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2009 FOOTBALL NOTES Sports Information Contact: Bill Wagner • [email protected] 765-658-4630 (office) • 765-720-0213 (mobile) • 765-658-4708 (fax) Game 9: #14/15 Wabash Little Giants (8-1) at DePauw Tigers (7-1) Saturday, November 14 • Blackstock Stadium • Greencastle, Ind. • 1:07 p.m. After clinching the Southern Collegiate Ath- The Little Giants average over 441 yards of DEPAUW RADIO letic Conference football co-championship and offense which ranks 20th in Division III. That WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw campus station, will broadcast the game live to West Central Indiana and earning the program’s first NCAA postseason ap- includes 165.1 on the ground and 276.6 through the via the Internet at: <www.wgre.org>. John Herrick pearance, DePauw has its sights set on retaining air. Wabash’s 40.0 points per game are the eighth and Scott White call the action from the press box possession of the Monon Bell. highest in the country. with Tyler Archer and Lucy First reporting from DePauw and Wabash square off for the 116th Wabash’s defense is allowing just 258.3 yards the sidelines. time with the series tied, 53-53-9 after the Tigers per outing which ranks 19th in the nation including won the last two meetings including last year’s only 69.2 on the ground which is 11th. TELEVISION game by a 36-14 score in Crawfordsville. C.J. Gum leads with 61 tackles followed by HDNet will deliver Saturday’s game in high defini- Kickoff from DePauw’s Blackstock Stadium Bryan Watson with 52 and Matt Kraft with 50. tion to a national audience. Kevin Lee will handle the is set for just after 1 p.m. on Saturday, November Watson is the team leader with 10.5 tackles for loss play-by-play with Rob Doyle (DePauw ’82) providing 14. The game is the 78th Monon Bell game as including a team-best 5.0 sacks. Addrian Frederick DePauw color commentary and Joe Emmick (Wabash ’92) adding Wabash color. Dick Rea will report from DePauw has a 37-34-6 lead since the Bell entered has totaled seven interceptions including four the sidelines. the rivalry in 1932. against Wittenberg. DePauw is 7-1 overall and finished 5-1 in the Spencer Whitehead has connected on 6-of-10 LIVE STATS SCAC after defeating Austin by a 34-23 score. The field goals, while Chris Schweigel has averaged 38.1 Live stats of all DePauw home football games are win was the Tigers’ sixth straight after they suf- yards per punt. Chamblee is second in Division III available at <www.depauw.edu/ath/live/football/ fered a 34-24 home loss to Centre on September with 17.6 yards per punt return. xlive.htm> 19. DePauw shared the SCAC title for the third COACHING DEPAUW time in school history, but by virtue of a head- DEPAUW UPDATE Head Coach ..........................Robby Long, Illinois ’02 to-head tiebreaker with co-champion Millsaps the DePauw enters the game with the 10th-ranked DePauw Record ............................... 7-1 (1st year) Tigers earned the conference’s automatic bid to passing offense with 313.4 yards per game and 24th Career Record .................................. 7-1 (1st year) the Division III Championship. in total offense with 434.5 yards. Wabash is 8-1 on the season and finished Quarterback Spud Dick has completed 72.8 COACHING WABASH North Coast Athletic Conference play with a 6-1 percent of his passes with an average of 298.1 yards Head Coach ..........Erik Raeburn (Mount Union ’94) mark after last Saturday’s 41-0 win over Hiram. per game. He’s tossed 21 touchdown passes with Wabash Record .............................18-3 (2nd year) Career Record ........................... 75-29 (10th year) The Little Giants opened the season with five just six interceptions for a 168.56 efficiency rating. Career Record vs. DePauw ..............................0-1 straight wins before losing at home to Wittenberg Dick ranks eighth in the nation in pass efficiency by a 10-7 score on October 17. Since then, Wa- and 19th in total offense. SERIES INFORMATION bash has won three straight and is in the hunt for Alex Koors leads the team with 53 catches for Overall......................................................Tied, 53-53-9 an NCAA at-large bid. a school-record 1,046 yards and 12 touchdowns Monon Bell Games ...............DePauw leads, 37-34-6 and ranks fourth in the nation with 130.8 receiv- In Crawfordsville .................... Wabash leads, 26-25-5 AT STAKE ing yards per game. Bryan Mulligan is next with In Greencastle ........................DePauw leads, 26-24-3 Possession of the 300-pound Monon Bell goes 48 receptions for 502 yards and five scores, while At neutral site ............................... Wabash leads 3-2-1 to the winner of Saturday’s game. DePauw retained Last meeting ......................DePauw 36-14, 11/15/08 possession after winning last year’s game by a 36-14 First meeting ...............................DePauw, 34-5, 1890 Last in Greencastle...........DePauw 24-21, 11/10/07 score in Crawfordsville. The Bell last exchanged Last DePauw win in Greencastle ..........2007 (24-21) hands in Greencastle in 2007 when Jordan Hav- Last Wabash win in Greencastle ...........2005 (17-14) ercamp’s 47-yard field goal as time expired gave DePauw a 24-21 win. 2009 DEPAUW SCHEDULE (7-1, 5-1) Sept. 12 at Anderson (1-8) ............................. W, 55-7 SCOUTING WABASH Sept. 19 *CENTRE (7-2) ......................L, 24-34 Quarterback Matt Hudson directs the offense Sept. 26 *at Sewanee (0-8)................................ W, 3-0 Oct. 3 *MILLSAPS (6-3) ................... W, 29-27 and has completed 68.2 percent of his passes for Oct. 10 *at Rhodes (2-7) .............................W, 52-26 1,923 yards with 21 touchdowns and six intercep- Oct. 24 *TRINITY (6-3) ......................W, 26-18 tions for a 178.7 efficiency rating which ranks Oct. 31 at Birmingham-So. (4-5) ................W, 35-21 fourth in the nation. Nov. 7 *AUSTIN (4-4) ....................... W, 34-23 His top receiver is Kody LeMond with 52 Nov. 14 WABASH (8-1) (HDNet) ...... 1:07 p.m. catches for 893 yards and 13 touchdowns followed Nov. 21 !vs. TBA ................................................Noon by Wes Chamblee with 45 grabs for 600 yards and five scores. Tommy Mambourg leads the rushing *SCAC game attack with 75.3 yards per game and a 4.7-yard per !NCAA Division III First Round carry average. 1 —— 2009 DePauw Football vs. Wabash, November 14 • www.depauw.edu/ath ——1 Brayden Dahlstrom has caught 39 passes for 379 9-1 on the campaign as the Tigers spoiled the hosts sacked Hudson on fourth-and-two from the Tigers’ yards. undefeated season for a second straight year. 10. Derrick Karazsia and Jon Ellis split time in The tone of the game was established early as Havercamp ended the game’s scoring with a 28- the backfield with Karazsia averaging 62.0 rush- Wabash took the opening kickoff and marched yard field goal with just 1:10 left which was set up ing yards per game and Ellis 57.6. Meanwhile, the down the field. DePauw’s defense, which ranked by Ryan Preuss’ interception and 38-yard return. Tigers have allowed only five sacks all year which ninth in the nation in red zone defense, stopped Wabash outgained the Tigers 341-304, but ranks 14th in the nation. Wabash at the DePauw 17 and Alex Fitch blocked DePauw committed just one turnover to the Little DePauw’s defense is allowing just 289.5 yards Drew Oehler’s 34-yard field goal attempt. The Giants’ four which DePauw converted into 23 per game including only 98.2 on the ground. block was Fitch’s sixth of the year. points. Thomas Wrona leads the defense with 46 tack- DePauw took advantage with a 14-play, 66-yard DePauw totaled 77 rushing yards with Jon Ellis les followed by Ryan Preuss and Kyle Sherer with drive that ended with Jordan Havercamp’s 25-yard totaling 100 for the first 100-yard rushing game 43 each. Jonathan Lambert follows with 41. field goal with 2:33 left in the quarter. by a DePauw freshman in the Monon Bell game Alex Fitch leads with 6.0 sacks and Ryan On the third play following the score, Steve since Terry Dickey totaled 120 in the 1988 game. Woodard follows with 5.0. Fitch also leads with Valdiserri picked off Matt Hudson’s pass and Wabash finished with 79 yards on the ground led 6.5 tackles for loss with Preuss, Tyler Doane and returned it 30 yards down the DePauw sideline to by Sobecki’s 58. Woodard adding 6.0 each. Wrona and Steve Vald- the Wabash 12. It took the Tigers six plays after Dick completed 24 of 29 passes for 227 yards iserri have broken up four passes each. a pair of penalties before Spud Dick found Chris and two scores with eight going to Bryan Mul- Kicker Jordan Havercamp has made 6-of-9 field Gasbarra in the end zone for a 12-yard score with ligan for 55 yards and five each to Koors and goals, while punter Adam Hill averages 37.1 yards 14:52 left in the second which made it 10-0. Gasbarra. per punt. Valdiserri notched his second interception Hudson was 25-of-43 for 262 yards with four of the afternoon on Wabash’s first play after the interceptions. Kody LeMond had eight catches for COMPARING THE TEAMS (2009 NCAA rank) touchdown and DePauw made it 16-0 on Jon Ellis’ 73 yards, while Brady Young finished with six grabs Per-Game Category DPU WC 1-yard run with 9:30 left in the half which wrapped for 56 yards.