• UW-Platteville was 2-8 overall in 2007, but held leads in seven of the 10 contests.
  
  
• UWP has ranked in the top 14 in passing yards nationally in five of Coach Mike Emendorfer’s nine years, including a national-leading 358.8 in 2001. Last year’s 1,645 rushing yards were easily the most in his tenure, and the Pioneers ranked 103rd nationally in passing yardage with 1,991 yards.
  
  
• The Pioneers scored 30 or more points in four straight games in 2007, the longest such streak since 1969.
  
  
• The Pioneers have won their past nine season-opening games.
  
  
• UWP returns two all-conference players from 2007, first team defensive lineman David Akey and second team running back Mike Genslinger.
  
  
• Akey was the first Pioneer defender since safety Brian Childs and linebacker Tim Duffy in 1999 to garner first team defensive honors. He blocked four kicks and recovered two fumbles. In three seasons, Akey has 127 tackles, including 15 behind the line of scrimmage.
  
  
• Genslinger gained 979 rushing yards in nine games last year, missing one due to injury. A 1,028-yard rusher in 2006, Genslinger is trying to become the first player in Pioneer history to record two 1,000-yard seasons. His 4.9 yards per career carry is the second-best mark in Pioneer history.
  
  
• Genslinger (149), quarterback Joe Burkeland (151) and Tyson Droessler (114 receiving yards) gave UW-Platteville two 100-yard rushers and a 100-yard receiver in the same game for the first time in school history when the trio accomplished the feat in a 37-34 victory over UW-La Crosse.
  
  
• Burkeland, against UW-La Crosse, was the first Pioneer QB to run for more than 100 yards in a game since John Jacobs gained 114 vs. UW-Stout on Nov. 14, 1998.
  
  
• Tony Smidl kicked 10 field goals in 2007, the second-most in Pioneer history.
  
  
• The Pioneers will unveil new uniforms, featuing the first brand-new design in more than 15 years, in their season opener at Buena Vista.