THE TEAMS CENTRAL WASHINGTON at SOUTH DAKOTA
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CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 2014 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Contact: Robert Lowery (Director of Public and Media Relations) • Office: (509) 963-1487 • Cell: (509) 899-0235 • E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @CWU_Athletics 2014 SCHEDULE CENTRAL WASHINGTON at Sept. 6 at Montana....................................................L, 48-14 SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND Sept. 13 DIXIE STATE ..............................................W, 48-14 Sept. 20 at Western Oregon .......................................L, 36-34 TECHNOLOGY Sept. 27 SIMON FRASER% (Battle for the Border)...W, 63-7 Oct. 4 AZUSA PACIFIC* .......................................L, 27-20 GAME INFORMATION Oct. 11 at South Dakota Mines* ....................................Noon Date: ............................Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014 Oct. 18 WESTERN OREGON* (Homecoming).......1 p.m. Kickoff: ........................1 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time Oct. 25 at Humboldt State* ..........................................6 p.m. Location: .....................Rapid City, S.D. Nov. 1 LINCOLN (MO.) UNIV. (Senior Day)..... ...1 p.m. Stadium: ......................O’Harra Stadium (3,600) Nov. 9 at Dixie State* ...................................................5 p.m. Series: ..........................First meeting Nov. 16 at Simon Fraser ................................................1 p.m. TV: ...............................None Radio: ..........................KXLE-AM 1240 (Ellensburg) * Great Northwest Athletic Conference game ..........................................Robert Lowery (Play-by-Play) % at Pop Keeney Stadium, Bothell ..........................................Dave Heaverlo (Analyst) All times Pacific Home games in BOLD CAPS Live Stats: ....................www.wildcatsports.com/stretchinternet Live Video: .................www.wildcatsports.com/stretchinternet CWU COACHING STAFF Live Audio: .................www.cwu.edu/wildcat-sports-audio-stream Head Coach: .............................................................Ian Shoemaker Alma Mater: ..............................................Grinnell (Iowa), 1996 THE TEAMS Overall Years at CWU: ............................................................. 1st Head Coaching Record at CWU: ..................................2-3 (1st) Overall Record: .................................................................2-3(1st) Asst. Head Coach/Running Backs:............................... John Picha Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line: ................. Payam Saadat Special Teams/CB: .................................................Nick Whitworth Linebackers/Safeties: ................................................ Mike Dunlevy Wide Receivers: ...............................................................Jay Dumas Offensive Line: .......................................................... Jacob Claborn Tight Ends/Video Coordinator: ................................Ryan Harvey Graduate Assistant.........................................................Eric Hoium Head Athletic Trainer: ........................................Kari Gage, A.T.C. Head Orthopedic Physician...............................Dr. Richard Roux Assistant Orthopedic Physician...........................Dr. John Hwang Central Washington WILDCATS South Dakota Mines HARDROCKERS Head Midlevel Covering Medical Provider...Todd Curtis, PA-C 2014 Record: 2-3, 1-1 GNAC 2014 Record: 1-4, 0-1 GNAC GAME DAY LOCATIONS: Last Game: Oct. 4, 2014 Last Game: Oct. 4, 2014 Field Press Box L, 27-20 vs. Azusa Pacific L, 53-0 at Humboldt State Ian Shoemaker John Picha Head Coach: Ian Shoemaker Head Coach: Stacy Collins Payam Saadat Mike Dunlevy School Record: 2-3 (1st year) School Record: 9-17 (3rd year) Jacob Claborn Career Record: same Career Record: same Jay Dumas vs. South Dakota Mines: 0-0 vs. Central Washington: 0-0 Ryan Harvey Nick Whitworth 2014 STATS AND RANKINGS Average GNAC NCAA Category Average GNAC NCAA 130.60 4 116 Rushing Offense 138.20 3 106 CWU QUICK FACTS 274.80 3 38 Passing Offense 315.40 1 13 Location: ................................................... Ellensburg, Washington 405.40 3 69 Total Offense 453.60 1 40 Founded: .....................................................................................1891 35.80 2 39 Scoring Offense 27.80 3 81 Enrollment: .............................................................................10,170 177.60 5 107 Rushing Defense 193.20 7 125 President: .......................................................Dr. James L. Gaudino 105.17 3 31 Pass Efficiency Defense 163.89 7 158 Alma Mater: ........................................................ Air Force, 1972 334.80 3 47 Total Defense 545.00 7 164 Director of Athletics: ..................................... Dr. Dennis Francois 26.40 3 78 Scoring Defense 45.00 7 160 Alma Mater: ................................................Missouri State, 1990 34.27 3 58 Net Punting 35.20 2 42 Faculty Athletic Rep.: ...................................... Dr. Ethan Bergman 13.47 3 32 Punt Returns 1.33 7 163 Alma Mater: ............................................. Eastern Oregon, 1974 23.75 2 30 Kickoff Returns 18.45 7 125 Conference: ....................... Great Northwest Athletic Conference -4.00 6 127 Turnover Margin -2.00 4 108 ................................................................ (2001-05, 2008-present) 157.20 1 16 Pass Defense 351.80 7 166 Nickname: ...........................................................................Wildcats 136.85 3 60 Passing Efficiency 139.41 2 50 Mascot: .............................................................................Wellington 18.00 2 9 Sacks 12.00 4 54 Colors: ................................................... Crimson (7427) and Black 9.00 1 12 Interceptions 4.00 7 94 Stadium: ............................................................Tomlinson Stadium 14.00 4 128 Sacks Allowed 16.00 5 144 Playing Surface: ...................................................... Natural Grass 7 167 TEAMS RANKED 7 167 Capacity: ................................................................................4,000 GAME NO. 6 VS. SOUTH DAKOTA 1 CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 2014 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES AFCA DIVISION II (OCT. 6) GAME PREVIEW SCHOOL (1ST VOTES) RECORD/POINTS 1. Northwest Missouri St. (30) 5-0 774 Saturday’s game will be the first meeting, and a Great Northwest Athletic Conference 2. Colorado St.-Pueblo (1) 5-0 735 (GNAC) counting contest, between the Wildcats (2-3, 1-1 GNAC) and the Hardrockers 3. Minnesota St.-Mankato 5-0 698 of South Dakota Mines (1-4, 0-1 GNAC). It will be the only meeting of the schools this 4. Minnesota-Duluth 5-0 682 5. North Alabama 4-0 641 season. Both teams are coming off losses last weekend. CWU fell to visiting Azusa 6. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 5-0 591 Pacific 27-20, while South Dakota Mines lost at Humboldt State 53-0. 7. Henderson St. (Ark.) 5-0 571 8. Ohio Dominican 5-0 548 9. Shepherd (W.Va.) 5-0 501 The game will be just the third time that CWU has played in the state of South Dakota. 10. West Chester (Pa.) 5-0 500 Both previous contests came during the 2006 season when the Wildcats were football- 11. Delta St. (Miss.) 4-0 480 12. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 5-0 422 affiliate members of the now-defunct North Central Conference. That year, the Wildcats 13. Ferris St. (Mich.) 5-0 392 lost a heartbreaker at the University of South Dakota 10-7, in Vermillion, South Dakota, 14. Harding (Ark.) 4-0 317 but, three-weeks later, defeated Augustana College 34-28 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 15. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) 4-1 316 16. Colorado School of Mines 5-0 310 All-time, CWU is 3-1 against teams from the Mount Rushmore State. 17. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 4-1 264 18. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 4-1 223 19. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 5-0 218 MINED INFORMATION ABOUT THE HARDROCKERS 20. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 5-0 208 South Dakota Mines is in its first season in the GNAC. It’s one of just two years that the 21. West Georgia 5-0 165 Hardrockers will play in the conference, as they will join the Rocky Mountain Athletic 22. Michigan Tech 4-0 141 23. Concord (W.Va.) 5-0 72 Conference in 2016. 24. Humboldt St. (Calif.) 5-0 61 25. Midwestern St. (Texas) 3-1 49 South Dakota Mines is led by quarterback Trent McKinney (6-0, 185, Jr., Mililani, Hawaii), Dropped Out: West Alabama (22), Winona St. who was the starting signal caller for most of the 2012 season at the University of (Minn.) (25). Montana. With the Grizzlies, he threw for 1,350 yards and eight touchdowns. He also Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M-Commerce, rushed for 399 yards and seven scores. 40; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 38; Central Oklahoma, 35; Upper Iowa, 31; Ashland (Ohio), 15; Azusa Already recording 1,537 combined rushing and passing yards this season, McKinney Pacific (Calif.), 15; Angelo St. (Texas), 7; American International (Mass.), 4; West Alabama, leads the GNAC in total offense per game (307.4 yards), which is 17th best in the country 3; Charleston (W.Va.), 2; Indianapolis (Ind.), 2; in NCAA Division II. His 66.1-percent pass completion rate tops all GNAC passers, and is Truman St. (Mo.), 2; California (Pa.), 1; Indiana (Pa.), 1. No. 16 in the nation. His 14 touchdowns—six rushing and eight passing—are also tied for the conference lead. D2FOOTBALL.COM (OCT. 7) McKinney is in charge of an experienced offense that returns 10 starters from last year’s SCHOOL RECORD LAST WEEK 1. Northwest Missouri 5-0 1 team, which posted the school’s first winning season (6-4) since 2010. The Hardrockers, 2. CSU-Pueblo 5-0 2 who are averaging 315.4 yards through the air, on average, this season, can boast