Crimson Hawks Football 2012
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CRIMSON HAWKS FOOTBALL 2012 508 Wins - 17th Most All-Time in DII • .663 Winning Percentage - 6th Best All-Time in DII 55 AP All-Americans • 14 NCAA DII Playoff Appearances • 10 Wins Nine Times NO. 16/16 IUP (7-1, 4-1 PSAC WEST) GAME 9: No. 16 IUP (7-1, 4-1 PSAC WEST) Sept. 1 Southern Connecticut W 33-6 VS EST Sept. 8 at Cheyney W 56-0 CLARION (4-4, 2-3 PSAC W ) Sept. 15 * Lock Haven W 42-0 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 • 1:00 P.M. Sept. 22 * at #6/6 California (PA) L 26-24 Sept. 29 at Millersville W 41-7 GEORGE P. MILLER STADIUM • INDIANA, PA Oct. 6 * Slippery Rock W 33-16 Oct. 13 * at Edinboro W 26-10 THE GAME: Th e Crimson Hawks kickoff the home stretch of the regular sea- Oct. 20 * Mercyhurst W 31-13 son as they host Clarion at George P. Miller Stadium on Saturday. IUP has won Oct. 27 * Clarion 1 PM 4 straight games, including a 31-13 victory over Mercyhurst at home last week while the Golden Eagles halted a 2-game skid with a last second 30-28 win at Nov. 3 * at Gannon 12 PM Lock Haven this past weekend. Nov. 10 #10/13 Shippensburg 1 PM *PSAC West Game ON THE AIR: Th e game will air live on WQMU-FM 92.5 with Jack Benedict serving as the play-by-play announcer and John Flickinger at his side as the color analyst. Th e two will be joined by sideline reporter Greg Drahuschak. Th e EST CLARION (4-4, 2-3 PSAC W ) pregame show begins at 12:30 p.m. IUP-TV will again be back to webstream Aug. 30 Fairmont State W 7-0 the game live on NMTVSports.com. WIUP-FM 90.1 will also have the call with Sept. 8 at LIU Post L 46-26 Kyle Pillar on the play-by-play along with Vincent Paparella and Tim Quigley Sept. 15 * at Mercyhurst L 22-14 adding the color. Sept. 22 * at Gannon W 13-7 Sept. 29 East Stroudsburg W 31-27 HEAD COACH CURT CIGNETTI: Curt Cignetti (West Virginia, ‘82) begins his second season at the helm after leading the Crimson Hawks to a 7-3 overall Oct. 6 * #16/15 California (PA) L 41-22 record (5-2 PSAC West) in 2011. Th is is Cignetti’s 30th year of coaching, with Oct. 13 * Slippery Rock L 28-20 previous stops at Alabama (07-10), NC State (00-06), Pittsburgh (83-84, 93-99) Oct. 20 * at Lock Haven W 30-28 Temple (89-92), Rice (86-88) and Davidson (85). Two of his most notable pupils Oct. 27 * at #16/16 IUP 1 PM have been WR Julio Jones at Alabama and QB Philip Rivers at NC State. Nov. 3 * Edinboro 1 PM Nov. 10 West Chester 1 PM THE SERIES: IUP leads the all-time series 56-23-3, including last year’s 38-7 victory at Clarion. IUP enters the game with wins in 9 of the last 11 matchups *PSAC West Game and 14 of the last 18. Th e Crimson Hawks have outscored the Golden Eagles ^Rankings Refl ect Current AFCA/D2Football Polls 214-105 in the last 5 meetings, including a 66-16 win in 2008. ON THE AIR RANKINGS: IUP shows up at No. 16 in both the AFCA Coaches and D2Foot- RADIO ball Media polls this week. Th e 1st regional rankings of the year also come out WQMU-FM 92.5 on Monday, see page 7 for more details. Play-by-Play: Jack Benedict Color Analyst: John Flickinger NEXT GAME: Th e Crimson Hawks hit the road next weekend as they travel Sideline: Greg Drahuschak to Erie to face Gannon on Saturday. Th e short all-time series between the two (Streamed on RedZoneMedia.com) schools is tied at 2-2, with IUP winning the 1st meeting in 2008 (35-10) and the last meeting in 2011 (35-7). WIUP-FM 90.1 Play-by-Play: Kyle Pillar SERIES NOTES Color Analyst: Vincent Paparella Color/Sideline: Tim Quigley First Meeting: 1927, W 52-0 All-Time Series: IUP Leads 56-23-3 Last Meeting: 2011, W 38-7 Last 5 Meetings WEB STREAMING Current Streak: IUP +1 2011 IUP 38 Clarion 7 Clarion PennAtlantic.com/ Most Points Scored (IUP): 66 (2008) 2010 Clarion 21 IUP 14 Indiana NMTVSports.com Margin of Victory (IUP): 52 (1927, 52-0) 2009 Clarion 30 IUP 28 Clarion Most Points Scored (Clar): 49 (1996) 2008 IUP 66 Clarion 16 Indiana Margin of Victory (Clar): 34 (1996, 49-15) 2007 IUP 38 Clarion 31 Clarion 2012 CRIMSON HAWKS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES IUP STATISTICAL LEADERS IUP FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS Location Indiana, PA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD LG YDS/G Enrollment 15,379 Harvie Tuck 206 1404 6.8 14 69 175.5 Founded 1875 De’Antwan Williams 87 584 6.7 5 43 73.0 Athletics Affi liation NCAA Division II Montay Green 53 309 5.8 3 25 77.2 Conference Pennsylvania State Alex Holland 22 110 5.0 3 33 36.7 Athletic Conference (West) Colors Crimson & Gray PASSING COMP ATT PCT YDS TD INT YDS/G Nickname Crimson Hawks Mike Box 50 101 49.5 764 3 1 95.5 President Dr. Michael Driscoll Pat Smith 26 50 52.0 375 4 1 46.9 Athletic Director Dr. Frank Condino RECEIVING NO YDS AVG TD LG YDS/G HEAD COACH Pat Brewer 23 345 15.0 3 57 43.1 Head Coach Curt Cignetti Terrill Barnes 20 311 15.6 2 67 38.9 Alma Mater West Virginia, 1982 Tyler Dummermuth 7 133 19.0 1 51 16.6 Career Record 14-4 (second season) Anthony Meriwether 6 89 14.8 1 24 11.1 Football Offi ce 724-357-2780 Dom Maggio 6 45 7.5 0 13 5.6 FOOTBALL HISTORY DEFENSE TKL SOLO TFL SACK INT FR/FF First year of Football (Modern Era) 1927 Alexander Berdahl 56 29 5.5 3.0 1 1/0 Last Playoff Appearance 2007 Carl Fleming 45 23 7.0 1.5 0 0/0 All-Time Record 508-253-23 (.663) Greg Meisner 33 8 6.5 2.5 0 1/2 Division II Playoff Appearances 14 Carl Th ornton 33 15 9.5 6.0 0 0/0 Division II National Semifi nal Appearances 6 Shane Meisner 32 17 10.5 4.5 0 1/2 Division II Championship Game Appearances 2 Johnny Franco 31 18 2.5 0.0 4 0/0 All-Time Division II Playoff Record 16-14 Jerrell McFadden 28 19 1.0 0.0 1 1/0 SPORTS INFORMATION HAWK TALK Sports Information Director Ryan Rebholz Offi ce Phone 724-357-2747 GROUND AND POUND... With one of the best running games in Division II, Email [email protected] the Crimson Hawks are on pace to break the school record for rushing yards in a Graduate Assistant Tim Hipszer season of 3,211 (1993). Currently with 2,417, IUP averages 302.1 yds/game (6th in Email [email protected] DII) and is on pace for 3,323 yards in the regular season. 2012 PSAC STANDINGS TUCK’S TRUCKIN’... Easily one of the best backs in the nation, Sr. RB Harvie Tuck leads Division II with 175.5 rushing yds/game. Averaging an impressive 6.8 Western Division yds/carry, he’s surpassed 200 yards in a game 4 times and is averaging 214 yds/ # School Division Overall game in IUP’s last 3 contests. Also, his 14 TDs are tied for 3rd in nation. 1. California (Pa.) 5-0 7-1 2. IUP 4-1 7-1 4,000 REASONS... Already 2nd on the IUP all-time rushing list, Tuck went over 3. Mercyhurst 4-1 6-2 4,000 career yards last week with his 231-yard performance against Mercyhurst. 4. Slippery Rock 3-2 4-4 Now with 4,085 yards, he sits 720 yards behind leader Michael Mann (1990-93) 5. Clarion 2-3 4-4 with 3 games left in the regular season. 6. Edinboro 2-3 3-4 7. Gannon 0-5 1-7 TUCK AGAINST CLARION... Th e Golden Eagles have had Tuck’s number in his 3 career games against them, rushing 46 times for 178 yards and 2 TDs. His 8. Lock Haven 0-5 0-8 averages of 59.3 yds/game and 3.9 yds/carry against Clarion is below his career averages of 116.7 yds/game and 5.4 yds/carry. Eastern Division # School Division Overall CONTROLLING THE CLOCK... Led by an experienced off ensive line and one 1. Bloomsburg 5-0 8-0 of the top running games in the nation, IUP leads the PSAC with an impressive 2. Shippensburg 5-0 8-0 34:15 time of possession/game. IUP has won the T.O.P. battle in all but 1 game, 3. West Chester 3-2 5-3 including a margin of 41:14-18:46 against Slippery Rock. 4. Kutztown 2-3 4-4 5. East Stroudsburg 2-3 3-4 LINE EXPERIENCE... Th at experienced off ensive line is led by Sr. C Anthony 6. LIU Post 2-3 3-4 DiPasquale, who anchors a unit that has a combined 139 career IUP starts and 150 career games. Using the same lineup for all 8 games this year, the Crimson 7. Millersville 1-4 2-6 Hawks are 1st in the PSAC and 2nd in Division II by allowing just 4 sacks.