WSU Football Weekly Game Notes

Game #9 - Wayne State at Ferris State
Date:  Saturday, Nov. 2
Time:  Noon
Location:  Big Rapids, Mich.
Stadium:  Top Taggart Field (6,200)
Live stats:  livestats.prestosports.com/waynestate
Live video:  wsuathletics.com/showcase
Live audio:  WDTK 1400 AM/92.7 FM (wdtkam.com)

FERRIS STATE STORYLINES
The Warriors (3-5, 3-4 GLIAC) are looking to end a three-game skid with a road contest at Ferris State (5-3, 5-2 GLIAC), who is in second place in the GLIAC North Division.  Wayne State is playing its second straight road game after dropping a 33-21 contest at Northern Michigan last Saturday.
    
WSU is in fifth place in the GLIAC North Division standings at 3-4 and are 3-5 this season overall.  Ferris State has a 5-2 record in conference play in 2013.
    
Wayne State has just two games remaining following Ferris State, one at home vs. Grand Valley State on Nov. 9 and the season finale on the road at Michigan Tech the following Saturday (Nov. 16).

QUICK HITS
Ed Viverette is second in the GLIAC with 7.0 sacks in seven games played.
    
Stefan Terleckyj leads the GLIAC with a 43.1 yards per punt average.
  
Doug Griffin's 91 rushing yards at Northern Michigan were the most by a WSU quarterback since Randy Hutchison's 101 rushing yards vs. Gannon on Aug. 30, 2003.  The last Wayne State quarterback to rush for 100 rushing yards in a GLIAC contest was Hutchison at Michigan Tech on Oct. 19, 2002, when he rushed for 116 yards.
    
Wayne State is third in the GLIAC in passing defense and total defense.  The Warriors allow just 190.8 pass yards per game and 357.9 total yards per game.

ON THE AIR
Sean Baligian (play-by-play), former WSU football running back Josh Renel (color) and Lisa Seymour (sideline) will call the action all season on WDTK The Patriot 1400 AM/92.7 FM Radio.  Fans can also check out the live simulcast on wdtkam.com.

THE SERIES
The Warriors are 22-25 all-time against Ferris State in the series that started in 1920.  Wayne State is 9-11 on the road against Ferris State, but won the last meeting in Big Rapids, winning 19-0 on Oct. 18, 2008.  FSU won the most recent meeting, earning a 35-24 win in Detroit on Oct. 27, 2012.  Paul Winters is 2-3 all-time against Ferris State.

ON THE HEADSET
Paul Winters is in his 10th season as head coach of the Wayne State football program.  He has a 56-53 record in his Warrior tenure, including a 43-24 mark in his last five-plus seasons.  In the 2013 season opener against Carson-Newman, Winters became the all-time leader in Wayne State football history in games coached (102).
    
Ferris State's Tony Annese has a 12-7 mark in his second season as the head coach of the Bulldog football team.  Prior to his appointment at FSU, he directed the Grand Rapids Community College football program to a 30-4 mark in three seasons and coached at the prep level for more than 25 years.  He accumulated a 195-41 record as a high school coach, including directing Muskegon High School to a 92-15 mark and three state titles in nine seasons.

SCOUTING FERRIS STATE
Ferris State rallied for a 30-27 victory at Michigan Tech last Saturday.  FSU trailed 27-10 before scoring three second-half touchdowns to shock the crowd in Houghton.  The Bulldogs have scored 50 points three times this season and lead the GLIAC in scoring through eight games this season, averaging 38.6 points per game.  Ferris State has scored at least 28 points in every conference game this year.
    
Sophomore quarterback Jason Vander Laan is third in the GLIAC in rushing yards with 1,162 and has scored 16 touchdowns on the ground.  He has also thrown for 1,242 yards, completing 62.1 percent of his passes, with 10 touchdowns against eight interceptions.  His leading targets are juniors Dontae Ingraham (26 catches, 270 yards) and Jake Lampman (24 catches, 356 yards).
    
Junior running back Jamaal Jackson has 50 carries for 306 yards and one score, while senior running back Korey Ringer has 50 rushes for 280 yards and three touchdowns for FSU.
    
Defensively, senior defensive Marvin Robinson leads the squad with 68 tackles.  Junior linebacker Terell Porter is second on the team with 61 stops.  Junior defensive back A.J. McEwen is tied for first in the GLIAC and leads the Bulldogs with five interceptions.   Sophomore lineback Justin Zimmer leads FSU with 9.0 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.

NORTHERN MICHIGAN RECAP
The Warriors took a 7-0 lead midway through the first period at the Superior Dome as quarterback Carl Roscoe found Dominique Maybanks behind the Wildcat secondary for a 37-yard scoring pass.  Wayne State put together a six-play, 83-yard drive, which included two connections (19 and 21 yards) between quarterback Doug Griffin and Michael Johnson.  NMU scored the next 17 points, however, to hold a 17-7 halftime lead.
    
The Wildcats nearly took a 24-7 lead early in the third quarter.  NMU had a touchdown called back when offsetting penalties brough the play back to the WSU 40.  On the very next play, NMU's Marcus Tucker fumbled and WSU's Antwon Robinson recovered.
    
Wayne State capped off a four-play, 65-yard drive when Griffin, making his first collegiate start, ran for a 54-yard touchdown run to cut the deficit to 17-14.  The run by Griffin was the longest rush of the season for the Warriors.
    
The Wildcats responded by scoring the next 16 points to increase their lead to 33-14.
    
With 4:44 remaining in the fourth quarter, Chet Privett scored on a one-yard plunge for his first rushing touchdown of the season to complete the scoring.
    
Griffin led WSU on the ground with 91 yards on nine carries, while NMU's Wyatt Jurasin totaled a game-high 127 yards on 31 attempts.  Griffin completed 2-of-7 for 40 yards and was intercepted twice.  Roscoe passed for 78 yards on 6-of-9, while Sean Guinane was 2-of-6 for 40 yards.
    
Wildcat Shaye Brown was 19-of-30 for 231 yards and one score.  NMU's Christian Jessie led all receivers with seven catches for 88 yards.  WSU wide outs Michael Johnson and Maybanks each had three receptions along with 46 and 53 receiving yards, respectively.
    
Ed Viverette recorded a game-high 12 tackles (2-10), while fellow linebackers Moe Davenport and Nores Fradi each made 10 stops.

IN THE POLLS
Despite not playing a game in week seven, Ohio Dominican moved up three spots in the AFCA Division II Coaches Poll, which was released on Monday.  Saginaw Valley was the other GLIAC team to move up a few spots, climbing from No. 25 to No. 23 in the poll.  The Panthers and Cardinals remain the only two conference squads to receive votes in the poll.

NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Warriors are 23rd in the country and third in the GLIAC in passing defense, allowing just 185.0 passing yards per game.  WSU is 50th in the nation and third in the conference in total defense.  Wayne State holds opponents to 351.4 yards per game.  The Warriors are also 21st in the country in time of possession, holding the ball for an average of 32:31 per game.
    
Ed Viverette is tied for sixth in the country in sacks per game at 1.0.  Stefan Terleckyj is 14th in the nation with a 42.9 yards per punt average.

PRIVETT NAMED SEMIFINALIST FOR NFF SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARDS
Chet Privett was selected on Oct. 2 as one of the 170 semifinalists for the 2013 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards and the 2013 William V. Campbell Trophy, which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation.
    
Privett was one of 24 Division II student-athletes named as a candidate. Each nominee must be in the final year of elgibility, have demonstrated strong leadership qualities on and off the field, have a GPA of 3.2 or better on a 4.0 scale and have outstanding football ability, among other qualifications.
    
A co-captain in 2013, Privett is a three-time GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team selection (2011-12-13) along with being named to the GLIAC Honorable Mention team in 2011. He has played in 40 games in his Warrior career, making 37 career starts.
    
Sixteen college football student-athletes were selected as finalists for the award.  Quarterbacks Trevor Adams (Northwest Missouri State) and Dustin Vaughan (West Texas A&M) were the only two finalists selected from Division II.

TERLECKYJ EARNS FRED MITCHELL AWARD HONORS
Stefan Terleckyj was honored on Oct. 29 as one of 35 place-kickers for his excellence in the community and on the playing field during October.  He was one of 23 seniors and just one of nine Division II kickers selected for the October monthly award.
    
He was also one of 26 student-athletes recognized on Oct. 1 as the Fred Mitchell Award honored 26 collegiate place-kickers for their excellence on and off the football field during the month of September.
    
Terleckyj was one of 18 seniors selected and just one of seven Division II place-kickers bestowed with the monthly accolade.
    
The annual Fred Mitchell Outstanding Place-Kicker Award (also known as the Fred Mitchell Award) is provided to the nation's top collegiate place-kicker among more than 750 FCS, Division II, Division III, NAIA and NJCAA football teams. The recipient of the award is chosen based on excellence on the football field and in the community.
    
Terleckyj is second on the team in scoring with 39 points from 5 of 7 field goals and 24 of 25 extra points in 2013. He is a 2012 Fred Mitchell Award Finalist, who owns the school record for the most kicking points (277), which is also third in school history.

VIVERETTE EARNS NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Along with being named GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week following his performance against Ashland, senior linebacker Ed Viverette was selected as the D2football.com National Defensive Player of the Week.  Viverette totaled nine tackles, 3.5 sacks, a forced fumble and he returned a fumble 42 yards for WSU's first defensive touchdown of the season.
    
The last Warrior to be honored with a national player of the week accolade was safety Jeremy Jones, who was also selected as the D2football.com National Defensive Player of the Week following a 27-10 win over Michigan Tech on Sept. 17, 2011.

COMCAST XFINITY
All five of WSU's home games will be broadcast on Comcast Channel 900.  The broadcast team of Ryan Ermanni (play-by-play), Rod Beard (color) and Joe Abramson/Kevin Brechmacher (sideline) will have the call from Tom Adams Field.  Each home Saturday telecast will be replayed at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, 8 p.m. on Wednesday and 9 a.m. on Thursday the week following the live broadcast.

WARRIOR ALL-ACCESS
All Wayne State football games can be heard on WDTK Radio (1400 AM/92.7 FM).  Fans can listen to the games online at wdtkam.com or watch the home games via Warrior All-Access for a $5.95 per game fee.  Sean Baligian and former WSU running back Josh Renel will handle the call in the booth, while Lisa Seymour will handle the sideline reporting for each contest.  

WINTERS ON WEDNESDAYS
Join Paul Winters and host Rod Beard every Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. on WDTK 1400 AM for an hour of Warrior football.  The radio show will also be streamed online at wdtkam.com.