BRAVES2015 OUTM Football Ottawa University® Sports Information Department - 1001 S. Cedar - Box #7 - Ottawa, Kan. 66067 - Phone 785-248-2610 - [email protected] 2015 Season Schedule Game 7 Date Opponent Location Time/Result OU at Sterling College 9/5 Dakota Wesleyan Uni. Ottawa, Kan. L, 22-23 9/19 #24 Tabor College Ottawa, Kan. L, 17-43 9/26 Bethany College Lindsborg, Kan. W, 41-17 10/3 Bethel College Ottawa, Kan. W, 41-25 Braves Oct. 24 - Smisor Stadium Warriors 10/10 McPherson College McPherson, Kan. W, 58-0 Record: 4-2, 4-1 Sterling, Kan. Record: 3-3, 3-2 10/17 Uni. of Saint Mary Ottawa, Kan. W, 45-7 Last Game: 48th All-Time Meeting Last Game: 10/24 Sterling College Sterling, Kan. 1:30 p.m. W, Uni. of Saint Mary, 45-7 W, Bethel College, 47-7 10/31 Southwestern College Ottawa, Kan. 1:00 p.m. OU leads the series 28-20 Coach: Kent Kessinger 11/7 Kansas Wesleyan Uni. Ottawa, Kan. 1:30 p.m. Coach: Andy Lambert Career/OU Record: Career/SC Record: 11/14 Friends University Wichita, Kan. 1:30 p.m. Live Stats/Video @ ottawabraves.com *All home games are in BOLD and are played at Peoples Bank Field Same/79-47 (12th Year) 98-95/68-52 (12th Year) Radio: KOFO 1220 AM / www.kofo.com A Numbers Game - The Braves took a 45-7 victory over the University of Saint Mary last Saturday at Peoples Bank Field. Tim Morovick finished 15-for-23 through the air for 231 yards and three touchdowns. Tanner Staats had a career high 201 yards and two touchdowns. Derek Harter finished with seven receptions for 92 yards and one touchdown. Anthony Curtis Jr led the team with six tackles, Wyatt Ross had two tackles and scored one touchdown, and Blake Davies tallied five tackles. - Sterling defeated Bethel College on the road 41-0 last Saturday. Cedrick Phillips finished with 136 yards rushing and two touchdowns. He also went 5-for-9 through the air for 51 yards and one touchdown. TJ Saturday’s contest will48 be the 48th meeting between the two teams. Brown led the Warriors in receptions with four. The first meeting between the two teams happened on Nov. 10, 1922. The Warriors defeated the Braves 13-3 in Ottawa. - Tanner Staats leads the team in rushing, averaging 103.2 yards per game. He has 619 yards on the sea- son. Dayton Walter leads the Braves in passing yards per game (156.5) and is completing 58.2 percent of his passes. Terrance Polk III leads OU in receptions per game (4.7) and has 28 on the season. Vinny Wurst is the team’s leads in tackles per game (6.8) and sacks per game (0.4). - Cedrick Phillips leads the Warriors in rushing yards per game, averaging 117.6 per game. He also leads the team in passing yards per game, averaging 82.4 through the air. TJ Brown leads the team in recep- tions per game (3), Kenya Edner is SC’s leader in tackles per game (8), and Greg Williams is the Warriors’ leader in sacks (0.4). - The OU defense has only allowed one touchdown in the last eight quarters. The Braves are 6-1 in their last6 seven games against the Warriors. OU - In the last three games the Braves had over 500 yards of offense. That is a total of 1,695 yards and an is outscoring the Warriors in those game 187 to 153. average of 565 yards of offense. - Senior running back Tanner Staats rushed for a career high 201 yards in OU’s 45-7 victory last Saturday over the University of Saint Mary. In his last three games he has rushed for 475 yards. That is an average @BravesAthletics of 158.3 yards per game. He is ranked fourth in the KCAC in rushing yards per game. 2015 Braves Football - The Braves’ defense has had an interception in five out of the six games this season. OU’s defense 2015 KCAC Standings KCAC Overall has had three interceptions in each of the last two games. Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Tabor College 5 0 1.000 6 1 .857 Kansas Wesleyan Uni. 4 1 .800 6 1 .857 - OU is 11-13 all-time against the Warriors on the road in Sterling. Ottawa University 4 1 .800 4 2 .667 Sterling College 2 2 .500 2 3 .400 - Against the KCAC the Brave are 344-182-14. Bethel College 2 2 .500 2 3 .400 - Bethany 53-34-4 Friends University 2 3 .400 2 5 .285 - Bethel 55-12-2 University of Saint Mary 2 3 .400 2 5 .285 Southwestern College 2 3 .400 2 5 .285 - Friends 33-27-1 Bethany College 1 4 .200 1 6 .142 - Kansas Wesleyan 43-28-4 McPherson College 0 5 .000 0 6 .000 - McPherson 58-23 - Southwestern 33-26-3 2015 OU Team Stats - Sterling 28-20 Ranks Number 4 in Division I in 4th Down Conv. (73.300) - Tabor 28-9 Ranks Number 4 in Division I in Rushing Defense per Game (94.300) Ranks Number 8 in Division I in 3rd Down Conv. (45.700) - University of Saint Mary 13-3 Ranks Number 9 in Division I in Punt Returns Yds per Att (15.100) Ranks Number 9 in Division I in Opponent First Downs (99) - Ottawa has at least one rushing TD in 28 consecutive games. The last game that OU did not rush for Ranks Number 9 in Division I in Total Defense per Game (299.000) Ranks Number 10 in Division I in Total Offense Yds per Game (468.300) a touchdown was OU’s 20-6 victory over Missouri Valley College on Sept. 14, 2013. Ranks Number 10 in Division I in First Downs per Game (24.500) Ranks Number 11 in Division I in Field Goals Pct (0.833) - In the last four games the Braves had rushed for over 200 yards. Since 2008, OU has rushed for 200 Ranks Number 14 in Division I in Rushing Offense per Game (235.300) Ranks Number 15 in Division I in Scoring Offense per Game (37.300) yards in a game 28 times. The Braves have a record of 28-0 in those contests. Ranks Number 16 in Division I in Opponent Penalties (335) Ranks Number 16 in Division I in Scoring Defense per Game (19.200) - Ottawa is 60-9 in the KCAC since the 2008 season. Ranks Number 22 in Division I in Pass Def Effiency (112.600) Ranks Number 23 in Division I in Total Rushing Offense (1412) Ranks Number 24 in Division I in Pass Efficiency (134.300) - OU has won at least eight games in each of the last seven seasons. The Braves have not posted sev- Ranks Number 26 in Division I in Total Scoring Offense (224) en consecutive eight win seasons since their streak of eight, eight win seasons from 1960 to 1967. Ranks Number 27 in Division I in Total Sacks Against (11.000) Ranks Number 28 in Division I in Pass Offense per Game (233.000) Ranks Number 29 in Division I in Sacks Against (1.800) - From 2008 to 2014 the OU offense has scored a total of 3,064 points. That is an average of 438 Ranks Number 35 in Division I in Opp 3rd Down Conv. (33.700) points per season and 38.7 points per game. Ranks Number 40 in Division I in Pass Defense per Game (204.700) Ranks Number 41 in Division I in Total Pass Offense (1398) Ranks Number 41 in Division I in Sacks By (2.000) - The Braves have scored in every game since the 2008 season. That is 84 straight games of putting Ranks Number 48 in Division I in Pat Kicking (0.885) points on the scoreboard. The last time OU failed to cross the goal line or put a ball through the up Ranks Number 48 in Division I in KickOff Returns Yds per Att (18.700) rights was on Nov. 10, 2007. The Braves fell to Sterling College 28-0 at Peoples Bank Field. Ranks Number 49 in Division I in Total Sacks By (12.000) 2015 SC Team Rankings Ranks Number 2 in Division I in Opponent Penalties (217) Ranks Number 3 in Division I in Punt Yds per Att (43.100) Ranks Number 8 in Division I in 4th Down Conv. (66.700) Ranks Number 17 in Division I in Rushing Offense per Game (224.200) Ranks Number 18 in Division I in Total Sacks Against (9.000) Ranks Number 20 in Division I in Sacks Against (1.500) Ranks Number 26 in Division I in Total Rushing Offense (1345) Ranks Number 32 in Division I in Pass Efficiency (129.600) Ranks Number 35 in Division I in Field Goals Pct (0.625) Ranks Number 40 in Division I in Pat Kicking (0.900) Ranks Number 44 in Division I in Opponent First Downs (141) Ranks Number 50 in Division I in Scoring Offense per Game (25.500) Game 7 at Sterling College 2 Braves Football Game Notes ottawabraves.com The Last Time OU.... - The Coaches - ...Blocked a punt occurred on Sept. 26, 2015 against Bethany College. CJ Whitaker blocked the Swede punt in Bethany’s (Ottawa- Kent Kessinger) In Kessinger’s previous 11 years has first offensive possession of the game in OU’s 41-17 victory. head coach, the Braves have captured four KCAC Championships ...Blocked a field goal occurred on Sept.