PRAIRIE VIEW A&M PANTHER BLACK COLLEGE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 1953 • ‘54 • ‘58 • ‘63 • ‘64 SWAC CHAMPIONS • 1931 • ‘33* • ‘51 • ’52 • ’53 • ’54 • ’58 • ’60 • ’63 • ’64 • 2009

Saturday, Sept. 1 • 7:00 p.m. PANTHERS HEADED TO vs. SOUTHERN GAME 2 ● LAMAR Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 ● Provost Umphrey ● 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 8 • 7:00 p.m. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M QUICK HITS @ LAMAR Provost Umphrey, Beaumont, Texas MEDIA SERIES HISTORY RADIO: KPVU 91.3 FM All-Time: Lamar leads 1-0 PxP: Leonard Moon Last PV Win: N/A Saturday, Sept. 15 • 6:00 p.m. Press Box #: (409) 880-7489 Last LU Win: 30-7 (1985) @ ALABAMA A&M SID: Ryan McGinty ([email protected]) Current Win Streak: LU, 1 TBA , Huntsville, Ala. Biggest Margin of Victory (PV): n/a INTERNET Biggest Margin of Victory (LU): 30-7, 1985 VIDEO: LamarCardinals.com Saturday, Sept. 22 • 3:00 p.m. Longest Winning Streak (PV): n/a PxP: TBA Longest Winning Streak (LU): 1 (1985) @ NORTH DAKOTA ST. KPVU Audio: www.pvamu.edu/kpvu Fargodome, Fargo, N.D. THE COACHES Saturday, Sept. 29 • 7:00 p.m. Heishma Northern (Southern ‘96) (Sam Houston State ‘88) @ JACKSON STATE PV Record: 5-7 (2nd year) LU Record: 9-14 (3rd year) Veterans Memorial , Jackson, Miss. Overall: 5-7 (2nd year) Overall: 9-14 (3rd year) Northern vs. LU: 0-0 Woodard vs. PV: 0-0 Saturday, Oct. 6 • 6:00 p.m. vs. GRAMBLING THE GAME The , , Texas

Saturday, Oct. 20 • 2:30 p.m. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ALCORN STATE The Prairie View A&M Panthers hit the ground running once again as Blackshear Field, Prairie View, Texas they travel to the Golden Triangle city of Beaumont, Texas for the first time since 1998 to face the Lamar Cardinals in a non-conference matchup Saturday, Oct. 27 • 4:00 p.m. on Saturday at . vs. SOUTHERN The Panthers are coming off an emotional loss to SWAC rival Texas Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La. Southern on Saturday in which the Tigers nailed a 47-yard as time expired. As a result, PV’s five-year Labor Day Classic run came to an end and it Saturday, Nov. 3 • 1:00 p.m. marked the second straight season-opening loss for head coach Heishma ALABAMA STATE Northern . Blackshear Field, Prairie View, Texas Lamar fell 40-0 to Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday, Sept. 1 and will host the Panthers in their 2012 home debut. Saturday, Nov. 10 • 1:00 p.m. @ MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ABOUT THE LAMAR CARDINALS Rice-Totten Stadium, Itta Bena, Miss. starts its third season of football after a 19-year

hiatus. Ironically, Lamar discontinued its football program the same year PV Saturday, Nov. 17 • 1:00 p.m. did in 1990 but the Panthers reinstated football in 1991 while Lamar brought it @ ARKANSAS-PB back in 2010. Golden Lion Stadium, Pine Bluff, Ark. Led by third-year head coach Ray Woodard , the Cardinals are 9-14

since bringing football back as they went 5-6 in their inaugural season and 4-7 FOLLOW THE PANTHERS ON... in 2011. Lamar was picked to finish to seventh in both the Southland Coaches and Media Relations Polls after recording a sixth-place league finish in 2011. Twitter LU was held to less than 200 yards of total offense in their season- PVPantherAthletics opening loss to Louisiana-Lafayette last weekend. The Cardinals allowed 346 yards defensively and are still trying to gain an identity as they feature several Facebook newcomers at key positions. Prairie View A&M Panther Athletics 1 2012 PANTHER FOOTBALL • OFFICIAL GAME NOTES

OFFICE OF PANTHER GAME WEEK AVAILABILITY SPORTS INFORMATION Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Heishma Northern Players and Players and coaches Call SID Office on Depends on Ryan McGinty - SID* on SWAC coaches available available for post- Wednesday to team travel E-mail: [email protected] Conference Call for post-practice practice interviews. arrange plans (11:15 a.m.) interviews. (4:00 p.m.)

Chris Elliott - Assistant SID (4:00 p.m.) E-mail: [email protected] LAST TIME RUN, RUN, RUN

*denotes main football contact THEY MET The Panthers led the SWAC in LAMAR 30 rushing last fall with 174.4 yards per outing and 17 rushing . Office Phone: (936) 261-9140/9106 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 7 Sept. 14, 1985 They made a solid 2012 debut with 235 Office FAX: (936) 261-9159 Beaumont, Texas (Cardinal Stadium) yards on the ground and five rushing touchdowns versus TSU last weekend. MAILING ADDRESS The Panthers were led by head coach Conway Hayman at the Sophomore running back Fred Anderson posted his third career Prairie View A&M University time and were coming off a shocking 14-9 win over Sam Houston State. 100-yard game with 107 rushing yards Department of Athletics while sophomore Courtney Brown PO Box 519 Mail Stop 1500 However, the momentum from the previous week’s game quickly found the endzone three times in an 86 Prairie View, Texas 77446 faded away as the Cardinals claimed a -yard rushing performance. 30-7 win in the team’s lone meeting. INTERNET ACCESS Lamar’s Burton Murchison rushed for A RETURN TO For the latest in the Prairie View 222 yards and two touchdowns in the BEAUMONT A&M University Department of Ath- game. Even though PV hasn’t met letics, please view Lamar since 1985, the Panthers have www.PVPanthers.com . The site fea- THE LAST TIME played in Beaumont before at Provost tures up-to-date team news, statis- Despite the school’s prox- Umphrey Stadium. imity to each other, Prairie View A&M In 1998, the Panthers hosted tics, rosters, depth charts in addition and Lamar have only met once since in Cardinal Sta- to links of interest. both teams began playing football. dium (now Provost Umphrey) for a Saturday’s game also marks SWAC showdown in which the game SWAC the first meeting against a Southland became infamous for the halftime fight TELECONFERENCE foe for the Panthers since a 2003 between both school’s marching bands. matchup at Southeastern Louisiana. Ironically, the PV marching This call is available to media each band will be in attendance on Saturday. Monday. To receive information on GRAMBLING how to call-in, contact the SWAC Of- CONNECTION TWICE IS NICE fice at 205-251-7573 or e-mail SWAC member Grambling Head coach Heishma North- [email protected] . State University will have a presence in ern prefers to settle on one quarter- Saturday’s game as one member of the back this season after playing three The schedule is as follows: Lamar staff and several members from in 2011. the Prairie View A&M staff played or Sophomore De’Auntre 10:00 -- SWAC News coached together at Grambling State. Smiley will get the opportunity to solid- 10:05 -- Anthony Jones, AAMU Lamar’s Kevin Barbay played ify the position early but will be chal- 10:15 -- Reggie Barlow, Alabama St. a year at Grambling State in 2002 with lenged by sophomore Jerry Lovelocke , 10:25 -- Jay Hopson, Alcorn State current PV running backs coach and who was PV’s leading passer in 2011. 10:35 -- Monte Coleman, Arkansas-PB Port Arthur, Texas native Brian Mor- Smiley had a solid debut last 10:45 -- Doug Williams, GSU gan . Also on the GSU coaching staff at weekend with 186 yards on 13-of-20 passing. Lovelocke entered late in the 10:55 -- Rick Comegy, Jackson State time was PV head coach Heishma Northern and his brother, Gabe. second half and led the Panthers on a 11:05 -- Karl Morgan, MVSU game-tying, 80-yard drive. 11:15 -- Heishma Northern, PVAMU In addition, former GSU standout and current PV graduate as- 11:25 -- Stump Mitchell, Southern sistant Clyde Edwards has a brother, 11:35 -- Darrell Asberry, TSU Jordan , who plays for 11:45 -- Commissioner’s Corner Lamar. 12:00 -- SIGN-OFF 2 2012 PANTHER FOOTBALL • OFFICIAL GAME NOTES

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M ROAD WARRIORS Faggard helped rewrite PV’s record- books as Faggard holds the school re- ONCE AGAIN cord for field goals made with 19 dur- Location: ……………..Prairie View, Texas The Panthers will live out of ing his four-year career and also holds Founded: …….……………..…………….1876 their suitcases once again this season the school -season record with 35 Enrollment: …..………………………...8,900 as they’ll play only two games on cam- extra points made in 2009. Affiliation: ……….…………………….NCAA I pus. The Panthers have nine games in

Conference: …………………………….SWAC which they’ll pack their suitcases this ROAD TO THE NFL Nickname: ..…………………………Panthers season and will be the designated Two Panthers were in NFL School Colors: ...... Purple and Gold home team in four of the nine games. camps this summer in defensive ends Stadium: ……………...Blackshear (6,000) and . Surface: …..……………..……Natural Grass EQUIPMENT Spears was recently released President: ………..Dr. George C. Wright MANAGER by the while Hamil- Ath. Director: ………...Fred Washington NOW STARTER ton is with the after SWA: …………………………….….Alicia Pete When senior wide receiver spending camp with the Dallas Cow- Deandre Cooper hits the gridiron on boys. HISTORY Saturday, it’ll mark a special time in his Defensive end Jarvis Wilson life as football was the last thing on his has the potential to become the next First Year of Football: ……………….1907 mind several years ago. with a strong season as he’s attracting Black College Titles: ………………………..5 Cooper suffered a tragic neck NFL interest. SWAC Titles: …………..………………….…11 injury during a practice session as a Post-Season Record: …………………...1-1 true freshman in 2008 and missed both PV COACHNG TRIO the 2008 and 2009 seasons. SPENDS SUMMER AT COACHING STAFF After spending the 2009 sea- son as an equipment manager, Cooper NFL TRAINING Heishma Northern 2nd season received medical clearance in 2010 to CAMPS Head Coach return to the field and spent the season A trio of Prairie View A&M Prince Pearson 9th season playing special teams. coaches will rub elbows with some of Assistant HC / Offensive Line Cooper was moved to wide the top athletes and coaches in their John Pearce 9th season receiver in the spring of 2011 and has profession as defensive line assis- Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers been a starter ever since. tant Gabe Northern , assistant head/ Mark Orlando 2nd season offensive line coach Prince Pear- Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks RECORD son and safeties coach Bubba McDow- Miles Brandon 8th season ell will intern with NFL organizations Defensive Line BREAKERS during their respective training camps. Very few teams in the SWAC Raasaan Haralson 3rd season A second round draft pick of have as many record breakers on its Cornerbacks the in 1996, Northern is a coaching staff as Prairie View A&M. Brian Morgan 2nd season five-year NFL veteran who has spent Running backs coach Brian Running Backs/Special Teams time with the Bills, Morgan name is etched in the SWAC Gabe Northern 2nd season and . A graduate of and national recordbooks as he’s the all Defensive Line LSU, Northern has coached on both the -time leading scorer amongst SWAC Bubba McDowell 2nd season high school and collegiate levels. kickers and the career record holder Safeties Pearson is the team's assis- with 50 field goals and single season Harry Williams 2nd season tant head coach and also coaches the field goal leader with 18. He also led Wide Receivers offensive line and tight ends. The Flor- Division I-AA following the 2001 cam- Clyde Edwards 2nd season ida native played collegiately at the paign with 18 field goals and finished as Offensive Graduate Assistant University of Minnesota and has the I-AA all-time leader with 197 extra Brady Faggard 2nd season coached collegiately at the College of points. Defensive Student Assistant the Holy Cross, Texas Southern and Graduate assistant Clyde Cody Haralson 1st season Prairie View A&M in addition to a suc- Edwards was one of the most produc- Defensive Student Assistant cessful stint as a high school coach in tive wide receivers in Grambling State Florida. history as he holds the school record THE SWAC Pearson was busy this offsea- for career touchdown receptions, re- son honing his craft as he also partici- Antoine Bell ceiving yards and the school single pated in the prestigious NFL-NCAA season record for touchdown recep- Media Relations Coaches Academy in the spring of tions. www.SWAC.org 2012. Pearson was one of only 30 Graduate assistant Brady (205) 251-7573 coaches selected to network and learn 3 2012 PANTHER FOOTBALL • OFFICIAL GAME NOTES

TALE OF THE TAPE from former NFL coaches, general man- Prairie View’s 2009 SWAC Football agers and current NCAA head coaches. Championship, four straight winning PV LU McDowell, who's in his sec- football seasons and the Prairie View ond year on the Prairie View A&M foot- A&M Lady Panthers’ three-straight 41.0 Scoring 0.0 coaching staff, will have somewhat SWAC Championships and four NCAA 24 First Downs 13 of a homecoming as he'll intern with and NIT Tournament appearances. the . McDowell was an 235 Rushing 38 NFL All-Pro and fan favorite with the PANTHERVISION Houston Oilers throughout his six-year Prairie View A&M will begin 235.0 /Game 38.0 career in Houston after graduating its second year of streaming selected from the University of Miami. The 5 Rush TDs 0 athletic events via its website at Oilers moved to the state of Tennessee www.PVPANTHERS.com . 275 Passing 156 in 1997 before assuming its current The Labor Day Classic kicks mascot in 1999. This marks the fourth the year off with a live stream from 275.0 Pass/Game 156.0 fellowship for McDowell as he interned Reliant Stadium on Saturday as 20-year with the , Miami 1 Pass TDs 0 veteran Charles Porter calls the action. Dolphins and . The video is available for a nominal fee 510.0 Ttl. Offense 194 through the PV website and fans have 7.1 Avg./Play 2.9 PANTHERS ON the option to purchase individual, sea- THE TUBE son or yearly packages. 510.0 Avg./Game 194.0 This fall, the Panthers will 544.0 Total Def. 346.0 make history as they’ll be the first BET YOU 100 Penalties 34.0 SWAC program to have a live game on DIDN’T KNOW the newly-created Comcast SportsNet ►►► Prairie View A&M University is the Houston. 25:50 Time of Poss. 34:22 second-oldest public institution of PV’s Oct. 20 homecoming higher in Texas, second only 0-0 Sacks 2-6 contest versus Alcorn State will be tele- to Texas A&M University. vised live on campus. 4/11 3rd Dn. Con. 6/16

►►► Prairie View A&M University has 0/0 4th Dn. Con. 0/2 UP NEXT produced more African-American three Prairie View A&M will travel -star generals than any other higher THE COACHES east to Huntsville, Ala. for a meeting at education institution in the country. Northern…………………Woodard Alabama A&M on Saturday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. ►►► Prairie View A&M University is the 5 Wins 9 only charter member remaining in the RADIO Southwestern Athletic Conference.

7 Losses 14 Fans can follow the Panthers’ ►►► In the College of Engineering, progress under second-year head — BCF Titles — PVAMU students developed the first coach Heishma Northern on KPVU 91.3 solar–powered car ever built and raced FM in Prairie View, Texas. The pre- — League Titles — by an HBCU. game show begins 30 minutes before

kickoff and is available online at ►►► Prairie View A&M has had its name www.pvamu.edu/kpvu . changed seven times. Leonard Moon begins his ninth year as the “Voice of the Pan- thers” and the Marshall, Texas native has established himself as one of the top play-by-play men in all of . A veteran of calling the action for more than 20 years, Moon also handles men's and women’s broadcasts on the Prairie View A&M Panther Sports Radio Network. He has been at the microphone for several history-making events most notably

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PVAMU RECORD WHEN:

Overall Record 0-1 Day Games...... 0-0 Night Games...... 0-1 TV Games...... 0-0 ESPN...... 0-0 ESPNU...... 0-0 Scoring First 0-1 Opponent Scoring First . 0-0 Leading at the Half . . . . 0-1 Trailing at the Half . . . . . 0-0 Tied at the Half ...... 0-0 Leading after Third Qt. . 0-0 Trailing after Third Qt. . . 0-1 Tied after Third Qt. . . . . 0-0 Games ...... 0-0

Scoring less than 20 pts . . 0-0 Scoring 20+ points ...... 0-1 Scoring 30+ Points . . . . . 0-1 Allowing less than 20 points . 0-0 Allowing 20+ points ...... 0-1 Allowing 30+ points ...... 0-1 Rushing for less than 100 yds . 0-0 Rushing for over 100 yds . . . . . 0-1 Rushing for 200+ yds ...... 0-1 Passing for less than 200 yds . 0-0 Passing for 200+ yds ...... 0-1 Passing for 300+ yds ...... 0-0

300+ yds of total offense ...... 0-1 400+ yds of total offense ...... 0-1

Allowing less than 100 yds rush 0-0 Allowing less than 300 yds off. . 0-0 Allowing 300+ yds total offense . 0-1 Having a 100-yd rusher ...... 0-1 Opp. has a 100-yd rusher . . . . . 0-1

No turnovers ...... 0-0 Less than 3 turnovers ...... 0-1

More than 30:00 of possession . 0-0 Less than 30:00 of possession . 0-1

Wearing White Jerseys 0-0 Wearing Black Jerseys 0-1 Wearing Grey Jerseys 0-0 Wearing ???? Jerseys 0-0 Wearing Purple Jerseys 0-0

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THIS WEEK IN THE SWAC 2012 OPPONENTS Conference Overall TEXAS SOUTHERN (1-0, 1-0 SWAC) SWAC WEST Last Week: Def. Prairie View A&M 44-41 Texas Southern 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 This Week: at North Texas

Southern 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Grambling State 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 LAMAR Prairie View A&M 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 (0-1, 0-0 SLC) Last Week: Lost 40-0 to Louisiana-Lafayette SWAC EAST This Week: hosts Prairie View A&M Alcorn State 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000

Alabama A&M 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Alabama State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 ALABAMA A&M Jackson State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 (1-0, 0-0 SWAC) Mississippi Valley State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Last Week: Def. Tuskegee 7-6 This Week: at Arkansas-Pine Bluff This Week’s Schedule Grambling State at TCU, 6:00 p.m. NORTH DAKOTA STATE Texas Southern at North Texas, 6:00 p.m. (1-0, 0-0 MVFC) Alcorn State at James Madison, 6:00 p.m. Last Week: Def. Robert Morris 52-0 Tennessee State vs. Jackson State, 6:00 p.m. This Week: at Colorado State Alabama A&M at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 6:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M at Lamar, 7:00 p.m. JACKSON STATE Mississippi Valley State at Alabama State, 7:00 p.m. (0-1, 0-0 SWAC) Last Week’s Results Last Week: Lost 56-9 to Mississippi State This Week: vs. Tennessee State Bethune-Cookman 38, Alabama State 28

Texas Southern 44, Prairie View 41 Alabama A&M 7, Tuskegee 6 GRAMBLING STATE Mississippi State 56, Jackson State 9 (0-1, 0-1 SWAC) Alcorn State 22, Grambling State 21 Last Week: Lost 22-21 to Alcorn State Concordia College (Alabama) 20, Mississippi Valley State 19 This Week: at TCU Arkansas-Pine Bluff 17, Langston 14 New Mexico 66, Southern 21 ALCORN STATE (1-0, 1-0 SWAC) Last Week: Def. Grambling State 22-21 This Week: at James Madison

SOUTHERN (0-1, 0-0 SWAC) Last Week: Lost 66-21 to New Mexico This Week: Open

ALABAMA STATE (0-1, 0-0 SWAC) Last Week: Lost 38-28 to Bethune-Cookman This Week: hosts Mississippi Valley State

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE (0-1, 0-0 SWAC) Last Week: Lost 20-19 to Concordia This Week: at Alabama State

ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF (1-0, 0-0 SWAC) Last Week: Def. Langston 17-14 This Week: hosts Alabama A&M

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HEAD FOOTBALL COACH HEISHMA NORTHERN Heishma Northern was named the 31st head coach in university history on Dec. 13, 2010. No stranger to the Southwestern Athletic Conference, Northern begins his 16th season on the collegiate level and eighth season at Prairie View A&M. In his first season as head coach for the Panthers, Northern led one of the youngest teams in the Southwestern Athletic Conference to within one game of earn- ing a SWAC Championship berth as Prairie View A&M finished tied for second in the SWAC’s Western Division. As a team, the Panthers placed five players on the 2011 All- SWAC Team, led the league in rush offense with 174.8 yards per game and finished with the third-best offensive unit in the SWAC. Defensively, Northern’s defensive background had a huge impact on the field as the Panthers led the SWAC with 45 sacks. Prairie View A&M also displayed sound discipline on the gridiron as they committed the fewest amount of penalties in the SWAC. As a result of the team’s defensive prowess, defensive end Adrian Hamilton emerged as one of the top defenders in the nation as he set the SWAC and Prairie View A&M single season sack record with 20.5 sacks en route to earning 2011 co-SWAC Defensive Player of the Year honors and a third-place finish in the 2011 Buck Bu- chanan Award voting, which is awarded to the top defender on the Football Championship Subdivision level. Prai- rie View A&M’s fifth consecutive consensus AP All-American, Hamilton also played in two postseason all-star games in addition to becoming the second straight Panther defensive lineman to sign a NFL contract as he inked with the . In addition to Hamilton’s accomplishments, several other Panthers had impressive seasons under North- ern as running back/kick returner Jermaine Waddy led the SWAC in all-purpose yards while cornerback Moses Ellis finished as the league’s top returner. Prior to becoming head coach, Northern was an award-winning defensive coordinator for six seasons at Prairie View A&M. Under his watch, the Panther defense rose to become one of the top units in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Ranks. For the fourth straight season, Northern’s defense produced another All-American following the 2010 campaign as cornerback Moses Ellis led the nation in with eight and defended 22 passes en route to earning All-American and All-SWAC honors. As a unit, the Panthers finished second in pass defense amongst SWAC foes as they only yielded 164.6 yards per contest. As a result, four members of the Panther defense earned All-SWAC honors in Ellis (first team), defensive lineman Quinton Spears (first), free safety Chris Adingupu (second) and middle linebacker Max Sencherey (second). Despite losing six key starters and a two-time All-American from the previous year, Prairie View’s defen- sive unit was instrumental during the team’s historic run to the SWAC Championship in 2009 as the unit led the SWAC in scoring defense with 16.6 points per outing and pass defense efficiency (101.7). The Panthers finished the 2009 season ranked fifth in total defense and produced its second consecutive All-American in defensive back Anthony Beck along with having three All-SWAC members in Beck, Spears and Adingupu. In addition, Northern’s unit recorded two shutouts on the season and held four teams to 74 yards or less on the ground. In 2008, the Panther defense set the tone for the team’s 9-1 record as they concluded the year ranked second nationally in scoring defense, third in total defense, third in rush defense and seventh in pass efficiency defense. Prairie View also made history and recorded two shutouts for the first time since the 1966 season. As a result of Prairie View’s defensive prowess, Northern earned national acclaim and was selected as FootballScoop.com’s 2008 Division I-AA Coordinator of the Year. Individually, linebacker Zach East closed out his career as a two-time All-American while Beck and Spears earned First and Second Team All-SWAC Honors, re- spectively. During the 2007 season, Northern’s defense played a key role in helping the Panthers clinch their first winning season in four decades as they finished atop the SWAC in scoring and red zone defense along with a third -place total defense ranking. A total of three starters earned All-SWAC honors led by East earning All-American and SWAC Defensive Player of the Year Honors.

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HEISHMA NORTHERN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD YEAR SCHOOL RECORD CONFERENCE LEAGUE FINSH

2011 Prairie View A&M 5-6 5-4 (.556) SWAC (T-2nd)

One year removed from finishing sixth in total defense among SWAC RECORD VERSUS foes, Northern made his mark in his second year at Prairie View during the 2006 season after fielding the top-ranked defensive unit in the conference. Led by OPPONENTS first team All-SWAC defensive end and future NFL free agent signee Jermaine YEAR SCHOOL McGhee, the Panthers set a school record for fewest yards rushing by an oppo- nent after holding Edward Waters College to -35 yards. For his hard work on Alabama A&M 0-1 the gridiron after the season, Northern was one of 26 coaches from across the Alabama State 0-1 nation invited to attend the NCAA Expert Coaches Academy in Miami, Fla. Alcorn State 1-0 Prior to his tenure at Prairie View, Northern spent seven seasons at Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0-1 Grambling State University in a variety of capacities. Bethune-Cookman 0-1 Initially brought to GSU to serve as running backs coach, Northern Grambling State 1-0 made a seamless transition to coaching defensive backs in 2001 as his unit Jackson State 0-1 ranked ninth nationally in interceptions en route to GSU’s second-straight SWAC Lamar 0-0 Championship. During the 2002 season, which marked Grambling’s third con- Mississippi Valley 1-0 secutive SWAC title, Northern’s group improved on the mark as North Dakota State 0-0 they ranked fourth nationally. Southern 1-0 In 2003, Northern assumed the role of interim defensive coordinator Texas Southern 1-1 and immediately made his impact felt as the Tiger defense finished the year Texas State 0-1 ranked third nationally against the run in Division I-AA. In the SWAC, the Tigers TOTAL 5-7 finished second in rushing, third in scoring defense, fourth in opponent third percentage, fourth in turnover margin and fifth in sacks. Over the course of his coaching career, Northern has had several of his former players enter the profes- sional football realm gaining experience with the NFL, World and Leagues. In addition, several of his pupils have received an opportunity to coach on the collegiate level. A 1996 mathematics education graduate of Southern University, Northern began his coaching career on the high school level at Glen Oaks High School in Baton Rouge, La. where he coached girl’s basketball and base- ball. He then moved on to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. serving as the team’s running backs coach and spe- cial teams coordinator in 1997 under former head coach, MVP and current Grambling State head coach Doug Williams. A student of the game of football, Northern was one of only 15 coaches from across the nation selected to participate in the prestigious NCAA Champions Forum during June of 2010. He has also completed a training camp internship with the Oakland Raiders of the in the summer of 2009. Northern, who also holds a master’s degree in Sports Administration from Grambling State, is the oldest of three siblings and is married to the former Paula Duell of Baton Rouge, La. Together, they have two children, Adam (5) and Brooke (1).

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2012 COACHING STAFF

PRINCE PEARSON JOHN PEARCE MARK ORLANDO MILES BRANDON Assistant Head Coach Defensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Defensive Line Offensive Line Linebackers Quarterbacks

RAASAAN HARALSON BRIAN MORGAN GABE NORTHERN BUBBA MCDOWELL Cornerbacks Running Backs Defensive Line Safeties Special Teams

HARRY WILLIAMS BRADY FAGGARD CLYDE EDWARDS CODY HARALSON Wide Receivers Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant Student Assistant Operations Offense Defense

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2012 ROSTERS No. Name Pos. Year Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School/JC) 1 Deandre Cooper WR R-Sr. 6-3 215 Houston, Texas (Smiley) 2 Fred Anderson RB So. 5-9 170 Cypress, Texas (Cy Woods) 3 Johntá Hebert RB Fr. 5-10 195 Baton Rouge, La. (Glen Oaks) 4 Spencer Nelson WR R-Sr. 5-8 175 Jonesboro, Ga. (Lovejoy) 5 Malcolm Mitchell-Ajayi DB Jr. 5-10 195 Sacramento, Calif. (Contra Costa College) 6 Christian Rousseau QB Fr. 6-2 185 Miami, Fla. (Hialeah) 7 Chris Motley CB Jr. 5-10 175 Seattle, Wash. (Diablo Valley College) 8 Jerry Lovelocke QB So. 6-5 200 Baltimore, Md. (Edmonson-Westside) 9 Terrance Mitchell DB So. 5-10 175 Lauderhill, Fla. (Plantation) 10 Amir Smith DE R-Jr. 6-4 215 Port Tobacco, Md. (Lackey) 11 Raheem Cardwell LB R-Jr. 6-2 225 Alexandria, Va. (Dematha) 12 Trey Green QB Fr. 6-2 190 Beaumont, Texas (Ozen) 13 Greg Thurmond WR So. 6-2 180 Balch Springs, Texas (West Mesquite) 14 De'Auntre Smiley QB So. 6-2 225 Lufkin, Texas (Lufkin) 15 Gabe Dunlap WR So. 5-10 170 Allen, Texas (Plano East) 16 Austin Garrett WR Fr.. 6-4 180 Houston, Texas (Dekaney) 17 Chris Barrick PK R-So. 6-4 180 Copperas Cove, Texas (Copperas Cove) 18 Raymundo Cordova PK R-Fr. 5-9 155 Houston, Texas (Madison) 19 Chris Cayce QB So. 6-3 237 Houston, Texas (Hastings) 20 Chris King DB R-Sr. 6-0 185 Clute, Texas (Brazoswood) 21 Courtney Brown RB So. 6-0 200 Lake Charles, La. (La Grange) 22 Jarred Fletcher WR Jr. 6-3 204 Houston, Texas (Yates) 23 Adrien Grant DB R-Jr. 6-4 182 Mt. Morris, Mich. (Carman Ainsworth) 24 Foster Brown II DB Fr. 5-10 175 College Park, Ga. (Westlake) 25 Stephen Meighan DB Fr. 5-10 170 Miami, Fla. (Southwest) 26 Darrick Watkins DB So. 6-0 205 Katy, Texas (Katy) 27 Charles Landry DB So. 5-9 180 Houston, Texas (Pearland) 28 Terry Prince DB Fr. 5-11 168 Houston, Texas (Nimitz) 29 Deitrich Johnson CB R-Fr. 6-1 175 Texas City, Texas (Galveston Ball) 30 Korey Alston DB Jr. 5-11 200 Camden, NJ (ASA Institute) 31 Brian Medlock DB Sr. 6-0 175 Grand Prairie, Texas (Howard Payne) 32 Keylon LaSalle WR R-Fr. 5-7 158 Houston, Texas (Sharpstown) 33 Rickey Simpson DB R-Sr. 6-1 190 Houston, Texas (Madison) 34 Joshua Holley DB Fr. 5-8 160 Cypress, Texas (Cy Woods) 35 Krys Watkins FB R-Sr. 5-11 250 Westmont, Ill. (College of Dupage) 36 Vernon Chevis DB R-So. 6-0 221 Houston, Texas (Sharpstown) 37 Jacobie King WR R-Jr. 6-2 180 Desoto, Texas (Trinity Christian) 38 Terry Gilbert DB R-So. 5-9 175 Dallas, Texas (Richardson Berkner) 39 Winston Dossman III FB Sr. 5-11 235 Mansfield, Texas (Mansfield) 40 Jerome Howard LB So. 6-0 210 Sunrise, Fla. (Plantation) 41 Kurt Lambert DB So. 5-11 195 Houston, Texas (Elsik) 42 Keith Hartaway WR Fr. 6-1 170 Houston, Texas (Chavez) 43 Fred Carroll RB So. 5-5 155 Ennis, Texas (Ennis) 44 Edward Brown DE Fr. 6-3 235 New Iberia, La. (Westgate) 45 Marcus Carruth RB Jr. 6-0 210 Pflugerville, Texas (Pflugerville) 46 Howard Smothers LB R-Fr. 6-0 218 Jacksonville, Fla. (Trinity Christian) 47 Levon Castillo RB Jr. 5-11 210 Houston, Texas (Lon Morris College) 48 Jarvis Wilson DE R-Sr. 6-3 240 Fort Worth, Texas (Crowley) 49 Josh Curry FB Jr. 6-0 255 Houston, Texas (Lon Morris College) 50 Joshua Dennis LB Jr. 6-2 215 Greenville, Miss. (East Mississippi CC) 51 Deon Jones DT R-Sr. 6-1 290 Garland, Texas (North Garland) 52 Elton Holmes LB R-Sr. 6-0 245 Bryan, Texas (Bryan) 53 Danny Brownell LB R-So. 5-11 235 Houston, Texas (Elsik) 54 Brandon Medina LB R-Fr. 6-0 199 Lithonia, Ga. (Lithonia) 55 Chuck Obi LB Jr. 6-2 245 Mission Hill, Calif. (Los Angeles Valley JC) 56 Carl Wheeler LB Fr. 6-0 210 Crockett, Texas (Crockett) 57 Eric Stewart OL Jr. 5-11 300 Texarkana, Texas (Texas) 58 Dillon Bonnet OL R-So. 6-2 275 Fresno, Texas (Dulles) 59 George Scott LB So. 6-0 191 Houston, Texas (Alief Taylor) 60 JR Arredondo LB Fr. 5-11 225 Watauga, Texas (Royce City) 61 Joe Sable LS So. 6-0 200 Magnolia, Texas (St. Pius) 62 Cleveland Sims, Jr. OT Fr. 6-5 280 Houston, Texas (Madison) 10 2012 PANTHER FOOTBALL • OFFICIAL GAME NOTES

2012 ROSTERS No. Name Pos. Year Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School/JC) 63 Glen Haisley C R-Fr. 6-1 305 New Orleans, La. (St. Augustine) 64 Jerrell Washington OL So. 6-2 317 Corpus Christi, Texas (Flower Bluff) 65 Archiel Townsend OL Fr. 6-2 290 Clute, Texas (Brazoswood) 66 Wesley Slater DS So. 5-10 230 Magnolia, Texas (Magnolia) 67 Chris Rose OL Fr. 6-3 290 Houston, Texas (Madison) 68 Adam Burns OL Fr. 6-2 280 Pflugerville, Texas (Connally) 69 Langston Patterson OL R-Sr. 6-3 312 Houston, Texas (Langham Creek) 70 Josiah Freeman OL Fr. 6-4 280 Baton Rouge, La. (Scotlandville) 71 Thad Wesley OL R-Sr. 6-4 315 Houston, Texas (Nimitz) 72 Chayse Hightower OL R-Fr. 6-2 290 Missouri City, Texas (Hightower) 73 Jordan Johnson OL R-Fr. 6-2 245 Katy, Texas (Cy Lakes) 78 Tre Glover OL R-So. 6-3 280 Waskom, Texas (Marshall) 79 Denzel Lewis OL R-Fr. 6-4 312 Baton Rouge, La. (Scotlandville) 80 Jamal Jupiter WR R-Fr. 5-8 160 Napoleonville, La. (Assumption) 81 Patrick Gant WR So. 5-10 175 Cypress, Texas (Cy Woods) 82 Travis Jatzlau P So. 5-8 170 Jersey Village, Texas (Jersey Village) 83 Donald Law III DT R-Sr. 6-5 270 Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis) 84 D.J. Harris WR R-Sr. 6-5 205 Channelview, Texas (Channelview) 85 Robert Primes WR Jr. 6-2 195 Houston, Texas (Navarro JC) 86 Skyler Moore WR Fr. 6-1 190 Phenix City, Ala. (Phenix City) 87 Adrian Middleton DE R-Fr. 6-3 245 Baytown, Texas (Sterling) 88 Jacoby Anderson WR Jr. 6-0 187 Beaumont, Texas (Clark-Atlanta) 89 Olatunde’ Idowu TE So. 6-3 215 Houston, Texas (Madison) 90 Liki Porotesano DE R-Jr. 6-3 250 El Cajon, Calif. (Morse) 91 Ryan Love DT R-Sr. 6-2 305 Houston, Texas (Langham Creek) 92 Tyler Dickson DT Sr. 6-2 298 Duncanville, Texas (South Grand Prairie) 93 Jamespaul Bryant DE Fr. 6-3 200 Houston, Texas (Yates) 94 Dwayne Chappell DT R-Sr. 6-0 285 Washington D.C. (Dunbar) 95 Alpha Kamara DT Jr. 6-4 270 Woodbridge, Va. (Mt. San Antonio College) 96 Kelechi Okeadu TE So. 6-2 255 Sugar Land, Texas (Hightower) 97 Dante’ Pickett DE R-Sr. 6-2 225 Missouri City, Texas (FB Marshall) 99 Meshak Williamson DE So. 6-3 225 Georgetown, Texas (Georgetown)

ALPHABETICAL 5 Malcolm Mitchell-Ajayi 22 Jarred Fletcher 32 Keylon LaSalle 14 De'Auntre Smiley 30 Korey Alston 70 Josiah Freeman 83 Donald Law III 10 Amir Smith 88 Jacoby Anderson 81 Patrick Gant 79 Denzel Lewis 46 Howard Smothers 2 Fred Anderson 16 Austin Garrett 91 Ryan Love 57 Eric Stewart 60 JR Arredondo 38 Terry Gilbert 8 Jerry Lovelocke 13 Greg Thurmond 17 Chris Barrick 78 Tre Glover 54 Brandon Medina 65 Archiel Townsend 58 Dillon Bonnet 23 Adrien Grant 31 Brian Medlock 64 Jerrell Washington 44 Edward Brown 12 Trey Green 25 Stephen Meighan 26 Darrick Watkins 21 Courtney Brown 63 Glen Haisley 87 Adrian Middleton 35 Krys Watkins 24 Foster Brown II 84 D.J. Harris 9 Terrance Mitchell 71 Thad Wesley 53 Danny Brownell 42 Keith Hartaway 86 Skyler Moore 56 Carl Wheeler 93 Jamespaul Bryant 3 Johntá Hebert 7 Chris Motley 99 Meshak Williamson 68 Adam Burns 72 Chayse Hightower 4 Spencer Nelson 48 Jarvis Wilson 11 Raheem Cardwell 34 Joshua Holley 55 Chuck Obi 43 Fred Carroll 52 Elton Holmes 96 Kelechi Okeadu 45 Marcus Carruth 40 Jerome Howard 69 Langston Patterson 47 Levon Castillo 89 Olatunde’ Idowu 97 Dante’ Pickett 19 Chris Cayce 82 Travis Jatzlau 90 Liki Porotesano 94 Dwayne Chappell 29 Deitrich Johnson 85 Robert Primes 36 Vernon Chevis 73 Jordan Johnson 28 Terry Prince 1 Deandre Cooper 51 Deon Jones 67 Chris Rose 18 Raymundo Cordova 80 Jamal Jupiter 6 Christian Rousseau 49 Josh Curry 95 Alpha Kamara 61 Joe Sable 50 Joshua Dennis 20 Chris King 59 George Scott 92 Tyler Dickson 37 Jacobie King 33 Rickey Simpson 39 Winston Dossman III 41 Kurt Lambert 62 Cleveland Sims, Jr. 15 Gabe Dunlap 27 Charles Landry 66 Wesley Slater 11 2012 PANTHER FOOTBALL • OFFICIAL GAME NOTES

PANTHER DEPTH CHART PANTHER OFFENSE PANTHER DEFENSE Left Tackle Left Defensive End 71 Thad Wesley (6-4, 310, R-Sr.) 48 Jarvis Wilson (6-3, 240, R-Sr.) 73 Jordan Johnson (6-2, 245, R-Fr.) 10 Amir Smith (6-4, 215, R-Jr.)

Left Guard Defensive Tackle 72 Chayse Hightower (6-2, 290, R-Fr.) 94 Dwayne Chappell (6-1, 285, R-Sr.) 79 Denzel Lewis (6-4, 312, R-Fr.) 83 Donald Law III (6-5, 270, Sr.)

Center Defensive Tackle 58 Dillon Bonnet (6-2, 275, R-So.) 97 Ryan Love (6-1, 320, R-Sr.) 63 Glen Haisley (6-2, 305, R-Fr.) 95 Alpha Kamara (6-4, 270, Jr.)

Right Guard 73 Langston Patterson (6-3, 312, R-Sr.) Right Defensive End 57 Eric Stewart (5-11, 300, Jr.) 90 Liki Porotesano (6-3, 245, R-Jr.) 99 Meshack Williamson (6-3, 255, So.) Right Tackle 78 Tre Glover (6-3, 280, R-So.) Will Linebacker 70 Josiah Freeman (6-4, 280, Fr.) 11 Raheem Cardwell (6-2, 225, R-Jr.) 36 Vernon Chevis (6-0, 221, R-So.) 14 Deauntre Smiley (6-2, 205, So.) Middle Linebacker 8 Jerry Lovelocke (6-5, 200, So.) 55 Chuck Obi (6-2, 245, Jr.) 52 Elton Holmes (6-0, 245, R-Sr.) Running Back 2 Fred Anderson (5-9, 170, So.) SAM Linebacker 42 Courtney Brown (6-0, 200, So.) 40 Jerome Howard (6-0, 210, So.) 50 Josh Dennis (6-2, 215, Jr.) X-Wide Receiver 1 Deandre Cooper (6-3, 215, R-Sr.) Cornerback 13 Greg Thurmond (6-2, 180, So.) 9 Terrance Mitchell (5-10, 175, So.) 25 Stephen Meighan (5-10, 170, Fr.) Y-Wide Receiver 4 Spencer Nelson (5-8, 175, R-Sr.) Strong Safety 15 Gabe Dunlap (5-10, 170, So.) 25 Adrien Grant (6-4, 182, R-Jr.) 30 Kory Alston (5-11, 200, Jr.) Z-Wide Receiver 88 Jacoby Anderson (6-0, 187, Jr.) Free Safety 37 Jacobie King (6-2, 180, R-Jr.) 31 Brian Medlock (6-0, 175, Sr.) 20 Chris King (6-0, 185, Sr.) Tight End 89 Olatunde’ Idowu (6-3, 215, So.) Cornerback 96 Kelechi Okeadu (6-2, 255, So.) 33 Ricky Simpson (6-1, 190, Sr.) 24 Foster Brown II (5-10, 175, Fr.) Place Kicker Punter 17 Chris Barrick (6-4, 180, R-So.) 82 Travis Jatzlau (5-8, 170, So.) 18 Raymundo Cordova (5-9, 155, R-Fr.) 17 Chris Barrick (6-4, 180, R-So.)

Kick Returner Punt Returner 3 Johntá Hebert (5-10, 195, Fr.) 4 Spencer Nelson (5-8, 175, R-Sr.) 42 Courtney Brown (6-0, 200, So.)

Long Snapper 61 Joe Sable (6-0, 200, So.) 12 2012 PANTHER FOOTBALL • OFFICIAL GAME NOTES

BOX SCORES Texas Southern 44 Prairie View 41

Sept. 1, 2012 Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Att: 22,516

1 2 3 4 TSU 7 10 21 6 44 PVAM 20 7 7 7 41

Scoring Summary:

1st 11:44 PVAM Smiley 1 yd run (Barrick kick blocked) 5:59 PVAM Brown 5 yd run (Barrick kick) 3:10 TSU Davis 36 yd pass from Parker (Hersh kick) 1:19 PVAM Brown 7 yd run (Barrick kick) 2nd 12:08 TSU Wilcox 33 yd recovery (Hersh kick) 9:47 PVAM Cooper 23 yd pass from Smiley (Barrick kick) 1:54 TSU Hersh 25 yd field goal 3rd 13:39 TSU Perkins-Loving 5 yd run (Hersh kick) 10:55 TSU Perkins-Loving 26 yd run (Hersh kick) 7:42 PVAM Brown 10 yd run (Barrick kick) 00:00 TSU Davis 10 yd pass from Smalls (Hersh kick) 4th 9:02 TSU Hersh 42 yd field goal 1:16 PVAM Lovelocke 5 yd run (Barrick kick) 00:00 TSU Hersh 47 yd field goal

TSU PVAM

FIRST DOWNS 24 24 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 46-257 41-235 PASSING YDS (NET) 287 275 Passes Att-Comp-Int 31-14-2 31-18-1 TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 77-544 72-510 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-33 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-25 Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-178 5-56 Interception Returns-Yards 1-20 2-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-39.0 7-41.4 -Lost 2-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 10-76 10-100 Possession Time 33:51 25:50 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 16 4 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 6-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-6 0-0

RUSHING: TSU: Smalls 11-101, Perkins-Loving 18-88 PVAM: Anderson 17-107, Brown 11-86

PASSING: TSU: Smalls 9-18-2-222, Parker 5-13-0-65 PVAM: Smiley 13-20-1-196, Lovelocke 5-11-0-79

RECEIVING: TSU: Plummer 5-142, Davis 4-96 PVAM: Nelson 4-66, King 4-47

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GAME RECAPS GAME 1 Texas Southern 44 Prairie View A&M 41 Sept. 1, 2012 Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Robert Hersh kicked a 47-yard field goal on the last play to give Texas South- ern a 44-41 victory against Prairie View A&M on Saturday night at Reliant Stadium in the season opener for both teams. After Jerry Lovelocke ran 5 yards for a touchdown to enable Prairie View A&M to tie the score with 1:16 remaining, Texas Southern's Billy Rosenberg stepped in front of a short kickoff and gave the Tigers possession at their 49-yard line. Five plays later, Danta- vio Parker hit Harry Brown with a 9-yard pass to the Prairie View A&M 30 with four seconds remaining, setting up Hersh's kick attempt. Texas Southern, which overcame a 20-7 deficit at the end of the first quarter, used two quarterbacks. Parker played earlier in the game before relieving Riko Smalls , who passed for 222 yards and a touchdown and ran for 101 yards, for the final drive. Fred Plummer had five receptions for 142 yards for the Tigers, and Edward Perkins-Loving rushed for 88 yards and two TDs. Courtney Brown had 86 yards and three touchdowns rushing for the Panthers. Hersh made three field goals, including a 42- yarder that gave Texas Southern a 41-34 lead in the fourth quarter. The Tigers opened the Darrell Asberry coaching era with a win and snapped a five-game losing streak in the series. It was the second straight meeting between the schools decided on a late field goal, as Prairie View won 37-34 on a kick with four seconds remaining a year ago.

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