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137 Division I All-Americans • 9 NCAA Division I Playoff Appearances • 12 MVFC ‘Players of the Year’ Awards • 5 MVFC Titles

INFORMATION - GAME #7 DATE/TIME...... Saturday, October 11 / 6 p.m. LOCATION...... Youngstown, Ohio STADIUM...... Stambaugh Stadium SURFACE...... Power Blade HP+ LIVE STATS...... www.YSUSports.com LIVE VIDEO...... ESPN3.com LIVE AUDIO...... www.WRMSFM.com MOBILE DEVICE...... TuneIn Radio app (WRMS) ALL-TIME SERIES...... YSU leads 18-11 LAST MEETING... @YSU 24, WIU 14 (10/19/13)

RADIO (Leatherneck Sports Network) ANNOUNCERS....Scott Kornberg, Dr. Tom Cody Western Illinois (2-4, 0-2) #10 Youngstown State (4-1, 1-0) Beardstown: WRMS 94.3 FM (Flagship) Macomb: WJEQ 102.7 FM FIGHTING PENGUINS Galesburg: WAIK 1590 AM Quincy: WPWQ 106.7 FM LEATHERNECKS Clinton, Iowa: KCLN 1390 AM Monroe City, Missouri: KWBZ 107.5 FM

TELEVISION THE GAME: Western Illinois returns to the road for a Missouri Valley Football Conference NETWORK...... ESPN3 game at Youngstown State... It marks the second consecutive year playing in Stambaugh ANNOUNCERS...... Chad Krispinsky, Dave Sess Stadium... Western will look to secure its first road win of the 2014 season.

VIDEO SERIES: Western and Youngstown State meet for the 30th time as Youngstown State leads Fans can watch the game through ESPN3.com. 18-11... The series dates back to 1969... The Leathernecks own a 3-12 record in Youngstown. MOBILE / TABLET DEVICES THE COACHES: WIU head coach Bob Nielson enters his second year with the Leather- Stats available on iPhone and Android phones by clicking on the stats link at GoLeathernecks. necks. He owns a 6-12 record at Western and 176-71-1 in his 22nd year as a head coach... com. Youngstown State head coach Eric Wolford is 28-22 in his fifth year in charge of the Pen- The game can be heard by downloading the guins and overall as a head coach. TuneIn Radio app on iTunes and Google Play, then searching for WRMS radio. Yards needed by J.C. SOCIAL MEDIA Consecutive losses for Baker to tie for 10th In-game tweets are available @WIUAthletics. WIU at Youngstown place on the WIU all- 143time rushing leaders. Fans can use the #YSUvsWIU or #W1U hashtag. 5 State’s Stambaugh Stadium.

2014 SCHEDULE / NOTES

Date Opponent Time/Result All-Time Notes A28 VALPARAISO W 45-6 WIU leads 2-0 Valpo ends shutout late; Norvell: Career-high 320 pass yds S6 at #18 Wisconsin L 3-37 UW leads 3-0 Davis: Career-high 10 tackles; WIU 9.0 TFL to 4.0 for UW S13 DRAKE W 38-13 WIU leads 7-5 WIU: 7.0 sacks (most since 2002): Spearman: 11 tackles S20 at Northwestern L 7-24 NU leads 1-0 Lenoir: career-highs 11 rec., 115 yds; Raffelson: 10 tackles S27 • at #16/17 Southern Illinois L 17-34 WIU leads 34-22-4 Kintzel: career-high 12 tackles; Lenoir: 115 rec. yards O4 • #1 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 10-17 NDSU leads 4-2 Baker: career-high 175 yds, TD; Kintzel: career-high 16 tackles O11 • at #10/16 Youngstown State 6:00 YSU leads 18-11 2nd straight year WIU travels to Youngstown O18 • ILLINOIS STATE 3:00 WIU leads 50-42-3 WIU’s longest running series all-time O25 • NORTHERN IOWA 1:00 UNI leads 29-13 Western ended the 2013 season at UNI N8 • at South Dakota 4:00 Series tied 2-2 WIU won the last 2 meetings N15 • at South Dakota State 2:00 SDSU leads 7-4 WIU looking to snap 6-game losing streak to Jackrabbits N22 • INDIANA STATE 1:00 WIU leads 22-15 WIU’s lone road win last year was 21-14 decision at ISU WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES YOUNGSTOWN STATE

CAREER COACHING RECORD

Western Illinois (6-12 / 2nd year) 2014: 2-4 2013: 4-8 Minnesota-Duluth (100-26 / 10 yrs) 2012: 10-2 Division II Playoffs (0-1) 2011: 11-3 Division II Playoffs (2-1) 2010: 15-0 NATIONAL CHAMPION 2009: 11-2 Division II Playoffs (1-1) 2008: 15-0 NATIONAL CHAMPION 2003: 8-3 2002: 11-1 Division II Playoffs (0-1) 2001: 9-3 2000: 7-4 1999: 3-8 Wisconsin-Eau Claire (22-11 / 3 yrs) 1998: 10-3 Division III Playoffs (2-1) December 2012-Present Head Coach, Western Illinois 1997: 7-3 • Improvement in win/loss from 2012 1996: 5-5 • Coached 6 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference players Wartburg (39-14 / 5 yrs) • 1 Academic All-American and NCAA Postgraduate Scholar (Jimmy Holtschlag) 1995: 9-1 1994: 10-2 Division III Playoffs (1-1) 1999-2012 Head Coach/Director of Athletics, Minnesota-Duluth 1993: 9-2 Division III Playoffs (0-1) • Head football coach from 1999-2003; 2008-2012 1992: 5-5 • Record at UMD: 100-26 in 10 seasons, including 11-4 record in the playoffs 1991: 6-4 • Career coaching record: 170-59-1 in 20 seasons Ripon (9-8-1 / 2 yrs) • 2008 NCAA Division II National Champion (15-0) 1990: 7-2 • 2010 NCAA Division II National Champion (15-0) 1989: 2-6-1 • Six Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships • Six NCAA Division II Playoff appearances, streak of 5 straight at end of tenure Career Totals: 176-71-1 22 • 2010 Division II National Coach of the Year • 2008 Division II National Coach of the Year Career NCAA Playoffs Record: 14-7 • Coached Isaac Odim, Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America Player of the Year • Over past five seasons program has produced two Harlon Hill finalists (Division II National Player of the Year), four Academic All-Americans, two NCAA Postgraduate COACHES AND STAFF Scholars, more than 12 All-Americans, and five Northern Sun Intercollegiate Confer- STEVE CRUTCHLEY.....Assistant Head Coach (RB) ence ‘Player of the Year’ awards. @CoachCrutchley...... On Field

1996-1998 Head Coach, Wisconsin-Eau Claire A.J. BLAZEK...... Run Game Coordinator (OL) • Record in three years: 22-11 @CoachBlaz...... On Field • Produced six All-Americans, 22 All-Conference picks, and 50 Academic All-Confer- TED SCHLAFKE...... Passing Game Coordinator (QB) ence honorees @CoachSchlafke...... Pressbox • 1998 NCAA Division III Coach of the Year • Team won 1998 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title (first in 15 years) BRIAN WARD...... Defensive Coordinator • NCAA Division III Playoff appearance in 1998 @BWardDCoord...... Pressbox TYLER YELK..... Special Teams Coordinator (DB) 1991-1995 Head Coach/Director of Athletics, Wartburg College @TylerYelk...... On Field • Record in five years: 39-14 • Program made consecutive NCAA Division III Playoff appearances (1993, 1994) BRIAN MOHNSEN...... Defensive Line • 1993 Iowa Intercollegiate Conference Coach of the Year award @CoachMooseWIU...... On Field • 1993 team won the Iowa Intercollegiate Conference title ATIBA BRADLEY...... Linebackers • Program produced nine All-Americans, 34 All-Conference picks, four Academic All- @CoachBradleyWIU...... On Field Americans, and two NCAA Postgraduate Scholars MARK WATSON...... Wide Receivers 1989-1990 Head Coach, Ripon College @CoachMarkWatson...... On Field • Record in two years: 9-8-1 ANDREW PREVOST...... Tight Ends • 1990 team went 7-2, first winning season in eight years @CoachPrevost...... Pressbox

EDUCATION JASON ENOS...... Defensive Line Assistant 1982 - Bachelors Degree from Wartburg College (graduated with 4.0 GPA) ...... Pressbox 1988 - Masters Degree from University of Northern Iowa DAVID MILKE...... Director of Operation @CoachMilke

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WESTERN...... STATS...... YSU SCOUTING THE PENGUINS: Youngstown 2-4...... Overall Record...... 4-1 State enters the contest on a four-game 20.0...... Scoring Average...... 32.2 win streak following a 14-7 win at Missouri 115...... First Downs...... 103 State... Jody Webb led the rushing attack 370.5...... Total Offense...... 448.2 159.8...... Rushing Yards...... 225.4 with 117 yards, including an 81-yard TD 210.7...... Passing Yards...... 222.8 run... Dante Nania went 10-of-16 passing 17.5...... Kickoff Returns...... 18.5 for 130 yards with a TD and interception... 11.8...... Punt Returns...... 11.0 Tre’ Moore recorded 11 tackles and two 33.5...... Net Punting...... 32.1 interceptions, picking up national ‘Player of 27:03...... Time of Possession...... 31:41 the Week’ accolades... Overall, YSU ranks 30/85 (35%)..... 3rd Down Conversions.....22/64 (34%) third nationally having thrown just one 7/16 (44%).... 4th Down Conversion...... 2/4 (50%) interception this season... The team’s 173.25 -3...... Turnover Margin...... +2 21.8...... Points Allowed...... 18.8 passing efficiency is second in the MVFC 358.3...... Total Yards Allowed...... 350.8 but fourth nationally... The offense stands 131.8...... Rushing Yards Allowed...... 137.4 10th nationally allowing just 0.80 sacks per 226.5...... Passing Yards Allowed...... 213.4 game... The 18.8 points per game allowed puts the Penguins 25th in the country... The team’s 225.4 yards per game on the ground 2014 SCHEDULE @YSUSports is good for 17th nationally. A30 at Illinois L 17-28 S6 Duquesne W 34-23 S13 Butler W 44-13 S20 Saint Francis (Pa.) W 52-23 O4 at Missouri State W 14-7 LAST MEETING: Oct. 19, 2013 O11 Western Illinois 6 pm Location: Youngstown, Ohio; Stadium: Stambaugh Stadium O18 Southern Illinois 3 pm WESTERN ILLINOIS 0 7 7 0 - 14 O25 at South Dakota State 2 pm YOUNGSTOWN STATE 7 7 0 10 - 24 N1 South Dakota 1 pm (Attendance: 13,607; Temp. 53, cloudy, rain) N8 at Illinois State 1 pm N15 Indiana State 1 pm Qu Time Play Score N22 at North Dakota State 2:30 pm 1 07:24 Ruiz 60 run (Cejudo kick) 0-7 2 14:55 Norvell 1 run (Knuffman kick) 7-7 2 05:08 Bryan 7 pass from Hess (Cejudo kick) 7-14 ALL-TIME SERIES 3 07:26 Lenoir 9 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 14-14 4 11:34 Cejudo 33 FG 14-17 YSU leads 18-11 4 02:34 Adams 5 pass from Hess (Cejudo kick) 14-24

At HOME: 8-6 STATISTICS WESTERN YSU On ROAD: 3-12 First Downs 21 11 Rushing Attempts 45 37 LAST 10 MEETINGS Rushing Yards 161 252 Attempts-Completions-Int. 32-19-1 18-7-1 DATE RESULT SCORE H/A Nov. 6, 2004* L 9-34 H Passing Yards 176 47 Oct. 15, 2005* L 21-23 A TOTAL OFFENSE 337 299 Oct. 14, 2006* L 28-35 H Punts-Average 4-32.5 5-43.4 Nov. 10, 2007* L 24-31 A Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Nov. 22, 2008* L 28-31 H Penalties-Yards 1-11 2-20 Oct. 10, 2009* L 21-31 A Sacks By-Yards 0-0 4-16 Oct. 16, 2010* W 40-38 H 3rd Down Conversions 7-17 8-15 Oct. 29, 2011* L 14-56 A 4th Down Conversions 1-3 0-0 Nov. 10, 2012* L 7-31 H Time of Possession 32:30 27:30 Oct. 19, 2013* L 14-24 A RUSHING: WESTERN - Baker 28-148; Hammonds 5-21; Norvell 11-15, TD; TM 1-(-)21; Knuff- Most Points Scored vs. Youngstown State: man 0-(-)2. YSU - Ruiz 21-199, TD; Hymes 4-20; Hess 7-17; Webb 3-12; Stubbs 1-5; TM 1-(-)1. 54 (10/11/2003) PASSING: WESTERN - Norvell 32-19-1, 176, TD. YSU - Hess 18-7-1, 47, 2TD. Fewest Points Scored vs. Youngstown State: RECEIVING: WESTERN - Lenior 4-86, TD; Hill 4-27; Baker 4-22; Hammonds 4-10; Scott 0 (11/8/1980) 2-22; Borsellino 1-9. YSU - Bryan 3-31, TD; Ruiz 2-8; Adams 1-5, TD; Stubbs 1-3. TACKLES: WESTERN - Venegoni 8; Butler 8; Kintzel 6; McDaniel 6; Durley 5. YSU - Sirl Fewest Points Allowed vs. Youngstown State: 10; Tev. Williams 9; Ter. Williams 8. 0 on two occasions (10/3/1998; 10/26/2002)

Most Points Allowed vs. Youngstown State: 56 (10/29/11)

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MVFC STANDINGS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 @Illinois State 45, South Dakota State 10 RECORD BREAKDOWN As of Oct. 4 MVFC Overall @Indiana State 20, Northern Iowa 19 2014.... Nielson W L W L Youngstown State 14, @Missouri State 7 Home...... 2-1...... 5-4 Southern Illinois 2 0 5 1 North Dakota St. 17, @Western Illinois 10 Away...... 0-3...... 1-8 North Dakota State 1 0 5 0 @Southern Illinois 41, South Dakota 10 Illinois State 1 0 4 0 MVFC...... 0-2...... 2-8 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 Non-Conference FCS...... 2-0...... 3-0 Indiana State 1 0 4 1 vs. FBS teams...... 0-2...... 0-4 Youngstown State 1 0 4 1 Southern Illinois at North Dakota State, 1 pm Illinois State at Indiana State, 2 Missouri State 0 1 2 2 Day ...... 1-3...... 4-9 South Dakota State 0 1 2 2 UNI at South Dakota, 3 Missouri State at South Dakota State, 6 Night...... 1-1...... 2-3 South Dakota 0 1 2 3 Western Illinois at Youngstown State, 6 Northern Iowa 0 1 2 3 vs. Top 25 FCS...... 0-2...... 0-4 Western Illinois 0 2 2 4 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 vs. Unranked Division I FCS...... 2-0...... 5-4 South Dakota at Missouri State, 2 pm Southern Illinois at Youngstown State, 2 Scoring First...... 2-0...... 6-2 Indiana State at North Dakota State, 2:30 Opponent Scores First...... 0-4...... 0-10 Illinois State at Western Illinois, 3 Scoring 20-Plus Points...... 2-0...... 6-2 1985-2014 Northern Iowa at South Dakota State, 4 Opponents Scoring 20-Under...... 2-1...... 6-1

Games decided 3 points or less..0-0...... 0-0 Games decided 8 points or less..0-1...... 1-2

Leading after 1st Quarter...... 2-0...... 5-1 Trailing after 1st Quarter...... 0-2...... 0-8 Tied after 1st Quarter...... 0-2...... 1-3

TRACKING THE OPPONENTS SCHEDULE Leading at Halftime...... 2-1...... 6-1 Trailing at Halfitme...... 0-2...... 0-10 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 Illinois State at Indiana State Tied at Halftime...... 0-1...... 0-1 Missouri Baptist at Valparaiso Northern Iowa at South Dakota Illinois at Wisconsin Northern Iowa at South Dakota Leading after 3rd Quarter...... 2-1...... 6-1 Davidson at Drake Missouri State at South Dakota State Trailing after 3rd Quarter...... 0-3...... 0-9 Northwestern at Minnesota Illinois State at Indiana State Tied after 3rd Quarter...... 0-0...... 0-2 Southern Illinois at North Dakota State Overtime...... 0-0...... 0-0 Southern Illinois at North Dakota State Western Illinois at Youngstown State Having a 100-yard rusher...... 2-1...... 6-5 Allowing a 100-yard rusher...... 0-0...... 0-4

SPORTS NETWORK FCS COACHES Having a 100-yard receiver...... 0-2...... 0-5 October 4, 2014 October 4, 2014 Allowing a 100-yard receiver...... 0-3...... 0-4 Team Record Pts Team Record Pts 1. North Dakota St. (153) 5-0 3,897 1. North Dakota St. (25) 5-0 649 Having a 300-yard passer...... 1-0...... 1-0 2. Eastern Washington (3) 5-1 3,725 2. Eastern Washington (1) 5-1 621 Allowing a 300-yard passer...... 0-0...... 0-0 3. Coastal Carolina 6-0 3,413 3. Coastal Carolina 6-0 587 300-plus yards total offense...... 2-3...... 5-8 4. New Hampshire 4-1 3,355 4. McNeese State 3-1 566 Allowing 300-plus yds offense.....1-3...... 1-8 5. McNeese State 3-1 3,212 5. Villanova 4-1 546 6. Villanova 4-1 3,186 6. New Hampshire 4-1 522 400-plus yards total offense...... 2-0...... 3-1 7. Montana 4-2 2,870 7. Montana 4-2 491 Allowing 400-plus yds offense.....0-3...... 0-5 8. Jacksonville State 4-1 2,866 8. Jacksonville State 4-1 479 9. Southeastern Louisiana 4-2 2,411 9. Southeastern Louisiana 4-2 421 Committing fewer turnovers...... 1-1...... 5-3 10. William & Mary 4-1 2,141 10. Youngstown State 4-1 395 Committing more turnovers...... 1-2...... 1-6 Turnovers are equal...... 0-1...... 0-3 11. Montana State 4-2 1,974 11. William & Mary 4-1 372 Not committing a turnover...... 1-0...... 3-1 12. Southern Illinois 5-1 1,954 12. Chattanooga 3-2 324 13. Chattanooga 3-2 1,776 13. Southern Illinois 5-1 311 August...... 1-0...... 2-0 14. Fordham 5-1 1,684 14. Montana State 4-2 277 September...... 1-3...... 3-5 15. Illinois State 4-0 1,570 15. Illinois State 4-0 255 October...... 0-1...... 0-5 16. Youngstown State 4-1 1,485 16. Eastern Kentucky 5-0 252 November...... 0-0...... 1-2 17. Eastern Kentucky 5-0 1,396 17. Bethune-Cookman 4-1 227 18. Bethune-Cookman 4-1 1,393 18. Fordham 5-1 205 Winning Coin Toss...... 1-4...... 3-9 Losing Coin Toss...... 1-0...... 3-3 19. South Dakota State 3-2 1,248 19. South Dakota State 3-2 184 20. Indiana State 4-1 1,175 20. Richmond 3-2 168 21. Northern Iowa 2-3 1,095 21. Northern Iowa 2-3 166 22. Richmond 3-2 1,048 22. Indiana State 4-1 126 23. Southeast Missouri 4-2 397 23. Charleston Southern 5-0 103 24. Charleston Southern 5-0 325 24. Alcorn State 5-1 45 25. Tennessee State 4-2 158 25. Tennessee State 4-2 36

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LEATHERNECKS IN THE STATS: A look at how returning Western Illinois TOP STATISTICAL LEADERS players ranked in the MVFC and nationally... TEAM RUSHING CATEGORY...... MVFC...... AVG...... NATIONAL WESTERN GP Att Net APC TD Long Avg 3rd Down Conversions...... 7...... 35.3...... 67 J.C. Baker 6 113 635 5.6 2 66 105.8 Opponent 3rd Down Conversions...... 8...... 38.3...... 62 Kyle Hammonds 6 35 155 4.4 1 15 25.8 4th Down Conversions...... 5...... 43.8...... 72 Opponent 4th Down Conversions...... 9...... 53.8...... 67 Blocked Kicks...... 1...... 3...... 7 YSU GP Att Net APC TD Long Avg Fewest Penalty Yards...... 6...... 56.2...... 48 Martin Ruiz 5 112 533 4.8 6 46 106.6 First Downs Offense...... 2...... 115...... 35 Jody Webb 5 40 274 6.8 2 81 54.8 First Downs Defense...... 10...... 122...... 96 Kickoff Returns...... 9...... 17.5...... 99 ...... 7...... 33.5...... 81 PASSING Net Punting Passing Offense...... 8...... 210.7...... 59 WESTERN GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Avg Passing Defense...... 10...... 226.5...... 78 Trenton Norvell 6 118.57 108-190-6 .568 1264 7 210.7 Punt Returns...... 2...... 11.8...... 28 Redzone Offense...... 3...... 87.5...... 27 YSU GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Avg Redzone Defense...... 4...... 70.4...... 20 Dante Nania 4 154.00 48-85-1 .565 775 6 193.8 Rushing Offense...... 9...... 159.8...... 70 Rushing Defense...... 5...... 131.8...... 29 Scoring Offense...... 10...... 20.0...... 89 RECEIVING Scoring Defense...... 7...... 21.8...... 37 WESTERN GP Rec Yds APC TD Long Team Pass Sacks...... 7...... 1.7...... 68 Lance Lenoir 6 31 376 12.1 0 50 Team Passing Efficiency...... 9...... 117.95...... 72 Hi-C Scott 6 27 258 9.6 2 38 Team Passing Efficiency Defense ...... 7...... 124.43...... 57 Joey Borsellino 6 15 200 13.3 1 33 Team Tackles for a Loss...... 5...... 6.0...... 58 ...... 10...... 27:02...... 113 J.C. Baker 6 13 121 9.3 2 40 Time of Possession Total Offense...... 9...... 370.5...... 67 Total Defense...... 7...... 358.3...... 49 YSU GP Rec Yds APC TD Long Turnover Margin...... 9...... -0.5...... 85 Jelani Berassa 5 21 373 17.8 3 72 Turnovers Gained...... 5...... 9...... 44 Andrew Williams 4 12 283 23.6 3 61 Turnovers Lost...... 10...... 12...... 97 Jody Webb 5 9 162 18.0 1 54 INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY...... MVFC (Top 10)...... AVG...... NATIONAL KICKOFF RETURNS ALL-PURPOSE WESTERN No. Yards Avg TD Long J.C. Baker...... 7...... 126.0...... 42 Lance Lenoir 9 154 17.1 0 23 COMPLETION PERCENTAGE Trenton Norvell...... 5...... 56.8...... 60 YSU No. Yards Avg TD Long PASS COMPLETIONS Trenton Norvell...... 3...... 18.0...... 38 I’Tavious Harvin 6 132 22.0 0 32 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Nathan Knuffman...... 6...... 833...... 22 PUNT RETURNS FIELD GOALS PER GAME WESTERN No. Yards Avg TD Long Nathan Knuffman...... 8...... 0.83...... 51 Hi-C Scott 11 102 9.3 0 27 FUMBLES RECOVERED Jean-Marc Charles...... T-1...... 1...... T-44 Kevin Kintzel...... T-1...... 1...... T-44 YSU No. Yards Avg TD Long Mick Nelson...... T-1...... 1...... T-44 Christian Bryan 10 110 11.0 0 34 Gabe Burkhardt...... T-1...... 1...... T-44 Gavin Ricketts...... T-1...... 1...... T-44 KICKING PASSES DEFENDED WESTERN GP FGM- FGA Pct. Long PAT Martinez Davis...... 6...... 1.0...... 58 Nathan Knuffman 6 5- 6 .833 30 15-15 PASSING Trenton Norvell...... 4...... 210.7...... 38 PASSING EFFICIENCY YSU GP FGM- FGA Pct. Long PAT Trenton Norvell...... 9...... 118.6...... 71 Joey Cejudo 5 9- 10 .900 36 18-18 PASSING TOUCHDOWNS Trenton Norvell...... 6...... 7...... 41 PUNTING PUNTING Nathan Knuffman...... 6...... 37.7...... 80 WESTERN No. Yards Avg Long I20 50+ PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWNS Nathan Knuffman 28 1056 37.7 58 4 2 Brad Blumenshine...... T-1...... 1...... T-3 PUNT RETURNS YSU No. Yards Avg Long I20 50+ Hi-C Scott...... 5...... 9.3...... 30 Joey Cejudo 25 988 39.5 53 6 5 RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS Hi-C Scott...... 2...... T-84 J.C. Baker...... 2...... T-84 TACKLES RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME WESTERN GP ST AT Total TFL S INT Lance Lenoir...... 8...... 62.7...... 67 Luke Venegoni 6 25 25 50 5.0 0.5 -- RECEPTIONS PER GAME Kevin Kintzel 5 30 18 48 2.0 -- -- Lance Lenoir, Jr...... 3...... 5.2...... 48 Jonathon Rollins 5 29 14 43 1.5 -- 1 Hi-C Scott...... 6...... 4.5...... 74 J.J. Raffelson 6 19 24 43 3.0 -- -- RUSHING J.C. Baker...... 6...... 105.8...... 24 David McDaniel 6 19 17 36 1.0 -- 1 SOLO TACKLES Kevin Kintzel...... 1...... 6.0...... 11 YSU GP ST AT Total TFL S INT Jonathon Rollins...... 3...... 5.8...... 19 Dubem Nwadiogbu 5 28 14 42 5.0 1.0 -- TOTAL OFFENSE Julius Childs 5 28 8 36 ------Trenton Norvell...... 7...... 215.3...... 53 Tre’ Moore 5 20 10 30 2.5 -- 2 TACKLES Kevin Kintzel...... 1...... 9.6...... 25 Donald D’Alesio 5 9 20 29 1.5 -- -- Jonathon Rollins...... 2...... 8.6...... 61 Jaylin Kelly 5 11 17 28 1.0 1.0 1 Luke Venegoni...... 4...... 8.3...... 75 J.J. Raffelson...... 16...... 7.2 @WIUFootball • #W1U 5 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES YOUNGSTOWN STATE

WESTERN QUICK FACTS WHAT IS A FIGHTING LEATHERNECK?: Western Illinois holds Founded...... 1899 the distinction of being the only non-military institution to officially Enrollment...... 11,458 have its nickname derived from a branch of the military service. Nickname...... Fighting Leathernecks School Colors...... Purple and Gold The school began use of the Marine Corps’ official nickname, Affiliation...... NCAA Division I FCS “The Fighting Leathernecks,” in 1927 when then-athletic director Conference...... Missouri Valley Football and head baseball, basketball and football coach Ray “Rock” Stadium...... Hanson Field (Matrix Turf) Hanson was granted permission by the U.S. Navy, based on his Capacity...... 16,368 University President...... Dr. Jack Thomas status as a Marine hero, to use the Marine’s official seal, bulldog Vice President for Student Services..Dr. Gary Biller mascot and nickname. He still remains third all-time at Western in Director of Athletics...... Tommy Bell victories with 56 in 16 years as head coach (56-60-12) from 1926- Faculty Athletics Representative...Dr. Tom Cody 41. He posted a winning record six years and a .500 mark during Deputy Director of Athletics...... Matt Tanney Associate Athletic Director...... Lisa Melz-Jennings another season. The 1939 team went 5-1-1 and won the Little 19 Conference championship. Assistant Athletic Directors...... Julie Gibbes, Michael Jones, Kelsey Laverdiere NFL PIPELINE: Western Illinois continues its tradition as one of the top NCAA FCS programs ...... Patrick Osterman, Nancy Sprout with a pipeline to the NFL... Players and coaches from Leatherneck history have won 17 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Super Bowl Championships. Director/Football SID...... Patrick Osterman • Mike Wagner won four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Steel Curtain era. Osterman Cell Phone...... (309) 255-5642 • Rodney Harrison won a pair of Super Bowls with the New England Patriots in three appear- Osterman’s E-Mail...... [email protected] Media Services Phone...... (309) 298-1133 ances all-time. He now works in-studio at NBC Sports during Sunday Night Football Night. Assistant Director...... Kyle Bradt From 1957-59, former WIU head coach Lou Saban had on his staff Joe Collier and Graduate Assistants...... Sam Boender, standout WIU player Robert ‘Red’ Miller...... Matt Fischer, Dan Wallace • Saban was the inaugural coach for the Boston Patriots, then later the Buf- HISTORY falo Bills. He was the 1964 AFL ‘Coach of the Year’. Saban spent four years as First Year...... 1903* (110th year of football) coach of the Denver Broncos and would later come back and coach the Bills. All-Time Record...... 520-454-36 (.533) • Miller, a three-time MVP for the Leathernecks, would later coach the Denver Broncos in the 1977 Super Bowl and three consecutive playoff appearances. MVFC TELECONFERENCE • Collier joined Saban in Boston and was promoted to the Buffalo Bills head coach in 1966. He took the Bills to the AFL Championship game that season. He later worked as an assistant A weekly teleconference featuring the league’s with the Denver Broncos, hired first by Saban then later Miller as defensive coordinator. head coaches will be held each Tuesday at He coached in three Super Bowls with the Broncos. Collier was the mastermind behind the 10 a.m. (Central). Members of the media may call Mike Kern at the MVFC office to get the Broncos defense known at the time as the ‘Orange Crush Defense’. phone number. Each call is recorded and will be • Former All-American John Teerlinck won two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos as an replayed at Valley-Football.org. assistant coach and another Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts as an assistant coach. • WIU All-American Bryan Cox enters his ninth year in the NFL as an assistant coach. He Missouri Valley Football Notes/News..... 10 a.m. is the defensive line coach for the Atlanta Falcons. Eric Wolford, Youngstown State...... 10 a.m. Mark Farley, Northern Iowa...... 10:06 a.m. • San Diego Chargers punter Mike Scifres begins his 12th year as the team’s punter. One Mike Sanford, Indiana State...... 10:12 a.m. of the top players in the NFL, Scifres has a net punt average of 39 yards or better in six of Brock Spack, Illinois State...... 10:18 a.m. the last seven years. BOB NIELSON, WESTERN...... 10:24 a.m. • Carolina Panthers linebacker Jason Wil- Dale Lennon, Southern Illinois...... 10:30 a.m. liams begins his seventh year in the NFL Joe Glenn, South Dakota...... 10:36 a.m. NFL PRO BOWL John Stiegelmeier, SDSU...... 10:42 a.m. and fifth with the Panthers. He played in 11 Bryan Cox - Miami Dolphins...... 1993, 1995, 1996 Chris Klieman, North Dakota State... 10:48 a.m. games last season. Rodney Harrison - San Diego Chargers...... 1999, 2002 Frank Winters - Green Bay Packers...... 1997 Terry Allen, Missouri State...... 10:54 a.m. Mike Wagner - Pittsburgh Steelers...... 1975, 1976 WESTERN ILLINOIS COACH NIELSON IN THE MEDIA has won 17 Super SUPER BOWL CHAMPS DENVER BRONCOS MONDAY: Bob Nielson appears in studio at Bowl Championships Cyron Brown (1-0)...... 1998-2000 7 a.m. at Prestige Communications radio. His interview with Kipp Jones will air on 100.1 FM, 102.7 FM and 104.1 FM. (players/coaches) GREEN BAY PACKERS Every Monday at 12 noon, Nielson will speak at Frank Winters (1-1)...... 1992-2002 the Downtown Athletic Club luncheon at Sports Don Beebe (1-1)...... 1996-97 Corner @ 124. THURSDAY: Coach Nielson will be on the air live NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS with Josh Houchins on WGEM SportsCenter AM Bryan Cox (1-0)...... 2001 1440 around 7:50 a.m. The WGEM SportsCenter Rodney Harrison (2-1)...... 2003-08 app is available for download on iTunes and Google Play. During the 6 p.m. newscast on WGEM-TV NEW YORK GIANTS Rich Seubert (1-0)...... 2001-10 (Quincy), Bob Nielson and select players will be featured “On the Sidelines” with sports director Ben Marth. Fans can also see the interview online PITTSBURGH STEELERS at www.WGEM.com. Mike Wagner (4-0)...... 1971-80

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ALL-TIME AT HANSON FIELD: On September 23, 1950, Hanson CAREER STARTS Field was dedicated and became the home of Leatherneck Foot- OFFENSE ‘14 13 12 11 10 Total Streak ball... Now in the 64th year, Western has compiled a 228-114-7 re- Brandon De La Cruz, OL 6 11 8 rs -- 25 13 cord at home. In 49 of those years Western finished at least .500 at Trenton Norvell, QB 6 12 ------18 18 home, including a perfect 6-0 record at home in 2010. Lance Lenoir, Jr., WR 6 12 ------18 18 Ryan Ricketts, OL 6 11 0 rs -- 17 10 Hi-C Scott, WR 6 8 ------14 9 HANSON FIELD TOUGH ON NON-CONFERENCE TEAMS: Play- J.C. Baker, RB 6 6 ------12 12 ing at Hanson Field has been a tough task for non-conference Taylor Hill, TE 2 10 0 rs -- 12 0 teams in recent years... The Leathernecks are 31-4 against non- Sam Kachanuk, OL 0 9 0 3 rs 12 0 MVFC teams since 1999, including a current nine-game win streak Joey Borsellino, WR 6 4 ------10 6 Sean Sullivan, OG 6 4 0 rs -- 10 6 following a 2-0 mark in both 2013 and 2014. Tyler Bode, OT 6 ------6 6 Matt Zobrist, OT 6 0 rs -- -- 6 6 NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: The Leathernecks faced four Quadarias Mireles, WR 3 ------3 3 teams from two conferences during the non-conference slate - Val- J’Vaughn Williams, WR 1 0 rs -- -- 1 0 paraiso/Drake from the Pioneer League, and Wisconsin/Northwestern Larry Harris, TE 0 1 0 rs -- 1 0 from the Big Ten... Western improved to 8-0 versus the Pioneer, with DEFENSE ‘14 13 12 11 10 Total Streak more than half of those wins coming since 2010... The Leathernecks Martinez Davis, DB 5 12 9 5 -- 31 0 dropped to 0-8 all-time versus the Big Ten. Jonathon Rollins, DB 5 12 11 1 -- 29 5 David McDaniel, DB 6 12 9 0 rs 27 24 SEASON-OPENING SUCCESS AGAINST FCS: The Leather- Gino Durley, Jr., DL 6 8 11 0 rs 25 13 J.J. Raffelson, LB 6 6 11 rs -- 23 6 necks have had great success in season-opening games against Kevin Kintzel, LB 5 12 4 0 -- 21 5 Football Championship Subdivision opponents... Western’s 45-6 Luke Venegoni, LB 6 5 1 0 -- 12 10 victory over Valparaiso marked the 10th win in the last 11 opportu- Chip Holtschlag, DE 0 12 0 0 -- 12 0 nities (only loss 20-6 at Sam Houston State in 2011). Gavin Ricketts, DL 6 1 0 -- -- 7 6 2014: 45-6 vs. Valparaiso Eddy Holtschlag, DE 6 0 0 rs -- 6 6 Kris Harley, DL 6 ------6 6 2013: 42-9 vs. Hampton Richard Chungong, DB 3 0 ------3 1 2012: 23-15 vs. Butler Myles Spearman, DB 3 rs ------3 0 2010: 45-0 vs. Valparaiso Dallas Nichols, DB 1 2 ------3 0 2009: 35-28 at Sam Houston State Marquette Privott, DB 1 0 ------1 1 2007: 29-26 (4OT) win vs. #20 South Dakota State Demetrius Allen, LB 1 rs ------1 0 2006: 31-6 vs. Morehead State SPECIAL TEAMS ‘14 13 12 11 10 Total Streak 2002: 64-7 vs. Drake Nathan Knuffman, P/K 6 12 rs -- -- 18 18 2001: 17-13 vs. #3 Western Kentucky CAREER OVERTIME GAMES 1997: 41-0 vs. #6 Eastern Illinois Since 2000 the Leathernecks have defeated Division II Wayne Nov. 30, 1991....ât Marshall...... L 17-20 State (35-3 in 2003) and lost to Football Bowl Subdivision teams Sept. 24, 1994...*at Missouri State (2OT)...... W 31-24 Missouri (50-20 in 2000), Nebraska (56-17 in 2004), Toledo (62-14 Oct. 11, 1997.....*Northern Iowa (2OT)...... W 29-22 in 2005) and Arkansas (28-24 in 2008). Oct. 23, 1999.....*at Indiana State (3OT)...... L 36-39 Nov. 29, 2003....ât Montana (2OT)...... W 43-40 ATTENDANCE TOP FIVE: Playing in front of 77,125 fans at Camp Aug. 30, 2007....South Dakota State (4OT)...... W 29-26 Randall Stadium marked the fourth-largest crowd Western has Nov. 15, 2008....*Illinois State...... W 48-45 played in front of in program history… Western’s 2006 meeting at Î-AA playoff game; Wisconsin stands number two all-time, which is the last time WIU *Missouri Valley Football Conference game played in front of that many fans. Attend....Opponent...... Date #WhatsItLike 1. 87,164....at LSU...... 9/13/03 2. 80,845....at Wisconsin...... 9/9/06 Throughout fall camp, the Athletic Communications Depart- 3. 77,471....at Nebraska...... 9/4/04 ment utilized its GoPro camera and show the fans “What’s It Like” 4. 77,125....at Wisconsin...... 9/6/14 with the help of the Leatherneck Football players and coaches. 5. 70,537....at Arkansas...... 8/30/08 The videos can be found on YouTube via the WIU Athletics 6. 63,420....at Missouri...... 9/17/11 channel. The features included: 7. 55,783....at Iowa State...... 9/15/12 • What’s it like running pass routes and catching passes from the 8. 53,224....at Missouri...... 9/2/00 quarterbacks. 9. 48,301....at Illinois...... 9/8/07 • What’s it like as a running back going up against the linebackers. 10. 47,301....at Purdue...... 9/11/10 • What’s it like catching punts with punt coverage in your face. • What’s it like trying to get past the offensive line and sack the DAVIS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN: Senior defensive quarterback. back Martinez Davis picked up a preseason honor, being named • What’s it like trying to catch a pass against the nationally-ranked The Sports Network Third Team All-American. It’s the first time since secondary. 2010 that a Leatherneck received a preseason national accolade... Davis leads all Leathernecks with eight career interceptions and holds the all-time record with three INT returns for a touchdown. YouTube.com/WIUAthletics He’s also tied for the WIU season record with two returns for a score (2012 season).

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ONE OF THE TOUGHEST SCHEDULES AROUND: Western enters this weekend with 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES the sixth-toughest schedule in the country, based on cumulative opposition winning per- WESTERN ILLINOIS: centage... The Fighting Leathernecks have played two Big Ten Conference teams and this Lance Lenoir, Jr. (115/NU), (115/SIU) game at #10 Youngstown State marks the third straight game against a ranked opponent.

OPPONENTS: VALLEY FOOTBALL > FBS: According to the latest Sagarin rankings, the Missouri Val- Alex Erickson (WIS/122); MyCole Pruitt ley Football Conference ranks ahead of FOUR Division I Football Subdivision Confer- (SIU/106); RJ Urzendowski (NDSU/114) ences... The MVFC (63.06) enters this week in front of the: Mountain West-West (62.11), Conference-USA West (61.63), Conference-USA East (61.44), Mid-America West (60.56), Mid-America East (55.25) and Sun Belt (54.94) Conferences... The MVFC is 2-10 versus the FBS, but of those 10 losses nine came against teams from the ‘Power 5’ Conferences. 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES The only non-Power 5 loss was UNI flying across the Pacific Ocean to play at Hawai’i... Overall the MVFC owns a 28-11 record out-of-conference. WESTERN ILLINOIS: J.C. Baker (137/VU); (130/DU); (175/NDSU) WIU PLAYS 26 FIRST-TIMERS: Twenty-six Leathernecks in the Valpo game took the field for the first time in a WIU uniform. Of those 26, 13 were freshmen (including four OPPONENTS: true-freshmen)... The true-freshmen were defensive backs Aaron Diggs (4 tackles), and None David Griffith (5 tackles), kicker Luke Otto (63 yd avg on 5 kickoffs) and long snapper Gabe Burkhardt.

ANOTHER LEATHERNECK MAKES DEBUT: True-freshman Jaelon Acklin made his debut at wide receiver during the Northwestern game... After entering the game he came up with a 4-yard reception... Acklin is the fifth true-freshman to play this season.

200-YARD PASSING GAMES TWO NAMED PRESEASON ALL-MVFC, WIU PICKED NINTH: In a vote by the Missouri Valley Football Conference coaches, media and sports information directors, two Leath- WESTERN ILLINOIS: ernecks earned Preseason All-MVFC honors. (Sr/DB) was voted to the Trenton Norvell (320/VU), (205/DU), (292/ Martinez Davis NU), (271/SIU) preseason squad while Kevin Kintzel (Sr/LB) was chosen Honorable Mention... Davis earned Second Team All-MVFC honors last year while Kintzel was Honorable Mention... Western was picked to finish ninth in the preseason poll. OPPONENTS: Tanner McEvoy (WIS/283); Mark Iannotti (SIU/272); Carson Wentz (NDSU/240) TRIO SELECTED TO CFPA WATCH LIST: Three Leathernecks earned a spot on the preseason College Football Performance Awards watch list at their respective position... Kevin Kintzel was selected at linebacker. The senior, a six-time weekly CFPA Honorable SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES Mention pick, was the 2013 recipient of the CFPA Linebacker award... Defensive back preseason All-American Martinez Davis was named by the CFPA, as was J.C. Baker at No. Name...... Tackles running back. 23 Josh Smith...... 4 38 David Griffith...... 4 8 Luis Sharpe ...... 3 DEFENSE HELD GORDON IN CHECK: Western held First Team Preseason All-American 3 Richard Chungong...... 3 running back, and Walter Camp Award watch list member, Melvin Gordon to one of his low- 29 Aaron Diggs...... 3 est rushing games in his Wisconsin career… Gordon was limited to 38 yards on 17 carries, 20 Dwayne Phillips...... 3 a 2.2 yard-per-carry average… It’s the second-lowest average in his career (minimum two 46 Luke Venegoni...... 2 attempts in a game)... 27 Brad Blumenshine...... 2 Opponent Yds (Att) YPC TDs 4 Jonathon Rollins...... 1 vs. LSU 140 (16) 8.75 1 21 Devon Sanders...... 1 vs. Western 38 (17) 2.23 0 42 Myles Spearman...... 1 44 Brett Taylor...... 1 vs. BGSU 253 (13) 19.46 5 33 Nathan Knuffman...... 1 vs. USF 181 (32) 5.66 2 28 Devon Moore...... 1 vs. Northwestern 259 (27) 9.6 1 24 Eriq Baird...... 1 SACK THE DRAKE QUARTERBACK: Western registered 7.0 sacks against Drake (9.0 Single-Game High: 3 - Smith (DU); Griffith TFL overall). Those seven sacks were the highest single-game total since getting seven (DU) versus Youngstown State in October 2002.

Blocks: Team (ExP/VU); McDaniel (Punt/ FACING #1 AGAIN: Western matched up against the No. 1 team in the country for the DU); Kintzel (FG/NDSU) seventh time... The 17-10 fourth quarter loss dropped WIU to 1-6 all-time... The 7-point differential was the smallest margin of defeat all-time. Games against the nation’s No. 1 team: 9-28-85 at #1 Richmond L 38-20 10-3-98 #1 Youngstown State W 14-0 12-12-98 at #1 Georgia Southern L 42-14 10-30-04 at #1 Southern Illinois L 66-13 10-22-05 #1 Western Kentucky L 42-7 10-20-07 #1 Northern Iowa L 42-3 10-4-14 #1 North Dakota State L 10-17 8 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES YOUNGSTOWN STATE

CONSISTENT ON THE TAKEAWAYS: Under third-year defensive coordinator Brian ACTIVE CAREER Ward, Western has recorded at least one takeaway in 27 of the 29 games, and multiple STATISTICAL LEADERS takeaways 15 times... The defense tied a single-game record with nine takeaways in the 2013 season-opener versus Hampton... In 2012 and 2013, the defense tied for 10th on the RUSHING YARDS season ‘Top 10’ list with 16 interceptions each season. 1,784 - J.C. Baker 300 - Kyle Hammonds TURNOVERS THE KEY: Since the start of 2013, when the team commits fewer turnovers than the opponent Western is 5-3. However, when the turnovers were equal (0-3) or WIU CAREER 100 YARD RUSHING made more miscues (1-6) the squad was winless until finally breaking the streak against 10 - J.C. Baker Drake (minus-1)... On four occasions Western has not committed a turnover, and the team owns a 3-1 record in those games. RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 8 - J.C. Baker KINTZEL LEADS THE VALLEY: Kevin Kintzel recorded a career-high 16 tackles in the 3 - Trenton Norvell North Dakota State game. He now leads the Missouri Valley Football Conference in tack- 3 - Devon Moore les per game (9.6) and solo tackles per game (6.0)... His 16 tackles were the most by a 1 - Kyle Hammonds Leatherneck since the 2010 postseason (Kyle Glazier-17 at Coastal Carolina)... He ranks 11th nationally in solo tackles and 25th in total tackles. PASSING YARDS 3,404 - Trenton Norvell KINTZEL JOINS RECORD BOOK: Linebacker Kevin Kintzel set a Western Illinois season record in 2013 scoring three defensive touchdowns... He returned an interception for a RECEIVING YARDS touchdown against Hampton, recovered a fumble against South Dakota and scored, then 865 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. in the finale picked off a UNI pass and raced into the endzone... Kintzel tied a season re- 716 - Hi-C Scott cord with two interception returns for a touchdown... He picked off three passes, recovered 665 - Joey Borsellino three fumbles and forced two fumbles. CAREER 100 YARD RECEIVING DUO REACHES 200 STOPS: Senior safety Jonathon Rollins and junior linebacker J.J. 3 - Lance Lenoir Raffelson both reached a milestone during the Southern Illinois game, they surpassed 1 - Joey Borsellino 200 career tackles... Rollins leads all active players with 210 while Raffelson is close be- 1 - Hi-C Scott hind at 207. RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS 100 CAREER TACKLES: Five other current Leathernecks have eclipsed 100 career tack- 7 - Lance Lenoir les and are looking to join J.J. Raffelson and Jonathon Rollins in the 200-club... Seniors 5 - Hi-C Scott David McDaniel (177), Kevin Kintzel (173), Luke Venegoni (148), Gino Durley, Jr. (136) 4 - Joey Borsellino and Martinez Davis (124) round out the list. KICKOFF RETURNS RAFFELSON POPS THE QUESTION: Not only was J.J. Raffelson able to celebrate 292 - Kyle Hammonds a team victory following the Valparaiso game, he had another reason to celebrate post- 226 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. game... The junior linebacker proposed to his girlfriend Heather Smith (four-year letterwin- ner for the WIU Volleyball team) on the field after the game, and she said yes. INTERCEPTIONS 8 - Martinez Davis EXPERIENCE RETURNS: Western now has seven players with 20 or more career starts... 7 - David McDaniel Martinez Davis leads all players with 31 starts... Jonathon Rollins has 29 starts and David McDaniel is next with 27 (24 consecutive)... Gino Durley, Jr. and Brandon De La TACKLES Cruz each made 25 starts in their career, including 13 straight... J.J. Raffelson returned 210 - Jonathon Rollins from a season-ending injury in 2013 to start all six games this year and now with 23 in his 207 - J.J. Raffelson career... Kevin Kintzel joined the group during the Southern Illinois game, currently with 177 - David McDaniel 21 in his four-year career. 173 - Kevin Kintzel 148 - Luke Venegoni FROM ARIZONA TO ILLINOIS: Over the past two seasons, Western has developed a 136 - Gino Durley, Jr. productive connection with the state of Arizona... Several players have made their way 124 - Martinez Davis east to Illinois for the Leathernecks. Arizona Western CC: J.C. Baker (Sr/RB) TACKLES FOR LOSS Glendale CC: Luis Sharpe (Jr/DB), Dallas Nichols (Sr/DB), DeAndre Daniels (Sr/LB), Nick 18.0 - Kevin Kintzel Ziegenbein (Jr/OL), John LaChapelle (Jr/DL) 14.0 - Luke Venegoni Scottsdale CC: Hi-C Scott (Sr/WR), Tyler Bode (Jr/OL) 13.5 - Gino Durley, Jr. Goodyear (Millennium HS): Aaron Diggs (Fr/DB) 12.0 - Eddy Holtschlag Surprise (Valley Vista HS): Myles Spearman (R-Fr/DB) SCORING BAKER RUNS PAST THE HERD: When running back J.C. Baker recorded a career-high 69 - Nathan Knuffman 175 rushing yards (including a long of 66 yards) with a touchdown against the North Da- 60 - J.C. Baker kota State Bison, he did so against the nation’s third-rated rushing defense... Western tal- 42 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. lied the most rushing yards in the Bison’s previous 21 games (triple-option rushing attack 30 - Hi-C Scott of Georgia Southern in the 2012 semifinals).

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RESULTS ON TAKEAWAYS BAKER AMONG RUSHING LEADERS: Senior J.C. Baker ranks 24th nationally averaging 105.8 rushing yards per game (13th with 635 yards)... His 126 all-purpose yards per game is 42nd nationally... In 18 career games as a Leatherneck, Baker has racked up VALPARAISO (1): TAKEAWAY...... DRIVE RESULT 1,784 rushing yards - a 99.1 yards per game average... He needs 143 more to match 10th INT (McDaniel)...... Touchdown place on the all-time list.

WISCONSIN (1): BAKER NAMED CFPA HONORABLE MENTION: J.C. Baker picked up his first College TAKEAWAY...... DRIVE RESULT Football Performance Awards Honorable Mention during the 2014 season following the INT (Nichols)...... Turnover (INT) North Dakota State game. He recorded a career-high 175 yards on the ground.

DRAKE (1): FIFTH FASTEST TO 1,000: J.C. Baker rushed for five yards in his first attempt at Indiana TAKEAWAY...... DRIVE RESULT State in game 11 of the 2013 season. That moved him past 1,000 yards in his inaugural Fumble (Nelson)...... End of Game season with the Leathernecks... Needing just 177 attempts to reach that milestone put Baker as the fifth-fastest in program history to record 1,000 yards... No other first-year Divi- NORTHWESTERN (2): sion I player in the program’s history ran for 1,000 yards in a season. TAKEAWAY...... DRIVE RESULT Fumble (Charles)...... Punt BAKER HITS 100: J.C. Baker made an immediate impact for the Leathernecks last sea- Fumble (Kintzel)...... End of Half son after transferring from Arizona Western CC... He tied for sixth among the Western season ‘Top 10’ leaders for most 100-yard rushing games... Baker recorded his third 100- SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (1): yard rushing game of the season when he ran for a career-high 175 yards against North TAKEAWAY...... DRIVE RESULT Dakota State... He took sole possession of fifth place all-time with 10 100-yard efforts in INT (Rollins)...... End of Half 18 career games. BAKER 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES NORTH DAKOTA STATE (3): 175 - North Dakota State (21 carries/2014) TAKEAWAY...... DRIVE RESULT 163 - Southern Illinois (25 carries/2013) Fumble (G.Ricketts)...... Interception 148 - at Youngstown State (28 carries/2013) Interception (Privott)...... Fumble 144 - Quincy (14 carries/2013) Fumble (Burkhardt)...... Punt 137 - Valparaiso (17 carries/2014) 130 - Drake (20 carries/2014) 112 - South Dakota State (27 carries/2013) 109 - at Indiana State (23 carries/2013) 108 - at UNLV (15 carries/2013) 104 - South Dakota (13 carries/2013)

BAKER CAN CATCH THE BALL TOO: J.C. Baker showed his versatility last season by catching 32 passes (tied for third) totaling 183 yards. He ended the year ninth on the season ‘Top 10’ for most receiving yards by a running back... Baker is fourth in receptions (13) and fifth with 121 yards... Baker is tied for the team lead with twoTD receptions.

NORVELL SETS CAREER-HIGHS: In the Valpo opener, Trenton Norvell set career- highs in passing - completion percentage (.714), yards (320) and tied a high in touchdown passes (4)... He completed 20-of-28 passes for his first-ever 300-yard passing game... It marked the first time in three years a Leatherneck QB threw for 300 yards, and Norvell’s yardage was the most since Matt Barr at Southern Illinois four years ago.

QB NAMED CFPA HONORABLE MENTION: For his efforts in the Valparaiso game, quarterback Trenton Norvell was an Honorable Mention selection by the College Football Per- formance Awards. It marks the first time in his career receiving the CFPA weekly accolade.

NORVELL THREATENED RECORD: Trenton Norvell made a run at the Western single- game completions record at Northwestern. The sophomore completed 29-of-49 passes, falling three shy of the mark set by Paul Singer on two different occasions... Norvell nearly became the first Leatherneck since 2001 (Sam Clemons) to complete 30 passes ina game, and he was eight yards shy of his second career 300-yard passing game.

IN THE CAREER TOP 10 AS A SOPHOMORE: During his performance at Northwestern, Trenton Norvell broke into the WIU career ‘Top 10’ for most pass completions... He enters this week ranked eighth in both career completions (303) and attempts (574)... Norvell needs three more touchdowns to match the 10th place total of 26.

LENOIR MATCHES CAREER-HIGH, BREAKS INTO TOP 10: Lance Lenoir, Jr. set a career-high in receiving yards with 115 at Northwestern (with a career-high 11 receptions). Lenoir matched that personal-best with 115 yards at Southern Illinois... He moved into a tie for 10th place all-time recording his third career 100-yard game.

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TOUCHDOWN CAREER-HIGH: Senior Hi-C Scott caught three touchdown passes last 20-YARD BIG PLAYS year, two coming in the Missouri State game. He matched his personal-high when he RUN (10): hauled in a 17-yard and 38-yard TD reception versus Valpo... Scott averaged 16.8 yards J.C. BAKER (8) on his four catches. 23 vs. VU 28 vs. VU 21 vs. DU TRIO JOIN RECORD BOOKS: Western Illinois accomplished a rare feat in 2013, as three 22 at NU different receivers finished a game with 100-plus yards... It’s the fifth time in program his- 20 at SIU 66 vs. NDSU tory that feat was accomplished, and first time happening since 2009...Lance Lenoir, Jr., 34 vs. NDSU (TD) Hi-C Scott and Joey Borsellino accomplished the feat... Lenoir caught seven passes for 31 vs. NDSU 105 yards and two scores at Illinois State... Borsellino had 110 yards on 10 catches versus QUADARIAS MIRELES (1) Southern Illinois... Scott totaled 104 yards on four catches with two TDs against Missouri 33 vs. VU State. He also finished five yards shy of 100 against Quincy in week two.

TRENTON NORVELL (1) 27 vs. DU ZOBRIST EARNS WEEKLY AWARD: Sophomore offensive tackle Matt Zobrist received the first weekly ‘Player of the Week’ award in his career following the North Dakota State... RECEIVING (17): Zobrist was selected as the Missouri Valley Football Conference ‘Offensive Lineman of the J.C. BAKER (2) 40 vs. VU (Norvell... TD) Week’ as the Leathernecks rushed for more than 250 yards versus the nation’s third-best 23 at SIU (Norvell... TD) rushing defense... It was the most rushing yards versus the Bison in NDSU’s previous 21 games... Zobrist and the offensive unit allowed only one sack in the game. JOEY BORSELLINO (4) 33 vs. VU (Norvell) 20 at NU (Norvell) RETURNERS ON THE O-LINE: Western returns four players with starting experience 29 at SIU (Norvell) along the offensive line... Junior guard Brandon De La Cruz leads the offense with 24 21 at SIU (Norvell) starts in his career. He moved to center during the off-season... Fellow junior Ryan Rick- KYLE HAMMONDS (1) etts (16 starts) moved from center to guard... Another junior, Sean Sullivan, made four 27 vs. VU (Norvell) starts last year at guard and all five this year... Senior Sam Kachanuk started nine times ADAM HOOGERWERF (1) last year and 12 in his three-year career. He has played mainly at guard in his career... 27 vs. VU (Norvell) Sophomore Matt Zobrist and JUCO transfer Tyler Bode, who joined the team at the spring semester, both start at tackle. LANCE LENOIR, Jr. (4) 30 vs. VU (Norvell) 33 at NU (Norvell) KNUFFMAN RETURNS IN DUAL ROLE: Sophomore Nathan Knuffman stands 5-of-6 in 50 at SIU (Norvell) 29 at SIU (Norvell) field goals, converting a field goal in six of his last seven games played... His .833 percentage places him 22nd in the country and he stands 51st in field goals per game. QUADARIAS MIRELES (2) 71 vs. DU (Norvell... TD) 21 at NU (Norvell) KNUFFMAN IN CAREER LISTING: Nathan Knuffman moved into 10th place in two career ‘Top 10’ listings after last weekend... Knuffman kicked his 45th career extra point, tak- HI-C SCOTT (3) ing sole possession of 10th place... His 69 career points via kicking took sole possession 38 vs. VU (Norvell... TD) 23 vs. DU (Norvell) of 10th place. 21 at NU (Norvell) ALL IN THE FAMILY: Western has two sets of brothers on this year’s roster... Senior Chip RETURNS (11): KYLE HAMMONDS (1) Holtschlag and junior Eddy are twins who play defensive end. Chip was forced to burn 26 vs. VU (Kickoff) his redshirt late in 2011 due to injuries along the defensive line. Eddy made his first-ever start in the season-opener... Redshirt-freshman Josh Smith was joined this fall by his ADAM HOOGERWERF (1) 23 vs. VU (Kickoff) younger brother Timothy. Josh has seven tackles in his first three games while Timothy is expected to redshirt. Both are defensive backs. LANCE LENOIR (5) 20 at WIS (Kickoff) 21 vs. DU (Kickoff) 23 at SIU (Kickoff) 22 at SIU (Kickoff) 22 vs. NDSU (Kickoff)

HI-C SCOTT (4) 27 at WIS (Punt) 23 vs. DU (Punt) 28 at NU (Kickoff) 28 at NU (Kickoff)

By Game: Valparaiso...... 11 at Wisconsin...... 2 Drake...... 6 at Northwestern...... 7 at Southern Illinois...... 8 North Dakota State...... 4

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Game PASS TOUCHDOWNS...... G...... Years KICK SCORING..... PAT... FG... G...... Years 1. 62 Paul Singer...... 44....1985-88 1. 335 Justin Langan ...... 175... 53.... 47....2001-04 PUNT RETURNS 2. 45 Matt Barr...... 38....2007-10 2. 283 Taylor Rowan...... 160... 41.... 44....2005-08 1. 6 Mike Cunningham (Jr).. UW-Milwaukee 10/4/69 3. 44 Russ Michna...... 39....2000-03 3. 267 Keith Jones ...... 141... 42.... 43....1994-97 2. 5 Antoine Ford (Sr)...... at UNI 11/23/13 4. 42 Steve LaFalce...... 46....2003-06 4. 231 Joe Lopez ...... 117... 38.... 37....1997-00 5 Tim Jackson (Jr)...... Indiana State 10/18/08 5. 41 Bob Majka...... 1969-71 5. 166 Layne Bennett ...... 88..... 26.... 34....1986-89 4. 4 Hi-C Scott (Sr)...... at Northwestern, 9/20/14 6. 33 Donny Simmons...... 23....1991-92 6. 156 Matt Seman ...... 93..... 20.... 43....1990-93 4 Antoine Ford (Jr)...... at South Dakota 10/6/12 7. 32 Steve Mikez...... 1971-73 7. 108 Gary Birch...... 84..... 8...... 32....1971-73 4 Tim Jackson (So)...... Saint Francis 9/15/07 8. 29 Sam Clemons...... 20....2000-01 8. 107 Pat Smith...... 53..... 18.... 28....2010-12 4 Tim Jackson (So)...... at Illinois 9/8/07 9. 28 Mark Zanders...... 25....1998-99 9. 77 Dave Emond...... 11..... 44.... 21....1985-86 10. 26 Jeff Hecklinski...... 36....1995-97 10. 69 Nathan Knuffman...45..... 8...... 18....2013-Pr 26 Rob St. Sauver...... 22....1993-94 Season ------RETURNS (any type) FOR TDs 23 Trenton Norvell...... 17....2013-Pr INTERCEPTIONS 1. 4 Buck Phillips (Jr)...... 1994 1. 17 Frank Spraggins...... 1994-97 ...... (3 punt returns, 1 interception return) 2. 15 John Wrenn...... 1970-72 2. 3 Kevin Kintzel (Jr)...... 2013 COMPLETIONS...... Att...... G...... Years 15 Mike Wagner...... 1968-70 ...... (2 interception returns, 1 fumble return) 1. 678 Paul Singer...... 1,231...... 44....1985-88 4. 11 Emrick Wilcox...... 1987-88 2. 506 Steve LaFalce...... 821...... 46....2003-06 11 Charlie Boston...... 1971-73 INTERCEPTIONS FOR TDs 3. 502 Matt Barr...... 899...... 38....2007-10 6. 10 Marcus Ballard...... 1983-86 1. 2 Kevin Kintzel (Jr)...... 2013 4. 486 Jeff Hecklinski...... 800...... 36....1995-97 10 Percy Tompkins...... 1980-82 2 Martinez Davis (Soph)...... 2012 5. 418 Russ Michna...... 733...... 39....2000-03 10 Rod Anderson...... 1978-80 2 Lee Russell (Jr)...... 2002 6. 316 Bob Majka...... 655...... 29....1969-71 10 Greg Lee...... 1975-76 7. 312 Rob St. Sauver...... 600...... 22....1993-94 10. 9 Mike Wilson...... 1965-68 100-YARD GAMES 8. 303 Trenton Norvell...... 574...... 18....2013-Pr ------1. 5 Terriun Crump (Sr)...... 2011 8 Martinez Davis...... 2011-Pr 5 Lito Senatus (Sr)...... 2010 5 Stacy Coleman (Sr)...... 2002 ATTEMPTS...... Cmp.....G...... Years 4. 4 Marco Thomas (Jr)...... 2005 1. 1,231 Paul Singer...... 678...... 44.....1985-88 PASSES BROKEN UP 4 James Norris (Sr)...... 2004 2. 899 Matt Barr...... 502...... 38.....2007-10 1. 36 Frank Spraggins...... 1994-97 4 Frisman Jackson (Sr)...... 2001 3. 821 Steve LaFalce...... 506...... 46.....2003-06 36 Percy Tompkins...... 1980-82 4 Ron Wilson (Sr)...... 1969 4. 800 Jeff Hecklinski...... 486...... 36.....1995-97 3. 35 Patrick Stoudamire...... 2006-09... 8. 3 Terriun Crump (Jr)...... 2010 5. 733 Russ Michna...... 418...... 39.....2000-03 4. 27 Bryan Cox...... 1987-90 3 Reggie Gray (Soph)...... 2003 6. 655 Bob Majka...... 316...... 29.....1969-71 5. 24 Buck Phillips...... 1994-95 3 Curt Christenson (Jr)...... 1970 7. 600 Rob St. Sauver...... 312...... 22.....1993-94 6. 23 Kieron James...... 2009-12 ------8. 574 Trenton Norvell...... 303...... 18.....2013-Pr 7. 22 Mike Carter...... 1997-98 2 Lance Lenoir, Jr. (Soph)...... 2014 8. 21 Emrick Wilcox...... 1987-88 9. 20 Derrick Varnado...... 1998-99 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES 10. 19 Martinez Davis...... 2011-Pr Career 1. 8 Terriun Crump...... 2009-11 YARDS...... Att...... G...... Years 8 Reggie Gray...... 2002-05 1. 4,746 Herb Donaldson (RB)...828...... 43...2005-08 3. 7 Ron Wilson...... 1968-69 DEFENSIVE SCORING 2. 4,189 Travis Glasford (RB).....918...... 44...2002-05 4. 6 Lito Senatus...... 2008-10 TD.. Other... G...... Year 6 Marco Thomas...... 2003-06 1. 18 Kevin Kintzel 3..... -...... 36...2011-Pr 3. 3,799 Aaron Stecker (RB)...... 692...... 25...1997-98 6 James Norris...... 2003-04 18 Martinez Davis 3..... --...... 34...2011-Pr 4. 2,866 Charles Tharp (RB)...... 534...... 23...1999-00 7. 5 Stacy Coleman...... 2001-02 3. 16 Lee Russell 2..... 2 saf.... 48. 2000-03 5. 2,421 Noria Steward (RB)...... 462...... 40...1962-65 5 Curt Christenson...... 1969-71 16 Bryan Cox 2..... 2 saf.... 45. 1987-90 6. 2,363 Kendall McDonald (HB)..490...... 31...1992-94 9. 4 Frisman Jackson...... 2000-01 5. 12 Joe Allen 2..... --...... 22. 1989-90 7. 2,250 Caulton Ray (RB)...... 558...... 32...2010-12 10. 3 Lance Lenoir...... 2013-Pr 12 Buck Phillips 2..... --...... 22. 1994-95 8. 2,158 Brian Knuckles (RB).....452...... 18...1995-96 3 Carl Sims...... 2005-08 12 Wyatt Green 2..... --...... 26. 2002-05 9. 2,144 Mike Cox (RB)...... 436...... 45...1986-90 3 Bobby Starks...... 1999-2000 10. 1,927 Dre Gibbs (RB)...... 366...... 32...2007-09 3 Marvin Williams...... 1972-73 ------RETURNS (any type) FOR TDs 1,784 J.C. Baker (RB)...... 329...... 18...2013-Pr 1. 6 Buck Phillips...... 1994-95 EXTRA POINTS..... M-A...... Pct...... Year (4 punt, 2 INT) 1. 174 Justin Langan...... 174-182.. .956...2001-04 2. 3 Kevin Kintzel...... 2011-Pr 2. 160 Taylor Rowan...... 160-162.. .988...2005-08 100-YARD GAMES (2 INT, 1 fumble) 3. 141 Keith Jones...... 141-152.. .928...1994-97 1. 23 Herb Donaldson...... 2005-08 3 Martinez Davis...... 2011-Pr 4. 117 Joe Lopez...... 117-129.. .907...1998-00 2. 19 Charles Tharp...... 1999-2000 (3 INT) 5. 93 Matt Seman...... 93-109.... .853...1990-93 19 Aaron Stecker...... 1997-98 3 Bryan Cox...... 1987-90 6. 88 Layne Bennett...... n/a...... n/a.....1987-89 4. 17 Travis Glasford...... 2002-05 7. 84 Gary Birch...... n/a...... n/a.....1971-73 5. 10 J.C. Baker...... 2013-Pr 8. 70 Sam Bass...... n/a...... n/a.....1968-70 INTERCEPTIONS FOR TDs 9. 53 Pat Smith...... 53-55...... 964...2010-12 1. 3 Martinez Davis...... 2011-Pr 10. 45 Nathan Knuffman...45-49...... 918...2013-Pr RUSH TDs by a QB...... G...... Years

1. 14 Matt Barr...... 38...2007-10 2. 12 Steve LaFalce...... 46...2003-06 3. 8 Russ Michna...... 39...2000-03 4. 6 Sam Clemons...... 20...2000-01 6 Paul Singer...... 44...1985-88 6. 5 Donnie Simmons...... 23...1991-92 7. 4 Jeff Hecklinski...... 36...1995-97 8. 3 Trenton Norvell...... 16...2013-Pr

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SCORING SUMMARY Opp Qu Pl Yds Tm Result TD Length TD Drive Length VU 1 7 65 2:59 Baker 6 run (Knuffman PAT) 0-9 Yards ...... 7...... 0 VU 1 9 80 3:38 Harris 9 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 10-19 Yards ...... 2...... 0 VU 2 7 71 1:47 Scott 17 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 20-29 Yards ...... 2...... 0 VU 2 13 73 2:49 Knuffman 24 FG 30-39 Yards ...... 2...... 1 VU 3 4 80 1:06 Scott 38 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 40-49 Yards ...... 1...... 1 VU 3 1 40 :14 Baker 40 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 50-59 Yards ...... 0...... 0 VU 1 13 75 6:04 Moore 10 run (Knuffman PAT) 60-69 Yards ...... 0...... 2 70-79 Yards ...... 1...... 6 WIS 2 11 67 2:11 Knuffman 29 FG 80-89 Yards ...... 0...... 3 90-99 Yards ...... 0...... 1 DU 1 7 80 2:30 Norvell 7 run (Knuffman PAT) DU 1 13 74 5:39 Hammonds 1 run (Knuffman PAT) TD Drive Time Plays on TD Drive DU 3 9 34 4:25 Moore 3 run (Knuffman PAT) :00-:29 ...... 1...... 1 ...... 1 DU 3 Blumenshine 30 block punt return :30-:59 ...... 1...... 2 ...... 0 (Knuffman PAT) 1:00-1:59 ...... 2...... 3 ...... 1 DU 4 9 63 2:32 Knuffman 20 FG 2:00-2:59 ...... 2...... 4 ...... 1 DU 4 3 78 :32 Mireles 71 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 3:00-3:59 ...... 5...... 5 ...... 0 4:00-4:59 ...... 1...... 6 ...... 0 NU 1 10 60 3:15 Borsellino 4 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 5:00-5:59 ...... 1...... 7 ...... 3 6:00-6:59 ...... 1...... 8 ...... 1 SIU 1 9 75 3:37 Baker 23 pass Norvell (Knuffman PAT) 7:00+ ...... 0...... 9 ...... 3 SIU 2 11 99 3:02 Moore 3 run (Knuffman PAT) 10+ ...... 4 SIU 3 16 68 5:38 Knuffman 21 FG Total Time/Plays: 2409 seconds / 111 plays 2:52, 7.9 plays (14 touchdowns... does not NDSU 2 7 76 3:05 Knuffman 30 FG Average TD Drive: include block punt return for TD) NDSU 3 8 75 3:21 Baker 34 run (Knuffman PAT) Shortest TD Drive Time: :14 vs. Valparaiso Longest TD Drive Time: 6:04 vs. Valparaiso

Longest Scoring Drive Time: 6:04 vs. Valparaiso Longest Yardage Drive: 99 at Southern Illinois Most Plays on Drive: 16 at Southern Illinois Longest TD Length: 71 vs. Drake

GAME BY GAME NOTEABLES LONGEST PLAYS

Coin Kick/ WIU Game Rushing Opponent Toss Receive 1st Poss. Length Jersey Result 66 - J.C. Baker vs. North Dakota State (Oct. 4) Valparaiso Lost Receive Touchdown 2:38 Purple W 45-6 Passing/Receiving at #18 Wisconsin Won Receive Safety (KO) 2:54 White L 3-37 71 - Trenton Norvell to Quadarias Mireles vs. Drake (Sept. 13) Drake Won Receive Fumble (KO) 3:04 Purple W 38-13 Punt Return at Northwestern Won Kick Touchdown 3:23 White L 7-24 30 - Brad Blumenshine vs. Drake (Sept. 13... TD) at #16 S. Illinois Won Receive Punt 3:11 White L 17-34 Kickoff Return #1 NDSU Won Kick Punt 3:00 Purple L 10-17 28 - Hi-C Scott at Northwestern (Sept. 20) at #10 YSU Interception Return Illinois St. 7 - David McDaniel vs. Valparaiso (Aug. 28) UNI Fumble Return at S. Dakota None at SDSU Punt Indiana State 58 - Nathan Knuffman at Wisconsin (Sept. 6) Field Goal 30 - Nathan Knuffman vs. North Dakota State (Oct. 4) @WIUFootball • #W1U 13 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES YOUNGSTOWN STATE THE LAST TIME WESTERN... RUSHING - TEAM SCORING - TEAM 300 or more yards...... 384 vs. Indiana State, 2010 40-plus points...... 45 vs. Valparaiso (45-6), 2014 400 or more yards...... 459 at Missouri State, 2008 50-plus points...... 65 vs. Illinois State (65-38), 2010 500 or more yards...... 519 vs. St. Francis, 2007 (WIU) 60-plus points...... 65 vs. Illinois State (65-38), 2010 Shutout an opponent...... 45-0 vs. Valparaiso, 2010 RUSHING – INDIVIDUAL Was held scoreless...... 0-35 at Southern Illinois, 2012 100 or more yards...... 175 - J.C. Baker vs. North Dakota State, 2014 99-yard scoring drive...... (11 plays/TD) at Southern Illinois, 2014 150 or more yards...... 175 - J.C. Baker vs. North Dakota State, 2014 200 or more yards...... 273 - Herb Donaldson at Missouri State, 2008 SCORING – INDIVIDUAL 300 or more yards...... 314 - Herb Donaldson vs. Missouri State, 2007 Scored 4 or more TDs.. 6 – Herb Donaldson vs. Indiana State, 2006 (WIU) 2 players with 100 yards...... Scored 5 or more TDs.. 6 – Herb Donaldson vs. Indiana State, 2006 (WIU) ...... Nikko Watson (109), Caulton Ray (106) vs. Butler, 2012 Accounted for 5 or more TDs.....7 - Matt Barr vs. Illinois State, 2010 (WIU) Rushed 20 or more times...... 21 - J.C. Baker vs. North Dakota State, 2014 Kicked 4 or more FG...... 5 – Taylor Rowan vs. South Dakota State, 2007 Rushed 25 or more times...... 25 - J.C. Baker vs. Southern Illinois, 2013 Kicked a 50-plus yard FG.. 54 – Taylor Rowan at North Dakota State, 2008 Rushed 30 or more times.....30 - Nikko Watson at Youngstown State, 2011 Kicked 5 or more ExP...... 5 - Nathan Knuffman vs. Drake, 2014 Run of 50 or more yards...... 66 - J.C. Baker vs. North Dakota State, 2014 Kicked 8 or more ExP...... 9 - Pat Smith vs. Illinois State, 2010 Run of 60 or more yards...... 66 - J.C. Baker vs. North Dakota State, 2014 Recorded a 2-point conversion...... Kevin Kintzel vs. Hampton, 2013 Run of 70 or more yds...77 – Frisman Jackson at Southern Illinois, 2000 (WIU QB) Rush 4 or more TDs..... 6 – Herb Donaldson vs. Indiana State, 2006 (WIU) GIVEAWAYS/TAKEAWAYS Did not commit a turnover...... vs. Valparaiso, 2014 PASSING - INDIVIDUAL Recorded 5 or more takeaways...... 9 vs. Hampton, 2013 250 or more yards...... 271 - Trenton Norvell at Southern Illinois, 2014 Recorded 7 or more takeaways...... 9 vs. Hampton, 2013 300 or more yards...... 320 - Trenton Norvell vs. Valparaiso, 2014 Committed 5 or more turnovers...... 5 vs. Missouri State, 2011 400 or more yards...... 452 - Matt Barr vs. Illinois State, 2010 Recorded 2 or more defensive TDs...... 3 vs. Hampton, 2013 Attempted 50 or more passes...... 51 - Trenton Norvell at Northern Iowa, 2013 Completed 25 or more passes...... 29 - Trenton Norvell at Northwestern, 2014 Returned an INT for TD...... Kevin Kintzel (30 yds) at Northern Iowa, 2013 Completed 30 or more passes...30 – Sam Clemons vs. Illinois State, 2001 Returned a fumble for TD...... Kevin Kintzel (11 yds) vs. South Dakota, 2013 Completed 80% or higher (min. 20 att.)...... Recovered fumble in endzone for TD... David McDaniel vs. Indiana State, 2012 ...... 88% - Matt Barr (22-of-25) vs. Illinois State, 2010 (WIU) Scored a Defensive PAT (2x in history)...Frank Spraggins vs. UNI, 10/11/97 Pass of 50 or more yards...... 50 - Trenton Norvell to Lance Lenoir, Jr. at Southern Illinois, 2014 DEFENSE - TEAM Pass of 60 or more yards...... Held opponent to 50 or fewer rush yds...... 39 vs. Quincy, 2013 ...... 71 - Trenton Norvell to Quadarias Mireles vs. Drake, 2014 Held opponent to 100 or fewer pass yds...... 68 at Northern Iowa, 2013 Pass of 70 or more yards...... Held opponent to 200 or fewer total yds...... 173 vs. Indiana State, 2010 ...... 71 - Trenton Norvell to Quadarias Mireles vs. Drake, 2014 Recorded a safety...... vs. Missouri State, 2009 Threw 3 or more TD passes...... 4 - Trenton Norvell vs. Valparaiso, 2014 Allowed a safety...... at Wisconsin, 2014 Recorded 5.0 or more Sacks...... 7.0 - vs. Drake, 2014 RECEIVING - INDIVIDUAL Recorded 9.0 or more Tackles for Loss...... 9.0 - vs. Drake, 2014 100 or more yards...... 115 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. at Southern Illinois, 2014 150 or more yards...... 163 - Terriun Crump vs. Southern Illinois, 2011 DEFENSE – INDIVIDUAL 200 or more yards...... 210 – Lito Senatus vs. Illinois State, 2010 Recorded 2 or more INT...... 2 - Jonathon Rollins vs. Hampton, 2013 2 players with 100 yards...... Recorded 15 or more tackles....16 - Kevin Kintzel vs. North Dakota State, 2014 ...... Lito Senatus (210), Terriun Crump (122) vs. Illinois State, 2010 Recorded 20 or more tackles...... 25 - Kyle Glazier at Missouri State, 2010 Caught 7 or more passes..... 7 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. at Southern Illinois, 2014 Recorded 25 or more tackles...... 25 - Kyle Glazier at Missouri State, 2010 Caught 10 or more passes...... 11 - Lance Lenoir, Jr. at Northwestern, 2014 Recorded 2 or more sacks...... 2.0 - Kevin Kintzel at Indiana State, 2013 Caught 2 or more TDs...... 2 - Hi-C Scott vs. Valparaiso, 2014 Recorded 4 or more TFL.. 4.5 - Theon Dixon vs. South Dakota State, 2011 Caught 3 or more TDs...... 3 – Reggie Gray vs. Southern Illinois, 2003 SPECIAL TEAMS TOTAL OFFENSE - TEAM Returned punt for a TD...... Todd Speight vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2009 500 yards total offense...... 593 vs. Valparaiso, 2014 Gave up a punt return for TD...... Cedric Miller of Missouri State, 2013 600 yards total offense...... 629 vs. Illinois State, 2010 Blocked a punt and scored a TD...... 80-plus plays...... 86 at Southern Illinois, 2014 ...... David McDaniel (Block), Brad Blumenshine (Return) vs. Drake, 2014 90-plus plays...... 91 at Northern Iowa, 2011 Returned a kickoff for a TD...... 100-plus plays...... 101 at Indiana State, 2011 ...... Larry Patterson vs. Missouri State, 2011 (90 yds on opening kick) 40-plus minutes time of possession...... 40:40 at Indiana State, 2011 Gave up a kickoff return for TD...... Tyrel Kool of South Dakota State, 2012 Held to minus rushing yards...... minus-7 at Southern Illinois, 2010 Blocked a punt...... David McDaniel vs. Drake, 2014 Was held to 100 or fewer total yards...... 44 at Missouri, 2011 Blocked a field goal...... Kevin Kintzel vs. North Dakota State, 2014 Had a punt blocked...... at Northwestern, 2014 TOTAL OFFENSE - INDIVIDUAL Had a field goal blocked...... at Northwestern, 2014 200 pass yards/100 rush yards (Same player)...... Punted 10 or more times...... 11 - Nathan Knuffman at Illinois State, 2013 ...... Matt Barr (221 passing/125 rushing) vs. Sam Houston State, 2010 Had a punt of 60-plus yards...... 65 - Nathan Knuffman at Minnesota, 2013 200 pass yards/100 rush yards (2 players)...... Had a punt of 70-plus yards...75/72 – Mike Scifres at Southern Utah, 2002 ...... Trenton Norvell (205)/J.C. Baker (130) vs. Drake, 2014 Totaled 100-plus punt return yds...106 – Ashlee Frazier at Ball State, 2000 100 rush yards/100 receive yards...... Totaled 100-plus kickoff return yds...... J.C. Baker (163)/Joey Borsellino (110) vs. Southern Illinois, 2013 ...... 101 - Fredson Salomon at Youngstown State, 2013 (4 returns)

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#12 DEMETRIUS ALLEN #90 JEAN-MARC CHARLES JR/LB JR/DL JUNIOR (2014): Earned his first start as a Leatherneck during the JUNIOR (2014): Recorded a tackle and pass break-up in the sea- opener versus Valparaiso... recorded four tackles... assisted tackle son-opener against Valparaiso... played at Wisconsin... recorded a against Drake... played at Northwestern... played at Southern Il- solo tackle against Drake... first career solo sack, forced a fumble linois. and recovered a fumble at Northwestern... played against North JUNIOR (2013): Redshirted to meet transfer requirements. Dakota State. CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 4 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 4 vs. Northern Iowa (11/3/12) CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 1 vs. Quincy (9/7/13) CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 1.0 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) #2 J.C. BAKER SR/RB #3 RICHARD CHUNGONG TEAM CAPTAIN SENIOR (2014): Named to the College Football Performance SR/DB Award Watch List at Running Back... Second Team preseason SENIOR (2014): Earned his first start as a Leatherneck during the MVFC by College Sports Madness... rushed for game-high 137 opener versus Valparaiso... recorded four tackles and a PBU... four yards (8.1 ypc) and a TD against Valparaiso... caught a 40-yard solo tackles at Wisconsin... two assisted tackles against Drake... TD pass also against Valpo... tied his career-high with two TDs played against Northwestern... career-high five tackles at Southern accounted for... rushed for 60 yards on 22 carries at Wisconsin... Illinois... career-high six tackles (all solos) as he earned the start game-high 130 rushing yards on 20 attempts against Drake, and against North Dakota State. caught two passes for 19 yards... rushed for 83 yards on 20 at- CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 6 vs. NORTH DAKOTA STATE (10/4/14) tempts at Northwestern, and caught three passes for 20 yards... rushed for 50 yards (13 attempts) and caught five passes for 40 yards at Southern Illinois, including a 23-yard touchdown... rushed #13 JEREMY CURRY for career-high 175 yards and a touchdown against North Dakota SR/DE State... gained the most yards versus the Bison than any runner all SENIOR (2014): Recorded two tackles, shared on one for a loss, season... Honorable Mention performer by the College Football versus Valparaiso... three solo tackles, including one for a loss, at Performance Awards. Wisconsin... made a tackle in the Drake game... played at North- JUNIOR (2013): Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Football western... season-high five tackles at Southern Illinois and broke Conference... MVFC All-Newcomer Team... runner-up as MVFC up a pass... assisted tackle against North Dakota State. ‘Newcomer of the Year’... Third Team All-MVFC by College Sports CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 10 at Indiana State (11/16/13) Madness... his 1,149 rushing yards were third in the MVFC and CAREER-HIGH TFL: 2.0 at Indiana State (11/16/13) 22nd-best in the country, in addition ranks 57th in all-purpose yards with 111.0 per game... already tied for seventh all-time in Western history with seven 100-yard rushing games... ended eighth on the season ‘Top 10’ list averaging 5.33 yards per carry... led Western #5 MARTINEZ DAVIS rushing for six touchdowns... his 183 receiving yards placed him SR/DB ninth on the season list for most receiving yards by a running back. SENIOR (2014): Third Team Preseason All-American by The Sports CAREER-HIGH RUSH YARDS: 175 vs. NORTH DAKOTA STATE Network... named to the College Football Performance Award (10/4/14) (CFPA) Watch List at defensive back... Preseason All-MVFC... CAREER-HIGH ATTEMPTS: 28 at Youngstown State (10/19/13) First Team Preseason All-MVFC by College Sports Madness... CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 2 on three occasions registered four tackles and broke up a pass versus Valparaiso... CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 6 at Northern Iowa (11/23/13) set career-high 10 tackles at Wisconsin (eight solos), and made a tackle for loss... five tackles and shared team-high honors with two pass break-ups against Drake... moved into a tie for 10th place all- #1 JOEY BORSELLINO time in pass break-ups with one at Northwestern (18 in career)... three tackles in the game... two solo tackles and a pass break-up SOPH/WR at Southern Illinois. SOPHOMORE (2014): Tied for team-lead with four receptions ver- JUNIOR (2013): Second Team All-Missouri Valley Football sus Valparaiso totaling 59 yards... started at Wisconsin but was held Conference... Second Team All-MVFC by College Sports Mad- without a catch... 11-yard catch against Drake... caught a 4-yard ness... set a WIU career record with his third interception return for touchdown at Northwestern... totaled 24 yards on two catches... a touchdown... started in all 12 games and recorded 50 tackles... four catches totaling a season-high 72 yards at Southern Illinois... tied for the team lead with three interceptions (43 yards) and ended team-leading four catches for 34 yards against North Dakota State. with a team-best seven pass break-ups. FRESHMAN (2013): Became the only Leatherneck freshman to CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 10 at WISCONSIN (9/6/14) lead the team in receptions for a season (41)... ended second with CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 2 vs. Indianapolis (9/8/12); at 465 receiving yards... contended for MVFC All-Newcomer honors... Missouri State (10/27/12) only one of two true-freshmen to play in the 2013 season. CAREER TOUCHDOWNS: 3 (INT) - vs. Indianapolis (9/8/12); at CAREER-HIGH RECEIVING YARDS: 110 vs. Southern Illinois (11/2/13) South Dakota State (10/13/12); at Indiana State (11/16/13) CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 10 vs. Southern Illinois (11/2/13) CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 1 on four occasions

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#29 AARON DIGGS les, with one going for a loss, at Wisconsin... five tackles, including 1.5 for a loss, versus Drake... two solo tackles at Northwestern... FR/DB matched season-high of five tackles and broke up a pass at South- FRESHMAN (2014): One of two true-freshmen on defense to see ern Illinois... three solo tackles, including a 10-yard sack, against game action in the opener versus Valparaiso... recorded four tack- North Dakota State. les in the game, including two on special teams... two tackles and CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 5 on two occasions a pass break-up versus Drake... two pass break-ups at Northwest- CAREER-HIGH TFL: 1.5 vs. DRAKE (9/13/14) ern... career-high six tackles against North Dakota State. CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 6 vs. NORTH DAKOTA STATE (10/4/14) CAREER-HIGH PBU: 2 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) #39 LARRY HARRIS JR/TE #50 GINO DURLEY, JR. JUNIOR (2014): Made two receptions in the Valpo game, totaling 22 yards... caught a 9-yard touchdown, his first collegiate TD... SR/DL played at Wisconsin... played against Drake as the offense scored SENIOR (2014): Made three assisted tackles against Valparaiso, three rushing touchdowns... played at Northwestern and Southern finishing with 1.0 TFL... shared on a tackle for loss at Wisconsin... Illinois... saw action in the North Dakota State game. made three tackles, including a 9-yard sack, in the win over Drake... CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 2 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) career-high nine tackles at Northwestern... six tackles at Southern CAREER-HIGH YARDS: 22 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) Illinois... four solo tackles against North Dakota State. CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 1 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) JUNIOR (2013): Played in all 12 games and started seven times... recorded 52 tackles, most among the defensive linemen, with 8.0 tackles for a loss and a team-high 4.0 sacks. CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 9 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) #71 CHIP HOLTSCHLAG CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 1 on five occasions SR/DL CAREER-HIGH TFL: 2.0 on two occasions SENIOR (2014): Registered four assisted tackles against Val- CAREER-HIGH PASS BREAK UPS: 2 at South Dakota (10/6/12) paraiso... three assisted tackles versus Drake... assisted tackle at Northwestern... played at Southern Illinois... played against North Dakota State. #38 DAVID GRIFFITH JUNIOR (2013): Second Team Academic All-MVFC... Played and started in 11 games... missed the season-finale due to an in- FR/DB jury... finished with 42 tackles, 6.0 tackles for a loss, and two sacks. FRESHMAN (2014): One of two true-freshmen on defense to see CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 9 on two occasions game action in the opener versus Valparaiso... made five tack- CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 1 on two occasions les in the game, including one on special teams... saw action at Wisconsin... finished with four tackles against Drake... played at Northwestern... played at Southern Illinois... played against North Dakota State. #99 EDDY HOLTSCHLAG CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 5 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) JR/DL JUNIOR (2014): Made first collegiate start in the Valparaiso contest... made two tackles, including a shared TFL... three tackles, in- #11 KYLE HAMMONDS cluding a 6-yard sack, at Wisconsin... three tackles against Drake, finishing with 1.5 sacks, and a pass break-up... season-high five JR/RB tackles at Northwestern... two solo tackles, including one for a loss, JUNIOR (2014): Finished with 56 yards on 10 carries against Val- at Southern Illinois... started against North Dakota State. paraiso... one kickoff return for 26 yards in the opener... four rush- CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 6 vs. Missouri State (10/26/13) ing yards and 42 kickoff return yards (four attempts) at Wisconsin... CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 2 vs. South Dakota State (10/12/13) recorded his first touchdown as a Leatherneck, a 1-yard touchdown run, against Drake... rushed for 40 yards on 10 attempts... 20 rushing yards on five attempts at Northwestern... rushed for 27 yards on five attempts at Southern Illinois and caught a 10-yard pass... #86 ADAM HOOGERWERF rushed for eight yards against North Dakota State. R-FR/WR SOPHOMORE (2013): Played in 10 games... totaled 145 rushing REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2014): Caught three passes for 40 yards yards on 37 attempts and caught nine passes for 95 yards... aver- in his debut against Valparaiso, including a long of 27 yards... aged 22.4 yards on 10 kickoff returns. played against Drake... played at Northwestern. CAREER-HIGH YARDS: 56 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 3 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) CAREER-HIGH ATTEMPTS: 10 on two occasions CAREER-HIGH REC. YARDS: 40 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) CAREER-HIGH REC YARDS: 65 at Minnesota (9/14/13)

#92 KRIS HARLEY JR/DL JUNIOR (2014): Transferred to Western after spending three years at Virginia Tech... made two tackles, including a shared for a loss, in his debut with the Leathernecks versus Valparaiso... four tack- 16 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES YOUNGSTOWN STATE

#17 KEVIN KINTZEL a Leatherneck freshman and was the second-highest total nationally by a freshman... tied for ninth on the WIU season ‘Top 10’ list SR/LB for touchdown receptions. TEAM CAPTAIN CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 11 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) SENIOR (2014): Named to the CFPA Linebacker Watch List... Hon- CAREER-HIGH RECEIVING YARDS: 115 at NORTHWESTERN orable Mention Preseason All-MVFC... First Team Preseason All- (9/20/14); 115 at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (9/27/14) MVFC by College Sports Madness... missed the season-opener CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 2 on two occasions with an injury... nine tackles at Wisconsin (six solos) and one was a 3-yard loss... two tackles and a pass-break up against Drake... matched season-high of nine tackles at Northwestern with a fumble recovery and pass break-up... career-high 12 tackles at Southern #22 DAVID McDANIEL Illinois in addition to a pass break-up and quarterback hurry... ca- SR/DB reer-high 16 tackles against North Dakota State and blocked the SENIOR (2014): Led the team with nine tackles against Valpara- first kick of his career (field goal). iso and came up with an interception that led to a touchdown... JUNIOR (2013): Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Foot- five tackles (one shared for a loss) at Wisconsin... six tackles and ball Conference... Third Team All-MVFC by College Sports Mad- blocked a punt that was recovered for a touchdown in the win over ness... started all 12 games at linebacker... set a WIU season re- Drake... also broke up a pass in the game... four assisted tackles at cord for most defensive touchdowns (3... 2 INT/1 FR)... tied for the Northwestern... five tackles at Southern Illinois... seven tackles (six team lead with 74 tackles... led Western with 11.0 TFL... recorded solos) and a forced fumble against North Dakota State. 3.5 sacks... team-leading three fumble recoveries and forced two JUNIOR (2013): Started in all 12 games... third on the team making fumbles... tied for the team lead with three interceptions... regis- 68 tackles... tied for third on the team with two interceptions. tered six pass break-ups... scored on a 2-point conversion. CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 10 vs. Northern Iowa (11/3/12) CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 16 vs. NORTH DAKOTA STATE (10/4/14) CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 1 on seven occasions CAREER-HIGH TFL: 2.5 on two occasions CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 1 vs. Indiana St. (10/20/12)… CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 2.0 at Indiana State (11/16/13) (fumble recovery in endzone) CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 1 on four occasions CAREER TOUCHDOWNS: vs. Hampton (8/29/13, INT); vs. South Dakota (9/28/13, FR); at Northern Iowa (11/23/13, INT) #9 QUADARIAS MIRELES JR/WR JUNIOR (2014): Joined the program last summer after redshirting #33 NATHAN KNUFFMAN at Ole Miss last year... caught a 5-yard pass against Valpo... caught SOPH/P-K another behind the line, and officially took the run 33 yards into Val- SOPHOMORE (2014): Made a 24-yard field goal and converted po territory... played at Wisconsin... recorded a 71-yard touchdown all six extra point attempts versus Valparaiso... had one punt for catch in the win over Drake, the longest pass reception in three 41 yards (net)... punted seven times posting a 43.4 average and years... career-high five passes totaling 64 yards at Northwestern... kicked a 29-yard FG at Wisconsin... went 5-for-5 on extra points, started at Southern Illinois... started against North Dakota State. kicked a 20-yard FG, and averaged 32.8 yards on four punts in the CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 5 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) Drake contest... averaged 36.5 yards on four punts at Northwest- CAREER-HIGH REC. YARDS: 71 vs. DRAKE (9/13/14) ern but had a field goal and punt blocked in the game... averaged CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 1 vs. DRAKE (9/13/14) 35.9 yards on seven punts at Southern Illinois and kicked a 21-yard field goal... kicked a season-long 30-yard field goal against North #28 DEVON MOORE Dakota State and converted his extra point attempt. SOPH/RB CAREER-HIGH EXTRA POINTS: 6 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) SOPHOMORE (2014): Played against Valparaiso, rushing for 37 CAREER-LONG PUNT: 65 at Minnesota (9/14/13) yards on six attempts with a touchdown... saw action against Wis- CAREER-LONG FIELD GOAL: 37 (2x) at UNI (11/23/13) consin, a 2-yard rush... recorded two rush attempts for eight yards and a touchdown... three yards on three attempts at Northwest- ern... rushed for 39 yards on 10 attempts at Southern Illinois and #7 LANCE LENOIR, JR. scored a touchdown... five rushes for 28 yards against North Da- SOPH/WR kota State, including a long of 16 yards. SOPHOMORE (2014): Caught three passes for 53 yards ver- CAREER-HIGH RUSH YARDS: 39 at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (9/27/14) sus Valparaiso... caught two passes for 14 yards at Wisconsin... CAREER-HIGH RUSH TDs: 1 on three occasions matched a personal-best with seven catches (totaling 68 yards) against Drake... added 36 yards on three kickoff returns in the win... career-highs of 11 receptions for 115 yards at Northwest- #95 MICK NELSON ern... matched his career-high of 115 receiving yards at Southern Illinois (on seven receptions)... included was a career-long 50-yard R-FR/DL REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2014): Made three tackles and finished pass reception and he had two kickoff returns of 23 and 22 yards... with 1.5 tackles for a loss in his debut against Valparaiso.. played caught an 11-yard pass against North Dakota State. at Wisconsin... had a 3-yard sack against Drake and recovered a FRESHMAN (2013): MVFC All-Newcomer Team... only one of fumble to close out the victory... played at Northwestern... played at two true-freshmen on the team to play... started in all 12 games... Southern Illinois... played against North Dakota State. became first Leatherneck freshman to lead the team in season re- CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 3 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) ceiving yards finishing with 489... second on the team with 39 re- CAREER-HIGH TFL: 1.5 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) ceptions... team-leading seven touchdown catches - most ever by

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#14 TRENTON NORVELL ern Illinois... finished with nine tackles in the conference opener... made nine stops, forced a fumble and broke up a pass against SOPH/QB North Dakota State. SOPHOMORE (2014): Set career-highs in yards (320), completion JUNIOR (2013): Preseason Second Team All-MVFC by College percentage (.714) and matched his best output in TD passes (4) in Sports Madness... started in all 12 games... fourth on the team the opener versus Valparaiso... completed 20-of-28 passes, finding making 66 tackles... two interceptions, three pass break-ups and nine different receivers in the game... named CFPA Honorable forced a fumble. Mention following the Valpo game... 13-of-21 passing with an CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 14 vs. Youngstown State (11/10/12) interception totaling 108 yards at Wisconsin... against Drake went CAREER-HIGH TFL: 2.0 at Indiana State (11/16/13) 15-of-22 passing for 205 yards and a touchdown with two intercep- CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 2 vs. Hampton (8/29/13) tions... rushed six times for 33 yards and a score... career-high 29 pass completions (on 49 attempts) for 292 yards and a TD at Northwestern... threw for 271 yards and a touchdown at Southern Illinois, completing 21-of-49 passes... went 10-of-21 for 68 yards #19 HI-C SCOTT and an interception versus North Dakota State. SR/WR REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2013): Named Missouri Valley Foot- SENIOR (2014): Matched a career-high with two TD receptions ball Conference ‘All-Newcomer Team’... MVFC Academic Honor during the season-opener versus Valparaiso... caught four passes Roll... started all 12 games at quarterback... set WIU freshman re- for 67 yards in the contest... team-leading six catches for 63 yards cords of 2,140 passing yards, 16 touchdowns, 195 pass comple- at Wisconsin... caught three passes for 27 yards versus Drake... re- tions and 384 pass attempts. turned three punts for 40 yards (long of 23) in the game... matched CAREER-HIGH COMPLETIONS: 29 at NORTHWESTERN (9/20/14) career-high of six receptions totaling 47 yards at Northwestern... 19 CAREER-HIGH ATTEMPTS: 50 vs. Southern Illinois (11/2/13) punt return yards on four attempts and averaged 28.0 yards on two CAREER-HIGH YARDS: 320 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) kickoff returns... caught four passes totaling 34 yards and added an CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 4 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14); vs. 18-yard punt return at Southern Illinois... four catches totaling 20 Missouri State (10/26/13) yards versus North Dakota State. CAREER-HIGH REC YARDS: 104 vs. Missouri State (10/26/13) CAREER-HIGH RECEPTIONS: 6 on two occasions #43 J.J. RAFFELSON CAREER-HIGH TOUCHDOWNS: 2 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14); JR/LB vs. Missouri State (10/26/13) TEAM CAPTAIN JUNIOR (2014): Finished with seven tackles in the opener versus #23 JOSH SMITH Valparaiso... received an ovation from his teammates when he proposed to his girlfriend Heather Smith (former WIU volley- R-FR/DB ball player) on the field after the game and she said yes... made REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2014): Recorded four tackles in his four tackles at Wisconsin... eight tackles in the Drake contest... Leatherneck debut versus Valparaiso... played at Wisconsin... season-high 10 tackles (led team) at Northwestern... recorded a three tackles against Drake... played at Northwestern... played at tackle for loss... matched his season-high of 10 tackles at Southern Southern Illinois... played against North Dakota State. Illinois... four tackles, one for a loss, and broke up a pass against CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 4 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) North Dakota State. SOPHOMORE (2013): Preseason All-Missouri Valley Football Conference... started in all six games... despite playing just half a #44 BRETT TAYLOR season still finished fifth on the team in tackles with 59... broke up a pass and had a quarterback hurry. R-FR/LB REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2014): Recorded seven tackles during CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 13 on four occasions the second half of his debut versus Valparaiso... played at Wiscon- GAMES WITH 10-PLUS TACKLES: 11 sin... assisted on four tackles against Drake... played at Northwest- ern... played at Southern Illinois... assisted tackle against North Dakota State. #98 GAVIN RICKETTS CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 7 vs. VALPARAISO (8/28/14) JR/DL JUNIOR (2014): Shared on five tackles versus Valparaiso and ended with 2.0 TFL... solo tackle at Wisconsin... came up with a 7-yard #46 LUKE VENEGONI sack against Drake... five tackles at Northwestern... three assisted tackles at Southern Illinois... three tackles and recovered a fumble SR/LB SENIOR (2014): Made eight tackles in the opener against Val- against North Dakota State. paraiso, one shy of the team-lead... shared on a TFL... seven tack- CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 8 vs. Missouri State (10/26/13) les, including two for a loss, at Wisconsin... made a key stop on CAREER-HIGH SACKS: 2 vs. Quincy (9/7/13) fourth down for no gain inside the WIU 10 to end a Badger drive... season-high nine tackles (seven solos) against Drake and shared #4 JONATHON ROLLINS game-high honors with two pass break-ups... matched season-high SR/DB of nine tackles at Northwestern... recorded eight tackles, including SENIOR (2014): Missed the season-opener, ending a streak of 23 one for a loss, at Southern Illinois... nine tackles against North Da- consecutive starts... eight tackles (five solos) at Wisconsin... sea- kota State, including seven solos. son-high nine tackles against Drake, including seven solos... eight CAREER-HIGH TACKLES: 11 at South Dakota (10/6/12) tackles at Northwestern... came up with an interception at South- CAREER-HIGH INTERCEPTIONS: 1 on two occasions 18 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES YOUNGSTOWN STATE OFFENSE TWO-DEEP DEFENSE TWO-DEEP

LT 70 TYLER BODE (6-7, 325, Jr) DE 50 GINO DURLEY, JR. (6-2, 260, Sr) 77 James Torgerson (6-5, 290, R-Fr) 13 Jeremy Curry (6-3, 245, Sr)

LG 63 RYAN RICKETTS (6-3, 290, Jr) T 92 KRIS HARLEY (6-1, 290, Jr) 58 Mitchell Wallin (6-5, 325, R-Fr) 90 Jean-Marc Charles (6-4, 265, Jr)

C 67 BRANDON DE LA CRUZ (6-3, 290, Jr) N 98 GAVIN RICKETTS (6-1, 290, Jr) 61 Eddie Atkinson (6-4, 270, Soph) 95 Mick Nelson (6-3, 275, R-Fr)

RG 68 SEAN SULLIVAN (6-2, 300, Jr) DE 99 EDDY HOLTSCHLAG (6-4, 255, Jr) 59 Sam Kachanuk (6-3, 315, Sr) 71 Chip Holtschlag (6-2, 225, Sr)

RT 73 MATT ZOBRIST (6-3, 290, Soph) WLB 17 KEVIN KINTZEL (6-2, 230, Sr) 72 Jordan Detweiler (6-5, 295, R-Fr) 35 Adam Brott (6-2, 225, R-Fr)

QB 14 TRENTON NORVELL (6-5, 220, Soph) MLB 43 J.J. RAFFELSON (6-3, 235, Jr) 16 Devin O’Hara (6-5, 190, R-Fr) 44 Brett Taylor (6-2, 230, R-Fr)

RB 2 J.C. BAKER (5-8, 190, Sr) SLB 46 LUKE VENEGONI (6-3, 235, Sr) 11 Kyle Hammonds (5-7, 165, Jr) 12 Demetrius Allen (6-0, 225, Jr) 28 Devon Moore (6-2, 220, Soph) CB 3 RICHARD CHUNGONG (6-0, 185, Sr) TE 39 LARRY HARRIS (6-1, 230, Jr) 24 Eriq Baird (6-0, 195, R-Fr) 88 Josh Baldus (6-5, 275, R-Fr) FS 22 DAVID McDANIEL (5-11, 190, Sr) WR 7 LANCE LENOIR, JR. (6-0, 190, Soph) 29 Aaron Diggs (6-1, 195, Fr) 15 J’Vaughn Williams (6-5, 200, Soph) 82 Jaelon Acklin (6-2, 185, Fr) SS 4 JONATHON ROLLINS (5-11, 200, Sr) 23 Josh Smith (5-10, 195, R-Fr) WR 1 JOEY BORSELLINO (5-11, 195, Soph) -or- 38 David Griffith (5-11, 200, Fr) 9 Quadarias Mireles (5-11, 190, Jr) CB 10 MARQUETTE PRIVOTT (6-2, 195, Sr) WR 19 HI-C SCOTT (5-9, 190, Sr) -or- 5 MARTINEZ DAVIS (5-10, 190, Sr) 86 Adam Hoogerwerf (5-11, 175, R-Fr) PR 19 Hi-C Scott PK 33 NATHAN KNUFFMAN (6-1, 205, Soph) KR 11 Kyle Hammonds, 7 Lance Lenoir 49 Ryan Mulhern (5-10, 165, R-Fr) SNAP 99 Eddy Holtschlag, 57 Gabe Burkhardt (6-4, 230, Fr) HOLD 17 Kevin Kintzel; 80 Nick Schroeder (6-1, 200, R-Fr) P 33 NATHAN KNUFFMAN (6-1, 205, Soph) 31 Luke Otto (5-11, 225, Fr)

Opponent LT LG C RG RT QB RB WR WR WR TE/WR VALPO Bode R.Ricketts De La Cruz Sullivan Zobrist Norvell Baker Borsellino Lenoir Scott Hill WISC Bode R.Ricketts De La Cruz Sullivan Zobrist Norvell Baker Borsellino Lenoir Scott Hill DRAKE Bode R.Ricketts De La Cruz Sullivan Zobrist Norvell Baker Borsellino Lenoir Scott Williams N'WSTRN Bode R.Ricketts De La Cruz Sullivan Zobrist Norvell Baker Borsellino Lenoir Scott Mireles SIU Bode R.Ricketts De La Cruz Sullivan Zobrist Norvell Baker Borsellino Lenoir Scott Mireles NDSU Bode R.Ricketts De La Cruz Sullivan Zobrist Norvell Baker Borsellino Lenoir Scott Mireles YSU ILLST UNI USD SDSU INDST

Opponent DE DT NT DE WLB MLB SLB CB FS SS CB VALPO Durley, Jr. Harley G.Ricketts E.Holtschlag Allen Raffelson Venegoni Davis McDaniel Nichols Chungong WISC Durley, Jr. Harley G.Ricketts E.Holtschlag Kintzel Raffelson Venegoni Davis McDaniel Rollins Chungong DRAKE Durley, Jr. Harley G.Ricketts E.Holtschlag Kintzel Raffelson Venegoni Davis Spearman Rollins McDaniel N'WSTRN Durley, Jr. Harley G.Ricketts E.Holtschlag Kintzel Raffelson Venegoni Davis Spearman Rollins McDaniel SIU Durley, Jr. Harley G.Ricketts E.Holtschlag Kintzel Raffelson Venegoni Davis Spearman Rollins McDaniel NDSU Durley, Jr. Harley G.Ricketts E.Holtschlag Kintzel Raffelson Venegoni Privott McDaniel Rollins Chungong YSU ILLST UNI USD SDSU INDST

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Valparaiso 6 Western Illinois 3 Western Illinois 45 #18 Wisconsin 37 August 28, 2014 Hanson Field September 6, 2014 Camp Randall Stadium MACOMB, Ill. – A lightning delay to start the game did not damper MADISON, Wis. – Western Illinois carried momentum into half- Western Illinois in its season-opener. WIU scored on its opening drive time, kicking a field goal as time expired to make it a one score game, and cruised to a 45-6 season-opening football win over Valparaiso at but No. 18 ranked Wisconsin pulled away in the second half. It marked Hanson Field. The Fighting Leathernecks won their season-opener for Western’s first game against a nationally-ranked FBS team since taking the third straight season and fifth time in their last six. on then No. 11-ranked LSU during the 2003 season. Trenton Norvell set a career-high throwing for 320 yards on 20- Western won the coin flip and elected to receive. The kickoff was of-28 passing. He matched a career-high throwing four touchdowns. fumbled by Kyle Hammonds and originally ruled down in the endzone It marked the first time in three years that a Leatherneck quarterback for a touchback. On review, it was determined the ball entered the field threw for more than 300 yards in a game. and Wisconsin was awarded a safety. J.C. Baker registered his eighth career 100-yard rushing game, At halftime, Western was out-gained overall 198-128, but only totaling 137 yards on 17 attempts. His two total TDs (1 rushing/1 receiv- 73-to-63 on the ground. The Badgers defense allowed just two first ing) matched a personal-best. downs over the final 30 minutes to pull away. Overall, Wisconsin held Hi-C Scott also matched a career-high with two touchdown recep- a 456-162 edge in total offense. The Leathernecks held one of the top tions, netting 67 yards on four catches. Norvell completed a pass to rushing teams in the country to 167 yards – and limited Melvin Gordon nine different receivers. Joey Borsellino also caught four passes for to only 38 yards on 17 attempts. 59 yards. Lance Lenoir had 53 yards and Adam Hoogerwerf recorded GAME NOTES – That was the first safety allowed by Western 40 yards. since the UNI game in 2012… Dallas Nichols recorded his second David McDaniel added a team-high nine tackles with his intercep- career interception… Nathan Knuffman kicked a field goal for the third tion. Luke Venegoni had eight tackles while J.J. Raffelson and Brett consecutive game dating back to last year. He had three all last year, Taylor added seven stops. Taylor, in his first collegiate game, also including two in the season-finale. His 43.4 average was a career-best forced a fumble. with four or more punts in a game.… The 77,125 in attendance marked the fourth-largest crowd Western played in front of. VALPARAISO 0 0 0 6 - 6 WESTERN ILLINOIS 14 10 14 7 - 45 WESTERN ILLINOIS 0 3 0 0 - 3 (Attendance: 3,584; Temp. 71, light rain) WISCONSIN 2 7 14 14 - 37 (Attendance: 77,125; Temp. 65, sunny) Qu Time Play Score 1 12:01 Baker 6 run (Knuffman kick) 0-7 Qu Time Play Score 1 00:00 Harris 9 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 0-14 1 14:59 Team safety 0-2 2 09:31 Scott 17 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 0-21 2 02:16 McEvoy 7 run (Gaglianone kick) 0-9 2 00:21 Knuffman 24 FG 0-24 2 00:00 Knuffman 29 FG 3-9 3 08:07 Scott 38 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 0-31 3 09:18 Ramesh 3 pass from McEvoy (Gaglianone kick) 3-16 3 06:32 Baker 40 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 0-38 3 06:19 Gordon 8 pass from McEvoy (Gaglianone kick) 3-23 4 11:56 Moore 10 run (Knuffman kick) 0-45 4 07:47 Erickson 10 pass from McEvoy (Gaglianone kick) 3-30 4 02:33 Hall 2 run (Newman kick blocked) 6-45 4 03:42 Clement 6 pass from houston (Gaglianone kick) 3-37

STATISTICS VALPO WESTERN STATISTICS WESTERN WISC First Downs 18 26 First Downs 11 25 Rushing Attempts 36 39 Rushing Attempts 30 30 Rushing Yards 102 273 Rushing Yards 54 167 Attempts-Completions-Int. 35-21-1 28-20-0 Attempts-Completions-Int. 21-13-1 29-24-1 Passing Yards 174 320 Passing Yards 108 289 TOTAL OFFENSE 277 593 TOTAL OFFENSE 162 456 Punts-Average 6-31.8 1-41.0 Punts-Average 7-43.4 2-45.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 2-15 10-103 Penalties-Yards 5-36 4-38 Sacks By-Yards 0-0 0-0 Sacks By-Yards 1-6 2-9 3rd Down Conversions 6-18 6-12 3rd Down Conversions 4-11 6-12 4th Down Conversions 3-5 2-3 4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-3 Time of Possession 35:12 24:48 Time of Possession 24:40 35:20

RUSHING: VALPO: Hall 14-64, TD; Lehman 5-15; Hutson 8-14; Bastin RUSHING: WESTERN - Baker 22-60; Hammonds 2-4; Moore 1-2; 8-13; Staal 1-(-)3. WESTERN - Baker 17-137, TD; Hammonds 10-56; Norvell 4-0; TM 1-(-)12. WISC - Clement 9-57; McEvoy 9-55, TD; Gordon Moore 6-37, TD; Mireles 1-33; Sanders 2-9; Norvell 1-2; O’Hara 2-(-)1. 17-38; Spurling 2-8; Doe 1-5; Houston 1-4. PASSING: VALPO - Lehman 27-18-1, 151; Staal 8-3-0, 23. WEST- PASSING: WESTERN - Norvell 21-13-1, 108. WISC - McEvoy ERN - Norvell 28-20-0, 320, 4TD. 28-23-1, 283, 3TD; Houston 1-1-0, 6, TD. RECEIVING: VALPO - Kuramata 7-76; Cassara 3-38; Shea 3-20; RECEIVING: WESTERN - Scott 6-63; Williams 2-27; Lenoir 2-14; Hill Taibi 2-11; Hutson 2-7; Bastin 2-2; Etzler 1-15; Hall 1-5. WESTERN - 2-5; Baker 1-(-)1. WISC - Erickson 10-122, TD; Arneson 4-87; Gordon Scott 4-67, 2TD; Borsellino 4-59; Lenoir 3-53; Hoogerwerf 3-40; Harris 4-22, TD; Clement 3-35, TD; Rushing 1-10; Fumagalli 1-10; Ramesh 2-22, TD; Baker 1-40, TD; Hammonds 1-27; Hill 1-7; Mireles 1-5. 1-3, TD. TACKLES: VALPO - Hall 10; Graham 9; Nunes 7; Green 7. TACKLES: WESTERN - Davis 10; Kintzel 9; Rollins 8; Nichols 7; WESTERN - McDaniel 9; Venegoni 8; Raffelson 7; Taylor 7; Griffith 5; Venegoni 7; McDaniel 5. WISC - Trotter 6; Landisch 6; Adeyanju 5; G.Ricketts 5. Biegel 4. 20 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES YOUNGSTOWN STATE

Drake 13 Western Illinois 7 Western Illinois 38 Northwestern 24 September 13, 2014 Hanson Field September 20, 2014 Ryan Field MACOMB, Ill. – Western used two big plays in the second half to EVANSTON, Ill. - Western Illinois out-gained Northwestern in turn a four-point halftime lead into a 38-13 victory over Drake. the statistics, but the Wildcats came away with a 24-7 victory at Ryan Western allowed only one Drake first down during its first two Field. drives of the third quarter. Western took advantage of great field posi- The Fighting Leathernecks held a near 100-yard advantage in tion thanks to Hi-C Scott’s 23-yard punt return to the Drake 34. total yards (376-283), limited NU to 3-of-14 on third down conversions, The Leathernecks needed nine plays to reach the endzone fol- and held a near six minute edge in time of possession (32:57-27:03). lowing Devon Moore’s 3-yard scoring run. Western found the endzone However, the Wildcats turned two of Western’s four turnovers into 10 again just 90 second later in the third quarter. points and came up with a key blocked field goal as the first half expired David McDaniel broke through the line and blocked Cam Bohnert’s to pull out the victory in the first-ever meeting between the programs. punt attempt. Brad Blumenshine scooped up the loose ball and scored Trenton Norvell completed a career-high 29 passes (on 49 at- his first collegiate touchdown on a 30-yard return.Nathan Knuffman’s tempts) for 292 yards and a touchdown with his interception. He nearly extra point made it 28-10. matched the most completions by a Leatherneck quarterback since On the second play of the fourth quarter, Knuffman kicked a 20- Sam Clemons (30) in 2001, and almost accounted for his second career yard FG. Drake staged a 16-play drive, getting down to the Western 300-yard passing game. four. Going for it on 4th-and-goal from the 14, Eddy Holtschlag came Lance Lenoir, Jr. set career-highs recording 11 receptions totaling up with a key sack and Western took over on downs. 115 yards. During the next drive, Trenton Norvell dropped back to pass Hi-C Scott equaled his personal-high of six catches totaling 47 and found a wide-open Quadarias Mireles for a career-long 71-yard yards. Quadarias Mireles was the third Leatherneck receiver to improve touchdown pass to put the game away. on their game-high total reception total, recording five catches for 64 WIU broke up 11 passes and the 7.0 sacks were the most since yards. recording seven in a game in October 2002. J.J. Raffelson made a season-high 10 tackles. Kevin Kintzel, Gino Durley, Jr., and Luke Venegoni added nine tackles each. DRAKE 0 10 0 3 - 13 WESTERN ILLINOIS 14 0 14 10 - 38 WESTERN ILLINOIS 7 0 0 0 - 7 (Attendance: 9,445; Temp. 59, sunny) NORTHWESTERN 7 7 7 3 - 24 (Attendance: 32,016; Temp. 68, partly cloudy) Qu Time Play Score 1 10:33 Norvell 7 run (Knuffman kick) 0-7 Qu Time Play Score 1 02:36 Hammonds 1 run (Knuffman kick) 0-14 1 12:24 Vault 1 run (Mitchell kick) 0-7 2 03:02 Hudson 10 pass from Thibault (Tesson kick) 7-14 1 09:09 Borsellino 4 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 7-7 2 00:00 Tesson 43 FG 10-14 2 10:54 Vault 11 run (Mitchell kick) 7-14 3 05:04 Moore 3 run (Knuffman kick) 10-21 3 09:39 Jackson 21 run (Mitchell kick) 7-21 3 03:55 Blumenshine 30 block punt rtn (Knuffman kick) 10-28 4 02:09 Mitchell 28 FG 7-24 4 14:50 Knuffman 20 FG 10-31 4 07:56 Mireles 71 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 10-38 STATISTICS WESTERN NU 4 04:15 Tesson 35 FG 13-38 First Downs 22 15 Rushing Attempts 36 41 STATISTICS DRAKE WESTERN Rushing Yards 84 166 First Downs 22 23 Attempts-Completions-Int. 50-29-1 25-15-0 Rushing Attempts 35 40 Passing Yards 292 117 Rushing Yards 60 218 TOTAL OFFENSE 376 283 Attempts-Completions-Int. 53-26-0 22-15-2 Punts-Average 5-29.2 7-44.1 Passing Yards 251 205 Fumbles-Lost 4-3 2-2 TOTAL OFFENSE 311 423 Penalties-Yards 6-40 5-35 Punts-Average 8-35.4 4-32.8 Sacks By-Yards 1-7 4-29 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 3rd Down Conversions 4-17 3-14 Penalties-Yards 7-45 9-71 4th Down Conversions 2-5 1-2 Sacks By-Yards 1-1 7-40 Time of Possession 32:57 27:03 3rd Down Conversions 6-21 3-9 4th Down Conversions 1-3 0-1 RUSHING: WESTERN - Baker 20-83; Hammonds 4-20; Lenoir 1-9; Time of Possession 34:17 25:43 Moore 3-3; Norvell 8-(-)31. NU - Jackson 21-92, TD; Green 8-38; Vault 6-31; Shuler 3-14; TM 2-(-)2; Siemian 1-(-)7. RUSHING: DRAKE: Wilkins 16-66; James 7-22; McKeever 3-8; Thibault PASSING: WESTERN - Norvell 49-29-1, 292, TD; TM 1-0-0, 0. 4-(-)14; Rice 5-(-)22. WESTERN - Baker 20-130; Hammonds 10-40, TD; NU - Siemian 25-15-0, 117. Norvell 6-33, TD; Moore 2-8, TD; O’Hara 2-7. RECEIVING: WESTERN - Lenoir 11-115; Scott 6-47; Mireles PASSING: DRAKE - Rice 42-19-0, 153; Thibault 11-7-0, 98, TD. 5-64; Baker 3-20; Borsellino 2-24, TD; Williams 1-18; Acklin 1-4. NU - WESTERN - Norvell 22-15-2, 205, TD. Taylor 3-9; Vitale 2-15; Jackson 2-12; Green 2-10; G.Dickerson 1-21; RECEIVING: DRAKE - Menard 6-71; Snell 4-32; Hudson 3-34, TD; C.Dickerson 1-18; Prater 1-15; Carr 1-10; Shuler 1-4; Vault 1-3. Wilkins 3-20; James 3-19; Yarwood 2-40; Graf 2-17; Denning 2-10; TACKLES: WESTERN - Raffelson 10; Kintzel 9; Durley, Jr. 9; Ve- Saubert 1-8. WESTERN - Lenoir 7-68; Scott 3-27; Baker 2-19; Mireles negoni 9; Rollins 8. NU - Ariguzo 12; Harris 10; Henry 9. 1-71, TD; Borsellino 1-11; Hill 1-9. TACKLES: DRAKE - Quilico 13; Hugunin 10; Recker 6; Conerty 6. WESTERN - Spearman 11; Rollins 9; Venegoni 9; Raffelson 8. @WIUFootball • #W1U 21 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES YOUNGSTOWN STATE

Western Illinois 17 #1 North Dakota State 17 #16 Southern Illinois 34 Western Illinois 10 September 27, 2014 Saluki Stadium October 4, 2014 Hanson Field CARBONDALE, Ill. - Western Illinois took a lead into halftime, MACOMB, Ill. - J.C. Baker ran for a career-high 175 yards but Southern Illinois took advantage of excellent field position during and a touchdown against the nation’s third-ranked rushing defense the third quarter and pulled out a 34-17 win. but North Dakota State scored twice in the fourth quarter to pull out SIU scored points on all three possessions during the third a 17-10 Missouri Valley Football Conference win quarter to regain the lead for good. The top-ranked Bison had allowed only 291 total rushing yards Western marched 75 yards in nine plays, thanks to two big in the four previous games, and Western nearly matched that total pass plays from Trenton Norvell to Joey Borsellino, and capped (253 yards) thanks in large part to Baker. the drive on a screen pass to J.C. Baker that he broke for a 23-yard Baker averaged 8.3 yards per carry on his 21 attempts. His score. Nathan Knuffman’s extra point tied the game with just under touchdown run was the eighth of his career. His yardage marked two minutes in the opening quarter. his third 100-yard rushing game this year and 10th of his two-year Western defense kept the momentum going, forcing a 3-and- career. out on Southern’s next series. A 75-yard punt by NIck Neidig pinned Of Kevin Kintzel’s 16 stops, 13 were unassisted and he came Western at its own one-yard line. The Leathernecks picked up three up with the first blocked kick of his career. The senior linebacker first downs while facing third-and-long, including a 50-yard pass from recorded the most tackles by a Leatherneck since 2010. Norvell to Lance Lenoir, Jr.. Devon Moore reached the endzone Luke Venegoni equaled a season-high of nine tackles, includ- on a 3-yard touchdown run and 14-7 lead. ing one for a loss. Jonathon Rollins also added nine tackles, forced Lenoir recorded his third career 100-yard receiving game, matching a fumble and broke up a pass. a persona-high 115 yards on seven catches. Kevin Kintzel recorded a game-high 12 stops, setting a new personal best. J.J. Raffelson added NORTH DAKOTA STATE 3 0 0 14 - 17 10 tackles, equaling his season-high from last week. Jonathon Rollins WESTERN ILLINOIS 0 3 7 0 - 10 added nine tackles (six solos) to go with his interception. (Attendance: 5,111; Temp. 50, overcast and breezy)

WESTERN ILLINOIS 7 7 3 0 - 17 Qu Time Play Score SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 7 3 17 7 - 34 1 08:53 Keller 20 FG 3-0 (Attendance: 13,170; Temp. 83, clear) 2 10:45 Knuffman 30 FG 3-3 3 11:39 Baker 34 run (Knuffman kick) 3-10 Qu Time Play Score 4 11:17 Wentz 16 pass from Crockett (Keller kick) 10-10 1 05:35 McCall 9 run (Kinney kick) 0-7 4 03:51 Crockett 7 run (Keller kick) 17-10 1 01:58 Baker 23 pass from Norvell (Knuffman kick) 7-7 2 12:51 Moore 3 run (Knuffman kick) 14-7 2 09:22 Kinney 29 FG 14-10 STATISTICS NDSU WESTERN 3 13:18 Pruitt 9 pass from Iannotti (Kinney kick) 14-17 First Downs 23 12 3 08:18 Kinney 25 FG 14-20 Rushing Attempts 41 42 3 02:35 Knuffman 21 FG 17-20 Rushing Yards 149 253 3 00:41 Agnew 9 run (Kinney kick) 17-27 Attempts-Completions-Int. 30-20-1 21-10-1 4 04:43 Pruitt 47 pass from Iannotti (Kinney kick) 17-34 Passing Yards 256 68 TOTAL OFFENSE 405 321 STATISTICS WESTERN SIU Punts-Average 3-36.3 5-36.6 First Downs 21 19 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-1 Rushing Attempts 37 36 Penalties-Yards 5-63 4-62 Rushing Yards 77 146 Sacks By-Yards 1-8 1-10 Attempts-Completions-Int. 49-21-1 39-24-1 3rd Down Conversions 8-14 4-15 Passing Yards 271 272 4th Down Conversions 0-0 3-5 TOTAL OFFENSE 348 418 Time of Possession 32:08 27:52 Punts-Average 7-35.9 5-49.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 RUSHING: NDSU - Crockett 22-79, TD; Wentz 9-39; Anderson 2-16; Penalties-Yards 4-25 5-38 Frazier 5-15; Morlock 1-4; TM 2-(-)4. WESTERN - Baker 21-175, TD; Sacks By-Yards 0-0 4-26 Norvell 12-42; Moore 5-28; Hammonds 4-8. 3rd Down Conversions 9-21 7-15 PASSING: NDSU - Wentz 29-19-1, 240; Crockett 1-1-0, 16, TD. 4th Down Conversions 0-2 0-0 WESTERN - Norvell 21-10-1, 68. Time of Possession 26:16 33:44 RECEIVING: NDSU - Urzendowski 7-114; Vraa 2-38; Bonnet 2-30; Vaadeland 2-15; Crockett 2-7; Wentz 1-16, TD; Frazier 1-12; Albers RUSHING: WESTERN - Baker 13-50; Moore 10-39, TD; Hammonds 1-10; Gebhart 1-9; Morlock 1-5. WESTERN - Borsellino 4-34; Scott 5-27; Norvell 6-(-)18; TM 3-(-)21. SIU - McCall 9-68, TD; Agnew 19-63, 4-20; Lenoir 1-11; Baker 1-3. TD; Iannotti 6-17; TM 2-(-)2. TACKLES: NDSU - Heagle 16; Littlejohn 10; Beck 8; Dudzik 6; PASSING: WESTERN - Norvell 49-21-1, 271, TD. SIU - Iannotti Ambrosius 6. WESTERN - Kintzel 16; Venegoni 9; Rollins 9; McDaniel 39-24-1, 272, 2TD. 7; Chungong 6; Diggs 6. RECEIVING: WESTERN - Lenoir 7-115; Baker 5-40, TD; Borsellino 4-72; Scott 4-34; Hammonds 1-10. SIU - Pruitt 9-106, 2TD; McKinney 4-55; Willis 4-18; Iwema 2-52; Fuehne 2-26; Reed 2-17; Carmien 1-(-)2. TACKLES: WESTERN - Kintzel 12; Raffelson 10; Rollins 9; Vene- goni 8; Durley 6. SIU - Allen 10; Neal 7; Williamson 7; Burnett 7. 22 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES YOUNGSTOWN STATE

TEAM WesternSTATS Illinois Football - OVERALL Western Illinois Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2014) All games

Team Statistics WIU OPP SCORING 120 131 Points Per Game 20.0 21.8 Points Off Turnovers 133 40 FIRST DOWNS 115 122 R u s h in g 57 45 P a s s in g 50 68 P e n a lt y 8 9 RUSHING YARDAGE 959 791 Yards gained rushing 1120 906 Yards lost rushing 161 115 Rushing Attempts 224 228 Average Per Rush 4.3 3.5 Average Per Game 159.8 131.8 TDs Rushing 7 8 PASSING YARDAGE 1264 1359 C o m p - A t t - I n t 108-191-6 130-211-4 Average Per Pass 6.6 6.4 Average Per Catch 11.7 10.5 Average Per Game 210.7 226.5 TDs Passing 7 8 TOTAL OFFENSE 2223 2150 Total Plays 415 439 Average Per Play 5.4 4.9 Average Per Game 370.5 358.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 18-315 20-395 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 12-141 8-64 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-4 6-48 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.5 19.8 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 11.8 8.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 1.0 8.0 FUMBLES-LOST 14-6 9-5 PENALTIES-Yards 38-337 28-234 Average Per Game 56.2 39.0 PUNTS-Yards 29-1056 31-1227 Average Per Punt 36.4 39.6 Net punt average 33.5 33.7 KICKOFFS-Yards 26-1543 27-1619 Average Per Kick 59.3 60.0 Net kick average 40.3 40.9 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 0 3 3 2 : 5 7 3RD-DOWN Conversions 30/85 36/94 3rd-Down Pct 35% 38% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/16 7/13 4th-Down Pct 44% 54% SACKS BY-Yards 10-63 12-73 MISC YARDS 9 13 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 15 16 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 5-6 6-11 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (14-16) 88% (19-27) 70% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (9-16) 56% (14-27) 52% PAT-ATTEMPTS (15-15) 100% (15-16) 94% ATTENDANCE 18140 122311 Games/Avg Per Game 3/6047 3/40770 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Western Illinois 42 23 38 17 0 120 Opponents 19 27 38 47 0 131

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Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg J.C. Baker 6 - 6 113 654 19 635 5.6 2 66 105.8 Hi-C Scott 11 102 9.3 0 27 Kyle Hammonds 6 - 0 35 160 5 155 4.4 1 15 25.8 David McDaniel 1 9 9.0 0 0 Devon Moore 6 - 0 27 117 0 117 4.3 3 16 19.5 Brad Blumenshine 0 30 0.0 1 30 Quadarias Mireles 6 - 1 1 33 0 33 33.0 0 33 5.5 Total 12 141 11.8 1 30 Trenton Norvell 6 - 6 37 120 92 28 0.8 1 27 4.7 Opponents 8 64 8.0 0 25 Lance Lenoir 6 - 6 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 9 1.5 Devon Sanders 5 - 0 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 5 1.8 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Devin O'Hara 2 - 0 4 18 12 6 1.5 0 11 3.0 David McDaniel 1 7 7.0 0 7 TEAM 5 - 0 4 0 33 -33 -8.2 0 0 -6.6 Jonathon Rollins 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 6 224 1120 161 959 4.3 7 66 159.8 Marquette Privott 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 Opponents 6 228 906 115 791 3.5 8 25 131.8 Dallas Nichols 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 4 4 1.0 0 7 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Opponents 6 48 8.0 0 27 Trenton Norvell 6 - 6 118.57 108-190-6 56.8 1264 7 71 210.7 TEAM 5 - 0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 6 117.95 108-191-6 56.5 1264 7 71 210.7 Lance Lenoir 9 154 17.1 0 23 Opponents 6 124.43 130-211-4 61.6 1359 8 47 226.5 Kyle Hammonds 5 68 13.6 0 26 Hi-C Scott 3 70 23.3 0 28 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Adam Hoogerwerf 1 23 23.0 0 23 Lance Lenoir 6 - 6 31 376 12.1 0 50 62.7 Total 18 315 17.5 0 28 Hi-C Scott 6 - 6 27 258 9.6 2 38 43.0 Opponents 20 395 19.8 0 86 Joey Borsellino 6 - 6 15 200 13.3 1 33 33.3 J.C. Baker 6 - 6 13 121 9.3 2 40 20.2 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Quadarias Mireles 6 - 1 7 140 20.0 1 71 23.3 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Taylor Hill 3 - 2 4 21 5.2 0 9 7.0 Opponents 0 -6 0.0 0 0 J'Vaughn Williams 5 - 1 3 45 15.0 0 19 9.0 Adam Hoogerwerf 3 - 0 3 40 13.3 0 27 13.3 Kyle Hammonds 6 - 0 2 37 18.5 0 27 6.2 Larry Harris 6 - 1 2 22 11.0 1 13 3.7 Jaelon Acklin 2 - 0 1 4 4.0 0 4 2.0 Total 6 108 1264 11.7 7 71 210.7 Opponents 6 130 1359 10.5 8 47 226.5

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PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Nathan Knuffman - 5-6 15-15 - - - - - 30 Trenton Norvell 6 227 28 1264 1292 215.3 J.C. Baker 4 ------24 J.C. Baker 6 113 635 0 635 105.8 Devon Moore 3 ------18 Kyle Hammonds 6 35 155 0 155 25.8 Hi-C Scott 2 ------12 Devon Moore 6 27 117 0 117 19.5 Joey Borsellino 1 ------6 Quadarias Mireles 6 1 33 0 33 5.5 Trenton Norvell 1 ------6 Devon Sanders 5 2 9 0 9 1.8 Kyle Hammonds 1 ------6 Lance Lenoir 6 1 9 0 9 1.5 Quadarias Mireles 1 ------6 Devin O'Hara 2 4 6 0 6 3.0 Brad Blumenshine 1 ------6 TEAM 5 5 -33 0 -33 -6.6 Larry Harris 1 ------6 Total 6 415 959 1264 2223 370.5 Total 15 5-6 15-15 - - - - - 120 Opponents 6 439 791 1359 2150 358.3 Opponents 16 6-11 15-16 - - - - 1 131

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Nathan Knuffman 5-6 83.3 0-0 4-4 1-1 0-1 0-0 30 1 Nathan Knuffman 28 1056 37.7 58 1 10 4 2 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FG Sequence Western Illinois Opponents Total 29 1056 36.4 58 1 10 4 2 1 Valparaiso (24) - Opponents 31 1227 39.6 75 2 5 14 6 1 Wisconsin (29) 33 Drake (20) 37,(43),(35) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Northwestern 40 (28) Nathan Knuffman 14 798 57.0 3 1 Southern Illinois (21) (29),(25),30 Luke Otto 12 745 62.1 1 0 North Dakota State (30) (20),54,19 Total 26 1543 59.3 4 1 19.8 40.3 24 Opponents 27 1619 60.0 8 1 17.5 40.9 24 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

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Western Illinois Football DEFENSIVEWestern Illinois Overall STATISTICS Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 06, 2014) All games

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 46 Luke Venegoni 6-6 22 28 50 4.5-11 0.5-2 . 3 . . . . . 17 Kevin Kintzel 5-5 25 23 48 2.0-6 . . 3 1 1-0 . 1 . 4 Jonathon Rollins 5-5 29 14 43 1.5-6 . 1-0 1 . . 1 . . 43 J.J. Raffelson 6-6 17 26 43 3.0-3 . . 1 1 . . . . 22 David McDaniel 6-6 18 18 36 1.0-1 . 1-7 1 . . 1 1 . 50 Gino Durley, Jr. 6-6 9 17 26 2.5-12 1.0-9 ...... 5 Martinez Davis 5-5 16 8 24 1.0-1 . . 5 . . . . . 3 Richard Chungong 6-3 12 9 21 . . . 1 . . . . . 92 Kris Harley 6-6 16 5 21 4.0-16 1.5-11 . 1 . . . . . 98 Gavin Ricketts 6-6 4 14 18 4.0-14 1.0-7 . . . 1-0 . . . 42 Myles Spearman 5-3 13 5 18 . . . 3 . . . . . 99 Eddy Holtschlag 6-6 8 7 15 4.5-17 2.5-14 . 1 1 . . . . 13 Jeremy Curry 6-0 5 7 12 2.0-2 . . 1 . . . . . 44 Brett Taylor 6-0 2 10 12 ...... 1 . . 29 Aaron Diggs 4-0 6 6 12 . . . 3 . . . . . 25 Dallas Nichols 2-1 4 6 10 0.5-0 . 1-0 1 . . . . . 38 David Griffith 6-0 4 5 9 ...... 71 Chip Holtschlag 6-0 . 8 8 0.5-3 0.5-3 ...... 23 Josh Smith 6-0 3 4 7 ...... 10 Marquette Privott 6-1 5 2 7 . . 1--3 ...... 8 Luis Sharpe 6-0 4 2 6 ...... 12 Demetrius Allen 4-1 . 5 5 0.5-2 ...... 90 Jean-Marc Charles 5-0 3 1 4 1.0-7 1.0-7 . 1 . 1-0 1 . . 95 Mick Nelson 6-0 2 2 4 2.5-5 1.0-3 . . . 1-0 . . . 35 Adam Brott 2-0 1 3 4 1.0-7 1.0-7 ...... 20 Dwayne Phillips 6-0 2 1 3 ...... 28 Devon Moore 6-0 1 1 2 ...... 24 Eriq Baird 6-0 . 2 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 9 Quadarias Mireles 6-2 2 . 2 ...... 27 Brad Blumenshine 6-0 1 1 2 ...... 73 Matt Zobrist 6-6 1 . 1 ...... 33 Nathan Knuffman 6-0 . 1 1 ...... 21 Devon Sanders 5-0 . 1 1 ...... 93 Jordan Veloz 4-0 ...... 1 . . . . TM TEAM 5-0 ...... 1 . 57 Gabe Burkhardt 6-0 ...... 1-0 . . . Total 6 235 242 477 36-113 10-63 4-4 27 4 5-0 4 3 . Opponents 6 212 240 452 21-95 12-73 6-48 32 10 6--6 6 2 1

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Western Illinois Football TEAMWestern STATS Illinois By-Quarter - BY Statistics QUARTER (as of Oct 05, 2014) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 28, 2014 VALPARAISO W 45-6 6-12 50.0 1-3 33.3 2-5 40.0 1-1 100.0 2-3 66.7 Sep 06, 2014 at Wisconsin L 3-37 4-11 36.4 2-3 66.7 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 Sep 13, 2014 DRAKE W 38-13 3-9 33.3 0-0 0.0 0-3 0.0 3-4 75.0 0-2 0.0 Sep 20, 2014 at Northwestern L 7-24 4-17 23.5 2-5 40.0 2-5 40.0 0-3 0.0 0-4 0.0 Sep 27, 2014 at Southern Illinois L 17-34 9-21 42.9 2-4 50.0 3-6 50.0 2-5 40.0 2-6 33.3 Oct 04, 2014 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 10-17 4-15 26.7 0-3 0.0 2-4 50.0 2-4 50.0 0-4 0.0 Western Illinois 30-85 35.3 7-18 38.9 10-26 38.5 8-19 42.1 5-22 22.7 0-0 0.0 Opponents 36-94 38.3 7-20 35.0 10-28 35.7 8-23 34.8 11-23 47.8 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 28, 2014 VALPARAISO W 45-6 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 06, 2014 at Wisconsin L 3-37 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 13, 2014 DRAKE W 38-13 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Sep 20, 2014 at Northwestern L 7-24 2-5 40.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 Sep 27, 2014 at Southern Illinois L 17-34 0-2 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0 Oct 04, 2014 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 10-17 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 1-2 50.0 Western Illinois 7-16 43.8 3-4 75.0 2-3 66.7 0-2 0.0 2-7 28.6 0-0 0.0 Opponents 7-13 53.8 0-0 0.0 2-6 33.3 3-3 100.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 28, 2014 VALPARAISO W 45-6 24:48 8:52 5:59 4:20 5:37 Sep 06, 2014 at Wisconsin L 3-37 24:41 8:02 5:27 4:28 6:44 Sep 13, 2014 DRAKE W 38-13 25:43 8:28 5:05 9:01 3:09 Sep 20, 2014 at Northwestern L 7-24 32:57 7:27 11:22 7:49 6:19 Sep 27, 2014 at Southern Illinois L 17-34 26:16 6:30 6:33 8:23 4:50 Oct 04, 2014 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 10-17 27:52 5:12 9:04 6:35 7:01 Western Illinois Total 162:17 44:31 43:30 40:36 33:40 0:00 Avg. 27:02 7:25 7:15 6:46 5:36 0:00 Opponents Total 197:43 45:29 46:30 49:24 56:20 0:00 Avg. 32:57 7:34 7:45 8:14 9:23 0:00

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Western Illinois Football TEAM WesternSTATS Illinois Red-Zone - REDZONEResults (as of Oct 05, 2014) All games

Western Illinois 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 28, 2014 VALPARAISO W 45-6 6 5 31 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 06, 2014 at Wisconsin L 3-37 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Sep 13, 2014 DRAKE W 38-13 4 4 24 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 20, 2014 at Northwestern L 7-24 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 27, 2014 at Southern Illinois L 17-34 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 04, 2014 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 10-17 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 16 14 78 9 6 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 of 16 (87.5%)

Opponents Inside Western Illinois 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 28, 2014 VALPARAISO W 45-6 1 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 06, 2014 at Wisconsin L 3-37 7 5 35 5 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 13, 2014 DRAKE W 38-13 5 2 10 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Sep 20, 2014 at Northwestern L 7-24 4 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sep 27, 2014 at Southern Illinois L 17-34 6 5 27 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 04, 2014 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 10-17 4 3 17 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 19 112 14 7 7 5 4 3 0 1 0 0 19 of 27 (70.4%)

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TEAM STATSWestern - COMPARISON Illinois Football Western Illinois Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Oct 05, 2014) All games

First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs VALPARAISO 45 - 6 26 / 18 12 / 6 14 / 8 0 / 4 39-273 / 36-103 20-28-0 / 21-35-1 320 / 174 67-593 / 71-277 56 / 126 0 / 1 Wisconsin 3 - 37 11 / 25 6 / 8 4 / 17 1 / 0 30-54 / 39-167 13-21-1 / 24-29-1 108 / 289 51-162 / 68-456 104 / 46 2 / 1 DRAKE 38 - 13 23 / 22 11 / 7 8 / 13 4 / 2 40-218 / 35-60 15-22-2 / 26-53-0 205 / 251 62-423 / 88-311 115 / 124 3 / 1 Northwestern 7 - 24 22 / 15 9 / 7 12 / 7 1 / 1 36-84 / 41-166 29-50-1 / 15-25-0 292 / 117 86-376 / 66-283 91 / 19 4 / 2 Southern Illinois 17 - 34 21 / 19 9 / 6 10 / 13 2 / 0 37-77 / 36-146 21-49-1 / 24-39-1 271 / 272 86-348 / 75-418 63 / 134 1 / 1 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 10 - 17 12 / 23 10 / 11 2 / 10 0 / 2 42-253 / 41-149 10-21-1 / 20-30-1 68 / 256 63-321 / 71-405 31 / 52 2 / 3 Totals 120 - 131 115 / 122 57 / 45 50 / 68 8 / 9 224-959 / 228-791 108-191-6 / 130-211-4 1264 / 1359 415-2223 / 439-2150 460 / 501 12 / 9

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting Penalties Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards Sacks VALPARAISO 6-12 / 6-18 2-3 / 3-5 24:48 / 35:12 -10:24 7.0 / 2.9 11.4 / 5.0 8.9 / 3.9 1-41.0 / 6-31.8 10-103 / 2-15 0 / 0 Wisconsin 4-11 / 6-12 0-0 / 2-3 24:41 / 35:19 -10:38 1.8 / 4.3 5.1 / 10.0 3.2 / 6.7 7-43.4 / 2-45.0 5-36 / 4-38 1 / 2 DRAKE 3-9 / 6-21 0-1 / 1-3 25:43 / 34:17 -8:34 5.4 / 1.7 9.3 / 4.7 6.8 / 3.5 4-32.8 / 8-35.4 9-71 / 7-45 7 / 1 Northwestern 4-17 / 3-14 2-5 / 1-2 32:57 / 27:03 5 :5 4 2.3 / 4.0 5.8 / 4.7 4.4 / 4.3 5-29.2 / 7-44.1 6-40 / 5-35 1 / 4 Southern Illinois 9-21 / 7-15 0-2 / 0-0 26:16 / 33:44 -7:28 2.1 / 4.1 5.5 / 7.0 4.0 / 5.6 7-35.9 / 5-49.0 4-25 / 5-38 0 / 4 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 4-15 / 8-14 3-5 / 0-0 27:52 / 32:08 -4:16 6.0 / 3.6 3.2 / 8.5 5.1 / 5.7 5-36.6 / 3-36.3 4-62 / 5-63 1 / 1 Totals 30-85 / 36-94 7-16 / 7-13 162:17 / 197:43 -35:26 4.3 / 3.5 6.6 / 6.4 5.4 / 4.9 29-36.4 / 31-39.6 38-337 / 28-234 10 / 12

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

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Western Illinois Football Western Illinois Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2014) SEASON - CAREERAll games

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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 J.C. Baker 6 113 654 19 635 5.6 2 66 105.8 18 329 1857 73 1784 5.4 8 66 99.1 Kyle Hammonds 6 35 160 5 155 4.4 1 15 25.8 16 72 314 14 300 4.2 1 20 18.8 Devon Moore 6 27 117 0 117 4.3 3 16 19.5 6 27 117 0 117 4.3 3 16 19.5 Quadarias Mireles 6 1 33 0 33 33.0 0 33 5.5 6 1 33 0 33 33.0 0 33 5.5 Trenton Norvell 6 37 120 92 28 0.8 1 27 4.7 18 113 306 239 67 0.6 3 27 3.7 Lance Lenoir 6 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 9 1.5 18 2 17 0 17 8.5 0 9 0.9 Devon Sanders 5 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 5 1.8 5 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 5 1.8 Devin O'Hara 2 4 18 12 6 1.5 0 11 3.0 2 4 18 12 6 1.5 0 11 3.0 TEAM 5 4 0 33 -33 -8.2 0 0 -6.6 Total 6 224 1120 161 959 4.3 7 66 159.8 Opponents 6 228 906 115 791 3.5 8 25 131.8

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Trenton Norvell 6 118.57 108-190-6 56.8 1264 7 71 210.7 18 108.16 303-574-22 52.8 3404 23 71 189.1 TEAM 5 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 6 117.95 108-191-6 56.5 1264 7 71 210.7 Opponents 6 124.43 130-211-4 61.6 1359 8 47 226.5

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Lance Lenoir 6 31 376 12.1 0 50 62.7 18 70 865 12.4 7 50 48.1 Hi-C Scott 6 27 258 9.6 2 38 43.0 18 59 716 12.1 5 38 39.8 Joey Borsellino 6 15 200 13.3 1 33 33.3 18 56 665 11.9 4 37 36.9 J.C. Baker 6 13 121 9.3 2 40 20.2 18 45 304 6.8 2 40 16.9 Quadarias Mireles 6 7 140 20.0 1 71 23.3 6 7 140 20.0 1 71 23.3 Taylor Hill 3 4 21 5.2 0 9 7.0 24 12 91 7.6 0 18 3.8 J'Vaughn Williams 5 3 45 15.0 0 19 9.0 8 3 45 15.0 0 19 5.6 Adam Hoogerwerf 3 3 40 13.3 0 27 13.3 3 3 40 13.3 0 27 13.3 Kyle Hammonds 6 2 37 18.5 0 27 6.2 16 11 132 12.0 0 65 8.2 Larry Harris 6 2 22 11.0 1 13 3.7 28 3 27 9.0 1 13 1.0 Jaelon Acklin 2 1 4 4.0 0 4 2.0 2 1 4 4.0 0 4 2.0 Total 6 108 1264 11.7 7 71 210.7 Opponents 6 130 1359 10.5 8 47 226.5

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g Trenton Norvell 6 227 28 1264 1292 215.3 18 687 67 3404 3471 192.8 J.C. Baker 6 113 635 0 635 105.8 18 329 1784 0 1784 99.1 Kyle Hammonds 6 35 155 0 155 25.8 16 72 300 0 300 18.8 Devon Moore 6 27 117 0 117 19.5 6 27 117 0 117 19.5 Quadarias Mireles 6 1 33 0 33 5.5 6 1 33 0 33 5.5 Devon Sanders 5 2 9 0 9 1.8 5 2 9 0 9 1.8 Lance Lenoir 6 1 9 0 9 1.5 18 2 17 0 17 0.9 Devin O'Hara 2 4 6 0 6 3.0 2 4 6 0 6 3.0 TEAM 5 5 -33 0 -33 -6.6 Total 6 415 959 1264 2223 370.5 Opponents 6 439 791 1359 2150 358.3

PAT PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Nathan Knuffman - 5-6 15-15 - - - - - 30 - 8-14 45-49 - - - - - 69 J.C. Baker 4 ------24 10 ------60 Devon Moore 3 ------18 3 ------18 Hi-C Scott 2 ------12 5 ------30 Kyle Hammonds 1 ------6 1 ------6 Larry Harris 1 ------6 1 ------6 Brad Blumenshine 1 ------6 1 ------6 Joey Borsellino 1 ------6 4 ------24 Trenton Norvell 1 ------6 3 ------18 Quadarias Mireles 1 ------6 1 ------6 Total 15 5-6 15-15 - - - - - 120 Opponents 16 6-11 15-16 - - - - 1 131

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Western Illinois Football Western Illinois Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2014) SEASON - CAREERAll games

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Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Hi-C Scott 11 102 9.3 0 27 11 102 9.3 0 27 David McDaniel 1 9 9.0 0 0 2 25 12.5 0 0 Brad Blumenshine 0 30 0.0 1 30 0 30 0.0 1 30 Total 12 141 11.8 1 30 Opponents 8 64 8.0 0 25

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Lance Lenoir 9 154 17.1 0 23 11 226 20.5 0 56 Kyle Hammonds 5 68 13.6 0 26 15 292 19.5 0 44 Hi-C Scott 3 70 23.3 0 28 3 70 23.3 0 28 Adam Hoogerwerf 1 23 23.0 0 23 1 23 23.0 0 23 Total 18 315 17.5 0 28 Opponents 20 395 19.8 0 86

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Marquette Privott 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 David McDaniel 1 7 7.0 0 7 7 46 6.6 0 21 Jonathon Rollins 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 1 0.3 0 3 Dallas Nichols 1 0 0.0 0 0 2 97 48.5 1 97 Total 4 4 1.0 0 7 Opponents 6 48 8.0 0 27

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 0 -6 0.0 0 0

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g J.C. Baker 6 635 121 0 0 0 756 126.0 18 1784 304 0 0 0 2088 116.0 Lance Lenoir 6 9 376 0 154 0 539 89.8 18 17 865 0 226 0 1108 61.6 Hi-C Scott 6 0 258 102 70 0 430 71.7 18 0 716 102 70 0 888 49.3 Kyle Hammonds 6 155 37 0 68 0 260 43.3 16 300 132 0 292 0 724 45.2 Joey Borsellino 6 0 200 0 0 0 200 33.3 18 0 665 0 0 0 665 36.9 Quadarias Mirele 6 33 140 0 0 0 173 28.8 6 33 140 0 0 0 173 28.8 Devon Moore 6 117 0 0 0 0 117 19.5 6 117 0 0 0 0 117 19.5 Adam Hoogerwer 3 0 40 0 23 0 63 21.0 3 0 40 0 23 0 63 21.0 J'Vaughn William 5 0 45 0 0 0 45 9.0 8 34 45 0 0 0 79 9.9 Brad Blumenshin 6 0 0 30 0 0 30 5.0 6 0 0 30 0 0 30 5.0 Trenton Norvell 6 28 0 0 0 0 28 4.7 18 67 0 0 0 0 67 3.7 Larry Harris 6 0 22 0 0 0 22 3.7 28 0 27 0 0 0 27 1.0 Taylor Hill 3 0 21 0 0 0 21 7.0 24 0 91 0 0 0 91 3.8 David McDaniel 6 0 0 9 0 7 16 2.7 40 0 0 25 0 46 71 1.8 Devon Sanders 5 9 0 0 0 0 9 1.8 5 9 0 0 0 0 9 1.8 Devin O'Hara 2 6 0 0 0 0 6 3.0 2 6 0 0 0 0 6 3.0 Jaelon Acklin 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 2.0 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 2.0 Marquette Privott 6 0 0 0 0 -3 -3 -0.5 14 0 0 0 0 -3 -3 -0.2 TEAM 5 -33 0 0 0 0 -33 -6.6 Total 6 959 1264 141 315 4 2683 447.2 Opponents 6 791 1359 64 395 48 2657 442.8

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkd Nathan Knuffman 6 5 30 1 14 8 37 4 Total 6 5 30 1 Opponents 11 6 43 1

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk Nathan Knuffman 28 1056 37.7 58 0 102 3661 35.9 65 1 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 1 Total 29 1056 36.4 58 1 Opponents 31 1227 39.6 75 1 @WIUFootball • #W1U 31 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES YOUNGSTOWN STATE

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Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob Nathan Knuffman 14 798 57.0 3 1 64 3792 59.2 11 1 Luke Otto 12 745 62.1 1 0 12 745 62.1 1 0 Total 26 1543 59.3 4 1 Opponents 27 1619 60.0 8 1

## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk 46 Luke Venegoni 6 2 5 2 5 5 0 5.0 0 . 5 . 3 . . . 39 6 7 8 1 1 4 8 14.0 4 . 5 2 9 1 1 . 17 Kevin Kintzel 5 3 0 1 8 4 8 2.0 . . 3 1 . 1 37 9 7 7 6 1 7 3 18.0 4 . 5 4 1 1 4 3 1 4 Jonathon Rollins 5 2 9 1 4 4 3 1.5 . 1 1 . 1 . 39 1 0 7 1 0 3 2 1 0 8.0 0 . 5 3 4 1 3 1 43 J.J. Raffelson 6 1 9 2 4 4 3 3.0 . . 1 . . . 23 9 1 1 1 6 2 0 7 7.5 . . 4 . . . 22 David McDaniel 6 1 9 1 7 3 6 1.0 . 1 1 . 1 1 40 1 0 1 7 6 1 7 7 3.5 . 7 5 2 2 2 50 Gino Durley, Jr. 6 1 1 1 5 2 6 2.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 39 5 6 8 0 1 3 6 13.5 5 . 0 . 4 2 1 . 5 Martinez Davis 5 1 6 8 2 4 1.0 . . 5 . . . 34 8 9 3 5 1 2 4 9.0 1 . 0 8 1 9 1 . . 92 Kris Harley 6 1 6 5 2 1 4.0 1 . 5 . 1 . . . 6 1 6 5 2 1 4.0 1 . 5 . 1 . . . 3 Richard Chungong 6 1 4 7 2 1 0.0 . . 1 . . . 18 1 6 1 2 2 8 0.0 . . 3 . . . 42 Myles Spearman 5 1 3 5 1 8 0.0 . . 3 . . . 5 1 3 5 1 8 0.0 . . 3 . . . 98 Gavin Ricketts 6 5 1 3 1 8 4.0 1 . 0 . . 1 . . 29 1 2 3 1 4 3 9.0 3 . 5 . . 1 1 . 99 Eddy Holtschlag 6 8 7 1 5 4.5 2 . 5 . 1 . . . 26 2 3 2 0 4 3 12.0 6 . 5 . 1 . 1 . 44 Brett Taylor 6 2 1 0 1 2 0.0 . . . . 1 . 6 2 1 0 1 2 0.0 . . . . 1 . 29 Aaron Diggs 4 7 5 1 2 0.0 . . 3 . . . 4 7 5 1 2 0.0 . . 3 . . . 13 Jeremy Curry 6 5 7 1 2 1.5 . . 1 . . . 29 1 3 2 4 3 7 3.5 0 . 5 . 1 2 . . 25 Dallas Nichols 2 4 6 1 0 0.5 . 1 1 . . . 14 3 6 3 0 6 6 2.5 1 . 0 2 2 2 1 . 38 David Griffith 6 4 5 9 0.0 ...... 6 4 5 9 0.0 ...... 71 Chip Holtschlag 6 . 8 8 0.5 0 . 5 . . . . . 29 2 6 3 5 6 1 8.0 2 . 5 . 1 . . . 10 Marquette Privott 6 5 2 7 0.0 . 1 . . . . 14 9 2 1 1 0.0 . 1 . . . . 23 Josh Smith 6 3 4 7 0.0 ...... 6 3 4 7 0.0 ...... 8 Luis Sharpe 6 4 2 6 0.0 ...... 6 4 2 6 0.0 ...... 12 Demetrius Allen 4 . 5 5 0.5 ...... 4 . 5 5 0.5 ...... 95 Mick Nelson 6 2 2 4 2.5 1 . 0 . . 1 . . 6 2 2 4 2.5 1 . 0 . . 1 . . 90 Jean-Marc Charles 5 3 1 4 1.0 1 . 0 . 1 1 1 . 20 8 1 4 2 2 2.5 1 . 5 1 3 2 1 . 35 Adam Brott 2 1 3 4 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 2 1 3 4 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 20 Dwayne Phillips 6 3 . 3 0.0 ...... 6 3 . 3 0.0 ...... 28 Devon Moore 6 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 6 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 24 Eriq Baird 6 . 2 2 0.0 . . 1 . . . 6 . 2 2 0.0 . . 1 . . . 9 Quadarias Mireles 6 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 6 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 27 Brad Blumenshine 6 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 6 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 73 Matt Zobrist 6 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 6 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 21 Devon Sanders 5 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 5 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 33 Nathan Knuffman 6 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 18 4 4 8 0.0 ...... 57 Gabe Burkhardt 6 . . . 0.0 . . . 1 . . 6 . . . 0.0 . . . 1 . . 93 Jordan Veloz 4 . . . 0.0 ...... 4 . . . 0.0 ...... TM TEAM 5 . . . 0.0 . . . . . 1 Total 6 2 5 4 2 2 3 4 7 7 36 10 4 2 7 5 4 3 Opponents 6 2 3 2 2 2 0 4 5 2 21 12 6 3 2 6 6 2

32 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2014 ROSTER NO. NAME POS HT WT YEAR HOMETOWN NO. NAME POS HT WT YEAR HOMETOWN 1 Joey Borsellino WR 5-11 195 So-1L Oak Brook, Ill. 60 Luke Brown LB 6-2 215 Fr-HS Jerseyville, Ill. 2 J.C. Baker RB 5-8 180 Sr-1L Yuma, Ariz. 61 Eddie Atkinson OL 6-4 270 So-L Crystal Lake, Ill. 3 Richard Chungong DB 6-0 185 Sr-1L Lee’s Summit, Mo. 62 Brody Carls OL 6-5 255 Fr-HS Pana, Ill. 4 Jonathon Rollins DB 5-11 200 Sr-3L Miramar, Fla. 63 Ryan Ricketts OL 6-3 290 Jr-1L Galesburg, Ill. 5 Martinez Davis DB 5-10 190 Sr-3L Madisonville, Ky. 64 Thomas Kirsch OL 6-6 305 Fr-HS Hartland, Wis. 6 Rhys Gervais QB 6-3 200 Fr-RS Puyllap, Wash. 65 Robert Young, Jr. OL 6-4 350 Fr-HS St. Louis, Mo. 7 Lance Lenoir, Jr. WR 6-0 190 So-1L Crete, Ill. 66 Jacob Judd OL 6-3 290 Fr-RS Clinton, Iowa 8 Luis Sharpe DB 6-2 195 Jr-TR Phoenix, Ariz. 67 Brandon De La Cruz OL 6-3 290 Jr-2L West Palm Beach, Fla. 9 Quadarias Mireles WR 5-11 190 Jr-TR Delray Beach, Fla. 68 Sean Sullivan OL 6-2 300 Jr-2L Park Ridge, Ill. 69 Khalen Saunders DL 6-2 295 Fr-HS St. Louis, Mo. 10 Marquette Privott DB 6-2 195 Sr-1L Chicago, Ill. 11 Kyle Hammonds RB 5-7 165 Jr-1L Solon, Ohio 70 Tyler Bode OL 6-7 325 Jr-TR Fountain Hills, Ariz. 12 Demetrius Allen LB 6-0 225 Jr-RS Miami, Fla. 71 Chip Holtschlag DL 6-2 225 Sr-3L Quincy, Ill. 13 Jeremy Curry DE 6-3 245 Sr-2L Bolingbrook, Ill. 72 Jordan Detweiler OL 6-5 295 Fr-RS Williamsburg, Iowa 14 Trenton Norvell QB 6-5 220 So-1L Daytona Beach, Fla. 73 Matt Zobrist OL 6-3 290 So-1L Troy, Ill. 15 J’Vaughn Williams WR 6-5 200 So-1L Collinsville, Ill. 74 Brenden Jostes OL 6-4 285 Fr-HS Farmington, Ill. 16 Devin O’Hara QB 6-5 190 Fr-RS Mt. Prospect, Ill. 75 Joe Pyszka OL 6-5 275 Fr-RS Peru, Ill. 17 Kevin Kintzel LB 6-2 230 Sr-3L New Lenox, Ill. 77 James Torgerson OL 6-5 290 Fr-RS Springfield, Ill. 18 Sean McGuire QB 6-3 225 Fr-HS Franklin, Wis. 79 Nick Ziegenbein OL 6-9 340 Jr-TR Phoenix, Ariz. 19 Hi-C Scott WR 5-9 190 Sr-1L Phoenix, Ariz. 80 Nick Schroeder WR 6-1 200 Fr-RS Manitowoc, Wis. 20 Dwayne Phillips DB 5-7 170 Jr-1L Davenport, Iowa 81 Ben Arnold TE 6-5 230 Fr-RS St. Louis, Mo. 21 Devon Sanders RB 5-9 185 Fr-RS Chicago, Ill. 82 Jaelon Acklin WR 6-2 185 Fr-HS Mountain View, Mo. 22 David McDaniel DB 5-11 190 Sr-3L O’Fallon, Ill. 83 Cole Griffin TE 6-4 255 Jr-TR Yorba Linda, Calif. 23 Josh Smith DB 5-10 195 Fr-RS Chicago, Ill. 84 Pete Swenson TE 6-3 225 Fr-HS Mason City, Iowa 24 Eriq Baird DB 6-0 195 Fr-RS Peoria, Ill. 85 Isaiah Lesure WR 6-3 175 Fr-HS Mount Horeb, Wis. 25 Dallas Nichols DB 6-2 205 Sr-1L San Diego, Calif. 86 Adam Hoogerwerf WR 5-11 175 Fr-RS Rock Island, Ill. 26 Charlie Whitaker DB 5-9 185 Jr-1L Macomb, Ill. 87 Jason Townsend WR 6-1 185 Fr-RS Germantown, Wis. 27 Brad Blumenshine LB 6-2 215 Jr-TR Bloomington, Ill. 88 Josh Baldus TE 6-5 275 Fr-RS Palatine, Ill. 28 Devon Moore RB 6-2 220 So-SQ Jefferson City, Mo. 89 Taylor Hill TE 6-5 240 Jr-2L Rochester, Ill. 29 Aaron Diggs DB 6-1 195 Fr-HS Goodyear, Ariz. 90 Jean-Marc Charles DL 6-4 265 Jr-2L Davie, Fla. 30 DeVante’ Clark DB 6-1 195 Fr-HS Jacksonville, Ill. 91 James Kalfas DE 6-3 240 Fr-HS Wheaton, Ill. 31 Luke Otto K/P 5-11 225 Fr-HS Normal, Ill. 92 Kris Harley DL 6-1 290 Jr-TR Indianapolis, Ind. 32 Brock Broughton RB 5-11 190 Fr-HS Kearney, Mo. 93 Jordan Veloz DL 6-3 280 Fr-RS Oak Creek, Wisc. 33 Nathan Knuffman K/P 6-1 205 So-1L Coatsburg, Ill. 94 Grant Kasal DL 6-5 230 Fr-HS Westmont, Ill. 34 DeAndre Daniels LB 6-1 205 Sr-1L Oakland, Calif. 95 Mick Nelson DL 6-3 275 Fr-RS Vadnais Heights, Minn. 34 Arturo Romero WR 5-10 170 Fr-HS Manchester, Mo. 96 John LaChapelle DL 6-1 290 Jr-TR Apache Junction, Ariz. 35 Adam Brott LB 6-2 225 Fr-RS St. Clair, Mo. 97 Hollis Henry DL 6-3 230 Fr-RS Wheaton, Ill. 36 Cleveland Clark WR 5-8 160 Fr-RS Chicago, Ill. 98 Gavin Ricketts DL 6-1 290 Jr-2L Davie, Fla. 37 Drew Patterson RB 6-0 210 Fr-HS Sussex, Wis. 99 Eddy Holtschlag DL 6-4 255 Jr-2L Quincy, Ill. 38 David Griffith DB 5-11 200 Fr-HS Avon, Ind. 39 Larry Harris TE 6-1 230 Jr-2L Rock Island, Ill. Scott Simpson TE 6-4 235 So-1L Naperville, Ill. Roderick Beasley DB 5-11 180 Fr-HS Columbia, Mo. 40 Frankie Santoro TE 6-0 240 Jr-SQ Oswego, Ill. Anthony Blalark WR 5-9 170 Fr-HS Chicago, Ill. 42 Myles Spearman DB 5-11 185 Fr-RS Surprise, Ariz. Travis Blecher OL 6-2 295 Sr-TR Rock Island, Ill. 43 J.J. Raffelson LB 6-3 235 Jr-2L Lake Zurich, Ill. 44 Brett Taylor LB 6-2 230 Fr-RS Macomb, Ill. 45 Tyler Slamans TE 6-3 230 Fr-HS Sugar Grove, Ill. 46 Luke Venegoni LB 6-3 235 Sr-3L Gurnee, Ill. 47 Michael Bishoff LB 6-2 195 Fr-HS Elk Grove Village, Ill. 48 Timothy Smith DB 6-1 190 Fr-HS Chicago, Ill. 49 Ryan Mulhern K/P 5-10 165 Fr-RS Naperville, Ill.

50 Gino Durley, Jr. DL 6-2 260 Sr-3L Detroit, Mich. 51 Colin Olson DL 6-4 245 Fr-RS Mt. Prospect, Ill. 53 Macae Skaggs DL 6-3 245 Fr-HS Farmington, Ill. PRONUNCIATIONS 54 Cale McMakin LB 6-1 205 Fr-HS Overland Park, Kan. Joey BORSELLINO...... Bore-sah-lee-no 56 Darren Southwell LB 6-3 220 Fr-HS Taylor Ridge, Ill. RHYS GERVAIS...... Reese Jer-ves 57 Gabe Burkhardt LS 6-4 230 Fr-HS Plainfield, Ind. Chip and Eddy HOLTSCHLAG...... HOLT-shlog 58 Mitchell Wallin OL 6-5 325 Fr-RS Normal, Ill. Sam KACHANUK...... rhymes with Mechanic 59 Sam Kachanuk OL 6-3 315 Sr-3L Havana, Ill. Nathan KNUFFMAN...... Ka-NUF-man QUADARIAS MIRELES...... Qua-dare-e-us Mir-el-es Trenton NORVELL...... Nor-VELLE Marquette PRIVOTT...... PRIV-et Joe PYSZKA...... Pish-ka Luke VENEGONI...... Ven-e-go-knee

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