NORWICH UNIVERSITY 2015 FOOTBALL CONTACT: Jeff Dobbin | Assistant Director of Athletic Communications | O / C: (802) 793-3666 TEXT | E: [email protected] L, 37-0 L, 42-28 L, 27-10 W, 31-14 W, 27-6 W, 30-22 W, 47-6 W, 33-7 W, 20-17 L, 31-13 NOV. 21 2015 SCHEDULE (6-4, 6-1 ECFC) GAMEDAY CENTRAL: NORWICH VS. ALBRIGHT SEPTEMBER TIME Date: Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 Location: Reading, Pa. 5 at RPI L, 37-0 Stadium: Gene L. Shirk Stadium 12 ST. LAWERENCE L, 42-28 Kickoff: 12:00 p.m. 19 at WPI L, 27-10 OCTOBER Record: 6-4, 6-1 ECFC Record: 9-1, 8-1, MAC 3 BECKER* W, 31-14 Head Coach: Mark Murnyack Head Coach: John Marzka 10 at Gallaudet* W, 27-6 Alma Mater: Juniata ’96 Alma Mater: Allegheny ’91 17 MARITIME (N.Y.)* W, 30-22 Overall Record: 28-15 Overall Record: 59-30 24 ANNA MARIA* W, 47-6 Record at Norwich: 28-15, 5th Season Record at Albright: 59-30, 9th Season 31 at Mount Ida* W, 33-7 NOVEMBER MEDIA CENTER 7 HUSSON* W, 20-17 Web: NorwichAthletics.com Twitter: @NorwichCadets 14 at Castleton* L, 31-13 21 at Albright ^ 12:00 p.m. The Norwich University football team will travel to Albright *ECFC Game College on Saturday for the first round of the 2015 NCAA Di- vision III Football Tournament. Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. at the ^ NCAA Tournament 1st Round Gene L. Shirk Stadium in Reading, Pa. The Cadets (6-4, 6-1 ECFC) earned the automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs after 2014 RESULTS (7-4, 5-2 ECFC) winning six straight Eastern Collegiate Football Conference SEPTEMBER RESULT (ECFC) games, including a 20-17 win over Husson for the tiebreaker to win the league title. Norwich finished the regular 6 RPI L, 29-9 season with a 6-4 overall mark and a 6-1 record in conference 13 at St. Lawrence W, 10-7 play and earned its third conference title in program history. 20 WPI W, 10-7 This is the second time Norwich has appeared in the NCAA OCTOBER playoffs under head coach Mark Murnyack, who is now in his 4 at Husson* L, 20-10 fifth season. 11 MOUNT IDA* W, 28-19 SERIES WITH ALBRIGHT 18 at Becker* W, 37-20 This is the first-ever meeting between the two schools. It is also 25 at Anna Maria* W, 28-20 the second time Norwich has played a member of the Middle NOVEMBER Atlantic Conference, playing against Delaware Valley in 2011 in 1 GALLAUDET* W, 19-9 its first NCAA tournament bid. 8 at Maritime (N.Y.)* W, 13-6 15 CASTLETON* L, 48-28 QUICK FACTS 22 SALVE REGINA^ L, 48-21 *ECFC Game Name ............................................................................................... Norwich University ^ECAC Northeast Bowl Location ..........................................................................................Northfield, Vermont Founded ..................................................................................................................1819 PROGRAM HISTORY Enrollment ................................................................................... 2,300 undergraduate First Season of Football .............................................1893 (club) Nickname ............................................................................................................Cadets First Season of Varsity Football ...............................1950 (Div. II) Colors ................................................................................................Maroon and Gold First Season at Division III .....................................................1972 Affiliation .............................................................................................NCAA Division III All-Time Record ..................... 379-509-31 (.425 -121st season) Conference ...................................Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) All-Time Varsity ..........................282-320-9 (.472 - 65th season) Home Field .................................................Sabine Field at Haynes Family Stadium ECFC Record ......................................... 33-7 (.825 - 8 seasons) Capacity .................................................................................................................1,500 ECFC Championships ......................................... 2 (2009, 2011) Surface ........................................................................................................ Artifical Turf ECAC Bowl Game Appearances ... 7 (1984, ‘03, ‘04, ‘10, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14) Lights ......................................................................................................................... Yes NCAA Playoff Appearances ........................................... 1 (2011) President .............................Dr. Richard W. Schneider, rear admiral USCGR (Ret.) Director of Athletics ...........................................................................NORWICH GAMEAnthony NOTES Mariano 1 NOTES 2015 ECFC STANDINGS OVERALL: 6-4 ECFC: 6-1 HOME: 4-1 AWAY: 2-3 Conference Overall GP Record Win % PF PA GP Record Win % PF PA Last 10 Streak Norwich 7 6-1 0.857 201 103 10 6-4 0.600 239 209 6-4 Lost 1 Husson 7 6-1 0.857 266 93 9 7-2 0.778 335 134 7-2 Won 1 Becker 7 5-2 0.714 240 140 10 7-3 0.700 326 222 7-3 Won 4 Castleton 7 5-2 0.714 199 150 10 7-3 0.700 269 212 7-3 Won 1 Maritime (N.Y.) 7 3-4 0.429 203 156 10 5-5 0.500 270 218 5-5 Won 2 Mount Ida 7 2-5 0.286 141 195 10 2-8 0.200 163 283 2-8 Lost 4 Anna Maria 7 1-6 0.143 71 256 10 1-9 0.100 122 364 1-9 Lost 1 Gallaudet 7 0-7 0.000 52 280 9 0-9 0.000 78 373 0-9 Lost 9 NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND - SATURDAY, NOV. 21 Norwich at Albright - 12:00 p.m. La Verne at St. Thomas (Minn.) - 1:00 p.m. Framingham St. at Wesley - 12:00 p.m. Dubuque at St. John’s (Minn.) - 1:00 p.m. Western New Eng. at Johns Hopkins - 12:00 p.m. Hendrix at Huntingdon - 1:00 p.m. Ohio Northern at Franklin - 12:00 p.m. M. Hardin-Baylor at Hardin-Simmons - 1:00 p.m. Salisbury at Cortland St. - 12:00 p.m. Lakeland at Wheaton (Ill.) - 1:00 p.m. Washington & Lee at Thomas More - 12:00 p.m. St. Norbert at Wis.-Whitewater - 1:00 p.m. St. Lawrence at Mount Union - 12:00 p.m. Whitworth at Linfield - 3:00 p.m. Albion at Wabash - 12:00 p.m. St. Scholastica at Wis.-Oshkosh - 4:00 p.m. 2015 PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARDS WEEK 5 Sir Michael Finney ECFC Defensive Player of the Week Wesley Medeiros ECFC Special Teams Player of the Week WEEK 8 Wesley Medeiros ECFC Special Teams Player of the Week WEEK 9 Quincy Williams ECFC Offensive Player of the Week WEEK 10 Wesley Medeiros ECFC Special Teams Player of the Week 2 NORWICH GAME NOTES NOTES PROGRAM HISTORY Team Wins Losses Ties American International (AIC) 7 12 0 HOW NORWICH CLINCHED THE THE ECFC TITLE Albany St 13 7 0 ALBRIGHT 0 0 0 asdlfadsfasdThe Norwich University football team clinched its third Eastern Col- Alfred University 0 6 0 legiate Football Conference (ECFC) title, the most in league history, Amherst 0 4 1 asdfasdf Andover 0 1 0 after defeating Husson University, 20-17, and snapping the Eagle’s 12 ANNA MARIA 6 0 0 straight league wins. Prior to the game, two teams remained undefeat- Arnold College 1 0 1 Bates 14 5 0 ed at 5-0 in league play with Castleton close behind with a 4-1 league BECKER 6 0 0 record. After the Spartans lost to Becker College, 35-21, it all came Boston College 0 1 0 Boston State (now UMass Boston) 7 2 0 down to whomever wins the battle between Husson and Norwich for Boston University 1 0 1 the league title and an NCAA Tournament bid. With the win, regardless Bowdoin 0 2 0 Bridgeport 2 1 2 of today’s results, Norwich has the tiebreaker over Husson University Bridgton Academy 0 1 0 Brockport 1 1 0 in the head-to-head matchup. Norwich’s three ECFC title is the most Brooklyn 1 0 0 championships won by one institution since the league started in 2009. Brown 0 8 0 Canisius 0 1 0 Mount Ida has two titles followed by Gallaudet and Maritime (N.Y.) with CASTLETON 4 2 0 one title apiece. Central Connecticut 1 2 0 Champlain 2 1 0 City College of New York 0 1 0 Clarkson 3 3 0 Colby 9 9 0 POSTSEASON STREAK College of New Jersey 0 1 0 The NU football team has advanced to seven straight postseason Curry 4 1 0 Dartmouth 1 27 0 games since 2009 with head coach Mark Murnyack picking up his Delaware Valley 1 1 0 sixth straight postseason bid since he took over the helm in 2011. The Endicott 0 1 0 Exeter 0 1 0 Cadets won the 2009 ECFC Championship Bowl in the first year of Fitchburg St 2 0 0 the league. In 2010, the Cadets clinched the ECAC Northeast Cham- Fordham 1 1 0 Fort Ethan Allen 2 1 0 pionship Bowl before winning their second ECFC title in 2011, earning Framingham St 0 1 0 its first NCAA tournament bid in program history. From 2012-2014, Frostburg St 0 1 0 GALLAUDET 5 1 0 Norwich has clinched three straight ECAC Championship Bowl games Glassboro 1 1 1 Hartwick 4 10 0 before winning the program’s third ECFC title last week and its second Hobart College 2 1 0 NCAA tournament bid. Holy Cross 1 3 1 HUSSON 5 4 0 Hyannis 2 0 0 Iona 1 0 0 Ithaca 0 5 0 THE 1,000 RUSHING YARDS HOPEFUL King’s Point 0 15 0 Sophomore Quincy Williams needs just 152 yards to become the third Lowell 14 8 0 Loyola 2 0 0 running back to achieve 1,000 rushing yards in a season under head MAC 1 1 0 coach mark Murnyack’s tulage. Since 2011, two running backs have Maine 1 4 0 Maine Maritime 8 0 0 rushed for more than 1,000 yards in a season with Kris Sabourin ‘12 MARITIME (N.Y) 6 2 0 rushing for 1,102 yards in 2011. Al Georgio ‘15 rushed for over 1,000 Massachusetts (UMass) 3 4 0 Massachusetts Aggies (UMass) 1 1 0 yards in back-to-back seasons, posting 1,168 yards in 2013 and 1,080 Middlebury 41 46 7 yards in 2014.