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EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS 2011 Weekly Press Release Week #6: Eastern N.M vs Abilene Christian Lone Star Conference Home Contest Saturday, October 8, 2011 • 2 p.m. MST Greyhound Stadium • Blackwater Draw, N.M. 1991 Lone Star Conference Champions • Two LSC South Titles • 27 Winning Seasons Greyhounds Return to Greyhound Stadium Athletic Communications Contact Information For Homecoming Against Wildcats Adam Pitterman (575) 562-4309 [email protected] Rachel Johnson (575) 562-2971 [email protected] Home Sweet Home Daniel Jones (575) 562-2971 [email protected] After a earning their first Lone Star Conference Websites win of the season, the Hounds return home and Goeasternathletics.com will continue LSC play against Abilene Christian. Facebook.com/enmusports Twitter.com/enmusports Eastern is 0-2 at Greyhound Stadium this season, but are averaging 419 yards of total offense and 2011 Greyhounds Schedule 32 points per game within its friendly confines. Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) 1 Sat. Sept. 3 N.M. Highlands Greyhound Stadium L, 36-43 OT 2 Sat. Sept. 10 *Incarnate Word Benson Stadium L, 28-41 Last Time in the Series 3 Sat. Sept. 17 Oklahoma Panhandle Carl Wooten Stadium W, 28-19 The Greyhounds will host #11 Abilene Chris- 4 Sat. Sept. 24 *Tarleton State Greyhound Stadium L, 34-28 5 Sat. Oct. 1 *Angelo State San Angelo Stadium W, 23-21 tian tonight. ACU leads the overall series, 23- 6 Sat. Oct. 8 *Abilene Christian (HC) Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. 11, including a 53-14 win over the Hounds last 7 Sat. Oct. 15 *Northwest Missouri St. Bearcat Stadium 12 p.m. 8 Sat. Oct. 22 *West Texas A&M Kimbrough Memorial 5 p.m. season. The Wildcats charged to a 39-0 lead last 9 Sat. Oct. 29 *Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. year, opening with a 52-yard field goal from Ryan 10 Sat. Nov. 5 *TAMU-Commerce Memorial Stadium 5 p.m. 11 Sat. Nov. 12 #TAMU-Kingsville Greyhound Stadium 1 p.m. Owens. Eastern got on the board on a 33-yard pass from Wes Wood to Carl Bouldin. In the 2010 Greyhounds Results (5-6/3-3) fourth quarter, Curtis Jackson scooped up a Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) fumble and returned it 15 yards for a touchdown. 1 Sat. Aug. 28 Southern Nazarene Greyhound Stadium W, 51-29 2 Sat. Sept. 4 #Angelo State San Angelo Stadium L, 38-41 3 Sat. Sept. 11 #Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium L, 17-44 4 Sat. Sept. 25 *TAMU-Commerce (HC) Greyhound Stadium W, 44-21 Eastern’s last win over ACU was in 2005, 5 Sat. Oct. 2 *SW Oklahoma State Milam Field L, 10-21 when Michael Benton led the Hounds back from 6 Sat. Oct. 9 *Central Oklahoma Greyhound Stadium W, 49-31 7 Sat. Oct. 16 *East Central Norris Field L, 19-22 a 16-7 deficit to post a 33-30 win at Shotwell Sta- 8 Sat. Oct. 23 #Abilene Christian Greyhound Stadium L, 14-53 dium. Fide Davalos gave the Greyhounds the lead 9 Sat. Oct. 30 *SE Oklahoma State Greyhound Stadium W, 55-10 10 Sat. Nov. 6 *Northeastern State Wadley Stadium L, 40-43 OT for good, 26-22, on a 53-yard touchdown run. 11 Sat. Nov. 13 #Tarleton State Tarleton Memorial W, 35-10 Benton ran for 106 yards and two touchdowns, Inside the Series (ACU Leads 23-11) while ACU’s Billy Malone passed for 132 yards Date Opponent Result 10/23/10 @Blackwater Draw L, 14-53 and a touchdown. Current ENMU assistant coach 9/26/09 @Abilene, Texas L, 33-44 9/27/08 @Blackwater Draw L, 11-56 Tim Ojeda led the Greyhound defense with 11 9/29/07 @Abilene, Texas L, 20-45 9/30/06 @Blackwater Draw L, 0-21 tackles, two stops of a loss and an interception. 9/24/05 @Abilene, Texas W, 33-30 9/25/04 @Blackwater Draw W, 28-21 Cody Stutts and Marcus Brown each made 14 10/4/03 @Abilene, Texas L, 14-24 10/5/02 @Blackwater Draw L, 19-20 tackles for the Wildcats. 9/29/01 @Abilene, Texas L, 21-35 9/30/00 @Blackwater Draw L, 21-23 10/2/99 @Blackwater Draw L, 28-31 10/3/98 @Abilene, Texas W, 35-21 10/4/97 @Blackwater Draw W, 7-40 10/5/96 @Abilene, Texas L, 6-25 9/30/95 @Blackwater Draw W, 17-7 Buckle Your Seatbelts champion, Texas A&M-Commerce. Against Angelo State, starting So far, the spread has led to 18 quarterback Wesley Wood regis- 300+-yard passing days, three tered the 18th 300-yard passing 400+-yard passing games, two game since the Hounds adopted 500+-yard passing games and one the spread offense for the 2008 600+-yard passing game. season. In that game, his 97-yard touchdown pass to Michael Mat- thews shattered the team record The Defense Doesn’t Teams that are Special of 95 yards for the longest pass in Last season, Taylor Cannon team history. The previous record Rest connected on 45 of 46 point after was a Kevin Kott to Steve Jackson Against Highlands, the Grey- touchdown attempts last season and connection, against New Mexico hounds were extremely active, was 13-18 on field goal attempts, Highlands, on September 10, 1983. with 11 tackles for a loss and five including a 43-yarder. On Eastern’s first offensive snap sacks. Perron Sellers had 13 against ASU, Darian Dale caught tackles, while Malcolm Butters In week two, Jayson Serda nearly a 12-yard pass, to tie Jessie Poku’s forced and recovered a fumble. broke a long touchdown run on a career record, with 213 catches. At punt return against Incarnate Word. the end of the first quarter, he made Lane Wood made a career-high his second of eight catches, to take 13 tackles, including three for a Against Angelo State, the Hounds sole possession of the mark. loss against Incarnate Word. He held the 12th-ranked kick return Wood is just 12 touchdown is now nationally ranked in tack- game in the nation, more than five passes away from Kevin Kott’s les for a loss. Against Oklahoma yards below their season average. career record of 58. Panhandle, the rushing defense In the same game, Bracy McCoy In the season opener, Eastern stepped up and allowed just 69 blocked a field goal to seal the win. scored 36 points against Highlands yards rushing and six third-down and finished with 391 yards of conversions. total offense. The Hounds posted Against Angelo State, Serda a 28-point game with 449 yards of made 13 tackles, while Ronnie ENMU Football The Greyhounds posted seven offense at Incarnate Word. Slater forced a fumble, which consecutive winning seasons entering In 2009, the Greyhound Offense was recovered by Perron Sellers. 2005, and will be looking to return to set or tied three all-encompassing The Hounds also forced punts on their winning ways. Eastern was the NCAA records, eight NCAA ASU’s first four possessions of the top passing offense in the country in Division II records, 26 Lone Star the second half. 2009, setting numerous records. In the Conference records and 21 team In six of the eleven games last 2007 season, the Hounds spent several records (based on ENMU records season, the Greyhound defense weeks in the receiving votes section of available). Among the broken limited the opposition to either the AFCA poll after opening the season records was NCAA plays per game one or zero rushing touchdowns, with four consecutive wins. (93.45), breaking the record set by while the pass rush had at least the University of Notre Dame, dur- one sack in every game, except for ing the 1970 season. the second game of the season, at Since adopting the spread of- Angelo State. fense in 2008, the Hounds have The Hounds turned in an espe- averaged 331.3 yards passing and cially strong game at Southeastern 405.9 yards of total offense per Oklahoma, with seven sacks, two game along with 30.3 points per forced fumbles, two fumble recov- game. Last season, ENMU scored eries, an interception and three QB a team-record 380 points, while pressures. In that contest, Tillman the 2009 squad eclipsed the team Stevens made 18 tackles, a sack single-game scoring record in a 76- and blocked a kick. 56 win over eventual LSC North Greyhounds/Wildcats Greyhounds/Wildcats Team Comparison Individual Comparison ............................................. ENMU ...........#10 ACU ENMU ACU Record ........................................2-3 ......................3-1 Passing Yards LSC Record ................................1-2 ......................2-0 Wesley Wood .....1,505 Mitchell Gale ..............1,315 Turnover Ratio .............................-7 .........................0 Sawyer Cornelius ..102 ............................................. Rushing Yards Offense Tony Valenzuela ....172 Daryl Richardson ...........248 Total Offense .............2,085 (417.0) ..... 1,850 (462.5) Wesley Wood ..........97 Reggie Brown ................128 Points Per Game ....................... 28.6 ....................31.5 Yards Per Play ............................ 5.1 ......................5.9 Receiving Yards Possession Average ................ 27:41 ..................32:07 Darian Dale ...........375 Taylor Gabriel ................296 Net Rushing/Game ................... 82.2 ..................133.8 Michael Matthews . 256 Darian Hogg ..................227 Net Passing/Game .................. 334.8 ..................328.8 Had Intercepted/Yards ............ 9/158 ....................4/59 Points Scored Sacks Allowed/Yards ........... 21/154 ................... 7/31 Wesley Wood ............ 24 Morgan Lineberry ............36 Darian Dale ............... 18 Daryl Richardson .............24 Fumbles/Lost.............................. 6/5 ......................6/2 Michael Cottingham .. 17 Taylor Gabriel ..................18 Third Down Percentage ...........36% ....................42% Red Zone Touchdowns .............54% ....................53% Interceptions Giveaways ................................... 14 .........................6 Five Tied ...................1 Derek Drummond ..............2 ..................................... Bailey/Summers .................1 Defense Total Defense ............2,070 (414.0) ....