"1998" WALSH UNIVERSITY WRAP-UP OF SEASON

HISTORY:
  1. WALSH UNIVERSITY HAS JUST FINISHED ITS 4th SEASON OF NAIA FOOTBALL.
  2. COACH JIM DENNISON IS THE HEAD COACH.
  3. HE HAS LED THE "CAVALIERS" TO A 7-3 RECORD IN THEIR INITIAL SEASON(95), TO A 6-5 RECORD IN '96, TO A 7-3 RECORD IN 1997, AND A 6-5 RECORD IN 1998.
  4. WALSH PLAYS IN THE MID STATES FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, THE TOUGHEST LEAGUE IN THE NAIA.
  5. WALSH PLAYED ITS FIRST EVER OVERTIME GAME THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS ITS FIRST EVER DOUBLE OVERTIME GAME, AND ITS FIRST EVER TRIPLE OVERTIME GAME. IN ALL IT PLAYED FOUR OVERTIME GAMES!!!
QUICK FACTS:
  1. COLORS ARE MAROON AND GOLD
  2. HOME FIELD IS FAWCETT STADIUM
  3. TEAM CAPTAINS WERE SENIORS: DAVE CLARKSON, RYAN DUTTON, PHIL MARQUART, AND RON MESSER.
  4. THE RADIO HOME OF THE "CAVS" IS WCER,900AM.

A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE FOOTBALL BANQUET
The Cavaliers held their 4th annual football banquet at Skyland Pines Country Club on November 22, 1998.
A few comments made by Head Coach Jim Dennison:
You win with PMA=POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE!
In 4 years of existance, the Cavs have a 70% winning record on the ROAD!
The base of this football team has been built by this first full class of seniors.
The greatest creatures that roam the earth?...."OFFENSIVE LINEMEN"
You will not remember wins or losses-but will remember the most, the friendship and relationships with each other.
MICHAEL FLAHERTY=1st recruit to sign with the Cavalier Football program.
RON CARLSON=STARTED ALL "42" GAMES!!!!!!!!
The only reason to be at WALSH UNIVERSITY is to get your degree. "Get up and go"..get your degree, "Get up and go"...to Class, to weight room....
Coach Gilbert believes that you must "take care of those 'little' things to have success in football.
Coach Woodford commented on:
Get your degree, then blaze your trail!
DAVID GRIMM=the "ultimate team player"
Here is what each player recieves:
1st year=CERTIFICATE
2nd year=WALSH JACKET
3rd year=WALSH STADIUM BLANKET
4th year=WALSH WRIST WATCH & THEIR OAK "LOCKER ROOM STOOL" THAT THEY SAT ON FOR THEIR FOUR YEARS OF PLAYING AT WALSH!

"1998" RECORD AT A GLANCE

9/5 UNION W 40-6
9/12 MANCHESTER W 38-7
9/19 WEST LIBERTY W 38-30
9/26 @ IOWA WESLEYAN W 28-12
10/3 @ TIFFIN L 14-17
10/10 URBANA W 27-21 (OT)
10/17 @ ST. FRANCIS W 44-41 (OT)
10/24 MALONE L 21-28
10/31 @ TRI-STATE L 17-24 (OT)
11/7 McKENDREE L 23-26 (OT)
11/14 GENEVA L 29-35
OVERALL WON 6 LOST 5
HOME WON 4 LOST 3
AWAY WON 2 LOST 2
MFSA WON 2 LOST 4

"1998" CAVALIER LETTER WINNERS



FIRST YEAR

Adam Anderson
Nate Caldwell
Ryan Costantini
Darren Dutton
Travis Ellyson
Sean Flaherty
Dan Herbert
Adam Howard
Jeff Klusti
Mack Mitchell
Doug Neff
Jesse Schmitz
Frank Tempesta
Chad Wise
Paul Wulff



SECOND YEAR

Bryan Baugher
Jason Cunningham
Jeff Dolan
Lamont Evans
Nick Kovach
Andy Kusmits
Dru Rhodes
Robert Rowland
Mark Shelly
Eric Walters
Ronald Winphrie
Josh Zimmerman



THIRD YEAR

Rob Allen
Jon Court
Stephen Freeman
Jesse Gannon
Frank Gant
John Geckle
Anthony Goldyn
Bryan Hanlin
Blake Hutchinson
Adam Maurer
Eddie Pryor
Chris Pullen
Andy Putman
Bryan Register
Sean Ring
Mike Schaedler
Ben Spillar
Chris Walls



FOURTH YEAR

Ron Carlson
Dave Clarkson (captain)
Jon Dewitt
Ryan Dutton (captain)
Brian Farmer
Brian Farrar
Michael Flaherty
David Grimm
Matt Jenson
Tim Leszynski
Phil Marquart (captain)
Ron Messer (captain)
Don Patterson
Doug Popek
Damont Skanes
Adam Steiner
Bob Sullivan
Jason Tomci
Chris Ulrich
Alberto Villaluna
Joah Wehring
Matt Wood
Dan Yaceczko



RED SHIRTS

Brad Albaugh
Fredrik Begic
Tim Davis
Matt Halstead
Matt Halverstadt
Dusty Hatch
Tucker Heffinger
Dan Hodakievic
Gary Hurdley
Andy Limperos
Joey Luckino
Patrik Lundqvist
Nick Marcini
Brian Mathews
Tim Palmer
Matt Pastore
Jon Purses
Scott Ranostay
Justin Rector
Kevin Roarty
Mickey Ryan
Doug Schwaberow
George Selim
Ryan Seman
Scott Sloboda
Richie Summers
Dan Veltre
Tony Ventura
Al Weiss
Jeremy Werner
Revawn Wilson
Marty Yaniglos
MORE VERY IMPORTANT WALSH U. PEOPLE OF "1998" 

CHEERLEADERS


Stacy Kowalski--advisor

Erin Fay-4th yr.
Stephanie Karlen-3rd yr.
Mandy Megee-1st yr.
Erica Miller-3rd yr.
Krista Mitchell-1st yr.
Tiffany Russo-1st yr.
Sara Securro-2nd yr.
Kellie Shaheen-2nd yr.
Kelly Spalten-2nd yr.
Maria Stroia-2nd yr.
Kellie Troyer-3rd yr.



MANAGERS


George Kegg-equipment mgr.
Adam Addair
Steve Albretch
Tony Allen
Andrea Arnold
Shelly Burns
Mark Calmate
Dan Simon Jr.
Sam Stewart
Bobby Watkins


WALSH MEDICAL STAFF


Dr. Larry Handwork/team doctor
Dr. Mark Shepard/team doctor
Dr. Julie Mehigan/team doctor
Sam Pittera/head trainer
Heather Jones/student trainer


WALSH UNIVERSITY COACHING STAFF


Head Coach: Jim Dennison
Offensive Coordinator: Greg Gilbert
Defensive Coordinator: Mike Woodford
Wide Receiver/Passing Game: Brian Wright

OFFENSIVE STAFF:
Rick Baily
Bob Clayton
Tom Flaherty
Gary Green
Mike Irby
George Kegg
Jim Warstler/student assistant

DEFENSIVE STAFF:
Paul Dorando
Dan Drake
John Fankhauser/graduate assistant
Dan Gravo
Dan Simon


ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF


Dr. Kenneth N. HamiltonPresident of Walsh University
Dale HowardVice President/Student Affairs
Jim DennisonAthletic Director
Jim ClarkDirector, Sports Information
Sam PitteraHead Athletic Trainer
Sherry BossartAthletic Coordinator
Paul WachtelFaculty Representative
Angela CarmolaFootball Secretary
Steve LoyMarketing
Leslie HahnAssistant Athletic Director
Theresa BergAssistant Athletic Director
"1998" OFFENSIVE STATISTICS

RUSHING

 G TD ATT YDS AVG
SKANES 8 11 234 1,221 5.2
MESSER 10 6 96 408 4.3
SPILLAR 10 2 43 367 8.5
HERBERT 7 4 79 306 3.9
WISE 7 2 50 237 4.7
WINPHRIE 9 1 4 35 8.8
GOLDYN 2 0 5 21 4.2
KUSMITS 2 0 1 21 21.0
MAURER 7 0 7 19 2.7
PULLEN 4 0 5 8 1.6
LESZYNSKI 6 0 3 8 2.7
JENSON 11 1 36 -3 0.1

PASSING

 TD A---C---I--- .PCT YDS
JENSON 16 231---109---13 47.2 1,715
PULLEN 0 6---2---0 33.3 54
FARRAR 0 1---0---1 0.0 0

FIELD GOALS

 ATT GOOD XPT
HUTCHINSON 6 4 33-33
BAUGHER 5 3 0-0
WULFF 1 0 0-0

PUNTING

 NO. YDS AVG. LONG
FARRAR 50 2041 40.8 61

KICK RETURNS

NO. YDS AVG. LONG TD
WINPHRIE 17 424 24.9 58 0
CUNNINGHAM 12 228 19.0 42 0
SKANES 4 94 23.5 40 0
MAURER 4 44 11.0 15 0

PUNT RETURNS

NO. YDS AVG. LONG
CUNNINGHAM 11 71 6.5 14
WINPHRIE 8 105 13.1 27

RECEIVING

 NO. YDS AVG. TD
WINPHRIE 30 464 15.5 3
CUNNINGHAM 28 504 18.0 6
STEINER 18 198 11.0 0
ULRICH 15 246 16.4 4
SPILLAR 10 138 13.8 1
SKANES 4 66 16.5 0
WEHRING 2 59 29.5 1
WISE 2 28 14.0 0
MESSER 1 57 57.0 1
KOVACH 1 9 9.0 0

SCORING

 TD XP FG PTS
SKANES 11 0 0 66
HUTCHINSON 0 33 4 45
MESSER 7 0 0 42
CUNNINGHAM 6 0 0 36
ULRICH 4 0 0 26
HERBERT 4 0 0 24
WINPHRIE 4 0 0 24
SPILLAR 3 0 0 18
BAUGHER 0 5 3 14
WISE 2 0 0 12
WEHRING 1 0 0 6
JENSON 1 0 0 6

TOTAL OFFENSE

 Pl. Ru. Pa. Tot. Avg/G
JENSON 267 -3 1715 1712 155.6
SKANES 234 1221 0 1221 152.6
MESSER 96 408 0 408 40.8
SPILLAR 43 367 0 367 36.7
HERBERT 79 306 0 306 43.7
WISE 50 237 0 237 33.9
PULLEN 11 8 54 62 15.5
SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 OT
WALSH 71 93 60 73 22
Opp. 14 73 80 57 23

WALSH==319/29game

Opp.=====247/22.45game

DEFENSIVE & TEAM STATISTICS & AWARDS

DEFENSIVE LEADERS

 UT A T L FR SK
WOOD 74 43 117 13-67 1 3-28
CARLSON 65 26 91 2-3 0 0
HANLIN 39 48 87 5-19 0 1-3
YACECZKO 37 46 83 7-21 1 0
ALLEN 35 24 59 10-46 1 4.5/20
MITCHELL 34 20 54 0 0 0
TEMPESTA 24 24 48 2-10 0 1.5-8
RHODES 23 21 44 1-4 0 0
TOMCI 31 10 41 10-43 1 4.5/32
FARRAR 26 9 35 3-8 1 0
DOLAN 17 17 34 1-1 0 0
PATTERSON 22 11 33 1-1 0 0
RING 18 13 31 1-6 0 0
REGISTER 23 5 28 4-16 0 2.5/12
R. DUTTON 11 15 26 2-2 0 0
FLAHERTY 12 12 24 3-5 0 0
SHELLY 8 15 23 0 0 0
D. DUTTON 12 10 22 4-19 0 1/12
PRYOR 12 7 19 0 0 0
VILLALUNA 5 4 9 0 0 0
WALTERS 6 2 8 3-8 1 1/5
KLUSTI 6 1 7 0 0 0
CALDWELL 3 4 7 0 0 0
COSTANTINI 4 2 6 0 0 0
GRIMM 4 1 5 0 0 0
KUSMITS 2 2 4 0 0 0
ZIMMERMAN 1 3 4 0 0 0
UT=Unassisted tackles
A =Assists
T==Total tackles
L =Tackles for a loss/yards
FR =Fumble recoveries
SK =Sacks/yards
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. Long
MITCHELL 4 7 5
PATTERSON 3 3 3
FARRAR 3 72 44
TEMPESTA 1 0 0
TOMCI 1 11 11
FLAHERTY 1 0 0
CARLSON 1 24 24
RING 1 12 12
HANLIN 1 44 44
TEAM STATISTICS W.U.
FIRST DOWNS 230
RUSHING YARDS 2648
PASSING YARDS 1769
TOTAL OFFENSE 4417
Yds. per game 401.5
POSSESSION TIME 31:01
3rd DOWN % 64/159
SACKS 19/115
TOUCHDOWNS 27
ATT-COMP-INT-TD 238-111-14-16
AVG.PER PLAY 5.5
SACKS-YARDS 19-115

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS
OFFENSE DAVE CLARKSON
DEFENSE MATT WOOD

1997 MID-STATES FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION MIDEAST LEAGUE TEAM

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
  • OL-PHIL MARQUART
  • P-BRIAN FARRAR
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
  • DL-MATT WOOD
  • DB-RON CARLSON
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
  • TB-DAMONT SKANES
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
  • OLB-BRYAN HANLIN

MUCOWSKI AWARD

OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS
UNION DAMONT SKANES DON PATTERSON EDDIE PRYOR
MANCHESTER DAMONT SKANES JASON TOMCI BLAKE HUTCHINSON
WEST LIBERTY DAMONT SKANES RON CARLSON BRIAN FARRAR
IOWA WESLEYAN BEN SPILLAR MATT WOOD PAUL WULFF
TIFFIN DAMONT SKANES RON CARLSON CHRIS PULLEN
URBANA TIM LESZYNSKI BRYAN HANLIN BRIAN FARRAR
ST. FRANCIS MATT JENSON JASON TOMCI RON WINPHRIE
MALONE MATT JENSON MATT WOOD BRIAN FARRAR
TRI-STATE BEN SPILLAR BRYAN HANLIN BRIAN FARRAR
McKENDREE DAMONT SKANES MATT WOOD BRYAN BAUGHER
GENEVA PHIL MARQUART MATT MITCHELL EDDIE PRYOR

EXECUTIONER'S CLUB

DAVE CLARKSON
JASON CUNNINGHAM
BEN SPILLAR
BRIAN FARRAR
MICHAEL FLAHERTY
BRYAN HANLIN
MATT JENSON
RON CARLSON
PHIL MARQUART
JON COURT
DOUG POPEK
CHRIS PULLEN
ADAM STEINER

NAIA FOOTBALL RATINGS
TOP 25 - ELEVENTH (FINAL) RATING
NOVEMBER 15, 1998

CONTACT: John Kehl, NAIA Department of Sports Information.

Rank

Last
Week

Team

        

1st Place
Votes

  

Record

Total
Points

1

1

Hastings (Neb.)

      

15

  

10

-

0

375

2

2

Rocky Mountain (Mont.)

          

9

-

0

359

3

3

Southwestern (Kan.)

          

8

-

1

324

4

5

Sioux Falls (S.D.)

            

7

-

2

302

5

6

Benedictine (Kan.)

            

9

-

1

296

6

4

Jamestown (N.D.)

            

8

-

1

286

7

7

Taylor (Ind.)

              

8

-

2

278

8

8

Azusa Pacific (Calif.)

          

8

-

2

271

9

11

Georgetown (Ky.)

            

8

-

2

259

10

10

Mary (N.D.)

              

8

-

2

255

11

13

Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)

          

8

-

2

211

12

17

Malone (Ohio)

            

7

-

3

195

13

12

Huron (S.D.)

              

8

-

2

186

14

9

Tri-State (Ind.)

            

9

-

2

179

15

19

Central Washington

          

6

-

3

171

16

16

Lindenwood (Mo.)

            

8

-

2

149

17

15

Geneva (Pa.)

            

7

-

3

138

18

18

Lambuth (Tenn)

            

7

-

3

126

19

21

Ottawa (Kan.)

            

8

-

2

105

20

22

North Greenville (S.C.)

          

7

-

3

101

21

20

Northwestern Oklahoma

          

7

-

3

95

22

23

Northwestern (Iowa)

          

7

-

3

71

23

24

Missouri Valley

            

7

-

3

50

24

14

Campbellsville (Ky.)

          

7

-

4

25

25

NR

Eastern Oregon

            

6

-

4

20

Others Receiving Votes: Dakota State (S.D.) (GP) 16, Dickinson State (N.D.) 14, Cumberland (Tenn.) 5, Tiffin (Ohio) 5, Western Oregon 4, Evangel (Mo.) 2, Bethany (Kan.) 1, McKendree (Ill.) 1.

The top-25 rating was compiled by the NAIA-Football Coaches Association. Points awarded on a 25-24-23-22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

MID-STATES FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION FINAL RANKINGS FOR 1998

Mid-States/Mideast

                            

Malone (Ohio)

  

5

  

1

  

0.833

  

7

  

3

  

0.700

    

Tri-State (Ind.)

  

4

  

2

  

0.667

  

9

  

2

  

0.818

    

Geneva (Pa.)

    

4

  

2

  

0.667

  

7

  

3

  

0.700

    

Tiffin (Ohio)

    

3

  

3

  

0.500

  

6

  

5

  

0.545

    

Walsh (Ohio)

    

2

  

4

  

0.333

  

6

  

5

  

0.545

    

Urbana (Ohio)

  

2

  

4

  

0.333

  

4

  

7

  

0.364

    

St. Francis (Ind.)

  

1

  

5

  

0.167

  

2

  

8

  

0.200

    
                               

Mid-States/Midwest

                            

Taylor (Ind.)

    

6

  

0

  

1.000

  

8

  

2

  

0.800

    

Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)

  

5

  

1

  

0.833

  

8

  

2

  

0.800

    

McKendree (Ill.)

  

3

  

3

  

0.500

  

6

  

4

  

0.600

    

St. Ambrose (Iowa)

  

2

  

4

  

0.333

  

5

  

5

  

0.500

    

Iowa Wesleyan

  

2

  

4

  

0.333

  

3

  

8

  

0.273

    

Trinity International (Ill.)

  

2

  

4

  

0.333

  

2

  

8

  

0.200

    

St. Xavier (Ill.)

  

1

  

5

  

0.167

  

1

  

9

  

0.100

    
                               
WELL, THAT'S IT!
A YEARS WORTH OF VERY HARD WORK BY A LOT OF PEOPLE!

PLEASE CLICK ON THE SPINNING FOOTBALL TO BE TAKEN TO THE ENTIRE 1998 WEEK BY WEEK GAME RESULTS, STATISTICS, AS WELL AS PRESEASON NEWSPAPER ARTICLES OF WALSH UNIVERSITY CAVALIERS' FOOTBALL TEAM! (3 pages of articles)

©; 1999, Dave S e-mail:abcd4896@ix.netcom.com

Last revision: 08-25-99

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