WAYNESBURG YELLOW UNIVERSITY JACKET FOOTBALL 3-TIME PAC CHAMPIONS 1966 NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 6 ECAC BOWL APPEARANCES THIS WEEK: After playing back-to-back EFFECTIVELY EFFICIENT: Heading into home games, Waynesburg heads to week three, possessing the football was Cleveland for its first night game of 2017. something that was giving the Yellow The Yellow Jackets are looking to continue Jackets some trouble this fall. That their marked improvement after falling was not the case this past Saturday 30-20 to Carnegie Mellon. Waynesburg against Carnegie Mellon. The Jackets led late in the third quarter, but a controlled the football for 38:35 When: Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 CMU surge in the final minutes of the against the Tartans. The home Where: Case Western Reserve game gave the Tartans the win. Case team also converted 11-of-21 Stadium: DiSanto Field Western Reserve looked third downs, as well as its only sharp off its bye week, fourth down conversion try, and Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. downing Grove City 42- vs. scored on four-of-five trips into the SERIES RECORD: CWRU Leads 2-1 10. The Spartans scored the final 21 points, redzone. Waynesburg collected 20 RADIO: WCYJ - FM 99.5 THE HIVE alll of which came in the second half, to total first downs on the day, 14 of which Announcers: Luke goodling and secure the win. came through the air. Brandon Rossi Coaches: Chris Smithley WAYNESBURG NOTES Alma Mater ........Waynesburg University, ‘08 2017 SCHEDULE 2017 STATISTICAL LEADERS Waynesburg Record .........0-3, 1st Year Overall: 0-2; PAC: 0-0; Home: 0-1 Away: 0-1 Rushing Overall Record .............................. 0-3 Date Opponent Time/Score Jarves Crews: 27 att., 107 yds., 4.0 avg. vs. Case Western ........................... 0-0 9/2 @ Muskingum L 0-19 Receiving 9/9 Westminster L 7-28 Chad Walker: 15 rec., 70 yds., 4.7 avg. 9/16 Carnegie Mellon* L 20-30 Greg Debeljak Passing 9/23 @ Case Western Res.* 7 p.m. Tyler Perone: 45-103, 381 yds., 2 TD, 3 Int., 127 avg. Alma Mater ............. John Carroll, ‘88 9/30 Grove City*# 1:30 p.m. Scoring CWRU Record ................................ 93-42 10/7 @ Geneva* 3 p.m. Garret Guthrie: 2 FGs, 3 PATs, 9 points Overall Record ...........................93-42 10/14 @ Thomas More* 12 p.m. Punting vs. Waynesburg ............................. 2-1 10/28 Thiel* 1:30 p.m. R.J. Leon: 22 punts, 40.4 avg. 11/4 Saint Vincent*% 1:30 p.m. Tackles 11/11 @ Wash. & Jeff.* 1 p.m. Brent Blacharczyk: 17 (s), 13 (a), 30 (t), 3.5 TFL * - PAC Game, # - Homecoming, % - Senior John-Glen Davis: 11 (s), 17 (a), 28 (t), 1.5 TFL THE SERIES: Waynesburg looks to end a Day, VaShon Grahm: 11 (s), 12 (a), 23 (t) two-game losing streak to Case Western Reserve. Last year, the Yellow Jackets CASE WESTERN RESERVE NOTES trailed 14-7 late in the second quarter, before the Spartans scored the final 21 2017 SCHEDULE 2017 STATISTICAL LEADERS points in a 35-7 Case victory. These two Overall: 2-0; PAC: 0-0; Home: 1-0; Away:1-0 Rushing Jacob Burke; 43 att., 160 yds., 5 TD, 3.7 avg. teams have only met three times in their Date Opponent Time/Score long and storied histories, making the 9/2 @ Chicago W 34-14 Receiving Justin Phan: 19 rec., 156 yds., 2 TD, 9.5 avg. Spartans Waynesburg’s least common 9/16 Grove City* W 42-10 9/23 Waynesburg* 7 p.m. Passing opponent on this year’s schedule. Their Rob Cuda: 40-68, 509 yds., 5 TD, 1 Int., 254.5 avg. 9/30 @ Saint Vincent 1 p.m. first meeting came in 2014 after Case Scoring 10/7 Bethany*# 1 p.m. became a football-only associate Jacob Burke: 5 TD, 30 points 10/14 @ Thiel* 3 p.m. member of the Presidents’ Athletic Con- Punting 10/21 @ Geneva* 7 p.m. Quinn Saluan: 5 punts, 41.4 avg. ference (PAC). Waynesburg won the 10/28 Washington (Mo.) 12 p.m. introductory contest 35-15 en route to Tackles 11/4 Westminster*% 1 p.m. Justin McMahon: 6 (s), 8 (a), 14 (t), 2.0 TFL putting together an 8-2 regular season 11/11 @ Carnegie Mellon* 2 p.m. Patrick Crossey: 8 (s), 5 (a), 13 (t), 1.0 TFL and earning hosting rights to that year’s * - PAC Game, # - Homecoming, % - Senior Ian Henderson: 4 (s), 7 (a), 11 (t), 1.5 TFL ECAC Southwest Bowl. Day, Page 1 3-TIME PAC CHAMPIONS 1966 NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 6 ECAC BOWL APPEARANCES WAYNESBURG GAME NOTES UNIVERSITY Case Western Reserve Head Coach Greg Debeljak: Greg Debeljak is in his 14th season as the head football coach at Case Western Reserve in 2017. In his time at Location .............Waynesburg, Pa. 15370 CWRU, he has compiled an impressive overall record of 93-42 (.689) and led the Enrollment ......................................... 2,500 Spartans to an unbelievable 38-game regular season winning streak from 2006-10. Debeljak was named head coach at CWRU on March 24, 2004 after serving for 15 Nickname ..........................Yellow Jackets years as an assistant coach in the local college ranks.He guided the Spartans to Colors ...............................Orange & Black three consecutive undefeated (10-0) regular seasons, NCAA Playoff appearances Stadium (Capacity) ......... Wiley Stadium (4,000) and University Athletic Association titles from 2007-09. And from 2007-14, Case West- ern Reserve posted an overall record of 59-14, earning Debeljak and his assistants Stadium Surface .......................... FieldTurf the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year award for three straight seasons from 2007-09 Conference .............. Presidents’ Athletic and again in both 2011 and 2016. Debeljak also was selected as one of five finalists in Division III for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award for three straight years President .................. Douglas G. Lee, J.D. (2007-09) and was named the 2008 Lee Tressel Ohio College Coach of the Year by Director of Athletics ...........Larry Marshall the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the National Football Foundation. Head Football Coach .......Chris Smithley Scouting the Spartans: “Balanced” may be the most appropriate word to describe Football office Phone ..........(724) 852-3245 the Case Western Reserve football team. The 18th-ranked Spartans currently boast the second-highest scoring offense in the PAC (38.0 points per game), while also HISTORY featuring the stingiest defense in the league (12.0 ppg). That 26.0 point per game difference is also tops in the conference. The unquestioned leader of the Case First Year of Football .......................... 1895 offense is senior quarterback Rob Cuda, who is in his third years as the starter under All-Time Record ............ 466-435-38 113 seasons center. Since Cuda took over the position, Case, which is ranked 21st in the AFCA poll, is 18-4 overall. Joining his quarterback in the backfield is senior running back All-Time Post-Season Record ...............3-6 (.333) Jacob Burke, who has churned out 160 yards and five touchdowns in just two Years in Post-Season Play ....................... 9 games. Case’s defense is led by senior linebacker Justin McMahon, who comes into Saturday averaging a team-high 7.0 tackles per game. He also a sack and a fumble recovery in 2017. ASSISTANT COACHES Scott Venick - Asst. Head Coach, Spreading the Wealth: Seemingly everyone on the roster is getting their chance Defensive Coordinator to contribute to the Waynesburg offensive effort this year. After three weeks, six different players have logged at least one carry for the Yellow Jackets. Even more Erik Foust - Offensive Coordinator, impressive is the fact that 13 different Jackets have caught at least one pass. Offensive Line Sophomore Chad Walker has collected the most touches of any player on the ros- ter with 18 carries, which rank second on the team, and 15 catches. That reception Alex Smith - Defensive Line total is three times that of the second-place mark. The only position that hasn’t seen John Sikora - Special Teams a multitude of major contributors is at quarterback, where sophomore Tyler Perone has thrown all but two passes. Those other two attempts were on a trick play and a Coordinator, Linebackers and punt fake. Strength & Conditioning Coach WAYNESBURG/CASE WESTERN ALL-TIME SERIES Zach Sterling - Running Backs and Tight Ends OVERALL SERIES: Case Western Reserve leads 2-1 Brian Radakovich - Grad. LAST THREE WAYNESBURG - CASE WESTERN RESERVE MEETINGS Asst. (Wide Receivers)/Video Year ......Score ............................................................. WAY’s Record ..........CWR’s Record Coordinator Brennan Sefick - Student Asst. 2016......35-7 Case Western Reserve ............................ 2-8 .............................9-1 (Defense) 2015......45-14 Case Western Reserve .......................... 3-7 .............................7-3 Andy Palko - Head Athletic Trainer 2014......35-15 Waynesburg ........................................... 8-3 .............................3-7 2017 GAME STATS OFFENSE DEFENSE Waynesburg ...............................CWR Waynesburg ...............................CWR 9.0..................Scoring/Game ............38.0 25.7................Scoring/Game ............12.0 50.0.......... Rushing Yards/Game .....152.0 173.0........ Rushing Yards/Game .......84.5 Waynesburg University 4.0...............Rushing Yards/Att. ............2.7 1.6...............Rushing Yards/Att. ............3.4 Sports Information 36-68-1 .......... Passing (C-A-I) ... 152-275-9 46-105-3 ........ Passing (C-A-I) ....... 45-74-1 51 West College Street 151.7.........Passing Yards/Game .....131.5 Waynesburg, PA 15370 127.3.........Passing Yards/Game .....285.0 324.7.........Total Offense/Game .....216.0 Sports Info. Director: Bobby Fox 177.3.........Total Offense/Game .....437.0 22.1...........Kick Return Average ........21.3 Phone: 724-852-3334 Fax: 724-852-6286 15.5...........Kick Return Average ........27.3 6.0............ Punt Return Average .......14.2 E-Mail: [email protected] 6.5............ Punt Return Average .......10.8 28% ..........3rd Down Conversion ....22.2% 29:20......Time of Possession/Game ..26:47 Web Site: www.waynesburgsports.com 36% ..........3rd Down Conversion .......47% -2 ..................Turnover Margin ............