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2 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES • 7 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 10 FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKAT FOOTBALL FB Contact: Ben Rikard • O: 936-294-1764 • C: 936-554-2077 • Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @BearkatsFB GAME at Southeastern La. DATE: Oct. 28, 2017 TIME: 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Hammond, La. STADIUM: Strawberry Statdium 7 (7,408) WHERE TO WATCH WHERE TO LISTEN No. 5 SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA LIONS OVERALL: 6-1 SOUTHLAND: 4-1 OVERALL: 5-3 SOUTHLAND: 5-1 Location ..................................................................... Huntsville, Texas Location: .....................................................................Hammond, La. Enrollment ....................................................................................20,477 Enrollment ..................................................................................20,019 Stadium ...................................................... Elliott T. Bowers Stadium Stadium ............................................................. Strawberry Stadium Capacity .........................................................................................12,593 Capacity ........................................................................................ 7,408 Colors ............................................................................Orange & White Colors ...............................................................................Green & Gold ESPN3 BROADCAST INFO Head Coach .........................................................................K. C. Keeler Head Coach .....................................................................Ron Roberts Play By Play ............................................................Lyn Rollins Alma Mater ..................................................................Delaware, 1981 Alma Mater ............................................................. UT Martin, 1990 Analysis ............................................................. Rene Nadeau Ovearall Record .......................................................................214-84-1 Ovearll Record .............................................................................88-43 Sideline.................................................................Abby Morris Record at SHSU .............................................................................40-11 Record at SLU ...............................................................................41-27 KSAM BROADCAST INFO TEAM STATS TEAM STATS Play By Play ............................................... Kooter Roberson Points per game ...............................................................................42.5 Points per game .............................................................................42.0 Analysis ......................................................................E.P. Garth Yards per game.............................................................................. 550.2 Yards per game............................................................................ 486.6 Sideline................................................................Brian Adams Yards passing per game ............................................................. 366.8 Yards passing per game ........................................................... 167.6 Yards rushing per game ............................................................. 183.3 Yards rushing per game ........................................................... 321.0 LIVE STATS Points allowed per game ..............................................................29.2 Points allowed per game ............................................................27.4 lionsports.net Yards allowed per game ............................................................. 435.7 Yards allowed per game ........................................................... 392.3 TWITTER UPDATES INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE STAT LEADERS INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE STAT LEADERS @BearkatsFB Rushing .....................................................................Corey Avery, 72.7 Rushing ............................................................Marcus Cooper, 83.8 Passing ..........................................................Jeremiah Briscoe, 359.4 Passing ...........................................................Lorenzo Nunez, 121.7 2017 BEARKAT SCHEDULE Receiving ........................................................Nathan Stewart, 136.0 Receiving ............................................................Juwan Dickey, 45.8 Sept. 1 No. 7 RICHMOND& Waco W, 48-34 BEARKAT BYTES Sept. 7 at Prairie View Prairie View W, 44-31 - Sam Houston is 1 of just 3 teams in the FCS, along with North Dakota State and New Hampshire, to reach the Sept. 23 No. 23 NICHOLLS* Huntsville W, 66-17 FCS playoffs each of the last 6 seasons. In that time the Kats have posted an impressive 14-6 mark, trailing only Sept. 30 at No. 11 Central Ark.* Conway, Ark. L, 41-30 the Bison in playoff wins during that span. Sam Houston has reached at least the quarterfinals in 4 of those 6 Oct. 7 vs Stephen F. Austin*^ Houston W, 27-16 seasons, including back-to-back trips to the FCS championship game in both 2011 and 2012. Oct. 14 NORTHWESTERN ST.* Huntsville W, 40-36 Oct. 21 LAMAR* Huntsville W, 63-27 - The Bearkats reached the double-digit win plateau for the third straight season and fifth of the last 6 seasons in Oct. 28 at Southeastern La.* Hammond, La. 7 pm 2016. In its 102-year history, Sam Houston has won at least 10 games 8 times (1956, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2014, Nov. 4 UIW* Huntsville 1 pm 2015 and 2016). Nov. 11 at Abilene Christian* Abilene 6 pm Nov. 18 HOUSTON BAPTIST* Huntsville TBD - The Kats are 17-10 all-time in the FCS playoffs and own the country’s third-best winning percentage (.629) in * Southland Conference game the playoffs. Last season Sam Houston made its sixth straight appearance in the FCS playoffs and 10th overall. & Denotes game played at McLane Stadium (Waco) ^ NRG Stadium (Houston) - With its win over Richmond in the season opener, the Bearkats secured the first season-opening victory over a ranked opponent in school history. It made Sam Houston 3-1 against current CAA schools and was the 16th vic- ALL-TIME FACTS tory all-time against a team ranked in the national top-10. Total Games Played......................................................................1,014 - Points have not been a problem under head coach K.C. Keeler for the Bearkats. In 51 games since he took over All-Time Record .....................................Won 520 Lost 461 Tied 35 in 2014, the Kats have scored 30 or more points on 41 occasions, going 37-4 in those games. Sam Houston had NCAA Division I Record ........................Won 204 Lost 155 Tied 3 scored at least 34 points in 28 straight victories prior to its 27-16 win over Stephen F. Austin on Oct. 7. Southland Conference Record..............Won 113 Lost 89 Tied 2 SLC Titles ...................1991, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 FCS Playofs ..................................................1986, 1991, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 10 FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES 1986 • 1991 • 2001 • 2004 •2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 2017 SAM HOUSTON STATE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES BEARKAT MEDIA RELATIONS WITH A BEARKAT WIN ... Ben Rikard, Assistant Athletic Director (FB) - K.C. Keeler would win his 215th career game. He is currently tied for 17th all-time among FCS head coaches with Wofford’s Mike Ayers. One spot ahead of them on the all-time list is former SHSU head coach Ron Randle- Telephone: (936) 294-1764 man, who sits 16th with 218 career wins. Cell: (936) 554-2077 Email: [email protected] - Sam Houston would win its 75th game since the beginning of the 2011 season. The Kats and North Dakota Jason Barfield, Associate Athletic Director State are the only two teams in the FCS with 70 victories since the beginning of the 2011 campaign. Telephone: (936) 294-3533 - The Kats would avoid dropping consecutive road games for just the second time under Keeler. The last time Email: [email protected] the Kats lost consecutive road games was early in the 2014 season at Eastern Washington and LSU. They have Andrew Pate, Media Services Coordinator not lost consecutive road games in Southland Conference play since finishing out the 2013 regular season with Telephone (936) 294-2692 losses at Southeastern Louisiana and Central Arkansas. Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.gobearkats.com Fax: (936) 294-3538 Press Box: (936) 294-1838 Facebook: Bearkat Athletics Twitter: @BearkatSports & @BearkatsFB FCS NATIONAL POLLS STATS FCS POLL NCAA COACHES POLL 1 James Madison (157) 1 James Madison (26) 2 North Dakota State (9) 2 North Dakota State LEFTOVER KATNIP FROM 63-27 WIN OVER LAMAR ... 3 Jacksonville State 3 Jacksonville State - Sam extended its win streak at Bowers Stadium to 16 games, setting a new mark for the second longest home 4 Central Arkansas 4 Central Arkansas win streak in school history. The streak is the longest current streak in the FCS with the last loss at Bowers com- 5 Sam Houston State 5 Sam Houston State ing to Lamar on Sept. 19, 2015 by a 49-46 score. Since the start of 2011, the Kats have been nearly perfect on 6 South Dakota 6 North Carolina A&T the Bowers Stadium turf, having won 43 of their last 45 games in front of their home crowd overall. The current school record for consecutive home victories is 23 in a row that stretched from 2010 to 2014. 7 North Carolina A&T 7 South Dakota 8 Wofford