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EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS 2013 Weekly Press Release Week #4: Eastern N.M. (1-1) at Incarnate Word (2-2) Division I Opponent • Non Conference Saturday, September 28, 2013 • 5 p.m. MST Benson Stadium • San Antonio, Texas 1991 Lone Star Conference Champions • Two LSC South Titles • 27 Winning Seasons Greyhounds Face Cardinals Athletic Communications Contact Information in Final Non-Conference Game Adam Pitterman (575) 562-4309 [email protected] Philip Pongratz (575) 562-4308 [email protected] On the Road Again Websites Today’s contest against Incarnate Word marks the Goeasternathletics.com first road game of the season for the Hounds. The Facebook.com/goeasternathletics Hounds are looking for their first road win since a 23- Twitter.com/enmusports 21 victory at Angelo State on October 1, 2011, when Bracy McCoy blocked a potential go-ahead field 2013 Greyhounds Schedule goal with just under six minutes to play. Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) 1 Sat. Sept. 7 N.M. Highlands Greyhound Stadium L, 28-31 3 Fri. Sept. 13 Sul Ross State Cowboys Stadium W, 55-24 Last season, ENMU averaged 19 points in road 2 Fri. Sept. 20 US Air Force JV USAF Academy, Colo. W, 42-35 games and rushed for 168.2 yards per contest. Wes 4 Sat. Sept. 28 Incarnate Word Benson Stadium 5 p.m. Wood, the all-time total offense leader rushed for 267 5 Sat. Oct. 5 $*Tarleton State Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. 6 Sat. Oct. 12 *Angelo State San Angelo Stadium 5 p.m. yards and averaged 155.6 yards through the air, with 7 Sat. Oct. 19 Northeastern State Doc Wadley Stadium 1 p.m. six touchdowns. 8 Sat. Oct. 26 #*TAMU-Kingsville Greyhound Stadium 2 PM 9 Sat. Nov. 2 *West Texas A&M Kimbrough Stadium 5 p.m. 10 Sat. Nov. 9 *Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium 1 p.m. Last Time in the Series 11 Sat. Nov. 16 *TAMU-Commerce Memorial Stadium 1 p.m. 2012 Greyhounds Schedule Today’s contest marks the fourth meeting between the Greyhounds and University of the Incarnate Word and Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) the second road game in the series for Eastern. The initial 1 Sat. Sept. 1 N.M. Highlands Perkins Stadium L, 14-42 3 Sat. Sept. 8 Sul Ross State Greyhound Stadium W, 38-35 meeting took place in the 2009 season finale at Greyhound 2 Sat. Sept. 14 *Incarnate Word Cowboys Stadium W, 34-24 Stadium, with Wesley Wood coming off the bench as a 4 Sat. Sept. 22 *Tarleton State Benson Stadium L, 23-35 freshman and hitting Darian Dale with 1:53 left, for the 5 Sat. Sept. 29 *Angelo State (HC) Greyhound Stadium L, 19-49 6 Sat. Oct. 6 *Abilene Christian Shotwell Stadium L, 17-59 game-winning seven-yard touchdown. The deciding drive 7 Bye----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- started at the ENMU 6-yard line and spanned six plays and 8 Sat. Oct. 20 *West Texas A&M Greyhound Stadium L, 21-44 9 Sat. Oct. 27 *Midwestern State Memorial Stadium L, 28-51 1:30. On the sixth play of UIW’s ensuing drive, Texavier 10 Sat. Nov. 3 *TAMU-Commerce Greyhound Stadium W, 7-3 Henry intercepted a pass from Thomas Specia to seal the 11 Sat. Nov. 10 #TAMU-Kingsville Javelina Stadium L, 13-33 win. Last season, Eastern held a four-point lead in the waning minutes, before Jayson Serda’s 81-yard intercep- tion return with 17 seconds left clinched the 34-24 win. Inside the Series (ENMU Leads 2-1) Date Site Result 9/14/2012 AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas) W, 34-24 In the second game of the 2011 season, the Cardinals 9/10/2011 San Antonio, Texas L, 28-41 charged to a 27-0 lead and never looked back, on the way 11/7/2009 Greyhound Stadium W, 35-30 to evening the series, with a 41-28 win over the Hounds. Series Average Score: Eastern N.M. 32.3, Incarnate Word 31.7 Buckle Your Seatbelts The Defense Doesn’t Teams that are Special Rest Big plays were the name of Ibrahim Maiga is leading the game against Sul Ross, with Eastern’s defense controlled the ENMU with four special teams Jordan Wells breaking a 64-yard day against Sul Ross at AT&T Sta- tackles, including three in kick touchdown run and finished with dium. Christopher Barnard was coverage. Mitchell Cox and Chris- 146 yards on just eight carries, for responsible for two of the Grey- topher Barnard are right behind, an average of 18.2 yards. Andrew hounds’ five forced fumbles, while with two apiece. Lopez carried the ball 14 times for Benjamin Pedro-Langford re- Four of Anthony Torres’ 10 81 yards and three touchdowns. covered a pair of fumbles, forced punts have been downed inside the Eastern’s 55 points was the most one, had a sack and nine tackles. opposing 20-yard line. He has a by the Hounds since a 55-20 win He returned one fumble recovery long punt of 49-yards this year. over Southeastern Oklahoma State for a 39-yard score. The Hounds on October 30, 2010. ENMU’s 348 were +2 in the turnover battle and rushing yards was the highest total stopped the Lobos on four of five Cardinal Corner since running for 357 on November fourth-down attempts. Barnard In its first season away from the 10, 2007, at Oklahoma Panhandle had two of ENMU’s six sacks in Lone Star Conference, Incarnate State. the game. ENMU’s six sacks were Word has split its first four games The Greyhounds opened their the most since registering seven of the season. Losses to Central second season in their option-based against Southeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas (58-7) and Sam Hous- offense with a 162-yard rushing on October 30, 2010. performance against a tough New ton State (52-21) are sandwiched around shutout wins over Texas Mexico Highlands defense. An- The Greyhound defense proved College (69-0) and Langston (24- drew Lopez led the charge with 88 to be opportunistic in the season 0). rushing yards, inculding a 45-yard opener, with Darrelyn McCloud’s scoring play. Jordan Wells paced 33-yard interception return spark- ENMU with 83 receiving yards and ing the Greyhound rally from a added 26 yards on the ground. 24-7 deficit. In the first start of his career, LSC Notes Jeremy Buurma completed 58.1 Christopher Barnard and Julian percent of his passing attempts (18- After one week of play, Lone Yearwood each registered 11 tack- Star Conference teams are 4-2 31). He connected for 235 yards les, while the defense registered and a 115.29 efficiency mark. His at home and 4-1 on the road. In five quarterback hurries. Barnard home games, West Texas A&M efficiency helped the Greyhounds posted the only sack of the game. hold the ball almost a full 10 min- triumphed over Texas A&M- utes longer than NMHU (34:07- Commerce. Texas A&M-Kingsville 25:53) and to post 21 first downs. scored a road win over Central Washington, while Tarleton picked up a tight win at Angelo State. Greyhounds/Cardinals Greyhounds/Cardinals 2013 Team Comparison 2013 Individual Comparison ............................................. ENMU .................. UIW ENMU UIW Record ........................................1-1 ......................2-2 Passing Yards Conference Record .....................0-0 ......................0-0 Jeremy Buurma .....364 Trent Brittain..................778 Turnover Ratio ............................+3 .......................+2 Anthony Torres .......18 Taylor Woods ...................51 Rushing Yards Offense Jordan Wells ...............172 Trent Brittain..................182 Total Offense ................892 (446.0) ..... 1,468 (367.0) Andrew Lopez ............169 John Oglesby .................157 Points Per Game ....................... 41.5 ....................30.2 Yards Per Play ............................ 5.8 ......................5.3 Receiving Yards Possession Average ................ 31:33 ..................30:03 Jordan Wells ............104 Casey Jennings ..............296 Net Rushing/Game ................. 255.0 ..................159.8 Aaron Johnson ..........98 Junior Sessions ................95 Net Passing/Game .................. 191.0 ..................207.2 Had Intercepted/Yards ................ 1/0 ......................1/0 Points Scored Sacks Allowed/Yards ............... 3/18 ................... 6/39 Andrew Lopez ........... 24 Matt Bass .........................30 Mitchell Cox ............. 11 Jake Wilcox ......................23 Fumbles/Lost.............................. 6/5 ......................5/3 Eight Tied .................... 6 Junior Sessions ................18 Third Down Percentage ...........35% ....................40% Red Zone Touchdowns .............71% ....................63% Interceptions Giveaways ..................................... 6 .........................4 Darrelyn McCloud ....1 Three Tied ..........................1 Kevin Reaves ............1 ............................................. Defense Total Defense ...............778 (389.0) ..... 1,239 (309.8) Sacks Points Per Game ....................... 27.5 ..................27.05 Chris Barnard .........3.0 Robby Horton .................2.0 Yards Per Play ............................ 5.2 ......................4.8 Four Tied ................1.0 Greg Lemon ....................2.0 Net Rushing/Game ................. 254.5 ..................101.5 Tackles Net Passing/Game .................. 134.5 .................208.2 Chris Barnard ..........19 Juston Edwards ................20 Interceptions/Yards .................. 2/57 ....................3/41 Julian Yearwood ......17 Nick Ginn ........................18 Sacks/Yards .............................. 7/74 ....................9/60 Opp Fumbles/Lost ...................... 8/6 ......................7/3 Kick Returns (Avg.) Third Down Percentage ...........30% ....................34% Cameron Mikell .......