Marian university Football 2010 Dr. Geoffre N. Sherman • Director of Sports Information • O: 317.955.6125 • F: 317.955.6121 • [email protected] #8 BEARCATS AT SVHF FOR FIRST TIME #8 MCKENDREE (2-0) AT MARIAN UNIVERSITY (1-0) The No. 8-ranked McKendree Bearcats are com- Date: September 11, 2010 ing to St.Vincent Health Field for the fi rst time. Kickoff: 1 p.m. (EDT) The two teams hooked up last season, but it was at Location: St.Vincent Health Field (3,000) - Indianapolis, Ind. Leemon Field in Lebanon, Ill., where the Bearcats Radio: Knights Football Radio Network: Dr. David Pierce (pbp), Jeff Burris (color) earned a 21-17 victory. Marian is 1-2 all-time against McKendree. The Knights’ lone win came in 2008 by a 28-21 score. SCOUTING #8 MCKENDREE The No. 8-ranked Bearcats have lived up to their billing so far this season. They opened with a 34-27 win over the University of the Cumberlands before blowing out Olivet Nazarene 41-0 last Saturday. They are 2-0 on the year and are poised to climb the NAIA rankings. Location: ............................................... Lebanon, Illinois Location: .............................................. Indianapolis, Ind. Last week, McKendree set a new NAIA record Enrollment: ...............................................................3,000 Enrollment: ...............................................................2,300 by allowing -95 yards rushing in a 41-0 win. The Nickname: ............................................................Bearcats Nickname: ............................................................ Knights Bearcats are looking to make a run deep into the Colors: ..................................................Purple and White Colors: ..........................................Marian Blue and Gold NAIA playoffs this year. Conference: .......................................... MSFA (Midwest) Conference: ........................................... MSFA (Mideast) They are led in passing by Austin Fisher who has Head Coach: ..............................Carl Poelker (15th year) Head Coach: ............................Ted Karras, Jr. (4th year) thrown for 292 yards and four TDs this season. He Overall Record: ...........................191-82-1 (.699, 28 yrs) Overall Record: .............................................59-44 (.573) is hitting at a 53 percent completion rate and leads Record at USF: .............................. 103-43 (.705, 14 yrs) Record at MC: ...............................................15-18 (.455) a potent Bearcat attack. The running game is led 2008 Overall Record: .......................................9-2 (.818) 2009 Overall Record: .......................................6-5 (.545) by a two-headed monster in Jimmy Berezik and Joe 2008 MSFA Record: .......................................7-0 (1.000) 2009 MSFA Record: .........................................3-4 (.429) Beimfohr. The duo has combined for 332 rushing yards and three scores this season. The receiving 2010 MARIAN UNIVERSITY SCHEDULE corps is led by Nick Jones and Myron Hicks. Both Aug. 28 St. Francis (Ill.)#^ W, 37-17 St.Vincent Health Field have tallied nearly 100 yards receiving this year. Sept. 4 BYE The Bearcat defense is a force to be reckoned Sept. 11 #8 McKendree# 1 p.m. St.Vincent Health Field with as they have notched 22 tackles-for-loss this Sept. 18 at Grand View (Iowa)#% 2 p.m. Des Moines, Iowa season and have tallied 12 sacks in two games. Jason Sept. 25 Saint Francis (Ind.)* 1 p.m. St.Vincent Health Field Rejfek leads the way with 20 tackles, fi ve TFLs and Oct. 2 Trinity International (Ill.)* 1 p.m. St.Vincent Health Field a sack. A trio of players have notched two sacks for Oct. 9 at Saint Xavier (Ill.)* 7 p.m. Deaton Field McKendree. The Knights have to contend with a Oct. 16 Olivet Nazarene* 1 p.m. St.Vincent Health Fiel powerful running game and a stout defense. Oct. 23 at Notre Dame College 1 p.m. Kolb Field Oct. 30 at Taylor* 1 p.m. Wheeler Stadium TWO OPENING WINS IN A ROW Nov. 6 at Malone* 3 p.m. Fawcett Stadium The Knights were off this past weekend, but they Nov. 13 Walsh* 1 p.m. St.Vincent Health Field opened the 2010 season with their second straight season-opening victory. MU defeated the University % - denotes game televised on Hometown Sports Indiana of St. Francis (Ill.) 37-17 on Aug. 28 before a crowd ^ - denotes game televised online as Victory Sports Network Game of the Week # -denotes MSFA Crossover games of more than 3,000. * - denotes MSFA Mideast League games Marian is now 2-2 in season openers all-time hav- - All game times are Eastern Daylight Time ing fallen in the fi rst two, 2007 and 2008, but having won the last two. MCKENDREE SETS NAIA RECORD FANS COME OUT FOR MU FOOTBALL The Bearcats set an NAIA record last weekend 09.08.07 3,750 10.18.08 2,168 PATILLA PASSES CENTURY MARK in a 41-0 win over Olivet Nazarene. McKendree 09.22.07 1,268 11.08.08 1,739 Senior wide receiver JaQuan Patilla became the allowed a staggering -95 yards rushing to snap the 09.29.07 963 11.15.08 547 fi rst Knight to surpass a milestone in his career. record of -91 yards rushing allowed by the Univer- 10.20.07 849 09.19.09 3,212 Patilla, who has been with the Knights since day sity of St. Francis (Ill.) in 1991. 10.27.07 1,375 10.10.09 2,210 08.30.08 1,250 10.31.09 2,431 one, caught his 100th career pass two weeks ago. Not only did McKendree limit the Tigers to -95 yards rushing, but only allowed 78 yards total for 09.06.08 1,352 11.07.09 1,394 The century mark catch was a 41-yard touchdown 10.11.08 2,287 08.28.10 3,025 and was his fi rst of the game. the game. He caught fi ve balls, two for touchdowns, for 91 In 16 home contests, Marian has had 29,820 fans yards against USF two weeks ago. He now has 104 in attendance between Pike and St.Vincent Health total receptions in his career. Field. That’s an average of 1,863 fans per game. 2010 Marian university Football Marian university Football The mckendree (Ill.) Game - sept. 11, 2010 - 2 MEDIA INFORMATION the CollegeFanz Game of the Week. Marian University director of sports informa- The Knights host Trinity International on Home- tion Dr. Geoff Sherman (317.955.6125-direct; coming on October 2nd before heading to No. 317.437.3157-cell; [email protected]) handles 4-ranked Saint Xavier on October 9th. The Knights all media requests for the Knights. earned their fi rst-ever shutout over Olivet Nazarene, Head coach Ted Karras, Jr., is available during their opponent on October 16th, and are looking for the week by contacting Dr. Sherman and at prac- a repeat of the 34-0 win from 2009. tice from 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. The fi rst-year program at Notre Dame College Player requests will be handled through the (Ohio) is the opponent on October 23rd before a clash at No. 22-ranked Taylor on October 30th. The 2010 Preseason NAIA National Top 25 sports information offi ce with one day advanced August 9, 2010 notice. Trojans upset the Knights, 36-35, on a last-second 2008 touchdown last season. Rk. School Votes Record Pts. November 6th is a date with Malone University 1 Sioux Falls (S.D.) 11 15-0 334 STADIUM INFORMATION 2 Lindenwood (Mo.) 3 13-1 328 at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio before No. 16- Marian University will play its home games at 3 Carroll (Mont.) 13-1 318 ranked Walsh comes to SVHF for the fi rst time on 4 St. Xavier (Ill.) 1 13-1 303 St.Vincent Health Field on the campus of Marian November 13th. 5 Morningside (Iowa) 10-2 286 University. The stadium is located at Tyrone Boule- The toughest league in the NAIA, the MSFA Mid- 6 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 10-2 268 vard and West 30th Street in Indianapolis. 7 Lambuth (Tenn.) 12-1 255 east, makes the 2010 season as tough as any for MU. 8 McKendree (Ill.) 9-2 241 9 Ottawa (Kan.) 11-1 239 WWW.MUKNIGHTS.COM 10 Missouri Valley 8-3 224 www.muknights.com is the offi cial Web site MSFA – LEAGUE RESTRUCTURING 11 Cumberlands (Ky.) 9-2 217 Prior to the 2009 season, the Mid-States Football 12 McPherson (Kan.) 9-2 192 for Knight athletics. Logon for the latest informa- Association undertook some restructuring within 13 Hastings (Neb.) 9-3 179 tion and updates. 14 Minot State (N.D.) 8-3 162 its ranks. Departed are Ohio Dominican and 15 Friends (Kan.) 8-2 160 Urbana for NCAA D-II, and that left two open- 16 Walsh (Ohio) 8-3 149 SEVERAL HONORED IN 2009 ings in the Mideast league. However, Grand View 17 Saint Francis (Ind.) 7-3 135 Eight Knights were honored after the 2009 18 Dickinson State (N.D.) 7-4 113 University and Waldorf College entering their fi rst 19 Langston (Okla.) 8-4 100 season. Graduated senior Chris White led the way season in the Midwest league after announcing 20 Grand View (Iowa) 8-3 96 for the Knights as he was selected the program’s their intentions a year ago. 21 Eastern Oregon 7-4 74 fi rst MSFA All-Mideast League fi rst team pick and 22 Taylor (Ind.) 7-3 66 With two joining the Midwest league and two 23 Northwestern (Iowa) 7-3 52 the program’s fi rst AFCA-NAIA All-American. leaving the Mideast, that left six in the MEL and 24 Baker (Kan.) 7-3 41 He was second in the nation in sacks last season 10 in the MWL. The MSFA brought Trinity Inter- 25 Northwestern Oklahoma 7-3 30 with 13. national University and Olivet Nazarene from the Others receiving votes: Senior Coy Beilby earned second team honors Midwest league to balance the leagues within the Georgetown (Ky.) 12; St.