2013 Ithaca Bombers Football Game Notes - Ithaca College Athletics

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Head Coach Mike Welch In his 20th season as Ithaca’s head coach, Mike Welch (Ithaca ’73) has posted a 150-61 (.710) record, including a regular-season mark of 138-52 (.725). He entered the season 15th all-time among Division III coaches in winning percentage. A running back who earned two letters while playing for coach Jim Butterfield, Welch succeeded his former coach after 10 years as an assistant at his alma mater. Ithaca Under Mike Welch Overall 150-61 At Home 80-24 In November 33-24 On Nov. 2 1-1 Against Frostburg 4-0 Ithaca Coaching Staff Greg Hadley, linebackers Ryan Heasley, offensive coordinator/offensive line Mark McDonough, defensive coordinator/linebackers Jack Mrozinski, defensive backs/special teams Tyler Noll, wide receivers Jim O’Neill, quarterbacks Alex Peffley, wide receivers/offensive line Joe Volpe, tight ends/fullbacks Junior Varsity Coach: Dan Elberty 2013 HONORS Tom Dempsey, QB E8 Offensive Player of the Week, 10/26 Skylar Griffenberg, S D3football Team of the Week, 10/12 Garrett Nicholson, K USA College Football Preseason All-America; Honorable Mention E8 Special Teams Player of the Week, 10/26 Josh Oliver, WR/RET E8 Special Teams Player of the Week, 9/28 D3football Team of the Week, 9/28 Jared Prugar, TE E8 Offensive Player of the Week, 9/21 D3football Team of the Week, 9/21 Max Rottenecker, K E8 Special Teams Player of the Week, 10/26 D3football Team of the Week, 10/26 Mike Vulcano, CB D3football Team of the Week, 9/28 TEAM TAKEAWAY: Ithaca ranks seventh nationally in turnovers gained this season, with 23 takeaways in seven games. Ithaca took five turnovers away from St. John Fisher last week, the second game this season that Ithaca has forced five opponent turnovers (Utica; Oct. 19). TOUGH DEFENSE: The Ithaca defense has been one of the topperforming defenses in the nation this year. Among 242 NCAA Division III football teams, Ithaca ranks 15th nationally in scoring defense by allowing just 13.0 points-per-game, and 15th in rushing defense allowing 88.7 yards per game. The Bombers are 14th in the country in turnovers gained (18) and 20th in the nation in pass interceptions (10). Through its first six games, Ithaca has held every opponent below its season scoring average. OPPONENTS BELOW AVERAGE: In each of Ithaca’s seven games this season, the Bombers have held their opponents below their season scoring average. Four of those opponents were more than 10 points below their season average, which includes all games played. Opponent Points vs. Ithaca Season Scoring Average Moravian 7 17.2 Union 3 20.2 Buffalo State 20 26.0 Hartwick 21 32.8 Alfred 6 26.6 Utica 21 25.5 St. John Fisher 22 35.5 NO-FLY ZONE: The Ithaca College secondary has intercepted at least one pass in 13 of its last 17 games, dating back to the start of the 2012 season, and has totaled 24 interceptions in that span. WINNING DEBUT: Quarterback Tom Dempsey made his first career start last week in Ithaca’s 17-6 win over Alfred. He is the 10th consecutive Bomber quarterback to lead Ithaca to a win in his first career start. Dempsey followed that up with three touchdown passes in last week’s win at Utica. Tom Dempsey Jr. beat Alfred 17-6 10/12/13 Jason Hendel Jr. beat Union (a) 37-18 9/17/11 Phil Neumann So. beat Brockport 19-14 9/3/11 Rob Zappia Sr. beat St. Lawrence 33-3 9/4/10 Brian Grastorf Jr. beat Cortland (a) 35-13 11/15/08 Dan Juvan So. beat Huntingdon 33-12 9/2/06 Jeff O’Hara Jr. beat Utica 52-14 10/23/04 Josh Felicetti Fr. beat St. John Fisher (a) 30-20 9/28/02 Ryan Steenberg So. beat Alfred (a) 33-11 9/14/02 Greg Sheeler Sr. beat Rensselaer (a) 27-10 11/24/01 NATIONAL HONOR: Skylar Griffenberg was named to the D3football. com National Team of the Week following Ithaca’s 17-6 win over Alfred on Oct. 12. Griffenberg was among the leaders on a strong defense that held Alfred to just six points, which was 26 points below its season scoring aveage. Griffenberg totaled eight tackles including two tackles for loss, and had two pass break-ups in the Bomber victory. He is the fourth Ithaca player to earn Team of the Week honors this season. The Team of the Week recognizes the best players or groups at each position from across NCAA Division III football. LINE PAVES THE WAY: The Ithaca offensive line had its best game of the season in a 17-6 win over Alfred on Oct. 12. The Bombers rushed for a season-high 214 yards and protected starting quarterback Tom Dempsey who completed 14-of-20 pass attempts. The offensive line allowed just two sacks and did not commit a penalty. MILESTONE FOR NEUMANN: Senior quarterback Phil Neumann surpassed 3,000 passing yards in his career in a win over Buffalo State on Sept. 28. Neumann ranks in the top-10 in three prominent passing categories in Ithaca football history. Neumann is sixth all-time in completions (296), eighth in passing yards (3,298) and eighth in touchdowns (23). He has eight career 200-yard passing games, which is tied for fifth in program history, including all three Bomber games this season. 60-PLUS PUNTER: Mike Lopez had punts of 63 and 61 yards in Ithaca’s win at Union on Sept. 21. He became the first punter in Ithaca history to have two punts of 60 or more yards in a single game. D3football.com Team Rec Pts. LW 1 Mount Union (16) 7-0 609 1 2 Linfield (6) 6-0 597 2 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor (3) 7-0 591 3 4 North Central (Ill.) 7-0 533 4 5 Bethel 7-0 519 5 6 UW-Whitewater 7-0 495 7 7 Hobart 6-0 473 6 8 UW-Platteville 7-0 435 8 9 Heidelberg 7-0 416 11 10 UW-Oshkosh 6-1 356 9 11 Franklin 5-2 340 12 12 Johns Hopkins 7-0 337 13 13 Illinois Wesleyan 7-0 295 20 14 Wabash 7-0 287 14 15 John Carroll 7-0 274 16 16 Pacific Lutheran 6-1 260 17 17 Wittenberg 6-1 254 18 18 St. Thomas 5-2 210 15 19 Wheaton (Ill.) 6-1 146 10 20 Wesley 6-2 131 19 21 Concordia-Moorhead 6-1 128 22 22 St. John’s 6-1 107 23 23 Salisbury 5-2 63 24 24 Illinois College 7-0 50 -- 25 Willamette 5-1 45 21 Others receiving votes: Millsaps 34; ITHACA 31; Wartburg 31; Maryville (Tenn.) 15; Lebanon Valley 15; Thomas More 13; Coe 9; Pacific 8; Trinity (Conn.) 5; Redlands 3; Framingham State 3; Texas Lutheran 3; Louisiana College 3; Wesleyan 1. AFCA Division III Poll Team Rec Pts. LW 1 Mount Union (40) 7-0 1,048 1 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor (2) 7-0 1,002 2 3 Linfield 6-0 968 3 4 North Central (Ill.) 7-0 912 4 5 Wisconsin-Whitewater 7-0 839 5 6 Hobart 6-0 803 6 7 Wisconsin-Platteville 7-0 801 7 8 Bethel (Minn.) 7-0 792 8 9 Heidelberg 7-0 695 10 10 Johns Hopkins 7-0 631 12 11 Wabash 7-0 555 13 12 Illinois Wesleyan 7-0 517 17 13 John Carroll 7-0 511 15 14 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 6-1 478 9 15 Wittenberg 6-1 476 14 16 Pacific Lutheran 6-1 444 16 17 Franklin 5-2 329 18 18 St. John’s (Minn.) 6-1 306 20 19 Concordia-Moorhead 6-1 264 22 20 Wheaton (Ill.) 6-1 258 11 21 St. Thomas (Minn.) 5-2 235 21 22 Wesley 6-2 214 23 23 Millsaps 7-0 164 24 24 Illinois College 7-0 98 NR 25 Texas Lutheran 6-0 72 NR Others receiving votes: Willamette 52; Wartburg 40; Pacific (Ore.) 30; Gallaudet 21; Lebanon Valley 21; Thomas More 19; Salisbury 18; Guilford 9; ITHACA 7; Rowan 6; Wesleyan (Conn.) 5; Redlands 4; Delaware Valley 3; Louisiana College 1; Maryville (Tenn.) 1; Widener 1. 2013 Empire 8 Football Preseason Coaches Poll Team Points 1. Salisbury (7) 49 2. St. John Fisher (1) 43 3. Alfred 35 t4. ITHACA 28 t4. Buffalo State 28 6. Utica 20 7. Frostburg State 14 8. Hartwick 7
Ithaca College Football Ithaca Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 01, 2013) All games Date Opponent Score Att. 09/07/13 MORAVIAN W 31-7 3389 09/21/13 at Union W 17-3 1324 * 09/28/13 at Buffalo State W 24-20 2128 * 10/05/13 at Hartwick L 9-21 1412 * 10/12/13 ALFRED W 17-6 3424 * 10/19/13 at Utica W 26-21 2859 * 10/26/13 #25 ST. JOHN FISHER W 25-22 3191 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Rakim Jones 6 119 498 29 469 3.9 5 31 78.2 Tommy Padula 4 52 208 3 205 3.9 0 25 51.2 Tene Samuto 4 29 104 7 97 3.3 0 12 24.2 Evan Skea 1 20 74 12 62 3.1 1 14 62.0 Shawal Abdur-Rahman 1 10 31 2 29 2.9 0 6 29.0 Josh Oliver 6 9 21 3 18 2.0 0 6 3.0 Jared Prugar 7 2 4 0 4 2.0 0 3 0.6 Robbie Williamson 7 2 1 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 Tom Dempsey 5 14 18 37 -19 -1.4 0 7 -3.8 TEAM 7 13 0 21 -21 -1.6 0 0 -3.0 Phil Neumann 4 11 1 56 -55 -5.0 0 1 -13.8 Total 7 281 960 171 789 2.8 6 31 112.7 Opponents 7 211 817 148 669 3.2 5 56 95.6 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Phil Neumann 4 127.27 55-97-4 56.7 753 4 63 188.2 Tom Dempsey 5 133.60 59-96-4 61.5 684 6 65 136.8 Total 7 130.42 114-193-8 59.1 1437 10 65 205.3 Opponents 7 103.95 144-268-12 53.7 1613 7 58 230.4 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Joel Lynch 7 29 334 11.5 2 43 47.7 Vito Boffoli 7 25 236 9.4 1 30 33.7 Jared Prugar 7 21 488 23.2 4 65 69.7 Steve DelMoro 7 11 117 10.6 0 20 16.7 Chris Bauer 6 10 94 9.4 0 17 15.7 Matt Pinzka 4 4 35 8.8 0 14 8.8 Brendan Wojtowicz 7 2 55 27.5 1 28 7.9 Robbie Williamson 7 2 22 11.0 1 19 3.1 Tommy Padula 4 2 17 8.5 0 9 4.2 Rakim Jones 6 2 6 3.0 0 3 1.0 Ben Cary 6 2 3 1.5 1 2 0.5 Josh Oliver 6 2 2 1.0 0 3 0.3 Evan Skea 1 1 22 22.0 0 22 22.0 Shawal Abdur-Rahman 1 1 6 6.0 0 6 6.0 Total 7 114 1437 12.6 10 65 205.3 Opponents 7 144 1613 11.2 7 58 230.4 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Garrett Nicholson 6-7 85.7 0-0 5-5 1-2 0-0 0-0 33 0 Max Rottenecker 5-7 71.4 0-0 0-0 2-2 3-5 0-0 41 0 PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Rakim Jones 5 - - - - - - - 30 Garrett Nicholson - 6-7 12-14 0-1 - - - - 30 Jared Prugar 4 - - - - - - - 24 Max Rottenecker - 5-7 - - - - - - 15 Joel Lynch 2 - - - - - - - 12 Brendan Wojtowicz 1 - - - - - - - 6 Robbie Williamson 1 - - - - - - - 6 Ben Cary 1 - - - - - - - 6 Josh Oliver 1 - - - - - - - 6 Evan Skea 1 - - - - - - - 6 Vito Boffoli 1 - - - - - - - 6 Mike Sheldon - - - - - - - 1 2 Tom Dempsey - - - - - 0-2 - - 0 Total 17 11-14 12-14 0-1 - 0-2 - 1 149 Opponents 14 1-4 11-13 - 1 1-1 - - 100 Record: Overall Home Away Neutral All games 6-1 3-0 3-1 0-0 Conference 4-1 2-0 2-1 0-0 Non-Conference 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 Team Statistics IC OPP FIRST DOWNS 112 122 Rushing 44 36 P a s s in g 60 80 Penalty 8 6 RUSHING YARDAGE 789 669 Rushing Attempts 281 211 Average Per Rush 2.8 3.2 Average Per Game 112.7 95.6 TDs Rushing 6 5 PASSING YARDAGE 1437 1613 Comp-Att-Int 114-193-8 144-268-12 Average Per Pass 7.4 6.0 Average Per Catch 12.6 11.2 Average Per Game 205.3 230.4 TDs Passing 10 7 TOTAL OFFENSE 2226 2282 Average Per Play 4.7 4.8 Average Per Game 318.0 326.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 21-532 26-510 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 17-274 13-60 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 12-46 8-66 FUMBLES-LOST 13-8 15-11 PENALTIES-Yards 35-308 34-256 PUNTS-AVG 36-36.0 39-34.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 34:38 25:22 3RD-DOWN Conversions 44/115 45/110 4TH-DOWN Conversions 5/9 3/14 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Mike Vulcano 4 29 7.2 0 29 Brian Garvey 3 0 0.0 0 0 Brian Hardenberg 1 1 1.0 0 1 Sam Carney 1 0 0.0 0 0 Tom Scanlon 1 8 8.0 0 8 Jake Santora 1 7 7.0 0 7 Will Carter 1 1 1.0 0 1 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Mike Lopez 36 1295 36.0 63 3 9 13 4 0 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Sam Carney 10 159 15.9 0 54 Josh Oliver 7 115 16.4 1 63 Total 17 274 16.1 1 63 Opponents 13 60 4.6 0 20 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Sam Carney 12 345 28.8 0 88 Josh Oliver 7 169 24.1 0 53 Vito Boffoli 1 18 18.0 0 18 Marc Recio 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 21 532 25.3 0 88 Opponents 26 510 19.6 0 43 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Ithaca 28 55 24 42 0 149 Opponents 7 31 28 34 0 100
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