2019 A&M-Commerce Lions Football
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2019 A&M-COMMERCE LIONS FOOTBALL GAME ONE • SELECCIÓN NUEVO LEÓN • September 7 • 6 p.m. No. 13 A&M-Commerce (0-0, 0-0 LSC) LIONS SCHEDULE vs. Date Opponent Time Selección Nuevo León (0-0) S7 SELECCIÓN NUEVO LEÓN 6 p.m. Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium • Commerce S14 at Western Oregon 3:05 p.m. S21 EASTERN N.M. * 6 p.m. RADIO: Lion Sports Network PxP: Charlie Chitwood • COLOR: Brock Callaway S28 at Colorado State-Pueblo 7 p.m. O5 at Texas A&M-Kingsville * 7 p.m. BAILIFF BEGINS LION COACHES IN THEIR FIRST SEASON O12 MIDWESTERN ST. * 6 p.m. • Lion Football Year .......Coach .................................Overall ....LSC O19 at Tarleton * 6 p.m. head coach David 2019 ..... David Bailiff .......................- ..................- O26 WESTERN N.M. * 4 p.m. Bailiff was hired 2013 ......Colby Carthel .....................7-5 ...........2-4 N2 at West Texas A&M * 4 p.m. in December 2018 2009 .....Guy Morriss ........................5-5...........5-4 N9 UT PERMIAN BASIN * 4 p.m. as the 20th head 2004 .....Scotty Conley .....................4-6 ..........4-5 N16 at Angelo St. * 4 p.m. football coach at 1999 ......Eddie Brister ......................4-7 ...........4-5 A&M-Commerce. 1986 ......Eddie Vowell .......................2-9 .......... 1-5 • Since East Texas joined the Lone 1964 ......Ernest Hawkins ..................2-7 ........... 1-5 NUEVO LEON SCHEDULE Star Conference as charter members 1954 ......J.V. Sikes .............................6-3-1 .....5-0-1 Date Opponent Time in 1931, Bailiff is the 13th head coach 1951 .......M.A. “Catfish” Smith ..........9-2 ......... 5-0 S7 at A&M-Commerce 6 p.m. of the Lions. 1946 ......Bob Berry 2nd Stint .................5-2-2 .....3-1-1 • Bailiff was the head coach at Texas 1942 ......Dennis Vinzant Only Season ......4-3-1 .....2-0-1 State University from 2004-06 and 1935 ......Bob Berry 1st Stint...................6-2-1 ........ 3-1 at Rice University from 2007-17. The 1931 .......J.W. Rollins ..........................3-6 ............... Lions’ 2019 season will be Bailiff’s 15th season as a collegiate head WE’RE GOING STREAKING! coach. • By qualifying for their fourth • As a collegiate head coach, Bailiff straight NCAA Division II Playoff has led a team to the NCAA Division berth in 2018, the Lions have the I National Semifinals and has made third-longest active playoff streak in five total postseason appearances the nation. with a 5-2 postseason record. • Only Northwest Missouri State • The 2005 Texas State Bobcats were (15 straight) and Ferris State (five FOLLOW THE LIONS Division I National Semifinalists, and straight) have longer active playoff • Twitter updates will be provided at @Lions_FB. Bailiff led the Rice Owls to four bowls streaks than A&M-Commerce. • Live statistics are available at LionAthletics. with a 3-1 record in those games. • In Lone Star Conference history, com • Bailiff has led teams to 10-win only A&M-Kingsville (1992-98, 7 • All Lion games will be broadcast on the Lion seasons in three seasons (one at straight) has a streak of more than Sports Network, with KETR 88.9-FM as the flag- Texas State, two at Rice). Under his four appearances. ship station. watch, the Owls had the most wins in • The Lions have also advanced school history over a two (18), three to the regional semifinal round for • Live audio will be available at KETR.org. (25), and four (30) year periods. three consecutive seasons. National • Charlie Chitwood will provide play-by-play for Rice’s 18-9 mark from 2013-14 was runner-up Ferris State has reached all Lion Football games. Color commentary will the second-best of any FBS program the regional semifinal four times in a be provided by Brock Callaway. in Texas. row. • Air time for the pre-game show is 5:30 p.m. 23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • LION FOOTBALL 1 LION FOOTBALL LIONS CONTINUE RANKINGS RUN LIONS TO PLAY THEIR FIRST INTERNATIONAL GAME • The Lions are ranked No. 13 nationally in the preseason • The first game of the David Bailiff era will be played on 2019 American Football Coaches Association Division II Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium this Saturday, Coaches’ Poll released last week. when the Lions host Selección Nuevo León for A&M- • A&M-Commerce has been ranked in 53 consecutive Commerce’s first-ever international football game. AFCA polls, dating back to the 2015 preseason poll. • Selección Nuevo León represents the Asociación Estatal • This is A&M-Commerce’s 59th all-time appearance in de Futbol Americano de Nuevo León (AEFANL) - the state the AFCA poll since its inception in 2000. organizing committee for the state of Nuevo León. This is • In the polls recognized by Division II as the top rating El Selección’s third season of competing while associated system, the Lions have been recognized as a nationally with the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL). ranked team 108 times since joining Division II in 1981. • El Selección is the top-level team in the state, made up of players who had successful careers at some of the top SENIORS SUCCEED OVER CAREER SPAN preparatory programs in Mexico, including Auténticos • The 2018 senior class now claimed sole possession of Tigres of UANL and Monterey Tech’s Borregos Salvajes. the school record for wins in a four-year period with 43. • The 2019 senior class is already on pace to challenge SHILLOW SHINES ON NATIONAL STAGE that record, with a record of 38-6 in the previous three • Redshirt junior defensive back Alex years. Shillow was announced as the National Chair of the NCAA Division II Student- Years ........................................ Record Athlete Advisory Committee in January. 2015-18 ..................................... 43-10 • Shillow has represented the Lions 2014-17 ..................................... 42-10 1951-54 .................................... 36-5-2 at the national level as the Lone Star 2016-19 ....................................38-6 Conference representative to the 2013-16 ..................................... 35-14 Division II National SAAC since 2018. 1957-60 ..................................... 34-7 • He is the president of the A&M-Commerce SAAC, which 1972-75 .................................... 32-13-1 1936-39 .................................... 31-8 has won the LSC SAAC Cup in three of the last four years, 1990-93 ................................... 31-16-1 including 2017 and 2018, when Shillow in leadership roles on the A&M-Commerce SAAC executive board. LION SUPPORT FANTASTIC ONCE AGAIN • He has also been announced as one of 137 nominees • In six home dates, A&M-Commerce drew 45,296 total for the 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, one of the fans in 2018. That total attendance ranked second in most prestigious off-the-field honors in college football. Division II. • Shillow is one of 59 scholar-athletes from the Combined • In terms of average attendance, the Lion faithful turned Divisions (FCS, Division II, Division III and NAIA) vying for out at a rate of 7,549 per game. That ranked eighth 11 spots on the Good Works Team. nationally. • A second team all-LSC selection in 2018, Shillow is • Over the last five years (available in the NCAA rankings a recipient of the 2018 Hunt County African American Leadership Conference - MLK Social Justice Award and a database), the Lions have nearly doubled their average three-time LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll honoree. turnout since the 2013 season. The next closest season • He has also been an exemplary student, earning Lone since 2009 was over 2,400 fans per game fewer. Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll distinction and appearing on either the President’s List or Dean’s Year ........... Home Gms ...... Total ...........Rank ........Average .... Rank 2018 .......... 6 ............. 45,296 ........2nd ..........7,549 ............ 8th List in every semester since he has been enrolled at A&M- 2017 .......... 6 ............. 51,482 .........3rd ...........8,580 ........... 5th Commerce. 2016 .......... 4 ............. 34,379 ........14th .........8,595 ........... 7th • He interned with IMG/Learfield during the summer and 2015 .......... 7 ............. 40,049 ........12th .........5,721 ...........19th graduated with honors in August. 2014 .......... 6 ............. 36,757 ........11th ..........6,126 ...........18th 2013 .......... 5 ............. 21,673 .........40th ........4,335 ........ 42nd • He will continue at A&M-Commerce in his postgraduate 2012 .......... 5 ............. 11,774 ..........- ...............2,355.......... 95th studies as one of eight winners nationwide of the John 2011 .......... 4 ............. 9,002 ..........- ...............2,251 ..........98th McLendon Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Award. 2010 .......... 5 ............. 7,352 ...........- ...............1,470 .........125th 2009 ......... 4 ............. 13,640 ........- ...............3,410 .......... 56th 2008 ......... 5 ............. 12,504 .........- ...............2,501 ..........88th 2 LION FOOTBALL • #TIMETOHUNT LION FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICAN RETURNER ... RETURNS DEFENSIVE LINE DOMINATED BY SENIOR STANDOUTS • Redshirt junior safety and return man • In terms of returning all-conference Dominique Ramsey is the lone All- players, the Lions’ contingent is primarily American returning to the Lions’ roster comprised of defensive linemen. from the 2018 season. • Senior defensive tackle Pierre Leonard • He was named the Associated Press’ earned honorable mention to the all-LSC First Team All-American as an all- list in 2018 with 53 tackles, including 10 purpose player in 2018 as a redshirt sophomore. He was tackles for loss, four sacks, and a forced fumble. also named First Team All-Lone Star Conference and • The charismatic man in the middle has 86 career stops D2CCA Second Team All-Super Region Four. with 14.5 tackles for loss in his career. • He led the LSC in punt return average, punt return yards, • Redshirt senior defensive tackle Peyton Searcy returns and punt return touchdowns with two. to the lineup after injury truncated his 2018 season. He • Ramsey also led the LSC with two interception returns for earned honorable mention to the All-LSC list in 2017 on touchdowns and had three total interceptions, including the way to the National Championship.