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ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL Lone Star Conference Champions 1973 • 1977 • 2008 • 2010 Lone Star Conference South Division Champions 2002 • 2008 • 2010 NAIA Division I National Champions 1973 • 1977 NCAA Division II Playoff Appearances 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 Texas Conference Champions 1939 • 1940 • 1948 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 Gulf Coast Conference Champions 1955 Bowl Championships 1950 Refrigerator Bowl • 1973 NAIA Champions Bowl • 1976 Shrine Bowl • 1977 NAIA Apple Bowl

ACU WILDCATS AT A GLANCE FOOTBALL HISTORY First year of football: 1919 All-time record: 466-380-32* 2012 record: 4-3 Head coach: Ken Collums (1st season) Coach’s overall record: 4-4 Coach’s record at ACU: 4-4 Years in NCAA post-season play: 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) NCAA post-season record: 2-6* Last NCAA post-season appearance: 2011 Result: lost to Washburn (Mo.), 52-49, in first round * 10 wins from 2007 season vacated because of NCAA violations.

COACHING STAFF Ken Collums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator Darian Dulin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs Chris Ballard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive Assistant Sam Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive Line Kendrick Holloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wide Receivers David Rausch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Line Mark Ribaudo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linebackers Nathan Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Running Backs Cory Driskill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Athletics Trainer Luke Sauber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Athletics Trainer

RADIO: All of ACU’s games can be heard live on Mix 92.5 FM with Grant Boone calling all the play-by-play action. He will be joined in the booth by ACU SID Lance Fleming. Boone is in his fifth season calling play-by-play for the Wildcats, while Fleming is in his 15th year as ACU’s assistant director of athletics for media relations and his third as the full-time color commentator.

ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS LANCE FLEMING Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations Office phone: 325-674-2693 Cell phone: 325-665-3543 Fax: 325-674-6798 Email: [email protected] Shotwell Stadium Press box: 325-671-4673 or 4675 Home radio: 325-674-4906 Visitor radio: 325-676-0293 CHRIS MACALUSO Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations Office phone: 325-674-6171 Cell phone: 765-490-6988 Fax: 325-674-6798 Email: [email protected] facebook.com/abilenechristian facebook.com/ACUsports

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Photo by Jeremy Enlow / Abilene Christian University

Wildcats back on road to face oldest Lone Star Conference rival for last time COMMERCE – The oldest rivalry in the Lone Star Conference will play itself out Saturday at Memorial Stadium when the ACU Wildcats hook up with the Lions of Texas A&M-Commerce for the 69th and possibly final time. The Wildcats lead the all-time series against Commerce 39-27-1 (2007 win by ACU was vacated because of NCAA rules violations) and has won the last two meetings. The series dates back to 1922 (ACU’s fourth season of intercollegiate football) and was played continuously from 1972-2005. Perhaps the most memorable game in the series came in 2009 when the Wildcats beat the Lions, 20-14 in overtime, when Drew Cuffee returned an interception 85 yards for a touchdown on the first play of overtime at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. After six straight trips to the NCAA Division II playoffs, the Wildcats are playing for a winning season and perhaps a spot in the Lower Kanza Bowl in Topeka, Kan. ACU is 4-4 on the season and 2-4 in the LSC and needs to win out to secure a sixth straight season with at least seven wins. Senior quarterback Mitchell Gale is also closing in on more LSC and ACU history as he needs just 819 yards over the final three games to become only the second LSC player in history (along with former ACU great Billy Malone) to pass for at least 12,000 yards in his career. He needs just 832 yards to pass Malone (12,012 yards from 2005-08) as the all-time leading passer in both LSC and ACU history.

ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE When: Saturday, Oct. 27 Time: 2 p.m. Where: Commerce Stadium: Memorial Stadium (7,500 / FieldTurf) Radio: Mix 92.5 FM Series: ACU leads 39-27-1 Last week: • ACU lost to Midwestern State, 35-31 • A&M-Commerce lost to Angelo St., 17-16 Last meeting: • ACU 40, Texas A&M-Commerce 28 (Oct. 29, 2011 / Abilene)

The Wildcats enter Saturday’s contest riding their first two-game losing streak since they lost back-to-back games Oct. 17 and Oct. 24, 2009, when they lost at home to West Texas A&M (31-21) and at Tarleton State (13-6), respectively. The Lions have won just once in seven outings (knocking off Texas A&M-Kingsville on Sept. 29), but played well last week against Angelo State. Commerce led 13-0 at halftime, but saw the Rams storm back to take a 17-16 win, completing the comeback with a late fourth-quarter field goal to seal the win over the upset-minded Lions.

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

BREAKDOWN

ABILENE CHRISTIAN (4-4, 2-4 LSC)

Abilene Christian

Texas A&M-Commerce

2012 Record 2012 Ranking Last Game

2012 Record 2012 Ranking Last Game

Head Coach Career Record ACU Record vs. TAMC

4-4, 2-4 in LSC Not ranked lost to Midwestern State, 35-31 Oct. 20, 2012 Ken Collums (1st season) 4-4 (1st season) 4-4 (1st season) 0-0

Head Coach Career Record TAMC Record vs. ACU

1-6, 1-4 in LSC Not ranked lost to Angelo State, 17-16 Oct. 20, 2012 Guy Morriss 37-82 (11th season) 10-28 (4th season) 0-2

Home: 2-2

Away: 1-2

Neutral: 1-0

Sept. 1 def. McMurry, 51-0

1-0

Sept. 8 * lost to #24 A&M-Kingsville, 16-13

1-1, 0-1

Sept. 15 * def. Tarleton State, 34-31

2-1, 1-1

Sept. 22 * lost to Angelo State, 28-23

2-2, 1-2

Sept. 27 def. Delta State (Miss.), 34-28

3-2, 1-2

Oct. 6

4-2, 2-2

* def. E. New Mexico, 59-17

Oct. 13 * lost to West Texas A&M, 36-0

TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE SERIES ACU leads 39-27-1 2011 – ACU 40, A&M-Commerce 28 2009 – ACU 20, A&M-Commerce 14 (ot) * 2007 – ACU 45, A&M-Commerce 14 2005 – ACU 27, A&M-Commerce 18 2004 – A&M-Commerce 37, ACU 17 2003 – ACU 21, A&M-Commerce 7 2002 – ACU 47, A&M-Commerce 6 2001 – A&M-Commerce 23, ACU 10 2000 – A&M-Commerce 10, ACU 9 2000 – A&M-Commerce 34, ACU 10 1999 – ACU 21, A&M-Commerce 17 1998 – ACU 22, A&M-Commerce 15 1997 – ACU 19, A&M-Commerce 9 1997 – ACU 26, A&M-Commerce 10 1996 – A&M-Commerce 17, ACU 0 1995 – A&M-Commerce 31, ACU 24 1994 – A&M-Commerce 42, ACU 35 1993 – ACU 17, A&M-Commerce 10 1992 – A&M-Commerce 52, ACU 10 1991 – A&M-Commerce 37, ACU 3 1990 – A&M-Commerce 63, ACU 34 1989 – ACU 24, A&M-Commerce 21 1988 – A&M-Commerce 39, ACU 24 1987 – ACU 38, A&M-Commerce 10 1986 – ACU 20, A&M-Commerce 12 1985 – ACU 30, A&M-Commerce 9 1984 – ACU 24, A&M-Commerce 14 1983 – A&M-Commerce 31, ACU 28 1982 – A&M-Commerce 26, ACU 25 1981 – ACU 19, A&M-Commerce 14 1980 – A&M-Commerce 24, ACU 14 1979 – A&M-Commerce 31, ACU 16 1978 – ACU 28, A&M-Commerce 27 1977 – ACU 28, A&M-Commerce 13 1976 – ACU 17, A&M-Commerce 0 1975 – A&M-Commerce 20, ACU 18 1974 – ACU 31, A&M-Commerce 13

1973 – ACU 18, A&M-Commerce 16 1972 – ACU 14, A&M-Commerce 12 1970 – ACU 41, A&M-Commerce 21 1969 – ACU 38, A&M-Commerce 32 1968 – A&M-Commerce 29, ACU 22 1967 – ACU 24, A&M-Commerce 16 1966 – ACU 7, A&M-Commerce 0 1965 – A&M-Commerce 21, ACU 20 1964 – ACU 17, A&M-Commerce 11 1963 – A&M-Commerce 17, ACU 0 1962 – A&M-Commerce 3, ACU 0 1961 – A&M-Commerce 16, ACU 14 1960 – ACU 9, A&M-Commerce 6 1959 – A&M-Commerce 21, ACU 0 1958 – A&M-Commerce 27, ACU 6 1956 – ACU 13, A&M-Commerce 6 1955 – ACU 7, A&M-Commerce 7 1954 – ACU 41, A&M-Commerce 19 1953 – A&M-Commerce 28, ACU 27 1952 – A&M-Commerce 21, ACU 0 1951 – ACU 14, A&M-Commerce 6 1950 – ACU 19, A&M-Commerce 0 1946 – ACU 26, A&M-Commerce 7 1942 – ACU 13, A&M-Commerce 7 1941 – A&M-Commerce 35, ACU 0 1940 – ACU 14, A&M-Commerce 7 1928 – ACU 17, A&M-Commerce 6 1927 – ACU 20, A&M-Commerce 0 1925 – ACU 19, A&M-Commerce 0 1924 – A&M-Commerce 17, ACU 7 1922 – ACU 30, A&M-Commerce 2 * Win vacated because of NCAA violations

Oct. 20 * ! lost to #12 Midwestern St., 35-31 4-4, 2-4 Oct. 27 * at Texas A&M-Commerce Nov. 3

2 p.m.

vs. #23 West Alabama

12 p.m.

Nov. 10 * at Incarnate Word

7 p.m.

Home games are in bold * Lone Star Conference game ! Homecoming

TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE (1-6, 1-4 LSC) Home: 1-2

Away: 0-3

Neutral: 0-1

Sept. 1 lost to SE Oklahoma State, 31-6

0-1

Sept. 8 lost to UT-San Antonio, 27-16

0-2

Sept. 13 * lost to Midwestern State, 65-14

0-3, 0-1

Sept. 29 * def. Texas A&M-Kingsville, 21-14

1-3, 1-1

Oct. 6

* lost to Incarnate Word, 31-9

1-4, 1-2

Oct. 13 * lost to Tarleton State, 43-10

1-5, 1-3

Oct. 20 * lost to Angelo State, 17-16

1-6, 1-4

Oct. 27 * vs. Abilene Christian

2 p.m.

Nov. 3

2 p.m.

* at Eastern New Mexico

Nov. 10 * vs. West Texas A&M Home games are in bold * Lone Star Conference game ! Homecoming

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4-3, 2-3

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

2 p.m.

MITCHELL GALE GAME-BY-GAME

ACU IN THE AFCA POLL Since 2006 season 2006 Date Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Final

2011

Rank Abilene Christian NR Abilene Christian 25th Abilene Christian 23rd Abilene Christian 21st Abilene Christan 20th Abilene Christian 14th Abilene Christian 19th Abilene Christian 18th Abilene Christian 22nd Abilene Christian 20th 2007

Date Pre-Season Aug. 28 Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Final

Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian

Rank 11th 11th 24th 21st 18th 17th 15th 14th 12th 21st 19th 17th 15th 15th

2008 Date Pre-Season Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Final

Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian

Rank 8th 6th 4th 4th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 5th

2009 Date Pre-Season Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Final

Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian

Rank 5th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 9th 15th 12th 18th 13th

2010 Date Pre-Season Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Final

Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian

Rank 7th 6th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 8th

Date Pre-Season Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Dec. 19

Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian

Rank 4th 3rd 3rd 10th 11th 10th 10th 9th 19th 16th 12th 11th 16th

2012 Date Pre-Season Sept. 4 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22

Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian

Rank 10th 9th 20th 19th RV NR NR NR NR

ACU POLL NOTES • Since the AFCA poll debuted in 2000, 11 teams have spent at least one week ranked as the No. 1 team in the nation: Abilene Christian, Delta State, Central Washington, Grand Valley State, Minnesota-Duluth, North Alabama, North Dakota, Northwest Missouri State, Pittsburg State, Saginaw Valley State, Colorado State-Pueblo and Valdosta State. • The Wildcats were ranked in the AFCA poll for 80 straight weeks from Sept. 26, 2006, through Sept. 17, 2012, but dropped out on Sept. 24, 2012, after a loss to Angelo State.

ACU senior quarterback Mitchell Gale is on the verge of setting virtually every meaningful passing record in both LSC and ACU history. He needs just 819 passing yards to hit 12,000 for his career, and will need just 13 more after that to become the all-time leading passer in LSC and ACU history. Here’s how Gale has fared game-by-game in his career:

2009 Season Date Sept. 5 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Totals

Opponent vs. Fort Lewis vs. SE Oklahoma State vs. Eastern New Mexico at East Central at Angelo State vs. West Texas A&M at Tarleton State vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville at Midwestern State * at Midwestern State * at NW Missouri State

Result W, 58-10 W, 33-14 W, 44-33 W, 43-6 W, 38-14 L, 32-21 L, 13-6 W, 47-35 L, 15-13 W 24-21 L, 35-10

C-A-I 2-3-0 1-2-0 4-9-0 18-24-1 18-24-1 14-25-2 16-41-2 24-34-0 18-32-1 14-20-0 20-32-0 151-250-7

Yds. 62 7 73 300 218 112 192 289 141 141 174 1,709

TD 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 10

Long 56-td 7 23 62 42 16 26 72-td 19 41-td 35 72-td

Result W, 34-26 W,43-13 W,47-7 W, 65-3 W, 31-24 W, 31-28 W, 54-17 W, 53-14 W, 33-20 W, 41-34 W, 47-17 L, 55-41

C-A-I 24-30-0 18-25-0 23-32-0 25-38-0 34-51-0 27-39-0 17-26-1 23-41-0 27-41-0 22-36-1 9-15-0 27-51-1 276-425-3

Yds. 247 161 263 344 417 263 379 362 377 296 128 358 3,595

TD 3 1 5 2 3 3 5 5 4 1 1 5 38

Long 51-td 20 35-td 52 34 24 67-td 50-td 55-td 51-td 37 58-td 67

Result W, 27-24 L, 23-17 W, 31-17 W, 51-35 W, 36-7 W, 28-18 L, 70-28 W, 40-28 W, 42-34 W, 61-16 L, 52-49

C-A-I 26-49-2 33-59-2 18-32-0 29-43-0 23-39-0 18-31-0 32-55-1 19-31-1 30-42-0 19-29-0 29-48-3 276-458-9

Yds. 335 390 234 356 295 305 413 254 408 327 506 3,823

TD 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 28

Long 41-td 36 28 61-td 48 75 49 37 53 42 73 75

Result W, 51-0 L, 16-13 W, 34-31 L, 28-23 W, 34-28 W, 59-17 L, 36-0 L, 35-31

C-A-I 19-28-1 13-31-1 27-42-0 17-42-1 26-37-0 18-28-0 17-29-2 26-38-0

Yds. 290 137 279 308 246 252 207 335

TD 1 0 2 3 3 4 0 3

Long 50 20 34 57 28 29 42 46

162-275-5

2,054

16

57

865-1,408-24 11,181

92

75

2010 Season Date Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Totals

Opponent at Washburn at Northeastern State vs. East Central vs. Tarleton State at Texas A&M-Kingsville vs. Midwestern State at Incarnate Word at Eastern New Mexico vs. Angelo State at West Texas A&M vs. SW Oklahoma State * vs. Central Missouri

2011 Season Date Sept. 1 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Totals

Opponent at Tarleton State vs. North Alabama vs. Angelo State vs. Western Oregon at Eastern New Mexico vs. West Texas A&M at Midwestern State vs. Texas A&M-Commerce at Texas A&M-Kingsville vs. Incarnate Word * vs. Washburn

2012 Season Date Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 27 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Totals

Opponent vs. McMurry vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville vs. Tarleton State at Angelo State at Delta State vs. Eastern New Mexico at West Texas A&M vs. Midwestern State at Texas A&M-Commerce vs. West Alabama at Incarnate Word

Career Totals * NCAA Division II playoff game

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

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MITCHELL GALE BY THE NUMBERS Career TD Passes vs. Team 12 10 8 7

5 3 2

1

Eastern New Mexico Midwestern State Angelo State East Central (Okla.) Texas A&M-Kingsville Incarnate Word Tarleton State Washburn Central Missouri Delta State (Miss.) West Texas A&M North Alabama Texas A&M-Commerce Western Oregon Fort Lewis McMurry Northeastern State SW Oklahoma State

TD Passes to Receiver 16 15 8 7 6

5 3

Edmond Gates Taylor Gabriel Ben Gibbs Darrell Cantu-Harkless Justin Andrews Emery Dudensing Kendrick Johnson Darian Hogg Raymond Radway Daryl Richardson

1

DeMarcus Thompson Charcandrick West Reggie Brown Elton Crochran Andrew Richards Jamaine Sherman Trey Simeone Daniel Talavera Jamie Walker

Career Yards vs. Team 1,293 1,251 1,150 1,137 753 982 920 706 563 390 358 356 290 254 246 174 161 128 62 7

Midwestern State Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Angelo State Washburn Eastern New Mexico West Texas A&M Incarnate Word East Central North Alabama Central Missouri Western Oregon McMurry Texas A&M-Commerce Delta State (Miss.) NW Missouri State Northeastern State SW Oklahoma State Fort Lewis SE Oklahoma State

Touchdowns by Yards * 73 72 * 71 67 61 * 58 56 55 54 53 51 51 50 47 45 41 41 41 * 41 39 39 36 35 35 35 * 34 34 33 33 33 * 32 31 28 27 27 26 26 24 23 23

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to Demarcus Thompson vs. Washburn (Nov. 19, 2011) to Edmond Gates vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Oct. 31, 2009) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Washburn (Nov. 19, 2011) to Charcandrick West vs. Incarnate Word (Oct. 16, 2010) to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. Western Oregon (Oct. 1, 2011) to Kendrick Johnson vs. Central Missouri (Nov. 27, 2010) to Raymond Radway vs. Fort Lewis (Sept. 5, 2009) to Edmond Gates vs. Angelo State (Oct. 30, 2010) to Edmond Gates vs. East Central (Oct. 3, 2009) to Justin Andrews vs. West Texas A&M (Oct. 15, 2011) to Edmond Gates vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 6, 2010) to Edmond Gates vs. Washburn (Sept. 4, 2010) to Edmond Gates vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 23, 2010) to Darian Hogg vs. Western Oregon (Oct. 1, 2011) to Kendrick Johnson vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 23, 2010) to Charcandrick West vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 1, 2011) to Edmond Gates vs. Incarnate Word (Oct. 16, 2010) to Edmond Gates vs. Washburn (Sept. 4, 2010) to Kendrick Johnson vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 14, 2009) to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 6, 2012) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Nov. 5, 2011) to Ben Gibbs vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 25, 2010) to Andrew Richards vs. Incarnate Word (Nov. 12, 2011) to Darian Hogg vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (Oct. 29, 2011) to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. East Central (Sept. 18, 2010) to Daryl Richardson vs. Washburn (Nov. 19, 2011) to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. East Central (Sept. 18, 2010) to Elton Crochran vs. Angelo State (Sept. 22, 2012) to DeMarcus Thompson vs. Angelo State (Sept. 22, 2012) to Edmond Gates vs. Incarnate Word (Oct. 16, 2010) to Edmond Gates vs. Central Missouri (Nov. 27, 2010) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Incarnate Word (Nov. 12, 2011) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Delta State, Miss. (Sept. 27, 2012) to Darian Hogg vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Nov. 5, 2011) to Justin Andrews vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Oct. 2, 2010) to Edmond Gates vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 23, 2010) to Edmond Gates vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Oct. 2, 2010) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 22, 2011) to Daryl Richardson vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 1, 2011) to Raymond Radway vs. Incarnate Word (Oct. 16, 2010)

21 20 * 20 18 17 17 17 17 * 17 16 16 16 * 16 16 16 14 13 13 13 12 11 10 * 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 *3 3 3 2 1 1

to Kendrick Johnson vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 23, 2010) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 20, 2012) to Raymond Radway vs. Central Missouri (Nov. 27, 2010) to Jamaine Sherman vs. West Texas A&M (Oct. 15, 2011) to Charcandrick West vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 6, 2012) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Angelo State (Sept. 22, 2012) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 22, 2011) to Taylor Gabriel vs. North Alabama (Sept. 17, 2011) to Ben Gibbs vs. Central Missouri (Nov. 27, 2010) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 15, 2012) to Justin Andrews vs. SW Oklahoma State (Nov. 13, 2010) to Kendrick Johnson vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 9, 2010) to Edmond Gates vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 14, 2009) to Reggie Brown vs. Angelo State (Oct. 10, 2009) to Justin Andrews vs. East Central (Oct. 3, 2009) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 22, 2011) to Ben Gibbs vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (Oct. 29, 2011) to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 8, 2011) to Kendrick Johnson vs. East Central (Oct. 3, 2009) to Darian Hogg vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 6, 2012) to Edmond Gates vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 9, 2010) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 20, 2012) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Washburn (Nov. 19, 2011) to Daryl Richardson vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 9, 2010) to Ben Gibbs vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Oct. 2, 2010) to Taylor Gabriel vs. McMurry (Sept. 1, 2012) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 8, 2011) to Raymond Radway vs. Angelo State (Oct. 30, 2010) to Edmond Gates vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 23, 2010) to Raymond Radway vs. Incarnate Word (Oct. 16, 2010) to Edmond Gates vs. East Central (Sept. 18, 2010) to Emery Dudensing vs. East Central (Sept. 18, 2010) to Darian Hogg vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 6, 2012) to Ben Gibbs vs. Angelo State (Sept. 24, 2011) to Justin Andrews vs. Angeo State (Sept. 24, 2011) to Emery Dudensing vs. Angelo State (Oct. 30, 2010) to Charcandrick West vs. Delta State, Miss. (Sept. 27, 2012) to Taylor Gabriel vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 15, 2012) to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Nov. 5, 2011) to Jamie Walker vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 20, 2012 to Taylor Gabriel vs. North Alabama (Sept. 17, 2011) to Justin Andrews vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Oct. 31, 2009) to DeMarcus Thompson vs. Delta State, Miss. (Sept. 27, 2012) to Emery Dudensing vs. Angelo State (Oct. 30, 2010) to Ben Gibbs vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 25, 2010) to Emery Dudensing vs. Washburn (Sept. 4, 2010) to Ben Gibbs vs. Central Missouri (Nov. 27, 2010) to Emery Dudensing vs. Northeastern State (Sept. 11, 2010) to Trey Simeone vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 7, 2009) to Ben Gibbs vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 8, 2011) to Daniel Talavera vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 1, 2011) to Emery Dudensing vs. East Central (Sept. 18, 2010)

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

MITCHELL GALE BY THE NUMBERS Career Passing Stats vs. Team Opponent GP-GS Angelo State 4-4 Delta State 1-1 East Central 2-2 Eastern New Mexico 4-3 Fort Lewis 1-0 Incarnate Word 2-2 McMurry 1-1 Midwestern State 5-5 North Alabama 1-1 Northeastern State 1-1 NW Missouri State 1-1 SE Oklahoma State 1-0 SW Oklahoma State 1-1 Tarleton State 4-4 Texas A&M-Commerce 1-1 Texas A&M-Kingsville 4-4 Washburn 2-2 West Texas A&M 4-4 Western Oregon 1-1 Central Missouri 1-1

W-L 3-1 1-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 2-3 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 3-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 2-2 1-0 0-1

Lone Star Conference Record-Holders Comp.-Att.-Int. 80-139-2 26-37-0 43-60-1 68-117-0 2-3-0 36-55-1 19-28-1 117-184-2 33-59-2 18-25-0 20-32-0 1-2-0 9-15-0 67-128-4 19-31-1 101-158-1 53-78-3 71-121-5 29-43-0 27-51-1

TD 10 3 8 12 1 7 1 12 2 1 0 0 1 5 2 8 7 3 2 5

Yards 1,137 246 563 982 62 706 290 1,293 390 161 174 7 128 871 254 1,251 753 920 356 358

Long 57 28 62 50-td 52-td 67-td 50 49 36 20 35 7 37 52 37 72-td 73-td 75 61-td 58-td

Pct. .576 .703 .717 .581 .667 .655 .679 .636 .559 .720 .625 .500 .600 .523 .613 .639 .679 .587 .674 .529

Yards

Long

506 417 413 408 390 379 377 362 358 356 344 335 335 327 308 305 300

73-td 34 49 53 36 67-td 55-td 50-td 58-td 61-td 52 46 41-td 42 57 75 62

Career 300-Yard Passing Games Opponent * Nov. 19, 2011 vs. Washburn Oct. 2, 2010 at Texas A&M-Kingsville Oct. 22, 2011 at Midwestern State Nov. 5, 2011 at Texas A&M-Kingsville Sept. 17, 2011 vs. North Alabama Oct. 16, 2010 at Incarnate Word Oct. 30, 2010 vs. Angelo State Oct. 23, 2010 at Eastern New Mexico * Nov. 20, 2010 vs. Central Missouri Oct. 1, 2011 vs. Western Oregon Sept. 25, 2010 vs. Tarleton State Oct. 20, 2012 vs. Midwestern State Sept. 1, 2011 vs. Tarleton State Nov. 12, 2011 vs. Incarnate Word Sept. 22, 2012 vs. Angelo State Oct. 15, 2011 vs. West Texas A&M Oct. 3, 2009 at East Central

Comp.-Att.-Int.

TD

29-48-3 34-51-0 32-55-1 30-42-0 33-59-2 17-26-1 27-41-0 23-41-0 27-51-1 29-43-0 25-38-0 26-38-0 26-49-2 19-29-0 17-42-1 18-31-0 18-24-1

4 3 3 3 2 5 4 5 5 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 3

Career 300-Yard Passing Games for ACU Quarterbacks Quarterback

Number

Billy Malone (2005-08) Mitchell Gale (2009-present) Jim Lindsey (1967-70) Rex Lamberti (1984-86, 1993) Jim Reese (1973-76) Loyal Proffitt (1981-84) Clint Longley (1971-73) John Mays (1976-79) Colby Freeman (2001-03) John Frank (1998-99) Mike Fuller (1989-92) Stan Stephens (1987-89) Zach Stewart (2008-09) Greg Wiggins (2001-04) Aaron Birdwell (2000)

* NCAA Division II playoff game

20 17 14 10 6 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1

Career-Best 404 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Nov. 4, 2006) * 506 vs. Washburn (Nov. 19, 2011) 414 vs. Arkansas State (Oct. 24, 1970) 390 vs. Stephen F. Austin (Oct. 5, 1985) 564 vs. Angelo State (Oct. 30, 1976) 466 vs. Stephen F. Austin (Oct. 29, 1983) 434 vs. SW Texas State (Sept. 29, 1973) 403 vs. SW Texas State (Nov. 12, 1977) 378 vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 16, 2002) 410 vs. Tarleton State (Oct. 24, 1998) 328 vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 10, 1990) 313 vs. vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 12, 1988) 350 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Nov. 1, 2008) 387 vs. SE Oklahoma State (Oct. 6, 2001) 336 vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 11, 2000)

Passing Yards 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Name University Billy Malone . . . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Mitchell Gale . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Taylor Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Keith Null . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Josh Neiswander . . . . . . . . Angelo State Steve Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarleton State Rex Lamberti . . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Derek Maupin . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Dalton Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Ned Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelo State

Years 2005-08 2009-present 2007-10 2005-08 2006-10 1999-2001 1984-86, 1993 2002-04 2003-06 1983-86

Yards 12,012 10,846 9,799 9,385 8,212 8,203 7,934 7,930 7,841 7,833

Years 2005-08 2009-present 2005-08 1984-86, 1993 2007-10 2008-10 2006-10 2009-present 2008-09, 2011 1967-70

TDs 114 92 91 84 71 64 61 59 55 54

Years 2009-present 2005-08 2007-10 2008-09, 2011 2002-04 2005-08 2009-present 2003-06 2006-10 1999-2001

Comp. 865 818 794 780 759 751 746 699 685 622

Years 2009-present 2005-08 2008-09, 2011 2002-04 2007-10 2009-present 1983-86 2006-10 1981-84 1999-2001 1984-86, 1993

Att. 1,408 1,320 1,302 1,301 1,250 1,211 1,205 1,168 1,157 1,136 1,133

Years 2005-08 2009-present 2007-10 2005-08 1983-86 2009-present 2004-07 2003-06 1999-2002 1984-86, 1993

Yards 12,065 11,271 9,515 9,174 8,894 8,621 8,276 7,840 7,828 7,546

Passing Touchdowns 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Name University Billy Malone . . . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Mitchell Gale . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Keith Null . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Rex Lamberti . . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Taylor Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Zack Eskridge . . . . . . . . . . . Midwestern State Josh Neiswander . . . . . . . . Angelo State Wesley Wood . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern New Mexico J.J. Harp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENMU, TAMC Karl Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M-Kingsville

Passing Completions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Name University Mitchell Gale . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Billy Malone . . . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Taylor Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M J.J. Harp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENMU, TAMC Derek Maupin . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Keith Null . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Wesley Wood . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern New Mexico Dalton Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Josh Neiswander . . . . . . . . Angelo State Steve Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarleton State

Passing Attempts 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Name University Mitchell Gale . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Billy Malone . . . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian J.J. Harp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENMU, TAMC Derek Maupin . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Taylor Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Wesley Wood . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern New Mexico Ned Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelo State Josh Neiswander . . . . . . . . Angelo State Loyal Proffitt . . . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Steve Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarleton State Rex Lamberti . . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian

Total Offense 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Name University Billy Malone . . . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Mitchell Gale . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian Taylor Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Keith Null . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Ned Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelo State Wesley Wood . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern New Mexico Daniel Polk . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midwestern State Dalton Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Texas A&M Abel Gonzalez . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M-Kingsville Rex Lamberti . . . . . . . . . . . . Abilene Christian

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AFCA DIVISION II TOP 25

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS

OCT. 22 POLL School (1st place votes) Record 1. Colorado St.-Pueblo (24) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 2. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) (6) . . . . . . . . 8-0 3. New Haven (Conn.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 4. Bloomsburg (Pa.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 5. Northwest Missouri St. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 6. Ashland (Ohio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 7. Minnesota St.-Mankato . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 8. Minnesota-Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 9. Henderson St. (Ark.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 10. Shippensburg (Pa.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 11. Midwestern St. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 12. Missouri Western St. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 13. California (Pa.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 14. West Texas A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 15. Emporia St. (Kan.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 16t. Indiana (Pa.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 16t. Washburn (Kan.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 18. Miles (Ala.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 19. Harding (Ark.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 20. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 21. Sioux Falls (S.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 22. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 23. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 24. Hillsdale (Mich.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 25. Charleston (W.Va.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Points 743 720 679 629 623 589 544 537 484 457 453 421 390 365 354 274 274 209 164 162 145 119 71 62 59

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Dropped Out: Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) (15), Michigan Tech (22) Others Receiving Votes: West Alabama, 52; Wayne St. (Mich.), 36; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 28; Tuskegee (Ala.), 26; Indianapolis (Ind.), 24; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 20; Southern Arkansas, 14; American International (Mass.), 13; Chadron St. (Neb.), 6; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 2; Missouri S&T, 2.

d2football.com TOP 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

OCT. 23 POLL School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Record Colorado State-Pueblo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 Minnesota State-Mankato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 Northwest Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Winston-Salem State, N.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 Bloomsburg, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 West Texas A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 New Haven, Conn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 Minnesota Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Midwestern State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Ashland, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 California, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Missouri Western State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Shippensburg, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 Henderson State, Ark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 West Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Indiana, Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Washburn, Kan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Emporia State, Kan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 Hillsdale, Mich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Pittsburg State, Kan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Saginaw Valley, Mich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Harding, Ark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Ouachita Baptist, Ark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Chadron State, Neb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Sioux Falls, S.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

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Pvs. 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 9 10 11 12 13 17 18 16 19 20 22 23 8 14 NR 15 NR NR

One week after gaining just 210 yards of total offense and failing to score for the first time in 11 years in the loss to West Texas A&M, the Wildcats had one of their best offensive games of the season against Midwestern State. ... ACU rolled up a season-best 335 yards through the air and its 427 yards of total offense was its second-best output of the season behind only the 461 yards the Wildcats posted in the FIRST NCAA DIVISION II season-opening win over McMurry SUPER REGIONAL FOUR POLL on Sept. 1. ... For the first time since (Monday, Oct. 22) before 2004 the Wildcats lost a game in which they did not commit a Records turnover. ... ACU had won 26 straight Team Overall In-Region games dating back to the 2004 1. Colorado State-Pueblo . . . . . . . 8-0 8-0 season in which it did not give the 2. Ashland, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 8-0 ball away, including twice in 2012 6-2 (at Delta State and vs. Tarleton State). 3. Chadron State, Neb. . . . . . . . . . 6-1 ... ACU senior quarterback Mitchell 4. Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 6-2 Gale moved into second place on the 5. West Texas A&M . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 7-1 Lone Star Conference and ACU career 6. Hillsdale, Mich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 6-2 touchdown pass list with his three TD 7. Saginaw Valley State, Mich. . . . 6-2 6-2 strikes against Midwestern State. ... 8. Midwestern State . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 6-1 Gale now has 92 career touchdown passes, moving him past former West 9. Wayne State, Mich. . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 5-2 Texas A&M great Keith Null, who had 10. N.M. Highlands . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 6-1 91 from 2005-08. ... Gale trails former ACU all-America Billy Malone for the all-time LSC and ACU lead. ... Malone threw 114 touchdown passes from 2005-08. ... Gale is now one of only two LSC and ACU quarterbacks to throw for at least 11,000 career yards, joining all-time leader Billy Malone (12,012 yards from 2005-08). ... Gale – who threw for a season-high 335 yards against Midwestern State – now 11,181 career passing yards, leaving him just 819 yards from joining Malone as the only two LSC and ACU passers to ever top the 12,000-yard mark in a career. ... Gale threw two touchdown passes to Taylor Gabriel on Saturday to give them 17 career touchdown hookups, the most TD passes Gale has ever thrown to a teammate, topping the 16 he threw to current New York Jets receiver Clyde Gates from 2009-10. ... Gale finished his career by throwing for 1,293 yards and 12 touchdowns in five career games against the Mustangs, the most yards and touchdowns he's ever thrown for against an opponent. ... Midwestern State is the only opponent the Wildcats have played more than once during Gale's career that he will finish with a sub-.500 record against (2-3). ... In fact, only two opponents (West Texas A&M and Midwestern State) have beaten Gale and the Wildcats more than once since Gale became the Wildcats’ starter six games into the 2009 season. ... With Gale’s three touchdown passes on Saturday he’s now thrown for more than one touchdown in 28 of his 39 career starts (ACU is 22-6 in those games), and he’s thrown for at least three touchdowns in 18 of his starts (ACU is 13-5 in those games). ... Junior wide receiver Taylor Gabriel continued his assault on the ACU record book in Saturday’s game against Midwestern State. ... He finished with nine catches for 116 yards and two scores to give him 42 catches for 561 yards and seven touchdowns on the season. ... Gabriel now has five multi-TD-catch games in his career and eight 100-yard receiving games in his career. ... In three career games against Midwestern State, Gabriel has caught 23 passes for 287 yards and five touchdowns.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES The Wildcats’ 35-31 loss to Midwestern State on Saturday virtually assures that they won’t be making a seventh straight appearance in the NCAA Division II football playoffs. ... At 4-4, the Wildcats are not above the .500 mark this late in the season for the first time since the final week of 2005 when they lost to Midwestern State to finish 4-6. ... With losses last week at West Texas A&M and Saturday against Midwestern State, the Wildcats have lost back-to-back games for the first time since Oct. 17 and Oct. 24, 2009, when they lost at home against West Texas A&M and at Tarleton State, respectively. ... The Wildcats haven’t lost four regular season games since 2005 when they finished 4-6. ... That was also the last season the Wildcats lost as many as four Lone Star Conference games in a season. ... Saturday’s game marked just the sixth time since ACU’s current playoff streak began in 2006 that the Wildcats lost a game in which they scored at least 31 points (31 vs. West Texas A&M in 2006, 73 vs. Chadron State in 2007, 36 vs. Northwest Missouri State in 2008, 41 vs. Central Missouri in 2010, 49 vs. Washburn in 2011 and 31 vs. Midwestern State in 2012).

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TEAM COMPARISON ACU 245 30.6 162 49 92 21 621 905 284 236 2.6 77.6 13 2069 165-279-5 7.4 12.5 258.6 16 2690 515 5.2 336.2 19-441 6-116 10-110 23.2 19.3 11.0 6-3 50-472 59.0 36-1453 40.4 36.3 49-3041 62.1 46.0 27:53 39/102 38% 5/9 56% 20-115 0 32 8-13 0-0 (32-35) 91% (24-35) 69% (29-32) 91%

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

OPP 191 23.9 193 72 105 16 1334 1550 216 297 4.5 166.8 14 2147 212-320-10 6.7 10.1 268.4 9 3481 617 5.6 435.1 21-405 10-86 5-39 19.3 8.6 7.8 13-6 82-748 93.5 32-1126 35.2 30.3 38-2132 56.1 36.6 32:07 47/118 40% 6/22 27% 33-162 0 23 9-11 0-1 (24-31) 77% (17-31) 55% (22-22) 100%

TAMC 92 13.1 98 28 58 12 422 695 273 196 2.2 60.3 4 1259 122-232-10 5.4 10.3 179.9 7 1681 428 3.9 240.1 26-455 12-88 4-172 17.5 7.3 43.0 10-5 52-486 69.4 50-2075 41.5 34.5 21-1240 59.0 37.8 27:31 29/101 29% 4/9 44% 11-74 -25 12 4-8 0-1 (11-17) 65% (8-17) 47% (8-9) 89%

OPP 228 32.6 148 73 62 13 1426 1591 165 297 4.8 203.7 14 1159 107-189-4 6.1 10.8 165.6 8 2585 486 5.3 369.3 13-223 17-271 10-251 17.2 15.9 25.1 5-4 36-353 50.4 33-1296 39.3 34.8 45-2493 55.4 36.4 34:37 36/99 36% 6/12 50% 30-162 0 27 13-14 0-0 (24-30) 80% (13-30) 43% (27-27) 100%

Score by Quarters

Score by Quarters 1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

Abilene Christian

60

58

68

59

0

245

Opponents

49

53

47

42

0

191

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

A&M-Commerce

6

27

35

17

7

92

Opponents

50

61

72

45

0

228

Southland Conference officials announced on Saturday, Aug. 25, that the league had extended an invitation to ACU to join the NCAA Division I FCS league and that the university had accepted the invitation. ACU will join the Southland Conference on July 1, 2013, ending a 40-year relationship with the Lone Star Conference and moving to NCAA Division I status for the first time in university history. Each week, we’ll take a look at the 2012 Southland Conference standings and schedule.

OVERALL W

L

Pct.

PF

PA

Southeastern La.

3

4

.429

116

235

Central Arkansas

6

2

.750

285

188

Sam Houston State

5

2

.714

284

138

Stephen F. Austin

3

4

.429

250

248

Northwestern State

3

4

.429

190

207

McNeese State

4

3

.571

221

168

Lamar

3

5

.375

174

200

Nicholls State

1

5

.167

116

211

PA

CONFERENCE W

L

Pct.

PF

Southeastern La.

3

0

1.000

83

67

Central Arkansas

4

1

.800

146

116

Sam Houston State

3

1

.750

157

77

Stephen F. Austin

2

1

.667

129

98

Northwestern State

1

2

.333

74

80

McNeese State

1

3

.250

90

119

Lamar

0

3

.000

58

85

Nicholls State

0

3

.000

24

119

LAST WEEK’S GAMES Saturday, Oct. 20 Sam Houston State 45, McNeese State 10; Central Arkansas 24, Lamar 10; Stephen F. Austin 44, Nicholls State 10 THIS WEEK’S GAMES Saturday, Oct. 27 Sam Houston State at Lamar, 3 p.m.; Nicholls State at NW State, 6 p.m.; Central Arkansas at Southeastern Louisiana, 7 p.m.; Stephen F. Austin at McNeese State, 7 p.m.

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KEN COLLUMS HEAD COACH • FIRST SEASON (12TH SEASON AT ACU)

THE COLLUMS FILE Born: Sept. 15, 1972 Hometown: Vernon Family: Wife, Robyn; Daughter, Anna; Son, Layne Degrees: B.S. in kinesiology (Central Arkansas, 1995); Master’s in kinesiology (Central Arkansas, 1998) Honors: • 2010 FootballScoop.com D2 Coordinator of the Year Playing Experience: • Starting quarterback at Central Arkansas, 1991-94 • As a freshman in 1991, led the Bears to the NAIA national championship. • In four seasons as the starter, Collums directed the Bears to a record of 30-8-3. • Played high school football at Vernon HS where he led the Lions to a 29-2-1 record as a junior and senior, and led the team to the 1990 Class 3A state championship as a senior.

Coaching Experience 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

QBs / WRs QBs / WRs QBs / WRs QBs / WRs Quarterbacks Quarterbacks Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Head coach

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Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Central Arkansas Central Arkansas Central Arkansas Central Arkansas Central Arkansas Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Abilene Christian

Ken Collums, the architect of Abilene Christian University’s record-setting offense since 2005, is the 19th head football coach in ACU history. ACU director of athletics Jared Mosley made the announcement Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, ending a week-long search process that was set off on Dec. 16 when former head coach Chris Thomsen resigned to take a job as an assistant coach at Arizona State University. Collums – who has never been a head coach – just completed his seventh season as the Wildcats’ offensive coordinator and believes now is the right time to step into the head coaches’ role. “I’m honored and excited to be the head football coach at ACU,” he said. “I have the unique perspective to have been part of laying the foundation of this program seven years ago, and I’ve been able to see it grow and develop into what it is today. This is truly a special place and a special situation, and I’m ready to be the head coach and keep this program moving forward.” Collums – the FootballScoop.com D2 Coordinator of the Year in 2010 – has presided over and called the plays for some of the most dominant offensive units in NCAA Division II history. Over the last seven seasons, the Wildcats have averaged 468.4 yards of offense and 39 points per game, while achieving near perfect balance in run-pass play selection. In the 82 games the Wildcats have played since 2005, they've run the ball 2,874 times and thrown it 2,857 times while gaining 38,412 yards in those games Since he re-joined the ACU coaching staff prior to the 2005 season, Collums’ offenses have ranked among the best in the nation. The Wildcats have ranked in the top seven in NCAA Division II football in total offense five times in the last seven years, including first in 2008, second in 2007, third in 2011 and fourth in 2006. The pass offense has ranked third twice and sixth twice, and the rushing offense has ranked as ninth in the nation (2008). The Wildcats’ scoring offense under Collums has ranked first in both 2007 and 2008 (when ACU scored a combined 1,267 points in 25 games), second in 1010 and sixth in 2006. Under Thomsen and Collums, “ball security” became one of the catch phrases surrounding the program, and the Wildcats have turned the ball over only 122 times in seven seasons, including just eight times in 2010 and nine in 2006. In his 82 games as the Wildcats' offensive coordinator, ACU has scored between 30 and 39 points in 18 games, between 40-49 points 22 times, between 50-59 points 14 times, between 60-69 points three times, 70-79 points twice and hit 93 in a 2008 NCAA Division II playoff game against West Texas A&M. In 2007 and 208, Collums called the plays for one of the greatest offensive units in the history of college football. Under his guidance, ACU scored 1,267 points (50.7 ppg) and racked up 13,772 yards of total offense (550.9 ypg) in the 25 games covering those two seasons and ACU went 21-4 in those games, won the Lone Star Conference title in 2008 and saw Bernard Scott win the Harlon Hill Award as the top player in NCAA Division II football and Sam Collins win the Gene Upshaw Award as the top lineman in NCAA Division II football. In the greatest offensive game in LSC and ACU history, Collums led ACU to 93 points in a 93-68 win over West Texas A&M in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Division II playoffs. The Wildcats posted a school-record 810 yards of total offense and scored touchdowns on 13 of 15 possessions on their way to a remarkable 25-point win over the Buffaloes. ACU’s offense set 29 NCAA Division II single-game, NCAA Division II playoff single-game, LSC and ACU records in the record-setting rout. In 2007, ACU became the first program in the history of NCAA football to boast a 3,500-yard passer (Billy Malone), 2,000-yard rusher (Bernard Scott) and two 1,000-yard receivers (Johnny Knox and Jerale Badon) in the same season. In fact, ACU’s offense in

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2008 set or tied or was part of 78 NCAA, LSC or Wildcat single-game, season or career records. “When I look back at our offense over the last seven years, the No. 1 thing I’m proud of is our consistency,” Collums said. “I tell our guys all the time that it doesn't matter what we do – whether we’re throwing it or running it – we have to protect the ball. And at times over those seven years we have been the best at protecting the ball. And that comes from total buy-in from players, and that makes me proud because that lets me know that they're buying into what we’re telling them. “All of that – ALL of that – starts with one word, and that’s ‘trust’,” Collums continued. “It starts with the head coach trusting his staff to let them do what needs to be done, and that funnels down to the players. Chris (Thomsen) had trust in me and the rest of the offensive staff to allow us to do what needed to be done. And once you have that trust, you’re able to call plays and feel good about them, no matter the situation.” But for Collums and Mosley, the football program is about more than wins and losses, yards gained and points scored. When Thomsen was hired as the head coach in 2005 and brought his brother-in-law (Collums) with him as the offensive coordinator, the two charted an intentional course that would lead them to the belief that turning out men of character ranked as high on their priority list as did winning games. A few years ago, the football team began taking a weekend break during summer two-a-days and either attending a PromiseKeepers event or, as it has done the last three years, hosting its own weekend retreat where nothing about football is mentioned, only how to make ACU’s players men of real character. And each Friday night during the season the team meets to listen to speakers talk about real-life experiences that have nothing to do with the game on the field. “I wholeheartedly believe in what we do here and the

product we put out,” Collums said. “We win games and we take these young men and develop them and help them grow into men of impact who will positively influence their future families and, ultimately, society.” Collums was ACU’s quarterbacks / wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator from 1996-99 before returning to his alma mater, Central Arkansas, prior to the 2000 season. While coaching at Central Arkansas, Collums led the Bears to some of the greatest offensive seasons in school history. Collums coached an offensive attack that averaged 300 yards passing per game in three of his last four seasons at UCA. The Bears were the nation’s top passing team in 2001, averaging 373 yards per game. In 2002 – Collums’ first year as offensive coordinator – the Bears were No. 8 nationally in points per game (37.5), No. 3 in passing yards per game (310.5) and No. 9 in total offense (446 yards per game). In 2004, UCA featured a balanced attack that racked up 38 points per game (No. 14), 477.7 yards per game (No. 6), 269 passing yards per game (No. 19) and 208.5 rushing yards per game (No. 26). As a freshman quarterback at Central Arkansas, Collums led the Bears to the 1991 NAIA national championship. In four seasons as the starter, he directed his team to a combined record of 30-8-3. Collums graduated from Central Arkansas in 1995 with a bachelor of science in kinesiology. He received his master’s in kinesiology from Central Arkansas in 1998. A native of Vernon, Collums played for the Vernon Lions of former coach Leo Brittain, leading his team to a 29-2-1 record in his final two seasons as the starting quarterback. Collums led Vernon to the Class 3A state title in 1990. Collums and his wife, Robyn, have two children, a daughter, Anna, and a son, Layne.

KEN COLLUMS YEAR-BY-YEAR Assistant Coach YEAR SCHOOL 1996 Abilene Christian 1997 Abilene Christian 1998 Abilene Christian 1999 Abilene Christian 2000 Central Arkansas 2001 Central Arkansas 2002 Central Arkansas 2003 Central Arkansas 2004 Central Arkansas 2005 Abilene Christian 2006 Abilene Christian 2007 Abilene Christian 2008 Abilene Christian 2009 Abilene Christian 2010 Abilene Christian 2011 Abilene Christian 2012 Abilene Christian HEAD COACHING TOTAL

POSITION Quarterbacks / WRs Quarterbacks / WRs Quarterbacks / WRs Quarterbacks / WRs Quarterbacks Quarterbacks Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Head Coach

RECORD 6-4 7-4 4-6 4-6 3-8 9-3 8-3 5-6 8-3 4-6 8-3 0-3 * 11-1 9-4 11-1 8-3 4-4 4-4

POST-SEASON

NOTES

18th in NCAA Division II in passing

Averaged 42.0 points per game

NCAA II first round NCAA II second round NCAA II quarterfinals NCAA II second round NCAA II second round NCAA II first round

Led Gulf South Conference in rushing Top 10 in NCAA II in points, yards per game Top 35 in NCAA II in passing offense ACU’s first NCAA playoff appearance ACU leads nation in scoring with 639 points ACU’s first outright LSC championship since 1973 Reached No. 1 in nation in D2 for first time ACU’s first 11-win regular-season record Finished #3 in the nation in passing & total offense

* 10 wins from ACU’s 2007 season vacated because of NCAA violations

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2012 ACU WILDCAT FOOTBALL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No.

Name

Pos.

87 51

Zack Agnew Avery Alegeh Taylor Ashcraft Monte Green-Avery John David Baker Keith Barnett Ryan Beck Brody Benge Josh Bloom George Bouziden Rob Boyd Cameron Briscoe Daniel Brooke Nathan Butler Doc Campbell Candon Canady Colton Carnes Alvin Casimere Tyler Chapa Noah Cheshier Jacoby Clay Spencer Covey Elton Crochran Greg Davis Jerrod Davis Torren Davis Brandon Dornak Spencer Feasel Bryton Fernandez Nick Finney Steven Ford Eric Frain Josh Fralick Taylor Gabriel Mitchell Gale Trevar Gillespie James Gonzales Lynn Grady David Guinn Darrell Cantu-Harkless Vicente Cantu-Harkless Jesse Harper Darian Hogg Logan Hoppenrath Dominic Hottinger Jace Hudson Juan Hull II Ben Hynds D.J. Johnson Austin Kilcullen Ben Kittley Garrett Langthorp Will Latu Jordan Lightfoot Morgan Lineberry Angel Lopez Tyler McIntosh Parker McKenzie Jacob Martinez Cade Mileger Tanner Morris Derek Morrow Grant Newell Christian Obumseli Temi Ogunleye

TE LB LB WR QB CB QB OL DT OL DE DE DS OL DL DE OL DB CB TE QB P FB OL DB LB DE OL LB DL DB CB K/P WR QB CB DE DB LB WR DB LB WR OL FB WR DT P WR P/K OL OL OL DL PK DB OL QB TE LB DL LB WR

80 17 30

75 33

60 55 76 29 86 81 22

46 99

95 31 24 48 4 15

42 38 18 14 47 78 23 93 37

66 64 77 50 85 21 65 14

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WR

No. Name

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

Yr.

Exp.

Hometown

1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 33 34 35 37 38 40 42 43 45 46 47 48 50 51 54 55 58 60 61 64 65 66 70 73 76 77 78 80 81 82 85 86 87 88

WR CB WR DE WR CB RB LB QB DL LB QB WR QB DB TE LB DB FB WR CB LB RB RB CB CB DB DE DB PK P WR DS LB DB LB LB WR K/P DL LB DE DE OL OL OL OL OL OL OL DT OL OL OL WR PK WR PK TE TE TE

5-10 5-9 5-9 6-2 5-11 5-9 5-9 6-1 6-4 6-3 5-10 6-2 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-4 6-0 5-10 5-9 6-3 6-2 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-2 5-9 5-9 5-10 5-8 6-1 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-5 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-6 6-2 6-2 6-5 6-5 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-3

170 185 175 230 175 185 185 240 210 260 235 225 165 205 190 240 215 200 235 210 200 195 200 195 170 165 190 255 180 165 195 185 215 210 175 225 220 185 170 275 220 250 260 270 285 290 290 280 270 300 310 300 315 310 175 200 190 200 240 215 240

fr soph jr soph soph sr soph jr fr sr jr-Tr sr soph jr soph soph soph soph fr fr jr sr jr fr fr fr sr soph jr jr soph jr jr fr fr fr fr jr fr-RS soph fr soph jr jr fr jr jr soph fr jr soph soph jr soph fr sr fr sr soph soph fr

HS 1VL 2VL 1VL 1VL 3VL Tr 2VL RS 3VL RS 3VL Sqd 2VL 1VL 1VL 1VL 1VL RS RS Tr 1VL 2VL RS HS HS Tr 1VL 2VL 1VL Sqd 2VL 2VL RS RS HS RS 2VL Tr Sqd RS Sqd 1VL 2VL RS 2VL Tr Sqd RS 2VL 1VL 1VL Tr 1VL RS 2VL RS 3VL Tr Sqd RS

N. Richland Hills (FW Christian HS) San Antonio Mesquite Waco DeSoto Cedar Hill Sugar Land (Central Arkansas) Marble Falls Baytown Fort Worth Phoenix, Ariz. Alva, Okla. Frisco San Angelo Austin Carson City, Nev. Keller San Antonio San Antonio Bridgeport Union, N.J. (L.A. Pierce College) Vallejo, Calif. Springhill, La. McKinney San Antonio (Warren HS) Converse (Judson HS) Charleston, S.C. (North Texas) Ennis Sunnyvale Colleyville Austin Austin Abilene Graham Midland Mesquite (Wilson HS) Houston Arlington Littleton, Colo. Bryan Carrollton Archer City Ramona, Calif. Memphis Southlake Rio Hondo Conroe (Blinn College) San Saba Abilene Abilene Sugar Land Burleson St. Petersburg, Fla. Fort Worth Cuero Coppell El Paso Dallas Farmersville (Louisiana Tech) Vernon North Richland Hills

Cade Stone Justin Stewart Taylor Gabriel Nick Richardson Demarcus Thompson L.B. Suggs Marcel Threat Thor Woerner Malcolm Ruben Ryan Smith Jesse Harper Mitchell Gale Drew Peters John David Baker Vicente Cantu-Harkless Jonathan Parker Justin Stephens Angel Lopez Elton Crochran Jace Hudson Eric Frain Mike Wallace Charcandrick West Travis Tarver II Tyler Chapa Keith Barnett Steven Ford Rob Boyd Caleb Withrow Ryan Owens Ben Hynds Darrell Cantu-Harkless Brent Schroeder David Guinn Dax Riley Chuck Oputa Torren Davis Darian Hogg Josh Fralick Jordan Lightfoot Avery Alegeh Kolby Rowe Candon Canady Reid Ware Nathan Butler Josh Perez Garrett Langthorp Tyler McIntosh Ben Kittley Blake Spears Ashton Thomas Colton Carnes Will Latu Logan Hoppenrath Monte Green-Avery Spencer Covey Milton Roberts II Morgan Lineberry Noah Cheshier Zack Agnew Jamie Walker

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2012 ACU WILDCAT FOOTBALL ROSTER No. 93 94 95 99

Name Juan Hull II Melvin Shead Nick Finney Brandon Dornak Jacob Armitage Taylor Ashcraft Ryan Beck Brody Benge Josh Bloom George Bouziden Cameron Briscoe Daniel Brooke Doc Campbell Alvin Casimere Jacoby Clay Brandon Collins Greg Davis Jerrod Davis Spencer Feasel Bryton Fernandez Trevar Gillespie James Gonzales Lynn Grady Dominic Hottinger D.J. Johnson Austin Kilcullen Parker McKenzie Jacob Martinez Cade Mileger Tanner Morris Derek Morrow Grant Newell Christian Obumseli Temi Ogunleye Kelton Phillips Dezmond Powers Max Priestley Chad Quisenberry Jelani Rainey Andrew Richards Jeremy Rivers Christian Rodriguez Blake Rudd Tyler Scott Maddison Short Hayden Smiley Jon Sper Chris Summers Melvin Templeton Clayton Thedinger Mason Thom Anthony Tipton Jonathan Toliver Quantence Walker Ethan Wilks Cy Wilson Shelby Wilson

Pos. DT DL DL DE TE LB QB OL DT OL DE DS DL DB QB OL OL DB OL LB CB DE DB FB WR P/K QB TE LB DL LB WR LB WR DB LB OL TE DL WR CB OL LB PK FB WR DS LB DE OL LB DB LB DB OL LB DE

Ht. 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-3 5-10 6-2 6-4 6-1 5-9 6-4 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-11 6-6 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-3 5-11 5-10 6-0 6-4 6-0 6-2 5-10 6-3 5-9 6-0 5-11 6-2 5-8 5-7 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-5 5-11 6-2 5-7 6-1 6-4 6-2 5-9 6-3 5-11 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-4 6-1 6-2

Wt. 280 320 290 270 210 180 215 260 300 205 195 190 230 150 180 315 210 200 200 200 185 240 200 280 170 185 165 225 200 220 205 200 215 185 170 180 280 225 235 205 195 270 215 165 225 170 215 235 240 255 210 180 225 170 295 220 205

Year fr jr jr soph fr fr fr fr fr sr fr fr jr fr fr fr fr fr fr fr fr fr soph fr fr fr fr fr fr fr soph fr fr fr fr fr fr fr fr jr jr fr soph fr fr fr jr soph soph fr fr fr jr fr fr soph fr

Exp. RS Tr Tr 1VL HS HS HS HS HS Tr HS HS Tr HS HS HS HS HS HS HS HS HS 1VL HS RS JS HS RS HS HS Tr HS HS RS HS HS RS HS HS 1VL Tr HS 1VL HS RS HS Tr 1VL Sqd HS HS HS Tr HS HS 1VL HS

Hometown DeSoto Tennessee Colony, TX Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Spring Midland (Greenwood HS) Edmond, Okla. (Santa Fe HS) Normanna (Pettus HS) Lubbock (Lubbock Christian HS) Kingwood (Kingwood Park HS) Alva, Okla. (Oklahoma State) Lewisville (Hebron HS) Plano (Prestonwood Christian) Allen (New Mexico Highlands) Grand Prairie (Nimitz HS) San Antonio (Wagner HS) Bulverde (Smithson Valley HS) Abilene (Abilene HS) McKinney (Boyd HS) Colleyville (FW Christian HS) Abilene (Abilene Christian HS) San Antonio (Taft HS) Austin (Vandergriff HS) Killeen Akron, Colo. (Akron HS) Waller (Waller HS) Clarksville, Tenn. (Clarksville HS) Spring Branch (Smithson Valley HS) Abilene Cresco, Pa. (Pocona Mtn. East HS) Winnsboro (Winnsboro HS) Abilene (Texas State) Grapevine (Colleyville Heritage HS) Richardson (Plano East HS) Wichita Falls Houston (Westside HS) Humble (Atascocita HS) Corona Del Mar, Calif. Lubbock (Frenship HS) Fairview (Lovejoy HS) Keller Matteson, Ill. (Elmhurst College) Port Isabel (Los Fresnos HS) Dallas Plymouth, Minn. (Wayzata HS) North Richland Hills Keller (Fort Worth Christian HS) Grand Rapids, Mich. Carrollton Longview The Woodlands (Christian Acad.) Cedar Park (Vista Ridge HS) Peoria, Ariz. (Washington HS) Chicago, Ill. (Joliet JC) Fort Worth (Everman HS) Murphy (Canyon Creek Academy) Aledo Hobbs, N.M. (Hobbs HS)

45 35 19 61 16

5 43 82 54 12 40 94

13 70 20 3 1 7 27

73 6 8

88 25 58 26 36 34 9

Chuck Oputa Ryan Owens Jonathan Parker Josh Perez Drew Peters Kelton Phillips Dezmond Powers Max Priestley Chad Quisenberry Jelani Rainey Andrew Richards Nick Richardson Dax Riley Jeremy Rivers Milton Roberts II Christian Rodriguez Kolby Rowe Malcolm Ruben Blake Rudd Brent Schroeder Tyler Scott Melvin Shead Maddison Short Hayden Smiley Ryan Smith Blake Spears Jon Sper Justin Stephens Justin Stewart Cade Stone L.B. Suggs Chris Summers Travis Tarver II Melvin Templeton Clayton Thedinger Mason Thom Ashton Thomas Demarcus Thompson Marcel Threat Anthony Tipton Jonathan Toliver Jamie Walker Quantence Walker Mike Wallace Reid Ware Charcandrick West Ethan Wilks Cy Wilson Shelby Wilson Caleb Withrow Thor Woerner

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LB PK TE OL WR DB LB OL TE DL WR DE DB CB WR OL DE QB LB DS PK DL FB WR DL OL DS LB CB WR CB LB RB DE OL LB DT WR RB DB LB TE DB DB OL RB OL LB DE DB LB

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2012 ACU WILDCAT FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART OFFENSE

DEFENSE

QB

15 17

Mitchell Gale (6-2, 225, sr, 3VL, Alva, Okla.) John David Baker (5-11, 205, jr, 2VL, San Angelo)

DE

99 13

Brandon Dornak (6-3, 270, soph, 1VL, Spring) Ryan Smith (6-3, 260, sr, 3VL, Fort Worth)

FB

22 19

Elton Crochran (5-9, 235, fr, RS, San Antonio) Jonathan Parker (6-4, 240, soph, 1VL, Carson City, Nev.)

DT

33 93

Rob Boyd (6-2, 255, soph, 1VL, Ennis) George Woods (6-0, 330, soph, 1VL, Houston)

RB

26 27

Charcandrick West (5-11, 200, jr, 2VL, Springhill, La.) Travis Tarver (5-11, 195, fr, RS, McKinney)

NG

94 95

Melvin Shead (6-0, 320, jr, Tr, Tennessee Colony, TX) Nick Finney (6-0, 290, jr, Tr, Santa Fe Springs, Calif.)

TE

88

Jamie Walker (6-3, 240, fr, RS, North Richland Hills)

DE

19

Jonathan Parker (6-4, 240, soph, 1VL, Carson City, Nev.)

77

Will Latu (6-5, 315, jr, Tr, St. Petersburg, Fla.)

70

Blake Spears (6-6, 300, jr, 2VL, Abilene)

76

Colton Carnes (6-2, 300, soph, 1VL, Burleson)

65

Tyler McIntosh (6-0, 280, soph, Sqd, San Saba)

58

Reid Ware (6-3, 270, jr, 2VL, Memphis)

60

Nathan Butler (6-0, 285, fr, RS, Southlake)

LT

LG

C

RG

RT

61

Josh Perez (6-2, 290, jr, 2VL, Rio Hondo)

64

Garrett Langthorp (6-3, 290, jr, Tr, Conroe)

SLB

MLB

WLB

LCB

FS

5

Nick Richardson (6-2, 230, soph, 1VL, Waco)

54

Kolby Rowe (6-5, 250, soph, Sqd, Archer City)

25

Mike Wallace (5-10, 195, sr, 1VL, Vallejo, Calif.)

46

Torren Davis (6-0, 220, fr-RS Houston)

9

Thor Woerner (6-1, 240, jr, 2VL, Marble Falls

56

Derek Morrow (5-9, 205, soph, Tr, Abilene)

14

Jesse Harper (5-10, 235, jr-Tr, RS, Phoenix, Ariz.)

18

Vicente Cantu-Harkless (6-0, 190, soph, 1VL, Austin)

31

Steven Ford (5-0, 190, sr, Tr, Charleston, S.C.)

34

Caleb Withrow (5-9, 180, jr, 2VL, Sunnyvale)

21

Angel Lopez (5-10, 200, soph, 1VL, San Antonio)

25

Mike Wallace (5-10, 195, sr, 1VL, Vallejo, Calif.)

70

Blake Spears (6-6, 300, jr, 2VL, Abilene)

76

Colton Carnes (6-2, 300, soph, 1VL, Burleson)

WR

4 16

Taylor Gabriel (5-9, 175, jr, 2VL, Mesquite) Drew Peters (5-9, 165, soph, Sqd, Frisco)

SS

7 25

L.B. Suggs (5-9, 185, sr, 3VL, Cedar Hill) Mike Wallace (5-10, 195, sr, 1VL, Vallejo, Calif.)

WR

38 1

Darrell Cantu-Harkless (5-8, 185, jr, 2VL, Austin) Cade Stone (5-10, 170, fr, HS, North Richland Hills)

RCB

3 24

Justin Stewart (5-9, 185, soph, 1VL, San Antonio) Eric Frain (6-2, 200, jr, Tr, Union, N.J.)

WR

47 82

Darian Hogg (6-1, 185, jr, 2VL, Arlington) Milton Roberts II (6-0, 190, fr, RS, El Paso)

WR

6 23

DeMarcus Thompson (5-11, 175, soph, 1VL, DeSoto) Jace Hudson (6-3, 210, fr, RS, Bridgeport)

SPECIAL TEAMS PK

85 81

Morgan Lineberry (6-2, 200, sr, 3VL, Dallas) Spencer Covey (6-0, 200, sr, 2VL, Coppell)

KOS

81

Spencer Covey (6-0, 200, sr, 2VL, Coppell)

P

81 85

Spencer Covey (6-0, 200, sr, 2VL, Coppell) Morgan Lineberry (6-2, 200, sr, 3VL, Dallas)

DS

40

Brent Schroeder (6-1, 215, jr, 2VL, Abilene)

H

81 17

Spencer Covey (6-0, 200, sr, 2VL, Coppell) John David Baker (5-11, 205, jr, 2VL, San Angelo)

KR

26 34

Charcandrick West (5-11, 200, jr, 2VL, Springhill, La.) Caleb Withrow (5-9, 180, jr, 2VL, Sunnyvale)

PR

4 38

Taylor Gabriel (5-9, 175, jr, 2VL, Mesquite) Darrell Cantu-Harkless (5-8, 185, jr, 2VL, Austin)

Returning starters are in bold

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2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

THE LAST TIME … LAST TIME AN ACU TEAM ... MISCELLANEOUS Played an overtime game: Sept. 12, 2009 (ACU 20, Texas A&M-Commerce 14) Won an overtime game: Sept. 12, 2009 (ACU 20, Texas A&M-Commerce 14) Played a tie game: Oct. 19, 1985 (ACU 24, NW Missouri State 24) Defeated a Top 25 Opponent: Oct. 15, 2011 (#10 ACU 28, #17 West Texas A&M 18) Defeated a Top 25 Opponent on the road: Nov. 6, 2010 (#2 ACU 41, #14 West Texas A&M 34); Defeated a Top 10 Opponent: Oct. 9, 2010 (#5 ACU 31, #8 Midwestern State 28); Defeated a Top 10 Opponent on the road: Oct. 2, 2010 (#5 ACU 31, #6 Texas A&M-Kingsville 24); Defeated a Top 5 Opponent: Aug. 27, 2009 (#8 ACU 19, #2 NW Missouri State 14) Defeated a Top 5 Opponent on the road: Oct. 18, 2008 (#3 ACU 52, #4 West Texas A&M 35) Shut out an opponent: Sept. 1, 2012 (ACU 51, McMurry 0) Shut out an opponent at Shotwell Stadium: Sept. 1, 2012 (ACU 51, McMurry 0) Shut out an opponent on the road: Sept. 30, 2006 (ACU 21, Eastern New Mexico 0) Shut out a Lone Star Conference opponent: Sept. 30, 2006 (ACU 21, Eastern New Mexico 0) Shut out an LSC opponent at Shotwell Stadium: Sept. 23, 2006 (ACU 31, SW Oklahoma State 0) Shut out an LSC opponent on the road: Sept. 30, 2006 (ACU 21, Eastern New Mexico 0) Was shut out: Oct. 13, 2012 (West Texas A&M 36, ACU 0) Was shut out at Shotwell Stadium: Sept. 20, 1997 (Central Oklahoma 28, ACU 0) Was shut out in a road game: Oct. 13, 2012 (at West Texas A&M 36, ACU 0) Was shut out by an LSC opponent: Oct. 13, 2012 (at West Texas A&M 36, ACU 0) Was shut out by an LSC opponent at Shotwell Stadium: Sept. 20, 1997 (Central Oklahoma 28, ACU 0) Was shut out by an LSC opponent on the road: Oct. 13, 2012 (West Texas A&M 36, ACU 0) Shut out a non-conference opponent: Sept. 9, 1995 (ACU 35, Prairie View A&M 0) Shut out a non-conference opponent at Shotwell Stadium: Sept. 9, 1995 (ACU 35, Prairie View A&M 0) Shut out a non-conference opponent on the road: Sept. 27, 1980 (ACU 16, NW Oklahoma State 0) Was shut out by a non-conference opponent: Sept. 16, 1995 (Northern Arizona 62, ACU 0) Was shut out by a non-conference opponent at Shotwell Stadium: Sept. 15, 1962 (East Texas State 3, ACU 0) Was shut out by a non-conference opponent on the road: Sept. 16, 1995 (Northern Arizona 62, ACU 0) RUSHING Had 400 or more yards rushing in a game: * 427 yards vs. West Texas A&M, Nov. 22, 2008 Had 300-399 yards rushing in a game: 362 vs. Eastern New Mexico, Sept. 26, 2009 Had negative rushing yards in game: minus-40 yards vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, Oct. 31, 1992 Had six or more rushing touchdowns in a game: 6 TDs vs. McMurry, Sept. 1, 2012 Had two 100-yard rushers in the same game: Sept. 26, 2009, vs. Eastern New Mexico (Reggie Brown 235; Daryl Richardson 143) PASSING Had 500 yards or more in a game: * Nov. 19, 2011 (506 at Washburn) Had 400-499 yards in a game: Nov. 5, 2011 (408 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville) Had 300-399 yards in a game: Oct. 20, 2012 (335 vs. Midwestern State) Had 60 or more attempts in a game: Oct. 24, 1970 (65 attempts vs. Arkansas State) Had 50-59 attempts in a game: Oct. 22, 2011 (56 attempts vs. Midwestern State) Had 40-49 attempts in a game: Sept. 22, 2012 (42 attempts vs. Angelo State) Had six or more passing TDs in a game: * Nov. 22, 2008 (6 TD passes vs. West Texas A&M) Had five passing TDs in a game: * Nov. 27, 2010 (5 TD passes vs. Central Missouri) Had four passing TDs in a game: Oct. 6, 2012 (4 vs. Eastern New Mexico) RECEIVING Had two 100-yard receivers in the same game: * Nov. 19, 2011, vs. Washburn (Daryl Richardson, 10-115-1 TD; Taylor Gabriel, 6-119-2, Darrell Cantu-Harkless, 5-117-0) Had one receiver with 200 yards and another with 100 yards: Oct. 18, 2008 vs. West Texas A&M (Johnny Knox, 10 catches, 203 yards, 2 TD; Bernard Scott 7 c catches, 141 yards, 1 TD) TOTAL OFFENSE Had 30 or more first downs in a game: Nov. 5, 2011, vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (30 first downs) Had 25-29 first downs in a game: Oct. 20, 2012, vs. Midwestern State (25 first downs) Had 700+ yards of offense in a game: Nov. 22, 2008 (810 vs. West Texas A&M) Had 600-699 yards of offense in a game: * Nov. 19, 2011 (688 at Washburn) Had 500-599 yards of offense in a game: Nov. 12, 2011, vs. Incarnate Word (594 yards) SCORING Scored 70+ points: * Nov. 22, 2008 (#2 ACU 93, #9 West Texas A&M 68) Scored 60-69 points: Nov. 12, 2011 (#12 ACU 61, Incarnate Word 16) Scored 50-59 points: Oct. 6, 2012 (ACU 59, Eastern New Mexico 17) Scored 40-49 points: * Nov. 19, 2011 (at #15 Washburn 52, #11 ACU49) Consecutive games scored: 1 (121 straight (shut out 36-0 at West Texas A&M on Oct. 13, 2012; prior to

* NCAA Division II playoff game that game, last game shutout was Oct. 13, 2001; 31-0 at Angelo State) Scored an offensive 2-point conversion: * Nov. 27, 2010 vs. Central Missouri (Mitchell Gale rush) Recorded a safety: Oct. 31, 2009 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Fred Thompson sack in end zone); Allowed a safety: Oct. 13, 2012, vs. West Texas A&M (Shane Pennix sacks M. Gale in end zone) Scored a defensive touchdown: Oct. 6, 2012 vs. Eastern New Mexico (Mike Wallace 48-yard interception return; Melvin Shead 7-yard interception return) Returned an interception for a touchdown: Oct. 6, 2012 vs. Eastern New Mexico (Mike Wallace 48-yard interception return; Melvin Shead 7-yard interception return) Returned a fumble for a touchdown: Oct. 16, 2010, at Incarnate Word (Eric Edwards 30-yard return) EFFICIENCY, TURNOVERS Did not allow a sack in a game: Nov. 13, 2010, vs. SW Oklahoma State Did not allow a sack in consecutive games: Nov. 1, 2008, at Texas A&M-Kingsville and Nov. 8, 2008 vs. Midwestern State Had three or more fumbles in a game: Sept. 1, 2011 vs. Tarleton State (4 fumbles, 0 lost) Lost three or more fumbles in a game: * Nov. 21, 2009 vs. NW Missouri State (4 fumbles, 3 lost) Did not commit a turnover in a game: Oct. 20, 2012, vs. Midwestern State Did not commit a turnover in consecutive games: Sept. 24, 2011 vs. Angelo State; Oct. 1, 2011 vs. Western Oregon; Oct. 8, 2011, vs. Eastern New Mexico; Oct. 15, 2011, vs. West Texas A&M Forced five or more turnovers in a game: Nov. 12, 2011, vs. Incarnate Word (4 INT, 1 fumble) Recovered three or more fumbles in a game: Oct. 4, 2008, vs. East Central (6 FF, 3 recovered) Intercepted three or more passes in a game: Nov. 12, 2011, vs. Incarnate Word (4 INT) Did not force a turnover in a game: Oct. 13, 2012, at West Texas A&M (WTAM 36, ACU 0) SPECIAL TEAMS Blocked a PAT attempt: Nov. 12, 2011, vs. Incarnate Word (Aston Whiteside) Blocked a field goal: Sept. 17, 2011 vs. North Alabama (Aston Whiteside) Blocked a punt: Sept. 22, 2012, vs. Angelo State (DeMarcus Thompson) Had a PAT blocked: Oct. 30, 2010, vs. Angelo State (Devin McDonald) Had a field goal blocked: Oct. 20, 2012, vs. Midwestern State (Armonti Yharbrough) Had a punt blocked: Oct. 2, 2010 at Texas A&M-Kingsville (Roman Pula) Returned a punt for a touchdown: Oct. 1, 2011, Taylor Gabriel vs. Western Oregon (55 yards) Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown: Sept. 11, 2010 vs. NE State (Caleb Withrow recovered blocked punt in the end zone); Sept. 11, 2010 vs. NE State (Nate Bailey, 20 yards) Returned a kickoff for a touchdown: Oct. 6, 2012, vs. Eastern New Mexico (Cade Stone, 92 yards) Allowed a punt return for a touchdown: Oct. 24, 2009 vs. Tarleton State (Devin Guinn, 57 yards) Allowed a blocked punt to be returned for a TD: Oct. 31, 2009, vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Corey Robertson 22-yard return) Allowed a kickoff return for a TD: * Nov. 22, 2008 (85 yards by Wayne McKnight, West Texas A&M) Returned the opening kickoff for a TD: Oct. 6, 2012, vs. Eastern New Mexico (Cade Stone, 92 yards) Allowed an opening kickoff for a touchdown: Sept. 1, 1990 (85 yards by Darron Johnson, Angelo State) TOTAL DEFENSE: Held an opponent to less than 10 first downs: Sept. 18, 2010 vs. East Central (6 first downs) Held an opponent to 100-199 yards of offense: Sept. 25, 2010, vs. Tarleton State (196 yards); Sept. 18, 2010 vs. East Central (119 yards) Held an opponent to less than 50 yards: Nov. 1, 2003, vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (49 total yards; minus-15 rushing, 64 passing) Recorded at least six quarterback sacks: Sept. 1, 2012, vs. McMurry (10 sacks, minus-74 yards) Forced five or more turnovers in a game: Oct. 18, 2008, vs. West Texas A&M (3 INT, 2 fumbles) Allowed 70+ points in game: Oct. 22, 2011 (70-28 loss at Midwestern State) Allowed 50-69 points in game: * Nov. 19, 2011 vs. Washburn (lost 52-49) Allowed 40-49 points in game: * Nov. 29, 2008, vs. NW Missouri State (lost, 45-36) Allowed 400+ rushing yards in a game: Oct. 22, 2007 (436 yards by Midwestern State) Allowed 300-399 rushing yards in a game: Sept. 1, 2011 vs. Tarleton State (339 yards) Allowed 200-299 rushing yards in a game: Oct. 6, 2012, vs. Eastern New Mexico (244 yards) Allowed 500+ passing yards in a game: * Nov. 22, 2008 vs. West Texas A&M (595 yards, 42-64-0) Allowed 400-499 passing yards in a game: * Nov. 19, 2011 at Washburn (23-39-0, 424 yards) Allowed 300-399 passing yards in a game: Oct. 13, 2012 vs. West Texas A&M (33-48-0, 383 yards) Allowed at least 100 offensive plays in a game: * Nov. 24, 2007, vs. Chadron State (116 plays) Allowed 90-99 offensive plays in a game: Sept. 1, 2012, vs. McMurry (90 plays) Allowed 80-89 offensive plays in a game: Sept. 22, 2012, vs. Angelo State (85 plays) Allowed 700+ yards of total offense in a game: Oct. 22, 2011 vs. Midwestern State (740 yards) Allowed 600-699 yards of total offense in a game: Nov. 10, 2007, vs. Midwestern State (654 yards) Allowed 500-599 yards of total offense in a game: Oct. 20, 2012 vs. Midwestern State (510 yards)

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME EIGHT • #12 MIDWESTERN STATE AT ACU • OCT. 20, 2012

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LAST TIME AN ACU PLAYER ...

2012 Record Breakdown

Rushing Rushed for 200-299 yards in a game: Sept. 26, 2009 (Reggie Brown vs. ENMU, 235 yards) Rushed for 100-150 yards in a game: * Nov. 19, 2011 (Daryl Richrdson 132 yards vs. Washburn) Rushed for 200+ yards in a road game: Oct. 18, 2008, Bernard Scott vs. West Texas A&M (275 yards) Scored 5+ rushing touchdowns in a game: * Nov. 22, 2008 Bernard Scott vs. West Texas A&M (6 TDs) Had an 80-yard touchdown run: Sept. 11, 2010, Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. NE State (83 yards) Had a touchdown run of 70-79 yards: Nov. 12, 2011, Charcandrick West vs. Incarnate Word (71 yards) Had a touchdown run of 60-69 yards: Nov. 3, 2010, Charcandrick West vs. SW Okla. State (66 yards)

Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Neutral site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Natural Grass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Artificial Turf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Day Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Night Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Televised Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 vs. Ranked Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3

Passing Passed for 500 or more yards in a game: * Nov. 19, 2011, Mitchell Gale vs. Washburn (29-48-3, 506 yards, 4 TDs) Passed for 400 or more yards in a game: Nov. 5, 2011, Mitchell Gale vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (30-42-0, 408 yards, 3 TDs) Passed for 350-399 yards in a game: Oct. 1, 2011, Mitchell Gale vs. Western Oregon (29-43-0, 356 yards, 2 TDs) Passed for 300-349 yards in a game: Sept. 22, 2012, Mitchell Gale vs. Angelo State (17-42-1, 308 yards, 3 TDs) Threw 5+ touchdown passes in a game: * Nov. 27, 2010, Mitchell Gale vs. Central Missouri (5 TDs) Completed an 80-yard pass: Oct. 19, 2006, Billy Malone to John Brock vs. West Texas A&M (84 yards-TD) Completed a 70-yard pass: * Nov. 19, 2011, Mitchell Gale to Taylor Gabriel vs. Washburn (71 yards-TD); Mitchell Gale to Demarcus Thompson vs. Washburn (73 yards-TD) Completed a 60-yard pass: Oct. 1, 2011, Mitchell Gale to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. W. Oregon (61 yards) Completed a 50-yard pass: Sept. 22, 2012, Mitchell Gale to DeMarcus Thompson vs. Angelo St. (57 yards)

Current Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 1 Current Home Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 1 Current Road Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 1 Last Home Win . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59-17 vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 6, 2012) Last Road Win . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-28 at Delta State, Miss. (Sept. 27, 2012) Last Neutral Win . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-31 vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 15, 2012 / Cowboys Stadium) Last Home Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-31 vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 20, 2012) Last Road Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-0 at West Texas A&M (Oct. 13, 2012) Last Neutral Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-17 vs. North Alabama (Sept. 17, 2011 / Cowboys Stadium)

Receiving Caught 12 more passes in a game: Oct. 28, 2006, Jerale Badon vs. Tarleton St. (14 catches, 147 yards) Caught 10 or more passes in a game: *Nov. 19, 2011, Daryl Richardson vs. Washburn (10 catches, 115 yards, 1 TD) Had 200 yards receiving in a game: Oct. 18, 2008, Johnny Knox vs. West Texas A&M (10 catches 203 yards, 2 TDs) Had 150-199 yards receiving in a game: Nov. 5, 2011, Darian Hogg vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (9 catches, 156 yards, 1 TD) Had 150 yards receiving in a half: Oct. 18, 2008, Johnny Knox vs. West Texas A&M (9-189 yards, 2 TD) Caught three or more TD passes in a game: Oct. 22, 2011, vs. Midwestern State (Taylor Gabriel, 3 TDs) Special Teams Kicked a field goal of at least 50 yards: Nov. 12, 2011, Morgan Lineberry vs. Incarnate Word (54 yards) Kicked a field goal of 40-49 yards: Oct. 1, 2011, Morgan Lineberry vs. Western Oregon (45 yards) Kicked four or more field goals in a game: Nov. 8, 2008, Matt Adams vs. Midwestern State (4 FGs) Made a game-winning field goal: Nov. 4, 2006, Matt Adams at Texas A&M-Kingsville (25-yard FG to win 41-38) Made a game-winning field goal, game’s final play: Nov. 4, 2006, Matt Adams at Texas A&M-Kingsville (25-yard FG to win 41-38) Had a 70-yard punt: Oct. 6, 2001, Brad Raphelt vs. SE Oklahoma State (74 yards) Had a 60-yard punt: Oct. 15, 2011, Spencer Covey vs. West Texas A&M (60 yards)

September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Leading at Halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Trailing at Halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Tied at Halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Scoring first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Opponent scoring first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Scoring 20 points or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 Scoring 20-29 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Scoring 30-39 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Scoring 40-49 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Scoring 50 or more points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 Allowing 20 points or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Allowing 20-29 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 Allowing 30-39 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 Allowing 40-49 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Allowing 50 or more points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Gaining 20 or less first downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 Gaining 20 or more first downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1 Opponent gains 20 or less first downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Opponent gains 20 or more first downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 More rushing yards than opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Fewer rushing yards than opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Rushing for less than 100 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Rushing for 100 or more yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 Opponent rushes for less than 100 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Opponents rushes for more than 100 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 More passing yards than opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Fewer passing yards than opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Passing for less than 100 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Passing for 100 or more yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Opponent passes for less than 100 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Opponents passes for more than 100 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 More total yards than opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 Fewer total yards than opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Gaining less than 400 yards of offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Gaining more than 400 yards of offense or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Opponent gains less than 400 yards of offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 Opponent gains more than 400 yards of offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Commit zero turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Commit less than three turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Commit three or more turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Opponent commits zero turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Opponent commits less than three turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Opponent commits three or more turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Trailing in time of possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Leading in time of possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

* NCAA Division II playoff game

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2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

ACU SCORING DRIVES OPPONENT McMurry

Texas A&M-Kingsville

PLAYS YDS 8 81 8 50 3 48 8 69 2 10 7 45 2 27 4 35

DRIVE TIME 2:50 3:!1 0:35 3:08 0:46 2:34 0:32 1:55

QTR/ CLOCK 2 / 7:20 2 / 2:30 2 / 0:48 3 / 8:30 3 / 6:42 3 / 1:55 3 / 0:35 4 / 8:44

PLAY C. West 13 run (Lineberry PAT) T. Tarver 2 run (Lineberry PAT) T. Gabriel 9 pass from M. Gale (Lineberry PAT) Lineberry 25 field goal T. Gabrie 7 run (Lineberry PAT) M. Threat 8 run (Lineberry PAT failed) T. Tarver 5 run (Lineberry PAT) M. Threat 12 run (Lineberry PAT)

5 1

43 65

2:21 1 / 0:00 Taylor Gabriel 7 run (Lineberry PAT failed) 0:12 4 / 14:45 D. Cantu-Harkless 65 run (Lineberry PAT)

Tarleton State

11 7 5 4 10 14

48 46 36 25 54 79

4:45 1 / 8:38 2:31 2 / 1:53 1:56 3 / 8:29 2:10 3 / 4:03 4:43 4 / 12:00 6:23 4 / 3:12

Charcandrick West 1 run (Lineberry PAT) Morgan Lineberry 27 field goal Travis Tarver 7 run (Lineberry PAT) T. Gabriel 6 pass from M. Gale (Lineberry PAT) Morgan Lineberry 30 field goal T. Gabriel 16 pass from Gale (Lineberry PAT)

Angelo State

6 4 6 6

78 0 70 77

1:44 1 / 13:16 0:48 1 / 9:21 1:55 4 / 14:48 1:09 4 / 7:55

Thompson 33 pass from Gale (kick failed) Lineberry 32 field goal Crochran 33 pass from Gale (Lineberry PAT) Gabriel 17 pass from Gale (Lineberry PAT)

ACU SCORING DRIVE SUPERLATIVES Most Plays: 14 (twice) Most Yards: 99 Longest Time: 6:55

Fewest Plays: 1 Fewest Yards: 1 Shortest Time: 0:12

Delta State

5 4 9 6 9 11

20 1 83 23 65 90

1:58 1 / 11:23 C. West 6 pass from M. Gale (Lineberry PAT) 1:21 1 / 9:45 Lineberry 19 field goal 4:37 2 / 7:41 D. Thompson 4 pass from M. Gale (Line. PAT) 2:26 2 / 2:11 C. West 2 run (Lineberry PAT) 5:23 3 / 9:29 Lineberry 26 field goal 5:38 4 / 14:54 T. Gabriel 28 pass from Gale (Lineberry PAT)

E. New Mexico

3 12 12 5 5 7

45 99 44 69 19 56

0:31 1 / 3:51 D. Cantu-Harkless 39 pass from Gale (PAT) 4:35 2 / 12:30 D. Hogg 12 pass from Gale (Lineberry PAT) 4:55 2 / 6:10 Morgan Lineberry 29 field goal 1:52 3 / 11:23 C. West 17 pass from Gale (Lineberry PAT) 1:40 3 / 0:14 D. Hogg 8 pass from Gale (Lineberry PAT) 3:54 4 / 4:46 M. Threat 5 run (Lineberry PAT)

Midwestern State

11 7 14 8 7

75 75 66 75 56

4:52 1 / 10:08 T. Gabriel 10 pass from M. Gale (Lineberry kick) 3:21 1 / 2:49 Charcandrick West 3 run (Lineberry kick) 6:55 2 / 4:04 Ryan Owens 32 field goal 3:59 3 / 5:24 T. Gabriel 20 pass from M. Gale (Owens kick) 2:07 4 / 5:43 J. Walker 5 pass from M. Gale (Owens kick)

OPPONENT SCORING DRIVES OPPONENT PLAYS YDS Texas A&M-Kingsville 11 75 7 22 16 63 4 9 Tarleton State

DRIVE QTR/ TIME CLOCK 2:42 2 / 9:31 2:25 2 / 1:09 7:54 3 / 7:06 2:10 4 / 14:47

PLAY R. Armstrong 22 pass from N. Poppel (PAT) Matt Stoll 35 field goal Matt Stoll 29 field goal Matt Stoll 31 field goal

9 10 11 11 6 10

82 53 68 53 73 85

3:12 1 / 5:26 J. Regal 16 pass from A. Doyle (Barnes PAT) 3:46 1 / 0:27 V. Smith 10 pass from A. Doyle (Barnes PAT) 2:32 2 / 12:17 Blake Barnes 28 field goal 3:29 2 / 4:24 Blake Barnes 41 field goal 2:25 4 / 9:35 Blake Barnes 25 field goal 2:10 4 / 1:02 A. Doyle 1 run (W. McLane pass from Doyle)

Angelo State

7 7 12 12

75 51 69 75

2:59 3:46 5:33 5:37

Delta State

11 2 1 7

80 61 54 75

5:08 2 / 13:46 0:32 2 / 12:18 0:40 2 / 6:51 3:49 3 / 5:40

1 / 6:22 2 / 4:14 3 / 1:50 4 / 9:11

OPPONENT SCORING DRIVE SUPERLATIVES Most Plays: 16 Most Yards: 85 Longest Time: 7:54

E. New Mexico

3 14 13

6 63 75

1:17 1 / 11:13 Wesley Wood 4 run (Dylan Baca PAT) 3:56 2 / 0:03 Dylan Baca 30 field goal 6:34 4 / 8:40 Wesley Wood 5 run (Dylan Baca kick)

West Texas A&M

11 6 9 8 2 8

80 15 41 75 82 70

4:16 1 / 6:10 T. Hammargren 14 pass from Vaughn (PAT) 2:51 2 / 12:10 Sergio Castillo 35 field goal 1:19 2 / 0:04 Sergio Castillo 56 field goal 3:40 3 / 11:20 Khiry Robinson 4 run (Castillo kick) 0:34 3 / 8:37 Jarrian Rhone 75 pass from Vaughn (PAT) 3:57 4 / 11:53 N. Slaughter 31 pass from Vaughn (PAT)

Midwestern State

8 5 12 8 12

62 75 71 82 75

3:58 2:!6 5:37 3:36 4:16

Blake Hamblin 1 run (Jarred Martin PAT) Donavan Roberts 8 run (Martin PAT) Hamblin 3 run (Martin PAT) J. Knight 13 pass from Hamblin (Martin PAT) Brant Botill 2 run (Jones kick) K. Jackson 57 pass from T. Wooden (Jones PAT) Rondreas Truesdale 59 run (Jones PAT) R. Falkner 17 pass from T. Wooden (Jones PAT)

Fewest Plays: 1 Fewest Yards: 9 Shortest Time: 0:32

1 / 6:10 2 / 0:33 3 / 9:23 3 / 1:48 4 / 1:27

Brandon Kelsey 2run (Saladino kick) Kelsey 30 run (Saladino kick) Kelsey 6 run (Saladino kick) Keidrick Jackson 8 run (Saladino kick) Kelsey 11 run (Saladino kick)

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

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TURNOVERS = POINTS

OPENING ACTS

Here’s a game-by-game look at how many points ACU and its opponents have scored off turnovers in 2012: Game ACU TO’s-Opp. Pts. Opp. TO’s-ACU Pts.

Here’s a look at how ACU and its opponents have fared on their opening drives in each game of the 2012 season: Game ACU Opponent

McMurry Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Angelo State Delta State Eastern New Mexico West Texas A&M Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word TOTAL

McMurry Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Angelo State Delta State Eastern New Mexico West Texas A&M Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word

1-0 2-3 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-7 2-3 0-0

2-14 2-0 1-0 2-0 3-17 4-24 0-0 2-3

8-13

16-58

ACU LONG PLAYS (25-plus yards) YDS 92 65 57 54 50 46 42 41 39 34 34 33 33 33 33 33 30 29 28 26 26 26 25 25 25

PLAY Cade Stone kickoff return for touchdown Darrell Cantu-Harkless touchdown run Mitchell Gale pass to DeMarcus Thompson Taylor Gabriel punt return Mitchell Gale pass to Travis Tarver Mitchell Gale pass to Taylor Gabriel Mitchell Gale pass to Darian Hogg Mitchell Gale pass to Darrell Cantu-Harkless Mitchell Gale touchdown pass to Darrell Cantu-Harkless Mitchell Gale pass to DeMarcus Thompson Mitchell Gale pass to Taylor Gabriel Mitchell Gale pass to Darian Hogg Taylor Gabriel punt return Mitchell Gale touchdown pass to Elton Crochran DeMarcus Thompson punt return (blocked punt) Mitchell Gale touchdown pass to DeMarcus Thompson Darrell Cantu-Harkless kickoff return Mitchell Gale pass to Taylor Gabriel Mitchell Gale touchdown pass to Taylor Gabriel Mitchell Gale pass to Taylor Gabriel Taylor Gabriel run Caleb Withrow kickoff return Darrell Cantu-Harkless kickoff return Travis Tarver kickoff return Mitchell Gale pass to Taylor Gabriel

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Punt Interception TOUCHDOWN TOUCHDOWN TOUCHDOWN Fumble Punt TOUCHDOWN

Turnover on Downs Fumble Punt Punt Interception Punt TOUCHDOWN TOUCHDOWN

OPPONENT LONG PLAYS (25-plus yards) OPPPONENT (QTR) E. New Mexico (1st) Texas A&M-Kingsville (4th) Angelo State (1st) Tarleton State (3rd) McMurry (3rd) Midwestern State (1st) West Texas A&M (3rd) Angelo State (4th) E. New Mexico (1st) Tarleton State (4th) McMurry (2nd) West Texas A&M (3rd) E. New Mexico (1st) Angelo State (2nd) Angelo State (1st) Angelo State (1st) West Texas A&M (3rd) Angelo State (2nd) Delta State (4th) E. New Mexico (3rd) Delta State (1st) Angelo State (3rd) Delta State (3rd) Angelo State (2nd) McMurry (2nd)

YDS 75 62 59 57 45 45 40 37 37 36 31 30 27 27 27 27 27 25 26 25 25

PLAY Dustin Vaughn touchdown pass to Jarrian Rhone Jerome Regal run Rondreas Truesdale touchdown run Trevor Wooden touchdown pass to Kevin Jackson Dustin Vaughn pass to Torrence Allen Lavon Downs kickoff return Trevor Wooden pass to Kevin Jackson Keidrick Jackson run Joseph Vela 37 pass from Nate Poppell Dakari Pecikonis run Dustin Vaughn touchdown pass to Nathan Slaughter Brandon Kelsey run Jimmy Pipkin kickoff return Aarrhon Flores punt return Jayson Serda punt return Aaron Doyle pass to Jerome Regal Jake Mullin pass to Greg Livingston Wesley Johnson pass to Jacob Johnson Dakari Pecikonis kickoff return Jasyon Serda punt return Blake Hamblin pass to Antwon Williams

OPPPONENT (QTR) West Texas A&M (3rd) Tarleton State (4th) Delta State (2nd) Delta State (2nd) West Texas A&M (3rd) Delta State (2nd) Delta State (4th) Midwestern State (4th) Texas A&M-Kingsville (4th) Angelo State (1st) West Texas A&M (4th) Midwestern State (1st) Midwestern State (2nd) West Texas A&M (4th) E. New Mexico (3rd) Tarleton State (4th) McMurry (2nd) E. New Mexico (2nd) Angelo State (3rd) E. New Mexico (1st) Angelo State (3rd)

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

2012 ACU FOOTBALL STATISTICS Rushing

Scoring

Name

G

P

Gain

Loss

Yds

Avg

TD

Long

YPG

Charcandrick West Marcel Threat Travis Tarver Darr. Cantu-Harkless Taylor Gabriel Cade Stone Elton Crochran DeMar. Thompson Mitchell Gale Team Total Opponents

7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 8 8

62 35 35 20 7 4 2 1 59 11 236 297

233 182 124 100 84 29 13 13 127 0 905 1550

14 3 12 21 6 0 0 0 162 66 284 216

219 179 112 79 78 29 13 13 -35 -66 621 1334

3.5 5.1 3.2 4.0 11.1 7.2 6.5 13.0 -0.6 -6.0 2.6 4.5

4 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 14

18 17 19 65 26 15 11 13 15 0 65 62

31.3 25.6 16.0 9.9 9.8 3.6 1.6 1.6 -4.4 -13.2 77.6 166.8

Name

G

Com.-Att.-Int.

Pct

Yds

TD

Long

YPG

Mitchell Gale John David Baker Cade Stone Team Total Opponents

8 2 8 5 8 8

163-275-5 2-2-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 165-279-5 212-320-10

59.3 100.0 0.0 0.0 59.1 66.2

2054 15 0 0 2069 2147

16 0 0 0 16 9

57 9 0 0 57 75

256.8 7.5 0.0 0.0 258.6 268.4

Passing

Receiving Name

G

No.

Yds

Avg.

TD

Long

YPG

Taylor Gabriel Darr. Cantu-Harkless DeMarcus Thompson Darian Hogg Charcandrick West Elton Crochran Travis Tarver Jamie Walker Jonathan Parker Cade Stone Drew Peters Marcel Threat Total Opponents

8 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 8 4 7 8 8

42 35 25 25 11 10 8 4 2 1 1 1 165 212

561 397 336 323 110 139 115 35 25 12 9 7 2069 2147

13.4 11.3 13.4 12.9 10.0 13.9 14.4 8.8 12.5 12.0 9.0 7.0 12.5 10.1

7 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 9

46 41 57 42 18 33 50 11 16 12 9 7 57 75

70.1 49.6 42.0 40.4 15.7 17.4 16.4 5.0 3.1 1.5 2.2 1.0 258.6 268.4

Total Offense Name

G

Mitchell Gale 8 Charcandrick West 7 Marcel Threat 7 Travis Tarver 7 Darr. Cantu-Harkless 8 Taylor Gabriel 8 Cade Stone 8 John David Baker 2 DeMarcus Thompson 8 Elton Crochran 8 Team 5 Total 8 Opponents 8

Plays

Rush

Pass

Total

AYPG

334 62 35 35 20 7 5 2 1 2 12 515 617

-35 219 179 112 79 78 29 0 13 13 -66 621 1334

2054 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 2069 2147

2019 219 179 112 79 78 29 15 13 13 -66 2690 3481

252.4 31.3 25.6 16.0 9.9 9.8 3.6 7.5 1.6 1.6 -13.2 336.2 435.1

Name

TD

[--------------- PAT ---------------] FGs Kick Rush Rcf Pass

Taylor Gabriel 9 Morgan Lineberry 0 Charcandrick West 6 Travis Tarver 3 Marcel Threat 3 DeMarcus Thompson 2 Darian Hogg 2 Darrell Cantu-Harkle 2 Jamie Walker 1 Mike Wallace 1 Melvin Shead 1 Cade Stone 1 Elton Crochran 1 Ryan Owens 0 Total 32 Opponents 23

0-0 7-11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 8-13 9-11

Name

M-A

Pct.

Morgan Lineberry 7-11 Ryan Owens 1-2

63.6 50.0

0-0 27-30 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 29-32 22-22

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1

DXP

Sft

Pts

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

54 48 36 18 18 12 12 12 6 6 6 6 6 5 245 191

Field Goals 01-19 20-29 1-1 0-0

30-39

40-49

2-3 1-1

0-2 0-1

4-4 0-0

50-59 Long 0-1 0-0

Blk

32 32

0 1

Field Goal Sequence Game

Abilene Christian

Opponents

McMurry Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Angelo State Delta State Univ. Eastern New Mexico West Texas A&M Midwestern State

(25) 51 (27),(30) (32),42 (19),36,(26) (29) 49,(32),49

44 (35),(29),(31),39 (28),(41),(25) (30) (35),(56) -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting Name

G

No.

Yds

Avg.

Long

TB

FC

I20

Spencer Covey Mitchell Gale Morgan Lineberry Total Opponents

32 3 1 34 31

1320 90 43 1367 1085

41.2 30.0 43.0 40.2 35.0

60 34 43 60 55

2 1 0 3 2

11 0 0 10 5

4 2 0 5 11

3 0 0 3 4

BK 0 0 0 0 2

Punt Returns Name

No.

Yds

Avg.

TD

Taylor Gabriel DeMarcus Thompson Darrell Cantu-Harkle Total Opponents

3 2 1 6 10

92 7 17 116 86

30.7 3.5 17.0 19.3 8.6

0 0 0 0 0

Long

Name

No.

Yds

Avg.

TD

Caleb Withrow Darrell Cantu-Harkle Travis Tarver Cade Stone Mike Wallace Total Opponents

7 5 4 2 1 19 21

125 116 85 107 8 441 405

17.9 23.2 21.2 53.5 8.0 23.2 19.3

0 0 0 1 0 1 0

26 30 25 92 8 92 45

Long

54 0 17 54 27

Kickoff Returns All-Purpose Name

G

Rush

Recv

PR

KR

IR

Total

YPG

Taylor Gabriel 8 Darr. Cantu-Harkless 8 DeMarcus Thompson 8 Charcandrick West 7 Darian Hogg 8 Travis Tarver 7 Marcel Threat 7 Elton Crochran 8 Cade Stone 8 Caleb Withrow 8 Mike Wallace 8 Jamie Walker 7 Jonathan Parker 8 Thor Woerner 8 Angel Lopez 8 Drew Peters 4 Melvin Shead 8 L.B. Suggs 8 Mitchell Gale 8 Team 5 Total 8 Opponents 8

78 79 13 219 0 112 179 13 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -35 -66 621 1334

561 397 336 110 323 115 7 139 12 0 0 35 25 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 2069 2147

92 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 86

0 116 0 0 0 85 0 0 107 125 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 441 405

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 16 14 0 7 5 0 0 110 39

731 609 356 329 323 312 186 152 148 125 76 35 25 16 14 9 7 5 -35 -66 3357 4011

91.4 76.1 44.5 47.0 40.4 44.6 26.6 19.0 18.5 15.6 9.5 5.0 3.1 2.0 1.8 2.2 0.9 0.6 -4.4 -13.2 419.6 501.4

Long

Interceptions Name

No.

Yds.

Avg.

TD

Mike Wallace Thor Woerner Angel Lopez Melvin Shead Tyler Chapa Steven Ford Total Opponents

5 1 1 1 1 1 10 5

68 16 14 7 0 0 110 39

13.6 16.0 14.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 7.8

1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

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Defensive Statistics No.

Player

GP

[---------------------- Tackles ----------------------] Solo Ast. Total TFL-Yds.

[--- Sacks ---] No.-Yds.

[-------- Pass Def. ---------] Int.-Yds. PBU QBH

[----------- Fumbles -----------] Blkd. FR Yds. FF Kick

Safety

7

L.B. Suggs

8-8

42

35

77

1.5-11

.

.

1

1

.

1-0

2

.

.

20

Justin Stephens

7-5

29

31

60

5.5-1010

1.0-1

.

1

1

.

.

1

.

.

21

Angel Lopez

8-6

27

32

59

2.0-55

.

1-14

1

2

1

.

.

.

.

9

Thor Woerner

8-8

35

24

59

4.5-1414

.

1-16

3

4

2

.

.

.

.

25

Mike Wallace

8-5

29

20

49

2.5-1111

1.0-8

5- 73

.

5

.

1- 0

.

.

.

31

Steven Ford

8-5

26

14

40

1.0-44

.

1-0

3

4

.

.

1

.

.

13

Ryan Smith

8-6

13

24

37

7.5-24

4.0-19

.

2

2

2

1-0

.

.

.

5

Nick Richardson

8-5

21

15

36

10.5-69

8.0-60

.

2

2

3

.

1

.

.

3

Justin Stewart

8-8

13

18

31

.

.

.

2

2

.

1-0

.

.

.

14

Jesse Harper

7-4

10

19

29

2.0-6

0.5-3

.

.

.

1

.

.

.

.

94

Melvin Shead

8-4

10

15

25

4.0-5

1.0-1

1-7

1

2

.

.

2

.

.

54

Kolby Rowe

8-3

9

13

22

2.5-14

2.5-14

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

33

Rob Boyd

8-6

12

10

22

3.0-8

1.0-6

.

.

.

.

1-0

1

.

.

34

Caleb Withrow

8-3

9

12

21

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

99

Brandon Dornak

8-2

3

7

10

2.0-9

1.0-3

.

.

.

1

.

.

.

.

73

Ashton Thomas

6-0

2

4

6

1.5-1

.

.

.

.

1

.

.

.

.

55

Candon Canady

5-0

1

5

6

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

95

Nick Finney

7-5

3

2

5

.

.

.

1

1

1

1-0

.

.

.

24

Eric Frain

6-0

4

1

5

.

.

.

1

1

.

.

.

.

.

18

Vic. Cantu-Harkless

8-0

3

2

5

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

93

Juan Hull

3-1

1

2

3

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

81

Spencer Covey

8-0

1

1

2

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

6

DeMarcus Thompson 8-4

2

.

2

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

1

.

29

Tyler Chapa

5-0

2

.

2

.

.

1-0

.

1

.

.

.

.

.

45

Chuck Oputa

4-0

.

2

2

0.5-0

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

26

Charcandrick West

7-5

2

.

2

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

43

Dax Riley

2-0

1

.

1

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

23

Jace Hudson

4-0

.

1

1

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

46

Torren Davis

2-0

1

.

1

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

42

David Guinn

3-0

.

1

1

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

8

Marcel Threat

7-0

1

.

1

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

. .

27

Travis Tarver

7-2

1

.

1

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

86

Noah Cheshier

5-0

.

1

1

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

TM

Team

5-0

1

.

1

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

47

Darian Hogg

8-7

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

1

.

Total

8

326

326

652

52-186

20-115

10-110

20

30

12

6-0

8

2

.

Opponents

8

245

248

493

49-211

33-162

5-39

25

30

17

3- 0

4

1

1

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2012 ACU OFFENSE GAME-BY-GAME TEAM OFFENSE First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Com-Att-Int Offensive Plays Total Yards Avg. Gain/Play Fumbles-Lost Punts-Yards Punting Average Penalties-Yards 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions Time of Possession

McM 27 39-165 296 20-29-1 68 461 6.8 1-0 4-128 32.0 8-97 5-of-10 0-of-0 30:12

TAMK 11 25-87 137 13-32-1 57 224 3.9 3-1 7-288 41.1 3-30 5-of-15 0-of-1 22:27

TSU 21 28-55 279 27-42-0 70 334 4.8 0-0 4-166 41.5 7-50 7-of-15 1-of-1 31:51

ASU 16 19-9 308 17-43-1 62 317 5.1 1-1 5-209 41.8 8-75 1-of-12 1-of-3 20:08

DSU 23 32-74 246 26-37-0 69 320 4.6 0-0 4-134 33.5 6-67 7-of-15 0-of-0 33:58

ENMU 24 33-136 261 19-29-0 62 397 6.4 1-1 2-69 34.5 9-70 5-of-10 2-of-2 25:04

WTAM 15 28-3 207 17-29-2 57 210 3.7 0-0 8-373 46.6 4-40 4-of-13 0-of-0 28:59

MSU 25 32-92 335 26-38-0 70 427 6.1 0-0 2-86 43.0 5-43 5-of-12 1-of-2 30:26

TAMC

RUSHING Att.-Yds.-TD (Long) McMurry Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Angelo State Delta State Eastern New Mexico West Texas A&M Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word

UWA

UIW

FIELD GOALS #26 West 8-38-1 (13) -- DNP-Inj. -3-10-1 (6) -- DNP-Inj. -19-59-1 (18) 8-32-0 (9) 6-16-0 (10) 18-63-1 (12)

#27 Tarver 9-37-2 (11) 12-21-0 (8) 6-29-1 (19) 5-11-0 (4) ---- DNP ---3-14-0 (8) 0-0-0 0-0-0

#8 Threat 14-88-2 (12) 1-3-0 (3) 2-6-0 (6) 0-0-0 ---- DNP ---12-70-1 (17) 4-3-0 (4) 2-9-0 (5)

#4 Gabriel 1-7-1 (7) 1-7-1 (7) 0-0-0 1-22-0 (22) 4-42-0 (26) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

M-A / Made (Miss) McMurry Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Angelo State Delta State Eastern New Mexico West Texas A&M Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word

#15 Gale 4-19-0 (15) 7-(-11)-0 (5) 11-18-0 (11) 10-(-16)-0 (10) 6-(-1) (7) 5-(-5)-0 (3) 11-(-46)-0 (4) 5-8-0 (8)

#85 Lineberry #35 Owens 1-1 / 25 0-1 / (51) 2-2 / 27, 30 1-2 / 32, (42) 2-3 / 19, 26 (36) 1-1 / 29 0-0 0-1 / (49) 1-2 / 32 (49)

RECEIVING Att.-Yds.-TD (Long) McMurry Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Angelo State Delta State Eastern New Mexico West Texas A&M Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word

#4 Gabriel 7-108-1 (34) 3-35-0 (17) 5-50-2 (16) 4-63-1 (29) 4-65-1 (28) 8-112-0 (26) 2-12-0 (6) 9-116-2 (46)

#38 Can.-Hark. 2-25-0 (17) 4-36-0 (20) 3-21-0 (8) 5-69-0 (41) 4-17-0 (10) 4-80-1 (39) 6-55-0 (15) 7-94-0 (23)

#6 Thompson 3-28-0 (11) 3-33-0 (13) 4-57-0 (34) 5-131-1 (57) 6-48-1 (13) 1-6-0 (6) 0-0-0 3-33-0 (17)

#47 Hogg 4-50-0 (17) 1-12-0 (12) 8-67-0 (14) 0-0-0 3-27-0 (11) 3-26-2 (12) 2-75-0 (42) 4-66-0 (23)

PASSING

#19 Parker 1-9-0 (9) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

#22 Crochran 1-22-0 (22) 0-0-0 2-21-0 (12) 1-33-1 (33) 4-47-0 (23) 1-11-0 (11) 0-0-0 1-5-0 (5)

#27 Tarver 2-54-0 (50) 1-5-0 (5) 4-56-0 (22) 1-0-0 (0) ---- DNP ---0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

PUNTING

Com.-Att.-Int. / Yds. / TD (Long) McMurry Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Angelo State Delta State Eastern New Mexico West Texas A&M Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word

#15 Gale 19-28-1 / 290 / 1 (50) 13-31-1 / 137 / 0 (20) 27-42-0 / 279 / 2 (34) 17-42-1 / 308 / 3 (57) 26-37-0 / 246 / 3 (28) 18-28-0 / 252 / 4 (39) 17-29-2 / 207 / 0 (42) 26-38-0 / 355 / 3 (46)

#17 Baker 1-1-0 / 6 / 0 (6) 0-0-0 / 0 / 0 0-0-0 / 0 / 0 0-0-0 / 0 / 0 0-0-0 / 0 / 0 1-1-0 / 9 / 0 (9) 0-0-0 / 0 / 0 0-0-0 / 0 / 0

No.-Avg. / In 20 / Long McMurry Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Angelo State Delta State Eastern New Mexico West Texas A&M Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word

#81 Covey 3-28.3 / 0 / 35 6-42.3 / 0 / 48 4-41.5 / 0 / 48 5-41.8 / 1 / 48 4-33.5 / 0 / 41 1-45.0 / 0 / 45 7-48.7 / 2 / 60 2-43.0 / 1 / 47

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

#85 Lineberry 1-43.0 / 0 / 43 0-0 / 0 / 0 0-0 / 0 / 0 0-0 / 0 / 0 0-0 / 0 / 0 0-0 / 0 / 0 0-0 / 0 / 0 0-0 / 0 / 0

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2012 ACU DEFENSE GAME-BY-GAME TEAM DEFENSE First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Com-Att-Int Offensive Plays Total Yards Avg. Gain/Play Fumbles-Lost Punts-Yards Punting Average Penalties-Yards 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions Time of Possession

McM

TAMK

TSU

ASU

DSU

ENMU

WTAM

MSU

21 29-12 289 38-61-1 90 301 3.3 1-1 3-85 28.3 7-49 3-of-19 2-of-11 29:48

20 34-48 372 33-50-0 84 420 5.0 3-2 6-236 39.3 11-85 8-of-20 2-of-2 37:33

30 30-179 377 39-52-1 82 556 6.8 0-0 3-88 29.3 11-110 9-of-16 0-of-1 28:09

26 37-135 274 33-48-2 85 409 4.8 1-0 7-224 32.0 14-152 8-of-18 0-of-1 39:52

20 35-238 260 14-25-2 60 498 8.3 1-1 2-86 43.0 15-131 3-of-10 1-of-4 26:02

20 55-244 68 9-19-3 74 312 4.2 3-1 5-163 32.6 8-64 5-of-15 1-of-2 34:56

26 25-92 383 33-48-0 73 475 6.5 1-0 5-203 40.6 8-67 7-of-14 0-of-0 31:01

30 53-389 121 12-16-1 69 510 7.4 3-1 1-41 41.0 8-90 4-of-6 0-of-1 29:34

#94 Shead

#14 Harper

TAMC

UWA

SACKS McMurry Texas A&M-Kingsville

#5 Richardson

#13 R. Smith

#20 Stephens

#54 Rowe

#99 Dornak

6.0-(-53)

1.0-(-12)

1.0-(-1)

1.0-(-5)

1.0-(-3)

1.0-(-5)

#33 Boyd

#25 Wallace

1.0-(-6)

Tarleton State Angelo State Delta State

1.0-(-2)

1.5-(-4)

0.5-(-2)

1.0-(-1)

1.0-(-7)

1.0-(-8)

Eastern New Mexico

1.0-(-1)

West Texas A&M

0.5-(-5)

0.5-(-5)

Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word

INTERCEPTIONS-Yds. #21 Lopez McMurry

#9 Woerner

#25 Wallace

#29 Chapa

#94 Shead

1-0

1-(7-td)

#31 Ford

1-14

Texas A&M-Kingsville Tarleton State Angelo State Delta State Eastern New Mexico

1-16 2-5 2-20 1-(48-td)

West Texas A&M Midwestern State

1-(0)

Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word

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2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

UIW

GAME-BY-GAME STARTING LINEUPS QB

WR

RB

WR

McMurry

Gale

Texas A&M-Kingsville

Gale

Thompson

West

Hogg

Thompson

Tarver

Hogg

Tarleton State

Gale

Thompson

Cantu-Harkless

Hogg

OFFENSE WR

TE

LT

Gabriel

Parker

Latu

Gabriel

Parker

Latu

Gabriel

Parker

LG

C

RG

RT

Hoppenrath Perez

Carnes

Spears

Hoppenrath Perez

Carnes

Spears

Latu

Hoppenrath Perez

Carnes

Spears

Hoppenrath Perez

Carnes

Spears

Angelo State

Gale

Thompson

Tarver

Hogg

Gabriel

Parker

Latu

Delta State

Gale

Thompson

West

Hogg

Gabriel

Walker

Latu

McIntosh

Perez

Langthorp Spears

Eastern New Mexico

Gale

Cantu-Harkless

West

Hogg

Gabriel

Walker

Latu

McIntosh

Perez

Langthorp Spears Langthorp Spears

West Texas A&M

Gale

Cantu-Harkless

West

Hogg

Gabriel

Walker

Latu

McIntosh

Perez

Midwestern State

Gale

Cantu-Harkless

West

Hogg

Gabriel

Parker

Latu

Carnes

Ware

Perez

Spears

Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word

DE

DT

NG

DE

Richardson

Finney

Shead

Smith

Texas A&M-Kingsville

Richardson

Finney

Shead

Tarleton State

Richardson

Boyd

Shead

Angelo State

Richardson

Boyd

Finney

Delta State

Rowe

Boyd

Eastern New Mexico

Rowe

Boyd

West Texas A&M

Richardson

Midwestern State

Richardson

McMurry

DEFENSE SLB

MLB

WLB

LCB

SS

FS

RCB

Summers

Woerner

Stephens

Withrow

Grady

Suggs

Stewart

Smith

Rudd

Woerner

Stephens

Withrow

Grady

Suggs

Stewart

Smith

Woerner

Harper

Stephens

Withrow

Lopez

Suggs

Stewart

Smith

Woerner

Harper

Stephens

Ford

Lopez

Suggs

Stewart

Shead

Smith

Wallace

Woerner

Stephens

Ford

Lopez

Suggs

Stewart

Shead

Smith

Wallace

Woerner

Harper

Ford

Lopez

Suggs

Stewart

Boyd

Shead

Doornak

Wallace

Woerner

Harper

Ford

Lopez

Suggs

Stewart

Boyd

Shead

Rowe

Wallace

Woerner

Harper

Ford

Lopez

Suggs

Stewart

Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word

GAME-BY-GAME NOTEABLES Game

Captains

Coin Toss

Kickoff / Receive

ACU 1st Poss.

Game Time

Game Length

Jersey Combo

Result

McMurry

Gale, Smith, Suggs, Ware

Won

Receive

Punt

6 p.m.

2:57

Purple, Black

W, 51-0

Texas A&M-Kingsville

Gale, Smith, Suggs, Ware

Lost

Receive

Interception

6 p.m.

3:13

Purple, Black

L, 16-13

Tarleton State

Gale, Smith, Suggs, Ware

Won

Deferred

Touchdown

4 p.m.

3:04

Purple, Black

W, 34-31

Angelo State

Woerner, Gale, Lopez, Perez

Lost

Receive

Touchdown

6 p.m.

3:10

White, White

L, 28-23

Delta State

Suggs, Woerner, Gale, Perez

Won

Deferred

Touchdown

6:36 p.m.

3:14

Purple, Black

W, 34-28

Eastern New Mexico

Suggs, Woerner, Gale, Perez

Lost

Receive

Fumble

6 p.m.

2:50

Purple, Black

W, 59-17

West Texas A&M

Suggs, Woerner, Gale, Perez

Lost

Receive

Punt

6 p.m.

2:45

White, Black

L, 36-0

Midwestern State

Suggs, Woerner, Gale, Ware

Lost

Receive

Touchdown

6 p.m.

2:54

Purple, White

L, 35-31

Texas A&M-Commerce West Alabama Incarnate Word

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME • GAME ONE #10 ACU 51, MCMURRY 0 Saturday, Sept. 1 • Abilene, Texas

Sophomore end Richardson’s six sacks lead No. 10 Wildcats to 51-0 victory over War Hawks ABILENE – Sophomore defensive end Nick Richardson had six of his team's nine sacks as 10th-ranked Abilene Christian University introduced McMurry University to NCAA Division II with a 51-0 win in both teams' season opener Saturday night in Shotwell Stadium. Richardson’s six sacks tied the ACU record set by James Henderson in 1997, and led a Wildcat defense that held McMurry to 301 total yards, all but 12 yards of it through the air, broke up six passes and recovered a fumble. Warhawk quarterback Jake Mullin completed 37 of 59 passes for 289 yards, and was intercepted once. His counterpart, pre-season NCAA Division II Player of the Year Mitchell Gale, completed 19 of 28 passes for 290 yards and one TD in three quarters of play. Both teams played a scoreless first quarter before a crowd of 11,337, but ACU scored on seven straight possessions to start the second quarter. Charcandrick West’s 13-yard run, redshirt freshman Travis Tarver’s 2-yard dive and a 9-yard pass from quarterback Gale to wide receiver Taylor Gabriel powered the Wildcats to a 21-0 halftime lead. ACU opened the second-half scoring with a 25-yard field goal from Morgan Lineberry. The Wildcats’ next drive was a short one, thanks to McMurry turning the ball over on downs at its own 10-yard line. Two plays later, Gabriel scored on a 7-yard end-around. ACU scored on its next drive when Marcel Threat ran 12 yards for a TD, and tacked on another TD with Tarver's 5-yard run at the end of the third quarter. Threat, a sophomore transfer from Central Arkansas, scored his second rushing TD with a 12-yarder in the fourth quarter.

The Wildcats rolled up 461 yards of offense, helped by Gabriel’s seven catches for 108 yards and Threat's 88 yards of rushing. Tarver caught two passes for 54 yards and ran nine times for 38 yards. Darian Hogg had four catches for 50 yards. ACU’s 51 was the second most McMurry War Hawks points scored by the Wildcats in a season-opener since they beat McMurry 53-20 in 1971, and their first shutout since a 21-0 blanking of Eastern New Mexico in 2006. McMurry and ACU last played 41 years ago, but the cross-town #10 ACU Wildcats rivalry featured 39 games from 1930-71, with the Wildcats holding a 24-15 edge. The War Hawks were playing their first year in Division II, while the Wildcats are starting their last before a move in 2013 to the Division I FCS-affiliated Southland Conference. The Wildcats – who won their fifth straight season-opener – host longtime Lone Star Conference rival Texas A&M-Kingsville next Saturday at 6 p.m.

Score By Quarter

Individual Statistics

McMurry Abilene Christian

1

2

3

4

–

Final

0 0

0 21

0 23

0 7

– –

0 51

Scoring Summary 2nd Quarter ACU (7:20) – Charcandrick West 13 yd run (Morgan Lineberry kick)

ACU 7, McM 0

ACU (2:30) – Travis Tarver 2 yd run (Lineberry kick

ACU 14, McM 0

ACU (0:48) – Taylor Gabriel 9 yd pass from Mitchell Gale (Lineberry kick)

ACU 21, McM 0

3rd Quarter ACU (8:30) – Lineberry 25 yd field goal

ACU 24, McM 0

ACU (6:42) – Gabriel 7 yd run (Lineberry kick)

ACU 31, McM 0

ACU (1:55) – Marcel Threat 8 yd run (Lineberry kick failed)

ACU 37, McM 0

ACU (0:35) – Travis Tarver 5 yd run (Lineberry kick)

ACU 44, McM 0

4th Quarter ACU (8:44) – Threat 12 yd run (Lineberry kick)

ACU 51, McM 0

0

51

RUSHING McMurry – Chris Simpson 8-35; Paxton Grayer 5-22; Reace House 2-6; Brady Lambert 1-3; Eric Shaffer 1-minus 4; Jake Mullin 12-minus 50. Abilene Christian – Marcel Threat 14-88; Charcandrick West 8-38; Travis Tarver 9-37; Mitchell Gale 4-19; Taylor Gabriel 1-7; Team 3-minus 24. PASSING McMurry – Jake Mullin 37-59-1-288; Courte Gilbert 1-1-0-1; John Kowalski 0-1-0-0. Abilene Christian – Mitchell Gale 19-28-1-290; John David Baker 1-1-0-6. RECEIVING McMurry – Eric Shaffer 7-55; Greg Livingston 5-79; Joshua Chatman 5-16; Paxton Grayer 4-43; Jeret Smith 4-31; Barrett Cain 3-16; Ryan Nelson 3-14; Greg Freeman 2-9; A.J. Singleton 1-7; Easton McIntosh 1-7; Josh Jones 1-5; Chris Simpson 1-5; Reace House 1-2. Abilene Christian – Taylor Gabriel 7-108; Darian Hogg 4-50; DeMarcus Thompson 3-28; Travis Tarver 2-54; Darrell Cantu-Harkless 2-25; Elton Crochran 1-22; Jonathan Parker 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS McMurry – Ryan Williams 1-0. Abilene Christian – Angel Lopez 1-14.

Team Statistics McM First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-12 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Passes Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-61-1 Total Plays-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-301 Fumble Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Kickoff Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 Interception Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28.3 Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49 Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:48 Third-Down Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 of 19 Fourth-Down Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 of 11 Red-Zone Scores-Chances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

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ACU 27 39-165 296 20-29-1 68-461 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-14 4-32.0 1-0 8-97 30:12 5 of 10 0 of 0 8-8 10-74

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

2012 GAME-BY-GAME • GAME TWO #24 TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE 16, #9 ACU 13 Saturday, Sept. 8 • Abilene, Texas

ACU offense can’t get untracked as No. 9 Wildcats drop LSC opener to No. 24 Javelinas, 16-13 ABILENE – Matt Stoll kicked three field goals, Nate Poppell threw for 372 yards and defensive-minded Texas A&M-Kingsville held off No. 9 Abilene Christian University, 16-13, on Saturday night at Shotwell Stadium. The No. 24 Javelinas improved to 2-0 on the season, and 1-0 in the Lone Star Conference South Division, while ACU fell to 1-1 and 0-1 in the LSC. The win ended ACU's eight-year winning streak in the 47-year series, which Kingsville dominated from 1984-2003, and snapped the Wildcats' 12-game regular season home winning streak. Kingsville’s fierce defense held preseason NCAA Division II player of the year Mitchell Gale to his lowest output in three years, and broke a stretch of 23 straight games in which he had thrown a touchdown. Gale, a senior, completed 13 of 31 passes for 137 yards. After scoring 51 points in its season-opener last week against McMurry, ACU could only muster 11 first downs and 224 yards of offense against the Javelinas. ACU held the Javelinas’ vaunted running game to only 48 yards – and 1,000-yard rusher Jonathan Woodson to 27 yards – but had no answer for Poppell, who completed 33 of 50 passes and one TD. Wide receiver Taylor Gabriel’s second 7-yard end-around scoring run in as many weeks staked the Wildcats to a 6-0 lead on the last play of the first quarter. Kingsville answered back when Nate Poppell threw a 22-yard TD pass to Robert Armstrong on the first drive of the second quarter. The Javelinas padded their lead to 10-6 when Matt Stoll kicked a 35-yard field goal with 1:07 left in the first half. Kingsville opened the third quarter with a 16-play drive that Stoll capped

with a 29-yard field goal and upped the Javelina advantage to 13-6. Stoll’s third field goal of the game, with 14:57 left in the fourth quarter, gave his team a 16-6 advantage. But on the first play of the ensuing drive, ACU wide receiver #24 A&M-Kingsville Javelinas Darrell Cantu-Harkless ran 65 yards for a TD to pull his team to 16-13. Stoll missed a 9-yard field goal on Kingsville’s next possession, and the Wildcats took over. ACU could get no closer than the Javelina 33-yard line on its drive, and Morgan Lineberry’s 51-yard field goal attempt missed #9 ACU Wildcats with 7:05 remaining. ACU’s last-chance drive began after being pinned on its 6-yard line by Javelina punter Angel Millan. But on a fourth-down-and-7, Kingsville’s defense rose to the occasion again, sacking Gale on his own 12 with 1:11 remaining. Harkless was the Wildcats’ leading rusher with 70 yards, and top receiver with four catches for 36 yards. The Wildcats play rival Tarleton State next Saturday at 4 p.m. in the second annual Lone Star Football Festival in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.

Score By Quarter

Individual Statistics

Texas A&M-Kingsville Abilene Christian

1

2

3

4

–

Final

0 6

10 0

3 0

3 7

– –

16 13

Scoring Summary 1st Quarter ACU (0:00) – Taylor Gabriel 7 yd run (Morgan Lineberry kick failed)

ACU 6, TAMK 0

16 13

RUSHING Texas A&M-Kingsville – Jonathan Woodson 15-27; Randall Toney 7-25; Anthony Johnson 1-3; Nate Poppell 8-0; TEAM 3-minus 7. Abilene Christian – Darrell Cantu-Harkless 4-67; Travis Tarver 12-21; Taylor Gabriel 1-7; Marcel Threat 1-3; Mitchell Gale 7-minus 11. PASSING Texas A&M-Kingsville – Nate Poppell 33-50-0-372. Abilene Christian – Mitchell Gale 13-31-1-137; Cade Stone 0-1-0-0.

2nd Quarter TAMK (9:31) – Robert Armstrong 22 yd pass from Nate Poppell (Matt Stoll kick) TAMK (1:09) – Matt Stoll 35 yd field goal

TAMK 7, ACU 6 TAMK 10, ACU 6

3rd Quarter TAMK (7:06) – Matt Stoll 29 yd field goal

TAMK 13, ACU 6

RECEIVING Texas A&M-Kingsville – Sherman Batiste 10-128; Robert Armstrong 10-94; Joseph Vela 5-84; Clyde Lee 3-36; Jonathan Woodson 3-14; Jake Willingham 2-16. Abilene Christian – Darrell Cantu-Harkless 4-36; Taylor Gabriel 3-35; DeMarcus Thompson 3-33; Jonathan Parker 1-16; Darian Hogg 1-12; Travis Tarver 1-5.

4th Quarter TAMK (14:57) – Matt Stoll 31 yd field goal

TAMK 16, ACU 6

ACU (14:45) – Darrell Cantu-Harkless 65 yd run (Lineberry kick

TAMK 16, ACU 13

Team Statistics TAMK First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-48 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Passes Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-50-0 Total Plays-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-420 Fumble Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Kickoff Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Interception Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39.3 Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-85 Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37:33 Third-Down Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 of 20 Fourth-Down Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19

INTERCEPTIONS Texas A&M-Kingsville – Rockeem Collins 1-0. Abilene Christian – None.

ACU 11 25-87 137 13-32-1 57-224 0-0 0-0 2-39 0-0 7-41.1 3-1 3-30 22:27 5 of 15 0 of 1 1-1 2-11

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME • GAME THREE #20 ACU 34, TARLETON STATE 31 Saturday, Sept. 15 • Cowboys Stadium • Arlington, Texas

Second-half rally sends No. 20 Wildcats to big Lone Star conference win over Tarleton State ARLINGTON – At halftime, deep inside the bowels of Cowboys Stadium, ACU head coach Ken Collums stood in front of his team and told them what was about to transpire in the second half against Tarleton State. “I told them that we were going to go up and down the field on them offensively and that our defense was going to get stops,” Collums said. Pretty bold talk from a coach who had just watched his team sputter throughout the first half and was trailing 20-10 at the break. The defense had been on the field for almost 17 minutes and had allowed 327 yards, while the offense once again struggled and had just 147 yards in the first 30 minutes. But the Wildcats’ first-year head coach turned out to be prophetic as he watched his team completely turn around its fortunes and perhaps save its season with a 34-31 win over the Texans in the Lone Star Football Festival. The 20th-ranked Wildcats improve to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the Lone Star Conference with the win, while the Texans fall to 1-1 overall and in the LSC. The Wildcats will be back in action next Saturday in San Angelo when they take on Angelo State at 6 p.m. “I don't want to stand here and say, ‘I told you so, but ...,’ “ Collums said as his voice trailed off in a jubilant post-game locker room. “I’m so proud of you guys because we could have folded it up, but we didn’t. I know this, this team is tough and we’re only going to get better.” After completing just 12 of 22 passes for 122 yards in the first half, ACU senior quarterback Mitchell Gale reverted to his normal self in the game’s final 30 minutes by completing 15 of 20 passes for 157 yards and two scores, both to junior wideout Taylor Gabriel. Trailing 20-10 at the break, ACU took its second possession of the third quarter 36 yards on five plays, taking just 1:56 off the clock before freshman running back Travis Tarver scored on a 7-yard run to cut the TSU lead to 20-17. The short field was set up by ACU wide receiver Darian Hogg, who got a hand on Isaac Arellano’s punt, the first in a series of game-changing plays by several different Wildcats in the second half. After Tarleton went three-and-out on its next series, Gabriel made his first big play of the second half with a 54-yard punt return down to the TSU 15. Despite a 10-yard penalty on ACU at the end of the run, the Wildcats still had great field position, and they took advantage of it again.

ACU needed just four plays and 2 minutes, 10 seconds to cover the 25 yards, scoring on a 6-yard pass from Gale to Gabriel to give the Wildcats a 24-20 lead with 4:03 to play in the third quarter. The teams traded field goals by Tarleton State Texans Morgan Lineberry and Blake Barnes to make it a 27-23 ACU lead with 9:35 left in the game before ACU began what would turn out to be the game-clinching drive. The Wildcats methodically moved 79 yards in 14 plays and took 6:23 off the clock before scoring on a #20 ACU Wildcats 16-yard pass from Gale to Gabriel. The Wildcats were 4 for 4 on thirddown plays on the drive, converting a third-and-10 on the drive's third play with a 14-yard pass from Gale to Hogg. On third-and-2 from the TSU 42, Gale scrambled up the middle for three yards. On third-and-18 from the 47, Gale lofted a deep pass to DeMarcus Thompson, who hauled it in on the sideline for a first down at the TSU 13-yard line. After a rush for no gain and a sack of Gale back to the 16-yard line, Gale found Taylor over the middle and let him go to work. Gabriel tried to cut back, but slipped and looked as if he were going to go down short of the goal line. But he dropped his hand down to keep his balance, popped up and leapt into the end zone for a 34-23 ACU lead with 3:12 to play. Tarleton came right back down the field, moving 85 yards on 10 plays to an Aaron Doyle 1-yard touchdown run with 1:02 to play. Doyle then completed a 2-point conversion pass to Will McLane to make it 34-31 and setting up an onside kick. But ACU’s Thor Woerner recovered the kick – his second big recovery on a kickoff in the game – and ACU was able to run the clock out on a big come-frombehind win.

Score By Quarter

Interception Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29.3 Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-110 Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:09 Third-Down Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 of 16 Fourth-Down Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20

Tarleton State Abilene Christian

1

2

3

4

–

Final

14 7

6 3

0 14

11 10

– –

31 34

Scoring Summary 1st Quarter ACU (8:38) – Charcandrick West 1 yd run (Morgan Lineberry kick) TSU (5:26) – Jerome Regal 16 yd pass from Aaron Doyle (Blake Barnes kick) TSU (0:27) – Vaughn Smith 10 yd pass from Doyle (Barnes kick) 2nd Quarter TSU (12:17) – Barnes 28 yd field goal TSU (4:24) – Barnes 41 yd field goal ACU (1:53) – Lineberry 27 yd field goal 3rd Quarter ACU (8:29) – Travis Tarver 7 run (Lineberry kick) ACU (4:03) – Taylor Gabriel 6 yd pass from Mitchell Gale (Lineberry kick) 4th Quarter ACU (12:00) – Lineberry 30 yd field goal TSU (9:35) – Barnes 25 yd field goal ACU (3:12) – Gabriel 16 yd pass from Gale (Lineberry kick) TSU (1:02) – Doyle 1 yd run (Will McLane pass from Doyle)

ACU 7, Tarleton 0 ACU 7, Tarleton 7 ACU 7, Tarleton 14 ACU 7, Tarleton 17 ACU 7, Tarleton 20 ACU 10, Tarleton 20 ACU 17, Tarleton 20 ACU 24, Tarleton 20 ACU 27, Tarleton 20 ACU 27, Tarleton 23 ACU 34, Tarleton 23 ACU 34, Tarleton 31

Team Statistics TSU First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-179 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Passes Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-52-1 Total Plays-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-556 Fumble Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Kickoff Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-106

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ACU 21 28-55 279 27-42-0 70-334 0-0 1-54 4-75

31 34

1-16 4-41.5 0-0 7-50 31:51 7 of 15 1 of 1 6-6 0-0

Individual Statistics RUSHING Tarleton State – Jerome Regal 13-103; Aaron Doyle 9-34; Vaughn Smith 7-21; Zach Henshaw 1-21. Abilene Christian – Travis Tarver 6-29; Mitchell Gale 11-18; Charcandrick West 3-10; Marcel Threat 2-6; Darrell Cantu-Harkless 2-0; Team 4-minus 8. PASSING Tarleton State – Aaron Doyle 39-52-1-377. Abilene Christian – Mitchell Gale 27-42-0-279. RECEIVING Tarleton State – Jeken Frye 10-92; Clifton Rhodes III 9-106; Jerome Regal 5-62; Vaughn Smith 5-24; Arthur Buckingham 4-35; Cordell Valentine 2-16; Will McLane 1-18; Devon Gray 1-14; Jamal Mays 1-5; Courtney Osunde 1-5. Abilene Christian – Darian Hogg 8-67; Taylor Gabriel 5-50; DeMarcus Thompson 4-57; Travis Tarver 4-56; Darrell Cantu-Harkle 3-21; Elton Crochran 2-21; Marcel Threat 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS Tarleton State – None. Abilene Christian – Thor Woerner 1-16.

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

2012 GAME-BY-GAME • GAME FOUR ANGELO STATE 28, #19 ACU 23 Saturday, Sept. 22 • San Angelo, Texas

Rams put the wraps on Wildcats’ offense as Angelo State pulls off 28-23 win over #19 ACU SAN ANGELO – Blake Hamblin ran for two touchdowns and threw for another to lead Angelo State University to a 28-23 upset win Saturday night over No. 19 Abilene Christian University in San Angelo Stadium. ACU (2-2 overall and 1-2 in the Lone Star Conference) took a first-quarter 9-0 lead, but Angelo State made life difficult for the Wildcats the rest of the half, sacking ACU quarterback Mitchell Gale seven times and holding his teammates to four yards rushing. The Rams (2-2 overall, 1-0 in the LSC) limited ACU to 16 yards on the ground for the game. Hamblin completed 33 of 48 passes for 274 yards. He was sacked three times and intercepted twice, and Angelo State had 14 penalties for 152 yards, but the Rams held the ball for nearly twice as much time as the Wildcats. ACU converted only one of 13 third-down possessions in the game. The Wildcats marched to their only TD of the first half on their opening drive when quarterback Mitchell Gale connected with wide receiver Demarcus Thompson on a 33-yard touchdown pass. Thompson's special teams play gave the ball right back to the Wildcats when he blocked Joseph Pickett's punt and Jaime Walker recovered at the Ram's 15-yard line. Morgan Lineberry kicked a 32-yard field goal to put his team up 9-0 with 9:21 left. Angelo State got on the scoreboard when Hamblin's 1-yard TD run closed the ACU margin to 9-7, a drive set up by a 36-yard end-around run by wide receiver Dakarai Pecikonis. Morgan Lineberry missed a 42-yard field goal with 10:38 left in the second quarter. Angelo State pulled ahead of the Wildcats when Donavan Roberts’ 8-yard run around left end with 4:14 left put the Rams on top, 14-9. Hamblin scored his second TD of the game with 1:50 left in the third quarter, running untouched around left end for 3 yards, upping the Ram lead to 21-9. ACU took advantage of some Angelo State mistakes at the end of the third quarter to begin what looked like a promising rally. With the ball on his own 23-yard line, Gale's deep incomplete pass to wide receiver Darian Hogg drew a 15-yard interference and a 15-yard personal foul penalty from the Rams, setting up the Wildats on the ASU 47. Four plays later at the top of the fourth

quarter, Gale found freshman fullback Elton Chrochran open over the middle for a 33-yard scoring pass. The Rams answered right back when Joey Knight caught a 13-yard pass from Hamblin, broke a tackle and scored to put ASU further ahead, #19 ACU Wildcats 28-16, with 9:11 left. Gale and the ACU offense responded again on the next drive, pulling the Wildcats to within five points, 28-23, with the senior quarterback finding Taylor Gabriel wide open in the end zone for a 17Angelo State Rams yard TD pass with 7:55 left. ACU forced the Rams to punt, but turned the ball over on downs at their own 32 with 4:22 left. ASU couldn't advance the ball and Jarrod Martin's 42-yard field goal try went awry when the Rams were whistled for a false start with 2:50 remaining. On fourth and 12 from the Wildcat 34-yard line, linebacker Thor Woerner sniffed out a trick play from the Rams and tackled Samir Baker for a loss at the ACU 39. With 2:43 left, Gale then began what looked like a possible decisive drive but it ended two plays later when his first-down pass at the Ram 45-yard line deflected off freshman Travis Tarver and was intercepted by ASU's Ryan Clapsaddle. Gale completed 14 of 42 passes for 308 yards and three TDs. Gabriel, a wide receiver, was the Wildcats' leading rusher with 22 yards. Thompson caught five passes for 131 yards, Darrell Cantu-Harkless caught five for 69 yards and Gabriel had four for 33 yards. L.B. Suggs led ACU with 10 tackles.

Score By Quarter

Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-75 Possession Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:08 Third-Down Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Abilene Christian Angelo State

1

2

3

4

–

Final

9 7

0 7

0 7

14 7

– –

23 28

Scoring Summary

23 28

1-0 14-152 39:52 8 of 18 0 of 1 4-4 7-31

1st Quarter ACU (13:16) – D. Thompson 33 yd pass from Mitchell Gale (kick failed)

ACU 6, Angelo 0

Individual Statistics

ACU (9:21) – Morgan Lineberry 32 yd field goal, 4-0 0:48

ACU 9, Angelo 0

Angelo (6:22) – Blake Hamblin 1 yd run (Jarred Martin kick)

ACU 9, Angelo 7

RUSHING Abilene Christian – Taylor Gabriel 1-22; Travis Tarver 5-11; Darrell Cantu-Harkless 3-minus 8; Mitchell Gale 10-minus 16. Angelo State – Donavan Roberts 14-37; D. Pecikonis 1-36; Samir Baker 5-24; Blake Smith 5-22; Blake Hamblin 8-13; Jeffrey Miller 1-2; TEAM 2-minus 2.

2nd Quarter Angelo (4:14) – Donavan Roberts 8 yd run (Martin kick)

ACU 9, Angelo 14

3rd Quarter Angelo (1:50) – Hamblin 3 yd run (Martin kick)

ACU 9, Angelo 21

4th Quarter ACU (14:48) – Elton Crochran 33 yd pass from Gale (Morgan Lineberry kick)

ACU 16, Angelo 21

Angelo (9:11) – Joey Knight 13 yd pass from Hamblin (Martin kick)

ACU 16, Angelo 28

ACU (7:55) – Taylor Gabriel 17 yd pass from Gale (Lineberry kick)

ACU 23, Angelo 28

Team Statistics ACU First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-9 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Passes Comp-Att-Int . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-43-1 Total Plays-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-317 Fumble Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31 Kickoff Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-106 Interception Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Punts (Number-Avg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41.8

Angelo 26 36-132 277 34-49-2 85-409 0-0 1--2 2-46 1-24 7-32.0

PASSING Abilene Christian – Mitchell Gale 17-42-1-308; Team 0-1-0-0. Angelo State – Blake Hamblin 34-49-2-277. RECEIVING Abilene Christian – DeMarcus Thompson 5-131; Darrell Cantu-Harkless 5-69; Taylor Gabriel 4-63; Elton Crochran 1-33; Cade Stone 1-12; Travis Tarver 1-0. Angelo State – D. Pecikonis 8-54; Joey Knight 7-77; C.J. Akins 6-56; Donavan Roberts 3-15; Antwon Williams 2-27; Excelle Osborne 2-26; Alex Young 2-15; Blake Smith 2-4; Talon Smith 1-8; Samir Baker 1-minus 5. INTERCEPTIONS Abilene Christian – Mike Wallace 2-5. Angelo State – Ryan Clapsaddle 1-24.

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME • GAME FIVE ACU 34, DELTA STATE 28 Thursday, Sept. 27 • Cleveland, Miss.

Defense comes up with three big stands as Wildcats come away with 34-28 road victory CLEVELAND, Miss. – Abilene Christian University’s defense came up with three huge fourth-down stops Thursday night and Mitchell Gale threw three touchdown passes as the Wildcats rebounded with a big 34-28 win over Delta State at McCool Stadium. The win pushes the Wildcats to 3-2 on the season, while the Statesmen fall to 1-3. The Wildcats will be back home in Abilene next Saturday (Oct. 6) as they host Eastern New Mexico in a Lone Star Conference contest at 6 p.m. Trailing by six points, Delta State got the football back at its own 24-yard line with 1:58 left in the game. DSU quarterback Trevor Wooden completed a 24-yard pass to Lavon Downs on first down and then hit Kevin Jackson for 40 yards to get the ball to the ACU 12-yard line with less than one minute to play. Wooden threw incomplete on first down and then ran for five yards on second down to bring up third down. DSU was whistled for a false start from the 7-yard line – its 15th penalty of the night – to set the ball back to the 12-yard line. Wooden threw incomplete on third down to set up fourth down with less than 30 seconds to play. Rolling right with a full field in front of him, Wooden instead chose to throw and he threw it out of the back of the end zone to give the Wildcats the ball back and the chance to snap the ball one last time in the victory formation. On Delta State’s previous fourth-down drive, Wooden was stopped on fourth-and-four from the ACU 37, turning the ball back over to the Wildcats. Near the end of the first half, the Wildcats – leading 24-21– got a goal-line

stand to keep the Statesmen out of the end zone. Ryan Smith stoned Brant Botill at the 1-yard line on fourth-and-goal. Those three stands saved points, and the game for the Wildcats. ACU Wildcats Gale threw touchdown passes of 6 yards to Charcandrick West, 4 yards to DeMarcus Thompson, and 28 yards to Taylor Gabriel, while West added a 2-yard touchdown run and Morgan Lineberry two field goals as ACU bounced back from a disappointing 28-23 loss last week at Delta State Statesmen Angelo State. Gale finished the night 26 of 37 for 246 yards and three touchdowns, while Gabriel caught four passes for 65 yards and the one score. West – who hadn’t played since the first quarter of the game against Tarleton State on Sept. 15 – played through a strained groin and finished with 59 yards rushing on 19 carries.

Score By Quarter

Individual Statistics

Abilene Christian Delta State

1

2

3

4

–

Final

10 0

14 21

3 7

7 0

– –

34 28

Scoring Summary 1st Quarter ACU (11:23) – Charcandrick West 6 yd pass from Mitchell Gale (Morgan Lineberry kick) ACU 7, DSU 0 ACU (9:35) – Lineberry 19 yd field goal

ACU 10, DSU 0

2nd Quarter DSU (13:46) – Brant Botill 2 yd run (Andrew Jones kick)

ACU 10, DSU 7

DSU (12:18) – Kevin Jackson 57 yd pass from Trevor Wooden (Jones kick)

ACU 10, DSU 14

ACU (7:41) – DeMarcus Thompson 4 yd pass from Gale (Lineberry kick)

ACU 17, DSU 14

DSU (6:51) – R. Truesdale 59 yd run (Jones kick)

ACU 17, DSU 21

ACU (2:11) – West 2 yd run (Lineberry kick)

ACU 24, DSU 21

3rd Quarter ACU (9:29) – Lineberry 26 yd field goal

ACU 27, DSU 21

DSU (5:40 ) – Reed Falkner 17 yd pass from Wooden (Jones kick)

ACU 27, DSU 28

34 28

RUSHING Abilene Christian-Charcandrick West 19-59; Taylor Gabriel 4-42; Cade Stone 1-4; Mitchell Gale 6-minus 1; Team 2-minus 30. Delta State – Trevor Wooden 18-88; R. Truesdale 5-73; Brant Botill 9-54; Lavon Downs 1-18; Patrick Bethley 1-4; Justin McArthur 1-1. PASSING Abilene Christian – Mitchell Gale 26-37-0-246. Delta State – Trevor Wooden 14-25-2-260. RECEIVING Abilene Christian – DeMarcus Thompson 6-48; Taylor Gabriel 4-65; Elton Crochran 4-47; Darrell CantuHarkless 4-17; Darian Hogg 3-27; Charcandrick West 3-21; Jamie Walker 2-21. Delta State – Lavon Downs 6-98; Kevin Jackson 5-131; Reed Falkner 2-23; R. Truesdale 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS Abilene Christian – Mike Wallace 2-20. Delta State – None.

4th Quarter ACU (14:54) – Taylor Gabriel 28 yd pass from Gale (Lineberry kick)

ACU 34, DSU 28

Team Statistics ACU First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-74 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Passes Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-37-0 Total Plays-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69-320 Fumble Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22 Kickoff Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54 Interception Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 Punts (Number-Avg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33.5 Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-67 Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33:58 Third-Down Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

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DSU 20 35-238 260 14-25-2 60-498 0-0 0-0 2-52 0-0 2-43.0 1-1 15-131 26:02 3 of 10 1 of 4 2-4 3-19

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

2012 GAME-BY-GAME • GAME SIX ACU 59, EASTERN NEW MEXICO 17 Saturday, Oct. 6 • Abilene, Texas

Wildcats overpower Greyhounds, 59-17, behind Stone’s kickoff return, Gale’s 4 touchdown passes ABILENE – Mitchell Gale threw four touchdown passes and Abilene Christian University scored on three returns Saturday night to power the Wildcats to a 59-17 win over Eastern New Mexico University in Shotwell Stadium. The Wildcats, 4-2 overall and 2-2 in the Lone Star Conference South Division, won their second consecutive game and seventh in a row over the Greyhounds (2-4 overall and 1-3 in the LSC) and 12th in 14 years. The Wildcats travel to Canyon to play longtime rival West Texas A&M next Saturday at 6 p.m. The defense gave up 244 rushing yards to ENMU's option-oriented offense, but intercepted Wesley Wood three times, returning two of them for touchdowns. ACU senior linebacker Mike Wallace had one of them, a 48-yarder that was his fifth pick in the past three games. Gale, a senior, completed 18 of 28 passes for 252 yards in only three quarters of play, leading his team to its most points since a season-opening 51-0 shutout of McMurry University. The Wildcats outgained the Greyhounds, 397 yards to 312. Cade Stone began the TD parade early, running the opening kickoff back 92 yards for a TD and a 7-0 ACU lead. When the Wildcats muffed the Greyhounds’ opening-drive punt, Wesley Wood answered for his team three plays later with a 4-yard TD run, tying the score. ACU regained the lead, 14-7, when Darrell Cantu-Harkless caught a pass from Gale, slipped out of a tackle at the 20-yard line and finished off a 39-yard scoring play with 3:51 left in the first quarter. The Wildcats went 99 yards for their next score, a 12-play drive capped by Gale's 12-yard TD pass to junior wide receiver Darian Hogg at the 12:30 mark. On ENMU's next possession, a diving interception by freshman cornerback Tyler Chapa at the Greyhounds’ 44-yard line gave the ball back to ACU, which converted the turnover into more points when Morgan Lineberry kicked a 29-yard field goal. Return yards again stymied the Greyhounds when Wallace’s interception

of Wood covered nearly half of the field, upping ACU's lead to 31-7. Eastern tacked on a 30-yard field goal by Baca with three seconds left, shortening the first-half deficit to 31-10. ACU scored three times in the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds third quarter, increasing its lead to 38-10 on its opening drive when Charcandrick West caught a 21-yard TD pass from Gale. Defensive lineman Melvin Shead intercepted a Wood pass on the Greyhound 7-yard line and returned it for a TD, and Hogg caught his second scoring ACU Wildcats pass of the game, an 8-yarder, with 14 seconds left. ENMU tacked on points with 8:40 remaining in the game when Wood ran 5 yards for a TD to reduce the margin to 52-17, but ACU answered right back. Alternating junior John David Baker at quarterback and freshman wide receiver Caleb Stone in the Wildcat formation, ACU marched 56 yards for its eighth and final TD of the game, with sophomore Marcel Threat running 5 yards for the closing score. Woods was the game’s leading rusher, running 27 times for 128 yards and two TDs. He completed nine of 13 passs for 68 yards. ACU was led in rushing by Threat’s 70 yards on 12 carries, and Gabriel’s eight catches for 112 yards. Cantu-Harkless had four catches for 80 yards.

Score By Quarter

Interception Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32.6 Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64 Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34:56 Third-Down Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Eastern New Mexico Abilene Christian

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2

3

4

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7 14

3 17

0 21

7 7

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17 59

Scoring Summary 1st Quarter ACU (14:48) – Cade Stone 92 yd kickoff return (Morgan Lineberry kick)

ACU 7, ENMU 0

ENMU (11:13) – Wesley Wood 4 yd run (Dylan Baca kick

ACU 7, ENMU 7

ACU (3:51) – Darrell Cantu-Harkless 39 yd pass from Mitchell Gale (Lineberry kick) ACU 14, ENMU 7 2nd Quarter ACU (12:30) – Darian Hogg 12 yd pass from Gale (Lineberry kick)

ACU 21, ENMU 7

ACU (6:10 – Lineberry 29 yd field goal

ACU 24, ENMU 7

ACU (3:59) – Mike Wallace 48 yd interception return (Lineberry kick)

ACU 31, ENMU 7

ENMU (0:03) – Baca 30 yd field goal

ACU 31, ENMU 10

3rd Quarter ACU (11:23) – Charcandrick West 17 yd pass from Gale (Lineberry kick)

ACU 38, ENMU 10

ACU (4:17) – Melvin Shead 7 yd interception return (Lineberry kick)

ACU 45, ENMU 10

ACU (0:14) – Darian Hogg 8 yd pass from Gale (Lineberry kick)

ACU 52, ENMU 10

4th Quarter ENMU (8:40) – Wood 5 yd run (Baca kick)

ACU 52, ENMU 17

ACU (4:46) – Marcel Threat 5 yd run (Lineberry kick

ACU 59, ENMU 17

Team Statistics ENMU First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-244 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Passes Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19-3 Total Plays-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-312 Fumble Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75

ACU 24 33-136 261 19-29-0 62-397 0-0 2-9 3-115

17 59

3-55 2-34.5 1-1 9-70 25:04 5 of 10 2 of 2 5-5 1-1

Individual Statistics RUSHING Eastern New Mexico – Wesley Wood 27-128; Derek K-Campbell 13-51; Jonathan Fullbright 6-26; Dillon Metzger 2-23; De'Coreyon Thomas 2-13; Ricky Milks 5-3. Abilene Christian x- Marcel Threat 12-70; Charcandrick West 8-32; Cade Stone 2-19; Travis Tarver 3-14; Darrell Cantu-Harkless 1-10; Team 2-minus 4; Mitchell Gale 5-minus 5. PASSING Eastern New Mexico – Wesley Wood 9-19-3-68. Abilene Christian – Mitchell Gale 18-28-0-252; John David Baker 1-1-0-9. RECEIVING Eastern New Mexico – Jacob Johnson 3-42; Chase Kyser 2-14; Jonathan Fullbright 2-4; Ricky Milks 1-7; Dillon Metzger 1-1. Abilene Christian – Taylor Gabriel 8-112; Darrell Cantu-Harkle 4-80; Darian Hogg 3-26; Charcandrick West 1-17; Elton Crochran 1-11; Drew Peters 1-9; DeMarcus Thompson 1-6. INTERCEPTIONS Eastern New Mexico – None. Abilene Christian – Mike Wallace 1-48; Melvin Shead 1-7; Tyler Chapa 1-0.

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME • GAME SEVEN #14 WEST TEXAS A&M 36, ACU 0 Saturday, Oct. 13 • Canyon, Texas

#20 Buffaloes dominate Wildcats, 36-0, in possible final series meeting between longtime rivals CANYON – West Texas A&M started the series against ACU in 1921 with a shutout win in Canyon. They finished it Saturday night with another shutout at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. That 35-0 win over the Wildcats in 1921 was bookended Saturday night with a 36-0 trampling of the 2012 version of the Wildcats. In between those two games were several classics, including several since 2006 when the two teams became Lone Star Conference powers. Suffice to say, Saturday night's contest will not join the ranks of the series classics. No. 20 West Texas A&M dominated in every phase of the game as the Buffaloes put a 36-0 whipping on the Wildcats in a game that really wasn’t as close as the score might suggest. ACU will end the series against the Buffs holding a 28-18 edge, but the Buffaloes put their stamp on the final game with a dominating performance. WT quarterback Dustin Vaughn threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns, Khiry Robinson ran for 102 yards and the WT defense sacked ACU quarterback Mitchell Gale eight times as the Wildcats were shut out for the first time in exactly 11 years. The streak of 121 straight games in which the Wildcats had scored began after ACU was shut out 31-0 at Angelo State on Oct. 13, 2001. ACU was never in the game as WT scored on its first possession of the game on a 14-yard scoring pass from Vaughn to Trevor Hammargren to make it 7-0 with 6:10 left in the first quarter. Incredibly, that turned out to be the only points the Buffaloes would need. The game was 10-0 late in the second quarter before WT converted a thirdand-15 to the ACU 39-yard line with four seconds left in the half. Sergio Castillo came in and drilled a career-best 56-yard field goal to make it 13-0 at halftime. The Buffs got the ball to start the second half and drove 75 yards on eight

plays to a Robinson 4-yard touchdown run to make it 20-0 with 11:20 left in the third quarter. The backbreaker came less than three minutes later after ACU's offense went three-and-out when Vaughn hit backup wide receiver Jarrian Rhone with a 75-yard scoring ACU Wildcats strike to make it 27-0 with 8:37 left in the quarter. Gale was sacked for a safety near the end of the third quarter to make it 29-0. Vaughn hit Nathan Slaughter with a 31-yard touchdown pass with 11:53 left in the game and that was #20 West Texas A&M Buffaloes it for the scoring. The only drama remaining was whether or not ACU would be able to put points on the board. The Buffs' defense didn't allow it as they held ACU to a meager 210 yards of total offense, its worst output of the season. Gale was sacked eight times, the most he’s ever been sacked in a game in his career. Those lost yards (minus-46 yards) contributed to an ACU rushing game that accounted for just three yards on 28 carries. The Buffs, meanwhile, racked up 475 yards as they improved to 6-1 overall and 5-0 in league play. ACU falls to 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the LSC and will return home to Shotwell Stadium next Saturday at 2 p.m. to host Midwestern State in the annual Homecoming contest.

Score By Quarter

Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards. Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

Abilene Christian West Texas A&M

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2

3

4

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0 7

0 6

0 16

0 7

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0 36

Scoring Summary 1st Quarter WTAM (6:10) – T. Hammargren 14 yd pass from Dustin Vaughan (Sergio Castillo kick) WTAM 7, ACU 0

0

36

0-0 8-46.6 0-0 4-40 28:59 4 of 13 0 of 0 0-1 1-5

2-15 5-40.6 1-0 8-67 31:01 7 of 14 0 of 0 3-3 8-50

2nd Quarter WTAM (12:10) – Castillo 35 yd field goal

WTAM 10, ACU 0

Individual Statistics

WTAM (0:04) – Castillo 56 yd field goal

WTAM 13, ACU 0

RUSHING Abilene Christian – Charcandrick West 6-16; Elton Crochran 2-13; DeMarcus Thompson 1-13; Cade Stone 1-6; Marcel Threat 4-3; Darrell Cantu-Harkless 3-minus 2; Mitchell Gale 11-minus 46. West Texas A&M – Khiry Robinson 15-102; Dustin Vaughan 3-11; Geremy Alridge 1-4; Jarrian Rhone 1-minus 2; TEAM 3-minus 3; Luke Halpin 2-minus 20.

3rd Quarter WTAM (11:20) – Khiry Robinson 4 yd run (Castillo kick)

WTAM 20, ACU 0

WTAM (8:37) – Jarrian Rhone 75 yd pass from Vaughan (Castillo kick)

WTAM 27, ACU 0

WTAM (0:57) – Shane Pennix sacks Mitchell Gale in end zone, safety

WTAM 29, ACU 0

4th Quarter WTAM (11:53) – N. Slaughter 31 yd pass from Vaughan (Castillo kick)

WTAM 36, ACU 0

Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Comp-Att-Int. Total Plays-Yards Fumble Returns-Yards. Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards

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ACU 15 28-3 207 17-29-2 57-210 0-0 0-0 1-30

WTAM 26 25-92 383 33-48-0 73-475 0-0 2-49 1-18

PASSING Abilene Christian – Mitchell Gale 17-29-2-207. West Texas A&M – Dustin Vaughan 32-45-0-359; Luke Halpin 1-2-0-24; TEAM 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING Abilene Christian – Charcandrick West 6-56; Darrell Cantu-Harkless 6-55; Darian Hogg 2-75; Taylor Gabriel 2-12; Jamie Walker 1-9. West Texas A&M – Jarrian Rhone 9-106; N. Slaughter 8-83; Torrence Allen 5-85; Khiry Robinson 5-44; T. Hammargren 3-31; Geremy Alridge 2-10; Aaron Harris 1-24. INTERCEPTIONS Abilene Christian – None. West Texas A&M – Chris Metcalf 1-15; Curtis Slater 1-0.

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

2012 GAME-BY-GAME • GAME EIGHT #12 MIDWESTERN STATE 35, ACU 31 Saturday, Oct. 20 • Abilene, Texas

No. 12 Midwestern State rallies late to knock off Wildcats, 35-31, in front of Homecoming crowd ABILENE – Quarterback Brandon Kelsey ran for 141 yards and four touchdowns, the last with 1:27 to play, to help 12th-ranked Midwestern State University overcome Abilene Christian University in an offensive shootout, 35-31, at Shotwell Stadium. Except for one crucial fourth-down play late in the contest, ACU had few answers for the Mustangs’ ground game, ranked fifth in the nation at 305.2 yards per game. MSU rolled up 389 yards rushing but had little success stopping the Wildcat passing attack. ACU quarterback Mitchell Gale completed 26 of 38 passes for 335 yards and three TDs. MSU improved to 6-1 overall and 5-1 in the LSC South Division, while ACU fell to 5-3 overall and 2-4 in the LSC. Next Saturday, the Wildcats travel to Commerce to play Texas A&M-Commerce University for the 69th time, the opponent they have faced in football more than any other since 1919. Still stinging from being shutout 36-0 last Saturday for the first time in 11 years, ACU put on an inspired performance but fell short of its upset bid. Two of the top scoring offenses in the LSC showed the ACU Homecoming crowd their strengths in the first half, although ACU's defense forced two turnovers in the second quarter that helped the home team forge a slim lead in the tense, back-and-forth contest. ACU opened the game by moving the ball downfield with its running game, but scored on Gale's 10-yard pass to wide receiver Taylor Gabriel with 10:08 remaining. MSU answered right back when Kelsey ran 2 yards for a TD at the 6:10 mark. A 46-yard pass from Gale to Gabriel set up the next ACU score, a 3-yard TD run by Charcandrick West that put the Wildcats back on top, 14-7 with 2:49 left in the quarter. Kelsey's 30-yard run on the next drive knotted the game at 14-14 with half a minute left. Both teams misfired on their first drives of the second quarter. ACU's Morgan Lineberry missed a 49-yard field goal and MSU wide receiver Keiven Swanson fumbled the ball following a catch at the Wildcat 19-yard line. ACU junior placekicker Ryan Owens booted a 32-yard field goal with 4:04 left in the half, and the Wildcat defense held when defensive back Steven Ford

intercepted Kelsey’s pass at the ACU 45-yard line with 2:40 left. The Wildcats, however, could not capitalize on MSU's second turnover of the quarter – Owens’ 49-yard field goal attempt was blocked with just under a minute #12 Midwestern St. Mustangs remaining – but took a 17-14 lead into halftime. Kelsey drove the Mustangs to a TD in their first possession of the third quarter, scoring his third rushing TD of the game with a 6-yard run up the middle at the 9:23 mark. ACU countered with a scoring drive ACU Wildcats of its own, with Gale throwing a 20yard pass in the right corner of the end zone to Gabriel with 5:24 left, restoring ACU's lead at 24-21. But the Mustangs kicked their ground game into high gear, marching back downfield on an 82-yard drive, capped by LSC rushing leader Keidrick Johnson’s 8-yard scoring run that made the new score 28-24 with 1:48 left. An MSU punt by Greg Saldino – only his first of the day – pinned ACU on its 1-yard line with 11:08 left in the game. The Wildcats could only advance to their 8-yard line, and were forced to punt. The ACU defense held, stopping the Mustangs on a fourth-and-inches attempt at the Wildcat 44 with 7:50 left. Gale drove the Wildcats downfield, tossing a 5-yard TD pass to freshman tight end Jamie Walker with 5:43 left that helped ACU regain the lead, 31-28. MSU responded with a 12-yard drive that consumed 4:16 of time, capped by Kelsey's fourth rushing TD of the game with 1:27 left that restored the Mustang advantage, 35-31. ACU’s final-chance drive began on its own 35 following MSU's kickoff. It ended when a Gale pass on fourth and 4 at the Mustang 49 landed out of bounds.

Score By Quarter

Kickoff Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76 Interception Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-41.0 Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-90 Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:34 Third-Down Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 of 6 Fourth-Down Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Midwestern State Abilene Christian

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2

3

4

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14 14

0 3

14 7

7 7

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35 31

Scoring Summary 11st Quarter ACU (10:08) – Taylor Gabriel 10 yd pass from Mitchell Gale (Morgan Lineberry kick) MSU (6:10) – Brandon Kelsey 2 yd run (Greg Saladino kick)

ACU 7, MSU 0 ACU 7, MSU 7

ACU (2:49) – Charcandrick West 3 yd run (Morgan Lineberry kick

31

1-22 1-0 2-43.0 0-0 5-43 0:26 5 of 12 1 of 2 5-5 0-0

ACU 14, MSU 7

Individual Statistics

MSU (0:33) – Brandon Kelsey 30 yd run (Greg Saladino kick 2nd Quarter ACU (4:04) – Ryan Owens 32 yd field goal

ACU 17, MSU 14

3rd Quarter MSU (9:23) – Brandon Kelsey 6 yd run (Greg Saladino kick)

ACU 17, MSU 21

ACU (5:24) – Taylor Gabriel 20 yd pass from Mitchell Gale (Ryan Owens kick)

ACU 24, MSU 21

MSU (1:48) – MSU - K. Jackson 8 yd run (Greg Saladino kick)

ACU 24, MSU 28

4th Quarter ACU (5:43) – Jamie Walker 5 yd pass from Mitchell Gale (Ryan Owens kick)

ACU 31, MSU 28

MSU (1:27) – Brandon Kelsey 11 yd run (Greg Saladino kick)

ACU 31, MSU 35

Team Statistics MSU First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Rushes-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-389 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Passes Comp-Att-Int . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-16-1 Total Plays-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69-510 Fumble Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--2

35

ACU 25 2-92 335 6-38-0 70-427 0-0 0-0

RUSHING Midwestern State – Keidrick Jackson 23-197; Brandon Kelsey 18-141; Chauncey Harris 10-60; TEAM 2-minus 9. Abilene Christian – Charcandrick West 18-63; Darrell Cantu-Harkle 7-12; Marcel Threat 2-9; Mitchell Gale 5-8. PASSING Midwestern State – Brandon Kelsey 12-16-1-121. Abilene Christian – Mitchell Gale 26-38-0-335. RECEIVING Midwestern State – Chauncey Harris 4-57; Keivin Swanson 2-21; Kendall Wrenn 2-20; Jimmy Pipkin 2-3; Jared Freeman 1-11; Thomas Carper 1-9. Abilene Christian – Taylor Gabriel 9-116; Darrell Cantu-Harkle 7-94; Darian Hogg 4-66; DeMarcus Thompson 3-33; Charcandrick West 1-16; Jamie Walker 1-5; Elton Crochran 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS Midwestern State – None. Abilene Christian – Steven Ford 1-0.

2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME NINE • ACU AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE • OCT. 27, 2012

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