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Nov. 24, 2015 • Playoff Edition 2 Contact: Blake Timm, Assistant Commissioner For Communications GNACSports.com • @GNACSports 503-805-8756 • [email protected] 2015 GNAC Football Standings #GNACFB in 140 @GNACSports GNAC Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak #ChampionsAreHumbuilt Humboldt State is the Humboldt State 6 0 1.000 10 1 .909 5-0 5-1 0-0 Won 5 first GNAC team to make the NCAA Division II Western Oregon 5 1 .833 7 4 .636 5-1 2-3 0-0 Lost 1 Football Playoffs since 2009 and earned their first Central Washington 3 3 .500 5 5 .500 3-2 2-3 0-0 Won 2 football postseason appearance since 1968. Azusa Pacific 3 3 .500 6 4 .600 3-2 3-2 0-0 Won 1 #RunningRecord Humboldt State running back South Dakota Mines 2 4 .333 6 5 .545 4-2 2-3 0-0 Won 1 Ja’Quan Gardner broke the GNAC regular season Dixie State 2 4 .333 3 7 .300 1-4 2-3 0-0 Lost 2 rushing record with 2,236 rushing yards to date. He Simon Fraser 0 6 .000 0 9 .000 0-4 0-5 0-0 Lost 9 leads Division II in all-purpose yards, rushing yards, rushing yards per game and rushing touchdowns. LAST WEEK’S GAMES THIS WEEK’S GAMES Sat., Nov. 21 Sat., Nov. 28 #AllConference Gardner was named the NCAA Division II Playoffs - First Round NCAA Division II Playoffs - Second Round GNAC Offensive Player of the Year, leading five Augustana (S.D.) at Humboldt State, 1 p.m. Humboldt State at NW Missouri State, 1 p.m. (CST) Lumberjacks to receive top awards in the 2015 GNAC Football All-Conference Team. Rob Smith was named Coach of the Year while Alex Cappa and Dillon Huffman earned the Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year awards, repectively. Chris Hannible was named the Newcomer of the Year. * - denotes GNAC games All start times local to game site. #AddAllConference Simon Fraser’s Jordan Humboldt Rolls Into 2nd Round In Record Fashion Herdman was named Defensive Player of the Year and Azusa Pacific’s Kurt Scoby was the Freshman It was Humboldt State’s first appearance in a football With as impressive of a performance as they put of the Year. playoff game in 47 years and they made certain not on against Augustana, Humboldt State will have to to waste the opportunity. put up an equally impressive performance to have The Lumberjacks not only treated a sellout a chance in their next game. The Lumberjacks will Get Social crowd at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, Calif., to a travel to Maryville, Mo., where they will have the No. 45-31 win over Augustana (S.D.), but also provided 1 seed in Super Region 3, Northwest Missouri State. Twitter Accounts/Hashtags their fans an afternoon full of records. Humboldt The Bearcats ended the regular season ranked for GNAC Football Programs State set GNAC single game records with 707 yards No. 1 in both the AFCA Division II Coaches Poll and of total offense, 103 total plays and 45 first downs. the D2Football.com Top-25 Poll. They boast one of GNAC @GNACSports #GNACFootball Wide receiver Chase Kirvashei added a GNAC the top defense in Division II, leading the nation by Azusa Pacific @APUFootball single game record of his own with 18 catches for allowing just 11.9 points per game. They have held Cent. Washington @CWU_Football #CWUWildcats 221 yards and three touchdowns. opponents to 68.7 rushing yards per game, second Dixie State @DixieAthletics And then there was Ja’Quan Gardner. best in Division II, and 149.9 passing yards per Humboldt St. @HSUJacks #GoJacks The sophomore running back went off got 246 game, 11th fewest in Division II. They have allowed Simon Fraser @ClanFootball #NCAAeh rushing yards on 44 carries and two touchdowns. opponents just 144 first downs, fourth fewest in the SD Mines @Grubby43 That allowed Gardner to break the GNAC single nation. W. Oregon @WOU_Football #WOUFootball season record for rushing. His 2,236 yards to date Northwest Missouri State earned a first round suprassed the 2,153 set last year by Azusa Pacific’s bye thanks to their No. 1 ranking in the region. The Terrell Watson. Gardner also broke the GNAC Bearcats are 11-0 entering the game and won the season record 324 carries. Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association title. Tourism Burnaby Is A Proud Sponsor Of The Great Northwest Athletic Conference GNAC 2015 Football Players of the Week Date Offense Defense Special Teams Aug. 31 - Sept. 6 Ja’Quan Gardner, Humboldt State Codey Heidebrecht, Humboldt State Jacob Hall, Azusa Pacific Sept. 7 - 13 Ja’Quan Gardner, Humboldt State Danny Hankins, Western Oregon D.J. Morgan, Azusa Pacific Sept. 14 - 20 Robert Webber, Humboldt State Errik Manning, Azusa Pacific Jesse Zalk, Central Washington Sept. 21 - 27 Kurt Scoby, Azusa Pacific Justin Herdman, Simon Fraser Robbie Gerarden, SD Mines Sept. 28 - Oct. 4 Ja’Quan Gardner, Humboldt State Kevin Haynes, Central Washington Cameron Southward, Humboldt State Oct. 5 - 11 Ja’Quan Gardner, Humboldt State Jonathan Breland, Western Oregon Nikolai Karpun, Simon Fraser Devin Nixon, South Dakota Mines Oct. 12 - 18 Trent McKinney, South Dakota Mines Shane Kuenzi, Western Oregon Tarik Myles, Azusa Pacific Oct. 19 - 25 Malik Braxton, Western Oregon Jonathan Thropay, Azusa Pacific Jonathan Kuhn, Central Washington Oct. 26 - Nov. 1 Blake Barney, Dixie State Colton Olson, Dixie State Robbie Gerarden, SD Mines Nov. 2 - 8 Justin Peterson, Central Washington George Swartzlender, Western Oregon Jesse Zalk, Central Washington Nov. 9 - 15 Ja’Quan Gardner, Humboldt State John Tyler, South Dakota Mines Cameron Southward, Humboldt State Complete Player of the Week releases are available online at GNACSports.com. Last Week’s Playoff Game Recap AT HUMBOLDT STATE 45, AUGUSTANA (S.D.) 31 Deadwiler from 37 yards out. ARCATA, Calif. - It’s been 47 years since the Lumberjack football program had a A Ronnie Hicks interception set the Green and Gold offense back in postseason win, and it was worth the wait. No. 11 Humboldt State defeated No. business nine seconds later. Gardner ran for 40 yards on the scoring drive, 24 Augustana 45-31 Saturday in Redwood Bowl. and Webber hooked up with Krivashei for the third time to put the Jacks ahead The Green and Gold improved to 10-1 and will advance to face No. 1 seed 31-17. Northwest Missouri State on Saturday, Nov. 28. The Bearcats will play host after Heid and the Vikings were far from throwing in the towel. Augustana scored earning a first-round bye. on the next drive as running back CJ Ham rumbled into the end zone from the Despite no first-half offensive touchdowns for the Vikings, the score was 1-yard line. knotted 17-17 at the half. HSU dominated the second half and scored 14 points Gardner went to work on the subsequent possession. He ran for 48 yards on in each quarter to capture the first round victory. seven carries, including a 13-yard touchdown scamper. With 12:25 remaining in Augustana scored the game’s first points as return man Jason Greenway the game HSU held a 38-24 advantage. took the opening kick 99 yards for a touchdown. It was Greenway’s third kickoff Augustana found the end zone eight plays later. Heid fired an 8-yard touch- return for a score this season. down pass to CJ Ham to pull the Vikings within one score. The Jacks answered with a full-on aerial attack. Quarterback Robert Web- Another Gardner touchdown run and a Cameron Buell interception in the ber connected with receiver and fellow Corona, Calif., native Chase Krivashei closing minutes sealed the victory for HSU. twice in the end zone over the next three offensive possessions. Gardner shattered the Great Northwest Athletic Conference single-season After a Webber interception, the Vikings went back to work on offense. Kicker rushing record held by Terrell Watson with his 246-yard rushing performance. Lucas Wainman capped a six-play, 33-yard drive with a 19-yard field goal to pull The Ceres, Calif., native has compiled 2,242 rushing yards this season, 89 yards Augustana within four, 14-10, with under 8 minutes remaining in the half. more than the previous mark. On the following drive, HSU was bogged down in its own end and an errant Saturday’s win made history in more ways than one. HSU broke GNAC snap went into the end zone. Nate Winter recovered the ball for an Augustana records for total yards (707), total plays (103) and first downs (45). score and the visitors recaptured the lead, 17-14. Webber completed 34-of-43 passes for 460 yards and four touchdowns in The Jacks quickly answered to regain the momentum. Webber orchestrated the win. an eight-play, 65-yard drive that was highlighted by a 31-yard strike to receiver Krivashei broke the Redwood Bowl single-game record held by Dustin Crea- Marquis Deadwiler. Deadwiler finished the game with a season-high nine ger since 2004 for with 18 receptions. He finished the game with a season-high catches for 166 yards. 221 receiving yards and three touchdowns. If the first half was all about the passing game, then the second half was clin- ic for the HSU rushing attack. During the Jacks second drive of the half, running - Courtesy Humboldt State Athletic Communications back and Harlon Hill Trophy nominee Ja’Quan Gardner broke three long runs of 17, 8 and 9 yards. HSU punctuated the drive with a second touchdown pass to 2 GNAC Football Weekly Report • Nov.