2013 Crusader Football Game Notes Contact: BRAD COLLIGNON Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 618.420.3086 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Valparaiso (0-1, 0-0 PFL) 2013 Schedule and Results Game #2: Saturday, Sep. 7, 12 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result at Saint Joseph’s (0-0, 0-0 Great Lakes Valley Conference) Aug. 29 at North Dakota L 69-10 Sept. 7 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) 12 p.m. Alumni Stadium (4,000 - Natural grass) - Rensselaer, Sept. 14 William Jewell 1 p.m. Ind. Sept. 28 Campbell * 1 p.m. This Week in Crusader Football: Valpo travels to Rensselaer this Saturday for Oct. 5 at Marist * 11 a.m. an exciting matchup against Saint Joseph’s. Saturday represents the season Oct. 12 at Mercer * 11 a.m. opener for the Great Lakes Valley Conference Pumas. Valparaiso and Saint Oct. 19 Morehead State * 1 p.m. Joseph’s tangled last season in Week 1. The visiting Pumas spoiled the Crusad- Oct. 26 at Drake * 1 p.m. ers’ home opener with a late fourth-quarter drive to upend Valpo 36-34 at Brown Nov. 2 San Diego * 12 p.m. Field. Nov. 9 at Butler * 12 p.m. Nov. 16 Dayton * 1 p.m. On the Air: For the eighth straight season, the Valpo Sports Radio Network will be home to all 11 Crusader football games in 2013. All 11 games can be heard live All Times Central on WVUR (95.1FM, Valparaiso), online through www.valpoathletics.com. Todd * - Pioneer Football League game Ickow will handle all the play-by-play, with David Huseman adding the color All home games at Brown Field commentary this week. Live stats will also be available through www.valpoathletics.com. Pioneer Football League Standings Head Coach Dale Carlson: Dale Carlson is 2-32 in his fourth season with the Crusaders, and 112-135-3 overall in his 25th season as a collegiate head coach. (through games of Sep. 5) He arrived at Valpo from Ohio Dominican where he began the Ohio Dominican PFL Overall program from scratch in 2004, just as he did at Tri-State University prior to his Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. tenure with the Panthers. He is the 16th head coach in Valpo history, and just Mercer 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 the seventh since 1946. Stetson 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Davidson 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Hey, I Know You: This will be the 65th game played between Saint Joseph’s and Butler 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 Valparaiso. The only team Valpo has played more times in school history is Campbell 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 Butler (71). Saint Joseph’s leads the all-time series 34-28-2 and has won six Dayton 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 consecutive over the Brown and Gold. Valpo won its 200th game in school Drake 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 history over the Pumas on October 26th, 1968. Jacksonville 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 Marist 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 Wrapping Up 2012: The Crusaders captured their only win of the season on the Morehead State 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 road last year by defeating Campbell, 41-21. Valpo ended the season 1-10 and 1- San Diego 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 7 in PFL play, but returns plenty of experience for 2013, as the Crusaders bring Valparaiso 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 back eight starters on both sides of the ball. Scouting Saint Joseph’s: The Pumas begin their second season of competition in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Saturday. Saint Joseph’s has been picked @ValpoFB to finish fourth in the 2013 GLVC coaches poll. Third-year head coach Cory Sanders returns 18 starters and 43 players from a squad that went 6-5 overall, 5- 3 in conference last year (T-3rd). Under center for Saint Joseph’s is senior QB Billy VandeMerkt, while fifth-year senior wide receiver Julian Walker returns Valpo after a 2012 that saw him record 11 touchdown receptions and 1,082 receiving yards en route to Honorable Mention All-American honors. Football Week in Review: Valpo dropped its season opener last Thursday night 69-10 to the University of North Dakota. The lone Crusader touchdown came on a 41- yard pass from Ben Lehman to Fred Gladney. Jake Hutson had a 100-yard offen- 2013 Crusader Football Game Notes Contact: BRAD COLLIGNON Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 618.420.3086 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 sive game as he rushed for 72 yards and registered 28 receiving yards. Valpo committed just two penalties the entire game and its only turnover came on a Around the PFL fumble with under three minutes to play in the fourth quarter. However, the big plays did the Crusaders in versus North Dakota. Three of UND’s first six touch- Saturday, Sept. 7 downs came on plays 64 yards or longer. Duquesne at Dayton, 12 p.m. Valparaiso at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.), 12 p.m. Hoffman Under Center: Redshirt junior quarterback Eric Hoffman is in his third Morehead State at Youngstown State, 3 p.m. season as the starter. Hoffman completed nearly 65.5% of his pass attempts a Drake at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. year ago, but struggled in the season opener recording six completions on 20 Davidson at Georgetown, 5 p.m. pass attempts for 41 yards against North Dakota. He’ll look to get back on track Virginia-Wise at Campbell, 5 p.m. versus a Saint Joseph’s defense that surrendered nearly 2,500 yards in the air in Wittenberg at Butler, 5 p.m. 2012. Marist at Bucknell, 5 p.m. Jacksonville at Jacksonville State, 6 p.m. Team Captains: Valpo has three captains for the 2013 season. Redshirt sopho- Stetson at Florida Tech, 6 p.m. more running back Jake Hutson will represent the offense, while senior defen- Western New Mexico at San Diego, 8 p.m. sive back Alex Grask and sophomore linebacker Alex Green will represent the Crusader defense. Saturday, Sept. 14 Dayton at Robert Morris, 11 a.m. Crusaders Picked 10th in Preseason Poll: The head coaches selected Val- Morehead State at Jacksonville, 12 p.m. paraiso to finish 10th in the Pioneer Football League this season according to Marist at Georgetown, 12 p.m. the preseason poll. The prognosticators selected San Diego to take home the William Jewell at Valparaiso, 1 p.m. 2013 championship. Charleston Southern at Campbell, 5 p.m. Butler at Franklin, 5 p.m. Back in the Backfield: Sophomore running back Jake Hutson made an impact Warner at Mercer, 5 p.m. as a redshirt freshman in 2012. Hutson earned the most carries of any running Lenoir-Rhyne at Davidson, 6 p.m. back, rushing 152 times for 753 yards and eight touchdowns, and also tallied 35 receptions for 266 yards. Saint Joseph’s yielded 26 rushing TDs in 2012. Catch Me If You Can: Five different receivers caught passes in last week’s opener. Redshirt junior Fred Gladney made a sensational catch on a Ben Lehman pass for a third-quarter touchdown. Hutson led the team with three receptions (all times Central) while Colin Marcott has emerged onto the Week 2 depth chart after two catches * - Pioneer Football League game for ten yards. Just for Kicks: Last Thursday was the first time since 2010 that the Crusaders Media Relations Information punted with someone not named Greg Wood. Redshirt junior Mike Pando punted eight times in the North Dakota game, accumulating an average of 36.5 yards. Requests to cover home football games should be made through Head coach Dale Carlson had freshman Jacob Newman kick the extra point, but Brad Collignon, Media Relations Coordinator, by contacting [email protected] or 219.464.6953. Press box sophomore Josh Young got the call on a 36-yard field goal (which he success- seating is available at Brown Field for working media. Updated fully made). statistics and notes from both schools will be available to working media. On the Defense: Seniors Pat Derbak and Alex Grask both recorded four solo During the week, all player and coach interview requests tackles and two helpers in Week 1. Sophomore Drew White had his biggest should be directed to Brad Collignon. Media planning to game yet as a Crusader making four stops - including one for a loss - and forcing attend practice should call ahead to confirm practice time. a fumble. John Guilford collected his first of what figures to be several sacks on Game-day interviews prior to the contest are not permitted. the 2013 season. Junior Dale Cook was the other Crusader with a tackle for a loss Coach Carlson and requested players will be available following the game down on the field. as part of a three-stop night. After a difficult assignment in Greg Hardin last week, the Crusader secondary will again face a stiff challenge as Honorable Mention All-American wide receiver Julian Walker opens his senior season against the Brown and Gold. 2013 Crusader Football Game Notes Contact: BRAD COLLIGNON Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 618.420.3086 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Valparaiso University 2013 Two-Deep - vs. Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) Offense Defense Pos.