UUPPERPPER IOWAIOWA PPEACOCKEACOCK FFOOTBALLOOTBALL UIU Sports Communication Services • Dorman Gymnasium • 605 Washington Street • Fayette, Iowa 52142 Football Contact: Howard Thompson •[email protected] •(563) 425-5307 (P) •(563)-425-5334 (F) 2015 SCHEDULE GAME ONE || Saturday, September 5, 2015 || 12:00PM (0-0 NSIC, 0-0 NSIC South) Fayette, Iowa || Harms-Eischeid Stadium Northern State University at Upper Iowa University September THIS WEEK IN PEACOCK FOOTBALL... Upper Iowa opens the 2015 5 Northern State FAYETTE 12 PM 12 University of Mary Bismark, N.D. 1 PM campaign at home this Saturday with a Northern Sun Conference 19 Minnesota Crookston FAYETTE 6 PM cross-division game against Northern State University. UIU owns 26 Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 6:05 PM a 3-2 series record including three straight wins since joining the NSIC prior to the 2006 season, but the teams have only met once October 3 Minnesota State FAYETTE 6 PM in the last fi ve seasons. The Wolves are coming off one of their best 11 Concordia-St. Paul FAYETTE ^ 6 PM seasons in the Northern Sun thanks to an 8-3 campaign in 2014 17 Winona State Winona, MN 1 PM after posting a 6-1 mark against NSIC North Division. Upper Iowa 24 SMSU FAYETTE 6 PM is coming off a second straight 6-5 mark in 2014 thanks to a 4-0 31 Augustana Sioux Falls, SD 1PM record against the NSIC North and wins over Augustana University November and Wayne State College. Since the NSIC split into divisions prior 7 Wayne State Wayne, NE 1 PM to the 2012 season, UIU has a 9-3 record against the NSIC North. 14 Sioux Falls FAYETTE 12 PM Home Games in Bold ^ Homecoming UPPER IOWA QUICK FACTS Founded 1857 Enrollment 1,058 Nickname Peacocks Upper Iowa Peacocks Northern State Wolves School Colors Peacock Blue and White (Alt: Navy) 2014 RECORD O’ALL (NSIC S) 6-5 (2-5) 2014 RECORD O’ALL (NSIC N) 8-3 (6-1) TEAM STATISTICS UIU SCORING 413 Stadium Harms-Eischeid Stadium (3,500) SCORING 379 Points Per Game 37.5 Affi liation NCAA Division II Points Per Game 34.5 FIRST DOWNS 250 FIRST DOWNS 246 RUSHING YARDAGE 1820 Conference Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference RUSHING YARDAGE 1523 Rushing Attempts 404 Web Site UpperIowaAthletics.com Rushing Attempts 340 Average Per Game 165.5 Average Per Game 138.5 TDs Rushing 22 President Dr. William Duffy TDs Rushing 27 PASSING YARDAGE 3097 PASSING YARDAGE 3354 Att-Comp-Int 443-267-11 Athletic Director David Miller Comp-Att-Int 308-513-16 Average Per Game 281.5 Athletic Dept. Phone 563-425-5700 Average Per Game 304.9 TDs Passing 31 Athletic Dept. Fax 563-425-5334 TDs Passing 23 TOTAL OFFENSE 4877 TOTAL OFFENSE 4917 SPORTS COMMUNICATION Average Per Play 5.7 Average Per Play 5.8 Average Per Game 443.4 Average Per Game 447.0 Dir. of Sports Comm. Howard Thompson INT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-102 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 15-264 Offi ce Phone 563-425-5307 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 51-896 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 48-1135 Offi ce Fax 563-425-5334 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 17-233 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 6-85 FUMBLES-LOST 14-9 FUMBLES-LOST 11-4 Offi ce Mailing Address 605 Washington Street KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.6 Fayette, IA 52142 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 14.2 E-Mail [email protected] PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 13.7 PENALTIES-Yards 60-521 PENALTIES-YARDS 77-689 Average Per Game 47.4 Average Per Game 62.6 COACHING STAFF PUNTS-Yards 73-2541 PUNTS-YARDS 51-1831 Average Per Punt 34.8 Average Per Punt 35.9 Head Coach (7th Season) Tom Shea Net punt average 31.3 Net punt average 31.4 Alma Mater Dakota State Univ. (‘72) TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 25:50 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 29:19 Record at Upper Iowa 22-44 3RD-DOWN Conversions 61/180 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 67/175 Career Record 127-120-3 3rd-Down Pct 34% 3rd-Down Pct 38% Offi ce Phone (563) 425-5313 4TH-DOWN Conversions 14/21 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 22/35 4th-Down Pct 67% 4th-Down Pct 63% Assistant Coaches Jason Hoskins (DC/LB) SACKS BY-Yards 20-134 SACKS BY-YARDS 16-95 Ben Curran (QB) TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 51 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 56 Robert Arnheim (WR) FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 7-12 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 9-13 Justin Wyatt (DL) PAT-ATTEMPTS (40-43) 93% PAT-ATTEMPTS (48-54) 89% Mike Caniglia (DB/ST) Gymy Graf (RB) 2014 Score By Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOTAL Upper Iowa 89 83 74 133 0 379 Strength and Conditioning Collin Kilburg Equipment Dick Timmerman Opponents 82 126 63 73 3 347 Football Athletic Trainer Todd Sorensen Northern State 90 152 75 96 - 413 THE SERIES... The Peacocks and Peacocks closed out their sea- 2014 NSIC STANDINGS Wolves met four times from 2006- son with losses on the road to the 09 including a pair of games at nationally-ranked University of North Division North NSIC O’ALL each team’s home stadium, but Sioux Falls (#17) and Minnesota Minnesota Duluth 7-0 11-0 13-1 have only seen each other once State University, Mankato (#1). Northern State 6-1 8-3 8-3 in the last fi ve seasons. Northern The six victories last season mark St. Cloud State 5-2 6-5 6-5 State earned 26-20 and 55-35 the 17th time a football team at U-Mary 3-4 5-6 5-6 wins over the fi rst two years, but UIU has reached the 6-win mark MSU Moorhead 3-4 4-7 4-7 Upper Iowa bounced back with in the program’s 120-year football Bemidji State 3-4 3-8 3-8 31-26 and 42-35 wins to even the history. The Peacocks, who have Minot State 1-6 1-10 1-10 series at two wins apiece. After a only had fi ve winning seasons pri- Minnesota Crookston 0-7 0-11 0-11 three-year break in the series, UIU or to 2013 since 1966’s 8-2 cam- traveled to Aberdeen, South Da- paign, wrapped up just their 36th kota in 2013. The Peacocks’ de- winning season in their history. South Division South NSIC O’ALL fense played a solid game allow- ing only 17 points and forcing a ALL-NSIC PERFORMERS RE- Minnesota State 7-0 11-0 14-1 fumble with less than two minutes TURN... The NSIC coaches named Sioux Falls 6-1 10-1 11-1 to play in the fourth quarter as a program-record 10 Peacocks to Concordia-St. Paul 4-3 5-6 5-6 the team trailed 17-16. With just the All-NSIC South Division Team Augustana 3-4 6-5 6-5 thirty-fi ve seconds to play, Upper with six players named to the fi rst Wayne State 3-4 5-6 5-6 Iowa scored the go-ahead touch- team, two to the second team and Upper Iowa 2-5 6-5 6-5 down on an 11-yard scamper by two more to the Honorable Men- SMSU 2-5 3-8 3-8 Chris Smith to push the visitors to tion list. Two fi rst team performers Winona State 1-6 4-7 4-7 the victory and a 3-2 series lead. are back on defense in the form of linebacker Alex Wahl and defen- The NSIC football schedule is broken into two seven-team divisions (North/South). Each team ONE FINAL LOOK BACK AT 2014... sive lineman Jevell Rollins, while will play ten conference games that will count The Peacocks fi nished their 2014 the remaining eight All-NSIC hon- towards the NSIC Overall Champion as well as six divisional games that will count towards the NSIC season with a 6-5 overall record orees all played their senior sea- North/South Championships. In all, three league and a 2-5 mark in the NSIC South son for UIU last year. championships will be awarded (Overall Cham- Division. Upper Iowa’s 4-0 re- pion, North Division Champion, South Division Champion). Ties will not be broken for league or cord against the NSIC North Di- WAHL AND MACTAGGART division champions. vision, which included a win on TABBED NSIC PLAYERS TO the road at St. Cloud State Uni- WATCH... Senior linebacker Alex Week 1 Schedule versity, propelled the team to a Wahl was named to the 2014 Be- Thursday, September 3 second straight winning season yond Sports Network All-Region 6 PM for the fi rst time since 1963 and First Team & Daktronics All-Region Concordia-St. Paul at St. Cloud State 1964 when the team won 6 and 8 Second Team, as well as the All- Winona State at MSU Moorhead games in consecutive years. The NSIC South Division First Team, Minnesota Duluth at Minnesota State half dozen victories also included after leading the team on defense SMSU at Minot State a Homecoming Weekend victory with 127 tackles including 80 solo Saturday, September 5 over Augustana College as the tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss and 12 PM team pushed their record to 5-0. 5 sacks. He also forced 4 fumbles University of Mary at Sioux Falls A loss to Winona State University and blocked a kick. His total tackles, Northern State at Upper Iowa at home came in between a pair of solo tackles, and tackles for loss are 1 PM three-point losses on the road to all new high marks for Upper Iowa.