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EASTERN SEPT. 18, 2006 307 CONVOCATION C ENTER MICHIGAN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN 48197 PHONE: 734.487.0317 UNIVERSITY FAX: 734.485.3840 SPORTS INFORMATION FOOTBALL CONTACT: JIM S TREETER E-MAIL: [email protected] FOOTBALL • GAME 4 WEBSITE: WWW.EMUEAGLES.COM 2006 EMU Football Schedule 2006 EAGLES FOOTBALL (0-3, 0-1 MAC) SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-3; 0-1 MAC) EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL Aug. 31 .................. at Ball State* L, 20-38 Sept. 23, 2006 • 3:30 p.m. • Ypsilanti, Mich. (Comcast Local TV) vs. the Central Michigan University Chippewas (2-1; 1-0 MAC) Sept. 9 ............ at Michigan State MATCHUP AT A GLANCE L, 20-52 Stadium............................................... Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, Mich. (ESPN+ Regional TV) Surface ........................................................................................FieldTurf Sept. 16 ............. at Northwestern Kickoff Time ........................................................................ 3:30 p.m. EST L, 6-14 Radio ...................................................... WEMU (89.1 FM);WDTW (1310 AM) Television .................................... Comcast Local (Ben Holden and Rob Otto) Sept. 23 .. CENTRAL MICHIGAN* Series Record ............................................................. CMU leads, 52-25-6 3:30 p.m. (Comcast Local TV) EASTERN G AMEDAY Sept. 30 .... at Lousiana-Lafayette EASTERN MICHIGAN ............. VS. .............. CENTRAL MICHIGAN 4 p.m. Ypsilanti, Mich. ............................ LOCATION ...................... Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 24,000 ...................................... ENROLLMENT ...................................... 28,003 Oct. 14 ........... at Bowling Green* Mid-American (West) ................... CONFERENCE ................... Mid-American (West) 4 p.m. Rynearson Stad. (30,200-FieldTurf) . STADIUM Kelly/Shorts Stad. (30,199FieldTurf) Jeff Genyk (BGSU, '82) ................ HEAD COACH ....... Brian Kelly (Assumption, '83) Oct. 21 ..................... TOLEDO* 3rd Season ............................ YEARS AT SCHOOL .............................3rd Season 4 p.m. 8-17 (3rd Season) .................RECORD AT SCHOOL ............... 11-14 (3rd Season) Homecoming 8-17 (3rd Season) .................. OVERALL RECORD .......... 129-49-2 (16th Season) Oct. 28 ...... at Western Michigan* 4-7 ......................................... 2005 RECORD ..........................................6-5 3:30 p.m. 3-5 (6th-MAC West) ............ 2005 CONFERENCE R ECORD ......... 5-3 (t-3rd-MAC West) (Comcast Local TV) 14/7 .................................STARTERS R ETURNING/LOST ................................. 16/8 Nov. 4 ............................OHIO* 30/18 ........................... LETTERWINNERS R ETURNING/LOST ............................33/19 1 p.m. Band Day GAME 4 STORYLINES Nov. 11 ........................... NAVY 1. LONG HISTORY: The EMU-CMU rivalry is the longest in Eastern football annals 1 p.m. as the two teams have met 83 times with Central holding a 52-25-6 advantage. at Ford Field (Comcast Local TV) Eastern has won the last two in a row. Nov. 17 ................at Kent State* 6 p.m. 2. COACHING CONNECTION: The two coaches, EMU’s Jeff Genyk and CMU’s Brian Kelly, are both in their third years of rebuilding individual programs. Nov. 24 .. NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 3. BATTLE FOR THE MICHIGAN-MAC CHAMPIONSHIP: Saturday’s (Sept. 23) 11 a.m. game between EMU and CMU will start the 2006 battle for the Michigan-Mid- Senior Day (Comcast Local TV) American Conference Trophy sponsored by the state of Michigan Sports Hall of * Mid-American Conference Game Home Games in BOLD CAPS Fame. The trophy is awarded to the Michigan-MAC school that holds the season’s advantage in football games played between Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan and Western Michigan. EMU won the battle of Michigan schools in 2004, the first year of the trophy, by winning both matchups with their Michigan counterparts. All 2006 EMU football games will be broadcast live on WEMU- Last year’s trophy went to Western Michigan, which handled both the Chippewas FM (89.1) in Ypsilanti, Mich. WDTW (1310 AM) will pick up and the Eagles. EMU and WMU are scheduled to play in Kalamazoo, Oct. 28, while the WEMU feed. Matt Shepard will handle play-by-play duties with Rob Rubick serving as the analyst. Jeff Fulton is the CMU and WMU are slated to hook up Nov. 10 at Central. engineer and the man on statistics while Brian Nemerovski will be the sideline reporter. The broadcast will also be carried 4. EMU ADDS WDTW: All EMU football games can be heard on radio on flagstaff on the Internet at www.wemu.org station WEMU (89.1 FM) and now on WDTW (1310 AM) in Detroit. EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 2006 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2 2006 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Day Date Opponent Time/Score Series Record Thursday Aug. 31 at Ball State* (Comcast Local TV) L, 20-38 Ball State leads, 25-20-2 Saturday Sept. 9 at Michigan State (ESPN+ Local TV) L, 20-52 Michigan State leads, 6-0 Saturday Sept. 16 at Northwestern L, 6-14 First meeting Saturday Sept. 23 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* (Comcast Local TV) 3:30 p.m. CMU leads, 52-25-6 Saturday Sept. 30 at Louisiana Lafayette 4 p.m. EMU leads, 1-0 Saturday Oct. 7 Open Saturday Oct. 14 at Bowling Green* 4 p.m. BG leads, 21-10-1 Saturday Oct. 21 TOLEDO* (Homecoming) 4 p.m. Toledo leads, 23-10 Saturday Oct. 28 at Western Michigan* (Comcast Local TV) 3:30 p.m. WMU leads, 25-14-2 Saturday Nov. 4 OHIO* 1 p.m. Ohio leads, 13-11-1 Saturday Nov. 11 NAVY (at Ford Field in Detroit) (Comcast Local TV) 1 p.m. Navy leads, 1-0 Friday Nov. 17 at Kent State* 6 p.m. Series tied, 13-13 Friday Nov. 24 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (Comcast Local TV) 11 a.m. NIU leads, 21-13-2 *Mid-American Conference game Eastern Michigan University 2006 Football Coaching Staff Athletics Staff Head Coach: ........... Jeff Genyk (Bowling Green,'82); Third season (8-17) Athletics Director ....... Derrick Gragg Assistant Coaches: Associate A.D. ............ Steve Watson Jarvis Adams .............. Northwestern, ‘04 ........... 1st Year-Cornerbacks Josh Buis.................... DePauw, '2000 .............. 1st Year-Tight ends Associate A.D. ............. Mike Malach Howard Feggins .......... North Carolina, '87 .......... 3rd Year-Off. Coor./Wide receivers Asst. A.D.-Marketing/Promotions/Int. Scott Isphording .......... Hanover College, '94 ....... 3rd Year-Quarterbacks SWA Stephannnie Harvey-VandenBerg Robert Lee .................. IUPUI, '90 ....................... 3rd Year-Defensive line Dir. of Compliance/Certification ...... Jim O’Neil ................... Towson, '2001 ............... 1st Year-Safeties ...................... Melody Reifel Werner Jay Peterson ............... Miami, '85 ..................... 3rd Year-Def. Coor./linebackers Dir. of Ath. Development ... Craig Fink Chris Symington .......... Colorado, '88 ................. 3rd Year-Offensive line Ticket Mgr......................... Ron Reid Scott Weaver .............. Illinois, '96 ...................... 3rd Year-Running backs Faculty Athletics Rep. Howard Bunsis Adam Tubaro .............. Adrian,'05 ...................... 2nd Year-Special Operations Int. Adm. for Academics .. Erin Burdis Graduate Assistant Coach Steven Mapes ............. Adrian, '04 ..................... 1st Year Facilities Supervisor ....... Dave Keller Graduate Assistant Coach Equipment Mgr. ....... Darrell Hallberg Robert Page ............... Wittenberg, ‘05............... 1st Year Head Athletic Trainer Steve Nordwall Associate Trainer .......... Bill Tuscany Staff Athletic Trainers ..................... EMU Quick Facts Melissa Pohorence, Masayasu Takaiwa President .... Dr. John A. Fallon, III Head Strength & Cond. Dave Lawson Founded ..... 1849 Key Football Phone Numbers Asst. Strength & Cond. Mike Szerszen Enrollment .. 25,000 H.C. Jeff Genyk ....... 734.487.2160 (O) Ath. Acct. Specialist . Bobbie Bowling Nickname ... Eagles Rynearson Stadium Press Box Numbers: Football Secretary .... Maria Farrugia 734.481.0014 (0072) Colors ........ Dark Green (349) & White Ath. Dept. Secretaries Carol Carrico Stadium...... Rynearson Stadium (1969) ............................... Lori Grohowski Capacity .... 30,200; FieldTurf (2005) Sports Information Staff EMU Board of Regents Director ........................... Jim Streeter Karen Q. Valvo ............................... Chair Office Phone ............... 734.487.0317 The EMU athletic website, featuring all of the Thomas W. Sidlik ..................... vice chair Home Phone ............... 734.485.3221 information on 21 varsity athletic teams, is: Joseph E. Antonini www.emueagles.com. There is an addi- Assistant Director ........... Greg Steiner Jan. A. Brandon SID Graduate Asst. ......... Mekye Phelps tional website for information on the Eagles’ football team only and that site is: Floyd Clack SID Graduate Asst. ........... Dan Murphy Philip A. Incarnati SID Graduate Asst. ........... Paul Pancoe www.emueaglesfootball.com. Sharon J. Rothwell Student Assts ............... Chris Puzzuoli Roy E. Wilbanks www.emueagles.com EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 2006 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 3 CCENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWAS SATURDAY, SEPT. 23, 2006 - 3:30 P.M. Location: Mount Pleasant, Mich. GAME 4 - RYNEARSON STADIUM Founded: 1892 Enrollment: 28,003 YPSILANTI, MICH. President: Mike Rao Athletic Director: Dave Heeke Conference: Mid-American (West Division) Nickname: Chippewas Colors: Maroon and Gold TEAM / PLAYER INFORMATION 2006 CMU COACHING STAFF SCHEDULE Head Coach: Brian Kelly (Assumption, ‘83) 2005 Overall Record: 6-5 Aug. 31 INDIANA L,24-31 Record at CMU: 10-14 (two