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2019 OUAZ Football OUAZ football 2019 SPIRIT GAME NOTES 11 a.m. Central Saturday, November 16 OUAZSpirit.com/watch GAME 10 a.m. Arizona OUAZSpirit.com/stats 10 Waxahachie, Texas Lumpkins Stadium 2019 OUAZ SCHEDULE/RESULTS #16 OUAZ SPIRIT Aug. 29 at Doane W, 48-7 Sept. 7 WESTERN NEW MEXICO W, 38-31 SAC ROAD STREAK LOST 1 Sept. 21 TEXAS WESLEYAN* W, 42-38 OVERALL 8-1 6-1 4-0 HEAD COACH: Mike Nesbitt CAREER RECORD: 40-22 (6th Season) AT OUAZ: 15-5 (2nd) Sept. 28 WAYLAND BAPTIST* W, 80-21 AT Oct. 5 at Panhandle State* W, 47-7 Oct. 12 at Texas College* W, 76-21 SAGU LIONS Oct. 19 #15 LANGSTON* W, 27-7 Oct. 26 at Arizona Christian* W, 47-7 SAC HOME STREAK LOST 11 OVERALL 0-9 0-7 0-5 Nov. 2 LYON* L, 14-18 HEAD COACH: Ryan Smith CAREER RECORD: 13-17 (3rd Season) AT SAGU: Same Nov. 16 at SAGU* 10 a.m. Nov. 23 NAIA Opening Round TBA OUAZ FOOTBALL GAME 10 NOTES HOW THEY COMPARE • The 16th-ranked OUAZ football team closes the regular season on SERIES HISTORY Saturday, November 16 when they travel to Waxahachie, Texas, to Overall SAGUleads 1-0 play Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU). In Waxahachie SAGU leads 1-0 • The game will kickoff at 10 a.m. (AZ) from Lumpkins Stadium Current Streak SAGU +1 46.6 Scoring 19.1 which is located south of Dallas. Last Meeting SAGU 56-34 (9/29/18 at SAGU) 175.1 Rushing 94.6 • OUAZ enters the game coming off a bye following their first loss of 319.9 Passing 174.1 HOW TO FOLLOW the season on November 2. The Spirit are 8-1 overall and 4-0 on the Live Video Stream OUAZSpirit.com/watch Offense road. 495.0 268.7 Live Stats OUAZSpirit.com/stats 17.4 Scoring D 32.0 • OUAZ is tied with Langston atop the Sooner Athletic Conference SOCIAL MEDIA standings with their 6-1 record. The Spirit will win the conference 349.8 Total D 290.1 Twitter @OUAZFootball championship – and the inside track to a NAIA National Football +11 TO +/- -7 Series invite – with a win on Saturday. @OUAZSpirit 3.3 Sacks 2.2 Instagram @OUAZFootball • SAGU leads the series with the Spirit after the Lions secured a 56- 91.8 Pen Yds 71.7 @OUAZSpirit 34 win last season at Lumpkins Stadium. Facebook OUAZ Spirit Athletics 50.7 3rd % 23.7 Hashtag #WeAreOUAZ HOW TO FOLLOW #OUAZfootball • SAGU will broadcast the game live on their broadcast channel. Fans can access the stream on game day at OUAZSpirit.com/watch. #OUAZatSAGU #CFB150 • Live stats will also be available through DakStats with a link available at OUAZSpirit.com/stats. OUAZ STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING PASSING RECEIVING DEFENSE Download the FREE OUAZ Athletics 693 YARDS 2,781 YDS 661 YARDS 62 TACKLES App for access to Spirit news, rosters, scores, and events. Filter your results BURKS AMARE EWENS 96 ATT AUSTIN 209-381 C-A 33 REC 3 INT by sport or team. Stay on top of your RICHARD CULLOUGH MONTELLO 3 TD c 31 TD 9 INT 9 TD 3 PBU favorite OUAZ stats and news. KRISTOPHER M 2019 OUAZ Football GENERAL INFORMATION SOONER ACTION • The current CompughterRatings.com rankings Location Surprise, Arizona • OUAZ is 6-1 in SAC play entering the final game have OUAZ at No. 21. That is down 11 spots Founded 2017 of the season on Saturday. They can clinch from their highest ranking on ninth on October Enrollment 800 the first conference championship in program 21. history with a win on Saturday. Nickname Spirit • The Peter Wolfe have the Spirit at No. 10, Colors Spirit Orange, OUAZ Red, and Wolf Grey • The Spirit are 11-4 all-time in SAC games after which is also their lowest rating of the season in Facility Spirit Field having their 10-game conference winning streak the ratings that started on October 14. Capacity 1,400 snapped against Lyon on November 2. Playing Surface Astro Turf • OUAZ has remained at No. 2 in the NCCAA National Affiliation NAIA GAME 10 HISTORY ratings in every rating since the regular season Additional Affiliation NCCAA • Entering the 10th game of the season, OUAZ started. The NCCAA uses the Massey Ratings system to determine in ratings. Football Conference Sooner Athletic Conference holds a 1-0 all-time record in the season’s 10th game after last season’s 35-29 win at Texas Joined 2018 Wesleyan. WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Primary Conference Golden State Athletic Conference • With one week remaining in the regular Joined 2018 • The team’s current 8-1 record in the best season, OUAZ has received 11 of the 33 player of Ottawa Chancelor Dr. Kevin C. Eichner record through nine games in the team’s history the week awards given by the SAC this season. OUAZ President Dennis J. Tyner, Ph.D. after the Spirit were 6-3 at this point last season. Director of Athletics Kevin Steele • A spirit player has received a weekly award Assistant Director of Athletics Brittney Kellar • The Spirit will play the season’s 10th game on form the SAC following seven of the team’s nine the road for the second straight year when they games played this season. visit SAGU on Saturday. OUAZ FOOTBALL HISTORY • Austin McCullough (offense) and John Williams First Year of Football 2018 LOOKING BACK (special teams) have three awards apiece and All-Time Record (Years) 15-5 (2nd) • OUAZ jumped out to a 14-3 lead in the first are tied for the most weekly awards from the All-Time SAC Record (Years) 11-4 (2nd) quarter against Lyon on November 2. The Scots SAC this season. SAC Championships (Last) 0 (none) then scored the final 15 points of the game to NAIA Appearances (Last) 0 (none) upset the then 12th-ranked Spirit. • An OUAZ player has also earned a NCCAA player of the week award seven times this Record 0-0 • In their first loss of the season, OUAZ gained season. 393 yards of offense and held Lyon to 292 yards. COACHING STAFF Neither team had a turnover. • McCullough (offense) and Christian Woo Head Coach Mike Nesbitt (defense) have each received two weekly Alma Mater, Year New Mexico, 1996 • Kristopher Ewens ran for 214 yards to establish honors from the NCCAA. Record at OUAZ (Years) 15-5 (2nd) the school record for rushing yards in a game Career Record (Years) 40-22 (6th) for the second straight contest. He also became OFFENSIVE POWER • OUAZ enters the regular season finale third in Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Mike Bethea the first player in program history with 100-plus rushing yards in three consecutive games. the NAIA in scoring offense at 46.6 points per Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator David Moseley game. Wide Receivers Ron Robinson NATIONAL POLL Offensive Line Shawn Byrnes • After slipping to No. 19 in the November 4 poll, • The Spirit have scored at least 40 points in six Offensive Line Tyler King the Spirit moved up to No. 16 in the current poll of their nine games this season and they have Running Backs Alex Stebbins that was released on November 11. reached 70-plus points twice. Wide Receivers Eric Carter Defensive Secondary Cole Peterson • They received 165 points from the voters to • They trail only Morningside (58.8) and Kansas climb three spaces and match their largest Wesleyan (49.9) for the lead. Quarterbacks Bailey Anderson move this season. Defensive Line Roy Sanchez • OUAZ has scored 161 points in the second Defensive Secondary Houston Barnes • Of the teams in this week’s poll, only Keiser quarter of games this season. In comparison, (Fla.) has gained more positions (25) in the poll they have only allowed the opposition to score ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS since the preseason release than the Spirit (16). 157 total points. Asst. AD for Athletics Communications Josh Fisher Email [email protected] CHECKING THE COMPUTERS • OUAZ also ranks third in the country by • This week’s edition of the Massey Ratings have averaging 495.0 yards per game. The Spirit have Office Phone (623) 233-7550 the Spirit at No. 32. That is their lowest rating gained 500-plus yards in a game five times this Cell Phone (801) 703-5025 since they were 36th on September 2. season and they have totaled 420-plus yards Twitter @joshfisherAZ eight times. Sports Information Director Seth Askelson Email [email protected] Office Phone (623) 233-7550 @OUAZSpirit Mailing Address 15950 N. Civic Center Plaza @ouazspirit @OUAZFootball /ouazspiritathletics @ouazfootball Surprise, AZ 85374 @coach_nesbitt 2019 OUAZ Football • At 319.9 passing yards per game, the Spirit • Kristopher Ewens leads the team with 693 • Entering Saturday, the OUAZ offensive line has rank fifth in the NAIA this week. They have rushing yards to rank 36th in the NAIA. He is only been flagged for 10 holding and 20 false six games with 300-plus passing yards on the 30th nationally by averaging 77.0 rushing yards start penalties. season. per game. GETTING AFTER THE QB • The team’s 31 passing touchdowns are tied for • Ewens is averaging 7.2 yards per carry to lead • Christian Viville has been a thorn in the side fifth in the NAIA behind only the 32 by Kansas players in the SAC with at least 50 attempts. He of opposing quarterbacks all season and he Wesleyan. has also record three rushing touchdowns. currently sits sixth in the NAIA with 10.5 sacks. • OUAZ currently sits fourth in the NAIA by • He set the school record for a second straight • Viville has recorded at least one sack in five averaging 25.7 first downs per game and they game with 214 rushing yards against Lyon while of the past six games to average 1.2 sacks per rank second by converting 50.7 percent on third becoming the first player in program history to game to rank fourth in the country.