• The Washburn Ichabods return to Yager Stadium where they have won their last three games to face Emporia State on Saturday with a 1 p.m. kickoff time.
• The Ichabods  (4-4, 4-4 MIAA) were shutout last time out in a 34-0 loss at Central Oklahoma.
• The Hornets have a matching 4-4 record after falling to Missouri Western on the ESU Homecoming last weekend.
• The Ichabods and the Hornets are in a three-way tie for sixth-place in the MIAA standings with Nebraska-Kearney.
• After putting up a season-high 570 yards of total offense in the win over Missouri Southern on Oct. 13 at home, the Ichabods were limited to a season-low 231 last time out against Central Oklahoma.
• Washburn also had a season-low 131 yards passing.
• The shutout by UCO was the first time an Ichabod team had been blanked in 49 games. The last time an Ichabod team was held scoreless was a 44-0 loss at Central Missouri on Oct. 11, 2014.
  • ESU leads the all-time series 56-52-6.
• After Washburn won eight in a row in the series from 2004 to 2011, the Hornets have won the last three and five of the last six.
• The Washburn/Emporia State series is the second-most played series in NCAA Division II history as South Dakota Mines and Black Hills State have reclassified to NCAA Division II. Those two schools have met 132 times dating back to 1895.
  Washburn Ichabod head coach Craig Schurig . . .
• was named head coach of the Ichabod football program Dec. 28, 2001.
• is 114-78 (.599) in his 17th season as the Ichabod head coach.
• is 96-66 (.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 114 wins.
• is 10-6 against Emporia state.
 
Emporia State head coach Garin Higgins. . .
• has a career record of 119-67 in his 16th season as a head coach.
• is 68-58 in his 11th season at his alma mater.
• is 59-34 since the start of the 2010 season. He led the Hornets to the NCAA Playoffs in three of the last four years with a national semifinal appearance in 2015.
• has a 51-9 career record as the head coach at Northwestern Oklahoma, including two trips to the national championship game.
• was quarterback for Emporia State from 1987-90 and was on the 1989 national runners-up team. 
• is 5-6 against Washburn.
  • Hunter Browning leads the team with 43.4 yards per game with career highs of 17 carries and 116 yards against Northeastern State … the Ichabods are averaging 153.8 yards per game … as a team the Ichabods are allowing 140.4 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 83 of 135 passing with eight touchdowns averaging 191.0 yards per game … overall the Ichabods are averaging 240.2 yards per game passing.
• James Brania-Hopp has 46 catches for 775 yards with four scores while averaging 96.9 yards per game receiving … he is also averaging 16.8 yards per catch … Brania-Hopp leads the MIAA in receiving yards per game, receptions per game (5.8) and total yards.
• Derrick McGreevy is fifth in the league with 9.3 tackles per game tallying 74 overall … Austin Tillman is seventh in the MIAA and second on the Ichabods with 8.9 tackles per game and 71 overall … Tillman leads the team lead with 7.0 tackles for loss for 26 yards.
• Through eight games, the Ichabods have a run-based offensive attack with 334 run plays and 263 pass plays … on third down and long (anything over seven yards) the Ichabods have ran the ball 13 times and passed it 63 times this season.
• The Ichabods are fourth in the MIAA in first downs with 21.9 per game after a school-record 36 against Missouri Southern last time at home.
• The Ichabods are ranked third in the MIAA in third down conversions moving the chains on 51 of 125 attempts and defensively the Ichabods are seventh in the MIAA in opponent third down conversions limiting foes to 39 of 109 attempts for a 36 percent average.
• Washburn is ranked seventh in the MIAA in penalties averaging 6.4 per game for 59.6 yards per game while opponents are averaging 5.4 penalties per game and 45.1 yards per contest which is 12th in the MIAA.
• Washburn is sixth in the MIAA in time of possession averaging 30:27 per game.
• Derrick McGreevy's 280 tackles is 10th on the all-time chart at Washburn.
• Austin Tillman's 264 career tackles sit 11th on the all-time chart at Washburn.
  • (13.5)  Average yard line in Ichabod territory Washburn started each of its eight first      have drives from including the 5, 6 and           1 yard lines.
• (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.
• (0) Number of times the Ichabods moved the ball into the redzone against Central Oklahoma with the closest coming at the UCO 22.
• (115)  Number of meetings counting Saturday's match up with Emporia State the two schools have played.
• (280)  Number of tackles Derrick McGreevy has moving into the top 10 all-time at Washburn.
  • The Hornets are 4-4 this season coming off a 42-28 Homecoming loss to Missouri Western last time out.
• ESU was up 28-20 entering the fourth quarter until the Griffons scored 22 unanswered points rallying for the win.
• The Hornets are led by Braxton Marstall at quarterback who is averaging 217.4 yards passing per game and 34.5 per game on the ground … he has accounted for 20 touchdowns overall with 14 through the air.
• Landon Nault is averaging 83.2 yards per game rushing to lead the Hornets.
• Justin Brown has a team-high 49 catches for 486 yards with three scores and Tyler Harris has 41 catches for a team-high 520 yards and eight touchdowns averaging 12.7 yards per catch.
• Jace McDown has 83 tackles with 50 solo stops to lead ESU adding 10 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks with three forced fumbles.
• The Hornets have yet to hit a field goal this season going 0-3 with two different placekickers.
  (Oct. 20, 2018) Edmond, Okla. – The Washburn Ichabod football team was shutout for the first time in 49 games as they fell 34-0 at Central Oklahoma on Saturday.
UCO (5-3, 5-3 MIAA) took the opening kickoff and marched 75 yards in nine plays to take a 7-0 lead. After the Ichabods (4-4, 4-4 MIAA) started the ensuing drive on their own 5, Washburn pushed the ball out to the 35 before having to punt for the first of five tines on the day.
The Bronchos then scored on their next drive going 71 yards in 12 plays wrapping up the drive with a 25-yard field goal with 2:40 to go in the first quarter.
Washburn then fumbled on its next drive on the second play from scrimmage returning the ball back to UCO who added another field goal on the first play of the second quarter.
Washburn's best drive of the first half went down to the UCO 22 after starting at its own one yard line, but did not convert a fourth-down and one turning the ball over on downs and the Ichabods entered the half down 13-0.
The Ichabods took the second half kickoff, but went three and out and UCO needed six plays to go up 20-0 with 10:19 to play in the third quarter. Another Washburn punt led to UCO's second touchdown of the third quarter to go up 27-0 and with 11:13 to play in the game scored going up 34-0 wrapping up the scoring.
Washburn was outgained 411 to 231 in the game and was limited to 100 yards on the ground and a season-low 131 yards passing.
Curtis Whitten had 29 yards on seven carries on the ground and Mitch Schurig was 11 of 21 for 100 yards. James Brania-Hopp had four catches for 46 yards.
Derrick McGreevy had eight tackles to lead the Ichabods and Dwane Simmons had six. Landen Urban had five tackles with a sack.
The Ichabods were shutout for the first time since Oct. 11, 2014 in a 44-0 loss at Central Missouri. • lift the Ichabods to 554-583-44 in their football history.
• snap a three-game winning streak by the Hornets in the series.
• improve the Ichabods to 5-4 on the season.
• move the series record to ESU leading 56-53-6.
• be the first win over ESU since a 36-10 win on Nov. 1, 2014 in Topeka.
  • drop the Ichabods to 553-584-44 in their football history.
• drop the Ichabods to 4-5 on the season.
• drop the Ichabods 52-57-6 all-time against the Hornets.
• be the fourth in a row by the Hornets over the Ichabods.
• the second-straight win by ESU over the Ichabods in Topeka.
• the sixth win in the last seven meetings by ESU between the two teams.
• the longest winning streak by ESU in the series since winning 11 in a row between 1991 and 2001.
  • Washburn is 553-583-44 (.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.
  Washburn will take its final regular season road trip of the season when the Ichabods will travel to Pittsburg State to face the Gorillas looking for their third-straight win in the Jungle and the fifth in the last six meetings in Pittsburg.