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MARIAN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL 2011 Dr. Geoffre N. Sherman • Director of Sports Information • O: 317.955.6125 • F: 317.955.6121 • [email protected] muknights.com • twitter.com/MUKnights • facebook.com/marianuniversityknights • youtube.com/marianuathletics GAME INFORMATION Well, it all comes down to this. Conference title, No. #1 SAINT XAVIER (9-0; 4-0) AT #2 MARIAN UNIVERSITY (9-0; 4-0) 1 in the nation and home field advantage through- Date: November 5, 2011 out the playoffs. No. 1 Saint Xavier at No. 2 Mar- Kickoff: 1 p.m. (EDT) ian for the MSFA Mideast League title at St.Vincent Location: St.Vincent Health Field - Indianapolis, Ind. Health Field. The Knights are 0-4 all-time against Radio: Knights Football Radio Network: Dr. David Pierce (p-b-p) & Caleb Keller (color) SXU, including a 56-25 defeat at SXU last season. Live Video: LiveStream: www.livestream.com/knightsathleticsnetwork The game will air LIVE on the Knights Football Radio Network and will be streamed LIVE on the Knights Athletics Network on LiveStream.com. Dr. David Pierce (p-b-p) and Caleb Keller (color) will call all the action beginning at 12:45 p.m. SCOUTING #1 SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY (ILL.) The nation’s No. 1 team comes to St.Vincent Health Field as the nation’s No. 1-ranked offense and has a 9-0 overall record, an 11-game MSFA Location: ..............................................................Chicago, Ill. Location: ...................................................Indianapolis, Ind. winning streak and are 22-1 in their last 23 games. Enrollment: ...................................................................5,057 Enrollment: ...................................................................2,440 SXU is 4-0 all-time against the Knights after a 56- Nickname: ................................................................ Cougars Nickname: ..................................................................Knights 25 win last season over MU. Colors: ......................................................Scarlet and Gray Colors: ............................................Marian Blue and Gold Jimmy Coy leads a potent SXU offense that is aver- Conference: ............................................MSFA (Mideast) Conference: ............................................MSFA (Mideast) aging over 500 yards per game. He is one of the na- Head Coach: ........................ Mike Feminis (13th year) Head Coach: ........................ Ted Karras, Jr. (5th year) tion’s top passers and leads the MSFA in passing. He Overall Record: .........................................111-40 (.735) Overall Record: ............................................77-47 (.621) has a 171.45 rating, a 69.8 completion percentage Record at Concordia: ............................111-40 (.735) Record at MU: .............................................33-21 (.611) and has 2,673 passing yards with 28 touchdowns. 2010 Overall Record: .................................13-1 (.929) 2010 Overall Record: .................................10-3 (.769) Shane Zackery is the Cougars’ leading receiver with 2010 MSFA Record: ...................................7-0 (1.000) 2010 MSFA Record: ......................................5-2 (.714) 61 catches for 770 yards and 13 touchdowns. The running game is led by Nick Pesek, who has 110 2011 MARIAN UNIVERSITY SCHEDULE carries for 573 yards and eight scores. Additionally, Aug. 27 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) W, 47-0 St.Vincent Health Field the Cougars pack a punch in special teams as kicker Sept. 3 at #25 Grand View (Iowa) W, 19-14 Williams Stadium Tom Lynch is leading the nation in scoring and has Sept. 10 * Quincy (Ill.) W, 52-0 St.Vincent Health Field hit 14 field goals with a long of 50 yards. Sept. 17 Notre Dame (Ohio) W, 38-0 St.Vincent Health Field The Cougars are also strong on defense as they Sept. 24 at Malone (Ohio) W, 56-0 Fawcett Stadium are giving up just 254 yards of total offense per Oct. 1 Walsh (Ohio) W, 20-13 St.Vincent Health Field game. NAIA All-America candidate Michael Prosser Oct. 8 * Taylor (Ind.) W, 42-7 St.Vincent Health Field Oct. 15 * #6 at Saint Francis (Ind.) W, 40-13 Bishop D’Arcy Stadium leads SXU in nearly every defensive category with Oct. 22 * at Concordia (Mich.) W, 77-3 Huron High School 47 tackles, 15 tackles-for-loss, 6.5 sacks and an Oct. 29 BYE WEEK interception. He has also blocked a kick. Clayton Fe- Nov. 5 * #1 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 1 p.m. St.Vincent Health Field jedel leads SXU with four interceptions. Nov. 12 BYE WEEK The Cougars are a formidable foe on both sides of Nov. 19 NAIA Football Championship Series TBD Campus Sites the ball which should make for an instant classic. Nov. 26 NAIA FCS Quarterfinals TBD Campus Sites Dec. 3 NAIA FCS Semifinals TBD Campus Sites KNIGHTS PLOW THROUGH CARDINALS, 77-3 Dec. 19 NAIA National Championship Game TBD Barron Stadium; Rome, Ga. The circle is complete. The Knights, who suffered nu- merous heavy defeats in the first two seasons, ham- & - denotes NAIA Football Championship Series mered first-year Concordia (Mich.), 77-3, two weeks ^ - denotes game televised on Hometown Sports Indiana * - denotes MSFA Mideast League games ago for their biggest win in history. The 77 points were - All game times are Eastern Standard Time a school record and the 74-point margin of victory was also a record. MU amassed 687 total yards to set a TOP PROGRAM IN STATE OF INDIANA KNIGHTS IN THE 2011 NAIA TOP 25 POLL school record and they also added an 85-yard kick re- If there was any doubt before, there is zero doubt SPRING (04.18)....................................... 6 (270 points) turn TD and a 34-yard pick-six to seal the 74-point win. now. The Knights are the best team in the state of Preseason (08.08) ............................. 6 (246 points) Adam Wiese went 15-of-18 for 247 yards and one Indiana through eight games. WEEK 1 (09.12)...................................... 4 (298 points) touchdown in the win. Caleb Small finished 7-of-11 for Marian is 9-0 on the year and is one of two unbeaten WEEK 2 (09.19)...................................... 3 (312 points) 128 yards and two passing scores. William Stubbs teams remaining in the state of Indiana at any level. WEEK 3 (09.26)...................................... 3 (312 points) WEEK 4 (10.03)...................................... 3 (313 points) notched his first 100-yard rushing game since Sept. Wabash College is 8-0 this season, while IU is 1-8, Pur- 20, 2008 with 110 yards on seven carries, including WEEK 5 (10.10)...................................... 2 (325 points) due is 4-4, Ball State is 5-4, Trine is 6-2, Franklin is 7-1, WEEK 6 (10.17)........2 (325 pts; 1 1st-place vote) a school-record 82-yard run for a touchdown. It was DePauw is 3-4, Saint Joseph’s is 2-7, Saint Francis WEEK 7 (10.24)........2 (326 pts; 1 1st-place vote) his fifth career 100-yard rushing game. Wiese also (Ind.) is 6-2, Notre Dame is 5-3, Hanover is 5-3, Earl- WEEK 8 (10.31)........2 (326 pts; 1 1st-place vote) rushed for a pair, while Julian Williams caught seven ham is 0-8, Anderson is 1-7 and Indianapolis is 7-2. WEEK 9 (11.07)..................................................................... balls for 116 yards and had an 85-yard kickoff return The Knights are the highest-ranked and only 9-0 FINAL (11.13) .......................................................................... for a score. program in the state of Indiana. POSTSEASON (12.19) ......................................................... 2010 NATIONAL QUARTERFINALISTS MARIAN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL THE SAINT XAVIER GAME - NOV. 5, 2011 - 2 #1 VS. #2 GAMES WITH INDIANA TIES LAKE HAS FLOODED THE FIELD Saturday’s game will be the 13th No. 1 vs. No. 2 Freshman Tevin Lake has already made an im- game involving a program from the state of Indi- pact on the rushing game for the Knights. He has ana either ranked as No. 1 or No. 2. Nine involved three 100-yard rushing games this season, includ- NCAA FBS teams including Notre Dame and Pur- ing the program’s second-best effort with 144 due, while three had Saint Francis (Ind.) in the na- yards in the Knights’ 40-13 win over Saint Francis tional title game. This is the second No. 1 vs. No. 2 (Ind.) last weekend. matchup for Saint Xavier in 2011 alone. Through nine games, Lake has amassed 788 yards rushing and has 11 touchdowns in 2011. WEEKLY AWARDS FOR 2011 Lake set the MU single-season rushing record Coming off a dominating victory, junior Adam Wiese against Concordia and could, with a breakout 2011 NAIA NATIONAL TOP 25 - WEEK #8 was named MSFA MEL Offensive Player of the Week game, become the first Knight to surpass the OCTOBER 31, 2011 for the third time in 2011. He joins Reece Green as 1,000-yard plateau in the program’s five-year his- 1st Place Rk. LW School Votes Record Pts. a three-time honoree in 2011, while Mike Josifovski tory. His 11 touchdowns are a new single-season 1 1 Saint Xavier (Ill.)* 14 9-0 340 and Tevin Lake have each earned the honor twice. record for rushing scores and his four against Tay- 2 2 MARIAN (IND.)* 1 9-0 326 Wiese’s honor as the 13th of the year for the lor set the single-game mark for the Knights. He is 3 3 Carroll (Mont.) 8-1 313 Knights. For the five years of the program, the third in the nation in scoring with 15 touchdowns 4 4 Georgetown (Ky.) 8-0 303 5 5 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 7-1 289 Knights have earned MSFA weekly honors 26 times. and a total of 90 points scored. 6 6 Morningside (Iowa) 7-1 275 MU has dominated the weekly honors list this sea- 7 7 Missouri Valley 7-1 253 son. The Knights have been honored in eight of the GOOSE EGGS EVERYWHERE IN 2011 8 8 William Penn (Iowa)* 8-1 241 9 10 Benedictine (Kan.) 8-1 232 10 weeks with two Knights earning national honors. Not only is the Knights’ defense performing at a 10 11 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 7-2 218 2011 KNIGHTS WEEKLY HONORS high level, but they are also shutting out opponents 11 12 Saint Francis (Ind.)* 6-2 210 Reece Green .........................08.29 - MSFA Defensive with regularity.