Game Seven Mississippi College Vs #2 Mary Hardin-Baylor (5-1, 3-1 ASC) (6-0, 5-0 ASC)
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GAME SEVEN MISSISSIPPI COllEGE VS #2 MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (5-1, 3-1 ASC) (6-0, 5-0 ASC) Clinton, MS October 20, 2007 2:00 p.m. 2007 CHOCTAW FOOTBALL FEATURED MATCHUP: The MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE RUSH DATE: October 20, 2007 TIME: 2:00 p.m. CHOCTAW RECORDS WATCH: DEFENSE against the UMHB RUSHING ATTACK. This week's game could very well be determined when UMHB CAREER FIELD GOALS MADE LOCATION: Clinton, MS • Robinson-Hale Stadium (8,500) Player Year FGM FGA has the ball. The Crusaders have dominated opponents all 1 Jeremy Bond 96-99 22 40 AUDIO BROADCASTS: season with a vaunted ground game that ranks 1st in the nation Shane Stewart 87-90 22 47 averaging 341 yards per game. Running backs Jarvis Thrasher Mississippi College • www.gochoctaws.com (Internet) Kyle Kruse 05- 22 28 and Quincy Daniels and 1st and 2nd in the ASC in rushing with 4 Jim Turcotte 80-82 17 35 Mississippi College • NewsPlus 1590 AM both players over 100 yards per game. ASC Record - Zach Newcomb (UMHB) ‘03-’06 --- (29) The Choctaw defense will try to do what no other team has CAREER PUNTING AVG. THE SERIES: Mississippi College and UMHB have met nine been able to do this season, slow down the Crusaders on the Player Year Punt Avg. No. teams. The Choctaws have not been outscored an average of 1 Jonathan Russell 05- 42.54 81 ground. MC has been up to the task so far this year ranking 4th 55-6 in the last four meetings dating back to 2003. 2 Wilson Hillman 99-00 42.53 123 nationally in rush defense allowing just 44 yards per game. The ASC Record - Scott Verhalen (ETBU) ‘00-’03 --- (42.9) 1 - 8 Choctaws are also 2nd nationally in tackles for loss (69-332 CAREER TD PASSES 1998 W 28- 0 2003 L 7- 67 yards) and 3rd in sacks (28-208 yards). The Choctaws have not Player Year TD 1999 L 27- 30 2004 L 3- 49 allowed an opponent to rush for 100 yards all season. Hardin- 1 Payton Perrett 99-02 69 2000 L 6- 24 2005 L 0- 61 Simmons rushed for the most yards netting 68 yards on 32 2 Adam Shaffer 05- 41 2001 L 7- 10 2006 L 14- 41 carries. 3 Wally Henry 85-89 30 2002 L 24- 39 116- 324 ASC Record - Braxton Shaver (MCM) ‘96-’99 --- (93) CAREER COMPLETIONS WHO TO WATCH FOR: MC MLB CLINT CHAMPAGNE will Player Year Comp D3FOOTBALL.COM TOP 25: be a key to stopping UMHB. The three-time All-ASC selection 1 Payton Perrett 99-02 600 # SCHOOL (1ST VOTES) REC. PTS PREV. ranks 8th in the ASC among linebackers averaging 6.3 stops per 2 Wally Henry 85-89 424 1 Mount Union (25) 6-0 625 1 game. He ranks 4th with four sacks. Senior SS COREY COOLEY 3 Adam Shaffer 05- 298 2 MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR 6-0 595 2 leads the Choctaws in tackles with 41 stops. Cooley ranks 4 Andy Sumrall 68-70 273 10th in the ASC and 3rd among ASC defensive backs. Cooley 5 Rodger Guy 94-97 264 3 UW-Whitewater 5-1 571 3 ASC Record - Braxton Shaver (MCM) ‘96-’99 --- (687) also ranks 6th with three sacks. DE BRANNON WILLISSON 4 St. John's 7-0 523 4 CAREER ATTEMPTS 5 Capital 6-0 516 7 leads the ASC in tackles for loss (11.5) and sacks (6). LB JOSH Player Year Att 6 Wheaton (Ill.) 6-0 503 5 CHILDERS ranks 6th with 9.5 tackles for loss. Sophomore TB 1 Payton Perrett 99-02 1222 7 Central 7-0 484 6 CHRIS BLANTON has gone over 100 yards each of the last 2 Wally Henry 85-89 741 8 St. John Fisher 6-1 416 8 four games averaging 133.5 in those games with nine rushing 3 Andy Sumrall 68-70 651 9 Washington and Jefferson 6-0 392 9 touchdowns. Sophomore ADAM SHAFFER is 2nd in the ASC 4 Adam Shaffer 05- 530 5 Rodger Guy 94-97 458 10 Wesley 6-1 378 10 with 16 TD passes and third in passing yards. He is on pace to ASC Record - Adam King (HPU) ‘96-’99 --- (1306) 11 Salisbury 7-0 326 12 break many MC passing records this season. CAREER PASSING YARDS 12 Alfred 6-0 305 15 The UMHB offensive line was chosen as this week's ASC Player Player Year Yards 13 St. Olaf 6-1 295 13 of the Week. The group paved the way for 420 rushing yards, 1 Payton Perrett 99-02 8163 14 Wabash 6-0 291 14 528 yards of total offense and eight rushing touchdowns in a 70- 2 Wally Henry 85-89 5029 15 Montclair State 5-1 208 19 14 home win over Louisiana College. RB's JARVIS THRASHER 3 Adam Shaffer 05- 3879 16 Ohio Northern 4-2 190 11 and QUINCY DANIELS are 1st and 2nd in the ASC in rushing 4 Andy Sumrall 68-70 3877 17 Occidental 5-0 186 21 with both players averaging over 100 yards per game. LB's JER- 5 Rodger Guy 94-97 3167 ASC Record - Braxton Shaver (MCM) ‘96-’99 --- (8721) 18 Wartburg 5-1 177 17 RELL FREEMAN and ERIC HENRI lead a stingy UMHB defense. CAREER INTERCEPTIONS 19 Linfield 3-2 165 20 Freeman is the ASC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and Player Year Int 20 UW-Stevens Point 6-0 156 22 Henri is a two-time choice for ASC Player of the Week. 1 Paul Meyerchick 80-83 16 21 Trinity (Texas) 5-1 122 23 2 James Green 87-90 15 22 New Jersey 5-1 96 24 MC TEAM NOTEBOOK: Robert Hudson 74-78 15 23 Whitworth 5-1 95 25 • Senior Jonathan Russell is the nation's top punter averaging 4 David Darden 83-86 14 24 Muhlenberg 6-0 88 -- 42.7 yards per punt. 5 Michael Meurrier 96-99 11 Shinall Conway 87-90 11 25 RPI 5-0 74 -- • Junior PK Kyle Kruse is 6-8 this season and is tied for the MC Robert Street 70-73 11 career record with 22 made field goals. 8 Ryne Davison 05- 10 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Millsaps 55, Franklin 54, Bridge- • The Choctaws have arguably the ASC's most balanced of- ASC Record - Alex Hansen (HSU) ‘01-’03 --- (16) water (Va.) 34, Bethel 34, Washington U. 22, UW-Eau Claire 18, fense with 293.2 yards passing and 178.3 yards rushing per CAREER TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS St. Norbert 18, Pacific Lutheran 18, Hardin-Simmons 16, Rowan game. Player Year TD 15, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 15, Cortland State 13, Hampden- • Jake Allen leads the team with 88.8 yards per game and 1 Nathaniel Bolton 88-90 19 Sydney 7, UW-La Crosse 6, UW-Oshkosh 4, Redlands 4, North leads the ASC with a 19.7 yards per catch average. Jake Allen 05- 19 2 Matt Murphy 96-99 18 Central 4, Hartwick 3, Mt. St. Joseph 3, Dickinson 2, Albright 1, • Marcus Terry ranks among the ASC's top receivers (6th recep- 3 Kris Pickle 97-00 17 Case Western Reserve 1, Tufts 1 tions, 4th receiving yards) and in his last three games has 6 ASC Record - Kirk Rogers (HSU) ‘98-’01 --- (50) receptions for 123 yards and four TD's CAREER RECEPTIONS THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED: The Choctaws (4-3, 2-3 Player Year Rec ASC) were unable to pull off the upset falling to 6th-ranked Mary MC TEAM RANKINGS (NATIONAL, ASC) 1 Vance Andry 97-00 142 Hardin-Baylor by a 41-14 score. The Crusaders improved to 6-1 TOTAL OFFENSE (8th, 2nd) - 471.5 ypg 2 Tony Eddins 83-86 130 overall and 6-0 in American Southwest Conference play with the RUSHING DEFENSE (4th, 1st) - 44 ypg 3 Nathaniel Bolton 88-90 129 4 Robert Hill 72-75 127 victory. PASSING OFFENSE (15th, 3rd) - 291.5 5 Clint Harrison 98-01 126 The Choctaws piled up 349 yards of offense, 265 through SCORING OFFENSE (10th, 2nd) - 40.3 ppg 6 Ricky Herzog 69-72 125 the air, against a stingy Crusader defense but were hurt by four TACKLES FOR LOSS (2nd, 2nd) - 11.5 per game 7 Jake Allen 05- 118 turnovers. UMHB rolled up 356 yards of total offense, with 246 SACKS (3rd, 1st) - 4.67 per game (28 for loss of 208 yards) 8 Matt Murphy 96-99 111 of those coming on the ground. MC quarterback Brad Madden 9 Charmer Moore 03-06 109 completed 18-38 passes for 265 yards but was intercepted four UMHB TEAM RANKINGS (NATIONAL, ASC) ASC Record - Barry Donham (HSU) ‘97-’00 --- (205) times. Jake Allen had another big game for the Choctaws with TOTAL OFFENSE (5th, 1st) - 512.8 ypg CAREER RECEIVING YARDS Player Year Yds six catches for 116 yards. The ASC’s leading receiver had his 5th RUSHING OFFENSE (1st, 1st) - 341 ypg 1 Jake Allen 05- 2,145 100-yard receiving effort of the season. RUSHING DEFENSE (6th, 2nd) - 52 ypg 2 Vance Andry 97-00 2132 UMHB tailback Freddie Rollins ran for 78 yards and two SCORING OFFENSE (2nd, 1st) - 55.3 ppg 3 Tony Eddins 83-86 2010 scores and Josh Welch was 4-10 passing for 102 yards and a TACKLES FOR LOSS (1st, 1st) - 71-307 yards lost 4 Clint Harrison 98-01 1881 score. Anthony Carter caught three of those passes for 80 yards TURNOVERS GAINED (6st, 1st) - 24 ASC Record - Kirk Rogers (HSU) ‘98-’01 --- (4117) and a TD.