USD Football 1999

USD All-PFL Returners

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MIKE STADLER enters his fourth season with the USD football program, and his third year as the starting quarterback ... if the last two seasons are any indication, the 1999 season should be outstanding ... with his senior campaign ahead ofhim, he already owns USD career passing records for attempts (577), completions (311), touchdowns (47) and yards (4,324) ... over the past two years he has thrown for 4,318 yards and 47 TDs ... he has twice been named First Team All-Pioneer Football League and PFL All-Academic ... he is coming off a 1998 campaign which saw him lead the PFL in total offense (212 .7 ypg) while completing 158-of-3 l l for 2,031 yards and 17 TDs ... in '98 season finale against Dayton, Stadler set season-highs for attempts (44) and completions (23), finishing with 294 yards passing and 2 TDs ... in 1997 (team went 8-3; 4-1 PFL) he tossed a schoo l- best 30 touchdowns, breaking the old mark of21 (1973) while being named USD's #18 Offensive Player of the Year ... he blistered PFL opponents in 1997 for 1,303 yards and 20 TDs over a 5-game span (averaging 260 yards and 4 TDs per league contest, and connecting on 74.6 percent of his passes) ... he turned in 5 TD performances against Evansville, Valparaiso and Drake ... he was named the PFL Offensive Player of the Week after his performances against Evansville (20-of-31 for 283 yards) and Valparaiso (20-of-28 for 357 yards) ... in the 39-30 come-from-behind victory over Drake he threw

Mike Stadler

6-2, 205 lb. Sr. Quarterback 997, 1998 1st Team All-PFL

four of his touchdowns in the final two periods, all completed to Dylan Ching .. . his biggest nonconference outing came at Cal Lutheran where he finished l 7-of-36 for 309 yards and 2 scores (at halftime he was 9-of-16 for 226 yards and 2 TDs) .. . in the season finale against Wagner he completed l l-of-18 for 162 yards and2 TDs .. . in 1996 Stadler was the Toreros third-string QB and finished the year with just one completion on four attempts ... prior to USD he spent four years playing professional baseball as a catcher (two years in the San Diego Padres organization and two years with the Cleveland Indians) ... he was drafted by the Padres in the 34th round of the 1992 June draft .. . Mike----------------------------– preppedlocallyatEICajonValleyHigh where Stadler Career Passing Stats: he was 1st Team All-Grossmont in football, r:;: Att. Comp. Int. Pct. Yards basketball and baseball ... the past two sum- 1997 ~M l~~ 1~ :~~~ ~g:~ mers he has worked at the UC San Diego 1996 4 1 1 .250 6 Hospital in the Radiology Department. Total 577 311 23 .539 4324 Major: Biology; Minor: Chemistry. TD 17 30 0 47 I.Ji 68 vs. Central CT; TD 71 vs. Valparaiso; TD 6 vs. Saint Mary's 71 vs. Valparaiso; TD

DYLAN CHING, who enters hi s fourth and final year with the USD football team, has already made his mark in the Torero record books ... entering his senior campaign, the two-time 1st Team All-PFL performer already owns all the Torero career receiving records -- receptions (135), yards (2,380) and touchdowns (30) ... individual marks he owns include receptions in a game (10 vs. Cal Lu, 1998 ; all in the 2nd half); TD passes caught in a game (4 vs. Drake, 1997) and TD receptions in a season ( 12, 1997 & 1998) .. . in 1998 he led the PFL in receptions (63), yards (915), TDs (12), scoring (74) and all-purpose running (132.2 yards per game); and also tallied five games of 100+ yards receiving ... he was USD's Offensive & Special Teams Player of the Year ... with his 28 yard TD reception in game one against Azusa last season, Ching surpassed current Torero assistant Mike Ri sh (18 TDs) for career TD receptions ... he earned PFL Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 3) after netting 123 return yards (65 on 3 punt returns & 58 on two kickoff returns) ... as a sophomore he led Torero receivers with 915 yards and 12 touchdowns, #20 finishing second on the team with 48 catches ... he was the team 's top receiver in 5 contests, and surpassed 100 yards receiving in five games ... twice he hauled in 7 receptions ( 134 yds vs. Evansville; 148 yards vs. Butler) ... he caught 5 TDs of 36 yards or longer, with a best of 70 yards against Azusa ... in recording his 4 TD receptions against Drake in 1997, Ching was weakened by the flu as USD fell behind 21-7 at

Dylan Ching

5-10, 215 lb. Sr. Receiver 1997, 1998 1st Team All-PFL

intermission against the Bulldogs on Oct. 25th; in the 2nd half he came out and caught four TDs from Stadler of 36, 1, 27 and 33 yards ... in 1996 as a freshman he was selected to the Second Team All-PFL squad after leading the Toreros in receiving ... hauled in 24 receptions for 550 yards (22.9 yards per catch) and 6 touchdowns, finishing third on the team in scoring with 38 points ... majority of big games came in second half of season .. . snared 3 balls for 140 yards with a 55-yard TD against Evansville .. . hauled in 2 passes for 83 yards against Whittier, including a 66-yard TD ... caught a 53-yard TD pass in first quarter at Azusa Pacific ...

in final game of season against Dayton, caught 4 passes for 113 yards with 3 going for TDs, including a 75-yard TD bomb ... heavily re– cruited out of Kamehameha High School where he was 2nd Team All-State in football and baseball ... hometown is Lahaina, Maui (HI) ... enjoys surfing ; his mother (Laura Blears) was a world surfing champion in the

Ching Career Receiving Stats: Year Rec. Yards Ave. 1998 63 915 14.5 1997 48 915 19.1 1996 24 550 22.9 Total 135 2380 17.6

TD 12 12 6 30

Lone 68 vs. Central CT; TD 70 vs. Azusa Pacific; TD

75 vs. Dayton; TD 75 vs. Dayton; TD

late 1970's. Major: Business.

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