2013 DEPAUW FOOTBALL NOTES Monon Bell Game: Wabash (8-1, 7-1 NCAC) at Depauw (4-5, 4-4 NCAC) Sat., Nov
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2013 DEPAUW FOOTBALL NOTES Monon Bell Game: Wabash (8-1, 7-1 NCAC) at DePauw (4-5, 4-4 NCAC) Sat., Nov. 16 • Nick Mourouzis Field at Blackstock Stadium • Greencastle, Ind. • 1:07 p.m. DePauw wraps up the 2013 season when Quarterback Matt Hunt has seen action DEPAUW RADIO it hosts Wabash in the annual Monon Bell in eight of the Tigers’ nine games and has DePauw campus station WGRE (91.5 FM) game. The 120th football meeting between started each of the last six for a 4-2 record as will broadcast the game live to West Cen- DePauw and Wabash and the 82nd for pos- a starter. Hunt has posted a 141.19 passing ef- tral Indiana and at: www.wgre.org. Fans session of the Monon Bell kicks off at ap- ficiency rating with 1,701 passing yards with can listen on mobile devices at www.wgre. 14 touchdowns and just three interceptions. org Parker Schwartz and Dan Stinebaugh proximately 1:07 p.m. from Nick Mourouzis call the action from the press box. Field at Blackstock Stadium on Saturday, Barry Flynn, a two-time all-conference November 16. basketball player for the Tigers, decided to TV The Tigers are 4-5 overall and 4-4 in the join the football team for his final semester AXS TV will televise the game to a national North Coast Athletic Conference following and has put together one of the best seasons audience with Rich Cellini calling the Saturday’s 24-13 win at Hiram. by a Tigers player. Flynn’s 66 receptions rank play-by-play and Paul Maguire providing Wabash is 8-1 overall and 7-1 in the NCAC eighth in a DePauw season, his 819 receiving color commentary. Brad Wochomurka and after dropping a 35-17 decision at home to yards are tied for 12th and nine receiving Matt Hudson will deliver reports from the Wittenberg. The game decided the NCAC scores are tied for ninth. Sansone follows sidelines. champion. with 17 catches for 243 yards. Connor Jeffers, J.D. Robinson and Billy McClamroch have LIVE STATS COMPARING THE TEAMS (NCAA Rank) each caught 12 passes with Jeffers averaging Live stats of all DePauw home football Category DPU WC 23.1 yards per catch. games are available at <www.depauw.edu/ Scoring offense 21.4 (167) 47.6 (5) Cody Baker tops the defense with 69 ath/live/football/xlive.htm> Rushing offense 128.3 (177) 239.3 (28) tackles followed by Adam Folta with 68 and Passing offense 217.8 (108) 175.7 (171) Mitch Dwenger with 56. Indi Lavarias leads THE COACHES Team Pass Efficiency 134.70 (80) 145.08 (47) the Tigers with 5.5 tackles for loss, while Mi- Total offense 346.1 (153) 415.0 (63) chael Mitsch paces the squad with 3.0 sacks. Scoring defense 22.7 (93) 10.2 (4) Sansone averages 6.8 yards per punt Rushing defense 147.7 (109) 65.4 (3) return and 25.8 on each kickoff. Passing defense 192.9 (93) 156.0 (24) Eric Malm handles both the placekick- Pass eff. defense 135.42 (175) 90.16 (8) ing and punting duties and enters the game Total defense 340.6 (91) 221.4 (4) averaging 35.0 yards per punt with nine of Turnover margin +0.7 (59) +2.8 (1) his 50 punts landing inside the opponents’ Kickoff return average 19.5 (112) 24.1 (25) 20. Malm has also nailed 9 of 13 field goals Punt return average 7.3 (147) 12.9 (19) and 22 of 23 point-after attempts. Net punting 30.4 (161) 39.8 (3) Bill Lynch ..............................Coach .....................Erik Raeburn DePauw ..................................School .................................Wabash Team Tackles for Loss 5.4 (174) 11.8 (2) SCOUTING WABASH Butler ’77 ........................Alma Mater...... Mount Union ’94 Team Pass Sacks 1.8 (132) 3.9 (1) Wabash is fighting for an at-large spot 12-7 (2nd/2004) ..Record at School.............55-10 (6th) Pass Sacks Allowed 1.8 (111) 1.7 (100) in the NCAA Division III Championship 104-102-3 (19th) ....Career Record ............112-36 (14th) field after dropping last Saturday’s North DEPAUW UPDATE Coast Athletic Conference title game with SERIES INFORMATION After an 0-4 start, DePauw has rebounded Wittenberg. Wabash leads 57-53-9 overall to win four of its last five games to post a 4-5 The Little Giants have posted impressive Wabash leads 38-37-6 in Monon Bell games record. Of the Tigers’ losses, three have come numbers this season as they average 47.6 Complete listing on page 16 by a field goal or less. During that stretch points per game and allow just 10.2. Even 2013 DEPAUW SCHEDULE the Tigers have averaged 27.8 points while more astounding is the fact that Wabash has 9/7 at Sewanee ............................................L, 7-10 allowing just 15.8. scored three touchdowns on punt returns and 9/21 *WITTENBERG ...........................L, 0-45 Nikko Sansone leads the Tigers’ rushing seven on interceptions. 9/28 *at Kenyon ........................................L, 26-28 attack with 79.5 yards per game, but since he Michael Putko has directed the offense 10/5 *at Denison ........................................L, 21-42 moved to the backfield, full-time his average with 1,406 yards, 11 touchdowns and five in- 10/12 *OBERLIN ................................... W, 45-11 is 101.7. terceptions for an efficiency rating of 143.32. 10/19 *at Ohio Wesleyan ...................... W, 23-21 10/26 *ALLEGHENY ..............................W, 23-7 11/2 *WOOSTER ................................ L, 24-27 College Football’s Most Played Rivalries 11/9 *at Hiram ...........................................W, 24-13 Games Opponents Record First Last 11/16 *WABASH (AXS TV) ............. 1:07 p.m. 148 Lafayette-Lehigh 76-67-5 1884 2012 135 Yale -Princeton 74-51-10 1873 2012 129 Yale-Harvard 65-56-8 1875 2012 DEPAUW 128 Williams-Amherst 71-52-5 1884 11/9/2013 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS 127 Albion-Kalamazoo 87-36-4 1896 10/19/2013 125 Bowdoin-Colby 69-47-9 1892 11/9/2013 Bill Wagner, Director 124 Monmouth (Ill.)-Knox 64-50-10 1888 2012 [email protected] 122 Minnesota-Wisconsin 59-55-8 1890 10/20/2012 765-658-4630 (o) • 765-720-0213 (c) 123 Coe-Cornell College 67-52-4 1891 9/14/2013 122 William & Mary-Richmond 61-56-5 1898 2012 Jordan Niespodziany, Assistant 120 Missouri-Kansas 56-55-9 1891 2011 [email protected] 119 Wabash-DePauw 57-53-9 1890 11/10/2012 119 Pennsylvania-Cornell 69-45-5 1893 2012 Web site ........................www.depauw.edu/athletics Twitter ..............................................@DePauwAthletics (Team leading series listed first) Source: NCAA Record Book Facebook ..........Facebook.com/DePauwAthletics 1 —— depauw.edu/athletics • twitter.com/DePauwAthletics • facebook.com/DePauwAthletics —— 1 The Little Giants average 239 rushing yards while committing only 11 turnovers on of- Wabash took the lead on Belton’s 13-yard per game despite the fact they’ve sustained fense for a +2.8 turnover margin per game pass to Sean Hildebrand with 6;52 left in the substantial injuries as Tyler Holmes and which leads all of Division III. half. The extra point attempt glanced off the Mason Zurek each averaged over 100 yards Punter Cameron Sobleski is among the left upright. per game. Anthony Stella nets 4.3 yards per nation’s best as he averages 41.9 yards per On their next series, the Little Giants carry with a team-high seven touchdown boot and has landed 19 of his 36 punts in- crossed midfield, but three false start penal- runs. In all, Wabash has crossed the goal line side the opponent’s 20-yard line. Kicker Ian ties and one delay of game forced Wabash 30 times on the ground. MacDougall, has connected of 14-of-16 field to punt. After DePauw punted on its next Houston Hodges leads the receivers with goals and 50-of-52 point-after attempts. possession, Wabash took over on its own 43 44 catches for 414 yards along with four Stella and Matt Dickerson are the leading with 2:03 remaining. touchdowns, while Sean Hildebrand follows kickoff returners at 34.0 and 30.0 yards per After Belton completed passes to Hildeb- with 24 grabs for 346 yards and a team-best return, respectively. Woods averages 13.5 rand and Andrew Gibson, the Little Giants five touchdown receptions. yards on eight punt returns, while Hodges entered the red zone. The drive, however, Nate Scola paces the defense with 66 averages 10.4 on his nine returns. stalled and Ian MacDougall came on to boot a tackles including 22.5 for losses totaling 37-yard field goal with 38 seconds remaining 100 yards. He’s also second on the team WABASH RESULTS (8-1, 7-1 NCAC) to make it 9-0. with 8.5 sacks and has picked off a pair of 9/14 HANOVER W 69 0 After being forced to punt on their opening passes. Cody Buresh follows with 50 total 9/21 DENISON W 50 13 drive of the second half, the Tigers stopped tackles, 16.5 for loss and a team-best 10.0 9/28 at Allegheny W 65 0 the Little Giants on three plays, but were sacks. The Little Giants have intercepted 18 10/5 at Wooster W 48 14 called for roughing the kicker which gave passes on the season led by Justin Woods 10/12 OHIO WESLEYAN W 38 13 Wabash a first down and kept the drive alive. with three. Woods and Delon Pettiford each 10/19 KENYON W 48 7 Wabash kept the ball on the ground for the have returned two picks for scores.