VALPARAISO VIKINGS FOOTBALL 2001        2000 Results         Duneland Conference

Coach: Mark Hoffman (25th yr 155-112)

Assistant coaches: Rich Renn, Terry Cox, Doug Stanford, Rich Spicer, Dave Coyle, Steve Krutz, Todd Evans, Todd VanKeppel

State Title: 1975

Semi-State Title:  1975, 1985, 2001

Regional Titles: 1975, 1985, 1988, 2001

Sectional Titles: 1985, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2001

Playoff record: 39-16

Stadium: Viking Field

Overall record: 366-331-24

Matt Handlan , Coach Hoffman & Garrett Gray meet with the media following the loss to Ben Davis in the state championship game.

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Matt Handlan:
2001 Eskew Award

Valparaiso Football Game Results 2001

                  Valparaiso Game Results (as of Nov 24, 2001)
                                   All games

                                                  Overall  Conference
     Date       Opponent                Score     Record   Record    
     ----       --------                -----     -----   -------- 
     Aug 17     PENN                    28-35  L   0- 1    0- 0
     Aug 24     GARY ROOSEVELT       W  50-8       1- 1    0- 0
   * Aug 31  at LaPorte              W  34-20      2- 1    1- 0
   * Sep 07     MICHIGAN CITY        W  49-0       3- 1    2- 0
   * Sep 14  at Chesterton           W  39-7       4- 1    3- 0
   * Sep 21  at Crown Point          W  45-7       5- 1    4- 0
   * Sep 28     MERRILLVILLE         W  41-0       6- 1    5- 0
   * Oct 05  at Portage              W  14-7       7- 1    6- 0
   * Oct 12     HOBART               W  35-0       8- 1    7- 0
     Oct 19  at Portage              W  32-14      9- 1    7- 0
   # Oct 26     LAKE CENTRAL         W  17-7      10- 1    7- 0
   # Nov 02     CHESTERTON           W  42-14     11- 1    7- 0
   # Nov 09  at Penn                 WO 24-21     12- 1    7- 0
   # Nov 16     FW SNIDER            W  45-13     13- 1
   # Nov 24     Ben Davis (RCA Dome) L  16-35     13- 2
   * indicates conference game  # indicated post-season game
 
 
 

Cumulative Season Statistics


Overall Team Statistics


Valparaiso Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 24, 2001)
                                   All games

 TEAM STATISTICS                         VAL          OPP
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 SCORING.......................          511          187
   Points Per Game.............         34.0         12.4
 FIRST DOWNS...................          282          162
 RUSHING YARDAGE...............         3108         1760
   Rushing Attempts............          536          410
   Average Per Rush............          5.8          4.2
   Average Per Game............        207.2        117.3
   TDs Rushing.................           45           13
 PASSING YARDAGE...............         2255         1206
   Att-Comp-Int................    245-135-11         n/a
   Average Per Pass............          9.2         
   Average Per Catch...........         16.7         
   Average Per Game............        150.3         80.4         
   TDs Passing.................           15            9
 TOTAL OFFENSE.................         5363         2966
   Total Plays.................          781          
   Average Per Play............          6.8          
   Average Per Game............        357.5        197.7
 FUMBLES-LOST..................        14-10         18-9
 PENALTIES-YARDS...............       77-621       63-513
   Average Per Game............         41.4         34.2
 PUNTS-YARDS...................      43-1590      71-2410
   Average Per Punt............         37.0         33.9
 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED.............           71           26
 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS..........          5-6          2-4
 PAT KICKS-ATTEMPTS............        62-68        23-25
 
 
 

Overall Individual Statistics


Valparaiso Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 24, 2001)
                                   All games


 RUSHING           G  Att Gain Loss  Net   Avg  TD Long Avg/G
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 Matt Handlon     15  299 1843    0 1843   6.1  30   65 122.8
 Matt Gast        14   38  311    0  311   8.1   1   14  22.2
 Jason Renn       15  112  298    0  298   2.6  10   23  19.8
 David Blythe     15   15  131    0  131   8.7   2   33   8.7
 Total..........  15  536 3108      3108   5.8  44   22 207.2
 
 PASSING           G   Effic Att-Cmp-Int   Pct  Yds  TD Lng Avg/G
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 Jason Renn       14  144.07  239-132-11  55.2 2197  15  55 146.4
 
 
 RECEIVING         G  No.  Yds   Avg  TD Long Avg/G
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 Jeff Samardzija  15   55 1197  21.7   9   55  79.8
 Matt Handlon     15   22  222  10.0   2   29  14.8
 Jon Krysa        15   13  156  12.0   0   28  10.4
 Adrian Demko     15   10  190  19.0   2   32  12.6
 David Blythe     15    7  100  14.2   1   46   6.6
 
                           |------ PATs ------|
 SCORING          TD  FGs   Kick Rush Rcv Pass  DXP Saf Points
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 Matt Handlon     32  0-0   0-0   0-2   0  0-0   0   0   192
 Carl Gioia        0  5-6  61-66  0-0   0  0-0   0   0    76
 Jeff Samardzija  12  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0   0   0    72
 Jason Renn       10  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-2   0   0    60
 David Blythe      3  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0   0   0    18
 Total..........  72  5-6  61-66  0-2   0  0-2   0   0   511
 Opponents......  26  2-5  23-25  0-0   1  1-1   0   0   187


Overall Defensive Statistics


Valparaiso Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 16, 2001)
                                   All games


                        |-------Tackles-------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd 
DEFENSIVE LEADERS   GP   UT   AT  Total ForLoss  No-Yards Int-Yds   PD QBH Rcv-Yds  FF Kick Saf
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40 Garrett Gray     15  104   60    164  19-43      .       2-0      .   .    .      1    .   .
34 Nick Windsor     15   57   53    110  13-48      .        .       .   .   1-0     .    .   .
21 Mike Dorulla     15   63   35     98   6-13      .       4-65     .   .   1-28    .    1   .
41 Ryan Storey      15   64   37    102   5-15      .       1-6      1   .    .      .    .   .   
59 Conner McShane   15   53   32     85   3-8       .        .       1   .   1-0     .    .   .
50 Chris Yaros      15   24   39     63    .        .       1-0      .   .    .      .    .   .
75 Ben Tritle       15   24   29     53   3-14      .        .       .   .    .      .    .   .
44 Aaron McMeans    14   21   21     42    .        .        .       .   .    .      .    .   .
43 Dustin Bow       15   11   25     36    .        .        .       1   .    .      .    .   .
37 Dan Abel         15   11   18     29    .        .        .       .   .    .      .    .   .
20 Mike LeDrew      14   10   16     26    .        .        .       .   .    .      .    .   .
32 Matt Handlon     15   12    9     21    .        .        .       .   .   1-0     .    .   .