2011 Depauw Football Notes
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SERIES RECORD COACHES Robby Long, a 2002 University of Illinois graduate, is 7-3 in his second season as DePauw’s head coach. An assistant coach for the Tigers for five seasons, Long directed DePauw to a 7-3 overall mark last year including an SCAC co-title and the program’s first NCAA postseason appearance. Jayson Martin, a 2000 Kentucky State graduate, became Rose-Hulman’s interim head coach in early August, taking over for Steve Englehart who moved across town to Indiana State as its offensive coordinator. Martin is in his third year on the Engineers’ staff and served as the offensive coordinator in 2009. DEPAUW UPDATE 2011 DEPAUW FOOTBALL NOTES Sports Information Contact: Bill Wagner • [email protected] 765-658-4630 (office) • 765-720-0213 (mobile) • 765-658-4708 (fax) www.depauw.edu/ath (DePauw athletics site) Game 3: DePauw Tigers (1-1) at Rhodes Lynx (0-2) Saturday, September 24 • Fargason Field • Memphis, Tenn. • 1 p.m. CDT Coming off a 17-10 loss at Allegheny, DePauw next with 18 tackles and Christian King leads with DEPAUW RADIO takes to the road again when it travels to Mem- 2.0 sacks for 20 yards in losses. WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw campus station, will broadcast the game live to West Central Indiana and phis on Saturday, September 24, for a contest with online at: <www.wgre.org>. Parker Schwartz and Rhodes College. Kickoff from Fargason Field is Michael Appelgate call the action from the press set for 1 p.m. CDT. COMPARING THE TEAMS (2011 NCAA rank) box. iPhone users can also listen to the game live by DePauw is 1-1 on the season after opening Per-Game Category DPU RC downloading the DePauw University App. with a 23-13 win at Rose-Hulman on September Scoring offense 16.5 (180) 14.0 (191) 3 before last week’s loss. Rushing offense 79.5 (196) 44.0 (224) Passing offense 236.5 (66) 238.0 (62) VIDEO Rhodes is 0-2 after dropping a 48-21 game at Rhodes will provide live video streaming at: <http:// Team Pass Efficiency 104.14 (158) 104.84 (155) www.collegetvticket.com/>. Washington-St. Louis on September 10 and losing Total offense 316.0 (143) 282.0 (175) at home to Trinity last Saturday, 62-7. Scoring defense 15.0 (45) 55.0 (225) LIVE STATS The teams are meeting for the 14th straight Rushing defense 69.0 (17) 238.5 (204) Live stats for the game are available at: <http://www. year with DePauw leading, 11-2. The schools were Passing defense 211.0 (144) 228.0 (166) sidearmstats.com/rhodes/football/> both members of the Southern Collegiate Ath- Pass eff. defense 125.20 (132) 170.01 (208) letic Conference. Total defense 280.0 (45) 466.5 (207) COACHING DEPAUW Turnover margin -0.5 (141) -2.5 (223) K.O. return average 21.3 (74) 16.75 (161) Head Coach ..........................Robby Long, Illinois ’02 DEPAUW UPDATE DePauw Record ............................ 17-6 (3rd year) Punt return average 13.8 (46) 0.0 (t209) Career Record ............................... 17-6 (3rd year) The 1-1 Tigers enter the game ranked 17th in Net punting 33.83 (60) 28.62 (164) Career Record vs. Rhodes ................................2-0 Division III in rushing defense as they allow just Team Tackles for Loss 4.5 (179) 7.5 (57) 69.0 ground yards per game. DePauw has also held Team Pass Sacks 0.50 (196) 2.00 (80) COACHING RHODES the opposition to just 2.1 yards per carry. Pass Sacks Allowed 2.50 (165) 1.00 (t48) Head Coach .......................Dan Gritti, Vanderbilt ’95 Ben Brandstatter paces the defense with 19 Rhodes Record ................................ 0-2 (1st year) tackles, while Jack Quinn follows with 17. Graham REVIEWING THE 2010 MEETING Career Record .................................. 0-2 (1st year) Wilkerson is the team leader with 22.5 tackles for DePauw scored 28 unanswered points in the Career Record vs. DePauw ..............................0-0 loss, while Patrick Keller has the squad’s only sack. first half and improved to 5-0 for the first time SERIES INFORMATION DePauw’s defense has also limited the opponents since 1980 with a 42-18 SCAC victory over Rho- Overall...........................................DePauw leads, 11-2 to just a 29.6 percent third-down conversion rate. des on Old Gold Day at Blackstock Stadium. at Rhodes ........................................DePauw leads, 6-1 Quarterback Ethan Schweir has completed The Tigers also improved to 4-0 in SCAC play at DePauw ......................................DePauw leads, 5-1 56.9 percent of his passes for 464 yards with one and are the conference’s lone unbeaten squad. touchdown and four interceptions. Steve Ganser The Lynx dropped to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the Date W/L Score Site and Mike Harris have been the top targets with SCAC. 9/5/98 W 43-13 RC seven catches each. Brody Schoen leads with 119 DePauw got off to a slow start as the Tigers 9/4/99 L 33-14 DPU receiving yards and has the team’s lone receiving just missed a 44-yard field goal on their opening 9/2/00 L 17-12 RC 9/1/01 W 38-17 DPU touchdown. Jon Ellis averages 54.0 rushing yards drive and lost possession on a fumbled punt re- 9/7/02 W 34-25 RC per game as the Tigers rush for 79.5 yards on the turn on the next. The Tigers’ defense stopped 9/6/03 W 28-26 DPU ground each game. Rhodes on downs at the DePauw 31 and the of- 9/4/04 W 20-14 RC Eric Malm has connected on both field goals fense drove eight plays and 69 yards with Michael 10/15/05 W 7-3 DPU and averages 37.8 yards per punt. Taylor Wagner Engle tossing a 17-yard touchdown pass to Colin 10/14/06 W 27-6 RC ranks 27th in Division III with an average of 13.8 Doran with 3:27 left in the first. 11/3/07 W 21-0 RC yards per punt return including one for a touch- Taking over near midfield on their next series, 11/8/08 W 28-12 DPU down against Rose-Hulman. the Tigers drove 54 yards in eight plays with Der- 10/10/09 W 52-26 RC 10/9/10 W 42-18 DPU rick Karazsia rushing in from one yard to make it SCOUTING THE LYNX 14-0 with 12:34 remaining in the half. 2011 DEPAUW SCHEDULE/RESULTS A former Southern Collegiate Athletic Con- Another DePauw defensive stop gave the Ti- Sept. 3 at Rose-Hulman..............................W, 23-13 ference foe, Rhodes enters the game with an 0-2 gers the ball at their own 38 and Engle teamed Sept. 17 at Allegheny .....................................L, 10-17 overall record after a season-opening 48-21 loss with Nathan Evans for a 12-yard score with 5:12 at Washington-St. Louis and a 62-7 home loss to left in the half to make it 21-0. Rhodes drove to Sept. 24 at Rhodes ................................... 1 p.m. CDT Trinity last week. the DePauw 35, but again the defense stopped the Oct. 1 CENTRE (Family Weekend) ..... 1 p.m. The Lynx are averaging just 44.0 rushing yards Lynx. Oct. 15 at Sewanee ................................. 1 p.m. CDT Oct. 22 at Ohio Wesleyan ................................1 p.m. per game and 1.6 yards per carry, but quarterback The Tigers took over on their own 35 with Oct. 29 at Austin .................................... 1 p.m. CDT Tyler Perkins has completed 52.1 percent of his just 1:05 left in the half and Engle completed all Nov. 5 ALBION ..................................... 1 p.m. passes for 399 yards with three touchdowns and five passes on the series with the last covering 18 Nov. 12 WABASH (Monon Bell) ........ 1:07 p.m. three interceptions. Jack Lartigue is the top receiver yards to Brayden Dahlstrom with just 28 seconds (HDNet telecast) with 14 catches for 195 yards and two touchdowns, remaining giving DePauw a 28-0 lead at the in- while Buddy Legens has caught 12 for 124 yards. termission. The Tigers racked up 301 yards of Defensively, Tom Zigtema leads with 20 tackles offense in 41 first-half plays and gained 18 first including a team-high 2.5 for losses. Joseph Raby is downs, while the Lynx were limited to just 96 total yards. 1 —— 2011 DePauw Football — Game 3 at Rhodes, September 24 • www.depauw.edu/ath ——1 Rhodes reached paydirt on its first possession statter notched an interception of his own on the Conference (now Heartland Collegiate Athletic of the second half as Tyler Perkins completed a next play. Conference) from 1989-97 and in the SCAC from 4-yard pass to Buddy Legens with 12:22 left in Allegheny’s longest drive of the game in terms 1998-2010. DePauw was a member of the Indiana the third. The point-after failed and DePauw still of yardage came at the end of the third and start Collegiate Conference from 1954-76 before playing led 28-6. Kicker Lukas Stockhausen recovered his of the fourth quarter and was capped by Jordan as an independent from 1977-88. own on-side kick and the Lynx closed the gap to Fowler’s 8-yard pass to Matt Griffith. That gave 28-12 on Perkins’ 3-yard keeper with 8:05 remain- the Gators a 17-10 lead with 14:13 left in the DEPAUW RECORD BY DECADE ing in the third. game.