LSC Game Vs Midwestern State
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EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS 2011 Weekly Press Release Week #9: Eastern N.M vs #8 Midwestern State Lone Star Conference Game Saturday, October 29, 2011 • 2 p.m. MST Greyhound Stadium • Blackwater Draw 1991 Lone Star Conference Champions • Two LSC South Titles • 27 Winning Seasons Greyhounds Return to Blackwater Draw Athletic Communications Contact Information To Face #8 Mustangs Adam Pitterman (575) 562-4309 [email protected] Rachel Johnson (575) 562-2971 [email protected] Daniel Jones (575) 562-2971 [email protected] Home Sweet Home After a two-game road swing, the Hounds Websites return home and will resume Lone Star Confer- Goeasternathletics.com Facebook.com/enmusports ence play against Midwestern State. Eastern is Twitter.com/enmusports looking for its first win at Greyhound Stadium this season, but is averaging 375.3 yards of total of- 2011 Greyhounds Schedule fense and 23.7 points per game within its friendly Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) 1 Sat. Sept. 3 N.M. Highlands Greyhound Stadium L, 36-43 OT confines. 2 Sat. Sept. 10 *Incarnate Word Benson Stadium L, 28-41 Wesley Wood is averaging 237.7 passing yards 3 Sat. Sept. 17 Oklahoma Panhandle Carl Wooten Stadium W, 28-19 4 Sat. Sept. 24 *Tarleton State Greyhound Stadium L, 34-28 and 26.7 rushing yards per game at home, while 5 Sat. Oct. 1 *Angelo State San Angelo Stadium W, 23-21 Darian Dale has 23 catches for 168 yards. 6 Sat. Oct. 8 *Abilene Christian (HC) Greyhound Stadium L, 7-36 7 Sat. Oct. 15 *Northwest Missouri St. Bearcat Stadium L, 20-65 8 Sat. Oct. 22 *West Texas A&M Kimbrough Memorial L, 21-52 9 Sat. Oct. 29 *Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. Last Time in the Series 10 Sat. Nov. 5 *TAMU-Commerce Memorial Stadium 5 p.m. Last season, Midwestern came to Greyhound 11 Sat. Nov. 12 #TAMU-Kingsville Greyhound Stadium 1 p.m. Stadium ranked 13th in the country, but the Hounds struck first on a 10-yard touchdown catch 2010 Greyhounds Results (5-6/3-3) by Chase Kyser. The Mustangs scored the next Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) 1 Sat. Aug. 28 Southern Nazarene Greyhound Stadium W, 51-29 24 points, but Eastern held a 10-7 edge in second 2 Sat. Sept. 4 #Angelo State San Angelo Stadium L, 38-41 3 Sat. Sept. 11 #Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium L, 17-44 quarter points and trailed 31-17 at halftime. Mid- 4 Sat. Sept. 25 *TAMU-Commerce (HC) Greyhound Stadium W, 44-21 western State pulled away in the second half for 5 Sat. Oct. 2 *SW Oklahoma State Milam Field L, 10-21 6 Sat. Oct. 9 *Central Oklahoma Greyhound Stadium W, 49-31 a 44-17 win. Wesley Wood passed for 272 yards 7 Sat. Oct. 16 *East Central Norris Field L, 19-22 and two touchdowns, while Tony Valenzuela 8 Sat. Oct. 23 #Abilene Christian Greyhound Stadium L, 14-53 9 Sat. Oct. 30 *SE Oklahoma State Greyhound Stadium W, 55-10 rushed for 45 yards. Nathan Uland and Tillman 10 Sat. Nov. 6 *Northeastern State Wadley Stadium L, 40-43 OT Stevens each finished with 15 tackles, while 11 Sat. Nov. 13 #Tarleton State Tarleton Memorial W, 35-10 Keith Davis had two tackles for a loss. Inside the Series (MSU Leads 11-4) Date Opponent Result MSU quarterback Zack Eskridge passed for 9/11/2010 @Blackwater Draw L, 17-44 10/31/2009 @Blackwater Draw L, 17-50 139 yards and rushed for 137 yards. 11/1/2008 @Wichita Falls L, 16-59 11/3/2007 @Blackwater Draw L, 7-63 The Hounds last win in the series came dur- 11/4/2006 @Wichita Falls, Texas L, 19-29 10/29/2006 @Blackwater Draw L, 29-62 ing the 2001 season On Heath Ridenour’s three 10/30/2004 @Wichita Falls, Texas L, 20-34 touchdown passes. Eastern built a 36-19 lead and 10/18/2003 @Wichita Falls, Texas L, 14-24 10/19/2002 @Blackwater Draw L, 14-28 held on for the 36-33 win. Larry Varnado made 9/15/2001 @Wichita Falls, Texas W, 36-33 9/16/2000 @Blackwater Draw L, 16-33 12 tackles, including four for a loss. 11/13/1999 @Wichita Falls, Texas W, 38-33 11/14/1998 @Blackwater Draw W, 21-18 11/15/1997 @Wichita Falls, Texas L, 7-24 10/15/1955 @Portales, N.M. W, 13-6 Buckle Your Seatbelts Division II records, 26 Lone Star the second half. With the season winding down, Conference records and 21 team In six of the eleven games last quarterback Wesley Wood is ap- records (based on ENMU records season, the Greyhound defense proaching a number of career re- available). Among the broken limited the opposition to either cords. He is 41 pass attempts away records was NCAA plays per game one or zero rushing touchdowns, from the career record (1,042), one (93.45), breaking the record set by while the pass rush had at least completion from the career record the University of Notre Dame, dur- one sack in every game, except for (620) and 13 touchdowns from the ing the 1970 season. the second game of the season, at career record (58). Since adopting the spread of- Angelo State. During the Greyhounds’ game fense in 2008 (41 games), the The Hounds turned in an espe- at Northwest Missouri State, Wood Hounds have averaged 323.4 cially strong game at Southeastern shattered the Kevin Kott’s team yards passing and 401.1 yards of Oklahoma, with seven sacks, two record for total offense, while Dar- total offense per game along with forced fumbles, two fumble recov- ian Dale became the programs’ 29.2 points per game. Last sea- eries, an interception and three QB leader in receiving yards. son, ENMU scored a team-record pressures. In that contest, Tillman Wood is the Greyhounds most 380 points, while the 2009 squad Stevens made 18 tackles, a sack accurate passer in team history at eclipsed the team single-game and blocked a kick. 61.8%, and his current 64.4 com- scoring record in a 76-56 win over pletion percentage for the season is eventual LSC North champion, Teams that are Special the single-season record. Texas A&M-Commerce. So far, Against Angelo State, Wood the spread has led to 18 300+-yard Three weeks ago, against Abilene registered the 18th 300-yard pass- passing days, three 400+-yard pass- Christian, Arvin Jackson’s 18 ing game since the Hounds adopted ing games, two 500+-yard passing kickoff return yards brought his ca- the spread offense for the 2008 games and one 600+-yard passing reer total to 1,473, moving him past season. In that game, his 97-yard game. Steve Hinson for the Greyhound touchdown pass to Michael Mat- record. Michael Cottingham has thews shattered the team record been a perfect 14-14 on PAT kicks of 95 yards for the longest pass in The Defense Doesn’t for his career. team history. The previous record Rest was a Kevin Kott to Steve Jackson In week two, Jayson Serda nearly connection, against New Mexico Against Highlands, the Grey- hounds were extremely active, broke a long touchdown run on a Highlands, on September 10, punt return against Incarnate Word. 1983. On Eastern’s first offensive with 11 tackles for a loss and five snap against ASU, Dale caught a sacks. Perron Sellers had 13 tackles, while Malcolm Butters Against Angelo State, the Hounds 12-yard pass, to tie Jessie Poku’s held the 12th-ranked kick return career record, with 213 catches. At forced and recovered a fumble. Lane Wood made a career-high game in the nation, more than five the end of the first quarter, he made yards below their season average. his second of eight catches, to take 13 tackles, including three for a loss against Incarnate Word. He In the same game, Bracy McCoy sole possession of the mark. blocked a field goal to seal the win. Wood is just 11 touchdown is now nationally ranked in tack- les for a loss. Against Oklahoma passes away from Kevin Kott’s Last season, Taylor Cannon Panhandle, the rushing defense career record of 58. connected on 45 of 46 point after stepped up and allowed just 69 In the season opener, Eastern touchdown attempts last season and yards rushing and six third-down scored 36 points against Highlands was 13-18 on field goal attempts, conversions. and finished with 391 yards of including a 43-yarder. total offense. The Hounds posted Against Angelo State, Serda a 28-point game with 449 yards of made 13 tackles, while Ronnie offense at Incarnate Word. Slater forced a fumble, which In 2009, the Greyhound Offense was recovered by Perron Sellers. set or tied three all-encompassing The Hounds also forced punts on NCAA records, eight NCAA ASU’s first four possessions of the Greyhounds/Mustangs Greyhounds/Mustangs Team Comparison Individual Comparison ............................................. ENMU ............ #8 MSU ENMU #8 MSU Record ........................................2-6 ......................7-0 Passing Yards Conference Record .....................1-4 ......................6-0 Wesley Wood .....2,141 Brandon Kelsey ..........1,364 Turnover Ratio ...........................-10 .......................+3 Sawyer Cornelius ..137 Jake Glover ....................261 Rushing Yards Offense Tony Valenzuela ....263 Brandon Kelsey .............586 Total Offense .............3,106 (388.1) ..... 4,037 (576.7) Wesley Wood ........169 Jimmy Pipkin .................535 Points Per Game ....................... 23.9 ....................53.6 Yards Per Play ............................ 5.0 ......................8.3 Receiving Yards Possession Average ................ 30:21 ..................30:37 Darian Dale ...........562 David Little ....................572 Net Rushing/Game ..................