NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME - COLORADO CHAPTER OCTOBER 14, 2013 Sarah Meier Sports Information Director Fort Lewis College (970) 247-7381 [email protected] National Football Foundation ӕ NFFCC WEEK 8 STANDINGS College Hall of Fame Colorado Chapter Overall Conference PLAYER OF THE WEEK Institution W L Pct. For Opp W L Pct. For Opp Adams State 4 2 .667 18.6 20.6 2 2 .500 18.0 34.0 Chris Bonner Air Force 1 6 .143 24.7 37.6 0 5 .000 25.0 44.4 CSU-Pueblo Colorado 2 3 .400 25.0 41.2 0 3 .000 15.3 51.6 Junior, QB, 6-7, 215 Colorado Mesa 4 2 .667 25.2 16.8 3 1 .750 29.3 18.8 San Diego, Calif./ Colorado Mines 4 2 .667 43.5 27.5 3 1 .750 28.5 18.3 Grossmont JC Colorado State 2 4 .333 30.0 32.5 0 1 .000 27.0 34.0 CSU-Pueblo quarter- Colorado State-Pueblo 6 0 1.000 44.0 19.8 4 0 1.000 44.5 14.8 back Chris Bonner had Fort Lewis 2 4 .333 16.7 34.7 1 3 .250 19.3 36.3 his top collegiate game Northern Colorado 1 6 .143 21.3 30.9 0 3 .000 22.7 34.7 Saturday against the ThunderWolves’ Western State 1 4 .200 16.8 31.0 1 2 .250 20.0 26.0 fi rst ranked opponent of the season, NOTE: Standings do not refl ect any type of competition or ranking. equaling a school record with fi ve For information purposes only. Team are listed in alphabetical order. touchdown passes in the Thunder- Wolves’ 51-42 win over the Eagles in Chadron, Neb. He completed 68 UPCOMING GAMES LAST WEEK’S RESULTS percent of his passes (19-of-28, 0 in- terceptions), including two touchdown passes of 50 yards or more, as he set a October 19 October 10 career record with 333 yards passing. Charleston Southern at Colorado 12 PM San Diego State 27, Air Force 20* CSU-Pueblo is now off to a 6-0 start Colorado State at Wyoming* 12 PM Western State at Western N.M.* 12 PM October 12 and has won 31 straight regular season Colorado Mesa at Fort Lewis* 1 PM San Jose State 34, Colorado State 27* games and 26 straight RMAC games. UC-Davis at Northern Colo.* 1:35 PM CSU-Pueblo 51, Chadron State 42* Colorado Mines at CSU-Pueblo* 6 PM Colorado Mines 51, Fort Lewis 16* Adams State at N.M. Highlands* 6 PM Adams State 49, Black Hills State 43* Colorado Mesa 22, Western N.M. 17* October 14 October 26 Western State 33, N.M. Highlands 27* Chris Bonner, CSU-Pueblo Arizona at Colorado* TBA Idaho State 40, Northern Colorado 26* Western N.M. at Adams State* 1 PM Arizona State 54, Colorado 13* October 7 Colorado Mines at Colorado Mesa* 1 PM Addison Gillam, Colorado Fort Lewis at Western State* 1 PM CSU-Pueblo at Black Hills State* 1 PM September 30 Notre Dame at Air Force 3 PM Shaquill Barrett , Colorado State Colorado State at Hawaii* 10 PM September 23 Matt Brown, Colorado Mines September 16 Dewaun Wesley, Fort Lewis September 9 Stephan Dickens, CSU-Pueblo September 2 Paul Richardson, Colorado Adams State University Colorado Mesa University Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Colorado State University-Pueblo Fort Lewis College United States Air Force Academy University of Colorado University of Northern Colorado Western State Colorado University 2013 NFFCC NEWS & NOTES ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY (4-2, 2-2 RMAC) Team Notes: Adams State earned a 49-43 win against Black Hills State on Saturday. The Grizzlies will travel to New Mexico Highlands for a night game next Saturday. COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY (4-2, 3-1 RMAC) Team Notes: The Mavericks notched their fourth win of the season after earning a 22-17 triumph over Western New Mexico. CMU will play at Fort Lewis College in the Skyhawks Homecoming Game on Oct. 19. COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES (4-2, 3-1 RMAC) Chad McGraw (Senior, Linebacker, 6-0, 200, Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County) McGraw led Mines on Saturday in the squad’s 51-16 win over Fort Lewis with 12 tackles and 2.0 sacks for a loss of 18 yards. Nine of his 12 tackles were solo stops and he added 4.0 tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry on the afternoon as well. McGraw spearheaded an Oredigger defensive unit that posted 7.0 sacks, 14.0 tackles for loss and limited the Skyhawks to just 3.2 yards per play and 0.9 yards per rush. One of 170 all-division national semifi nalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy (academic Heisman), McGraw is currently sixth in the RMAC with 4.0 sacks and is fi fth in the league with 9.0 tackles for loss on the season. Team Notes: Colorado Mines got back into the win column on Saturday with a 51-16 win over Fort Lewis at Campbell Field in Golden. Led by a swarming defense that limited the Skyhawks to just 239 yards and an average of 3.2 yards per play, the Orediggers (4-2, 3-1 RMAC) got back in the win column with sophomore Joe Schneider making his fi rst career collegiate start. The Orediggers, ranked in the top 10 nationally in both total offense and scoring, registered 600 yards on 98 plays for an average of 6.1 yards per play. Schneider fi nished 19-of-44 through the air for 290 yards and two scores and added 11 carries for 61 yards and two more scores for four total touchdowns in the contest. Senior Dan Palmer carried 18 times for a hard-nosed 73 yards and a score, while Tevin Champagne added 56 yards on 13 totes. Junior quarterback Matt Brown added a 63-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter and 59 yards on 4-of-8 passing as well. In total, Mines fi nished with 260 rushing yards and four scores on 45 carries – good for 5.6 yards per rush. Cole Spurgeon led the receiving corps with 81 yards on fi ve receptions while Ellis added 49 yards on four receptions. Diamond Gillis added another receiving score – his seventh though six games – on 75 yards and three receptions and Alex Waner posted 50 yards and a score on two receptions. Ellis added 72 re- turn yards as well for 121 all-purpose yards in the game. Avery Llewellyn was good on his three fi eld goal attempts – all in the second half – including a long of 34 yards. He added fi eld goals of 29 and 32 yards as well and averaged 48.2 yards per punt on four kicks, including a long of 55 yards. Defensively, the Orediggers limited FLC to 34 yards on 39 carries (0.9 YPC). The squad posted 14.0 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries and seven sacks on the afternoon. Kole Kadavy and Chad McGraw led the team with 12 tackles apiece, with McGraw posting 1.5 sacks, a quarterback hurry and 3.0 tackles for loss on the after- noon. Kadavy added a sack and 2.0 tackles for loss as well. Tyler Denson recorded 2.5 tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries, a sack and 11 stops whileBilly Sprague, a fellow inside backer, added seven stops, two pass breakups and two quarterback hurries. Alex Laudenslager led the defensive line with fi ve stops, a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss andJake Utley added fi ve stops as well. Ryan Wood and Rylan Hess led the secondary with fi ve stops apiece. The Orediggers will return to action on Saturday when the squad travels to Pueblo for a matchup with No. 5 CSU-Pueblo at 6 p.m. CSUP (6-0, 4-0 RMAC) defeated No. 19 Chadron State on Saturday 51-42 in Chadron, Neb. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY (2-4, 0-1 MWC) Team Notes: Colorado State lost 34-27 in their fi rst conference game of the season. The Rams will face Wyoming at 12 p.m. next Saturday. 2013 NFFCC NEWS & NOTES COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY - PUEBLO (6-0, 4-0 RMAC) Chris Bonner (Junior, Quarterback, 6-7, 215, San Diego, Calif./Grossmont JC) CSU-Pueblo quarterback Chris Bonner had his top collegiate game Saturday against the ThunderWolves’ fi rst ranked op- ponent of the season, equaling a school record with fi ve touchdown passes in the ThunderWolves’ 51-42 win over the Eagles in Chadron, Neb. He completed 68 percent of his passes, including two touchdown passes of 50 yards or more, as he set a career record with 333 yards passing. CSU-Pueblo is now off to a 6-0 start and has won 31 straight regular season games and 26 straight RMAC games. FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (2-4, 1-3 RMAC) Drew Berryhill (Junior, Tight End, 6-5, 265, Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic) Berryhill caught three passes for 115 yards and two scores in a 51-16 setback at Colorado Mines last Saturday. The Skyhawks will play host to Colorado Mesa University Saturday afternoon in the Skyhawks Homecoming Game. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY (1-6, 0-5 MWC) Team Notes: Air Force fell 27-20 against San Diego State last Saturday at home. After this bye week, they will face Notre Dame on Oct. 26 at Falcon Stadium. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (2-3, 0-3 PAC-12) Team Notes: Colorado lost 54-13 at Arizona State this past Saturday.