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CRIMSON HAWKS FOOTBALL 2012 512 Wins - 17th Most All-Time in DII • .663 Winning Percentage - 6th Best All-Time in DII 55 AP All-Americans • 15 NCAA DII Playoff Appearances • 10 Wins 10 Times NO. 11/12 IUP (11-1, 6-1 PSAC WEST) GAME 13: No. 11 IUP (11-1, 6-1 PSAC WEST) Sept. 1 Southern Connecticut W 33-6 AT O Sept. 8 at Cheyney W 56-0 N . 3 NEW HAVEN (10-0, 8-0 NE-10) Sept. 15 * Lock Haven W 42-0 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 • 12:00 P.M. Sept. 22 * at #6/6 California (PA) L 26-24 Sept. 29 at Millersville W 41-7 DELLACAMERA STADIUM • WEST HAVEN, CT Oct. 6 * Slippery Rock W 33-16 Oct. 13 * at Edinboro W 26-10 THE GAME: Th e Crimson Hawks advance to the second round of the 2012 NCAA Oct. 20 * Mercyhurst W 31-13 Division II Football Championships as they travel to face New Haven on Saturday afternoon. IUP moves on after a 27-17 victory over Shepherd at home in the fi rst Oct. 27 * Clarion W 45-0 round while the Chargers received a bye last week due to their No. 2 seeding. IUP Nov. 3 * at Gannon W 38-35 enters as the No. 3 seed. Nov. 10 ^ #7/11 Shippensburg W 41-10 Nov. 17 $ #25/-- Shepherd W 27-17 ON THE AIR: Th e game will air live on WQMU-FM 92.5 with Jack Benedict serving Nov. 24 $ #3/4 New Haven 12:00 PM as the play-by-play announcer and John Flickinger at his side as the color analyst. Th e two will be joined by sideline reporter Greg Drahuschak. Th e pregame show *PSAC West Game begins at 11:30 a.m. ^PSAC Championship Game $NCAA Championships HEAD COACH CURT CIGNETTI: Curt Cignetti (West Virginia, ‘82) has IUP back into the playoff s in just his second year of a rebuilding plan. After going 7-3 NO. 3/4 NEW HAVEN (10-0, 8-0 NE-10) and fi nishing second in the PSAC West with a 5-2 record in 2011, Cignetti led the Crimson Hawks to a 11-1 mark and a conference championship in 2012. Th is is Sept. 1 * Merrimack W 45-18 Cignetti’s 30th year of coaching, with previous stops at Alabama (07-10), NC State Sept. 8 at St. Augustine’s W 24-21 (00-06), Pittsburgh (83-84, 93-99) Temple (89-92), Rice (86-88) and Davidson (85). Sept. 15 * at Pace W 44-10 Two of his most notable pupils have been WR Julio Jones at Alabama and QB Philip Sept. 22 * S. Anselm W 45-0 Rivers at NC State. Oct. 6 * Assumption W 65-7 THE SERIES: Th is will be the ninth meeting between the two schools with IUP Oct. 13 * at #RV/-- Bentley W 17-13 holding a 5-3 series lead. Th e fi rst meeting came in the second round of the 1993 Oct. 18 * at Stonehill W 45-41 NCAA playoff s in one of IUP’s most exciting victories, winning 38-35 in Conn. Oct. 27 * Southern Connecticut W 48-9 Nov. 3 * at #RV/-- American International W 37-6 RANKINGS: Th e Crimson Hawks fi nished the regular season ranked 11th in the Nov. 10 ^ American International W 37-12 AFCA coaches poll and 12th by the D2Football.com media poll. New Haven is 3rd and 4th, respectively in those polls. IUP will be the fi rst ranked team the Chargers Nov. 24 $ #11/12 IUP 12 PM have faced all season. *NE-10 Game ^NE-10 Championship Game PLAYOFFS: IUP is back to the NCAA postseason for the 15th time in program $NCAA Championships history and fi rst in fi ve years. IUP has an all-time record of 16-14 in those 14 Rankings Refl ect Th at Week’s AFCA/D2Football Polls previous trips, advancing to the national championship game in both 1990 and 1993. With six national semifi nal appearances, IUP has a road playoff record of 7-11. ON THE AIR RADIO PSAC CHAMPIONSHIP: For the fi rst time since 1987 (the title game was sus- pended from 1988-2007), IUP won the PSAC championship with a 41-10 blowout of WQMU-FM 92.5 Shippensburg two weeks ago. IUP has 3 title game wins and 17 PSAC West titles. Play-by-Play: Jack Benedict Color Analyst: John Flickinger SERIES NOTES Sideline: Greg Drahuschak First Meeting: 1993, W 38-35 All-Time Series: IUP Leads 5-3 (Streamed on RedZoneMedia.com) Last Meeting: 2003, W 28-7 Last 5 Meetings Current Streak: IUP +3 2003 IUP 28 NHU 7 West Haven, CT Most Points Scored (IUP): 38 (1993) 2002 IUP 42 NHU 6 Indiana, PA WEBSTREAMING Margin of Victory (IUP): 36 (2002, 42-6) 2000 IUP 14 NHU 9 Indiana, PA NewHavenAthletics.com Most Points Scored (NHU): 43 (1997) 1997 NHU 43 IUP 14 West Haven, CT Margin of Victory (NHU): 29 (1997, 43-14) 1996 IUP 14 NHU 6 Indiana, PA 2012 CRIMSON HAWKS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES IUP STATISTICAL LEADERS IUP FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS Location Indiana, PA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD LG YDS/G Enrollment 15,379 Harvie Tuck 255 1612 6.3 15 69 134.3 Founded 1875 De’Antwan Williams 188 1090 5.8 9 59 90.8 Athletics Affi liation NCAA Division II Montay Green 71 395 5.6 3 25 56.4 Conference Pennsylvania State Alex Holland 25 116 4.6 3 33 10.5 Athletic Conference (West) Colors Crimson & Gray PASSING COMP ATT PCT YDS TD INT YDS/G Nickname Crimson Hawks Mike Box 89 165 53.9 1414 11 2 117.8 President Dr. Michael Driscoll Pat Smith 29 53 54.7 468 5 1 39.0 Athletic Director Dr. Frank Condino RECEIVING NO YDS AVG TD LG YDS/G HEAD COACH Terrill Barnes 33 594 18.0 7 67 49.5 Head Coach Curt Cignetti Pat Brewer 25 421 16.8 4 57 42.1 Alma Mater West Virginia, 1982 Tyler Dummermuth 11 190 17.3 2 51 15.8 Career Record 17-4 (second season) Anthony Meriwether 10 157 15.7 2 28 13.1 Football Offi ce 724-357-2780 Salath Williams 10 152 15.2 0 36 12.7 FOOTBALL HISTORY DEFENSE TKL SOLO TFL SACK INT FR/FF First year of Football (Modern Era) 1927 Alexander Berdahl 84 40 7.0 3.0 3 1/0 Playoff Appearance 2007 Carl Fleming 76 34 8.5 1.5 2 0/0 All-Time Record 512-253-23 (.664) Carl Th ornton 54 22 11.5 7.0 0 0/0 Division II Playoff Appearances 15 Johnny Franco 53 32 2.5 0.0 6 0/0 Division II National Semifi nal Appearances 6 Jerrell McFadden 51 32 2.5 0.0 1 1/0 Division II Championship Game Appearances 2 Shane Meisner 49 25 13.0 5.5 0 1/2 All-Time Division II Playoff Record 17-14 Greg Meisner 45 12 9.5 3.5 0 2/2 SPORTS INFORMATION HAWK TALK Sports Information Director Ryan Rebholz Offi ce Phone 724-357-2747 PLAYOFFS: WHAT’S NEXT... With a win over New Haven, IUP would advance to Email [email protected] play either at No. 1 seed Winston-Salem or at home against No. 4 seed Shippensburg Graduate Assistant Tim Hipszer on Saturday, December 1. play at No. 2 seed New Haven on Saturday, November 24. IUP has not reached the third round of the NCAA posteason since 1999. Email [email protected] GROUND AND POUND... Th e Crimson Hawks have one of the best running games 2012 PSAC STANDINGS in the nation, averaging 278.5 yards per game, good for 9th in the nation. Facing DII’s Western Division top run defense in Shepherd last week, IUP ran for 202 yards, 162 more than the Rams # School Division Overall average given up during the year. 1. IUP 6-1 10-1 DYNAMIC DUO... IUP boasts arguably the top running tandem in the region, with 2. Mercyhurst 6-1 9-2 Sr. RBs Harvie Tuck and De’Antwan Williams. Both have gone over the 1000-yard 3. California (Pa.) 5-2 8-3 mark with Tuck rushing for 1612 yards and 15 TDs this season while Williams has 4. Slippery Rock 5-2 6-5 1090 yards and 9 TDs. 5. Edinboro 3-4 4-6 TUCK’S TRUCKIN’... Easily one of the best backs in the nation, Tuck is 10th in Divi- 6. Clarion 2-5 4-7 sion II with 134.4 rushing yds/game even though he’s battled an injury for the past 3 7. Gannon 1-6 3-8 contests. Averaging an impressive 6.3 yds/carry, he’s surpassed 200 yards in a game 4 8. Lock Haven 0-7 1-10 times and was one of 24 original candidates for the Harlon Hill Award. Eastern Division THE ROCKET... Williams has fi lled in admirably for Tuck, averaging 135.7 yards with 3 TDs in the last 3 games. “Th e Rocket” has hit the 100-yard mark 4 times this year, # School Division Overall including a career-high 158 against Slippery Rock. 1. Shippensburg 7-0 10-1 2. Bloomsburg 6-1 10-1 OUT OF THE BOX... Taking over behind center against Cal, Jr. QB Mike Box is 8-0 as 3. West Chester 4-3 7-4 the starter, throwing for 11 TDs and 2 picks since.