MOREHEADMOREHEAD STATE STATE ATHLETIC ATHLETIC MEDIA M EDIA RELATIONS RELATIONS FINAL RELEASE / 2011 FOOTBALL2011 FOOTBALLEND-OF-YEAR NOTES Primary football contact FINAL RELEASE / Matt Segal 606-783-2557 (office) 606-207-5120 (cell) END-OF-YEAR NOTES [email protected] MSU Schedule & Results MOREHEAD STATE EAGLES (3-8 overall, 2-6 PFL) GAME 1 KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN Nine Eagles Earn Postseason Pioneer Football League Honors SEPT. 1 - W 67-0 Nine Morehead State Eagles earned 2011 Pioneer Football League postseason honors, Game 2 including three individuals who were named to the league’s first team. at Illinois State Junior wide receiver Donte Sawyer, senior defensive end Jerome Raymond and junior Sept. 10 - L, 52-21 kicker/punter Rainer Duzan were named to the first team, while senior fullback Desmond Game 3 Cox and senior linebacker Tony Bachman were named to the second team. at Saint Francis (Pa.) Junior quarterback Zach Lewis, senior halfback Ronnie McDermott, junior offensive Sept. 17 - L, 50-49 lineman Joey Clegg and junior offensive lineman Eric Matteson also picked up honorable- mention accolades. GAME 4 Sawyer set Morehead State single season (12) and career (16) records for touchdowns SAN DIEGO * catches, plus led the PFL in that category this past year. He finished the 2011 campaign with SEPt. 24 - L, 48-44 60 catches for 904 yards. Sawyer ranked third in the conference in receiving yards per game (82.2) and fourth in scoring. He also posted five games of 100-plus receiving yards. Game 5 Raymond finished fourth in the league with 11.5 sacks and tallied 15.5 tackles for loss at Valparaiso * Oct. 1 - W, 38-14 to rank eighth. He also forced a pair of fumbles and blocked a kick. Raymond closed out his career with 27 sacks and 41 tackles for loss to rank among Morehead State’s all-time best GAME 6 defenders. DRAKE * Duzan earned first-team honors for the second straight year. He established the MSU OCt. 8 - L, 41-26 career record for field goals in the season opener and continued to add to it. Duzan finished the year 12-of-17 on FG attempts and went 49-of-51 on PAT tries. He led the team and Game 7 ranked third in the PFL with 85 points. Duzan also earned PFL Special Teams Player of the at Jacksonville * Week accolades three times. Oct. 15 - L, 50-14 Cox rushed for 956 yards and nine touchdowns in his final college season. He also GAME 8 amassed 323 receiving yards and took two catches to the end zone. Cox ranked second in DAYTON * the PFL in rushing yards to finish his career with 1,783 on the ground. He earned PFL Offen- OCt. 22 - L, 30-28 sive Player of the Week honors after rushing for a career-high 218 yards in the season finale against Butler, which included a school-record 92-yard touchdown burst. Game 9 Bachman wrapped up a record-setting career at MSU with 107 more tackles in 2011. at Campbell * He ranked second in the PFL in overall stops this past year (9.7 tpg). He finished his four Nov. 5 - L, 41-31 seasons in an Eagle uniform with a school-record 304 tackles. Lewis, who set the MSU single-season record for passing yards (3,585), led the confer- Game 10 ence in total offense (313.5 ypg) and ranked second in touchdown passes (28). He also at Davidson * Nov. 12 - L, 28-24 finished with Eagle single-season records for completions (324) and attempts (513), plus recorded a league-best eight games of 300-plus passing yards. GAME 11 McDermott caught 46 passes for 525 yards a trio of scores. He finished his four-year BUTLER * career ranked among MSU’s top 20 all-time receivers with 126 catches for 1,516 yards. Nov. 19 - W, 55-35 Clegg, a center, and Matteson, a right tackle, helped MSU rank first among all Football Championship Subdivision schools in first downs (25.2) and second in total yards (478.9). In protection, the pair teamed up to help the Eagles rank second nationally in passing BOLD CAPS DENOTES HOME GAME yards. They also blocked for Cox, who nearly chalked up 1,000 yards in the ground game. * denotes Pioneer Football League game All times Eastern MSUEagles.com G a m e N o t e s MOREHEAD STATE ATHLETIC M EDIA RELATIONS FINAL RELEASE / 2011 FOOTBALL END-OF-YEAR NOTES Duzan & Cox Earn Academic All-League Honors Morehead State junior kicker/punter Rainer Duzan was named to the Academic All-Pioneer Football League First Team, while senior fullback Desmond Cox earned Academic All-PFL Second-Team honors. Duzan, a native of Dublin, Ohio, maintains a 3.84 grade point average as an accounting major at Morehead State. He was also named to the PFL’s First Team for athletic achievement. Duzan established the MSU career record for field goals in the season opener and continued to add to it. He finished the year 12-of-17 on FG attempts and 49-of-51 on extra-point tries. Duzan led the team and ranked third in the league with 85 points. He also earned PFL Special Teams Player of the Week accolades three times. Cox, a native of Akron, Ohio, maintains a 3.46 GPA as a sports management major at MSU. He was also named to the PFL’s Second Team for athletic achievement. Cox rushed for 956 yards and nine touchdowns in his final college season. He also amassed 323 receiving yards and took two catches to the end zone. Cox ranked second in the PFL in rushing yards to finish his career with 1,783. He earned PFL Offensive Player of the Week honors after rushing for a career-high 218 yards in the season finale against Butler, which included a school-record 92-yard touchdown burst. OFFENSIVE RANKINGS & RECORDS Team ** First downs -- 25.2 per game (1st in the PFL, 1st in the FCS) ** Total yards -- 478.9 per game (1st in the PFL, 2nd in the FCS) ** Passing yards -- 358.2 per game (1st in the PFL, 2nd in the FCS) ** Points -- 36.1 per game (1st in the PFL, 8th in the FCS) Individual ** Zach Lewis, passing yards -- 325.9 per game (1st in the PFL, 5th in the FCS) ** Zach Lewis, total yards -- 313.6 per game (1st in the PFL, 6th in the FCS) Zach Lewis -- Jr. -- QB -- Manchester, Ky. ** Donte Sawyer, all-purpose yards -- 146.2 per game (2nd in the PFL, 13th in the FCS) ** Donte Sawyer, receiving yards -- 82.2 per game (3rd in the PFL, 27th in the FCS) ** Desmond Cox, rushing yards -- 86.9 per game (3rd in the PFL, 40th in the FCS) ** Donte Sawyer, points -- 6.5 per game (3rd in the PFL, T-59th in the FCS) School Records (Team) ** Single-game total yards -- 753 vs. Kentucky Christian on 9/1 (also a PFL record) ** Single-game passing yards -- 512 at Saint Francis (Pa.) on 9/17 (also a PFL record) ** Single-game pass completions -- 44 at Campbell on 11/5 (also a PFL record) ** Single-game pass attempts -- 68 at Campbell on 11/5 (also a PFL record) ** Single-season total yards -- 5,268 ** Single-season passing yards -- 3,940 (also a PFL record) Desmond Cox -- Sr. -- FB -- Akron, Ohio ** Single-season pass completions -- 350 (also a PFL record) ** Single-season pass attempts -- 560 (also a PFL record) School Records (Individual) ** Zach Lewis, single-season passing yards -- 3,585 ** Zach Lewis, single-season pass completions -- 324 (also a PFL record) ** Zach Lewis, single-season pass attempts -- 513 (also a PFL record) ** Zach Lewis, single-game pass completions -- 44 at Campbell on 11/5 (also a PFL record) ** Zach Lewis, single-game pass attempts -- 68 at Campbell on 11/5 (also a PFL record) ** Donte Sawyer, single-game TD catches -- 3 at Campbell on 11/5 ** Donte Sawyer, single-season TD catches -- 12 ** Donte Sawyer, career TD catches -- 16 ** Desmond Cox -- longest run -- 92 yards vs. Butler on 11/19 Donte Sawyer -- Jr. -- WR -- Achworth, Ga. MSUEagles.com 2 G a m e N o t e s MOREHEAD STATE ATHLETIC M EDIA RELATIONS FINAL RELEASE / 2011 FOOTBALL END-OF-YEAR NOTES GENERAL NOTES FINISHING THE SEASON WITH A BANG Morehead State rolled to a 55-35 win over Butler in its season finale on Nov. 19. The Eagles tallied 522 yards of total offense that afternoon, including 393 through the air. It was the final collegiate game for linebacker Tony Bachman, fullback Desmond Cox, defensive end Mark Hall, halfback Cory Jackson, defensive end Kyle Manley, linebacker Keaton May, halfback Ronnie McDermott, defensive end Jerome Raymond and wide receiver Andre Williams. INVITED TO THE SENIOR SCOUT BOWL Jerome Raymond and Tony Bachman were invited to the 2011 Football Championship Subdivision Senior Scout Bowl, which was played on Dec. 17 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The event, which is presented by the Collegiate Development Football League (CDFL), showcases the talent of senior football players at the conclusion of each season. Raymond played in the game, but Bachman did not due to an injury in MSU’s season finale. LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Rainer Duzan was honored as the Pioneer Football League’s Special Teams Player of the Week on three occasions during the 2011 campaign (Sept. 4, Sept. 25, Nov. 20), while Desmond Cox earned one Offensive Player of the Week nod (Nov. 20) and Jerome Raymond notched one Defensive Player of the Week award (Sept. 4).