2013 Ithaca Bombers Football Game Notes Schedule/Results Empire 8 Ithaca Bombers Team E8 Overall #19 St. John Fisher 2-0 5-0 (4-1, 2-1 Empire 8) Salisbury 2-0 3-2 Opponent Time/Result ITHACA 2-1 4-1 9/7 Moravian W, 31-7 Hartwick 1-1 4-1 9/21 at Union W, 17-3 Alfred 1-1 3-2 9/28 at Buffalo State * W, 24-20 Utica 1-1 3-2 10/5 at Hartwick * L, 9-21 Ithaca Bombers at Utica Pioneers Frostburg State 0-2 1-4 10/12 Alfred * W, 17-6 1 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013 Buffalo State 0-3 2-4 10/19 at Utica * 1 p.m. 10/26 St. John Fisher * 1 p.m. Gaetano Stadium (c. 1,200); Utica, N.Y. 11/2 Frostburg State * 1 p.m. Week 6 Games 11/9 at Salisbury * Noon #19 St. John Fisher at Salisbury, noon 11/16 Cortland Noon Radio: WICB Radio - 91.7 FM, wicb.org Frostburg State at Buffalo State, 1 p.m. Online Video Webcast: www.empire8.tv * = Empire 8 game Hartwick at Alfred, 1 p.m. THE SERIES: Ithaca owns an 11-1 series lead, winning the first 10 games Utica Pioneers before the Pioneers broke through with a 20-15 victory in 2011. The Non-League (3-2, 1-1 Empire 8) Bombers responded with a 40-22 win last year. Opponents Opponent Time/Result Ithaca improved to 4-0 on the season with a 9/7 Lewis and Clark W, 42-22 LAST TIME THEY MET: Union at Western New England, 1 p.m. 40-22 win over Utica on Sept. 29, 2012 at Butterfield Stadium in Ithaca. 9/14 Union W, 25-16 Moravian at Susquehanna, 1 p.m. 9/21 at Hobart L, 34-21 Cortland at Brockport, 4 p.m. 10/5 Salisbury * L, 34-0 Quarterback Phil Neumann threw for 310 yards, and found wide receiver 10/12 at Frostburg State * W, 44-27 Joseph Ingrao 10 times for 174 yards and a touchdown. Clay Ardoin ran 10/19 Ithaca * 1 p.m. 20 times for 141 yards and the Bombers totaled 22 first downs, didn’t 10/26 Buffalo State * 2 p.m. commit any turnovers in the game, and held the ball for almost 39 of Today’s Officials 11/2 at St. John Fisher * 2 p.m. the game’s 60 minutes. With a 300-yard passer, 100-yard receiver, and 11/9 at Alfred * 1 p.m. 100-yard rusher, it marked just the fifth time that all three single-game Referee: Jeff Gensiejewski 11/16 Hartwick * 1 p.m. milestones were met in the same contest in program history. Umpire: Alan Gens * = Empire 8 game Linesman: Paul Blasi The Bomber defense was paced by safety Tom Scanlon who made 11 Line Judge: Keith Vaverchak tackles. Joe Ricotta and Skyler Schlenker each had two tackles for loss, Side Judge: Dan Messina Quick Facts and Dan Sheldon and Chris Williams had one each. Brian Garvey broke Field Judge: Jason Brightful Location: Ithaca, N.Y. up three passes and had seven tackles. Founded: 1892 Back Judge: Ed Venturini Nickname: Bombers WINNING DEBUT: Quarterback Tom Dempsey made his first career start Colors: Blue and Gold last week in Ithaca’s 17-6 win over Alfred. He is the 10th consecutive President : Thomas R. Rochon Athletic Director: Susan Bassett Bomber quarterback to lead Ithaca to a win in his first career start. Home Field: Butterfield Stadium (5,000) First Season: 1930 Tom Dempsey Jr. beat Alfred 17-6 10/12/13 All-Time Record: 470-241-12 (.658) Jason Hendel Jr. beat Union (a) 37-18 9/17/11 Head Coach: Mike Welch (Ithaca ‘73) Phil Neumann So. beat Brockport 19-14 9/3/11 Record at Ithaca: 148-61 (.707) Rob Zappia Sr. beat St. Lawrence 33-3 9/4/10 Career Record: Same Brian Grastorf Jr. beat Cortland (a) 35-13 11/15/08 2012 Record: 6-4, 4-3 Empire 8 Dan Juvan So. beat Huntingdon 33-12 9/2/06 Athletic Communications Jeff O’Hara Jr. beat Utica 52-14 10/23/04 (Football Contact) Josh Felicetti Fr. beat St. John Fisher (a) 30-20 9/28/02 Joe Gladziszewski Ryan Steenberg So. beat Alfred (a) 33-11 9/14/02 Associate Director Greg Sheeler Sr. beat Rensselaer (a) 27-10 11/24/01 Phone: (607) 274-3825 Email: [email protected] OPPONENTS BELOW AVERAGE: In each of Ithaca’s five games this season, the Bombers have held their opponents below their season Website: bombers.ithaca.edu scoring average. Four of those opponents were more than 10 points below their season average, which includes all games played. Opponent Points vs. Ithaca Season Scoring Average Moravian 7 17.2 Union 3 20.2 Buffalo State 20 26.0 Hartwick 21 32.8 Alfred 6 26.6 Head Coach NATIONAL HONOR: Skylar Griffenberg was named to the D3football. D3football.com com National Team of the Week following Ithaca’s 17-6 win over Alfred on Team Rec Pts. LW Mike Welch Oct. 12. Griffenberg was among the leaders on a strong defense that held 1 Mount Union (16) 5-0 609 1 In his 20th season as Ithaca’s Alfred to just six points, which was 26 points below its season scoring 2 Linfield (6) 4-0 597 2 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor (3) 5-0 594 3 head coach, Mike Welch (Ithaca aveage. Griffenberg totaled eight tackles including two tackles for loss, 4 North Central (Ill.) 5-0 537 4 ’73) has posted a 148-61 (.708) and had two pass break-ups in the Bomber victory. He is the fourth Ithaca 5 Bethel 5-0 501 5 record, including a regular-season player to earn Team of the Week honors this season. The Team of the 6 Hobart 5-0 460 7 mark of 137-52 (.725). He entered Week recognizes the best players or groups at each position from across 7 UW-Platteville 5-0 429 8 NCAA Division III football. 8 UW-Oshkosh 5-0 423 9 the season 15th all-time among 9 St. Thomas 4-1 417 6 Division III coaches in winning 10 UW-Whitewater 5-0 414 10 TOUGH DEFENSE: Ithaca ranks in the top-30 nationally in two key percentage. A running back who 11 Wesley 5-1 368 11 defensive categories among the 242 NCAA Division III teams. The 12 Heidelberg 5-0 364 12 earned two letters while playing Bombers are 14th in the nation in scoring defense, allowing 11.4 points 13 Wheaton (Ill.) 5-0 322 13 for coach Jim Butterfield, Welch per game. Ithaca is 29th in rushing defense (95.4 yards/game). 14 Franklin 3-2 285 14 succeeded his former coach after 15 Johns Hopkins 5-0 267 16 16 Wabash 5-0 246 17 10 years as an assistant at his NO-FLY ZONE: The Ithaca College secondary has intercepted at least 17 Pacific Lutheran 4-1 230 15 alma mater. one pass in 11 of its last 15 games, dating back to the start of the 2012 18 Wittenberg 4-1 214 18 season, and has totaled 18 interceptions in that span. 19 St. John Fisher 5-0 186 20 20 John Carroll 5-0 158 21 Ithaca Under Mike Welch 21 Coe 5-0 153 19 LINE PAVES THE WAY: The Ithaca offensive line had its best game of Overall 148-61 22 Willamette 4-0 69 25 the season in a 17-6 win over Alfred on Oct. 12. The Bombers rushed On The Road 66-38 23 Illinois Wesleyan 5-0 61 -- for a season-high 214 yards and protected starting quarterback Tom 24 Concordia-Moorhead 4-1 33 22 In October 58-22 Dempsey who completed 14-of-20 pass attempts. The offensive line 25 St. John’s 5-1 30 -- On Oct. 19 1-1 allowed just two sacks and did not commit a penalty. Others receiving votes: Huntingdon 29; Against Utica 11-1 Illinois College 21; Millsaps 18; Trinity (Conn.) 17; Salisbury 14; Pacific 12; Hampden- COACHING CONNECTION: Utica’s head coach, Blaise Faggiano, is Sydney 11; Lebanon Valley 8; Lycoming Ithaca Coaching Staff a 1993 Ithaca graduate. He was a nose guard on the Bombers’ 1991 7; Adrian 6; Thomas More 4; Christopher national championship team and spent four years as an assistant on the Newport 4; Ursinus 2; Wartburg 1; ITHACA Greg Hadley, linebackers Ithaca staff. In his sixth season as Utica’s head coach, Faggiano has 1; Texas Lutheran 1; Delaware Valley 1; Ryan Heasley, compiled a 26-29 overall record. UW-Stevens Point 1. offensive coordinator/offensive line , Mark McDonough MILESTONE FOR NEUMANN: Senior quarterback Phil Neumann AFCA Division III Poll defensive coordinator/linebackers surpassed 3,000 passing yards in his career in a win over Buffalo Team Rec Pts. LW Jack Mrozinski, 1. Mount Union (39) 5-0 1047 1 defensive backs/special teams State on Sept. 28. Neumann ranks in the top-10 in three prominent 2. Mary Hardin-Baylor(3) 5-0 1004 2 Tyler Noll, wide receivers passing categories in Ithaca football history. Neumann is sixth all-time 3. Linfield 4-0 968 3 Jim O’Neill, quarterbacks in completions (296), eighth in passing yards (3,298) and eighth in 4. North Central 5-0 905 4 5. Hobart 5-0 807 5 Alex Peffley, touchdowns (23). He has eight career 200-yard passing games, which is tied for fifth in program history, including all three Bomber games this 6.