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1 MEDIA INFORMATION RUTGERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF TABLE OF CONTENTS ON SITE AT THE NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL Table of Contents ................................................ 1 The Rutgers Athletic Communications Office is available to assist you with cov - New Era Pinstripe Bowl Game Notes ........ 2 erage of the Rutgers football program. The primary media contact for the Rut - Game-by-Game Starters .................................. 12 gers football program is Jason Baum while Patrick Crawford will assist during Scoring Drives ...................................................... 13 the 2011 New Era Pinstripe Bowl week. The Last Time ...................................................... 14 Numerical Roster .............................................. 15 JASON All interviews, not conducted during scheduled bowl media availability, must be Alphabetical Roster .......................................... 16 BAUM arranged through the Athletic Communications Office at least one day in ad - Scarlet Knights .................................................... 18 Associate AD/ Communications vance. All players, coaches and support staff will not take part in an interview Head Coach Greg Schiano ............................ 36 Office unless scheduled by the Athletic Communications Office. Assistant Coaches ............................................ 39 732-445-7885 Football Staff ........................................................ 43 Cell 201-966-6338 POST-GAME INTERVIEWS Regular Season Statistics .............................. 46 jbaum@ Coach Schiano and players, following the designated cooling off period, will be Regular Season Game Recaps .................... 60 scarletknights.com made available after the game to members of the media. Rutgers’ locker room Bowl History .......................................................... 72 will be open to the media following the cooling off period. Stay up to date on Rutgers Football and the NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL ITINERARY New Era Pinstripe Bowl at RutgersBowl.com. Monday, December 26 Practice at RU - TBA Arrive at Grand Hyatt in New York City - TBA (Interviews in NYC) Tuesday, December 27 PATRICK Player visit to Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club - 10 a.m. CRAWFORD Practice - TBA Assistant Director Welcome dinner at Yankee Stadium Legends Club - 7 p.m. of Athletic Communications Wednesday, December 28 Office Hard Rock Cafe Times Square Breakfast - 8 a.m. 732-445-7884 Practice - TBA Cell 732-484-8767 Team Visit to Ground Zero - 6p.m. pcrawford@ World Yacht boat cruise around New York Harbor - 6:30 p.m. scarletknights.com Thursday, December 29 NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL Breakfast at New York Stock Exchange - 8 a.m. Follow Rutgers Athletics throughout MEDIA CONTACT Ringing of the Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange - 9:30 a.m. the year at scarletknights.com. Jason Latimer Coaches Press Conference at Yankee Stadium - 12:30 p.m. New York Yankees Empire State Building Lit in Rutgers and Iowa State Colors - 5:30 p.m. Office The 2011 New Era Pinstripe Bowl was published by 718-579-4519 - Friday, December 30 the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, Cell Rutgers vs. Iowa State - 3:30 p.m. ESPN Tim Pernetti, Director. 347-920-7956 - (Gates at Yankees Stadium open at 1:30 p.m.) jlatimer@ CREDITS yankees.com Executive Editor: Jason Baum Editors: Patrick Crawford, Hasim Phillips, Allison Miller PHOTO CREDITS GAME INFORMATION The photos featured in this publication have been taken by: Patti Banks, Tom Ciszek, Will Schneekloth, Joseph Labolito, Joe Covino, Joe Camporeale, Elane Coleman, Todd Drexler, Jim Television • ESPN, ESPN3 O’Connor, Chuck LeClaire, Don Montague, Frank Victores, Chris Fowler, play-by-play Heather Morrison, Larry Levanti, Ben Liebenberg, Dan Levy, Don Jesse Palmer, color analyst Schwartz, Frank DiBrango, George Pisanti, Tom Costello, Dave Gamble, Alan Goldsmith, Randy Miller, C.W. Pack, Nick Roma - Tom Rinaldi, sideline nenko, Jim Turner, Frank Wojciechowski, Jason Baum, Doug Drabik. Special thanks to the PR offices and photographers for Radio • Rutgers Radio Network Affiliates: WOR 710-AM (New York City); each NFL team and the Senior Bowl. Chris Carlin, play-by-play 97.5-FM (Philadelphia/South Jersey); Special thanks to Ann Coen Photography. Ray Lucas, color analyst WCTC 1450-AM (Central Jersey). Special thanks to the members of the BIG EAST Communi - Anthony Fucilli, sideline cations Office for their assistance. Marc Malusis, pre-game & Student Radio: WRSU 88.7 FM Designed by: 609design post-game host www.609design.com Eric LeGrand, analyst National Radio • ESPN Radio Printed by: Multi-Ad Services, Inc. 1720 W. Detweiller Drive Peoria, IL 61615-1695 www.multi-ad.com 2 RUTGERS FOOTBALL BOWL GUIDE NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011 • 3:30 P.M. • ESPN, ESPN3 YANKEE STADIUM (46,000) • BRONX, N.Y. THE GAME • For the sixth time in seven seasons, Rutgers (8-4, 4-3 BIG EAST) will play in a bowl game as the Scarlet RUTGERS SCHEDULE/RESULTS Knights cross the Hudson to face Iowa State (6-6, 3-6 Big 12) in the 2011 New Era Pinstripe Bowl. The (8-4, 4-3 BIG EAST) game is scheduled for Friday, December 30 at Yankee Stadium with kickoff set for 3:30 p.m. on ESPN. Call - Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result ing the game for ESPN are Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Jesse Palmer (color analyst) and Tom Rinaldi (sideline). September (2-1) 1 N.C. Central (ESPN3) W, 48-0 • A victory in the Pinstripe Bowl would be the fifth consecutive bowl win for the Scarlet Knights. The last time 10 at North Carolina (SNY) L, 24-22 Rutgers lost a bowl game was to Arizona State (45-40) in the 2005 Insight Bowl in Phoenix. 24 Ohio (ESPN3) W, 38-26 October (3-2) SERIES INFORMATION 1 at Syracuse (SNY) W, 19-16 (2OT) • Rutgers and Iowa State will meet for the first time in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Both teams have one com - 8 Pittsburgh (ESPNU) W, 34-10 mon opponent in 2011 - Connecticut. The Scarlet Knights lost in the season-finale 40-22 in East Hartford while 15 Navy (ESPN3) W, 21-20 Iowa State defeated the Huskies at Rentschler Field 24-20 on Sept. 16. 21 at Louisville (ESPN2) L, 16-14 29 #25/24 West Virginia (ABC) L, 41-31 • The Scarlet Knights are 1-3 all-time vs. Big 12 opponents. The last time RU played a school from the Big 12, the Scarlet Knights rolled past Kansas State 37-10 in the 2006 Texas Bowl, the school’s first bowl victory. November (3-1) 5 USF (ESPN3) W, 20-17 (OT) THE HEAD COACHES 12 at Army (CBS Sports Network) * W, 27-12 • Rutgers: Greg Schiano (Bucknell ‘88) is in his 11th season with the Scarlet Knights. Schiano is just the 19 Cincinnati (ESPNU) W, 20-3 fourth coach in BIG EAST history to coach 10 seasons at the same school, along with Paul Pasqualoni (Syra - 26 at Connecticut (ESPN2) L, 40-22 cuse, 14 years), Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech, 13 years) and Don Nehlen (West Virginia, 10 years). Schiano December (0-0) (67-67) is third all-time in victories among BIG EAST coaches. The 2006 National and BIG EAST Coach of the 30 vs. Big 12 @ (ESPN) 3:30 p.m. Year, Schiano has guided Rutgers to a school-record six bowl appearances over the previous seven seasons, * at Yankee Stadium (Bronx, N.Y.) including four straight bowl victories. @ New Era Pinstripe Bowl (Yankee Stadium) • Iowa State: Paul Rhoads (Missouri Western ‘89) is in his third season as head coach of the Cyclones. Rhoads is 18-19 during his tenure, including two bowl appearances in three years. Rhoads is very familiar with Rutgers as he served as Pitt’s defensive coordinator for eight years from 2000-07. RUTGERS FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS Location ........................................................................................................................................................................................ New Brunswick, N.J. Founded ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1766 Enrollment .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 42,327 President .......................................................................................................................................................................... Dr. Richard L. McCormick Nickname ................................................................................................................................................................................................ Scarlet Knights Color ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Scarlet Director of Athletics ................................................................................................................................................................................ Tim Pernetti Head Coach .................................................................................................................................................................. Greg Schiano (Bucknell,’88) IOWA STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall Record/at Rutgers .................................................................................................................................................. 67-67 (11 seasons) (6-6, 3-6 Big 12) Conference .........................................................................................................................................................................................................