• The Washburn Ichabods will hit the road for the first time in two weeks to face Central Oklahoma on Oct. 20 in Edmond with a 2 p.m. start time.
• The Ichabods (4-3, 4-3 MIAA) are coming off a record-setting performance on Homecoming last time out with a 63-7 win over Missouri Southern for their largest Homecoming win in school history.
• The Bronchos are 4-3 after defeating Missouri Western in St. Joseph, Mo. last time out in a 17-16 win.
• The Ichabods and the Bronchos are in a five-way tie for fourth-place in the MIAA standings with Emporia State, Missouri Western and Nebraska-Kearney entering week No. 8 of the season.
• The Ichabods had a season-high 570 yards of total offense in the win over Missouri Southern setting a school record with 36 first downs in the win while averaging 6.8 yards per play.
• Washburn scored in all three phases of the game with a 90-yard blocked field goal return by Josh Wright off a block by Heath Tucker and an 18-yard pick six by Dwane Simmons.
• The Ichabods have scored 13 touchdowns in their last 14 trips into the redzone in the last two games while holding opponents to two touchdowns in the last five trips.
  • UCO leads the all-time series 4-3.
• UCO won last season's meeting in Topeka 27-10 on Nov. 4.
• Washburn is 1-2 in games played in Edmond winning the last meeting there 31-28 on Nov. 5, 2016.
• UCO has won three of the last four meetings.
  Washburn Ichabod head coach Craig Schurig . . .
• was named head coach of the Ichabod football program Dec. 28, 2001.
• is 114-77 (.599) in his 17th season as the Ichabod head coach.
• is 96-65 (.603) against the MIAA.
• has led the Ichabods to three NCAA Playoff appearances and four bowl appearances and three bowl 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 113 wins.
• is 3-4 against Central Oklahoma.
 
Central Oklahoma head coach Nick Bobeck . . .
• is 34-40 in his sixth year at the helm.
• was a four-year standout at fullback for UCO from 1999-02, serving as a graduate assistant for the Bronchos for three years (2003-05).
• was an assistant coach one year each at Texas A&M and Navarro (Texas) before taking over at Navarro in 2008, going 42-5 in four years there and leading the Bulldogs to the 2010 junior college national title.
• returned to his alma mater in January 2012 and UCO went 2-8 each of his first two seasons before improving to 8-4 in 2014.
• is 4-2 against Washburn.
  • Hunter Browning leads the team with 47.1 yards per game coming with career highs of 17 carries and 116 yards against Northeastern State … the Ichabods are averaging 161.4 yards per game … as a team the Ichabods are allowing 142.0 per contest.
• Blake Peterson is averaging 202.7 yards per game passing in three starts with three touchdowns completing 48.9 percent of his passes … Mitch Schurig is 72 of 114 passing with eight touchdowns averaging 209.2 yards per game … overall the Ichabods are averaging 255.9 yards per game passing.
• James Brania-Hopp has 42 catches for 729 yards with four scores while averaging 104.1 yards per game receiving … he is also averaging 17.4 yards per catch … Brania-Hopp leads the MIAA in receiving yards per game (104.1), receptions per game (6.0) and total yards (729) and is ranked 11th in the NCAA in receiving yards and 12th in receiving yards per game.
• Austin Tillman is fifth in the MIAA and leads the Ichabods with 9.6 tackles per game and Derrick McGreevy is sixth in the league with 9.4 tackles per game … Tillman also leads the team lead with 6.0 tackles for loss for 22 yards.
• Through seven games, the Ichabods have a run-based offensive attack with 302 run plays and 229 pass plays … on third down and long (anything over seven yards) the Ichabods have ran the ball 11 times and passed it 57 times this season.
• The Ichabods are second in the MIAA in first downs with 23.1 per game after a school-record 36 last time out against Missouri Southern.
• The Ichabods are ranked first in the MIAA in third down conversions moving the chains on 47 of 110 attempts and defensively the Ichabods are fifth in the MIAA in opponent third down conversions limiting foes to 34 of 98 attempts for a 34 percent average.
• Washburn is ranked eighth in the MIAA in penalties averaging 6.4 per game for 64.3 yards per game while opponents are averaging 5.6 penalties per game and 43.7 yards per contest which is 12th in the MIAA.
• Washburn is fifth in the MIAA in time of possession averaging 30:51 per game.
• Derrick McGreevy's 272 tackles is 11th on the all-time chart at Washburn.
• Austin Tillman's 260 career tackles sit 12th on the all-time chart at Washburn.
  • (43-3)  Washburn's record under head coach Craig Schurig when scoring at least 40                        points including 2-0 this season in each         of the last two weeks
• 254  Number of points senior placekicker Perry Schmiedeler has scored in his career to move into second on the all-time scoring chart at Washburn needing 43 more to pass Trent Hearn atop the all-time scoring chart
• 4  Number of total tackles Derrick McGreevy needs to move into the top 10 all-time at Washburn entering this week's game with 266 career tackles
• 80.8  Passing percentage against MSSU last time out for the 2nd-best percentage          in a single game after completing 21 of 26 passes behind the record of 12 of 14  (.857) against SBU set on Oct. 14, 1999
  • The Bronchos are coming off a 17-16 win over Missouri Western last time out and has won their last two games.
• Clay McKenzie needs 12 rushing yards to go over the 3,000-yard mark at UCO.
• Dustin Basks leads the Broncho receiving corps. He has a team-high 38 receptions for 489 yards and three touchdowns
• UCO has used three quarterbacks this season with Keats Calhoon starting the first three games and threw for almost 600 yards and five touchdowns. Chandler Garrett has played in every game, starting two of them and has almost 600 yards and six touchdowns. Will Collins has started the last two games and has 340 yards and two touchdowns.
• Colton Lindsey leads the defense with 52 tackles this season
• Paul Wolff is 5-for-5 on field goal attempts hitting all field extra points.
  (Oct. 13, 2018) TOPEKA, Kan. — The Washburn Ichabod football team celebrated Homecoming with the most-lopsided win in its annual game's history with a 63-7 win over Missouri Southern scoring in all three phases of the game rolling to the victory over the Lions.
Washburn, who set a school record for first downs in the game with 36, scored on its first drive of the game going 66 yards in nine plays when Kamani Addison scored on a 21-yard run needing only 3:16 for the first score of the game.
The Lions (0-7, 0-7 MIAA) then took the ensuing drive down to the Ichabod 1-yard line opting for the 17-yard field goal attempt, but it was blocked by Heath Tucker and Josh Wright scooped it up and rushed 90-yards down the MSSU sidelines for the score putting Washburn up 14-0 with 7:18 to go in the first quarter.
Missouri Southern got on the board taking advantage of a short field after an Ichabod fumble to drive 33 yards on three plays for its only points of the game on a 14-yard score by quarterback Sean Kelly with 2:41 to go in the opening stanza.
Washburn returned on its next drive to go 75 yards which was wrapped up by a 1-yard dive by Mitch Schurig for the score and after a punt by the Lions, Washburn pushed the lead to 28-7 on a 5-yard touchdown completion from Ian Trapp to James Brania-Hopp.
The Ichabod wrapped up the scoring in the first half with a 1-yard run by Will Evans as the Ichabod took a 35-7 lead into the break. Washburn outgained the Lions 173 to 30 in the second quarter alone.
In the third quarter, Washburn held the Lions to a punt on their opening drive and then stretched the lead to 42-7 on a Curtis Whitten one-yard run on the Ichabods' first possession of the half.
It was the Washburn defense turn to score as Dwane Simmons picked off a Kelly pass and returned it 18 yards for the score with 9:28 to play. After holding the Lions to one of their eight punts on the day, Washburn went up 56-7 on a Schurig to Austen Hubert touchdown pass of 10 yards.
To wrap up the scoring, Trapp scored on a 4-yard bootleg run with 5:48 to play in the game moving the Ichabod advantage to 63-7.
The Ichabod outgained the Lions 570 to 182 in the game including a 264 to 95 advantage on the ground and a 306 to 87 margin through the air. Washburn's defense also held the Lions to 1 of 13 on third down conversions.
Trapp led the Ichabods on the ground as 11 different Ichabod had at least one carry in the game with 67 yards. Hunter Browning and Kamani Addison each has 11 carries for 53 and 52 yards respectively. Schurig was 15 of 19 passing for 224 yards and one score and Trapp finished 6 of 7 for 82 yards and a score.
Brania-Hopp had 93 yards receiving and one score on six catches and Will Hamilton had four catches for 64 yards.
On defense, Derrick McGreevy had six tackles to lead Washburn and Garret Barnett-Kruger had five.
Perry Schmiedeler did not punt in the game and it was the first time since 2009 against New Mexico Highlands did not punt in a game. However he added nine points to his scoring moving him to 254 into second all-time on the Ichabod scoring chart passing Sam Sissom (2003-06 with 250), Vershon Moore (2009-14 with 252) and LeRoy Harmon (1946-49 with 253 points). Only Trent Hearn (2003-06) with 296 points has scored more in an Ichabod football uniform.
The 36 first downs in the game by the Ichabod (while holding the Lions to eight) was the most by a Washburn team since recording 33 against Emporia State in 1998.
  • lift the Ichabods to 554-582-44 in their football history.
• tie the all-time series with UCO at 4-4.
• improve the Ichabods to 5-3 on the season.
• be the second win in a row for the Ichabods in Edmond.
  • drop the Ichabods to 553-583-44 in their football history.
• drop the Ichabods to 4-4 on the season.
• drop the Ichabods 5-3 all-time against the Bronchos.
• be the second in a row to UCO and fourth in the last five meetings.
  • Washburn is 553-582-44 (.484) in the 128th 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 142 first team all-MIAA picks and 48 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.
• Washburn has made 12 postseason appearances including bowl games and tournament games going 5-2 in seven bowl games.
• Five Ichabods have been picked in the NFL Draft.
  WACO, Texas -- For the 12th time in the last 15 years, the Washburn Ichabod football team received votes in the American Football Coaches Association Top 25 Coaches presason poll released to start the 2018 season. The Ichabods, under head coach Craig Schurig, have been ranked or have received votes in the AFCA poll 66 times and have been ranked in the top 10 a total of 15 times.
  The Ichabods will return home to take on Emporia State on Oct. 27 in Topeka for the 115th time overall and the 62nd time in Topeka.