2013 Crusader Football Game Notes Contact: BRAD COLLIGNON Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 618.420.3086 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 William Jewell (0-1, 0-0 Great Lakes Valley Conference) 2013 Schedule and Results at Valparaiso (0-2, 0-0 PFL) Date Opponent Time/Result Game #3: Saturday, Sep. 14, 1 p.m. Aug. 29 at North Dakota L 69-10 Sept. 7 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) L 34-31 Brown Field (5,000 - ProGrass) - Valparaiso, Sept. 14 William Jewell 1 p.m. Ind. Sept. 28 Campbell * 1 p.m. This Week in Crusader Football: Brown Field will see its first football game of Oct. 5 at Marist * 11 a.m. the season Saturday as the Crusaders play host to William Jewell. Valpo dropped Oct. 12 at Mercer * 11 a.m. its first two road contests of the season at North Dakota and Saint Joseph’s Oct. 19 Morehead State * 1 p.m. (Ind.) respectively. The Brown and Gold will turn to some home cooking as the Oct. 26 at Drake * 1 p.m. Cardinals also seek their first win of the 2013 season as well. Nov. 2 San Diego * 12 p.m. Nov. 9 at Butler * 12 p.m. On the Air: For the eighth straight season, the Valpo Sports Radio Network will Nov. 16 Dayton * 1 p.m. be home to all 11 Crusader football games in 2013. All 11 games can be heard live on WVUR (95.1FM, Valparaiso), online through www.valpoathletics.com. Todd All Times Central Ickow will handle all the play-by-play, with David Huseman adding the color * - Pioneer Football League game commentary this week. Saturday’s game will be the first of four games with free All home games at Brown Field video streaming available on valpoathletics.com. Live stats will also be avail- able through www.valpoathletics.com. Pioneer Football League Standings Head Coach Dale Carlson: Dale Carlson is 2-33 in his fourth season with the Crusaders, and 112-135-3 overall in his 25th season as a collegiate head coach. (through games of Sep. 12) He arrived at Valpo from Ohio Dominican where he began the Ohio Dominican PFL Overall program from scratch in 2004, just as he did at Tri-State University prior to his Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. tenure with the Panthers. He is the 16th head coach in Valpo history, and just Mercer 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 the seventh since 1946. Butler 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 Campbell 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 Nice to Meet You: This will be the first ever meeting between William Jewell and Dayton 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 Valparaiso on the gridiron. William Jewell is a member of the Great Lakes Valley San Diego 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 Conference - the same as last week’s foe Saint Joseph’s. The Cardinals were Stetson 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 picked to finish fifth in the GLVC coaches poll, one spot behind the Saint Joseph’s Davidson 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 Pumas. Drake 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 Jacksonville 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 Wrapping Up 2012: The Crusaders captured their only win of the season on the Marist 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 road last year by defeating Campbell, 41-21. Valpo ended the season 1-10 and 1- Morehead State 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 7 in PFL play, but returns plenty of experience for 2013, as the Crusaders bring Valparaiso 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 back eight starters on both sides of the ball. Scouting William Jewell: The Cardinals are in their second season of competi- tion in both NCAA Division II and the Great Lakes Valley Conference. William @ValpoFB Jewell dropped its season opener last week to Concordia University (Neb.) 30- 15. Head coach Jerod Kruse is 10-23 in his fourth year and returns 18 starters and 43 players from a squad that went 2-9 overall, 1-7 in conference last year. Under center for William Jewell is senior QB Sean Shelton. Shelton has been a Valpo four-year starter for the Cardinals. Last season’s GLVC Freshman of the Year Thomas Cook will look to launch the running game. Cook rushed for 57 yards on Football 15 carries in the season opener. Week in Review: Valpo dropped a back-and-forth battle last Saturday 34-31 to Saint Joseph’s (Ind). The Pumas rallied with 16 points in the final stanza capped 2013 Crusader Football Game Notes Contact: BRAD COLLIGNON Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 618.420.3086 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 by a Gavin Voss 29-yard field goal with 4:51 to play. For the Crusaders, Jake Hutson averaged over five yards a carry en route to a 128-yard day on the Around the PFL ground. The running back also caught five passes. QB Eric Hoffman hooked up with three different receivers for touchdown passes as he finished the after- Saturday, Sept. 14 noon with just under 300 passing yards and no interceptions. Dayton at Robert Morris, 11 a.m. Morehead State at Jacksonville, 12 p.m. Hoffman Under Center: Redshirt junior quarterback Eric Hoffman is in his third Marist at Georgetown, 12 p.m. season as the starter. Hoffman completed nearly 65.5% of his pass attempts a William Jewell at Valparaiso, 1 p.m. year ago. He’ll look to build on last week’s performance versus Saint Joseph’s in Charleston Southern at Campbell, 5 p.m. Week 3 against a William Jewell defense that surrendered over 2,800 passing Butler at Franklin, 5 p.m. yards and 34 TD passes a season ago. Warner at Mercer, 5 p.m. Lenoir-Rhyne at Davidson, 6 p.m. Team Captains: Valpo has three captains for the 2013 season. Redshirt sopho- more running back Jake Hutson will represent the offense, while senior defen- Saturday, Sept. 21 (Valpo - bye week) sive back Alex Grask and sophomore linebacker Alex Green will represent the Warner at Jacksonville, 12 p.m. Crusader defense. Indianapolis at Drake, 1 p.m. Davidson at Johnson C. Smith, 1 p.m. Crusaders Picked 10th in Preseason Poll: The head coaches selected Val- Harvard at San Diego, 2 p.m. paraiso to finish 10th in the Pioneer Football League this season according to Dartmouth at Butler, 5 p.m. the preseason poll. The prognosticators selected San Diego to take home the Berry at Mercer, 5 p.m. 2013 championship. Eastern Kentucky at Morehead State, 6 p.m. Birmingham-Southern at Stetson, 6 p.m. Back in the Backfield: Sophomore running back Jake Hutson made an impact as a redshirt freshman in 2012. Hutson earned the most carries of any running Saturday, Sept. 28 back, rushing 152 times for 753 yards and eight touchdowns, and also tallied 35 Butler at Jacksonville, 11 a.m. receptions for 266 yards. William Jewell yielded 26 rushing TDs in 2012. Drake at Mercer, 12 p.m. Marist at Dayton, 12 p.m. Catch Me If You Can: Six different receivers caught passes in last week’s Davidson at Morehead State, 12 p.m. shootout. Redshirt junior Fred Gladney led the way with five catches - one for a San Diego at Stetson, 12 p.m. TD - and 98 yards. Tanner Kuramata got in on the fun as he caught four passes Campbell at Valparaiso, 1 p.m. for 87 yards and a score. Junior tight end Kent Warren hauled in the other touchdown as part of a four catch day that netted him 50 receiving yards. (all times Central) * - Pioneer Football League game Just for Kicks: The Crusaders are still adjusting to life after Greg Wood. Redshirt junior Mike Pando punted eight times in the season opener, but redshirt fresh- Media Relations Information man Alex Kozlowski was assigned punting duties in Week 2. Kozlowski per- formed admirably, recording an average of 42 yards per punt on five attempts Requests to cover home football games should be made through with a long of 58 yards. After the Crusaders missed the PAT on their opening Brad Collignon, Media Relations Coordinator, by contacting [email protected] or 219.464.6953. Press box drive score, freshman Jacob Newman was called upon in the kicker role. Newman seating is available at Brown Field for working media. Updated nailed two PATs and split the uprights on a 37-yard field goal attempt. statistics and notes from both schools will be available to working media. On the Defense: Seniors Pat Derbak and Alex Grask both recorded four solo During the week, all player and coach interview requests tackles and two helpers in Week 1. Captain Alex Green had a monster Week 2 should be directed to Brad Collignon. Media planning to collecting 14 tackles. This will be the first game the Crusader secondary will not attend practice should call ahead to confirm practice time. be facing an All-American wide receiver. Thomas Cook has quickly become a Game-day interviews prior to the contest are not permitted. favorite target for Sean Shelton, as evidenced by his eight catches last week. Coach Carlson and requested players will be available following the game down on the field. Spread the Love: The Crusader football team has joined in on the Spread the Love Campaign. Fans are asked to bring a jar of peanut butter to Saturday’s game to help feed the 106,000 hungry people in local Lake and Porter Counties.