2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team

American college football season

2007 Western Michigan Broncos football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West
Record	5–7 (3–4 MAC)
Head coach	Bill Cubit (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Bill Miller (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Waldo Stadium (Capacity: 30,200)
Seasons← 2006 2008 →

2007 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L	W		L
East Division
Miami (OH) xy	4	–	2	5	–	2	6	–	7
Bowling Green x	4	–	2	6	–	2	8	–	5
Buffalo x	4	–	2	5	–	3	5	–	7
Ohio	3	–	3	4	–	4	6	–	6
Temple	3	–	3	4	–	4	4	–	8
Akron	2	–	4	3	–	5	4	–	8
Kent State	1	–	5	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
Central Michigan xy$	4	–	1	6	–	1	8	–	6
Ball State x	4	–	1	5	–	2	7	–	6
Eastern Michigan	3	–	2	3	–	4	4	–	8
Western Michigan	2	–	3	3	–	4	5	–	7
Toledo	2	–	3	3	–	5	5	–	7
Northern Illinois	0	–	5	1	–	6	2	–	10
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.

The 2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bill Cubit and played their homes game in Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Broncos finished the season 5–7 overall and 3–4 in the Mid-American Conference. The highlight of the season was the 28–19 road victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes, a team that finished fifth in the Big Ten Conference .

Preseason

The 2007 Bronco team returned 17 starters from an 8–5 team that finished 6–2 in the Mid-American Conference and participated in the 2007 International Bowl. While the team lost the bowl game 27–24, Western Michigan was picked to finish first in the MAC West Division and to win the MAC Championship Game by the MAC News Media Association.

Watch lists

Robbie Krutilla, C, Outland Trophy
Jim Laney, P, Ray Guy Award
Branden Ledbetter, TE, John Mackey Award

All-MAC preseason teams

First team
- London Fryar, CB
- Robbie Krutilla, C
- Jamarko Simmons, WR
Second team
- Louis Delmas, FS
- Branden Ledbetter, TE
- Brandon West, RB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:30 pm	at No. 3 West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN+	L 24–62	60,563
September 8	8:00 pm	Indiana*	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	ESPNU	L 27–37	32,129
September 15	2:00 pm	at Missouri*	Faurot Field Columbia, MO		L 24–52	53,480
September 22	7:00 pm	Central Connecticut State*	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		W 51–14	15,718
September 29	7:00 pm	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	BCSN	W 42–28	18,542
October 6	7:00 pm	Akron	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		L 38–39	25,610
October 13	4:00 pm	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	CSNC	W 17–13	23,057
October 20	2:00 pm	Ball State	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	Comcast Local	L 23–27	17,892
October 27	3:30 pm	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy)	Comcast Local	L 2–19	7,002
November 6	7:30 pm	Central Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI (WMU–CMU Rivalry Trophy, Michigan MAC Trophy)	ESPN2	L 31–34	16,952
November 17	3:30 pm	at Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 28–19	70,585
November 24	2:00 pm	Temple	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		W 16–3	8,662
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

Wide receiver

37 Brooks Bunbury - Freshman
35 Nick Davis - Freshman
26 Kurt Ferrell - Freshman
11 Schneider Julien - Junior
5 Deshon Lawrence - Freshman
7 Herb Martin - Senior
86 Kelly Martin - Senior
89 Kyle McDowell - Freshman
4 Jamelle Murray - Freshman
81 Juan Nunez - Freshman
27 Jamarko Simmons - Junior
43 Tyler VanZandt - Freshman
83 Jordan White - Freshman
36 Tyler Aldridge - Sophomore

Center

78 Robbie Krutilla - Senior
63 Paul Wasikowski - Sophomore

Offensive guard

61 Nick Clemens - Freshman
60 Nick Mitchell - Freshman
65 Phillip Swanson - Freshman
64 Schyler Truesdell - Junior
62 Matt Williams - Senior

Offensive tackle

75 James Blair - Senior
76 Steve Ellingsen - Junior
67 Rob Johnson - Junior
56 Andy Laue - Sophomore
77 Matt Lochmann - Sophomore
72 Anthony Parker - Freshman

Offensive line

73 Josh Droppers - Freshman
79 Jonathan Jack - Freshman
58 Lee Pethan - Freshman
52 Andrew Yuds - Freshman

Tight end

42 Chad Baliko - Sophomore
82 Branden Ledbetter - Junior
88 Anthony Middleton - Freshman
32 James O'Neill - Freshman
80 James Randall - Sophomore
87 Keith Schultz - Senior
84 Matt Stevens - Sophomore
85 Joel Workman - Freshman

Quarterback

12 Robert Arnheim - Freshman
18 Drew Burdi - Freshman
20 Caleb Clark - Sophomore
3 Tim Hiller - Sophomore
14 Thomas Peregrin - Senior
10 Dennis Reedy - Junior

Tailback

34 Mark Bonds - Senior
24 Bobby Crawford - Freshman
36 Jaron Deshazor - Freshman
40 Kirk Elsworth - Junior
22 Glenis Thompson - Sophomore
2 Brandon West - Sophomore

Fullback

23 Nic Saad - Senior

Nose tackle

68 Cody Cielenski - Sophomore
98 Cory Flom - Junior

Defensive tackle

92 Kevin Cryille - Freshman
55 Dezmond Gray - Senior
57 Jacoby Love - Freshman
91 Grant Nemeth - Junior
95 Chris Pyant - Freshman
93 John Russell - Junior
99 Nick Varcadipane - Junior

Defensive end

94 Alvin Almicar - Freshman
96 Mark Berghuis - Sophomore
48 Justin Braska - Sophomore
90 Zach Davidson - Junior
54 Greg Marshall - Junior
97 Andrew Wersel - Freshman
16 Anthony Williams - Freshman

Cornerback

1 E. J. Biggers - Junior
28 Keith Dixson - Freshman
15 Andy Dorcely - Sophomore
6 Londen Fryar - Junior
25 David Lewis - Freshman
46 Desman Stephen - Junior
30 Dervon Wallace - Freshman

Linebacker

8 Darrell Copeland - Senior
59 Dustin Duclo - Junior
80 Fernand Kashama - Junior
41 Dan Krasinski - Sophomore
43 Boston McCornell - Junior
53 Matt Pickens - Freshman
51 Harrison Porter - Freshman
35 Austin Pritchard - Junior
19 Cornelius Robinson - Junior
50 Garrett Sosnovich - Junior
45 Shaun Vernon - Freshman
42 Mitch Vorick - Freshman

Free safety

9 Louis Delmas - Junior
38 Anthony Gebhart - Senior

Strong safety

21 Antwain Allen - Senior
33 Mario Armstrong - Freshman
29 Scott Gajos - Junior
31 Nick Hunter - Freshman
26 C. J. Wilson - Junior
47 Jonathan Wright - Sophomore

Long snapper

69 Tom Harrington - Sophomore
71 Brian Bailey - Junior

Punter

37 Ben Armer - Freshman
66 Tim Balice - Freshman
39 Jim Laney - Senior

Place kicker

17 Mike Jones - Senior
26 Caleb Morris - Freshman
41 Dylan VanFossen - Freshman

Updated September 11, 2007
Sources: 2007 WMU Football Media Guide, WMUBroncos.com
Projected starters are in bold.
Players who left the team are ~~struck out~~.

Coaching staff

Bill Cubit (Head coach)
Bill Miller - Defensive coordinator
Tim Daoust - Defensive secondary
Grant Heard - Wide receivers
Scott Kavanagh - Quarterbacks
Peter McCarthy - Defensive line
Jake Moreland - Tight ends
Steve Morrison - Linebackers, recruiting coordinator
Bob Stanley - Offensive line
Chris Tabor - Running backs, special teams
Tim Knox - Director of Football Operations
Matt Ludeman - Defensive Graduate Assistant
A. J. Ricker - Offensive Graduate Assistant

Game summaries

West Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	6	8	7	3	24
Mountaineers	14	14	21	13	62

Jamarko Simmons' 144 receiving yards on 14 catches with two touchdowns were not enough for Western Michigan to upset the #3 West Virginia Mountaineers. West Virginia nearly doubled WMU's offensive production (542 yards to 277 yards) and cruised to a 62–24 victory behind two passing touchdowns by Pat White and four touchdowns (three rushing) by Steve Slaton.

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers	10	21	3	3	37
Broncos	7	0	7	13	27

WMU is 0–3 all-time vs Indiana. The most recent meeting was in 2006 when the Hoosiers won 39–20. All three games have been in Bloomington, Indiana.

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	3	7	14	24
Tigers	14	17	7	14	52

In 1999, Missouri beat the Broncos 48–34. That was the only meeting between the two schools.

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Central Connecticut State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	0	7	14
Broncos	17	14	6	14	51

Central Connecticut State is the only Division I Football Championship Subdivision team on WMU's schedule. This is the first ever meeting between the two schools.

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	20	15	7	42
Rockets	7	7	7	7	28

This game is the Mid-American Conference conference opener for WMU. Western Michigan defeated Toledo 31–10 in 2006 for the first time since 2000. WMU has not won at the Glass Bowl since 1988 (31–9 victory). Toledo leads the all-time series 36–25.

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	10	14	0	15	39
Broncos	10	7	14	7	38

After shutting out Akron last season 17–0, WMU leads the all-time series 11–3 (8–1 at Waldo Stadium).

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	3	7	7	0	17
Huskies	10	3	0	0	13

WMU leads the all-time series against Northern Illinois 20–11, including a 16–14 victory in 2006.

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	10	3	14	27
Broncos	3	10	0	10	23

After losing to WMU 41–27 last season, Ball State went on to finish the season 3–1, with the lone loss being 34–26 against then-#2 ranked University of Michigan. WMU leads the all-time series 19–14. This game is WMU's Homecoming.

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	2	0	0	0	2
Eagles	0	3	6	10	19

This game is the first of the 3 games that will determine the 2007 Michigan MAC Trophy winner (Central Michigan vs. WMU November 17 and CMU vs. Eastern Michigan November 17). Western leads the all-time series 26-14-2 and has not lost in Rynearson Stadium since 1991 (7 wins).

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	0	3	7	24	34
Broncos	7	0	0	24	31

In a nationally televised Tuesday night game, WMU leads the all-time series against CMU 43-32-2 and has not lost at home to Central Michigan since 1993 (6 wins).

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	12	7	6	3	28
Hawkeyes	0	6	7	6	19

The final non-conference game of the season is the first between WMU and Iowa since WMU won 27–21 in 2000. That was the only meeting between the two schools.

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	3	0	0	3
Broncos	0	6	10	0	16

WMU defeated Temple 41–7 last season in a year when Temple finished the season 1–11. WMU has never lost against Temple and leads the series 5–0.

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Awards

Mid-American Conference Player of the Week

Offense
- Mark Bonds, RB, week 5 (26 car, 143 yds, 2 TD, 1 rec vs. Toledo)
- Tim Hiller, QB, week 12 (26–45, 367 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT vs. Iowa)
- Jamarko Simmons, WR, week 1 (14 rec, 144 yds, 2 TD vs. West Virginia)
Defense
- Dustin Duclo, LB, week 7 (10 tackles, 2 fumble recoveries vs. Northern Illinois)
- Austin Pritchard, LB, week 1 (11 tackles vs. West Virginia)
Special Teams
- Mike Jones, PK, week 7 (21 yard field goal, 2 punts inside 20-yard line vs. Northern Illinois)
- Jim Laney, P (2), week 1 (50.7 avg, 3 inside 20 vs. West Virginia), week 13 (40.2 avg, 2 inside 20, long punt of 57 yds vs. Temple)
- Brandon West, KR, RB (3), week 2 (5 ret, 212 yds, 42.4 avg, TD vs. Indiana), week 6 (5 ret, 120 yds, 24.0 avg vs. Akron), week 12 (30 car, 116 yds, 9 rec, 93 yds, 4 ret, 82 yds vs. Iowa)

Mid-American Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Week

Tim Hiller, QB (3), week 2, week 6, week 12

Academic All-District

Anthony Gebhart, S, First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV

John Mackey Tight End of the Week

Branden Ledbetter, TE, week 11 (5 rec, 124 yds, TD vs. Central Michigan)

Statistics

Team

	Team	Opp
Scoring	223	245
Points per Game	31.9	35.0
First Downs	157	144
Rushing	59	70
Passing	91	60
Penalty	7	14
Total Offense	2799	3042
Avg per Play	5.0	6.1
Avg per Game	399.9	434.6
Fumbles-Lost	12–9	24–11
Penalties-Yards	65-529	44-378
Avg per Game	75.6	54.0

	Team	Opp
Punts-Average	35–43.8	28–41.1
Time of Possession/Game	32:18	27:42
3rd Down Conversions	45/113 40%	48/105 46%
4th Down Conversions	10/18 56%	4/12 33%
Touchdowns Scored	30	32
Field Goals/Attempts	5/6	7/11
PAT/Attempts	24/27	30/31
Attendance	73,457	155,642
Games/Avg per Game	24,486	38,910

Offense

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Yds/Game
Mark Bonds	109	492	4.5	6	70.3
Brandon West	101	461	4.1	3	58.6
Glenis Thompson	24	88	3.7	1	12.6
Schneider Julien	3	11	3.7	0	1.6
Herb Martin	1	8	8.0	0	1.1
Bobby Crawford	3	6	2.0	0	6.0
Thomas Peregrin	5	1	0.2	0	0.3
Jamarko Simmons	3	−8	−2.7	0	−1.1
Drew Burdi	3	−11	−3.7	0	−5.5
Tim Hiller	30	−48	−1.6	1	−6.9

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Avg	Rating
Tim Hiller	159	244	65.2	1713	13	8	244.7	135.16
Thomas Peregrin	15	24	62.5	129	1	1	32.2	113.07
Drew Burdi	2	3	18	66.7	1	0	9.0	227.07
Herb Martin	1	1	100.0	14	1	0	2.0	547.60

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Yds/Rec	TD	Yds/G
Jamarko Simmons	60	696	11.6	6	99.4
Branden Ledbetter	27	308	11.4	4	44.0
Brandon West	25	213	8.5	1	30.4
Herb Martin	21	251	12.0	1	35.9
Juan Nunez	10	169	16.9	1	24.1
Mark Bonds	8	34	4.2	0	4.9
Schneider Julien	7	49	7.0	0	7.0
Anthony Middleton	5	46	9.2	1	6.6
Keith Schultz	5	34	6.8	1	4.9
Jordan White	4	33	8.2	0	8.2
Jamelle Murray	3	27	9.0	1	6.8
Glenis Thompson	1	8	8.0	0	1.1
Kelly Martin	1	6	6.0	0	3.0

Defense

Tackles

Player	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL	Sacks	Fumble force	Fumble rec
Anthony Gebhart	15	16	31	1	0	0	0
C.J. Wilson	10	16	26	1⁄2	0	1	0
Dustin Duclo	13	12	25	2	0	0	0
Boston McCornell	8	15	23	2	1⁄2	1	0
Londen Fryar	15	11	26	0	0	0	0
E. J. Biggers	12	4	16	1	0	1	1
Zach Davidson	6	9	15	4+1⁄2	1+1⁄2	0	0
Nick Varcadipane	3	9	12	1	0	0	0
Austin Pritchard	5	6	11	0	0	0	0
Mark Berghuis	4	4	8	1+1⁄2	1⁄2	1	0
Justin Braska	3	5	8	1⁄2	1⁄2	0	0
Cody Cielenski	4	4	8	2	1⁄2	0	0
Greg Marshall	2	6	8	1+1⁄2	1⁄2	0	0
Andy Dorcely	5	2	7	0	0	0	0
Cory Flom	1	6	7	1⁄2	0	0	0
Harrison Porter	1	6	7	0	0	0	0
Desman Stephen	2	3	5	0	0	0	0
Cornelius Robinson	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
Mario Armstrong	3	1	4	0	0	0	0
Matt Pickens	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Scott Gajos	2	1	3	0	0	0	0
Grant Nemeth	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Garrett Sosnovich	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Fernand Kashama	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Louis Delmas	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Brandon West	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Antwain Allen	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nic Saad	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Herb Martin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Glenis Thompson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Phillip Thompson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jim Laney	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Phillip Swanson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kirk Elsworth	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tom Harrington	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Interceptions

Player	Int	Yds	Break Up
Anthony Gebhart	1	24	2
C.J. Wilson	1	46	1
Andy Dorcely	1	5	1
E. J. Biggers	0	0	3
Londen Fryar	6	167	24
Nick Varcadipane	0	0	2
Dustin Duclo	0	0	2
Cory Flom	0	0	1
Garrett Sosnovich	0	0	1

References

"Western Michigan (West) and Ohio (East) picked as MAC FB preseason favorites - MAC-Sports.com—Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2007.

External links

2007 WMU Football Media Guide

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