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2016 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE LION FOOTBAll FIRST ROUND PLAYOff NOTES 23 LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 12 POSTSEASON APPEARANCES | 1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 762 LONE STAR All-CONFERENCE PLAYERS | 232 All-AMERICAN SELEctIONS A&M-Commerce Athletic Communications: Josh Manck | Office: (903) 886-5131 | Cell: (817) 487-5136 | Email: [email protected] QUICK FACTS No. 8/7 A&M-Commerce (10-1, 8-1 LSC) ABOUT A&M-COMMERCE Official Name...... Texas A&M University-Commerce vs. Location ........................ Commerce, Texas No. 24/25 Colorado Mesa (9-2, 8-2 RMAC) Founded ....... 1889 (as East Texas Normal College) Sat., Nov. 19, 2016 • 2 p.m. Previous Names ......... East Texas Normal College ................. East Texas State Teacher’s College Memorial Stadium • Commerce .......................... East Texas State College LIONS IN THE POSTSEASON CARTHEL 5TH IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN WINS ........................ East Texas State University • The Lion have qualified for the NCAA • Head coach Colby Carthel now ranks fifth Enrollment ...................... 12,375 (Fall 2015) Division II Playoffs for the second in A&M-Commerce history in coaching wins Nickname ................................... Lions Colors .............................. Blue and Gold consecutive season and will play in the post with 33 wins. Stadium (Capacity) ...... Memorial Stadium (11,582) season for the fourth straight season. • However, he will be in fifth for a while, as Affiliation ......................... NCAA Division II • This is the first time the Lions have hosted his 33 wins are just over half of J.V. Sikes’ 63 Conference.............................. Lone Star a postseason contest since 1991. wins in fourth place. President ............................ Dr. Ray Keck • The Lions have made 12 overall trips to the Director of Athletics ................. Tim McMurray postseason with a 9-6-1 record. 1.... Ernest Hawkins ......1964-85 ..................132-92-6 Athletic Department Phone ......... (903) 886-5558 2 ... Eddie Vowell...........1986-98 ..................... 74-71-1 Official Website .................. LionAthletics.com WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS 3 ... Bob Berry ..............1935-41, 46-50 ........ 72-34-8 Facebook ........... A&M-Commerce Lion Athletics • With the 30-10 win over Tarleton and 4 ... J.V. Sikes ................1954-63 ...................63-34-4 Athletics Twitter ................... @Lion_Athletics an Eastern N.M. win over Midwestern 5 ...Colby Carthel ......2013-pres. ...............34-13 Football Twitter......................... @Lion_FB State in the final game of the season, the 6 ... M.A. Smith.............1951-53 .......................30-2-1 Lions won the 2016 Lone Star Conference COACHING STAFF Head coach ......................... Colby Carthel championship outright. UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY Alma mater ....................Angelo State, 2000 • This is the third consecutive LSC • A&M-Commerce has only faced one RMAC Record at A&M-Commerce....... 34-13 (4th season) Championship for A&M-Commerce. opponent in its storied history, taking a 48- Overall career record ........................ same • In LSC history, a three-year championship 17 win over Adams State last season. has happened 12 times since the league’s • Also, Colorado Mesa has only played in the Josh Stoner .......... Director of Sport Performance Matt Storm.................. Offensive Coordinator founding in 1932. state of Texas twice, losing at West Texas Justin Deason ............... Defensive Coordinator • A&M-Commerce has had a three-year A&M in Week 2 of 2006 and losing to Abilene Jared May............................. Co-OC / QB Tim Bleil ................................... A / RB championship streak four times. Christian in the first round of the 2007 Mike Conrad................................... LB Desmund Farris................................ OL • This is the first since 1957-59. playoffs. Caid Faske .................................... DL • ET won five straight championships from Yogi Gallegos .......... WR / Recruiting Coordinator Darren Garrigan ........................Secondary 1951-55, which was the beginning of eight Dillon Jordan ............... Offensive Line Assistant championships in nine seasons in the 1950s. NOTES CONTINUE ON PAGE 2 Andy Townsend.... OLB / Dir., Football Ops / NFL Liaison Scotty Yates........... CB / Assoc. Dir., Football Ops • The last time an LSC team won three straight Collin Gholston ...... Eqp’t Ops Director / Secondary Randall Fannin.............. Defensive QC/ Safeties titles was West Texas A&M from 2005-07. Don Carthel ..................... Special Teams QC Malcolm Kelly .................. Offensive QC / WR Tyrin Evans.................. Defensive Analyst / DL TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE (10-1, 8-1 LSC) COLORADO MESA (9-2, 8-2 RMAC) Dawson Lake ................ Offensive Analyst / QB Grant Cason........ Recruiting Operations - Defense Date ...Opponent ........... Time/Result Date ...Opponent ........... Time/Result Trey Marks .......... Recruiting Operations - Offense S1 (Th) ..FAITH (Fla.) ............................. W 62-0 S3 ..........at Western State Colo. * ............W 34-14 John Bonilla .......... Video Production Coordinator Karson Land....... Director of New & Creative Media S10 ........ at Delta State ............................ W 40-28 S10 ........CHADRON STATE * ................W 47-33 Simone Stevenson .......................... Filmer S17 ......... at Eastern New Mexico * ........... W 49-10 S17 .........at Colorado Mines * .......W (2OT) 41-40 Laysha Mosley.............................. Filmer Dalton Dagenheart ....................... Manager S24 ........TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE * . W 38-36 S24 ........at Fort Lewis * .......................... W 34-28 Darron Risinger.......................... Manager O1 .......... at Oklahoma Panhandle St. * ... W 35-13 O1 ..........COLO. ST.-PUEBLO * ..............W 20-19 Fred Thompson.......................... Manager O8 ..........MIDWESTERN STATE * ......... L 25-26 O8 ..........at Black Hills State * ................. L 34-48 GAME COVERAGE O15 ........ at Western New Mexico * .........W 38-24 O15 ........DIXIE STATE * .......................... L 31-38 Radio ......................... Lion Sports Network O22 ........ at Angelo State * ....................... W 62-14 O22 ........ADAMS STATE * .................... W 63-42 ....................... KETR 88.9 FM (Commerce) O29 .......WEST TEXAS A&M * ............... W 36-0 O29 ........at N.M. Highlands * ................... W 87-14 ........ “Thunder Country” KRVA 101.7 FM (Sulphur Springs) N5 .......... at UT Permian Basin * .............. W 58-21 N5 ..........SOUTH DAKOTA MINES * ..... W 48-38 Online Audio........................ www.KETR.org N12 ........TARLETON STATE * .............. W 30-10 N12 ........AZUSA PACIFIC ..................... W 33-24 Play-by-play...................... Charlie Chitwood N19 ........COLORADO MESA P ..................2 p.m. N19 ........at A&M-Commerce P ....................2 p.m. Color .............................. Brock Callaway * - Lone Star Conference game * - Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference game P- NCAA Division II Playoffs P - NCAA Division II Playoffs LIONSATHLETICS • WWW.LIONATHLETICS.COM • @LION_ATHLETICS & @LIONS_FB 1 2016 TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES HOOKS’ RETURNS SPARK LIONS HANGIN’ WITH MR. COOPER • Shawn Hooks sealed the LSC Championship with a 70-yard punt • Running back Richard Cooper has continued return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Lions’ 30-10 his march upwards in the all-time A&M- victory over Tarleton State. Commerce rushing record books. • He is one of two players in all four divisions of NCAA football with • He leads the league in yards per carry. three punt returns for touchdowns this season. • Cooper ranks 27th nationally in rushing yards • Both players in the nation with three touchdowns are in the same per game (103.0 yards per game). university system, as Christian Kirk of Texas A&M is the other. • He became the fifth 3,000-yard career rusher in the fantastic history of Lion football with his • Hooks is now ranked fourth nationally in the punt return average first quarter touchdown carry vs West Texas standings in NCAA Division II. A&M. • He ranks second in the Lone Star Conference in punt return • He is within reach of fourth place on the all-time rushing charts. average after the regular season. • He also has 15 career 100-yard rushing games after his performance vs. WT. Rk . Returner ................ School ...............Punt Ret Avg 1..... Paul Revis ..................Western Ore. .......................24.3 Rk ..... Yards ......... Player ..............................................................Years 2 .... Gunner Olszewski ......Bemidji St. ..........................21.3 1. ....... 4,285 ........ Arthur James .............................................1966-69 2 ....... 3,757 ......... Aundra Thompson ......................................1972-75 3 .... Deandre Black ...........Midwestern St. ....................19.9 3. ...... 3,268 ........ Cary Noiel ....................................................1978-81 4 ... Shawn Hooks .......... A&M-COMMERCE .............18.0 4. ...... 3,191 ......... Ricky Dirks .................................................1982-84 5 .... Braxton Graham ........Missouri S&T ........................17.8 5. ......3,097 ........ Richard Cooper ..................................2013-pres. 6 .... Donta Armstrong .......West Ala. .............................. 17.1 7 .... Cole Chiappiale .........Shippensburg .....................