2011 Depauw Football Notes
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SERIES RECORD COACHES Robby Long, a 2002 University of Illinois graduate, is 7-3 in his second season as DePauw’s head coach. An assistant coach for the Tigers for five seasons, Long directed DePauw to a 7-3 overall mark last year including an SCAC co-title and the program’s first NCAA postseason appearance. Jayson Martin, a 2000 Kentucky State graduate, became Rose-Hulman’s interim head coach in early August, taking over for Steve Englehart who moved across town to Indiana State as its offensive coordinator. Martin is in his third year on the Engineers’ staff and served as the offensive coordinator in 2009. DEPAUW UPDATE 2011 DEPAUW FOOTBALL NOTES Sports Information Contact: Bill Wagner • bwagner@depauw.edu 765-658-4630 (office) • 765-720-0213 (mobile) • 765-658-4708 (fax) www.depauw.edu/ath (DePauw athletics site) Game 8: Albion Britons (5-3) at DePauw Tigers (3-4) Saturday, November 5 • Blackstock Stadium • Greencastle, Indiana • 1 p.m. DePauw returns to Blackstock Stadium for its Armani Cato leads the Tigers with 262 rushing DEPAUW RADIO second home game of the season and first since yards in six games. Since moving to running back WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw campus station, will broadcast the game live to West Central Indiana and October 1 when it hosts Albion College on Sat- from a receiver position, Nikko Sansone averages online at: <www.wgre.org>. Parker Schwartz and Dan urday, November 5. Kickoff from Blackstock Sta- a team-high 4.3 yards per rushing attempt. Stinebaugh call the action from the press box with dium in Greencastle is set for 1 p.m. Senior Will King will likely be making his first Connor Hollensteiner on the sidelines. iPhone users DePauw is 3-4 on the season and has won two collegiate start after seeing action off the bench can also listen to the game live by downloading the DePauw University App. straight after last week’s 21-17 victory at Austin. each of the last two weeks. The Tigers opened the season with a win at Rose- Taylor Wagner has caught 20 passes for 210 LIVE STATS Hulman before dropping four straight. yards, while Brody Schoen has hauled in 17 for Live stats of all DePauw home football games are Albion enters the contest with a 5-3 record a team-high 233 yards. Bobby Coburn leads with available at <www.depauw.edu/ath/live/football/ and has already clinched a share of the Michigan three touchdown receptions. Wagner also paces xlive.htm> Intercollegiate Athletic Association title. The Brit- the squad with 31.3 yards per kickoff return which ons have also earned the conference’s automatic ranks sixth in the nation, while his 13.1 per punt COACHING DEPAUW Head Coach ..........................Robby Long, Illinois ’02 qualification into the NCAA Division III Cham- return average is 21st in Division III. DePauw/Career Record .............. 19-9 (3rd year) pionship. Defensively, Ben Brandstatter leads the Tigers Career Record vs. Albion .................................0-0 The all-time series is tied 14-14 with Albion with 58 tackles followed by Jack Quinn with 41 winning the last meeting in 1997 by a 24-10 score and Mitch Dwenger with 39. Patrick Keller leads COACHING ALBION in Greencastle. In games played at Blackstock the way with 3.5 sacks and Michael Fultz tops the Head Coach .............................Craig Rundle, Albion ’74 Albion Record ........................... 85-62 (15th year) Stadium, the Tigers hold a 10-6 advantage. squad with 6.0 tackles for loss. Robby Schuler has Career Record ................... 142-108-1 (26th year) Today’s game features two of the winningest picked off a team-high three passes. Career Record vs. DePauw ..............................1-0 programs in Division III history as Albion ranks The Tigers enter the week ranked 22nd in Di- in a tie for 10th with 576 wins in 125 seasons and vision III rushing defense as they’ve allowed the SERIES INFORMATION DePauw is 17th with 542 victories in 124 cam- opposition just 94.9 rushing yards per game. They Overall............................................... Series tied, 14-14 At DePauw ...................................DePauw leads, 10-6 paigns. also are 42nd in the country by giving up only 290.1 At Albion ...........................................Albion leads, 8-4 total yards each outing. SCOUTING ALBION Date W/L Score Site After dropping its first three games to Division 10/15/1920 W 35-2 H COMPARING THE TEAMS (2011 NCAA rank) 10/24/1953 L 0-19 A I Butler as well as eighth-ranked Wheaton (Ill.) Per-Game Category DPU AC 10/23/1954 L 19-21 H and Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Albion has posted Scoring offense 17.0 (198) 26.1 (111) 9/20/1969 L 19-32 H five straight conference wins. The Britons topped Rushing offense 115.4 (181) 134.5 (151) 9/19/1970 W 21-0 A Passing offense 179.0 (137) 230.4 (67) 9/18/1971 W 24-6 H 16th-ranked Adrian last Saturday to seal at least as 9/16/1972 L 7-10 A Team Pass Efficiency 98.91 (192) 136.18 (65) 9/15/1973 W 14-10 H share of the MIAA title. Total offense 294.4 (187) 364.9 (100) 9/14/1974 W 18-13 A Running back Clinton Orr enters the game Scoring defense 19.3 (65) 21.9 (90) 9/24/1977 L 7-21 H averaging 100.0 rushing yards per game and 4.8 Rushing defense 94.9 (22) 99.3 (27) 9/30/1978 W 7-3 H 9/29/1979 L 0-29 A yards per carry. Orr also ranks eighth in Division Passing defense 195.3 (131) 221.6 (182) 9/27/1980 W 35-6 H III with a 30.3-yard kickoff return average includ- Pass eff. defense 115.6 (89) 137.22 (184) 10/3/1981 W 23-14 A Total defense 290.1 (42) 320.9 (80) 10/2/1982 W 34-3 H ing a return for a touchdown. 10/1/1983 L 7-10 A Quarterback Spencer Krauss has completed Turnover margin -0.57 (182) .88 (t37) 9/29/1984 W 21-6 H 59.2 percent of his pass attempts for 1,578 yards K.O. return average 21.1 (46) 23.0 (16) 9/28/1985 W 13-12 A Punt return average 12.6 (27) 6.8 (154) 9/27/1986 W 21-14 H with 11 touchdowns and just six interceptions. Net punting 34.0 (39) 31.3 (118) 9/26/1987 W 10-7 H Brian Spencer paces the squad with 43 recep- 9/24/1988 L 22-24 A Team Tackles for Loss 5.0 (191) 8.3 (24) 9/23/1989 L 0-7 H tions for 600 yards and five touchdowns. J.C. Cruse Team Pass Sacks 1.6 (151) 2.8 (33) 9/26/1992 L 20-45 A follows with 34 catches for 527 yards and four Pass Sacks Allowed 3.1 (221) .88 (25) 9/25/1993 L 0-28 H 9/24/1994 L 14-35 A scores, while Zach Brewer has hauled in 30 for 431 9/23/1995 W 14-7 H yards with three touchdowns. DEPAUW AS AN INDEPENDENT 9/28/1996 L 9-51 A John Lesinski was named to the D3football. While DePauw has left the Southern Collegiate 9/27/1997 L 10-24 H com Team of the Week after the Adrian contest Athletic Conference for the North Coast Athletic 2011 DEPAUW SCHEDULE/RESULTS and leads the team with 82 tackles. Brett McCarty Conference, football is competing as an indepen- Sept. 3 at Rose-Hulman..............................W, 23-13 is next with 65, while Wesley Sherman has been dent this season. Sept. 17 at Allegheny .....................................L, 10-17 in on 62 stops. C.J. Carroll is fourth in the nation The last time DePauw did not compete in a Sept. 24 at Rhodes ..........................................L, 14-24 with 10.5 sacks and Lorenzo Reese is tied for 10th conference in football was in 1988. The Tigers Oct. 1 CENTRE................................. L, 10-24 Oct. 15 at Sewanee ..........................................L, 7-30 with 0.6 interceptions per game. competed in the former Indiana Collegiate Athletic Oct. 22 at Ohio Wesleyan ...........................W, 34-10 Conference (now Heartland Collegiate Athletic Oct. 29 at Austin ..........................................W, 21-17 DEPAUW UPDATE Conference) from 1989-97 and in the SCAC from The Tigers have won two straight after last 1998-2010. DePauw was a member of the Indiana Nov. 5 ALBION ..................................... 1 p.m. Saturday’s win at Austin and DePauw finished the Collegiate Conference from 1954-76 before playing Nov. 12 WABASH (Monon Bell) ........ 1:07 p.m. (HDNet telecast) road portion of the 2011 schedule with a 3-3 record as an independent from 1977-88. away from Blackstock Stadium. 1 —— 2011 DePauw Football • Game 8 vs. Albion, November 5 • www.depauw.edu/ath ——1 ALL-TIME DIVISION III DEPAUW TEAM NOTES DEPAUW’S RECORD WHEN.... WINS LEADERS (Through 10/29 games) DePauw had held its first four opponents scoreless 2011 Coach Long Team Yrs. Won Lost Tied Pct. during the first quarter of games this year before Era 1. Wittenberg 118 706 347 31 .666 Sewanee scored 13 in the opening stanza on Oc- Overall 3-4 19-9 2. Mount Union 114 693 381 38 .640 tober 15, Ohio Wesleyan put up 10 on October 22 At Home 0-1 9-4 3. Washington & Jeff 120 679 377 40 .638 and Austin scored seven last week … the Tigers’ On The Road 3-3 10-5 4.