SERIES HISTORY 2015 schedule
GAME DAY
SERIES HISTORY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN vs WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD Northwestern leads 6-3
THE NORTHWESTERN FILE
The Eagles enter Saturday with a 5-2 overall record and 5-1 mark in Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) play. UNW dropped a hardfought contest to St. Scholastica last week, falling to the visiting Saints 13-7. Northwestern and Westminster sit tied for second in the league standings with a 5-1 conference record.
A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT
Westminster makes the trip north from Fulton, Mo., with a 5-2 overall record. The Blue Jays lost their season opener to Southwestern Assemblies and dropped their Oct. 3 game with Crown, 29-21. Westminster most recently defeated Martin Luther 61-7 last weekend on Homecoming in Fulton.
DOMINANT DEFENSE
The Eagles defense continues to be a bright spot this fall, as the unit most recently held St. Scholastica to a season-low 13 points last week. UNW ranks seventh nationally in total defense, as the Eagles are surrendering an average of just 226.3 yards per game.
OUTSTANDING OFFENSE
Northwestern is averaging better than 365 yards of total offense per game and putting up more than 30 points per contest. Grant Schoen’s 164.9 passing yards per game ranks second in the conference, while Caleb Couwenhoven is tied for third in the UMAC with his average of 59 receiving yards per game. In the last two seasons at home, UNW is outscoring its opponents 274-117.
FIRST-EVER MEETING October 28, 2005 Northwestern 27, Westminster 7
LAST MEETING October 25, 2014 Northwestern 13, Westminster24
BRILLIANT BEN
Junior Ben Greener played a big part in UNW’s defensive effort last week that limited Scholastica to a season-low 13 points, as the linebacker was in on a season-high 15 tackles. Greener leads the Northwestern defense this season with 59 stops.
PETKAU CAN PUNT
Senior Daniel Petkau had a banner day against the Saints and was recognized for his efforts. The UNW punter landed a spot on the D3football.com Team of the Week for his outstanding performance. In addition, he was named the UMAC Special Teams Player of the Week. Petkau averaged 45.2 yards per punt, dropped four punts inside the 20-yard line and boomed a pair of 50-plus yard punts.
2015 schedule Date Sep.5 Sep. 12 Sep. 19 Sep. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7
Opponent at St. Olaf CROWN* at Minn Morris* at Martin Luther* IOWA WESLEYAN* at MacMurray* ST. SCHOLASTICA* WESTMINSTER* at Greenville* EUREKA*
Time/Res. L 13-16 W 35-13 W 27-0 W 55-14 W 57-7 W 21-13 L 7-13 12 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m.
*Indicates UMAC contest Home games are in CAPS.
GETTING IT DONE IN THE TRENCHES
The UNW offensive line has been a staple in the Eagles’ success this fall, opening holes for backs, as well as protecting Schoen. The front five has allowed just five sacks this season, while opponents have given up 20. In addition, Northwestern is averaging 196.4 yards per game on the ground and better than four yards per carry. UNW has had an individual go over 100 yards on the ground in a game on four occasions this fall.
UP NEXT
Northwestern will hit the road for its final regular season road trip of the season, as the Eagles will make the trek to Greenville, Ill., for a 12 p.m. game at Greenville. The Panthers are 2-5 on the season. Westminster will return to the Land of 10,000 Lakes to play at St. Scholastica in Duluth.
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AROUND THE UMAC
Iowa Wesleyan at MacMurray @ 1 p.m. Crown at Eureka @ 1 p.m. Greenville at Martin Luther @ 1 p.m. Minnesota Morris at St. Scholastica @ 3 p.m.
EAGLES UPDATE News and notes from Northwestern Athletics The University of Northwestern volleyball team had a strong showing at the UW-Eau Claire Tournament, finishing the weekend 3-1. The Eagles topped UW-River Falls, UW-Platteville and Buena Vista before having their 14-game win streak snapped by UW-Eau Claire in the weekend finale. Lindsey Peterson and Shanay Gonder were named to the All-Tournament Team for their weekend efforts. The UNW football team battled St. Scholastica for all 60 minutes Saturday, but came up short against the rival Saints, 13-7. Chris Simon-Wallace scored on a 3-yard touchdown plunge in his 2015 debut. Ben Greener recorded 15 tackles, while Daniel Petkau shined on special teams, averaging 45.2 yards per punt in five attempts. Petkau pinned four punts inside the 20-yard line and had two land inside the five, while also booting a pair of 50-plus yard punts. The UNW cross country teams had another strong weekend of competition, competing at the Crown Invite and UW-Oshkosh AAE Invite. Wil Maki (27:42) and Jackson Peterson (27:45) turned in strong performances competing against the top talent in Division III at the UW-Oshkosh AAE Invite. Peterson’s time was a new personal-best for the UNW sophomore. At the Crown Invite, Alyssa Arends (25:52) led the women to a fifthplace finish, while Garrett Crown (28:57) helped the Eagles to a seventh-place finish on the men’s side. The UNW men’s soccer team bounced back from a 4-0 loss to St. Olaf earlier in the week to defeat Ripon 2-1 Thursday night in Ripon, Wis. Ethan Hart and Matthew McCann both found the back of the net for the Eagles. The women’s soccer team was idle.
Notes from last year’s Northwestern - Westminster game FULTON, Mo. – The nearly 500 mile return trip home will seem a bit longer after the University of Northwestern’s 24-13 loss to Westminster College (Mo.) on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles, who trailed 17-7 at halftime, came within four points of the home team before a pair of UNW turnovers and a Blue Jays touchdown in the fourth quarter handed Northwestern its second loss of the 2014 season. Josh Sinnen (Waconia, Minn./ Waconia)’s 13-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter put the Eagles on the scoreboard first, capping off a 10-play drive. Westminster answered with a field goal and two touchdowns, taking what would be a lead for good on a 47-yard run by Latif Adams and a fiveyard TD pass from Joe Plassmeyer to Mike Washington. Statistics-wise, the first half was colored in blue as Westminster owned a 105-78 advantage in rushing and a 147-30 buffer in passing. While the Eagles improved on those numbers in the second half, UNW struggled to maintain possession of the football when it mattered most. Ben Lyons (North Olmstead, Ohio/ Ohio Distance & Electronic Learning Academy) hit a pair of field goals to bring Northwestern closer at 1713, but three of the Eagles’ last four drives ended with turnovers before
the final effort concluded with a turnover on downs. Plassmeyer connected with Austin Kempker for a 37-yard scoring play to put the icing on Westminster’s homecoming cake in what turned out to be an 11-point victory for the Blue Jays. UNW finished with 145 yards on the ground while the Purple and Gold defense held Westminster to minus-1 yard rushing in the second half. The Eagles limited the Blue Jays’ passing efforts in the final 30 minutes too, but quarterback Jacob Fletcher (Moorhead, Minn./Park Christian) was only able to complete nine of his 22 passes for 135 yards while being sacked three times. All three of Westminster’s touchdown plays all came on first or second downs. When the down and distance scenario got to third down, the Eagles contained the Blue Jays on nine of 11 attempts. Nathan Van Zee (Moose Lake, Minn./Moose Lake) had a part in that effort, finishing the day with a team-high 11 tackles, which included 3.5 tackles for a loss.
HEAD COACH KIRK TALLEY 2015 represents Kirk Talley’s 15th season of leading the Northwestern football team. Under Talley’s watch, the Eagles won back-to-back Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) regular season championships in 2001 and 2002 with undefeated league records, a north division title in the UMAC in 2003, and two more outright conference titles with undefeated league records in 2005, 2007 and 2008. Coach Talley has been a head coach in the UMAC for 22 years, with his past coaching experiences involve current league members Crown College (Minn.) and Greenville College (Ill.) and former member Mount Senario (Wis.). While at Mount Senario, Talley’s team won the UMAC conference title and he was recognized as the coach of the year for his success. Other stints along his coaching career path include Taylor University (Ind.), Northern State University (S.D.), and Miami University (Ohio). After starting his collegiate football career as a player at Golden Valley Lutheran College, Talley played at Pacific Lutheran University for Frosty Westering, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Talley strives to see his program honor God through football as the gridiron provides his players with the opportunity to glorify God using the talents and abilities they have been blessed with both individually and corporately. Together with his wife Terri, Kirk is the father to two adult children, Brittni and Kristi.
STATISTICAL COMPARISONS - 2015 SEASON BLUE JAYS
227.1 Yards per Game 170.0 Yards per Game 397.1 Yards per Game 209.7 Yards per Game 140.7 Yards per Game 350.4 Yards per Game 29.4 Points per Game 18.9 Points per Game 29:48 per Game 13/9 (+4) 139 16 9 20.4 Yards per Return 7.9 Yards per Punt 35-91 (38%)
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TEAM RUSHING OFFENSE TEAM PASSING OFFENSE TEAM TOTAL OFFENSE TEAM RUSHING DEFENSE TEAM PASSING DEFENSE TEAM TOTAL DEFENSE POINTS SCORED POINTS ALLOWED TIME OF POSSESSION TAKEAWAYS/GIVEAWAYS FIRST DOWNS RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS PASSING TOUCHDOWNS KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS
WESTMINSTER Individual Rushing Leaders
Att 137 24
Net 1006 121
Yds/Gm 143.7 30.3
TD 10 1
Att 112
Comp 70
Yds/Gm 176.3
TD 4
Rcp 27 17 17 16
Yards 358 231 150 139
Yds/Gm TD 51.1 3 33.0 1 21.4 2 19.9 2
Bret Robertson Connor Albrecht Ayo Oyesanya Carlos Weeden Jr.
Tack 69 49 46 36
TFL 5.5 2.5 12.5 2.0
Sacks 0 1.0 5.5 0
Int 2 1 0 2
Matt Quarles Jack Williams
No. 10 6
Yards 263 106
Avg. 26.3 17.7
TD 0 0
Individual Passing Leaders
Trent White
Individual Receiving Leaders Mike Washington Jack Williams Latif Adams Matt Quarles
Individual Defensive Leaders
Special Teams Leaders Kevin Ludwig
196.4 Yards per Game 170.0 Yards per Game 366.4 Yards per Game 97.6 Yards per Game 128.7 Yards per Game 226.3 Yards per Game 30.7 Points per Game 10.9 Points per Game 30:40 per Game 19/14 (+5) 129 21 6 13.71 Yards per Return 9.63 Yards per Punt 37-90 (41.11%)
NORTHWESTERN
Latif Adams Trent White
Kick Return Leaders
EAGLES
FG Made/Att 5/7
Long 43
Punts 36
Avg. 35.0
Individual Rushing Leaders
Zac Cash BJ Foster Jordan Joseph
Att 93 57 79
Net 439 445 385
Yds/Gm 73.2 63.6 55.0
TD 6 4 3
Grant Schoen
Att 142
Comp 76
Yds/Gm 164.9
TD 6
Caleb Couwenhoven Joe Sutton Daniel Petkau
Rcp 18 18 7
Yards 413 230 206
Yds/Gm 59.0 32.9 34.3
TD 4 0 1
Ben Greener Luke Sommerlot Nathan Van Zee Grant Stroud
Tack 59 50 48 38
TFL 5.5 9.5 11.5 6.0
Sacks 1.0 3.5 3.5 1.0
Int 0 0 0 1
Jordan Joseph Kyle Anenson
No. 7 5
Yards 117 64
Avg. 16.7 12.8
TD 0 0
Long 42 N/A
Punts N/A 23
Avg. N/A 36.9
Individual Passing Leaders
Individual Receiving Leaders
Individual Defensive Leaders
Kick Return Leaders
Special Teams Leaders
Ben Lyons Daniel Petkau
FG Made/Att 3-4 N/A
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN EAGLES No. 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 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 58 59 61 62 63 64 67 68 69 70 71 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 96 98
Name Pos. Zac Cash RB Nick Swore DB Alex Wiese QB Ben Burkett DB Caleb Couwenhoven WR Gideon Burnham LB Zach Duerwachter WR Eric Young DB Josias Bruce DB Grant Stroud DB Grant Schoen QB Nathan Van Zee LB Taylor Lindahl QB Daniel Petkau WR Corban Halbur QB Zach Spencer QB Joe Sutton WR Graham Eddy WR Chris Simon-Wallace RB Jacob Fettig RB Ryan Van Maanen DB Daniel Stratton DB Austin Warner DB Joey Stevens RB Jordan Joseph RB Austin Stubbs DB Luke Sommerlot LB Andrew Parten DB DJ Pyle DL Jordan Spahr WR Anthony Hieb DB Chris Compton DL BJ Foster RB Alexis Garcia LB Joseph Gutierrez WR Josiah Forker DB Justin Norton DB Tyler Rust DL Chris Kirby OL Josh Gillespie RB Jason Fox DL Beau Walter LB Kyle Anenson DB Andrew Smith DB John Leskinen WR Seth Brown LB Tyler Van Maanen LB Ben Greener LB Albin Sterneman DL Jesse Hokanson OL Ayeir Karnwie-Tuah DL Joe Scull DB Aaron Regnier LB Ben Johnson DL Jon Greener LB Jacob Woolley LB Micah Van Zee OL Brennen Scarborough OL Steven Soto LB Ben Evans OL TJ Palme OL Will Otto DL Josiah Rehmann DL Colton Paskewitz DL John Taylor OL Jacob Jones OL Weston Smith OL Jacob Pittman OL Tabor Ferris OL Justin Morin OL Noah Holland OL Jacob Bakuwel OL Spencer Steel WR Hayden Larson TE Jaleel Johnson WR Cody Carlson WR Dan Hoeppner WR David Rodriguez TE Matt Paulson WR Brian Doering TE Ben Lyons K Andy Waller LB Jake Terhark DL Carl Williams DL Matt Fox DL Garrett Valentin K
Ht. 5-8 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-1 5-11 5-5 5-10 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-6 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-8 5-10 6-1 6-1 5-7 5-7 5-7 6-2 5-9 5-10 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-3 5-10 5-6 5-7 5-9 6-3 6-1 6-4 5-8 6-1 6-2 5-10 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-3 5-9 5-9 6-1 6-3 6-0 5-10 6-0 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-8 6-2 5-10 6-3 6-1 6-5 6-2 6-2 6-4 5-9 6-1 6-2
Wt. 175 212 164 185 195 205 195 160 135 200 180 215 185 210 190 210 195 185 215 205 190 170 165 190 185 185 190 170 225 165 160 250 185 170 165 170 185 230 265 160 215 210 170 170 180 220 210 200 260 280 210 185 195 210 195 205 220 260 210 305 270 245 275 250 350 300 290 250 276 265 210 244 180 200 170 190 160 240 180 245 190 200 225 189 240 230
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northwestern quick facts
Hometown/High School Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista Grand Rapids, Mich./North Pointe Christian General Information Hastings, Minn./Hastings Location St. Paul, Minn. Des Moines, Iowa/Des Moines Christian Blaine, Minn./Fridley Founded 1902 Alexandria, Minn./Jefferson Enrollment 3,000 La Crescent, Minn./La Crescent Shoreview, Minn./Concordia Academy Nickname Eagles Apple Valley, Minn. /Rosemount School Colors Purple & Gold Moorhead, Minn./Hillcrest Academy Independence, Minn./Orono Stadium Reynolds Field Moose Lake, Minn./Moose Lake Stadium Capacity 1,500 Watertown, S.D./Watertown Rib Lake, Wis./Rib Lake Affiliation NCAA Division III Richfield, Minn./Richfield Conference UMAC Wray, Colo./Wray Minneapolis, Minn./Benilde-St Margaret’s President Dr. Alan S. Cureton La Crescent, Minn./La Crescent Athletics Dir. Dr. Matt Hill Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka Waconia, Minn./Waconia Oshkosh, Wis./Valley Christian Football History Lucerne Valley, Calif./Lucerne Valley Fridley, Minn./Fridley First Year of Football 1973 Grand Rapids, Mich./North Pointe Christian All-Time Record 234-169-1 St. Michael, Minn/St.Michael-Albertville Conference Titles 18 Pleasant Hill, Iowa/Des Moines Christian Pocahontas, Iowa/Pocahontas Area Post-Season Record 2-4 Blaine, Minn. Pact Charter School Tamarac, Fla./Calvary Christian Pine City, Minn./Pine City Head Coach Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury Name Kirk Talley St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park Charles City, Iowa/Charles City Alma Mater Pacific Lutheran Jordan, Minn./Jordan Years at School 15th Season Bakersfield, Calif./East Bakersfield Milaca, Minn./Milaca Record at School 100-49 Minneapolis, Minn./Wasburn Chanhassen, Minn./Chanhassen Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial Minneapolis, Minn/Wayzata Roxbury, N.J./Hillcrest Academy Conway, Ark./Conway Chanhassen, Minn./Chanhassen Date Opponent Time/Res. Henning, Minn./Henning Waukesha, Minn/Heritage Christian Sep.5 at St. Olaf L 13-16 Forest City, Iowa/Forest City Sep. 12 CROWN* W 35-13 Oshkosh, Wis./Valley Christian Sep. 19 at Minn Morris* W 27-0 Foley, Minn./Homeschool Zimmerman, Minn./Zimmerman Sep. 26 at Martin Luther* W 55-14 Cumberland, Wis./Cumberland Oct. 3 IOWA WESLEYAN* W 57-7 Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View Maplewood, Minn./North High Oct. 10 at MacMurray* W 21-13 Hawley, Minn./Hawley Oct. 17 ST. SCHOLASTICA* L 7-13 Camarillo, Calif./Oaks Christian Oct. 24 WESTMINSTER* 12 p.m. Foley, Minn./Homeschool Fort Worth, Texas/Homeschool Oct. 31 at Greenville* 12 p.m. Moose Lake, Minn./Moose Lake Nov. 7 EUREKA* 12 p.m. Kaneohe, Hawaii/Mid-Pacific Institute Kenosha, Wis./Kenosha-Bradford Earlham, Iowa/Earlham *Indicates UMAC contest West Des Moines, Iowa/Dowling Catholic Home games are in CAPS. Rockton, Ill./Hallstrom Winsted, Minn./Lester Prairie Browerville, Minn./Staples-Motley Sacramento, Calif./Bradshaw Christian Head Coach: Kirk Talley (15th Season) Inver Grove Heights, Minn./New Life Assistant Coaches: Bryan Johnson, Backus, Minn./Homeschool Matt Moore, Chad Miller, George Palke, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge Justin Burke, Eric Wilmeth, Scott Hvistendahl, Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield Rob Reynolds, Kevin Kleiner, Ernest Sutton Eagan, Minn./Eastview Fairmont, Minn./ Martin County West Anaheim, Calif./Cypress Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Homeschool Afton, Minn./Homeschool Corona, Calif./Centennial Dallas Center, Iowa/Des Moines Christian Wabasha, Minn./Wabasha Minneapolis, Minn./Washburn Minneapolis, Minn./Minnehaha Academy Mapleton, Minn./Maple River North Olmstead, Ohio/Dist. & Elect. Learning Park Rapids, Minn./Park Rapids Area South Haven, Minn./Champlin Park Duluth, Geo./Riverside Military Academy Roxbury, N.J./Hillcrest Academy Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee
2015 schedule
WESTMINSTER BLUE JAYS
NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 30 31 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 71 73 78 80 81 83 85 86 88 89 90 91 92 95 98
NAME POS CLASS HEIGHT WEIGHT Peair Howard WR Fr. 5-8 165 Trent White QB So. 6-3 180 Bret Robertson SS Sr. 6-1 190 Jake Money DB Fr. 5-10 160 Ketrick Large RB So. 5-6 190 Lucas Robinson QB Fr. 6-0 165 Mike Washington WR Jr. 6-5 245 Brett Simon SS Jr. 6-2 190 Kyle Kroll DB Fr. 5-8 165 Nolan Wood S So. 5-10 155 Teddy Deas WR Fr. 6-3 215 Steve Smith DL So. 5-7 240 Jordan Lauchland DL Sr. 6-3 240 Hunter Gomez WR Jr. 5-10 165 Carlos Weeden Jr. CB Sr. 5-9 170 Eain Roberts QB Fr. 6-2 185 Cj Landor S Fr. 5-8 185 Hakeem Aldridge FB Fr. 5-8 220 Anthony Washington CB Fr. 5-11 175 Kendy Lamour LB Jr. 5-11 215 Sean Freeman LB So. 5-10 195 Matt Quarles WR Fr. 5-7 165 Latif Adams RB So. 5-9 190 Jantzen Bradford FB Sr. 5-9 200 Denzel Dean RB Fr. 5-11 195 Noah Braun SS Fr. 5-11 175 Antoine Harris CB So. 5-8 175 Kole Rackers RB So. 5-10 180 Cody Ford K/P Jr. 5-10 175 Traevonne Smith DB Jr. 5-11 175 Nick Ford K/P Jr. 5-10 170 Jack Williams WR Jr. 5-9 165 Evan Lemaster TE So. 6-1 210 Zach Roseman SS Fr. 5-8 170 Connor Albrecht DL Fr. 5-10 180 Kinge Ndanga DL Fr. 6-0 205 Mallick White LB Fr. 6-0 200 Sam Kroll-Taugasolo LB So. 5-10 240 Travis Lee LB So. 6-1 245 Trevor Keith WR Fr. 5-10 165 Branden Dermond SS Fr. 5-10 190 Steven Scott DL Sr. 6-1 250 John Martin III DL Fr. 6-0 215 Kenny Schmidt III OL Jr. 6-5 275 Hagen Harrison LB Fr. 5-9 210 Brooklyn McCoy LB Jr. 5-9 205 Michael Pezold LB Fr. 6-1 220 De’Shawn Pugh-Leverette OL Fr. 5-10 270 Arron Bird OL Sr. 6-2 300 Phillip Shoults OL So. 5-10 245 Jiri Zak OL Fr. 6-6 305 Andrew Godfrey OL Sr. 6-3 350 Grant Gershner OL Jr. 6-0 245 Christian Houston DL Sr. 5-11 275 Evan Collner OL Fr. 6-2 250 Clinton Holden OL So. 5-10 230 Will Morse OL Sr. 6-2 290 Kevin Ludwig K/P Sr. 6-1 160 DJ Reeves WR So. 5-8 180 Jacob Ellis DL Jr. 6-3 255 Isaiah Ruhman WR Fr. 6-0 215 Ian Pletenik K/P Jr. 5-8 170 Kidd Sutherlin WR Fr. 5-8 165 Joey Ginnings TE Fr. 6-0 215 Ayo Oyesanya DL Jr. 5-10 240 Shelton Carpenter DL So. 6-3 230 Tanner Reid DL Sr. 5-11 225 Tyler Pugh DL Fr. 6-0 220 DaVonte Kyles DL Jr. 6-0 300
HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL West Point, Miss./ West Point Punta Gorda, Fla./ Charlotte California, Mo./ California St. James, Mo./ St. James St. Louis, Mo./ Webster Groves Vandalia, Mo./ Van-Far Jefferson City, Mo./ Jefferson City St. Peters, Mo./ Fort Zumwalt South Montgomery City, Mo./ Montgomery County Ste. Genevieve, Mo./ Valle Catholic Leesburg, Fla./ North Port Mobile, Ala./ Williamson Galt, Calif./ Lodi Norman, Okla./ Carl Albert St. Louis, Mo./ Bishop DuBourg Pacific, Mo./ Pacific Houston, Texas/ Aldine Sr. Little Rock, Ark./ Robinson Webster Groves, Mo./ Webster Groves Naples, Fla./ Golden Gate Eagle Point, Ore./ Eagle Point Detroit, Mich./ Fort Zumwalt West St. Louis, Mo./ Hazelwood Central Glenwood, Ark./ Centerpoint Oklahoma City, Okla./ Putnam Fulton, Mo./ Fulton Columbia, Mo./ Rock Bridge Taos, Mo./ Blair Oaks Florissant, Mo./ Hazelwood Central Honolulu, Hawaii/ Westchester Florissant, Mo./ Hazelwood Central St. Louis, Mo./ Mehlville Oklahoma City, Okla./ Putnam City St. Louis, Mo./ St. John Vianney Vandalia, Mo./ Van-Far Yorktown, Va./ Hampton Roads Acad. Columbia, Mo./ Battle Las Vegas, Nev./ Montgomery County Montgomery City, Mo./ Montgomery County Farmington, Mo./ Farmington Sr. Petaluma, Calif./ Casa Grande Yellow Springs, Ohio/ Yellow Springs Houston, Texas/ Dwight D. Eisenhower Sr. St. Louis, Mo./ Lindbergh Catoosa, Okla./ Catoosa Park Hill, Colo./ Montpellier Columbia, Mo./ North Callaway Mobile, Ala./ Lillie B. Williamson Yuma, Ariz./ Gila Ridge Hazelwood, Mo./ Hazelwood West Brno, Czech/ Nixa St. Louis, Mo./ Oakville Springdale, Ark./ Har-Ber Union, Mo./ Union Concordia, Mo./ Concordia Greenland, Ark./ Greenland Klamath Falls, Ore./ Klamath Union Manchester, Mo./ Priory St. Louis, Mo./ Fort Zumwalt East Columbia, Mo./ Rock Bridge Raytown, Mo./ Raytown South Phoenix, Ariz./ Desert Vista St. Louis, Mo./ Clayton Camdenton, Mo./ Camdenton Norman, Okla./ Norman Plymouth, Ind./ Plymouth Owensville, Mo./ Owensville Monroe City, Mo./ Monroe City Auxvasse, Mo./ North Callaway
Westminster Quick Facts General Information
Location Fulton, Mo. Founded 1851 Enrollment 1,100 Nickname Blue Jays School Colors Blue and White Stadium Priest Field Stadium Capacity 1,000 Affiliation NCAA Division III Conference UMAC President Dr. Barney Forsythe Athletics Dir. Matt Mitchell
Head Coach Name John Welty Alma Mater Benedictine University (Ill.) Years at School 16th Season
2015 schedule Date Sep. 5 Sep. 12 Sep. 19 Sep. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7
Opponent Time/Res. at S’western Assemblies L 17-30 IOWA WESLEYAN* W 27-6 MACMURRAY* W 24-22 at Greenville* W 30-20 CROWN* L 21-29 at Eureka* W 26-18 MARTIN LUTHER* W 61-7 at Northwestern* 1 p.m. at St. Scholastica* 1 p.m. MINNESOTA MORRIS* 12 p.m.
*Indicates UMAC contest Home games are in CAPS. Head Coach: Jake Welty (16th Season) Assisant Coaches: Jake White, Billy Huthman, Don Malson, Eric Hussin, Brian Kooser, Tim Ellis, Clifton Cooper
THE LINEUP
PROBABLE STARTERS WHEN WESTMINSTER HAS THE BALL 27
Adams So., 5-9, 190
28
O’Neil Sr., 5-9, 200
Roberts 18 Fr., 6-3, 185 Lemaster So., 6-1, 210 Pugh-Leverette Zak Bird Morse 40 Fr., 5-10, 270 Fr., 6-6, 305 Sr., 6-2, 300 Sr., 6-2, 290
Washington Jr., 6-5, 245
60
7
64
62
13
27
Stubbs Jr., 6-2, 185
11
66
39
24
Rust Sr., 6-1, 230
Warner Sr., 5-7, 165
28
50
44
Williams Jr., 5-9, 165
40
Sterneman Sr., 6-3, 260
Walter So., 6-2, 210
Stroud Sr., 5-10, 200
78
51
Van Zee Sr., 6-2, 215
Gershner Sr., 6-0, 245
Sommerlot Sr., 5-9, 190
Greener Jr., 5-11, 200
5
3
Burkett Jr., 6-0, 185
Swore Fr., 6-2, 212
PROBABLE STARTERS WHEN NORTHWESTERN HAS THE BALL
Sutton Sr., 6-0, 195
18
21
Washington Fr., 5-11, 175
Rodriguez Jr., 6-3, 240
87
Cash Sr., 5-8, 175
12
Schoen Sr., 6-0, 180
Carlson Jr., 6-2, 190
Taylor Smith Morin Evans Palme Sr., 6-5, 350 So., 6-1, 290 Sr., 6-4, 265 Sr., 6-1, 305 So., 6-4, 270
71
52
77
Harrison Fr., 5-9, 210
64
Albrecht Fr., 5-10, 180
Couwenhoven Sr., 6-2, 195
6
90
Oyesanya Jr., 5-10, 240
Houston Sr., 5-11, 275
42
85
67
67
Ellis Jr., 6-3, 255
55
Weeden Jr. Sr., 5-9, 170
74
83
Scott Sr., 6-1, 250
16
2
3 Robertson Sr., 6-1, 190
8
Simon Jr., 6-2, 190
34
Harris So., 5-6, 175
2015 UMAC PRE-SEASON POLL / PREVIEW 1. 80 Points – College of St. Scholastica (8 First Place Votes)
2. 70 Points – University of Northwestern (1) 3. 69 Points – Greenville College (1) 4. 54 Points – Westminster College 5. 44 Points – Iowa Wesleyan College 6. 36 Points – Crown College 7. 35 Points – Eureka College 8. 27 Points – MacMurray College 9. 21 Points – University of Minnesota Morris 10. 14 Points – Martin Luther College
1. College of St. Scholastica Saints 2014 Overall Record: 10-1 2014 UMAC Record: 9-0 2014 UMAC Finish: 1st Starters Returning: 15 Starters Lost: 7
6. Crown College Storm 2014 Overall Record: 4-6 2014 UMAC Record: 4-5 2014 UMAC Finish: 6 Starters Returning: 16 Starters Lost: 6
2. University of Northwestern Eagles 2014 Overall Record: 8-2 2014 UMAC Record: 7-2 2014 UMAC Finish: T-2nd Starters Returning: 17 Starters Lost: 4
7. Eureka College Red Devils 2014 Overall Record: 2-8 2014 UMAC Record: 2-7 2014 UMAC Finish: 8th Starters Returning: 17 Starters Lost: 5
3. Greenville College Panthers 2014 Overall Record: 7-3 2014 UMAC Record: 7-2 2014 UMAC Finish: T-2nd Starters Returning: 14 Starters Lost: 9
8. MacMurray College Highlanders 2014 Overall Record: 3-7 2014 UMAC Record: 3-6 2014 UMAC Finish: 7th Starters Returning: 18 Starters Lost: 6
4. Westminster College Blue Jays 2014 Overall Record: 6-4 2014 UMAC Record: 6-3 2014 UMAC Finish: T-4th Starters Returning: 17 Starters Lost: 5
9. University of Minnesota Morris Cougars 2014 Overall Record: 0-10 2014 UMAC Record: 0-9 2014 UMAC Finish: 10th Starters Returning: 14 Starters Lost: 8
5. Iowa Wesleyan Tigers 2014 Overall Record: 6-4 2014 UMAC Record: 6-3 2014 UMAC Finish: T-4th Starters Returning: 9 Starters Lost: 12
10. Martin Luther College Knights 2014 Overall Record: 2-8 2014 UMAC Record: 1-8 2014 UMAC Finish: 9th Starters Returning: 15 Starters Lost: 8
UMAC STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING
RECEIVING
RUSHING
DEFENSE
KICKING
SERIES HISTORY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN vs WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD Northwestern leads 6-3
THE NORTHWESTERN FILE
The Eagles enter Saturday with a 5-2 overall record and 5-1 mark in Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) play. UNW dropped a hardfought contest to St. Scholastica last week, falling to the visiting Saints 13-7. Northwestern and Westminster sit tied for second in the league standings with a 5-1 conference record.
A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT
Westminster makes the trip north from Fulton, Mo., with a 5-2 overall record. The Blue Jays lost their season opener to Southwestern Assemblies and dropped their Oct. 3 game with Crown, 29-21. Westminster most recently defeated Martin Luther 61-7 last weekend on Homecoming in Fulton.
DOMINANT DEFENSE
The Eagles defense continues to be a bright spot this fall, as the unit most recently held St. Scholastica to a season-low 13 points last week. UNW ranks seventh nationally in total defense, as the Eagles are surrendering an average of just 226.3 yards per game.
OUTSTANDING OFFENSE
Northwestern is averaging better than 365 yards of total offense per game and putting up more than 30 points per contest. Grant Schoen’s 164.9 passing yards per game ranks second in the conference, while Caleb Couwenhoven is tied for third in the UMAC with his average of 59 receiving yards per game. In the last two seasons at home, UNW is outscoring its opponents 274-117.
FIRST-EVER MEETING October 28, 2005 Northwestern 27, Westminster 7
LAST MEETING October 25, 2014 Northwestern 13, Westminster24
BRILLIANT BEN
Junior Ben Greener played a big part in UNW’s defensive effort last week that limited Scholastica to a season-low 13 points, as the linebacker was in on a season-high 15 tackles. Greener leads the Northwestern defense this season with 59 stops.
PETKAU CAN PUNT
Senior Daniel Petkau had a banner day against the Saints and was recognized for his efforts. The UNW punter landed a spot on the D3football.com Team of the Week for his outstanding performance. In addition, he was named the UMAC Special Teams Player of the Week. Petkau averaged 45.2 yards per punt, dropped four punts inside the 20-yard line and boomed a pair of 50-plus yard punts.
2015 schedule Date Sep.5 Sep. 12 Sep. 19 Sep. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7
Opponent at St. Olaf CROWN* at Minn Morris* at Martin Luther* IOWA WESLEYAN* at MacMurray* ST. SCHOLASTICA* WESTMINSTER* at Greenville* EUREKA*
Time/Res. L 13-16 W 35-13 W 27-0 W 55-14 W 57-7 W 21-13 L 7-13 12 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m.
*Indicates UMAC contest Home games are in CAPS.
GETTING IT DONE IN THE TRENCHES
The UNW offensive line has been a staple in the Eagles’ success this fall, opening holes for backs, as well as protecting Schoen. The front five has allowed just five sacks this season, while opponents have given up 20. In addition, Northwestern is averaging 196.4 yards per game on the ground and better than four yards per carry. UNW has had an individual go over 100 yards on the ground in a game on four occasions this fall.
UP NEXT
Northwestern will hit the road for its final regular season road trip of the season, as the Eagles will make the trek to Greenville, Ill., for a 12 p.m. game at Greenville. The Panthers are 2-5 on the season. Westminster will return to the Land of 10,000 Lakes to play at St. Scholastica in Duluth.
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AROUND THE UMAC
Iowa Wesleyan at MacMurray @ 1 p.m. Crown at Eureka @ 1 p.m. Greenville at Martin Luther @ 1 p.m. Minnesota Morris at St. Scholastica @ 3 p.m.
EAGLES UPDATE News and notes from Northwestern Athletics The University of Northwestern volleyball team had a strong showing at the UW-Eau Claire Tournament, finishing the weekend 3-1. The Eagles topped UW-River Falls, UW-Platteville and Buena Vista before having their 14-game win streak snapped by UW-Eau Claire in the weekend finale. Lindsey Peterson and Shanay Gonder were named to the All-Tournament Team for their weekend efforts. The UNW football team battled St. Scholastica for all 60 minutes Saturday, but came up short against the rival Saints, 13-7. Chris Simon-Wallace scored on a 3-yard touchdown plunge in his 2015 debut. Ben Greener recorded 15 tackles, while Daniel Petkau shined on special teams, averaging 45.2 yards per punt in five attempts. Petkau pinned four punts inside the 20-yard line and had two land inside the five, while also booting a pair of 50-plus yard punts. The UNW cross country teams had another strong weekend of competition, competing at the Crown Invite and UW-Oshkosh AAE Invite. Wil Maki (27:42) and Jackson Peterson (27:45) turned in strong performances competing against the top talent in Division III at the UW-Oshkosh AAE Invite. Peterson’s time was a new personal-best for the UNW sophomore. At the Crown Invite, Alyssa Arends (25:52) led the women to a fifthplace finish, while Garrett Crown (28:57) helped the Eagles to a seventh-place finish on the men’s side. The UNW men’s soccer team bounced back from a 4-0 loss to St. Olaf earlier in the week to defeat Ripon 2-1 Thursday night in Ripon, Wis. Ethan Hart and Matthew McCann both found the back of the net for the Eagles. The women’s soccer team was idle.
Notes from last year’s Northwestern - Westminster game FULTON, Mo. – The nearly 500 mile return trip home will seem a bit longer after the University of Northwestern’s 24-13 loss to Westminster College (Mo.) on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles, who trailed 17-7 at halftime, came within four points of the home team before a pair of UNW turnovers and a Blue Jays touchdown in the fourth quarter handed Northwestern its second loss of the 2014 season. Josh Sinnen (Waconia, Minn./ Waconia)’s 13-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter put the Eagles on the scoreboard first, capping off a 10-play drive. Westminster answered with a field goal and two touchdowns, taking what would be a lead for good on a 47-yard run by Latif Adams and a fiveyard TD pass from Joe Plassmeyer to Mike Washington. Statistics-wise, the first half was colored in blue as Westminster owned a 105-78 advantage in rushing and a 147-30 buffer in passing. While the Eagles improved on those numbers in the second half, UNW struggled to maintain possession of the football when it mattered most. Ben Lyons (North Olmstead, Ohio/ Ohio Distance & Electronic Learning Academy) hit a pair of field goals to bring Northwestern closer at 1713, but three of the Eagles’ last four drives ended with turnovers before
the final effort concluded with a turnover on downs. Plassmeyer connected with Austin Kempker for a 37-yard scoring play to put the icing on Westminster’s homecoming cake in what turned out to be an 11-point victory for the Blue Jays. UNW finished with 145 yards on the ground while the Purple and Gold defense held Westminster to minus-1 yard rushing in the second half. The Eagles limited the Blue Jays’ passing efforts in the final 30 minutes too, but quarterback Jacob Fletcher (Moorhead, Minn./Park Christian) was only able to complete nine of his 22 passes for 135 yards while being sacked three times. All three of Westminster’s touchdown plays all came on first or second downs. When the down and distance scenario got to third down, the Eagles contained the Blue Jays on nine of 11 attempts. Nathan Van Zee (Moose Lake, Minn./Moose Lake) had a part in that effort, finishing the day with a team-high 11 tackles, which included 3.5 tackles for a loss.
HEAD COACH KIRK TALLEY 2015 represents Kirk Talley’s 15th season of leading the Northwestern football team. Under Talley’s watch, the Eagles won back-to-back Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) regular season championships in 2001 and 2002 with undefeated league records, a north division title in the UMAC in 2003, and two more outright conference titles with undefeated league records in 2005, 2007 and 2008. Coach Talley has been a head coach in the UMAC for 22 years, with his past coaching experiences involve current league members Crown College (Minn.) and Greenville College (Ill.) and former member Mount Senario (Wis.). While at Mount Senario, Talley’s team won the UMAC conference title and he was recognized as the coach of the year for his success. Other stints along his coaching career path include Taylor University (Ind.), Northern State University (S.D.), and Miami University (Ohio). After starting his collegiate football career as a player at Golden Valley Lutheran College, Talley played at Pacific Lutheran University for Frosty Westering, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Talley strives to see his program honor God through football as the gridiron provides his players with the opportunity to glorify God using the talents and abilities they have been blessed with both individually and corporately. Together with his wife Terri, Kirk is the father to two adult children, Brittni and Kristi.
STATISTICAL COMPARISONS - 2015 SEASON BLUE JAYS
227.1 Yards per Game 170.0 Yards per Game 397.1 Yards per Game 209.7 Yards per Game 140.7 Yards per Game 350.4 Yards per Game 29.4 Points per Game 18.9 Points per Game 29:48 per Game 13/9 (+4) 139 16 9 20.4 Yards per Return 7.9 Yards per Punt 35-91 (38%)
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TEAM RUSHING OFFENSE TEAM PASSING OFFENSE TEAM TOTAL OFFENSE TEAM RUSHING DEFENSE TEAM PASSING DEFENSE TEAM TOTAL DEFENSE POINTS SCORED POINTS ALLOWED TIME OF POSSESSION TAKEAWAYS/GIVEAWAYS FIRST DOWNS RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS PASSING TOUCHDOWNS KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS
WESTMINSTER Individual Rushing Leaders
Att 137 24
Net 1006 121
Yds/Gm 143.7 30.3
TD 10 1
Att 112
Comp 70
Yds/Gm 176.3
TD 4
Rcp 27 17 17 16
Yards 358 231 150 139
Yds/Gm TD 51.1 3 33.0 1 21.4 2 19.9 2
Bret Robertson Connor Albrecht Ayo Oyesanya Carlos Weeden Jr.
Tack 69 49 46 36
TFL 5.5 2.5 12.5 2.0
Sacks 0 1.0 5.5 0
Int 2 1 0 2
Matt Quarles Jack Williams
No. 10 6
Yards 263 106
Avg. 26.3 17.7
TD 0 0
Individual Passing Leaders
Trent White
Individual Receiving Leaders Mike Washington Jack Williams Latif Adams Matt Quarles
Individual Defensive Leaders
Special Teams Leaders Kevin Ludwig
196.4 Yards per Game 170.0 Yards per Game 366.4 Yards per Game 97.6 Yards per Game 128.7 Yards per Game 226.3 Yards per Game 30.7 Points per Game 10.9 Points per Game 30:40 per Game 19/14 (+5) 129 21 6 13.71 Yards per Return 9.63 Yards per Punt 37-90 (41.11%)
NORTHWESTERN
Latif Adams Trent White
Kick Return Leaders
EAGLES
FG Made/Att 5/7
Long 43
Punts 36
Avg. 35.0
Individual Rushing Leaders
Zac Cash BJ Foster Jordan Joseph
Att 93 57 79
Net 439 445 385
Yds/Gm 73.2 63.6 55.0
TD 6 4 3
Grant Schoen
Att 142
Comp 76
Yds/Gm 164.9
TD 6
Caleb Couwenhoven Joe Sutton Daniel Petkau
Rcp 18 18 7
Yards 413 230 206
Yds/Gm 59.0 32.9 34.3
TD 4 0 1
Ben Greener Luke Sommerlot Nathan Van Zee Grant Stroud
Tack 59 50 48 38
TFL 5.5 9.5 11.5 6.0
Sacks 1.0 3.5 3.5 1.0
Int 0 0 0 1
Jordan Joseph Kyle Anenson
No. 7 5
Yards 117 64
Avg. 16.7 12.8
TD 0 0
Long 42 N/A
Punts N/A 23
Avg. N/A 36.9
Individual Passing Leaders
Individual Receiving Leaders
Individual Defensive Leaders
Kick Return Leaders
Special Teams Leaders
Ben Lyons Daniel Petkau
FG Made/Att 3-4 N/A
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN EAGLES No. 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 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 58 59 61 62 63 64 67 68 69 70 71 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 96 98
Name Pos. Zac Cash RB Nick Swore DB Alex Wiese QB Ben Burkett DB Caleb Couwenhoven WR Gideon Burnham LB Zach Duerwachter WR Eric Young DB Josias Bruce DB Grant Stroud DB Grant Schoen QB Nathan Van Zee LB Taylor Lindahl QB Daniel Petkau WR Corban Halbur QB Zach Spencer QB Joe Sutton WR Graham Eddy WR Chris Simon-Wallace RB Jacob Fettig RB Ryan Van Maanen DB Daniel Stratton DB Austin Warner DB Joey Stevens RB Jordan Joseph RB Austin Stubbs DB Luke Sommerlot LB Andrew Parten DB DJ Pyle DL Jordan Spahr WR Anthony Hieb DB Chris Compton DL BJ Foster RB Alexis Garcia LB Joseph Gutierrez WR Josiah Forker DB Justin Norton DB Tyler Rust DL Chris Kirby OL Josh Gillespie RB Jason Fox DL Beau Walter LB Kyle Anenson DB Andrew Smith DB John Leskinen WR Seth Brown LB Tyler Van Maanen LB Ben Greener LB Albin Sterneman DL Jesse Hokanson OL Ayeir Karnwie-Tuah DL Joe Scull DB Aaron Regnier LB Ben Johnson DL Jon Greener LB Jacob Woolley LB Micah Van Zee OL Brennen Scarborough OL Steven Soto LB Ben Evans OL TJ Palme OL Will Otto DL Josiah Rehmann DL Colton Paskewitz DL John Taylor OL Jacob Jones OL Weston Smith OL Jacob Pittman OL Tabor Ferris OL Justin Morin OL Noah Holland OL Jacob Bakuwel OL Spencer Steel WR Hayden Larson TE Jaleel Johnson WR Cody Carlson WR Dan Hoeppner WR David Rodriguez TE Matt Paulson WR Brian Doering TE Ben Lyons K Andy Waller LB Jake Terhark DL Carl Williams DL Matt Fox DL Garrett Valentin K
Ht. 5-8 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-1 5-11 5-5 5-10 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-6 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-8 5-10 6-1 6-1 5-7 5-7 5-7 6-2 5-9 5-10 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-3 5-10 5-6 5-7 5-9 6-3 6-1 6-4 5-8 6-1 6-2 5-10 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-3 5-9 5-9 6-1 6-3 6-0 5-10 6-0 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-8 6-2 5-10 6-3 6-1 6-5 6-2 6-2 6-4 5-9 6-1 6-2
Wt. 175 212 164 185 195 205 195 160 135 200 180 215 185 210 190 210 195 185 215 205 190 170 165 190 185 185 190 170 225 165 160 250 185 170 165 170 185 230 265 160 215 210 170 170 180 220 210 200 260 280 210 185 195 210 195 205 220 260 210 305 270 245 275 250 350 300 290 250 276 265 210 244 180 200 170 190 160 240 180 245 190 200 225 189 240 230
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northwestern quick facts
Hometown/High School Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista Grand Rapids, Mich./North Pointe Christian General Information Hastings, Minn./Hastings Location St. Paul, Minn. Des Moines, Iowa/Des Moines Christian Blaine, Minn./Fridley Founded 1902 Alexandria, Minn./Jefferson Enrollment 3,000 La Crescent, Minn./La Crescent Shoreview, Minn./Concordia Academy Nickname Eagles Apple Valley, Minn. /Rosemount School Colors Purple & Gold Moorhead, Minn./Hillcrest Academy Independence, Minn./Orono Stadium Reynolds Field Moose Lake, Minn./Moose Lake Stadium Capacity 1,500 Watertown, S.D./Watertown Rib Lake, Wis./Rib Lake Affiliation NCAA Division III Richfield, Minn./Richfield Conference UMAC Wray, Colo./Wray Minneapolis, Minn./Benilde-St Margaret’s President Dr. Alan S. Cureton La Crescent, Minn./La Crescent Athletics Dir. Dr. Matt Hill Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka Waconia, Minn./Waconia Oshkosh, Wis./Valley Christian Football History Lucerne Valley, Calif./Lucerne Valley Fridley, Minn./Fridley First Year of Football 1973 Grand Rapids, Mich./North Pointe Christian All-Time Record 234-169-1 St. Michael, Minn/St.Michael-Albertville Conference Titles 18 Pleasant Hill, Iowa/Des Moines Christian Pocahontas, Iowa/Pocahontas Area Post-Season Record 2-4 Blaine, Minn. Pact Charter School Tamarac, Fla./Calvary Christian Pine City, Minn./Pine City Head Coach Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury Name Kirk Talley St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park Charles City, Iowa/Charles City Alma Mater Pacific Lutheran Jordan, Minn./Jordan Years at School 15th Season Bakersfield, Calif./East Bakersfield Milaca, Minn./Milaca Record at School 100-49 Minneapolis, Minn./Wasburn Chanhassen, Minn./Chanhassen Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial Minneapolis, Minn/Wayzata Roxbury, N.J./Hillcrest Academy Conway, Ark./Conway Chanhassen, Minn./Chanhassen Date Opponent Time/Res. Henning, Minn./Henning Waukesha, Minn/Heritage Christian Sep.5 at St. Olaf L 13-16 Forest City, Iowa/Forest City Sep. 12 CROWN* W 35-13 Oshkosh, Wis./Valley Christian Sep. 19 at Minn Morris* W 27-0 Foley, Minn./Homeschool Zimmerman, Minn./Zimmerman Sep. 26 at Martin Luther* W 55-14 Cumberland, Wis./Cumberland Oct. 3 IOWA WESLEYAN* W 57-7 Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View Maplewood, Minn./North High Oct. 10 at MacMurray* W 21-13 Hawley, Minn./Hawley Oct. 17 ST. SCHOLASTICA* L 7-13 Camarillo, Calif./Oaks Christian Oct. 24 WESTMINSTER* 12 p.m. Foley, Minn./Homeschool Fort Worth, Texas/Homeschool Oct. 31 at Greenville* 12 p.m. Moose Lake, Minn./Moose Lake Nov. 7 EUREKA* 12 p.m. Kaneohe, Hawaii/Mid-Pacific Institute Kenosha, Wis./Kenosha-Bradford Earlham, Iowa/Earlham *Indicates UMAC contest West Des Moines, Iowa/Dowling Catholic Home games are in CAPS. Rockton, Ill./Hallstrom Winsted, Minn./Lester Prairie Browerville, Minn./Staples-Motley Sacramento, Calif./Bradshaw Christian Head Coach: Kirk Talley (15th Season) Inver Grove Heights, Minn./New Life Assistant Coaches: Bryan Johnson, Backus, Minn./Homeschool Matt Moore, Chad Miller, George Palke, Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge Justin Burke, Eric Wilmeth, Scott Hvistendahl, Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield Rob Reynolds, Kevin Kleiner, Ernest Sutton Eagan, Minn./Eastview Fairmont, Minn./ Martin County West Anaheim, Calif./Cypress Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Homeschool Afton, Minn./Homeschool Corona, Calif./Centennial Dallas Center, Iowa/Des Moines Christian Wabasha, Minn./Wabasha Minneapolis, Minn./Washburn Minneapolis, Minn./Minnehaha Academy Mapleton, Minn./Maple River North Olmstead, Ohio/Dist. & Elect. Learning Park Rapids, Minn./Park Rapids Area South Haven, Minn./Champlin Park Duluth, Geo./Riverside Military Academy Roxbury, N.J./Hillcrest Academy Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee
2015 schedule
WESTMINSTER BLUE JAYS
NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 30 31 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 71 73 78 80 81 83 85 86 88 89 90 91 92 95 98
NAME POS CLASS HEIGHT WEIGHT Peair Howard WR Fr. 5-8 165 Trent White QB So. 6-3 180 Bret Robertson SS Sr. 6-1 190 Jake Money DB Fr. 5-10 160 Ketrick Large RB So. 5-6 190 Lucas Robinson QB Fr. 6-0 165 Mike Washington WR Jr. 6-5 245 Brett Simon SS Jr. 6-2 190 Kyle Kroll DB Fr. 5-8 165 Nolan Wood S So. 5-10 155 Teddy Deas WR Fr. 6-3 215 Steve Smith DL So. 5-7 240 Jordan Lauchland DL Sr. 6-3 240 Hunter Gomez WR Jr. 5-10 165 Carlos Weeden Jr. CB Sr. 5-9 170 Eain Roberts QB Fr. 6-2 185 Cj Landor S Fr. 5-8 185 Hakeem Aldridge FB Fr. 5-8 220 Anthony Washington CB Fr. 5-11 175 Kendy Lamour LB Jr. 5-11 215 Sean Freeman LB So. 5-10 195 Matt Quarles WR Fr. 5-7 165 Latif Adams RB So. 5-9 190 Jantzen Bradford FB Sr. 5-9 200 Denzel Dean RB Fr. 5-11 195 Noah Braun SS Fr. 5-11 175 Antoine Harris CB So. 5-8 175 Kole Rackers RB So. 5-10 180 Cody Ford K/P Jr. 5-10 175 Traevonne Smith DB Jr. 5-11 175 Nick Ford K/P Jr. 5-10 170 Jack Williams WR Jr. 5-9 165 Evan Lemaster TE So. 6-1 210 Zach Roseman SS Fr. 5-8 170 Connor Albrecht DL Fr. 5-10 180 Kinge Ndanga DL Fr. 6-0 205 Mallick White LB Fr. 6-0 200 Sam Kroll-Taugasolo LB So. 5-10 240 Travis Lee LB So. 6-1 245 Trevor Keith WR Fr. 5-10 165 Branden Dermond SS Fr. 5-10 190 Steven Scott DL Sr. 6-1 250 John Martin III DL Fr. 6-0 215 Kenny Schmidt III OL Jr. 6-5 275 Hagen Harrison LB Fr. 5-9 210 Brooklyn McCoy LB Jr. 5-9 205 Michael Pezold LB Fr. 6-1 220 De’Shawn Pugh-Leverette OL Fr. 5-10 270 Arron Bird OL Sr. 6-2 300 Phillip Shoults OL So. 5-10 245 Jiri Zak OL Fr. 6-6 305 Andrew Godfrey OL Sr. 6-3 350 Grant Gershner OL Jr. 6-0 245 Christian Houston DL Sr. 5-11 275 Evan Collner OL Fr. 6-2 250 Clinton Holden OL So. 5-10 230 Will Morse OL Sr. 6-2 290 Kevin Ludwig K/P Sr. 6-1 160 DJ Reeves WR So. 5-8 180 Jacob Ellis DL Jr. 6-3 255 Isaiah Ruhman WR Fr. 6-0 215 Ian Pletenik K/P Jr. 5-8 170 Kidd Sutherlin WR Fr. 5-8 165 Joey Ginnings TE Fr. 6-0 215 Ayo Oyesanya DL Jr. 5-10 240 Shelton Carpenter DL So. 6-3 230 Tanner Reid DL Sr. 5-11 225 Tyler Pugh DL Fr. 6-0 220 DaVonte Kyles DL Jr. 6-0 300
HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL West Point, Miss./ West Point Punta Gorda, Fla./ Charlotte California, Mo./ California St. James, Mo./ St. James St. Louis, Mo./ Webster Groves Vandalia, Mo./ Van-Far Jefferson City, Mo./ Jefferson City St. Peters, Mo./ Fort Zumwalt South Montgomery City, Mo./ Montgomery County Ste. Genevieve, Mo./ Valle Catholic Leesburg, Fla./ North Port Mobile, Ala./ Williamson Galt, Calif./ Lodi Norman, Okla./ Carl Albert St. Louis, Mo./ Bishop DuBourg Pacific, Mo./ Pacific Houston, Texas/ Aldine Sr. Little Rock, Ark./ Robinson Webster Groves, Mo./ Webster Groves Naples, Fla./ Golden Gate Eagle Point, Ore./ Eagle Point Detroit, Mich./ Fort Zumwalt West St. Louis, Mo./ Hazelwood Central Glenwood, Ark./ Centerpoint Oklahoma City, Okla./ Putnam Fulton, Mo./ Fulton Columbia, Mo./ Rock Bridge Taos, Mo./ Blair Oaks Florissant, Mo./ Hazelwood Central Honolulu, Hawaii/ Westchester Florissant, Mo./ Hazelwood Central St. Louis, Mo./ Mehlville Oklahoma City, Okla./ Putnam City St. Louis, Mo./ St. John Vianney Vandalia, Mo./ Van-Far Yorktown, Va./ Hampton Roads Acad. Columbia, Mo./ Battle Las Vegas, Nev./ Montgomery County Montgomery City, Mo./ Montgomery County Farmington, Mo./ Farmington Sr. Petaluma, Calif./ Casa Grande Yellow Springs, Ohio/ Yellow Springs Houston, Texas/ Dwight D. Eisenhower Sr. St. Louis, Mo./ Lindbergh Catoosa, Okla./ Catoosa Park Hill, Colo./ Montpellier Columbia, Mo./ North Callaway Mobile, Ala./ Lillie B. Williamson Yuma, Ariz./ Gila Ridge Hazelwood, Mo./ Hazelwood West Brno, Czech/ Nixa St. Louis, Mo./ Oakville Springdale, Ark./ Har-Ber Union, Mo./ Union Concordia, Mo./ Concordia Greenland, Ark./ Greenland Klamath Falls, Ore./ Klamath Union Manchester, Mo./ Priory St. Louis, Mo./ Fort Zumwalt East Columbia, Mo./ Rock Bridge Raytown, Mo./ Raytown South Phoenix, Ariz./ Desert Vista St. Louis, Mo./ Clayton Camdenton, Mo./ Camdenton Norman, Okla./ Norman Plymouth, Ind./ Plymouth Owensville, Mo./ Owensville Monroe City, Mo./ Monroe City Auxvasse, Mo./ North Callaway
Westminster Quick Facts General Information
Location Fulton, Mo. Founded 1851 Enrollment 1,100 Nickname Blue Jays School Colors Blue and White Stadium Priest Field Stadium Capacity 1,000 Affiliation NCAA Division III Conference UMAC President Dr. Barney Forsythe Athletics Dir. Matt Mitchell
Head Coach Name John Welty Alma Mater Benedictine University (Ill.) Years at School 16th Season
2015 schedule Date Sep. 5 Sep. 12 Sep. 19 Sep. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7
Opponent Time/Res. at S’western Assemblies L 17-30 IOWA WESLEYAN* W 27-6 MACMURRAY* W 24-22 at Greenville* W 30-20 CROWN* L 21-29 at Eureka* W 26-18 MARTIN LUTHER* W 61-7 at Northwestern* 1 p.m. at St. Scholastica* 1 p.m. MINNESOTA MORRIS* 12 p.m.
*Indicates UMAC contest Home games are in CAPS. Head Coach: Jake Welty (16th Season) Assisant Coaches: Jake White, Billy Huthman, Don Malson, Eric Hussin, Brian Kooser, Tim Ellis, Clifton Cooper
THE LINEUP
PROBABLE STARTERS WHEN WESTMINSTER HAS THE BALL 27
Adams So., 5-9, 190
28
O’Neil Sr., 5-9, 200
Roberts 18 Fr., 6-3, 185 Lemaster So., 6-1, 210 Pugh-Leverette Zak Bird Morse 40 Fr., 5-10, 270 Fr., 6-6, 305 Sr., 6-2, 300 Sr., 6-2, 290
Washington Jr., 6-5, 245
60
7
64
62
13
27
Stubbs Jr., 6-2, 185
11
66
39
24
Rust Sr., 6-1, 230
Warner Sr., 5-7, 165
28
50
44
Williams Jr., 5-9, 165
40
Sterneman Sr., 6-3, 260
Walter So., 6-2, 210
Stroud Sr., 5-10, 200
78
51
Van Zee Sr., 6-2, 215
Gershner Sr., 6-0, 245
Sommerlot Sr., 5-9, 190
Greener Jr., 5-11, 200
5
3
Burkett Jr., 6-0, 185
Swore Fr., 6-2, 212
PROBABLE STARTERS WHEN NORTHWESTERN HAS THE BALL
Sutton Sr., 6-0, 195
18
21
Washington Fr., 5-11, 175
Rodriguez Jr., 6-3, 240
87
Cash Sr., 5-8, 175
12
Schoen Sr., 6-0, 180
Carlson Jr., 6-2, 190
Taylor Smith Morin Evans Palme Sr., 6-5, 350 So., 6-1, 290 Sr., 6-4, 265 Sr., 6-1, 305 So., 6-4, 270
71
52
77
Harrison Fr., 5-9, 210
64
Albrecht Fr., 5-10, 180
Couwenhoven Sr., 6-2, 195
6
90
Oyesanya Jr., 5-10, 240
Houston Sr., 5-11, 275
42
85
67
67
Ellis Jr., 6-3, 255
55
Weeden Jr. Sr., 5-9, 170
74
83
Scott Sr., 6-1, 250
16
2
3 Robertson Sr., 6-1, 190
8
Simon Jr., 6-2, 190
34
Harris So., 5-6, 175
2015 UMAC PRE-SEASON POLL / PREVIEW 1. 80 Points – College of St. Scholastica (8 First Place Votes)
2. 70 Points – University of Northwestern (1) 3. 69 Points – Greenville College (1) 4. 54 Points – Westminster College 5. 44 Points – Iowa Wesleyan College 6. 36 Points – Crown College 7. 35 Points – Eureka College 8. 27 Points – MacMurray College 9. 21 Points – University of Minnesota Morris 10. 14 Points – Martin Luther College
1. College of St. Scholastica Saints 2014 Overall Record: 10-1 2014 UMAC Record: 9-0 2014 UMAC Finish: 1st Starters Returning: 15 Starters Lost: 7
6. Crown College Storm 2014 Overall Record: 4-6 2014 UMAC Record: 4-5 2014 UMAC Finish: 6 Starters Returning: 16 Starters Lost: 6
2. University of Northwestern Eagles 2014 Overall Record: 8-2 2014 UMAC Record: 7-2 2014 UMAC Finish: T-2nd Starters Returning: 17 Starters Lost: 4
7. Eureka College Red Devils 2014 Overall Record: 2-8 2014 UMAC Record: 2-7 2014 UMAC Finish: 8th Starters Returning: 17 Starters Lost: 5
3. Greenville College Panthers 2014 Overall Record: 7-3 2014 UMAC Record: 7-2 2014 UMAC Finish: T-2nd Starters Returning: 14 Starters Lost: 9
8. MacMurray College Highlanders 2014 Overall Record: 3-7 2014 UMAC Record: 3-6 2014 UMAC Finish: 7th Starters Returning: 18 Starters Lost: 6
4. Westminster College Blue Jays 2014 Overall Record: 6-4 2014 UMAC Record: 6-3 2014 UMAC Finish: T-4th Starters Returning: 17 Starters Lost: 5
9. University of Minnesota Morris Cougars 2014 Overall Record: 0-10 2014 UMAC Record: 0-9 2014 UMAC Finish: 10th Starters Returning: 14 Starters Lost: 8
5. Iowa Wesleyan Tigers 2014 Overall Record: 6-4 2014 UMAC Record: 6-3 2014 UMAC Finish: T-4th Starters Returning: 9 Starters Lost: 12
10. Martin Luther College Knights 2014 Overall Record: 2-8 2014 UMAC Record: 1-8 2014 UMAC Finish: 9th Starters Returning: 15 Starters Lost: 8
UMAC STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING
RECEIVING
RUSHING
DEFENSE
KICKING
