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2003 Football Release, Sept. 1 AKRON TO VISIT IN UW HOME OPENER GAME DATA Wisconsin (1-0), ranked 20th by the coaches and 21st by the A.P., will host Akron (0-1) in the Badgers’ home-opener on The Matchup: Akron (0-1) at Wisconsin (1-0) Saturday, Sept. 6. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CDT. There will be no Game Date: Saturday, Sept. 6 live telecast of this game. Wisconsin Public Television will air a Kickoff Time: 2:30 p.m. CDT tape-delay telecast of the contest on Saturday at 10:35 p.m. CDT. Site: Camp Randall Stadium (76,634, FieldTurf), Madison, Wis. The Badgers are coming off a 24-17 victory at West Virginia Television: WPT, tape-delay (Van Stoutt, pbp; Jamie Vanderveldt, analysis) last Saturday. Wisconsin trailed 17-7 in the third quarter before Radio: The 43-city Wisconsin Radio Network, including WIBA-AM (1310) and scoring 17 unanswered points to leave Morgantown with a win. WIBA-FM (101.5) in Madison, carries all the Badger games. Matt Lepay calls Akron dropped a 41-38 decision at home last Saturday to the action with Mike Lucas providing commentary. Mid-American Conference rival Kent State. The Zips led 38-24 Web Sites: (Wisconsin) www.uwbadgers.com; (Akron) www.goZips.com; (Big with less than four minutes left to play, but couldn’t hold the lead Ten) www.bigten.org; (MAC) www.mac-sports.ocsn.com Series History: First meeting and fell when the Golden Flashes kicked a game-winning, 40-yard Last Meeting: None field goal as time ran out. Streaks: Wisconsin has won its last three games dating back to last season; Akron lost last week vs. Kent State WISCONSIN-AKRON NOTES • This will be the first meeting between the Badgers and Zips. • Wisconsin is 21-2 all-time against Mid-American Conference opponents. WISCONSIN AKRON • The last MAC opponent to defeat the Badgers was Western (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten) (0-1, 0-1 MAC) Michigan in the 1988 season-opener. National Ranking National Ranking • Akron head coach Lee Owens has Big Ten experience as an Associated Press: 21st Associated Press: None assistant at Ohio State from 1992-94. ESPN/USA Today: 20th ESPN/USA Today: None • Zips offensive coordinator Paul Winters was an assistant coach at Wisconsin in 1990-91 and the UW compliance coordinator Head Coach: Barry Alvarez Head Coach: Lee Owens from 1992-94. Career Record/Yr.: 93-61-4/14th Career Record/Yr.: 33-57/9th • Badgers Lee Evans, Dontez Sanders and Brandon Kelly all Record at UW/Yr.: 93-61-4/14th Record at UA/Yr.: 33-57/9th are products of Bedford, Ohio, about 25 miles north of Akron. Alma Mater: Nebraska, 1969 Alma Mater: Bluffton, 1977 • The MAC commissioner is Rick Chryst, whose brother, Paul, Notes: winningest coach in Notes: assistant coach at Ohio was Wisconsin’s tight ends coach last season. school history ... 7-1 (.875) bowl State from 1992-94 ... guided • Wisconsin punter R.J. Morse and Akron defensive lineman record at UW ... guided Badgers Zips to MAC East Division title in Iakopo Leota are both from Waipahu, Hawaii. to three Big Ten and Rose Bowl 2000 ... son, Andy, is a • Akron OL Mike Schepp is from Little Chute, Wis. titles ... will assume dual role of sophomore RB with the Zips ... head football coach and athletic coached Ohio AAA state high director in April ... one of just 12 school champion in 1985 ... coaches in Big Ten history with another son, Ben, is a West Point 2003 WISCONSIN SCHEDULE / RESULTS 90 wins at one conference graduate ... directed Zips to 7-4 institution. record in 1999. DATE OPPONENT (A.P., ESPN/USA TODAY) TV TIME/RESULT A 30 at West Virginia (RV, RV) ESPN W 24-17 Assistant Coaches Assistant Coaches S 6 AKRON WP 2:30 p.m. CT Kevin Cosgrove, DC/LBs Dick Flynn, LBs S 13 UNLV ESPN2, WP 11 a.m. CT Jeff Horton, QBs Doug Geiser, TEs S 20 NORTH CAROLINA WP TBA Jim Hueber, OL Greg Gillum, WRs S 27 at Illinois ESPN2 5 p.m. CT Rob Ianello, TEs Jim Meyer, DEs O 4 at Penn State TBA 11 a.m. CT Ron Lee, DBs Tom Stacy, QBs O 11 OHIO STATE ESPN 8 p.m. CT Henry Mason, WRs Joe Tresey, DC O 18 PURDUE WP 11 a.m. CT Brian Murphy, SpTms/OLBs Keith Uecker, OL O 25 at Northwestern TBA 11 a.m. CT John Palermo, DL Mike Williams, DTs N 1 BYE WEEK Brian White, OC/RBs Paul Winters, OC/RBs N 8 at Minnesota TBA TBA N 15 MICHIGAN STATE WP TBA Last Game: Defeated West Last Game: Lost 41-38 to MAC- N 22 IOWA WP TBA Virginia 24-17 last Saturday in rival Kent State in season-opener Morgantown. last Saturday. Home games in CAPS WP = Wisconsin Public Television tape delay Sports Information Office University of Wisconsin • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, Wisconsin 53711 • Fax: (608) 262-8184 • UWBADGERS.COM Contact: Justin Doherty • Phone: (608) 262-1811 • Cell: (608) 225-1891 • Email: [email protected] THIS DATE IN HISTORY MEDIA INFORMATION September 6 WISCONSIN SPORTS INFORMATION CONTACTS Football Contact: Justin Doherty Asst. SID: Brian Lucas Badger Football Office: 608-262-1811 Office: 608-262-1811 1997: QB Mike Samuel helped lead the Home: 608-845-7201 Home: 608-834-8183 Badgers to a 28-24 win over Boise State in Cell: 608-225-1891 Cell: 608-513-3987 Madison. FAX: 608-262-8184 1986: Hawaii defeated the Badgers 20-17 WISCONSIN WEB SITE: UWBADGERS.COM (contains weekly releases, statistics, ros- in the season-opener in Honolulu. ters, schedules, photos and news about the Badgers). Birthdays PLAYER AVAILABILITY: Wisconsin players are available for interviews after practice on 1888: Joseph P. Kennedy (father of JFK) Tuesday and Wednesday during the season. Contact the SID Office to request players. The 1912: Vince DiMaggio (Joe’s brother) players will make out-of-town calls to media on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. 1947: Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) Contact Brian Lucas to arrange calls. Wisconsin’s practices are closed to the media. 1947: Jane Curtin (Saturday Night Live) 1958: Jeff Foxworthy (comedian) ALVAREZ AVAILABILITY: Head coach Barry Alvarez holds a Monday media conference 1984: Danny Kaye (Badger OL) each week during the season. It is held at the Kohl Center and starts at 1 p.m. CT. This session is live-streamed (audio and visual) on UWBADGERS.COM. Later Monday after- Events noon, a transcript of Alvarez’s comments is available at UWBADGERS.COM, as well. 1620: Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth, Alvarez also is available each Tuesday during the season on the Big Ten teleconference. He England for the New World. is on from 11:50 a.m.-noon CT. Contact the Big Ten Conference office (847-696-1010) for information on accessing the teleconference. 1901: President William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, N.Y. SATELLITE FEED: Head coach Barry Alvarez’s Monday media conference comments, along with Badger game highlights, are available via satellite each Tuesday during the sea- 1920: The first radio broadcast of a son. The coordinates are: SBS6, Ku transponder 9. The feed airs from 3:50-4 p.m. CT. prizefight took place. There will be no satellite feed on Oct. 28 (the Badgers’ bye week). 1938: The movie “Boys Town,” starring PHOTO AVAILABILITY: Mug and action photos of current Wisconsin football players and Spencer Tracy, was released by MGM coaches are available at ftp://www.uwbadgers.com. Contact the UW Sports Information Studios. Office for the passwords. 1943: Carl Scheib pitched for the POSTGAME: Head coach Barry Alvarez and requested Badger players are available to the Philadelphia Athletics at the age of 16. media following each game, home and away. At home, Alvarez conducts his media confer- ence on the first floor of the McClain Center. His session is live-streamed (audio and visu- 1946: The All-America Football Conference al) on UWBADGERS.COM. Following Alvarez, the players are available in the McClain began regular-season play as the Center weight room. Wisconsin SID personnel will collect requests for players both at Cleveland Browns beat the Miami home and on the road. Wisconsin’s locker room is closed to the media. Seahawks 44-0 before 60,135 at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium. Four of the COACHES SHOWS: The Badger Sports Report will feature head football coach Barry league’s teams joined the NFL in 1950. Alvarez in the fall. The show will feature head men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan, as well as other UW athletics features and coaches, during the winter months. The show airs on WISC-TV (Madison) on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. CT. It will air again on Sunday at 10 p.m. on 1959: The first Barbie Doll was sold by the UPN14 (Madison). It will air a third time on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. on Fox Sports Net. The Mattel Corp. Barry Alvarez Radio Show will air on WIBA (AM 1310) on Thursdays in the fall from 7-8 p.m. CT. The show is broadcast live from the Great Dane Pub in Fitchburg. 1966: “Star Trek” debuted on NBC-TV. CREDENTIALS: To request credentials to a Wisconsin home football game, please fax or 1972: Nine kidnapped Israeli Olympic e-mail a letter to Justin Doherty at the UW Sports Information Office. athletes were killed by terrorists. 1975: Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone ROSTER INFO. / PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Cowboy” hit No. 1 on the Billboard pop charts. ROSTER CHANGES (from the media Anttaj Hawthorne (ANN-tahj) guide): Ernest Mason now wears #81, was James Kamoku (kah-mo-KOO) 1995: Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken broke #7 Matt Katula (kuh-TOO-luh) Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games played Luke Knauf (kuh-NAWF) record appearing in his 2,131st straight PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Traison Lewis (TRAY-zon) contest.