The College of St. Scholastica
Athletics Communications Dept. Phone: 218-723-6643
Jesse Robinson, Director of Athletics Communications
Email: jrobinso@css.edu
Web: http://www.csssaints.com
CSS Football Game Notes
College of St. Scholastica Saints (2012: 8-3, 7-1 UMAC) at Whitworth University Pirates (2012: 7-3, 3-3 NWC) Saturday, September 7 - 1:30 p.m. (PT) The Pine Bowl - Spokane, Wash. Game Day Media
-Live Video: Saints Sports Net http://www.csssaints.com/ssn (Courtesy of Whitworth)
-Live Stats: http://www.whitworth.edu/Athletics/ Teams/football/statistics/livestats/xlive. htm
Location: ..............................Spokane, Wash. 2012 Conference Finish: ..........................4th Enrollment: ..............................................2,300 Interim Athletic Director: ......Melinda Larson School President: .................Beck A. Taylor No. of Varsity Sports: ................................18 Last Conference Title: ..........................2007 Last NCAA Playoff Appearance: ......2006 Athletics Web site... whitworthpirates.com • Whitworth defeated the Saints to open last season by a score of 28-13 at PSS. • The Pirates led 14-0 at the half and scored the first 28 points of the game. • Ronnie Thomas rushed for 161 yards and three TDs. • The Pirates out-rushed the Saints 22393.
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Opponent
at Whitworth (Wash.) Iowa Wesleyan at Crown Westminster (Mo.) MacMurray (Ill.) at Northwestern Martin Luther at Eureka (Ill.) Minnesota Morris at Greenville (Ill.)
2012 Stats Pts./G Tot. Offense/G Rushing/G Passing/G Pts. Allowed/G Tot. Defense/G Rushing Def./G Passing Def./G Turnover Margin
Whitworth 32.4 378.8 159.5 219.3 27.2 421.6 160.8 260.8 +8
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CSS 26.6 346.9 188.4 158.5 16.4 289.5 117.8 171.7 +4
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Last Meeting (0-1)
• This will be the first game in program history not in the central time zone. • The Saints are 2-3 in season openers. • The Saints are coming off of their second consecutive NCAA playoff appearance, after receiving last year’s UMAC AQ bid by winning the conference tiebreaker when the team’s name was selected out of the hat by the UMAC commissioner. • CSS returns 13 starters from last year’s squad. • Quarterback Tyler Harper returns as does All-UMAC WR Cory Gebhard and senior RB Jake Jensen. • On the defensive side of the ball the Saints lost three starters on the defensive line due to graduation, but do return All-UMAC defensive end Blake Cedarleaf. • The back seven of the Saints defense also remain in tact from a season ago. • Junior kicker Mike Theismann returns after going 12-for-13 on FG attempts and 35-for37 on XP attempts. Theismann was named a preseason All-American by BSN.
Whitworth (@gobucs)
• Whitworth is coming off of 7-3 year, including a 5-0 record to start the year. Four of the first five wins were against non-conference opponents. • Whitworth has more experience and depth heading into a season opener than it has had in several seasons. • The Pirates return 18 starters from last year’s team, including QB Bryan Peterson who had 1,762 yards passing to go along with 16 touchdowns in the 2012 season. • WR Devin Lind is the only returning starter at the WR position. The offensive line will have four starters returning. • On defense Casey Monahan returns for his fourth season in the secondary, a secondary plagued by injuries last year. • The Pirates outscored opponents 80-48 in the opening quarter and 100-70 in the fourth quarter during the 2012 season.
Time/Result
1:30 p.m. (PT) 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. Noon
Site
Teasers/Notables
Spokane, Wash. CSS Volleyball team will also be in Spokane this weekend. UMD Former DC Tom Parkevich returns as HC of Tigers. St. Bonifacius, Minn. Second-ever game at the new KleinBank Stadium. UMD (Homecoming) CSS def. the Blue Jays in the 2011 Homecoming game 29-12. PSS First game on the new turf at PSS. St. Paul, Minn. NWC handed CSS its only UMAC loss in the last 2 years in 2012. PSS Saints needed a pair of late scores to def. the Knights last season. Eureka, Ill. Record-setting QB Sam Durley returns for the Red Devils. Ordean CSS needed a defensive stand to defeat the Cougars in 2012. Greenville, Ill. Was part of the 3-way tie for the league title last season.