THE TEAMS CENTRAL WASHINGTON Vs. AZUSA PACIFIC
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CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 2014 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Contact: Robert Lowery (Director of Public and Media Relations) • Office: (509) 963-1487 • Cell: (509) 899-0235 • E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @CWU_Athletics 2014 SCHEDULE CENTRAL WASHINGTON vs. Sept. 6 at Montana....................................................L, 48-14 AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Sept. 13 DIXIE STATE ..............................................W, 48-14 Sept. 20 at Western Oregon .......................................L, 36-34 Sept. 27 SIMON FRASER% (Battle for the Border)...W, 63-7 GAME INFORMATION Oct. 4 AZUSA PACIFIC* ........................................... 1 p.m. Date: ............................Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 Oct. 11 at South Dakota Mines* .................................. Noon Kickoff: ........................1 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time Oct. 18 WESTERN OREGON* (Homecoming).......1 p.m. Location: .....................Ellensburg, Wash. Oct. 25 at Humboldt State* ..........................................6 p.m. Stadium: ......................Tomlinson Stadium (4,000) Nov. 1 LINCOLN (MO.) UNIV. (Senior Day)..... ...1 p.m. Series: ..........................Central Washington leads series, 6-3 Nov. 9 at Dixie State* ...................................................5 p.m. TV: ...............................None Nov. 16 at Simon Fraser ................................................1 p.m. Radio: ..........................KXLE-AM 1240 (Ellensburg) ..........................................Robert Lowery (Play-by-Play) * Great Northwest Athletic Conference game ..........................................Dave Heaverlo (Analyst) % at Pop Keeney Stadium, Bothell Live Stats: ....................www.wildcatsports.com/stretchinternet All times Pacific Home games in BOLD CAPS Live Video: .................www.wildcatsports.com/stretchinternet Live Audio: .................www.cwu.edu/wildcat-sports-audio-stream Twitter: ........................@CWU_Athletics CWU COACHING STAFF Tickets: ........................(509) 963-1429 or www.cwu.edu/tickets/athletics-packages Head Coach: .............................................................Ian Shoemaker Alma Mater: ..............................................Grinnell (Iowa), 1996 THE TEAMS Overall Years at CWU: ............................................................. 1st Head Coaching Record at CWU: ..................................2-2 (1st) Overall Record: .................................................................2-2(1st) Asst. Head Coach/Running Backs:............................... John Picha Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line: ................. Payam Saadat Special Teams/CB: .................................................Nick Whitworth Linebackers/Safeties: ................................................ Mike Dunlevy Wide Receivers: ...............................................................Jay Dumas Offensive Line: .......................................................... Jacob Claborn Tight Ends/Video Coordinator: ................................Ryan Harvey Graduate Assistant.........................................................Eric Hoium Head Athletic Trainer: ........................................Kari Gage, A.T.C. Head Orthopedic Physician...............................Dr. Richard Roux Assistant Orthopedic Physician...........................Dr. John Hwang Central Washington WILDCATS Azusa Pacific COUGARS Head Midlevel Covering Medical Provider...Todd Curtis, PA-C 2014 Record: 2-2, 1-0 GNAC 2014 Record: 3-1, 0-0 GNAC GAME DAY LOCATIONS: Last Game: Sept. 27, 2014 Last Game: Sept. 27, 2014 Field Press Box W, 63-17 vs. Simon Fraser W, 42-24 at Dixie State Ian Shoemaker John Picha Head Coach: Ian Shoemaker Head Coach: Victor Santa Cruz Payam Saadat Mike Dunlevy School Record: 2-2 (1st year) School Record: 46-45 (9th year) Jacob Claborn Career Record: same Career Record: same Jay Dumas vs. Azusa Pacific: 0-0 vs. Central Washington: 2-4 Ryan Harvey Nick Whitworth 2014 STATS AND RANKINGS Average GNAC NCAA Category Average GNAC NCAA 147.00 5 94 Rushing Offense 230.00 1 25 CWU QUICK FACTS 282.30 3 40 Passing Offense 118.30 7 157 Location: ................................................... Ellensburg, Washington 429.30 2 58 Total Offense 348.30 5 111 Founded: .....................................................................................1891 39.80 1 27 Scoring Offense 27.50 5 86 Enrollment: .............................................................................10,170 143.30 3 62 Rushing Defense 152.00 5 69 President: .......................................................Dr. James L. Gaudino 97.29 2 20 Pass Efficiency Defense 104.74 3 36 Alma Mater: ........................................................ Air Force, 1972 312.30 2 33 Total Defense 317.00 3 37 Director of Athletics: ..................................... Dr. Dennis Francois 26.30 3 71 Scoring Defense 25.00 2 63 Alma Mater: ................................................Missouri State, 1990 33.86 3 66 Net Punting 30.91 7 125 Faculty Athletic Rep.: ...................................... Dr. Ethan Bergman 9.57 4 70 Punt Returns 5.55 5 126 Alma Mater: ............................................. Eastern Oregon, 1974 24.94 2 22 Kickoff Returns 17.67 7 139 Conference: ....................... Great Northwest Athletic Conference -1.00 3 86 Turnover Margin -2.00 5 105 ................................................................ (2001-05, 2008-present) 169.00 2 29 Pass Defense 165.00 1 25 Nickname: ...........................................................................Wildcats 145.10 2 45 Passing Efficiency 108.39 5 125 Mascot: .............................................................................Wellington 15.00 2 9 Sacks 13.00 3 17 Colors: ................................................... Crimson (7427) and Black 9.00 1 4 Interceptions 2.00 7 131 Stadium: ............................................................Tomlinson Stadium 10.00 4 111 Sacks Allowed 7.00 1 67 Playing Surface: ...................................................... Natural Grass 7 167 TEAMS RANKED 7 167 Capacity: ................................................................................4,000 GAME NO. 5 VS. AZUSA PACIFIC 1 CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 2014 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES AFCA DIVISION II (SEPT. 29) GAME PREVIEW SCHOOL (1ST VOTES) RECORD PTS 1. Northwest Missouri St. (30) 4-0 774 Today’s game will be the only meeting between Central Washington University and 2. Colorado St.-Pueblo (1) 4-0 741 Azusa Pacific University (APU) during the 2014 season. It is a Great Northwest Athletic 3. Minnesota St.-Mankato 4-0 696 Conference (GNAC) counting contest. 4. Minnesota-Duluth 4-0 684 5. North Alabama 3-0 641 6. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 4-0 596 Today’s game marks the 10th meeting between the Wildcats and Cougars in a series 7. Henderson St. (Ark.) 4-0 585 that dates back to 1997. CWU has won six of the previous nine catfights, including two 8. Ohio Dominican 4-0 554 9. West Chester (Pa.) 4-0 501 of the three played at Tomlinson Stadium. Last year was the exception, as APU came 10. Shepherd (W.Va.) 4-0 469 away with a 24-17 victory. Terrell Watson, the GNAC’s leading rusher last season, was 11. Delta St. (Miss.) 3-0 463 12. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 4-0 425 bottled up by the CWU defense, running for a total of just 71 yards in the game. But his 13. Ferris St. (Mich.) 4-0 415 eight-yard touchdown dash with 9:57 left in the game proved to be the deciding score 14. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) 3-1 303 (see the game recap on Page 8). CWU won the first 2013 meeting in a 7-3 defensive 15. Harding (Ark.) 3-0 292 16. Midwestern State (Texas) 3-0 287 tussle at APU. CWU also tamed the Cougars 42-10 in 2012, in a game played at Pop 17. Colorado School of Mines 4-0 278 Keeney Stadium in Bothell, Wash., necessitated by Kittitas County wildfires. In GNAC 18. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 3-1 209 19. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 3-1 207 counters, the teams have split the four games played. 20. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 4-0 196 21. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 4-0 155 CWU and APU also squared-off three times when the schools were both members of 22. West Alabama 3-1 124 23. Michigan Tech 4-0 95 the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Wildcats won two of 24. West Georgia 4-0 73 the three meetings, including a 51-17 win in Ellensburg in 1998. The loss came later 25. Winona St. (Minn.) 3-1 41 that season in the NAIA quarterfinal playoffs, when APU upset the Wildcats in California Dropped Out: Valdosta St. (Ga.) (21), Findlay 35-28. APU’s first NCAA Division II victory came against CWU, 24-17, at Citrus Stadium (Ohio) (25). in Glendora, Calif., during the 2012 season. Others Receiving Votes: Concord (W.Va.), 38; Central Oklahoma, 32; Humboldt St. (Calif.), COUGAR TRACKS 32; Florida Tech, 25; Missouri Western St., 20; Azusa Pacific began the year on a distinct high, follow a heart-stopping, 26-23 home Charleston (W.Va.), 17; Ashland (Ohio), 16; Wayne St. (Mich.), 15; Texas A&M-Commerce, 14; Fort overtime victory against the nation’s then second-ranked team, Grand Valley State Hays St. (Kan.), 13; Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 12; (Mich.), before a national TV audience. The victory propelled the Cougars to No. 14 in the Upper Iowa, 11; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 6; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 5; Augustana (S.D.), 4; St. Joseph’s country in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Top 25 poll. The ranking (Ind.), 4; American International (Mass.), 3; was short lived. The following Saturday, the Cougars were declawed at Humboldt State, California (Pa.), 3; Indianapolis