Vs. Southern Nazarene (0-0) 2010 Season Opener • Sponsord by Seivers Sports Medicine Saturday, August 28, 2010 • 6 P.M
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EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS 2010 Weekly Press Release Week #1: ENMU (0-0) vs. Southern Nazarene (0-0) 2010 Season Opener • Sponsord by Seivers Sports Medicine Saturday, August 28, 2010 • 6 p.m. MST Greyhound Stadium (4,800) • Blackwater Draw 1991 Lone Star Conference Champions • 2 LSC South Titles • 27 Winning Seasons Greyhounds to Open 74th Season Athletic Communications Contact Information Against Southern Nazarene The Eastern New Mexico University will be Adam Pitterman (575) 562-4309 [email protected] opening the 2010 season at home against Southern Sean Manzi (575) 562-2971 [email protected] Nazarene University, from Bethany Oklahoma. The Rachel Browning (575) 562-2971 [email protected] Crimson Storm compete in the Central States Foot- Websites ball League. The game will mark the second meet- Goeasternathletics.com ing between the two programs and the first meeting Facebook.com/enmusports Twitter.com/enmusports at Blackwater Draw. The SNU finished with a 6-5 record last season and a 3-2 mark in the CSFL. The Storm alternated wins and losses over their first six 2010 Greyhounds Schedule weeks, but closed strong with wins over Oklahoma Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) Panhandle and Texas College. 1 Sat. Aug. 28 Southern Nazarene Greyhound Stadium 6:00 p.m. 2 Sat. Sept. 4 #Angelo State San Angelo Stadium 5:00 p.m. In last season’s finale, Wesley Wood came off the 3 Sat. Sept. 11 #Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium 6:00 p.m. bench to lead a six-play, 94-yard drive and tossed the 4 Sat. Sept. 25 *TAMU-Commerce (HC) Greyhound Stadium 2:00 p.m. game-winning eight-yard touchdown pass to Darian 5 Sat. Oct. 2 *SW Oklahoma State Milam Field 1:00 p.m. 6 Sat. Oct. 9 *Central Oklahoma Greyhound Stadium 2:00 p.m. Dale with 1:53 left to lift the Hounds to a 35-30 win 7 Sat. Oct. 16 *East Central Norris Field 1:00 p.m. over Incarnate Word.. 8 Sat. Oct. 23 #Abilene Christian Greyhound Stadium 2:00 p.m. 9 Sat. Oct. 30 *SE Oklahoma State Greyhound Stadium 2:00 p.m. 10 Sat. Nov. 6 *Northeastern State Wadley Stadium 1:00 p.m. Last Time in the Series 11 Sat. Nov. 13 #Tarleton State Tarleton Memorial 6:00 p.m. The only meeting between the teamsc ame on August 30, 2008, with the Crimson Storm handing 2009 Greyhounds Results ENMU a 16-9 setback. Jesse Poku hauled in a 72- Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) yard touchdown pass from Michael Carrasco for a 7-3 1 Sat. Aug. 29 Colo. State-Pueblo Thunderdome L, 23-28 2 Sat. Sept. 5 Southwestern Okla. State# Milam Stadium W, 45-7 lead with 6:18 left in the first half and the Hounds got 3 Sat. Sept. 12 SE Okla. State# Greyhound Stadium L, 47-49 a late safety to provide the final score 4 Sat. Sept. 19 Texas A&M-Commerce# Greyhound Stadium W, 76-56 5 Sat. Sept. 26 #2 Abilene Christian* Shotwell Stadium L, 33-44 6 Sat. Oct. 3 #23 Angelo State* Greyhound Stadium L, 23-47 7 Sat. Oct. 10 West Texas A&M* Kimbrough Memorial L, 24-34 At the Starting Line 8 Sat. Oct. 17 #13 Tarleton State Greyhound Stadium L, 20-30 Overall, the Greyhounds are 35-35 in season open- 9 Sat. Oct. 24 #7 TAMU-Kingsville* Javelina Stadium L, 31-38 ers, and have won eight of their last 13. Last season, 10 Sat. Oct. 31 #22 Midwestern State* Greyhound Stadium L, 17-50 the Hounds dropped a 28-23 decision at Colorado 11 Sat. Nov. 7 Incarnate Word Greyhound Stadium W, 35-30 State-Pueblo. Eastern has played seven August games in their 70+ years of football. 2010 Crimson Storm Schedule Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (CST) In the 35 seasons they won their opening contest, 1 Sat. Aug. 28 Eastern N.M. Blackwater Draw 7:00 p.m. the Greyhounds have posted 25 winning seasons, 2 Sat. Sept. 4 St. Mary’s (Kan.) SNU Stadium 1:30 p.m. 3 Sat. Sept. 11 @Haskell University Lawrence, Kan. TBA eight losing seasons, and a pair of .500 seasons. In 4 Sat. Sept. 18 @Bethel College North Newton, Kan. TBA contrast, when Greyhounds dropped their season 5 Sat. Sept. 25 Southwest Baptist SNU Stadium 6:00 p.m. opener, they have had 23 losing seasons, eight win- 6 Sat. Oct. 2 SW Assemblies of God * SNU Stadium 2:00 p.m. 7 Sat. Oct. 9 NW Oklahoma State * SNU Stadium 6:00 p.m. ning seasons, and thee .500 seasons. ENMU has 8 Sat. Oct. 23 @Texas College * Tyler, Texas TBA earned a tie in its opener three times, with one win- 9 Sat. Oct. 30 Oklahoma Panhandle * SNU Stadium 6:00 p.m. ning season and two losing seasons following. 10 Sat. Nov. 6 @Bacone * Muskogee, Okla. TBA 11 Sat. Nov. 13 Langston * SNU Stadium 2:00 p.m. Buckle Your Seatbelts Mention All-LSC South selection. The Rams charged to a 19-2 lead, Troy Harris and Stefan Mills but Brandon Marbley and Jesse Last season, the Greyhound Offense emerged in the running game, combin- Poku hauled in touchdown passes of set or tied three all-encompassing ing for 500 yards on the ground along 43 and four yards to pull the Hounds NCAA records, eight NCAA Division with eight touchdowns. to within 19-16, early in the fourth II records, 26 Lone Star Conference quarter. Angelo State scored 28 of the records and 21 team records (based on Extra Special Teams ensuing 35 points to seal the game. ENMU records available). Among thr Jackson was dynamic on kick re- Harp passed for 394 yards with broken records was NCAA plays per turns, averaging 20 yards on 32 run- 167 yards going to Dominic Preston. game (93.45), breaking the record set backs, while Poku averaged 9.6 yards Ram quarterback Josh Neiswander by the University of Notre Dame, dur- on 10 punt returns. passed for 403 yards and three scores, ing the 1970 season. The Defense Doesn’t Rest while Dwight Pete’s 96 rushing yards Since adopting the spread offense With All-Americans Rodney paced a ground attack which accu- in 2008, the Hounds have averaged Mitchell and Nathan Uland return- mulated 196 yards. Nathan Uland 345.3 yards passing per game along ing, the Hounds defense should made a career-best 20 tackles, while with 28.5 points per game. Last sea- continue to improve. Mitchell inter- Texavier Henry made 16 stops. son, ENMU scored a team-record 374 cepted seven passes last year, broke Eastern’s last win in the series points and eclipsed the team single- up 16 passes, recovered two funbles came at Greyhound Stadium on Oc- game scoring record in a 76-56 win and recovered one. Uland finished tober 1, 2005, when they rebounded over eventual LSC North champion, the 2009 season ranked fourth in the from two seven-point defeicits to Texas A&M-Commerce. So far, the NCAA Divison II in total tackles and hand the Rams their first loss of the spread has led to 11 300+-yard passing blocked a pair of kicks in the season- season. Michael Benton rushed for days, two 400+-yard passing games, opener at Colorado State-Pueblo. one and two yard touchdowns in the two 500+-yard passing games and one In 877 plays, Eastern forced 27 second quarter, giving the Hounds the 600+-yard passing game. turnovers, generated 15 sacks and lead for good, 21-14, on a two-yard As a true freshman, quarterback made 85 tackles for a loss, which plunge with 3:23 left until halftime. Wesley Wood posted an efficiency rat- amounts to negative plays for the op- Benton added two more touchdowns ing of 102.89 and completed 56.1 per- posing offense on over 14 percent of in the second half as Eastern scored cent of his pass attempts. Making his their plays. the final 31 points, en-route to a 38- first start against #13 Tarleton State, he 14 win. connected on 41 of his 74 attempts for ENMU Football Benton rushed for 143 of the 320 yards and three touchdowns. He The Greyhounds had posted Hounds’ 337 yards on the ground and also entered the season finale against passed for 118 yards. Derrick Hunter Incarnate Word for the final two pos- seven consecutive winning sea- hauled in two passes for 25 yards and sessions, facing a 30-20 deficit. The sons entering 2005, and will be returned a punt 51 yards. ASU quar- last possession started at the Eastern looking to return to their winning terback Trey Weishuhn passed for six-yard line with 3:13 remaining, ways. The Hounds posted a 2-9 re- 144 yards. Tim Ojeda led a balanced but Wood connected on three of his cord in 2008. In the 2007 season, Greyhound defense with eight tackles four attempts, capping the drive with the Hounds spent several weeks and 2.5 sacks, while Tony Johnson an eight-yard scoring pass to Darian in the receiving votes section of intercepted two passes, registered a Dale for the win. the AFCA poll after opening the sack and made six tackles. Arvin Jackson, Jesse Poku, Dar- season with four consecutive wins. ian Dale and Chase Kyser return to form one of the most formidable quar- tet of receivers in the country, combin- Coming up Next ing for 237 receptions, 2,632 yards Next week, the Hounds will travel and 22 touchdowns.