Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech Thursday - August 30 - 6 p.m. - O’Brien Stadium Contact: Rich Moser • [email protected] • (217) 581-7480 • Fax (217) 581-6434 • www.EIUpanthers.com

GAME 1 PANTHERS SET TO HOST TENNESSEE TECH FOR SEASON, HOME & CONFERENCE OPENER

Tennessee Tech (0-0, 0-0 OVC) at No. 17 Eastern Illinois (0-0, 0-0 OVC) O’Brien Stadium (10,000) • Charleston, Illinois August 30, 2007 • 6:00 PM CT • TV: CSTV

QUICK FACTS THE GAME Eastern Illinois will open the 2007 football season hosting Tennessee Tech in an Ohio COACHES: Valley Conference game at O’Brien Stadium. This will be the first time since joining the Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960) OVC that EIU has opened the year with a conference game. The last time EIU opened the EIU Record ...... 119-98-1 (20th year) year against a conference opponent was in 1988 when Coach Bob Spoo led the Panthers vs. TTU ...... 8-2 to a 16-7 Gateway Conference win at Illinois State. In 27 years of NCAA Division I football action this will be the only the 8th time that Watson Brown (Vanderbilt, 1973) Eastern Illinois as has opened a season at home. In those previous seven contests, EIU is TTU Record ...... 0-0 (1st year) 5-2 with the last opener a 33-30 overtime loss to Indiana State in 2004. Overall Record ...... 94-151 (22 years) vs. EIU ...... 1st Meeting Eastern Illinois will be opening its 106th year of football, the Panthers own a 447- 461-43 all-time mark including a 176-124-2 record at the NCAA Division I level.

SERIES EASTERN ILLINOIS-TENNESSEE TECH SERIES EIU leads 9-4 Eastern Illinois and Tennessee Tech will be meeting for the 14th time when the Golden at EIU ...... 4-2 Eagles visit O’Brien Stadium on Thursday night. The Panthers hold a 9-4 lead in the all- at TTU ...... 5-2 time series including wins in six of the last seven meetings. Since joining the OVC, EIU Last Meeting ...... EIU 38, TTU 14 holds a 9-2 series advantage with both of Tennessee Tech’s other wins coming during the ...... Nov. 11, 2006 at TTU NCAA Division II era. Last season EIU picked up a 38-14 win during a rain soaked homecoming game in RANKINGS Cookeville, Tenn. Cole Stinson tossed for a season high 275 yards and three touchdowns EIU ...... 17/17/19 while the EIU defense shut down the Golden Eagles with 9 yards in the third quarter. TTU ...... No Rankings Sports Network/FCS Coaches/SME Broadcasting Eastern Illinois (8-5, 7-1 OVC) Tennessee Tech (4-7, 4-4 OVC

TELEVISION Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time CSTV (Live) Aug. 30 * TENNESSEE TECH 6 p.m. Aug. 30 * at Eastern Illinois 6 p.m. Play-by-Play ...... Jonathan Coachman Sept. 8 at Purdue 11 a.m. Sept. 6 CUMBERLAND UNIV. 7 p.m. Analyst ...... Roland Williams Sept. 15 ILLINOIS STATE 6 p.m. Sept. 13 CONCORDIA 7 p.m. Sept. 22 at Indiana State 5 p.m. Sept. 20 * MURRAY STATE 7 p.m. Sept. 29 * at Southeast Missouri 6 p.m. Sept. 27 * at Tennessee Martin 6 p.m. RADIO Oct. 6 * EASTERN KENTUCKY 1:30 p.m. Oct. 6 * AUSTIN PEAY 1:30 p.m. Hit Mix 88.9 FM Oct. 13 * at Murray State 3 p.m. Oct. 11 * TENNESSEE STATE 7 p.m. www.weiuhitmix.net Oct. 20 * TENNESSEE MARTIN 1:30 p.m. Oct. 20 * at Jacksonville State 2:30 p.m. Play-by-Play ...... Mike Bradd Oct. 27 * at Tennessee State 6 p.m. Oct. 27 * SAMFORD 1:30 p.m. Analyst ...... Jack Ashmore Nov. 3 Open Date Nov. 3 at Auburn 1:30 p.m.

Nov. 10 * at Jacksonville State Noon Nov. 10 Open Date Nov. 17 * SAMFORD 1:30 p.m. Nov. 17 * at Eastern Kentucky Noon INTERNET Nov. 24 FCS Playoffs TBA Nov. 24 FCS Playoffs TBA Live Stats ...... www.EIUpanthers.com * Ohio Valley Conference Game * Ohio Valley Conference Game All Times Central Times Central

Bleed Blue - Time To Shine • 11 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 August 30, 2007 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech • Page 2 • www.EIUpanthers.com EASTERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH BOB SPOO 2007 SPORTS NETWORK Eastern Illinois head coach Bob Spoo will return to the sidelines this season after missing TOP 25 all of last season due to a preseason surgery that was supposed to only sideline the long time (Preseason Poll) face of the Panther program for 4-to-6 weeks. Spoo returns this year for his second run at his 20th season as the EIU head coach. He enters the year with a 119-98-1 record at EIU Rk. Team 2006 Record including a 53-19 mark in OVC action. He ranks third all-time in OVC wins trailing Eastern 1. Appalachian State (67) 14-1 2. Montana (3) 12-2 Kentucky’s Roy Kidd (207) and Tennessee Tech’s Don Wade (60). Spoo is a 1960 graduate 3. Massachusetts 13-2 of Purdue University and will face his alma mater in the second game of the season. 4. North Dakota State 10-1 5. Youngstown State 11-3 6. New Hampshire (1) 9-4 TENNESSEE TECH HEAD COACH WATSON BROWN 7. Illinois State 9-4 The Golden Eagles have a new head coach at the helm but not an unfamiliar face as TTU 8. James Madison 9-3 hired former UAB head coach Watson Brown. Brown is a native of Cookeville, Tenn., but 9. Northern Iowa 7-4 played his college ball at Vanderbilt graduating in 1973. This will be Brown’s second stint 10. McNeese State 7-5 11. Furman 8-4 as a head coach in the OVC after his first head coaching job was at Austin Peay in 1979. He 12. Southern Illinois 9-4 has a career record of 94-151-1 with additional head coaching stops at Cincinnati (1983), 13. Portland State 7-4 Rice (1984-85), Vanderbilt (1986-90) and UAB (1995-2006). 14. Wofford 7-4 15. Cal Poly 7-4 16. Hampton 10-2 SCOUTING TENNESSEE TECH 17. EASTERN ILLINOIS 8-5 Tennessee Tech will visit O’Brien Stadium with a sense of the unknown surrounding the 18. Sam Houston State 6-5 program as the Golden Eagles return a number of key players but an entirely new coaching 19. Delaware 5-6 20. South Dakota State 7-4 staff. EIU has been preparing for every possible formation on offense and defense, but most 21. Montana State 8-5 of the focus will still be on several standout returners. On offense Tennessee Tech is led by 22. Tennessee Martin 9-3 sophomore quarterback Lee Sweeney and wide receiver Larry Shipp. The defense will be 23. Coastal Carolina 9-3 anchored by defensive tackle Geoffrey Woods. 24. Yale 8-2 25. South Carolina State 7-4 NEW COACHES ON EIU STAFF While Tennessee Tech brings in an entirely new coaching staff, the Panthers will 2007 FCS Coaches Poll also have a few new faces of their own for the season opener. Jeff Hoover was hired as (Preseason Poll) the Panthers new offensive line coach in March and will also serve as the EIU run game Rk. Team 2006 Record coordinator. Hoover spent last season as the offensive coordinator at Portland State. Bobby 1. Appalachian State (27) 14-1 Babich is the Panthers newest hire joining the staff in late July as the defensive secondary 2. Montana (1) 12-2 coach. Babich played two seasons ago at North Dakota State before spending last season as 3. Massachusetts 13-2 a graduate assistant coach at Kent State. Babich comes from a coaching family as his dad is 4. North Dakota State 10-1 5. New Hampshire 9-4 currently the defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears. 6. Youngstown State 11-3 7. James Madison 9-3 NUMBER TO REMEMBER 8. Illinois State 9-4 9. Northern Iowa 7-4 The number to remember for this year’s season opener against Tennessee Tech is 9. 10. Furman 8-4 That is the number of yards the Eastern Illinois defense allowed in the third quarter of last 11. Southern Illinois 9-4 year’s win at Tennessee Tech as the Panthers stout defense allowed the EIU offense to blow 12. McNeese State 7-5 open the contest and keep the Panthers in the OVC title chase. The Panthers allowed only 13. Portland State 7-4 14. Cal Poly 7-4 17 yards in the second half until the final TTU drive in a 38-14 Eastern Illinois win. 15. Wofford 7-4 16. Hampton 10-2 MATCH-UPS TO WATCH THIS WEEK 17. EASTERN ILLINOIS 8-5 18. Tennessee Martin 9-3 19. South Dakota State 7-4 EIU SECONDARY VERSUS TENNESSEE TECH PASSING GAME 20. Coastal Carolina 9-3 The Panthers secondary should expect to be tested as they will start four new players in 21. Delaware 5-6 the defensive backfield. Three have playing experience as reserves last season but Rashad 22. Montana State 8-5 Haynes enters the week as a redshirt freshman. Tennessee Tech has a high powered 23. Sam Houston State 6-5 24. Yale 8-2 passing game last season with the combination of quarterback Lee Sweeney and receiver 25. Princeton 9-1 Larry Shipp. How the Panthers can control the passing game with their secondary could set the tone for the game. OTHER PRESEASON RANKINGS SME Broadcasting 19th Lindy’s 19th EIU PASS RUSH AGAINST TENNESSEE TECH OFFENSIVE LINE Phil Steele 15th Eastern Illinois defensive strength this year will be in its veteran defensive line. If EIU Street & Smith 14th can get pressure on TTU quarterback Lee Sweeney, it may compensate for some of the USA Today 21st inexperience the Panthers currently possess in the secondary. EIU’s returning front four AnyGivenSaturday.com 19th College Sporting News 20th combined for 28 tackles for loss and six sacks last season. Bleed Blue - Time To Shine • 11 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 August 30, 2007 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech • Page 3 • www.EIUpanthers.com RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS TALE OF THE TAPE Eastern Illinois will return a pair of All-Americans this season with one each on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. Micah Rucker earned third team All-American honors last year at wide receiver while Donald Thomas a second team honoree at linebacker after winning the OVC Defender of the Year Award. Both players also enter this season with numerous preseason All-American honors. Rucker has been named to three All-American teams while Thomas had landed on Points Per Game ...... 22.8 ...... 17.5 four lists. Average Points Allowed ...... 21.2 ...... 26.9 First Downs ...... 233 ...... 179 Micah Rucker (6-6, 221 Senior, Bonita Springs, FL) Rushing Yards Per Game ...... 187.5 ...... 111.3 Lindy’s - 2nd Team Rushing Touchdowns...... 15...... 7 College Sporting News - 3rd Team Passing Yards Per Game ...... 164.2 ...... 209.5 Sports Network - 3rd Team Passing Touchdowns ...... 22...... 17 Average Yards Per Game ...... 351.7 ...... 320.8 Donald Thomas (5-10, 237, Senior, St. Louis, MO) Interceptions Thrown ...... 18...... 17 Lindy’s - 1st Team Fumbles Lost ...... 6...... 13 Street & Smith - 1st Team Turnovers Gained ...... 36...... 16 Sports Network - 1st Team Punting Average ...... 35.0 ...... 39.1 College Sporting News - 2nd Team Field Goals (ATT/MADE) ...... 12/18 ...... 2/4 3rd Down Conversions ...... 63-of-166 ...... 56-for-167 LOTS OF STARTERS RETURN 4th Down Conversions ...... 5-of-13 ...... 6-for-18 For the second straight year, Eastern Illinois will have a large Sacks (Yards) ...... 15 (106) ...... 14.5 (111) number of starter and letterwinners returning from the previous year. Penalties (Yards) ...... 71 (660) ...... 65 (550) EIU has seven starters back on defense while five starters are back Time of Possession (Game) ...... 31:38 ...... 31:06 on offense. EIU also returns all of its special teams starters from last year.

GOING FOR THREE STRAIGHT Eastern Illinois will be looking to become the first Ohio Valley Conference team in 20 years to win three straight conference titles. The last team to do it was Eastern Kentucky from 1986-88. The Panthers won the outright title in 2005 and split the crown with Tennessee Martin last year. EIU will also be looking for a third straight NCAA FCS Playoff appearance. The last time they did that was from 2000-02 when a young man named Tony Romo was the Panthers signal caller. EIU currently has four OVC titles and five FCS playoff appearances in the last seven years. PANTHERS DEFENSE LEADS NCAA

Cradle of NFL Coaches Still Rockin’ The Eastern Illinois defense took home the honor as one of the top units in the country as they led the NCAA FCS ranks Last season Eastern Illinois earned the distinction of being the new with 36 turnovers gained during the season. The Panthers cradle for NFL head coaches as they became one of only three recovered 19 fumbles and picked off 17 passes en route to NCAA schools that could claim three current NFL head coaches as their NCAA leading total. In addition to leading the NCAA alumni. All three of those schools are still deadlocked but EIU now FCS ranks, Eastern Illinois also ranked third among all has a one-up on the other schools after former Panther quarterback NCAA Division I schools in that category. Only Nevada and current New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was named and Boston College had more turnovers gained than Eastern the 2006 NFL Coach of the Year. Illinois with 37 each leading the FBS schools. Finishing second in the NCAA FCS level with 31 turnovers each were EIU Head Coaches Portland State, McNeese State and Wofford. Mike Shanahan ...... Denver Broncos Sean Payton ...... New Orleans Saints NCAA Turnovers Gained Leaders By Division Brad Childress ...... Minnesota Vikings NCAA Division I FBS - Boston College 37 - Nevada 37 San Diego State USC NCAA Division I FCS - Eastern Illinois 36 Joe Gibbs (Washington) Mike Holmgren (Seattle) NCAA Division II - Pace 42 John Fox (Carolina) Jeff Fisher (Tennessee) NCAA Division III - Wisconsin Whitewater 43 Herman Edwards (Kansas City) Jack Del Rio (Jacksonville)

Bleed Blue - Time To Shine • 11 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 August 30, 2007 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech • Page 4 • www.EIUpanthers.com

2007 OVC Standings THE EASTERN ILLINOIS 2-MINUTE DRILL.... • Eastern Illinois has won eight straight home conference games dating back to the Team ...... All ...... Pct...... OVC ...... Pct. Austin Peay ...... 0-0 ...... 000...... 0-0 ...... 000 2004 season. EIU has also won nine of its last ten regular-season games at O’Brien Eastern Illinois ...... 0-0 ...... 000...... 0-0 ...... 000 Stadium. Eastern Kentucky ...... 0-0 ...... 000...... 0-0 ...... 000 Jacksonville State ...... 0-0 ...... 000...... 0-0 ...... 000 • EIU has had a running back rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season for three Murray State ...... 0-0 ...... 000...... 0-0 ...... 000 straight seasons and five of the last six. Travorus Bess and Ademola Adeniji will be Samford ...... 0-0 ...... 000...... 0-0 ...... 000 running to make it four straight years with a 1,000 yard back. Southeast Missouri ...... 0-0 ...... 000...... 0-0 ...... 000 Tennessee Martin ...... 0-0 ...... 000...... 0-0 ...... 000 • The EIU defense has picked off at least one pass in each of its last five games including Tennessee State ...... 0-0 ...... 000...... 0-0 ...... 000 four in the playoff loss to Illinois State. Last year EIU had 17 interceptions as the Tennessee Tech ...... 0-0 ...... 000...... 0-0 ...... 000 Panthers led the nation in turnovers gained.

This Week In The OVC • Senior wide receiver Micah Rucker finished last year with 966 yards receiving the best Thursday - August 30 Tennessee Tech @ Eastern Illinois * total at EIU in 20 years and sixth best season total for a Panther. Only four Panthers Murray State @ Louisville have ever had more than 1,000 yards in a season Roy Banks (twice), Calvin Pierce and West Alabama @ Samford Jerry Wright. Southeast Missouri @ Cincinnati • EIU ranks first among OVC teams in total wins and conference wins since the 2000 Saturday - September 1 Bethel College @ Austin Peay season. EIU has 51 overall wins and 39 conference wins during over the last seven Eastern Kentucky @ Kentucky years. Jacksonville State @ Alabama State Alabama A&M @ Tennessee State • Eastern Illinois is 10-1 in Ohio Valley Conference openers since joining the league. Tennessee Martin @ Southern Mississippi The only loss was at Southeast Missouri in 2003.

• The Panthers have had a junior win the OVC Defensive Player of the Year three times OVC Predicted Order Of Finish since 2002. So far two juniors have failed to repeat. Donald Thomas will have his shot 1. EASTERN ILLINOIS (8) at joining John Jurkovic as the only EIU players with repeat honors. Jurkovic was the 2. Jacksonville State (6) 1988 & 1989 Gateway Defender of the Year. 3. Tennessee Martin (4) 4. Eastern Kentucky (1) • Last year EIU’s offensive line ranked third in the nation in least amount of sacks 5. Tennessee State (1) allowed and least amount of tackles for loss allowed. Two starters return from the line 6. Tennessee Tech this season with another key reserve also moving into a starting spot. 7. Murray State 8. Southeast Missouri 9. Samford • Senior Drew Cairo-Gross will become the Panthers third different center in three 10. Austin Peay seasons as he moves over from his left guard spot. In 2005 Pascal Matla served that role while Steve Sobolewski was the center last season. Eastern Illinois Players On All-OVC Preseason Team • Junior Ke’Andre Sams will be the only starter in the secondary with any previous experience this year as he started two games at Hawai’i and Southeast Missouri last Offense year. All four defensive secondary starters are new based on an injury to returning free Micah Rucker - Wide Receiver safety Seymour Loftman. Jordan Campanella - Tight End Anthony Rubican - Offensive Tackle • Junior Pierre Walters returns as the OVC’s top sack artist with six sacks last year. Defense Walters also led EIU with 15 tackles for loss, the third highest total since the 1986 Pierre Walters - Defensive End season. Donald Thomas - Linebacker Seymour Loftman - Safety • Junior field goal kicker Zach Yates ranked 26th in the country in field goals last season and third in the Ohio Valley Conference. This season Yates is in a battle to keep his 2006 OVC Award Winners field goal kicking duties with fellow junior Tyler Wilke. co-Offense • Senior Ademola Adeniji enters the season with 1,020 career rushing yards. The Vincent Webb - Eastern Illinois Springfield, Ill., product needs just 387 yards to move into the Panthers career Top 15 Donald Chapman - Tennessee Martin for rushing. Dennis Bundy currently occupies that spot with 1,407 yards from 1966-68. Adeniji’s career high effort came three seasons ago with 106 yards against Tennessee Defense Donald Thomas - Eastern Illinois Martin.

Bleed Blue - Time To Shine • 11 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 August 30, 2007 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech • Page 5 • www.EIUpanthers.com SPECIAL TEAMS STARTERS MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES Second year special teams coach Justin Lustig has instilled the OVC TELECONFERENCE: Each week during the football philosophy of members of the special teams taking accountability season all 10 head coaches in the Ohio Valley Conference will for their time on the field. With that being said Lustig started take part in a weekly teleconference on Tuesday mornings. The naming special teams starters each week during the 2006 season, first teleconference will be Tuesday, August 28. EIU head these are players who will start on special teams but not be starters coach will speak at 10:07 a.m. (Central) each Tuesday. Media on offense or defense. The three special teams starters named for members can obtain the phone number and pass code from the the 2007 opener versus Tennessee Tech are senior Nick Kray, senior EIU Sports Information office. Ademola Adeniji and junior Quinten Ponius. EXTRA POINT MEDIA LUNCHEONS: Each Wednesday TAKING MORE THAN THEY GIVE throughout the football season Eastern Illinois will host an Extra In addition to leading the nation in turnovers gained last season, Point Media Luncheon which will also be open to the public. Eastern Illinois also did a pretty good job of taking care of the The event will take place at Noon at the Panther Paw Bar & football. EIU ranked 10th in the nation in turnover margin with Grill in Charleston. The first luncheon will be on Wednesday, a +0.92 per game average. The nine other schools ranked ahead September 5. Head coach Bob Spoo, a selected assistant coach of EIU in that category all averaged a +1 or greater margin with and selected player will be available for media interviews along Wofford leading the country with a +1.91 average. The Panthers with some questions from the public. A lunch buffet will be closest challenger in the OVC was Southeast Missouri with a +0.55 available with prices expected to be around $6 per person. margin. PANTHER SPORTS TALK: Each Monday night during the A NOSE FOR THE BALL football season fans can listen to head coach Bob Spoo along Senior linebacker Donald Thomas enters the year with six with other special guests and players as they talk about the 2007 fumble recoveries to his credit. Thomas is slowly chasing an football season. The show will be broadcast on Hit Mix 88.9 obscure school record held by current Cleveland Browns defensive FM with a live stream available at www.weiuhitmix.net. The line coach Randy Melvin. Melvin had nine career fumble recoveries show will also be simulcast live on Consolidated Channel Your playing on both the 1978 NCAA Division II National Championship 13 with tape delayed airings on WEIU TV on Tuesday at 5 p.m. team and 1980 NCAA Division National Runner-Up team. and Consolidated Your 13 on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m.

DEFENSIVE IRON MAN OVCSPORTS.TV: For the second straight year, the Ohio Senior defensive tackle Tim Kelly has been an anchor for the Valley Conference will allow fans to watch live streams of its Panthers run stopping defense and has been an iron man in the football games through the OVCSPORTS.TV website. Fans process. Kelly enters his senior year as a three-year starter with 36 can purchase a season package or individual games to watch starts under his belt. During his previous three years Kelly has made their favorite OVC team. This year EIU will have seven of 106 tackles with a season high coming in 2005. His best individual its eleven games available on OVCSPORTS.TV. The only game effort was last year with nine tackles at Eastern Kentucky. games not available will be road games at Purdue, Indiana State and Jacksonville State along with the home opener against WELCOME BACK, WELCOME BACK.... Tennessee Tech. To steal a phrase from a 70’s television show, the Panthers LIVE STATS: Live stats of most EIU games can be found on will indeed welcome back three key players that are pencilled the EIU athletics webpage at www.EIUpanthers.com in as starters for the season opener after missing all of last year. Wide receiver Alicus Nozinor, running back Travorus Bess and INTERNET RADIO: Live streaming of all EIU football games linebacker Jack Kosinski all took redshirt seasons last year while can be heard at www.weiuhitmix.net EIU repeated as OVC champions. All three will be counted on this year if the Panthers are to make the drive for a third straight title. WHERE THEY RANKED IN 2006 In 2005 Nozinor was the team’s third best receiver with 16.4 yards per reception in seven games. That same year Bess was the No. 2 Category ...... NCAA ...... OVC tailback with 87 carries for 318 yards. He also had 15 receptions out Rush Offense ...... 18th ...... 2nd of the backfield. Kosinski was a reserve linebacker on a standout Pass Offense ...... 83rd ...... 5th unit in 2005 making seven solo tackles in six games. Total Offense ...... 37th ...... 2nd Scoring Offense ...... 52nd ...... 3rd BUMPS AND BRUISES Rush Defense ...... 30th ...... 3rd Pass Efficiency Defense ...... 43rd ...... 4th Eastern Illinois was hit by the injury bug to an extent as several Total Defense ...... 52th ...... 6th players will miss the opener against Tennessee Tech. Included in Scoring Defense ...... 38th ...... 3rd that group were expected starters Adam Kesler, Seymour Loftman Turnover Margin ...... 10th ...... 1st and Norris Smith. Other returners from last season not available Sacks ...... 102nd ...... 9th to suit up for the opener will be Stephen Washington and William Least Sacks Allowed ...... 3rd ...... 1st Hodor. Bleed Blue - Time To Shine • 11 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 August 30, 2007 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech • Page 6 • www.EIUpanthers.com Based on a late season hire and several fall camp additions HOW DO YOU SAY THAT - EIU Pronunciation Guide the following players and one coach were not in the media 3 ..Ke’Andre Sams ...... KEY-on-Dre’ guide. Listed below are key player bios that may see action 4 ..Bodie Reeder ...... Read-err this season. Other players not in the media guide are also 6 ..Sinque Turner ...... sin-Q listed at the bottom. 7 ..Alicus Nozinor ...... Al-ah-cuss Bobby Babich - Defensive Secondary Coach 8 ..Travorus Bess ...... Tra-vore-us Babich was hired in July as the newest member of the EIU staff... he 12 ..Bobson Mercier ...... Mur-see-air worked last year as a graduate assistant coach at Kent State... Babich is a 15 ..Quinten Ponius ...... Pony-knee-us 2006 graduate of North Dakota State where he played defensive back for the 18 ..Joel Evers ...... Joe-L Bison leading the team in interceptions as a senior. 24 ..Irvin Jean-Charles ...... Jean (like blue jeans) 23 John Gadson (WR, 5-10, 170, R-FR, Ocala, FL) 36 ..Drew Spies ...... sp-EEZE Gadson was a Top 100 recruit in 2006 as rated by Rivals.com... redshirted at 37 ..Ademola Adeniji ...... Add-ah-nidge-E EIU last year as an NCAA non-qualifier... set two records at Fleming Island 51 ..Alain Marcelin ...... mar-Sa-lynn HS including yards receiving in a season and a 97-yard kick off return. 55 ..Corey Leman ...... Lay-man 36 Drew Spies (FB, 6-0, 215, JR, Barrington, IL) 60 ..Seth Knolhoff ...... Noll-off Spies made team as a walk-on in the fall and could see time on special 65 ..Trevor Frericks ...... Fra-air-ricks teams... played at Barrington HS... also attended Phoenix College in Arizona 79 ..Matthew Buettner ...... Bit-ner for two years. 89 ..Daniel Vehovic ...... Va-hoe-vick 94 ..Andre Lima ...... lee-mah 62 Ryan Keys (LB, 6-1, 225, JR, Paris, IL) Keys returns to the EIU team after being a scout team player for the 2005 96 ..Colin Luczynski ...... Loo-chin-ski OVC Championship team... brother Chip also plays for Panthers as a fullback on offense... was an All-Conference player at Paris HS. Coach Jorge Munoz ...... George

87 Charles Graves (WR, 6-1, 175, SO, Aurora, IL) Graves joined team during fall camp after playing at NCAA Division II EIU 2007 ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY STATE/YEAR Upper Iowa College last season... may see playing time on special teams... EIU Roster By Home State All-Conference player at West Aurora HS. Illinois ...... 52 Florida ...... 27 29 Mike LaRocco (RB, 5-9, 191, R-FR, Chicago, IL) 39 Nick McHenry (WR, 5-8, 160, FR, Oak Forest, IL) Ohio...... 3 52 Haakim Lewis (DL, 6-0, 290, FR, Oswego, IL) Indiana ...... 2 79 Matt Buettner (OL, 6-2, 284, FR, Collinsville, IL) Missouri ...... 2 Alabama ...... 1 California ...... 1 Idaho ...... 1

EIU Roster By Class (includes redshirts) Senior ...... 18 Junior...... 24 EASTERN ILLINOIS QUICK FACTS Sophomore ...... 15 LOCATION: ...... Charleston, Illinois Freshman ...... 31 FOUNDED: ...... 1895 ENROLLMENT: ...... 12,129 2007 EASTERN ILLINOIS CAPTAINS COLORS: ...... Blue & Gray CONFERENCE: ...... Ohio Valley OFFENSE STADIUM: ...... O’Brien (10,000) 63 ..Drew Cairo-Gross ...... Center SURFACE: ...... Pro-Grass 80 ..Micah Rucker ...... Wide Receiver PRESIDENT: ...... Dr. William L. Perry ATHLETIC DIRECTOR:...... Ken Baker (Interim) DEFENSE O’BRIEN PRESS BOX PHONE: ...... (217) 581-7770 54 ..Donald Thomas ...... Linebacker EIU TICKET OFFICE: ...... (217) 581-2106 90 ..Tim Kelly ...... Defensive Tackle EIU SPORTS INFORMATION: ...... (217) 581-7480 EIU WEBSITE: ...... www.EIUpanthers.com

Bleed Blue - Time To Shine • 11 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 August 30, 2007 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech • Page 7 • www.EIUpanthers.com EASTERN ILLINOIS PLAYOFF HISTORY 1986 (Quarterfinals @ Charleston, IL) (FCS/I-AA Playoffs) Eastern Kentucky def. Eastern Illinois, 24-22

2006 (First Round @ Charleston, IL) 1983 (First Round @ Terre Haute, IN) Illinois State def. Eastern Illinois, 24-13 Indiana State def. Eastern Illinois, 16-13 (2OT)

2005 (First Round @ Charleston, IL) 1982 (First Round @ Charleston, IL) Southern Illinois def. Eastern Illinois, 21-6 Eastern Illinois def. Jackson State, 16-13 (OT)

2002 (First Round @ McComb, IL) 1982 (Quarterfinals @ Nashville, TN) Western Illinois def. Eastern Illinois, 48-9 Tennessee State def. Eastern Illinois, 20-19

2001 (First Round @ Charleston, IL) *** Note *** Eastern Illinois has made the NCAA FCS Northern Iowa def. Eastern Illinois, 49-43 Playoffs 11 times since joining that level of football in 1981. The 11 playoff appearances currently ranks 10th among active 2000 (First Round @ Missoula, MT) FCS level schools. Montana def. Eastern Illinois, 45-13 Division II Playoffs 1996 (First Round @ Cedar Falls, IA) Northern Iowa def. Eastern Illinois, 21-14 1978 (National Champions) Eastern Illinois def. UC Davis, 35-31 1995 (First Round @ Nacogdoches, TX) Eastern Illinois def. Youngstown State, 26-22 Stephen F. Austin def. Eastern Illinois, 34-29 Eastern Illinois def. Delaware, 10-9

1989 (First Round @ Moscow, ID) 1980 (National Runners-up) Eastern Illinois def. Idaho, 38-21 Eastern Illinois def. Northern Colorado, 21-14 Eastern Illinois def. Northern Alabama, 56-31 1989 (Quarterfinals @ Missoula, MT) Cal Poly def. Eastern Illinois, 21-13 Montana def. Eastern Illinois, 25-19

1986 (First Round @ Charleston, IL) Eastern Illinois def. Murray State, 28-21

Eastern Illinois Football The Last Time It Happened.... Had 10 Receptions... Micah Rucker, 10 vs. Southeast Missouri (Oct. 7, 2006) Passed for more than 300 yards... Mike Donato, 327 vs. Tennessee Tech (Nov. 12, 2005) Had 3 touchdown receptions... Micah Rucker, 3 vs. Southeast Missouri (Oct. 7, 2006) Passed for more than 400 yards... Tony Romo, 414 at Toledo (Sept. 16, 2000) Had 200 yards receiving... Frank Cutolo, 239 vs. Tennessee State (Oct. 27, 2001) Threw four touchdown passes... Tony Romo, 4 at Tennessee State (Nov. 2, 2002) Returned a punt for a touchdown... Jermaine Mobley, 1 vs. Tennessee State (Oct. 30, 2004) Rushed for more than 200 yards... Vincent Webb, 206 at Samford (Sept. 23, 2006) Returned a kick-off for touchdown... Andre Raymond, 1 vs. Indiana State (Sept. 21, 2002) Rushed for three touchdowns... Vincent Webb, 3 at Tennessee State (Nov. 5, 2005) Returned an interception for touchdown... Terrance Sanders, 1 vs. Illinois State (Nov. 25, 2006) Rushed for four touchdowns... J.R. Taylor, 4 vs. Florida Atlantic (Nov. 16, 2002) Returned a fumble for touchdown... Tristan Burge, 1 at Murray State (Oct. 22, 2005)

Bleed Blue - Time To Shine • 11 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 August 30, 2007 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech • Page 8 • www.EIUpanthers.com EASTERN ILLINOIS 2-DEEP vs. Tennessee Tech (August 30) EIU OFFENSE EIU DEFENSE QUARTERBACK LEFT END 13 ...Cole Stinson ...... 6-5 ...... 238 ...... Sr 99 ...Michael Torres ...... 6-1 ...... 255 ...... R-Sr 4 ...Bodie Reeder ...... 6-0 ...... 203 ...... R-So 93 ...Ryan Bennett ...... 6-2 ...... 267 ...... R-Jr RUNNING BACK LEFT TACKLE 8 ...Travorus Bess ...... 5-8 ...... 176 ...... R-Jr 90 ...Tim Kelly ...... 6-4 ...... 277 ...... Sr 37 ...Ademola Adeniji ...... 5-10 ...... 215 ...... R-Sr 94 ...Andre Lima ...... 6-0 ...... 299 ...... R-So WIDE RECEIVER RIGHT TACKLE 80 ...Micah Rucker ...... 6-6 ...... 221 ...... R-Sr 97 ...Jeff Sobol ...... 6-3 ...... 254 ...... R-Jr 18 ...Joel Evers ...... 6-1 ...... 195 ...... R-So 65 ...Trevor Frericks ...... 6-1 ...... 266 ...... R-So WIDE RECEIVER RIGHT END 84 ...Jason Fisher ...... 6-2 ...... 198 ...... R-Sr 91 ...Pierre Walters ...... 6-5 ...... 261 ...... R-Jr 15 ...Quinten Ponius ...... 5-9 ...... 197 ...... R-Jr 30 ...Donovan Johnson ...... 6-1 ...... 226 ...... R-Jr WIDE RECEIVER OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 7 ...Alicus Nozinor ...... 6-0 ...... 172 ...... R-Jr 28 ...Jack Kosinski ...... 5-11 ...... 219 ...... R-Jr 81 ...Lorence Ricks ...... 6-1 ...... 180 ...... Fr 59 ...James Larson ...... 6-2 ...... 217 ...... R-Jr TIGHT END MIDDLE LINEBACKER 43 ...Trent Steckel ...... 6-2 ...... 230 ...... R-Jr 54 ...Donald Thomas ...... 5-10 ...... 237 ...... Sr 88 ...Jordan Campanella ...... 6-3 ...... 245 ...... Sr 51 ...Alain Marcelin ...... 6-0 ...... 215 ...... Fr LEFT TACKLE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 72 ...Will Norris ...... 6-9 ...... 315 ...... R-So 47 ...Matt Westrick ...... 6-1 ...... 241 ...... Sr 66 ...Chris Campbell ...... 6-5 ...... 319 ...... R-So 56 ...Nick Nasti ...... 6-1 ...... 227 ...... Fr LEFT GUARD LEFT CORNERBACK 75 ...Kevin Mahoney ...... 6-6 ...... 315 ...... R-So 6 ...Sinque Turner ...... 5-8 ...... 182 ...... Sr or 76 ...Ryan Spears ...... 6-5 ...... 328 ...... R-Sr 12 ...Bobson Mercier ...... 5-10 ...... 172 ...... R-Fr CENTER ROVER 63 ...Drew Cairo-Gross ...... 6-2 ...... 325 ...... Sr 3 ...Ke’Andre Sams ...... 5-11 ...... 200 ...... Jr 70 ...Chris Vaccaro ...... 6-3 ...... 303 ...... R-So 24 ...Irvin Jean-Charles ...... 5-11 ...... 191 ...... Jr RIGHT GUARD FREE SAFETY 74 ...Chaz Millard ...... 6-3 ...... 305 ...... R-So 1 ...Adrian Arrington ...... 5-11 ...... 187 ...... Jr 68 ...Mike Scheibel ...... 6-3 ...... 303 ...... R-So 31 ...Louis Cairo ...... 6-1 ...... 191 ...... R-Fr RIGHT TACKLE RIGHT CORNERBACK 73 ...Anthony Rubican ...... 6-6 ...... 289 ...... R-Sr 26 ...Rashad Haynes ...... 5-11 ...... 164 ...... R-Fr 77 ...Ryan Grossman ...... 6-4 ...... 302 ...... Fr 21 ...CJ James ...... 5-8 ...... 170 ...... Fr EIU COACHING STAFF EIU SPECIALISTS PLACEKICKER Head Coach: Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960 - 20th year) 33 ...Tyler Wilke ...... 6-4 ...... 194 ...... R-Jr (Career Record 119-98-1; OVC Record 56-24) 27 ...Zach Yates ...... 5-11 ...... 175 ...... Jr PUNTER Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator: 41 ...Kevin Cook ...... 6-2 ...... 184 ...... R-Fr Roc Bellantoni (7th year) KICK OFFS 33 ...Tyler Wilke ...... 6-4 ...... 194 ...... R-Jr Offensive Coordinator: Jorge Munoz (3rd year) HOLDER Special Teams Coach: Justin Lustig (2nd year) 4 ...Bodie Reeder ...... 6-0 ...... 203 ...... R-So Offensive Line Coach: Jeff Hoover (1st year) Wide Receivers: Mike Lynch (3rd year) LONG SNAPPER Defensive Line: Shannon Jackson (3rd year) 50 ...Brady Woolverton ...... 5-9 ...... 203 ...... R-Jr Secondary Coach: Bobby Babich (1st year) PUNT RETURNS Offensive Assistant: Antoine Livingston (2nd year) 7 ...Alicus Nozinor ...... 6-0 ...... 172 ...... R-Jr Defensive Assistant: Forrest Jackson (4th year) 23 ...John Gadson ...... 5-10 ...... 170 ...... R-Fr Student Coach: Chad Cleveland (2nd year) KICK RETURNS Trainer: Jen Tymkew (2nd year) 15 ...Quinten Ponius ...... 5-9 ...... 197 ...... R-Jr Strength Coach: Michael Hall (2nd year) 20 ...Ron Jordan ...... 5-8 ...... 173 ...... So 21 ...CJ James ...... 5-8 ...... 170 ...... Fr Bleed Blue - Time To Shine • 11 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 2006 FINAL STATISTICS

EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS TEAM STATISTICS EIU OPP ------#15 FINAL NATIONAL RANKING SCORING...... 297 275 Points Per Game...... 22.8 21.2 RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY FIRST DOWNS...... 233 226 ALL GAMES...... (8-5-0) (5-1-0) (3-4-0) Rushing...... 124 88 CONFERENCE...... (7-1-0) (4-0-0) (3-1-0) Passing...... 90 121 NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-4-0) (1-1-0) (0-3-0) Penalty...... 19 17 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 2437 1601 Yards gained rushing...... 2617 1816 DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTEND Yards lost rushing...... 180 215 ------Rushing Attempts...... 514 406 Sep 02, 2006 at Illinois L 17-42 45444 Average Per Rush...... 4.7 3.9 Sep 09, 2006 INDIANA STATE W 31-21 7517 Average Per Game...... 187.5 123.2 Sep 16, 2006 at #7 ILLINOIS STATE L 30-44 12512 TDs Rushing...... 15 18 * Sep 23, 2006 at SAMFORD W 24-13 5355 PASSING YARDAGE...... 2135 2738 Sep 30, 2006 at HAWAI’I L 9-44 29358 Att-Comp-Int...... 315-175-18 412-251-17 * Oct 07, 2006 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI W 21-0 10215 Average Per Pass...... 6.8 6.6 * Oct 14, 2006 at EASTERN KENTUCKY W 28-21 10100 Average Per Catch...... 12.2 10.9 * Oct 21, 2006 MURRAY STATE W 20-10 9422 Average Per Game...... 164.2 210.6 * Oct 28, 2006 at #12 TENNESSEE MARTIN L 9-15 6935 TDs Passing...... 22 14 * Nov 04, 2006 TENNESSEE STATE W 29-3 5912 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 4572 4339 * Nov 11, 2006 at TENNESSEE TECH W 38-14 2268 Total Plays...... 829 818 * Nov 18, 2006 JACKSONVILLE STATE W 28-24 1224 Average Per Play...... 5.5 5.3 + Nov 25, 2006 #11 ILLINOIS STATE L 13-24 4400 Average Per Game...... 351.7 333.8 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 40-738 50-867 * indicates Ohio Valley Conference Game PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 30-122 25-192 + indicates NCAA FCS Playoff Game INT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 17-264 18-358 FUMBLES-LOST...... 13-6 31-19 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 71-660 60-469 Average Per Game...... 50.8 36.1 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total PUNTS-AVERAGE...... 61-35.0 55-36.5 ------TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME...... 31:38 28:22 EASTERN ILLINOIS.... 89 63 75 70 - 297 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 63/166 73/169 Opponents...... 66 100 38 71 - 275 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 5/13 7/17 SACKS BY-YARDS...... 15-106 9-76 MISC YARDS...... 10 2 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 38 37 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 12-18 7-14 PAT-ATTEMPTS...... 33-38 30-34

2006 STARTING LINEUPS PANTHER OFFENSE (returners in bold) OPPONENT ...... WR ...... LT ...... LG ...... C ...... RG ...... RT ...... TE ...... FL ...... WR ...... QB ...... RB at Illinois...... Voss ...... Johnson ..... Cairo-Gross ... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ...... Parsill ...... Mobley ...... Rucker ...... Donato ...... Webb Indiana State ...... Voss ...... Johnson ..... Cairo-Gross ... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ...... Parsill ...... Mobley ...... Rucker ...... Donato ...... Webb at Illinois State ...... Voss ...... Johnson ..... Cairo-Gross ... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ...... Parsill ...... Mobley ...... Rucker ...... Donato ...... Webb at Samford ...... Voss ...... Johnson ..... Cairo-Gross ... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ...... Parsill ...... Mobley ...... Rucker ...... Donato ...... Webb at Hawai'i ...... Campanella ... Johnson ..... Cairo-Gross ... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ...... Parsill ...... Campione .... Rucker ...... Donato ...... Webb SE Missouri ...... Campanella ... Johnson ..... Cairo-Gross ... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ...... Parsill ...... Mobley ...... Rucker ...... Stinson ..... Webb at E. Kentucky ...... Voss ...... Johnson ..... Cairo-Gross ... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ...... Parsill ...... Duhai ...... Rucker ...... Stinson ..... Webb Murray State ...... Voss ...... Johnson ..... Cairo-Gross ... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ...... Parsill ...... Mobley ...... Rucker ...... Stinson ..... Webb at Tenn. Martin ...... Voss ...... Johnson ..... Cairo-Gross ... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ...... Parsill ...... Campione .... Rucker ...... Stinson ..... Webb Tennessee State ...... Voss ...... Johnson ..... Cairo-Gross ... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ...... Parsill ...... Mobley ...... Rucker ...... Stinson ..... Webb at Tenn. Tech ...... Voss ...... Johnson ...... Millard...... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ....Campanella ..... Mobley ...... Rucker ...... Stinson ..... Webb Jacksonville State ...... Voss ...... Johnson ...... Millard...... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ....Campanella ..... Mobley ...... Rucker ...... Stinson ..... Webb Illinois State ...... Voss ...... Johnson ...... Millard...... Sobolewski .....Rueter ..... Rubican ...... Parsill ...... Mobley ...... Rucker ...... Stinson ..... Webb

PANTHER DEFENSE (returners in bold) OPPONENT ...... LE ...... LT ...... RT ...... RE ...... OLB ...... MLB ...... OLB ...... LCB ...... RCB ...... SS ...... FS at Illinois...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Hodor ...... Walters ...... Seymour ...... Thomas ...Washington .....Brown .....BJ Brown ...... Burge .....Loftman Indiana State ...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Walters ...... Seymour ...... Thomas ...... Westrick ...... Brown .....BJ Brown ...... Burge .....Loftman at Illinois State ...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Walters ...... Seymour ...... Thomas ...Washington .....Brown ...... Sanders ...... Burge .....Loftman at Samford ...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Walters ...... Seymour ...... Thomas ...... Westrick ...... Brown .....BJ Brown ...... Burge .....Loftman at Hawai'i ...... Johnson ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Walters ...... Seymour ...... Thomas ...... Sams ...... Brown .....BJ Brown ...... Burge .....Loftman SE Missouri ...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Walters ...... Seymour ...... Thomas ...... Westrick ...... Brown .....BJ Brown ...... Burge ...... Sams at E. Kentucky ...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Walters ...... Seymour ...... Thomas ...... Westrick ...... Brown ...... Sanders ...... Burge .....Loftman Murray State ...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Johnson .. Washington ....Thomas ...... Westrick ...... Brown ...... Sanders ...... Burge .....Loftman at Tenn. Martin ...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Johnson .. Washington ....Thomas ...... Westrick ...... Brown ...... Sanders ...... Burge .....Loftman Tennessee State ...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Walters ...... Seymour ...... Thomas ...... Westrick ...... Brown ...... Sanders ...... Burge .....Loftman at Tenn. Tech ...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Walters ...... Seymour ...... Thomas ...... Westrick ...... Brown ...... Sanders ...... Burge .....Loftman Jacksonville State ...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Walters ...... Seymour ...... Thomas ...... Westrick ...... Brown ...... Sanders ...... Burge .....Loftman Illinois State ...... Torres ...... Kelly ..... Sobol ...... Walters ...... Seymour ...... Thomas ...... Westrick .....BJ Brown ....Sanders ...... Burge .....Loftman

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RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD LG Avg/G SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PTS ------WEBB, Vincent 13 264 1439 34 1405 5.3 7 69 108.1 RUCKER, Micah 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 78 SMITH, Norris 12 135 673 17 656 4.9 6 35 54.7 YATES, Zach 0 12-16 33-38 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 69 ADENIJI, Ademola 13 61 370 16 354 5.8 0 59 27.2 WEBB, Vincent 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60 RUCKER, Micah 13 8 35 0 35 4.4 0 9 2.7 SMITH, Norris 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 MOBLEY, Jermaine 12 2 25 0 25 12.5 0 22 2.1 VOSS, Ryan 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 DONATO, Mike 8 12 34 22 12 1.0 0 10 1.5 STINSON, Cole 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 JORDAN, Ron 5 3 10 0 10 3.3 0 6 2.0 DUHAI, Justin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 VOSS, Ryan 11 2 7 1 6 3.0 0 7 0.5 CAMPANELLA, Jordan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 KESLER, Adam 10 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.3 SANDERS, Terrance 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 YATES, Zach 13 2 1 0 1 0.5 0 1 0.1 Total...... 38 12-18 33-38 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 297 DUHAI, Justin 13 2 0 11 -11 -5.5 0 0 -0.8 Opponents...... 37 7-14 30-34 1-2 0 0-1 0 0 275 Team 6 7 0 11 -11 -1.6 0 0 -1.8 STINSON, Cole 12 15 20 68 -48 -3.2 2 12 -4.0 Total...... 13 514 2617 180 2437 4.7 15 69 187.5 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Opponents...... 13 406 1816 215 1601 3.9 18 64 123.2 ------WEBB, Vincent 13 1405 183 0 0 0 1588 122.2 RUCKER, Micah 13 35 966 0 0 0 1001 77.0 PASSING GP Effi c Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G SMITH, Norris 12 656 62 0 0 0 718 59.8 ------ADENIJI, Ademola 13 354 53 0 0 0 407 31.3 STINSON, Cole 12 112.91 224-122-11 54.5 1349 12 49 112.4 PONIUS, Quinten 13 0 0 0 329 0 329 25.3 DONATO, Mike 8 138.25 87-50-7 57.5 689 8 62 86.1 MOBLEY, Jermaine 12 25 250 0 0 0 275 22.9 DUHAI, Justin 13 505.07 3-2-0 66.7 78 2 45 6.0 KESLER, Adam 10 3 13 99 154 0 269 26.9 YATES, Zach 13 259.60 1-1-0 100.0 19 0 19 1.5 VOSS, Ryan 11 6 253 0 0 0 259 23.5 Total...... 13 124.11 315-175-18 55.6 2135 22 62 164.2 BURGE, Tristan 13 0 0 0 194 0 194 14.9 Opponents...... 13 119.71 412-251-17 60.9 2738 14 58 210.6 CAMPANELLA, Jordan 13 0 150 0 0 0 150 11.5 SANDERS, Terrance 13 0 0 0 0 112 112 8.6

DUHAI, Justin 13 -11 111 0 0 0 100 7.7 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G JORDAN, Ron 5 10 0 0 69 0 79 15.8 ------PARSILL, Adam 13 0 68 0 0 0 68 5.2 RUCKER, Micah 13 49 966 19.7 13 62 74.3 SEYMOUR, Lucius 12 0 0 0 0 46 46 3.8 MOBLEY, Jermaine 12 28 250 8.9 0 43 20.8 LOFTMAN, Seymour 12 0 0 0 0 44 44 3.7 WEBB, Vincent 13 24 183 7.6 3 45 14.1 THOMAS, Donald 13 0 0 0 0 33 33 2.5 CAMPANELLA, Jordan 13 20 150 7.5 1 28 11.5 BERDIS, Brian 13 0 28 0 0 0 28 2.2 VOSS, Ryan 11 18 253 14.1 4 33 23.0 OWENS, Charles 7 0 0 23 0 0 23 3.3 PARSILL, Adam 13 9 68 7.6 0 17 5.2 WESTRICK, Matt 13 0 0 0 0 16 16 1.2 SMITH, Norris 12 9 62 6.9 0 15 5.2 JEAN-CHARLES, Irvin 9 0 0 0 0 13 13 1.4 DUHAI, Justin 13 8 111 13.9 1 37 8.5 DONATO, Mike 8 12 0 0 0 0 12 1.5 ADENIJI, Ademola 13 3 53 17.7 0 29 4.1 CAMPIONE, Dave 13 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.4 BERDIS, Brian 13 3 28 9.3 0 10 2.2 SOBOL, Jeff 13 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.2 KESLER, Adam 10 3 13 4.3 0 7 1.3 YATES, Zach 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 STECKEL, Trent 12 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.2 STECKEL, Trent 12 0 -2 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 Total...... 13 175 2135 12.2 22 62 164.2 Team 6 -11 0 0 0 0 -11 -1.8 Opponents...... 13 251 2738 10.9 14 58 210.6 JOHNSON, Donovan 13 0 0 0 -15 0 -15 -1.2 STINSON, Cole 12 -48 0 0 0 0 -48 -4.0 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Total...... 13 2437 2135 122 738 264 5696 438.2 ------Opponents...... 13 1601 2738 192 867 358 5756 442.8 WEBB, Vincent 13 264 1405 0 1405 108.1 STINSON, Cole 12 239 -48 1349 1301 108.4 DONATO, Mike 8 99 12 689 701 87.6 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long SMITH, Norris 12 135 656 0 656 54.7 ------ADENIJI, Ademola 13 61 354 0 354 27.2 KESLER, Adam 24 99 4.1 0 21 DUHAI, Justin 13 5 -11 78 67 5.2 OWENS, Charles 6 23 3.8 0 13 RUCKER, Micah 13 8 35 0 35 2.7 Total...... 30 122 4.1 0 21 MOBLEY, Jermaine 12 2 25 0 25 2.1 Opponents...... 25 192 7.7 1 59 YATES, Zach 13 3 1 19 20 1.5 JORDAN, Ron 5 3 10 0 10 2.0 VOSS, Ryan 11 2 6 0 6 0.5 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long KESLER, Adam 10 1 3 0 3 0.3 ------Team 6 7 -11 0 -11 -1.8 PONIUS, Quinten 16 329 20.6 0 45 Total...... 13 829 2437 2135 4572 351.7 KESLER, Adam 8 154 19.2 0 41 Opponents...... 13 818 1601 2738 4339 333.8 BURGE, Tristan 8 194 24.2 0 49 JORDAN, Ron 3 69 23.0 0 28 JOHNSON, Donovan 2 -15 -7.5 0 6 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk CAMPANELLA, Jordan 1 0 0.0 0 0 ------SOBOL, Jeff 1 2 2.0 0 2 YATES, Zach 12-16 75.0 0-0 4-5 4-6 4-5 0-0 47 1 CAMPIONE, Dave 1 5 5.0 0 5 WILKE, Tyler 0-2 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 Total...... 40 738 18.5 0 49 Opponents...... 50 867 17.3 0 30

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ------YATES, Zach 59 2128 36.1 60 3 1 17 2 Team 2 10 5.0 10 0 0 0 0 Total...... 61 2138 35.0 60 3 1 17 2 Opponents...... 55 2005 36.5 49 8 8 8 0

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB ------WILKE, Tyler 63 3600 57.1 10 1 Opponents...... 58 3314 57.1 15 3

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FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------TORRES, Michael 1 3 3.0 0 3 VACCARO, Chris 1 0 0.0 0 0 SEYMOUR, Lucius 1 7 7.0 0 7 Total...... 3 10 3.3 0 7 Opponents...... 1 2 2.0 0 2

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------LOFTMAN, Seymour 4 44 11.0 0 21 SANDERS, Terrance 3 112 37.3 1 87 SEYMOUR, Lucius 2 46 23.0 0 24 WESTRICK, Matt 2 16 8.0 0 10 THOMAS, Donald 2 33 16.5 0 26 BURGE, Tristan 2 0 0.0 0 0 SAMS, Ke-Andre 1 0 0.0 0 0 JEAN-CHARLES, Irvin 1 13 13.0 0 13 Total...... 17 264 15.5 1 87 Opponents...... 18 358 19.9 4 100

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------54 THOMAS, Donald 13 49 78 127 12-33 1.0-9 2-33 3 7 4-0 2 . . 1 BURGE, Tristan 13 48 70 118 5-20 2.0-16 2-0 3 3 . . . . 6 SEYMOUR, Lucius 12 41 48 89 7-11 1.0-5 2-46 4 4 1-7 1 . . 55 TORRES, Michael 13 14 38 52 4-5 . . 1 12 2-3 . . . 26 LOFTMAN, Seymour 12 24 26 50 1-10 1.0-10 4-44 4 1 1-0 . . . 2 BROWN, Ben 12 27 20 47 4-8 0.5-4 . 5 . 2-0 1 . . 47 WESTRICK, Matt 13 12 33 45 4-9 . 2-16 1 . . . . . 90 KELLY, Tim 13 8 34 42 7-10 . . 1 6 . . . . 7 BROWN, B.J. 13 29 12 41 2-6 0.5-4 . 5 1 2-0 1 . . 91 WALTERS, Pierre 13 21 17 38 15-66 6.0-41 . 1 3 1-0 3 . . 24 SAMS, Ke'Andre 13 20 14 34 2-2 . 1-0 2 2 2-0 1 . . 40 WASHINGTON, Stephen 13 10 19 29 1-1 . . . 1 . . . . 97 SOBOL, Jeff 13 2 21 23 2-2 . . . 4 1-0 . . . 96 JOHNSON, Donovan 13 11 10 21 2-4 . . . 1 . 1 . . 21 SANDERS, Terrance 13 14 6 20 1-5 1.0-5 3-112 7 2 1-0 2 . . 59 LARSON, James 9 2 13 15 3-3 . . . 1 . . . . 93 BENNETT, Ryan 13 5 9 14 2-2 . . 1 . . . . . 31 JEAN-CHARLES, Irvin 9 8 4 12 . . 1-13 ...... 42 ARRINGTON, Adrian 10 4 6 10 ...... 37 ADENIJI, Ademola 13 5 5 10 ...... 94 LIMA, Andre 12 6 3 9 1-8 1.0-8 . . . 1-0 . . . 23 TURNER, Sinque 13 6 3 9 ...... 15 PONIUS, Quinten 13 6 2 8 1-13 . . 1 . . . . . 82 BERDIS, Brian 13 4 4 8 ...... 49 CAMPBELL, Sean 9 6 1 7 . . . 1 . . 1 . . 11 DUHAI, Justin 13 2 3 5 ...... 9 VOSS, Ryan 11 4 1 5 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 35 SHORTRIDGE, Nathan 4 1 3 4 ...... 84 FISHER, Jason 12 3 1 4 ...... 95 KRAY, Nick 7 2 1 3 1-4 1.0-4 ...... 5 OWENS, Charles 7 . 2 2 ...... 33 WILKE, Tyler 13 2 . 2 ...... 57 HODOR, William 10 . 2 2 . . . . 1 . . . . 29 WEBB, Vincent 13 1 . 1 ...... 10 DONATO, Mike 8 1 . 1 ...... 80 RUCKER, Micah 13 1 . 1 ...... 1 . . 27 YATES, Zach 13 1 . 1 ...... 88 CAMPANELLA, Jordan 13 . 1 1 ...... 53 WILSON, Chad 2 . 1 1 ...... 43 STECKEL, Trent 12 1 . 1 ...... 77 RUETER, Jon 13 1 . 1 ...... 4 SELLERS, Clint 2 1 . 1 ...... 70 VACCARO, Chris 8 ...... 34 CAMPIONE, Dave 13 ...... 13 STINSON, Cole 12 ...... 1 . . . . . TM Team 6 ...... 1 . Total...... 13 403 511 914 77-222 15-106 17-264 41 49 19-10 14 1 . Opponents...... 13 382 623 1005 67-162 9-76 18-358 33 29 6-2 9 4 .

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