Indiana State Sycamores football

Indiana State Football
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First season	1896
Athletic director	Ron Prettyman
Head coach	Mike Sanford
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Stadium capacity	12,764
Stadium surface	Field Turf
Location	Terre Haute, Indiana
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
All-time record	367–486–24
Postseason bowl record	0–3
Conference titles	1
Consensus All-Americans	16
Colors	Sycamore Blue and White
Fight song	March On!
Mascot	Sycamore Sam
Marching band	Marching Sycamores
Rivals	Illinois State University Southern Illinois University Eastern Illinois University Indiana State University-Muncee
Website	GoSycamores.com

The Indiana State Sycamores football team is the NCAA Division I men's football program of Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. They currently compete in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Playoffs in the 1984 NCAA Division I Football Championship. Their first season was 1896. The Sycamores boast of 8 Conference Player(s) of the Year; 14 First Team All-Americans, and 90+ First Team All-Conference players. The Sycamore's greatest season was 1983, when coach Dennis Raetz led them to the 2nd round of the 1983 NCAA Division I Football Championship versus the Southern Illinois Salukis and ended the season with a record of 9–4. The Sycamores also appeared in 1984 NCAA Division I Football Championship. Past coaches include Dennis Raetz; Jerry Huntsman, George Ashworth and Wally Marks. The Indiana State Sycamores play their home games at Memorial Stadium, which seats 12,764. A search to find a new head coach is underway. There have been recent discussions on replacing venerable Memorial Stadium; according to the new ISU Master Plan, a new football-only stadium in downtown Terre Haute, could be realized in the next 10 years.

Bowl Games

Bowl Games

Year	Bowl	Champion		Runner-Up
1949	Shrine Bowl	Southern Illinois	41	Indiana State	14
1983	Pecan Bowl	Southern Illinois	23	Indiana State	7
1984	Pecan Bowl	Middle Tennessee Blue	42	Indiana State	41

• Note: The Midwest Region Final (National Quarterfinal) in the NCAA Division I Football Championship is commonly referred to as the Pecan Bowl.

Div I NCAA Playoffs

The Sycamores have appeared in 2 NCAA Division I Football Championships. Their combined record is 1–2.

Year	Result
1983	Second Round	1 - 1
1984	First Round	0 - 1

Conference championships

The Sycamores shared the 1964 Heartland Collegiate Conference title with 4 schools {Ball St. (IN), Butler (IN), Evansville (IN), Valparaiso (IN)}; they finished with a 4-2 conference record and were 6-2 overall. At the time, the Heartland Collegiate Conference was known by its more recognizable name, the Indiana Collegiate Conference.

Stadiums

Year	Home
1896 - 1948	Multiple Venues, including Parsons Field.
1949–Present	Memorial Stadium (Terre Haute), constructed in 1924.

The Sycamores have played football at venerable Memorial Stadium since the 1949 campaign. Originally constructed in 1922-24, at a cost of $450,000; the 12,764-seat stadium remains a fixture at the intersection of Wabash and Brown Avenues in Terre Haute, IN.

Memorial Stadium’s inauguration was on May 5, 1925, as the local minor league baseball team, the Terre Haute Tots, hosted their Three-I League rivals, the Peoria Tractors, before an estimated crowd of 9,000. Among the esteemed visitors were Major League Baseball Commissioner Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis and Charles Barnard of the Cleveland Indians.

The facility was acquired (via a 99-year lease) by Indiana State University in 1967. The installation of Astroturf made Indiana State the first university to own a football stadium with artificial turf.

Player of the year

Conference (9)

• Reggie Allen - 1979 Missouri Valley Conference QB (Offense)
• Gerry Gluscic - 1979 Missouri Valley Conference DE (Defense)
• Craig Shaffer - 1981 Missouri Valley Conference LB (Defense)
• Jeff Miller - 1984 Missouri Valley Conference QB (Offense)
• Wayne Davis - 1984 Missouri Valley Conference DB (Defense)
• Jeff Miller - 1985 Missouri Valley Conference QB (Offense)
• Vencie Glenn - 1985 Missouri Valley Conference DB (Defense)
• Derrick Franklin - 1991 Missouri Valley Football Conference RB (Offense)
• Shakir Bell - 2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference RB (Offense)
• Shakir Bell - 2011 Walter Payton Award Finalist (Top 2 vote receiver)
• Johnny Towalid - 2012 Co-National FCS Defensive Back of the Year (by College Football Performance)http://tribstar.com/sports/x1303512623/ISUs-Towalid-named-top-FCS-defensive-back

All-Americans (16)

• Jeff Keller, DE – 1967 American Football Coaches Association
• Chris Hicks, OT – 1975 American Football Coaches Association
• Vincent Allen, RB – 1976 American Football Coaches Association
• Ed Martin, DE – 1983 American Football Coaches Association
• Wayne Davis, DB – 1984 American Football Coaches Association
• Vencie Glenn, DB – 1985 American Football Coaches Association
• Mike Simmonds, OT – 1986 American Football Coaches Association
• Derrick Franklin, RB – 1991 Walter Camp, The Sports Network
• Shawn Moore, OG – 1993 American Football Coaches Association
• Dan Brandenburg, DT – 1994 American Football Coaches Association
• Dan Brandenburg, DT – 1995 The Sports Network, American Football Quarterly
• Tom Allison, PK – 1995 Don Hansen’s Football Gazette
• Troy Lefevra, DE – 1998 Don Hansen’s Football Gazette
• DeJuan Alfonzo, DB/RS – 1999 American Football Coaches Association
• Shakir Bell, RB - 2011 Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, The Sports Network
• Ben Obaseki, DL - 2011 Associated Press

Academic All-American (3)

• Gary Brown, E - 1971
• Michael Eads, E - 1972
• Mark Maley E -1973
• Daniel Millington, DE - 2009
• Alex Sewall, DB - 2011

NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship (1)

• Jeffrey Miller, QB - 1986

All-Conference (109+)

All-Indiana Collegiate Conference (7+)

• Wally Geib, OL, 1962
• Joe Beach, DC, 1962
• Wally Geib, OL, 1963
• Rolland Beckham, OL, 1964
• Bob Pychinka, LB, 1965
• Stan Worrall, DL, 1967

All-Missouri Valley Conference (42)

Vincent Allen, RB, 1977 Don Jackson, DB, 1977 Gary Gamen, DT, 1978 John Allman, DB, 1978 Kirk Wilson, WR, 1979 Eddie Ruffin, WR, 1979 George DeTella, OT, 1979 Reggie Allen, QB, 1979 Gerry Gluscic, DE, 1979 John Allman, DB, 1979 Hubert Moore, TE, 1980 Eddie Ruffin, WR, 1980 Mark Gradkowski, OG, 1980 John Gaunt, DT, 1980

Craig Shaffer, LB, 1980 John Allman, DB, 1980 Hubert Moore, TE 1981 Kirk Wilson, WR, 1981 Craig Shaffer, LB, 1981 Walter Seaphus, NG, 1982 Ed Martin, DE, 1982 Dan Maher, LB, 1982 Bob Koehne, OT, 1983 Rich Dawson, C, 1983 Jeff Miller, QB, 1983 Ed Martin, DE, 1983 Quintin Mikell, LB, 1983 Kevin Ramsey, DB, 1983

Wayne Davis, DB, 1984 Steve Buxton, OG, 1984 Rich Dawson, C, 1984 Jeff Miller, QB, 1984 Darrold Clardy, RB, 1984 Scott Bridges, PK, 1984 Doug Arnold, NG, 1984 Brad Verdun, DT, 1984 Jeff Miller, QB, 1985 Doug Arnold, NG, 1985 Terry Bell, WR, 1985 Vencie Glenn, DB, 1985 Mike Simmonds, OG, 1985 Kurt Bell, DE, 1985

All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (60)

Mike Simmonds, OT, 1986 Steve McKeel, DB, 1986 Troy Johnson, LB, 1986 Tim Cunningham, LB, 1986 Chuck Standiford, P, 1986 Pete Endre, OT, 1987 Steve McKeel, DB, 1987 Gary Cannon, WR, 1987 Steve Elmlinger, WR, 1988 Tori Vactor, RB, 1988 Ken Hopp, LB, 1988 Troy Mickens, DB, 1988 Rodney Porter, TE, 1989 Mark Bertram, DT, 1989 Derrick Franklin, RB, 1990

Charles Swann, WR, 1990 Eric Christensen, LB, 1991 Derrick Franklin, RB, 1991 Charles Swann, WR, 1991 Dyrrah Christon, NG, 1992 David Wright, RB, 1992 Dan Brandenburg, DT, 1993 Von Ganaway, FS, 1993 Tim Giebels, OT, 1993 Shawn Moore, OG, 1993 David Wright, RB, 1993 Dan Brandenburg, DT, 1994 Dustin Rusch, DT, 1994 Dan Brandenburg, DT, 1995 Dre Knox, DB, 1996

Richard Moss, LB, 1996 Robert High, FS, 1997 Shannon Jackson, DT, 1997 DeJuan Alfonzo, DB, 1998 Troy Lefevra, DE, 1998 DeJuan Alfonzo, DB, 1999 Shannon Jackson, DE, 1999 Troy Lefevra, DE, 1999 Richard Harris, DE, 2001 Richard Harris, DE, 2002 Dietrich Lapsley, LB, 2002 Soso Dede, KR, 2002 Ryan King, TE, 2003 Kyle Mitchell, DE, 2003 Kyle Mitchell, DE, 2004

Sam Logan, WR, 2005 Kyle Mitchell, DE, 2005 Jamie Petrowski, TE, 2005 Shonda Faulkner, LB, 2007 Darrius Gates, RB, 2010 Brock Lough, FB, 2010 Ben Obaseki, DE, 2010 Alex Sewall, DB, 2010 Aaron Archie, LB, 2011 Shakir Bell, RB, 2011 Alex Jones, TE, 2011 Brock Lough, FB, 2011 FN Lutz, OL, 2011 Ben Obaseki, DE, 2011 Alex Sewall, DB, 2011

Career Leaders

Passing

Player	Years	Comp	Att	TD	Yds	Pct.	Int
Jeff Miller	1982–1985	555	1,066	40	6,448	.552	33
John Sahm	1986–1989	341	668	30	5,139	.496	38
Reggie Allen	1978–1981	367	782	29	5,094	.469	46
Ronnie Fouch	2010–2011	322	544	38	4,316	.592	15
Kip Hennelly	1991–1993	249	490	19	3,158	.508	27
Julian Reese	2001–2002	267	499	20	2,961	.535	21
Kevin Cox	1993–1996	238	528	20	2,885	.451	22
Kyle Frondorf	1986–1988	208	391	8	2,778	.532	24
Blayne Baggett	2005	284	473	15	2,741	.464	13
Reilly Murphy	2006–2007	212	406	11	2,154	.522	19

Rushing

Player	Years	Att	Yds	Avg.	TD
Vincent Allen	1973–1977	832	4,335	5.21	31
David Wright	1992–1995	784	4,181	5.33	22
Shakir Bell	2010–Pres.	594	3,794	6.4	27
Derrick Franklin	1989–1991	710	3,231	4.55	23
Eric Robinson	1979–1982	443	2,169	4.90	22
Jake Shields	2001–2004	521	2,119	4.07	19
Darrius Gates	2006–2010	396	2,010	5.08	20
Jim Brumfield	1967–1969	448	1,998	4.46	23
Darrold Clardy	1981–1984	355	1,594	4.49	19
Tori Vactor	1987–1988	312	1,545	4.95	12

Receiving

Player	Years	Rcpt	Yds	Avg.	TD
Sam Logan	2003–2006	196	2,385	12.2	9
Rodney Porter	1986–1989	135	1,906	14.1	9
Terry Bell	1982–1985	132	2,048	15.5	13
Joe Downing	1982–1985	115	1,608	14.0	15
Carl Berman	2003–2006	114	1,376	12.1	10
Eddie Ruffin	1978–1981	110	1,831	16.6	11
Larry Brown	1993–1996	105	1,197	11.4	6
Steve Elminger	1987–1989	102	1,823	17.9	10
Steve Schmid	1967–1969	100	1,394	13.9	11
Micah Reid	1993–1996	98	1,239	12.6	5

Scoring

Player	Years	TD	FG	PAT1	PAT2	PTS
Kyle Hooper	2003–2006	0	42	85	0	221
Vincent Allen	1973–1977	33	0	0	1	200
Tom Allison	1992–1995	0	38	82	0	196
Scott Bridges	1983–1985	0	31	87	0	180
Shakir Bell	2010–Present	28	0	0	0	168
Mike Megyesi	1999–2002	0	27	83	0	164
Jim Brumfield	1967–1969	26	0	0	0	156
David Wright	1992–1995	23	0	0	1	140
Eric Robinson	1979–1982	22	0	0	0	132
Darrius Gates	2006–2010	22	0	0	0	132

Career leaders in bold

Coaching Leaders (by wins)

The current coach is Trent Miles

Coach (Alma Mater)	Seasons	Years	Games	W	L	T	Pct.
Dennis Raetz (Nebraska, 1968)	18	1980–1997	200	94	105	1	.473
Wally Marks (Chicago, 1927)	16	1927-30, 33-41, 46-48	125	62	56	7	.524
Jerry Huntsman (Wabash, 1952)	7	1966–1972	68	43	24	1	.639
Bill Jones (Ohio Wesleyan, 1939)	9	1957–1965	70	32	37	1	.464
Tim McGuire (Nebraska, 1975)	7	1998–2004	79	24	55	0	.304
Art Strum (Wisconsin-LaCrosse, 1916)	6	1923-26, 32, 42	43	21	20	2	.488
Tom Harp (Muskingum, 1951)	5	1973–1977	51	20	31	0	.392
Trent Miles (Indiana State, 1987)	5	2008–2012	55	20	36	0	.357
Mark Dean (Northern Illinois, 1938)	5	1951-54, 56	39	15	20	4	.436
Dick Jamieson (Bradley, 1961)	2	1978–1979	22	11	11	0	.500
Phil Brown (Butler, 19--)	1	1945	8	5	2	1	.625
J. Roy Goodlad (Wisconsin, 1929)	1	1931	7	4	3	0	.571
Bob LeCray	1	1944	6	2	4	0	.333
Paul Selge (Indiana State, 1943)	1	1955	9	2	7	0	.222
George Ashworth (Indiana State, 1935)	2	1949–1950	19	2	16	1	.132
Lou West (Cincinnati, 1976)	3	2005–2007	33	1	32	0	.030
Mike Sanford (Southern California, 1976)	1	2013–present	0	0	0	0	.000
various (7 others)	13	1896-09,1920,1943	42	9	28	5	.214

Career leaders in bold

Coach of the Year (10)

District (3)

• Trent Miles - 2010 AFCA Region #4
• Jerry Huntsman - 1968 NCAA District #2
• Jerry Huntsman - 1966 NCAA District #1

Conference (7)

• Trent Miles - 2010 Missouri Valley Football Conference
• Dennis Raetz - 1984 Missouri Valley Conference

• Jerry Huntsman - 1966 Indiana Collegiate Conference
• Bill Jones - 1963 Indiana Collegiate Conference
• Bill Jones - 1960 Indiana Collegiate Conference
• Bill Jones - 1959 Indiana Collegiate Conference
• Mark Dean - 1952 Indiana Collegiate Conference

Notable alumni

Sycamores in Professional Leagues (50)

Fifty former Sycamores have played in professional football leagues. The leagues include the NFL, CFL, AFL. and the UFL.
The most notable players are:

Player	Class Year	Position	Teams	Career	Highlight(s)
Tunch Ilkin	1980	Offensive Line	Pittsburgh	1980–1993	2x Pro Bowl Lineman
Craig Shaffer	1982	Line Backer	St. Louis	1982–1984	18 Career Games
Wayne Davis	1985	Defensive Back	numerous	1985–1990	5 Career INTs
Vencie Glenn	1986	Defensive Back	numerous	1986–1995	35 Career INTs
John Bock	1994	Offensive Line	Miami	1995–2000	17 Career Starts
Dan Brandenburg	1996	Defensive Tackle	Buffalo	1996–1999	42 Career Games
Jamie Petrowski	2006	Tight End	Carolina	2006–Present	3rd Team All-American

All-Star Game Participants (12)

1981 – Craig Shaffer, LB (Blue-Gray) 1982 – Kirk Wilson, WR (Senior Bowl) 1985 – Vencie Glenn, DB (Blue-Gray) 1986 – Vencie Glenn, DB (Senior Bowl) 1990 – Steve Elmlinger, WR (Senior Bowl) 1992 – Charles Swann, WR (Senior Bowl) 1992 - Charles Swann, WR (Japan Bowl) 1995 – Dan Brandenburg, DT (Blue-Gray)

1999 – DeJuan Alfonzo, DB (All-Star Gridiron Classic) 2005 – Blayne Baggett, QB (Magnolia Gridiron Classic) 2005 - LaDrelle Bryant, LB (Magnolia Gridiron Classic) 2006 – Kyle Hooper, PK (East Coast Bowl) 2006 - Madison Miller, DE (East Coast Bowl) 2006 - Carl Berman, (Magnolia Gridiron Classic) 2010 - Darrius Gates, RB (FCS Senior Scout Bowl) 2010 - Pat Burke, OG (FCS Senior Scout Bowl)

Indiana Football Hall of Fame (30)

Vincent Allen - 2000 George Ashworth - 1979 Steve Balash - 2009 Paul Beck - 1979 Phil Brown - 1985 Charles "Cocky" Bush - 1976 Bob Clayton - 2012 Robert Clements - 1988 Jim Conover - 1976 Rich Dodson - 2003 Stewart "Red" Faught - 1981

Wayne Fuson - 1974 Joe Goodman - 1998 Delby Humphrey - 1974 Jerry Huntsman - 1985 Bill Jones - 1981 Charlie Karazsia - 2006 Walter "Wally" Marks - 1974 Dick Martin - 1976 Bob Nesbit - 1976 R. Douglas Reeser - 2006

Ed Robertson - 1996 Van "Rusty" Rutherford - 1976 Thomas Stirling - 1988 Kenneth "Zip" Sypult - 1987 Phil Teegarden - 2001 N.E. "Gene" Wernz - 1977 Mark Wildman - 2007 Roy Lee Williams - 1976 Ernie Zeller - 1979 Maurey Zlotnik - 2003

Rivalries

Illinois State

The Sycamores have met Illinois State annually since 1969 and 48 times in the past 50 seasons. The first game in the series was in 1936, which ended in an 0–0 tie. The Redbirds hold a slight edge (29–32–2) over the Sycamores; the schools also are frequent Homecoming opponents. Indiana State leads in Homecoming games (5–2) in Terre Haute; while in Bloomington-Normal, the series is tied 2–2. The largest crowd in Illinois State football history is the 1970 match-up with Indiana State, 21,500 fans attended saw the Jerry Huntsman-led Sycamores win 28–7.

The schools have been conference rivals since 1981 as members of the Missouri Valley Conference; that rivalry continues in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Southern Illinois

The burgeoning rivalry with Southern Illinois (SIU) has tilted to SIU's advantage in recent seasons, though the Salukis lead the overall series record, 24–23. SIU also own a victory in the only playoff meeting between the schools (a SIU 23–7 win in the 1983 NCAA Div I-AA playoffs).

Following the 1949 season, the Sycamores were invited to the 1949 Shrine Bowl versus the Salukis. The Salukis, who earlier in the season had lost to Indiana State, 41–14.

Eastern Illinois

From 1901–2009, the Sycamores played Eastern Illinois 83 times; the series stands at 37–42–4 in favor of Eastern Illinois; the 2009 game was the last for the foreseeable future. As of 2010, it is unknown when the series will resume as Indiana State's schedules are complete for the next 4 seasons (2013).

Ball State

From 1924–2003, the Sycamores played Ball State (Ind.) University 62 times; the series stands at 23–38–1 in favor of Ball State (née' Indiana State University - Eastern Division).

In 1940, the respective Blue Key chapters sponsored a trophy presentation, the 'Victory Bell' to reward the winner of the annual game between Indiana State and Ball State.

Traditions

Homecoming

The term Homecoming was first used in print announcements for the Alumni-Varsity Basketball Game on Dec. 9, 1916. By the year 1919, this event became known as Blue and White Day and featured dances and entertainment for alumni of the Normal School. In 1921 the events were organized around a football game scheduled earlier in the autumn. A bonfire and pep rally were added to the festivities in 1922; the Blue-and-White Parade in 1923; and in 1937, Bette Whitmore (Kappa Kappa) was elected ISUs first Homecoming Queen. The 2010 season will mark the 106th season of Sycamore football and the 91st Homecoming; the Sycamores will face conference foe, Illinois State, on October 9. This will mark the 7th time that Illinois State has been the Homecoming opponent; following a tremoundous victory (59-24) the Sycamores now own a 5-2 mark vs. Illinois State in Homecoming games.

As of 2010; Indiana State owns a 48-36-2 record in Homecoming games; the outcomes of the remaining 5 games are unknown.

Victory Bell

Victory Bell- A symbol of the traditional athletic rivalry in football between Indiana State and Ball State. The Victory Bell tradition was inaugurated in 1940 when the Blue Key chapters at both schools arranged to donate a bell to be presented to the victor of the football game. The idea was to start a traditional exchange of the bell as a means of improving relationships between the two student bodies. The Victory Bell series is 17-34 in favor of Ball State.

External links

• GoSycamores.com - Official Site of Indiana State Athletics

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