GAME SEVEN || Saturday, October 15 || 1:00 PM
Fayette, Iowa || Eb Eischeid Stadium
Upper Iowa University vs. Minnesota State University, Mankato
Game Notes: Upper Iowa || Minnesota State
Upper Iowa vs. Minnesota State Live Options
Radio: AM 950 KOEL - "The Voice" of UIU Football, Joe Stasi, will bring you all the action on northeast Iowa's largest AM radio station.
Live Webcast (provided by New Media Television)
Live Stats
Online Audio Only
This Week in Peacock Football...
The Upper Iowa Football team has equaled their start to the 2006 season posting a 3-3 record just past the midway point of the season. The Peacocks will now look to win their fourth game of the year; something that hasn’t been done in the 21st century. The 1999 squad, which finished 6-4, was the last team to win a fourth ball game in a season. Minnesota State comes into the game having dropped a 31-13 decision to #16 St. Cloud State last week after running off a four-game win streak that included a 24-14 victory against Winona State. The Mavericks boast the 16th best defense in the country, which has given the 41st best scoring offense in the country good starting field position all season long.
Honorary Captain...
Steve Harms will serve as an Honorary Captain this Saturday and will participate in the coin toss.
Upper Iowa’s football complex transformation was made possible by a $7.5 million gift to the University last spring by Steve and Diane Harms, UIU alums, of West Des Moines, Iowa.
Steve Harms earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education at UIU, where he played football. Diane Harms graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from UIU, where she was a cheerleader. Steve is currently a member of the UIU Board of Trustees. He and Diane are serving as two of the three co-chairs of the UIU capital campaign. Both graduated in 1973.
The Series...
The Mavericks have won all five meetings with the Peacocks. The series began after Upper Iowa made the move up to NCAA Division II from Division III.
Last Meeting...
MSU 48 - UIU 14 || The Mavericks broke out of a three-game slide in a big way last year as they defeated Upper Iowa, 48-14. Minnesota State scored the first 24 points of the game and held Upper Iowa scoreless until the final two and a half minutes of the first half. Upper Iowa’s first scoring drive came on a Jessie Hubbard 4-yard scoring catch. Minnesota State added another three rushing touchdowns and a field goal in the second half. UIU closed out the scoring with a rush from eight yards away for a touchdown. The final team stats slanted heavily towards Minnesota State including a 28-8 advantage in first downs and a 569 to 245 yard advantage in total offense. Preston Spencer played well for the Peacock defense as he lived in the Maverick back field registering 9 tackles including one and a half for loss.
Catch him if you can…
Senior wideout Jessie Hubbard is enjoying an outstanding senior season averaging 95.0 receiving yards/game which ranks him 13th in the country and 1st in the NSIC. The two-time All-NSIC performer has 23 catches for 570 yards and 5 touchdowns including a long td catchin each of his last three ball games (76 yds. 75 yds. and 60 yds.). Hubbard also has 7 rushes for 30 yards and 13 kick returns for 272 yards. The West Palm Beach, Florida native is leading the Peacocks in all-purpose yards and is 33rd in the nation and 4th in the NSIC with 145.3 yards per game.
Strong Up the Middle… Junior Tony Leggett is leading the defense from his middle linebacker position. Leggett’s 62 tackles tie him for 19th nationally and 3rd most in the NSIC with 10.33/game. Sophomore Ethan Douglas has begun to make his presence felt at strong linebacker as well. His 51 tackles are 76th best in the nation and 10th in the NSIC.
Jaeschke Holding His Own… Redshirt freshman QB Cole Jaeschke is ranked 32nd in the country and 5th in the NSIC in passing efficiency. He has posted a 142.96 rating through the first six weeks and is leading the Peacock offense that is ranked 65th in the country and 6th in the NSIC in total offense (378.3 yards/game). Jaeschke has completed 58.9% of his passes for 1,295 yards and 6 touchdowns, while rushing for 79 yards. He ranks 57th in the nation in total offense at 229.0 yards/game.
Keeping Cole Clean… The UIU offensive line is keeping their young signal caller’s uniform clean this season allowing just 4 sacks to rank 8th nationally in sacks allowed/game.
Mr. Smith comes calling… Chris Smith was named the NSIC Off. Player of the Week on 9/19/11 after back-to-back 100+ yard rushing days. After sitting out most of games 4 & 5 due to injury, he returned to the field in Crookston and found the endzone three times. He currently ranks 60th in the country and 7th in the NSIC for rushing yards per game (79.0).
Sandoval... Just Kickin’ It… Junior Steven Sandoval remains perfect in Peacock blue. Sandoval has hit all eight field goal attempts and all seventeen extra point attempts this season. His 41points rank him for 91st in the country and 10th in the NSIC in scoring, while he’s is tied for 20th nationally and 3rd in the NSIC in field goals made/game (1.3).
Knowlton Finding the Groove...
Punter Evan Knowlton is finding the groove for the Peacocks. He is currently 49th in the country in net punting with a 34.4 yard average per punt. The redshirt sophomore is coming off a great week at Minnesota, Crookston where he hit four punts for a 47.5 yard average and dropped one inside the 20.
Last game for the Mavericks...
#16 SCSU 31 - MSU 13 || The Mavericks opened the game with a 13-play, 57-yard opening drive capped off with a 32-yard field goal by junior Daniel Padilla. The Huskies responded with a one-yard touchdown run before Padilla nailed a 42-yard field goal to cut the score to 7-6 with 13 seconds remaining in the first quarter.
St. Cloud State rattled off ten unanswered points in the second quarter to take a 17-6 halftime lead.
Minnesota State opened the second half with an 11-play, 80 yard drive that used five minutes and eight seconds and was capped by a one-yard touchdown rush by junior quarterback Jon Daniels. Pfeiffer paced the Mavericks on the drive with 40 yards of rushing on the ground while Daniels hit big third down passes to both junior wideout Jon Daniels and senior wideout LaMark Brown.
The Huskies then made it a two-possession game with 13:11 remaining in the fourth quarter and added a touchdown with 3:47 to put the game out of reach.
Pfeiffer led MSU with 23 carries for 142 yards in the loss, marking his fifth straight 100-yard rushing game. Daniels finished the game 17-of-29 for 148 yards, spreading his completions out to six different receivers. Defensively, redshirt freshman LaMark Brown led MSU with eight tackles, including a forced fumble and a sack.
