Bowling Green State University Athletics
Tuesday, November 8
Bowling Green, Ohio
8 p.m.
Bowling Green State University
vs
Northern Illinois
Falcons Host Northern Illinois on ESPN2
November 03, 2011 | Football
Bowling Green Falcons (4-5, 2-3 MAC)
vs. Northern Illinois Huskies (6-3, 4-1 MAC)
Game 10: Tues., Nov. 8 • 8:05 p.m.
Doyt L. Perry Stadium (24,000)
Bowling Green, Ohio
Series vs. NIU: BGSU leads 10-6-0
Series Streak: NIU - 2
Last Meeting: NIU 16, BGSU 13 (at NIU, 10/25/08)
Television: ESPN2 • Mark Neely (play-by-play) and Ray Bentley (analyst)
Radio: Falcon Sports Radio Network
Todd Walker (play-by-play) and John Gibson (analyst)
WBGU 88.1 FM: TBA
Live Stats: www.bgsufalcons.com
vs. Northern Illinois Huskies (6-3, 4-1 MAC)
Game 10: Tues., Nov. 8 • 8:05 p.m.
Doyt L. Perry Stadium (24,000)
Bowling Green, Ohio
Series vs. NIU: BGSU leads 10-6-0
Series Streak: NIU - 2
Last Meeting: NIU 16, BGSU 13 (at NIU, 10/25/08)
Television: ESPN2 • Mark Neely (play-by-play) and Ray Bentley (analyst)
Radio: Falcon Sports Radio Network
Todd Walker (play-by-play) and John Gibson (analyst)
WBGU 88.1 FM: TBA
Live Stats: www.bgsufalcons.com
Game Notes vs. NIU (29 pages)
Falcon Quick Hits
• The Bowling Green State University football team is in the middle of its 93rd season of football with an all-time record of 496-344-51 (.587).
• Tuesday's contest with Northern Illinois will be the 17th contest between the two schools, with BGSU holding a 10-6-0 edge.
• Head coach Dave Clawson returns for his third season at the helm of the football team and returns all but one of his assistant coaches from 2010. Clawson has an all-time record of 71-70 and is 13-21 at BGSU.
• The Orange and Brown will be in search of its third home win of the season. The last time BGSU won at least three home games in a single year was 2007.
• Kamar Jorden has 155 career receptions, 10th most in school history.
• Chris Jones' 7.0 sacks lead the MAC and are the ninth-most in the country.
• Anthon Samuel is third in the country in rushing yards/game among freshmen at 100.6.
• BGSU boasts one of the youngest teams in football with 54 players that are freshmen or redshirt freshmen and another 27 players that are sophomores or redshirt sophomores.
• Sticking with the youth, on the two-deep alone, the Falcons feature 11 seniors, eight juniors, 15 sophomores and 18 freshmen.
• The Falcons have six players on preseason/mid-season watch teams: Kamar Jorden (Biletnikoff), Eugene Cooper (Biletnikoff), Ben Bojicic (Rimington), BooBoo Gates (Paul Hornung), Dwayne Woods (Butkus) and Matt Schilz (Manning).
• Defensive tackle Chris Jones and offensive lineman Ben Bojicic will serve as team captains.
Radio Broadcast
All BGSU football games will be carried by the affiliates below. Todd Walker (play-by-play) and John Gibson (analyst) will once again serve as the radio broadcast team.
WFRO (99.1 FM) * - Fremont, Ohio
WWSR (93.1 FM) - Lima, Ohio
WCIT (940 AM) - Lima, Ohio
WLQR (1470 AM and 106.5 FM) - Toledo, Ohio
WONW (1280 AM) - Defiance, Ohio
WHKW (1220 AM) - Cleveland, Ohio
WFXN (102.3 FM) - Mansfield, Ohio
WXXF (107.7 FM) - Ashland, Ohio
*Flagship
Scouting the Falcons
The BGSU football team enters Tuesday's contest with a 4-5 record after dropping a 27-15 decision last Saturday at Kent State. The Falcons have wins versus Idaho (32-15), Morgan State (58-13), Miami (37-23) and Temple (13-10) BGSU will be led by head coach Dave Clawson, who is 71-70 all-time in his career and 13-21 as the head coach of the Falcons. He is 9-12 in Mid-American Conference play.
A Look at the Falcon Offense
The Falcon offense ranks sixth in the Mid-American Conference in scoring (26.0), fifth in total offense (397.6), third in pass offense (268.4) and eighth in rushing (129.1).
BGSU is led by sophomore quarterback Matt Schilz, who is fourth in the conference in passing (255.7) and eighth in passing efficiency (137.0). He also leads the conference with 19 passing touchdowns. Schilz has a pair of wide receivers that are one of the top duos in the nation in Kamar Jorden and Eugene Cooper. Combined the two have 109 catches for 1,404 yards and 13 touchdowns.
The rushing attack is much improved from a year ago as well and is averaging 129.1 yards per game. Last season the Falcons ranked last in the nation at 62.8 yards per game on the ground. Freshmen Anthon Samuel and Jamel Martin, along with sophomore Jordan Hopgood, give the Falcons three running backs they can count on. Samuel is second in the MAC at 100.6 yards per game. Martin filled in nicely for Samuel in the West Virginia game (out due to an ankle injury), rushing for 111 yards on 23 carries. Hopgood is tied for the team lead with four rushing touchdowns.
A Look at the Falcon Defense
Defensively the Falcons rank eighth in the MAC in scoring defense (27.1), seventh in total defense (384.1), ninth in rushing defense (190.8) and third in passing defense (193.3).
Linebacker Dwayne Woods leads the team with 75 tackles and has chipped in with 11.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception. Fellow classmate Chris Jones anchors the front line and has 7.0 sacks and 11.0 tackles for loss in 2011.
The secondary features one of the youngest in the country. The Falcons, who play a 4-2-5 defense, regularly feature two sophomores and three freshmen. Rover BooBoo Gates is third on the team with 52 tackles.
A Look at The Falcon Special Teams
The Falcons' special teams have had some ups and downs in 2011. With the Falcons trailing 28-27 (with 2.1 seconds remaining in the game) versus Wyoming they had an extra point blocked and then missed their first extra point the following week versus Miami. In stepped junior Steve Stein, who has since made all 12 of his extra points and is eight-of-11 on field goals since earning the starting placekicker job.
BGSU's Brian Schmeidebusch ranks sixth in the country with a 46.6 punting average. Of his 40 punts, 15 have gone for at least 50 yards, while another 14 have landed inside the opponents' 20.
Series With Northern Illinois
The Falcons hold a 10-6-0 all-time series advantage over Northern Illinois. The Huskies have won each of the last two contests in 2008 (16-13) and 2004 (34-17). Both of those games took place in DeKalb Illinois. The last time BGSU hosted Northern Illinois was on Oct. 25, 2003 in a game the Falcons won 34-18. That year NIU was ranked No. 12 in the country (BGSU was No. 23) and ESPN's College GameDay visited the campus of Bowling Green State University.
Ten Falcons Named to Phil Steele's Mid-Season All-MAC Squads
Ten members of the Bowling Green State University football team were named to Phil Steele's 2011 All-MAC Mid-Season team, the second-most among Mid-American Conference schools.
Chris Jones, Dwayne Woods and Brian Schmiedebusch were named to the first team, Eugene Cooper, Kamar Jorden and BooBoo Gates (kick returner) were named to the second team and Anthon Samuel, Alex Bayer, Ben Bojicic and Dominic Flewellyn were placed on the third team.
Schmiedebusch was named to the fourth-team Mid-Season All-American Team. Only Cooper, Jorden and Bojicic are seniors among those 10 players.
Dynamic Duo
Senior wide receivers Eugene Cooper and Kamar Jorden have combined for 109 catches, 1,404 yards and 13 touchdowns through nine games. All three are second in the conference, behind only WMU's Jordan White and Chleb Ravenell. This past week versus Kent State the duo combined for 21 catches, 285 yards and one touchdown.
Jorden has 59 catches for 776 yards and a career-high seven touchdowns. He was an All-MAC first-team performer in 2010 after finishing with 96 catches and 1,100 yards receiving. Cooper has 50 catches for 628 yards and six touchdowns in 2011 after posting 17 catches for 130 yards and no scores in 2010. Both Cooper and Jorden are on the Biletnikoff Preseason Watch List.
Cooper Tire
Eugene “Binky” Cooper came into the 2011 season with 17 catches and 130 yards and no touchdowns in his Falcon career. Through eight games (did not play versus WVU) in 2011 the senior has smashed all of his personal records (see numbers above).
In the first game of 2011 Cooper had four catches for 110 yards and two touchdowns versus Idaho. The following week he had six catches for 134 yards and four touchdowns versus Morgan State. Versus Wyoming he had eight receptions for 79 yards, but did not score. Against Miami he had just three catches for 51 yards, but those numbers would have been season-highs for him in 2010. Versus Western Michigan he had a career-best nine catches and posted the same mark versus Kent State this past week.
Kamar The Star
While playing in just his second season with the Orange and Brown (redshirted in 2009), senior Kamar Jorden ranks 10th in school history with 155 career receptions.
Freddie Barnes, 2006-09 - 297
Charles Sharon, 2002-05 - 232
Cole Magner, 2001-04 - 215
Robert Redd, 1998-02 - 211
Corey Partridge, 2005-08 - 182
Mark Szlachcic, 1989-92 - 182
Stan Hunter, 1982-85 - 176
Reggie Thornton, 1986-89 - 158
Steve Sanders, 2002-05 - 156
Kamar Jorden, 2010-11 - 155
Before F.B.
It's amazing how few people noticed the game Kamar Jorden had at Kent State, recording 12 catches for 203 yards and one touchdown. His 12 catches are the 12th most in school history for a single game, while his 203 receiving yards are fourth in the BGSU record books.
Before Freddie Barnes had his 2009 campaign (NCAA record 155 catches for 1,770 yards and 19 touchdowns), Jorden's 12 catches would have ranked seventh and his yardage total would have been second.
Baby Legs
Freshman Anthon Samuel's 100.6 per game average on the ground is the third-highest yards per game rushing among freshmen in the country. Only North Carolina's Giovani Bernard (107.2) and Connecticut's Lyle McCombs (103.6) have a better per game average by a freshman running back in the country.
In Samuel's first career game he rushed for 141 yards on 22 carries in the win versus Idaho. He was the first Falcon freshman to rush for over 100 yards in his first career game since Freddie Barnes, who ran for 158 yards on 29 carries versus Wisconsin on Sept. 2, 2006. In week two the freshman went over 100 yards again (122 yards on 11 carries), becoming the first Falcon to post back-to-back 100-yard games since P.J. Pope did it back in 2004. Versus Miami Samuel had 121 yards on 16 carries and had 105 yards versus Toledo. Samuel is the first BGSU running back to have four 100-yard games in a season since P.J. Pope had five in 2004.
Handing Out 100's
Through nine games the Falcons have six 100-yard games, all by freshmen running backs. Samuel has five, and Martin ran for over 100 yards versus West Virginia when Samuel was out with an ankle injury.
Top Freshman
If you noticed on the previous list no Falcon freshman has ever broken the 1,000 yard mark. In fact, no Falcon freshman has ever even surpassed 800 yards in a season. BGSU's current freshman, Anthon Samuel's 704 rushing yards are the third-most by a Falcon freshman.
Chris Bullock (2006) - 769
Godfrey Lewis (1998) - 753
Anthon Samuel (2011) - 704
Running Wild
Helping Samuel to his 100-yard performance versus Miami was a 96-yard run in the fourth quarter. With the Falcons pinned back on their own 4-yardline Samuel went untouched for a 96-yard touchdown, the longest run in school history. The previous long was a 93-yard run for Mike McGee versus Central Michigan in 1987.
Laying the Wood
Dwayne Woods was one of the top tacklers in the nation in 2010, finishing sixth in the country with 134 tackles in 12 games. This season, his tackle numbers are down due to the defense getting off the field sooner, but his impact has been just as strong.
The junior leads the team with 75 tackles, has 11.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception. The middle linebacker was named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week after recording 12 tackles and two tackles in a loss versus Wyoming. His 11.5 tackles for loss rank second in the MAC.
Jones'n For Sacks
Defensive tackle Chris Jones led the team with 6.0 sacks in 2010, and has continued to lead the way with 7.0 sacks this season. He was named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week twice this season. He had three sacks in a 13-10 win versus Temple and opened the season at Idaho with two sacks, a forced fumble and a safety. Jones has 34 tackles, 7.0 sacks, 11 tackles for loss and a forced fumble in 2011. His 7.0 sacks lead the conference and are tied for 15th in the country.
Gates Swings for the Fences
With the 88-yard kick return for a score versus Toledo, sophomore BooBoo Gates has two kick returns for scores in his career. His first came as a freshman versus Kent State, where he ran 75 yards for a touchdown. Gates is the first Falcon in school history to ever have two kick returns for scores in his career. Gates in second in the conference with a 28.6 return average, with 687 return yards on 24 attempts.
Falcon Quick Hits
• The Bowling Green State University football team is in the middle of its 93rd season of football with an all-time record of 496-344-51 (.587).
• Tuesday's contest with Northern Illinois will be the 17th contest between the two schools, with BGSU holding a 10-6-0 edge.
• Head coach Dave Clawson returns for his third season at the helm of the football team and returns all but one of his assistant coaches from 2010. Clawson has an all-time record of 71-70 and is 13-21 at BGSU.
• The Orange and Brown will be in search of its third home win of the season. The last time BGSU won at least three home games in a single year was 2007.
• Kamar Jorden has 155 career receptions, 10th most in school history.
• Chris Jones' 7.0 sacks lead the MAC and are the ninth-most in the country.
• Anthon Samuel is third in the country in rushing yards/game among freshmen at 100.6.
• BGSU boasts one of the youngest teams in football with 54 players that are freshmen or redshirt freshmen and another 27 players that are sophomores or redshirt sophomores.
• Sticking with the youth, on the two-deep alone, the Falcons feature 11 seniors, eight juniors, 15 sophomores and 18 freshmen.
• The Falcons have six players on preseason/mid-season watch teams: Kamar Jorden (Biletnikoff), Eugene Cooper (Biletnikoff), Ben Bojicic (Rimington), BooBoo Gates (Paul Hornung), Dwayne Woods (Butkus) and Matt Schilz (Manning).
• Defensive tackle Chris Jones and offensive lineman Ben Bojicic will serve as team captains.
Radio Broadcast
All BGSU football games will be carried by the affiliates below. Todd Walker (play-by-play) and John Gibson (analyst) will once again serve as the radio broadcast team.
WFRO (99.1 FM) * - Fremont, Ohio
WWSR (93.1 FM) - Lima, Ohio
WCIT (940 AM) - Lima, Ohio
WLQR (1470 AM and 106.5 FM) - Toledo, Ohio
WONW (1280 AM) - Defiance, Ohio
WHKW (1220 AM) - Cleveland, Ohio
WFXN (102.3 FM) - Mansfield, Ohio
WXXF (107.7 FM) - Ashland, Ohio
*Flagship
Scouting the Falcons
The BGSU football team enters Tuesday's contest with a 4-5 record after dropping a 27-15 decision last Saturday at Kent State. The Falcons have wins versus Idaho (32-15), Morgan State (58-13), Miami (37-23) and Temple (13-10) BGSU will be led by head coach Dave Clawson, who is 71-70 all-time in his career and 13-21 as the head coach of the Falcons. He is 9-12 in Mid-American Conference play.
A Look at the Falcon Offense
The Falcon offense ranks sixth in the Mid-American Conference in scoring (26.0), fifth in total offense (397.6), third in pass offense (268.4) and eighth in rushing (129.1).
BGSU is led by sophomore quarterback Matt Schilz, who is fourth in the conference in passing (255.7) and eighth in passing efficiency (137.0). He also leads the conference with 19 passing touchdowns. Schilz has a pair of wide receivers that are one of the top duos in the nation in Kamar Jorden and Eugene Cooper. Combined the two have 109 catches for 1,404 yards and 13 touchdowns.
The rushing attack is much improved from a year ago as well and is averaging 129.1 yards per game. Last season the Falcons ranked last in the nation at 62.8 yards per game on the ground. Freshmen Anthon Samuel and Jamel Martin, along with sophomore Jordan Hopgood, give the Falcons three running backs they can count on. Samuel is second in the MAC at 100.6 yards per game. Martin filled in nicely for Samuel in the West Virginia game (out due to an ankle injury), rushing for 111 yards on 23 carries. Hopgood is tied for the team lead with four rushing touchdowns.
A Look at the Falcon Defense
Defensively the Falcons rank eighth in the MAC in scoring defense (27.1), seventh in total defense (384.1), ninth in rushing defense (190.8) and third in passing defense (193.3).
Linebacker Dwayne Woods leads the team with 75 tackles and has chipped in with 11.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception. Fellow classmate Chris Jones anchors the front line and has 7.0 sacks and 11.0 tackles for loss in 2011.
The secondary features one of the youngest in the country. The Falcons, who play a 4-2-5 defense, regularly feature two sophomores and three freshmen. Rover BooBoo Gates is third on the team with 52 tackles.
A Look at The Falcon Special Teams
The Falcons' special teams have had some ups and downs in 2011. With the Falcons trailing 28-27 (with 2.1 seconds remaining in the game) versus Wyoming they had an extra point blocked and then missed their first extra point the following week versus Miami. In stepped junior Steve Stein, who has since made all 12 of his extra points and is eight-of-11 on field goals since earning the starting placekicker job.
BGSU's Brian Schmeidebusch ranks sixth in the country with a 46.6 punting average. Of his 40 punts, 15 have gone for at least 50 yards, while another 14 have landed inside the opponents' 20.
Series With Northern Illinois
The Falcons hold a 10-6-0 all-time series advantage over Northern Illinois. The Huskies have won each of the last two contests in 2008 (16-13) and 2004 (34-17). Both of those games took place in DeKalb Illinois. The last time BGSU hosted Northern Illinois was on Oct. 25, 2003 in a game the Falcons won 34-18. That year NIU was ranked No. 12 in the country (BGSU was No. 23) and ESPN's College GameDay visited the campus of Bowling Green State University.
Ten Falcons Named to Phil Steele's Mid-Season All-MAC Squads
Ten members of the Bowling Green State University football team were named to Phil Steele's 2011 All-MAC Mid-Season team, the second-most among Mid-American Conference schools.
Chris Jones, Dwayne Woods and Brian Schmiedebusch were named to the first team, Eugene Cooper, Kamar Jorden and BooBoo Gates (kick returner) were named to the second team and Anthon Samuel, Alex Bayer, Ben Bojicic and Dominic Flewellyn were placed on the third team.
Schmiedebusch was named to the fourth-team Mid-Season All-American Team. Only Cooper, Jorden and Bojicic are seniors among those 10 players.
Dynamic Duo
Senior wide receivers Eugene Cooper and Kamar Jorden have combined for 109 catches, 1,404 yards and 13 touchdowns through nine games. All three are second in the conference, behind only WMU's Jordan White and Chleb Ravenell. This past week versus Kent State the duo combined for 21 catches, 285 yards and one touchdown.
Jorden has 59 catches for 776 yards and a career-high seven touchdowns. He was an All-MAC first-team performer in 2010 after finishing with 96 catches and 1,100 yards receiving. Cooper has 50 catches for 628 yards and six touchdowns in 2011 after posting 17 catches for 130 yards and no scores in 2010. Both Cooper and Jorden are on the Biletnikoff Preseason Watch List.
Cooper Tire
Eugene “Binky” Cooper came into the 2011 season with 17 catches and 130 yards and no touchdowns in his Falcon career. Through eight games (did not play versus WVU) in 2011 the senior has smashed all of his personal records (see numbers above).
In the first game of 2011 Cooper had four catches for 110 yards and two touchdowns versus Idaho. The following week he had six catches for 134 yards and four touchdowns versus Morgan State. Versus Wyoming he had eight receptions for 79 yards, but did not score. Against Miami he had just three catches for 51 yards, but those numbers would have been season-highs for him in 2010. Versus Western Michigan he had a career-best nine catches and posted the same mark versus Kent State this past week.
Kamar The Star
While playing in just his second season with the Orange and Brown (redshirted in 2009), senior Kamar Jorden ranks 10th in school history with 155 career receptions.
Freddie Barnes, 2006-09 - 297
Charles Sharon, 2002-05 - 232
Cole Magner, 2001-04 - 215
Robert Redd, 1998-02 - 211
Corey Partridge, 2005-08 - 182
Mark Szlachcic, 1989-92 - 182
Stan Hunter, 1982-85 - 176
Reggie Thornton, 1986-89 - 158
Steve Sanders, 2002-05 - 156
Kamar Jorden, 2010-11 - 155
Before F.B.
It's amazing how few people noticed the game Kamar Jorden had at Kent State, recording 12 catches for 203 yards and one touchdown. His 12 catches are the 12th most in school history for a single game, while his 203 receiving yards are fourth in the BGSU record books.
Before Freddie Barnes had his 2009 campaign (NCAA record 155 catches for 1,770 yards and 19 touchdowns), Jorden's 12 catches would have ranked seventh and his yardage total would have been second.
Baby Legs
Freshman Anthon Samuel's 100.6 per game average on the ground is the third-highest yards per game rushing among freshmen in the country. Only North Carolina's Giovani Bernard (107.2) and Connecticut's Lyle McCombs (103.6) have a better per game average by a freshman running back in the country.
In Samuel's first career game he rushed for 141 yards on 22 carries in the win versus Idaho. He was the first Falcon freshman to rush for over 100 yards in his first career game since Freddie Barnes, who ran for 158 yards on 29 carries versus Wisconsin on Sept. 2, 2006. In week two the freshman went over 100 yards again (122 yards on 11 carries), becoming the first Falcon to post back-to-back 100-yard games since P.J. Pope did it back in 2004. Versus Miami Samuel had 121 yards on 16 carries and had 105 yards versus Toledo. Samuel is the first BGSU running back to have four 100-yard games in a season since P.J. Pope had five in 2004.
Handing Out 100's
Through nine games the Falcons have six 100-yard games, all by freshmen running backs. Samuel has five, and Martin ran for over 100 yards versus West Virginia when Samuel was out with an ankle injury.
Top Freshman
If you noticed on the previous list no Falcon freshman has ever broken the 1,000 yard mark. In fact, no Falcon freshman has ever even surpassed 800 yards in a season. BGSU's current freshman, Anthon Samuel's 704 rushing yards are the third-most by a Falcon freshman.
Chris Bullock (2006) - 769
Godfrey Lewis (1998) - 753
Anthon Samuel (2011) - 704
Running Wild
Helping Samuel to his 100-yard performance versus Miami was a 96-yard run in the fourth quarter. With the Falcons pinned back on their own 4-yardline Samuel went untouched for a 96-yard touchdown, the longest run in school history. The previous long was a 93-yard run for Mike McGee versus Central Michigan in 1987.
Laying the Wood
Dwayne Woods was one of the top tacklers in the nation in 2010, finishing sixth in the country with 134 tackles in 12 games. This season, his tackle numbers are down due to the defense getting off the field sooner, but his impact has been just as strong.
The junior leads the team with 75 tackles, has 11.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception. The middle linebacker was named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week after recording 12 tackles and two tackles in a loss versus Wyoming. His 11.5 tackles for loss rank second in the MAC.
Jones'n For Sacks
Defensive tackle Chris Jones led the team with 6.0 sacks in 2010, and has continued to lead the way with 7.0 sacks this season. He was named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week twice this season. He had three sacks in a 13-10 win versus Temple and opened the season at Idaho with two sacks, a forced fumble and a safety. Jones has 34 tackles, 7.0 sacks, 11 tackles for loss and a forced fumble in 2011. His 7.0 sacks lead the conference and are tied for 15th in the country.
Gates Swings for the Fences
With the 88-yard kick return for a score versus Toledo, sophomore BooBoo Gates has two kick returns for scores in his career. His first came as a freshman versus Kent State, where he ran 75 yards for a touchdown. Gates is the first Falcon in school history to ever have two kick returns for scores in his career. Gates in second in the conference with a 28.6 return average, with 687 return yards on 24 attempts.
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