ITHACA COLLEGE 2008 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Site Time September 6 LYCOMING Butterfield Stadium 1 p.m. September 13 King’s Metzler Fields; Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1 p.m. September 20 HARTWICK • Butterfield Stadium (Homecoming Weekend) 1 p.m. September 27 St. John Fisher • Growney Stadium; Pittsford, N.Y. 1 p.m. October 11 Norwich • Sebine Field; Northfield, Vt. 1:30 p.m. October 18 FROSTBURG STATE Butterfield Stadium 1 p.m. October 25 UTICA • Butterfield Stadium 1 p.m. November 1 SPRINGFIELD • Butterfield Stadium 1 p.m. November 8 Alfred • Merrill Field; Alfred, N.Y. 1 p.m. November 15 Cortland SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex; Cortland, N.Y. noon • Empire 8 game Home games in CAPITAL LETTERS. ITHACA COLLEGE ITHACA COLLEGE Information Press Information MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA Location 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, N.Y. For information, photos, stories, statistics, and videotape Enrollment 6,350 highlights, or to arrange an interview with a coach or athlete, Founded 1892 please contact Mike Warwick in the sports information office, President Thomas Rochon Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850; phone: (607) 274-1401. Nickname Bombers PRESS BOX CREDENTIALS Colors Blue and Gold Visiting media should contact the sports information office Affiliation NCAA Division III at least 10 days in advance of the game to reserve space. Conference Empire 8 Abbreviated statistics will be provided follow- ESPN’S Sal Paolantonio joined IC-TV’s broadcast Home Field Butterfield Stadium ing each quarter and a complete game summary of 2005’s Empire 8-clinching win over Alfred. (Capacity) (5,000) will be available 20 minutes after the game in the press Paolantonio (center) is shown with IC-TV’s box. Power outlets are also available in the press box. Matt Antalek (left) and Nate Lindberg. Contents RADIO BROADCAST Division of Athletics/ Radio crews wishing to broadcast a game must make arrangements with the sports information office. Sports Information A phone line is available for one visiting station per game at a fee of $25. Jim Butterfield Stadium 1 ACCESSIBILITY Directory Football History 2-4 Questions about accommodation for individuals with disabilities should be directed to the Office of Equal Op- Winningest Division III Teams 3 portunity Compliance at (607) 274-3909 (voice), (607) 274-1767 (TDD) or [email protected] as much Head Football Coach Mike Welch in advance of the event as possible. Phone (607) 274-1143 Dick Lyon Press Box 5 CREDITS Fax (607) 274-1667 NCAA Championships 6-7 E-mail [email protected] This Bombers media guide is produced by the Ithaca College Office of Sports Information: Mike Warwick, Director of NCAA Playoff Results 7 director; Joe Gladziszewski and Chris Lewis, assistant directors; Donna Mosher, department assistant. Photo- Intercollegiate Athletics Ken Kutler Phone (607) 274-3209 All-Americans 8-10 graphic services by Tim McKinney and Patricia Reynolds unless otherwise indicated. Associate Director of Letter Winners 10-15 Intercollegiate Athletics Mike Lindberg Bombers on the Air Phone (607) 274-3199 Mike Welch, Head Coach 16-17 Assistant Director of Bomber Coaching Records 16 ON RADIO Intercollegiate Athletics Ernie McClatchie All Ithaca football games can be heard live on award-winning WICB, 91.7 FM. The broadcast features senior Phone (607) 274-5708 Football Staff Phone Directory 17 Lee Small and junior Michael Polak. The pregame show starts 30 minutes before kickoff. All six home games Senior Woman Administrator Deb Pallozzi Phone (607) 274-1270 Assistant Coaches 18-20 will also be broadcast by VIC (106.5 FM). Both stations’ coverage is available over the Internet, and can be Operations and 2008 Outlook 21-25 accessed at www.wicb.org/?page=listen and www.vicradio.org/. Events Coordinator Andrea McClatchie Player Profiles 26-41 WICB also carries Sportstalk, a 60-minute program that airs Sundays at 6 p.m. Included in the call-in Phone (607) 274-3793 format of the show are game highlights, interviews and comprehensive coverage of Ithaca’s athletic program. Supervisor of Athletic Trainers Kent Scriber 2008 Veteran Roster 42-43 Phone (607) 274-3178 ON TELEVISION Bomber Pronunciation Guide 43 Sports Information Director Mike Warwick All five Bomber home games will be televised by ICTV on Time Warner Cable’s channel 16. Bombers Phone (607) 274-1401 2008 Freshman/Transfer Roster 44 Football is cablecast live and re-shown on a tape-delayed basis at 7 p.m. the day of the game. It is produced E-mail [email protected] 2007 Statistics 45-48 by seniors Ryan Boyce and Allison Gainza. Assistant Sports For the fourth year in a row, every Bomber home game will be streamed online. Fans can watch for free Information Director Joe Gladziszewski 2007 Review 49-53 Phone (607) 274-3825 (a high-speed connection is required; dial-up connections will not work) through a link provided on the Assistant Sports 2007 Empire 8 54-55 Ithaca website at www.bombers.ithaca.edu/schedules.asp?path=football. Information Director Chris Lewis In addition, Time Warner Cable regularly broadcasts the Cortaca Jug game live in the Cortland, Ithaca Phone (607) 274-5214 Record Book 56-62 and Syracuse markets as well as other selected areas throughout the state. Butterfield Stadium Press Box (607) 274-1700 Playoff Records 63-65 Every Sunday at 9 p.m. ICTV viewers can watch The Gridiron Report, a live game-review program Sports Hot Line (607) 274-1161 2008 Opponent Profiles 66-75 featuring coach Mike Welch. The Gridiron Report, which is produced by senior Becky Goodling, can be Sports Information Fax (607) 274-1671 All-Time Results 76-80 seen courtesy of cable companies throughout New York. College Information Egbert Hall (607) 274-3011 Series Records 81 ON TEAMLINE Admissions Office (607) 274-3124 Junior Varsity Football 82 Bomber fans can hear the live play-by-play coverage of Job Hall (800) 429-4274 Ithaca football even when they can’t make it to the game. The Student-Athlete 83 Financial Aid Office (607) 274-3131 Just call TEAMLINE at 800-846-4700 and enter Ithaca’s Campus Center (800) 429-4275 Administration 84 four-digit access code (3945). Charge the call on your College Web Page www.ithaca.edu Press Information IBC Visa or Mastercard credit card and listen to the action, Athletics Web Page bombers.ithaca.edu Bombers on the Air IBC broadcast live by WICB-FM, over the phone. Fans can listen as long as they like and pay only for the time they 2008 Schedule BC listen. The longer the call, the lower the per-minute rate. A Preferred Partner AdministrationSection head SectionJim Butterfield head Stadium ITHACA COLLEGE ITHACA COLLEGE n September 19, 1992, before a crowd of 4,417 times since 1958. Since the NCAA adopted a three- fans, which included former players and then- division format in 1973, Ithaca has lost just 29 games NCAA executive director Dick Schultz, South at home, with 11 of those coming at the hands of Di- O vision II opponents. Ithaca is 13-5 in NCAA playoff Hill Field was renamed Jim Butterfield Stadium. The move by the Ithaca College Board of Trustees placed games at the facility and 2-1 in ECAC postseason the name most associated with the school’s football competition. program on the facility. Butterfield joined Gram- The Bombers have won over 80 percent of their bling’s Eddie Robinson and Roy Kidd of Eastern Butterfield Stadium/South Hill Field games. In 1998 Kentucky as college football’s only active coaches to the Bombers celebrated their 200th game at South have their home field named for them. Hill Field/Butterfield Stadium by beating St. Law- Recognized as one of the top natural-grass facili- rence, 60-0. During coach Jim Butterfield’s 27-sea- ties in Division III football, Butterfield Stadium has son career, the team’s home record was 117-25-1, a seating capacity for approximately 5,000 spectators, winning percentage of .822. although crowds of more than 10,000 fans have at- A number of improvements have been made tended games there—including a facility-record since the facility was first used in 1958, including the 12,620 for the 2001 Cortland game. latest renovation—a new scoreboard and message board installed in 2004. The press box, which was ATTENDANCE RECORDS constructed in 1960, was renovated in 1985 and again Date Opponent Attendance in 1998. New bleachers were added in 1978, as was November 10, 2001 Cortland 12,620 the track that surrounds the football field. The track, November 4, 1995 Cortland 12,511 November 15, 2003 Cortland 11,743 resurfaced most recently in 1997, has played host to November 8, 1997 Cortland 11,741 championships in the Independent College Athletic November 9, 1991 Cortland 10,903 Conference, the Empire Athletic Association, the November 6, 1999 Cortland 10,189 New York State Women’s Collegiate Athletic Asso- November 10, 2007 Cortland 9,700 ciation and the Eastern College Athletic Conference. November 12, 2005 Cortland 9,500 October 20, 1979 American International est. 9,000 September 15, 1979 St. Lawrence est. 8,000 September 27, 1980 Fordham est. 8,000 RECORD AT SOUTH HILL FIELD/ October 11, 1980 Springfield est. 8,000 BUTTERFIELD STADIUM The original stadium was completed in the sum- 199-49-1, .801 mer of 1958. On September 27, 1958, Ithaca hosted Years Won Lost Pct East Stroudsburg in the first regular-season game on 1958-59 6 1 .857 South Hill Field. Trailing 6-0 at halftime, Ithaca ral- 1960-69 24 12 .667 lied behind an Al Cain five-yard touchdown run and 1970-79 * 41 9 .820 a scoring pass from Bob Ryan to future Ithaca Col- 1980-89 48 9 .842 lege Athletic Hall of Fame member Dick Carmean.