WABASH COLLEGE OFFICE OF SPORTS INFORMATION R. Brent Harris, Sports Information Director P.O. Box 352, Crawfordsville, IN 47933 Phone: 765-361-6165 • Fax: 765-361-6447 • Home: 765-362-0322 • Mobile: 765-366-7720 Email: [email protected] W 2006 Wabash College Football Schedule/Results 113th MONON BELL CLASSIC Date Opponent Time/Results GAME 10 9/9 at Franklin L 38-45 9/16 Millikin W 38-31 DePauw University (6-3) 9/23 Ohio Wesleyan* W 42-28 at 9/30 at Earlham* W 48-15 10/7 Allegheny* W 41-27 Wabash College (7-2) (Homecoming) 10/14 at Wittenberg* L 17-19 Saturday, November 11, 2006 • 1:05 p.m. 10/21 at Oberlin* W 48-20 Hollett Little Giant Stadium (14,000) 10/28 Wooster* W 20-10 11/4 at Denison* W 41-14 11/11 DePauw 1:07 p.m. Quick Facts (113th Monon Bell Classic) * NCAC games Today’s Broadcast Television HDNet Kenny Rice, play-by-play Joe Emmick ’92, color Wabash College vs. DePauw University Rob Doyle, color Crawfordsville, IN . Location . Greencastle, IN Kandace Krueger, sidelines 870 men . Enrollment . 2,100 Radio North Coast Athletic . Conference . Southern Collegiate Athletic WNDY Chris Creighton . Head Coach . Matt Walker Terry Byrom, play-by-play Sixth season . Years at School . First Season Jared Conaway ’08, color 51-13 . Record at School . 6-3 Mark Maxwell, color 83-22 (10th season) . Overall Record . .6-3 (First season) ESPN 950 Indianapolis 434.9 ypg . .Total Offense . 290.8 ypg Brad Wochomurka, play-by-play 134.0 ypg . .Rushing . 139.2 ypg Steve Hoffman ’86, color 300.9 ypg . Passing . 151.6 ypg WCVL 26 for 188 yards . Sacks by Defense . 25 for 187 yards Bill Rubenstein, play-by-play +6 . Turnover +/- . +6 Brett Cating, color Today’s Game WGRE Wabash (7-2) and DePauw (6-3) meet for the 113th time this afternoon in a 1:05 p.m. Dan Lucero, booth kickoff at Byron P. Hollett Little Giant Stadium. The Little Giants own a one-game Abigail Oliver, booth edge in the overall series (52-51-9) and hope to move closer in the Bell series record. Justin Weiner, booth Since the Monon Bell became a part of the rivalry between the two schools, DePauw Steven Powell, sidelines holds a 35-33-6 edge. Drew Wilson, sidelines The Little Giants currently own the Bell after last year’s 17-14 win in Greencastle. The Little Giants’ Record When Coaches Chris Creighton (Kenyon, 1991) is in his sixth season as the head coach of the Little Giants. He is third on the all-time Wabash coaching list with 51 victories Ahead at halftime.......................................... 6-1 (51-13). Creighton is 83-22 overall in ten seasons as a head coach and is fourth among active Division III coaches in winning percentage with a mark of .790. Tied at halftime.............................................. 0-0 Matt Walker (DePauw, 1999) is in his first season as the head football coach of the Tigers. He has served as an assistant coach for the football program for six Trailing at halftime ........................................ 1-1 years prior to being promoted to his current position in June. Walker is also the head baseball coach for DePauw. Leads after three quarters ............................ 7-0 Series Wabash owns a one-game lead in the series with DePauw, which began Novem- Outrushes an opponent................................ 4-1 ber 22, 1890. The Little Giants are 52-51-9 against the Tigers, but trail DePauw 35-33-6 since the Monon Bell was added as a prize to be claimed by the winner Outpasses an opponent ................................ 4-1 in 1932. Scouting DePauw Wabash has more total yards ...................... 5-1 The Tigers saw their Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title hopes col- lapse in a second-day comeback by Trinity and second half comebacks by Mill- Forcing at least one turnover ...................... 6-2 saps and Centre. DePauw rebounded last week with a 24-14 victory over Austin College to improve to 6-3 overall coming into this weekend’s Bell game. Committing no turnovers ............................ 2-0 First-year head coach Matt Walker will turn to Monon Bell veteran running back Jeremiah Marks. Marks enters Saturday’s game with a 113.7 yards-per- Committing a turnover ................................ 5-2 game rushing average, 19th-best in the nation. He’s already topped the 1,000- yard mark this year (1,023 yards on 197 carries) and leads the team in scoring Sacking the opponent’s quarterback .......... 6-2 with 12 touchdowns. He has topped the 100-yard rushing mark 14 times, but last year was held to just 31 yards on 19 carries by the Wabash defense. Not allowing a sack ...................................... 1-0 Freshman Spud Dick and junior Abe Winkle have split time at quarterback this season. Dick has thrown for 992 yards and four TDs on 78-of-137 passes, but In overtime games ........................................ 0-1 has also thrown five interceptions. Winkle has 339 passing yards (35-of-66) and two touchdowns with six interceptions. Despite the 11 interceptions total, the Ti- gers are still +6 in the turnover column. Wabash has fewer penalties ........................ 2-1 Bryan Mulligan has 25 receptions for 295 yards and two TDs to pace the De- Wabash has more time of possession ......... 3-0 Pauw receiving corps. Marks has added 18 catches for 222 yards. David Araiza has 17 receptions for 295 yards through nine games this year. Wabash has a 100-yard rusher .................... 0-0 Senior Dustin Hertel will lead the DePauw defense in his final Monon Bell game. The All-SCAC defensive end has 71 tackles, including an impressive Wabash throws for 300 yards ...................... 2-1 23-1/2 for losses totaling 137 yards. Hertel has also recorded 14 sacks for 107 yards, four forced fumbles, has recovered three fumbles, blocked a kick, and has Wabash scores at least 20 points ................. 7-1 an interception. Eric Lewis leads the team in tackles with 77. Lewis also has two interceptions, a sack, and seven tackles for losses from his linebacker spot. The Tigers mix strength and speed on defense, returning two interceptions for Wabash scores on its first possession ......... 3-1 touchdowns this year, including a 15-yard return by Hertel Opponent scores on its first possession ..... 2-0 Last Meeting Wabash J-back Kyle Piazza ’06 caught a Russ Harbaugh ’06 pass and raced 37 Wabash defense scores ................................. 1-0 yards into the endzone with 7:10 left in the contest, preserving a perfect regular season for the Little Giants with a 17-14 victory. Record in September .................................... 3-1 The Bell returned to the Wabash campus thanks to a Little Giant defense that held one of the top rushing teams in the nation to just 77 yards on the ground Record in October ......................................... 3-1 and 251 yards of total offense. Adi Pynenberg made 11 tackles to lead the de- fensive unit for the Little Giants. Ray Green proved why he made the poster promoting the game, making four receptions for 33 yards to lead Wabash on of- Record in November .................................... 1-0 fense. d3football.com If Wabash Wins ...the Little Giants will keep the Monon Bell for the second consecutive season, Top-25 Poll taking a 53-51-9 lead in the overall series. Wabash will also move to within a game of tying the Bell series. DePauw owns a 35-33-6 edge since the Bell was 1. Mount Union (22) 9-0 donated to the rivalry in 1932. 2. Wisc.-Whitewater (3) 9-0 Creighton Among The Best of DIII Coaches 3. St. John’s 9-0 Head Coach Chris Creighton has joined an elite group of coaches, including the 4. Wesley 9-0 legendary John Gagliardi of St. John’s and Mount Union head coach Larry Kehres. All are in the top-five winningest active coaches in terms of winning 5. Capital 8-1 percentage in Division III football. Just ahead of Creighton on the all-time victo- 6. Mary Hardin-Baylor 7-2 ries list is Wittenberg coach Joe Fincham. 7. Hardin-Simmons 7-1 Creighton is also in the top-three coaches in Wabash history in total victories 8. Wisc.-La Crosse 7-1 with 51. He passed Garland Frazier to move into third place with this year’s vic- 9. Whitworth 9-0 tory at Oberlin. 10. Central 9-0 11. Occidental 8-0 Winningest Active DIII Coaches By Percentage Coach, College Yrs W-L-T Pct. 12. Wilkes 9-0 Larry Kehres, Mount Union .................................... 21 240-20-3 .918 13. Rowan 6-2 Jim Purtill, St. Norbert............................................ 8 74-11-0 .871 14. Springfield 8-1 Joe Fincham, Wittenberg....................................... 11 99-22-0 .818 Chris Creighton, Wabash...................................... 10 83-22-0 .790 15. Cortland State 8-1 John Gagliardi, St. John’s (Minn.)........................... 58 440-118-11 .783 16. Union 7-1 17. St. John Fisher 8-1 Minimum 5 years as head coach at Division III institutions; record at four-year colleges only. 18. Wheaton 8-1 19. Wartburg 8-1 Winningest Wabash Head Football Coaches (by total victories) 20. Mount St. Joseph 9--0 Head Coach Seasons Games Record Percentage 21. Trinity, TX 8-1 1. Pete Vaughan (1919-1945) 27 222 113-85-24 .563 2. Greg Carlson (1983-2000) 18 171 113-57-2 .661 22. Hobart 7-1 3. Chris Creighton (2001-Present) 6 64 51-13-0 .797 23. Washington & Jefferson 8-1 4. Garland Frazier (1951-1960) 10 89 48-35-6 .573 24. Linfield 5-3 5. Stan Parrish (1978-1982) 5 46 42-3-1 .800 25.