EASTERN AUG. 27, 2007 307 CONVOCATION C ENTER MICHIGAN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN 48197 PHONE: 734.487.0317 UNIVERSITY FAX: 734.485.3840 SPORTS INFORMATION FOOTBALL CONTACT: JIM S TREETER E-MAIL: [email protected] FOOTBALL • GAME 1 WEBSITE: WWW.EMUEAGLES.COM 2007 EMU Football Schedule 2007 EAGLES FOOTBALL (0-0, 0-0 MAC) SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-0; 0-0 MAC) EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL Sept. 1 at Pittsburgh Sept. 1, 2007 • 6 p.m. • Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 p.m. vs. the University of Pittsburgh Panthers (0-0; 0-0 Big East) Sept. 8 BALL STATE* ATCHUP AT A LANCE Noon - Comcast Local TV M G Band Day Stadium....................................................................... Heinz Field (65,050) Surface ......................................................................................... Natural Sept. 15 at Northern Illinois* Kickoff Time ............................................................................... 6 p.m. ET 11 a.m. (CDT) ESPN Regional TV Radio ............................................................................... WEMU (89.1 FM) Television ......................................................................................... None Sept. 22 HOWARD Series Record ...................................................................... Pitt leads, 1-0 3:30 p.m. Comcast Local TV EASTERN G AMEDAY Sept. 29 at Vanderbilt EASTERN MICHIGAN ............. VS. ...................................... PITT 6 p.m. (CDT) Ypsilanti, Mich. ............................ LOCATION ............................. Pittsburgh, Pa. 23,000 ...................................... ENROLLMENT ...................................... 33,574 Oct. 6 at Michigan TBA Mid-American (West) ................... CONFERENCE .................................... Big East Rynearson Stad. (30,200-FieldTurf) . STADIUM ............Heinz Field (65,050-Natural) Jeff Genyk (BGSU, '82) ................ HEAD COACH ........... Dave Wannstedt (Pitt, '74) Oct. 13 at Ohio* 4th Season ............................. YEARS AT SCHOOL .............................3rd Season Noon ESPN Regional TV 9-25 (3 Seasons) .................... RECORD AT SCHOOL ...................11-12 (2 Seasons) 9-25 (3 Seasons) ..................... OVERALL RECORD .................... 11-12 (2 Seasons) Oct. 19 NORTHWESTERN 1-11 ......................................... 2006 RECORD ........................................... 6-6 7 p.m. - Ford Field Detroit, Mich.- Comcast Local TV 1-7 (6th-MAC West) ............ 2006 CONFERENCE R ECORD ............... 2-5 (Big East-6th) 17/8 .................................STARTERS R ETURNING/LOST ................................. 15/9 Oct. 27 WESTERN MICH.* 37/10 ........................... LETTERWINNERS R ETURNING/LOST ........................... 48/21 3:30 p.m. - Homecoming Comcast Local TV GAME 1 STORYLINES Nov. 3 at Toledo* 1. 2007 SEASON KICKS OFF: The Eastern Michigan University football team 7 p.m. kicks off its 116th season in 2007. The first year of intercollegiate football in Ypsilanti was 1891 when the team posted an 0-2 record. EMU has fielded a team Nov. 9 BOWLING GREEN* every year since 1891 with one exception, when the 1944 season was cancelled 7:30 p.m. because of World War II. ESPNU TV Nov. 16 at Central Michigan* 2. SECOND MEETING, FIRST AT HEINZ: Saturday’s (Sept. 1) Eastern Michigan 7 p.m. at Pitt game will be the second in the series between the two schools. The Eagles Comcast Local TV and Panthers previously met Saturday, Sept. 9, 1995, at 7 p.m. in Pitt Stadium in * Mid-American Conference Game Pittsburgh, Pa. Pitt, under head coach John Majors, recorded a 66-30 decision. Home Games in BOLD CAPS EMU head coach Rick Rasnick’s high-powered EMU offense opened the 1995 season with a 49-29 win over Mid-American Conference foe Akron, Sept. 2, and then scored 30 in the loss at Pitt. EMU kick returner Stevie Clay was named the All 2007 EMU football games will be broadcast live on AT&T National Long Distance Kick Return Player of the Week after returning five WEMU-FM (89.1) in Ypsilanti, Mich. Matt Shepard will kickoffs for 188 yards, including a 93 yarder for a touchdown on the game’s handle the play-by-play duties with Rob Rubick serving as the analyst. Jeff Fulton is the engineer and the man on opening kickoff. The Eagles held a 10-7 lead after one quarter but the Panthers statistics while Brian Nemerovski will be the sideline exploded for 31 second-quarter points for a 38-17 halftime lead. Pitt came right reporter. The broadcast will also be carried on the Internet back with 21 points in the third and seven in the fourth for the 66-30 win. EMU was at www.wemu.org led by quarterback Charlie Batch with 264 passing yards on 21-of-38 passing. EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 2007FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2 2007 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 2007Day Date OpponentsOpponent Time Series Record Saturday Sept. 1 at Pittsburgh 6 p.m. Pittsburgh leads, 1-0 Saturday Sept. 8 BALL STATE* (BAND DAY) (Comcast Local TV) Noon Ball State leads, 25-20-2 Saturday Sept. 15 at Northern Illinois* (ESPN Regional TV) 11 a.m. NIU leads, 22-13-2 Saturday Sept. 22 HOWARD UNIVERSITY (Comcast Local TV) 3:30 p.m. First meeting Saturday Sept. 29 at Vanderbilt 6 p.m. First meeting Saturday Oct. 6 at Michigan TBA Michigan leads, 7-0 Saturday Oct. 13 at Ohio* (ESPN Regional TV) Noon Ohio leads, 14-11-1 Friday Oct. 19 NORTHWESTERN (ESPNU TV) 7 p.m. Northwestern leads, 1-0 Saturday Oct. 27 WESTERN MICHIGAN* (HOMECOMING) (Comcast Local TV)3:30 p.m. WMU leads, 26-14-2 Saturday Nov. 3 at Toledo* 7 p.m. Toledo leads, 23-11 Friday Nov. 9 BOWLING GREEN* (ESPNU TV) 7:30 p.m. BG leads, 22-10-1 Friday Nov. 16 at Central Michigan* (Comcast Local TV) 7 p.m. CMU leads, 53-25-6 *Mid-American Conference game All times are site times Eastern Michigan University 2007 Football Coaching Staff Athletics Staff Head Coach: ........... Jeff Genyk (Bowling Green,'82); Fourth season (9-25) Athletics Director .. Dr. Derrick Gragg Assistant Coaches: Associate A.D. .............. Doug Dowdy Jarvis Adams .............. Northwestern, 2004 ....... 2nd Year-Cornerbacks Associate A.D. ............. Mike Malach Josh Buis.................... DePauw, 2000 ............... 2nd Year-Tight ends/Tackles Asst. A.D.-SWA ............................... Howard Feggins .......... North Carolina, 1987 ...... 4th Year-Running backs ...... Stephannnie Harvey-VandenBerg Scott Isphording .......... Hanover College, 1994 .... 4th Year-Offensive Coordinator/QB’s Asst. A.D.-Marketing/Promotions ...... Robert Lee .................. IUPUI, 1990 ................... 4th Year-Defensive line Jim O’Neil ................... Towson, 2001 ................ 2nd Year-Safeties, Recruiting coordinator ...... Stephannnie Harvey-VandenBerg Jay Peterson ............... Miami, 1985 .................. 4th Year-Def. Coor./Asst. Head coach/Lb’s Dir. of Compliance/Certification ...... Chris Symington .......... Colorado, 1988 .............. 4th Year-Offensive line ................ Dr. Melody Reifel Werner Scott Weaver .............. Illinois, 1996 ................... 4th Year-Receivers Athletic Dev. Director ....... Craig Fink Adam Tubaro .............. Adrian,2005 ................... 3rd Year-Special Operations Ticket Mgr. ........................ Ron Reid Graduate Assistant Coaches Faculty Athletics Rep. .. Liz Broughton Aaron Krepps .............. Washington&Jefferson, ‘06/1st Year-Offense Director of SASS ............ Erin Burdis Steve Otterbein ........... Hillsdale, ‘07/1st Year-Defense Facilities Supervisor .................. TBA Equipment Mgr. ....... Darrell Hallberg EMU Quick Facts EMU 2007 Dates Head Athletic Trainer Steve Nordwall President .. TBA Important Fall Dates Associate Trainer .......... Bill Tuscany Founded .... 1849 Aug. 3 Freshmen report Staff Athletic Trainers ..................... Enrollment . 23,000 Aug. 5 Veterans report Megan Snow, Masayasu Takaiwa Nickname .. Eagles Aug. 18 Scrimmage Head Strength & Cond.Mike Szerszen Colors ....... Dark Green (349) & White Aug. 23 Picture/Media Day - 10 a.m. Asst. Strength & Cond. .... Tim Bilbrey Stadium .... Rynearson Stadium (1969) Aug. 27 Head coach Jeff Genyk MAC Teleconference call Ath. Acct. Specialist . Bobbie Bowling Capacity ... 30,200; FieldTurf (2005) from 9:54 a.m.-10:02 a.m. Football Secretary .... Maria Farrugia See page four of this release Ath. Dept. Secretaries Carol Carrico Sports Information Staff for number to call ............................... Lori Grohowski Aug. 31 Depart for Pitt Director ......................... Jim Streeter EMU Board of Regents Office Phone .............. 734.487.0317 Sept. 1 First game-at Pitt, 6 p.m. Thomas W. Sidlik ....................... Chair Home Phone ............. 734.485.3221 Roy E. Wilbanks ................. Vice Chair Assistant Director ........ Greg Steiner The EMU athletic website, featuring SID Graduate Asst. Amanda Decker Floyd Clack SID Graduate Asst. ......Paul Pancoe information on all 21 varsity athletic Philip A. Incarnati SID Graduate Asst. Sarah VanMetre teams, is: www.emueagles.com. Gary D. Hawks Student Asst. .......... Patrick Horning There is an additional website for Francie Parker information on the Eagles’ football James F. Stapleton Key Football Phone Numbers team only and that site is: H.C. Jeff Genyk .... 734.487.2160 (O) Rynearson Stadium Press Box www.emueaglesfootball.com. Numbers:....... 734.481.0014 (0072) www.emueagles.com EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 2007 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 3 SATURDAY, SEPT. 1, 2007 - 6 P.M. PITTSBURGH PANTHERS 2007 Opponents GAME 1 - HEINZ FIELD Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. ITTSBURGH A Founded: 1787