2012 Missouri S&T Miner Football Game Notes Missouri S&T Miners vs. Central State Marauders Saturday, October 6, 2012, 1:30 p.m. (EDT) 2012 Missouri S&T Wilberforce, Ohio * McPherson Stadium (4,500)/Grass Miner Football Schedule S&T Sports Information Director: John Kean * 105-A Campus Support Facility September Offi ce - 573-341-4140 * Cell 573-233-6891 * Email - [email protected] 1 OKLA. PANHANDLE ST. .........W, 55-14 6 at Arkansas Tech .........................W, 27-19 Miners head to Ohio looking to rebound from fi rst setback: 15 at McKendree* ..............................W, 31-0 After losing for the fi rst time in the 2012 season, Missouri S&T’s football team will head to 22 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN* ......W, 47-23 road looking to get back into the win column as it faces Central State University Saturday in 29 INDIANAPOLIS* .......................L, 35-54 Wilberforce, Ohio. October 6 at Central State* ......................12:30 p.m. The Miners suffered a 54-35 loss Saturday to the University of Indianapolis in a clash of two of 13 WILLIAM JEWELL* ................... 1 p.m. the undefeated teams in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Miners grabbed the early lead 20 at Quincy* ..................................... 12 p.m. on an 89-yard touchdown pass from Josh Firm to Curterris Golden -- tying the second-longest 27 URBANA* .......................................1 p.m. pass play in school history -- and led 14-7 early in the second quarter before the Greyhounds November rattled off 40 unanswered points to take control of the contest. 3 at Saint Joseph’s* ......................... 12 p.m. 10 at S.D. School of Mines .................. 2 p.m. Central State, picked to fi nish in a tie for last place in the GLVC’s pre-season coaches poll, has Home Games in caps. won two of its fi rst three conference games and is coming off a 23-21 victory Saturday at *Denotes GLVC game...All times Central William Jewell. The Marauders took the lead for good for good early in the fourth quarter on Kentrall Hollingsworth’s touchdown run and never allowed the Cardinals to cross midfi eld in MEDIA CONTACTS the fi nal period of play. Central State comes into the game at 2-3 overall. Missouri S&T John Kean, Sports Information Director Offi ce: (573) 341-4140 Miner Head Coach David Brown: Cell: 573-233-6891 ; Fax: (573) 341-4880 David Brown is in his third year as the Miners’ head coach and Email: [email protected] took S&T to its fi rst winning season in four years in 2011 as the Web site: www.minerathletics.com Miners fi nished 6-5. S&T is 13-14 under Brown in his two-plus seasons as head coach. SERIES HISTORY Series tied 1-1 Brown was named as the Miners’ 14th head coach and sixth since Last meeting: 1937 in March 2011. He came to Missouri S&T from Ohio CSU 29, S&T 28 (Oct. 25, 2008 at CSU) University, where he spent four seasons coaching the defensive S&T’S NCAA DIVISION II RANKINGS backs for OU. He also served coaching stints at his alma mater, (Through games of Sept. 29, 2012) Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Idaho State, Allen Hancock Total Offense .............................29 ................456.6 College and Claremont McKenna in California. Total Defense ............................17 ................289.4 Rushing Offense .....................100 ................124.8 Brown also serves as the Miners’ defensive coordinator and held Passing Offense.........................11 ................331.8 that role during his fi nal two seasons at Cal Poly. In the two years as defensive coordinator, Rushing Defense .......................18 ..................94.6 Brown headed one the top units in Division I-AA. Both teams led the nation in quarterback Passing Defense ........................50 ................194.8 Pass Eff. Defense ......................21 ..............104.92 sacks, with the 2005 squad recording a school record of 67. The 2004 squad led the nation in Scoring Offense ........................23 ..................39.0 rushing defense by allowing an average of just 84.3 yards per game and also ranked among the Scoring Defense ........................50 ..................22.0 top 10 nationally in scoring defense, turnovers gained and interceptions, while the punt return Turnover Margin ......................20 ..................+1.2 team averaged better than 12 yards per return. Team Kickoff Returns ........... 114 ..................18.7 Team Punt Returns ..................10 ..................19.6 A native of Los Angeles, Calif., Brown earned his associate’s degree from Santa Monica Team Net Punting ...................140 ..................28.6 College in 1992 and went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Cal (158 teams ranked in Division II) Poly in 1996. He was a two-year member of the Mustangs’ football team, leading the squad Individual Rankings (Players in top 25): with 69 tackles and intercepting three passes in 1994. As a senior, when he was a team captain, Carlton Westbrook, 1st in punt returns (29.1) he registered 54 tackles and three interceptions. Smook Thomas, 2nd in receptions (9.8) Smook Thomas, 14th in receiving yards (105.2) Brown and his wife, Elizabeth, have three children. Adam Peden, T-20th in fi eld goals (1.3) Eddie Rascon, T-21st in sacks (1.0) Josh Firm, 24th in total offense (293.2) Internet Game Links: Weather Forecast (As of Tuesday, Oct. 2): Live Audio: www.minerathletics.com (Live Audio link) There is a 30 percent chance of rain with temperatures expected to Live Video: Not available be in the high-50s. Winds out of the northwest at around 10 miles Live Stats: Not available per hour. 2012 MISSOURI S&T FOOTBALL 2 Last Week’s Game Greyhounds top Miners in clash of GLVC leaders: Game 5: Indianapolis 54, Miners 35 ROLLA, Mo. – A sequence of three plays in the second quarter swung the tide of Saturday’s Great Lakes Valley Conference showdown at Sept. 29 at Rolla, Mo. Allgood-Bailey Stadium, sending Indianapolis on its way to a 54-35 win over Missouri S&T and into sole possession of fi rst place in the league Indianapolis (3-2, 3-0) 7 26 14 7 -- 54 standings. Miners (4-1, 2-1) 7 7 7 14 -- 35 With the score tied at 14 in the second quarter, the Miners missed a First Quarter chance to take the lead when Leon Moody’s reverse pass was dropped S&T--Curterris Golden 89 yd. pass from Josh Firm, David Druse kick by a wide-open Joseph Hyman. On the next play, Josh Firm had his (13:19) pass intercepted by Max Davis, who returned it to the S&T 28-yard line. UI--Klay Fiechter 5 yd. run, Scott Miller kick (4:54) Second Quarter The Davis interception was followed by a touchdown pass from Chris S&T--Golden 3 yd. run, Druse kick (14:18) Mills to Mar’Quone Edmonds that put the Greyhounds up for good. UI--Fiechter 3 yd. run, Miller kick (6:23) UIndy scored 12 more points before the half ended, then tacked on two UI--Mar’Quone Edmonds 28 yd. pass from Chris Mills, Miller kick more touchdowns in the fi rst fi ve-plus minutes of the second half to pull (5:39) away. UI--Greg Johnson 11 yd. pass from Mills, Miller kick (0:56) UI--Safety, fumbled snap recovered in end zone (0:26) S&T fi red the fi rst salvo in Saturday’s matchup in the game’s fi rst two UI--Miller 26 yd. fi eld goal (0:00) minutes, despite being pinned back at their own fi ve-yard line after the Third Quarter opening kickoff. UI--Fiechter 34 yd. run, Miller kick (13:03) UI--Fiechter 78 yd. run, Miller kick (9:40) After getting a fi rst down – but then being set back fi ve yards by a S&T--Ian Kreher 3 yd. pass from Firm, Druse kick (4:20) penalty – Firm connected with Curterris Golden over the middle and Fourth Quarter after breaking past several tacklers as he worked his way to midfi eld, S&T--Joseph Hyman 8 yd. pass from Firm, Druse kick (12:51) got loose and scored on an eventual 89-yard reception that matched the UI--Matt Ripp 20 yd. run, Miller kick (7:40) second-longest completion in school history. S&T--Nick Taylor 13 yd. pass from Reed Brown, Druse kick (0:28) The Greyhounds tied the score on Klay Fiechter’s fi ve-yard run, but the Team Statistics Miners regained the lead early in the second quarter as Golden, taking UIndy S&T the snap in the wildcat formation, ran three yards to put S&T in front First Downs 23 28 14-7. Rushing 30-248 45-126 Passing 18-22-1 29-42-3 UIndy responded with a grinding 15-play, 70-yard drive that took nearly Passing Yards 270 335 eight minutes off the clock, ending on a three-yard scoring run by Total Yards 518 461 Fiechter. That touchdown started a 40-point run by the Greyhounds in a Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-0 span of just under 12 minutes of playing time. Penalties-Yards 8-66 6-35 Punts-Average 2-25.5 2-29.5 After the score by Edmonds that put UIndy in front, Greg Johnson Third Downs 5/7 9/19 caught a 11-yard touchdown pass with 56 remaining in the half, which Time of Possession 25:58 34:02 was followed by a safety after a bad snap on a punt and a 26-yard fi eld goal by Scott Miller as the half ended. Fiechter added touchdown runs Individual Statistics early in the third quarter of 34 and 78 yards.