2012 MOREHEAD STATE FOOTBALL GAME #3 -- Eagles (-) VS. SAINT FRANCIS (PA) RED FLASH (-) SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 -- P.M. ET -- JAYNE STADium -- MOREHEAD, KY. SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAMEDAY INFORMATION Thurs. Aug. 30 Southern Virginia W, 55-0 Video: OVC Digital Network / OVCDigitalNetwork.com Sat. Sept. 8 at #21 Eastern Kentucky L, 24-17 Radio: Eagle Sports Network / WIVY-96.3 FM (Morehead), Sat. Sept. 5 Saint Francis (Pa.) 1:00 p.m. WMST-1150 AM/106.9 FM (Mt. Sterling), WLGC-1520 AM (Ashland) Sat. Sept. 22 at Drake # 2:00 p.m. Play-by-Play: Chuck Mraz Sat. Sept. 29 OPEN Analyst: Jason Blanton Sat. Oct. 6 Jacksonville # :00 p.m. Sidelines: Mike Williams Sat. Oct. 13 at Dayton # 1:00 p.m. Media Relations: Matt Segal Sat. Oct. 20 at Butler # 6:00 p.m. 606-783-2557 (office) Sat. Oct. 27 Campbell # :00 p.m. 317-501-3627 (cell) Sat. Nov. 3 Davidson # :00 p.m. [email protected] Sat. Nov. 10 at San Diego # 9:00 p.m. Web Site & Live Stats: MSUEagles.com Sat. Nov. 7 Valparaiso # :00 p.m. Facebook: Facebook.com/MSUEagles Twitter: Twitter.com/MSUAthletics All Times Eastern (ET) # = Pioneer Football League game YouTube: YouTube.com/MSUEagleAthletics THE OFFENSE (part 1) THE OFFENSE (part 2) PUTTING POINTS ON THE BOARD HELPING THE BOTTOM LINE Morehead State is averaging a Pioneer Football League-best 36.0 Senior wide receiver Kevin Thomas is tied for second in the points in 2012. The Eagles also have more touchdowns (9) and Pioneer Football League with 12 points. He pulled in touchdown extra-points (9) than any other conference foe. catches of 23 and six yards on Saturday at Eastern Kentucky. THE PFL’S NO. PASSING ATTACK LOOKING AT THE RECORD BOOK Morehead State leads the Pioneer Football League with 342 Zach Lewis, who has completed 714-of-1,161 attempts for passing yards per game this season, a 72-percent completion rate 7,839 yards and 53 touchdowns in 31 games, is on pace to and seven touchdowns via the aerial attack. break multiple Morehead State career records. He needs just 61 completions, 247 attempts, 1,190 yards and three TD tosses to LET’S TALK ABOUT TOTAL YARDS pass Chris Swartz, who quarterbacked the Eagles from 1987-90. Morehead State ranks first in the Pioneer Football League with 7.7 yards per play this year and second with 406.0 yards per contest. SPREADING THE WEALTH MSU has 122 more passing attempts than any other PFL team. Morehead State has had 14 different individuals catch a pass through two games this season. Donte Sawyer leads the team in NOW, HOW DOES THIS WORK? receptions (13) and yards (151), while Kevin Thomas is the only Morehead State places second in the Pioneer Football League with Eagle to pull in two TD catches. 406.0 yards per contest, despite being last with an average of just 17 minutes and 28 seconds in time of possession. AMONG THE NATION’S BEST Morehead State ranked in the top 10 of all NCAA Football I’M THE GUY WHO THROWS IT Championship Subdivision schools last season for first downs Senior quarterback Zach Lewis ranks second in the Pioneer (1st, 25.2), passing yards (2nd, 358.2), total yards (2nd, 478.9) and Football League with 271.5 passing yards per affair. He is 44-of-64 points (8th, 36.1) per game. this season, with six touchdowns and just one interception. TOPS IN THE LEAGUE, TOO ... AND I’m THE GUY WHO CATCHES IT Morehead State led the Pioneer Football League in first downs Senior Donte Sawyer registered his sixth career game of at least (25.2), passing yards (358.2), total yards (478.9) and points (36.1) 100 receiving yards on Saturday at Eastern Kentucky. He ranks per contest last year. third in the Pioneer Football League with 6.5 catches per tilt. MSUEagles.com G a m e N o t e s 2012 MOREHEAD STATE FOOTBALL GAME #3 -- Eagles (-) VS. SAINT FRANCIS (PA) RED FLASH (-) SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 -- P.M. ET -- JAYNE STADium -- MOREHEAD, KY. INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES THE DEFENSE FLYING TO THE BALL Joey Clegg -- R-Sr. -- OL 1, 2 Morehead State has had 31 different players make a tackle in the first two weeks Rainer Duzan -- Sr. -- K/P 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 this season. Sophomore linebacker Jordan Hendrix leads the Pioneer Football Dexter Geohagen -- Sr. -- DB 2 League with 14.0 tackles per game, while sophomore linebacker Dillion Blackburn Zach Lewis -- Sr. -- QB 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 ranks second with 13.0. Eric Matteson -- R-Sr. -- OL 2, 3 Donte Sawyer -- R-Sr. -- WR 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 MAKING PLAYS ON “D” Kameron Scott -- Sr. -- DB 3 Dillion Blackburn finished Saturday’s game at Eastern Kentucky just one tackle Zachary Senvisky -- So. -- DB 2 shy of the Morehead State record. He collected 18 stops, including 15 in the first half, while Jordan Hendrix added 17 and junior defensive back John Coleman 1 -- Official All-Pioneer Football League Team contributed 11. 2 -- College Sports Madness All-PFL Team 3 -- Phil Steele Magazine’s All-PFL Team A YOUNG DEFENSE 4 -- Beyond Sports Network Preseason All-Americans Morehead State started five sophomores and two freshmen on defense at Eastern 5 -- Fred Mitchell Award Watch List for Top FCS Kicker Kentucky. The Eagles lost their top five tacklers from a year ago. Senior defensive 6 -- College Football Performance Awards Watch List back Kameron Scott, who tallied 49 stops in 2011, is MSU’s top returning player on 7 -- Official Pioneer Football League Player of the Week that side of the ball. 8 -- College Sports Madness PFL Player of the Week 9 -- College Football Performance Awards Weekly Recognition THE SPECIAL TEAMS PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE THIS GUY CAN SCORE POINTS Senior Rainer Duzan leads all kickers in the Pioneer Football League with 18 points. He is 3-of-4 on field-goal attempts this year and 9-of-9 on extra-point tries. League Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. HE’S THE PUNTER, TOO Butler 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 Rainer Duzan also ranks second in the Pioneer Football League with an average of Campbell 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 41.5 yards per punt. He has a long of 53 yards on six boots this year. Drake 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 Jacksonville 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 Marist 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 GENERAL NOTES Morehead State 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 San Diego 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 HOME ATTENDANCE LED THE PFL Dayton 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 Morehead State led the Pioneer Football League in home attendance a year ago Davidson 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 with an average of 6,166 fans. The season-opening crowd was announced at 6,579. Valparaiso 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 SHOOTING FOR 00TH WIN Saturday, Sept. 15 Head Coach Matt Ballard will shoot for his 100th win at Morehead State when the Marist at Columbia, 12:30 p.m. Eagles host St. Francis (Pa.) on Saturday. Ballard is 99-99 (.500) in his 19th season at San Diego at Harvard, 12:30 p.m. MSU and 134-124-1 (.519) in 25 years as a collegiate head coach. Robert Morris (Pa.) at Dayton, 1 p.m. Webber International (Fla.) at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Saint Francis (Pa.) at Morehead State, p.m. Drake at Indiana State, 1:05 p.m. THE SERIES VS. SAINT FRANCIS (PA) Duquesne at Valparaiso, 2 p.m. Campbell at Old Dominion, 6 p.m. Overall: Morehead State leads 5-2 Butler at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. In Morehead: Morehead State leads 3-0 Streak: St. Francis won the last meeting (All times Eastern) First Meeting: 2004 in Morehead, Ky. (Morehead State 7, St. Francis 2) Last Meeting: 2011 in Loretto, Pa. (St. Francis 50, Morehead State 49) MSUEagles.com 2 G a m e N o t e s 2012 MOREHEAD STATE FOOTBALL GAME #3 -- Eagles (-) VS. SAINT FRANCIS (PA) RED FLASH (-) SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 -- P.M. ET -- JAYNE STADium -- MOREHEAD, KY. COACHES & SUPPORT STAFF Matt Ballard Head Coach John Gilliam Assoc. HC, Defensive Coord., LBs Rob Tenyer Asst. Coach, Offensive Coord., RBs Chris Garner Assistant Coach, Defensive Line Paul Humphries Assistant Coach, Safeties Thomas Duffy Assistant Coach, WRs, Recruiting Mike Simmons Assistant Coach, Cornerbacks Brett Rude Assistant Coach, Tight Ends Matt McCutchan Assistant Coach, Offensive Line Jake Denham Volunteer Assistant Coach Tammy Boyd Football Secretary Josh Davis Team Manager Chris Lapole Athletic Trainer Matt Parker Athletic Trainer Sean Williamson Strength & Conditioning Front Row (L-R): Tenyer, Humphries, Rude, Gilliam, Simmons & Denham. Matt Segal Media Relations Back Row (L-R): Duffy, McCutchan, Ballard & Garner. MATT BALLARD -- 9th season as head coach at MSU -- 25th as a collegiate HC 99-99 (.500) record at Morehead State -- 134-124-1 (.519) career record Under Matt Ballard’s watch, the Morehead State offense set 17 school records in 2011. The Eagles led the Pioneer Football League in first downs (25.2), passing yards (358.2), total yards (478.9) and points (36.1) per contest. In 18 previous campaigns, Ballard has led Morehead State to four PFL South Division championships (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) and a school-record nine wins on two occasions (1998, 2002). He was also named the league’s South Division Coach of the Year four straight years from 2002-05. Ballard was named NCAA Division I-AA Mid-Major National Coach of the Year and Coach of the Year among I-AA Independents in 1998.