FOOTBALL Contact Information: Howard Thompson, Director of Sports Communication || [email protected] || 563-425-5307 GAME TWO || SATURDAY, SEPT
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UPPER IOWA PEACOCK FOOTBALL Contact Information: Howard Thompson, Director of Sports Communication || [email protected] || 563-425-5307 GAME TWO || SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 2018 || 12 PM ST. PAUL, MINN. || SEA FOAM STADIUM 2018 SCHEDULE UPPER IOWA PEACOCKS AT CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL GOLDEN BEARS (0-1 NSIC, 0-1 NSIC SOUTH) THIS WEEKEND IN PEACOCK FOOTBALL... Upper Iowa will be on 9/1 VS AUGUSTANA L, 48-45 9/8 at Concordia-St. Paul 12 p the road for their week two match up with the Golden Bears of 9/15 VS WINONA STATE % 6 p Concordia University, St. Paul. The Peacocks will face off with 9/22 at Southwest Minnesota State 1 p their NSIC South Division counterpart at Sea Foam Stadium in St. 9/29 VS MSU MOORHEAD 3 p Paul, Minnesota on Saturday at 12 p.m. Both teams are looking 10/6 at Minot State 1 p for their first win of the season coming off close losses. CSP lost 10/13 VS BEMIDJI STATE ^ 2 p in the last seconds at the University of Sioux Falls in week one, 10/20 at St. Cloud State 2 p and UIU dropped a 48-45 shootout at home to Augustana Uni- 10/27 at Sioux Falls 1 p versity last Saturday. Fans not at the game can follow live stats 11/3 VS WAYNE STATE 12 p or a webcast through the links at UIUPeacocks.com/Live, listen 11/10 at Minnesota State 12 p on AM 950 KOEL, or stream through the Stretch Internet app on Roku, Fire, Apple or Android televisions. BOLD = HOME || %=HALL OF FAME || ^=HOMECOMING Upper Iowa Concordia-St. Paul UPPER IOWA QUICK FACTS Peacocks Golden Bears Founded 1857 (0-1, 0-1 NSIC S) (0-1, 0-1 NSIC S) Enrollment 800 (Fayette) 2018 TEAM STATISTICS 2018 TEAM STATISTICS Nickname Peacocks SCORING 45 SCORING 24 School Colors Peacock Blue and White POINTS PER GAME 45.0 POINTS PER GAME 24.0 Stadium Harms-Eischeid Stadium (3,500) FIRST DOWNS 18 FIRST DOWNS 17 Affiliation NCAA Division II RUSHING YARDAGE 111 RUSHING YARDAGE 117 Conference Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference RUSHING ATTEMPTS 25 RUSHING ATTEMPTS 36 Web Site UIUPeacocks.com AVERAGE PER GAME 111.0 AVERAGE PER GAME 117.0 TDS RUSHING 1 TDS RUSHING 0 President Dr. William Duffy PASSING YARDAGE 325 PASSING YARDAGE 236 Athletic Director Rick Hartzell COMP-ATT-INT 20-41-2 COMP-ATT-INT 19-32-1 Athletic Dept. Phone 563-425-5307 AVERAGE PER GAME 325.0 AVERAGE PER GAME 236.0 Athletic Dept. Fax 563-425-5334 TDS PASSING 4 TDS PASSING 3 TOTAL OFFENSE 436 TOTAL OFFENSE 353 SPORTS COMMUNICATION AVERAGE PER PLAY 6.6 AVERAGE PER PLAY 5.2 Dir. of Sports Communication Howard Thompson AVERAGE PER GAME 436.0 AVERAGE PER GAME 353.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 7-133 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 2-19 Office Phone 563-425-5307 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 0-0 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 2-30 Office Fax 563-425-5334 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 1-34 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 2-10 Office Mailing Address 605 Washington St. KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 9.5 Fayette, IA 52142 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 15.0 Email [email protected] FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 PENALTIES-YARDS 8-63 PENALTIES-YARDS 8-53 COACHING STAFF AVERAGE PER GAME 63.0 AVERAGE PER GAME 53.0 PUNTS-YARDS 6-184 PUNTS-YARDS 6-284 Head Coach (10th Season) Tom Shea AVERAGE PER PUNT 30.7 AVERAGE PER PUNT 47.3 Alma Mater Dakota State Univ. (‘72) NET PUNT AVERAGE 28.5 NET PUNT AVERAGE 40.7 Record at Upper Iowa 37-63 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 21:25 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 33:06 Career Record 142-139-3 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 7/16 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 6/16 Office Phone 563-425-5313 3RD-DOWN PCT 44% 3RD-DOWN PCT 38% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 0/0 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 2/2 Associate Head Coach Ben Curran (OC/QB) 4TH-DOWN PCT 0% 4TH-DOWN PCT 100% SACKS BY-YARDS 1-8 SACKS BY-YARDS 3-17 Assistant Coaches Justin Wyatt (DC/DL) TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 6 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 3 Mike Caniglia (RB) FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 1-1 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 1-1 Ryan Hansen (WR) PAT-ATTEMPTS (6-6) 100% PAT-ATTEMPTS (3-3) 100% Andy Merfeld (DB) Dante Bartee (LB) Score By Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOTAL Upper Iowa 24 7 7 7 - 45 Equipment Dick Timmerman UIU Opponents 14 21 6 7 - 48 Football Athletic Trainer Matt Rueckert Concordia-St. Paul y THE SERIES... Upper Iowa has post- 386 yards of total offense ranking 2018 NSIC STANDINGS ed wins in four of the last five meet- 7th in all of NCAA Division II last North Division North O’ALL Streak ings with Concordia University, St. week. Bemidji State 1-0 1-0 W1 Minnesota Duluth 1-0 1-0 W1 Paul after the Golden Bears won the MSU Moorhead 1-0 1-0 W1 first seven games in the matchup. LEADING THE DEFENSE... Senior St. Cloud State 1-0 1-0 W1 The Peacocks’ 4-8 record includes Nicolas Corley and Jordan Rommes Minnesota Crookston 0-1 0-1 L1 a 28-24 win in 2013, a 52-20 victo- led the team in tackles with 13 and Minot State 0-1 0-1 L1 ry in 2015, a 41-21 win in 2017 and 11, respectively. Corley’s 13 stops Northern State 0-1 0-1 L1 UMary 0-1 0-1 L1 last season’s 34-29 victory. The rank 20th in the nation, while Rom- lone blemish over the last five sea- mes’ 11 tie for 45th in week one. South Division South O’ALL Streak sons came in 2014 when the Gold- Rommes recorded the only sack for Augustana 1-0 1-0 W1 Minnesota State 1-0 1-0 W1 en Bears rallied for a 37-34 over- Upper Iowa, but it was a big one Sioux Falls 1-0 1-0 W1 time victory at Sea Foam Stadium as he forced a fumble which was Winona State 1-0 1-0 W1 in St. Paul. The series began in 2006 scooped up by Christian Ruff and Concordia-St. Paul 0-1 0-1 L1 and the two teams have locked returned 20 yards for a touchdown SMSU 0-1 0-1 L1 up in six games where the margin in the first quarter. Daniel Ruffin Upper Iowa 0-1 0-1 L1 Wayne State 0-1 0-1 L1 of victory was four points or less. Jr. snared the lone interception in The Peacocks lost 20-17 in 2007 week for UIU and returned the pick The NSIC football schedule is broken into two eight- and dropped a wild 57-56 double 34 yards into Viking territory. team divisions (North/South). Each team plays overtime game in Fayette in 2009. eleven conference games that count towards the NSIC Overall Champion as well as seven divisional The 2011 contest marked another FRESH KICKS... Freshman kicker games that count towards the NSIC North/South down-to-the-wire decision in the and punter Jonathon Argueta-Her- Champions. In all, three league championships will final quarter; Concordia claimed a rera had a solid debut for the Pea- be awarded (Overall Champion, North Division Champion, South Division Champion). come-from-behind, one-point win, cocks. The Des Moines East High 20-19, after scoring 13 points in product went 6-6 on his extra point the final four minutes of the game. attempts and added a 29-yard field Last year in Fayette, the Peacock goal for the team’s first points of football team held a two-score lead the season. Argueta-Herrera kicked with nine minutes to play, but a late off 8 times averaging 53.6 yards touchdown by the guests got them per kick and punted 6 times aver- WEEK 2 SCHEDULE back in the game, 34-29. CSP then aging 30.7 yards per attempt. drove down the field late, only to Thursday, Sept. 6 be stopped on a fourth-down try, THE BROADCAST TEAM... Play-by- 7 PM and UIU held on for a hard-fought, play announcer, and 1991 Upper Northern State 42 - Minot State 16 five-point victory. Iowa alum, Joe Stasi is in his 16th consecutive season as the “Voice Saturday, Sept. 8 SOPHOMORES HIT CENTURY of the Peacocks” and 18th overall. 12 PM MARK... Wide receivers DJ Emswell- This week he will be joined by War- Upper Iowa at Concordia-St. Paul er and Alexander Stevens com- ren Reyerson. The AM 950 KOEL bined for 251 receiving yards and pre-game show is scheduled for 1 PM 3 touchdowns on 14 catches last 11:30 a.m. Sioux Falls at Winona State week against Augustana. Emswell- er’s 144 yards were the 14th high- 2018 CAPTAINS... QB #12 Brent St. Cloud State at Minnesota Crookston est mark last week in NCAA Divi- Lammers and LB #45 Nic Patterson. sion II and his two touchdowns tie Minnesota State at Augustana for the 5th most in the nation. Ste- vens’ 107 yards were 43rd best in 2 PM the country. Bemidji State at UMary SENIOR SIGNAL CALLER... Senior 6 PM quarterback Brent Lammers com- Wayne State at Southwest Minnesota State pleted 20 of his 41 attempts last week for 325 yards and 4 touch- MSU Moorhead at Minnesota Duluth downs. The yardage was the 8th most in the country while his 4 scoring throws tie for the fourth highest tally in week one.