SERIES RECORD COACHES Robby Long, a 2002 University of Illinois graduate, is 7-3 in his second season as DePauw’s head coach. An assistant coach for the Tigers for five seasons, Long directed DePauw to a 7-3 overall mark last year including an SCAC co-title and the program’s first NCAA postseason appearance. Jayson Martin, a 2000 Kentucky State graduate, became Rose-Hulman’s interim head coach in early August, taking over for Steve Englehart who moved across town to Indiana State as its offensive coordinator. Martin is in his third year on the Engineers’ staff and served as the offensive coordinator in 2009. DEPAUW UPDATE Athletics Communications Contact: Bill Wagner • [email protected] 765-658-4630 (office) • 765-720-0213 (mobile) • 765-658-4708 (fax) www.depauw.edu/athletics • @DePauwAthletics • facebook.com/DePau- wAthletics 2012 DEPAUW FOOTBALL NOTES Game 9: DePauw Tigers (2-6, 1-4) vs. Denison Big Red (2-6, 2-3) Saturday, November 3 • Blackstock Stadium • Greencastle, Ind. • 1 p.m. LIVE COVERAGE Following a 27-16 win at Wooster, DePauw Paul Simon leads the Tigers with 39.3 yards DePauw Audio: WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw returns home for the final time in the 2012 sea- per punt which is tied for 23rd in Division III. campus station, will broadcast the game live to West son when it hosts Denison. Kickoff from Black- Central Indiana and online at: <www.wgre.org>. stock Stadium in Greencastle is set for 1 p.m. COMPARING THE TEAMS (2012 NCAA rank) Parker Schwartz and Alex Sroka will call the action Per-Game Category DPU DU from the press box. iPhone and iPad users can also The Tigers are 2-6 overall and 1-4 after top- listen to the game live by downloading the DePauw ping Wooster for the first NCAC win in pro- Scoring offense 19.6 (169) 20.8 (155) University App. gram history. Rushing offense 97.0 (201) 118.0 (172) Passing offense 216.5 (93) 220.3 (87) Stats Live stats of all DePauw home football games Denison is also 2-6 overall, but 2-3 in NCAC Team Pass Efficiency 97.37 (211) 122.21 (123) are available at <www.depauw.edu/ath/live/football/ play after last week’s 45-27 loss to Wittenberg. xlive.htm> Total offense 313.5 (171) 338.3 (140) The Big Red’s wins came over Hiram (38-10) Scoring defense 29.1 (t165) 29.1 (t165) and Wooster (30-22) in consecutive September Rushing defense 147.6 (112) 93.0 (25) THE COACHES games. Denison has dropped its last four. Passing defense 239.4 (204) 245.4 (211) Pass eff. defense 132.60 (160) 122.21 (123) SCOUTING DENISON Total defense 387.0 (156) 338.4 (89) Turnover margin -0.63 (179) -1.00 (201) The Big Red sport a strong running back K.O. return average 19.2 (130) 20.6 (66) in Sam Fioroni who has rushed for 945 yards Punt return average 9.8 (74) 4.5 (210) (118.1/game) and averaged 4.8 yards per carry. Net punting 30.8 (158) 31.8 (128) He’s topped the 100-yard plateau in six of the Team Tackles for Loss 7.88 (27) 7.38 (t50) team’s eight games including a high of 168 last Team Pass Sacks 2.13 (91) 2.75 (42) week against Wittenberg on 35 carries. Pass Sacks Allowed 2.25 (148) 5.00 (238) Scott Srnka ................Coach ...............Jack Hatem Quarterback Max Paulus has completed 60.2 DePauw .................... School ...................Denison percent of his passes for 1,722 yards with 13 REVIEWING LAST WEEK Rhodes ’87 ............Alma Mater ...... Rio Grande ’82 touchdowns and nine interceptions for a 126.68 2-4 (1st) ............Record at School ......11-17 (3rd) DePauw scored 21 straight points over a 10:20 2-4 (1st) ..............Career Record ........11-17 (3rd) efficiency rating. span of the third and fourth quarters to erase a Fiorini is the team’s top receiver with 51 catch- four-point deficit and take a 27-16 North Coast SERIES INFORMATION es for 363 yards followed by Braden Lauer with Athletic Conference victory at Wooster. The win Overall .................................... Denison leads, 3-2 47 grabs for 627 yards and six touchdowns. was DePauw’s first in NCAC competition. at DePauw .................................... Series tied, 1-1 Alex Sycher leads the defense with 56 total at Denison .............................. Denison leads, 2-1 Armani Cato gave DePauw a 6-0 lead on a tackles, while Joel Elliott follows with 43 and 7-yard run with 11:45 left in the first, capping a Date W/L Score Site Cale Garverick with 42. Lane Hartfield paces the quick 9-play, 60-yard drive in 1:56. 11/5/1932 L 7-13 DU squad with 10.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. 10/17/1981 W 31-14 DPU Wooster knotted the score midway through 10/6/1984 L 20-21 DU the first as Chase Ullman scored on a 5-yard run 10/5/1985 L 17-24 DPU DEPAUW UPDATE with 7:33 remaining in the quarter. 9/13/1986 W 20-0 DU The Tigers are coming off a 27-16 win at The only other score of the opening half came Wooster in which they scored 21 straight points on Tyler Gerwig’s 33-yard field goal with 9:28 left DEPAUW QUICK FACTS in the second half to erase a 9-6 halftime defi- Location ............................... Greencastle, Indiana which gave the hosts a 9-6 advantage. DePauw Enrollment ...................................................2,336 cit. tried to tie the game with less than two minutes Founded.........................................................1837 Justin Murray and Drew Seaman are splitting remaining in the half, but Eric Malm’s 36-yard Nickname ....................................................Tigers time at quarterback with Murray averaging 151.3 field goal was blocked. Colors ................................... Old Gold and Black passing yards per game and Seaman 134.6. Stadium ................................... Blackstock (3,800) DePauw took the second-half kickoff and Surface ..........................................................Grass Nikko Sansone is the team’s leading receiver drove to the Wooster 22 before Justin Murray’s with 33 catches for 327 yards, while Taylor Wag- Affiliation ..............................NCAA Division III fourth-down pass was picked off by Mitchell Conference .......North Coast Athletic Conference ner and Jackson Kirtley each have hauled in 27 Czerniak. President .................................Dr. Brian W. Casey and Bobby Coburn 25. Coburn leads the team Director of Athletics ............ Stevie Baker-Watson The Scots, with the help of Brett Frongillo’s with three receiving touchdowns. 2012 DEPAUW SCHEDULE Armani Cato, Amen Galley and Andrew ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Sept. 8 ST. OLAF (6-2)............................L, 10-31 Cusumano combine to average nearly 87 rushing Sept. 15 *at Wittenberg (7-1) ........................L, 14-52 yards per contest. Cato earned NCAC Offensive Director of Sports Information ......................Bill Wagner Sept. 22 at Carnegie Mellon (5-3) .................L, 28-51 Player of the Week honors after rushing for a [email protected] Sept. 29 WASH.-ST. LOUIS (3-5) ............W, 17-14 765-658-4630 (o) • 765-720-0213 (c) Oct. 6 *OHIO WESLEYAN (7-1) ..........L, 22-26 career-high 111 yards on 21 carries with two Oct. 13 *at Allegheny (4-4) ...........................L, 20-22 touchdowns at Wooster. Asst., Athletics Marketing/New Media ... Aaron Horvath Oct. 20 *KENYON (5-3) ..........................L, 19-21 Defensively, Jack Quinn leads with 65 tackles, Oct. 27 *at Wooster (2-6) ............................W, 27-16 [email protected] while Robby Schuler follows with 55. Mitch Nov. 3 *DENISON (2-6) ............................ 1 p.m. Dwenger has been in on 53 stops including a Intern ...........................................Amanda Bernardin Nov. 10 *at Wabash (7-1) .............................1:07 p.m. career-high 17 last week and J.D. Robinson has 52. Quinn leads the way with 8.5 tackles for Web site ..........................www.depauw.edu/athletics *North Coast Athletic Conference game loss, while Patrick Keller tops the squad with 5.5 Twitter ......................................@DePauwAthletics sacks. Facebook................facebook.com/DePauwAthletics 1 —— depauw.edu/athletics • twitter.com/DePauwAthletics • facebook.com/DePauwAthletics —— 1 59-yard run, drove to the DePauw 8, but Frongil- in nearly two seasons. Amen Galley chipped in lo’s third-down pass was picked off at the goal 67 yards as the Tigers totaled 189 ground yards. BREAKING AN OLD RECORD line by Myron Burr. Burr returned it all the way, Seaman completed 8 of 17 for 96 yards, while Robby Schuler’s 95-yard interception return for but a DePauw penalty on the return brought the Murray was 7 of 16 for 79 yards. Nikko Sansone a touchdown against Wooster broke the school ball back to the Tigers’ 30. led the Tigers’ receivers with four catches, while record of 94 yards held by Colin Higgins against DePauw advanced into the red zone, but was Connor Jeffers and Bobby Coburn each had Franklin in 1940. The return for touchdown was forced to punt and Paul Simon pinned the hosts three. Schuler’s second of his career as he also returned back to their own six with a perfectly placed 21- Frongllo rushed for 117 yards on 23 carries on in the 2011 season opener at Rose-Hulman. yard punt. Wooster picked up a first down, but and threw for 226 yards on 21-of-39 passing He’s the first DePauw player to have two in a fumbled on the next play and recovered on its after starter Richard Barnes left the game with an career since Josh Angel (1999-2002). own 9. After Wooster punted, the Tigers took injury early in the first quarter. Jordan McIntyre over on the Fighting Scots’ 37.