Head coach Mike Swider · Captains: Chris Brown

1997 Wheaton Football

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Official record

4-5

4-3 CCIW

Points for

250

27.8 per game

Points against

194

21.6 per game

Games logged

2 with box scores

Results

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Margin	Att.
Sep 13, 1997	at Kalamazoo College	Kalamazoo, Mich.	L 20–21	-1	—
Sep 20, 1997	at Aurora University	Aurora, Ill.	L 25–32	-7	—
Oct 4, 1997	Augustana College (IL) CCIW	Wheaton, Ill.	L 16–21	-5	3,000
Oct 11, 1997	at Elmhurst University CCIW	Elmhurst, Ill.	W 59–20	+39	—
Oct 18, 1997	Millikin University CCIW	Wheaton, Ill.	L 26–30	-4	—
Oct 25, 1997	at Illinois Wesleyan University CCIW	Bloomington, Ill.	W 39–29	+10	—
Nov 1, 1997	Carthage College CCIW	Wheaton, Ill.	W 25–14	+11	—
Nov 8, 1997	North Park University CCIW	Wheaton, Ill.	W 33–7	+26	—
Nov 15, 1997	at North Central College CCIW	Naperville, Ill.	L 7–20	-13	—

Season Statistics

Source: season report recovered from the Internet Archive

Passing Rushing Receiving Total Offense All-Purpose Yards Scoring Defense Interceptions Field Goals Punting Punt Returns Kick Returns

Passing

Player	GP	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Long	Rating	Yds/G
Tim Hardy	9	136	265	51.3%	1,650	12	13	81	108.8	183.3
Mitchell Slater	2	2	2	100.0%	65	0	0	42	373.0	32.5
Jason Whitmer	2	5	11	45.5%	56	1	0	21	118.2	28.0
Ryan Freeland	7	1	1	100.0%	23	0	0	23	293.2	3.3
Opponents	9	105	223	47.1%	1,464	12	12	65	109.2	—

Rushing

Player	GP	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Yds/G
Bjorn Johnson	9	99	583	5.9	6	56	64.8
Jeff Ford	9	115	527	4.6	5	48	58.6
Brian Pastermack	8	43	252	5.9	2	28	31.5
Tim Hardy	9	99	194	2.0	4	59	21.6
Tim Miller	5	3	31	10.3	0	16	6.2
Ben Peays	9	7	22	3.1	0	8	2.4
Ryan Freeland	7	7	13	1.9	0	3	1.9
Jon Kotecki	2	4	5	1.2	1	2	2.5
Greg McMillin	1	1	4	4.0	0	4	4.0
Mitchell Slater	2	2	4	2.0	0	3	2.0
Rashied Scarlett	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Jason Whitmer	2	8	-4	-0.5	0	4	-2.0
Opponents	9	405	1,581	3.9	15	54	175.7

Receiving

Player	GP	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Yds/G
Brian Tucker	9	55	628	11.4	7	32	69.8
Ben Peays	9	39	439	11.3	3	81	48.8
Jay Westra	9	22	368	16.7	1	45	40.9
Bjorn Johnson	9	11	122	11.1	1	23	13.6
Jeff Ford	9	10	99	9.9	1	39	11.0
Gary Lavanchy	4	3	49	16.3	0	19	12.2
Eric Lim	2	1	42	42.0	0	42	21.0
Jon Kotecki	2	1	23	23.0	0	23	11.5
Brian Pastermack	8	1	15	15.0	0	15	1.9
Andy Shedd	4	1	9	9.0	0	9	2.2
Opponents	9	105	1,464	13.9	12	65	—

Total Offense

Player	G	Plays	Rush	Pass	Yds	Yds/G
Tim Hardy	9	—	194	1,650	1,844	204.9
Bjorn Johnson	9	—	583	0	583	64.8
Jeff Ford	9	—	527	0	527	58.6
Brian Pastermack	8	—	252	0	252	31.5
Mitchell Slater	2	—	4	65	69	34.5
Jason Whitmer	2	—	-4	56	52	26.0
Ryan Freeland	7	—	13	23	36	5.1
Tim Miller	5	—	31	0	31	6.2
Ben Peays	9	—	22	0	22	2.4
Jon Kotecki	2	—	5	0	5	2.5
Greg McMillin	1	—	4	0	4	4.0
Rashied Scarlett	1	1	0	0	0	0.0
Opponents	9	—	1,581	1,464	3,045	338.3

All-Purpose Yards

Player	G	Rush	Rec	PR	KR	IR	Yds	Yds/G
Ben Peays	9	22	439	197	275	0	933	103.7
Bjorn Johnson	9	583	122	0	32	0	737	81.9
Jeff Ford	9	527	99	0	56	0	682	75.8
Brian Tucker	9	0	628	0	0	0	628	69.8
Jay Westra	9	0	368	0	0	0	368	40.9
Brian Pastermack	8	252	15	0	0	0	267	33.4
Tim Hardy	9	194	0	0	0	0	194	21.6
John Peays	9	0	0	21	161	0	182	20.2
Jerry Hawkes	9	0	0	0	0	96	96	10.7
Travis Barnes	9	0	0	22	41	0	63	7.0
Gary Lavanchy	4	0	49	0	0	0	49	12.2
Eric Lim	2	0	42	0	0	0	42	21.0
Brandon Cone	8	0	0	0	0	33	33	4.1
Tim Miller	5	31	0	0	0	0	31	6.2
Jon Kotecki	2	5	23	0	0	0	28	14.0
Todd Kinley	7	0	0	0	0	19	19	2.7
Matt Beard	9	0	0	0	0	19	19	2.1
Andy Shedd	4	0	9	0	8	0	17	4.2
Ryan Freeland	7	13	0	0	0	0	13	1.9
Jeremy Amos	8	0	0	0	9	0	9	1.1
Mitchell Slater	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	2.0
Greg McMillin	1	4	0	0	0	0	4	4.0
Zach Moffitt	4	0	0	0	3	0	3	0.8
Rashied Scarlett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Blake Stevens	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Jason Whitmer	2	-4	0	0	0	0	-4	-2.0
Opponents	9	1,581	1,464	66	645	0	3,756	417.3

Scoring

Player	TD	FGM	PAT	PATA	Pts
Paul Boehms	0	10	20	25	50
Bjorn Johnson	7	0	0	0	44
Brian Tucker	7	0	0	0	42
Jeff Ford	5	0	0	0	32
Ben Peays	4	0	0	0	26
Tim Hardy	4	0	0	0	24
Brian Pastermack	2	0	0	0	12
Jon Kotecki	1	0	0	0	8
Jay Westra	1	0	0	0	6
Jerry Hawkes	1	0	0	0	6
Opponents	28	1	17	22	194

Defense

Player	GP	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FF	FR	Blk
Blake Stevens	8	60	18	78	1.0	0.0	1	7	0	2	0	0
Brandon Cone	8	46	28	74	4.0	3.5	2	6	5	1	1	0
Jamie Heinold	8	41	27	68	1.0	2.0	0	3	4	0	0	1
John Peays	9	49	11	60	2.0	0.0	4	3	0	0	2	0
Jason Sennese	8	21	29	50	0.0	2.5	0	1	0	0	1	0
Jeremiah Chaney	8	27	19	46	5.0	3.5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Beard	9	26	8	34	3.0	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Jerry Hawkes	9	22	12	34	2.0	2.0	3	7	1	0	1	0
Todd Kinley	7	16	16	32	3.0	1.0	1	1	2	1	1	0
Craig Renz	7	16	12	28	0.0	0.5	0	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Sampson	9	16	8	24	0.0	1.0	0	0	1	0	1	0
James Roberson	6	13	11	24	1.0	1.5	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Tofilon	9	15	6	21	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kris McGee	8	12	8	20	2.0	2.0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Ritzman	5	8	11	19	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ben Wilson	6	12	2	14	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Drew Pearson	4	9	5	14	3.0	2.0	0	1	3	3	0	0
Bjorn Johnson	9	9	2	11	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Barnes	9	4	3	7	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mitch Clement	9	4	3	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Wardle	3	4	2	6	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Trent Dunham	5	4	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jeremy Amos	8	3	1	4	1.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Darryn Wiebe	2	1	3	4	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Boehms	9	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damian Wyman	4	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Peays	9	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Brown	9	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Freeland	7	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jamie Busch	2	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Shaw	9	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Tapp	6	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Campbell	4	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Shaw	2	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Moffitt	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	0	0	2	0	0	0
Opponents	9	367	254	621	30.0	19.0	13	28	10	6	19	0

Interceptions

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
John Peays	4	107	26.8	0	34
Jerry Hawkes	3	96	32.0	1	35
Brandon Cone	2	33	16.5	0	17
Todd Kinley	1	19	19.0	0	19
Matt Beard	1	19	19.0	0	19
Blake Stevens	1	0	0.0	0	0
Opponents	13	45	3.5	1	23

Field Goals

Player	FGM	FGA	Pct	Long	Blk
Paul Boehms	10	13	76.9%	43	—
Opponents	1	7	14.3%	40	—

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB	Blk
Paul Boehms	33	1,143	34.6	56	9	—	0
Opponents	57	1,767	31.0	53	9	—	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Ben Peays	28	197	7.0	1	67
Travis Barnes	2	22	11.0	0	13
John Peays	4	21	5.2	0	12
Opponents	13	66	5.1	0	10

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Ben Peays	14	275	19.6	39
John Peays	9	161	17.9	29
Jeff Ford	4	56	14.0	20
Travis Barnes	1	41	41.0	41
Bjorn Johnson	2	32	16.0	17
Jeremy Amos	1	9	9.0	12
Andy Shedd	2	8	4.0	4
Zach Moffitt	1	3	3.0	3
Opponents	40	645	16.1	50

1997 Roster

87 players

#	Player	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown	High School
2	John Peays	DB-KR	Sophomore	5'11	180 lbs	Austin, Texas	Westlake
3	Brian Tucker	WR	Senior	6'1	190 lbs	Rancho Cucamonga, Cal.	Etiwanda
4	Andy Shedd	WR	Senior	5'9	177 lbs	Chicago, Ill.	Sullivan
5	Jamie Heinold	LB	Senior	6'0	200 lbs	Wayne, NJ	Wayne Hills
6	Jeff Ford	RB	Sophomore	5'10	200 lbs	St. Charles, MO	St. Charles West
7	Kevin Sampson	LB	Sophomore	5'10	205 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton-Warrenville South
8	Ben Peays	WR-KR	Sophomore	6'0	180 lbs	Austin, Texas	Westlake
9	Bjorn Johnson	RB	Junior	5'10	205 lbs	Mundelein, Ill.	Mundelein
10	Ryan Freeland	FB	Sophomore	6'0	215 lbs	Portage, Mich.	Portage Central
11	Trent Dunham	DB	Sophomore	5'10	180 lbs	Plano, Texas	Plano Senior
12	Tim Hardy	QB	Junior	6'1	205 lbs	Conover, NC	Newton-Conover
13	Jesse Milner	QB	Freshman	6'6	225 lbs	Owensville, Ohio	Mariemount
14	Mitchell Slater	QB	Sophomore	6'3	210 lbs	McHenry, Ill.	McHenry
15	Jason Stefely	DB	Freshman	6'2	195 lbs	Johnsburg, Ill.	Johnsburg
16	Matt Beard	DB	Freshman	6'0	178 lbs	Houston, Texas	Clear Lake
17	Gary Lavanchy	WR	Senior	5'9	175 lbs	Camdenton, MO	Camdenton
18	Jason Whitmer	QB	Sophomore	6'2	175 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton North
19	Travis Barnes	WR-DB	Freshman	5'11	175 lbs	San Antonio, Texas	Alamo Heights
20	Paul Boehms	P-PK	Senior	5'10	180 lbs	Troy, Mich.	Troy
21	Jeff Wardle	LB	Senior	6'2	205 lbs	Palatine, Ill.	Palatine
22	Blake Stevens	DB	Senior	5'9	185 lbs	Wimberly, Texas	Wimberly
23	Erik Frykholm	WR	Sophomore	6'1	200 lbs	Rockford, Ill.	Lutheran
24	Brad Baker	RB	Sophomore	5'10	180 lbs	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	Cold Spring Harbor
25	James Marroquin	DB	Sophomore	5'8	165 lbs	Austin, Texas	McCallum
26	Nate Albaugh	DB	Sophomore	5'10	160 lbs	Monticello, Ill.	Monticello
27	Jerry Hawkes	DB	Junior	5'8	185 lbs	Houston, Texas	Clear Lake
28	Jeremy Amos	DB	Freshman	6'2	190 lbs	Austin, Texas	Westlake
29	Dave Tofilon	DB	Sophomore	6'0	200 lbs	Palatine, Ill.	Fremd
30	Brian Hughes	DB	Sophomore	5'10	180 lbs	Little Rock, Ark.	Pulaski Academy
31	Jason Hannagan	RB	Freshman	5'8	180 lbs	Garden City, Kan.	Garden City
32	Rashied Scarlett	RB	Sophomore	5'10	180 lbs	Stillwater, Okla.	Stillwater
33	Tim Miller	DB	Freshman	6'0	185 lbs	La Jolla, Cal.	Santa Fe Christian
34	Rusty Rosen	P-PK	Freshman	5'11	165 lbs	Satellite Beach, Fla.	Satellite
35	Greg McMillin	RB	Freshman	6'3	200 lbs	Nampa, Idaho	Nampa
36	Ben Wilson	DB	Sophomore	5'11	185 lbs	Park Ridge, Ill.	Maine South
37	Brian Pastermack	RB	Freshman	5'8	160 lbs	Merritt Island, Fla.	Merritt Island
38	Chris Baughman	P-PK	Freshman	5'11	170 lbs	Ft. Morgan, Colo.	Ft. Morgan
39	Brett Wyss	DB	Freshman	6'2	197 lbs	Monument, Colo.	Lewis-Palmer
40	Jon Kotecki	FB	Senior	6'1	235 lbs	Jupiter, Fla.	King's Academy
41	J.D. Leman	LB	Freshman	6'1	190 lbs	Champaign, Ill.	Champaign Central
42	Jason Virts	DB	Freshman	6'0	190 lbs	Plano, Texas	Plano Sr.
43	Jeremy Clark	MLB	Junior	6'1	240 lbs	Papua New Guinea	Ukarumpa
44	Derek Flynn	LB	Sophomore	6'3	230 lbs	Houston, Texas	St. John's
45	Brandon Cone	OLB	Senior	6'2	247 lbs	San Antonio, Texas	Alamo Heights
46	Todd Kinley	LB	Senior	6'0	235 lbs	Spokane, Wash.	Lewis & Clark
47	Mitch Clement	LB	Sophomore	6'1	205 lbs	Garden City, Kan.	Garden City
48	Steve Floe	RB	Freshman	6'0	200 lbs	Chaska, Minn.	Chaska
49	Mike Loney	LB	Sophomore	6'0	200 lbs	Alma, Mich.	Alma
50	John Shaw	OL	Junior	6'1	230 lbs	San Antonio, Texas	Smithson Valley
51	Robert Momary	OL	Freshman	5'11	210 lbs	Las Vegas, Nev.	Bishop Gorman
52	Mark Ritzman	LB-TE	Freshman	5'9	220 lbs	Norton, Ohio	Norton
53	Jason Mattson	C	Sophomore	6'0	220 lbs	Mt. Prospect, Ill.	Rolling Meadows
54	Dan Todesco	C	Junior	6'1	260 lbs	Ft, Pierce, Fla.	St. Edwards
55	Collin Quinn	C	Junior	6'1	225 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton North
56	Tim Linville	DE	Freshman	6'2	230 lbs	Edmond, Okla.	Oklahoma Christian Schools
58	Matthew Allen	OL	Senior	6'3	250 lbs	Phoenix, Ariz.	Shadow Mountain
61	Nicholas Nelson	LB	Sophomore	6'0	210 lbs	Wilmette, Ill.	New Trier
62	Kyle Shaw	OL	Junior	5'11	235 lbs	Vallejo, Cal.	Hogan
64	Nate Brown	OL	Sophomore	6'1	207 lbs	Plymouth, Minn.	Robbinsdale Armstrong
66	James Roberson	DL	Junior	6'3	245 lbs	Concord, Mass.	Acton Boxborough Reg.
68	Brian Weber	C	Sophomore	6'2	230 lbs	Newtown, Penn.	Council Rock
69	Aaron Messner	OL	Senior	6'8	350 lbs	Phoenix, Ariz.	Alhambra
70	Damian Wyman	DL	Freshman	6'3	220 lbs	Caldwell, Idaho	Vallivue
71	Caleb Campbell	DL	Senior	5'10	200 lbs	Caldwell, Idaho	Vallivue
72	Tim Sambrano	OL	Freshman	6'2	245 lbs	Little Rock, Ark.	Pulaski Academy
73	Chris Brown	OL	Senior	6'2	305 lbs	Seguin, Texas	Seguin
74	Chris Lagioia	OL	Freshman	6'0	265 lbs	Buffalo Grove, Ill.	Palatine
75	Kevin Cawley	OL	Sophomore	6'3	250 lbs	Ardmore, Okla.	Ardmore
76	Ben Reaoch	OL	Junior	6'1	235 lbs	Midland, Mich.	Midland
77	Kris McGee	DE	Junior	6'2	265 lbs	Moore, Okla.	Moore
78	Bruce LeMoine	OL	Junior	6'1	290 lbs	Ballwin, MO	Lafayette
79	Joe Malone	OL	Junior	6'5	285 lbs	Westport, Conn.	Staples
80	Shaun Raad	DB	Freshman	6'2	170 lbs	Sioux City, Iowa	Sioux City North
82	Zach Moffitt	TE	Junior	6'2	230 lbs	Eagle Grove, Iowa	Eagle Grove
83	Jay Westra	WR	Sophomore	6'0	190 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton North
84	Jim Matthews	TE	Freshman	6'2	195 lbs	Shoreline, Wash.	Shorewood
85	Eric Lim	WR	Senior	6'1	193 lbs	Kailua, Hawaii	Hawaii Baptist Academy
86	Chris Tapp	TE-LB	Freshman	6'3	230 lbs	Ft. Wayne, Ind.	Concordia Lutheran
88	Chris Boddy	WR	Freshman	5'11	165 lbs	San Antonio, Texas	Alamo Heights
90	Darryn Wiebe	DL	Sophomore	6'3	215 lbs	Belvidere, Ill.	Belvidere
93	Drew Pearson	DE	Sophomore	6'3	250 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton North
94	Troy Cudworth	DL	Sophomore	6'1	235 lbs	Pismo Beach, Cal.	Arroyo Grande
95	Craig Renz	DT	Senior	6'4	275 lbs	Ottawa, Ill.	Ottawa
96	Jamie Busch	DE	Freshman	6'1	190 lbs	Batavia, Ill.	Batavia
97	John Elsaesser	DT	Freshman	6'6	240 lbs	Fountain Valley, Cal.	Los Amigos
98	Tom Vetterani	DL	Sophomore	6'2	270 lbs	Blue Bell, Penn.	Wissahicken
99	Jason Sennese	DT	Senior	6'4	285 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton North