Contents and Quick Facts Athletics Information
In this Issue About Today’s Game........................2 President Maravene Loeschke..........5 Head Coach Dan Davis....................6 Assistant Coaches.........................7-9 Athletic Training.............................11 Athletic Administration..................12 Mansfield Roster.............................15 Meet the Mounties....................18-21 Cornell Quick Facts & Roster........24 MU Football History.................27-29 Spirit & Pride Marching Band.......31 Frank Butsko Award.......................33 Athletic Schedules....................34-35
Quick Facts
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Location...............................Mansfield, PA Founded...............................................1857 Enrollment.........................................3,500 President.............Dr. Maravene Loeschke
Conference.....Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) Nickname............................Mountaineers Colors.................................Red and Black Director of Athletics.......Roger Maisner Associate A.D.......................Kris Decker
Coaching Staff
Head Coach..............................Dan Davis Alma Mater..............................Olivet (MI) Asst. Head Coach.........Graham Johnsen Offensive Coordinator........Brian Moore Running Backs................Paul Markowski Offensive Line........................Shane Ziats Linebackers..........................Mike Pearson Defensive Secondary.........Mott Gaymon Defensive Line..........Matthew Amudson
Sports Information
Director..........................Steve McCloskey Office Phone.......................570-662-4845 Office Fax............................570-662-4996 Email...............smcclosk@mansfield.edu Sports Info Asst............Ryan McNamara Office Phone.......................570-662-4848 Email........musportsinfo@mansfield.edu Web......................www.GoMounties.com
Sports Info Student-Assistants Chris Boswell Adam Murtland John Finkeldey Colleen Dempsey Justen Johnson
Support Staff
Team Physician..................Dr. Don Shaw Othopedic Consultants.....Dr. Craig Stabler and Dr. Patrick Carey Athletic Trainer...........Lauri Zaparzynski Asst. Athletic Trainer............Brian Oakes Atletics Secretary.........Donna Milicevich
2011 Schedule 9/17 9/24 9/30 10/8 10/14 10/29 11/4
CORNELL.........................1 PM PRINCETON....................1 PM @ Army...............................7 PM NAVY (HC)........................1 PM @ Penn................................7 PM POST....................................1 PM @ Cornell............................7 PM
Program Credits
The 2011 game day program is a publication of the Mansfield Sports Information Department.
Editor: Steve McCloskey Cover & Layout: Ryan McNamara Game Photography: Adam Murtland and Greg Orr Still Photography: Bruce Dart Printing Services: Charlie Earle and Mike Shief GoMounties.com
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About Today’s Game
11th Annual Josh Palmer Pigskin Classic The Mansfield University football program will open its 117th season when the Mountaineers host Cornell University in the 11th annual Josh Palmer Pigskin Classic at Karl Van Norman Field. Kickoff in the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) opener for both teams is set for 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN Radio Williamsport with streaming audio available at www. GoMounties.com. Fans can buy tickets in the Palmer Pigskin Classic raffle featuring more than 40 items including ticket packages to games at Syracuse, Army and Penn State as well as MLB, NFL, Olympic and collegiate memorabilia at the front gate for $2 per ticket of three for $5. A limited supply of collectable Palmer Pigskin Classic t-shirts will also be available. The purchase of a Palmer Pigskin Classic t-shirt also includes free admission into the game. Today’s game marks the fourth season Mansfield has fielded a sprint football team and the third season the Mountaineers have been a full member of the CSFL along with Army, Cornell, Navy, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton and Post University. Mansfield, which finished 2-5 last season, has yet to beat Cornell in six tries. Last season the Mountaineers opened the season with a 2315 setback to the Big Red. Cornell finished with a 5-2 mark in 2010. Dan Davis enters his fourth year at the helm after establishing the Mountaineer sprint football program in 2008. Terry Culland is in his 46th season at Cornell while co-head coach Bart Guccia has a 14-7 mark over the past three seasons. Despite returning just six offensive starters from last season’s opening game, Davis expects the offense to be able to put more points on the board than the 8.7 points per game the Mountaineers averaged last season. Four of the returning starters are on the offensive line, although not necessarily in the same position as last year. Senior Jordan Clark will be a three-year starter on the o-line moving from left tackle to center this year. Junior Tony Rubino returns to his starting spot at right guard while sophomore Blaine Wainwright is back at right tackle after earning All-CSFL honors as a freshman last year. The left side of the line will feature a new look with sophomore Josh Stone moving into a starting spot on opening day after playing backup last season prior to a season-ending injury. Junior Matt Maciejewski moves over to left tackle after playing on the defensive line his first two seasons. Juniors Nick Rutherford, who started five games last season, and Jake Burdick are experienced veterans with sophomore Bobby O’Connor and freshman Patrick Lloyd providing depth. While the Mountaineers have depth and experience on the front line, the skill positions are for the most part will be filled with new faces. None of those positions are more critical than quarterback were a trio of untested, but talented signal callers battled for the starting spot in preseason camp. Saturday’s starting spot will go to either newcomers Michael Doyle or Mike Maniscalco with Brannon Ammon providing backup when not playing receiver. Doyle, an All-State player in high school, and Maniscalco both possess strong arms and both demonstrated they could run the offensive effectively during preseason camp. They will have a bevy of receivers to throw to led by senior Kevin Valentine, who ranked third on the team in reception last season with 14 catches for 168 yards including two touchdowns.
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About Today’s Game Returning at wide out is sophomore Pat Mackewicz . A starter in the opener last season, Mackiewicz missed the remainder of the season with an injury. Also expected to earning starting spots are senior Josh Schrum and freshman Sean Green. Schrum was a starter in the secondary for the Mountaineers in 2009 while Green is a big target (6-2) who was a two-way starter in high school. A skilled group of newcomers are expected to see plenty of action in the receiving corps in Jason Easter and Evan McCall along with freshmen Chao Porch and Roland Miller. Paul Houseknecht
Freshmen Josh Harrison and Dylan Flynn are expected to take most of the handoffs. Harrison is a bruising runner who rushed for more than 2600 yards in his last two seasons in high school while Flynn scored 70 points as a high school senior. Sophomore Jason Winters is the most experienced back rushing 35 times last season while freshmen Matthew Berry and Phillip Ryan will provide depth. No matter how improved the offense may be, the strength of the team will continue to lie in a defensive unit that returns seven starters from last season.
Cody Croasdale
Jordan Clark
Nowhere are the Mountaineers stronger than the defensive line which features three senior starters -- all of whom earned All-CSFL honors last season. Cody Croasdale is a two-time All-CSFL selection who recorded 31 tackles in 2010 including a team-best eight for a loss. Justin DiMatteo is a three-year starter who was fifth on the team with 32 stops last season while Paul Houseknecht is a two-year starter who recorded a remarkable 26 tackles in the first three games last year before suffering a season-ending injury. They will be joined up front by senior Glen Jenkins who is making the switch to football after serving as a Golden Glove catcher on the Mountaineer baseball team over the past two seasons. Providing depth are freshmen Tim Carr and Brendan McDermott along with junior Ekoue Abalo.
Tim Dooley
Mansfield returns three experienced veterans at linebacker in senior Eli Morgan, junior Michael Wang, and sophomore Jake Myers. The trio combined for 20 starts and 73 tackles a year ago. Morgan will be a three-year starter at linebacker where he ranked fourth on the team last season with 33 tackles and also picked off two passes. Wang, who played the secondary for much of his first two seasons, had 21 tackles in 2010 while Myers led the team in tackles for a loss (8) and sacks (3-18).
Doug Famularo
Junior Brandon Crouse will start in the Mountie spot with Jonathan Keller and freshmen Travis Taylor, Tom Hanlon and Jared Green providing backup. Also seeing action at linebacker are Eudene Parson, Douglas Bauer and Jared Shipos. The secondary contains two returning starters in senior cornerback Cedric Ingram and junior free safety Troy Taylor. Both had 19 tackles last season with Taylor picking off a team-best three passes. Sophomore Travis Thomas will start at the other corner with freshman Kenny Burks also seeing action along with sophomore John Havens junior Robin Hood and senior Joshua Pollitt. Bryan Brown, Jensen Youngblood, Nicholas Lose, Kyle Sadler and Jonathan Keller
Spenser Gruenenfelder
The kicking chores will handled by freshman Sixto Huincho or senior Mike Dennis with Sean Green expected to punt. Cornell finished third in the CSFL last season with a 3-2 league mark behind co-champions Army and Pennsylvania. The Big Red returns 30 letter winners including 13 starters for a year ago led by seniors Tim Dooley, Doug Famularo along with junior Spenser Gruenenfelder. Dooley was a 2nd Team All-CSFL selection last year after recoding 48 tackles at linebacker. Famularo was a 1st Team All-CSFL selection in 2010 after rushing for 631 yards while Gruenenfelder was also a 1st Team All-CSFL selection after catching a team-best 35 passes last season. Sophomore quarterback Brendan Miller passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns while being intercepted just once in a backup roll last season. Mansfield will host Princeton next Saturday before traveling to Army on Sept. 30. GoMounties.com
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President Maravene S. Loeschke
Maravene S. Loeschke was
Loeschke has received numerous
named the 26th president of Mansfield
awards throughout her career, including
University on May 11, 2006. She took
the Towson University Alumni Service
office on July 1 of that year.
Award and the U.S. Postal Service
Before coming to Mansfield,
Martin Luther King Service Award for
Loeschke served as provost of Wilkes
her commitment to diversity at Wilkes
University for four years. As the
University. She is a member of the
university’s chief academic officer,
American Association of University
was responsible for strengthening the
Professors, Council of Colleges of
curriculum, developing new programs
Arts and Sciences, Theatre in Higher
and starting a Language Institute. She
Education and the Emily Dickinson
also created a diversity action plan for the
International Society.
University and participated in the University’s strategic plan revision and implementation. Prior to her time at Wilkes, Loeschke served as Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication of Towson University, culminating a more than 30-
She has published numerous books, articles and papers, as well as three plays. She has acted professionally on both stage and television and directed a number of plays. Loeschke earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
year career at the institution in northern Maryland. She
Theatre and English and a master’s degree in education
began her academic career as an instructor in the Theatre
from Towson. She received her Ph.D. from The Union
Department at Towson in 1970.
Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Head Coach Dan Davis Dan Davis was selected from a large field of applicants to start the Mansfield University sprint football program in the spring of 2008 and given the seemly impossible task of developing a competitive football team over just a six month span. Davis more than answered that challenge by organizing a program that fielded more than 50 players from 11 different states. It was a remarkable achievement. Davis’s first team posted a 1-3 mark playing an abbreviated schedule but was so impressive in that first season, including a 20-3 over Princeton and thrilling 38-28 loss to Cornell in the final two games of the season, that the CSFL voted to accelerate its time table and award Mansfield full-time status for the 2009 season. The 2009 team posted a 2-5 mark in the programs first full-season of CSFL competition and played Army in the Allegiance Bowl in Saratoga Springs, NY. Seven players on that first full season team earned All-CSFL honors with another being named the CSFL Offensive Player of the Week. In 2010, Davis led Mansfield to wins over Princeton and newcomer Post University in the Mountaineers second season as a full-time member of the CSFL. Dan Davis brings over 20 years of collegiate football coaching experience to the table. Since beginning the sprint football program, Davis and his teams have created a buzz throughout the Mansfield campus as well as the surrounding communities. MU sprint football has been featured in USA Today, NCAA Champion Magazine, and many other newspapers and publications. “When we decided that sprint football fit the mission of Mansfield University it was also decided that the qualities we were looking for in a head coach should also fit that mission,” said Mansfield University President Dr. Maravene Loeschke about Davis. “With his many years of collegiate football experience, Dan Davis knows football, “Loeschke added. “But by all accounts, Coach Davis’s greatest strength lies in a history of enhancing the quality of the student-athlete experience for his players. We are very pleased to have sprint football and Coach Davis at Mansfield.” Davis left his position as the defensive coordinator at NCAA Division III MacMurray College (IL) to take the head coaching position at Mansfield. It marks Davis’ second stint as a collegiate head coach. He previously served as the head coach at McPherson College (KS) from 2000-2002. During his career he has served as offensive coordinator (Langston University (OK), Vermilion Community College (MN), defensive coordinator (SUNY-Canton (NY), Huron University (SD), Mount Allison University (NB), MacMurray College) and also as offensive line coach. Davis graduated with a BA in history from Olivet College (MI) in 1990 and received his MA in education in sports and recreation management from Chadron State College (NE) in 1993. Davis was a member of the Olivet College football program from 1986-88 earning a starting spot at offensive tackle.
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Assistant Coaches Graham Johnsen Passing Game Coordinator, Quarterbacks and Recivers
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Graham Johnsen is making his second trip to Mansfield as an assistant coach. J ohnsen, who served as the wide receivers coach at Mansfield in helping the Mountaineers to an 8-3 mark in 2003 under then head coach Chris Woods, has extensive experience with NCAA Division I, II, and III programs. Johnsen was a punter for the University of Southern Mississippi before graduating in 1998 and went on to serve as a graduate-assistant coach at the University of Tennessee. Johnson was an assistant coach and passing game coordinator at Saint Francis University after leaving Mansfield where he also served as head JV coach. He also has had stints at Mississippi Gulf Coast, Fairfield University, Nicholls State, and Wittenberg University. Johnson will serve as passing game and special teams coordinator as well as work with the wide receivers and quarterbacks at Mansfield.
Brian Moore Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach Coach Moore comes from Elmira Southside High School, where he has been head coach and offensive coordinator for the past five seasons. He lead Southside to back to back playoff appearances during his time there. He p reviously served as an assistant coach at Worthington Kilbourne High School, a perennial power program in the state of Ohio. He has 15 years of coaching e xperience at the high school levels in both New York and Ohio, including time as both an offensive and d efensive coordinator. Brian is a Social Studies Teacher at Southside. He received his Master’s degree at The University of Dayton and his Bachelor’s at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.
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Assistant Coaches Paul Markowski Running Backs Coach and Video Coordinator Coach Markowski comes to Mansfield from Simon Fraser University, a NCAA Division II institution in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. He also served as an assistant coach with the Charles County Lions, a semi-professional team in Waldorf, Maryland. Before coaching, Markowski spent 15 years working in Corrections, Youth Service, and the United States Forest Service. Paul is a published author with several of his coaching articles appearing in American Football Monthly, Gridiron Strategies magazine, the Extra Point(publication of the American Football Coaches Association), and Coach and Athletic Director magazines. Markowski is a graduate of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario and his currently pursuing his Master’s degree from Lakehead as well.
Mike Pearson Linebackers Coach Coach Pearson comes to Mansfield with 20 years of coaching experience, the last three as head coach at South Williamsport High School. He served as the head coach for North Team at the District IV all-star game in both 2009 and 2011. Prior to South Williamsport, Mike was an assistant coach under legendary coach Frank Girardi at Lycoming college for seven years, coaching the receivers and tight ends during his tenure there. He also spent time as a high school coach in California, including time as head coach at Yucca Valley High School and Defensive Coordinator at 29 Palms High School. All in all, his teams qualified for the playoffs 3 out of his 4 years in the state. Coach Pearson received his Master’s degree from California University (PA) and his Bachelor’s from Lycoming, where he was a member of the 1990 team that played for the Division III national championship.
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Shane Ziats Offensive Line Coach Coach Ziats comes to Mansfield from The University of Charleston in West Virginia, where he worked beside legendary coach Tony DeMeo as well as former Mansfield Division II assistant Ralph Isernia. Shane served as Tight Ends and Assistant Offensive Line Coach at Charleston, helping the team to a record of 15-7 the past two years. Previously, Shane worked at West Greene High School and Bethlehem Center High Schools in Pennsylvania as the Offensive Line Coach. Ziats played football at California University (PA), starting as a walk-on and eventually earning a scholarship. He was an academic all-american at Cal and a 3 year lettermen during his time there. Ziats received both his Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from Cal.
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Mott Gaymon Defensive Secondary Coach Coach Gaymon comes to Mansfield after playing and serving as a defensive coordinator in Europe for the past three years. For the past two seasons, Gaymon has played for and served as the defensive Coordinator for the Wroclaw Devils in Poland. Wroclaw won the Polish National Championship with a perfect 10-0 record in 2010 and posted a 9-1 record this season. In 2009-10, he played for and served as the defensive coordinator for Caimans Le Mans in France while also serving as the head coach and defensive coordinator for the Caimans Le Mans Junior Football team posting an 11-1 overall record. Gaymon also played for the Baltimore Mariners of the American Indoor Football Association as a cornerback during the 2008 season. He was a four-year letterwinner at West Virginia Wesleyan College as strong safety serving as team captain in 2006 and earning All-WVIAC honorable mention honors. He was also the awarded the Earle “Greasy” Neale Award at WVWC as the most inspirational player. Gaymon will oversee the secondary for the Mountaineers this season.
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Athletic Training Brian Oakes Assistant Athletic Trainer Brian Oakes is entering his thirteenth year as the Assistant Athletic Trainer at Mansfield. Oakes is a native of the area, growing up in Covington and graduating from North Penn High School in Blossburg. Oakes left the region to attend college at Lock Haven University where he received his Bachelors Degree in Health Sciences in 1994. Wasting no time, he accepted the Assistant Trainer position at Lycoming College and became their first Assistant Athletic Trainer. Oakes held that position for three years before accepting a position at Mansfield in 1997. He continued his education while working full time as the Assistant Athletic Trainer, graduating with his Masters Degree in Education from Mansfield in 2001. An active member of the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association, Oakes works as an outreach Athletic Trainer for Susquehanna Health Systems in the Southern Tioga School District, a position he has held since coming to Mansfield in 1997. He resides in Mansfield with his wife Carolyn and their sons Riley and Collin.
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Athletic Administration Roger Maisner Director of Athletics
Kris Decker Associate Director of Athletics
A member of the MU faculty since 1976, Maisner was promoted to associate professor of health and physical education in 1994. He has served the university as director of athletics since 1985.
Kris Decker enters her ninth year at Mansfield University, her fifth as associate director of athletics. She also serves as senior woman administrator, and compliance coordinator.
Following his 1973 graduation from Eastern Michigan University with a BS in health and physical science, Maisner served as an assistant principal and head basketball coach at Tekonsha High School. In 1975 Maisner was a graduate assistant coach at Michigan State University before being awarded his master’s in health and physical education in 1976. At MU, Maisner has been an assistant and head men’s basketball coach, as well as the head coach in baseball and golf. In 1984 he was named the PSAC Baseball Coach of the Year. A member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, Maisner served on the organization’s executive committee.Maisner is also an associate professor in the Robert Packer Department of Health Science and Physical Activity, and is the dean of PSAC Athletics Directors.
Deb Rotella Athletic Mentor Part of Mansfield University’s commitment to the student-athlete is to provide them support to be successful both on the field and in the classroom. The Athletic Mentoring Program helps studentathletes improve their academic performance and maintain their academic eligibility for participation in intercollegiate athletics. To ensure that every student-athlete at Mansfield has the opportunity to succeed, MU appointed Deb Rotella to the position of athletic mentor. A native of Wintersville, Ohio, Rotella earned a BS in dietetics from the University of Kentucky in 1990. In 1997 she received her MS from Finch University of Health Sciences Chicago Medical School in clinical nutrition and dietetics. Rotella is in her eighth year as a member of the faculty at Mansfield, where she replaced former Mountaineer head football coach Tom Elsasser as the athletic mentor after he was promoted to director of the Academic Advising Center. Rotella and her husband, Sam, reside in Mansfield with their son, Sam III.
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her alma mater in 1998.
A 1995 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Superior with a BS in physical education, Decker earned her MS in education from
While an undergrad at Wisconsin-Superior, Decker was named to the WIAC All-Conference Softball team as a pitcher in 1993 and won the Outstanding Senior Award in 1995. After graduating from Blackduck High School in 1989, Decker attended Itasca Community College where she played varsity basketball, softball, and volleyball while earning her AA. Decker was the assistant softball coach at WisconsinSuperior from 1993-96 when she assumed the head coaching position. In 1999 she was named the Senior Woman Administrator. An assistant professor in the Robert Packer Department of Health Science and Physical Activity, Decker and her husband Dave live in Liberty.
Dr. Robert Maris Faculty Athletic RepresenA member of the faculty at Mansfield University since 1988, Dr. Maris is currently serving his ninth year as Faculty Athletic Representative. Dr. Maris received a BS in Zoology from Texas A&M University in 1975 and an MS in marine biology from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1980. He was awarded his Ph.D. in oceanography from Old Dominion University in 1986. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Maris has conducted studies on biorediation, crustacean larval/ postlarval distribution in marine ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay and Blue Crab population structure. Dr. Maris and his wife Yvonne also serve as advisors for the MU cheerleaders.
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#9 Ekoue Abalo
#23 Brandon Ammon
#45 Douglas Bauer
#15 Brandon Bedient
#41 Matthew Berry
JR - FS - 5-9
SO - QB - 5-7
SO - DE - 5-6
FR - WR - 6-4
FR - RB - 5-5
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#17 Bryan Brown
#72 Tyler Brown
#51 Jake Burdick
#30 Kenny Burks
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FR - DB - 5-11
FR - MLB - 5-11
JR - OLB - 6-0
FR - CB - 6-2
#99 Tim Carr
#50 Jordan Clark
#18 Brandon Couse
#62 Cody Croasdale
#42 Mike Dennis
FR - RB - 5-5
JR - T - 5-10
JR - DB - 5-10
SR - DE - 5-11
SR - K - 5-10
#44 Justin DiMatteo
#40 Trace Dickinson
#44 Michael Doyle
#6 Jason Easter
#37 Steven Eustis
SR - DL - 5-9
SO - FS - 5-10
SO - QB - 5-10
SO - WR - 6-1
FR - LS - 5-8
#38 Dylan Flynn
#33 Jared Green
#86 Sean Green
# 29 Charles Gruver
#27 Tom Hanlon
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FR - 5-11
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FR - WR - 6-0
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#95 Paul Houseknecht
#35 Sixto Huincho
FR - RB - 5-4
SO - CB - 5-8
JR - CB - 5-7
SR - DE - 5-11
FR - K - 5-10
#52 Glen Jenkins
#4 Cedric Ingram Jr.
#39 Jonathan Keller
#57 Patrick Lloyd
#48 Nicholas Lose
SR - DL - 5-9
SR - CB - 5-7
SO - OLB - 5-9
FR - C - 5-6
FR - CB - 5-11
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#19 Pat Mackewicz
#10 Mike Maniscalco
# 32 Evan McCall
# 75 Brendan McDermott
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SO - WR - 5-10
FR - QB - 5-8
SO - WR - 6-3
FR - DL
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#5 Elijah Morgan
#54 Jake Myers
#64 Bobby O’Connor
# 80 Chinonso Okeke
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SR - OLB - 5-10
SO - OLB - 6-0
SO - C - 5-7
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#11 Raynan Pierre
#31 Joshua Pollitt
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Cornell Quick Facts
Cornell University Location: Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 Founded: 1865 Enrollment (undergraduate): 13,700 President: David J. Skorton Athletic Director: J. Andrew Noel Jr. Colors: Carnelian Red and White Conference: Collegiate Sprint Football League Home Field: Schoellkopf Field (25,597)
Coaching Staff Co-Head Coach: Terry Cullen (Hobart ’64) Record at Cornell: 161-127-7 (45 seasons) Career Record: Same Co-Head Coach: Bart Guccia (Hobart ’71) Record at Cornell: 14-7 (three seasons) Career Record: Same Office Phone: (607) 255-3610 Assistant Coaches: Willie Evans (SUNY Farmingdale ‘81) - Receivers Coach Tom Moffitt (Hobart ‘74) - Offensive Line Coach Fred Rothman (Oswego ‘76) - Defensive Backs Coach Bill Walker (Murray State ‘66) - Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Backs Coach Craig Simonds - Defensive Line Coach Mark Kreidt - Quarterback Coach Athletic Trainer: Ed Kelly Strength & Conditioning Coach: Jay Andress
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Director: Jeremy Hartigan Office Phone: (607) 255-9788 Associate Director: Julie Greco Phone: (607) 255-4688 Cell Phone: (315) 559-3422 E-Mail: jag235@cornell.edu Assistant Director (sprint football contact): Evan Drexler Phone: (607) 254-5232 E-Mail: esd52@cornell.edu Accounts Rep./Admin. Asst.: Marlene Crockford Phone: (607) 255-3752 Athletic Comm. Phone: (607) 255-3752 Office Fax: (607) 255-9791 Press Row: (607) 255-3532 Website: www.CornellBigRed.com Mailing & Overnight Address: Athletic Communications Office Teagle Hall, Campus Road, Ithaca, NY 14853-6501
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Burglund Wins Heaslip Award Matt Burglund of the Indiana Gazette has been chosen as the winner of the 2011 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference George Heaslip Media Award. Burglund, who serves as a writer and columnist, has been employed at the Indiana Gazette since 1998. He has performed the role of beat writer for Indiana (Pa.) University's nationally competitive football program since 2000. During that time Burglund has missed only four contests and has followed the Crimson Hawks in six additional states outside of Pennsylvania. His thorough coverage includes a minimum of four stories per week -- two following each game, a full-page Friday preview and a mid-week story on Wednesdays.
Burglund becomes the 23rd winner of the award which is chosen annually by the league's sports information directors. Named in honor of the late Cheyney University Sports Information Director George Heaslip, the award recognizes a media professional for his or her meritorious service while covering the conference's student-athletes, coaches and teams.
In addition to his IUP coverage, Burglund has written numerous features on local athletes at other PSAC institutions and has been employed as a stringer to assist other newspapers in various PSAC coverage areas. Well-respected throughout the football community, Burglund is a voting member for the Lambert/Meadowlands Trophy, presented annually to the top program in the East. Furthermore, he has served as a voting member for the top 25 poll and currently serves as a PSAC columnist for the D2Football.com Web site.
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Mansfield University Football History 1890’s
1900’s
1891 - Mansfield’s first season of football ends in controversy when Mansfield State Normal School (MSNS) is awarded an 11-0 victory over Elmira. The Normals finish with a 3-1 record.
1901 - A special training table is set up for the football team in the dining room of North Hall for the first time.
1892 - MSNS hosts the world’s first night football game on Wednesday, September 28 against Wyoming Seminary as part of the Great Mansfield Fair. Played under a temporary electric light system, the borough itself would not have electricity until 1897. 1893 - Football in 1893 is not for the fainthearted. Charles Hoban, a member of the MSNS football team “sustained a fracture of the nasal bone by that member coming in violent contact with the head of an opponent which at that particular moment was serving as a battering ram for the other side.” 1895 - MSNS team features two future Walter Camp All–Americans in Peter Overfield and Ralph Davis. News of Mansfield’s win over Wellsboro reaches town by phone. Mansfield has one phone, located in the Allen Hotel and the line only goes to Wellsboro. 1896 - The football program experiences three firsts this season; James G. Dunsmore, a member of the 1891–92 teams, becomes the first regular coach; MSNS has first undefeated season posting 5–0–1 mark. A 6–6 tie with Athens resulted when the game had to be called early because the Normals had to catch the last train home; first time admission charged for home game–cost 25 cents. 1897 - Team goes undefeated for the second consecutive year. Football fever really hits Mansfield. The Board of Directors of Smythe Park sell season tickets for three home contests for 40 cents. Fullback “Big” Jim Platt is the star player and goes on to a stellar career at Lafayette. 1898 - Team travels to Philadelphia to play the powerful Penn Quakers who are on a 34– game winning streak and considered the best team in the country. Penn coached by George Woodruff, MSNS grad of 1882 and led by All–American center Peter Overfield, MSNS grad of 1896. Mansfield loses game 56–0 but is highly praised in Philadelphia papers. William Stone, a MSNS alumnus, is elected governor of Pennsylvania. 1899 - Marshall Reynolds is full back of the 1899 team and later goes on to become a Walter Camp All–American at Penn. Although MSNS has only three returning players from the 1897 season, they post a 4–3 record and play their first game against Penn State. 1900 - Third undefeated team in five years. MSNS wins seven straight and outscores opponents by a 176–11 margin. Marshall Reynolds continues to shine scoring four touchdowns in one half including a 70–yard run against Ithaca.
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1902 - Trouble in “pigskin city” as the Normals are shutout in five of six games and score just five points all season. Football program almost folds after most male students threaten to quit school. 1903 - A Mansfield opponent from Elmira is injured in game at Smythe Park and dies three days later. 1904 - Normals post fourth undefeated season in fourteen years of football. 1905 - Marks the final season of mass formation plays like the “flying wedge.” Reform comes to football with the aim at making the sport safer for the player and faster for the fans. 1906 - The best team of the decade goes 7–1 on the year, losing 5–0 to Bucknell in the opener. Karl Van Normal completes the first forward pass in school history. 1907 - The football program in trouble as team loses first two games and cancels the rest of the games for the season. But the first silent movie theater in the Northern Tier opens in Mansfield. 1908 - George Cockhill rescues football program at Mansfield. Cockhill becomes coach after the first game and directs Normals to a 2–3 record. 1909 - Mansfield goes with the forward pass to post a 4–4–1 mark. One of the Normals ends catches 14 of 16 passes in a single game. 1910 The team foes 4–2 and claims the championship of the New York and Pennsylvania Normal Schools. Final game of the season against Syracuse freshman ends in loss when Orangemen recover ball in end zone.
1910’s 1911 - The Normal eleven average 161 pounds per man on the way to a 6–2 season in which they outscore the opponents 171–22. 1912 - Football team celebrates Mansfield’s 50th year anniversary as a State Normal School with a 5–3 record. 1913 - Despite returning just one of 15 lettermen, the Normals win five of eight games. 1914 - Mansfield defeats Indiana Normal 21–0 at neutral site to claim the Football Championship of Pennsylvania Normal Schools. MSNS outscores opponents 356 to 54 in an 8–1 campaign. 1915 - Orson Wilcox drop kicks a 55–yard field goal in the last seconds of the game for a 10–7 win over Wyoming Seminary. The kick is the longest drop kick in secondary school history. MSNS claims second straight Normal School title. 1917 - Mansfield and the University of Buffalo play to a 6–6 tie at Buffalo. MSNS racks up 35 first downs to UB’s five but are penalized
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366 yards to Buffalo’s 20. Even Buffalo papers question the fairness of the officials. Orson Wilcox killed in France. 1918 - Federal government establishes a unit of the Student Army Training Corps at MSNS. All members of the football team belong. 1919 - MSNS explodes for 116 points against 0 for Galeton. Baynard Neary runs for nine TD’s in the mismatch. 1920 - The team wins first 6 games of the season by shutout.
1920’s 1921 - With a record–setting score of 120–0, Mansfield Normals defeat Ulysses High School in season opener. 1922 - First year that fall practice is held before school opens; Coach Weaver’s team journeys to Lewisburg in cars, a newly accessible convenience. 1924 - Edward C. Russell begins an eight–year coaching career. 1926 - An October 23rd Parents’ Day game draws 3,000 people to watch Mansfield post a 21–13 win over Dickenson. 1927 - World Champion New York Yankees baseball team includes former Mansfield football star Mike Gazella. 1928 - First year that historical accounts call the former Mansfield Normals the Mountaineers. 1929 - Mansfield wins five of seven games for the second consecutive year. 1930 - The Great Depression shows growth of the college; enrollment drops 30 percent.
1930’s 1932 - Paul J. Davis, University of North Dakota, is new coach. Davis would play key role in developing 1938 championship team. 1936 - In the first Homecoming Day game, Mansfield defeats Stroudsburg 28–0. 1937 - With another win over Stroudsburg, the Mountaineers begin a 12–game winning streak which would carry the team through the 1938 championship. 1938 - Undefeated in seven games, Mansfield wins the state championship under Coach Eugene H. Martin. The team scores 106 points over its opponents’ two points. A lone touchback by Millersville brings the only score against Mansfield for the entire season. Bernie Feldman is listed among leading scorers in the nation and receives honorable mention for the “Little All–American” team.
1940’s 1941 - Paul Davis returns to the helm as the Mountaineers celebrate the 50th year of football. 1942 - America is fully engaged in World War II, and the Mountaineers play their final season of football for the duration of the war. Every
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1965 - In last season under “Tut” Moore, Mounties win five of nine games.
1945 - GI’s begin returning to campus; 15 Mansfield students have been killed in action.
1966 - New Head Coach Rod Kelchner directs Mansfield to 5–4 record. Jim Logan named first team All–Conference.
1946 - Mansfield wins state championship with eight wins and one scoreless tie under Coach “Ted” Casey. 1947 - Mountaineers state champions for second straight year. The Associated Press honors Mountaineers Chester Wasilewski, Jack Dunbar, Joseph Harrington and David Cheplick.
1950’s
1967 - A 6–3 record produces the most wins for a Mountaineer team since the 1946 championship season. Seven members of the team named to All–American honors. 1969 Former Penn State standout Bernie Sabol becomes head coach and directs Mansfield to a 6–3 record. Sabol named PSAC Coach of the Year and Stu Casterline selected PSAC “Back of the Year.”
1951 - In “Ted” Casey’s last season, Ed Loos scores the winning TD in a 14–7 victory over Brockport before the largest Parents Day crowd up until that time.
1972 - Don Barnes sets still standing record with 12 punts for 552 yards against Clarion.
1952 - Ed Rushin takes over as head coach. John Kutney returns a punt 45 yards for the winning TD as the Mountaineers beat Ithaca 20–13 in Rushin’s first game as coach.
1973 - Sophomore tackle Dave Fisher transfers to Mansfield from Greenbier Military Academy. He would go on to become a two–time All– Conference selection.
1953 - A 2–5 Mountaineer team cant even get a break on Homecoming as game with Lock Haven cancelled because of snow.
1975 - Led by tailback Mike Kemp, who rushes for a then school record of 849 yards, the Mountaineers post a 5–4 record.
1954 - After the third game of the season, Coach Rushin suffers a serious injury in a gas explosion. Marion “Spotts” Decker steps in and Mounties post 2–1–1 record for the rest of the season.
1976 - Kemp continues to star for the Mountaineers as he leads the team in rushing, receptions and scoring. Will Robison ties the school mark with seven interceptions.
1955 - Mountaineers go 1–6 in Ed Stalmack’s first season as head coach. Four of the losses are by less than a touchdown. 1956 - First team All–Teachers Conference fullback Vince Siracuse runs for 128 yards in a 26–0 shutout over Millersville. Karl Van Norman dies. 1957 - Altough two games are canceled because of the flu epidemic, Mountaineers post a 3–3 mark, the only non–losing season in the decade. Larry Biddle scores on a school record 96–yard punt return to give Mansfield a 13–6 win over Millersville. 1960 - QB Bill Roesch hooks up with end Ray Ronchi to form Mansfield’s best passing duo. Ronchi racks up a school record 858 yards on just 29 catches.
1960’s 1961 - Mountaineers post a 4–4 mark and Bill Roesch is eighth ranked QB in the nation with a 143 yards per game passing average. 1962 - Bob “Tut” Moore becomes head coach and introduces a four platoon system whenever possible. John “Snuffy” Sukenik named first team All–Conference. 1963 - The Mountaineers go 4–4 in their last season at Smythe Park. 1964 - Mansfield posts a 4–4–1 mark on the strength of its “Mountie Monsters” defense. Ken Givens offensive and defensive guard is named to All–Conference team. Team plays first game at new Karl Van Norman Field.
1970’s
1978 - Joe Bottiglieri becomes head coach. Mansfield offensive attack is ground oriented. Mountaineers complete just 27 passes all season for 313 yards and one TD. 1979 - Mansfield fails to win a game for the first time since the 1907 season. Mountaineers outscored 44–187. 1980 - Steve Radocaj leads the team with 96 tackles. Radocaj would top the team in tackles for the next two seasons and is the Mountaineers all–time leading career tackler.
1980’s 1981 - Bottiglieri directs the team to a 4–6 record and is named PSAC East Coach of the Year. 1983 - The Elsasser era beings with a 4–6 record. 1984 - Scott Seislove and Robert Funderburk combine for over 1100 yards rushing. 1987 - Mansfield ranked in national top twenty for the first time in school history when Mountaineers upset Millersville. Team finishes 5–5 on the year for the first non–losing season since 1975. 1988 - “Air Mountaineer” passing offense ranked 15th in the nation. 1989 - Dean Steward bursts on the scene with a school record 230 yard rushing performance against California. Stewart named ECAC and PSAC Rookie of the Year. Elsasser becomes Mansfield’s all–time winningest coach.
records and finishes sixth in the nation in total offense. Mountaineers place a record 14 players on the PSAC All–Conference team and Elsasser is selected PSAC East Coach of the Year.
1990’s 1991 - John Miller set a school record with 51 catches for 591 yards as Mansfield celebrates 100th anniversary of first football team. 1992 - Mansfield celebrates 100th anniversary of hosting first night football game. Story goes national with General Electric produces a commercial about the world’s first night football game. 1993 - Dave Mitchell ranks among nation leaders with 123 tackles on the season. 1994 - Tom Elsasser steps down as head coach after becoming the program’s all–time winningest coach. Mansfield wins first four games of the season including upset over nationally ranked Edinboro. Jason Shilala sets school record with 965 rushing yards on the season. 1998 - Lee Brannon become first Mountaineer to rush for a 1,000 yards in a season gaining 1,024 yards including 223 on a school record 41 carries against East Stroudsburg in the final game of the season. 1999 - Lee Brannon breaks his own school rushing record by running for 1,411 yards on a school record 307 carries. Remarkable Brannon does not fumble once during the season. 2000 - Joe Gilbert, the offensive coordinator at the University of Maine, named head coach.
2000’s 2001 - Chris Woods, Mansfield’s defensive coordinator, takes over as head coach when Gilbert is named offensive line coach at Division I Toledo. 2003 - Mansfield wins first six games of the season and eight of first 10 to earn national weekly ranking. It marks the first winning season since 1975.Dan Holland named NCAA Division II Linebacker of the Year and finishes fifth in voting for Harlen Hill Award. Earnest “Poohbear” McNeal shatters school rushing record with 1,713 yards and 16 touchdowns. McNeal leads the nation in all–purpose yardage. 2004 - Jim Shiffer becomes first former player to serve as head coach of the Mountaineers program in 76 years. 2006 - Mansfield drops 115–year old football program because of budget concerns. 2008 - Mansfield re-introduces football competing in the Collegiate Sprint Football League with Cornell, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Army and Navy. 2009 - Mansfield becomes a full member of CSFL.
1990 - Bill Bair shatters Mansfield’s passing
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The Spirit & The Pride of Pennsylvania! Mansfield University M arching Band is u nder the direction of Dr. Adam F. Brennan, director of Bands and Dr. N athan Rinnert, Assistant Director of Bands. The Spirit & The Pride consists of approximately 200 brass, wind, p ercussion and auxiliary members. All music is written specifically for The Spirit & The Pride by Dr. Brennan and all drill is written by Dr. Rinnert. The Band Staff includes Mr. Ryan Pritchard, P ercussion Consultant; Kevin Kern, student percussion instructor; Mrs. Rebecca Pritchard, Color Guard C oordinator and Consultant; Elizabeth Blackford and Elizabeth Burnett, Color Guard Student Coordinators; and Elaine Cramer, Graduate Assistants. The Spirit & The Pride rehearses just four hours per week over three days, making the time commitment to the group accessible to any major on campus. The band is a corps-style unit and is featured around the region at marching festivals, their own home show and at local community events. Since 2002, The Spirit & The Pride have been seen by over 5 million viewers internationally! One of the band’s favorite events in which to participate is the Collegiate Marching Band Festival in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Spirit & The Pride has appeared there since 1996 and will return again this September to perform the show you will see this evening.
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2011 Football Schedule
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SEPT. 17
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
1 P.M.
SEPT. 24
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
SEPT. 30
at ARMY
7 P.M.
OCT. 8
NAVY
1 P.M.
OCT. 14
at UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA
1 P.M.
OCT. 29
POST UNIVERSITY
1 P.M.
NOV. 4
at CORNELL UNIVERSITY
7 P.M.
(Josh Palmer Pigskin Classic)
1 P.M.
(1890’s Weekend & Parents and Family Day)
(Homecoming)
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Women’s Soccer
Field Hockey
September 2 GOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE 4 BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE 9 at Gannon University 10 at Mercyhurst College 14 at Indiana University (PA) 20 CLARION UNIVERSITY 24 LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY 28 MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY
3:00 PM 1:30 PM 5:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM 1:30 PM 4:00 PM
October 1 at West Chester Univeristy 7 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY 8 SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY 11 BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY 15 at East Stroudsburg University 18 at Slippery Rock University 22 at Edinboro University 25 at Shepherd University 29 KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY
12:00 PM 2:30 PM 2:00 PM 4:00 PM 1:30 PM 3:00 PM 12:00 PM 2:00 PM 1:30 PM
September 3 Southern Conn. (at Shippensburg) 11:00 AM 4 St. Michael’s (at Shippensburg) 10:00 AM 6 KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY 4:00 PM 13 INDIANA UNIVERSITY (PA) 4:00 PM 16 E. STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY 4:00 PM 17 CW POST UNIVERSITY 12:00 PM 21 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY 4:00 PM 24 at Shippensburg University 12:00 PM 27 at Slippery Rock University 4:00 PM 30 at West Chester University 3:00 PM October 1 at Kutztown University 5 MERCYHURST COLLEGE 8 at Indiana University (PA) 11 at Seton Hill University 13 at Houghton College 15 SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY 19 SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY
1:00 PM 4:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM 12:00 PM 4:00 PM
Swimming
Cross Country
October 15 at Millersville Relay Carnival 26 at Lock Haven University 28 JUNIATA COLLEGE 29 at Millersville University
September 10 Hamilton Short Course 17 Spiked Shoe Invite 30 Paul Short
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October 8 Slippery Rock Invite 15 Rochester Invite 22 PSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS 29 Lock Haven Short Course
Slippery Rock, PA Rochester, NY Mansfield, PA Lock Haven, PA
November 5 Atlantic Regionals 20 NCAA Championships
Slippery Rock, PA Seattle, WA
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November 5 BLOOMSBURG, KUTZTOWN, EDINBORO 12 EAST STROUDSBURG 17-19 at Indiana University (PA) 21 LYCOMING COLLEGE
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