Northeastern State University 2015 RiverHawks Football NSU vs. WASHBURN ● Saturday ● Nov. 7, 2015 1 p.m. (CT) ● Doc Wadley Stadium (8,300) ● Tahlequah, Okla. THE GAME . The Northeastern State RiverHawks (2-7, 2-7 MIAA) are set for their final home game of the season when they welcome the Washburn Ichabods (4-5, 4-5 MIAA) to town . kickoff is set for 1 p.m. Nov. 7 at Doc Wadley Stadium GAME #10 (8,300) in Tahlequah, Oklahoma . the contest will be Senior Day for the NSU football program and RiverHawks Rally for the university . Washburn enters the contest having lost four of their last five games, while NSU has split its last four GAME CAPSULE matchups . the game can be heard live on KEOK 102.1 FM in Tahlequah with Bill ● THE GAME: Northeastern State RiverHawks vs. Washburn Ichabods, 1 p.m., Nov. 7 Huddleston (play-by-play) and Sean Rowley (color) providing commentary . a free ● THE SITE: Doc Wadley Stadium (8,300) - Tahle- audio broadcast can be found at goriverhawksgo.com . the game will be streamed quah, Okla. live on Stretch Internet (http://portal.stretchinternet.com/nsu/, subscription based) . ● THE COACHES: NSU’s Rob Robinson (2-18, a football-only season pass is available for $69.95, and a day pass can be purchased second year); WU’s Craig Schurig (95-63, 14th year) for $9.95. ● RADIO: KEOK 102.1 FM Tahlequah (Bill Hud- dleston (home), Scott Pettus (road), Sean Rowley); THE MATCHUP . Northeastern State and Washburn have met just five times in Free audio stream on goriverhawksgo.com the history of the two programs . the two squads played a home-and-home series ● BROADCAST: Stretch Internet (NSU portal, in 1987-88, and both teams picked up home triumphs . Washburn earned a 23-21 subscription based) win in 1987, but the Redmen were victorious in the return matchup 35-30 . the only ● LIVE STATS: http://www.sidearmstats.com/ nsuok/football/ other three meetings between NSU and WU came over the last three years, when the Ichabods handed the RiverHawks three-straight losses. Series History (WU Leads 4-1) NSU Date Winner Score 2014 WU 42-7 RIVERHAWKS 2013 WU 48-3 (2-7, 2-7 MIAA) 2012 WU 24-20 Sept. 3 #7 Pittsburg State* L, 38-14 1988 NSU 35-30 Sept. 10 @ (RV) Fort Hays State* L, 27-13 Sept. 19 Missouri Western State*^ L, 24-17 1987 WU 23-21 Sept. 26 @ (RV) Emporia State* L, 55-14 Oct. 3 #3 Northwest Missouri State* L, 59-7 THE HEAD COACHES . NSU’s ROB ROBINSON (William Jewell, ‘00) is in his Oct. 10 @ Nebraska-Kearney* W, 31-14 second season as the RiverHawks head coach . he was named the 19th head Oct. 17 Missouri Southern State* W, 31-21 football coach in school history on Dec. 19, 2013 . he owns a 2-18 all-time record Oct. 24 @ (RV) Central Missouri* L, 54-10 . Robinson spent the previous 12 years under Craig Schurig as a member of the Oct. 31 Central Oklahoma*! L, 48-17 Washburn Ichabod coaching staff, serving as the offensive coordinator for the last Nov. 7 Washburn* 1 pm Nov. 14 @ Lindenwood* 1:30 pm four seasons . he also directed the running backs from 2007-13 and coached the wide receivers from 2002-06 . he served as the recruiting coordinator from 2002- * MIAA Game 10 and was the academic coordinator from 2010-13 . Robinson was an integral ^ MIAA Game of the Week (MIAA Network) member of a Washburn staff that completely turned around the Ichabod program . ! Homecoming Washburn averaged 3.3 wins from 1989-03 and had just one winning season, but the Ichabods averaged 7.9 wins from 2004-13 and posted 10 straight winning campaigns . Robinson is the second former coordinator under Schurig’s tutelage to become WU the head coach of another program, joining Fort Hays State’s Chris Brown . Rob- inson spent the 2001 season at Pittsburg State as a graduate assistant, coaching ICHABODS the defensive backs with Ichabod head coach Craig Schurig . the Gorillas won the (4-5, 4-5 MIAA) MIAA Championship that year. WU’S CRAIG SCHURIG (Colorado Mines, ‘87) Sept. 3 @ Lindenwood* L, 20-14 is in his 14th season with the Ichabods . he has compiled a 95-63 record during Sept. 10 Nebraska-Kearney* W, 34-14 his tenure . in 13 seasons as the Ichabods’ head coach, Craig Schurig has built Sept. 19 @ Pittsburg State* W, 28-21 one of the most respected programs in the MIAA with three NCAA playoff appear- Sept. 26 Missouri Southern State* W, 27-21 ances as well as the 2005 MIAA title coming on the heel’s of a 2007, 2009 and 2011 Oct. 3 @ Fort Hays State* L, 35-30 runner-up finish in the conference race . through his first 11 seasons, in addition Oct. 10 Central Missouri* L, 38-28 Oct. 17 @ Missouri Western State* W, 21-7 to three NCAA playoffs and a conference title, Schurig has led the Washburn football Oct. 24 Central Oklahoma* L, 38-27 program to the 2004 Mineral Water Bowl Championship and the 2010 Kanza Bowl Oct. 31 @ Emporia State* L, 47-21 Championship . as quarterbacks coach, he helped NSU QB coach Dane Simoneau Nov. 7 @ Northeastern State* 1 pm throw for more than 4,000 yards setting a school record and a national finalist award Nov. 14 Northwest Missouri State* 1 pm for the Harlon Hill Trophy as the best player in NCAA Division II, the first national finalist in Washburn history . Simoneau would go on to be a five-time consensus * MIAA Game All-American at quarterback as well as the MIAA’s Offensive Player of the Year, the • continued on page 2 Northeastern State University 2015 RiverHawks Football • continued from page 1 2015 MIAA Standings first Ichabod to win the award . in his eleven seasons at Washburn, the (as of Oct. 31) Ichabods have had 18 different players earn 51 different All-American ac- colades, two MIAA Most Valuable Defensive Players, an MIAA Offensive Team MIAA All Player of the Year, four MIAA Freshman of the Year awards and 145 play- #2 Northwest Missouri State 9-0 9-0 ers receive all-MIAA honors . he has been equally on task with players #14 Emporia State 8-1 8-1 in the classroom with 225 Ichabods named to the MIAA Academic Honor #24 Central Missouri 7-2 7-2 Roll, including three Academic All-Americans. (RV) Fort Hays State 6-3 6-3 POWELL WINS WEEKLY ACCOLADE . Garrett Powell was named Pittsburg State 6-3 6-3 the MIAA/AstroTurf Special Teams Athlete of the Week, the Mid-America Central Oklahoma 4-5 4-5 Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced Oct. 19 . the senior Missouri Western State 4-5 4-5 wide receiver/punter from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, was a big weapon in Washburn 4-5 4-5 flipping field position in NSU’s 31-21 victory over Missouri Southern State Lindenwood 3-6 3-6 on Oct. 17 . he punted eight times for 353 yards (44.1 yards per punt), Northeastern State 2-7 2-7 which included a 71-yard boot in the first quarter that was downed at the Missouri Southern State 1-8 1-8 one-yard line . the punt was the longest by any MIAA player this season and was also the longest of Powell’s career . he finished the game with Nebraska-Kearney 0-9 0-9 a career-high four punts downed inside the 20-yard line, and he also had a career-high three downed inside the 10. Powell leads the MIAA of 50+ RELEASE INFORMATION yard punts (8) this season and is second in total punting (41.0) . he also √ Releases are emailed to the media and also had four catches for 79 yards and a touchdown in the game . this is the available via the official athletic website at www. first weekly honor of Powell’s career and the first weekly special teams goriverhawksgo.com. Stats are attached as a sepa- honor by an NSU football player since the RiverHawks joined the league rate PDF file, or may be obtained via the website, in 2012 . the only other time an NSU player has won a weekly accolade or by fax, if you contact the media relations office at was when former linebacker Langston Jones was named defensive ath- lete of the week on Sept. 16, 2013. 918-444-3930. HAVE A DAY, DARIAN . NSU picked up a second-straight win by de- INTERVIEW REQUESTS feating Missouri Southern State 31-21 on Oct. 17 . the RiverHawks were √ All interview requests for student-athletes, led by a monster defensive effort from Darian Morris . the junior line- coaches or administrators should be made with the backer finished with nine tackles, four pass breakups, two fumble recover- athletic media relations office. Contact Cedrique ies, one interception, one forced fumble, one tackle for loss, one half sack, Flemming, director and football contact, at 918- and one school-record 97-yard fumble recovery return for touchdown . .the last time an NSU player had a fumble recovery for a touchdown was 444-3930. on Oct. 20, 2012 . the last time an NSU player had two fumble recov- eries in the same game was on Sept. 13, 2008 . the last time an NSU RIVERHAWKS ON THE WEB player had at least one fumble recovery and one interception in the same √ The official athletics website of Northeastern game was on Oct. 21, 2006. State University is www.goriverhawksgo.com. Northeastern State defeated Nebraska- STREAKING NO MORE . RIVERHAWKS ON RADIO Kearney 31-14 on Oct.