Game 6: Ottawa University at McPherson College Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 │ McPherson Stadium │ McPherson, Kan. │ 1:00 p.m. CDT 11923,923, 11952,952, 22010010 KCACKCAC ChampionsChampions - 2009,2009, 20102010 NAIANAIA FootballFootball ChamChampionshippionship AAppearancesppearances 2017 McPherson Schedule/Results Bulldogs Welcomes Ottawa to McPherson For Homecoming Date Opponent Time/Result 09/02 Texas Wesleyan W 43-14 Game No. 6 09/16 at Bethany* L 43-57 09/23 at Soutwestern* L 17-45 Date .....................Oct. 14, 2017 Location .........McPherson, Kan. 09/30 Bethel* W 48-14 Kickoff ................1:00 p.m. (CT) 10/07 at Kansas Wesleyan * L 35-42 (OT) Stadium ....McPherson Stadium Surface ..................Artifi cial Turf 10/14 Ottawa* 1:00 p.m. Capacity........................... 3,000 10/21 at Friends* 1:30 p.m. McPherson College Ottawa University 10/28 at Saint Mary* 1:30 p.m. Bulldogs Live Audio/Video/Stats .............. Braves Record ...............2-3, 1-3 KCAC ......macbulldogs.com/gamecast Record ...............2-4, 2-2 KCAC 11/04 Tabor* 1:00 p.m. Ranking ............................None Ranking ................................NA 11/11 Sterling* 1:00 p.m. Last Game ............L 35-42 (OT) Series Record ...............23-59-0 Last Game ...................W 34-10 Coach .............Paul Mierkiewicz Previous Meeting ..........L 52-55 Coach ...............Kent Kessinger * - KCAC Conference Game - All Times Central Career Record .................72-87 Current Streak ......................L 6 Career Record .................88-58 RV = Receiving Votes Nationally 2016 Record ....1-10, 1-8 KCAC 2016 Record ......4-7, 4-5 KCAC The Matchup McPHERSON, Kan. – McPherson College hosts Ottawa Uni- and two TDs. Defensively, Braden Bush recovered a fumble, 2017 Quick Facts/Team Information versity in the school’s annual Homecoming football contest. returning it 79 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. Mi- Kickoff for the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) chael Rabara and Travis Steenson each had 13 tackles, while General Information contest is slated for 1 p.m. at McPherson Stadium. The 2-4 Kavodric McIntyre had eight tackles and two interceptions. Location ............................McPherson, Kan. Braves are coming off a 34-10 victory over winless Bethel Col- lege last week. Last Week Founded ...............................................1887 McPherson forced seven turnovers, including six intercep- President ...................Dr. Michael Schneider Game Broadcasts ~ KCAC Game of the Week tions, but could not hold off a furious second half rally by No. After a number of years riding the terrestrial airwaves, all 25 Kansas Wesleyan as the Coyotes overcame a 21-point VP of Academic Affairs .........Dr. Bruce Clary McPherson College athletics broadcasts have moved on- defi cit to top the Bulldogs, 42-35, in overtime at the Graves Athletic Director .....................Andrew Ehling line for the 2017-18 academic year. Broadcasts can now Family Sports Complex in Salina. Crouch racked up 105 be found on the Bulldogs’ Game Central portal powered by yards on the ground and two touchdowns rushing and had Athletic Communications Dir. ...Joshua Schroeder Stretch Internet at http://www.macbulldogs.com/gamecast. 97 passing yards and another score before exiting in the third Matt Cole returns as the play-by-play voice for Bulldog athlet- quarter with an injury. Campbell added 90 yards and another Conference .........................................KCAC ics to broadcast a full slate of 10 football games, virtually all touchdown on 23 carries. Jackson Goodmiller hauled in seven Affi liation ...............................................NAIA McPherson home basketball games and select road basket- passes for 46 yards, while Campbell had two catches for 25 ball contests. Pregame for Saturday’s audio-only broadcast yards and a TD. Stadium (Cap.) ....McPherson Stadium (3,000) will start at approximately 12:45 p.m. Surface ............................Artifi cial RAM Turf Defensively, Thomas Lanktree led the Bulldogs with nine This week’s game has also been selected as the KCAC Ra- tackles, including seven solo stops, and an interception. Tan- Nickname........................................ Bulldogs dio Network Game of the Week. The KCAC will be providing ner Williams added seven tackles, a pair of tackles for loss, Colors ...................................Red and White the video feed for this week’s game (which can also be found a forced fumble and an interception - which he returned 33 at www.macbulldogs.com/gamecast) as well as a separate yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. audio feed that can be heard over the air on radio stations Football History throughout central and western Kansas. Looking at the Bulldogs McPherson continues to exhibit balance on offense, at least First Year ..............................................1920 Five to Be Inducted into Athletics Hall of Fame in terms of yardage. The Bulldogs are averaging 402.2 yards All-Time Record ..........................317-529-24 Five former Bulldogs - including three football players - will be per game - 207.6 through the air and 194.6 on the ground to inducted into the McPherson College Athletics Hall of Fame rank fourth in the KCAC in total and rushing offense and fi fth All-Time Conference Record ......251-449-17 in a ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday morning in Mingenback in pass offense. KCAC Championships ......1923, 1952, 2010 Theatre. The honorees -- Don Barngrover ‘38 (posthumous), Garth Werner ‘61, Terry Bruton ‘92, Camille (Base) Kaiser ‘94 Crouch has overtaken Corey Davis for the team lead in rush- NAIA Playoff Appearances .........2009, 2010 and Roy McDonald ‘05 will also be recognized at halftime of ing, averaging 81.4 yards per game. Davis is next at 64.2 Saturday’s football game. Barngrover, Werner and Bruton yards per game, while a solid game against Kansas Wesleyan Last Playoff Appearance .........Nov. 20, 2010 were each all-KCAC selections during their Bulldog gridiron bumped Campbell’s average up to 38.7 yards per game. Ar- .........................vs. McKendree (Ill.), L 38-14 careers. mond McCray adds another 23.0 yards per game. Crouch, who also averages 6.2 yards per carry, had six TDs, while The Series Campbell has three. Davis and McCray have one each. Coach’s Information Ottawa holds a 59-23 advantage in the all-time series, which dates back to 1929. Ottawa has won the last six with the last Through the air, Crouch is 68-of-134 for 990 yards, 10 touch- Head Coach....................... Paul Mierkiewicz McPherson victory coming in the Bulldogs’ 2010 KCAC cham- downs and an interception, averaging 198 yards per game. He Alma Mater ........Loras College (Iowa), 1989 pionship season - a 56-24 decision at McPherson Stadium. ranks second in the KCAC in total offense, fourth in passing and fi fth in rushing. Overall Record at MC ...........3-23 (3rd Year) Last Meeting E-mail [email protected] Kyle Wokutch nailed a 21-yard fi eld goal with seven seconds Goodmiller leads the team in receptions with 22, averaging to play to give host Ottawa a wild 55-52 win over McPherson 41.8 yards per game with three scores. Eman McNeal has at Peoples Bank Field in Ottawa. The Braves outscored the hauled in 15 passes, including three touchdowns, while Des- Team Information Bulldogs, 27-14, in the fourth quarter to overcome a 38-28 def- mond Anderson has caught 12 passes for two touchdowns icit. Ed Crouch led McPherson with 218 yards and one touch- and a team-best 52.2 yards per game. 2016 Overall Record..............................1-10 down through the air and 119 yards and three more scores 2015 KCAC Record ......................1-8 (t-9th) on the ground. Tyrone Campbell also rushed for 120 yards . Continued on Page 13 Base Offense ....................................Spread MMcPhersoncPherson AAthleticthletic CCommunicationsommunications • JJoshuaoshua SSchroeder,chroeder, DDirectorirector Base Defense ..........................................3-4 PPhone:hone: ((620)620) 242-0431242-0431 │EE-mail:-mail: [email protected]@mcpherson.edu │ TTwitter:witter: @@JSchroederSIDJSchroederSID GGameame 6 | OOttawattawa UUniversityniversity aatt MMcPhersoncPherson CCollegeollege | MMcPhersoncPherson SStadiumtadium | OOct.ct. 114,4, 22017017 PPageage 2 2017 KCAC Composite Schedule Coaching Staff 26 Trinity Bible (N.D.) at Saint Mary 0-49 (20) Kan. Wesleyan at Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 24-31 Paul Mierkiewicz 2 (4) Morningside at (10) Tabor 65-14 Head Coach Texas Wesleyan at McPherson 14-43 Offensive Coordinator Midland at Friends 29-24 Briar Cliff at Bethany 23-36 3rd Season Northwestern (Iowa) at Ottawa 41-16 Hastings at Southwestern 52-35 Loras College (11) Doane at (14) Sterling 34-28 (RV) Concordia (Neb.) at (20) Kan. Wesleyan 13-28 Career Record: 72-87 Dordt at Bethel 44-10 Record at MC: 3-23 (17) Dak. Wesleyan at (RV) Saint Mary 60-14 9 Ottawa at (RV) Concordia (Neb.) 6-24 Paul Mierkiewicz joined the McPherson College athletic staff in December of 2014, becoming McPherson’s (14) Sterling at Mayville State (N.D.) 44-40 30th head football coach. Friends at (11) Doane 13-28 Southwestern at Drake 14-55 Mierkiewicz’s most recent head coaching stint came at his Alma Mater, Loras College, where he led the Duhawks from 2011 to 2013. 16 Saint Mary at (25) Kansas Wesleyan* 10-43 Southwestern at (20) Sterling* 14-28 Prior to coaching for Loras, Mierkiewicz was the head coach for Hastings College from 2001-2011; he guided Ottawa at Friends* 34-28 (3OT) the Broncos to a record of 65-41, accruing the third most wins in the history of the program while leading the program to two NAIA postseason playoff berths. The team’s two best seasons came in 2004 and 2009. 17 Bethel at (18) Tabor* 0-53 The 2004 unit went 8-2 in the regular season and then went on the road to defeat then undefeated No. 5 McPherson at Bethany* 43-57 Lindenwood 20-19 on a last second fi eld goal before falling to St. Francis (Ind.) in the quarterfi nals. In 2009, the team fi nished 9-3; that squad earned NAIA All-Academic Team honors with a team Grade Point Average 23 Friends at Saint Mary* 35-19 of 3.0.