LEATHERNECK FOOTBALL 137 Division I All-Americans • 9 NCAA Division I Playoff Appearances • 12 MVFC ‘Players of the Year’ Awards • 5 MVFC Titles INFORMATION - GAME #6 DATE/TIME ........... Saturday, October 4 / 3 p.m. LOCATION ................................ Macomb, Illinois STADIUM .......................................Hanson Field SURFACE ...........................................MatrixTurf LIVE STATS ............. www.GoLeathernecks.com LIVE VIDEO .................................... ESPN3.com LIVE AUDIO .......................www.WRMSFM.com MOBILE DEVICE .....TuneIn Radio app (WRMS) ALL-TIME SERIES ....................NDSU leads 3-2 LAST MEETING NDSU 37, @WIU 21 (11/19/11) RADIO (Leatherneck Sports Network) ANNOUNCERS ...Scott Kornberg, Dr. Tom Cody Western Illinois (2-3, 0-1) #1 North Dakota State (4-0, 0-0) Beardstown: WRMS 94.3 FM (Flagship) Macomb: WJEQ 102.7 FM FIGHTING BISON Galesburg: WAIK 1590 AM Quincy: WPWQ 106.7 FM LEATHERNECKS Clinton, Iowa: KCLN 1390 AM Monroe City, Missouri: KWBZ 107.5 FM TELEVISION THE GAME: Western Illinois celebrates Homecoming 2014 on Saturday in the Missouri NETWORK .........................Mediacom & ESPN3 Valley Football Conference home opener... Western begins a streak of playing three of the ANNOUNCERS ....................Scott Warmann (PBP), next four at home after playing three of the previous four on the road. ........ Danan Hughes (Color), Sara Dayley (Sideline) SERIES: Western and North Dakota State resumes their rivalry for the first time in three VIDEO seasons... WIU is looking to break a streak in which the home team has never won in the Fans can watch the game through ESPN3.com series as NDSU leads 3-2 all-time. and live at www.Valley-Football.org (ESPN3 link). MOBILE / TABLET DEVICES THE COACHES: WIU head coach Bob Nielson enters his second year with the Leather- Stats available on iPhone and Android phones necks. He owns a 6-11 record at Western and 176-70-1 in his 22nd year as a head coach... by clicking on the stats link at GoLeathernecks. North Dakota State head coach Chris Klieman is 4-0 in his first year in charge of the Bison com. and 7-7 overall in his second year as a head coach. The game can be heard by downloading the TuneIn Radio app on iTunes and Google Play, then searching for WRMS radio. Number of times the The game versus NDSU home team has won in marks the seventh game SOCIAL MEDIA 0the all-time series be- 7all-time Western will face In-game tweets are available @WIUAthletics. tween NDSU and WIU. the No. 1 team in the Fans can use the #NDSUvsWIU hashtag. country. 2014 SCHEDULE / NOTES Date Opponent Time/Result All-Time Notes A28 VALPARAISO W 45-6 WIU leads 2-0 Valpo ends shutout late; Norvell: Career-high 320 pass yds S6 at #18 Wisconsin L 3-37 UW leads 3-0 Davis: Career-high 10 tackles; WIU 9.0 TFL to 4.0 for UW S13 DRAKE W 38-13 WIU leads 7-5 WIU: 7.0 sacks (most since 2002): Spearman: 11 tackles S20 at Northwestern L 7-24 NU leads 1-0 Lenoir: career-highs 11 rec., 115 yds; Raffelson: 10 tackles S27 • at #16/17 Southern Illinois L 17-34 WIU leads 34-22-4 Kintzel: career-high 12 tackles; Lenoir: 115 rec. yards O4 • #1 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 3:00 NDSU leads 3-2 1st meeting since 2011; home team never won in series O11 • at Youngstown State 6:00 YSU leads 18-11 2nd straight year WIU travels to Youngstown O18 • ILLINOIS STATE 3:00 WIU leads 50-42-3 WIU’s longest running series all-time O25 • NORTHERN IOWA 1:00 UNI leads 29-13 Western ended the 2013 season at UNI N8 • at South Dakota 4:00 Series tied 2-2 WIU won the last 2 meetings N15 • at South Dakota State 2:00 SDSU leads 7-4 WIU looking to snap 6-game losing streak to Jackrabbits N22 • INDIANA STATE 1:00 WIU leads 22-15 WIU’s lone road win last year was 21-14 decision at ISU WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES NORTH DAKOTA STATE CAREER COACHING RECORD Western Illinois (6-11 / 2nd year) 2014: 2-3 2013: 4-8 Minnesota-Duluth (100-26 / 10 yrs) 2012: 10-2 Division II Playoffs (0-1) 2011: 11-3 Division II Playoffs (2-1) 2010: 15-0 NATIONAL CHAMPION 2009: 11-2 Division II Playoffs (1-1) 2008: 15-0 NATIONAL CHAMPION 2003: 8-3 2002: 11-1 Division II Playoffs (0-1) 2001: 9-3 2000: 7-4 1999: 3-8 Wisconsin-Eau Claire (22-11 / 3 yrs) 1998: 10-3 Division III Playoffs (2-1) December 2012-Present Head Coach, Western Illinois 1997: 7-3 • Improvement in win/loss from 2012 1996: 5-5 • Coached 6 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference players Wartburg (39-14 / 5 yrs) • 1 Academic All-American and NCAA Postgraduate Scholar (Jimmy Holtschlag) 1995: 9-1 1994: 10-2 Division III Playoffs (1-1) 1999-2012 Head Coach/Director of Athletics, Minnesota-Duluth 1993: 9-2 Division III Playoffs (0-1) • Head football coach from 1999-2003; 2008-2012 1992: 5-5 • Record at UMD: 100-26 in 10 seasons, including 11-4 record in the playoffs 1991: 6-4 • Career coaching record: 170-59-1 in 20 seasons Ripon (9-8-1 / 2 yrs) • 2008 NCAA Division II National Champion (15-0) 1990: 7-2 • 2010 NCAA Division II National Champion (15-0) 1989: 2-6-1 • Six Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships • Six NCAA Division II Playoff appearances, streak of 5 straight at end of tenure Career Totals: 176-70-1 22 • 2010 Division II National Coach of the Year • 2008 Division II National Coach of the Year Career NCAA Playoffs Record: 14-7 • Coached Isaac Odim, Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America Player of the Year • Over past five seasons program has produced two Harlon Hill finalists (Division II National Player of the Year), four Academic All-Americans, two NCAA Postgraduate COACHES AND STAFF Scholars, more than 12 All-Americans, and five Northern Sun Intercollegiate Confer- STEVE CRUTCHLEY ....Assistant Head Coach (RB) ence ‘Player of the Year’ awards. @CoachCrutchley ................................... On Field 1996-1998 Head Coach, Wisconsin-Eau Claire A.J. BLAZEK .......... Run Game Coordinator (OL) • Record in three years: 22-11 @CoachBlaz ........................................... On Field • Produced six All-Americans, 22 All-Conference picks, and 50 Academic All-Confer- TED SCHLAFKE .....Passing Game Coordinator (QB) ence honorees @CoachSchlafke ....................................Pressbox • 1998 NCAA Division III Coach of the Year • Team won 1998 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title (first in 15 years) BRIAN WARD ...................Defensive Coordinator • NCAA Division III Playoff appearance in 1998 @BWardDCoord .....................................Pressbox TYLER YELK .... Special Teams Coordinator (DB) 1991-1995 Head Coach/Director of Athletics, Wartburg College @TylerYelk .............................................. On Field • Record in five years: 39-14 • Program made consecutive NCAA Division III Playoff appearances (1993, 1994) BRIAN MOHNSEN ........................Defensive Line • 1993 Iowa Intercollegiate Conference Coach of the Year award @CoachMooseWIU ................................. On Field • 1993 team won the Iowa Intercollegiate Conference title ATIBA BRADLEY .............................. Linebackers • Program produced nine All-Americans, 34 All-Conference picks, four Academic All- @CoachBradleyWIU ............................... On Field Americans, and two NCAA Postgraduate Scholars MARK WATSON ..........................Wide Receivers 1989-1990 Head Coach, Ripon College @CoachMarkWatson .............................. On Field • Record in two years: 9-8-1 ANDREW PREVOST ...........................Tight Ends • 1990 team went 7-2, first winning season in eight years @CoachPrevost .....................................Pressbox EDUCATION JASON ENOS ................Defensive Line Assistant 1982 - Bachelors Degree from Wartburg College (graduated with 4.0 GPA) .........................................................Pressbox 1988 - Masters Degree from University of Northern Iowa DAVID MILKE ..................... Director of Operation @CoachMilke 2 WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL WESTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTES NORTH DAKOTA STATE WESTERN ...............STATS ......................NDSU SCOUTING THE BISON: North Dakota 2-3 .................... Overall Record .....................4-0 State brings a 28-game overall win streak 22.0.................. Scoring Average ..................34.5 to Hanson Field this weekend... The nation’s 103.......................First Downs ........................92 top ranked team leads the country in 380.4...................Total Offense ..................458.0 141.2..................Rushing Yards .................251.8 several catetories: turnovers lost (2), win 239.2..................Passing Yards .................206.2 percentage, tackles for loss allowed (2.25), 17.4................... Kickoff Returns ...................15.5 and fumbles lost (0)... NDSU ranks second 13.0.....................Punt Returns ....................10.7 in scoring defense (7.8 ppg) and time of 33.5......................Net Punting .....................36.6 possession (34:33), third in total defense 26:53..............Time of Possession .............34:34 (241.3 ypg) and rushing defense (72.8), 26/70 (37%) .... 3rd Down Conversions ....29/55 (53%) fourth nationally in sacks allowed (0.5), 4/11 (36%) ... 4th Down Conversion ....... 0/2 (0%) and fifth in redzone defense (.571)... Adam -4 ..................... Turnover Margin .....................+5 22.8....................Points Allowed .....................7.8 Keller ranks third nationally averaging 2.25 349.0..............Total Yards Allowed .............241.2 field goals per game... John Crockett is 11th 128.4...........Rushing Yards Allowed.............72.8 nationally