EASTERN 2016 FOOTBALL CELEBRATING 30 YEARS IN THE BIG SKY & 50 AT ROOS (WOODWARD) FIELD! Center ASHTON MILLER and guard STEVEN FORGETTE both earned All-America honors for the Eagles. In their senior season in 2013, they helped Eastern break 49 school records, 23 Big Sky Conference marks and 12 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision records. The Eagles finished 12-3 and had the school’s firstever unbeaten finish in the league (8-0).
LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURNS
1. 2. 3. 4.
96t 95t 91t 90 90t
Maurice Perigo, Southwest Tex. St. 9/21/96 Derek Strey, Idaho 10/14/95 Dewey Doe, Puget Sound 1949 Ole Olesen, Oregon State 9/2/00 Kurt Schulz, Nevada 9/9/89
LONGEST KICKOFF RETURNS
1. #100t #100t #100t #100t #100t #100t #100t 8. 99t 16. 93 21. 90t 30. 80
Lamont Brightful, Montana 9/30/00 Lamont Brightful, Central Wash. 9/11/99 Jason Anderson, Cal Poly-SLO 9/10/94 Dominic Corr, Weber State 11/4/89 Dominic Corr, Illinois State 10/17/87 Craig Richardson, Idaho 10/20/84 Craig Richardson, Howard Payne 10/6/84 Shaq Hill, North Dakota 10/6/12 Shaq Hill, *Illinois State 12/8/12 Shaq Hill, Portland State 11/21/14 Shaq Hill, Idaho State 11/2/13
LONGEST PUNT RETURNS
1. 84t Rob Friese, Northern Iowa 12/7/85 2. #83t Maurice Perigo, *Youngstown St. 12/13/97 83t Bashir Levingston, Western Wa. 10/10/98 4. 82t Jackie Kellogg, Northern Arizona 10/23/93 5. 81t Kyler Randall, CS Northridge 10/27/01 9. 78t Cooper Kupp, Idaho State 10/17/15 17. 67t Cooper Kupp, Montana 11/8/14
LONGEST FUMBLE RETURNS
1 2. 3. 4.
70t 70 57t #45
Steve Mattson, CS Northridge 11/16/96 McComb, Spokane High School 1902 Timm Scott, Northern Iowa 11/19/94 Jerrad Jeske, Montana 10/19/96
LONGEST FIELD GOALS
1. 57 Eric Stein, Montana State 9/25/87 2. 56 Brett Bergstrom, Northern Colo. 10/14/06 3. 55 Felipe Macias, Texas Tech 8/30/08 55 Jason Cromer, Northern Arizona 9/10/88 55 Barry Sartz, Western Montana, 1975 6. 53 Brett Bergstrom, Montana State 9/23/06 #53 Eric Stein, Howard Payne 10/6/84 #53 Dave Marriott, Idaho State 1983 9. 52 Felipe Macias, Colorado 9/6/08 52 Brett Bergstrom, Northern Ariz. 10/28/06 52 Mike Wold, Weber State 1982 12. 51 Five occasions 17. 50 Three occasions
LONGEST PUNTS
1. 74 Jake Miller, Washington State 9/8/12 2. #71 Ryan Donckers, Northern Ariz. 10/28/06 3. 70 Jake Miller, Idaho State 10/4/14 4. 69 Ryan Donckers, Montana State 11/13/04 69 Tom Zurfluh, Weber State 9/27/97 5. 67 Jordan Dascalo, Montana 11/14/15 67 Bryan Boesel, Northern Arizona 10/23/93 7. 66 Jake Miller, Cal Poly 11/16/13 66 Ryan Donckers, Montana State 9/23/06 66 Tom Zurfluh, Idaho State 10/26/96 10. 65 Jesse Nicassio, San Diego State 8/30/03 19. 62 Jordan Dascalo, Cal Poly 10/10/15 30. 59 Jordan Dascalo, Northern Colorado 10/24/15 42. 57 Jordan Dascalo, Cal Poly 10/10/15
MOST TACKLES 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
#24 23 23 21 22 20 19 18 18
J.C. Sherritt, Weber State 10/10/09 Greg Belzer, Portland State 9/12/98 Joe Peterson, Idaho 10/16/93 Greg Belzer, Weber State 11/13/99 Bob Altshuler, Oregon College 10/5/74 Paul Ena, *Stephen F. Austin 11/28/09 Grant Williams, Cal Poly 11/12/11 Alek Kacmarcik, Montana State 9/19/15 on 11 other occasions
MOST SACKS 1. 3. 5.
#5 #5 4.5 4.5 4 4 4
Frank Staudenraus, Fort Lewis 10/5/85 Frank Staudenraus, Weber State 9/24/83 Dario Romero, CS Northridge 11/15/97 Tommy Williams, Northern Ariz. 10/24/92 Greg Peach, Montana 10/11/08 Adam Chambers, Central Wa. 11/17/01 Frank Staudenraus, Weber State 9/14/85
MOST TACKLES FOR LOSS (Yards) 1. 2.
#6 5 5 5 5 5 5
Tommy Williams, Montana St. 10/10/92 Greg Peach, Montana 10/11/08 Greg Peach, Idaho State 9/27/08 Tommy Williams, Northern Ariz. 10/24/92 Jon McPherson, Weber State 11/4/89 Frank Staudenraus, Fort Lewis 10/5/85 Frank Staudenraus, Weber State 9/24/83
MOST YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 8. 10. 11.
743 #740 697 667 658 648 644 630 626 625 624
Idaho State 11/2/13 Rocky Mountain 9/6/97 Montana 10/4/86 Montana State 9/19/15 Montana 10/18/97 Norhtenr Colorado 10/24/15 Whitworth 11/18/67 Western Oregon 9/14/02 *McNeese State 11/24/07 Oregon State 8/31/13 Sam Houston State 8/23/14
12. 13. 14. 15. 17. 18. 19. 20. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 34. 35. 38. 39. 40.
618 617 612 608 608 603 597 596 595 595 594 592 591 588 583 583 582 580 578 574 573 573 569 568 568 568 567 566 565
Idaho State 11/24/01 Idaho State 10/4/14 Idaho State 9/25/04 Southern Utah 11/14/09 Cal State Northridge 10/27/01 Montana 9/17/94 Western Oregon 9/7/13 Sacramento State 9/18/93 *Stephen F. Austin 11/28/09 Montana Tech 9/7/02 Sacramento State 9/26/15 Northern Arizona 11/8/97 Montana State 11/9/13 Cal State Northridge 9/25/99 Montana Western 8/30/14 Northern Arizona 10/8/05 Montana State 9/20/14 *Towson 12/21/13 Idaho State 11/19/11 Northern Arizona 11/2/91 Washington 9/6/14 Cal Poly 11/6/04 Western Oregon, 9/17/05 Southern Utah, 10/11/14 *Southern Illinois 11/27/04 Southern Utah 9/21/02 Montana-Western 8/31/07 Sacramento State 10/29/05 Weber State 9/22/01
EWU PUNT & KICKOFF RETURNS
In the last 20 seasons (1996-2015), Eastern has returned 35 kicks for touchdowns while allowing just 17. Until North Dakota State had one in the 2010 FCS Playoffs, Eastern had not allowed a kickoff return for a TD in more than 10 years (599 returns).
Year Punt Return TD Opp. Kickoff Return TD 2015 Cooper Kupp 1 2014 Cooper Kupp Shaq Hill *****Dylan Zylstra 2013 2012 ****Evan Day 1 Shaquille Hill 2011 2010 ***T.J. Lee & ***Darriell Beaumonte 1 Jesse Hoffman (3) 2009 1 2008 Taiwan Jones 2007 A.J. Jimerson 2006 Tony Davis 3 2005 1 2004 Eric Kimble (2) & *Kyle Long 2003 2002 Eric Kimble 1 2001 Kyler Randall (2) 2 Lamont Brightful 2000 Lamont Brightful (2) 1999 Lamont Brighful (2) 1998 Bashir Levingston (3) 1 Bashir Levingston (3) 1997 Maurice Perigo Maurice Perigo & Steve Correa 1996 Maurice Perigo TOTAL 17 11 17
Opp. 1
2
2 4
*Long recovered a loose ball for a TD after a blocked punt by Gregor Smith. **Beaumonte recovered his own blocked punt for a TD. ***Lee recovered a loose ball for a TD after a blocked punt by Darriell Beaumonte. ****Day recovered a loose ball for a TD after a blocked punt by Dylan Zylstra. *****Zylstra ecovered a loose ball for a TD after a blocked punt by Samson Ebukam.
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