Washburn Ichabod Football 2007 Game Notes Vs Southwest Baptist • 1:30 P.M
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Washburn Ichabod Football 2007 Game Notes vs Southwest Baptist • 1:30 p.m. CST • Plaster Stadium • Nov. 10, 2007 Game 11 WU-SBU Game Facts Date: Saturday, Nov. 11, 2007 Time: Site: Wa s h b u r n so u t h W e s t ba p t i s t 1:30 p.m. CST Bolivar, Mo. Stadium: Opened: Plaster Stadium 1985 Surface: Capacity: Natural Grass 2,500 Series History: Saturday’s meeting will be the 19th between the two schools … WU leads the series 13-5 and have won four straight. Rankings (AFCA/D2football.com): WU (RV/NR), SBU (NR/NR) WU Radio: AM580 WIBW with Bruce Steinbrock (play-by- play), Mark Elliott (color analyst), Jan Lunsford (sideline). The broadcast begins 30 minutes before kickoff. (7-3, 6-2 MIAA) (0-10, 0-8 MIAA) Internet: Live audio available through wusports.com; video at AFCA National Ranking: RV AFCA National Ranking: NR www.themiaa.tv D2football.com National Ranking: NR D2football.com National Ranking: NR Setting the scene. Washburn The Ichabods will be part of history as they travel to Bolivar, Mo., Gene Cassell to take on Southwest Baptist in their final game as a football-playing Email: [email protected] member of the MIAA. Next season, Nebraska-Omaha will replace the Office Phone: (785) 670-1791 Bearcats in the conference schedule. The game will also wrap up the Yager Stadium Press Box: (785) 670-1563 regular season for both teams as the Ichabods enter the game with a Internet Address: www.wusports.com 7-3 record and a 6-2 mark in the MIAA. The Bearcats are winless this Southwest Baptist season with an 0-10 mark overall and 0-8 in conference play. The Ichabods are coming off a 35-28 win over then No. 18 ranked Football Contact: Mike Pitts Pittsburg State and the Bearcats fell 36-30 to Southwest Baptist. Email: [email protected] Office Phone: (417) 328-1799 Ichabods on Radio . Press Box Phone: (417) 328-1778 The game will be broadcast live on AM580 WIBW. The game can Internet Address: www.sbuniv.edu/athletics also be heard on the internet at www.wusports.com by following the The Coaches . “LiveAudio” link under the football tab. Bruce Steinbrock will be the Washburn head football coach Craig Schurig play-by-play voice of the Ichabods and former WU quarterback Mark was named head Elliott will be the color analyst, while Jan Lunsford will be on the side- coach of the Ichabod football program Dec. 28, 2001. Schurig is 39-28 lines. (.593) in his sixth season as the Ichabod head coach and he is 31-21 (.491) against the MIAA. He led the Ichabods their first MIAA title since joining the league and the first conference title since the Ichabods Media Contacts . won the CSIC in 1983 in 2005. He was the 2005 MIAA Coach of the 2007 Washburn FOOTBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Day, Date Opponent Time/Result Series Last Meeting/Notes Sat., Aug. 25 #5 Chadron State L 24-34 CSC leads 1-0 Cary Williams returns kickoff 94 yards, 5th longest Sat., Sept. 1 at Colorado Mines W 27-7 WU leads 11-4 Zach Watkins has 19 tackles to led WU defense Sat., Sept. 8 OPEN Sat., Sept. 15 *Fort Hays State W 28-10 WU leads 37-22-3 Jake Lebahn had a career-high 124 yards receiving Sat., Sept. 22 *Central Missouri L 14-28 UCM leads 20-17-2 Watkins records career-high 20 tackles in loss Sat., Sept. 29 *at #24 Missouri Western W 31-24 MWSU leads 19-15-2 Mosley’s 210 rushing yards 3rd most all-time at WU Sat., Oct. 6 *Missouri Southern W 26-20 MSSU leads 20-17-1 Cary Williams KO return 100 yards, TD reception 68 Sat., Oct. 13 *at Emporia State W 31-21 ESU leads 51-47-6 Brandon Walker has 153 on 10 carries, 2 TD’s Sat., Oct. 20 *Truman State W 71-35 TSU leads 18-7 71 points is most WU has scored in MIAA game Sat., Oct. 27 *at #7 Northwest Missouri L 27-28 NWMSU leads 22-6 NWMSU scored with 59 seconds to take lead Sat., Nov. 3 *#18 Pittsburg State W 35-28 PSU leads 59-20-1 WU wins second straight game over PSU in Topeka Sat., Nov. 10 *at Southwest Baptist 1:30 p.m. WU leads 13-5 WU has won 10 of the last 13 overall meetings *=MIAA Game Times listed are CST 2007 Washburn Ichabod Football Game 11 vs Southwest Baptist Quick Facts Year after leading the Ichabods to their first NCAA Playoffs and MIAA Championship. Name of School Washburn University Schurig is 4-1 against the Bearcats. Southwest Baptist coach Keith Allen City/Zip Topeka, KS 66621 is in his first year as the head coach of the Founded 1865 Enrollment 7,400 Bearcats. Allen has a 0-10 coaching mark at SBU. He had the interim title removed from Nickname Ichabods his name before the FHSU game on Nov. 3. School Colors Yale Blue and White Stadium/Capacity Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl / 7,200 Ichabods last time out . Surface Sportexe Field Nov. 3, 2007 • Washburn 35, #18 Pittsburg State 28 • TOPEKA, Kan. – The Affiliation NCAA Division II Conference Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Washburn Ichabods topped the No. 18 Pittsburg State Gorillas 35-28 in Yager Stadium Association improving to 7-3 on the season and 6-2 in the MIAA keeping its postseason hopes alive on President Dr. Jerry Farley senior day. The Ichabods wrap up the regular season next weekend in Bolivar, Mo., against Athletics Director Loren Ferre’ Southwest Baptist at 1:30 p.m. Ticket Office Phone 785-670-2637 First year of football 1891 Senior wide receiver Jake Lebahn pulled in a 6-yard touchdown pass from senior quarter- Overall all-time record 482-540-44 (.467) - 117th season back Jordan Brill with 9:31 to go in the game to put Washburn up 35-28. After the Gorillas No. of years in national playoffs 5 took over with 9:25 to go in the game, the Ichabods’ Xavier Beckford picked off a Mark Last Postseason Playoff Opponent Northwest Missouri Smith pass at the Washburn 21 returning possession to the Ichabods. lost 31-21 in 2005 NCAA Second Round Playoffs (11/19/05) The Ichabods were able to run 4:27 off the clock before punting the ball back to PSU. Last Non-playoff Postseason Appearance 12/4/04 After an incomplete pass, Zach Watkins intercepted Smith on the second play of the drive vs Northern State in the 2004 Mineral Water Bowl - won returning the ball to the Ichabods with 1:49 to go in the game. The Ichabods ran five plays 36-33 down to the Pitt State 4 yard line. After a pass completion to Pitt State 20, the Gorillas tried Sports Information several laterals before fumbling and the Ichabods Eric Lawrence recovered at the end of the Sports Information Director Gene Cassell game wrapping up the second straight win for the Ichabods over the Gorillas in Topeka. SID office phone 785.670-1791 Pittsburg State opened the game with a 31-yard drive as Smith scored on a 2-yard SID E-Mail [email protected] run with 3:52 to go in the first quarter. The Ichabods responded to knot the score at 7 as Assistant SID Jeremy Wangler Brandon Walker scored on a 3-yard run capping a 13-play, 80-yard drive. SID fax 785-670-1091 Press Box phone 785.670-1563 After the Ichabods were stopped on a fourth and goal from the 3-yard line, the Gorillas Washburn Athletics Web Site www.wusports.com put together a 99-yard, 12-play drive wrapped up a 3-yard Smith touchdown plunge with 1:20 to go in the first half. The Ichabods took over before the break and tied the score at 14 Ichabod head coach Craig Schurig Entering his sixth season as the Ichabods’ head coach, Craig Schurig has led the was a part of an NCAA national finalist squad in 1995, four MIAA Championship Washburn football program to a new level after building on a 2004 Mineral Water teams and eight NCAA Division II Playoff teams. He helped guide one of the top Bowl Championship. The Ichabods posted their first NCAA Playoff appearance as defenses in Division II, including the top-ranked defensive squad in 1999. well as Washburn’s first MIAA Championship in 2005. Schurig earned the MIAA’s Prior to working with the defensive backs, he worked three seasons with the Coach of the Year for his efforts leading the Ichabods that season. The conference Gorillas’ tight ends. championship was the first by the Ichabods since the 1983 season. He was also Before arriving at Pittsburg State, Schurig spent the 1992 season as a volunteer named the AFCA’s Region 3 Coach of the Year in 2005. assistant coach at his alma mater, Colorado School of Mines joining the Gorillas Following the 2006 season, the Ichabods recorded a 7-4 record securing their in 1993. third straight winning season for the first time since the 1986 to 1988 campaigns. Schurig, a Willingboro, N.J., native, was a four-year letterman as a defensive back Washburn finished the 2005 season with a school-record nine wins and a 7-1 at Colorado Mines and was selected team captain as a senior. He earned second- mark in conference play. team all-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference honors as a senior.