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Southeast Missouri vs. Eastern Michigan Game Notes
Sept. 9, 2002 Football Game Information Southeast Missouri State at Eastern Michigan Date: Sept. 14, 2002 Time: 5 p.m. (CDT) Location: Rynearson Stadium, Ypsilanti, Mich. (30,200) Playing Surface: Astro Turf Affiliations: Southeast Missouri, NCAA I-AA, Ohio Valley Conference Eastern Michigan, NCAA I-A, Mid-American Conference Series: Eastern Michigan leads 1-0 Last Meeting: Eastern Michigan won 16-12 last season at EMU 2002 Records: Southeast Missouri 2-0, Eastern Michigan (0-2) 2001 Records: Southeast Missouri 4-7, Eastern Michigan (2-9) The Coaches: Tim Billings is 9-15 in his third season at Southeast Jeff Woodruff is 5-19 in his third season at EMU Radio: Southeast Radio Network anchored by K-103 FM in Cape Girardeau. Other network stations include KSIM in Sikeston and KWOC in Poplar Bluff. Erik Sean will do play-by-play with Ron Hines as color analyst. Internet: The Southeast Radio Network broadcast can be heard over the internet at www.GoSoutheast.com. Southeast Schedule/Results
Aug. 29 - SE 42, UAM 41 2OT Sept. 7 - SE 21, SIU 14 Sept. 14 -- @ E. Michigan Sept. 21 -- @ SMS Sept. 28 -- @ Middle Tenn. Oct. 5 - Tennessee State Oct. 12 -- @Tenn.-Martin Oct. 19 - Eastern Illinois Oct. 26 -- @Murray State Nov. 2 - Tennessee Tech Nov. 9 -- @ Eastern Ky. Nov. 16 - Samford THE TEAMS: Southeast is 2-0 after season opening wins over Arkansas-Monticello and Southern Illinois. Eastern Michigan is 0-2 with losses to Michigan State and Toledo. THE COACHES: Tim Billings, a former assistant at Marshall, Missouri and Oklahoma, is 9-15 in his third season at Southeast Missouri He is 0-1 vs. EMU. Jim Woodruff is 5-19 in his third season at EMU. He is 1-0 vs. Southeast Missouri. THE SERIES: Eastern Michigan leads the series 1-0 after a 16-12 win last season at Ypsilanti. BEST START SINCE 1990: Southeast is 2-0 for the first time since 1990. The last time a Southeast team started 3-0 was 1958. Going back to last year's season ending win over Quincy, Southeast has now won three straight, the longest winning streak since 1995. PONDER OVC PLAYER OF WEEK: Senior wide receiver Willie Ponder is the OVC Offensive Player of the Week after catching nine passes for 101 yards and two TD's in the Indians 21-14 win over SIU. Ponder had three catches in Southeast's 80-yard game winning drive that concluded with a 38-yard touchdown catch with 0:49 remaining in the game. Ponder leads the OVC in total receiving yards with 217 and ranks second in receptions per game (8.5) and yards per game (108.5). Lindy's football magazine and Don Hansen's Football Gazette have both named Ponder to their second team Division I-AA All-America team. Last season, Ponder led the OVC in receptions per game with 6.36, receiving yards per game with 99.09 and receiving yards with 1,090. He had 70 catches and scored a team-high 11 touchdowns. Ponder had eight catches for 116 yards and one TD in the Indian opener against Arkansas-Monticello. TOMCO OVC NEWCOMER OF WEEK: Junior quarterback Jack Tomco has been named the OVC Newcomer of the Week after completing 15-23 passes for 129 yards and two touchdowns in the 21-14 win over SIU. Tomco completed his first eight passes at SIU and his final completion of the night was a 38-yard touchdown pass with just 0:49 remaining in the game. After two games, Tomco is 21-33 for 211 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. He ranks second in the OVC in passing efficency. Tomco threw for 2,100 yards and 16 touchdowns last season at Scottsdale Community College KINSEY FIFTH NATIONALLY IN RUSHING: Diminutive sophomore running back Corey Kinsey (5-9, 180) rushed for 180 yards and one TD in the season opener and came back with 133 yards rushing against SIU. Kinsey ranks fifth nationally in rushing with 156 yards per game and is on course to establish a new school record for rushing in a season. He averaged 8.6 yards per carry in his first collegiate start and leads the OVC in rushing. McDOWELL IS OUT: Sophomore quarterback Jeromy McDowell injured his left knee in practice on Monday and will undergo surgery in St. Louis on Monday. He came off the bench last week to complete 13-23 passes for 147 yards and three touchdowns. McDowell tore the ACL in his knee executing a drill in practice and will be lost for the remainder of this season. McDowell is just the third player in Southeast history to pass for over 2,000 yards in a season with 2,051 yards last season. The season passing record at Southeast is 2,580 yards by Jason Liley in 1990. Season Passing Leaders AUSSIE PUNTER HONORED: Andrew Winters, freshman punter from Melbourne, Australia was named the OVC Specialist of the Week after averaging 40 yards per punt in his first football game against Arkansas-Monticello. He played high school rugby but caught the eye of scouts at a kicking camp in Texas that was also attended by former Southeast All-American kicker and punter Jason Witczak. BIG O-LINE: The Southeast offensive line that started against SIU averaged 306 pounds per man. The tackles were Justen Meyer (6-5, 295) and and Dan Connolly (6-4, 295), the guards were Taurean Robinson (6-4, 320) and Dan Bieg (6-4, 305) and the center was Eugene Amano (6-3, 315). INJURIES: Southeast came out of the Southern Illinois game with only assorted bumps and bruises. Defensive end Adam Jones had a knee injury that is being evaluated this week but he is probable for EMU. PONDER OVER 1,000 RECEIVING YARDS: Southeast senior wide receiver Willie Ponder is only the second player in Southeast history to have over 1,000 yards receiving in a season. Ponder had 70 catches for 1,090 yards. Farron Haley, the school record holder, had 1,116 yards in 1989. Haley died of cancer in January of 2001.. Ponder's mark is the second best in school history. Ponder established a new school record for receiving touchdowns with 11 and tied the school record for touchdowns in a game with three against Southwest Missouri PRESEASON HONORS: Southeast had six players named to the preseason All-OVC football team with three more earning honorable mention. It is the highest number of preseason honors since Southeast joined the OVC in 1991. Four defensive players were on the first team including senior tackle James Jennette, junior linebacker Ricky Farmer, and senior defensive backs, Prince Anderson and Demar Winston. On offense, Ponder and sophomore tackle Dan Connolly were named to the first team. Sophomore quarterback Jeromy McDowell, junior offensive guard Eugene Amano and sophomore defensive back Dimitri Patterson were honorable mention selections. OVC WEEKLY HONORS: 9-2 - Andrew Winters, Specialist of Week 9-9 - Willie Ponder, Off. Player of Week Jack Tomco, Newcomer of Week FIVE ELECTED CAPTAINS: Five players have been elected as captains for the 2002 season. Defensive captains will be Ricky Farmer, James Jennette and Ryan Roth while offensive captains will be Jeromy McDowell and Willie Ponder. ONLY 11 SENIORS: There are only 11 seniors on this year's Southeast team with 19 juniors, 22 sophomores, five redshirt freshmen and 28 freshmen. SQUAD BY STATE: There are players from 14 states, American Samoa, Canada and Australia. Missouri leads the way with 40, followed by Florida 14, California 5, Illinois 5, Oklahoma 3, Texas 3, New York 2, Tennessee 2, Samoa 2, Michigan 2 and one each from Alaska, Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi, Canada and Australia. HITTING THE BOOKS: The football team had a record 25 players honored last spring as Southeast Scholar Athletes for having a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average. Eleven Southeast players have been named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll for having a 3.2 or higher GPA. Junior tight end Chuck McElroy leads the football scholars with a 3.8 grade point average. He attended an NCAA Leadership Conference during the summer. SOUTHEAST PICKED SIXTH IN OVC RACE: Southeast was picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll of league head coaches and sports information directors. The five teams ahead of the Indians are all ranked in the top 25 nationally by at least one publication. Eastern Illinois was picked to repeat as league champion with Eastern Kentucky second, Tennessee Tech and Tennessee State tied for third, Murray State fifth, Southeast sixth and Tennessee-Martin seventh. NEW LOOK FOR HOUCK STADIUM: The exterior of Houck Stadium is undergoing a complete renovation with a new almond colored textured surface and a newly painted black iron fence. The press box is also being completely remodeled with new walls both inside and outside as well as new carpeting and new work surfaces. SOUTHEAST ON RADIO: Southeast football games are broadcast throughout Southeast Missouri and into four additional states on the Southeast Football Network originated by the Zimmer Broadcast Group of Cape Girardeau. Erik Sean will be in his third season as the "Voice" of Southeast football. Former Indian quarterback Rick Wieser handles commentary on home games while Ron Hines does color on the road. The Southeast Football Network flagship station is 100,000 watt K-103 FM that covers a portion of five states. Other network stations include KWOC, Poplar Bluff and KSIM, Sikeston. All games can be heard live over the internet at www.GoSoutheast.com. TIM BILLINGS RADIO SHOW : Tim Billings has a radio show each Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The show, on KGIR, 1220 AM, originates from Show-Me's Restaurant in Cape Girardeau. TELEVISION FOR MURRAY STATE GAME: The Indian game at Murray State on Oct. 26 will be televised live on Fox Sports Net South that goes into over nine-million homes in the southern United States. The kickoff has been moved to 2:30 p.m. NEXT GAME: Southeast will play at Southwest Missouri State in Springfield on Saturday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m. SCHOOL STAT LEADERS:
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