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This publication was prepared and edited by the Division ofSports Information, located in room 205 of the Robert B. Begley Building, telephone (606) 622-1253. For additional copies of this media guide, submit a written request to the above address at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky 40475. Photo service was provided by Tim Webb, EKU Division of Public Relations; graphic support was provided by Chris Meese; cover layout by Don Rist, EKU Division of Public Relations; and the book was printed by Post Printing Company of Lexington, KY. This publication was paid for through state funds. Visit us on the internet at http://www.athletics.eku.edu 1 �Memo To The Sports Media radio requests, four persons. PRESS TAGS-Press tags must be worn for identification by all writers, photographers and scouts seated in the press box or located on the field. Please note: All press passes are issued BY NAME to authorized working personnel and are nontransferable. ACCOMMODATIONS AT EASTERN-The working newspaper, radio, and television personnel, as well as scouts and other officials, will be furnished a copy of the play-by-play report and complete team and individual statistics at halftime and approximately 30 minutes after the game. Refreshments are served before and during the game. AVAILABILITY OF COACH ROY KIDD-EKU head coach Roy Kidd is available for telephone interviews, MondayThursday from 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 2:00-2:30 p.m. Kidd's office telephone number is (606) 622-2146 and his home number is (606) 623-5533. He can also be reached through his e-mail address: athkiddr@acs.eku.edu. TO THE MEDIA The 1998 Football Media Guide has been prepared especially for the members of the press, radio and television who cover the Colonels. We sincerely hope that it will provide many of the answers concerning the Colonels and Eastern Kentucky University. If you desire additional information, special features, pictures, etc., or have questions not answered in this media guide, feel free to contact the Division of Sports Information located in the Begley Building (Telephone: 606-622-1253, FAX: 606-622-1230, e-mail address: athpark@acs.eku.edu, website address: www.athletics.eku.edu). Information for Visiting News Media Personnel at Football Games WORKING PRESS TICKETS-All requests for press tickets by working newspaper, radio, or television personnel should be made BY NAME, as far in advance as possible. Press tickets cannot be mailed less than one week in advance of the game. In the event of a large press turnout, priority will go to EKU's regular coverage and statewide media. RADIO-All correspondence concerning Radio Broadcasting Rights should be addressed to the Division of Sports Information, Eastern Kentucky University. Requests should be made BY NAME as early as possible. Lines are to be ordered by the requesting station direct from the BellSouth Telephone Company with instructions to be made available ifrequested in advance. The "official station," as designated by the Director of Athletics of the visiting institution, will be assigned priority space. Requests by other stations will be considered by availability of space and date of request. TELEVISION-Live or delayed television coverage is prohibited unless permission is granted by the Director of Athletics well in advance. SCOUTS-All requests by scouts should be made BY NAME as far in advance as possible. Professional scouts' requests, usually one per team per game, are to be made from the team's main office. No passes will be given to professional scouts for a playoff game. PHOTOGRAPHERS-Advance requests BY NAME are required and, as a general policy, there should be no more than one photographer per school or medium. Photographers may take pictures from the sidelines during the game provided they remain within a specified area-away from the immediate sidelines and in front of the bench and coaching areas (30 to 30 yd. line). Motion picture crews may use the facilities provided in the television tower on the east side of the field, upon assignment of available space. Television station cameramen may park underneath and behind the tower on the bleacher side of the field. SEATING-In requesting working press tickets, please advise BY NAME as to the number in your party. It is desired that newspaper requests be limited to no more than two persons, GENERALINFORMATION Location-Richmond, KY (Pop. 23,842), Madison County (Pop. 63,897) Enrollment-15,425 Founded-1906 President-Dr. Robert W. Kustra Vice President for Academic Affairs-Dr. Russell Enzie Athletic Conference-Ohio Valley, NCAA Division I Gymnasium-McBrayer Arena( capacity 6,500) Stadium-RoyKidd(capacity20,000) Nickname-Colonels ATHLETICSCOMMITTEE Members: Dr. Janna Vice, Chairman; Dr. Anne Brooks; Dr. Samuel Leung; Dr. Nancy Peel; Dr. Doug Whitlock; Mrs. Jeannette Crockett; Dr. Judy Short; Mr. C.E. Baldwin; Dr. Robert Baugh and Betty Werner, ex-officio; and two faculty representatives to be appointed. Director of Athletics-Dr. Robert Baugh Associate Director of Athletics for Internal Affairs- Betty Werner Assistant Directorof Athletics for External Affairs-Mike Blaser Head Football Coach-Roy Kidd (Eastern Kentucky, 1955) Line Coaches-Jim Tanara(UT-Chattanooga, 1965); Doug Carter (William Jewell, 1980). Backfield Coaches-Leon Hart (Maryville, 1973); Dean Hood (Ohio Wesleyan, 1986); Donn Landholm (Wayne State, 1979); John Revere (Eastern Kentucky, 197 6). Defensive Coordinator: Dean Hood Offensive Coordinator: Leon Hart 2 �Head Coaches Other Sports-Baseball: Jim Ward; Men's Sports Information Director-Karl Park Basketball: Scott Perry; Men's Golf: Pat Stephens; Men's Track and Athletics Business Manager-David Parke Cross Country: Rick Erdmann; Men's and Women's Tennis: Tom Athletics Ticket Manager-Jim Rice Higgins; Women's Golf: Joni Stephens; Women's Volleyball: Lori Duncan; Women's Basketball: Larry Inman; Women's Track and Cross Country: Rick Erdmann; Softball: Jane Worthington. BOARDOFREGENTS Assistant Coaches Other Sports-Basketball: Tom Souder, Chairman, James Gilbert, Richmond and Berea; Vice Chairman, To be named; Women's Basketball: Sheila Simmons, Kent Miller; Barbara Ricke, Lexington; Jane Boyer, Louisville; Gilbert Miller, Men's and Women's Track: Tim Moore. Richmond; Dr. Daisy French, Lexington; Harold Campbell, Trainer-Dr. Bobby Barton Booneville; Dr. William De Vries, Lexington; Alice Rhodes, Ashland; Assistant Trainers-Randy McGuire, Sue Geesey-Jean Dr. Mary Fleming, faculty representative; Ronnie Mink, staff representative; Adam Back, student representative. Karl Park Director Division of Sports Information Karl Park, a 1970 graduate ofEKU, is now in his 29th year as Sports Information Director for Eastern' s athletic teams. He served as sports editor of the school newspaper, The Eastern Progress, for three years while a student of the University. The 49 year-old Richmond, Kentucky native is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (COSIDA), the United States Basketball Writers Association and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. He recently concluded a six-year stint as Mideast Director of the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association. He received national recognition for the production ofEKU' s three seasonal media guides for 1978-79 and 1979-80. The winter sports guide was voted Best in the Nation - Division A for those two years. Park was a member of the Ohio Valley Conference's 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee in 1987-88 and served on the OVC's 50th Anniversary Committee last year. He received his master's degree from Eastern in 1979 in sports administration. He is currently serving his fourthyearon the GTEAcademicAIIAmerica Committee as District IV Coordinator for the University Division Men's Fall/Winter and Spring Sports At-Large Teams. He is married to the former Shelley Steele ofOwingsville and they have a daughter, Rachel, age 14, and son, Drew, 8. 3 �policy. For the 10 years prior to his election as Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Kustra served in the Illinois General Assembly, both as a representative and a senator. During his first year in each of the two chambers, his colleagues elected him as the Best Freshman Legislator. In the General Assembly, he championed efforts in education, including Chicago public school reform. Throughout his public service, President Kustra continued to teach political science at the university level. He has served on the faculties ofthe University of Illinois at Chicago, Roosevelt University, and Northwestern University. He holds the B.A. from Benedictine College, the M.A. from Southern Illinois University, and the Ph. D. from the University of Illinois. A believer in the use of technology as a resource to improve teaching and learning and to increase access to education, he credits Kentucky's initiative in postsecondary education reform as one of the factors that attracted him to Eastern Kentucky University. He and his wife, Kathy, have three grown children. Dr. Robert W. Kustra EKU President Dr. Robert W. Kustra began his tenure as Eastern Kentucky University's ninth President July 2, 1998. At the time of his election by the University Board of Regents, he was serving in his eighth year as the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. While serving two terms as Illinois' second-highest elected official, he directed statewide initiatives in the areas of education, economic development, technology and substance abuse. More closely akin to his current responsiblilities, he spearheaded a major reorganization and streamlining of the public university governance structure in Illinois. His role in the latter accomplishment was made possible in 1996 when the Governor appointed him as Chair of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, with responsibility for the oversight of 12 public universities. Since 1994, he had been assigned the responsiblity for the state's economic development Dr. Robert Kustra is shown with his wife Kathy at an informal reception in early July that welcomed the couple to EKU. 4 �Athletics At Eastern Kentucky University Organized under a single administrative unit, the College of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics includes three academic departments, the Division of Athletics, and the Division oflntramural Programs. The three academic departments; Health Education, Physical Education, and Recreation and Park Administration, offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs with 12 different options. The Division of Athletics sponsors eight intercollegiate sports for men and eight intercollegiate sports for women. In addition to the balanced intercollegiate athletics program, the Division of Intramural programs sponsors competitive team and individual sports, recreational free play, sport clubs, camping trips, equipment rental, and other co-ed activities for students, faculty, and staff. These programs are an integral part of the total program and development of Eastern students. They offer experiences which contribute immeasurably to the health, vitality and preparation ofyoung people as citizens and for their leadership contributions to the youth in the nation's schools and elsewhere. Possessing academic backgrounds that represent more than a score ofthe finest colleges and universities in the nation, the coaches of athletics are members of the full-time faculty that provide the academic and intramural, as well as, varsity athletic programs housed within the College. The Dean of the College is Dr. Robert J. Baugh. The three academic departments are chaired by: Dr. Donald Calitri, Health Education; Dr. Lonnie Davis, Physical Education; Dr. Larry Belknap, Recreation and Park Administration. John Jewell serves as director of the Division oflntramural Programs. The College's intercollegiate athletics program is administered by Dr. Robert Baugh, who also serves as athletics director. Mike Blaser is assistant athletics director for external affairs, while Betty Werner is associate director of athletics for internal affairs. EKU, a member of the NCAA and Ohio Valley Conference, fields athletic teams in football, baseball, men's and women's basketball, tennis, cross country, track and field (indoor and outdoor), golf, women's softball and volleyball. In addition to a diversified faculty, extensive indoor and outdoor resources are required to support the wide scope operation ofEastern's College ofHPER&A, and most facilities serve multipurpose functions for instruction and athletics. The College's programs are housed in five major campus structures: The RobertB. Begley Building, Alumni Coliseum, Weaver Health Building, the Presnell Building, and the Greg Adams Building. Numerous tennis courts, recreation areas, Gertrude Hood Field, Turkey Hughes Baseball Field and the Tom C. Samuels nine-lane track and tartan infield are among the other facilities of the College. The F.M. Burke Wellness Center, located in the Weaver Health Building, provides a practical educational opportunity for students as well as individualized physical activity, lifestyle assessment, and physical assessment that can assist faculty and staff in the development of healthy lifestyles. Joan Hopkins, EKU's athletics academic counselor, center, advises two Eastern student athletes. EKU has won the prestigious Ohio Valley Conference Academic Achievement Banner six years (1988-92, 1994-95, 1997-98). 5 �Dr. Robert Baugh Athletics Director and Dean, College of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics Dr. Robert Baugh serves as Director of Athletics, as well as Dean of Eastem's College of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics, one of the University's nine academic colleges. Baugh, former professor and chair of the EKU Department of Health Education, assumed the duties of acting dean in January of 1987. He also served a six month stint as Acting Director of Athletics during the 1990-91 school year prior to the appointment of Roy Kidd as athletics director. He has been at Eastern since 1970. Prior to amvmg at EKU, Baugh taught four years at Austin Peay State University following a stint of high school teaching in University City, Missouri. Baugh holds the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Indiana University. Baugh and his wife, Carol, reside in Richmond. She is a professor in EKU's College of Allied Health and Nursing. He completed appointments August I, 1997, as a member of the NCAA Council, the NCAA Eligibility Committee and the NCAA Initial Eligibility Committee. Betty Werner Mike Blaser Associate Director of Athletics for Internal Affairs Assistant Director of Athletics for External Affairs Betty Werner is completing her second year at EKU as Associate Director Mike Blaser is beginning his fourth year at Eastern, serving the University of Athletics for Internal Affairs. She is responsible for day-to-day athletics as Assistant Director of Athletics for External Affairs. operations, including personnel, budgets, game management and compliance. Blaser, 37, who received both his bachelor's ('84) and his master's ('86) Werner served as an athletics director at Drake for 13 years, first as degrees from EKU, worked two and one-half years in the marketing and Director of Women's Athletics from 1974-79. During that time, she was also promotions department at the University ofNevada Las Vegas, having served the head women's tennis coach. In 1979, she was appointed Associate Director in 1994-95 as the Director of Athletics Marketing and Promotions. ofAthletics for Men's and Women's Athletics and Senior Women's Administrator Prior to his stint at UNL V, he was an assistant director of athletics In.addition, she served on the inaugural NCAA Women's Basketball Committee marketing and promotions at the University of Louisville for two years after ( 1981-86). serving at U ofL the previous year as an athletics marketing assistant in sales. Prior to her tenure at Drake, she coached the men's tennis and women's His other athletics-related experience comes from stints with the basketball teams at Maryville College. Savannah Cardinals Class A baseball club as General Manager ( 1986-87) and Most recently, she coordinated conces~ion sales at the Colorado Rockies' with the Jacksonville Expos Class AA baseball team as Assistant General Coors Field fornon-profit organizations, rai~ing mm·e than $1 million for those Manager ( 1987-89). organizations in 1995. She is also a ,nember of the NCAA Men's Tennis Blaser and his wife, Risa, have four children: Natalie (7), Mitchell (6), Regional Committee. Chase (4) and Brandon (I). She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Tulsa and her master's degree from the University ofMlssouri. 6 �The Supporting Cast David Parke Dr. Bobby Barton Randy McGuire Sue Geesey-Jean Becky Pschorr Athletics Business Manager Head Trainer Assistant Trainer Assistant Trainer Secretary Athletics Linda Laswell Gina Kingsley Janet Murphy Joanne Whitlock Treka Adams Secretary Athletics Secretary Athletics Secretary Football Secretary Sports Information Secretary External Affairs Jim Rice Joan Hopkins Joe Blankenship Athletics Ticket Manager Athletics Academic Counselor President Colonel Club 7 Dr. Mary Lloyd Ireland Team Physician �Receives Lifetime Achievement Award . .. Roy Kidd's Quest For a Third National Title Has Not Dimmed By Craig Ammerman, Guest Writer •1 like the way our coaches and pretty good. But not for Roy Kidd and Eastern Kentucky football. There is nothing about Kidd's life or athletic career that causes one to use the word average (unless YOU want to suggest that about his golf game). For example, that 6-5 record in 1996 caused the Colonels to miss the I-AA playoffs for the first time in 12 seasons--only the third time they have missed the post-season in the 20 years since Division I-AA was formed . They began to put that behind them in 1997; they hope to completely bury the memory in 1998. As he talked about the upcoming season in mid-July, Roy Kidd could hardly wait to get started. He was getting ready the way he always has: hours of meetings with the coaching staff and film study of his team and their early season opponents. In other words, hard work. Just what you would expect from one of the most successful and respected coaches in the history of his sport. This will be his 44th year as a football coach, his 35th year as the head coach at his alma mater and the 41 st year that he has had the primary responsibility for a football team. our players have worked to get ready for the 1998 season. They may be overmatched on occasion, but they'll come to play." - Roy Kidd As measured by almost any yardstick, the Eastern Kentucky University football team had a successful 1997 season. Coming off a 6-5 record in 1996, the school's worst in 20 years, and facing perhaps their toughest schedule ever, the Colonels went 8-4, swept through the Ohio Valley Conference undefeated and returned to the I-AA playoffs. But for Roy Kidd, whose place in the history of college football is secure, those four losses--and particularly a disheartening first round playoff defeat--left him unfulfilled. "We bounced back, won our conference and got back to the playoffs," said Kidd, "and those were our goals. So, maybe I should be satisfied. But I'm not and neither are the coaches or the players. We all want to do better. That's among our goals for this season (1998) ." It won't be easy. The OVC will be stronger than in 1997, and to say that the non-conference schedule is stronger is considerable understatement. On Sept. 12, the Colonels go to Lexington to play the University of Kentucky, led by Tim Couch, the nation's top quarterback and a leading Heisman Trophy candidate. Challenges such as those lead some to suggest that anything better than average in 1998 might be 8 �ing knowledge of the game that he passed on to his players, he treated everyone with respect." (Dr. Demler is a urologistin Sarasota, Florida.) "Coach Kidd and his staff make players better than they think they can be," said Wally Chambers, a two-time AII-OVC and All-American defensive tackle in the early 1970s. (Chambers played seven years in the NFL, was its Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1973 and made the Pro Bowl. Since then, he has worked as an NFL and college coach .) "No matter how big your reputation was, or where you came from, everyone was treated the same," said Robyn Hatley, a two-time, AII-OVC offensive tackle in the mid-1970s. "Coach Kidd gave us all a sense of pride, because of the way he ran his program." (Dr. Hatley is a pediatric surgeon at the Medical College of Georgia.) "You can tell the first time you meet him that Coach Kidd tells you the truth," said John Jackson, a two-time, AII-OVC offensive tackle in the mid-1980s. "He always tells you where you stand. I've heard from other guys .. . that a lot of schools try to hide things from you and you don't learn the truth until after you get there. With Coach Kidd, you know." (Jackson is in his 11th year as an NFL starting offensive tackle, and his first season with the San Diego Chargers; he entered 1998 with a new 6-year, $26 million contract, making him the NFL's highest paid offensive lineman .) "Coach Kidd always wants you to do the right thing," said Aaron Jones, two-time AII-OVC and All-American defensive tackle in the late 1980s. "He gives good advice, and he knows what the young guys love to do. You could never pull anything over on him. On campus or in town, he knows." (Jones, the 19th player taken in the 1988 NFL draft, played nine years in the league, through the 1996 season.) The man also is a football coach with few peers. Since 1978, when Division I-AA was formed, Eastern Kentucky has the fourth winningest college football program in Division I. The 188 Colonel wins in the 20 seasons since 1978 are exceeded only by Nebraska, Brigham Young and Florida State among the 200 Division I and I-AA schools. For the 20 years there has been a Division I-AA, EKU has stood at its pinnacle. Among current participating schools, only Georgia Southern and Youngstown State belong in the same paragraph. Before he was a coach, Roy Kidd was a player. Just as in his coaching career, as a player he stood above the crowd. At Corbin High School in southeastern Kentucky, Kidd His coaching peers have elected him president of the Football Coaches Association. His name is on the EKU stadium, and it is engraved in the record books alongside the sport's giants--Eddie Robinson, Bear Bryant, Joe Paterno, Bobby Bowden, Pop Warner. In mid-May of 1998, he was presented with the Johnny Vaught Lifetime Achievement Award for Head Coaches by the All-American Football Foundation, marking him as one of the great football coaches of alltime. His 280 victories rank him seventh all time. Every fall , a new chapter of the Roy Kidd story is written. The page turns. The characters change. What doesn't change is what the coach expects of himself, his staff and his team, and the way he deals with the world around him. Since 1956, Kidd-coached players have been winning on fall weekends, then moving on to successful lives. He always has followed a simple philosophy. "I try to treat my players, my coaching staff, the people I work with, the way I would like to be treated," he said. "I tell my coaches, 'You treat these young men like you'd like to be treated'." His players remember. "He has been the most important man in my life. He set me straight, made me care about school and about myself. And he taught me how to win," said Wayne Bowlin, who played on the 1956 Madison High School team, Coach Kidd's first year as a head coach. 'Those lessons have stayed with me. There's rarely a day I don't think of something I learned from Coach Kidd." (Bowlin recently retired after a successful career as a coach, teacher and principal; his son, Mike, now a college assistant coach, played for Coach Kidd at EKU .) "Coach Kidd has helped many, many athletes develop not only their athletic skills, but their character as well. What these kids are hearing today from him are the same things we heard from him 30 years ago," said Jim Guice, two-time AII-OVC quarterback who directed the Colonels in 1966, 1967 and 1968. (Guice is General Manager of the Miami Division of Ryder Transportation Services.) "Coach Kidd changed my life," said Jim Demler, a standout defensive tackle in the late 1960s. "He believed in 'me and gave me a chance when others wouldn't. In addition to his outstand- Coaches at One School (Following are the records of the only coaches who have ever won 200 ore games at one school in the history of Division I colleg I. " indicates a coach who is still active.) Coac , ool Eddie Robinson, Grambling *Joe Paterno.Penn State *Roy Kidd, Eastern Kentuc *TubbyRaymond, D Tom Osborne, Nebras a Amos Alonzo Stagg, Chica *LaVell Edwards, BYU *Bobby Bowden, Florida State Woody Hayes, Ohio State Jake Gaither, Florida A&M Vince Dooley, Georgia 9 Years 55 T 15 �made first-team all-state in the three sports in which he competed--football, basketball and baseball. Kidd turned down a scholarship to play for Bear Bryant at the University of Kentucky because his favorite sport was baseball--and the football coaches at Eastern Kentucky were willing to let him play both sports. Which isn't to say that he couldn't play football. His senior year at Eastern, Kidd was an All-American quarterback. After one year as a graduate assistant at Eastern and another year at a local high school, Kidd was named the football coach at one of Kentucky's smallest high schools, Richmond Madison, about a 4-iron from the EKU practice field. In six seasons, Kidd's Madison teams won 54 games and lost 10. There was a 27-game winning streak; in one 21 -game stretch, Kidd's teams allowed a total of 15 points. Kidd was Kentucky Coach of the Year in 1961, his last year at Madison. Kidd served the next two years as a college assistant, in 1962 at Morehead State and in 1963 at Eastern. He began the 1964 season as the head coach at his alma mater. Now, he begins his 35th consecutive season in that job, a one-school tenure unmatched in Division I or I-AA. Kidd's first Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) championship came in 1967, which ended with a Grantland Rice Bowl victory (27-13) over Ball State. The second OVC title came the next year, as a team led by Guice and wide receiver Aaron Marsh (AFL Rookie of the Year in 1968) set the standard for future teams. Things began to get really interesting in 1978, when the NCAA created two levels in Division I football. Division I-AA was formed when some conferences (the Southern, Southland and Big Sky) stepped down from Division I and others (the OVC, Yankee, Colonial, Southwestern and Gateway) stepped up from Division II. That was a critical moment, because Division I-AA schools could award 65 scholarships, 25 more scholarships than Roy Kidd had ever had before. The coach was able to bring in more undeveloped recruits who were similar to the best players who had come before them--like Guice, Marsh and Chambers. These were players with talent, but who perhaps were an inch shorter or a step slower or a few press clippings lighter than the athletes pursued by the major colleges. The first I-AA season, 1978, the Colonels were 8-2 but did not make the playoffs. Then began this four-year run : to Boise State in the game's final 15 seconds on a fourth-downand-goal desperation pass. - The 1981 season produced a 12-2 record and playoff victories over Delaware and Boise State. But the season ended in crushing disappointment with a 34-23 loss to Idaho State in the national championship game. - Quarterback Tuck Woolum and receiver Steve Bird led a veteran team into the 1982 season. They were determined not to be denied again, and they weren't. The Colonels completed a marvelous 13-0 record by winning their second national title, 17-14 over Delaware. Every year since then, with the notable exception of 1985 and 1996, fall Saturdays have brought eight or more victories and playoff appearances to Roy Kidd and Eastern Kentucky. Always, the emphasis has been on fundamentals. Turnovers and penalties are few, gimmicks even fewer. Dave Roberts, a former Kidd assistant who now is the head coach at Baylor University, said, "Look, you know what they're going to do. They do pretty much the same thing every year. But that doesn't make it any easier. They just line up and beat you." Tim Stowers, the former head coach at 1-AA power Georgia Southern, said, "Coach Kidd believes in blocking and tackling. His defense says, Here we are, block us if you can. His offense says, Here we come, stop us if you can. Not many people block them, and not many people stop them." Coach Kidd pleads guilty. ''We try to keep the game from being too complicated," he said. "Some of the people we play try to do too much, and that leads to mistakes. I believe that your kids should know what they are supposed to do, so they can execute on the field. If you're going to beat me, I want my kids to know what they are doing. We want to make it possible for them to win." There is no doubt that it works. His 280 victories at Eastern (334 wins overall as a head coach) rank Kidd seventh all time among Division I coaches and third all time for victories at one school. The Colonels have compiled some impressive records as well. In the 20-year history of Division I-AA, EKU's 188 wins are comfortably ahead of all others in the 90-team division--16 more than second-place Delaware. EKU has appeared in the I-AA playoffs five more times (a total of 17 appearances) than any other school, and played in more playoff games (31) than any other. Along the way, there have been opportunities for Roy Kidd - In 1979, the Colonels won their first playoff game, 33-30 in overtime over Nevada, then methodically dispatched Lehigh, 30-7. It was Eastern's first national championship. - In 1980, EKU made it to the final game again, losing 31-29 Ro Bill Boo 10 �to finish his career at a bigger school , earning more money. But he hasn't budged. "Roy is one of the best coaches in the history of the sport, and he could have gone other places," said David Cawood, a former Kidd aide who served as assistant executive director of the NCAA for several years. "But he has a comfort level at Eastern, and he has his ego in check. He already has what's important to him." What's most important to Coach Kidd is his family. He and his wife, Sue, have three children--Marc, Keith and Kathy--and six grandchildren: Seth Kidd {11 ), Samantha Kidd (8), Evan Kuhl (9), Nicholas Kuhl (5) and Kirsten Kuhl (3) and Kody Kidd (1 ). "I have a lot of roots here," said the coach. "This is my home. It's Sue's home; it's our family's home. This is my school. I played here. I really love this place. And I really love the kids we have at Eastern, and the friends we've made over the years." Those years have not dimmed the competitive fire that drives Roy Kidd. He's not a good loser, and freely admits it. He loves to coach, and he still looks forward to the work winning requires--the seven-day weeks, the countless hours of watching film, being available when a current or former player needs him. For all the success, the victories, the championships, the unmatched satisfaction he feels from seeing so many former players doing so well in their lives ... for all of that, Coach Kidd is a man who is not very content. "Last year, we were much improved over where we were in 1996; I still have nightmares about 1996," said Kidd. "But we aren 't where we want to be, where we expect to be. "We've lost nine games the last two years. We're not used to that, although I know those were the two toughest schedules we've ever had. But we've always had challenging schedules. We have a very tough one this year." The coach said his staff and the players had responded well to the challenge to getting ready for 1998. "We had a good winter program and a good spring," he said. "A number of our kids have been working very hard this summer, getting ready for September." Offensively, Coach Kidd likes the depth and experience he has up front, the potential represented by running backs Derick Logan and Corey Crume and the speed and experience of wide receiver Rondel Menendez. Sophomore Waylon Chapman, who had a good spring and came out of spring drills as the number one quarterback, will battle junior transfer Jon Denton and junior college transfer Chad Collins for the starting job. Defensively, there is no depth at defensive tackle (Kidd: "whoever backs up the starters will not have ever played collegiately"), no experience at middle linebacker and a major concern in the secondary: all four starters in 1998 have graduated. Strong safety Scooter Asel, an all-OVC player as a freshman in 1996, is fighting his way back from a knee injury that ended his 1997 season in the opener. If healthy, Asel could make a big difference for the Colonels. Asel's presence would help . The OVC portion of the schedule is expected to be very tough, with stiff championship challenges expected from Middle Tennessee, Murray State, Eastern Illinois and Tennessee Tech. The non-conference schedule features Western Kentucky, which returns the incredible Willie Taggart at quarterback, Appalachian State, Kentucky State, and, for the first time, the University of Kentucky and its fabulous quarterback, Tim Couch . "It's not like we don't have a full plate," said Kidd. "But I like the way our coaches have worked to get ready, and I like our kids. They may be overmatched on occasion, but they'll come to play." Along the way, there will be reminders about what is expected in a program with so much tradition. Some will come from former players who don't need much prompting to discuss what it has meant to them to play for, and learn from, Coach Roy Kidd. Robyn Hatley, pediatric surgeon: "He has given a lot of people a chance that they probably would not have had other places. He believes in you. He is a gentleman and a good man." Wayne Bowlin, teacher and principal: "I tried to tell him once what he had meant to me, how he was so important in my life. He told me to do the same things for kids who, like me 40 years ago, needed help." Jim Demler, urologist: "He changed my life. He believed in me unequivocally, and he gave me a chance when others wouldn't. I'll never be able to repay him for all the things he did for me, for making me a better person." 11 �12 �Meet The Assistant Coaches DEAN HOOD Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Backfield Coach Dean Hood, former assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Glenville (WV) State College, begins his fifth season as defensive backfield coach at EKU and his second as defensive coordinator for the Colonels. Hood came to Eastern after coaching at Glenville State for four seasons, the last three on defense, as GSC advanced in 1993 to the NAIA Division I national championship game and compiled a 10-3 record. Glenville State's defense ledallNAIADivisionlschools in 1993in three categories : scoring defense (9.2), pass defense (118.0) and total defense (223 .0). Hood, 34, a native of Ashtabula, OH, also coached the 1987 and 1988 seasons as assistant football coach at Fairmont (WV) State College working with defensive backs . In 1989, he served as junior varsity defensive coordinator, special teams coordinator and assistant varsity defensive secondary coach at Colgate (NY) University. Hood is a 1986 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University where he served as team captain his junior and senior seasons while playing defensive back there . He was a first team All-American defensive back at OWU as a senior and a three-time All-North Coast Athletic Conference choice in the secondary. Hood received his masters ofscience degree in physical education from West Virginia University in 1989. He is married to the former Crystal Ramsey of Richmond. JIM TANARA Defensive Line Coach Jim Tanara will handle the defensive line again in his 20th year as an assistant coach at Eastern. Tanara came to EKU from the staff of Bear Bryant at Alabama where he served 11 years working with the Title's defensive front . While at Alabama, Tanara was a member of the staff that directed the Tide to two national championships and appearances in 11 bowl games. He also served as UA's head wrestling coach for 11 years. He was a three-year letterman for UT Chattanooga and started at both defensive end and tight end. While collecting Little All-American honors in 1964, he received his bachelor of science degree in 1965 and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints as a free agent upon graduation. He was an assistant football coach at Cleveland (TN) High School for three years before going to Alabama in 1970. Tanara's recruiting area for the Colonels includes northeast Georgia and the Atlanta and Chattanooga metropolitan areas . He enjoys hobbies of golf, tennis and scuba diving. He has two children, Julie and Jimmy, and is married to the former Charlotte Gibson of Gadsden, AL. 13 �LEON HART Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach Leon Hart has begun his second stint as an EKU assistant coach, coming back to the Colonel program in 1996. For the third straight year, he will serve coach Roy Kidd as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Hart was the head football coach at Elon College in Burlington, N.C., from 1989-95 where he compiled a 37-37 overall record in seven seasons there. His best year came in 1992 when Elon went 8-2 and finished the year ranked fifth among NCAA Division II schools . He was voted South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year and American Football Coaches Association District 4 Coach of the Year in 1992. He was previously a member of the EKU coaching staff for 13 seasons (1976-88) and was offensive coordinator from 198188 . Hart graduated from Mansfield (Ohio) Madison High School in 1969 and went on to Maryville College where he received his B.A. in education in 1973. While at Maryville, Hart lettered four years serving as captain of the baseball squad as a senior. He was a safety for the Maryville gridders, leading the team in interceptions his last three seasons. Prior to coming to EKU in 1976, he coached at Malabar High School in Mansfield for three years. Hart coached running backs and defensive linemen there, plus assisted with basketball and baseball. Hart is married to the former Mattie Arvin oflrvine and has two sons , Tim and Seth. DOUG CARTER Offensive Line Coach Doug Carter will begin his 12th season as an assistant coach for Coach Roy Kidd's staff and will be in charge of the offensive line. Carter came to Eastern from the staff at the University of Central Florida where he coached two seasons as head offensive line coach, offensive special teams coordinator and recruiting coordinator. In those two seasons, UCF progressed to a winning 6-5 record from a 2-9 mark in 1984. He has also served as a graduate assistant at Florida State University in 1983 and 1984 and at EKU in 1982 when the Colonels went 13-0 and won the NCAA I-AA national championship. While at Florida State, the Seminoles competed in both the Peach and Citrus Bowls. His other coaching experience includes one year (1981) as offensive backfield coach at his alma mater-William Jewell College in Liberty, MO . That team went 12-1 and was a NAIA national semifinalist. In 1980, he was head football coach at Holt County High Schoolin Mound City, MO., as that team was district champion and Class A state semifinalist. Carter is a 1976 graduate of Liberty (MO) High School where he was a three-year letterman in the offensive line and played in the Missouri vs . Kansas high school all-star game . The 39-year old native of Kansas City, MO , graduated from William Jewell in 1980 where he was a two-year letterman at offensive guard and competed for one season on the swim team. He has one son, Christian (3 1/2) . 14 �DONN LANDHOLM Linebackers Coach Donn Landholm begins his second season as assistant football coach at EKU and will coach the Colonel linebackers. Landholm, 41, came to Eastern from Blinn (TX) College where he served four seasons as offensive line coach. Blinn compiled back-to-back 12-0 seasons in 1995 and 1996 and won consecutive national junior college championships those two years. A native of Bristow, NE, Landholm is a 1979 graduate of Wayne State (NE) College where he played outside linebacker for WSC . He received his masters of science degree from Central Missouri State University in 1985. Landholm began his coaching career in 1979, serving as assistant football coach at Plainview (NE) for three seasons before handling the head football coaching duties there in 1982. He then served a two-year stint (1984-85) as runningbacks coach at Cenral Missouri State and one season as runningbacks coach (1986) at Montana State University. From 1987-91, he was apartoftheArizona State University football program working with former Colonel quarterback Larry Marmie who was serving as ASU's head coach. He spent the first two years as a graduate assistant and the last three as a volunteer coach working with the linebackers atEKU. Before going to Blinn College, he was linebackers coach at PSJA North High School in Pharr, TX, for the 1992 season. '0 JOHN REVERE Runningbacks Coach John Revere, former outsta nding flanker for EKU, begins his second season as runningbacks coach for the Colonels. Revere replaced longtime Colonel assistant Teddy Taylor who is serving as head football coach at nearby Madison Southern High School. Revere, 44, served from 1982-96 as an assistant football coach at LaGrange High School in LaGrange, GA. Also at LaGrange High, he was boys' head track coach from 1982-97 and girls track coach from 1989-96. He started for four seasons (1972-75) for the Colonels at flanker. While at EKU, he caught 95 passes for 1,501 yards and 13 touchdowns, ran the ball 53 times for 419 yards and two scores, had 65 punt returns for 459 yards and 59 kickoff returns for 1,212 yards and a TD. He was first-team All-OVC as a junior, second-team AllOVC as a sophomore and a pre-season All-OVC pick as a senior. He won two team 110 percent awards while at Eastern and was co-captain of the 1975 Colonel team that went 8-2-1. Revere received his bachelors degree in health and physical education from EKU in 1976 and his masters degree from Troy State University in 1992. Revere is married to the former Brenda Daniel of Dayton, OH, and they have four children: Janeece , J.R. , Courtney and Ben. J .R. plays quarterback at Georgia Southern University. 15 �WALTER WELLS Tight Ends Coach Walter Wells begins his second season as tight ends coach for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels after spending three seasons (199496) at Cumberland University in Lebanon, TN. Wells, 30, was assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator in 1996 at Cumberland as the Bulldogs finished 13th in the nation with an 8-2 overall record, led the Mid-South Conference in total offense and all of NAIA and NCAA in rushing yards per game (369.0) . He began his collegiate coaching career at Cumberland in 1994 as offensive line coach and became the offensive coordinator at CU in 1995 for head coach Herschel Moore as the Bulldogs led NAIA in rushing. Prior to going to Cumberland, Wells was an assistant coach at Smyrna (TN) High School where he worked with the offensive and defensive lines . A native of Nashville, TN, Wells graduated from McGavock High School in 1985 after playing in both the offensive and defensive line for coach Wes Elrod for four seasons. He then played his collegiate football at Austin Peay State University where he was a two-year starter and letterman for the Govs at center. Wells received his bachelors of business administration degree from Belmont University of Nashville in 1992 and his masters of science degree in human relations management from Cumberland in 1995. He is married to the former Jennifer Beth De Weese of Baxter, TN. Graduate Assistant Coaches ~ Bert Brian Lohman Jeff Sawvel Browne 1998 Colonels•·Depth Chart OFFENSE SE 19 Brian Brenneman 18 Alex. Bannister 81 Jarvis Chivers TB 1 6 28 20 Derick Logan Corey Crume Brian Durham TimDixon LT 78 Eliott Henderson 67 Reggie Myrtil 53 MattKnight 71 Adam Bailey LG 74 Josh Hunter 50 Brett O'Buck 79 Howard Jones 62 Jason Mohammed C 55 Toby Coyle 52 Lewis Diaz 57 Chris Holder RG 64 Tyrone Hopson 73 Jacob Johnson 69 Brent Fox FB QB FL 8 Rendel Menendez 82 Nick Towns 80 Anthony Boggs TE 90 Tony DeGregorio 84 TomMabey 39 25 38 37 Jonathan Butler Jonas Hill Chad Culver Corey Pritchard 4 Waylon Chapman 7 Chad Collins 5 Jon Denton Placekicker-11 Matthew Phillips, 16 Ryan Ison, 31 Mark Wright Snapper-44 Luke Morton, 53 Matt Knight Holders-? Chad Collins, 30 Stephen Brown RT 70 Charlie Watkins 76 Jason Worley 77 Bennie Wyatt Punters-30 Stephen Brown, 14 Luke Anderson Punt Returners-19 Brian Brenneman, 8 Rendel Menendez Kickoff Retumers-8 Rendel Menendez, 28 Brian Durham DEFENSE LE LT RT RE LCB 48 Kenneth Combs 91 Anthony Watson 92 NickHill 66 Justin Ernest 99 David Heady 75 Jason Muchow 72 Wayne Holderman 98 Terry Thomas 97 Randy Lawrence 60CamWolf 10 Derwin Purnell 3 12 26 24 17 SLB MLB WLB FS ss 9 43 23 51 34 54 41 49 44 46 45 47 22 33 13 Charles Tinsley Adam Rader Billy Wright Jason Crockett Brad Folke Travis Schoenlaub Tim Gibbens TimWoolf Luke Morton Chris Huff Butch Printup Chris Minter 16 Shawn Gallant Lawrence Walls J.D. Jewell Dedric Campbell Tony Woods Remand Goode Sunsett Graham Tomma Huguely 29 Scooter Asel 15 Nick Sullivan 42 Brent Hampton RCB 27 2 32 Kris Nevels Derrick White Isaac Carter �1998 FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS & catches for 159 yards and a TD; and sophomore wideout Alexander Bannister (6-5, 182), six receptions for 43 yards in '97. Other lettermen suiting up in 1998 for the Colonels on offense are part-time starters, junior Toby Coyle (6-1, 271) and senior Chris Holder (6-2 , 285) at center; senior Jason Worley (66 1/2, 321) at tackle; and sophomore Brett O'Buck (6-3, 270). Redshirt freshmen on offense who will be available for duty in 1998 are tackle Bennie Wyatt (6-7, 279), tackle Howard Jones (6-11 /2, 330), guard Jacob Johnson (6-2, 1/2293) and guard Brent Fox (6-3, 255). Defensively, four starters return to a Colonel unit that led the conference in scoring defense (13.4) and pass efficiency defense in 1997. Although all four starters in the Colonels' secondary have graduated, these defensive starters are led by second-team AII-OVC choice, senior tackle Justin Ernest (6-3, 271 ), and honorable mention all-conference junior tackle Jason Muchow (6-0, 303). Ernest totaled 33 solo tackles, 26 assists, 13.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks last season, while Muchow is the leading returning tackler for the Colonels this season from the '97 club with his totals of 43 solos, 32 assists, 10.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. Other starters coming back on defense include senior linebacker Charles Tinsley (6-0, 213), 46 solos, 25 assists, two caused fumbles, 5 TFL, and sophomore linebacker Butch Printup (6-0, 207), 15 solos, 19 assists, 4 TFL, 2 sacks and two fumble recoveries. Also returning for his senior season is starting punter Stephen Brown (5-10 1/2, 210) who averaged 37.6 yards per punt. The Colonels' efforts on defense in '98 will be bolstered by the return of sophomore strong safety Scooter Asel (6-0, 205), who received a medical redshirt after suffering a season-ending knee injury last season in the opener at Troy State. Asel was a firstteam AII-OVC pick in 1996 after finishing 12th in the league in hits (67 solos, 29 assists) and tied for fifth in interceptions with four. Backup ends Kenneth "Shorty" Combs (6-1, 235, junior) and Terry Thomas (6-1 1/2, 250, junior) will contest for a starting spot at end, along with mid-year University of Kentucky transfer Anthony Watson (6-3, 244, junior). Other lettermen returning on defense are senior defensive back Dedric Campbell (5-8, 168); junior free safety Shawn Gallant (6-0, 200); junior linebacker Brad Folke (5-11, 233); junior linebacker Brent Hampton (5-10 1/2, 198); senior linebacker Luke Morton (6-0, 202); sophomore linebacker Adam Rader (6-0, 207); junior linebacker Travis Schoenlaub (6-0, 220). Redshirts who will be attempting to gain some playing time in '98 include end Randy Lawrence (6-0 1/2, 240) who received a medical redshirt after being injured early in the year; defensive backs Derrick White (5-8, 181 ), J.D. Jewell (5-11, 187), Nick Sullivan (6-2 1/2, 214) and Tomma Huguely (5-10, 176); linebacker Chris Huff (6-0 1/2, 208); and tackle David Heady (6-4 1/2, 272). Four Colonels who contributed but did not letter in 1997 and who will return for 1998 are sophomore center Lewis Diaz (61, 258), sophomore linebacker Billy Wright (6-1 1/2, 202) , sophomore tight end Tom Mabey (6-1, 235), and sophomore cornerback Kris Nevels (5-9, 165). Kidd, who is currently third among active Division I and IAA coaches in coaching victories with 280, and his staff signed 22 high school and junior college recruits as additions to the 1998 roster. Eastern Kentucky University head football coach Roy Kidd returns 14 starters among the 31 lettermen coming back for the 1998 season as he begins his 35th year at the helm of the Colonel program. EKU is coming off an 8-4 season that saw Eastern win its 18th Ohio Valley Conference championship with a perfect 7-0 record. Eastern also participated in the NCAA I-AA playoffs for an unprecedented 17th time and finished the year ranked 15th in the nation in both The Sports Network and the USA Today/ESPN polls. Eastern will return a veteran offense where nine of 11 starters are coming back for the Colonels, headlined by four returning first-team AII-OVC performers from 1997 that were a big reason why EKU led the league in total offense (396.0), rushing offense (198.3) and scoring offense (33.5). These all-conference choices returning on offense include senior wide receiver Ronde! Menendez (5-9 1/2, 176); junior tailback Derick Logan (6-0, 218); senior guard/tackle Tyrone Hopson (6-3, 309) who was also named third-team Associated Press AllAmerican last year; and junior guard Josh Hunter (6-2, 280). Menendez set a new school record for most yards receiving in a single season with 1,137, while hauling in a team-leading 54 catches for nine touchdowns. He finished the '97 year as the third-ranked receiver in the conference and now has career marks at Eastern of 98 receptions for 1,958 yards and 16 TD's. Logan, who began his collegiate career by garnering Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year honors at the University of Kentucky in 1996, followed that up last season by leading the Colonels in rushing with 849 yards in 175 carries, while scoring 11 touchdowns rushing, good enough for a third-place ranking in final OVC stats. Other starters back on offense for Eastern include senior center Reggie Myrtil (6-1 1/2, 301) who missed most of the '97 season with a knee injury; junior tackle Charlie Watkins (6-2, 283); senior tackle Eliott Henderson (6-31 /2, 300); junior fullback Jonathan Butler (5-9 1/2, 220); and senior tight end Tony DeGregorio (6-3, 251 ). Butler picked up 193 yards in 44 carries and scored five TD's and caught five passes for 89 yards and a score in 1997. DeGregorio added six receptions for 62 yards last season. Another key returnee on offense for the Colonels is sophomore tailback Corey Crume (5-11 1/2, 217) who split time with Logan when healthy. While playing in nine of the team's 12 games, he actually led the Colonels in rushing yards per game (82.1) as he picked up 739 yards on the ground in 148 carries and scored a teambest 13 touchdowns. Back to battle for the starting quarterback job is sophomore Waylon Chapman (6-2 1/2, 228) who provided backup for last season's OVC Co-Offensive Player of the Year Simon Fuentes. In six games, Chapman hit 29-56 passes (.518 percentage) for 389 yards and two touchdowns. Battling him for the starting nod will be junior college transfer Chad Collins (6-0, 187) who came to Eastern in January, 1998, and record-setting quarterback Jon Denton, a 63, 210-pound junior who transferred to EKU from Nevada-Las Vegas in late July. Also returning is third-team tailback Brian Durham (5-9, 191) who played in eight games in 1997 and pickect up 360 yards in 88 carries and scored three TD's; senior fullback Jonas Hill (511, 236) who gained 73 yards in 16 carries with one TD; senior widereceiver Brian Brenneman (6-0 1/2, 195) who caught 13 17 �& MEET THE COLONEL OFFENSE CENTERS Toby Coyle ... Junior .. . 2L.6a1.. .271 ... One Letter .. .Berea,.~KY ... Toby left ll'pring practice as the starter at the.'center position .. .started 50 percent of the games in '97, playiqg every other1qua.rter .. .puts his hat on the right ,persop .. :'rl:ms good for .his s ize ... needs to improve his strength"'a nd' flexibility becom~ the player he wants to be ... staying 1in shape in the summer is important for Toby to holding down the starting spot. .... was on the Dean's List in 1997 .. .high scho~)° teammate of current Co)~~.el . fu!lba"ck Jorn{s l'iill ... :his' father, Mike, played for coach Roy Kidd at Eastern in 1969-70 ... graduate of Madison Southern High School. . to Tyrone Hopson .. ._!)enior ... 22 ... 6-3 .. . 309 ... Three Letters ... Owenstjo'£o·f KY ... Tyrone had"'a solid 1997 season, being na"m'ed first-team AII-OVC and third team Associated F?rel s AII-American ... wui' serve as one of Eastern's capta.ins for the '98 seaso~( .is Eastern's most experiencett offensiye linemen r~furning ... started first half of the ~eallon at tackle ,and ITioved to guard after the season-enging injury to Reggie Myrtil...is an ·excellent athlete and plpys well ih space ... definite All-American candidate in 1~9~-;,;was.,.t.he first true fre5,hman to play for EKU In the last rovears'on the offensive linein 1995 ...was a starter at left tackle in '96 .. .is a very good pass blocker ... graduate of Daviess County High School. Reggie Myrtil ... ~enior ... 22 ... 6-1 1/2 .. ,301 ... Three Letters ... Nort~ '!'!1ahii Be~p h,j=~;,;-'3eggie" was playing his best Jo9,tball last year when he inj4red his knee on the a1iflcial turf in the 29·8 victory at Murray State ... sat out the spring rehabilitating his knee .. .could play either gu.,9-td ;Q! 'Center in 19~8-y is a tremendous tale~t...tias ,a:1I the toolS\ .. has run/ a 4.89 40-yard dash and Is a 149·pound b~nch preslle~l'..if he stays healthy, he could'¼ d,?finitely con;5iqered for post-seaon honors ... wa~; a . back1;1p center during the 1995 season and a part-tiinestarfer in '96 ... the only thing keeping Reggie from being a great one will be his ability to stay away from the injuries that have plagued him throughout his EKU career. ..former state high school heavyweight wrestling champ in Florida . .. graduate of North Miami Beach High School. Chris Holder .... Senior ....22 . .. 6-2 ... 285.... 0ne Letter .. .Lanca~ter, CA... Chri§ ll.a t .out all ofl spring practice because of shoulder surgery ... played every o~her quarter ~nd st~~-ed half of the games) n/ 997, along with Toby Coyle.:.w!ll batt,le Toby this faWfor the starting nod ... if his shoulder is·not ready for contact, he could be redshirted in 1998 ... has ~II the tooli/ to be a great one ... one of strongest players on ,the team who has benched 225 pounds tor 42 repetltions .. .needs to stay healthy to reach his potential an.d 1ieeds to concentrate on his assignments ... if he ca'nl overcome these Ob· stacles, the sky is the limit...was a January junior college transfer from Antelope Valley College (CA) in 1997 ... a graduate of Antelope Valley High School. Jb? Josh H\Jnter ... Juni.or... . 21 ... 6-2 ...,280 ... Two Letters .. .Bradenton, ..FL. t Josh is coming off a solid 1997 season which saw him earn first-team All·OVC honors and be selected as the te_/m;s niost valuable offensive lineman.t.has a "pit-bull;: mentality--once he locks on he will not let go ...was 9 part-time starter in 1996 as a true freshrpari ... has good strength ... could improve his overall athJetic ability .. .if he coritinl.Jes to"improve , he fl ... , . ,. should bea 1andIdatefor post-season honors again .. .can be counted on for leadership ... was a four-year, threesport (fo6tb"all, track, wrestling) participant in high school. .. graduate of Southeast High School. Lewis Diaz ... Sophomore ... 20 ... 6-1 ... 258 ... No Letters ... Mia'ml, Ft.,,Gewis was redihirted in 1996 and played sparingly in 1997... is comi~goff a solid,Spring ... has . • ¢;• • committed l]imself to becoming a b'etter football player ... one 'of the , tjetter athletes in !the offensive line ... extremely quic~... needs to concenfr~{e on gaining strength ... if additional strength is attained, he will figure in the Colonels' two-de~p lineup thi~ fall. .. graduate of South Miami High Sctiool. Jacob Johnson ... Freshman ... 19 ... E!-2 1/2 ... 293 ... No Letters ...t Couisville, KY! .. Jacob ~a~ redshirted in ·'•··... "'"" )~/ .. 41, 1997 .. .had a solid sprinQ ... positioned himself to figure in the two-deep lineup"' Jnis fall .. .knowsi the game and catches on quickly fe.1.has a lot of pride., l rfeeds to improve A k his overall strength 1and athletic ability before he can push for a starting position ... was a two~tim~ all-district and four-yea'.r/ participant in football in high school ... graduate of Valley High School? 4'! . f GUARDS " Howard Jones ... Freshman ... 19 ... 6-1 1/2 ... 330 ... No Letters .. . Dania, FL ... rfoward!wa; • redsh"irted in 1997 .. .has ail the tools 'to be a great on~ ... came to Eastern completetly ourof shape ... has lost solne weight, needs to continue this trend .. ,,to competedin College, he must get his body·in shape ... has~xcelleptJuture at EKU i' -·-~--"19 occurs ... was a first-team all-county selection by the Mi~mi Herald and the Sun Sentinel .. .graduate of St. Thomat Aquinas High Scho Brett O'Buck... Sophomore ... 20 ... 6-3 1/2 ... 270 ... 0ne Le~er ... Roswell, GA.f..Brett is c6J!l-ing off'ap excellent spn~g .. .played both guard ~nc:Vtackle iQ 1997... has received more experience at t,ackle .. .will definitely push for a starting pos[tion in 1998.!.if that doesn't l]appen, he will back up both guards and get lots of playing time .. .tested out as the No. 1 offensive lineman in the spring ... needs to improve his fliexibility ...was red shirted in 1996... graduate of Pope High School. ( 18 �MEET THE COLONEL OFFENSE Bennie Wyatt ... Freshman ... 19 ... 6-7 ... 279 ... No Letters ... London, KY •. .Bennie was redshirted in 1997... moved from aefense to offense,this spring ... was in only his second year of football last year ...has made great strides ...continued improvement' could move him into the two-deep lineup for 1998 ... runs well for a big player ... has tremendous height...tallest player on the team ...has outstanding future with a more dedicated work ethic ... averaged 15.2 yards per catch as tight end his senior year of high school...graduate of South Laurel High School. Brent Fox ... Freshman ... 19 ... 6-3 ... 255 ... No Letters ...Clnclnnatl, OH .•• Brent was redshirted in 1997 ... has made great improvement •since last season ... stil.l has a long way to go before he can break into the two-deep lineup ... if he gets his body bigger and stronger, ttieri he'll be able to compete ... was captain, MVP, all-city, all-league, all-state and All-Southwest Ohio, while playing in the East-West All-Star game his senior year of high school ...graduate of Wyoming High School. Matt Knlght •.. Senlor ... 22 .•. 6-1 /2 ... 31 0 ... Two Letters... Henderson, KY ... Matt sat out last season to concentrate on his academics. , .was starting longsnapper for the Colonels for extra point and field goal attempts the pre_vious two years ... was the longsnapper for the punt team in 1995 ... had a solid'5pring practice in 1998... needs to improve conditioning to figure in the twodeep lineup this season ...graduate of Henderson County Senior High School. TACKLES Eliott Henclerson ... S~nlor... 22 ... 6-3 1/2 ... 300 ... One Letter ...Topeka, KS •.• Eliott came to Eastern as a transfer last season from Hutchinson Community College (KS) and put in a solid year ... started last half of the season at leJt tackle and playec( ' well with this assignment...had an impressive -season program and spring practice .. .is a hard worker ... has desire to get better...has good strength ... if he continues to improve, he should be a candida e for post-season honors ... graduate of TopekaH igti School. TIGHT ENDS Tony DeGregorlo ... Senior ... 22 ... 6-3 ... 251 ... Three Letters ... Jeannette, PA ...Tony started every game last season at tight end for the Colonels ... best game of the 1997 season was his three-catch, 38-yard performance vs. Middle Tennessee ...has the athletic ability, size and speed to be a very good tight end ...has good hands and instincts for catching the football. .. added some needed strength and flexibility in the winter program ... had a,,good spring and improved his blocking skills ... looks to be more involved in the offense this season ... came out of spring practice as the starter and all indications point toward a great senior season ...expected to carry the load at tight end this fall ... graduate of Hempfield Area High School. Charlie Wiitklns ... Junior .. :21 ... 6-2 ... 283 ... Two Letters ... Pataskala, OH .•. Chartie is coming off a solid 1997 season ...started every game at right tackle except the opener...gets the job done, sometimes in an unorthodox manner ...n,eds to continue to improve in all areas to hold down his starting spot...was moved over to the offensive line from defense midway through spring practice in 1996... graduate 9f Watkins Memorial High School. - - - - - - ~ Jason Worley ... Senlor ... 23 ... 6-6"'1/2 ... 321 ... One Letter ... Lexlngton, KY ... Jason had a good season last year, splitting time with Charlie Watkins at right tackle ... went every other sari s all of last season ... made a commitment in spring of 1997 by getting his weight down and getting in shape ... neeas to impr ve his overall athletic abilit¥···if he continues to improve, he should push for astarting position ... attitude has improved along with his work on the field ... one of biggest players on Colonels' 1998 squad ...graduate of Tates Creek High School. Long . Rec. 15(AF-') · ····· 1scm&M t t[ (MT) . 17(MT) Tom Mabey:... Sophomore ... 19 .. ;6-1 ... 235 ... No Letters ... Falrlawn, NJ ...Tom was 'njured early in the year last season but contributed in a backup role .. .is a tough blocker who g,ained confid nee this past spring with a bette grasp of the offense ... needs to improve his hands and concentration when catching the football. .. will be counted on to backuR Tony DeGregorio ...is very committed in the weight room and made good improvement this winter. .. his playing time should increase this season ... played on three state championship teams at Bergen Catholic who was rated fifth in the nation by USAToday in 1995 ...graduate of Milford Academy. 19 �& MEET THE COLONEL OFFENSE Jon Denton .. . Junior ... 21 ... 6-3 ... 21 O ... No Letters ... Henderson, NV ... Jon transfered to Eastern in late July from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas where he had been the starting quarterback for the past two seasons ...threw for 6,177 yards and 43 touchdowns in his two seasons at -UNLV ...holds 10 NCAA passing records ... also holds 11 other UNL V records ... was selected as Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division Freshman of the Year in 1996...hit 277-506 passes his freshman year for 3,591 yards and 25 TD's, while completing 199-374 passes for 2,586 yards and 18 touchdowns as a sophomore ... closed his UNLV career with a string of 19 consecutive games in which he threw at least one TD pass ...top collegiate game in 1996 against San Diego State when he hit 2753 passes for 503 yards and four touchdowns ... his 25 touchdown passes as a freshman broke the NCAA freshman record set by Florida's Danny Wuerffel in 1993... he is rated by ESPN's National Football League analyst, college scouting expert and NFL Draft guru Mel Kiper, Jr., as the nation's No. 3 junior quarterback behind Kentucky's Tim Couch and Washington's Brock Huard .. .led the WAC and was 10th in the nation in total offense with 287. 9 yard per game as a freshman ... second-team All WAC as a freshman after starting all 12 games ... three-time WAC Player of the Week ... has had 17 200-yard plus games and nine 300yard plus contests in his college career. .. tough competitor who not only can hurt you with the pass but can scramble too .. .scored three rushing TD's as a freshman, including a 30-yard scramble at BYU ... threw for three long TD's with an 82-yarder vs. San Diego State, 80-yarder vs. TCU and 75-yarder against SDSU ...firstteam All-State, All-Southern quarterback his senior season of high school where he directed his team to an 11-1 record and a spot in the state finals ...threw for 1,721 yards and 21 touchdowns with only 1O interceptions his senior year. .. made first-team All-Sunrise Division as senior after making second-team the year before ... selected to the Southern AAA All-Star Team and Nevada State All-Star Team ...passed for 965 yards and 11 scores as ajunior. .. also played basketball for the Gators and helped his team win the Southern AAA championship with his 15.0 ppg. average ... scholar athlete and member of high school's honor roll. ..enjoys playing basketball and fishing ...picked EKU because of its winning tradition and having a legitimate shot at winning a national championship ...will be a law enforcement major at EKU ...graduate of Green Valley High School. QUARTERBACKS Waylon Chapman ... Sophomore ... 20 ... 6-2 1/2... 228 ... No Letters ... Jackson, KY ...Waylon provided backup for Colonel MVP quarterbacl< and co-OVC Offensive Player of the Year Simon Fuentes last season ... was redshirted in 1996 as a true freshman ... top game of '97 came vs. UT Martin when he hit 10-18 passes for a career high 186 yards and one. TD ... had good spring ✓practice, running most of the time with the first unit...hit .....1111 8-14 passes for 129 yard~ in the '98 spring game ... continued to improve his knowledge of the offense .. .made good progress ii) decision making ... has very strong arm ... is working on making his release quicker...is a tough runner who makes good decisions on the option play ... came out of spring drills as the No. 1 quarterback ... needs to become more vocal leader of offensive unit.. .experience is all he is lacking ...has knack for making big plays ...led the Bobcats to a 150 record and the Class AA state championship in being named 1995 Class AA Player of the Year ... passed for 6,023 yards and 88 touchdowns in his high school career. ..graduate of Breathitt County High School. 1997 Totals Chad Collins ... Junior ... 21 ... 6-0 ... 187 ... No Letters... Lake Forest, CA ... Chac:I transferred to EKU in January from Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA ...made good progress learning the offense in spring practice .. .is a good leader who has tremendous confidence in his ability ... has good arm, quick release, very good quickness and speed ... improved his ability to run llllllllllli... ~~ the op_tion .. .will battle for starting position in fall drills ... was ~ redsh1rted at SaddlebackCollege in 1995 ... set a Mission Conference record for lowest interception ratio his first year at OCC when he hit 101 -180 passes for 1,170 yards and six TD's with just two interceptions ... best game came vs. Long Beach City when he completed 2334 passes for 313 yards, the most completions and yardage by an OCC quarterback since 1987...completed 108-200 passes for 1,332 yards and nine TD's last season at OCC ...career marks there were 209-380 for 2,502 yards and 15 TD's ... second-team All-Mission Conference Central Division pick in 1997 ... graduate of Trabuco Hills High School in Mission, Viejo, CA, where his teams went 39-6 in four years there. s by a Freshman - Garn 503 (1996) bya Freshm.a.n - Ga.foe §ff(19£16) ,5.9f (1~~6) JElr?sby~ F.reshman••.-.. •Total Offense by a Freshman ~ Sea 3,629 (1996) •Plays by a Freshman - Season 594 (1996) 25 (1996) •TD Passes by a Freshman - Season 506 (1996) •PassAttempts by a Freshman ° Season •PaSSihg Yards by a Freshman - Per Game 299.3 (1996) •Total Qffemse by a Freshman - Per game 302.4 (1996) 49.5. (1996) •PlaysbyaFreshman - Per Game 20 �MEET THE COLONEL OFFENSE Brian Brenneman ... Senlor ... 23 ... 6-0 1/2 .. . 195 ...Three Letters... Lakeland, .FL... Brian will serve the 1998 se~son as one of EKU's two captains on offense ...top game of last season came vs. Appalachian State when he cl'\ught four passes for 58 yards ... has outstanding hands and concentration catching the football. ..very consistent player. .. works hard each day in practice ... has improved route running and quickness ...will start after being the third receiver (for two slots) the past ty,,o seasons .. .leads by example ...very determin@d player....caught two passes in '98 Maroon-White spring game for 56 yards and scored one TD ... finished '96 with four catches in each of the Colonels' last two games ...confidence has made him much better performer... has the best hands among all Colonel receivers ... was redshirted in 1994. .. graduate of Lakeland High School. . WIDE RECEIVERS Randel Menendez ... Senior ... 23 ... 5-9 1/2 ... 178 ... Three Letters ...Louisville, KY ... Rondel had a fantastic junior season, leading the Colonels in pass receiving with his 54 catches f~r 1,137 yards and nine TD's...firstteam AII-OVC choice and hop0rable mention All-American pick in 1997.. .deffnite All-American candidate in '98 ... set a new scpo~l record for most yards pass receiving in a singli; season last year with 1, 137... also had second best game in Colonel football history for pass receiving yardage when he ca.ught nine passes for 280 yards and two TD's in EKU's 49-7 win over Eastern lllinois ... was chosen OVC Offensive Player of the Week for this effort ... also shared the team's award for best offensive back for 1997 with tailback Corey Crume ...is the fastest player on the team ...has very explosive speed (4.24) ... will be counted onto be leader and big play person on the field in 1998 ...picked up in the spring where he left off last fall. .. showed improved concentration ... worked hard to improve cuts ...gained additional strength in offseason program ... tied for third highest number of TD catches in one season in EKU history last year with nine ...had three games (Appalachian State, Tennessee State, UT Martin) where he caught six passes in each game, in addition to EIU contest heroics ...stands fourth on Eastern career list for pass receiving yardage (1,958), is tied for fourth in TD receptions (16) and is seventh in catches (98) ... improved ability to run routes and set up defenders ...physical blocker, despite size ... catches ball over the middle and can make things happen in open field ... has three career kickoff returns for 44 yards and two career punt returns for six yards ...was medically redshirted in 1994 after injuring his hip ... graduate of Eastern High School. Career Pass Receiving Stats at Long Rec. O(SE) (El) AP Best Alexander Bannister ... Sophomore .. .19.. .6-5 ... 182.. .No LeJters ...Clnclnnatl, OH ... Alex was the most improv,ed player in th is past sp ri ng practice .. .worked hard to improve strength and quickness .. . gained needed confidence in spring .. . showed marked comfort in Colonels' offense ... will be EKU's third receiver ttiis season with great size and speed (4.5 40 ,ime this spring) ... must continue to improve strength and can beco'me physical player...top game 6f '97 came vs. Austin f?eay when he caught two passes for 12 yards ...graduate of Hughes High School. 1995 1996 1997 Anthony Boggs .. ,Sophomore ... 19... 5-9 ... 176 ... No Letters ... Bar9stown, KY ... Anthony sat 01,1t last season ...came to Eastern in 1997 as at ilback ... participated on the football, basketball and track teams in high school... was second-team all-state pick his senior year and team MVP ... also received Papa John's Player of the Year Award for the state and was picked for the Kentucky All-Star tearn in the annual Kentucky-Tennessee high school all/ star series ...rushep for nearly 200 yards vs. Trinity in state semifinals and •tor,more than 200 yards in the title game vs. Dunbar... closed year with 2,241 yards and 27 TD's rushing ...helped coach Mark Brown's Nelson County football team to region championship as sophomore, regional runnersup as a junior and state 4A title as a senior. ..won Most Improved Player Award as a sophomore... was WHAS-TV Player of the Week in football in 1996 ...won Coaches' Award for Dedication in basketball. .. biggest athletic thrill came when his team won the 1996 state 4-A high school championship ... graduate of Nelson County High School. Totals 21 �& MEET THE COLONEL OFFENSE TAILBACKS Derick Logan ... Junlor ... 20 ... 6-0 ... 218 .. . One Letter ... Chatham, VA ... Derick put in a solid 1997 campaign, rotating as the team's starter with Corey Crume ... received first t7atn all-conference recognition as he closed the yea~as,the OVC's third-best rusher with his 78.1 per game rushing 'average ... was OVC Offensive Player of the Wee~ vs. Tennessee State as he rushed 18 times for an EkU career best 126 yards and three TD's ...had fourplus100jyard games in 1997... much improved this past spring as' the Colonel coaching staff wanted more upfield running from him and he responded ... lowered his ceriter of gravity when attacking the hole ... his mainlocus riowwill be to come back in camp in midseason shape ...transferred to EKU from the University of Kentucky last season after registering a very impressive rookie campaign for Kentucky in 1996...was the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year and a first team SEC All-Freshman Team runningback by the Knoxville News-Sentinel last season for UK after finishing eighth in the league in rushing average with his 700 yard total. .. played in 1O games for the '96 Wildcats, starting six at tailback, scoring six TD's rushing with a long run of 70 yards vs. Vanderbilt...set UK freshman single-game rushing record with 186 yards vs. Mississippi State. .. had three consecutive 100-yard rushing games ... also caught 12 passes for 63 yards and threw a 55-yard TD pass vs. Mississippi State in his only passing attempt...led the state of Texas in 1995 in rushing after gaining 1,967 yards on 250 carries, averaging 7.9 yards per carry for Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, TX ...scored 19 TD's and set singleseason school rushing records for attempts, yards, touchdowns and long run (89) ... ran for 301 yards in one game ... was a first-team all-state, all-region and All-Rio Grande Valley choice ... also made AII-RGV honors in basketball ... started two years at Chatham (VA) High School before transferring to MMA ... gained 1,048 yards rushing in 1994 and his 23 TD's led the region in scoring ...rushed for 844 yards and 14 TD's in 1993 .. .has recorded 10.8 time in 100-meter dash in high school track ... track team's MVP for two years and was the basketball MVP one season ...coached at Marine Military Academy by Reggie White and coached at Chatham by Kerrie Richards ...graduate of Marine Military Academy. Brian Durham ... Sophomore ... 20 ... 5-9 ... 191 ... 0ne Letter ... London, KY ... Brian turned in a very good first year of collegiat!:l.football in 1997, playing behind Derick Logan and c .gr!:ly,prume ... wa~ /QVC New<iomer of the Week vs.4,,,1\Ustin Pel;ly ~hen hJ r(lshed times for 134 yards and one TD. aryd caught two passes for 19 yards ...filled in ably ih his first 2'011egiate 1gl me at EKU in '97 for the injured /:,ofey Crum; 'andvDerick Logan by picking up 67 y,~s; mostly in } h~isecpnd .half, against Appalachian State ...had four kic~off returns 'for 78 yards in '97 ... wa~pclshirted in 1996 ..:picked up his game a notch this·past spring ...will hav+eJhe opgorju"nity to vie for quality C time this fall .. . has improved his consistency .. showed he has the ability to be a very exciting player... nickname "Bull" ... has outstanding field vision ...graduate of North Laurel High School. 1? 22 �MEET THE COLONEL OFFENSE Corey Crume . . .Sophomore . . .21 . . .5-11 1/2. .. 217 ... One Letter... Lebanpn, KY ... Corey split time at tailback last season with Derick Logan and could do double duty this fall at both tailback and fullback ...various injuries limited his playing time to just nine of the Colonels' 12 games ... was chosen twice last season as OVC Newomer of the Week •· vs. Western Kentucky (24 carries for 127 yards and two TD's) and vs. Middle Tennessee (26-105) ... was sorely missed during spring practice due to his shoulder surgery.. .focus during the summer was spent rehabing his shoulder and trying to return to camp in playing shape ...was redshirted in 1996... rushed for more than 100 yards in four games in '97 ... is a transfer from the University of Louisville ... has shown signs of being an outstanding player... had career rushing marks of 3,563 yards on 342 carries and 53 TD's in four years of action in high school for EKU grad Mike Griffiths ... graduate of Marion County High School. Tim Dlxon ... Freshman ... 19 ... 5-8 ... 170 ... No Letters ... Cumberland, KY ,.. Tim was redshirted in 1997...had a real chance to showcase his talents this spring because of injuries ... was the leading rusher in the 1998 spring game with 61 yc;1.rds in 12 carries ... is very quick with his feet and has a knack of seeing ~he hole and hitting it quickly...will need to work on his strength and overall speed to insure his continued progress toward solidifyin his permanent place on the team ...graduate -of Cumberland Higll_School. FULLBACKS I Jonathan~ Butler... Junlor... 23.. 5-9 1/2... 220 ...Two Letters ..,.Balnbr{dge, GA.i;:'Oonathan comes into fall camp as the starting fullback, .. possesses all the skills to become an outstanding plav,er at EKU ... will be asked to improve upon thqse skills this summer while he prepares for his junior season ... coaching staff expects great things from Jonathan throughout '98 season ...started four of the last five gcl,mes of the 1996 year and 10 of 1'2 in 1997... caught team's secondlongest JD pass of '97 with SO-yard scoring catch vs. UT Martin ... had 11-yard TD scamper in '98 spring game ... is starting to understand the intensity of college football. ..is an excellent runner with great vision ... needs to continue to work hard in the weight room and show more leadership on the field .. .was redshirted in 1995 ... must fight off injuries to reach his full potential. .. received the Georgia High School South Region 4A Offensive Player of the Year award for his junior and senior seasons of high school. .. had senior year rushing totals of 1,551 yards, 6.3 yards per rush and 14 TD's . .. graduate of Bainbridge High School. Career Rushing Stat 1997 Totals areer Rushing Stats ijt EKU Lon ··· Ru ··••. 25 Yards 53 89 142 TD's 0 1 Jonas HIii ... Senlor ... 23 ... 5-11...236 ... One Letter ... Berea, KY ... Jonas had an outstanding spring ... second-leading rusher in '98 spring game, picking up 36 yards in 11 carries: .. if he continues at his present pace, it will be hard, not to have him on the lield ... with added consistency, he is expected to contribute greatly ·n '98 ...is one of the strongest players on the team, having benched 225 pounds 27 times with a squat thrust of 635 ...redshirted in 1994 ... graduate of Madison Southern High School. Career Rushing Stats ijt EKU Lollg Rush 6(TS) S(UTM) HAP 17(AP) 23 Best Game �& MEET THE COLONEL OFFENSE Petey Smlth ... Sophomore ... 19 ... 5-9 ... 278 ... No Letters... Wlnchester, KY ... Petey sat out the 1997 season at EKU ... could provide valuable backup for Colonels in 1998 atfullback spot...needs to gi{t bigger and stronger and become more dedicated in the weight room .. .will hopefully regain his football skills after not practicing football for one year ... was the Defensive Player of the Year in 1996 while playing defensive end in high school. .. selected EKU because of it being an excellent place to further his education ...graduate of Clark County HighSchQOI. ¥ SPECIALISTS Stephen Brown ... Senlor...22 ... 5-10 1/2... 210 ... One Letter... Col,umbus, OH ... Stephen handled all the punting duties last year for the Colonels ...finished fourth in the league in net puqting (35.0) and sixth ove~all (36.9) in 1997... had Qne. of longest punts in Colonel history when he boomed one.73 yards at Appalachian State last year ...worked hard in the winter program to increase his strength ... made good progress in the spring ...has set high goals for himself for the upcoming season ... transferred to Eastern inJ~97 after spending three years at the University of Kentucky ...walked on at UK in 1994 but did not see action ...played in the Mississippi State contest in 1995 as a redshirt freshman as a holder on extra point attempts ... did not see action in 1996 after contending with Jimmy Carter and Tobin Anderson for the punting job during spring practice ... was a two-year letterman and starting kicker at St. Francis DeSales High School in Columbus, OH, for coach Bob Jacoby ...first team All-State as a senior in 1993, second team All-State as a junior... averaged 39 .2 yards per punt as a senior with a long punt of 52 yards, after averaging 39.1 yards as a junior with a long of 54 ... had 31 punts inside the 20-yard line during his high school career, including 1Oinside the 10-yard line ... made 13-23 field goals during his two high school years, including a long of 44 yards ...played baseball two years and was named all-conference as a junior... graduate of St. Francis DeSales High School. 1997 No. 53 Totals 53 Ryan lson .. . Fr,eshman ... 19 ...5-11 1/2 .. . 180 ... No Letters ... Flatwoods, KY ... Ryan was redshirted in 1997...has worked ~ard to improve himself in the winter conditioning program ...has a strong leg but needs to work on his consistency ... wiil compete for the starting placekicking job this fall. .. graduate of East Carter High School. Matthew Phillips ... Sophomore ... 20... 6-0 1/2 ...185 ... No Letters;-.Wayn,esville, OH ... Matt transferred to EKU from Kent ;university last fall ... did not see any action in 1997... had a good spring practice... kicked 3-3 extra points in the '98 Maroon-White Spring Game ...will compete for the starting placekicking job in 1998 ...graduate of Waynesville High School. Yds. 1991 Luke Anderson ... Freshman ... 19... 6-3 ~/2 ... 208 ... No Letters ... Sarasota, FL. .. Luke was redshirted in 1997 ... is a hard worker that wants to succeed ... only thing holding Luke back is his technique ... had a very solid spring practice ...has improved in many areas ...was a four-year letterwinner on his high school soccer team, in addition to being a two-year participant in football ...averaged 41 yards per punt and made 41-44 extra points his senior year while being named MVP on special teams k>r two seasons ... gradu1:1te of Bayshore High School. r j �MEET THE COLONEL DEFENSE & Randy Lawrence ... E'resh man ... 19...6-01/2 ...240 ... No Letters ...Tltusville, FL ... Randy played as a true freshman last season, but injured his knee in the ; econd game against Western Kentucky ... received a medical hardship ... can run and hit...Colonel coaching staff expecting Randy to be a player in the future ... has loads of talent, just needs gam experience to contribute ...~as 7 second string defensive end last year before being injured ...should compete for a starting position in near future ... gradijate of Astronaut High School. ENDS Kenneth Combs ... Sophomore ... 20 ... 6-1 ...235 ... One Letter ... Jackson, KY ... Kenneth wasmoved from linebacker to defensive end during 1997 spring practice ... has excellent skills ... needs experience to develop into outstanding player...hegan and ended '98 spring practiceras the starting efensive end ...should be a contributor in 1'9 98 .. .played in all 12 games in 1997 in a backup role at end ...will compete for starting assignment again in the fall ...redshirted in 1996 ... nick· named •Shorty' ...helped his high school team advance from a 1-9 team his freshman season to 15-0 state champs in 1995 ... had 105 solo tackles, 94 assists, five interceptions, 1O sacks and four fumble recoveries his senior year of high school. .. also had high school career marks of 1,854 yards rushing, 562 yards receiving and 34 touchdowns ...graduate of Breathitt County High School. TACKLES Jason Muchow ... Junior ... 20 .. . 6-0 .. . 303 ... Two Letters ... Merritt Island, FL...Jason started every game for the Colonels last seasoi:i...was an honorable mention AII-OVC choice in '97 ... definite all-conference candidate in 1998 .. .was ovc Defensive Player of the Week vs. Tennessee Tech in '97 (10 tackles, 1.5 sacks, one deflected pass) ... also had 10 hits in OVC crown-clinching vs. Eastern lllinois .. .top returning tackler on the team with 75 hits ...had four tackles, two assists in '98 spring game ...tough, 'physical player...should be even better this coming season ... needs to control his weight...could be an outstanding player if he continues to work on his technique ... played as a true freshman in 1996 .. .one of the strongest players on the team with a 545 squat...his added experience has helped his game against both the run and pass ... top game of '96 came vs. UT Martin when he totaled four solos and four assists ...graduate of Merritt Island High School. 1997 Totals Terry Thomas ... Junlor ... 21 ... 6-1 1/2 ...250 .. . One Letter ... Fllnt, ML.Terry played some last year as a backup at end ...came into the '98 spring practice as the starter and ,haa a good spring ...~ad three tackles, one assist in tne '98 spring game 1.. llas excellent athletic ability and should be able to play both the run and the pass sufficiently ...big things are expected of Terry this year by the Colonel coaching staff ... transferred to EKU from Iowa State university just b8fore 1 s.eason ...was redshirted his fi sf year at ISU ... was third-team All· American choice by Lansing Journal...honored as allcity, all-valley and honorable mention all-state by Elim J..Qurna! .. .as a senior in high school, he made 69 tackles, including 39 solos, had 10 tackles for loss, five quarterback sacks ...led team to 7-2 record and city championship in 1995 .. .lettered in both football and basketball in high school. .. graduate of Northern High School. c Stats at EKl.i . . .. tats at EKU Fumb 97 47 Fumble . Anthony Watson ... Junlor ... 21 ... 6-3 ... 244 ... No Letters ... Dunwoody, GA... Anthoi;iy transferred to EKU from thl University of Kentucfcy'in January of this year ... missed most of spring practice with a shoulder injury ... has many skills and sholilld develop into an outstanding collegia e player. .. started the first nine games last season af defensive end for Kentucky, totaling six tackles (four solos, two assists), while causing one fumble ... was UK's most outstanding defensive scoutteam player in 19 5 while b ing redshirted and was UK's most improved defensive lineman in spring of '96 .. .played final nine games of his freshman year for UK, collecting a team second-best five QB sacks and 21 tackles ... was a first-team All-Metro At· lanta pick as his team won AAAA state title his junior year ... graduate of Dunwoody High School. 25 Tackles For Losses sacks 3.5 ms . 1 4.5 13.5 . 5.5 David Heady ... Freshman ... 19... 6-4 1/2 ... 272 ... No Letters...Ellzabethtown, KY ... David has been hurt since he hasoeen at EKU with various injuries ...redshirted in 1997 ... has not been able to develop;1ully because of lack of practice time on the field ...will hopefully gain that experience thisJall ...played two seasons of football and competed four years in track in high school. .. was first team all-district with 78 tackles and two fumble recoveries in 1996 ... placed in the state meet in both discus-and shot put comRetition ... graduate of Elizabethtown High School. �MEET THE COLONEL DEFENSE Justin Ernest .. . Senlor ... 22 ... 6-3 .. . 271 .. . One Letter... Orange, CA ...Justin started every game last year for the Colonels ... was a seconffet~am AII-OVC selection in 1997 ...was EKU's Player ofthe Year on the defensive line in 1997 ... will serve in 1998 as one of Eastem's defensive co-captains ... definite AII-OVC candidate ir'f 98 ... led the team in sacks last year with 5.5 and finished secona on the club in tackles for loss with 14.5...third-leading returning tackler on team from last year with 59 hits ... really came on strong toward the latter part ofthe '97 season ...sh , uld be a dominating player in t~.bVC this year... mis ed '98 spring drills with shoulder injury ...was a mid-term transfer from junior college in January of 1997 ... has outstanding strength and power... has bench-pressed 225 pounds 45 times and has a squat of 555 ... has the speed and power to play both the run and the pass ... graduate of Orange Coast College. LINEBACKERS Charles Tlnsley ... Senlor ... 23 ... 6-0 ... 213 ... Two Letters ... Cumberland, KY ... Charles started nine of 12 games last year at linebacker for the Colonels ... second-leading returning tackler for EKU with 71 hits ... will serve in '98 as one of defensive unit's co-captains ... top game of '97 came when he totaled 11 hits (8T,3A) in regular season game vs. Western Kentucky ...made very good progress in understanding Colonels' overall defensive scheme .. .continuing to improve in all fundamental areas ... starting to show very good leadership skills ...needs to continue to improve in order to raise his performance level. ..had good '98 spring practice ...is expected by coaching staff to have successful senior year ...started six games as a sophomore in his first season with the Colonels ... best effort of '96 came vs. Middle Tennessee when he collected seven solos, five assists and one tackle for loss ...did not play football for three years while pursuing a major league baseball career ... graduate of Cumberland High School. Cam Wolf ... Freshman ... 19 ... 6-1 ... 282 Letters ... Hebron, KY ... Cam was redshirted in 1997...missed Most of spring J:!ractice with a knee injury ... needsl to get bigger, faster and stronger to contribute to the 1998 Colonels ... repetition will help him become a better football team ... graduate of Conner Senior High School. I"..}: . :..111111 Brad Folke ... Junlor ... 20 ... 5-11 ... 233 ... Two Letters ... Covlngton,KY ... Brad entered 1998 spring practice as the No. 1 middle linebacker but was injured and was unable to practice the last two' weeks ...is a tough, physical player who played solidly as Britt Bowen's backup in '97 .. .needs to continue to improve speed ...coaching staff expects him to come back and have a good '98 season\ is a v~ry talljlnted middle linebacker with great instincts for the position ... started two games as a freshman ... best effortsof sophomore year were BT, 2A vs. UT Martin and ST, SA vs. Eastern lllinois ... also had a seven-tackle, three-assist contest vs. UT Martin in 1996 ... graduate of Covington Catholic High School. Chris Huff ... Freshman ... 19 ... 6-0 1/2 ... 208 ... No Letters ... Germantown, TN ... Chris was redshirted in 1997...progress has been slowed by injurres ...intense, competitive player wtio was having p{oductive spring until an ankle injury caused him to miss practices and slowed his progress ... has good physical abilities and will have a chance to be productive player as e learns the defense ... will ~v~ a chance tb c9mpete for playing time and should contribute on special teams ... was first team all-region linebacker, second-team all-region center, allmetro linebacker, honorable mention alkstate linebacker in high school...graduate of Houston High School. 26 �MEET THE COLONEL DEFENSE Luke Morton ... Senlor ... 22 ... 6-0 ... 202 ... Two Letters... Centervllle, OH ... Luke is a physical player who started two games in 1997... very good special teams player wh6 will again be counted upon to long snap and contribute on all special teams ... not only has accurate snaps but also the speed needed to get downfield tomaketheplay... will challengeforplaying time if he improves his strength and speed ... will make big pla~s but needs to develop consistency ... has good attitude ... hustles on every play ... had four tackles and six assists in win over Murray State and 4T, SA in first WKU game last year .. .big effort of 1996 season was a six-tackle, four-assist game vs. Southeast Missouri ... graduate of Centerville High School. Butch Prlntup ... Sophomore... 20... ~ ... 207... One Letter... Hamllton, OH ... Butch was the s1..1rprise of the linebackers of the ~ 997 season ...transferred from Bowling Green State University last fall and earned starting position after three games .. .started in 10 of the 11 games in which he appeared ...top games of '97 were six-tackle efforts v ~. Tennessee State and Southeast Missouri ... physical player who can run and hit...has good football iri.s tincts ... had a very solid spring practice ... should ~e starting weakside linebacker in '98 with additional size and strength ...coaches are expecting a very good season from Butch in 1998 ... graduate of Hamilton High School. 1997 Totals Travis Schoenlaub ... Junlor ... 21 ... 6-0 ... 220 ... 0ne Letter... Loulsvllle, KY ..• Travis spent the entire spring at middle linebacker after playing lineo"acker and defensive end last fall. ..stepped in for Brad Folke when he was injured during the spring and played respectably ...the game is very important to him and he takes great pride in his performance... needs to improve speed and finishing ability .. .must bEf totally in shape and ready to go to challenge for playing time m '98 ... top game '97 came vs. Austin Peay whe he had 3T, 1A... had five tackles in '98 Maroon-White spring game and four tackles, two assists and a quarterback sack in '97 spring game ... was redshirted in 1995.. .while serving as team captain his senior year of high school, Travis collected 84 tackles, 62 assists, and 12 QB sacks .. .graduate of Butler High School. BIiiy Wrlght. •• Sopliomore ...20 •.• 6-1 1/2... 202 ... No Letters ... Lyndon, KY ... Billy p(ayed on some special teams in 1997 after coming back from an early season injury ... needs to increase size, speed and strength in order to have a chanc~ to play on aregular basis ... had four tackles, one as~ist and a quarterback sack in the '98 spring game ... likes contact and has good work habits ... played defensive back last year ... brother of former EKU placekicker John Wright...graduate of Trinity Hign School. ht 1996 1997 Totals Chris Mlnter ... Sophomore ... 19 ... 5-11 ... 239 ... No Letters ... Rlchmond, KY •••Chris sat out the 1997 season to concentrate on his stuaies ... had a y ery productive off-season ... needs to continue to roake gains in strength and speed ... will have a chance to play at weakside lineoacker if he continues to make improvements ... all-state football player in high school...holds school records for most points in one season (135) and TD's in single game (4) ... three-year all-district player in football, baseball and basketball. .. graduate et Madison Central High School. 10 Adam Rader ... Sophomore ... 20 ... 6-0 ... 207 ... 0ne Letter... Westervllle, OH ... Adam started three games in 1997, but playecj 4mostly ~s a backup to Charles Tinsley ... best game last year was a three solo, four assisted tackle game vs. Appalachian State ... had two tackles, one assist in '98 spring game ... made continued improvement i:turing the season ... is ~inning to understand defensive concept...intelligent player... will be counted on to be very effective on all speqial teams ... has good speed but needs to become more)'ihysical and will do so as his size and strength improve .. .if he makes good progress during the summer, he stiould push Tinsley for starting spot...was redshirted in 1996... has great speed (4.59 40-yard dash) ... a two-sport participant in high school (football, track) .. .was an all-state football player and Division II Defensive Player of the Year his senior year .. .graduate of St. Francis DeSales High School. Care&rSbt~at EKU aFumble 1997 Totals 27 �& MEET THE COLONEL DEFENSE Tim Gibbens ... Sophomore ... 19... 6-1...231 ... No Letters ... Tallahassee, FL... Tim: sat out the 1997 season to concentrate on ,academics ... has good size, speed' and strength; •.had good off-season as he madel ven, good progresspn !gaining additional size an' l strength ...likes to h it' and gets to the footbajl:.. will be·able to challel')ge for playing time at the/ middle linebacker position .. .graduate of North Fl6rida Christiap School. Kris Nevels ... Sophomore ... 20 ... 5-9 ... 165 ... No Letters ... Fl<mfnce, KY ..•Kris has a great.nose for the footbalVand is" not' afraid to take . a xisk,..had a good spring, earning•the starting spot oppq~ite side from Dedric CampbeU ... t;,est game last, season was a two tackle, two-assist1 outing gainsL UT Martin .. .was redshirted in 19'96'.'.. made great.strides in the spring of '97 ...had eight,fsolo tackles, 1ope assist, two pass interceptionsl'and three pass .deflections in the '97 Maroon:,White game .. .was ljl'three-sport (football, track and basketball) participannrl high school. ..team captain f i.n fgptb.:!11 his,wfuni9r wand senior yea~s of high school. .. Defensive Back of the Year as high school sophomore and junior. ..also team's Best Runningback and all-conference as a junior. ..was a member of the Northern Kentucky All-Star team ...graduate of Simon Kenton High School. SECONDARY Scooter Asel...Sophomore ... 21 ... 6-0 ... 205 ...One Letter... Plano:,,,-i :x ... Scoote(ihj!Jreq his knee and was lo,st "for·tt,e seasopi in.the '971opener vs. Troy Stat, ...is coming ;off very solid fitst season of collegiate football1that 1saw him gain ~rst-team AllOhio Valley Conference honors 996 .. .one of only two freshm~n , in the leag~e : to>·pe_ .honored this way ... started.all 11 games and wa~th1rd on the team and 12:'kji:lthe league in tackl~s and assists with 96 ... led the team and tied for fifth, fn the league in inter&ptions with four .. .twjc4:!,,ria.med OVC NewcomecoftheWqeK in '96 f0r ·his efforts against Troy State and Appalachian State ...split time his freshman year between strong and free safety ... received team's Most Valuable Defensive Back Award for '96 ...definite all-conference candidate and possible All-American candidate ...jumped right into a starting spot in the secondary as a redshirt freshman in '96 .. .has tons of football savvy ... missed most of '97 spring practice recuperating from foot surgery .. . has run a 4.63 40yard dash ... was an all-District quarterback and was co-MVP in the state championship game as Plano won the Texas Class SA Division I state football crown in 1994...graduate of Plano Senior High School. a fo') Shawn Gallant. .. Junior ... 20 ... 6-0 1/2 ... 200 .. .Two Letters ... Windsor, Ontario, ..Canada ... Shawn had an outstc(Qding spr ing practicl aQd was more physical than Jje "had ever been ..{understands; the Colonels' defense and al(''the defensive calls in the secondary .. . stiould start at one ,of the safety positions ... has) he potential to be"ah all-conference player... best garile of '97 came ys,.,tennessee State when he hacMive tackles, one 'assist and one pass &£ ' .4V deflecti<>_'}7.has the athle~97tools to be a _great safety. /.breaks on the bal!,as good as anyone 1n the sec9ndary:'.:pla.yed 9 seven games "as a freshman and '·all M12 contests la.st season ...graduate of J.L. Forster High School. makes in Brent Hampton ... Junior ... 22 ... 5-10 1/2... 198 ... One Letter... Cynthiana, KY ...Brent was, the surprise of the spring ...clianged posit~ s fro!11 llh,ebacker to defensive back ..will be a ·r 1and ,. , reall''/ ,,, responded well. ,'i leader oi;if special teams ... should :add depth to the safety ~ sition ... has a desire to do wt u/. was red shirted in 1995r..wm eventually be a solid player at defensive bacilbecause he'"wants to make a"contribution and be a str rfe~ had f ue solo ta( Kles and one assist in '98 spring gatne,.. his fathei?."Doug, played for coach Roy Kidd at EKU.in late)60's ·and was a member of the Eastern Grantia~d Rice Bowl charripio'fi team of 1967. .. graduate of Harrison County High School. Dedric Campbell...Senior... 22 ... 5-8 ... 168... Three Letters ... North Pole, AK ... Dedric is a fifth-year senior that has very quick f~,and , pound-for-pound, is one of the hardesfhittert\.on the team .. .was a starting cornerback coming out di spring practice ...one of the best cover men in Colon~.ls' secondary .. .has played in all 23 games the pas\ twC\ years, starting five as a sophomore ... top game lasJ se1ason was a four-tackle, one-assist effort vs. UT Martin ... best game of 1996 was a six-tackle, one assist,ythree deflected passes, one interception contest ~ s . Austin Peay ...should contribute on special teams as well. ..was redshirted in 1994...graduate-0fBen Eielson High School. 28 �MEET THE COLONEL DEFENSE Tony Woods ... Senior ... 21 ... 5-10 ... 180 .. . No Letters ... Louisville, KY ... Tony trarrsferred to Eastern from the University of Kentucky in1 arly August of this year.... p'layetl im eight games last year for UK, startimg seven at cornerback ... missed three comtests with imjury .. .collected 29 tackles la,st season, includimg 19 primary $tops ... also came up with one interception (vs. Indiana for am 18:.,yard return) and three pass deflections in 1997... started first four games of 1996 seasom before sufferimg cracked vertebra ... had 26 tackles, imcluding career-high eight tackles against Louisville ... won UK's Most Improved Defensive Back award in the Spring of 1996 .. .graduate of St. Xavier High School. Nick Sullivan ... Freshman ...19 ... 6-2 1/2 ... 214 ... No Letters ... Lancaster, KY .. . Nick was redshirted in 1997 ... was switch13d f(om quarterback to safety this past spring ... did a great job adjusting to the change ... will push for a starting position ... had three tackles, three assists in the '98 spring game ... played football, basketball and baseball in high school .. .was a member of the 1997 Kentucky All-Star Football Team ... started four years for the Golden Lions at quarterback, running for 2,423 yards and 40 TD's and t!)rowing for 2,107 yards and 2.3 TD's ... graduate of Garrard County High School. Derrick White ... Freshman ... 19 ... 5-8 ... 181 ... No Letters .. .Lexington , KY ... Derrick was redshirted in 1997.. .is already a leader and just a freshman .. .has great enthusiasm for.,,.the game .. :worked hard and really improved this spring ... had five tackles in '98 spring game ... played both footb~II and basketball in high school. .. three-year all-city pick in football. .. Most Valuable Player in football in 1994 and 1995 ... member of Kentucky All-Star football team ... rushed for 4,496 yards and 78,#1'D's in his high school career .. .scored more tnan 1,000 points in his high school basketball career... son of former EKU defensive back Tommy White who played form 1978-81 and who was on Eastern's first national championship team of 1979 ... graduate of Lexington Catholic High School. Tomma Huguely ... Freshman .. .19 ... 5-10 .. .176 ... No Letters ... Richmond, KY ... Tomma was redshirted in 19~7 ... is a young-player who was a great local talent.. .needs to work o size and speed .. .had two tackles in '98 spring game .. .played three years of football and baseball in higti school. .. alldistrict, all-county, captain and Most Valuable Player in football ... graduate of Madison Central High School. J.D. Jewell. .. Freshman ... 19 ... 5-11 ... 187 ... No Letters ... Bowling Green, KY ... :J. D.~was-redshirted in 1997 .. .was walk-on last fall. .. improved immensely in the spring, understanding the defense and making calls ... is a hard worker who will contribute to the team's success ... h\3S been clocked in 4.65 in the 40yard dash ... had two tackles , one assist in the '98 spring game ... graduate of Warren Central High School. NEWCOMERS Adam Bailey ... OT ... 6-7 .. . 280 ... Fr ... Prestonsburg High School. .. Prestonsburg, KY ... Adam played four, seasons. of football for coach John DeRossett at Prestonsburg High ... also played baske'tba.11 his senior season ... firstteam All-Mountain Team ... Big Dippef fir st-team selection ... all-state honorable mention .. .first-team all-conference for "Most Pancakes" .. .named to Kentucky All-Star team for Kentucky-Tennessee game ... merriber of the National Honor Society ... voted Who's Who among1American High School students .. .graduated in top third of his class ... enjoys playing chess, watching old movies, spending time with family and friends .. .yvill major in philosophy at Eastern ... his biggest athletic thrill was being nam~ to the 1998 Kentucky All-Star team ... picked EKU because of its winning football tradition. Isaac Carter ... DB ...5-10 ... 170... Jr ... Miramonte High School ... Cerritos (CA) College ... Hacienda Heights, CA ... Isaac transferred to Eastern from Cerritos (CA) College ... had 15 tackle~ 10 assists, two tackle.s for loss in 1997 as Cerritos went 5-5 ... collected eight soJ6s, eight assists.in '96 as CC went 9-2 and won the Pontiac GMC Strawberry Bowl. .. led team with 11 punt returns for 39 yards ... was an AII-Miramonte League defensive back as sophomore and junior and runningback as a junior.. .was Athlete of the Year his senior year in high school. .. served as team captain in lea.ding hisi team to ML championship in 1995 ... won several Player of the Ga .1e notic~s ... also was a captain his senior year in basketball and track .was named Sprinter of the Year as senior. .. career high school defensive stats showed 87 solo tackles, 42 assists, 10 interceptions, 3 TFL and one fumble recovery ... career offensive stats were 224 carries, 1,570 yards and 14 TD's rushing, 20 pass receptions, 209 yards and three TD catches ... also averaged 12.4 yards on punt returns and 21.3 yards on kickoff returns ... enjoys playing basketball, weightlifting, being with friends and studying ... will major in physical therapy at EKU ... biggest athletic thrills have come for Isaac when his team wins ... chose Eastern because "it was the best place for me." Jarvis Chivers ... WR ... 5-11 ... 175 ... Fr ... Forest Park High School ... Atlanta, GA ... Jarvis played football last season for coach .Bob Smith and in 1996 for coach Clint Ashmore at Forest'Park\ also ran track for three seasons ... was all reg ion receiver as a j unior and senior... led county in all receiving categories ... Receiver of the Year in 1997 ... two-time track team captain and track MVP ... 100 meter champion ... interested in reading , watching movies and playing video games ... his biggest athl~tic thrill wa.s :receiving a football scholarship to play at Eastern .. .chose EKU fur the opportwnity to play for coach Kidd and be a part of his legacy as one of the greatest coaches in the history of the game . Jason Crockett ... LB ... 6-2 1/2 ... 210 ... Fr ... Bell County High School. ..Pineville, KY ... Jason played four seasons of football for coach Tom Greer. .. also played four seasons of l:lasketball _s1r,id competed three years in track and field ... awarded South East Kentucky Conference Player of the Year, District Player of the Year, lflonorable Mention All-State, and Big Dipper All Mountain Team .. .for basketball was All District and All Conference ... was twoyear champion in discus .. . interested in mountain biking , skiing, and most outdoor activities ... will be an architectur1 major at Eastern ... biggest athletic thrill was being part of a top high chool program ... came to Eastern because of the winning tradition in football. Chad Culver ... FB ... 5-11 ... 240 ... Fr ... Sherldan High School...Thornville, OH ... Chad played three seasons oUootball for coachPaul Culver ... also played baseball , was on the wrestling team and ran track -in high school. .. all-district player of the year and all state his senior year .. .two-time all-district..three-time all-league ... had 3,031 career yards rushing and 44 tguchdowns, including 837 yards and 13 TD's as a senior. ..tw~-time all-leagu& and MVP in wrestling and sectional champ for shot put in track ..~membe oH~ational Honor Society and scholar athlete .. .will major in educ tion at Eastern ... enjoys sports of all types ... his biggest athletic thrill was playing in the 1996 state high school semifinals ... picked EKU because of its supero football program . 29 �MEET THE NEWCOMERS Josh Girdler ... DB ... 6-0 .. .1~•. J;~,.. Southwes rn High School... Somerset, KY ... Josh played four yejtrS • fd(?tball f h Dale Anderson ... also ran track four seasons ... wa§'two ti city, ty, all-district, and one time all-region in football .. . r ith' honorable mention .. .set school record for most tackl 251.. .was 1997 Bluegrass Lexington Catholic Power in the 175-pound weight class ... academic all state fl !...graduated in the top 100 of his senior class ...enjo · thletic thrill was intercepting and running the ball 6 uchdow ) rig a new team record for the school and Pulaski County .. .came to Eastern· because of the winning tradition and the class of athletes in the football program. Sunsett Graham ... DB ... 5-10 ...175 ... Fr ... South Dade High School ... Homestead, FL. .. Sunsett play asons of football for coach Don Drinkman at South Dade .. .recei... ' le men!' " ' II-state notice his senior year...second team all-Dade pi hree-ti rman ... was chosen as one of the South 's leading defe be criminology major at Eastern ... enjoys lifting weight es ... biggest athletic thrill is the physical contact and co !ion h'e playing football. .. came to Eastern because he lo <"Richmond and th ily environment surrounding the program. h School ... Miami, FL. .. olds the Broward County 1 ½ in 1997 ...was threekles, 27 for a loss for y selection by The Miami ill is holding the Broward Beach Ely High School Eastern because Nick was a third-team al IQ single season record fq ... . acks year starter for Coopfr~City .. CCHS ... team captain · · Herald and the Sun Senti County sack record, for graduate Corey Simon wh of the family environmen~~t, P!•·•~·A,.. Wayne Holderman ... ~.7~,--·Fr.. eec~wood High School...Ft. Mitchell, KY ... Waynetpla¥ed.four seaso ootball at Beechwood High for coach Mike Yeagle ... also play,.id b et ~I. i is sophomore year at Beechwood .. .participated in ~·eJ\tucky-Tenness~e/ All-Star Game and the Northern Kentucky AII -Star.l~ ame ... awarded .Jot;3°uard of Game" at state championship game ... first-t ' rn all-state on efise .. .four-time participant in state championship ga .first team Al rthern Kentucky ... Defensive Player of Year in Division M 11 .. .firsttea · .. .served as Senior Class and Junior Class Vice Pr , 1dent.. .enjoy asketball , baseball, and softball...chose Easter~'because it is t e winningest Division 1-AA program in the nation. Marcus Hopkins ... L.B,,A:;!; 3 ... 215. ..~~ke Brantley High School. .. Altamonte Spt ings .. Marc yecftwo seasons of football for coach George Clayton and p ated t .. seasons each in weightlifting and track ...received Golden Hel ard in;''97?-, all conference, team captain and MVP on defense as .collected ' 52 kles and five sacks in 1997 .. .had 85 career tackles and .sik sacks .. .enjci tching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, going to the beach,} .ybightlifting, a aying golf...will major in business at Eastern .. .biQgest att1Jetic thrHl repg cling two sacks ana seven tackles in an upset agai,::tSlfJYal 'Seminoii [!!gt:1.hfs senior year ... granclson of Ray Kiele , coach Kicld's brother...chose EKU because he wants to be a part of the winning traclition in football. f 'Nas Jason Mohammed ... OL...6-~.".290 ... Fr .. .Lecarito High School ... Citrus Springs, FL.Jason playe9/, ree seaso foot~all for coach Dick Slack at Lecanto ... also participaJea in track ii\g ana weightlifting in high school .. .named all-county ih all sports .. .was all-ciori'ference pick ... servea as team captain ... picked oh,' Suncoast Tj~rfi .. .set state school bench press record ... member f I hampions · .Wwrestling, weightlifting ana track. Derwin Purnell...DB ... 5-10 ... 1f!Q ... Jr ... Gre Junior College ... Grenada,.f4~; .. Derwi , to Eastern this fall from Holmes Junior College ... aJfirst-tea, r' 1-statE\ i'ynior college player last season for Holmes .. .selecte9,~ Holm1sf Most Oulflanding Defensive Back of 1997 ... played football at Grei,n~da Hig~~chool for c9~ch Neil Hitchcock ... also played basketball and ran track in high sp~ool. .. was Nwo-year all-conference and all-area selection in football and basketball at ,Grenada ... made all-state L 4 honors in football and track hi,s 1enior ye . receive? MVP honors for football team and Best Defensivr,£1.clX,~( j,ward'¾ etball team ... will major in physical education at Eastern with a career o active of being a teacher and coach ... biggest athletic thrill came when he scored touchdowns at quarterback, punt returner and defensive back in the same game ... chose Eastern because of the excellent education programs offered, the winning football tradition and the chance to be a part of a championship team. w'cfs; ii · [ '•' / Nick Towns .. .WR ... 5-10. igh School. .. Albany, GA ... Nick playea four ach John Reynolcls . at Dougherty High ... also c ck (400m, 4x100, 4x400, and high jump) ... served a -region .. .Most Improved Receiver (Freshman), at (Sophomore) ana Most Valuable Wice Receiver Great...played on state championship basketb or in sports medicine at Eastern .. .enjoys listeni cling the bible ... biggest athletic thrill was playing iA · 6 st fli,[Li~~i-finals, 1996 basketball state championship game an competing in the 4x100 meter relay finals in the 1995 state track meet...came to Eastern for its sports medicine program ana the awesome football traclition. Lawrence Walls ... DB ...~.:P,, 1 San Jacinto (CA) Junlg rcteo to EKU from Mt. San Jacinto ( mentality .. .loves to hit...enjo time ... will be a business ma · have come from making big because of the team atmospher Jr ... ...St. unior ing bas tmajo and hew Senior High School. .. Mt. 0 ... Lawrence transferred .. runs well .. has linebacker na shooting pool in spare rn ... biggest athletic thrills '· uchaowns ... chose EKU ay for a winning program. Tim Woolf ... LB ... 6-2 ... 2~g ... Fr... ton Catholic High School ... Florence, KY ... Tinl'7.filayed of football at Covington Catholic for former EKU clef_ei 1y,e bac as a two-year selection on Enquirer's first-team aefe el.. was 's Defensive Player of the Year his junior ana II-state pick by ~ Journal. .. was one of , ~...L!!=!J.! 22 ...Top 24 Northern Kentucky Coaches A~ r... servea as captain his junior ana senior year ... team' st Valua ebacker... member of state champs in 1997 ... main hobby l!Jishing ...~j t athletic thrills have come by winning state championship ana beating Ft. Thomas Highlands in the state playoffs ...pickecl EKU because he Ii keel the campus ana the family atmosphere of the Colonel football program. Mark Wright...K ... 6-0 ... 110,,-Ff.;;-George Je~.~ips High School ... Lakeland, FL... Mark playea one seaso'\?fi footbaU)~.t •~ ~orge Jenkins for coach Rod Jamison ana three seasons, each of 'l:5asf ~all ana soccer at George Jenkins ... was namea seconcl,tec1m all-state forfootball .was part of two state soccer championship teams~(4,995 1997) at ~i,l~S .. namea MVP in baseball 1 in 1997 ... enjoys hunting, fishing, camping, ~~q going to church ...will be a business major at Eastern ... bigg~sJ athletic th"rilliwas winning a football game 1 in overtime with a fielcl g9a1 thatr! e'nt the team '.tc{ the playoffs ... chose Eastern because he was impreii'e,£!:;;vlth the beaMtifYL<,J! irJPUS, curriculum, spirited stuaent body ana its winning traclition in football. 30 �0 Ii ...· . . . . . , Western Kentucky •.:g.if'lij)'•1~9j.i'el A Story About Winning What EKU Recruits Are Told: You Will Be In The I-AA Playoffs And Have A Chance To Win A National Championship In some ways, Kidd has tried to change with the times. But he still runs a tight ship. Where players once had curfew every night, it has now been relaxed to three nights a week during the season. Where long hair was once banned year round , it is now banned only during the season . "I used to be a lot stricter on how they dress, " Kidd said of his players, "but I still don't let them have long hair during the season. I still want them to make a nice appearance representing the University." When recruiting, Kidd looks for "kids who can run and who like to hit. You can't play football today if you can't run, and you don't belong on the field if you don't like to hit. " He also looks for "the kid who is an inch or two shorter, half a step slower, 20 to 30 pounds lighter than the big schools want. Then, we have to work with them and teach them how to play. That's our job, to teach kids how to play the game." Despite the disadvantages presented by recruiting against bigger schools, Kidd said EKU coaches do "have some advantages in recruiting. We've always recruited good kids, and they become the best salesmen for our program. Potential recruits come here and can see how much our kids enjoy playing the game and how much they enjoy playing together. Another advantage is our tradition." One more advantage is that recruits learn they will be treated with respect. Eastern coaches don't hit players, and they don't treat them like second-class citizens. "I try to treat my players, my coaching staff, the people I work with, the way I would like to be treated, " said Kidd. "I'm not going to abuse our kids physically, and I don't expect any of my coaches to do that. I tell them, 'You treat those young men like you'd like to be treated'. "My basic philosophy in life as well as football is treat people the way you'd like to be treated." When Roy Kidd and his assistants hit the recruiting road this fall, they'll be telling potential players a story about winning. Said Kidd: "I try to sit down with every kid we want to sign, and I tell them and their parents, 'If you come to Eastern, you're going to have a chance to play for a conference championship and you're going to be in the national playoffs, and you're going to have a chance to win a national championship.' "There's so many places where a kid isn't going to have those chances, " Kidd said . "If he comes here, we're going to make sure that he has a chance to be a winner." There are other messages given to potential recruits - you will go to class, you will attend study halls and you won't use drugs. "We do all we can to make sure our players graduate," Kidd said. "We provide tutors to help them, we insist that they go to study table, and we don't put up with class cutting." As for drugs, Kidd sets aside money earned from his summer football camp - money which otherwise would go to him - to pay for regular drug testing for all Eastern players; this is in addition to testing conducted by the NCAA. "If you test positive once, it's between you and the trainer," Kidd said. "If you test positive again , I'm going to be told and I'm going to tell your parents. And the kid is going to enter counseling and straighten up before he can rejoin the team. "Drugs are a big problem in society, but they aren't going to be a big problem on our football team. I want our kids off drugs. And when they are with their peers and have an opportunity to stray, I want them to know that I'm going to be testing them." 31 �Eastern Kentucky-Home of I-AA Football's Top Rushing Game Tradition Harris ranks fourth (5.9). - In 1991, Lester and Thomas broke through the 3,000-yard barrierfortheircareers the same day--appropriately enough, Homecoming. Also that day, fullback Rick Burkhead went over 1,000 yards for his career, which was mostly spent opening holes for Harris, Lester and Thomas. - When Eastern faced Marshall in the Division I-AA semifinals in 1991, Lester and Thomas began the game with more than 7,500 career yards between them. A check of the record book by NCAA researchers failed to find any school with two starting backs--ever--totalling as much as 6,000 yards. - In 1993, seniors Leon Brown and Mike Penman shared the role of starter at tailback. It was the first time as a starter at tailback for either player, yet both exceeded 1 ,000 yards. Brown spent the 1994 NFL season with the New York Giants and the 1995 season in his home town of Jacksonville, Florida, on the roster of the NFL expansion franchise there. - For his career, Harris averaged 9.3 points per game, second highest total in the Division I-AA record book (behind Dave Meggett), and the 12.8 points he averaged per game in the 1988 season is the second highest average in one season (behind Jerry Rice). The most talented of this very accomplished group The first time Tim Lester saw film of the Eastern Kentucky offense, he was a high school running back in Miami, Florida. "I just thought, oh, man!" said Lester as he recalled watching first one tailback, then another, rip off huge chunks of yardage. He knew then that he'd be coming to Richmond, Kentucky, to play college football. Lester finished his Eastern career with the 1991 season. By then, he had rushedfor3,651 yards, despite losing all but one game of his sophomore season to a knee injury. Thus, he became one of 11 Colonel running backs to gain more than 2,300 yards since 1970, a record no other NCAA Division I or I-AA school can touch. Lester, now entering his seventh season as an NFL running back, first for the St. Louis Rams and now for the Pittsburgh Steelers, ranks 30th all time for career rushing yards in Division I-AA. Among those in front of him are four more EKU running backs: - Markus Thomas, who closed a fabulous career in 1992, is ranked as the number one Division I-AA all time rusher with 5,552 yards. Thomas spentthe 1993 NFL season with the Philadelphia Eagles and played three springs in the World League of American Football in Europe, scoring a touchdown in the championship game in 1996. - Elroy Harris, ranked 10th all time with 4,559 yards in three seasons (1985, 1987, 1988). - Jimmie Brooks, who ranks 18th with 3,842 yards (1968-1971). - James Crawford, who ranks 19th with 3,833 yards in three seasons ( 1985-1987). "We run the I-formation, and we feature the tailback, so you'd expect them to get a lot of yards," said Coach Roy Kidd. "But it's more than that. We've had some special kids playing back there. Plus, you've got to give credit to the offensive lines we've had. They' re responsible for a lot of those yards." The offense which produces all those yards seems predictable. It's the tailback off tackle. Ort he sprint draw up the middle. Or the option either way. Or the fullback on a quick hitter. Everybody knows what's coming. Butfewteams have shut it down. Consider: - Over the last 135 games, covering 11 seasons and 101 victories, the offense has averaged about 270 yards per game on the ground. - In the 13 seasons since 1985, there have been 18 individual 1,000 yard rushing seasons. Five times in 12 years, two backs have each gained more than 1,000 yards, another NCAA record. - Among the top 25 rushers, all time, in Division I-AA, Thomas has the highest average yards per carry (6.57) and .64 4.77 .90 .05 .32 4.95 5.91 5.29 5.72 5.66 5.60 6,52 .55 .91 .80 78 22 32 �as Colonel running backs and both are capable of attaining postseason honors. At fullback, junior Jonathan Butler will push for playing time. All of these players have the potential to one day become a bigger part of this story. The 1998 season will provide them with that opportunity. "We have some kids with the talent it takes to play running back here," said Kidd. "Now, we'll have to see which of them are ready to step up." may have been Elroy Harris. With his penchant for finding the end zone--58 times--and his trademark back flip upon doing so, he is the all-time crowd favorite. A second-round draft choice of the Seattle Seahawks in 1989, Harris played one year in the NFL before being waived, a victim, Seattle observers said, of a tendency to miss meetings and to practice half heartedly. Harris then played two years in the World League of American Football. The most versatile was Tim Lester, who would break outside f ram tailback one series, and flatten linebackers and defensive ends from fullback the next series. Those multiple talents were on display last in January 1992 when Lester played in the North-South and East-West Shrine all-star games. But the most accomplished was Thomas. He was selected first-time All-American by Kodak, Associated Press, Football News-Gazette and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. He was OVC Offensive Player of the Year his junior and senior years. Most of all, Thomas was a player who, like Lester, realized his potential. "He dedicated himself to doing the little things that are needed to be the best football player you can be," Kidd said. This year, junior Derick Logan and sophomore Corey Crume will be featured. Both are going into their second years 33 �& 1998 COLONEL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Derick Logan Derrick White Dedric Campbell Waylon Chapman Jon Denton Corey Crume Chad Collins Rondel Menendez Charles Tinsley Derwin Purnell Matthew Phillips Tony Woods J. D. 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Jr. Fr. 5-10½ 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 ½ 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-3 ½ 6-2 ½ 6-1 6-1½ 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-1 ½ 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-6 6-2½ 6-2 6-0 6-6 ½ 6-7 6-3½ 6-1½ 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-0½ 6-1 ½ 6-4½ 198 207 202 207 208 239 235 230 270 210 258 310 220 271 285 282 285 309 271 301 255 283 280 278 293 280 303 321 279 300 330 176 175 170 235 251 244 240 240 250 272 Cynthiana, KY Westerville, OH Centerville, OH Hamilton, OH Germantown, TN Richmond, KY Jackson, KY Florence, KY Roswell, GA Pineville, KY Miami, FL Henderson, KY Louisville, KY Berea, KY Lancaster, CA Hebron, KY Citrus Springs, FL Owensboro, KY Orange, CA N.Miami Beach, FL Cincinnati, OH Pataskala, OH Prestonsburg, KY Ft. Mitchell, KY Louisville, KY Bradenton, FL Merritt Island, FL Lexington, KY London,KY Topeka, KS Dania, FL Bardstown, KY Atlanta, GA Albany, GA Fairlawn, NJ Jeannette, PA Dunwoody, GA Miami, FL Titusville, FL Flint, Ml Elizabethtown, KY 35 I\ �Game 2 - Sept. 12 University of Kentucky at Lexington, KY 1:30 p.m. EDT Game 1 Sept. 5 Kentucky State University at Richmond, KY 7:00 p.m. EDT Location-Frankfort, KY Founded-1886 President-Dr. George Willis Reid Enrollment-2 ,570 Colors-Kelly Green/Light Gold Conference-Southern Intercollegiate Athletics Nickname-Thorobreds Athletics Director-Donald W. Lyons Head Coach-George Small (NC A& T, 1979) Coaching Record at KSU-19-15-0/4th year Coaching Record Overall-19-15-0/4th year Phone (502) 227-6731 Assistant Coaches-Scoti Anderson, Wesley McGriff, William Jones Ill, Juan Taylor, Chennis Berry, David Patterson , Tim Edwards , Randy Mapp, James Glover Last Year's Overall Record-7-5-0 Last Year's Conference Record/Finish-4-2/2nd SID-Ron Braden-(502) 227-6019 Home Phone No.-(502) 227-1905 SID FAX No.-(502) 227-6466 Trainer-Richard Fletcher Stadium/Capacity-Alumni/6,000 Press Box Number-(502) 227-6923 Starters Lost/Returning-12/45 Location-Lexington , KY Founded-1865 President-Dr. Charles Wethington Enrollment-24,000 Colors- Blue and White Nickname-Wildcats Conference-Southeastern Athletics Director-C.M. Newton Head Coach-Hai Mumme (Tarleton State , 1975) Coaching Record at UK-5-6-0/2nd year Coaching Record Overall-70-33-1/10th year Phone (606) 257-3611 Assistant Coaches- Tommy Adams , Claude Bassett, Mike Fanoga, Tony Franklin , Tim Keane , Mike Leach, Mike Major, Guy Morriss, Darrell Patterson Last Year's Overall Record - 5-6-0 Last Year's Conference Record/Finish - 2-6/5th Div. Football SID-Tony Neely-(606) 257-3838 Home Phone No. (606) 271-5976 SID FAX No.-(606) 323-4310 Trainer-Bill Edwards Stadium/Capacity- Commonwealth/55,453 Press Box Number-(606) 323-2888 Lettermen Lost/Returning-21/48 George Small Coach Dwayne Woods Defensive End PROSPECTUS Quarterback Coach Hal Mumme and his staff will be beginning their second season at Kentucky after the Wildcats posted a 5-6 record in 1997, the Cats' best year since 1993. Mumme, who was selected as the 1997 Region 2 Coach of the Year, will have 48 lettermen to work with in '98 , including nine starters back on offense , five regulars on defense and both starting kickers. The success of Kentucky's pass-oriented offense was one of the notable stories in college football last season . UK ranked sixth nationally in total offense with 474 yards per game. At the controls of UK's "Air Raid" attack is junior quarterback Tim Couch , one of the leading candidates for the 1998 Heisman Trophy . He completed 363 of 547 passes last season , good for 3,884 yards and 37 touchdowns , while leading the nation in passing yardage and completion percentage (66.4) and placing second in total offense (341 .7 ypg .) and TD passes. Kentucky has plenty of veteran rece ivers available , including senior wide receivers Craig Yeast (73 catches-873 yards- 10 TD's) , senior Lance Mickelsen (31-377-6) and Jimmy Robinson (33-336-2 ). Also back is junior tight end Jimmy Haley (24-195-0). Handling the backfield duties should be junior Anthony White (736 yards rushing, four TD's, 59 receptions , 453 yards , 4 TD catches ) at halfback and sophomore Derek Homer (502 yards rushing , 1 TD , 31 catches , 364 yards, two TD's) at fullback . Leading the defensive charge for the Wildcats will be junior middle linebacker Jeff Snedegar who totaled 97 tackles last season. First game of the series. PROSPECTUS The Kentucky State Thorobred football team ended the 1997 regular season with a 6-5 record and 4-2 second place fin ish in the SIAC. That second place finish earned the Breds a berth in the inaugural Pioneer Bowl played at Herndon Stadium on the campus of Morris Brown College in Atlanta. The Thorobreds defeated CIAA champs and nationally-ranked Livingstone, 30-26, giving KSU a respectable 7-5 overall record . This Bowl victory was the Thorobreds' first since 1948 and their seventh appearance in post-season competition . The Breds led all SIAC teams with 14 total selections (five firstteam and ninesecondteam)on the 1997 AII-SIACTeam. Defensive end Michael Mason and defensive back Marcus DovereamedAII-American honors. Mason and Tim Duncan received National Player of the Week honors by Donald Hansen's weekly Football Gazette. To say that enthusiasm for the football team on the KSU campus is high would be an understatement. The thrilling last-second victory over Livingstone in the Pioneer Bowl was very exciting and ended a three-year campaign by coach George Small, who was named SIAC Coach of the Year for the second straight season , and his staff in the rebuilding process. KSU returns its entire starting offensive line and a seasoned quarterback in Mike Volarvich for the first time during coach Small's tenure. Also back are three top receivers in Anthony Arnett, Dan Amos and James Stowe. The strength on defense will be atthe linebacker and secondary slots. Eastern leads the series, 1-0. 1998 SCHEDULE 1997 RESULTS 15 MILES ......... ....... ........ ... .... .. 28 Aug . 29 at Miles Sept. 5 at Eastern Kentucky 6 at Indiana State ... ............ ... 19 Sept. 12 ALBANY STATE 7 at Albany State .. .... .... ....... . 10 Sept. 19 at Clark Atlanta 32 CLARK ATLANTA .. ............ 25 Sept. 26 at Fort Valley State 38 vs. Fort Valley State ............ 7 Oct. 3 at Tuskegee 21 TUSKEGEE ......................... 42 Oct. 10 LANE 45 at Lane ........... .................... 12 Oct. 17 Open 28 SAVANNAH STATE ......... .. 10 Oct. 24 at Savannah State 9 at Morehouse .. ..................... 7 Oct. 31 MOREHOJSE 17 at Morris Brown ...... .. ......... 30 27 ALABAMA A&M ..... ... ......... 20 Nov. 7 MORRISBROWN Nov. 14 Open #30 vs . Livingstone .... .... .. .... ..... 26 Nov. 21 at Illinois State #Pioneer Bowl Hal Mumme Coach , 36 1998 SCHEDULE 1997 RESULTS Sept. 5 at Louisville 38 LOUISVILLE ........... ............. 24 Sept. 12 EASTERNKENTUCKY 27 at Mississippi State .............. 35 Sept. 19 INDIANA 49 at Indiana ...... ... ... .......... ....... 7 Sept. 26 at Florida 28 FLORIDA ........ ....... ..... ... . .. .. 55 *40 ALABAMA .................... ... .. . 34 Oct. 3 at Arkansas Oct. 10 SOUTH CAROLINA 24 at South Carolina .......... ....... 38 49 NORTHEAST LOUISIANA .. .. . 14 Oct. 17 atLSU Oct. 24 GEORGIA 13 at Georgia ........ ....... ............ 23 Oct. 31 Open 28 LSU ............ ... ..... ... ............ 63 Nov. 7 MISSISSIPPISTATE 21 at Vanderbilt ... ... ..... ....... ..... 10 Nov. 14 VANDERBILT 31 TENNESSEE .. ................ .. .. . 59 Nov. 21 _ at _ Tennessee '--,_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _*Overtime _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, I, �Game 4 - Sept. 26 Game 3 - Sept. 19 Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green, KY 6:00 p.m. CDT location-Bowl ing Green , KY Founded-1906 President-Dr. Gary Ransdell Enrollment-14 ,795 Colors-Red and White Conference-NCAA I-AA Independent Nickname--Hilltoppers Afhletics Director-Lewis Mills Head Coach-Jack Harbaugh (Bowling Green , 1961) Coaching Record at WKU-47-50-0/10th year Coaching Record Overall- 72-77-3/15th year Phone (502) 745-2984 Assistant Coaches-Andy Hendel , Chris Symington , Tom Sims, Cap Bozo, David Elson, Shawn Mennenga , Phillip Montgomery, Andy McLeod , Craig Hauser, Jim Harbaugh L?st Year's Overall Record - 10-2-0 SID-Paul Just-(502) 745-4298 Home Phone No.-(502) 781-4852 SID FAX No.-(502) 745-3444 Trainer-Bill Edwards Stadium/Capacity-L .T. Smith/17,500 Press Box Number-(502) 745-6941 Lettermen Lost/Returning-13/45 Middle Tennessee State University at Murfreesboro, TN 6:00 p.m. CDT Location-Murfreesboro, TN Founded-1911 President-Dr. James E. Walker Enrollment-18,366 Colors-Blue and White Conference-Ohio Valley Nickname-Blue Raiders Athletics Director-Lee Fowler Head Coach-Boots Donnelly (MTSU , 1965) Coaching Record at MTSU-135-82-1 /20th year Coaching Record Overall-149-89-1/22nd year Phone (615) 898-2570 Assistant Coaches-John Bobo, Tom Fiveash, Sean Corbitt, Dom Green, Ricky Herzog, Cliff Lewis, Steve McAdoo, Alex Robins, Wes Salyer, Floyd Walker, Matt Riley Last Year's Overall Record-4-6-0 Last Year's Conference Record/Finish-2-5-0/6th SID-Ed Given (615) 898-2450 Home Phone No.-(615) 895-0827 SID FAX No.-(615) 898-5626 Trainer-Arnold Gamber Stadium/Capacity-Floyd/31 ,000 Press Box Number-(615) 898-2312 Lettermen Lost/Returning-7/38 Jack Harbaugh Coach Willie Taggart Quarterback PROSPECTUS A very productive and reliable option offense, coupled with continued improvement on both defense and the special teams, made a big winner out of Western Kentucky football in 1997. Last year saw the Hilltoppers win 10 of 12 games, earn a berth in the I-AA national championship playoffs (where the Hilltoppers advanced to the quarterfinal round) and finish the year ranked seventh in the nation in both The Sports Network and the ESPN/USAToday I-AA polls. That 10-2 record included three wins over nationally-ranked teams , as wel l as the No. 2 ranked team in NCAA Division II , New Haven. Things look promising for the 1998 Hilltoppers, who return 45 lettermen (24 on defense, 20on offense and the placekicker), including 16starters, from last fall's squad . The Hilltoppers return four athletes who earned All-America recognition last fall. That list includes a coupleofoffensive linemen--firstteamer Patrick Goodman and third-teamer Andy Hape -- placekicker Jeff Poisel and recordsetting quarterback Willie Taggart. Taggart was honored as I-AA football's National Player of the Week on three occasions (once by ESPN and twice by Hansen's Football Gazette). He fi nished the season ranked 11th in the nation in scoring (9.0), 13th in rushing (121 .7 ypg) and 36th in total offense (206.6 ypg .) On the defensive side, 11 of the Toppers' top 14 tacklers return . Leading the way are linebackers Brandon Egan (72tackles), Bernie Adams (68stops) and Trae Hackett (57 tackles). Poisel returns at kicker after hitting 54-55 extra points and 11-17 field goals for a school-record 87 points by kicking . Western leads the series, 41-31-3. Boots Donnelly Coach Kelverick Green PROSPECTUS Tailback MTSU head coach Boots Donnelly, starting his 20th season at the helm of the Blue Raiders , is hoping a year makes a lot of difference. His Middle Tennessee club took its lumps last year, particularly on the defensive side of the ball, in finishing with a 4-6-0 overall record . It was only the second losing season for the Raiders since 1980. The "difference a year makes" phrase becomes applicable because Donnelly starts the '98 season with much the same cast which ended the '97 campa ign. The Blue Raiders return 38 of 45 lettermen , eight of 11 starters on offense and 10 of 11 starters on defense. "We were awfully young last year," says Donnelly. "We lost one or two key people that we'll miss a lot, but mainly have the same crew coming back. Experience counts for a lot, but it doesn't count for everything." MTSU will attemptto replace the departed quarterback Jonathan Quinn and tailback Lebrian McGill in 1998. Quinn was understudied by sophomore Judd Moore, while junior college transfer Gabe Alaniz will also get a look there. The heir-apparent to McGill's spot is Kelverick Green who has gained more than 1,200 yards and scored 13 touchdowns in the last two seasons. The entire offensive line returns intact as well as a bevy of ta lented receivers . AII-OVC tight end Gary Davis (30 catches, 488 yards, 5 TD's) is back as well as starting split end Matt Lowe (39-534-2) and flanker Tri Heard (32425-2). The only player missing from the defensive lineup that started the final game of the 1997 campaign is linebacker Terrell Nesmith. Eastern leads the series, 28-19-0. 1997 RESULTS 1998SCHEDULE 42 at UT Martin ... .. .. ..... ........ .... 0 Sept. 3 UTMARTIN 52 MURRAY STATE .. .... ......... 50 Sept. 12 at Murray State #37 at Eastern Kentucky ..... 21 Sept. 19 EASTERN KENTUCKY 53 AUSTIN PEAY .... .. .. ............ . 7 Sept. 26 AUSTIN PEAY 31 SOUTH FLORIDA ... ............. 3 Oct. 3 NEWHAVEN 16 atAlabama-Birmingham ... . 20 Oct. 10 Open 24 NEW HAVEN ................. .... 21 Oct. 17 at South Florida 52 at Southern Illinois .. .. ... .. .... 31 Oct. 24 ELON 38 MOREHEAD STATE .. ... .. .... 24 Oct. 31 at Louisville 21 at Indiana State ... .. .. .. ........ 14 Nov. 7 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS #42 EASTERN KENTUCKY ...... 14 Nov. 14 INDIANASTATE 21 at Eastern Washington ..... 38 Nov. 21 SW LOUISIANA # NCAA Playoffs r 1998SCHEDULE Sept. 5 TENNESSEE STATE Sept. 12 at Illinois Sept. 19 at Jacksonville State Sept.26 EASTERN KENTUCKY Oct. 3 at Tennessee Tech Oct. 10 MURRAY STATE Oct. 17 Open Oct. 24 EASTERN ILLINOIS Oct. 31 at Southeast Missouri Nov. 7 at UT Martin Nov. 14 at Alabama-Birmingham \,._ 37 "I 1997 RESULTS 16 at Tennessee State .. ..... ... .. 25 24 at UT-Chattanooga .. .. .... ..... 33 17 MURRAY STATE .... .. .......... 35 27 JACKSONVILLESTATE .. ... 16 37 at UT Martin .... ... ... .... .. ....... . 24 17 at Eastern Illinois ....... .. .... ... 30 55 SOUTHEASTMISSOURI .. ... .. 6 59 AUSTIN PEAY .. .. .. ... .. .. .... .. . 10 20 at Eastern Kentucky ....... 35 20 at Tennessee Tech ...... ...... 30 ~ �Game 6 - Oct. 17 Murray State University at Richmond (Homecoming) 12:30 p.m. EDT Game 5 - Oct. 10 Tennessee State University at Richmond, KY 1 :30 p.m. EDT Location-Nashville, TN Founded-1912 President-Dr. James A. Hefner Enrollment-8,643 Colors-Royal Blue and White Conference-Ohio Valley Nickname-Tigers Athletics Director-Dr. Vivian L. Fuller Head Coach-L. C. Cole (Nebraska , 1980) Coaching Record at TSU-8-14-0/3rd year Coaching Record Overall-8-14-0/3rd year Phone (615) 963-5851 Assistant Coaches-Jake Cabell , Johnnie Cole , Russ Ehrenfeld , Willie Jones , James Reese, Fred Kaiss Last Yea r' s Overall Record - 4-7-0 Last Year's Conference Record/Finish - 4-3/Tie-4th SID-Ed Atlas (615) 963-5851 Home Phone No.-TBA SID FAX No.-(615) 963-5895 Trainer-Rod Newman Stadium/Capacity-Hale/16 ,000 Press Box Number-(615) 963-7515 Lettermen LosUReturning-9/33 PROSPECTUS Location-Murray, KY Founded-1922 President-Dr. Kern Alexander Enrollment-8,900 Colors-Navy and Gold Conference-Ohio Valley Nickname-Racers Athletics Director-E .W. Dennison Head Coach-Denver Johnson (Tulsa, 1981) Coaching Record at MSU-7-4-0/2nd year Coaching Record Overall-7-4-0/2nd year Phone (502) 762-6181 Denver Johnson Assistant Coaches-Linwood Ferguson , Cary Fowler, Coach Larry McClain , Randall McCray, Mac McDaniel, Eric Wilson Last Year's Overall Record-7-4-0 Last Year's Conference Record/Finish-5-2-0/2nd SID-Steve Parker -- (502) 762-4271 Home Phone No.-(502) 753-5195 SID FAX No.-(502) 762-6814 Trainer-Alan Lollar Stadium/Capacity-Stewart/16 ,800 Press Box Number-(502) 762-6811 Lettermen LosUReturning-23/42 Chris Vaughn Linebacker L.C. Cole Coach Lamar Carter Defensive End After consecutive 4-7 seasons, Tennessee State head coach L. C. Cole feels his Tiger squad is ready to turn the winning corner in 1998. Entering spring drills, the coaching staff looked to strengthen several areas as the Tigers attempt to halt a string of seven straight losing seasons. On defense, work was focused on the team becoming more fundamentally sound, with better technique shown all-around. Cole wants the '98 squad to become a swarming defense on the line with emphasis on pass rush and pass coverage skills. A strong linebacking corps returns , led by LamarCarterwhogained eight quarterback sacks 1n six games before breaking his leg. Other starters returning on defense are tackle Eric McCray, end Larry Floyd, linebackers Armand Williams and Brent Sterling and cornerbacks Darrell Hinton and Jarrick Hillery. Offensively , the staff worked to have the team become more focused reduce mistakes and control the ball. The offense has an explosive passing attack which averaged 265 yards per game in 1997. Senior wide receiver Tyrone Butterfield , who was 1997 co-OVC Offensive Player of the Year with EKU quarterback Simon Fuentes leads the way after leading the OVC in pass receiving (59 receptions 1053 yards 7 TD's) , kickoff returns (24.76 yards per return) and all-pu~pose yardage (154.84ypg .). Otheroffensive starters back arewideout Corey Sullivan quarterback Leon Murray, runningback Calvin Davenport, fullback Arce~tae Broome, guard Shawn Thompson and tackle Bennie Anderson . Eastern leads the series, 11-0-0. 1998SCHEDULE Sept. 5 at Middle Tennessee Sept. 12 Jackson State (Memphis, TN) Sept. 19 Open Sept. 26 Florida A&M (Atlanta , GA) Oct. 3 ALABAMA A&M Oct. 1O at Eastern Kentucky Oct. 17 at Southeast Missouri Oct. 24 UT MARTIN Oct. 31 at Eastern Illinois Nov . 7 at Tennessee Tech Nov. 14 at Murray State Nov . 21 TEXASSOUTHERN PROSPECTUS Murray State enters the second yearofthe Denver Johnson era with the hopes of improving on last year's 7-4 season which saw the Racers finish second in the OVC with a 5-2 mark. This year, Johnson and his staff are getting a running start at the football seaso.n, compared to last year's whirlwind season. A year ago, Johnson was hired to replace Houston Nutt (now at Arkansas) just days before national signing day and his staff wasn't completed until two weeks before spring practice. The 1998 season will find a solid recruiting class, a retooled and talented coaching staff and a solid spring practice under the Racers' belt. 'We're way ahead of where we were last year, " said Johnson . "As far as our scheme, our staff and our talent level, we're light years ahead ." Returning eight starters from a defense which finished last season ranked No. 2 in total defense among the nation's Division I-AA teams, it's no secret the Racers will count on the continued brilliance of their defensive unit. Playing an attacking , blitzing eight-man front defense which puts a premium on speed , Murray State is solid in every area across its defense . MSU's biggest concern is on offense , where only three starters are back. Dan Loyd , last year's quarterback, will be challenged for the starting spot by Justin Fuente , a transfer from Oklahoma. Senior tailback Wilbert Smith returns after ranking eighth in the OVC in rushing last year, despite serving as a backup to Anthony Downs . Capable receiver Brandon Warfield (33-490-3) will be another threat on offense. Eastern leads the series, 32-21-4. r 1997 RES ULTS 28 at Florida A&M ......... ....... ... . 43 25 MIDDLE TENNESSEE ..... ...... 16 28 vs . Jackson State .... .......... 31 28 vs. South Carolina State .... 34 37 vs . North Carolina A&T ...... 49 7 EASTERN KENTUCKY ....... 49 7 at UT Chattanooga ...... ..... .. 28 27 at UT Martin .. ........... ........... 20 28 TENNESSEE TECH ......... ..... 21 7 MURRAY STATE .. ........... ... 13 32 at Southeast Missouri ... ... . 27 1998 SCHEDULE Sept. 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Sept. 12 WESTERN KENTUCKY Sept.19 at Southeast Missouri Sept.26 at Brigham Young Oct. 3 UTMARTIN Oct. 10 at Middle Tennessee Oct. 17 at Eastern Kentucky Oct. 24 Open Oct. 31 TENNESSEETECH Nov. 7 at Eastern Illinois Nov. 14 TENNESSEESTATE Nov. 21 at Indiana State 38 1997 RES ULTS 13 INDIANASTATE ......... .......... 0 50 at Western Kentucky .... .... . 52 20 at Southern Illinois .............. 24 17 SOUTHEASTMISSOURI ..... .. 3 35 at Middle Tennessee .......... 17 45 at UT Martin ..... ..... .... ........ .... 7 51 AUSTINPEAY ................. .... . 0 8 EASTERN KENTUCKY ....... 29 #13 at Tennessee Tech ... ....... .. 16 24 EASTERN ILLINOIS ...... ....... 17 13 at Tennessee State .............. 7 #Overtime �Game 7 - Oct. 24 Tennessee Tech University at Cookeville, TN 11 :30 a.m. CDT Game 8 - Oct. 31 University of Tennessee-Martin at Martin, TN 2:00 p.m. CDT Location-Cookeville, TN Founded-1915 President-Dr. Angelo Volpe Enrollment-8,240 Colors-Purple and Gold Conference-Ohio Valley Nickname-Golden Eagles Athletics Director-Dr. David Larimore Head Coach-Mike Hennigan (Tennessee Tech, 1973) Coaching Record at TTU-11-11-0/3rd year Coaching Record Overall-11-11-0/3rd year Mike Hennigan Phone (615) 372-3930 Coach Assistant Coaches-Gerald Brown, Jeff Fela, Eric Roark, Ted Lockerby, Dewayne Alexander, Mike Smith, Kurt Woerner Last Year's Overall Record-6-5-0 Last Year's Conference Record/Finish-4-3/4th Football SID-Jeff Patton (931) 372-3088 Home Phone No .-(931) 537-3236 SID FAX No.-(931) 372-6139 Trainer-David Green Stadium/Capacity-Tucker/16,500 Press Box Number-(931) 372-3293, 3088 Lettermen LosUReturning-12/42 Walter Hill PROSPECTUS Wide Receiver Coach Mike Hennigan and his staff entertheirthird season atTennessee Tech after going 6-5 overall and 4-3 inside OVC play in 1997. Tech returns 42 lettermen, including nine starters on offense and seven on defense. At quarterback, sophomore Michael Peeples and redshirt freshman Tony Racioppi will compete for the starting spot with signee Grant Swallows entering the mix this fall . SeniorT.J . Christian returns atfullback, while sophomore Jerome Tillman (126 carries, 668 yards, 4 TD's) is the returning starter at tailback. Junior tailback Brant Billen ( 115-526-6 TD's) will also see plenty of duty. Receivers will also be a strength for the '98 Golden Eagles. Second-team AII-OVC pick Walter Hill (55 receptions , 808 yards, 3 TD's)seta Tech single season record for receptions last year as a sophomore. Other returnees at the receiver slots are sophomore Tedarrell Scott(19-227-1) and juniors Tony Fragale (15-130-0) and Brian Jackson (25-296-2). The offensive line will be anchored by second-team AII-OVC pick Wes Gallagher attackle. First-team all-conference players, junior end Branon Vaughn (67 tackles, 20 TFL, 8 QB sacks) and seniortackle Eddie Arnell (53 tackles, 12 TFL, 5 QB sacks) will be the mainstays of the defense. Help will be provided by honorable mention AII-OVC tackle Josh Harris (53 tackles, 10 TFL, 3 QB sacks) . The secondary will be led by junior rover Josh Symonette (100 tackles , one interception) who ranked second on the team in tackles and was a second-team AII-OVC pick in 1997. Eastern leads the series, 40-14-0. '1998 SCHEDULE Sept. 3 KENTUCKYWESLEYAN Sept. 12 Open Sept. 19 at Alabama-Birmingham Sept. 27 at Eastern Illinois Oct. 3 MIDDLETENNESSEE Oct. 10 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Oct. 17 at UT Martin Oct. 24 EASTERNKENTUCKY Oct. 31 at Murray State Nov. 7 TENNESSEESTATE Nov. 14 WESTERNCAROLINA Nov. 21 SAMFORD \... 1997 RES ULTS 10 at UT Chattanooga ............... 13 14 at Samford .................... ......... 7 7 EASTERN ILLINOIS ............... 10 36 at Austin Peay ...................... . 3 17 at Southeast Missouri ......... . 14 33 UT MARTIN ............................ 2 7 at Eastern Kentucky ........ 26 16 MURRAYSTATE ............. ..... 13 21 at Tennessee State ............. 28 14 atAlabama-Birmingham ....... 38 30 MIDDLETENNESSEE ............ 20 Location-Martin, TN Founded-1951 Chancellor-Dr. Philip W. Conn Enrollment-6,012 Colors-Royal Blue , Orange and White Conference-Ohio Valley Nickname-Skyhawks Athletics Director-Benny Hollis Head Coach-Jim Marshall (UT Martin , 1969) Coaching Record at UTM-1-10-0/2nd year Coaching Record Overall-20-57-0/8th year Phone (901) 587-7670 Assistant Coaches-Chris Jones, Larry Porter, Jeff Brookshire, Matt Griffin , Paul Randolph , Dave Walkosky Last Year's Overall Record-1-10-0 Last Year's Conference Record/Finish-0-7/8th SID-Lee Wilmot-(901) 587-7630 Home Phone No.-(901) 587-9811 SID FAX No.-(901) 587-7624 Trainer-Jim Rapp Stadium/Capacity-Skyhawk/7,500 Press Box Number-(901) 587-7678, 7676 Lettermen LosUReturning-20/30 /MJ~/ , ;, Jim Marshall Coach i Brian Webb Wide Receiver PROSPECTUS Coach Jim Marshall is set to begin his second season in rebuilding the football program at the University ofTennessee at Martin. Marshall knows the task is a tough one and his first year began the groundwork for the future . Almost 60 first-year players were on last season's roster. Marshall says the first year in his return to his alma mater was tough as the team posted a 1-10 record , but one the team will certainly build upon as the program looks to move up in the OVC race . "The biggest change from this time last year until now is the attitude of the team as a whole," said the Sky hawks' coach . "The work ethic has greatly improved and the players have a better understanding of the system and what it will take to be successful." The Sky hawks will return 30 lettermen, which includes 15 of22 starters and both specialists. Among the returnees are many young players who benefitted from last year's experience and theirwork in the off-season. While newcomers will be looked upon to provide immediate help, the numberof new players will not be as dramatic as in Marshall's first season . Offensively, the Skyhawks were able to run the ball more than in previous seasons. Work on the passing game will be emphasized and a more consistent passing attack should help the continued progress of the running game. Defensively, seven starters return as the unit looks to shore up after allowing more than 400 yards per game last season. Jade Stillings should be among the top punters in the conference. Eastern leads the series, 9-0. 1998SCHEDULE 1997 RESULTS Sept. 3 at Western Kentucky 0 WESTERN KENTUCKY ....... 42 Sept. 12 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 6 at Eastern Illinois .......... . .... 42 Sept. 19 Open 14 at Southwest Missouri ...... 27 Sept. 26 at Southeast Missouri 7 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI .. ... 42 Oct. 3 at Murray State 7 MURRAY STATE ................ 45 Oct. 1O at Samford 24 MIDDLETENNESSEE ........... 37 Oct. 17 TENNESSEETECH 2 at Tennessee Tech ............ 33 Oct. 24 at Tennessee State 20 TENNESSEESTATE ............ 27 Oct. 31 EASTERN KENTUCKY 0 at Eastern Kentucky ....... 49 Nov. 7 MIDDLETENNESSEE 7 SAMFORD .......................... 14 Nov. 14 EASTERN ILLINOIS Nov. 21 atAlabama-Birmingham 36 at Austin Peay ...... ... ... .... .. . 26 39 �Game 9 - Nov. 7 Southeast Missouri State University at Richmond, KY 1:30 p.m. EST Location-Cape Girardeau , MO Founded-1873 President-Dr. Dale Nitzschke Enrollment-8,500 Colors-Red and Black Conference-Ohio Valley Nickname-Indians Athletics Director-Carroll Williams Head Coach-John Mumford (Pittsburg State, 1979) Coaching Record at SEMO-34-51-0/9th Year Coaching Record Overall-34-51-0/9th Year Phone (573) 651-2110 Assistant Coaches-Charles Sabbatini, Dave Dumars , Jay Thomas, Steve Schottel, Ron Hudson, Roscoe Echols Last Year's Overall Record-4-7-0 Last Year's Conference Record/Finish -1-6-0/7th SID-Ron Hines-(573) 651-2294 Home Phone No.-(618) 985-3452 SID FAX No.-(573) 651-2810 Trainer-Lance McNamara Stadium/Capacity-Houck/10,000 Press Box Number-(573) 651-2191 Lettermen LosUReturning-14/41 PROSPECTUS Game 10 - Nov. 14 Appalachian State University at Richmond, KY 1:30 p.m. EST Location-Boone , NC Founded-1899 Chancellor-Dr. Francis T. Borkowski Enrollment-12,000 Colors-Black and Gold Conference-Southern Nickname-Mountaineers Athletics Director-Roache! Laney Head Coach-Jerry Moore (Baylor, 1961) Coaching Record at ASU-69-37-0/10th year Coaching Record Overall-96-85-2/17th year Phone (828) 262-2501 Assistant Coaches-Rob Best, John Wiley, Stacy Searels, Dale Jones, Tim Horton, Travis Jones, Louis Clyburn, Shawn Elliott Last Year's Overall Record-7-4-0 Last Year's Conference Record/Finish-6-2/2nd SID-Bill Dyer-(828) 262-3080 Home Phone No.-TBA SID FAX No.-(828) 262-6106 Trainer-Andy Massey Stadium/Capacity-Kidd Brewer/16 ,650 Press Box Number-(828) 262-3172 Lettermen LosUReturning-14/44 John Mumford Coach Troy Baglio Defensive Tackle Jerry Moore enters his 10th season as head football coach at Appalachian State University and welcomes44 lettermen and 15 starters from last season's squad , for the 1998 campaign . Last season , the Mountaineers fashioned a 7-4 overall mark and a 62 Southern Conference slate, closing the year ranked 22nd and 23rd in the two I-AA polls. ASU's second-place league finish was the 13th consecutive upper division finish and 15th in the past 16 seasons in the conference. Moore says his club's strength heading into fall drills will be his offensive and defensive lines , along with the rece iving corps . He said ASU's weaknesses lie in an inexperienced quarterback, not having a game-tested punter and the health of some of ASU's returnees . "We've got to do a good job early in the season in helping our quarterbacks get needed game experience, without throwing them to the lions. And we are experienced on offense everywhere but that spot, so we will ask our veterans to take on a protective role. Our kicking game is solid , but we have to identify a consistent punter and make sure we do all the little things in making our punter successful," sa id Moore. Back for the Mountaineers on offense will be all-conference performers Shawn Clark (offensive tackle}, Frank Leatherwood (tight end) , Tony Bequette (guard) and Joey Gibson (flanker). Leatherwood caught 36 passes for436 yards and five TD's , while Gibson hauled in 46 receptions for 695 yards and four scores. Appalachian State leads the series, 3-2-0. r 1998 SCHEDULE Sept. 3 TRUMANSTATE Sept. 12 INDIANASTATE Sept. 19 MURRAYSTATE Sept. 26 UTMARTIN Oct. 3 at Eastern Illinois Oct. 1O at Tennessee Tech Oct. 17 TENNESSEESTATE Oct. 24 at Southwest Missouri Oct. 31 MIDDLETENNESSEE Nov. 7 at Eastern Kentucky Nov. 14 at Souther'n Illinois Shawn Clark Offensive Tackle PROSPECTUS Southeast Missouri will rely on a veteran offensive unit and a rebuilt defense to try and improve on last year's 4-7 mark while competing against one of the toughest schedules in school history. The Southeast offense returns nine starters including last year's top ground gainer and top receiver. The question is at quarterback where the Indians must replace graduated starter Justin Martini. Defensively , Southeast returns just five starters and must replace first team All-American Angel Rubio at a defensive tackle position . "We have enough quality football players on both sides of the ball to compete in the OVC , "said Mumford who enters his ninth season as head coach . "If we come together as a team , we can be successful." The entire offensive line returns from last season , led by second team AII-OVC tight end Mitch Fryer and guard Jessie Eaton, and center Chris Kiefer who were both honorable mention AII-OVC . Fullback Britt Margaux, the leading ground gainer the past two seasons, returns for his senior campaign after gaining 492 yards and scoring fourTD's last season . Also returning are tailbacks K.D. Kolesho and Corey Williams who combined for724 yards and sixTD's last season . Also back is wide receiver Dante Bryant, second-team AII-OVC, who had 43 catches for 599 yards and five TD's last season. Defensively, SEMO returns second-team AII-OVC tackle Troy Baglio and end Marcus McClellan who helped the Indians rank 23rd nationally against the run last season. Eastern leads the series, 8-0. r Jerry Moore Coach 1997 RESULTS 24 LAMBUTH .............. .. ........... . 6 7 ILLINOISSTATE ...... ............ 41 3 at Murray State .................. 17 42 at UT Martin .......................... 7 7 EASTERN ILLINOIS ............. 32 14 TENNESSEETECH .. ... .. .. .. .. . 17 6 at Middle Tennessee .. ..... ... 55 31 at Austin Peay ...................... 0 10 EASTERN KENTUCKY ....... 20 28 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS .......... 17 27 TENNESSEE STATE ........ ... . 32 1998 SCHEDULE Sept. 5 LIBERTY Sept. 12 at East Tennessee Sept. 19 Open Sept. 26 THE CITADEL Oct. 3 at Wake Forest Oct. 10 FURMAN Oct. 17 at Georgia Southern Oct. 24 \/\,OFFORD Oct. 31 at UT Chattanooga Nov. 7 VMI Nov'. 14 at Eastern Kentucky Nov. 21 at Western Carolina \... 40 1997 RESULTS 12 at Clemson ...... ..... .............. 23 27 EASTERN KENTUCKY ....... 23 40 at The Citadel ............ ....... .. 15 28 EAST TENNESSEE .......... ... 51 22 at Furman .............. ............. 24 24 GEORGIA SOUTHERN ....... 12 26 at Wofford ...................... .. 21 41 UT CHATTANOOGA ........ .. .. 7 42 atVMI ...................... ........ .... 7 13 WESTERN CAROLINA .. ...... 7 19 LIBERTY ................. ............ 25 " ~ �EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY AL~OVCFOOTBALLPLAYERS Game 11 - Nov. 21 Eastern Illinois University at Richmond, KY 1 :30 p.m. EST Location-Charleston , IL Founded-1895 President-Dr. David Jorns Enrollment-11 ,700 Nickname-Panthers Colors-Blue and Gray Conference-Ohio Valley Athletics Director-Dr. Rich McDuffie Head Coach-Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960) Coaching Record at EIU - 68-56-1/12th year Overall Coaching Record-68-56-1 /12th year Phone-(217) 581-5031 Assistant Coaches-Roy Wittke, Ben Norton, Bob Krieger, Ron Lambert, Brian Jenkins, Chris Wilkerson, Charlie Roche Last Year's Overall Record-8-3-0 Last Year's Conference Record/Finish-5-2/Tie-2nd SID-David Kidwell SID Office Phone No.-(217) 581-6408 Home Phone No.-(217) 345-4166 SID FAX No.-(217) 581-6434 Trainer-Rob Doyle Stadium/Capacity-O'Brien/10,000 Press Box Phone No .-(217) 581-5032 Lettermen Lost/Returning-15/27 Delmas Freeman, guard ................. 1948 Paul Wright, center .. ....... . .... 1948 Carl Plantholt, guard .... ...... 1949 Ray Pelfrey, back . . ..... 1949 Ed Zoretic, back .. . ..... .. 19 5 I Chuck Hertzer, back ... . . ..... 1951 Chuck Schmitt, tackle . 1952 Alex Kilakowski , end ... ... ...... 1952 Carl Oakley, guard ...... 1953 Roy Kidd, back . 1953 Fred Winscher, end . .. 1954 Frank Nassida, tackle .. J954 Jerry Johns, guard.. . ............ J954 James Hanlon , back .... J954 Don Daly, back ......... ... .......... ... ... .. 19 54 Bob Muller, back ... .. . ... 1954 Tom Schulte, end .... I 955 John Sebest , back ............. I 957 Dave Bishop, back... ..... . ..... 1958 Steve Herczeg, tackle ...... ...... ......... 1959 Eddie Miller, guard ... . .................... I 959 Joe Graybeal, center ...... ...... ... .. ...... 1959 Don MacDonald, guard .... 1961 Jimmy Chittum, back .. ........ 1961, I 962 Ken Goodhew, guard . . ... I 962 Roscoe Perkins, guard .. . ..... I 965 Chuck Siemon, end.. . ... 1964, 1967 Roy Evans, tackle .... .......... ..... ..... I 965 Jim Guice, back 1966, 1968 Buddy Pfaadt, back .. ......... .. 1965, 1966 Mike Smith, back ........... ... ............ .. I 966 Aaron Marsh, end I 966, I 96 7 Bill Brewer, tackle ... ........ .... I 967, 1968 Fred Troike, guard ............... I 967, I 968 Ron Reed, linebacker . . . I 96 7 Harry Lenz, back .. .. ........................ I 96 7 Jim Moberly, linebacker ................. 1968 Larry Kaelin, guard . .. . . ........... .... I 969 Teddy Taylor, guard ..... ..... ... 1967-1969 Jimmie Brooks, back ....... ...... I 968- 1971 Harry Irwin, tackle . . 1970 Butch Evans, fullback .. ... . ... 1970 James Wilson, tight end . . ..... 1971 James Porter, back ............ 1971 Wally Chambers, tackle .... 1970, 1972 James Croudep, linebacker .. I 970, I 972 Larry Kirksey, end . . . ....... .. 1972 Alfred Thompson, back . 1973 Rich Thomas, back ......... .......... .... ... 1973 Everett Talbert, back ..... I 974, I 976 Joe Alvino, guard ... ...... ..... .. . 1974, 1976 John Revere, flanker . . ............. 1974 Robyn Hatley, tackle ...... 1974, 1975 Earl Cody, kicker . ..... 1974 Stan Roberts, noseguard ...... 1974 Junior Hardin, tackle ... ..... .. I 974 , I 975 Elmo Boyd, split-end .......... 1975, 1976 Scot McCallister, back ... . 1975 Ernie House, back .. . .... I 976 Roosevelt Kelly, center ............. 1976 Anthony Miller, back .. ........ I 976, I 977 Stan Mitchell , back ................... 1977 Randy Heaberlin , tackle ..... I 977 Dean Stucky, guard ... ........ ... I 977, I 978 Jim Nel son, flanker, . ............. 1977 Chris Roberts, end .. . ................ I 978 David Neal, center .. 1978, 1979 Joe Richard, noseguard 1978, 1979 Dale Patton , fullback 1978, 1979 Danny Martin, back .... .. .... 1978, 1979 Kevin Greve, guard .. .... I 979, I 98 I David Flores, kicker 1979 Bob McIntyre, linebacker . ... 1979 Darryl Lawson , tackle .... .... 1980 Joe Schipske, center. .. .... ........ 1980 James Shelton, tackle .. ..... ....... 1980 George Floyd, back .... ......... 1980, I 98 I Terrence Thompson , back ............. I 981 David Dihrkop, tackle ........ 1981 Chris Taylor, guard .. . .. I 981 , I 982 Bob Spoo Coach - Justin Lynch Tailback PROSPECTUS After four straight winning seasons including two playoff teams, the Panthers have the fewest returning starters during this successful span . Coach Bob Spoo has just eight returning starters, four each on offense and defense , from a team that went 8-3 last season , tied for second in the OVC and ranked No. 21 in the final ESPN/USAToday poll for NCAA I-AA. The offense is led by a pair of tailbacks, senior Justin Lynch and junior backup Jabarey McDavid, who ranked No. 2 and No. 6, respectively in OVC rushing with 84 .5 and 69.1 yards per game. Lynch was a second-team AII-OVC pick and has 1,855 career yards , eighth best on the El U all-time list. He's also the Panthers' top returning pass receiver with 28 catches for 240 yards. Also helping on offense will be second-team AII-OVC tight end Seth Willingham (26 receptions, 314 yards). A replacement must be found for QB Mike Simpson, one of the nation's most efficient passers the past two years. Top candidates to fill this role are sophomore Jeb Odam and California JC transfer Anthony Burch . Leading the defense will be a secondary paced by first-team A II-OVC cornerback Chris Watson who had 58 tackles, four deflected passes and three interceptions . He is also El U's main kick returner with his 34.1 yards per return average . Also return ing in the defensive backfield are secondteamAII-OVC safety Antwan Perry and cornerback Steffan Nicholson who missed the last two league games of '97 with an injury. The entire defensive line and most of the linebacking corps is gone via graduation. EKU leads the series, 4-1-0. r 1998SCHEDULE Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov . Nov. \.. 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 ST. JOSEPH'S at Central Florida at Northern Illinois TENNESSEETECH SOUTHEASTMISSOURI Open ILLINOISSTATE at Middle Tennessee TENNESSEESTATE MURRAYSTATE at UT Martin 21 at Eastern Kentucky 1997 RESULTS 0 42 41 25 1O 32 30 42 21 17 at Western Illinois ..... ....... ... 41 UT MARTIN ........ ... .... ............ 6 ST. JOSEPH'S ........ ..... ....... 20 at Illinois State ......... ..... .... .. 14 at Tennessee Tech .............. 7 at Southeast Missouri ..... ..... 7 MIDDLE TENNESSEE ..... ... ... 17 AUSTIN PEAY .... ........ ....... . 14 at Indiana State ..... ....... . ... . 14 at Murray State ...... ......... ... 24 Jerry Parrish , flanker ... .... ......... .... .. 1981 Randy Taylor, tackle ........... I 981, 1982 Alex Dominguez, linebacker 1981, 1982 Tuck Woolum , quarterback ............ J982 Tron Armstrong, receive r ........ ... 1982 Steve Bird, flank er ................ 1982 Chri s Sullivan, center ........... J983 , J984 Mike Bobek, tackle ............. .. 1983 Mike McShane, noseguard ............. 1983 David Hill, linebacker .................. .. J983 Anthony Jones, back ......... 1983, 1984 Charles Keller, end ...... ... 1984 Fred Harvey, linebacker. . 1984, 1986 Joe Spadafino, tackle ........... 1984, 1985 Keith Bosley, tackle ...... . ...... .... 1985 James Crawford, back .......... 1985 , 1987 Aaron Jones, tackle .. ........ .... 1985, 1987 John Jackson, tackle ..... ....... 1986, I 987 Byron Ingram, center ........ ........... ... 1986 Dale Dawson, kicker ............. 1986 Eugene Banks, nose guard ..... 1986, 1987 Harold Torrens, noseguard .. 1986, 1987 John Klingel , end ..... .... ... ..... .. .. 1986 Pat Sm ith, back ...... ................ 1986 Danny Copeland, back 1986, 1987 Elroy Harris, back .. 1987, I 988 David Miller, tackle ........ 1987 Jessie Small, end.. ... 1987, 1988 Gary Greve, guard ... . ............ 1987 Mike Kelly, guard .. .... I 988 Mike Delvisco, center ....... ......... ..... 1988 Oscar Angulo, tight end .. ... I 988 Tim Lester, back ......... ....... .. 1988, 1991 Mike Cadore, end .. ...... ......... ...... ..... 1988 Chri s Coffey, linebacker ................. 1988 Kelly Cutright, safety .. .. 1988 Mark Mitchell, guard ... ... .... ...... ..... . I 989 Al Jacevicius, tackle.... .... 1989 Jim Von Handorf, center ..... ..... ....... 1989 Markus Thomas, back .... ..... 1989, 1992 Randy Bohler, flanker .... . 1989 Bernard Rhodes, tackle . . ... ..... I 989 Ernest Thompson, noseguard 1989- I 99 I John Holmes, guard .... ............. I 990 Tim Wimbley, guard 1990, I 991 Carl Satterly, tackle 1990, 1991 Greg McKee, tackle 1990, I99 1 Kelly Blount, linebacker ........ ..... .... 1990 David Wilkins, end .......... 1990, 1991 Brett Kolnick, end .. ............ ... 1990 Craig Brooks, safety . . .. I 990 Mike Roth , guard... . ... .. 1991 Randy Wardlow, end ...... 1991 Chris McNamee, safety ...... 1991 Brian Pressler, tackle ....... ... 1992 Mike Thomas, guard. . .... ... 1992 Chad Bratzke, tackle 1992, I993 Brad Ladd , back ... .. I 992 Jason Combs, tackle ... 1993-95 James Hand, guard .. ... . ......... 1993-95 Joel Woods, center........... . ... 1993 Carlos Timmons, linebacker ...... .. ... I 993 Chri s Guyton, safety .... ........ 1993 , 1997 Chris Whitefield, tight end .. .... ..... . 1994 Roosevelt Givens, tackle ... ..... ..... .. 1994 Tony McCombs, linebacker ...... 1994-96 Joe Smith, back ......... ... .. 1994 Marc Collins, punter .. .. ........ 1994, I 995 William Murrell , back .... ..... 1995, 1996 Joe Ganns,back ...... . I 995 Roger Orlandini, tackle . . ..... 1996 Brandyon Brantley, guard . . ...... . 1996 Britt Bowen, linebacker 1996 Scooter Asel, back .. 1996 Tyrone Hopson, tackle. . . .. 1997 Josh Hunter, guard ...... . .... 1997 Simon Fuentes, quarterback ... 1997 Derick Logan, tailback ....... 1997 Ronde! Menendez, spli t end 1997 David Hoelscher end ....... .... ..... .... 1997 OVC All-Time Standings Won 2. Eastern Kentucky 231 Lost 4 88 3. Middle Tennessee Murray State Tennessee Tech Tennessee State Southeast Missouri UT Martin 187 161 153 31 21 14 113 159 174 41 33 33 1. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 7 EASTERN KENTUCKY ....... 49 41 Eastern Illinois 11 Tied Pct Year 0 .733 1996-97 7 4 .719 1948-97 .622 .505 .468 .431 .389 .298 1952-97 1948-97 1948-97 1988-97 1991-97 1992-97 9 3 0 0 0 �PAST SCORES WITH 1998 OPPONENTS Kentucky First Game of the Series ~ ~li;,)J Middle Tennessee ~outheast Missouri 1990 EKU 45 , SEMO 1991 EKU 49, SEMO 1992 EKU 20, SEMO 1993 EKU 35, SEMO 1994 EKU 34, SEMO 1995 EKU 42, SEMO 1996 EKU 45, SEMO 1997 EKU 20, SEMO Series-EKU 8, SEMO 0, Ties 0 0 7 10 21 6 24 0 10 THOROBREDS Kentucky State 1980 EKU 24, KSU 21 Series--EKU 1, KSU 0, Ties 0 Tennessee-Martin 1973 EKU 16, 1974 EKU 24, 1991 EKU 56, 1992 EKU 35, 1993 EKU 30, 1994 EKU 34, 1995 EKU 38, 1996 EKU 45 , 1997 EKU 49, Series-EKU 9, UTM 0, UTM 14 UTM 9 UTM 21 UTM 9 UTM 0 UTM 14 UTM 15 UTM 7 UTM 0 Ties 0 Appalachian State 1971 1972 1991 1996 1997 Series - EKU 2, EKU 28 , ASU EKU 7, ASU EKU 14, ASU EKU 14, ASU EKU 23, ASU ASU 3, Ties 0 42 14 55 3 21 27 1953 EKU 15, MT6 1954 EKU 26, MT0 1955 EKU 14, MT 21 1956 EKU 19, MT 26 1957 EKU 14, MT 35 1958 EKU0, MT 14 1959 EKU6, MT 14 1960 EKU 12, MT 14 1961 EKU 15, MT 22 1962 EKU 28, MT8 1963 EKU 28, MT 33 1964 EKU 13, MT 20 1965 EKU 10, MT 14 1966 EKU 20, MT 22 1967 EKU 14, MT7 1968 EKU 49, MT 21 1969 EKU 14, MT0 1970 EKU 24, MT 10 1971 EKU 18, MT 31 1972 EKU 13, MT0 1973 EKU 29, MT 28 1974 EKU 21, MT 17 1975 EKU 34, MT 24 1976 EKU 40, MT 14 1977 EKU 10, MT 19 1978 EKU 42, MT 12 1979 EKU 52, MT 10 1980 EKU 24, MT0 1981 EKU 23, MT7 1982 EKU 35, MT 10 1983 EKU 14, MT7 1984 EKU 10, MT 22 #1984 EKU 10, MT 27 1985 EKU 14, MT 28 1986 EKU 28, MT3 1987 EKU 16, MT 17 MT 14 1988 EKU 27, MT 24 1989 EKU 19, 1990 EKU 10, MT 7 MT 7 1991 EKU17 , #1991(Play.) EKU 23, MT 13 1992 EKU7, MT 38 1993 EKU 33, MT 27 MT 27 1994 EKU 28, MT 21 1995 EKU 34, 1996 EKU 20, MT 13 MT 20 1997 EKU 35, Series - EKU 28, MT 19, Ties 0 �PAST SCORES WITH 1998 OPPONENTS Eastern Illinois 1947 1948 1986 1996 1997 Series - EKU 4, EKU 14, EKU25, EKU 24, EKU 21, EKU 49, EIU 1, Ties 0 EIU13 EIU14 EIU22 EIU45 EIU7 Murray State 1929 1930 1941 1942 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 EKU0, EKU0, EKU6, EKU6, EKU7, EKU26, EKU 13, EKU6, EKU20, EKU0, EKU0, EKU0, EKU 19, EKU 25, EKU 21 , EKU7, EKU26, EKU 14, EKU7, EKU 19, EKU 14, MSU 46 MSU 52 MSU0 MSU6 MSU 7 MSU 13 MSU 21 MSU0 MSU0 MSU 19 MSU9 MSU 20 MSU 14 MSU6 MSU6 MSU 14 MSU 19 MSU 6 MSU0 MSU 21 MSU 13 1962 EKU 14, 1963 EKU0, 1964 EKU6, 1965 EKU 17, 1966 EKU27, 1967 EKU28, EKU 21, 1968 1969 EKU 34, 1970 EKU 17, 1971 EKU7 , 1972 EKU3, 1973 EKU20, 1974 EKU 30, 1975 EKU7, 1976 EKU 12, 1977 EKU 20, 1978 EKU 24, 1979 EKU7, 1980 EKU24, 1981 EKU24, 1982 EKU 21 , 1983 EKU 10, 1984 EKU 27, 1985 EKU20, 1986 EKU 15, 1987 EKU 29, 1988 EKU 31, EKU 38, 1989 1990 EKU 42, 1991 EKU 42, 1992 EKU 21, (OT) 1993 EKU 21, EKU 49, 1994 EKU 7, 1995 EKU 14, 1996 EKU 29, 1997 Series - EKU 32, MSU 43 MSU 17 MSU 20 MSU6 MSU 17 MSU6 MSU 7 MSU 20 MSU 13 MSU 7 MSU 17 MSU 7 MSU 21 MSU 16 MSU 26 MSU 10 MSU 24 MSU 21 MSU 24 MSU 14 MSU 20 MSU 20 MSU 24 MSU 14 MSU 27 MSU 17 MSU 21 MSU 24(OT) MSU 36 MSU 0 MSU 17 MSU 18 MSU 13 MSU 13 MSU 17 MSU 17 MSU 8 21, Ties 4 Tennessee State 1982 EKU 13 , TSU7 EKU 10, TSU0 1988 1989 EKU 21, TSU9 EKU 55, 1990 TSU 17 EKU 27, TSU 20 1991 1992 EKU 49, TSU 28 1993 EKU52, TSU 13 1994 EKU28, TSU 13 EKU56, TSU 20 1995 EKU 30, TSUlO 1996 EKU 49, TSU 7 1997 Series - EKU 11, TSU 0, Ties 0 ·- i �• PAST SCORES WITH 1998 OPPONENTS ~ "'-' I- ~ E. -~ s s 'Jr. <"' t'T' TECH Tennessee Tech 1937 1942 1945 1946 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 EKU7, EKU 13, EKU 14, EKU32, EKU 13, EKU7, EKU 47, EKU 15, EKU 14, EKU0, EKU 14, EKU7, EKU25, EKU 14, EKU 19, EKU 10, EKU0, EKU8, EKU 21, EKU 19, EKU7, EKU28, EKU3, EKU24, EKU 38, EKU 17, EKU20, EKU 14, EKU0, EKU30, EKU29, EKU3, EKU28, EKU28, EKU20, EKU 35, EKU 48, EKU63, EKU 34, EKU24, EKU 21, EKU35, EKU 42, TT0 TT0 TT 12 TT0 TT0 TT 20 TT 7 TT 14 TT 28 TT 7 TT 7 TT 13 TT 13 TT 34 TT 20 TT 14 TT 20 TT 14 TT0 TT 21 TT 27 TT 14 TT 7 TT0 TT 14 TT 7 TT 13 TT 7 TT 14 TT 14 TT 14 TT 14 TT 14 TT 21 TT 16 TT 0 TT7 TT 10 TT 17 TT7 TT 14 TT 17 TT 14 1987 EKU 44, TT 8 1988 EKU 14, TT 7 1989 EKU 21, TT 20 1990 EKU29, TT 20 1991 EKU 19, TT 13 1992 EKU 35, TT0 1993 EKU 10, TT 7 1994 EKU 23 , TT 3 1995 EKU 21 , TT 3 1996 EKU28 , TT 7 1997 EKU26, TT 7 Series - EKU 40, TT 14, Ties 0 t(.'i~I~ D Western Kentucky 1914 1915 1916 1921 1922 1927 1929 1930 1931 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1941 1942 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 EKU 34, EKU0, EKU0, EKU0, EKU 13, EKU 16, EKU0, EKU6, EKU0, EKU0, EKU0, EKU7, EKU9, EKU6, EKU0, EKU0, EKU7 EKU0 , EKU 20, EKU 18, EKU6, EKU27 , EKU 13, EKU20, EKU 13, EKU 31, EKU6, EKU 13, 44 WKU6 WKU18 WKU0 WKU6 WKU12 WKU0 WKU21 WKU47 WKU12 WKU36 WKU50 WKU42 WKU47 WKU40 WKU7 WKU23 WKU32 WKU26 WKU27 WKU0 WKU0 WKU7 WKU14 WKU7 WKU14 WKU7 WKU48 WKU7 1954 EKU 21, 1955 EKU7, 1956 EKU6, 1957 EKU28, EKU 14, 1958 EKU7 , 1959 1960 EKU 17, 1961 EKU 15, EKU6, 1962 1963 EKU6, EKU0, 1964 EKU 28, 1965 1966 EKU24, EKU 14, 1967 EKU 16, 1968 EKU26, 1969 EKU7, 1970 EKU7, 1971 EKU0, 1972 EKU0, 1973 EKU24, 1974 EKU 13, 1975 1976 EKU6, 1977 EKU 35, 1978 EKU 16, 1979 EKU8, 1980 EKU 10, 1981 EKU 19, 1982 EKU 35, EKU 10, 1983 EKU 10, 1984 EKU 51 , 1985 EKU 10, 1986 EKU20, 1987 EKU 40, #1987 EKU 14, 1988 EKU 41, #1988 EKU 24, 1989 EKU 35, 1990 EKU 37, 1991 EKU 21, 1992 EKU 10, 1993 EKU 21 , 1994 EKU 38, 1995 EKU7 , 1996 EKU 21 , 1997 EKU 14, #1997 Series - EKU 31, WKU #1-AA Playoffs WKU0 WKU0 WKU14 WKU0 WKU21 WKU14 WKU7 WKU16 WKU5 WKU29 WKU24 WKU12 WKU12 WKU14 WKU7 WKU27 WKU19 WKU16 WKUl0 WKU35 WKU34 WKU7 WKUlO WKUlO WKU17 WKU6 WKU13 WKU 11 WKU21 WKUl0 WKU 17 WKU21 WKU24 WKUlO WKU17 WKU16 WKU24 WKU3 WKU12 WKU22 WKU7 WKU 15 WKU24 WKU14 WKU14 WKU37 WKU42 41 , Ties 3 �ON THE ROAD WITH EKU Game 2 atthe University of Kentucky, Lexington, KV-Sept. 12 Depart Richmond by bus to Lexington Saturday, Sept. 12. Return to Richmond immediately following the game. Game 7 at Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN-Oct. 24 Depart Richmond by bus to Cookeville Friday afternoon , Oct. 23. Stay at the Holiday lnn-Holidome (615) 526-7125 in Cookeville. Return to Richmond immediately following the game. Game 3 at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KVSept. 19 Depart Richmond by bus to Bowling Green Saturday, Sept. 19. Return to Richmond immediately following the game. Game 8 at UniversityofTennessee-Martin, Martin, TN-Oct. 31. Depart Richmond by bus to Martin Friday morning, Oct. 30. Stay at the KenLake State Resort Park near Murray (1-800-3250143) . Return to Richmond immediately following the game. Game 4 at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN-Sept. 26 Depart Richmond by bus to Murfreesboro Friday afternoon, Sept. 25. Stay at the Holiday Inn (615) 896-2420 in Murfreesboro. Return to Richmond immediately following the game. Memorable EKU Football Events 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1O. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS-NCAA Division I-AA - 1979, 1982 NATIONAL RUNNERSUP-NCAA Division I-AA - 1980, 1981 NATIONAL SEMIFINALIST-NCAA Division I-AA - 1986, 1988, 1991 GRANTLAND RICE BOWL CHAMPIONS - 1967 NCAA PLAYOFF PARTICIPANTS - 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981 , 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 , 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS - 1954, 1962 (CoChamps) , 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1981 , 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 (CoChamps) , 1987 (Co-Champs) , 1988, 1990 (Co-Champs), 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997. Head Coach Roy Kidd, beginning 35th season at EKU , has been named NCAA Division I-AA National Coach of the Year twice and OVC Coach of the Year 10 times. Have had 50 All-Americans and 184 AII-OVC players in school's history. Have had 36-game unbeaten string at Roy Kidd Stadium (snapped in first round of '83 playoffs) and 27-game winning streak at Roy Kidd Stadium (snapped in first round of '89 playoffs) . Have had 26-game unbeaten string in games against OVC competition (a league record , snapped by Murray State in 1995). EKU s 2,000-Yard Rushing Club 1 Years Name Played 1989-92 I. Markus Thomas 1985, 87-88 2. Elroy Harris 1968-71 3. Jimmie Brooks 1985-87 4. James Crawford 1988-91 5. Tim Lester 1973-76 6. Everett Talbert 7. Terence Thompson 1980-83 1970-73 8. Alfred Thompson 1993-96 9. William Murrell 1977-80 10. Dale Patton 1975-78 11 . Stan Mitchell 45 Carries 881 789 920 762 682 631 576 636 462 524 404 Rushing Yards TD's Avg.Vds. Per Cy. 5,552 4,555 3,842 3,833 3,640 3,138 3,015 2,786 2,652 2,396 2,327 52 58 32 26 37 20 29 25 31 32 19 6.3 5.8 4.2 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.2 4.4 5.7 4.6 5.8 �& 1997 EASTERN STATISTICS TEAM EKU FIRSTDOWNS 232 Rushing 115 Passing 106 Penalty 11 RUSHING Attempts 566 Yards Gained 2602 Yards Lost 308 Net Yards Rushing 2294 Average Yards/Attempt 4.1 Average Yards/Game 191.2 OPP 185 100 72 13 473 1972 440 1532 3.2 127.7 PASSING Attempts 269 Completions 155 Had Intercepted 6 Completion Percentage .576 TOTAL YARDS PASSING2395 Average Yards/Completion15.5 Average Yards/Game 199.6 309 139 15 .450 1822 13.1 151.8 TOTAL OFF. PLAYS 835 782 TOTAL NET YARDS 4689 3354 Average Yards/Play 5.62 4.29 Average Yards/Game 390.8 279.5 PUNTING Number/Yards 53/1991 76/2778 Average Yards Per Punt 37.6 36.6 Net Punting Average 35.17 33.97 PENALTIES Number/Yds. 61/520 64/604 FUMBLES Number/Lost23/14 20/14 THIRD DOWN EFFCY. .422 Made/Attempts 68/161 .288 49/170 FOURTH DOWN EFFCY .500 Made/Attempts 12/24 .480 12/25 TOUCHDOWNS Rushing Passing Returns 52 35 15 2 24 17 7 0 RUSHING G NO D.Logan C.Crume B. Durham J. Butler C. Posey J. Hill B. Washington R.Menendez M.Hundemer EKUTeam W.Chapman S. Fuentes 11 9 8 12 12 6 12 12 12 12 6 12 COLONELS GAIN NEG 175 148 88 44 13 16 4 3 4 1 11 59 883 759 380 193 92 73 12 566 OPP TOTALS 12 473 2602 1972 RECEIVING 34 20 20 0 1 0 0 0 4 15 39 175 29 28 0 0 19 146 NETAVG/G 849 739 360 193 91 73 77.2 82.1 45.0 16.1 7.6 29 2.4 2.3 -0.3 -1.3 -3.3 -2.4 28 -4 -15 12.2 AVG LG 4.9 5.0 4.1 4.4 7.0 4.6 7.3 9.3 61 32 30 29 48 17 13 16 0 -15 17 27 TD 11 13 3 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 308 -20 -29 2294 191.2 4.1 61 35 440 1532 127.7 3.2 39 17 REC/G LG 74 48 24 32 38 17 15 50 14 8 TD 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 YD/R YD/G NO YDS 1137 679 21.1 14.1 94.7 56.5 159 12.2 13.2 11 9 12 7 12 8 12 54 48 13 11 7 6 6 5 3 2 106 84 62 43 89 22 14 9.6 12.0 10.3 7.2 17.8 7.3 7.0 9.6 9.3 5.1 6.1 7.4 2.8 1.1 ·4.5 4.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.2 COLONELS 12 155 2395 15.5 199.5 12.9 74 15 OPP TOTALS 12 139 1822 13.1 151.8 11.6 66 7 R.Menendez B. Washington B. Brenneman D.Logan C.Crume T. DeGregorio A. Bannister J. Butler B. Durham C.Posey G 12 12 12 PUNTING G NO YDS AVG 1-20 LG S. Brown 12 53 1991 37.6 18 73 0 COLONELS 12 53 1991 37.6 18 73 0 OPP TOTALS 12 76 2778 36.6 11 72 0 PASSING G S. Fuentes 12 W. Chapman 6 B.Washingtonl2 M. Hundemerl2 ATT COMP INT YDS PCT YDS/ATT SACKS HIGH 210 56 1 2 126 29 0 0 3 3 0 0 2006 389 .000 0 .600 .518 .000 .000 9.55 6.94 0.00 0.00 13 2 0 0 167.2 64.8 0 0 24 5 0 0 332 186 COLONELS 12 269 155 6 2395 .576 8.90 15 199.6 29 332 OPP Totals 309 139 15 1822 .450 5.89 7 151.8 27 240 12 46 TD AVG/GM BLK 0 �1997 EASTERN S,TATISTICS Individual Statistics TDRTDRecTDRt 1-PAT 2-PAT FG TP SCORING C. Crume 13 0 0 0 0 0 78 J. Wright 48-50 0 0 0 0 7-13 69 D. Logan 11 0 0 0 0 0 66 R. Menendez 0 9 0 0 54 0 0 J . Butler 1 5 0 0 0 0 36 B. Washington 1 4 0 0 30 0 0 B. Durham 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 J. Hill 0 0 0 0 0 6 C. Posey 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 C. Guyton 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 B. Bowen 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 B. Brenneman 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 EKU TEAM 0 0 0 0 (SAF) 2 0-2 0 S. Fuentes O O 0 0 0 48-50 0-2 7-13 383 COLONELS 35 15 2 22-24 0-0 7-14 189 OPP TOTALS 17 7 0 2 3 4 OT TOT SCORINGBYPERIODS 1 0 383 COLONELS 89 110 95 89 52 41 189 OPP TOTALS 50 46 0 53 YDS 499 78 37 11 31 0 656 1078 AVG 23.8 19.5 12.3 11.0 7.8 0 .0 19.3 20.3 LG 50 37 19 11 22 0 50 54 TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PUNTRETURNSNO B. Washington 28 B. Brenneman 2 1 R.Menendez 31 COLONELS 17 OPPONENTS YDS 188 9 -1 196 127 AVG 6.7 4.5 -1.0 6.3 7.5 LG 41 9 -1 41 33 TD 0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO 4 C. Clark C. Guyton 3 3 D. Thomas S . Gallant 2 1 D. Hoelscher 1 B. Bowen 1 K. Nevels 15 COLONELS OPPONENTS 6 YDS AVG 18.0 30.1 9. 3 43.5 13.0 10.0 0.0 20.1 13.5 LG 36 80 14 53 13 10 0 TD 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 KO RETURNS B. Washington B. Durham J. Butler R.Menendez D. Thomas B . Wright COLONELS OPPONENTS NO 21 4 3 1 4 1 34 FIELD GOALS 0-29 2-3 COLONELS 2-3 OPP TOTALS 2-3 J. Wright OVERALL RECORD: 8-4 OVC RECORD: 7-0 SEASON RESULTS AND ATTENDANCE Troy State 12 Sept. 6 A L Western Kentucky 21 Sept. 13 H L Appalachian State 23 Sept. 20 A L Austin Peay w 56 Sept. 27 H *Tennessee State w 49 Oct. 11 A *Murray State A w 29 Oct. 18 *Tennessee Tech H w 26 Oct. 25 *UT Martin H w 49 Nov. 1 A w 20 *Southeast Missouri Nov. 8 *Middle Tennessee H w 35 Nov. 15 *Eastern Illinois 49 w Nov. 22 A # Western Kentucky L 14 A Nov. 29 *Ohio Valley Conference Game # NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs 21 37 27 3 7 8 7 0 10 20 7 42 47 10,000 18,600 11,602 9,200 6,124 6,136 12,400 5,200 3,253 6,400 2,120 9,000 72 91 28 87 13 10 0 301 81 30-39 40-49 4-7 1-3 4-7 1-3 2-5 3-6 0 0 80 2 36 0 +50 TOTALS 0-0 7-13 7-13 0-0 0-0 7-14 �& 1997 EASTERN STATISTICS DEFENSE TACKLESASSISTS B. Bowen, LB C. Guyton, DB D. Thomas, DB J . Muchow, DT C. Tinsley, LB S. Baskin, DT D. Hoelscher, DE J. Ernest, DT L. Morton, LB B. Folke, LB R. Bryant, DB C. Clark, DB B. Printup, LB T. Thomas, DE A. Radar, LB M. Taylor, DT D. Campbell, DB S. Gallant, DB K. Combs, DE K. Nevels, DB T. Schoenlaub, LB B. Hampton, LB N. Cook, DB B. Davis, LB TOTALS 57 70 57 43 46 31 34 33 25 32 35 31 15 19 15 13 21 10 7 7 6 3 4 0 614 43 23 25 32 25 31 27 26 30 20 15 10 19 14 18 17 6 5 5 4 4 6 3 1 409 TACKLES OB TOTAL FORLOSS YARDS SACKS YARDS 1.5 1.0 0.0 4.5 1.0 1.5 3.5 5.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.5 21 5 0 44 8 9 28 45 0 12 0 0 23 7 5 3 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 230 100 93 82 75 71 62 61 59 55 52 50 41 34 33 33 30 27 15 12 11 10 9 7 1 1072 13.5 3.0 4.0 10.5 5.0 7.5 14.0 13.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 5.5 3.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 93.5 42 10 26 63 19 32 63 62 0 12 0 1 26 15 8 7 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 410 CAUSED FUMBLES FUMBLE BLOCKED PASSES FUMBLERECOVEREDRETURNS YARDS KICKSYARDS 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 DEF. 13 12 9 2 9 7 4 1 2 2 5 11 6 0 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 94 1997 All-OVC Football Team FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Name Dan Miller Tyrone Hopson Josh Hunter Pete Wilkes Chris Dunkle Gary Davis Simon Fuentes Anthony Downs Derick Logan Tyrone Butterfield Ronde! Menendez Rob Hart Tyrone Butterfield School Murray State Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois Eastern Illinois Middle Tennessee Eastern Kentucky Murray State• Eastern Kentucky* Tennessee State Eastern Kentucky Murray State* Tennessee State FIRST TEAM DEFENSE Name Angel Rubio David Hoelscher Branon Vaughn Eddie Arnell Thomas Williams Sammy Sanders Ronnie Merritt Sammy Sanders Kenny Thomas Fred Hambrick Chris Watson Chris Guyton Justin Terrill Position Offensive Tackle Offensive Tackle Offensive Guard Offensive Guard Center Tight End Quarterback Running Back Runningback Wide Receiver Wide Receiver Placekicker Kick Return/Punt Return SECOND TEAM OFFENSE School Southeast Missouri Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech Eastern Illinois# Tennessee Tech Murray State* Tennessee Tech* Murray State Southeast Missouri Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Southeast Missouri Position Down Lineman Down Lineman Down Lineman Down Lineman Linebacker Linebacker Linebacker Linebacker Defensive Back Defensive Back Defensive Back Defensive Back Punter SECOND TEAM DEFENSE Name School Position Bennie Anderson Tennessee State Offensive Tackle Wes Gallagher Tennessee Tech Offensive Tackle Mark Robinson Murray State# Offensive Guard Shawn Thompson Tennessee State# Offensive Guard Brian Cox Murray State Center Mitch Fryer Southeast Missouri Tight End Mike Simpson Eastern Illinois# Quarterback Jonathan Quinn Middle Tennessee Quarterback Justin Lynch Eastern Illinois Runningback Dariel Ruffin UT Martin Runningback Walter Hill Tennessee Tech Wide Receiver Dante Bryant Southeast Missouri Wide Receiver John Wright Eastern Kentucky Placekicker Bobby Washington Eastern Kentucky Kick Return/Punt Return OVC Coach of the Year: Roy Kidd-Eastern Kentucky OVC Offensive Players of the Year: Rondel Menendez-Eastern Kentucky Tyrone Butterfield - Tennessee State Defensive Player of the Year: Angel Rubio• Southeast Missouri Name Marcus Stepp Justin Ernest Troy Baglio Antonio Strobridge Britt Bowen Armand Williams Rodney Wilson Josh Symonette Antwan Perry Darrell Hinton Corey Clark Ashley Johnson School Murray State Eastern Kentucky Southeast Missouri Tennessee-Martin# Eastern Kentucky Tennessee State Eastern Illinois# Tennessee Tech Eastern Illinois Tennessee State# Eastern Kentucky Tennessee State • denotes 1996 All-OVC First Team Position Down Lineman Down Lineman Down Lineman Down Lineman Linebacker Linebacker Linebacker Defensive Back Defensive Back Defensive Back Defensive Back Punter # denotes 1996 All-OVC Second Team Note: The All-OVC team was voted on by the league head football coaches and sports information directors. Note: Coach of the Year and Players of the Year are selected by a poll of head football coaches nl. 48 �ROY KIDD STADIUM Roy Kidd Stadium, Hanger Field and the Robert B. Begley Building, the home of Colonel football since 1969, is one of the most unique, architecturally-designed academicathletics complexes in the nation. The stadium portion of the Begley Complex was renamed in honor of current head football coach Roy Kidd. The dedication took place on September 8, 1990 when the Colonels defeated Central Florida, 24-12. Eastern opened the stadium in 1969 defeating Austin Peay, 20-10. Hanger Field was officially dedicated on September 26, 1970 when the Colonels downed East Tennessee, 10-6. The field itself continues to bear the name Hanger Field. The nine-story structure provides seating on its slanted roof for 16,000 football spectators while an additional 4,000 can be seated in bleachers across the field. Hanger Field consists of lush Bermuda grass that provides one of the best natural playing surfaces found anywhere. The Colonels have found Kidd Stadium to their liking during its 29-year history. Entering the 1998 season, Eastern has won 144, lost 24, and tied 1 (.855 winning percentage), and had a Kidd Stadium undefeated streak of 36 games which began on September 23, 1978, and was brought to a halt November 27, 1984. EKU also ran off 27 straight wins at Hanger Field from 1985-89 and had a Roy Kidd Stadium OVC consecutive game winning streak of 22 games dating back to 1977 broken in 1984 and another 20-game OVC win streak stopped in 1990. The single-level pressbox, which towers 94 feet above the playing field, has working space for 87 media representatives, including private coaching booths, radio booths, and film areas. There is an auxiliary press box located opposite the main stands for live or taped television coverage with two levels for shooting footage available. Facilities inside the stadium include offices for the football coaching staff, locker rooms, a modern training room , and weight room . The structure also has 10 handball courts, two basketball courts, a gymnastics area, two cardiovascular rooms and classroom space to serve 2,qoo students simultaneously . Year-by-Year Record at Roy Kidd Stadium TOP 15 ROY KIDD STADIUM CROWDS 25, 300 (Oct. 20, 1979) .... ......... ... ... EKU 8, Western Kentucky 6 25 ,000 (Oct. 22, 1977) ............... EKU 35 , Western Kentucky 10 24,500 (Oct. 23, 1971) ....... .. ........ Western Kentucky 16, EKU 7 24,200 (Oct. 25, 1975) ........ .. ...... . EKU 13, Western Kentucky 7 22,500 (Oct. 31, 1970) ....................... .... EKU 17, Murray State 7 22,400 (Sept. 19, 1987) .................. .... .... .... .. EKU 37, Marshall 34 21,700 (Sept. 10, 1988) ...... .... ............. EKU 48, Delaware State 7 21 ,200 (Nov. 1, 1980) .......................... EKU 24, Murray State 14 20,800 (Oct. 24, 1981) .... ...... .. ... EKU 19, Western Kentucky 11 20,800 (Oct. 20, 1990) .. .... .............. EKU 55, Tennessee State 17 20,700 (Sept. 21 , 1991) .. ... ........ ..... EKU 17, Middle Tennessee 7 20,500 (Oct . 26, 1969) .... .... ....... Western Kentucky 27, EKU 26 20,500 (Oct. 28, 1972) ............................ . Murray State 7, EKU 3 20,200 (Oct. 3, 1987) .............. .. . EKU 20, Western Kentucky 10 20,200 (Oct. 28, 1989) ......................... EKU 38, Murray State 36 Total Attendance at Roy Kidd Stadium: 2,133,628 Avg. Per Game Attendance at Roy Kidd Stadium: 12,625 49 Year Won 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 3 5 7 6 7 6 4 5 4 6 5 8 5 5 8 5 4 6 6 3 4 Lost 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 Tied 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 �1997 In Review Game 1 Game 3 Game 5 September 6 at Troy, AL Sept. 20 at Boone, NC Oct. 11 at Nashville, TN Eastern Kentucky 3 Troy State 7 First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalized 3 7 6 7 El<U 12 86 157 21-12-1 5-35 .0 0-0 18 0 = 12 0 = 21 TSU 17 270 56 11-7-0 7-33 .6 1-1 81 TSU - Steven Kelley 2 yd. run (Lawrence Tynes kick) EKU - John Wright 23 yd . field goal EKU - Wright 41 yd . field goal TSU - Kelley 10 yd. run (Tynes kick) TSU - Kelley 39 yd . run (Tynes kick) EKU - Derick Logan 20 yd. run (run failed) Attendance: 10,000 (est.) Game 2 Sept. 13 at Richmond, KY Western Kentucky 3 Eastern Kentucky 7 First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalized 10 7 17 0 El<U 19 146 206 23-15- 1 4-32 .5 1- 1 25 7 = 37 7 = 21 WKU 28 397 95 14-6-0 2-29.5 0-0 60 WKU - Jeff Poisel 35 yd . field goal EKU - Rondel Menendez 51 yd. pass from Simon Fuentes (John Wright kick) WKU - Willie Taggart 23 yd. run (Poisel kick) EKU - Corey Crume 2 yd . run (Wright kick) WKU - Poisel 40 yd . field goal WKU - Joey Stockton 59 yd . pass from Taggart (Poisel kick) WKU - Poisel 26 yd. field goal WKU - LaTravis Powell 1 yd . run (Poisel kick) EKU - Crume 4 yd . run (Wright kick) Attendance: 18,600 (est.) Eastern Kentucky O 14 Appalachian State 7 7 0 9 = 23 0 13 = 27 El<U 21 193 216 30-14-1 7-39.7 3-1 63 First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalized ASU 16 177 154 22-12-0 6-33.8 0-0 29 ASU - Bake Baker 1 yd. run (Chris Barden kick) EKU - Corey Crume 1 yd . run (John Wright kick) EKU - Bobby Washington fumble recovery in the end zone (Wright kick) ASU - Daryl Skinner 10 yd . run (Barden kick) ASU - Gerard Hardy 5 yd. run (Barden kick) EKU - Rondel Menendez 57 yd . pass from Simon Fuentes (Wright kick) ASU - Skinner 20 yd. pass from Bake Baker (kick failed) EKU - Jeff Marr steps out of end zone for safety Attendance: 11,602 Eastern Kentucky 7 Tennessee State 7 14 0 21 0 First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalized El<U 23 280 197 14-10-0 2-43 .5 4-4 92 7 = 49 0 = 7 TSU 16 125 216 38-18-3 3-40 .3 3-3 83 EKU - Bobby Washington 26 yd . pass from Simon Fuentes (John Wright kick) TSU - Jarrick Hillery 66 yd . pass from Leon Murray (Buck Billings kick) EKU - Derick Logan 3 yd. run (Wright kick) EKU - Logan 16 yd . run (Wright kick) EKU - Logan 5 yd. run (Wright kick) EKU - Jonathan Butler 11 yd. run (Wright kick) EKU - Brian Durham 3 yd . run (Wright kick) EKU - Durham 1 yd. run (Wright kick) Attendance: 6,124 Game 6 Oct.18 at Murray, KY Game 4 Eastern Kentucky Murray State Sept. 27 at Richmond, KY Austin Peay O 3 Eastern Kentucky 21 14 0 14 El<U 19 377 230 19-12-1 2-25.0 4-3 59 First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalized 0 = 3 7 = 56 APSU 11 118 100 37-9-2 12-31 .4 2-2 19 EKU - Bobby Washington 48 yd . pass from Simon Fuentes (John Wright kick) EKU - Derick Logan 61 yd . run (Wright kick) EKU - Rondel Menendez 74 yd. pass from Fuentes (Wright kick) APSU - John Palmer 22 yd . field goal EKU - Jonathan Butler 14 yd . run (Wright kick) EKU - Clifford Posey 48 yd. run (Wright kick) EKU - Jonas Hill 17 yd . run (Wright kick) EKU - Brian Durham 16 yd. run (Wright kick) EKU - Butler 3 yd. run (Wright kick) Attendance: 9,200 (est.) 50 First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalized 3 2 6 6 10 10 = 29 0 0 = 8 El<U 19 268 105 14-7-0 5-34.4 1-1 30 MSU 14 92 230 42-17-1 8-36.4 1-1 82 MSU - Derick Logan tackled in end zone for safety EKU - John Wright 26 yd. field goal EKU - Bobby Washington 26 yd. pass from Simon Fuentes (kick failed) MSU - Rob Hart 41 yd. field goal MSU - Hart 47 yd . field goal EKU - Corey Crume 2 yd. run (Wright kick) EKU - Wright 43 yd . field goal EKU - Crume 2 yd . run (Wright kick) EKU - Wright 42 yd . field goal Attendance: 6,136 �Game 9 Game 11 Nov. 8 at Cape Girardeau , MO Nov. 22 at Ch arleston , IL Eastern Kentucky O 10 3 Southeast Missouri 10 0 0 EKIJ First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fu mbles-Lost Yards Penalized Game 7 Oct. 25 at Richmond, KY Tennessee Tech 0 Eastern Kentucky 6 0 0 7 0 6 14 EKIJ First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalized 19 263 129 19-9-0 6-38.7 1-0 56 = 7 = 26 TTU 19 150 218 30-18-1 6-33.2 1-1 5 EKU - Derick Logan 5 yd . run (kick failed) EKU - Corey Crume 3 yd . run (pass failed) TTU - Andre Caballero 15 yd. run (Casey Roberts kick) EKU - Crume 4 yd . run (John Wright kick) EKU - Logan 1 yd . run (Wright kick) Attendance: 12,400 (est.) Game 8 Nov. 1 at Richmond, KY UT Martin 0 Eastern Kentucky 28 0 14 0 7 EKIJ First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalized 20 151 329 28-18-1 3-42 .3 1-0 32 0 = 0 O = 49 UTM 9 128 57 25-7-2 10-41 .7 1-1 39 18 175 161 26-16-0 6-39.5 0-0 89 5,200 (est. ) SEMO 14 135 125 19-9-0 7-44.7 2-2 45 SEMO - Eric Warren 39 yd . field goal SEMO - Dante Bryant 6 yd . pass from Justin Martini (Warren kick) EKU - John Wright 33 yd . field goal EKU - Bobby Washington 18 yd. pass from Simon Fuentes (Wright kick) EKU - Wright 45 yd . field goal EKU - Derick Logan 1 yd. run (Wright kick) Attendance: 3,253 Game 10 Nov. 15 at Richmond, KY Middle Tennessee O 13 Eastern Kentucky 7 7 First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalized 7 14 25 337 113 14-8-0 2-31 .5 3-2 15 0 = 20 7 = 35 MTSU 12 71 240 25-13-2 3-32 .0 1-1 10 EKU - Corey Crume 1 yd . run (John Wright kick) EKU - Jonathan Butler 1 yd. run (Wright kick) MTSU - Daniel Calvo 4 yd . pass from Jonathan Quinn (Keegan Ray kick) MTSU - Lebrian McGill 1 yd run (kick blocked) EKU - Rendel Menendez 24 yd . pass from Simon Fuentes (Wright kick) EKU - Butler 8 yd . run (Wright kick) MTSU - Sulecio Sanford 34 yd . pass from Quinn (Ray kick) EKU - Crume 1 yd. run (Wright kick) Attendance: 6,400 (est.) Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois 7 7 21 0 17 121 332 18-13-0 3-36.3 4-2 20 EIU 12 121 170 35-15-4 5-40.6 3-1 47 EKU - Rendel Menendez 68 yd . pass from Simon Fuentes (John Wright kick) EIU - Cameron Mabry 18 yd . run (Chad Larner kick) EKU - Derick Logan 2 yd . run (Wright kick) EKU - Menendez 15 yd . pass from Fuentes (Wright kick) EKU - Corey Crume 1 yd . run (Wright kick) EKU - Britt Bowen 10 yd . interception return (Wright kick) EKU - Chris Guyton 80 yd. interception return (Wright kick) EKU - Logan 3 yd. run (Wright kick) 2,120 (est.) Game 12 (I-AA Playoffs) Nov. 29 at Bowling Green, KY Eastern Kentucky Western Kentucky First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalized O O 7 7 = 14 7 O 14 21 = 42 EKIJ WKU 20 155 220 43-21-1 8-41 .4 1-0 105 17 168 161 11 -8-0 7-37.7 2-0 20 WKU - Jammie Kyle 37 yd. pass from Willie Taggart (Jeff Poisel kick) WKU - Kyle 1 yd. run (Poisel kick) WKU - Jade Gummer 2 yd . run (Poisel kick) EKU - Corey Crume 5 yd . run (John Wright kick) WKU - Taggart 5 yd . run (Poisel kick) WKU - Cory Himsel 6 yd . run (Poisel kick) EKU - Rendel Menendez 11 yd . pass from Waylon Chapman (Wright kick) WKU - Kyle 21 yd . run (Poisel kick) Attendance : 9,000 (est.) 51 7 14 = 49 0 0 = 7 EKIJ First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Punting Fumbles-Lost Yards Penalized Attendance: EKIJ EKU - Jonathan Butler 50 yd . pass from Simon Fuentes (John Wright kick) EKU - Corey Crume 24 yd . run (Wright kick) EKU - Brian Brenneman 21 yd. pass from Fuentes (Wright kick) EKU - Randel Menendez 15 yd . pass from Fuentes (Wright kick) EKU - Crume 2 yd. run (Wright kick) EKU - Derick Logan 3 yd. run (Wright kick) EKU - Menendez 73 yd . pass from Waylon Chapman (Wright kick) Attendance: 7 = 20 O = 10 �EKU Football Network Richmond radio station WEKY-AM (1340 on the dial) will again serve as the flagship station for the 1998 EKU Football Network, while Eastern's public radio stations, WEKU-FM (88.9) and WEKH (90.9), also carry Colonel football over a large portion of southeastern and eastern Kentucky. This year's broadcast team will again be headed by longtime play-by-play announcer Greg Stotelmyer, who will be beginning his 16th season as "The Voice of the Colonels" and his 20th season overall of calling EKU football games. Joining him as color analyst will be Brett Pouncey, WEKY Operations Manager, who will be a part of the broadcast crew for the fourth year. Greg McClellan will handle field reporting duties for the second consecutive year. In addition to the radio broadcasts, the EKU Football Network features pre-game interviews with coaches and players, and Kidd joins Stotelmyer on the field after each game for the informative Coach Roy Kidd Post-Game Show. From left, the WEKY Radio broadcast team: Brett Pouncey and Greg Stotelmyer Colonels Send Hoelscher and Thomas to NFL Ranks With Eastern Kentucky's success on the football field welldocumented since the inception of I-AA football in 1978, the Colonels have also enjoyed huge success in providing signees to the different professional football leagues through the years. A total of 36 former EKU Colonels in the past 12 seasons have either been drafted or have signed as free agents with NFL clubs, including this year's additions- defensive end David Hoelscher (Green Bay Packers) and defensive back Danny Thomas (Arizona Cardinals) who were both free agent picks. Several EKU Colonels have played in the old American Football League, the now-defunct World League, the Canadian Football League, the World League of American Football, the Arena Football League and the National Football League. Split-end Aaron Marsh in 1968 began the parade of modernday Colonels to professional football as he signed and started that season for the Boston Patriots of the AFL. EKU's next big entry was that of former Time Magazine All-American and the No. 8 pick in the 1973 NFL Draft, defensive tackle Wally Chambers. He finished his first season in grand style by being named the National Football Conference's Defensive Rookie of the Year for the Chicago Bears. NFL scouts are constantly in contact with the EKU football office and attend games and practices throughout the year. Entering the beginning of the NFL's summer pre-season camps in July this year, seven former Eastern players were on NFL rosters. These include, with their first year in the NFL listed , offensive tackle John Jackson (1988)-San Diego Chargers; running back Tim Lester (1991 )-Pittsburgh Steelers; defensive end Chad Bratzke (1994)-New York Giants; tight end Jason Ounn (1996)-Philadelphia Eagles; linebacker Tony Mccombs (1997)-Arizona Cardinals; and Hoelscher and Thomas. John Jackson, offensive tackle, signed a contract with the San Diego Chargers earlier this year making him the highest paid offensive lineman in NFL history. 52 �1997 OVC Statistics STANDINGS CONFERENCE GAMES ALL GAMES 8 4 0 .636 289 172 W2 Dante Bryant, SE 6 5 0 .545 205 174 W1 Matt Lowe.MT 10 W1 4 7 0 .364 254 331 W1 Brian Webb, TM L2 L5 L7 4 6 0 .400 292 244 11 11 39 495 561 4 7 9 31 346 SCORING G TD Anthony Downs, MU 10 10 11 12 .714 L2 Murray State 2 .714 155 95 W2 Tennessee Tech 4 3 .571 131 113 W1 Tennessee State 4 3 .571 133 174 Middle Tennessee 2 1 5 .286 182 185 Southeast Missouri 6 .143 100 100 Tennessee•Martin 0 7 .OCO f6 Streak W7 T PASS RECEIVING PCT. PF PA 0 .364 199 244 Streak Tyrone Butterfield, TS Walter Hill, TT Rondel Menendez, EK L2 Bobby Washington , EK L1 Donnie Davis, El Derick Logan, EK G 11 PLAYS YDS. TD YIP YDS/GM 758 632 48 '37 5.7 6.1 396.0 382.9 751 4145 35 5.5 376.8 Tennessee State 11 11 11 4356 3829 717 4043 5.6 '<fil.6 Murray State 11 766 3870 32 32 5.1 351.8 Tennessee Tech Southeast Missouri Tennessee.Martin 11 11 11 736 Middle Tennessee Ea stern Illinois 3705 = 759 2463 7!l3 55 49 43 39 534 41 Rob Hart, MU 11 0 11 10 John Wright, EK Lebrian McGill, MT Keegan Ray, MT Reginald Swinton, MU Calvin Davenport, TS 23 5.0 336.8 24 4.4 305.6 PUNTING G 11 3.5 223.9 Justin Terrell, SE Brandon Thomas, MT Ashley Johnson, TS John Fowle, El Jade Stillings, TM 11 11 Stephan Brown, EK 11 Carson G ream.MU 11 TOTAL DEFENSE 3.6 3.5 0 2XP 0 0 FG 0 0 0 13 7 0 3J 0 10 10 0 11 9 0 11 9 0 No. TP PTS/GM 72 7.2 6.6 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.4 93 3134 1716 2195 1789 3438 38.6 45 1660 36.9 52 1900 36.6 55 45 0 0 0 86 71 67 6l 54 56 8 0 0 43.5 40.9 39.9 39.8 YDS/GM Murray State 707 2613 3.7 237.5 Eastern Kentucky 11 725 3068 4.2 278.9 Eastern Illinois 11 681 3112 4.6 282.9 Tennessee Tech 11 710 3172 2J 18 Z3 2J 4.5 288.4 Southeast Missouri 11 773 3461 28 4.5 314.6 KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. PUNT RETURNS Tennessee State 11 816 4151 43 5.1 377.4 Tyrone Butterfield, TS 25 619 24.8 Middle Tennessee 10 702 4105 32 5.8 410.5 11 782 4782 50 6.1 434.7 19 14 15 21 461 332 322 24.3 Tennessee•Martin B. Washing1on, EK Ke Ive rick Green, MT Donnie Davis, El Steffan Nicholson, El 447 21.3 22 453 20.6 Sam Greer, MU 2J 17 347 17.8 B. Washington, EK 25 No. 5 Yds. 95 IPG FUMBLE RECOVERIES Chris Guy1on, EK 5 74 0.45 0.45 Lebrian McGill, MT Darriel Ruffin , TM MISCELLANEOUS EK MT El TT MU TM TS SE Team .82 MT .50 SE El EK 11 14 14 9 7 5 8 4 10 14 11 11 10 10 10 19 15 10 17 18 .09 ·.09 ·.36 •1.09 2J ·1.27 12 14 11 Andrew Joyce, SE Camron Howard, TS NET PUNTING .27 TM MU TS TT Punts. Avg. Rel. Yds. Yards 1!1-73 39.1 INTERCEPTIONS 36.3 45·39.8 16-204 35.2 Fred Hambrick, SE Kenny Thomas, MU 45-36.9 93--38.0 1Hl4 35.0 Corey Cobb, TM 4 75 0.36 46-392 33.8 33.6 33.1 31 .9 Coray Clark, EK 4 3 72 3 :a,i 3 91 0.36 0.30 0.30 OZT 23-125 30-277 26-134 189 116 1932 2 13 Y/Att 10.22 246 168 1914 13 7.78 144.6 293 Z33 167 125 2200 1868 8 10 13 16 7.54 131.5 12 8.02 126.8 161 1893 1915 8 14 112.1 144 9 9 6.46 11 293 :nl 6.26 100.8 Justin Martini, SE 11 212 1244 14 7 5.87 91.8 Brock Bailey, TM 10 213 95 ffi 951 9 6 4.51 80.1 G Mike Simpson, El 11 11 Jonathan Quinn, MT 10 Leon Murray, TS 11 Andre Caba llero, TT 11 Dan Loyd, MU Simon Fuentes, EK All , RUSHING G All , Anthony Downs, MU 10 210 CMP Yds. 1011 Yds Int TD Cedric Stegall, MT Charlie Walker, MT Chris Guy1on, EK Rating 167.8 YPC 12 4.8 101 .1 43 FIELD GOALS G Rob Hart, MU Casey Roberts, TT Keegan Ray, MT John Wright, EK 11 11 10 13 11 11 7 Chad Lamer, El Buck Billings, TS Eric Warren , SE Eddy Winslow, TM YPG TD FGM 9 8 7 7 4 2 11 11 10 TACKLES AND ASSISTS Solo Thomas Williams , El 102 FGA PCT Z3 2J .565 .450 14 12 15 .571 Asst. .500 0.20 Angel Rubio, SE Sammy Sanders, TT Kenny Thomas, MU Jon Swift, TM Josh Symonette, TT Charlie Walker, MT Tavares Newsom , TM 62 33 EB 104 61 42 48 50 50 52 52 50 48 1!l3 100 100 95 9 5.4 84.6 4.8 78.1 Darriel Ruffin , TM 11 190 817 4 4.3 74.3 44 151 8 5.3 72.1 Ronnie Smith, SE 33 54 Jabarey McDavid, El 11 11 793 95 Calvin Davenport, TS 149 760 5 5.1 69.1 Britt Bowan, EK 10 137 ffi3 9 4.8 11 142 3 4.8 Jerome Tillman, TT 11 126 684 868 4 5.3 Ronnie Merritt, MU Brent Sterling, TS Chris Guy1on, EK 43 33 W ilbe rt Smith , MU 65.3 62.2 60.8 45 54 00 88 Lebrian McGill, MT 47 62 39 Z3 TOTAL OFFENSE G All. 410 Mike Simpson , El 11 3'.X2 Simon Fuentes, EK 11 244 Dan Loyd, MU 11 335 Leon Murray, TS 11 Justin Martini, SE 11 295 253 Calvin Davenport, TS 11 190 7.1 4 3 3 3 3 3 .467 .412 f5l Bl 85 No. Yds. QUARTERBACK SACKS No. Branon Vaughn, TT Angel Rubio, SE 2J YDS 70 David Hoelscher, EK 14 63 8 8 57 14 14 12.5 12.5 12 54 45 Marcus Stepp, MU Branon Vaughn, TT Lamar Carter, TS Marcus McClellan, SE 8.5 19 123 63 TACKLES FOR LOSS 170 332 28 2200 2379 237.9 1893 2225 202.3 1914 1942 176.6 ·21 .64 1932 1911 173.3 1915 1851 168.3 ·67 1868 1001 163.7 Justin Ernest, EK Britt Bowen, EK •72 1244 1172 100.6 Eddie Arnell, TT 793 339 1132 102.9 Brent Sterling, TS Antonio Strobridge, TM Ronnie Merritt, MU 12 49 40 53 28 Angel Rubio, SE Jamie McBryar, TT Kenneth Knotts, MU Eddie Arnell, TT Antonio Strobridge, TM Jarrod Webb, MU 53 No. 114 11 359 6.8 Total 150 48 52 93'.l YDS/GM .583 .007 781 11 141 171 188 1.18 3 172 10 225 0.82 0.80 8 17 162 And re Caballero, TT 140 24 31 13.2 8.3 8.2 7.8 7.3 FGPG 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.36 11 Jonathan Quinn, MT 91 Jon M~chell, TS 10 Tot. 11 17 Sanford Baskin, EK Robert Bryant, EK Derick Logan, EK Pass Avg. 172 Bo Browne, MT Damon Hendrick, SE Justin Lynch , El Rush Yds. 13 Net INDIVIDUAL PASSING EFFICIENCY 21.5 47.340 67·33.9 No. Jarrick Hillery, TS Terrance Smith, TM Walter Hill, TT 237 42-40.9 74-42.9 59-35.7 59-37.8 5.1 4.9 54 Avg. Yds. 72 42 10 11 11 XP 0 0 32 46 0 YIP Margin /Game 3.9 37 11.2 TD Lost FUM. INT. 14 5 9 11 11 9 3.9 14.4 YDS. Gained FUM. INT. 13 15 4.5 12.1 ATT. Team 5.4 5.0 14.7 21 .9 13.9 13.7 G 11 TURNOVER MARGIN REC/GM 123 384 W1 10 0 .001 TOTAL OFFENSE Eastern Kentucky 17.9 7 2 'JS7 59 159 124 275 Y/CT 7 3 8 5 2 3 4 2 4 0 .fi61 383 250 L1 3 0 .727 2fi1 213 L2 0 Eastern Illinois TD 1053 OC6 1073 009 8 7 5 5 Eastern Kentucky YDS G 11 11 11 11 PCT. 1.000 PA 00 L L PF REC . W w 81 7 7 6 53 6 5 5 5 25 39 39 33 32 35 �NCAA Division I-AA Since the NCAA formed Division I-AA football in 1978, Eastern Kentucky University has been a dominantforce in the race for the national championship. Except for the initial year, 1985 and 1996, the Colonels have either received invitation bids or automatically qualified by virtue of their Ohio Valley Conference championship for the post-season national playoffs, a grueling four-week system that involves 16 teams . EKU captured the national title in both 1979 and 1982 and fought its way to the finals in 1980and 1981. The 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1997 teams were defeated in first round playoff action. The 1986, 1988 nd 1991 Colonel squads advanced to the semifinals before losing and the 1987 and 1994 teams lost in the quarterfinals. The I-AA football championship is under the control and supervision of the NCAA I-AA Football Committee, which is elected by the NCAA membership at the annual convention. Other Division I-AA champions have been Florida A&M (1978), Boise State (1980), Idaho State (1981), Southern Illinois (1983), Montana State (1984), GeorgiaSouthern(1985, 1986, 1989and 1990), Northeast Louisiana (1987), Furman (1988), Youngstown State (1991, 1993, 1994and 1997), Marshall (1992 and 1996) and Montana (1995). How EKU has Ranked in I-AA Polls 6. Final 1979 Poll Final 1984 Poll 1 Grambling ................................................. 45 2 Murray State .. ............................... 42 3. Eastern Kentucky ................................... 37 Lehigh . . ........ ... .... 37 5. Nevada-Reno . ............................. 33 6. Alcorn State . . ..... ..... 31 7. Boston University . ............................... 30 8. Jackson State.. .............. .... 24 9 Montana State.. .. 21 10. ...... 18 ..... 18 1. Alcorn State .............................................. 80 2. Montana State ............. ...... 72 Rhode Island.. ........... .. 72 4. Boston U niversaity . . ......... ........ 67 5. Indiana State .. .. .. 64 6. Mississippi Valley . ...... 57 Middle Tennessee ......... 57 8. Eastern Kentucky ................................... 51 9. Louisiana Tech.. ... .... ... .... .... ..... 47 10. Arkansas State.. ...... 44 Final 1985 Poll Final 1980 Poll 1. Lehigh ........... .. .... ............................... ...... 44 2. Grambling.. . .. .. .... ........ .. 43 3. Eastern Kentucky ................................... 39 S. Carolina State ............. .................. .. ... 39 5. Western Kentucky ................... ............... 35 6. Delaware.. . . .. . ............................ 30 7. Boise State . ..................... ............. .. 29 8. N.W. Louisiana . ....... ... ... ................... 24 9. Boston University .................. ......... . .... 20 10. Murray State ........................... 19 Connecticut.. . . 19 Final 1981 Poll 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Eastern Kentucky ................................... 60 Idaho State ............. .... ... .............. ...... ... ... 56 South Carolina State . .. 52 Jackson State ..................................... 47 Boise State .. ..... .. . ............ ..... 46 Tennessee State ...... ............. . ........ . . 39 Delaware . ............................. 37 Lafayette. .............................. 31 Murray State.. . ......... .... .... 28 Massachusetts ......................................... 25 New Hampshire . ...... ... 25 Final 1982 Poll 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Eastern Kentucky ................................... 80 Louisiana Tech .......................................... 76 Delaware ................................................... 70 Tennessee State ..................................... 69 Eastern Illinois . ........ .. 64 Furman.. . .. .......................................... 59 South Carolina State .. ..... 58 Jackson State.. ............ 51 Colgate.. .... .... 46 Grambling... .. 44 1 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Southern Illinois .... 80 Furman.. ...... 75 Holy Cross ........................... ... .... ... .. . ..... . 72 North Texas State . ............. ..... ..... ...... 69 Indiana State .. .... ....... ...... ...... 64 Eastern Illinois . ........ 58 Colgate .. .. ..................... . ... 49 Eastern Kentucky ................................... 47 Western Carolina.......... ............ .. .... .. 46 Grambling .. ........ .. ...... ............. . ... 34 Nevada Reno ...... ................... . .. .. 34 .... 34 Idaho State . Final 1983 Poll Middle Tennessee .............................. ...... 80 Furman .................... ..... ... .. .. ............ ...... 74 Nevada-Reno ......................................... 74 4. Northern Iowa ........ ... .............................. . 66 5. Idaho. ....... ... ..... .. .. ................ ...... 65 6. Arkansas State ........... .. ........................... 61 7. Rhode Island ........... .............................. 56 8. Grambling ................ .. ............ .................. 47 9. Georgia Southern ............. 45 10. Akron ................................. ...... 44 11. Eastern Washington ................................ 42 12. Appalachian State ........ 36 Delaware State ............ .... ........ ......... 36 14. Louisiana Tech ............................. 26 15. Jackson State.. ... 25 16. William & Mary ...................................... ... 19 17. Murray State.. ........... .. 14 18. Richmond .. .... 12 19. Eastern Kentucky ..................................... 5 20. Alcorn State . ......................... 4 8. 9. 10. 11 . 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 1 2. 20. Nevada-Reno . . .... 80 Arkansas State ......................................... 76 Eastern Illinois . . .................... 71 Georgia Southern . ......... .................... 67 Holy Cross . .... 65 Appalachian State .................................... 59 Pennsylvania..... ............... 58 William & Mary.. .... 50 Jackson State.. ....................... 49 Eastern Kentucky ................................... 43 Sam Houston State . ............... 40 Nicholls State . ........................... 35 Delaware . ...................... 31 Tennessee State ......................... ... .. .... 23 Furman ................................ .. ..... ............ 22 Idaho. ........................................... ..... 16 Southern Illinois ............... ...... ... .. .... ... ...... 15 Murray State ................... ............ ...... .. ..... 11 Connecticut . .............................. . . 11 North Carolina A & T ................. ................ 9 Final 1987 Poll 1. Holy Cross . 2. Appalachian State .. 3. Northeast Louisiana ... 4. Northern Iowa . 5. Idaho. 54 ....................... .............. ......... ............ ...... ...... ..................... 60 80 76 72 68 64 James Madison ........ ......... ....................... 51 Jackson State ........... ........ ......... ....... ...... 48 Weber State ......................... ..... ... . ....... 45 Western Kentucky ................................. 38 Arkansas State . .............. 37 Maine.. ... .................................. 31 Marshall. . ....... 30 Youngstown State. ...... 24 North Texas State. . .............. 20 Richmond ................................................. 16 Howard. . ......... ..................... 12 Sam Houston State. ......... 8 Delaware State . ....... .......... 4 Final 1988 Poll 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Final 1986 Poll 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Georgia Southern . 7. Eastern Kentucky ................................... 56 Idaho ........................................ . Georgia Southern ................................... Western Illinois .. . ......... Furman ................ Jackson State ....................................... Marshall ................................................ Eastern Kentucky ................................ N.W. Louisiana ...................................... Stephen F. Austin ....... Massachusetts ........... ....... ......... .......... North Texas State ...... ........ .. .. ............. Boise State . . .......... .. ...... . ................ Western Kentucky ...... ........ ...... ........... The Citadel .. ..................... .... ....... ........ Delaware ... ............. ..... ........ .. ..... Montana .... .. .... ...... ..... ................ ..... ..... Middle Tennessee ...... ..................... ..... Florida A & M .... .......... ............... ..... ...... Holy Cross ........................................... 80 76 71 68 65 60 55 53 48 42 42 32 32 31 16 12 11 11 Final 1989 Poll 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20 . Georgia Southern .. ......... 80 Furman. ..... 76 Stephen F. Austin ..................... .... ...... 72 Holy Cross . ...... 66 Idaho ......................... ... . ...... 66 Montana..................... .... .... .... 60 Appalachian State ................................ 56 Maine....... .............. 50 Southwest Missouri ........... 46 Middle Tennessee ..... 42 William & Mary . . ..................... ....... 42 Eastern Kentucky ............................... 36 Grambling State .................................... 32 Youngstown State ........... .............. .... .. 28 Eastern Illinois ......................... ....... ...... 24 Villanova .............................................. 20 Jackson State ...................................... 16 Connecticut . ............................... 12 Nevada-Reno . ..8 Northern Iowa . ......... 4 Final 1990 Poll 1 2. 3. ............ 80 Middle Tennessee . Youngstown State ... .... ....... 76 Georgia Southern ...................... .. ......... 72 �4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 . 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Nevada-Reno ........................................... 68 Eastern Kentucky ................................... 64 SW Missouri .............................................. 60 William & Mary ...... 56 Holy Cross. .. 52 Massachusetts .. .. .. .... .... .. .... ........ .... .. ...... 48 Boise State ....................................... . ...... 44 Northern Iowa . .. ... ...... .. .. . .. .... 40 Furman .. ........................................ .... ...... 36 Idaho . .............. .. .. .. ..... ...... 32 NE Louisiana .. ... 28 The Citadel ........................................ ...... 24 Jackson State ............................ .. .. ... ...... 20 Dartmouth .................................... .. .... ...... 16 Central Florida ......................... .... ...... ...... 12 New Hampshire .. .. ............ ..... ........ 6 North Carolina A& T ..................... ........ ...... 6 Final 1991 Poll 1 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Nevada .. . .......... ... ............ 80 Eastern Kentucky ..................... ............ ..... 76 Holy Cross ....... ........ ..... 72 Northern Iowa .............................................. 68 Alabama State ............... ............................. 64 Delaware ............ ........ .. ......................... 60 Vi llanova . .. ............................ 56 Marshall.. . .. .......... ............... 52 Middle Tennessee .. .. ............... 48 Samford . .................................................. ... 44 New Hampshire . . .... 40 Sam Houston State . ................................... 36 Youngstown State . .. ........................ 32 Western Illinois. . ... 28 Weber State ................................................ 24 James Madison .. .. .......... ......... 20 Appalachian State .. .. ... 16 Northeast Louisiana ..... 12 McNeese State .................................... ......... 8 The Citadel.. . ............................ .. ... 2 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 . 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20 . Northeast Louisiana . .. ... 78 Northern Iowa .................................... .... ..... 72 Middle Tennessee . .. .. .. ...... ... ..... 68 Idaho . . .................................. .. .......... 64 Marshall ... . ........................... ... .. .......... ..... 60 Youngstown State . . . ................. ..... 55 Delaware ... . ............ ........ ........... . ....... 53 Samford . .. ........ ... .... .... ............... ...... 48 Vi llanova . .. .. ...... .. ............... ..... 44 McNeese State ............. .......... .. .................. 40 Eastern Kentucky ....... ............................... 36 William & Mary. .. ..... ....... ........... 33 Eastern Washington ...... .... ............ ...... ....... 28 Florida A&M . .. .. . .. .. ........ ........... .. 24 Appalachian State .... .. ............. ................ 20 North Carolina A&T .... ...... ...... ... 16 Alcorn State ................. ......... .9 Liberty .. .. ............... ......... ......... . 8 Western Illinois ......... ................................... .. 7 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17 . 18. 19. 20 . 21 22. 23. 24. 25. Troy State .. .. ...... .. 1,51 6 Georgia Southern . . .. .................. 1,470 Montana .......... ....... ................................ 1,450 Northeast Louisiana . .... . 1,390 McNeese State . .. ................... 1,322 Boston Unive rsity . . ........... 1,250 Youngstown State . . ......... 1,210 Howard University . . 1,099 Marshall.. .. ...................... 1,070 William & Mary. ...... ...... 1,034 Idaho . .................. 991 Central Florida . .. ...... ........... ... 937 Northern Iowa ............................................ 816 Stephen F. Austin ..................................... 720 Southern University . .. ... 630 Pennsylvania .. . . ........... .... ..... 600 Eastern Kentucky ..................... .. ............. 587 Delaware. .. ... 529 Western Kentucky . .... ................ ..... 423 Eastern Washington .................. ........... .... 303 North Carolina A&T . ...... .. ...... ................... 250 Tennessee Tech . ...... .... ............ .. .... . 245 Alcorn State . . .. .... .... .. ......... .............. 225 Towson State ........ .. .. .... ............................ 208 Massachusetts ...... .... .. ............ .. . 103 Final 1992 Poll Final 1994 Poll 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22 23. 24. 25. Youngstown State Boise State Marshall Montana Eastern Kentucky McNeese State James Madison Idaho Appalachian State Boston University Northern Iowa Troy State New Hampshire Pennsylvania North Texas Middle Tennessee Grambling Alcorn State William & Mary Central Florida Stephen F. Austin Hofstra South Carolina State Western Illinois Northern Arizona Final 1995 Poll 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Final 1997 ESPN/USA Today Poll 1 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21 22. 23. 24. 25. Youngstown State McNeese State Delaware Eastern Washington Villanova Western Illinois Western Kentucky Georgia Southern Montana Hampton Southern FloridaA&M Jackson State Northwestern State Eastern Kentucky Hofstra Cal Poly-S LO Stephen F. Austin Liberty South Carolina State Colgate Eastern Illinois Appalachian State Northeastern Dayton Final 1993 Poll 55 McNeese State Appalachian State Troy State Murray State Stephen F. Austin Marshall Delaware Montana Hofstra Eastern Kentucky Southern Eastern Illinois James Madison Jackson State Georgia Southern Florida A & M Idaho Northern Iowa William and Mary Richmond Boise State Northern Arizona Connecticut Indiana State Middle Tennessee Final 1996 Poll 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Marshall Montana Northern Iowa Troy State William & Mary Murray State East Tennessee Northern Arizona Furman Delaware Jackson State Villanova Western Illinois FloridaA&M Nicholls State Eastern Illinois New Hampshire Youngstown State Dartmouth Howard Stephen F. Austin Appalachian State Southwest Missouri Dayton James Madison Eastern Kentucky Final 1997 Sports Network Poll 1 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 . 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Villanova Western Illinois Delaware Eastern Washington Western Kentucky McNeese State Hampton Georgia Southern Youngstown State FloridaA&M Montana Southern Jackson State Hofstra Eastern Kentucky Cal Poly-SLO Northwestern State Stephen F. Austin South Carolina State Liberty Eastern Illinois Appalachian State Dayton Northeastern Colgate �Eastern Kentucky and The Division I-AA Playoffs Quick Facts Appearances: 17 (1979 , 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997) National Championships: 2 (1979, 1982) National Runnersup Titles: 2 (1980, 1981) First Round Exits: 8 (1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997) Quarterfinal Round Exits: 2 (1987, 1994) Semifinal Round Exits: 3 (1986, 1988, 1991) Playoff Record at Home: 10-4 Playoff Record on Road: 4-9 Playoff Record (Neutral Site): 2-2 (National Championship Games) Largest Margin of Victory: 30-7 (vs. Lehigh, national championship game, 1979) Largest Margin of Defeat: 48-0 (vs. Montana, first round, 1995) Overall Playoff Record: 16-15 Year-By-Year Results 1979 1987 (H) Eastern Ky . 33 , Nevada-Reno 30 (Double Overtime) (N) Eastern Ky. 30, Lehigh 7 (National Championship at Orlando, Florida) (H) Eastern Ky. 40, Western Ky. 17 (A) Northeast Louisiana 33 , EKU 32 1988 (H) Eastern Ky. 28, Massachusetts 17 (H) Eastern Ky . 41, Western Ky. 24 (A) Georgia Southern 21 , Eastern Ky . 17 1980 (A) Eastern Ky. 23 , Lehigh 20 (N) Boise State 31, Eastern Ky. 29 {I-AA Finals at Sacramento, California) 1989 (H) Youngstown State 28, Eastern Ky. 24 1990 1981 (H) Furman 45, Eastern Ky. 17 (H) Eastern Ky. 35, Delaware 28 (A) Eastern Ky. 23, Boise State 17 (N) Idaho State 34, Eastern Ky. 23 {I-AA Finals at Wichita Falls, Texas) 1991 (H) Eastern Ky. 14, Appalachian State 3 (H) Eastern Ky. 23, Middle Tennessee 13 (A) Marshall 14, Eastern Ky. 7 1982 1992 (H) Eastern Ky. 38, Idaho 30 (H) Eastern Ky . 13, Tennessee State 7 (N) Eastern Ky. 17, Delaware 14 (National Championship at Wichita Falls, Texas) (A) Marshall 44, Eastern Ky . 0 1993 (A) Georgia Southern 14, Eastern Ky. 12 1983 1994 (H) Boston Un iversity 24, Eastern Ky. 20 1984 (H) Eastern Ky. 30, Boston U. 23 (A) Youngstown State 18, Eastern Ky. 15 (H) Middle Tennessee 27 , Eastern Ky. 10 1995 1986 (A) Montana 48, Eastern Ky . 0 (A) Eastern Ky. 23, Furman 10 (A) Eastern Ky. 24, Eastern Illinois 22 (A) Arkansas State 24, Eastern Ky. 10 1997 (A) Western Kentucky 42, Eastern Ky . 14 56 �Steeped in Tradition Eastern's Football History Ben Bernard (1913-16), Clyde McCoy (1919), George Hembree (1922-28), Charles ''Turkey" Hughes (1929-34), Rome Rankin (1935-42, 1945-46), Tom Samuels (1947-53), and Glenn Presnell (1954-62). Since the OVC was organized in 1948, Eastern has won 14 regular season titles outright (in '54, '67, '68, '74, '76, '81, '82, '83, '84, '88, '91, '93, '94 and '97), shared four titles in '62, '86, '87 and '90 and to date ranks first in the Conference alltime standings with a 231 -88-7 won-lost record. EKU football has produced 50 All-Americans and has had 34 players drafted into the professional ranks. Best known among former Eastern players is Wally Chambers, a 1972 AllAmerican, who was voted National Football League "Defensive Rookie of the Year'' in 1973 as a tackle with the Chicago Bears. There he stood, Eastern Kentucky University football coach Roy Kidd, amid the jubilant crowd of players, press, and well-wishers in the visitors' locker room at the Pioneer Bowl Stadium in Wichita Falls , Texas. He had just guided Eastern to another milestone in its athletic history. On that day, December 18, 1982, the Colonels captured the University's second national championship (EKU won its first national crown in 1979 when it defeated Lehigh 30-7) as they defeated Delaware 17-14 in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-AA championship game, capping a 13-0 season . That victory marked Eastern's fourth straight appearance in the I-AA title game, having won runners-up troph ies in 1980and 1981 . EKU football has come a long way since the first organized game was played in 1909 on Stateland Field , and much of the credit is given to Kidd, an All-American quarterback at Eastern in 1953, who returned to his alma mater in 1963 and proceeded to build a national powerhouse. Kidd's 34-year record stands at 280 wins, 103 losses , and eight ties, a remarkable .726winning percentage. He has twice been chosen National I-AA Coach of the Year and Kentucky Sportsman of the Year, and is the winningest coach in Ohio Valley Conference history. The popularity of Eastern football grew so rapidly in the 1960's that Hanger Stadium, the home of the Maroons (the school's nickname later became Colonels) since 1936, was too small forthe large enthusiastic crowds. Eastern paid "old" Hanger a fitting farewell in 1968 as it thrashed rival Morehead State, 35-7. A new era in EKU football began the following year when the Colonels moved to Hanger Field, a modern 20,000seat facility. Eastern christened its new playing field with a 291Odrubbing of Austin Peay. In 1990the Stadium was renamed in honor of current head coach Roy Kidd . The Colonels defeated the University of Central Florida 24-12 that day. There have been many memorable moments in the rich heritage of Eastern football. One came in 1967 when EKU's OVC champs won the NCAA Mideast Regional championship by defeating Ball State, 27-13, in the Grantland Rice Bowl. Another occurred in 1954 when Eastern's third regular season undefeated team (thefirstwas in 1940) made the school's first bowl appearance only to fall to the University of Omaha, 7-6, in the Tangerine Bowl. Then, 25 years later, came the first of four straight national championship game appearances and six consecutive playoff appearances. Kidd's status among the active coaching profession is well-known, but Eastern has had other successful coaches during its football history. Previous coaches include James Park (1909) , Clyde Wilson (1910-11 ), Charles Keith (1912) , EKU FOOTBALL MILESTONES ALL GAMES PLAYEO SINCE 1909 Year Game 1927 1940 1953 1964 1974 1982 1990 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 Score Opponent St. Mary's Central Michigan Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee East Tennessee Morehead State Tennessee State EKU EKU EKU EKU EKU EKU EKU 32, SM 6 25, CM 0 13, WKU 7 13, MT 20 21, ET 20 20, MSU 3 55, TSU 17 OVC GAMES PLAYEO SINCE 1948 Score Game Year Opponent 50 100 150 200 250 300 1957 1965 1972 1980 1987 1994 Morehead State Tennessee Tech Morehead State Middle Tennessee Youngstown State UT Martin EKU EKU EKU EKU EKU EKU 40, MSU 3 28, TTU 14 28, MSU 6 24, MTSU 0 14, YSU 7 34, UTM 14 TEN BEST RECORDS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 57 Year Record Pct. 1982 1940 1954 1941 1938 1981 1991 13-0-0 8-0-0 8-0-1 7-1-0 6-1 -0 12-2-0 12-2-0 1.000 1.000 .944 .875 .857 .857 .857 8. 9. 10. Year Record Pct. 1979 1990 1967 11-2-0 10-2-0 8-1-2 .846 .833 .818 �Ohio Valley Conference Records TEAM-SINGLE GAME SCORING Most points scored - 97 - Tennessee-Martin vs. Bethel (7) .. ......... ....... .. ................ .... ... ............ .. ................. ... ........ .......... ........... ..... 1995 Most touchdowns scored - 14 -Tennessee-Martin vs. Bethel ........ .. ...... .. ..... .. ..... ... .... .. ... ..... ...... ..... ... ... .... ... ...... ..... ... .... ... ... .... ..... ..... 1995 Most PATS kicked - 13 - Tennessee-Martin vs. Bethel ................ .......... .... .... ... .... .... ..... ........ ....... ... ... .. ... ... .. .. ..... ... .... .... .. ....... ....... ... 1995 Most two-point conversions scored - 3 - Middle Tennessee vs. UT-Martin .. .. .. ... ............... ..... ... ....... ...... .... .. ........ ... ... ..... ......... ..... 1967 Eastern Kentucky vs. Northwood ............................................................................................................................................. 1968 Tennessee Tech vs. UT-Martin .............................................. ........... .......... .... .... ... ...... .... .. ....... ... ... ......... .... ................................ 1980 Most field goals kicked - 7 - Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga ....... ...... ... ...... ..... ......... .................................... .. ..... .... ... 1989 Most safeties scored - 2 - Austin Peay vs. Middle Tennessee ........ ............ ................... .... .. .............. ..... .. ........ .... ... .. ..... ...... .. ... .... .... 1968 2 - Tennessee Tech vs. Murray State ............. ... ........ ... ........ ........ .... ...... ... ........ ........... ........ ...... ..... .. ... ... ..... .... ... .. ...... ....... ..... 1993 TOTAL OFFENSE Most plays - 97 - Middle Tennessee vs. Mississippi Valley .. ... .......................... .... ...... .... ..... .... ... ... ... ... .. .. .... ... ........ ..... .... ......... ... ...... 1987 Most total yards gained - 734 - Austin Peay vs. Kentucky Wesleyan .............. ..... .... .... .... .... .. .... .. .. .. .. ............ .. ... ................ .... ...... ..... 1994 Fewest total yards allowed - (-10) - Morehead State vs. Morgan State .... .. ... ...... ....... .......................................... .. .......... .. ..... ... ...... .. 1990 Most first downs - 35 - Murray State vs. Austin Peay ........... ........... ........ ........................................ .................. .... ............ .. ................ 1989 RUSHING Most rushes attempted - 83 - Eastern Kentucky vs. Morehead State .......................................................................................... 1989 Tennessee Tech vs. Morningside ............................ ........ ... ...... ..... .... ......... ... ..... .. ............................................. .... .. .. ........ ....... .. 1972 Fewest rushes attempted - 5 - Tennessee Martin vs . Eastern Kentucky ...... .... ... .... .. .... ... .... ...... ........ .................................... .... .... ... 1995 Best rushing average - 9.91 - Austin Peay vs. Kentucky Wesleyan ... ........ .......... .... ......................................................... ... .......... ... . 1994 Most yards rushing - 674 - Austin Peay vs. Kentucky Wesleyan .......... .................................................................. ..... .... ... ....... ...... ... 1994 Fewest yards rushing - minus 88 - Morehead State vs. Austin Peay ............ .. ..... ... ..... .. ..... .... ..... .. .. .. .. ... .... .. ... ... .. .. .......... ................. 1983 Fewest yards rushing allowed opponent - minus 88 - Austin Peay vs. Morehead State .. ................. ... .. ......... ... .... ..... ... ................... 1983 Most touchdowns rushing - 9 - Tennessee Martin vs. Bethel .... ...... ... ..... ...... .... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... .... .... .... ......... .... .... ... .... ..... .............. 1995 Most first downs rushing - 29 - Austin Peay vs. Kentucky Wesleyan .. ..... .... ....... ... ....... .. ...... ........ ..... .... ........... .. .. .. ... ... ... ..... ... ........... 1994 PASSING Most passes attempted - 66 - Morehead State vs. Tennessee Tech ............ ... ..... .... .. ... ... ..... .. ..... ... .... .... .. ..... ..... ..... .. ........ .. ........ .. .... 1987 Most passes completed - 40 - Tennessee-Martin vs. Eastern Kentucky ...... ... ........ ... .... .............. .. ..... ..... .. .... ....... .... ..... ................. ... 1995 Best completion percentage - .957 - Murray State vs. UT Martin (22-23) ... ........ .... ........ ..... .... ....... ...... ........................... ..... ....... .. .... 1993 Most yards passing - 489 - Tennessee State vs. Southeast Missouri ....... ... .. .. ... .......... ... ......... ... .......... ................. .... ...... .. ... ...... ...... 1991 Fewest yards passing allowed opponent - minus 3 - Western Ky. vs. Austin Peay .. ........... .................................... ........ ..... .. ........ ... 1973 Most touchdowns passing - 7 - Morehead State vs. Murray State ..... ......... ........ ........ ...... ...... .......... ..... .......... ........ .................. ..... ... 1990 Most two-point conversion passes completed - 3 - Middle Tennessee vs. UT-Martin ...... ... .. ... ......... .... .. ..... ... ... ........ ... .... .... ..... .. .... . 1967 Tennessee Tech vs. UT-Martin .. ......... .... ........ ...... ... .. .. ....... ........ .......... .... ...... ...... ....... ... ........ ........................ ................... ... .... ... 1980 Most first downs passing - 20 - Tennessee St. vs. Southeast Missouri ..... .. .. .... ......... ....... ....... ...... .......... ..... ..... .... ..... ... ..... ....... ....... . 1991 Most passes had intercepted - 7 - Western Ky. vs. Morehead State ..... ........ ........... ... .......... ......... .... ................ .. ........................ ..... . 1965 East Tennessee vs. Austin Peay .. .. ..... .. .... ... .... .... ... ...... ... ...... ...... ...... ........ ........ ..... ....... ....... .............. ..... ... .. ......... ..... ..... ... ...... .. 1971 Tennessee Tech vs. Middle Tennessee ....... .. .. ... ... ... ......................... ........ ................................................................ ...... ......... .. 1981 Middle Tennessee vs . Akron ......... ... .... ... ...... ... ....... .... ....... ..... .... ... ....................... ... ..... ... .. .... ..... ........ ..... ... .. ......... .. ......... ......... . 1985 Most yards on interception returns - 150 - Eastern Kentucky vs. Youngstown State ................................................................. 1980 KICKING Most punts - 14 - Austin Peay vs. Tennessee Tech ........ ...... ... .. ... ...... ..... .... .. ................................. .......... ....... .. .. ..... ... ..... ..... ... ... ..... .. 1971 14 - Tennessee-Martin vs. Eastern Kentucky ... .. .. .... ...... ...... ...... ............. ..... ....... ...... .... .. ..... ... ..... .. .. ..... ...... .... ..... ... ..... ...... .. 1993 Best punting average - 54.0 - Middle Tennessee vs. Ball State .... ...... .. ....... ........ ...... .... ... ......... ... ....... .. ... .. .. ... .... ..... .... ........... ........ .. 197 4 Most yards punts returned - 183 - Tennessee-Martin vs. Charleston Southern ...... .. ... .. ...... ... .... .. .. ................ ... .... ........ .... .. ... ... ........ 1994 Most kickoffs -14 -Tennessee-Martin vs. Bethel ... ... ....... ... ...... ............... ... ........... .. .... ..... ........ ...... .. .......... .... .... ....... ..... .... ... ...... ....... . 1995 Most kickoffs returned - 10 - Western Kentucky vs. Lamar .... ........... .......... ...... ................ .... ........ ........................ ...................... ...... .. 1979 Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Kentucky ............................ ...... .. .. .. .. .......... ...... .... ................ ..... ....... ... ........ ........ ... ..... ... ....... ....... . 1981 Most yards kickoffs returned - 215 - Tennessee-Martin vs. Murray State .. .......... ........ .... ............................ ... ........ ........ ... ................. 1997 OTHERS Most fumbles - 14 - Middle Tennessee vs. Murray State ... ....................... .... .... ..... ........................................ .. ... .......... ....... ...... ....... .. 1976 Most fumbles recovered - 9 - Murray State vs. Middle Tennessee ..... .. ... ........... ..... ...... .... .. ... .. ...... ....... .... ... ... ........ ........ ..... .. ... ....... .. 1976 Most fumbles lost - 9 - Middle Tennessee vs. Murray State ... ......... .................. ... ........ ........... .. .... .. .. ........ ..... ...... ..... .......... .. ... .. .. ..... 1976 Most yards penalized - 201 - Eastern Kentucky vs. Morehead State ............................................................................................ 1988 58 �Records TEAM-SEASON SCORING Most points scored - 426 - Murray State ..................... ..................................................... ......................... .............................. ....................... ........1996 Most points scored per game (average) - 37.7 - Western Ky .... ..... .... ..... ..... ...... .. ..... ......... ...... .... ... .. ... ...... .... .. ........... ................ ...... . 1973 Most points scored kicking - 87 - Eastern Kentucky (1986) and Murray State ....... ........... ................... ..................... .................... 1987 Fewest points scored - 20 - Morehead State .... ...... ... .......... ... ........ ....... ........................ ....... .... ....... ......... ..... .. ........ ..... ... ... ... ... .... .... .. 1953 Most points yielded - 556 - Morehead State ............. .. .. ............ .... ................... ......... ..... ... .... ... .. ..... ........ ...... ... ..... .... ... ... .. .. .... ... ..... .... 1994 Fewest points yielded - 40 - Middle Tennessee ..... .. ..... ........................... ....... ...... ..... ... .. .... .... ...... ... ....... ...... ... ..... .... .... .. .. .... .. ..... ...... 1957 Most touchdowns scored - 56 - Murray State ..... .... ............... ...... ... .. ... .... ... .... ... ... ...... ....... ........ ... .. ..... ... .... ......... .......... ...... .... ..... ...... 1995 Most PATs kicked - 56 - Murray State ........... .. .. ... ........ .. .................. ....... .... ... ............... ....... .... .. ......... ......................................... ... ... . 1995 Most field goals kicked - 19 - Middle Tennessee ... ... ... .. ... ....... ................... .. ...... .. ... ....... ... ........... ..... .. ...... .. ..... .................. .... ... .. .... .. 1984 Akron ........... ... .. ...... ......... ............ ................................ ........ .. .. ...... .. .. ....... ....... .. ....... ...... ...... ....... .. ......•.................. .......... ......... .. 1985 Murray State ............................ ....... ......... ...................... ........ ............... ... ... .. ................................ ........... .. ... .................... . 1987, 1988 Most safeties scored - 4 - Middle Tennessee ...... .............. ..... ........ ... .. ....... ......... ........... ....... ...... ....... ....... ............................. ........ ... 1965 TOTAL OFFENSE Most plays - 843 - Eastern Illinois ..... ..... .......... .. .. ......... ... .................. ..... ... ......................... ......... ........ .... .... ... ... .. ...... .... ...... ... .......... .. 1996 Most yards gained - 5,155 - Middle Tennessee ....... .. ..... .......... .............. ........ ......... ....... .... ...... .. ..... .... .... .. .... ... ..... ...... ...... ... ...... .... ... 1990 Most total yards per game (average) - 468.6 - Middle Tennessee ....... .. ... .......... ... .. .. .. ..... .. ...... ... .... .................................................. 1990 Fewest total yards allowed - 1,511 - Western Ky . .. ................. .. ................. .... ....................... ............................ ............................. ..... 1971 Most first downs - 244 - Murray State ....................... .... ... .... ...... ... ...... ..... ......... ..... .... ...... ... ..... ... .......... .. .... ..... ....... ... ..... .. ... .. ... ......... . 1995 Fewest first downs allowed - 84 - Middle Tennessee ....................... .. .. ..... .. .............. ...... ...... .............. .......................... ......... .... .. .. ... 1957 RUSHING Most rushes attempted - 722 - Tennessee Tech ..... .. .... ................. .... ... ...... .... ........... .. ... .... .... .................... .... .. .............. ................... 1972 Best rushing average - 311.4 - Middle Tennessee ........... .. ...... ..... ...... ........ ....... .... ......... ..................... .. .... ......... ... ........................... 1959 Most yards rushing -3 ,333 Eastern Kentucky ................................................................................................................................. 1988 Fewest yards rushing allowed opponents - 485 - Western Ky ............................. ...... .... .. .... ..... ......................... ... .......... .... ............... 1963 Most touchdowns rushing - 42 - Middle Tennessee ...... .......................... ... .. .. ...... ........ ............... ....... ...... .......... ... ............ .. ... ... ... .. .... 1959 Most first downs rushing - 165 - Eastern Kentucky ........................................................................................................................ 1988 PASSING Most passes attempted - 470 - Tennessee-Martin ...... ......... ..... .......... ..... ..... ......... ........... ....... ..... ... ..... ... ..... ...... ..... ...... ...... ........... ... 1995 Most passes completed - 287 - Tenneesee-Martin ........... ... ..... ..... ..... ........... ... ... ........ .... ....... ....... ........ .. ..... ... ....... .... ... ...... .... .. .... .... 1995 Best completion percentage - 67.4% - Eastern Illinois ........ ... ... ......... ..... .................................. .... ....... ..... .... .... .... .. ..... ... ..... ..... ......... 1997 Most passes had intercepted - 35 - Austin Peay .. .. ....... ....... ... .... ...... ...... ... ...... ... .... .... ... ........ .... ... ........ .......... .... .. .. ...... ...... ........... .... 1969 Best passing average - 321.0 - Morehead State ....... .. ..................... .................. .. ......... .. ... ...... ............. ..... ... .... ..... .... ... ... .................. 1950 Most yards passing - 3,064 - Tennessee-Martin ....... ..................... ................. ... .......... ............. .. ... ............ ................... ........... .. .. ...... 1995 Fewest yards passing allowed opponents - 365 - Western Ky ..................... ................ ...... .......................... ... ......... .... ...................... 1960 Most touchdowns passing - 29 - Murray State .. ... ........................................ .... ..................... ....... ....... .............................................. . 1968 Fewest touchdown passes allowed opponents - 1 - Middle Tennessee ... .. ..... ..... .. .... ................... ......................................... 1957, 1990 Tennessee Tech ...................... ... ....... .. .. .... ... ... .. .................... ...... .... ...... ..... ... .. ......... ..... ...... ..... ... .......... .... ... ...... ... ...................... 1972 Most first downs passing - 124 - Southeast Missouri ..... ... ....................................... .................................... .... ......... .. ..... .. ................ 1991 Most passes intercepted - 34 - East Tennessee ................ .. ..... ... ... .... ....... .. .... .... ....... ............................ ........ .. ......... ....... ........ ....... ... 1969 KICKING Most punts - 96 - Morehead State ........ ..... ...... ..... ...... ...................... ........................................................... ... ..... ... ............... .............. 1982 Best punting average - 45.1 - Tennessee State .......... ....... ................... ........ .......... .. ... .... .... ...... ... ..... .. ........... ....... .. .... ... ... ................ 1990 Most punts returned - 60 - Western Ky ........ .......... .... .... .. ....... ........................ ..... ... ..... ... .... ........... ... ...... ...... ......... .......... .... ...... ..... .... 197 4 Most yards punts returned - 633 - Eastern Kentucky .................................................................................................................... 1967 Most kickoffs returned - 85 - Morehead State ...... ... .... .... .... ....................... ..... .... ........ ..... .. ....... .............. ....... ... .. ... .... .... .... ..... ...... ..... 1994 Most yards kickoffs returned - 1,582 - Morehead State ...... ......................... ..... ........................... ... ....... .................... ..... ...... .............. 1994 OTHERS Most punts blocked - 9 - Middle Tennessee (NCAA Record) .... ... ... ... ... ..... .. ....................... .. .. ....... .. ...... .......... ........... ... .......... ...... ... . 1988 Most fumbles recovered - 40 - Murray State .. ..... ...... .... .... ... .............................. .... ...... .. ........ ..... ... .. .. ..... ....... ..... .. ... ... ........ .... ..... .... ... 1976 Most fumbles lost - 36 - Middle Tennessee ..... .. .. .... ..... •... ....... ........ ... .... ... .... ...... ..... ........... ..... ... ...... ..... ..... ....... .... ........... .. .... ... ... ..... 1976 Most penalties - 122 - Tennessee State ...... .......... .... .. ................... ....... .. ......... ... ...... ............. .. ... ... ...... .. .. .. ... .. ........ ............... .. .. ...... .. 1990 Most yards penalized - 1,116 - Tennessee State ... ...... .... .... .... .. .. ...... .... ........ ... ...... ... ........ ....... ... .. ....... ..... ...... ... .... .. .. ... .......... .. ... ... .. 1989 Fewest yards penalized - 250 - Middle Tennessee .. .. ..... .......... .... .. .......... ................... .. .. ...... ... ..... ..... .. .... ....... ..... ....... ........ .... ....... .. 1954 INDIVIDUAL-SINGLE GAME SCORING Most points scored - 36 - Derrick Cullers, Murray State vs. Morehead State . ... .. ............ ....................................... ... ..... ..... ..... ..... .. . 1995 Most points scored kicking - 22 - Ryan Weeks, Tenn . Tech vs. Tenn . Chattanooga ...... ................. ..... .. ..... ..... .. .... ....... .. ....... .. ...... ... 1989 Most touchdowns scored - 6 - Derrick Cullers, Murray State vs. Morehead State .. ..... .. .... .......... ... ... .. .... ......................... ..... ....... ... 1995 Most PATs kicked - 10 - Garth Petrilli, Middle Tennessee vs. Morehead State ....... ..... ..... .. ...... ..................... ....... ........ ...... ... .. .... .... . 1992 David Young, Austin Peay vs. Morehead State ........ ... ... ........ ..... .... ... .... ..................................................... ....... ... .... .. .. .. ...... ...... 1994 J.J. Brown, Tennessee-Martin vs. Bethel ... ...................................................... ... .......................... ...... .............. ........ ....... .......................... 1995 Most field goals kicked - 7 - Ryan Weeks, Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee Chattanooga ........ ................... ..... .......... ..... .. ............. .. 1989 Longest field goal kicked - 62 yards - Paul Hickert, Murray State vs. Eastern Kentucky ........... ..... ................... ......... .. ... .... ......... ..... 1986 59 �Records TOTAL OFFENSE Most plays - 79 - Adrian Breen, Morehead State vs. Austin Peay ..... ........ .... ... .. .. .... ... .. ..... ............................ ................... ..... .. ..... ..... 1983 Most total yards gained - 498 - Michael Proctor, Murray State vs. Akron ... ... .... .............. ............ ... ..... ...... .. ..... .. ... .......... ... ... ..... .. .... . 1989 RUSHING Most rushes attempted - 52 - James Black, Akron vs. Austin Peay .. .... ... ..... .... ............. ... ...... ...... .... ............ ... ............ ..... .... .... ........ .. 1983 Most touchdowns - 5 - Paris Wicks, Youngstown State vs. Northern Iowa ............ .......... ...... ...... ............... .... ... ..... ..... .. ....... .. .. ........ .. 1981 Daniel Williams, Austin Peay vs. UT Martin ................. ........ ...... .... .......... ....... ......... .. .. .......... ... ..... ..... ........... ..... .. ...... ..... ............ 1996 Longest run from scrimmage - 97 yards - Don Daly, Eastern Kentucky vs. Morehead State .................................................... 1951 Carl Walker, Murray State vs. Austin Peay ...................................... .. .. ..................... ........................... ..... .................. ......... ...... .. 1954 Best rushing average - 20.7 - Tim Lester, Eastern Kentucky vs. Austin Peay ............................................................................ 1988 Most yards rushing - 300 - Markus Thomas, Eastern Kentucky vs. Marshall .............................................................................. 1989 PASSING Most passes attempted - 66 - Chris Swartz, Morehead State vs. Tennessee Tech ..... .. ... ... .... .... .. .... .. ..... .. .......................... ... ...... .... 1987 Most passes completed - 40 - Jeff Mccrone, Tennessee-Martin vs . Eastern Kentucky .... ................................... ... .. ... ..... ................. 1995 Most consecutive completions - 19 - Butch Mosby, Murray State vs. UT Martin ............ ... ... ... ... ..... ............ ..... .. .... .............. .... .. ... .. ... 1993 Longest pass completion - 98 yds. - Jonathan Quinn to Dee Mostiller, Middle Tennessee vs. Tennessee Tech .... ..... .... ..... ... .... .. 1995 Best completion percentage - 100% - Billy Walker, Middle Tennessee vs. UT-Chattanooga (9-9) .......... ........... .... .... .... ......... ..... .... 1962 Most yards passing - 467 - James Wade, Tennessee State vs. Southeast Missouri ....... ... ....... ................. .. ...... .. ..... .......... ........... ... 1991 Most points passing - 42 - Chris Swartz, Morehead State vs. Murray State .... ................ ... ..... ... .. .. .... ....... .. ..... ... .. ..... ................. ..... .. 1990 Most touchdowns passing - 7 - Chris Swartz, Morehead State vs. Murray State ............. ....... .......... ...... ..... ...... .. ... ... ........ .. ........... ... 1990 Most two-point conversion passes completed - 3 - Billy Walker, Middle Tennessee vs. UT-Martin ....... ..... ..... ... .. ... .... .... ... .. ......... ... 1967 Most passes caught - 20 - Harold Roberts, Austin Peay vs. Murray State .... ..... ............... ....... .. .. ........... .. ........ ..... ........... .... ....... ...... 1967 Most yards on passes caught - 316 - Aaron Marsh, Eastern Kentucky vs. Northwood .....•........•......•..........•.•........................... 1967 Most touchdown passes caught - 4 - Aaron Marsh, Eastern Kentucky vs. Northwood ............................................................... 1967 Harold Roberts, Austin Peay vs. Murray State ........... ..... ....................... ......... ... ... .... ...... .................. ..... ............. .......... .. .. 1967, 1969 Porter Williams, Western Ky. vs. Murray State ... ...... ... ........................ .. ................... ....... ...... ........ .... ...... ... ........ .. ... ....... .... .......... 1973 Most passes intercepted - 4 - Pat Smith, Eastern Kentucky vs. Marshall .................................................................................... 1986 Jim Hardie, Austin Peay vs. Morehead State ... .......... ................ ......................... .... ...... ... .... ...... .... ......... ... ...... .. ... ...... ........ ... ..... 1970 Bud Qualk, Murray State vs. Austin Peay .. .... ...... ...... .............. ....... ... ..... ..... ............ ............ ............... ........ ... ... ... ....... .... .... ......... 1969 Buddy Pfaadt, Eastern Kentucky vs. Austin Peay .................................................................................................................. 1966 Jim Pickens, Western Kentucky vs. Eastern Kentucky .... ........................ ........... .... .. .. .... .. ........ .. ....... ...... ...... .............. ... ......... .... 1948 Longest interception return - 100 yds - Ray Oldham, Middle Tennessee vs. Tennessee Chattanooga ....... ................................. 1970 George Floyd, Eastern Kentucky vs. Youngstown State ........................................................................................................ 1980 Most yards interceptions returned - 115 - Ralph Robinson, Murray State vs. Akron ........... .. ............... .... ......... .. ... .... ..... .... .... ... ... .... 1984 KICKING Most punts - 14 - Mike Johnson, Austin Peay vs. Tennessee Tech ......................................... ................... .... .. ...... ... ..... ..... ......... ..... 1971 Bubba Beasley, UT Martin vs. Eastern Kentucky ..................................... ................ ...................... ...... ... .......................... ..... ..... 1993 Longest punt - 85 yds. - Carl Heinzig, Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Kentucky .... ...... ... ..... ...... ....... ...... .. ........ .. .. .... ..... .......... .. ..... .. ... 1975 Best punting average - 54.0 - Mike Shawen, Middle Tennessee vs. Ball State ................. ...... ..... ......... ..... ..... ... ........... .... .. .... .... .... .. 197 4 Most punts returned - 9 - Allen Coker, Western Ky. vs. Butler .......... ................... .... .... .... ......... ............. ...... .... .. .... .. ............. ............ .. 1971 Allen Coker, Western Ky. vs. Middle Tennessee .................................. ... ................. ........ .. ........ ... ......... ... ..... .... ....... .... .. .... ....... 1972 Longest punt return - 100 yds. - Phil Foster, Murray State vs. Morehead State .. ..... ..... ..... ....................... ...... .. ........ ... ... .. .. ..... .. ..... .. . 1959 Most yards punt returns - 183 - Dewayne Harper, Tennessee-Martin vs. Morehead State .. ................ ... .. .. ... ...... ..... .. ...... .. ...... ..... ... 1959 Longest kickoff return - 100 yds. -Buford Crager, Morehead State vs. East Tennessee .. .. .... ...... .... .... ... ..... .. ....... ... ..... .. ....... .... ... . 1959 Dickie Fulton, Tennessee Tech vs. East Tennessee ... ..... ................ ........ ..... ........ ...... .. .... ... ..... ...... .. ..... .... ........ .. ...... ... .... .......... 1973 Leon Brown, Eastern Kentucky vs. Austin Peay ..................................................................................................................... 1989 Leon Brown, Eastern Kentucky vs. Western Ky ...................................................................................................................... 1992 Darriel Ruffin, Tennessee-Martin vs. Murray State ..... ..... ........................... .. ...... .... ............... .................. .... ... ....... ....... .. ..... ....... 1997 Most yards kickoff returns - 215 - Darriel Ruffin , Tennessee-Martin vs. Murray State ...... .............................. ... ................ ... .... .... ... ... 1997 OTHERS Longest run with recovered fumble - 99 yds. - Ray Neal, Middle Tennessee vs . Muskingum ... .. ........ ... ............... .......... ......... ... ...... 1964 INDIVIDUAL-SEASON SCORING Most points scored - 128 - Elroy Harris, Eastern Kentucky .......................................................................................................... 1988 Most points scored kicking - 112 - Rob Hart, Murray State .. ......... ..... ...... ... ............. ...... ................ ...... ...... ..... .... ..... .......... ... ........... .. 1996 Most touchdowns scored - 21 - Elroy Harris, Eastern Kentucky .........•.•...................................................................................... 1988 Most PATs kicked - 56 - Chris Dill , Murray State (56-56) .............. .... .... ............. .. .... .... ........ .... .... ... ..... .... .... .... ... .. ...... ........... ...... ..... 1995 Most field goals kicked - 22 - Rob Hart, Murray State ..... .............. ..... ... ....... ...... ........ ... ........ ....... ................. ... .... ... ... ..... ... ......... .. ... .. 1996 TOTAL OFFENSE Most plays - 523 - Michael Proctor, Murray State .............. .... .... .. ...... ....... ..... .................... .. ................. ...... .... .. .... .... ...... ....... ....... ...... 1989 Most total yards gained - 3,263 - Michael Proctor, Murray State ... .... .... .... ........ .. ....... ......... ........ ...... ... .... ...... ..... ... ..... ..... ................ .. 1989 RUSHING Most rushes attempted - 351 - James Black, Akron ..................... ..... ....... ... ..... .. ........ ..... ... ... ...... .......... ..... ...... ....... ........... .... ..... ..... .. 1983 Best rushing average - 9.1 (min. 50 att) - Ray Purvis, Middle Tennessee .... ..... ......................... ....... .. ...... .. .. ..... ..... ...... ............ ........ 1959 Most yards rushing - 1,786 - Mike Clark, Akron ... ....................... ................ ..... .... .... .. ......... ... .... ..... ..... .... ..... .. ... ....... .................... .... . 1986 Most touchdowns rushing - 21 - Elroy Harris, Eastern Kentucky .................................................................................................. 1988 60 �Records PASSING Most passes attempted - 394 - Jeff Mccrone, Tennessee-Martin .......... .. ......................... ....... ........ ...... ... ...... ... .. .... .... ... ....... ........... 1995 Most passes completed - 241 - Jeff Mccrone, Tennessee-Martin ........ .. .................... ..... .... ..... .. ........ ... ... .. .... .. ......... ... .......... .. ........ 1995 Best completion percentage - 68.3% - Mike Simpson, Eastern Illinois .. ....... .... ....... .............. ........................... ... ......... .... ..... .... ....... 1997 Most yards passing - 2,812 - Michael Proctor, Murray State ............... ........ ....... ................................................ ................ ......... ... ... 1989 Most touchdowns passing - 25 - Larry Tillman , Murray State ............................................................ ... .................. ....... ....... ............ . 1968 Most passes caught - 88 - Harvey Tanner, Murray State .... ...... .... ........ ............... ... ................................................................. ....... .. 1967 Most yards on passes caught - 1,095 - Aaron Marsh, Eastern Kentucky ................................................................................... 1967 Most touchdown passes caught - 13 - Billy Hess, Murray State ......... .. .................. ... .......... ....... ..... .................................. ........ ....... . 1968 Most passes intercepted - 12 - John Fitzpatrick, Tennessee Tech ........................ ... .... .. ............ ....... .. ... ....... ... .. ..... .. .................... .... 1972 Most yards interception returns - 280 - William Hampton, Murray State ....... ... ........ .......... ......... ................. .......................................... ... 1995 KICKING Most punts - 93 - John Christopher, Morehead State ............ ............................................. ........... .. ........ ... ........................... ........... . 1982 Best punting average - 45.9 - Colin Godfrey, Tennessee State ... .. ....... ...... .. ..... ................ .. .. ............................. ....... ...... ...... ........... 1990 Most punts returned - 55 - Tommy Houk, Murray State ......... ................................... ........ .... ..... ..... .. ..... .. ...... ....... .. ..... .................. .. .. 1980 Most punts returned for score - 3 - Mo Hollingsworth, Morehead State .. .... ............ .. ... ............ ...... .. .................. ......... ......... ............. 1971 Virgil Livers, Western Ky ....... ........ ..... ................................ ...................... .. .......... ....... ..... .. ....... ...... .. .... .... .......... .. ...... .... ............ 1974 Most yards punts returned - 564 - Dewayne Harper, Tennessee-Martin ..... .... ................................ ..... ... .... ..... ...... .......................... 1994 Best punt return average -17.0 - Aaron Marsh, Eastern Kentucky ............................................................................................. 1967 Most kickoffs returned - 36 - Rex Motes, Austin Peay .. .. .................................................. ...... .... ... .......... ... .... .. ... ............... ..... ... .. ..... 1986 Anthony Owens, Tennessee State ... .... ....... ... ...... .. ..... ............... .................................... ... .... .................. ... ...................... .. ........ 1990 Most yards kickoff returns - 915 - Marcus Dowdell, Tennessee State .............. .... .... ............. ........ ....... ....... ....... .... ......... .... .............. 1991 Best kickoff return average - 31.2 - Danny Copeland, Eastern Kentucky ................................................................................... 1986 INDIVIDUAL CAREER SCORING Most points scored - 328 - Markus Thomas, Eastern Kentucky .............................................................................................. 1989-92 Most points scored kicking - 280 - Garth Petrilli, Middle Tennessee ......................... ........ ........................................................... 1991-94 Most touchdowns scored - 54 - Markus Thomas, Eastern Kentucky ...................................................................................... 1989-92 Most PATs kicked - 166- Garth Petrilli, Middle Tennessee .............. ........ .................. ........................................ ..... ..... ... .... .... ..... 1991-94 Most consecutive PATs kicked -100 - Garth Petrilli, Middle Tennessee ..... ... .... .. ... .. .... .... ....... .. ..... ........ ...... .... ...... .. ....... ........... 1991-93 Most two-point conversions scored - 8 - Bill Marston, Morehead State ... ... ................................................................................. 1966-69 Most field goals kicked - 52 - Kelly Potter, Middle Tennessee ............. .. ...... .. ....... ...... .. ....... .... ... .... ..... .. ... .... .................... ... ....... . 1981-84 Most field goals attempted - 79 - Paul Hickert, Murray State .... ... ..... ... ........ ....... .... .............................................. .. .......... .... .. ...... 1984-87 TOTAL OFFENSE Most plays - 1,577 - Michael Proctor, Murray State ...................... ........... .... .... ...... ............ ... ......... .... .. ..... ........ ..... ..... .. ... ............ . 1986-89 Most total yards gained - 9,886 - Michael Proctor, Murray State ................... ............................ ....... ....... ................ .... .. ........ ....... 1986-89 RUSHING Most rushes attempted - 920 - Jimmie Brooks, Eastern Kentucky ........................................................................................ 1968-71 Most yards rushing - 5,149 -Markus Thomas, Eastern Kentucky ........................................................................................... 1989-92 Most yards per carry - 6.57 - Markus Thomas, Eastern Kentucky ......................................................................................... 1989-92 PASSING Most passes attempted - 1,407 - Chris Swartz, Morehead State ....... ............ ...... .... .. ......... ..... .. ........... .. .......... ....... .. ........ ........... 1987-90 Most passes completed - 77 4 - Chris Swartz, Morehead State .. ......... .... .................. .... ..... ... .. ...................................... ..... .. ..... ... 1987-90 Best completion percentage - 67 .1 % - Mike Simpson, Eastern Illinois .......... ... ....... ...... .... ......... ... ..... ....... .......... .... .......... ... ....... 1996-97 Most yards passing - 9,028 - Chris Swartz, Morehead State ..... ...... ...... ... .. ................. ......... ........ ............................................... 1987-90 Most touchdowns passing - 55 - Chris Swartz, Morehead State ...... ... ................ ...... ... ...... .... ..... ........ ... ........... ....... ........ ...... .... .. 1987-90 Most passes caught - 232 - Harold Roberts, Austin Peay ..... ... .. .... ............ ...... .. .. ...... .... .... ...... ... ... ........ ... ... .. .... ... ... ... ....... .......... 1967-70 Most yards on passes caught - 3,005 - Harold Roberts, Austin Peay ..... .... .. ....... ....... ..... .. ... ... ....... ..... ....... ....... .... ..... .... ......... .. .. 1967-70 Most touchdown passes caught - 31 - Harold Roberts, Austin Peay ..... ................ ............................. ..... .... .. ... ..... .. .. .... ........ ...... 1967-70 Most passes intercepted - 22 - George Floyd, Eastern Kentucky ........................................................................................... 1978-81 Bill Casey, East Tennessee ..... ........ ...... ... ..... ... .. ... ... ....... .............. ........... ... .... ...... .. ..... .... ......... ...... ....... .. ... ...... ..... ......... ...... 1968-70 Robert Taylor, Tennessee Tech .... .. .. ... .. .... .. ... ... ......... ........... .... .. ... .. ..... ...... ...... ...... .. ........ .. ........ ..... ..... .... ....... ...... ... .. ......... 1993-96 Most yards interception returns - 409 - William Hampton, Murray State .... ....... ...................... .... ... ......... ..... ............................ .. .. 1993-96 OTHERS Most punts - 298 - John Christopher, Morehead State ....... ............................... ...... ... ...... ........... .. ... .. .. ....... ........... ......... ..... .. ...... 1979-82 Best punting average - 42.4 - John Christopher, Morehead State ... ..... ................................................. ........ ............ .. ....... ... .. .... 1979-82 Most punts returned - 96 - Bill Green, Western Kentucky .......... .. ..... ..... ..... ..... .. ..... ........ ...... .... ...... ... ..... ...... ... ............... ..... ...... ... 1967-70 Most yards punts returned - 1,294 - Bill Green, Western Kentucky .. ... ....... ........ ......... ......... ........ ....... ... .. .. ... ... ...... ...... ................ 1967-70 Most kickoffs returned - 74 - Jerry Parrish, Eastern Kentucky ............................................................................................... 1978-81 Most yards kickoffs returned - 2,072 - Jerry Parrish, Eastern Kentucky ............................................................................... 1978-81 61 �Modern Eastern Football Records Single Game Individual Records Most extra points - 9 (Jamie Lovett vs. Tenn . Tech . 1981) Longest run from scrimmage - 97 yards (Don Daly vs. Morehead State, 1951) Most runs from scrimmage - 43 (Alfred Thompson vs. Morehead State, 1973) Most yards rushing - 300 (Markus Thomas vs. Marshall, 1989) Most passes attempted - 45 (Jim Guice vs. Middle Tennessee, 1966) Most passes completed - 25 (Jim Guice vs. Akron , 1968) Most yards passing - 332 (Simon Fuentes vs. Eastern Illinois, 1997) Most touchdown passes thrown - 4 (Jim Guice vs . Northwood, 1967 and Ernie House vs. Austin Peay, 1975) Most touchdowns scored - 4 (Aaron Marsh vs. Northwood , 1967; Jimmie Brooks vs. East Tennessee, 1971; Stan Mitchell vs . Ashland, 1975; Terence Thompson vs. Akron, 1981 , and Western Kentucky, 1982; Elroy Harris vs. Austin Peay, 1988, and vs. Western Kentucky, 1988; Mike Cadore vs. Delaware State, 1988; Markus Thomas vs. Austin Peay, 1992) Most passes received - 19 (Aaron Marsh vs. Northwood, 1967) Most receiving yards - 316 (Aaron Marsh vs. Northwood, 1967) Most passes intercepted - 4 (Buddy Pfaadt vs. Austin Peay, 1966 and Pat Smith vs, Marshall, 1986) Most times punted - 13 (Jeff McCarthy vs. Morehead State, 1971) Most yards punted - 468 (Jeff McCarthy vs. Morehead State, 1971) Longest field goal - 57 yards (Dale Dawson vs . Murray State, 1985) Longest punt - 78 ya rds (Bob Plotts vs. Tampa, 1966) Longest punt return - 88 yards (Tony James vs. Austin Peay, 1982, and vs. Florida A & M, 1984) Most field goals - 5 (Jamie Lovett vs. Youngstown State, 1983) Most points scored - 26 (Elroy Harris vs. Austin Peay, 1988) Most points scored by kicking - 16 (Jamie Lovett vs. Youngstown State , 1983) Most yards kickoff return - 232 (Mike Cadore vs. Northeast Louisiana, 1987) Longest interception return - 100 (George Floyd vs . Youngstown State, 1980) Longest kickoff return - 100 (Leon Brown vs Austin Peay, 1989 and vs. Western Kentucky, 1992) SINGLE SEASON INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Most points scored - 164 (Elroy Harris, 1988) Most touchdowns scored - 27 (Elroy Harris, 1988) Most extra points kicked - 48 (John Wright, 1997) Most extra points attempted - 50 (John Wright, 1997) Most field goals - 23 (Dale Dawson , 1986) Most points scored by kick - 108 (Dale Dawson, 1986) Most runs from scrimmage - 371 (Elroy Harris, 1988) Most yards rushing - 1,998 (Elroy Harris, 1988) Most yards rushing by fullback - 1,239 (Tim Lester, 1988) Most passes attempted - 297 (Mike Whitaker, 1986) Most passes completed - 163 (Mike Whitaker, 1986) Most Consecutive Passes Thrown Without an Interception -- 174 (Simon Fuentes, 1997) Best passing percentage - 62.7 (Lorenzo Fields, 1988) Most yards passing - 2,077 (Mike Whitaker, 1986) Most yards total offense - 2,013 (Mike Whitaker, 1986) Most touchdown passes thrown - 16 (Mike Whitaker, 1986) Most touchdown passes received - 11 (Aaron Marsh, 1966) Best rushing average (min. 50 times) - 7.2 yards per carry (Leon Brown, 1993) Most yardage on pass receiving - 1,137 (Ronde! Menendez, 1997) Most passes received - 73 (Aaron Marsh, 1966) Best punting average - 42 .3 (Marc Collins, 1995) Most passes intercepted - 10 (George Floyd , 1981, and Pat Smith, 1986) Most punts returned - 36 (George Floyd, 1981) Most yards on punt returns - 456 (Aaron Marsh, 1967) Best punt return average - 17.0 (Aaron Marsh, 1967) Most kickoffs returned - 34 (Danny Copeland, 1986) Most yards on kickoffs returned - 967 (Danny Copeland, 1986) Best kickoff return average - 33.1 (Tony James, 1983) INDIVIDUAL CAREER RECORDS Most yards rushing - 5,552 (Markus Thomas, 1989-92 ) Most yards passing - 5,041 (Jim Guice, 1965-68) Most touchdown passes thrown - 46 (Jim Guice, 1965-68) Most Passes Caught -- 154 (Bobby Washington, 1994-97) Most Yards Pass Receiving -- 2,435 (Bobby Washington, 1994-97) Most touchdown pass receptions -- 24 (Aaron Marsh, 1964-67) Most yards total offense - 5,552 (Markus Thomas, 1989-92) Most plays total offense - 934 (Jim Guice, 1965-68) Most rushing attempts - 920 (Jimmie Brooks, 1968-71) Most field goals kicked - 49 (Dale Dawson, 1983-86) Most field goals attempted - 69 (Jamie Lovett, 1980-83, and Dale Dawson, 1983-86) Most extra points kicked - 126 (David Flores, 1977-80) Most extra point kick attempts - 131 (David Flores, 1977-80) and (Marc Collins, 1992-95) Most points scored by kick - 244 (Dale Dawson, 1983-86) Most points scored - 355 (Elroy Harris, 1985, 87-88 ) Most touchdowns scored - 58 (Elroy Harris, 62 1985, 87-88) Most yards rushing per carry - 6.57 (Markus Thomas, 1989-92) Most kickoffs ret. -- 74 (Jerry Parrish, 197881) Most yards on kickoffs returned - 2,072 (Jerry Parrish, 1978-81) Most consecutive extra points kicked - 70 (Todd Duffy, 1990-91) Most punts returned - 86 (Bobby Washington, 1994-97) Most yards on punt returns - 708 (Tony James, 1981-84) Most passes intercepted - 22 (George Floyd, 1978-81) Most yards interception returns - 328 (George Floyd, 1978-81) Best kickoff return average - 30.0 (Mike Cadore, 1985-88) SINGLE GAME TEAM RECORDS Most points scored by opponent - 99 vs. Wittenberg in 1931 Largest victory margin - 67-0 vs. Morehead State in 1925 Largest defeat margin - 99-0 vs. Wittenberg in 1931 Most net yards rush ing - 510 vs. East Tennessee in 1977 Most first downs - 33 vs. WisconsinOshkosh in 19t5 Most first downs rushing - 26 vs. Morehead State in 1989 Most touchdowns scored - 9 vs . Evansville in 1953; vs. Tennessee Tech, 1981 Most extra points - 9 vs. Tenn. Tech, 1981 Most yards penalized - 201 vs. Morehead State, 1988 Least net yards rushing by opponent - (-43) vs. Middle Tennessee, 1981 Most touchdown passes thrown - 6 vs. Northwood in 1967 Fewest first downs given up - 2 vs. Murray State in 1976 SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS Undefeated seasons - 1940 (8-0-0), 1954 (8-0-1 ), 1982 (13-0-0) Most wins - 13, 1982 (13-0-0) Most defeats - 8 in 1929 (1 -8-0) Most ties - 4 in 1909 (0-0-4) Most points scored - 424 (1988) Most points by opposition - 264 (1930) Least points scored - 15 (1930) Most consecutive games without a loss or tie - 18 (1982-83) Most consecutive games without a loss - 19 (1982-83) , 1 tie Most touchdowns scored - 56 (1988) Most extra points kicked - 49 (1994, 1995) Most passes completed - 170 (1967) Most passes attempted - 304 (1986) Best passing percentage - 62.3 (1988) Least yards rushing by opponents - 951 (1953) Least yards passing by opponents - 487 (1957) Best punting average - 42.3 (1995) Most yards penalized - 925 (1988) Most yards rushing - 4,309 (1988) Most yards passing - 2,395 (1997) Best total offense - 5,793 (1988) Most first downs rushing - 212 (1988) Most first downs passing-106 (1997) Most passes intercepted - 29 (1986) �All-Ti1ne Series History OPPONENTS Akron Alfred Holbrook Appalachian State Arkansas A&M Arkansas State Ashland College Austin Peay Ball State Berea Second Team Boise State Boston University Bowling Green (Ohio) Caldwell High School Cal State-Fullerton Carson Newman Catawba Central Florida Central Michigan Central Normal Centre College Centre Frosh Cumberland College Cynthiana High School Dayton Delaware Delaware State Eastern Illinois Eastern Michigan East Carolina East Stroudsburg East Tennessee Emory & Henry Erskine Evansville Findlay Florida A&M Fort Campbell Franklin College (IN) Furman Georgetown College Georgetown Frosh Georgia Southern Heidelberg Hillsdale (Mich.) Hiwassee Idaho Idaho State Illinois Normal Indianapolis State Indiana State Indiana Teachers Indiana University (PA) Jackson State John Carroll Kentucky Frosh Kentucky Sophomores Kentucky State Kentucky Wesleyan Kent State King College Kirksville (MO) Lancaster High School Lehigh Lexington High School Lincoln County Lincoln Memorial Louisville FIRST LAST MEETING MEETING 1942 1935 1971 1940 1986 1974 1959 1967 1909 1980 1983 1940 1911 1979 1939 1945 1982 1939 1937 1916 1923 1921 1912 1967 1976 1988 1947 1970 1962 1995 1926 1947 1950 1948 1963 1983 1960 1936 1986 1912 1922 1988 1949 1951 1935 1982 1981 1940 1945 1969 1926 1972 1979 1953 1925 1921 1980 1912 1979 1940 1945 1914 1979 1910 1916 1924 1927 1986 1936 1997 1940 1986 1975 1997 1970 1909 1981 1994 1950 1911 1979 1941 1946 1995 1973 1938 1935 1923 1940 1914 1981 1982 1989 1997 1971 1980 1995 1984 1948 1951 1953 1966 1984 1960 1937 1990 1941 1924 1993 1950 1968 1935 1982 1981 1941 1945 1970 1939 1973 1979 1954 1925 1921 1980 1930 1979 1941 1945 1914 1980 1916 1916 1931 1991 w L T OPPONENTS 8 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 5 0 3 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 8 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Marshall Mars Hill Massachusetts Miami (Ohio) Michigan Normal 2 1 0 2 36 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 7 1 2 0 0 4 2 4 3 2 4 1 1 1 20 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 8 FIRST LAST MEETING MEETING 1926 1936 1988 1934 1948 1953 Middle Tennessee 1912 Millersburg Military Inst. 1995 Montana 1924 Morehead State 1926 Morris Harvey 1929 Murray State 1981 Navy 1987 Northeast Louisiana 1979 Nevada-Reno 1940 Northern Illinois 1971 Northern Iowa 1941 Northwest Missouri 1967 Northwood (MI) 1976 North Dakota State 1909 North Middletown H .S. 1931 Ohio Northern Ohio University 1951 1954 Omaha Paint Lick 1919 Paris H.S. 1911 Pleasureville 1910 Richmond (City Team) 1910 Richmond American Legion 1919 1911 Richmond Stars Samford 1992 Somerset H.S. 1914 Southeast Missouri 1990 Southeastern Louisiana 1947 1981 South Carolina State Stanford H.S. 1910 1923 State Frosh Stetson 1951 St. Mary's 1924 1929 Sue Bennett 1962 Tampa 1973 Tennessee-Chattanooga Tennessee-Martin 1973 Tennessee Tech 1937 1982 Tennessee State Threlkeld Select 1912 1952 Toledo 1913 Transylvania Transylvania Frosh 1922 Transylvania Reserve 1923 1978 Troy State 1927 Tusculum Union College 1922 1945 Valparaiso Western Carolina 1988 Western Kentucky 1914 West Liberty 1942 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1975 Wittenberg 1931 Wofford 1949 Xavier (Ohio) 1948 Youngstown State 1953 63 1992 1936 1988 1935 1949 1997 1915 1995 1995 1956 1997 1981 1993 1979 1948 1971 1942 1967 1976 1909 1931 1951 1955 1921 1919 1919 1912 1919 1911 1994 1914 1997 1971 1982 1914 1923 1953 1927 1931 1966 1987 1997 1997 1997 1912 1959 1939 1922 1923 1997 1927 1939 1947 1989 1997 1942 1975 1977 1955 1948 1994 w L T 8 1 1 0 2 28 1 0 48 4 32 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 2 0 19 2 1 16 4 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 14 0 0 3 11 1 0 3 0 5 1 0 41 0 0 2 2 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 0 0 1 4 2 2 2 9 40 11 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 10 2 2 31 1 1 1 1 0 12 �The Classroom, Wellness and Conditioning Building Groundbreaking ceremonies were held March 24, 1998, for the 40,000 squarefoot, $4.75 million Classroom, Wellness and Conditioning Building, a functional, state-ofth e-a rt facility designed to meet the needs of the College of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics. The first floor will feature a 6,000 square-foot physical activity area/laboratory for physical education activities and the study of motion. A strength and weight development area will house equipment designed to help build strength, muscle development and rehabilitation. Also located on the first floor will be the main training facility for EKU's 16 intercollegiate athletics teams. The facility will provide an in-ground hydrotherapy pool with rehabilitation equipment, three above-ground therapeutic pools, X-ray equipment and examination rooms. A "Wall of Fame" will display the names of contributors to the University's "Competitive Edge Campaign", which raised private funds to help construct the new building. The second floor will feature a wellness center designed to facilitate aerobic conditioning. The center will include aerodynamic equipment for bicycling, stair-step aerobics and other health-club type equipment. Also on the second floor will be three large classrooms, physiology and computer laboratories, offices and areas for locker rooms, showers and dressing/changing areas. 64 �The Campus Beautiful The nickname, "The Campus Beautiful", aptly describes the Eastern Kentucky University campus. It is truly a beautiful atmosphere in which to live and learn. Eastern, a member of the Commonwealth's system of regional universities, is the culmination of more than a century of higher education development on its 560-acre main campus in Richmond. Today's modern Eastern offers more than 150 degrees programs in its nine academic colleges and graduate school including education, allied health and nursing, computer science, business, sciences, law enforcement, recreation and environmental resources that provide educational opportunities to meet society's demands. The University seeks to fulfill the "living-while-learning" concept by providing comfortable living conditions for almost 4,500 students in campus residence halls. Eastern can accommodate more students on campus than any other university in the state. In addition to being a highly respected academic institution, Eastern is also noted for its program of intercollegiate athletics and recreational sports. The accomplishments of the Colonel athletics teams are a source of great pride for the student body and campus community. Eastern is a hub for cultural enrichment opportunities as nationally known lecturers, artists, and entertainers appear on campus. A wide variety of student and faculty musical groups also provide a fine selection of entertainment options. Whether it be in the area of academics, the athletics arena or campus life, Eastern continues its stride toward excellence. �= = ~ -== ~ c:'-2 ~ ;a.. = ==I = = == ~ l:P.I = ~ a-3 = l::,P.I ~ = = 2 t:-' l:P.I t:-' c:'-2 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Football Media Guides Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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