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2017 Cardinal Football Game Day Game Notes – Sept. 30: North Central College Cardinals (3-0) at Washington University in St. Louis Bears (1-3) Setting the Scene: The Cardinals Kickoff: 1 p.m., Francis Field make their first trip to St. Louis in just Video: portal.stretchinternet.com/wustl/ over a decade looking to build upon a Radio: 89.1-FM, WONC/wonc.org Live Stats: bearsports-livestats.wustl.edu/football/xlive.htm dominant performance on the road last Live Game Updates via Twitter: @NCC_Athletics week. Series History: North Central leads, 2-1 Series History: This is the fourth football meeting between the two institutions and the first since the 2007 season. North Central leads the series, 2-1. North Central defeated the Bears, 25- Location: ............................................St. Louis, Mo. Location: ............................................Naperville, Ill. 0, in 2005 and won by a 34-15 count Enrollment: ......................................................7,555 Enrollment: ......................................................2,949 in 2006 before Washington recorded Affiliation:.....................................NCAA Division III Affiliation:.....................................NCAA Division III a 16-13 victory on Sept. 22, 2007 at Conference:......................................... independent Conference:..........College Conference of Illinois & Stadium:................................... Francis Field (3,300) Wisconsin Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium. 2016 Record: 8-3 (7-1 Southern Athletic Association) Stadium:............. Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium (5,500) Head Coach:..................................... Larry Kindbom 2016 Record:...................................11-1 (8-0 CCIW) National Rankings: North Central is Record at WashU: ...................175-111 (29th year) Head Coach:..........................................Jeff Thorne ranked No. 4 nationally this week by Career Record: .....................203-141-1 (35th year) Record at NCC: ................................21-4 (3rd year) D3football.com and No.5 by the Ameri- Career Record: ................................21-4 (3rd year) can Football Coaches Association. 2017 Cardinal Football Schedule Sept. 2 Robert Morris University-Chicago Naperville, Ill. W, 33-31 Scouting the Bears: Washington Sept. 16 Illinois Wesleyan University Naperville, Ill. W, 26-13 Sept. 23 Millikin University Decatur, Ill. W, 51-21 dropped to 1-3 last week with a 30-20 Sept. 30 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Mo. 1:00 p.m. loss at Wartburg (Iowa). Oct. 7 North Park University Naperville, Ill. 1:00 p.m. Oct. 14 Wheaton College Wheaton, Ill. 7:00 p.m. The Bears yielded the game's first 21 (Battle for the Little Brass Bell) Oct. 21 Augustana College Naperville, Ill. 2:00 p.m. points, then rallied to narrow the gap (Homecoming) to as close as 21-13 before Wartburg Oct. 28 Carroll University Waukesha, Wis. 1:00 p.m. sealed the win early in the fourth quar- Nov. 4 Carthage College Naperville, Ill. 1:00 p.m. ter with an 80-yard interception return (Senior Day) for a touchdown. Nov. 11 Elmhurst College Elmhurst, Ill. 1:00 p.m. Home games in BOLD WashU quarterback Johnny David- College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin games in ITALICS son completed 28 of 52 passes for 379 yards, including 10 passes for yards and Davidson has rushed for a This Week for the Cardinals: North 110 yards to senior wideout Marcus pair of scores. Ramspott is the team's Central recorded its 13th consecutive Ramspott, but did throw three inter- top receiver with 29 catches for 277 victory over Millikin on Saturday, using ceptions in the game. yards. a 34-point second quarter to cruise past the Big Blue, 51-21, in Decatur. The Bears are gaining 245 of their The WashU defense has allowed 415 344 average offensive yards through yards and 27.5 points per contest, but The Cardinals reached the end zone the air. Davidson has completed 61.9 has intercepted six passes. Linebacker five times in the second quarter despite percent of his passes for 768 yards in Jarrod Huther has made a team-high only possessing the ball for 7:32. A four games, recording four touchdowns 38 tackles, including four tackles for 60-yard punt return by Andrew Ka- and five interceptions. Tailback John loss. mienski set up a one-play, four-yard Fisher has run for a team-high 139 offensive drive, while Josh Leonhard NORTHCENTRALCARDINALS . COM / CARDINALSPORTS NCC _ ATHLETICS NCC _ ATHLETICS scored North Central's first defensive touchdown of the year on a two-yard Most Recent Meeting - 9/22/07 at North Central interception return. Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score ----------------- -- -- -- -- ----- Dominick Muoghalu scored three rush- Washington (Mo.).... 0 0 6 10 - 16 Record: (3-1) ing touchdowns, while Broc Rutter ran North Central (Ill.) 0 10 0 3 - 13 Record: (2-1) for one score and threw TD passes to Scoring Summary: Joshua Ruiz and Jalen Dennis, each 2nd 12:55 NCC - Grunwald 25 yd pass from Kyle Kniss (Bognanno kick) of whom notched his first collegiate 01:36 NCC - Aguilar 21 yd field goal touchdown. Pat Cravens paced the de- 3rd 08:12 WASHU - Glenn 1 yd run (kick failed) 4th 13:43 WASHU - Elliott 30 yd field goal fense with 12 tackles and intercepted 07:38 NCC - Aguilar 31 yd field goal his first pass of the campaign. 02:17 WASHU - Lubelski 14 yd pass from Smith (Elliott kick) WASHU NCC CCIW Player of the Week: Cravens FIRST DOWNS................... 20 12 was voted the CCIW Defensive Player RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 35--1 30-79 of the Week for his efforts against the PASSING YDS (NET)............. 274 150 Big Blue, while Carthage running back Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 54-31-2 30-16-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 89-273 60-229 Jamel Davis and Wheaton kicker Ste- Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0 fan Knoerr were recognized on offense Punt Returns-Yards............ 1-4 1-2 and special teams, respectively. Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 3-63 4-111 Interception Returns-Yards.... 2-39 2-29 Punts (Number-Avg)............ 4-30.5 4-35.2 Davis rushed for a career-high 177 Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-1 2-1 yards on 20 carries in helping lead the Penalties-Yards............... 5-30 11-77 Red Men to a 55-14 win at Augustana Possession Time............... 34:57 25:03 Third-Down Conversions........ 9 of 22 3 of 13 on Saturday. He also tied a career high Fourth-Down Conversions....... 4 of 6 2 of 4 with three rushing touchdowns. Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-4 2-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-9 2-25 Knoerr finished a perfect 4-for-4 on field goal attempts during the Thunder’s average (39.2 yards per punt) and punt rank ninth (213) and 12th (177) in total 40-15 win at Elmhurst on Saturday. His return average (19.4 yards per return). tackles, respectively. first kick (23 yards) gave Wheaton its first lead at 10-8, while his next three Austin Breunig is leading the CCIW Stuursma also currently ranks 11th kicks of 22, 31 and 25 yards built the in all-purpose yards (161.0 per game), tackles for loss (30), Billy Douds is 10th Thunder lead to 19-8. while Muoghalu ranks first in total in quarterback sacks (13.5) and DJ touchdowns (5), Liam Crotty leads Warkenthien is 13th in tackles for loss Conference Expansion: WashU is in points scored by kicking per game (23.5). independent in football this season (10.7) and Zane Lodico is at the top of but will join the CCIW as an associate the list for punting average (44.7). 'Red Zone' Returns in 2017: Once member for football beginning in the again, fans of North Central College 2018 season. The Bears qualified for North Central Career Rankings: football can get an insider's look at the NCAA Division III Football Champi- Ryan Kuhl ranks third in the Cardinals' the Cardinals' football program, as onship last season as a representative history in touchdown receptions (22) 'The Red Zone' highlight show returns of the Southern Athletic Association, and fifth in total receptions (119), for its 10th season on Naperville which no longer sponsors football. while Rutter ranks fourth in touchdown Community Television, Channel 17. passes (43) and fifth in pass comple- This Week in the CCIW: North tions (290) and passing yards (4,054). The show airs each Thursday at 7 p.m. Central is the lone CCIW team playing and 10 p.m., Friday at 12:30 a.m., 8:30 a non-conference opponent this week. Breunig ranks fourth all-time in all- a.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday at 8:30 a.m. Conference games feature Carroll purpose yards (3,127), fifth in rushing and 7 p.m., and Sunday at midnight. It traveling to Carthage, Illinois Wesleyan yards (2,289) and seventh in rushing will feature interviews with coaches playing at Wheaton, Augustana visiting touchdowns (24), and Crotty sits fifth in and players, highlights of the previous Elmhurst and Millikin heading to North extra-point kicks made (70) and sixth in week's game, and a look ahead to the Park. field goals made (15). upcoming opponent. CCIW Statistical Rankings: North Cravens ranks fourth in school history Each show is viewable online at Central is currently leading the CCIW in punt return yards (581), 14th in inter- nctv17.com and is archived at in average time of possession (31:44), ceptions (7) and 15th in pass breakups youtube.com/northcentralsports as red-zone offense (94.4%), net punting (15). Justin Stuursma and Tommy Sora well as at northcentralcardinals.com. NORTHCENTRALCARDINALS . COM / CARDINALSPORTS NCC _ ATHLETICS NCC _ ATHLETICS North Central Roster No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/Previous College 1 Jake Beesley WR 6-3 187 Fr. Champaign, Ill./Champaign Central 1 Jelani Hardy DB 5-8 160 So. Chicago Heights, Ill. / Morgan Park 2 Jalen Dennis WR 5-10 170 Fr.