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McNeese State University
2012 Cowboys Football McNeese Sports Information • Jack Doland Athletic Field House • 700 E. McNeese • Lake Charles, LA • (337) 475-5207 • Fax (337) 475-5202 SID: Matthew Bonnette • [email protected] • @McNBonnette • cell (337) 304-1658 • www.McNeeseSports.com
McNeese State (6-4, 3-3 SLC)
2012 Schedule (6-4, 3-3)
DATE
Aug. 30 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17
OPPONENT
TIME/RESULT
at Middle Tennessee W 27-21 (ESPN3) McMURRY W 69-7 at Weber State W 35-21 (BSTV) *at Southeastern La. L 25-24 *NORTHWESTERN STATE W 30-22 #19/21*CENTRAL ARKANSAS L 27-26 *at #6/6 Sam Houston St. L 45-10 (CSN) *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (HC) W 35-24 *at Nicholls State W 42-10 (SLCTV) at Texas-San Antonio L 31-24 *LAMAR 7:00
* Southland Conference games all times are Central
2012 Quick Facts Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Charles, Louisiana Founded: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1939 Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,900 Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cowboys Mascot: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowdy Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue (287) and Gold (116) Stadium (Capacity): . . . . . . Louis Bonnette Field at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cowboy Stadium (17,610) Surface: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Artificial, GeoMax2 Conference: . . . . . . . . . . Southland (Division I FCS) Joined Southland: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Philip C. Williams Athletics Director: . . . . . . . . . . . Tommy McClelland Head Coach: . . . Matt Viator (McNeese State, 1986) Seasons: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Career Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-24 Seasons at McNeese: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Record at McNeese: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-24 2011 Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 SLC Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3/4th First Year of Football: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1940 All-time Record (years): . . . . . . . . 453-269-13 (68) First Year of SLC Football: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 All-time SLC Record (years): . . . . . . . 191-84-5 (40) SLC Championships (last): . . . . . . . . . . . 13 (2009) FCS Playoff Appearances (last): . . . . . . . 14 (2009) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . . . . . . . . . . . 53/13 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: . . . . . . . . . 9/2 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: . . . . . . . . . 8/3
vs
Lamar (4-7, 1-5 SLC)
Cowboy Stadium (17,610) • Lake Charles, La. Nov. 17, 2012 • 7 p.m. • McNeese Radio Network SENIOR DAY
Game Information
McNeese Cowboys
Lamar Cardinals
Streaming: . . . . . . . McNeeseSports.com Rankings (TSN/Coaches) . . . . . . . RV/RV Rankings (TSN/Coaches) . . . . . . . NR/NR TV: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None 2012 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4/3-3 SLC 2012 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7/1-5 SLC Radio: . . . . . . . McNeese Radio Network Last Game: . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 3 at UTSA Last Game: . . . . . . . . Nov. 10 vs. Nicholls (Tom Hoefer, play-by-play; Johnny Suydam, color; Richard Dow, sideline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L 31-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W 34-24 Live Stats: . . . . . www.McNeeseSports.com Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Viator Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Woodard Twitter: . . . . . . . . . . . . . @McNeeseFootball Record at McN (yr): . . . . . . . . 51-24 (7th) Record at LU (yrs): . . . . . . . . . 13-20 (3rd) The Series: . . . . McNeese leads 22-12-1 Career Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same Career Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-16 (4th) vs. Lamar: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 vs. McN: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2
Quick Hits • McNeese will celebrate Senior Day at Saturday’s game • Members of the 1997 Southland championship team and FCS national championship game participant will be in attendance as well and will be recognized at halftime • Cowboy’s have secured their 8th straight winning season - longest streak in the SLC • MSU holds a 22-12-1 lead in the all-time series against Lamar and is 2-0 since the series resumed in 2010 • 11-5 record against the Cardinals in Cowboy Stadium • McNeese’s score to open the game at UTSA was the 5th time this season the Cowboys have scored on their opening drive of the ballgame • QB Cody Stroud set a new single-game school record with 34 pass completions against UTSA... he threw for a career-best 346 yards • Stroud’s total passing yards was the 4th most recorded in a single-game in school history... he has also thrown 8 td passes in the last three games and has 17 on the season - 4th most in a single-season in Cowboy history • WR Wes Briscoe caught a TD pass for the third consecutive game... all three were the Cowboys’ first score • Briscoe also had a career-high 6 catches and a season-best 99 yards receiving • McNeese kept UTSA off the scoreboard in the first quarter making it the fifth time this season and third straight game for the Cowboys to hold their opponents scoreless in the opening period • Matt Viator won his 51st career game as head coach at McNeese against Nicholls... he has moved into sole possession of 4th on the school’s all-time chart for most wins... he needs 7 more to tie Les DeVall for 3rd • Running backs Champlain Babin and Marcus Wiltz have topped the 1,000 career rushing yards mark this season... currently, Wiltz has 1,207 while Babin has rushed for 1,139 • With 4 catches on Saturday, Darius Carey has now caught at least one pass in every game as a Cowboy (21 straight games) • Two of McNeese’s conference losses are by a combined two points (25-24 at SLU, 27-26 vs. UCA) • Academic rates are out and McNeese football has set a record with an APR of 961... numbers won’t be officially released until April but the 961 is the highest recorded by McNeese football in school history • Outscored opponents 188-71 in first half for the season • Collected 450th all-time win against Weber State • McNeese is the dean of the Southland Conference, having joined the league in 1972 • Cowboys have won 13 SLC championships - more than three times more than the next current league foe • McNeese played in the 1997 and 2002 FCS national championship game - falling 10-9 to Youngstown State in 1997 and 34-14 to Western Kentucky in 2002 • The Pokes have made 14 FCS playoff appearances, more than double the amount of the next Southland team
McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar •
2012 Opponent Tracker
Middle Tennessee State (6-3) Last Week: OPEN This Week: at South Alabama McMurry University (7-3) Last Week: W 47-14 vs. Bacone This Week: vs. Univ. of Mexico Weber State (1-9) Last Week: L 42-34 vs. N. Colorado This Week: at Idaho State Southeastern Louisiana (4-6) Last Week: W 42-27 vs. SFA This Week: at Nicholls (Thursday) Northwestern State (4-6) Last Week: L 52-17 vs. Sam Houston St. This Week: at Stephen F. Austin Central Arkansas (8-2) Last Week: OPEN This Week: vs. Eastern Illinois Sam Houston State (8-2) Last Week: W 52-17 at Northwestern St. This Week: at Texas A&M Stephen F. Austin (4-6) Last Week: L 42-27 at SLU This Week: vs. Northwestern State Nicholls State (1-8) Last Week: L 34-24 at Lamar This Week: vs. Southeastern La. (Thurs) Texas-San Antonio (6-4) Last Week: W 31-24 vs. McNeese This Week: at Idaho Lamar (4-7) Last Week: W 34-24 vs. Nicholls State This Week: at McNeese
McNeese holds advantage in all-time series
McNeese has a 22-12-1 lead in the all-time series against Lamar and is 2-0 since the series resumed in 2010. • Cowboys are 11-5 against the Cardinals in Cowboy Stadium and have won the last four games played in the venue • Last Lamar win in Cowboy Stadium came by way of a 12-3 victory in 1982
UTSA game was one for the record books for Stroud
Junior quarterback Cody Stroud has the best statistical game of his career last Saturday against the Roadrunner. Not only did Stroud throw for a career-best 346 yards, he also broke or tied several McNeese school records • His 34 pass completions buried the old single-game record of 25 completions set by Subester Brooks in 1985 and tied by Derrick Fourroux in 2009 • Stroud completed 11 straight passes in the fourth quarter to tie the school record set by Blake Prejean against Northern Iowa in 1999 • His 346 yards passing is the fourth most in a single-game in school history • Stroud’s two touchdown passes gives him 17 on the season - 4th most in a single-season • Those two tds also increases his career total to 29 which ranks him 6th on the school’s career list • He became the 11th player in school history to record 4,000 total offensive yards... he currently has 4,277 to rank 9th on the school’s all-time career list
Two Cowboys honored for play at UTSA
McNeese safety Chris Raggett and wide receiver Wes Briscoe have been recognized by College Football Performance Awards as their pick as the Southland Conference’s defensive back player of the week and wide receiver of the week. • Raggett led the McNeese defense with 13 tackles and two tackles for a loss • Briscoe caught a career-high six passes for a season-high 99 yards and a touchdown
McNeese secures 8th straight winning season
With its 42-10 win over Nicholls on Nov. 3, McNeese has assured itselft its eighth consecutive winning season. That’s the longest streak in the Southland Conference with the next closest teams being Sam Houston State and Central Arkansas with three straight winning seasons counting this year. Top FCS teams with consecutive winning streaks including 2012 Team Montana Appalachian State Harvard Montana State Jacksonville State James Madison Drake New Hampshire McNeese Albany Liberty
Streak 26 19 12 11 10 10 9 9 8 7 6
2012 Record Notes 5-5 Must defeat Montana State to secure 27th 8-3 7-2 9-1 Plays Montana on Saturday 6-4 7-3 7-3 8-2 6-4 Secured 8th straight winning season 8-2 5-5 Must beat VMI (2-8) to secure 7th straight
Other Southland Conference teams with winning season streaks Team Streak Sam Houston State 3 Central Arkansas 3
2012 Record Notes 8-2 Secured 3rd straight winning season 8-2 Secured 3rd straight winning season
McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar •
McNeese to recognize 22 seniors on Saturday
Media Services
Twenty-two McNeese Cowboys will don the blue and gold for the final time in their career on Contact: Saturday when the Cowboys host Lamar. A pregame ceremony will take place to recognize those Matthew Bonnette seniors. The list includes: OL Mitchell Amy, RB Champlain Babin, FS Malcolm Bronson, WR/PR 700 E. McNeese Street Darius Carey, OL Carson Chaisson, WR Damion Dixon, WR DeVionté Edmonson, OL Miguel Gau- Jack V. Doland Athletic Field House Lake Charles, LA 70607 threaux, OL Taylor Johnson, TE Josh Jordan, OL Brett Koonce, OL Jonathan Landry, DE Eric LeBlanc, Phone: (337) 475-5207 K Josh Lewis, FB Kegan Myers, LB Joe Narcisse, S Chris Raggett, OL Alec Savoie, FB Logan Slaydon, Cell: (337) 304-1658 S Ford Smesny, CB Seth Thomas and DT Pat Williams. FAX: (337) 475-5202 • Of those 22 seniors, 8 have been named All-Conference at one time or another Email: [email protected] Website: McNeeseSports.com • Three (Bronson, Savoie, Carey) have earned All-American honors • In four years, these players have helped compile 27 wins (just about a 7-win per season averMatt Viator Weekly Teleconference: age) and helped win the 2009 SLC championship
Cowboys Creating Tons of Turnovers
It’s been quite a while since the McNeese defense has had such an advantage in the turnover margin department. • Cowboys are currently plus-13 in turnover margin • The last time McNeese had this high of a plus margin was in the 2007 regular season unbeaten slate with a plus-17 number • 6 interceptions in last three games • For the first time this season, McNeese did not force a turnover when it failed to get a takeaway from UTSA
Viator Reaches Milestone Win
With the 42-10 win over Nicholls State on Nov. 3, head coach Matt Viator has now notched 51 victories in his career at McNeese. • 4th on the school all-time career win list... needing 7 more to tie Les DeVall for 3rd • Second fastest head coach to get to 50 wins in career in school history • Most wins among Southland head coaches at their respective schools • Tied for 9th on the SLC list for all-time wins • Has never had a losing season
Tuesday: Southland Conference Teleconference beginning at 10:30 a.m. Coach Viator’s time is scheduled for 10:47 a.m. The number to call is 1-888-757-2790 and a password must be entered. Request a password by contacting Matthew Bonnette.
Media Luncheons:
McNeese will hold its weekly media luncheon on Tuesdays during the season. Head coach Matt Viator will speak at approximately 12:30 and will be available after the press conference as well. Players will be available for interviews between 1-1:30 at the field house.
Practice Coverage:
Practices are open to the media and public but interviews will not be conducted until after practice is over.
Postgame Interviews:
Interviews with players and coaches will be conducted on the playing field after a 10-minute cooling off period. Please coordinate through the sports information office for interview needs.
Carey extends streak to 21 straight games
Senior WR/PR returner Darius Carey caught 4 passes on Saturday to extend his streak to 21 consecutive games with a reception. A transfer from North Texas prior to last season, Carey has caught at least one pass in every game (21) in his McNeese career. He currently leads the team with 30 catches for 430 yards.
Wiltz, Babin reach Career Milestone
Running backs Marcus Wiltz and Champlain Babin have both topped the 1,000 career rushing yards mark this season • Wiltz has 1,207 rushing yards in his career and Babin 1,139... both are on the verge of cracking the school’s top 25 career rushing list
Wiltz brings 4th Quarter Magic
Marcus Wiltz is definitely the go-to back when the Cowboys need yards in the fourth quarter. Due to either games getting out of hand or being injured, Wiltz has played in the 4th quarter just five times this season but his presence has been known. In those games, he has accumulated 188 rushing yards (22 at Middle Tennessee, 25 vs. Northwestern State, 66 vs. Central Arkansas, 51 vs. Stephen F. Austin and 24 at Nicholls). He has also scored on touchdown runs of 29 yards (vs. UCA) and 35 yards (vs. SFA). He is averaging 38 yards a game in the 4th quarter alone.
McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar •
Rushing Game’s Big Gains
The McNeese running game, ranked No. 2 in the Southland Conference and 21st nationally with a 204.0 per game average, has had 58 plays this season where it has rushed for 10 yards or more. Twelve of those plays came against Middle Tennessee, 10 more against McMurry, 5 at Weber State, 4 at SLU, 5 against Northwestern St., 6 vs. UCA, 4 at Sam, 4 vs. SFA, 8 at Nicholls and 1 at UTSA. Yds Rusher Opp Score
Yds Rusher Opp Score
11 Murray MTSU
No
16 Murray SLU
No
12 Murray MTSU
No
14 Babin
NSU
No
14 Babin
MTSU
No
12 Spencer NSU
No
12 Wiltz
MTSU
No
12 Wiltz
NSU
No
20 Carey
MTSU
No
14 Stroud NSU
No
15 Wiltz
MTSU
No
18 Murray NSU
TD
22 Wiltz
MTSU
No
10 Wiltz
UCA
No
16 Celestie MTSU
No
10 Wiltz
UCA
No
12 Babin
MTSU
No
15 Murray UCA
No
12 Celestie MTSU
No
10 Wiltz
UCA
No
19 Babin
MTSU
No
12 Wiltz
UCA
TD
14 Celestie MTSU
No
29 Wiltz
UCA
TD
14 Carey
MCM
No
12 Babin
SHSU
No
11 Murray MCM
No
18 Spencer SHSU
No
11 Wiltz
MCM
No
33 Wiltz
SHSU
No
12 Bennett MCM
No
10 Babin
SHSU
No
27 Alfred MCM
No
22 Murray SFA
No
15 Alfred MCM
No
21 Wiltz
SFA
No
10 Bennett MCM
No
12 Spencer SFA
No
13 Bennett MCM
No
35 Wiltz
TD
17 Bennett MCM
TD
28 Murray NICH
No
10 Berlin MCM
No
12 Murray NICH
No
15 Spencer WSU
No
17 Babin
NICH
No
10 Murray WSU
No
11 Murray NICH
No
91 Spencer WSU
TD
14 Murray NICH
No
12 Celestie WSU
No
14 Celestie NICH
No
76 Murray WSU
TD
12 Wiltz
NICH
No
12 Babin
SLU
No
76 Bennett NICH
TD
29 Breaux SLU
No
16 Wiltz
No
25 Celestie SLU
No
SFA
UTSA
Rushing for 200 Equals Victory
• Since 2000, the Cowboys have rushed for 200 or more yards in 63 games and is 58-5 when doing so • Since Matt Viator has been head coach, McNeese has rushed 200 or more 33 times and the team has compiled a 30-3 record • McNeese is 5-0 this season when rushing for 200 or more in a game and 1-3 this when rushing for less than 200 yards. 200 or more yards rushing games this season: Yards 298 282 301 209 276
Date 8/30 9/8 9/15 9/29 11/3
Opponent at Middle Tennessee McMurry at Weber State Northwestern State at Nicholls State
Outcome W 27-21 W 69-7 W 35-21 W 30-22 W 42-10
The top 5 rushing performances since the start of the 2006 season are: Yards 418 311 301 299 298
Date 11/7/09 11/24/07 9/15/12 11/8/08 8/30/12
Opponent Sam Houston State Central Arkansas at Weber State Stephen F. Austin at Middle Tennessee
Outcome W 63-42 W 41-14 W 35-21 W 42-31 W 27-21
Youngsters Making Noise
Several Cowboy true and redshirt freshmen have seen a significant amount of playing time this season • True freshman punter Jean Breaux ranks 6th in the SLC with a 40.5 average and has had 4 punts downed inside the 5 yard line and 6 inside the 10... he’s second in the league with 15 punts downed inside the 20 and is 4th in net punting with a 35.6 average • True freshman linebacker Bo Brown got his first career start against SFA and responded with his first interception of his young career. He also tipped a pass that was picked off by the Cowboys. At Middle Tennessee, he recovered a fumbled punt return that led to a McNeese score and eventually the win... he ranks 7th on the team with 43 tackles • RS freshmen RBs Terrell Alford, Kelvin Bennett and Dillon Berlin finished 1-2-3 in rushing for the game against McMurry... Bennet led the Cowboys with 94 yards rushing at Nicholls • True freshman DE Cameron Smith has 8 quarterback hurries • True freshman DB Brenten Spikes had his redshirt pulled after the injury to Bronson... has appeared in the last 8 games and has 16 tackles, a tackle for a loss and a QB hurry • RS freshman CB Gabe Hamner has seen action in all 10 games and is 13th on the team with 31 tackles... got his first career start against Northwestern State... has 3.5 tackles for a loss, 0.5 sacks, 3 passes broken up, 1 forced fumble and 1 QB hurry
Zoning in when in Red Zone
The Cowboys are doing a great job of getting points when they get inside of the Red Zone • 43 times in the Red Zone this year with 38 scores, an 88.4 percentage • 28 TDs and 10 FGs. Three missed FGs and two fumbles • Opponents are 27 of 34 in the Red Zone (21 TDs, 6 FGs) • McNeese is 15 for its last 16 in Red Zone chances in the last five games.
Offensive Line Leading the Way
• Line has helped open up holes that has allowed the running game to chalk up 57 rushing plays of 10 yards or more on the season
McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar •
Scouting the Cardinals The Cardinals picked up their first conference win this season with a 34-24 victory against Nicholls State ... Lamar improved to 4-1 all-time against Nicholls in football, including a 3-0 record in Beaumont ... Kevin Johnson caught a touchdown in the first quarter for his 13th score of the season to match the single-season Lamar record set by Sammy Carpenter in 1952 ... Johnson has 10 receiving touchdowns which is the second highest single-season total in school history ... he trails Howard Robinson, who recorded 12 in 1979 ... QB Ryan Mossakowski got his first start since the Sept. 29 conference opener against Southeastern Louisiana ... Mossakowski was 15 of 24 for 168 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions before getting knocked out of the game in the third quarter ... the Cardinals play their most com-
mon opponent in McNeese State this Saturday in the Battle of the Border ... Lamar is 8-21-1 all-time against McNeese State as a four-year institution ... the Cowboys have won eight of the last nine meetings and both games since Lamar resumed its football program, including 45-17 win in Beaumont last year ... in last year’s game, Lamar wide receiver J.J. Hayes snagged a school-record 14 catches in the game ... Hayes finished with 189 yards and a touchdown in the game ... QB Caleb Berry, who relieved Ryan Mossakowski Saturday against Nicholls, came off the bench last season against McNeese State to finish 16 of 23 for 150 yards with a touchdown and two picks.
2012 Team Stat Comparisons
2012 Schedule (4-7, 1-5) Date Opponent Result Sept. 1 at UL-Lafayette L 40-0 Sept. 8 Prairie View W 31-0 Sept. 15 at Hawaii L 54-2 Sept. 22 Langston W 31-0 Oct. 6 *at Northwestern State L 30-23 Oct. 13 McMurry W 52-21 Oct. 20 *at Central Arkansas L 24-14 Oct. 27 *Sam Houston State L 56-7 Nov. 3 *at Stephen F. Austin L 40-26 Nov. 10 *Nicholls State W 34-24 Nov. 17 *at McNeese 7:00 * - Southland Conference game
McN 32.2 23.3 204.0 208.1 412.1 112.0 254.6 366.6
Category Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Rushing Offense Passing Offense Total Offense Rushing Defense Passing Defense Total Defense
LU 21.9 29.1 123.8 162.6 286.5 151.1 203.5 354.6
2012 UTSA Statistical Leaders
Rushing
Yds
Lg
TD
Avg.
DePaul Garrett 115 473 Hershel Sims 96 388
35 25
2 2
52.6 55.4
Passing
No.
C-A-I
Yds
Lg
TD
Avg.
R. Mossakowski 113-193-8 1194 60 13 149.2 Receiving
No.
Barry Ford 44 Reggie Begelton 21 Kevin Johnson 19
Yds
Lg
TD
431 25 172 18 309 34
1 1 10
Kick Returns
No.
Yds
Kevin Johnson
20
586 89
Lg
Avg. TD
29.3
2
McNeese
vs.
2011
McNeese 45, at Lamar 17
1967
Lamar 24, at McNeese 8
2010
at McNeese 30, Lamar 27
1966
at Lamar 18, McNeese 14
1989
at Lamar 22, McNeese 17
1956
at Lamar 18, McNeese 17
1988
at McNeese 18, Lamar 17
1955
at McNeese 17, Lamar 0
1987
McNeese 44, at Lamar 38
1952
McNeese 47, at Lamar 7
1986
at McNeese 38, Lamar 7
1951
at McNeese 13, Lamar 7 (JC)
1985
McNeese 28, at Lamar 7
1949
Lamar 33, at McNeese 14
1984
at McNeese 34, Lamar 14
1948
at Lamar 20, McNeese 6
1983
McNeese 17, at Lamar 7
1947
at McNeese 21, Lamar 7
1982
Lamar 12, at McNeese 3
1946
at Lamar 21, McNeese 7
1981
McNeese 20, at Lamar 20
1940
at Lamar 34, McNeese 0
1980
at McNeese 35, Lamar 3
1979
McNeese 35, at Lamar 24
1978
McNeese 24, at Lamar 23
1977
Lamar 35, at McNeese 7
1976
McNeese 27, at Lamar 0
1975
at McNeese 20, Lamar 10
1974
at Lamar 17, McNeese 3
Punt Returns
No.
Yds
Lg
Avg. TD
1973
at McNeese 20, Lamar 17
Mik Venson
14
97
20
6.9
0
1972
McNeese 17, at Lamar 7
Defense
UA-A Total Sacks TFL
1971
at McNeese 38, Lamar 0
Jermaine Longino Chad Allen J. Washington
57-41 98 52-24 76 37-25 62
1970
McNeese 17, at Lamar 12
1969
Lamar 13, at McNeese 7
1968
McNeese 10, at Lamar 0
2.0 - 2.0
6.5 3.5 6.0
Lamar Series
McNeese leads 22-12-1 (11-5 home; 11-7-1 road)
McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar •
McNeese Offense Game at Middle Tennessee McMurry University at Weber State at Southeastern La. Northwestern State Central Arkansas at Sam Houston St. Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls State at UT-San Antonio Lamar
McNeese Defense Game at Middle Tennessee McMurry University at Weber State at Southeastern La. Northwestern State Central Arkansas at Sam Houston St. Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls State at UT-San Antonio Lamar
2012 Game-by-Game Starters QB Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud
TB Wiltz Wiltz Wiltz Murray Wiltz Wiltz Wiltz Murray Wiltz Wiltz
FB - - - Myers - - - Myers Myers Myers
WR Spencer Spencer Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey
WR Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie
WR Briscoe Briscoe Edmonson - Briscoe Briscoe Spencer - Briscoe Briscoe
TE Jordan Jordan Jordan Thomas Jordan Jordan Jordan Jordan - -
LT Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson
LG Gauthreaux Gauthreaux Gauthreaux Gauthreaux Gauthreaux Landry Landry Landry Landry Landry
C Chaisson Chaisson Chaisson Chaisson Chaisson Gauthreaux Chaisson Chaisson Chaisson Chaisson
RG Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada
LE Loveless Loveless Loveless Loveless LeBlanc Loveless Loveless LeBlanc LeBlanc Loveless
LT Ware Ware Ware Ware Dorn Dorn Dorn Dorn Dorn Dorn
RT Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams
RE Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen
MLB Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Brown Thompson
WLB Narcisse Narcisse Narcisse Dobbs Narcisse Narcisse Narcisse Narcisse Narcisse Dobbs
BS Smesny Smesny Smesny Smesny Smesny Smesny Smesny Smesny Raggett Raggett
BC Morgan Morgan Morgan Morgan Hamner Morgan Morgan Morgan Morgan Morgan
WS Cahee Cahee Cahee R. Bronson Cahee Cahee Cahee Cahee Cahee Cahee
FS M. Bronson M. Bronson M. Bronson Cahee R. Bronson R. Bronson R. Bronson R. Bronson R. Bronson R. Bronson
FC Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas
Big Crowds
Overtime Games
• The 92,576 fans McNeese played in front of against LSU at Tiger Stadium in 2010 was the largest for a Cowboy team • This year’s top attendance was 25,784 at UTSA • Last year’s highest attendance was 41,068 at Kansas
• McNeese has played in four overtime games • All 3 have been at home and one on the road • Cowboys are 4-0 in overtimes games
All-Time McNeese Largest Crowds Crowd 92,576 77,192 70,656 58,000 55,582 48,411 44,544 42,600 41,068 33,823 28,174 27,500 27,234 25,784 24,600
Opponent LSU Nebraska Texas A&M North Carolina Missouri Miami Kansas State Southern Miss. Kansas UL-Lafayette Southern Miss. UL-Lafayette Syracuse UTSA Tulsa
Site, Year Tiger Stadium, 2010 Memorial Stadium, 2008 Kyle Field, 2001 Kenan Memorial, 2008 Memorial, 2010 Orange Bowl, 2000 KSU, 2003 Independence Bowl, 1980 Memorial Stadium, 2011 Cajun Field, 2007 M.M. Roberts, 2005 Cowboy Stadium, 1976 Independence Bowl, 1979 Alamodome, 2012 Skelly Stadium, 1979
OT Results
Date Score 9/12/98 McN 20, at Northern Iowa 17 10/6/99 McN 39, at Jacksonville St. 36 (2 ot) 11/11/06 McN 29, Northwestern State 26 10/4/08 McN 46, at South Dakota St. 44 (3 ot)
A Winning Tradition
• McNeese is now in its 69th season of football • Has been 72 years since the Cowboys fielded their first team • Played a 5-game schedule in 1940 • Dropped the sport following the 1940 season because of WWII and resumed it in 1945 • 453 wins since that first season • 100 victories coming in the 2000s • 100-50 since 2000 for a .667 percentage • 182-82-5 record in Cowboy Stadium • 56-17 at home since 2000 • Cowboy Stadium has played host to greats such as Roger Staubach (Pensacola Navy, 1968), Terry Bradshaw (Louisiana Tech, ‘67 and
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‘69); Jackie Smith (Northwestern State, 1960); Chad Pennington (Marshall, 1995); Daunte Culpepper (Central Florida, 1995). • McNeese has had nine unbeaten seasons at home with three of those coming since 2000 (2-0 in 2005, 8-0 in 2002 and 5-0 in 2000).
McNeese on the Radio
• All games are carried live over GATOR 99.5 (FM) with Tom Hoefer handling play-by-play, Johnny Suydam the color and Richard Dow as the sideline reporter
Cowboy Game Playback
• A weekly tape delay playback of each game will four times a week - Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 10 p.m., Thursday 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m. It will air on Suddenlink 60. KLOC (Lamp Studios) produces the games.
Matt Viator Coaches Show
• Inside Cowboy Football featuring head coach Matt Viator airs each week on Tuesday night at 10 p.m. on KVHP FOX 29. Richard Dow is the host along with Cowboy head coach Matt Viator.
McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar •
Career Total Offense Name, Years Plays Derrick Fourroux (2006-09) 1164 Kerry Joseph (1992-95) 1649 Blake Prejean (1997-99) 1071 Scott Pendarvis (2001-04) 964 Stephen Starring (1979-82) 975 Scott Dieterich (1986-89) 1044 Slade Nagle (1999-01) 725 Henry Fields (1992-95) 839 Cody Stroud (2010-present) 776 Johnnie Thibodeaux (‘72-75) 734 Buford Jordan (1980-83) 763 Tony Citizen (1986-89) 753 Tim Leger (1995-98) 527 Vick King (2001-03) 562 Greg Davis (1969-72) 620 Theron McClendon (1978-81) 593 Don Breaux (1958-61) 502 Larry Grissom (1968-71) 528 Jessie Burton (1998-01) 542 Don Richards (1981-84) 590
Keeping an Eye on the Record Book Yards 10,236 9,676 6,725 5,709 4,989 4,977 4,471 4,358 4,277 4,163 4,156 3,326 3,241 3,130 3,035 2,920 2,798 2,761 2,637 2,500
Career Passes Completed Name, Years Att Cmp Derrick Fourroux (2006-09) 1034 618 Kerry Joseph (1992-95) 1114 565 Blake Prejean (1996-99) 895 497 Scott Pendarvis (2001-04) 810 462 Cody Stroud (2010-present) 671 406 Slade Nagle (1999-01) 653 378 Scott Dieterich (1986-89) 841 360 J. Thibodeaux (1972-75) 455 207 Greg Davis (1969-72) 439 206 Tim Leger (1995-98) 365 184 Stephen Starring (1979-82) 424 181 Don Richards (1981-84) 361 168 Don Breaux (1958-61) 304 159 Eric Acheson (1991-94) 367 155 Chris Jones (2003-05) 263 144 Allan Dennis (1970-72) 280 140 Wes Watts (1988-91) 335 140 Mark Fontenot (2005-08) 207 119 David Bourgeois (1965-67) 286 115 Jacob Bower (2010) 199 113 Hud Jackson (1987-90) 243 100 Career Touchdown Passes Name, Years Kerry Joseph (1992-95) Derrick Fourroux (2006-09) Scott Pendarvis (2001-04) Blake Prejean (1996-99) Slade Nagle (1999-01) Cody Stroud (2010-present) Scott Dieterich (1986-89) J. Thibodeaux (1972-75) Tim Leger (1995-98) Greg Davis (1969-72) Don Breaux (1958-61) Stephen Starring (1979-82)
Tds 67 64 39 35 35 26 25 24 21 20 17 14
Career Pass Receptions Name, Years Catches Jermaine Martin (1999-02) 160 B. J. Sams (2000-03) 136 Steven Whitehead (2004-08) 136 Terence Davis (1992-95) 119 Flip Johnson (1983-86) 113 Damien Morris (1994-97) 112 Carlese Franklin (2004-07) 110 William Davis (1995-98) 106 Chris Fontenot (1994-97) 99
Quinten Lawrence (2005-08) Donnie Ashley (1995-97) Adam Henry (1990-93) Britt Brodhead (2000-03) Andre Perkins (1995-98) Immanuel Friddle (2006-09) James Moore (1969-72) R. C. Slocum (1964-67) Darius Carey (2011-present) Jeff Delhomme (1987-90) Toddrick Pendland (2006-09) Skeet Owens (1991-94) Wes Mangan (2006-09) Henry Smith (2001-04) Arthur Alexander (1984-87) Keith Ortego (1981-84) Erwin Brown (1990-93) Ernest Celestie (2011-present) Champlain Babin (2009-present) Eric Chew (1996-99) Pat Matthews (1996-99) Henry Fields (1992-95) Alan Heisser (1974-77) Corday Clark (2007-10) Richard Ellender (1975-78) Gary Broussard (1973-76) Mark Barousse (1979-82) Damion Dixon (2009-present) Tony Citizen (1986-89) Larry Whatley (1966-69) Wes Briscoe (2010-present) Diontae Spencer (2010-present) Bobby Leach (1968-71) Brian McZeal (1985-88)
99 94 89 89 81 79 76 74 72 72 72 71 67 66 65 65 64 63 62 59 59 59 59 59 57 55 54 51 49 49 48 48 47 47
Career Punt Return Yards Name, Years Yards B. J. Sams (2000-03) 922 Steven Whitehead (2004-08) 849 Donnie Ashley (1995-97) 725 Troy Jones (1988-89) 650 Zack Bronson (1993-96) 641 Ron Alexander (1989-92) 547 Lloyd Guillot (1960-63) 525 Richard Ellender (1975-78) 524 Flip Johnson (1983-86) 493 Erwin Brown (1990-93) 478 Darius Carey (2011-present) 453 Derrick Batiste (1980-83) 434 Tony Ber (1963-66) 406 Career Scoring Name, Years Jose Larios (1992-95) Shonz LaFrenz (1996-99) Blake Bercegeay (2005-08) Buford Jordan (1980-83) Josh Lewis (2009-present) John Marino (2001-04) Toddrick Pendland (2006-09) Don Stump (1978-81) Larry Grissom (1968-71) Lance Wiley (1985-88) Tony Citizen (1986-80) Tony Whittington (1981-84) Luke Lawton (2000-03) Jessie Burton (1998-00) Conley Hathorn (1973-76) Henry Fields (1992-95) Derrick Fourroux (2006-09) Vick King (2001-03) Eric Roberts (1989-91)
Points 356 324 295 272 268 266 254 237 209 201 200 190 186 186 182 180 168 156 153
Career PATs Kicked Name, Years PAT Jose Larios (1992-95) 158 Blake Bercegeay (2005-08) 151 Josh Lewis (2009-present) 139 John Marino (2001-04) 134 Shonz LaFrenz (1996-99) 126 Don Stump (1978-81) 113 Conley Hathorn (1973-76) 86 Lance Wiley (1985-88) 78 Tony Whittington (1981-84) 76 Carlos Medrano (1970-72) 65 Charlie Hebert (2000-01) 54
ATT 163 160 149 150 134 118 102 79 81 68 63
Career Field Goals Name, Years FG Jose Larios (1992-95) 66 Shonz LaFrenz (1996-99) 66 Blake Bercegeay (2005-08) 48 John Marino (2001-04) 44 Josh Lewis (2009-present) 43 Don Stump (1978-81) 41 Lance Wiley (1985-88) 41 Eric Roberts (1989-91) 38 Tony Whittington (1981-84) 38 Conley Hathorn (1973-76) 32
FGA 100 94 69 67 63 69 70 53 61 59
Career Pass Interceptions Name, Years INT Billy Blakeman (1970-73) 25 Charles Jefferson (1975-78) 19 Zack Bronson (1993-96) 19 Todd McArthur (1981-84) 15 Mark Hamilton (1983-85) 14 Rocke Fournet (1969-71) 13 Tom Murphy (1976-79) 12 Mike Pierce (1987-90) 12 Rod Gulley (2000-03) 12 On the Move Malcolm Bronson (2009-present) 10 Career Pass Interceptions Yards Name, Years Yds Zack Bronson (1993-96) 455 Billy Blakeman (1970-73) 330 Malcolm Bronson (2009-present) 233 Rod Gulley (2000-03) 214 Tom Murphy (1976-79) 177 Jamelle Juneau (2004-08) 146 Rocke Fournet (1969-71) 111 Mark Hamilton (1983-85) 110 Charles Jefferson (1975-78) 101 Career Pass Interception TDs Name, Years Tds Rod Gulley (2000-03) 3 Malcolm Bronson (2009-present) 2 Chris Raggett (2009-present) 2 Zack Bronson (1993-96) 2 Career Tackles Name, Year Charles Ayro (1995-98) Terry Irving (1990-93) Ryan Garrison (2000-03) Allen Nelson (2005-08) Zack Bronson (1993-96) Deron Minor (2006-10) Bob Howell (1974-77) Doug Fruge (1974-77) Arthur Goodly (1998-01) Trey Bennett (2004-07) Wayne Cordova (1996-99)
Tackles 486 461 391 369 347 345 337 325 310 308 306
Vincent Landrum (1992-95) Ronnie McZeal (1996-99) Joe Judge (1998-01) Vance Robichaux (1983-85) Rod Royal (2002-03) Richard Vidrine (1967-70) Darrell Jenkins (2008-11) Malcolm Bronson (2009-present) Mike Pierce (1987-90) Desmond Lighten (2007-11) Jamelle Juneau (2004-08) Randy Moss (1984-87) Joe Narcisse (2009-present) Brant Linde (2005-08) Daryl Burckel (1978-90) Jim Hughes (1980-83)
304 302 297 289 276 269 263 246 243 235 231 225 221 217 214 205
Records Broken or Tied in 2012 Rush TD: *91 yards, Diontae Spencer at Weber State Interceptions for TDs in Game: **2, Chris Raggett vs. McMurray (also tied NCAA FCS record) Interceptions for TDs in Season: ^2, Chris Ragget, 2012 * - School Record ** - School and Cowboy Stadium Record ^ - Tied school record
McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar •
National Polls THE SPORTS NETWORK TOP 25• Week 11 1. North Dakota State Bison (121) 9-1 3930 1 2. Montana State Bobcats (20) 9-1 3748 2 3. Sam Houston State Bearkats (14) 8-2 3585 3 4. Old Dominion Monarchs (3) 9-1 3496 4 5. Eastern Washington Eagles 8-2 3362 5 6. Georgia Southern Eagles 8-2 3113 7 7. New Hampshire Wildcats (1) 8-2 2897 10 8. Appalachian State Mountaineers 8-3 2659 12 9. Wofford Terriers 8-2 2502 13 10. Central Arkansas Bears 8-2 2341 14 11. Illinois State Redbirds 8-2 2094 15 12. Stony Brook Seawolves 9-2 1917 6 13. James Madison Dukes 7-3 1885 9 14. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 9-1 1843 8 15. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 8-2 1594 11 16. Villanova Wildcats 7-3 1477 21 17. Cal Poly Mustangs 8-2 1354 19 18. Indiana State Sycamores 7-3 1294 18 19. Towson Tigers 6-4 1251 17 20. Richmond Spiders 7-3 1153 20 21. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 7-3 1046 16 22. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 8-3 750 22 23. Tennessee State Tigers 8-2 450 24 24. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 8-2 423 NR 24. Eastern Illinois Panthers 7-3 423 NR Others Receiving Votes: Colgate 213, Samford 200, Albany 136, Sacramento State 90, UT Martin 75, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 52, Harvard 43, Youngstown State 40, Wagner 29, McNeese State 28, Northern Iowa 22, Lilberty 21, The Citadel 20, Delaware 17, Southern Utah 16, Penn 15, Southern Illinois 13, Chattanooga 7, Coastal Carolina 3, Alabama A&M 3, Alabama State 2, Drake 2, North Carolina A&T 2, San Diego 1, Jacksonville 1
FCS COACHES TOP 25• Week 11 1. North Dakota State (24) 9-1 646 1 2. Montana State 9-1 619 2 3. Sam Houston State (2) 8-2 597 3 4. Old Dominion 9-1 578 4 5. Eastern Washington 8-2 537 6 6. Georgia Southern 8-2 521 7 7. New Hampshire 8-2 466 10 8. Appalachian State 8-3 443 12 9. Wofford 8-2 408 14 10. Central Arkansas 8-2 397 13 11. Illinois State 8-2 343 15 12. Lehigh 9-1 327 5 13. Stony Brook 9-2 300 8 14. James Madison 7-3 293 9 15. Northern Arizona 8-2 279 11 16. Towson 6-4 257 17 17. Eastern Kentucky 8-3 246 18 18. Cal Poly 8-2 240 19 19. Indiana State 7-3 176 21 20. Richmond 7-3 152 23 21. Villanova 7-3 128 25 22. Bethune-Cookman 8-2 117 22 23. South Dakota State 7-3 98 20 24. Harvard 7-2 65 16 25. Eastern Illinois 7-3 39 NR Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee State 35, Samford 33, Colgate 33, Albany 18, Sacramento State 8, Tennessee-Martin 8, Delaware 17, McNeese State 17, Citadel 7, Wagner 6, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 5, Alabama A&M 7, Southern Illinois 4, Northern Iowa 6, Pennsylvania 2, Jackson State 2, Southeastern Louisiana 1, Youngstown State 1
Cowboys in the NCAA Rankings Chalking ‘Em Up Team Stats (Top 25) Turnover Margin Rushing Defense Punt Returns Pass Efficiency Rushing Offense Scoring Offense Individuals (Top 50) Punt Returns Pass Efficiency Field Goals Punting Interceptions
6th 10th 12th 18th 21st 25th
McNeese’s Record In... August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 December-January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0
+13 (1.3) 112.0 14.7 143.3 204.0 32.2
Darius Carey Cody Stroud Josh Lewis Jean Breaux Guy Morgan
6th 23rd T-28th 39th T-39th
McNeese’s Conference Record... At home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 On the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
13.5 142.1 1.1 40.5 .33 (3)
McNeese’s Non-Conference Record... At home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 On the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 McNeese vs. Ranked Opponents... At home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 On the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1
Cowboys in the SLC Rankings
Team Stats Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Total Offense Total Defense Rushing Offense Rushing Defense Pass Offense Pass Defense Pass Efficiency Pass Defense Effic. Kickoff Returns Punt Returns Interceptions Punting Net Punting Field Goals PAT Kicking Sacks By Sacks Against First Downs Opp First Downs 3rd Downs Opp 3rd Downs 4th Downs Opp 4th Downs Penalties Opp Penalties Possession TO Margin Red Zone Offense Red Zone Defense
4th 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 4th 8th 3rd 3rd 7th 4th 1st 6th 4th T-5th 2nd T-5th T-3rd 2nd 6th 2nd 6th 2nd 4th 1st 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd
32.2 23.3 412.1 366.6 204.0 112.0 208.1 254.6 143.3 122.0 19.2 14.7 15 40.2 35.6 12-18 (.667) 40-41 (.976) 15 (1.67) 15 (1.67) 23.1 20.8 43.9 (54-123) 42.0 (63-150) 66.7 (4-6) 56.5 (13-23) 62.2 ypg/avg. 66.4 ypg/avg. 31:49 +13 (1.67) 88.4 (38-43) 79.4 (27-34)
McNeese’s Record When Scoring... 10 or fewer points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 11-19 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 20-29 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 30+ points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-0 McNeese’s Record When Allowing... 10 or fewer points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 11-19 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 20-29 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 30+ points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2
Individuals (Top 10) Rushing Marcus Wiltz 3rd Javaris Murray 5th Passing Avg/Game Cody Stroud 3rd Pass Efficiency Cody Stroud 3rd
All-Purpose Darius Carey 8th Javaris Murray 10th
87.6 81.9
194.4
Field Goals Josh Lewis
1.10
64.3 55.3
4th
142.1
Field Goal Pct. Josh Lewis 7th 64.7 (11-17)
Receiving Yards/Game Darius Carey 7th 48.7
PAT Kicking Pct. Josh Lewis 3rd 97.4 (37-38)
Total Offense Cody Stroud 5th
Tackles Terence Cahee 3rd
83
Scoring Josh Lewis
190.7
T-6th
7.0
Scoring Kick Josh Lewis T-3rd
Sacks Everett Ellefsen T-9th Kevin Dorn T-9th
3.0 3.0
7.0
Punt Return Avg. Darius Carey 2nd
Tackles For Loss Everett Ellefsen T-7th
8.5
14.0
Kickoff Return Avg. Diontae Spencer 7th
22.0
Punting Jean Breaux
40.5
5th
Passes Defended (PBU-Int) Terence Cahee T-1st (11-1) Ryan Bronson T-3rd (7-3) Interceptions Guy Morgan T-1st Ryan Bronson T-1st
McNeese’s Record In Games... Decided by 1-3 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 4-7 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 8-10 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 11-19 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 20-29 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 30+ points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
3 3
McNeese’s Record in Games... During the day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 At night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Scoring first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Opponent scores first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Leading after 1st quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Trailing after 1st quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Tied after 1st quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Leading at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Trailing at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Tied at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Leading after 3rd quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Trailing after 3rd quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 Tied after 3rd quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 In overtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 McNeese’s Record With... 100-yard rusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 100-yard receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 300-yard passer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Less than 300-yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 300-399 yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 400-499 yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 500+ yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 Committing fewer turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Committing more turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Turnovers are equal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Not committing a turnover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 McNeese’s Record When Allowing... 100-yard rusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 100-yard receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 300-yard passer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Less than 300-yards total off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 300-399 yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 400-499 yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 500+ yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
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The Southland Conference 2012 Standings
SLC Games Overall Team No. 10/10 UCA No. 3/3 Sam Houston St. Southeastern La. McNeese Stephen F. Austin Northwestern State Lamar Nicholls State
W 6 6 4 3 3 2 1 0
L 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 6
For 215 335 139 167 220 132 125 84
Opp 144 101 198 153 201 193 205 222
Hm 4-0 2-0 3-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 1-2 0-2
Rd 2-1 3-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-3 0-4
Week 11 Results
Saturday, Nov. 10 McNeese @ UTSA Nicholls State @ Lamar Sam Houston State @ Northwestern State Stephen F. Austin @ Southeastern Louisiana
UTSA 31, McN 24 Lamar 34, Nicholls 24 SHSU 52, NSU 17 SLU 42, SFA 27
Cowboys on Preseason Watch Lists
NEU streak 0-0 Won 5 1-0 Won 7 0-0 Won 1 0-0 Lost 1 0-1 Lost 1 0-0 Lost 2 0-0 Won 1 0-0 Lost 6
Thursday, Nov. 15 *Southeastern La. at Nicholls State (SLCTV)
6:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 17 Sam Houston State at Texas A&M *Northwestern State at Stephen F. Austin (SLCTV) Eastern Illinois at Central Arkansas *Lamar at McNeese
2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Southland Conference Marcus Wiltz Jean Breaux Chris Raggett Guy Morgan Terence Cahee
Terence Cahee Darius Carey
Defensive (8/30 at Middle Tennessee) Offensive (11/3 at Nicholls State)
College Football Performance Awards (National) Chris Raggett Darius Carey
Defensive Back (9/8 vs. McMurry) Punt Returner (10/13 vs. Central Arkansas)
College Football Performance Awards (SLC)
Sports Information Directors Poll Pl. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Offensive (8/30 at Middle Tennessee) Special Teams (8/30 at Middle Tennessee) Defensive (9/8 vs. McMurry) Defensive (9/15 at Weber State) Defensive (11/3 at Nicholls State)
College Sports Madness (SLC)
SLC Preseason Polls Tot 49 39 38 34 21 21 13 8
FOr opp hm rd 354 216 5-0 3-2 462 162 3-0 4-2 172 366 3-2 1-4 322 233 3-1 3-3 341 351 4-0 0-5 248 320 4-1 0-5 241 320 4-2 0-5 176 314 1-2 0-6
McNeese Players of the Week
Other Preseason All-SLC Selections Jonathan Landry (OL) Miguel Gauthreaux (OL) Pat Williams (DL)
Team (1st place votes) Sam Houston State (7) Stephen F. Austin (1) Central Arkansas McNeese State Northwestern State Southeastern Louisiana Lamar Nicholls State
L 2 2 6 4 6 6 7 8
* - SLC Games
Malcolm Bronson (FS) • Buck Buchanan Watch List • Senior Bowl Watch List • Phil Steele Top 100 FCS NFL Draft Prospect • CFPA Defensive Back Watch List • Sports Network Preseason All-America • College Sports Journal Preseason All-America • First Team Preseason All-Southland Conference Darius Carey (RS/WR) • CFPA Punt Return Watch List • Sports Network Preseason All-America • College Sports Journal Preseason All-America • Second Team Preseason All-Southland Conference Alec Savoie (OL) • Phil Steele Top 100 FCS NFL Draft Prospect • Sports Network Preseason All-America • College Sports Journal Preseason All-America • First Team Preseason All-Southland Conference
Pl. 1 2 3 4 T5 T5 7 8
W 8 8 4 6 4 4 4 1
Week 12 Schedule
This Week in the SLC
Coaches Poll
NEU 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
Team (1st place votes) Sam Houston State (7) Stephen F. Austin Central Arkansas (1) McNeese State Northwestern State Southeastern Louisiana Lamar Nicholls State
Tot 49 38 37 35 26 16 15 8
Cody Stroud Seth Thomas Darius Carey Jean Breaux Chris Raggett Wes Briscoe
Offensive (10/27 vs. Stephen F. Austin) Defensive (10/27 vs. Stephen F. Austin) All-Purpose (11/3 at Nicholls State) Punter (11/3 at Nicholls State) Defensive Back (11/10 at UTSA) Wide Receiver (11/10 at UTSA)
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2012 McNeese Cowboy Football Numerical Roster No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9/40 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 22 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 37 38 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 49 50 52 53 54 58 61 62 63 70 71 72 73 74 75 77 78 79 80 81 83 84 85 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99
Player Ford Smesny Josh Lewis Marcus Wiltz Diontae Spencer Chris Raggett Guy Morgan Darius Carey Seth Thomas James Bice Joe Narcisse Terence Cahee Deonte Thompson Gabe Hamner Damion Dixon Garrett McCain Orrin Fontenot Leon Blouin IV Ernest Celestie Cody Stroud Tyler Bolfing Wallace Scott Shea Nutt Aaron Sam Shelby Hemenway Reynaldo Young Javaris Murray Champlain Babin Zoe Bruce Terrell Alfred Kelvin Bennett Livingston Hamilton Jean Breaux Halston Flanigan Malcolm Bronson Kenny Brown Dylan Long Ryan Bronson Hayden Dobbs Steele Merritt Dillon Berlin Davondrick Phillips Brenten Spikes Manny Busch Kyle Crouch Kegan Myers Mitchell Amy Correy Middleton Keylon Bruno Brett Koonce Bo Brown Miguel Gauthreaux Quentin Marsh Carson Chaisson Nick Smith Antoine Everett Jonathan Landry Taylor Johnson Ben Jones Kevin Dorn Arinze Agada Cody Eaves Alec Savoie Josh Jordan William Ryckman DeVionte’ Edmonson Hunter Romero Wes Briscoe Deajon Mitchell Jereon McGilvery Kendale Thomas Pat Williams Cameron Smith Logan Gladney Eric LeBlanc Everett Ellefsen Nick Gorman Danyel Hunter Sean Brown Chris Loveless
Pos. S PK TB WR S CB WR CB K/P LB S LB CB WR QB DE QB WR QB QB WS CB CB WR WR TB TB CB TB TB DB K FS FS WR FB S LB DB TB RB CB TE LB FB C LB LB OG LB C/G DT C OT OT OT OT OT DT OG OG OT TE WR WR TE WR WR WR TE DT DE DE DE DE DT DE DT DE
Hgt 5-9 6-0 5-9 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-9 6-0 5-11 5-9 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-0 5-11 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-2 5-9 6-0 5-10 5-8 5-9 5-9 5-11 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-11 5-11 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-0 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-5 5-10 6-1 6-4 6-7 6-5 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-5
Wgt 190 194 192 161 197 188 184 194 180 222 190 219 185 190 190 232 210 183 194 207 212 175 176 194 171 180 190 180 190 172 184 150 176 192 155 225 176 210 195 204 170 190 230 210 235 232 210 202 288 210 308 287 277 275 304 298 290 275 246 286 275 309 228 171 200 230 168 180 198 230 278 224 234 239 230 279 235 275 225
Cl/Exp Sr/3L Sr/3L Jr/2L Jr/2L Sr/3L Jr/1L Sr/1L Sr/3L So/SQ Sr/3L Jr/2L So/1L Fr/RS Sr/3L Fr/RS So/1L Fr/TR Jr/1L Jr/2L Fr/RS Fr/RS Fr/HS So/1L Jr/2L So/1L Jr/2L Sr/3L Sr/1L Fr/RS Fr/RS Fr/RS Fr/HS So/1L Sr/3L Fr/RS Fr/HS Jr/2L Jr/2L Fr/HS Fr/RS Fr/RS Fr/HS Jr/1L So/1L Sr/2L Sr/Sqd So/1L Fr/RS Sr/3L Fr/HS Sr/3L Fr/RS Sr/3L Fr/RS So/1L Sr/3L Sr/3L Fr/RS So/1L Jr/2L Fr/RS Sr/3L Sr/1L Jr/1L Sr/2L So/1L Jr/2L Jr/1L Jr/1L So/1L Sr/3L Fr/HS Fr/RS Sr/2L So/1L Fr/RS So/1L So/1L Jr/2L
Hometown (Last School) Dayton, TX (Dayton HS) Denham Springs, LA (Denham Springs) Cecilia, LA (Cecilia HS) New Iberia, LA (Westgate HS) Beaumont, TX (Ozen HS) Baton Rouge, LA (St. John HS) New Orleans, LA (North Texas, Helen Cox HS) Orange, TX (WO Stark HS) Lake Charles, LA (St. Louis HS) Vacherie, LA (St. James HS) Westlake, LA (Westlake HS) Shreveport, LA (Evangel HS) Sealy, TX (Sealy HS) Port Allen, LA (Louisville, Port Allen HS) Sulphur, LA (Sulphur HS) Baton Rouge, LA (Parkview Baptist) Geismer, LA (Tulane, Dutchtown HS) Lake Charles, LA (Texas Tech, Barbe HS) Montgomery, LA (Montgomery HS) Montgomery, TX (Montgomery HS) Weyanoke, LA (West Feliciana HS) Brenham, TX (Brenham HS) Lake Charles, LA (LaGrange HS) Plaquemine, LA (St. John HS) Garyville, LA (East St. John HS) Kingston, LA (North DeSoto HS) Donaldsonville, LA (Donaldsonville HS) Baton Rouge, LA (UL Monroe, University HS) Lafayette, LA (Northside HS) Bleakwood, TX (Newton HS) Natchitoches, LA (Ponchatoula HS) Scott, LA (Acadiana HS) Newton, TX (Newton HS) Jasper, TX (Jasper HS) Lake Charles, LA (St. Louis HS) Covington, LA (St. Paul HS) Jasper, TX (Jasper HS) Houston, TX (Cypress Woods HS) Natchitoches, LA (St. Mary’s HS) Lake Charles, LA (St. Louis HS) Jennings, LA (Jennings HS) Newton, TX (Newton HS) Sulphur, LA (Sulphur HS) Covington, LA (Covington HS) Jennings, LA (Jennings HS) Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS) Monroe, LA (Richwood HS) Carencro, LA (Carencro HS) Sulphur, LA (Sulphur HS) Katy, TX (Katy HS) Plaquemine, LA (Plaquemine HS) Dickinson, TX (Dickinson HS) Jennings, LA (Jennings HS) Lafayette, LA (Acadiana HS) Richmond, TX (Lamar Consolidated) Broussard, LA (St. Thomas More) League City, TX (Clear Creek HS Nederland, TX (Nederland HS) Pineville, LA (Pineville HS) Houston, TX (Hightower HS) Merryville, LA (Merryville HS) Lafayette, LA (Comeaux HS) St. Amant, LA (East Carolina, St. Amant HS) Lafayette, LA (Lafayette HS) Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS) Lafayette, LA (Tuerlings Catholic HS) Baton Rouge, LA (Central HS) Beaumont, TX (Central HS) Lafayette, LA (Northside HS) New Iberia, LA (New Iberia HS) Plaquemine, LA (Plaquemine HS) Tamarac, FL (J.P. Taravella HS) Baton Rouge, LA (University HS) Erath, LA (Erath HS) Madisonville, LA (Mandeville HS) Broken Arrow, OK (Broken Arrow HS) Dickinson, TX (Dickinson HS) Baton Rouge, LA (Central HS) Houston, TX (South Houston HS)
Cowboy Coaching Staff Head Coach: Matt Viator Assistant Head Coach/Def. Coordinator: Mike Collins Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers: Tim Leger Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers: Lark Hebert Defensive Line: Manny Michel Defensive Backs: Chris Hampton Offensive Line: Rob Sale Running Backs: Slade Nagle Tight Ends: Eman Naghavi Defensive Line Assistant: Jake Reid Defensive Assistant: Zachary Ballenger Quarterbacks Assistant: David Trahan
Pronunciations ARINZE AGADA CHAMPLAIN BABIN Leon BLOUIN JEAN BREAUX ZOE Bruce Terence CAHEE Ernest CELESTIE Carson CHAISSON Kendrick CORMIER DeVIONTE Edmonson Everett ELLEFSEN MIGUEL GAUTHREAUX JEREON MCGILVERY Joe NARCISSE Chris RAGGETT Alec SAVOIE Ford SMESNY DIONTAE Spencer DEONTE’ Thompson
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2012 McNeese Football Depth Chart (as of November 12, 2012)
OFFENSE QB TB FB WR WR WR TE LT LG C RG RT
18 19 16 25 3 26 49 37 85 14 17 4 7 83 80 89 73 71 72 54 63 61 50 77 70 79 74
Cody Stroud Tyler Bolfing Leon Blouin Javaris Murray Marcus Wiltz Champlain Babin Kegan Myers Dylan Long Wes Briscoe Damion Dixon Ernest Celestie Diontae Spencer Darius Carey DeVionte’ Edmonson Josh Jordan Kendale Thomas Taylor Johnson Antoine Everett Jonathan Landry Brett Koonce Carson Chaisson Miguel Gauthreaux Mitchell Amy Arinze Agada Nick Smith Alec Savoie Ben Jones
(Jr-2L, 6-3, 194) (Fr-RS, 6-2, 207) (Fr.-TR, 6-0, 210) (Jr-2L, 5-8, 180) (Jr-2L, 5-9, 192) (Sr-3L, 5-9, 190) (Sr-2L, 6-1, 235) (Fr-HS, 6-0, 225) (Jr-2L, 6-2, 168) (Sr-3L, 6-2,190) (Jr-1L, 5-11, 183) (Jr-2L, 5-9, l61) (Sr-1L, 5-10, 184) (Sr-2L, 6-2, 200) (Sr-1L, 6-5, 228) (So-1L, 6-1, 230) (Sr-3L, 6-4, 290) (So-1L, 6-3, 304) (Sr-3L, 6-4, 298) (Sr-3L, 6-2, 288) (Sr-3L, 6-2, 277) (Sr-3L, 6-1, 308) (Sr-SQ, 5-10, 232) (Jr-2L, 6-1, 286) (Fr-RS, 6-4, 275) (Sr-3L, 6-7, 309) (Fr-RS, 6-5, 275)
PK PUNT DS HOLD
2 31 31 2 84 16 7 4
Josh Lewis Jean Breaux Jean Breaux Josh Lewis Hunter Romero Orrin Fontenot Darius Carey Diontae Spencer
(Sr-3L, 6-0, 194) (Fr-HS, 5-10, 150) (Fr-HS, 5-10, 150) (Sr-3L, 6-0, 194) (So-1L, 6-3, 230) (So-1L, 6-2, 232) (Sr-1L, 5-10, 184) (Jr-2L, 5-9, l61)
DEFENSE LE LT RT RE MLB WLB CB CB BS WS FS
93 99 91 75 62 98 90 97 95 94 96 92 12 58 16 10 41 52 6 13 22 8 21 44 5 45 11 33 38 42
SPECIAL TEAMS KOR PR
26 25 7 4 7 26
Eric LeBlanc Chris Loveless Cameron Smith Kevin Dorn Quentin Marsh Michael Ware Pat Williams Sean Brown Nick Gorman Everett Ellefsen Danyel Hunter Logan Gladney Deonte Thompson Bo Brown Orrin Fontenot Joe Narcisse Hayden Dobbs Correy Middleton Guy Morgan Gabe Hamner Shea Nutt Seth Thomas Aaron Sam Davondrick Phillips Chris Raggett Brent Spikes Terence Cahee Halston Flanigan Ryan Bronson Steele Merritt
(Sr-2L, 6-2, 239) (Jr-2L, 6-5, 225) (Fr-HS, 6-3, 224) (So-1L, 5-10, 246) (Fr-RS, 6-2, 287) (Jr-2L, 6-1, 280) (Sr-3L, 6-3, 278) (So-1L, 6-1, 275) (Fr-RS, 6-2, 279) (So-1L, 6-3, 230) (So-1L, 6-3, 235) (Fr-RS, 6-3, 234 (So-1L, 6-2, 219) (Fr-HS, 6-1, 210) (So-1L, 6-2, 232) (Sr-3L, 5-11, 222) (Jr-2L, 6-0, 210) (So-1L, 6-0, 210) (Jr-1L, 6-0, 188) (Fr-RS, 6-0, 185) (Fr-HS, 6-2, 175) (Sr-3L, 5-9, 194) (So-1L, 5-9, 176) (Fr-RS, 5-10, 170) (Sr-3L, 5-11, 197) (Fr-HS, 6-1, 190) (Jr-2L, 5-9, 190) (So-1L, 5-11, 176) (Jr-2L, 6-1, 176) (Fr-HS, 6-2, 195)
Champlain Babin Javaris Murray Darius Carey Diontae Spencer Darius Carey Champlain Babin
(Sr-3L, 5-9, 190) (Jr-2L, 5-8, 180) (Sr-1L, 5-10, 184) (Jr-2L, 5-9, l61) (Sr-1L, 5-10, 184) (Sr-3L, 5-9, 190)
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Last Time McNeese...
RUSHING Had 400 or more yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Sam Houston State, 2009 (418) Had 300-399 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Weber State, 2012 (301) Had 200-299 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Nicholls State, 2012 (276) Had 60 or more rush attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas State, 2003 (66) Had 50-59 rush attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Northwestern State, 2012 (50) Had four rush TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. McMurry, at Weber State, 2012 Player rush for 300 or more yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Citizen vs. Prairie View, 1986 (304) Player rush for 200-299 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toddrick Penland vs. SFA, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 yds on 39 carries Player rush for 100-199 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Wiltz (111) vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2012 Had 2 players rush for 100 yds in same game: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Weber State, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Javaris Murray (122), Diontae Spencer (106) Had seven rush TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessie Burton vs. Southern Utah, 1998 PASSING Had 400 or more yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Nicholls State, 1985 (405) Had 300-399 yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at UTSA (346) Had 200-299 yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Nicholls State, 2012 (274) Player pass for 400 or more yards: . . . . . . . . . Subester Brooks vs. Nicholls State, 1985 (405) Player pass for 300-399 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody Stroud at UTSA, 2011 (346) Player pass for 200-299 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody Stroud at Weber State, 2012 (256) Had 25 or more completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody Stroud at UTSA, 2012 (34) Had 5 passing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Pendarvis vs. Sam Houston State, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Leger vs. Stephen F. Austin, 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kerry Joseph vs. Delaware, 1995 Did not throw an interception: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2012 RECEIVING Had one player with 100 yards receiving: . . . . . . Darius Carey at Nicholls State, 2012 (6-125) Had two players with 100 yards receiving: . . . .Corday Clark (107) and Toddrick Penland (121) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Appalachian State, 2009 Caught three passes for TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.J. Sams vs. Sam Houston State, 2003 COMBINATION OFFENSE Had one 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver in a game: . . . . . . . . . . . Toddrick Penland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Appalachian State, 2009 (19-127 rushing, 10-121 receiving) Had 300 yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody Stroud at UTSA (333) Had 300 yards all-purpose: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toddrick Penland vs. SFA, 2008 (307) TOTAL OFFENSE Had 500 or more yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Nicholls State, 2012 (550) Had 450-499 yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. McMurry, 2012 (484) Had 400-449 yard total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at UTSA, 2012 (439) DEFENSE Intercepted a pass: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 players at Nicholls State, 2012 Returned a pass interception for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Raggett vs. McMurry, 2012 Returned 2 pass interceptions for TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Raggett vs. McMurry, 2012 Recorded a safety: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Nicholls, 2011 (Pat Williams and Everett Ellefsen) Held opponent to negative rushing yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. McMurry, 2012 (minus-3) Player recorded five sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Smith vs. West Virginia Tech, 2006 Ran back a mid-air fumble for TD: . . . Marcus LeBlanc vs. Youngstown State, 1995 (100 yards) Ran back a fumble for TD: . . . . . . Desmund Lighten vs. Northwestern State, 2009 (29 yards) Recovered fumbed for TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Desmund Lighten vs. Savannah State, 2009
SPECIAL TEAMS Return kickoff for TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernardo Henry vs. Texas State, 2010 (87 yards) Return punt for TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darius Carey vs. Sioux Falls, 2011 (68 yards) Blocked a field goal: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Desmund Lighten at Sam Houston State, 2010 Returned blocked FG for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rod Gulley vs. Grambling, 2002 (63 yards) Blocked a PAT: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Hooker vs. Southern Utah, 2006 Blocked a punt: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelby Hemenway vs. Southeastern La., 2011 Returned blocked punt for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Judge vs. Maine, 1999 (32 yards) Kicked five field goals: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blake Bercegeay vs. Northwestern State, 2006 Kicked a 50 yard FG: . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Lewis at Southeastern Louisiana, 2010 (52 yards) Kicked 10 PATs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blake Bercegeay vs. West Virginia Tech, 2006 Had a 60 yard punt: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Breaux at UTSA, 2012 (61 yards) Had a punt of 50-59 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Breaux vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2012 (50 yards) SCORING Scored 70 or more points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 vs. West Virginia Tech, 2006 Scored 60-69 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 vs. McMurry, 2012 Scored 50-59 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 vs. Northwestern State, 2009 Scored 40-49 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 at Nicholls State, 2012 Scored 30-39 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2012 Allowed 60 or more points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 at Miami (FL), 2000 Allowed 50-59 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 at Missouri, 2010 Allowed 40-49 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 at Sam Houston State, 2012 Allowed 30-39 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 at UTSA, 2012 Scored on first drive of game: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at UTSA, 2012 Shutout opponent: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Savannah State, 2009 (56-0) Shutout opponent in first half: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McMurry (45-0), Weber State (14-0), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northwestern State (17-0)2012 Shutout SLC opponent: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Jacksonville State, 2000 (28-0) McNeese was shutout: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Western Kentucky, 2001 (21-0) McNeese was shutout by SLC opponent: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at North Texas, 1988 (37-0)
Last Time an Opponent... Player rushed for 100-199 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Sincere of SHSU, 2012 (132) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Flanders of SHSU, 2012 (105) Player rushed for 200-200 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.D. Terry of SHSU, 2006 (253) Passed for 200-299 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Soza of UTSA, 2012 (262) Passed for 300-399 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brady Attaway of SFA, 2012 (378) Passed for 400-499 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andre Bevil of Lamar, 2010 (426) Had one player with 100 yards receiving: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kam Jones of UTSA, 2011 (120) Returned a kickoff for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . LeJuan Walker of Nicholls State, 2001 (99 yards) Returned a punt for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Tate of North Carolina, 2008 (85 yards) Returned a pass interception for a TD: . . . . . Will Jefferson of SFA, 2011 (caught in endzone) Returned a fumble for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Newsome of UCA, 2011 (98 yards) Blocked a punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by UTSA, 2012 Blocked a punt and returned for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Kansas State, 2003 Recovered an on-side kick: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central Arkansas, 2012
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McNeese State, 1986
Head Coach (51-25, 7th season) One of the most successful coaches in the Head Coaching Highlights NCAA’s FCS division, McNeese State’s Matt Viator has put together winning percentages of • Darius Carey named to four All-America teams in 2010 69 percent (overall) and 75 percent (league • Malcolm Bronson named All-SLC first team 3 straight years games only) in his previous six years as the • McNeese wins 11 straight games in 2007; wins the SLC title for second year in row Cowboy head coach. • Cowboys win six straight SLC games for the league title in 2009, the third in four years During that period he has led his team to three Southland Conference titles • Toddrick Pendland named all-American in 2008; Bryan Smith named all-American in 2007; and to two runnerup finishes, averaging seven victories a year. The winningest active coach in the league, Viator will carry a 45-20 overall Steven Whitehead, Bryan • Derrick Fourroux named SLC and Louisiana Player of the Year in 2009; Bryan Smith named SLC Player of Year in 2007 record and a 31-10 league mark into the upcoming season. The Cowboy coach, a graduate of McNeese, had served as an assistant coach • Steven Whitehead named SLC Player of the Year in 2006 on the staff for eight years before stepping into the top job four games deep into • Toddrick Pendland named Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 the 2006 season. Taking over a squad that had won but one of its first four games • Bryan Smith named Defensive Player of the Year and Derrick Fourroux named Freshman of he led the team to a 6-2 record the rest of the way that year, won the SLC title and the Year in 2006 put his team into the NCAA championship playoffs. That was the start of one of the most electrifying coaching rises in conference • Cowboys win five straight games to win the SLC title in 2006 history as the very next year his team posted only the fourth undefeated, untied • McNeese selected for the NCAA FCS playoffs in 2009, 2007 and 2006 regular season record in the university’s history, won the league title for a second • 2007 team ranked No. 3 in last regular season poll year and participated in the NCAA FCS championship for a second straight year. • Bryan Smith ranked No. 3 in nation in QB sacks in 2007 Since then his team also won the 2009 title and finished second in the league • McNeese as a team in the national rankings was 4th in total offense, fifth in scoring offense standings in both 2008 and 2010. The Cowboys finished fourth last season. Viator has earned numerous coaching honors including two SLC coach of the and 10th in rushing offense in 2008 year awards and a Louisiana collegiate coach of the year honor. He has also been a finalist for the national Eddie Robinson award twice. Coaching Experience He claimed his first collegiate coaching victory in his very first game as head 1986-88 Assistant Coach Sam Houston HS coach when the Cowboys posted a 30-27 win over Southern Utah in 2006. Vinton HS 13-9 His 45th win came in the final game of the 2011 season – a triumph on the 1989-90 Head Coach 1991-94 Head Coach Jennings HS 38-12 1992 LA Coach of the Year road against Lamar as the Cowboys won their last three games and will carry that winning streak into the 2012 season. 1995-98 Head Coach Sulphur HS 30-16 1998 LA Coach of the Year Viator is the 14th head coach in McNeese history. His 6-2 rookie record in- 1999 Assistant Coach McNeese State 6-5 5-2 SLC cluded a 5-1 mark in league play, the team winning the final five league games 2000 Assistant Coach McNeese State 8-4 5-2 SLC FCS Playoffs of the year. 2001 Assistant Coach McNeese State 8-4 5-1 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs His teams have been ranked in the top 25 national poll four of the last six 2002 Assistant Coach McNeese State 13-2 6-0 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Runner-Up seasons. Prior to his becoming head coach, Viator had served the university as of- 2003 Assistant Coach McNeese State 10-2 5-0 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs fensive coordinator and is regarded as one of the top Division I offensive minds. 2004 Assistant Coach McNeese State 4-7 1-4 SLC The Cowboys have ranked among the national leaders in offense for eight Assistant Coach McNeese State 5-4 3-3 SLC of the past 11 years and the university has also produced the Southland Confer- 2005 2006 Asst./Head Coach McNeese State 7-5 5-1 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs ence’s top offensive performer four of the last eight seasons. SLC and LA Coach of the Year His offenses have led the league in scoring five times and in 2008 set school records for total offense per game, passing offense per game and scoring average Eddie Robinson Award Finalist per game. 2007 Head Coach McNeese State 11-1 7-0 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs The Cowboys had the nation’s leading scorer in 2009, tailback Toddrick SLC Coach of the Year Pendland, and a year ago had the No. 2 punt returner in the nation in Darius Eddie Robinson Award Finalist Carey, a returnee for 2012. Head Coach McNeese State 7-4 4-3 SLC Before he joined McNeese, Viator was one of the top prep coaches in Louisi- 2008 ana, producing an 81-37 won-lost record, winning one state crown and five league 2009 Head Coach McNeese State 9-3 6-1 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs titles. He joined McNeese in 1999 as linebacker coach and was made offensive 2010 Head Coach McNeese State 6-5 5-2 SLC coordinator in 2000, the Cowboys leading the league in both scoring offense and 2011 Head Coach McNeese State 6-5 4-3 SLC total offense that year. 2012 Head Coach McNeese State 6-4 Defeated FBS’s Middle Tennessee He is married and wife Schantel is a school teacher. His father is the late Nolan Viator, a former Cowboy coach, player (QB, MVP) and member of the McNeese Hall of Fame.
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2012 Game Recaps
Game 1 • McNeese 27, Middle Tennessee 21
Aug. 30 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee (18,690) McNeese 0 14 10 3 - 27 MTSU 3 3 0 15 - 21 MT (1st, 12:40) Carlos Lopez 20 yd field goal, MT 3-0 MT (2nd, 14:53) Carlos Lopez 28 yd field goal, MT 6-0 McN (2nd, 9:20) Josh Jordan 2 yd pass from Tyler Bolfing, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-6 McN (2nd, 00:33) Champlain Babin 8 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 14-6 McN (3rd, 12:00) Lewis 46 yd field goal, McN 17-6 McN (3rd, 1:20) Stroud 1 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 24-6 MT (4th, 6:58) Anthony Amos 6 yd pass from Logan Kilgore, Jordan Parker pass from Kilgore, McN 24-14 McN (4th, 5:21) Lewis 33 yd field goal, McN 27-14 MT (4th, 5:01) Kyle Griswould 15 yd pass from Kilgore, Lopez kick, McN 24-21 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 24 17 6 1 51-298 152 12-19-0 450 0-0 9-69 5-38.2 42 86 36:05 3 of 11 0 of 0 4 of 5
MT 20 7 12 1 27-103 240 27-41-1 343 2-2 6-50 4-46.0 26 241 23:55 6 of 14 2 of 2 4 of 4
Game 2 • McNeese 69, McMurry 7
Sept. 8 at Lake Charles, La. (13,291) McMurry 0 0 7 0 - 7 McNeese 21 24 14 10 - 69 McN (1st, 8:40) Cody Stroud 1 yd run, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (1st, 3:01) Javaris Murray 6 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 McN (1st, 00:26) Damion Dixon 10 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 21-0 McN (2nd, 13:11) Darius Carey 13 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 28-0 McN (2nd, 11:40) Chris Raggett 41 yd interception return, Lewis kick, McN 35-0 McN (2nd, 5:46) Carey 52 yd pass from Tyler Bolfing, Lewis kick, McN 42-0 McN (2nd, 1:28) Lewis 23 yd field goal, McN 45-0 McN (3rd, 11:21) Raggett 30 yd interception return, James Bice kick, McN 52-0 McN (3rd, 3:49) Dillon Berlin 5 yd run, Bice kick, McN 59-0 MCM (3rd, 2:28) Clinton McCoy 7 yd pass from Brady Lambert, Josh King kick, McN 59-7 McN (4th, 12:11) Bice 24 yd field goal, McN 62-7 McN (4th, 10:43) Kelvin Bennett 17 yd run, Bice kick, McN 69-7 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
MCM 14 3 11 0 18-(-3) 249 31-46-3 246 3-1 3-35 6-39.3 0 185 24:44 3 of 14 0 of 4 1 of 3
McN 25 15 8 2 51-282 202 11-17-1 484 1-0 7-46 2-52.0 38 78 35:16 6 of 10 0 of 0 8 of 8
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 20-105; Babin 11-64; Murray 7-50, Celestie 3-42; Carey 4-31; Stroud 5-5, td; Spencer 1-1. Totals 51-298, td. Middle Tennessee - Parker 9-39; Cunningham 9-34; Calhoun 8-27; Bryson 1-3. Totals 27-103. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 10-17, 139, td; Bolfing 2-2, 13, td. Totals 12-19, 152, 2 td. Middle Tennessee - Kilgore 27-41, 240, 2 td, 1 int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Babin 4-32, td; Spencer 2-35; Murray 2-20; Celestie 1-30; Carey 1-24; Wiltz 1-9; Jordan 1-2, td. MTSU - Amos 8-70, td; Griswould 5-63, td; Jefferson 4-24; Collis 3-41; Henry 2-24; Turner 2-22; Whatley 1-4; Calhoun 1-3; Parker 1--2. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 5-191, 38.2, 47 long, 2 In20. MTSU - Davis 4-184, 46.0, 60 long, 2 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 3-42. MTSU - Singletary 2-26; Sharpe 1-0. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Spencer 2-46; Murray 2-40. MTSU - Whatley 2-123; Gilstrap 2-76; Griswould 2-42. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - Lewis 2-3 (46, 33). MTSU - Lopez 2-2 (20, 28) DEFENSE: McNeese - Narcisse 9 hits, 1 TFL; M. Bronson 8 hits, TFL; Smesny 7 hits, TFL; Sam 6 hits, FR; Morgan 6 hits, Int; Cahee 5 hits, 4 PBU; Thompson 4 hits; Ware 4 hits; Dobbs 3 hits; Williams 3 hits, QBH; Thomas 2 hits; Ellefsen 2 hits; Raggett 2 hits, TFL; Mitchell 2 hits; Fontenot 2 hits; Scott 1 hit; Bruno 1 hit; R. Bronson 1 hit; Flanigan 1 hit; Bennett 1 hit; Hamner 1 hit; Murray 1 hit; B. Brown 1 hit, FR. OFFENSIVE LINE: Savoie 95%, 76 snaps; Agada 93%, 66 snaps, 1 pancake; Johnson 91%, 58 snaps, 1 KO; Gauthreaux 90%, 56 snaps, 4 KO; Everett 90%, 25 snaps, 1 pancake; Koonce 89%, 54 snaps; Landry 88%, 37 snaps, 1 KO. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Alfred 12-78; Bennett 10-60, td; Berlin 7-41, td; Wiltz 8-37; Murray 4-29, td; Carey 3-25; Babin 2-9; Blouin 1-5; Bolfing 1-4; Stroud 1-1; McCain 1--3. Totals 51-282, 4 td. McMurry - Cole 2-16; House 3-15; Simpson 3-9; Grayer 3-6; Lambert 3--17; Mullin 4--32. Totals 18--3. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 6-10, 98, 2 td, 1 int; Bolfing 3-4, 72, td; Blouin 2-3, 32. Totals 11-17, 202, 3 td, int. McMurry - Mullin 22-36, 171, 3 int; Lambert 9-10, 78, td. Totals 31-46, 249, td, 3 int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Carey 4-90, 2 td; Edmonson 2-32; Jordan 1-27; Long 1-18; McGilvery 1-14; Bennett 1-11; Dixon 1-10, td. McMurry - Grayer 6-60; McCoy 5-58, td; Livingston 3-34; Shaffer 3-20; Simpson 2-17; Cain 2-10; House 2-4; Cole 2-3; Singleton 1-18; Gilbert 1-10; Freeman 1-9; Chatman 1-6; Rentfro 1-2; Nelson 1--2. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 2-104, 52.0, 59 long, 2 In20. McMurry - Mullin 3-113, 37.7, 56 long, 1 In20; Kowalski 2-75, 37.5, 46 long; Lambert 1-48, 48.0, 48 long. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - M. Bronson 1-34; Carey 1-4. McMurry - None KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - K. Brown 1-56; Spencer 1-22. McMurry - Grayer 5-152; McCoy 2-33. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - Lewis 1-1 (23); Bice 1-1 (24). McMurry - None DEFENSE: McNeese - Hamilton 5 hits, PBU; Hamner 5 hits, TFL, FF; Gladney 4 hits, sack, TFL, QBH; Morgan 4 hits; Raggett 4 hits, TFL, 2 Int, 2 TDs; Middleton 4 hits; Crouch 4 hits; Phillips 4 hits; Scott 3 hits; Smesny 3 hits; Cahee 3 hits, TFL; Thomas 3 hits, QBH; R. Bronson 3 hits, PBU; Narcisse 3 hits; Berlin 3 hits; Bruce 2 hits; Flanigan 2 hits; Ellefsen 2 hits, sack, TFL, QBH; S. Brown 2 hits, TFL, QBH; Ware 2 hits, sack, TFL, FF; B. Brown 2 hits; Wagley 1 hit; Dorn 1 hit; Thompson 1 hit; Stroud 1 hit; Mitchell 1 hit; Seastrunk 1 hit, sack, TFL; Gorman 1 hit, PBU, QBH; Marsh 1 hit; Smith 1 hit, 3 QBH; Loveless 1 hit, sack, 0.5 TFL; Dobbs 1 hit, Int; Bruno 1 hit, FR; Sam 1 hit, PBU; Williams 1 hit, sack, 0.5 TFL, QBH; Hunter 2 QBH. OFFENSIVE LINE: Savoie 93%, 36 snaps, 2 KD; Agada 91%, 36 snaps; Chaisson 90%, 29 snaps; Gauthreaux 89%, 20 snaps; Johnson 89%, 30 snaps, 1 KD.
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Game 3 • McNeese 35, Weber State 21
Sept. 15 at Ogden, Utah (9,617) McNeese 0 14 7 14 - 35 Weber State 0 0 7 14 - 21 McN (2nd, 4:00) Darius Carey 3 yd run, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (2nd, 00:16) Cody Stroud 4 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 WSU (3rd, 11:25) Shaydon Kehano 10 yd pass from Mike Hoke, Shaun McClain kick, McN 14-7 McN (3rd, 10:07) Diontae Spencer 91 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 21-7 McN (4th, 10:56) Jereon McGilvery 8 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 28-7 McN (4th, 6:45) Javaris Murray 76 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 35-7 WSU (4th, 3:50) C.J. Tuckett 2 yd run, McClain kick, McN 35-14 WSU (4th, 00:20) Jordan Adamczyk 3 yd run, McClain kick, McN 35-21 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 26 8 14 4 44-301 256 20-28-0 557 2-2 6-47 3-39.0 29 390 35:25 7 of 12 0 of 0 3 of 4
WSU 16 8 6 2 37-113 144 14-28-1 257 1-0 9-100 8-55.0 18 202 24:35 7 of 16 1 of 1 3 of 3
Game 4 • Southeastern La. 25, McNeese 24 Sept. 22 at Hammond, La. (4,791) McNeese 14 10 0 0 - 24 SLU 3 7 7 8 - 25 McN (1st, 7:39) Cody Stroud 1 yd run, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (1st, 6:22) Kendale Thomas 3 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 SLU (1st, 00:04) Seth Sebastian 49 yd field goal, McN 14-3 SLU (2nd, 10:01) Nathan Stanley 2 yd run, Sebastian kick, McN 14-10 McN (2nd, 8:41) Javaris Murray 26 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 21-10 McN (2nd, 00:03) Lewis 30 yd field goal, McN 24-10 SLU (3rd, 3:26) Michael Chaney 2 yd run, Sebastian kick, McN 24-17 SLU (4th, 2:39) Taylor Jenkins 3 yd pass from Stanley, Chaney rush, SLU 25-24 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 17 6 8 3 31-147 172 15-29-1 319 1-1 10-91 4-37.5 10 61 26:24 4 of 11 2 of 2 3 of 4
SLU 19 3 14 2 41-47 274 22-36-0 321 4-3 9-69 3-42.3 35 56 33:36 8 of 17 3 of 5 3 of 4
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Murray 13-122, td; Spencer 2-106, td; Babin 14-44; Celestie 1-12; Wiltz 1-9; Bennett 3-9; Carey 3-1; Stroud 6--2; Team 1-0. Totals 44-301, 4td. Weber State - Tuckett 17-66, td; Parham 5-23; Adamczyk 2-17, td; Booker 5-9; Hoke 7-0; Finai 1--2. Totals 37-113, 2 td. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 20-27, 256, td; Team 0-1. Totals 20-28, 256, td. Weber State - Hoke 9-19, 69, td, int; Adamczyk 5-9, 75. Totals 14-28, 144, td, int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Celestie 5-97; Spencer 3-28; Briscoe 2-27; Babin 2-20; McGilvery 2-14, td; Murray 2--3; Thomas 1-29; Carey 1-21; Dixon 1-12; Edmonson 1-11. Weber State - Kehano 6-80, td; Clemente 2-10; Tuckett 2-7; Walker 1-26; Papanikolas 1-9; Booker 1-7; Nakamura 1-5. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 3-117, 39.0, 44 long, 1 In20. Weber State - Epperson 8-440, 55.0, 71 long, 2 In20, 3 TB. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - 2-29. Weber State - Marciel 2-18. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 2-23. Weber State - 3-72. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 0-2 (missed 50, 40). Weber State - None. DEFENSE: McNeese - Narcisse 10 hits, 1.5 sacks, 2.5 TFL, FF; Thompson 9 hits, TFL; Cahee 6 hits, 0.5 TFL, 3 PBU; Hamner 5 hits, 0.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL; Middleton 5 hits; Brown 5 hits; Dobbs 5 hits; Raggett 4 hits; Ellefsen 4 hits, sack, 2 TFL, 3 QBH; Morgan 4 hits, 0.5 TFL, Int, 2 PBU, R. Bronson 3 hits; Smesny 3 hits, 0.5 TFL; Loveless 3 hits, QBH; Ware 3 hits; M. Bronson 2 hits; Gladney 2 hits, QBH; Sam 2 hits; Hamilton 2 hits; Williams 2 hits; Crouch 2 hits; Thomas 1 hit; LeBlanc 1 hit, QBH; Bennett 1 hit; Bruno 1 hit, TFL; Dorn 1 hit; Lewis 1 hit; Smith 1 hit, 0.5 TFL, QBH. OFFENSIVE LINE: Johnson 45 snaps; Gauthreaux 53 snaps, 1 KD; Chaisson 55 snaps; Agada 70 snaps, 1 KD; Savoie 72 snaps, 3 KD; Everett 35 snaps, 1 KD; Landry 43 snaps; Koonce 3 snaps; Jones 3 snaps INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Babin 11-57; Murray 12-45; Breaux 1-29; Celestie 1-25; Carey 2-10; Stroud 4--19, td. Totals 31-147, td. SLU - Stanley 13-29, td; Chaney 14-25, td; LeBlanc 3-8; Roberson 3-1; Smiley 1-0; Weary 2-0; Fruge 1--5. Totals 41-47, 2 td. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 14-28, 164, 2 td, int; Thompson 1-1, 8. Totals 15-29, 172, 2 td, int. SLU - Stanley 21-35, 247, td; Mothe 1-1, 27. Totals 22-36, 274, td. RECEIVING: McNeese - Celestie 2-30; Murray 2-48, td; Spencer 2-29; Thomas 2-19, td; Babin 2-9; Briscoe 1-27; Myers 1-8; Dixon 1-8; Carey 1-4. SLU - Fruge 6-96; McCrea 5-90; Chaney 3-11; Moore 2-19; Smiley 2-8; Mueller 1-27; Malott 1-11; LeBlanc 1-9; Jenkins 1-3, td. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 4-150, 37.5, 48 long, 2 In20. SLU - Mothe 2-85, 42.5, 46 long; Stanley 1-42, 42.0, 42 long. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 1-10; SLU - McCrea 1-35. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 2-34; Murray 1-17; Ellefsen 1-10. SLU - Smiley 3-49; Hubert 1-7. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 1-2 (made 30, missed 36). SLU - 1-1 (made 49) DEFENSE: McNeese - Cahee 10 hits, 2 TFL, FF, PBU; Thompson 7 hits, TFL, FF; Dobbs 7 hits, TFL; B. Brown 6 hits, TFL; Hamner 5 hits, TFL, QBH; Thomas 5 hits, PBU; Spikes 5 hits, TFL, QBH; R. Bronson 5 hits, FR; Ellefsen 4 hits, 2 TFL, QBH; Loveless 4 hits, TFL, PBU; Ware 4 hits, TFL, FR; Dorn 3 hits, 2 TFL, QBH; Smesny 3 hits, FF, PBU; Morgan 3 hits, FR, QBH; Scott 2 hits; Williams 2 hits, 0.5 TFL, 2 QBH; Raggett 2 hits, TFL; Smith 1 hit; Sam 1 hit; Carey 1 hit; Bruno 1 hit; Murray 1 hit; Bennett 1 hit; Middleton 1 hit; LeBlanc 1 hit; Fontenot 1 hit, PBU OFFENSIVE LINE: Chaisson 65 snaps; Agada 64 snaps; Savoie 57 snaps; Johnson 46 snaps; Gauthreaux 44 snaps; Everett 25 snaps; Landry 18 snaps
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2012 Game Recaps
Game 5 • McNeese 30, Northwestern State 22
Sept. 29 at Lake Charles, La. (10,532) Northwestern St. 0 0 14 8 - 22 McNeese 7 10 3 10 - 30 McN (1st, 6:29) Josh Jordan 17 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (2nd, 14:07) Diontae Spencer 43 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 McN (2nd, 00:00) Lewis 17 yd field goal, McN 17-0 NWLA (3rd, 13:56) Clifton Brown 18 yd pass from Brad Henderson, Shaughnessy kick, McN 17-7 McN (3rd, 4:33), Lewis 21 yd field goal, McN 20-7 NWLA (3rd, 2:44) Phillip Harvey 41 yd pass from Henderson, Shaughnessy kick, McN 20-14 McN (4th, 10:19), Lewis 31 yd field goal, McN 23-14 McN (4th, 9:28) Javaris Murray 18 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 30-14 NWLA (4th, 5:58) Jovhan Jilbert 58 yd pass from Henderson, Robert Walker pass from Henderson, McN 30-22 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
NWLA 18 4 11 3 27-58 287 24-40-1 345 2-2 5-44 6-38.5 0 78 25:27 3 of 13 2 of 3 1 of 1
McN 22 9 9 4 50-209 195 12-25-0 404 1-1 6-46 5-45.6 25 104 34:33 7 of 17 1 of 1 5 of 6
Game 6 • Central Arkansas 27, McNeese 26
Oct. 13 at Lake Charles, La. (12,913) Central Arkansas 7 3 0 17 - 27 McNeese 3 9 0 14 - 26 UCA (1st, 10:25) Jesse Grandy 36 yd pass from Wynrick Smothers, Eddie Camara kick, UCA 7-0 McN (1st, 4:15) Josh Lewis 20 yd field goal, UCA 7-3 UCA (2nd, 14:14) Camara 41 yd field goal, UCA 10-3 McN (2nd, 7:46) Cody Stroud 1 yd run, Lewis kick failed, UCA 10-9 McN (2nd, 00:00) Lewis 31 yd field goal, McN 12-10 McN (4th, 10:16) Marcus Wiltz 12 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 19-10 UCA (4th, 8:14) Grandy 33 yd pass from Smothers, Camara kick, McN 19-17 McN (4th, 3:28) Wiltz 29 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 26-17 UCA (4th, 1:10) Dezmin Lewis 19 yd pass from Smothers, Camara kick, McN 26-24 UCA (4th, 00:23) Camara 47 yd field goal, UCA 27-26 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
UCA 20 9 11 0 30-97 254 26-41-2 351 0-0 7-60 4-43.2 2-11 5-310 27:02 6 of 14 2 of 2 1 of 1
McN 25 14 9 2 44-175 160 18-25-0 335 1-0 3-20 5-36.4 1-43 5-258 32:58 6 of 13 0 of 0 4 of 4
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 21-76; Murray 12-60, td; Babin 9-30; Stroud 4-24; Spencer 3-16; Carey 1-3. NWLA - Walker 3-22; Henderson 11-21; Riley 5-11; Russo 1-5; Taylor 1-3; Morris 2--2; Chiasson 2--2. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 12-25, 195, 2 td. NWLA - Henderson 24-40, 287, 3 td, 1 int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Spencer 4-74, td; Jordan 3-51, td; Carey 3-50; Celestie 1-12; Edmonson 1-8. NWLA - Brown 4-54, td; Harvey 3-50, td; Walker 3-18; Nims 2-23; David 2-19; Goodie 2-19; Taylor 2-3; Jilbert 1-58, td; Graham 1-15; Simmons 1-12; Toussant 1-7; Riley 1-5; Hollier 1-4. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 5-228, 45.6, 67 long, 2 In20. NWLA - Russo 6-231, 38.5, 48 long, 0 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 2-25. NWLA - None KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 4-104. NWLA - Harvey 3-78. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 3-4 (made 17, 21, 31; blocked on 43). NWLA - None. DEFENSE: McNeese - Ellefsen 10 hits, sack, 2.0 TFL, FF; Narcisse 7 hits, 0.5 TFL; Cahee 6 hits; Thompson 5 hits, 0.5 TFL, QBH; Ware 5 hits, TFL; Hamner 4 hits; Smesny 4 hits, PBU, Int.; Thomas 4 hits, TFL, PBU; Dorn 3 hits, FR; Loveless 3 hits; Bronson 2 hits, PBU; Sam 2 hits; Dobbs 2 hits; Breaux 1 hit; Spikes 1 hit; Williams 1 hit, FR, PBU, QBH; Middleton 1 hit; Raggett 1 hit; K. Thomas 1 hit. OFFENSIVE LINE: Chaisson 60 snaps; Agada 80 snaps; Savoie 76 snaps; Johnson 48 snaps; Landry 47 snaps; Gauthreaux 33 snaps; Everett 33 snaps; Jones 3 snaps.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 18-104, 2 td; Murray 9-48; Babin 7-21; Carey 3-11; Stroud 7--9, td. Totals 44-175, 3 td. UCA - Smothers 8-33; Hinton 14-31; Grandy 2-16; Bobo 5-15; Walker 1-2. Totals 30-97. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 18-25, 160. UCA - Smothers 26-41, 254, 3 td, 2 int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Carey 4-56; Celestie 4-32; Jordan 3-27; Spencer 2-17; Wiltz 2-16; Thomas 2-13; Dixon 1-5. UCA - Croom 7-42; Grandy 4-93, 2 td; Hinton 4-38; Lewis 4-36, td; Soft 2-17; Bobo 2-13; Jackson 1-6; Murphy 1-6; Gardner 1-3. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 5-182, 36.4, 52 long, 1 In20. UCA - Buford 4-173, 43.2, 45 long, 1 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 1-43. UCA - Grandy 2-11. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 2-41; Murray 3-48. UCA - Grandy 2-69; Bobo 2-21; Winfrey 1-0. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 2-2 (made 20, 31). UCA - Camara 2-2 (made 41-47). DEFENSE: McNeese - Narcisse 16 hits, 0.5 TFL, PBU, QBH; Thompson 13 hits, TFL; Morgan 8 hits; Smesny 7 hits, QBH; Thomas 6 hits, Int, 2 PBU; Cahee 6 hits; Dorn 5 hits, 0.5 TFL, PBU, QBH; Raggett 5 hits, 0.5 TFL; Williams 5 hits, 0.5 TFL, 2 QBH; Bronson 4 hits, Int, 2 PBU; Ellefsen 3 hits, TFL, PBU, 2 QBH; Dobbs 3 hits, TFL; Hamner 3 hits; Loveless 3 hits, Sack, TFL, QBH; Brown 2 hits; Spikes 1 hit; Ware 1 hit, QBH; Hunter 1 hit, QBH. OFFENSIVE LINE: Arinze Agada 92%, 70 snaps; Alec Savoie 90%, 62 snaps; Antonie Everett 90%, 44 snaps; Taylor Johnson 89%, 47 snaps; Carson Chaisson 88%, 62 snaps; Miguel Gauthreaux 88%, 25 snaps; Jonathan Landry 87%, 36 snaps.
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Game 7 • Sam Houston State 45, McNeese 10 Oct. 20, 2012 at Huntsville, Texas McNeese 7 3 0 0 - 10 SHSU 7 14 10 14 - 45 McN (1st, 9:39) Kelvin Bennett 32 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 SHSU (1st, 00:56) Chance Nelson 14 yd pass from Brian Bell, Miguel Antonio kick, 7-7 McN (2nd, 9:47) Lewis 44 yd field goal, McN 10-7 SHSU (2nd, 7:28) Richard Sincere 44 yd run, Antonio kick, SHSU 14-10 SHSU (2nd, 2:12) Tim Flanders 12 yd run, Antonio kick, SHSU 21-10 SHSU (3rd, 8:24) Brian Bell 1 yd run, Antonio kick, SHSU 28-10 SHSU (3rd, 5:46) Antonio 22 yd field goal, SHSU 31-10 SHSU (4th, 13:26) Sincere 65 yd run, Antonio kick, SHSU 38-10 SHSU (4th, 3:22) Chris Grett 7 yd run, Antonio kick, SHSU 45-10 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 17 7 6 4 26-79 131 12-30-2 210 1-1 7-63 7-37.9 1-6 4-65
SHSU 24 13 9 2 50-348 193 16-25-1 541 1-1 10-110 3-39.7 2-27 3-67
3 of 12 0 of 0 0 of 0
8 of 15 2 of 2 4 of 4
Game 8 • McNeese 35, Stephen F. Austin 24
Oct. 27, 2012 at Lake Charles, La. (12,213) SFA 0 14 10 0 - 24 McNeese 14 7 7 7 - 35 McN (1st, 8:28) Wes Briscoe 11 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (1st, 1:11) Darius Carey 4 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 SFA (2nd, 11:23) Cordell Roberson 3 yd pass from Brady Attaway, Jordan Wiggs kick, McN 14-7 SFA (2nd, 4:46) DJ Ward 9 yd pass from Attaway, Wiggs kick, 14-14 McN (2nd, 1:16) Josh Jordan 20 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 21-14 SFA (3rd, 13:00) Doug Gentry 1 yd run, Wiggs kick, 21-21 SFA (3rd, 7:41) Wiggs 20 yd fg, SFA 24-21 McN (3rd, 3:05) Kenny Brown 15 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 28-24 McN (4th, 3:00) Marcus Wiltz 35 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 35-24 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
SFA 34 12 20 2 32-151 378 42-68-2 529 4-1 6-82 5-31.4 4-16 3-66 27:07 7 of 17 0 of 2 0 of 0
McN 22 7 12 3 42-180 188 19-28-0 368 1-0 6-50 7-40.6 1-34 5-101 32:53 5 of 13 0 of 1 4 of 4
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 5-39; Bennett 7-22; Spencer 1-18; Babin 5-17; Celestie 2-15; Bolfing 2--16; Stroud 3--17. SHSU - Sincere 12-132, 2 td; Flanders 19-105, td; Hill 3-51; Bell 10-33, td; Wilson 2-11; Williams 1-7; Grett 1-7, td; Frank 2-0. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 10-26, 119, td, int; Bolfing 2-3, 12, int; Carey 0-1. SHSU - Bell 16-25, 193, td, int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Carey 4-42; Bennett 3-44, td; Jordan 2-12; Babin 1-14; Celestie 1-12; Spencer 1-7. SHSU - Nelson 5-75, td; Diller 3-49; Sincere 3-23; Standley 1-20; Wilkerson 1-11; Robinson 1-7; Williams 1-5; Wilson 1-3. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 7-265, 37.9, 50 long, 0 In20. SHSU - Foster 2-93, 46.5, 49 long, 0 In20; Bell 1-26, 26.0, 26 long, 1 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 1-6. SHSU - Diller 2-27. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 2-23; Spencer 2-42. SHSU - Diller 2-66; Standley 1-1. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 1-1 (made 44). SHSU - 1-1 (made 22) DEFENSE: Cahee 15 hits; Narcisse 10 hits, QBH; Morgan 10 hits, TFL, FF, FR; Brown 6 hits; Dobbs 5 hits; Thompson 5 hits, TFL, QBH; Hunter 5 hits; Smesny 5 hits, TFL, PBU; Bronson 5 hits; Sam 4 hits, 2 PBU; Thomas 4 hits, Int; Ellefsen 4 hits, QBH; Dorn 4 hits, QBH; LeBlanc 3 hits; Raggett 3 hits, TFL; Spikes 2 hits; Marsh 2 hits; Hamner 2 hits; Williams 2 hits, QBH; Gorman 1 hit; Smith 1 hit, QBH; Merritt 1 hit.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 10-111, td; Murray 11-46; Babin 5-14; Spencer 2-9; Carey 1-4, td; Stroud 2--2. SFA - Johnson 13-93; Gentry 15-84, td; Lawson 1-2; Attaway 3--28. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 19-28, 188, 3 td. SFA - Attaway 42-68, 378, 2 int, 2 td. RECEIVING: McNeese - Spencer 4-43; Celestie 3-23; Briscoe 2-34, td; Jordan 2-26, td; Carey 2-18; Busch 1-17; Brown 1-15, td; Murray 1-7; Edmonson 1-3; Wiltz 1-2; Babin 1-0. SFA - Thomas 7-99; Gambel 7-53; Brooks 7-46; Roberson 6-60, td; Ward 6-50, td; Lott 3-29; Lacy 3-21; Mosley 2-14; Lawson 1-6. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 7-284, 40.6, 50 long, 4 In20. SFA - Attaway 3-79, 26.3, 29 long, 2 In20; Bruno 2-78, 39.0, 39 long, 1 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 1-34. SFA - Lacy 4-16. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 2-34; Spencer 3-67. SFA - Lacy 2-56; Ward 1-10. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 0-0. SFA - Wiggs 1-1 (made 20) DEFENSE: Cahee 15 hits, PBU; Morgan 12 hits, 3 PBU; Smesny 12 hits; Thomas 11 hits, Int., 3 PBU; Bronson 10 hits, Int., 2 PBU; Narcisse 8 hits, 1.5 TFL, PBU; Sam 5 hits, FF, FR, 3 PBU; Thompson 5 hits, 0.5 TFL; Brown 4 hits; Dorn 4 hits, sack, TFL, PBU, 2 QBH; Dobbs 3 hits, PBU; Williams 3 hits, 2 QBH; Ellefsen 3 hits, FF, 2 QBH; Long 2 hits; Spikes 2 hits; Raggett 2 hits; LeBlanc 2 hits, 0.5 TFL; Hamner 1 hit, 2 PBU; Smith 1 hit, TFL; Hunter 1 hit, PBU. OFFENSIVE LINE: Agada 90%, 77 snaps; Everett 88%, 42 snaps; Johnson 87%, 63 snaps; Landry 85%, 32 snaps; Chaisson 85%, 49 snaps; Savoie 84%, 77 snaps; Gauthreaux 80%, 28 snaps.
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2012 Game Recaps
Game 9 • McNeese 42, Nicholls State 10
Nov. 3 at Thibodaux, La. (5,299) McNeese 7 14 7 14 - 42 Nicholls State 0 3 0 7 - 10 McN (1st, 12:34) Wes Briscoe 24 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (2nd, 10:09) Marcus Wiltz 1 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 NICH (2nd, 6:03) Andrew Dolan 27 yd field goal, McN 14-3 McN (2nd, 00:19) Ernest Celestie 8 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 21-3 McN (3rd, 1:31) Darius Carey 32 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 28-3 McN (4th, 10:29) Kenny Brown 7 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 35-3 NICH (4th, 2:53) Dalton Hilliard 10 yd run, Dolan kick, McN 35-10 McN (4th, 1:50) Kelvin Bennett 76 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 42-10 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 24 12 11 1 42-276 274 17-29-1 550 1-0 7-90 3-45.3 2-17 3-22 31:29 7 of 12 1 of 2 3 of 3
NICH 21 6 12 3 25-110 265 24-37-4 375 1-0 7-52 4-36.8 1-29 3-57 28:31 3 of 11 0 of 1 2 of 5
Game 10 • UTSA 31, McNeese 24
Nov. 10 at San Antonio, Texas (25,784) McNeese 7 3 0 14 - 24 UTSA 0 7 14 10 - 31 McN (1st, 9:38) Wes Briscoe 12 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 UTSA (2nd, 2:53) Evans Okotcha 23 yd pass from Eric Soza, Kristian Stern kick, 7-7 McN (2nd, 00:16) Lewis 36 yd field goal, McN 10-7 UTSA (3rd, 8:51) Soza 4 yd run, Stern kick, UTSA 14-10 UTSA (3rd, 3:43) Okotcha 9 yd run, Stern kick, UTSA 21-10 UTSA (4th, 14:10) Brandon Armstrong 31 yd pass from Soza, Stern kick, UTSA 28-10 UTSA (4th, 9:55) Stern 31 yd field goal, UTSA 31-10 McN (4th, 6:18) Dylan Long 6 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, UTSA 31-17 McN (4th, 3:05) Marcus Wiltz 3 yd run, Lewis kick, UTSA 31-24 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 29 6 20 3 26-93 346 34-46-1 439 1-1 9-95 3-37.0 2-6 5-102 28:39 6 of 12 0 of 0 4 of 5
UTSA 22 2 16 4 32-96 262 24-37-0 358 1-0 7-62 5-41.6 0-0 3-52 31:21 12 of 19 1 of 1 3 of 3
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Bennett 8-94, td; Murray 10-82; Babin 9-42; Wiltz 11-35, td; Celestie 1-14; Brown 1-7, td; Spencer 1-7; Stroud 1--5. NICH - Washington 10-57; Hebert 4-45; Hilliard 1-10, td; Caston 3-2; Klann 7--4. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 17-28, 274, 3 td, int. NICH - Klann 18-25, 177, 2 int; Hebert 6-11, 88, 2 int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Carey 6-125, td; Spencer 4-54; Murray 2-6; Briscoe 1-24, td; Jordan 1-23; Busch 1-18; Edmonson 1-16; Celestie 1-8, td. NICH - Hanberry 4-42; Scelfo 3-63; Lucas 3-29; Nichols 3-23; Bolt 2-52; Nelson 2-15; Turner 2-13; Fortson 2-11; Washington 2-7; Hilliard 1-10. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 3-136, 45.3, 49 long, 1 In20. NICH - Kemps 4-147, 36.8, 40 long, 1 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 2-17. NICH - Bolt 1-29. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 3-22. NICH - Hanberry 3-57. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 0-0. NICH - Dolan 1-1 (27) DEFENSE: Cahee 12 hits, 0.5 TFL, Int, 2 PBU; Morgan 8 hits, 0.5 TFL; Narcisse 8 hits, 0.5 TFL, PBU, QBH; Brown 7 hits, Int, PBU, 2 QBH; Dorn 6 hits, 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 2 QBH; Raggett 5 hits, TFL; Dobbs 5 hits, 2 QBH; Spikes 5 hits; Bronson 4 hits, Int, PBU; Hamner 4 hits, PBU; Williams 3 hits, sack, 2 TFL; Ellefsen 3 hits, TFL, PBU; Sam 2 hits, sack, TFL, Int; Merritt 2 hits; LeBlanc 2 hits, QBH; Flanigan 1 hit; Gorman 1 hit; Gorman 1 hit; Phillips 1 hit; Gladney 1 hit; Middleton 1 hit; Hunter QBH; Thomas PBU. OFFENSIVE LINE: Agada 92%, 55 snaps; Chaisson 90%, 66 snaps; Johnson 90%, 55 snaps; Savoie 88%, 66 snaps; Everett 88%, 41 snaps; Gauthreaux 87%, 46 snaps; Landry 25 snaps; Jones 7 snaps; Koonce 7 snaps. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 12-63, td; Murray 5-16; Carey 3-14; Babin 2-8; Bennett 2-5; Stroud 2--13. UTSA - Okotcha 10-50, td; Jones 4-27; Glasco 10-11; Soza 4-8, td; Armstrong 1-5; Vaughn 2--3. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 34-46, 346, 2 td, int. UTSA - Soza 24-37, 262, 2 td. RECEIVING: McNeese - Briscoe 6-99, td; Spencer 6-62; Carey 4-50; Babin 4-21; Dixon 3-28; Wiltz 2-20; Edmonson 2-17; Long 2-13, td; Celestie 2-12; Jordan 1-12; Murray 1-6; Thomas 1-6. UTSA Okotcha 3-37, td; Monroe 3-33; Jones 3-31; Mack 3-26; Freeman 2-40; Holmes 2-19; Shaw 2-11; Harrison 2-4; Armstrong 1-31, td; Grubb 1-18; Hubble 1-6; Glasco 1-6. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 2-86, 43.0, 61 long, 0In20. UTSA - Stern 5-208, 41.6, 50 long, 1 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 2-6. UTSA - None KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Spencer 4-87; Murray 1-15. UTSA - Monroe 1-30; Grubb 1-19; Armstrong 1-3. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - Lewis 1-2 (Made 36, Missed 26); UTSA - Stern 1-1 (Made 31) DEFENSE: Raggett 13 hits, 2.0 TFL; Cahee 9 hits, PBU; Bronson 9 hits; Dobbs 8 hits; Ellefsen 7 hits, 1.5 TFL, PBU, 3 QBH; Morgan 6 hits, TFL, FF, PBU, QBH; Dorn 5 hits, 0.5 TFL, 2 QBH; Brown 4 hits, TFL; Narcisse 4 hits; Thompson 4 hits; Hunter 3 hits, 1.5 TFL; Sam 3 hits, PBU; Williams 2 hits, QBH; Thomas 2 hits, PBU; Loveless 1 hit; Gorman 1 hit; Ware 1 hit. OFFENSIVE LINE: Savoie 75 snaps; Agada 74 snaps; Chaisson 72 snaps; Johnson 48 snaps; Landry 44 snaps; Gauthreaux 34 snaps; Everett 29 snaps.
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Team Statistics SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters McNeese State Opponents
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298 33.1 202 95 83 24 1947 2112 165 381 5.1 216.3 19 1735 136-230-5 7.5 12.8 192.8 17 3682 611 6.0 409.1 33-629 15-244 15-52 19.1 16.3 3.5 10-5 62-527 58.6 41-1657 40.4 36.0 56-3358 60.0 49.9 3 2 :1 0 48/111 43% 4/6 67% 14-118 0 38 11-16 0-0 (34-38) 89% (25-38) 66% (37-38) 97% 48949 4/12237
202 22.4 186 65 106 15 1024 1291 267 287 3.6 113.8 11 2284 226-362-15 6.3 10.1 253.8 14 3308 649 5.1 367.6 37-912 15-162 5-47 24.6 10.8 9.4 18-10 62-602 66.9 43-1814 42.2 33.3 40-2346 58.7 39.2 2 7 :3 8 51/131 39% 12/22 55% 15-107 26 25 8-8 1-2 (24-31) 77% (19-31) 61% (22-22) 100% 48548 5/9710 0/0
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2012 Cowboys Football McNeese Sports Information • Jack Doland Athletic Field House • 700 E. McNeese • Lake Charles, LA • (337) 475-5207 • Fax (337) 475-5202 SID: Matthew Bonnette • [email protected] • @McNBonnette • cell (337) 304-1658 • www.McNeeseSports.com
McNeese State (6-4, 3-3 SLC)
2012 Schedule (6-4, 3-3)
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Aug. 30 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17
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at Middle Tennessee W 27-21 (ESPN3) McMURRY W 69-7 at Weber State W 35-21 (BSTV) *at Southeastern La. L 25-24 *NORTHWESTERN STATE W 30-22 #19/21*CENTRAL ARKANSAS L 27-26 *at #6/6 Sam Houston St. L 45-10 (CSN) *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (HC) W 35-24 *at Nicholls State W 42-10 (SLCTV) at Texas-San Antonio L 31-24 *LAMAR 7:00
* Southland Conference games all times are Central
2012 Quick Facts Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Charles, Louisiana Founded: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1939 Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,900 Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cowboys Mascot: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowdy Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue (287) and Gold (116) Stadium (Capacity): . . . . . . Louis Bonnette Field at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cowboy Stadium (17,610) Surface: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Artificial, GeoMax2 Conference: . . . . . . . . . . Southland (Division I FCS) Joined Southland: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Philip C. Williams Athletics Director: . . . . . . . . . . . Tommy McClelland Head Coach: . . . Matt Viator (McNeese State, 1986) Seasons: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Career Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-24 Seasons at McNeese: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Record at McNeese: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-24 2011 Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 SLC Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3/4th First Year of Football: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1940 All-time Record (years): . . . . . . . . 453-269-13 (68) First Year of SLC Football: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 All-time SLC Record (years): . . . . . . . 191-84-5 (40) SLC Championships (last): . . . . . . . . . . . 13 (2009) FCS Playoff Appearances (last): . . . . . . . 14 (2009) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . . . . . . . . . . . 53/13 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: . . . . . . . . . 9/2 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: . . . . . . . . . 8/3
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Lamar (4-7, 1-5 SLC)
Cowboy Stadium (17,610) • Lake Charles, La. Nov. 17, 2012 • 7 p.m. • McNeese Radio Network SENIOR DAY
Game Information
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Lamar Cardinals
Streaming: . . . . . . . McNeeseSports.com Rankings (TSN/Coaches) . . . . . . . RV/RV Rankings (TSN/Coaches) . . . . . . . NR/NR TV: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None 2012 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4/3-3 SLC 2012 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7/1-5 SLC Radio: . . . . . . . McNeese Radio Network Last Game: . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 3 at UTSA Last Game: . . . . . . . . Nov. 10 vs. Nicholls (Tom Hoefer, play-by-play; Johnny Suydam, color; Richard Dow, sideline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L 31-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W 34-24 Live Stats: . . . . . www.McNeeseSports.com Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Viator Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Woodard Twitter: . . . . . . . . . . . . . @McNeeseFootball Record at McN (yr): . . . . . . . . 51-24 (7th) Record at LU (yrs): . . . . . . . . . 13-20 (3rd) The Series: . . . . McNeese leads 22-12-1 Career Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same Career Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-16 (4th) vs. Lamar: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 vs. McN: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2
Quick Hits • McNeese will celebrate Senior Day at Saturday’s game • Members of the 1997 Southland championship team and FCS national championship game participant will be in attendance as well and will be recognized at halftime • Cowboy’s have secured their 8th straight winning season - longest streak in the SLC • MSU holds a 22-12-1 lead in the all-time series against Lamar and is 2-0 since the series resumed in 2010 • 11-5 record against the Cardinals in Cowboy Stadium • McNeese’s score to open the game at UTSA was the 5th time this season the Cowboys have scored on their opening drive of the ballgame • QB Cody Stroud set a new single-game school record with 34 pass completions against UTSA... he threw for a career-best 346 yards • Stroud’s total passing yards was the 4th most recorded in a single-game in school history... he has also thrown 8 td passes in the last three games and has 17 on the season - 4th most in a single-season in Cowboy history • WR Wes Briscoe caught a TD pass for the third consecutive game... all three were the Cowboys’ first score • Briscoe also had a career-high 6 catches and a season-best 99 yards receiving • McNeese kept UTSA off the scoreboard in the first quarter making it the fifth time this season and third straight game for the Cowboys to hold their opponents scoreless in the opening period • Matt Viator won his 51st career game as head coach at McNeese against Nicholls... he has moved into sole possession of 4th on the school’s all-time chart for most wins... he needs 7 more to tie Les DeVall for 3rd • Running backs Champlain Babin and Marcus Wiltz have topped the 1,000 career rushing yards mark this season... currently, Wiltz has 1,207 while Babin has rushed for 1,139 • With 4 catches on Saturday, Darius Carey has now caught at least one pass in every game as a Cowboy (21 straight games) • Two of McNeese’s conference losses are by a combined two points (25-24 at SLU, 27-26 vs. UCA) • Academic rates are out and McNeese football has set a record with an APR of 961... numbers won’t be officially released until April but the 961 is the highest recorded by McNeese football in school history • Outscored opponents 188-71 in first half for the season • Collected 450th all-time win against Weber State • McNeese is the dean of the Southland Conference, having joined the league in 1972 • Cowboys have won 13 SLC championships - more than three times more than the next current league foe • McNeese played in the 1997 and 2002 FCS national championship game - falling 10-9 to Youngstown State in 1997 and 34-14 to Western Kentucky in 2002 • The Pokes have made 14 FCS playoff appearances, more than double the amount of the next Southland team
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2012 Opponent Tracker
Middle Tennessee State (6-3) Last Week: OPEN This Week: at South Alabama McMurry University (7-3) Last Week: W 47-14 vs. Bacone This Week: vs. Univ. of Mexico Weber State (1-9) Last Week: L 42-34 vs. N. Colorado This Week: at Idaho State Southeastern Louisiana (4-6) Last Week: W 42-27 vs. SFA This Week: at Nicholls (Thursday) Northwestern State (4-6) Last Week: L 52-17 vs. Sam Houston St. This Week: at Stephen F. Austin Central Arkansas (8-2) Last Week: OPEN This Week: vs. Eastern Illinois Sam Houston State (8-2) Last Week: W 52-17 at Northwestern St. This Week: at Texas A&M Stephen F. Austin (4-6) Last Week: L 42-27 at SLU This Week: vs. Northwestern State Nicholls State (1-8) Last Week: L 34-24 at Lamar This Week: vs. Southeastern La. (Thurs) Texas-San Antonio (6-4) Last Week: W 31-24 vs. McNeese This Week: at Idaho Lamar (4-7) Last Week: W 34-24 vs. Nicholls State This Week: at McNeese
McNeese holds advantage in all-time series
McNeese has a 22-12-1 lead in the all-time series against Lamar and is 2-0 since the series resumed in 2010. • Cowboys are 11-5 against the Cardinals in Cowboy Stadium and have won the last four games played in the venue • Last Lamar win in Cowboy Stadium came by way of a 12-3 victory in 1982
UTSA game was one for the record books for Stroud
Junior quarterback Cody Stroud has the best statistical game of his career last Saturday against the Roadrunner. Not only did Stroud throw for a career-best 346 yards, he also broke or tied several McNeese school records • His 34 pass completions buried the old single-game record of 25 completions set by Subester Brooks in 1985 and tied by Derrick Fourroux in 2009 • Stroud completed 11 straight passes in the fourth quarter to tie the school record set by Blake Prejean against Northern Iowa in 1999 • His 346 yards passing is the fourth most in a single-game in school history • Stroud’s two touchdown passes gives him 17 on the season - 4th most in a single-season • Those two tds also increases his career total to 29 which ranks him 6th on the school’s career list • He became the 11th player in school history to record 4,000 total offensive yards... he currently has 4,277 to rank 9th on the school’s all-time career list
Two Cowboys honored for play at UTSA
McNeese safety Chris Raggett and wide receiver Wes Briscoe have been recognized by College Football Performance Awards as their pick as the Southland Conference’s defensive back player of the week and wide receiver of the week. • Raggett led the McNeese defense with 13 tackles and two tackles for a loss • Briscoe caught a career-high six passes for a season-high 99 yards and a touchdown
McNeese secures 8th straight winning season
With its 42-10 win over Nicholls on Nov. 3, McNeese has assured itselft its eighth consecutive winning season. That’s the longest streak in the Southland Conference with the next closest teams being Sam Houston State and Central Arkansas with three straight winning seasons counting this year. Top FCS teams with consecutive winning streaks including 2012 Team Montana Appalachian State Harvard Montana State Jacksonville State James Madison Drake New Hampshire McNeese Albany Liberty
Streak 26 19 12 11 10 10 9 9 8 7 6
2012 Record Notes 5-5 Must defeat Montana State to secure 27th 8-3 7-2 9-1 Plays Montana on Saturday 6-4 7-3 7-3 8-2 6-4 Secured 8th straight winning season 8-2 5-5 Must beat VMI (2-8) to secure 7th straight
Other Southland Conference teams with winning season streaks Team Streak Sam Houston State 3 Central Arkansas 3
2012 Record Notes 8-2 Secured 3rd straight winning season 8-2 Secured 3rd straight winning season
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McNeese to recognize 22 seniors on Saturday
Media Services
Twenty-two McNeese Cowboys will don the blue and gold for the final time in their career on Contact: Saturday when the Cowboys host Lamar. A pregame ceremony will take place to recognize those Matthew Bonnette seniors. The list includes: OL Mitchell Amy, RB Champlain Babin, FS Malcolm Bronson, WR/PR 700 E. McNeese Street Darius Carey, OL Carson Chaisson, WR Damion Dixon, WR DeVionté Edmonson, OL Miguel Gau- Jack V. Doland Athletic Field House Lake Charles, LA 70607 threaux, OL Taylor Johnson, TE Josh Jordan, OL Brett Koonce, OL Jonathan Landry, DE Eric LeBlanc, Phone: (337) 475-5207 K Josh Lewis, FB Kegan Myers, LB Joe Narcisse, S Chris Raggett, OL Alec Savoie, FB Logan Slaydon, Cell: (337) 304-1658 S Ford Smesny, CB Seth Thomas and DT Pat Williams. FAX: (337) 475-5202 • Of those 22 seniors, 8 have been named All-Conference at one time or another Email: [email protected] Website: McNeeseSports.com • Three (Bronson, Savoie, Carey) have earned All-American honors • In four years, these players have helped compile 27 wins (just about a 7-win per season averMatt Viator Weekly Teleconference: age) and helped win the 2009 SLC championship
Cowboys Creating Tons of Turnovers
It’s been quite a while since the McNeese defense has had such an advantage in the turnover margin department. • Cowboys are currently plus-13 in turnover margin • The last time McNeese had this high of a plus margin was in the 2007 regular season unbeaten slate with a plus-17 number • 6 interceptions in last three games • For the first time this season, McNeese did not force a turnover when it failed to get a takeaway from UTSA
Viator Reaches Milestone Win
With the 42-10 win over Nicholls State on Nov. 3, head coach Matt Viator has now notched 51 victories in his career at McNeese. • 4th on the school all-time career win list... needing 7 more to tie Les DeVall for 3rd • Second fastest head coach to get to 50 wins in career in school history • Most wins among Southland head coaches at their respective schools • Tied for 9th on the SLC list for all-time wins • Has never had a losing season
Tuesday: Southland Conference Teleconference beginning at 10:30 a.m. Coach Viator’s time is scheduled for 10:47 a.m. The number to call is 1-888-757-2790 and a password must be entered. Request a password by contacting Matthew Bonnette.
Media Luncheons:
McNeese will hold its weekly media luncheon on Tuesdays during the season. Head coach Matt Viator will speak at approximately 12:30 and will be available after the press conference as well. Players will be available for interviews between 1-1:30 at the field house.
Practice Coverage:
Practices are open to the media and public but interviews will not be conducted until after practice is over.
Postgame Interviews:
Interviews with players and coaches will be conducted on the playing field after a 10-minute cooling off period. Please coordinate through the sports information office for interview needs.
Carey extends streak to 21 straight games
Senior WR/PR returner Darius Carey caught 4 passes on Saturday to extend his streak to 21 consecutive games with a reception. A transfer from North Texas prior to last season, Carey has caught at least one pass in every game (21) in his McNeese career. He currently leads the team with 30 catches for 430 yards.
Wiltz, Babin reach Career Milestone
Running backs Marcus Wiltz and Champlain Babin have both topped the 1,000 career rushing yards mark this season • Wiltz has 1,207 rushing yards in his career and Babin 1,139... both are on the verge of cracking the school’s top 25 career rushing list
Wiltz brings 4th Quarter Magic
Marcus Wiltz is definitely the go-to back when the Cowboys need yards in the fourth quarter. Due to either games getting out of hand or being injured, Wiltz has played in the 4th quarter just five times this season but his presence has been known. In those games, he has accumulated 188 rushing yards (22 at Middle Tennessee, 25 vs. Northwestern State, 66 vs. Central Arkansas, 51 vs. Stephen F. Austin and 24 at Nicholls). He has also scored on touchdown runs of 29 yards (vs. UCA) and 35 yards (vs. SFA). He is averaging 38 yards a game in the 4th quarter alone.
McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar •
Rushing Game’s Big Gains
The McNeese running game, ranked No. 2 in the Southland Conference and 21st nationally with a 204.0 per game average, has had 58 plays this season where it has rushed for 10 yards or more. Twelve of those plays came against Middle Tennessee, 10 more against McMurry, 5 at Weber State, 4 at SLU, 5 against Northwestern St., 6 vs. UCA, 4 at Sam, 4 vs. SFA, 8 at Nicholls and 1 at UTSA. Yds Rusher Opp Score
Yds Rusher Opp Score
11 Murray MTSU
No
16 Murray SLU
No
12 Murray MTSU
No
14 Babin
NSU
No
14 Babin
MTSU
No
12 Spencer NSU
No
12 Wiltz
MTSU
No
12 Wiltz
NSU
No
20 Carey
MTSU
No
14 Stroud NSU
No
15 Wiltz
MTSU
No
18 Murray NSU
TD
22 Wiltz
MTSU
No
10 Wiltz
UCA
No
16 Celestie MTSU
No
10 Wiltz
UCA
No
12 Babin
MTSU
No
15 Murray UCA
No
12 Celestie MTSU
No
10 Wiltz
UCA
No
19 Babin
MTSU
No
12 Wiltz
UCA
TD
14 Celestie MTSU
No
29 Wiltz
UCA
TD
14 Carey
MCM
No
12 Babin
SHSU
No
11 Murray MCM
No
18 Spencer SHSU
No
11 Wiltz
MCM
No
33 Wiltz
SHSU
No
12 Bennett MCM
No
10 Babin
SHSU
No
27 Alfred MCM
No
22 Murray SFA
No
15 Alfred MCM
No
21 Wiltz
SFA
No
10 Bennett MCM
No
12 Spencer SFA
No
13 Bennett MCM
No
35 Wiltz
TD
17 Bennett MCM
TD
28 Murray NICH
No
10 Berlin MCM
No
12 Murray NICH
No
15 Spencer WSU
No
17 Babin
NICH
No
10 Murray WSU
No
11 Murray NICH
No
91 Spencer WSU
TD
14 Murray NICH
No
12 Celestie WSU
No
14 Celestie NICH
No
76 Murray WSU
TD
12 Wiltz
NICH
No
12 Babin
SLU
No
76 Bennett NICH
TD
29 Breaux SLU
No
16 Wiltz
No
25 Celestie SLU
No
SFA
UTSA
Rushing for 200 Equals Victory
• Since 2000, the Cowboys have rushed for 200 or more yards in 63 games and is 58-5 when doing so • Since Matt Viator has been head coach, McNeese has rushed 200 or more 33 times and the team has compiled a 30-3 record • McNeese is 5-0 this season when rushing for 200 or more in a game and 1-3 this when rushing for less than 200 yards. 200 or more yards rushing games this season: Yards 298 282 301 209 276
Date 8/30 9/8 9/15 9/29 11/3
Opponent at Middle Tennessee McMurry at Weber State Northwestern State at Nicholls State
Outcome W 27-21 W 69-7 W 35-21 W 30-22 W 42-10
The top 5 rushing performances since the start of the 2006 season are: Yards 418 311 301 299 298
Date 11/7/09 11/24/07 9/15/12 11/8/08 8/30/12
Opponent Sam Houston State Central Arkansas at Weber State Stephen F. Austin at Middle Tennessee
Outcome W 63-42 W 41-14 W 35-21 W 42-31 W 27-21
Youngsters Making Noise
Several Cowboy true and redshirt freshmen have seen a significant amount of playing time this season • True freshman punter Jean Breaux ranks 6th in the SLC with a 40.5 average and has had 4 punts downed inside the 5 yard line and 6 inside the 10... he’s second in the league with 15 punts downed inside the 20 and is 4th in net punting with a 35.6 average • True freshman linebacker Bo Brown got his first career start against SFA and responded with his first interception of his young career. He also tipped a pass that was picked off by the Cowboys. At Middle Tennessee, he recovered a fumbled punt return that led to a McNeese score and eventually the win... he ranks 7th on the team with 43 tackles • RS freshmen RBs Terrell Alford, Kelvin Bennett and Dillon Berlin finished 1-2-3 in rushing for the game against McMurry... Bennet led the Cowboys with 94 yards rushing at Nicholls • True freshman DE Cameron Smith has 8 quarterback hurries • True freshman DB Brenten Spikes had his redshirt pulled after the injury to Bronson... has appeared in the last 8 games and has 16 tackles, a tackle for a loss and a QB hurry • RS freshman CB Gabe Hamner has seen action in all 10 games and is 13th on the team with 31 tackles... got his first career start against Northwestern State... has 3.5 tackles for a loss, 0.5 sacks, 3 passes broken up, 1 forced fumble and 1 QB hurry
Zoning in when in Red Zone
The Cowboys are doing a great job of getting points when they get inside of the Red Zone • 43 times in the Red Zone this year with 38 scores, an 88.4 percentage • 28 TDs and 10 FGs. Three missed FGs and two fumbles • Opponents are 27 of 34 in the Red Zone (21 TDs, 6 FGs) • McNeese is 15 for its last 16 in Red Zone chances in the last five games.
Offensive Line Leading the Way
• Line has helped open up holes that has allowed the running game to chalk up 57 rushing plays of 10 yards or more on the season
McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar •
Scouting the Cardinals The Cardinals picked up their first conference win this season with a 34-24 victory against Nicholls State ... Lamar improved to 4-1 all-time against Nicholls in football, including a 3-0 record in Beaumont ... Kevin Johnson caught a touchdown in the first quarter for his 13th score of the season to match the single-season Lamar record set by Sammy Carpenter in 1952 ... Johnson has 10 receiving touchdowns which is the second highest single-season total in school history ... he trails Howard Robinson, who recorded 12 in 1979 ... QB Ryan Mossakowski got his first start since the Sept. 29 conference opener against Southeastern Louisiana ... Mossakowski was 15 of 24 for 168 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions before getting knocked out of the game in the third quarter ... the Cardinals play their most com-
mon opponent in McNeese State this Saturday in the Battle of the Border ... Lamar is 8-21-1 all-time against McNeese State as a four-year institution ... the Cowboys have won eight of the last nine meetings and both games since Lamar resumed its football program, including 45-17 win in Beaumont last year ... in last year’s game, Lamar wide receiver J.J. Hayes snagged a school-record 14 catches in the game ... Hayes finished with 189 yards and a touchdown in the game ... QB Caleb Berry, who relieved Ryan Mossakowski Saturday against Nicholls, came off the bench last season against McNeese State to finish 16 of 23 for 150 yards with a touchdown and two picks.
2012 Team Stat Comparisons
2012 Schedule (4-7, 1-5) Date Opponent Result Sept. 1 at UL-Lafayette L 40-0 Sept. 8 Prairie View W 31-0 Sept. 15 at Hawaii L 54-2 Sept. 22 Langston W 31-0 Oct. 6 *at Northwestern State L 30-23 Oct. 13 McMurry W 52-21 Oct. 20 *at Central Arkansas L 24-14 Oct. 27 *Sam Houston State L 56-7 Nov. 3 *at Stephen F. Austin L 40-26 Nov. 10 *Nicholls State W 34-24 Nov. 17 *at McNeese 7:00 * - Southland Conference game
McN 32.2 23.3 204.0 208.1 412.1 112.0 254.6 366.6
Category Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Rushing Offense Passing Offense Total Offense Rushing Defense Passing Defense Total Defense
LU 21.9 29.1 123.8 162.6 286.5 151.1 203.5 354.6
2012 UTSA Statistical Leaders
Rushing
Yds
Lg
TD
Avg.
DePaul Garrett 115 473 Hershel Sims 96 388
35 25
2 2
52.6 55.4
Passing
No.
C-A-I
Yds
Lg
TD
Avg.
R. Mossakowski 113-193-8 1194 60 13 149.2 Receiving
No.
Barry Ford 44 Reggie Begelton 21 Kevin Johnson 19
Yds
Lg
TD
431 25 172 18 309 34
1 1 10
Kick Returns
No.
Yds
Kevin Johnson
20
586 89
Lg
Avg. TD
29.3
2
McNeese
vs.
2011
McNeese 45, at Lamar 17
1967
Lamar 24, at McNeese 8
2010
at McNeese 30, Lamar 27
1966
at Lamar 18, McNeese 14
1989
at Lamar 22, McNeese 17
1956
at Lamar 18, McNeese 17
1988
at McNeese 18, Lamar 17
1955
at McNeese 17, Lamar 0
1987
McNeese 44, at Lamar 38
1952
McNeese 47, at Lamar 7
1986
at McNeese 38, Lamar 7
1951
at McNeese 13, Lamar 7 (JC)
1985
McNeese 28, at Lamar 7
1949
Lamar 33, at McNeese 14
1984
at McNeese 34, Lamar 14
1948
at Lamar 20, McNeese 6
1983
McNeese 17, at Lamar 7
1947
at McNeese 21, Lamar 7
1982
Lamar 12, at McNeese 3
1946
at Lamar 21, McNeese 7
1981
McNeese 20, at Lamar 20
1940
at Lamar 34, McNeese 0
1980
at McNeese 35, Lamar 3
1979
McNeese 35, at Lamar 24
1978
McNeese 24, at Lamar 23
1977
Lamar 35, at McNeese 7
1976
McNeese 27, at Lamar 0
1975
at McNeese 20, Lamar 10
1974
at Lamar 17, McNeese 3
Punt Returns
No.
Yds
Lg
Avg. TD
1973
at McNeese 20, Lamar 17
Mik Venson
14
97
20
6.9
0
1972
McNeese 17, at Lamar 7
Defense
UA-A Total Sacks TFL
1971
at McNeese 38, Lamar 0
Jermaine Longino Chad Allen J. Washington
57-41 98 52-24 76 37-25 62
1970
McNeese 17, at Lamar 12
1969
Lamar 13, at McNeese 7
1968
McNeese 10, at Lamar 0
2.0 - 2.0
6.5 3.5 6.0
Lamar Series
McNeese leads 22-12-1 (11-5 home; 11-7-1 road)
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McNeese Offense Game at Middle Tennessee McMurry University at Weber State at Southeastern La. Northwestern State Central Arkansas at Sam Houston St. Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls State at UT-San Antonio Lamar
McNeese Defense Game at Middle Tennessee McMurry University at Weber State at Southeastern La. Northwestern State Central Arkansas at Sam Houston St. Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls State at UT-San Antonio Lamar
2012 Game-by-Game Starters QB Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud Stroud
TB Wiltz Wiltz Wiltz Murray Wiltz Wiltz Wiltz Murray Wiltz Wiltz
FB - - - Myers - - - Myers Myers Myers
WR Spencer Spencer Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey Carey
WR Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie Celestie
WR Briscoe Briscoe Edmonson - Briscoe Briscoe Spencer - Briscoe Briscoe
TE Jordan Jordan Jordan Thomas Jordan Jordan Jordan Jordan - -
LT Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson
LG Gauthreaux Gauthreaux Gauthreaux Gauthreaux Gauthreaux Landry Landry Landry Landry Landry
C Chaisson Chaisson Chaisson Chaisson Chaisson Gauthreaux Chaisson Chaisson Chaisson Chaisson
RG Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada Agada
LE Loveless Loveless Loveless Loveless LeBlanc Loveless Loveless LeBlanc LeBlanc Loveless
LT Ware Ware Ware Ware Dorn Dorn Dorn Dorn Dorn Dorn
RT Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams
RE Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen Ellefsen
MLB Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Brown Thompson
WLB Narcisse Narcisse Narcisse Dobbs Narcisse Narcisse Narcisse Narcisse Narcisse Dobbs
BS Smesny Smesny Smesny Smesny Smesny Smesny Smesny Smesny Raggett Raggett
BC Morgan Morgan Morgan Morgan Hamner Morgan Morgan Morgan Morgan Morgan
WS Cahee Cahee Cahee R. Bronson Cahee Cahee Cahee Cahee Cahee Cahee
FS M. Bronson M. Bronson M. Bronson Cahee R. Bronson R. Bronson R. Bronson R. Bronson R. Bronson R. Bronson
FC Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas
Big Crowds
Overtime Games
• The 92,576 fans McNeese played in front of against LSU at Tiger Stadium in 2010 was the largest for a Cowboy team • This year’s top attendance was 25,784 at UTSA • Last year’s highest attendance was 41,068 at Kansas
• McNeese has played in four overtime games • All 3 have been at home and one on the road • Cowboys are 4-0 in overtimes games
All-Time McNeese Largest Crowds Crowd 92,576 77,192 70,656 58,000 55,582 48,411 44,544 42,600 41,068 33,823 28,174 27,500 27,234 25,784 24,600
Opponent LSU Nebraska Texas A&M North Carolina Missouri Miami Kansas State Southern Miss. Kansas UL-Lafayette Southern Miss. UL-Lafayette Syracuse UTSA Tulsa
Site, Year Tiger Stadium, 2010 Memorial Stadium, 2008 Kyle Field, 2001 Kenan Memorial, 2008 Memorial, 2010 Orange Bowl, 2000 KSU, 2003 Independence Bowl, 1980 Memorial Stadium, 2011 Cajun Field, 2007 M.M. Roberts, 2005 Cowboy Stadium, 1976 Independence Bowl, 1979 Alamodome, 2012 Skelly Stadium, 1979
OT Results
Date Score 9/12/98 McN 20, at Northern Iowa 17 10/6/99 McN 39, at Jacksonville St. 36 (2 ot) 11/11/06 McN 29, Northwestern State 26 10/4/08 McN 46, at South Dakota St. 44 (3 ot)
A Winning Tradition
• McNeese is now in its 69th season of football • Has been 72 years since the Cowboys fielded their first team • Played a 5-game schedule in 1940 • Dropped the sport following the 1940 season because of WWII and resumed it in 1945 • 453 wins since that first season • 100 victories coming in the 2000s • 100-50 since 2000 for a .667 percentage • 182-82-5 record in Cowboy Stadium • 56-17 at home since 2000 • Cowboy Stadium has played host to greats such as Roger Staubach (Pensacola Navy, 1968), Terry Bradshaw (Louisiana Tech, ‘67 and
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‘69); Jackie Smith (Northwestern State, 1960); Chad Pennington (Marshall, 1995); Daunte Culpepper (Central Florida, 1995). • McNeese has had nine unbeaten seasons at home with three of those coming since 2000 (2-0 in 2005, 8-0 in 2002 and 5-0 in 2000).
McNeese on the Radio
• All games are carried live over GATOR 99.5 (FM) with Tom Hoefer handling play-by-play, Johnny Suydam the color and Richard Dow as the sideline reporter
Cowboy Game Playback
• A weekly tape delay playback of each game will four times a week - Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 10 p.m., Thursday 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m. It will air on Suddenlink 60. KLOC (Lamp Studios) produces the games.
Matt Viator Coaches Show
• Inside Cowboy Football featuring head coach Matt Viator airs each week on Tuesday night at 10 p.m. on KVHP FOX 29. Richard Dow is the host along with Cowboy head coach Matt Viator.
McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar •
Career Total Offense Name, Years Plays Derrick Fourroux (2006-09) 1164 Kerry Joseph (1992-95) 1649 Blake Prejean (1997-99) 1071 Scott Pendarvis (2001-04) 964 Stephen Starring (1979-82) 975 Scott Dieterich (1986-89) 1044 Slade Nagle (1999-01) 725 Henry Fields (1992-95) 839 Cody Stroud (2010-present) 776 Johnnie Thibodeaux (‘72-75) 734 Buford Jordan (1980-83) 763 Tony Citizen (1986-89) 753 Tim Leger (1995-98) 527 Vick King (2001-03) 562 Greg Davis (1969-72) 620 Theron McClendon (1978-81) 593 Don Breaux (1958-61) 502 Larry Grissom (1968-71) 528 Jessie Burton (1998-01) 542 Don Richards (1981-84) 590
Keeping an Eye on the Record Book Yards 10,236 9,676 6,725 5,709 4,989 4,977 4,471 4,358 4,277 4,163 4,156 3,326 3,241 3,130 3,035 2,920 2,798 2,761 2,637 2,500
Career Passes Completed Name, Years Att Cmp Derrick Fourroux (2006-09) 1034 618 Kerry Joseph (1992-95) 1114 565 Blake Prejean (1996-99) 895 497 Scott Pendarvis (2001-04) 810 462 Cody Stroud (2010-present) 671 406 Slade Nagle (1999-01) 653 378 Scott Dieterich (1986-89) 841 360 J. Thibodeaux (1972-75) 455 207 Greg Davis (1969-72) 439 206 Tim Leger (1995-98) 365 184 Stephen Starring (1979-82) 424 181 Don Richards (1981-84) 361 168 Don Breaux (1958-61) 304 159 Eric Acheson (1991-94) 367 155 Chris Jones (2003-05) 263 144 Allan Dennis (1970-72) 280 140 Wes Watts (1988-91) 335 140 Mark Fontenot (2005-08) 207 119 David Bourgeois (1965-67) 286 115 Jacob Bower (2010) 199 113 Hud Jackson (1987-90) 243 100 Career Touchdown Passes Name, Years Kerry Joseph (1992-95) Derrick Fourroux (2006-09) Scott Pendarvis (2001-04) Blake Prejean (1996-99) Slade Nagle (1999-01) Cody Stroud (2010-present) Scott Dieterich (1986-89) J. Thibodeaux (1972-75) Tim Leger (1995-98) Greg Davis (1969-72) Don Breaux (1958-61) Stephen Starring (1979-82)
Tds 67 64 39 35 35 26 25 24 21 20 17 14
Career Pass Receptions Name, Years Catches Jermaine Martin (1999-02) 160 B. J. Sams (2000-03) 136 Steven Whitehead (2004-08) 136 Terence Davis (1992-95) 119 Flip Johnson (1983-86) 113 Damien Morris (1994-97) 112 Carlese Franklin (2004-07) 110 William Davis (1995-98) 106 Chris Fontenot (1994-97) 99
Quinten Lawrence (2005-08) Donnie Ashley (1995-97) Adam Henry (1990-93) Britt Brodhead (2000-03) Andre Perkins (1995-98) Immanuel Friddle (2006-09) James Moore (1969-72) R. C. Slocum (1964-67) Darius Carey (2011-present) Jeff Delhomme (1987-90) Toddrick Pendland (2006-09) Skeet Owens (1991-94) Wes Mangan (2006-09) Henry Smith (2001-04) Arthur Alexander (1984-87) Keith Ortego (1981-84) Erwin Brown (1990-93) Ernest Celestie (2011-present) Champlain Babin (2009-present) Eric Chew (1996-99) Pat Matthews (1996-99) Henry Fields (1992-95) Alan Heisser (1974-77) Corday Clark (2007-10) Richard Ellender (1975-78) Gary Broussard (1973-76) Mark Barousse (1979-82) Damion Dixon (2009-present) Tony Citizen (1986-89) Larry Whatley (1966-69) Wes Briscoe (2010-present) Diontae Spencer (2010-present) Bobby Leach (1968-71) Brian McZeal (1985-88)
99 94 89 89 81 79 76 74 72 72 72 71 67 66 65 65 64 63 62 59 59 59 59 59 57 55 54 51 49 49 48 48 47 47
Career Punt Return Yards Name, Years Yards B. J. Sams (2000-03) 922 Steven Whitehead (2004-08) 849 Donnie Ashley (1995-97) 725 Troy Jones (1988-89) 650 Zack Bronson (1993-96) 641 Ron Alexander (1989-92) 547 Lloyd Guillot (1960-63) 525 Richard Ellender (1975-78) 524 Flip Johnson (1983-86) 493 Erwin Brown (1990-93) 478 Darius Carey (2011-present) 453 Derrick Batiste (1980-83) 434 Tony Ber (1963-66) 406 Career Scoring Name, Years Jose Larios (1992-95) Shonz LaFrenz (1996-99) Blake Bercegeay (2005-08) Buford Jordan (1980-83) Josh Lewis (2009-present) John Marino (2001-04) Toddrick Pendland (2006-09) Don Stump (1978-81) Larry Grissom (1968-71) Lance Wiley (1985-88) Tony Citizen (1986-80) Tony Whittington (1981-84) Luke Lawton (2000-03) Jessie Burton (1998-00) Conley Hathorn (1973-76) Henry Fields (1992-95) Derrick Fourroux (2006-09) Vick King (2001-03) Eric Roberts (1989-91)
Points 356 324 295 272 268 266 254 237 209 201 200 190 186 186 182 180 168 156 153
Career PATs Kicked Name, Years PAT Jose Larios (1992-95) 158 Blake Bercegeay (2005-08) 151 Josh Lewis (2009-present) 139 John Marino (2001-04) 134 Shonz LaFrenz (1996-99) 126 Don Stump (1978-81) 113 Conley Hathorn (1973-76) 86 Lance Wiley (1985-88) 78 Tony Whittington (1981-84) 76 Carlos Medrano (1970-72) 65 Charlie Hebert (2000-01) 54
ATT 163 160 149 150 134 118 102 79 81 68 63
Career Field Goals Name, Years FG Jose Larios (1992-95) 66 Shonz LaFrenz (1996-99) 66 Blake Bercegeay (2005-08) 48 John Marino (2001-04) 44 Josh Lewis (2009-present) 43 Don Stump (1978-81) 41 Lance Wiley (1985-88) 41 Eric Roberts (1989-91) 38 Tony Whittington (1981-84) 38 Conley Hathorn (1973-76) 32
FGA 100 94 69 67 63 69 70 53 61 59
Career Pass Interceptions Name, Years INT Billy Blakeman (1970-73) 25 Charles Jefferson (1975-78) 19 Zack Bronson (1993-96) 19 Todd McArthur (1981-84) 15 Mark Hamilton (1983-85) 14 Rocke Fournet (1969-71) 13 Tom Murphy (1976-79) 12 Mike Pierce (1987-90) 12 Rod Gulley (2000-03) 12 On the Move Malcolm Bronson (2009-present) 10 Career Pass Interceptions Yards Name, Years Yds Zack Bronson (1993-96) 455 Billy Blakeman (1970-73) 330 Malcolm Bronson (2009-present) 233 Rod Gulley (2000-03) 214 Tom Murphy (1976-79) 177 Jamelle Juneau (2004-08) 146 Rocke Fournet (1969-71) 111 Mark Hamilton (1983-85) 110 Charles Jefferson (1975-78) 101 Career Pass Interception TDs Name, Years Tds Rod Gulley (2000-03) 3 Malcolm Bronson (2009-present) 2 Chris Raggett (2009-present) 2 Zack Bronson (1993-96) 2 Career Tackles Name, Year Charles Ayro (1995-98) Terry Irving (1990-93) Ryan Garrison (2000-03) Allen Nelson (2005-08) Zack Bronson (1993-96) Deron Minor (2006-10) Bob Howell (1974-77) Doug Fruge (1974-77) Arthur Goodly (1998-01) Trey Bennett (2004-07) Wayne Cordova (1996-99)
Tackles 486 461 391 369 347 345 337 325 310 308 306
Vincent Landrum (1992-95) Ronnie McZeal (1996-99) Joe Judge (1998-01) Vance Robichaux (1983-85) Rod Royal (2002-03) Richard Vidrine (1967-70) Darrell Jenkins (2008-11) Malcolm Bronson (2009-present) Mike Pierce (1987-90) Desmond Lighten (2007-11) Jamelle Juneau (2004-08) Randy Moss (1984-87) Joe Narcisse (2009-present) Brant Linde (2005-08) Daryl Burckel (1978-90) Jim Hughes (1980-83)
304 302 297 289 276 269 263 246 243 235 231 225 221 217 214 205
Records Broken or Tied in 2012 Rush TD: *91 yards, Diontae Spencer at Weber State Interceptions for TDs in Game: **2, Chris Raggett vs. McMurray (also tied NCAA FCS record) Interceptions for TDs in Season: ^2, Chris Ragget, 2012 * - School Record ** - School and Cowboy Stadium Record ^ - Tied school record
McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar •
National Polls THE SPORTS NETWORK TOP 25• Week 11 1. North Dakota State Bison (121) 9-1 3930 1 2. Montana State Bobcats (20) 9-1 3748 2 3. Sam Houston State Bearkats (14) 8-2 3585 3 4. Old Dominion Monarchs (3) 9-1 3496 4 5. Eastern Washington Eagles 8-2 3362 5 6. Georgia Southern Eagles 8-2 3113 7 7. New Hampshire Wildcats (1) 8-2 2897 10 8. Appalachian State Mountaineers 8-3 2659 12 9. Wofford Terriers 8-2 2502 13 10. Central Arkansas Bears 8-2 2341 14 11. Illinois State Redbirds 8-2 2094 15 12. Stony Brook Seawolves 9-2 1917 6 13. James Madison Dukes 7-3 1885 9 14. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 9-1 1843 8 15. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 8-2 1594 11 16. Villanova Wildcats 7-3 1477 21 17. Cal Poly Mustangs 8-2 1354 19 18. Indiana State Sycamores 7-3 1294 18 19. Towson Tigers 6-4 1251 17 20. Richmond Spiders 7-3 1153 20 21. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 7-3 1046 16 22. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 8-3 750 22 23. Tennessee State Tigers 8-2 450 24 24. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 8-2 423 NR 24. Eastern Illinois Panthers 7-3 423 NR Others Receiving Votes: Colgate 213, Samford 200, Albany 136, Sacramento State 90, UT Martin 75, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 52, Harvard 43, Youngstown State 40, Wagner 29, McNeese State 28, Northern Iowa 22, Lilberty 21, The Citadel 20, Delaware 17, Southern Utah 16, Penn 15, Southern Illinois 13, Chattanooga 7, Coastal Carolina 3, Alabama A&M 3, Alabama State 2, Drake 2, North Carolina A&T 2, San Diego 1, Jacksonville 1
FCS COACHES TOP 25• Week 11 1. North Dakota State (24) 9-1 646 1 2. Montana State 9-1 619 2 3. Sam Houston State (2) 8-2 597 3 4. Old Dominion 9-1 578 4 5. Eastern Washington 8-2 537 6 6. Georgia Southern 8-2 521 7 7. New Hampshire 8-2 466 10 8. Appalachian State 8-3 443 12 9. Wofford 8-2 408 14 10. Central Arkansas 8-2 397 13 11. Illinois State 8-2 343 15 12. Lehigh 9-1 327 5 13. Stony Brook 9-2 300 8 14. James Madison 7-3 293 9 15. Northern Arizona 8-2 279 11 16. Towson 6-4 257 17 17. Eastern Kentucky 8-3 246 18 18. Cal Poly 8-2 240 19 19. Indiana State 7-3 176 21 20. Richmond 7-3 152 23 21. Villanova 7-3 128 25 22. Bethune-Cookman 8-2 117 22 23. South Dakota State 7-3 98 20 24. Harvard 7-2 65 16 25. Eastern Illinois 7-3 39 NR Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee State 35, Samford 33, Colgate 33, Albany 18, Sacramento State 8, Tennessee-Martin 8, Delaware 17, McNeese State 17, Citadel 7, Wagner 6, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 5, Alabama A&M 7, Southern Illinois 4, Northern Iowa 6, Pennsylvania 2, Jackson State 2, Southeastern Louisiana 1, Youngstown State 1
Cowboys in the NCAA Rankings Chalking ‘Em Up Team Stats (Top 25) Turnover Margin Rushing Defense Punt Returns Pass Efficiency Rushing Offense Scoring Offense Individuals (Top 50) Punt Returns Pass Efficiency Field Goals Punting Interceptions
6th 10th 12th 18th 21st 25th
McNeese’s Record In... August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 December-January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0
+13 (1.3) 112.0 14.7 143.3 204.0 32.2
Darius Carey Cody Stroud Josh Lewis Jean Breaux Guy Morgan
6th 23rd T-28th 39th T-39th
McNeese’s Conference Record... At home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 On the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
13.5 142.1 1.1 40.5 .33 (3)
McNeese’s Non-Conference Record... At home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 On the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 McNeese vs. Ranked Opponents... At home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 On the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1
Cowboys in the SLC Rankings
Team Stats Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Total Offense Total Defense Rushing Offense Rushing Defense Pass Offense Pass Defense Pass Efficiency Pass Defense Effic. Kickoff Returns Punt Returns Interceptions Punting Net Punting Field Goals PAT Kicking Sacks By Sacks Against First Downs Opp First Downs 3rd Downs Opp 3rd Downs 4th Downs Opp 4th Downs Penalties Opp Penalties Possession TO Margin Red Zone Offense Red Zone Defense
4th 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 4th 8th 3rd 3rd 7th 4th 1st 6th 4th T-5th 2nd T-5th T-3rd 2nd 6th 2nd 6th 2nd 4th 1st 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd
32.2 23.3 412.1 366.6 204.0 112.0 208.1 254.6 143.3 122.0 19.2 14.7 15 40.2 35.6 12-18 (.667) 40-41 (.976) 15 (1.67) 15 (1.67) 23.1 20.8 43.9 (54-123) 42.0 (63-150) 66.7 (4-6) 56.5 (13-23) 62.2 ypg/avg. 66.4 ypg/avg. 31:49 +13 (1.67) 88.4 (38-43) 79.4 (27-34)
McNeese’s Record When Scoring... 10 or fewer points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 11-19 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 20-29 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 30+ points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-0 McNeese’s Record When Allowing... 10 or fewer points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 11-19 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 20-29 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 30+ points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2
Individuals (Top 10) Rushing Marcus Wiltz 3rd Javaris Murray 5th Passing Avg/Game Cody Stroud 3rd Pass Efficiency Cody Stroud 3rd
All-Purpose Darius Carey 8th Javaris Murray 10th
87.6 81.9
194.4
Field Goals Josh Lewis
1.10
64.3 55.3
4th
142.1
Field Goal Pct. Josh Lewis 7th 64.7 (11-17)
Receiving Yards/Game Darius Carey 7th 48.7
PAT Kicking Pct. Josh Lewis 3rd 97.4 (37-38)
Total Offense Cody Stroud 5th
Tackles Terence Cahee 3rd
83
Scoring Josh Lewis
190.7
T-6th
7.0
Scoring Kick Josh Lewis T-3rd
Sacks Everett Ellefsen T-9th Kevin Dorn T-9th
3.0 3.0
7.0
Punt Return Avg. Darius Carey 2nd
Tackles For Loss Everett Ellefsen T-7th
8.5
14.0
Kickoff Return Avg. Diontae Spencer 7th
22.0
Punting Jean Breaux
40.5
5th
Passes Defended (PBU-Int) Terence Cahee T-1st (11-1) Ryan Bronson T-3rd (7-3) Interceptions Guy Morgan T-1st Ryan Bronson T-1st
McNeese’s Record In Games... Decided by 1-3 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 4-7 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 8-10 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 11-19 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 20-29 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 30+ points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
3 3
McNeese’s Record in Games... During the day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 At night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Scoring first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Opponent scores first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Leading after 1st quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Trailing after 1st quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Tied after 1st quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Leading at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Trailing at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Tied at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Leading after 3rd quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Trailing after 3rd quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 Tied after 3rd quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 In overtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 McNeese’s Record With... 100-yard rusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 100-yard receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 300-yard passer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Less than 300-yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 300-399 yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 400-499 yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 500+ yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 Committing fewer turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Committing more turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Turnovers are equal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Not committing a turnover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 McNeese’s Record When Allowing... 100-yard rusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 100-yard receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 300-yard passer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Less than 300-yards total off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 300-399 yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 400-499 yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 500+ yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
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The Southland Conference 2012 Standings
SLC Games Overall Team No. 10/10 UCA No. 3/3 Sam Houston St. Southeastern La. McNeese Stephen F. Austin Northwestern State Lamar Nicholls State
W 6 6 4 3 3 2 1 0
L 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 6
For 215 335 139 167 220 132 125 84
Opp 144 101 198 153 201 193 205 222
Hm 4-0 2-0 3-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 1-2 0-2
Rd 2-1 3-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-3 0-4
Week 11 Results
Saturday, Nov. 10 McNeese @ UTSA Nicholls State @ Lamar Sam Houston State @ Northwestern State Stephen F. Austin @ Southeastern Louisiana
UTSA 31, McN 24 Lamar 34, Nicholls 24 SHSU 52, NSU 17 SLU 42, SFA 27
Cowboys on Preseason Watch Lists
NEU streak 0-0 Won 5 1-0 Won 7 0-0 Won 1 0-0 Lost 1 0-1 Lost 1 0-0 Lost 2 0-0 Won 1 0-0 Lost 6
Thursday, Nov. 15 *Southeastern La. at Nicholls State (SLCTV)
6:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 17 Sam Houston State at Texas A&M *Northwestern State at Stephen F. Austin (SLCTV) Eastern Illinois at Central Arkansas *Lamar at McNeese
2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Southland Conference Marcus Wiltz Jean Breaux Chris Raggett Guy Morgan Terence Cahee
Terence Cahee Darius Carey
Defensive (8/30 at Middle Tennessee) Offensive (11/3 at Nicholls State)
College Football Performance Awards (National) Chris Raggett Darius Carey
Defensive Back (9/8 vs. McMurry) Punt Returner (10/13 vs. Central Arkansas)
College Football Performance Awards (SLC)
Sports Information Directors Poll Pl. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Offensive (8/30 at Middle Tennessee) Special Teams (8/30 at Middle Tennessee) Defensive (9/8 vs. McMurry) Defensive (9/15 at Weber State) Defensive (11/3 at Nicholls State)
College Sports Madness (SLC)
SLC Preseason Polls Tot 49 39 38 34 21 21 13 8
FOr opp hm rd 354 216 5-0 3-2 462 162 3-0 4-2 172 366 3-2 1-4 322 233 3-1 3-3 341 351 4-0 0-5 248 320 4-1 0-5 241 320 4-2 0-5 176 314 1-2 0-6
McNeese Players of the Week
Other Preseason All-SLC Selections Jonathan Landry (OL) Miguel Gauthreaux (OL) Pat Williams (DL)
Team (1st place votes) Sam Houston State (7) Stephen F. Austin (1) Central Arkansas McNeese State Northwestern State Southeastern Louisiana Lamar Nicholls State
L 2 2 6 4 6 6 7 8
* - SLC Games
Malcolm Bronson (FS) • Buck Buchanan Watch List • Senior Bowl Watch List • Phil Steele Top 100 FCS NFL Draft Prospect • CFPA Defensive Back Watch List • Sports Network Preseason All-America • College Sports Journal Preseason All-America • First Team Preseason All-Southland Conference Darius Carey (RS/WR) • CFPA Punt Return Watch List • Sports Network Preseason All-America • College Sports Journal Preseason All-America • Second Team Preseason All-Southland Conference Alec Savoie (OL) • Phil Steele Top 100 FCS NFL Draft Prospect • Sports Network Preseason All-America • College Sports Journal Preseason All-America • First Team Preseason All-Southland Conference
Pl. 1 2 3 4 T5 T5 7 8
W 8 8 4 6 4 4 4 1
Week 12 Schedule
This Week in the SLC
Coaches Poll
NEU 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
Team (1st place votes) Sam Houston State (7) Stephen F. Austin Central Arkansas (1) McNeese State Northwestern State Southeastern Louisiana Lamar Nicholls State
Tot 49 38 37 35 26 16 15 8
Cody Stroud Seth Thomas Darius Carey Jean Breaux Chris Raggett Wes Briscoe
Offensive (10/27 vs. Stephen F. Austin) Defensive (10/27 vs. Stephen F. Austin) All-Purpose (11/3 at Nicholls State) Punter (11/3 at Nicholls State) Defensive Back (11/10 at UTSA) Wide Receiver (11/10 at UTSA)
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2012 McNeese Cowboy Football Numerical Roster No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9/40 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 22 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 37 38 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 49 50 52 53 54 58 61 62 63 70 71 72 73 74 75 77 78 79 80 81 83 84 85 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99
Player Ford Smesny Josh Lewis Marcus Wiltz Diontae Spencer Chris Raggett Guy Morgan Darius Carey Seth Thomas James Bice Joe Narcisse Terence Cahee Deonte Thompson Gabe Hamner Damion Dixon Garrett McCain Orrin Fontenot Leon Blouin IV Ernest Celestie Cody Stroud Tyler Bolfing Wallace Scott Shea Nutt Aaron Sam Shelby Hemenway Reynaldo Young Javaris Murray Champlain Babin Zoe Bruce Terrell Alfred Kelvin Bennett Livingston Hamilton Jean Breaux Halston Flanigan Malcolm Bronson Kenny Brown Dylan Long Ryan Bronson Hayden Dobbs Steele Merritt Dillon Berlin Davondrick Phillips Brenten Spikes Manny Busch Kyle Crouch Kegan Myers Mitchell Amy Correy Middleton Keylon Bruno Brett Koonce Bo Brown Miguel Gauthreaux Quentin Marsh Carson Chaisson Nick Smith Antoine Everett Jonathan Landry Taylor Johnson Ben Jones Kevin Dorn Arinze Agada Cody Eaves Alec Savoie Josh Jordan William Ryckman DeVionte’ Edmonson Hunter Romero Wes Briscoe Deajon Mitchell Jereon McGilvery Kendale Thomas Pat Williams Cameron Smith Logan Gladney Eric LeBlanc Everett Ellefsen Nick Gorman Danyel Hunter Sean Brown Chris Loveless
Pos. S PK TB WR S CB WR CB K/P LB S LB CB WR QB DE QB WR QB QB WS CB CB WR WR TB TB CB TB TB DB K FS FS WR FB S LB DB TB RB CB TE LB FB C LB LB OG LB C/G DT C OT OT OT OT OT DT OG OG OT TE WR WR TE WR WR WR TE DT DE DE DE DE DT DE DT DE
Hgt 5-9 6-0 5-9 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-9 6-0 5-11 5-9 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-0 5-11 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-2 5-9 6-0 5-10 5-8 5-9 5-9 5-11 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-11 5-11 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-0 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-5 5-10 6-1 6-4 6-7 6-5 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-5
Wgt 190 194 192 161 197 188 184 194 180 222 190 219 185 190 190 232 210 183 194 207 212 175 176 194 171 180 190 180 190 172 184 150 176 192 155 225 176 210 195 204 170 190 230 210 235 232 210 202 288 210 308 287 277 275 304 298 290 275 246 286 275 309 228 171 200 230 168 180 198 230 278 224 234 239 230 279 235 275 225
Cl/Exp Sr/3L Sr/3L Jr/2L Jr/2L Sr/3L Jr/1L Sr/1L Sr/3L So/SQ Sr/3L Jr/2L So/1L Fr/RS Sr/3L Fr/RS So/1L Fr/TR Jr/1L Jr/2L Fr/RS Fr/RS Fr/HS So/1L Jr/2L So/1L Jr/2L Sr/3L Sr/1L Fr/RS Fr/RS Fr/RS Fr/HS So/1L Sr/3L Fr/RS Fr/HS Jr/2L Jr/2L Fr/HS Fr/RS Fr/RS Fr/HS Jr/1L So/1L Sr/2L Sr/Sqd So/1L Fr/RS Sr/3L Fr/HS Sr/3L Fr/RS Sr/3L Fr/RS So/1L Sr/3L Sr/3L Fr/RS So/1L Jr/2L Fr/RS Sr/3L Sr/1L Jr/1L Sr/2L So/1L Jr/2L Jr/1L Jr/1L So/1L Sr/3L Fr/HS Fr/RS Sr/2L So/1L Fr/RS So/1L So/1L Jr/2L
Hometown (Last School) Dayton, TX (Dayton HS) Denham Springs, LA (Denham Springs) Cecilia, LA (Cecilia HS) New Iberia, LA (Westgate HS) Beaumont, TX (Ozen HS) Baton Rouge, LA (St. John HS) New Orleans, LA (North Texas, Helen Cox HS) Orange, TX (WO Stark HS) Lake Charles, LA (St. Louis HS) Vacherie, LA (St. James HS) Westlake, LA (Westlake HS) Shreveport, LA (Evangel HS) Sealy, TX (Sealy HS) Port Allen, LA (Louisville, Port Allen HS) Sulphur, LA (Sulphur HS) Baton Rouge, LA (Parkview Baptist) Geismer, LA (Tulane, Dutchtown HS) Lake Charles, LA (Texas Tech, Barbe HS) Montgomery, LA (Montgomery HS) Montgomery, TX (Montgomery HS) Weyanoke, LA (West Feliciana HS) Brenham, TX (Brenham HS) Lake Charles, LA (LaGrange HS) Plaquemine, LA (St. John HS) Garyville, LA (East St. John HS) Kingston, LA (North DeSoto HS) Donaldsonville, LA (Donaldsonville HS) Baton Rouge, LA (UL Monroe, University HS) Lafayette, LA (Northside HS) Bleakwood, TX (Newton HS) Natchitoches, LA (Ponchatoula HS) Scott, LA (Acadiana HS) Newton, TX (Newton HS) Jasper, TX (Jasper HS) Lake Charles, LA (St. Louis HS) Covington, LA (St. Paul HS) Jasper, TX (Jasper HS) Houston, TX (Cypress Woods HS) Natchitoches, LA (St. Mary’s HS) Lake Charles, LA (St. Louis HS) Jennings, LA (Jennings HS) Newton, TX (Newton HS) Sulphur, LA (Sulphur HS) Covington, LA (Covington HS) Jennings, LA (Jennings HS) Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS) Monroe, LA (Richwood HS) Carencro, LA (Carencro HS) Sulphur, LA (Sulphur HS) Katy, TX (Katy HS) Plaquemine, LA (Plaquemine HS) Dickinson, TX (Dickinson HS) Jennings, LA (Jennings HS) Lafayette, LA (Acadiana HS) Richmond, TX (Lamar Consolidated) Broussard, LA (St. Thomas More) League City, TX (Clear Creek HS Nederland, TX (Nederland HS) Pineville, LA (Pineville HS) Houston, TX (Hightower HS) Merryville, LA (Merryville HS) Lafayette, LA (Comeaux HS) St. Amant, LA (East Carolina, St. Amant HS) Lafayette, LA (Lafayette HS) Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS) Lafayette, LA (Tuerlings Catholic HS) Baton Rouge, LA (Central HS) Beaumont, TX (Central HS) Lafayette, LA (Northside HS) New Iberia, LA (New Iberia HS) Plaquemine, LA (Plaquemine HS) Tamarac, FL (J.P. Taravella HS) Baton Rouge, LA (University HS) Erath, LA (Erath HS) Madisonville, LA (Mandeville HS) Broken Arrow, OK (Broken Arrow HS) Dickinson, TX (Dickinson HS) Baton Rouge, LA (Central HS) Houston, TX (South Houston HS)
Cowboy Coaching Staff Head Coach: Matt Viator Assistant Head Coach/Def. Coordinator: Mike Collins Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers: Tim Leger Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers: Lark Hebert Defensive Line: Manny Michel Defensive Backs: Chris Hampton Offensive Line: Rob Sale Running Backs: Slade Nagle Tight Ends: Eman Naghavi Defensive Line Assistant: Jake Reid Defensive Assistant: Zachary Ballenger Quarterbacks Assistant: David Trahan
Pronunciations ARINZE AGADA CHAMPLAIN BABIN Leon BLOUIN JEAN BREAUX ZOE Bruce Terence CAHEE Ernest CELESTIE Carson CHAISSON Kendrick CORMIER DeVIONTE Edmonson Everett ELLEFSEN MIGUEL GAUTHREAUX JEREON MCGILVERY Joe NARCISSE Chris RAGGETT Alec SAVOIE Ford SMESNY DIONTAE Spencer DEONTE’ Thompson
aah-rinze aah-gad-uh cham-plane baa-bin blue-en sz-oh-n bro zoey k-hee suh-less-t shay-sun corm-yea d-v-ohn-tay L-eff-son me-gal go-tro jerry-uy muh-gill-vuh-ree nar-seese ruh-get saa-voy smes-nee d-ohn-tay d-ohn-tay
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2012 McNeese Football Depth Chart (as of November 12, 2012)
OFFENSE QB TB FB WR WR WR TE LT LG C RG RT
18 19 16 25 3 26 49 37 85 14 17 4 7 83 80 89 73 71 72 54 63 61 50 77 70 79 74
Cody Stroud Tyler Bolfing Leon Blouin Javaris Murray Marcus Wiltz Champlain Babin Kegan Myers Dylan Long Wes Briscoe Damion Dixon Ernest Celestie Diontae Spencer Darius Carey DeVionte’ Edmonson Josh Jordan Kendale Thomas Taylor Johnson Antoine Everett Jonathan Landry Brett Koonce Carson Chaisson Miguel Gauthreaux Mitchell Amy Arinze Agada Nick Smith Alec Savoie Ben Jones
(Jr-2L, 6-3, 194) (Fr-RS, 6-2, 207) (Fr.-TR, 6-0, 210) (Jr-2L, 5-8, 180) (Jr-2L, 5-9, 192) (Sr-3L, 5-9, 190) (Sr-2L, 6-1, 235) (Fr-HS, 6-0, 225) (Jr-2L, 6-2, 168) (Sr-3L, 6-2,190) (Jr-1L, 5-11, 183) (Jr-2L, 5-9, l61) (Sr-1L, 5-10, 184) (Sr-2L, 6-2, 200) (Sr-1L, 6-5, 228) (So-1L, 6-1, 230) (Sr-3L, 6-4, 290) (So-1L, 6-3, 304) (Sr-3L, 6-4, 298) (Sr-3L, 6-2, 288) (Sr-3L, 6-2, 277) (Sr-3L, 6-1, 308) (Sr-SQ, 5-10, 232) (Jr-2L, 6-1, 286) (Fr-RS, 6-4, 275) (Sr-3L, 6-7, 309) (Fr-RS, 6-5, 275)
PK PUNT DS HOLD
2 31 31 2 84 16 7 4
Josh Lewis Jean Breaux Jean Breaux Josh Lewis Hunter Romero Orrin Fontenot Darius Carey Diontae Spencer
(Sr-3L, 6-0, 194) (Fr-HS, 5-10, 150) (Fr-HS, 5-10, 150) (Sr-3L, 6-0, 194) (So-1L, 6-3, 230) (So-1L, 6-2, 232) (Sr-1L, 5-10, 184) (Jr-2L, 5-9, l61)
DEFENSE LE LT RT RE MLB WLB CB CB BS WS FS
93 99 91 75 62 98 90 97 95 94 96 92 12 58 16 10 41 52 6 13 22 8 21 44 5 45 11 33 38 42
SPECIAL TEAMS KOR PR
26 25 7 4 7 26
Eric LeBlanc Chris Loveless Cameron Smith Kevin Dorn Quentin Marsh Michael Ware Pat Williams Sean Brown Nick Gorman Everett Ellefsen Danyel Hunter Logan Gladney Deonte Thompson Bo Brown Orrin Fontenot Joe Narcisse Hayden Dobbs Correy Middleton Guy Morgan Gabe Hamner Shea Nutt Seth Thomas Aaron Sam Davondrick Phillips Chris Raggett Brent Spikes Terence Cahee Halston Flanigan Ryan Bronson Steele Merritt
(Sr-2L, 6-2, 239) (Jr-2L, 6-5, 225) (Fr-HS, 6-3, 224) (So-1L, 5-10, 246) (Fr-RS, 6-2, 287) (Jr-2L, 6-1, 280) (Sr-3L, 6-3, 278) (So-1L, 6-1, 275) (Fr-RS, 6-2, 279) (So-1L, 6-3, 230) (So-1L, 6-3, 235) (Fr-RS, 6-3, 234 (So-1L, 6-2, 219) (Fr-HS, 6-1, 210) (So-1L, 6-2, 232) (Sr-3L, 5-11, 222) (Jr-2L, 6-0, 210) (So-1L, 6-0, 210) (Jr-1L, 6-0, 188) (Fr-RS, 6-0, 185) (Fr-HS, 6-2, 175) (Sr-3L, 5-9, 194) (So-1L, 5-9, 176) (Fr-RS, 5-10, 170) (Sr-3L, 5-11, 197) (Fr-HS, 6-1, 190) (Jr-2L, 5-9, 190) (So-1L, 5-11, 176) (Jr-2L, 6-1, 176) (Fr-HS, 6-2, 195)
Champlain Babin Javaris Murray Darius Carey Diontae Spencer Darius Carey Champlain Babin
(Sr-3L, 5-9, 190) (Jr-2L, 5-8, 180) (Sr-1L, 5-10, 184) (Jr-2L, 5-9, l61) (Sr-1L, 5-10, 184) (Sr-3L, 5-9, 190)
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Last Time McNeese...
RUSHING Had 400 or more yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Sam Houston State, 2009 (418) Had 300-399 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Weber State, 2012 (301) Had 200-299 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Nicholls State, 2012 (276) Had 60 or more rush attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas State, 2003 (66) Had 50-59 rush attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Northwestern State, 2012 (50) Had four rush TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. McMurry, at Weber State, 2012 Player rush for 300 or more yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Citizen vs. Prairie View, 1986 (304) Player rush for 200-299 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toddrick Penland vs. SFA, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 yds on 39 carries Player rush for 100-199 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Wiltz (111) vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2012 Had 2 players rush for 100 yds in same game: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Weber State, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Javaris Murray (122), Diontae Spencer (106) Had seven rush TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessie Burton vs. Southern Utah, 1998 PASSING Had 400 or more yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Nicholls State, 1985 (405) Had 300-399 yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at UTSA (346) Had 200-299 yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Nicholls State, 2012 (274) Player pass for 400 or more yards: . . . . . . . . . Subester Brooks vs. Nicholls State, 1985 (405) Player pass for 300-399 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody Stroud at UTSA, 2011 (346) Player pass for 200-299 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody Stroud at Weber State, 2012 (256) Had 25 or more completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody Stroud at UTSA, 2012 (34) Had 5 passing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Pendarvis vs. Sam Houston State, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Leger vs. Stephen F. Austin, 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kerry Joseph vs. Delaware, 1995 Did not throw an interception: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2012 RECEIVING Had one player with 100 yards receiving: . . . . . . Darius Carey at Nicholls State, 2012 (6-125) Had two players with 100 yards receiving: . . . .Corday Clark (107) and Toddrick Penland (121) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Appalachian State, 2009 Caught three passes for TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.J. Sams vs. Sam Houston State, 2003 COMBINATION OFFENSE Had one 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver in a game: . . . . . . . . . . . Toddrick Penland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Appalachian State, 2009 (19-127 rushing, 10-121 receiving) Had 300 yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody Stroud at UTSA (333) Had 300 yards all-purpose: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toddrick Penland vs. SFA, 2008 (307) TOTAL OFFENSE Had 500 or more yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Nicholls State, 2012 (550) Had 450-499 yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. McMurry, 2012 (484) Had 400-449 yard total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at UTSA, 2012 (439) DEFENSE Intercepted a pass: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 players at Nicholls State, 2012 Returned a pass interception for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Raggett vs. McMurry, 2012 Returned 2 pass interceptions for TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Raggett vs. McMurry, 2012 Recorded a safety: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Nicholls, 2011 (Pat Williams and Everett Ellefsen) Held opponent to negative rushing yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. McMurry, 2012 (minus-3) Player recorded five sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Smith vs. West Virginia Tech, 2006 Ran back a mid-air fumble for TD: . . . Marcus LeBlanc vs. Youngstown State, 1995 (100 yards) Ran back a fumble for TD: . . . . . . Desmund Lighten vs. Northwestern State, 2009 (29 yards) Recovered fumbed for TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Desmund Lighten vs. Savannah State, 2009
SPECIAL TEAMS Return kickoff for TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernardo Henry vs. Texas State, 2010 (87 yards) Return punt for TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darius Carey vs. Sioux Falls, 2011 (68 yards) Blocked a field goal: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Desmund Lighten at Sam Houston State, 2010 Returned blocked FG for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rod Gulley vs. Grambling, 2002 (63 yards) Blocked a PAT: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Hooker vs. Southern Utah, 2006 Blocked a punt: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelby Hemenway vs. Southeastern La., 2011 Returned blocked punt for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Judge vs. Maine, 1999 (32 yards) Kicked five field goals: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blake Bercegeay vs. Northwestern State, 2006 Kicked a 50 yard FG: . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Lewis at Southeastern Louisiana, 2010 (52 yards) Kicked 10 PATs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blake Bercegeay vs. West Virginia Tech, 2006 Had a 60 yard punt: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Breaux at UTSA, 2012 (61 yards) Had a punt of 50-59 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Breaux vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2012 (50 yards) SCORING Scored 70 or more points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 vs. West Virginia Tech, 2006 Scored 60-69 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 vs. McMurry, 2012 Scored 50-59 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 vs. Northwestern State, 2009 Scored 40-49 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 at Nicholls State, 2012 Scored 30-39 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2012 Allowed 60 or more points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 at Miami (FL), 2000 Allowed 50-59 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 at Missouri, 2010 Allowed 40-49 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 at Sam Houston State, 2012 Allowed 30-39 points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 at UTSA, 2012 Scored on first drive of game: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at UTSA, 2012 Shutout opponent: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Savannah State, 2009 (56-0) Shutout opponent in first half: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McMurry (45-0), Weber State (14-0), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northwestern State (17-0)2012 Shutout SLC opponent: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Jacksonville State, 2000 (28-0) McNeese was shutout: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Western Kentucky, 2001 (21-0) McNeese was shutout by SLC opponent: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at North Texas, 1988 (37-0)
Last Time an Opponent... Player rushed for 100-199 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Sincere of SHSU, 2012 (132) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Flanders of SHSU, 2012 (105) Player rushed for 200-200 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.D. Terry of SHSU, 2006 (253) Passed for 200-299 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Soza of UTSA, 2012 (262) Passed for 300-399 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brady Attaway of SFA, 2012 (378) Passed for 400-499 yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andre Bevil of Lamar, 2010 (426) Had one player with 100 yards receiving: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kam Jones of UTSA, 2011 (120) Returned a kickoff for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . LeJuan Walker of Nicholls State, 2001 (99 yards) Returned a punt for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Tate of North Carolina, 2008 (85 yards) Returned a pass interception for a TD: . . . . . Will Jefferson of SFA, 2011 (caught in endzone) Returned a fumble for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Newsome of UCA, 2011 (98 yards) Blocked a punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by UTSA, 2012 Blocked a punt and returned for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Kansas State, 2003 Recovered an on-side kick: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central Arkansas, 2012
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McNeese Cowboys Football November 17, 2012 vs. Lamar
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McNeese State, 1986
Head Coach (51-25, 7th season) One of the most successful coaches in the Head Coaching Highlights NCAA’s FCS division, McNeese State’s Matt Viator has put together winning percentages of • Darius Carey named to four All-America teams in 2010 69 percent (overall) and 75 percent (league • Malcolm Bronson named All-SLC first team 3 straight years games only) in his previous six years as the • McNeese wins 11 straight games in 2007; wins the SLC title for second year in row Cowboy head coach. • Cowboys win six straight SLC games for the league title in 2009, the third in four years During that period he has led his team to three Southland Conference titles • Toddrick Pendland named all-American in 2008; Bryan Smith named all-American in 2007; and to two runnerup finishes, averaging seven victories a year. The winningest active coach in the league, Viator will carry a 45-20 overall Steven Whitehead, Bryan • Derrick Fourroux named SLC and Louisiana Player of the Year in 2009; Bryan Smith named SLC Player of Year in 2007 record and a 31-10 league mark into the upcoming season. The Cowboy coach, a graduate of McNeese, had served as an assistant coach • Steven Whitehead named SLC Player of the Year in 2006 on the staff for eight years before stepping into the top job four games deep into • Toddrick Pendland named Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 the 2006 season. Taking over a squad that had won but one of its first four games • Bryan Smith named Defensive Player of the Year and Derrick Fourroux named Freshman of he led the team to a 6-2 record the rest of the way that year, won the SLC title and the Year in 2006 put his team into the NCAA championship playoffs. That was the start of one of the most electrifying coaching rises in conference • Cowboys win five straight games to win the SLC title in 2006 history as the very next year his team posted only the fourth undefeated, untied • McNeese selected for the NCAA FCS playoffs in 2009, 2007 and 2006 regular season record in the university’s history, won the league title for a second • 2007 team ranked No. 3 in last regular season poll year and participated in the NCAA FCS championship for a second straight year. • Bryan Smith ranked No. 3 in nation in QB sacks in 2007 Since then his team also won the 2009 title and finished second in the league • McNeese as a team in the national rankings was 4th in total offense, fifth in scoring offense standings in both 2008 and 2010. The Cowboys finished fourth last season. Viator has earned numerous coaching honors including two SLC coach of the and 10th in rushing offense in 2008 year awards and a Louisiana collegiate coach of the year honor. He has also been a finalist for the national Eddie Robinson award twice. Coaching Experience He claimed his first collegiate coaching victory in his very first game as head 1986-88 Assistant Coach Sam Houston HS coach when the Cowboys posted a 30-27 win over Southern Utah in 2006. Vinton HS 13-9 His 45th win came in the final game of the 2011 season – a triumph on the 1989-90 Head Coach 1991-94 Head Coach Jennings HS 38-12 1992 LA Coach of the Year road against Lamar as the Cowboys won their last three games and will carry that winning streak into the 2012 season. 1995-98 Head Coach Sulphur HS 30-16 1998 LA Coach of the Year Viator is the 14th head coach in McNeese history. His 6-2 rookie record in- 1999 Assistant Coach McNeese State 6-5 5-2 SLC cluded a 5-1 mark in league play, the team winning the final five league games 2000 Assistant Coach McNeese State 8-4 5-2 SLC FCS Playoffs of the year. 2001 Assistant Coach McNeese State 8-4 5-1 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs His teams have been ranked in the top 25 national poll four of the last six 2002 Assistant Coach McNeese State 13-2 6-0 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Runner-Up seasons. Prior to his becoming head coach, Viator had served the university as of- 2003 Assistant Coach McNeese State 10-2 5-0 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs fensive coordinator and is regarded as one of the top Division I offensive minds. 2004 Assistant Coach McNeese State 4-7 1-4 SLC The Cowboys have ranked among the national leaders in offense for eight Assistant Coach McNeese State 5-4 3-3 SLC of the past 11 years and the university has also produced the Southland Confer- 2005 2006 Asst./Head Coach McNeese State 7-5 5-1 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs ence’s top offensive performer four of the last eight seasons. SLC and LA Coach of the Year His offenses have led the league in scoring five times and in 2008 set school records for total offense per game, passing offense per game and scoring average Eddie Robinson Award Finalist per game. 2007 Head Coach McNeese State 11-1 7-0 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs The Cowboys had the nation’s leading scorer in 2009, tailback Toddrick SLC Coach of the Year Pendland, and a year ago had the No. 2 punt returner in the nation in Darius Eddie Robinson Award Finalist Carey, a returnee for 2012. Head Coach McNeese State 7-4 4-3 SLC Before he joined McNeese, Viator was one of the top prep coaches in Louisi- 2008 ana, producing an 81-37 won-lost record, winning one state crown and five league 2009 Head Coach McNeese State 9-3 6-1 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs titles. He joined McNeese in 1999 as linebacker coach and was made offensive 2010 Head Coach McNeese State 6-5 5-2 SLC coordinator in 2000, the Cowboys leading the league in both scoring offense and 2011 Head Coach McNeese State 6-5 4-3 SLC total offense that year. 2012 Head Coach McNeese State 6-4 Defeated FBS’s Middle Tennessee He is married and wife Schantel is a school teacher. His father is the late Nolan Viator, a former Cowboy coach, player (QB, MVP) and member of the McNeese Hall of Fame.
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2012 Game Recaps
Game 1 • McNeese 27, Middle Tennessee 21
Aug. 30 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee (18,690) McNeese 0 14 10 3 - 27 MTSU 3 3 0 15 - 21 MT (1st, 12:40) Carlos Lopez 20 yd field goal, MT 3-0 MT (2nd, 14:53) Carlos Lopez 28 yd field goal, MT 6-0 McN (2nd, 9:20) Josh Jordan 2 yd pass from Tyler Bolfing, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-6 McN (2nd, 00:33) Champlain Babin 8 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 14-6 McN (3rd, 12:00) Lewis 46 yd field goal, McN 17-6 McN (3rd, 1:20) Stroud 1 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 24-6 MT (4th, 6:58) Anthony Amos 6 yd pass from Logan Kilgore, Jordan Parker pass from Kilgore, McN 24-14 McN (4th, 5:21) Lewis 33 yd field goal, McN 27-14 MT (4th, 5:01) Kyle Griswould 15 yd pass from Kilgore, Lopez kick, McN 24-21 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 24 17 6 1 51-298 152 12-19-0 450 0-0 9-69 5-38.2 42 86 36:05 3 of 11 0 of 0 4 of 5
MT 20 7 12 1 27-103 240 27-41-1 343 2-2 6-50 4-46.0 26 241 23:55 6 of 14 2 of 2 4 of 4
Game 2 • McNeese 69, McMurry 7
Sept. 8 at Lake Charles, La. (13,291) McMurry 0 0 7 0 - 7 McNeese 21 24 14 10 - 69 McN (1st, 8:40) Cody Stroud 1 yd run, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (1st, 3:01) Javaris Murray 6 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 McN (1st, 00:26) Damion Dixon 10 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 21-0 McN (2nd, 13:11) Darius Carey 13 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 28-0 McN (2nd, 11:40) Chris Raggett 41 yd interception return, Lewis kick, McN 35-0 McN (2nd, 5:46) Carey 52 yd pass from Tyler Bolfing, Lewis kick, McN 42-0 McN (2nd, 1:28) Lewis 23 yd field goal, McN 45-0 McN (3rd, 11:21) Raggett 30 yd interception return, James Bice kick, McN 52-0 McN (3rd, 3:49) Dillon Berlin 5 yd run, Bice kick, McN 59-0 MCM (3rd, 2:28) Clinton McCoy 7 yd pass from Brady Lambert, Josh King kick, McN 59-7 McN (4th, 12:11) Bice 24 yd field goal, McN 62-7 McN (4th, 10:43) Kelvin Bennett 17 yd run, Bice kick, McN 69-7 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
MCM 14 3 11 0 18-(-3) 249 31-46-3 246 3-1 3-35 6-39.3 0 185 24:44 3 of 14 0 of 4 1 of 3
McN 25 15 8 2 51-282 202 11-17-1 484 1-0 7-46 2-52.0 38 78 35:16 6 of 10 0 of 0 8 of 8
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 20-105; Babin 11-64; Murray 7-50, Celestie 3-42; Carey 4-31; Stroud 5-5, td; Spencer 1-1. Totals 51-298, td. Middle Tennessee - Parker 9-39; Cunningham 9-34; Calhoun 8-27; Bryson 1-3. Totals 27-103. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 10-17, 139, td; Bolfing 2-2, 13, td. Totals 12-19, 152, 2 td. Middle Tennessee - Kilgore 27-41, 240, 2 td, 1 int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Babin 4-32, td; Spencer 2-35; Murray 2-20; Celestie 1-30; Carey 1-24; Wiltz 1-9; Jordan 1-2, td. MTSU - Amos 8-70, td; Griswould 5-63, td; Jefferson 4-24; Collis 3-41; Henry 2-24; Turner 2-22; Whatley 1-4; Calhoun 1-3; Parker 1--2. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 5-191, 38.2, 47 long, 2 In20. MTSU - Davis 4-184, 46.0, 60 long, 2 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 3-42. MTSU - Singletary 2-26; Sharpe 1-0. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Spencer 2-46; Murray 2-40. MTSU - Whatley 2-123; Gilstrap 2-76; Griswould 2-42. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - Lewis 2-3 (46, 33). MTSU - Lopez 2-2 (20, 28) DEFENSE: McNeese - Narcisse 9 hits, 1 TFL; M. Bronson 8 hits, TFL; Smesny 7 hits, TFL; Sam 6 hits, FR; Morgan 6 hits, Int; Cahee 5 hits, 4 PBU; Thompson 4 hits; Ware 4 hits; Dobbs 3 hits; Williams 3 hits, QBH; Thomas 2 hits; Ellefsen 2 hits; Raggett 2 hits, TFL; Mitchell 2 hits; Fontenot 2 hits; Scott 1 hit; Bruno 1 hit; R. Bronson 1 hit; Flanigan 1 hit; Bennett 1 hit; Hamner 1 hit; Murray 1 hit; B. Brown 1 hit, FR. OFFENSIVE LINE: Savoie 95%, 76 snaps; Agada 93%, 66 snaps, 1 pancake; Johnson 91%, 58 snaps, 1 KO; Gauthreaux 90%, 56 snaps, 4 KO; Everett 90%, 25 snaps, 1 pancake; Koonce 89%, 54 snaps; Landry 88%, 37 snaps, 1 KO. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Alfred 12-78; Bennett 10-60, td; Berlin 7-41, td; Wiltz 8-37; Murray 4-29, td; Carey 3-25; Babin 2-9; Blouin 1-5; Bolfing 1-4; Stroud 1-1; McCain 1--3. Totals 51-282, 4 td. McMurry - Cole 2-16; House 3-15; Simpson 3-9; Grayer 3-6; Lambert 3--17; Mullin 4--32. Totals 18--3. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 6-10, 98, 2 td, 1 int; Bolfing 3-4, 72, td; Blouin 2-3, 32. Totals 11-17, 202, 3 td, int. McMurry - Mullin 22-36, 171, 3 int; Lambert 9-10, 78, td. Totals 31-46, 249, td, 3 int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Carey 4-90, 2 td; Edmonson 2-32; Jordan 1-27; Long 1-18; McGilvery 1-14; Bennett 1-11; Dixon 1-10, td. McMurry - Grayer 6-60; McCoy 5-58, td; Livingston 3-34; Shaffer 3-20; Simpson 2-17; Cain 2-10; House 2-4; Cole 2-3; Singleton 1-18; Gilbert 1-10; Freeman 1-9; Chatman 1-6; Rentfro 1-2; Nelson 1--2. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 2-104, 52.0, 59 long, 2 In20. McMurry - Mullin 3-113, 37.7, 56 long, 1 In20; Kowalski 2-75, 37.5, 46 long; Lambert 1-48, 48.0, 48 long. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - M. Bronson 1-34; Carey 1-4. McMurry - None KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - K. Brown 1-56; Spencer 1-22. McMurry - Grayer 5-152; McCoy 2-33. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - Lewis 1-1 (23); Bice 1-1 (24). McMurry - None DEFENSE: McNeese - Hamilton 5 hits, PBU; Hamner 5 hits, TFL, FF; Gladney 4 hits, sack, TFL, QBH; Morgan 4 hits; Raggett 4 hits, TFL, 2 Int, 2 TDs; Middleton 4 hits; Crouch 4 hits; Phillips 4 hits; Scott 3 hits; Smesny 3 hits; Cahee 3 hits, TFL; Thomas 3 hits, QBH; R. Bronson 3 hits, PBU; Narcisse 3 hits; Berlin 3 hits; Bruce 2 hits; Flanigan 2 hits; Ellefsen 2 hits, sack, TFL, QBH; S. Brown 2 hits, TFL, QBH; Ware 2 hits, sack, TFL, FF; B. Brown 2 hits; Wagley 1 hit; Dorn 1 hit; Thompson 1 hit; Stroud 1 hit; Mitchell 1 hit; Seastrunk 1 hit, sack, TFL; Gorman 1 hit, PBU, QBH; Marsh 1 hit; Smith 1 hit, 3 QBH; Loveless 1 hit, sack, 0.5 TFL; Dobbs 1 hit, Int; Bruno 1 hit, FR; Sam 1 hit, PBU; Williams 1 hit, sack, 0.5 TFL, QBH; Hunter 2 QBH. OFFENSIVE LINE: Savoie 93%, 36 snaps, 2 KD; Agada 91%, 36 snaps; Chaisson 90%, 29 snaps; Gauthreaux 89%, 20 snaps; Johnson 89%, 30 snaps, 1 KD.
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2012 Game Recaps
Game 3 • McNeese 35, Weber State 21
Sept. 15 at Ogden, Utah (9,617) McNeese 0 14 7 14 - 35 Weber State 0 0 7 14 - 21 McN (2nd, 4:00) Darius Carey 3 yd run, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (2nd, 00:16) Cody Stroud 4 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 WSU (3rd, 11:25) Shaydon Kehano 10 yd pass from Mike Hoke, Shaun McClain kick, McN 14-7 McN (3rd, 10:07) Diontae Spencer 91 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 21-7 McN (4th, 10:56) Jereon McGilvery 8 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 28-7 McN (4th, 6:45) Javaris Murray 76 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 35-7 WSU (4th, 3:50) C.J. Tuckett 2 yd run, McClain kick, McN 35-14 WSU (4th, 00:20) Jordan Adamczyk 3 yd run, McClain kick, McN 35-21 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 26 8 14 4 44-301 256 20-28-0 557 2-2 6-47 3-39.0 29 390 35:25 7 of 12 0 of 0 3 of 4
WSU 16 8 6 2 37-113 144 14-28-1 257 1-0 9-100 8-55.0 18 202 24:35 7 of 16 1 of 1 3 of 3
Game 4 • Southeastern La. 25, McNeese 24 Sept. 22 at Hammond, La. (4,791) McNeese 14 10 0 0 - 24 SLU 3 7 7 8 - 25 McN (1st, 7:39) Cody Stroud 1 yd run, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (1st, 6:22) Kendale Thomas 3 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 SLU (1st, 00:04) Seth Sebastian 49 yd field goal, McN 14-3 SLU (2nd, 10:01) Nathan Stanley 2 yd run, Sebastian kick, McN 14-10 McN (2nd, 8:41) Javaris Murray 26 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 21-10 McN (2nd, 00:03) Lewis 30 yd field goal, McN 24-10 SLU (3rd, 3:26) Michael Chaney 2 yd run, Sebastian kick, McN 24-17 SLU (4th, 2:39) Taylor Jenkins 3 yd pass from Stanley, Chaney rush, SLU 25-24 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 17 6 8 3 31-147 172 15-29-1 319 1-1 10-91 4-37.5 10 61 26:24 4 of 11 2 of 2 3 of 4
SLU 19 3 14 2 41-47 274 22-36-0 321 4-3 9-69 3-42.3 35 56 33:36 8 of 17 3 of 5 3 of 4
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Murray 13-122, td; Spencer 2-106, td; Babin 14-44; Celestie 1-12; Wiltz 1-9; Bennett 3-9; Carey 3-1; Stroud 6--2; Team 1-0. Totals 44-301, 4td. Weber State - Tuckett 17-66, td; Parham 5-23; Adamczyk 2-17, td; Booker 5-9; Hoke 7-0; Finai 1--2. Totals 37-113, 2 td. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 20-27, 256, td; Team 0-1. Totals 20-28, 256, td. Weber State - Hoke 9-19, 69, td, int; Adamczyk 5-9, 75. Totals 14-28, 144, td, int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Celestie 5-97; Spencer 3-28; Briscoe 2-27; Babin 2-20; McGilvery 2-14, td; Murray 2--3; Thomas 1-29; Carey 1-21; Dixon 1-12; Edmonson 1-11. Weber State - Kehano 6-80, td; Clemente 2-10; Tuckett 2-7; Walker 1-26; Papanikolas 1-9; Booker 1-7; Nakamura 1-5. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 3-117, 39.0, 44 long, 1 In20. Weber State - Epperson 8-440, 55.0, 71 long, 2 In20, 3 TB. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - 2-29. Weber State - Marciel 2-18. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 2-23. Weber State - 3-72. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 0-2 (missed 50, 40). Weber State - None. DEFENSE: McNeese - Narcisse 10 hits, 1.5 sacks, 2.5 TFL, FF; Thompson 9 hits, TFL; Cahee 6 hits, 0.5 TFL, 3 PBU; Hamner 5 hits, 0.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL; Middleton 5 hits; Brown 5 hits; Dobbs 5 hits; Raggett 4 hits; Ellefsen 4 hits, sack, 2 TFL, 3 QBH; Morgan 4 hits, 0.5 TFL, Int, 2 PBU, R. Bronson 3 hits; Smesny 3 hits, 0.5 TFL; Loveless 3 hits, QBH; Ware 3 hits; M. Bronson 2 hits; Gladney 2 hits, QBH; Sam 2 hits; Hamilton 2 hits; Williams 2 hits; Crouch 2 hits; Thomas 1 hit; LeBlanc 1 hit, QBH; Bennett 1 hit; Bruno 1 hit, TFL; Dorn 1 hit; Lewis 1 hit; Smith 1 hit, 0.5 TFL, QBH. OFFENSIVE LINE: Johnson 45 snaps; Gauthreaux 53 snaps, 1 KD; Chaisson 55 snaps; Agada 70 snaps, 1 KD; Savoie 72 snaps, 3 KD; Everett 35 snaps, 1 KD; Landry 43 snaps; Koonce 3 snaps; Jones 3 snaps INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Babin 11-57; Murray 12-45; Breaux 1-29; Celestie 1-25; Carey 2-10; Stroud 4--19, td. Totals 31-147, td. SLU - Stanley 13-29, td; Chaney 14-25, td; LeBlanc 3-8; Roberson 3-1; Smiley 1-0; Weary 2-0; Fruge 1--5. Totals 41-47, 2 td. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 14-28, 164, 2 td, int; Thompson 1-1, 8. Totals 15-29, 172, 2 td, int. SLU - Stanley 21-35, 247, td; Mothe 1-1, 27. Totals 22-36, 274, td. RECEIVING: McNeese - Celestie 2-30; Murray 2-48, td; Spencer 2-29; Thomas 2-19, td; Babin 2-9; Briscoe 1-27; Myers 1-8; Dixon 1-8; Carey 1-4. SLU - Fruge 6-96; McCrea 5-90; Chaney 3-11; Moore 2-19; Smiley 2-8; Mueller 1-27; Malott 1-11; LeBlanc 1-9; Jenkins 1-3, td. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 4-150, 37.5, 48 long, 2 In20. SLU - Mothe 2-85, 42.5, 46 long; Stanley 1-42, 42.0, 42 long. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 1-10; SLU - McCrea 1-35. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 2-34; Murray 1-17; Ellefsen 1-10. SLU - Smiley 3-49; Hubert 1-7. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 1-2 (made 30, missed 36). SLU - 1-1 (made 49) DEFENSE: McNeese - Cahee 10 hits, 2 TFL, FF, PBU; Thompson 7 hits, TFL, FF; Dobbs 7 hits, TFL; B. Brown 6 hits, TFL; Hamner 5 hits, TFL, QBH; Thomas 5 hits, PBU; Spikes 5 hits, TFL, QBH; R. Bronson 5 hits, FR; Ellefsen 4 hits, 2 TFL, QBH; Loveless 4 hits, TFL, PBU; Ware 4 hits, TFL, FR; Dorn 3 hits, 2 TFL, QBH; Smesny 3 hits, FF, PBU; Morgan 3 hits, FR, QBH; Scott 2 hits; Williams 2 hits, 0.5 TFL, 2 QBH; Raggett 2 hits, TFL; Smith 1 hit; Sam 1 hit; Carey 1 hit; Bruno 1 hit; Murray 1 hit; Bennett 1 hit; Middleton 1 hit; LeBlanc 1 hit; Fontenot 1 hit, PBU OFFENSIVE LINE: Chaisson 65 snaps; Agada 64 snaps; Savoie 57 snaps; Johnson 46 snaps; Gauthreaux 44 snaps; Everett 25 snaps; Landry 18 snaps
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2012 Game Recaps
Game 5 • McNeese 30, Northwestern State 22
Sept. 29 at Lake Charles, La. (10,532) Northwestern St. 0 0 14 8 - 22 McNeese 7 10 3 10 - 30 McN (1st, 6:29) Josh Jordan 17 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (2nd, 14:07) Diontae Spencer 43 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 McN (2nd, 00:00) Lewis 17 yd field goal, McN 17-0 NWLA (3rd, 13:56) Clifton Brown 18 yd pass from Brad Henderson, Shaughnessy kick, McN 17-7 McN (3rd, 4:33), Lewis 21 yd field goal, McN 20-7 NWLA (3rd, 2:44) Phillip Harvey 41 yd pass from Henderson, Shaughnessy kick, McN 20-14 McN (4th, 10:19), Lewis 31 yd field goal, McN 23-14 McN (4th, 9:28) Javaris Murray 18 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 30-14 NWLA (4th, 5:58) Jovhan Jilbert 58 yd pass from Henderson, Robert Walker pass from Henderson, McN 30-22 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
NWLA 18 4 11 3 27-58 287 24-40-1 345 2-2 5-44 6-38.5 0 78 25:27 3 of 13 2 of 3 1 of 1
McN 22 9 9 4 50-209 195 12-25-0 404 1-1 6-46 5-45.6 25 104 34:33 7 of 17 1 of 1 5 of 6
Game 6 • Central Arkansas 27, McNeese 26
Oct. 13 at Lake Charles, La. (12,913) Central Arkansas 7 3 0 17 - 27 McNeese 3 9 0 14 - 26 UCA (1st, 10:25) Jesse Grandy 36 yd pass from Wynrick Smothers, Eddie Camara kick, UCA 7-0 McN (1st, 4:15) Josh Lewis 20 yd field goal, UCA 7-3 UCA (2nd, 14:14) Camara 41 yd field goal, UCA 10-3 McN (2nd, 7:46) Cody Stroud 1 yd run, Lewis kick failed, UCA 10-9 McN (2nd, 00:00) Lewis 31 yd field goal, McN 12-10 McN (4th, 10:16) Marcus Wiltz 12 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 19-10 UCA (4th, 8:14) Grandy 33 yd pass from Smothers, Camara kick, McN 19-17 McN (4th, 3:28) Wiltz 29 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 26-17 UCA (4th, 1:10) Dezmin Lewis 19 yd pass from Smothers, Camara kick, McN 26-24 UCA (4th, 00:23) Camara 47 yd field goal, UCA 27-26 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
UCA 20 9 11 0 30-97 254 26-41-2 351 0-0 7-60 4-43.2 2-11 5-310 27:02 6 of 14 2 of 2 1 of 1
McN 25 14 9 2 44-175 160 18-25-0 335 1-0 3-20 5-36.4 1-43 5-258 32:58 6 of 13 0 of 0 4 of 4
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 21-76; Murray 12-60, td; Babin 9-30; Stroud 4-24; Spencer 3-16; Carey 1-3. NWLA - Walker 3-22; Henderson 11-21; Riley 5-11; Russo 1-5; Taylor 1-3; Morris 2--2; Chiasson 2--2. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 12-25, 195, 2 td. NWLA - Henderson 24-40, 287, 3 td, 1 int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Spencer 4-74, td; Jordan 3-51, td; Carey 3-50; Celestie 1-12; Edmonson 1-8. NWLA - Brown 4-54, td; Harvey 3-50, td; Walker 3-18; Nims 2-23; David 2-19; Goodie 2-19; Taylor 2-3; Jilbert 1-58, td; Graham 1-15; Simmons 1-12; Toussant 1-7; Riley 1-5; Hollier 1-4. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 5-228, 45.6, 67 long, 2 In20. NWLA - Russo 6-231, 38.5, 48 long, 0 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 2-25. NWLA - None KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 4-104. NWLA - Harvey 3-78. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 3-4 (made 17, 21, 31; blocked on 43). NWLA - None. DEFENSE: McNeese - Ellefsen 10 hits, sack, 2.0 TFL, FF; Narcisse 7 hits, 0.5 TFL; Cahee 6 hits; Thompson 5 hits, 0.5 TFL, QBH; Ware 5 hits, TFL; Hamner 4 hits; Smesny 4 hits, PBU, Int.; Thomas 4 hits, TFL, PBU; Dorn 3 hits, FR; Loveless 3 hits; Bronson 2 hits, PBU; Sam 2 hits; Dobbs 2 hits; Breaux 1 hit; Spikes 1 hit; Williams 1 hit, FR, PBU, QBH; Middleton 1 hit; Raggett 1 hit; K. Thomas 1 hit. OFFENSIVE LINE: Chaisson 60 snaps; Agada 80 snaps; Savoie 76 snaps; Johnson 48 snaps; Landry 47 snaps; Gauthreaux 33 snaps; Everett 33 snaps; Jones 3 snaps.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 18-104, 2 td; Murray 9-48; Babin 7-21; Carey 3-11; Stroud 7--9, td. Totals 44-175, 3 td. UCA - Smothers 8-33; Hinton 14-31; Grandy 2-16; Bobo 5-15; Walker 1-2. Totals 30-97. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 18-25, 160. UCA - Smothers 26-41, 254, 3 td, 2 int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Carey 4-56; Celestie 4-32; Jordan 3-27; Spencer 2-17; Wiltz 2-16; Thomas 2-13; Dixon 1-5. UCA - Croom 7-42; Grandy 4-93, 2 td; Hinton 4-38; Lewis 4-36, td; Soft 2-17; Bobo 2-13; Jackson 1-6; Murphy 1-6; Gardner 1-3. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 5-182, 36.4, 52 long, 1 In20. UCA - Buford 4-173, 43.2, 45 long, 1 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 1-43. UCA - Grandy 2-11. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 2-41; Murray 3-48. UCA - Grandy 2-69; Bobo 2-21; Winfrey 1-0. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 2-2 (made 20, 31). UCA - Camara 2-2 (made 41-47). DEFENSE: McNeese - Narcisse 16 hits, 0.5 TFL, PBU, QBH; Thompson 13 hits, TFL; Morgan 8 hits; Smesny 7 hits, QBH; Thomas 6 hits, Int, 2 PBU; Cahee 6 hits; Dorn 5 hits, 0.5 TFL, PBU, QBH; Raggett 5 hits, 0.5 TFL; Williams 5 hits, 0.5 TFL, 2 QBH; Bronson 4 hits, Int, 2 PBU; Ellefsen 3 hits, TFL, PBU, 2 QBH; Dobbs 3 hits, TFL; Hamner 3 hits; Loveless 3 hits, Sack, TFL, QBH; Brown 2 hits; Spikes 1 hit; Ware 1 hit, QBH; Hunter 1 hit, QBH. OFFENSIVE LINE: Arinze Agada 92%, 70 snaps; Alec Savoie 90%, 62 snaps; Antonie Everett 90%, 44 snaps; Taylor Johnson 89%, 47 snaps; Carson Chaisson 88%, 62 snaps; Miguel Gauthreaux 88%, 25 snaps; Jonathan Landry 87%, 36 snaps.
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2012 Game Recaps
Game 7 • Sam Houston State 45, McNeese 10 Oct. 20, 2012 at Huntsville, Texas McNeese 7 3 0 0 - 10 SHSU 7 14 10 14 - 45 McN (1st, 9:39) Kelvin Bennett 32 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 SHSU (1st, 00:56) Chance Nelson 14 yd pass from Brian Bell, Miguel Antonio kick, 7-7 McN (2nd, 9:47) Lewis 44 yd field goal, McN 10-7 SHSU (2nd, 7:28) Richard Sincere 44 yd run, Antonio kick, SHSU 14-10 SHSU (2nd, 2:12) Tim Flanders 12 yd run, Antonio kick, SHSU 21-10 SHSU (3rd, 8:24) Brian Bell 1 yd run, Antonio kick, SHSU 28-10 SHSU (3rd, 5:46) Antonio 22 yd field goal, SHSU 31-10 SHSU (4th, 13:26) Sincere 65 yd run, Antonio kick, SHSU 38-10 SHSU (4th, 3:22) Chris Grett 7 yd run, Antonio kick, SHSU 45-10 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 17 7 6 4 26-79 131 12-30-2 210 1-1 7-63 7-37.9 1-6 4-65
SHSU 24 13 9 2 50-348 193 16-25-1 541 1-1 10-110 3-39.7 2-27 3-67
3 of 12 0 of 0 0 of 0
8 of 15 2 of 2 4 of 4
Game 8 • McNeese 35, Stephen F. Austin 24
Oct. 27, 2012 at Lake Charles, La. (12,213) SFA 0 14 10 0 - 24 McNeese 14 7 7 7 - 35 McN (1st, 8:28) Wes Briscoe 11 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (1st, 1:11) Darius Carey 4 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 SFA (2nd, 11:23) Cordell Roberson 3 yd pass from Brady Attaway, Jordan Wiggs kick, McN 14-7 SFA (2nd, 4:46) DJ Ward 9 yd pass from Attaway, Wiggs kick, 14-14 McN (2nd, 1:16) Josh Jordan 20 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 21-14 SFA (3rd, 13:00) Doug Gentry 1 yd run, Wiggs kick, 21-21 SFA (3rd, 7:41) Wiggs 20 yd fg, SFA 24-21 McN (3rd, 3:05) Kenny Brown 15 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 28-24 McN (4th, 3:00) Marcus Wiltz 35 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 35-24 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
SFA 34 12 20 2 32-151 378 42-68-2 529 4-1 6-82 5-31.4 4-16 3-66 27:07 7 of 17 0 of 2 0 of 0
McN 22 7 12 3 42-180 188 19-28-0 368 1-0 6-50 7-40.6 1-34 5-101 32:53 5 of 13 0 of 1 4 of 4
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 5-39; Bennett 7-22; Spencer 1-18; Babin 5-17; Celestie 2-15; Bolfing 2--16; Stroud 3--17. SHSU - Sincere 12-132, 2 td; Flanders 19-105, td; Hill 3-51; Bell 10-33, td; Wilson 2-11; Williams 1-7; Grett 1-7, td; Frank 2-0. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 10-26, 119, td, int; Bolfing 2-3, 12, int; Carey 0-1. SHSU - Bell 16-25, 193, td, int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Carey 4-42; Bennett 3-44, td; Jordan 2-12; Babin 1-14; Celestie 1-12; Spencer 1-7. SHSU - Nelson 5-75, td; Diller 3-49; Sincere 3-23; Standley 1-20; Wilkerson 1-11; Robinson 1-7; Williams 1-5; Wilson 1-3. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 7-265, 37.9, 50 long, 0 In20. SHSU - Foster 2-93, 46.5, 49 long, 0 In20; Bell 1-26, 26.0, 26 long, 1 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 1-6. SHSU - Diller 2-27. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 2-23; Spencer 2-42. SHSU - Diller 2-66; Standley 1-1. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 1-1 (made 44). SHSU - 1-1 (made 22) DEFENSE: Cahee 15 hits; Narcisse 10 hits, QBH; Morgan 10 hits, TFL, FF, FR; Brown 6 hits; Dobbs 5 hits; Thompson 5 hits, TFL, QBH; Hunter 5 hits; Smesny 5 hits, TFL, PBU; Bronson 5 hits; Sam 4 hits, 2 PBU; Thomas 4 hits, Int; Ellefsen 4 hits, QBH; Dorn 4 hits, QBH; LeBlanc 3 hits; Raggett 3 hits, TFL; Spikes 2 hits; Marsh 2 hits; Hamner 2 hits; Williams 2 hits, QBH; Gorman 1 hit; Smith 1 hit, QBH; Merritt 1 hit.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 10-111, td; Murray 11-46; Babin 5-14; Spencer 2-9; Carey 1-4, td; Stroud 2--2. SFA - Johnson 13-93; Gentry 15-84, td; Lawson 1-2; Attaway 3--28. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 19-28, 188, 3 td. SFA - Attaway 42-68, 378, 2 int, 2 td. RECEIVING: McNeese - Spencer 4-43; Celestie 3-23; Briscoe 2-34, td; Jordan 2-26, td; Carey 2-18; Busch 1-17; Brown 1-15, td; Murray 1-7; Edmonson 1-3; Wiltz 1-2; Babin 1-0. SFA - Thomas 7-99; Gambel 7-53; Brooks 7-46; Roberson 6-60, td; Ward 6-50, td; Lott 3-29; Lacy 3-21; Mosley 2-14; Lawson 1-6. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 7-284, 40.6, 50 long, 4 In20. SFA - Attaway 3-79, 26.3, 29 long, 2 In20; Bruno 2-78, 39.0, 39 long, 1 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 1-34. SFA - Lacy 4-16. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 2-34; Spencer 3-67. SFA - Lacy 2-56; Ward 1-10. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 0-0. SFA - Wiggs 1-1 (made 20) DEFENSE: Cahee 15 hits, PBU; Morgan 12 hits, 3 PBU; Smesny 12 hits; Thomas 11 hits, Int., 3 PBU; Bronson 10 hits, Int., 2 PBU; Narcisse 8 hits, 1.5 TFL, PBU; Sam 5 hits, FF, FR, 3 PBU; Thompson 5 hits, 0.5 TFL; Brown 4 hits; Dorn 4 hits, sack, TFL, PBU, 2 QBH; Dobbs 3 hits, PBU; Williams 3 hits, 2 QBH; Ellefsen 3 hits, FF, 2 QBH; Long 2 hits; Spikes 2 hits; Raggett 2 hits; LeBlanc 2 hits, 0.5 TFL; Hamner 1 hit, 2 PBU; Smith 1 hit, TFL; Hunter 1 hit, PBU. OFFENSIVE LINE: Agada 90%, 77 snaps; Everett 88%, 42 snaps; Johnson 87%, 63 snaps; Landry 85%, 32 snaps; Chaisson 85%, 49 snaps; Savoie 84%, 77 snaps; Gauthreaux 80%, 28 snaps.
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2012 Game Recaps
Game 9 • McNeese 42, Nicholls State 10
Nov. 3 at Thibodaux, La. (5,299) McNeese 7 14 7 14 - 42 Nicholls State 0 3 0 7 - 10 McN (1st, 12:34) Wes Briscoe 24 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 McN (2nd, 10:09) Marcus Wiltz 1 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 14-0 NICH (2nd, 6:03) Andrew Dolan 27 yd field goal, McN 14-3 McN (2nd, 00:19) Ernest Celestie 8 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 21-3 McN (3rd, 1:31) Darius Carey 32 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, McN 28-3 McN (4th, 10:29) Kenny Brown 7 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 35-3 NICH (4th, 2:53) Dalton Hilliard 10 yd run, Dolan kick, McN 35-10 McN (4th, 1:50) Kelvin Bennett 76 yd run, Lewis kick, McN 42-10 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 24 12 11 1 42-276 274 17-29-1 550 1-0 7-90 3-45.3 2-17 3-22 31:29 7 of 12 1 of 2 3 of 3
NICH 21 6 12 3 25-110 265 24-37-4 375 1-0 7-52 4-36.8 1-29 3-57 28:31 3 of 11 0 of 1 2 of 5
Game 10 • UTSA 31, McNeese 24
Nov. 10 at San Antonio, Texas (25,784) McNeese 7 3 0 14 - 24 UTSA 0 7 14 10 - 31 McN (1st, 9:38) Wes Briscoe 12 yd pass from Cody Stroud, Josh Lewis kick, McN 7-0 UTSA (2nd, 2:53) Evans Okotcha 23 yd pass from Eric Soza, Kristian Stern kick, 7-7 McN (2nd, 00:16) Lewis 36 yd field goal, McN 10-7 UTSA (3rd, 8:51) Soza 4 yd run, Stern kick, UTSA 14-10 UTSA (3rd, 3:43) Okotcha 9 yd run, Stern kick, UTSA 21-10 UTSA (4th, 14:10) Brandon Armstrong 31 yd pass from Soza, Stern kick, UTSA 28-10 UTSA (4th, 9:55) Stern 31 yd field goal, UTSA 31-10 McN (4th, 6:18) Dylan Long 6 yd pass from Stroud, Lewis kick, UTSA 31-17 McN (4th, 3:05) Marcus Wiltz 3 yd run, Lewis kick, UTSA 31-24 TEAM TOTALS First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Yds Rushing Yds Passing Passes Total Yards Fumbles/lost Penalties/yards Punts/avg. Punt Returns KO Returns Possession 3rd Downs 4th Downs Red Zone
McN 29 6 20 3 26-93 346 34-46-1 439 1-1 9-95 3-37.0 2-6 5-102 28:39 6 of 12 0 of 0 4 of 5
UTSA 22 2 16 4 32-96 262 24-37-0 358 1-0 7-62 5-41.6 0-0 3-52 31:21 12 of 19 1 of 1 3 of 3
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Bennett 8-94, td; Murray 10-82; Babin 9-42; Wiltz 11-35, td; Celestie 1-14; Brown 1-7, td; Spencer 1-7; Stroud 1--5. NICH - Washington 10-57; Hebert 4-45; Hilliard 1-10, td; Caston 3-2; Klann 7--4. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 17-28, 274, 3 td, int. NICH - Klann 18-25, 177, 2 int; Hebert 6-11, 88, 2 int. RECEIVING: McNeese - Carey 6-125, td; Spencer 4-54; Murray 2-6; Briscoe 1-24, td; Jordan 1-23; Busch 1-18; Edmonson 1-16; Celestie 1-8, td. NICH - Hanberry 4-42; Scelfo 3-63; Lucas 3-29; Nichols 3-23; Bolt 2-52; Nelson 2-15; Turner 2-13; Fortson 2-11; Washington 2-7; Hilliard 1-10. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 3-136, 45.3, 49 long, 1 In20. NICH - Kemps 4-147, 36.8, 40 long, 1 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 2-17. NICH - Bolt 1-29. KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Babin 3-22. NICH - Hanberry 3-57. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - 0-0. NICH - Dolan 1-1 (27) DEFENSE: Cahee 12 hits, 0.5 TFL, Int, 2 PBU; Morgan 8 hits, 0.5 TFL; Narcisse 8 hits, 0.5 TFL, PBU, QBH; Brown 7 hits, Int, PBU, 2 QBH; Dorn 6 hits, 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 2 QBH; Raggett 5 hits, TFL; Dobbs 5 hits, 2 QBH; Spikes 5 hits; Bronson 4 hits, Int, PBU; Hamner 4 hits, PBU; Williams 3 hits, sack, 2 TFL; Ellefsen 3 hits, TFL, PBU; Sam 2 hits, sack, TFL, Int; Merritt 2 hits; LeBlanc 2 hits, QBH; Flanigan 1 hit; Gorman 1 hit; Gorman 1 hit; Phillips 1 hit; Gladney 1 hit; Middleton 1 hit; Hunter QBH; Thomas PBU. OFFENSIVE LINE: Agada 92%, 55 snaps; Chaisson 90%, 66 snaps; Johnson 90%, 55 snaps; Savoie 88%, 66 snaps; Everett 88%, 41 snaps; Gauthreaux 87%, 46 snaps; Landry 25 snaps; Jones 7 snaps; Koonce 7 snaps. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: McNeese - Wiltz 12-63, td; Murray 5-16; Carey 3-14; Babin 2-8; Bennett 2-5; Stroud 2--13. UTSA - Okotcha 10-50, td; Jones 4-27; Glasco 10-11; Soza 4-8, td; Armstrong 1-5; Vaughn 2--3. PASSING: McNeese - Stroud 34-46, 346, 2 td, int. UTSA - Soza 24-37, 262, 2 td. RECEIVING: McNeese - Briscoe 6-99, td; Spencer 6-62; Carey 4-50; Babin 4-21; Dixon 3-28; Wiltz 2-20; Edmonson 2-17; Long 2-13, td; Celestie 2-12; Jordan 1-12; Murray 1-6; Thomas 1-6. UTSA Okotcha 3-37, td; Monroe 3-33; Jones 3-31; Mack 3-26; Freeman 2-40; Holmes 2-19; Shaw 2-11; Harrison 2-4; Armstrong 1-31, td; Grubb 1-18; Hubble 1-6; Glasco 1-6. PUNTING: McNeese - Breaux 2-86, 43.0, 61 long, 0In20. UTSA - Stern 5-208, 41.6, 50 long, 1 In20. PUNT RETURNS: McNeese - Carey 2-6. UTSA - None KICKOFF RETURNS: McNeese - Spencer 4-87; Murray 1-15. UTSA - Monroe 1-30; Grubb 1-19; Armstrong 1-3. FIELD GOALS: McNeese - Lewis 1-2 (Made 36, Missed 26); UTSA - Stern 1-1 (Made 31) DEFENSE: Raggett 13 hits, 2.0 TFL; Cahee 9 hits, PBU; Bronson 9 hits; Dobbs 8 hits; Ellefsen 7 hits, 1.5 TFL, PBU, 3 QBH; Morgan 6 hits, TFL, FF, PBU, QBH; Dorn 5 hits, 0.5 TFL, 2 QBH; Brown 4 hits, TFL; Narcisse 4 hits; Thompson 4 hits; Hunter 3 hits, 1.5 TFL; Sam 3 hits, PBU; Williams 2 hits, QBH; Thomas 2 hits, PBU; Loveless 1 hit; Gorman 1 hit; Ware 1 hit. OFFENSIVE LINE: Savoie 75 snaps; Agada 74 snaps; Chaisson 72 snaps; Johnson 48 snaps; Landry 44 snaps; Gauthreaux 34 snaps; Everett 29 snaps.
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2012 McNeese State Football McNeese State Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 05, 2012) All games
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2012 McNeese Statistics
Team Statistics SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters McNeese State Opponents
2nd
3rd
4th
OT
73 105 20 44
1st
48 55
72 83
0 0
Total 298 202
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OPP
298 33.1 202 95 83 24 1947 2112 165 381 5.1 216.3 19 1735 136-230-5 7.5 12.8 192.8 17 3682 611 6.0 409.1 33-629 15-244 15-52 19.1 16.3 3.5 10-5 62-527 58.6 41-1657 40.4 36.0 56-3358 60.0 49.9 3 2 :1 0 48/111 43% 4/6 67% 14-118 0 38 11-16 0-0 (34-38) 89% (25-38) 66% (37-38) 97% 48949 4/12237
202 22.4 186 65 106 15 1024 1291 267 287 3.6 113.8 11 2284 226-362-15 6.3 10.1 253.8 14 3308 649 5.1 367.6 37-912 15-162 5-47 24.6 10.8 9.4 18-10 62-602 66.9 43-1814 42.2 33.3 40-2346 58.7 39.2 2 7 :3 8 51/131 39% 12/22 55% 15-107 26 25 8-8 1-2 (24-31) 77% (19-31) 61% (22-22) 100% 48548 5/9710 0/0
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2012 Defensive Statistics
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2012 Team Game-by-Game Statistics
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2012 Red Zone Statistics
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2012 McNeese State Football November 17, 2012 • vs. Lamar McNeese State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 05, 2012) Conference games
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