2016 DRAKE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES • GAME 9 • JACKSONVILLE 2016 DRAKE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES SIX-TIME PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: 2012, 2011, 2004, 2000, 1998, 1995 GAME 9 • NOV. 5 • 12:00 P.M. CDT • JACKSONVILLE, FLA. • D.B. MILNE FIELD (5,000) DRAKE Bulldogs (4-4/3-2 PFL) Head Coach: Rick Fox (Wheaton, 1986) Career Record: 16-14 (3rd season), at Drake: 16-14 (3rd season), vs. Jacksonville: 1-1 VS. #DUVSJU JACKSONVILLE Dolphins (4-3/3-1 PFL) Head Coach: Ian Shields (Oregon State, 1994) THE MATCHUP Career Record: 21-9 (3rd season), at Jacksonville: 4-3 (1st season), vs. Drake: 0-0 Drake vs. Jacksonville Des Moines, Iowa Location Jacksonville, Fla. GAME INFORMATION THE GAME 1881 Founded 1934 • The Drake University football team will make its first of two trips to 5,015 Enrollment 6,484 Date Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 Florida during November on Saturday as the Bulldogs travel to Jackson- Kickoff 12:00 p.m. CST Bulldogs Nickname Dolphins Site Jacksonville, Fla. ville University. Blue & White Colors Green & Gold • Saturday’s contest will be the 16th all-time meeting between the Bull- Stadium D.B. Milne Field (5,000) Pioneer Conference Pioneer dogs and the Dolphins. Drake leads the all-time series, 12-3, and has 4-4 Record 4-3 Radio ESPN Radio 1350 AM won four of the last five meetings with the Bulldogs earning a comeback 3-2 Conference Record 3-1 Live Stats/Audio GoDrakeBulldogs.com victory last year. 25.8 Points Per Game 31.3 Live Video GoDrakeBulldogs.com • The Bulldogs enter Saturday’s game with a 4-4 record and are 3-2 in @DUBulldogs/@DrakeBulldogsFB 122.4 Rushing Yards Per Game 224.7 Twitter PFL play after beating Campbell last week, 33-21. The Dolphins are on a 246.8 Passing Yards Per Game 167.9 Today’s Game Hashtag #DUvsJU two-game winning streak and are coming off a 35-17 win over Davidson. Series Drake leads, 12-3 369.1 Total Yards Per Game 392.6 Jacksonville are 4-3 overall and 3-1 in the PFL. In Des Moines Drake leads, 7-0 33.6 Points Allowed Per Game 32.1 In Jacksonville Drake leads, 5-3 • Senior running back Conley Wilkins is one of the best in the PFL. He 175.0 Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game 196.3 First Meeting Nov. 6, 1999 - W, 34-14 ranks second in the PFL with 1,053 all purpose yards and third with 586 Last Meeting Oct. 24, 2015 - W, 28-24 yards rushing. Wilkins has found the end zone seven times this season 247.1 Passing Yards Allowed Per Game 224.6 Streak Drake, 1 and has scored at least one touchdown in seven of his last ten games, 422.1 Total Yards Allowed Per Game 420.9 Last Drake Win 2015 dating back to last season. 6 Interceptions 5 • For the second straight year, fifth-year senior Eric Saubert is leading 8/64 Sacks/Yards 15-103 the Bulldogs in receiving. This season, he has racked up 475 receiving 10-2 Fumbles/Lost 14-8 66.5 Penalty Yard Average 64.9 Head Coach Rick Fox yards on 41 receptions and five touchdowns. Last year, he caught 55 20.3 Kickoff Return Average 19.2 Alma Mater Wheaton, 1986 passes for 580 yards receiving and nine touchdowns. Record at Drake (3rd year) 16-14 (.536) • Defensively, fifth-year senior Taylor Coleman leads the Bulldogs and 16.3 Punt Return Average 18.6 Record, career (3rd year) 16-14 (.536) ranks six in PFL with 8.5 tackles per game. He recorded a season-high 37.6 Punt Average 38.5 Pass Game Coordinator Brad Pole 16 tackles in Drake’s setback at Dayton on Oct. 1. 32.7 Net Punt Average 34.6 Defensive Coordinator Todd Stepsis • First year head coach Ian Shields has the Dolphins running a spread 30:37 Time of Possession 31:05 Linebackers/Quality Control Allen Smith 40%/49/122 Third Down Pct. 33%/28-85 DL/Special Teams Coor. Willie Cashmore option offense. Jacksonville is averaging 224.7 yards rushing per game 53%/8-15 Fourth Down Pct. 50%/6-12 Running Backs Bill Charles and has four players with over 200 rushing yards. The quartet is led by Receivers Jeff Martin senior running back Ulysses Bryant, who has rushed for 371 yards with 27 Touchdowns 30 Offensive Line/Video Coor. Steve Flynn two touchdowns, while junior quarterback Rylan Wells has recorded 264 6-7 Field Goals/Attempts 4-5 Defensive Line George Sypniewski yards rushing and a team-best five rushing touchdowns. Wells has also 94%/31-33 Red Zone Percentage 82%/18-22 Cornerbacks Chris Petrilli thrown for over 1,100 yards and tallied nine touchdowns. • The Dolphin defense is led by senior linebacker Grady Redding, who TOP PERFORMERS AT A GLANCE has registered 68 tackles (39 solo), including 3.5 tackles for a loss. PASSING CMP. ATT. INT. YDS. TD LAST TIME OUT Drake DRAKE 2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Grant Kraemer 131 235 7 1615 12 Jacksonville vs. Campbell Sept. 3 QUINCY L, 38-35 Quincy tallied 553 yards of total offense and were led by Jaylan James, who Rylan Wells 67 120 5 1154 9 Rushing rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns. Conley Wilkins 28 att./82 yards./18 long/2 TD RUSHING ATT. YDS. AVG. TD Brock Reichardt 4 att./26/9 long Sept. 10 at South Dakota State L, 56-28 The Jackrabbits’ Taryn Christion completed 24-of-28 passes for 224 yards Drake and was responsible for five of SDSU’s eight touchdowns. Conley Wilkins 165 668 4.0 7 Passing Sept. 17 MCKENDREE W, 28-16 Jacksonville Grant Kraemer 19-of-28/304 yards/2 INT/2 TD Drake scored 28 straight points to beat McKendree, 28-16, earning the Ulysses Bryant 80 371 4.6 2 Bulldogs’ first win of the season. Receiving Sept. 24 MOREHEAD STATE W, 30-28 RECEIVING NO. YDS. AVG. TD Eric Saubert 5 rec./105 yards/55 long Drake’s Eric Saubert recorded a career-high 136 yards receiving on eight Drake Zach Zlabis 3 rec./65 yards/1TD/28 long catches to help lead the Bulldogs past the Eagles. Eric Saubert 46 580 12.6 5 Devin Cates 3 rec./50 yards/23 long Oct. 1 at Dayton L, 35-10 Jacksonville Dayton’s Tucker Yinger rushed for 172 yards to lead the Flyers, who ended Prince Gray 23 407 17.7 3 Tackles up recording 323 yards rushing. Caz Zyks 8 tackles/5 solo Oct. 8 at Valparaiso W, 35-21 TACKLES UT AT TT TFL SACKS Taylor Coleman 7 tackles/5 solo Conley Wilkins matched a career-high 205 yards rushing on 37 carries to Drake lead the Bulldogs to victory. Rory Driscoll 7 tackles/5 solo Taylor Coleman 29 39 68 0 0 Oct. 15 SAN DIEGO L, 38-7 Jacksonville San Diego was led by Jonah Hodges, who rushed for 112 yards, and Grady Redding 39 29 68 3.5 0.5 Anthony Lawrence, who threw for 259 yards with four touchdowns. Oct. 29 CAMPBELL W, 33-21 Grant Kraemer led the Drake’ offense with 304 passing yards and two touchdowns, becoming the first Bulldog to throw over 300 yards since 2013. Nov. 5 at Jacksonville 12 p.m. Jacksonville, Fla. | D.B. Milne Field (5,000) | DU Leads the series, 12-3 Nov. 12 BUTLER 1 p.m. Des Moines, Iowa | Drake Stadium (14,557) | DU leads the series, 16-7 Nov. 19 at Stetson 12 p.m. DeLand, Fla. | Spec Martin Stadium (6,000) | DU leads the series, 2-0 WWW.GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM 1 TWITTER @DUBULLDOGS | @DRAKEBULLDOGSFB 2016 DRAKE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES • GAME 9 • JACKSONVILLE WEEKLY MEDIA PLANNER 31 MONDAY 1 TUESDAY 2 WEDNESDAY 3 THURSDAY 4 FRIDAY 5 SATURDAY 6 SUNDAY OFF Practice: Practice: Practice: Walk-through - TBA Gameday OFF 3:20-5:30 p.m. 3:20-5:30 p.m. 3:20-5:30 p.m. Coach Fox Coach Fox Drake at Jacksonville - Coach Fox No availability. Phone interviews with Coach Fox Coach Fox No availability. D.B. Milne Field No availability. out of town media con- Pre-practice Pre-practice 12:00 p.m. CST Student-Athletes ducted after practice. 3:10 p.m. 3:10 p.m. Student-Athletes Student-Athletes No availability. No availability. Postgame No availability. Coach Fox Post-practice: Post-practice: Coach Fox and Pre-practice 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. requested players will 3:10 p.m. be available following Student-Athletes Student-Athletes Saturday’s game. Post-practice: Pre-practice Pre-practice 5:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. Student-Athletes Post-practice: Post-practice: Pre-practice 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 3 p.m. Post-practice: 5:30 p.m. COVERING THE BULLDOGS Notes/Stats DRAKE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Interviews Pregame notes and updated stats are available All interviews with Drake football coaches and at www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com the week of each Assistant Director Justin Bohn student-athletes must be coordinated through the game. Stats will be distributed to members of the E-Mail [email protected] athletic communications office. working press following each quarter on game- Office 515-271-4147 day. A full stat packet will also be distributed and Cell 920-728-2253 To arrange interviews with student-athletes and disseminated electronically. To receive notes coaches please contact Justin Bohn (justin. and stats via e-mail, please contact Justin Bohn Asst. AD/Communications Ty Patton [email protected]) at least one day in advance.