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EASTERN SEPT. 24, 2007 307 CONVOCATION C ENTER MICHIGAN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN 48197 PHONE: 734.487.0317 UNIVERSITY FAX: 734.485.3840 SPORTS INFORMATION FOOTBALL CONTACT: JIM S TREETER E-MAIL: [email protected] FOOTBALL • GAME 5 WEBSITE: WWW.EMUEAGLES.COM 2007 EMU Football Schedule 2007 EAGLES FOOTBALL (2-2, 1-1 MAC) SCHEDULE/RESULTS (2-2; 1-1 MAC) EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL Sept. 1 at Pittsburgh Sept. 29, 2007 • 6 p.m. • Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tenn. L, 3-27 vs. Vanderbilt University (2-1; 1-1 SEC) Sept. 8 BALL STATE* ATCHUP AT A LANCE L, 16-38 M G Band Day Stadium............................................................ Vanderbilt Stadium (39,773) Surface ................................................................................ Natural Grass Sept. 15 at Northern Illinois* Kickoff Time ................................................................................... 6 p.m. W, 21-19 ESPN Regional TV Radio ............................................................................... WEMU (89.1 FM) Television ......................................................................................... None Sept. 22 HOWARD Series Record ....................................................................... First meeting W. 38-15 Comcast Local TV EASTERN G AMEDAY Sept. 29 at Vanderbilt EASTERN MICHIGAN ............. VS. ..... VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY 6 p.m. (CDT) Ypsilanti, Mich. ............................ LOCATION ............................ Nashville, Tenn. 23,000 ...................................... ENROLLMENT ........................................ 6,402 Oct. 6 at Michigan TBA Mid-American (West) ................... CONFERENCE ............................. Southeastern Rynearson Stad. (30,200-FieldTurf) . STADIUM ........................ Vanderbilt Stadium Jeff Genyk (BGSU, '82) ................ HEAD COACH ..... Bobby Johnson (Clemson, '73) Oct. 13 at Ohio* 4th Season ............................YEARS AT SCHOOL ......................... (Sixth season) Noon ESPN Regional TV 11-27 (4th Season) ................. RECORD AT SCHOOL ............... 17-44 (Sixth season) 11-27 (4th Season) .................. OVERALL RECORD .................. 77-80 (14th season) Oct. 19 NORTHWESTERN 1-11 ......................................... 2006 RECORD ........................................... 4-8 7 p.m. - Ford Field Detroit, Mich.- Comcast Local TV 1-7 (6th-MAC West) ............ 2006 CONFERENCE R ECORD ............................1-7 (6th) 17/8 .................................STARTERS R ETURNING/LOST ................................. 19/5 Oct. 27 WESTERN MICH.* 37/10 ........................... LETTERWINNERS R ETURNING/LOST ........................... 53/12 3:30 p.m. - Homecoming Comcast Local TV GAME 5 STORYLINES Nov. 3 at Toledo* 1. FIRST MEETING: Saturday’s (Sept. 29) game between Eastern Michi- 7 p.m. gan University and Vanderbilt University will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools. Nov. 9 BOWLING GREEN* 7:30 p.m. ESPNU TV 2. FORMER COMMODORE LEADS EMU ATHLETICS: EMU athletics director Dr. Derrick Gragg is a Vanderbilt alumnus, graduating in the Nov. 16 at Central Michigan* 7 p.m. class of 1992. He was a wide receiver on the Vanderbilt football team Comcast Local TV and earned four letters from 1988-91. He was an Academic All-South- * Mid-American Conference Game eastern Conference selection in 1991. Home Games in BOLD CAPS 3. THIRD IN THE SEC: Vanderbilt will be the third Southeastern Con- ference team that the Eastern Michigan University football team has All 2007 EMU football games will be broadcast live on faced. The Eagles made their first trip into SEC country, Sept. 16, 2000, WEMU-FM (89.1) in Ypsilanti, Mich. Matt Shepard will handle the play-by-play duties with Rob Rubick serving as when Eastern lost a 41-6 decision at South Carolina. The second pairing the analyst. Jeff Fulton is the engineer and the man on came, Sept. 11, 2004, when the Eagles traveled to Gainesville, Fla. and statistics while Brian Nemerovski will be the sideline reporter. The broadcast will also be carried on the Internet dropped a 49-10 decision to the No. 10 ranked Florida Gators. at www.wemu.org EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 2007FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2 2007 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 2007Day Date OpponentsOpponent Time Series Record Saturday Sept. 1 at Pittsburgh L, 3-27 Pittsburgh leads, 2-0 Saturday Sept. 8 BALL STATE* (BAND DAY) (Comcast Local TV) L, 16-38 Ball State leads, 26-20-2 Saturday Sept. 15 at Northern Illinois* (ESPN Regional TV) W, 21-19 NIU leads, 22-14-2 Saturday Sept. 22 HOWARD UNIVERSITY (Comcast Local TV) W, 38-15 EMU leads, 1-0 Saturday Sept. 29 at Vanderbilt 6 p.m. First meeting Saturday Oct. 6 at Michigan TBA Michigan leads, 7-0 Saturday Oct. 13 at Ohio* (ESPN Regional TV) Noon Ohio leads, 14-11-1 Friday Oct. 19 NORTHWESTERN (ESPNU TV) 7 p.m. Northwestern leads, 1-0 Saturday Oct. 27 WESTERN MICHIGAN* (HOMECOMING) (Comcast Local TV)3:30 p.m. WMU leads, 26-14-2 Saturday Nov. 3 at Toledo* 7 p.m. Toledo leads, 23-11 Friday Nov. 9 BOWLING GREEN* (ESPNU TV) 7:30 p.m. BG leads, 22-10-1 Friday Nov. 16 at Central Michigan* (Comcast Local TV) 7 p.m. CMU leads, 53-25-6 *Mid-American Conference game All times are site times Eastern Michigan University 2007 Football Coaching Staff Athletics Staff Head Coach: ........... Jeff Genyk (Bowling Green,'82); Fourth season (11-27) Athletics Director .. Dr. Derrick Gragg Assistant Coaches: Associate A.D. .............. Doug Dowdy Jarvis Adams .............. Northwestern, 2004 ....... 2nd Year-Cornerbacks Associate A.D. ............. Mike Malach Josh Buis.................... DePauw, 2000 ............... 2nd Year-Tight ends/Tackles Asst. A.D.-SWA ............................... Howard Feggins .......... North Carolina, 1987 ...... 4th Year-Running backs ...... Stephannnie Harvey-VandenBerg Scott Isphording .......... Hanover College, 1994 .... 4th Year-Offensive Coordinator/QB’s Asst. A.D.-Marketing/Promotions ...... Robert Lee .................. IUPUI, 1990 ................... 4th Year-Defensive line Jim O’Neil ................... Towson, 2001 ................ 2nd Year-Safeties, Recruiting coordinator ...... Stephannnie Harvey-VandenBerg Jay Peterson ............... Miami, 1985 .................. 4th Year-Def. Coor./Asst. Head coach/Lb’s Dir. of Compliance/Certification ...... Chris Symington .......... Colorado, 1988 .............. 4th Year-Offensive line ................ Dr. Melody Reifel Werner Scott Weaver .............. Illinois, 1996 ................... 4th Year-Receivers Athletic Dev. Director ....... Craig Fink Adam Tubaro .............. Adrian,2005 ................... 3rd Year-Special Operations Ticket Mgr. ........................ Ron Reid Graduate Assistant Coaches Faculty Athletics Rep. .. Liz Broughton Aaron Krepps .............. Washington&Jefferson, ‘06/1st Year-Offense Director of SASS ............ Erin Burdis Steve Otterbein ........... Hillsdale, ‘07/1st Year-Defense Facilities Supervisor .................. TBA Equipment Mgr. ....... Darrell Hallberg EMU Quick Facts EMU 2007 Dates Head Athletic Trainer Steve Nordwall President .. TBA Important Fall Dates Associate Trainer .......... Bill Tuscany Founded .... 1849 Aug. 3 Freshmen report Staff Athletic Trainers ..................... Enrollment . 23,000 Aug. 5 Veterans report Megan Snow, Masayasu Takaiwa Nickname .. Eagles Aug. 18 Scrimmage Head Strength & Cond.Mike Szerszen Colors ....... Dark Green (349) & White Aug. 23 Picture/Media Day - 10 a.m. Asst. Strength & Cond. .... Tim Bilbrey Stadium .... Rynearson Stadium (1969) Aug. 27 Head coach Jeff Genyk MAC Teleconference call Ath. Acct. Specialist . Bobbie Bowling Capacity ... 30,200; FieldTurf (2005) from 9:54 a.m.-10:02 a.m. Football Secretary .... Maria Farrugia See page four of this release Ath. Dept. Secretaries Carol Carrico Sports Information Staff for number to call ............................... Lori Grohowski Sept. 1 First game-at Pitt, 6 p.m. Director ......................... Jim Streeter EMU Board of Regents Office Phone .............. 734.487.0317 Sept. 8 First home game-vs. BSU, Thomas W. Sidlik ....................... Chair Home Phone ............. 734.485.3221 Noon, Rynearson Stadium Roy E. Wilbanks ................. Vice Chair Assistant Director ........ Greg Steiner Sept. 15 First MAC road game, at NIU SID Graduate Asst. Amanda Decker Floyd Clack SID Graduate Asst. ......Paul Pancoe The EMU athletic website, featuring Philip A. Incarnati SID Graduate Asst. Sarah VanMetre information on all 21 varsity athletic Gary D. Hawks Student Asst. .......... Patrick Horning teams, is: www.emueagles.com. Francie Parker James F. Stapleton There is an additional website for Key Football Phone Numbers H.C. Jeff Genyk .... 734.487.2160 (O) information on the Eagles’ football Rynearson Stadium Press Box team only and that site is: Numbers:....... 734.481.0014 (0072) www.emueaglesfootball.com. www.emueagles.com EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 2007 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 3 VANDERBILT COMMODORES SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 2007 - 6 P.M. Location: Nashville, Tenn. Founded: 1873 GAME 5 - VANDERBILT STADIUM Enrollment: 6,378 ASHVILLE ENN Chancellor: Dr. E. Gordon Gee N , T . Vice Chancellor of Student Life: David Williams II Conference: Southeastern Nickname: Commodores Colors: Black and Gold TEAM / PLAYER INFORMATION 2007 VANDERBILT COACHING STAFF 2006 Overall Record: 4-8 SCHEDULE 2006 Conference Record (Finish): 1-7 Sept. 1 RICHMOND W, 41-17 Head Coach: Bobby Johnson (Clemson, 1972) Record at Vanderbilt: 17-44 (Sixth year) 2006 Final Ranking: NR Sept. 8 ALABAMA L,