#15/16 CENTRAL BEARS (0-0, 0-0 ) @ TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE (0-0, 0-0 American Athletic Conference)

• GAME 1 INFORMATION • 2017 FINAL DATE: ...... Saturday, Sept. 1 TIME:...... 6:00 p.m. STANDINGS SITE:...... Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium ...... (cap. 30,000) • Tulsa, Okla. SCHOOL...... SLC...... %...... ALL...... %...... STR COVERAGE:...... KUCA 91.3 FM • The Point 94.1 • ESPN3 UCA...... 9-0...... 1.000...... 10-2...... 833...... L-1 .ucasports.com/KUCA Sam Houston State...... 8-1...... 889...... 12-2...... 857...... L-1 SERIES: ...... Tulsa leads the series 2-0 McNeese State...... 7-2...... 778...... 9-2...... 818...... W-3 Nicholls...... 7-2...... 778...... 8-4...... 667...... L-2 SE Louisiana...... 6-3...... 667...... 6-5...... 545...... W-1 THE SERIES: Northwestern State...... 4-5...... 444...... 4-7...... 364...... W-1 The Golden Hurricane lead the overall series 2-0, with both games Stephen F. Austin...... 4-5...... 444...... 4-7...... 364...... L-2 played in Tulsa. Abilene Christian...... 2-7...... 222...... 2-9...... 182...... L-6 The last meeting came in 2010, with Tulsa winning 41-14. The Gold- en Hurricane won the first meeting 62-34 in 2008. Incarnate Word...... 1-7...... 125...... 1-10...... 091...... L-5 Lamar...... 1-7...... 111...... 2-9...... 182...... L-1 Houston Baptist...... 0-9...... 000...... 1-10...... 091...... L-9 REIGNING SLC CHAMPIONS: The UCA Bears finished a clean sweep in the Southland Conference race last season with a 9-0 mark, one game ahead of Sam Houston State, which UCA beat 41-30 on Sept. 30 in Conway. UPCOMING SCHEDULE After a season-opening loss at FBS and Top 25 Kansas State, the THURSDAY, AUG. 30 Bears did not lose again until the FCS Playoffs, winning 10 straight games Southeastern Louisiana @ UL-Monroe - 7:00 to earn the SLC’s automatic berth into the playoffs and a No. 4 national Northwestern State @ Texas A&M - 7:30 seed. The national seed was the first since UCA moved to Division I in 2006-07. SATURDAY, SEPT. 1 The Bears have not finished lower than third in the Southland Confer- UCA @ Tulsa - 6:00 - ESPN3 ence final standings since 2010. That includes an SLC title in 2012 when Southwest Baptist @ Houston Baptist - 6:00 they finished 6-1 and tied with SHSU, but won the head-to-head battle Kentucky Christian @ Lamar - 6:00 24-20. The Bears have been in postseason play three of the past six Nicholls @ Kansas - 6:00 seasons. UCA also finished first in the SLC in 2008 with a 6-1 record but Stephen F. Austin @ Mississippi State - 6:30 was ineligible for postseason play because of the transition to Division I. Abilene Christian @ Baylor - 7:00 Over the past three seasons, UCA is 24-3 in the SLC. McNeese State @ Northern Colorado - 3:05 Incarnate Word @ New Mexico - 7:00 ALL-SOUTHLAND: SATURDAY, SEPT. 8 The Bears took home five of the seven Southland Conference post- Murray State at UCA - 6:00 season individual honors last season, but four of those five are not on this Lamar @ Texas Tech - 3:00 year’s roster heading into the opener, including SLC Coach of the Year Southeastern Louisiana @ LSU - 6:00 Steve Campbell, who is now at South Alabama. Tarleton State @ Stephen F. Austin - 6:00 QB Hayden Hildebrand was the SLC Player of the Year, S George McNeese State @ Houston Baptist - 6:00 Odum was the SLC Defensive Player of the Year, John Cook was the SLC Grambling @ Northwestern State - 6:00 Offensive lineman of the Year and RB Kierre Crossley was SLC Freshman Prairie View @ Sam Houston State - 6:00 of the Year. Only Crossley returns after rushing for a team-high 780 yards Incarnate Word @ Texas - 6:30 (5.0 per carry) a year ago. Nicholls @ Tulane - 7:00 UCA also had a league-high 10 first-team All-SLC selection, with two of Angela State @ Abilene Christian - 6:00 those returning (DE Chris Terrell, DL Eric Jackson). In all, counting second

THIS IS UCA FOOTBALL 3 National championships 2008, 2012, 2016 SLC Champions 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018 NCAA FCS Playoffs 511 All-Conference selections 115 All-Americans 26 Conference Titles 21 posteason appearances1 64 NCAA All-Academic picks team and honorable mentions, UCA had a league-high 20 selections. That twosome combined for 22.0 sacks (-133 yards) and 38.5 tack- les for loss (-186 yards). Terrell’s 20 tackles for loss ranked No. 1 in the Southland, with Jackson 5th (18.5). Jackson and Terrell tied for second THE POLLS: in the SLC with 11.0 sacks each. The Bears, who finished 10-2 and lost in the second round of the As a team, UCA recorded 39 sacks and 100 tackles for loss. The FCS Playoffs last December, were ranked as high as third in the nation Bears allowed just 11 sacks and 75 tackles for loss. during the 2017 season. UCA drew the No. 4 national seed in the playoffs, The Bears also return two key defensive ends who both missed the getting a first-round bye and a second-round home game. 2017 season with injuries. Senior Cardell Best (Little Elm, Texas) was an UCA finished 8th and 10th in the end-of-season polls. All-SLC performer in 2016 but missed last season with an achilles injury. The Bears are ranked 15/16 in the FCS preseason polls this year. He has 9.5 career sacks (-65), 22.5 career tackles for loss (-103) and three forced . THE SIGNAL CALLERS: Senior Dalvin Simmons (Little Rock Central HS) missed 2017 with a Head Coach Nathan Brown’s first coaching staff at UCA features four shoulder injury and has 9.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks over 31 career former UCA quarterbacks, including himself. games. Brown (2005-08) holds nearly every passing record at UCA, throwing for 100 touchdowns and 10,558 yards in his career.

Offensive coordinator Ken Collums (1991-94) holds the distinction vs. FBS: The UCA Bears are 2-11 against FBS teams after last season’s loss at as the only one of the four to win a national championship, as he led the Kansas State. UCA beat in-state rival Arkansas State 28-23 in Jonesboro Bears to the NAIA national title as a freshman in 1991. He comes to UCA in 2016 for its second win. UCA’s other win over an FBS opponent was from a head coaching stint at Abilene Christian. vs. Western Kentucky in 2009. Tight ends coach Ryan Howard (2011-14) is in his third year on the UCA has had close calls over the years, losing 25-20 to Hawaii staff and first coaching tight ends. He was UCA’s leading passer in 2013 in 2009 after leading with two minutes remaining, 48-42 in overtime to and 2014. Running backs coach Taylor Reed (2013-15) played his final Louisiana Tech in 2011, 38-24 at Colorado in 2013 and 42-35 at Texas three seasons at UCA after transferring from Arkansas in 2013. Tech in 2014. The Bears also trailed Oklahoma State 17-8 late in the third Those four quarterbacks combined to pass for 22,200 yards and 193 quarter of a 32-8 loss in 2015. UCA also led Ole Miss 20-14 at halftime touchdowns in their UCA careers. of a 49-27 loss in 2012 in Oxford, Miss.

The Bears will face FBS opponents Western Kentucky and Hawaii HALL OF FAMERS: in 2019 and the University of Missouri in 2020. There are two, soon to be three, UCA Sports Hall of Famers on the 2018 coaching staff. The current Hall of Famers are head coach Nathan Brown (Class of 2016) and assistant head coach Brooks Hollingsworth STINGY DEFENSE: (2011). Offensive coordinator Ken Collums will be inducted this fall in the UCA ranked second in the Southland last season in scoring defense Class of 2018. (17.5 ppg), rushing defense (108.8 ypg) and total defense (318.8 ypg). The Bears were fifth in pass defense (210.1 ypg). UCA’s defense held five opponents to less than 55 yards rushing, RUNNING BACK ROOM: including game totals of 25, 26, 41, 44 and 52 rushing yards. UCA’s op- UCA’s running back room is loaded with talent and and can go 6-7 ponents averaged just 108.8 rushing yards per game, and that includes deep if needed. The Big Three are junior Carlos Blackman (6-1, 228), 186 yards by Kansas State in the season opener. sophomore Kierre Crossley (5-8, 173) and senior Cedric Battle (5-10, 180). UCA allowed just 72.8 rushing yards and 21.7 points (both tops inthe That trio combined for 1,770 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns. They SLC) in 2016. also caught 31 passes for another 474, including 13 for 340 (26.2 avg.) for Battle. Blackman and Battle are preseason All-SLC selections, while BEING OFFENSIVE: Crossley was the SLC Freshman of the Year in 2017. The Bears’ offense has been consistently prolific during their time in The depth at RB will come from true freshman Cameron Myers the Southland, averaging 4,938 yards per season since joining the league (younger brother of sophomore WR Brandon Myers), redshirt freshman in 2006. The high was 5,584 last season. They topped 5,000 yards of Vincent Butler, junior Keshawn Ledet and sophomore D’erek Fernandez. total offense six times, including four of the past five years. UCA has averaged 3,109 passing yards per season, with a high of SACK IT UP: 3,979 in 2013. The Bears have averaged 24.7 passing touchdowns over Senior defensive tackle Eric Jackson and junior Chris Terrell make that time period (high of 34 in 2011) and have topped the 3,000-yard up one of the FCS’s top pass rushing duos in the nation. passing mark eight times in 12 seasons.

- UCA SCHEDULE - - UCA QUICK FACTS - DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME LOCATION...... Conway, Ark. Sept. 1 @ Tulsa# Tulsa, Okla. 6:00 POPULATION...... 65,000 Sept. 8 vs. Murray State Conway, Ark. 6:00 FOUNDED...... 1907 Sept. 15 # SE Louisiana*# Hammond, La. 7:00 ENROLLMENT...... 11,750 Sept. 29 @ Sam Houston State* Huntsville, Texas TBA NICKNAME...... Bears Oct. 6 vs. Houston Baptist* Conway, Ark. 6:00 COLORS...... Purple/Gray Oct. 13 @ Stephen F. Austin* Nacogdoches, Texas 3:00 PRESIDENT...... Dr. Houston Davis Oct. 20 vs. Northwestern State* Conway, Ark. 6:00 ATHLETIC DIR...... Dr. Brad Teague Oct. 27 @ McNeese State* Lake Charles, La. 6:00 STADIUM...... First Security Field at Estes Stadium (9,000) Nov. 3 vs. Lamar* Conway, Ark. 6:00 SURFACE...... GeoTurf (installed 2011) Nov. 10 vs. Incarnate Word* Conway, Ark. 3:00 HEAD COACH...... Nathan Brown (0-0 1st season) RECORD AT UCA.... same Nov. 17 @ Abilene Christian* Abilene, Texas TBA FOOTBALL SID...... Steve East (office 501-450-5743; cell 501-339-8215) * - Southland Conference games All times CT WEBSITE...... ucasports.com # - ESPN3/ESPN+ game TWITTER...... @ucasports / @ucascoreboard / @UCA_HCCampbell

2 UP FRONT NEWCOMERS: two UCA graduates and former players as head football coaches. The Bears return just one starter from an offensive line that allowed Charlie Strong at South Florida was an All-Conference defensive back just 11 sacks and accounted for 465.3 yards of offense (196.6 rushing) and track and field athlete for the Bears from 1979-81. Memphis head coach per game a year ago. Michael Norvell (2001-05) is No. 2 at UCA in career receptions (213) and The lone returnee is sophomore Adrian Harris, who started 11 games No. 5 in receiving yards (2,611). as a redshirt freshman last fall and is a preseason All-SLC selection. UCA student-athletes have utilized the Mike & Maria Norvell Nutrition Other returnees with experience are senior Curtis Parker (6-3, 303), junior Center located in the strength and conditioning facility since December Hunter Watts (6-8, 320), and sophomores Toby Sanderson (6-2, 300) and 2016. Steven Powell (6-2, 290). Redshirt freshmen Sanderson Hines (6-2, 290), Ethan Harvey (6-3, 305) and Cameron Webb (6-4, 295), along with junior WINNING WAYS: transfers Alex Bridges (6-5, 315) and Dylan Desper (6-4, 300) will fill out UCA enters the 2018 season as the winningest team the O-line. in the state of Arkansas since 2001. Their best outing was an 11-3 record True freshman Jaylin Hendrix (6-4, 315) and Will Burgess (6-4, 330) back in 2005 when the Bears reached the quarterfinal round of the NCAA could also figure in the mix. Division II Playoffs and tied the school record for victories. They won 10 Division I games last year en route to a 10-3 record in 2017, including an FCS Playoff victory over Illinois State, and had another 10-2 season in PRO BEARS: 2017. Since 2001: UCA currently has three players playing in the National Football 1...... Central Arkansas...... 135-66...... 671 League. Defensive end Jonathan Woodard, who was drafted in the seventh 2...... Harding...... 113-72...... 610 round by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2016, is with the Miami Dolphins. 3...... Henderson State...... 104-78...... 571 All-American defensive back Tremon Smith was drafted in the sixth 4...... Arkansas Tech...... 101-81...... 554 round last spring by the as a and return 5...... Arkansas...... 118-95...... 553 specialist. Safety George Odum, the Southland Conference defensive 6...... Ouachita Baptist...... 95-79...... 545 player of the year in 2017, is with the Indianapolis Colt as a free agent 7...... Arkansas State...... 106-103...... 507 8...... Southern Arkansas...... 88-93...... 486 signee. 9...... UA-Pine Bluff...... 82-115...... 416 10...... UA-Monticello...... 62-123...... 335 RUNNING THE SHOW: For the first time in four years, the Bears will have someone other than Hayden Hildebrand calling the signals in the offensive huddle this 1,000TH GAME: The Bears played their 1,000th football game on Nov. 4, 2017 against season. Hildebrand, the SLC Player of the Year last season, had 8,025 the Lamar Cardinals. UCA, which began football in 1908, is 575-385-42 career passing yards and 52 touchdowns, both No. 2 in school history over the past century-plus. behind Nathan Brown. UCA, which won three national championships at the NAIA level The 2018 starter is set to be redshirt sophomore Breylin Smith of (1984, 1985, 1991), was 86-56 at the NCAA Division II level (1993-2005) Conway. Smith has played in just eight career games and is 3 of 7 pass- and is 94-48 at the FCS level since 2006. ing for 78 yards and a touchdown. He also has 26 rushing yards on just The most wins in a single season was 11 (1983, 1987, 2005), which three carries. UCA will have a chance to match this season. Smith was an All-Stater for the Wampus Cats who passed for more than 2,000 yards all three seasons at Conway High School. His late mother Dandra Thomas was a basketball and volleyball star at UCA, while his aunt NEW STAFF: and uncle Mario and Micaela Thomas, both played basketball at UCA. UCA has seven new coaches on the staff in 2018, including two that His backup will be junior Kirk Baugh, who has seem limited duty over have been at UCA previously in OC Ken Collums and Asst. HC Brooks three seasons. Baugh has completed 8 of 12 passes for 94 yards and has Hollingsworth. The other newcomers are DC Max Thurmond, CB coach rushed 25 times for 32 yards over 17 career games. Reggie Howard, RB coach Taylor Reed, S Coach Chad Williams and OLB coach Mark Sheridan. THROUGH THE AIR: The Bears must replace their top two receivers (Brandon Cox, Roman PRESEASON ALL-SLC: Gordon) but return their next seven receivers statistics wise, including UCA claimed 11 preseason All-Southland Conference selections, seniors Lester Wells (27 for 334, 3 TDs) and Jakari Dillard (23-321, 1 TD), sophomore Brandon Myers (19-287, 5 TDs) and senior Cedric Battle (13-340, 5 TDs). PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Marseth Andry...... mar-SETH Abbott Ashiofu...... ash-ee-AH-foo UCA TIES: Kirk Baugh...... BAW The American Athletic Conference, of which Tulsa is a member, has Cardell Best...... car-DELL A’Javius Brown...... uh-JAY-vee-us Kierre Crossley...... key-AIR SERIES RECORDS VS. 2018 OPPONENTS Jakari Dillard...... juh-CAR-ee D’erek Fernandez...... Dee-ERIC OPPONENT RECORD LAST MEETING Jackie Harvell...... HAR-vull Tulsa UT leads 0-2 2010 (Tulsa won 41-14) Keshawn Ledet...... luh-DET Murray State UCA leads 3-1-1 2017 (UCA won 41-13) SE Louisiana UCA leads 8-3 2017 (UCA won 38-6) Deandre McGill...... dee-AHN-dray Sam Houston Tied 6-6 2017 (UCA won 41-30) Kaylond North...... KAY-lon Houston Baptist UCA leads 4-0 2017 (UCA won 27-7) Imani Partlow...... ih-MON-ee S.F. Austin UCA leads 9-3 2017 (UCA won 24-20) Robert Rochell...... row-SHELL Northwestern St. UCA leads 7 -3 2017 (UCA won 45-17) Leandre Rucks...... lee-AHN-dray McNeese State MCN leads 6-5 2017 (UCA won 47-17) Breylin Smith...... BRAY-lin Lamar UCA leads 7-0 2017 (UCA won 42-14) Chris Terrell...... tur-ELL Incarnate Word UCA leads 2-0 2017 (UCA won 56-10) Lujuan Winningham...... luh-WAHN Abilene Christian UCA leads 7-2-1 2017 (UCA won 34-0)

3 including four first-teamers and seven second-teamers. The first-teamers is tied 5-5. are: RB Carlos Blackman, DE Chris Terrell, DL Eric Jackson and S Juan Jackson. The second teamers include: TE Josh Nix, OL Adrian Harris and LAST SEASON: Hunter Watts, DE Cardell Best and Nathan Grant, LB Raphael Garner The Bears put together their best season yet at the NCAA Division I and KR Cedric Battle. (FCS) level a year ago, going 10-2 and reaching the second round of the FCS Playoffs. UCA ran the table in the Southland Conference, going 9-0 KICKING BACK: for the first time in school history. UCA senior Matt Cummins was the Bears’ leading scorer the past UCA’s 10 victories all came over D-I teams for the second consecu- two seasons with 90 and 80 points, respectively. For his career, Cummins tive season, a first in school history since the Bears moved to D-I in 2006. has made 28 of 43 field goal attempts and 92 of 97 (94.8%) point-after UCA also received its first national seed (4th) in the FCS Playoffs. attempts, which ranks sixth in school history. UCA went 5-1 at home on “The Stripes” with the only loss to New His career long field goal was a 50-yarder in his first career attempt Hampshire in the FCS Playoffs. in 2015 against Samford. Cummins has also made a pair of 47-yarders. ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING: SLC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: UCA tied for the league high with four of the SLC All-Academic team UCA had seven SLC Players of the Week in in 2017, including QB spots last fall. The Bears’ honorees included OL Gilberto Garcia and John Hayden Hildebrand twice and S George Odum twice. Also honored were Cook, punter Patrick Ponder and LB James Graves. CB Tremon Smith, S Juan Jackson and DE Chris Chambers. Graves, Cook and Ponder were also CoSIDA Academic All-District selections.

BEAR TRACKS... HOME SWEET HOME: • UCA’s director of athletics Dr. Brad Teague is the new chair of the NCAA The Bears will host five games at First Security Field at Estes Stadium, Division I FCS selection committee for 2018. Teague, in his 12th year also know as “The Stripes” in 2018. at UCA, is serving his fourth and final year on the selection committee. The first home game is Sept. 8 vs. Murray State. UCA also hosts • Head coach Nathan Brown will be the featured speaker at the Little Rock Touchdown Club on Oct. 22. Other speakers for 2018 include Mack Brown, Barry Sanders, Larry Csonka, Ed ‘Too Tall’ Jones, Hugh Freeze and Earl Campbell. UCA FOOTBALL STAFF • The Bears won the last meeting against every team on their 2018 schedule except for Tulsa. Nathan Brown...... 501-450-3153 • UCA has six players on the roster from Conway, including three who Head Coach...... [email protected] will figure prominently in QB Breylin Smith, PK Matt Cummins and DL Austin Norris. Brooks Hollingsworth...... 501-450-3153 • There are 39 Bears from Arkansas on the current roster, the most of Asst. HC/Tight ends...... [email protected] any state, just ahead of Texas (34). Florida is next at 13, followed by Mississippi with 10. Max Thurmond...... 501-450-3153 • UCA was picked third in the preseason SLC poll despite finishing 9-0 in Defensive Coordinator...... [email protected] league play last season. Sam Houston State was first, followed by Nicholls Ken Collums...... 501-450-3153 State, both playoff teams like the Bears. McNeese State, which won 9 Offensive Coordinator ...... [email protected] games last season but did not make postseason, was fourth. • UCA went 5-1 at home last season, losing only to New Hampshire in Gunnar Boykin...... 501-450-3153 the FCS Playoffs Offensive Line/Recruiting...... [email protected] • UCA’s offensive line allowed just six sacks in12 games after allowing just 15 in 13 games a year ago. On the flip side, the UCA defense recorded Tony Davis...... 501-450-3153 39 sacks to lead the SLC. Defensive Line...... [email protected] • The Bears outscored their final six opponents in 2017 by a combined 239-79. Reggie Howard ...... 501-450-3153 ...... [email protected] • The Bears had a 10-game winning streak last season. During that streak, the Bears allowed just 72 total points in the second half. Ryan Howard ...... 501-450-3153 • UCA redshirt freshman QB Breylin Smith threw his first career TD pass Receivers/Special Teams...... [email protected] against UIW last season, tossing a 35-yarder to fellow RsF Joe Hampton. • UCA had 11 tackles for loss (5 sacks) against Lamar and held the Car- Taylor Reed...... 501-450-3153 dinals to 26 rushing yards on 36 attempts (0.7 per rush). Running Backs...... [email protected] • Hayden Hildebrand and George Odum shared the L.B. Jackman Award ago that goes to the MVP of the Homecoming game. Mark Sheridan...... 501-450-3153 • With the McNeese win, UCA has now won 15 straight Homecoming Outside LB/Bandits...... [email protected] games, dating back to 2002. UCA is now 61-26-1 all-time in Homecom- Chad Williams...... 501-450-3153 ing games. Safeties/Nickel Backs...... [email protected] • UCA has now beaten McNeese by a combined score of 82-17 the past two years. David Strickland...... 501-450-3362 • Patrick Ponder’s 78-yard punt against NSU last season was the third- Head Athletic Trainer...... [email protected] longest in school history, trailing James Paul’s 81 yarder (in 2006) and 79-yarders by Matt Spencer (2014) and Mark Osburn (1980). Alex Fotioo...... 501-450-5825 • The Sam Houston State Bearkats were the last team in the Southland Strength & Conditioning...... [email protected] Conference that had a winning record against the Bears, but that series ...... Dalton Withrow...... 501-450-3364 is now tied 6-6 after UCA’s win on Sept. 30. UCA leads the overall series Dir. of Equipment Ops...... [email protected] against every other league team except McNeese State, and that series

4 Houston Baptist, Northwestern State, Lamar and Incarnate Word in SLC CONFERENCE AFFILIATION: play. The Bears have been members of the Southland Conference since they UCA, which was 5-1 at home the past two seasons, is entering its moved to Division I FCS in 2006. UCA’s record in SLC games is officially eighth season on “The Stripes” and has a 33-7 record since the installation 62-22. That includes an 9-0 record last season, 8-1 in 2016, 6-1 records in of their unique purple and gray striped playing surface. 2008, 2011 and 2012 and a 7-2 mark in 2015. The Bears also beat two SLC Through two+ seasons on the turf, the Bears were a perfect 11-0 on teams (Sam Houston & S.F. Austin) in their first year in the league when they “The Stripes.” Losses to McNeese State and Southeastern Louisiana in did not play a full league schedule. UCA won an “unofficial” SLC title (due 2013 were the first two since the turf went down in 2011. The Bears did to transition rules) in 2008, was co-champion in 2012 and outright champs close out that season at home with a rousing 49-31 victory over No. 9 in 2017. Sam Houston. Over the past 12 seasons since moving to Division I, UCA’s home record is 55-13, including 7-0 in 2008, 5-0 in 2011 and 6-0 in 2012. The WINNING SEASONS: 55 home victories is the most of any SLC team over that time period. UCA has recorded 38 winning seasons in the past 45 years, dating The turf is GeoSurface, the same that was put down on UCA’s backt to 1973. UCA tied the school record with 11 victories in 2005, and baseball field (Bear Stadium) and softball field (Farris Field). The unique have won 10 games in both 2016 and 2017. field features alternating purple and gray panels every five yards, with a large midfield logo and two large logos behind both end zones. UCA was FAMOUS ALUMS: the last team in the Southland Conference to change from natural grass UCA’s most famous football alumnus is Monte Coleman, who played to artificial turf in 2011. 16 seasons (1979-94) with the Washington Redskins and won three Super Bowl titles. Coleman, from Pine Bluff, Ark., was a linebacker and safety at SCORING STREAK: UCA from 1975-78 and is currently the head football coach at Arkansas-Pine The Bears have scored in 255 straight games, dating back to the Bluff. UCA’s most famous non-football alum is Scottie Pippen, a six-time 1995 season. UCA lost 19-0 at Delta State for their last shutout loss. The NBA champion and two-time Olympic Dream Teamer. Pippen grew up in Bears have scored in 362 of their last 363 games, dating back to 1986. tiny Hamburg, Ark. in the southeast Arkansas delta region and played at UCA from 1983-87 as a walk-on before going No. 5 in the 1987 NBA Draft. PLAYOFF HISTORY: The Bears made their fourth appearance in the FCS Playoffs since OVER THE AIRWAVES: moving to NCAA Division I in 2006 last season, and their second straight. The UCA Radio Network returns for the 11th year in the capable hands UCA was not eligible for postseason play until 2010 because of the proba- of Justin Acri, along with Chris Kane and newcomer R.J. Hawk. tion period when moving up in classification. The Bears are 2-4 in FCS Acri, the program director and midday talk show host at KABZ 103.7 playoff games. The Buzz, will handle the play-by-play duties this season, his third in that UCA made the field in 2011, beating Tennessee Tech in the opening role after nine years of color commentary. Kane, the morning co-host of round 34-14 in Cookeville, Tenn. UCA then lost 41-14 at powerhouse KATV’s Daybreak, assumed the color commentary role two years ago and Montana in the second round in Missoula, Mont. will do that again in 2018. With the retirement of Monty Rowell, the sideline The Bears made it again in 2012 and drew a first-round bye before reporting duties for the UCA broadcasts will go to UCA alum R.J. Hawk, losing to Georgia Southern 24-16 in Statesboro, Ga. UCA finished 9-4 overall in 2011 and 9-3 in 2012. also on staff at 103.7 The Buzz. The Bears made the NCAA Division II quarterfinals in 2005, their The UCA games will be carried live on The Point 94.1, a 100,000-watt last season at the D-II level. UCA beat Albany (Ga.) State 28-20 and classic rock station based out of Little Rock, and KUCA 91.3 The Bear on Presbyterian 52-28 on the road before losing 41-38 in overtime to North the UCA campus. They will also be streamed on www.ucasports.com/watch. Alabama at Estes Stadium. UCA head coach Nathan Brown was the quarterback on the 2005 THE NATHAN BROWN SHOW: team and threw for 495 yards and six touchdowns in the Presbyterian The Nathan Brown Radio Show debuted Monday, Aug. 27 from the game, the second-best single game total in UCA history. brand new Pizza Ranch on Dave Ward Dr. in Conway. Back in the NAIA days, before the Bears moved to Division II in The show will once again be hosted by Justin Acri, the play-by-play 1993, UCA won three national championships. They were co-champions voice of the Bears, and will feature head coach Nathan Brown, his coaching in 1984 (w/Carson Newman) and 1985 (Hillsdale) and won an outright title staff and his players, along with other special guests throughout the season. in 1991, beating Central State (Ohio) in the NAIA Champion Bowl, with Tune in on KABZ 103.7 The Buzz at 7 p.m. on Monday nights. current UCA offensive coordinator Ken Collums as the starting freshman quarterback. The NAIA did not have a tie-breaker policy for ties in the title game.

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5 HEAD COACH NATHAN BROWN

The most prolific quarterback Brown coached four of the top six total offense seasons in school in University of Central Arkansas history, and he was the starting quarterback for the other two seasons. history became the 20th head He also played or coached in seven of the top 10 passing offensive coach of the program in Decem- seasons in program history. Brown has been a part of three Southland ber 2017 when Nathan Brown was Conference championships, one as player in 2008 and two as an as- hired to replace Steve Campbell. sistant coach in 2012 and 2017. Brown, a 2016 inductee in the Brown has been a part of all four of UCA’s NCAA postseason play- UCA Sports Hall of Fame in his off victories, two as a player (Division II) and two as a coach (FCS). first year of eligibility, spent the Equally as impressive as his coaching credentials are his numbers past four years as the Bears’ of- from his playing days at UCA. Brown was a three-time All-American fensive coordinator on teams that who threw for 10,558 yards and 100 touchdowns in his career, both went 33-15 (.688), including 20-5 records for a collegiate quarterback in the state of Arkansas. The Bears (.800) over the past two seasons went 30-10 with Brown as the starting quarterback. and had the most efficient passing He was the SLC Offensive Player of the Year in 2007 and the SLC offense in the FCS in 2017. Player of the Year in 2008, when he was also a Walter Payton Award Brown’s offenses totaled finalist. Brown also owns school records for touchdown passes ina 20,969 yards and averaged 437 yards per game over those four sea- game (7) and most yards of total offense (490). sons, while having three different quarterbacks being named first-team Before UCA moved to Division I in 2006, Brown was named the All-Southland Conference (Hayden Hildebrand 2017, Wynrick Smoth- Gulf South Conference Freshman of the year in 2005. ers 2012, Nathan Dick 2011). Hildebrand was the SLC Player of the Brown was UCA’s first player to receive in invitation to the Senior Year while Smothers was the SLC Offensive Player of the Year. Bowl All-Star game in the NCAA Division I era and was the leading pas- During his years as quarterbacks coach at UCA, the Bears’ quarter- ser in the 2009 game. He was also selected for the East-West Shrine backs averaged 3,211 passing yards per season, eclipsing the 3,000- Game taht same year. He was a free-agent signee of both the Jackson- yard yard plateau six times, for a total of 25,691 yards. WIth Brown as ville Jaguars and New Orleans Saints. the Bears’ offensive coordinator, UCA had 17 All-SLC offensive first Brown, a native of Russellville, Ark., received his bachelor’s degree or second team selections, including a Freshman, Player and two Of- in business education from the University of Central Arkansas in 2009 fensive Linemen of the Year selections. The Bears ranked in the Top after graduating from Russellville High School in 2004. 10 in FCS scoring three times in four years, and ranked seventh in the He has a wife, Jessica (also a UCA graduate), daughter Rylee and country in total offense in 2017. son Luke.

6 8 UCA OFFENSE

QB 3 BREYLIN SMITH SO 6-3 210 Conway, Ark. (Conway) 7 Kirk Baugh JR 6-2 223 White Hall, Ark. (White Hall) RB 23 CARLOS BLACKMAN JR 6-1 228 Gosnell, Ark. (Gosnell) 21 Kierre Crossley SO 5-8 173 Everman, Texas (Everman) (or) 1 Cedric Battle SR 5-10 180 Wichita Falls, Texas (Trinity Valley/UAB) TE 85 JACK SHORT SO 6-4 245 Bentonville, Ark. (Bentonville) 41 Joshua Nix SO 6-5 255 Tuscumbia, Ala. (Deshler) WR 5 JAKARI DILLARD SR 6-4 210 McKinney, Texas (Texas Tech) 82 Joe Hampton SO 6-2 185 Little Rock, Ark. (LR Christian) WR 17 LESTER WELLS SR 5-11 180 Natchez, Miss. (Miss. Gulf Coast CC) 11 Dwayne Smith SR 5-8 165 Buford, Ga. (Independence CC) WR 84 BRANDON MYERS SO 6-3 210 Plant City, Fla. (Durant HS) 88 Lujuan Winningham RsF 6-5 178 Humble, Texas (Atascocita HS) LT 74 ALEX BRIDGES JR 6-5 315 Tyler, Texas (John Tyler/Cisco CC) 62 Cameron Webb RsF 6-4 295 Monroe, La. (Ouachita Parish) (or) 76 Caleb Jones FR 6-3 285 Memphis, Tenn. (Ridgeway HS) LG 74 ADRIAN HARRIS SO 6-4 315 Tyler, Texas (John Tyler) 75 Will Burgess FR 6-4 330 Lake Hamilton, Ark. (Lake Hamilton) C 63 TOBY SANDERSON SO 6-2 300 Edmond, Okla. (Edmond North) 61 Sanderson Hines RsF 6-2 290 Little Rock, Ark. (Joe T. Robinson) RG 71 CURTIS PARKER JR 6-3 303 North Little Rock, Ark. (NLR) 66 Ethan Harvey RsF 6-3 305 Shreveport, La. (Evangel Christian) (or) 78 Jaylen Hendrix FR 6-4 315 Everman, Texas (Everman) RT 77 HUNTER WATTS JR 6-8 320 San Antonio, Texas (John Marshall) 70 Dylan Desper JR 6-4 300 Madison, Miss. (Jones County CC)

UCA DEFENSE

DE 95 CHRIS TERRELL JR 6-3 270 Pensacola, Fla. (J.M. Tate) 96 J.W. Jones RsF 6-4 253 Rayville, La. (Rayville) updated 8/23/12 (or) 93 Cardell Best SR 6-3 255 Little Elm, Texas (Little Elm) NG 99 MARSETH ANDRY JR 6-0 281 New Orleans, La. (St. Augustine) 90 A’Javius Brown SO 6-2 320 Jackson, Miss. (Forest Hill HS) DT 51 ERIC JACKSON SR 6-1 275 Apopka, Fla. (Apopka) 86 Austin Norris SO 6-5 275 Conway, Ark. (Conway) BAN 94 NATHAN GRANT SO 6-4 245 Carrolton, Texas (Hebron) 8 Dalvin Simmons SR 6-2 252 Little Rock, Ark. (LR Central) NICK 36 JACKIE HARVELL SO 6-0 205 Gurdon, Ark. (Gurdon) 13 Jaylin Small SO 5-11 210 Jonesboro, Ark. (Nettleton HS) LB 37 REGGIO DEAN SR 5-10 218 Laurel, Miss. (Miss. Gulf Coast CC) 49 Roy Sutton JR 6-2 220 Fort Worth, Texas (Fossil Ridge) LB 30 RAPHAEL GARNER SR 6-2 235 Thomasville, Ala. (Thomasville) 43 Hunter Toomey JR 6-2 238 Middleburg, Fla. (Middleburg/Lenoir-Rhyne) FS 2 MICHAEL WARE SR 5-11 180 Vicksburg, Miss. (SW Miss. CC) 12 Isaiah Macklin JR 5-10 178 Lenexa, Texas (Coffeyville CC) S 4 JUAN JACKSON JR 5-11 190 Gardendale, Ala. (Gardendale HS) 29 Justin Meadows SO 6-1 195 Lonoke, Ark. (Lonoke) CB 6 TRAI MOSLEY JR 5-10 175 Pflugerville, Texas (Nebraska) 22 Duke Upshaw JR 6-0 180 Baldwin, Miss. (East Miss. CC) CB 9 ROBERT ROCHELL SO 6-2 176 Shreveport, La. (Fair Park HS) 27 Brandon Northcross SO 6-0 190 Ashdown, Ark. (Ashdown)

UCA SPECIAL TEAMS

PK/KO 39 MATT CUMMINS SR 6-0 197 Conway, Ark. (Conway) 53 Hayden Ray SO 5-11 160 Bryant, Ark. (Bryant)

P 44 TAYLOR WALLACE JR 6-0 200 Jackson, Miss. (Jones County CC) 39 Matt Cummins SR 6-0 197 Conway, Ark. (Conway)

PR 11 DWAYNE SMITH SR 5-8 165 Buford, Ga. (Independence CC) 6 Trai Mosley JR 5-10 175 Pflugerville, Texas (Nebraska)

KR 1 CEDRIC BATTLE SR 5-10 180 Wichita Falls, Texas (UAB) 9 ROBERT ROCHELL SO 6-2 176 Shreveport, La. (Fair Park)

LS 48 REIV WOOD JR 6-0 205 Grenada, Miss. (East Miss. CC) 59 Will Siler RsF 5-10 210 Searcy, Ark. (Searcy)

“THE STRIPES” “The Coolest Field in College Football”

... The Sporting News UCA BEARS NUMERICAL NO...... NAME...... PO...... HT...... WT...... YR...... HOMETOWN / SCHOOL 1...... Cedric Battle...... RB...... 5-10...... 180...... Sr...... Wichita Falls, Texas / Trinity Valley CC/UAB 2...... Michael Ware...... DB...... 5-11...... 180...... Sr...... Vicksburg, Miss. / SW Mississippi CC 3...... Breylin Smith...... QB...... 6-3...... 210...... R-So...... Conway, Ark. / Conway HS 4...... Juan Jackson...... DB...... 5-11...... 190...... R-Jr...... Gardendale, Ala. / Gardendale HS 5...... Jakari Dillard...... WR...... 6-4...... 210...... Sr...... McKinney, Texas / Texas Tech 6...... Trai Mosley...... DB...... 5-10...... 175...... Jr...... Pflugerville, Texas / Univ. of Nebraska 7...... Kirk Baugh...... QB...... 6-2...... 223...... R-Jr...... White Hall, Ark. / White Hall 8...... Dalvin Simmons...... OLB...... 6-2...... 252...... R-Sr...... Little Rock, Ark. / LR Central 9...... Robert Rochell...... DB...... 6-2...... 176...... R-So...... Shreveport, La. / Fair Park HS 10...... Luke Hales...... QB...... 6-2...... 231...... R-Fr...... Greenwood, Ark. / Greenwood HS 11...... Dwayne Smith...... WR...... 5-8...... 165...... Sr...... Buford, Ga. / Independence CC 12...... Isaiah Macklin...... DB...... 5-10...... 178...... R-Jr...... Lenexa, Kan. / Coffeyville CC 13...... Jaylin Small...... DB...... 5-11...... 210...... So...... Jonesboro, Ark. / Nettleton 14...... Leandre Rucks...... DB...... 6-6...... 205...... R-So...... Strong, Ark. / Strong HS 15...... Cardell Best...... DL...... 6-3...... 255...... R-Sr...... Little Elm, Texas / Little Elm 16...... BeSean McCray...... QB...... 6-1...... 175...... Fr...... Orlando, Fla. / Dr. Phillips HS 17...... Lester Wells...... WR...... 5-11...... 180...... Sr...... Natchez, Miss. / Miss. Gulf Coast CC 18...... Vincent Butler...... RB...... 5-9...... 185...... R-Fr...... Brandon, Miss. / Brandon HS 19...... Kolt Harfield...... TE...... 6-7...... 245...... Jr...... Sugar Land, Texas / Clements HS 20...... Keshawn Ledet...... RB...... 5-10...... 225...... Jr...... Missouri City, Texas / Ridge Point HS 21...... Kierre Crossley...... RB...... 5-8...... 173...... R-So...... Everman, Texas / Everman HS 22...... Duke Upshaw...... DB...... 6-0...... 180...... Jr...... Baldwin, Miss. / East Mississippi CC 23...... Carlos Blackman...... RB...... 6-1...... 228...... Jr...... Gosnell, Ark. / Gosnell HS 24...... Deandre McGill...... LB...... 5-10...... 215...... R-Jr...... Wynne, Ark. / Wynne HS 25...... Chris Kershner...... DB...... 5-10...... 180...... So...... Dardanelle, Ark. / Navy 26...... D’erek Fernandez...... RB...... 5-9...... 190...... So...... Fort Smith, Ark. / Southside HS 27...... Brandon Northcross...... DB...... 6-0...... 190...... So...... Ashdown, Ark. / Ashdown HS 28...... Cameron Myers...... RB...... 6-1...... 200...... Fr...... Plant City, Fla. / Durant HS 29...... Justin Meadows...... DB...... 6-1...... 195...... R-So...... Lonoke, Ark. / Lonoke HS 30...... Raphael Garner...... LB...... 6-2...... 235...... Sr...... Thomasville, Ala. / Thomasville 31...... Imani Partlow...... DB...... 5-11...... 180...... Fr...... Orlando, Fla. / Jones HS 32...... Justin Morris...... OLB...... 6-4...... 235...... So...... Dallas, Texas / Parish Episcopal HS 33...... Deandre Lamont...... DB...... 5-11...... 182...... R-Fr...... Baytown, Texas / Goose Creek Memorial 34...... Steven Mackey Jr...... DB...... 5-11...... 175...... Fr...... Winter Park, Fla. / Lake Howells HS 34...... Bennie Smith...... WR...... 5-8...... 175...... Fr...... Spring, Texas / Klein Oak HS 35...... Cameron Godfrey...... DB...... 6-0...... 175...... Fr...... Spring, Texas / Klein Collins HS 36...... Jackie Harvell...... DB...... 6-0...... 205...... R-So...... Gurdon, Ark. / Gurdon HS 37...... Reggio Dean...... LB...... 5-10...... 218...... Sr...... Laurel, Miss. / Miss. Gulf Coast CC 38...... Luke Ross...... TE...... 6-0...... 235...... R-Jr...... Madison, Miss. / Jackson Academy 39...... Matt Cummins...... PK...... 6-0...... 197...... Sr...... Conway, Ark. / Conway 40...... Jamison Patterson...... TE...... 5-10...... 223...... So...... Marion, Ark. / Northpoint Christian (Miss.) 41...... Joshua Nix...... TE...... 6-5...... 255...... R-So...... Tuscumbia, Ala. / Deshler HS 42...... Vidal Scott...... DL...... 6-2...... 295...... R-Fr...... Pensacola, Fla. / West Florida HS 43...... Hunter Toomey...... LB...... 6-2...... 238...... Jr...... Middleburg, Fla. / Middleburg/Lenoir Rhyne 44...... Taylor Wallace...... P...... 6-0...... 200...... Jr...... Jackson, Miss. / Jones County CC 45...... Dre Matthews...... LB...... 6-0...... 238...... R-Fr...... DeFuniak Springs, Fla. / Walton HS 46...... Victor Hill...... OLB...... 6-2...... 228...... R-So...... Pensacola, Fla. / West Florida Tech HS 47...... Austin Eldridge...... TE...... 6-3...... 240...... Fr...... Plant City, Fla. / Plant City HS 48...... Reiv Wood...... DS...... 6-0...... 205...... Jr...... Grenada, Miss. / East Mississippi CC 49...... Roy Sutton...... LB...... 6-2...... 220...... R-Jr...... Fort Worth, Texas / Fossil Ridge HS 50...... J.W. Jones...... DE...... 6-4...... 268...... R-So...... Rayville, La. / Rayville HS 51...... Eric Jackson...... DL...... 6-1...... 275...... Sr...... Apopka, Fla. / Apopka 52...... Steven Powell...... OL...... 6-2...... 290...... So...... North Little Rock, Ark. / North Little Rock HS 53...... Hayden Ray...... K...... 5-11...... 160...... So...... Bryant, Ark. / Bryant HS 54...... Alejandro Ramirez...... DT...... 6-2...... 300...... Fr...... Springdale, Ark. / Har-Ber HS 55...... Adrian Harris...... OL...... 6-4...... 315...... So...... Tyler, Texas / John Tyler HS 56...... Lawrence Collins...... OLB...... 6-0...... 245...... R-Fr...... Garland, Texas / Lakeview Centennial 57...... Jake Edwards...... P...... 6-1...... 180...... R-Fr...... Bentonville, Ark. / Pea Ridge HS / San Juan Delta JC 59...... Will Siler...... DS...... 5-10...... 210...... R-Fr...... Searcy, Ark. / Searcy HS 60...... Derek Albers...... OLB...... 6-0...... 230...... R-Fr...... New Braunfels, Texas / New Braunfels 61...... Sanderson Hines...... OL...... 6-2...... 290...... R-Fr...... Little Rock, Ark. / Joe T. Robinson HS 62...... Cameron Webb...... OL...... 6-4...... 295...... R-Fr...... Monroe, La. / Ouachita Parish HS 63...... Toby Sanderson...... OL...... 6-2...... 300...... So...... Edmond, Okla. / Edmond North 64...... Zach Brady...... OL...... 6-2...... 280...... Fr...... Missouri City, Texas / Ridge Point HS 66...... Ethan Harvey...... OL...... 6-3...... 305...... R-Fr...... Shreveport, La. / Evangel Christian Academy 68...... Matthew Morgan...... OL...... 6-4...... 325...... Fr...... Houston, Texas / St. Pius HS 69...... Hunter Lee...... OL...... 6-6...... 305...... R-Jr...... New Boston, Texas / New Boston 70...... Dylan Desper...... OL...... 6-4...... 300...... Jr...... Madison, Miss. / Jones County CC 71...... Curtis Parker...... OL...... 6-3...... 303...... Sr...... North Little Rock, Ark. / NLR 72...... Tyler Wallace...... OL...... 6-7...... 307...... So...... Milton, Fla. / Milton HS 73...... Jacob Ingram...... OL...... 6-2...... 300...... Fr...... West Monroe, La. / West Monroe HS 74...... Alex Bridges...... OL...... 6-7...... 315...... Jr...... Tyler, Texas / Cisco College 75...... Will Burgess...... OL...... 6-4...... 330...... Fr...... Lake Hamilton, Ark. / Lake Hamilton HS 76...... Caleb Jones...... OL...... 6-3...... 285...... Fr...... Memphis, Tenn. / Ridgeway HS 77...... Hunter Watts...... OL...... 6-8...... 320...... Jr...... San Antonio, Texas / John Marshall HS 78...... Jaylin Hendrix...... OL...... 6-4...... 315...... Fr...... Everman, Texas / Everman HS 79...... Tate Renaud...... OL...... 6-3...... 310...... Jr...... Porte City, Iowa / College of the Canyons 80...... Marcus Lodge...... WR...... 6-4...... 185...... Fr...... Plantation, Fla. / American Heritage HS 81...... Kylan Robinson...... WR...... 6-2...... 180...... R-Fr...... Batesville, Ark. / Batesville HS 82...... Joe Hampton...... WR...... 6-2...... 185...... R-So...... Little Rock, Ark. / Little Rock Christian 83...... Breyden DeSpain...... WR...... 6-2...... 195...... So...... Oologah, Okla. / Oologah HS 84...... Brandon Myers...... WR...... 6-3...... 210...... So...... Plant City, Fla. / Durant HS 85...... Jack Short...... TE...... 6-4...... 245...... So...... Bentonville, Ark. / Bentonville HS 86...... Austin Norris...... DL...... 6-5...... 275...... R-So...... Conway, Ark. / Conway HS 87...... Mitchell Perkinson...... WR...... 5-10...... 170...... R-So...... Edmond, Okla. / Oklahoma State 88...... Lujuan Winningham...... WR...... 6-5...... 178...... R-Fr...... Humble, Texas / Atascocita HS 89...... Caleb Stokes...... TE...... 6-3...... 232...... R-Fr...... Russellville, Ark. / Russellville HS 90...... A’Javius Brown...... DL...... 6-2...... 320...... So...... Jackson, Miss. / Forest Hill HS 91...... Logan Jessup...... DL...... 6-3...... 275...... Fr...... Wynne, Ark. / Wynne HS 92...... Jon Campbell...... DL...... 6-1...... 285...... Fr...... Spring, Texas / Klein Oak HS 93...... Abbott Ashiofu...... DE...... 6-4...... 235...... Fr...... Sugar Land, Texas / Kempner HS 94...... Nathan Grant...... DE...... 6-4...... 245...... So...... Carrollton, Texas / Hebron HS 95...... Chris Terrell...... DE...... 6-3...... 270...... Jr...... Pensacola, Fla. / J.M. Tate HS 96...... Jeremiah Gray...... DE...... 6-3...... 225...... Fr...... Dallas, Texas / Skyline HS 97...... Caden Brown...... DL...... 6-1...... 302...... R-Fr...... Dardanelle, Ark. / Dardanelle HS 98...... Kaylond North...... DL...... 5-10...... 275...... Jr...... Dickinson, Texas / Coffeyville CC 99...... Marseth Andry...... DL...... 6-1...... 300...... Sr...... New Orleans, La. / St. Augustine UCA BEARS ALPHABETICAL

NO...... NAME...... PO...... HT...... WT...... YR...... HOMETOWN / SCHOOL 60...... Derek Albers...... OLB...... 6-0...... 230...... R-Fr...... New Braunfels, Texas / New Braunfels 99...... Marseth Andry...... DL...... 6-1...... 300...... Sr...... New Orleans, La. / St. Augustine 93...... Abbott Ashiofu...... DE...... 6-4...... 235...... Fr...... Sugar Land, Texas / Kempner HS 1...... Cedric Battle...... RB...... 5-10...... 180...... Sr...... Wichita Falls, Texas / Trinity Valley CC/UAB 7...... Kirk Baugh...... QB...... 6-2...... 223...... R-Jr...... White Hall, Ark. / White Hall 15...... Cardell Best...... DL...... 6-3...... 255...... R-Sr...... Little Elm, Texas / Little Elm 23...... Carlos Blackman...... RB...... 6-1...... 228...... Jr...... Gosnell, Ark. / Gosnell HS 64...... Zach Brady...... OL...... 6-2...... 280...... Fr...... Missouri City, Texas / Ridge Point HS 74...... Alex Bridges...... OL...... 6-7...... 315...... Jr...... Tyler, Texas / Cisco College 90...... A’Javius Brown...... DL...... 6-2...... 320...... So...... Jackson, Miss. / Forest Hill HS 97...... Caden Brown...... DL...... 6-1...... 302...... R-Fr...... Dardanelle, Ark. / Dardanelle HS 75...... Will Burgess...... OL...... 6-4...... 330...... Fr...... Lake Hamilton, Ark. / Lake Hamilton HS 18...... Vincent Butler...... RB...... 5-9...... 185...... R-Fr...... Brandon, Miss. / Brandon HS 92...... Jon Campbell...... DL...... 6-1...... 285...... Fr...... Spring, Texas / Klein Oak HS 56...... Lawrence Collins...... OLB...... 6-0...... 245...... R-Fr...... Garland, Texas / Lakeview Centennial 21...... Kierre Crossley...... RB...... 5-8...... 173...... R-So...... Everman, Texas / Everman HS 39...... Matt Cummins...... PK...... 6-0...... 197...... Sr...... Conway, Ark. / Conway 37...... Reggio Dean...... LB...... 5-10...... 218...... Sr...... Laurel, Miss. / Miss. Gulf Coast CC 83...... Breyden DeSpain...... WR...... 6-2...... 195...... So...... Oologah, Okla. / Oologah HS 70...... Dylan Desper...... OL...... 6-4...... 300...... Jr...... Madison, Miss. / Jones County CC 5...... Jakari Dillard...... WR...... 6-4...... 210...... Sr...... McKinney, Texas / Texas Tech 57...... Jake Edwards...... P...... 6-1...... 180...... R-Fr...... Bentonville, Ark. / Pea Ridge HS / San Juan Delta JC 47...... Austin Eldridge...... TE...... 6-3...... 240...... Fr...... Plant City, Fla. / Plant City HS 26...... D’erek Fernandez...... RB...... 5-9...... 190...... So...... Fort Smith, Ark. / Southside HS 30...... Raphael Garner...... LB...... 6-2...... 235...... Sr...... Thomasville, Ala. / Thomasville 35...... Cameron Godfrey...... DB...... 6-0...... 175...... Fr...... Spring, Texas / Klein Collins HS 94...... Nathan Grant...... DE...... 6-4...... 245...... So...... Carrollton, Texas / Hebron HS 96...... Jeremiah Gray...... DE...... 6-3...... 225...... Fr...... Dallas, Texas / Skyline HS 10...... Luke Hales...... QB...... 6-2...... 231...... R-Fr...... Greenwood, Ark. / Greenwood HS 82...... Joe Hampton...... WR...... 6-2...... 185...... R-So...... Little Rock, Ark. / Little Rock Christian 36...... Jackie Harvell...... DB...... 6-0...... 205...... R-So...... Gurdon, Ark. / Gurdon HS 19...... Kolt Harfield...... TE...... 6-7...... 245...... Jr...... Sugar Land, Texas / Clements HS 55...... Adrian Harris...... OL...... 6-4...... 315...... So...... Tyler, Texas / John Tyler HS 66...... Ethan Harvey...... OL...... 6-3...... 305...... R-Fr...... Shreveport, La. / Evangel Christian Academy 78...... Jaylin Hendrix...... OL...... 6-4...... 315...... Fr...... Everman, Texas / Everman HS 46...... Victor Hill...... OLB...... 6-2...... 228...... R-So...... Pensacola, Fla. / West Florida Tech HS 61...... Sanderson Hines...... OL...... 6-2...... 290...... R-Fr...... Little Rock, Ark. / Joe T. Robinson HS 73...... Jacob Ingram...... OL...... 6-2...... 300...... Fr...... West Monroe, La. / West Monroe HS 51...... Eric Jackson...... DL...... 6-1...... 275...... Sr...... Apopka, Fla. / Apopka 4...... Juan Jackson...... DB...... 5-11...... 190...... R-Jr...... Gardendale, Ala. / Gardendale HS 91...... Logan Jessup...... DL...... 6-3...... 275...... Fr...... Wynne, Ark. / Wynne HS 76...... Caleb Jones...... OL...... 6-3...... 285...... Fr...... Memphis, Tenn. / Ridgeway HS 50...... J.W. Jones...... DE...... 6-4...... 268...... R-So...... Rayville, La. / Rayville HS 25...... Chris Kershner...... DB...... 5-10...... 180...... So...... Dardanelle, Ark. / Navy 33...... Deandre Lamont...... DB...... 5-11...... 182...... R-Fr...... Baytown, Texas / Goose Creek Memorial 20...... Keshawn Ledet...... RB...... 5-10...... 225...... Jr...... Missouri City, Texas / Ridge Point HS 69...... Hunter Lee...... OL...... 6-6...... 305...... R-Jr...... New Boston, Texas / New Boston 80...... Marcus Lodge...... WR...... 6-4...... 185...... Fr...... Plantation, Fla. / American Heritage HS 34...... Steven Mackey Jr...... DB...... 5-11...... 175...... Fr...... Winter Park, Fla. / Lake Howells HS 12...... Isaiah Macklin...... DB...... 5-10...... 178...... R-Jr...... Lenexa, Kan. / Coffeyville CC 45...... Dre Matthews...... LB...... 6-0...... 238...... R-Fr...... DeFuniak Springs, Fla. / Walton HS 16...... BeSean McCray...... QB...... 6-1...... 175...... Fr...... Orlando, Fla. / Dr. Phillips HS 24...... Deandre McGill...... LB...... 5-10...... 215...... R-Jr...... Wynne, Ark. / Wynne HS 29...... Justin Meadows...... DB...... 6-1...... 195...... R-So...... Lonoke, Ark. / Lonoke HS 68...... Matthew Morgan...... OL...... 6-4...... 325...... Fr...... Houston, Texas / St. Pius HS 32...... Justin Morris...... OLB...... 6-4...... 235...... So...... Dallas, Texas / Parish Episcopal HS 6...... Trai Mosley...... DB...... 5-10...... 175...... Jr...... Pflugerville, Texas / Univ. of Nebraska 84...... Brandon Myers...... WR...... 6-3...... 210...... So...... Plant City, Fla. / Durant HS 28...... Cameron Myers...... RB...... 6-1...... 200...... Fr...... Plant City, Fla. / Durant HS 86...... Austin Norris...... DL...... 6-5...... 275...... R-So...... Conway, Ark. / Conway HS 41...... Joshua Nix...... TE...... 6-5...... 255...... R-So...... Tuscumbia, Ala. / Deshler HS 98...... Kaylond North...... DL...... 5-10...... 275...... Jr...... Dickinson, Texas / Coffeyville CC 27...... Brandon Northcross...... DB...... 6-0...... 190...... So...... Ashdown, Ark. / Ashdown HS 71...... Curtis Parker...... OL...... 6-3...... 303...... Sr...... North Little Rock, Ark. / NLR 31...... Imani Partlow...... DB...... 5-11...... 180...... Fr...... Orlando, Fla. / Jones HS 40...... Jamison Patterson...... TE...... 5-10...... 223...... So...... Marion, Ark. / Northpoint Christian (Miss.) 87...... Mitchell Perkinson...... WR...... 5-10...... 170...... R-So...... Edmond, Okla. / Oklahoma State 52...... Steven Powell...... OL...... 6-2...... 290...... So...... North Little Rock, Ark. / North Little Rock HS 54...... Alejandro Ramirez...... DT...... 6-2...... 300...... Fr...... Springdale, Ark. / Har-Ber HS 53...... Hayden Ray...... K...... 5-11...... 160...... So...... Bryant, Ark. / Bryant HS 79...... Tate Renaud...... OL...... 6-3...... 310...... Jr...... Porte City, Iowa / College of the Canyons 81...... Kylan Robinson...... WR...... 6-2...... 180...... R-Fr...... Batesville, Ark. / Batesville HS 9...... Robert Rochell...... DB...... 6-2...... 176...... R-So...... Shreveport, La. / Fair Park HS 38...... Luke Ross...... TE...... 6-0...... 235...... R-Jr...... Madison, Miss. / Jackson Academy 14...... Leandre Rucks...... DB...... 6-6...... 205...... R-So...... Strong, Ark. / Strong HS 63...... Toby Sanderson...... OL...... 6-2...... 300...... So...... Edmond, Okla. / Edmond North 42...... Vidal Scott...... DL...... 6-2...... 295...... R-Fr...... Pensacola, Fla. / West Florida HS 85...... Jack Short...... TE...... 6-4...... 245...... So...... Bentonville, Ark. / Bentonville HS 59...... Will Siler...... DS...... 5-10...... 210...... R-Fr...... Searcy, Ark. / Searcy HS 8...... Dalvin Simmons...... OLB...... 6-2...... 252...... R-Sr...... Little Rock, Ark. / LR Central 13...... Jaylin Small...... DB...... 5-11...... 210...... So...... Jonesboro, Ark. / Nettleton 34...... Bennie Smith...... WR...... 5-8...... 175...... Fr...... Spring, Texas / Klein Oak HS 3...... Breylin Smith...... QB...... 6-3...... 210...... R-So...... Conway, Ark. / Conway HS 11...... Dwayne Smith...... WR...... 5-8...... 165...... Sr...... Buford, Ga. / Independence CC 89...... Caleb Stokes...... TE...... 6-3...... 232...... R-Fr...... Russellville, Ark. / Russellville HS 49...... Roy Sutton...... LB...... 6-2...... 220...... R-Jr...... Fort Worth, Texas / Fossil Ridge HS 95...... Chris Terrell...... DE...... 6-3...... 270...... Jr...... Pensacola, Fla. / J.M. Tate HS 43...... Hunter Toomey...... LB...... 6-2...... 238...... Jr...... Middleburg, Fla. / Middleburg/Lenoir Rhyne 22...... Duke Upshaw...... DB...... 6-0...... 180...... Jr...... Baldwin, Miss. / East Mississippi CC 44...... Taylor Wallace...... P...... 6-0...... 200...... Jr...... Jackson, Miss. / Jones County CC 72...... Tyler Wallace...... OL...... 6-7...... 307...... So...... Milton, Fla. / Milton HS 2...... Michael Ware...... DB...... 5-11...... 180...... Sr...... Vicksburg, Miss. / SW Mississippi CC 77...... Hunter Watts...... OL...... 6-8...... 320...... Jr...... San Antonio, Texas / John Marshall HS 62...... Cameron Webb...... OL...... 6-4...... 295...... R-Fr...... Monroe, La. / Ouachita Parish HS 17...... Lester Wells...... WR...... 5-11...... 180...... Sr...... Natchez, Miss. / Miss. Gulf Coast CC 88...... Lujuan Winningham...... WR...... 6-5...... 178...... R-Fr...... Humble, Texas / Atascocita HS 48...... Reiv Wood...... DS...... 6-0...... 205...... Jr...... Grenada, Miss. / East Mississippi CC - CAREER HIGHS - RUSHING PASSING PLAYER CARRIES YARDS Player Completions Attempts Yards TD Kierre Crossley 22 (vs. S.F. Austin 2017) 164 (vs. S.F. Austin 2017) Kirk Baugh 4 (vs. HBU ‘15) 4 (vs. HBU ‘15) 33 (vs. HBU ‘16) Carlos Blackman 28 (vs. Samford 2016) 130 (@ NW State 2017) Breylin Smith 2 (@ Lamar ‘17) 3 (@ Lamar ‘17) 43 (@ Lamar ‘17) 1 (@ UIW ‘17) Keshawn Ledet 14 (@ Abilene Christian 2016) 80 (@ Abilene Christian 2016) Cedric Battle 8 (@ UIW 2017, vs. ACU 2017) 61 (@ UIW 2017) D’erek Fernandez 6 (vs. SE Louisiana 2017) 33 (vs. SE Louisiana 2017) TACKLES Lester Wells 2 (@ Kansas State 2017) 28 (@ Lamar 2017) PLAYER...... TACKLES Breylin Smith 3 (@ Lamar 2017) 26 (@ Lamar 2017) Raphael Garner...... 13 (@ Houston Baptist 2017) Kirk Baugh 6 (vs. Abilene Christian 2015) 16 (vs. Abilene Christian 2015) Juan Jackson ...... 11 (vs. McNeese State 2017) Eric Jackson...... 8 (vs. SE Louisiana 2017, vs. McNeese 2017, @ Lamar 2017) RECEIVING Chris Terrell...... 8 (vs. Stephen F. Austin 2017) PLAYER RECEPTIONS YARDS Nathan Grant...... 7 (@ Murray State 2017) Reggio Dean...... 7 (@ Northwestern State 2017) Lester Wells 6 (@ Kansas State 2017) 70 (vs. S.F. Austin 2017) Roy Sutton...... 7 (vs. HBU 2016) Brandon Myers 4 (@ Kansas State 2017) 85 (@ Lamar 2017) Dalvin Simmons...... 7 (vs. HBU 2014) Jakari Dillard 3 (four times) 71 (vs. SE Louisiana 2017) Cardell Best...... 6 (vs. HBU 2014, @ Arkansas St. 2016, @ SFA 2016) Cedric Battle 3 (vs. Sam Houston ‘17, vs. UNH ‘17) 154 (vs. New Hampshire 2017) Michael Ware ...... 6 (vs. McNeese State 2017) Kierre Crossley 3 (vs. Sam Houston 2017) 39 (@ Lamar 2017) A’Javius Brown ...... 4 (vs. SE Louisiana 2017) Jackie Harvell...... 4 (vs. McNeese State 2017) Dwayne Smith 3 (@ SHSU 2016, @ Murray 2017) 22 (@ SHSU 2016) Leandre Rucks...... 3 (@ Lamar 2017) Joshua Nix 3 (@ Kansas State 2017) 19 (@ Kansas State 2017) Austin Norris...... 3 (@ Houston Baptist 2017) Carlos Blackman 2 (three times) 55 (vs. Nicholls 2016) Brandon Northcross...... 2 (@ Lamar 2017) Joe Hampton 2 (@ UIW 2017) 74 (@ Murray State 2017) Deandre McGill...... 2 (vs. HBU 2016) Mitchell Perkinson 2 (@ Murray State 2017) 27 (@ Murray State 2017) Justin Morris ...... 2 (@ Murray State 2017; @ NW State 2017, @ Lamar 2017) Jaylin Small...... 2 (vs. Sam Houston 2017) Keshawn Ledet 1 (four times) 22 (vs. Lamar 2016) Marseth Andry...... 2 (3 times) Justin Meadows 1 (@ Lamar 2017) 21 (@ Lamar 2017) Robert Rochell...... 2 (@ Northwestern State 2017) Trai Mosley...... 1 (@ Houston Baptist 2017) Luke Ross...... 1 (@ McNeese State 2016) J.W. Jones...... 1 (vs. SE Louisiana 2017; @ NW State 2017, @ UIW 2017) Victor Hill...... 1 (@ Houston Baptist 2017)

LAST TIME IT HAPPENED... 400 Yards Total Offense ...... 434, vs. New Hampshire, 12/2/17 Had 10 Penalties...... 12 (103 yds), vs. Stephen F. Austin, 10/14/17 500 Yards Total Offense...... 527, @ UIW, 11/11/17 400 Yards Passing...... 403, Ryan Howard vs. SFA, 10/26/13 600 Yards Total Offense...... 681 vs. S.F. Austin, 10/26/13 4 TD Passes in a Game...... 4, Hayden Hildebrand vs. McNeese, 10/28/17 Allowed 500 Yards Total Offense ...... 519, @ Kansas State 9/2/17 5 TD Passes in a Game...... 5, Ryan Howard at Montana St., 9/13/14 Allowed 400 Yards Passing ...... 454, Sam Houston State, 9/30/17 5 Passes Intercepted...... 5, Mike Wallace vs. Harding, 11/16/89 100 Offensive plays...... 100 @ Eastern Washington, 12/3/16 40 Rushes in a Game ...... 49, Blake Veasley at Lamar, 10/24/15 400 Yards Rushing...... 469 vs. West Alabama, 10/31/98 200 Yds Rush. in a Game...... 292, Blake Veasley @ Lamar, 10/24/15 70 Rush Attempts...... 70 vs. Southern Arkansas, 10/15/83 4 TDs Rushing...... 4, Blake Veasley @ Lamar, 10/24/15 6 Rushing Touchdowns...... 7 vs. NW State, 10/25/14 5 TDs Rushing...... 5, Brent Grimes at Stephen F. Austin, 11/15/08 50 Pass Attempts...... 69, @ Samford, 9/3/15 3 TD Receptions...... 3, Dezmin Lewis at S.F. Austin, 10/4/14 30 Pass Completions...... 48, @ Eastern Washington 12/3/16 4 TD Receptions...... 4, Ron Mallet vs. Harding, 11/17/79 400 Yards Passing...... 457, @ Eastern Washington 12/3/16 3 Int. in a Game (def.)...... 3, Damien Land vs. Henderson St., 11/14/98 500 Yards Passing...... 545 at Presbyterian, 11/19/05 5 Touchdown Passes...... 5, at Montana State, 9/13/14 3 Int. in a Game (off.)...... 3, Hayden Hildebrand vs. Stephen F. Austin, 10/14/17 5 Passes Had Intercepted...... 5 at Louisiana Tech, 9/1/07 Punt Return for TD ...... Tremon Smith, 47 yards, @ Arkansas State 9/24/16 5 (Defense)...... 5 vs. Lamar, 10/24/15 Kick Return for TD...... Dwayne Smith 93 yds, @ ACU, 10/1/16 70 Points Scored...... 70 vs. Houston Baptist, 10/11/14 INT Return for TD...... Juan Jackson 43 yards, @ UIW 11/11/17 8 Touchdowns Scored...... 8 vs. Houston Baptist, 9/1/16 Return for TD...... Chris Chambers 28 yards, vs. McNeese State 10/28/17 9 Touchdowns Scored...... 9 vs. S.F. Austin, 10/26/13 Safety...... George Odum vs. New Hampshire 12/2/17 10 Touchdowns Scored...... 10 vs. Houston Baptist, 10/11/14 Punt Blocked...... George Odum vs. Illinois State, 11/26/16 5 Fumbles Forced...... 5, at Arkansas State, 9/24/16 Punt Blocked for TD...... Jackie Harvell 28 yards, vs. McNeese State 10/28/17 UCA was shut out...... 0-19, at Delta State, 10/7/95 PAT Blocked...... (2) Cardell Best @ Oklahoma State, 9/12/15 Opponent was shut out...... 34-0 vs. Abilene Christian, 11/18/17 Field Goal Blocked ...... Nathan Grant, @ UIW, 11/11/17 UCA had 7 turnovers...... 7, vs. Abilene Christian, 11/1/14 Blocked FG Return for TD ...... Tyler Williams 54 yds vs. Houston Baptist 9/1/16 Last successful onside kick...... vs. Illinois State 11/26/16 2-Point Conversion...... Zach Gougler from Taylor Reed, @ OK State 9/12/15 Last fake punt ...... vs. Stephen F. Austin, 11/7/15 Scored 30 points...... 30, Brent Grimes at S.F. Austin, 11/15/08

Most Points Scored Most Points Allowed Milestone Games Milestone Wins Date Opponent Score Date Opponent Score No. Date Opponent Score No. Date Opponent Score 11/19/37 Arkansas State 95-0 11/2/17 at Arkansas State 0-101 1 10/10/08 Little Rock HS 0-22 1 10/24/08 Arkansas Medics 5-0 11/7/15 Arkansas Tech 87-7 11/18/13 Hendrix 0-87 100 10/8/26 Ouachita Baptist 0-48 50 10/19/28 at Arkansas Col. 24-0 10/20/22 Arkansas State 82-0 11/23/10 Hendrix 0-82 200 10/22/38 at Missouri S&T 27-0 100 10/26/40 Henderson State 6-0 11/6/76 at Central Methodist 79-3 10/28/21 Arkansas Tech 0-67 300 11/1/52 Southern State 20-46 200 10/16/65 at Arkansas Tech 28-23 400 9/14/63 Delta State 14-27 10/10/47 Arkansas College 72-7 11/1/45 at Arkansas Tech 0-65 250 10/9/76 at Ark.-Monticello 44-0 10/3/63 at Nevada 13-63 500 10/27/73 at Arkansas Tech 13-14 300 11/20/82 at Harding 13-6 10/24/1910 Ozarks (Ark.) 71-0 11/9/96 at Valdosta State 30-63 600 9/3/83 vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff 21-0 350 11/21/87 Harding 21-3 10/11/14 Houston Baptist 70-0 8/27/08 at Tulsa 34-62 700 10/19/91 at Ark.-Monticello 21-14 400 10/9/93 Ark.-Pine Bluff 48-37 9/15/12 Bacone College 70-3 9/25/26 at Arkansas 0-60 800 10/28/00 Delta State 21-52 450 11/3/01 Southern Ark. 49-25 9/8/01 at SE Oklahoma 68-10 11/19/16 at Sam Houston St. 23-59 900 10/10/09 at Northwestern St. 34-0 500 9/20/08 Quincy 51-6 9/21/02 at Henderson State 68-21 1,000 11/4/17 @ Lamar 42-14 550 9/26/15 at NW State 24-10

10 - TALE OF THE TAPE - - BY THE NUMBERS (2017) -

POSITION...... UCA...... TULSA UCA...... OPP TULSA... OPP POINTS 429...... 210 352...... 450 Offensive line (starters avg.)...... 6-5, 310...... 6-4, 307 SCORING AVG 35.8...... 17.5 29.3...... 37.5 Defensive line...... 6-2, 267...... 6-3, 289 FIRST DOWNS 252...... 212 260...... 293 Offensive backs...... 6-2, 219...... 6-1, 210 RUSHING YARDS AVG 196.6...... 108.8 247.2...... 265.0 PASSING YARDS AVG 268.8...... 210.1 173.1...... 263.9 Receivers...... 6-2, 200...... 6-1, 203 TOTAL OFFENSE AVG 465.3...... 318.8 420.3...... 528.9 Linebackers...... 6-0, 219...... 6-2, 231 KICK RETURN AVG 22.6...... 22.3 18.4...... 20.2 Defensive backs...... 5-11, 180...... 6-2, 200 PUNT RETURN AVG 8.0...... 9.5 1.3...... 8.5 PUNTS/AVG 58/39.7...... 77/40.2 63/41.5...... 46/38.0 Punt/Kickoff returners...... 5-10, 176...... 5-11, 182 FUMBLES/LOST 8/5...... 21/10 11/5...... 14/7 Kicker/Punter...... 6-0, 198...... 6-0, 176 PENALTIES-YDS 83-766...... 70-696 84-720...... 98-948 TIME OF POSS. AVG 30:59...... 29:01 328:01...... 31:59 3RD DOWN CONV. 73/174 (42%).... 59/186 (32%) 83/190 (44%)...... 70/157 (45%) 4TH DOWN CONV. 7/17 (41%)...... 10/27 (37%) 14/23 (61%)...... 8/17 (47%)

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11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS 2017 CENTRAL ARKANSAS Combined Team Statistics (as of Aug 27, 2018) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Sep 02, 2017 at #19 Kansas State L 19-55 51043 All games 10-2 5-1 5-1 0-0 Sep 09, 2017 at Murray St. W 41-13 7456 Conference 9-0 5-0 4-0 0-0 * Sep 16, 2017 SOUTHEASTERN LA. W 38-6 10237 Non-Conference 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-0 * Sep 30, 2017 #3 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 41-30 11347 * Oct 07, 2017 at HBU W 27-7 2543 Team Statistics UCA OPP * Oct 14, 2017 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W 24-20 9263 FIRST DOWNS 252 212 * Oct 21, 2017 at Northwestern State W 45-17 8252 R u s h i n g 116 79 * Oct 28, 2017 #18 MCNEESE W 47-17 9887 P a s s i n g 120 106 * Nov 04, 2017 at Lamar University W 42-14 8417 P e n a l t y 16 27 * Nov 11, 2017 at UIW W 56-10 4652 RUSHING YARDAGE 2359 1305 * Nov 18, 2017 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W 34-0 4325 Rushing Attempts 537 442 Dec 02, 2017 NEW HAMPSHIRE L 15-21 6243 Average Per Rush 4.4 3.0 Average Per Game 196.6 108.8 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g TDs Rushing 20 8 Crossley, Kierre 12 156 817 37 780 5.0 4 52 65.0 PASSING YARDAGE 3225 2521 Blackman, Carlos 12 173 787 17 770 4.5 9 39 64.2 C o m p - A t t - I n t 211-318-9 203-383-10 Battle, Cedric 12 45 246 26 220 4.9 4 25 18.3 Average Per Pass 10.1 6.6 Cooper, Jarvis 10 29 174 8 166 5.7 1 38 16.6 Average Per Catch 15.3 12.4 Cox, Brandon 12 16 120 3 117 7.3 1 37 9.8 Average Per Game 268.8 210.1 Hildebrand, Hayden 12 51 190 97 93 1.8 1 30 7.8 TDs Passing 30 15 Ledet, Keshawn 9 30 92 7 85 2.8 0 10 9.4 TOTAL OFFENSE 5584 3826 Fernandez, D'erek 8 19 80 2 78 4.1 0 11 9.8 Average Per Play 6.5 4.6 Wells, Lester 12 3 44 0 44 14.7 0 28 3.7 Average Per Game 465.3 318.8 Smith, Breylin 8 3 26 0 26 8.7 0 19 3.2 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 31-700 61-1361 Total 12 537 2576 217 2359 4.4 20 52 196.6 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 18-144 12-114 Opponents 12 442 1783 478 1305 3.0 8 49 108.8 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-160 9-107 FUMBLES-LOST 8-5 21-10 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g PENALTIES-Yards 83-766 70-696 Hildebrand, Hayden 12 177.20 207-309-9 67.0 3129 29 81 260.8 PUNTS-AVG 58-39.7 77-40.2 Smith, Breylin 8 183.60 3-7-0 42.9 78 1 35 9.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 5 9 2 9 : 0 1 TEAM 6 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 73/174 59/186 Harfield, Kolt 2 251.20 1-1-0 100.0 18 0 18 9.0 4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/17 10/27 Total 12 177.01 211-318-9 66.4 3225 30 81 268.8 Opponents 12 116.00 203-383-10 53.0 2521 15 70 210.1 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Smith, Tremon 5 102 20.4 1 43 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Jackson, Juan 3 58 19.3 1 43 Cox, Brandon 12 43 816 19.0 6 78 68.0 Northcross, Brandon 1 0 0.0 0 0 Gordon, Roman 10 41 645 15.7 7 81 64.5 Rochell, Robert 1 0 0.0 0 0 Wells, Lester 12 27 334 12.4 3 60 27.8 Dillard, Jakari 12 23 321 14.0 1 49 26.8 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Myers, Brandon 12 19 287 15.1 5 74 23.9 Ponder, Patrick 53 2142 40.4 78 2 21 23 8 0 Battle, Cedric 12 13 340 26.2 5 78 28.3 Cummins, Matt 3 103 34.3 49 0 0 0 0 0 Crossley, Kierre 12 11 128 11.6 0 39 10.7 Hildebrand, Hayden 2 58 29.0 35 0 0 1 0 0 Smith, Dwayne 10 8 34 4.2 0 10 3.4 Blackman, Carlos 12 7 6 0.9 1 9 0.5 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Dexter, Chandler 12 6 69 11.5 0 29 5.8 Smith, Tremon 14 71 5.1 0 28 Hampton, Joe 11 3 127 42.3 2 74 11.5 Jackson, Juan 1 10 10.0 0 10 Nix, Joshua 11 3 19 6.3 0 8 1.7 Sisk, Jacob 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 Moore, Jose 10 2 34 17.0 0 18 3.4 Harvell, Jackie 1 28 28.0 1 28 Perkinson, Mitchell 6 2 27 13.5 0 15 4.5 Battle, Cedric 1 39 39.0 0 39 Meadows, Justin 3 1 21 21.0 0 21 7.0 Total 18 144 8.0 1 39 Total 12 211 3225 15.3 30 81 268.8 Opponents 12 114 9.5 1 62 Opponents 12 203 2521 12.4 15 70 210.1 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Battle, Cedric 26 610 23.5 0 61 Cummins, Matt 13-18 72.2 1-1 7-10 4-5 1-2 0-0 47 1 Hampton, Joe 1 0 0.0 0 0 Ray, Hayden 2-2 100.0 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 36 0 Sisk, Jacob 1 6 6.0 0 6 Jackson, Juan 1 61 61.0 0 61 PAT Dean, Reggio 1 6 6.0 0 6 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Ledet, Keshawn 1 17 17.0 0 17 Cummins, Matt - 13-18 41-44 - - - - - 80 Total 31 700 22.6 0 61 Blackman, Carlos 10 ------60 Opponents 61 1361 22.3 0 96 Battle, Cedric 9 ------54 Gordon, Roman 7 ------42 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Cox, Brandon 7 ------42 Battle, Cedric 12 220 340 39 610 0 1209 100.8 Myers, Brandon 5 ------30 Cox, Brandon 12 117 816 0 0 0 933 77.8 Crossley, Kierre 4 ------24 Crossley, Kierre 12 780 128 0 0 0 908 75.7 Wells, Lester 3 ------18 Blackman, Carlo 12 770 6 0 0 0 776 64.7 Ray, Hayden - 2-2 11-11 - - - - - 17 Gordon, Roman 10 0 645 0 0 0 645 64.5 Hampton, Joe 2 ------12 Total 12 2359 3225 144 700 160 6588 549.0 Cooper, Jarvis 1 ------6 Opponents 12 1305 2521 114 1361 107 5408 450.7 Harvell, Jackie 1 ------6 Garner, Raphael 1 ------6 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Chambers, Chris 1 ------6 Hildebrand, Hayden 12 360 93 3129 3222 268.5 Jackson, Juan 1 ------6 Crossley, Kierre 12 156 780 0 780 65.0 Total 55 15-20 52-55 - - - - 1 429 Blackman, Carlos 12 173 770 0 770 64.2 Opponents 25 12-20 24-25 - - - - - 210 Battle, Cedric 12 45 220 0 220 18.3 Cooper, Jarvis 10 29 166 0 166 16.6 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Total 12 855 2359 3225 5584 465.3 CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS 2017 CENTRAL ARKANSAS Overall Team Statistics (as of Aug 27, 2018) All games

Team Statistics UCA OPP SCORING 429 210 Points Per Game 35.8 17.5 Points Off Turnovers 62 35 FIRST DOWNS 252 212 R u s h i n g 116 79 P a s s i n g 120 106 P e n a l t y 16 27 RUSHING YARDAGE 2359 1305 Yards gained rushing 2576 1783 Yards lost rushing 217 478 Rushing Attempts 537 442 Average Per Rush 4.4 3.0 Average Per Game 196.6 108.8 TDs Rushing 20 8 PASSING YARDAGE 3225 2521 C o m p - A t t - I n t 211-318-9 203-383-10 Average Per Pass 10.1 6.6 Average Per Catch 15.3 12.4 Average Per Game 268.8 210.1 TDs Passing 30 15 TOTAL OFFENSE 5584 3826 Total Plays 855 825 Average Per Play 6.5 4.6 Average Per Game 465.3 318.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 31-700 61-1361 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 18-144 12-114 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-160 9-107 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.6 22.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 8.0 9.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE 16.0 11.9 FUMBLES-LOST 8-5 21-10 PENALTIES-Yards 83-766 70-696 Average Per Game 63.8 58.0 PUNTS-Yards 58-2303 77-3096 Average Per Punt 39.7 40.2 Net punt average 37.1 37.6 KICKOFFS-Yards 82-4816 46-2753 Average Per Kick 58.7 59.8 Net kick average 36.6 36.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 5 9 2 9 : 0 1 3RD-DOWN Conversions 73/174 59/186 3rd-Down Pct 42% 32% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/17 10/27 4th-Down Pct 41% 37% SACKS BY-Yards 39-227 11-70 MISC YARDS 18 -17 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 55 25 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 15-20 12-20 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (42-52) 81% (21-32) 66% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (28-52) 54% (14-32) 44% PAT-ATTEMPTS (52-55) 95% (24-25) 96% ATTENDANCE 51302 82363 Games/Avg Per Game 6/8550 6/13727 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total CENTRAL ARKANSA 130 134 100 65 0 429 Opponents 54 68 41 47 0 210 CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS 2017 CENTRAL ARKANSAS Overall Individual Statistics (as of Aug 27, 2018) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Crossley, Kierre 12 156 817 37 780 5.0 4 52 65.0 Smith, Tremon 14 71 5.1 0 28 Blackman, Carlos 12 173 787 17 770 4.5 9 39 64.2 Battle, Cedric 1 39 39.0 0 39 Battle, Cedric 12 45 246 26 220 4.9 4 25 18.3 Sisk, Jacob 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 Cooper, Jarvis 10 29 174 8 166 5.7 1 38 16.6 Harvell, Jackie 1 28 28.0 1 28 Cox, Brandon 12 16 120 3 117 7.3 1 37 9.8 Jackson, Juan 1 10 10.0 0 10 Hildebrand, Hayden 12 51 190 97 93 1.8 1 30 7.8 Total 18 144 8.0 1 39 Ledet, Keshawn 9 30 92 7 85 2.8 0 10 9.4 Opponents 12 114 9.5 1 62 Fernandez, D'erek 8 19 80 2 78 4.1 0 11 9.8 Wells, Lester 12 3 44 0 44 14.7 0 28 3.7 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Smith, Breylin 8 3 26 0 26 8.7 0 19 3.2 Smith, Tremon 5 102 20.4 1 43 TEAM 6 12 0 20 -20 -1.7 0 0 -3.3 Jackson, Juan 3 58 19.3 1 43 Total 12 537 2576 217 2359 4.4 20 52 196.6 Rochell, Robert 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 12 442 1783 478 1305 3.0 8 49 108.8 Northcross, Brandon 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 10 160 16.0 2 43 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Opponents 9 107 11.9 1 56 Hildebrand, Hayden 12 177.20 207-309-9 67.0 3129 29 81 260.8 Smith, Breylin 8 183.60 3-7-0 42.9 78 1 35 9.8 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg TEAM 6 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Battle, Cedric 26 610 23.5 0 61 Harfield, Kolt 2 251.20 1-1-0 100.0 18 0 18 9.0 Sisk, Jacob 1 6 6.0 0 6 Total 12 177.01 211-318-9 66.4 3225 30 81 268.8 Hampton, Joe 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 12 116.00 203-383-10 53.0 2521 15 70 210.1 Ledet, Keshawn 1 17 17.0 0 17 Dean, Reggio 1 6 6.0 0 6 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Jackson, Juan 1 61 61.0 0 61 Cox, Brandon 12 43 816 19.0 6 78 68.0 Total 31 700 22.6 0 61 Gordon, Roman 10 41 645 15.7 7 81 64.5 Opponents 61 1361 22.3 0 96 Wells, Lester 12 27 334 12.4 3 60 27.8 Dillard, Jakari 12 23 321 14.0 1 49 26.8 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Myers, Brandon 12 19 287 15.1 5 74 23.9 Chambers, Chris 1 25 25.0 1 25 Battle, Cedric 12 13 340 26.2 5 78 28.3 Terrell, Chris 1 11 11.0 0 11 Crossley, Kierre 12 11 128 11.6 0 39 10.7 Garner, Raphael 1 38 38.0 1 38 Smith, Dwayne 10 8 34 4.2 0 10 3.4 Total 3 74 24.7 2 38 Blackman, Carlos 12 7 6 0.9 1 9 0.5 Opponents 1 22 22.0 0 22 Dexter, Chandler 12 6 69 11.5 0 29 5.8 Hampton, Joe 11 3 127 42.3 2 74 11.5 Nix, Joshua 11 3 19 6.3 0 8 1.7 Moore, Jose 10 2 34 17.0 0 18 3.4 Perkinson, Mitchell 6 2 27 13.5 0 15 4.5 Meadows, Justin 3 1 21 21.0 0 21 7.0 Cooper, Jarvis 10 1 17 17.0 0 17 1.7 Ledet, Keshawn 9 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total 12 211 3225 15.3 30 81 268.8 Opponents 12 203 2521 12.4 15 70 210.1 CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS 2017 CENTRAL ARKANSAS Overall Individual Statistics (as of Aug 27, 2018) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Cummins, Matt - 13-18 41-44 - - - - - 80 Hildebrand, Hayden 12 360 93 3129 3222 268.5 Blackman, Carlos 10 ------60 Crossley, Kierre 12 156 780 0 780 65.0 Battle, Cedric 9 ------54 Blackman, Carlos 12 173 770 0 770 64.2 Cox, Brandon 7 ------42 Battle, Cedric 12 45 220 0 220 18.3 Gordon, Roman 7 ------42 Cooper, Jarvis 10 29 166 0 166 16.6 Myers, Brandon 5 ------30 Cox, Brandon 12 16 117 0 117 9.8 Crossley, Kierre 4 ------24 Smith, Breylin 8 10 26 78 104 13.0 Wells, Lester 3 ------18 Ledet, Keshawn 9 30 85 0 85 9.4 Ray, Hayden - 2-2 11-11 - - - - - 17 Fernandez, D'erek 8 19 78 0 78 9.8 Hampton, Joe 2 ------12 Wells, Lester 12 3 44 0 44 3.7 Hildebrand, Hayden 1 ------6 Harfield, Kolt 2 1 0 18 18 9.0 Dillard, Jakari 1 ------6 TEAM 6 13 -20 0 -20 -3.3 Cooper, Jarvis 1 ------6 Total 12 855 2359 3225 5584 465.3 Harvell, Jackie 1 ------6 Opponents 12 825 1305 2521 3826 318.8 Jackson, Juan 1 ------6 Smith, Tremon 1 ------6 Garner, Raphael 1 ------6 Chambers, Chris 1 ------6 Odum, George ------1 2 Total 55 15-20 52-55 - - - - 1 429 Opponents 25 12-20 24-25 - - - - - 210

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Cummins, Matt 13-18 72.2 1-1 7-10 4-5 1-2 0-0 47 1 Ponder, Patrick 53 2142 40.4 78 2 21 23 8 0 Ray, Hayden 2-2 100.0 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 36 0 Cummins, Matt 3 103 34.3 49 0 0 0 0 0 Hildebrand, Hayden 2 58 29.0 35 0 0 1 0 0 FG Sequence CENTRAL ARKANSAS Opponents Total 58 2303 39.7 78 2 21 24 8 0 Kansas State (47),(39) 50,(53),(28) Opponents 77 3096 40.2 67 3 19 22 20 1 Murray St. (28),(36) (38),(43) Southeastern La. (21) 45,(25),49,(41) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Sam Houston State (17),(33) (36) Cummins, Matt 67 4035 60.2 17 2 HBU 25,(33),(25) 28 Ray, Hayden 15 781 52.1 1 0 Stephen F. Austin (27) (31),34,(24) Total 82 4816 58.7CENTRAL 18 2 22.3 36.6ARKANSAS 28 BEARS 2017 Northwestern State (26),24 (49) Opponents 46 2753CENTRAL 59.8 ARKANSAS 15 0 22.6 Overall 36.5 Individual 28 Statistics (as of Aug 27, 2018) All games McNeese (34),(28) (29) Lamar University 25 46 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g UIW 43 (49),47 Battle, Cedric 12 220 340 39 610 0 1209 100.8 Abilene Christian (26),(25) - Cox, Brandon 12 117 816 0 0 0 933 77.8 New Hampshire 32 28 Crossley, Kierre 12 780 128 0 0 0 908 75.7 Blackman, Carlo 12 770 6 0 0 0 776 64.7 Gordon, Roman 10 0 645 0 0 0 645 64.5 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Wells, Lester 12 44 334 0 0 0 378 31.5 Dillard, Jakari 12 0 321 0 0 0 321 26.8 Myers, Brandon 12 0 287 0 0 0 287 23.9 Cooper, Jarvis 10 166 17 0 0 0 183 18.3 Smith, Tremon 12 0 0 71 0 102 173 14.4 Jackson, Juan 12 0 0 10 61 58 129 10.8 Hampton, Joe 11 0 127 0 0 0 127 11.5 Ledet, Keshawn 9 85 0 0 17 0 102 11.3 Hildebrand, Hay 12 93 0 0 0 0 93 7.8 Fernandez, D'er 8 78 0 0 0 0 78 9.8 Dexter, Chandle 12 0 69 0 0 0 69 5.8 Moore, Jose 10 0 34 0 0 0 34 3.4 Smith, Dwayne 10 0 34 0 0 0 34 3.4 Harvell, Jackie 12 0 0 28 0 0 28 2.3 Perkinson, Mitch 6 0 27 0 0 0 27 4.5 Smith, Breylin 8 26 0 0 0 0 26 3.2 Meadows, Justin 3 0 21 0 0 0 21 7.0 Nix, Joshua 11 0 19 0 0 0 19 1.7 Dean, Reggio 11 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.5 Sisk, Jacob 12 0 0 -4 6 0 2 0.2 TEAM 6 -20 0 0 0 0 -20 -3.3 Total 12 2359 3225 144 700 160 6588 549.0 Opponents 12 1305 2521 114 1361 107 5408 450.7 CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS 2017 CENTRAL ARKANSAS Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Aug 27, 2018) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 31 Odum, George 12 78 42 120 8.0-39 4.0-26 . 2 2 1-0 1 . 1 25 Jackson, Juan 12 54 28 82 8.0-11 . 3-58 3 . . . . . 10 Graves, James 12 24 46 70 5.0-10 0.5-3 . 1 . . . . . 51 Jackson, Eric 12 28 32 60 18.5-106 11.0-85 . 2 . . . . . 28 Chambers, Chris 12 29 24 53 12.5-65 5.5-31 . 2 5 1-25 3 . . 95 Terrell, Chris 12 31 20 51 20.0-80 11.0-48 . 1 5 1-11 3 . . 30 Garner, Raphael 11 19 28 47 2.5-7 1.0-3 . 2 . 1-38 . . . 11 Lofton, Jaylon 12 31 10 41 4.0-19 . . 9 . . . . . 1 Smith, Tremon 12 27 14 41 2.5-2 . 5-102 11 . . . . . 37 Dean, Reggio 11 15 21 36 2.5-7 . . . . 1-0 . . . 91 Williams, Javian 12 9 24 33 1.5-0 . . 1 . 1-0 . 1 . 2 Ware, Michael 11 17 15 32 1.0-5 . . 3 . . . . . 8 Garrison, Tavion 10 17 7 24 . . . 8 . . . . . 94 Grant, Nathan 12 11 11 22 6.0-29 4.0-21 . . 1 . . 1 . 49 Sutton, Roy 11 10 11 21 0.5-2 ...... 36 Harvell, Jackie 12 10 5 15 . . . 1 . 1-0 1 . . 90 Brown, A'Javius 11 10 5 15 3.5-16 1.0-3 . . . . 1 . . 35 Sisk, Jacob 12 8 6 14 1.0-4 . . 1 . . . . . 86 Norris, Austin 9 1 11 12 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 92 Morris, Justin 12 3 7 10 1.5-2 . . 1 . . . . . 9 Rochell, Robert 11 8 . 8 . . 1-0 6 . 1-0 1 . . 17 Wells, Lester 12 3 4 7 ...... 54 Andry, Marseth 10 3 4 7 0.5-1 ...... 47 Hall, Matthew 7 2 3 5 ...... 82 Hampton, Joe 11 2 3 5 ...... 1 . . 14 Rucks, Leandre 2 1 4 5 1.0-1 ...... 43 Small, Jaylin 11 3 2 5 ...... 34 Cooper, Jarvis 10 1 2 3 ...... 16 Mosley, Trai 11 1 2 3 . . . 5 . . . . . 96 Jones, J.W. 3 2 1 3 ...... 27 Northcross, Brandon 3 2 . 2 . . 1-0 ...... 24 McGill, Deandre 3 1 1 2 ...... 3 Cox, Brandon 12 1 1 2 ...... 74 Harris, Adrian 12 1 . 1 ...... 5 Dillard, Jakari 12 1 . 1 ...... 46 Hill, Victor 4 1 . 1 ...... 26 Fernandez, D'erek 8 1 . 1 ...... 15 Dexter, Chandler 12 1 . 1 ...... 6 Moore, Jose 10 1 . 1 ...... 48 McIntosh, Austin 9 . 1 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 87 Smith, Dwayne 10 1 . 1 ...... 70 Garcia, Gilberto 12 . 1 1 ...... 38 Ross, Luke 6...... 1. Total 12 469 396 865 100-406 39-227 10-160 59 13 10-74 11 3 1 Opponents 12 486 448 934 75-215 11-70 9-107 27 13 5-22 6 2 . CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS 2017 CENTRAL ARKANSAS Team Game-by-Game (as of Aug 27, 2018) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 02 at Kansas State 55 223 1 37 27 198 1 27 27-35-1 198 1 27 2 35 0 25 0 0 0 0 421 Sep 09 at Murray St. 43 200 2 30 19 286 3 74 19-25-1 286 3 74 3 71 0 26 2 36 0 28 486 Sep 16 SOUTHEASTERN LA. 42 214 3 22 13 259 1 52 13-21-0 259 1 52 2 74 0 39 2 9 0 6 473 Sep 30 SAM HOUSTON STATE 39 173 0 35 13 294 4 74 13-26-0 294 4 74 4 84 0 37 2 41 0 39 467 Oct 07 at HBU 46 114 1 17 19 293 2 58 19-32-0 293 2 58 2 44 0 38 2 -6 0 0 407 Oct 14 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 35 160 0 52 25 290 3 60 25-35-3 290 3 60 3 102 0 61 1 -1 0 0 450 Oct 21 at Northwestern State 44 230 3 20 12 306 3 81 12-20-1 306 3 81 3 42 0 18 0 0 0 0 536 Oct 28 MCNEESE 35 73 0 25 12 250 4 55 12-16-0 250 4 55 4 57 0 34 2 33 1 28 323 Nov 04 at Lamar University 58 332 4 40 12 233 2 43 12-18-1 233 2 43 3 85 0 61 1 11 0 11 565 Nov 11 at UIW 44 248 3 39 22 279 4 69 22-32-0 279 4 69 1 28 0 28 3 26 0 10 527 Nov 18 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 62 319 3 38 10 176 1 78 10-18-0 176 1 78 0 0 0 0 2 -3 0 1 495 Dec 02 NEW HAMPSHIRE 34 73 0 14 27 361 2 78 27-40-2 361 2 78 4 78 0 22 1 -2 0 0 434 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 537 2359 20 52 211 3225 30 81 211-318-9 3225 30 81 31 700 0 61 18 144 1 39 5584 Opponents 442 1305 8 49 203 2521 15 70 203-383-10 2521 15 70 61 1361 0 96 12 114 1 62 3826

Games: 12 • Avg/rush: 4.4 • Avg/catch: 15.3 • Pass effic: 177.01 • KR avg: 22.6 • PR avg: 8.0 • All purpose avg/game: 549.0 • Total offense avg/gm: 465.3

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 02 at Kansas State 39 0 39 4.0-8 1.0-1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 19 Sep 09 at Murray St. 37 30 67 7.0-36 4.0-28 1 1-11 1-43 3 3 0 5-5 0 0 0 14 41 Sep 16 SOUTHEASTERN LA. 43 48 91 14.0-43 2.0-5 2 1-38 0-0 0 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 7 38 Sep 30 SAM HOUSTON STATE 45 32 77 6.0-30 3.0-20 0 0-0 2-59 0 11 0 5-5 0 0 0 7 41 Oct 07 at HBU 60 26 86 10.0-40 5.0-28 0 1-0 3-0 2 8 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 27 Oct 14 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 48 20 68 13.0-61 7.0-42 0 0-0 0-0 0 11 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 24 Oct 21 at Northwestern State 44 32 76 8.0-27 3.0-16 2 1-0 1-0 8 5 0 6-6 0 0 0 3 45 Oct 28 MCNEESE 35 54 89 7.0-23 3.0-16 2 2-25 0-0 0 9 1 5-6 0 0 0 10 47 Nov 04 at Lamar University 35 48 83 11.0-65 5.0-30 2 1-0 1-0 0 5 1 6-6 0 0 0 7 42 Nov 11 at UIW 31 28 59 6.0-17 2.0-9 2 3-0 1-43 0 3 1 8-8 0 0 0 14 56 Nov 18 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 23 26 49 6.0-22 2.0-10 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 34 Dec 02 NEW HAMPSHIRE 29 52 81 8.0-34 2.0-15 0 0-0 1-15 0 1 0 1-2 0 0 1 0 15 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 469 396 865 100.0-406 38.0-220 11 10-74 10-160 13 59 3 52-55 0 0 1 62 429 Opponents 486 448 934 75.0-215 11.0-70 6 5-22 9-107 13 27 2 24-25 0 0 0 35 210

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 02 at Kansas State 3 103 34.3 49 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 47 0 5 257 51.4 0 0 Sep 09 at Murray St. 3 90 30.0 35 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 36 0 8 457 57.1 5 0 Sep 16 SOUTHEASTERN LA. 3 130 43.3 47 0 0 3 0 1 1-1 21 0 7 350 50.0 0 0 Sep 30 SAM HOUSTON STATE 8 270 33.8 38 0 0 4 0 4 2-2 33 0 8 469 58.6 0 0 Oct 07 at HBU 6 222 37.0 43 0 0 3 0 1 2-3 33 1 6 385 64.2 3 0 Oct 14 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 6 239 39.8 47 0 0 5 0 0 1-1 27 0 5 318 63.6 3 0 Oct 21 at Northwestern State 4 204 51.0 78 0 1 1 2 1 1-2 26 0 8 491 61.4 2 0 Oct 28 MCNEESE 7 315 45.0 55 0 0 0 3 5 2-2 34 0 9 565 62.8 0 0 Nov 04 at Lamar University 3 127 42.3 59 0 0 1 1 2 0-1 0 0 7 429 61.3 1 0 Nov 11 at UIW 4 166 41.5 47 0 0 2 0 2 0-1 0 0 9 505 56.1 2 2 Nov 18 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 5 214 42.8 63 0 1 0 1 4 2-2 26 0 7 401 57.3 1 0 Dec 02 NEW HAMPSHIRE 6 223 37.2 71 0 0 2 1 3 0-1 0 0 3 189 63.0 1 0 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 58 2303 39.7 78 0 2 21 8 24 15-20 47 1 82 4816 58.7 18 2 Opponents 77 3096 40.2 67 1 3 19 20 22 12-20 53 2 46 2753 59.8 15 0

FCS COACHES PRESEASON POLL STATS FCS PRESEASON POLL 1. North Dakota State 14-1 1. North Dakota State 14-1 2. James Madison 14-1 2. James Madison 14-1 3. South Dakota State 11-3 3. South Dakota State 11-3 4. Sam Houston State 12-1 4. Sam Houston State 12-2 5. Kennesaw State 12-2 5. Kennesaw State 12-2 6. Jacksonville State 10-3 6. Jacksonville State 10-2 7. Eastern Washington 7-4 7. New Hampshire 9-5 8. Weber State 11-3 8. Weber State 11-3 9. New Hampshire 9-5 9. Eastern Washington 7-4 10. Samford 8-4 10. Wofford 10-3 11. Wofford 10-3 SLC PRESEASON 11. Samford 8-4 12. Northern Iowa 8-5 12. Elon 8-4 13. Elon 8-4 POLL 13. Northern Iowa 8-5 14. North Carolina A&T 12-0 COACHES/SID POLL 14. North Carolina A&T 12-0 15. UCA 10-2 1. Sam Houston State (10)...... 187 15. Delaware 7-4 16. Delaware 7-4 16. UCA 10-2 17. Nicholls State 8-4 2. Nicholls State (6)...... 173 17. McNeese State 9-2 18 McNeese State 9-2 3. Central Arkansas (5)...... 170 18. Nicholls State 8-4 19. Villanova 5-6 4. McNeese State (1)...... 159 19. Villanova 5-6 20. Illinois State 6-5 5. SE Louisiana...... 119 20. Stony Brook 10-3 21. Furman 8-5 6. Stephen F. Austin...... 90 21. Illinois State 6-5 22. Stony Brook 10-3 7. Abilene Christian...... 89 22 Austin Peay 8-4 23. Austin Peay 8-4 8. Northwestern State...... 86 23. Furman 8-5 24. Youngstown State 6-5 9. Incarnate Word...... 53 24. Montana 7-4 25. Montana 7-4 10. Lamar...... 52 25. Youngstown State 6-5 (preseason poll) 11. Houston Baptist...... 32 (preseason poll)

CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS 2017 CENTRAL ARKANSASCENTRAL BEARS ARKANSAS 2017 BEARS 2017 CENTRAL ARKANSAS Game Superlatives (as of Aug 27, 2018) CENTRAL ARKANSASCENTRAL Game Superlatives ARKANSAS (as Game of Aug Superlatives 27, 2018) (as of Aug 27, 2018) All games All games All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS TEAM GAME HIGHSTEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes 24 Blackman, Carlos at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Rushing 164 Crossley, Kierre vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) Rushes Rushes62 vs Abilene Christian62 (Nov vs Abilene 18, 2017) Christian (Nov 18, 2017) TD Rushes 3 Blackman, Carlos at Northwestern State (Oct 21, 2017)Yards Rushing Yards332 Rushingat Lamar University332 (Novat Lamar 04, 2017)University (Nov 04, 2017) Long Rush 52 Crossley, Kierre vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) Yards Per RushYards 5.7 Per Rush at Lamar University 5.7 (Nov at Lamar 04, 2017)University (Nov 04, 2017) Pass attempts 40 Hildebrand, Hayden vs New Hampshire (Dec 02, 2017)TD Rushes TD Rushes4 at Lamar University4 (Novat Lamar 04, 2017)University (Nov 04, 2017) Pass completions 27 Hildebrand, Hayden at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) Pass attempts Pass 40attempts vs New Hampshire40 (Dec vs New 02, Hampshire2017) (Dec 02, 2017) 27 Hildebrand, Hayden vs New Hampshire (Dec 02, 2017)Pass completions Pass 27completionsat Kansas State27 (Sepat 02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Passing 361 Hildebrand, Hayden vs New Hampshire (Dec 02, 2017) 27 vs New Hampshire27 (Dec vs New 02, Hampshire2017) (Dec 02, 2017) TD Passes 4 Hildebrand, Hayden vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30, 2017) Yards Passing Yards361 Passingvs New Hampshire361 (Decvs New 02, Hampshire2017) (Dec 02, 2017) 4 Hildebrand, Hayden vs McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) Long Pass 81 Hildebrand, Hayden at Northwestern State (Oct 21, 2017)Yards Per PassYards 15.6 Per Pass vs McNeese 15.6 (Oct 28, vs2017) McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) Receptions 10 Cox, Brandon vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) TD Passes TD Passes4 vs Sam Houston4 Statevs (SepSam 30,Houston 2017) State (Sep 30, 2017) Yards Receiving 181 Gordon, Roman at Northwestern State (Oct 21, 2017) 4 vs McNeese (Oct4 28, vs2017) McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) TD Receptions 2 Battle, Cedric vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30, 2017) 4 at UIW (Nov 411, 2017)at UIW (Nov 11, 2017) 2 Gordon, Roman at Northwestern State (Oct 21, 2017)Total Plays Total90 Plays at Kansas State90 (Sep at 02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) 2 Cox, Brandon vs McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) Total Offense Total565 Offenseat Lamar University565 (Novat Lamar 04, 2017)University (Nov 04, 2017) 2 Wells, Lester vs McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) Yards Per Play Yards8.4 Per Play at Northwestern8.4 State at (OctNorthwestern 21, 2017) State (Oct 21, 2017) 2 Cox, Brandon at UIW (Nov 11, 2017) Points Points56 at UIW (Nov56 11, 2017)at UIW (Nov 11, 2017) 2 Battle, Cedric vs New Hampshire (Dec 02, 2017) Sacks By Sacks 7By vs Stephen F.7 Austin vs(Oct Stephen 14, 2017) F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) Long Reception 81 Gordon, Roman at Northwestern State (Oct 21, 2017) Field Goals 2 Cummins, Matt at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) First Downs First 28Downs at Kansas State28 (Sepat 02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) 2 Cummins, Matt vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30, 2017)Penalties Penalties17 vs Sam Houston17 State vs (SepSam 30,Houston 2017) State (Sep 30, 2017) 2 Cummins, Matt at HBU (Oct 07, 2017) Penalty Yards Penalty166 Yardsvs Sam Houston166 Statevs (SepSam 30,Houston 2017) State (Sep 30, 2017) 2 Cummins, Matt vs McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) Turnovers Turnovers4 vs New Hampshire4 (Dec vs New 02, Hampshire2017) (Dec 02, 2017) 2 Cummins, Matt vs Abilene Christian (Nov 18, 2017) Interceptions By Interceptions3 atBy HBU (Oct 07,3 2017)at HBU (Oct 07, 2017) Long Field Goal 47 Cummins, Matt at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) Punts Punts 8 vs Sam Houston8 State vs (SepSam 30,Houston 2017) State (Sep 30, 2017) Punts 8 Ponder, Patrick vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30, 2017)Punting Avg Punting51.0 Avg at Northwestern51.0 Stateat (OctNorthwestern 21, 2017) State (Oct 21, 2017) Punting Avg 51.0 Ponder, Patrick at Northwestern State (Oct 21, 2017) Long Punt Long78 Punt at Northwestern78 State at (OctNorthwestern 21, 2017) State (Oct 21, 2017) Long Punt 78 Ponder, Patrick at Northwestern State (Oct 21, 2017) Punts inside 20 Punts 5inside 20vs McNeese (Oct5 28,vs 2017) McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) Punts inside 20 5 Ponder, Patrick vs McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) Long Punt Return 39 Battle, Cedric vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30, 2017) Long Punt ReturnLong 39Punt Return vs Sam Houston 39 State vs (SepSam 30,Houston 2017) State (Sep 30, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 61 Battle, Cedric vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) 61 Jackson, Juan at Lamar University (Nov 04, 2017) Tackles 16 Odum, George vs McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) Sacks 3.0 Jackson, Eric at Lamar University (Nov 04, 2017) Tackles For Loss 4.0 Odum, George vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) 4.0 Terrell, Chris vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) Interceptions 2 Smith, Tremon vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30, 2017) CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS 2017 CENTRAL ARKANSASCENTRAL BEARS ARKANSAS 2017 BEARS 2017 CENTRAL ARKANSAS Game Superlatives (as of Aug 27, 2018) CENTRAL ARKANSAS CENTRALGame Superlatives ARKANSAS (as Gameof Aug Superlatives 27, 2018) (as of Aug 27, 2018) All games All games All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS OPPONENT TEAM GAMEOPPONENT HIGHS TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 24 Gray,Evan, vs New Hampshire (Dec 02, 2017) Rushes Rushes56 vs Southeastern56 La. (Sep vs Southeastern 16, 2017) La. (Sep 16, 2017) Yards Rushing 142 Amous, Kijana, vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017)Yards Rushing Yards206 Rushingvs McNeese206 (Oct 28, 2017)vs McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) TD Rushes 1 Barnes, Alex, at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Per RushYards 6.0 Per Rush at Kansas State 6.0 (Sep at02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) 1 Warmack, Dalvin, at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017)TD Rushes TD Rushes2 at Kansas State2 (Sep at02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) 1 Avery, Corey, vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30, 2017)Pass attempts Pass50 attempts vs Sam Houston50 State vs (Sep Sam 30, Houston 2017) State (Sep 30, 2017) 1 Kelly, B.J., at HBU (Oct 07, 2017) Pass completions Pass30 completionsat HBU (Oct 07,30 2017)at HBU (Oct 07, 2017) 1 Blumrick, Jake, vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017)Yards Passing Yards333 Passing at Kansas State333 (Sep at02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) 1 Jones, Chris, at Northwestern State (Oct 21, 2017)Yards Per Pass Yards20.8 Per Passat Kansas State20.8 (Sep at02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) 1 Pratt, Justin, vs McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) TD Passes TD Passes4 at Kansas State4 (Sep at02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) 1 Starnes, Cole, at Lamar University (Nov 04, 2017)Total Plays Total89 Plays vs Sam Houston89 Statevs (Sep Sam 30, Houston 2017) State (Sep 30, 2017) Long Rush 49 Pratt, Justin, vs McNeese (Oct 28, 2017) Total Offense Total519 Offense at Kansas State519 (Sep at02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) Pass attempts 50 Briscoe, Jeremi, vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30, 2017)Yards Per Play Yards11.0 Per Playat Kansas State11.0 (Sep at02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) Pass completions 30 Zappe, Bailey, at HBU (Oct 07, 2017) Points Points55 at Kansas State55 (Sep at02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Passing 333 Ertz, Jesse, at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) Sacks By Sacks5 By vs New Hampshire5 (Decvs 02,New 2017) Hampshire (Dec 02, 2017) TD Passes 4 Ertz, Jesse, at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) First Downs First32 Downs vs Sam Houston32 State vs (Sep Sam 30, Houston 2017) State (Sep 30, 2017) Long Pass 70 Ertz, Jesse, at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) Penalties Penalties12 vs Sam Houston12 Statevs (Sep Sam 30, Houston 2017) State (Sep 30, 2017) Receptions 8 Stewart, Nathan, vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30,Penalty 2017) Yards Penalty135 Yards vs Sam Houston135 State vs (Sep Sam 30, Houston 2017) State (Sep 30, 2017) 8 Fry, Ethan, at HBU (Oct 07, 2017) Turnovers Turnovers4 at HBU (Oct 07,4 2017)at HBU (Oct 07, 2017) Yards Receiving 164 Stewart, Nathan, vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30, 2017) 4 at UIW (Nov 11,4 2017) at UIW (Nov 11, 2017) TD Receptions 3 Stewart, Nathan, vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30,Interceptions 2017) By Interceptions3 vs By Stephen F. 3Austin (Octvs Stephen 14, 2017) F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) Long Reception 70 Schoen, Dalton, at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) Punts Punts9 vs Abilene Christian9 (Nov vs Abilene 18, 2017) Christian (Nov 18, 2017) Field Goals 2 McCrane, M., at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) Punting Avg Punting49.4 Avgat UIW (Nov49.4 11, 2017)at UIW (Nov 11, 2017) 2 VICENTE, Gabrie, at Murray St. (Sep 09, 2017) Long Punt Long67 Punt at UIW (Nov 6711, 2017) at UIW (Nov 11, 2017) 2 Burkhard, D., vs Southeastern La. (Sep 16, 2017)Punts inside 20 Punts4 inside vs20 Stephen F. 4Austin (Octvs Stephen 14, 2017) F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) 2 Ruiz, Storm, vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017)Long Punt ReturnLong 62 Punt Return at Kansas State 62 (Sep at02, Kansas 2017) State (Sep 02, 2017) Long Field Goal 53 McCrane, M., at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) Punts 9 S. Laryea, vs Abilene Christian (Nov 18, 2017) Punting Avg 49.4 Zema, Joe, at UIW (Nov 11, 2017) Long Punt 67 Zema, Joe, at UIW (Nov 11, 2017) Punts inside 20 4 Lewallen, Caleb, vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) Long Punt Return 62 Reed, D.J., at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 96 Reed, D.J., at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) Tackles 11 Dolan, Garrett, at HBU (Oct 07, 2017) 11 Reed, Ryan, at Northwestern State (Oct 21, 2017) Sacks 2.5 Holt,Rick, vs New Hampshire (Dec 02, 2017) Tackles For Loss 3.0 Hall, P.J., vs Sam Houston State (Sep 30, 2017) 3.0 Dolan, Garrett, at HBU (Oct 07, 2017) Interceptions 1 Reed, D.J., at Kansas State (Sep 02, 2017) 1 SANFORD, Marque, at Murray St. (Sep 09, 2017) 1 Ghansah, Lawren, vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) 1 Ward, Alize, vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) 1 Potts, Terrance, vs Stephen F. Austin (Oct 14, 2017) 1 Warren, Isaac, at Northwestern State (Oct 21, 2017) 1 Jones, Nate, at Lamar University (Nov 04, 2017) 1 Horn,Evan, vs New Hampshire (Dec 02, 2017) 1 Harper,Steven, vs New Hampshire (Dec 02, 2017)