2012 DEPAUW FOOTBALL NOTES Game 6: Depauw Tigers (1-4, 0-2) Vs
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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 Athletics Communications Contact: Bill Wagner • [email protected] 765-658-4630 (office) • 765-720-0213 (mobile) • 765-658-4708 (fax) www.depauw.edu/athletics • @DePauwAthletics • facebook.com/DePau- wAthletics 2012 DEPAUW FOOTBALL NOTES Game 6: DePauw Tigers (1-4, 0-2) vs. Allegheny Gators (3-2, 2-0) Saturday, October 13 • Frank B. Fuhrer Field • Meadville, Pa. • 1 p.m. Coming off a 26-22 loss to Ohio Wesleyan game. LIVE COVERAGE in the first North Coast Athletic Conference Paul Simon leads the Tigers with 40.5 yards Video: Live video for Saturday’s game is available game played at Blackstock Stadium, DePauw per punt which ranks 19th in the nation. Wagner at: http://www.gatorstv.com/ goes back on the road to face Allegheny in an leads the squad with 25.7 yards per kickoff return NCAC game on Saturday, October 13. Kickoff and 7.3 per punt return. DePauw Audio: WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw on Frank B. Fuhrer Field is set for 1 p.m. campus station, will broadcast the game live to West The 1-4 Tigers opened with three losses to COMPARING THE TEAMS (2012 NCAA rank) Central Indiana and online at: <www.wgre.org>. Per-Game Category DPU AC Garth McMains calls the action from the press box. St. Olaf, Wittenberg and Carnegie Mellon be- Scoring offense 18.2 (179) 11.8 (226) iPhone and iPad users can also listen to the game live fore defeating Washington-St. Louis at home. Rushing offense 85.4 (210) 116.2 (167) by downloading the DePauw University App. Allegheny is 3-2 on the season after Satur- Passing offense 211.2 (101) 125.2 (207) day’s 10-0 loss at Chicago. The Gators opened Team Pass Efficiency 94.43 (209) 91.42 (213) Stats: Live stats are available at: http://www.side- with a win at Wooster before falling to Carnegie Total offense 296.6 (177) 241.4 (219) armstats.com/allegheny/football/scoreboard.aspx Mellon at home. They then won at Wabash and Scoring defense 34.8 (207) 16.2 (41) beat Oberlin at home. Rushing defense 133.2 (93) 132.6 (t89) Passing defense 295.4 (231) 175.0 (77) THE COACHES Pass eff. defense 150.83 (202) 111.03 (70) SCOUTING ALLEGHENY Total defense 428.6 (207) 307.6 (59) Allegheny is coming off its first shutout loss Turnover margin -1.00 (t189) -.80 (179) since a 3-0 overtime defeat to Westminster (Pa.) K.O. return average 24.5 (26) 19.09 (136) in 2003. The Gators totaled just 182 yards of of- Punt return average 7.33 (129) 8.67 (98) fense and only 39 on the ground. Net punting 30.91 (152) 32.21 (115) Mike Person has completed 58.6 percent of Team Tackles for Loss 9.40 (11) 6.80 (92) his passes for 546 yards with two touchdowns and Team Pass Sacks 2.60 (57) 1.60 (t155) four interceptions and a 93.3 efficiency rating. Pass Sacks Allowed 2.40 (158) 2.00 (t120) His top targets include Derrick Emigh (23 Scott Srnka ................Coach ............Mark Matlak rec.-185 yds) and Andrew Niklaus (18-150). REVIEWING LAST WEEK DePauw .................... School ................ Allegheny Emigh also leads the team in punt return average In a game which included a little bit of ev- Rhodes ’87 ............Alma Mater ....... Allegheny’78 at 8.8 yards. erything, Ohio Wesleyan took a 26-22 Old Gold 1-2 (1st) ............Record at School ....59-47 (11th) The Gators average 118.4 rushing yards led Day win over DePauw at Blackstock Stadium. 1-2 (1st) ..............Career Record ......59-47 (11th) by Tyler Smith (55 att.-176 yds), Ben Perko (39- Ohio Wesleyan reached the scoreboard first 144) and Taylor O’Brien (30-110). as it took advantage of good field position early SERIES INFORMATION The Allegheny defense is limiting the op- in the first quarter. Starting from the DePauw 49, All-time record .....................Allegheny leads, 1-0 position to just 306.2 yards per contest. Bill the Battling Bishops quickly drove into the red First/last meeting.......Allegheny, 17-10 (9/17/11) Devlin leads the team with 42 tackles, while zone as Mason Espinosa completed a 7-yard pass Rudy DeStefano follows with 39. John Douglas to Scott Jenkins on first down and Kevin Her- DEPAUW QUICK FACTS is ranked 10th in Division III with 11.0 tackles man’s 32-yard run gave the Battling Bishops the Location ............................... Greencastle, Indiana for losses totaling 52 yards. ball at the DePauw 10. Three plays later Jenkins Enrollment ...................................................2,336 carried for a 2-yard score. Founded.........................................................1837 DEPAUW UPDATE DePauw responded on its next series as Eric Nickname ....................................................Tigers The Tigers nearly battled back from a couple Malm booted a 32-yard field goal with 7:34 left in Colors ................................... Old Gold and Black of 11-point deficits against Ohio Wesleyan and the first. The Battling Bishops quickly tacked on a Stadium ................................... Blackstock (3,800) limited the Battling Bishops to just a field goal second touchdown as Espinosa tossed a 66-yard Surface ..........................................................Grass and 65 yards in the second half. scoring pass over the middle to Nick Ziegenbusch Affiliation ..............................NCAA Division III Quarterback Justin Murray has completed which extended the margin to 14-3. Conference .......North Coast Athletic Conference President .................................Dr. Brian W. Casey 53.3 percent of his passes for 801 yards with five Early in the second, DePauw’s defense pushed Director of Athletics ............ Stevie Baker-Watson touchdowns, eight interceptions and a 97.88 ef- the Bishops deep into their own territory as a ficiency rating. Michael McManis sack was sandwiched by two 2012 DEPAUW SCHEDULE His top targets are Taylor Wagner (21-186), false start penalties. Faced with fourth down, Sept. 8 ST. OLAF (5-1) .....................L, 10-31 Nikko Sansone (20-244), and Jackson Kirtley Ohio Wesleyan’s Miles MacKenzie couldn’t Sept. 15 *at Wittenberg (4-1) .................L, 14-52 (20-119). Bobby Coburn and Kevin Ude lead the ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Sept. 22 at Carnegie Mellon (5-1) ..........L, 28-51 Tigers with two touchdown receptions each. Sept. 29 WASH.-ST. LOUIS (1-4) .....W, 17-14 Amen Galley, Armani Cato, and Andrew Director of Sports Information ......................Bill Wagner Oct. 6 *OHIO WESLEYAN (5-0) ....L, 22-26 Cusumano combine to average over 75 rushing yards per contest with Galley leading with 30.2 [email protected] 765-658-4630 (o) • 765-720-0213 (c) Oct. 13 *at Allegheny (3-2) .......................1 p.m. yards per game. Oct. 20 *KENYON (3-2) ....................... 1 p.m. Cody Crook leads the defense with 41 tackles, Asst., Athletics Marketing/New Media ... Aaron Horvath Oct. 27 *at Wooster (1-4) ..........................2 p.m. while Robby Schuler and Jack Quinn have been [email protected] Nov. 3 *DENISON (2-3) ..................... 1 p.m. in on 37 stops. Michael McManis leads the team Nov. 10 *at Wabash (4-1) ...................... 1:07 p.m. in tackles for a loss with 5.5 and sacks with 4.5 Intern ...........................................Amanda Bernardin on the season. In his first game back from injury, *North Coast Athletic Conference game Patrick Keller totaled 3.0 sacks for a loss of 22 Web site ..........................www.depauw.edu/athletics yards against the Battling Bishops. The Tigers are Twitter ......................................@DePauwAthletics 11th in Division III with 9.4 tackles for loss per Facebook................facebook.com/DePauwAthletics 1 —— depauw.edu/athletics • twitter.com/DePauwAthletics • facebook.com/DePauwAthletics —— 1 handle the punt snap and the ball sailed out of Ohio Wesleyan outgained the Tigers, 391- picked off again by Hartford, but DePauw’s Ben the end zone for a safety. 198, but the Battling Bishops gained just 65 yards Brandstatter notched an interception of his own Taylor Wagner returned the ensuing kickoff in the second half. on the next play. 86 yards for a score and Malm’s point-after Murray completed 21 of 46 passes for 164 Allegheny’s longest drive of the game in terms closed the Battling Bishops’ lead to 14-12 with yards but threw four interceptions and was sacked of yardage came at the end of the third and start 11 minutes left in the half. That marked Wagner’s four times. His top receiver was Jackson Kirtley of the fourth quarter and was capped by Jordan fourth punt or kickoff return for a touchdown in with six catches for 39 yards. Fowler’s 8-yard pass to Matt Griffith. That gave his career. Espinosa connected on 31 of 55 passes for 346 the Gators a 17-10 lead with 14:13 left in the Ohio Wesleyan pushed its lead to 17-12 with yards with two touchdowns and one intercep- game. 35 seconds left in the half as MacKenzie nailed tion. Cagney caught 10 passes for 81 yards with DePauw drove to the Allegheny 33 on the a 33-yard field goal. On the first play after the Jenkins catching nine for 59 yards.