Depauw Football Game Notes Depauw (7-2) at Wabash (9-0) Saturday, November 16; 1:08 P.M
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DePauw Football Game Notes DePauw (7-2) at Wabash (9-0) Saturday, November 16; 1:08 p.m. Hollett Little Giant Stadium; Crawfordsville, Indiana 109th overall meeting; 71st for the Monon Bell DePauw Coach Nick Mourouzis SERIES HISTORY QUOTING COACH MOUROUZIS DePauw leads the all-time series, 50- DePauw Record ................ 133-81-4 on Wabash 49-9. Wabash won last year’s meeting by Home ................................... 71-36-0 They are a very experienced ball club with a 27-21 count to snap DePauw’s five-game Road .................................... 60-45-4 very fine personnel on both sides of the ball. win streak. The Little Giants’ last win over Neutral ..................................... 2-0-0 They’re led by an outstanding quarterback in DePauw in Crawfordsville came in 1994 in vs. Wabash ........................... 11-9-1 Jake Knott who is a four-year starter and has front of a nationwide audience on ESPN2 vs. Wabash in Crawfordsville . 5-4-1 three years under his belt in the Bell game. by a 28-24 score. Since the introductionof In addition to that they have an experienced the Monon Bell in 1932, DePauw leads34- MONON BELL COACHING RECORDS line and very good set of receivers as well as Coach (school) Yrs. W L T Pct. 30-6. a strong rushing attack. Tom Mont (D) 18 13 4 1 .750 Defensively, they are also very experi- Nick Mourouzis (D) 21 11 9 1 .548 enced in their front eight. Nate Boulais is a TELEVISION Gaumey Neal (D) 14 7 5 2 .571 leader for them on that side of the ball. They Greg Carlson (W) 18 7 10 1 .417 The game is once again being televised have great execution on defense which is live on WFYI-TV (Channel 20 in Indianapo- Pete Vaughan (W) 14 5 7 2 .429 Glen Harmeson (W) 5 4 1 0 .800 why they haven’t given up much yardage. lis) throughout the state and to over 40 Wabash is obviously clicking on all phases alumni gatherings across the country. Vet- Garland Frazier (W) 10 4 4 2 .500 Stan Parrish (W) 5 3 1 1 .700 as they’ve won every game this year and eran sportscaster Jerry Baker is handling Bob Hicks (D) 3 2 0 1 .833 their last seven a year ago. the play-by-play with former DePauw quar- Dick Bowman (W) 3 2 1 0 .667 terback and 1982 graduate Rob Doyle and Frank Navarro (W) 4 2 2 0 .500 on DePauw: 1992 Wabash graduate Joe Emmick provid- Mike Snavely (D) 9 2 7 0 .222 We have had a lot of success in moving ing color commentary. Chris Creighton (W) 1 1 0 0 1.000 the ball against quality competition this year. Ken Keuffel (W) 6 1 5 0 .167 Andy Yoder has been connecting with the AT STAKE Max Urick (W) 4 1 3 0 .250 best group of receivers we’ve had here and Possession of the 300-pound Monon Bell Jerry Berndt (D) 2 0 1 1 .250 our two backs have been running very well Robert Nipper (D) 1 0 1 0 .000 and displaying great quickness. I am really goes to the winner. Bob Bergman (D) 2 0 2 0 .000 pleased with the progress Andy has shown. COACHES GAME SCORES (with current record) He has a great arm and is very accurate. Our offensive line has improved throughout the DePauw’s Nick Mourouzis is in his 22nd DePauw (7-2) season with the Tigers and his teams have 9/7 at Rhodes (4-6) W 34 25 season. Dan Ryan is having a great year with posted a 133-81-4 record. Mourouzis, the 9/14 HOPE (4-5) W 28 21 teams double and triple-teaming him. John winningest coach in DePauw history, ranks 9/21 HANOVER (9-0) L 21 31 Stephens is finally back to his old self after 12th among active Division III coaches in 9/28 TRINITY (9-0) L 33 42 10/5 at Chicago (3-5) W 28 12 an early season injury. Each has led us well victories and 44th in winning percentage 10/12 SEWANEE (5-5) W 47 28 in the captain’s role. among active coaches with at least five 10/26 at Millsaps (3-5) W 28 7 I don’t think our defense is given due years of head coaching experience. Only six 11/2 at Centre (5-4) W 38 17 credit as they’ve held opponents to 77 rush- coaches with at least 20 years as a head 11/9 ROSE-HULMAN (3-6) W 43 14 ing yards per game against strong competi- coach have a higher winning percentage. tion. Our front seven have done a great job Mourouzis was named the SCAC Coach of Wabash (9-0) against the run forcing teams to put the ball 9/14 KALAMAZOO (4-5) W 27 20 the Year in 2000 after leading the Tigers to in the air against us. Captains Charles a three-way share of their first SCAC title. 9/21 at Earlham (3-6) W 44 7 9/28 at Kenyon (1-9) W 58 0 Stanback and John Christophersen have Wabash’s Chris Creighton is 17-2 in two 10/5 ALLEGHENY (4-5) W 24 14 provided excellent leadership this season. seasons with the Little Giants and is 49-9 in 10/12 at Wittenberg (8-1) (ot) W 46 43 In the first half of last Saturday’s game we six seasons as a collegiate head coach. He 10/19 OHIO WESLEYAN (5-4) W 27 7 had three serious injuries to starters, but has led Wabash to its first North Coast 10/26 at Oberlin (2-7) W 51 6 their subs stepped up and held Rose-Hulman Athletic Conference championship and the 11/2 WOOSTER (8-1) W 42 22 to just 39 yards of offense and one first down school’s first postseason appearance since 11/9 at Hiram (0-9) W 54 7 against a team that was averaging 345 it finished second in 1977. Creighton coached yards per game. at NAIA Ottawa (Kan.) University where his TOUGH SCHEDULE teams compiled a 32-7 record and earned The Tigers are the only team with two losses on the game conference championships each year. As a to have both of those defeats come to un- Players and coaches are always moti- player, the 1991 Kenyon College graduate defeated teams. DePauw dropped a 31-21 vated for this game and I remind our club quarterbacked the Lords to their only North decision to Hanover on September 21 and that it comes down to execution and we can’t Coast Athletic Conference title in 1989 and a 42-33 contest to Trinity on September 28. have six turnovers like last year. We were was the conference’s MVP. fortunate to come back and tie them. It always comes down to team that makes the fewest mistakes. COMPARING THE TEAMS THROW OUT THE RECORDS? tied with Johnathon Stigall (1995-98) with Offense DPU WC The age-old adage in rivalry games is 41. Ryan also needs 14 more receptions to Scoring Offense 33.0 41.4 that you can throw out the records. Dating break the DePauw career mark of 195 held Rushes-yards 309-1149 350-1613 back to 1925, when Wabash has entered the by Jay True (1977-80) and 71 receiving Rushing yards/game 127.7 179.2 game with the better record they have posted yards to top the DePauw single-season Rushing yards/att 3.7 4.6 Att/Comp-Int 339-209-12 295-167-7 a 23-17-6 record. When DePauw has had record of 991 set by John Stephens last Passing Yards/g 270.6 244.2 the better record they totaled a 19-11 mark. season. Ryan also holds the all-NCAA divi- Pass Efficiency 136.32 144.65 Overall, the team with the better record is sions record for career touchdown recep- Total offense/game 398.2 423.4 42-28-6 for a .592 winning percentage. tions in the state of Indiana. Yards/play 5.5 5.9 3rd down conv% 41.1 43.7 WIN STREAK AT FIVE RYAN’S DEPAUW and SCAC RECORDS Avg. poss. time 30:34 30:03 The Tigers current five-game win streak DePauw Career is their longest since they won six straight to Receiving yards .......................................... 2893 Defense DPU WC Touchdown receptions ....................................41 Scoring Defense 21.9 14.0 end the 2000 campaign and one to open the Total points ................................................... 248 Opp. rushes-yards 303-694 306-590 2001 season. The five straight victories by Consecutive games with TD receptions .......... 16 Opp. rush yards/game 77.1 65.6 double-digit margins is their longest such Total touchdowns (tied) ...................................41 Opp. rush yards/att 2.3 1.9 streak since 1990 when they won seven in a Opp. Att-Comp-Int 398-205-9 313-143-18 DePauw Single-Season row by 10 or more points. Touchdown receptions .......................... 15, 2002 Opp. Passing Yds/g 262.2 161.4 Pass eff. defense 110.89 84.78 TIGERS TOUGH IN THE RED ZONE DePauw Single-Game Total Defense 339.3 227.0 DePauw’s offense has been solid in the TD receptions (tied) ........................... 3 (4 times) Opp. yds/play 4.4 3.3 red zone as they’ve scored 27 touchdowns 3rd down conv% 31.1 26.3 SCAC Career and two field goals in the 36 possessions in Receptions ..................................................