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JAMESTOWN, ND (September 14, 2013) - UW-Stout hits the road for the first time this season, and it will be their longest trip of the regular season as they take the six hour plus trip to Jamestown, ND, to face the Jimmies of the University of Jamestown, Saturday, Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. The game is expected to be available in live stats, live audio and in a pay-per-view live video production.
THIS WEEK'S GAME:Â The Blue Devils (1-0, 0-0 WIAC) successfully unveiled their new look with a 35-20 win over Dakota Wesleyan University, Sept. 7, in the season and home opener. Stout keeps their attention turned to a western opponent when they travel to the
University of Jamestown (0-3), Saturday, Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. Jamestown is a familiar foe for the Blue Devils, but the school officially changed it's name from Jamestown College to the University of Jamestown this summer. The Jimmies are an NAIA program and play an independent schedule.
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Live Stats will be available for all home games. Jamestown has provided a
Live Stat link.
AT THE WATER COOLER: Hang out with UW-Stout coach
Clayt Birmingham at the
Water Cooler, on Sports Radio 1400 in Eau Claire. Birmingham will speak with Water Cooler host Jimmie Kaska weekly about the upcoming game and the previous week's game. Birmingham's segment will air Wednesdays during the season at approximately 5:15 p.m. A link to the weekly broadcast is available here.
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LAST TIME OUT: UW-Stout: In only his second career start, junior quarterback Hank Kujak (Blair) threw for a career high 272 yards and three touchdowns in leading Stout to a season-opening 35-20 victory over Dakota Wesleyan Sept. 7. He also ran for 47 yards on just five carries. His favorite target on the afternoon was reciever Trevor Morning (Sr, Bloomer), who pulled in 7 passes for a career best 212 yards and two touchdowns. Morning had five receptions of over 20 yards on the afternoon and averaged 30.29 yards per reception. On the ground, freshman Adolfo Pacheco (South Elgin, Ill) led the way with 67 yards on 16 carries while Tanner Kuehn (Jr, Fairchild) chipped in 56 and a touchdown. Stout debuted a new no-huddle offense that gained 507 total offensive yards, more than any game last season. |Â Complete Story and Box Score
LAST TIME OUT: University of Jamestown: The Jimmies fell to Concordia-Moorhead 39-14 last Saturday as they were only able to gain 288 yards of total offense. Trailing 32-0 at the half, Jamestown finally got on the board early in the third when senior defensive back Nick Klawon picked off a pass and took it 51 yards to the house. Jamestown added another score in the fourth when quarterback Beau Erickson connected with reciever Xavier Munoz on a 20-yard scoring strike. Munoz finished with eight grabs for 111 yards on the afternoon. The loss dropped the Jimmies to 0-3 on the season. | Complete Story | Box Score
WHEN THEY MET LAST YEAR:Â In the season opener for the Blue Devils last season, Stout defeated Jamestown 31-0, dominating both sides of the ball throughout the game. Quarterback Michael Blizel went 16-36 for 262 yards and two touchdowns, with Trevor Morning hauling in four of those passes for 155 yards and a touchdown. Running back Eric Brown ran for 94 yards and as a team the Blue Devils outgained the Jimmies 157-16 on the ground and 452-157 overall.Â
THE SERIES: Stout leads the series 5-0. The teams have played every year since 2008. Before last years shutout, the Blue Devils won the previous two games by a combined total of only six points, winning 27-24 in 2010 and 20-17 in 2011.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Offense: Hank Kujak (Jr, Blair); Defense: Tyler Naatz (Jr, Menomonie); Special teams: Zak Snell (Castaic, Calif); Scout players of the week: Offensive:Â Logan Stoa (Fr, Hawley, Minn) ; Defensive: Blake Strehlow (Fr, Suring).
WHO'S WHO: UW-Stout: WIth a ton of newcomers on both sides of the ball as well as unveiling a new offense, there were a lot of questions going into the first game against Dakota Wesleyan. Despite giving up over 400 yards on defense, the Blue Devils were able to come up with some big plays that kept the game out of reach from the Tigers. First year starter Dominque Rhodes (Jr, Milwaukee) came up with an interception in the first half that Stout was able to turn into a touchdown and defensive lineman Alec Zoern (Jr, Germantown) forced a fumble inside Dakota Wesleyan's own five yard line that safety Collin Laursen (Jr, Mondovi) fell on to get the ball back for the Blue Devils. With safeties Tyler Naatz and Damian Guggenbuehl also returning as starters, the defensive secondary looks to be in fairly decent shape. Naatz and Laursen both earned WIAC honorable mention honors. Jamie Rohrig saw a considerable amount of time on the defensive line and was second on the team in sacks before injury ended his season late in the year. Other notable defenders include linebackers David Lindell and Spencer Adler and defensive end David Goebel, who is making the switch from fullback to the defensive line. Goebel will be a four year starter for the Blue Devils and the two-time all-WIAC honorable mention selection has started all 30 games since arriving on campus as a freshman.Stout's total defense finished fourth in the WIAC last season, up from sixth the previous two seasons. Naatz finished second in the WIAC in tackles last year and Lindell finished fifth in tackles for loss (12.0). On the offensive side of things, quarterback Hank Kujak showed great poise and decision making in only his second career start, making several big plays throughout the game with both his legs and his arm. He had runs of 18 and 25 yards and completed seven passes that went for more than 20 yards. Up front, the left side of the line is anchored by guard David Reyes and tackle Devon Greiber, both starters last season. Reyes was a second team all-WIAC selection as a junior and earned preseason honorable mention honors by USA Football. Running backs Tanner Kuehn and Adolfo Pacheco  shared the bulk of the carries against Dakota Wesleyan, with Kuehn picking up 56 yards and a touchdown while Pacheco ended with 67 yards. Trevor Morning and Cody Rosemeyer lead a talented group of recievers that also includes Matt Small and Zak Snell. Snell did a little of everything for the Blue Devils last Saturday, catching two passes for 27 yards, returning a kick for 43 that he nearly took all the way back, and handled the puntingand kick-off duties after kicker Ricky Marteney left with an injury early in the second half. For his efforts, he was named the Stout special teams player of the week. Marteney will be back this week and continue his climb up the Stout all-time scoring list, where he currently sits fifth with 170 total points.  | 2012 Stats
WHO'S WHO: University of Jamestown: The Jimmies are already three games into their season, with this weeks matchup against  Stout their fourth game of the year. Sitting at 0-3, the Jimmies have been outscored by an average of 18.7 points per game. They lost a number of key players from last year's defensive unit, including defensive back AJ Downs, the Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I) Co-Defensive Player of the year. With only five starters returning on defense, the Jimmies have had a tough time early in the season holding opposing offenses. However, top tackler and A.I.I. All-Conference selection JT Pesch is back and picking up right where he left off, with 31 tackles, 14 solo in the first three games. Also returning is senior defensive back Nick Klawon, who had a 51-yard interception return for a touchdown last week against Concordia-Moorhead, his second pick of the season. Up front, defensive end Steve David has four sacks on the season. David has recorded at least one sack in each of the Jimmies games this season. On offense, the Jimmies return eight starters from a year ago with the only key loss being running back Lance Johansen, who rushed for 990 yards a season ago. The offensive line sees two A.I.I. All-Conference selections return in Mike Findlay and Sean Emery. Emery and Findlay are tasked with clearing holes for running back D'Marco Smith, who has carried the ball 36 times for 163 yards so far this year. Quarterback Beau Erickson, who saw limited action a year ago is back behind center for the Jimmies. He is averaging 200 passing yards per game and is second on the team in rushing with 103 yards. He has completed 64% of his passes and has five TDs against only two picks. At reciever, Michael Sena (13 receptions, 121 yards), Casey Glenn (10, 130, 2 TD), and Trent Roemerich (10, 66) have been Erickson's favorite targets up to this point, although last week Xavier Munoz came on strong in his first game of the year with eight grabs for 111 yards and a touchdown. | 2013 Stats
THE MATCHUP: Comparing the numbers:
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    Stout (2012 numbers)   |
WIAC Rank |
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Rank |
Jamestown University |
|
18.2 |
6th |
PPG |
n/a |
16.0 |
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26.8 |
6th |
Opp. PPG |
n/a |
34.7 |
|
205.4 |
5th |
Pass Yds |
n/a |
200.0 |
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113.4 |
6th |
Rush Yds |
n/a |
143.3 |
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-9 |
t-7th |
Turnover +/- |
n/a |
-2 |
CLIMBING THE LADDER: Kicker Ricky Marteney continues his climb up the Blue Devil all-time scoring list. Marteney entered the year with 163 points, and went 2-2 on field goals and added an extra point, moving into sole possession of fifth on the all-time scoring list with 170. Marteney also holds the record for most career field goals by any UW-Stout kicker with 37 makes.
TEAM CAPTAINS: Captains include offensive lineman Devon Greiber (Sr, Waunakee), senior fullback David Goebel (Sr, Minnetonka, Minn), quarterback Hank Kujak (Jr, Blair), linebacker David Lindell (Sr, New Richland, Minn), offensive lineman David Reyes (Sr, Riverside, Calif) and wide receiver Trevor Morning (Sr, Bloomer).
THE COACHES: UW-Stout:Â Â
Clayt Birmingham (15-16) is in his fourth year as the UW-Stout head coach. Before coming to Stout, Birmingham coached at Western Michigan, Emporia College and UW-Stevens Point. Birmingham was the UW-Stout defensive coordinator for three years before assuming the head coaching role. Birmingham played his college football at UW-Stevens Point. Â
Jamestown University:
Shawn Frank (4-9) begins his second year as the head coach of the Jimmies. This is his ninth year with the Jimmies. He also handles the role of defensive coordinator for Jamestown, this will be his fifth year in that position. Before coming to Jamestown, Frank coached in his hometown of Hettinger, ND for 10 years. In college, he was a two-time all-conference selection as a defensive back at the University of Mary.
COACHING CHANGES: Longtime Blue Devil coaches
Mark Thomas and MIke Bird have left the UW-Stout football program. Thomas will stepped away from the football program to devote more time with his women's basketball program and Bird is now full-time as the program director of the school's Health, Wellness and Fitness major.Â
Travis Destache and Bodie Reeder return as the defensive and offensive coordinators, respectively. New to the program are: Dane Wardenburg, offensive line;
Chris Morton, defensive line, Del Howard, defensive backs, John O'Grady, running backs and assistant head coach;
Jed Stutzman, offensive line, and Rich Rossi, wide receivers. Student coaches include: Kyle Lenski, defensive line;
Joe Gerber, offensive line; and
Eric Brown, running backs.
THE LEAGUES: UW-Stout is a member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). Stout finished tied for sixth last season (3-7, 1-6 WIAC) in league play. Jamestown is a member of the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA), a conference in it's first year of existence. Last season as an independent, they finished with a 4-6 record on the season.
QUICK HITS:Â Â Junior running back
Tanner Kuehn led all Stout rushers with 19 carries against Dakota Wesleyan, scoring the teams first rushing touchdown of the season. Going forwardÂ
Zak Snell continued hsi role as a jack-of-all-trades for the Blue Devils, as he saw considerable time at reciever while leading the team with one kickoff return for 43 yards. He also kicked off twice and handled the punting duties when
Ricky Marteney went down with an injury. Last season,  Snell was pressed into all kinds of duty against North Central. Snell caught two passes for 15 yards, rushed once for three yards, fielded three kickoffs for 72 yards and punted twice. Snell also completed one pass last year, a 34-yard pass to WR
Trevor Morning on the opening play of the UW-Eau Claire game...
Hank Kujak's 272 passing yards against Dakota Wesleyan were the most by a Stout QB since Oct. 8th 2011, when Ross Carey threw for 284 yards. Stout's team passing total of 321 yards was the most by a Stout team since Oct. 30 2004, when Nick Ohman threw for 347 againts UW-La Crosse. Kujak completed passes to 8 different recievers against the Tigers...The 507 yards that Stout put up in the season opener were the most for the Blue Devils since Sep. 18, 2010 when they put up 556 against Eureka College.Â
IN THE MORNING: WR
Trevor Morning extended his reception streak to 21 games by catching seven passes against Dakota Wesleyan. Morning caught at least one pass in each game during both his sophomore and junior seasons. His seven receptions and 212 recieving yards last week both were career highs for him. His 212 yards were the most by a Stout reciever since Dan Austin set the school record with 241 on Nov. 1 2003 against UW-Lacrosse ...Morning's 85-yard pass reception from QB
Michael Blizel against Jamestown College in the 2012 season opener was the longest reception for a Stout tandem since Matt Bunyan tossed a 98-yard TD to speedster Jesse Witcraft on Nov. 16, 1997, in the Metrodome. Morning's reception is the longest Stout play from scrimmage since TB Craig Warminski rolled off an 86-yard run, Nov. 13, 2010, in the final game of the 2010 season against UW-Oshkosh...
MARTENEY, BEST WHEN STIRRED: PK
Ricky Marteney entered the 2013 season with 163 career points, tied for fifth on the all-time scoring list with fellow kicker Kevin McCauley. After booting two more field goals and an extra point, his total now sits at 170, giving him sole possesion of the fifth slot on the all-time scoring list...last season, Marteney matched a career-best when he booted a 43-yard field goal against Jamestown College, then matched that at UW-Eau Claire. Marteney twice in the 2011 season kicked 43-yarders, in the opening game with Black Hills State and against UW-Eau Claire...for his career, Marteney has made 59-of-61 extra point attempts...last season, Marteney was a perfect 17-of-17 in extra points...Marteney has made 37-of-54 field goals over his career.
SEASON HONORS: Hank Kujak was named the WIAC and UW-Stout athlete of the week after throwing for 272 yards against Dakota Wesleyan in the season opener...Returners named to the 2012 All-WIAC second team include: DB
Collin Laursen, OL
David Reyes, and RS
Tanner Kuehn. DB
Tyler Naatz and FB
David Goebel were honorable mention selections...PK
Ricky Marteney was a second team pick in 2010.
TOPPERS: The following are career bests for several of Stout's offensive players
Hank Kujak - Passing
20 comp, 35 att, 272 yds, 3 TD vs. Dakota Wesleyan, Sept. 7, 2013
Trevor Morning - Receiving
7 receptions, 212 yards vs. Dakota Wesleyan, Sept. 7, 2013 - 2TDs
4 receptions, 155 yards vs. Jamestown College, Sept. 8, 2012
6 receptions, 113 yards vs. UW-La Crosse, Oct. 20, 2012
2 receptions, 84 yards vs. UW-Whitewater, Oct. 14, 2011 - 2TDs
4 receptions, 79 yards vs. UW-Oshkosh, Nov. 10, 2012 - 1TD
4 receptions, 61 yards vs. UW-River Falls, Sept. 22, 2012
4 receptions, 58 yards vs. UW-Whitewater, Oct. 13, 2012
David Goebel - Rushing
3 carries, 51 yards vs. UW-La Crosse, Oct. 20, 2012
3 carries, 27 yards, 1 TD vs. Jamestown College, Sept. 10, 2011
Zak Snell - Receiving
4 receptions, 44 yards vs. UW-River Falls, Sept. 22, 2012
4 receptions, 32 yards vs. UW-River Falls, Oct. 27, 2012
3 receptions, 25 yards, 1 TD vs. UW-La Crosse, Oct. 20, 2012
Matt Small - Receiving
3 receptions, 54 yards vs. UW-Platteville, Nov. 3, 2012
3 receptions, 32 yards vs. UW-Eau Claire, Sept. 29, 2012
Adam Smith - Receiving
5 receptions, 36 yards vs. UW-Whitewater, Oct. 14, 2011
Ricky Marteney - Field Goals
43 yards vs. UW-Eau Claire, Sept. 29, 2012
43 yards vs. Jamestown College, Sept. 8, 2012
43 yards vs. UW-Eau Claire, Oct. 1, 2011
43 yards vs. Jamestown College, Sept. 10, 2011
TEAM CAPTAINS: 2013 team captains are: offensive linemen Devon Greiber and David Reyes, quarterback Hank Kujak, fullback David Goebel, linebacker David Lindell and wide receiver Trevor Morning.
NATIONAL POLLS: Neither team is ranked.
DON & NONA WILLIAMS STADIUM MARKS
Longest Pass Play
87 - Jon Bane to Anthony Muilenburg (Dakota Wesleyan) Sept. 7, 2013
Longest Run from Scrimmage
86 - Craig Warminski vs. UW-Oshkosh, Nov. 13, 2010
Longest Field Goal
55 - Nick Dace (North Central College), Sept. 15, 2012
53 - Nick Dace (North Central College), Sept. 15, 2012
Longest Punt Return
80 - Craig Warminski vs. Eureka College, Sept. 18, 2010
Longest Kickoff Return
90 - Carlos Concepcion vs. UW-Eau Claire, Oct. 23, 2010
Most Rushing Yards in a Game
328 - Luke Bundgaard vs. UW-Platteville, Nov. 15, 2003
207 - Taylor Edwards (UW-River Falls), Oct. 3, 2009
207 - Justin Biever (UW-Whitewater), Nov. 5, 2005
Most Yards Passing in a Game
446 - Tom Stetzer (UW-Platteville), Sept. 29, 2001
358 - Brett Borchert (UW-Stevens Point), Oct. 16, 2004
349 - Austin Neu (UW-Eau Claire), Oct. 1, 2011
Most Yards Receiving in a Game
243 - Max Boe (Jamestown), Sept. 11, 2010
Most TDs Scored in a Game
4 - Luke Bundgaard vs. UW-Platteville, Nov. 15, 2003UP NEXT: The Blue Devils will travel nationally ranked North Central College in Naperville, Ill, Saturday, Sept. 21.
