2011 Football Game Notes Schedule/Results Empire 8 Ithaca Bombers Ithaca Bombers vs. Team E8 Overall Salisbury 1-0 2-0 (1-1, 0-1 E8) Union Dutchmen Springfield 1-0 1-0 Opponent Time 1 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011 Utica 0-0 2-0 9/3 Brockport (0-1) W, 19-14 Alfred 0-0 1-0 9/10 at Salisbury (2-0) * L, 21-7 Bailey Field (c. 5,000); Salisbury, Md. Hartwick 0-0 1-0 9/17 at Union (0-2) 1 p.m. St. John Fisher 0-0 1-0 10/1 at Hartwick (1-0) * 2 p.m. ITHACA 0-1 1-1 10/8 St. John Fisher (1-0) * 1 p.m. Frostburg State 0-1 1-1 10/15 at Springfield (1-0) * 2 p.m. THE GAME: The Bombers (1-1) return to non-league action 10/22 at Utica (2-0) * 1:30 p.m. this weekend with a game at Union (0-2). Ithaca defeated 10/29 Frostburg (1-1) * 1 p.m. Brockport 19-14 in its season-opener and fell 21-7 at 11/5 Alfred (1-0) * 1 p.m. Week 3 Games 11/12 Cortland (1-0) noon Salisbury. Norwich at Hartwick Union Dutchmen THE SERIES: Ithaca holds a 4-3 lead in the all-time series St. Lawrence at Alfred Utica at Frostburg State against Union with all but two of those games coming during (0-2, 0-0 LL) Husson at Springfield Opponent Time postseason competition. Ithaca has won three of the four Salisbury at Chr. Newport 9/3 at Salve Regina (1-1) L, 25-22 NCAA playoff games between the two schools while the Rochester vs. St. John Fisher 9/10 at Utica (2-0) L, 29-28 Dutchmen won a 1999 ECAC postseason game and a regular- 9/17 Ithaca (1-1) 1 p.m. 9/24 at Rochester (1-0)+ 12:05 p.m. season contest in 2009. Five of the seven games in the series Non-League 10/1 WPI (0-2)+ 1 p.m. have been played at Union’s Bailey Field, where Ithaca is 2-3. 10/8 Hobart (1-0)+ 1 p.m. Opponents 10/15 at St. Lawrence (1-1)+ 1 p.m. 10/29 Rensselaer (0-1)+ 1:30 p.m. LAST TIME THEY MET: Ithaca jumped out to a 28-7 lead Kean at Cortland 11/5 at Merch. Marine (1-1)+ 1 p.m. and withstood a late rally by the visiting Union Dutchmen to Rowan at Brockport 11/12 Springfield (1-0) noon post a 28-20 win on Sept. 11, 2010. The Dutchmen scored Personnel * Empire 8 game two fourth-quarter touchdowns in a 4:24 span and had two + Liberty League game more possessions after closing to within eight points, but Report 2011 Opponent Record Ithaca didn’t allow a first down on either drive. in parentheses. Rob Zappia ran for a touchdown and threw for a career- Will Not Play Will Carter high 242 yards and wideout Thomas Vossler caught a pair Brandon Cheeseman Quick Facts of scores. The Bomber defense forced 10 punts and held Ryan Clarke Location: Ithaca, N.Y. Union to 2-of-13 efficiency on third down and 14 first downs Brandon Corley Founded: 1892 Nickname: Bombers in the game. D.J. Forbragd Colors: Blue and Gold Zappia capped a 10-play, 79-yard drive with a one-yard Cory Litman President : Thomas R. Rochon touchdown run – the first of his career – early in the second Mike Moon Athletic Director: Ken Kutler Dan Sheldon quarter and threw his first career touchdown pass, covering Home Field: Butterfield Stadium (5,000) Jordan Smith First Season: 1930 13 yards to Vossler, two possessions later. Vossler finished All-Time Record: 458-231-12 (.664) Head Coach: Mike Welch (Ithaca ‘73) with eight catches for 104 yards; including a 41-yard recep- Record at Ithaca: 135-51 (.730) tion from wide receiver Dan Ruffrage on the opening drive Career Record: Same of the second half. Today’s Officials 2010 Record: 6-4, 3-3 Empire 8 Referee Rick Ciampa After Ithaca scored its final touchdown on a one-yard Umpire Daniel Collins Sports Information Directo: run by sophomore Clay Ardoin midway through the third Linesman Mark Gazaille Mike Warwick Phone: (607) 274-1401 quarter, the Dutchmen rallied, scoring a pair of fourth-quar- Line Judge Robert Palombo Email: [email protected] ter touchdowns. Side Judge Tom Ignaffo Assistant SID: Anna Cooper Field Judge John Boryk Phone: (607) 274-5214 Back Judge Michael Satterlee Email: [email protected] Assistant SID / Football Contact Joe Gladziszewski Phone: (607) 274-3825 Email: [email protected] SID Fax: (607) 274-1671 Website: bombers.ithaca.edu Head Coach ITHACA ITEMS D3football.com Multi-talented: Wide receiver threw a touch- (Through games of Sept. 4, 2011) Mike Welch Dan Ruffrage Team Pts. Rec. LW In his 18th season as Ithaca’s down pass in last year’s victory over Union. Ruffrage has 1. Wis.-Whitewater (19) 619 2-0 1 2. Mount Union (6) 606 1-0 2 head coach, Mike Welch (Ithaca thrown for a touchdown each of the last two seasons, but 3. Mary Hardin-Baylor 548 1-0 5 ’73) has posted a 135-51 (.726) has yet to return a punt or kickoff for a score in more than 4. St. Thomas 532 2-0 4 record, including a regular-season 5. Bethel 525 2-0 6 60 attempts. 6. Linfield 493 1-0 7 mark of 126-44 (.741). He entered 7. Wheaton (Ill.) 449 1-0 8 the season 15th all-time among 8. Hardin-Simmons 439 2-0 9 Division III coaches in winning Ruffrage returns: Dan Ruffrage ranks seventh nationally in 9. Thomas More 371 1-0 10 percentage. A running back who punt return yardage with an average of 24 yards per punt 10. Montclair State 342 1-0 11 11. Cortland 313 1-0 12 earned two letters while playing return. He has three punt returns for 72 yards this season. 12. Ohio Northern 289 1-0 13 for coach Jim Butterfield, Welch 13. Wartburg 287 2-0 14 succeeded his former coach 14. North Central (Ill.) 282 1-1 15 Sophomore shines: Running back Sal Sulla has carried the 15. Wesley 272 1-1 3 after 10 years as an assistant ball 33 times through the first two games of the season 16. Alfred 227 1-0 17 at his alma mater. It is his first 17. Redlands 218 1-0 20 game as head coach against after earning the starting tailback job in preseason. He has 18. Kean 200 1-0 NR scored a touchdown in each game. 19. Cal Lutheran 168 0-1 16 Salisbury. 20. Wabash 165 1-0 18 21. Wittenberg 145 2-0 19 No dummies: Four Ithaca players set career-highs in tack- 22. Trine 121 2-0 22 Ithaca Under Mike Welch 23. Hampden-Sydney 118 2-0 NR Overall 135-51 les last week versus Salisbury. Senior linebacker Joe 24. Salisbury 58 2-0 NR On Road 60-33 Gilfedder led the group with 14 tackles and junior safety 25. Delaware Valley 55 2-0 NR In September 49-13 Josh Liemer tied a career-high with 10 stops in the Ithaca Others receiving votes: Johns Hopkins 41; On Sept. 17 1-1 secondary. Other career-high tackling efforts on the Bomber Pacific Lutheran 36; Baldwin-Wallace 32; vs. Union 1-3 Monmouth 24; Franklin 23; Lycoming 19; defense came from senior Kevin Cline with nine, senior Washington and Lee 19; Louisiana College Chris Collier with eight, and junior linebacker Dan Cimino 16; UW-Platteville 12; Springfield 12; Ithaca Coaching Staff UW-Eau Claire 8; Rowan 7; St. John’s 5; Sean Fitzmaurice, defensive line and freshman defensive tackle Josh Skowronski with Williams 5; UW-La Crosse 5; UW-Oshkosh Mike Hatcher, offensive line seven each. 5; Concordia-Moorhead 4; Lebanon Valley Dan Higgins, assistant offensive line 4; Adrian 3; St. John Fisher 2; UW-Stout 1. Eugene Jones, graduate assistant Mark McDonough, Tough sledding: Ithaca’s 2011 schedule includes four teams Ithaca opponents in bold. defensive coordinator, linebackers that currently appear in the d3football.com national rank- Jack Mrozinski, defensive backs Tyler Murray, assistant defensive backs ings. Cortland is ranked 11th, Alfred is ranked 16th and 2011 Empire 8 Football Joe Volpe, tight ends Salisbury is ranked 24th. St. John Fisher received two votes Preseason Coaches Poll Tom Vossler, assistant wide receivers in the poll. (First-place votes in parentheses) Team Points Junior Varsity Coach: Dan Elberty 1. Alfred (6) 48 Winning ways: Ithaca’s Oct. 30, 2010 win over Utica clinched 2. Salisbury (1) 39 the program’s 40th straight winning season. The Bombers 3. St. John Fisher 36 own the nation’s second-longest active streak of winning 4. Springfield (1) 35 5. ITHACA 27 seasons at any level of college football (Linfield has record- 6. Utica 15 ed 53 straight winning season). Only six teams have ever 7. Hartwick 14 enjoyed a streak of 40 consecutive winning seasons over 8. Frostburg State 10 the past 134 years. Opening acts: Ithaca’s 19-14 victory over Brockport to start the season was the program’s 14th-straight opening game victory and has posted a record of 47-31-1 in season- opening games (17-1 under Mike Welch), including a 31-4 record since 1977. 2011 HONORS EMPIRE 8 HISTORY AND MEMBERSHIP: This season CAREER STARTS marks the 10th year of Empire 8-sponsored football and the Mike Conti, CB Overall Honorable Mention, D3Classic eighth year that the conference’s champion will receive an Preseason All-America Team automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs.