WMU vs. EMU Post-Game Notes

PRE-GAME

• WMU is looking for 30th win in series against EMU
• WMU is looking to capture the Michigan MAC Trophy for the first time since 2005
• WMU is looking to end the regular season with a win for the sixth time under Bill Cubit
• Dareyon Chance is 122 yards from becoming the first running back with 1,000 yards in a season since Brandon West (2009)
• Johnnie Simon is two tackles away from becoming the first WMU defender with back-to-back 100 tackle seasons since Bryan Lape (2001-02)
• Justin Currie is 10 tackles from his first career 100-tackle season
• WMU is saying good-bye to 17 seniors prior to today's game
• Game captains are Freddie Bishop, Alex Carder and Kevin Galeher
• WMU wins coin toss and defers until second half

FIRST QUARTER

• First career start for Cleveland Smith
• Lewis Toler starting at safety for first time in career
• Three penalties called in the game before the first play from scrimmage was ran
• Johnnie Simon has back-to-back 100-tackle seasons (first since Bryan Lape in 2001 and 2002)
• WMU held scoreless in the first quarter for the fifth time in 2012

SECOND QUARTER

• Blake Hammond with fourth receiving TD of the season
• It is the first time in Hammond's career with four TDs in a season
• Eric Boyden registers first career reception
• WMU registers fourth one-play drive of the season (most since recording six in 2003 and 2005)
• Justin Collins sets new single-game career high with receptions

THIRD QUARTER

• WMU is 0-5 this season when trailing at halftime
• WMU outscored EMU 17-3 to tie the score with a 37-yard FG by Andrew Haldeman
• EMU's missed PAT is the first by a WMU opponent in 2012

FOURTH QUARTER

• WMU's lone win in 2012 when trailing entering the fourth quarter came against CMU on Nov. 3 (trailing 23-14)
• Andrew Haldeman has his first multi-TD game of his career (37, 19, 28)
• Alex Carder registered 13th career 300-yard passing game
• Justin Collins recorded his second-straight 100-yard receiving game

POST-GAME

• Western Michigan lost its last game of the regular season for the first time since 2009
• WMU lost back to back games against EMU since 1990-91
• Dareyon Chance came up 53 yards short of 1,000 for the season
• Justin Currie came up two tackles short of 100 for the season