Football Game Notes: 2010 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (0-0, 0-0 PFL)
Football Game Notes: 2010 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (0-0, 0-0 PFL)
Football Game Notes: 2010 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (0-0, 0-0 PFL)
Pioneer Football League Head Coach Dale Carlson: Dale Carlson is 0-0 in his first season with the
Crusaders and 110-103-3 overall entering his 22nd season as a collegiate head
Standings coach. He arrived at Valpo from Ohio Dominican where he was 7-3 last season
(through games of Sept. 1) and 36-27 over six years. He began the Ohio Dominican program from scratch
Overall PFL in 2004, just as he did at Tri-State University prior to his tenure with the Pan-
Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. thers. He is now the 16th head coach in Valpo history, and just the seventh since
Butler 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1946.
Campbell 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
Davidson 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Series Notes: The Crusaders and Leathernecks are meeting on the gridiron for
Dayton 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 the first time ever on Thursday evening. Valparaiso and Western Illinois have
Drake 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 met numerous times in other sports though, as both schools were members of
Jacksonville 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 the Mid-Continent Conference in every sport except for football prior to the
Marist 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Crusaders’ departure for the Horizon League in 2007.
Morehead State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
San Diego 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Putting 2009 in the Past: Valpo looks to put the 2009 campaign in the past as
Valparaiso 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 the Crusaders finished the year 1-10 overall and 0-8 in the Pioneer Football
League. The bright spot, however, is that the last time the Brown and Gold
finished a year 1-10 and winless in the PFL (2002), the Crusaders went on to
Media Relations Information win the PFL title the following season (2003). This year 39 letterwinners return
Requests to cover home football games should be made through to the squad, including six starters on each side of the football.
Ryan Wronkowicz, Associate Director of Athletics for Media
Relations, by contacting Ryan.Wronkowicz@valpo.edu or
219.464.5232. Press box seating is available at Brown Field for Scouting Western Illinois: The Leathernecks finished 1-10 overall and 0-8 in
working media. Updated statistics and notes from both schools the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Mark Hendrickson, who has been a
will be available to working media. member of the Western Illinois coaching staff for the past 11 seasons, begins his
first as the Leathernecks head coach. Western Illinois returns six starters on
During the week, all player and coach interview requests should
be directed to Ryan Wronkowicz. Media planning to attend offense and five on defense for this season as part of 38 total returning
practice should call ahead to confirm practice time. Game-day letterwinners. Linebacker Kyle Glazier, wide receiver Lito Senatus, and return
interviews prior to the contest are not permitted. Coach Carlson specialist Todd Speight all earned preseason All-America honors heading into
and requested players will be available following the game down the 2010 season. The Leathernecks are picked to finish eighth in the MVFC
on the field.
this season.
2010 Crusader
Valpo in Season Openers: The Crusaders are 46-40-3 (.534) all-time in season
openers, and had their three-year season-opening win streak snapped in 2009 Around the PFL
after suffering a 31-6 loss at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.). Valpo is 23-16-2 (.585) all- Thursday, Sept. 2
time when opening the season on the road, and is starting away from Brown Valparaiso at Western Illinois, 6 p.m.
Field for the second consecutive season.
Friday, Sept. 3
All-League Selections Return: Offensive lineman Nate Blair and defensive Sacred Heart at Marist, 6 p.m.
lineman Nikko Carson both return for their junior seasons after earning Honor-
able Mention All-Pioneer Football League accolades in 2009. Blair started all Saturday, Sept. 4
11 games at left tackle, helping to anchor the front five for the Crusaders. Carson Butler at Albion, 12 p.m.
also started all 11 games at defensive tackle, making 43 total tackles, including Robert Morris (Pa.) at Dayton, 12 p.m.
a team-leading 11 for loss. He also forced a fumble and recovered another. Campbell at Virginia-Wise, 5 p.m.
Georgetown at Davidson, 5 p.m.
Historic Night Set for Communiversity Day: The Crusaders’ home opener Jacksonville at Old Dominion, 5 p.m.
against Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) on September 18 will mark the first night football Morehead State at James Madison, 5 p.m.
game ever played on the Valparaiso University campus. The game is also part Lehigh at Drake, 6 p.m.
of Communiversity Day at Valpo, which also includes a home volleyball match Azusa Pacific at San Diego, 8 p.m.
against Butler (at 4 p.m.), a tailgate complete with a barbeque dinner, and a fun-
filled carnival atmosphere. A fireworks display will cap the night’s activities. Saturday, Sept. 11
Dayton at Duquesne, 11 a.m.
Valpo to Face First NCAA I-FCS Scholarship Program Since 2005: Val- Old Dominion at Campbell, 12 p.m.
paraiso has not played a NCAA Division I-FCS scholarship program since Sep- Saint Francis (Pa.) at Morehead State, 12 p.m.
tember 10, 2005 when the Brown and Gold traveled to Brookings, S.D. and Valparaiso at Franklin, 12:30 p.m.
suffered a 69-6 loss at South Dakota State. Since 1997, the Crusaders have also Missouri S&T at Drake, 1 p.m.
faced Yale (twice), South Florida (in its final season before moving to Division Jacksonville at Appalachian State, 2:30 p.m.
I-BCS), Tennessee Tech, and North Dakota State. Butler at Youngstown State, 3 p.m.
Bucknell at Marist, 5 p.m.
Thursday Night Lights: Playing on Thursday night for a season opener is Davidson at Lenoir-Rhyne, 6 p.m.
nothing new for the Crusaders. The Brown and Gold last played on a Thursday San Diego at Southern Utah, 7 p.m.
just two years ago, on September 4, 2008, a 21-0 loss at Saint Francis (Ill.) in a
game played in a driving rain storm. (all times Central)
* - Pioneer Football League game
Team Captains: Valpo will have co-captains for the 2010 season. Senior de-
fensive back Eli Crawford will represent the defense while redshirt-sophomore Among the PFL Leaders...
Eddie Morelli will represent the offense heading into the season opener. (Through Games of Sept. 1)
Individual Leaders
Crusaders Picked 10th in Preseason Poll: The head coaches selected Val- No Leaders Available
paraiso to finish 10th in the Pioneer Football League this season according to
the preseason poll. The prognosticators selected Dayton to take home the 2010 Team Leaders
championship. No Leaders Available
This and That: Bobby Wysocki enters the year leading Valpo with 783 career
passing yards and 237 career rushing yards ... Ryan Myers is the team’s top Among the NCAA Leaders...
returning receiver with 516 career yards ... Roger Satur is the top returning (Through Game of Sept. 1)
tackler with 78 career stops ... Nikko Carson enters 2010 with a team-leading Individual Leaders
14 career tackles for loss. No Leaders Available
Team Leaders
No Leaders Available
2010 Crusader
LT 77 Nate Blair 6-4 300 Jr. DT 91 Brett Heber 6-0 260 Jr.
70 Matt Schroll 6-3 235 So. 59 Brian Laipple 6-4 245 Sr./Jr.
LG 63 Gavin Grillo 6-2 280 Jr. DT 94 Aren Boz 6-4 270 Jr./So.
66 Nathan Terry 6-0 315 Fr. 95 Brian Plachinski 6-3 235 Jr.
C 74 Ferdinand Velez 6-1 260 Jr. DE 97 Nikko Carson 6-3 265 Jr.
61 Eric Wiggins 6-2 250 So. 92 Christopher Howard 6-0 235 Jr./So.
RG 68 John Moriarty 6-4 315 Sr./Jr. OLB 18 Matt Heinen 6-2 205 So.
76 Johnathon Taylor 6-6 315 Fr. 20 Patrick Wenzel 6-1 205 So.
RT 79 Sean Cook 6-5 245 So. MLB 35 Cody Gokan 6-1 215 Jr./So.
62 Bill Bodzianowski 6-4 275 So. 52 Francis Baker, Jr. 5-11 220 Fr.
TE 83 Mike Gerton 6-5 240 So. OLB 44 Sean Graves 6-0 180 So.
85 Alex Petrik 6-4 225 Sr./Jr. 47 Jared Rose 6-2 210 Jr./So.
WR 14 Tim Bennett 5-11 180 Jr./So. CB 32 Adrian Gober 6-1 180 5th/Sr.
12 Travis Anderson 6-1 180 Sr./Jr. 29 Blake Torres 5-11 155 Fr.
WR 81 Desmond Lewis 6-2 180 Sr./Jr. FS 13 Eli Crawford 6-1 205 Sr.
3 David Coneys 6-2 180 Jr. 23 Tyler Evanko 6-2 195 Sr.
QB 17 Nate Goergen 6-1 190 Sr./Jr. SS 46 Alex Soller 6-0 180 Sr./Jr.
7 Matt Upshaw 6-0 195 Sr./Jr. 22 Roger Satur 6-1 200 Sr.
RB 30 Eddie Morelli 6-0 190 Jr./So. CB 27 Alan Porter, Jr. 5-10 170 So.
25 Isaac Wildermuth 5-10 190 So. 41 Chrision Rasberry 5-9 160 So./Fr.
Special Teams
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. KOR 82 Eric Slenk 6-2 180 So.
PK 60 Mike Pando 6-0 160 Fr. 14 Tim Bennett 5-11 180 Jr./So.
P 88 Greg Wood 6-1 165 So. PR 82 Eric Slenk 6-2 180 So.
14 Tim Bennett 5-11 180 Jr./So.
KO 60 Mike Pando 6-0 160 Fr.
Nate Blair 2008: Started all 11 games for the Brown and Gold as a sophomore ... had
a season-best seven tackles, including one for loss, against Marian (Ind.)
2009: Started all 11 games for the Crusaders on the offensive line ... earned on Sept. 20 ... finished the year third on the team with three interceptions,
Honorable Mention All-Pioneer Football League honors as a sophomore ... including returning one for 11 yards at Morehead State (Nov. 1) ... made
team’s Offensive Player of the Week for the Drake game ... recipient of the six stops at Morehead State, all solo ... added two pass breakups on the year
team’s Joe Sever Award given annually to a lineman ... voted to the ... had at least one tackle in every game on the season ... finished the year
Academic All-PFL First Team ... named to the PFL Fall Academic Honor with 4.5 tackles for loss.
Roll.
2007: Appeared in all 11 games for Valpo, starting the final five games of
2008: Appeared in six games as a rookie in a reserve role on the offensive the season ... made a season-high seven tackles against Dayton (Oct. 20)
line ... made collegiate debut against Butler on Oct. 18 ... named team’s ... finished seventh on the team with 39 total stops on the season ... returned
Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week for the Butler game ... also played an interception 74 yards at Trinity International (Sept. 8)... also picked off
on Valpo’s reserve team ... named to the Pioneer Football League Fall a pass at Jacksonville on Nov. 3 ... shared a tackle for loss at Trinity
Academic Honor Roll. International ... tallied four or more tackles six times on the season.
2010 Crusader
Matt Upshaw
2009: Started the season opener at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) on Sept. 5 ...
completed 14-of-25 passes for 127 yards against the Pumas ... carried 14 times
for 24 yards ... missed most of the season with an injury ... team captain.
2008: Saw action in five games as a rookie, starting against Campbell ... threw
for 159 yards versus Jacksonville, including first collegiate touchdown ...
carried 16 times for 68 yards against the Dolphins as well.
Isaac Wildermuth
2009: Saw action in eight games for Valpo, drawing two starts ... first collegiate
start came against Dayton (Oct. 24) ... carried a season-high 23 times for 87
yards at Butler on Oct. 17 ... caught three passes at Marist ... finished the season
with 66 carries for 198 yards ... long run of 20 yards came at Butler.
Valparaiso Football
Valparaiso Overall Team Statistics (as of Dec 18, 2009)
All games
Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg
WYSOCKI, Bobby 11 76 330 93 237 3.1 0 24 21.5 POPPER, John 7 20 2.9 0 11
WILDERMUTH, Isaac 8 66 227 29 198 3.0 0 20 24.8 HIMMELWRIGHT, Kyle 4 8 2.0 0 7
POPPER, John 5 55 204 18 186 3.4 0 39 37.2 NASH, Corey 2 8 4.0 0 5
WIEMER, Ross 2 22 140 5 135 6.1 3 36 67.5 CURRY, Anthony 1 0 0.0 0 0
JONES, Nick 6 32 87 11 76 2.4 1 10 12.7 Total 14 36 2.6 0 11
LYNN, Josh 10 20 70 7 63 3.2 0 13 6.3 Opponents 21 193 9.2 0 42
SIMMONS, Allante 4 25 65 15 50 2.0 0 10 12.5
UPSHAW, Matt 1 14 36 12 24 1.7 0 7 24.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg
MORELLI, Eddie 5 24 31 8 23 1.0 1 5 4.6 CRAWFORD, Eli 4 60 15.0 1 60
GOERGEN, Nate 8 24 61 42 19 0.8 0 8 2.4 CURRY, Anthony 3 -2 -0.7 0 0
GIEHON, Chris 3 2 7 3 4 2.0 0 7 1.3 SATUR, Roger 2 32 16.0 0 19
NASH, Corey 6 4 7 5 2 0.5 0 5 0.3 GRIFFIN, Zac 1 0 0.0 0 0
LaBARRE, Zack 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 WELCH, JaVon 1 0 0.0 0 0
SPEARS, Isaiah 10 2 1 2 -1 -0.5 0 1 -0.1 Total 11 90 8.2 1 60
TEAM 5 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -0.8 Opponents 21 453 21.6 5 65
SCHAFER, Quinn 1 4 1 16 -15 -3.8 1 1 -15.0
Total 11 372 1267 270 997 2.7 6 39 90.6 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg
Opponents 11 463 2416 247 2169 4.7 24 57 197.2 BENNETT, Tim 19 397 20.9 0 39
POPPER, John 18 452 25.1 0 59
Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g HIMMELWRIGHT, Kyle 13 266 20.5 0 41
WYSOCKI, Bobby 11 72.75 70-170-11 41.2 783 3 63 71.2 BUSHONG, Grant 3 20 6.7 0 13
GOERGEN, Nate 8 91.32 49-99-8 49.5 487 5 40 60.9 TREADAWAY, Laurenc 3 44 14.7 0 21
UPSHAW, Matt 1 90.67 14-25-1 56.0 127 0 39 127.0 NASH, Corey 3 36 12.0 0 18
SCHAFER, Quinn 1 65.60 3-11-1 27.3 74 0 44 74.0 CRAWFORD, Eli 1 13 13.0 0 13
TEAM 5 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 WELCH, JaVon 0 -5 0.0 0 0
NASH, Corey 6 335.20 1-1-0 100.0 28 0 28 4.7 Total 60 1223 20.4 0 59
POPPER, John 5 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Opponents 30 608 20.3 0 43
Total 11 80.30 137-308-21 44.5 1499 8 63 136.3
Opponents 11 136.10 155-261-11 59.4 2017 16 73 183.4 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg
Total 0 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0
HENTON, Nicholas 11 28 349 12.5 2 44 31.7
BENNETT, Tim 9 27 376 13.9 0 39 41.8
MYERS, Ryan 10 23 247 10.7 1 29 24.7
McCARTY, Sean 10 13 183 14.1 2 40 18.3
POPPER, John 5 12 82 6.8 2 24 16.4
CONEYS, David 10 6 118 19.7 1 63 11.8
ANDERSON, Travis 8 5 45 9.0 0 23 5.6
WILDERMUTH, Isaac 8 5 17 3.4 0 8 2.1
SIMMONS, Allante 4 5 15 3.0 0 5 3.8
MORELLI, Eddie 5 4 19 4.8 0 13 3.8
WIEMER, Ross 2 3 5 1.7 0 6 2.5
LYNN, Josh 10 2 22 11.0 0 17 2.2
NIEHUS, Matthew 11 1 17 17.0 0 17 1.5
JONES, Nick 6 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.7
WYSOCKI, Bobby 11 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2
GIEHON, Chris 3 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.7
Total 11 137 1499 10.9 8 63 136.3
Opponents 11 155 2017 13.0 16 73 183.4
Valparaiso Football
Valparaiso Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 18, 2009)
All games
PAT
Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g
SMITH, Chris - 5-12 10-11 - - - - - 25 WYSOCKI, Bobby 11 246 237 783 1020 92.7
WIEMER, Ross 3 - - - - - - - 18 GOERGEN, Nate 8 123 19 487 506 63.2
HENTON, Nicholas 2 - - - - - - - 12 WILDERMUTH, Isaac 8 66 198 0 198 24.8
McCARTY, Sean 2 - - - - - - - 12 POPPER, John 5 56 186 0 186 37.2
POPPER, John 2 - - - - - - - 12 UPSHAW, Matt 1 39 24 127 151 151.0
MYERS, Ryan 1 - - - - - - - 6 WIEMER, Ross 2 22 135 0 135 67.5
SKIBA, Andrzej - 1-2 3-4 - - - - - 6 JONES, Nick 6 32 76 0 76 12.7
CRAWFORD, Eli 1 - - - - - - - 6 LYNN, Josh 10 20 63 0 63 6.3
SCHAFER, Quinn 1 - - - - - - - 6 SCHAFER, Quinn 1 15 -15 74 59 59.0
CONEYS, David 1 - - - - - - - 6 SIMMONS, Allante 4 25 50 0 50 12.5
JONES, Nick 1 - - - - - - - 6 NASH, Corey 6 5 2 28 30 5.0
MORELLI, Eddie 1 - - - - - - - 6 MORELLI, Eddie 5 24 23 0 23 4.6
Total 15 6-14 13-15 - - - - - 121 GIEHON, Chris 3 2 4 0 4 1.3
Opponents 45 11-14 41-45 - - - - - 344 SPEARS, Isaiah 10 2 -1 0 -1 -0.1
TEAM 5 2 -4 0 -4 -0.8
Total 11 680 997 1499 2496 226.9
Opponents 11 724 2169 2017 4186 380.5
Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
SMITH, Chris 5-12 41.7 0-0 1-1 2-5 2-6 0-0 47 2 SECREST, Mitch 64 2161 33.8 51 0 15 12 1 3
SKIBA, Andrzej 1-2 50.0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 20 0 TEAM 3 13 4.3 13 0 0 0 0 0
DELOYE, Taylor 1 41 41.0 41 0 0 0 0 0
FG Sequence Valparaiso Opponents WYSOCKI, Bobby 1 36 36.0 36 0 0 1 0 0
St. Joseph's (Ind.) 31,(34),(47) (39) Total 69 2251 32.6 51 0 15 13 1 3
Concordia (Wis.) (25),(39),43 (33) Opponents 50 1858 37.2 63 6 9 22 8 0
Carthage (43),44 -
Drake - (42),(27) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln
San Diego 35 - SMITH, Chris 25 1518 60.7 1 0
Butler 45 (38) SKIBA, Andrzej 6 365 60.8 0 0
Dayton - (20),25 Total 31 1883 60.7 1 0 20.3 40.5 29
Marist 40 (28) Opponents 67 3934 58.7 1 5 20.4 40.2 29
Jacksonville 31 -
Campbell (20) (20),27
Morehead State 40 (43),(29),42,(28)
ANDERSON, Travis
BENNETT, Tim
BLAIR, Nate
PARTICIPATION g
2008 6 No other statistics
2009 11 No other statistics
2010 0 No other statistics
TOTAL 17 No other statistics
BODZIANOWSKI, Bill
PARTICIPATION g
2009 2 No other statistics
2010 0 No other statistics
TOTAL 2 No other statistics
BOZ, Aren
BROOKS, Clifford
BUSHONG, Grant
CARSON, Nikko
COLEMAN-MILLER, J.
PARTICIPATION g
2008 0 No other statistics
2009 4 No other statistics
2010 0 No other statistics
TOTAL 4 No other statistics
Individual Career History
COLLINS, Bruce
PARTICIPATION g
2009 1 No other statistics
2010 0 No other statistics
TOTAL 1 No other statistics
CONEYS, David
COOK, Sean
PARTICIPATION g
2009 5 No other statistics
2010 0 No other statistics
TOTAL 5 No other statistics
Individual Career History
CRAWFORD, Eli
DELOYE, Taylor
EVANKO, Tyler
PARTICIPATION g
2009 2 No other statistics
2010 0 No other statistics
TOTAL 2 No other statistics
Individual Career History
GIEHON, Chris
GOBER, Adrian
GOERGEN, Nate
GOKAN, Cody
GRAVES, Sean
GRILLO, Gavin
PARTICIPATION g
2009 11 No other statistics
2010 0 No other statistics
TOTAL 11 No other statistics
HEBER, Brett
LAIPPLE, Brian
LEWIS, Desmond
McCARTY, Sean
MORELLI, Eddie
MORIARTY, John
PARTICIPATION g
2007 0 No other statistics
2009 5 No other statistics
2010 0 No other statistics
TOTAL 5 No other statistics
Individual Career History
MYERS, Ryan
NASH, Corey
NIEHUS, Matthew
PETRIK, Alex
PARTICIPATION g
2007 0 No other statistics
2008 1 No other statistics
2009 9 No other statistics
2010 0 No other statistics
TOTAL 10 No other statistics
Individual Career History
PLACHINSKI, Brian
PORTER, Alan
SATUR, Roger
SMITH, Chris
SOLLER, Alex
UPSHAW, Matt
VELEZ, Ferdinand
WENZEL, Patrick
WILDERMUTH, Isaac
WYSOCKI, Bobby