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Northern Arizona LUMBErjacks 2013 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 20 • LUCKY DOZIER 34 • ZACH BAUMAN 41 • ANDY WILDER Lumberjacks Head Coach Jerome Souers THIS IS NAU FOOTBALL 2013 Northern Arizona Football Schedule Aug. 30 • at Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.) Sept. 14 • at UC Davis ( Davis, Calif.) Sept. 21 • SOUTH DAKOTA (WALKUP SKYDOME) Sept. 28 • MONTANA (WALKUP SKYDOME) Oct. 5 • at Montana State (Billings, Mont.) Oct. 12 • at Sacramento State (Sacramento, Calif.) Oct. 19 • IDAHO STATE (WALKUP SKYDOME) Oct. 26 • at Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) Nov. 2 • NORTH DAKOTA (WALKUP SKYDOME) Nov. 16 • NORTHERN COLORADO (WALKUP SKYDOME) Nov. 23 • at Southern Utah (Cedar City, Utah) 1 #NAUTakeover Table of Contents A Quick Facts ............................................. 3 Media Information ................................. 4 Television/Radio. ..................................... 5 N Season Outlook ...................................... 7 Roster .................................................... 11 W Season Results, Statistics ..................... 13 Head Coach Jerome Souers ................ 16 D Assistant Coaches ................................ 18 I Returning Players ................................. 30 The Incoming Class ............................. 49 Y All-Time Series Results ....................... 53 L Game Records ..................................... 54 Season Records ................................... 55 Career Records..................................... 56 Defensive Records ............................... 57 D Milestone Seasons. ............................... 58 Individual Records ................................ 59 Team Records ....................................... 61 E Walkup Skydome Records .................. 62 Longest Scoring Plays .......................... 63 Annual Leaders ..................................... 64 R All-Americans ...................................... 65 First-team All-Big Sky Conference ..... 67 Lumberjacks in the Pros . .................... 68 Lumberjacks in the Super Bowl . ........ 71 Year-by-Year Results............................. 72 All-Time Head Coaches ..................... 74 All-Time Assistant Coaches ............... 75 NFL Pipeline . ....................................... 75 All-Time Results . ................................. 76 All-Time Roster ................................... 80 Postseason History ............................... 86 J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome ............. 87 Facilities ............................................... 88 University Administration ................... 89 VP of Intercollegiate Athletics Lisa Campos.. 90 • The Sports Network Preseason All-America First Team • CFPA All-America Punter Watch List • CFPA All-America Placekicker Watch List Lumberjacks UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location....................................................................................Flagstaff, Ariz. Founded .................................................................................................1899 Enrollment (statewide) .................................................................... 26,002 Nickname ..................................................................................Lumberjacks Mascot ................................................................................................... Louie Colors ........................................................................ Blue, Gold and Sage Affiliation ................................... Football Championship Division (FCS) Conference .........................................................................................Big Sky President ........................................................................... Dr. John Haeger VP of Intercollegiate Athletics ......................................Dr. Lisa Campos Senior Associate AD/SWA ......................................................Tanya Vogel Associate AD, Internal Operations ...................................Beth Vechinski Assistant AD, Academics .......................................................... Pam Lowie Assistant AD, Compliance .................................................... Scott Renfro Assistant AD, Marketing and Special Events ..................Rocky Silvestri Faculty Athletics Representative .................................... Tom Destefano STADIUM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION Home Facility (Capacity) ........J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome (10,000) Letterwinners Built ..........................................................................................................1977 Offensive Returning/Lost ....................................................................19/7 Surface .......................................................................... Real grass field turf Defensive Returning/Lost .....................................................................19/9 Record at Skydome ..........................................................................148-72 Special Teams Returning/Lost ................................................................4/1 Starters COACHING STAFF Offensive Returning/Lost ........................................................................9/2 Head Coach..........................................................................Jerome Souers Defensive Returning/Lost ......................................................................9/2 Alma Mater ............................................................................ Oregon, 1983 Special Teams Returning/Lost ................................................................5/1 Seasons at NAU ........................................................................................ 15 Overall Record ........................................................................84-85 (.497) 2012 Final Record ....................................................................................8-3 Big Sky Record .........................................................................51-56 (.477) Conference Record .................................................................................6-2 Director of Football Operations ................................Matt Howdeshell Final Ranking........................................................................................... 20th Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers .......................... Andy Thompson Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks .........................Rich Scangarello Defensive Line Coach ............................................................ Travis Baker MEDIA INFORMATION Cornerbacks Coach ............................................................. Charles Huff Assistant AD, Communications/Football Contact................................... Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach .......................Craig Knoth .......................................................................................... Denise Thompson Wide Receivers Coach ............................................................Tim Plough Office Phone ........................................................................928-523-6792 Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties ..................................David Reeves Press Box Phone ........................................................928-523-7729/7730 Offensive Line Coach ................................................................... Eric Reid Fax ...........................................................................................928-523-6793 Running Backs Coach ................................................................Jimmy Beal E-Mail ...........................................................Denise.Thompson@nau.edu Video Coordinator ................................................................. James Foran Mailing Address ...................................................................P.O. Box 15400 Graduate Assistant ................................................................... Kyle Jacobo ......................................................................................... Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Graduate Assistant ..............................................................Grant O’Brien .........................................................................(Overnight: 1 Skydome Dr.) Website .................................................................. www.nauathletics.com 2013 NAU Football Media Guide Guide and Cover Design Photography The 2013 NAU Football Media Guide was Denise Thompson Arizona Cardinals, Erol Anderson, Brenda designed and produced by the NAU Athletic Ahearn, Mike Bashor, Matt Beaty, Jacob Chinn, Communications Department in Flagstaff, Contributors Richard Clarkson Associates (Ernster, Par- Ariz., using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Matt Howdeshell, Grant O’Brien, Jimmy sons), Dean Hendrickson, Matt Howdeshell, Photoshop. Beal, Stayson Isobe, Matthew Sewell, Andrew Craig Johnson, Tom Gentry, Samantha Fillerup, Tomsky and previous NAU Athletics Com- Jerry Foreman, Neil Johnson, Bill Landau, The guide was printed by Five Star Printing in munications staff members. MG’s Helmets, Dave Padilla (Buffalo Bills), Flagstaff, Ariz. Stephen Schweitzer, Matt Thompson, Eben Waggoner and NAU Athletics Communica- tions. 3 #NAUTakeover 2013 Northern Arizona Football Media Policy and Procedures The athletics communications Credentials may be requested for MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME office is located in the press box on west the season or on a per-game basis. All re- Arizona does not move its clock side of the Walkup Skydome. The phone quests should be submitted to the athletics ahead in the spring