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William Penn University Football Game Notes #20 WILLIAM PENN vs. Missouri Baptist Saturday, September 20 - 1 p.m. Christian Brothers College HS Field - St. Louis, Mo. KBOE 740 AM http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/kboe.portal (audio) Facebook (William Penn University Athletics) & Twitter (@WPUAthletics) MBU Broadcast--http://portal.stretchinternet.com/mobap (video) WILLIAM PENN (2-1, 0-0 MWL) MISSOURI BAPTIST (0-3) SCHEDULE SCHEDULE 8/30 BETHEL (TENN.) W, 52-13 8/28 at SE Missouri State L, 0-77 9/6 at South Dakota L, 16-41 9/4 at Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 10-42 9/13 %at Saint Francis (Ind.) W, 28-27 9/13 at Oklahoma Baptist L, 7-59 9/20 at Missouri Baptist 1 p.m. 9/20 WILLIAM PENN 1 P.M. 9/27 %TAYLOR (HC) 1 P.M. 9/27 at Lindenwood-Belleville 1:30 p.m. 10/4 *at St. Ambrose 1 p.m. 10/4 at Southwest Baptist 2 p.m. 10/18 %at Marian (Ind.) 12 p.m. 10/11 at Valparaiso 1 p.m. 10/25 *SAINT XAVIER 12 P.M. 10/18 at Tiffi n 12:30 p.m. 11/1 *at Olivet Nazarene 12 p.m. 10/25 ARIZONA CHRISTIAN 7:30 P.M. 11/8 *GRAND VIEW 12 P.M. 11/1 HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS 1 P.M. 11/15 *TRINITY INTERNATIONAL 12 P.M. 11/8 at Campbell 12 p.m. %MSFA Crossover All Times Central *Midwest League All Times Central QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS City Oskaloosa, Iowa City St. Louis, Mo. Founded 1873 Founded 1964 Enrollment 1,146 Enrollment 5,000 Nickname Statesmen Nickname Spartans School Colors Navy and Gold School Colors Navy and White Stadium Lacey Complex Stadium Stadium CBC HS Stadium Capacity/Surface 2,800/FieldTurf Capacity/Surface 3,000/SporTurf Affi liation NAIA Affi liation NAIA Conference MSFA-Midwest League Conference Independent President John Ottosson President Dr. Alton Lacey Athletic Director Greg Hafner Athletic Director Dr. Tom Smith Head Coach Todd Hafner Head Coach Jason Burianek Record (years) 66-46 (11th year) Record (years) (0-3) (1st year) MIDWEST LEAGUE STANDINGS FOLLOW THE STATESMEN: Saturday’s game can be followed on the radio (KBOE 740 AM) as well as on the LEAGUE OVERALL internet at: W L W L --http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/kboe.portal (audio) Grand View 0 0 2 0 Saint Xavier 0 0 2 0 The game will have a social media presence as well with Trinity Int’l 0 0 2 0 updates available on Facebook (William Penn University William Penn 0 0 2 1 Athletics) and Twitter (@WPUAthletics). St. Ambrose 0 0 0 1 Olivet Nazarene 0 0 0 2 Fans can also watch Missouri Baptist’s video stream free of SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 charge at: Marian (Ind.) @ Grand View --http://portal.stretchinternet.com/mobap Saint Francis (Ind.) @ St. Ambrose Trinity International @ St. Francis (Ill.) SERIES HISTORY: William Penn and Missouri Baptist have Concordia (Mich.) @ Olivet Nazarene never played in football. Saint Xavier @ Robert Morris (Ill.) LAST WEEK’S OTHER MWL SCORES WILLIAM PENN PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Players of the Taylor 23, St. Ambrose 13 Week for Week 3 were: Trinity International 49, Wis. Lutheran 22 Offensive--Hunter Collins Robert Morris (Ill.) 17, Olivet Nazarene 16 Defensive--Isaac Samek Saint Xavier 19, Indianapolis 14 Special Teams--Mason Rohr Offensive Scout Team--Van Parker Defensive Scout Team--Resean Coleman NAIA TOP 25 POLL--#1 WILLIAM PENN PROFILE: Todd Hafner is in his 11th year as head football coach at William Penn, entering this fall (1ST PLACE VOTES) RECORD with a 66-46 career record. 1. Grand View (15) 2-0 2. Morningside 2-0 Hafner, who is the program’s winningest coach with a 66- 3. Baker (Kan.) 2-0 46 career record, guided William Penn to its sixth league 4. Tabor (Kan.) 2-0 crown in school history in 2012. The team fi nished 9-3 and 5. Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 3-0 qualifi ed for the NAIA Football Championship Series, its fi rst 6. Faulkner (Ala.) 3-0 playoff appearance since 1976 and second all-time. 7. Carroll (Mont.) 1-1 8. Georgetown (Ky.) 1-0 The squad also went 10-1 in 2010 to win its fi rst confer- 9. Southern Oregon 3-0 ence title since 1976. William Penn tied the school record 10. Saint Xavier (Ill.) 2-0 for wins and also broke the NAIA’s single-season marks 11. Cumberlands (Ky.) 1-1 for total rushing yards and yards per attempt. Numerous 12. Saint Francis (Ind.) 1-1 other school marks were set in 2010. The Statesmen again 13. Missouri Valley 0-1 paced the NAIA in rushing in 2011. 14. St. Francis (Ill.) 2-0 15. Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 2-0 The 2008 and 2010 Midwest League Coach of the Year, 16. Ottawa (Kan.) 1-1 Hafner was also the recipient of the VSN NAIA Coach of the 17. Benedictine (Kan.) 1-1 Year and the NFCA Region 2 Coach of the Year honors in 18. Northwestern 1-1 2010. As skipper, he has produced 153 all-conference play- 19. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 2-1 ers and 15 All-Americans. 20. William Penn 2-1 21. Cumberland (Tenn.) 1-1 Hafner graduated from Pittsburg State in 1994. 22. Peru State (Neb.) 1-1 23. Langston (Okla.) 1-1 William Penn defeated Saint Francis (Ind.) for the fi rst time, 24. Friends (Kan.) 1-1 coming away with a 28-27 upset over the sixth-ranked Cou- 25. Eastern Oregon 1-1 gars last Saturday. 25. St. Ambrose 0-1 The Statesmen outgained USF 504-356, including 482 yards on the ground. It marked the third straight year in which WPU has defeated a top-ten program. Michael Thomas (Sr., Visalia, Calif., Undecided) ran HEAD-TO-HEAD for 131 yards, while Evan Ressler (Sr., Cascade, WPU MBU Iowa, Biology) scored twice. Hunter Collins (Jr., 96 (32.0) POINTS 17 (5.7) Jenks, Okla., Mechanical Engineering) replaced injured starting quaterback Tyler Hafner (Jr., Oska- 1391 (463.7) YARDS 515 (171.7) loosa, Iowa, Undecided) in the second quarter and 1260 (420.0) RUSHING 289 (96.3) fi nished with 70 rushing yards. Isaac Samek (Jr., Bo- 131 (43.7) PASSING 226 (75.3) livar, Mo., Industrial Technology) led the defense with 11 tackles and two interceptions as he was named 81 (27.0) OPP. POINTS 178 (59.3) Midwest League Defensive Player of the Week. The 1005 (335.0) OPP. YARDS 1639 (546.3) defense limited USF to seven points and 116 yards 566 (188.7) OPP. RUSHING 1020 (340.0) after halftime. 439 (146.3) OPP. PASSING 619 (206.3) William Penn is averaging 32.0 points and 463.7 16-145 (48.3) PENALTIES 25-285 (95.0) yards per game, including 420.0 rushing and 43.7 3-15 (5.0) PUNT RETURNS 1-1 (1.0) passing. The team leads the NAIA in total rushing yards (1,260) and yards per game. 16-306 (19.1) KICK RETURNS 14-174 (12.4) 0.3 (6-5) TO MARGIN (GAIN-LOST) 0.0 (5-5) Sam Tvedt (Sr., Oskaloosa, Iowa, Business Manage- 7-187 (26.7) PUNTING 25-903 (36.1) ment) leads the team with 282 rushing yards, while four others have also eclipsed the century mark. 35:36 TIME OF POSSESSION N/A Tvedt ranks ninth in the nation in total rushing yards. Taylor Parsons (Sr., The Woodlands, Texas, Sociol- TRENDS ogy) leads the passing game by going 3-for-7 for 109 Home 1-0 yards. Jatavius Stewart (Jr., Rock Hill, S.C., Biol- Away 1-1 ogy) is pacing the receiving corps with three catches Leading at halftime 1-0 for 81 yards. Tied at halftime 0-0 Trailing at halftime 1-1 William Penn has committed fi ve turnovers thus far in Scoring fi rst 2-1 2014. Opponent scoring fi rst 0-0 Games decided by three points or less 1-0 Defensively, the Statesmen are giving up an average Games decided by 4-10 points 0-0 of 27.0 points and 335.0 yards, including 188.7 rush- Games decided by 11-20 points 0-0 ing and 146.3 passing. Games decided by 21 points or more 1-1 Rushing for 200 yards or more 2-1 Samek is topping William Penn with 28 tackles and Passing for 200 yards or more 0-0 two interceptions. His two picks are ninth in the Total 400 yards or more 2-0 NAIA. Scott Adams (Sr., Park City, Utah, Sociology) Opponent rushing for 200 yards or less 2-0 and Greg Beatty (Sr., Brooklyn, Iowa, Industrial Tech- Opponent passing for 200 yards or less 1-1 nology) each have two sacks. Opponent has less than 400 total yards 2-0 Committing fewer turnovers than opponent 1-0 The Statesmen have forced six turnovers this year. Committing more turnovers than opponent 0-1 Turnovers equal 1-0 Ante Rogic (Fr., Chicago, Ill., Biology) is 9-for-11 in Fewer penalty yards than opponent 0-1 extra points and 1-for-2 in fi eld goals. Sam Tvedt has More penalty yards than opponent 2-0 punted four times (27.2-yard average), while Kevin Leading in time of possession 2-1 Shrauger (Jr., Nixa, Mo., Physical Education) is aver- Leading in fi rst downs 2-0 aging 26.0 yards over three tries. Stewart’s 25.6-yard kick return average over fi ve attempts is a team best, while Kyle Nitz (Jr., Broken Arrow, Okla., Biology) has three punt returns for a 5.0-yard average.