2010 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES GAME 4: NOTRE DAME (1-2) vs. WALSH (2-0) Sept. 18, 2010 (1 p.m. ET) - Korb Field (Lyndhurst, Ohio) Radio: ESPN 1540 WKNR | Internet: ESPNCleveland.com - The Inaugural Season of NDC Football - NEW MATCH-UP, FAMILIAR FOE FAST FACTS Notre Dame returns to Korb Field for its second home game after being on NOTRE DAME WALSH the road the last two weeks. For the fourth game of its inaugural season, NDC will host a familiar opponent, the Cavaliers of Walsh University. In football, Walsh is a member of the Mid-States Football Association and Notre Dame is an independent, but the two schools have locked horns for years in other sports as members of the 12-school American Mideast Conference. In the AMC, which includes institutions located in the East Falcons Nickname Cavaliers Great Lakes region, NDC and WU have competed against one another in South Euclid, Ohio Location North Canton, Ohio men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and track & field 1,375 Enrollment 3,000 as well as in baseball, softball, men’s tennis and women’s volleyball. Since NAIA Affiliation NAIA 2006, Notre Dame (five AMC titles) and Walsh (11) have combined to win Independent Conference Mid-States 16 conference championships in nine different sports. 1-2 Record 2-0 NA Ranking 16 Saturday on the gridiron, the Falcons may well be facing their toughest foe L1 Streak W2 of their inaugural-season schedule. Walsh came into the season ranked No. Susan Hlavacek ADADAD Dale Howard 16 in the NAIA Preseason Coaches’ Poll. With two wins by a combined score Adam Howard Head Coach Jim Dennison P Cayle ChapmanChapman----BrownBrown of 101-7 in tow, the Cavaliers come to town this week as the No. 10 team in the nation. WU has racked up 578 rushing yards in their two lopsided victories (63-7 over Kentucky RADIO Wesleyan, 38-0 over Quincy-Ill.). The Cavaliers have averaged 6.1 yards per carry. On defense, they Live: ESPN 1540 KNR2 (Cleveland) have yielded just 364 total yards and have held opponents to a 23 percent (7-of-31) success rate on Tape-delay: WELW 1330 (Willoughby, Ohio) third downs. Andy Barch and Chris Condit NDC returns home after the program’s first win -- a 14-10 victory over Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) on Sept. 4 - INTERNET - and on the heels of a 38-0 loss to Fairmont State (W. Va.) a week ago. Saturday’s game marks the Live audio stream: ESPNCleveland.com second of five home games for Notre Dame this season. The 1 p.m. tilt also represents the Falcons’ only home game in a six-week period -- NDC will play five road games between Sept. 4 and Oct. 9. FALCON FOOTBALL WEEKLY Weekly NDC Football show featuring Head Coach The Falcons-Cavaliers match-up is the first of three intra-Ohio meetings for Notre Dame this season. Adam Howard. FFW can be heard on ESPN 1540 The Blue & White will also face Central State (Oct. 2 in Wilberforce) and Urbana (Nov. 13 at home). KNR2 Thursdays at 1 p.m. ET. The show is also streamed and archived on ESPNCleveland.com. FOUR-DOWN TERRITORY 1 3,126 fans attended Notre Dame’s 2010 opener (Aug. 28), which marked the inaugural game of COACHING MATCH-UP NDC Football. That’s the largest home crowd to see a Notre Dame athletic event in the school’s NOTRE DAME HEAD COACH ADAM HOWARD history. Alma Mater: Wilmington College (1997) First Season at NDC: 1-2 2 Notre Dame and Walsh currently compete as members of the NAIA, along with 91 other football First Season Overall: 1-2 programs throughout the nation. Changes are on the horizon for both, however -- NDC and WU are both in the membership candidate stage for NCAA Division II status. WALSH HEAD COACH JIM DENNISON Alma Mater: College of Wooster (1960) 3 The 2010 Walsh Cavaliers return 20 starters from their 2009 squad which went 8-3 and placed 16th Season at WU: 106-59 second in the Mid-States Football Association. The Cavaliers are currently ranked No. 10 on the 29th Season Overall: 186-121-2 NAIA Coaches’ Poll (Sept. 13). 2010 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Dating back to last season, Walsh has won four consecutive games and six of their last seven. 4 Date Opponent Time/Result On their four-game win streak, the Cavaliers have outscored opponents, 180-21. Since Sept. 26 Aug. 28 MERCYHURST L, 0-23 of last season (a 10-game span), the WU offense has averaged 39.5 points per game. Sept. 4 at Lindsey Wilson W, 14-10 Sept. 11 at Fairmont State L, 0-38 Sept. 18 WALSH 1:00 PM Sept. 25 at Taylor 1:00 PM INSIDE … Oct. 2 at Central State 1:30 PM NDC Quick Facts..................2 NDC Game Notes............. 5-9 WU Roster/Notes ........ 14-15 Oct. 9 at St. Joseph’s 1:00 PM Athletic Communications ....2 Falcon Captains .................. 6 WU Depth Chart ................ 16 Oct. 23 MARIAN [HC] 1:00 PM Media Information ...............2 NAIA/DII Rankings .............. 8 NDC Game-by-Game ... 17-18 Oct. 30 NORTH GREENVILLE 1:00 PM About Falcon Football .........2 NDC Players of the Week ... 9 NDC Stats .................... 19-21 Nov. 6 at Kentucky Wesleyan 2:00 PM Adam Howard ......................3 NDC Pronunciations ......... 22 About NDC Athletics .......... 22 Nov. 13 URBANA 1:00 PM Coaching Staff .....................3 NDC Roster ................. 10-11 Tale of the Tape...................4 NDC Depth Chart .............. 12 HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS Scouting Walsh ....................4 Tracking the Opponents ... 13 [HC] - Homecoming Game FALCON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES NotreDameFalcons.com 1 INAUGURAL SEASON GAME 4: WALSH (Sept. 18, 2010) NOTRE DAME QUICK FACTS MEDIA INFORMATION School ....................................Notre Dame College Location.................................... South Euclid, Ohio GAME COVERAGE: Press and photo credentials for Notre Dame home games can be obtained by Founded ........................................................ 1922 contacting the Athletic Communications Office. Seating in the Korb Field press box and press row is Enrollment .................................................... 1,375 limited to working media only. President ............................. Andrew P. Roth, Ph.D. Athletic Affiliation ............................................ NAIA INTERVIEWS: NDC coaches and players are available for interviews during the week. Arrangements Conference ..................... Independent for Football through the Athletic Communications Office will be made for telephone and in-person interviews at a Nickname ................................................... Falcons mutually-agreeable time. Coaches and players are available for on-field post-game interviews 15 Colors ................................................ Blue & White minutes after the completion of an athletic event. Please contact the on-site Athletic Communications Director of Athletics ..................... Susan Hlavacek staff to make a request for individuals. Home Field ............................................. Korb Field Surface/Capacity ................. AstroPlay Turf/3,000 PHOTOS/VIDEO FOOTAGE: Both are available for media distribution and available upon request. Both Head Athletic Trainer ........... Jay Garfield, MS, ATC action and portrait head shots are available. Assistant Trainers ...... Heather Archbold, MA, ATC ....................................... Michael Heichel, MA, ATC RADIO: ESPN Cleveland broadcasts all Notre Dame Football games. The Aug. 28 season opener will be carried live on ESPN 850 WKNR and the balance of games will be carried live on ESPN 1540 KNR2. Except for the opener, all games will also be broadcast tape-delay on WELW 1330 (see ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS NotreDameFalcons.com for scheduled broadcast times). All games are audio-streamed at ESPNCleveland.com. … Falcon Football Weekly can be heard weekly on ESPN 1540 KNR2 on Director/Football Contact ..................... Skip Snow Thursdays at 1 p.m. ET. The recap-and-preview show, hosted by ESPN Cleveland’s Will Burge and Email ............................................ [email protected] featuring Head Coach Adam Howard and select NDC players, is also streamed and archived on Office Phone................................... 216-373-5319 ESPNCleveland.com. Office Fax ....................................... 216-916-4306 Website ........................... NotreDameFalcons.com WEEKLY GAME NOTES: The Notre Dame Athletic Communications Office publishes game notes on Twitter .............................................. NDC_Falcons game-week Wednesdays by 6 p.m. ET. The comprehensive notes are sent to media outlets and also Assistant Director ................................ Andy Barch available in pdf format on NotreDameFalcons.com. Game notes are included in Falcon Gameday Email ........................................... [email protected] programs and are available to working media at both home and away games. Office Phone................................... 216-373-6342 Graduate Assistant ......................... Rudy Roediger NDF.COM COVERAGE: Athletic Communications covers each game with a full recap and box score Email ....................................... [email protected] published postgame on NotreDameFalcons.com. Postgame notes are published later in the day; those Student Assistant............................ Matt Schickler notes, as well as the recap and box score are sent to media outlets. … Live Stats for Falcon Football Email ................ 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