RG RT Z/RB WR/H/TE QB RB WR/X

MORGAN ST. Russell Hansen McFadden Hurcombe Allison Wylie Jackson Allen Bell Hill Creel

at Florida Russell Hansen McFadden Allison Terrell Wylie Gibson Allen Bell Hill Creel

at ODU Russell McFadden Thornton Hurcombe Allison Hansen Gibson Gardner Roback Hill Creel

at MSU Russell McFadden Terrell Hurcombe Allison Thornton Gibson Gardner Bolden Hill Strange

at Akron Russell McFadden Wylie Allison Terrell Hansen Strange Allen Bolden Hill Creel

BUFFALO* Russell McFadden Wylie Allison Terrell Hansen Strange Gardner Bolden Brumfield Creel

at UMass*

NIU

CMU*

at WMU*

at BSU*

TOLEDO*

2014 De f e n s i v e St a r t e r s

Game END TACKLE NOSE STUD BUCK MIKE ROVER LC SAFETY WHIP RC

MORGAN ST. Harris O’Connor Steals Zappone Ibe Matt White Creear Johnson Cotton Pace

at Florida Harris O’Connor Brown Zappone Ibe Matt White Creear Johnson Cotton Tillman

at ODU Steals O’Connor Brown Zappone Ibe Matt Beck Creear Johnson Cotton Tillman

at MSU Steals O’Connor Brown Houston Ibe Zappone Cotton Creear Johnson Beck Pace

at Akron Linser O’Connor Brown Matt Ibe Zappone Cotton Creear Johnson Beck Pace

BUFFALO* Steals O’Connor Brown Matt Ibe Zappone Cotton Creear Johnson Beck Pace

at UMass*

NIU

CMU*

at WMU*

at BSU*

TOLEDO*

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Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g BELL, Reginald 4 36 290 40 250 6.9 3 72 62.5 4 36 290 40 250 6.9 3 72 62.5 HILL, Bronson 6 57 250 11 239 4.2 0 23 39.8 36 393 2313 68 2245 5.7 11 70 62.4 BRUMFIELD, Ryan 6 42 182 8 174 4.1 3 19 29.0 37 211 950 67 883 4.2 9 75 23.9 JACKSON, Darius 6 41 168 6 162 4.0 1 33 27.0 25 93 390 15 375 4.0 3 33 15.0 BOLDEN, Rob 5 44 153 64 89 2.0 0 11 17.8 5 44 153 64 89 2.0 0 11 17.8 ALLEN, Tyler 6 9 36 13 23 2.6 0 16 3.8 38 17 64 23 41 2.4 0 18 1.1 STRANGE, Kris 6 1 17 0 17 17.0 0 17 2.8 19 1 17 0 17 17.0 0 17 0.9 ROBACK, Brogan 3 8 39 24 15 1.9 0 30 5.0 12 21 65 65 0 0.0 1 30 0.0 LEWIS, Juwan 6 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.7 18 3 9 1 8 2.7 0 5 0.4 JONES, Kenny 5 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.2 5 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.2 TEAM 2 3 0 6 -6 -2.0 0 0 -3.0 Total 6 243 1139 173 966 4.0 7 72 161.0 Opponents 6 244 1468 148 1320 5.4 15 80 220.0

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g BOLDEN, Rob 5 82.94 34-76-4 44.7 323 3 43 64.6 5 82.94 34-76-4 44.7 323 3 43 64.6 ROBACK, Brogan 3 76.83 21-41-0 51.2 125 0 31 41.7 12 87.55 70-157-5 44.6 765 4 45 63.8 BELL, Reginald 4 121.03 21-35-0 60.0 215 1 29 53.8 4 121.03 21-35-0 60.0 215 1 29 53.8 Total 6 90.06 76-152-4 50.0 663 4 43 110.5 Opponents 6 150.02 142-219-4 64.8 1766 14 78 294.3

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g RUSSELL, Tyreese 6 15 150 10.0 1 21 25.0 40 77 1044 13.6 9 62 26.1 JACKSON, Darius 6 12 77 6.4 0 32 12.8 25 15 103 6.9 0 32 4.1 ALLEN, Tyler 6 10 122 12.2 2 43 20.3 38 10 122 12.2 2 43 3.2 CREEL, Dustin 5 9 75 8.3 0 20 15.0 28 68 888 13.1 5 36 31.7 BRUMFIELD, Ryan 6 8 28 3.5 0 9 4.7 37 17 164 9.6 4 43 4.4 HILL, Bronson 6 5 5 1.0 0 5 0.8 36 33 388 11.8 2 53 10.8 STRANGE, Kris 6 4 45 11.2 0 25 7.5 19 4 45 11.2 0 25 2.4 GIBSON, David 6 3 78 26.0 1 31 13.0 9 3 78 26.0 1 31 8.7 JONES, Kenny 5 3 42 14.0 0 29 8.4 5 3 42 14.0 0 29 8.4 BREWER, Kray’shawn 6 3 10 3.3 0 5 1.7 6 3 10 3.3 0 5 1.7 GARDNER, Cole 6 2 25 12.5 0 20 4.2 18 4 42 10.5 1 20 2.3 ROBACK, Brogan 3 1 8 8.0 0 8 2.7 12 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.7 CANTY, Jaleel 6 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.3 17 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.1 Total 6 76 663 8.7 4 43 110.5 Opponents 6 142 1766 12.4 14 78 294.3

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g BELL, Reginald 4 71 250 215 465 116.2 4 71 250 215 465 116.2 BOLDEN, Rob 5 120 89 323 412 82.4 5 120 89 323 412 82.4 HILL, Bronson 6 57 239 0 239 39.8 36 393 2245 0 2245 62.4 BRUMFIELD, Ryan 6 42 174 0 174 29.0 37 211 883 0 883 23.9 JACKSON, Darius 6 41 162 0 162 27.0 25 93 375 0 375 15.0 ROBACK, Brogan 3 49 15 125 140 46.7 12 178 0 765 765 63.8 ALLEN, Tyler 6 9 23 0 23 3.8 38 17 41 0 41 1.1 STRANGE, Kris 6 1 17 0 17 2.8 19 1 17 0 17 0.9 LEWIS, Juwan 6 1 4 0 4 0.7 18 3 8 0 8 0.4 JONES, Kenny 5 1 -1 0 -1 -0.2 5 1 -1 0 -1 -0.2 TEAM 2 3 -6 0 -6 -3.0 Total 6 395 966 663 1629 271.5 Opponents 6 463 1320 1766 3086 514.3

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PAT PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts MULDER, Dylan - 3-5 10-11 - - - - - 19 - 19-27 58-64 - - - - - 115 BRUMFIELD, Ryan 3 ------18 13 - - - - 1-1 - - 78 BELL, Reginald 3 ------18 3 ------18 ALLEN, Tyler 2 ------12 3 ------18 JACKSON, Darius 1 ------6 3 ------18 RUSSELL, Tyreese 1 ------6 9 ------54 ADAMS, Nathan 1 ------6 1 ------6 GIBSON, David 1 - - 0-1 - - - - 6 1 - - 0-1 - - - - 6 Total 12 3-5 10-11 0-1 - - - - 91 Opponents 31 8-12 31-31 - - - - - 241

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg CANTY, Jaleel 5 47 9.4 0 50 5 47 9.4 0 50 ALLEN, Tyler 3 -7 -2.3 0 0 3 -7 -2.3 0 0 ADAMS, Nathan 1 21 21.0 1 1 1 21 21.0 1 1 BECK, Jason 1 1 1.0 0 1 1 1 1.0 0 1 Total 10 62 6.2 1 50 Opponents 13 231 17.8 1 55

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg ALLEN, Tyler 19 387 20.4 0 37 116 2437 21.0 1 90 LEWIS, Juwan 2 46 23.0 0 29 2 46 23.0 0 29 BRUMFIELD, Ryan 1 17 17.0 0 17 11 199 18.1 0 30 Total 22 450 20.5 0 37 Opponents 8 171 21.4 0 39

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg JOHNSON, Kevin 2 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 PACE, DaQuan 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 BECK, Jason 1 3 3.0 0 3 1 3 3.0 0 3 Total 4 3 0.8 0 3 Opponents 4 80 20.0 1 36

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g ALLEN, Tyler 6 23 122 -7 387 0 525 87.5 38 41 122 -7 2437 0 2593 68.2 BELL, Reginald 4 250 0 0 0 0 250 62.5 4 250 0 0 0 0 250 62.5 HILL, Bronson 6 239 500024440.7 36 2245 388 0 0 0 2633 73.1 JACKSON, Dariu 6 162 77 0 0 0 239 39.8 25 375 103 0 122 0 600 24.0 BRUMFIELD, Ry 6 174 28 0 17 0 219 36.5 37 883 164 0 199 0 1246 33.7 RUSSELL, Tyree 6 0 150 0 0 0 150 25.0 40 0 1044 0 0 0 1044 26.1 BOLDEN, Rob 5 89 00008917.8 5 89 00008917.8 GIBSON, David 6 0 78 0 0 0 78 13.0 9 0 78 0 -4 0 74 8.2 CREEL, Dustin 5 0 75 0 0 0 75 15.0 28 0 888 0 0 0 888 31.7 STRANGE, Kris 6 17 45 0 0 0 62 10.3 19 17 45 0 0 0 62 3.3 LEWIS, Juwan 6 4 0 0 46 0 50 8.3 18 8 0 0 46 0 54 3.0 CANTY, Jaleel 6 0 -2 47 0 0 45 7.5 17 0 -2 47 70 0 115 6.8 JONES, Kenny 5 -1 42 0 0 0 41 8.2 5 -1 42 0 0 0 41 8.2 GARDNER, Cole 6 0 25 0 0 0 25 4.2 18 0 42 0 0 0 42 2.3 ROBACK, Broga 3 15 8 0 0 0 23 7.7 12 0800080.7 ADAMS, Nathan 6 0 0 21 0 0 21 3.5 18 0 0 21 5 0 26 1.4 BREWER, Kray’s 6 0 10 0 0 0 10 1.7 6 0 10 0 0 0 10 1.7 BECK, Jason 6 0 0 1 0 3 4 0.7 6 0 0 1 0 3 4 0.7 TEAM 2 -6 0000-6-3.0 Total 6 966 663 62 450 3 2144 357.3 Opponents 6 1320 1766 231 171 80 3568 594.7

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Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkd MULDER, Dylan 5 3 43 0 27 19 43 0 Total 5 3 43 0 Opponents 12 8 40 2

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk DUBIEL, Owen 24 1013 42.2 63 0 42 1646 39.2 63 0 BARNES, Austin 22 981 44.6 65 0 72 2964 41.2 65 0 Total 46 1994 43.3 65 0 Opponents 27 1128 41.8 66 1

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob RENIUS, Brendan 19 1175 61.8 11 0 30 1823 60.8 14 1 MULDER, Dylan 1 43 43.0 0 1 1 43 43.0 0 1 Total 20 1218 60.9 11 1 Opponents 43 2654 61.7 18 3

## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk 10 IBE,GREAT 6 3 9 2 4 6 3 4.5 0 . 5 . . . . . 18 6 7 5 8 1 2 5 7.5 0 . 5 . 2 . . . 42 JOHNSON, Kevin 6 3 0 1 7 4 7 1.0 . 2 3 . . . 33 5 1 5 0 1 0 1 2.5 . 2 4 1 1 . 43 ZAPPONE, Anthony 6 1 9 2 5 4 4 5.5 1 . 0 . 2 1 1 . 18 2 3 2 9 5 2 7.0 2 . 0 . 2 1 2 . 39 BECK, Jason 6 1 9 1 2 3 1 0.5 . 1 . . . . 6 1 9 1 2 3 1 0.5 . 1 . . . . 44 MATT, Hunter 6 2 1 9 3 0 3.0 . . . 1 . . 29 4 6 6 7 1 1 3 9.0 3 . 0 . 2 2 1 . 33 PACE, DaQuan 5 1 9 9 2 8 1.0 . 1 7 . . . 5 1 9 9 2 8 1.0 . 1 7 . . . 52 O'CONNOR, Pat 6 1 7 1 1 2 8 9.5 6 . 5 . 1 1 2 . 30 4 1 4 7 8 8 14.5 1 0 . 5 . 4 1 2 . 7 COTTON, Pudge 6 1 9 4 2 3 2.0 ...... 35 7 3 5 2 1 2 5 5.0 . 2 . 2 . . 4D CREEAR, Willie 6 1 7 6 2 3 0.0 . . 1 . . . 18 5 3 2 6 7 9 0.0 . 1 6 1 . . 96 BROWN, Mike 5 5 1 0 1 5 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 12 6 1 1 1 7 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 31 TILLMAN, Ray 6 9 6 1 5 0.5 ...... 13 1 8 8 2 6 0.5 . . 1 . . . 1D WHITE, Gary 6 5 1 0 1 5 2.0 . . . . . 1 6 5 1 0 1 5 2.0 . . . . . 1 28 HOUSTON, Amos 5 9 3 1 2 2.0 . . 1 . 1 . 12 9 3 1 2 2.0 . . 1 . 1 . 36 ADAMS, Nathan 6 4 6 1 0 1.0 . . . . . 1 18 4 6 1 0 1.0 . . . . . 1 90 HARRIS, Jeremiah 6 4 3 7 0.0 ...... 6 4 3 7 0.0 ...... 76 LINSER, Travis 6 6 1 7 1.0 ...... 26 1 3 1 7 3 0 5.5 1 . 0 . . . 1 . 56 GUILBEE-RODRIGUEZ 5 5 . 5 0.0 ...... 5 5 . 5 0.0 ...... 8D STEALS, Mike 5 2 3 5 1.0 . . 1 . . 1 16 1 3 1 7 3 0 5.0 1 . 0 1 1 . . 1 45 ROBINSON, Lavonte 2 1 3 4 0.0 ...... 2 1 3 4 0.0 ...... 5 CANTY, Jaleel 6 1 3 4 0.0 . . . . 1 . 17 1 6 1 6 3 2 0.0 . . 2 . 2 . 29 WILLIAMS, Jalen 6 1 2 3 0.0 ...... 17 6 4 1 0 0.0 ...... 91 POWELL, Deshai 3 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 3 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 46 GLICK, Thomas 6 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 6 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 99 PIPKINS, Aaron 1 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 1 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 23 MACK, Tyrie 3 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 3 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 80 STONE, Austin 3 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 3 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 3 CREEL, Dustin 5 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 28 2 1 3 0.0 ...... 94 DUNLAP, Derrick 4 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 4 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 6 JACKSON, Darius 6 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 25 3 1 4 0.0 ...... 20 LEWIS, Juwan 6 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 18 2 1 3 0.0 ...... 70 THORNTON, Matt 6 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 17 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 61 ERBES, Jordan 6 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 19 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 58 O'RISKY, Chris 6 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 18 . 1 1 0.0 ...... Total 6 2 6 0 1 7 3 4 3 3 36 9 4 1 6 3 5 3 Opponents 6 1 9 3 2 3 0 4 2 3 39 13 4 1 2 1 4 9 1

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Team Statistics EMU OPP SCORING 91 241 Points Per Game 15.2 40.2 Points Off Turnovers 21 51 FIRST DOWNS 92 137 R u s h in g 54 62 P a s s in g 32 66 P e n a lt y 6 9 RUSHING YARDAGE 966 1320 Yards gained rushing 1139 1468 Yards lost rushing 173 148 Rushing Attempts 243 244 Average Per Rush 4.0 5.4 Average Per Game 161.0 220.0 TDs Rushing 7 15 PASSING YARDAGE 663 1766 C o m p - A t t - I n t 76-152-4 142-219-4 Average Per Pass 4.4 8.1 Average Per Catch 8.7 12.4 Average Per Game 110.5 294.3 TDs Passing 4 14 TOTAL OFFENSE 1629 3086 Total Plays 395 463 Average Per Play 4.1 6.7 Average Per Game 271.5 514.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 22-450 8-171 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-62 13-231 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-3 4-80 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 20.5 21.4 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.2 17.8 INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.8 20.0 FUMBLES-LOST 18-14 7-3 PENALTIES-Yards 31-277 49-434 Average Per Game 46.2 72.3 PUNTS-Yards 46-1994 27-1128 Average Per Punt 43.3 41.8 Net punt average 37.0 38.7 KICKOFFS-Yards 20-1218 43-2654 Average Per Kick 60.9 61.7 Net kick average 38.6 40.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 5 : 4 0 3 4 : 2 0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 30/90 48/104 3rd-Down Pct 33% 46% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/5 4/12 4th-Down Pct 80% 33% SACKS BY-Yards 9-75 13-86 MISC YARDS 28 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 12 31 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 3-5 8-12 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 1-2 RED-ZONE SCORES (8-12) 67% (21-30) 70% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (7-12) 58% (13-30) 43% PAT-ATTEMPTS (10-11) 91% (31-31) 100% ATTENDANCE 20634 183429 Games/Avg Per Game 2/10317 4/45857 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Eastern Michigan 20 10 27 34 0 91 Opponents 73 54 58 56 0 241

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 23 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 3 1 1 0 1 3 / / / / / / 0 0 3 5 6 1 10-100 4-25 7-60 134 125 81 / / / / / / Yards Overs Penalties Return Turn- 31 75 4-40 4-38 7-62 162 3-48.3 5-43.4 4-41.8 86-655 79-496 81-537 / / / / / / Punting Total Offense 6-42.8 10-43.2 10-44.9 55-125 48-135 67-484 7.6 6.3 6.6 396 160 383 / / / / / / Avg Yards Plays-Yards 2.3 2.8 7.2 45 115 147 8.4 8.4 8.5 / / / Avg Passing 33-47-0 14-19-1 27-45-2 2.1 4.0 8.2 / / / Comp-Att-Int 9-21-1 10-29-1 10-18-0 6.6 5.6 4.3 / / / 2.4 1.1 6.9 All games All 39-259 60-336 36-154 TOP Avg / / / -8:58 -11:26 -25:22 Rushing 34-80 19-20 49-337 35:43 42:41 34:29 2014 Eastern Michigan Football Michigan Eastern 2014 2 2 3 / / / / / / Time of 2 0 0 24:17 17:19 25:31 12 8 12 / / / 2 3 7 Eastern Michigan Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Oct 11, 2014) Comparison Eastern Michigan Team Game-by-Game 2-4 0-0 0-2 / / / 13 14 7 First Downs / / / 0-0 1-1 0-1 3 2 11 27 24 22 / / / 7 5 18 10-20 9-17 10-20 / / / 65 73 27 3rd Down 4th Down - - - Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards Sacks 5-13 / 6-15 0-0 / 1-3 26:06 / 33:54 -7:48 2.5 / 6.4 6.2 / 7.1 4.2 / 6.8 6-43.8 / 5-43.2 7-60 / 15-124 2 / 3 3-14 1-13 5-13 5-18 / 2-15 1-1 / 1-3 31:45 / 28:15 0 3 : 3 3.0 / 4.9 3.0 / 6.2 3.0 / 5.5 10-42.3 / 6-45.3 5-47 / 4-45 2 / 3 6 - 31 18 / 27 8 / 10 8 / 17 2 / 0 37-94 / 31-197 17-30-2 / 33-50-0 185 / 355 67-279 / 81-552 151 / 57 4 / 0 0 3 - 17 14 / 16 10 / 7 4 / 8 0 / 1 48-143 / 37-180 12-24-0 / 17-30-1 72 / 187 72-215 / 67-367 52 / 70 2 / 2 30-90 / 48-104 4-5 / 4-12 154:01 / 205:59 -51:58 4.0 / 5.4 4.4 / 8.1 4.1 / 6.7 46-43.3 / 27-41.8 31-277 / 49-434 9 / 13 Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards 14 37 91 - 241 92 / 137 54 / 62 32 / 66 6 / 9 243-966 / 244-1320 76-152-4 / 142-219-4 663 / 1766 395-1629 / 463-3086 515 / 482 18 / 7 Old Dominion Akron Massachusetts Opponent Old Dominion Akron Massachusetts MORGAN STATEFlorida 31 - 28Michigan State 30 / 21BUFFALO 20 / 11 ILLINOIS NORTHERN 8 / MICHIGAN CENTRAL 9Western Michigan 2Ball State / 1TOLEDO Totals 56-292 / 41-194MORGAN STATE 18-30-0 / 18-28-0Florida 11-19Michigan State 99 / / 11-17 285BUFFALO 86-391 2-2 / / 69-479 0-0 ILLINOIS NORTHERN MICHIGAN CENTRAL 44Western Michigan / 29:03 15 /Ball State 30:57TOLEDO Totals 0 / -1:54 1 5.2 / 4.7 3.3 / 10.2 4.5 / 6.9 4-42.5 / 4-27.8 4-30 / 9-80 2 / 2 Opponent Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category each TEAM/OPPONENT for format the in displayed are totals Game Note:

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30-YARD PLUS PLAYS LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS Yds Type Player(s) Opponent Long Plays By Yards No. TD 72* Rush BELL, Reginald Buffalo 100+ 0 0 71* Rush BELL, Reginald Buffalo 90-99 0 0 50 PR CANTY, Jaleel Akron 80-89 0 0 43* Pass ALLEN, Tyler from BOLDEN, Rob Michigan State 70-79 2 2 37 KR ALLEN, Tyler Buffalo 60-69 0 0 34 KR ALLEN, Tyler Old Dominion 50-59 1 0 33 Rush JACKSON, Darius Buffalo 40-49 1 1 32 Pass JACKSON, Darius from BOLDEN, Rob Akron 30-39 6 0 31 Pass GIBSON, David from ROBACK, Brogan Old Dominion 20-29 15 1 30 Rush ROBACK, Brogan Morgan State Long Plays By Type No. TD * touchdown scored on play Rushing 5 2 Passing 11 2 Punt returns 1 0 Kick returns 8 0 Interceptions 0 0 Fumble returns 0 0 Other 0 0 TOTAL 25 4 30-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FR ALLEN, Tyler 8 1 017000 GIBSON, David 3 1 030000 BELL, Reginald 2 2 200000 RUSSELL, Tyreese 2 0 020000 JACKSON, Darius 2 0 110000 HILL, Bronson 1 0 100000 CREEL, Dustin 1 0 010000 GARDNER, Cole 1 0 010000 STRANGE, Kris 1 0 010000 JONES, Kenny 1 0 010000 ROBACK, Brogan 1 0 100000 CANTY, Jaleel 1 0 000100 LEWIS, Juwan 1 0 001000 TOTAL 25 4 5 11 8100 LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR Rushing 72 BELL, Reginald vs Buffalo (10/11/2014) Rushing Touchdown 72 BELL, Reginald vs Buffalo (10/11/2014) Passing 43 ALLEN, Tyler from BOLDEN, Rob vs Michigan State (9/20/2014) Passing Touchdown 43 ALLEN, Tyler from BOLDEN, Rob vs Michigan State (9/20/2014) Punt Return 50 CANTY, Jaleel vs Akron (10/4/2014) Kick Return 37 ALLEN, Tyler vs Buffalo (10/11/2014) Interception Return 3 BECK, Jason vs Buffalo (10/11/2014) Fumble Return None Punt 65 BARNES, Austin vs Michigan State (9/20/2014) Field Goal 43 MULDER, Dylan vs Old Dominion (9/13/2014)

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 25 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB 2014 Eastern Michigan Football Eastern Michigan Red-Zone Results (as of Oct 11, 2014) All games GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014

Eastern Michigan Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Aug 30, 2014 MORGAN STATE W 31-28 4 3 21 3300100000 Sep 06, 2014 at Florida L 0-65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 13, 2014 at Old Dominion L 3-17 0000000000000 Sep 20, 2014 at Michigan State L 14-73 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 04, 2014 at Akron L 6-31 3161010100100 Oct 11, 2014 BUFFALO W 37-27 4 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 18, 2014 at Massachusetts Oct 25, 2014 NORTHERN ILLINOIS Nov 01, 2014 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Nov 15, 2014 at Western Michigan Nov 22, 2014 at Ball State Nov 28, 2014 TOLEDO Totals 12 8 51 7521210100 8 of 12 (66.7%)

Opponents Inside Eastern Michigan Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Aug 30, 2014 MORGAN STATE W 31-28 2171100100000 Sep 06, 2014 at Florida L 0-65 7 6 30 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 13, 2014 at Old Dominion L 3-17 2130001010000 Sep 20, 2014 at Michigan State L 14-73 8 7 45 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Oct 04, 2014 at Akron L 6-31 5 3 17 2111020000 Oct 11, 2014 BUFFALO W 37-27 6 3 13 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 Oct 18, 2014 at Massachusetts Oct 25, 2014 NORTHERN ILLINOIS Nov 01, 2014 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Nov 15, 2014 at Western Michigan Nov 22, 2014 at Ball State Nov 28, 2014 TOLEDO Totals 201430 Eastern 21 115Michigan 13 Football 9 4 8251010 Eastern Michigan By-Quarter Statistics (as of Oct 11, 2014) 21 of 30 (70.0%) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 30, 2014 MORGAN STATE W 31-28 11-19 57.9 4-4 100.0 3-4 75.0 3-5 60.0 1-6 16.7 Sep 06, 2014 at Florida L 0-65 3-14 21.4 0-3 0.0 1-4 25.0 0-3 0.0 2-4 50.0 Sep 13, 2014 at Old Dominion L 3-17 5-18 27.8 2-4 50.0 0-3 0.0 2-5 40.0 1-6 16.7 Sep 20, 2014 at Michigan State L 14-73 1-13 7.7 0-4 0.0 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 Oct 04, 2014 at Akron L 6-31 5-13 38.5 1-2 50.0 1-4 25.0 0-3 0.0 3-4 75.0 Oct 11, 2014 BUFFALO W 37-27 5-13 38.5 2-5 40.0 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-2 0.0 Oct 18, 2014 at Massachusetts Oct 25, 2014 NORTHERN ILLINOIS Nov 01, 2014 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Nov 15, 2014 at Western Michigan Nov 22, 2014 at Ball State Nov 28, 2014 TOLEDO Eastern Michigan 30-90 33.3 9-22 40.9 7-23 30.4 6-20 30.0 8-25 32.0 0-0 0.0 Opponents 48-104 46.2 15-26 57.7 16-32 50.0 9-21 42.9 8-25 32.0 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 30, 2014 MORGAN STATE W 31-28 2-2 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 2-2 100.0 Sep 06, 2014 at Florida L 0-65 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 13, 2014 at Old Dominion L 3-17 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Sep 20, 2014 at Michigan State L 14-73 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 04, 2014 at Akron L 6-31 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 11, 2014 BUFFALO W 37-27 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 18, 2014 at Massachusetts Oct 25, 2014 NORTHERN ILLINOIS Nov 01, 2014 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Nov 15, 2014 at Western Michigan Nov 22, 2014 at Ball State Nov 28, 2014 TOLEDO Eastern Michigan 4-5 80.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-2 50.0 3-3 100.0 0-0 0.0 Opponents 4-12 33.3 3-3 100.0 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-7 14.3 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 30, 2014 MORGAN STATE W 31-28 29:03 5:02 6:40 9:25 7:56 Sep 06, 2014 at Florida L 0-65 24:17 5:38 6:55 5:50 5:54 Sep 13, 2014 at Old Dominion L 3-17 31:45 6:34 7:03 8:49 9:19 Sep 20, 2014 at Michigan State L 14-73 17:19 4:06 4:20 3:44 5:09 Oct 04, 2014 at Akron L 6-31 26:06 6:46 8:31 4:46 6:03 Oct 11, 2014 BUFFALO W 37-27 25:31 6:58 5:16 7:48 5:29 Oct 18, 2014 at Massachusetts Oct 25, 2014 NORTHERN ILLINOIS Nov 01, 2014 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Nov 15, 2014 at Western Michigan Nov 22, 2014 at Ball State Nov 28, 2014 TOLEDO Eastern Michigan Total 154:01 35:04 38:45 40:22 39:50 0:00 Avg. 25:40 5:50 6:27 6:43 6:38 0:00 Opponents Total 205:59 54:56 51:15 49:38 50:10 0:00 Avg. 34:19 9:09 8:32 8:16 8:21 0:00 EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 26 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes 19 HILL, Bronson vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) Rushes 24 TAYLOR, Anthone, vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Yards Rushing 202 BELL, Reginald vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Yards Rushing 128 TAYLOR, Anthone, vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) TD Rushes 3 BELL, Reginald vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) TD Rushes 3 Williams, D., at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Long Rush 72 BELL, Reginald vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Long Rush 80 Williams, D., at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Pass attempts 30 BOLDEN, Rob at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Pass attempts 45 Driskel,J., at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Pass completions 17 BOLDEN, Rob at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Pass completions 31 Driskel,J., at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Yards Passing 185 BOLDEN, Rob at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Yards Passing 383 LICATA, Joe, vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) TD Passes 2 BOLDEN, Rob at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) TD Passes 3 COUNCIL,Robert, vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) Long Pass 43 BOLDEN, Rob at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) LICATA, Joe, vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Receptions 6 RUSSELL, Tyreese vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) Long Pass 78 Harris,T., at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Yards Receiving 53 ALLEN, Tyler at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Receptions 10 SMITH, L.T., at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) TD Receptions 1 RUSSELL, Tyreese at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Yards Receiving 123 Robinson,D., at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) ALLEN, Tyler at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) TD Receptions 2 Lippett, Tony, at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) ALLEN, Tyler at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Long Reception 78 Herndon,M., at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) GIBSON, David vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Field Goals 3 Velez,F., at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Long Reception 43 ALLEN, Tyler at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Long Field Goal 40 CLARKE, Patrick, vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Field Goals 1 MULDER, Dylan vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) Punts 5 Sadler, Mike, at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) MULDER, Dylan at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) PAUL, Zach, at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) MULDER, Dylan vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Punting Avg 50.0 HEINICKE, T., at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) Long Field Goal 43 MULDER, Dylan at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) Long Punt 66 HEINICKE, T., at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) Punts 9 BARNES, Austin at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Punts inside 20 3 Sadler, Mike, at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Punting Avg 47.0 BARNES, Austin vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) PAUL, Zach, at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Long Punt 65 BARNES, Austin at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Long Punt Return 55 Debose,A., at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Punts inside 20 4 DUBIEL, Owen at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) Long Kickoff Return 39 Shelton, R.J., at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Long Punt Return 50 CANTY, Jaleel at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Tackles 19 ACKER,Cody, vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) Long Kickoff Return 37 ALLEN, Tyler vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Sacks 2.0 OLTON,Donyae, vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) Tackles 13 ZAPPONE, Anthony vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Ball,N., at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Sacks 2.0 O’CONNOR, Pat at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) BROWN, Jatavis, at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) O’CONNOR, Pat vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Tackles For Loss 3.0 CAPI, Nordly, at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Tackles For Loss 3.0 O’CONNOR, Pat vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) Interceptions 1 Dawson,D., at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) O’CONNOR, Pat at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) Williamson, RJ, at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) ZAPPONE, Anthony vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) PHILLIPS, Drew, at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Interceptions 1 JOHNSON, Kevin at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) GIVENS, Kris, at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) PACE, DaQuan at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) BECK, Jason vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) JOHNSON, Kevin vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014)

TEAM GAME HIGHS OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes 56 vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) Rushes 60 at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Yards Rushing 337 vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Yards Rushing 336 at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Yards Per Rush 6.9 vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Yards Per Rush 6.6 at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) TD Rushes 4 vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) TD Rushes 7 at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Pass attempts 30 vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) Pass attempts 50 at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Pass completions 33 at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Pass completions 18 vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Yards Passing 185 at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Yards Passing 396 at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Yards Per Pass 8.2 vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Yards Per Pass 10.2 vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) TD Passes 2 at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) TD Passes 3 vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) Total Plays 86 vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Total Offense 484 vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Yards Per Play 7.2 vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Points 37 vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Total Plays 86 at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Sacks By 3 vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Total Offense 655 at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) First Downs 30 vs Morgan State (Aug 30, 2014) Yards Per Play 7.6 at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Penalties 7 at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Points 73 at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Sacks By 3 at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Penalty Yards 62 vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) Turnovers 6 at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Interceptions By 2 vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) First Downs 27 at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Punts 10 at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) Penalties 15 at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Penalty Yards 124 at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Punting Avg 44.9 at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Turnovers 3 vs Buffalo (Oct 11, 2014) Long Punt 65 at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) Interceptions By 2 at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Punts inside 20 6 at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) Punts 6 at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) Long Punt Return 50 at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Punting Avg 48.3 at Florida (Sep 06, 2014) Long Punt 66 at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) Punts inside 20 3 at Old Dominion (Sep 13, 2014) at Michigan State (Sep 20, 2014) at Akron (Oct 04, 2014) Long Punt Return 55 at Florida (Sep 06, 2014)

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 27 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 Game Day Statistics MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 28 EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 31 Eagles Open Up Creighton Era With Victory at “The Factory” Aug. 30, 2014 - Rynearson Stadium (8,748) Eastern Michigan tops Morgan State, 31-28 SCORING 1 2 3 4 F YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Eastern Michigan University’s Morgan State 7 14 7 0 28 football team kicked off its 123rd season on the brand new “EMU Gray” Eastern Michigan 14 7 7 3 31 turf at Rynearson Stadium with a neck-and-neck, 31-28, victory over Morgan State University Saturday, Aug. 30. The Eagles had to wait through a 57-minute rain delay along with a last-second field goal at- Scoring Summary: tempt by the Bears to give Head Coach Chris Creighton his first win as FIRST QUARTER an FBS Head Coach. 08:08 MSU Lamont Brown III 3-yd. run; Moller PAT EMU was led on the ground by Bronson Hill and Darius Jackson, who combined for 187 yards rushing. Hill surpassed the century mark 03:06 EMU Darius Jackson 1-yd. run; Mulder PAT for the 10th time in his career, going 114 yards on 19 carries. Jackson 00:54 EMU Nathan Adams 1-yd. blocked punt notched a career high in rushing with 73 yards on 17 carries and also return; Mulder PAT set a career mark in receiving yards, pulling in five catches for 22 yards. Reginald Bell, Jr. led the offense, making a start in the first game of his SECOND QUARTER collegiate career and throwing 11-for-16 with a total of 59 yards. 06:49 EMU Ryan Brumfield 16-yd run; Mulder PAT The Eagle defense saw a career night from Pat O’Connor, who to- 04:57 MSU Lamont Brown III 46-yd pass from taled 10 tackles, 1.5 sacks and three tackles for loss with a remarkable Robert Council; Moller PAT 20 yards in total loss. Also picking up 10 tackles were Hunter Matt and Great Ibe. Matt led the team in solo attacks, with six, while Ibe and 00:55 MSU Landen Malbrough 34-yd pass from O’Connor notched five apiece. Robert Council; Moller PAT Morgan State ran much of its offense through the air, as Robert THIRD QUARTER Council went 18-for-28, throwing 269 yards for three touchdowns, in- cluding a 75-yard score. Lamont Brown III paced the offense, rushing 05:30 MSU Thomas Martin 75-yd pass from for 124 yards on 18 carries. The Bears had some fierce defenders, as Robert Council; Moller PAT four members of the MSU line had at least 10 tackles. Cody Acker led 02:04 EMU Ryan Brumfield 14-yd. run; Mulder PAT the way with 19, while Delonta Hall added 16, Peterson Janvier had 12, and Paul Eatman, Jr. recorded 11 stops. FOURTH QUARTER The Green and White was able to keep the Bears at bay for the first 13:41 EMU Dylan Mulder 42-yd. field goal part of the opening drive, as Matt, Lavonte Robinson, and DaQuan Pace did their part in stopping Morgan State players off the pass. Council was able to break through the defense with a handful of rushes, cul- TEAM STATISTICS EMU MSU minating in a 23-yard rush along the left sideline before being denied FIRST DOWNS 30 20 entry into the end zone by Pace on the three-yard line. However, the RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 56-292 41-210 Eagles were unable to stop the next play, as Council found his favorite PASSING YDS (NET) 99 269 target of the drive in Brown III for the first touchdown of the contest. An extra point from Chris Moller left the Green and White with a 7-0 ing distance of 95 yards to travel. Though the Eagles had ample room Passes Comp-Att-Int 18-30-0 18-28-0 deficit, but the Eagles had ample time to battle back with 8:08 remain- to stop the Bears, they only allowed Morgan State to travel 15 yards TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 86-391 64-479 ing in the first quarter. down-field before regaining possession. Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 After gaining possession of the pigskin for the first time in the 2014 Brogan Roback entered the game to give the Eagles a fresh look at campaign, the Eagles quickly gained a first down thanks to a stealthy the quarterback position, but the veteran Eagle could not work any Punt Returns-Yards 2-15 1-0 sprint up the middle by Bell in his first appearance donning the Green magic to give the Eagles the offensive spark that they needed. The Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-29 1-15 and White. Bell kept his composure to help the Green and White move Bears jumped at the opportunity to gather some more points of their Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 own, and their effort proved fruitful when Council threw to Thomas the chains another time by finding Tyreese Russell in the open pocket, Punts (Number-Avg) 4-42.5 4-27.8 tossing an easy 14-yard lob to find the senior on the MSU 36-yard line. Martin for a 75-yard touchdown. With 5:30 to play in the third quarter, Another throw along the left side found Jackson inside the red zone, the Eagles trailed once more by seven points, down 21-28. Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1 and the Eagles found themselves at first and goal. A handoff to Jack- The previous MSU touchdown seemed to fire the Eagles up, espe- Penalties-Yards 4-30 9-80 son paved the way for the team’s first touchdown inside “The Factory,” cially Hill, who busted through the MSU defense and carried the ball Possession Time 29:03 30:57 and Dylan Mulder was able to convert the extra point to knot the score, 35 yards in four plays before the Bears called a timeout in an attempt 7-7, with 3:06 remaining. to slow the determined senior. The defense keyed in on Hill when the Third-Down Conversions 11 of 19 10 of 16 Riding the momentum from an outstanding offensive performance, teams took to the field again, and Roback found a new target in Dustin Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 0 of 0 the Eagle defense stepped up its game in the Bears’ next possession. Creel, who had two catches for 15 yards to put the Eagles in the red Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 1-2 zone. As the Bears turned their attention to Creel after the success of Ibe made two consecutive stops to give MSU a third down before help- Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-22 2-14 ing O’Connor slam Council back 10 yards, giving the Bears a highly the previous plays, Brumfield took the ball and stomped through the lengthy fourth-and-14. line for a 14-yard rush, marking the second time in his career to score The entirety of Rynearson Stadium was sent into a mad frenzy when two rushing touchdowns in one contest, to equalize the score, 28-28, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS with two minutes to play in the quarter. Nathan Adams blocked the punt, recovered the ball, and scrambled RUSHING: EMU: HILL, Bronson 19-114; JACKSON, into the end zone for another EMU touchdown. The blocked punt Facing formidable winds and a 42-yard distance between his foot touchdown was the first since Travis Lewis accomplished the feat at and the goal posts , Mulder was brought in for a field goal attempt Darius 17-73; BRUMFIELD, Ryan 8-56; ROBACK, Bro- Kent State University, Nov. 13, 2004. It was also just the third blocked with 13:41 left in the contest. The junior kicker rose to the occasion and gan 1-30; BELL, Reginald 11-19; MSU: BROWN, Lam- punt return touchdown by an EMU squad since 1967. Mulder’s leg re- sailed the ball through the uprights to give the Eagles the advantage ont III 18-124; COUNCIL, Robert 15-71; WALKER JR, once more, 31-28. mained perfect on the extra point, giving the Eagles a quick command Herb 5-9; BANKS, Marcolm 2-5; MARTIN, Tracy 1-1 of the board with a 14-7 advantage with 54 seconds remaining. The Bears were faced with a sturdy wall of defense on their next The Bears started off the second quarter with a bang as Council drive, capped off with a stellar tackle off a read on a screen pass from found Eme Akonawe open for a dash down the middle to the EMU Matt. The Green and White was faced with a lofty task in making its PASSING: EMU: BELL, Reginald 11-16-0-59; ROBACK, way nearly the entire length of the field after MSU’s Lawrence Forbes 25-yard line before he was taken down by Willie Creear. MSU made Brogan 7-14-0-40; MSU: COUNCIL, Robert 18-28-0- a statement and fought back from its previous possession’s kerfuffle, delivered a punt on the one-yard line. Jackson barreled through the making its way down the field to the 10-yard line. O’Connor made MSU defensive line to carry the ball 17 yards in three attempts. 269 another tremendous sack on Council for a loss of 12 yards off an at- EMU’s momentum was halted due to inclement weather in the area tempted third-down conversion. Gary White, Jr. then blocked the field and the contest was delayed for 57 minutes until the teams were al- RECEIVING: EMU: RUSSELL, Tyreese 6-48; JACK- goal attempt, the first time since a matchup against Kent State on Nov. lowed back on the field with 9:13 to play. 19, 2011, that an Eagle had done so. When the game finally resumed in front of a small but loyal crowd SON, Darius 5-22; CREEL, Dustin 3-19; HILL, Bronson Bell turned to Ryan Brumfield on the Eagles’ next drive, as the senior of Eastern fans, the Eagles gave a valiant effort to advance the ball. 2-minus 7; JONES, Kenny 1-9; ROBACk, Brogan 1-8; running back helped the ball move 30 yards down the field. Bell found Despite its best efforts, the team had to give up another punt. The MSU: FISK, Ricky 6-51; BROWN, III Lamont 3-50; Bears appeared refreshed by the game delay, as Brown ran 32 yards an open Brumfield for the rush into the end zone, this time making a SPEARMAN, Landarious 3-31; AKONAWE, Eme 3-20; 16-yard jaunt to elevate the Green and White’s lead to 21-7 with 6:49 to on the first play before Pace forced him out of bounds. But the EMU play. defense had not given up and returned to the ensuing plays more de- MARTIN, Thomas 2-83; MALBROUGH, :aden 1-34 Unfortunately, the Bears picked up their offensive pace drastically termined, resulting in a stripped ball by O’Connor to give the ball back to the Eagles with just 42 yards to the goal and 5:21 to play. on the next drive, thanks in large part to Brown III. The redshirt-soph- TACKLES-FOR-LOSS: EMU: HUNTER, Matt 1.5-6; omore running back moved the ball down the field 65 yards over four Inspired by the change in game direction from the outstanding de- plays, breaking free for a 46-yard rush to a touchdown to put the Bears fensive play, the Eagles began to move the chains quickly with a pair IBE, Great 1.0-6; PACE DeQuan 1.0-2; CREEAR, Wil- within seven points as the Eagles still led, 21-14, with 4:57 to play in the of rushes by Hill to move the ball 25 yards up the field. The Green lie 0.5-4 first half. and White soon found itself within reasonable scoring distance and decided to go in for a field goal attempt, but Mulder’s kick veered off to The Eagles were unable to muster any points in the ensuing pos- HUNTER, Matt 6-4=10, session, and fell victim to another touchdown from the Bears as they the left and returned the ball to the Bears. TACKLES: EMU LEADERS: deadlocked the score after going 80 yards in just eight plays and less MSU made a handful of scrambles toward the goal line before a IBE, Great 5-5=10; O’CONNOR Pat 5-5=10; PACE, De- than 90 seconds. With less than one minute remaining in the half, the fumble by Council dropped the Bears back to second-and-17. They Quan 6-1=7; SAPPONE, Anthony 1-6=7; JOHNSON, were able to advance to fourth-and-nine at the EMU 38-yard line, giv- score stood at 21-21.The Eagles made their way into MSU territory, but Kevin 6-0=6; WHITE, Gary 1-3=4; were unable to put any more points on the board before they made ing Chris Moller a 55-yard attempt. A false start on the snap pushed their way into the locker room at the close of the half. the attempt back five yards, and MSU was unable to tie the contest, The Eagles were able to get the gears moving to start the second giving the Eagles the first win of the 2014 season and Coach Creigh- half with a ground attack by Hill and Jackson. However, the Green and ton’s first win as an FBS Head Coach. After the game, the team per- White was unable to gain any momentum and was forced to concede a sonally thanked the fans who remained throughout the entire game punt. Owen Dubiel was able to make the most of the situation, drop- before heading into the locker room as victors. ping the ball on the MSU five-yard line to give the Bears a challeng- EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 28 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 Game Day Statistics EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 0 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 65 Florida Hands EMU Football First Loss of the Season Sept. 6, 2014 - Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (81,049) Eagles suffer a 65-0 defeat Saturday afternoon, Sept. 6 SCORING 1 2 3 4 F GAINESVILLE, Fla. (EMUGameDay.com) — In it Eastern Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 first road contest of the 2014 season, the East- Florida 17 13 21 14 65 ern Michigan University football team suffered Scoring Summary: a 65-0 setback at the hands of the University of FIRST QUARTER Florida Saturday afternoon, Sept. 6, at Ben Hill 06:44 UF Velez33 yd field goal Griffin Stadium. The Gators’ offense jumped on 06:00 UF Taylor 31 yd run; Velez PAT the board early with 17 first quarter points as 04:48 UF Jones 40 yd run; Velez PAT the Eagles were kept off the scoreboard for the SECOND QUARTER first time in 69 games, dating back to Sept. 27, 13:49 UF Powell 12 yd run; Velez PAT 2008, against Northern Illinois University. 06:30 UF Velez 36 yd field goal 00:13 UF Velez 29 yd field goal The contest marked the first loss of the season THIRD QUARTER for the Green and White as well as the first with 09:18 UF Jones 4 yd pass from Driskel; Velez PAT Head Coach Chris Creighton. Meanwhile, UF 03:33 UF Taylor 6 yd run; Velez PAT snapped a seven-game losing skid to improve 02:51 UF Dawson 36 yd interception; Velez PAT to 1-0 after having its game a week earlier can- FOURTH QUARTER celled due to weather. 14:47 UF Robinson 70 yd pass from Harris; Five turnovers hurt the Eagles as the offense Velez PAT 12:08 UF Herndon 78 yd pass from Harris; picked up 125 yards. Brogan Roback went 5-for- Velez PAT 10 as Eastern used three different quarterbacks throughout the day. EMU starting quarterback TEAM STATISTICS EMU UF Reginald Bell was the team’s leading rusher FIRST DOWNS 7 27 alongside Tyler Allen as both Eagles ran for 20 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 34-80 39-259 yards on the ground, with all of Bell’s coming in PASSING YDS (NET) 45 396 the opening half. Tyreese Russell caught two Florida a 3-0 lead. Passes Comp-Att-Int 9-21-1 33-47-0 passes for 20 yards, while Dustin Creel added 16 The Gators increased their lead to double dig- TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 55-125 86-655 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 yards receiving on two catches. its after an EMU fumble gave Florida prime field Punt Returns-Yards 1-1 5-98 On the defensive side of the ball, Great Ibe position. On the next play, Kelvin Taylor found Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-1 0-0-0 and Ray Tillman tallied a team-high 11 tackles. the end zone from 31 yards out, making it 10-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-36-1 Tillman’s double-digit day set a career best, tying with 6:00 remaining in the first quarter. Punts (Number-Avg) 10-43.2 3-48.3 the amount of tackles he recorded throughout After another touchdown in the opening quar- Fumbles-Lost 4-4 0-0 the entire 2013 season. Reigning Mid-American ter, Florida added 13 more points in the second Penalties-Yards 4-40 10-100 Conference West Special Teams Player of the quarter. Midway through the quarter, Coach Possession Time 24:17 35:43 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 14 10 of 20 Week Nathan Adams also chipped in on defense, Creighton made a switch at quarterback, send- Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 2 of 4 making a tackle behind the line of scrimmage on ing in Roback in place of Bell. The sophomore Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 6-7 a Florida fourth down play in the red zone. moved the EMU offense across midfield before Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 3-18 “Hats off to Florida. With the game being can- the UF defense stood tall and forced a punt. Go- celed last week and this being their opener, they ing into the locker room, the Eagles found them- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS came out with a bang and played great. Great selves trailing, 30-0. RUSHING: EMU: BELL, Reginald 7-20; ALLEN, Ty- environment,” added Creighton. “We’re definite- Bell led the EMU rushing attack in the first half ler 2-20; JACKSON, Darius 5-16;BOLDEN, Rob 6-13; ly a disappointed group. One of the things that with 20 yards on seven carries. Allen added a BRUMFIELD, Ryan 4-13; LEWIS, Juwan 1-4; HILL, Bronson 7-0; JONES, Kenny 1-(-1); ROBACK, Brogan Eastern Michigan football has to learn is how 16-yard rush on a jet sweep that gave the Ea- 1-(-5); UF: Taylor 8-68-2; Jones 8-65-1; Brown to face, fight and defeat adversity, and it’s just gles a first down. Through the air, Roback was 6-58; Masline 7-25; Powell 3-24; Herndon 3-11; football adversity. That’s going to be the key to 3-of-6 for 20 yards, while Bell completed two Driskel 1-7; Harris 3-1; making this program a winner. We got our fair of his six passes for 12 yards. Russell and Creel share of it today. When you turn the ball over both caught a pair of passes, totaling 16 and 12 PASSING: EMU: BELL, Reginald 2-6-0-12-0; ROBACK, five times, it makes it tough, but we lost toa yards, respectively. On defense, Ibe, Johnson Brogan 5-10-0-29-0; BOLDEN, Rob 2-5-1-4-0; UF: good football team today.” and Tillman recorded six tackles apiece. DRISKEL 31-45-0-248-1; HARRIS 2-2-0-148-2; Florida’s Jeff Driskel went 31-for-45 for 248 Turnover plagued Eastern in the first half as RECEIVING: EMU: RUSSELL, Tyreese 2-16; CREEL, yards, while backup quarterback Treon Harris two fumbles gave Florida great field position. Dustin 2-12; ALLEN, Tyler 1-7; BRUMFIELD, Ryan 1-5; completed a pair of passes for 148 yards. De- The Gators racked up 308 yards in the opening JONES, Kenny 1-4; JACKSON, Darius 2-1;UF: Robin- marcus Robinson led the receiving corps with half, including 178 through the air by Driskel, son 6-123-1; Dunbar 5-81; Herndon 1-78-1; Bur- six catches for 123 yards, including a 70-yards who completed 23-of-33 passes. Driskel’s fa- ton 7-42; Fulwood 4-22; Pittman 3-20; Brown touchdown reception. The Gators chalked up vorite receivers were Clay Burton, who caught 2-10; Jones 2-9-1; Worton 1-8; Showers 1-3; 259 yards rushing as well for a total of 655 yards six passes for 39 yards, and Quinton Dubar, who Powell 1-0 from scrimmage on the day. made a 42-yard catch as part of a five-reception TACKLES-FOR-LOSS: EMU: WHITE, Gary 1.0-3; AD- Florida put the game’s first points on the score- 81-yard first half. On the ground, Matt Jones ran AMS, Nathan 1.0-2; HOUSTON, Amos 0.5-0; IBE, board as the Gators converted twice on fourth for 61 yards, while Taylor added 41 of his own. Great 0.5-1 down. UF marched 63 yards down the field in In the second half, Florida continued to put 16 plays, taking 6:31 off the clock. On third and points on the scoreboard, including three touch- TACKLES: EMU LEADERS: IBE, Great 9-2=11; five from the EMU 16-yard line, Kevin Johnson downs in the third quarter. Towards the end of TILLMAN, Ray 9-2=11; JOHNSON, Kevin 6-1=7; AD- made a spectacular breakup at the goal line to the quarter, transfer quarterback Rob Bolden AMS, Nathan 3-2=5; WHITE, Gary 2-3=5; force the Gators to settle for three. A 33-yard at- made his EMU debut to guide the Eagles’ of- tempt by Frankie Velez split the uprights to give fense.

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 29 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 Game Day Statistics EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 3 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY 17 Monarchs Rise Over Eagles in the Rain, 17-3 Sept. 13, 2014 - S.B. Ballard Stadium (20,118) EMU football allows the fewest points in a game since the 2011 season SCORING 1 2 3 4 F NORFOLK, Va. (EMUGameDay.com) — On a rainy night at Eastern Michigan 0 0 0 3 3 S.B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk, Va., the Eastern Michigan Florida 7 0 3 7 17 University football team fell to the Old Dominion Univer- sity Monarchs 17-3, Sept. 13. The loss drops the Eagles to Scoring Summary: 1-2 on the season, while ODU improves to 2-1. FIRST QUARTER The EMU defense allowed just 10 points as ODU scored 07:23 ODU Ray Lawry 55 yd run; Ricky Segers PAT on special teams with a 46-yard punt return in the fourth THIRD QUARTER quarter. The 10 points given up is the fewest allowed by an 00:11 ODU Ricky Segers 26 yd field goal; EMU defense since Oct. 22, 2011, when the Eagles defeated FOURTH QUARTER Western Michigan University, 14-10. The 17 points allowed 09:13 EMU Dylan Mulder 43 yd field goal; overall on the night was the fewest surrendered by East- ern Michigan since a 30-17 victory over the University at 07:28 ODU A. Vaughn 46 yd punt return; Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2011. Ricky Segers PAT Great Ibe and Pat O’Connor led the Eagles on the de- fensive side of the ball. Ibe posted a team-high 12 tackles, TEAM STATISTICS EMU ODU while O’Connor recorded nine, including three for a loss. FIRST DOWNS 14 16 Two of the three tackles behind the line of scrimmage for RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 48-143 37-180 O’Connor were sacks. The EMU defense went through PASSING YDS (NET) 72 187 a stretch where it held Old Dominion off the scoreboard Passes Comp-Att-Int 12-24-0 17-30-1 for seven possessions, forcing five punts, a fumble and a TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 72-215 67-367 turnover-on-downs at the goal line. Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Rob Bolden entered the contest at the end of the third Punt Returns-Yards 1-1-0 2-70-1 quarter to lead the Eagles on its lone scoring drive. Junior Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-51 0-0 booted a 43-yard field goal, tying the longest Dylan Mulder Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0 of his career. In just over one quarter of play, Bolden was Punts (Number-Avg) 10-42.3 6-45.3 3-of-6 passing for 16, while rushing the ball 12 times for 31 yards. Fumbles-Lost 5-2 1-1 On offense, Eastern finished with 215 total yards, includ- Penalties-Yards 5-47 4-45 ing 143 on the ground. Bronson Hill paced the Eagles’ rush- Roback went 5-of-11 for 48 yards in the first half, com- Possession Time 31:45 28:15 ing attack with 78 yards on 16 carries. Starting quarter- pleting all of his passes to a different receiver. His longest Third-Down Conversions 5 of 18 2 of 15 back Brogan Roback led Eastern’s passing game by going pass of 31 yards found the hands of David Gibson, who Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 3 9-of-17 for 56 yards. hauled in the first reception of his EMU career. On the Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 1-2 ODU was led by Gerard Johnson on the ground, who car- ground, Hill led the rushing attack with 36 yards on nine Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-22 3-17 ried the ball 19 times for 85 yards. Ray Lawry added four carries. Kris Strange added a 17-yard rush for the first car- for 69 yards, including a 55-yard run for the only offensive ry of his career, while Darius Jackson and Ryan Brumfield INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS touchdown of the game. ODU quarterback Taylor Heinicke tallied four carries apiece. RUSHING: EMU: HILL, Bronson 16-78; BOLDEN, Rob completed 17-of-30 passing attempts for 187 yards. An- The seven points allowed in the first half were the few- 12-31; STRANGE, Kris 1-17; JACKSON, Darius 5-15; tonio Vaughn led the Monarchs’ receiving corps with 54 est EMU has given up in an opening half since Sept. 22, BRUMFIELD, Ryan 7-1; ALLEN, Tyler 1-(-3); ROBACK, yards on two catches, and the ODU speedster also took a 2012, when the Eagles held then-No. 21 Michigan State Brogan 6-(-10); ODU: JOHNSON, Gerard 19-85; punt back 46 yards for a touchdown. University to just three points at intermission. LAWRY, Ray 4-69; VAUGHAN, A. 2-21; BOYD, Cam The Eagle defense took the field to begin the ballgame, Old Dominion’s offense produced 261 yards in the first and it did not take them long to get off the field. Facing half with Heinicke going 11-of-18 for 120 yards through the 4-15; HEINICKE, T. 5-22; TEAM 3-(-14) third down, Heinicke took a shot deep down field, but the air. Lawry had four carries for 69 yards, including the 55- ball was underthrown and picked off by Kevin Johnson. yard touchdown run. Aside from a 45 reception by Jona- PASSING: EMU: ROBACK, Brogan 9-17-0-56-0; The interception was Johnson’s first of his career as well than Duhart, David Washington led the Monarchs with BOLDEN, Rob 3-7-0-16-0; ODU: HEINICKE, T. 17-30- as the Eagles’ first of the season. three catches for 22 yards. 1-187-0; Roback led the EMU offense out on the field, making his The third quarter was 15 minutes of field position. Fol- first start of the season. Taking over after the turnover, the lowing five punts between both teams, Old Dominion RECEIVING: EMU: JACKSON, Darius 2-15; STRANGE, sophomore quarterback marched the Green and White 34 found itself with the ball at the EMU 37 yard-line after a Kris 2-12; ALLEN, Tyler 2-10; HILL, Bronson 2-7; yards into ODU territory. However, the drive stalled at the holding call brought back a punt return for a touchdown. GIBSON, David 1-31; RUSSELL, Tyreese 1-7; CANTY, 42-yard line, and the punt rolled into the end zone. Follow- Six plays and 28 yards later, Ricky Segers converted a 26- Jaleel 1-(-2); BRUMFIELD, Ryan 1-(-8); ODU: WASH- ing the touchback, the Monarchs went 80 yards in seven yard field goal to increase the ODU lead to double digits, INGTON, D. 4-23; LOWE, Vincent 3-23; VAUGHAN, A. plays for the game’s first score. After a fourth down con- 10-0, with 11 second left in the third quarter. 2- 54; PASCAL, Zach 2-21; JOHNSON, Gerard 2-(-6); version on its own sign of the field, Old Dominion found With the offense kept off the scoreboard, EMU Head DUHART, J. 1-45; VAUGHN,Melvin 1-19; LAWRY, Ray paydirt with a 55-yard run by Ray Lawry. The drive lasted Coach Chris Creighton elected to make a change at quar- 1-9; LITTLE, Marques 1-(-1); juat 3:24 and gave the home team a 7-0 lead with remain- terback, inserting Bolden at the end of the third quarter. ing in the first quarter. The move paid off as Bolden led the Eagles on a 15-play After the ODU touchdown, the first half consisted of a 49-yard drive that ended in Mulder’s 43-yard field goal. TACKLES-FOR-LOSS: EMU: O’CONNOR 3.0-23; IBE, defensive struggle. The Eagles and Monarchs combined for Bolden kept the ball throughout the drive, rushing eight Great 2.0-4; MATT, Hunter 1.0-5; COTTON, Pudge six straight punts until ODU entered the Eastern red zone. times for 28 yards while also going 2-for-2 through the air 1.0-3; ZAPPONE, Anthony 0.5-2; HOUSTON, Amos However, as the Monarchs entered the coveted territory, for 12 yards. With 9:13 to go in the ballgame, the Eagles 0.5-2; STEALS, Mike 0.5-1; BROWN, Mike 0.5-0 Amos Houston forced ODU’s Antonio Vaughn to cough found themselves back within one possession. up the football. Linebacker Anthony Zappone recovered The EMU defense forced a three-and-out, but poor field TACKLES: EMU LEADERS: IBE, Great 8-4=12; for the Eagles to cap off the second turnover of the game position combined with the offense unable to get a first O’CONNOR 4-5=9; BROWN, Mike 1-6=7; MATT, Hunt- forced by the EMU defense. down, Austin Barnes was forced to punt from the back of er 5-1=6; JOHNSON, Kevin 1-5=6; Despite the turnover, the Eagles fumbled on their next the end zone. Fielding the ball at the EMU 46-yard line, driving to give the ball back to the Monarchs. Starting in Vaughn found a hole down the sideline and remained in EMU territory, ODU entered the red zone for the second- bounds to find the open space for the touchdown. The 46- straight drive, only to be denied by the Eastern defense. yard punt return increased the margin to 17-3 with 7:28 Heinicke kept the ball on third-and-goal, scrambling to the left on the clock. pylon as Jason Beck prevented the ODU quarterback from Down two touchdowns with not much time left, Bolden crossing the goal line. Choosing to go for the touchdown, tried leading the Eagles to a comeback, but the ODU de- the Eagles’ defense forced Heinicke to throw an incomplete fense prevented that outcome. In an attempt to make a pass on the run. Holding the Monarchs to three punts, a play, the senior quarterback fumbled to give the ball back fumble and turnover-on-downs for the final five drives of to the Monarchs to put the game on ice. the first half, Eastern Michigan headed to the locker room trailing by a single touchdown, 7-0. EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 30 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 Game Day Statistics EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 14 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 73 Spartans Down Eagles in Battle of In-State Foes Sept. 20, 2014 - Spartan Stadium (73,846) No. 11 Michigan State used a quick start to defeat EMU, 73-14 SCORING 1 2 3 4 F EAST LANSING, Mich. (EMUGameDay. Eastern Michigan 0 0 7 7 14 Florida 28 21 10 14 73 com) — The Eastern Michigan University football team suffered a 73-14 setback to Scoring Summary: No. 11 Michigan State University Saturday FIRST QUARTER 11:41 MSU Connor Cook 4 yd run; Michael Geiger PAT afternoon, Sept. 20, at Spartan Stadium. 08:03 MSU J. Langford 21 yd run; Michael Geiger PAT Coming off a bye week, the nationally- 07:49 MSU Tony Lippett 23 yd pass from Connor Cook; ranked Spartans (2-1) opened up a 28-0 Michael Geiger PAT first quarter lead over the Eagles (1-3) to 02:18 MSU Tony Lippett 8 yd pass from Connor Cook; Michael Geiger PAT win the 10th meeting between the in- SECOND QUARTER state foes. 11:04 MSU AJ Troup 33 yd pass from Tyler O’Connor; Starting in his first game as an Eagle, Michael Geiger PAT 05:17 MSU D. Williams 1 yd run; Michael Geiger PAT quarterback Rob Bolden threw his first 02:40 MSU R.J. Shelton 6 yd run; Michael Geiger PAT touchdown pass in a Green and White THIRD QUARTER uniform. The senior completed a strike 09:42 MSU Nick Hill 4 yd run; Michael Geiger PAT 07:18 EMU Tyler Allen 43 yd pass from Rob Bolden; down the middle of the field to Lansing, Dylan Mulder PAT Mich. native Tyler Allen (Lansing, Mich.- 02:26 MSU Michael Geiger 30 yd field goal; Eastern) for the 43-yard touchdown re- FOURTH QUARTER 14:19 EMU Tyreese Russell 9 yd pass from Rob Bolden; ception. In front of the hometown crowd, Dylan Mulder PAT Allen caught his first career touchdown 08:49 MSU D. Williams 7 yd run; Michael Geiger PAT pass and was on the receiving end of the 06:05 MSU D. Williams 80 yd run; Michael Geiger PAT longest play of the season for EMU at completed 5-of-6 pass attempts with two TEAM STATISTICS EMU MSU this point. Allen ended the day with two touchdown passes. FIRST DOWNS 5 24 catches for 53 yards, both personal bests The Eagles got on the board in the third RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 19-20 60-336 for the senior Eagle. quarter as Bolden led the offense on a PASSING YDS (NET) 115 160 Passes Comp-Att-Int 10-29-1 14-19-1 Bolden finished the day with two touch- seven-play, 65-yard drive that took up TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 48-135 79-496 down passes as he found Tyreese Russell just 2:29 on the clock. After keeping the Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 from nine yards out for the senior tight drive alive with a quarterback sneak on Punt Returns-Yards 3-0 2-54 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-31 3-62 end’s first touchdown catch of the season fourth-and-one, Bolden found Allen deep Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-9 and ninth of his career. down the middle of the field for a 43-yard Punts (Number-Avg) 10-44.9 5-43.4 Allen led the Eagle offense in the air with touchdown pass. It was the first career Fumbles-Lost 5-5 0-0 53 receiving yards, while Russell tacked on touchdown catch for Allen, while Bolden Penalties-Yards 4-38 4-25 Possession Time 17:19 42:41 four catches for 38 receiving yards for the tossed his first touchdown pass as an Ea- Third-Down Conversions 1 of 13 9 of 17 Green and White. Bolden capped off his gle. Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 0 first career start for the Eagles, complet- Sophomore punter Austin Barnes blast- Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 7-8 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-7 ing 10 passes on 29 attempts and tallying ed a 65-yard punt later in the third quar- 115 yards for two touchdowns. ter to down MSU at its own goal line. The INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS On defense, Great Ibe, DaQuan Pace, career-long punt by Barnes was the first RUSHING: EMU: BELL, Reginald 1-9; HILL, Bronson 5-7; BOLDEN, Rob 6-5; BRUMFIELD, Ryan 2-3; JACK- and Anthony Zappone had 10 tackles punt over 60 yards by an Eagle since Jay SON, Darius 3-1; ALLEN, Tyler 2-(-5); MSU: Williams, apiece, while Kevin Johnson added nine Karutz booted a 62-yarder on Sept. 22, D. 10-103-3; Langford, J. 9-60-1; Hill, Nick 14-59-1; to the Green and White’s defensive effort. 2012, also against Michigan State. To end Kings, M. 2-36; Mumphery, Keith 1-22; Terry, Da- mion 3-17; Holmes, Gerald 7-16; Cook, Connor 3-11; At the half, Pace tied his career-high of the third quarter, Pace continued the best Shelton, R.J. 3-9; MW, Phillip 4-5; O’Connor, Tyler seven tackles in a single game and added game of his career with his first intercep- 1-3; three more in the final half of play. Ibe tion donning the Green and White. also matched his fellow defender, while Starting the fourth quarter with great PASSING: EMU: BOLDEN, Rob 10-29-1-115-2; MSU: TERRY, Damion 5-8-0-19-0; COOK, Connor 5-6-0-83- Zappone registered five tackles in the field position, Bolden noticed Russell 2; O’Connor, Tyler 4-5-1-58-1; first 30 minutes of the contest. The extra wide open on a crossing pattern in the five in the second half set a career high for center of the field. The senior tight end RECEIVING: EMU: RUSSELL, Tyreese 4-38-1; BRUM- FIELD, Ryan 3-19; ALLEN, Tyler 2-53-1; HILL, Bronson Zappone. completed the play by securing the catch 1-5; MSU: Lippett, Tony 3-45-2; Sims, Andre 3-26; Michigan State was led by Delton Wil- and rolling into the end zone for an EMU Troup, AJ 2-43-1; Kings, M. 1-18; Burbridge, A. liams, who carried the ball 10 times for touchdown, giving the Eagles a pair of 1-14; Mumphery, Keith 1-6; Arnett, D. 1-5; Mad- aris, Monty 1-4; Lang, Paul 1-(-1) 103 yards and three touchdowns, while scores in a three-minute span. Nick Hill added 58 yards on 14 carries. The Spartans added back-to-back touch- TACKLES-FOR-LOSS: EMU: HOUSTON, Amos 1.0-1; MSU quarterback Damion Terry com- downs in the fourth quarter to complete COTTON, Pudge 1.0-1; LINSER, Travis 1.0-1; MATT, Hunter 1.0-1; JOHNSON, Kevin 1.0-1; BECK, Jason pleted five passes on eight attempts, the 73-14 decision over the Green and 0.5-2; TILLMAN, Ray 0.5-1; while starting quarterback Connor Cook White.

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 31 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 Game Day Statistics EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 6 UNIVERSITY OF AKRON 31 Eagles Fall to Zips, 31-6, in Mid-American Conference Opener Oct. 4, 2014 - InfoCision Stadium (8,416) Rob Bolden and Tyler Allen combined for a touchdown in the second-straight game SCORING 1 2 3 4 F AKRON, Ohio (EMUGameDay.com) — The East- Eastern Michigan 6 0 0 0 6 ern Michigan University football team suffered Akron 7 3 14 7 31 a 31-6 loss to the University of Akron Saturday Scoring Summary: afternoon, Oct. 4. The Eagles (1-4, 0-1 MAC) FIRST QUARTER scored the game’s first touchdown, but the Zips 09:03 EMU Tyler Allen 18 yd pass from Rob Bolden; (3-2, 1-0 MAC) rattled off 31 unanswered points David Gibson rush failed in the first Mid-American Conference game of 00:31 UA Kyle Pohl 5 yd run; Robert Stein PAT the season for both teams. SECOND QUARTER In his second start as an Eagle, senior quarter- 00:27 UA Robert Stein 32 yd field goal; back orchestrated a 78-yard touch- THIRD QUARTER Rob Bolden 12:00 UA Conor Hundley 28 yd run; Robert Stein PAT down drive on EMU’s first drive of the game. 05:23 UA L.T. Smith 24 yd pass from Kyle Pohl; The Orchard Lake, Mich. native found Tyler Al- Robert Stein PAT len (Lansing, Mich.-Eastern) in the corner of the FOURTH QUARTER end zone for an 18-yard touchdown pass that 14:55 UA A. Ritossa 15 yd pass from Kyle Pohl; gave Eastern the early 6-0 lead. For the game, Robert Stein PAT Bolden finished with 185 yards through the air TEAM STATISTICS EMU AKR on 17-of-29 passing. FIRST DOWNS 18 27 Allen led the EMU receiving corps with a RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 37-94 31-197 personal-best five catches for 52 yards that in- PASSING YDS (NET) 185 355 cluded the 18-yard touchdown reception. Out of Passes Comp-Att-Int 17-30-2 33-50-0 the backfield, Darius Jackson caught a pair of TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 67-279 81-552 passes for 39 yards, including a 32-yarder, for Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 a new career high. Kris Strange chipped in with Punt Returns-Yards 2-51 1-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-100 1-22 a 25-yard catch, the longest of his career. The Looking to regain the lead, the Eagles had quality field position to do so thanks to a ca- Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-35 career days continued for the Eastern receiv- Punts (Number-Avg) 6-43.8 5-43.2 ers as Kray’shawn Brewer made the first three reer-long 50-yard punt return by Jaleel Canty. Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 receptions of his career for 10 yards. On the However, a 40-yard field goal attempt fell short Penalties-Yards 7-60 15-124 ground Bronson Hill and Ryan Brumfield paced into the teeth of the gusty wind as Akron kept Possession Time 26:06 33:54 the EMU rushing attack with 34 and 25 yards, its one-point advantage. Using the wind on the Third-Down Conversions 5 of 13 6 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 3 respectively. Defensively, freshman safety Ja- other side of the field, Robert Stein hit a 32- yard field goal just before the end of the half. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 3-5 son Beck tallied a team-best and career-high 10 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-14 3-29 tackles. After a Bolden interception put Akron in the red Akron quarterback Kyle Pohl went 27-of-40 zone, the EMU defense stood tall to force the INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS for 326 yards and two touchdowns through the field goal and go into the locker room trailing by RUSHING: EMU: HILL, Bronson, 9-34; BRUMFIELD, air. L.T. Smith was Pohl’s favorite receiver as just a 10-6 margin. Ryan 5-25; JACKSON, Darius 5-20; BOLDEN, Rob the duo accounted for 10 hookups for 117 yards Bolden was 4-for-7 for 59 yards in the opening 15-16; ALLEN, Tyler, 2-1; TEAM 1-(-2); UA: HUNDLEY, and a touchdown. Conor Hundley carried the half with his longest pass 25 yards to Strange. Conor 8-61-1; WOODSON, Tommy 6-60; CHISHOLM, For the Eagles’ defense, Pat O’Connor and An- Jawon 6-45; JONES, D.J. 435; CRICE, Cody 2-5; POHL, ball eight times for a team-high 61 yards, while Kyle 5-(-9); backup quarterback Tommy Woodson added thony Zappone each recorded a sack and con- 60 yards rushing on six attempts. tinued putting pressure on the Zips’ quarter- PASSING: EMU: BOLDEN, Rob 17-30-2-185-1; UA: After holding the Zips on their opening drive, back throughout the first 30 minutes of play. POHL, Kyle 27-40-0-326-2; WOODSON, Tommy 6-10- Eastern turned around and marched down the UA held a slight advantage in yards at the half, 0-29-0; field for the game’s first score. Making his sec- 180-122. Pohl led the Zips’ offense by throwing ALLEN, Tyler 5-52-1; CREEL, Dustin ond consecutive start, Bolden led the Eagles for 147 yards on 13-of-22 passing. L.T. Smith RECEIVING: EMU: caught four passes for 52 yards, while Zach 3-24; BREWER, Kray’shawn 3-10; JACKSON, Darius on an 11-play 78-yard drive in 3:51, capped off 2-39; STRANGE 1-25; RUSSELL, Tyreese 1-21; BRUM- D’Orazio added 47 yards on three catches. The by an 18-yard completion from Bolden to Al- FIELD, Ryan 1-9; GARDNER, Cole 1-5; UA: SMITH, len. Hill rushed for 22 yards on the drive, while Eastern defense kept the Akron running game L.T. 10-117-1; D’ORAZIO, Zach 8-87; BICKLEY, F. 4-27; Bolden also carried the ball twice for 17 yards. in-check, limiting the home team to just 30 PRATT, Andrew 2-27; BICE, Nick 2-10; HUNDLEY, The effective running game set up the touch- yards on 12 carries. Conor 2-9; CHISHOLM, Jawon 1-28; WILLIAMS, Tyler down pass as Allen hauled in his second scor- Akron increased its lead with a touchdown on 1-16; RITOSSA, A. 1-15-1; TRAYLOR-BENN, M. 1-5; ing reception in as many games. Following the its first drive of the second half. The Zips drove 70 yards down the field on seven plays in just TACKLES-FOR-LOSS: EMU: ZAPPONE, Anthony touchdown, a botched snap led to a failed PAT 2.0-7; O’CONNOR, Pat 1.0-8; to keep the score 6-0 in favor of the Green and under two minutes. Hundley rumbled up the White. middle for a 28-yard touchdown to increase the TACKLES: EMU LEADERS: BECK, Jason 8-2=10; IBE, Following an exchange of punts by both teams, difference to double digits. UA added another Great 8-0=8; COTTON, Pudge 6-2=8; JOHNSON, Kev- including a career-long 63-yard boot by East- score, taking a 24-6 lead at the end of the third in 6-1=7; ZAPPONE, Anthony 6-0=6; MATT, Hunter ern’s Owen Dubiel that pinned Akron at its own quarter. The Zips found the endzone once in 5-0=5; PACE, DaQuan 3-1=4; nine-yard line, the Zips took their first lead of the fourth quarter to complete the game’s final the game. UA went 91 yards in 10 plays as Pohl margin. found the pylon on a keeper from five yards out. A converted extra point gave the home team a 7-6 lead at the end of the first quarter.

EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 32 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014 Game Day Statistics UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO 27 EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 37 Bell’s Career Day Propels EMU Football to 37-27 Homecoming Victory Oct. 11, 2014 - Rynearson Stadium (11,886) Redshirt-freshman accounts for 344 total yards and four touchdowns in the MAC win SCORING 1 2 3 4 F YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUGameDay.com) — Behind 34 second-half points, Buffalo 7 3 3 14 27 Eastern Michigan University’s football team was able to keep its record Eastern Michigan 0 3 13 21 37 at The Factory untarnished with a 37-27 Homecoming victory over Mid- American Conference foe the University at Buffalo, Oct. 11. With the win, the Eagles improve to 2-4 (1-1 MAC), while the Bulls fell to 3-4 (1-2 MAC). Scoring Summary: The Eagles were led by a career day out of redshirt-freshman quarter- FIRST QUARTER back Reginald Bell Jr..Bell threw 8-for-13 for 144 yards and one touch- down, but the Golden State native truly shone in his rushing. He led all 02:53 UB McGILL, Marcus McGill 24 yd pass from players with 202 rushing yards and three touchdowns on the ground, Joe Licata; Patrick Clarke PAT including a pair of 70+ yarders. With touchdown runs of 71 and 72 yards, SECOND QUARTER Bell became the first Eagle in EMU history to run for two 70+ yard touch- downs in one game. The last time an Eagle registered more than 200 09:24 UB Patrick Clarke 24 yd field goal; yards rushing was Oct. 19, 2013, when Bronson Hill ran 257 yards against 00:56 EMU Dylan Mulder 21 yd field goal; Ohio. The redshirt freshman is also the first Eastern quarterback to rush THIRD QUARTER for over 200 yards; the previous high for a quarterback was Alex Gillett, who ran for 189 yards in a win over Ball State, Oct. 16, 2010. 14:21 EMU Reginald Bell 71 yd run; Bell acted as the catalyst for the Green and White, as the offense Dylan Mulder PAT blocked) went from 73 yards of total offense to 484 yards after he went into the 11:22 UB Patrick Clarke 40 yd field goal; game with 4:15 left in the second quarter. The feat marks the first time since Nov. 9, 2013, that EMU has turned in more than 400 yards of total 03:00 EMU Ryan Brumfield 1 yd run; offense, the last time being against Western Michigan University in a Dylan Mulder PAT Rynearson Stadium MAC matchup. Additionally, Bell ran 10 times for FOURTH QUARTER 104 yards in the third quarter alone, when EMU outgained Buffalo 204 yards to 42. 11:38 EMU Reginald Bell 10 yd run; Dylan Mulder PAT David Gibson caught two passes for 47 yards, including a 23-yard 11:16 EMU David Gibson 23 yd pass from catch for his first career touchdown reception, to lead the EMU receiving Reginald Bell; Dylan Mulder PAT corps. Behind Bell, Ryan Brumfield had 62 yards and a touchdown on the ground. The team effort resulted in the best second half performance of 04:52 UB Matt Weiser 50 yd pass from the season, scoring 34 points. Joe Licata; Patrick Clarke PAT Other members of the Green and White saw career numbers in the 02:25 EMU Reginald Bell 72 yd run; Dylan Mulder PAT EMU victory. Defensively, Anthony Zappone led all players with 13 tack- les and also posted a career-best three tackles for loss. Pat O’Connor 00:44 UB Devon Hughes 4 yd pass from was a nuisance to Buffalo quarterback Joe Licata, recording 2.5 sacks Joe Licata; Patrick Clarke PAT and six hurries. The team also had two interceptions thanks to Jason Beck and Kevin Johnson. Special teams also did its part with a blocked field goal by Mike Steals and a 62-yard punt by Owen Dubiel that was Brumfield for 24 combined yards on the ground and rushing eight yards TEAM STATISTICS UB EMU down at the two-yard line. of his own. The redshirt-freshman lobbed a 24-yard pass to Gibson on FIRST DOWNS 22 18 Buffalo was paced by Licata, who was 27-of-44 for 383 yards and the Buffalo two-yard line, but the Eagles were unable to cross the goal RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 36-154 49-337 three touchdowns. Anthone Taylor led the offense on the ground, as line in four attempts and the score remained at a standstill for the drive. the MAC-leading rusher went 128 yards on 24 carries. Defensively, just Once again, the Eagle defense kept the Bulls in the pen and the team PASSING YDS (NET) 383 147 one Bull had a double-digit tackle performance in Lee Skinner, with 10 soon found itself with possession again. Bell aired it out to Tyreese Rus- Passes Comp-Att-Int 27-45-2 10-18-0 stops. sell for 20 yards to cross into Buffalo territory. Another 20-yard pass TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 81-537 67-484 The Bulls seemed to have found success on their opening drive, thanks found Dustin Creel (Industry, Pa.-Western Beaver), followed by a rush in large part to two 14-yard rushes by Licata. With Buffalo in EMU ter- by Bell to give the Eagles a first-and-goal. The team did not reprise the Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 ritory, Licata created a 32-yard path for Taylor to rush into the red zone. misfortune of its previous drive, as Brumfield powered through for the Punt Returns-Yards 2-9 1-(-6) However, the Eagle defense stepped up and forced a pair of incomplete one-yard rush to flip the lead and give the Eagles the first advantage of the game at 16-13 with three minutes left in the quarter. Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-239 6-375 passes intended to put Buffalo on the board, which in turn led to a field Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-3 goal attempt for the Bulls from 27 yards out. However, Patrick Clarke Using the motivation from the last drive, the defense came out with pegged the right goal post and turned the ball over to the Eagles as the hard-hitting intensity. In the first two plays, the Eagles combined for a Punts (Number-Avg) 4-41.8 6-42.8 score stood at an unblemished 0-0. loss of nine yards, highlighted by a sack by Mike Brown to push the Bulls Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 to third-and-19. A huge tackle from Zappone and Johnson on Devon Offensive efforts turned stagnant for the Eagles, giving up a punt Penalties-Yards 7-60 7-62 quickly after regaining possession. The Bulls capitalized on their next ef- Hughes forced another punt, but an untimely fumble from Bell at the fort as Licata found Ron Willoughby 49 yards down-field and later found EMU 10-yard line was recovered by Buffalo’s Lee Skinner. The rock did Possession Time 34:29 25:31 Marcus McGill open for a 24-yard launch that would result in Buffalo’s not stay with the Bulls for long, who were pushed back thanks to a tackle Third-Down Conversions 10 of 20 5 of 13 by Zappone before Johnson made a sprawling dive to pick off a pass and first points of the afternoon. Clarke did not have any problems finding Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 0 of 1 the middle ground between posts on his kick attempt, giving the Eagles return possession to the Eagles before the start of the fourth quarter. a 7-0 deficit with 2:45 to play in the first quarter. A handful of aggressively risky tosses did not come to fruition for the Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-6 3-4 An opportunity to move into Buffalo territory still did not present it- Green and White, which gave up its fifth punt shortly after the open of Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-1 3-17 self when the Eagles next took possession, but a bright spot did emerge the final quarter. The Eagles were able to control the Bulls’ offense once from Dubiel, whose punt danced onto the Buffalo two-yard line. Taylor more, who lined up to attempt a 39-yard field goal after being unable to quickly proved why he ranks among the top rushers in the nation on a move down the field. Causing an uproarious reaction from the sideline INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 41-yard dash. The Bulls continued to shuffle toward the end zone until and stands, Steals blocked the field goal attempt, which was recovered RUSHING: EMU: BELL, Reginald 17-202-3; BRUM- by Willie Creear at the 50-yard line with 13:12 to play. they found themselves less than yard from the goal line. A tremendous FIELD, Ryan 16-62-1; JACKSON, Darius 6-37; BOLD- effort from EMU’s line kept Buffalo from reaching the end zone, taking Bell threw down the middle of the field to Kenny Jones, who made a down Taylor’s rushing attempts twice before O’Connor sacked Licata for flying catch to pull in a 29-yard pass and put the line of scrimmage on EN, Rob 5-24; ALLEN, Tyler 2-10; HILL, Bronson 1-6; a loss. Buffalo decided to go for the field goal attempt on fourth down, the UB 10-yard line. Bell’s career game kept going when he rushed in the TEAM 2-(-4); UB: TAYLOR, Anthone 24-128; LICATA, final 10 yards for his second touchdown of the game. The extra point extending the lead as Eastern trailed 10-0 with 9:24 remaining in the Joe 7-17; CAMPBELL, Devin 5-9; first half. from Mulder increased the EMU lead to 23-13 with 11:38 remaining. Bell entered the game with four minutes remaining in the second Luck continued to favor the Eagles when Buffalo’s Devin Campbell quarter to give the Green and White a fresh look, and he quickly provided fumbled the kickoff return at the Bulls’ 24-yard line and was recovered PASSING: EMU: BELL, Reginald 8-13-0-144-1; BOLD- by Hunter Matt. The Eagles pounced on their opportunity to score, with the spark that the Eagles needed. Bell used his lean athleticism to spin EN, Rob 2-5-0-3-0; UB: LICATA, Joe 27-44-2-383-3; around defenders on a rush followed by a hand-off to Darius Jackson Bell dropping in a 23-yard pass to Gibson in the far right corner of the for a 33-yard carry. Bell continued to push through the Buffalo line with end zone. The touchdown pass marked a career first for both players: two four-yard rushes before he nailed a 20-yard pass to Cole Gardner to Bell collected his first touchdown pass while Gibson recorded his first RECEIVING: EMU: GIBSON, David 2-47-1; BRUM- receiving touchdown while donning the Green and White. The team put the Eagles in the red zone for the first time in the contest, just one FIELD, Ryan 2-3; JONES, Kenny 1-29; CREEL, Dustin yard from goal. Bell tried to find Jackson and Allen inside the end zone in extended its lead to 30-13 after a remarkably short 14-second scoring alternating plays, but both attempts did not reach fruition. Nonetheless, drive. 1-20; RUSSELL, Tyreese 1-20; GARDNER, Cole the Green and White was able to chip away at its deficit with a 21-yard The Bulls found their way within two yards of the end zone, but ran 1-20; STRANGE, Kris 1-8; JACKSON, Darius 1-0; UB: into a barricade of Eastern defense that continued to push Buffalo back. field goal by Dylan Mulder, to make it 10-3 with one minute to play in HUGHES, Devon 7-58-1; WILLOUGHBY, Ron 4-103; the half. The clock ticked away to close out the opening portion of the Gary White, Jr picked up a tackle for a loss of six yards and a quarterback contest, with the Eagles retreating to the locker room down by just a hurry from O’Connor on a fourth down attempt led to an incomplete McGILL, Marcus 4-74-1; CAMPBELL, Devin 4-27; touchdown. pass that would give the ball back to the Eagles with 7:26 to play. MARTINEZ, Jacob 3-35; WEISER, Matt 2-75-1; PAT- The Eagles could not convert on their next drive, but still held on to a The Eagles came out from their intermission with a renewed deter- TERSON, Kendall 2-13; TAYLOR, Anthone 1-7; LICATA, mination to wrangle the Bulls on their home turf. The team lit up the comfortable lead as Buffalo would take the ball for its next drive. The scoreboard almost immediately when Bell charged out for a 71-yard rush Bulls caught a break when Licata found Matt Weiser down-field for a Joe 0-(-9) for a touchdown. Bell lost the defenders attempting to take him down 50-yard catch for a touchdown, but Eastern retained the lead at 30-20 with 4:52 in the game. An onside kick was recovered by the Bulls on their around the UB 30-yard line and built his distance even further en route TACKLES-FOR-LOSS: EMU: ZAPPONE, Anthony to the end zone. The touchdown dash was the first of Bell’s career, and own 49-yard line, but the Eagles succeeded in preventing their opposi- the 71-yard distance bested his previous rushing record by 60 yards. The tion from advancing far down the field. As Licata threw a high-flying lob 3.0-6; O’CONNOR, Pat 2.5-9; BROWN, Mike 1.0-8; extra point attempt to equalize the score was blocked, giving the Eagles to the right sideline, Beck maneuvered his way in front of the receiver WHITE, Gary 1.0-1; IBE, Great 1.0-1; just a 9-10 disadvantage 39 seconds into the second half. and nabbed his first career interception. Eastern’s defense was able to pressure Buffalo into taking another With the ball back in the Eagles’ hands, Bell bolted past the Buffalo field goal attempt, pushing the Bulls back from the 10-yard line to the line once more, this time for a 72-yard touchdown. UB was able to move TACKLES: EMU LEADERS: ZAPPONE, Anthony 23-yard line. Clarke’s pushed the score to 9-13 with 11:22 in the third down the field for another touchdown thanks to a pass from Campbell, 5-8=13; JOHNSON, Kevin 6-6=12; IBE, Great 5-7=12; quarter. Bell continued to fuel EMU’s offensive groove, handing off to but the clock ran down as the Eagles came away with the 37-27 victory.

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AKRON (UA leads, 18-12) CENTRAL MICH. (CMU leads 57-28-6) MASSACHUSETTS (First Meeting) 10-22-1983 TOLEDO* L, 19-37 10-04-2014 at Akron* L, 6-31 11-29-2013 at CMU* L, 10-42 10-18-2014 at UMass* 10-09-1982 at Toledo* L, 19-20 10-01-2011 AKRON* W, 31-23 11-10-2012 CMU L 31-34 10-10-1981 TOLEDO*# L, 7-42 11-27-2009 at Akron* L, 21-28 10-15-2011 at CMU* W, 35-28 MORGAN STATE (EMU leads 1-0) 09-27-1980 at Toledo* L, 7-49 10-18-2008 AKRON* L, 35-42 09-18-2010 CMU* L, 14-52 08-30-2014 MSU W, 31-28 09-29-1979 TOLEDO* L, 7-37 10-05-2002 AKRON* W, 42-34 10-10-2009 at CMU* L, 8-56 09-30-1978 at Toledo* W, 17-12 11-24-2001 at Akron* LOT3, 62-65 11-28-2008 CMU* W, 56-52 OLD DOMINION (ODU leads 1-0) 10-01-1977 TOLEDO* W, 17-7 09-25-1999 AKRON* W, 38-17 11-16-2007 at CMU* W, 48-45 09-13-2014 at ODU L, 3-17 11-23-1974 at Toledo W, 28-12 11-14-1998 at Akron* L, 21-24 09-23-2006 CMU* LOT, 17-24 09-16-1972 TOLEDO L, 0-16 10-18-1997 AKRON W, 45-0 09-24-2005 at CMU* WOT, 23-20 MICHIGAN ST. (MSU leads 10-0) 10-04-1924 TOLEDO L, 0-7 11-09-1996 AKRON* W, 20-17 11-06-2004 CMU* & WOT4, 61-58 09-20-2014 at MSU L, 14-73 10-06-1923 at Toledo L, 0-13 09-02-1995 at Akron* W, 49-29 11-01-2003 at CMU* L, 38-10 09-22-2012 at MSU L, 7-23 11-05-1994 AKRON* W, 42-18 11-02-2002 CMU* L, 21-47 09-06-2008 at MSU L, 10-42 WESTERN MICH. (WMU leads 29-17-2) 11-06-1993 at Akron* L, 7-19 11-10-2001 at CMU* L, 30-35 09-09-2006 at MSU L, 20-52 11-09-2013 WMU* W, 35-32 09-05-1992 AKRON * L, 9-27 11-04-2000 CMU W, 31-15 08-31-2002 at MSU L, 7-56 11-17-2012 at WMU W 29-23 09-19-1987 at Akron L, 16-17 11-13-1999 at CMU* L, 26-29 09-11-1999 at MSU L, 7-51 10-22-2011 WMU* W, 14-10 09-20-1986 AKRON W, 24-21 10-10-1998 CMU*# LOT, 23-36 09-28--1996 at MSU L, 0-47 11-13-2010 at WMU* L, 30-45 09-21-1985 at Akron L, 12-16 09-27-1997 at CMU* W, 31-24 11-11-1899 at MSU L, 0-18 11-14-2009 WMU* L, 14-35 09-10-1983 AKRON L, 0-13 10-19-1996 at CMU* L, 36-41 11-19-1898 at MSU L, 6-24 11-01-2008 at WMU* L, 10-31 09-11-1982 at Akron L, 7-14 10-07-1995 CMU* W, 34-24 10-08-1898 MSU L, 6-11 10-27-2007 WMU* W, 19-2 09-12-1981 AKRON L, 7-14 09-17-1994 CMU* L, 29-30 10-28-2006 at WMU* L, 15-18 10-11-1980 at Akron L, 10-21 10-16-1993 at CMU* W, 28-21 NORTHERN ILLINOIS (NIU leads 28-14-2) 11-05-2005 WMU* L, 36-44 10-13-1979 AKRON L, 12-24 11-07-1992 at CMU* L, 13-30 10-26-2013 at NIU* L 20-59 10-16-2004 at WMU* W, 35-31 10-14-1978 AKRON # W, 25-14 11-02-1991 CMU* T, 14-14 11-23-2012 NIU L 7-49 10-04-2003 WMU*# L, 3-31 10-29-1977 at Akron W, 42-28 10-27-1990 CMU*# L, 12-16 11-25-2011 at NIU* L, 12-18 11-09-2002 at WMU* L, 31-33 10-23-1976 at Akron L, 0-36 10-28-1989 at CMU* L, 9-24 11-26-2010 NIU* L, 3-71 09-29-2001 WMU* L, 10-31 09-27-1969 AKRON W, 10-3 10-08-1988 CMU* L, 6-20 11-05-2009 at NIU* L, 6-50 11-18-2000 at WMU L, 0-28 10-05-1968 at Akron W, 16-7 10-10-1987 at CMU* L, 6-16 09-27-2008 NIU* # L 0-37 10-09-1999 WMU*# LOT, 37-40 09-29-1950 at Akron L, 7-40 10-25-1986 CMU* W, 34-16 09-15-2007 at NIU* W, 21-19 10-17-1998 at WMU* L, 35-45 10-01-1949 AKRON L, 6-20 10-26-1985 at CMU* L, 10-17 11-24-2006 NIU* L, 0-27 11-01-1997 WMU* L, 38-41 10-06-1984 CMU* T, 16-16 10-15-2005 at NIU L, 8-24 09-14-1996 at WMU* W, 19-12 BALL ST. (BSU leads, 32-21-2) 10-08-1983 at CMU* L, 3-24 11-20-2004 NIU* L, 16-34 11-11-1995 WMU* L, 13-23 09-21-2013 BSU* L, 20-51 10-02-1982 CMU* L, 8-13 11-22-2003 at NIU* L, 24-38 10-22-1994 at WMU* L, 14-33 08-30-2012 at BSU L 26-37 10-03-1981 at CMU* L, 14-63 11-16-2002 NIU* L, 21-49 10-23-1993 WMU* L, 20-21 11-5-2011 BSU* L, 31-33 11-01-1980 CMU* L, 15-51 11-03-2001 at NIU* L, 17-40 10-17-1992 at WMU* L, 19-20 10-16-2010 at BSU* WOT, 41-38 11-10-1979 at CMU* L, 14-37 11-11-2000 NIU* W, 39-32 10-19-1991 WMU*# W, 42-24 10-24-2009 BSU* L, 27-29 11-11-1978 CMU* L, 9-41 11-20-1999 at NIU* L, 23-30 09-08-1990 WMU* W, 27-24 10-25-2008 at #20 BSU* L, 16-38 09-10-1977 at CMU* L, 3-9 10-24-1998 NIU* L, 14-26 09-30-1989 at WMU* W, 21-20 09-08-2007 BSU* L, 16-38 11-06-1976 CMU* W, 30-27 11-08-1997 at NIU* W, 38-10 10-22-1988 WMU*# L, 24-31 08-31-2006 at BSU* L, 20-38 10-11-1975 at CMU L, 7-20 10-03-1987 NIU W, 32-31 10-24-1987 at WMU* W, 23-17 11-12-2004 BSU* L, 25-26 11-02-1974 CMU L, 13-28 11-08-1986 at NIU L, 14-21 09-06-1986 WMU* W, 21-14 10-09-2004 at BSU* W, 31-24 11-3-1973 at CMU L, 21-31 11-09-1985 NIU * L, 0-3 11-23-1985 at WMU* L, 21-38 11-15-2003 BSU* W, 38-14 11-18-1972 at CMU W, 28-3 10-13-1984 at NIU * T, 10-10 11-17-1984 WMU* W, 24-14 10-19-2002 at BSU* L, 17-42 11-02-1963 CMU# L, 20-55 10-15-1983 NIU * # L, 15-34 11-19-1983 at WMU* L, 10-14 10-13-2001 BSU*# L, 14-35 10-20-1962 at CMU L, 0-24 10-23-1982 at NIU * L, 0-10 11-20-1982 WMU* T, 3-3 10-14-2000 at BSU* L, 14-33 10-21-1961 CMU# L, 11-13 10-24-1981 NIU * L, 7-30 11-21-1981 at WMU* L, 7-38 11-06-1999 BSU* W, 31-21 10-15-1960 at CMU L, 0-28 11-15-1980 at NIU * L, 6-38 09-06-1980 at WMU* L, 0-37 09-12-1998 at BSU* W, 13-7 10-17-1959 CMU# L, 8-21 10-06-1979 NIU * T, 0-0 11-17-1979 WMU* L, 7-17 10-11-1997 BSU* W, 38-32 10-11-1958 at CMU L, 6-7 09-03-1977 at NIU * W, 25-2 10-21-1978 at WMU* L, 0-32 11-02-1996 BSU* L. 25-39 10-12-1957 CMU W, 39-6 11-11-1961 at NIU L, 10-35 09-11-1976 at WMU* L, 13-31 10-21-1995 at BSU* W, 40-35 11-03-1956 at CMU L, 0-19 11-5-1960 NIU # L, 0-19 11-15-1975 at WMU L, 14-24 10-29-1994 at BSU* W, 41-20 11-05-1955 CMU L, 20-27 11-7-1959 at NIU L, 0-34 09-14-1974 WMU W, 20-19 10-30-1993 BSU* L, 13-18 11-13-1954 at CMU L, 7-28 11-1-1958 NIU W, 15-7 10-18-1930 WMU # W, 19-0 10-10-1992 at BSU* L, 7-31 11-14-1953 CMU T, 33-33 11-2-1957 at NIU W, 54-20 11-02-1929 at WMU T, 7-7 10-12-1991 BSU* L, 8-10 10-25-1952 at CMU L, 7-26 11-10-1956 NIU W, 25-7 11-10-1928 WMU # W, 18-9 11-10-1990 BSU* L, 13-20 10-20-1951 CMU# L, 13-19 11-12-1955 at NIU W, 13-6 11-12-1927 at WMU W, 6-0 11-11-1989 at BSU* L, 17-23 10-28-1950 CMU# L, 7-26 10-16-1954 NIU W, 34-0 11-06-1915 at WMU L, 0-19 10-15-1988 at BSU* W, 16-12 11-04-1949 at CMU L, 7-18 10-17-1953 at NIU W, 20-14 11-14-14 WMU L, 0-10 10-17-1987 BSU* W, 35-28 11-06-1948 CMU# W, 6-0 10-18-1952 NIU # W, 19-7 11-1-1913 at WMU L, 6-12 11-01-1986 BSU* W, 14-7 10-31-1947 at CMU L, 0-33 10-13-1951 at NIU L, 21-35 11-15-1912 WMU W, 7-0 11-02-1985 at BSU* W, 27-24 10-18-1946 CMU L, 13-26 10-07-1950 NIU L, 13-35 11-09-1907 at WMU L, 0-6 10-27-1984 BSU* L, 10-17 10-15-1942 at CMU L, 0-14 10-08-1949 at NIU L, 14-39 11-17-1906 at WMU W, 14-5 10-29-1983 at BSU* L, 20-33 10-24-1941 CMU L, 6-12 10-29-1948 NIU L, 7-10 10-30-1982 BSU* L, 7-16 10-25-1940 at CMU L, 0-24 10-11-1947 at NIU L, 6-21 10-31-1981 at BSU* L, 13-35 10-21-1939 CMU# L, 0-14 11-03-1928 NIU W, 43-0 10-18-1980 BSU* L, 0-26 10-21-1938 at CMU L, 6-7 10-08-1927 at NIU W, 25-6 11-03-1979 at BSU* L, 10-28 10-23-1937 CMU# L, 10-27 10-28-1978 BSU* L, 0-21 10-24-1936 at CMU W, 13-7 TOLEDO (UT leads, 30-11) 11-19-1977 at BSU* L, 21-45 10-19-1935 CMU W, 7-0 11-02-2013 at Toledo* L, 16-55 11-20-1976 BSU* L, 3-52 10-20-1934 at CMU L, 12-13 10-13-2012 TOLEDO L 47-52 09-06-1975 at BSU L, 14-24 10-21-1933 CMU W, 13-7 10-8-2011 at Toledo* L, 16-54 10-26-1974 BSU W, 17-9 10-22-1932 at CMU W, 28-0 10-30-2010 TOLEDO* L, 7-42 09-08-1973 BSU W, 17-14 10-24-1931 CMU# L, 12-20 11-20-2009 at Toledo* L, 21-47 11-14-1970 BSU W, 60-0 10-25-1930 at CMU W, 13-0 09-13-2008 TOLEDO* L, 17-41 11-15-1969 at BSU L, 22-31 10-26-1929 CMU# W, 24-0 11-03-2007 at Toledo* L, 28-52 10-12-1968 at BSU W, 43-7 10-27-1928 at CMU W, 36-0 10-21-2006 TOLEDO* W, 17-13 MICHIGAN MAC TROPHY 09-21-1963 at BSU L, 6-22 10-29-1927 CMU W, 6-0 10-08-2005 at Toledo* L, 3-30 The Michigan MAC Trophy was created in 2005 by the 09-21-1962 BSU L, 0-14 10-23-1926 CMU W, 41-0 09-18-2004 TOLEDO* L, 32-42 Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. There are two trophies, 09-23-1961 at BSU T, 0-0 10-25-1924 CMU L, 0-13 10-11-2003 at Toledo* L, 14-49 one given to the winner of the football series and 09-27-1952 BSU W, 26-14 10-27-1923 at CMU L, 3-27 09-07-2002 TOLEDO* L, 13-65 the other to the winner of the men’s and women’s 10-21-1950 at BSU W, 13-0 11-04-1922 CMU T, 0-0 11-17-2001 at Toledo* L, 7-28 basketball series. CMU, EMU and WMU have been 10-15-1949 BSU L, 2-33 10-15-1921 at CMU W, 7-6 10-07-2000 TOLEDO*# L, 14-42 competing together in the MAC since 1974. 10-16-1948 at BSU L, 14-23 10-16-1920 CMU W, 7-6 10-23-1999 at Toledo* W, 20-13 Central Michigan won the football trophy in 2009 11-07-1947 BSU W, 14-7 11-07-1919 at CMU T, 7-7 11-21-1998 TOLEDO* W, 10-7 after Eastern Michigan won the previous two. The 11-09-1946 at BSU T, 7-7 10-20-1917 CMU W, 63-0 09-13-1997 at Toledo* L, 35-38 football trophy was won by all three schools in the 09-25-1937 at BSU W, 13-6 11-08-1912 at CMU T, 0-0 09-21-1996 TOLEDO* L, 7-24 trophy’s first three years of existence. WMU won 09-26-1936 BSU W, 6-0 11-12-1910 at CMU L, 0-13 10-28-1995 at Toledo* L, 28-34 the first four basketball trophies before CMU won 11-05-1909 CMU W, 17-0 11-19-1994 TOLEDO* W, 40-37 in 2010. BUFFALO (EMU leads, 6-1) 11-07-1908 at CMU L, 0-11 11-19-1993 at Toledo* L, 0-14 10-11-2014 UB* # W, 37-27 11-16-1907 CMU W, 39-0 11-14-1992 at Toledo* L, 0-41 2013 Central Michigan 10-05-2013 at UB* L, 14-42 11-17-1905 at CMU L, 0-13 11-16-1991 TOLEDO* L, 14-21 2012 Eastern Michigan 11-12-2011 UB* W, 30-17 11-01-1902 at CMU L, 0-10 10-06-1990 at Toledo* L, 23-37 2011 Eastern Michigan 11-20-2010 at UB* W, 21-17 10-07-1989 TOLEDO*# W, 31-14 2010 Central Michigan 11-19-2005 at UB* W, 38-14 FLORIDA (UF leads, 2-0) 11-05-1988 TOLEDO* W, 20-19 2009 Central Michigan 9-2-2004 UB* W, 37-34 09-11-2004 at Florida L, 10-49 11-05-1987 at Toledo* W, 38-9 2008 Eastern Michigan 10-27-2001 UB* W, 24-20 09-06-2014 at Florida L, 0-65 10-04-1986 at Toledo* L, 18-23 2007 Eastern Michigan 10-05-1985 TOLEDO* W, 21-10 2006 Central Michigan 10-20-1984 at Toledo* L, 7-17 2005 Western Michigan EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 34 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB   GAME 7 • Eastern Michigan at Massachusetts • Oct. 18, 2014    NCAA Rankings  !  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2014 Eastern Michigan Football Eastern Michigan Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 11, 2014) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Aug 30, 2014 MORGAN STATE W 31-28 8748 All games 2-4 2-0 0-4 0-0 Sep 06, 2014 at Florida L 0-65 81049 Conference 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 Sep 13, 2014 at Old Dominion L 3-17 20118 Non-Conference 1-3 1-0 0-3 0-0 Sep 20, 2014 at #11 Michigan State L 14-73 73846 * Oct 04, 2014 at Akron L 6-31 8416 Team Statistics EMU OPP * Oct 11, 2014 BUFFALO W 37-27 11886 FIRST DOWNS 92 137 * Oct 18, 2014 at Massachusetts R u s h i n g 54 62 * Oct 25, 2014 NORTHERN ILLINOIS P a s s i n g 32 66 * Nov 01, 2014 CENTRAL MICHIGAN P e n a l t y 6 9 * Nov 15, 2014 at Western Michigan RUSHING YARDAGE 966 1320 * Nov 22, 2014 at Ball State Rushing Attempts 243 244 * Nov 28, 2014 TOLEDO Average Per Rush 4.0 5.4 * - Mid-American Conference game Average Per Game 161.0 220.0 TDs Rushing 7 15 Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g PASSING YARDAGE 663 1766 BELL, Reginald 4 - 2 36 290 40 250 6.9 3 72 62.5 C o m p - A t t - I n t 76-152-4 142-219-4 HILL, Bronson 6 - 5 57 250 11 239 4.2 0 23 39.8 Average Per Pass 4.4 8.1 BRUMFIELD, Ryan 6 - 1 42 182 8 174 4.1 3 19 29.0 Average Per Catch 8.7 12.4 JACKSON, Darius 6 - 1 41 168 6 162 4.0 1 33 27.0 Average Per Game 110.5 294.3 BOLDEN, Rob 5 - 3 44 153 64 89 2.0 0 11 17.8 TDs Passing 4 14 ALLEN, Tyler 6 - 3 9 36 13 23 2.6 0 16 3.8 TOTAL OFFENSE 1629 3086 STRANGE, Kris 6 - 3 1 17 0 17 17.0 0 17 2.8 Average Per Play 4.1 6.7 ROBACK, Brogan 3 - 1 8 39 24 15 1.9 0 30 5.0 Average Per Game 271.5 514.3 LEWIS, Juwan 6 - 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.7 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 22-450 8-171 Total 6 243 1139 173 966 4.0 7 72 161.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-62 13-231 Opponents 6 244 1468 148 1320 5.4 15 80 220.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-3 4-80 FUMBLES-LOST 18-14 7-3 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g PENALTIES-Yards 31-277 49-434 BOLDEN, Rob 5 - 3 82.94 34-76-4 44.7 323 3 43 64.6 PUNTS-AVG 46-43.3 27-41.8 ROBACK, Brogan 3 - 1 76.83 21-41-0 51.2 125 0 31 41.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 5 : 4 0 3 4 : 2 0 BELL, Reginald 4 - 2 121.03 21-35-0 60.0 215 1 29 53.8 3RD-DOWN Conversions 30/90 48/104 Total 6 90.06 76-152-4 50.0 663 4 43 110.5 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/5 4/12 Opponents 6 150.02 142-219-4 64.8 1766 14 78 294.3 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g JOHNSON, Kevin 2 0 0.0 0 0 RUSSELL, Tyreese 6 - 6 15 150 10.0 1 21 25.0 PACE, DaQuan 1 0 0.0 0 0 JACKSON, Darius 6 - 1 12 77 6.4 0 32 12.8 BECK, Jason 1 3 3.0 0 3 ALLEN, Tyler 6 - 3 10 122 12.2 2 43 20.3 CREEL, Dustin 5 - 5 9 75 8.3 0 20 15.0 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk BRUMFIELD, Ryan 6 - 1 8 28 3.5 0 9 4.7 DUBIEL, Owen 24 1013 42.2 63 3 3 11 4 0 HILL, Bronson 6 - 5 5 5 1.0 0 5 0.8 BARNES, Austin 22 981 44.6 65 03440 STRANGE, Kris 6 - 3 4 45 11.2 0 25 7.5 GIBSON, David 6 - 3 3 78 26.0 1 31 13.0 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg JONES, Kenny 5 - 0 3 42 14.0 0 29 8.4 CANTY, Jaleel 5 47 9.4 0 50 BREWER, Kray’shawn 6 - 0 3 10 3.3 0 5 1.7 ALLEN, Tyler 3 -7 -2.3 0 0 GARDNER, Cole 6 - 3 2 25 12.5 0 20 4.2 ADAMS, Nathan 1 21 21.0 1 1 ROBACK, Brogan 3 - 1 1 8 8.0 0 8 2.7 BECK, Jason 1 1 1.0 0 1 CANTY, Jaleel 6 - 0 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.3 Total 10 62 6.2 1 50 Total 6 76 663 8.7 4 43 110.5 Opponents 13 231 17.8 1 55 Opponents 6 142 1766 12.4 14 78 294.3 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk ALLEN, Tyler 19 387 20.4 0 37 MULDER, Dylan 3-5 60.0 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-3 0-0 43 0 LEWIS, Juwan 2 46 23.0 0 29 BRUMFIELD, Ryan 1 17 17.0 0 17 PAT Total 22 450 20.5 0 37 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Opponents 8 171 21.4 0 39 MULDER, Dylan - 3-5 10-11 - - - - - 19 BELL, Reginald 3 ------18 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g BRUMFIELD, Ryan 3 ------18 ALLEN, Tyler 6 23 122 -7 387 0 525 87.5 ALLEN, Tyler 2 ------12 BELL, Reginald 4 250 000025062.5 RUSSELL, Tyreese 1 ------6 HILL, Bronson 6 239 500024440.7 JACKSON, Darius 1 ------6 JACKSON, Dariu 6 162 77 0 0 0 239 39.8 GIBSON, David 1 - - 0-1 - - - - 6 BRUMFIELD, Ry 6 174 28 0 17 0 219 36.5 ADAMS, Nathan 1 ------6 Total 6 966 663 62 450 3 2144 357.3 Total 12 3-5 10-11 0-1 - - - - 91 Opponents 6 1320 1766 231 171 80 3568 594.7 Opponents 31 8-12 31-31 - - - - - 241 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total BELL, Reginald 4 71 250 215 465 116.2 Eastern Michigan 20 10 27 34 0 91 BOLDEN, Rob 5 120 89 323 412 82.4 Opponents 73 54 58 56 0 241 HILL, Bronson 6 57 239 0 239 39.8 BRUMFIELD, Ryan 6 42 174 0 174 29.0 JACKSON, Darius 6 41 162 0 162 27.0 Total 6 395 966 663 1629 271.5 Opponents 6 463 1320 1766 3086 514.3

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf IBE GREAT 66 39 24 63 4 5 12 055 2 EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 36 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB