INDIANA STATE Sycamores Football Contact: Tim Mccaughan • Phone: (812) 237-4159 • Email: [email protected] Indiana State (0-4, 0-1 MVFC) Vs
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2017 Football // Week 6 GAME NOTES INDIANA STATE sycamores Football Contact: Tim McCaughan • Phone: (812) 237-4159 • Email: [email protected] Indiana State (0-4, 0-1 MVFC) vs. #2 North Dakota State (4-0, 1-0 MVFC) Sat., Oct. 7, 2017 | 1 p.m. ET | Memorial Stadium (12,764) | Terre Haute, Ind. Live Video: NBC ND/ESPN3 // Twitter: @IndStFB #MarchOn on the air TV Online NBC ND/ESPN3 Talent Brian Shawn (PBP) Lee Timmerman (Color) Ryan Gellner (Sideline) Radio Station WIBQ 97.9 FM // 1230 AM Online GoSycamores.com/Watch INDIANA STATE #2 NORTH DAKOTA STATE Play-By-Play Luke Martin Analysis Brian Fritz 0-4 Overall; 0-1 MVFC 4-0 Overall; 1-0 MVFC Head Coach .......................................Curt Mallory Head Coach ....................................Chris Klieman Alma Mater ................................. Michigan (1992) Alma Mater .........................Northern Iowa (1962) SERIES HISTORY At Indiana State ......................... 0-4 (1st Season) At NDSU .................................. 44-5 (4th Season) North Dakota State leads 8-1 Career Record ........................... 0-4 (1st Season) Career Record ....................... 46-12 (5th Season) In Terre Haute 0-4 In Fargo 1-4 Coaching Staff Coaching Staff At Neutral Sites 0-0 First Meeting 2008 (L, 34-7, at Fargo) Assistant HC/DL .................................Mark Smith Offensive Cood./RB ..........Courtney Messingham Last Meeting 2016 (L, 41-17, at Fargo) Offensive Coord./QB ..................... Jeff Hecklinski Defensive Coord./LB .............................Matt Entz Last Time in Terre Haute 2015 (L, 28-14) Defensive Coord./DB .........................Brad Wilson Special Teams Coord./WR ...................Atif Austin Current Streak 4, North Dakota State Special Teams Coord. ....................Kevin Abrams Running Game Coord./OL ................. Conor Riley Run-Game Coord./OL ...................... Darrell Funk Defensive Tackles ............................. Nick Goeser IN THE BOX Cornerbacks .............................. Deon Broomfield Quarterbacks ...............................Randy Hedberg Deon Broomfield (Cornerbacks) Tight Ends ........................................... Tyler Funk Defensive Backs .........................Joe Klanderman Tyler Funk (Tight Ends) Linebackers .......................................Grant Olson Tight Ends/Fullbacks ..........................Tyler Roehl Grant Olson (Linebackers) Wide Receivers ............................Roy Roundtree Cornerbacks ...............................Bryan Shepherd Sam Sewell (Running Backs) Running Backs ..................................Sam Sewell Defensive Ends ...............................Kody Morgan 2017 Schedule QUICK HITS Date Opponent Time/Result Aug. 31 vs. Eastern Illinois L, 22-20 • For the first time in 37 days Indiana State football will play a football game at Memorial Stadium when the Sept. 9 at #21/25 Tennessee L, 42-7 Sycamores play host to No. 2 North Dakota State Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. Sept. 16 at #19 Liberty L, 42-41 Sept. 30 at #8 Illinois State L, 24-13 • Saturday’s game will be broadcast live on NBC North Dakota and online on The Valley On ESPN3. On Oct. 7 vs. #2 North Dakota State 1 p.m. the call will be Brian Shawn (play-by-play), Lee Timmerman (color) and Ryan Gellner (sideline). Oct. 14 at South Dakota 3 p.m. Oct. 21 vs. Southern Illinois (HC) 3 p.m. • Sycamore fans can also listen live on the radio on WIBQ 97.9 FM (1230 AM) or online at GoSycamores. Oct. 28 at Missouri State 3 p.m. com/Watch with new broadcast crew Luke Martin (play-by-play) and Brian Fritz (color). Nov. 4 vs. Youngstown State 1 p.m. Nov. 11 vs. Western Illinois 1 p.m. • The Sycamores are 0-4 for the first time since the 2009. Indiana dropped a heartbreaker to Eastern Nov. 18 at Northern Iowa 5 p.m. Illinois to start the season followed by losses at No. 21 Tennessee, No. 19 Liberty and No. 8 Illinois State. • The road does not get any easier for the Sycamores as the teams’ next two opponents are ranked in the top-10. The MVFC has seven teams ranked in the top-25. When it is all said and done, ISU could play six-straight top-25 teams. 2017 Sycamore Football @IndStFB /SycamoreFootball IndStFB GoSycamores.com The official online home of Sycamore • Indiana State played in front of 99,015 fans at Neyland Stadium against Tennessee in week Athletics, two, the largest crowd to ever witness a Sycamore Football game. The previous high was ISU Athletics and Sycamore Football 96,461 at Penn State in 2011. information can be accessed online at all times. Complete statistics, notes, recaps, • The Sycamores have now played in two of the five largest college football stadiums in the past features, video and more are available at six years. Penn State’s Beaver Stadium (106,572) ranks second behind Michigan’s Michigan GoSycamores.com. Stadium (107,601), and Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium fifth behind Ohio State’s Ohio Stadium (third, 104,944) and Texas A&M’s Kyle Field (fourth, 102,733). Social Media Indiana State football information can be • Indiana State and North Dakota State have met nine times previously, with the Bison holding found on Facebook.com/SycamoreFootball an 8-1 lead in the series. The lone Sycamore win came in 2012 when ISU knocked off the Bison as well as on Twitter (@IndStFB) and in Fargo while NDSU was ranked No. 1 in the nation. NDSU has won four-straight in the series. Instagram (IndStFB). • Before the season opener, ISU had not lost an FCS non-conference game since falling 38-37 Interview Availability at Tennessee Tech in 2013. The Sycamores would have their revenge the following season, ISU players are available during game week topping TTU 49-14 in Terre Haute in 2014. following practices at Memorial Stadium. Head Coach Curt Mallory will also be available at • New head coach Curt Mallory is looking for his first career victory. The last Sycamore head this time or upon prior arrangements with the coach to earn his first win on the road wasTim McGuire at Southeast Missouri in 1998 (21-14). ISU Athletic Communications Office. Please contact Director of Athletic Communications • Indiana State has recorded the second-fewest penalties in MVFC with only 16 for 152 yards Ace Hunt or Assistant Director of Athletic or 38 yards per game. ISU had just one penalty for five yards against Illinois State a week ago. Communications Tim McCaughan to confirm The mark is good enough for 16th nationally. practice times or schedule an interview with Coach Mallory or Sycamore student- • The Sycamores finished no higher than eighth in the Valley in penalties in each of the last athletes throughout the week. All interviews three seasons, finishing eighth in 2016 (55.8 YPG), 10th in 2015 (68.0 YPG) and 10th in 2014 are to be coordinated through the Athletic (65.1 YPG). Communications office. Media are not permitted to contact student-athletes on their • This marks the 113th season of football at Indiana State, which dates back to 1896. The own at any time. University did not field teams from 1899 to 1900, 1908 or from 1910 to 1919. ISU owns an all-time record of 384-520-23 (.415) and is competing for the 32nd consecutive season as a Live Weekly Press Conference member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Indiana State’s Digital Media Coordinator and football play-by-play announcer Luke • All-time, the Sycamores are 61-149 in MVFC play. Martin will host a weekly press conference with head coach Curt Mallory each Tuesday • Indiana State has gone 8-10 against FCS non-conference teams in the past 10 seasons, and at 11 a.m. ET, and will air it live on Facebook recently had a six-game winning streak dating back to 2013 snapped by Eastern Illinois in the (Facebook.com/SycamoreFootball) and YouTube (Indiana State Athletics). Media season opener. are welcome to attend or request b-roll. For media that are interested in either option, OFFENSIVE NOTES please contact Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Tim McCaughan for details. • New offensive coordinator Jeff Hecklinski has installed a brand new offensive system for the Sycamores in 2017, moving away from the spread system of years past toward a pro-style, Postgame Policies run-oriented offense. Director of Athletic Communications Ace Hunt or Assistant Director of Athletic • Senior TE Jacquet McClendon leads ISU and ranks second in the Valley with 23 receptions Communications Tim McCaughan will for 283 yards and two touchdown’s through four games. coordinate all postgame interviews for the Sycamores, as the locker room is closed • McClendon was the second-best returning receiver for the Sycamores from 2016, when he to media. On the road, Coach Mallory and recorded 157 yards on 14 receptions. selected players will be made available after a brief cooling off period in an area outside • Entering the 2017 season, McClendon only had 188 career receiving yards on 16 career the locker room or a space designated by receptions and zero touchdowns. This season, McClendon has surpassed his career total in the host school. yards at 209. • McClendon hauled in his first career TD reception at Tennessee in the third quarter, a 23-yard 2 Game 5 // vs. No. 2 North Dakota State // Oct. 7, 2017 // 1 p.m. // Memorial Stadium (12,764) // Terre Haute, Ind. catch from redshirt freshman QB Cade Sparks -- the first career passing TD of his career as well. NATIONAL POLLS • ISU ranks eighth nationally with 16.32 yards per completion. Sparks ranks 4th in the country with 16.95 yards per completion and 28th nationally with 8.27 yards per pass attempt. FCS COACHES POLL (OCT. 2, 2017) • Sparks lost out in a training camp position battle with returning starter Isaac Harker, but was Team (Record) Points Prev. Rec. put in the game in the second quarter vs. Eastern Illinois and earned his first career start at 1 James Madison (25) 649 1 5-0 Tennessee. 2 North Dakota State (1) 625 2 4-0 3 Youngstown State 587 T-5 3-1 4 Jacksonville State 549 T-5 3-1 • Sparks completed his first career pass for 43 yards to WR Bob Pugh vs.