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    1996 Final MIAA Football Standings

    League Overall
    W    L     T    PF PA       W    L     T    PF PA
    Albion 5 0 0 293    67 9 1 0 477    109
    Hope 3 2 0 151 155 4 5 0 224 226
    Alma 2 3 0 181 220 4 5 0 352 371
    Olivet 2 3 0 97 149 2 7 0 157 250
    Kalamazoo    2 3 0 171 221 3 6 0 288 332
    Adrian 1 4 0 68 149 3 6 0 152 191

    1996 Football Statistics

    Passing Att.     Comp.    Int.    %    Yds.    TD     EffRtg
    Kyle Klein, Albion, Sr. 103 67 5 65 1014 9 166.87
    Gregg McDonald,
    Kalamazoo, Sr.   
    210 136 6 65 1738 16 153.71
    Bill Nietzke, Alma, Sr. 254 139 14 55 1690 14 117.78
    Jason Tokar, Olivet, Sr. 127 70 7 55 712 4 101.58
    Dan Hutchison,
    Adrian, So.
    132 60 11 45 775 3 85.61

    Rushing C-Yds.
    Brandon Graham, Hope, Jr. 161-965
    Ray Henke, Albion, Jr. 75-564
    Virgil Petty, Albion, So. 46-516
    Sam Fields, Adrian, Jr. 129-449
    Derwin James, Olivet, Fr. 127-383
    Jason Tokar, Olivet, Sr. 62-276
    Ray Dawood, Alma, Jr. 47-263
    Stacey Smith, Olivet, Jr. 53-231
    David Hanna, Kalamazoo, So. 60-199
    Matthew Kim, Kalamazoo, Fr.    30-198

    Pass Receiving C-Yds.
    Lance Sanders, Kalamazoo, Jr. 43-638
    Chris Barnett, Albion, Sr. 20-413
    Ray Dawood, Alma, Jr. 24-379
    Leonard Warren, Alma, Jr. 36-379
    Jeff Pierce, Kalamazoo, Sr. 31-363
    Matt Gordon, Alma, Sr. 28-353
    Tray Brewer, Olivet, Sr. 24-319
    Jason Hance, Alma, So. 25-313
    Mike Oursler, Albion, Sr. 19-306
    Wade Thomson, Kalamazoo, Jr.    23-301

    Scoring TD    XP    FG     TP   
    Brandon Graham, Hope, Jr. 17 0 0 102
    Ray Henke, Albion, Jr. 9 0 0 54
    Michael Zacha, Albion, Sr. 0 38 5 53
    Lance Sanders, Kazoo, Jr. 7 4 0 46
    Chris Barnett, Albion, Sr. 7 0 0 42
    Kyle Klein, Albion, Sr. 6 0 0 36
    Virgil Petty,Albion, So. 6 0 0 36
    David Hanna, Kalamazoo, So.    6 0 0 36
    Ray Dawood, Alma, Jr. 5 0 0 30
    Leonard Warren, Alma, Jr. 4 4 0 28

    Total Offense Rush    Pass    Total
    Gregg McDonald, Kazoo, Sr.    52 1738 1790
    Bill Nietzke, Alma, Sr. -13 1690 1677
    Kyle Klein, Albion, Sr. 123 1014 1137
    Jason Tokar, Olivet, Sr. 276 712 988
    Brandon Graham, Hope, Jr. 965 0 965
    Dan Hutchison, Adrian, So. -141 775 634
    Ray Henke, Albion, Jr. 564 0 564
    Virgil Petty, Albion, So. 516 0 516
    Dean Esteves, Hope, So. 100 391 491
    Sam Fields, Adrian, Jr. 449 0 449

    Punting No.-Avg.
    Josh Brewer, Hope, Jr. 22-37.7
    Brandon O'Connell, Albion, So.    12-36.3
    Shawn Grant, Alma, Fr. 16-31.6
    Eric Kelly, Kalamazoo, Jr. 17-31.4
    Clint Irwin, Adrian, So. 29-29.5

    All-Purpose Running GP    Rush    Rec     PR    KoR    Total     Yds./G
    Brandon Graham,
    Hope, Jr.
    5 965 12 0 0 977 195.4
    Ray Dawood,
    Alma, Jr.
    5 263 379 28 227 897 179.4
    Ray Henke, Albion, Jr. 5 564 44 0 96 704 140.8
    Wade Thomson,
    Kalamazoo, Jr.   
    5 0 301 52 319 672 134.4
    Lance Sanders,
    Kalamazoo, Jr.
    5 0 638 0 0 638 127.6

    Field Goals ATT    C     Long
    Michael Zacha, Albion, Sr.    5 5 47
    Mike Hirvela, Adrian, Jr. 6 3 35
    Eric Brands, Alma, So. 9 3 35
    Dan Hussey, Olivet, Fr. 5 3 47
    Travis Williams, Hope, Jr. 4 2 37

    Extra Points (Kicking) ATT    C
    Michael Zacha, Albion, Sr. 40 38
    Mike Nishizawa, Kalamazoo, Fr.    22 15
    Eric Brands, Alma, So. 15 14
    Travis Williams, Hope, Jr. 20 13
    Mike Hirvela, Adrian, Jr. 6 5
    Dan Hussey, Olivet, Fr. 8 5

    Punt Returns No.     Yds.    Avg.    Long    TD
    Mike Oursler, Albion, Sr.    11 77 7.0 27 0

    Kick Returns No.    Yds.     Avg.    Long    TD
    Wade Thomson, Kalamazoo, Jr. 15 336 22.4 48 0
    Reginald Townsend, Adrian, So.    17 377 22.2 39 0
    Ray Dawood, Alma, Jr. 11 227 20.6 40 0
    Tray Brewer, Olivet, Sr. 11 224 20.4 34 0

    Fumble Recoveries No.
    Rob Vujaklija, Adrian, Sr.    2
    Neil Johnson, Albion, Jr. 2

    Pass Interceptions No.     Long     TD
    Randy Ames, Hope, Sr. 6 43 1
    Scott Harris, Albion, Jr. 5 50 1
    Aaron Klotz, Adrian, Jr.    4 19 0

    1996 MIAA Football Scores

    ADRIAN (3-6)
    Heidelberg 10, Adrian 7
    Adrian 29, Defiance 15
    Wilmington 17, Adrian 10
    Adrian 38, Benedictine 0
    Hope 38, Adrian 6
    Adrian 12, Olivet 9
    Albion 41, Adrian 0
    Alma 34, Adrian 27
    Kalamazoo 27, Adrian 23

    ALBION (9-1)
    Albion 35, Tiffin 7
    Albion 26, Wabash 0
    Albion 51, De Pauw 9
    Albion 69, Kalamazoo 14
    Albion 49, Hope 13
    Albion 41, Adrian 0
    Albion 54, Olivet 0
    Albion 80, Alma 40
    Albion 52, Thomas More 3
    Illinois Wesleyan 23, Albion 20 (NCAA)

    ALMA (4-5)
    Valparaiso 66, Alma 21
    Olivet Nazarene 44, Alma 40
    Alma 45, Elmhurst 21
    Alma 65, Defiance 20
    Olivet 26, Alma 22
    Kalamazoo 49, Alma 44
    Alma 41, Hope 38
    Alma 34, Adrian 27
    Albion 80, Alma 40

    HOPE (4-5)
    Valparaiso 23, Hope 22
    Hope 34, Benedictine 0
    De Pauw 35, Hope 7
    Wabash 13, Hope 10
    Hope 38, Adrian 6
    Albion 49, Hope 13
    Alma 41, Hope 38
    Hope 42, Kalamazoo 40
    Hope 20, Olivet 19

    KALAMAZOO (3-6)
    Wheaton 37, Kalamazoo 21
    Franklin 51, Kalamazoo 28
    Aurora 13, Kalamazoo 10
    Kalamazoo 58, Chicago 10
    Albion 69, Kalamazoo 14
    Kalamazoo 49, Alma 44
    Olivet 43, Kalamazoo 41
    Hope 42, Kalamazoo 40
    Kalamazoo 27, Adrian 23

    OLIVET (2-7)
    Ohio Wesleyan 28, Olivet 17
    Anderson 27, Olivet 14
    Defiance 22, Olivet 19
    Franklin 24, Olivet 10
    Olivet 26, Alma 22
    Adrian 12, Olivet 9
    Olivet 43, Kalamazoo 41
    Albion 54, Olivet 0
    Hope 20, Olivet 19

    1996 All-MIAA Football Team

    Offense:   Linemen - *Ron Friel, Hope; ***Todd Alcock, Adrian; *Jason Carriveau, Albion; **A.J. Mikloiche, Kalamazoo; *Jason Couch, Alma; Tight End - *Jeff Pierce, Kalamazoo; Receivers - *Lance Sanders, Kalamazoo; ***Chris Barnett, Albion; Quarterback - *Gregg McDonald, Kalamazoo; Running Back - **Brandon Graham, Hope; **Ray Henke, Albion; Kicker - **Mike Zacha, Albion.

    Defense: Linemen - ***Travis Buth, Hope; *Pat Slone, Albion; *Jason Beglin, Albion, *Keith Kopinski, Adrian; Inside Linebackers - **Neil Johnson, Albion; *William Webster, Albion; *Brad Haddix, Adrian; Backs - **Randy Ames, Hope; ***David Lefere, Albion; *Aaron Klotz, Adrian; *Landon Casey, Olivet; Punter - *Josh Bruwer, Hope.

    * Denotes number of years All-MIAA Questions or Comments? E-Mail the MIAA at miaa@miaa.org