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BRAVES2019 OU Football Ottawa University® Sports Information Department - 1001 S. Cedar - Box #7 - Ottawa, Kan. 66067 - Phone 785-248-2610 - [email protected] 2019 Season Schedule Game 2 Date Opponent Location Time/Result Ottawa at Sterling 9/7 Southwestern College Winfield, Kan. W, 35-34 Sept. 21 - 6pm 9/21 #RV Sterling College Sterling, Kan. 6pm 9/28 #4 Kansas Wesleyan Ottawa, Kan. 6pm Smisor Stadium 10/5 Tabor College Hillsboro, Kan. 1:30 pm (21)Braves Sterling, Kan. (RV) 10/12 Avila University Ottawa, Kan. 1pm Warriors Record: 1-0, 1-0 10/19 McPherson College McPherson, Kan. 5:30 pm 53rd All-Time Meeting Record: 2-0, 2-0 10/26 Bethel College Ottawa, Kan. 1pm Coach: Kent Kessinger OU leads the series 29-23 Last Game: 11/2 Uni. of Saint Mary Ottawa, Kan. 1pm Career/OU Record: at McPherson, W, 29-19 11/9 Friends University Ottawa, Kan. 1pm Same/97-66 (16th Year) Coach: Chase Hansen 11/16 Bethany College Lindsborg, Kan. 1:30 pm Live Stats/Video @ ottawabraves.com Career/SC Record: Radio: KOFO 1220 AM / www.kofo.com *All home games are in BOLD and are played at Braves Field Same/6-6 (2nd Year) Scouting (21) Ottawa University (1-0, 1-0): The Braves have moved to no. 21 in the latest NAIA Football Coaches Top A Numbers Game 25 after sitting idle last week. On Sept. 6, OU rallied from a 15-point half time deficit to take a 35-34 victory in Winfield against Southwestern College. The season opening victory is OU’s second straight and the Braves are now 3-0 in KCAC ESPN3 Game of the Week contests. Ottawa is led in rushing (33.0 yards) and passing (432.0 yards) by Connor Kaegi. He is completing 70.2 percent of his passes this season. Dylan Foos is OU’s leader in receptions per game (11), Colby Johnson is the team’s leader in tackles per game (11) and Aaron Schoemann leads the Braves in sacks per game (2). The Braves are ranked first in the NAIA in opponent fourth down conversion (0.000), first in passing yards per game (432), first in PAT kicking (1.000), fourth in first downs per game (26), sixth in opponent first downs (17), seventh in total offensive yards per game (499), 10th in passing efficiency (165), 11th in penalty yards per game (95), 14th in sacks (3), 16th in Saturday’s meeting10 will be the 10th time since 2004 that the scoring offense per game (35), 21st in opponent penalties (95), 25th in total sacks against (3), 25th in punting yards per Braves have played Sterling College on the road. Entering Sat- attempt (38.5), 29th in third down conversion (37.5), 32nd in punt return yards per attempt (9.3), 45th in total passing urday night’s contest, OU is 3-6 against Sterling College in yards (432), and 45th in passing defense per game (190). Sterling since the 2004 season. KCAC Honors: Connor Kaegi was named KCAC and NAIA Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts in OU’s 35-34, come from behind victory over Southwestern College on Sept. 6. He went 33-for-47 (70.2%) through the air for a career high 432 yards and three touchdowns. Kaegi led the Braves in rushing with 33 yards and one touchdown. It was the second time in his career that he was named NAIA Offensive Player of the Week. Hitting 400: Connor Kaegi’s 423 yards through the air on Sept. 6 against Southwestern College was the first time an OU quarterback threw for over 400 yards since Nov. 21, 2009. Ethan Haller threw for 415 yards in OU’s come from behind victory over Hastings College in the NAIA Football Championship Series Opening Round at Braves Field. Series Information: Saturday’s contest is the 53rd all-time meeting between the two teams. The Braves are 11-15 against the Warriors in Sterling. OU leads the series 29-23. Ottawa is 2-3 against Sterling in the last five games. Ottawa won the match up last season in Sterling, 48-47, on a last second touchdown pass from Connor Kaegi to Darrion Dillard. The first meeting happened on Nov. 10, 1922 in Ottawa. Sterling defeated OU 13-3. Ottawa and Sterling have only played one game 5 that went into overtime. That was on Oct. 29, 1989. The Braves fell in double overtime, 17-16, at Sterling. Last year in OU’s 48-47 last second win on the road over Sterling, Brave quarterback Connor Kaegi threw five touchdown passes. The Preseason KCAC Team: Ottawa University’s Jacob Garcia, Colby Johnson, and Dylan Foos were named to the 2019 KCAC last time an OU quarterback threw for five touchdowns passes in Preseason Team. Garcia was an Honorable Mention NAIA All-American and First Team All-KCAC selection at defensive line. Sterling was on Oct. 20, 2012. Shane Gimzo was 31-for-42 through Johnson was named First Team All-KCAC at linebacker and Foos was a Second Team All-KCAC selection as a punt returner. the air for 378 yards and five touchdowns. He completed 73 percent of his passes. Celebrating 150 Years of College Football: The ball that was used was round then became an oval shape 23 inches around the middle, and now is 20 3/4 -21 1/4 inches around the middle. Originally a touchdown was counted as two points and a field goal was five points. In the present day game a touchdown is worth six points and a field goal three points. Did You Know: That in 1941 there were some changes to the rules of collegiate football. Rule change number one was a @BravesAthletics free substituting rule. Rule number two was when a team punts, the punting team is prohibited from touching down the ball after it has crossed the opponents 10-yard line on a punt. If a player from the punting team does touch the ball in 2019 Braves Football this zone, it will be brought back to the 20 yard line, as though it had crossed the goal line for a touchback. 2019 SC Individual Rankings The third rule was that a fourth down pass into the end zone will bring the ball back to the original point of Peter Slysko Ranks Number 1 in Division I in Field Goals Pct (1.000) play, rather than being counted as a touchback and brought back to the 20 yard line. Now a team on the Kwame Sexton Ranks Number 5 in Division I in Tackles (All positions) per Game (12.500) 2-yard line, having a tough time on the ground may pass on the fourth down without the fear that the opposing Cevon Mitchell-Ford Ranks Number 9 in Division I in Rushing Yds per Game (139.000) team will get the ball on the 20-yard line in case the pass falls incomplete. This ruling will also prohibit an Cevon Mitchell-Ford Ranks Number 14 in Division I in Total Rushing (278) offensive team outside the 20-yard line deliberately passing into the end zone on a wild, fourth down scoring attempt, knowing that the ball will be brought out only to the 20-yard line. This play has been used numerous Peter Slysko Ranks Number 18 in Division I in Field Goals (1.000) times by teams on the 30 or 35 yard line in place of a kick. - Courtesy of the Ottawa Herald Peter Slysko Ranks Number 23 in Division I in Total Field Goals (2) Cevon Mitchell-Ford Ranks Number 23 in Division I in All Purpose per Game (146.000) Did You Know: From Sept. 16, 1960 to Oct. 6, 1962 OU won 23 straight games. According to the Associated Peter Slysko Ranks Number 25 in Division I in Scoring (Kicking) per Game (6.500) Press, that winning streak was the longest in college football at that time. Dwight Wilkerson Ranks Number 25 in Division I in Passes Defended per Game (1.500) Scouting Sterling College (2-0, 2-0): The Warriors are starting the season 2-0 for the second time in four Cedrick Phillips Ranks Number 27 in Division I in Total Scoring (TDs) (18) years. Sterling defeated McPherson College at McPherson Stadium last Saturday, 29-19. Cedrick Phillips led Peter Slysko Ranks Number 27 in Division I in Total Scoring (Kicking) (13) the Warrior offense with 222 yards, finishing 14 of 22 with 113 yards and a touchdown in the air and 109 yards Braylon White Ranks Number 27 in Division I in Fumbles Forced per Game (0.500) rushing with two scores on the ground. Cevon Mitchell-Ford finished with 106 yards to add to the rushing attack, Twon Collymore Ranks Number 28 in Division I in Total Interceptions (1) while Eric Butler had a team-high five receptions for 65 yards and touchdown. Defensively, Nicholas McGrew led Sterling with 11 tackles, including two for a loss and sack, while Kwame Sexton finished with nine tackles, Cedrick Phillips Ranks Number 28 in Division I in Scoring (TDs) per Game (9.000) along with a safety and a fumble recovery. Peter Slysko had a fantastic game on the kicking duties, making all Cedrick Phillips Ranks Number 28 in Division I in Total Scoring (18) three extra-point attempts and knocking down both field goals in the Warrior victory. - (www.scwarriors.com). Cedrick Phillips Ranks Number 29 in Division I in Scoring per Game (9.000) Nicholas McGrew Ranks Number 36 in Division I in Tackles (All positions) per Game (9.500) The Warriors are led in rushing (139 yards) per game by Cevon Mitchell-Ford.