FOOTBALL 2018 SEASON Media Release (October 1, 2018) Contact: Russell Anderson [email protected] STANDINGS East Division W-L Pct
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FOOTBALL 2018 SEASON Media Release (October 1, 2018) Contact: Russell Anderson [email protected] STANDINGS East Division W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts. Opp. W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp. Marshall 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 1-0 20 17 3-1 .750 1-1 2-0 107 98 FIU 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 1-0 28 20 3-2 .600 2-1 1-1 191 122 Middle Tennessee 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 25 24 2-2 .500 2-0 0-2 100 145 Charlotte 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 1-0 35 53 2-3 .400 2-1 0-2 109 157 Florida Atlantic 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-1 24 25 2-3 .400 2-0 0-3 156 199 WKU 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 0-1 17 20 1-4 .200 0-2 1-2 93 125 Old Dominion 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-2 45 56 1-4 .200 1-1 0-3 139 180 West Division W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts. Opp. W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp. Louisiana Tech 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 1-0 29 27 3-1 .750 1-0 2-1 134 108 UAB 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 - 28 7 3-1 .750 3-0 0-1 135 78 Southern Miss 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 40 22 2-2 .500 2-1 0-1 128 74 UTSA 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 30 21 2-3 .400 2-1 0-2 99 169 North Texas 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 0-1 27 29 4-1 .800 2-1 2-0 222 92 Rice 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-1 22 40 1-4 .200 1-1 0-3 133 212 UTEP 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-1 21 30 0-5 .000 0-2 0-3 75 163 RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING GAMES PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 Conference USA will name an Off ensive, Defensive UAB 28, Charlotte 7 Middle Tennessee at Marshall (CBSSN) 6:30 pm and Special Teams Player of the Week each Mon- Middle Tennessee 25, Florida Atlantic 24 day during the season. The awards are selected UTSA 30, UTEP 21 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 by a panel of media members with one represen- Louisiana Tech 29, North Texas 27 Old Dominion at FAU (Stadium) 4 pm tative in each league city. Marshall 20, WKU 17 UAB at Louisiana Tech (ESPN+) 6 pm FIU 55, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 9 UTSA at Rice (ESPN3) 6 pm The conference offi ce also will produce a weekly (10) Auburn 24, Southern Miss 13 North Texas at UTEP (beIN) 6:30 pm football release Mondays during the season. It will East Carolina 37, Old Dominion 35 be distributed directly to members of the media Wake Forest 56, Rice 24 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 upon request and available at ConferenceUSA. UAB at Rice (ESPN+) 12 pm com. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Southern Miss at North Texas (ESPN3) 1 pm Southern Miss 40, Rice 22 WKU at Charlotte (ESPN+) 2:30 pm Old Dominion 49, (10) Virginia Tech 35 Marshall at Old Dominion (Stadium) 2:30 pm WKU 28, Ball State 20 Louisiana Tech at UTSA (ESPN+) 6 pm North Texas 47, Liberty 7 Middle Tennessee at FIU (beIN) 6:30 pm UTSA 25, Texas State 21 (6) LSU 38, Louisiana Tech 21 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 (20) Miami 31, FIU 17 FAU at Marshall (CBSSN/FB) 1:30 pm NC State 37, Marshall 20 Charlotte at Middle Tennessee (ESPN3) 2 pm New Mexico State 27, UTEP 20 UTEP at Louisiana Tech (ESPN+) 2:30 pm Massachusetts 49, Charlotte 31 UTSA at Southern Miss (ESPN+) 6 pm Rice at FIU (ESPN+) 6:30 pm FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 North Texas at UAB (beIN) 6:30 pm (16) UCF 56, Florida Atlantic 36 Old Dominion at WKU (ESPN+) 6:30 pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 North Texas 44, Arkansas 17 UAB 31, Tulane 24 Conference Games in Bold Florida Atlantic 49, Bethune-Cookman 28 All Times Central FIU 63, Massachusetts 24 Louisville 20, WKU 17 (3) Georgia 49, Middle Tennessee 7 Tennessee 24, UTEP 0 Kansas State 41, UTSA 17 Marshall at South Carolina - cancelled Southern Miss at Appalachian State - cancelled FOOTBALL 2018 SEASON Media Release (October 1, 2018) Contact: Russell Anderson [email protected] QUICK HITTERS A LOOK AHEAD AT WEEK SIX SACK ATTACK MORGAN MAKING IMPACT Five conference games are on this week’s schedule in Louisiana Tech senior DE Jaylon Ferguson set a new FIU junior QB James Morgan threw for 341 yards and Conference USA Football, beginning with a key East career high with four sacks in a single game to help four touchdowns as the Panthers routed Arkansas- Division showdown on Friday night. lead the Bulldogs to a win over North Texas on the Pine Bluff at home on Saturday, 55-9. The Panther road last Saturday. That mark, as well as his four signal-caller, who is a graduate transfer from Bowl- Middle Tennessee will visit Marshall, the second tackles for loss, are both tied for the second-most ing Green, tied FIU’s single-game record for pass- straight year that these foes have met on a Friday in program history. Ferguson now leads the FBS in ing touchdowns with his four tosses, while his yard- evening (7:30 p.m. ET). The Thundering Herd has sacks per game this season at 1.50. age was tied for eighth all-time at FIU. Morgan has won three of the last four in this series and will be thrown 12 touchdowns this season, which is one shy on their home fi eld looking for a 2-0 start in league The four sacks allowed Ferguson, the nation’s active of the C-USA lead and tied for 14th overall in the FBS. play, as will the Blue Raiders. Middle Tennessee’s last leader in career sacks, to increase his career sack to- two victoriess against Marshall were thrillers (a 51-49 tal to 33.5. Old Dominion senior DE Oshane Ximines, A MAN NAMED BRADY triumph in 2013 and an overtime victory in 2015). who is second, added another sack at East Carolina Marshall senior WR Tyre Brady had eight catches on Saturday to gve him 27 in his career. for 162 yards and two touchdowns in Marshall’s 20- All of Saturday’s action will take place in the evening, 17 win over WKU Saturday night. The touchdowns beginning with Old Dominion at Florida Atlantic (5 ACTIVE FBS SACK LEADERS bookended the Thundering Herd’s scoring as fresh- p.m. ET). The visiting team has won all four previous 1. Jaylon Ferguson, Louisiana Tech 33.5 man QB Isaiah Green found him on a 40-yard bomb meetings in the series, as the Owls look to extend 2. Oshane Ximines, Old Dominion 27.0 in the fi rst quarter and again on a 32-yarder with 1:44 their eight-game winning streak at FAU Stadium. 3. Clelin Ferrell, Cleson 20.5 left in the contest. Brady eclipsed 100 yards in re- ceiving for the second time this season and the sixth West Division rivals UAB and Louisiana Tech face STOCK UP time in his two-year career with the Herd. He had off in Ruston (6 pm CT). Last year’s game meeting Middle Tennessee senior QB Brent Stockstill, who his third career two-TD game, and the 162 receiving was a thriller, with the Blazers blocking a potential threw one touchdown and the game-wininng two- yards rank as the third-most in his career. This sea- game-winning fi eld goal on the fi nal play to earn a point conversion in the Blue Raiders’ 25-24 win over son, Brady now ranks No. 21 in the FBS in receptions 23-22 win for their fi rst-ever win over the Bulldogs. Florida Atlantic Saturday night. per game (6.5), No. 24 in receiving yards per game LA Tech just pulled off a similar feat last Saturday, (92.3) and is tied at No. 14 with fi ve TD receptions. handing North Texas its fi rst defeat of 2018, sealed Stockstill also continues his rise up the Conference with a blocked kick on the fi nal play. USA career charts. With 27 completions vs. FAU, he QUEZ FOR GREATNESS has moved into 11th all-time in C-USA history for ca- Southern Miss sophomore WR Quez Watkins has North Texas looks to rebounds from that tough loss reer passes completed with 824, surpassing Tulane’s now recorded a touchdown catch in each of the to Louisiana Tech as it gets ready for a trip to UTEP Patrick Ramsey (798), FIU’s Alex McGough (806) Golden Eagles four games this season after collect- (5:30 p.m. MT). Though the Mean Green off ense was and Memphis’ Danny Wimprine (808). His 259 pass- ing a 12-yard grab in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s slowed down last week, it continues to lead C-USA ing yards on the night give him 9,933 career passing contest at No. 10 Auburn. He has seven total TDs and ranks 13th in the FBS with a 44.4 scoring aver- yards, enough to pass Rice’s Chase Clement (9,785), (tied for second in C-USA) and is averaging 88.0 age per game.