ANGELO STATE 2017 FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS & RECORD BOOK 1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP // 3 LSC CHAMPIONSHIPS // 6 NCAA DIVISION II PLAYOFF APPEARANCES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION FOOTBALL HISTORY Institution: . Angelo State University First Year of Football: . 1939 Location: . San Angelo, Texas First Year of NCAA Division II Football: . 1981 Enrollment: . 8,052 Overall University Record (Since 1964): . 318-245-5 ( .559) Founded: . 1928 Overall NCAA Division II Record (Since 1981): . 215-171-2 ( .554) Nickname: . Rams NCAA D-II Playoff Appearances: . 6 (’87, ’89, ’94, ’97, ’05, ‘14) Affiliation: . NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference Titles: . 3 (’78, ’84, ’87) Colors: . Blue and Gold Lone Star Conference Playoff Championships . 1 (2014) Mascot: . Roscoe (costumed) / Dominic (Rambouillet ram) Conference: . Lone Star Conference President: . Dr . Brian May TEAM INFORMATION 2016 Overall Record: . 5-6 Athletic Director: . James Reid Home / Away / Neutral: . 2-2 / 3-4 / 0-0 Ticket Office Phone: . 325-942-BLUE (2583) Lone Star Conference Record: . 4-5 Website: . www .AngeloSports .com LSC Finish: . 7th Lettermen Returning: . 28 FOOTBALL INFORMATION Lettermen Lost: . 22 Home Field: . LeGrand Stadium Starters Returning (o/d): . 7/5 . at 1st Community Credit Union Field (5,670) Starters Lost (o/d): . 4/6 Date Opened: . 2014 Base Offense: . Multiple Spread Head Coach: . Will Wagner Base Defense: . 4-2-5 Phone: . 325-942-2264 Record at Angelo State: . 36-31 (Seventh Season) Overall Record: . 36-31 (Seventh Season) 2017 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time Offensive Coordinator: . Drew Dallas 8/31 McKendree San Angelo, Texas 6 p .m . Defensive Coordinator: . Jeff Girsch 9/9 Northern Michigan San Angelo, Texas 6 p .m . Assistant Coach (WR) . Jason Johnson 9/16 Tarleton State* San Angelo, Texas 6 p .m . Assistant Coach (OL): . Anthony Lewis 9/23 Eastern New Mexico* Portales, Texas 8 p .m . Assistant Coach (LB/ST) . George Love 9/30 Texas A&M-Kingsville* San Angelo, Texas 6 p .m . Assistant Coach (DL): . Gary Salgado 10/14 Midwestern State* San Angelo, Texas 6 p .m . 10/21 Texas A&M-Commerce* Commerce, Texas 4 p .m . 10/28 Western New Mexico* San Angelo, Texas 6 p .m . ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 11/4 West Texas A&M* San Angelo, Texas 6 p .m . Athletic Communications Office Phone: . 325-942-2378 11/11 UT Permian Basin* Odessa, Texas 6 p .m . Assistant AD for Athletic Communications: . Brandon Ireton All Times Central Email: . brandon .ireton@angelo .edu Mobile: . 325-998-0753 Assistant Director: . Chris Jonckheer RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS 1 Top Returning Rusher ATT-YDS AVG TD AVG/G Email: . cjonckheer@angelo .edu Josh Stevens, Sr . 221-1,030 4 .7 6 93 .6 Mobile: . 305-301-4646 Graduate Assistant: . Everett Corder Top Passer Returning CAI YDS TD AVG/G Email: . ecorder@angelo .edu Jake Faber, Sr 70-134-11 886 6 88 .6 Mobile: . 806-418-5212 Top Returning Receivers Rec-Yards AVG TD AVG/G Donovan Thompson, Sr . 50-444 8 .8 1 40 .3 Top Returning Defenders U-A-T TFL SACKS INT Justin Jackson, LB, Jr 55-43-98 12 .5 0 .0 3 Grant Aschenbeck, LB, Jr . 30-34-64 6 .5 0 .5 0 ANGELO STATE FOOTBALL WILL WAGNER Head Coach Seventh Season Will Wagner has held true to history to throw for over 3,000 yards his word of changing the culture in a single season. The defense of the Ram football program. forced 18 turnovers that allowed the offense to score 115 points off The 2016 Rams had 13 all- turnovers. The Rams put 18 Rams conference selections with Bright on the all-conference list including As a senior in high school, Wagner helped lead Ihegworo and Markus Jones earning eight on the first team. It is the most Odessa Permian to the 1991 Texas 5A Division II State all-region honors on the defensive first team members since 1994. Championship. Wagner and his wife, Andrea, have line. Josh Stevens became the first two sons, Brooks and Brayden and daughter, Blair. running back since 2008 to rush The team also stays involved for at least 2,000 yards and just in the public with the Rams Read the eighth player in ASU history. program and helping the San Angelo community by volunteering The 2015 Rams earned its second to clean up and do handy work consecutive winning season and won at houses around town. seven games in back-to-back season for the first time since 1989-90. ASU In his previous 11 seasons as led the nation in total offense with assistant coach at Northwest 560.4 yards per game. A total of Missouri, Wagner helped lead 15 Rams were named to the LSC the Bearcats to 10 Mid-America All-Conference team highlighted Intercollegiate Athletics Association by Kyle Washington, LSC Offensive (MIAA) championships, seven Player of the Year and Clayton national championship games and Callicutt, Defensive Lineman of three national titles. During his the Year. ASU scored the second tenure, the Bearcats were 108-8 most points, 63 points, in school (.931) in the 12-member MIAA. history in the final game of 2015. At Northwest Missouri, Wagner In 2014, his fourth season as first served as a graduate assistant head coach, Wagner guided the coach for two seasons before Rams to the inaugural LSC Playoff being hired full time as defensive Championship and to the program’s backs coach, a job he held even first NCAA Division II playoff win after being named assistant head since 1997. The Rams finished the coach prior to the 2007 season. season at 9-3, the most wins since 1997, while being the only Lone Star Under his tutelage, the Bearcats Conference team to advance to the averaged nearly 18 interceptions per NCAA Division II Playoffs. ASU won season from 2004–10. Twelve of his six-straight game including the final defensive backs combined to earn 18 five in the regular season to qualify All-MIAA honors, including Myles for the NCAA Division II Playoffs. Burnsides, a two-time All-American The LSC Playoff Championship was who was named National Defensive the first championship of any kind Player of the Year in 2008. In 2009, for the program since winning the 11 Bearcats picked off 25 passes, the LSC Regular Season Championship second-highest total in the nation. in 1987. Wagner was named the In Wagner’s final season, Northwest 2 LSC Coach of the Year and AFCA Missouri finished 12-2 and advanced Regional Coach of the Year. He had to the D-II national semifinals before eight players named to the LSC first losing to Minnesota Duluth, 17-13. team highlighted by LSC Offensive Player of the Year, Kyle Washington As a player, Wagner was an and the LSC Defensive Lineman All-American defensive back at of the Year, Clayton Callicutt. Hardin-Simmons University, where he played from 1992–95 and earned During his first four seasons as selection to the university’s 20th head coach, the Rams offense and Anniversary Team. He started a defense improved by leaps and record 47 games for the Cowboys, bounds. The 2014 Ram offense set school records for interceptions set the record for single season in a season (8) and set an American average of total yards with 469.7 Southwest Conference record for yards per game. Kyle Washington career interceptions (23). He also led the offense as quarterback and coached as a graduate assistant at became the first player in ASU Hardin-Simmons from 1996–97. ANGELO STATE FOOTBALL JEFF GIRSCH DREW DALLAS Defensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Jeff Girsch, who has spent Girsch’s defense produced Angelo State’s offense 2,831 yards and 189 receptions. 20 years as a college football four LSC All-Conference players coordinator and quarterback’s Akins became the fifth receiver coach, will enter his fourth including two first team selections coach Drew Dallas will be in school history to surpass 2,000 season as the defensive in linebacker Rush Seaver (148 total entering his second season yards in a single season. After coordinator at Angelo State. tackles, second highest season as coordinator and his finishing his career at ASU, Akins seventh overall at ASU. signed to play professionally The 2016 Ram defense only total in ASU history) and defensive During his first season as with the NFL’s St. Louis Rams. allowed 341.2 yards per game in end Clayton Callicutt (LSC offensive coordinator, Josh Dallas also mentored receivers one of the more prolific offensive Defensive Lineman of the Year), Stevens became the first running Chris Omigie, Anthony Yancy, leagues in the nation. The yards and two second team selections back since 2008 to rush for at Talon Smith and Pecikonis to per game was the second lowest in cornerback Jarred Ross and least 1,000 yards and just the the LSC all-conference honors in given up since 2002. The Rams defensive tackle John Siligia. eighth player in ASU history to 2014, Joey Knight in 2013, Akins defense also finished 1st in the LSC Prior to joining Angelo State accomplish the feat. The 180.0 and Pecikonis in 2012, and Nate conference and 5th in the nation University, Girsch had spent 18 rushing yards per game is the Bayless at tight end in 2011. fourth most in the last 10 years Dallas came to Angelo State in opponents 3rd down percentage years coaching at St. Ambrose for the Rams. The Rams also after spending two seasons as an holding them to a 26.5% rate. Six University, with his last six as recorded the single most points assistant coach at his alma mater players were named all-conference the Defensive Coordinator and (70) in a game in program Kansas Wesleyan University in highlighted by Markus Jones and Assistant Head Coach.