Nov. 26, 2005 / Denton, Texas / 1:00 p.m. Fouts Field (30,500) Quick Gameday Info Arkansas State University (5-5) Opponent North Texas vs. North Texas (2-8) Where Denton, Texas (Fouts Stadium) When 1:00 p.m. Central ASU (5-5 / 4-2) TV none 9/3 Missouri^ L, 17-44 Radio Arkansas State Radio Network (KCJF 103.9 flagship) 9/10 Tennessee-Martin W, 56-7 Internet ASUIndians.com (follow link) 9/17 at Oklahoma State L, 10-20 ASU record 5-5 / 4-2 Sun Belt Conference 9/24 Florida International* W, 66-24 ASU Coach Steve Roberts (19-27 ASU / 68-60-1 12th yr) 10/1 at Louisiana-Monroe* L, 27-31 UNT record 2-8 / 2-4 10/8 OPEN UNT Coach Darrell Dickey (39-54 overall eighth yr) 10/13 Louisiana-Lafayette* W, 39-36 ‘04 ASU record 3-8 / 3-4 SBC (sixth) 10/22 Florida Atlantic* W, 3-0 (OT) ‘04 UNT record 7-5 / 7-0 SBC (first) 10/29 OPEN Series NT leads, 8-6 11/5 at Middle Tennessee* L, 7-45 11/12 Troy* W, 9-3 11/19 at Army L, 10-38 Game 11 Last Saturday’s loss at Army may 11/26 at North Texas* 1:00 p.m. not affect the Sun Belt Conference ^ - game played at Kansas City, Mo. standings and ASU’s chase for a conference crown, * - Sun Belt Conference game but it did make a win Saturday against North Texas necessary not just for the SBC title but to become North Texas (2-8 / 2-4) 9/3 OPEN bowl eligible as well. The Cadets utilized a very dis- 9/10 at Middle Tennessee W, 14-7 ciplined approach to rush for 300 yards against 9/17 Tulsa L, 2-54 ASU’s defense and limited the Indians to just 10 9/24 at Kansas State L, 7-54 10/4 Troy L, 10-13 points. The ASU offense still couldn’t gain any 10/15 at Florida International W, 13-10 momentum for the fourth straight game, scoring just 10/22 at Louisiana Tech L, 14-40 the second touchdown in the last 16 quarters of 10/29 at LSU L, 3-56 11/5 Louisana-Lafayette L, 28-31 play. 11/12 at Florida Atlantic L, 23-26 North Texas is in the unaccustomed position of 11/19 Louisiana-Monroe L, 19-24 playing spoiler to ASU’s title hopes. The Mean 11/26 Arkansas State 1:00 p.m. Green lost a tough meeting last Saturday to SBC leader Louisiana-Monroe last week keeping them University Quick Facts: winless at home. But it will be senior night and the ASU North Texas Mean Green still have the last two rushing champi- location Jonesboro, Ark. Denton, Texas ons on the roster. enrollment 10,508 31,112 founded 1909 1890 ASU trails in the all-time series, 8-6, with the 2004 rec. 3-8 / 3-4 7-5 / 7-0 Mean Green winning four straight in the series. Last conf. Sun Belt Sun Belt season UNT came to Jonesboro and grabbed a 31- colors Scarlet & Black Green & White 7 win over ASU that kept the Mean Green season mascot Indian Family Scrappy SBC record perfect. ASU was limited to just 240 nickname Indians Mean Green stadium Indian Stadium Fouts Field yards of offense on a cold and rainy November capacity 30,406 30,500 Thursday night. surface grass turf Pres. Dr. Les Wyatt Dr. Norval Pohl AD Dr. Dean Lee Rick Villareal Arkansas State University Football Nov. 26, 2005 vs. North Texas The Roberts File SU Head Coach Steve Roberts - Now in his as a head coach fourth season as coach of the Indians and his overall 68-60-1 A12th overall. Since taking over the reins of the ASU Tribe, Roberts has led the Indians to 11 total wins in 2005 5-5 / 4-2 consecutive seasons (‘02 and ‘03), the best such mark 2004 3-8 / 3-4 (6th) in two straight years at ASU since the 1987 and ‘88 2003 5-7 / 3-4 (t-4th) seasons. The Indians have won 14 Division 1-A games 2002 6-7 / 3-3 (3rd) in four seasons under Roberts, surpassing the nine totals 19-27 / 13-13 won in the prior five years. Roberts and his staff are credited with one of the Northwestern State 2001 8-4 (playoffs) most impressive turnarounds in the nation in 2002, tak- 2000 6-5 ing ASU from 2-9 in 2001 to 6-7 and just 11 points from totals 14-9 a trip to the New Orleans Bowl. Roberts started his career with a bang at ASU, winning the most games (6) Southern Arkansas in his first season at ASU as head coach since Gene Harlow went 6-3 in his 1999 9-1 first season in 1955. 1998 8-2 Among his many accolades, Roberts has been a finalist for the Eddie 1997 9-2 Robinson Award while at Northwestern (La.) State and was named the Gulf 1996 4-6 South Conference’s Coach of the Year while at Southern Arkansas. 1995 4-6 1994 1-7-1 His teams have always fared well in the classroom, not just on the field, as totals 35-24-1 evidenced by ASU being awarded a plaque for the top alma mater grade point average among all football programs in the Ouachita Baptist (87) Sun Belt Conference for the 2002-03 academic year. assistant coaches/staff At the conclusion of the 2004-05 school year, Jason Kevin Corless - CDC/LB Jack Curtis - CDC/S Wood was named the recipient of the NCAA Post Doug Ruse - OC/QB Graduate Scholarship from the Sun Belt Conference Tate Behne - TE after being named second-team Academic All-America Tony Gilbert - CB/RC in 2004. A total of 18 players have been selected to the David Gunn - RB All-Sun Belt squad under Roberts’ tenure as well. Darren Hiller - OL Mike McCarty - WR Since arriving at ASU, four ASU players have Kevin Peoples - DL made it to the NFL, two to the CFL and two to the AFL. John Arce - Str. & Cond. Ron Carroll - Trainer “Everything Counts” 2005 Arkansas State Radio Network On-Air Team 103.9 KCJF-FM (Earle/Jonesboro) 690 KEWI-AM (Benton) Matt Stolz kicks off his first year as “Voice of the Indians” 98.3 KFCM-FM (Cherokee Village) 92.1 KHPQ-FM (Clinton) while Coach Bill Keedy 92.7 KASR-FM (Conway) 102.3 KQEW-FM (Fordyce) returns for his sixth season as 1240 KTLO-AM (Mt. Home) 104.7 KOOU-FM (Hardy) color commentator for the 106.3 KRLW-FM (Walnut Ridge) football broadcast. ASU wel- 1320 KRLW-AM (Pocahontas) comes Matt to the Indian fam- 105.5 KWAK-FM (Stuttgart) ily and his exciting calls of 1400 KWYN-AM (Wynne) ASU Football Arkansas State University Football Nov. 26, 2005 vs. North Texas Current SBC Standings (for the week of Nov. 26) sbc all vs. ASU all-time this week’s opponent Louisiana-Monroe 5-1 5-5 ASU, 14-11 Louisiana-Lafayette Arkansas State 4-2 5-5 n/a at North Texas Louisiana-Lafayette 4-2 5-5 ULL, 17-16-1 at Louisiana-Monroe Troy 3-3 4-6 ASU, 5-1 Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee 2-3 3-6 MT, 6-1 at Troy North Texas 2-4 2-8 NT, 8-6 Arkansas State Florida Atlantic 2-4 2-8 ASU, 1-0 at Florida International Florida International 1-4 3-6 ASU, 1-0 Florida Atlantic The Sun Belt Conference turns 30 in the 2005-06 competition year and a fledgling five years old in football. Despite the youth of football in the conference, the SBC has seen great achievement in all sports, including football. Impressive conference victories over the SEC, MAC, C-USA and the Big XII have already put the upstart conference on the map in football. The North Texas Mean Green have produced the last two NCAA individual rushing champs and, perhaps the crowning achievement so far Arkansas State SID / Media Information in the brief history of SBC football, two teams went to bowl Asst. AD / Athletic Media Relations games for 2004 (North Texas and Troy). Gina Bowman ([email protected]) After realigning for the upcoming 2005 season, the office (870) 972-2541 SBC has more of an appropriate geographic feel. Added cell (870) 243-6020 to the slate are Florida International and Florida Atlantic, Asst. SID / Football -- Bill Bowen email - ([email protected]) replacing New Mexico State, Utah State and Idaho. ASU, office (870) 972-2541 Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle cell (870) 243-6021 Tennessee, North Texas and Troy round out the rest of the fax (870) 972-3367 conference. ASU, ULL, ULM, MT and NT are the five Official website -- www.ASUIndians.com remaining original members of the conference, which Arkansas State’s locker room is closed to all began in 2001. media. At the conclusion of each game and a brief cooling off period, Coach Roberts will do a short radio postgame and then be available for com- The Superdome is the usual ments in an interview area. A maximum of four site of the New Orleans Bowl, players will be brought to the interview area after pitting the Sun Belt Coach Roberts has addressed the media. Conference champion against a to-be-determined team from C-USA. Since its ASU practices are open to the media. inaugural contest in 2001, the Bowl has been the traditional There will be no injury reports given throughout game to start the bowl sea- the season.