2 0 0 6 T i g e r s Quick Facts Table of Contents General Information University Profile ................Inside Front Cover 2005 REVIEW Location ...........................................Greencastle, Indiana 2005 statistics and award winners .............28-29 Enrollment ................................................................ 2,330 Game-by-game review ...............................29-34 Founded ...................................................................... 1837 2006 TIGERS Nickname .................................................................Tigers 2006 schedule, quick facts .................................1 Colors ............................................... Old Gold and Black 2006 outlook .................................................... 2-3 DEPAUW FOOTBALL HISTORY Stadium ................................................Blackstock (4,000) Alphabetical and numerical roster ................ 4-5 Individual and team records ......................35-38 Surface .......................................................................Grass Returning lettermen profiles .......................6-15 Yearly leaders ...............................................39-41 Affiliation .........................................NCAA Division III Year-by-year records .........................................42 Conference ........................Southern Collegiate Athletic All-time coaching records ................................42 President .....................................Dr. Robert G. Bottoms 2006 OPPONENTS All-time scores .............................................43-47 Director of Athletics .........................S. Page Cotton, Jr. Anderson, Hope ................................................16 DePauw vs. opponents .....................................48 Phone ........................................................ (765) 658-4934 Trinity, Chicago .................................................17 All-time lettermen .......................................49-53 Sewanee, Rhodes ...............................................18 Tiger football timeline .....................................54 Sports Information Millsaps, Centre .................................................19 Postseason honors ......................................55-57 Director of Sports Information ................. Bill Wagner Austin, Wabash ..................................................20 Office Phone ..................................... (765) 658-4630 DePauw’s undefeated teams ......................58-59 Home Phone ..................................... (765) 653-7395 Blackstock Stadium, Old Gold Day ...............60 FAX .................................................... (765) 658-4708 MONON BELL GAME Profile and history .............................................21 Press Box Phone .............................. (765) 658-4510 SCAC E-mail .................................... [email protected] Series scores .......................................................22 SCAC profile ......................................................61 Web site ......................http://www.depauw.edu/ath “Ballad of the Monon Bell” ............................22 SCAC composite schedule ...............................61 SID Mailing Address ............................. Lilly Center Facts and highlights ..........................................23 2005 standings and all-conference team ........62 702 South College Ave. P.O. Box 37 2005 SCAC individual statistics ......................63 Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 COACHING STAFF 2005 SCAC team statistics ...............................64 Head Coach Matt Walker .................................24 Assistant coaches ..............................................25 Coaching Staff MEDIA/TRAVEL INFORMATION Head Coach ................................................... Matt Walker Outlets and travel plans ....... Inside Back Cover Alma Mater, Yr. ..................................DePauw, 1999 UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL Record at DePauw (yrs) .......................0-0 (1st year) President, athletic director, trainer, SID ........26 Career Record (yrs) ..............................0-0 (1st year) Athletic department directory .........................27 Football Office Phone ..................... (765) 658-4939 E-mail .................................... [email protected] Assistant Coaches Kit Cartwright ...............................................OC/OL Len Felton .............................................................. RB 2006 Tigers Schedule 2005 Tigers Results Tim Hreha ..............................................................DL Sept. 9 ANDERSON ............................Noon Sept. 3 WESLEY L 26 31 Bobby Jackson .......................................................DB Sept. 16 HOPE .......................................Noon Sept. 17 at Hope W 38 12 Robby Long ................................................AHC/DC Sept. 23 *at Trinity ..........................7:30 p.m. CDT Sept. 24 *at Trinity ccd. Jamie Zorbo ............................................................LB Sept. 30 at Chicago ..............................Noon CDT Oct. 1 CHICAGO W 33 9 Part-Time Assistants Oct. 7 *SEWANEE ........................1:30 p.m. Oct. 8 *at Sewanee W 34 0 Derrick Clark, David Eberle, Oct. 14 *at Rhodes ...............................Noon CDT Oct. 15 *RHODES W 7 3 Oct. 21 *at Millsaps ........................1:30 p.m. CDT Eric Rausch, John Walker Oct. 22 *MILLSAPS W 51 14 Oct. 28 *at Centre .................................... 1:30 p.m. Oct. 29 *CENTRE W 14 7 Athletic Trainer .................................................... Rex Call Nov. 4 *AUSTIN ..................................Noon Nov. 5 *at Rose-Hulman W 60 21 Equipment Manager .................................Jeanne Morris Nov. 11 at Wabash ..........................................1 p.m. Nov. 12 WABASH L 14 17 Team Information *SCAC game *SCAC game 2005 Overall Record .................................................... 7-2 2005 SCAC Record (finish) ..........................5-0 (tie-1st) Lettermen Returning/Lost ....................................30/27 ABOUT THE GUIDE Starters Returning ............................................................9 Front Cover: DePauw senior defensive end Dustin Hertel, a third team all-region selection in 2005, returns after leading the Tigers in sacks for the third time. Offense .......................................................................3 Defense .......................................................................5 The 2006 DePauw Football Media Guide was designed and edited by DePauw Director of Sports Informa- Kickers ........................................................................1 tion Bill Wagner. Special thanks to DePauw senior Derick Lawrence for editorial assistance. Photography throughout by Matt Bowen. The guide was printed by PressTime Graphics in Terre Haute, Indiana. The 2005 football media guide was ranked third in the nation by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). In all, nine DePauw football guides have been ranked in the top five in the country since 1992. 2006 DePauw University Football — 1 2 0 0 6 T i g e r s 2006 DePauw Football Preview New Coach Looks to Continue Winning Tradition The Tigers look forward to the 2006 season with a new head coach and several new faces in the starting lineup, but look to continue the winning ways that have produced 10 straight .500 or better seasons and a 15-4 mark over the last two campaigns. Matt Walker, a 1999 DePauw graduate, was named the head coach during the summer and inherits a program that returns 30 lettermen and nine starters from a team that finished the 2005 season with a 7-2 overall record and a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference co-championship with a 5-0 league mark. The Tigers’ two losses in 2005 came by a total of eight points to a pair of teams that posted a combined 23-3 record. “I’m really excited for the season to begin,” Walker said. “This team can accomplish some big things if we reach our potential.” Junior running back Jeremiah Marks is a two-time first team all-SCAC selection and ranks eighth in DePauw history with 1,803 rush- OFFENSE ing yards. Just three starters return from an offense that led the SCAC in rushing in 2005 and McKenney and sophomores Casey Ellinger game including just 10.4 over the final eight ranked second in total offense, but one of the and Erik Lundorf lead the battle for the tackle contests. The Tigers also ranked fourth in pass nation’s top running backs heads the list. spots. The starting center position looks to be efficiency defense and 27th in total defense. All-SCAC first team and Football Gazette all- contested between junior Kyle Monroe and Senior defensive end Dustin Hertel, an region running back Jeremiah Marks returns sophomores Ian Yearwood and Scott Smith. all-SCAC and all-region performer in 2005, after averaging nearly 100 yards per game and The graduation of Ross Wiethoff has leads the way on the line after a season that tying the DePauw single-season record with left a hole at the quarterback position, but included team highs of 14 tackles for loss and 17 touchdowns. The junior is already ranked juniors Abe Winkle and Gary Ehlebracht as seven sacks. Hertel has totaled 21 sacks in three eighth in school history with 1,803 career rush- well as sophomore Robbie MacLaughlin are ing yards and seventh with 162 total points. the leading contenders amongst the returning Marks, a two-time all-conference first teamer, players. equaled a school