McPherson College Bulldog Football Game 7: McPherson College vs University of Saint Mary Saturday, October 27, 2012 │ McPherson Stadium │ McPherson, Kan. │ 1:30 p.m. CST 1923, 1952, 2010 KCAC Champions - 2009, 2010 NAIA Football Championship Appearances 2012 McPherson Schedule/Results Senior Day Brings in Spires Date Opponent Time/Result 09/01 No. 5 Missouri Valley L 13-27 Game No. 5 09/08 at Bethany* W 14-0 Date .....................Oct. 27, 2012 09/15 Southwestern* W 40-21 Location .........McPherson, Kan. 09/22 RV Friends* L 17-18 Kickoff ..............1:30 p.m. (CST) Stadium ....McPherson Stadium 09/29 at Bethel* W 61-9 Surface .......................Ram Turf 10/13 at RV Ottawa* L 14-38 McPherson College Capacity............................ 2500 University of Saint Mary Bulldogs Spires 10/27 Univ. of Saint Mary* 1:30 p.m. Radio .................96.7 FM KBBE 11/03 at KWU* 1:30 p.m. Record ................................. 3-3 Live Stats ...... macbulldogs.com Record ................................. 3-5 Ranking ............................None Live Video ..... macbulldogs.com Ranking ............................None 11/10 at Sterling* 1:30 p.m. Last Game .................... L 14-38 Last Game .....................W 45-7 * - KCAC Conference Game Coach ..................Pete Sterbick Series Record ...................... 8-4 Coach ................. Lance Hinson All Times Central Career Record ..................... 3-3 Previous Meeting .......... L 31-34 Career Record ................. 31-44 2011 Record ........................ 4-7 Current Streak ..................... 1-L 2011 Record ........................ 5-6 The Matchup 2012 Quick Facts/Team Information McPherson, Kan. – The final home game of the 2012 season for McPherson football will be this General Information Saturday, the 27th of October, as the Bulldogs square off against the University of Saint Mary Location ............................................McPherson, Kan. Spires. The “Senior Day” kickoff is at 1:30 p.m. (CT) at McPherson Stadium. Founded .............................................................. 1887 President ..................................Mr. Michael Schneider The game will be broadcasted live on the KCAC Digital Network and at macbulldogs.com. You VP of Academic Affairs .........................Dr. Kent Eaton can also listen live to Nick Gosnell and McPherson College senior Langston Rhymes on 96.7 Athletic Director ......................................... Doug Quint KBBE MidKansas Radio and at macbulldogs.com. Conference ........................................................ KCAC Affiliation .............................................................. NAIA Coming off their second bye week of the year, MC will look to do better than they did in their first Stadium (Capacity) ..........McPherson Stadium (3,000) game after their week six bye. That contest, coincidently, was the Bulldogs most recent game Surface ............................................Artificial Ram Turf where they turned the ball over four times, giving Ottawa University too many short fields which Nickname ........................................................Bulldogs led the Braves to an easy 38-14 victory. Colors ...................................................Red and White In the game against OU, McPherson had no problem gaining yardage with their 13th ranked Football History offense, putting up 492 yards. Quarterback Jake Snodgrass threw for 279 yards and rushed First Year ............................................................. 1920 for another 92 to lead the team in total yards from scrimmage. Junior tight end Paul Rotering All-Time Record .........................................300-489-24 caught five of those passes for 111 yards and a touchdown while the KCAC’s top receiver Julius All-Time Conference Record .....................237-415-17 Record pulled in 11 catches for 92 yards and a score; Record is currently first in the NAIA in KCAC Championships ..................... 1923, 1952, 2010 receptions per game with 9.3. NAIA Playoff Appearances ........................ 2009, 2010 Last Playoff Appearance ........................ Nov. 20, 2010 On the ground, Havelock Pomele racked up 98 yards on just 10 carries, topping the list of rush- ........................................ vs. McKendree (Ill.), L 38-14 ers for the Bulldogs. Terrance Jones added 26 yards on his six attempts. Coaches Information Defensively, the NAIA’s sixth ranked defense held the high-powered offense of Ottawa to 363 Head Coach ............................................Pete Sterbick yards which was 100 yards more than the Bulldog D’s average for the season. Linebacker Alma Mater ..........................Augustana College, 2003 Tyler Bruton, who is second in the Nation in tackles for a loss per game at 2.2, tallied nine total Overall Record at MC .............................3-3 (1st Year) tackles including four for a loss and 1.5 sacks. Junior Micah Roehl racked up nine tackles as E-mail ................................. [email protected] well, one of which was a sack. Team Information 2011 Overall Record ...............................................4-7 McPherson will take to the road for their final two games of the regular season. They will first 2011 KCAC Record .....................................4-5 (T-6th) travel to Salina, Kansas for an I-135 battle against the Coyotes of Kansas Wesleyan University. Starters Returning .......................4 offense, 4 defense That game is scheduled for November 3rd at 1:30 p.m. (CT) Total Player Returning ............................................. 45 Total Players Lost .................................................... 40 Base Offense ...................................... Multiple Spread Base Defense ......................................................... 3-4 Athletic Communications Aric Cherry, Director www.macbulldogs.com Phone: 646-737-2725 │E-mail: [email protected] │ Fax: 620-245-9706 Game 7 - McPherson vs Saint Mary - Oct. 27, 2012 - McPherson Stadium Coaching Staff 2012 KCAC Composite Schedule Pete Sterbick Sterbick Coaching Timeline August Head Coach Year Position School Rec. 25 Baker def. No. T11 Ottawa 27-20 Offensive Coordinator Bacone (Okla.) def. Tabor 25-20 1st Season 2011 Offensive Coordinator GVU 8-4 Northwestern (Iowa) def. Southwestern 49-0 Augustana College 2010 Offensive Coordinator GVU 6-4 September Career Record: 3-3 1 William Penn (Iowa) def. Bethel 54-0 2009 Offensive Coordinator GVU 8-3 Record at MC: 3-3 Cumberland (KY) def. Kansas Wesleyan 31-10 2008 Offensive Coordinator GVU 2-8 No. 9 Missouri Valley def. McPherson 27-13 Overall Record: 29-26 No. 13 Benedictine def. Sterling 59-6 Nebraska Wesleyan def. Saint Mary 25-20 No. 24 Bethany def. SWAGU (Tex.) 13-12 Evangel def. RV Friends 27-14 Pete Sterbick comes to McPherson College from Grand View University in Des Moines, IA. As the Viking’s 8 RV Friends def. Saint Mary 36-14 offensive coordinator, Sterbick was part of building the program from scratch beginning in 2008. After a 2-8 Kansas Wesleyan def. No. T11Ottawa 31-28 inaugural campaign, Grand View went 22-11 over the next three seasons. The 2011 season produced an 8-4 Tabor def. Sterling 12-7 record which included a Mid-States Football Association Midwest League championship and a berth in the NAIA Southwestern def. Bethel 27-13 playoffs. In three seasons of league play, Grand View had a record of 16-5. McPherson def. No. 24 Bethany 14-0 15 Ottawa def. Saint Mary 50-42 Sterbick oversaw a balanced offensive attack that averaged over 400 yards and 30 points per game for the RV Friends def. Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 17-7 RV McPherson def. Southwestern 40-21 majority of the 2011 season. Sterbick coached nine first team all-league players in Grand View’s three seasons RV Kansas Wesleyan def. Sterling 14-10 in the MSFA Midwest League, including 2011 AFCA First Team All-American offensive lineman Tyler Wells. Bethany def. Bethel 16-0 Tabor def. Haskell 56-7 Prior to Grand View, Sterbick spent three years as a graduate assistant at Washington State University under 22 No. 24 Kansas Wesleyan def. Bethany 33-31 head coach Bill Doba. He assisted with the wide receivers. In 2007 WSU finished first in the Pac-10 and eighth Southwestern def. Sterling 30-6 in the nation in passing yards per game with 319.7 yards per game. Four receivers coached by Sterbick have RV Friends def. RV McPherson 18-17 signed NFL contracts, including current St. Louis Ram Brandon Gibson and Jason Hill of the Denver Broncos. Tabor def. Saint Mary 44-37 Sterbick spent the 2004 season at the University of North Dakota as an offensive graduate assistant, serving as 29 Avila (Mo.) def. Bethany 35-19 tight ends coach on the Fighting Sioux’s 11-3 NCAA Division II national semifinalist team. He began his coach- McPherson def. Bethel 61-9 ing career in 2003 at Missouri Western as the wide receivers coach. The Griffons shared the MIAA conference Saint Mary def. Sterling 21-20 OT championship that season and were Mineral Water Bowl champions, finishing with a record of 9-3. Southwestern def. Haskell 38-12 Ottawa def. Tabor 25-21 * 27 1:30 PM Bethel College @ Tabor College Sterbick earned a Masters Degree in Higher Education Administration from Washington State University in * 1:30 PM Kansas Wesleyan Univ. @ Southwestern College No. 23 Kansas Wesleyan def. RV Friends 28-24 2008. He graduated from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in physical * 1:30 PM Sterling College @ Friends Univ. October education