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Sports Information Bill Wagner, Director of Sports Information 702 South College Avenue Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 765-658-4630 (phone) • 765-720-0213 (mobile) • 765-658-4708 (fax) [email protected] • www.depauw.edu/ath Wabash College (9-0) Tigers Host Wabash in 114th Gridiron Meeting; 76th for Monon Bell at DePauw concludes its 120th season of inter- DEPAUW UPDATE DePauw University (7-2) collegiate play on Saturday, November 10, when it The Tigers are coming off their third straight hosts Wabash College in the annual Monon Bell win which marks the second such streak of the GAME FACTS Game. year after opening the season at 3-0. Saturday, November 10, 1:07 p.m. EST The Tigers bring a 7-2 record into the 114th Quarterback Spud Dick directs the nation’s Blackstock Stadium; Greencastle, Ind. meeting with Wabash, while Wabash is 9-0 on the 49th-ranked offense which averages 404.1 yards season. per game. Dick has completed 58.1 percent of his TELEVISION HDNet will deliver Saturday’s game in high definition DePauw wrapped up Southern Collegiate Ath- passes for 2,162 yards and has a 129.37 efficiency to a national audience. Kenny Rice will handle the letic Conference play last Saturday with a 21-0 win rating. In an October 27 win over Austin he tied play-by-play with Rob Doyle (DePauw ’82) providing in Memphis against Rhodes College. The Tigers a school record with five touchdown passes and DePauw color commentary and Joe Emmick (Wabash will finish no worse than third in the SCAC this established a career high with 322 passing yards. ’92) adding Wabash color. Natalie Taylor will report from the sidelines. season. His top receiver is Bryan Mulligan with 54 Wabash finished North Coast Athletic Confer- catches for 723 yards and Alex Koors with 40 DEPAUW RADIO ence play with a 7-0 conference record and the out- receptions totaling 372 yards. Chris Gasbarra has WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw campus station, will right title after a 42-0 home win over Denison. 29 catches for 463 yards and a team-high five TD broadcast the game live to West Central Indiana and receptions, while Jeff Bonner has 24 grabs. via the Internet at: <www.wgre.org>. Dan Lucero, AT STAKE Jeremiah Marks, despite missing three games Justin Weiner and Tom O’Donnell call the action from Possession of the 300-pound Monon Bell goes to injury, has more rushing yards and has scored the press box with Steve Powell and Tyler Archer on the sidelines. to the winner of Saturday’s game. Wabash has won more points than any other SCAC player. Marks the last two games and five of the last six after De- averages 128.0 yards per game and 4.6 yards per COACHING DEPAUW Pauw won five straight from 1996 through 2000. carry. Curtis Moore chips in 31.0 yards per contest Head Coach ....................... Matt Walker, DePauw ’99 and 4.7 per carry. DePauw Record ............................13-6 (2nd year) SERIES RECORD Ryan McElwain paces the defense with 56 Career Record ...............................13-6 (2nd year) Career Record vs. Wabash ................................0-1 Wabash took a 53-51-9 lead in the all-time tackles, while J.J. Costello and Marc Hoeppner each series after last year’s 23-20 win in Crawfordsville. have 53. Tarren Collins follows with 49 and Mike COACHING WABASH DePauw holds a 35-34-6 advantage in games played Sprengnether adds 48. Head Coach ................. Chris Creighton, Kenyon ’91 for possession of the Monon Bell. The Bell entered Costello leads the squad with 11 tackles for loss Wabash Record ............................. 61-13 (7 years) the series in 1932. A complete series listing and followed by Michael McNelis with 10. McNelis Career Record ............................. 93-22 (11 years) history of the game is included later in the notes. paces the team with 6.5 sacks as the Tigers have Career Record vs. DePauw ..............................5-1 totaled 29 sacks. Jevon Pruitt leads the secondary SERIES INFORMATION COMPARING THE TEAMS (2007 NCAA rank) with five of the team’s 18 interceptions, while op- Overall .....................................Wabash leads, 53-51-9 Category DPU WC posing teams have a 109.83 efficiency rating against Monon Bell Games ...............DePauw leads, 35-34-6 Scoring offense 29.9 (62) 32.4 (44) the Tigers. In Crawfordsville .................... Wabash leads, 25-23-5 Rushing offense 160.3 (91) 104.8 (179) Adam Hill averages 36.5 yards per punt and has In Greencastle .........................................Tied, 26-26-3 Passing offense 243.8 (51) 292.0 (21) landed 12 inside the 20, while Brendan Smith has At neutral site ...............................................Tied 2-2-1 Total offense 404.1 (49) 396.8 (55) Last meeting .......................Wabash 23-20, 11/11/06 Scoring defense 19.1 (66) 13.3 (12) connected on 33-of-34 extra-point attempts and First meeting ...............................DePauw, 34-5, 1890 Rushing defense 117.2 (65) 104.9 (46) averages over 62 yards per kickoff. Last meeting at DePauw ...........Wabash 17-14, 2005 Pass eff. defense 109.6 (91) 113.8 (111) Last DePauw win in Greencastle ............ 1999 (21-7) Total defense 339.4 (112) 315.6 (80) Last Wabash win in Greencastle ............ 2005(17-14) SCOUTING WABASH Turnover margin +0.9 (41) -0.1 (127) Since losing to DePauw at the end of the 2004 K.O. return average 18.71 (125) 21.84 (24) season, Wabash has put together a 27-2 regular DEPAUW SCHEDULE/RESULTS Punt return average 9.62 (82) 11.0 (43) Sept. 8 vs. Anderson (3-6) ............................W, 47-7 season record and enters today’s game ranked sev- Net punting 33.05 (46) 35.76 (11) Sept. 15 *CENTRE (5-4) .......................W, 38-7 enth in the American Football Coaches Association Team Tackles for Loss 8.0 (44) 10.2 (6) Sept. 22 *at Sewanee (1-7) .......................... W, 14-10 rankings and ninth in the D3football.com poll. Sept. 29 *MILLSAPS (7-2) ....................L, 17-35 Team Pass Sacks 3.22 (27) 4.33 (3) Oct. 6 at Birm.-Southern (1-6) ................ W, 28-24 Team Pass Efficiency 128.93 (68) 170.76 (4) Quarterback Dustin Huff returned to the Little Oct. 13 *TRINITY (8-1) ..................... L, 28-43 Pass Sacks Allowed 1.67 (66) 1.44 (48) Giants for his final year of eligibility after leading Oct. 20 *at Colorado Coll. (4-5) .. (2ot) W, 41-40 Kickoff Return Defense 19.53 (148) 17.64 (66) Division III in passing efficiency in 2006, but an Oct. 27 *AUSTIN (4-5) .........................W, 35-6 Punt Return Defense 5.71 (44) 6.27 (55) injury late in the season opener with Franklin Nov. 3 *at Rhodes (5-4) ...............................W, 21-0 Turnovers Lost 19 (90) 15 (43) altered the Little Giants’ offensive plans. Turnovers Gained 27 (25) 14 (193) After platooning quarterbacks, Wabash made Nov. 10 WABASH (9-0) ...........................1 p.m. Passes Had Intercepted 10 (92) 9 (77) Matt Hudson the full-time signal caller and the *SCAC game; Birmingham-Southern is an NCAA provisional mem- Fumbles Lost 9 (116) 6 (32) ber and their games don’t count in the SCAC standings. Passes Intercepted 18 (10) 8 (166) sophomore has put together an outstanding season. Fumbles Recovered 9 (94) 6 (176) Hudson has completed over 73 percent of his passes for 1,710 yards with 17 touchdowns, just 1 —— 2007 DePauw Football vs. Wabash College, November 10 • www.depauw.edu/ath —— 1 five interceptions and an efficiency rating of 181.6 Wabash outgained the Tigers 317-250 includ- DEPAUW’S RECORD WHEN.... which ranks fourth in the nation. ing 172-70 in the first half. DePauw totaled 73 Overall ...................................................................7-2 A solid receiving corps is led by Brock Graham rushing yards with Marks leading the way with 94. At home .................................................................2-2 with 44 catches, Mike Russell with 42 and Bart Ban- DePauw held Wabash to just 13 rushing yards on On the road ...........................................................5-0 ach with 27. Gabe Guerrero leads the squad with 24 attempts. In September ........................................................3-1 six touchdown receptions out of his 16 catches, Dick completed 17 of 25 passes for a career- In October .............................................................3-1 while Graham, Russell, Banach and Ray Green high 177 yards with Chris Gines hauling in a career- In November ........................................................1-0 each have four. best six for 47 yards and Bryan Mulligan adding The Little Giants average just over 100 rushing four for 89 yards. Scoring first ...........................................................7-1 yards per game and 3.4 yards per attempt with Evan Huff completed 30 of 49 passes for 304 yards Opponent scores first .......................................... 0-1 Sobecki leading the way with just over 50 per con- with Russell catching nine for 90 yards and Keffer Scoring 20 or more points .................................. 6-1 test. Opponents have sacked Wabash quarterbacks and Ray Green each adding seven receptions. Scoring less than 20 points ................................. 1-1 just 13 times. Dustin Hertel led the DePauw defense with 14 Defensively, Wabash is having another strong tackles including four for losses of 18 yards. Two Leading at the half ............................................... 5-0 campaign by allowing just 13.3 points and 315.6 of those were sacks totaling 13 yards as he finished Trailing at the half ................................................ 1-2 yards per game. the season with 16 sacks and two more than the Tied at the half .....................................................1-0 Linebacker Adi Pynenberg set the Wabash ca- single-season school record of 14 by Doug Lowery Leading after three quarters ................................ 5-0 reer tackles record last Saturday and leads the team in 1989. Trailing after three quarters ...............................