EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS 2011 Weekly Press Release Week #5: Eastern N.M (1-3; LSC 0-2) at Angelo State (3-1; LSC 0-1) Lone Star Conference Road Contest Saturday, October 1, 2011 • 5 p.m. MST San Angelo Stadium • San Angelo, Texas 1991 Lone Star Conference Champions • Two LSC South Titles • 27 Winning Seasons Greyhounds Hit the Road for LSC Match-up Athletic Communications Contact Information With Angelo State Rams Adam Pitterman (575) 562-4309 [email protected] Rachel Johnson (575) 562-2971 [email protected] Daniel Jones (575) 562-2971 [email protected] On the Road Again Websites The Greyhounds are being out scored on the road Goeasternathletics.com by a slim 30-28 margin, but are out gaining the op- Facebook.com/enmusports Twitter.com/enmusports position by a 391.5-361.5 yards per game margin. 2011 Greyhounds Schedule Eastern has split two road games this year, falling Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) 41-28 at University of the Incarnate Word and earning 1 Sat. Sept. 3 N.M. Highlands Greyhound Stadium L, 36-43 OT a 29-19 win at Oklahoma Panhandle. 2 Sat. Sept. 10 *Incarnate Word Benson Stadium L, 28-41 3 Sat. Sept. 17 Oklahoma Panhandle Carl Wooten Stadium W, 28-19 4 Sat. Sept. 24 *Tarleton State Greyhound Stadium L, 34-28 5 Sat. Oct. 1 *Angelo State San Angelo Stadium 5 p.m. About Angelo State 6 Sat. Oct. 8 *Abilene Christian (HC) Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. 7 Sat. Oct. 15 *Northwest Missouri St. Bearcat Stadium 12 p.m. The Rams come in to tonight’s game with a 3-1 re- 8 Sat. Oct. 22 *West Texas A&M Kimbrough Memorial 5 p.m. cord, after wins over Western State (35-12), Chadron 9 Sat. Oct. 29 *Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium 2 p.m. State (49-42) and Central Oklahoma (20-0). Angelo 10 Sat. Nov. 5 *TAMU-Commerce Memorial Stadium 5 p.m. 11 Sat. Nov. 12 #TAMU-Kingsville Greyhound Stadium 1 p.m. State is looking to bounce back from last week’s 31- 17 setback against Angelo State. 2010 Greyhounds Results (5-6/3-3) Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time (MST) 1 Sat. Aug. 28 Southern Nazarene Greyhound Stadium W, 51-29 Last Time in the Series 2 Sat. Sept. 4 #Angelo State San Angelo Stadium L, 38-41 Last season, the Rams used a fierce pass rush to de- 3 Sat. Sept. 11 #Midwestern State Greyhound Stadium L, 17-44 Nathan 4 Sat. Sept. 25 *TAMU-Commerce (HC) Greyhound Stadium W, 44-21 feat the Hounds 27-23 at Greyhound Stadium. 5 Sat. Oct. 2 *SW Oklahoma State Milam Field L, 10-21 Uland made a career-best 20 tackles, while Texavier 6 Sat. Oct. 9 *Central Oklahoma Greyhound Stadium W, 49-31 Henry made 16 stops. The Hounds were on a four-game 7 Sat. Oct. 16 *East Central Norris Field L, 19-22 8 Sat. Oct. 23 #Abilene Christian Greyhound Stadium L, 14-53 winning streak against Angelo State, before the rams 9 Sat. Oct. 30 *SE Oklahoma State Greyhound Stadium W, 55-10 answered with their own four-game winning streak in the 10 Sat. Nov. 6 *Northeastern State Wadley Stadium L, 40-43 OT series. 11 Sat. Nov. 13 #Tarleton State Tarleton Memorial W, 35-10 Inside the Series (ASU Leads 20-14-1) Eastern’s last win in the series came at Greyhound Sta- Date Opponent Result 9/4/2010 @San Angelo, Texas L, 38-41 dium on October 1, 2005, when they rebounded from two 10/3/2009 @Blackwater Draw, N.M. L, 23-47 10/4/2008 @San Angelo, Texas L, 13-25 seven-point defeicits to hand the Rams their first loss of 10/6/2007 @Blackwater Draw, N.M. L, 21-28 2OT the season. Michael Benton rushed for one and two yard 10/7/06 @San Angelo, Texas L, 7-17 10/1/2005 @Blackwater Draw, N.M. W, 38-14 touchdowns in the second quarter, giving the Hounds the 10/2/2004 @San Angelo, Texas W, 38-35 lead for good, 21-14, on a two-yard plunge with 3:23 left 10/11/2003 @Blackwater Draw, N.M. W, 31-0 10/12/2002 @San Angelo, Texas W, 23-14 until halftime. Benton added two more touchdowns in the 10/6//2001 @Blackwater Draw, N.M. L, 0-28 10/7/2000 @San Angelo, Texas W, 18-8 second half as Eastern scored the final 31 points, en-route 10/9/1999 @Blackwater Draw, N.M. L, 19-24 to a 38-14 win. 10/10/1998 @San Angelo, Texas W, 10-7 10/11/1997 @Blackwater Draw, N.M. L, 7-16 10/12/1996 @San Angelo, Texas L, 28-38 10/7/1995 @Blackwater Draw, N.M. T, 10-10 Buckle Your Seatbelts So far, the spread has led to 17 As the 2010 season concluded, 300+-yard passing days, three the Greyhounds’ spread attack con- 400+-yard passing games, two tinued to live up to its’ billing, with 500+-yard passing games and one Wesley Wood recording the 17th 600+-yard passing game. game since the start of the 2008 season with at least 300 passing yards against Northeastern State. The Defense Doesn’t Against Texas A&M-Commerce, Teams that are Special Wood threw for a career-best 437 Rest Last season, Taylor Cannon yards and five touchdowns, topping Against Highlands, the Grey- connected on 45 of 46 point after his 391-yard outing against South- hounds were extremely active, touchdown attempts last season and ern Nazarene. The Hounds finished with 11 tackles for a loss and five was 13-18 on field goal attempts, 19th in the NCAA Division II in sacks. Perron Sellers had 13 including a 43-yarder. total offense and 26th in scoring tackles, while Malcolm Butters offense. Wood closed the season forced and recovered a fumble. Last week, Jayson Serda nearly ninth in total offense, while Dar- broke a long touchdown run on a ian Dale was 36th in receptions per Lane Wood made a career-high punt return against Incarnate Word. game. As a team, Eastern ran an 13 tackles, including three for a incredible 82.5 plays per game. loss against Incarnate Word. He Wood is just 14 touchdown is now nationally ranked in tack- passes away from Kevin Kott’s les for a loss. Against Oklahoma ENMU Football The Greyhounds posted seven career record of 58. Panhandle, the rushing defense consecutive winning seasons entering In the season opener, Eastern stepped up and allowed just 69 2005, and will be looking to return to scored 36 points against Highlands yards rushing and six third-down their winning ways. Eastern was the and finished with 391 yards of conversions. top passing offense in the country in total offense. The Hounds posted 2009, setting numerous records. In the a 28-point game with 449 yards of In six of the eleven games last 2007 season, the Hounds spent several offense at Incarnate Word. season, the Greyhound defense weeks in the receiving votes section of In 2009, the Greyhound Offense limited the opposition to either the AFCA poll after opening the season set or tied three all-encompassing one or zero rushing touchdowns, with four consecutive wins. NCAA records, eight NCAA while the pass rush had at least Division II records, 26 Lone Star one sack in every game, except for Conference records and 21 team the second game of the season, at records (based on ENMU records Angelo State. available). Among the broken The Hounds turned in an espe- records was NCAA plays per game cially strong game at Southeastern (93.45), breaking the record set by Oklahoma, with seven sacks, two the University of Notre Dame, dur- forced fumbles, two fumble recov- ing the 1970 season. eries, an interception and three QB Since adopting the spread of- pressures. In that contest, Tillman fense in 2008, the Hounds have Stevens made 18 tackles, a sack averaged 329.6 yards passing and and blocked a kick. 403.1 yards of total offense per game along with 30.5 points per game. Last season, ENMU scored a team-record 380 points, while the 2009 squad eclipsed the team single-game scoring record in a 76- 56 win over eventual LSC North champion, Texas A&M-Commerce. Greyhounds/Rams Greyhounds/Rams Team Comparison Individual Comparison ............................................. ENMU ..................ASU ENMU ASU Record ...............................1-3 (0-2) ......................3-1 Passing Yards LSC Record ................................0-2 ......................0-1 Wesley Wood .....1,135 Blake Hamblin ............1,124 Turnover Ratio .............................-6 .......................+3 Sawyer Cornelius ..102 Jake Strickler ...................11 Rushing Yards Offense Tony Valenzuela ....148 Tristan Carter .................322 Total Offense .............1,621 (405.2) ..... 1,677 (419.2) Troy Harris ..............80 Blake Smith ...................138 Points Per Game ....................... 30.0 ....................30.2 Yards Per Play ............................ 4.9 ......................5.3 Receiving Yards Possession Average ................ 26:38 ..................31:31 Darian Dale ...........279 Joey Knight ....................218 Net Rushing/Game ................... 79.2 ..................135.5 Arvin Jackson ........199 C.J. Akins .......................213 Net Passing/Game .................. 326.0 ..................283.8 Had Intercepted/Yards ............ 9/158 ....................3/63 Points Scored Sacks Allowed/Yards ........... 18/128 ................... 6/50 Wesley Wood ..........18 Jarred Martin ....................25 Darian Dale .............18 Nate Bayless ....................18 Fumbles/Lost.............................. 4/3 ......................8/4 Three Tied ...............12 Tristan Carter ..................18 Third Down Percentage ...........29% ....................41% Red Zone Touchdowns .............57% ....................44% Interceptions Giveaways ................................... 12 .........................7 Five Tied ...................1 Dekkar Williams ................1 ..................................... Jared Ross ..........................1 Defense Total Defense ............1,679 (419.8) ..... 1,287 (321.8) Sacks Points Per Game ......................