•     The Washburn Ichabod football team will make its first postseason appearance since 2011 and its first bowl game trip since 2010 returning to the Mineral Water Bowl on Dec. 3 to take on Bemidji State with a 12 p.m. kickoff in Excelsior Springs, Mo.
•     The Ichabods are making their second trip to the Mineral Water Bowl with the last trip coming in 2004 when they defeated Northern State (S.D.) 36-33.
•     Bemidji State finished the season 8-3 and they last played in Mineral Water Bowl in 2006 falling to Pittsburg State 35-27.
•     The Ichabods (7-4, 7-4 MIAA) are coming off a 30-3 loss to No. 9-ranked Emporia State in the regular season finale.
•     The Beavers (8-3, 8-3 NSIC) blasted Minnesota Crookston 76-13 in its final game of the season and finished second in the north division with a 5-2 record.
•     Washburn finished in a three-way tie for fourth in the MIAA standings with Fort Hays State and Pittsburg State.
•     With the win over Missouri Western, the Ichabods clinched their 11th winning season under head coach Craig Schurig in his 15 seasons.
•     Washburn is 4-1 in postseason bowl games.
•     Since the Mineral Water Bowl moved from a junior college bowl game to the current NCAA Division II game, the MIAA has gone 10-6 against the Northern Sun Conference … the NSIC has won the last two games.
•     The Ichabods have had 79 plays of longer than 20 yards this season including 19 of more than 40 yards.
•     On the ground, the Ichabods are averaging 4.2 yards per carry on first down, 4.0 yards per carry on second down and 3.6 yards per carry on third down … on fourth down the Ichabods are averaging 0.3 yards per carry on 14 attempts.
•     When passing, Washburn is 51 of 92 on first down, 44 of 85 on second down, 49 of 118 on third down and 4 of 10 on fourth down.
•     The Ichabods are ranked eighth in the nation in passing yards per completion at 15.9 per catch.
•     Washburn is 14th in the nation in turnovers gained and 26th in turnover margin.
•     The Ichabods are 12th in the MIAA in penalties with 83 for 781 yards averaging 71.0 yards per game … Washburn is 11th in opponent penalties at 69 for an average of 52.9 yards per game.
  Washburn Ichabod head coach Craig Schurig . . .
•     was named head coach of the Ichabod football program Dec. 28, 2001.
•     is 103-68 (.611) in his 15th season as the Ichabod head coach.
•     is 85-58 (.603) against the MIAA.
•     has led the Ichabods to three NCAA Playoff appearances and two bowl appearance championships.
•     led the Ichabods to the 2005 MIAA regular season outright championship.
•     led the Ichabods to the program's first 10-win season and their first NCAA or NAIA playoff game victory in school history with a win over Abilene Christian during the 2011 season.
•     is Washburn's all-time winningest football coach with 101 wins.
•     is 0-0 against Bemidji State.
 
Bemidji State interim head coach Brent Bolte. . .
•     is 8-3 in his first season as the Beavers' head coach.
•     is in his 18th season on the Bemidji State coaching staff and his 15th as a full-time assistant coach in 2016.
•     After spending three seasons on the staff, Bolte received a promotion to full-time assistant coach in August 2003. He was named Co-Defensive Coordinator in 2005 and since has helped mastermind one of the best defenses in the nation.
•     is 0-0 against Washburn.
  •     This season, a different Ichabod senior will be wearing the No. 9 jersey which was worn last season by Brandon Bourbon, who passed away earlier this summer.
•     In the opening game against Northeastern State, Mickeel Stewart rushed for 53 yards on 10 carries and one touchdown.
•     Bryce Chavis wore No. 9 against Northwest Missouri.
•     Against Lindenwood, James Brania-Hopp wore No. 9 and had one catch for 25 yards and a tackle on special teams.
•     Long-snapper Zach Downing wore No. 9 this past week and recorded a tackle on special teams.
•     Against Pitt State, quarterback Derek McGinnis wore No. 9 and passed for 260 yards and two touchdowns.
•     Anthony Daniels, Jr. wore No. 9 against Missouri Southern and had one catch.
•     Saul Monteon wore No. 9 against Fort Hays State.
•     Cody Heiman wore No. 9 against Central Missouri and recorded four tackles and a tackle for loss.
•     Akhmad Abdul-Razzaq wore No. 9 against Missouri Western and recorded five tackles against the Griffons.
•     Spencer Matthews wore No. 9 against Central Oklahoma and had a tackle.
•     Mickeel Stewart will wore No. 9 for the second time this year against Emporia State and rushed for 45 yards on 12 carries.
•     Against Bemidji State, James Brania-Hopp will wear No. 9 for the second time this season.           
  The Washburn Ichabod football team had 13 players honored on the all-MIAA football team which was announced after a vote by the league's coaches. Washburn had one first team pick, four second team selections, two third team picks and six who earned honorable mention all-MIAA honors.
Senior linebacker Cody Heiman was Washburn's first team pick after leading the Ichabods with 96 tackles including 7.0 for loss and 3.5 sacks for 14 yards adding two interceptions and a 60-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown against Missouri Southern. He is seventh in the MIAA in tackles this season. Heiman was a second team pick as a junior.
Named to the second team on the offensive line was senior left tackle Michael Miller who will make his 45th consecutive start in the Mineral Water Bowl. Miller was a second team all-MIAA pick following his junior and senior seasons and was an honorable mention all-conference pick as a redshirt freshman.
Sophomore place kicker/punter Perry Schmiedeler was named both second team offense and second team defense this season. He was named to the offensive team for his placekicking abilities after hitting 16 of 21 field goals including a career-long 50-yard attempt against Missouri Western. The 16 field goals led the MIAA this season and tied for fourth on the Ichabod single-season chart. He leads the Ichabods in scoring with 81 points this season hitting 33 of 34 extra points. He is fifth in the MIAA in scoring overall and fourth in kick scoring. Defensively, his punting average of 41.7 yards per punt is ranked second in the MIAA connecting on a career-long attempt of 70 against Emporia State on Nov. 12. His 16 punts of more than 50-yards led the MIAA. Washburn led the MIAA in net punting this season with a 38.3 yard per punt average.
Senior defensive end Akhmad Abdul-Razzaq was a second team selection for the second season in a row after finishing third on the Ichabods in tackles with 60 adding 8.5 tackles for loss and a team-high 4.5 sacks for 38 yards.
Senior wide receiver Bryce Chavis was a third team all-MIAA pick after earning honorable mention all-MIAA honors last season. Chavis led the Ichabods with 39 catches for 628 yards and four touchdowns while averaging 16.1 yards per catch. Chavis also led the Ichabods in all-purpose yards per game with 73.0.
Senior defensive back Zach Franklin was a third team selection this season recording 35 tackles with 28 solo stops with an interception against Emporia State last time out. He recorded 13 pass break ups and was a second team all-MIAA pick as a junior.
Earning honorable mention all-MIAA honors were senior quarterback Derek McGinnis, junior offensive lineman Bob Marco, junior defensive lineman Trey Parker, senior defensive lineman Spenser Matthews, junior linebacker Austin Tillman, a sophomore defensive back Corey Ballentine.
McGinnis passed for 2,170 yards and 14 touchdowns this season and Marco has started the last 14 games on the offensive line for Washburn. Parker was an honorable mention all-MIAA selection as a sophomore starting the 25 games at defensive tackle. This season he had 32 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss. Matthews led the Ichabods with 12 tackles for loss for 30 yards adding 4.0 sacks for 15 yards.
Tillman was second on the team with 94 tackles coming off a career-high 17 tackles against Emporia State last time out. He had six tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks with two fumble recoveries. Ballentine finished fourth on the squad in tackles with 58 adding 6.5 tackles for loss and 12 pass breakups with two interceptions and a forced fumble.
  •     First team all-MIAA senior linebacker Cody Heiman leads the team with 96 tackles with 44 solo stops adding 7.0 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks with two interceptions and 10 passes defended adding a 60-yard fumble recovery against Missouri Southern for a touchdown … he went over the 200 career tackle mark against Missouri Southern and now has 246 at Washburn … Heiman is eighth in the MIAA in tackles … Heiman is 14th on the all-time Ichabod tackle chart.
•     Austin Tillman is second on the team with 94 tackles recording a career-high 17 against Emporia State last time out … he ranks 10th in the MIAA in tackles.
•     Akhmad Abdul-Razzaq is 10th in the MIAA in sacks and ranks 20th in tackles for loss for 8.5 for 50 yards and … he is third on the Ichabods with 60 tackles … he is fifth in tackles for loss all-time at Washburn with 30.5 and his 12.5 sacks is eighth all-time as an Ichabod … his 75 yards from sacks is fourth all-time at Washburn.
•  Spenser Matthews leads the Ichabods with 12.0 tackles for loss for 30 yards and has 4.0  sacks for 15 yards … he is ranked sixth in the MIAA in tackles for loss and he is 10th in sacks … for his Ichabod career he is seventh in sacks (14.5) and tied for sixth in tackles for loss (29.5) … his 79 yards for tackles for loss is third all-time at Washburn.
•     Corey Ballentine is fourth on the team with 58 tackles and has 6.5 tackles for loss for 21 yards and had a career-high nine tackles against Missouri Western.
•     Peter Pfannenstiel is sixth in tackles on the Ichabods with 57 stops including four tackles for loss with a team-high three fumble recoveries … he is ranked seventh in the nation in fumble recoveries and had his second career interception against Emporia State last time out.
•     Derek McGreevy is sixth on the team with 52 tackles with 7.5 tackles for loss for 21 yards adding a sack … he had a career-high eight tackles last time out against Emporia State.
•     Trevin Wiens is eighth on the team with 48 tackles including eight pass break ups and 11 deflections … he is tied for the team lead with three interceptions this season.
•     Heath Tucker had a career-high five tackles against Emporia State last time out.
•  The Ichabods have the fifth-best total defense in the league allowing 386.2 yards per game.
•     Washburn is second in the league in rush defense allowing 115.9 yards per game trailing Northwest Missouri (72.5 ypg).
•     The Ichabods are fifth in the league in sacks with 27 for 138 yards … Emporia State leads the league with 37 sacks.
•     Washburn's scoring defense is fifth in the MIAA allowing 28.6 points per game.
  •     Mickeel Stewart is 10th in the MIAA in rushing averaging 54.9 yards per game … he had a career-high 21 rushes for a career-high 108 yards against Missouri Southern.
•     Jake Horner is ranked 12th in the MIAA in receiving averaging 65.4 yards per game.
•     Derek McGinnis went over the 4,000-yard  career passing mark against Central Missouri becoming the eighth Ichabod to pass for at least 4,000 yards in a career and now has 4,579 … he needs 200 yards to move into sixth all-time … his 40 touchdown passes are fifth all-time on the Ichabod chart … he tied a career-high with 298 passing yards against Central Oklahoma and had a career-high 318 total offensive yards (298 passing/20 rushing) … his 4,565 total offensive yards is eighth all-time at Washburn.
•     McGinnis is ranked eighth in the nation in passing yards per completion at 15.61.
•     Bryce Chavis recorded two touchdowns for the fourth time in his career against Fort Hays State … he has 1,387 career receiving yards and 90 catches … he had career-highs of 10 receptions and 176 yards against Central Oklahoma this season … he passed former Ichabod wide receiver and current radio color analysts Jake Lebahn who had 1,384 for 15th on the all-time chart.
•     Senior offensive left tackle Michael Miller will be making his 45th consecutive start for the Ichabods in the Mineral Water Bowl … he started 11 games at left guard as a freshman, 11 games at right tackle as a sophomore, 11 games at left tackle as a junior and has started all 11 games so far this season at left tackle.
•     The Ichabods are eighth in scoring offense at 27.7 ppg in the MIAA rankings and 10th in total offense at 366.4 yards per game.
•     Washburn has the eighth-best rushing offense in the league at 152.0 yards per game and it is ranked 11th in passing offense at 214.4 yards per game.
  •     Perry Schmiedeler is fourth in the MIAA in kick scoring at 7.4 points per game and ranked fifth overall in the MIAA in scoring.
•     Schmiedeler is ranked seventh in the nation in field goals per game at 1.45.
•     Schmiedeler is second in the MIAA in punting with a 41.7 ypp average … Washburn is second in the MIAA in net punting at 38.1 ypp.
•     Schmiedeler is also ranked 13th in the nation in punting at 41.7 yards per punt and tied a career high with nine punt against Emporia State last time out hitting a career-long 70 yard attempt.
•     Schmiedeler's 41.7 ypp average this season would rank third on the Ichabod single-season punting average … the single-season record is 42.49 by Eric Roth set in 2002.
•     Schmiedeler set a career-high with six extra points against Missouri Southern … his 66  career extra points is 10th on the all-time chart at Washburn.
•     Schmiedeler's 16 field goals this season is tied for fourth on the Ichabod single-season chart.
•     Schmiedeler tied a career-high with three field goals against Missouri Western including a career-long make of 50 yards en route to MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week honors.
•     Josh Wright is fourth in the MIAA in kickoff return average at 25.6 ypr and Chris McGee, Jr., is 13th at 18.9 ypr.
•     Corey Ballentine leads the Ichabods with eight special teams tackles with seven coming of kickoff coverage.
  •     Gena Adams, Jesse Hein and Brandon Schindler were named to the NSIC North Division All-Conference First Team Offense, while Damon Benham, Alex Burgess, Jamison Evans, Gunner Olszewski and Trysten Ross were selected to the First Team Defense. Bemidji State's selections to the NSIC All-Conference Second Team Offense included Jordan Hein, Blake Holder, Jake Krause and Matthew Valentine, while Jake Wirsching was named to the Second Team Defense and Juwaan Richard was placed on the Second Team Special Teams. Kameel Al-Khouri, Vince Dinkel and Blake Petrich finish their senior seasons as members of the All-NSIC Honorable Mention team.
•     Bemidji State capped a record-setting season with a 76-13 win over University of Minnesota Crookston Saturday, Nov. 12 on senior day.
•     The program's eight wins was the most since reaching the same mark in 2011.
•     The Beavers were ranked in the American Football Coaches Association Coaches' Top 25 Poll and D2Football.com Media Top 25 Poll multiple times during 2016, the first instance of being ranked in either poll since 2011.
•     The Beavers saw multiple team and individual records fall this season, capped off with the annual "Hubcap" rivalry against the Golden Eagles to close the season.
•     The program set a single-game records for points (76) and touchdowns (11), and reached 350 wins as a program with the victory against UMC. •    Junior quarterback Jordan Hein broke the all-time BSU passing and total touchdowns against the Golden Eagles, totaling 58 and 75, respectively, in his career.
•     Sophomore Gunner Olszewski set the single-game punt return yardage record with 194, breaking the previous record by 40 yards.
•     Junior wide receiver Blake Holder recorded his fifth consecutive 100-yard receiving game, the longest streak for a BSU student-athlete since at least 2001.
•     Earlier this season, Hein broke BSU's all-time passing yardage record and has recorded 5,782 passing yards in his career.
•     Bemidji State set or finished in the top five of program single-season records in the following categories: rushing touchdowns (1st; 35), passing yards (1st; 3,207), passing touchdowns (1st, 33), passing yards/game (1st; 291.5); total offense (1st; 5,777), total offense/game (1st; 525.2), total offense/play (1st; 7.1), all-purpose yards (1st, 7,255), total points (1st, 511), touchdowns (1st, 71), margin of victory (1st; 31.3), rushing yards (2nd; 2,570), rushing yards/game (2nd; 233.6), passing efficiency (2nd; 155.5), kickoff return yards (2nd; 976), pass completions (4th; 190) and punt return yards (5th; 379).
•     BSU finished second in the NSIC North Division and third in the overall standings.
•     Bemidji State began the season with a win at home against Upper Iowa University before traveling to previously-ranked No. 6 Minnesota State University Mankato and taking a convincing 45-17 win in Mankato, Minn.
•     The Beavers were within seven points in each of their three losses, and fell by a total margin of nine points.
•     The program's eight wins is the eighth time in program history to reach that mark.
•     Junior quarterback Jordan Hein is one of 42 to be nominated for the Harlon Hill Trophy.
•     He finished the 2016 regular season by breaking multiple BSU career records, including total passing yards (6,116), total touchdowns responsible for (77) and passing touchdowns (59). Hein also set the BSU single-season passing efficiency record (167.4) and tied the previous record of 27 touchdown passes in one season.
•     Gena Adams leads the team with a 90.5 yards per game rushing average netting 995 this season with eight touchdowns … Adams also leads the team in scoring with 74 points and 12 touchdowns overall adding four receiving scores.
•     Juwaan Richard has 32 catches for 560 yards and a team-high eight touchdowns while Blake Holder has 31 catches for 730 yards and seven touchdowns.
•     Gunner Olszewski leads the team with 85 tackles and Trysten Ross has 84 with 9.0 tackles for loss.
•     Alex Burgess has a team-high 10 tackles for loss and with 7.5 sacks for 56 yards.
•     As a team, the Beavers have 18 interceptions with 28 sacks and 74 tackles for loss, which is 30 more than their opponents this season.
  The Mineral Water Bowl game will be the first between the two schools.
  (Nov. 12, 2016) The Bemidji State University football team closed out senior day in fashion with a program-record 76-13 win versus University Minnesota Crookston. Junior quarterback Jordan Hein set two touchdown records and finished with 278 passing yards, 42 rushing yards and four passing touchdowns.
The Beavers (8-3, 5-2 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division) scored a record 11 touchdowns en route to the highest point total in program history. The previous record was held since 2000 in a 70-0 win versus University of Minnesota Morris. Hein broke the program's all-time passing touchdown and total touchdown records, finishing the regular season with 58 and 75, respectively.
Bemidji State finished the first quarter with a 7-0 lead before scoring four touchdowns in each of the second and third quarters to take a 35-0 lead heading into halftime. Both teams opened the second half with two touchdown drives, beginning with a 95-yard kickoff return for a score by junior wide receiver Juwaan Richard, his first kickoff return for a touchdown on the season. The two scores were the only points allowed by the "Gang Green" defense, who forced 13 punts and two interceptions. The Beavers punted just two times on 19 drives.
Senior linebacker Josh Tismer and junior linebacker Trysten Ross each reached double-digit tackles, Tismer with a team-high 11 and Ross with 10. The Beavers forced three sacks while senior defensive back Kameel Al-Khouri and freshman defensive back Michael Junker nabbed BSU's interceptions.
Junior wide receiver Blake Holder recorded his fifth consecutive game with 100+ receiving yards, totaling 121 on the day with two touchdowns on two catches. Sophomore Gunner Olszewski ran back seven punts for 194 yards and one touchdown. Sixteen Beavers seniors were honored before the game for their hard work on the field and in the classroom at BSU.
  (Nov. 12, 2016) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods wrapped up the regular season with a 30-3 loss to No. 9 Emporia State in the Turnpike Tussle on Saturday in Yager Stadium. Washburn finishes the season with a 7-4 record tying for fourth in the MIAA standings.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Ichabods took a 3-0 lead on a 39-yard field goal by Perry Schmielder with 10:27 to play in the first half. It was his 16th of the season which is fourth on the Ichabod single season chart.
ESU would then score 17-straight points the second quarter to take a 17-3 lead to the break.
The Hornets (10-1, 10-1 MIAA) then added a touchdown in the third quarter and then two Austin Morton field goals in the fourth quarter leading to the 30-3 win.
Austin Tillman led the Ichabods with a career-high 17 tackles adding a tackle for loss. Cody Heiman finished with 12 tackles adding a sack and Akhmad Abdul-Razzaq recorded nine tackles. Peter Pfannenstiel and Zach Franklin each picked off a Hornet pass.
Mickeel Stewart had 45 yards passing and Bryce Chavis, James Brania-Hopp and Stewart each had three catches. Derrick McGinnis was 14 of 37 for 79 yards.
The Ichabods held the Hornets to 330 total yards of offense with only 195 through the air. Washburn finished with 58 yards rushing and 79 yards passing for 137 total yards.
The Ichabods do have an opportunity for one of the two postseason bowls the MIAA has ties to. Check wusports.com Sunday and Monday for any announcements.
  •     The Washburn Ichabods are their 12th postseason appearance. NCAA Postseason
•     Washburn has gone 4-1 in postseason bowl games.
•     The Ichabods are 1-5 in postseason tournament games.
Postseason Overall Record – 5-6
11/30/74 - Boot Hill Bowl - Dodge City, Kan.
Washburn 21, Millikin (Ill.) 7
11/20/76 - Boot Hill Bowl - Dodge City, Kan.
Benedictine 29, Washburn 14
12/6/86 - NAIA Quarterfinals - Pittsburg, Kan.
Pittsburg State 58, Washburn 24
11/27/88 - NAIA Quarterfinals - Monticello, Ark.
Arkansas-Monticello 20, Washburn 13
12/20/86 - Aztec Bowl - Exhibition - Mexico City, Mexico
Washburn 27, Mexican All-Stars 8
12/4/04 - Mineral Water Bowl - Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Washburn 36, Northern State 33
11/19/05 - NCAA Second Round Playoffs - Topeka, Kan.
Northwest Missouri 42, Washburn 32
11/17/07 – NCAA First Round Playoffs - Canyon, Texas
West Texas A&M 40, Washburn 39
12/04/10 – Kanza Bowl - Topeka, Kan.
Washburn 45, #24 Midwestern State 14
11/19/11 – NCAA First Round Playoffs - Topeka, Kan.
#15 Washburn 52, #11 Abilene Christian 49
11/26/11 – NCAA First Second Round Playoffs - Pittsburg, Kan.
#7 Pittsburg State 31, #15 Washburn 22
  (12/4/2004) EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. - The Washburn Ichabods won their first postseason game against collegiate competition since 1976 completing a stellar 8-4 season winning the 2004 Mineral Water Bowl 36-33 over Northern State.
After the Wolves scored 16 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to tie the score at 33, the Ichabods drove 65 yards in nine plays in 1:41 to set up Connor Sabel's game-winning field goal of 32 yards. Senior quarterback Tyler Schuerman completed 3-of-6 passes for 46 yards and scampered for 13 more to set up the game-winning field goal.
The Ichabods jumped out to an early 7-0 lead on a Schuerman to Sam Sissom touchdown pass on the opening drive of the game. Sissom would set a new Mineral Water Bowl record with 216 yards receiving and tied another Mineral Water Bowl record with 11 receptions. Sissom was also named the Offensive Player of the Game.
Northern State would cut the lead to 7-3 on a 25-yard field goal. On the ensuing drive, Schuerman hooked up with Mike Odupitan for a 53-yard touchdown strike that would push the Ichabods' lead to 13-3. Odupitan finished the game also over the century mark in receiving yards with 119 yards receiving on eight receptions. The lead was pushed to 20-3 on Jarod Tetuan's 19-yard pass reception from Schuerman.
After halftime, the Wolves scored 14 points in the second quarter as they cut the Ichabod lead to 20-17.
In the fourth quarter, Trent Hearn scored on a 1-yard touchdown dive capping a 93-yard scoring drive for the Ichabods and pushing the Washburn lead to 27-17. The Ichabods would add to that after Calvin Stuckey's second interception of the game gave the Ichabods possession at their own 5-yard line as the Wolves were preparing to score. Stuckey was named the Mineral Water Bowl's Defensive Most Valuable Player.
The Ichabods recorded their longest scoring drive of the season on a 95-yard drive in nine plays as Jeff Scott caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from Schuerman to put the Ichabods up 33-17.
The Wolves tied the score at 33 on scoring drives of 1:54 (9 plays, 76 yards) and 0:35 (3 plays 71 yards) setting up the Ichabods game-winning drive.
Schuerman tied a Mineral Water Bowl record with his four touchdown passes. Two others had set the Mineral Water Bowl record of four, both were set by junior colleges, the Division II record was three. Schuerman also finished with a career-high 400 yards passing completing 23 of 38 passes. His 400 yards passing would have been a new bowl record except for Toby Korrodi of Northern State passed for 422.
  •     lift the Ichabods to 542-575-44 in their football history.
•     move the Ichabods to 8-4 on the season.
•     move the Ichabods to 1-0 all-time against Bemidji State.
•     improve the Ichabods to 5-1 all-time in Bowl games.
•     improve the Ichabods to 6-6 all-time in postseason play.
•     be the eighth win of the season and the first eight-win season since 2013.
•     be the eighth time under head coach Craig Schurig the Ichabods would  have reached at least eight wins.
•     be the 14th time in the program's history the Ichabods would have reached at least eight wins.
  •     drop the Ichabods to 541-576-44 in their football history.
•     drop the Ichabods to 7-5 on the season.
•     drop the Ichabods to 0-1 all-time against Bemidji State.
•     drop Washburn to 5-2 all-time in Bowl games.
•     drop the Ichabods to 5-7 all-time in postseason play.
  •  Washburn is 541-575-44 (.484) in the 125th year of Ichabod football.
•  The Ichabods are ranked 15th in NCAA Division II history in wins.
•  The Ichabods have 12 conference titles with the last coming in 2005 in the MIAA.
•  Washburn has had 127 first team all-conference picks and 45 first team all-MIAA selections.
•  Washburn has had 78 all-American selections and 54 all-American picks since joining the NCAA Division II ranks in 1989.
•  Five Ichabods have been picked in the NFL Draft.
  WACO, Texas -- The Ichabods received votes in the first regular season poll of the 2016 season and in the last two polls released. Under head coach Craig Schurig, the Ichabods have been ranked or have received votes in the AFCA poll 57 times and have been ranked in the top 10 a total of 15 times.
  The Ichabods will open the 2017 season against Northeastern State on Aug. 30 in Tahlequah, Okla.