EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS 2011 Weekly Press Release Week #4: Eastern N.M (1-2; LSC 0-1) vs Tarleton State (0-3; LSC 0-1) Lone Star Conference Home Opener Saturday, September 24, 2011 • 2 p.m. MST Greyhound Stadium • Blackwater Draw 1991 Lone Star Conference Champions • Two LSC South Titles • 27 Winning Seasons Greyhounds to Open Home LSC Schedule Athletic Communications Contact Information Against Tarleton State Texans Adam Pitterman (575) 562-4309 [email protected] Rachel Johnson (575) 562-2971 [email protected] Daniel Jones (575) 562-2971 [email protected] Home Sweet Home Websites After a two-game road swing, the Hounds return Goeasternathletics.com home and will resume Lone Star Conference play Facebook.com/enmusports Twitter.com/enmusports against Tarleton State. Eastern is 0-1 at Greyhound Stadium this season, but are averaging 391 yards of 2011 Greyhounds Schedule total offense and 36 points per game within its friend- Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) ly confines. 1 Sat. Sept. 3 N.M. Highlands Greyhound Stadium L, 36-43 OT 2 Sat. Sept. 10 *Incarnate Word Benson Stadium L, 28-41 3 Sat. Sept. 17 Oklahoma Panhandle Carl Wooten Stadium W, 28-19 In the five road games last season, the Hounds out- 4 Sat. Sept. 24 *Tarleton State Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. scored the opposition by a 28.4-27.4 points per game 5 Sat. Oct. 1 *Angelo State San Angelo Stadium 5 p.m. margin and averaged 415 yards of offense. 6 Sat. Oct. 8 *Abilene Christian (HC) Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. 7 Sat. Oct. 15 *Northwest Missouri St. Bearcat Stadium 12 p.m. 8 Sat. Oct. 22 *West Texas A&M Kimbrough Memorial 5 p.m. 9 Sat. Oct. 29 *Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. 10 Sat. Nov. 5 *TAMU-Commerce Memorial Stadium 5 p.m. Last Time in the Series 11 Sat. Nov. 12 #TAMU-Kingsville Greyhound Stadium 1 p.m. The Greyhound lead the series with Tarleton 2010 Greyhounds Results (5-6/3-3) State, 13-6, and snapped a six-game series skid last Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) year, with a 35-10 win. The Texans took the lead on 1 Sat. Aug. 28 Southern Nazarene Greyhound Stadium W, 51-29 2 Sat. Sept. 4 #Angelo State San Angelo Stadium L, 38-41 an early 26-yard field goal, but Eastern responded 3 Sat. Sept. 11 #Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium L, 17-44 with back-to-back touchdown runs from Tony 4 Sat. Sept. 25 *TAMU-Commerce (HC) Greyhound Stadium W, 44-21 5 Sat. Oct. 2 *SW Oklahoma State Milam Field L, 10-21 Valenzuela, for a 14-3 lead. After an interception 6 Sat. Oct. 9 *Central Oklahoma Greyhound Stadium W, 49-31 return from Tavius Bigelow, Valenzuela added a 7 Sat. Oct. 16 *East Central Norris Field L, 19-22 third touchdown run. The teams traded scores in the 8 Sat. Oct. 23 #Abilene Christian Greyhound Stadium L, 14-53 9 Sat. Oct. 30 *SE Oklahoma State Greyhound Stadium W, 55-10 fourth quarter, with the Hounds closing it out on a 10 Sat. Nov. 6 *Northeastern State Wadley Stadium L, 40-43 OT four-yard touchdown catch from Jessie Poku. 11 Sat. Nov. 13 #Tarleton State Tarleton Memorial W, 35-10 Inside the Series (ENMU Leads 13-6) Date Opponent Result The last time Tarleton State came to Blackwater 11/13/2010 @Stephenville, Texas W, 35-10 10/17/2009 @Blackwater Draw L, 20-30 Draw, they rallied for a 30-20 lead, in 2009. Wes 10/18/2008 @Stephenville, Texas L, 21-42 10/20/2007 @Blackwater Draw L, 10-40 Wood passed for 320 yards and three touchdowns in 10/21/2006 @Stephenville, Texas L, 0-48 10/15/2005 @Blackwater Draw L, 27-34 the first start of his career. 10/13/2001 @Stephenville, Texas L, 14-55 10/14/2000 @Blackwater Draw W, 34-27 10/16/1999 @Stephenville, Texas W, 27-13 10/17/1998 @Blackwater Draw W, 42-7 The series begin on October 14, 1961, with the 10/18/1997 @Stephenville, Texas W, 26-20 10/19/1996 @Blackwater Draw W, 24-17 Greyhounds taking a 42-20 decision at home. The 10/14/1995 @Stephenville, Texas W, 28-7 10/15/1994 @Blackwater Draw W, 10-7 win was one of 12 straight in the series for Eastern, 10/29/1983 @Stephenville, Texas W, 21-6 10/5/1965 @Portales, N.M. W, 20-12 before TSU won the next six. 10/5/1963 @Clovis, N.M. W, 33-6 10/6/1962 @Portales, N.M. W, 13-7 10/14/1961 @Portales, N.M. W, 42-20 Buckle Your Seatbelts led to 17 300+-yard passing days, As the 2010 season concluded, three 400+-yard passing games, the Greyhounds’ spread attack con- two 500+-yard passing games tinued to live up to its’ billing, with and one 600+-yard passing game. Wesley Wood recording the 17th game since the start of the 2008 Teams that are Special season with at least 300 passing The Defense Doesn’t Last season, Taylor Cannon yards against Northeastern State. connected on 45 of 46 point af- Against Texas A&M-Commerce, Rest ter touchdown attempts last sea- Wood threw for a career-best 437 Against Highlands, the Grey- son and was 13-18 on field goal yards and five touchdowns, top- hounds were extremely active, attempts, including a 43-yarder. ping his 391-yard outing against with 11 tackles for a loss and five Southern Nazarene. The Hounds sacks. Perron Sellers had 13 Last week, Jayson Serda nearly finished 19th in the NCAA Divi- tackles, while Malcolm Butters broke a long touchdown run on a sion II in total offense and 26th in forced and recovered a fumble. punt return against Incarnate Word. scoring offense. Wood closed the season ninth in total offense, while Lane Wood made a career-high Darian Dale was 36th in receptions 13 tackles, including three for a per game. As a team, Eastern ran loss against Incarnate Word. He is ENMU Football an incredible 82.5 plays per game. now nationally ranked in tackles for The Greyhounds posted seven con- a loss. Against Oklahoma Panhan- secutive winning seasons entering In the season opener, Eastern dle, the rushing defense stepped up 2005, and will be looking to return to scored 36 points against Highlands and allowed just 69 yards rushing their winning ways. Eastern was the and finished with 391 yards of to- and six third-down conversions. top passing offense in the country in tal offense. The Hounds posted 2009, setting numerous records. In the a 28-point game with 449 yards In six of the eleven games last 2007 season, the Hounds spent sev- of offense at Incarnate Word. season, the Greyhound defense eral weeks in the receiving votes sec- limited the opposition to either one tion of the AFCA poll after opening In 2009, the Greyhound Offense or zero rushing touchdowns, while the season with four consecutive wins. set or tied three all-encompassing the pass rush had at least one sack in NCAA records, eight NCAA Di- every game, except for the second vision II records, 26 Lone Star game of the season, at Angelo State. Conference records and 21 team The Hounds turned in an espe- records (based on ENMU re- cially strong game at Southeast- cords available). Among the bro- ern Oklahoma, with seven sacks, ken records was NCAA plays per two forced fumbles, two fumble game (93.45), breaking the record recoveries, an interception and set by the University of Notre three QB pressures. In that con- Dame, during the 1970 season. test, Tillman Stevens made 18 tackles, a sack and blocked a kick. Since adopting the spread offense in 2008, the Hounds have averaged 329.6 yards passing and 403.1 yards of total offense per game along with 30.5 points per game. Last season, ENMU scored a team-record 380 points, while the 2009 squad eclipsed the team single-game scoring re- cord in a 76-56 win over eventual LSC North champion, Texas A&M- Commerce. So far, the spread has Greyhounds/Texans Greyhounds/Texans Team Comparison Individual Comparison ............................................. ENMU .................. TSU ENMU TSU Record ...............................1-2 (0-1) ......................0-3 Passing Yards LSC Record ................................0-1 ......................0-1 Wesley Wood ........906 Nick Stephens ...............905 Turnover Ratio .............................-4 .......................+2 Darian Dale .............45 Roddy Green ....................45 Rushing Yards Offense Tony Valenzuela ....143 Evan Robertson ..............137 Total Offense .............1,174 (391.3) ..... 1,137 (379.0) Troy Harris ..............45 Brandon Lowery ..............80 Points Per Game ....................... 30.7 ....................29.0 Yards Per Play ............................ 4.8 ......................5.1 Receiving Yards Possession Average ................ 25:57 ..................26:52 Darian Dale ...........212 Clifton Rhodes ...............253 Net Rushing/Game ................... 74.3 ....................62.3 Arvin Jackson ........189 Roddy Green ..................140 Net Passing/Game .................. 317.0 ..................316.7 Had Intercepted/Yards ............ 6/158 ......................2/4 Points Scored Sacks Allowed/Yards ........... 15/108 ................. 12/96 Four Tied .................12 Brandon Lowery ..............30 Two Tied ...................8 Jerry Owens .....................19 Fumbles/Lost.............................. 3/2 ......................8/4 Three Tied .................6 Six tied ...............................6 Third Down Percentage ...........30% ....................35% Red Zone Touchdowns .............58% ....................64% Interceptions Giveaways ..................................... 8 .........................6 Ian Ogando ................1 Dashaun Phillips ................2 Davis/Maka ...............1 Desmond Jackson ..............1 Defense Total Defense ............1,208 (402.7) ..... 1,223 (407.7) Sacks Points Per Game ....................... 34.3 ....................35.7 Stephen Smith ........2.0 L. Johnson .......................2.0 Yards Per Play ............................ 4.6 ......................5.4 Vaughan/Butters .....1.5 Dan Jackson .....................10 Net Rushing/Game ................