GAME DAY: WMU vs. Northern Illinois - 10.27.12
GAME 9
Western Michigan (3-5, 1-3 MAC) vs. Northern Illinois (7-1, 4-0 MAC)
All-Time series — WMU leads 23-14-0
Last Meeting — NIU 51, WMU 22 (Oct. 15, 2011)
Record Last 5 Meetings — WMU trails, 1-4
Oct. 27, 2012 // Waldo Stadium (30,200)
12:05 p.m. // Kalamazoo, Mich. // ESPN Regional
Michael Reghi - Play-by-Play; Doug Graber - Analysis
RADIO BROADCAST | LISTEN LIVE | LIVE STATS
The game will be broadcast live on the Bronco Radio Network:
96.5 FM (Kalamazoo, Portage, Mattawan); 94.1 FM (Lansing, Jackson,
Battle Creek), 101.3 FM (Grand Rapids) and 1310 AM (Detroit). Robin
Hook (play-by-play) and John Creek (analysis) will have the call
beginning at 11 a.m.
BROADCAST | ESPN REGIONAL TELEVISION | ESPN3
The WMU-Northern Illinois game will be air live on ESPN Regional in various markets. In Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek (WZZM); in Detroit (WXYZ); in Lansing (WHTV). For a complete listing of stations and markets, please click on the attached document entitled TV Market Availability. Michael Reghi (play-by-play) and Doug Graber (analysis) will call the action.
WMU FOOTBALL NOTES OF INTEREST
• WMU Athletic Hall of Fame will honor the Class of 2012, which includes six members, including only the third active coach ever to be inducted (Dave Morin, Men’s Tennis)
• Hall of Fame Class of 2012 — Dan Edwards (Men’s Soccer, 1991-94); Katie Markey (Women’s Soccer, 1996-99); Sue McCarthy (Gymnastics, 1988-90); Lynda McLean (Volleyball, 1984-87); Dave Morin (Men’s Tennis Coach, 1998-present); William Pyle (Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field, 1954-57)
• The WMU Athletic Hall of Fame is inducting a class without someone representing football for the first time since 2002
• WMU leads the all-time series with Northern Illinois, 23-14-0
• WMU leads the all-time series at home with Northern Illinois, 13-6-0
• WMU is looking to stop a two-game skid, its first since Oct. 15-22, 2011
• WMU has three wins over defending MAC Champions during head coach Bill Cubit’s tenure and four total since the inception of the MAC title game in 1997
• WMU is looking to avoid three-straight losses for the first time since 2007
• WMU is looking for first win over Northern Illinois since the 2008 MAC opener (W, 29-26)
• Tyler Van Tubbergen and Josh Schaffer hooked up for the fifth longest one-yard drive in program history (81 yds) at Kent State, registering the team’s third one-play drive of 2012
• Van Tubbergen became the 14th Western Michigan QB to throw for over 300 yards in a game at least once in his career
• Josh Schaffer set career highs in receptions (9) and receiving yards (151) at Kent State
• WMU held the nation’s leader in all-purpose yards (229.17 ypg), Dri Archer, 114.17 yards under his average a week ago
• Desmond Bozeman registered his first career interception at Kent State, marking the third game in a row that Western Michigan has picked off a pass
• WMU has recorded at least one interception in seven of eight games in 2012, opening the season with an INT in the first four games; WMU was held without an INT only against Toledo
• A win over Northern Illinois will improve WMU to 4-1 at home in 2012 and to 17-15 in October games under head coach Bill Cubit
HERE’S SOMETHING YOU DID NOT KNOW
Western Michigan enters its ninth game of the season with 1,271 rushing yards, averaging 158.8 yards on the ground in 2012. The Broncos had 1,575 yards on the ground in all of 2011 (121.2 ypg). If WMU keeps this pace, it will end the year with 1,906.5 yards, the most since rushing for 2,022 yards in 2000.
WMU vs. NIU - LIVE CHAT
