TABLE OF Contents MEDIA INFORMATION ___________________________3 2015 MSU FOOTBALL gUIDE at A gLANcE___________________________________4 The 2015 Murray State Football Guide was designed and produced by the MSU Athletics Department in Murray, Ky., using Adobe InDesign and Adobe __________________________ 5-6 NUMERIcAL ROSTER Photoshop. ALphABETIcAL ROSTER ________________________ 7-8 ROSTER BREAkDOwN ________________________ 9-10 pROJEcT cOORDINATOR/DESIgN 2015 Opponents __________________________ 11-14 Parker Griffith head cOAch mitch stewart _________________ 15-16 EDITOR ___________ 17-23 assistant cOAches/support staff Sherry Griffith RETURNINg starters _______________________ 24-30 RETURNINg LETTERwINNERS _________________ 31-51 cONTRIBUTORS NEwcOMERS ______________________________ 52-59 Jessica Cary, Ryan Haage, Morgan Harding, Matt Kelly, Sarah Marshall, Logan 2014 statisticS ___________________________ 60-63 Loss, Meagan Short, Dave Winder, MSU Football Staff _____________________ 64-67 YEAR-by-YEAR LEADERS RESEARch ASSISTANcE season REcORDS __________________________ 68-70 Kevin Britton, Jessica Cary, Ryan Haage, Morgan Harding Sarah Marshall, Ryne TEAM/INDIvidual REcORDS __________________ 71-72 Rickman, Logan Ross, Marshall Smith, David Snow, RUShINg REcORDS ____________________________ 73 REcEIvINg REcORDS ___________________________ 74 phOTOgRAphY Lance Allison, Eric Benson, Tab Brockman, John Brush, Jessica Cary, Patrick passing REcORDS _____________________________ 75 Clark, Art Cripps, Cindi Cripps, Michael Dann, Michael C. Hebert/New Orleans DEFENSIvE REcORDS ___________________________ 76 Saints, Indianapolis Colts, Daniel Keeney, Shirley Martin, Samantha Mohr, top pERFORMANcES ________________________ 77-78 MSU Media Relations Archives, Fred Mullane, Courtland Richards/Jacksonville ALL-TIME hONORS _____________________________ 79 Jaguars, Kevin Weaks, WG Photos, Dave Winder all-time Ovc selections _______________________ 80 YEAR-by-YEAR REcORDS ________________________ 81 pROgram history ____________________________ 82 STEwART stadium ____________________________ 83 ALL-TIME results __________________________ 84-90 ALL-TIME hONORS __________________________ 91-96 2 • 2015 MURRAY STATE FOOTBALL MEDIA Information wELcOME Daily Media Availability The Murray State University Athletics Media Relations Department Monday: Mitch Stewart and select players will be available at the is pleased to assist you with the coverage of Racer football. Parker media luncheon at 12 p.m. at the Racer Room inside Stewart Stadium. Griffith media relations assistant, will serve as the media relations contact for MSU football. Griffith can be reached at (270) 809-335 or Tuesday: Head Coach Mitch Stewart, assistant coaches and players via email at [email protected]. will be available by appointment only. cREDENTIALS Wednesday: Head Coach Mitch Stewart, assistant coaches and players will be available at the conclusion of practice. Credentials for all Murray State University football games are for working media only. Requests for media credentials should be made Thursday: Head Coach Mitch Stewart will be available by appointment at least five days prior to the game. All credential requests should be only before practice. directed to John Brush, Media Relations Assistant. Friday and Sunday: No Availability. cREDENTIAL pIck-Up Media members can pick-up their credentials at the Media Will Call Saturday: Post-game availability only. Members of the MSU Athletics entrance located at Gate 3 of Stewart Stadium. Photo identification is Media Relations staff will escort media representatives to the required for pick up. appropriate areas following the conclusion of the game. The Murray State locker room, both at home and on the road, is closed to the gAME pROcEDURES media at all times. Press Box - Seating in the press box is limited to WORKING MEDIA ONLY. Space is limited and members of the media will be assigned Head Coach Mitch Stewart and selected Racer players will be brought seats. Spouses, dates, children and other non-workers are not to the designated interview area. At home games, that area is the permitted in working media areas in compliance with the working Racer Room, located in Stewart Stadium (first floor). code of the Football Writers Association of America. At the midway point of the fourth quarter, interview requests will be Photographers - Print and television photographers are allowed to shoot collected. from both sidelines and both end zones, but are not allowed in the team bench areas unless authorized by the MSU media relations staff. For games in Murray, the opposing head coach will meet with the media outside the opponent's locker room. A representative from Parking - A limited number of parking spaces are available for each the MSU Media Relations Office will be on hand to assist the media in home game. The media parking area is located on the east side of the finding this area. Interviews with the head coach and players from the Regional Special Events Center behind Stewart Stadium. Members of visiting team will be based on the post-game policy of that institution. the media who cover MSU regularly will be issued parking passes prior to the start of the season. Visiting media members need to contact the PracTIcE pROcEDURES MSU media relations office to request parking. Covering Practice: Practices are generally open to the media and public. Head coach Mitch Stewart reserves the right to close practice Press Box Services - Complete individual and team statistics, play-by-play at any time. and scoring summary will be available to members of the media following each game. Prior to the game, stats, rosters, notes and other information Note: Player or coach interviews must not conflict with classes, will be made available. Additionally, a limited number of phone lines for meetings, training room treatments or other team obligations. media members are available in the press box upon request. Visiting Radio - A courtesy line is available for the official radio network of each visiting team. Anyone intending to use remote pick-up equipment must contact Neal Bradley of the Racer Sports Network at (270) 753- MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF 2400. 217 Stewart Stadium Murray, Ky. 42071 Pre-Game Meal - A light meal will be served in the press box prior to each Dave winder • Assistant AD Media Relations home game. Drinks are available throughout the game. (270) 809-4271 • [email protected] Contact For: M Basketball, M/W Golf, General Department Inquiries parker griffith • Media Realtions Assistant (270) 809-3351 • [email protected] Contact For: Football, Rifle, Softball kevin Devries • Media Realtions Assistant (270) 809-7044 • [email protected] Contact For: Volleyball, W Basketball, Baseball christina Anderson • Media Realtions Intern (270) 809-7051 • [email protected] Contact For: W Soccer, M/W Cross Country, M/W Tennis, W Track & fFeld Matt hall • Director of Multimedia & production (270) 809-6184 • [email protected] Contact For: Video & Audio Inquiries 2015 MURRAY STATE FOOTBALL • 3 AT A gLANcE UNIvERSITY FAcTS 2015 ROSTER Nickname: Racers Letterwinners Returning Location: Murray, Ky. Offense: 30 Defense: 22 Established: 1922 Specialists: 3 TOTAL: 55 Enrollment: 11,207 Letterwinners Lost conference/Affiliation: Ohio Valley/NCAA Division I - FCS Offense: 11 Defense: 13 colors: Navy & Gold (PMS 289 & 123) president: Dr. Robert O. Davies Specialists: 7 TOTAL: 31 Director of Atheltics: Allen Ward Starters Returning/Lost Offense: 7/4 Defense: 6/5 Specialists: 1/3 TOTAL: 14/12 football informatioN Newcomers Offensive Formation: Spread Offense: 16 Defense: 14 Defensive Formation: 4-2-5 2014 Overall Record: 3-9 Specialists: 2 TOTAL: 32 2014 OVC Record/Standing: 1-7/T-8th Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 9/2 MEDIA RELATIONS Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5 Football contact: Parker Griffith First varsity Season: 1924 Email: [email protected] Seasons/winning Seasons: 85/47 Office phone: (270) 809-3351 Overall Record: 468-410-36 (.531) cell phone: (662) 341-0979 OVC Record: 216-227-9 (.481) OVC Titles: 8 (1948, 1950, 1951, 1979, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2002) Secondary contact: Kevin DeVries NcAA Appearances: 5 (1979, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2002) Email: [email protected] Office phone: (270) 809-7044 cell phone: (614) 512-1847 STADIUM informatioN Stewart Stadium (1973) Stadium Name (First Year): Football Student worker: Morgan Harding FieldTurf (2015) playing Surface (Installed): Email: [email protected] capacity: 16,800 16,600 (Oct. 31, 1981 vs. Eastern Ky.) Largest crowd: press Box phone: (270) 809-6811 145-75-2 (.667) Record at Stewart Stadium: SID Fax: (270) 809-6814 cOAching STAFF Mailing Address: 217 Stewart Stadium head coach: Mitch Stewart (Valdosta St. ‘05) Murray, KY 42071 Overall Record: 0-0 (.000)/1st Season Overnight Address: Same Record at MSU: 0-0 (.000)/1st Season Defensive coordinator/Safeties: Chris Boone (Southern Miss. ‘97) website: www.GoRacers.com Asst. head coach/Defensive Line: Santos Carrillo (Weber St. ‘99) Murray, KY 42071 Offensive Line/Run game coord.: Gordon Steele (Valdosta St. ‘10) Athletics Twitter: @MSURacers Quarterbacks: Casey Brockman (Murray St. ‘13) Twitter In game: @RacersFootball, @PGriffithMSU Running Backs: Sean Dawkins (Troy ‘07) Linebackers/Special Teams: Brandon Cooper (UT Martin ‘07) cornerbacks: Eddie Hicks (Southern Miss. ‘10) Dir. of Recruiting & player personnel: Steve Adams (Murray St. ‘13) Strength & conditioning: Craig Swieton (Springfield