• The Washburn Ichabod football team will make its final roadtrip of the season to the nicest waterfall in the land as they travel to Edmond, Oklahoma to face the Central Oklahoma Bronchos on Saturday at 2 p.m.
• Washburn is 1-8 and 0-8 in the MIAA after dropping its homecoming game 52-31 to Northwest Missouri last time out.
• The Bronchos are 4-5 overall and 3-5 in the MIAA after being shutout by Fort Hays State 34-0 in Hays in their last game.
• The Ichabods have won the last two meetings against UCO including a 37-9 victory last season in Topeka.
• Washburn won the last meeting in Oklahoma 29-17 on Oct. 23, 2021.
• Washburn trails the all-time series with UCO 5-6 and is 2-3 in games overall played in Oklahoma.
  • The Ichabods have played 15 true freshmen so far this season and have also played 25 redshirt freshmen this season.
• The Ichabods are 19th in the country in redzone offense and second in the MIAA scoring on 23 of 27 drives with 16 touchdowns and seven field goals.
• D.J. Bell leads the team with 19 plays of more than 20 yards including 11 kickoff returns of more than 20 yards and Bell is also second in the MIAA in all-purpose yards per game with 125.5 ranking 24th in the NCAA ranks.
• The Ichabods are looking to avoid their first 0-9 start to MIAA play since the 1993 season when they started 0-10 in league action.
• The Ichabods are 15 of 47 on third downs in the last four games.
• The 98-yard touchdown pass from Sam Van Dyne to Maury Sullivan is tied for the longest play in the NCAA D2 ranks this season.
  • The Washburn Ichabods have two former players on NFL rosters this season.
• Kyle Hinton is on the 53-man roster of the Atlanta Falcons.
• Corey Ballentine was elevated to the 53-man roster in Green Bay for its game on Sept. 24. Washburn Ichabod head coach Craig Schurig . . .
• was named head coach of the Ichabod football program Dec. 28, 2001.
• is 138-100 (.599) in his 21st season as the Ichabod head coach and the sixth-longest tenured football coach in MIAA history.
• is 121-87 (.603) against the MIAA in league games.
• has led the Ichabods to four 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 138 wins.
• is 5-6 against Central Oklahoma.
 
Central Oklahoma head coach Adam Dorrel . . .   
• was hired to lead Central Oklahoma in December 2021 and has a 10-10 record at UCO.
• has a 105-50 career record up to this his 14th season as a head coach.
• The Maryville, Mo. native played for and coached at Northwest Missouri, winning three national championships as the head coach. He spent the previous six seasons coaching at Abilene Christian.
• He is 6-1 against Washburn with the lone loss coming while coaching at Central Oklahoma.
  • The Bronchos are 4-5 and 3-5 in the MIAA being shutout by Fort Hays State 34-0 in Hays last time out.
• The loss snapped a two-game winning streak by the Bronchos.
• Central Oklahoma is eighth in the MIAA in scoring offense at 27.3 ppg and ninth in scoring defense allowing 29.7 ppg.
• Offensively UCO is sixth in the MIAA in total offense at 410.4 yards per game and ranked eighth in total defense allowing 392.3 yards per game.
• UCO has the fifth-best rushing offense in the league at 166.3 yards per game and the fourth-best passing offense at 244.1 per game.
• Trevon Woolfork is third in the MIAA in rushing yards per game at 83.2
  (Oct. 22, 2022) TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods rolled to a 37-9 Homecoming win on Saturday in Yager Stadium improving to 5-3 on the season with a victory over the Central Oklahoma Bronchos.
After a scoreless first half, Kameron Lake put the Ichabods on the board with a 26-yard field goal with 6:47 to play in the second quarter capping a 16-play, 66-yard drive to take a 3-0 lead. After the Ichabods forced a punt, Washburn then wrapped up the opening half with a 15-play, 87-yard drive when Kellen Simoncic scored from 1-yard out on a quarterback keeper.
UCO took the opening kickoff of the second half and went backwards one yard in its three plays and after a 33-yard punt by the Bronchos, Washburn needed five plays marching 57 yards in 87 seconds when James Letcher, Jr. took a direct snap and scored from 12 yards out to put Washburn up 16-0 with 12:31 to play in the third quarter.
On UCO's next possession, Brendan Harden picked off a pass on a Broncho third-down play and returned it to the UCO 20 setting up a Simoncic to Letcher 11-yard TD hookup stretching the lead to 23-0.
The teams traded possessions and on a second and five from the UCO 40, Micah Skeebo picked off a pass returning the ball back to the Ichabods.
The Ichabods could not convert after an inception of their own and UCO opened the fourth quarter with a 41-yard field goal by Nick Quevedo trimming the lead to 23-3.
The Ichabods punted on their next possession, but Channon Ross picked of a pass and the Ichabods had a Simoncic to Tyce Brown touchdown pass from 15 yards out as the lead increased to 30-3.
After UCO ran 12 plays, the drive stalled and were forced to punt and after a 56-yard punt, Letcher, Jr. returned it 78 yards for a touchdown with 6:06 left in the third quarter. The return helped to push Letcher's career all-purpose yards total to 5,216 yards passing Troy Slusser's 5,210 atop the Ichabod charts.
UCO would wrap up the scoring with 40 seconds to play in the game cutting the lead to 37-9 ending the Bronchos' four-game winning streak.
Letcher finished with eight catches for 67 yards and one score while rushing for nine yards and one score adding the special teams return. Taylon Peters led the Ichabods on the ground with 65 yards on 15 carries. Simoncic finished 23 of 36 passing for 211 yards and two scores while rushing for one.
Grant Bruner and Brendan Harden tied for the team lead the Ichabods with nine tackles each with Harden adding a tackle for loss and an interception. The Ichabod defense finished with three sacks for 14 yards and 11 tackles for loss for 28 yards with Phoenix Smith recording two sacks for 13 yards.
Washburn finished with 363 yards in offense holding the Bronchos (5-3, 5-3 MIAA) to 252. • The Bronchos lead the all-time series 6-5.
• The Ichabods are 3-3 in home games and 2-3 in road contests against UCO.
• The Ichabods have averaged 25 ppg in 11 meetings with UCO and have averaged 33 ppg in the last two wins while allowing an averaged of 13 ppg.
• Washburn's last win over the Bronchos in Topeka came on Sept. 28, 2013 in a 28-19 win. The other win came in the very first game in the series in a 48-3 win on Oct. 15, 2011.
  (Oct. 28, 2023) TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods had their two-game winning Homecoming winning streak snapped in a 52-31 loss to Northwest Missouri.
The teams traded punts to start the game and after an Ichabod turnover, Northwest (5-4, 4-4 MIAA) opened the scoring on a four-play drive with 9:36 left in the first quarter.
After the Bearcats took possession after an Ichabod punt, three plays later Isaac Keener picked off a Mike Hohensee pass and returned it 20 yards to the Bearcat eight yard line. The Ichabod drive stalled, but Trenton Brehm connected on a 31-yard field goal putting Washburn on the boar with 4:26 to play in the first quarter.
On the Bearcats' next possession, C.J. Callaghan picked off a pass and returned it 16 yards back to the Northwest 18 yard line setting up a three-yard drive capped by a Sam Van Dyne to Tyce Brown touchdown pass for 19-yards putting the Ichabods up 10-7.
Northwest responded with a 75-yard drive to take back the lead early in the second quarter starting a string of 28-straight points by the Bearcats as they would take a 35-10 lead into the halftime break.
Washburn (1-8, 0-8 MIAA) forced a Bearcat punt on their opening drive of the second half and Washburn then marched 91 yards in 10 plays wrapped up by a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Percy Mitchell with 7:38 left in the third quarter trimming the deficit to 35-17.
Then the lightning happened.
After the Ichabod score, a weather delay of 38 minutes gave fans time to run and grab a snack before returning to the game.
Northwest took a 42-17 lead coming back put after the delay with a score with 3:25 to play in the third quarter.
Early in the fourth quarter after a Bearcat punt was downed at the two yard line. On the second play of the Ichabod drive, Van Dyne hit Maury Sullivan for a school-record 98-yard touchdown pass with 13:28 to play in the game. The completion broke the previous record which had stood since Nov. 12, 1988 when Barry Griffiths hit Troy Slusser on a 95 yard completion against Emporia State.
Northwest added a field goal with 11:18 to go its next drive stretching the lead to 45-24.
Washburn wrapped up the scoring with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Van Dyne to Bell for 20 yards finishing off a 72-yard, 14-play drive and the 45-31 score.
Mitchell led the Ichabods with 52 yards and a score on 13 carries and Van Dyne was 20 for 41 with three touchdowns and 302 yards through the air. Sullivan had four catches for 126 yards and Teondre Carter had six catches.
Josh Grant had nine tackles and L.J. Minner, Jr. had seven.
The Ichabods had a season-high 406 yards of offense on 73 plays while Northwest had 441 yards on 69 plays. 
  • move the Ichabods to 2-8 on the season.
• be the third in a row overall over UCO.
• tie the all-time series at 6-6 with the Bronchos.
• snap Washburn's six game-losing streak - its longest since losing six in a row between the final game of 2001 and the first five games of the 2002 season.
• avoid the Ichabods' first 0-9 start to MIAA play since 1993.
  • be the Ichabods' seventh in a row.
• drop the Ichabods to 0-9 in MIAA play and 1-9 overall.
• drop the Ichabods to 5-7 all-time against the Bronchos.
  • was the second in a row to the Bearcats.
• dropped the Ichabods to 0-8 in MIAA play and 1-8 overall.
• Karl Andrews had a career-high six tackles.
• Teondre Carter had a career-high six receptions and a career-high 150 all-purpose yards.
• L.J. Minner, Jr. tied a career-high with seven tackles.
• Sam Van Dyne had a career-high-tying three touchdown passes.
  • Washburn is 576-608-44 (.484) in the 133rd 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 61 first team all-MIAA selections.
• Washburn has had 96 All-American selections and 72 All-American picks since joining the NCAA Division II ranks in 1989.
• Washburn has made 14 postseason appearances including bowl games and tournament games going 5-2 in a bowl games.
• Seven Ichabods have been picked in the NFL Draft.
  The Ichabods, under head coach Craig Schurig, have been ranked or have received votes in the AFCA poll 79 times and have been ranked in the top 10 a total of 15 times.
  Washburn will play its final game of the season on Nov. 11 hosting Northeastern State at 1 p.m. on senior day in Yager Stadium. A total of 16 Ichabods will be honored in pregame festivities.