EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL Contact: Rich Moser • [email protected] • (217) 581-7480 • Fax (217) 581-6434 • www.EIUpanthers.com Game 10 Eastern Illinois To Host Tennessee State Panthers Celebrating Head Coach Bob Spoo

Eastern Illinois (2-7, 1-6 OVC) vs. Tennessee State (3-5, 2-3 OVC) O’Brien Field (10,000) • Charleston, Ill. November 5, 2011 • 1:30 pm • TV: WEIU

Quick Facts The Game Eastern Illinois will close out the O’Brien Field portion of the Bob Spoo coaching era as the Panthers host Tennessee State for the Bob Spoo Legacy Game. COACHES: Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960) The long time head coach announced that this will be his final season at EIU after EIU Record...... 144-129-1 (25th year) 25 years as the Panthers head coach and 50 years in the coaching profession. OVC Record...... 68-43 (14th year) The Panthers would like to send Spoo out with a win in his final home game vs. Tennessee State...... 7-5 and work towards a season ending win streak. That streak began last week with Ron Reed (Tennessee State, 1998) a 19-10 victory at Austin Peay, ending what had been a six-game OVC losing TSU Record...... 6-13 streak. Last season EIU beat APSU and Tennessee State to end the OVC portion Overall Record...... Same of their schedule before losing at Illinois State in the season finale. OVC Record...... 2-11 Tennessee State enters the game following an off week. The Tigers lost at vs. Eastern Illinois...... 0-1 Eastern Kentucky in their last outing following wins over Southeast Missouri and Tennessee Tech. TSU is 3-5 overall, 2-3 in the conference. SERIES 15th meeting, EIU leads 8-6 THE SERIES Last Meeting: This will be the 15th meeting between Eastern Illinois and Tennessee State EIU 31, @ TSU 28 in OT on Nov. 6, 2010 with the Panthers holding a slim 8-6 series advantage. EIU won 31-28 in overtime

RANKINGS last season in Nashville. TSU was a 21-10 winner during its last visit to O’Brien Eastern Illinois...... --- / --- Field in 2010. All but one of the meetings between the two schools have occurred Tennessee State...... --- / --- as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. The other meeting was a NCAA ...... Sports Network/FCS Coaches playoff meeting in 1982 which was later forfeited back to EIU.

RADIO Eastern Illinois (2-7, 1-6 OVC) Tennessee State (3-5, 2-3 OVC) Panther Radio Network Hit Mix 88.9 FM - flagship station WHOW 1520 AM & WMKR 94.3 FM Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time www.weiuhitmix.net Sept. 1 ILLINOS STATE W 33-26 Sept. 3 SOUTHERN W 33-7 Play-by-Play...... Mike Bradd Sept. 10 at Northwestern L 21-42 Sept. 10 vs. Jackson State L 29-35 Analyst...... Jack Ashmore Sept. 17 * TENNESSEE TECH L 20-31 Sept. 17 * at Murray state L 27-58 Sept. 24 * at Jacksonville State L 21-28 Sept. 24 at Air Force L 24-63 TELEVISION Oct. 1 * at Southeast Missouri L 30-37 Oct. 1 * at Austin Peay L 34-37 WEIU TV Oct. 8 * EASTERN KENTUCKY L 16-48 Oct. 8 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI W 55-3 Play-by-Play...... Mike Bradd Oct. 15 * at Murray State L 27-36 Oct. 15 * at Tennessee Tech W 42-40 Analyst...... Jack Ashmore Oct. 22 * UT MARTIN (HC) L 23-24 Oct. 22 * at Eastern Kentucky L 22-33 Oct. 29 * at Austin Peay W 19-10 Nov. 5 * at Eastern Illinois 1:30 pm INTERNET Nov. 5 * TENNESSEE STATE 1:30 pm Nov. 12 * UT MARTIN (HC) 5 pm Live Stats...... www.eiupanthers.com Nov. 12 at Southern Illinois 2 pm Nov. 19 * JACKSONVILLE STATE 2 pm Live Video...... www.ovcsports.com

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BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 5, 2011 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State • Page 2 • www.EIUpanthers.com EASTERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH BOB SPOO

2011 SPORTS NETWORK The dean of Ohio Valley Conference Longest Tenured Division I Head Coaches TOP 25 Coaches, Eastern Illinois head coach Bob (at same school) (Week 9) Spoo returns to the sidelines for his 24th 1 ...Joe Paterno (Penn State)...... since 1966 season on the sidelines and 25th season 2....Bob Ford (Albany)...... since 1973 Rk. Team 2011 Record 3....Andy Talley (Villanova)...... since 1985 1. North Dakota State (133) 8-0 overall. Spoo missed the 2006 season with 4....Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)...... since 1987 2. Montana State (19) 8-1 a medical illness. His career record is 144- ....Bob Spoo (Eastern Illinois)...... since 1987 3. Appalachian State (5) 6-2 4. Sam Houston State (1) 8-0 129-1 at EIU including a 68-43 mark in OVC 5. Georgia Southern 7-1 action. In November of 2010 Spoo announced that the 2011 season would be his 6. Northern Iowa 6-2 final year of coaching ending a 25-year run as the Panthers head coach and a 50-year 7. Maine 7-1 8. Lehigh 7-1 span of coaching at both the high school and collegiate level. Since taking over 9. New Hampshire 6-2 the program in 1987, Spoo has become one of the most respected coaches in the 10. Montana 7-2 11. Wofford 6-2 game with numerous assistants moving on to succeed at all levels of the coaching 12. Old Dominion 7-2 business. He was the 1995 Football Gazette I-AA Coach of the Year and runner-up 13. James Madison 5-3 for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award in 2000. In 2009 he was named 14. Towson 6-2 15. Jackson State 7-1 OVC Coach of the Year for the third time in his career and one of five finalists for the 16. Delaware 5-4 Liberty Mutual FCS Coach of the Year. A 1960 graduate of Purdue University, Spoo 17. Illinois State 6-3 has coached the Panthers to 9 NCAA FCS playoff berths and eleven Top 25 national 18. Jacksonville State 5-3 19. William & Mary 4-4 rankings. Spoo is currently tied for fourth among longest tenured active coaches at 20. Tennessee Tech 5-2 the NCAA Division I level and is fifth all-time in FCS playoff appearances. 21. Indiana State 5-3 22. Liberty 6-3 23. Harvard 6-1 • 2011 marks 25th season as EIU head coach 24. South Dakota 5-4 • 2011 marks 50th season in coaching profession 25. Central Arkansas 6-3 (started at Fenwick HS in Chicago in 1961) • Ranks 5th in NCAA FCS playoff appearances with 9 • Ranks 5th among active FCS coaches with FCS (only) wins • Ranks 4th in OVC wins with 68 • OVC Coach of the Year - 2001, 2005, 2009

• Football Gazette I-AA Coach of the Year in 1995 2011 FCS Coaches Poll • Runner-up for Eddie Robinson FCS Coach of the Year in 2000 (Week 9) TENNESSEE STATE HEAD COACH RON REED Rk. Team 2011 Record 1. North Dakota State (22) 8-0 Ron Reed is in his second season coaching at his alma mater. A record setter as a 2. Montana State (2) 8-1 player at Tennessee State in the mid-1980’s, Reed was the defensive coordinator for 3. Appalachian State 6-2 five years at TSU before taking over last season. In his brief stint as the TSU head 4. Georgia Southern (4) 7-1 5. Sam Houston State 8-0 coach Reed has compiled a record of 6-13 overall, 2-11 in OVC play. The Tigers 6. Northern Iowa 6-2 lost in overtime in Reed’s only head coaching match-up with EIU last season. 7. Lehigh 7-1 8. Montana 7-2 9. Wofford 6-2 SCOUTING TENNESSEE STATE 10. Maine 7-1 Tennessee State enters the game following an off week as the Tigers offense is 11. New Hampshire 6-2 12. Old Dominion 7-2 led by first year quarterback Michael German. German has taken over as the starter 13. James Madison 7-1 in the last five games and has passed for 1,264 yards and eight touchdowns. Trabis 14. Jackson State 7-1 Ward and Dante’ Thomas provide a balanced rushing attack with both players over 15. Tennessee Tech 5-2 16. Indiana State 5-3 500 yards on the season. TSU’s defense likes to put pressure on the quarterback as 17. Towson 6-2 they rank first in the OVC and 23rd in the NCAA with 22 sacks. Rico Council and 18. Jacksonville State 5-3 Antonio Harper lead the squad with 3.5 sacks. Council has a team-high 67 tackles. 19. Delaware 5-4 20. Harvard 6-1 21. William & Mary 4-4 ON THIS DATE IN EIU HISTORY 22. Liberty 6-3 23. South Dakota 5-4 November 5, 1988 - Jeff Rolson led the Panthers defense as they shutout fifth- 24. Illinois State 6-3 ranked Western Kentucky, 6-0 at O’Brien Field. Rolson had 12 total tackles including 25. North Dakota 5-3 three sacks as EIU limited the Hilltoppers to just 214 yards of total offense. Warren Pearson caught a 25-yard pass from Kurt Simon in the second quarter to account for all of the game’s scoring. BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 5, 2011 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State • Page 3 • www.EIUpanthers.com EIU QUICK HITTERS TALE OF THE TAPE

• Austin Peay dominated the first 15 minutes of action on Saturday night limiting Eastern Illinois to just three plays from scrimmage. EIU dominated the remaining 45 minutes of action as the Panthers Points Per Game...... 23.3...... 33.2 ended a six game Ohio Valley Conference slide with a 19-10 Average Points Allowed...... 31.3...... 34.5 victory over the Governors. EIU had 181 yards rushing including First Downs...... 157...... 165 a season high 124 by Jake Walker. Rushing Yards Per Game...... 80.8...... 178.4 Rushing Touchdowns...... 9...... 16 • Jake Walker rushed for 124 yards and the go ahead touchdown Passing Yards Per Game...... 246.6...... 245.8 Passing Touchdowns...... 18...... 13 at Austin Peay on Saturday. Walker became the first EIU running Average Yards Per Game...... 327.3...... 424.1 back to go over the century mark in 15 games. The last running Interceptions Thrown...... 10...... 5 back to finish with more than 100 yards in a game was Jimmy Fumbles - Lost...... 10-7...... 9-6 Potempa with 101 yards against Jacksonville State on Sept. 25, Turnovers Gained...... 7...... 18 2010. Walker now has 404 yards on the season and ranks second Punting Average...... 37.9...... 39.3 on the team with six touchdowns scored. Field Goals (ATT/MADE)...... 6-of-8...... 14-of-21 3rd Down Conversions...... 47/117 (40%)...... 51/125 (41%) • Senior Cory Leman moved into the Panthers career top ten for 4th Down Conversions...... 7/14 (50%)...... 7/9 (78%) tackles in the first half at Austin Peay. Leman finished with ten Sacks By (Yards)...... 11 (78)...... 22 (147) tackles in the game as he passed Donald Thomas (2004-07) and Penalties (Yards)...... 42 (344)...... 62 (500) James Dorsey (1992-95) for tenth place. Leman enters Saturday’s Time of Possession (Game)...... 28:31...... 30:16 game with 306 career tackles. He needs one tackle to tie John Noll (1987-90) for 9th place on the career list and five tackles Statistical Leaders to tie John Jurkovic (1985-89) for 8th place on the career list. Leman leads EIU this year with 87 tackles which ranks 3rd in the RUSHING YARD OVC and 34th in the NCAA. EASTERN ILLINOIS TENNESSEE STATE Jake Walker...... 404 Trabis Ward...... 619 • In addition to moving himself into the career top ten for tackles, AJ Woodson...... 187 Dante’ Thomas...... 520 Cory Leman earned recognition off the field this week as he was named one of ten finalists for the ARA Sportsmanship Award. The PASSING YARDS EASTERN ILLINOIS TENNESSEE STATE award is given to the NCAA Division I football player who best Jimmy Garoppolo...... 2,219 Michael German...... 1264 personifies the spirit of sportsmanship. Already this fall Leman ...... Jeremy Perry...... 702 was named a semifinalist for the William Campbell Trophy awarded to the nation’s top academic football player. RECEPTIONS EASTERN ILLINOIS TENNESSEE STATE • Kicker Cameron Berra knocked home two field goals from Chris Wright...... 33 Devin Wilson...... 40 inside of 30 yards on Saturday as he increased his season numbers Von Wise...... 26 Calvin McNairl...... 29 to 6-of-8 in field goals. His field goal in the fourth quarter gave Sam Hendricks...... 15 Travis James...... 21 the sophomore 14 made field goals at Eastern Illinois and tied him for 10th place on the EIU career field goals made list with Austin TACKLES Signor (2008-09). Berra needs one more field goal to tie Ray EASTERN ILLINOIS TENNESSEE STATE D’Alessio (1989-90) for 9th place and two field goals to tie Dave Cory Leman...... 87 Rico Council...... 67 Strauch (1982-83) for 8th place. For his career Berra has made Antonio Taylor...... 82 Joseph Wylie...... 57 14-of-19 field goals with a long of 43 yards last year at Tennessee Nick Beard...... 57 Dan Fitzpatrick...... 43 Tech. Gordy Kickels...... 57 John Jones...... 40

• Freshman corner D.J. Bland blocked his second field goal of SACKS the season on Saturday at Austin Peay. Bland was able to lay out EASTERN ILLINOIS TENNESSEE STATE and block a 52-yard effort by the Governors kicker. Bland’s other Artavious Dowdell...... 5 Rico Council...... 3.5 block this season was on a 45-yard field goal attempt by Southeast Clinton Simpkins...... 2 Antonio Harper...... 3.5 Missouri. Bland has 35 tackles on the year (24 solo) with two tackles for loss and two pass break-ups. BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 5, 2011 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State • Page 4 • www.EIUpanthers.com

2011 OVC Standings EIU QUICK HITTERS

Team...... OVC...... Pct...... All...... Pct. Tennessee Tech...... 4-1...... 800...... 5-2...... 714 Jacksonville State...... 4-1...... 800...... 5-3...... 625 Eastern Kentucky...... 4-1...... 800...... 5-3...... 625 • Eastern Illinois wide receiver Chris Wright extended his string of consecutive UT Martin...... 4-2...... 667...... 5-3...... 625 games with a touchdown reception to three straight with a 52-yard reception Murray State...... 2-3...... 400...... 4-4...... 500 from Jimmy Garoppolo at Austin Peay. Wright now has nine touchdowns on the Tennessee State...... 2-3...... 400...... 3-5...... 375 season which is tied for sixth on the EIU single season list. His career touchdown Austin Peay...... 2-4...... 333...... 2-6...... 200 receptions total is now at 19 which stands alone in 8th place on the career list. Southeast Missouri...... 2-4...... 333...... 2-6...... 200 Eastern Illinois...... 1-6...... 143...... 2-7...... 222 Wright is currently second in the OVC in touchdowns scored this season. He has 75 career receptions for 1,399 yards. Wright has caught at least one pass in 20 straight games dating back to the Panthers 2010 loss to Tennessee State.

This Week In OVC Football • As wide receiver Chris Wright’s numbers continue to climb so do those of sophomore quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. Garoppolo jumped into several single season and career categories on Saturday with his 201 yard day at Austin Peay. Saturday - November 5 His touchdown pass to Wright in the second quarter gave him 32 for his career Central State at Austin Peay...... 1 pm Central Methodist at Southeast Missouri...... 1 pm which is tied for 6th with Mike Simpson (1996-97) on the career list. It was the • Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois...... 1:30 pm 18th touchdown pass of the season for Garoppolo who needs one more to tie Jake • Murray State at Tennessee Tech...... 1:30 pm • Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State...... 3 pm Christensen (2009) and Simpson (1996) for 10th on the single season list with 19. UT Martin at Mississippi State...... 6:30 pm The 201 yards passing increased Garoppolo’s career total to 3,858 yards which is now 8th on the career list as he passed Steve Turk, Bodie Reeder and Ron Gustafson on Saturday. He needs 43 yards to catch Simpson for 7th place on the career list. Garoppolo’s season total for yards is 2,219 as he needs 79 yards to crack the single season top ten catching Eric Arnold (1989 - 2,238 yards). Garoppolo is currently first in the OVC in passing efficiency and 28th nationally. The FCS Championship game will return for a second straight year to Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The • Junior Artavious Dowdell collected two of the Panthers four sacks on Saturday FCS Championships game will be played in early as he is now the OVC leader in sacks with five for the season. Dowdell is fifth January in the second year of the new FCS playoff format. Last year Eastern Washington defeated on the Panthers team with 40 tackles and the team leader with 7.5 tackles for loss Delaware to win the FCS National Championship. and six quarterback hurries. Dowdell’s career sack total now stands at 12.5 as he needs three more to catch Pierre Walters (2005-08) for 10th place on the career list In 2010 the FCS playoffs expanded to 20 teams with at 15.5. Dowdell is on the verge of cracking the career tackles for loss top ten as an opening rounds being played on Thanksgiving weekend. A selected number of teams receive a first he enters the final two games with 24 career tackles for loss. He needs two more to round bye and play the first weekend in December. catch Keith Wojnowski (1980-82) for 10th place.

• Senior Gordy Kickels had one of his best days for the Panthers defense finishing OVC Predicted Order Of Finish with 9 tackles, one sack and 2.5 tackles for loss at Austin Peay. Kickels moved over the 200 tackles mark for his career. He also has 21 career tackles for loss and 1. Jacksonville State (13)...... 123 2. Murray State (4)...... 106 three career sacks. 3. Eastern Kentucky...... 93 4. Southeast Missouri (1)...... 81 • James Cooper earned his first career start on Saturday at Austin Peay finishing 5. Tennessee Tech...... 73 with a career high six tackles and one pass defense. Cooper is now tied for the 6. UT Martin...... 64 7. EASTERN ILLINOIS...... 57 team lead with four pass break-ups on the season while ranking ninth on the team 8. Tennessee State...... 33 with 32 tackles (21 solo). Cooper will be one of two players graduating early and 9. Austin Peay...... 18 participating in senior day with eligibility remaining. (first place votes in parenthesis) • Senior Mike Garrity earned his second career start on Saturday at Austin Peay Eastern Illinois Players On and helped anchor the Panthers offensive line playing right guard. Garrity’s other All-OVC Preseason Team career start was last season against Central Arkansas when he was hurt early in the game and missed the remainder of the year. The Panthers offensive line did not Offense Eric Zink - offensive guard allow a sack at Austin Peay marking the first time in 30 games that EIU has not allowed a sack in a game. The last time was Sept. 19, 2009 during a 23-14 win Defense over Southeast Missouri. Garrity’s insertion into the starting line-up marked the Artavious Dowedell - defensive end first time this season that EIU has had to make a change up front. EIU played the first eight games with the starting combination of Collin Seibert (RT), Alex Pierce (RG), Kevin Kapellas (C), Eric Zink (LG) and Dominic Pagliara (LT). BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 5, 2011 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State • Page 5 • www.EIUpanthers.com EIU QUICK HITTERS NCAA PLAYOFF APPEARANCES

School...... # Appearances (Last) Montana...... 20 (2009) • Eastern Illinois will honor the members of its senior class on Eastern Kentucky...... 19 (2008) Saturday prior to head coach Bob Spoo’s final home game. The Appalachian State...... 18 (2010) Panther seniors are listed below with quick notes about each: Georgia Southern...... 17 (2010) #3 Lorence Ricks Delaware...... 15 (2010) (6-1, 176, WR, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) Ricks is a three-year starter at wide receiver... missed most of this season with an injury suffered Northern Iowa...... 15 (2010) in the Tennessee Tech game... ranks second on EIU’s career list for kick return yardage with 1,408 yards including a touchdown at Jacksonville State in 2009... was named the National Furman...... 15 (2006) Special Teams Player of the Week once in 2009... 2011 team captain. McNeese State...... 14 (2009) #8 Cory Leman EASTERN ILLINOIS...... 13 (2009) (6-0, 221, LB, Champaign, Ill.) Leman is a four-year starter at linebacker... moved into the Panthers career top ten in tackles Jackson State...... 12 (1997) with 306 during recent win at Austin Peay... has ten career games with double figure tackles including a high of 16 at Southeast Missouri in 2009... named one of ten finalists for the 2011 Youngstown State...... 11 (2006) ARA Sportsmanship Award... 2011 team captain. * Idaho...... 11 (1995) #19 Nick Martinez (6-0, 209, SS, Miami, Fla.) Idaho currently plays at the NCAA I level Martinez is a two-year starter for the Panthers at the strong safety position... helped clinch season opening victory over Illinois State with a pair of interceptions... has been limited this season due to injury... enters final game with 109 career tackles. FCS Division I Playoffs #24 James Cooper (5-10, 186, DB, Maywood, Ill.) 1982 - Quarterfinals Cooper is a three-year player that earned his first career start at Austin Peay on Saturday... will 1983 - First Round graduate early with one year of eligibility remaining... has helped provide veteran leadership in a young secondary this season making 32 tackles with four passes defended. 1986- Quarterfinals 1989 - Quarterfinals #40 Keithan Hedrick (5-11, 191, SS, Markham, Ill.) 1995 - First Round Hedrick is a two-year player who has started on EIU’s special teams this season... will graduate early with two years of eligibility remaining with plans on attending law school next fall... has 1996 - First Round made two special teams tackles this season. 2000 - First Round

#46 Gordy Kickels 2001 - First Round (6-1, 215, LB, Lemont, Ill.) 2002 - First Round Kickels has been a three-year starter at linebacker... moved over the 200 career tackles mark on Saturday at Austin Peay... has recorded 21 tackles for loss with six fumble recoveries... 2005 - First Round has four games with double digit tackles including career high 12 at UT Martin in 2010... 2011 team captain. 2006 - First Round 2007 - First Round #75 Mike Garrity (6-6, 305, OL, Batavia, Ill) 2009 - First Round Garrity is a two-year member of the Panthers football team... started one game in 2010 before missing remainder of the season with injury... earned second career start on Saturday at Austin Peay helping Panthers post highest team rushing total of the season. Division II Playoffs #76 Eric Zink (6-6, 266, OL, Oshkosh, Wis.) 1978 (National Champions) Zink is a four-year starter on the Eastern Illinois offensive line playing left guard... moved into starting line-up as a true freshman... played two games at left tackle as a junior... preseason 1980 (National Runners-up) All-Ohio Valley Conference guard for 2011 season... 2011 team captain. • Eastern Illinois will honor head coach Bob Spoo on Saturday following the Panthers contest with Tennessee State. On hand will be many players who have played over the past 25 years Coaching FCS Playoff Appearances under Spoo with those players being recognized as collective groups prior to the start of the game. Spoo won his 68th OVC 1...... Roy Kidd (Eastern Kentucky)...... 17 contest on Saturday at Austin Peay moving into sole possession 2...... Jerry Moore (Appalachian State)...... 16 * of 4th place on the OVC conference wins list. Spoo moved past 3...... Tubby Raymond (Delaware)...... 11 long time Western Kentucky head coach Jimmy Feix. 4...... Jim Tressel (Youngstown State)...... 10 Coach (School)...... Wins 5...... Bob Spoo (Eastern Illinois)...... 9 * 1.) Roy Kidd (Eastern Kentucky)...... 207 Andy Talley (Villanova)...... 9 * 2.) Boots Donnelly (Middle Tenn & Austin Peay)...... 102 3.) Charles Murphy (Middle Tenn)...... 73 W.C. Gorden (Jackson State)...... 9 4.) Bob Spoo (Eastern Illinois)...... 68 5.) Jimmy Feix (Western Kentucky)...... 67 * denotes active coach

BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 5, 2011 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State • Page 6 • www.EIUpanthers.com Eastern Illinois In The DECADES BEST panthers nfl connection OVC/NCAA Stats • Eastern Illinois was the best team in the • Eastern Illinois was once again the OVC in terms of wins over the past decade. Cradle of NFL Head Coaches in 2010 as The Panthers won 72 contests between three EIU alums were NFL head coaches TEAM 2000 and 2009 which included five OVC during the season. Mike Shanahan with the NCAA...... OVC championships and seven FCS playoff Washington Redskins, Sean Payton with Rushing Offense (80.78)...... 109th...... 9th appearances. EIU ranked 24th among FCS the New Orleans Saints and Brad Childress Passing Offense (246.56)...... 27th...... 2nd schools during the decade. Following the with the Minnesota Vikings all have ties to Passing Efficiency (140.73)...... 31st...... 2nd 2010 season EIU dropped to second on the EIU. To open 2011 EIU has two players on Total Offense (327.33)...... 86th...... 8th list of wins by an OVC school since 2000. active NFL rosters. Scoring Offense (23.33)...... 72nd...... 7th Rushing Defense (242.78)...... 115th...... 9th Current Wins Since 2000 EIU NFL Connections Pass Defense (171.89)...... 9th...... 1st (FCS Playoff Appearances) Tony Romo - Dallas Quarterback Pass Efficiency Def. (136.83)...... 85th...... 6th 81 - Eastern Kentucky (2) Otis Hudson - Cincinnati Offensive Line Total Defense (404.67)...... 94th...... 6th 79 - Jacksonville State (2) Mike Shanahan - Washington Head Coach Scoring Defense (31.33)...... 92nd...... 6th 76 - Eastern Illinois (5) Sean Payton - New Orleans Head Coach Net Punting (32.90)...... 80th...... 7th 59 - Tennessee Tech (0) Greg McMahon - New Orleans Special Teams Punt Returns (2.88)...... 114th...... 8th 55 - Tennessee State (0) 51 - Murray State (1) Kickoff Returns (23.65)...... 18th...... 1st 51 - UT Martin (1) same face, new number Turnover Margin (-1.11)...... 107th...... 9th 50 - Southeast Missouri (1) Turnovers Gained (7)...... 117th...... T8th 40 - Austin Peay (0) • Seven players have changed numbers for Sacks (1.22)...... 103rd...... 7th the Panthers during the off season. Tackles For Loss (5.00)...... 97th...... 7th Player...... New...... Old Sacks Allowed (2.33)...... 76th...... 7th AVOIDING THE SHUTOUT 3rd Down Conversion (40.17)...... 38th...... 6th Tavares Crawford...... 2...... 12 • Eastern Illinois continued its consecutive Antonio Taylor...... 7...... 27 4th Down Conversion (50.00)...... 40th...... 6th game streak of not being shutout to 98 Randolph Tribble...... 10...... 23 3rd Down Defense (46.88)...... 113th...... 8th games on Saturday versus Austin Peay. Pete Houlihan...... 21...... 37 Red Zone Offense (23-of-25)...... 7th...... 3rd The last time EIU was held scoreless was Perry Maynard...... 42...... 54 Red Zone Defense (36-of-40)...... 105th...... 6th Oct. 11, 2003 - a 41-0 loss versus Eastern Judes Amilcar...... 44...... 97 Time of Possession (28:31)...... 90th...... 7th Kentucky. The Panthers did have a streak of Dominic Pagliara...... 77...... 69 26 straight games in which they had scored Roosevelt Holliday...... 90...... 73 INDIVIDUAL (Top 50) a touchdown snapped in the loss at Penn Returning Players State in 2009. EIU has scored a touchdown NCAA...... OVC in 26 straight games since the Penn State making the big ten rounds Jimmy Garoppolo (Pass Effic.)...... 28th...... 1st loss. EIU’s longest streak of consecutive • The Panthers continued to make their trip Jimmy Garoppolo (Total Offense)...... 31st...... 2nd games without being shutout was 197 from around the Big Ten Conference this season Tavares Crawford (Kick Return Yds).. 24th...... 2nd 1977-1996 which ranks fourth all-time as they played at Northwestern in week Cory Leman (Tackles)...... 34th...... 3rd among FCS schools. two. After not playing a Big Ten school for Antonio Taylor (Tackles)...... 50th...... 4th more than 100 years of football, EIU has Longest OVC Active Streaks faced a Big Ten opponent for sixth straight 120 - Jacksonville State years. That string will end next season with 98 - Eastern Illinois the Panthers playing their FBS game at 62 - Murray State Western Michigan. EIU has signed to play at Minnesota in 2014. In 2013 the Panthers are currently scheduled to play Northern ncaa fbs transfers Illinois and have one other open date for • Like most schools at the NCAA FCS level, a FBS school as the calendar allows teams Eastern Illinois has its share of NCAA to play two 12 games in 2013 and 2014. In FBS level transfers into the program. This addition to playing Minnesota in 2014, the season EIU added two FBS transfers in Panthers will also play at Mid-American Pat Cox and Tyler Anderson both from Conference member Ohio. Northern Illinois.

EIU FBS Transfers TURNOVER STRING ENDS 5 - Jake Walker (Toledo) 30 - Pat Cox (Northern Illinois) • EIU’s turnover string of 13 straight 75 - Mike Garrity (Illinois) games came to an end in the 42-21 loss at 82 - Tyler Anderson (Northern Illinois) Northwestern on Sept. 10. 92 - Michael Letton (Navy)

BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 5, 2011 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State • Page 7 • www.EIUpanthers.com HOW DO YOU SAY THAT - EIU Pronunciation Guide FROM THE FRONT LINES TO THE STARTING LINE-UP Junior wide receiver Jeremy Rykard is probably one of the 8...Cory Leman...... coor-EE * Lay-man happiest players on the Eastern Illinois roster as he has made the 15...Jimmy Garoppolo...... gah-ropp-ah-low transition from the front lines to the starting line-up. A graduate of O’Fallon (Ill.) High School, Rykard joined the United States 16...Scott Kujak...... kue-jack Marine Corps following graduation and served overseas for 44...Judes Amilcar...... jude * AH-mil-car his country. Following his military service Rykard played two 68...Nick Borre...... Bor-EE seasons at Mt. Sac Jacinto JC in California before transferring to 74...Collin Seibert...... CY-burt EIU in the spring. Rykard was one of the three starting receivers 78...Mitch Reab...... REE-bah when the Panthers took the field on Sept. 1 against Illinois State 85...Leo Minne...... mah-nay finishing with two catches for 27 yards. 89...Jeremy Rykard...... rye-kurd 94...Timotheus Granger...... TAH-MAH-thee-us PANTHERS PICKED SEVENTH IN OVC 98...Fedney Delphonse...... fed-knee * dell-fonse Eastern Illinois was picked to finish seventh in the Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll selected by coaches and sports information directors. The Panthers received 57 total points to EIU 2010 ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY STATE/YEAR rank just seven points behind sixth place UT Martin. Jacksonville EIU Roster By Home State State was picked as the preseason favorite with 123 points and 13 first-place votes. EIU finished in seventh place last season with a Illinois...... 54 2-6 record. Both wins came to close out the OVC season as EIU Florida...... 23 beat Austin Peay and Tennessee State. Ohio...... 8 Indiana...... 4 DOWDELL, ZINK NAMED PRESEASON ALL-OVC Missouri...... 3 Eastern Illinois had two players earn preseason All-Ohio Valley California...... 2 Conference honors as selected by the league’s coaches and sports Wisconsin...... 2 information directors. Senior Eric Zink and junior Artavious New Jersey...... 1 Dowdell both were preseason selections. Pennsylvania...... 1 -- Zink was picked at one of the two guard positions after he started Texas...... 1 10 games last season for the Panthers. Zink has been a starter at Virginia...... 1 guard since midway through his true freshman year. Last year he started the final two OVC games at left tackle before missing the Illinois State game with an injury. EIU Roster By Class -- Dowdell started all 11 games last season at defensive end. He Senior...... 7 led the Panthers with 4.5 sacks and was third in the OVC with 12.5 Junior...... 28 tackles for loss. Dowdell only trailed teammate Spyros Bazigos Sophomore...... 20 and Jacksonville State’s Rodney Garrott in that category. Redshirt Freshman...... 16 Freshman...... 29 two on preseason watch lists Junior Chris Wright and sophomore Cameron Berra were among the FCS players named to position watch lists by the College 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS CAPTAINS Football Performance Awards during the preseason. Wright was OFFENSE selected to the preseason wide receiver list while Berra received 3...Lorence Ricks...... Wide Reciever mention on the place kicker list. -- Wright came on strong in the latter portion of the season 76...Eric Zink...... Offensive Guard catching 13 passes for 433 yards over the final four games. He had 21 catches for 557 yards for the entire season. Wright’s big DEFENSE game of the year was at Tennessee State where he caught five 8...Cory Leman...... Linebacker passes for 217 yards and three touchdowns becoming the fourth EIU player to have more than 200 yards receiving in a game. 46...Gordy Kickels...... Linebacker -- Berra took over the place kicking duties for the Panthers in the third game of the season at UT Martin. Berra finished the year FOLLOW EIU FOOTBALL ONLINE 8-of-11 on field goal attempts with a long of 43 yards. He was Twitter...... @EIU_Panthers 19-of-20 on extra points as he led the Panthers in scoring with 43 total points. Berra made 18 straight extra points to close the Facebook...... /EIUPanthers season. YouTube...... /pantherathletics Website...... www.eiupanthers.com

BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 5, 2011 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State • Page 8 • www.EIUpanthers.com EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL INSIDE THE NUMBERS Eastern Illinois Football The Last Time It Happened.... EASTERN ILLINOIS QUICK FACTS LOCATION: ...... Charleston, Illinois Passed for more than 300 yards... Jimmy Garoppolo, 304, vs. Illinois State (Sept. 1, 2011) FOUNDED:...... 1895 Jimmy Garoppolo, 301, vs. Tennessee Tech (Sept. 17, 2011) ENROLLMENT:...... 11,660 COLORS:...... Blue & Gray Passed for more than 400 yards... CONFERENCE:...... Ohio Valley Tony Romo, 414 at Toledo (Sept. 16, 2000) STADIUM:...... O’Brien Field (10,000) Threw four touchdown passes... SURFACE:...... Pro-Grass Jimmy Garoppolo, 4, vs. Murray State (Oct. 23, 2010) PRESIDENT:...... Dr. William L. Perry Jimmy Garoppolo, 4, at Tennessee State (Nov. 6, 2010) ATHLETIC DIRECTOR:...... Barbara Burke Rushed for more than 200 yards... Vincent Webb, 206 at Samford (Sept. 23, 2006) O’BRIEN PRESS BOX PHONE:...... (217) 581-7770 EIU TICKET OFFICE:...... (217) 581-2106 Rushed for three touchdowns... EIU SPORTS INFORMATION:...... (217) 581-7480 Desmin Ward, 3 vs. Tennessee Tech (Nov. 22, 2008) EIU WEBSITE:...... www.EIUpanthers.com Rushed for four touchdowns... MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES J.R. Taylor, 4 vs. Florida Atlantic (Nov. 16, 2002) OVC TELECONFERENCE: Each week during the football Had 10 Receptions... Erik Lora, 11 at UT Martin (Sept. 18, 2010) season all 9 head coaches in the Ohio Valley Conference will take part in a weekly teleconference on Tuesday mornings. The first Had 3 touchdown receptions... teleconference will be Tuesday, Sept. 1. EIU head coach Bob Spoo Chris Wright, 3, at Tennessee State (Nov. 6, 2010) will speak at 10:14 a.m. (Central) each Tuesday. Media members Had 200 yards receiving... can obtain the phone number and pass code from the EIU Sports Chris Wright, 217, at Tennessee State (Nov. 6, 2010) Information office.

Returned a punt for a touchdown... EXTRA POINT FOOTBALL LUNCHEONS: Each Wednesday Rashad Haynes, 1 at Tennessee Tech (Oct. 16, 2010) - (46 yards) throughout the football season Eastern Illinois will host an Extra Returned a kick-off for touchdown... Point Media Luncheon which will also be open to the public. The Tavares Crawford, 1 at Southeast Missouri (Oct. 1, 2011) - (83 yards) event will take place at Noon in the Rotary Room of the Carnegie Library in Charleston. Head coach Bob Spoo, assistant coaches and Returned an interception for touchdown... selected players will be available for media interviews along with CJ James, 1, vs. UT Martin (Nov. 14, 2009) - (79 yards) some questions from the public. Last luncheon on Nov. 9. Returned a fumble for touchdown... Irvin Jean-Charles, 1 at Illinois (Sept. 6, 2008) - (4 yards) PANTHER SPORTS TALK: Each Wednesday night during the football season fans can watch head coach Bob Spoo along with Recorded a safety... Trevor Frericks, 1 vs. Samford (Nov. 17, 2007) other special guests and players as they talk about the 2011 football Team vs. Illinois State (Sept. 1, 2011) season. The show will be broadcast on WEIU TV at 5 p.m. with a re-broadcast at 10:03 pm each Friday night. Blocked a punt... Lorence Ricks, 1, vs. Jacksonville State (Oct. 24, 2009) OVCSPORTS.TV: For the fifth straight year, the Ohio Valley Returned a blocked punt for touchdown - blocked by... Conference will allow fans to watch live streams of its football games Adrian Arrington, 1 vs. Jacksonville State (Sept. 27, 2008) - Kenny Kinchen through the OVCSPORTS.TV website. Fans can purchase a season package or individual games to watch their favorite OVC team. Blocked a field goal... D.J. Bland, 1 at Austin Peay (Oct. 29, 2011) D.J. Bland, 1 at Southeast Missouri (Oct. 1, 2011) LIVE STATS: Live stats of most EIU games can be found on the EIU athletics webpage at www.EIUpanthers.com Returned a blocked field goal for touchdown - block by... Rashad Haynes, 1 vs. Samford (Nov. 17, 2007) - Trevor Frericks INTERNET RADIO: Live streaming of all EIU football games can Won a game on a field goal... be heard at www.weiuhitmix.net Cameron Berra, 37-yards at Tennessee State (Nov. 6, 2010) PANTHER RADIO NETWORK: Eastern Illinois football can Had 15 or more tackles on defense... be heard live on the radio via the Panther Football Radio Network. Cory Leman, 15 at Illinois State (Nov. 13, 2010) Games will be broadcast by the “Voice of the Panthers” Mike Bradd Had 3 or more sacks on defense... with color commentary by Jack Ashmore. Hit Mix 88.9 FM WEIU Kory Lothe, 4 vs. Tennessee Tech (Nov. 8, 2003) is the flagship station with games also being carried on WHOW 1510 AM and WMKR 94.3 FM. Recovered an onside kick... Lorence Ricks, 1, vs. Jacksonville State (Sept. 25, 2010)

BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 5, 2011 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State • Page 9 • www.EIUpanthers.com EIU OFFENSE EIU DEFENSE QUARTERBACK LEFT END 15....Jimmy Garoppolo...... 6-3...... 206...... So 32....Artavious Dowdell...... 6-2...... 230...... Jr 14....Taylor Duncan...... 6-3...... 210...... R-Fr 52....Clinton Simpkins...... 6-3...... 220...... R-So RUNNING BACK DEFENSIVE TACKLE 5....Jake Walker...... 5-10...... 194...... R-Jr 79....Jon Voytilla...... 6-3...... 284...... So 1....Jimmy Lera...... 5-8...... 177...... R-Fr 53....Greg Mahan...... 6-3...... 248...... R-Jr SPLIT DEFENSIVE TACKLE 81....Chris Wright...... 6-1...... 177...... Jr 90....Roosevelt Holliday...... 6-3...... 297...... Jr 9....Chavar Watkins...... 6-2...... 201...... R-Jr 56....Jerone Williams...... 6-4...... 302...... Jr FLANKER RIGHT END 88....Adam Drake...... 6-2...... 181...... R-Fr 44....Judes Amilcar...... 6-2...... 231...... R-So 9....Chavar Watkins...... 6-2...... 201...... R-Jr 93....Pat Wertz...... 6-4...... 241...... R-Jr SLOT WILL LINEBACKER 89....Jeremy Rykard...... 5-10...... 166...... Jr 8....Cory Leman...... 6-0...... 221...... R-Sr 88....Adam Drake...... 6-2...... 181...... R-Fr 54....Perry Maynard...... 6-2...... 223...... R-Jr TIGHT END MIDDLE LINEBACKER 13....Von Wise...... 6-4...... 209...... R-Jr 46....Gordy Kickels...... 6-1...... 215...... Sr 45....Keagan Robinson...... 6-6...... 251...... R-Jr 50....Adam Gristick...... 5-10...... 208...... R-Fr 84....Sam Hendricks...... 6-4...... 206...... R-Fr 48....Marcus Lee...... 6-0...... 217...... R-Fr LEFT TACKLE SAM LINEBACKER 77....Dominic Pagliara...... 6-6...... 296...... R-So 7....Antonio Taylor...... 6-2...... 215...... R-So 69....Eric Varela...... 6-6...... 311...... Jr 47....JR Ridgner...... 6-0...... 208...... R-Jr LEFT GUARD LEFT CORNERBACK 76....Eric Zink...... 6-6...... 264...... Sr 38....DJ Bland...... 6-1...... 179...... R-Fr 78....Mitch Reab...... 6-4...... 301...... Jr 6....Jake Mitchell...... 6-0...... 180...... R-Jr CENTER ROVER 71....Kevin Kapellas...... 6-4...... 277...... R-Jr 24....James Cooper...... 5-10...... 186...... R-Jr 67....Mike O’Neill...... 6-2...... 277...... R-Jr 31....Alex McNulty...... 6-2...... 187...... R-So RIGHT GUARD FREE SAFETY 75....Mike Garrity...... 6-6...... 305...... R-Sr 28....Nick Beard...... 6-1...... 183...... R-So 72....Alex Pierce...... 6-6...... 307...... R-So 35....John Wurm...... 6-1...... 214...... R-Fr RIGHT TACKLE RIGHT CORNERBACK 74....Collin Seibert...... 6-4...... 268...... R-Fr 21....Pete Houlihan...... 5-11...... 177...... So 62....Shane Kelly...... 6-4...... 253...... R-Jr 2....Tavares Crawford...... 5-10...... 169...... So

EIU COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960 - 25th year) EIU SPECIALISTS KICKER (Career Record 144-129-1; OVC Record 68-43) 58....Cameron Berra...... 5-11...... 203...... So Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator: 36....Taylor Kerr (Kickoffs)...... 6-1...... 175...... Fr Roc Bellantoni (11th year) PUNTER 59....Scott Weatherford...... 6-1...... 180...... R-So Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator: HOLDER Roy Wittke (17th year) 59....Scott Weatherford...... 6-1...... 180...... R-So LONG SNAPPER Special Teams Coach: Matthew Smiley (3rd year) 51....Adam Baker...... 6-2...... 226...... Jr Offensive Line Coach: Brian Callahan (2nd year) PUNT RETURNS Wide Receivers: Mike Lynch (7th year) Defensive Line: Brian Strandley (1st year) 21....Pete Houlihan...... 5-10...... 177...... So Linebackers: George Love (1st year) 1....Jimmy Lera...... 5-8...... 177...... R-Fr Tight Ends: Jason Fisher (3rd year) KICK RETURNS Defensive Backs: Chad Cleveland (4th year) 2....Tavares Crawford...... 5-10...... 169...... So Defensive Assistant: Jerry Reeder (1st year) 20....AJ Woodson...... 5-8...... 180...... R-Fr Trainer: David Jager (2nd year) Strength Coach: Eric Cash (3rd year)

BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 5, 2011 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State • Page 10 • www.EIUpanthers.com GAME 1 - Sept. 1, 2011 GAME 2 - Sept. 10, 2011 GAME 3 - Sept. 17, 2011 Illinois State...... 26 Eastern Illinois...... 21 Tennessee Tech...... 31 Eastern Illinois...... 33 Northwestern...... 42 Eastern Illinois...... 20

Charleston, Ill. Evanston, Ill. Charleston, Ill. O’Brien Field (A: 9,111) Ryan Field (A: 28,042) O’Brien Field (A: 6,157) 100th Mid-America Classic Hall of Fame Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Eastern Illinois...... 0...... 7...... 7...... 7...... 21 Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Illinois State...... 0...... 9...... 10...... 7...... 26 Northwestern...... 14...... 14...... 7...... 7...... 42 Tennessee Tech...... 7...... 17...... 7...... 0...... 31 Eastern Illinois...... 2...... 10...... 0...... 21...... 33 Eastern Illinois...... 7...... 0...... 0...... 13...... 20 FIRST QUARTER FIRST QUARTER NU - Colter 5 run (Budzien kick) (11:52) FIRST QUARTER EIU - Team Safety (12:01) NU - Schmidt 1 run (Budzien kick (3:41) EIU - Wright 28 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (9:48) TTU - Gay 1 run (Sharp kick) (6:13) SECOND QUARTER SECOND QUARTER EIU - Berra 33 field goal (11:12) EIU - Whittaker 72 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (7:42) SECOND QUARTER ISU - Harris safety (8:44) NU - Colter 4 run (Budzien kick) (4:43) TTU - Sharp 25 field goal (13:45) EIU - Hendricks 20 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (4:16) NU - Green 2 run (Budzien kick) (0:31) TTU - Garrett 4 pass from Lamb (Sharp kick) (4:46) ISU - Leggett 6 run (Aussieker kick) (0:46) TTU - Gay 2 run (Sharp kick) (0:49) THIRD QUARTER THIRD QUARTER NU - Colter 8 run (Budzien kick) (9:34) THIRD QUARTER ISU - Aussieker 25 field goal (9:18) EIU - Woodson 2 run (Berra kick) (0:34) TTU - Gay 2 run (Sharp kick) (11:20) ISU - Ericksen 30 fumble recovery (Aussieker kick) (3:55) FOURTH QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER NU - Jones 1 pass from Siemian (Budzien kick) (11:01) EIU - Wright 21 pass from Garoppolo (pass failed) (12:48) EIU - Garoppolo 1 run (Berra kick) (14:18) EIU - Duncan 3 run (Berra kick) (0:07) EIU - Hendricks 4 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (7:51) EIU - Ricks 42 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (9:52) ISU - Leggett 3 run (Aussieker kick) (7:03) EIU - Wright 10 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (2:38) TEAM STATS...... EIU...... NU TEAM STATS...... EIU...... TTU First Downs...... 13...... 27 First Downs...... 16...... 17 Rushes-Yards...... 26-132...... 19-339 Rushes-Yards...... 16 -(-6)...... 46 (117) TEAM STATS...... EIU...... ISU Passing-Yards...... 209...... 117 Passing-Yards...... 301...... 240 First Downs...... 21...... 20 Comp-Att-Int...... 14-25-1...... 12-16-0 Comp-Att-Int...... 29-52-3...... 22-27-0 Rushes-Yards...... 35-63...... 29-152 Total Offense...... 341...... 437 Total Offense...... 295...... 347 Passing-Yards...... 304...... 240 Fumbles-Lost...... 2-1...... 2-0 Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1...... 0-0 Comp-Att-Int...... 25-35-0...... 23-35-2 Penalties-Yards...... 6-41...... 5-40 Penalties-Yards...... 4-29...... 3-15 Total Offense...... 367...... 392 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0...... 1-9-0 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0...... 3-37-0 Fumbles-Lost...... 2-1...... 3-2 Time of Possession...... 23:38...... 36:22 Time of Possession...... 24:05...... 35:41 Penalties-Yards...... 5-65...... 7-57 Sacks-Yards...... 1-10...... 2-12 Sacks-Yards...... 3-24...... 4-23 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 2-6-0...... 0-0-0 Time of Possession...... 34:44...... 25:16 Sacks-Yards...... 0-0...... 2-15 LEADERS LEADERS RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) LEADERS EIU - Lera (3-78-0), Woodson (14-45-1) EIU - Woodson (8-20-0), Walker (1-0-0) NU - Colter (15-109-3), Green (14-70-1) TTU - Gay (24-96-3), Olversno (1-11-0) RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - Woodson (14-52-0), Walker (9-23-0) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) ISU - Leggett (19-97-2), Smith (6-52-0) EIU - Garoppolo (25-14-1-209-1) EIU - Garoppolo (52-20-3-301-3) NU - Colter (13-10-0-104-0), Siemian (3-2-0-13-1) TTU - Lamb (27-22-0-240-1) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Garoppolo (34-25-0-304-3) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) ISU - Brown (35-23-2-240-0) EIU - Ricks (3-30-0), Watkins (3-26-0), Whittaker (2-77-1) EIU - Whittaker (6-73-0), Ricks (6-65-0), Wright (2-49-2) NU - Fields (3-41-0), Smith (3-24-0) TTU - Benford (8-124-0), Ziegler (4-60-0) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Ricks (7-114-1), Wright (5-46-1) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) ISU - Sanders (9-89-0), Neblett (5-66-0) EIU - Taylor (6-8-0), Leman (5-7-0), Kicksl (6-5-1) EIU - Leman (9-5-0), Beard (5-2-0), Kickels (4-2-0) NU - McNaul (4-3-0), Matthews (5-1-0), Browne (4-0-1) TTU - Tooley (5-5-0), Griffin (3-5-1.5), Johnson (3-3-0) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Leman (6-5-0), Beard (5-1-0), Houlihan (2-4-0) ISU - Frierson (6-5-2.5), Howe (4-7-0) RECAP RECAP Northwestern took advantage of two early Eastern Illinois Tennessee Tech limited Eastern Illinois to negative six RECAP turnovers to take a 14-0 lead. Following a 72-yard yards rushing as the Golden Eagles held off a late Panthers touchdown pass from Jimmy Garoppolo to Kenny Whittaker comeback to win 31-20 at O’Brien Field. EIU took an early Nick Martinez picked off two passes in the final 2:21 of the which cut the lead in half, the Wildcats added two second 7-0 lead as Jimmy Garoppolo found Chris Wright for a 28- contest as Eastern Illinois won the 100th playing of the Mid- quarter touchdowns to lead 28-7 at the half. Both teams yard pass. TTU would score the next 31 points of the game America Classic, 33-26, over Illinois State. Martinez final tacked on a pair of second half scores as NU doubled up including three rushing touchdowns by Dontey Gay. The interception came with nine seconds remaining in the contest. EIU, 42-21 at Ryan Field. The Panthers scored late in the Panthers turned the ball over four times resulting in 10 TTU The Panthers led 12-9 at the half as both teams scored in third and fourth quarters. The fourth quarter score was set up points. Garoppolo passed for 301 yards as EIU was forced the first half on a safety. EIU fell behind 19-12 with 3:55 by a 76-yard run by Jimmy Lera who finished with a team- to try to comeback through the air. Cory Leman led the remaining in the third quarter on Ben Ericksen scooped up high 78 yards on the ground. Antonio Taylor led the defense Panthers defense with 14 tackles. an errant snap and raced 30 yards for a touchdown. EIU with 14 tackles as EIU dropped to 0-6 all-time against the responded with three fourth quarter touchdowns as Jimmy Big Ten Conference. Garoppolo finished the day with 304 yards passing. His favorite target was Lorence Ricks with seven receptions for 114 yards and a 42-yard touchdown reception. The game winning score was a 10-yard pass to Chris Wright with 2:38 left in the contest.

BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 5, 2011 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State • Page 11 • www.EIUpanthers.com GAME 4 - Sept. 24, 2011 GAME 5 - Oct. 1, 2011 GAME 6 - Oct. 8, 2011 Eastern Illinois...... 21 Eastern Illinois...... 30 Eastern Kentucky...... 48 Jacksonville State...... 28 Jacksonville State...... 37 Eastern Illinois...... 16

Jacksonville, Ala. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Charleston, Ill. Burgess-Snow Field (A: 14,813) Houck Stadium (A: 7,757) O’Brien Field (A: 9,063) Family Weekend Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Eastern Illinois...... 7...... 7...... 7...... 0...... 21 Eastern Illinois...... 7...... 10...... 6...... 7...... 30 Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Jacksonville State.....7...... 7...... 7...... 7...... 28 Southeast Missouri...7...... 7...... 16...... 7...... 37 Eastern Kentucky...10...... 17...... 14...... 7...... 48 Eastern Illinois...... 3...... 7...... 6...... 0...... 16 FIRST QUARTER FIRST QUARTER JSU - Howard 9 pass from Blanchard (Esco kick) (10:09) SEMO - Foster 19 pass from Scheible (Geldbach kick) (5:58) FIRST QUARTER EIU - Wise 18 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (4:53) EIU - Walker 9 run (Berra kick) (3:31) EKU - Pray 20 field goal (12:33) EKU - Denham 1 run (Pray kick) (8:35) SECOND QUARTER SECOND QUARTER EIU - Berra 23 field goal (3:19) EIU - Walker 2 run (Berra kick) (4:26) EIU - Berra 23 field goal (7:25) JSU - Smith 10 pass from Blanchard (Esco kick) (1:22) SEMO - Goodlitt 2 pass from Scheible (Geldbach kick) (0:23) SECOND QUARTER EIU - Crawford 83 kick return (Berra kick) (0:10) EKU - Banjoman 5 pass from Pryor (Pray kick) (9:13) THIRD QUARTER EKU - Denham 4 run (Pray kick) (0:59) JSU - Middleton 1 run (Esco kick) (1:14) THIRD QUARTER EIU - Walker 3 run (Berra kick) (0:07) EIU - Wright 47 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (0:21) SEMO - Scheible 71 run (Geldbach kick) (12:31) EKU - Pray 49 field goal (0:00) SEMO - Geldbach 20 field goal (9:55) FOURTH QUARTER EIU - Wright 4 pass from Garoppolo (kick blocked) (7:10) THIRD QUARTER JSU - Middleton 1 run (Esco kick) (12:22) SEMO - Foster 31 pass from Scheible (kick failed) (1:20) EKU - Williams 4 run (Pray kick) (11:11) EKU - Rykard 16 pass from Garoppolo (pass failed) (8:50) FOURTH QUARTER EKU - Banjoman 31 run (Pray kick) (2:42) SEMO - Scheible 18 run (Geldback kick) (1:55) TEAM STATS...... EIU...... JSU EIU - Drake 22 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (1:04) FOURTH QUARTER EKU - Banjoman 1 run (Pray kick) (5:42) First Downs...... 15...... 20 Rushes-Yards...... 25-107...... 52-294 Passing-Yards...... 214...... 121 Comp-Att-Int...... 20-32-2...... 13-19-0 TEAM STATS...... EIU...... SEMO Total Offense...... 321...... 415 First Downs...... 17...... 26 TEAM STATS...... EIU...... EKU Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1...... 3-2 Rushes-Yards...... 26-86...... 57-411 First Downs...... 17...... 23 Penalties-Yards...... 6-40...... 11-105 Passing-Yards...... 192...... 130 Rushes-Yards...... 21-24...... 51-374 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0...... 2-37-0 Comp-Att-Int...... 16-26-1...... 14-18-0 Passing-Yards...... 257...... 133 Time of Possession...... 26:04...... 33:56 Total Offense...... 278...... 541 Comp-Att-Int...... 22-34-1...... 11-14-0 Sacks-Yards...... 0-0...... 1-6 Fumbles-Lost...... 0-0...... 1-0 Total Offense...... 281...... 507 Penalties-Yards...... 2-22...... 6-72 Fumbles-Lost...... 0-0...... 0-0 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0...... 1-16-0 Penalties-Yards...... 4-40...... 2-14 LEADERS Time of Possession...... 23:55...... 36:05 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0...... 1-2-0 Sacks-Yards...... 2-14...... 2-8 Time of Possession...... 25:06...... 34:54 RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) Sacks-Yards...... 0-0...... 3-23 EIU - Walker (19-88-1), Whittaker (2-18-0) JSU - Ealey (24-155-0), Middleton (21-96-2) LEADERS LEADERS PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - Garoppolo (32-20-2-214-2) EIU - Walker (13-43-1), Woodson (7-36-0) RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) JSU - Blanchard (19-13-0-121-2) SEMO - Scheible (19-161-1), Terrell (16-106-0) EIU - Walker (7-16-1), Woodson (6-16-0) EKU - Denham (22-216-2), Je. Williams (15-73-1) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Whittaker (9-53-0), Wise (4-66-1), Wright (3-71-1) EIU - Garoppolo (26-16-1-192-2) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) JSU - Smith (4-42-1), Middleton (3-23-0) SEMO - Scheible (18-14-0-130-3) EIU - Garoppolo (34-22-1-257-1) EKU - Pryor (14-11-0-133-1) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Beard (7-3-0), Taylor (6-2-1), Leman (4-4-0) EIU - Wise (4-65-0), Whittaker (4-30-0), Wright (3-24-1) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) JSU - Smith (3-3-0), Jackson (1-5-1.5), SEMO - Foster (3-56-2), King (3-20-0) EIU - Whittaker (8-57-0), Wright (4-84-0), Drake (4-54-0) SEMO - Goard (2-42-0), Ju. Williams (2-26-0) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) RECAP EIU - McNulty (5-4-0), Taylor (3-6-0), Dowdell (3-5-0) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) SEMO - Peiffer (3-8-1.5), Borum (3-6-0.5) EIU - Leman (4-10-0), Taylor (6-4-0), Kickels (3-4-1) Jason Horton picked off a pass with 2:09 remaining to end EKU - Patrick (2-6-0.5), Nolan (4-2-0), Brown (2-2-0.5) Eastern Illinois come back attempt as No. 15 Jacksonville State held on for a 28-21 victory. In a back-and-forth battle RECAP each team was able to score a touchdown in the first three RECAP quarters. Calvin Middleton scored what proved to the be Southeast Missouri rushed for 411 yards but had to recover the game winner for the Gamecocks with 12:22 left in an onside kick in the final minute of play to beat Eastern Matt Denham rushed for 216 yards and H.J. Banjoman the game as he rushed for 96 yards to team with Georgia Illinois 37-30. EIU led 17-14 at the half following an 83- scored three touchdowns as Eastern Kentucky scored on transfer Washaun Ealey’s 155 yards. EIU countered with yard kick off return for touchdown by Tavares Crawford in eight of nine offensive possessions to rout Eastern Illinois, a nice ground game of its own as Jake Walker had 88 yards the final seconds of the second quarter. Crawford finished 48-16, on the Panthers family weekend game. EIU trailed and a touchdown. The Panthers did force two turnovers and with 190 yards on five returns as he set up the Panthers third 10-3 at the end of the first quarter behind a 23-yard field goal appeared to have a third on JSU 10-yard line that was ruled quarter score with a 53-yard return. Matt Scheible rushed by Cameron Berra. The Panthers cut the margin to 24-10 a down by contact call. for 161 yards scoring two touchdowns on the ground while with seven seconds left in the first half on a Jake Walker 5- passing for three more. EIU quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo yard touchdown run. A penalty on a short kick off followed passed for 192 yards and two touchdowns. Alex McNulty by a penalty as time expired set up a Luke Pray 49-yard field led the EIU defense with nine tackles. goal for the Colonels. EKU tacked on three second half touchdowns as the Panthers never threatened in the second half. Cory Leman led the defense with 14 tackles and Kenny Whittaker passed the century mark for career receptions with eight for 57 yards.

BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 5, 2011 • Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State • Page 12 • www.EIUpanthers.com GAME 7 - Oct. 15, 2011 GAME 8 - Oct. 22, 2011 GAME 9 - Oct. 29, 2011 Eastern Illinois...... 27 UT Martin...... 24 Eastern Illinois...... 19 Murray State...... 36 Eastern Illinois...... 23 Austin Peay...... 10

Murray, Ky. Charleston, Ill. Clarksville, Tenn. Stewart Stadium (A: 7,857) O’Brien Field (A: 6,832) Governors Stadium (A: 5,273) 94th Homecoming Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Eastern Illinois...... 7...... 13...... 7...... 0...... 27 Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Eastern Illinois...... 0...... 13...... 3...... 3...... 19 Murray State...... 7...... 10...... 0...... 19...... 36 UT Martin...... 0...... 10...... 7...... 7...... 24 Austin Peay...... 7...... 3...... 0...... 0...... 0 Eastern Illinois...... 7...... 0...... 6...... 10...... 23 FIRST QUARTER FIRST QUARTER MUR - Harris 1 run (Potts kick) (11:37) FIRST QUARTER AP - White 8 run (Stansell kick) (9:31) EIU - Wright 36 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (7:07) EIU - Wright 25 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (1:41) SECOND QUARTER SECOND QUARTER SECOND QUARTER AP - Stansell 21 field goal (14:50) EIU - Wright 59 pass from Garoppolo (kick blocked) (13:38) UTM - Sandlin 29 field goal (12:31) EIU - Wright 52 pass from Garoppolo (rush failed (11:11) MUR - Harris 22 run (Potts kick) (2:39) UTM - Sims 24 pass from Carr (Sandlin kick) (2:36) EIU - Walker 2 run (Berra kick) (4:27) EIU - Walker 1 run (Berra kick) (0:37) MUR - Cullen 39 field goal (0:03) THIRD QUARTER THIRD QUARTER EIU - Wise 14 pass from Garoppolo (rush failed) (10:11) EIU - Berra 25 field goal (9:51) THIRD QUARTER UTM - Barksdale 1 run (5:09) (Sandlin kick) (5:09) EIU - Walker 4 run (Berra kick) (6:29) FOURTH QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER EIU - Berra 29 field goal (4:40) FOURTH QUARTER EIU - Hendricks 12 pass from Garoppolo (Berra kick) (13:22) MUR - Harris 2 run (Cullen kick) (10:00) UTM - Sims 12 pass from Carr (Sandlin kick) (11:02) MUR - Beauford 16 pass from Brockman (kick failed) (1:28) EIU - Berra 24 field goal (7:56) MUR - Harris 24 run (run failed) (0:01) TEAM STATS...... EIU...... APSU First Downs...... 18...... 21 Rushes-Yards...... 42-181...... 51-215 TEAM STATS...... EIU...... UTM Passing-Yards...... 201...... 111 TEAM STATS...... EIU...... MUR First Downs...... 18...... 13 Comp-Att-Int...... 10-18-2...... 14-31-0 First Downs...... 22...... 21 Rushes-Yards...... 34-(-5)...... 34-154 Total Offense...... 382...... 326 Rushes-Yards...... 45-145...... 34-148 Passing-Yards...... 294...... 124 Fumbles-Lost...... 0-0...... 0-0 Passing-Yards...... 247...... 238 Comp-Att-Int...... 27-36-0...... 12-21-0 Penalties-Yards...... 4-21...... 2-21 Comp-Att-Int...... 18-31-0...... 24-38-0 Total Offense...... 289...... 278 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0...... 2-0-0 Total Offense...... 392...... 386 Fumbles-Lost...... 3-2...... 1-1 Time of Possession...... 27;12...... 32:48 Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1...... 0-0 Penalties-Yards...... 4-35...... 3-20 Sacks-Yards...... 4-26...... 0-0 Penalties-Yards...... 8-66...... 4-40 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0...... 0-0-0 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0...... 0-0-0 Time of Possession...... 36:42...... 21:35 Time of Possession...... 35:13...... 24:47 Sacks-Yards...... 1-4...... 3-20 LEADERS Sacks-Yards...... 0-0...... 4-20 RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) LEADERS EIU - Walker (25-124-1), Lera (8-30-0) LEADERS APSU - White (23-115-1), Kitts (11-86-0) RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - Walker (12-26-0), Woodson (6-(-2)-0) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Walker (19-88-2), Lera (14-40-0) UTM - Ja. McNair (17-111-0), Barksdale (12-38-1) EIU - Garoppolo (18-10-2-201-1) MUR - Harris (30-133-4), Lavea (1-7-0) APSU - Curtis (30-14-0-111-0) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Garoppolo (36-27-0-294-3) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Garoppolo (31-18-0-247-12) UTM - Carr (21-12-0-124-2) EIU - Wright (4-88-1), Hendricks (2-53-0) MUR - Brockman (36-23-0-207-1) APSU - Oliver (5-36-0), White (3-32-0) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Whittaker (7-56-0), Wright (5-65-1), Hendricks (5-42-1) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Wright (5-130-2), Wise (5-44-0), Watkins (2-21-0) UTM - Sims (4-57-2), Perry (3-19-0) EIU - Taylor (10-2-1.0), Leman (8-2-0.5), Kickels (6-3-2.5) MUR - Trotter (7-91-0), Powell (5-56-0) APSU - Carroll (3-6-0), Majors (6-1-0) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Leman (2-6-0), Taylor (5-2-0.5), Kickels (2-4-0.5) EIU - Taylor (7-6-1.5), Beard (6-2-0), McNulty (4-3-1) UTM - Hughes (4-6-5.5), Perez (6-2-0.5), Drakeford (6-2-0.5) RECAP MUR - Wicks (5-6-0), Samll (3-7-1), Whitehead (7-1-0) Austin Peay dominated play for the first 15 minutes of RECAP action limiting Eastern Illinois to only three plays in the first RECAP quarter. The Panthers dominated the remainder of the game Eastern Illinois had a fourth and two pass play that placed to pick up a 19-10 victory over the Governors. EIU limited Casey Brockman drove Murray State 75 yards in the final the ball at the UT Martin 10-yard line with 1:52 remaining APSU to a Stephen Stansell field goal to open the second 3:09 to take a 30-27 lead before Kevin Robinson forced and called back due to a penalty. UTM stopped the Panthers on quarter as they stopped the Governors three times inside recovered a fumble with 1:21 left to help MSU hold on for the ensuing fourth and 12 play to hold on for a 24-23 win over the 10-yard line. Jimmy Garoppolo found Chris Wright the win. Mike Harris scored a final touchdown with one EIU on the Panthers homecoming game. EIU’s defense held for a 52-yard touchdown on the next possession to put the second left to make the final score 36-27. EIU had taken the high powered Skyhawks to half of their season scoring Panthers on the board. Jake Walker put EIU ahead to stay a 27-17 lead in the third quarter when Jake Walker scored average as EIU controlled the ball for 15 more minutes than with a touchdown late in the second quarter. Walker finished his second rushing touchdown of the day to finish with 88 UTM. At the end of the day three special teams plays helped with 124 yards rushing to become the first Panther running yards on the ground. Jimmy Garoppolo hooked up twice determine the outcome as a failed extra point kept one point back in 15 games to crack the century mark. Cameron Berra with Chris Wright on pass plays of 36 and 59 yards. off the board. The two other special teams plays, a blocked tacked on two second half field goals. Cory Leman moved punt and big kick return, set up UTM’s offense up at the EIU into the Panthers career top ten for tackles finishing with ten. 25 for two touchdown drives. Jimmy Garoppolo passed for Antonio Taylor led EIU with 12 tackles. 294 yards and three touchdowns as EIU was in the game despite finishing with negative five yards rushing.

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2011 EIU PANTHERS FOOTBALL EASTERN ILLINOIS Game Results All games

Overall Ohio Valley Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ------Sep 1, 2011 ILLINOIS STATE W 33-26 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 3:10 9,111 Sep 10, 2011 at Northwestern 21-42 L 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 3:03 28,042 * Sep 17, 2011 TENNESSEE TECH 20-31 L 1- 2- 0 0- 1- 0 3:15 6,157 * Sep 24, 2011 at Jacksonville State 21-28 L 1- 3- 0 0- 2- 0 3:02 14,813 * Oct 1, 2011 at Southeast Missouri 30-37 L 1- 4- 0 0- 3- 0 2:40 7,757 * Oct 8, 2011 EASTERN KENTUCKU 16-48 L 1- 5- 0 0- 4- 0 2:45 9,063 * Oct 15, 2011 at Murray State 27-36 L 1- 6- 0 0- 5- 0 3:04 7,857 * Oct 22, 2011 UT MARTIN 23-24 L 1- 7- 0 0- 6- 0 3:00 6,832 * Oct 29, 2011 at Austin Peay W 19-10 2- 7- 0 1- 6- 0 2:54 5,273

* indicates Ohio Valley Conferece game

2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS STARTERS

OPPONENT SLOT LT LG C RG RT TE SPLIT FLANK QB RB Illinois State Ricks Pagliara Zink Kapellas Pierce Seibert Wise Rykard Wright Garoppolo Walker Northwestern Ricks Pagliara Zink Kapellas Pierce Seibert Wise Whittaker Wright Garoppolo Woodson Tenn. Tech Ricks Pagliara Zink Kapellas Pierce Seibert Wise Whittaker Wright Garoppolo Woodson Jacksonville St. Drake Pagilara Zink Kapellas Pierce Seibert Wise Whittaker Wright Garoppolo Walker SE Missouri Robinson Pagliara Zink Kapellas Pierce Seibert Wise Whittaker Wright Garoppolo Walker Eastern Ky. Drake Pagliara Zink Kapellas Pierce Seibert Wise Whittaker Wright Garoppolo Walker Murray State Drake Pagilara Zink Kapellas Pierce Seibert Wise Whittaker Wright Garoppolo Walker UT Martin Robinson Pagliara Zink Kapellas Pierce Seibert Wise Whittaker Wright Garoppolo Walker Austin Peay Drake Pagliara Zink Kapellas Garrity Seibert Lera Woodson Wright Garoppolo Walker

OPPONENT DE DT DT DE SAM MLB WILL CB ROVER FS CB Illinois State Amilcar Voytilla Holliday Dowdell Taylor Kickels Leman Houlihan Martinez Beard Crawford Northwetern Amilcar Voytilla Holliday Dowdell Taylor Kickels Leman Houlihan Maritnez Beard Crawford Tenn. Tech Amilcar Voytilla Holliday Dowdell Taylor Kickels Leman Houlihan Martinez Beard Crawford Jacksonville St. Amilcar Voytilla Holliday Dowdell Taylor Kickels Leman Houlihan Martinez Beard Crawford SE Missouri Amilcar Voytilla Holliday Dowdell Taylor Kickels Leman Bland McNulty Beard Crawford Eastern Ky. Amilcar Voytilla Holliday Dowdell Taylor Kickels Leman Bland McNulty Beard Crawford Murray State Amilcar Voytilla Holliday Dowdell Taylor Kickels Leman Bland McNulty Beard Houlihan UT Martin Amilcar Voytilla Holliday Dowdell Taylor Kickels Leman Bland McNulty Beard Houlihan Austin peay Amilcar Voytilla Holliday Dowdell Taylor Kickels Leman Mitchell Cooper Beard Houlihan

BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

Team Statistics EIU OPP SCORING 210 282 Points Per Game 23.3 31.3 FIRST DOWNS 157 188 R u s h in g 46 110 P a s s in g 106 68 P e n a l ty 5 10 RUSHING YARDAGE 727 2185 Yards gained rushing 973 2353 Yards lost rushing 246 168 Rushing Attempts 270 421 Average Per Rush 2.7 5.2 Average Per Game 80.8 242.8 TDs Rushing 9 25 PASSING YARDAGE 2219 1457 C o m p - A t t - I n t 181-289-10 145-219-2 Average Per Pass 7.7 6.7 Average Per Catch 12.3 10.0 Average Per Game 246.6 161.9 TDs Passing 18 11 TOTAL OFFENSE 2946 3642 Total Plays 559 640 Average Per Play 5.3 5.7 Average Per Game 327.3 404.7 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 46-1088 38-735 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 8-23 18-141 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 2-6 10-101 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.7 19.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 2.9 7.8 INT RETURN AVERAGE 3.0 10.1 FUMBLES-LOST 10-7 10-5 PENALTIES-Yards 42-344 44-399 Average Per Game 38.2 44.3 PUNTS-Yards 40-1517 39-1475 Average Per Punt 37.9 37.8 Net punt average 32.9 32.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 8 : 3 1 3 1 : 1 6 3RD-DOWN Conversions 47/117 60/128 3rd-Down Pct 40% 47% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/14 9/13 4th-Down Pct 50% 69% SACKS BY-Yards 11-78 21-127 MISC YARDS 3 -10 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 28 37 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 6-8 8-14 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (23-25) 92% (36-40) 90% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (17-25) 68% (30-40) 75% PAT-ATTEMPTS (22-24) 92% (34-36) 94% ATTENDANCE 31163 63742 Games/Avg Per Game 4/7791 5/12748 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Eastern Illinois 40 67 42 61 0 210 Opponents 59 94 68 61 0 282 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg WALKER, Jake 8 105 439 35 404 3.8 6 35 50.5 HOULIHAN, Pete 7 23 3.3 0 8 WOODSON, AJ 9 62 201 14 187 3.0 1 11 20.8 WHITTAKER, Kenny 1 0 0.0 0 0 LERA, Jimmy 8 38 185 24 161 4.2 0 76 20.1 Total 8 23 2.9 0 8 WHITTAKER, Kenny 8 4 23 5 18 4.5 0 11 2.2 Opponents 18 141 7.8 0 24 RICKS, Lorence 3 2 15 0 15 7.5 0 9 5.0 WEATHERFORD, Scott 9 1 8 0 8 8.0 0 8 0.9 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg DUNCAN, Taylor 4 2 7 0 7 3.5 1 4 1.8 MARTINEZ, Nick 2 6 3.0 0 6 TEAM 6 6 0 8 -8 -1.3 0 0 -1.3 Total 2 6 3.0 0 6 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy 9 50 95 160 -65 -1.3 1 22 -7.2 Opponents 10 101 10.1 0 28 Total 9 270 973 246 727 2.7 9 76 80.8 Opponents 9 421 2353 168 2185 5.2 25 71 242.8 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg CRAWFORD, Tavares 22 571 26.0 1 83 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g RICKS, Lorence 12 307 25.6 0 50 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy 9 141.25 181-288-10 62.8 2219 18 72 246.6 WOODSON, AJ 6 128 21.3 0 33 DUNCAN, Taylor 4 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 HOULIHAN, Pete 1 28 28.0 0 28 Total 9 140.76 181-289-10 62.6 2219 18 72 246.6 BONHAM, Rex 1 8 8.0 0 8 Opponents 9 136.84 145-219-2 66.2 1457 11 65 161.9 GRISTICK, Adam 1 6 6.0 0 6 LERA, Jimmy 1 14 14.0 0 14 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g TAYLOR, Antonio 1 3 3.0 0 3 WHITTAKER, Kenny 8 42 409 9.7 1 72 51.1 WRIGHT, Chris 1 23 23.0 0 23 WRIGHT, Chris 9 33 579 17.5 9 59 64.3 Total 46 1088 23.7 1 83 WISE, Von 9 26 292 11.2 2 23 32.4 Opponents 38 735 19.3 0 63 RICKS, Lorence 3 16 209 13.1 1 42 69.7 HENDRICKS, Sam 9 15 181 12.1 3 34 20.1 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg RYKARD, Jeremy 8 13 97 7.5 1 21 12.1 KICKELS, Gordy 1 14 14.0 0 14 DRAKE, Adam 9 12 187 15.6 1 29 20.8 Total 1 14 14.0 0 14 WATKINS, Chavar 9 11 147 13.4 0 29 16.3 Opponents 3 34 11.3 1 30 WALKER, Jake 8 7 67 9.6 0 24 8.4 LERA, Jimmy 8 3 42 14.0 0 17 5.2 WOODSON, AJ 9 3 9 3.0 0 5 1.0 Total 9 181 2219 12.3 18 72 246.6 Opponents 9 145 1457 10.0 11 65 161.9 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g WRIGHT, Chris 9 ------54 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy 9 338 -65 2219 2154 239.3 BERRA, Cameron - 6-8 22-24 - - - - - 40 WALKER, Jake 8 105 404 0 404 50.5 WALKER, Jake 6 ------36 WOODSON, AJ 9 62 187 0 187 20.8 HENDRICKS, Sam 3 ------18 LERA, Jimmy 8 38 161 0 161 20.1 WISE, Von 2 ------12 WHITTAKER, Kenny 8 4 18 0 18 2.2 WOODSON, AJ 1 ------6 RICKS, Lorence 3 2 15 0 15 5.0 CRAWFORD, Tavares 1 ------6 WEATHERFORD, Scott 9 1 8 0 8 0.9 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy 1 - - - - 0-2 - - 6 DUNCAN, Taylor 4 3 7 0 7 1.8 DRAKE, Adam 1 ------6 TEAM 6 6 -8 0 -8 -1.3 RYKARD, Jeremy 1 ------6 Total 9 559 727 2219 2946 327.3 WHITTAKER, Kenny 1 ------6 Opponents 9 640 2185 1457 3642 404.7 RICKS, Lorence 1 ------6 DUNCAN, Taylor 1 ------6 TEAM ------1 2 WEATHERFORD, Scott - - - 0-2 - - - - 0 Total 28 6-8 22-24 0-2 - 0-2 - 1 210 Opponents 37 8-14 34-36 0-1 - - - 1 282

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk BERRA, Cameron 6-8 75.0 0-0 5-6 1-2 0-0 0-0 33 0 WEATHERFORD, Scott 40 1513 37.8 60 3 2 9 2 2 TEAM 0 4 0.0 13 0 0 0 0 0 FG Sequence Eastern Illinois Opponents Total 40 1517 37.9 60 3 2 9 2 2 Illinois State (33) (25),49 Opponents 39 1475 37.8 58 9 8 10 4 0 Northwestern - 45 Tennessee Tech - (25),32 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Jacksonville State 27 - KERR, Taylor 33 1826 55.3 0 1 Southeast Missouri (23) (20),45 BERRA, Cameron 9 539 59.9 0 0 Eastern Kentucky (23) (20),(49) WEATHERFORD, Scott 1 50 50.0 0 0 Murray State 37 (39) Total 43 2415 56.2 0 1 19.3 39.1 30 UT Martin (24) (29) Opponents 53 3101 58.5 2 2 23.7 37.2 32 Austin Peay (25),(29) (21),60,52

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g WRIGHT, Chris 9 0 579 0 23 0 602 66.9 CRAWFORD, T 8 0 0 0 571 0 571 71.4 RICKS, Lorence 3 15 209 0 307 0 531 177.0 WALKER, Jake 8 404 67 0 0 0 471 58.9 WHITTAKER, K 8 18 409 0 0 0 427 53.4 WOODSON, AJ 9 187 9 0 128 0 324 36.0 WISE, Von 9 0 292 0 0 0 292 32.4 LERA, Jimmy 8 161 42 0 14 0 217 27.1 DRAKE, Adam 9 0 187 0 0 0 187 20.8 HENDRICKS, S 9 0 181 0 0 0 181 20.1 WATKINS, Chav 9 0 147 0 0 0 147 16.3 RYKARD, Jerem 8 0 97 0 0 0 97 12.1 HOULIHAN, Pet 9 0 0 23 28 0 51 5.7 BONHAM, Rex 9 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.9 WEATHERFOR 9 8 0 0 0 0 8 0.9 DUNCAN, Taylo 4 7 0 0 0 0 7 1.8 GRISTICK, Ada 9 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.7 MARTINEZ, Nic 8 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.8 TAYLOR, Antoni 9 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.3 TEAM 6 -8 0 0 0 0 -8 -1.3 GAROPPOLO, J 9 -65 0 0 0 0 -65 -7.2 Total 9 727 2219 23 1088 6 4063 451.4 Opponents 9 2185 1457 141 735 101 4619 513.2 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 8 LEMAN, Cory 9 46 41 87 1.5-4 . . 1 . . . . . 7 TAYLOR, Antonio 9 48 34 82 5.0-16 . . 1 . 1-0 1 . . 46 KICKELS, Gordy 9 33 24 57 6.0-15 1.0-8 . 1 2 2-14 . . . 28 BEARD, Nick 9 42 15 57 . . . 4 . 1-0 1 . . 32 DOWDELL, Artavious 9 20 20 40 7.5-35 5.0-29 . 2 6 . 1 . . 90 HOLLIDAY, Roosevelt 9 19 17 36 3.5-19 1.5-12 . . 1 . . . . 31 McNULTY, Alex 9 24 11 35 3.0-4 . . 1 . . . . . 38 BLAND, DJ 9 24 11 35 2.0-5 . . 2 2 . 1 2 . 24 COOPER, James 10 21 11 32 1.0-2 . . 4 . . . . . 44 AMILCAR, Jude 9 14 12 26 1.5-4 . . 1 . . . . . 21 HOULIHAN, Pete 9 14 9 23 ...... 2 CRAWFORD, Tavares 8 15 5 20 . . . 1 . . 1 . . 52 SIMPKINS, Clinton 9 12 6 18 2.0-18 2.0-18 ...... 93 WERTZ, Pat 9 10 7 17 3.0-15 1.0-9 . . . 1-0 . . . 19 MARTINEZ, Nick 8 11 4 15 1.0-1 . 2-6 ...... 79 VOYTILLA, Jon 9 7 5 12 2.5-6 . . . . . 1 . . 10 TRIBBLE, Randolph 8 6 4 10 ...... 56 WILLIAMS, Jerone 9 6 4 10 ...... 49 HAYNES, Robert 8 6 4 10 ...... 92 LETTON, Mike 8 2 7 9 0.5-2 0.5-2 . 1 . . . . . 35 WURM, John 6 6 3 9 1.0-3 ...... 47 RIDGNER, Jonathan 9 7 1 8 1.0-1 ...... 6 MITCHELL, Jake 7 4 2 6 . . . 2 . . . . . 53 MAHAN, Greg 7 2 3 5 0.5-0 . . . 1 . . . . 42 MAYNARD, Perry 9 2 2 4 ...... 50 GRISTICK, Adam 9 3 1 4 2.0-4 . . . 1 . . . . 36 KERR, Taylor 8 3 . 3 ...... 94 GRANGER, Timotheus 9 1 1 2 0.5-0 ...... 84 HENDRICKS, Sam 9 2 . 2 ...... TM TEAM 6 2 . 2 ...... 1 40 HEDRICK, Keithan 9 2 . 2 ...... 48 LEE, Marcus 6 2 . 2 ...... 58 BERRA, Cameron 9 1 1 2 ...... 45 ROBINSON, Keagan 9 1 . 1 ...... 51 BAKER, Adam 8 . 1 1 ...... 72 PIERCE, Alex 8 1 . 1 ...... 12 JACKSON, Deonte 4 . 1 1 ...... 88 DRAKE, Adam 9 1 . 1 ...... 13 WISE, Von 9 1 . 1 ...... 5 WALKER, Jake 8 . 1 1 ...... 81 WRIGHT, Chris 9 1 . 1 ...... Total 9 422 268 690 45-154 11-78 2-6 21 13 5-14 6 2 1 Opponents 9 319 270 589 63-247 21-127 10-101 31 19 7-34 6 4 1 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Team Game-by-Game (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 01 ILLINOIS STATE 35 63 1 12 25 304 3 42 25-35-0 304 3 42 6 172 0 50 0 0 0 0 367 Sep 10 at Northwestern 26 132 2 76 14 209 1 72 14-25-1 209 1 72 6 115 0 27 0 0 0 0 341 Sep 17 TENNESSEE TECH 16 -6 0 6 29 301 3 28 29-52-3 301 3 28 4 83 0 26 1 5 0 5 295 Sep 24 at Jacksonville State 25 107 1 32 20 214 2 47 20-32-2 214 2 47 4 104 0 29 2 0 0 0 321 10-1-11 at Southeast Missouri 26 86 1 11 16 192 2 24 16-26-1 192 2 24 5 190 1 83 1 7 0 7 278 Oct 08 EASTERN KENTUCKY 21 24 1 9 22 257 1 31 22-34-1 257 1 31 7 146 0 32 0 0 0 0 281 Oct 15 at Murray State 45 145 2 22 18 247 2 59 18-31-0 247 2 59 7 136 0 33 1 8 0 8 392 Oct 22 UT MARTIN 34 -5 0 12 27 294 3 29 27-36-0 294 3 29 4 86 0 39 1 0 0 0 289 Oct 29 at Austin Peay 42 181 1 35 10 201 1 52 10-18-2 201 1 52 3 56 0 41 2 3 0 2 382 Eastern Illinois 270 727 9 76 181 2219 18 72 181-289-10 2219 18 72 46 1088 1 83 8 23 0 8 2946 Opponents 421 2185 25 71 145 1457 11 65 145-219-2 1457 11 65 38 735 0 63 18 141 0 24 3642

Games played: 9 Avg per rush: 2.7 Avg per catch: 12.3 Pass efficiency: 140.76 Kick ret avg: 23.7 Punt ret avg: 2.9 All purpose avg/game: 451.4 Total offense avg/gm: 327.3 Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts Sep 01 ILLINOIS STATE 39 30 69 1.0-2 0.0-0 1 2-14 2-6 1 5 0 4-4 0 0 1 33 Sep 10 at Northwestern 56 42 98 7.0-22 1.0-10 2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 3-3 0 0 0 21 Sep 17 TENNESSEE TECH 53 26 79 5.0-29 3.0-24 0 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 20 Sep 24 at Jacksonville State 58 20 78 4.0-9 0.0-0 3 2-0 0-0 0 0 0 3-3 0 0 0 21 10-1-11 at Southeast Missouri 54 28 82 3.0-15 2.0-14 0 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 3-4 0 0 0 30 Oct 08 EASTERN KENTUCKY 35 38 73 3.0-5 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 16 Oct 15 at Murray State 40 36 76 8.0-20 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 3-4 0 0 0 27 Oct 22 UT MARTIN 30 28 58 4.0-14 1.0-4 0 1-0 0-0 2 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 23 Oct 29 at Austin Peay 57 20 77 10.0-38 4.0-26 0 0-0 0-0 3 3 1 1-1 0 0 0 19 Eastern Illinois 422 268 690 45.0-154 11.0-78 6 5-14 2-6 13 21 2 22-24 0 0 1 210 Opponents 319 270 589 63.0-247 21.0-127 6 7-34 10-101 19 31 4 34-36 0 0 1 282

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 01 ILLINOIS STATE 4 153 38.2 50 0 1 0 1 1 1-1 33 0 7 419 59.9 0 0 Sep 10 at Northwestern 4 152 38.0 48 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 4 228 57.0 0 0 Sep 17 TENNESSEE TECH 6 269 44.8 60 0 0 0 1 2 0-0 0 0 4 234 58.5 0 0 Sep 24 at Jacksonville State 5 194 38.8 46 0 0 0 0 3 0-1 0 0 4 241 60.2 0 1 10-1-11 at Southeast Missouri 5 189 37.8 47 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 23 0 5 280 56.0 0 0 Oct 08 EASTERN KENTUCKY 4 109 27.2 37 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 23 0 4 227 56.8 0 0 Oct 15 at Murray State 5 206 41.2 46 1 0 1 0 0 0-1 0 0 5 246 49.2 0 0 Oct 22 UT MARTIN 4 135 33.8 44 1 0 1 0 0 1-1 24 0 5 264 52.8 0 0 Oct 29 at Austin Peay 3 110 36.7 39 0 1 0 0 0 2-2 29 0 5 276 55.2 0 0 Eastern Illinois 40 1517 37.9 60 2 3 2 2 9 6-8 33 0 43 2415 56.2 0 1 Opponents 39 1475 37.8 58 0 9 8 4 10 8-14 49 2 53 3101 58.5 2 2 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 01 ILLINOIS STATE 29 152 2 36 23 243 0 33 23-35-2 243 0 33 7 158 0 33 2 30 0 18 395 Sep 10 at Northwestern 67 320 5 25 12 117 1 21 12-16-0 117 1 21 3 120 0 63 1 7 0 7 437 Sep 17 TENNESSEE TECH 46 117 3 22 22 240 1 65 22-27-0 240 1 65 4 54 0 18 3 24 0 9 357 Sep 24 at Jacksonville State 52 294 2 27 13 121 2 21 13-19-0 121 2 21 3 86 0 38 3 40 0 24 415 10-1-11 at Southeast Missouri 57 411 2 71 14 130 3 31 14-18-0 130 3 31 4 47 0 25 1 -1 0 0 541 Oct 08 EASTERN KENTUCKY 51 374 5 64 11 133 1 35 11-14-0 133 1 35 4 77 0 40 1 4 0 4 507 Oct 15 at Murray State 34 148 4 24 24 238 1 31 24-38-0 238 1 31 4 49 0 18 4 30 0 12 386 Oct 22 UT MARTIN 34 154 1 24 12 124 2 24 12-21-0 124 2 24 5 101 0 50 1 0 0 0 278 Oct 29 at Austin Peay 51 215 1 37 14 111 0 23 14-31-0 111 0 23 4 43 0 16 2 7 0 4 326 Opponents 421 2185 25 71 145 1457 11 65 145-219-2 1457 11 65 38 735 0 63 18 141 0 24 3642 Eastern Illinois 270 727 9 76 181 2219 18 72 181-289-10 2219 18 72 46 1088 1 83 8 23 0 8 2946

Games played: 9 Avg per rush: 5.2 Avg per catch: 10.0 Pass efficiency: 136.84 Kick ret avg: 19.3 Punt ret avg: 7.8 All purpose avg/game: 513.2 Total offense avg/gm: 404.7 Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts Sep 01 ILLINOIS STATE 38 42 80 7.0-49 2.0-15 1 1-30 0-0 1 2 0 3-3 0 0 1 26 Sep 10 at Northwestern 31 18 49 3.0-15 2.0-12 0 1-0 1-9 5 2 0 6-6 0 0 0 42 Sep 17 TENNESSEE TECH 31 26 57 7.0-28 4.0-23 1 1-2 3-37 4 9 0 4-4 0 0 0 31 Sep 24 at Jacksonville State 34 22 56 5.0-13 1.0-6 0 1-2 2-37 1 1 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 10-1-11 at Southeast Missouri 30 26 56 5.0-17 2.0-8 0 0-0 1-16 1 3 1 4-5 0 0 0 37 Oct 08 EASTERN KENTUCKY 33 26 59 6.0-26 3.0-23 0 0-0 1-2 2 4 0 6-6 0 0 0 48 Oct 15 at Murray State 44 46 90 11.0-40 4.0-20 1 1-0 0-0 2 6 2 3-4 0 0 0 36 Oct 22 UT MARTIN 47 28 75 14.0-46 3.0-20 3 2-0 0-0 1 2 1 3-3 0 0 0 24 Oct 29 at Austin Peay 31 36 67 5.0-13 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-0 2 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 10 Opponents 319 270 589 63.0-247 21.0-127 6 7-34 10-101 19 31 4 34-36 0 0 1 282 Eastern Illinois 422 268 690 45.0-154 11.0-78 6 5-14 2-6 13 21 2 22-24 0 0 1 210

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 01 ILLINOIS STATE 3 104 34.7 40 0 1 2 0 2 1-2 25 0 6 335 55.8 0 0 Sep 10 at Northwestern 2 56 28.0 42 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 0 0 7 444 63.4 0 1 Sep 17 TENNESSEE TECH 6 246 41.0 52 0 0 2 1 1 1-2 25 0 6 368 61.3 1 0 Sep 24 at Jacksonville State 6 207 34.5 42 0 2 0 0 2 0-0 0 0 5 289 57.8 0 1 10-1-11 at Southeast Missouri 3 134 44.7 51 0 1 1 1 1 1-2 20 1 7 373 53.3 0 0 Oct 08 EASTERN KENTUCKY 1 38 38.0 38 0 0 1 0 1 2-2 49 0 7 412 58.9 0 0 Oct 15 at Murray State 7 288 41.1 58 0 2 0 2 2 1-1 39 0 7 393 56.1 0 0 Oct 22 UT MARTIN 6 216 36.0 43 0 1 2 0 1 1-1 29 0 5 294 58.8 1 0 Oct 29 at Austin Peay 5 186 37.2 44 0 1 0 0 0 1-3 21 1 3 193 64.3 0 0 Opponents 39 1475 37.8 58 0 9 8 4 10 8-14 49 2 53 3101 58.5 2 2 Eastern Illinois 40 1517 37.9 60 2 3 2 2 9 6-8 33 0 43 2415 56.2 0 1 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois By-Quarter Statistics (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 01, 2011 ILLINOIS STATE W 33-26 6-13 46.2 0-3 0.0 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 3-4 75.0 Sep 10, 2011 at Northwestern L 21-42 4-10 40.0 3-5 60.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 Sep 17, 2011 TENNESSEE TECH L 20-31 5-15 33.3 2-5 40.0 0-4 0.0 2-2 100.0 1-4 25.0 Sep 24, 2011 at Jacksonville State L 21-28 5-14 35.7 2-3 66.7 2-5 40.0 1-3 33.3 0-3 0.0 10-1-11 at Southeast Missouri L 30-37 4-10 40.0 1-2 50.0 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-2 0.0 Oct 08, 2011 EASTERN KENTUCKY L 16-48 2-10 20.0 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 Oct 15, 2011 at Murray State L 27-36 7-16 43.8 3-4 75.0 2-5 40.0 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 Oct 22, 2011 UT MARTIN L 23-24 9-17 52.9 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 4-5 80.0 3-5 60.0 Oct 29, 2011 at Austin Peay W 19-10 5-12 41.7 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 2-3 66.7 0-4 0.0 Eastern Illinois 47-117 40.2 13-31 41.9 13-34 38.2 13-25 52.0 8-27 29.6 0-0 0.0 Opponents 60-128 46.9 8-26 30.8 13-31 41.9 17-30 56.7 22-41 53.7 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 01, 2011 ILLINOIS STATE W 33-26 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 10, 2011 at Northwestern L 21-42 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Sep 17, 2011 TENNESSEE TECH L 20-31 2-3 66.7 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 2-3 66.7 Sep 24, 2011 at Jacksonville State L 21-28 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 10-1-11 at Southeast Missouri L 30-37 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 08, 2011 EASTERN KENTUCKY L 16-48 2-3 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Oct 15, 2011 at Murray State L 27-36 2-2 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 22, 2011 UT MARTIN L 23-24 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Oct 29, 2011 at Austin Peay W 19-10 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Eastern Illinois 7-14 50.0 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 3-7 42.9 0-0 0.0 Opponents 9-13 69.2 3-3 100.0 1-1 100.0 1-2 50.0 4-7 57.1 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 01, 2011 ILLINOIS STATE W 33-26 34:44 10:27 9:01 7:19 7:57 Sep 10, 2011 at Northwestern L 21-42 23:38 11:11 4:12 4:51 3:24 Sep 17, 2011 TENNESSEE TECH L 20-31 24:05 9:52 4:58 3:48 5:27 Sep 24, 2011 at Jacksonville State L 21-28 26:04 6:57 9:37 5:03 4:27 10-1-11 at Southeast Missouri L 30-37 23:55 3:53 9:16 7:12 3:34 Oct 08, 2011 EASTERN KENTUCKY L 16-48 25:06 7:49 6:54 6:54 3:29 Oct 15, 2011 at Murray State L 27-36 35:13 8:29 10:50 10:49 5:05 Oct 22, 2011 UT MARTIN L 23-24 36:42 9:37 7:15 11:20 8:30 Oct 29, 2011 at Austin Peay W 19-10 27:12 2:19 8:53 7:57 8:03 Eastern Illinois Total 256:39 70:34 70:56 65:13 49:56 0:00 Avg. 28:31 7:50 7:52 7:14 5:32 0:00 Opponents Total 281:24 64:26 64:04 69:33 83:21 0:00 Avg. 31:16 7:09 7:07 7:43 9:15 0:00 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Red-Zone Results (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

Eastern Illinois Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 01, 2011 ILLINOIS STATE W 33-26 4 4 24 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 10, 2011 at Northwestern L 21-42 2 2 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 17, 2011 TENNESSEE TECH L 20-31 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 24, 2011 at Jacksonville State L 21-28 3 2 14 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10-1-11 at Southeast Missouri L 30-37 3 3 16 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 08, 2011 EASTERN KENTUCKY L 16-48 3 3 16 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 15, 2011 at Murray State L 27-36 3 2 14 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 22, 2011 UT MARTIN L 23-24 3 3 16 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 29, 2011 at Austin Peay W 19-10 3 3 13 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 25 23 134 17 9 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 of 25 (92.0%)

Opponents Inside Eastern Illinois Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 01, 2011 ILLINOIS STATE W 33-26 3 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 10, 2011 at Northwestern L 21-42 8 6 42 6 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 17, 2011 TENNESSEE TECH L 20-31 7 5 31 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Sep 24, 2011 at Jacksonville State L 21-28 4 4 28 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-1-11 at Southeast Missouri L 30-37 4 4 24 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 08, 2011 EASTERN KENTUCKY L 16-48 6 6 38 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 15, 2011 at Murray State L 27-36 3 3 20 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 22, 2011 UT MARTIN L 23-24 3 3 17 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 29, 2011 at Austin Peay W 19-10 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 36 227 30 21 9 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 36 of 40 (90.0%) 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs ILLINOIS STATE 33 - 26 21 / 20 4 / 7 17 / 11 0 / 2 35-63 / 29-152 25-35-0 / 23-35-2 304 / 243 70-367 / 64-395 192 / 218 1 / 4 Northwestern 21 - 42 13 / 27 5 / 19 6 / 7 2 / 1 26-132 / 67-320 14-25-1 / 12-16-0 209 / 117 51-341 / 83-437 115 / 136 2 / 0 TENNESSEE TECH 20 - 31 16 / 17 1 / 6 15 / 8 0 / 3 16--6 / 46-117 29-52-3 / 22-27-0 301 / 240 68-295 / 73-357 88 / 117 4 / 0 Jacksonville State 21 - 28 15 / 20 7 / 16 7 / 4 1 / 0 25-107 / 52-294 20-32-2 / 13-19-0 214 / 121 57-321 / 71-415 104 / 165 3 / 2 Southeast Missouri 30 - 37 17 / 26 5 / 20 12 / 6 0 / 0 26-86 / 57-411 16-26-1 / 14-18-0 192 / 130 52-278 / 75-541 197 / 62 1 / 0 EASTERN KENTUCKY 16 - 48 17 / 23 3 / 15 13 / 7 1 / 1 21-24 / 51-374 22-34-1 / 11-14-0 257 / 133 55-281 / 65-507 146 / 83 1 / 0 Murray State 27 - 36 22 / 21 10 / 6 11 / 13 1 / 2 45-145 / 34-148 18-31-0 / 24-38-0 247 / 238 76-392 / 72-386 144 / 79 1 / 0 UT MARTIN 23 - 24 18 / 13 1 / 6 17 / 7 0 / 0 34--5 / 34-154 27-36-0 / 12-21-0 294 / 124 70-289 / 55-278 86 / 101 2 / 1 Austin Peay 19 - 10 18 / 21 10 / 15 8 / 5 0 / 1 42-181 / 51-215 10-18-2 / 14-31-0 201 / 111 60-382 / 82-326 59 / 50 2 / 0 Totals 210 - 282 157 / 188 46 / 110 106 / 68 5 / 10 270-727 / 421-2185 181-289-10 / 145-219-2 2219 / 1457 559-2946 / 640-3642 1131 / 1011 17 / 7

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting Penalties Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards Sacks ILLINOIS STATE 6-13 / 7-13 0-1 / 1-1 34:44 / 25:16 9 :2 8 1.8 / 5.2 8.7 / 6.9 5.2 / 6.2 4-38.2 / 3-34.7 5-65 / 7-57 0 / 2 Northwestern 4-10 / 8-13 0-2 / 1-2 23:38 / 36:22 -12:44 5.1 / 4.8 8.4 / 7.3 6.7 / 5.3 4-38.0 / 2-28.0 6-41 / 5-40 1 / 2 TENNESSEE TECH 5-15 / 5-17 2-3 / 2-3 24:05 / 35:41 -11:36 -0.4 / 2.5 5.8 / 8.9 4.3 / 4.9 6-44.8 / 6-41.0 4-29 / 3-15 3 / 4 Jacksonville State 5-14 / 6-13 0-0 / 0-0 26:04 / 33:56 -7:52 4.3 / 5.7 6.7 / 6.4 5.6 / 5.8 5-38.8 / 6-34.5 6-40 / 11-105 0 / 1 Southeast Missouri 4-10 / 9-15 0-0 / 1-1 23:55 / 36:05 -12:10 3.3 / 7.2 7.4 / 7.2 5.3 / 7.2 5-37.8 / 3-44.7 2-22 / 6-72 2 / 2 EASTERN KENTUCKY 2-10 / 10-13 2-3 / 0-0 25:06 / 34:54 -9:48 1.1 / 7.3 7.6 / 9.5 5.1 / 7.8 4-27.2 / 1-38.0 4-40 / 2-14 0 / 3 Murray State 7-16 / 5-14 2-2 / 1-1 35:13 / 24:47 1 0 :2 6 3.2 / 4.4 8.0 / 6.3 5.2 / 5.4 5-41.2 / 7-41.1 8-66 / 4-40 0 / 4 UT MARTIN 9-17 / 4-12 1-2 / 1-1 36:42 / 21:35 1 5 :0 7 -0.1 / 4.5 8.2 / 5.9 4.1 / 5.1 4-33.8 / 6-36.0 3-20 / 4-35 1 / 3 Austin Peay 5-12 / 6-18 0-1 / 2-4 27:12 / 32:48 -5:36 4.3 / 4.2 11.2 / 3.6 6.4 / 4.0 3-36.7 / 5-37.2 4-21 / 2-21 4 / 0 Totals 47-117 / 60-128 7-14 / 9-13 256:39 / 281:24 -24:45 2.7 / 5.2 7.7 / 6.7 5.3 / 5.7 40-37.9 / 39-37.8 42-344 / 44-399 11 / 21

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 25 WALKER, Jake at Austin Peay (Oct 29, 2011) Yards Rushing 124 WALKER, Jake at Austin Peay (Oct 29, 2011) TD Rushes 2 WALKER, Jake at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Long Rush 76 LERA, Jimmy at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) Pass attempts 52 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Pass completions 29 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Yards Passing 304 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) TD Passes 3 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) 3 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) 3 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy vs UT Martin (Oct 22, 2011) Long Pass 72 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) Receptions 9 WHITTAKER, Kenny at Jacksonville State (Sep 24, 2011) Yards Receiving 130 WRIGHT, Chris at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) TD Receptions 2 WRIGHT, Chris vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) 2 WRIGHT, Chris at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Long Reception 72 WHITTAKER, Kenny at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) Field Goals 2 BERRA, Cameron at Austin Peay (Oct 29, 2011) Long Field Goal 33 BERRA, Cameron vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) Punts 6 WEATHERFORD, Scott vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Punting Avg 44.8 WEATHERFORD, Scott vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Long Punt 60 WEATHERFORD, Scott vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Punts inside 20 3 WEATHERFORD, Scott at Jacksonville State (Sep 24, 2011) Long Punt Return 8 HOULIHAN, Pete at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Long Kickoff Return 83 CRAWFORD, Tavares at Southeast Missouri (10-1-11) Tackles 14 TAYLOR, Antonio at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) 14 LEMAN, Cory vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) 14 LEMAN, Cory vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 08, 2011) Sacks 2.0 DOWDELL, Artavious at Austin Peay (Oct 29, 2011) Tackles For Loss 2.5 KICKELS, Gordy at Austin Peay (Oct 29, 2011) Interceptions 2 MARTINEZ, Nick vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 45 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Yards Rushing 181 at Austin Peay (Oct 29, 2011) Yards Per Rush 5.1 at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) TD Rushes 2 at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) 2 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Pass attempts 52 vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Pass completions 29 vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Yards Passing 304 vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) Yards Per Pass 11.2 at Austin Peay (Oct 29, 2011) TD Passes 3 vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) 3 vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) 3 vs UT Martin (Oct 22, 2011) Total Plays 76 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Total Offense 392 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Yards Per Play 6.7 at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) Points 33 vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) Sacks By 4 at Austin Peay (Oct 29, 2011) First Downs 22 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Penalties 8 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Penalty Yards 66 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Turnovers 4 vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Interceptions By 2 vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) Punts 6 vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Punting Avg 44.8 vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Long Punt 60 vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Punts inside 20 3 at Jacksonville State (Sep 24, 2011) Long Punt Return 8 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 30 HARRIS, Mike, at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Yards Rushing 216 DENHAM, Matt, vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 08, 2011) TD Rushes 4 HARRIS, Mike, at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Long Rush 71 SCHEIBLE, Matt, at Southeast Missouri (10-1-11) Pass attempts 36 BROCKMAN, Casey, at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Pass completions 23 Brown,M., vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) 23 BROCKMAN, Casey, at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Yards Passing 243 Brown,M., vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) TD Passes 3 SCHEIBLE, Matt, at Southeast Missouri (10-1-11) Long Pass 65 LAMB, Tre, vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Receptions 9 Sanders,M., vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) Yards Receiving 124 BENFORD, Tim, vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) TD Receptions 2 FOSTER, D.J., at Southeast Missouri (10-1-11) 2 SIMS, Quentin, vs UT Martin (Oct 22, 2011) Long Reception 65 BENFORD, Tim, vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Field Goals 2 PRAY, Luke, vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 08, 2011) Long Field Goal 49 PRAY, Luke, vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 08, 2011) Punts 7 CULLEN, Kienan, at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Punting Avg 44.7 VUCIC, Joe, at Southeast Missouri (10-1-11) Long Punt 58 CULLEN, Kienan, at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Punts inside 20 2 Wright,P., vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) 2 BLANCHARD,Coty, at Jacksonville State (Sep 24, 2011) 2 CULLEN, Kienan, at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Long Punt Return 24 BONNER,Alan, at Jacksonville State (Sep 24, 2011) Long Kickoff Return 63 Mark, Venric, at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) Tackles 11 Frierson,E., vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) 11 Howe,J., vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) 11 PEIFFER, Blake, at Southeast Missouri (10-1-11) 11 WICKS, Brandon, at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Sacks 2.0 KNOWLES, Robert, vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 08, 2011) Tackles For Loss 5.5 HUGHES, Montori, vs UT Martin (Oct 22, 2011) Interceptions 1 McNaul, Bryce, at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) 1 JOHNSON, Will, vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) 1 WATSON, Corey, vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) 1 MITCHELL, Caleb, vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) 1 HORTON,Jason, at Jacksonville State (Sep 24, 2011) 1 JACKSON,Clarenc, at Jacksonville State (Sep 24, 2011) 1 BORUM, Darrick, at Southeast Missouri (10-1-11) 1 HORN, Tyler, vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 08, 2011) 1 RAGIN, Steven, at Austin Peay (Oct 29, 2011) 1 WADE, Sheldon, at Austin Peay (Oct 29, 2011) 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Oct 30, 2011) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 67 at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) Yards Rushing 411 at Southeast Missouri (10-1-11) Yards Per Rush 7.3 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 08, 2011) TD Rushes 5 at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) 5 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 08, 2011) Pass attempts 38 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Pass completions 24 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Yards Passing 243 vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) Yards Per Pass 9.5 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 08, 2011) TD Passes 3 at Southeast Missouri (10-1-11) Total Plays 83 at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) Total Offense 541 at Southeast Missouri (10-1-11) Yards Per Play 7.8 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 08, 2011) Points 48 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 08, 2011) Sacks By 4 vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) 4 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) First Downs 27 at Northwestern (Sep 10, 2011) Penalties 11 at Jacksonville State (Sep 24, 2011) Penalty Yards 105 at Jacksonville State (Sep 24, 2011) Turnovers 4 vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) Interceptions By 3 vs Tennessee Tech (Sep 17, 2011) Punts 7 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Punting Avg 44.7 at Southeast Missouri (10-1-11) Long Punt 58 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Punts inside 20 2 vs Illinois State (Sep 01, 2011) 2 at Jacksonville State (Sep 24, 2011) 2 at Murray State (Oct 15, 2011) Long Punt Return 24 at Jacksonville State (Sep 24, 2011) 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL ROSTER (Game Roster)

# NAME POS HT WT YR HOMETOWN (LAST) 1 Jimmy Lera + RB 5-8 177 R-FR Lake Park, Fla. (Palm Beach Gardens) 2 Tavares Crawford DB 5-10 169 SO Belle Glade, Fla. (Glades Central) 3 Lorence Ricks + WR 6-1 176 R-SR Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Ft. Lauderdale) 5 Jake Walker + RB 5-10 194 R-JR Delray Beach, Fla. (Univ. of Toledo) 6 Jake Mitchell + DB 6-0 180 R-JR Springfield, Ill. (Lanphier) 7 Antonio Taylor + LB 6-2 215 R-SO Maywood, Ill. (Immaculate Conception) 8 Cory Leman + LB 6-0 221 R-SR Champaign, Ill. (Central) 9 Chavar Watkins + WR 6-2 201 R-JR Sunrise, Fla. (Piper) 10 Randolph Tribble CB 5-10 166 JR Riviera Beach, Fla. (Palm Beach Gardens) 11 Ben Krol QB 6-6 220 FR Woodstock, Ill. (Marian Central Catholic) 13 Von Wise + TE 6-4 209 R-JR Cincinnati, Ohio (Finneytown) 14 Taylor Duncan + QB 6-3 210 R-FR Marshall, Ill. (Marshall) 15 Jimmy Garoppolo QB 6-3 206 SO Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows) 16 Scott Kujak QB 6-4 205 FR New Port Richey, Fla. (Ridgewood) 19 Nick Martinez + SS 6-0 209 R-SR Miami, Fla. (Dade Christian) 20 AJ Woodson + DB 5-8 180 R-FR Pompano Beach, Fla. (Northeast) 21 Pete Houlihan DB 5-11 177 SO New Lenox, Ill. (Providence Catholic) 22 DeAndre Thurman DB 5-11 170 FR Lansing, Ill. (Thornton Fractional South) 23 Shepard Little RB 5-10 173 FR Schaumburg, Ill. (Schaumburg) 24 James Cooper + CB 5-10 186 R-JR Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East) 25 Reggie Box RB 6-0 175 FR Glen Carbon, Ill. (Edwardsville) 26 Trey Pendergrass ATH 5-6 155 FR Royal Palm Beach, Fla. (Jupiter Christian) 27 Matt Talley SAF 6-1 205 FR Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Deerfield Beach) 28 Nick Beard + DB 6-1 183 R-SO Delray Beach, Fla. (Atlantic) 29 Devin Brinson RB 6-0 193 FR Carmel, Ind. (Carmel) 30 Pat Cox + DB 6-2 215 R-FR Grayslake, Ill. (Northern Illinois Univ.) 31 Alex McNulty + DB 5-10 187 R-SO Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) 32 Artavious Dowdell DL 6-2 230 JR Belle Glade, Fla. (Glades Central) 33 Darelle Black RB 5-10 195 FR Matteson, Ill. (Rich Central) 34 Kenneth Hankerson LB 6-0 203 FR Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 35 John Wurm + DB 6-1 214 R-FR Dublin, Ohio (Coffman) 36 Taylor Kerr K/P 6-1 175 FR Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike) 37 Andre Hodge LB 6-0 240 FR Keyport, N.J. (Matawan Regional) 38 D.J. Bland + DB 6-1 179 R-FR Chicago, Ill. (De La Salle Institute) 39 Mike Gunter SAF 6-3 200 FR Springfield, Ill. (Rochester) 40 Keithan Hedrick + SS 5-11 191 R-SO Markham, Ill. (Bremen) 41 Andy Bays + DB 5-8 180 R-SO Charleston, Ill. (Charleston) 42 Perry Maynard + LB/FB 6-2 223 R-JR Southlake, Texas (Carroll) 43 AJ Chappelle LB 5-9 210 FR Florissant, Mo. (Hazelwood Central) 44 Judes Amilcar + DE 6-2 231 R-SO Pompano, Fla. (Olympic Heights) 45 Keagan Robinson + TE 6-6 251 R-JR Petersburg, Ill. (PORTA) 46 Gordy Kickels LB 6-1 215 SR Lemont, Ill. (Lemont) 47 J.R. Ridgner + LB 6-0 208 R-JR Chicago, Ill. (Morgan Park) 48 Marcus Lee + LB 6-0 217 R-FR Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) 49 Robert Haynes LB 6-0 225 FR Punta Gorda, Fla. (Charlotte) 50 Adam Gristick + LB 5-10 208 R-FR Allentown, Pa. (Parkland) 51 Adam Baker LS 6-2 226 JR Champaign, Ill. (Central) 52 Clinton Simpkins + DL 6-3 220 R-SO Fredricksburg, Va. (Dodge City CC) 53 Greg Mahan + DL 6-3 248 R-JR Carol Stream, Ill. (Glenbard North) 56 Jerone Williams DL 6-4 302 JR St. Louis, Mo. (Ellsworth CC)

# NAME POS HT WT YR EXP HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/JC/LAST) 57 Sean Dammerman LB 6-0 205 FR Effingham, Ill. (Effingham) 58 Cameron Berra K 5-11 203 SO St. Louis, Mo. (Parkway Central) 59 Scott Weatherford + P 6-1 180 R-SO Terre Haute, Ind. (North) 60 Vinnie Cordova OL 6-5 280 FR Columbus, Ohio (New Albany) 61 Eric Luhrsen OL 6-5 235 FR Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton-Warrenville South) 62 Shane Kelly + OL 6-4 253 R-JR Rhinelander, Wis. (Rhinelander) 63 Dimitri Tripkos + DL 6-3 260 R-FR Skokie, Ill. (Niles West) 64 Josh Bryant + OL 6-0 285 R-JR Chicago, Ill. (Morgan Park) 65 Josh Griffin DL 6-6 265 FR Paris, Ill. (Paris) 66 Matt Parks + OL 6-5 297 R-FR Machesney Park, Ill. (Harlem) 67 Mike O'Neill + OL 6-2 277 R-JR Chicago, Ill. (St. Patrick) 68 Nick Borre OL 6-4 280 FR Bloomingdale, Ill. (Lake Park) 69 Eric Varela OL 6-6 311 JR Temecula, Calif. (Mt. San Jacinto JC) 70 Joseph Hall C 6-5 220 FR Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton-Warrenville South) 71 Kevin Kapellas + OL 6-4 277 R-JR Cincinnati, Ohio (Moeller) 72 Alex Pierce + OL 6-6 307 R-SO Carmel, Ind. (Carmel) 74 Collin Seibert + OL 6-4 268 R-FR Oswego, Ill. (Oswego) 75 Mike Garrity + OL 6-6 305 R-JR Batavia, Ill. (Univ. of Illinois) 76 Eric Zink OL 6-6 266 SR Oshkosh, Wis. (West) 77 Dominic Pagliara + OL 6-6 296 R-SO Quincy, Ill. (Quincy Notre Dame) 78 Mitch Reab OL 6-4 301 JR Forestville, Calif. (Santa Rosa JC) 79 Jon Voytilla DL 6-3 284 SO St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles East) 81 Chris Wright WR 6-1 177 JR Skokie, Ill. (Niles West) 83 Malcolm Jackson WR 6-3 188 JR Bolingbrook, Ill. (College of DuPage) 84 Sam Hendricks + TE 6-4 206 R-FR Cincinnati, Ohio (Indian Hill) 85 Leo Minne WR 5-10 168 FR Round Lake, Ill. (Grant) 86 Rex Bonham + TE 6-3 233 R-FR New Carlisle, Ohio (Tecumseh) 87 Jason Schuman TE 6-7 225 FR Warrenville, Ill. (Wheaton-Warrenville South) 88 Adam Drake + WR 6-2 181 R-FR Charleston, Ill. (Charleston) 89 Jeremy Rykard WR 5-10 166 JR O’Fallon, Ill. (Mt. San Jacinto JC) 90 Roosevelt Holliday DL 6-3 297 JR Maywood, Ill. (Bolingbrook) 93 Pat Wertz + DL 6-4 241 R-JR Orland Hills, Ill. (Andrew/Illinois State) 94 Timotheus Granger DE 6-2 200 FR West Palm Beach, Fla. (Suncoast) 95 Clinton Scott DE 6-4 230 FR Casey, Ill. (Casey-Westfield) 96 Justin Smith DL 6-5 220 FR Lansing, Ill. (Thornton Fractional South) 97 Dino Fanti DT 6-1 248 FR Venice, Fla. (Venice) 98 Fedney Delphonse DE 6-3 215 FR Naples, Fla. (Golden Gate) 99 Noah Decker + DE 6-3 226 R-SO Charleston, Ill. (Charleston) + - indicates redshirt year used

EIU COACHING STAFF Bob Spoo – Head Coach (Purdue, 1960, 25th year) Roc Bellantoni – Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator (Iona, 1993 – 11th year) Roy Wittke – Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator (UW Eau-Claire, 1982 – 17th year) Brian Callahan – Offensive Line Coach (Eastern Illinois, 1992 – 2nd year) Mike Lynch – Wide Receivers Coach (Montana, 2000 – 7th year) Brian Strandley – Defensive Line Coach (Idaho, 1995 – 1st year) Matthew Smiley – Special Teams Coordinator (Illinois, 2001 – 3rd year) Chad Cleveland – Defensive Backs Coach (Eastern Illinois, 2007 – 3rd year) Jason Fisher – Tight Ends Coach (Eastern Illinois, 2008 – 3rd year) George Love – Linebackers Coach (Eastern Illinois, 2007 – 1st year) Jerry Reeder – Defensive Assistant (Illinois, 1971, 1st year)

TEAM RECORDS TEAM GAME BESTS TEAM SEASON BESTS TOTAL OFFENSE: TOTAL OFFENSE: 683...... vs. Winona State...... 1986 5,431...... 2002 4,982...... 2000 RUSHING YARDAGE: 4,931...... 1986 398...... vs. St. Joseph...... 1973 4,747...... 1996 379...... vs. Florida Atlantic...... 2002 4,671...... 1978

RUSHING YARDAGE: RUSHING ATTEMPTS: 2,882...... 1976 72...... vs. Western Illinois...... 1976 2,781...... 1978 2,739...... 1996 PASSING YARDAGE: The most sure-handed receiver in 509...... vs. Saginaw Valley...... 1985 RUSHING ATTEMPTS: EIU history, Roy Banks (1983- 486...... vs. Southwest Missouri..... 1984 600...... 1976 86), later went on to play with the 482...... vs. Western Kentucky...... 1984 589...... 1996 Indianapolis Colts. 452...... vs. Southern Illinois...... 1986 444...... vs. Winona State...... 1986 PASSING YARDAGE: 4,071...... 1984 PASSING ATTEMPTS: 3,587...... 1986 58...... vs. Saginaw Valley...... 1985 3,213...... 2002 58...... vs. Northern Iowa...... 1984 3,205...... 1985 3,147...... 1999 58...... vs. Illinois State...... 1981 QB Sean Payton (1983-86) holds 58...... vs. Central Michigan...... 1970 virtually every EIU passing record PASSING ATTEMPTS: 503...... 1985 as he directed the 1986 Panthers to PASSES COMPLETED: the NCAA I-AA quarterfinals. 40...... vs. Saginaw Valley...... 1985 PASSES COMPLETED: 288...... 1984 TOUCHDOWNS: 263...... 2002 12...... vs. Mecom Academy...... 1920 10...... vs. Kentucky State...... 1982 TOUCHDOWNS: 61...... 2002 TOUCHDOWN PASSES: 58...... 2000 6...... vs. Murray State...... 2000 54...... 1986 6...... vs. Kentucky State...... 1982 53...... 1978 5...... vs. Southeast Missouri...... 2002 51...... 1996 5...... vs. Southwest Missouri..... 1986 TOUCHDOWN PASSES: 5...... vs. Western Kentucky...... 1984 34...... 2002 5...... vs. Central State (OH)...... 1981 29...... 1984 All-American quarterback Tony 5...... vs. Augustana (SD)...... 1980 Romo (1999-2002) was selected 28...... 1980 5...... vs. Northern Iowa...... 1978 27...... 2000 as the 2002 'Walter Payton Trophy' 24...... 1986 All-American tailback Nate winner as the best player in NCAA QUATERBACK SACKS: Anderson (1970-73). I-AA football. 12...... vs. Southwest Missouri..... 1986 QUARTERBACK SACKS: 12...... vs. Kentucky State...... 1982 71...... 1982 52...... 1979 TURNOVERS: 8...... vs. Youngstown State...... 1981 TURNOVERS: 56...... 1981 TURNOVERS CAUSED: 13...... vs. Northern Illinois...... 1940 TURNOVERS CAUSED: 52...... 1980 9...... vs. Northeast Missouri...... 1983 9...... vs. Western Illinois...... 1980 CONSECUTIVE PASSES WITHOUT AN INTERCEPTION: MISC. GAME BESTS 218...... 2007

MOST EIU POINTS IN A QUARTER: 30...... vs. Kentucky State...... 1982 30...... vs. Central State...... 1981

MOST POINTS SCORED BY BOTH TEAMS: 102...... vs. Tennessee State...... 2002 ...... (EIU 54; TSU 48)

LOWEST TOTAL OFFENSE BY AN OPPONENT: -12...... vs. Kentucky State...... 1982

Poke Cobb (1976-79), the greatest running back in Eastern Illinois Panther history, with 5,042 yards.

WWW.EIUPANTHERS.COM 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL GAME RECORDS INDIVIDUAL BESTS INDIVIDUAL BESTS MISC. INDIVIDUAL BESTS TOTAL OFFENSE: LONGEST TOUCHDOWN PASS: Sean Payton...... 507 vs. Saginaw Valley...... 1985 TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS: Tony Romo to...... 98 vs. E. Kentucky...... 2000 Sean Payton...... 498 vs. SW Missouri...... 1984 Scott McGhee...... 4 vs. Northern Iowa...... 1978 Will Bumphus Sean Payton...... 441 vs. W. Kentucky...... 1984 James Warring...... 4 vs. Northern Michigan...... 1978 Anthony Buich...... 440 vs. SE Missouri...... 1999 LONGEST TOUCHDOWN RUN: Jeff Christensen...... 416 vs. SW Missouri...... 1985 SOLO TACKLES: Poke Cobb...... 96 vs. Tennessee Tech...... 1976 Thomas Williams..... 20 vs. St. Joseph...... 1997 RUSHING YARDAGE: Nick Ricks ...... 18 vs. E. Kentucky ...... 2002 LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR TD: J.R. Taylor...... 308 vs. Florida Atlantic...... 2002 Chris Nicholson...... 17 vs. SW Missouri...... 1983 Roosevelt Williams.. 98 vs. Tennessee St...... 2001 Kevin Staple...... 283 vs. Grand Valley...... 1983 Tim Lance...... 17 vs. Northern Iowa...... 1987 Nate Anderson...... 268 vs. St. Joseph...... 1973 John Noll...... 15 vs. Northern Iowa...... 1987 LONGEST FIELD GOAL: Nate Anderson...... 259 vs. SW Missouri...... 1972 Tim Lance...... 15 vs. W. Kentucky...... 1990 Rich Ehmke...... 58 vs. Northern Iowa...... 1986 Willie High...... 240 vs. NW Louisiana...... 1993 Jeff Mills...... 14 vs. Western Illinois...... 1988 Steve Largent...... 53 vs. SW Missouri...... 1993 J.R. Taylor...... 241 vs. SE Missouri...... 2001 Jeff Mills...... 14 vs. SW Missouri...... 1988 LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN: RUSHING ATTEMPTS: TOTAL TACKLES: Chris Watson...... 100 vs. Northern Iowa...... 1995 Willie High...... 48 vs. Northern Iowa...... 1993 Tim Carver...... 31 vs. Texas-El Paso...... 1994 Marcus Potts...... 100 vs. Youngstown St...... 1977 Jeff Mills...... 29 vs. SW Missouri...... 1988 PASSING YARDAGE: Thomas Williams..... 27 vs. St. Joseph...... 1997 LONGEST PUNT: Sean Payton...... 509 vs. Saginaw Valley...... 1985 Nick Ricks ...... 25 vs. E. Kentucky ...... 2002 Bob Babb...... 100 vs. Illinois State...... 1946 Sean Payton...... 486 vs. SW Missouri...... 1984 Tyrone Covington.... 25 vs. Illinois State...... 1984 Kevin Cook...... 86 vs. Southeast Missouri...2010 Sean Payton...... 461 vs. W. Kentucky...... 1984 John Noll...... 23 vs. Northern Iowa...... 1988 (EIU Division I record) Anthony Buich...... 435 vs. SE Missouri...... 1999 Tony Romo...... 414 vs. Toledo...... 2000 TACKLES FOR LOSS: LONGEST PUNT RETURN: Trevor Frericks...... 7.0 vs. Tennessee State.....2009 Bob Babb...... 100 vs. Millikin...... 1949 PASSING ATTEMPTS: Tony Romo...... 58 vs. Hawai'i...... 2002 QUARTERBACK SACKS: MOST BLOCKED KICKS: Sean Payton...... 58 vs. Saginaw Valley...... 1985 John Jurkovic...... 6 vs. SW Missouri...... 1986 Kourtney Young...... 3 vs. Illinois State...... 2000 Sean Payton...... 58 vs. Northern Iowa...... 1984 Pete Catan...... 6 vs. Southern Illinois...... 1979 Scott Johnson...... 3 vs. Western Illinois...... 1988 Scott Johnson...... 3 vs. Western Kentucky...... 1988 PASSES COMPLETED: PASSES INTERCEPTED: Sean Payton...... 40 vs. Saginaw Valley...... 1985 Bill Glenn...... 5 vs. Northern Illinois...... 1940 MOST CONSECUTIVE PASSES COMPLETED: Sean Payton...... 34 vs. Northern Iowa...... 1984 Sean Payton...... 17 vs. Western Kentucky....1986 Sean Payton...... 33 vs. SW Missouri...... 1984 MOST PASS RECEPTIONS BY A RUNNING BACK: Tony Romo...... 16 vs. Indiana State...... 2001 Anthony Buich...... 36 vs. SE Missouri...... 1999 DuWayne Pitts...... 9 vs. SW Missouri...... 1984 Anthony Buich...... 34 vs. Eastern Kentucky.....1999 MOST FIELD GOALS: RUSHING YARDS BY A QUARTERBACK: Rich Ehmke...... 5 vs. Winona State...... 1986 RECEIVING (CATCHES): Joe Davis...... 134 vs. Bradley...... 1968 Willie White...... 15 vs. Illinois State...... 1971 MOST FUMBLE RECOVERIES: Andre Raymond...... 14 vs. Hawai'i...... 2002 Tied by many...... 2 Rob Mehalic...... 14 vs. Delaware State...... 1981 Jerry Wright...... 12 vs. Indiana State...... 1984 MOST INTERCEPTIONS THROWN: Mark O’Donnell...... 12 vs. Central Michigan...... 1970 Jeff Thorne...... 7 vs. McNeese State...... 1993 Calvin Pierce...... 12 vs. NE Missouri...... 1985 Calvin Pierce...... 12 vs. Saginaw Valley...... 1985 Roy Banks...... 12 vs. Saginaw Valley...... 1985

RECEIVING (YARDS): Frank Cutolo...... 239 vs. Tennessee St...... 2001 Calvin Pierce...... 238 vs. SW Missouri...... 1986 Chris Wright...... 217 at Tennessee State...... 2010 Ralph Stewart...... 201 vs. S. Illinois...... 1988 Calvin Pierce...... 199 vs. S. Illinois...... 1986 Willie White...... 195 vs. SW Missouri...... 1971

ALL-PURPOSE RUSHING: Poke Cobb...... 336 vs. Butler...... 1976 Andre Raymond...... 335 vs. Hawai'i...... 2002

TOUCHDOWNS: Steve Turner...... 6 vs. Mecom Academy...... 1920 Kevin Staple...... 5 vs. Kentucky State...... 1982 J.R. Taylor...... 4 vs. Florida Atlantic...... 2002 J.R. Taylor...... 4 vs. Tennessee-Martin...... 2002 Kevin Staple...... 4 vs. Grand Valley...... 1983 James Warring...... 4 vs. Northern Michigan...... 1978 Scott McGhee...... 4 vs. Northern Iowa...... 1978

TOUCHDOWN PASSES: Tony Romo...... 6 vs. Murray State...... 2000 Jeff Christensen...... 6 vs. Kentucky State...... 1982 Tony Romo...... 5 vs. SE Missouri...... 2002 All eyes are on Rich Ehmke's (#6) record-setting 58 yard field goal that gave the No. 8 ranked Sean Payton...... 5 vs. SW Missouri...... 1986 Panthers a 31-30 victory over No. 11 Northern Iowa on the last play of the game in 1986. Often de- Sean Payton...... 5 vs. Western Kentucky...... 1984 scribed as the "most exciting game in EIU history," the Homecoming win in front of 11,000 plus fans Steve Turk...... 5 vs. Northern Michigan...... 1978 propelled the Panthers on to the conference championship that season.

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TOTAL OFFENSE: PASSES COMPLETED: TOUCHDOWN PASSES: QUARTERBACK SACKS: 1.... Sean Payton...... 3,661...... 1984 1.... Sean Payton...... 270...... 1984 1.... Tony Romo...... 34...... 2002 1.... Pete Catan...... 21...... 1979 2.... Sean Payton...... 3,397...... 1986 2.... Tony Romo...... 258...... 2002 2.... Sean Payton...... 28...... 1984 2.... Keith Wojnowski...... 16...... 1982 3.... Tony Romo...... 3,149...... 2002 3.... Sean Payton...... 256...... 1985 3.... Tony Romo ...... 27...... 2000 3.... Pete Catan...... 15...... 1978 4.... Sean Payton...... 3,005...... 1985 4.... Sean Payton...... 222...... 1986 4.... Steve Turk...... 25...... 1978 4.... Ira Jefferson...... 15...... 1981 5.... Anthony Buich...... 2,654...... 1999 5.... Jeff Christensen...... 222...... 1981 5.... Sean Payton...... 23...... 1986 5.... John Jurkovic...... 13...... 1986 6.... Jeff Christensen.... 2,626...... 1981 6.... Anthony Buich...... 216...... 1999 6.... Sean Payton...... 22...... 1985 .... Greg Duncan...... 13...... 1982 7.... Tony Romo...... 2,563...... 2000 7.... Eric Arnold...... 194...... 1989 7.... Tony Romo...... 21...... 2001 7.... Pete Catan...... 11...... 1980 8.... Steve Turk...... 2,367...... 1978 8.... Matt Schabert...... 190...... 2004 .... Jeff Thorne...... 21...... 1991 8.... Mike Carlin...... 10...... 2000 9.... Matt Schabert...... 2,316...... 2004 9.... Jimmy Garoppolo.. 181...... 2011 .... Jeff Christensen...... 21...... 1982 .... Tom Moskal...... 10...... 1984 10.... Jeff Christensen.... 2,245...... 1982 10.... Bodie Reeder...... 177...... 2008 10.... Jake Christensen...... 19...... 2009 10.... Chris Nicholson...... 8.5...... 1983 .... Mike Simpson...... 19...... 1996 .... Bill Mines...... 8.5...... 1981 .... JImmy Garoppolo.... 18...... 2011 RUSHING YARDAGE: RECEIVING (CATCHES): PASSES INTERCEPTED: 1.... Poke Cobb...... 1,609...... 1979 1.... Jerry Wright...... 76...... 1984 TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS: 1.... Mike Grier...... 11...... 1971 2.... J.R. Taylor...... 1,522...... 2002 2.... Andre Raymond ...... 70 ...... 2002 1.... Roy Banks...... 17...... 1984 2.... Kourtney Young...... 7...... 2000 3.... Willie High...... 1,487...... 1993 3.... Roy Banks...... 69...... 1984 2.... Scott McGhee...... 16...... 1980 .... Rodney Reynolds...... 7...... 1986 4.... Willie High...... 1,458...... 1995 4.... Rob Mehalic...... 67...... 1981 3.... Micah Rucker...... 13...... 2006 .... Robert Williams...... 7...... 1983 5.... Vincent Webb...... 1,405...... 2006 5.... DuWayne Pitts...... 65...... 1985 4.... Will Bumphus...... 13...... 2002 .... Randy McCue...... 7...... 1982 6.... Jamie Jones...... 1,403...... 1991 6.... Willie White...... 65...... 1971 5.... Roy Banks...... 11...... 1986 .... Kevin Gray...... 7...... 1980 7.... Poke Cobb...... 1,330...... 1978 7.... Calvin Pierce...... 65...... 1986 6.... Chris Wright...... 9...... 2011 .... Rich Brown...... 7...... 1980 8.... Nate Anderson...... 1,261...... 1973 8.... Calvin Pierce...... 60...... 1985 .... Micah Rucker...... 9...... 2007 .... Rich Brown...... 7...... 1978 9.... Nate Anderson...... 1,255...... 1972 9.... James Warring...... 59...... 1978 .... Ralph Stewart...... 9...... 1988 9.... Tim Lance...... 6...... 1989 10.... Ademola Adeniji.... 1,254...... 2007 10.... Nick Eller...... 57...... 2002 .... Roy Banks...... 9...... 1985 .... Tony Farrell...... 6...... 1991 10.... Frank Cutolo...... 8...... 2001 .... Roger Holoman...... 8...... 1981 FIELD GOALS MADE: RUSHING ATTEMPTS: RECEIVING (YARDS): 1.... Steve Largent...... 16...... 1995 1.... Willie High...... 314...... 1995 1.... Roy Banks...... 1,269...... 1984 .... Dave Strauch...... 16...... 1982 2.... Willie High...... 297...... 1994 2.... Calvin Pierce...... 1,200...... 1986 SOLO TACKLES: 3.... Tyler Wilke...... 15...... 2008 3.... Nate Anderson...... 296...... 1973 3.... Jerry Wright...... 1,029...... 1984 1.... Thomas Williams..... 102...... 1997 .... Rich Ehmke...... 15...... 1987 4.... Poke Cobb...... 293...... 1979 4.... Roy Banks...... 1,014...... 1986 2.... Nick Ricks ...... 98 ...... 2002 5.... Austin Signor...... 14...... 2009 5.... Willie High...... 273...... 1993 5.... James Warring...... 980...... 1978 3.... Tim Lance...... 93...... 1990 .... Henry Castellanos..... 14...... 1983 6.... Poke Cobb...... 267...... 1978 6.... Micah Rucker...... 966...... 2006 4.... Jeff Mills...... 91...... 1988 7.... Zach Yates...... 12...... 2006 7.... Vincent Webb...... 264...... 2006 7.... Willie White...... 915...... 1971 5.... Clint Sellers...... 88...... 2005 .... Rich Ehmke...... 12...... 1986 8.... Vincent Webb...... 262...... 2005 8.... Calvin Pierce...... 900...... 1985 6.... Tim Carver...... 87...... 1995 9.... Steve Largent...... 11...... 1993 9.... Nate Anderson...... 261...... 1972 9.... Scott McGhee...... 878...... 1978 7.... Nick Ricks ...... 85 ...... 2001 .... Jeff Sanders...... 11...... 1976 10.... J.R. Taylor...... 254...... 2002 10.... Roy Banks...... 817...... 1985 8.... Randy Melvin...... 85...... 1979 9.... John Williams...... 83...... 1999 10.... Tim Carver...... 82...... 1993 PASSING YARDAGE: ALL-PURPOSE YARDS: 1.... Sean Payton...... 3,843...... 1984 1.... Andre Raymond ... 2,268 ...... 2002 2.... Sean Payton...... 3,456...... 1986 2.... Jamie Jones...... 2,007...... 1991 TOTAL TACKLES: 3.... Tony Romo...... 3,165...... 2002 3.... Poke Cobb...... 1,689...... 1978 1.... Tim Carver...... 179...... 1994 4.... Sean Payton...... 3,146...... 1985 4.... Poke Cobb...... 1,667...... 1979 2.... Tyrone Covington..... 172...... 1984 MISC. IND. BESTS 5.... Anthony Buich...... 2,692...... 1999 5.... Poke Cobb...... 1,608...... 1976 3.... Tim Lance...... 152...... 1990 BEST PUNTING AVERAGE: 6.... Jeff Christensen.... 2,672...... 1981 6.... Jamie Jones...... 1,607...... 1990 4.... Thomas Williams..... 150...... 1997 Kevin Cook...... 44.6...... 2007 7.... Tony Romo...... 2,583...... 2000 7.... J.R. Taylor...... 1,591...... 2002 5.... Nick Ricks ...... 149 ...... 2002 8.... Steve Turk...... 2,423...... 1978 8.... Vincent Webb...... 1,588...... 2006 6.... Jeff Mills...... 144...... 1988 FIELD GOAL PCT. (MIN. 10 MADE): Zach Yates .750 (12-16)...... 2006 9.... Jeff Christensen.... 2,270...... 1982 9.... Willie High...... 1,537...... 1995 7.... Tim Carver...... 138...... 1995 10.... Eric Arnold...... 2,238...... 1989 10.... Willie High...... 1,508...... 1993 .... Tim Carver...... 138...... 1993 MOST BLOCKED KICKS: .... Jimmy Garoppolo.. 2,219...... 2011 9.... John Noll...... 129...... 1990 Scott Johnson...... 6...... 1988 10.... Bill Mines...... 128...... 1982 TOUCHDOWNS: MOST FUMBLE RECOVERIES: Tyrone Covington...... 6...... 1984 PASSING ATTEMPTS: 1.... J.R. Taylor ...... 20...... 2001 Ortega Jackson...... 6...... 1982 1.... Sean Payton...... 494...... 1985 2.... J.R. Taylor...... 18...... 2002 TACKLES FOR LOSS: 2.... Sean Payton...... 473...... 1984 3.... Roy Banks...... 17...... 1984 1.... Pete Catan...... 19...... 1978 PASS RECEP. BY A RUNNING BACK: 3.... Jeff Christensen...... 430...... 1981 4.... James Marable...... 16...... 1986 2.... Pierre Walters...... 16.5...... 2008 DuWayne Pitts...... 65...... 1985 4.... Sean Payton...... 423...... 1986 5.... Scott McGhee...... 16...... 1980 3.... Trevor Frericks...... 16...... 2009 5.... Tony Romo...... 407...... 2002 6.... Poke Cobb...... 16...... 1978 .... Nick Ricks ...... 16 ...... 2002 MOST PATs SCORED: Bill Besenhofer...... 49...... 2000 6.... Anthony Buich...... 356...... 1999 7.... Ademola Adeniji...... 15...... 2007 .... Mike Carlin...... 16...... 2000 Rich Ehmke...... 47...... 1986 7.... Eric Arnold...... 346...... 1989 8.... Vincent Webb...... 15...... 2005 .... Aaron Thomas...... 16...... 1986 Dan DiMartino...... 47...... 1978 8.... Matt Schabert...... 311...... 2004 9.... James Warring...... 14...... 1978 .... Ira Jefferson...... 16...... 1981 9.... Jeff Christensen...... 301...... 1982 10.... Poke Cobb...... 14...... 1978 8.... Pierre Walters...... 15...... 2006 MOST RUSHING YARDS BY QB: 10.... Jake Christensen..... 300...... 2009 .... Dan Dee...... 15...... 1992 Joe Davis...... 432...... 1968 .... Jimmy Garoppolo.. 288...... 2011 10.... Donovan Johnson...... 14...... 2008 .... John Jurkovic...... 14...... 1988 .... John Jurkovic...... 14...... 1986 .... Pete Catan...... 14...... 1979

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TOTAL OFFENSE: PASSES COMPLETED: TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS: QUARTERBACK SACKS: 1.... Sean Payton (1983-86)...... 10,298 1.... Sean Payton (1983-86)...... 756 1.... Roy Banks (1983-86)...... 38 1.... Pete Catan (1976-80)...... 47 2.... Tony Romo (1999-02)...... 8,059 2.... Tony Romo (1999-02)...... 584 2.... Scott McGhee (1977-80)...... 27 2.... Ira Jefferson (1978-81)...... 31 3.... Jeff Thorne (1990-93)...... 6,317 3.... Jeff Thorne (1990-93)...... 536 3.... Will Bumphus (1999-2002)...... 25 3.... John Jurkovic (1985-89)...... 27 4.... Jeff Christensen (1980-82)..6,185 4.... Jeff Christensen (1980-82).....469 4.... James Warring (1977-79)...... 22 4.... Kory Lothe (2002-05)...... 24 5.... Poke Cobb (1976-79)...... 5,161 5.... Eric Arnold (1987-89)...... 395 .... Micah Rucker (2006-07)...... 22 .... Mike Carlin (1997-2000)...... 24 6.... Anthony Buich (1998-99).....4,523 6.... Ron Gustafson (1969-71)...... 389 6.... Jerry Wright (1981-84)...... 21 .... Keith Wojnowski (1979-82)...... 24 7.... Eric Arnold (1987-89)...... 4,431 7.... Anthony Buich (1998-99)...... 363 .... Willie White (1970-73)...... 21 7.... Tom Moskal (1982-85)...... 19 8.... Vincent Webb (2003-06)...... 4,233 8.... Bodie Reeder (2007-09)...... 356 8.... Chris Wright (2009-pres.)...... 19 8.... Joe Remke (1988-91)...... 17 9.... Willie High (1992-95)...... 4,231 9.... Roger Haberer (1962-65)...... 354 9.... Ryan Voss (2003-06)...... 18 9.... Chris Nicholson (1982-83).....16.5 10.... Mike Simpson (1996-97)...... 3,997 10.... Mike Simpson (1996-97)...... 331 10.... Frank Cutolo (1998-2001)...... 16 10.... Pierre Walters (2005-08)...... 15.5

PASSES INTERCEPTED: RUSHING YARDAGE: RECEIVING (CATCHES): TOUCHDOWN PASSES: 1.... Rich Brown (1977-80)...... 17 1.... Poke Cobb (1976-79)...... 5,042 1.... Roy Banks (1983-86)...... 184 1.... Tony Romo (1999-02)...... 85 2.... Rodney Reynolds (1986-89).....14 2.... Vincent Webb (2003-06)...... 4,233 2.... Willie White (1970-73)...... 164 2.... Sean Payton (1983-86)...... 75 3.... Mike Grier (1970-71)...... 13 3.... Willie High (1992-95)...... 4,231 3.... Calvin Pierce (1983-86)...... 163 3.... Jeff Christensen (1980-82)...... 51 4.... Scott Johnson (1985-88)...... 12 4.... J.R. Taylor (1999-02)...... 3,705 4.... Jerry Wright (1981-84)...... 150 4.... Jeff Thorne (1990-93)...... 44 .... Robert Williams (1980-83)...... 12 5.... Jamie Jones (1988-91)...... 3,466 5.... DuWayne Pitts (1984-87)...... 148 5.... Steve Turk (1978-79)...... 36 .... Wilbert James (1978-81)...... 12 6.... Kevin Staple (1980-83)...... 3,296 6.... Ryan Voss (2003-06)...... 126 6.... Jimmy Garoppolo (2009-pres.)..32 7.... Rashad Haynes (2007-10)...... 10 7.... Jabarey McDavid (1996-00) 2,837 .... Rob Mehalic (1978-81)...... 126 .... Mike Simpson (1996-97)...... 32 .... Kevin Gray (1980-81)...... 10 8.... DuWayne Pitts (1984-87)....2,690 8.... Frank Cutolo (1998-2001)...... 119 8.... Ron Gustafson (1969-71)...... 30 .... Bob Ford (1968-70)...... 10 9.... Justin Lynch (1995-98)...... 2,658 9.... Andre Raymond (2000-03)..... 116 9.... Anthony Buich (1998-99)...... 27 10.... Kourtney Young (1998-2001)...... 9 10.... Mark Stettner (1974-77)...... 2,638 10.... Mike Rummell (1989-92)...... 115 10.... Pete Mauch (1992-95)...... 24 .... Tony Farrell (1989-91)...... 9 .... Daryl Holcombe (1986-89)...... 9

RUSHING ATTEMPTS: RECEIVING (YARDS): SOLO TACKLES: FIELD GOALS MADE: 1.... Poke Cobb (1976-79)...... 930 1.... Roy Banks (1983-86)...... 3,177 1.... Tim Carver (1992-95)...... 320 1.... Steve Largent (1992-95)...... 46 2.... Willie High (1992-95)...... 913 2.... Calvin Pierce (1983-86)...... 2,629 2.... Nick Ricks (2000-03) ...... 298 2.... Rich Ehmke (1986-87)...... 27 3.... Vincent Webb (2003-06)...... 869 3.... Jerry Wright (1981-84)...... 2,522 3.... Tim Lance (1987-90)...... 232 3.... Tyler Wilke (2005-08)...... 26 4.... Jamie Jones (1988-91)...... 727 4.... Willie White (1970-73)...... 2,197 4.... Jeff Mills (1985-89)...... 211 .... Chad Larner (1996-99)...... 26 5.... Kevin Staple (1980-83)...... 724 5.... Frank Cutolo (1998-2001)....2,182 5.... Randy Melvin (1977-80)...... 209 5.... Jeff Sanders (1974-77)...... 22 6.... DuWayne Pitts (1984-87)...... 659 6.... Ryan Voss (2003-06)...... 1,925 6.... Fred Miller (2000-03)...... 204 6.... Zach Yates (2005-08)...... 21 7.... J.R. Taylor (1999-2000)...... 635 7.... Scott McGhee (1977-80).....1,920 7.... James Dorsey (1992-95)...... 176 7.... Steve Kuehn (2002-05)...... 18 8.... Mark Stettner (1974-77)...... 604 8.... Rob Mehalic (1978-81)...... 1,766 8.... Bill Mines (1979-82)...... 169 8.... Dave Strauch (1982-83)...... 16 9.... Jabarey McDavid (1996-00)...574 9.... Micah Rucker (2006-07)...... 1,743 9.... John Noll (1987-90)...... 168 9.... Ray D'Alessio (1989-90)...... 15 10.... Justin Lynch (1995-98)...... 568 10.... Mike Rummell (1989-92).....1,700 10.... Donald Thomas (2004-07)...... 156 10.... Cameron Berra (2010-pres.)...14 .... Austin Signor (2008-09)...... 14

PASSING YARDAGE: ALL-PURPOSE YARDS: TOTAL TACKLES: 1.... Sean Payton (1983-86)...... 10,655 1.... Poke Cobb (1976-79)...... 6,077 1.... Tim Carver (1992-95)...... 565 2.... Tony Romo (1999-02)...... 8,212 2.... Andre Raymond (2000-03) 5,688 2.... Nick Ricks (2000-03) ...... 478 MISC. IND. BESTS 3.... Jeff Thorne (1990-93)...... 6,578 3.... Jamie Jones (1988-91)...... 5,583 3.... Jeff Mills (1985-89)...... 426 BEST PUNTING AVERAGE: 4.... Jeff Christensen (1980-82)..6,282 4.... Vincent Webb (2003-06)...... 4,750 4.... Tim Lance (1987-90)...... 403 Kevin Cook (2007-10)...... 42.3 5.... Eric Arnold (1987-89)...... 4,722 5.... Kevin Staple (1980-83)...... 4,651 5.... Bill Mines (1979-82)...... 367 6.... Anthony Buich (1998-99).....4,493 6.... J.R. Taylor (1999-2000)...... 4,487 6.... Fred Miller (2000-03)...... 344 MOST CONSECUTIVE PATs: 7.... Mike Simpson (1996-97)...... 3,901 7.... Willie High (1992-95)...... 4,379 .... Tyrone Covington (1981-84)...344 Steve Largent (1992-94)...... 73 8.... Jimmy Garoppolo (2010-)...3,858 8.... DuWayne Pitts (1984-87)....3,949 8.... John Jurkovic (1985-89)...... 311 9.... Ron Gustafson (1969-71)....3,820 9.... Justin Lynch (1995-98)...... 3,564 9.... John Noll (1987-90)...... 307 MOST PATs: 10.... Bodie Reeder (2007-09)...... 3,741 10.... Roy Banks (1983-86)...... 3,298 10.... Cory Leman (2008-pres.)...... 306 Chad Larner (1996-99)...... 133

FIELD GOAL PCT. (MIN. 15 MADE): Zach Yates (2005-08)...... PASSING ATTEMPTS: TOUCHDOWNS: TACKLES FOR LOSS: ...... 72.4 (21-for-29) 1.... Sean Payton (1983-86)...... 1,408 1.... J.R. Taylor (1999-02)...... 51 1.... Pete Catan (1976-80)...... 45 2.... Jeff Thorne (1990-93)...... 967 2.... Poke Cobb (1976-79)...... 49 2.... Nick Ricks (2000-03) ...... 43 MOST FUMBLE RECOVERIES: 3.... Tony Romo (1999-2002)...... 941 3.... Vincent Webb (2003-06)...... 43 3.... Pierre Walters (2005-08)...... 42.5 Randy Melvin (1977-80)...... 9 4.... Jeff Christensen (1980-82).....925 4.... Roy Banks (1983-86)...... 38 4.... John Jurkovic (1985-89)...... 41 5.... Eric Arnold (1987-89)...... 663 5.... Willie High (1991-95)...... 37 5.... Kory Lothe (2002-05)...... 36 GAMES OVER 100 YARDS RUSHING: 6.... Anthony Buich (1998-99)...... 596 6.... Andre Raymond (2000-03)...... 28 6.... Fred Miller (2000-03)...... 33 Poke Cobb (1976-79)...... 27 7.... Bodie Reeder (2007-09)...... 560 7.... Justin Lynch (1995-98)...... 27 7.... Mike Carlin (1997-2000)...... 32 Vincent Webb (2003-06)...... 20 8.... Jimmy Garoppolo (2010-pres.)...499 8.... Scott McGhee (1977-80)...... 27 8.... Ira Jefferson (1978-81)...... 30 9.... Mike Simpson (1996-97)...... 493 9.... Will Bumphus (1999-2000)...... 25 9.... Trevor Frericks (2007-09)...... 28 PASS RECEP. BY A RUNNING BACK: 10.... Pete Mauch (1992-95)...... 437 .... Kevin Staple (1980-83)...... 25 10.... Keith Wojnowski (1980-82)...... 26 DuWayne Pitts (1984-87)...... 148

CAREER PASSING PERCENTAGE: Mike Simpson (1996-97) ...... 67.1 (331-for-493)

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