Lawrence University (0-1, 0-1 MWC) vs. Lake Forest College (1-0, 0-0 MWC) Saturday, September 14, 2013, 6:00 p.m., The Banta Bowl, Appleton, Wisconsin Broadcast/Webcast for Lake Forest. to the Lake Forest 10 in the final sec- The game is available via a Barthelmess was 24 of 43 passing onds of the first half. Lake Forest got free video webcast at: http://client. for 362 yards and a touchdown, but another sack to end the half. stretchinternet.com/client/lawrence. he was sacked eight times by the Lake Lawrence trimmed the margin to portal# with Dick Knapinski and An- Forest defense. Dan Dubnicka had the 14-10 early in the fourth quarter. The thony Totoraitis on the call. A link for biggest game of his Lawrence career Vikings got the ball after Jon Hope the webcast is available on the Law- with five catches for 136 yards. intercepted Pete Scaffidi at the Lake rence football webpage. Running back Al Mitchell did Forest 27-yard line. Barthelmess hit nearly all the damage for Lake Forest Jermaine Taylor for 20 yards, and Ben The Series by running 23 times for 202 yards and Hartman then grabbed an eight-yard Lawrence holds a 27-21 lead in a touchdown. touchdown pass with 14:17 left in the the series, which dates back to 1902. Mitchell gave Lake Forest a 6-0 contest. Lawrence won a series record eight lead when he ran 68 yards for a touch- Lake Forest countered by driving consecutive games against the For- down in the first quarter. Lawrence 69 yards in 12 plays for a touchdown. esters from 1935-82. Lake Forest has cut the lead in half when it drove the Alec Howe finished the drive with a won the last six meetings against the ball to the Lake Forest 12 before the two-yard touchdown run, and Lake Vikings. drive stalled. Cody Robel booted a Forest led 20-14. 28-yard field goal with 8:54 left in the Lawrence then drove to the Lake Last Meeting first half to trim the lead to 6-3. Forest 26, but turned the ball over A late rally came up short for The Foresters then sacked on downs. The Vikings got the ball Lawrence, and Lake Forest hung on Barthelmess in the end zone for a back with 1:42 left and moved 98 for a 20-16 Midwest Conference win safety and an 8-3 lead with 5:20 left in yards in 10 plays for a touchdown. at Farwell Field on Sept. 8, 2012. the half. Lake Forest took the ensuing Barthelmess ran it in from seven yards Lawrence got a touchdown from free kick and scored. Joey Valdivia ran out to trim the margin to 20-16. quarterback Luke Barthelmess with 18 yards for the score and a 14-3 lead. The Vikings touched the ensuing 15 seconds left, but the onsides kick The teams then exchanged fum- onsides kick before it went 10 yards attempt failed and secured the win bles, and Lawrence moved the ball and Lake Forest took a knee to end 2013 Lawrence University Schedule and Results Date Opponent Time/Result Fast Fact Sept. 7 at Cornell L, 45-14 Cornell jumps out to 28-0 lead after first quarter Sept. 14 Lake Forest 6 p.m. LFC won first league title since 2002 last season Sept. 21 at Beloit 1 p.m. Mike Barthelmess gets first win as LU coach in 2012 Oct. 5 Illinois College 1 p.m. IC has won five straight against the Vikings Oct. 12 at Carroll 3 p.m. CU has 117 players on its roster Oct. 19 St. Norbert 1 p.m. SNC claimed its second league title in three years in 2012 Oct. 26 at Monmouth 1 p.m. Former QB Alex Tanney now on Cowboys’ practice squad Nov. 2 Grinnell 1 p.m. LU has 98-yard scoring drive in win at Grinnell in 2012 Nov. 9 Knox 1 p.m. Teams combined for 104 points in 2012 Nov. 16 at Ripon 1 p.m. Teams played highest-scoring game in series in 2012 the game.
Last Week Cornell scored on its first five pos- sessions last Saturday and went on to a 45-14 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence at Ash Park. Cornell quarterback Juan Flores had a big day as he completed 21 of 27 passes for 275 yards and three touchdowns. Lawrence quarterback Luke Bar- Midwest Conference Standings thelmess was only 18 of 41 passing for 155 yards, one touchdown and two MWC Overall interceptions. Barthelmess also ran 20 W L W L times for 117 yards and a touchdown. Cornell 1 0 1 0 Cornell forced a punt on Law- Carroll 0 0 1 0 rence’s opening possession of the game and moved 56 yards in only Illinois College 0 0 1 0 three plays for the first touchdown of Lake Forest 0 0 1 0 the game. Flores hit Justin Cox with a Ripon 0 0 1 0 23-yard scoring pass for a 7-0 lead. Beloit 0 0 0 1 After another Lawrence punt, Cor- Grinnell 0 0 0 1 nell moved 53 yards in only six plays, Knox 0 0 0 1 with Flores connecting with Brit Con- Monmouth 0 0 0 1 nor from 18 yards out, for a 14-0 ad- St. Norbert 0 0 0 1 vantage. Lawrence 0 1 0 1 Myron Seabrook then intercepted Barthelmess on the next possession and ran it back 22 yards for a touch- Last Saturday’s Results down and a 21-0 lead. After a Law- Cornell 45, Lawrence 14 Coe 23, Monmouth 22 rence drive stalled at the Cornell 38- Carleton 29, Grinnell 10 Illinois College 49, Hanover 13 yard line, the Vikings punted. Cornell Lake Forest 45, Concordia (Ill.) 3 John Carroll 41, St. Norbert 0 drove 75 yards in seven plays for an- Eureka 21, Knox 17 Univ. of Chicago 17, Beloit 0 other touchdown and a 28-0 lead. Carroll 27, Lakeland 18 Ripon 31, Wis. Lutheran 24 Lawrence got its first score of the game when Barthelmess hit Tay- Saturday’s Games lor Mandich from six yards out for Lake Forest at Lawrence a touchdown. The drive covered 88 yards and took 12 plays and trimmed Beloit at Monouth the lead to 31-7 with 3:59 left in the Carroll at Ripon first half. Mandich finished the day Grinnell at Illinois College with four catches for 34 yards. Cornell at Coe The Vikings picked up their other St. Norbert at Knox touchdown early in the fourth quar- ter after a 12-play, 61-yard drive. Bar- thelmess ran it from four yards out to offensive plays than the Rams. Law- and has a record of cut Cornell’s lead to 45-14. rence enjoyed a huge edge in time of 17-69-1 (.201). Jim Linebacker Brandon Taylor led possession (37:04-22:56). Catanzaro (Green- Lawrence’s defense with 10 tackles. ville 2000) is in his Jeremy Demlow had 14 tackles, in- The Coaches fifth season at Lake cluding 3.5 tackles for loss, to pace the Mike Barthelmess (Principia 1983) Forest and has a re- Rams. is in his second season at Lawrence cord of 16-25 (.390). The Vikings acutally had one more and has a record of 2-9 (.182). Bar- Mike Barthelmess first down (22-21) and ran 33 more thelmess is in his 11th season overall Vikings Update u Lawrence Lawrence University Football Facts dropped its sev- enth consecutive Location Appleton, Wis. season opener Founded 1847 with the loss at Enrollment 1,450 Cornell last Saturday. The Vikings are President Mark Burstein 53-66-1 in season openers. The last Lawrence victory in a season opener Affiliation NCAA Division III was a 21-8 win over Minnesota-Morris Conference Midwest Conference on Sept. 2, 2006. Nickname Vikings School Colors Blue and White uThis marks the second consecutive Home Field Banta Bowl (capacity 5,255) season Lawrence has played an eve- Director of Athletics Mike Szkodzinski ning home game at the Banta Bowl. First season of football 1893 Lawrence defeated Beloit 38-14 in the Seasons of football 120 lone night game in 2012. All-time overall record 493-435-29 (.530) uSenior quarter- Midwest Conference record 262-280-13 (.484) back Luke Bar- Midwest Conference titles 16 thelmess (Apple- 1922, 1924, 1929, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1966, ton, Wis./Principia) 1967, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986 picked up a touch- NCAA playoff appearances 1 (1981) down pass in the game at Cornell and now has 49 for his ca- Luke Barthelmess plays of 20 or more yards and a like uLawrence was 11th in the confer- reer. He is one touch- number of plays that went for at least ence in scoring defense, allowing down pass shy of tying Eric Aspenson 15 yards. 45.4 points per contest in 2012. The for second place on the career list. All- Vikings were 10th in total defense at American and Lawrence Hall of Famer uJunior lineback- 475.5 yards per game. Jim Petran is the career leader with 59. er Brandon Taylor (Johnsburg, Ill./John- Foresters Update uBarthelmess was Lawrence’s main sburg) picked right uLake Forest got running threat against Cornell. Bar- up where he left off its season off to a thelmess ran 20 times for 117 yards last season. Taylor great start with a for the third 100-yard rushing game of posted a team-best 45-3 drubbing of his career and the first since he went 10 tackles in the Brandon Taylor Concordia (Ill.) in for 103 yards against Grinnell on Oct. game at Cornell. a nonconference game last Saturday. 27, 2012. Barthlemess ran for a career- The Foresters led only 7-0 after the best 132 yards in the 2012 season uSophomore defen- first quarter, but Lake Forest pushed opener against Cornell. sive lineman Brady that lead to 21-3 at the half and then Busha (Weston, Wis./ put the game away with 17 third- uThe Vikings enjoyed a huge advan- Schofield D.C. Ever- quarter points. tage in both time of possession and est) posted a career- the total number of offensive plays high four tackles and uThe Foresters rolled up 295 yards of against the Rams. Lawrence had the 2.0 tackles for loss in Brady Busha offense, but Lake Forest is retooling a ball for 37:04 last Saturday, compared the season opener bit after losing a pair of their top play- to 22:56 for the Rams. Lawrence also against the Rams. ers to graduation. Quarterback Mike ran 33 more plays than Cornell (88- Lewis takes over for Pete Scaffidi, and 55). uLawrence finished eighth in the Lewis went 13-for-22 for 176 yards, Midwest Conference in scoring of- three touchdowns and two intercep- uCornell offset Lawrence’s advan- fense at 27.5 points per game in 2012. tions in the season opener. Running tage in both time of possession and The Vikings were fifth in total offense back Al Mitchell was lost to gradua- number of plays by hitting on several at 399.2 yards per contest. tion, and the Foresters were paced by “explosive” plays. The Rams had five Charlie Quinn in the opener. Quinn ran eight times for 90 yards, a healthy 11.2-yard average against Concordia. D3football.com Top 25 Career Leaders Rushing Yards No. Team Rec. Pts. Last 1. Brad Olson 1994-97 5,325 1. Mount Union (10) 1-0 602 1 uSophomore kicker/punter Jon Gur- 2. Scott Reppert 1979-82 4,442 2. St. Thomas (8) 1-0 601 2 chak was named the Midwest Con- 3. Justin Berrens 2000, 2002-03 3,659 3. Linfield (6) 0-0 572 4 4. Craig Ebert 2005-08 2,477 ference Special Teams Player of the 4. Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) 1-0 569 3 5. Greg Curtis 1983-86 2,271 Week after kicking a career-long 47- 5. Wesley 1-0 529 5 6. North Central (Ill.) 0-0 458 6 yard field goal for the Foresters in Rushing Touchdowns 7. Hobart 1-0 426 7 1. Scott Reppert 1979-82 45 the season opener. Gurchak scored 8. Bethel 0-0 404 8 2. Brad Olson 1994-97 44 nine points in the game, hitting the 9. UW-Platteville 1-0 379 11 3. Chuck McKee 1965-67 31 10. UW-Oshkosh 1-0 341 12 field goal and going 6-for-6 on extra 4. Justin Berrens 2000-03 19 11. Heidelberg 1-0 337 14 Jeff Kinziger 1992-95 19 points. Gurchak averaged 35.2 yards 12. Pacific Lutheran 0-0 334 13 on five punts and put two inside the 13. Franklin 0-1 325 19 Passing Yards 14. UW-Whitewater 1-0 292 9 20-yard line. He also put five of his 1. Luke Barthelmess 2010-present 6,212 15. Wheaton (Ill.) 1-0 255 15 eight kickoffs in the end zone. 2. Jim Petran 1976-79 5,431 16. Wittenberg 0-1 244 10 3. Eric Aspenson 2003-05, 2007 4,941 17. Johns Hopkins 1-0 235 17 4. Bill McNamara 1985-87 4,431 18. Cal Lutheran 0-0 213 18 uSenior linebacker Jordan Cruz and 5. Nick Maxam 2006-09 4,354 senior defensive lineman Jake Rotkv- 19. St. John Fisher 1-0 124 24 20. Wabash 0-0 114 25 Passing Touchdowns ich led the Foresters with seven tack- 21. Elmhurst 1-0 110 22 1. Jim Petran 1976-79 59 les apiece in the season opener. 22. Coe 1-0 93 21 2. Eric Aspenson 2003-05, 2007 50 23. Baldwin Wallace 0-0 86 23 3. Luke Barthelmess 2010-present 49 24. Widener 0-1 79 20 u 4. Ken Meyer 1973-76 41 The Lake Forest defense, tradition- 25. Delaware Valley 1-0 75 -- ally a strong area of the team, limited 5. R.J. Rosenthal 2000-02 38 Dropped out: No. 16 Salisbury. Concordia to just 58 yards rushing last Receptions week. The Foresters also held Concor- 1. Zach Michael 2000-03 248 Others receiving votes: Augsburg 53; Wil- 2. Ed Lamm 1990-93 152 dia to just 3-for-17 (17.6 percent) on lamette 46; Illinois Wesleyan 43; Christopher 3. Paul Gebhardt 1976-78 149 Newport 32; Thomas More 22; Salisbury 19; third-down conversions. 4. Chris Guenther 1991, 1993-95 138 Concordia-Moorhead 17; Louisiana College 15; 5. Tyler Mazur 2010-12 130 Buffalo State 14; Washington and Jefferson 13; Bridgewater (Va.) 12; Trinity (Conn.) 10; Ohio Receiving Yards Wesleyan 8; Hampden-Sydney 4; Millsaps 4; 1. Zach Michael 2000-03 3,583 Rowan 4; Framingham State 3; Trinity (Texas) 2. Paul Gebhardt 1976-78 2,394 3; Illinois College 2; Trine 2; Cortland State 1; 3. Chris Guenther 1991, 1993-95 2,373 Huntingdon 1. 4. Tyler Mazur 2010-12 2,235 5. Stacy Seidl 1996-99 2,190
Receiving Touchdowns 1. Zach Michael 2000-03 40 2. Pat Schwanke 1979-82 30 3. Paul Gebhardt 1976-78 28 4. Chris Guenther 1991, 1993-95 27 5. Tyler Mazur 2010-12 25
Tackles 1. Chris Lindfelt 1984-86, 1988 586 2. Damian LaCroix 1987-90 407 3. Mike Batt 1990-93 403 4. Dan Galante 1983-86 371 5. Joel Northey 1993-96 341
Tackles For Loss 1. Matt Frelich 2006-09 44.5 2. Steve Heindl 2000-03 36.0 3. Jack Peters 2004-07 33.5 4. Scott Fischer 1999-2001 31.0 5. Mike Gostisha 2006-09 30.0
Sacks 1. Dan Galante 1983-86 38.0 2. Chris Lindfelt 1984-86, 1988 34.5 3. Matt Frelich 2006-09 19.0 Mike Gonzales 1984-87 19.0 5. Bill Cooper 1985-88 16.0 2013 Lawrence University Roster
Number Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown/High School 2 John Doran WR 6-3 190 Sr. Northfield, Ill./New Trier 3 Taylor Mandich WR 6-5 215 Sr. Green Bay, Wis./Southwest 4 Trevor Spina RB/WR 5-7 170 Fr. Henderson, Nev./Coronado 5 Isaac Barthelmess RB 6-0 220 Fr. Appleton, Wis./North 6 Tyler Lueck WR 5-8 185 Jr. Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard East 7 Jacob Lueck LB 6-1 190 Fr. Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard East 8 Tom Olson LB 5-10 190 So. Appleton, Wis./West 9 Dan Taylor DB 6-2 195 Jr. Bridgeport, Calif./Lee Vining 11 Gabor Bukszar DL 6-2 220 Sr. Naples, Fla./Gulf Coast 12 Wes Hetcher WR 6-0 165 Fr. Wautoma, Wis./Wautoma 13 Josh Ladwig WR 6-2 140 Fr. Two Rivers, Wis./Two Rivers 14 Colt Duncan LB 5-8 200 So. Columbia, Tenn./Zion Christian Academy 15 Luke Barthelmess QB 6-2 195 Sr. Appleton, Wis./Principia School 16 Patrick O’Mahoney K 6-3 195 Fr. Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township 18 Tanner Schuh QB 6-3 210 Fr. Appleton, Wis./North 21 Sam Wagner DB 6-0 205 Sr. Salem, Wis./Burlington Catholic Central 24 Brandon Taylor LB 6-0 195 Jr. Johnsburg, Ill./Johnsburg 27 Nick Ulloa DB 5-11 150 Fr. Burlington, Wis./Catholic Central 28 Zach Eichhorst DB 5-11 185 So. Brillion, Wis./Brillion 29 Dalton Sendelbach RB 5-11 180 So. Evansville, Wis./Evansville 34 Corey Fisher RB 5-10 200 So. Glen Ellyn, Ill./Principia School 42 Andy Paider LB 5-11 230 Sr. Denmark, Wis./Denmark 52 James Holden LB 6-2 215 So. Riverside, Ill./Nazareth Academy 58 Pip Wasserburg OL 6-0 250 Fr. Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township 59 Bryce Hand OL 6-1 185 Fr. Cypress, Texas/Cypress Woods 61 Patrick Pierson OL 6-0 250 So. Oconomowoc, Wis./Milwaukee Marquette 63 Nick Schubert OL 6-4 245 Sr. Beaver Dam, Wis./Wayland Academy 67 Mitch Ives DL 6-1 215 So. Rhinelander, Wis./Rhinelander 68 Spencer Swick OL 6-5 265 Jr. Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly 70 Luke Zablocki OL 6-1 300 Jr. Pulaski, Wis./Pulaski 71 Nic Bouressa OL 6-5 315 Sr. Denmark, Wis./Denmark 77 Sosaeh Connahvichnah OL 6-0 300 So. Keshena, Wis./Menominee Indian 79 Jackson Straughan DL 6-0 235 Fr. Heber City, Utah/Wasatch 80 Zack Schubert WR 6-3 200 So. Beaver Dam, Wis./Wayland Academy 81 Dan Dubnicka WR 6-2 185 Sr. Slinger, Wis./Slinger 82 Tony Harth DL 6-3 220 Fr. Madison, Wis./West 93 Brady Busha DL 5-11 235 So. Weston, Wis./Schofield D.C. Everest 94 Terrence Huff DL 6-0 285 Fr. De Pere, Wis./West De Pere 96 Robert Jones DL 5-11 245 Jr. La Junta, Colo./La Junta
2013 Game Recaps September 7 Jeremy Demlow had 14 tackles, in- Cornell 45, Lawrence 14 cluding 3.5 tackles for loss, to pace the MOUNT VER- Rams. NON, Iowa — The The Vikings acutally had one more Cornell College first down (22-21) and ran 33 more football team offensive plays than the Rams. Law- scored on its first rence enjoyed a huge edge in time of five possessions and went on to a 45- possession (37:04-22:56). 14 Midwest Conference win over Law- rence University at Ash Park. Cornell quarterback Juan Flores had a big day as he completed 21 of 27 passes for 275 yards and three touchdowns. Lawrence quarterback Luke Bar- thelmess was only 18 of 41 passing for 155 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Barthelmess also ran 20 times for 117 yards and a touchdown. Cornell (1-0, 1-0 MWC) forced a punt on Lawrence’s opening posses- sion of the game and moved 56 yards in only three plays for the first touch- down of the game. Flores hit Justin Cox with a 23-yard scoring pass for a 7-0 lead. After another Lawrence punt, Cornell moved 53 yards in six plays, with Flores connecting with Brit Connor from 18 yards out, for a 14-0 lead. Myron Seabrook then intercepted Barthelmess on the next possession and ran it back 22 yards for a touch- down and a 21-0 lead. After a Law- rence drive stalled at the Cornell 38- yard line, the Vikings punted. Cornell drove 75 yards in seven plays for an- other touchdown and a 28-0 lead. Lawrence (0-1, 0-1) got its first score of the game when Barthelmess hit Taylor Mandich from six yards out for a touchdown. The drive covered 88 yards and took 12 plays and trimmed the lead to 31-7 with 3:59 left in the first half. Mandich finished the day with four catches for 34 yards. The Vikings picked up their other touchdown early in the fourth quar- ter after a 12-play, 61-yard drive. Bar- thelmess ran it from four yards out to cut Cornell’s lead to 45-14. Linebacker Brandon Taylor led Lawrence’s defense with 10 tackles.