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2008 Season Preview
2008 Washburn FOOTBALL SCHEDULE NOTES
Day, Date Opponent time/Result Series Notes
Thurs., Aug. 28 Colorado Mines 7 p.m. WU leads 11-4 WU has won three straight over Orediggers
Thurs., Sept. 4 at Missouri State 7 p.m. MSU leads 4-2-1 Have not met since 1992 season
Sat., Sept. 13 *at Fort Hays State 7 p.m. WU leads 37-22-3 WU has three straight wins over Tigers
Sat., Sept. 20 *at Central Missouri 1:30 p.m. UCM leads 20-17-2 WU looking for second straight win in Warrensburg
Sat., Sept. 27 *Missouri Western 1 p.m. MWSU leads 19-15-2 WU has won the last three of four meetings
Sat., Oct. 4 *at Missouri Southern 2 p.m. MSSU leads 20-17-1 WU looking for sixth straight win over Lions
Sat., Oct. 11 *Emporia State 1 p.m. ESU leads 51-47-6 WU has won five of the last six games played
Sat., Oct. 18 *at Truman State 2 p.m. TSU leads 18-7 WU scored 71 points in win in 2007
Sat., Oct. 25 *Northwest Missouri 1 p.m. NWMSU leads 22-6 Last four games average margin is 4.5 points
Sat., Nov. 1 *at Pittsburg State 2 p.m. PSU leads 59-20-1 WU has won two of the last three games played
Sat., Nov. 8 *Nebraska-Omaha 1 p.m. UNO leads 13-14-1 First meeting since 9/29/73 in Topeka
MIAA Standings, NCAA Playoff appearances since 2002 when Craig Schurig arrived at Washburn
MIaa overall NCAA Playoffs MIAA Titles($) Mineral Water Bowl Bids
School Record Record (last appearance) (last title) (last appearance - record)
NWMSU 48-5 (.906) 68-13 (.840) 5 (2007) 4 (2007)
PSU 41-12 (.773) 59-16 (.787) 3 (2005) 2 (2004) 1 (2006) — 1-0
UCM 34-19 (.642) 45-21 (.682) 1 (2002) 1 (2003)
MWSU 34-19 (.642) 47-23 (.671) 1 (2006) 1 (2003) 3 (2007) — 3-0
WU 32-21 (.604) 40-29 (.580) 2 (2007) 1 (2005) 1 (2005) — 1-0
ESU 23-30 (.434) 33-34 (.492) 1 (2003) 1 (2003) 1 (2002) — 1-0
TSU 20-33 (.377) 26-40 (.394)
MSSU 17-36 (.321) 25-40 (.384)
#FHSU 3-15 (.167) 5-17 (.227)
SBU 7-46 (.132) 12-54 (.181)
##UMR 2-25 (.080) 3-30 (.091)
#Joined MIAA before 2005 season
##Left MIAA after 2004 season
$Shared titles included
WASHBURN UNIVERSITY
Returning Offensive Starters
7 Drameagon Powers WR 6-3 210 Jr.
8 Brad Cole WR 6-3 205 Jr.
18 Brandon Walker RB 6-1 215 Sr.
46 Brad Haug# FB 5-10 224 Jr.
57 Grant Hajek OL 6-2 275 Jr.
77 Ben Bianchino## OL 6-5 270 Jr.
62 Andy Kavanaugh OL 6-3 294 Sr.
87 Cameron Knox TE 6-2 255 So.
#missed entire 2007 season with knee injury
##started 11 games on defensive line in 2007
Returning Defensive Starters
15 Xavier Becford DB 5-11 185 Sr.
16 Michael Wilhoite LB 6-2 215 Jr.
17 Bruce Ringwood LB 6-0 227 Sr.
37 Michael Krajicek LB 6-0 220 Jr.
43 Zach Watkins LB 6-0 230 Jr.
90 Eric Lawrence DE 6-2 255 Sr.
80 Mitch Birt DE 6-2 255 Sr.
96 Brandon Jackson DT 6-2 295 Jr.
Special Returning Starters
47 Andrew Knight PK/P 5-8 160 So.
Top Three Returning Statistical Leaders
Rushing GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
Walker,Brandon 12 157 832 72 760 4.8 10 70 63.3
Lowe,Terrence 12 65 436 7 429 6.6 1 73 35.8
Cole,Brad 12 1 18 0 18 18.0 0 18 1.5
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
Iverson,Jake 4 55.73 2-6-0 33.3 16 0 9 4.0
Walker,Brandon 12 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
Walker,Brandon 12 23 394 17.1 3 58 32.8
Powers,Drameagon 11 16 259 16.2 5 44 23.5
Cole,Brad 12 11 190 17.3 1 45 15.8
Top Three Returning Defensive Statistical Leaders
GP-GS UT AT TT TFL Sacks Int-Yds PD QBH FR-Yds FF BLK Saf
Watkins,Zach 12-12 64 79 143 6.5-19 1.5-12 2-29 4 . 3-0 2 . .
Ringwood,Bruce 12-10 52 33 85 9.5-31 3.0-21 1--1 6 . 2-0 1 . .
Wilhoite,Michael 12-12 33 25 58 2.0-4 . 3-40 3 . 2-0 1 . .
Squad Notes
Final National Rankings:
Lettermen Returning:
Lettermen Lost:
Position Starters Returning:
Position Starters Lost:
21st D2football.com/24th in AFCA
43 (14 Off / 26 Def / 3 Spec.)
22 (12 Off / 7 Def / 3 Spec.)
12 (6 Off / 6 Def / 1 Spec.)
12 (5 Off / 5 Def / 1 Spec.)
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