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University / Football Quick Facts Football Information Location . .Jonesboro, Ark. Head Coach . .Steve Roberts Enrollment . .10,429 Alma Mater . .Ouachita Baptist (1987) Nickname . .Indians Record at ASU . .20-27 (fourth year) Mascot . .Indian Family Overall Record . .69-60-1 (12th year) Spirit Character . .“Red” Assistant Coaches / Pos. Colors . .Scarlet and Black . .Doug Ruse - OC / QB (NW Missouri ‘86) Founded . .1909 . .Kevin Corless - Co-DC / LB (NW Missouri ‘85) Stadium . .Indian Stadium (30,406) . .Jack Curtis - Co-DC / Safeties (Evangel ‘83) Surface . .Natural grass . .Tate Behne / TE (NE Okla. St. ‘97) Affiliation . .NCAA 1-A . .Tony Gilbert (CB/Recr. Coor ‘SW Mo. St. ‘89) Conference . .Sun Belt Conference . .David Gunn / RB (Arkansas ‘87) Radio Network . .Arkansas State Radio Network . .Darren Hiller / OL (West Texas St. ‘94) University President . .Dr. Les Wyatt . .Kevin Peoples / DL (Carroll College ‘93) Athletic Director . .Dr. Dean Lee . .Mike McCarty / WR (Oregon ‘88) Faculty Athletic Rep. .Nonie Wiggins Senior Woman Admin. .Melanie Richardson Support Staff Compliance Coor. .Randy Kalman . .John Arce / strength and conditioning Dir. of Game Management . .Randy Knowles . .Ron Carroll / Athletic Trainer . .Ryan Dickson / Equipment Supervisor Media Information Athletic Media Rel. Dir. .Gina Bowman Other Information . [email protected] First year of FB at ASU . .1911 Assistant / FB Contact . .Bill Bowen Style of Offense . .Pro Set . [email protected] Style of Defense . .4-3 Website . .ASUIndians.com Key Phone Numbers (area code 870) Football . .972-2082 Media Relations Office . .972-2541 Media Relations Fax . .972-3367 Bowman’s Cell . .243-6020 About the cover : Four players are featured on Bowen’s Cell . .243-6021 the cover of the Arkansas State bowl guide; run- Athletic Administration . .972-3880 ning back Antonio Warren, quarterback Nick Noce, defensive lineman Myron Anderson and cornerback/return specialist James Johnson. Those four players were selected to grace the cover after the team voted the quartet permanent captains for the 2005 season at the conclusion of the regular season schedule. All of the players are seniors. Head coach Steve Roberts is also on the cover after receiving the Sun Belt Conference’s Coach of theYear accolade. Dec. 20, 2005 / Lafayette, La. / 7:00 p.m. Cajun Field (30,500) Quick Gameday Info Arkansas State University (6-5) Opponent Southern Miss vs. Southern Miss (6-5) Where Lafayette, La. (Cajun Field) When 7:00 p.m. Central ASU (6-5 / 5-2) TV ESPN 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 6-5 / 5-2 Sun Belt Conference Champs 9/24 Florida International* W, 66-24 ASU Coach Steve Roberts (20-27 ASU / 69-60-1 12th yr) 10/1 at Louisiana-Monroe* L, 27-31 USM record 6-5 / 5-3 (t-second in the East Division) 10/13 Louisiana-Lafayette* W, 39-36 USM Coach Jeff Bower (102-72-1 15th yr) 10/22 Florida Atlantic* W, 3-0 (OT) ‘04 ASU record 3-8 / 3-4 SBC (sixth) 11/5 at Middle Tennessee* L, 7-45 ‘04 USM record 7-5 / 5-3 CUSA (second) 11/12 Troy* W, 9-3 Series USM leads, 6-2 11/19 at Army L, 10-38 11/26 at North Texas* W, 31-24 12/20 vs. Southern Miss# 7:00 p.m. ^ - game played at Kansas City, Mo. New Orleans Bowl * - Sun Belt Conference game Last Time Out: # - New Orleans Bowl It took a Herculean effort, but ASU rallied from a 17- 7 deficit to down North Texas 31-24 in the final Southern Miss (6-5 / 5-3) 9/10 at Alabama L, 21-30 minute of regulation. Antonio Warren produced his 9/17 McNeese State W, 48-20 eighth 100-yard performance on the ground and, 10/1 at East Carolina W, 33-7 after returning from an injury, scored the winning 10/8 Tulsa L, 17-34 10/15 Central Florida W, 52-31 touchdown with 30 seconds remaining in the game. 10/21 at Alabama-Birmingham W, 37-28 From there, the wait for the outcome of UL-Monroe 10/29 at North Carolina State L, 17-21 and UL-Lafayette began. Official notification arrived 11/8 at Marshall W, 27-24 (ot) 11/13 at Houston L, 24-27 as the team was returning to Jonesboro on the 11/19 Memphis L, 22-24 buses. Years of frustration evaportated as the team 11/26 Tulane W, 26-7 celebrated the school’s first I-A bowl game every, a 12/20 vs. Arkansas State# 7:00 p.m. winning record for the first time since 1995 and the # - New Orleans Bowl first conference championship since 1986. University Quick Facts: USM and Series Info: ASU Southern Miss ASU faces Conference USA foe Southern Miss location Jonesboro, Ark. Hattiesburg, Miss. in the New Orleans Bowl at Lafayette after the enrollment 10,508 15,974 Golden Eagles finished 5-3 in CUSA action, tying for founded 1909 1910 2004 rec. 3-8 / 3-4 7-5 / 5-3 second in the East division of that conference. The conf. Sun Belt C-USA Golden Eagles have fared well against ASU over colors Scarlet & Black Black & Gold the years by winning six of the eight meetings over- mascot Indian Family Scrappy all. The last meeting between ASU and USM was nickname Indians Golden Eagles back in 1980, a game that the Golden Eagles won, stadium Indian Stadium M.M. Roberts capacity 30,406 33,000 35-0. surface grass Momentum turf USM and ASU have no common opponents Pres. Dr. Les Wyatt Dr. Shelby Thames from the 2005 season. AD Dr. Dean Lee Richard Giannini Arkansas State University Football Dec. 20, 2005 vs. Southern Miss The Roberts File SU Head Coach Steve Roberts - Now in his fourth as a head coach season as coach of the Indians and his 12th over- overall 69-60-1 Aall. Since taking over the reins of the Tribe, ASU Roberts has led the Indians to 11 total wins in consecu- 2005 6-5 / 5-2 (first) tive seasons (‘02 and ‘03), the best such mark in two 2004 3-8 / 3-4 (6th) straight years at ASU since the 1987 and ‘88 seasons. 2003 5-7 / 3-4 (t-4th) The Indians have won 15 Division 1-A games in four sea- 2002 6-7 / 3-3 (3rd) sons under Roberts, easily surpassing the nine won in the totals 20-27 / 14-13 prior five years. Roberts and his staff are credited with one of the most Northwestern State impressive turnarounds in the nation in 2002, taking ASU 2001 8-4 (playoffs) from 2-9 in 2001 to 6-7 and just 11 points from a trip to the 2000 6-5 New Orleans Bowl. totals 14-9 Roberts started his career with a bang at ASU, winning the most games (6) in his first season at ASU as head coach since Gene Harlow went 6-3 in his first Southern Arkansas 1999 9-1 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 South 1996 4-6 Conference’s Coach of the Year while at Southern Arkansas. 1995 4-6 His teams have always fared well in the classroom, not just on the field, as evi- 1994 1-7-1 denced by ASU being awarded a plaque for the top grade point average among totals 35-24-1 all football programs in the Sun Belt Conference for the alma mater 2002-03 academic year and again in the 2004-05 year. At Ouachita Baptist (87) the conclusion of the 2004-05 school year, Jason Wood assistant coaches/staff was named the recipient of the NCAA Post Graduate Kevin Corless - CDC/LB Jack Curtis - CDC/S Scholarship from the Sun Belt Conference after being Doug Ruse - OC/QB named second-team Academic All-America in 2004. A Tate Behne - TE total of 27 players have been selected to the All-Sun Belt Tony Gilbert - CB/RC squad under Roberts’ tenure as well. David Gunn - RB Since arriving at ASU, four ASU players have made Darren Hiller - OL it to the NFL, two to the CFL and two to the AFL. Mike McCarty - WR Kevin Peoples - DL 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 Dec. 20, 2005 vs. Southern Miss The Sun Belt Conference turns 30 in Final 2005 SBC Standings the 2005-06 competition year and a sbc all vs. ASU all-time fledgling five years old in football. Arkansas State 5-2 6-5 n/a Despite the youth of football in the Louisiana-Lafayette 5-2 6-5 ULL, 17-16-1 conference, the SBC has seen great Louisiana-Monroe 5-2 5-6 ASU, 14-11 achievement in all sports, including Florida International 3-4 5-6 ASU, 1-0 football.