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ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL Lone Star Conference Champions 1973 • 1977 • 2008 • 2010 Lone Star Conference South Division Champions 2002 • 2008 • 2010 NAIA Division I National Champions 1973 • 1977 NCAA Division II Playoff Appearances 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 Texas Conference Champions 1939 • 1940 • 1948 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 Gulf Coast Conference Champions 1955 Bowl Championships 1950 Refrigerator Bowl • 1973 NAIA Champions Bowl • 1976 Shrine Bowl • 1977 NAIA Apple Bowl ACU WILDCATS Photo by Jeremy Enlow / Abilene Christian University AT A GLANCE FOOTBALL HISTORY First year of football: 1919 All-time record: 463-378-32* 2012 record: 1-0 Head coach: Ken Collums (1st season) Coach’s overall record: 1-0 Coach’s record at ACU: 1-0 Years in NCAA post-season play: 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) NCAA post-season record: 2-6* Last NCAA post-season appearance: 2011 Result: lost to Washburn (Mo.), 52-49, in first round * 10 wins from 2007 season vacated because of NCAA violations. COACHING STAFF Ken Collums . Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator Darian Dulin . Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs Chris Ballard . Offensive Assistant Sam Collins . Offensive Line Kendrick Holloway . Wide Receivers #9 Wildcats host #24 Javelinas as both David Rausch . Defensive Line teams begin Lone Star Conference play Mark Ribaudo . Linebackers Nathan Young . Running Backs The ACU Wildcats return home to Cory Driskill . Head Athletics Trainer Shotwell Stadium Saturday night to begin Luke Sauber . Assistant Athletics Trainer their 40th and final Lone Star Conference season as they host longtime rival Texas RADIO: All of ACU’s games can be heard live on Mix 92.5 FM with Grant A&M-Kingsville. Boone calling all the play-by-play action. He will be joined in the booth by The Wildcats and Javelinas are both 1-0 #24 A&M-KINGSVILLE ACU SID Lance Fleming. Boone is in his fifth season calling play-by-play for after convincing season-opening home wins the Wildcats, while Fleming is in his 15th year as ACU’s assistant director of last Saturday. The Wildcats hammered AT #9 ACU athletics for media relations and his third as the full-time color commentator. McMurry, 51-0, while the Javelinas topped When: Saturday, Sept. 8 ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Central Washington, 35-7. Time: 6 p.m. Kingsville enters the game with a Where: Shotwell Stadium (15,000, FieldTurf) LANCE FLEMING commanding 31-14-1 lead in the all-time Radio: Mix 92.5 FM Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations series, although the Wildcats have won Series: Kingsville leads 31-14-1 Office phone: 325-674-2693 eight straight games on the field dating Last week: Cell phone: 325-665-3543 back to 2004 (four straight if you discount • Kingsville def. Central Washington, 35-7 Fax: 325-674-6798 the win in 2007 that was taken away from • ACU def. McMurry, 51-0 Email: fl[email protected] ACU because of NCAA violations). Last meeting: Shotwell Stadium Press box: 325-671-4673 or 4675 The Wildcats have won 12 straight • ACU def. Kingsville, 42-34 Home radio: 325-674-4906 regular-season games at Shotwell Stadium (Nov. 5, 2011 / Kingsville) Visitor radio: 325-676-0293 with their last loss coming to West Texas A&M on Oct. 17, 2009. on Nov. 1, 1997 vs. Texas A&M-Commerce. CHRIS MACALUSO ACU opened the 2012 season last week The Wildcats finished with 10 sacks as a Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations with that 51-0 win over McMurry, which is team, which is tied for the second-most Office phone: 325-674-6171 playing its first season as an NCAA Division sacks in a game in school history behind the Cell phone: 765-490-6988 II team. The Wildcats’ 51 points were the 13 that the Wildcats racked up in a 1994 Fax: 325-674-6798 most they’ve scored in a season-opener win over Adams State. Email: [email protected] since they scored 53 in 1971 vs. McMurry. Offensively, the Wildcats were led by The win was also the first career victory seniro quarterback Mitchell Gale, who was facebook.com/abilenechristian for ACU’s first-year head coach Ken Collums. an efficient 19 of 28 for 290 yards and one facebook.com/ACUsports His win makes ACU’s 19 head coaches 11-8 touchdown, a 9-yard pass to Taylor Gabriel in their first games as the head coach. late in the second quarter that gave the The victory was sparked by sophomore Wildcats a 21-0 halftime lead. defensive end Nick Richardson, who Gale has now thrown a touchdown pass twitter.com/ACUedu recorded a school record-tying six sacks in 24 straight games and in 29 of his 32 twitter.com/ACUsports of McMurry quarterback Jake Mullin. career starts. The Wildcats are 24-8 with His six sacks tied the school record set Gale as their starting quarterback 2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME TWO • #24 TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE AT #9 ACU • SEPT. 8, 2012 Page 1 THE FACTS: ACU vs. TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE #9 ABILENE CHRISTIAN (0-0, 0-0 LSC) Key Facts: Saturday’s game is the 47th meeting between two longtime rivals, and it will be their Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 last meeting as Lone Star Conference foes as ACU has announced that it will move to NCAA Division I Sept. 1 def. McMurry, 51-0 1-0 affiliation and the Southland Conference in 2013. ... Kingsville enters the game with a commanding 31-14-1 lead in the all-time series, although the Wildcats have won eight straight games on the field Sept. 8 * vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville 6 p.m. dating back to 2004 (four straight if you discount the win in 2007 that was taken away from ACU because of NCAA violations). ... ACU senior quarterback Mitchell Gale is 3-0 against the Javelinas, and Sept. 15 * vs. Tarleton State (Arlington) 4 p.m. has thrown for more yards (1,114) against Kingsville than any other opponent, and his eight career TD Sept. 22 * at Angelo State 6 p.m. passes against the Javelinas are tied for the second-most against an opponent. ... In those three games, Gale is 88 of 127 with eight touchdowns for 1,114 yards. He has not thrown an interception against the Sept. 27 at Delta State (Miss.) 6:30 p.m. Javelinas in three games. Oct. 6 * vs. Eastern New Mexico 6 p.m. BREAKDOWN Oct. 13 * at West Texas A&M 6 p.m. Abilene Christian Texas A&M-Kingsville Oct. 20 * ! vs. Midwestern State 2 p.m. 2012 Record 1-0, 0-0 in LSC 2012 Record 1-0, 0-0 in LSC Oct. 27 * at Texas A&M-Commerce 2 p.m. 2012 Ranking No. 9 by AFCA 2012 Ranking No. 24 by AFCA No. xx by d2football.com No. x by d2football.com Nov. 3 vs. West Alabama 12 p.m. Last Game def. McMurry, 51-0 Last Game def. Central Washington, 35-7 Nov. 10 * at Incarnate Word 7 p.m. Sept. 1, 2012 Sept. 1, 2012 Head Coach Ken Collums (1st season) Head Coach Bo Atterberry (6th season) Home games are in bold Career Record 1-0 Career Record 36-22 * Lone Star Conference game ACU Record 1-0 TAMK Record 36-22 vs. TAMK 0-0 vs. ACU 0-5 ! Homecoming #24 TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE (1-0) Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE SERIES TAMK leads 31-14-1 Sept. 1 def. Central Washington, 35-7 1-0 Sept. 8 * at ABILENE CHRISTIAN 6 p.m. 2011 – ACU 42, Texas A&M-Kingsville 34 1985 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 10, ACU 3 2010 – ACU 31, Texas A&M-Kingsville 24 1984 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 28, ACU 13 Sept. 15 * vs. West Texas A&M 8 p.m. 2009 – ACU 47, Texas A&M-Kingsville 35 1983 – ACU 38, Texas A&M-Kingsville 24 2008 – ACU 42, Texas A&M-Kingsville 17 1982 – ACU 34, Texas A&M-Kingsville 18 Sept. 22 * vs. Midwestern State 7 p.m. * 2007 – ACU 59, Texas A&M-Kingsville 31 1981 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 37, ACU 27 2006 – ACU 41, Texas A&M-Kingsville 38 1980 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 46, ACU 13 Sept. 29 * at Texas A&M-Commerce 6 p.m. 2005 – ACU 19, Texas A&M-Kingsville 3 1979 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 37, ACU 21 2004 – ACU 17, Texas A&M-Kingsville 10 1978 – ACU 28, Texas A&M-Kingsville 13 Oct. 6 vs. North Alabama 7 p.m. 2003 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 10, ACU 7 1977 – ACU 25, Texas A&M-Kingsville 25 Oct. 13 * vs. Incarnate Word 7 p.m. 2002 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 22, ACU 16 1976 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 38, ACU 10 2001 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 35, ACU 7 1975 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 24, ACU 21 Oct. 20 * at Tarleton State 6 p.m. 2000 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 24, ACU 7 1974 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 46, ACU 14 1999 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 40, ACU 14 1973 – ACU 35, Texas A&M-Kingsville 14 Oct. 27 * ! vs. Angelo State 7 p.m. 1998 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 56, ACU 28 1953 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 25, ACU 14 1997 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 54, ACU 7 1952 – ACU 48, Texas A&M-Kingsville 13 Nov. 1 at Valdosta State 6:30 p.m. 1996 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 38, ACU 0 1951 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 14, ACU 13 1995 – Texas A&M-Kingsville 54, ACU 7 1950 – ACU 20, Texas A&M-Kingsville 3 Nov.