SERIES RECORD COACHES Robby Long, a 2002 University of Illinois graduate, is 7-3 in his second season as DePauw’s head coach. An assistant coach for the Tigers for five seasons, Long directed DePauw to a 7-3 overall mark last year including an SCAC co-title and the program’s first NCAA postseason appearance. Jayson Martin, a 2000 Kentucky State graduate, became Rose-Hulman’s interim head coach in early August, taking over for Steve Englehart who moved across town to Indiana State as its offensive coordinator. Martin is in his third year on the Engineers’ staff and served as the offensive coordinator in 2009. DEPAUW UPDATE Athletics Communications Contact: Bill Wagner • [email protected] 765-658-4630 (office) • 765-720-0213 (mobile) • 765-658-4708 (fax) www.depauw.edu/athletics • @DePauwAthletics • facebook.com/DePau- wAthletics 2012 DEPAUW FOOTBALL NOTES Game 8: DePauw Tigers (1-6, 0-4) vs. Wooster Fighting Scots (2-5, 1-3) Saturday, October 27 • John P. Papp Stadium • Wooster, Ohio • 2 p.m. LIVE COVERAGE Coming off a second straight two-point loss Cusumano combine to average over 70 rushing DePauw Audio: WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw and third consecutive defeat by four or fewer yards per contest. campus station, will broadcast the game live to points, DePauw travels to the College of Woost- Jack Quinn leads the defense with 60 total West Central Indiana and online at: <www.wgre. er for a North Coast Athletic Conference game. tackles followed by Robby Schuler with 49, Cody org>. Garth McMains will call the action from the press box. iPhone and iPad users can also listen to Kickoff from John P. Papp Stadium is set for 2 Crook with 47 and J.D. Robinson with 46. Quinn the game live by downloading the DePauw Uni- p.m. on Saturday, October 27. leads with 7.5 tackles for loss, while Michael versity App. The 1-6 Tigers are coming off a 21-19 home McManis and Patrick Keller have recorded 4.5 Stats and Video: Links to live stats and video for loss to Kenyon. DePauw is 0-4 in its first sea- sacks apiece. Satuday’s game are available at <http://livestats. son of NCAC play. The Tigers’ lone win came Paul Simon ranks 20th in Division III with a prestosports.com/wooster/> against Washington-St. Louis by a 17-14 score. 40.1 punting average, but DePauw ranks 144th Wooster is 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the NCAC in net punting at 31.2 yards. Wagner paces the THE COACHES after last Saturday’s 30-0 loss at Wabash. The squad with 25.7 yards per kickoff return and 7.3 Fighting Scots’ wins have come over Saint Vin- on each punt return. cent (27-21, ot) and Hiram (45-14). COMPARING THE TEAMS (2012 NCAA rank) SCOUTING WOOSTER Per-Game Category DPU CoW Three of the Fighting Scots’ five losses have Scoring offense 18.6 (175) 20.4 (t159) been by single digits with two by three points Rushing offense 84.1 (217) 108.7 (183) Passing offense 223.7 (87) 201.7 (113) each. Team Pass Efficiency 97.88 (207) 122.12 (118) Quarterback Richard Barnes directs the of- Total offense 307.9 (175) 310.4 (173) Scott Srnka ................Coach ...........Mike Schmitz fense and has completed 55.8 percent of his passes Scoring defense 31.0 (177) 22.9 (95) DePauw .................... School ...................Wooster for 1,196 yards with 12 touchdowns and just Rushing defense 136.4 (84) 166.6 (143) Rhodes ’87 ............Alma Mater ..Bowling Green ’74 Passing defense 241.3 (206) 169.3 (49) 1-4 (1st) ............Record at School ....78-51 (13th) five interceptions for a 118.96 efficiency rating. 1-4 (1st) ..............Career Record ......78-51 (13th) Barnes also averages 23.4 rushing yards per game. Pass eff. defense 138.9 (184) 125.7 (124) As a team, Wooster averages 108.7 ground yards Total defense 377.7 (147) 335.9 (85) SERIES INFORMATION per outing. Turnover margin -1.14 (t209) -0.43 (t154) Overall ...................................................Tied, 1-1 K.O. return average 20.9 (93) 20.9 (66) Jordan McIntyre leads the team with 33 at DePauw .............................. DePauw leads, 1-0 Punt return average 10.9 (59) 4.80 (201) at Wooster .............................. Wooster leads, 1-0 receptions for 412 yards and five touchdowns, Net punting 31.23 (144) 32.31 (112) while Zack Weidrick follows with 20 catches for Date W/L Score Site Team Tackles for Loss 7.86 (31.2) 5.43 (172) 194 yards and two scores and Justin Rice adds 18 Team Pass Sacks 2.14 (88) 1.86 (124) 9/13/1975 W 28-6 D 9/17/1977 L 0-31 W grabs for 230 yards and one touchdown. Pass Sacks Allowed 2.43 (t161) 2.14 (t134) Mitchell Czerniak paces the defense with 62 DEPAUW QUICK FACTS total tackles, while Quinn Hood follows with REVIEWING LAST WEEK Location ............................... Greencastle, Indiana 59. Rob Holtz leads the way with 9.0 tackles for DePauw set a school single-game record with Enrollment ...................................................2,336 losses totaling 52 yards. Holtz also leads with 7.0 45 pass completions in its North Coast Athletic Founded.........................................................1837 Nickname ....................................................Tigers sacks for 48 yards. Brandon James and Lenard Conference game with Kenyon, but the Tigers Colors ................................... Old Gold and Black Rivers each have two interceptions. suffered a 21-19 loss to the Lords. The loss was Stadium ................................... Blackstock (3,800) DePauw’s third straight by four or fewer points. Surface ..........................................................Grass Affiliation ..............................NCAA Division III DEPAUW UPDATE The Lords reached the board on the opening Conference .......North Coast Athletic Conference The Tigers are 1-6 on the season after drop- kickoff as Brett Williams attempted to field Eric President .................................Dr. Brian W. Casey ping the last three contests by a combined eight Malm’s boot at his own 7, but the ball bounced Director of Athletics ............ Stevie Baker-Watson points. off his chest and Carlo Gagliardo recovered at 2012 DEPAUW SCHEDULE Quarterback Justin Murray has completed the Kenyon 10 and scampered 90 yards for the Sept. 8 ST. OLAF (6-2)............................L, 10-31 53.5 percent of his passes for 989 yards with seven score. Sept. 15 *at Wittenberg (6-1) ........................L, 14-52 touchdowns, nine interceptions and a 97.12 ef- Sept. 22 at Carnegie Mellon (5-2) .................L, 28-51 ficiency rating. Drew Seaman, who missed three ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Sept. 29 WASH.-ST. LOUIS (2-5) ............W, 17-14 Oct. 6 *OHIO WESLEYAN (7-0) ..........L, 22-26 straight games due to injury before last week’s Director of Sports Information ......................Bill Wagner Oct. 13 *at Allegheny (4-3) ...........................L, 20-22 game, has completed 58.8 percent of his passes [email protected] Oct. 20 *KENYON (4-3) ..........................L, 19-21 for 577 yards with two touchdowns and one in- 765-658-4630 (o) • 765-720-0213 (c) Oct. 27 *at Wooster (2-5) .................................2 p.m. terception for a 103.42 rating. Seaman completed Nov. 3 *DENISON (2-5) ............................ 1 p.m. 39 of 54 last week for a career-high 322 yards. Asst., Athletics Marketing/New Media ... Aaron Horvath Nov. 10 *at Wabash (6-1) .............................1:07 p.m. Top receivers include Nikko Sansone (29 rec.- [email protected] 310 yds), Taylor Wagner (26-208) and Jackson *North Coast Athletic Conference game Kirtley (26-160). Bobby Coburn leads the Tigers Intern ...........................................Amanda Bernardin with three touchdown receptions, while Kevin Web site ..........................www.depauw.edu/athletics Ude has hauled in two. Twitter ......................................@DePauwAthletics Amen Galley, Armani Cato and Andrew Facebook................facebook.com/DePauwAthletics 1 —— depauw.edu/athletics • twitter.com/DePauwAthletics • facebook.com/DePauwAthletics —— 1 DePauw responded later in the first as Amen Hope in 2000. Justin Murray was 6 of 13 for 44 SO CLOSE Galley’s 2-yard run capped an 11-play, 73-yard yards. DePauw has lost three consecutive games drive which included Drew Seaman’s entrance In all, 11 different Tigers caught passes led decided by four or fewer points, marking the into the game and an 8-of-8 passing performance. by Kevin Ude with career highs of nine catches first time that’s happened since. The last time a Malm’s streak of 26 straight PATs came to an end and 79 yards, Bobby Coburn followed with seven DePauw team had three such close losses in a and the Tigers trailed 7-6. catches. season was in 1994. The last time it happened in Kenyon answered as Dan Shannon completed DePauw totaled 419 yards of offense and ran three consecutive games was in 1988. a 53-yard scoring pass to Gagliardo on the fifth 93 offensive plays. Sansone led the Tigers with Including the three-point win over Wash- play of the next series to make it 14-6 with 20 172 all-purpose yards. ington on September 29, the last time DePauw seconds left in the opening stanza. Williams paced Kenyon with 127 rushing played four games in a season decided by four or Early in the second, Nikko Sansone returned yards in 29 tries, while Shannon completed 11 of fewer points was in 2007 when DePauw was 4-0 a Kenyon punt 42 yards to the Lords’ 21. The 21 for 151 yards. Nick Gasbarro paced the Lords in those games. The last time it occurred in four Tigers decided to go for it on 4th-and-1, but a with four catches. consecutive weeks was in 1989 when the Tigers false start penalty pushed them back to the 16. Jack Quinn led DePauw with 13 tackles fol- were 2-1-1.