‘15 McNeese Football ‘15 13 Southland Conference Championships • 15 FCS Playoff Appearances FCS #23/25 MCNEESE (0-0) at FBS #13/14 LSU (0-0) 1 Sept. 5 • Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge • LSU leads series 1-0 BROADCAST INFORMATION Quick Hits Television | SECN-Alternate • McNeese will be kicking off its 72nd season of football... 10th un- Play-by-Play: Adam Amin Analyst: Kelly Stouffer der head coach Matt Viator... 44th as a member of the Southland Conference. Radio | McNeese Radio Network • The Pokes will be making their second appearance in Death Valley Play-by-Play: Tom Hoefer since 2010. In that game, LSU posted a 36-10 win but not before the Analyst: Johnny Suydam Cowboys managed to take a 10-7 lead in the second quarter before Sideline: Ron Hayes the Tigers rolled off 25 unanswered points. • The 92,576 in attendance in that game is the largest crowd the THE COACHES Cowboys have every played in front of. That is until Saturday where McNeese Coach: Matt Viator the crowd is expected to top 100k. Years at McNeese: 10th as head coach, 17th overall • McNeese returns 9 starters on offense and 7 on defense and a Record at McNeese/Career: 68-32/Same total of 64 lettermen returning. LSU Coach: Les Miles • The Cowboys are a member of the Southland Conference of the Years at LSU: 11th Football Championship Subdivision, formerly 1-AA, and are are the Record at LSU/Career: 103-29/131-50 dean of the league, having joined in 1972. • McNeese has compiled a 44-25-2 all-time record in season open- McNEESE in 2015 ers and has defeated a member of the FBS in two of the last three Senior QB Daniel Sams will be under center for the Cowboys against LSU. Sams led the SCHEDULE seasons - 27-21 at Middle Tennessee in 2012 and 53-21 at South team in rusing with 711 yards last season Sept. 5 at LSU 6:30 p.m. (SECN-A) Florida in 2013. McNeese nearly pulled off one of the greatest up- and threw for another 624. Sept. 12 *INCARNATE WORD 6 p.m. (ASN/CST) sets in college football last season in the opener at Nebraska. The Sept. 19 *at Stephen F. Austin 6 p.m. (ESPN3) Huskers got a highlight reel TD run by Ameer Abdullah with less Sept. 26 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 6 p.m. than a minute to play to give Nebraska a 31-24 win over the Cowboys. Oct. 3 *at Nicholls 3 p.m. (CST) • The Cowboys are 5-3 under Viator in season openers - 3-0 vs. non-FBS members and 2-3 against FBS Oct. 10 *SOUTHEASTERN LA. 6 p.m. (CST) teams... Viator took over as head coach of the Cowboys after the fifth game of the 2006 season. Oct. 17 *at Central Arkansas 6 p.m. • Cowboys have won a record 13 Southland championships - more than three times more than the next Oct. 24 *NORTHWESTERN ST. (HC) 6 p.m. current league foe. Oct. 31 *at Abilene Christian 2 p.m. • Played in the 1997 and 2002 FCS national championship game - falling 10-9 to Youngstown State in 1997 Nov. 7 *SAM HOUSTON STATE 6 p.m. and 34-14 to Western Kentucky in 2002... McNeese is coming off its league-record 15th playoff season. Nov. 14 OPEN Nov. 21 *at Lamar 6 p.m. • McNeese finished 6-5 in 2014 for its 10th straight winning season... head coach Matt Viator has never had a losing season in his 9 seasons. * - Southland Conference games • The Cowboys started the season 6-2 but dropped the last three games of the year after an influx of inju- All times Central and subject to change ries handicapped the team. McNeese All-Time Results vs. the FBS (8-23-1) FOOTBALL CONTACTS Matthew Bonnette | Asst. AD/SID Nov. 6, 2014 L 31-24 at Nebraska 2002 W 24-19 at Louisiana-Monroe Aug. 31, 2013 W 53-21 at South Florida 2001 L 38-24 at Texas A&M 337.475.5207 (o) | 337.263.4822 (c) | [email protected] Aug. 30, 2012 W 27-21 at Middle Tennessee 2000 L 61-14 at Miami (FL) Pam Lafosse| Asst. SID/Stats Coordinator Nov. 10, 2012 L 31-24 at UTSA 1990 L 51-3 vs. Louisiana Tech 337.475.5926 (o) | 337.274.9981(c) | [email protected] Sept. 3, 2011 L 42-24 at Kansas 1989 L 21-16 at Arkansas State Oct. 16, 2010 L 32-10 at LSU 1988 L 49-0 at Fresno State Hunter Bower | Asst. SID/Video Coordinator Sept. 11, 2010 L 50-6 at Missouri 1988 W 46-19 vs. Toledo 337.475.5941 (o) | 318.455.3200 (c) | [email protected] Sept. 26, 2009 L 42-32 at Tulane 1987 L 32-13 at New Mexico State MCNEESESPORTS.COM Aug. 30, 2008 L 35-27 at North Carolina 1987 L 7-3 at Louisiana Tech Sept. 15, 2007 W 38-17 at Louisiana-Lafayette 1987 L 17-0 vs. Arkansas State Sept. 23, 2006 L 41-7 at Toledo 1986 L 33-13 vs Louisiana-Lafayette Sept. 2, 2006 L 41-10 at South Florida 1985 W 14-3 at Louisiana-Lafayette Sept. 17, 2005 L 48-20 at Southern Mississippi 1984 W 30-17 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 2004 W 30-27 at Florida International 1983 L 48-16 at Louisiana-Lafayette 2003 L 55-14 at Kansas State 1982 T 10-10 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 2002 L 38-14 at Nebraska McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU Cowboys on Watch Lists, Preseason Honors 2015 Opponent Tracker A total of 10 McNeese players have been named to various publication and organization All- at LSU (0-0) America and All-Conference teams as well as a College Football Performance Awards Watch list: Sept. 5 • Baton Rouge Last Week: No Game Bo Brown (LB) Ryan Ross (RB) This Week: vs. McNeese (SECN-Alt.) • 1st preseason All-Southland Conference • CSM preseason All-Conference (3rd team) • CSM preseason All-Conference (1st team) *Incarnate Word (0-0) Daniel Sams (QB) Sept. 12 • Lake Charles Nick Gorman (OL) • CFPA Player of the Year Watch List Last Week: No Game • CSM preseason All-Conference (2nd Team) This Week: vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville Wallace Scott (FS) *at Stephen F. Austin (0-0) Gabe Hamner (CB) • First Team preseason All-Southland Conference Sept. 19 • Nacogdoches, Texas • CSM preseason All-Conference (3rd Team) • CSM preseason All-Conference (1st Team) Last Week: No Game This Week: vs. N. Arizona (ESPN3) Zach Hetrick (TE) Brent Spikes (S) Mississippi College (0-0) • CSM preseason All-Conference (3rd team) • STATS Preseason All-American (2nd Team) Sept. 26 • Lake Charles • Phil Steele preseason All-American (2nd team) Last Week: No Game Brian Hine (DE) • CSM Preseason All-American (2nd Team) This Week: vs. Texas College • CSM preseason All-Conference (2nd team) • First Team preseason All-Southland Conference • CSM preseason All-Conference (2nd team) *at Nicholls (0-0) Quentin Marsh (OL) Oct. 3 • Thibodaux • First Team preseason All-Southland Conference Last Week: No Game • CSM preseason All-Conference (1st Team) This Week: OPEN *Southeastern La. (0-0) Viator Enters 10th Season as Cowboys Leader Oct. 10 • Lake Charles McNeese head coach Matt Viator is entering his 10h season looking to add to his legacy as be- Last Week: No Game ing one of the greatest coaches in school history. VIATOR IN SEASON OPENERS This Week: at Northwestern St. (Thurs.) Viator will enter Saturday’s game No. 2 on the Sept. 1, 2007 W 35-12 vs. Portland State *at Central Arkansas (0-0) school’s all-time career win list with 68 career vic- Aug. 30, 2008 L 35-27 at North Carolina Sept. 5, 2009 W 27-24 vs. Henderson State Oct. 17 • Conway, Arkansas tories. He trails Bobby Keasler by 10 wins as the Last Week: No Game school’s all-time leader. He’s the winningest active Sept. 4, 2010 W 30-27 vs. Lamar Sept. 3, 2011 L 42-24 at Kansas This Week: at Samford (Thurs.) coach in the Southland Conference and is the only coach in SLC history to post a winning season every Aug. 30, 2012 W 27-21 at Middle Tennessee * Northwestern St. (0-0) Aug. 31, 2013 W 53-21 at South Florida year with a minimum of nine seasons coached. He’s Sept. 6, 2014 L 31-24 at Nebraska Oct. 24 • Lake Charles (HC) coached McNeese to three Southland Conference Last Week: No Game titles (2006, 2007, 2009), is a two-time SLC Coach This Week: vs. SLU (Thurs. - ASN) of the Year (2006, 2007), the 2006 Louisiana Coach of the Year, and a three-time finalist for the Abilene Christian (0-0) Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year Award (2006, 2007, 2013). His teams have made four Oct. 31 • Abilene, Texas FCS playoff appearances in his eight years and has compiled a 2-3 record against FBS squads. Last Week: No Game Viator, who took over the helm midway through the 2006 season, has compiled a 5-2 record in This Week: at Fresno State (Thurs.) season openers. *Sam Houston St. (0-0) McNeese-LSU to Remember 10 Year Anniversary of Hurricanes Nov. 7 • Lake Charles Katrina and Rita with Helmet Decals Last Week: No Game Both LSU and McNeese players will wear helmet decals in rememberance of Hurricanes Katrina This Week: at Texas Tech (FSN) and Rita. The 2015 year marks the 10th anniversary of two of the most devastating storms to *at Lamar (0-0) ever hit the gulf coast. McNeese was uprooted for most of that football season due to Hurricane Rita, having to take up residence at the Southeastern Louisiana campus while playing “home” Nov. 21 • Beaumont, Texas games at Northwestern State and Louisiana-Lafayette. The team made its debut in Cowboy Sta- Last Week: No Game dium on Oct. 29 and prevailed with a 31-26 win over Sam Houston State. This Week: vs. Bacone College McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU mcneese football - championship tradition racked up among eight ball carriers. Leading the way of former McNeese head coach Bobby Keasler who is McNeese has been the team of the Southland Confer- is QB Daniel Sams who led the team with 711 yards fol- the school’s all-time winningest coach... LSU sports ence for the past few decades but the winning tradition lowed by Ryan Ross (599), Derrick Milton (387), Kelvin information director Michael Bonnette is the older goes back farther than that. Bennett (354), and Dylan Long (346). A few yards here brother of McNeese SID Matthew Bonnette... the The Cowboys played in, and won, the very first In- and there by a couple of wide receivers made up the two are sons of longtime McNeese SID Louis Bon- dependence Bowl in 1976 after they defeated Tulsa by rest. The backfield gained some strength during the nette. a 20-16 score. McNeese went on to play in the 1979 offseason with the acquisition of 6-0, 226-pounder and 1980 Independence Bowl games, losing to an Art David Hamm who transferred in from UTEP. Hamm, a top 25 matchups under viator Monk-led Syracuse team 31-7 in 1979 and then 16-14 sophomore from Klein, Texas (Klein HS), appeared in McNeese State has played in 17 games where both to Southern Mississippi a year later. 11 games last season for UTEP and ran for 96 yards on teams were ranked in the top 25polls under head The Cowboys made their first-ever FCS (1-AA) playoff 14 carries. He was named the MVP of the team’s spring coach Matt Viator. McNeese is 5-12 in those games appearance in 1991 and had seven playoff appearances game last May before tranferring to McNeese. With and was 0-2 last year. in the 1990s. Since 2000, McNeese has played in an- his arrival, that allowed the McNeese coaching staff to other eight FCS playoff brackets. move speedster Bennett to the defensive side of the Top 25 games under Viator: The Cowboys played in the 1997 and 2002 FCS Na- ball where he’ll be able to help out with his quickness • #10 Southeastern La. 28, #11 McNeese 9, 11/15/14 tional Championship games, falling to a Jim Tressel- and speed. • #19 Nebraska 31, #6 McNeese 24, 9/6/14 coached Youngstown State team 10-9 in 1997 then • #20 Jacksonville State 31, #6 McNeese 10, 12/7/13 falling to Western Kentucky 34-14 in 2002. experienced group on the o-line • #25 Southeastern La. 41, #4 McNeese 7, 11/2/13 Overall, McNeese has won a league-record 13 confer- McNeese returns 4 of 5 starters from last years • #9 McNeese 31, #2 Sam Houston 23, 10/19/13 ence championships and has appeared in a conference- offensive line that helped the Cowboys roll up 220 • #11 McNeese 59, at #14 Central Arkansas 28, 10/5/13 best 15 postseason playoff brackets. rushing yards a game. Nick Gorman, Ben Jones, • #5 Northern Iowa 41, #9 McNeese 6, 9/28/13 Since 2000, McNeese has won 117 games and has Quentin Marsh, and Mason Martin started all 11 • #6 Sam Houston St. 45, #21 McNeese 10, 10/20/12 posted a winning season in 14 of the last 15 years, in- games last season and combined to allow just 3 1/2 • #17 UCA 27, #15 McNeese 26, 10/13/12 cluding 10 straight seasons. sacks while playing over 90-percent of the season’s • #7 Sam Houston St. 38, #24 McNeese 14, 10/22/11 snaps. Marsh, a preseason first team all-SLC selec- • #20 Cal Poly 40, #19 McNeese 14, 9/25/10 cowboys vs. the sec tion, earned season team honors last year after he • #10 New Hampshire 49, #8 McNeese 13, 11/28/09 Saturday’s game against LSU will mark the second played more than 95-percent of the snaps and did • #4 McNeese 46, #18 S. Dakota St. 44 (3ot), 10/4/08 meeting between the two schools and the second not allow one sack. • #13 UCA 47, #14 McNeese 30, 11/22/08 against a member of the SEC. The Cowboys played Mis- • #14 E. Wash. 44, #3 McNeese 15, 11/24/07 souri in 2010 (then a member of the Big 12) and Texas position hopping • #6 McNeese 28, #13 Nicholls 7, 10/20/07 A&M in 2001, also a Big 12 member at the time. A few players made position changes during the • #10 McNeese 35, #13 Portland State 12, 9/1/07 offseason, moves that have already proved to be the sams ready to lead team right one. Senior Wallace Scott, a preseason first team winning season streak now at 10 Senior quarterback Daniel Sams is 100% both physi- all-Southland Conference selection at linebacker, has McNeese’s 6-5 mark in 2014 secured the team its cally and mentally heading into the 2015 season. Men- moved back to his original position of free safety thanks 10th consecutive winning season. That’s the longest tally, he’s taken on as the leader of the Cowboy team. to the play of sophomore Ashari Goins and Christian streak in the Southland Conference with the next Physically, he’s throwing the ball better than ever after Jacobs as well as the play of sophomore Ed Duples- closest teams being Sam Houston State and Central undergoing offseason surgery to repair a torn ligament sis. Already with an all-conference backer in senior Bo Arkansas with five straight winning seasons. It also in his throwing hand thumb. Sams, a transfer from Brown, Scott’s change to free safety will give the Cow- ranks as the 5th longest running streak in the FCS. Kansas State in the summer of 2014 who went into boys added size and speed in the backfield... redshirt the summer coming off a thumb injury, appeared in freshman Tavarious Battiste has moved from defensive duplessis a great success story 10 games last season and led the team with 711 yards back to wide receiver. His play in August camp has lifted Sophomore linebacker Ed Duplessis was a member of rushing to go along with 624 passing. He missed the him to a No. 1 spot on the depth chart at the ZWR spot... the Cowboys’ 2013 signing class. On Saturday he’ll step season finale against Lamar and took just a couple Kelvin Bennett, one of the fastest players on the team, foot on the game field for the first time. Duplessis (6-2, snaps against Southeastern Louisiana the prior week. has moved from running back to cornerback to help 206), a native of Covington and product of St. Paul’s HS, Against SFA, Sams reinjured that same thumb midway give the Cowboys some added speed at that spot. has overcome not one, but two, achilles tendon tears through the game. The Cowboys lost the final three and appears to be 100-percent for the first time in his games of the season with Sams ineffective. mcneese-lsu connections college career. In the final scrimmage of preseason LSU tight ends coach Steve Ensminger was Mc- camp, Duplessis, working with the 1 and 2 defensive sams knocking on history’s door Neese’s offensive coordinator from 1984-86...units, led the pack with eight tackles to go along with a Sams made school history last season when he defenive line coach Ed Orgeron was a graduate as- sack and forced fumble. rushed for 100 yards or more in three games to become sistant for the Cowboys in 1985... McNeese running the first quarterback in school history to achieve that. backs coach Slade Nagle, a McNeese graduate, was a kent shelby returns to lineup after injury That broke the record held by Ricky Miller (1969) and special teams assistant for LSU in 2010... his father, Sophomore wideout Kent Shelby was expecting Kerry Joseph (1995). His next game to rush over the John, a former McNeese assistant coach, played for to have a promising freshman season last year until a century mark will tie him with Joseph with four 100- the Tigers from 1969-71 as a cornerback... McNeese knee injury in the third game of the season cut it short. yard rushing games by a QB in a career. athletic director Bruce Hemphill played wide receiver After surgery and an extensive rehab stint, the 6-3, for the Tigers from 1974-76 and was the junior var- 194-pound New Orleans native (Shaw HS) is at the top rb group looking for big things sity coach from 1977-83... McNeese starting de- of the depth chart and is expected to be Sams’ No. 1 tar- Of the 2,441 rushing yards gained last season, the fensive back, sophomore Dominique Hill is the son get this season. During his short stint last year, Shelby Cowboys return all but nine of those yards that was of former LSU tight end Chris Hill (1992-95)... LSU made 4 catches for 108 yards. sophomore wide receiver Trey Quinn is the grandson McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU 2015 McNeese Cowboy Football Roster vs. LSU Cowboy Coaching Staff No. Player Pos. Hgt Wgt Cl/Exp Hometown (Last School) Head Coach: 1 Jean Breaux K/P 5-10 172 Sr./3L Scott, LA (Acadiana HS) Matt Viator, 10th year as HC (68-32), 17th overall 1 Kent Shelby WR 6-3 194 So./1L New Orleans, LA (Archbishop Shaw HS) Assistant Head Coach/Def. Coordinator: 2 Erik Jones DB 6-0 183 So./1L Richmond, TX (Foster HS) Lance Guidry, 9th year/3rd since 2013 2 Shane McCarley QB 6-1 206 So./TR Pearland, TX (Manvel HS; Blinn JC) Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers: 3 Khalil Thomas WR 5-9 180 Jr./2L Baton Rouge, LA (Catholic HS) Tim Leger, 9th year 4 Gabe Hamner DB 6-0 200 Sr./3L Sealy, TX (Sealy HS) Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs: 4 Daniel Sams QB 6-2 198 Sr./1L Slidell, LA (Salmen HS/Kansas State) Slade Nagle, 4th year 5 Jermaine Antoine DB 5-11 191 So./1L Loreauville, LA (Loreauville HS/TCU) Linebackers: 5 Nesly Ovincy WR 6-1 189 Jr./TR Lake Worth, FL (John I. Leonard HS; Sierra JC) Lark Hebert, 14th year 6 Brent Spikes DB 6-1 201 Sr./3L Newton, TX (Newton HS) Defensive Line: 6 Ryan Ross RB 5-9 205 So./1L Richwood, TX (Brazowood HS) Manny Michel, 7th year 7 David Bush WR 5-9 172 Sr./2L Tyler, TX (TCU, John Tyler HS) Defensive Backs: 7 Dominique Hill DB 5-10 177 So./1L Mansfield, LA (Mansfield HS) Chris Hampton, 4th year 8 Andre Fuller DB 6-0 196 So./1L Monroe, LA (Neville HS) Offensive Line: 9 Carlos Carroll DB 6-1 172 Jr./2L Alexandria, LA (Alexandria Senior HS) Eman Naghavi, 1st year 10 Bo Brown LB 6-1 216 Sr./3L Katy, TX (Katy HS) Tight Ends: 10 Jamari Payne WR 5-9 189 So./1L Bastrop, LA (Bastrop HS) Toby Willis, 2nd year 11 Damon Gladney WR 6-1 185 Jr./2L Haughton, LA (Haughton HS) Quarterbacks: 11 Josh Washington DB 5-10 177 So./1L League City, TX (Clear Springs HS) Landon Hoefer, 2nd year 12 Grant Ashcraft QB 6-6 219 So./1L Humble, TX (Atoscacita HS) Defensive Line Assistant: 12 Tré Porter LB 6-1 198 Fr./RS New Orleans, LA (Warren Easton HS) Carlos Perez, 1st year 13 Tavarious Battiste WR 5-10 173 Fr./RS Kentwood, LA (Kentwood HS) Strength & Conditioning: 14 Ja’Len James DB 5-10 174 Jr./1L Lake Charles, LA (UTSA, LaGrange HS) Jason Little, 3rd year 16 Dillon Bauer WR 5-10 171 So./1L Willis, TX (Willis HS) 18 Brian Walker WR 5-10 175 So./1L Sulphur, LA (Sulphur HS) Pronunciations 20 Wallace Scott LB 6-1 211 Sr./3L Weyanoke, LA (West Feliciana HS) Matt VIATOR (vee-uh-tore) 22 Shea Nutt DB 6-3 191 Jr./2L Brenham, TX (Brenham HS) Tim LEGER (lay-jay) 23 Derrick Milton RB 6-0 200 Sr./1L Pineville, LA (Mississippi State, Pineville HS) Manny MICHEL (me-chelle) 24 Damion Morgan DB 6-0 172 So./1L Lafayette, LA (Lafayette HS) EMAN NAGHAVI (e-mahn nuh-gah-v) 25 Kamon Darby DB 5-11 183 Fr./RS Beaumont, TX (Central HS) JEAN BREAUX 27 Jordan Craft WR 5-7 165 Sr./3L Haughton, LA (Haughton HS) (za bro; the J makes a S sound like in vision) 28 Benjamin Jones RB 5-11 181 Fr./RS Jewel Sumner, LA (Jewel Sumner HS) Grant BURGUILLOS (ber-gill-ohs) 29 Kelvin Bennett CB 5-11 176 Sr./3L Bleakwood, TX (Newton HS) KAMON Darby (k-mun) 30 Trent Jackson DB 6-2 180 Fr./HS Shreveport, LA (Evangel Christian) Ed DUPLESSIS (due-pleh-sis) 31 Trevor Derouen DB 6-0 190 So./RS Gueydan, LA (Gueydan HS) ASHARI Goins (uh-shar-e) 32 David Hamm RB 6-0 226 So./TR Klein, TX (Klein HS; UTEP) Zach HETRICK (heh-trick) 32 Jalen St. Julien DB 5-10 180 Fr./RS Katy, TX (Katy HS) Joe LISSARD (luh-sar) 33 Sage Seay LB 6-3 205 Fr./HS Nederland, TX (Nederland HS) Nesly OVINCY (o-vin-c) 34 Dylan Long RB 6-0 218 Sr./3L Covington, LA (St. Paul HS) Sage SEAY (say) 36 D.J. Gatlin DB 5-8 163 Jr./2L Shreveport, LA (Evangel Christian Academy) Will SIGL (see-guhl) 40 Lawayne Ross RB 6-0 250 Fr./HS Richwood, TX (Brazoswood HS) Kurt VIGES (vigs - - like bigs) 41 Trent Manuel K 5-11 171 Fr./RS Orange, TX (Littley Cypress-Mauriceville HS) Antony YRUEGAS (u-ray-gus) 42 Christian Jacobs LB 5-11 204 So./1L Houston, TX (North Shore Senior HS) McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU No. Player Pos. Hgt Wgt Cl/Exp Hometown (Last School) Alphabetical Roster 44 R.J. Walters TE 6-4 241 So./1L Rayville, LA (Rayville HS) 5 Jermaine Antoine, DB 15 Joe Lissard, QB 45 Ed Duplessis LB 6-2 206 So./1L Covington, LA (St. Paul’s HS) 12 Grant Ashcraft, QB 92 Chris Livings, DE 46 Zach Hetrick TE 6-3 250 Jr./2L Baton Rouge, LA (Central HS) 13 Tavarious Battiste, WR 34 Dylan Long, RB 47 Will Sigl TE 6-1 218 So./1L Covington, LA (Northlake Christian HS) 16 Dillon Bauer, WR 41 Trent Manuel, K 48 Mason Knighton DE 6-2 230 Fr./HS Moss Bluff, LA (Sam Houston HS) 29 Kelvin Bennett, CB 99 Johnnie Marsaw, DL 49 Ashari Goins LB 5-10 200 So./1L Monroe, LA (Neville HS) 83 Bodhi Bell, WR 62 Quentin Marsh, OL 95 Brandon Blackwell, DL 63 Mason Martin, OL 50 Grant Merka DS 6-3 190 Fr./HS Elgin, TX (Elgin HS) 59 Marval Bourgeois, DL 2 Shane McCarley, QB 53 Joe Jenkins OL 6-3 280 So./1L Miami, FL (Miami NW Senior HS) 94 Jalen Bowers, DE 73 Antonio McGhee, DL 54 Dechristian Wilson DL 6-2 235 Fr./RS Rayville, LA (Rayville HS) 1 Jean Breaux, P/K 50 Grant Merka, DS 55 Jammerio Gross DL 6-3 240 So./1L Shreveport, LA (Evangel Christian Academy) 10 Bo Brown, LB 79 Thor Miller, OL 57 Jake Grode DL 6-4 245 Jr./2L Katy, TX (Katy HS) 70 Grant Burguillos, OL 23 Derrick Milton, RB 58 Holden Rogers LB 5-10 205 Jr./1L Sulphur, LA (Sulphur HS) 7 David Bush, WR 24 Damion Morgan, DB 61 Nick Gorman OL 6-3 297 Sr./3L Broken Arrow, OK (Broken Arrow HS) 9 Carlos Carroll, DB 85 Austin Nelson, TE 62 Quentin Marsh OL 6-3 310 Sr./3L Dickinson, TX (Dickinson HS) 65 Lawrence Carter, OL 22 Shea Nutt, DB 63 Mason Martin OL 6-2 286 Jr./2L Pineville, LA (Pineville HS) 78 Jimmy Converse, OL 5 Nesly Ovincy, WR 65 Lawrence Carter OL 6-2 270 Fr./RS Lake Charles, LA (Hamilton Christian) 27 Jordan Craft, WR 10 Jamari Payne, WR 66 Tyrae Johnson OL 6-2 295 Fr./HS League City, TX (Clear Creek HS) 25 Kamon Darby, DB 12 Tré Porter, LB 71 Chuck Harlow OL 6-3 296 Fr./HS DeRidder, LA (DeRidder HS) 31 Trevor Derouen, DB 58 Holden Rogers, LB 73 Antonio McGhee DL 6-0 285 Jr./2L Bastrop, LA (Parkway HS) 45 Ed Duplessis, LB 40 Lawayne Ross, RB 74 Ben Jones OL 6-5 283 Sr./3L Nederland, TX (Nederland HS) 81 Nick Edwards, WR 6 Ryan Ross, RB 17 Calum Foster, DB 32 Jalen St. Julien, DB 75 Matt Wilson OL 6-6 279 Jr./TR Coldspring, TX (Coldspring Oakhurs HS; Texas Tech) 8 Andre Fuller, DB 4 Daniel Sams, QB 77 Kyle Zenon OL 6-4 280 Fr./RS Abbeville, LA (Vermilion Catholic HS) 51 Gustavo Garcia, DL 33 Sage Seay, LB 78 Jimmy Converse OL 6-4 312 Fr./RS Baton Rouge, LA (Woodlawn HS) 36 D.J. Gatlin, DB 20 Wallace Scott, LB 79 Thor Miller OL 6-3 300 Jr./2L Bradenton, FL (Manatee HS) 11 Damon Gladney, WR 1 Kent Shelby, WR 81 Nick Edwards WR 5-11 200 So./1L New Iberia, LA (New Iberia Senior HS) 49 Ashari Goins, LB 52 Colton Shields, LS 83 Bodhi Bell WR 6-2 195 So./1L Montgomery, TX (Montgomery HS) 97 Isaiah Golden, DL 47 Will Sigl, TE 84 Donald Stokes WR 6-2 190 Fr./HS Carencro, LA (Carencro HS) 61 Nick Gorman, OL 86 DeonDre Skinner, TE 85 Austin Nelson TE 6-3 245 Fr./HS Sulphur, LA (Sulphur HS) 57 Jake Grode, DL 91 Cameron Smith, DL 86 DeonDre Skinner TE 6-3 247 So./1L Patterson, LA (Patterson HS) 32 David Hamm, RB 9 Demarcus Smith, RB 88 Kylon Highshaw WR 6-5 208 Fr./RS Monroe, LA (Neville HS) 4 Gabe Hamner, DB 6 Brent Spikes, DB 90 Anthony Yruegas DL 6-2 288 So./1L West Monroe, LA (West Monroe HS) 71 Chuck Harlow, DL 84 Stokes, Donald 91 Cameron Smith DL 6-3 238 Sr./3L Tamarac, FL (J.P. Taravella HS) 46 Zach Hetrick, TE 3 Khalil Thomas, KR/WR 92 Chris Livings DE 6-2 210 Fr./HS Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS) 88 Kylon Highshaw, WR 98 Micah Udeh, DL 93 Kurt Viges DL 6-3 232 So./1L Eunice, LA (Eunice HS) 7 Dominique Hill, DB 93 Kurt Viges, DL 43 Brian Hine, DL 18 Brian Walker, WR 94 Jalen Bowers DE 6-3 232 So./1L Shreveport, LA (Byrd HS) 30 Trent Jackson, DB 44 R.J. Walters, TE 95 Brandon Blackwell DL 6-4 239 Fr./HS Lake Charles, LA (Hamilton Christian) 42 Christian Jacobs, LB 11 Josh Washington, DB 97 Isaiah Golden DL 6-2 335 So./TR Carthage, TX (Carthage HS; Texas A&M) 14 Ja’Len James, DB 54 Dechristian Wilson, DL 98 Micah Udeh DL 6-3 211 Fr./RS Mandeville, LA (Lakeshore HS) 53 Joe Jenkins, OL 75 Matt Wilson, OL 99 Johnnie Marsaw DL 6-2 260 Fr./RS Collinston, LA (Bastrop HS) 66 Tyrae Johnson, OL 90 Anthony Yruegas, DL 74 Ben Jones, OL 77 Kyle Zenon, OL 28 Benjamin Jones, RB 2 Erik Jones, DB 60 Jonta Jones, DL 48 Mason Knighton, DE McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU 2015 McNeese Football Depth Chart (at LSU • Sept. 5, 2015) OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS QB 4 Daniel Sams (Sr.-1L, 6-2, 198) LE 91 Cameron Smith (Sr.-3L, 6-3, 238) KOR 3 Khalil Thomas (Jr.-2L, 5-9, 180 12 Grant Ashcraft (So.-1L, 6-6, 219) 98 Micah Udeh (Fr.-HS, 6-3, 211) 28 Benjamin Jones (Fr.-RS, 5-9, 181)
RB 6 Ryan Ross (So.-1L, 5-9, 205) LT 90 Anthony Yruegas (So.-1L, 6-2, 288) PR 7 David Bush (Sr.-2L, 5-9, 172) 23 Derrick Milton (Sr.-1L, 6-0, 200) 73 Antonio McGhee (Jr.-2L, 6-0, 285) 13 Tavarious Battiste (Fr.-RS, 5-10, 173) 28 Benjamin Jones (Fr.-RS, 5-9, 181) 32 David Hamm (So.-TR, 6-0, 226) RT 97 Isaiah Golden (So.-TR, 6-2, 335) FG 41 Trent Manuel (Fr.-RS, 5-11, 171) 57 Jake Grode (Jr.-2L, 6-4, 245) 1 Jean Breaux (Sr.-3L, 5-10, 172) ZWR 13 Tavarious Battiste (Fr.-RS, 5-10, 173) 11 Damon Gladney (Jr.-2L, 6-1, 185) RE 55 Jammerio Gross (So.-1L, 6-3, 240) KO 1 Jean Breaux (Sr.-3L, 5-10, 172) 93 Kurt Viges (So.-1L, 6-3, 232) 41 Trent Manuel (Fr.-RS, 5-11, 171) XWR 1 Kent Shelby (So.-1L, 6-3, 194) 88 Kylon Highshaw (Fr.-RS, 6-5, 208) MLB 10 Bo Brown (Sr.-3L, 6-1, 216) Punt 1 Jean Breaux (Sr.-3L, 5-10, 172) or 49 Ashari Goins (So.-1L, 5-10, 200) 41 Trent Manuel (Fr.-RS, 5-11, 171) FWR 7 David Bush (Sr.-2L, 5-9, 172) 45 Ed Duplessis (So.-1L, 6-2, 206) 3 Khalil Thomas (Jr.-2L, 5-9, 180) Snap 50 Grant Merka (Fr.-HS, 6-3, 190) WLB 42 Christian Jacobs (So.-1L, 5-11, 204) 48 Mason Knighton (Fr.-HS, 6-2, 230) TE 46 Zach Hetrick (Jr.-2L, 6-3, 250) or 10 Bo Brown (Sr.-3L, 6-1, 216) 86 DeonDre Skinner (So.-1L, 6-3, 247) Hold 2 Shane McCarley (So.-TR, 6-1, 206) BC 5 Jermaine Antoine (So.-1L, 5-11, 191) 8 Andre Fuller (So.-1L, 6-0, 196) LT 62 Quentin Marsh (Sr.-3L, 6-3, 310) 29 Kelvin Bennett (Sr.-3L, 5-11, 176) 77 Kyle Zenon (Fr.-RS, 6-4, 280) Injury Status: DL Brian Hine - Out (knee) FC 4 Gabe Hamner (Sr.-3L, 6-0, 200) QB Joe Lissard - Out (knee) LG 79 Thor Miller (Jr.-2L, 6-3, 300) 9 Carlos Carroll (Jr.-2L, 6-1, 172) RB Dylan Long - Doubtful (knee) 71 Chuck Harlow (Fr.-HS, 6-3, 296) LB Callen Smith - Out for year (foot) OL Jalen Smith - Out (foot) Buck 7 Dominique Hill (So.-1L, 5-10, 177) OL Matt Wilson - Out (knee) C 63 Mason Martin (Jr.-2L, 6-3, 297) 11 Josh Washington (So.-1L, 5-10, 177) 53 Joe Jenkins (So.-1L, 6-3, 280) WS 6 Brent Spikes (Sr.-3L, 6-1, 201) RG 61 Nick Gorman (Sr.-3L, 6-3, 297) 8 Andre Fuller (So.-1L, 6-0, 196) 78 Jimmy Converse (Fr.-RS, 6-4, 312) FS 20 Wallace Scott (Sr.-3L, 6-1, 211) RT 74 Ben Jones (Sr.-3L, 6-5, 283) 2 Erik Jones (So.-1L, 6-0, 183) 53 Joe Jenkins (So.-1L, 6-3, 280) McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU Media Services 2015 Quick Facts National Polls Location: ...... Lake Charles, Louisiana THE SPORTS NETWORK TOP 25• Preseason Contact: Founded: ...... 1939 Rk. Team (1st Place Votes) 2015 Pts. Prev. Matthew Bonnette Enrollment: ...... 8,900 1 North Dakota State 0-1 3671 (144) NR 700 E. McNeese Street Nickname: ...... Cowboys 2 Illinois State 0-0 3423 (3) NR Mascot: ...... Rowdy 3 Sam Houston State 0-0 3264 NR Jack V. Doland Athletic Field House 4 Villanova 0-0 3249 NR Colors: ...... Blue (287) and Gold (116) Lake Charles, LA 70607 5 Coastal Carolina 0-0 2900 NR Stadium (Capacity): . . .Louis Bonnette Field at 6 Eastern Washington 0-0 2830 NR Phone: (337) 475-5207 ...... Cowboy Stadium (17,610) 7 Jacksonville State 0-0 2705 NR Cell: (337) 263-4822 Surface: ...... Artificial, GeoMax2 8 Chattanooga 0-0 2590 NR Conference: . . . . . Southland (Division I FCS) 9 New Hampshire 0-0 2570 NR FAX: (337) 475-5202 10 UNI 0-0 2212 NR Joined Southland: ...... 1972 Email: [email protected] 11 Montana State 0-0 2038 NR President: ...... Dr. Philip C. Williams 12 James Madison 0-0 1766 NR Website: McNeeseSports.com Athletics Director: ...... Bruce Hemphill 13 Montana 1-0 1710 NR Head Coach: . Matt Viator (McNeese State, 1986) 14 Youngstown State 0-0 1662 NR Seasons: ...... 9 15 Liberty 0-0 1623 NR Matt Viator Weekly Teleconference: 16 South Dakota State 0-0 1390 NR Career Record: ...... 68-32 Tuesday: Southland Conference Teleconference begin- 17 Eastern Kentucky 0-0 1073 NR Seasons at McN: .10th as HC; 16th overall 18 Richmond 0-0 1016 NR ning at 10:30 a.m. Coach Viator’s time is scheduled for Record at McNeese: ...... 68-32 19 Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 791 NR 11:03 a.m. The number to call is 1-888-757-2790 and a 2014 Overall Record: ...... 6-5 20 Fordham 0-0 663 NR SLC Record/Finish: ...... 4-4/T-6th 21 Indiana State 0-0 635 NR password must be entered. 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Austin 0-0 554 NR First Year of SLC Football: ...... 1972 25 McNeese 0-0 440 NR Others Receiving Votes: Eastern Illinois (431) , William & Mary (225) , Cal Poly (189) , Alcorn State Press Conference: All-time SLC Record (years): . . . .167-88-7 (43) (144) , South Carolina State (126) , North Carolina A&T (108) , Northern Arizona (74) , Western Carolina SLC Championships (last): ...... 13 (2009) (65) , Bethune-Cookman (56) , Sacred Heart (46) , Charleston Southern (40) , Samford (38) , Southern McNeese will hold its weekly press conferences on Mon- Illinois (26) , Western Illinois (23) , Jackson State (19) , Jacksonville (16) , Lehigh (15) , Delaware (14) FCS Playoff Appearances (last): . . . .15 (2013) dayt1 a 1 a.m. in the Touchdown Club (2nd floor) of , Bryant (11) , San Diego (10) , Bucknell (9) , Northwestern State (9) , Lamar (9) , Towson (8) , Dart- Lettermen Returning: ...... 64 mouth (6) , Grambling State (6) , Central Arkansas (6) , Yale (5) , Southern University (4) , Wagner (3) , Duquesne (2) , Maine (2) , Mercer (2) , Missouri State (1) , Tennessee State (1) , Furman (1) , Abilene the Jack Doland Field House. Video of the press will be . . (34 offense, 29 defense, 1 specialist) Christian (1) , South Dakota (1) , North Carolina Central (1) available on the McNeese YouTube channel on Monday Lettermen Lost: ...... 16 FCS COACHES TOP 25• Preseason afternoon. . . .(5 offense, 10 defense, 1 specialist) Rk. Team (1st Place Votes) 2014 Pts. Prev. Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: . . . . 8/3 1 North Dakota State (24) 15-1 600 1 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: . . . . 6/5 2 Illinois State 13-2 551 2 3 Villanova 11-3 512 7 ractice overage P C : Offense System: ...... Multiple Pro 4 Sam Houston State 11-5 511 6 Practices are open to the media and public but interviews Defense System: ...... 4-2-5 5 Coastal Carolina 12-2 502 5 will not be conducted until after practice is complete. 6 Eastern Washington 11-3 481 4 2014 Results (6-5, 4-4 SLC) 7 New Hampshire 12-2 445 3 Head coach Matt Viator will be available after each prac- September 8 Chattanooga 10-4 409 8 6 at Nebraska L 31-24 tice. Players will be available to the media after practices 9 Jacksonville State 10-2 396 9 13 Prairie View W 48-16 10 Northern Iowa 9-5 381 10 on Tuesday and Thursday only. Interviews must be coor- 27 Arkansas Tech W 61-7 11 Montana State 8-5 296 20 dinated with a member of the SID office. October 12 Montana 9-5 278 11 4 *Nicholls W 45-3 13 James Madison 9-3 272 19 11 *at Sam Houston State L 38-22 14 Liberty 9-5 256 17 15 South Dakota State 9-5 215 13 Postgame Interviews: 18 *Abilene Christian W 31-20 25 *at Incarnate Word W 41-21 16 Youngstown State 7-5 205 25 Interviews with players and head coach Matt Viator will 17 Eastern Kentucky 9-4 171 21 November be conducted on the playing field after a 10-minute cool- 18 Richmond 9-5 170 16 1 *at Northwestern State W 35-28 19 Southeastern Louisiana 9-4 164 12 ing off period. Assistant coaches will not meet with the 8 *Stephen F. Austin L 31-16 20 Indiana State 8-6 106 18 15 *at Southeastern La. L 28-9 media following games. Please coordinate through the 21 Fordham 11-3 103 14 22 *Lamar L 27-24 22 Harvard 10-0 99 15 sports information office for interview needs. * SLC Games 23 McNeese 6-5 91 NR 24 Idaho State 8-4 82 NR 25 Eastern Illinois 5-7 73 NR Others Receiving Votes: Alcorn State 52, Stephen F. Austin 51, William & Mary 43, Cal Poly 42, Northern Arizona 34, Bethune-Cookman 25, North Carolina A&T 24, Jackson State 21, South Carolina State 21, Charleston Southern 14, Sacred Heart 14, Western Carolina 13, Furman 12, South Dakota 12, Maine 9, Bucknell 9, Lehigh 8, Towson 5, Samford 5, Bryant 4, San Diego 4, Yale 4, Central Arkan- sas 2, Duquesne 2, UT Martin 1. McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU Scouting the LSU Tigers • LSU enters Saturday’s game ranked No. 13 in the preseason coaches poll • With 103 victories, LSU enters the 2015 season as the winningest pro- and No. 14 in the AP preseason poll. gram in the SEC over the last 10 years and fourth winningest team in the • Sophomore running back Leonard Fournette has been named to four nation during that span. preseason award watch lists... The Hornung Award, The Maxwell Award, • The Tigers currently have an FBS record 49-game, non-conference regu- Doak Walker Award, and Walter Camp Award. lar season winning streak intact that was started in the 2000 season. The • Fournette is one of eight LSU players to be named to preseason watch last non-conference, regular season loss came at the hands of Alabama- Birmingham on Sept. 23, 2000 in a 13-10 defeat. lists for national awards. The others include: • LSU was recently selected by ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso to play OT Vadal Alexander - Lombardi Award for the National Championship this season. LB Kendell Beckwith - Chuck Bednarick Award • LSU sold out of its football season tickets for the 12th straight season... WR Travin Dural - Biletnikoff Award a total of 74,350 season tickets were sold. P Jamie Keehn - Ray Guy Award • The Tigers will induct 8 new members into their Hall of Fame this week- S Jalen Mills - Chuck Bednarick Award end - gymnast April Burkholder, hurdler Kim Carson, javelin thrower La- C Ethan Pocic - Rimington Trophy verne Eve, women’s basketball’s Sylvia Fowler, football’s Ebert Van Buren, OL Toby Weathersby - Lombardi Award athletic trainer Mike Chambers (Mike the Tiger is named after), and trainer • LSU is 45-3 in non-conference games under Les Miles. Herman Lang.
2014 Team Stat Comparisons McNeese vs. LSU Series McN Category LSU McNeese trails 0-1 (0-0 home, 0-1 road) 32.4 Scoring Offense 27.6 10/16/10 at LSU 32, McNeese 10 22.7 Scoring Defense 17.5 221.9 Rushing Offense 224.5 112.5 Rushing Defense 152.7 174.6 Passing Offense 162.9 217.6 Passing Defense 164.2 396.5 Total Offense 387.4 330.2 Total Defense 316.9 2015 Schedule (0-0, 0-0) Date Opponent Result LSU Returning Stat Leaders Sept. 5 McNeese (SECN-Alt.) 6:30 Rushing No. Yds YPC TD Avg. Leonard Fournette 187 1034 5.5 10 79.5 Sept. 12 *at Mississippi State (ESPN) 8:15 Darrel Williams 64 302 4.7 3 25.2 Sept. 19 *Auburn (CBS) 2:30 Anthony Jennings 108 292 2.7 0 22.5 Sept. 26 at Syracuse TBA Oct. 3 Eastern Michigan TBA Passing C-A-I Yds Pct. TD Avg. Oct. 10 *at South Carolina TBA Anthony Jennings 111-227-7 1611 48.9 11 123.9 Oct. 17 *Florida TBA Brandon Harris 25-45-2 452 55.6 6 56.5 Oct. 24 Western Kentucky TBA Receiving No. Yds YPC TD Avg. Oct. 31 OPEN Travin Dural 37 758 20.5 7 58.3 Nov. 7 *at Alabama TBA Trey Quinn 17 193 11.4 0 14.8 Nov. 14 *Arkansas TBA John Diarse 15 275 18.3 3 21.2 Nov. 21 *at Ole Miss TBA Nov. 28 *Texas A&M TBA Tackles UA-A Total * - SEC game Kendell Beckwith 36-41 77 Sacks Total Kendell Beckwith 2.0 Sione Tuehema 2.0
Interceptions Total Tre’Davious White 2 Rickey Jefferson 2 McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU 2015 Game-by-Game Starters McNeese Offense Game QB TB HB/TE FWR ZWR XWR TE LT LG C RG RT at LSU INCARNATE WORD at Stephen F. Austin MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE at Nicholls SOUTHEASTERN LA. at Central Arkansas NORTHWESTERN STATE at Abilene Christian SAM HOUSTON STATE at Lamar
McNeese Defense Game LE LT RT RE MLB WLB BS BC WS FS FC S at LSU INCARNATE WORD at Stephen F. Austin MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE at Nicholls SOUTHEASTERN LA. at Central Arkansas NORTHWESTERN STATE at Abilene Christian SAM HOUSTON STATE at Lamar
Big Crowds Overtime Games ‘69); Jackie Smith (Northwestern State, 1960); Chad Pennington (Marshall, 1995); Daunte • The 92,576 fans McNeese played in front of • McNeese has played in four overtime games. Culpepper (Central Florida, 1995); Steve Wil- against LSU at Tiger Stadium in 2010 was the • All 3 have been at home and one on the road liams, aka Stone Cold Steve Austin (North Texas, largest for a Cowboy team. • Cowboys are 4-0 in overtimes games. 1985); Mike Tomlin (William & Mary, 1993). • Last year’s top attendance was 91,082 in the OT Results • McNeese has had nine unbeaten seasons at season opener at Nebraska. home with three of those coming since 2000 Date Score All-Time McNeese Largest Crowds 9/12/98 McN 20, at Northern Iowa 17 (2-0 in 2005, 8-0 in 2002 and 5-0 in 2000). 10/6/99 McN 39, at Jacksonville St. 36 (2 ot) Crowd Opponent Site, Year McNeese on the Radio 92,576 LSU Tiger Stadium, 2010 11/11/06 McN 29, Northwestern State 26 91,082 Nebraska Memorial Stadium, 2014 10/4/08 McN 46, at South Dakota St. 44 (3 ot) • All games are carried live over 92.9 FM The 77,192 Nebraska Memorial Stadium, 2008 Lake with Tom Hoefer handling play-by-play 70,656 Texas A&M Kyle Field, 2001 A Winning Tradition and Johnny Suydam as analyst. Ron Hayes will 58,000 North Carolina Kenan Memorial, 2008 • McNeese is now in its 72nd season of football. serves as sideline reporter. 55,582 Missouri Memorial, 2010 • Has been 75 years since the Cowboys fielded 48,411 Miami Orange Bowl, 2000 their first team. Matt Viator Coaches Show 44,544 Kansas State KSU, 2003 • Played a 5-game schedule in 1940. • Inside Cowboy Football featuring head coach 42,600 Southern Miss. Independence Bowl, 1980 • Dropped the sport following the 1940 season Matt Viator airs each week on Tuesday night at 41,068 Kansas Memorial Stadium, 2011 because of WWII and resumed it in 1945. 35,470 South Florida Raymond James Stadium, 2013 10 p.m. on KVHP FOX 29. Richard Dow is the 33,823 UL-Lafayette Cajun Field, 2007 • 470 wins since that first season. host along with Cowboy head coach Matt Via- 28,174 Southern Miss. M.M. Roberts, 2005 • 117 victories coming in the 2000s. tor. 27,500 UL-Lafayette Cowboy Stadium, 1976 • 117-58 since 2000 for a .699 percentage. 27,234 Syracuse Independence Bowl, 1979 • 192-86-5 record in Cowboy Stadium. 25,784SA UT Alamodome, 2012 • 66-21 at home since 2000. 24,600 Tulsa Skelly Stadium, 1979 • Cowboy Stadium has played host to greats such as Roger Staubach (Pensacola Navy, 1968), Terry Bradshaw (Louisiana Tech, ‘67 and McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU
MattViator McNeese State, 1986 • Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year Finalist • 2013, 2007, 2006 • 2nd winningest coach in school history • Only head coach in SLC history to post a winning season every year with a minimum of nine seasons Head Coach (68-32, 10th season as Head Coach; 17th overall)
One of the most successful coaches in the NCAA’s FCS division, McNeese’s Matt Viator has guided the Cowboys to winning seasons in all eight of his years at the helm and is one of three head coaches in school history to never post a losing season, joining Les DeVall (1957-65) and Ernie Duplechin (1979-81). He’s the only coach Southland Conference history to have a winning season each year in his career with a minimum of nine seasons under his belt. In his nine seasons, Viator has compiled a 68-32 record for a winning percentage of .680, passing legendary head coach Jack Doland last season as the No. 2 winningest coach in school history. He needs 10 wins to tie leader Bobby Keasler (78 wins). He’s recorded a league mark of 45-18 (.714), has won three conference championships and made four FCS playoff appearances, including a second round showing in 2013. That 2013 season saw the Cowboys post its second 10-win regular season under Viator, eighth in school history, when they finished 10-3, including a 6-1 mark in the conference. And for the second consecutive year, McNeese defeated a FBS opponent when it clobbered South Florida 53-21. It was the first-ever win for McNeese over a BCS conference opponent. That win set a NCAA record as well as the 53 points scored by the Cowboys were the most ever scored by a FCS squad over a BCS team while the 32-point margin of victory was also an NCAA record. As a result of the team’s success, Viator was named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award as the FCS National Coach of the Year. It was the third time in his career to be named a finalist (2006, 2007). The 2014 Cowboys appeared to be well on their way to another playoff appearance and possible championship as they cruised to a 6-2 record through the first eight games. One of those losses came at the hands of Nebraska where the Cowboys nearly pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college football history before Husker All-American running back Ameer Abdullah choreographed one of the greatest plays on the season in leading Nebraska to a last-minute, 31-24 win over the Pokes. McNeese’s efforts drew a standing ovation from the 70-plus thousand of the Big Red Nation in attendance as the team walked off the field. Injuries then struck the Cowboys as they went on to lose their final three games of the season. It was the first three-game skid since 2011. The Cowboy coach, a graduate of McNeese, had served as an assistant coach on the staff for eight years before stepping into the top job four games deep into the 2006 season. Taking over a squad that had won but one of its first four games he led the team to a 6-2 record the rest of the way that year, won the SLC title and put his team into the NCAA championship playoffs. That was the start of one of the most electrify- ing coaching rises in conference history as the very next year his team posted only the fourth undefeat- ed, untied regular season record in the university’s history, won the league title for a second year and participated in the NCAA FCS championship for a second straight year. Since then his team also won the 2009 title and Coach Viator with Larry the Cable Guy in Nebraska. The Cable Guy spoke to finished second in the league standings in 2008, the Cowboy team the night before the Nebraska game. 2010 and 2013. McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU Viator has earned numerous coaching Southern Utah in 2006. honors including two SLC coach of the year HeadHis 50th Coaching win came Highlights in exciting fashion awards and a Louisiana collegiate coach of as• Passed the JackCowboys Doland in defeated 2014 as the conferenceschool’s 2nd-winningest foe coach in history. the year honor in addition to being a finalist Stephen• Only coach F. in AustinSLC history 35-24 to post ona winning Homecoming season every year with a minimum of 9 seasons. for the national award. • In 2013, QB Cody Stroud named SLC Offensive Player of the Year and OL Arinze Agada named Offensive Player of the Year night• Darius on Carey Oct. named 27, to2012. four All-America teams in 2010 He claimed his first collegiate coaching Viator is the 14th head coach in Mc- victory in his very first game as head coach • Malcolm Bronson named All-SLC first team 3 straight years Neese• McNeese history. wins 11 Hisstraight 6-2 games rookie in 2007;record wins includ the SLC- title for second year in row when the Cowboys posted a 30-27 win over • Cowboys win six straight SLC games for the league title in 2009, the third in four years Southern Utah in 2006. ed a 5-1 mark in league play as the team won• Toddrick its final Pendland five named league all-American games in 2008;of the Bryan year. Smith named all-American in 2007; Steven Whitehead, Bryan His 50th win came in exciting fashion as • Derrick Fourroux named SLC and Louisiana Player of the Year in 2009; Bryan Smith named SLC Player of Year in 2007 the Cowboys defeated conference foe Ste- • StevenHis Whitehead teams have named been SLC Player ranked of the in Year the in top2006 phen F. Austin 35-24 on Homecoming night 25• Toddrick national Pendland polls named in six Offensive of the last Player eight of the sea Year- in 2008 on Oct. 27, 2012. sons• Bryan and Smith climbed named Defensive to as high Player as of theNo. Year 4 forand aDerrick Fourroux named Freshman of the Year in 2006 Viator is the 14th head coach in McNeese couple• Cowboys weeks win five late straight in 2013. games to win the SLC title in 2006 history. His 6-2 rookie record included a 5-1 • McNeesePrior selectedto his becomingfor the NCAA FCShead playoffs coach, in 2013, Via -2009, 2007 and 2006 mark in league play as the team won its fi- • 2007 team ranked No. 3 in last regular season poll tor• Bryan had Smith served ranked the No. 3university in nation in QBas sacks offensive in 2007 nal five league games of the year. coordinator and is regarded as one of the His teams have been ranked in the top 25 topCoaching Division I offensive Experience minds. national polls in six of the last eight seasons 1986-88 Assistant Coach Sam Houston High School The Cowboys have ranked among the and climbed to as high as No. 4 for a couple 1989-90 Head Coach Vinton High School 13-9 weeks late in 2013. national1991-94 leadersHead Coach in offenseJennings for High nine School of the 38-12 1992 Louisiana Coach of the Year Prior to his becoming head coach, Via- past1995-98 13 yearsHead Coach and the Suniversityulphur High Schoolhas also 30-16 1998 Louisiana Coach of the Year tor had served the university as offensive produced1999 A ssistantthe Southland Coach McN Conference’seese State top6-5 5-2 SLC coordinator and is regarded as one of the offensive2000 Assistantperformer Coach fourMcN ofeese the State last nine8-4 5-2 SLC FCS Playoffs seasons.2001 Assistant Coach McNeese State 8-4 5-1 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs top Division I offensive minds. 2002 Assistant Coach McNeese State 13-2 6-0 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Runner-Up The Cowboys have ranked among the 2003 His ofAssistantfenses Coach have McNledeese the State league 10-2in 5-0 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs national leaders in offense for nine of the scoring2004 fiveAssistant times Coach and lastMcNeese year, State set school4-7 1-4 SLC past 13 years and the university has also records2005 forAssistant total Coachpoints McNscoredeese Statein a season5-4 3-3 SLC produced the Southland Conference’s top (520)2006 andA sst./Headended the Coach regular McNeese season State ranked7-5 5-1 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs offensive performer four of the last nine No. 4 in the nation (1st in the Southland SLC and Louisiana Coach of the Year Eddie Robinson Award Finalist seasons. Conference) with a 42.5 points scored per His offenses have led the league in scor- 2007 Head Coach McNeese State 11-1 7-0 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs ing five times and last year, set school re- game average. The Cowboys also set a SLC Coach of the Year cords for total points scored in a season school record by scoring 50 or more points Eddie Robinson Award Finalist (520) and ended the regular season ranked in2008 five gamesHead Coach on the season.McNeese State 7-4 4-3 SLC 2009 In 2009,Head CoachViator coachedMcNeese Statethe nation’s9-3 6-1 SLC SLC Champions/FCS Playoffs No. 4 in the nation (1st in the Southland 2010 Head Coach McNeese State 6-5 5-2 SLC Conference) with a 42.5 points scored per leading2011 scorerHead Coach in tailbackMcN eeseToddrick State Pend6-5- 4-3 SLC game average. The Cowboys also set a land,2012 andH eadthree Coach years ago,McNeese had State the No. 7-42 4-3 SLC Defeated FBS Middle Tennessee school record by scoring 50 or more points punt2013 returnerHead inCoach the countryMcN eesein Darius State Carey.10-3 6-1 SLC Defeated FBS South Florida/FCS Playoffs in five games on the season. Before he joined McNeese, Viator was Eddie Robinson Award Finalist In 2009, Viator coached the nation’s one2014 of theHead top Coach prep coachesMcNeese in State Louisiana, 6-5 4-4 SLC leading scorer in tailback Toddrick Pend- producing an 81-37 won-lost record, win- land, and three years ago, had the No. 2 ningViator one state vs. crownAll Opponents and five league titles. punt returner in the country in Darius Carey. He joined McNeese in 1999 as linebacker Before he joined McNeese, Viator was Opponent W L Pct. Opponent W L Pct. Opponent W L Pct. one of the top prep coaches in Louisiana, coachAbilene andChristian was made1 0 offensive1.000 McMurry coordinator 1 0 1.000 South Dakota 1 0 1.000 producing an 81-37 won-lost record, win- inAppalachian 2000, the State Cowboys 1 0 leading1.000 Middlethe league Tennessee in 1 0 1.000 South Dakota State 1 0 1.000 ning one state crown and five league titles. bothArkansas-Pine scoring Bluff offense 1 0 and 1.000 totalMissouri offense that 0 1 .000 South Florida 1 0 1.000 Arkansas Tech 1 0 1.000 Montana 0 1 .000 Southeastern La. 6 3 .667 He joined McNeese in 1999 as linebacker year. Cal PolyHe is married0 and1 wife.000 Schantel,Nebraska is a 0 1 .000 Southern Utah 2 0 1.000 coach and was made offensive coordinator Central Arkansas 3 4 .500 New Hampshire 0 1 .000 Southern Virginia 1 0 1.000 in 2000, the Cowboys leading the league in schoolDelta State teacher. His1 father0 1.000 is theNicholls late StateNolan 8 1 .889 Stephen F. Austin 5 4 .556 both scoring offense and total offense that Viator,E. Washington a former Cowboy0 1 .000coach,North player Carolina (QB, 0 1 .000 Texas State 3 3 .500 year. MVP)Henderson and State is a member1 0 of1.000 the McNeeseNorthern Iowa Hall 0 1 .000 Tulane 0 1 .000 He is married and wife Schantel, is a ofIncarnate Fame. Word 1 0 1.000 Northwestern St. 9 0 1.000 UTSA 1 1 1.000 school teacher. His father is the late Nolan Jacksonville State 0 1 .000 Portland State 1 0 1.000 Weber State 2 0 1.000 Viator, a former Cowboy coach, player (QB, Kansas 0 1 .000 Prairie View 1 0 1.000 West Alabama 1 0 1.000 MVP) and is a member of the McNeese Hall LSU 0 1 .000 Sam Houston St. 6 3 .667 Totals 68 32 .680 of Fame. La-Lafayette 1 0 1.000 Savannah State 1 0 1.000 Lamar 4 1 .880 Sioux Falls 1 0 1.000 McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU The Southland Conference 2014 Standings SLC Games Overall TEAM (SN/COACHES) W L FOR OPP HM RD NEU W L FOR OPP HM RD NEU STREAK Abilene Christian (RV/-) 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Central Arkansas (RV/RV) 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Houston Baptist 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Incarnate Word 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Lamar (RV/-) 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - McNeese (25/23) 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Nicholls 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Northwestern State (RV/-) 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Sam Houston State (3/4) 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Southeastern La. (19/19) 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Stephen F. Austin (24/RV) 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -
Week 1 Schedule Cowboys picked 3rd/4th in preseason polls Thursday, Sept. 3 McNeese has been selected for a third place finish in the South- *Southeastern La. at Northwestern State, 6 p.m. (ASN) land Conference by the league head coaches in the preseason poll Central Arkansas at Samford, 6 p.m. (ESPN3) while sports information directors have tabbed the Cowboys to fin- Abilene Christian at Fresno State, 9 p.m. ish fourth. Both polls had McNeese with one first place vote. Sam Houston State is picked to repeat as league champions Saturday, Sept. 5 in both polls. Southeastern Louisiana, who tied with the Bearkats Texas A&M-Kingsville at Incarnate Word, 2 p.m. as the 2014 champions, is picked second in the coaches poll while Sam Houston State at Texas Tech, 2:30 p.m. (FSN) Stephen F. Austin was the SID pick to finish second. Northern Arizona at Stephen F. Austin, 6 p.m. (ESPN3) McNeese at LSU, 6:30 p.m. (SECN-Alt.) 2015 Southland Conference Preseason Polls Bethany College at Houston Baptist, 7 p.m. Coaches’ Poll SID Poll Bacone College at Lamar, 7 p.m. 1. Sam Houston State (8), 98 Sam Houston State (9), 99 2. Southeastern La. (1), 86 Stephen F. Austin, 87 3. McNeese (1), 79 Southeastern La., 77 4. Stephen F. Austin, 73 McNeese (1), 75 5. Northwestern State, 60 Central Arkansas (1), 66 6. Central Arkansas (1), 57 Northwestern State, 51 7. Abilene Christian, 49 Abilene Christian, 48 8. Lamar, 46 Lamar, 41 9. Incarnate Word, 26 Incarnate Word, 25 10. Nicholls, 16 Nicholls, 20 11. Houston Baptist, 15 Houston Baptist, 12
Four Pokes named preseason All-SLC Four senior Cowboys were named to the preseason All-South- land Conference team - all to the first team. Senior offensive line- man Quentin Marsh is joined on the unit by three defensive person- nel – senior linebackers Bo Brown and Wallace Scott along with senior safety Brent Spikes. All four garnered second team postsea- son accolades in 2014. Scott has moved from linebacker and will be the starting free safety this year. McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU 2014 Final Team Statistics
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McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU 2014 Final Defensive Statistics McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU McNeese in the Football Championship Subdivision Polls COACHES (Preseason) 1. North Dakota State 2. Illinois State 3. Villanova 4. Sam Houston State 5. Coastal Carolina 6. Eastern Washington 7. New Hampshire 8. Chattanooga 9. Jacksonville State 10. Northern Iowa 11. Montana State 12. Montana 13. James Madison 14. Liberty 15. South Dakota State 16. Youngstown State 17. Eastern Kentucky 18. Richmond 19. Southeastern Louisiana 20. Indiana State 21. Fordham 22. Harvard 23. McNeese 24. Idaho State 25. Eastern Illinois STATS (Preseason) 1. North Dakota State 2. Illinois State 3. Sam Houston State 4. Villanova 5. Coastal Carolina 6. Eastern Washington 7. Jacksonville State 8. Chattanooga 9. New Hampshire 10. Northern Iowa 11. Montana State 12. James Madison 13. Montana 14. Youngstown State 15. Liberty 16. South Dakota State 17. Eastern Kentucky 18. Richmond 19. Southeastern Louisiana 20. Fordham 21. Indiana State 22. Idaho State 23. Harvard 24. Stephen F. Austin 25. McNeese McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU Last Time McNeese... RUSHING DEFENSE Had 400 or more yards: ...... vs. Sam Houston State, 2009 (418) Intercepted a pass: Dominique Hill vs. Lamar, 11/22/14 Had 300-399 yards: ...... vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 (304) Intercepted 2 passes: ...... Dominique Hill vs. Lamar, 11/22/14 ...... vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 (325) Intercepted 3 passes: ...... Brent Spikes at Incarnate Word, 10/25/14** ...... vs. Prairie View, 9/13/14 (379) Returned a pass interception for a TD: ...... Brent Spikes at UIW (45 yds), 10/25/14 Had 200-299 yards: ...... at Northwestern State, 11/1/14 (242 Returned 2 pass interceptions for TDs: ...... Chris Raggett vs. McMurry, 2012 Had 60 or more rush attempts: ...... at Texas State, 2003 (66) Recorded a safety: ...... at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 9/7/13 (fumble back of endzone) Had 50-59 rush attempts: ...... at Northwestern State, 11/1/14 (58) Recorded 5 or more sacks in a game: ...... at NSU, 11/1/14 (6.0) Had four or more rush TDs: ...... at Northwestern State, 11/1/14 (5) Recorded 10 or more tackles for loss in a game: vs. Arkansas Tech, 9/27/14 (13.0) Held opponent to negative rushing yards: ...... vs. McMurry, 2012 (minus-3) ...... at Incarnate Word, 10/25/14 (4) Player recorded five sacks: ...... Bryan Smith vs. West Virginia Tech, 2006 ...... vs. Prairie View, 9/13/14 (5) Ran back a mid-air fumble for TD: Ashari Goins vs. Arkansas Tech, 9/27/14 (17 yards) Player rush for 300 or more yards: Tony Citizen vs. Prairie View, 1986 (304) Ran back a fumble for TD: Deonte Thompson vs. Prairie View, 9/13/14 (7 yards) Player rush for 200-299 yards: ...... Toddrick Penland vs. SFA, 2008 Recovered fumbed for TD: ...... Zach Hetrick at Nicholls, 10/26/13 ...... 242 yds on 39 carries Player rush for 100-199 yards: ...... Daniel Sams (13-112) vs. ACU, 10/18/14 SPECIAL TEAMS ...... Derrick Milton (16-107) vs. ACU, 10/18/14 Return kickoff for TD: . . . . . Diontae Spencer at Stephen F. Austin, 11/9/13 (93, 85 yards) ...... Daniel Sams (20-130) at SHSU, 10/11/14 Returned 2 kickoffs for TD: . . Diontae Spencer at Stephen F. Austin, 11/9/13 (93, 85 yards)** ...... Daniel Sams (13-135) vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 Return punt for TD: ...... Diontae Spencer at Stephen F. Austin, 11/9/13 (35 yards) ...... Derrick Milton (12-109) vs. Prairie View, 9/13/14 Blocked a field goal: Desmund Lighten at Sam Houston State, 2010 Had 2 players rush for 100 yds in same game: vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 Returned blocked FG for a TD: ...... Rod Gulley vs. Grambling, 2002 (63 yards) ...... Daniel Sams (112),Derrick Milton (107) Blocked a PAT: ...... Robert Hooker vs. Southern Utah, 2006 Had 3 rush TDs: Dylan Long at Northwestern State (11/1/14) Blocked a punt: Deltoine Scott vs. Northwestern State, 11/16/13 ...... Dylan Long at Incarnate Word (10/25/14) Returned blocked punt for a TD: . . . . . Jereon McGilvery vs. Northwestern State, 11/16/13 (20 yards) ...... Ryan Ross vs. Arkansas Tech (9/27/14) Kicked five field goals: Blake Bercegeay vs. Northwestern State, 2006 ...... Derrick Milton vs. Prairie View (9/13/14) Kicked a 50 yard FG: ...... Josh Lewis at Southeastern Louisiana, 2010 (52 yards) Had 4 rush TDs: Toddrick Pendland vs. Sam Houston State, 11/7/09 Kicked 10 PATs: ...... Blake Bercegeay vs. West Virginia Tech, 2006 Had 7 rush TDs: Jessie Burton vs. Southern Utah, 1998 Had a 70 yard punt: ...... Jean Breaux vs. Prairie View, 9/13/14 (72 yards) Had a 60 yard punt: ...... Jean Breaux at Incarnate Word, 10/25/14 (64 yards) Had a TD rush of 70-79 yards: ...... Kelvin Bennett at Nicholls, 11/3/12 (76) Had a punt of 50-59 yards: ...... Jean Breaux vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 (51 yards) Had a TD rush of 80-89 yards: ...... Chris Thomas vs. Sam Houston State, 2004 (83) Had a TD rush of 90-99 yards: ...... Kelvin Bennett vs. Lamar, 11/17/12 (93)** SCORING Scored 70 or more points: 76 vs. West Virginia Tech, 2006 PASSING Scored 60-69 points: ...... 61 vs. Arkansas Tech, 9/27/14 Had 400 or more yards passing: ...... vs. West Alabama, 9/14/13 (406)** Scored 50-59 points: ...... 55 at Nicholls, 10/26/13 Had 300-399 yards passing: ...... at Stephen F. Austin, 11/9/13 (337) Scored 40-49 points: ...... 41 at Incarnate Word, 10/25/14 Had 200-299 yards passing: ...... vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 (242) ...... 45 vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 Player pass for 400 or more yards: Subester Brooks vs. Nicholls State, 1985 (405) ...... 48 vs. Prairie View, 9/13/14 Player pass for 300-399 yards: ...... Cody Stroud at Stephen F. Austin, 11/9/13 (333) Scored 30-39 points: ...... 35 at Northwestern State, 11/1/14 Player pass for 200-299 yards: . . . . . Cody Stroud vs. Sam Houston State, 10/19/13 (267) ...... 31 vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 Had 25 or more completions: ...... Cody Stroud vs. West Alabama, 9/14/13 (30) Allowed 60 or more points: 61 at Miami (FL), 2000 Had 3 passing TDs: Daniel Sams vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 Allowed 50-59 points: 50 at Missouri, 2010 Had 4 passing TDs: Cody Stroud at Stephen F. Austin, 11/9/13 Allowed 40-49 points: 41 by Southeastern Louisiana, 11/2/13 Had 5 passing TDs: Cody Stroud vs. West Alabama, 9/14/13 Allowed 30-39 points: 31 by SFA, 11/8/14 ...... Scott Pendarvis vs. Sam Houston State, 2003 Scored on first drive of game: ...... vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 ...... Tim Leger vs. Stephen F. Austin, 1996 ...... at Nebraska, 9/6/14 ...... Kerry Joseph vs. Delaware, 1995 Shutout opponent: ...... vs. Lamar (35-0), 2012 Shutout opponent in first half: at Incarnate Word (21-0), 10/25/14 Did not throw an interception: vs. Lamar, 11/22/14 ...... vs. Nicholls (24-0), 10/4/14 ...... vs. Arkansas Tech (38-0), 9/27/14 RECEIVING Shutout SLC opponent: ...... vs. Lamar (35-0), 2012 Had one player with 100 yards receiving: . . . . Diontae Spencer at Stephen F. Austin, 11/9/13 (7-152) McNeese was shutout: ...... at Western Kentucky, 2001 (21-0) Had two players with 100 yards receiving: . . . .Corday Clark (107) and Toddrick Penland (121) McNeese was shutout in first half: ...... at Northern Iowa, 9/28/13 ...... vs. Appalachian State, 2009 McNeese was shutout in second half: at Southeastern Louisiana, 11/15/14 Caught three passes for TDs: ...... B.J. Sams vs. Sam Houston State, 2003 McNeese was shutout by SLC opponent: ...... at North Texas, 1988 (37-0) Tight End caught two passes for TDs: ...... Nic Jacobs at South Florida, 8/31/13** Had a TD reception of 70-79 yards: . . . . Ernest Celestie at Stephen F. Austin, 11/9/13 (71) Last Time an Opponent... Had a TD reception of 80-89 yards: ...... Quinten Lawrence vs. Delta State, 2008 (83) Player rushed for 100-199 yards: ...... De’Andre Brown of ACU, 10/18/14 (109) Had a TD recpetion of 90-99 yards: . . . . . Mark Barousse vs. Southeastern La., 1982 (92) Player rushed for 200-200 yards: ...... D.D. Terry of SHSU, 2006 (253) Passed for 200-299 yards: ...... Zach Conque of SFA, 11/8/14 (201) COMBINATION OFFENSE Passed for 300-399 yards: ...... Caleb Berry of Lamar, 11/22/14 (327) Had one 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver in a game: ...... Toddrick Penland Passed for 400-499 yards: ...... Andre Bevil of Lamar, 2010 (426) ...... vs. Appalachian State, 2009 (19-127 rushing, 10-121 receiving) Had one player with 100 yards receiving: ...... Mark Roberts of Lamar, 11/22/14 (103) Had 300 yards total offense: ...... Cody Stroud vs. West Alabama, 9/14/13 (373) Had one player with 200 yards receiving: ...... Ed Eagan of NSU, 11/1/14 (238, 10 catches) Had 300 yards all-purpose: Diontae Spencer at Stephen F. Austin, 11/9/13 (365)** Had 2 players with 100 yards receiving: . . . . Chase Dixon (149), C. Whitehead (108) of UCA, 10/5/13 Returned a kickoff for a TD: Mike Brooks of Stephen F. Austin, 11/9/13 (100 yards) TOTAL OFFENSE Returned a punt for a TD: ...... Brandon Tate of North Carolina, 2008 (85 yards) Returned a pass interception for a TD: . . . Will Jefferson of SFA, 2011 (caught in endzone) Had 500 or more yards total offense: ...... vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 (507) Returned a fumble for a TD: ...... Frank Newsome of UCA, 2011 (98 yards) ...... vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 (567) Blocked a punt ...... by UTSA, 2012 ...... vs. Prairie View, 9/13/14 (517) Blocked a punt and returned for a TD: at Kansas State, 2003 Had 450-499 yards total offense: ...... vs. Arkansas Tech, 9/27/14 (478) Blocked a PAT: ...... SLU, 11/15/14 Had 400-449 yard total offense: ...... at South Florida, 8/31/13 (424) Recovered an on-side kick: ...... Central Arkansas, 2012 ** - School Records McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU Players To Watch rushed for 579 yards and nine scores on 56 carries and caught 21 passes for 518 yards Daniel # and nine touchdowns... Totaled over 3,000 all-purpose yards as a senior... Helped lead the Spartan basketball team to a state championship as a junior... Other: Daniel Dher- Sams 4 rell Sams was born October 1, 1992, in New Orleans... Son of John and Sherrell Griffin... Has two brothers... his uncle, B.J. Sams, was a standout receiver and return player for Senior•1L•Quarterback•6-2•198 the Cowboys and still holds several school records. New Orleans, La. • Salmen HS • Kansas State Sams’s McNeese Career Statistics and Bests Passing G Cmp-Att-Int Pct. Yards TD Avg/g Effic • Three 100-yard rushing games is most by any McNeese QB in 2014 10 46-97-4 47.4 624 7 62.4 117.0 school history Rushing G No. Yards TD Long Avg/c Avg/g • His 135 yards rushing vs. Nicholls is tied as 4th most by a QB in 2014 10 104 711 2 40 6.8 71.1 school history • His 3 100-yard rushing games is second most by a QB in a career Passing Yards 184 vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 Attempts 25 at Sam Houston State, 10/11/14 in school history (Kerry Joseph holds record with 4) Completions 11 at Sam Houston State, 10/11/14 Longest 48 at Incarnate Word, 10/25/14 2014: Team leader and ranked sixth in the Southland Conference in rushing with a Touchdowns 3 vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 71.1 yards per game average... ran for 711 yards in 10 games played and rushed for Rushing Yards 135 (13) vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 two touchdowns... threw for another 624 yards on 46 of 97 passing with seven scoring Rushes 20 at Sam Houston State, 10/11/14 strikes... ranked eighth in the league in total offense with 133.5 yards per game... had Longest 40 vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 Touchdowns 1, two times three 100-yard rushing games... 135 yards on 13 carries against Nicholls... ran for 130 yards on 20 carries and a score a week later at Sam Houston State... followed that with 100-yard rushing games his third straight 100-yard rushing game with 112 yards on 13 carries against Abilene 135 (13) vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 130 (20) at Sam Houston State, 10/11/14 Christian... injured his throwing hand thumb against SFA... played just a couple snaps at 112 (13) vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 Southeastern Louisiana and missed the season finale versus Lamar...2013 at Kansas State: Played in all 13 games, finishing second on the team with 807 rushing yards and a team-high 11 touchdowns while throwing for 452 and four scores on 38-of-53 aim... Ryan # Earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades as he finished seventh in the conference in touchdown scoring, ninth in rushing and 10th in passing... Ranked fifth in school his- Ross 26 tory in rushing yards by a sophomore and by a quarterback... Also tied for third in 100- yard rushing games by a quarterback (3)... Also finished eighth in season rushing touch- Sophomore•1L•Running Back•5-9•205 downs by a quarterback... Became the 26th player in school history with 1,000 career Richwood, Texas • Brazoswood HS rushing yards... Rushed for a 17-yard score against North Dakota State on his first play of the year... Set career passing highs in virtually every category at Oklahoma State... An- 2014: Splashed onto the scene in the fourth game of the season against Arkansas Tech swered that with a 199-yard rushing game against Baylor, which were the second-most when he was forced out of his planned redshirt season due to injuries... rushed for 66 yards by a quarterback in K-State history and the most ever by a Wildcat sophomore... yards on 17 carries and three touchdowns in that game... followed the next week with a Named a Midseason All-Big 12 performer by Phil Steele... 2012: Saw action in eight 94-yard outing on 14 carries and a score against Nicholls... top rushing running back on games following a redshirt season... Rushed for 235 and three touchdowns on 32 car- the team with 599 yards on 106 carries and averaged 5.7 yards per rush... second overall ries, while he went 6-for-8 for 55 yards through the air... Recorded the most rushing in rushing only behind quarterback Daniel Sams... ran for 93 yards and a score at North- yards by a freshman quarterback in school history, while his rushing yardage total was western State... played in nine games while starting the final three... High School: fourth among all freshmen in K-State history... Began his career on fire against Missouri named league’s Most Outstanding Athlete as well as earning All-District and All-County State as he rushed three times for 61 yards, including a 46-yard touchdown... Rushed honors at Brazoswood High School... as a senior, rushed for 903 yards on 131 carries and three times for 47 yards and two more scores against Miami... Teamed with Collin Klein scored 11 touchdowns... averaged 6.9 yards per carry... carried the ball 130 times for (3) to have two quarterbacks rush for multiple touchdowns in a single game under Bill 732 yards and 11 TDs as a junior to go along with 11 catches for 74 yards... sophomore Snyder... Set then-career-highs in carries (10) and yards (67) against Kansas... Saw the year, rushed for 308 yards and two scores and made 12 catches for 189 yards and a most extensive action of his career against Oklahoma State, rushing seven times for touchdown... Other: born Oct. 20, 1995... son of Randy and Yolanda Ross... younger 20 yards and going 5-of-6 for 45 yards in the air... 2011: Redshirted... High School: brother, Lawayne, is a freshman on the Cowboys’ team this season. Played at Salmen under head coach Jerry Leonard... Named to the Large Schools New Orleans All-Metro football First-Team by The Times-Picayune... Named to PrepStar Ross’s Career Statistics and Bests magazine’s All-Southeast Region team... Named the Offensive Player of the Year by The Rushing Games Carries Yards Avg/c TD Long Avg/g 2014 9/3 106 599 5.7 7 31 70.9 Times-Picayune... Named Honorable Mention Class 4A All-State by 2theadvocate.com... A member of The Times-Picayune’s Blue Chip list... One of the New Orleans metro area’s Rushes: 17 vs. Arkansas Tech, 9/27/14 most versatile athletes... Played quarterback, running back and wide receiver, as well Yards: 94 (14) vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 as punter and kick returner... Led Salmen to a No. 1 state ranking in Class 4A for eight Long: 31 at Northwestern State, 11/1/14 straight weeks... Passed for 577 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior, while he also TDs: 3 vs. Arkansas Tech, 9/27/14 McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU Players To Watch Kent # Ed # Shelby 1 Duplessis 45 Sophomore•1L•Wide Receiver•6-3•194 Sophomore•HS•Linebacker•6-2•206 New Orleans, La. • Archbishop Shaw HS Covington, La. • St. Paul’s HS
2014: Saw action in three games before getting injured against Arkansas Tech that 2014: Missed season due to injury... 2013: Redshirt... High School: first team all- sidelined him for the rest of the season... caught four passes for 108 yards before his sea- district, all-CENLA and honorable mention all-state honors his senior season where he son ended... made two catches for 47 yards in the season opener at Nebraska... 2013: redshirt... High School: first team all-district and all-state honorable mention as a recorded 39 tackles with three interceptions, two touchdowns and nine passes broken senior… team offensive MVP… caught 47 passes for 793 yards and nine touchdowns up… played wide receiver as a junior and caught 73 passes for 909 yards and 19 touch- his senior season… earned second team all-district honors as a junior… for his career, downs… also lettered in basketball and track… earned first team all-district honors as caught 83 passes for 1,482 yards and 16 touchdowns… had a 17.8 yards after catch average for his career… ran track and field for four years where he was a triple jumper a junior in basketball… Other: born March 10, 1994… son of Tillie Lowery. and ran the 110 meter hurdles and on the 4x400 meter relay team… played center on the basketball team for two year… most improved student in 2010… Other: born Nov. 18, 1995… son of Kent Shelby and Carleen Hill. Ashari # # Goins 49 Brown Sophomore•1L•Linebacker•5-10•200 10 Monroe, La. • Neville HS S e n i o r•3 L•Li n e b a c k e r•6 - 1•2 1 6 Katy, Texas • Katy HS 2015 Preseason All-SLC First Team 2014: Recorded 25 tackles while playing in all 11 games as a true freshman... two sacks and 4.5 tackles for a loss... recovered two fumbles... season-high five tackles at Sam 2014: All-SLC 2nd Team... Third on the team with 43 total tackles... recorded five tackles Houston State... had sacks against Arkansas Tech and Nicholls... recovered a fumble and for a loss and had a half a sack... season-high seven tackles with a TFL against Stephen returned it 17 yards against Arkansas Tech... High School: Louisiana Football Coaches F. Austin... five stops with 2 1/2 TFLs at Southeastern Louisiana...2013: All-SLC Second Association All-Star Game participant... as a senior, earned first team all-state honors Team honors... third on the team with 75 tackles on the season... team leader with 12 by the LSWA and second team honors by the LFCA... first team All-Northeast and All- tackles for a loss and second with four sacks... recorded a career-high 11 tackles against Ouachita Parish... All-Northeast Louisiana Defensive MVP... All-Ouachita Parish Defen- West Alabama... had two sacks at Nicholls and two tackles for a loss and a sack against sive MVP... 2-4A 1st team All-District... District 2-4A Defensive MVP... made 131 tackles Sam Houston State... 2012: saw action in all 11 games with one start as a true freshman... as a senior, 80 solo, with two sacks, 19 tackles for a loss, three forced fumbles and three recorded 46 tackles with an interception and two tackles for a loss... recovered a fumble at Middle fumble recoveries... as a junior earned first team all-state honors by both the LSWA and Tennessee in the third quarter that set up a Cowboys touchdown... season-best seven stops and an LFCA, first team All-Northeast, All-Ouachita Parish, All-District 2-4A, and District 2-4A interception at Nicholls... had six tackles against Southeastern Louisiana, Northwestern State and Defensive MVP... for his career, made 331 tackles, had seven sacks, 44 tackles for a loss, Sam Houston State... High School: All-state honorable mention, first team all-Greater Houston, forced six fumbles, recovered eight fumbles and intercepted four passes... coached by finalist for Houston TD club defensive player of year award, first team unanimous all-district... named school’s John Culpepper athlete of the year...the past season credited with 146 tackles, Mickey McCarty... Other: projected major at McNeese is Kinesiology... born April 7, nine sacks, two pass interceptions...in two year career had 277 tackles, 10 sacks, three intercep- 1996... son of Shandra Goins. tions, one fumble recovered...academic all-district and honorable mention academic all-state.... Goins’s Career Statistics and Bests also baseball letter...all-district honorable mention as designated hitter...played for Coach Gary Joseph... Other: parents are Sheir and David Brown... majoring in mechanical engineering... SLC G Tkl. Ast. Tot. TFL-Yds Sack-Yds INT TD FF FR PBU 2014 11 10 15 25 4.5-15 2.0-9 0 0 0 1 0 Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll. Brown’s Career Statistics and Bests Total Tackles 5 at Sam Houston State, 10/11/14 Sacks 1, two times, last vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 G Solo Ast. Tot. TFL Sacks INT TD FF FR PBU 2012 11 26 20 46 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 Tackles For Loss 1.5 vs. Arkansas Tech, 9/27/14 2013 13 54 21 75 12 4 0 0 2 1 4 Fumble Recoveries 1, two times, last vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 2014 11 17 26 43 5 0.5 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 35 97 67 164 19 4.5 1 0 2 2 8 Total Tackles 11 vs. West Alabama, 9/14/13 Solo 9 vs. Weber State, 9/21/13 Assists 5 vs. West Alabama, 9/14/13 Interceptions 1 at Nicholls, 11/3/12 Tackles For Loss 2.5 at SLU, 11/15/14 Fumbles Rec. 1, two times Forced Fumbles 1, two times McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU Players To Watch Isaiah # Gabe # Golden 97 Hamner 4 Sophomore•TR•Defensive Line•6-2•335 Senior•3L•Defensive Back•6-0•200 Carthage, Texas • Carthage HS Sealy, Texas • Sealy HS Transfer from Texas A&M who is expected to play a big role on 2014: Played in all 11 games and made eight starts... recorded 29 tackles and had 1.5 the defensive line this season. tackles for a loss... led the team with seven pass break ups and intercepted two passes... had a season-high seven tackles, all seven solos to tie a career best, against Abilene 2014: Missed the season… 2013: Played in 11 games and started in six as a true Christian... picked off passes against Prairie View and Nicholls... three PBUs against freshman … Recorded 30 stops on the season, including eight solo tackles … Had 3.0 ACU... five tackles with a tackle for a loss against Stephen F. Ausitn (Nov. 8)... 2013: tackles for a loss of six yards … Had a season-high six stops against Auburn … Earned Starter in all 13 games at the cornerback position... seventh on the team in total tackles starts in conference games at Ole Miss (Oct. 12), vs. Auburn (Oct. 19), vs. Vanderbilt (Oct. with 48 and tied for second with two pass interceptions... had a half tackle for a loss 26), vs. Mississippi State (Nov. 9) and at LSU (Nov. 23)... High School: Coached by Scott and a team-high 10 pass break ups... recorded career-high 8 tackles, 7 solo, in win over Surratt at Carthage High School in Carthage, Texas ... US Army All-American ... Member West Alabama in week three of the season... interceptions came against West Alabama of the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Super Team second team ... Earned a spot on the and Sam Houston State... 2012: finished the season with 31 tackles to go along with Class 3A All-State second-team and was named District 20-3A Defensive MVP after mak- 3.5 tackles for a loss and a half a sack... had three pass break ups, one quarterback hurry ing 76 tackles, 4 sacks, 32 TFL, 4 FF, and 2 FR as a senior in 2012 ... Also earned Class 3A and forced a fumble... recorded a season-high with five tackles on three different occa- All-Region III honors ... Recorded 78 tackles, 8 sacks, 14 TFL in his junior season, which sions - vs. McMurry (Sept. 8), at Weber State (Sept. 15) and at Southeastern Louisiana earned him first-team All-District 8-2A honors ... 4-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals.com, (Sept. 22)... had 1.5 tackles for a loss and a half sack at SLU... four stops vs. Northwestern and Scout.com ... Rated No. 20 DT by ESPN.com ... Rated No. 8 DT by Rivals.com ... Rated State, Central Arkansas and at Nicholls... played in all 11 games and made one start, that No. 9 DT by Scout.com ... Chose A&M over Baylor, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, and TCU. coming against Northwestern State... 2011: redshirted... High School: three times named to all-district tream as both a defensive back and a receiver at Sealy (TX) High... in senior season he had 42 tackles and six pass interceptions as well as catching passes Dominique # for 782 yards and 12 tds....he also had 403 yards in kick returns...basketball and track letters....all-district twice in basketball and regional track qualifier twice...Other: born Hill 7 June, 1992... son of Shelly Hamner and Kevin Browning... has a son, Nathan Hamner. Sophomore•1L•Defensive Back•5-10•177 Hamner’s Career Statistics and Bests G/GS Tkl. Ast. Tot. TFL Sacks INT TD FF FR PBU Mansfield, La. • Mansfield HS 2012 11/1 27 4 31 3.5 0.5 0 0 1 0 3 2013 13/13 40 8 48 0.5 0 2 0 0 0 10 2014 All-SLC Honorable Mention 2014 11/8 22 7 29 1.5 0 2 0 1 1 7 Totals 35/22 89 19 108 5.5 0.5 4 0 2 1 20
2014: Ranked eighth on the team with 34 tackles as a true freshman... tied for second Total Tackles 8 vs. West Alabama, 9/14/13 on the squad with 7.5 tackles for a loss... added one sack and picked off two passes... Solo 7, two times, last vs. ACU, 10/18/14 had five pass breakups, caused and recovered one fumble... season high six tackles three Assists 3 at South Florida, 8/31/13 times - at Nebraska, vs. Prairie View, vs. Nicholls... had a tremendous college debut at Sacks 0.5 at Weber State, 9/15/12 Tackles For Loss 1.5 at Weber State, 9/15/12 No. 19 Nebraska with six tackles, two tackles for a loss, a sack, pass break up, and a Pass Break Up 4 at Central Arkansas, 10/5/13 forced fumble... 2 1/2 tackles for a loss against Prairie View... intercepted two passes vs. Interceptions 1, four times Lamar... High School: 2-star rating by 247 Sports… first team All-District honors as a quarterback and defensive back at Mansfield High School... earned All-Area honors as a punt returner and honorable mention All-State honors as a DB... missed half of his senior season due to injury... as a junior, threw for over 1,000 yards and 18 touchdowns with just three interceptions... returned five punts for touchdowns... a star on the basketball court where he earned second team all-district honors as a shooting guard... member Hill’s Career Statistics and Bests of the Principal’s List and the National Honor Society... earned his high school diploma G/GS Tkl. Ast. Tot. TFL-Yds Sack-Yds INT TD FF FR PBU in December and signed with the Cowboys shortly after... Other: born Feb. 17, 1996... 2014 11/7 22 12 34 7.5-22 1.0-2 2 0 1 0 4 son of Chris Hill and Michelle Hall... father is former LSU standout tight end Chris Hill. Total Tackles 6, three times, last vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 Sacks 1 at Nebraska, 9/6/14 Tackles For Loss 2.5 vs. Prairie View, 9/13/14 Forced Fumbles 1 at Nebraska, 9/6/14 Interceptions 2 vs. Lamar, 11/22/14 Pass Break Ups 2 vs. Lamar, 11/22/14 McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU Players To Watch State honors . . . Also tabbed All-Central Louisiana . . . Ran for 1,227 yards and 10 touchdowns Quentin # as a sophomore . . . Committed to Mississippi State in January 2011, with offers from Ole Miss, Marsh 62 Tennessee, Memphis, North Carolina and Oklahoma State, among others. Senior•3L•Offensive Line•6-3•310 Wallace # Dickinson, Texas • Dickinson HS Scott 20 2015 Preseason All-SLC First Team 2014 All-SLC Second Team Offensive Line Senior•3L•Linebacker•6-1•211 Weyanoke, La. • West Feliciana HS 2014: Earned all-Southland Conference second team honors after helping the Cow- boys average more than 220 yards of rushing on the season... started all 11 games... 2015 Preseason All-SLC First Team played more than 95-percent of the snaps and did not allow a sack... 2013: All-SLC 2014 All-SLC Second Team honorable mention... moved to the offensive line during the offseason and made an immediate impact... started all 13 games and played a big part in the offense breaking 2014: Earned second team all-conference honors... finished fourth on the team in tack- several records on the season... 2012: saw action in 10 games and recorded four tack- les with 42... finished with 3 1/2 sacks and 7 1/2 tackles for a loss... forced a fumble and les... had two stops at Sam Houston State and single tackles at Middle Tennessee in the broke up three passes... career-high eight tackles at SLU on Nov. 15... had two sacks and season opener and vs. McMurry a week later... 2011: redshirted... High School: two 2 1/2 tackles for a loss against Abilene Christian on Oct. 18... played in all 11 games and time all-district and all-county...also team captain as a senior...three year starter....Of- started one... 2013: appeared in 10 games and made one start, that coming agianst fensive Lineman of the Year as a senior... helped lead team to three straight state playoff Jacksonville State in the FCS playoffs... missed the first three games of the season due appearances...he also split time as a defensive end...also track (shot put and discus), to an injury... recorded 34 tackles and had two sacks with two tackles for a loss... inter- basketball (center) and power lifting letters... Other: born 7/8/93... son of Warren and cepted one pass and returned it 69 yards for a touchdown against Weber State.. recorded Belva Marsh... father played football at Sam Houston State... brother Reshad, played a career-high seven tackles against JSU to go along with a sack... had his other sack football at Texas A&M-Kingsville... another brother, Warren, Jr., played basketball at Ty- against Nicholls... 2012: recorded six tackles in five games played... had three stops ler Junior College... majoring in secondary education... named to the 2013 Southland against McMurry, all solos, and two at Southeastern Louisiana... 2011: redshirt sea- Conference Commissioner’s Fall Academic Honor Roll. son... High School: all-district, honorable mention all-state...98 tackles and five TFLs, six sacks, three fumble recoveries (one for td) and five forced fumbles last year...also Derrick caught six passes for 101 yards and a td...averaged 16.8 yards a catch....track and bas- # ketball letters...Class AAA high jump champion....two-time district high jump champ... ilton all-metro track...competred in best of best track meet in Mobile, AL...honor roll all four M 23 years...named to West Feliciana Hall of Fame...coached by former McNeese player Robb Senior•1L•Running Back•6-0•200 Odom... Other: born 1/4/93... son of Wallace Scott, Sr. and Candace Scott... two sisters, Antoinette and Demetrice Cobb... Antoinette ran track at Louisiana Tech... a cousin, Pres- Pineville, La. • Pineville HS • Mississippi State ton King, played football at Grambling... majoring in business... SLC Commissioner’s Fall 2014: Third on the team in rushing with 287 yards on 71 carries... appeared in nine games and Academic Honor Roll. made three starts... averaged 5.5 yards per carry... scored six rushing touchdowns... caught six Scott’s Career Statistics and Bests passes for 37 yards and a score... had two 100-yard rushing games... ran for 109 yards on 12 car- G/GS Tkl. Ast. Tot. TFL Sacks INT TD FF FR PBU ries and three touchdowns against Prairie View... ran for 107 yards on 16 carries and a score versus 2012 5/0 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Abilene Christian... also ran for TDs against Nebraska and Arkansas Tech... 2013: Played in 12 2013 10/1 21 13 34 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 games on the season and rushed for 69 yards on 13 carries and two touchdowns... averaged 5.3 2014 11/1 27 15 42 7.5 3.5 0 0 1 0 3 yards per carry... made one catch for 14 yards and a touchdown... best game was against Troy Totals 26/2 53 29 82 9.5 5.5 1 1 1 0 5 where he rand for 56 yards on seven carries and scored a TD... 2012: Saw action in 10 games, Total Tackles 8 at Southeastern Louisiana, 11/15/14 rushing 34 times for 165 yards and a pair of touchdowns during his redshirt freshman season . . . Solo 5 vs. several Gained 65 yards on eight carries in the season-opening win against Jackson State . . . Scored his Assists 5 at Southeastern Louisiana, 11/15/14 first career touchdown in the season lid-lifter . . . Rushed six times for 30 yards in the SEC-opening Sacks 2 vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 win versus Auburn . . . Carried seven times for 38 yards against South Alabama . . . Scored second TFL 2.5 vs. Abilene Christian, 10/18/14 career touchdown in win against Middle Tennessee, where he rushed three times for 38 yards . . . Interceptions 1 vs. Weber State, 9/21/14 - 69 yards for a touchdown Saw limited action in the final six games of the season... 2011: Sat out his first season as a redshirt freshman... High School: Physical running back from the Louisiana prep ranks who played his senior high school season at Hargrave, Va., Military Academy for first-year coach Troy Davis . . . Rushed for 740 yards on just 43 carries with 10 touchdowns . . . Played three varsity seasons at Pineville High School where he compiled almost 4,500 rushing yards . . . Rushed for 1,800 yards with 15 touchdowns as a junior . . . Earned Louisiana Sports Writers Association First-Team All- McNeese Cowboys Football September 5, 2015 at LSU Players To Watch Brent # Anthony # Spikes 6 Yruegas 90 Senior•3L•Defensive Back•6-1•201 Sophomore•1L•Defensive Line•6-2•288 Newton, Texas • Newton HS West Monroe, La. • West Monroe HS 2015 Preseason STATS All-America 2014: Made seven tackles and had 1.5 tackles for a loss... played in nine games... two 2015 Preseason All-SLC First Team stops each against Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word... 2013: played in four games before and injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season... High School: Rivals. 2014 All-SLC Second Team com 2-star rating... first team all-state, all-Northeast, and all-district as a senior after recording 80 tackles with seven sacks... had a 70 yard fumble return for a TD... junior 2014: Team leader with 83 tackles to go along with 4.5 tackles for a loss and a sack... season, earned first team all-district after posting 69 tackles with six sacks... 26 stops led the team with four interceptions and with 156 interception return yards... tied a and 3 sacks as a sophomore and was a second team all-district performer... played for school record with three interceptions in a game against Incarnate Word... set a school, the late Don Shows, a Louisiana Sports Hall of Famer... Other: born Dec. 31, 1993... son Southland Conference and state of Louisiana record with 148 interception return yards of Shane Yruegas and Misty Morris. in that game... had three games where he recorded 10 or more tackles in a game... career-high 14 stops at Sam Houston State... 11 tackles in the season finale against La- mar... 10 stops at Northwestern State... also had an interception at Sam Houston State... returned one of his interceptions against Incarnate Word 45 yards for a touchdown... 2013: played in all 13 games and made two starts... finished the season with 31 tack- les, a tackle for a loss and three pass breakups... posted a career-high of seven tackles at Central Arkansas... had six stops and a tackle for a loss at Lamar... made a key tackle on 3rd-and-long against Lamar with less than a minute to play and the Cardinals attempt- ing to drive for a game-winning score... 2012: recorded 17 tackles, 13 solos, in nine games played... had one tackle for a loss and registered a quarterback hurry... had five stops and a TFL at Southeastern Louisiana (Sept. 22) and five tackles at Nicholls (Nov. 3)... High School: two time first team all-district as a free safety...played three years and in those three years had 352 tackles, four pass interceptions....also used as a running back and rushed for 1200 yards in career with 11 touchdowns....basketball letter three years and track letter four years...played for Coach W. T. Johnston... Other: birthdate is 2/1/94... parents are Jerome and Francine Spikes. Spike’s Career Statistics and Bests G/GS Tkl. Ast. Tot. TFL Sacks INT TD FF FR PBU 2012 9/0 13 4 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2013 13/1 20 11 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2014 11/11 50 33 83 4.5 1.0 4 1 0 0 5 Totals 22/1 83 48 131 6.5 1.0 4 1 0 0 8
Total Tackles 14 at Sam Houston State, 10/11/14 Solo 10 vs. Lamar, 11/22/14 Assists 7 at Sam Houston State, 10/11/14 Sacks 1 vs. Nicholls, 10/4/14 Tackles For Loss 2 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 11/8/14 Pass Break Ups 2 at Central Arkansas, 10/5/13 Interceptions 3 at Incarnate Word, 10/25/14 (ties school record) INT Return Yards 148 at Incarnate Word, 10/25/14 (school, SLC, Louisiana record)