SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE 2002 GAEL FOOTBALL GAME NOTES September 2, 2002 Sports Information Office • P.O. Box 5100 • Moraga, CA • 94575 Contact: Rich Davi • 925.631.4402 • Fax 925.631.4405 • [email protected] Saint Mary's To Open 2002 Home Schedule Against Sacramento State Weston Borba Named I-AA Independent Defensive Player of the Week QUICK FACTS Saturday, September 7 1:00 PM Head Coach: Tim Landis Career Record: 47-47-1/10th Year Sacramento State Saint Mary’s College Record at SMC: 12-11 2002 Record 0-1 Hornets (0-1) Gaels (0-1) 2001 Record: 6-5 Offense: Spread Option at Defense: Flex Letter Winners Returning/Lost: 59/20 Starter Returning/Lost: 15/8 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time (PST) Aug. 31 at Montana State L, 24-27 Previewing the Game: Sept. 7 Sacramento State 1:00 PM Saint Mary's will open its 2002 home campaign, and 29th season in Saint Mary's Stadium, Sept. 14 Bucknell 1:00 PM against Sacramento State on Saturday, September 7. Kickoff for the game is scheduled for 1:00 Sept. 21 at Central Washington 1:00 PM PM. The game against the Hornets will mark the second of three games against teams from Sept. 28 *Western Washington 1:00 PM the Big Sky Conference this season. Saint Mary's fell to #20 Montana State (27-24) last week Oct. 5 at Humboldt State 6:00 PM and will battle #22 Northern Arizona on November 10. Oct. 12 at Holy Cross 1:00 PM Oct. 19 Cal Poly 1:00 PM Gaels in the Home Openers: Oct. 26 at Southern Utah 1:00 PM Since the modern era of Saint Mary's football began in 1967, the Gaels have posted a 22- Nov. 2 at UC Davis 1:30 PM 13 record in season home openers. Since joining the I-AA ranks in 1993, SMC is 6-3 in its Nov. 9 Drake 1:00 PM first home game of the season. Saint Mary's has opened its home schedule twice against Nov. 16 Northern Arizona 1:00 PM Sacramento State, dropping both games, in 1998 (25-12) and 2000 (24-21). In his career as a head coach, Tim Landis has accumulated a 2-7 overall record in home All Times Listed are Local openers. In his seven seasons at Davidson, Landis was 2-5 and he is currently 0-2 in his first Home games listed in BOLD two years at Saint Mary's in the season's home kickoff game. *Homecoming Game Borba Named I-AA Independent Defensive Player of the Week: Sports Information Hotline Saint Mary's free safety, Weston Borba (Chowchilla, CA) was named the I-AA Indepen- Keep abreast of Gael Athletics by calling the Saint dent Player of the Week after recording a team-high 12 tackles against 20th-ranked Montana Mary's Sports Information Hotline. The Hotline fea- State on Saturday. Borba also grabbed his first interception of the season, which led to the tures upcoming schedules, recent results and ticket first Gaels touchdown of the 2002 season. He also had a tackle for a loss and broke up two information. passes against the Bobcats. (925) 631-8801 Radio Coverage: For Ticket Information Call: Once again KSMC, the student radio station for Saint Mary's College, will broadcast all 12 games of the 2002 season. Fans will hear the familiar voice of KSMC Sports Director, Denny (925) 631-4392 Bulcao, each week as the play-by-play broadcaster. Joining Bulcao for this week's game against the Hornets will be color commentator Bryan Murphy. If your unable to pick the game up Official SMC Athletic Website on the 89.5 FM frequency, fans can access all the football broadcasts through the Saint Mary's athletic website at www.SMCGaels.com. Just click on the KSMC button on the home or www.SMCGaels.com football page to take you to the KSMC live broadcast website. STATISTICAL COMPARISON Saint Mary's on the Web: (2002 Per-Game Averages) Gael fans can access all the latest news and notes about Saint Mary's athletics on the web at CSUS SMC www.SMCGaels.com. The official website offers the most up to date information and results of the Overall Record 0-1 0-1 Gaels' 15 intercollegiate sports plus much more. Total Offense Yards 228 270 Points 12 24 Saint Mary Football on Television Five Times This Season: Rushing Yards 87.0 346.0 This season Saint Mary's athletics has teamed with AT&T Broadband to televise four home Passing Yards 141.0 24.0 football games. AT&T Broadband will air the Sacramento State, Western Washington, Cal Poly Third Down Conversions .353 .307 and Drake games. The Sacramento State, Western Washington and Drake games will be televised as a tape delay on the Wednesday following the game, while the game against Cal Poly will be a live TOP RETURNING broadcast. The fifth game on the TV schedule will be a road game when Saint Mary's traveled to STATISTICAL LEADERS Montana State to open the season. This game will be a local broadcast in the Bozeman area and cannot be watched in the Bay Area. Total Offense Yards/Game SMC Gaels Set Season Ticket Record: Trevor Johnston ......................................... 117.0 With the help of 42 dedicated volunteers, season ticket sales have increased over 500 percent CSUS from last year. From April 6 through May 31, a volunteer sales force hit the streets to help fill Saint Garrett White .............................................. 125.0 Mary’s Stadium. The sales force was divided into three teams of 13, each led by a team captain. Brad Triebsch (’86) led the “Blue Team” to the team honor, netting 229 total sales. Steve Jacoby, Assistant Rushing Yards/Total AD for Operations and Summer Camps, claimed the individual sales honor with 105 sales. SMC Trevor Johnston ............................................. 118 Individual Game Ticket Prices Increase: CSUS During the off-season, the Athletic Department announced that individual game ticket prices Garrett White ................................................ 67 increased but season ticket prices remained the same as last year. Individual game ticket prices are set as: $12 for adults, $8 for seniors, and $6 for children and non-SMC students with a school ID. Rushing Yards/Game Season ticket prices are $50 for adults, $35 for seniors, and $25 for children. SMC Trevor Johnston ......................................... 117.0 Scouting the Hornets: CSUS Sacramento State opened the 2002 season with a 42-12 loss to I-A opponent, the University Garrett White ................................................ 67.0 of Texas-El Paso. In that game, Hornets quarterback Ryan Leadingham completed 13-of-18 passes for 141 yards with one touchdown and one interception. The lone touchdown pass was a 43-yard Passing Yards/Total completion from Leadingham to Tyronne Gross. The catch was Gross' only catch of the game.Wideout SMC Fred Amey caught three passes for 29 yards and tallied 151 yards in returns. Garrett White led the Ryan Sauter .................................................... 25 ground attack for Sacramento State, rushing for 67 yards on 15 carries with one touchdown. CSUS Defensively the Hornets were led by linebacker Ryan Kroeker's 12 tackles Defensive lineman Ryan Leadingham .......................................... 141 Scott McNamara record two sacks and three tackles for a loss to go along with five tackles against the Miners. Defensive back Jeremy Johnson had an interception and broke up one pass. Passing Yards/Game SMC The Series: Ryan Sauter .................................................... 25.0 Saturday's game will mark the 16th meeting between Saint Mary's and Sacramento State. The CSUS Hornets hold an 11-4 advantage in the series and have defeated the Gaels four straight times, in each Ryan Leadingham ....................................... 141.0 of the past four seasons. The last time Saint Mary's posted a victory over CSUS was in 1995, a 28- 14 win in Sacramento. That year SMC went on to post an 8-2 overall record. Receiving Yards/Total SMC The Last Meeting: Clint Wilson ................................................. 25 Last season, in a game played at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento State posted a 13-6 overtime CSUS victory. Saint Mary's led 6-0 at halftime on a 35-yard touchdown run by Gus Papanikolas. Sacramento Garrett White.................................................. 58 State evened the score with a late touchdown from Ryan Leadingham to Fred Amey, sending the game into overtime. In the overtime period, Leadingham found Amey again to give the Hornets a Receiving Yards/Game 13-6 advantage. Saint Mary's last chance to score came on a fourth down play and the pass from SMC Papanikolas to Andre Coleman did not connect. Coleman rushed for 175 yards to open the 2001 Clint Wilson ................................................ 25.0 campaign. CSUS Garrett White................................................ 58.0 Saint Mary's Against Big Sky Conference Opponents: Against the eight members of the Big Sky Conference, Saint Mary's has posted a 4-16 overall Tackles/Total mark following the loss at Montana State to open this season. The four wins against Big Sky SMC opponents have come against Sacramento State, while 11 of the losses have come at the hands of Weston Borba ................................................ 12 the Hornets. The Gaels have an 0-2 record against Montana, and 0-1 records against Portland State, CSUS Montana State and Weber State. Ryan Kroeker................................................... 11 A Look Inside Landis: Sacks/Total Tim Landis (Randolph-Macon, 1986), the 2001 I-AA Independent Coach of the Year, is 12- SMC 11 in his third season at the helm of the Saint Mary's football program. This year he is 0-1 following Ray Mike & C.J. LaBoy .................................. 1.0 a 27-24 loss to Montana State. Landis has a 47-47-1 (.500) career record and is currently in his tenth CSUS year of coaching at the Division I-AA level.