2012 DEPAUW FOOTBALL NOTES Game 3: Depauw Tigers (0-2) at Carnegie Mellon Tartans (3-0) Saturday, September 22 • Gesling Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pa
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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 3: DePauw Tigers (0-2) at Carnegie Mellon Tartans (3-0) Saturday, September 22 • Gesling Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pa. • 1 p.m. DePauw returns to action with a non-con- Punter Paul Simon averages 41.1 yards per LIVE COVERAGE ference contest at Carnegie Mellon in the first boot and ranks 24th in the nation. Video: Live video for Saturday’s game is available gridiron meeting between the two schools. at http://www.cmu.edu/athletics/fanzone/video/ The Tigers are 0-2 after last Saturday’s 52-14 COMPARING THE TEAMS (2012 NCAA rank) webcast.html Per-Game Category DPU CMU loss at Wittenberg in DePauw’s first-ever North Scoring offense 12.0 (t198) 31.7 (57) Coast Athletic Conference contest. DePauw lost DePauw Audio: WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw Rushing offense 70.5 (200) 187.3 (63) the home opener on September 8 to St. Olaf by a campus station, will broadcast the game live to West Passing offense 178.5 (137) 241.7 (64) Central Indiana and online at: <www.wgre.org>. 31-10 score. Team Pass Efficiency 90.07 (192) 261.94 (1) Parker Schwartz and Mike Pagan call the action Carnegie Mellon is 3-0 on the season fol- Total offense 249.0 (196) 429.0 (49) from the press box. iPhone and iPad users can also lowing last Friday’s 35-17 victory over Catholic. Scoring defense 41.5 (209) 14.7 (36) Rushing defense 165.5 (139) 150.0 (120) listen to the game live by downloading the DePauw The Tartans opened the season with a 23-20 win Passing defense 288.0 (210) 152.7 (52) University App. over Grove City before handling Allegheny on Pass eff. defense 162.85 (205) 84.33 (17) the road by a 37-7 score. Total defense 453.5 (205) 302.7 (64) Stats: Live stats are available at <http://www.enroll- Turnover margin -1.50 (t194) -.33 (131) ment.cmu.edu/athletics/football/xlive.htm> SCOUTING CARNEGIE MELLON K.O. return average 18.15 (156) 25.14 (38) The Tartans have blended an impressive Punt return average 15.0 (21) 9.4 (72) THE COACHES running and passing attack on the way to a 3-0 Net punting 34.0 (81) 33.47 (94) start. Team Tackles for Loss 11.0 (t-4) 4.67 (181) Jared Delello leads the team with 66.3 rushing Team Pass Sacks 2.0 (93) 2.0 (93) yards per contest followed by Patrick Blanks with Pass Sacks Allowed 1.5 (81) 1.0 (t36) 51.7. As a team, Carnegie Mellon averages 187.3 yards per game on the ground. Quarterback Rob WAGNER AMONG RETURN LEADERS Kalkstein directs the offense which leads Divi- Taylor Wagner is fourth in DePauw history with sion III with a 261.94 pass efficiency. Kalkstein 596 punt return yards and third with 58 punt has completed 27 of 40 passes for 682 yards with returns. He also ranks 14th in school history seven touchdowns and just one interception. His with 654 career kickoff return yards. Wagner Scott Srnka ...................... Coach ..............Rick Lackner top receiver is Tim Kikta with eight catches for ranks fifth among active NCAA Division III DePauw ...........................School ........ Carnegie Mellon 288 yards and a 36.0 yard-per-catch average. players in career punt returns, punt return yards Rhodes ’87 ...................Alma Mater ... Carn. Mellon ’79 Carnegie Mellon’s average completion covers and punt return touchdowns. Wagner tied a 0-0 (1st) .................. Record at School 178-85-2 (27th) 25.9 yards. school record in the Wittenberg game with seven 0-0 (1st) .....................Career Record... 178-85-2 (27th) Defensively, Akwasi Brefo leads the way with kickoff returns. 27 tackles with a team-high seven for loss. Robert SERIES INFORMATION Winkelman follows with 25 tackles. Brefo and REVIEWING LAST WEEK First Meeting Nick Karabin share the team lead with two sacks It took Wittenberg just 18 seconds to reach apiece, while Liam McGrath leads with three paydirt and the hosts would score on their first DEPAUW QUICK FACTS interceptions. The Tartans rank 17th in Division five possessions and eight of their first nine on Location ............................... Greencastle, Indiana III pass efficiency defense at 84.33. the way to a 52-14 win over DePauw in the Enrollment ...................................................2,336 North Coast Athletic Conference opener for Founded.........................................................1837 DEPAUW UPDATE both squads. It also marked DePauw’s first-ever Nickname ....................................................Tigers Colors ................................... Old Gold and Black Off to an 0-2 start, the Tigers faced a coaching NCAC football contest. Stadium ................................... Blackstock (4,000) change at the start of the week as Scott Srnka The tone was set early as Taylor Wagner Surface ..........................................................Grass took over as interim head coach. Srnka has served fumbled the opening kickoff and Wittenberg Affiliation ..............................NCAA Division III as defenisve coordinator and defensive backs scored on its first play from scrimmage with Desi Conference .......North Coast Athletic Conference coach since coming to DePauw prior to the 2011 Kirkman running it in from 11 yards. President .................................Dr. Brian W. Casey season. DePauw picked up a couple of first downs Director of Athletics ............ Stevie Baker-Watson Justin Murray is scheduled to start at quar- on its next series, but had to punt. Wittenberg terback after missing the Wittenberg game due followed with a nine-play, 78-yard scoring drive 2012 DEPAUW SCHEDULE to injury, but Drew Seaman has played in both Sept. 8 ST. OLAF (2-1) .....................L, 10-31 games as well. Murray threw for 170 yards and a ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Sept. 15 *at Wittenberg (2-0) .................L, 14-52 touchdown in the opener, while Seaman totaled 167 yards with two TDs in the Wittenberg con- Director of Sports Information ......................Bill Wagner Sept. 22 at Carnegie Mellon (3-0) ..............1 p.m. test. [email protected] Sept. 29 WASH.-ST. LOUIS (0-3) ......... 1 p.m. 765-658-4630 (o) • 765-720-0213 (c) Oct. 6 *OHIO WESLEYAN (2-0) ....... 1 p.m. Taylor Wagner paces the squad with nine Oct. 13 *at Allegheny (1-1) .......................1 p.m. catches followed by Bobby Coburn with seven. Oct. 20 *KENYON (2-1) ....................... 1 p.m. Amen Galley and Armani Cato share the bulk Asst., Athletics Marketing/New Media ... Aaron Horvath Oct. 27 *at Wooster (1-1) ..........................2 p.m. of the rushing duties with Galley averaging 3.4 [email protected] Nov. 3 *DENISON (0-2) ..................... 1 p.m. yards per carry and Cato 3.1. Nov. 10 *at Wabash (2-0) ...................... 1:07 p.m. On the defensive side, Cody Crook leads the Intern ...........................................Amanda Bernardin way with 18 tackles followed by Mitch Dwenger *North Coast Athletic Conference game with 16. Jake Konovsky and Jack Quinn each have Web site ..........................www.depauw.edu/athletics 3.0 tackles for loss as the Tigers rank in a tie for Twitter ......................................@DePauwAthletics fourth, nationally, in that category. Facebook................facebook.com/DePauwAthletics 1 —— depauw.edu/athletics • twitter.com/DePauwAthletics • facebook.com/DePauwAthletics —— 1 capped by Brendon Cunningham’s 9-yard pass Eric Malm has connected on 58 of 61 extra-point BREAKING DOWN THE 2012 TIGERS from Reed Florence. attempts and 11 of 21 field goal tries in his three By Class Wittenberg added one more first-quarter seasons … the 0-2 start is the Tigers’ first since Freshmen 42 score as Florence was on the receiving end of a the 2000 campaign when they opened with four Sophomores 17 Juniors 21 touchdown pass from Zac Wilson which covered straight losses … the 21-point defeat to St. Olaf Seniors 11 42 yards and gave the hosts a 21-0 lead with 4:31 was DePauw’s largest deficit in a season opener left in the quarter. since 55-7 loss to Hope to open the 1977 seasons By State DePauw quarterback Drew Seaman tossed … the 83 points allowed in the first two games, Arizona 1 a 13-yard scoring pass to Kevin Ude just 1:08 combined, is the most to start a season since California 2 into the second quarter which ended a 13-play, the 1987 campaign when the Tigers gave up 89 Georgia 4 80-yard possession. Wittenberg came right back combined to Frankln and Hope … the 52 points Illinois 15 with a three-play drive as Jimmy Dehnke scored allowed to Wittenberg was the most by DePauw Indiana 45 Kentucky 2 on a 16-yard run to push the lead to 28-7. since Millsaps scored 55 in 2008. Michigan 2 Florence made it 35-7 after a 76-yard pass Missouri 9 play with Jonathan Stoner before Ude scored on DEPAUW RECORD BY DECADE New York 2 a 1-yard pass from Seaman on fourth-and-goal Decade W L T Pct. Ohio 5 to cut the lead to 35-14 with just 45 seconds left 1884-89 1 2 0 .333 Oregon 1 in the half.