EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS 2010 Weekly Press Release Week #1: Eastern N.M (0-0) vs. N.M. Highlands (0-0) Non-Conference Game Saturday, September 3, 2011 • 7 p.m. MST Greyhound Stadium (6,100) • Blackwater Draw 1991 Lone Star Conference Champions • Two LSC South Titles • 27 Winning Seasons Greyhounds to Open Season Athletic Communications Contact Information Against Cross-State Rival Adam Pitterman (575) 562-4309 [email protected] Rachel Johnson (575) 562-2971 [email protected] Daniel Jones (575) 562-2971 [email protected] At the Starting Line Websites The Eastern New Mexico University football team Goeasternathletics.com will be opening the 2011 season at home against Facebook.com/enmusports New Mexico Highlands, from Las Vegas, N.M.. The Twitter.com/enmusports Cowboys compete in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The teams have not met since Septem- 2011 Greyhounds Schedule ber 13, 2003. ENMU has opened the season against Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) Highlands on eight occasions and won five of those 1 Sat. Sept. 3 N.M. Highlands Greyhound Stadium 7 p.m. games. 2 Sat. Sept. 10 *Incarnate Word Benson Stadium 6 p.m. 3 Sat. Sept. 17 Oklahoma Panhandle Carl Wooten Stadium 6 p.m. Overall, the Greyhounds are 36-35 in season open- 4 Sat. Sept. 24 *Tarleton State Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. ers, and have won nine of their last 14. Last season, 5 Sat. Oct. 1 *Angelo State San Angelo Stadium 5 p.m. the Hounds took a 59-21 decision from Southern 6 Sat. Oct. 8 *Abilene Christian (HC) Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. 7 Sat. Oct. 15 *Northwest Missouri St. Bearcat Stadium 12 p.m. Nazarene. 8 Sat. Oct. 22 *West Texas A&M Kimbrough Memorial 5 p.m. In the 36 seasons they won their opening contest, 9 Sat. Oct. 29 *Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. the Greyhounds have posted 25 winning seasons, nine 10 Sat. Nov. 5 *TAMU-Commerce Memorial Stadium 5 p.m. 11 Sat. Nov. 12 #TAMU-Kingsville Greyhound Stadium 1 p.m. losing seasons, and a pair of .500 seasons. In contrast, when Greyhounds dropped their season opener, they 2010 Greyhounds Results (5-6/3-3) have had 23 losing seasons, eight winning seasons, Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) and thee .500 seasons. ENMU has earned a tie in its 1 Sat. Aug. 28 Southern Nazarene Greyhound Stadium W, 51-29 opener three times, with one winning season and two 2 Sat. Sept. 4 #Angelo State San Angelo Stadium L, 38-41 losing seasons following. 3 Sat. Sept. 11 #Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium L, 17-44 4 Sat. Sept. 25 *TAMU-Commerce (HC) Greyhound Stadium W, 44-21 5 Sat. Oct. 2 *SW Oklahoma State Milam Field L, 10-21 6 Sat. Oct. 9 *Central Oklahoma Greyhound Stadium W, 49-31 Last Time in the Series 7 Sat. Oct. 16 *East Central Norris Field L, 19-22 The Greyhounds are 30-10 against New Mexico 8 Sat. Oct. 23 #Abilene Christian Greyhound Stadium L, 14-53 Highlands and have won the last three meetings, includ- 9 Sat. Oct. 30 *SE Oklahoma State Greyhound Stadium W, 55-10 10 Sat. Nov. 6 *Northeastern State Wadley Stadium L, 40-43 OT ing a 45-14 decision at Greyhound Stadium, on Sep- 11 Sat. Nov. 13 #Tarleton State Tarleton Memorial W, 35-10 tember 13, 2003. Lee Price snapped a 7-all tie, 11 sec- Inside the Series (ENMU Leads 30-10) onds into the second quarter, with a 25-yard field goal, Date Site Result as the Hounds surged to a 24-7 lead. Eastern has out- 9/13/2003 Greyhound Stadium W, 45-14 9/14/2002 @Las Vegas, N.M. W, 70-28# scored the Cowboys by an average 26.3-13.6 points 9/8/2001 Greyhound Stadium W, 37-6 9/9/2000 @Las Vegas, N.M. L, 22-30 per game margin and posted a series best seven-game 9/11/1999 Greyhound Stadium W, 54-7 win streak from 1983 through 1991, while dropping 9/12/1998 @Las Vegas, N.M. W, 31-30 9/13/1997 Greyhound Stadium W, 34-31 consecutive games just once in the series (1992-93). 9/7/1996 @Las Vegas, N.M. L, 6-29 9/16/1995 Greyhound Stadium W, 22-9 At home, the Greyhounds boast a 17-2 mark against 9/3/1994 @Las Vegas, N.M. W, 27-26 NMHU and have won by a 14-5 points per game margin. 9/4/1993 Greyhound Stadium W, 14-0 9/5/1992 @Las Vegas, N.M. L, 9-21 9/28/1991 Greyhound Stadium W, 21-0 9/22/1990 @Las Vegas, N.M. W, 61-21 #Most points in series history ESPN Second Team Academic All-American Buckle Your Seatbelts The Defense Doesn’t Rest Karlton Graves, Sr., OT As the 2010 season concluded, the In six of the eleven games, the Grey- hound defense limited the opposition to ESPN First Team Academic All-District 6 Greyhounds’ spread attack continued Karlton Graves, Sr., OT to live up to its’ billing, with Wesley either one or zero rushing touchdowns, Nathan Uland, Sr., LB while the pass rush had at least one sack Wood recording the 17th game since 2011 Cactus Bowl Participant the start of the 2008 season with at least in every game, except for the second Jessie Poku, Sr., WR game of the season, at Angelo State. 300 passing yards against Northeastern D2Football.com Player of the Week State. Against Texas A&M-Commerce, The Hounds turned in an especial- Tillman Stevens, Sr., DB, 10/12 Wood threw for a career-best 437 ly strong game at Southeastern Okla- homa, with seven sacks, two forced Fred Mitchell Outstanding Placekicker Award For yards and five touchdowns, topping October, 2010 his 391-yard outing against Southern fumbles, two fumble recoveries, an Taylor Cannon, Jr., K interception and three QB pressures. Nazarene. The Hounds finished 19th in Fred Mitchell Outstanding Placekicker Award For the NCAA Division II in total offense In that contest, Tillman Stevens made September, 2010 Taylor Cannon, Jr., K and 26th in scoring offense. Wood 18 tackles, a sack and blocked a kick. closed the season ninth in total offense, Lone Star Conference North Division Co-Offensive Back of the Year while Darian Dale was 36th in recep- Teams that are Special Wes Wood, So., QB tions per game. As a team, Eastern Taylor Cannon connected on 45 Lone Star Conference North Division ran an incredible 82.5 plays per game. of 46 point after touchdown attempts Defensive Back of the Year last season and was 13-18 on field Tillman Stevens, Sr., Hound goal attempts, including a 43-yarder. In 2009, the Greyhound Offense First Team All-Lone Star Conference North set or tied three all-encompassing Wes Wood, So., QB NCAA records, eight NCAA Divi- Jessie Poku, Sr., WR ENMU Football Darian Dale, Jr., WR sion II records, 26 Lone Star Con- Adam Robinson, Jr., OT ference records and 21 team records The Greyhounds posted seven con- Taylor Cannon, Jr., PK/P secutive winning seasons entering Bracy McCoy, So., DT (based on ENMU records available). Matt Kalisch, Sr., DE Among the broken records was NCAA 2005, and will be looking to return to Nathan Uland, Sr., ILB Devin Sweet, Sr., OLB plays per game (93.45), breaking their winning ways. Eastern was the Tillman Stevens, Sr., DB the record set by the University of top passing offense in the country in Karlton Graves, Sr., LS Notre Dame, during the 1970 season. 2009, setting numerous records. In the Second Team All-LSC North 2007 season, the Hounds spent sev- Carl Bouldin, Jr., WR TJ Cleavinger, Sr., OG Since adopting the spread offense eral weeks in the receiving votes sec- Karlton Graves, Sr., OT in 2008, the Hounds have averaged tion of the AFCA poll after opening Curtis Jackson, Jr., CB 330.8 yards passing and 406.1 yards Taylor Cannon, Jr., P the season with four consecutive wins. of total offense per game along with Honorable Mention All-LSC North 30.5 points per game. Last season, 2010 Honors Tony Valenzuela, Sr., RB Daktronics First Team All-American Chase Kyser, So., WR ENMU scored a team-record 380 Tillman Stevens, Sr., DB Ryan Torres, Sr., C points, while the 2009 squad eclipsed Perron Sellers, Jr., LB 2010 Associated Press Second Team Little All-American Rodney Mitchell, Sr., CB the team single-game scoring record in Tillman Stevens, Sr., DB a 76-56 win over eventual LSC North Lone Star Conference North Division Academic Player of champion, Texas A&M-Commerce. So Don Hansen Football Gazette the Year Honorable Mention All-American Karlton Graves, Sr., OT far, the spread has led to 17 300+-yard Taylor Cannon, Jr., K/P passing days, three 400+-yard passing Lone Star Conference North Division All-Academic D2Football.com Honorable Mention Karlton Graves, Sr., OT games, two 500+-yard passing games All-American Nathan Uland, Sr., ILB and one 600+-yard passing game. Jessie Poku, Sr., WR Stefan Mills, So., RB Tillman Stevens, Sr., DB Chase Kyser, So., WR Daktronics First Team All-Super Region 4 2010 All-LSC Scoop Football Team Tillman Stevens, Sr., DB Jessie Poku, Sr., WR Tillman Stevens, Sr., DB Don Hansen Football Gazette Second Team All-Super Region 4 Lone Star Conference North Division Player of the Week Taylor Cannon, Jr., K/P Tavius Bigelow (Defensive) 11/15 Don Hansen Football Gazette Third Team All-Super Matt Kalisch (Defensive) 8/30 Region 4 Jessie Poku (Offensive) 10/11 T.J.