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FOR STARTERS
•The Washburn Ichabods will return to Yager Stadium for the first time in 670 days when the will face Central Missouri on Thursday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m.
•The last time the Ichabods played a game in Topeka was Nov. 9, 2019 against Pittsburg State in a 49-38 win over the Gorillas.
•The Ichabods are coming off a 76-12 win over the Lincoln Blue Tigers on Sept. 2 in Jefferson City, Mo.
•The Ichabods broke their school record for the most points scored in a in a road opener in the Lincoln win topping the 58 they scored topping Nebraska-Kearney 58-13 on Sept. 5, 2013 in Kearney.
•Central Missouri dropped its season opener to Pittsburg State 35-16 at home.
•The Ichabods improved to 79-46-6 all-time in season openers after their win against the Blue Tigers and have now won their last five season openers.
•The Ichabods are 4-2 in games played on Sept. 9 and have played the Mules once - during the 1989 season in a 29-7 loss.
•Both the Ichabods and the Mules received votes in this week's AFCA Coaches Poll.
 
COACHING
WASHBURN HEAD COACH CRAIG SCHURIG
•was named head coach of the Ichabod football program Dec. 28, 2001.
•is 122-85 (.599) in his 20th season as the Ichabod head coach.
•is 104-73 (.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 122 wins.
•is 4-12 against Central Missouri.
 
CENTRAL MISSOURI HEAD COACH JIM SVOBODA
•has a record of 81-37 in his 11th season leading the Mules.
•is 133-56 overall in his 18th season as a head coach with a previous stops at Nebraska Wesleyan with assistant coaching positions at Eastern New Mexico, Northwest Missouri, UCLA and Montana State.
•is third place on Central Missouri's career wins list.
•has coached the Mules to 108 school offensive records and 21 MIAA offensive records during his tenure.
•is 7-1 against Washburn.
 
ICHABODS ON THE CAREER CHARTS
•Ichabod running back Zach Willis sits 18th on the all-time rushing chart with 1,215 yards. He needs 485 yards to move into the top 10 at Washburn.
•Willis also has a career yards per attempt of 6.39 per carry as an Ichabod, which is second on the all-time chart behind Corey Crain who averaged 7.19 yards per carry.
•Ichabod quarterback Mitch Schurig has passed for 4,508 yards in his career which is eighth on the Ichabod career chart. To move into the top five all-time, he needs 929 yards.
•Schurig has also thrown for 40 touchdowns which is sixth all-time at Washburn and with three more he can move into the top five all-time.
•Schurig is Washburn's all-time leader in passing completion percentage at 62.9 percent ahead of current coach Dane Simoneau who completed 58 percent of his passes.
•Schurig is also ranked ninth in total offense for a career with 4,473 yards.
•With 15 pass receptions, James Letcher, Jr. can become the 17th Ichabod to record at least 100 catches in a career at Washburn.
•Letcher's 26.9 yards per kickoff return is second all-time at Washburn.
 
 NOTING THE MULES
•The Blue Tigers were tabbed both 12th in the MIAA preseason coaches poll and preseason media poll.
• Central Missouri was tied for second with Fort Hays State and received one first-place vote in the 2021 MIAA Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Mules were also tabbed second in the MIAA Preseason Media Poll and received a first-place vote.
•Quarterback Kyle Bradley scored two touchdowns and completed 21 out of 36 passes for 286 yards, while receiver Cam Saunders scored a TD and had seven receptions and 105 total yards and running back Devante Turner paced the Mules ground game with 73 yards on 15 carries.
•Pittsburg State tallied 438 yards of total offense in the game while holding the Mules to just 400.
 
LAST MEETING WITH CENTRAL MISSOURI
(Sept. 28, 2019) WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Ian Trapp passed for a career-high four touchdowns and James Letcher, Jr., recorded 241 all-purpose yards as the Ichabods were topped by No. 18-ranked Central Missouri on Sept. 28 in Warrensburg.
The Mules (4-0) scored the first 21 points of the game before Austen Hubert recorded a 31-yard touchdown pass from Trapp with 10:43 to play in the first half. The Mules scored on their net possession and the Ichabods returned with another touchdown drive of their own, this time on Trapp's second touchdown pass of the day on an 8-yard completion to Jace Williams for his first TD score of the year cutting the lead to 28-13 with 3:35 to go.
The Ichabods took the second-half kickoff and marched 51 yards on seven plays trimming the UCM lead to 28-20 with 11:43 to play in the third quarter when Trapp hit Letcher on a 6-yard strike. UCM scored the next three scores of the game going up 48-20 before Trapp connected with Hunter Browning for an 18-yard touchdown pass with 8:27 remaining in the game before the Mules would wrap up the scoring with a score with 2:10 to go and the 55-27 win handing the Ichabods their fifth-straight loss in Warrensburg.
Letcher led the Ichabods with 58 yards rushing and six catches for 39 yards and one score. Trapp was 12 of 21 passing for 126 yards through the air. Zach Willis had 54 yards on eight carries. Defensively, Kevin Neal, Jr., led the Ichabods for the third game in a row in tackles with eight with a tackle for loss. Marquise Manning and K.J. Turner each had interceptions for the Ichabods.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE ICHABODS
(Sept. 2, 2021) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Washburn Ichabod football squad kicked-off the 2021 season scoring the final 55 points of the game in a 72-12 win over the Lincoln Blue Tigers. Washburn (1-0, 1-0 MIAA) rolled to its fifth-highest single-game points total in program history in the 64-point win. The Ichabods return to action and will open the home slate on Thursday hosting Central Missouri in Yager Stadium.
The Ichabods put up 21 points in the first quarter after a punt snap was muffed by the Blue Tigers, It took the Ichabods two plays as Taylon Peters scored the first points of the season on a 2-yard run with 13:01 to play in the first quarter.
After a punt by the Blue Tigers, Washburn marched 68-yards on five plays capped by a touchdown pass from Mitch Schurig to Jace Williams on a 20-yd strike as Washburn went up 14-0. Lincoln came back on its next drive using a 74-yard touchdown pass from •amar Brake to Chrissuhn Robinson.
The Ichabods used a five-play, 71-yard drive covering 2:03 off the clock as Zach Willis scored on a 1-yard plunge as WU pushed the lead to 21-6. The Ichabods coughed the ball up on their next drive and the Blues Tiges went six plays coving 80 yards as they cut the lead to 21-12 after missing the extra point.
Kameron Lake connected on a 23-yard field goal with 4:35 to play in the first half as Washburn went up 24-12 and after the Ichabods forced a punt, Washburn went 61 yards on six plays as Connor Searcy scored from 1-yard out as Washburn pushed its lead to 31-12.
Washburn's special teams until blocked the Blue Tigers' punt and after the Ichabods took over at the Lincoln 15 and Schurig found Jace Williams for his second score of the game as Washburn took a 38-12 lead into the halftime break.
In the second half it was all Ichabods as they outscored the Blue Tigers 38-0 outgaining the host squad 182 to 24 in the third quarter after touchdowns of a 31-yard run by Peters, a 29-yard touchdown pass from Kellen Simoncic to James Letcher, Jr. and a second scoring pass from Simoncic to Hunter Browning on a 15-yard pass as the Ichabods led 59-12 at the end of three quarters.
In the fourth after a career-long 41-yard field goal by Lake and a 39-yard interception pick-six by Micah Skebo stretching the Washburn lead to 69-12, Percy Mitchell wrapped up the scoring with a 4-yard touchdown with 7:36 to go and the 64-point win.
Schurig finished 16 off 22 from the field passing for 269 yards completing his first eight passing attempts of the game with the two scores. Letcher, Jr., led the Ichabods with 116 yards and one touchdown and Jace Williams had 75 yards receiving on four catches and two scores. Peters led the Ichabod ground attack with 75 yards on 10 carries.
Defensively the Ichabods were led by Jacob Anderson's five stops as Washburn held the Blue Tigers to 203 total yards averaging 3.4 per play and 0.5 yards per carry as Lincoln was outgained 229 to 23 yards. Landon Urban, Braden Rose and Patrick Altenor each had four tackles.
Washburn finished with 28 first downs compared to Lincoln's six.
 
A WIN OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WOULD
•move Washburn to 2-0 on the season.
•move the Ichabods to 20-28-2 all-time against the Mules.
•move the Ichabods 2-0 to start the season for the first time since 2013 when the Ichabods started the year 8-0.
•move the Ichabods to 13-13-2 all-time in games played in Topeka against the Mules.
 
A LOSS TO CENTRAL MISSOURI WOULD
•be the second in a row to the Mules.
•drop the Ichabods to 19-29-2 all-time against the Mules.
•drop the Ichabods to 12-14-2 all-time against the Mules in Topeka.
 
 LINCOLN LEFTOVERS
•The Ichabods did not punt against Lincoln last time out … it was the first time the Ichabods had not punt in a game since at Missouri Southern on 10/19/2019.
•The Ichabods did not punt against Lincoln last time out … it was the first time the Ichabods had not punt in a game since at Missouri Southern on 10/19/2019.
•Kameron Lake's 10 extra points are tied for the second-most in a game.
•The 16 points scored by Kameron Lake is tied for the second-most in a game.
•The 10 team touchdowns is the second-highest single-game total in school history.
•was the eighth in a row over the Blue Tigers.
•moved Washburn to 1-0 on the season.
•moved the Ichabods to 2-0 against Lincoln in Washburn season openers.
•moved the Ichabods to 79-46-6 all-time in their season opener.
•was the Ichabods' to fifth-straight opening game win in a row.
 
ICHABOD FOOTBALL HISTORY
•Washburn is 557-585-44 (.484) in the 129th 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 171 first team all-MIAA picks and 53 first team all-MIAA selections.
•Washburn has had 83 All-American selections and 56 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.
•Seven Ichabods have been picked in the NFL Draft.
 
ICHABODS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
The Ichabods, under head coach Craig Schurig, have been ranked or have received votes in the AFCA poll 67 times and have been ranked in the top 10 a total of 15 times.
 
UP NEXT
The Ichabods are back on the road as they will travel to Nebraska-Kearney on Sept. 18 to take on the Lopers. Washburn's next game in Yager Stadium will be on Family Day against Missouri Western with a 1 p.m. kickoff.