FOOTBALL Contact: Howard Thompson, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Communication || [email protected] || 563-425-5307 GAME ONE || SATURDAY, SEPT
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UPPER IOWA PEACOCK FOOTBALL Contact: Howard Thompson, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Communication || [email protected] || 563-425-5307 GAME ONE || SATURDAY, SEPT. 7, 2019 || 1 PM SIOUX FALLS, S.D. || KIRKEBY-OVER STADIUM 2019 SCHEDULE UPPER IOWA PEACOCKS AT AUGUSTANA VIKINGS 9/7 at Augustana 1 p THIS WEEKEND IN PEACOCK FOOTBALL... Upper Iowa is looking to 9/14 CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL % 6 P exercise the demons from a season ago that saw Augustana rally from 9/19 at Winona State 7 p a 24-0 deficit in the season opener in Fayette to claim a 48-45 victory 9/28 SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE ^ 6 P from the Peacocks. Kickoff for the NSIC South Division clash is set for 1 10/5 NORTHERN STATE 3 P p.m. on Saturday. Fans that can’t make it to the game can listen on AM 10/12 at UMary 2 p 950 KOEL, follow the game online through live stats and a webcast 10/19 MINNESOTA CROOKSTON 3 P at UIUPeacocks.com/Live, or stream the game live through the NSIC app on Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple or Android TV. This season, the Pea- 10/26 at Minnesota Duluth 1 p cocks will play at Harms-Eischeid Stadium in Fayette six times. The 11/2 SIOUX FALLS 12 P home slate includes battles with Concordia University, St. Paul for Hall 11/9 at Wayne State 1 p of Fame Weekend, Southwest Minnesota State University, Northern 11/16 MINNESOTA STATE 12 P State University for Homecoming Weekend, the University of Minne- sota Crookston for Service Appreciation Day, the University of Sioux Falls and Minnesota State University, Mankato for Senior Day. BOLD = HOME || %=HALL OF FAME || ^=HOMECOMING Upper Iowa Augustana UPPER IOWA QUICK FACTS Peacocks Vikings Founded 1857 (3-8, 1-6 NSIC S) (7-4, 4-3 NSIC S) Enrollment 760 (Fayette) 2018 TEAM STATISTICS 2018 TEAM STATISTICS Nickname Peacocks SCORING 253 SCORING 379 School Colors Peacock Blue and White POINTS PER GAME 23.0 POINTS PER GAME 34.5 Stadium Harms-Eischeid Stadium (3,500) FIRST DOWNS 238 FIRST DOWNS 288 Affiliation NCAA Division II RUSHING YARDAGE 1314 RUSHING YARDAGE 1491 Conference Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference YARDS GAINED RUSHING 1585 YARDS GAINED RUSHING 1654 Web Site UIUPeacocks.com AVERAGE PER GAME 119.5 AVERAGE PER GAME 135.5 TDS RUSHING 12 TDS RUSHING 16 President Dr. William Duffy PASSING YARDAGE 2845 PASSING YARDAGE 3467 Athletic Director Rick Hartzell COMP-ATT-INT 258-487-14 COMP-ATT-INT 254-490-16 Athletic Dept. Phone 563-425-5307 AVERAGE PER GAME 258.6 AVERAGE PER GAME 315.2 Athletic Dept. Fax 563-425-5334 TDS PASSING 17 TDS PASSING 30 TOTAL OFFENSE 4159 TOTAL OFFENSE 4958 SPORTS COMMUNICATION TOTAL PLAYS 904 TOTAL PLAYS 849 Asst. AD - Sports Communication Howard Thompson AVERAGE PER GAME 378.1 AVERAGE PER GAME 450.7 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 32-467 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 42-1047 Office Phone 563-425-5307 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 23-132 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 22-244 Office Fax 563-425-5334 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 17-206 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 12-303 Office Mailing Address 605 Washington St. KICK RETURN AVERAGE 14.6 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 24.9 Fayette, IA 52142 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.7 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 11.1 Email [email protected] FUMBLES-LOST 12-5 FUMBLES-LOST 16-7 PENALTIES-YARDS 64-590 PENALTIES-YARDS 65-585 COACHING STAFF AVERAGE PER GAME 53.6 AVERAGE PER GAME 53.2 PUNTS-YARDS 75-2609 PUNTS-YARDS 50-1543 Head Coach (10th Season) Tom Shea AVERAGE PER PUNT 34.8 AVERAGE PER PUNT 30.9 Alma Mater Dakota State Univ. (‘72) NET PUNT AVERAGE 29.8 NET PUNT AVERAGE 27.1 Record at Upper Iowa 40-70 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 27:24 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 29:28 Career Record 145-146-3 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 74/203 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 60/154 Office Phone 563-425-5313 3RD-DOWN PCT 36% 3RD-DOWN PCT 39% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 14/31 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 9/22 Associate Head Coach Ben Curran (OC/QB) 4TH-DOWN PCT 45% 4TH-DOWN PCT 41% SACKS BY-YARDS 19-113 SACKS BY-YARDS 34-241 Assistant Coaches Justin Wyatt (DC/LB) TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 33 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 50 Mike Caniglia (RB) FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 8-8 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 11-18 Ryan Hansen (WR) PAT-ATTEMPTS (31-32) 97% PAT-ATTEMPTS (46-48) 96% Jason Hoskins (DB) Nate Roemer (DL) Score By Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOTAL Graduate Assistants Rhett Mizer (DB) UPPER IOWA 74 58 52 69 - 253 Jack Crowley (Equipment) Opponents 94 112 104 33 - 343 Football Athletic Trainer Matt Rueckert Augustana 89 114 77 99 - 379 THE SERIES... Augustana owns a 10-2 No. 11 Winona State (34-33), (RV) Bemi- 2018 NSIC STANDINGS advantage in the all-time series with Up- dji State (27-24) and the Minot State (44- North Division North O’ALL Streak per Iowa, but UIU has won two of the 9). Four of UIU’s losses came by seven Minnesota Duluth 7-0 11-1 L1 last five meetings. The Vikings won the points or less including three home de- MSU Moorhead 6-1 8-4 L1 first seven match-ups with the Peacocks feats against Wayne State (42-35), MSU Bemidji State 5-2 7-4 W1 after the series began in 2005. UIU put Moorhead (17-13) and Augustana (48- St. Cloud State 4-3 7-4 L1 an end to that streak and earned their 45). The final close loss for UIU came on Northern State 3-4 4-7 L1 Minnesota Crookston 1-6 1-10 L7 first win over the Vikings in 2014. The the road at Southwest Minnesota State in Minot State 1-6 1-10 L8 Peacocks found themselves trailing and a 21-20 decision. U-Mary 1-6 1-10 W1 in a familiar position with Augustana heading into the final quarter two sea- ALL-NSIC PERFORMERS... Five Peacocks South Division South O’ALL Streak sons ago in Fayette, but this time Upper were selected to represent Upper Iowa Minnesota State 7-0 13-1 L1 Iowa wrote a different ending to the sto- on the All-Northern Sun Conference Winona State 5-2 8-3 W3 Sioux Falls 5-2 7-4 W1 ry. The Peacocks scored 15 unanswered team including returners Mitchel Siech Augustana 4-3 7-4 W1 points in the final quarter to rally and (LB) and Alex Schneider (OL), who both Concordia-St. Paul 3-4 5-6 L1 pull ahead of Augie by six points. UIU’s earned a spot on the honorable mention Wayne State 2-5 3-8 L1 defense stood up on the Vikings’ final list. The Peacock offense, which fea- Southwest Minnesota State 1-6 4-7 L3 drive coming up with an interception, tured the third best pass offense in the Upper Iowa 1-6 3-8 L4 their sixth of the day, in the end zone. NSIC with 258.6 yards/game, will have After UIU’s first win in the series, Augie to overcome the graduation of All-NSIC The NSIC football schedule is broken into two eight- claimed a 41-20 win in Sioux Falls and South Division First Team Quarterback team divisions (North/South). Each team plays a 54-35 victory in Fayette. Two seasons Brent Lammers, while the defense will eleven conference games that count towards the NSIC Overall Champion as well as seven divisional ago, Upper Iowa posted their second be without graduates and All-NSIC per- games that count towards the NSIC North/South win over the Vikings, but first victory in formers Jesse Hynek (DL) and Jordan Champions. In all, three league championships will Sioux Falls with a 21-20 decision. UIU Rommes (LB). be awarded (Overall Champion, North Division trailed in the fourth quarter, but scored a Champion, South Division Champion). go-ahead touchdown and held on with GIVE ME THE BALL... Offensively, the key stops down the stretch to preserve Peacocks return a young and experi- the win. Last season, the Peacocks raced enced group on the offensive line led by out to a 24-0 lead after just 10 minutes Schneider and a talented collection of of play in the first quarter. By halftime, receivers on the outside led by Alex Ste- the Vikings had stormed back in front vens, an NSIC Player to Watch, Brandyn 35-31. UIU pulled within three points, Tulloch, Bralin Simon and DJ Emsweller. WEEK 1 SCHEDULE 48-45, late in the fourth quarter, but The four returning wideouts pulled down couldn’t get the go-ahead points on the 173 catches for 1,951 yards and 12 touch- Thursday, Sept. 5 board in their final possession. downs in 2018. 6 PM NSIC PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL... GETTING DEFENSIVE... Defensively, NSIC The Northern Sun Conference Football Player to Watch Mitchel Siech will lead a Sioux Falls at Concordia-St. Paul Coaches picked UIU to finish eleventh group of young linebackers, while Isaac Bemidji State at Northern State overall and seventh in the NSIC South Barrett, Daniel Ruffin Jr. and Michael St. Cloud State at UMary Division. Minnesota State was selected Sparkman return in the secondary. Along by the league coaches as the overall and the defensive line, the Peacocks will rely 7 PM south division preseason favorite in the on several players including returners Erik NSIC for 2019. The Mavericks received Hansen, Adam Robison, Christian Ruff Minot State at Minnesota Duluth 14 first place votes (coaches cannot vote and Laith Smith. MSU Moorhead at Minnesota Crookston for their own team) and amassed 224 points, 16 points ahead of Minnesota TEE IT UP AND LET IT FLY..