SERIES RECORD COACHES Robby Long, a 2002 University of Illinois graduate, is 7-3 in his second season as DePauw’s head coach. An assistant coach for the Tigers for five seasons, Long directed DePauw to a 7-3 overall mark last year including an SCAC co-title and the program’s first NCAA postseason appearance. Jayson Martin, a 2000 Kentucky State graduate, became Rose-Hulman’s interim head coach in early August, taking over for Steve Englehart who moved across town to Indiana State as its offensive coordinator. Martin is in his third year on the Engineers’ staff and served as the offensive coordinator in 2009. DEPAUW UPDATE Athletics Communications Contact: Bill Wagner • [email protected] 765-658-4630 (office) • 765-720-0213 (mobile) • 765-658-4708 (fax) www.depauw.edu/athletics • @DePauwAthletics • facebook.com/DePau- wAthletics 2012 DEPAUW FOOTBALL NOTES Game 5: DePauw Tigers (1-3) vs. Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops (4-0) Saturday, October 6 • Blackstock Stadium • Greencastle, Ind. • 1 p.m. Coming off the season’s first win, DePauw Cusumano combine to average nearly 80 rushing LIVE COVERAGE hosts Ohio Wesleyan in the first-ever North yards per contest. Video: Live video for Saturday’s game, produced Coast Athletic Conference game at Blackstock by DePauw student television’s D3TV, is available Cody Crook leads the defense with 32 tackles through Stretch Internet at: http://client.stretchin- Stadium. Kickoff on Saturday, October 6, is set including a team-high 4.0 for loss, while Robby ternet.com/client/depauw.portal# for 1 p.m. Schuler has been in on 29 stops. Michael Mc- The Tigers are 1-3 after last Saturday’s 17-14 Manis leads the team with 2.5 sacks with Phil DePauw Audio: WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw home win over Washington University. DePauw Ganser breaking up a team-high six passes. campus station, will broadcast the game live to West opened the campaign with losses to St. Olaf, Paul Simon leads the Tigers with 41.3 yards Central Indiana and online at: <www.wgre.org>. Wittenberg and Carnegie Mellon. Parker Schwartz and Grant Walters call the action per punt which ranks in the top 10 in Division Ohio Wesleyan is 4-0 on the season after from the press box. iPhone and iPad users can also III. Wagner paces the squad with 20.7 yards per Saturday’s 48-24 home win over Hiram. The listen to the game live by downloading the DePauw kickoff return and 8.6 on each punt return. University App. Battling Bishops opened with victories over Denison, Oberlin and Case Western Reserve. COMPARING THE TEAMS (2012 NCAA rank) Stats: Live stats of all DePauw home football games Per-Game Category DPU OWU are available at <www.depauw.edu/ath/live/football/ SCOUTING OHIO WESLEYAN Scoring offense 17.3 (181) 31.5 (64) xlive.htm> The Battling Bishops are off to their best start Rushing offense 98.3 (189) 73.8 (217) since opening the 2001 season with six wins. Passing offense 223.0 (87) 337.8 (10) THE COACHES Team Pass Efficiency 104.08 (183) 139.06 (68) Ohio Wesleyan brings the 10th-ranked pass- Total offense 321.3 (160) 411.5 (60) ing offense (337.8 yds/g) and 17th-best rushing Scoring defense 37.0 (216) 21.0 (81) defense (74.3 yds/g) to the contest. Rushing defense 155.3 (135) 74.3 (17) Mason Espinosa has completed nearly 68 Passing defense 283.25 (225) 269.5 (218) Pass eff. defense 168.27 (232) 138.36 (177) percent of his passes for 1,264 yards with six Total defense 438.5 (217) 343.75 (105) touchdowns and one interception for a 136.65 Turnover margin -1.00 (t187) 2.00 (t11) efficiency rating. He ranks 11th among active K.O. return average 19.68 (122) 18.76 (145) Division III players with 5,405 career passing Punt return average 8.60 (99) 2.23 (225) Net punting 30.08 (166) 32.84 (100) yards. Scott Srnka ...................... Coach ................. Tom Watts Team Tackles for Loss 8.75 (19) 8.25 (29) DePauw ...........................School ..........Ohio Wesleyan His top targets include Scott Jenkins (27 rec.- Team Pass Sacks 1.75 (t-138) 5.00 (1) Rhodes ’87 ...................Alma Mater ...........Hanover ’02 255 yds), Dave Mogilnicki (26-296) and Kevin Pass Sacks Allowed 2.00 (t120) 3.00 (186) 1-1 (1st) .................. Record at School ............ 4-0 (1st) Herman (20-173). Herman also averages 42.8 1-1 (1st) .....................Career Record............... 4-0 (1st) rushing yards per contest. REVIEWING LAST WEEK SERIES INFORMATION James Huddleston, this week’s NCAC De- DePauw freshman quarterback Justin Murray All-time record .......Ohio Wesleyan leads, 17-6-1 fensive Player of the Week, leads the way with threw for 213 yards to 11 different receivers and First meeting ......................... OWU, 24-6 (1902) 31 tackles. He ranks third in the nation in both rushed for a touchdown as the Tigers picked up Last meeting ......................DePauw, (11/1/2011) tackles for loss (11.5) and sacks (6.5). Tyler Sheetz their first win of the season with a 17-14 victory Last at DePauw ............ OWU, 10-3 (9/15/1990) and Rayce Risser follow with 28 tackles apiece. over Washington (Mo.) University. The win was Five different players have intercepted passes with the first for DePauw interim head coach Scott DEPAUW QUICK FACTS Srnka as the Tigers improved to 1-3. Location ............................... Greencastle, Indiana Leonard Gleaves leading the way with two. Murray put the Tigers ahead, 7-0, as his Enrollment ...................................................2,336 Miles MacKenzie has had a busy start to the Founded.........................................................1837 2-yard run with 1:27 left in the first capped an Nickname ....................................................Tigers season as he’s booted 9-of-15 field goals including 11-play, 90-yard drive. Colors ................................... Old Gold and Black a school- and NCAC-record five in the win over The Bears knotted the score in the second as Stadium ................................... Blackstock (3,800) Oberlin. He also nailed a 46-yarder with four Tim Bartholomew scored on a 38-yard pass from Surface ..........................................................Grass seconds left to defeat Case Western Reserve and Affiliation ..............................NCAA Division III Dan Burkett with 6:10 remaining. Conference .......North Coast Athletic Conference ranks second in the nation in field goals made per DePauw responded, however, as Taylor Wag- President .................................Dr. Brian W. Casey game. ner returned the ensuing kickoff 52 yards to the Director of Athletics ............ Stevie Baker-Watson Washington 43. Eight plays later, Armani Cato DEPAUW UPDATE 2012 DEPAUW SCHEDULE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Sept. 8 ST. OLAF (4-1) .....................L, 10-31 Coming off its best defensive performance Sept. 15 *at Wittenberg (4-0) .................L, 14-52 of the season in a 17-14 win over Washington Sept. 22 at Carnegie Mellon (4-1) ..........L, 28-51 University, the Tigers are 1-3 on the season. Director of Sports Information ......................Bill Wagner [email protected] Sept. 29 WASH.-ST. LOUIS (1-4) .....W, 17-14 Quarterback Justin Murray has completed 765-658-4630 (o) • 765-720-0213 (c) Oct. 6 *OHIO WESLEYAN (4-0) ....... 1 p.m. 56.6 percent of his passes for 637 yards with five Oct. 13 *at Allegheny (3-1) .......................1 p.m. touchdowns, four interceptions and a 115.10 ef- Asst., Athletics Marketing/New Media ... Aaron Horvath Oct. 20 *KENYON (2-2) ....................... 1 p.m. ficiency rating. [email protected] Oct. 27 *at Wooster (1-3) ..........................2 p.m. Nov. 3 *DENISON (2-2) ..................... 1 p.m. His top receivers are Taylor Wagner (18-165), Nov. 10 *at Wabash (3-1) ...................... 1:07 p.m. Nikko Sansone (16-209) and Jackson Kirtley Intern ...........................................Amanda Bernardin (14-80). Bobby Coburn leads the Tigers with *North Coast Athletic Conference game two touchdown receptions. Web site ..........................www.depauw.edu/athletics Twitter ......................................@DePauwAthletics Amen Galley, Armani Cato and Andrew Facebook................facebook.com/DePauwAthletics 1 —— depauw.edu/athletics • twitter.com/DePauwAthletics • facebook.com/DePauwAthletics —— 1 scored on a 3-yard run to give the Tigers a 14-7 REVIEWING LAST YEAR’S MEETING and Herman each caught four. advantage with 2:17 left in the half. DePauw scored 34 unanswered points and DePauw totaled 296 yards of offense to the The Bears were driving near the end of the snapped its four-game losing streak with a 34-10 Bishops’ 122 as the Tigers finished with a 19-10 half, but DePauw’s Adam Folta picked off Bears’ win at Ohio Wesleyan. edge in first downs. backup signal caller John O’Connor at the Tigers’ DePauw turned the ball over on two of Jack Quinn paced DePauw’s defense with 6 with 31 seconds left in the half. its first three possessions and Ohio Wesleyan seven tackles, while Graham Wilkerson had six. Eric Malm tacked on a 32-yard field goal at capitalized on both. Miles MacKenzie’s 23-yard Wilkerson, Fultz and Indi Lavarius each had one the end of DePauw’s first possession of the second field goal came after Chris Wilson’s interception sack and the Tigers totaled 6.0 tackles for loss. half to push the lead to 17-7. and Kevin Herman’s 1-yard run followed James Johnson and Robby Schuler each intercepted one The Bears’ Andrew Skalman picked off Mur- Huddleston’s fumble recovery. pass. ray later in the third, but Washington’s drive The Tigers reached the scoreboard early in the Tyler Sheetz paced Ohio Wesleyan with 15 stalled at the DePauw 11 and Eric Chalifour second after Eric Malm’s 53-yard punt pinned tackles and Huddleston added 12. The Bishops missed on a 27-yard field goal try.