FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 www.wiacsports.com Matt Stanek, Asst. Commissioner for Media Relations * 780 Regent Street * Madison, WI 53715 * Phone (608) 265-6406 * [email protected] STANDINGS
WIAC OVERALL School W L Home Away For Opp W L Home Away For Opp UW-La Crosse 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1-0 1-0 72 21 UW-Oshkosh 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1-0 1-0 97 24 UW-Platteville 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1-0 1-0 68 57 UW-Stevens Point 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1-0 1-0 67 52 UW-Stout 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1-0 1-0 42 22 UW-River Falls 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 1-1 1-0 59 28 UW-Eau Claire 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 1-0 0-1 47 67 UW-Whitewater 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0-0 1-2 67 63
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 Carroll (WI) at #RV/RV UW-La Crosse, 3:00 PM UW-River Falls at UW-Eau Claire, 1:00 PM Adrian (MI) at #--/RV UW-Stevens Point, 4:00 PM #RV/RV UW-Whitewater at #3/3 UW-Oshkosh, 1:00 PM Lakeland at #13/10 UW-Platteville, 6:00 PM #24/RV UW-Stout at #13/10 UW-Platteville, 2:00 PM UW-Eau Claire at #RV/RV George Fox (OR), 5:30 PM-PT #RV/RV UW-La Crosse at #--/RV UW-Stevens Point, 6:00 PM
Polls: D3football.com / American Football Coaches Association
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK OFFENSE Ronny Ponick, UW-Whitewater So. RB Stanley, Wis. (Stanley-Boyd) Ponick totaled 24 carries for a career-high 190 yards, the most by a Warhawk running back in more than one year, to help UW-Whitewater to a 40-21 triumph at Washington University-St. Louis (Mo.) on Sept. 16. He averaged 7.9 yards per carry and posted 146 yards in the second half alone, including a game-best 38-yard rush that set up his two-yard touchdown on third-and-goal with 6:00 to play. Ponick’s tough running on a drive that started late in the third quarter helped set up the Warhawks’ go-ahead touchdown on play action early in the fourth.
DEFENSE Harry Henschler, UW-Whitewater Jr. DL Janesville, Wis. (Craig) Henschler registered a career-best three sacks and totaled four tackles to help the Warhawks to a 40-21 triumph at Washington University-St. Louis (Mo.) to close out non-conference play on Sept. 16. He forced the Bears into a third-and-18 late in the first quarter after a sack for a five-yard loss, and added another sack in the second quarter for a loss of three yards. Henschler collected his third sack of the day on third-and-long midway through the third quarter that forced Wash U. to punt. Henschler’s three sacks were one-third of the nine sacks UW-Whitewater finished with, the most in one game in the past decade.
SPECIAL TEAMS Michael Pratl, UW-Platteville Jr. K New Lenox, Ill. In a 38-29 victory over Hampden-Sydney College (Va.) on Sept. 16, Pratl finished five-of-five on extra-point attempts and converted his lone field goal try to produce eight points for the day. With the Pioneers down 29-28 late in the third quarter, Pratl was able to give his team a 31-29 lead to head into the fourth quarter with the 24-yard field goal. Going into the fourth quarter with the lead gave a big swing of momentum to the Pioneers enroute to the win.
2017 Preseason Predictions--Voted on by WIAC Statistics WIAC Head Coaches and Sports Information Directors (http://static.wiacsports.com/custompages/football/2017/confstat.htm) 2016 Record 1. UW-Whitewater 12-1 overall, 7-0 WIAC NCAA Division III Statistics 2. UW-Oshkosh 13-2, 6-1 (http://stats.ncaa.org/rankings?sport_code=MFB&division=3) 3. UW-Platteville 8-3, 5-2 4. UW-Stevens Point 6-4, 3-4 5. UW-La Crosse 5-5, 2-5 6. UW-River Falls 4-6, 3-4 7. UW-Stout 3-7, 1-6 8. UW-Eau Claire 2-8, 1-6
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UW-Eau Claire (1-1) UW-Platteville (2-0) UW-Stout (2-0) Date Score Opponent Time/Att. Date Score Opponent Time/Att. Date Score Opponent Time/Att. 9/2 L/13-47 at #5 St. Thomas (MN) 5,048 9/2 W/30-28 George Fox (OR) 3,128 9/2 W/17-0 at Simpson (IA) 3,100 9/9 W/34-20 Wisconsin Lutheran 3,000 (New Student Welcome) 9/9 W/25-22 #4 St. Thomas (MN) 2,306 (Student Appreciation/ 9/16 W/38-29 at Hampden-Sydney (VA) 2,700 (Dorm Day) Boys & Girls Club Day) 9/23 Lakeland 6:00 PM 9/30 at UW-Platteville 2:00 PM 9/23 at George Fox (OR) 5:30 PM-PT 9/30 UW-Stout 2:00 PM 10/7 at UW-Whitewater 2:00 PM 9/30 UW-River Falls 1:00 PM (Orange Out) 10/14 UW-River Falls 2:00 PM (Homecoming) 10/7 at UW-River Falls 1:00 PM (Homecoming) 10/7 at UW-La Crosse 11:30 AM 10/14 UW-Oshkosh 2:00 PM 10/21 UW-Stevens Point 1:00 PM 10/14 at UW-Stevens Point 1:00 PM (Homecoming) 10/28 at UW-Eau Claire 6:00 PM 10/21 UW-Platteville 1:00 PM 10/21 at UW-Eau Claire 1:00 PM 11/4 at UW-La Crosse 1:00 PM (Cancer Awareness Day) 10/28 UW-La Crosse 1:00 PM 11/11 UW-Oshkosh 2:00 PM 10/28 UW-Stout 6:00 PM (Pink Out) (Military Appreciation/Senior Day) (Senior/Military Appreciation Day) 11/4 at UW-Whitewater 1:00 PM 11/4 at UW-Oshkosh 2:00 PM 11/11 UW-Stevens Point 2:00 PM UW-Whitewater (1-2) 11/11 at UW-Whitewater 1:00 PM (Senior Day) Date Score Opponent Time/Att. 9/2 L/10-17 at #RV Illinois Wesleyan 2,200 UW-La Crosse (2-0) UW-River Falls (2-1) 9/9 L/17-25 at Concordia-Moorhead (MN) 4,912 Date Score Opponent Time/Att. Date Score Opponent Time/Att. 9/16 W/40-21 at Washington (MO) 851 9/2 W/27-7 Luther (IA) 3,206 9/2 L/9-13 #RV Coe (IA) 2,300 9/30 at UW-Oshkosh 1:00 PM 9/9 W/45-14 at Ripon 1,700 9/9 W/20-12 Gustavus Adolphus (MN) 3,250 10/7 UW-Stout 2:00 PM 9/23 Carroll (WI) 3:00 PM (Military Appreciation Day) (Family Fest/Alumni Day) (Band Day) 9/16 W/30-3 at Missouri Baptist 637 10/13 UW-La Crosse 7:00 PM 9/30 at UW-Stevens Point 6:00 PM 9/30 at UW-Eau Claire 1:00 PM 10/21 at UW-River Falls 12:00 PM 10/7 UW-Eau Claire 11:30 AM 10/7 UW-Platteville 1:00 PM 10/28 at UW-Stevens Point 1:00 PM (Family Weekend/Shrine Game) (Homecoming/ 11/4 UW-Platteville 1:00 PM 10/13 at UW-Whitewater 7:00 PM Coach-to-Cure MD Day) (Homecoming/Hall of Fame Day) 10/21 UW-Oshkosh 2:00 PM 10/14 at UW-Stout 2:00 PM 11/11 UW-Eau Claire 1:00 PM (Varsity Homecoming/ 10/21 UW-Whitewater 12:00 PM (Shriners/Military Appreciation/ 1992 Reunion Team/Wall of Fame) (Breast Cancer Awareness Day) Senior Day) 10/28 at UW-Platteville 1:00 PM 10/28 at UW-Oshkosh 1:00 PM 11/4 UW-Stout 1:00 PM 11/4 at UW-Stevens Point 2:00 PM Note: Rankings (D3football.com/AFCA) reflect (Veterans/Senior Day) 11/11 UW-La Crosse 1:00 PM polls the week of the game. The AFCA did not 11/11 at UW-River Falls 1:00 PM (Senior Day) conduct a poll until Sept. 18.
UW-Oshkosh (2-0) UW-Stevens Point (2-0) Date Score Opponent Time/Att. Date Score Opponent Time/Att. 9/2 W/23-17 at #8 John Carroll (OH) 3,882 9/2 W/34-33** St. Norbert 1,216 9/9 W/74-7 Virginia Univ. of Lynchburg 1,505 9/9 W/33-19 at Albion (MI) 2,500 9/30 UW-Whitewater 1:00 PM 9/23 Adrian (MI) 4:00 PM (Kids Day) (Spud Bowl) 10/7 UW-Stevens Point 1:30 PM 9/30 UW-La Crosse 6:00 PM (Homecoming) (Pink Game) 10/14 at UW-Platteville 2:00 PM 10/7 at UW-Oshkosh 1:30 PM 10/21 at UW-La Crosse 2:00 PM 10/14 UW-Eau Claire 1:00 PM 10/28 UW-River Falls 1:00 PM (Homecoming) (Football Alumni/ 10/21 at UW-Stout 1:00 PM Faculty & Staff Appreciation Day) 10/28 UW-Whitewater 1:00 PM 11/4 UW-Eau Claire 2:00 PM 11/4 UW-River Falls 2:00 PM (Senior/Armed Forces Day) (Senior Day) 11/11 at UW-Stout 2:00 PM 11/11 at UW-Platteville 2:00 PM **Double Overtime
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WIAC COACHES ALL-TIME TOP WINNING RECORDS WIAC NON-CONFERENCE (Updated on 9/18/17) (Ranked by number of wins) (All games) OPPONENTS IN 2017
Name, School (Seasons) Years W-L-T Pct. College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Roger Harring, LC (31) 1969-99 261-75-7 .771 Carroll (WI) 0-0 Forrest Perkins, WW (29) 1956-84 190-88-8 .678 Illinois Wesleyan 0-1 Bob Berezowitz, WW (22) 1985-2006 158-73-4 .681 John Miech, STP (24) 1988-2011 156-84-2 .649 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coe (IA) 0-1 Mike Farley, RF (19) 1970-88 117-70-3 .624 Luther (IA) 1-0 Lance Leipold, WW (8) 2007-14 109-6 .948 Simpson (IA) 1-0 John O’Grady, RF (22) 1989-2010 105-112-3 .484 Link Walker, EC (19) 1968-86 104-84-3 .552 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Chick Agnew, WW (22) 1920-41 94-38-7 .701 Adrian (MI) 0-0 Mike Emendorfer, PLT (19) 1999-present 92-92 .500 Albion (MI) 1-0 Lester “Butch” Leitl, PLT (34) 1927-63 89-99-14 .475 Midwest Conference Bill Vickroy, LC (17) 1952-68 86-61-6 .582 Ripon 1-0 Pat Cerroni, OSH (11) 2007-present 79-34 .699 St. Norbert 1-0 George Chryst, PLT (14) 1979-92 79-60-2 .567 Russ Young, OSH (14) 1963-76 68-63-2 .519 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Larry Terry, LC (11) 2000-10 65-48 .575 Concordia-Moorhead (MN) 0-1 Ted Whereatt, SUP (14) 1930-42 63-28-13 .668 Gustavus Adolphus (MN) 1-0 Ron Cardo, OSH (16) 1984-99 59-97-4 .381 St. Thomas (MN) (2) 1-1 Robert Kolf, OSH (31) 1929, 31-62 59-125-16 .335 National Christian College Athletic Association Mertz Mortorelli, SUP (25) 1954-69, 75-83 58-172-11 .263 Virginia University of Lynchburg 1-0 Duaine Counsell, STP (11) 1957-65, 67-68 56-33-4 .624 Ed Meierkort, ST (11) 1993-2003 55-55 .500 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Monte Charles, STP (5) 1972-76 20-30 .400 Lakeland 0-0 SUP (2) 1970-71 10-10 .500 Wisconsin Lutheran 1-0 PLT (3) 1966-68 17-9-1 .648 Northwest Conference D.J. Leroy, STP (6) 1982-87 44-23-2 .652 George Fox (OR) (2) 1-0 Raymond Kellor, LC (13) 1917-29 43-25-15 .608 Todd Hoffner, EC (7) 1999-2005 42-28 .600 Ohio Athletic Conference Ade Olson, EC (10) 1947-56 42-34-3 .551 John Carroll (OH) 1-0 Gil Krueger, PLT (5) 1969-73 41-8-1 .830 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Jim Rice, EC (11) 1957-67 41-48-3 .462 Hampden-Sydney (VA) 1-0 Todd Glaser, EC (10) 2006-15 40-62 .392 University Athletic Association WIAC ACTIVE COACHES W-L RECORDS Washington (MO) 1-0 Mid-States Football Association--NAIA Name, School Career At School WIAC Only Missouri Baptist 1-0 Dan Larson, EC 3-9 3-9 1-6 Mike Schmidt, LC 7-5 7-5 2-5 Total 14-4 (.778) Pat Cerroni, OSH 79-34 79-34 47-23 Note: Number in parenthesis equals total number of Mike Emendorfer, PLT 92-92 92-92 53-73 times a WIAC team will face that school. Matt Walker, RF 38-55 16-47 11-31 Tom Journell, STP 49-43 27-25 14-21 Clayt Birmingham, ST 28-44 28-44 14-35 Kevin Bullis, WW 25-5 25-5 13-1 WIAC IN THE POLLS (D3football.com/AFCA) WIAC RECORD vs. EC LC OSH PLT RF STP ST WW NON-CONF OPPONENTS Preseason -- RV 4 15 ------3
Sept. 4 -- -- 3 13 ------15 Year W L Pct. Sept. 11 -- RV 3 13 -- -- 25 RV 2006 19 9 .679 Sept. 18 --/-- RV/RV 3/3 13/10 --/-- --/RV 24/RV RV/RV 2007 22 8 .733 2008 18 9 .667 *Note: The AFCA did not conduct a poll until Sept. 18 2009 23 6 .793 2010 17 12 .586 2011 15 6 .714 2012 11 9 .550 2013 19 12 .613 2014 16 13 .552 2015 17 12 .586 2016 25 8 .758
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D3FOOTBALL.COM TOP 25 - SEPT. 18 AFCA DIVISION III COACHES’ POLL - SEPT. 18
Record Prev Record Prev 1. Mary Hardin-Baylor (TX) (19) 2-0 1 1. Mary Hardin-Baylor (TX) (45) 2-0 -- 2. Mount Union (OH) (5) 2-0 2 2. Mount Union (OH) (7) 2-0 -- 3. UW-Oshkosh (1) 2-0 3 3. UW-Oshkosh 2-0 -- 4. Wheaton (IL) 3-0 4 4. Wheaton (IL) 3-0 -- 5. North Central (IL) 2-0 5 5. North Central (IL) 2-0 -- 6. St. John’s (MN) 3-0 7 6. St. John’s (MN) 3-0 -- 7. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 2-0 8 7. Hardin-Simmons (TX) 2-0 -- 8. Linfield (OR) 1-1 6 8. Johns Hopkins (MD) 3-0 -- 9. John Carroll (OH) 1-1 9 9. Delaware Valley (PA) 3-0 -- 10. St. Thomas (MN) 2-1 10 10. UW-Platteville 2-0 -- 11. Frostburg State (MD) 3-0 11 11. St. Thomas (MN) 2-1 -- 12. Delaware Valley (PA) 3-0 12 12. Frostburg State (MD) 3-0 -- 13. UW-Platteville 2-0 13 13. John Carroll (OH) 1-1 -- 14. Johns Hopkins (MD) 3-0 14 14. Wittenberg (OH) 2-0 -- 15. Whitworth (WA) 3-0 20 15. Linfield (OR) 1-1 -- 16. Wittenberg (OH) 2-0 15 16. Washington & Jefferson (PA) 3-0 -- 17. Washington & Jefferson (PA) 3-0 18 17. Alfred (NY) 2-0 -- 18. Case Western Reserve (OH) 2-0 17 18. Concordia-Moorhead (MN) 3-0 -- 19. SUNY-Brockport 3-0 22 19. SUNY-Brockport 3-0 -- 20. Illinois Wesleyan 2-1 16 20. Whitworth (WA) 3-0 -- 21. Concordia-Moorhead (MN) 3-0 23 21. Case Western Reserve (OH) 2-0 -- 22. Wesley (DE) 1-1 24 22. Wabash (IN) 2-0 -- 23. Alfred (NY) 2-0 19 23t. Illinois Wesleyan 2-1 -- 24. UW-Stout 2-0 25 23t. Wesley (DE) 1-1 -- 25. Wabash (IN) 2-0 -- 25. Dubuque (IA) 3-0 --
Others Receiving Votes: Coe (IA); Berry (GA); Albright (PA); Others Receiving Votes: Coe (IA); UW-Stout; Albright (PA); Wartburg (IA); Springfield (MA); UW-Whitewater; Berry (GA); Hobart (NY); UW-Whitewater; Heidelberg (OH); Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY); Stevenson (MD); Wartburg (IA); Centre (KY); Springfield (MA); George Fox (OR); Redlands (CA); UW-La Crosse; Framingham State (MA); East Texas Baptist; California Lutheran; Framingham State (MA); Hobart (NY); Dubuque (IA); Stevenson (MD); Trinity (CT); UW-Stevens Point; Husson (ME); Heidelberg (OH); Sul Ross State (TX); Bridgewater (VA); UW-La Crosse; Carthage; Guilford (NC); Huntingdon (AL); Centre (KY) Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY); Carnegie Mellon (PA); Denison (OH); George Fox (OR); Amherst (MA); Franklin & Marshall (PA); Redlands (CA); Franklin (IN); Randolph-Macon (VA); Baldwin Wallace (OH); Bridgewater (VA); Olivet (MI); Salve Regina (RI); SUNY-Cortland; Monmouth (IL); Sul Ross State (TX) WIAC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Eau Claire (9) 1922 (c), 1948, 1956 (c), 1963, 1964, 1981, 1983, 1998 (q), 2001 (c) La Crosse (33) 1917, 1919, 1927, 1933 (t), 1934 (c), 1939 (c), 1940 (c), 1941 (q), 1942 (t), 1949 (t), 1950 (c), 1951, 1952 (c), 1953 (c), 1954, 1971 (c), 1973, 1974 (t), 1975 (t), 1978 (c), 1980 (q), 1982, 1986 (t), 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999 (c), 2002, 2003, 2004 Milwaukee (8) 1929, 1930, 1931, 1938 (t), 1939 (c), 1942 (t), 1946 (t), 1947 (c) Oshkosh (9) 1920, 1923, 1928 (t), 1935 (c), 1968 (c), 1972, 1976 (t), 2012, 2015 Platteville (14) 1938 (t), 1941 (q), 1942 (t), 1952 (c), 1953 (c), 1956 (c), 1957, 1968 (c), 1969 (c), 1970, 1971 (c), 1974 (t), 1976 (t), 1980 (q) River Falls (18) 1915, 1916, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1933 (t), 1938 (t), 1947 (c), 1958, 1975 (t), 1976 (t), 1979, 1980 (q), 1984 (c), 1985, 1986 (t), 1987 (c), 1998 (q) Stevens Point (14) 1928 (t), 1933 (t), 1934 (c), 1936 (c), 1946 (t), 1949 (t), 1955, 1961, 1977, 1986 (t), 1998 (q), 1999 (c), 2001 (c), 2008 (c) Stout (5) 1921, 1941 (q), 1949 (t), 1965, 2000 Superior (6) 1913 (c), 1928 (t), 1935 (c), 1936 (c), 1937 (c), 1946 (t) Whitewater (35) 1913 (c), 1914, 1922 (c), 1932, 1937 (c), 1940 (c), 1941 (q), 1950 (c), 1959, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1969 (c), 1974 (t), 1975 (t), 1978 (c), 1980 (q), 1984 (c), 1987 (c), 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998 (q), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (c), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 (c)--Co-Champion (t)--Tri-Champion (q)--Quad-Champion Note: There were no league titles awarded in 1918, 1943, 1944 and 1945 UW-Eau Claire * UW-La Crosse * UW-Oshkosh * UW-Platteville * UW-River Falls * UW-Stevens Point * UW-Stout * UW-Whitewater Page 4