2007 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Day Date Opponent Time Series Record Saturday Sept. 1 at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh leads, 1-0 Saturday Sept. 8 BALL STATE* Ball State leads, 25-20-2 Saturday Sept. 15 at Northern Illinois* 2 p.m. NIU leads, 22-13-2 Saturday Sept. 22 HOWARD UNIVERSITY First meeting Saturday Sept. 29 at Vanderbilt First meeting Saturday Oct. 6 at Michigan Michigan leads, 7-0 Saturday Oct. 13 at Ohio* Ohio leads, 14-11-1 Saturday Nov. 20 NORTHWESTERN Northwestern leads, 1-0 Saturday Oct. 27 WESTERN MICHIGAN* WMU leads, 26-14-2 Saturday Nov. 3 at Toledo* Toledo leads, 23-11 Friday Nov. 9 BOWLING GREEN* (ESPNU) BG leads, 22-10-1 Saturday Nov. 17 at Central Michigan* CMU leads, 53-25-6 *Mid-American Conference game
Eastern Michigan University 2007 Football Coaching Staff Athletics Staff Head Coach: ...... Jeff Genyk (Bowling Green,'82); Fourth season (9-25) Athletics Director .. Dr. Derrick Gragg Assistant Coaches: Associate A.D...... TBA Jarvis Adams ...... Northwestern, ‘04...... 2nd Year-Cornerbacks Associate A.D...... Mike Malach Josh Buis...... DePauw, '2000 ...... 2nd Year-Tight ends/Tackles Howard Feggins ...... North Carolina, '87 ...... 4th Year-Running backs Asst. A.D.-Interim SWA ...... Scott Isphording ...... Hanover College, '94 ...... 4th Year-Offensive Coordinator/QB’s ...... Stephannnie Harvey-VandenBerg Robert Lee...... IUPUI, '90 ...... 4th Year-Defensive line Asst. A.D.-Marketing/Promotions ...... Jim O’Neil ...... Towson, '2001 ...... 2nd Year-Safeties, Recruiting coordinator ...... Stephannnie Harvey-VandenBerg Jay Peterson ...... Miami, '85 ...... 4th Year-Def. Coor./Asst. Head coach/Lb’s Dir. of Compliance/Certification ...... Chris Symington ...... Colorado, '88 ...... 4th Year-Offensive line ...... Dr. Melody Reifel Werner Scott Weaver ...... Illinois, '96 ...... 4th Year-Receivers Athletic Dev. Director ...... Craig Fink Adam Tubaro ...... Adrian,'05 ...... 3rd Year-Special Operations Ticket Mgr...... Ron Reid Graduate Assistant Coach Faculty Athletics Rep. .. Liz Broughton Aaron Krepps ...... Washington&Jefferson, ‘06/1st Year-Offense Steve Otterebein ...... Hillsdale, ‘07/1st Year-Defense Int. Adm. for Academics .. Erin Burdis Graduate Assistant Coach Facilities Supervisor ...... Dave Keller TBA Equipment Mgr...... Darrell Hallberg EMU Quick Facts EMU 2007 Dates Head Athletic Trainer Steve Nordwall President .. Dr. John A. Fallon, III Important Fall Date Associate Trainer ...... Bill Tuscany Founded .... 1849 March 10 Spring practice begins Staff Athletic Trainers ...... Enrollment . 24,000 March 13 Practice Melissa Pohorence, Masayasu Takaiwa Nickname .. Eagles March 15 Practice Head Strength & Cond.Mike Szerszen Colors ...... Dark Green (349) & White March 17 Practice Asst. Strength & Cond...... TBA March 19 Practice Stadium .... Rynearson Stadium (1969) Ath. Acct. Specialist . Bobbie Bowling March 20 Practice Football Secretary .... Maria Farrugia Capacity ... 30,200; FieldTurf (2005) March 22 Practice March 24 Practice Ath. Dept. Secretaries Carol Carrico Sports Information Staff March 27 Practice ...... Lori Grohowski Director ...... Jim Streeter March 29 Practice Office Phone ...... 734.487.0317 March 30 Practice Home Phone ...... 734.485.3221 EMU Board of Regents March 31 Practice Thomas W. Sidlik ...... Chair Assistant Director ...... Greg Steiner April 3 Practice Roy E. Wilbanks ...... vice chair SID Graduate Asst. .... Mekye Phelps April 5 Practice SID Graduate Asst...... Dan Murphy April 7 Spring Game Noon Ismael Ahmed SID Graduate Asst...... Paul Pancoe All practice days are subject to change Floyd Clack Student Assts ...... Chris Puzzuoli May 30, June 2, 6, 9-Super Senior:one-day Philip A. Incarnati June 26-27 Team Camp Gary D. Hawks Key Football Phone Numbers June 23-24 7-on-7 Passing Jamboree, Francie Parker H.C. Jeff Genyk .... 734.487.2160 (O) Big Man Day James F. Stapleton Rynearson Stadium Press Box Numbers:...... 734.481.0014 (0072) -1- www.emueagles.com 2007 eagles have spring mission
Eagles a strong base, the bad news is that while only nine players were lost through graduation, five were record-setting per- formers for the Green and White. “The quantity of veterans returning is good but the quality of the players that graduated will be hard to replace and probably will not be done by just one player at those positions,” Genyk said. “For in- stance, we probably won’t be able to have a guy at receiver who accomplished what Eric Deslauriers accomplished, but we may have two players fill that void. We may not have the productivity of place-kicker Andrew Wellock or the outstanding play of defensive standouts Kevin Howe and Mike Richardson nor an impact return guy like Trumaine Riley, so we may have to spread those numbers out a little more.” All of those graduated players left big holes to fill after leading the team for multiple years but Genyk is confident that his team will rebound from what was a deceiving 1-11 finish in 2006. “Against three teams that played in post- QB Tyler Jones (8) will lead the offense season bowl games last year we had a in spring drills lead in the fourth quarter and you could argue that we had a great chance to win YPSILANTI, Mich. — The main point of those games,” Genyk explained. “It’s not Head coach Jeff Genyk expects produc- spring football practice is to prepare the so much that we have to learn how to finish, tive spring drills team for the upcoming fall season. we need to start better. We need to learn And fourth-year Eastern Michigan Univer- how to utilize our assets, both offensively ing twice at tailback when that position was sity head football coach Jeff Genyk has and defensively, and get ahead of people plagued by injuries and Jones responded two major goals for his Eagles during the and execute better. In reviewing those with 310 yards gained on the year with four 2007 spring drills. fourth quarters we just didn’t execute very touchdowns on the ground. He also com- “From an overall team standpoint, we well on offense and that will be a major pleted 74-of-134 passes for 754 yards and want to assure that there is competition at focus this spring. We need to ensure that four touchdowns through the air. every position this spring,” Genyk explained. our offensive execution improves so we Schmitt started seven times at quarter- “Competition is absolutely critical to us can get more points when we reach the red back as a redshirt freshman last year and making the next step competitively. zone.” not only led the team in passing but also in “The other major emphasis this spring The EMU offense returns both the No. 1 rushing. He completed 131-of-213 passes will be to make sure that our newly founded and No. 2 quarterbacks from last year but for 1,182 yards and two touchdowns and leadership council is responsible for man- the spring will not give Genyk a true indica- rushed 107 times for 461 yards and four aging the team,” Genyk added. “That coun- tor of things to come at that position as touchdowns. cil, with senior captains at every position, both No. 1 incumbent, Andy Schmitt (6-3 With Jones’ playing time limited and has already had a major impact on our off- 1/2, 221, Jr.-So.) and No. 2 man Tyler Schmitt out of spring practice, Genyk will season conditioning and team building. Jones (6-2, 225, Sr.-Jr.), are coming count on two untested players to handle the “We’ve seen results of that leadership in back from off-season shoulder surgery. bulk of the snaps in the spring. December, January and February and now Jones is expected to participate in spring Redshirt freshman Ben Thayer (6-3, we need to see it in a practice environ- practice while Schmitt will most likely not 200, So.-Fr.) and senior Brian Ceckiewicz ment,” Genyk said. be available until after spring drills are (6-2 1/2, 190, Sr.-Sr.) will join Jones in Those two major goals should be attain- completed. the quarterback rotation during spring drills. able with a large group of 39 returning Jones began the 2006 season at quar- Both Thayer and Ceckiewicz practiced lettermen to lead the way. terback and started six times while battling with the team last year but did not see any While those 39 players should give the minor injuries all year. He ended up start- action. -2- 2007 eagles have spring mission
Fr.) freshman recruit Dwayne Priest ( 5-9, 185, Fr.-Fr.), a re- cruit from Fork Union Military Academy, along with Tyree Har- ris (5-6, 160, Jr.-So.) and senior John Neely (6-0, 200, Sr.- Sr.). The loss of Deslauriers and Trumaine Riley will present a major void in the receiving corps but returning starter Travis Lewis (6-2, 197, Sr.-Sr.) is back for his senior year and looking to duplicate a 2005 sophomore sea- son that saw him Linebacker Darran Matthews (42) catch 33 balls for 331 returns for his third year as a starter yards and one score. He had just 10 grabs Veteran tailback Pierre Walker (5-7, for 89 yards last year. 206, Sr.-Sr.) returns to bolster the EMU Sophomore wide running game. Walker started six times last receiver Dontayo Starting defensive tackle Jason Jones (83) returns after year before being sidelined with an injury. Gage (5-9, 188, Jr.- finishing fifth in the nation in tackles-for-loss in 2006 He was not only the third-leading rusher on So.) played both the team, with 214 yards and two touch- quarterback and wide receiver last year group are junior Reggie Brown (5-11, downs last year, but also one of the top and will most likely dedicate the spring to 171, Sr.-Jr.), redshirt freshman Michael pass blockers in playing only as a receiver. Graham (6-3, 200, So.-Fr.), West Virginia the offensive He caught 28 passes for State University transfer Nate Beard (5- backfield. 169 yards last year. Also 10, 170, So.-So.), redshirt freshmen Bran- Juniors returning is sophomore don Pratt (6-2, 190, So.-Fr.), Chris Wade Terrence DeAnthony White (5-8, (6-0, 195, So.-Fr.), Tyrone Burke (5-10, Blevins (6-1, 178, So.-So.) who played 187, So.-Fr.) and newcomer Jeffrey Brown 235, Jr.-Jr.) and in nine games last year as (6-2, 196, Fr.-Fr.). Dwayne a true freshman wideout Senior veteran Ken Bohnet (6-4 1/2, Harrison (5-9, and hauled in 15 passes 255, Sr.-Sr.) and junior John Bonner (6-2, 206, Jr.-Jr.) for 175 yards. 220, Jr.-Jr.) give the Eagles a strong one- spent time at Redshirt sophomore wide two punch at tight end while redshirt fresh- tailback last year receiver Jacory Stone (6- men Josh LeDuc (6-3, 209, So.-Fr.) and and should battle 0 1/2, 189, Jr.-So.) came Sonny Paluch (6-4, 220, So.-Fr.) will for a job in the on strong in the second provide competition at that spot. spring. half of 2006 and finished The offensive line will be a work in Other players the year with 13 catches progress for spring drills with several in the chase for for 99 yards and one touch- veterans mixing with newcomers to find a tailback reps in- down and returns to help starting rotation. clude Mark Lewis. Returning offensive line starters include Mitchell (5-11, A host of newcomers will left tackle T.J. Lang (6-3 1/2, 265, Jr.- 190, So.-Fr.), also strive to gain playing Jr.), left guard Andy Fretz (6-2, 280, Jr.- L.J. Robertson Pierre Walker (32) returns to his time in the receiving corps So.), and right guard Khalid Walton (6-3 (6-1, 200, So.- tailback spot in 2007 this spring. Included in that 1/2, 310, Sr.-Sr.). -3- 2007 eagles have spring mission
Redshirt junior Desi Mayner (6-1, 284, Brown (5-9, 155, Sr.-Sr.), Zedrick Sr.-Jr.) started at center in the final three Bryant (6-1, 195, Sr.-Jr.) and games of 2006 after battling injuries all fall Michael Almond (6-0, 175, So.- and will be counted on at that spot. A pair Fr.). of newcomers, converted defensive line- The safety spots will be manned man Stephen Johnson (6-5, 260, So.- by returning starters Chris May (5- So.) and redshirt freshman Dan DeMaster 10, 200, Jr.-So.) and Jacob Wyatt (6-5, 265, So.-Fr.), have been penciled in (5-11, 194, Jr.-Jr.) who finished for major line duty. tied for fourth on the team in tack- Others in the mix on the offensive front les last year with 89 each. include Chris Larkins (6-2, 260, Sr.-Jr.), Jermaine Jenkins (6-2, 200, Jr.- Ross Petersen (6-4 1/2, 300, Jr.-So.), Jr.) will join redshirt freshman Ryan Eric Davis (6-2, 245, So.-Fr.), Matt Downard (6-1, 195, So.-Fr.) and Keevan (6-2, 220, So.-Fr.) and Joe veteran Aaron Glenn (5-8 1/2, Charles (6-0, 309, Sr.-Jr.). 180, Sr.-Sr.) in search of safety The Eagles made their biggest improve- duty behind May and Wyatt. ment on the defensive side of the ball over The special teams will have a new the past two years. In 2004 Eastern gave look in 2006 with career-leading up 41 points a game and just 26 in 2006. place-kicker Wellock and career- “Last year we had two MAC opponents kick return record holder Trumaine that didn’t cross our 50-yard line until the Riley both graduated. second half of the game,” Genyk said. Junior Daniel Holtzclaw (44) finished 16th in the Sophomore Zach Johnson (6-0, “Now we need to learn how to play that way nation in tackles last season with 114 177, Jr.-So.) burst on the scene at the end. I’m very pleased with where the last year as the punter and started defense is but we have to continue to Christopher Downer (5-10, 219, Sr.-Sr.), the last 11 games of the year. He made the improve.” Desmon Owensby (6-0, 230, So.-Fr.), top 10 list for the Ray Guy Award which Despite losing front-liners like Howe and and Corey Everson (6-0, 202, Jr.-So.). goes to the top punter in the NCAA Division Richardson, the Eagles return the remain- Two-year starting middle linebacker I-A ranks. Johnson will battle Sean Dutcher ing nine defensive regulars. Daniel Holtzclaw (6-1, 230, Jr.-Jr.) was (5-10, 180, So.-Fr.) to replace Wellock as The defensive line will be anchored by a freshman All-American two years ago place-kicker. three returning starters. Defensive tackle and followed that up with a solid sopho- The top candidate for the return special- Jason Jones (6-5, 262, Sr.-Sr.) proved more campaign, finishing 16th in the nation ist role vacated by the graduated Trumaine that he is one of the top defensive pros- in tackles with 114 stops in 2006. Riley will be defensive back Julius Brown pects in the nation after finishing fifth in the SAM linebacker Darran Matthews (6-0, (6-2, 196, Sr.-Sr.). nation last year in tackles-for-loss with 220, Sr.-Sr.) has also been a two-year Long snapper Jerry Topolinski (6-1 1/ 18.5 for 71 yards. Jones also recorded starter and finished third on the team in 2, 245, Sr.-Sr.) returns for his fourth four sacks for 31 yards and had two forced tackles with 100 in 2006. consecutive year as the starter. fumbles. Richardson, who was second on the The 2006 Eagles will face a tough sched- The other starting tackle, junior Josh team in tackles last year with 108, will be ule again with five non-conference games Hunt (6-4 1/2, 280, Sr.-Jr.), also turned tough to replace but the candidates for and seven Mid-American Conference tilts. in a solid 2006 campaign, recording 53 playing time at linebacker include Cortland “It is a great challenge to be playing two total tackles, 10 TFL’s for 24 yards and Selman (6-0, 220, Sr.-Jr.), Andre teams from the Big Ten, Michigan and added 3.5 sacks for 14 yards. Hatchett (5-11, 200, So.-So.), Korey Northwestern, and one each from the South- Backup tackles include Alan Cozart (5- Jackson (5-11 1/2, 219, Sr.-Jr.), Chris eastern Conference, Vanderbilt, Big East, 9, 254, Sr.-Jr.) and Chris Radney (6-3, Campa (6-1, 220, Jr.-So.), Lorenzo Pittsburgh, and MEAC, Howard,” Genyk 245, So.-Fr.). Seaberry (5-6, 195, Jr.-So.) and Tim said. “We are still looking for a signature Defensive end Eric Young (6-1 1/2, Fort (6-0, 195, So.-Fr.). non-conference win, however.” 235, Sr.-Sr.), a junior college transfer last The two cornerback positions should be In non-league play Eastern travels to play year, started nine times and responded one of the stronger areas of the team with the University of Michigan, Pittsburgh, and with 25 tackles in his first year of Division Blake Smith (6-0 1/2, 175, Sr.-Sr.), Vanderbilt with home contests against I-A football. Duan Bracey (5-9, 189, Sr.-Sr.), and Northwestern and Howard University. Battling for the other defensive end Lyle Garrison (5-8, 170, Jr.-Jr.) combin- MAC home games include dates with Ball opening will be Corey Riley (6-2, 230, ing for 17 starts amongst them last year. State, Western Michigan and Bowling Green Sr.-Jr.), Spenser Smith (6-1, 230, Jr.- Other potential cornerbacks include with road battles at Northern Illinois, Ohio, Jr.), Brandon Downs (6-0, 247, Jr.-So.), Derrick Hunter (6-0, 180, So.-So.), Julius Toledo and Central Michigan. -4- EMU 2007 Spring Alphabetical Football Roster
'06 No. Name Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown-High School-Junior College 38 Michael Almond DB 6-0 175 So.-Fr. Milpitas, Calif.-Milpitas 82 Nate Beard WR 5-10 170 Jr.-So. Westland, Mich.-John Glenn-West Virginia State * 36 Terrence Blevins* TB 6-1 235 Jr.-Jr. Detroit, Mich.-Denby * 16 Ken Bohnet*** TE 6-4 1/2 255 Sr.-Sr. Grand Ledge,Mich.-Grand Ledge * 17 John Bonner** TE 6-2 220 Jr.-Jr. Dayton, Ohio-Chaminade Julienne * 4 Duan Bracey*** DB 5-9 189 Sr.-Sr. Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright 88 Jeff Brown WR 6-2 196 Fr.-Fr. Springfield, Ohio-Springfield * 49 Julius Brown* DB 5-9 155 Sr.-Sr. Washington, D.C.-Archbishop Carroll-Erie (NY) C.C. 87 Reggie Brown WR 5-11 171 Sr.-Jr. Detroit, Mich.-Oak Park 26 Zedrick Bryant* DB 6-1 195 Sr.-Sr. Immokalee,Fla.-Immokalee 86 Tyrone Burke WR 5-10 187 So.-Fr. Syracuse, N.Y.-Corcoran * 43 Chris Campa* LB 6-1 220 Jr.-So. Orlando,Fla.-Freedom 12 Brian Ceckiewicz QB 6-2 1/2 209 Sr.-Sr. Inkster,Mich.-Westland John Glenn 74 Joe Charles DL 6-0 309 Sr.-Jr. Coral Springs,Fla.-Coral Springs * 98 Allan Cozart* DL 5-9 254 Sr.-Jr. Detroit,Mich.-Mumford 78 Eric Davis OL 6-2 245 So.-Fr. Southgate, Mich.-Anderson 65 Dan DeMaster OL 6-5 265 So.-Fr. L’Anse Creuse, Mich.-Central 10 Ryan Downard DB 6-1 195 So.-Fr. Lima, Ohio-Shawnee 79 Christopher Downer DL 5-10 219 Sr.-Sr. Southfield,Mich.-Bishop Foley * 45 Brandon Downs* TE 6-0 247 Jr.-So. Springfield,Ohio-Kenton Ridge 67 Sean Dutcher PK 5-10 180 So.-Fr. Owosso, Mich.-Owosso 31 Corey Everson LB 6-0 202 Jr.-So. Detroit,Mich.-Mumford 57 Tim Fort DB 6-0 195 So.-Fr. Southfield, Mich.-Southfield * 60 Andy Fretz* OL 6-2 280 Jr.-So. Kalamazoo,Mich.-Central * 2 Dontayo Gage* WR 5-9 188 Jr.-So. Pontiac,Mich.-Northern * 30 Lyle Garrison** DB 5-8 170 Jr.-Jr. Beavercreek,Ohio-Dayton Carroll 39 Aaron Glenn DB 5-8 1/2 180 Sr.-Sr. Detroit,Mich.-Denby 81 Michael Graham WR 6-3 200 So.-Fr. Richmond, VA-Monacan 28 Tyree Harris TB 5-6 160 Jr.-So. Flint, Mich.-Beecher * 24 Dwayne Harrison** RB 5-9 206 Jr.-Jr. North Miami Beach,Fla.-North Miami Beach * 54 Andre Hatchett* LB 5-11 200 So.-So. Indianapolis, Ind.-Warren Central * 44 Daniel Holtzclaw** LB 6-1 230 Jr.-Jr. Enid,Oklahoma-Enid 85 Trevor Hoover WR 6-2 200 Jr.-So. Novi, Mich.-Novi * 91 Josh Hunt** DL 6-4 1/2 280 Sr.-Sr. Jackson,Mich.-Lumen Christi-University of Colorado * 34 Derrick Hunter* DB 6-0 180 So.-So. Southfield, Mich.-Southfield 46 Korey Jackson* LB 5-11 1/2 219 Sr.-Jr. Lansing,Mich.-Sexton * 25 Jermaine Jenkins* DB 6-2 200 Jr.-Jr. Saginaw, Mich.-Saginaw 55 Stephen Johnson OL 6-5 260 So.-So. Holt, Mich.-Holt * 33 Zach Johnson* P/PK 6-0 177 Jr.-So. Springboro,Ohio-Springboro * 83 Jason Jones*** DL 6-5 262 Sr.-Sr. Southfield,Mich.-Lathrup * 8 Tyler Jones** QB 6-2 225 Sr.-Jr. Belleville,Mich.-Belleville 58 Matt Keevan TE 6-2 220 So.-Fr. Spring Lake, Mich.-Spring Lake * 50 T.J. Lang** OL 6-3 1/2 265 Jr.-Jr. Ferndale,Mich.-Birmingham Brother Rice 69 Chris Larkins OL 6-2 260 Sr.-Jr. Hollywood,Fla.-Hollywood Christian -more-
-5- EMU 2007 Spring Alphabetical Football Roster
'06 No. Name Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown-High School-Junior College 89 Josh LeDuc TE 6-3 209 So.-Fr. Canton, Mich,-Canton * 3 Travis Lewis*** WR 6-2 197 Sr.-Sr. Kalamazoo,Mich.-Loy Norrix * 42 Darran Matthews*** LB 6-0 220 Sr.-Sr. Redford,Mich.-Thurston * 23 Chris May* DB 5-10 200 Jr.-So. Jupiter,Fla.-Dwyer * 73 Desi Mayner* OL 6-1 284 Sr.-Jr. Gaines,Mich.-Linden 37 Mark Mitchell DB 5-11 190 So.-Fr. Blissfield, Mich.-Tecumseh 47 John Neely TB 6-0 200 Sr.-Sr. Detroit, Mich.-University of Detroit H.S. 75 Desmon Owensby DL 6-0 230 So.-Fr. Flint, Mich.-Southwest Academy 6 Sonny Paluch TE 6-4 220 So.-Fr. Harper Woods, Mich.-Harper Woods 64 Ross Petersen OL 6-4 1/2 300 Jr.-So. Homewood,Illinois-Flossmoor 51 Robert Pierce DB 6-0 187 So.-Fr. Detroit, Mich.-Henry Ford 80 Brandon Pratt WR 6-2 190 So.-Fr. Wayne, Mich.-Westland John Glenn 22 Dwayne Priest RB 5-9 185 Fr.-Fr. Roanoke, Va.-William Fleming-Fork Union Academy 90 Chris Radney DT 6-3 245 So.-Fr. Detroit, Mich.-Henry Ford * 11 Corey Riley** DL 6-2 230 Sr.-Jr. Boynton Beach,Fla.-American Heritage 35 L.J. Robertson TB 6-1 200 So.-Fr. Sterling Heights, Mich.-Sterling Heights Stevenson * 7 Andy Schmitt* QB 6-3 1/2 221 Jr.-So. St. John’s,Mich.-St. John’s * 29 Lorenzo Seaberry* LB 5-6 195 Jr.-So. Cleveland,Ohio-Bedford * 9 Cortland Selman* LB 6-0 220 Sr.-Jr. Detroit,Mich.-Detroit Country Day * 14 Blake Smith*** DB 6-0 1/2 175 Sr.-Sr. Detroit,Mich.-Mackenzie * 41 Spenser Smith** DL 6-1 230 Jr.-Jr. Detroit,Mich.-Mackenzie * 15 Jacory Stone* WR 6-0 1/2 189 Jr.-So. Cleveland,Ohio-Glenville 10 Ben Thayer QB 6-3 200 So.-Fr. Kalamazoo, Mich.-Hackett Catholic Central * 53 Jerry Topolinski*** LS 6-1 1/2 245 Sr.-Sr. Grand Blanc,Mich.-Flint Powers 66 Patrick Treppa PK/P 5-10 150 So.-Fr. Livonia, Mich.-Stevenson 84 Chris Wade WR 6-0 195 So.-Fr. Linden, Mich.-Linden * 32 Pierre Walker*** TB 5-7 206 Sr.-Sr. Detroit,Mich.-Central * 63 Khalid Walton*** OL 6-3 1/2 310 Sr.-Sr. Southfield,Mich.-Southfield * 18 DeAnthony White* WR 5-8 178 So.-Fr. Kennesaw, GA-Kell * 21 Jacob Wyatt** DB 5-11 194 Jr.-Jr. Lansing,Mich.-Sexton * 92 Eric Young* DL 6-1 1/2 235 Sr.-Sr. Shiocton, Wisc.-Shiocton-North Iowa C.C. * Letters won in ‘06 on the left; Total letters listed on right includes ‘06
Letterwinners not returning * 19 Eric Deslauriers**** WR 6-4 1/2 205 Sr.-Sr. Gatineau,Quebec, Canada-Lennoxville College Prep * 75 Courtney Ford**** OL 6-5 302 Sr.-Sr. Wilmington,Delaware-Howard School of Technology * 88 Kevin Howe**** DL 6-2 1/2 250 Sr.-Sr. Fruitport,Mich.-Grand Haven 58 Kevin Minor* OL 6-2 289 Sr.-Sr. Flint,Mich.-Powers * 86 R.J. Montemayor** TE 6-4 1/2 230 Sr.-Sr. Groveton,Texas-Groveton-Cisco J.C. * 11 Michael Richardson** LB/DB 6-0 218 Sr.-Sr. Indianapolis,Ind.-Ben Davis -Harper (Ill.) J.C. * 85 Trumaine Riley**** WR 5-7 1/2 164 Sr.-Sr. Akron,Ohio-Walsh Jesuit * 71 Chris Thomas*** OL 6-4 307 Sr.-Jr. Carlisle, Pa.-Cumberland Valley-Milford Academy * 40 Andrew Wellock**** PK 5-11 182 Sr.-Sr. Canton,Ohio-Green
EMU FOOTBALL 2007 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE COACHES Cozart, Allan ...... CO-zart Paluch, Sonny ...... POLL-luck Feggins, Howard ...... FAY-ginz Downard, Ryan ...... DOWN-erd Walton, Khalid ...... kuh-LID Genyk, Jeff ...... JEN-ick Everson, Corey ...... EE-ver-son Isphording, Scott ...... ISS-for-ding Graham, Ferrel ...... fare-EL PLAYERS Harris, Tyree ...... ty-REE Bohnet, Ken ...... bo-NAY Kalstas, Josh ...... CALL-stus Bracey, Duan ...... dwan LeDuc, Josh ...... la-DUKE Ceckiewicz, Brian ...... sess-KEV-itch Montemayor, R.J...... monta-may-YOR
-6- EMU 2007 Spring Numerical Football Roster '06 No. Name Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown-High School-Junior College * 2 Dontayo Gage* WR 5-9 188 Jr.-So. Pontiac,Mich.-Northern * 3 Travis Lewis*** WR 6-2 197 Sr.-Sr. Kalamazoo,Mich.-Loy Norrix * 4 Duan Bracey*** DB 5-9 189 Sr.-Sr. Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright 5 6 Sonny Paluch TE 6-4 220 So.-Fr. Harper Woods, Mich.-Harper Woods * 7 Andy Schmitt* QB 6-3 1/2 221 Jr.-So. St. John’s,Mich.-St. John’s * 8 Tyler Jones** QB 6-2 225 Sr.-Jr. Belleville,Mich.-Belleville * 9 Cortland Selman* LB 6-0 220 Sr.-Jr. Detroit,Mich.-Detroit Country Day 10 Ryan Downard DB 6-1 195 So.-Fr. Lima, Ohio-Shawnee 10 Ben Thayer QB 6-3 200 So.-Fr. Kalamazoo, Mich.-Hackett Catholic Central * 11 Corey Riley** DL 6-2 230 Sr.-Jr. Boynton Beach,Fla.-American Heritage 12 Brian Ceckiewicz QB 6-2 1/2 209 Sr.-Sr. Inkster,Mich.-Westland John Glenn 13 * 14 Blake Smith*** DB 6-0 1/2 175 Sr.-Sr. Detroit,Mich.-Mackenzie * 15 Jacory Stone* WR 6-0 1/2 189 Jr.-So. Cleveland,Ohio-Glenville * 16 Ken Bohnet*** TE 6-4 1/2 255 Sr.-Sr. Grand Ledge,Mich.-Grand Ledge * 17 John Bonner** TE 6-2 220 Jr.-Jr. Dayton, Ohio-Chaminade Julienne * 18 DeAnthony White* WR 5-8 178 So.-Fr. Kennesaw, GA-Kell 19 20 * 21 Jacob Wyatt** DB 5-11 194 Jr.-Jr. Lansing,Mich.-Sexton 22 Dwayne Priest RB 5-9 185 Fr.-Fr. Roanoke, Va.-William Fleming-Fork Union Academy * 23 Chris May* DB 5-10 200 Jr.-So. Jupiter,Fla.-Dwyer * 24 Dwayne Harrison** RB 5-9 206 Jr.-Jr. North Miami Beach,Fla.-North Miami Beach * 25 Jermaine Jenkins* DB 6-2 200 Jr.-Jr. Saginaw, Mich.-Saginaw 26 Zedrick Bryant* DB 6-1 195 Sr.-Sr. Immokalee,Fla.-Immokalee 27 28 Tyree Harris TB 5-6 160 Jr.-So. Flint, Mich.-Beecher * 29 Lorenzo Seaberry* LB 5-6 195 Jr.-So. Cleveland,Ohio-Bedford * 30 Lyle Garrison** DB 5-8 170 Jr.-Jr. Beavercreek,Ohio-Dayton Carroll 31 Corey Everson LB 6-0 202 Jr.-So. Detroit,Mich.-Mumford * 32 Pierre Walker*** TB 5-7 206 Sr.-Sr. Detroit,Mich.-Central * 33 Zach Johnson* K 6-0 177 Jr.-So. Springboro,Ohio-Springboro * 34 Derrick Hunter* DB 6-0 180 So.-So. Southfield, Mich.-Southfield 35 L.J. Robertson TB 6-1 200 So.-Fr. Sterling Heights, Mich.-Sterling Heights Stevenson * 36 Terrence Blevins* TB 6-1 235 Jr.-Jr. Detroit, Mich.-Denby 37 Mark Mitchell DB 5-11 190 So.-Fr. Blissfield, Mich.-Tecumseh 38 Michael Almond DB 6-0 175 So.-Fr. Milpitas, Calif.-Milpitas 39 Aaron Glenn DB 5-8 1/2 180 Sr.-Sr. Detroit,Mich.-Denby 40 * 41 Spenser Smith** DL 6-1 230 Jr.-Jr. Detroit,Mich.-Mackenzie * 42 Darran Matthews*** LB 6-0 220 Sr.-Sr. Redford,Mich.-Thurston * 43 Chris Campa* LB 6-1 220 Jr.-So. Orlando,Fla.-Freedom * 44 Daniel Holtzclaw** LB 6-1 230 Jr.-Jr. Enid,Oklahoma-Enid * 45 Brandon Downs* TE 6-0 247 Jr.-So. Springfield,Ohio-Kenton Ridge 46 Korey Jackson* LB 5-11 1/2 219 Sr.-Jr. Lansing,Mich.-Sexton 47 John Neely TB 6-0 200 Sr.-Sr. Detroit, Mich.-University of Detroit H.S. 48 * 49 Julius Brown* DB 5-9 155 Sr.-Sr. Washington, D.C.-Archbishop Carroll-Erie (NY) C.C. * 50 T.J. Lang** OL 6-3 1/2 265 Jr.-Jr. Ferndale,Mich.-Birmingham Brother Rice 51 Robert Pierce DB 6-0 187 So.-Fr. Detroit, Mich.-Henry Ford 52 Tim Fort DB 6-0 195 So.-Fr. Southfield, Mich.-Southfield * 53 Jerry Topolinski*** LS 6-1 1/2 245 Sr.-Sr. Grand Blanc,Mich.-Flint Powers * 54 Andre Hatchett* LB 5-11 200 So.-So. Indianapolis, Ind.-Warren Central 55 Stephen Johnson OL 6-5 260 So.-So. Holt, Mich.-Holt 56 -more- -7- EMU 2007 Spring Numerical Football Roster
'06 No. Name Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown-High School-Junior College 57 58 Matt Keevan TE 6-2 220 So.-Fr. Spring Lake, Mich.-Spring Lake 59 * 60 Andy Fretz* OL 6-2 280 Jr.-So. Kalamazoo,Mich.-Central 61 62 * 63 Khalid Walton*** OL 6-3 1/2 310 Sr.-Sr. Southfield,Mich.-Southfield 64 Ross Petersen OL 6-4 1/2 300 Jr.-So. Homewood,Illinois-Flossmoor 65 Dan DeMaster OL 6-5 265 So.-Fr. L’Anse Creuse, Mich.-Central 66 Patrick Treppa PK/P 5-10 150 So.-Fr. Livonia, Mich.-Stevenson 67 Sean Dutcher PK 5-10 180 So.-Fr. Owosso, Mich.-Owosso 68 69 Chris Larkins OL 6-2 260 Sr.-Jr. Hollywood,Fla.-Hollywood Christian 70 71 72 * 73 Desi Mayner* OL 6-1 284 Sr.-Jr. Gaines,Mich.-Linden 74 Joe Charles DL 6-0 309 Sr.-Jr. Coral Springs,Fla.-Coral Springs 75 Desmon Owensby DL 6-0 230 So.-Fr. Flint, Mich.-Southwest Academy 76 77 78 Eric Davis OL 6-2 245 So.-Fr. Southgate, Mich.-Anderson 79 Christopher Downer DL 5-10 219 Sr.-Sr. Southfield,Mich.-Bishop Foley 80 Brandon Pratt WR 6-2 190 So.-Fr. Wayne, Mich.-Westland John Glenn 81 Michael Graham WR 6-3 200 So.-Fr. Richmond, VA-Monacan 82 Nate Beard WR 5-10 170 So.-So. Westland, Mich.-John Glenn-West Virginia State * 83 Jason Jones*** DL 6-5 262 Sr.-Sr. Southfield,Mich.-Lathrup 84 Chris Wade WR 6-0 195 So.-Fr. Linden, Mich.-Linden 85 Trevor Hoover WR 6-2 200 Jr.-So. Novi, Mich.-Novi 86 Tyrone Burke WR 5-10 187 So.-Fr. Syracuse, N.Y.-Corcoran 87 Reggie Brown WR 5-11 171 Sr.-Jr. Detroit, Mich.-Oak Park 88 Jeff Brown WR 6-2 196 Fr.-Fr. Springfield, Ohio-Springfield 89 Josh LeDuc TE 6-3 209 So.-Fr. Canton, Mich,-Canton 90 Chris Radney DT 6-3 245 So.-Fr. Detroit, Mich.-Henry Ford * 91 Josh Hunt** DL 6-4 1/2 280 Sr.-Sr. Jackson,Mich.-Lumen Christi-University of Colorado * 92 Eric Young* DL 6-1 1/2 235 Sr.-Sr. Shiocton, Wisc.-Shiocton-North Iowa C.C. 93 94 95 96 97 * 98 Allan Cozart* DL 5-9 254 Sr.-Jr. Detroit,Mich.-Mumford 99 * Letters won in ‘06 on the left; Total letters listed on right includes ‘06
Letterwinners lost * 11 Michael Richardson** LB/DB 6-0 218 Sr.-Sr. Indianapolis,Ind.-Ben Davis -Harper (Ill.) J.C. * 19 Eric Deslauriers**** WR 6-4 1/2 205 Sr.-Sr. Gatineau,Quebec, Canada-Lennoxville College Prep * 40 Andrew Wellock**** PK 5-11 182 Sr.-Sr. Canton,Ohio-Green 58 Kevin Minor* OL 6-2 289 Sr.-Sr. Flint,Mich.-Powers * 75 Courtney Ford**** OL 6-5 302 Sr.-Sr. Wilmington,Delaware-Howard School of Technology * 85 Trumaine Riley**** WR 5-7 1/2 164 Sr.-Sr. Akron,Ohio-Walsh Jesuit * 86 R.J. Montemayor** TE 6-4 1/2 230 Sr.-Sr. Groveton,Texas-Groveton-Cisco J.C. * 88 Kevin Howe**** DL 6-2 1/2 250 Sr.-Sr. Fruitport,Mich.-Grand Haven
-8- EMU 2007 Spring Quick Facts
GENERAL COACHING STAFF Head Coach Jeff Genyk Name of school Eastern Michigan Unviersity Alma Mater, Yr. Bowling Green, '82 City/Zip Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Record at School, (yrs.) 9-25 (Fourth year) Founded 1849 Career Record (yrs.) 9-25 (Fourth year) Enrollment 24,000 Football Office Phone 734.487.2160 Best time/day to reach coach Daily, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Nickname Eagles Offensive Formation: Spread School Colors Green (349) & White Defensive Formation: 4-3 Stadium/Built Rynearson Stadium (1969) Lettermen Returning/Lost: 39/9 Capacity 30,200 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4 Affiliation NCAA Division I-A Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 9/2 Conference Mid-American Conference Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater/Yr) Defensive Coordinator/Asst. Head Coach/Linebackers President John A. Fallon, III Jay Peterson (Miami, '85) - 4th year Alma Mater,Yr. Western Michigan, '69 Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Scott Isphording (Hanover College, '94) - 4th year Athletic Director Derrick Gragg Defensive Corners Alma Mater, Yr. Vanderbilt, '83 Jarvis Adams (Northwestern, '04) - 2nd year Tight Ends/Tackles Athletic Dept. Phone 734.487.1050 John Buis (DePauw, '00) - 2nd year Ticket Office Phone 734.487.2282 Defensive Tackles Robert Lee (IUPUI, '90) - 4th year Defensive Safeties/Recruiting Coordinator HISTORY Jim O’Neil (Towson, '01) - 2nd year Offensive Line First yr. of football 1891 Chris Symington (Colorado, '88) - 4th year Overall/all-time record 419-490-47 Running Backs Howard Feggins (North Carolina, '87) - 4th year Last post season appearance 1987 -California Bowl Receivers Result W, 30-27 San Jose State Scott Weaver (Illinois, '96) - 4th Year Video Coordinator/Logistics Adam Tubaro (Adrian, '05) - 3rd year Graduate Assistant SPORTS INFORMATION Aaron Krepps (Washington&Jefferson, ‘06) - 1st Year Football SID Jim Streeter Steve Otterbien (Hillsdale, ‘07) - 1st Year Office phone 734.487.0317 Home phone 734.485.3221 Athletics Training Staff Steve Nordwall, Melissa Pohorence, Masayasu Takaiwa, e-mail [email protected] Bill Tuscany Sports Information Dir. Jim Streeter SID office phone 734.487.0317 TEAM INFORMATION Home phone 734.485.3221 Total Home Away Cell phone 734.260.1004 Overall record last year 1-11 1-4 0-7 e-mail [email protected] Conference record 1-7 1-3 0-4 Asst. Sports Info. Dir. Greg Steiner Final ranking last year n/a SID office phone 734.487.0318 Cell phone 734.485.1132 [email protected] SID FAX 734.485.3840 MEDIA INFORMATION Press Box Phone 734.481.0014 and 0072 Radio station WEMU (89.1 FM) SID Mailing Address Sports Information Radio contact person Clark Smith Convocation Center Address 426 King Hall Room 307 Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Phone 734.487.2229 WEB SITE Radio broadcast team Matt Shepard, Rob Rubick, www.emueagles.com Brian Nemerovski -9- EMU 2007 Spring Depth Chart
TEAM INFORMATION Offensive Depth Chart - Spring 2007 - Returning starters in BOLD CAPS
Offensive Starters Returning (7) Ht. Wt Class Pertinent Stats from 2006
WR-X 15 Jacory Stone* 6-0 1/2 189 Jr.-So. Started five times in 2006 80 Brandon Pratt 6-2 190 So.-Fr. Sat out the season as a redshirt freshman 81 Michael Graham 6-3 200 So.-Fr. Sat out the 2006 season as a redshirt freshman
LT 50 T.J. LANG** 6-3 1/2 265 Jr.-Jr. Started all 12 games at left tackle in 2006 69 Chris Larkins 6-2 260 Sr.-Jr. Played both tight end and offensive tackle last year
LG 660 ANDY FRETZ* 6-2 280 Jr.-So. Started all 12 games at left guard in 2006 64 Ross Petersen 6-4 1/2 300 Jr.-So. Backup offensive lineman in 2006
C 73 Desi Mayner* 6-1 284 Sr.-Jr. Started the final three games of 2006 after battling injuries early in the year 78 Eric Davis 6-2 245 So.-Fr. Sat out last year as a redshirt freshman 58 Matt Keevan 6-2 220 So.-Fr. Sat out last year as a redshirt freshman
RG 63 KHALID WALTON*** 6-3 1/2 310 Sr.-Sr. Started 11 of 12 games at right guard in 2006, all 11 in 2005 and all 11 in 2004 74 Joe Charles 6-0 309 Sr.-Jr. Moved to offensive line in 2006
RT 55 Stephen Johnson 6-5 260 So.-So. Played on defense in 2006...Moved to offense for 2007 spring drills...One of five true freshmen to play 65 Dan DeMaster 6-5 265 So.-Fr. Sat out the 2006 season as a redshirt freshman
TE 16 KEN BOHNET*** 6-4 1/2 255 Sr.-Sr. Has earned three letters...Started his career as a quarterback and switched to tight end two years ago...Started seven times in 2006 before breaking a hand and missing the last three games of the year...Caught nine passes for 87 yards last season 17 John Bonner** 6-2 220 Jr.-Jr. Played in all12 games and started once in 2006...Caught seven passes for 95 yards last year 89 Josh LeDuc 6-3 209 So.-Fr. Sat out last year as a redshirt freshman 6 Sonny Paluch 6-4 220 So.-Fr. Sat out last year as a redshirt freshman
WR-H 2 Dontayo Gage* 5-9 188 Jr.-So. Versatile performer who played quarterback, tailback and receiver last year...Completed 12-of-23 passes for 110 yards and one touchdown, rushed 20 times for 48 yards and caught 28 passes for 169 yards 82 Nate Beard 5-10 170 So.-So. Sat out the 2006 season as a transfer from West Virginia State 88 Jeffrey Brown 6-2 196 Fr.-Fr. Enrolled in January 2007 as a true freshman and is eligible to compete in spring practice 18 DeAnthony White* 5-8 178 So.-So. Played in nine games, starting three times, last year...Caught 15 passes for 175 yards last year 86 Tyrone Burke 5-10 187 So.-Fr. Sat out last year as a redshirt freshman
-10- EMU 2007 Spring Depth Chart
Offensive Starters Returning (7)-cont. Ht. Wt Class Pertinent Stats from 2006
WR-Z 3 TRAVIS LEWIS*** 6-2 197 Sr.-Sr. Started seven times at one of the wide receiver spots last year...Caught 10 passes for 89 yards and one touchdown...Also competed on the EMU men’s basketball team the past two seasons and finished the 2006-07 season with a 2.7 scoring average and a 4.9 rebound mark while playing in 25 games, 20 as a starter and defensive specialist 87 Reggie Brown 5-11 171 Sr.-Jr. Started the final game of 2006 84 Chris Wade 6-0 195 So.-Fr. Sat out the season as a redshirt freshman
QB 8 TYLER JONES** 6-2 225 Sr.-Jr. Had off-season shoulder surgery and is probable for spring practice...Started eight times last year, six at quarterback and two at tailback while battling injuries...Completed 74-of-134 passes for 764 yards and four touchdowns...Rushed 107 times for 310 yards and four touchdowns. 7 ANDY SCHMITT* 6-3 1/2 221 Jr.-So. Had off-season shoulder surgery and will miss all of the 2007 spring drills...Started six times last year and completed 131-of-213 passes for 1,182 yards and two touchdowns and led the team in rushing with 461 yards gained on 107 rushes and scored four touch downs on the ground 10 Ben Thayer 6-3 200 So.-Fr. Sat out the 2006 season as a redshirt freshman...Will be one of two healthy quarterbacks for 2007 spring drills 12 Brian Ceckiewicz 6-2 1/2 209 Sr.-Sr. Will be one of two healthy quarterbacks for 2007 (cess-KEV-ich) spring drills
TB 32 Pierre Walker*** 5-7 206 Sr.-Sr. Started the first five games last year before suffering a season-ending foot injury...Rushed 51 times for 214 yards and two touchdowns before the injury...One of the best blockers of the tailbacks
37 Mark Mitchell 5-11 190 So.-Fr. Sat out the 2006 season as a redshirt freshman 35 L.J. Robertson 6-1 200 So.-Fr. Sat out the 2006 season as a redshirt freshman 36 Terrence Blevins 6-1 235 Jr.-Jr. Started once last year...Finished the year with 26 carries for 106 yards 28 Tyree Harris 5-6 160 Jr.-So. Switched from defense to offense for 2007 spring drills 24 Dwayne Harrison** 5-9 206 Jr.-Jr. Played in six games, starting twice last year while battling injuries...Gaioned 116 yards on 28 rushes 22 Dwayne Priest 5-9 185 Fr.-Fr. Transferred from Fork Union Academy and enrolled in January...Will participage in spring drills 47 John Neely 6-0 200 Sr.-Sr. Sat out last season and switched from defense to offense for 2007 spring drills
-11- EMU 2007 Spring Depth Chart
Offensive Starters Lost (4) Ht. Wt Class Pertinent Stats from 2006
WR-X 19 ERIC DESLAURIERS**** 6-4 1/2 205 Sr.-Sr. Set virtually all of the EMU receiving records in four years on the squad...Set school records for touch down receptions (27), receptions (248) and receiving yards (3,250)...Finished his career ranked in eight Mid- American Conference receiving categories...Led the 2006 Eagles in receptions (74), receiving yards (898) and touchdowns (5)...First-team All-MAC
OT 75 COURTNEY FORD**** 6-5 302 Sr.-Sr. Starter in all 12 games last year, 10 as the offensive left tackle and two as the starting offensive right tackle
OC 71 CHRIS THOMAS*** 6-4 307 Sr.-Jr. Started 10 games at center last year
WR 85 TRUMAINE RILEY**** WR 5-7 1/2 164 Started at one of the wide receiver spots in nine games last year...One of the top return specialists in EMU and MAC history and holds the career records for kickoff returns (130), and kickoff return yards (2,541) in both school and league history...Also recorded 95 pass receptions for 952 yards * 86 R.J. Montemayor** TE 6-4 1/2 230 Played in eight games last year and caught six passes for 28 yards
Defensive Depth Chart - Spring 2007 - Returning starters in BOLD CAPS
Defensive Starters Returning (9) Ht. Wt Class Pertinent Stats from 2006
DE 92 ERIC YOUNG* 6-1 1/2 235 Sr.-Sr. Started in nine of 11 games played at defensive end last year after transferring from North Iowa C.C....Recorded 25 tackles 41 Spenser Smith** 6-1 230 Jr.-Jr. Has earned two letters in first two seasons of action...Turned in eight tackles last year 75 Desmon Owensby 6-0 230 So.-Fr. Redshirted as a freshman in 2006 79 Christopher Downer 5-10 219 Sr.-Sr. Redshirted last year
DT 83 JASON JONES*** 6-5 262 Sr.-Sr. One of the top defensive players in the nation last year...Finished fifth in the nation in tackles-for-loss in 2006 with 18.5-for-71...Also recorded four sacks for 31 yards and had 57 total tackles...Started in all 11 games in which he played 98 Alan Cozart* 5-9 254 Sr.-Jr. Played in 11 games and started twice...Recorded 10 tackles
DT 91 JOSH HUNT**` 6-4 1/2 280 Sr.-Jr. Has been a starter for the past two seasons...Started in 10 of the 12 games played last year and had 53 tackles,was second on the team in tackles-for-loss (10-for-24) and had 3.5 sacks for 14 yards and one fumble recovery 90 Chris Radney 6-3 245 So.-Fr. Redshirted as a freshman in 2006 and will have freshman eligibility in 2007
-12- EMU 2007 Spring Depth Chart
Defensive Starters Returning (9)-cont. Ht. Wt Class Pertinent Stats from 2006
DE 11 Corey Riley** 6-2 230 Sr.-Jr. Played in all 12 games and earned four starts in 2006...Had 3.5 tackles-for-loss of 15 yards...Returned an interception 78 yards against Kent State 31 Corey Everson 6-0 202 Jr.-So. Moved move from offense to defense last year and from linebacker to defensive line for 2007 spring drills 45 Brandon Downs* 6-0 247 Jr.-So. Played tight end last year and switched to defensive line for 2007 spring drills WILL 54 Andre Hatchett* 5-11 200 So.-So. One of five true freshman to see action last year and started in four of 12 games in which he played... Recorded 32 tackles 43 Chris Campa* 6-1 220 Jr.-So. Played in all 12 games as one a backup linebacker last year and turned in 11 tackles
MIKE 44 DANIEL HOLTZCLAW** 6-1 230 Jr.-Jr. Two-year starter at middle linebacker...One of the 2006 preseason candidates for the Dick Butkus Award as the top linebacker in college football...Led the team in tackles with 114 and added 3.5 tackles-for- loss of 14 yards and one sack for eight yards... Finished 16 in the nation in total tackles and was led the Mid-American Conference in tackles... Recovered one fumble and had one forced fumble...Earned first-team freshman All-American honors in 2005 by The Football News, and was a third- team freshman All-American by both the Football Writers of Amnerica and by CollegeFootballNews.com
29 Lorenzo Seaberry* 5-6 195 Jr.-So. Stepped in as a top backup linebacker and special- teams player last year and played in all 12 games 57 Tim Fort 6-0 195 So.-Fr. Sat out the 2006 season as a redshirt freshman
SAM 42 DARRAN MATTHEWS*** 6-0 220 Sr.-Sr. One of the top EMU linebackers for the last two years after beginning his career as a tailback...Has started in 22 of the 23 games played the last two seasons...Finished third on the 2006 team in tackles with 100 and added 4.5 tackles-for-loss of 23 yards and added one forced fumble...Finished 50th in tackles in the Division 1-A ranks 9 Cortland Selman* 6-0 220 Sr.-Jr. Played in all 12 games last year and started once...Recorded 13 tackles and had one pass deflection 46 Korey Jackson* 5-11 1/2 219 Sr.-Jr. Projected as one of the top linebackers on the team last year before being sidelined for the entire season with a leg injury during fall camp...Earned his first letter in 2005
BC 14 BLAKE SMITH*** 6-0 1/2 175 Sr.-Sr. Started six times in 2006 and recored 39 tackles with four pass delections and two forced fumbles...Has earned three letters in his career 30 LYLE GARRISON** 5-8 170 Jr.-Jr. Started seven times last year and responded with 18 tackles,one pass deflection and one fumble recovery 49 Julius Brown* 5-9 155 Sr.-Sr. Started three of the eight games in which he played after transferring from Erie (N.Y.) C.C. -13- Defensive Starters Returning (9)-cont. Ht. Wt Class Pertinent Stats from 2006
FC 4 Duan Bracey*** 5-9 189 Sr.-Sr. Started four times at defensive back last year...Recorded 27 tackles and tied for the team lead in interceptions with two...Added three pass deflec tions and two forced fumbles 34 Derrick Hunter* 6-0 180 So.-So. One of five true freshmen to see action...Played in nine games and earned a varsity letter 26 Zedrick Bryant* 6-1 195 Sr.-Jr. Scheduled to see plenty of playing time in the defen sive backfield last year before suffering a shoulder injury that sidelined him for the entire 2006 season 38 Michael Almond 6-0 175 So.-Fr. Sat out the 2006 season as a redshirt frehman
FS 23 CHRIS MAY* 5-10 200 Jr.-So. Started all 12 games in 2006 as a redshirt fresh man...Finished fifth on the team in tackles with 89 and added four tackles-for-loss of eight yards and tied for the team lead in interceptions with two...Also had one fumble recovery 25 Jermaine Jenkins* 6-2 200 Jr.-Jr. Played in 10 games last year in his first season for the Eagles...Had nine tackles on defense and was a valuable special teams performer 51 Robert Pierce 6-0 187 So.-Fr. Redshirted as a freshman in 2006
SS 21 JACOB WYATT** 5-11 194 Jr.-Jr. Started 11 of 12 games last year...Finished fourth on the team in tackles with 89 and tied for the team lead in interceptions with two 10 Ryan Downard 6-1 195 So.-Fr. Redshirted as a freshman in 2006...Practiced with the team and was singled out by the coaching staff for a Practice Player Award during the week of the Ohio game 39 Aaron Glenn 5-8 1/2 180 Sr.-Sr. Veteran member of the team who should provide depth
Defensive Starters Lost (2) Ht. Wt Class Pertinent Stats from 2006
11 MICHAEL RICHARDSON** 6-0 218 Sr.-Sr. Two-year regular at linebacker...Finished second on the team in tackles last year with 108 while starting in all 12 games
88 KEVIN HOWE**** 6-2 1/2 250 Sr.-Sr. Most Valuable Defensive Player on the team last season...Finished seventh on the team in tackles with 54 and added eight TFL’s for 24 yards...Started all 12 games at defensive end
-14- EMU 2007 Spring Depth Chart
Special Teams Starters Returning (2) Ht. Wt Class Pertinent Stats from 2006
PNT/ 33 ZACH JOHNSON* 6-0 177 Jr.-So. One of 10 redshirt freshmen to see action in 2006... HLD Became the starting punter for the final 11 games of the season and finished with a 40.5 punting average to rank fifth in the Mid-American Confer ence...Selected as a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award as the nation’s top punter...Was the holder for all of place-kicker Andrew Wellock’s PAT and field- goal attempts
SNP 53 JERRY TOPOLINSKI*** 6-1 1/2 245 Sr.-Sr. Has been the regular long snapper for the past three years
PK 67 Sean Dutcher 5-10 180 So.-Fr. Redshirted as a freshman in 2006...Practiced with the team all season
Special Teams Starters Lost (1) Ht. Wt Class Pertinent Stats from 2006
PK 40 ANDREW WELLOCK*** 5-11 182 Sr.-Sr. Four-year starter who graduated with virtually all of EMU’s career kicking records...One of the top place- kickers in the NCAA-1A ranks for four straight seasons...Finished runner-up for the 2004 Lou Groza Award as the top place-kicker in the nation...Also made the Lou Groza Watch list in his other three seasons, chosen as a semifinalist in 2003, 2004 and 2006...Selected as an Associated Press third-team All-American after an outstanding 2004 season... Chosen as one of four place-kickers to compete in the State Farm College Football All-Star Challenge, held Jan. 30, 2007 at the Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami, Fla. and he won the long-kick championship...Was EMU’s starting place-kicker in all 46 games during his four-year career...Set the EMU career field-goal record during the 2005 season and completed his career with a school record 69 three pointers...Also became EMU’s career scoring leader with 299 points in his 46 games played...Named first-team All-Mid- Conference three times, in 2004,2005 and 2006
EMU Player Breakdown Returning Letterwinners: 39 Letterwinners Lost: 9 Offensive Letterwinners Returning: 15 Defensive Letterwinners Returning:: 22 Special Teams Letterwinners Returning: 2 Offensive Starters Returning: 7 Offensive Starters Lost: 4 Defensive Starters Returning: 9 Defensive Starters Lost: 2 Special Teams Starters Returning: 2 Special Teams Starters Lost: 1
-15- EMU 2006 Starters/National Rankings
Game WR LT LG C RG RT WR/Z/TB WR/H/TE QB TB/WR WR/X/TB
at BSU* Gage Ford Fretz Thomas Walton Lang T.Lewis Bohnet T. Jones Walker Deslauriers
at MSU T.Riley Ford Fretz Thomas Walton Lang T.Lewis Gage T. Jones Walker Deslauriers
at NW T.Riley Ford Fretz Thomas Walton Lang T.Lewis Bohnet T. Jones Walker Deslauriers
CMU* White Ford Fretz Thomas Walton Lang T.Lewis Bohnet Schmitt Harrison Deslauriers
at La.Laf. T.Riley Ford Fretz Thomas Walton Lang T.Lewis Bohnet Schmitt Harrison Deslauriers
at BGSU* T. Riley Ford Fretz Thomas Walton Lang Bonner Bohnet T. Jones Walker Deslauriers
TOLEDO* T.Riley Ford Fretz Thomas Walton Lang T.Lewis Bohnet Schmitt T.Jones Deslauriers
at WMU* T.Riley Ford Fretz Thomas Walton Lang T.Lewis Stone Schmitt Walker Deslauriers
OHIO* T.Riley Ford Fretz Thomas Walton Lang Stone Bohnet T.Jones White Deslauriers
NAVY T.Riley Ford Fretz Mayner Walton Lang Stone Bonner Schmitt White Deslauriers
at Kent St.* T.Riley Lang Fretz Thomas Mayner Ford Stone Bonner Schmitt T.Jones Deslauriers
NIU* R.Brown Lang Fretz Mayner Walton Ford Stone Downs T.Jones Blevins Deslauriers
2006 DEFENSIVE STARTERS
Game DE DT DT DE WILL MIKE SAM FC BC SS FS
at BSU* Howe Hunt J. Jones Young Selman Holtzclaw Matthews J.Brown Richardson Wyatt May
at MSU Howe Hunt J. Jones Young Hatchett Holtzclaw Matthews J.Brown Richardson Wyatt May
at NW Howe Hunt J. Jones Young Richardson Holtzclaw Matthews J.Brown L.Garrison Wyatt May
CMU* Howe Hunt J.Jones Young Richardson Holtzclaw Matthews J.Brown L.Garrison Wyatt May
at La.Laf. Howe Hunt Cozart Young Richardson Holtzclaw Hatchett Bracey L.Garrison Wyatt May
at BGSU* Howe Hunt J.Jones C.Riley Richardson Holtzclaw Matthews B.Smith L.Garrison Wyatt May
TOLEDO* Howe Hunt J.Jones C.Riley Richardson Holtzclaw Matthews B.Smith L.Garrison Wyatt May
at WMU* Howe Cozart J.Jones C.Riley Richardson Holtzclaw Matthews B.Smith L.Garrison Wyatt May
OHIO* Howe Hunt J.Jones Young Richardson Holtzclaw Matthews B.Smith Bracey Wyatt May
NAVY Howe Hunt J.Jones Young Hatchett Holtzclaw Matthews B.Smith Bracey Richardson May
at Kent St.* Howe Hunt J.Jones Young Richardson Holtzclaw Matthews B.Smith Bracey Wyatt May
NIU* Howe Hunt J.Jones Young Richardson Holtzclaw Matthews L.Garrison Bracey Wyatt May
NCAA FOOTBALL RANKING NCAA FOOTBALL RANKING TEAM SUMMARY REPORT (NOV. 27) INDIVIDUAL SUMMARY REPORT (NOV. 27) EASTERN MICHIGAN (1-11; 1-7 MAC) EASTERN MICHIGAN (1-11; 1-7 MAC) Category Rank Actual Natl. Leader Actual Category EMU Play. Rank Actual Natl. Leader Actual Rushing Off. 98 105.75 Navy 333.18 Rushing Andy Schmitt NR 51.22 Garrett Wolfe, NIU 158.33 Passing Off. 90 170.50 Hawaii 434.83 Pass. Eff. Andy Schmitt 91 105.58 Brennan, Hawaii 186.68 Total Off. 107 276.25 Hawaii 553.75 Tyler Jones NR 98.91 Scoring Off. 113 13.92 Hawaii 45.58 Total Off. Andy Schmitt 58 182.56 Brennan, Hawaii 410.75 Rushing Def. 116 201.33 Michigan 43.00 Tyler Jones NR 106.40 Passing Eff. 107 102.64 Hawaii 186.57 Rec./Game Eric Deslauriers 12 6.17 Ryne Robinson, Miami 7.58 Passing Eff. Def. 94 138.99 Wisconsin 85.48 Trumaine Riley 88 4.09 Total Def. 98 388.33 Virginia Tech 221.08 Rec. Yds-G Eric Deslauriers 26 74.83 Williams, New Mexico St. 115.91 Scoring Def. 92 26.83 Virginia Tech 9.33 Punting Zach Johnson 54 40.05 Sepulveda, Baylor 46.48 Net Punting 11 38.10 Utah 41.39 Punt Ret. Trumaine Riley 56 8.05 Jackson, Cal 18.96 Punt Returns 78 7.73 Kentucky 20.60 Kickoff Ret.Trumaine Riley 57 21.87 Jones, Oklahoma State 30.40 Kickoff Returns 57 20.48 Kansas State 27.94 Field Goals Andrew WellockT-20 1.33 Medlock, UCLA 2.18 Turnover Marg. 94 -.50 Minnesota 1.33 Scoring Andrew Wellock NR 5.25 Johnson, Boise State 13.09 Tackles-For-Loss 61 5.58 Florida State 8.50 All-Purpose Trumaine Riley 46 110.55 Wolfe, NIU 178.92 Sacks Allowed 71 2.17 Arkansas .67 TFLs Jason Jones 5 1.68 -16- EMU 2006 Individual Game Award Winners
2006 INDIVIDUAL G AME C OACHES' AWARD W INNERS AWARDS at BSU* at MSU at NW CMU* at La.Laf at BG* TOL* at WMU* OHIO* NAVY at KSU* NIU*
Offensive Tyler Pierre None Andy T.J. Trumaine Chris Trumaine None Andy Desi None Player of Jones Walker chosen Schmitt Lang Riley Thomas Riley chosen Schmitt Mayner chosen the Week Defensive Josh J.Jones, Jason Jacob Josh Jason Kevin Kevin Kevin None Wyatt, Duan Player of Hunt Hunt Jones Wyatt Hunt Jones Howe Howe Howe chosen Richardson Bracey the Week Special Jerry Jacob Zach None Zach Chris T.Riley, Lyle Andrew None Chris Zach Teams Topolinski Wyatt Johnson chosen Johnson Campa Wellock Garrison Wellock chosen Campa Johnson Play.ofWk. Off.Big Eric Andy None Trumaine None Eric Pierre Andy None Tyler None None Playmaker Deslauriers Schmitt chosen Riley chosen Deslauriers Walker Schmitt chosen Jones chosen chosen Def. Big None Jacob Chris Mike Josh Josh Darran Blake Josh None Darran Duan Playmaker chosen Wyatt May Richardson Hunt Hunt Matthews Smith Hunt chosen Matthews Bracey Practice Seaberry, Radney, Pratt, Beard, Thayer, Thayer, Ceckiewicz, Larkins, Ceckiewicz, Hunter, Tyree T.Harris, Green TD Downs Everson Radney Players Beard Larkins Seaberry Almond Fort Hatchett Downard Team Harris Mayner,MRich, Champ. Gage,Thomas, Khalid Lang,Howe, None None J.Jones, Andy J.Jones, Thomas,Matt. Michael Kevin Holtz,Matthews, None Walton Perf. chosen Hunt Walton Schmitt Hunt Walton,Rich. Richardson Howe chosen Wyatt chosen Topolinski, T.Riley, Hatchett, Topo,Lang, Hatchett, Topo, Topo,B.Smith, Richardson, Campa,Topo, Topo, Campa,Lang, Andrew Champ. Hatchett, Walker, T.Riley, Downs,Campa, Wellock, Garrison,Gage, Z.Johnson, Seaberry, None Hatchett,Holtz. Wellock, Z.Johnson, Wellock Topo, Spec.Tms Jenkins, Wyatt, Z.Johnson, Neely, Howe,J.Jones, Jenkins, chosen Jenkins,T.Riley Jenkins Holtzclaw Wellock, Hatchett T. Riley Topolinski Bohnet Johnson,Matthews T.Riley Matthews,Wellock Selman T.Riley, Bohnet,Lang, Bohnet, Walker,Schmitt,C.Riley, E.D.,T.Riley, White, Schmitt, Winning None T.Riley, None Stone, None Pierre Wyatt, T.Riley,Wyatt Walker, E.D.,T.Riley,Bracey, Bohnet,B.Smith, T.Riley, Riley, May,B.Smith, Perform. chosen chosen Fretz,Bohnet,Holtz.J.Jones Stone, chosen Walker May Richardson Howe Holtz,Matt., Holtzclaw, Bracey Wyatt,May,B.Smith, Howe,C.Riley Matthews Hatchett Team/Wk None KO Cov. NonePunt Team Punt Team KOR None PAT/FG KOC Punt None
-17- EMU 2006 Individual Game-by-Game Statistics
2006 GAME-BY-GAME C OMPARISON Total Off Rushing Passing Punting Penalties Fumbles First Game Score Att Yds Att Yds Att Comp INT Yds No Avg No Yds No Lost Downs a Ball State* 38 64 389 36 159 28 17 0 230 5 38.4 3 20 0 0 21 EMU 20 66 435 38 226 28 18 1 209 5 36.2 8 60 0 0 22 at Michigan St. 52 77 586 40 264 37 29 1 322 1 29.0 6 40 1 1 29 EMU 20 59 272 28 42 31 19 0 230 6 37.8 6 42 2 1 12 at Northwestern 14 70 266 44 156 26 16 1 110 9 36.0 3 25 2 1 15 EMU 6 53 134 28 87 25 9 2 47 10 42.7 7 55 1 0 5
CMU* 24 75 452 33 176 42 27 1 276 4 37.8 9 73 2 0 24 at EMU (OT) 17 79 345 47 188 32 22 0 157 5 48.0 8 65 1 0 25 at La.Laf. 33 64 381 41 179 23 17 0 202 5 42.6 4 34 1 0 18 EMU 14 59 246 24 75 35 23 0 171 6 46.7 9 67 1 1 14 at BGSU* 24 66 324 42 159 24 14 0 165 5 37.4 3 35 1 1 17 EMU 21 65 330 26 82 39 25 3 248 5 39.0 5 56 2 0 18
Toledo* 13 68 318 37 175 31 18 0 143 5 41.2 8 77 1 0 19 at EMU 17 64 329 37 133 27 17 1 196 3 38.0 9 62 1 0 17 at WMU* 18 67 328 35 178 18 32 0 150 5 38.6 6 62 2 2 17 EMU 15 71 285 32 65 22 39 2 220 6 37.2 12 105 1 0 18
Ohio* 16 63 324 51 278 12 7 0 46 5 32.8 6 65 1 0 17 at EMU 10 58 227 33 120 25 13 1 107 7 36.3 7 60 0 0 14
Navy 49 65 474 56 323 9 7 0 151 0 0.0 4 23 3 2 25 at EMU (Ford Field) 21 66 358 29 138 37 24 2 220 4 41.2 6 55 1 1 22 at Kent St.* 14 59 317 41 129 18 9 1 188 7 32.7 6 57 2 0 10 EMU 6 62 242 28 68 34 15 4 174 5 38.2 3 22 2 1 12
NIU 27 85 501 45 240 37 24 3 261 0 00.0 5 38 2 1 29 at EMU 0 42 112 24 45 18 10 0 67 8 35.9 8 60 1 1 7
-18-
None EMU 2006 Mid-American Conference Standings
Mid-American Conference 2006 Football Standings (As of Jan. 9, 2007)
CONFERENCE OVERALL WEST DIVISION WL PCT PTS OPP WL PCT PTS OPP Central Michigan 7 1 .875 235 145 10 4 .714 416 312 Western Michigan 6 2 .750 177 148 8 5 .615 299 259 Northern Illinois 5 3 .625 207 144 7 6 .538 331 275 Ball State 5 3 .625 225 184 5 7 .417 326 309 Toledo 3 5 .375 157 204 5 7 .417 281 332 Eastern Michigan 1 7 .125 106 174 1 11 .083 167 322
EAST DIVISION WL PCT PTS OPP WL PCT PTS OPP Ohio 7 1 .875 197 119 9 5 .643 276 253 Kent State 5 3 .625 172 140 6 6 .500 214 241 Akron 3 5 .375 153 187 5 7 .417 236 271 Bowling Green 3 5 .375 166 214 4 8 .333 234 340 Miami 2 6 .250 164 187 2 10 .167 222 304 Buffalo 1 7 .125 201 314 2 10 .167 220 431 Temple* - - ---111.083131486 *MAC member effective 2007
2006 Postseason Mid-American Conference Scores Thursday - Nov. 30 - Marathon MAC Championship Game Central Michigan 31, Ohio 10 Ford Field-Detroit, Mich.
Tuesday - Dec. 26 - Motor City Bowl at Ford Field - Detroit, Mich. Central Michigan 31, Middle Tennessee 14
Saturday - Jan. 6 - International Bowl at Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario Cincinnati 27, western Michigan 24
Sunday - Jan. 7 - GMAC Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium - Mobile, Ala. Southern Mississippi 28, Ohio 7
-19- EMU 2006 Eastern Michigan Statistics
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 12-GAME FINAL 2006 FOOTBALL STATISTICS RECORD: 1-11; 1-7 MAC (AS OF NOV. 25, 2006) RUSHING GP-GS TC GAIN LOSS NET Avg Td Lg SCORING GP-GS TD FG Pat-K Rush Pass Dfx Pts Andy Schmitt 9-7 107 540 79 461 4.3 4 23 Andrew Wellock 12-12 16-22 15-15 63 Tyler Jones 10-7 107 436 126 310 2.9 4 41 Eric Deslauriers 12-12 5 30 Pierre Walker 6-6 51 223 9 214 4.2 2 18 Tyler Jones 10-7 4 24 Dwayne Harrison 6-2 28 120 4 116 4.1 0 18 Andy Schmitt 9-7 4 0-1 24 Terrence Blevins 8-1 26 108 2 106 4.1 0 11 Pierre Walker 6-6 2 12 Richard Franklin 8-0 11 29 0 29 2.6 0 7 Travis Lewis 12-7 1 6 DeAnthony White 9-3 12 35 14 21 1.8 0 9 Jacory Stone 12-5 1 6 Olefemi Ogundare 7-0 3 13 0 13 4.3 0 6 Darran Matthews 12-11 1 2 Trumaine Riley 10-8 4 8 3 5 1.2 0 4 Zach Johnson 12-11 0-1 Dontayo Gage 12-2 20 52 48 4 0.2 0 8 Travis Lewis 12-7 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 EMU TOTALS 12-12 17 16-22 15-15 0-1 0-1 1 167 Team 12-12 4 0 11 -11 0.0 0 0 OPP TOTALS 11-11 42 10-13 38-40 0-1 1-1 322
EMU TOTAL 12-12 374 1565 296 1269 3.4 10 41 FIELD GOALS GP-GS 20-29 30-39 40-52 TOT LG OPP TOTAL 12-12 501 2695 279 2416 4.8 21 65 Andrew Wellock 12-12 4-5 6-7 7-10 16-22 48
PASSING GP-GS Eff. Comp Att Int Pct Yds Td Lg EMU TOTALS 12-12 4-5 6-7 7-10 16-22 48 Andy Schmitt 9-7 105.58 131 213 6 61.5 1182 2 46 OPP TOTALS 12-12 3-3 3-5 4-5 10-13 46 Tyler Jones 10-7 98.91 74 134 9 55.2 754 4 79 Dontayo Gage 12-2 98.0 12 23 1 52.2 110 1 39 PUNTING GP-GS NO. YDS AVG LG BLK I-20 Zach Johnson 12-11 65 2603 40.0 63 0 20 EMU TOT 12-12 102.69 217 370 16 58.6 2046 7 79 Andrew Wellock 12-12 5 181 36.2 44 0 2 OPP TOT 12-12 139.03 203 319 7 63.6 2244 20 68 EMU TOTALS 12-12 70 2784 39.8 63 0 22 OPP TOTALS 12-12 51 1888 37.0 62 0 15 RECEIVING GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LG Eric Deslauriers 12-12 74 898 12.1 5 79 TOTAL OFFENSE GP-GS PLAYS RUSH PASS TOT GAME Trumaine Riley 10-8 45 364 8.1 0 40 Andy Schmitt 9-7 320 461 1182 1643 182.6 Dontayo Gage 12-2 28 169 6.0 0 16 Tyler Jones 10-7 241 310 754 1064 106.4 DeAnthony White 9-3 15 175 11.7 0 38 Pierre Walker 6-6 51 214 0 214 35.7 Jacory Stone 12-5 13 99 7.6 1 23 Dwayne Harrison 6-2 28 116 0 116 23.2 Travis Lewis 12-7 10 89 8.9 1 39 Ken Bohnet 9-7 9 87 9.7 0 25 ALL PURPOSE GP-GS RUSH REC PR KR IR Tot Avg. John Bonner 12-3 7 95 13.6 0 25 Trumaine Riley 10-8 5 364 169 678 1216 110.5 R.J. Montemajor 8-0 6 28 4.7 0 7 Eric Deslauriers 12-12 898 1 899 74.9 Dwayne Harrison 6-2 3 18 6.0 0 8 Andy Schmitt 9-7 461 461 51.2 Tyler Jones 10-7 3 4 1.3 0 12 Tyler Jones 10-7 310 4 314 31.4 Pierre Walker 6-6 2 7 3.5 0 5 DeAnthony White 9-3 21 175 35 231 23.1 Terrence Blevins 8-1 1 8 8.0 0 8 Richard Franklin 8-0 1 5 5.0 0 5
EMU TOTALS 12-12 217 2046 9.4 7 79 OPP TOTALS 12-12 203 2244 11.1 20 68
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOT Eastern Michigan 25 57 30 55 0 167 Opponents 65 91 80 79 7 322
-20- EMU 2006 Eastern Michigan Statistics
INTERCEPTIONS GP-GS NO. YDS AVG TD LG TEAM STATISTICS EMU OPP Chris May 12-12 2 6 3.0 0 5 SCORING 167 322 Duan Bracey 9-4 2 32 16.0 0 32 Points per game 13.9 26.8 Jacob Wyatt 12-11 2 12 6.0 0 12 FIRST DOWNS 186 241 Corey Riley 12-4 1 78 78.0 0 78 Rushing 73 129 Passing 98 98 EMU TOTALS 12-12 7 128 18.3 0 78 Penalty 15 14 OPP TOTALS 12-12 16 302 18.9 1 47 RUSHING YARDAGE 1269 2416 Yards gained rushing 1565 2695 Yards lost rushing 296 279 KICKOFF RETURNS GP-GS NO YDS AVG TD LG Rushing attempts 374 501 Trumaine Riley 10-8 31 678 21.9 0 45 Average per rush 3.4 4.8 DeAnthony White 9-3 2 35 17.5 0 30 Average per game 105.8 201.3 Duan Bracey 9-4 2 58 29.0 0 38 TD’s rushing 10 21 John Bonner 12-3 2 15 7.5 0 9 PASSING YARDAGE 2046 2244 Dontayo Gage 12-2 2 33 16.5 0 20 Att-Comp-Int 370-217-6 319-203-7 Richard Franklin 8-0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Average per pass 5.5 7.0 Average per catch 9.4 11.1 EMU TOTALS 12-12 40 819 20.5 0 45 Average Per Game 170.5 187.0 OPP TOTALS 12-12 23 491 21.3 0 46 TD’s passing 7 20 TOTAL OFFENSE 3315 4660 PUNT RETURNS GP-GS NO. YDS AVG TD LG Total Plays 744 820 Trumaine Riley 10-8 21 169 8.0 0 25 Average per play 4.5 5.7 Eric Deslauriers 12-12 1 1 1.0 0 1 Average per game 276.2 388.3 KICK RETURNS: No.-Yards 40-819 23-491 EMU TOTALS 12-12 22 170 7.7 0 25 PUNT RETURNS: No.-Yards 22-170 12-37 OPP TOTALS 12-12 12 37 3.1 0 11 INT. RETURNS: No.-Yards 7-128 16-302 FUMBLES-LOST 14-5 18-8 PENALTIES-YARDS 88-709 63-549 PUNTS-YARDS 70-2784 51-1888 Average Per Punt 39.8 37.0 Net Punt Average 38.1 33.3 TIME OF POSSESSION AVG. 29:58 30:02 3rd-Down Conversions 49-163 67-160 3rd-Down Percentage 30% 42% 4th-Down Conversions 6-15 9-20 4th-Down Conversions 40% 45%
2006 SCHEDULE /RESULTS (1-11; 1-7 MAC) Date Opponent (Att) Time/Result Aug. 31 at Ball State* 12,326 L, 20-38 Sept. 9 at Michigan State (ESPN+) 69,856 L, 20-52 Sept. 16 at Northwestern 21,935 L, 6-14 Sept. 23 CENT. MICH.* (OT) 12,386 L, 17-24 Sept. 30 at Louisiana Lafayette 15,923 L, 14-33 Oct. 7 Open Oct. 14 at Bowling Green* 14,525 L, 21-24 Oct. 21 TOLEDO* (Homecoming) 21,962 W, 17-13 Oct. 28 at West. Mich.* (Comcast) 20,482 L, 15-18 Nov. 4 OHIO* (Band Day) 17,749 L, 10-16 Nov. 11 NAVY@ (Comcast Local) 15,816 L, 21-49 Nov. 17 at Kent State* 8,147 L, 6-14 Nov. 24 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 9,637 L, 0-27 *Mid-American Conference game; @at Ford Field in Detroit
-21- EMU 2006 Eastern Michigan Statistics
Tackles Sacks Pass Def Fumbles Blkd. Defensive Stats Gp-Gs Solo Asst Total TFL/Yds No.-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rec.-Yds FF Kick Saf Daniel Holtzclaw 12-12 39 75 114 3.5-14 1-8 1 1-0 1 Michael Richardson 12-12 49 59 108 7.5-21 0.5-4 1 1 Darran Matthews 12-11 41 59 100 4.5-23 2.5-16 2 1-0 Jacob Wyatt 12-11 47 42 89 2-6 2-12 4 2-0 Chris May 12-12 42 47 89 4-8 2-6 2 1-0 Jason Jones 11-11 29 28 57 18.5-71 4-31 2 2 Kevin Howe 12-12 26 28 54 8-24 4-14 4 4 2 Josh Hunt 12-10 21 32 53 10-24 3.5-14 3 1-0 1 Blake Smith 10-7 26 13 39 1.5-2 4 1 Andre Hatchett 12-4 17 15 32 Duan Bracey 9-4 22 5 27 2-32 3 2 Eric Young 11-9 8 17 25 0.5-4 0.5-4 2 2 Corey Riley 12-4 9 12 21 3.5-15 0.5-6 1-78 1 1 1-0 Lyle Garrison 12-7 10 8 18 1 1 Cortland Selman 12-1 7 6 13 1.5-6 0.5-1 1 Chris Campa 12-0 6 5 11 1-8 Allan Cozart 11-2 5 5 10 1-1 1 Julius Brown 8-3 5 4 9 Jermaine Jenkins 10-0 5 4 9 Spenser Smith 12-0 2 6 8 1 1-0 Travis Lewis 12-7 2 1 3 Stephen Johnson 3-0 2 1 3 Eric Deslauriers 12-12 3 0 3 T.J. Lang 12-12 2 1 3 Pierre Walker 6-6 2 0 2 Trumaine Riley 10-8 1 1 2 John Bonner 12-3 2 0 2 Lorenzo Seaberry 12-0 1 0 1 Derrick Hunter 9-0 1 0 1 Andy Schmitt 9-7 1 0 1 Andrew Wellock 12-12 1 0 1 Tyler Jones 10-7 1 0 1 Jerry Topolinski 12-12 1 0 1
EMU TOTALS 12-12 436 474 910 67-227 17-98 7-128 26 14 8-0 10 1 OPP TOTALS 12-12 387 438 825 74-298 26-157 16-302 27 22 5-0 4
-22- EMU 2006 Season - Game 1
GAME 1 EMU at Ball State - Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER EMU at Ball State 2:05 EMU Tyler Jones 6-yard run; Andrew Wellock PAT Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 SECOND QUARTER 13:03 BSU Darius Hill 15-yard pass from Joey Lynch; Brian Jackson PAT Scheumann Stadium 8:31 EMU Andrew Wellock 20-yard field goal 6:55 BSU Louis Johnson 46-yard pass from Nate Davis; B. Jackson PAT Muncie, Indiana 1:46 BSU Brian Jackson 46-yard field goal 00:00 EMU Andrew Wellock 31-yard field goal 7:30 p.m. THIRD QUARTER Comcast Local TV 9:29 BSU Dante Love 9-yard pass from Nate Davis; Brian Jackson PAT Attendance: 12,326 2:24 BSU Darius Hill 6-yard pass from Nate Davis; Brian Jackson PAT FOURTH QUARTER 11:51 EMU Eric Deslauriers 20-yard pass from Tyler Jones; Wellock PAT EAGLES FALL VICTIM TO BALL STATE COMEBACK 8:14 BSU Dante Love 31-yard run; Brian Jackson PAT MUNCIE, Ind. — For the second year in a row the Eastern Michi- gan University football team fell victim to a Ball State comeback RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: JONES, Tyler 22-164-1; SCHMITT, Andy 6-34; which resulted in a 38-20 loss here Thursday night (Aug. 31) in WALKER, Pierre 8-21; HARRISON, Dwayne 2-7; Ball State: BOSTIC, Larry 15- the season opener for both teams. 64; LOVE, Dante 3-57-1; LEWIS, MiQuale 7-33; HILL, B.J. 3-12; DAVIS, Nate 1- For the Eagles it was a tough loss to take as they won the 7; TEAM 1-(-1); LYNCH, Joey 6-(-13) battle of statistics, with 435 yards in total offense to 389 for the PASSING: Eastern Michigan: JONES, Tyler 16-11-0-146-1; SCHMITT, Andy hometown Cardinals. Eastern also had 22 first downs to 21 for Ball 12-7-1-63; Ball State: LYNCH, Joey 20-10-0-122-1; DAVIS, Nate 8-7-0-108-3 State and the Eagles had 38 carries for 226 yards rushing to 159 yards on 36 carries for the Cardinals. RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: DESLAURIERS, Eric 10-127-1; RILEY, Trumaine In the end it was a combination of big plays that made the 3-27; BOHNET, Nate 2-32; STONE, Jacory 1-11; LEWIS, Travis 1-6; GAGE, difference for Ball State. The Cardinals converted on two big fourth- Dontayo 1-6; Ball State: HILL, Darius 4-64-2; JOHNSON, Louis 3-78-1; LOVE, down plays, both resulting in touchdowns, and another double- Dante 3-27-1; HILL, B.J. 2-27; BOSTIC, Larry 2-3; MOSS, Terry 1-17; STEINHAUS, M. 1-8; CLANCY, Chris 1-6 pass play that added another score. The loss spoiled an outstanding 2006 debut for redshirt sopho- TEAM STATISTICS EMU BSU more freshman Tyler Jones (Belleville, Mich.-Belleville) who Scoring 20 38 started at quarterback and accounted for 310 yards in total of- First Downs 22 21 fense. Jones rushed 22 times for 164 yards and one touchdown Rushing 11 8 and completed 11-of-16 passes for 146 yards and one touch- Passing 10 12 Penalty 1 1 down. Rushing Plays 38 36 Senior placekicker Andrew Wellock (North Canton, Ohio- Yards Gained 256 182 Green) became EMU’s all-time leading scorer when he hit field Yards Lost 30 23 goals of 20 and 31 yards and added two PAT’s to give him 244 Net Yards Gained Rushing 226 159 points, surpassing former kicker Justin Ventura (1995-98) who Passes Attempted 28 28 scored 239 points. The field goals give Wellock a career-leading Passes Completed 18 17 55 three pointers. Passes Had Intercepted 1 0 Passing Yards 209 230 Senior Eric Deslauriers (Gatineau, Quebec, Ontario- Total Offensive Plays 66 64 Lennoxville Prep) started his final season with a huge outing, Total Offensive Yards 435 389 catching 10 passes for 127 yards and one touchdown. The 127- Avg. Yds. Per Play 6.6 6.1 yard evening is his 11th 100-yard receiving game during his career Punt Ret.: No./Yds/Avg. 4-34 0-0 and he has now caught a touchdown pass in 16 career games for Kickoff Ret.: No./Yds/Avg. 6-110 3-55 the Eagles. Interceptions/Yards 0-0 1-9 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOT Penalties-Yards 8-60 3-20 Punting 5-181 5-192 Eastern Michigan 7 6 0 7 20 Possession Time-Avg. 36.2 38.4 Ball State 0 17 14 7 38 Third Down Conversions 4-12 4-12 Third Down Conversion % 33% 33% EMU TACKLES (S-A): WYATT, Jacob 5-5; RICHARDSON, Michael 4-4; JONES, Fourth Down Conversions 0-2 2-2 Jason 3-5; MATTHEWS, Darrin 2-6; HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 1-6; MAY, Chris 1-6; SELMAN, Cortland 2-4; HUNT, Josh 2-4; BROWN, Julius 0-4; YOUNG, Eric 0-4; Fourth Down Conversion % .000 1.000 Sacks By 3-11 3-15 LEWIS, Travis 1-1; GARRISON, Lyle 1-1; DESLAURIERS, Eric 1-0
SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 3-11; MATTHEWS, Darran 2-9; HUNT, Josh 2-1; SELMAN, Cortland 1-1
TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 10-24: HUNT, Josh 3-3; MATTHEWS, Darran 2-9; SELMAN, Cortland 2-6; JONES, Jason 2-4; RICHARDSON, Michael 1-2 -23- EMU 2006 Season - Game 2
GAME 2 EMU at Michigan State - Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER EMU at Michigan State University 10:20 EMU Andrew Wellock 41-yard field goal 05:49 MSU Drew Stanton 6-yard run; Brett Swenson PAT Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006 00:09 MSU Brett Swenson 25-yard field goal SECOND QUARTER Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Mich. 10:11 MSU Matt Trannon 17-yard pass from Drew Stanton; Swenson PAT 04:22 MSU A.J. Jimmerson 35-yard pass from Matt Trannon;Swenson PAT 3:30 p.m. • ESPN+ Regional 02:46 EMU Travis Lewis 39-yard pass from Dontayo Gage; Andrew Wellock PAT Attendance: 69,856 02:19 EMU Eric Deslauriers 9-yard pass from Andy Schmitt; Wellock PAT THIRD QUARTER Eagles Drop 52-20 Non-League Decision to Michigan State 14:25 EMU Andrew Wellock 38-yard field goal EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Eastern Michigan University football team 10:12 MSU Drew Stanton 1-yard run; Brett Swenson PAT fell to Michigan State University, 52-20, here Saturday before 69,856 fans 05:06 MSU T.J. Williams 8-yard pass from Drew Stanton; Swenson PAT in a non-conference football game at Spartan Stadium. With the victory FOURTH QUARTER the Spartans improve to 2-0, while the Eagles drop to 0-2 on the season. 14:57 MSU Matt Trannon 7-yard pass from Drew Stanton; Swenson PAT Head Coach Jeff Genyk’s Eagles struck first on a 41-yard field goal by 07:59 MSU A.J. Jimmerson 6-yard pass from Brian Hoyer; Swenson PAT Andrew Wellock (North Canton, Ohio-Green) at the 10:20 mark of the first quarter. That score was set up by a Jacob Wyatt (Lansing, RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: WALKER, Pierre 5-29; FRANKLIN, Richard 6- Mich.-Sexton) interception on MSU’s first play from scrimmage. 20; JONES, Tyler 10-14; SCHMITT, Andy 2-1; GAGE, Dontayo 1-(-1); WHITE, DeAnthony 3-(-6); TEAM 1-(-9); Michigan State: RINGER, Javon 15-130; Michigan State then fought back with four straight scores to take what JIMMERSON, A.J. 10-79; STANTON, Drew 9-33-2; KAHN, Brett 2-11; PARRELLY, looked like a comfortable 24-3 lead with 4:22 left in the first half. Mike 3-6; LOVE, Terry 1-5 The Eagles then came up with some magic of their own, however, scor- ing a touchdown on a 39-yard pass from wide receiver Dontayo Gage PASSING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 19-12-0-130-1; JONES, Tyler (Pontiac, Mich.-Northern) to wide receiver Travis Lewis (Kalamazoo, 11-6-0-61; GAGE, Dontayo 1-1-0-39-1; Michigan State: STANTON, Drew 32- Mich.-Loy Norrix). 24-1-254-3; HOYER, Brian 4-4-0-33-1; TRANNON, Matt 1-1-0-35-1 Wellock followed that touchdown with a perfectly executed on-sides kick that he recovered. Three plays later redshirt freshman quarterback RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: GAGE, Dontayo 7-38; DESLAURIERS, Eric Andy Schmitt (St. John’s, Mich.-St. John’s) threw a 9-yard touch- 6-55-1; RILEY, Trumaine 3-49; LEWIS, Travis 2-50-1; WHITE, DeAnthony 1-38; down pass to wide receiver Eric Deslauriers (Gatineau, Quebec, Michigan State: TRANNON, Matt 14-151-2; REED, Kerry 5-42-0; JIMMERSON, Canada-Lennoxville College Prep) in the left corner of the end zone A.J. 3-48-2; DAVIS, Kellen 2-24; SCOTT, Jerramy 1-28; WILLIAMS, T.J. 1-8-1; for a score. Wellock added PAT’s after both EMU touchdowns and the GRIMES, Carl 1-7; LOVE, Terry 1-7; CURRY, Don 1-7 TEAM STATISTICS EMU MSU Eagles trailed by seven, 24-17, heading into intermission. Scoring 20 52 Wellock started the second half with a 38-yard field goal after a fumble FIRST DOWNS 12 29 recovery by Wyatt on MSU’s opening kickoff return to cut the MSU advan- Rushing 3 15 tage to four, 24-20, with 14:25 left in the third quarter. Passing 9 13 The Spartan offense moved into high gear at that point, and scored the Penalty 0 1 final 28 points while holding the Eagles scoreless the rest of the way to NET YARDS RUSHING 42 264 preserve the win. Rushing Attempts 28 40 The EMU offense was directed by quarterbacks Tyler Jones (Belleville, Average Per Rush 1.5 6.6 Mich.-Belleville) and Schmitt. Jones started the game and completed 6- Yards Gained Rushing 74 286 of-11 passes for 61 yards before being hampered by a shoulder injury. Yards Lost Rushing 32 22 Schmitt came on in relief and completed 12-of-19 passes for 130 yards and NET YARDS PASSING 230 322 one touchdown. Completions-Attempts-Interceptions 19-31-0 29-37-1 Average Per Attempt 7.4 8.7 Gage caught seven passes for 38 yards and Deslauriers hauled in six Average Per Completion 12.1 11.1 passes for 55 yards and one touchdown. TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 272 586 Defensively the Eagles were led by Darran Matthews (Redford, Total offense plays 59 77 Mich.-Thurston) and Chris May (Jupiter, Fla.-Dwyer) with 10 stops Average Gain Per Play 4.6 7.6 each. Jason Jones (Southfield, Mich.-Lathrup) added five tackles Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 1-1 with one sack for 10 yards while Josh Hunt (Jackson, Mich.-Lumen Penalties: Number-Yards 6-42 1-29 Christi) with seven tackles and two tackles-for-loss of four yards. PUNTS-YARDS 6-227 1-29 Average Yards Per Punt 37.8 29.0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOT Net Yards Per Punt 39.8 29.0 Eastern Michigan 3 14 3 0 20 Inside 20 2 1 Michigan State 10 14 14 14 52 Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 1-(-12)-0 Average Per Return 0.0 0.0 EMU TACKLES (S-A): MATTHEWS, Darran 10-0; MAY, Chris 7-3; HUNT, Josh Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 5-75-0 2-42-0 6-1; JONES, Jason 5-1; RICHARDSON, Michael 3-2; BROWN, Julius 4-0; JENKINS, Average Per Return 15.0 21.0 Jermaine 3-1; WYATT, Jacob 3-1; HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 3-1; HATCHETT, Andre 1- Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 1-0-0 0-0-0 3; HOWE, Kevin 1-1; SELMAN, Cortland 0-1; RILEY, Corey 0-1 Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time: 29.16 30:31 SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 1-10; JONES, Jason 1-10 Third-Down Conversions 5-15 10-13 Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 0-0 TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 5-22: JONES, Jason 2-14; HUNT, Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 7-7 Josh 2-4; MAY, Chris 1-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-10 2-12 -24- EMU 2006 Season - Game 3
GAME 3 EMU at Northwestern - Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER EMU at Northwestern University 09:19 NW Mike Kafka 6-yard run; Joel Howells PAT 00:09 EMU Andrew Wellock 47-yard field goal Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006 SECOND QUARTER Ryan Field • Evanston, Ill. 00:26 EMU Andrew Wellock 30-yard field goal
1 p.m. CST THIRD QUARTER 07:23 Andrew Brewer 1-yard run; Joel Howells PAT Attendance: 21,935
Eagles Downed by Northwestern in Low-Scoring Game RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: WALKER, Pierre 10-36; SCHMITT, Andy 9-35; EVANSTON, Ill. — The Eastern Michigan University football team came up JONES, Tyler 8-8; GAGE, Dontayo 1-8; Northwestern: SUTTON, Tyrell 18-91; short against Northwestern University, 14-6, in a non-conference game in KAFKA, Mike 5-33-1; BREWER, Andrew 15-26-1; JORDAN, Terrell 4-7; COBB, front of 21,935 here Saturday afternoon at Ryan Field. Erryn 1-1; TEAM 1-(-2) Both teams struggled to move the football all game long, but a pair of interceptions in the game’s final six minutes were just too much for the Eagles PASSING: Eastern Michigan: JONES, Tyler 16-6-2-37-0; SCHMITT, Andy 9- to overcome. For the game, Northwestern tallied 266 yards of total offense 3-0-10-0; Northwestern: KAFKA, Mike 18-10-1-76-0; BREWER, Andy 8-6-0- compared to just 134 for the Eagles. With the victory the Wildcats improve 34-0 to 2-1, while the Eagles drop to 0-3 on the season. Redshirt freshman quarterback Andy Schmitt completed 3-of-9 passes RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: DESLAURIERS, Eric 3-12; RILEY, Trumaine for 10 yards, while redshirt sophomore Tyler Jones completed 6-of-16 2-14; STONE, Jacory 1-8; BOHNET, Ken 1-6; FRANKLIN, Richard 1-5; LEWIS, passes for 37 yards and two interceptions. Travis 1-2; Northwestern: HERBERT, Shaun 6-37; WARD, Rasheed 3-26; PE- Junior Pierre Walker led the Eagles’ rushing attack with 10 carries for 36 TERMAN, Eric 3-23; LANE, Ross 2-14; CHEATHAM, Sam 1-9; SUTTON, Tyrell 1- yards, while Schmitt had nine rushes for 35 yards. Defensively, senior Michael 1 Richardson led Eastern with 12 tackles. The Wildcats got on the scoreboard first on the initial drive of the game on TEAM STATISTICS EMU NW a 15-play, 74-yard drive that was capped off by a six-yard touchdown run by Scoring 6 14 FIRST DOWNS 5 15 quarterback Mike Kafka with 9:47 remaining in the first quarter. From that Rushing 4 11 point on neither squad was able to muster much offense during the quarter Passing 1 3 until the Eagles got on the scoreboard with :09 seconds left in the period as Penalty 0 1 senior placekicker Andrew Wellock turned in a 47-yard field goal to end an NET YARDS RUSHING 87 156 eight-play, 18-yard drive and pulled EMU within four points, 7-3. Rushing Attempts 28 44 Just before halftime the Eagles were able to pull even closer, as Wellock Average Per Rush 3.1 3.5 tacked on a 30-yard field goal with :26 seconds left in the second quarter to Yards Gained Rushing 116 189 make it 7-6. The EMU scoring drive was set up thanks in part to an intercep- Yards Lost Rushing 29 33 tion by Chris May at the Wildcats’ 37-yard line. NET YARDS PASSING 47 110 Both sides struggled offensively during the first 30 minutes of football, as Completions-Attempts-Interceptions 9-25-2 16-26-1 the two squads combined for just 11 first downs (EMU 3, NU 8) and 221 total Average Per Attempt 1.9 4.2 yards (EMU 66, NU 155) in the first half. Average Per Completion 5.2 6.9 Following intermission the Northwestern offense began to click while the TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 134 266 defense was able to hold the Eagles in check. After another stalled drive by Total offense plays 53 70 EMU, the Wildcats took over at its own 28-yard line and drove 72 yards in 13 Average Gain Per Play 2.5 3.8 plays before quarterback Andrew Brewer ran it in from one-yard out to push Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 2-1 the NU advantage to seven, 14-6, with 7:23 remaining in the third period. Penalties: Number-Yards 7-55 3-25 Eastern’s best chance to score in the second half came midway through PUNTS-YARDS 10-427 9-324 the fourth quarter, after forcing NU to punt from its own end zone EMU Average Yards Per Punt 42.7 36.0 started the drive at the Wildcats’ 48-yard line. Redshirt sophomore Tyler Net Yards Per Punt 36.7 27.0 Jones hooked up with senior wide receiver Trumaine Riley on a 3rd-and-4 Inside 20 3 0 play to move the chains for the Eagles’ first first-down of the half. But two Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 7-81-0 0-0-0 plays later NU’s Corey Wootton intercepted Jones’ pass to give the ball back Average Per Return 11.6 0.0 to the Wildcats with 6:05 remaining in the game. Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-55-0 2-58-0 The Eagles had one more shot after holding Northwestern to a third--and- Average Per Return 27.5 29.0 out situation and forced a punt with 2:52 left in the contest. But once again a Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 1-5-0 2-35-0 turnover proved costly, as redshirt freshman Andy Schmitt’s pass on 3rd- Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 and-6 at was intercepted by Deante Battle to seal the 14-6 Northwestern Possession Time: 26:46 33:14 victory. Third-Down Conversions 2-15 8-17 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOT Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 2-2 Eastern Michigan 3 3 0 0 6 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-5 2-17 Northwestern 7 0 7 0 14 EMU TACKLES (S-A): RICHARDSON, Michael 5-7; MATTHEWS, Darran 4-4; WYATT, Jacob 3-5; JONES, Jason 6-0; HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 5-1; SMITH, Blake 4-1; MAY, Chris 4-0; HUNT, Josh 3-1; HOWE, Kevin 2-2; YOUNG, Eric 2-1; HATCHETT, Andre 2-0; BRACEY, Duan 2-0; WELLOCK, Andrew 1-0; DESLAURIERS, Eric 1-0; WALKER, Pierre 1-0; FRETZ, Andy 1-0 SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 2-5; HUNT, Josh 1-1; HOWE, Kevin 1-4 TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 8-22: JONES, Jason 5-16; HOWE, Kevin 1-4; HUNT, Josh 1-1; RICHARDSON, Michael 1-1 -25- EMU 2006 Season - Game 4
GAME 4 CMU at EMU - Scoring Summary SECOND QUARTER Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan 08:40 EMU Andrew Wellock 27-yard field goal Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006 THIRD QUARTER 07:04 CMU Brian Brunner 39-yard run; Rick Albreski PAT Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, Mich. 00:15 EMU Andy Schmitt one-yard run; Andrew Wellock PAT
3:30 p.m. EST - Comcast Local TV FOURTH QUARTER 06:03 CMU Rick Albreski 25-yard field goal Attendance: 12,386 (Paid) 01:44 CMU Brian Brunner 3-yard run; Rick Albreski PAT 00:13 EMU Jacory Stone 4-yard pass from Andy Schmitt; Wellock PAT Eagles Fall to Chippewas in Overtime Decision YPSILANTI, Mich. — For the third straight year the Eastern Michigan Univer- OVERTIME sity-Central Michigan University intrastate rivalry came down to overtime but 15:00 CMU Bryan Anderson 10-yard pass from Brian Brunner; unlike the previous two seasons EMU was on the short end of a 24-17 decision Rick Albreski PAT to the Chippewas here Saturday afternoon in a Mid-American Conference West Division matchup in Rynearson Stadium. RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 23-95-1; HARRISON, Dwayne The Eagles recorded a thrilling 61-58 four-overtime decision Nov. 6, 2004, 16-82; WHITE, DeAnthony 1-5; GAGE, Dontayo 6-5; LEWIS, Travis 1-1; Cen- at Ford Field in Detroit and last year EMU notched a 23-20 win over the tral Michigan: BRUNNER, Brian 11-72-2; BROOKS, Duane 6-61; SNEED, Ontario Chippewas on their home turf in Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mt. Pleasant. 13-37; ANDERSON, Bryan 1-6; LINSON, Damien 1-5; LeFEVOUR, Dan 1-(-5) This time around the Eagles had their hearts broken after coming up with a great come-from-behind effort to force the overtime. PASSING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 27-20-0-129-1; GAGE, Dontayo Trailing, 17-10, with just 2:59 left in the game, the Eastern mounted a tremen- 5-2-0-28-0; Central Michigan: BRUNNER, Brian 29-20-0-214-1; LeFEVOUR, dous rally, driving 66 yards to the CMU four-yard line before redshirt freshman Dan 7-4-1-39-0; BROOKS, Duane 6-3-0-23-0 quarterback Andy Schmitt (St. John’s) found redshirt freshman Jacory Stone (Cleveland, Ohio-Glenville) in the end zone for a four-yard touchdown RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: RILEY, Trumaine 6-48; DESLAURIERS, Eric 5- pass with just 13 seconds left. Senior Andrew Wellock (North Canton, Ohio- 40-; HARRISON, Dwayne 3-18; GAGE, Dontayo 3-15; WHITE, DeAnthony 2-4; Green) added the PAT to tie the game at 17-all, forcing the extra session. BOHNET, Ken 1-17; LEWIS, Travis 1-11; STONE, Jacory 1-4-1; Central Michi- EMU won the toss for overtime and decided to let Central have the first gan: ANDERSON, Bryan 8-125-1; GARDNER, Justin 6-52; LINSON, Damien 5- possession. CMU made the most of its overtime drive, scoring on five plays, 50; WILLIAMS, Sam 3-24; SNEED, Ontario 3-19; OLLENBURGER, Allen 1-9; STALEY, Joe 1-(-3) culminating in a 10-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Brian Brunner to wide receiver Bryan Anderson with Rick Albreski adding the PAT for the 24-17 TEAM STATISTICS CMU EMU advantage. Scoring 24 17 With Schmitt suffering a jaw injury on the tying touchdown pass, and quar- FIRST DOWNS 24 25 terback Tyler Jones (Belleville, Mich.-Belleville) unavailable for the game Rushing 8 13 because of a shoulder injury, EMU head coach Jeff Genyk called on third- Passing 12 10 string quarterback Dontayo Gage (Pontiac, Mich.-Northern) to direct the Penalty 4 2 offense. NET YARDS RUSHING 176 188 Gage drove the Eagles to the CMU 13-yard line and on a fourth-and-eight Rushing Attempts 33 47 scramble gained just seven yards, giving the Chippewas the seven-point win. Average Per Rush 5.3 4.0 Schmitt turned in a strong outing, completing 20-of-27 passes for 129 Yards Gained Rushing 200 222 yards and one touchdown pass while gaining 95 yards on 23 carries with one Yards Lost Rushing 24 34 rushing touchdown. Sophomore tailback Dwayne Harrison (North Miami NET YARDS PASSING 276 157 Beach, Fla.-North Miami Beach) carried the ball 16 times for 82 yards. Completions-Attempts-Interceptions 27-42-1 22-32-0 Defensively, the Eagles were paced by Daniel Holtzclaw (Enid, Okla- Average Per Attempt 6.6 4.9 homa-Enid) with 15 stops while Jacob Wyatt (Lansing, Mich.-Sexton) Average Per Completion 10.2 7.1 added 12 with one interception, Michael Richardson (Indianapolis, Ind.- TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 452 345 Ben Davis) turned in 11 stops and Chris May (Jupiter, Fla.-Dwyer) notched Total offense plays 75 79 10. Average Gain Per Play 6.0 4.4 EMU, now 0-4 overall and 0-2 in MAC play, will travel out of the conference Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 1-0 next weekend (Sept. 30) to play at Louisiana Lafayette. Penalties: Number-Yards 9-73 8-65 CMU, now 2-2 overall and 2-0 in league action, travels to Kentucky for a PUNTS-YARDS 4-151 5-240 non-league game next Saturday (Sept. 30). Average Yards Per Punt 37.8 48.0 Net Yards Per Punt 37.8 43.4 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT TOT Inside 20 2 3 Central Michigan 0 0 7 10 7 24 Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-23-0 0-0-0 Eastern Michigan 0 3 7 7 0 17 Average Per Return 7.7 0.0 Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-67-0 1-34-0 EMU TACKLES (S-A): HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 5-10; WYATT, Jacob 3-9; Average Per Return 22.3 34.0 RICHARDSON, Michael 4-7; MAY, Chris 5-5; MATTHEWS, Darran 4-5; SMITH, Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 1-12-0 Blake 6-1; BRACEY, Duan 5-0; HUNT, Josh 0-4; JONES, Jason 1-2; HATCHETT, Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Andre 2-0; HOWE, Kevin 1-1; YOUNG, Eric 0-2; COZART, Allan 1-0; CAMPA, Possession Time: 25:36 34:24 Chris 0-1; SELMAN, Cortland 0-1 Third-Down Conversions 9-15 6-16 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-1 1-2 SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 1-5; JONES, Jason 1-5 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 3-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-14 1-5 TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 5-13: SMITH, Blake 1.5-2; RICHARDSON, Michael 1-3; JONES, Jason 1-5; HOWE, Kevin 0.5-1; HOLTCLAW, Daniel 0.5-1 -26- EMU 2006 Season - Game 5
GAME 5 EMU at ULL - Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER Eastern Michigan at Louisiana Lafayette 07:10 ULL Jerry Babb 9-yard run; Drew Edmiston PAT 02:11 ULL Jason Chery 38-yard pass from Jerry Babb; Edmiston PAT Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006 SECOND QUARTER Cajun Field • Lafayette, Louisiana 04:54 ULL Jason Chery 17-yard pass from Jerry Babb; Esmiston PAT 00:00 ULL Drew Edmiston 44-yard field goal 4 p.m. CDT - No television THIRD QUARTER Attendance: 15,923 10:33 ULL Tyrell Fenroy 3-yard run; Drew Edmiston PAT
Eagles Drop Non-Conference Decision at Louisiana FOURTH QUARTER Lafayette 12:54 ULL Drew Edmiston 40-yard field goal LAFAYETTE, La. — The Ragin’ Cajuns of Louisiana Lafayette raced out 08:01 EMU Andy Schmitt 3-yard run; Andrew Wellock PAT to a 30-0 lead in the early stages of the third quarter and held off an 03:32 EMU Andy Schmitt 8-yard run; Andrew Wellock PAT Eastern Michigan University rally to notch a 33-14 non-conference victory here Saturday night at Cajun Field. The win avenged a 31-10 ULL setback RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 15-62-2; HARRISON, Dwayne at EMU in the 2005 season. 6-14; FRANKLIN, Richard 2-6; WHITE, DeAnthony 1-(-7); ULL: FENROY, Tyrell The loss leaves EMU winless at 0-5 on the year while ULL improves to 15-110-1; BABB, Jerry 10-31-1; RUBIN, Caleb 8-21; JOHNSON, Chester 1-13; 2-2. DESORMEAUX, Michael 1-10; HARRISON, Josh 1-1; WALLACE, Deon 1-0; The Eagles started the game with a bang, forcing a ULL punt on the HUNDLEY, John 2-(-7) home team’s first offensive series. Eastern then rolled all the way to the ULL 35-yard line before a fourth- PASSING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 35-23-0-171-0; ULL: BABB, Jerry 21-17-0-202-2; TEAM 2-0-0-0; HUNDLEY, John 0-0-0-0 and-seven pass attempt was short, giving the ball back to the Ragin’ Cajuns. RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: DESLAURIERS, Eric 9-100; GAGE, Dontayo That was all the wakeup the home team needed as ULL scored on four 7-37; LEWIS, Travis 2-9; RILEY, Trumaine 2-3; BONNER, John 1-19; BOHNET, of its seven first-half offensive series. Ken 1-3; WHITE, DeAnthony 1-0; ULL: CHERY, Jason 5-93-2; FENROY, Tyrell 4- After ULL took a 33-0 lead at the start of the fourth quarter the Eagles 44; SMITH, Derrick 2-16; LEE, Louis 2-16; JOHNSON, Chester 2-15; NEVELS, managed to put two successful offensive drives together to get on the Phillip 1-14; HARRISON, Josh 1-3 scoreboard. TEAM STATISTICS EMU ULL Redshirt freshman quarterback Andy Schmitt (St. John’s, Mich.- Scoring 14 33 St. John’s) rushed for touchdowns of three and eight yards with senior FIRST DOWNS 14 18 Andrew Wellock (North Canton, Ohio-Green) adding both PAT’s for Rushing 5 8 14 unanswered EMU points. Passing 8 9 The Eagles had two chances late in the game to cut the lead but an Penalty 1 1 onsides kick failed and a fourth-and-16-yard pass was dropped with just NET YARDS RUSHING 75 179 Rushing Attempts 24 41 one minute left. Average Per Rush 3.1 4.4 Senior wide receiver Eric Deslauriers (Gatineau, Quebec, Ontario, Yards Gained Rushing 96 200 Canada-Lennoxville College Prep) hauled in nine passes for 100 Yards Lost Rushing 21 21 yards and Schmitt rushed 15 times for 62 yards and the two scores and NET YARDS PASSING 171 202 also completed 23-of-35 passes for 171 yards. Completions-Attempts-Interceptions 23-35-0 17-23-0 Defensively the Eagles were led by sophomore middle linebacker Daniel Average Per Attempt 4.9 8.8 Holtzclaw (Enid, OK-Enid) and sophomore defensive back Lyle Gar- Average Per Completion 7.4 11.9 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 246 381 rison (Beavercreek, Ohio-Dayton Carroll) with eight tackles each. Total offense plays 59 64 The EMU defense played without its top pass rusher, junior defensive Average Gain Per Play 4.2 6.0 tackle Jason Jones (Southfield, Mich.-Lathrup) who entered the Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0 game ranked second in the nation in tackles-for-loss. Penalties: Number-Yards 9-67 4-34 PUNTS-YARDS 6-280 5-213 Average Yards Per Punt 46.7 42.6 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOT Net Yards Per Punt 45.7 37.2 Eastern Michigan 0 0 0 14 14 Inside 20 1 2 Louisiana Lafayette 14 9 7 3 33 Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 4-27-0 2-6-0 Average Per Return 6.8 3.0 EMU TACKLES (S-A): HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 7-1; GARRISON, Lyle 4-4; Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 4-86-0 0-0-0 MATTHEWS, Darran 4-2; WYATT, Jacob 4-1; RICHARDSON, Michael 2-3; Average Per Return 21.5 0.0 SELMAN, Cortland 4-0; BRACEY, Duan 4-0; YOUNG, Eric 2-1; HOWE, Kevin 2- Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 1; COZART, Allan 2-0; RILEY, Corey 1-1; SMITH, Blake 1-1; JENKINS, Jermaine Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1; HUNT, Josh 1-1; MAY, Chris 0-2; SMITH, Spenser 0-2; JOHNSON, Stephen Possession Time: 29:30 30:50 1-0; CAMPA, Chris 1-0; BROWN, Julius 1-0; HATCHETT, Andre 0-1 Third-Down Conversions 2-12 0-11 Fourth-Down Conversions 1-4 3-4 SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 2-15; MATTHEWS, Darran 1-7; YOUNG, Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 4-4 Eric 0.5-4; HUNT, Josh 0.5-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-15 2-12 TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 3-16: MATTHEWS, Darran 1-7; COZART, Allan 1-1; MAY, Chris 0.5-4; YOUNG, Eric 0.5-1 -27- EMU 2006 Season - Game 6
GAME 6 EMU at BGSU - Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green 00:06 BGSU Sean Ellis 23-yard field goal Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006 SECOND QUARTER 08:29 EMU Eric Deslauriers 79-yard pass from Tyler Jones; Doyt L. Perry Stadium • Andrew Wellock PAT 06:49 BGSU Corey Partridge 33-yard pass from Anthony Turner; Bowling Green, Ohio Sean Ellis PAT 04:41 BGSU Freddie Barnes 4-yard run; Sean Ellis PAT 4 p.m. EST - Buckeye Cable System 00:59 EMU Eric Deslauriers 23-yard pass from Tyler Jones; Attendance: Homecoming: 14,525 Andrew Wellock PAT THIRD QUARTER Eagles Denied by Falcons, 24-21 11:09 EMU Pierre Walker 11-yard run; Andrew Wellock PAT BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — The Eastern Michigan University football team turned in a strong effort here Saturday afternoon only to see its FOURTH QUARTER chance at victory end on a late Bowling Green State University rally in a 13:13 BGSU Chris Bullock 15-yard run; Sean Ellis PAT Mid-American Conference cross-divisional game in Doyt L. Perry Stadium. After trailing by a 17-7 count, the Eagles fought back to scored 14 RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: WALKER, Pierre 10-56-1; JONES, Tyler 16- unanswered points for a 21-17 lead with 11:09 left in the third quarter. 26; BGSU: BULLOCK, Chris 16-99-1; TURNER, Anthony 16-47; MACON, Dan 4-13; BARNES, Freddie 5-2-1 EMU then fell victim to two huge offensive miscues, with a dropped touchdown pass and a missed field goal ending scoring chances that PASSING: Eastern Michigan: JONES, Tyler 38-24-3-260-2; GAGE, Dontayo 1- could have added to the lead. 1-0-(-12); BGSU: TURNER, Anthony 24-14-0-165-1 The Falcons made the visitors pay after that, scoring on a touchdown run with 13:13 left in the game and held the Eagles scoreless the remain- RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: DESLAURIERS, Eric 10-173-2; GAGE, Dontayo der of the game for the for the final points of the 24-21 BGSU victory. 3-24; WHITE, DeAnthony 2-26; BOHNET, Ken 2-13; RILEY, Trumaine 2-9; WALKER, The loss was the sixth in as many games for the Eagles and the Green Pierre 2-7; BONNER, John 1-5; STONE, Jacory 1-5; LEWIS, Travis 1-(-2); JONES, and White stayed winless in the MAC at 0-3. The win boosted BGSU to 4- Tyler 1-(-12); BGSU: BARNES, Freddie 4-49; BULLOCK, Chris 4-39; PARTRIDGE, Corey 2-45-1; PARKS, Marques 2-16; BRANTLEY, Ken 1-9; O’DROBINAK, S. 1-7 3 overall and 3-1 in MAC action. The loss spoiled a record-setting day for EMU senior wide receiver Eric TEAM STATISTICS EMU BGSU Deslauriers (Gatineau, Quebec, Ontario, Canada-Lennoxville Scoring 21 College Prep) who hauled in 10 passes for 173 yards and two touch- 24 downs. The 10 catches gave Deslauriers the EMU career mark for FIRST DOWNS 18 17 receptions at 217, breaking Kevin Walter’s record of 211 from 1999- Rushing 6 11 02. Deslauriers’ 173 yards in receptions give him 2,859 yards, breaking Passing 11 6 Walter’s mark of 2,838. Penalty 1 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 82 159 Redshirt sophomore quarterback Tyler Jones (Belleville, Mich.- Rushing Attempts 26 42 Belleville) threw both touchdown passes to Deslauriers, one for 79 Average Per Rush 3.2 3.8 yards and the other for 23 yards. Junior Pierre Walker (Detroit, Mich.- Yards Gained Rushing 112 189 Central) had one rushing touchdown for 11 yards and Andrew Wellock Yards Lost Rushing 30 30 (Canton, Ohio-Green) booted all three PAT’s. NET YARDS PASSING 248 165 Defensively the Eagles were led by sophomore middle linebacker Daniel Completions-Attempts-Interceptions 25-39-3 14-24-0 Holtzclaw (Enid, OK-Enid) and junior defensive tackle Jason Jones Average Per Attempt 6.4 6.9 (Southfield, Mich.-Lathrup). Holtzclaw had a game-high 14 tackles Average Per Completion 9.9 11.8 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 330 324 while Jones, the national letter in tackles-for-loss, turned in three TFL’s for Total offense plays 65 66 11 yards. Average Gain Per Play 5.1 4.9 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-0 1-1 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOT Penalties: Number-Yards 5-56 3-35 Eastern Michigan 0 14 7 0 21 PUNTS-YARDS 5-195 5-187 Bowling Green 3 14 0 7 24 Average Yards Per Punt 39.0 37.4 Net Yards Per Punt 39.0 37.4 EMU TACKLES (S-A): HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 7-7; MATTHEWS, Darran 4-5; Inside 20 0 4 WYATT, Jacob 5-1; MAY, Chris 3-3; RICHARDSON, Michael 2-4; HOWE, Kevin 2- Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 3; JONES, Jason 4-0; HUNT, Josh 2-2; RILEY, Corey 1-3; GARRISON, Lyle 3-0; Average Per Return 0.0 0.0 SMITH, Blake 2-1; CAMPA, Chris 1-1; JENKINS, Jermaine 1-1; JONES, Tyler 1-0; Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 5-86-0 3-69-0 HATCHETT, Andre 1-0; WALKER, Pierre 1-0; SMITH, Spenser 0-1 Average Per Return 17.2 23.0 Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 3-64-0 SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 2-13; HUNT, Josh 1-8; JONES, Jason 1- Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 5 Possession Time: 33:20 26:40 Third-Down Conversions 7-15 5-14 TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 6-25: JONES, Jason 3-11; Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-2 HUNT, Josh 1-8; WYATT, Jacob 1-3; RICHARDSON, Michael 1-2; HOWE, Kevin Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 3-3 0.5-1; RILEY, Corey 0.5-1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-13 3-18 -28- EMU 2006 Season - Game 7
GAME 7 Toledo at EMU - Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER University of Toledo at Eastern Michigan 06:35 EMU Andrew Wellock 48-yard field goal 00:07 EMU Andrew Wellock 38-yard field goal University • Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006 SECOND QUARTER 01:47 EMU Andrew Wellock 43-yard field goal Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, Mich. FOURTH QUARTER 11:41 UT Jalen Parmele 14-yard run; Alex Steigerwald PAT 3 p.m. EST - MAC TV Game of the Week 03:11 UT Josh Powell 4-yard pass from Clint Cochran; Clint Cochran rush fumbled Attendance: Homecoming: 21,962 (Paid) 03:11 EMU Darran Matthews 86-yard fumble return for two points 00:36 EMU Pierre Walker 18-yard run; Andy Schmitt pass failed
Eagles Come Back to Edge Toledo, 17-13, on Homecoming RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: WALKER, Pierre 14-70-1; SCHMITT, Andy 18-62; YPSILANTI, Mich. — It was a game that needed plenty of heroes and BLEVINS, Terrence 2-3; TEAM 3-(-2); Toledo: PARMELE, Jalen 17-99-1; DAVIS, the Eastern Michigan University football team had plenty of candidates as Richard 11-41; COLLINS, DaJuane 5-34; OPELT, Aaron 4-1 the Eagles broke into the winning column with a thrilling 17-13 Mid-Ameri- can Conference West Division win over a visiting University of Toledo team PASSING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 27-17-1-196; Toledo: OPELT, Aaron 21-12-0-100-0; COCHRAN, Clint 10-6-0-43-1 here on a sunny Homecoming Saturday in Rynearson Stadium. Senior place-kicker Andrew Wellock (North Canton, Ohio-Green) RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: RILEY, Trumaine 5-73; DESLAURIERS, Eric 5-70; came up with field goals of 48, 38 and 43 yards and the EMU defense GAGE, Dontayo 2-21; LEWIS, Travis 2-13; MONTEMAYOR, R.J. 2-9; BONNER, pitched a shut out for three quarters as the Eagles built a 9-0 lead head- John 1-10; Toledo: ODOM, Steve 6-57; HOPKINS, Chris 4-27; MOORE, Nick 3-29; ing into the fourth quarter. From that point on the game got very interest- POWELL, Josh 2-14-1; DAVIS, Richard 2-11; PARMELE, Jalen 1-5 ing. TEAM STATISTICS TOLEDO EMU The Eagles moved the ball all the way to the Toledo four-yard line at the Scoring 13 17 end of the third quarter only to see the drive ended on a Rocket intercep- FIRST DOWNS 19 17 tion at the goal line and returned all the way to the Toledo 45. Rushing 11 8 The Rockets then drove 53 yards in 13 plays for their first score of the Passing 7 9 Penalty 1 0 game, a four-yard touchdown pass. The PAT made it 9-7. NET YARDS RUSHING 175 133 After forcing an EMU punt, the Rockets moved to the EMU 12-yard line Rushing Attempts 37 37 where place-kicker Alex Steigerwald was wide right on a 30-yard field goal. Average Per Rush 4.7 3.6 Eastern was called for roughing the center on the play and Toledo was Yards Gained Rushing 190 143 awarded a first down at the EMU six. The Rockets then punched over a Yards Lost Rushing 15 10 NET YARDS PASSING 143 196 touchdown to take their first lead, 13-9. Completions-Attempts-Interceptions 18-31-0 17-27-1 Toledo then attempted a two-point conversion and a six-point advan- Average Per Attempt 4.6 7.3 tage, but Toledo quarterback Clint Cochran was stripped of the ball by Average Per Completion 7.9 11.5 EMU defensive end Kevin Howe (Fruitport, Mich.-Grand Haven) and TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 318 329 Eagles’ linebacker Darran Matthews (Redford, Mich.-Thurston) Total Offense plays 68 64 Average Gain Per Play 4.7 5.1 scooped up the fumble and raced 86 yards for a two-point defensive Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 1-0 conversion, the second in EMU history, cutting the lead to 13-11. Penalties: Number-Yards 8-77 9-62 Enter another hero. Senior return specialist Trumaine Riley (Akron, PUNTS-YARDS 5-206 3-114 Ohio-Walsh Jesuit) took the ensuing Toledo kickoff and raced 45 yards Average Yards Per Punt 41.2 38.0 down the right sideline to give the Eagles the ball at the EMU 46 with Net Yards Per Punt 40.4 38.0 Inside 20 1 2 three minutes remaining in the game. Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-0-0 2-4-0 Trailing by a two-point margin, the Eagles needed just a few more yards Average Per Return 0.0 2.0 and an Andrew Wellock field goal to win. Eastern’s offense took matters Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-74-0 3-78-0 into its own hands at that point, moving all the way to the Toledo 18-yard Average Per Return 24.7 26.0 line, with the big play an 16-yard pass from quarterback Andy Schmitt Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 1-45-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 (St. John’s, Mich.-St. John’s) to wide receiver Dontayo Gage Possession Time:29:38 30:22 (Pontiac, Mich.-Northern). Third-Down Conversions 5-14 3-12 That left it up to junior tailback Pierre Walker (Detroit, Mich.-Cen- Fourth-Down Conversions 1-3 1-2 tral) who then burst around right end for an 18-yard touchdown run with Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 2-4 just 00:36 remaining. EMU’s pass for two was incomplete. Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-5 1-4 The Eagles then kicked off to Toledo but the Eagles’ defense stymied SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOT the Rockets, giving the Green and White its first victory in seven attempts Toledo 0 0 0 13 13 in 2006. Eastern Michigan 6 3 0 8 17 Schmitt played the entire game at quarterback, completing 17-of-27 EMU TACKLES (S-A): RICHARDSON, Michael 6-9; MAY, Chris 4-7; MATTHEWS, passes for 196 yards and adding 62 yards on 18 rushes. Walker gained Darran 5-3; HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 2-6; WYATT, Jacob 2-5; HOWE, Kevin 2-4; JONES, Jason 2-3; HUNT, Josh 0-4; SMITH, Blake 3-0; HATCHETT, Andre 1-2; RILEY, Corey 1- 70 yards on 14 carries. 1; COZART, Allan 0-2; SMITH, Spenser 0-2; CAMPA, Chris 1-0; SHMITT, Andy 1-0; Defensively the Eagles were paced by linebacker Michael Richardson BONNER, John 1-0; HUNTER, Derrick 1-0; BRACEY, Duan 0-1; GARRISON, Lyle 0-1 (Indianapolis, Ind.-Ben Davis-Harper J.C.) with 15 stops while safety SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 1-4; HOWE, Kevin 1-4 Chris May (Jupiter, Fla.-Dwyer) added 11 and Matthews added eight. TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 2-10: RICHARDSON, Michael 1-6; HOWE, Kevin 1-4 -29- EMU 2006 Season - Game 8
GAME 8 EMU at WMU - Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan • 00:08 EMU Andrew Wellock 45-yard field goal Saturday, Oct. 28, 2006 SECOND QUARTER 04:34 WMU Nate Meyer 42-yard field goal Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, Mich. THIRD QUARTER 3:30 p.m. EST - Comcast Local TV 12:47 EMU Andrew Wellock 41-yard field goal 02:28 EMU Andrew Wellock 26-yard field goal Attendance: 20,482 FOURTH QUARTER Broncos Stage Late Comeback to Edge Eagles, 18-15 13:09 EMU Eric Deslauriers 16-yard pass from Tyler Jones; Zach Johnson rush failed KALAMAZOO, Mich. — For just over three quarters here Saturday in 10:22 WMU Keith Schultz 1-yard pass from Ryan Cubit; Nate Meyer PAT Waldo Stadium it looked like the Eastern Michigan University football team 05:04 WMU Mark Bonds 19-yard run; Joe Chapple pass from Ryan Cubit for two would make it two wins in a row over Mid-American Conference football foes. Unfortunately, EMU could not stop a late Western Michigan Univer- RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 10-43; HARRISON, Dwayne 4-13; sity offensive surge and fell, 18-15. JONES, Tyler 10-3; FRANKLIN, Richard 3-3; WALKER, Pierre 4-2; RILEY, Trumaine 1-1; WMU: BONDS, Mark 18-97-1; WEST, Brandon 10-87; CUBIT, Ryan 5-(-2); The Eagles rallied in the fourth quarter two weekends ago to record TEAM: 2-(-4) their first win of the season, 17-13, over a visiting Toledo team. This time around Eastern was on the road against the Broncos and the PASSING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 26-15-0-159-0; JONES, Tyler 12-7-1- Eagles built a 9-3 lead through the first three quarters, relying on the 61-1; GAGE, Dontayo 1-0-1-0; WMU: CUBIT, Ryan 32-18-0-150-1 steady leg of senior place-kicker Andrew Wellock (North Canton, RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: RILEY, Trumaine 9-64; DESLAURIERS, Eric 6-85- Ohio-Green) who booted field goals of 45, 41 and 26 yards to give 1; GAGE, Dontayo 4-25; WHITE, DeAnthony 1-31; BOHNET, Ken 1-13; MONTEMAYOR, Eastern the six-point advantage. R.J. 1-2; WMU: SIMMONS, Jamarko 5-30; BONDS, Mark 4-23; MARTIN, Herb 3-31; In the early stages of the fourth quarter senior wide receiver Eric MARAGOS, Chris 3-25; LEDBETTER, B. 1-31; CHAPPLE, Joe 1-9; SCHULTZ, Keith 1- Deslauriers (Gatineau, Quebec, Ontario, Canada-Lennoxville 1-1 College Prep) caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from quarterback TEAM STATISTICS EMU WMU Tyler Jones (Belleville, Mich.-Belleville). The snap for the extra-point Scoring 15 18 kick was fumbled and the Eagles had to settle for a 15-3 lead with 13:09 FIRST DOWNS 18 17 remaining in the game. Rushing 4 10 The WMU offense came alive over those final 13 minutes, however, Passing 10 7 scoring on a touchdown with 10:22 left and adding a second score to Penalty 4 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 65 178 take an 18-15 lead with just 05:04 remaining. Rushing Attempts 32 35 The Eagles had one last chance to come back but could not get the ball Average Per Rush 2.0 5.1 in Western territory. Yards Gained Rushing 99 207 While the loss was tough enough, the Eagles lost starting quarterback Yards Lost Rushing 34 29 Andy Schmitt (St. John’s, Mich.-St. John’s) during the game with a NET YARDS PASSING 220 150 Completions-Attempts-Interceptions 22-39-2 18-32-0 slight head injury and most likely will lose starting tailback Pierre Walker Average Per Attempt 5.6 4.7 (Detroit, Mich.-Central) for the remainder of the season with a broken Average Per Completion 10.0 8.3 arm suffered during the contest. TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 285 328 Schmitt completed 15-of-26 passes for 159 yards and rushed 10 Total Offense plays 71 67 times for 43 yards before exiting. Tyler Jones was called on to fill in at Average Gain Per Play 4.0 4.9 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 2-2 quarterback and he completed 7-of-12 passes for 61 yards and one Penalties: Number-Yards 12-105 6-62 touchdown. PUNTS-YARDS 6-223 5-193 Senior Trumaine Riley (Akron, Ohio-Walsh Jesuit) hauled in nine Average Yards Per Punt 37.2 38.6 passes for 64 yards while Deslauriers added six grabs for 85 yards and Net Yards Per Punt 36.2 31.8 the lone score. Inside 20 3 0 Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-14-0 1-6-0 Defensively the Eagles were led by senior linebacker Michael Average Per Return 7.0 6.0 Richardson (Indianapolis, Ind.-Ben Davis-Harper (Ill.) J.C.) with Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-11-0 1-11-0 12 stops while sophomore linebacker Daniel Holtzclaw (Enid, OK- Average Per Return 11.0 11.0 Enid) added 11 and junior cornerback Blake Smith (Detroit, Mich.- Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 2-28-0 Mackenzie) turned in 10 stops. Junior Jason Jones (Southfield, Mich.- Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time: 33:25 26:35 Lathrup), who entered the game ranked third in the NCAA in tackles-for- Third-Down Conversions 5-17 4-13 loss, had one TFL for 11 yards along with four tackles. Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 1-1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 3-4 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOT Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-14 5-22 Eastern Michigan 3 0 6 6 15 EMU TACKLES (S-A): RICHARDSON, Michael 7-5; HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 3-8; SMITH, Western Michigan 0 3 0 15 18 Blake 4-6; RILEY, Corey 4-2; HOWE, Kevin 4-0; WYATT, Jacob 2-2; MAY, Chris 2-2; MATTHEWS, Darran 1-3; JONES, Jason 1-3; YOUNG, Eric 2-1; COZART, Allan 1-0; SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 2-14; JONES, Jason 1-11HOWE, Kevin 1-3 RILEY, Trumaine 1-0; BRACEY, Duan 1-0; SMITH, Spenser 1-0; CAMPA, Chris 0-1; TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 6-24: JONES, Jason 1-11; RILEY, Corey HUNT, Josh 0-1 2.5-8; HOWE, Kevin 1-3; RICHARDSON, Michael 1-1; HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 0.5-1 -30- EMU 2006 Season - Game 9
GAME 9 Ohio at EMU - Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER Ohio at Eastern Michigan • 03:07 EMU Andrew Wellock 34-yard field goal 00:08 OHIO Matt Lasher 34-yard field goal Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 SECOND QUARTER Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, Mich. 12:34 OHIO Scott Mayle 41-yard run; Matt Lasher PAT failed 07:44 EMU Tyler Jones 1-yard run; Andrew Wellock PAT 1 p.m. EST - No TV THIRD QUARTER Attendance: 17,749 (Paid) 05:46 OHIO Kalvin McRae 11-yard run; Matt Lasher PAT Eagles Drop 16-10 Decision to MAC East Leader Ohio RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: JONES, Tyler 17-52-1; BLEVINS, Terrence 9-35; WHITE, DeAnthony 5-26; RILEY, Trumaine 2-7; Ohio: McRAE, Kalvin 23-141-1; YPSILANTI, Mich. — For the second consecutive week the East- EVERSON, Austen 16-79; MAYLE, Scott 1-41-1; GARRETT, Chris 4-12; OWENS, ern Michigan University football team could not hold on to a Voncarie 3-6; MORSILLO, Mitch 3-1 halftime lead and the result was the second loss in a row, this PASSING: Eastern Michigan: JONES, Tyler 25-13-1-107; Ohio: EVERSON, Austen time a 16-10 setback to a visiting Ohio team here on Band Day in 12-7-0-46-0 Rynearson Saturday afternoon in a Mid-American Conference cross-divisional game. RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: RILEY, Trumaine 6-35; DESLAURIERS, Eric 4- 57; MONTEMAYOR, R.J. 2-12; BOHNET, Ken 1-3; Ohio: McRAE, Kalvin, MAYLE, Eastern went into the fourth quarter two weekends ago (Oct. Scott 1-19; GARRETT, Chris 1-7; SYLVAN, Rudy 1-3 28) with a lead over Western Michigan only to see the Broncos score 15 fourth-quarter points in an 18-15 win over the Eagles. TEAM STATISTICS OHIO EMU Scoring 10 16 Against Ohio the Eagles built a slim 10-9 halftime lead on a 34- FIRST DOWNS 17 14 yard field goal by Andrew Wellock (North Canton, Ohio-Green) Rushing 12 !5 and a one-yard run by sophomore quarterback Tyler Jones Passing 3 6 Penalty 2 3 (Belleville, Mich.-Belleville) with the PAT by Wellock. NET YARDS RUSHING 278 120 Ohio fought back from that halftime deficit using a ball-control Rushing Attempts 51 33 offense to stymie Eastern in the second half, taking the lead with Average Per Rush 5.5 3.6 Yards Gained Rushing 302 130 5:46 left in the third quarter on an 11-yard run. Yards Lost Rushing 24 10 That final score by the Bobcats would hold up as the Eagles NET YARDS PASSING 46 107 had trouble on offense against an Ohio team that entered the Completions-Attempts-Interceptions 7-12-0 13-25-1 Average Per Attempt 3.8 4.3 game as the No. 1 scoring defense in the MAC. Ohio also came Average Per Completion 6.6 8.2 into the weekend tied with Kent State for the lead in the MAC TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 324 227 East Division with identical 4-1 records. Total Offense plays 63 58 Average Gain Per Play 5.1 3.9 The Ohio defense lived up to its advance billing, limiting the Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 0-0 Eagles to just 24 offensive snaps in the second half and just 58 Penalties: Number-Yards 6-65 7-60 plays on the game with just 227 total offensive yards. PUNTS-YARDS 5-164 7-254 Average Yards Per Punt 32.8 36.3 Ohio meanwhile came up with 324 yards in total offense, 141 Net Yards Per Punt 32.8 32.3 of them by junior tailback Kalvin McRae, to seal the victory. Inside 20 1 1 EMU sophomore quarterback Tyler Jones completed 13-of-25 Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-8-0 1-0-0 Average Per Return 8.0 0.0 passes for 107 yards and led the Eagles in rushing with 52 yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-69-0 2-37-0 on 17 carries. Average Per Return 23.0 18.5 Defensively the Eagles were paced by sophomore linebacker Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 1-30-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Daniel Holtzclaw (Enid, OK-Enid) with 13 tackles, junior Darran Possession Time: 31:01 28:59 Matthews (Redford, Mich.-Thurston), with 12 and senior defen- Third-Down Conversions 4-13 5-14 sive end Kevin Howe (Fruitport, Mich.-Grand Haven) with 11. Fourth-Down Conversions 0-1 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-4 2-2 Junior defensive tackle Jason Jones (Southfield, Mich.-Lathrup), Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 1-3 who entered the game ranked third in the nation in tackles-for- loss, had 1.5 TFLs for five yards. EMU TACKLES (S-A): HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 2-11; MATTHEWS, Darran 1-11; HOWE, Kevin 7-4; MAY, Chris 3-6; WYATT, Jacob 5-3; RICHARDSON, Michael 4-4; HUNT, Josh The loss dropped the Eagles to 1-8 overall and 1-5 in MAC 3-3; JONES, Jason 1-5; RILEY, Corey 1-2; HATCHETT, Andre 2-0; BRACEY, Duan 1- action while Ohio improved to 7-3 overall and 5-1 in the MAC. 1; SMITH, Spenser 1-0; LANG, T.J. 1-0; YOUNG, Eric 1-0; GARRISON, Lyle 0-1; Eastern will step out of the MAC race next weekend (Nov. 11) SMITH, Blake 0-1 to host Navy in a 1 p.m. home game to be played at Ford Field, SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 1-3; HOWE, Kevin 1-3 the home of the NFL’s Detroit Lions. TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 6-18: HUNT, Josh 2.5-3; JONES, Jason 1.5-5; HOWE, Kevin 1.5-5; HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 1-4; MATTHEWS, Darran 0.5- SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOT 1 Ohio 3 6 7 9 16 Eastern Michigan 3 7 0 0 10 -31- EMU 2006 Season - Game 10
GAME 10 Navy at EMU - Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER Navy at Eastern Michigan • 06:53 NAVY Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada 1-yard run; Matt Harmon PAT 00:11 NAVY Jason Tomlinson 1-yard run; Matt Harmon PAT Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006 SECOND QUARTER Ford Field • Detroit, Mich. 07:19 NAVYKaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada 9-yard run; Matt Harmon PAT 02:01 NAVY Tyree Barnes 29-yard pass from Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada; 1 p.m. EST - Comcast Local TV Harmon PAT 00:06 EMU Andy Schmitt 2-yard run ; Andrew Wellock PAT Attendance: 15,816 (Paid) THIRD QUARTER 11:54 EMU Tyler Jones 5-yard run; Andrew Wellock PAT Eagles fall to visiting Navy, 49-21 09:49 NAVY Eric Kettani 7-yard run; Matt Harmon PAT DETROIT, Mich. — The nation’s leading offensive rushing team lived up 02:49 NAVY Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada 1-yard run; Matt Harmon PAT to its billing here Saturday in a 49-21 Navy win over Eastern Michigan in the third annual Collegiate Clash game held indoors at Ford Field. FOURTH QUARTER Navy entered the game with an average of 324.67 yards per game on 10:07 EMU Tyler Jones 2-yard run; Andrew Wellock PAT 08:04 NAVY Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada 5-yard run; Matt Harmon PAT the ground and was just short of that mark with 323 yards against the Eagles. The visitors scored on all six of its chances in the red zone. RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 16-89-1; JONES, Tyler 7-25-2; Head coach Jeff Genyk’s squad needed to turn up the offense against BLEVINS, Terrence 4-21; WHITE, DeAnthony 2-3; Navy: Eric Kettani 14-91-1; the Midshipmen and accounted for 358 yards in total offense and scored CAMPBELL, Reggie 8-67; HALL, Matt 7-44; KAHEAKU-ENHADA, Kaipo-Noa 10-28- three touchdowns. Yet, in the end it was turnovers that devastated the 4; BRYANT, Jarod 4-25; WHITE, Shun 4-22; BALLARD, Adam 2-21; HINES, Trey 2-10; SINGLETON, Zerbin 2-9; DOYLE, B obby 1-6; SHINEGO, Greg 1-0; WALSH, Eagles as they lost one fumble and threw two interceptions in the loss. Michael 1-0 Redshirt freshman quarterback Andy Schmitt (St. John’s, Mich.- St. John’s) led the Eagles with his first 300-yard total offense game, PASSING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 37-24-2-220; Navy: KAHEAKU- completing 24-of-37 passes for 220 yards and rushing 16 times for 89 ENHADA, Kaipo-Noa 9-7-0-151-2 yards with a touchdown run of two yards. RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: WHITE, DeAnthony 7-76; RILEY, Trumaine 6-44; In an attempt to give the offense some added firepower backup quar- STONE, Jacory 4-26; DESLAURIERS, Eric 3-35; BONNER, John 2-31; MONTEMAYOR, terback Tyler Jones (Belleville, Mich.-Belleville) saw some action at tailback R.J. 1-5; GAGE, Dontayo 1-3; Navy: CAMPBELL, Reggie 3-32; TOMLINSON, Jason and the redshirt sophomore responded with touchdown runs of two and 3-30-1; BARNES, Tyree 1-29-1 five yards. Navy jumped out to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter and quickly added TEAM STATISTICS NAVY EMU Scoring 49 21 two more scores in the second quarter for a 28-0 advantage. FIRST DOWNS 25 22 Eastern fought back with Schmitt’s touchdown run with just 00:06 left Rushing 17 9 in the first half and Andrew Wellock’s (North Canton, Ohio-Green) Passing 5 11 PAT made it 28-7. Penalty 3 2 The Eagles came right out on the second half kickoff and Wellock NET YARDS RUSHING 323 138 Rushing Attempts 56 29 recovered his own on-sides kick to give Eastern the ball at midfield. That Average Per Rush 8.8 4.8 trick play worked to perfection in execution and finish as the Eagles topped Yards Gained Rushing 326 149 it off with a five-yard touchdown run by Tyler Jones and a Wellock PAT to cut Yards Lost Rushing 3 11 Navy’s lead to 28-14. NET YARDS PASSING 151 220 Eastern would not come any closer, however as Navy added 21 points Completions-Attempts-Interceptions 7-9-0 24-37-2 Average Per Attempt 16.8 5.9 in the second half. The Eagles closed out its scoring on a two-yard Tyler Average Per Completion 21.6 9.2 Jones run and a Wellock PAT early in the fourth quarter. TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 474 358 Defensively the Eagles were paced by true freshman Andre Hatchett Total Offense plays 65 66 (Indianapolis, Ind.-Warren Central) with 15 tackles. Average Gain Per Play 7.3 5.4 Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-2 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 4-23 6-55 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOT PUNTS-YARDS 0-0 4-165 Navy 14 14 14 7 49 Average Yards Per Punt 0.0 41.2 Eastern Michigan 0 7 7 7 21 Net Yards Per Punt 0.0 41.2 Inside 20 0 3 Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 2-3: JONES, Jason 1-2; HOWE, Kevin Average Per Return 0.0 0.0 1-1 Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-4-0 4-121-0 Average Per Return 4.0 30.2 Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 2-41-0 0-0-0 EMU TACKLES (S-A): HATCHETT, Andre 7-8; MAY, Chris 6-3; MATTHEWS, Darran 0- Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 9; HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 1-7; HOWE, Kevin 3-4; HUNT, Josh 1-6; BRACEY, Duan 3-1; Possession Time: 29:51 30:09 JONES, Jason 2-2; RICHARDSON, Michael 1-3; JOHNSON, Stephen 1-1; WYATT, Jacob Third-Down Conversions 8-11 5-11 1-1; SELMAN, Cortland 1-0; LEWIS, Travis 1-0; GARRISON, Lyle 1-0; SMITH, Blake 1- Fourth-Down Conversions 1-1 1-1 0; BONNER, John 1-0; SEABERRY, Lorenzo 1-0; YOUNG, Eric 0-1; RILEY, Corey 0-1; Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 3-3 COZART, Allan 0-1; LANG, T.J. 0-1; RILEY, Trumaine 0-1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-5 0-0 SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 0-0
-32- EMU 2006 Season - Game 11
GAME 11 EMU at Kent State - Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER at Kent State 14, Eastern Michigan 6 • 08:14 KSU Najah Pruden 68-yard pass from Julian Edelman; Reid Macko PAT Friday, Nov. 17, 2006 THIRD QUARTER 11:34 KSU Daniel Muir 5-yard interception return; Reid Macko PAT Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio FOURTH QUARTER 6 p.m. EST - No television 12:27 EMU Andrew Wellock 25-yard field goal 03:50 EMU Andrew Wellock 39-yard field goal Attendance: 8,147 RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 8-40; BLEVIN, Terrence 4-21; Turnovers cost Eagles in 14-6 loss to Kent State JONES, Tyler 15-10; RILEY, Trumaine 1-(-3); Kent State: JARVIS, Eugene 33-155; EDELMAN, Julian 8-(-26) KENT, Ohio — Turnovers were too much for the Eastern Michi- gan University football team to overcome here Friday at Dix Sta- PASSING: Eastern Michigan: SCHMITT, Andy 21-10-2-104-0; JONES, Tyler 13-5- dium in a 14-6 Mid-American Conference loss to Kent State Uni- 2-70-0; Kent State: EDELMAN, Julian 18-9-1-188-1 versity. RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: DESLAURIERS, Eric 7-116; BONNER, John 2-30; The Eagles lost four interceptions, including one that was re- JONES, Tyler 2-16; STONE, Jacory 2-14; WHITE, DeAnthony 1-0; RILEY, Trumaine 1- turned for a touchdown, and lost one fumble. Despite those (-2); Kent State: PRUDEN, Najah 4-86-1; SITKO, Tom 2-50; JARVIS, Eugene 1-22; BELL, Brian 1-13; ROGERS, Darren 1-8 misplays, the EMU defense kept the Eagles in the game until the final gun. TEAM STATISTICS EMU KENT After giving up a second-quarter touchdown the Eagles settled Scoring 6 14 FIRST DOWNS 12 10 down and managed to record 10.5 tackles-for-loss of 38 yards, Rushing 3 3 had a 78-yard interception return by sophomore defensive line- Passing 9 7 man Corey Riley (Boynton Beach, Fla-American Heritage), and Penalty 0 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 68 129 held the host Golden Flashes to just 10 total first downs. Rushing Attempts 28 41 That outstanding defensive effort was not enough, however, as Average Per Rush 2.4 3.1 Kent limited the Eagles to two Andrew Wellock (North Canton, Yards Gained Rushing 92 182 Yards Lost Rushing 24 53 Ohio-Green) field goals of 25 and 39 yards, both in the fourth NET YARDS PASSING 174 188 quarter. Completions-Attempts-Interceptions 15-34-4 9-18-1 Defensively the Eagles were paced by true freshman Andre Average Per Attempt 5.1 10.4 Average Per Completion 11.6 20.9 Hatchett (Indianapolis, Ind.-Warren Central) with 15 tackles. TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 242 317 Total Offense plays 62 59 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOT Average Gain Per Play 3.9 5.4 Eastern Michigan 0 0 0 6 6 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 2-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 3-22 6-57 Kent State 0 7 7 0 14 PUNTS-YARDS 5-191 7-229 Average Yards Per Punt 38.2 32.7 TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 10.5-38: RICHARDSON, Michael 2.5-8; Net Yards Per Punt 37.2 31.3 HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 1.5-8; HOWE, Kevin 1.5-5; MAY, Chris 1.5-2; MATTHEWS, Darran Inside 20 2 2 1-5; JONES, Jason 1-2; HUNT, Josh 1-1; RILEY, Corey 0.5-6; WYATT, Jacob 0.5-2; Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-10-0 2-5-0 Average Per Return 5.0 2.5 Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-54-0 2-42-0 Average Per Return 18.0 21.0 Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 1-78-0 4-50-1 Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time: 30:25 29:35 Third-Down Conversions 5-15 1-12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 0-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-18 1-4
EMU TACKLES (S-A): RICHARDSON, Michael 9-5; WYATT, Jacob 8-2; HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 2-5; MAY, Chris 3-2; HUNT, Josh 3-2; SMITH, Blake 2-2; YOUNG, Eric 1-3; BRACEY, Duan 3-0; HOWE, Kevin 1-2; MATTHEWS, Darran 2-0; RILEY, Corey 1-1; CAMPA, Chris 1-0; DESLAURIERS, Eric 1-0; JONES, Jason 1-0; TOPOLINSKI, Jerry 1- 0; LANG, T.J. 0-1; JENKINS, Jermaine 0-1; HATCHETT, Andre 0-1; SMITH, Spencer 0- 1
SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 2-18: HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 1-8; RICHARDSON, Michael 0.5-4; RILEY, Corey 0.5-6
-33- EMU 2006 Season - Game 12
GAME 12 NIU at EMU - Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER Northern Illinois 27, at Eastern Michigan 0 03:05 NIU Garrett Wolfe 2-yard run; Chris Nendick PAT Friday, Nov. 24, 2006 SECOND QUARTER 03:27 NIU Marcus Perez 17-yard pass from Dan Nicholson; Chris Nendick Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, Mich. PAT 11 a.m. EST - Comcast Local TV 00:54 NIU David Koronkiewicz 4-yard pass from Dan Nicholson; Nendick PAT Attendance: 9,637 (Paid) THIRD QUARTER 04:19 NIU Chris Nendick 32-yard field goal Northern Illinois hands EMU a 27-0 shutout setback FOURTH QUARTER YPSILANTI, Mich. — The nation’s leading rusher, Garrett Wolfe, 14:39 NIU Chris Nendick 30-yard field goal was too much for the Eastern Michigan University defense to handle as the senior tailback led a visiting Northern Illinois Uni- RUSHING: Eastern Michigan: BLEVINS, Terrence 7-26; OGUNDARE, Olefemi 3-13; JONES, Tyler 2-13; GAGE, Dontayo 12-(-7); Northern Illinois: WOLFE, versity football team to a 27-0 Mid-American Conference West Garrett 27-164-1; ANDERSON, Justin 10-53; PRIME, Cas 7-21; NICHOLSON, Dan Division shutout win here Friday in Rynearson Stadium. 1-2 Wolfe, who entered the game with a 157.82 yard per-game PASSING: Eastern Michigan: GAGE, Dontayo 15-8-0-55-0; JONES, Tyler 3-2--0- rushing average, gained 164 yards on 27 with one touchdown to 0; Northern Illinois: NICHOLSON, Dan 37-24-3-261-2 lead an NIU offense that turned in 501 yards in total offense on 82 plays. RECEIVING: Eastern Michigan: DESLAURIERS, Eric 6-28; STONE, Jacory 3-31; BLEVINS, Terrence 1-8; Northern Illinois: DAV IS, Britt 9-100; PEREZ, Marcus 4- The NIU defense wasn’t the only story, however, as the Hus- 54-1; KORONKIEWICZ, David 4-29-1; CARTER, Jarrett 3-27; LEWIS, Marcus 1-28; kies’ defense limited an injury-plagued EMU offense to just 112 DAVIS, Brandon 1-8; WOLFE, Garrett 1-8; SIMON, Matt 1-7 yards in total offense on 42 plays. TEAM STATISTICS NIU EMU Eastern’s main chance to avoid a shutout came with 06:31 left Scoring 27 0 in the game but senior place-kicker Andrew Wellock (North Can- FIRST DOWNS 29 7 ton, Ohio-Green) booted a 41-yard attempt wide left. Rushing 15 2 Passing 14 4 The Eagles entered the game with a host of injuries that forced Penalty 0 1 several starters and top backups to miss the game. Starting NET YARDS RUSHING 240 45 quarterback Andy Schmitt (St. John’s, Mich.-St. John’s), start- Rushing Attempts 45 24 Average Per Rush 5.3 1.9 ing wide receiver and return specialist Trumaine Riley (Akron, Yards Gained Rushing 242 76 Ohio-Walsh Jesuit), starting tailback Pierre Walker (Detroit, Yards Lost Rushing 2 31 Mich.-Central), starting tight end Ken Bohnet (Grand Ledge, NET YARDS PASSING 261 67 Completions-Attempts-Interceptions 24-37-3 10-18-0 Mich.-Grand Ledge) were already sidelined due to injuries, and Average Per Attempt 7.1 3.7 backup quarterback Tyler Jones (Belleville, Mich.-Belleville) Average Per Completion 10.9 6.7 joined that group early in the second quarter and sat out the TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 501 112 Total Offense plays 82 42 remainder of the game. Average Gain Per Play 6.1 2.7 EMU head coach Jeff Genyk then called on redshirt freshman Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 1-1 Dolntayo Gage (Pontiac, Mich.-Northern) to run the EMU offense Penalties: Number-Yards 5-38 8-60 PUNTS-YARDS 0-0 8-287 and he finished the day completing 8-of-15 passes for 55 yards Average Yards Per Punt 0.0 35.9 and rushed 12 times for a -7 yards. Net Yards Per Punt 0.0 35.8 EMU senior wide receiver Eric Deslauriers (Gatineau, Que- Inside 20 0 0 Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-1-0 0-0-0 bec, Canada-Lennoxville College Prep), EMU’s career leader Average Per Return 1.0 0.0 in virtually all of the receiving records, was limited to six catches Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 3-67-0 for just 28 total yards. Average Per Return 0.0 22.3 Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 3-33-0 The loss spoiled Senior Day for the Eagles and completed Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 their season at 1-11 overall and 1-7 in MAC action. The win boosts Possession Time: 37:05 22:55 NIU to 7-5 overall and 5-3 in league play. Third-Down Conversions 9-15 0-9 Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-6 0-1 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOT Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-26 0-0 Eastern Michigan 0 0 0 6 6 Kent State 0 7 7 0 14 EMU TACKLES (S-A): MATTHEWS, Darran 4-11; WYATT, Jacob 6-7; HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 1-12; MAY, Chris 4-8; JONES, Jason 3-7; RICHARDSON, Michael 2-6; HOWE, Kevin 1-6; BRACEY, Duan 3-2; YOUNG, Eric 0-4; SMITH, Blake 3-0; CAMPA, Chris 2- TACKLES FOR LOSS: Eastern Michigan: 10.5-38: RICHARDSON, Michael 2.5-8; 1; COZART, Allan 1-2; HUNT, Joshn 0-3; GARRISON, Lyle 1-1; HATCHETT, Andre 1-0 HOLTZCLAW, Daniel 1.5-8; HOWE, Kevin 1.5-5; MAY, Chris 1.5-2; MATTHEWS, Darran 1-5; JONES, Jason 1-2; HUNT, Josh 1-1; RILEY, Corey 0.5-6; WYATT, Jacob 0.5-2; SACKS (UA-A): Eastern Michigan: 0-0
-34- EMU 2007 Recruiting Class
Eastern Michigan University 2007 Football Recruits
Name Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown-High School (Junior College) Chris Bittner LB 6-1 195 Fr. Birmingham, Mich.-Lahser Adam Brockman DL 6-3 230 Fr. Lebanon, Ind.-Lebanon Bridger Buche OL 6-3 260 Fr. Portland, Mich.-Portland Martavius Cardwell DB 5-10 185 Fr. Flint, Mich.-Carman-Ainsworth Aeric Clay RB 6-2 1/2 217 Fr. Toledo, Ohio-Bowsher Darrell Davis-Budanauro OL 6-4 350 Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich.-East Grand Rapids Marcus English DB 6-1 200 Fr. Trotwood, Ohio-Trotwood-Madison David Fox DB 6-2 190 Fr. Muskegon, Mich.-Muskegon Heights Maurice Goodrum RB 5-8 190 Fr. Detroit, Mich.-Henry Ford Derek Gotham OL 6-4 280 Fr. South Lyon, Mich.-South Lyon Arrington Hicks DB 5-10 170 Fr. Orlando, Fla.-Edgewater Trey Hunter WR 5-11 186 Fr. Cleveland, Ohio-Eastwood Jayson Jones RB 5-8 170 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla.-Englewood Shawn Knight DB 5-11 175 Fr. Trotwood, Ohio-Trotwood-Madison Kevin Long DB 6-1 195 Fr. Walled Lake, Mich.-Walled Lake Central Kyle McMahon QB 6-3 200 Fr. Rochester Hills, Mich.- Pontiac Notre Dame Prep Brad Ohrman DL 6-4 225 Fr. Adrian, Mich.-Adrian Tyler Palsrok DL 6-4 240 Fr. Vicksburg, Mich.-Vicksburg Dwayne Priest RB 5-9 185 Fr. Roanoke, Va.-William Fleming-Fork Union Ac. Javon Reese DL 6-3 220 Fr. Ft. Wayne, Ind.-Southside Jeremy Shrieves DL 6-4 260 Fr. Huber Heights, Ohio-Cincinnati Wayne Brandon Slater DL 6-3 240 Fr. Southfield, Mich.-Lathrup Jason Williams QB 6-3 190 Fr. Miamisburg, Ohio-Miamisburg Dan Youssif TE 6-2 245 Fr. Birmingham, Mich.-Brother Rice
-more-
-35- EMU 2007 Recruiting Class
Eastern Michigan University 2007 Football Recruits
Name Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown-High School (Junior College) Chris Bittner LB 6-1 195 Fr. Birmingham, Mich.-Lahser Recorded 91 tackles with seven sacks, 12 tackles-for-loss and also returned a fumble for a touchdown...The Detroit News: Honorable mention All-Metro North.
Adam Brockman DL 6-3 230 Fr. Lebanon, Ind.-Lebanon Played just one year of high school football at Lebanon after moving from California...Recorded 62 tackles, 24 tackles-for-losss and 16 sacks as a senior...Named first-team AAAA All-State.
Bridger Buche OL 6-3 260 Fr. Portland, Mich.-Portland Pronounced (BO-key)...Recorded 69 tackles, four tackles-for-loss and five sacks as a senior football player...Also plays on the basketball team...Detroit Free Press: Named to the All-State team...Named No. 30 on Mick McCabe’s Fab 50 list of the top state of Michigan recruits....The Detroit News: Selected first- team Class B All-State...Chosen No. 47 on Tom Markowski’s Blue Chip list of the top seniors in the state of Michigan...Offensive Player of the Year in the Lansing area as a junior.
Martavius Cardwell DB 5-10 185 Fr. Flint, Mich.-Carman-Ainsworth All-Conference selection as a senior after intercepting seven passes and recording 62 tackles...The Detroit News: Honorable mention All-State...Selected No. 48 on Tom Markowski’s Blue Chip list of the top seniors in the state of Michigan.
Aeric Clay RB 6-2 1/2 217 Fr. Toledo, Ohio-Bowsher Played at Bowsher High School in Toledo, Ohio...Finished runnerup in the 100-meter dash at the state track meet as a sophomore and junior...Finished second in the 100 meters in the 2006 state meet in a time of 10.61 and was clocked in 10.88 as a runnerup in 2005...Went out for football as a senior in 2006 and and broke the Toledo City League’s single-game rushing record in his first game after rushing 20 times for 377 yards and three touchdowns against Southview H.S....Was injured in the first quarter of his fourth game, versus Woodward, after breaking his right hand and missing the remainder of the season...Carried 61 times for 620 yards and a 10.2 yard average with five touchdowns...Turned in seven rushes for 50-yards or more.
Darrell Davis-Budanauro OL 6-4 350 Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich.- East G.R. Helped lead East Grand Rapids to the 2006 State of Michigan Division III state title...Offensive line standout who also play sparingly on the defensive front...Named to the Grand Rapids Press Dream Team...The Detroit News: First-team Class B All-State...Chosen No. 22 on Tom Markowski’s Blue Chip list of the top seniors in the state of Michigan...Detroit Free Press: First-team Division III All-State...Named No. 38 on Mick McCabe’s Fab 50 list of the top state of Michigan recruits...Associated Press: Class B All- State...Originally from Texas.
Marcus English S 6-1 200 Fr. Trotwood, Ohio-Madison Recorded 56 tackles with two interceptions, had three fumble recoveries, tallied two forced fumbles, and four sacks as a senior...First-team All-Conference selection. -more- -36- EMU 2007 Recruiting Class
David Fox WR 6-2 190 Fr. Muskegon, Mich.-Muskegon Heights Caught 39 passes for 810 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior...Had 2,132 career receiving yards to go along with 23 touchdowns...The Detroit News: Honorable mention All-State...Detroit Free Press: Honorable mention All-State...Named No. 26 on Mick McCabe’s Fab 50 list of the top state of Michigan recruits...Associated Press: Second-team All-State selection.
Maurice Goodrum RB 5-8 190 Fr. Detroit, Mich.-Henry Ford Rushed for 1,222 yards and 14 touchdowns while averaging 122 yards a game as a senior... Detroit Free Press: Named first-team Division II all-state and first-team All-Detroit...Named No. 50 on Mick McCabe’s Fab 50 list of the top state of Michigan recruits...The Detroit News: Named first-team All-Metro Detroit...Selected No. 49 on Tom Markowski’s Blue Chip list of the top seniors in the state of Michigan.
Derek Gotham OL 6-4 280 Fr. South Lyon, Mich.-South Lyon The Detroit News: Named to the Dream Team...Also selected first-team All-Metro North...Detroit Free Press: First-team Division I All-State pick...Named No. 49 on Mick McCabe’s Fab 50 list of the top state of Michigan recruits....Also selected to the All-North first-team...Associated Press: First-team Class A all- state selection...The Ann Arbor News: First-team All-Area...The Detroit News: Selected No. 36 on Tom Markowski’s Blue Chip list of the top seniors in the state of Michigan.
Arrington Hicks DB 5-10 170 Fr. Orlando, Fla.-Edgewater Two-year starter at defensive cornerback...Recorded six interceptions as a senior...Also runs track and turned in the fifth-fastest times in the state of Florida in both the 100-meter high hurdles (:14.12) and the 300-meter hurdles (:37.77) as a junior.
Trey Hunter WR 5-11 186 Fr. Cleveland, Ohio-Eastwood Caught 28 passes for 411 yards and a touchdown on offense and interception four passes and recorded 47 tackles on defense as a senior...Also returned seven kickoffs for a 19.4 average and six punts for a 23.7 average...Rushed 20 times for 91 yards and two touchdowns.
Jayson Jones RB 5-8 170 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla.-Englewood First name is pronounced Jay-SAHN...Rushed for 1,103 yards on 140 carries and scored 18 touchdowns as a senior.
Shawn Knight DB 5-11 175 Fr. Trotwood, Ohio-Trotwood-Madison Recorded 48 tackles and had two forced fumbles, 14 pass breakups and one interception as a senior...First-team All-Conference player.
Kevin Long DB 6-1 195 Fr. Walled Lake, Mich.-Walled Lake Central Was the second-leading scorer on the team after rushing for 438 yards and eight touchdowns and adding eight receptions for 209 yards and a 26.13 average per reception...Detroit Free Press: First-team All- State on the Division II team...Named captain of that squad...The Detroit News: Chosen No. 38 on Tom Markowski’s Blue Chip list of the top seniors in the state of Michigan.
-more-
-37- EMU 2007 Recruiting Class
Kyle McMahon QB 6-3 200 Fr. Rochester Hills, Mich.-Notre Dame Prep Rushed for 650 yards and 14 touchdowns and passed for 1,260 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior...The Detroit News: Named honorable mention Class B All-State and honorable mention All-Metro North...Selected No. 46 on Tom Markowski’s Blue Chip list...Detroit Free Press: Named No. 39 on Mick McCabe’s Fab 50 list of the top state of Michigan recruits.
Brad Ohrman DL 6-4 225 Fr. Adrian, Mich.-Adrian Played at Adrian High School and posted 126 tackles with five sacks as a senior defensive lineman...Also played tight end and recorded 35 receptions for 550 yards and 10 touchdowns...Named first-team All- Southeastern Conference as a senior...Associated Press: First-team Class A All-State...The Detroit News: Chosen No. 52 on Tom Markowski’s Blue Chip list of the top seniors in the state of Michigan.
Tyler Palsrok DL 6-4 240 Fr. Vicksburg, Mich.-Vicksburg Played at Vicksburg High School where he recorded 72 tackles, six sacks and 14 tackles-for-loss as a senior...Detroit Free Press: First-team Division 4 All-State selection...Named No. 35 on Mick McCabe’s Fab 50 list of the top state of Michigan recruits.
Dwayne Priest RB 5-9 185 Fr. Roanoke, Va.-Wm. Fleming-Fork Union Military Academy In his final season (2005) at William Fleming High School in Virginia, Priest ran for 1,548 yards and 20 touchdowns while also being named the state’s top defensive player as a standout safety...Spent a year at Fork Union Military Academy.
Javon Reese DL 6-3 220 Fr. Ft. Wayne, Ind.-Southside Tallied 37 tackles and registered eight sacks in eight games before sustaining a season-ending injury in his senior season...Also had a block punt, a blocked extra-point attempt and recovered a fumble for a touchdown.
Jeremy Shrieves DL 6-4 260 Fr. Huber Heights, Ohio-Cincinnati Wayne Considered one of the state of Ohio’s top linemen...Selected to play in the Big 33 All-Star Game.
Brandon Slater DL 6-3 240 Fr. Southfield, Mich.-Lathrup Recorded 106 tackles with 54 solos, had seven sacks, four pass deflections and three forced fumbles as a senior defensive lineman...Also played tight end on offense and had 20 receptions and scored eight touchdowns in his final season.
Jason Williams QB 6-3 190 Fr. Miamisburg, Ohio-Miamisburg Threw for 1,474 yards and eight touchdowns and rushed 72 times for 482 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior...Completed his career with 22 touchdown passes...Set the school records for passing yards in a game (340) and passing yards in a single season (1,632).
Dan Youssif TE 6-2 245 Fr. Birmingham, Mich.-Brother Rice Caught 20 passes in a run-oriented offense...The Detroit News: Honorable mention All-Metro North...Selected No. 51 on Tom Markowski’s Blue Chip list of the top senior players in the state of Michi- gan. -38- Mid-American Conference 2006 Statistics
Mid-American Conference 2006 Football Final Standings CONFERENCE OVERALL WEST D IVISION WL PCT PTS OPP WL PCT PTS OPP Central Michigan 7 1 .875 235 145 10 4 .714 416 312 Western Michigan 6 2 .750 177 148 8 5 .615 299 259 Northern Illinois 5 3 .625 207 144 7 6 .538 331 275 Ball State 5 3 .625 225 184 5 7 .417 326 309 Toledo 3 5 .375 157 204 5 7 .417 281 332 Eastern Michigan 1 7 .125 106 174 1 11 .083 167 322
EAST D IVISION WL PCT PTS OPP WL PCT PTS OPP Ohio 7 1 .875 197 119 9 5 .643 276 253 Kent State 5 3 .625 172 140 6 6 .500 214 241 Akron 3 5 .375 153 187 5 7 .417 236 271 Bowling Green 3 5 .375 166 214 4 8 .333 234 340 Miami 2 6 .250 164 187 2 10 .167 222 304 Buffalo 1 7 .125 201 314 2 10 .167 220 431
Total Offense G Rush Pass PlaysYards Avg./P TD Yds/G Total Defense G Rush Pass Plays Yds Avg/P Td Yds/G Central Michigan 14 1811 3443 869 5254 6.0 49 375.3 Western Mich. 13 989 2591 762 3580 4.7 25 275.4 Northern Illinois 13 2142 2580 829 4722 5.7 36 363.2 Kent State 12 1668 1907 780 3575 4.6 27 297.9 Ball State 12 1103 3112 739 4215 5.7 37 351.2 Ohio 14 1828 2412 870 4240 4.9 30 302.9 Bowling Green 12 2120 2029 852 4149 4.9 31 345.8 Bowling Green 12 1731 2091 714 3822 5.4 38 318.5 Toledo 12 1875 2048 856 3923 4.6 34 326.9 Akron 12 1635 2234 821 3869 4.7 31 322.4 Kent State 12 1901 1958 753 3859 5.1 27 321.6 Miami 12 2093 1888 712 3981 5.6 34 331.8 Western Mich. 13 1751 2403 879 4154 4.7 30 319.5 Toledo 12 1655 2342 769 3997 5.2 36 333.1 Miami 12 1040 2779 806 3819 4.7 26 318.2 Central Mich. 14 1771 3011 992 4782 4.8 41 341.6 Akron 12 1005 2720 749 3725 5.0 31 310.4 Northern Illinois 13 1585 3156 852 4741 5.6 36 364.7 Ohio 14 2067 1806 856 3873 4.5 31 276.6 Eastern Mich. 12 2416 2244 820 4660 5.7 41 388.3 Eastern Mich. 12 1269 2046 744 3315 4.5 17 276.2 Buffalo 12 2218 2467 748 4685 6.3 56 390.4 Buffalo 12 1082 2136 734 3218 4.4 24 268.2 Ball State 12 2108 3094 820 5202 6.3 35 433.5
Rushing Offense G Att Yds Avg Td Yds/G Rushing Defense G Rushes Yards Avg Td Yds/G Bowling Green 12 505 2120 4.2 19 176.7 Western Michigan 13 380 989 2.6 11 76.1 Northern Illinois 13 443 2142 4.8 20 164.8 Northern Illinois 13 441 1585 3.6 14 121.9 Kent State 12 486 1901 3.9 17 158.4 Central Michigan 14 506 1771 3.5 18 126.5 Toledo 12 470 1875 4.0 21 156.2 Ohio 14 455 1828 4.0 16 130.6 Ohio 14 525 2067 3.9 22 147.6 Akron 12 485 1635 3.4 18 136.2 Western Michigan 13 471 1751 3.7 10 134.7 Toledo 12 428 1655 3.9 17 137.9 Central Michigan 14 422 1811 4.3 21 129.4 Kent State 12 454 1668 3.7 19 139.0 Eastern Michigan 12 374 1269 3.4 10 105.8 Bowling Green 12 420 1731 4.1 23 144.2 Ball State 12 366 1103 3.0 10 91.9 Miami 12 438 2093 4.8 20 174.4 Buffalo 12 380 1082 2.8 15 90.2 Ball State 12 426 2108 4.9 16 175.7 Miami 12 386 1040 2.7 11 86.7 Buffalo 12 473 2218 4.7 35 184.8 Akron 12 365 1005 2.8 13 83.8 Eastern Michigan 12 501 2416 4.8 21 201.3
Pass Offense G Att Cmp Int Pct Yds Avg Td Yds/G Pass Defense G Att Cmp Int Pct Yds Avg Td Yds/G Ball State 12 373 232 11 62.2 3112 8.3 27 259.3 Miami 12 274 162 14 59.1 1888 6.9 14 157.3 Central Michigan 14 447 280 11 62.6 3443 7.7 28 245.9 Kent State 12 326 171 16 52.5 1907 5.8 8 158.9 Miami 12 420 241 11 57.4 2779 6.6 15 231.6 Ohio 14 415 217 13 52.3 2412 5.8 14 172.3 Akron 12 384 202 11 52.6 2720 7.1 18 226.7 Bowling Green 12 294 188 12 63.9 2091 7.1 15 174.2 Northern Illinois 13 386 217 15 56.2 2580 6.7 16 198.5 Akron 12 336 186 7 55.4 2234 6.6 13 186.2 Western Mich. 13 408 252 13 61.8 2403 5.9 20 184.8 Eastern Mich. 12 319 203 7 63.6 2244 7.0 20 187.0 Buffalo 12 354 200 13 56.5 2136 6.0 9 178.0 Toledo 12 341 193 11 56.6 2342 6.9 19 195.2 Toledo 12 386 215 11 55.7 2048 5.3 13 170.7 Western Mich. 13 382 226 24 59.2 2591 6.8 14 199.3 Eastern Mich. 12 370 217 16 58.6 2046 5.5 7 170.5 Buffalo 12 275 184 10 66.9 2467 9.0 21 205.6 Bowling Green 12 347 195 11 56.2 2029 5.8 12 169.1 Central Michigan 14 486 302 16 62.1 3011 6.2 23 215.1 Kent State 12 267 143 12 53.6 1958 7.3 10 163.2 Northern Illinois 13 411 265 7 64.5 315 6.7 22 242.8 Ohio 14 331 180 1554.4 1 806 5.5 9 129.0 Ball State 12 394 251 9 63.7 3094 7.9 19 257.8 -39- Mid-American Conference 2006 Statistics
Scoring Offense G Td Xp 2xp Dxp Fg Saf Pts Avg 3rd Down Conversions G Conv Att Pct Central Michigan 14 55 48 1 0 12 0 416 29.7 Bowling Green 12 76 186 40.9 Ball State 12 39 37 1 0 17 1 326 27.2 Central Michigan 14 70 177 39.5 Northern Illinois 13 39 35 1 0 20 0 331 25.5 Toledo 12 76 193 39.4 Toledo 12 37 30 3 0 7 1 281 23.4 Western Michigan 13 75 198 37.9 Western Michigan 13 35 33 1 0 18 0 299 23.0 Northern Illinois 13 64 177 36.2 Ohio 14 34 29 1 0 13 1 276 19.7 Ohio 14 67 194 34.5 Akron 12 32 22 2 0 6 0 236 19.7 Ball State 12 50 153 32.7 Bowling Green 12 32 28 1 0 4 0 234 19.5 Kent State 12 49 151 32.5 Miami 12 27 22 1 0 12 0 222 18.5 Buffalo 12 50 155 32.3 Buffalo 12 28 23 1 0 9 0 220 18.3 Miami 12 53 169 31.4 Kent State 12 30 26 0 0 2 1 214 17.8 Eastern Michigan 12 49 163 30.1 Eastern Michigan 12 17 15 0 1 16 0 167 13.9 Akron 12 44 157 28.0
Scoring Defense G Td Xp 2xp Dxp Fg Saf Pts Avg Opp 3rd Down Conversions G Conv Att Pct Ohio 14 33 31 0 0 8 0 253 18.1 Western Michigan 13 53 170 31.2 Western Michigan 13 31 28 0 0 15 0 259 19.9 Ohio 14 62 186 33.3 Kent State 12 28 24 2 0 15 0 241 20.1 Kent State 12 57 170 33.5 Northern Illinois 13 36 30 1 0 9 0 275 21.2 Toledo 12 55 159 34.6 Central Michigan 14 42 37 1 0 7 0 312 22.3 Akron 12 66 184 35.9 Akron 12 34 32 0 0 11 1 271 22.6 Buffalo 12 51 136 37.5 Miami 12 37 30 2 0 16 0 304 25.3 Ball State 12 63 165 38.2 Ball State 12 38 31 1 0 16 0 309 25.8 Central Michigan 14 78 199 39.2 Eastern Michigan 12 42 38 1 0 10 0 322 26.8 Bowling Green 12 59 145 40.7 Toledo 12 42 36 2 1 12 1 332 27.7 Northern Illinois 13 72 176 40.9 Bowling Green 12 46 43 0 0 7 0 340 28.3 Miami 12 66 159 41.5 Buffalo 12 58 52 2 0 9 0 431 35.9 Eastern Michigan 12 67 160 41.9
First Downs G Rush Pass Pen Total Sacks Against G Sacks Yards Central Michigan 14 93 144 25 262 Western Michigan 13 17 135 Northern Illinois 13 102 120 21 243 Bowling Green 12 20 106 Bowling Green 12 117 96 14 227 Ohio 14 20 145 Western Michigan 13 97 120 9 226 Northern Illinois 13 25 194 Toledo 12 106 98 15 219 Eastern Michigan 12 26 157 Miami 12 62 131 26 219 Ball State 12 28 210 Ohio 14 104 80 24 208 Central Michigan 14 30 205 Akron 12 73 108 25 206 Toledo 12 30 199 Ball State 12 57 124 24 205 Akron 12 31 242 Kent State 12 95 83 14 192 Kent State 12 32 216 Eastern Michigan 12 73 98 15 186 Buffalo 12 39 214 Buffalo 12 72 96 11 179 Miami 12 49 268
Pass Efficiency G Att Comp Pct Int Yds Td Effic. Time of Possession G Total Time Avg/G Ball State 12 373 232 .622 11 3112 27 150.3 Toledo 12 380:05 31:40 Central Michigan 14 447 280 .626 11 3443 28 143.1 Miami 12 377:42 31:28 Akron 12 384 202 .526 11 2720 18 121.8 Western Michigan 13 408:24 31:24 Western Michigan 13 408 252 .618 13 2403 20 121.0 Ohio 14 437:56 31:16 Miami 12 420 241 .574 11 2779 15 119.5 Bowling Green 12 373:07 31:05 Kent State 12 267 143 .536 12 1958 10 118.5 Eastern Michigan 12 359:32 29:57 Northern Illinois 13 386 217 .562 15 2580 16 118.3 Buffalo 12 357:14 29:46 Bowling Green 12 347 195 .562 11 2029 12 110.4 Kent State 12 354:48 29:34 Buffalo 12 354 200 .565 13 2136 9 108.2 Northern Illinois 13 384:20 29:33 Toledo 12 386 215 .557 11 2048 13 105.7 Ball State 12 345:11 28:45 Eastern Michigan 12 370 217 .586 16 2046 7 102.7 Akron 12 344:03 28:40 Ohio 14 331 180 .544 15 1806 9 100.1 Central Michigan 14 372:30 26:36
-40- Mid-American Conference 2006 Statistics
Rushing Team G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G All Purpose Team G Rush Rcv Pr Kor Yds Avg/G WOLFE, Garrett NIU 13 309 1928 6.2 18 148.3 WOLFE, Garrett NIU 13 1928 249 0 0 2177 167.5 PARMELE, Jalen UT 12 207 1131 5.5 8 94.2 HARVEY, David UA 12 7 914 85 10 1439 119.9 BONDS, Mark WMU 12 252 1082 4.3 7 90.2 ROBINSON, Ryne MIA 12 11 1178 175 0 1364 113.7 McRAE, Kalvin OU 14 258 1252 4.9 15 89.4 RILEY, Trumaine EMU 11 5 364 169 678 1216 110.5 KENNEDY, Dennis UA 11 226 914 4.0 9 83.1 McRAE, Kalvin OU 14 1252 280 0 0 1532 109.4 JARVIS, Eugene KSU 11 185 798 4.3 3 72.5 ROOSEVELT, Naam UB 12 9 429 144 724 1306 108.8 BULLOCK, Chris BG 11 160 769 4.8 4 69.9 PARMELE, Jalen UT 12 1131 128 0 46 1305 108.8 EDELMAN, Julian KSU 11 169 658 3.9 7 59.8 WEST, Brandon WMU 13 633 96 0 615 1344 103.4 SNEED, Ontario CMU 13 135 764 5.7 4 58.8 MOSS, Terry BSU 12 0 685 0 551 1236 103.0 STARKS, James UB 12 175 704 4.0 6 58.7 BONDS, Mark WMU 12 1082 142 0 0 1224 102.0
Pass. Avg./Game Team G Att Cmp Int Pct Yds TdAvg/G Pass Eff. Team G Att Cmp Int Pct Yds Td Eff. GETSY, Luke UA 12 380 199 11 52.4 2662 18 221.8 DAVIS, Nate BSU 12 244 150 8 61.5 1975 18 147.3 KOKAL, Mike MIA 11 355 208 8 58.6 2419 14 219.9 LeFEVOUR, Dan CMU 14 388 247 10 63.7 3031 26 146.2 LeFEVOUR, Dan CMU 14 388 247 10 63.7 3031 26 216.5 HORVATH, Phil NIU 11 269 157 9 58.4 1932 11 125.5 CUBIT, Ryan WMU 11 365 224 13 61.4 2138 16 194.4 EDELMAN, Julian KSU 11 242 134 11 55.4 1859 10 124.4 HORVATH, Phil NIU 11 269 157 9 58.4 1932 11 175.6 KOKAL, Mike MIA 11 355 208 8 58.6 2419 14 124.3 EDELMAN, Julian KSU 11 242 134 11 55.4 1859 10 169.0 GETSY, Luke UA 12 380 199 11 52.4 2662 18 121.1 DAVIS, Nate BSU 12 244 150 8 61.5 1975 18 164.6 TURNER, Anthony BG 10 252 144 5 57.1 1596 11 120.8 TURNER, Anthony BG 10 252 144 5 57.1 1596 11 159.6 CUBIT, Ryan WMU 11 365 224 13 61.4 2138 16 117.9 SCHMITT, Andy EMU 9 213 131 661.5 1182 2 131.3 SCHMITT, Andy EMU 9 213 131 6 61.5 1182 2 105.6 EVERSON, Austen OU 13 253 137 8 54.2 1356 7 104.3 EVERSON, Austen OU 13 253 137 8 54.2 1356 7 102.0
Total Offense Team G Rush Pass PlaysTot. Yds Yds/G Punt Return Team G Ret Yds Td Avg LeFEVOUR, Dan CMU 14 521 3031 520 3552 253.7 GARRETT, Chris OU 14 26 378 1 14.5 KOKAL, Mike MIA 11 277 2419 491 2696 245.1 CHAPPLE, Joe WMU 13 16 230 0 14.4 EDELMAN, Julian KSU 11 658 1859 411 2517 228.8 ROBINSON, Ryne MIA 12 18 175 1 9.7 GETSY, Luke UA 12 -142 2662 438 2520 210.0 PARTRIDGE, C. BG 10 14 120 0 8.6 TURNER, Anthony BG 10 480 1596 393 2076 207.6 DRAGER, Jon KSU 10 12 100 0 8.3 CUBIT, Ryan WMU 11 -60 2 138 399 2078 188.9 RILEY, Trumaine EMU 11 21 169 0 8.0 SCHMITT, Andy EMU 9 461 1182 320 1643 182.6 HILL, B.J. BSU 12 23 134 0 5.8 HORVATH, Phil NIU 11 -109 1932 300 1823 165.7 LINSON, Damien CMU 14 24 135 0 5.6 DAVIS, Nate BSU 12 -48 1975 273 1927 160.6 ODOM, Steve UT 12 19 70 0 3.7 WOLFE, Garrett NIU 13 1928 0 309 1928 148.3
Receptions/Gm. Team G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Rec/G Kickoff Return Avg. Team G Ret Yds Td Avg ROBINSON, Ryne MIA 12 91 1178 8 12.9 7.58 HARVEY, David UA 12 17 510 0 30.0 DESLAURIERS,EricEMU 12 74 898 5 12.1 6.17 WEST, Brandon WMU 13 22 615 0 28.0 PARTRIDGE, C. BG 10 55 658 3 12.0 5.50 ROOSEVELT, Naam UB 12 28 724 1 25.9 ANDERSON, Bryan CMU 14 73 867 5 11.9 5.21 MOSS, Terry BSU 12 23 551 0 24.0 SIMMONS, J. WMU 13 61 668 2 11.0 4.69 FRASER, Eric CMU 14 25 584 0 23.4 HOPKINS, Chris UT 12 54 565 7 10.5 4.50 DAVIS, Richard UT 12 32 701 0 21.9 DAVIS, Britt NIU 13 57 731 3 12.8 4.38 RILEY, Trumaine EMU 11 31 678 0 21.9 LOVE, Dante BSU 12 52 735 4 14.1 4.33 BRATTON, Andre MIA 12 15 294 0 19.6 RILEY, Trumaine EMU 11 45 364 0 8.1 4.09 PEREZ, Marcus NIU 12 17 321 0 18.9 SNEED, Ontario CMU 13 52 415 7 8.0 4.00 BAYES, Shawn KSU 12 22 413 0 18.8
Rec. Yds./Gm Team G Rec Yds Td Avg/C Yds/G Punting Team G Punts Yds Avg ROBINSON, Ryne MIA 12 91 1178 8 12.9 98.2 MILLER, Chris BSU 12 57 2637 46.3 HARVEY, David UA 12 43 914 10 21.3 76.2 MIKULEC, Tony CMU 14 63 2644 42.0 DESLAURIERS,EricEMU 12 74 898 5 12.1 74.8 KERN, Brett UT 12 60 2502 41.7 PRUDEN, Najah KSU 12 39 808 6 20.7 67.3 RICHARDSON, J. MIA 11 56 2328 41.6 PARTRIDGE, C. BG 10 55 658 3 12.0 65.8 JOHNSON, Zach EMU 12 65 2603 40.0 ANDERSON, Bryan CMU 14 73 867 5 11.9 61.9 LASHER, Matt OU 14 77 3055 39.7 LOVE, Dante BSU 12 52 735 4 14.1 61.2 STEC, John UA 12 60 2318 38.6 ARTHUR, Jabari UA 12 45 730 4 16.2 60.8 LANEY, Jim WMU 13 62 2369 38.2 HILL, Darius BSU 12 41 710 10 17.3 59.2 DITTBENNER, Andy NIU 10 55 2085 37.9 LINSON, Damien CMU 14 55 812 5 14.8 58.0 WOODS, Ben UB 12 67 2539 37.9
-41- Mid-American Conference 2006 Statistics
Scoring Team G Td Xpt Fg Pts Pts/G HOLTZCLAW, D. EMU 12 LB 39 75 114 9.5 1.0 WOLFE, Garrett NIU 13 19 2 0 116 8.9 WHITE, Terrel BG 10 L B 40 53 93 9.3 4.0 JACKSON, Brian BSU 12 0 37 17 88 7.3 MCCARTHY, Tim NIU 12 LB 38 73 111 9.2 1.0 NENDICK, Chris NIU 13 0 35 20 95 7.3 BUBLAVI, Jeff UB 12 LB 59 51 110 9.2 1.5 McRAE, Kalvin OU 14 16 2 0 98 7.0 KEITH, Red CMU 14 LB 64 63 127 9.1 1.0 MEYER, Nate WMU 13 0 33 17 84 6.5 RICHARDSON, M. EMU 12 LB 49 59 108 9.0 0.5 ALBRESKI, Rick CMU 14 0 48 12 84 6.0 UTSCHIG, Dustin NIU 13 FS 66 50 116 8.9 0.0 BARNES, Freddie BG 12 11 0 0 66 5.5 KIRKLAND, Andre KSU 12 DB 63 41 104 8.7 3.0 MATTHEWS, D. EMU 12 LB 41 59 100 8.3 2.5 WELLOCK, Andrew EMU 12 0 15 16 63 5.2 HUDSON, Joey MIA 12 LB 54 43 97 8.1 1.5 HILL, Darius BSU 12 10 2 0 62 5.2 ERVIN, Ollice UB 12 LB 44 52 96 8.0 1.5 HARVEY, David UA 12 10 2 0 62 5.2 KRESS, Doug CMU 14 LB 44 67 111 7.9 0.0 MULLINS,Clayton MIA 12 LB 45 46 91 7.6 1.5 Kick Scoring Team G Pats Fgs Pts Pts/G CARD, Joey MIA 12 DB 56 34 90 7.5 1.0 JACKSON, Brian BSU 12 37-38 17-19 88 7.3 KEYS, Erik BSU 12 DB 46 44 90 7.5 1.0 NENDICK, Chris NIU 13 35-36 20-27 95 7.3 GUZMAN, Ramon UB 9 LB 38 29 67 7.4 1.0 MEYER, Nate WMU 13 33-34 17-24 84 6.5 MAY, Chris EMU 12 DB 42 47 89 7.4 0.0 ALBRESKI, Rick CMU 14 48-51 12-20 84 6.0 WYATT, Jacob EMU 12 DB 47 42 89 7.4 0.0 WELLOCK, Andrew EMU 12 15-15 16-22 63 5.2 BLALARK, Keenan NIU 13 LB 30 66 96 7.4 1.5 LASHER, Matt OU 14 29-32 13-18 68 4.9 MACKEY, John UA 12 DB 52 36 88 7.3 0.0 STEIGERWALD, A. UT 12 30-31 7-8 51 4.2 BYROM, Kareem UB 12 DB 49 39 88 7.3 2.0 COOK, Trevor MIA 12 17-18 10-13 47 3.9 GRANT, Kevin UA 12 LB 44 43 87 7.2 0.0 TANALSKI, Adam UB 9 17-17 6-7 35 3.9 ISMAIL, Ameer WMU 13 LB 55 35 90 6.9 17.0 ELLIS, Sean BG 12 26-28 4-9 38 3.2 BROWN, Wendell BSU 12 LB 43 40 83 6.9 0.5 DOZIER, Erique BG 12 LB 34 48 82 6.8 3.0 Field Goals Team G Fg Fga Pct Fg/G HERBERT, T. UT 11 FS 42 32 74 6.7 0.0 RUSS, Tyler OU 14 LB 44 49 93 6.6 0.5 NENDICK, Chris NIU 13 20 27 74.1 1.54 STOKES, Brion UA 12 LB 37 42 79 6.6 4.5 JACKSON, Brian BSU 12 17 19 89.5 1.42 JONES, Andre UA 12 DB 55 22 77 6.4 0.0 WELLOCK, Andrew EMU 12 16 22 72.7 1.33 MAXWELL, C. KSU 11 LB 26 43 69 6.3 0.0 MEYER, Nate WMU 13 17 24 70.8 1.31 MUNCY, Matt OU 14 LB 44 43 87 6.2 2.5 LASHER, Matt OU 14 13 18 72.2 0.93 JACQUES, Fritz KSU 12 DB 42 30 72 6.0 1.0 ALBRESKI, Rick CMU 14 12 20 60.0 0.86 MOSS, Stevon KSU 12 LB 40 32 72 6.0 3.0 COOK, Trevor MIA 12 10 13 76.9 0.83 REITER, Mark NIU 13 SS 35 42 77 5.9 0.0 TANALSKI, Adam UB 9 6 7 85.7 0.67 CHURCH, Barry UT 12 FS 40 31 71 5.9 0.5 STEIGERWALD, A. UT 12 7 8 87.5 0.58 HAWKINS, Kendri UB 12 DB 53 17 70 5.8 1.0 ELLIS, Sean BG 12 4 9 44.4 0.33 HANSON, Cory NIU 13 LB 26 46 72 5.5 1.0 SANDERSON, J.. BG 12 CB 27 39 66 5.5 0.0 Field Goal Pct Team G Fg Fga Long Pct. LEWIS, Trey BSU 12 FS 40 26 66 5.5 0.0 JACKSON, Brian BSU 12 17 19 52 89.5 HAY, Greg UT 12 L B 36 30 66 5.5 3.0 COOK, Trevor MIA 12 10 13 49 76.9 HANELINE, John BG 12 LB 19 46 65 5.4 0.0 NENDICK, Chris NIU 13 20 27 44 74.1 WRIGHT, Dontae MIA 12 LB 45 20 65 5.4 0.0 WELLOCK, Andrew EMU 12 16 22 48 72.7 BOOKER, Cortlan BSU 12 DE 31 33 64 5.3 4.0 LASHER, Matt OU 14 13 18 38 72.2 ALSTON, Mike UT 12 LB 35 29 64 5.3 7.0 JONES, Jason EMU 11 DL 29 28 57 5.2 4.0 MEYER, Nate WMU 13 17 24 50 70.8 ALBRESKI, Rick CMU 14 12 20 48 60.0 Fumbles Forced Team G Num Avg/G WILLIAMS, Jack KSU 12 5 0.42 Tackles for Loss Team G Pos So Asst Yds Tot Avg/G KIRKLAND, Andre KSU 12 4 0.33 ISMAIL, Ameer WMU 13 LB 23 5 133 25.5 1.96 BYROM, Kareem UB 12 4 0.33 JONES, Jason EMU 11 DL 18 1 71 18.5 1.68 BAZUIN, Daniel CMU 13 4 0.31 ALSTON, Mike UT 12 LB 14 6 85 17.0 1.42 ENGLISH, Larry NIU 13 4 0.31 MUNCY, Matt OU 14 LB 10 13 52 16.5 1.18 YOUNG, Usama KSU 12 3 0.25 ENGLISH, Larry NIU 13 DE 14 2 92 15.0 1.15 JONES, Andre UA 12 3 0.25 BAZUIN, Daniel CMU 13 DE 12 6 74 15.0 1.15 DAVIDSON, Zach WMU 13 3 0.23 SCOTT, Trevor UB 12 DL 12 3 75 13.5 1.12 BRACEY, Duan EMU 9 2 0.22 KIRKLAND, Andre KSU 12 DB 11 5 30 13.5 1.12 COHEN, Landon OU 14 DT 11 5 40 13.5 0.96 Fumbles Recovered Team G Num Avg/G STOKES, Brion UA 12 LB 11 4 45 13.0 1.08 IMES, Jesse UB 12 4 0.33 Tackles Team G Pos So Asst Tot Avg Sk KEYS, Erik BSU 12 4 0.33 WILLIAMS, Jack KSU 12 4 0.33 MOSS, Stevon KSU 12 3 0.25 WEST, Ken NIU 13 3 0.23 DROSCHA, Casey CMU 14 3 0.21 WYATT, Jacob EMU 12 2 0.17 -42- Mid-American Conference 2007 Statistics EMU AND THE MAC MID-AMERICAN C ONFERENCE C HAMPION 2006 - Central Michigan 1990 - CMU and Toledo 1974 - Miami 1961 - Bowling Green 2005 - Akron 1989 - Ball State 1973 - Miami 1960 - Ohio 2004 - Toledo 1988 - Western Michigan 1972 - Kent 1959 - Bowling Green 2003 - Miami 1987 - Eastern Michigan 1971 - Toledo 1958 - Miami 2002 - Marshall 1986 - Miami 1970 - Toledo 1957 - Miami 2001 - Toledo 1985 - Bowling Green 1969 - Toledo 1956 - Bowling Green 2000 - Marshall 1984 - Toledo 1968 - Ohio 1955 - Miami 1999 - Marshall 1983 - Northern Illinois 1967 - Toledo 1954 - Miami 1998 - Marshall 1982 - Bowling Green Ohio 1953 - Ohio 1997 - Marshall 1981 - Toledo 1966 - Miami 1952 - Cincinnati 1996 - Ball State 1980 - Central Michigan Western Michigan 1951 - Cincinnati 1995 - Toledo 1979 - Central Michigan 1965 - Bowling Green 1950 - Miami 1994 - Central Michigan 1978 - Ball State Miami 1949 - Cincinnati 1993 - Ball State 1977 - Miami 1964 - Bowling Green 1948 - Miami 1992 - Bowling Green 1976 - Ball State 1963 - Ohio 1947 - Cincinnati 1991 - Bowling Green 1975 - Miami 1962 - Bowling Green
EMU TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS EMU INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS Total Offense 1995 449.1 Yards Per Game Total Tackles Daniel Holtzclaw 2006 9.5 Avg. Field Goals/Game Andrew Wellock 2004 1.91 Avg. Passing Offense 1995 302.1 Yards Per Game Field Goal Percentage Andrew Wellock 2004 91.3 % Tackles Kevin Harrison 2004 146 Punt Returns 1995 20.8 Yards Per Return Field Goal Percentage Andrew Wellock 2003 82.4 % Turnover Margin 1993 0.82 TO Per Game Tackles David Lusky 2003 153 Punting David Rysko 2002 41.6 Avg. Kickoff Returns 1993 23.5 Yards Per Return Reception per game Kevin Walter 2002 7.75 Rpg. Punt Returns 1991 9.6 Yards Per Return Receiving Yards Kevin Walter 2002 114.0 Ypg. Tackles for Loss Kenny Philpot 2001 3.18 Tpg. Kickoff Returns 1991 21.3 Yards Per Return Receptions per Game Kenny Christian 2000 7.80 Rpg. Total Defense 1989 274.0 Yards Per Game Tackles Donald McCall 1999 14.0 Tpg. Fumbles Forced James Willingham 1999 4 Rushing Defense 1989 118.2 Yards Per Game Sacks Troy Campbell 1998 8 Passing Defense 1989 155.8 Yards Per Game Tackles for Loss Troy Campbell 1998 16 Passing Average Charlie Batch 1997 209.2 YPG Passing Defense 1988 139.5 Yards Per Game Total Offense Charlie Batch 1997 308.2 YPG Total Offense 1987 359.2 Yards Per Game Pass Breakups/Int.+PD Terry Reed 1997 17 Field Goals/Game Justin Ventura 1996 1.10 Avg. Rushing Offense 1987 226.3 Yards Per Game Tackles for Loss Avery Brown 1996 26-for-91 Yds. Scoring Offense 1987 28.5 Points Per Game Punt Returns Keijuan Douglas 1996 15.3 Avg. Total Offense Charlie Batch 1995 293.5 Ypg. Passing Offense 1979 162.2 Yards Per Game Passing Efficiency Charlie Batch 1995 129.73 Eff. Pass Receiving Steve Clay 1995 5.7 Cpg. Kickoff Returns Steve Clay 1995 28.2 Ypr. EMU IN MAC COMPETITION Punt Returns Steve Clay 1994 19.9 Ypr. Year Place No. of Teams Kickoff Returns Steve Clay 1993 30.7 Ypg. Punt Returns Craig Thompson 1992 12.9 Avg. 2006 6th-West 12 Tackles for Loss Mickey McBride 1991 1.91 Tpg. 2005 6th -West 12 Kickoff Returns Ronald Rice 1991 29.0 Avg. 2004 4th-West 14 Punt Returns Craig Thompson 1991 11.4 Avg. Punt Returns Craig Thompson 1990 24.4 Avg. 2003 6th-West 14 Interceptions Bob Navarro 1989 1.09 Ipg. 2002 7th-West 14 Kickoff Returns Paul Powell 1989 24.6 Avg. 2001 6th-West 13 Passing Ron Adams 1987 129.7 Ypg. Punt Returns Marcus Mathews 1987 12.1 Avg. 2000 T-3rd-West 13 All-Purpose Yards Gary Patton 1986 164.8 Ypg. 1999 4th-West 13 Punting Rick Hanschu 1980 43.6 Avg. Total Offense Scott Davis 1979 186.4 Ypg. 1998 4th-West 12 Punt Returns Buster Johnson 1978 12.0 Avg. 1997 4th-West 12 Tackles for Loss Tom Williams 1977 2.00 Tpg. 1996 T 6th 10 1995 5th 10 COACHES WITH 41+ WINS AT A MAC SCHOOL 1994 7th 10 Coach School Years Wins Herb Deromedi C M U 1978-1993 110 1993 T 7th 10 Bill Hess Ohio 1958-77 108 1992 T 9th 10 Bob Pruett Marshall 1997-2004 79 1991 7th 9 Doyt Perry BGSU 1955-64 77 1990 T 7th 9 Gary Pinkel Toledo 1991-2000 73 1989 T 2nd 9 Trevor Rees Kent 1951-63 66 Bill Mallory MU; NIU 1969-73; 80-83 64 1988 2nd 9 Al Molde W M U 1987-96 62 1987 1st 9 Paul Schudel Ball State 1985-94 60 1986 T 5th 9 Gary Blackney Bowling Green 1991-2000 60 1985 T 6th 10 Joe Novak Northern Illinois 1997-Present 60 Randy Walker Miami 1990-98 59 1984 10th 10 Bill Doolittle W M U 1964-74 58 1983 10th 10 Denny Stolz BGSU 1977-85 56 1982 9th 10 Don Nehlen BGSU 1968-76 53 1981 10th 10 Dan Simrell Toledo 1982-89 49 Frank Lauterbur Toledo 1963-70 48 1980 10th 10 Terry Hoeppner Miami 1999-2004 48 1979 9th 10 Gary Darnell Western Michigan 1997-2004 46 1978 10th 10 John Pont Miami 1956-62 43 1977 T 4th 10 Carroll Widdoes Miami 1949-57 42 1976 9th 10 -43- Jim Harkema EMU 1983-92 4 1