GENERAL INFORMATION GAME #5: ETSU (0-4) VS. SAINT FRANCIS (1-2) LOCATION .......................................................................JOHNSON CITY, TENN. SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 2015 • 1PM • JOHNSON CITY, TENN. (KERMIT TIPTON STADIUM) FOUNDED ...............................................................................................1911 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ENROLLMENT ...................................................................................... 14,957 ETSU GAME COVERAGE... NICKNAME ........................................................................BUCCANEERS (BUCS) Head Coach .........Carl Torbush COLORS ................................................................NAVY BLUE AND OLD GOLD ONLINE VIDEO Record @ ETSU ........0-4, 1st yr STADIUM ......................................................KERMIT TIPTON STADIUM (6,212) RADIO .... WXSM-AM 640 (JAY SANDOS/MATT WILHJELM) Career Record ........20-30, 5 yrs AFFILIATION ........................NCAA DIV. I CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION (FCS) ONLINE RADIO ............................................ ETSUBUCS.COM SAINT FRANCIS CONFERENCE..................... FCS INDEPENDENT (SOUTHERN STARTING IN 2016) LIVE STATS .....................ETSUBUCS.COM (STATBROADCAST) Head Coach .......Chris Villarrial PRESIDENT .........................................................................DR. BRIAN NOLAND Record @ SFU .......19-39, 5th yr SERIES HISTORY .................................... FIRST-EVER MEETING ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ........................................................DR. RICHARD SANDER Career Record ..................Same ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE ...........................................(423) 439-4343 FOOTBALL HISTORY FIRST YEAR OF FOOTBALL........................................................................1920 SEASONS OF FOOTBALL ................................................................................80 2015 SCHEDULE ALL-TIME RECORD .....................................................................333-396-27 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SERIES STREAK LAST MEETING NCAA POSTSEASON APPEARANCES (DIV. I) ................................................. 2 9/3 KENNESAW STATE L, 16-56 8,217 FANS WATCH BUCS RETURN TO FIELD FOR FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS 9/10 MARYVILLE L, 21-28 AFTER SCORING 21 FIRST-HALF PTS; BUCS HELD SCORELESS IN SECOND HALF POSTSEASON RECORD (DIV. I) ................................................................... 2-1 9/17 AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN L, 7-47 ETSU STUMBLES IN FIRST ROAD GAME OF THE 2015 SEASON BEST FINISH ........................................................................ 1ST (1969 OVC) 9/26 EMORY & HENRY L, 24-27 EH RALLIES WITH LATE 4TH-QUARTER TD TO DEFEAT ETSU ON HOMECOMING AST PPEARANCE UARTERFINALS L A ......................................................1996 (Q ) 10/3 ST. FRANCIS 1P FIRST-MEETING -- -- 10/10 BYE WEEK COACHING STAFF 10/17 AT MERCER 4P FIRST-MEETING -- -- HEAD COACH ........................................................................... CARL TORBUSH 10/24 AT MONTANA STATE 4:35P FIRST-MEETING -- -- HEAD COACHING RECORD AT ETSU ................................0-4 (FIRST SEASON) 10/31 WARNER 1P FIRST-MEETING -- -- OVERALL RECORD ........................................................20-30 (FIFTH SEASON) 11/7 AT ROBERT MORRIS NOON FIRST-MEETING -- -- BOWL RECORD ........................................................................................... 2-0 11/14 AT GARNDER-WEBB 1P TIED, 1-1 L-1 2002 11/21 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 1P FIRST-MEETING -- -- FOOTBALL OFFICE PHONE ...................................................(423) 439-4343 NOTE BEST TIME TO INTERVIEW COACH ................................................CONTACT SID TIMES LISTED IN EASTERN HOME GAMES IN BOLD ASSISTANT COACHES MIKE O’CAIN .................................................OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/QBS QUICK HITS BILLY TAYLOR .........................................DEFENSIVE/RECRUITING COORDINATOR A LOOK BACK AT EMORY & HENRY GAME SCOTT BRUMETT ...................................................................... DEFENSIVE LINE ETSU (0-4) held a four-point lead with less than three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, but Emory & Henry GARY DOWNS ........................................................................ RUNNING BACKS made a game-changing defensive stop on 4th-and-1 at midfield and scored the go-ahead touchdown on the ensu- TEDDY GAINES ...................................................................... DEFENSIVE BACKS ing drive to rally past the Bucs, 27-24, last Saturday at Kermit Tipton Stadium … The Blue and Gold jumped out to a ANTONIO GOSS .................................... OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS/SPECIAL TEAMS 14-0 lead thanks to a pair of touchdown runs by Jajuan Stinson; however, the Wasps answered with a pair of touch- CHRIS GRIMES .................................................................................... SAFETIES down drives to pull even at 14 … Red-shirt sophomore Dalton Ponchillia – who scored ETSU’s final touchdown on a ERIK LOSEY .............................................................................. OFFENSIVE LINE 45-yard pass from Austin Herink early in the fourth quarter – led all players with a season-high 117 receiving yards MIKE RADER ........................................................................... WIDE RECEIVERS … Herink took all the snaps for the first time this season and went 17-for-28 with 261 yards, one touchdown and KEVIN SHIPLEY ............................................................ TIGHT ENDS/FULLBACKS threw his first interception of the year in ETSU’s opening drive of the second half … Herink and Ponchillia also con- BEN EZELL .....................................................OFFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT nected on a 56-yard pass play (longest play of the year), which set up Stinson’s second touchdown run in the first DYLAN LEWELLYN ..........................................DEFENSIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANT quarter … Defensively, linebacker Dylan Weigel totaled a season-high 20 tackles, tying him for the second-most SUPPORT STAFF by a Buccaneer in single-game history … Weigel, who leads the Blue and Gold with 51 tackles on the season, also ANDREW SIMS .........................................DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS registered a two tackles for loss against Emory & Henry … Linebacker River Boruff and defensive lineman Chris ALLAN JOHNSON .................................. STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH Bouyer combined for the Bucs’ sack against the Wasps … As a team, seven different running backs accounted for DR. BRIAN JOHNSTON ..........................ASSISTANT A.D. FOR SPORTS MEDICINE ETSU’s 108 rushing yards, while nine different receivers caught a pass en route to the 261 passing yards. NATHAN BARGER ..........................ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SPORTS MEDICINE DAVID ROOP ...................................................................VIDEO COORDINATOR MEDIA RELATIONS WE ARE ETSU ASSISTANT DIR. MEDIA RELATIONS (FB CONTACT) ....................KEVIN BROWN E-MAIL ADDRESS ............................................................... [email protected] OFFICE PHONE ...................................................................(423) 439-5263 CELL PHONE .......................................................................(423) 747-3877 The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and ASSOCIATE AD FOR COMMUNICATIONS ......................................... MIKE WHITE broadcast media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” throughout the 2015-16 season E-MAIL ADDRESS ................................................................ [email protected] ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be OFFICE PHONE ...................................................................(423) 439-4220 ETSU ... On TV graphics, please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. Game #5 www.ETSUBucs.com ETSU vs. Saint Francis ABOUT SAINT FRANCIS MEDIA INFORMATION Saint Francis (1-2) is coming off a 78-0 win over University of Faith last weekend at home … The game ETSU ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS was considered an exhibition game due to University of Faith being placed on the NCAA’s non-countable The ETSU athletic media relations office is available to assist members of the media with their opponents … The Red Flash are led by the running back tandem of Khairi Dickson and Marcus Bagley questions and request to Buccaneer football. Please contact Assistant Director for Athletic Media … Dickson, the FCS leading rusher in 2014 and Northeast Conference Offensive Player of the Year, Relations Kevin Brown with any questions about the Bucs. has seen limited action in the first four games this season, while Bagley, the NEC’s Offensive Rookie ETSU ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB of the Year, has rushed for 221 yards on 50 carries this season … Last year, Dickson rushed for over Get the most recent information on the Buccaneers, including updated stats, video and press 1,700 yards and finished with 12 touchdowns, and was named FCS All-America (Third Team) … Junior releases by visiting www.ETSUBucs.com. safety Lorenzo Jerome is tied for the team lead in tackles (27) and leads Saint Francis in solos (15) … In addition to his 70-yard interception return against Towson, Jerome also recorded a 99-yard kickoff TUNE INTO THE BUCCANEERS return for a touchdown in the same game