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EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS 2012 Weekly Press Release Week #3: Eastern N.M vs Incarnate Word Lone Star Conference Opener Friday, September 14, 2012 • 2:30 p.m. MDT Cowboys Stadium • Arlington, Texas 1991 Lone Star Conference Champions • Two LSC South Titles • 27 Winning Seasons Hounds to Face Cardinals at Athletic Communications Contact Information Lone Star Conference Football Festival Adam Pitterman (575) 562-4309 [email protected] Rachel Johnson (575) 562-2971 [email protected] LSC Football Festival Websites Goeasternathletics.com The Eastern New Mexico University football Facebook.com/goeasternathletics team will make their LSC Football Festival debut, Twitter.com/enmusports on Friday, September 14, against University of the Incarnate Word. This is the second straight season, in 2012 Greyhounds Schedule which the conference has staged the top NCAA Divi- Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) sion II football attraction in the state of the art facility, 1 Sat. Sept. 1 N.M. Highlands Perkins Stadium L, 14-42 3 Sat. Sept. 8 Sul Ross State Greyhound Stadium W, 38-35 Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. 2 Sat. Sept. 14 *Incarnate Word Cowboys Stadium 2:30 PM 4 Sat. Sept. 22 *Tarleton State Benson Stadium 6:00 PM 5 Sat. Sept. 29 *Angelo State (HC) Greyhound Stadium 2:00 PM 6 Sat. Oct. 6 *Abilene Christian Shotwell Stadium 5:00 PM 7 Bye----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Time in the Series 8 Sat. Oct. 20 *West Texas A&M Greyhound Stadium 6:00 PM 9 Sat. Oct. 27 *Midwestern State Memorial Stadium 6:00 PM 10 Sat. Nov. 3 *TAMU-Commerce Greyhound Stadium 1:00 PM Today’s contest marks the third meeting between the 11 Sat. Nov. 10 #TAMU-Kingsville Javelina Stadium 6:00 PM Greyhounds and University of the Incarnate Word. The initial meeting took place in the 2009 season finale at 2011 Greyhounds Schedule Greyhound Stadium, with Wesley Wood coming off the Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) bench as a freshman and hitting Darian Dale with 1:53 1 Sat. Sept. 3 N.M. Highlands Greyhound Stadium L, 36-43 OT left, for the game-winning seven-yard touchdown. The de- 2 Sat. Sept. 10 *Incarnate Word Benson Stadium L, 28-41 ciding drive started at the ENMU 6-yard line and spanned 3 Sat. Sept. 17 Oklahoma Panhandle Carl Wooten Stadium W, 28-19 4 Sat. Sept. 24 *Tarleton State Greyhound Stadium L, 34-28 six plays and 1:30. On the sixth play of UIW’s ensuing 5 Sat. Oct. 1 *Angelo State San Angelo Stadium W, 23-21 drive, Texavier Henry intercepted a pass from Thomas 6 Sat. Oct. 8 *Abilene Christian (HC) Greyhound Stadium L, 7-36 7 Sat. Oct. 15 *Northwest Missouri St. Bearcat Stadium L, 20-65 Specia to seal the win. 8 Sat. Oct. 22 *West Texas A&M Kimbrough Memorial L, 21-52 In the second game of last season, the Cardinals 9 Sat. Oct. 29 *Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium L, 34-57 charged to a 27-0 lead and never looked back, on the way 10 Sat. Nov. 5 *TAMU-Commerce Memorial Stadium L, 28-60 to evening the series, with a 41-28 win over the Hounds. 11 Sat. Nov. 12 #TAMU-Kingsville Greyhound Stadium L, 10-23 Inside the Series (Tied at 1-1) Date Site Result 9/10/2011 San Antonio, Texas L, 28-41 11/7/2009 Greyhound Stadium W, 35-50 Series Average Score: Incarnate Word 35.5, Eastern N.M. 31.5 Buckle Your Seatbelts days. Last season Wes Wood ranked Teams that are Special Against Sul Ross State, the fourth in the LSC in passing per Dylan Baca averaged 46 yards Greyhounds posted their first 300+ game, fifth in passing efficiency on three punts against Sul Ross, yard rushing day since the 2007 and third in total offense. Arvin with two being downed inside the finale, at Oklahoma Panhandle. Jackson was tenth in all-purpose opposing 20-yard line and the other ENMU career leader in total of- yards. As an offense, Eastern was going for a touchback. He also con- fense, Wes Wood, led the way, fourth in the LSC in first downs nected on a 28-yard field goal and with a career-best 94 yards on the and time of possession. made two tackles on kickoffs. ground and two touchdowns. He In contrast, when the Grey- In the opener at New Mexico also completed 13 of 15 pass at- hounds last ran the triple-option Highlands, Eastern had kick returns tempts for 128 yards and a score. offense, in 2007, Michael Benton over 20 yards by Jonathan Full- Christian Long finished with 77 ran for a team-record 1,458 yards bright and Dillon Metzger. rushing yards, while De’Coreyon with 18 touchdown runs. Benton The Greyhounds were paced Thomas and Derek Kendall- was second in the Lone Star Con- by the Lone Star Conference’s top Campbell combined for 110 yards. ference in scoring that season, with punt return game (11.9/return) and The Greyhound backfield proved 10.8 points per game. were fourth in punt average. to be dynamic against New Mexico Arvin Jackson was the league’s Highlands in the opener, with top kick returner, with 21.7 yards De’Coreyon Thomas register- The Defense Doesn’t per return and a touchdown. He ing 83 all-purpose yards, while Rest also holds the Greyhound career Derek Kendall Campbell debuted Against Sul RossPerron Sell- record for kick-return yards. with 66 yards. In the game, East- ers turned in a huge performance, ern scored on one-yard runs from with 13 tackles, with eight solos, Christian Long and Wes Wood. four for a loss and 1.5 sacks. Cardinal Corner The last time ENMU had two Against Highlands, the Grey- touchdown runs of one yard was hound defense registered four Incarnate Word split its first two last year’s season opener. sacks. That is the highest total for contests, defeating Texas College, After running a no-huddle, Eastern since getting five in last 19-12, in the opener, before drop- spread offense for the past four season’s opener vs the Cowboys. ping a 54-7 decision at Sam Hous- years, the Greyhounds are looking The last time ENMU posted at ton State. to slow it down and reintroduce the least four sacks on the road, came Trent Rios has been the top all- running game. During the no-hud- on September 26, 2009, at Abilene purpose threat for UIW, with 50 dle era (2008-2011), the Hounds Christian. Bracy McCoy and yards rushing, 30 yards receiving produced 30 300-yard passing Noah Brown each had 1.5 sacks. and 99 yards in kick returns. games and 17 100-yard rushing Willie Riley and Jamal Cand- Defensively, Juan Asencio is av- games. During those same four ley each had an interception, while eraging nine tackles per game and seasons, ENMU quarterbacks had Seth Bailey and McCoy recovered has a sack. 18 300-yard passing games, while fumbles, as ENMU won the turn- producing two 100-yard rushing over battle, 4-2 over Highlands. performances by individuals. The Jayson Serda averaged 6.9 last 100 yard game, was a 27-carry, tackles for the Hounds to rank 101-yard game by Tony Valenzue- sixth in the LSC, while Lane la, at Northeastern State, on No- Wood and Perron Sellers ranked vember 6, 2010. Eastern is looking 11th and 12th respectively. to snap a 12-game streak without a Since 2009, six of the Grey- 100-yard rusher. In 2009, when the hounds ten All-America selections Hounds led the nation in passing have been on defense and rewrote the record book, they recorded a pair of 600-yard passing days and a pair of 500-yard passing Greyhounds/Cardinals Greyhounds/Cardinals Team Comparison Individual Comparison ............................................. ENMU ..................UIW ENMU UIW Record ........................................1-1 ......................1-1 Passing Yards Conference Record .........................- ..........................- Wesley Wood ........205 Zach Rhodes ..................330 Turnover Ratio ............................+3 ........................-2 Adrian Horton .........28 Taylor Woods ...................39 Rushing Yards Offense Christian Long ......124 Trent Rios ........................50 Total Offense ................677 (338.5) ........ 432 (216.0) Derek Campbell ....110 Marcus Wright .................46 Points Per Game ....................... 26.0 ....................13.0 Yards Per Play ............................ 4.5 ......................3.7 Receiving Yards Possession Average ................ 34:51 ..................30:06 De’Coreyon Thomas . 73 Devan Avery ....................99 Net Rushing/Game ................. 222.0 ....................24.0 Chase Kyser ..............70 Andrew Mocio .................70 Net Passing/Game .................. 116.5 ..................192.0 Had Intercepted/Yards ................ 0/0 ....................1/14 Points Scored Sacks Allowed/Yards ............. 11/47 ................... 7/40 Wes Wood ................. 18 Trent Rios ........................18 Christian Long ............ 8 Marcus Wright ...................6 Fumbles/Lost.............................. 3/2 ....................11/4 Four Tied ..................... 6 Jake Wilcox ........................2 Third Down Percentage ...........37% ....................24% Red Zone Touchdowns .............70% ....................67% Interceptions Giveaways ..................................... 2 .........................5 Jamal Candley ...........1 Chavis Barron ....................1 Willie Riley ...............1 ............................................. Defense Total Defense ...............792 (396.0) ........ 740 (370.0) Sacks Points Per Game ....................... 38.5 ....................33.0 Peron Sellers ..........2.0 Three Tied .......................1.0 Yards Per Play ............................ 6.4 ......................5.4 Two Tied ................1.5 ............................................