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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE VS. ANGELO STATE September 11, 2010 • COttON bOWL • 5 p.m. GAme DAtA • NOteS 2010 SCHEDULE/RESULTS September 11, 2010 Date Opponent Time/Result Angelo State (1-0) at Texas A&M-Commerce (1-0) Sept. 4 Upper Iowa W, 33-10 Sept. 11 vs. Angelo State 5 p.m. Game Facts (Harvey Martin Classic in Dallas, Texas) Saturday, September 11, 2010 • 5:00 p.m. CST Sept. 18 at Texas A&M-Kingsville 7 p.m. Cotton Bowl (92,100 – Surface: Grass) Sept. 25 at Eastern New Mexico • 3 p.m. Commerce, Texas Oct. 2 Southeastern Oklahoma State • 6 p.m. Oct. 9 at Northeastern State • 2 p.m. Radio– KETR (88.9 FM, www.ketr.org) will carry the game live Oct. 16 Tarleton 3:45 p.m. with a pregame show. J.P. Heath (play-by-play) and Brock Cal- Oct. 23 Southwestern Oklahoma State • 2 p.m. laway (color) call the action. Homecoming Oct. 30 at Central Oklahoma • 2 p.m. Texas A&M-Commerce Lions Staff Nov. 6 East Central • 6 p.m. Head Coach .............................. Guy Morriss (Texas Christian ‘72) Nov. 13 at Incarnate Word 2 p.m. A&M-Commerce Record .....................................5-5, Second Year Nov. 20 NCAA First Round Career Record .......................................................32-59, Ninth Year Nov. 27 NCAA Second Round –OFFENSE– Dec. 4 NCAA Quarterifnals Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line .......................... Jack Peavey Dec. 11 NCAA Semifinals Assistant Coach/Offensive Coordinator .............. Dan Lounsbury Dec. 18 National Championship Game Assistant Coach/Assistant Wide Receivers .................Paul Borgos Assistant Coach/Running Backs ................................... Nick Myatt Assistant Coach/Wide Receivers .................................. Mario Price HARVEY MARTIN CLASSIC Assistant Coach/Assistant Quarterbacks ............. Andrew Raiden Today marks the third annual Harvey Martin Classic, hosted by Assistant Coach/Assistant Offensive Line ................Daniel Stantz Texas A&M University-Commerce. A&M-Commerce started the Assistant Coach/Tight Ends .................................. Justin Valentine annual game in 2008 in honor of the former East Texas State and Dallas Cowboys standout. Read more about Harvey Martin in page –DEFENSE– six of today’s game notes. Assistant Coach/Defensive Coordinator ................ Brian Williams Assistant Coach/Defensive Line .................................. Jason Gelber 2009: Abilene Christian def. Texas A&M-Commerce, 20-14 (OT) Assistant Coach/Assistant Defensive Line .............William Green 2008: Texas A&M-Commerce def. East Central, 27-15 Assistant Coach/Linebackers ......................................Luke Higgins Assistant Coach/Cornerbacks ................................Byron Williams COttON bOWL SUCCeSS –SUPPORT STAFF– A 20-14 overtime win by Abilene Christian in the 2009 Harvey Director of Sports Medicine ..................................... Warren Young Martin Classic snapped a seven-game winning streak by A&M- Assistant Athletic Trainer ........................................... Dustan Thrift Commerce in the Cotton Bowl. Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer .................................Tim Neal Equipment Manager ....................................Johnathon Hankinson PAST COTTON BOWL APPEARANCES Year/Opponent .............................................................. Outcome 1948 vs. West Texas A&M ........................................................W, 13-7 1950 vs. Austin College ...........................................................W, 40-15 MEDIA POLICIES 1974 vs. Prairie View A&M ......................................................W, 26-0 All interviews with Texas A&M University-Commerce student- 1975 vs. Prairie View A&M ....................................................W, 42-19 athletes must be arranged through the Media and Public Relations 1976 vs. Prairie View A&M ....................................................W, 35-27 Office. Please call or email at least 24 hours in advance to set up an 1977 vs. Prairie View A&M ....................................................W, 38-10 interview. There will be no interviews on game days until after the 2008 vs. East Central ...............................................................W, 27-15 game. All Texas A&M-Commerce practices are open to the public 2009 vs. Abilene Christian ...........................................L, 20-14 (OT) and to the media. Please contact Danny Kambel to confirm prac- tice times. 2010 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 1 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE VS. ANGELO STATE September 11, 2010 • COttON bOWL • 5 p.m. NeWCOmerS mAke SpLASh iN DebUt FIRST-YEAR SUCCESS The 2010 recruiting class had a significant impact on the Lions’ Head Coach Guy Morriss and his counterpart at Southeastern 33-10 win over Upper Iowa. Freshman Kenzee Jackson sparked Oklahoma State, Ray Richards both went 5-0 in their first seasons A&M-Commerce in the second half with an 87-yard kickoff re- in the Lone Star Conference North Division. turn for a touchdown and he also had a team-best seven catches for 79 yards. Fellow newcomer wide receiver Jillian Hayes had HAIL TO THE CHIEF three catches for 25 yards. Rookie punter Cameron Frosch had Junior wide receiver Taylor Fore will serve as the president of the five punts for an average of 45.8 yards per kick, the highest since A&M-Commerce student body after spending the 2009-10 year as Juan Velasco averaged 48.3 yards a kick against Abilene Christian the president of the Lions’ Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. on September 13, 2008. He is joined in student government by teammates Adam Farkes and Marcus Graham. Graham is the vice president of the senate GrAhAm CrACkerS and Farkes is one of 21 senators. Junior Marcus Graham had his first multi-touchdown game of his career against the Peacocks. The last Lion to rush for mul- REUNION IN COMMERCE tiple touchdowns was when quarterback Adam Farkes scored • Chez Thomas, Aaron Wingfield, Evan and Anthony Booher all twice against Eastern New Mexico, last year on September 19th. played their high school football at Kennedale High School in sub- urban Arlington. FireWOrkS bY keNZee • A.J. Billings, Michael Cleveland and Cory Whitfield were team- Freshman Kenzee Jackson sparked A&M-Commerce in the sec- mates at Kilgore Junior College in 2007. ond half with an 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and he • Kenzee Jackson and Jose Martinez were teammates for the last also had a team-best seven catches for 79 yards. The last time that two years at Sam Houston High School. It is also the same high the Lions had a kickoff return for a touchdown at home was when school alma mater as head coach Guy Morriss. Nabil El-Amin ran back a UCO kick 97 yards for a touchdown to • Marlin Terrell and Michael Cleveland were teammates at Coppell tie the game at 14 on Sept. 29, 2007. High School before resuming their careers at A&M-Commerce. hOme SWeet hOme DOUbLe Take The Lions started out the season at home for the first time since the The Lions have two sets of twins on the roster in 2010. Blake and 2004 campaign and won for the first time in the season opener at Todd Patton return for their junior seasons and Evan and Anthony home since the Lions posted a 43-28 win over Harding in 1996. Booher began their A&M-Commerce career this fall. Brothers but not twins are Lions’ Taylor and Marcus Fore. Taylor is a junior wide A STINGY DEFENSE receiver and Marcus is a freshman defensive back. The Lions defense held Upper Iowa to just 2 of 14 on third-down conversions. Other stingy numbers include that the Peacocks only LiONS piCkeD tO repeAt had 126 yards of total offense in the second half, including just 26 AS LSC NORTH CHAMPS in the final 15 minutes. At the annual Lone Star Conference media day in San Antonio, the Texas A&M University-Commerce football team was picked to re- StreAk eNDS peat as Lone Star Conference North Division champions in a pre- Sophomore kicker Ahmed Abo-Mahmood had made 29 consecu- season poll conducted by members of the media, head coaches and tive extra points heading into Saturday’s season opener against Up- sports information directors. The Lions who closed out the 2009 per Iowa. He was able to extend the streak to 30 before his second season with three-straight wins and five of the last six en route to attempt against the Peacocks was blocked. win the LSC North Division were picked as the pre-season favorite. A&M-Commerce received 12 of the 19 first place ballots for a total of 123 points in the poll ahead of Southeastern Oklahoma, who FIRST AND TEN finished second with 110 points and three first-place votes. Central The Lions offense recorded 26 first downs against the Peacocks, the Oklahoma (95) was third with two first-place votes; Eastern New most since a 28 first down effort against Eastern New Mexico, last Mexico (76) was fourth including two first-place tallies. Northeast- year. It is the most at home since a 27 first down effort against Mid- ern State (63) fifth and East Central (25) rounded out the poll. western State on October 4, 1997. 2 2010 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE VS. ANGELO STATE September 11, 2010 • COttON bOWL • 5 p.m. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE ROSTER No. Name pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/previous School 1 Ahmed Abo-Mahmood K 6-2 192 So. Sherman, Texas/Sherman HS 2 Aaron Wingfield RB 5-8 181 RS-Fr. Arlington, Texas/Kennedale HS 3 A.J. Billings CB 6-0 207 Sr. Dallas, Texas/Kilgore JC 4 Taylor Fore WR 5-11 168 Jr. Fort Worth, Texas/Keller Central HS 5 Cory Whitfield LB 6-3 200 Sr. Palestine, Texas/Kilgore JC 6 J.J. Harp QB 6-2 190 Jr. Argyle, Texas/Eastern New Mexico Univ. 7 Adam Farkes QB 6-2 213 Sr. Boston, Mass./Univ. of Maine 8 Michael Cleveland DB 5-10 185 Sr. Coppell, Texas/Kilgore JC 9 Kenzee Jackson WR 6-0 175 Fr. Arlington, Texas/Sam Houston HS 10 Chris Sampson DB 5-11 165 Fr. Texarkana, Texas/Texas HS 11 Jarrod Hall WR 6-4 220 Fr. Waco, Texas/University HS 12 Joel Wren DB 6-0 186 RS-Fr. Terrell, Texas/Terrell HS 13 Luke Wagner QB 6-3 217 Fr.