22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M BuffaloBuffalo FootballFootball
LLSCSC CHHAMPIONSAMPIONS • 11986986 • 22005005 • 22006006 • 22007007 • 22012012 NNCAACAA PLLAYOFFAYOFF APPPEARANCESPEARANCES 22005005 • 22006006 • 22007007 • 22008008 • 22010010 • 22012012 Kit Strief • West Texas A&M Assistant A.D. for Media Relations Offi ce • 806.651.4430 | Cell • 515.490.4627 | Fax • 806.651.4409 Email • [email protected] | www.GoBuffsGo.com
GGameame DayDay InformationInformation GAAMEME 1122 - ##1616 WEESTST TEEXASXAS AA&M&M AATT ##2020 CHHADRONADRON STTATEATE - SAATT..,, NOOVV. 117,7, 22012012 Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 Kickoff: 1 p.m. CT No. 6-Seed West Texas A&M Buffaloes No. 3-Seed Chadron State Eaglesg Location: Chadron, Neb. 2012 Record (LSC): 9-2 (7-1) 2012 Record (RMAC): 9-2 (8-1) Stadium: Elliott Field at Don Beebe Stadium Head Coach: Don Carthel Head Coach: Jay Long Capacity: 3,800 Career Record: 122-67-1 Career Record: 24-17 (4th season) Television: KCIT FOX-TV WTAMU Record: 76-21 Chadron State Record: 9-2 Radio: KGNC-710 AM 2012 Leaders: 2012 Leaders: Internet Streaming/Stats: www.gobuffsgo.com Dustin Vaughan (JR-QB, 260-401-7, 35 TD, 3552 Yds) G. Clinton (RB, 208 att., 1302 Yds., 7 TD, 118.4 Ypg.) Series: Chadron State leads 1-0 Torrence Allen (JR-WR, 49 Rec., 966 Yds, 9 TD) J. McLain (QB, 207-313-6, 28 TD, 2275 Yds, 206.8 Ypg.) Last Meeting: CSC 43-17, Nov. 25, 2006 (A) Khiry Robinson (SR-RB, 134 att., 1015 Yds, 11 TD) N. Ross (WR, 46 Rec., 729 Yds, 9 TD, 66.3 Ypg.) Taylor McCuller (JR-LB, 118 Tackles, 3.5 Sacks, 8.0 TFL) K. Lindholm (LB,111 Tackles (43-68), 19.5 TFL, 4 Sacks) 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M SSchedulechedule August Time/Result SIXTH-SEEDED BUFFALOES OPEN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP AT THIRD-SEEDED CHADRON STATE 30 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo L, 44-34 September THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP - The 16th-ranked and six-seed West Texas A&M football team opens the 2012 NCAA 8 Western State W, 57-20 Championship at No. 20 and third-seed Chadron State Saturday at 1 p.m. CT in the fi rst round of the NCAA Super 15 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville* W, 40-10 Region Four in Chadron, Neb. West Texas A&M, co-champions of the Lone Star Conference, enter with a 9-2 22 at Incarnate Word* W, 24-0 record, while Chadron State is 9-2 fi nishing second in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. 29 Tarleton State* W, 41-21 The game will be televised back to the Amarillo area on KCIT-TV FOX 14 with Michael Spencer and Andy October Justus having the call, while radio coverage may be heard throughout the Texas Panhandle KGNC-AM NewsTalk 6 at Angelo State* W, 35-9 710 with Neil Horn and Brice Sheets. Live stats, audio and video of the game can be accessed by going to the 13 Abilene Christian* Homecoming W, 36-0 WT football schedule page at http://www.gobuffsgo.com/schedule.aspx?path=football. Live streaming (also 20 at Eastern New Mexico* W, 44-21 accessed through WT FB schedule page) of the game is through Chadron State and it is free of charge. 27 at West Georgia W, 52-28 THE COACHES - WTAMU head coach Don Carthel, the winningest coach in terms of winning percentage and November wins in WT football history, bring a record of 76-21 (.787) is in his eighth season at the helm of the Buffalo 3 #10 Midwestern State* L, 52-48 football program. He has a 16-year collegiate career mark of 122-67-1 (.644). He surpassed Joe E. Kerbel in 10 at Texas A&M-Commerce* W, 45-14 wins Sept. 15 with his 69th win at the helm of the Buffaloes for the most in school history in a 40-10 win over 17 at #20 Chadron State (NCAA) 1 p.m. Texas A&M-Kingsville at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Chadron State head coach Jay Long is in his fi rst season at the helm of the Eagles. The third former Eagle to MMediaedia InformationInformation coach Chadron State and the fi rst since 1937, Long was hired in February after three seasons at Black Hills State RADIO BROADCAST - All WT Football games can where he guided the Yellowjackets to a 15-15 record. Long was an assistant at Black Hills State from 2003- be heard KGNC-AM NewsTalk 710. Calling the 2009 and served as the offensive coordinator, offensive line coach, recruiting coordinator and the strength and action will be Neil Horn (play-by-play) and Brice conditioning coach during that span. Edwards (color commentary). • KGNC (710 AM) Amarillo RECAPPING TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE - For the fi rst time since 2007, the No. 17-ranked West Texas A&M VIDEO STREAMING - WT Football home games football team can call itself Lone Star Conference Champions after a 45-14 win over Texas A&M-Commerce are streamed live over the internet, by logging onto Saturday afternoon in the regular season fi nale for both teams. The Buffs were led on the ground by senior www.GoBuffsGo.com. running back Khiry Robinson has he became the fi rst running back since Keithon Flemming in 2007. Robinson led the way with 110 yards on the ground and two scores. He has 1,015 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns for WEEKLY INTERVIEWS - Coaches and players will the season. Junior quarterback Dustin Vaughan, who didn’t play in the fourth quarter due to the lopsided score, be available for interviews prior to or immediately went 20 of 29 for 278 yards and two touchdowns. Junior wide receiver Torrence Allen had four catches for 113 following practice. To arrange all non-game day yards and a score. Defensively, the Buffs were led by juniors Shane Pennix and Taylor McCuller who each had interviews, please contact WTAMU Assistant A.D. for seven tackles and each had a sack. TAMUC and the conference-leading tackler, Danny Mason, had 15 tackles on Media Relations, Kit Strief, at least 24 hours prior to desired time. the day.
MEDIA CREDENTIALS - Media members wishing BUFFS SIXTH TRIP TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT - WT is 3-5 all-time in the NCAA Tournament in fi ve to cover WT Football must request credentials appearances in the past seven years all under Carthel. WT has made the postseason each of Carthel’s seven through the WTAMU Athletic Media Relations offi ce previous years including two wins in the Kanza Bowl (2009, 2011). The Buffs’ fi rst NCAA Tournament win came at least 24 hours prior to the game. Credentials in 2006 with a 30-27 home, overtime win over Abilene Christian, followed by a 43-17 loss at Chadron State in are issued for working media members only and the second round after a home defeat in 2005 to Pittsburg State (Kan.) in Carthel’s fi rst season. WT defeated can be revoked at any time. Priority is given to Washburn (Kan.) at home 49-39, in 2007 and followed with a 56-28 loss at Northwest Missouri State. In 2008, daily newspapers, radio and TV stations regularly covering Buffalo Football. the Buffs downed Central Washington in a 49-42 thriller at Kimbrough, followed by the record-shattering 93-68 loss at Abilene Christian. WT then lost 55-35 at Central Missouri in the NCAA Tournament in 2010. The Buffs are PHOTOGRAPHY - Photographers bearing photo 3-1 at home in the NCAA Tournament and 0-4 on the road. credentials wishing to shoot from the fi eld during games must abide by both NCAA and WTAMU photo regulations. 2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State A WIN OVER CHADRON STATE WOULD... 2012 Stat Comparison • Give the Buffs a 10-2 record and a 4-5 mark in the NCAA Tournament Team Stats • Would be the most wins in season for the Buffs since an 11-2 season in 2008 • Match the furthest WT has gone in the NCAA Tournament in school history (2006, 2007, 2008) WT Offense CSC Defense • Be the fi rst road win in NCAA Tournament play in school history 41.5 Scoring Average 22.5 • Even the series with Chadron State at 1-1 5274 Total Yardage 3816 • Give WT a 2-1 record against the RMAC this season and the Lone Star a 3-3 mark against the RMAC 1454 Rushing Yardage 1746 • Would advance to the second round and a trip to Ashland University (Ohio) next Saturday • Would even WT’s record at 2-2 this season against ranked teams 3820 Passing Yardage 2070 733 Total Plays 774 BUFFS MOVE TO 16TH IN AFCA AND 13TH in D2FOOTBALL.COM - The Buffs moved up one spot to 16th 293 Rushing Plays 422 in the AFCA Coaches Poll this week, following a 45-14 win at Texas A&M-Commerce. WT is 13th in the 440 Passing Plays 352 D2Football.com poll, too. Chadron State is 16th in the D2Football.com poll and 20th in the AFCA poll. 7.2 Average Per Play 4.9 ABOUT CHADRON STATE - The Eagles are fl ying high heading into the NCAA Tournament as they are on 5.0 Average Per Rush 4.1 a fi ve-game winning streak and have outscored their opponents 40.8 to 20.8 during that span. Chadron 8.7 Average Per Pass 5.9 State is coming off a 20-14 win over Colorado Mines in essentially what was a blizzard last week. 13.0 Average Per Catch 10.0 Chadron is back in the NCAA Tournament for the fi rst time since 2008. Chadron State is 3-7 all-time in 16 Turnovers 31 the NCAA Tournament. Leading the way for the Eagles this season is Glen Clinton who leads the team and 18th nationally in rushing at 118.36 yards per game. He has 1302 yards on 208 carries with seven scores. John McLain leads the team in passing as he is 20th nationally in passing effi ciency at 152.88. WT Defense CSC Offense McLain has passed for 2275 yards with 28 touchdowns on 207 of 313 with six interceptions. Clinton was 19.9 Scoring Average 34.2 a fi rst team all-conference selection in the RMAC and McLain was a second team honoree. Third team 3688 Total Yardage 4483 all-conference selection, Nathan Ross, led the team with 46 receptions 729 yards and nine scores. Trelan 1467 Rushing Yardage 2038 Taylor and RMAC Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Lindholm highlights a defense and special teams that ranks tied for 11th nationally in turnover margin with 19 interceptions, 31st in pass defense holding teams 2221 Passing Yardage 2445 to just 187.73 yards passing and 43rd in total defense allowing 346 yards per game. Taylor is tied for fi fth 762 Total Plays 776 nationally in interceptions at .64 per game with seven for 107 yards. Lindholm leads the team in tackles 427 Rushing Plays 442 with 111 (43-68) and is tied for 29th nationally (10.09 pg.), tackles for loss (19.5-67) which ranks him 335 Passing Plays 334 tied for 17th nationally (1.77) and is second to Keifer Burke in sacks with 4.5 for 23 yards. Burke has 7.5 sacks for 44 yards. 4.8 Average Per Play 5.8 3.4 Average Per Rush 4.6 INSIDE THE SERIES WITH CHADRON STATE - Chadron State leads the series 1-0 with a 43-17 win in 6.6 Average Per Pass 7.3 2006 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In that game, two-time Harlon Hill winner and current 12.1 Average Per Catch 11.1 New England Patriot, Danny Woodhead, ran for 252 yards on 35 carries and four touchdowns in the 18 Turnovers 17 win for then-No. 7 Chadron State. WT was led by Shawn Scott-Jones and Charly Martin who each had touchdown receptions from Dalton Bell, while Jared Brock led the Buffs with a game-high eight tackles. WT held a 17-12 lead at halftime, but the Eagles scored 31-unanswered points in the second half for the Individual Stats win. Passing Leaders (YPG) West Texas A&M Chadron State AGAINST THE RMAC - The Buffs opened the 2012 slate facing back-to-back teams from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in a road game at CSU-Pueblo (L, 44-34, Aug. 30) and then at home versus D. Vaughan, 322.9 J. McLain, 206.8 Western State Colorado University (W, 57-20, Sept. 8). WT is 26-7 all-time against current RMAC football schools.
Rushing Leaders (YPG) ROBINSON OVER 1,000 - Senior running back Khiry Robinson became the fi rst WT running back since West Texas A&M Chadron State Keithon Flemming in 2007 to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season as Robinson has 1,015 yards in nine games this season. K. Robinson, 112.8 G. Clinton, 118.4 1,000-YARD RUSHER/RECEIVER COMBO - Along with Robinson over 1,000 yards, junior wide receiver Torrence Allen is closing in on 1,000 receiving yards as he has 966 receiving yards this season to lead the Receiving Leaders (YPG) team and is 34 away from 1,000. The last time WT had a 1,000-yard rusher and 1,000-yard receiver in the same season was 1994 with Norman White running for 1,122 and Brad Bailey having 1,552 receiving West Texas A&M Chadron State yards. T. Allen, 95.6 N. Ross, 66.3 L. Ratliff, 91.6 RATLIFF RETURNS - Junior wide receiver Lance Ratliff made a stunning return to the fi eld after missing four games with two broken bones in his hand. He tallied a career-high 180 yards receiving and a career- Total Offense Leaders (YPG) high 11 catches along with a touchdown against Midwestern State. Ratliff has 641 yards on 35 catches with seven touchdowns for the season and a 91.6-yard per game average. The 180 receiving yards and West Texas A&M Chadron State 11 catches were the most in a game for the Buffs since 2010. Last week, Ratliff had seven catches for 74 D. Vaughan, 327.5 J. McLain, 210.6 yards at Texas A&M-Commerce. K. Robinson, 112.8 G. Clinton, 118.4 A FOR ALLEN - Torrence Allen leads the team and the conference with 966 receiving yards and a 96.6 per-game average which ranks him 22nd nationally. He has nine touchdowns on the season which is Tackle Leaders (Total Tackles) second in the conference. Allen is third in the league in receptions per game at 5.30. West Texas A&M Chadron State T. McCuller, 118 (47-71) K. Lindholm, 111 CASTILLO MOVES UP - Junior kicker Sergio Castillo, Jr., tallied nine points Saturday at Texas A&M- K. Voss, 92 (35-57) S. Koch, 83 Commerce as he moved into fourth all-time in scoring in school history 257 points surpassing Eugene “Mercury” Morris (1966-68) as he is 32 of 42 in fi eld goals and 161 of 163 in extra points. Castillo, Jr., is 31st this season nationally in scoring at 8.91 points per game. He is 14 of 16 in fi eld goals and Sack Leaders (Total) conference-best 56 of 56 in extra points. His 14 made fi eld goals ranks him tied for 14th nationally at 1.27 West Texas A&M Chadron State fi eld goals per game. E. Westbrooks, 13.5 K. Burke, 7.5 T. Higgins, 6.0 BLOCK PARTY - The Buffs tallied their sixth blocked kick of the season Saturday at Texas A&M-Commerce as junior defensive back Curtis Slater got his hand on the punt on the opening possession of the game. Junior linebacker Eric Finefeuiaki returned the punt for a touchdown. It was the second blocked punt 2012 WWest t TTexas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes returned for a touchdown by the Buffs this season. 2012 West Texas A&M Trends Home 3-1 McCULLER TACKLES - Junior linebacker Taylor McCuller continued his impressive season with 12 total Away 4-1 tackles against Midwestern State, along with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. McCuller tallied a career-high 20 tackles in the previous week at West Georgia and has double-digit tackles in four of the Neutral 1-0 last fi ve games and fi ve of seven. McCuller leads the team and conference with 118 total tackles and is Grass 2-0 second in the league to Danny Mason from TAMUC in tackles per game at 10.73 and is 15th nationally. Field Turf 6-2 Won the toss 4-1 FIRST IN THE NATION IN SACKS - Being that the election just happened a week ago, the Buffs are First in Lost the toss 5-1 the Nation in sacks averaging 4.00 per contest. For the season WT has 44 sacks for 268 yards. Leading After 1st Quarter 6-0 MULLANE A NFF NATIONAL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AND WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL FINALIST - Senior Leading at Halftime 8-1 offensive lineman Aaron Mullane was named one of 15 National Football Foundation National Scholar- Leading After 3rd Quarter 8-1 Athletes and he is a fi nalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy which goes to the absolute best student- Trailing After 1st Quarter 1-1 athlete in the nation. Mullane, a native of Amarillo, Texas, has a 3.84 overall grade-point average and a 3.95 overall in the science discipline as he is a biology and chemistry double major. He graduates in Trailing at Halftime 0-1 December and has applied to six medical schools already. The $18,000 postgraduate scholarship he will Trailing After 3rd Quarter 0-1 receive will certainly help fulfi ll his dreams of being a physician. He, along with the other 14 scholar- Tied After 1st Quarter 2-1 athletes, will be honored at the 55th NFF Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York Tied at Halftime 0-0 City, Dec. 4, 2012. There, one of the 15 honorees will be awarded the 23rd William V. Campbell Trophy as it Tied After 3rd Quarter 0-0 is the Academic Heisman of college football. WT Scores First 6-0 ALL-PURPOSE ROBINSON - Khiry Robinson had a season-high 233 all-purpose yards with 147 yards Opponent Scores First 3-2 rushing, 54 receiving along with 26 in kick returns and six in punt returns against Midwestern State. He Largest Halftime Lead 34 leads the conference in all-purpose yards at a 170.89 clip with a total of 1538 with 1015 rushing, 342 Largest Halftime Defi cit 10 receiving, 152 in punt returns and 26 in kick returns. The 26 yards returning kicks Nov. 3 was the fi rst time in his career. Robinson ranks 10th nationally in all-purpose runners. WT Scores 20 or More Points 9-2 Opponent Held to 20 Points or Under 6-0 WORD UP - With injuries to a number of wide receivers this year, the younger receivers really have Games Decided by 1-3 Points 0-0 stepped up and picked up the slack as redshirt freshman Jarrian Rhone has been very impressive so far, Games Decided by 4-10 Points 0-2 while true freshman Word Hudson had a career-high fi ve receptions for 90 yards and his fi rst collegiate Games Decided by 11-20 Points 1-0 touchdown which tied the game at seven in the fi rst quarter at West Georgia. It was Hudson’s second collegiate game and Hudson earned his fi rst career start versus Midwestern State. For the season, he has Games Decided by 21 or More Points 8-0 11 receptions for 149 yards and a touchdown. WT Passes for 200 Yards or Less 0-0 WT Passes for 201-300 Yards 4-0 WESTBROOKS IN THE BACKFIELD - Junior defensive lineman Ethan Westbrooks has been a beast in the WT Passes for 301-400 Yards 4-2 backfi eld this season as he leads the conference in sacks with 13.5 for 73 yards and 20 tackles for loss for 91 yards. The 13.5 sacks are second-most in school history in a season (Franco Glaze, 1997, 15.5). WT Passes for 401 Yards or More 1-0 Westbrooks is tied for sixth nationally in sacks at 1.23 per game and is 13th nationally in tackles for loss at Opp. Passes for 200 Yards or Less 5-0 a 1.82 clip. Opp. Passes for 201-300 Yards 4-2 Opp. Passes for 301-400 Yards 0-0 NATIONALLY SPEAKING - The Buffaloes have been strong nationally this season as a team as they lead Opp. Passes for 401 Yards or More 0-0 the nation in sacks averaging 4.00 per contest. They are sixth in tackles for loss averaging 9.18 per game and are 25th nationally in scoring defense at 19.91 points per game. They are 29th in total defense WT Runs for 100 Yards or Less 1-1 allowing 335.27 yards per game. All are tops in the Lone Star Conference. Offensively, they are just as WT Runs for 101-150 Yards 5-1 impressive, ranking seventh in passing offense at 347.27 yards per game, 11th in total offense at 479.45 WT Runs for 151-200 Yards 3-0 yards per contest and 12th in scoring offense at 41.45 points per game. In addition, they are accurate on WT Runs for 201 Yards or More 0-0 their passes, ranking seventh in passing effi ciency at a 164.30 clip. Opp. Runs for 100 Yards or Less 5-0 VAUGHAN RANKS HIGHLY - Junior quarterback Dustin Vaughan has had an impressive campaign as Opp. Runs for 101-150 Yards 1-0 he ranks eighth nationally in passing effi ciency at 164.56 and eighth in total offense at 327.45 yards per Opp. Runs for 151-200 Yards 2-1 game. Both are tops in the conference. Opp. Runs for 201 Yards or More 1-1 WT Totals 400 Yards or Less 3-0 VEROCIOUS VOSS - Junior linebacker Kyle Voss is tied for 31st nationally in tackles for loss at 1.45 per game which is third in the conference. He is second on the team in total tackles with 92 and solo tackles WT Totals 401-500 Yards 3-0 with 35 to go along with 16.0 tackles for loss for 53 yards along with three sacks for 20 yards. WT Totals 501 Yards or More 3-2 Opp. Totals 400 Yards or Less 9-0 VAUGHAN OVER 7,000 YARDS PASSING - In just over two full seasons at quarterback, junior Dustin Opp. Totals 401-500 Yards 0-1 Vaughan has thrown for 7,205 career yards as he is sixth all-time in school history. Vaughan is 219 yards from catching Tod Mayfi eld (1984-86) with 7,424 yards who is fi fth all-time. Taylor Harris (2007-2010) Opp. Totals 501 Yards or More 0-1 leads the school annals with 9,799 yards. Vaughan has 3552 passing yards this season as he already has WT Commits More Turnovers 2-2 a career-high touchdowns for a season with 35 touchdown passes and just seven interceptions. Opp. Commits More Turnovers 4-0 Turnovers Equal 3-0 WT Has More Penalties 6-0 Opp. Has More Penalties 2-2 Penalties are Equal 1-0 WT Leads in Time of Possession 1-1 Opp. Leads in Time of Possession 8-1 WT Has More First Downs 5-1 Opp. Has More First Downs 4-1 Teams Tie in First Downs 0-0
20122012 WWestt TTexas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State
DON CARTHEL TThehe BuffsBuffs UUndernder CCarthelarthel
HEAD COACH Record at WT...... 76-21 EIGHTH SEASON At Kimbrough Memorial Stadium ...... 37-11 EASTERN NEW MEXICO ‘74 vs. Non-Conference ...... 8-3 vs. LSC Opponents ...... 29-7 To say that Don Carthel has elevated the West Texas A&M football to that of national prominence would be an understatement. What Carthel, who earned his vs. Ranked Opponents ...... 9-7 100th career collegiate victory Sept 28, 2010, in a 37-27 win at Angelo State, has In the Playoffs ...... 3-1 accomplished over the past seven seasons at WTAMU is simply amazing. He took a On the Road...... 39-10 program that had won just seven games combined over the previous four years and vs. Non-Conference ...... 8-5 guided it to seven winning seasons, fi ve NCAA Division-II playoff appearances, four LSC South Division titles, three-consecutive Lone Star Conference Championships, vs. LSC Opponents ...... 32-8 two bowl appearances - and 67 victories. vs. Ranked Opponents ...... 11-9 During his fi rst season in Canyon, Carthel and the Buffs surprised everyone, having In the Playoffs ...... 0-4 been picked to fi nish last in the LSC preseason poll, as they registered a 10-1 regular Overall Regular Season ...... 70-16 season record and captured the school’s fi rst Lone Star Conference Championship in 19 years. Excitement surrounding During the Playoffs ...... 3-5 Carthel’s program was evident as attendance soared, with a regular-season average of over 14,000 fans per game at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. Carthel was honored by his peers as the 2005 LSC Coach of the Year. During Bowl Games ...... 2-0 Following that breakout campaign, Carthel set out in 2006 to let the LSC and the rest of NCAA Division II know that WT’s Against Non-Conference Opponents ...... 19-7 2005’s success was no fl uke. The Buffs left little doubt, as they posted an 11-2 season and became the fi rst squad in school Against LSC Opponents ...... 54-10 history to claim back-to-back outright conference championships. After leading the country in Division II average attendance vs. Ranked Opponents ...... 20-17 the previous year, Buff fans again came out in droves, helping WT to again rank fi rst, nationally, in total attendance. vs. Teams from Texas ...... 38-11 That only set the stage for what was to come during the 2007 campaign, as the Buffs confi dently went about amassing the school’s fi rst-ever undefeated regular season, going 11-0 to claiming a third-straight Lone Star Conference champion- In Day Games ...... 17-8 ship and advance two rounds into the NCAA post-season playoffs. In Night Games ...... 58-13 Another 11-win, record shattering campaign followed in 2008, as the Buffs again were among the biggest draws in NCAA Division II. That season saw Carthel’s squad set no fewer than 15 team, 21 individual, 26 LSC and eight NCAA playoff When Scoring 30+ Points ...... 58-6 records. When Scoring 40+ Points ...... 41-3 In 2009, playing a schedule that featured six nationally-ranked opponents, and playing the nation’s then-top-ranked team When Scoring 50+ Points ...... 17-2 twice, Carthel rallied an injury-riddled squad from a 1-5 start to six consecutive wins - posting a 7-5 mark and the school’s fi rst bowl appearance since the 1967 season. When Allowing 30+ Points ...... 11-12 He then guided his 2010 squad to a sixth-consecutive winning season and a fi fth NCAA playoff appearance. 2011 saw When Allowing 40+ Points ...... 4-8 the Buffs take a 7-3 record into their second Kanza Bowl before topping #23 Central Missouri, 26-7, to improve WT’s bowl When Allowing 50+ Points ...... 1-2 record to a perfect 6-0 all-time. Carthel graduated from ENMU with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a minor in mathematics in 1974, tthenhheen went on to get his master’s in physical education in 1975. He played center for the Greyhounds from 1970-73, helpingg ENMU to a No. 17 NAIA ranking his senior season. In 1981, at the age of 28, Carthel became the youngest head coach in the country when he took over at Lubbock Chris-hriiss- tian College (now Lubbock Christian University), a position he held from 1981-82. Following a stint at the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP), Carthel returned to his alma mater to serve as head coachch from 1985-91. The elder Carthel coached at ACU from 2001 until 2004, when he was named the head coach and general managerr ooff the Amarillo Dusters in their inaugural season in the Intense Football League. In April, 2005, Carthel resigned to take thehe reins at West Texas A&M. Carthel and his wife, the former Cindy Phillips, of Farwell, Texas, have been married for 37 years, and have two adultult children, Colby (the Buffs’ defensive coordinator) and Courtney.
CARTHEL’S COLLEGIATE RECORD TOP-10 BUFFALO COACHES 1981 Lubbock Christian (NAIA) ...... 2-8 BY VICTORIES (min. of 30 games coached) 1982 Lubbock Christian (NAIA) ...... 0-10 Coach Wins Years Record 1985 Eastern New Mexico ...... 5-5 1986 Eastern New Mexico ...... 8-3 1. Don Carthel 76 2005-Pres. 76-21 1987 Eastern New Mexico ...... 9-2 1. Joe E. Kerbel 68 1960-1970 68-42-1 1988 Eastern New Mexico ...... 2-8 3. Frank Kimbrough 54 1947-1957 54-52-2 1989 Eastern New Mexico ...... 7-3 1990 Eastern New Mexico ...... 6-4 4. Alfred Baggett 35 1933-1939 35-28-5 1991 Eastern New Mexico ...... 7-3-1 5. Bill Yung 26 1977-1981 26-27-2 LSC Champions 6. Stan McGarvey 25 1997-2001 25-30 2005 West Texas A&M ...... 10-2 7. Gene Mayfi eld 24 1971-1976 24-39-2 LSC Champions/NCAA Playoffs 2006 West Texas A&M ...... 11-2 8. Samuel D. Burton 22 1921-24, 31-32 22-24-4 LSC Champions/NCAA Playoffs 9. Bill Kelly 18 1985-1987 18-13-1 2007 West Texas A&M ...... 12-1 10. W.A. “Gus” Miller 16 1942-1946 16-15 LSC Champions/NCAA Playoffs 2008 West Texas A&M ...... 11-2 NCAA Playoffs 2009 West Texas A&M ...... 7-5 LSC South Co-Champs 2010 West Texas A&M ...... 8-4 NCAA Playoffs 2011 West Texas A&M ...... 8-3 Kanza Bowl 2012 West Texas A&M ...... 9-2 Career Collegiate Coaching Record ...... 122-67-1
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes
22012012 AAFCAFCA PPolloll NNationalational TeamTeam RRankingsankings - 22012012 ((158158 TTeamseams RRankedanked DDivisionivision III;I; 9 LLoneone SStar)tar) 2012 AFCA Division II Coaches’ Poll (Nov. 12, 2012) WTAMU Nat’l Nat’l Conf LSC Rank Team (1st votes) Record Points Last Category Rank Actual Leader Actual Rank Leader Actual 1. Colorado State-Pueblo (24) 11-0 744 1 2. Winston-Salem State (NC) (6) 11-0 714 2 Rushing Offense 104 132.18 Lenoir-Rhyne 384.40 4 Midwestern State 335.70 3. New Haven (Conn.) 10-0 686 3 Passing Offense 7 347.27 Merrimack 399.20 1 West Texas A&M 347.27 4. Ashland (Ohio) 11-0 657 5 Total Offense 11 479.45 Shippensburg 539.64 1 West Texas A&M 479.45 5. Minnesota State-Mankato 11-0 629 6 Scoring Offense 12 41.45 Henderson State 53.30 1 West Texas A&M 41.45 6. Henderson State (Ark.) 10-0 587 8 Rushing Defense 50 133.36 Shepherd 37.60 1 West Texas A&M 133.36 7. Minnesota-Duluth 10-1 550 10 8. Midwestern State (Texas) 9-1 538 9 Pass Effi ciency Defense 57 117.93 West Alabama 86.83 2 Texas A&M-Kingsville 115.99 9. Missouri Western State 10-1 537 11 Total Defense 29 335.27 Indiana (Pa.) 242.73 1 West Texas A&M 335.27 10. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 10-1 457 12 Scoring Defense 25 19.91 Indiana (Pa.) 11.18 1 West Texas A&M 19.91 11. Indiana (Pa.) 10-1 452 13 Net Punting 67 33.57 Colorado Mines 41.59 7 Abilene Christian 35.93 12. Harding (Ark.) 9-1 390 14 Punt Returns 34 22.91 Abilene Christian 25.22 3 Abilene Christian 25.22 13. Northwest Missouri State 9-2 365 4 14. Tuskegee (Ala.) 9-1 331 16 Kickoff Returns 27 22.91 Morehouse 27.08 2 Abilene Christian 24.14 15. Shippensburg (Pa.) 10-1 326 7 Turnover Margin 67 .18 Missouri S&T 2.00 4 Abilene Christian .82 16. West Texas A&M 9-2 309 17 Pass Defense 50 201.91 West Alabama 127.73 3 Texas A&M-Commerce 180.30 17. Valdosta State (Ga.) 8-2 281 18 Passing Effi ciency 7 164.30 Henderson State 185.25 1 West Texas A&M 164.30 18. Indianapolis (Ind.) 9-2 231 19 Sacks 1 4.00 West Texas A&M 4.00 1 West Texas A&M 4.00 19. Missouri S&T 10-1 208 20 20. Chadron State (Neb.) 9-2 196 21 Tackles For Loss 6 9.18 West Virginia Wesleyan 11.09 1 West Texas A&M 9.18 21. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 9-2 126 22 Sacks Allowed 41 1.36 Midwestern State .40 2 Midwestern State .40 22. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 8-2 124 24 23. Miles (Ala.) 8-2 91 23 24. Emporia State (Kan.) 9-2 67 25 NNationalational PPlayerlayer RRankingsankings - 22012;012; TTopop 5500 NNationalational LLeaderseaders 25. Charleston (W.Va.) 9-2 39 NR 25. Shepherd (W.Va.) 8-2 39 NR WTAMU Nat’l Nat’l Category Player Rank Actual Leader Actual Others Receiving Votes: Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.), 27; West Rushing K. Robinson 24 112.78 Quiteh (Bloomsburg) 174.73 Alabama, 20; California (Pa.), 6; Mercyhurst (Pa.), 5; Bentley (Mass.), 4; Saginaw Valley State (Mich.), 4; Winona State (Minn.), 4; Fort Valley State (Ga.), 3; New Mexico Highlands, Passing Effi ciency D. Vaughan 8 164.56 Rodgers (Henderson State) 189.41 3; Lindenwood (Mo.), 2; Pittsburg State (Kan.), 1. Total Offense D. Vaughan 8 327.45 Clancy (Merrimack) 399.40
Reciving Yards Per Game T. Allen 22 95.60 Voegeli (Merrimack) 150.00
Punting K. VanVoris 32 40.34 Accardi (Colorado Mines) 51.12
Punt Returns K. Robinson 39 10.13 Hughes (West Virginia Wesleyan) 28.31
22012012 D2Football.comD2Football.com PPolloll Field Goals S. Castillo, Jr. T-14 1.27 Barnes (Tarleton State) 1.80 D2Football.com Top 25 Poll (Nov. 13, 2012) Scoring K. Robinson T-18 9.33 Williams (Findlay) 12.60 Rank Team Record Last Week S. Castillo, Jr. 31 8.91 1. Colorado State-Pueblo 11-0 1 2. Minnesota State-Mankato 11-0 2 All-Purpose K. Robinson 10 170.89 White (West Chester) 200.18 3. Winston-Salem State 11-0 4 4. New Haven 10-0 5 Sacks E. Westbrooks T-6 1.23 Davis (Elizabeth City State) 1.41 5. Minnesota-Duluth 10-1 6 6. Midwestern State 9-1 7 7. Ashland 11-0 8 Tackles T. McCuller 15 10.73 Wilson (Central State) 12.60 8. Missouri Western State 10-1 9 9. Henderson State 11-0 11 Tackles for Loss E. Westbrooks 13 1.82 Furr (Fort Valley State) 2.65 10. Northwest Missouri State 9-2 3 K. Voss T-31 1.45 11. Bloomsburg 10-1 12 12. Indiana (Pa.) 10-1 13 13. West Texas A&M 9-2 14 14. Shippensburg 10-1 10 15. Harding 9-1 15 16. Chadron State 9-2 16 17. Valdosta State 8-2 18 WWestest TexasTexas AA&M&M iinn tthehe PPollsolls 18. Indianapolis 9-2 19 Poll Week AFCA D2FB.com 19. Tuskegee 9-1 20 Preseason 24th 12th 20. West Alabama 8-3 21 Week 1 (Sept. 3/4) RV 20th 21. Carson-Newman 9-1 22 Week 2 (Sept. 10/11) RV 19th 22. Lenoir-Rhyne 8-2 23 Week 3 (Sept. 17/18) 25th 17th 23. Winona State 9-2 24 Week 4 (Sept. 24/25) 23rd 15th 24. Mercyhurst 9-2 25 Week 5 (Oct. 1/2) 21st 13th 25. Emporia State 9-2 NR Week 6 (Oct. 8/9) 20th 10th Week 7 (Oct. 15/16) 17th 7th Week 8 (Oct. 22/23) 14th 6th Week 9 (Oct. 29/30) 12th 5th Week 10 (Nov. 5/6) 17th 14th Week 11 (Nov. 12/13) 16th 13th Week 12 (Nov. 19/20) - -
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State INSIDE THE LONE STAR CONFERENCE
AAroundround thethe LSCLSC 22012012 LoneLone SStartar CConferenceonference SStandingstandings WEEK 12 SCHEDULE SCHOOL LSC PCT. PF PA OVERALL PCT. PF PA STREAK Midwestern State 7-1 .875 334 204 9-1 .900 411 248 W9 Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 West Texas A&M 7-1 .875 313 127 9-2 .818 456 219 W1 Tarleton State 5-3 .625 272 217 6-4 .600 345 283 W3 Midwestern State at Indianapolis* ...... 11 a.m. Texas A&M-Kingsville 5-3 .625 190 193 6-5 .545 272 259 W1 West Texas A&M at Chadron State* ...... 1 p.m. Abilene Christian 4-4 .500 208 192 7-4 .636 315 236 W3 All times are CST; * denotes NCAA Tournament Game Angelo State 4-4 .500 227 237 5-6 .455 286 313 L1 Eastern New Mexico 2-6 .250 162 298 3-7 .300 214 375 L1 Last Week’s Results - Week 11 Incarnate Word 1-7 .125 132 228 2-9 .182 178 322 L5 Tarleton State 54, Angelo State 37 Texas A&M-Commerce 1-7 .125 104 246 1-9 .100 126 304 L6 Texas A&M-Kingsville 33, Eastern New Mexico 13 Abilene Christian 24, Incarnate Word 12 TTeameam 22012012 LLoneone SStartar CConferenceonference SStatisticstatistics LLeaderseaders ((Nov.Nov. 112)2) IIndividualndividual West Texas A&M 45, Texas A&M-Commerce 14 Midwestern State 35, West Georgia 17 SCORING OFFENSE TD FG XPT PTS Avg/G RUSHING Att. Yards Avg. TD Avg/G 1. West Texas A&M 58 14 56 456 41.5 1. K. Jackson-MSU 179 1263 7.1 19 126.3 2. Midwestern State 55 9 54 411 41.1 2. K. Robinson-WTAMU 150 1015 6.8 11 112.8 3. Tarleton State 41 18 39 345 34.5 3. C. Harris-MSU 70 773 11.0 6 85.9 22012012 LSCLSC PlayersPlayers ofof tthehe WWeekeek 4. Abilene Christian 40 13 36 315 28.6 4. V. Smith-TSU 154 794 5.2 5 79.4 5. Angelo State 38 7 33 286 26.0 5. B. Kelsey-MSU 125 790 6.3 15 79.0
OFFENSIVE SCORING DEFENSE TD FG XPT PTS Avg/G PASSING AVG/GAME C-A-I Yards TD Avg/G S-3 ...... Torrence Allen, Jr., WR, WTAMU 1. West Texas A&M 29 6 27 219 19.9 1. D. Vaughan-WTAMU 260-401-7 3552 35 322.9 S-10 ...... Jerome Regal, So., RB, TSU 2. Abilene Christian 27 15 25 236 21.5 2. M. Gale-ACU 228-380-7 2982 21 271.1 S-17 ...... Taylor Gabriel, Jr., WR, ACU 3. Texas A&M-Kingsville 35 4 33 259 23.5 3. N. Poppell-TAMUK 151-254-5 1805 13 200.6 S-24 ...... Keidrick Jackon, Jr., RB, MSU 4. Midwestern State 31 10 30 248 24.8 4. A. Doyle-TSU 153-244-9 1579 10 197.4 O-1 ...... Khiry Robinson, Sr., RB, WTAMU 5. Tarleton State 36 12 27 283 28.3 5. W. Wood-ENMU 113-198-5 1389 12 138.9 O-8 ...... Keidrick Jackson, Jr., RB, MSU O-15 ...... Dustin Vaughan, Jr., QB, WTAMU TOTAL OFFENSE Rush Pass Yards Avg/G RECEIVE YDS/GAME Rec. Yards TD Long Av/C Av/G O-22 ...... Khiry Robinson, Sr., RB, WTAMU / 1. West Texas A&M 1454 3820 5274 479.5 1. T. Allen-WTAMU 53 956 9 77 18.0 95.6 ...... Brandon Kelsey, Sr., QB, MSU 2. Midwestern State 3357 1412 4769 476.9 2. C.J. Atkins-ASU 48 781 7 89 16.3 78.1 O-29 ...... Dustin Vaughan, Jr., QB, WTAMU 3. Tarleton State 1761 2864 4625 462.5 3. C. Rhodes III-TSU 56 694 4 66 12.4 69.4 N-5 ...... Brandon Kelsey, Sr., QB, MSU 4. Texas A&M-Kingsville 1392 2753 4145 376.8 4. J. Frye-TSU 46 674 3 75 14.7 67.4 N-12 ...... Mitchell Gale, Sr., QB, ACU / 5. Angelo State 1361 2624 3985 362.3 5. R. Armstrong-TAMUK 57 740 11 94 13.0 67.3 ...... Jake Fenske, Sr., QB, TSU / ...... Chauncey Harris, So., RB, MSU TOTAL DEFENSE Rush Pass Yards Avg/G SCORING TD FG XPT 2XP Pts Pts/G 1. West Texas A&M 1467 2221 3688 335.3 1. K. Jackson-MSU 19 0 0 0 114 11.4 DEFENSIVE 2. Angelo State 1644 2062 3706 336.9 2. K. Robinson-WTAMU 14 0 0 2 86 9.6 S-3 ...... Nick Richardson, So., DE, ACU 3. Texas A&M-Kingsville 1478 2451 3929 357.2 3. B. Barnes-TSU 0 18 38 0 92 9.2 S-10 ...... Marquis Wadley, Jr., LB, TSU / 4. Tarleton State 1378 2226 3604 360.4 4. B. Kelsey-MSU 15 0 0 0 90 9.0 ...... Marquis Singleton, Sr., DE, TAMUK 5. A&M-Commerce 1927 1803 3730 373.0 5. S. Castillo-WTAMU 0 14 56 0 98 8.9 S-17 ...... Taylor McCuller, Jr., LB, WTAMU RUSHING OFFENSE Att. Yards Avg. TD Yds/G FIELD GOALS M Att. Long Pct. Made/G ...... Neiko Conway, Jr., CB, MSU 1. Midwestern State 450 3357 7.5 45 335.7 1. B. Barnes-TSU 18 20 47 90.0 1.80 S-24 ...... Rush Seaver, So., LB, ASU 2. Eastern New Mexico 487 1914 3.9 15 191.4 2. M. Stoll-TAMUK 16 22 45 72.7 1.45 O-1 ...... Danny Mason, Sr., LB, TAMUC 3. Tarleton State 401 1761 4.4 20 176.1 3. S. Castillo-WTAMU 14 16 56 87.5 1.27 O-8 ...... Curtis Slater, Jr., DB, WTAMU 4. West Texas A&M 293 1454 5.0 16 132.2 4. G. Saladino-MSU 9 14 47 64.3 0.90 O-15 ...... Ethan Westbrooks, Jr., DL, WTAMU 5. Texas A&M-Kingsville 418 1392 3.3 8 126.5 5. M. Lineberry-ACU 7 12 32 58.3 0.64 0-22 ...... Ethan Westbrooks, Jr., DL, WTAMU / J. Martin-ASU 7 13 40 53.8 0.64 ...... Mark Savere, Fr., LB, TAMUK RUSHING DEFENSE Att. Yards Avg. TD Yds/G O-29 ...... Taylor McCuller, Jr., LB, WTAMU 1. West Texas A&M 427 1467 3.4 14 133.4 TACKLES (All positions) Solo Ast. Tot Avg/G N-5 ...... Matt Ellerbrock, Sr., LB, MSU 2. Texas A&M-Kingsville 377 1478 3.9 16 134.4 1. D. Mason-TAMUC 41 74 115 11.5 N-12 ...... Justin Stephens, So., LB, ACU 3. Tarleton State 352 1378 3.9 16 137.8 2. T. McCuller-WTAMU 47 71 118 10.7 4. Midwestern State 399 1453 3.6 11 145.3 3. P. Sellers-ENMU 50 51 101 10.1 SPECIAL TEAMS 5. Angelo State 420 1644 3.9 14 149.5 4. S. Bailey-ENMU 34 50 84 9.3 S-3 ...... Nathan Slaughter, Jr., KR, WTAMU 5. L.B. Suggs-ACU 53 45 98 8.9 S-10 ...... Matt Stoll, Jr., K, TAMUK PASS OFFENSE C Att. Yards TD Yds/G S-17 ...... Marcus Wright, Sr., KR/PR, UIW 1. West Texas A&M 294 440 3820 37 347.3 SACKS Solo Ast. Tot Avg/G S-24 ...... Greg Saladino, Jr., K, MSU 2. Tarleton State 255 399 2864 21 286.4 1. E. Westbrooks-WTAMU 12 3 13.5 1.23 O-1 ...... Greg Saladino, Jr., K, MSU 3. Abilene Christian 230 384 2997 21 272.5 2. R. Johnson-TSU 9 1 10.0 1.11 O-8 ...... Cade Stone, Fr., PR/KR, ACU 4. Texas A&M-Kingsville 219 383 2753 22 250.3 3. N. Richardson-ACU 9 1 9.5 0.86 O-15 ...... Sergio Castillo Jr., Jr., K, WTAMU / 5. Angelo State 223 388 2624 22 238.5 4. A. Benson-ASU 5 1 6.5 0.72 ...... Blake Barnes, Fr., K, TSU 5. T. Higgings-WTAMU 3 6 6.0 0.60 O-22 ...... Jonathan Woodson, Sr., PR/KR, TAMUK PASS DEFENSE C Att. Yards TD Yds/G O-29 ...... Matt Stoll, Jr., K, TAMUK 1. Texas A&M-Commerce 159 270 1803 13 180.3 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yards TD Long Avg/G N-5 ...... Marqui Christian, Fr., Coverage, MSU 2. Angelo State 165 320 2062 23 187.5 1. M. Wallace-ACU 5 73 1 48 0.45 N-12 ...... Blake Barnes, Fr., K, TSU 3. West Texas A&M 183 335 2221 12 201.9 2. N. Conway-MSU 4 81 1 32 0.44 4. Incarnate Word 204 324 2376 18 216.0 3. J. Serda-ENMU 3 132 1 81 0.38 5. Tarleton State 189 236 2226 17 222.6 4. K. Lewis-UIW 4 63 0 55 0.36 S. Harris-TAMUK 4 51 0 51 0.36
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes
2012 Game-by-Game Stat Leaders
Passing Rushing Receiving Tackles at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo Vaughan - 398 yds. (30-47-1) 3 TD Harris - 28 Yds, 1 TD Allen - 9 rec., 164 Yds, 1 TD Smith - 15 Tackles Western State Vaughan - 409 (22-32-0) 5 TD Alridge - 102 Yds Slaughter - 6 rec., 132 Yds, 1 TD Sobnosky - 6 Tackles (1FF, 1BU) vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville* Vaughan - 250 (19-29-0) 3 TD Robinson - 110 Yds, 1 TD Ratliff - 3 rec., 76 Yds, 2 TD McCuller - 15 Tackles (1.5 TFL, 0.5 Sk) at Incarnate Word* Vaughan - 243 (19-32-1) 2 TD Robinson - 58 Yds Allen - 9 rec., 86 Yds Voss - 14 Tackles (2.0 Sk, 3.0 TFL) Tarleton State* Vaughan - 331 (23-37-0) 4 TD Robinson - 125 Yds Allen - 5 rec., 104 Yds, 2 TD Voss - 12 Tackles (1 TFL for 1 Yd) at Angelo State* Vaughan - 241 (17-32-1) 3 TD Robinson - 143 Yds Allen - 4 rec., 67 Yds, 2 TD Voss - 13 Tackles (2.5 TFL for 3 Yds, FF) Abilene Christian* Vaughan - 359 (32-46-0) 3 TD Robinson - 102 Yds, 1 TD Rhone - 9 rec., 106 Yds, 1 TD T. McCuller - (12 Tack., 1 Sack, 2.5 TFL) at Eastern New Mexico* Vaghan - 321 (20-33-2) 2 TD Robinson - 131 Yds, 4 TD Slaughter - 7 rec., 133 Yds, 1 TD T. McCuller (14 Tack., 0.5 TFL, 3 Hurry) at West Georgia Vaughan - 331 (28-37-1) 5 TD Robinson - 89 Yds W. Hudson - 5 rec., 90 Yds, 1 TD T. McCuller (20 Tack.) #10 Midwestern State* Vaughan - 391 (30-47-1) 3 TD Robinson - 147 Yds, 3 TD Ratliff - 11 rec., 180 Yds, 1 TD T. McCuller (12 Tack., FF, FR, O.5 TFL) at Texas A&M-Commerce* Vaughan - 278 (20-29-0) 2 TD Robinson - 110 Yds, 2 TD Allen - 4 rec., 103 Yds, 1 TD T. McCuller (8 Tackles)
2012 West Texas A&M Game-by-Game Starters - OFFENSE OPP. WR WR/TE LT LG C RG RT QB RB WR/TE WR CSUP ALLEN SLAUGHTER FOKETI MULLANE O’CONNER WATTS T. HARRIS VAUGHAN A. HARRIS HAMMARGREN RATLIFF WSU ALLEN SLAUGHTER FOKETI MULLANE O’CONNER WATTS WARD VAUGHAN ALRIDGE HAMMARGREN RATLIFF TAMK ALLEN SLAUGHTER FOKETI MULLANE O’CONNER WATTS WARD VAUGHAN ROBINSON HAMMARGREN RATLIFF UIW ALLEN SLAUGHTER FOKETI MULLANE DUBE WATTS WARD VAUGHAN ROBINSON JACKSON RATLIFF TSU ALLEN SLAUGHTER FOKETI MULLANE DUBE WATTS WARD VAUGHAN ROBINSON HAMMARGREN RATLIFF ASU ALLEN SLAUGHTER FOKETI MULLANE O’CONNER WATTS WARD VAUGHAN ROBINSON HAMMARGREN COLEMAN ACU ALLEN SLAUGHTER FOKETI MULLANE O’CONNER WATTS WARD VAUGHAN ROBINSON HAMMARGREN RHONE ENMU PARKER SLAUGHTER FOKETI MULLANE O’CONNER WATTS WARD VAUGHAN ROBINSON HAMMARGREN RHONE UWG PARKER SLAUGHTER FOKETI MULLANE O’CONNER WATTS WARD VAUGHAN ROBINSON HAMMARGREN RHONE MSU HUDSON RATLIFF FOKETI MULLANE O’CONNER WATTS WARD VAUGHAN ROBINSON HAMMARGREN RHONE TAMC ALLEN SLAUGHTER FOKETI MULLANE DUBE WATTS WARD VAUGHAN ROBINSON JACKSON RATLIFF 2012 West Texas A&M Game-by-Game Starters - DEFENSE OPP. DE NT DE OLB ILB ILB OLB CB SS FS CB CSUP HIGGINS WAMPLER CHRISTMAS OLSON VOSS McCULLER McCLUSKEY MORRISON SMITH SLATER OAKLEY WSU PENNIX WAMPLER WESTBROOKS OLSON VOSS McCULLER SOBNOSKY MORRISON McSHEFFERY SLATER OAKLEY TAMK HIGGINS WAMPLER WESTBROOKS OLSON VOSS McCULLER SOBNOSKY MORRISON SMITH SLATER OAKLEY UIW HIGGINS LEHAULI WESTBROOKS JOHNSON VOSS McCULLER SOBNOSKY MORRISON SMITH SLATER OAKLEY TSU HIGGINS WAMPLER WESTBROOKS OLSON VOSS McCULLER SOBNOSKY MORRISON SMITH SLATER OAKLEY ASU HIGGINS WAMPLER WESTBROOKS JOHNSON VOSS McCULLER SOBNOSKY MORRISON SMITH SLATER CEAZER ACU HIGGINS WAMPLER WESTBROOKS JOHNSON VOSS McCULLER SOBNOSKY MORRISON SMITH SLATER OAKLEY ENMU HIGGINS WAMPLER WESTBROOKS OLSON VOSS McCULLER PENNIX MORRISON McSHEFFERY SLATER OAKLEY UWG PENNIX WAMPLER WESTBROOKS JOHNSON VOSS McCULLER SOBNOSKY CEAZER SMITH SLATER OAKLEY MSU PENNIX WAMPLER WESTBROOKS JOHNSON VOSS McCULLER SOBNOSKY CEAZER SMITH SLATER OAKLEY TAMC PENNIX WAMPLER WESTBROOKS OLSON VOSS McCULLER SOBNOSKY CEAZER SMITH SLATER OAKLEY
2012 West Texas A&M Game-by-Game Players of the Week
Offense Defense (Big Hit) Special Teams at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo ALLEN - SLAUGHTER Western State VAUGHAN SOBNOSKY VANVORIS vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville* ROBINSON McCULLER ROBINSON at Incarnate Word* RATLIFF VOSS SLAUGHTER Tarleton State* ROBINSON WESTBROOKS VANVORIS at Angelo State* ROBINSON SLATER CASTILLO Abilene Christian* VAUGHAN WESTBROOKS CASTILLO at Eastern New Mexico* ROBINSON WESTBROOKS VANVORIS at West Georgia VAUGHAN McCULLER CASTILLO Midwestern State* RATLIFF McCULLER CASTILLO at Texas A&M-Commerce* ROBINSON SLATER CASTILLO
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (HS/Previous) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (HS/Previous) 1 Jordan Smith DB 6-0 190 Sr. Killeen, Texas (High) 58 Josh Beal DS 5-11 225 R-Fr. San Antonio, Texas (Marshall) 2 Tyrell Higgins DL 6-3 285 Sr. Schertz, Texas (Univ. of Texas) 59 Austin Carson OL 6-2 270 Fr. San Antonio, Texas (Johnson) 3 Khiry Robinson RB 6-0 220 Sr. Temple, Texas (Blinn JC) 60 Josh Williams OL 6-5 290 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (El Camino CC) 4 Luke Halpin QB 5-11 175 Jr. Mesquite, Texas (High) 62 Chris Cobos OL 6-3 250 R-Fr. Lubbock, Texas (High) 5 Aaron Harris RB 6-0 205 Jr. El Cajon, Calif. (Southwestern College) 64 Craig Watts OL 6-4 335 Jr. Killeen, Texas (High) 6 Aarrhon Flores WR 5-10 180 Sr. Floydada, Texas (High) 65 Cody Kluge OL 6-3 230 Fr. Abilene, Texas (Cooper) 7 Sean Morris WR 5-10 170 Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach CC) 67 Manase Foketi OL 6-5 320 Sr. Hesperia, Calif. (Kansas State) 8 Nathan Slaughter WR 5-10 185 Jr. Lubbock, Texas (High) 68 Sergio Montejano OL 6-2 295 R-Fr. Muleshoe, Texas (High) 9 Dwight Morrison DB 5-8 160 Jr. Dallas, Texas (Lincoln) 70 Casey O'Conner OL 6-3 290 Sr. Lincoln, Calif. (Sierra JC) 10 Dustin Vaughan QB 6-5 220 Jr. Corpus Christi, Texas (Calallen) 71 Terrance Harris OL 6-4 285 Sr. Killeen, Texas (Harker Heights) 11 Torrence Allen WR 6-1 190 Jr. Meridian, Texas (Meridian) 72 Juan Roman OL 6-4 280 R-Fr. Dumas, Texas (High) 12 David Lehocky QB 6-3 195 So. Albuquerque, N.M. (Volcano Vista) 73 Marc Waller OL 6-6 300 Jr. Groesbeck, Texas (High) 13 Kevin VanVoris PK 6-0 235 Jr. Elizabeth, Colo. (Elizabeth) 74 Emory Atterberry OL 6-5 285 Jr. Santa Fe, N.M. (St. Michaels) 14 Jace Jackson WR 6-2 200 Jr. Sulphur Spring, Texas (Sam Houston St.) 75 Larson Crume OL 6-4 335 R-Fr. Lubbock, Texas (Frenship) 15 Word Hudson WR 6-0 175 Fr. Sonora, Texas (Sonora HS) 76 Stephan Dube OL 6-2 330 Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach CC) 16 Jeff Lavulo WR 6-2 225 Jr. Cottonwood, Utah (Cerritos JC) 78 Patrick Ward OL 6-4 285 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Glendale CC) 17 Lance Ratliff WR 6-2 180 Jr. Lubbock, Texas (Frenship) 79 Justin Griego OL 6-8 275 Fr. Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva) 18 Bryan Johnson LB 6-4 240 Jr. Bellport, N.Y. (Nassau CC) 80 Alphonse Coleman WR 6-1 190 Sr. Frisco, Texas (Reedley JC) 19 John McSheffery DB 5-11 180 Jr. Sulphur Springs, Texas (High) 81 Sidney Parker WR 5-11 180 Jr. Big Spring, Texas (High) 20 Chris Ceazer DB 6-0 205 R-Fr. Bryan, Texas (A&M Consolidated) 82 Trevor Hammargren WR 6-0 180 Jr. Aztec, N.M. (High) 21 Torian Oakley DB 5-10 180 So. Spring, Texas (Spring) 84 Jacob Hancock WR 5-9 180 So. Turkey, Texas (Valley) 22 Curtis Slater DB 5-9 195 Jr. Houston, Texas (Cy-Ridge) 85 Ryan Baca DB 5-8 175 So. Canyon, Texas (High) 23 Tarin Lee DB 6-0 190 Jr. San Antonio, Texas (Warren) 86 Ryan Lenzy WR 6-2 200 R-Fr. Halletsville, Texas (High) 24 Mark Okoro DB 5-11 190 Sr. Austin, Texas (Manor) 87 Andrew Kelly WR 6-5 215 R-Fr. Childress, Texas (High) 25 LeBrandon Mosley LB 6-0 215 Jr. Hattiesburg, Miss. (Itawamba CC) 88 Dimitri Donald WR 5-10 185 R-Fr. League, Texas (Clear Springs) 26 Anthony Hayes DB 6-0 185 R-Fr. Allen, Texas (High) 89 Lorenzo Mervin WR 6-3 220 So. Gainsville, Fla. (Blinn JC) 27 Chris Metcalf DB 6-2 200 Jr. Compton, Calif. (Cerritos JC) 90 Ethan Westbrooks DL 6-4 275 Jr. San Leandro, Calif. (Sac. City CC) 28 Eric Finefeuiaki LB 5-11 220 Jr. Concord, Calif. (Diablo Valley JC) 91 Willie Smith DL 6-3 260 Jr. New Orleans, La. (Arkansas Baptist) 29 Preston Rabb QB 6-6 220 R-Fr. Llano, Texas (High) 92 Deone Bondurant DL 6-1 290 Jr. Fairfi eld, Calif. (Solano CC) 30 Victor Cuero LB 5-11 230 Jr. Houston, Texas (Eastern Arizona JC) 93 Aaron Wampler DL 6-1 270 Sr. Lubbock, Texas (Frenship) 31 Rickey White DB 6-0 195 So. Dallas, Texas (Pinkston) 94 Lawrence Lehauli DL 6-1 290 Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (Cerritos JC) 32 Taylor McCuller LB 6-2 240 Jr. Red Oak, Texas (High) 95 Shane Pennix DL 6-4 245 Jr. El Cajon, Calif. (Grossmont JC) 33 David Christmas DL 6-0 240 Jr. Houston, Texas (Alief Hastings) 96 Josh Hunt DL 6-3 245 Jr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Dixie State) 34 Cameron Warren LB 5-11 220 R-Fr. Brownsboro, Texas (High) 97 Randy George DL 6-5 230 R-Fr. Channelview, Texas (High) 35 Christian McBride LB 5-9 205 R-Fr. Brenham, Texas (High) 98 Roland Gonzalez DL 6-0 310 Fr. San Antonio, Texas (McCollum) 36 Kendrele Staten DB 5-8 175 R-Fr. Houston, Texas (Willowridge) 99 Jacob Laguna DL 6-2 240 R-Fr. San Antonio, Texas (Marshall) 37 Julian Ward RB 6-0 200 R-Fr. Pfl ugerville, Texas (High) 38 Ethan Morriss DB 6-0 195 R-Fr. Sonora, Texas (High) 39 Aaron Hyman FB 6-0 250 So. Amarillo, Texas (Tascosa) 40 Chris Olson LB 6-4 240 Jr. Flower Mound, Texas (Marcus) 41 Sergio Castillo, Jr. PK 5-11 195 Jr. La Joya, Texas (High) West Texas A&M Coaching Staff 42 Calvin Burns RB 5-8 170 Fr. Arlington, Texas (Mansfi eld Summit) Don Carthel: ...... Head Coach (Eighth Season) 43 Jarrian Rhone WR 5-8 175 R-Fr. Silsbee, Texas (High) Nick Paremski: ...... Assistant Head Coach/Secondary (Seventh Season) 44 Blake Dean RB 6-1 240 Fr. Temple, Texas (High) Colby Carthel: ...... Defensive Coordinator (Seventh Season) 45 Geremy Alridge RB 5-10 195 R-Fr. Dallas, Texas (North Dallas) Stephen Lee: ...... Offensive Coordinator (Second Season) 46 Kyle Voss LB 5-11 235 Jr. Belton, Texas (High) Matt Storm: ...... Offensive Line (First Season) 48 Ramon Lopez DS 5-11 255 Jr. Avondale, Ariz. (Phoenix CC) Joel Hinton: ...... Inside Wide Receivers (Fifth Season) Jared May: ...... Outside Wide Receivers (Third Season) 49 Dionte Johnson LB 6-3 210 R-Fr. Dallas, Texas (North Dallas) Wendell Davis: ...... Inside Linebackers (Third Season) 50 Kevin McCluskey LB 6-0 200 Sr. Waxahachie, Texas (High) Brandon Smith: ...... Outside Linebackers (Third Season) 51 Nick Whitt LB 6-0 255 Jr. Houston, Texas (Butte CC) Blake Purvis: ...... Tight Ends (Second Season) 52 Jamen Sisk LB 6-0 215 R-Fr. Grapevine, Texas (Colleyville Heritage) Charles Burks: ...... Defensive Backs (First Season) Michael Byrne: ...... Running Backs (First Season) 53 Seth Culp LB 6-0 230 Fr. Temple, Texas (High) Caid Faske: ...... Defensive Line (First Season) 54 Kyler Gregory LB 5-11 200 So. Canyon, Texas (Wheaton College) John Kenjura: ...... Wide Receivers (First Season) 55 Aaron Mullane OL 6-5 285 Sr. Amarillo, Texas (Tascosa) Rashad Sanders: ...... Defensive Line (First Season) 56 Shane Sobnosky LB 6-0 230 So. Santa Fe, Texas (High) Chris Mosier: ...... Offensive Quality Control (First Season) 57 Zach Miterko DL 6-4 254 Fr. Flower Mound, Texas (Marcus) Eric White: ...... Student Assistant Offense (Third Season)
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (HS/Previous) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (HS/Previous) 11 Torrence Allen WR 6-1 190 Jr. Meridian, Texas (Meridian) 25 LeBrandon Mosley LB 6-0 215 Jr. Hattiesburg, Miss. (Itawamba CC) 45 Geremy Alridge RB 5-10 195 R-Fr. Dallas, Texas (North Dallas) 55 Aaron Mullane OL 6-5 285 Sr. Amarillo, Texas (Tascosa) 74 Emory Atterberry OL 6-5 285 Jr. Santa Fe, N.M. (St. Michaels) 70 Casey O’Conner OL 6-3 290 Sr. Lincoln, Calif. (Sierra JC) 85 Ryan Baca DB 5-8 175 So. Canyon, Texas (High) 21 Torian Oakley DB 5-10 180 So. Spring, Texas (Spring) 58 Josh Beal DS 5-11 225 R-Fr. San Antonio, Texas (Marshall) 24 Mark Okoro DB 5-11 190 Sr. Austin, Texas (Manor) 92 Deone Bondurant DL 6-1 290 Jr. Fairfi eld, Calif. (Solano CC) 40 Chris Olson LB 6-4 240 Jr. Flower Mound, Texas (Marcus) 42 Calvin Burns RB 5-8 170 Fr. Arlington, Texas (Mansfi eld Summit) 81 Sidney Parker WR 5-11 180 Jr. Big Spring, Texas (High) 59 Austin Carson OL 6-2 270 Fr. San Antonio, Texas (Johnson) 95 Shane Pennix DL 6-4 245 Jr. El Cajon, Calif. (Grossmont JC) 41 Sergio Castillo, Jr. PK 5-11 195 Jr. La Joya, Texas (High) 29 Preston Rabb QB 6-6 220 R-Fr. Llano, Texas (High) 20 Chris Ceazer DB 6-0 205 R-Fr. Bryan, Texas (A&M Consolidated) 17 Lance Ratliff WR 6-2 180 Jr. Lubbock, Texas (Frenship) 33 David Christmas DL 6-0 240 Jr. Houston, Texas (Alief Hastings) 43 Jarrian Rhone WR 5-8 175 R-Fr. Silsbee, Texas (High) 62 Chris Cobos OL 6-3 250 R-Fr. Lubbock, Texas (High) 3 Khiry Robinson RB 6-0 220 Sr. Temple, Texas (Blinn JC) 80 Alphonse Coleman WR 6-1 190 Sr. Frisco, Texas (Reedley JC) 72 Juan Roman OL 6-4 280 R-Fr. Dumas, Texas (High) 75 Larson Crume OL 6-4 335 R-Fr. Lubbock, Texas (Frenship) 15 Luke Russell WR 5-11 180 Jr. Denton, Texas (UL-Monroe) 30 Victor Cuero LB 5-11 230 Jr. Houston, Texas (Eastern Arizona JC) 52 Jamen Sisk LB 6-0 215 R-Fr. Grapevine, Texas (Colleyville Heritage) 53 Seth Culp LB 6-0 230 Fr. Temple, Texas (High) 22 Curtis Slater DB 5-9 195 Jr. Houston, Texas (Cy-Ridge) 44 Blake Dean RB 6-1 240 Fr. Temple, Texas (High) 8 Nathan Slaughter WR 5-10 185 Jr. Lubbock, Texas (High) 88 Dimitri Donald WR 5-10 185 R-Fr. League, Texas (Clear Springs) 1 Jordan Smith DB 6-0 190 Sr. Killeen, Texas (High) 76 Stephan Dube OL 6-2 330 Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach CC) 91 Willie Smith DL 6-3 260 Jr. New Orleans, La. (Arkansas Baptist) 6 Aarrhon Flores WR 5-10 180 Sr. Floydada, Texas (High) 56 Shane Sobnosky LB 6-0 230 So. Santa Fe, Texas (High) 28 Eric Finefeuiaki LB 5-11 220 Jr. Concord, Calif. (Diablo Valley JC) 36 Kendrele Staten DB 5-8 175 R-Fr. Houston, Texas (Willowridge) 67 Manase Foketi OL 6-5 320 Sr. Hesperia, Calif. (Kansas State) 13 Kevin VanVoris PK 6-0 235 Jr. Elizabeth, Colo. (Elizabeth) 97 Randy George DL 6-5 230 R-Fr. Channelview, Texas (High) 10 Dustin Vaughan QB 6-5 220 Jr. Corpus Christi, Texas (Calallen) 98 Roland Gonzalez DL 6-0 310 Fr. San Antonio, Texas (McCollum) 46 Kyle Voss LB 5-11 235 Jr. Belton, Texas (High) 54 Kyler Gregory LB 5-11 200 So. Canyon, Texas (Wheaton College) 73 Marc Waller OL 6-6 300 Jr. Groesbeck, Texas (High) 79 Justin Griego OL 6-8 275 Fr. Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva) 93 Aaron Wampler DL 6-1 270 Sr. Lubbock, Texas (Frenship) 4 Luke Halpin QB 5-11 175 Jr. Mesquite, Texas (High) 37 Julian Ward RB 6-0 200 R-Fr. Pfl ugerville, Texas (High) 82 Trevor Hammargren WR 6-0 180 Jr. Aztec, N.M. (High) 78 Patrick Ward OL 6-4 285 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Glendale CC) 84 Jacob Hancock WR 5-9 180 So. Turkey, Texas (Valley) 34 Cameron Warren LB 5-11 220 R-Fr. Brownsboro, Texas (High) 5 Aaron Harris RB 6-0 205 Jr. El Cajon, Calif. (Southwestern College) 64 Craig Watts OL 6-4 335 Jr. Killeen, Texas (High) 71 Terrance Harris OL 6-4 285 Sr. Killeen, Texas (Harker Heights) 90 Ethan Westbrooks DL 6-4 275 Jr. San Leandro, Calif. (Sac. City CC) 26 Anthony Hayes DB 6-0 185 R-Fr. Allen, Texas (High) 31 Rickey White DB 6-0 195 So. Dallas, Texas (Pinkston) 2 Tyrell Higgins DL 6-3 285 Sr. Schertz, Texas (Univ. of Texas) 51 Nick Whitt LB 6-0 255 Jr. Houston, Texas (Butte CC) 15 Word Hudson WR 6-0 170 Fr. Sonora, Texas (Sonora HS) 60 Josh Williams OL 6-5 290 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (El Camino CC) 96 Josh Hunt DL 6-3 245 Jr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Dixie State) 39 Aaron Hyman FB 6-0 250 So. Amarillo, Texas (Tascosa) 14 Jace Jackson WR 6-2 200 Jr. Sulphur Spring, Texas (Sam Houston St.) 18 Bryan Johnson LB 6-4 240 Jr. Bellport, N.Y. (Nassau CC) Pronunciation Guide 49 Dionte Johnson LB 6-3 210 R-Fr. Dallas, Texas (North Dallas) 87 Andrew Kelly WR 6-5 215 R-Fr. Childress, Texas (High) No. Name Pronunciation 65 Cody Kluge OL 6-3 230 Fr. Abilene, Texas (Cooper) 11 Allen, Torrence ...... “Terrance” 99 Jacob Laguna DL 6-2 240 R-Fr. San Antonio, Texas (Marshall) 44 Bondurant, Deone ...... Dee-ON 62 Cobos, Chris ...... CO-bOs (Long O’s) 16 Jeff Lavulo WR 6-2 225 Jr. Cottonwood, Utah (Cerritos JC) 42 Culp, Seth ...... “Kulp” 23 Tarin Lee DB 6-0 190 Jr. San Antonio, Texas (Warren) 76 Dube, Stephan ...... STEFF-ahn, DO-Be 94 Lawrence Lehauli DL 6-1 290 Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (Cerritos JC) 28 Finefeuiaki, Eric ...... Fin-ey-FU-ak-e 12 David Lehocky QB 6-3 195 So. Albuquerque, N.M. (Volcano Vista) 67 Foketi, Manase ...... Ma-NAS-ee, Fo-KET-e 86 Ryan Lenzy WR 6-2 200 R-Fr. Halletsville, Texas (High) 79 Griego, Justin...... Gree-AH-Go 48 Ramon Lopez DS 5-11 255 Jr. Avondale, Ariz. (Phoenix CC) 2 Higgins, Tyrell ...... TY-Rel 35 Christian McBride LB 5-9 205 R-Fr. Brenham, Texas (High) 16 Lavulo, Jeff ...... La-VU-Low 50 Kevin McCluskey LB 6-0 200 Sr. Waxahachie, Texas (High) 23 Lee, Tarin ...... TEAR-in 32 Taylor McCuller LB 6-2 240 Jr. Red Oak, Texas (High) 92 Lehauli, Lawrence...... La-HU-Lee 19 John McSheffery DB 5-11 180 Jr. Sulphur Springs, Texas (High) 68 Montejano, Sergio ...... Mon-tey-AHN-o 21 Oakley, Torian ...... Tore-E-in 89 Lorenzo Mervin WR 6-3 220 So. Gainsville, Fla. (Blinn JC) 24 Okoro, Mark ...... O-CORE-O 27 Chris Metcalf DB 6-2 200 Jr. Compton, Calif. (Cerritos JC) 84 Rhone, Jarrian ...... “ROAN” 57 Zach Miterko DL 6-4 254 Fr. Flower Mound, Texas (Marcus) 36 Staten, Kendrele ...... Ken-DRELL 68 Sergio Montejano OL 6-2 295 R-Fr. Muleshoe, Texas (High) 7 Sean Morris WR 5-10 170 Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach CC) 9 Dwight Morrison DB 5-8 160 Jr. Dallas, Texas (Lincoln) 38 Ethan Morriss DB 6-0 195 R-Fr. Sonora, Texas (High) 2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State DEPTH CHART OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIALISTS
OUTSIDE RECEIVER LEFT END PLACEKICKER 11 Torrence Allen 6-1 190 Jr-2L 2 Tyrell Higgins 6-3 285 Sr-TR 41 Sergio Castillo, Jr. 5-11 195 Jr-2L 15 Word Hudson 6-0 170 Fr-HS 95 Shane Pennix 6-4 245 Jr-TR 13 Kevin VanVoris 6-0 235 Jr-2L
INSIDE RECEIVER NOSE GUARD PUNTER 43 Jarrian Rhone 5-8 175 Fr-RS 93 Aaron Wampler 6-1 270 Sr-3L 13 Kevin VanVoris 6-0 235 Jr-2L 92 Deone Bondurant 6-1 290 Jr-TR 41 Sergio Castillo, Jr. 5-11 195 Jr-2L 6 Aarrhon Flores 5-10 180 Sr-3L RIGHT END DEEP SNAPPER LEFT TACKLE 90 Ethan Westbrooks 6-4 275 Jr-TR 48 Ramon Lopez 5-11 255 Jr-TR 67 Manase Foketi 6-5 320 Sr-TR 33 David Christmas 6-0 240 Jr-2L 19 John McSheffery 5-11 180 Jr-2L 60 Josh Williams 6-5 290 Jr-TR LEFT OUTSIDE LINEBACKER HOLDER LEFT GUARD 18 Bryan Johnson 6-4 240 Jr-TR 19 John McSheffery 5-11 180 Jr-2L 55 Aaron Mullane 6-5 285 Sr-3L 25 LeBrandon Mosely 6-0 215 Jr-TR 73 Marc Waller 6-6 300 Jr-2L KICKOFF RETURN LEFT INSIDE LINEBACKER 8 Nathan Slaughter 5-10 185 Jr-2L CENTER 46 Kyle Voss 5-11 235 Jr-2L 43 Jarrian Rhone 5-8 175 Fr-RS 70 Casey O’Conner 6-3 290 Sr-1L 28 Eric Finefeuiaki 5-11 220 Jr-TR 76 Stephan Dube 6-2 330 Jr-TR PUNT RETURN RIGHT INSIDE LINEBACKER 3 Khiry Robinson 6-0 220 Sr-1L RIGHT GUARD 32 Taylor McCuller 6-2 240 Jr-2L 6 Aarrhon Flores 5-10 180 Sr-3L 64 Craig Watts 6-4 335 So-1L 51 Nick Whitt 6-0 255 Jr-TR 76 Stephan Dube 6-2 330 Jr-TR RIGHT OUTSIDE LINEBACKER RIGHT TACKLE 56 Shane Sobnosky 6-0 230 So-1L 78 Patrick Ward 6-4 285 Jr-TR 40 Chris Olson 6-4 240 Jr-2L 72 Juan Roman 6-4 280 Fr-RS LEFT CORNERBACK QUARTERBACK 20 Chris Ceazer 6-0 205 Fr-RS 10 Dustin Vaughan 6-5 220 Jr-2L 26 Anthony Hayes 6-0 185 Fr-RS 4 Luke Halpin 5-11 175 Jr-1L STRONG SAFETY RUNNING BACK 1 Jordan Smith 6-0 190 Sr-3L 3 Khiry Robinson 6-0 220 Sr-1L 27 Chris Metcalf 6-2 200 Jr-TR 5 Aaron Harris 6-0 205 Jr-TR FREE SAFETY INSIDE RECEIVER 22 Curtis Slater 5-9 195 Jr-2L 82 Trevor Hammargren 6-0 180 Jr-2L 19 John McSheffery 5-11 180 Jr-2L 14 Jace Jackson 6-2 200 Jr-1L RIGHT CORNERBACK OUTSIDE RECEIVER 21 Torian Oakley 5-10 180 So-1L 17 Lance Ratliff 6-2 180 Jr-2L 24 Mark Okoro 5-11 190 Sr-2L 81 Sidney Parker 5-11 180 Jr-2L
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 WEST TEXAS A&M TEAM STATISTICS
West Texas A&M Football West Texas A&M Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 13, 2012) All games
Team Statistics WTAMU OPP SCORING 456 219 Points Per Game 41.5 19.9 FIRST DOWNS 255 213 R u s h in g 81 86 P a s s in g 160 103 P e n a lt y 14 24 RUSHING YARDAGE 1454 1467 Yards gained rushing 1695 1950 Yards lost rushing 241 483 Rushing Attempts 293 427 Average Per Rush 5.0 3.4 Average Per Game 132.2 133.4 TDs Rushing 16 14 PASSING YARDAGE 3820 2221 C o m p - A t t - I n t 294-440-7 183-335-7 Average Per Pass 8.7 6.6 Average Per Catch 13.0 12.1 Average Per Game 347.3 201.9 TDs Passing 37 12 TOTAL OFFENSE 5274 3688 Total Plays 733 762 Average Per Play 7.2 4.8 Average Per Game 479.5 335.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 34-779 26-527 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 30-371 15-126 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 7-141 7-136 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.9 20.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 12.4 8.4 INT RETURN AVERAGE 20.1 19.4 FUMBLES-LOST 15-9 20-11 PENALTIES-Yards 82-679 78-672 Average Per Game 61.7 61.1 PUNTS-Yards 44-1683 71-2768 Average Per Punt 38.2 39.0 Net punt average 33.6 32.1 KICKOFFS-Yards 81-5089 47-2687 Average Per Kick 62.8 57.2 Net kick average 45.2 35.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 0 8 3 2 : 5 2 3RD-DOWN Conversions 60/133 56/166 3rd-Down Pct 45% 34% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 6/11 5/15 4th-Down Pct 55% 33% SACKS BY-Yards 44-268 15-81 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 58 29 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 14-16 6-12 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (45-49) 92% (23-30) 77% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (33-49) 67% (20-30) 67% PAT-ATTEMPTS (56-56) 100% (27-28) 96% ATTENDANCE 41514 23200 Games/Avg Per Game 4/10378 6/3867 Neutral Site Games 1/19134
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total West Texas A&M 109 118 129 100 0 456 Opponents 55 45 50 69 0 219
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State 2012 WEST TEXAS A&M INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
West Texas A&M Football West Texas A&M Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 13, 2012) All games
Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Khiry Robinson 9 - 9 150 1039 24 1015 6.8 11 75 112.8 Khiry Robinson 15 152 10.1 0 61 Geremy Alridge 11-1 32 218 5 213 6.7 4 23 19.4 Aarrhon Flores 10 95 9.5 0 27 Calvin Burns 11-0 21 119 5 114 5.4 0 19 10.4 E. Finefeuiaki 2 75 37.5 1 25 Aaron Harris 8 - 1 18 70 6 64 3.6 1 13 8.0 N. Slaughter 1 12 12.0 0 0 Dustin Vaughan 11-11 43 149 99 50 1.2 0 23 4.5 Curtis Slater 1 8 8.0 0 0 N. Slaughter 10-10 4 41 10 31 7.8 0 22 3.1 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 Jarrian Rhone 11-4 4 26 7 19 4.8 0 22 1.7 David Christmas 0 11 0.0 1 11 Ryan Lenzy 1 - 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 1.0 Taylor McCuller 0 18 0.0 0 18 Julian Ward 1 - 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 1.0 Total 30 371 12.4 2 61 David Lehocky 2 - 0 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -1.0 Opponents 15 126 8.4 1 33 Luke Halpin 8 - 0 8 30 38 -8 -1.0 0 16 -1.0 TEAM 9 - 0 10 1 45 -44 -4.4 0 1 -4.9 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Total 11 293 1695 241 1454 5.0 16 75 132.2 Curtis Slater 3 124 41.3 1 85 Opponents 11 427 1950 483 1467 3.4 14 53 133.4 Torian Oakley 2 0 0.0 0 0 Jordan Smith 1 2 2.0 0 2 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Chris Metcalf 1 15 15.0 0 15 Dustin Vaughan 11-11 164.56 260-401-7 64.8 3552 35 77 322.9 Total 7 141 20.1 1 85 Luke Halpin 8 - 0 155.71 31-36-0 86.1 259 1 24 32.4 Opponents 7 136 19.4 1 74 David Lehocky 2 - 0 129.40 2-2-0 100.0 7 0 4 3.5 John McSheffery 11-2 446.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 1 2 0.2 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 11 164.31 294-440-7 66.8 3820 37 77 347.3 N. Slaughter 16 385 24.1 0 62 Opponents 11 117.96 183-335-7 54.6 2221 12 56 201.9 Jarrian Rhone 7 216 30.9 0 79 Aarrhon Flores 6 74 12.3 0 18 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Sean Morris 2 53 26.5 0 31 Torrence Allen 10-8 53 956 18.0 9 77 95.6 Calvin Burns 1 8 8.0 0 8 N. Slaughter 10-10 44 525 11.9 4 67 52.5 Jacob Hancock 1 17 17.0 0 17 Jarrian Rhone 11-4 36 376 10.4 3 75 34.2 Khiry Robinson 1 26 26.0 0 26 Lance Ratliff 7 - 7 35 641 18.3 7 62 91.6 Total 34 779 22.9 0 79 Khiry Robinson 9 - 9 32 345 10.8 3 47 38.3 Opponents 26 527 20.3 0 37 T. Hammargren 10-9 31 339 10.9 5 29 33.9 Word Hudson 5 - 1 11 149 13.5 1 62 29.8 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Jace Jackson 11-2 9 113 12.6 2 23 10.3 Chris Metcalf 1 25 25.0 1 25 A. Coleman 6 - 1 8 131 16.4 0 42 21.8 Shane Pennix 0 0 0.0 1 0 Sean Morris 7 - 0 8 79 9.9 0 14 11.3 Total 1 25 25.0 2 25 Aarrhon Flores 11-0 8 12 1.5 1 6 1.1 Opponents 2 26 13.0 1 18 Sidney Parker 11-2 6 38 6.3 1 20 3.5 Aaron Harris 8 - 1 4 49 12.2 1 24 6.1 Geremy Alridge 11-1 3 15 5.0 0 6 1.4 Calvin Burns 11-0 2 34 17.0 0 31 3.1 Dimitri Donald 6 - 0 2 4 2.0 0 5 0.7 Kevin VanVoris 11-0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.9 Aaron Hyman 1 - 0 1 4 4.0 0 4 4.0 Total 11 294 3820 13.0 37 77 347.3 Opponents 11 183 2221 12.1 12 56 201.9
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 WEST TEXAS A&M INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
West Texas A&M Football West Texas A&M Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 13, 2012) All games
PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Sergio Castillo - 14-16 56-56 - - - - - 98 Dustin Vaughan 11 444 50 3552 3602 327.5 Khiry Robinson 14 - - - 1 - - - 86 Khiry Robinson 9 150 1015 0 1015 112.8 Torrence Allen 9 ------54 Luke Halpin 8 44 -8 259 251 31.4 Lance Ratliff 7 ------42 Geremy Alridge 11 32 213 0 213 19.4 T. Hammargren 5 ------30 Calvin Burns 11 21 114 0 114 10.4 Geremy Alridge 4 ------24 Aaron Harris 8 18 64 0 64 8.0 N. Slaughter 4 ------24 N. Slaughter 10 4 31 0 31 3.1 Jarrian Rhone 3 ------18 Jarrian Rhone 11 4 19 0 19 1.7 Aaron Harris 2 ------12 David Lehocky 2 3 -2 7 5 2.5 Jace Jackson 2 ------12 John McSheffery 11 1 0 2 2 0.2 E. Finefeuiaki 1 ------1 8 Ryan Lenzy 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 Shane Pennix 1 ------1 8 Julian Ward 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 David Christmas 1 ------6 TEAM 9 10 -44 0 -44 -4.9 Word Hudson 1 ------6 Total 11 733 1454 3820 5274 479.5 Sidney Parker 1 ------6 Opponents 11 762 1467 2221 3688 335.3 Curtis Slater 1 ------6 Aarrhon Flores 1 ------6 Chris Metcalf 1 ------6 TEAM ------1 2 Shane Sobnosky ------1 2 John McSheffery - - - - - 1-1 - - 0 Dustin Vaughan - - - 0-1 - - - - 0 Total 58 14-16 56-56 0-1 1 1-1 - 4 456 Opponents 29 6-12 27-28 - - 0-1 - - 219
Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Sergio Castillo 14-16 87.5 0-0 5-5 7-7 1-2 1-2 56 0 Kevin VanVoris 41 1654 40.3 70 4 6 16 6 2 TEAM 2 22 11.0 22 0 0 0 0 0 FG Sequence West Texas A&M Opponents Dustin Vaughan 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 0 0 0 CSU-Pueblo 56 (47),(45),(36) Total 44 1683 38.2 70 4 6 16 6 2 Western State (42),(38) 38 Opponents 71 2768 39.0 67 6 6 19 16 5 Texas A&M-Kingsville (38) (33),42 Incarnate Word 49,(23) 43 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Tarleton (22),(30) - Kevin VanVoris 80 5028 62.8 52 1 Angelo State (24),(32) (40),26,39 Sergio Castillo 1 61 61.0 0 0 Abilene Christian (35),(56) - Total 81 5089 62.8 52 1 20.3 40.3 24 Eastern New Mexico - - Opponents 47 2687 57.2 10 1 22.9 35.3 29 West Georgia (29) - Midwestern State (34),(26) 26,(27) A&M-Commerce (30) -
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State 2012 WEST TEXAS A&M ALL-PURPOSE STATISTICS
West Texas A&M Football West Texas A&M Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 13, 2012) All games
All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Khiry Robinson 9 1015 345 152 26 0 1538 170.9 Torrence Allen 10 0 956 0 0 0 956 95.6 N. Slaughter 10 31 525 12 385 0 953 95.3 Lance Ratliff 7 0 641 0 0 0 641 91.6 Jarrian Rhone 11 19 376 0 216 0 611 55.5 T. Hammargren 10 0 339 0 0 0 339 33.9 Geremy Alridge 11 213 15 0 0 0 228 20.7 Aarrhon Flores 11 0 12 95 74 0 181 16.5 Calvin Burns 11 114 34 0 8 0 156 14.2 Word Hudson 5 0 149 0 0 0 149 29.8 Curtis Slater 11 0 0 8 0 124 132 12.0 Sean Morris 7 0 79 0 53 0 132 18.9 A. Coleman 6 0 131 0 0 0 131 21.8 Aaron Harris 8 64 49 0 0 0 113 14.1 Jace Jackson 11 0 113 0 0 0 113 10.3 E. Finefeuiaki 10 0 0 75 0 0 75 7.5 Dustin Vaughan 11 50 0 0 0 0 50 4.5 Sidney Parker 11 0 38 0 0 0 38 3.5 Taylor McCuller 11 0 0 18 0 0 18 1.6 Jacob Hancock 4 0 0 0 17 0 17 4.2 Chris Metcalf 11 0 0 0 0 15 15 1.4 David Christmas 11 0 0 11 0 0 11 1.0 Kevin VanVoris 11 0 10 0 0 0 10 0.9 Dimitri Donald 6 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.7 Aaron Hyman 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 4.0 Jordan Smith 9 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 Ryan Lenzy 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 Julian Ward 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 David Lehocky 2 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -1.0 Luke Halpin 8 -8 0 0 0 0 -8 -1.0 TEAM 9 -44 0 0 0 0 -44 -4.9 Total 11 1454 3820 371 779 141 6565 596.8 Opponents 11 1467 2221 126 527 136 4477 407.0
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS West Texas A&M Football West Texas A&M Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 13, 2012) All games
Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 32 Taylor McCuller 11-11 47 71 118 8.0-21 3.5-11 . 1 5 1-0 1 . . 46 Kyle Voss 11-11 35 57 92 16.0-53 3.0-20 . 3 2 . 3 1 . 22 Curtis Slater 11-11 37 25 62 7.5-22 1.0-9 3-124 4 3 1-0 . 1 . 1 Jordan Smith 9-9 26 20 46 . . 1-2 4 . . 2 . . 90 E. Westbrooks 11-10 22 23 45 20.0-91 13.5-73 . 1 13 . 1 . . 2 Tyrell Higgins 10-7 12 31 43 11.0-55 6.0-47 . . 6 . . . . 21 Torian Oakley 10-10 22 16 38 1.5-8 . 2-0 2 . . . . . 40 Chris Olson 11-6 7 28 35 2.0-9 1.0-4 . . 1 2-0 . . . 19 John McSheffery 11-2 15 16 31 . . . . 1 . . . . 56 Shane Sobnosky 11-9 13 17 30 4.0-11 1.0-7 . 1 2 . 1 . 1 18 Bryan Johnson 10-5 13 17 30 6.0-35 2.5-21 . 2 6 1-0 2 . . 9 Dwight Morrison 8-8 13 13 26 0.5-2 0.5-2 . 2 . . . . . 95 Shane Pennix 7-5 12 14 26 3.0-18 2.0-15 . 1 1 1-0 1 . 1 33 David Christmas 11-1 9 15 24 7.0-34 5.0-32 ...... 93 Aaron Wampler 11-10 8 15 23 4.0-6 2.0-2 . . 4 . 1 . . 20 Chris Ceazer 9-4 15 6 21 . . . 2 . 1-0 1 . . 99 Jacob Laguna 11-0 7 13 20 2.5-16 1.0-12 . 1 2 . . . . 27 Chris Metcalf 11-0 7 12 19 0.5-0 . 1-15 5 . 1-25 . . . 54 Kyler Gregory 9-0 5 10 15 ...... 92 Deone Bondurant 9-0 2 11 13 2.0-8 0.5-4 . . 1 . . . . 25 L. Mosley 10-0 5 5 10 . . . 1 . . . . . 26 Anthony Hayes 11-0 6 3 9 ...... 1 . . 24 Mark Okoro 10-0 5 4 9 1.0-2 . . 2 . . . . . 5 Aaron Harris 8-1 4 2 6 ...... 81 Sidney Parker 11-2 2 4 6 ...... 94 L. Lehauli 9-1 3 2 5 1.5-6 0.5-3 . . 1 . . . . 28 E. Finefeuiaki 10-0 . 4 4 0.5-2 ...... 2 1 51 Nick Whitt 11-0 . 4 4 0.5-1 ...... 50 Kevin McCluskey 1-1 2 1 3 2.0-10 1.0-8 ...... 30 Victor Cuero 6-0 1 2 3 ...... 48 Ramon Lopez 11-0 1 1 2 . . . . . 2-0 . . . 42 Calvin Burns 11-0 2 . 2 ...... 6 Aarrhon Flores 11-0 2 . 2 ...... 11 Torrence Allen 10-8 . 2 2 ...... 38 Ethan Morriss 5-0 . 2 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 8 N. Slaughter 10-10 1 . 1 . . . . . 1-0 . 1 . 97 Randy George 4-0 . 1 1 ...... 45 Geremy Alridge 11-1 1 . 1 ...... 67 Manase Foketi 11-11 1 . 1 ...... 10 Dustin Vaughan 11-11 1 . 1 ...... 15 Word Hudson 5-1 1 . 1 ...... 36 Kendrele Staten 4-0 . 1 1 ...... 34 Cameron Warren 8-0 1 . 1 ...... 17 Lance Ratliff 7-7 1 . 1 ...... TM TEAM 9-0 ...... 1 1 Total 11 367 468 835 101-410 44-268 7-141 33 48 11-25 14 6 4 Opponents 11 347 422 769 50-170 15-81 7-136 35 16 9-26 7 2 .
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State 2012 INDIVIDUAL-GAME-BY-GAME LEADERS Rushing (Att-Yds/TD)
NAME TOTAL CSUP WSCU TAMUK UIW TSU ASU ACU ENMU UWG MSU TAMUC Khiry Robinson 150-1015/11 DNP DNP 17-110/1 13-58/0 18-125/0 17-143/0 15-102/1 16-131/4 15-89/0 23-147/3 16-110/2 Geremy Alridge 32-213/4 1-1/1 11-102/0 3-8/0 2-7/0 6-25/1 1--3/0 1-4/0 - 1-4/1 2-22/0 4-43/1 Calvin Burns 21-114/0 4-23/0 7-30/0 - 5-33/0 1--4/0 - - - 2-22/0 - 2-10/0 Aaron Harris 18-64/1 9-28/1 5-33/0 DNP DNP DNP 4-3/0 - - - - - Dustin Vaughan 43-50/0 2-22/0 3--9/0 5--4/0 5-4/0 5-25/0 10--10/0 3-11/0 2--5/0 - 5--1/0 3-17/0 Nathan Slaughter 4-31/0 1--10/0 1-14/0 - 1-5/0 - 1-22/0 - - - DNP - Jarrian Rhone 4-19/0 - - - - - 1--2/0 - - 1-4/0 - 2-17/0 Julian Ward 1-1/0 DNP 1-1/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Ryan Lenzy 1-1/0 DNP 1-1/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP David Lehocky 1--2/0 DNP 1--2/0 DNP DNP DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Luke Halpin 8--8/0 1-11/0 - - - DNP DNP 2--20/0 1--1/0 - DNP 4-2/0 TEAM 10--44/0 - - 2--2/0 1--2/0 DNP 2--1/0 3--3/0 1--2/0 - 1--34/0 DNP
Passing (Comp-Att-Int)
NAME TOTAL CSUP WSCU TAMUK UIW TSU ASU ACU ENMU UWG MSU TAMUC Dustin Vaughan 260-401-7 30-47-1 22-32-0 19-29-0 19-32-1 23-37-0 17-32-1 32-46-0 20-33-2 28-37-1 30-47-1 20-29-0 Luke Halpin 31-36-0 6-7-0 11-11-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 DNP DNP 1-2-0 1-1-0 4-4-0 DNP 6-8-0 David Lehocky 2-2-0 DNP 1-1-0 DNP DNP DNP 1-1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP John McSheffery 1-1-0 ------1-1-0 - -
Passing (Yds-TD)
NAME TOTAL CSUP WSCU TAMUK UIW TSU ASU ACU ENMU UWG MSU TAMUC Dustin Vaughan 3552-35 398-3 409-5 250-3 243-2 331-4 241-3 359-3 321-2 331-5 391-3 278-2 Luke Halpin 259-1 68-0 94-1 6-0 13-0 DNP DNP 24-0 10-0 11-0 DNP 33-0 David Lehocky 4-0 DNP 4-0 DNP DNP DNP 7-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP John McSheffery 2-1 ------2-1 - - Receiving (No-Yds/TD)
NAME TOTAL CSUP WSCU TAMUK UIW TSU ASU ACU ENMU UWG MSU TAMUC Torrence Allen 53-966/9 9-164/1 5-122/2 3-46/0 9-86/0 5-104/2 4-67/2 5-85/0 DNP 4-97/1 5-82/0 4-113/1 Lance Ratliff 35-651/7 7-153/2 3-53/0 3-76/2 2-68/2 2-37/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 11-180/1 7-74/0 Nathan Slaughter 44-525/4 5-21/0 6-132/1 5-51/0 2-4/0 6-63/0 2-23/1 8-83/1 7-133/1 2-9/0 DNP 1-6/0 Jarrian Rhone 36-376/3 1-0/0 DNP 1-6/0 1-20/0 - 1-3/0 9-106/1 4-89/1 10-77/1 6-61/0 3-14/0 Khiry Robinson 32-345/3 DNP DNP 3-28/0 4-51/0 6-90/1 1-6/0 5-44/0 3-30/0 4-12/1 4-54/1 2-30/0 Trevor Hammargren 31-339/5 5-58/0 4-34/1 4-44/1 - 4-37/1 4-53/0 3-31/1 1-13/0 2-55/0 4-14/1 DNP Word Hudson 11-149/1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - 4-53/0 4-53/0 5-90/1 - 2-6/0 Alphonse Coleman 8-131/0 1-11/0 4-45/0 - - - 3-75/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jace Jackson 9-113/2 1-15/0 1-16/1 - 1-14/0 - - - 1-10/0 - - 5-58/1 Sean Morris 8-79/0 3-37/0 2-17/0 - 1-13/0 DNP 2-12/0 - DNP DNP DNP DNP Aaron Harris 4-49/1 1--1/0 1-16/1 DNP DNP DNP - 1-24/0 - - - 1-10/0 Sidney Parker 6-38/1 - 4-32/0 1-5/0 - - - - DNP 1-1/1 - - Calvin Burns 2-34/0 1-3/0 1-31/0 ------Geremy Alridge 3-15/0 1-5/0 - - - - - 2-10/0 - - - - Aarrhon Flores 8-12/1 1-0/0 1-6/0 - - - - - 1-3/0 5-3/1 - - Dimitri Donald 2-4/0 DNP 1--1/0 DNP DNP DNP 1-5/0 - - - DNP - Aaron Hyman 1-4/0 DNP 1-4/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 WEST TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL TEAM GAME-BY-GAME
|---RUSHING---| |---RECEIVING---| |---PASSING---| |---KICK RET---| |---PUNT RET---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg C-A-I Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Tot Off 8/30/2012 at #6 CSU-Pueblo 18 75 2 23 36 466 3 75 36-54-1 466 3 75 6 192 0 62 2 17 0 14 541 9/8/2012 WESTERN STATE 30 170 0 21 34 507 6 77 34-44-0 507 6 77 4 81 0 31 5 29 0 15 677 9/15/2012 vs. A&M-Kingsville 27 112 1 45 20 256 3 40 20-30-0 256 3 40 4 90 0 30 3 90 0 61 368 9/22/2012 at Incarnate Word 27 105 0 14 20 256 2 45 20-34-1 256 2 45 1 19 0 19 4 37 1 11 361 9/29/2012 TARLETON STATE 30 171 1 24 23 331 4 56 23-37-0 331 4 56 3 111 0 79 4 46 0 8 502 10/6/2012 at Angelo State 35 154 0 46 18 244 3 42 18-33-1 244 3 42 3 53 0 25 2 1 0 1 398 10/13/2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 25 92 1 16 33 383 3 75 33-48-0 383 3 75 1 18 0 18 2 49 0 27 475 10/20/2012 at E. New Mexico 20 123 4 48 21 331 2 58 21-34-2 331 2 58 4 59 0 20 4 30 0 18 454 10/27/2012 at West Georgia 19 119 1 31 33 344 6 62 33-42-1 344 6 62 3 59 0 27 0 0 0 0 463 11/3/2012 MIDWESTERN STATE 31 134 3 75 30 391 3 47 30-47-1 391 3 47 3 65 0 31 1 6 0 6 525 11/10/2012 at A&M-Commerce 31 199 3 23 26 311 2 72 26-37-0 311 2 72 2 32 0 23 3 66 1 25 510
|------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |--FUMBLE--| |----PASS DEF----| |------PAT ATT------| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH BRU Blkd Kick Rush Rcv Saf Pts 8/30/2012 at #6 CSU-Pueblo 31 66 97 5.0-20 3.0-17 3 1-0 0-0 3 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 34 9/8/2012 WESTERN STATE 22 48 70 8.0-38 3.0-25 2 1-0 1-0 2 6 1 7-7 0 0 1 57 9/15/2012 vs. A&M-Kingsville 43 34 77 13.0-40 2.0-13 1 2-25 1-0 1 3 0 5-5 0 0 1 40 9/22/2012 at Incarnate Word 37 28 65 14.0-83 8.0-65 1 0-0 1-2 4 2 1 3-3 0 0 0 24 9/29/2012 TARLETON STATE 33 56 89 8.0-22 3.0-14 1 1-0 0-0 6 4 1 5-5 0 0 0 41 10/6/2012 at Angelo State 34 28 62 8.0-16 2.0-2 1 1-0 2-124 12 2 0 3-3 0 1 0 35 10/13/2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 29 32 61 14.0-61 9.0-51 0 0-0 2-15 3 4 0 4-4 0 0 1 36 10/20/2012 at E. New Mexico 38 48 86 8.0-19 4.0-13 1 1-0 0-0 8 5 2 6-6 0 0 1 44 10/27/2012 at West Georgia 38 58 96 9.0-49 4.0-34 1 1-0 0-0 2 0 0 7-7 0 0 0 52 11/3/2012 MIDWESTERN STATE 34 34 68 4.0-8 0.0-0 1 2-0 0-0 3 1 0 6-6 0 0 0 48 11/10/2012 at A&M-Commerce 24 40 64 8.0-44 5.0-34 1 1-0 0-0 4 3 1 6-6 0 0 0 45
|------PUNTING------| |---FIELD GOALS---| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ i20 Md-Att Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB 8/30/2012 at #6 CSU-Pueblo 3 137 45.7 52 0 1 0 1 0 0-1 0 0 5 302 60.4 3 0 9/8/2012 WESTERN STATE 3 89 29.7 46 1 0 0 0 1 2-2 42 0 10 650 65.0 8 0 9/15/2012 vs. A&M-Kingsville 6 234 39.0 57 0 1 0 1 2 1-1 38 0 7 444 63.4 2 0 9/22/2012 at Incarnate Word 3 112 37.3 48 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 23 0 4 258 64.5 3 0 9/29/2012 TARLETON STATE 5 236 47.2 59 0 0 0 1 3 2-2 30 0 8 519 64.9 7 0 10/6/2012 at Angelo State 6 134 22.3 38 1 0 2 0 1 2-2 32 0 7 420 60.0 4 0 10/13/2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 5 203 40.6 55 0 1 1 1 4 2-2 56 0 6 390 65.0 5 0 10/20/2012 at E. New Mexico 5 221 44.2 70 0 0 1 1 3 0-0 0 0 7 453 64.7 5 1 10/27/2012 at West Georgia 2 74 37.0 37 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 29 0 9 522 58.0 2 0 11/3/2012 MIDWESTERN STATE 3 135 45.0 57 0 1 0 1 1 2-2 34 0 9 598 66.4 7 0 11/10/2012 at A&M-Commerce 3 108 36.0 40 0 0 1 0 1 1-1 30 0 9 533 59.2 6 0
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State 2012 WEST TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL OPPONENT TEAM GAME-BY-GAME |---RUSHING---| |---RECEIVING---| |---PASSING---| |---KICK RET---| |---PUNT RET---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg C-A-I Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Tot Off 8/30/2012 at #6 CSU-Pueblo 45 265 2 25 20 222 2 39 20-24-0 222 2 39 2 28 0 28 2 23 0 19 487 9/8/2012 WESTERN STATE 31 65 0 37 15 213 2 40 15-32-1 213 2 40 2 42 0 22 2 42 1 33 278 9/15/2012 vs. A&M-Kingsville 35 88 0 17 21 197 1 30 21-35-1 197 1 30 5 119 0 37 3 10 0 10 285 9/22/2012 at Incarnate Word 36 15 0 16 16 131 0 54 16-28-1 131 0 54 1 26 0 26 1 -1 0 0 146 9/29/2012 TARLETON STATE 47 193 2 18 15 196 1 45 15-27-0 196 1 45 1 22 0 22 3 22 0 16 389 10/6/2012 at Angelo State 26 49 0 21 26 283 1 26 26-60-2 283 1 26 3 60 0 33 1 5 0 5 332 10/13/2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 28 3 0 13 17 207 0 42 17-29-2 207 0 42 1 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 210 10/20/2012 at E. New Mexico 46 205 1 34 16 186 2 32 16-33-0 186 2 32 1 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 391 10/27/2012 at West Georgia 58 151 2 20 8 116 2 33 8-14-0 116 2 33 6 116 0 22 1 0 0 0 267 11/3/2012 MIDWESTERN STATE 43 317 5 53 14 248 1 56 14-22-0 248 1 56 2 33 0 19 2 25 0 25 565 11/10/2012 at A&M-Commerce 32 111 2 26 15 217 0 38 15-31-0 217 0 38 2 38 0 20 0 0 0 0 328
|------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |--FUMBLE--| |----PASS DEF----| |------PAT ATT------| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH BRU Blkd Kick Rush Rcv Saf Pts 8/30/2012 at #6 CSU-Pueblo 27 60 87 5.0-19 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-74 0 5 0 5-5 0 0 0 44 9/8/2012 WESTERN STATE 38 54 92 4.0-11 1.0-8 0 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 2-3 0 0 0 20 9/15/2012 vs. A&M-Kingsville 28 30 58 7.0-31 3.0-15 0 1-0 0-0 0 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 10 9/22/2012 at Incarnate Word 27 40 67 2.0-5 2.0-5 2 2-0 1-0 1 7 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 9/29/2012 TARLETON STATE 29 46 75 5.0-15 1.0-4 1 1-0 0-0 2 2 0 3-3 0 0 0 21 10/6/2012 at Angelo State 38 22 60 5.0-20 3.0-17 0 1-0 1-0 2 3 1 0-0 0 0 0 9 10/13/2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 34 42 76 4.0-15 1.0-5 1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 10/20/2012 at E. New Mexico 23 24 47 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-56 4 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 21 10/27/2012 at West Georgia 30 30 60 4.0-9 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-6 1 1 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 11/3/2012 MIDWESTERN STATE 41 30 71 7.0-21 2.0-10 1 2-18 1-0 3 6 0 7-7 0 0 0 52 11/10/2012 at A&M-Commerce 32 44 76 6.0-23 2.0-10 1 1-8 0-0 1 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 14
|------PUNTING------| |---FIELD GOALS---| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ i20 Md-Att Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB 8/30/2012 at #6 CSU-Pueblo 3 170 56.7 67 0 1 0 2 0 3-3 47 0 8 497 62.1 2 0 9/8/2012 WESTERN STATE 7 226 32.3 46 0 0 1 0 1 0-1 0 0 5 269 53.8 0 1 9/15/2012 vs. A&M-Kingsville 7 297 42.4 49 0 1 1 0 2 1-2 33 0 4 234 58.5 0 0 9/22/2012 at Incarnate Word 8 260 32.5 50 1 0 0 1 2 0-1 0 0 1 50 50.0 0 0 9/29/2012 TARLETON STATE 8 330 41.2 55 1 1 1 3 3 0-0 0 0 4 237 59.2 1 0 10/6/2012 at Angelo State 5 208 41.6 61 0 0 0 2 3 1-3 40 0 3 161 53.7 0 0 10/13/2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 8 373 46.6 60 0 3 1 3 2 0-0 0 0 2 133 66.5 1 0 10/20/2012 at E. New Mexico 9 276 30.7 47 2 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 5 210 42.0 0 0 10/27/2012 at West Georgia 4 133 33.2 53 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 5 269 53.8 1 0 11/3/2012 MIDWESTERN STATE 3 138 46.0 54 0 0 1 1 1 1-2 27 0 8 520 65.0 5 0 11/10/2012 at A&M-Commerce 9 357 39.7 61 1 0 1 3 3 0-0 0 0 2 107 53.5 0 0
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 WEST TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL SCORING DRIVES BY YARDS Date Opponent Play-Yards TOP Result Scoring Play Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 10-98 4:11 TD Jace Jackson 13-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 5-93 2:22 TD Torrence Allen 35-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 6-91 2:28 TD Lance Ratliff 32-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 12-87 4:08 TD Aarrhon Flores 3-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 6-83 3:32 TD Khiry Robinson 7-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 2-82 0:34 TD Jarrian Rhone 75-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 13-80 5:01 TD Jace Jackson 16-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 11-80 4:16 TD Trevor Hammargen 14-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 8-80 2:15 TD Nathan Slaughter 23-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 6-80 2:47 TD Torrence Allen 11-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Khiry Robinson two-point) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 9-80 2:05 TD Geremy Alridge 1-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 4-80 1:07 TD Word Hudson 62-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 2-79 0:49 TD Torrence Allen 77-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 22, 2012 at Incarnate Word* 7-79 3:49 TD Lance Ratliff 45-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 9-77 4:42 TD Geremy Alridge 1-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 8-76 4:40 TD Khiry Robinson 6-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 6-75 2:24 TD Lance Ratliff 21-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 8-75 3:40 TD Khiry Robinson 4-yard run (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 11-75 4:44 FG Sergio Castillo 22-yard fi eld goal Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 3-75 0:52 TD Torrence Allen 75-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 7-74 2:26 TD Khiry Robinson 11-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 9-73 1:30 TD Khiry Robinson 15-yard run (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 3-73 0:53 TD Lance Ratliff 57-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 10-73 4:21 TD Aaron Harris 16-yard pass from Luke Halpin (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 1-72 0:12 TD Torrence Allen 72-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 2-72 0:47 TD Nathan Slaughter 67-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 8-72 3:02 TD Trevor Hammargren 8-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 8-70 3:57 TD Nathan Slaughter 31-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 8-69 1:52 TD Khiry Robinson 7-yard run (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 7-68 2:47 TD Trevor Hammargren 13-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 3-67 0:24 TD Khiry Robinson 20-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 9-67 3:55 TD Sidney Parker 1-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 2-64 0:38 TD Lance Ratliff 62-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Vaughan rush failed) Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 7-63 3:00 TD Khiry Robinson 12-yard run (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 9-62 3:01 FG Sergio Castillo 30-yard fi eld goal Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 5-61 1:33 TD Khiry Robinson 1-yard run (Castillo kick) Sept. 22, 2012 at Incarnate Word* 6-61 2:38 TD Lance Ratliff 23-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 3-60 1:13 TD Jarrian Rhone 58-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 8-60 2:46 TD Aaron Harris 7-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 11-59 5:29 FG Sergio Castillo 30-yard fi eld goal Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 12-57 5:54 TD Geremy Alridge 4-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 9-57 3:26 FG Sergio Castillo 32-yard fi eld goal Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 1-56 0:10 TD Torrence Allen 56-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 5-54 1:34 TD Jarrian Rhone 3-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 5-54 2:06 TD Khiry Robinson 1-yard run (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 6-53 2:15 FG Sergio Castillo 42-yard fi eld goal Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 5-52 1:16 TD Geremy Alridge 12-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 12-52 5:02 FG Sergio Castillo 34-yard fi eld goal Sept. 22, 2012 at Incarnate Word* 11-50 1:24 FG Sergio Castillo 23-yard fi eld goal Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 9-47 3:27 TD Khiry Robinson 5-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 1-46 0:07 TD Torrence Allen 46-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 6-45 2:22 TD Torrence Allen 8-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 6-44 0:53 FG Sergio Castillo 29-yard fi eld goal Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 2-44 0:30 TD Khiry Robinson 2-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 4-44 1:32 TD Nathan Slaughter 27-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 3-44 0:32 TD Lance Ratliff 4-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 9-41 1:19 FG Sergio Castillo 56-yard fi eld goal Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 7-36 1:46 FG Sergio Castillo 38-yard fi eld goal Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 7-35 2:26 TD Torrence Allen 23-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 7-20 2:28 FG Sergio Castillo 26-yard fi eld goal Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 6-15 2:51 FG Sergio Castillo 35-yard fi eld goal Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 1-15 0:05 TD Trevor Hammargren 15-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 4-14 2:14 TD Trevor Hammargren 7-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 2-14 0:11 TD Khiry Robinson 14-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 4-11 2:10 TD Khiry Robinson 2-yard pass from John McSheffery (fake fi eld goal) (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 4--1 2:08 FG Sergio Castillo 38-yard fi eld goal Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 4--4 1:51 FG Sergio Castillo 24-yard fi eld goal Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 0-85 0:00 TD/INT Curtis Slater 85-yard interception return (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 0-25 0:00 TD/Punt Blk. Punt block (Curtis Slater) returned by Eric Finefeuiaki 25 yards (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 0-25 0:00 TD/F-Rec. Chris Metcalf 25-yard fumble recovery (Castillo kick) Sept. 22, 2012 at Incarnate Word 0-11 0:00 TD/Punt Blk. Punt block (Nathan Slaughter) returned by David Christmas 11 yards (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 0-0 0:00 TD/F-Rec. Shane Pennix fumble recovery (Castillo kick) Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 0-0 0:00 Safety Eric Finefeuiaki safety Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 0-0 0:00 Safety Shane Pennix safety Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 0-0 0:00 Safety Shane Sobnosky safety Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 0-0 0:00 Safety Team safety
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State 2012 WEST TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL LONGEST DRIVES (60-PLUS YARDS) Date Opponent Play-Yards TOP Result Scoring Play (If Applicable) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 10-98 4:11 TD Jace Jackson 13-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 5-93 2:22 TD Torrence Allen 56-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 6-91 2:28 TD Lance Ratliff 32-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 12-87 4:08 TD Aarrhon Flores 3-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 2-82 0:34 TD Jarrian Rhone 75-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 6-83 3:32 TD Khiry Robinson 7-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 4-80 1:07 TD Word Hudson 62-yard pass rom Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 11-80 4:16 TD Trevor Hammargren 14-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 13-80 5:01 TD Jace Jackson 16-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 9-80 2:05 TD Geremy Alridge 1-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 8-80 2:15 TD Nathan Slaughter 23-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 6-80 2:47 TD Torrence Allen 11-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Khiry Robinson two-point) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 2-79 0:49 TD Torrence Allen 77-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 22, 2012 at Incarnate Word* 7-79 3:49 TD Lance Ratliff 45-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 9-77 4:42 TD Geremy Alridge 1-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 8-76 4:40 TD Khiry Robinson 6-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 6-75 2:24 TD Lance Ratliff 21-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 8-75 3:40 TD Khiry Robinson 4-yard run (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 11-75 4:44 FG Sergio Castillo 22-yard fi eld goal Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 3-75 0:52 TD Torrence Allen 75-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 7-74 2:26 TD Khiry Robinson 11-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 9-73 1:30 TD Khiry Robinson 15-yard run (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 3-73 0:53 TD Lance Ratliff 57-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 10-73 4:21 TD Aaron Harris 16-yard pass from Luke Halpin (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 1-72 0:12 TD Torrence Allen 72-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 2-72 0:47 TD Nathan Slaughter 67-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 8-72 3:02 TD Trevor Hammargren 8-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 8-70 3:57 TD Nathan Slaughter 31-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 3-70 0:30 Half - Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 8-69 1:52 TD Khiry Robinson 7-yard run (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 15-68 3:50 Downs - Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 7-68 2:47 TD Trevor Hammargren 13-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 3-67 0:24 TD Khiry Robinson 20-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 9-67 3:55 TD Sidney Parker 1-yad pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 2-64 0:38 TD Lance Ratliff 62-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Vaughan rush failed) Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 7-63 3:00 TD Khiry Robinson 12-yard run (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 9-62 3:01 FG Sergio Castillo 30-yard fi eld goal Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 5-61 1:33 TD Khiry Robinson 1-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 3-60 1:13 TD Jarrian Rhone 58-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 8-60 2:46 TD Aaron Harris 7-yard run (Castillo kick)
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 WEST TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL SCORING DRIVES BY TIME OF POS. Date Opponent Play-Yards TOP Result Scoring Play Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 12-57 5:54 TD Geremy Alridge 4-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 11-59 5:29 FG Sergio Castillo 30-yard fi eld goal Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 12-52 5:02 FG Sergio Castillo 34-yard fi eld goal Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 13-80 5:01 TD Jace Jackson 16-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 11-75 4:44 FG Sergio Castillo 22-yard fi eld goal Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 9-77 4:42 TD Geremy Alridge 1-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 8-76 4:40 TD Khiry Robinson 6-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 10-73 4:21 TD Aaron Harris 16-yard pass from Luke Halpin (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 11-80 4:16 TD Trevor Hammargren 14-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 10-98 4:11 TD Jace Jackson 13-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 12-87 4:08 TD Aarrhon Flores 3-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 8-70 3:57 TD Nathan Slaughter 31-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 9-67 3:55 TD Sidney Parker 1-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 22, 2012 at Incarnate Word* 7-79 3:49 TD Lance Ratliff 45-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 8-75 3:40 TD Khiry Robinson 4-yard run (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 6-83 3:32 TD Khiry Robinson 7-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 9-47 3:27 TD Khiry Robinson 5-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 9-57 3:26 FG Sergio Castillo 32-yard fi eld goal Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 8-72 3:02 TD Trevor Hammargren 8-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 9-62 3:01 FG Sergio Castillo 30-yard fi eld goal Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 7-63 3:00 TD Khiry Robinson 12-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 6-15 2:51 FG Sergio Castillo 35-yard fi eld goal Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 6-80 2:47 TD Torrence Allen 11-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Khiry Robinson two-point) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 7-68 2:47 TD Trevor Hammargren 13-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 8-60 2:46 TD Aaron Harris 7-yard run (Castillo kick) Sept. 22, 2012 at Incarnate Word* 6-61 2:38 TD Lance Ratliff 23-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 7-20 2:28 FG Sergio Castillo 26-yard fi eld goal Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 6-91 2:28 TD Lance Ratliff 32-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 7-74 2:26 TD Khiry Robinson 11-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 7-35 2:26 TD Torrence Allen 23-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 6-75 2:24 TD Lance Ratliff 21-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 5-93 2:22 TD Torrence Allen 35-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 6-45 2:22 TD Torrence Allen 8-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 8-80 2:15 TD Nathan Slaughter 23-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 6-53 2:15 FG Sergio Castillo 42-yard fi eld goal Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 4-14 2:14 TD Trevor Hammargren 7-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 4-11 2:10 TD Khiry Robinson 2-yard pass from John McSheffery (fake fi eld goal) (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 4--1 2:08 FG Sergio Castillo 38-yard fi eld goal Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 5-54 2:06 TD Khiry Robinson 1-yard run (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 9-80 2:05 TD Geremy Alridge 1-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 8-69 1:52 TD Khiry Robinson 7-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 4--4 1:51 FG Sergio Castillo 24-yard fi eld goal Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 7-36 1:46 FG Sergio Castillo 38-yard fi eld goal Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 5-54 1:34 TD Jarrian Rhone 3-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 5-61 1:33 TD Khiry Robinson 1-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 4-44 1:32 TD Nathan Slaughter 27-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 9-73 1:30 TD Khiry Robinson 15-yard run (Castillo kick) Sept. 22, 2012 at Incarnate Word* 11-50 1:24 FG Sergio Castillo 23-yard fi eld goal Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 9-41 1:19 FG Sergio Castillo 56-yard fi eld goal Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 3-60 1:13 TD Jarrian Rhone 58-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 5-52 1:16 TD Geremy Alridge 12-yard run (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 4-80 1:07 TD Word Hudson 62-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 6-44 0:53 FG Sergio Castillo 29-yard fi eld goal Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 3-73 0:53 TD Lance Ratliff 57-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 3-75 0:52 TD Torrence Allen 75-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 2-79 0:49 TD Torrence Allen 77-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 2-72 0:47 TD Nathan Slaughter 67-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Aug. 30, 2012 at #6 Colorado State-Pueblo 2-64 0:38 TD Lance Ratliff 62-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Vaughan rush failed) Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 2-82 0:34 TD Jarrian Rhone 75-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 3-44 0:32 TD Lance Ratliff 4-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 2-44 0:30 TD Khiry Robinson 2-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 3, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE* 3-67 0:24 TD Khiry Robinson 20-yard run (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 1-72 0:12 TD Torrence Allen 72-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 2-14 0:11 TD Khiry Robinson 14-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 1-56 0:10 TD Torrence Allen 56-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 27, 2012 at West Georgia 1-46 0:07 TD Torrence Allen 46-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Sept. 29, 2012 TARLETON STATE* 1-15 0:05 TD Trevor Hammargren 15-yard pass from Dustin Vaughan (Castillo kick) Oct. 6, 2012 at Angelo State* 0-85 0:00 TD/INT Curtis Slater 85-yard interception return (Castillo kick) Nov. 10, 2012 at Texas A&M-Commerce* 0-25 0:00 TD/Punt Blk. Punt block (Curtis Slater) returned by Eric Finefeuiaki 25 yards (Castillo kick) Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 0-25 0:00 TD/F-Rec. Chris Metcalf 25-yard fumble recovery (Castillo kick) Sept. 22, 2012 at Incarnate Word 0-11 0:00 TD/Punt Blk. Punt block (Nathan Slaughter) returned by David Christmas 11 yards (Castillo kick) Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 0-0 0:00 TD/F-Rec. Shane Pennix fumble recovery (Castillo kick) Oct. 20, 2012 at Eastern New Mexico* 0-0 0:00 Safety Eric Finefeuiaki safety Oct. 13, 2012 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 0-0 0:00 Safety Shane Pennix safety Sept. 15, 2012 vs. #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville*# 0-0 0:00 Safety Shane Sobnosky safety Sept. 8, 2012 WESTERN STATE 0-0 0:00 Safety Team safety
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State
THE LAST TIME A WEST TEXAS A&M INDIVIDUAL HAD ... THE LAST TIME AN OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL HAD ...
PASSING 30 Completions - (32) Dustin Vaughan vs. Abilene Christian, 10-13-2012 PASSING 40 Completions - (43) Taylor Harris vs. East Central, 11-13-2010 30 Completions - (33) Eric Czemiewski at Central Missouri, 11-20-2010 40 Attempts - (46) Dustin Vaughan vs. Abilene Christian, 10-13-2012 40 Attempts - (42) Eric Czemiewski at Central Missouri, 11-20-2010 50 Attempts - (55) Taylor Harris at Angelo State, 9-25-2010 50 Attempts - (53) Jose Mohler Central Washington, 10-29-2011 60 Attempts - (66) Taylor Harris at Central Missouri, 11-20-2010 60 Attempts - (67) J.J. Harp Eastern New Mexico, 10-10-2009 400 Yards - (409) Dustin Vaughan vs. Western State, 9-8-2012 350 Yards - (358) Jose Mohler Central Washington, 10-29-2011 500 Yards - (572) Taylor Harris vs. East Central, 11-13-2010 400 Yards - (420) Mike Reilly Central Washington, 11-15-2008 Pass over 90 Yards - (99) Taylor Harris to Stephen Burton vs. Tarleton State, 10-9-2010 Pass for 80 Yards - (84) Billy Malone, Abilene Christian, 10-19-2006 3 Touchdowns - Dustin Vaughan (3) vs. Midwestern State, 11-3-2012 4 Touchdowns - Jose Mohler, (4) Central Washington, 10-29-2011 4 Touchdowns - Dustin Vaughan (5) at West Georgia, 10-27-2012 6 Touchdowns - Billy Malone at Abilene Christian, 11-22-2008 5 Touchdowns - Dustin Vaughan (5) at West Georgia, 10-27-2012 6+ Touchdowns - Keith Null (7) at Abilene Christian, 11-22-2008 Receiving 150 Yards - (161) Devin Guinn at Tarleton State, 11-7-2009 Receiving 200 Yards - (230) K. Shelton Abilene Christian, 10-18-2008 150 Yards - (180) Lance Ratliff vs. Midwestern State, 11-3-2012 Reception over 80 Yards - (84) John Brock Abilene Christian, 10-19-2006 200 Yards - (203) Tyson Williams vs. East Central, 11-13-2010 10 Receptions - (10) Anthony Stewart at Central Missouri, 11-20-2010 Reception over 90 Yards - (99) Stephen Burton vs. Tarleton State, 10-9-2010 4 Receiving Touchdowns - (4) Johnny Spevak Central Washington, 11-15-2008 Two Players over 100 Yds. - N. Slaughter (132) & T. Allen (122) vs. Western St., 9-8-2012 10 Receptions - (14) Stephen Burton vs. East Central, 11-13-2010 Rushing 3 Receiving Touchdowns - (3) Brittan Golden, Twice; Last vs. TAMUC, 11-12-2011 100 Yards - (134) Vaughn Smith vs. Tarleton State, 9-29-2012 Two over 100 Yards - Jackson/Kelsey (133/100) vs. Midwestern State, 11-3-2012 Rushing 200 Yards - (292) Bernard Scott at Abilene Christian, 11-22-2008 100 Yards - (110) Khiry Robinson at Texas A&M-Commerce, 11-10-2012 30 or More Attempts - (34) Bobby Coy Colorado Mesa, 8-28-2008 200 Yards - (201) Keithon Flemming vs. Angelo State, 10-27-2007 Rush of 75 Yards - (75) Tristan Carter at Angelo State, 9-25-2010 Rush of 80 Yards - (80) Aarrhon Flores vs. Eastern New Mexico, 10-22-2011 3 Rushing TD’s in a Game - Brandon Kelsey vs. Midwestern State, 11-3-2012 3 Rushing TD’s in a Game - Khiry Robinson vs. Midwestern State, 11-3-2012 4 Rushing TD’s in a Game - Khiry Robinson at Eastern New Mexico, 10-20-2012 Defense Interception Returned for TD - Paul Cuff (74) at CSU-Pueblo, 8-30-2012 Defense 3 Interceptions in a Game - James Williams Abilene Christian, 11-6-2010 Interception Returned for TD - Curtis Slater (85 yards) at Angelo State, 10-6-2012 Fumble Return for TD - Marqui Christian (18 yards) vs. Midwestern State, 11-3-2012 Fumble Returned for TD - Chris Metcalf vs. A&M-Kingsville (25 yards), 9-15-2012 3 Interceptions in a Game - Keon Gaither vs. East Central, 9-30-2005 Special Teams Safety - Eric Finefeuiaki at Eastern New Mexico, 10-20-2012 Blocked Punt - C. Waliczek Western State, 9-8-2012 15+ Tackles - (20) Taylor McCuller at West Georgia, 10-27-2012 Blocked Punt for Touchdown - L. Adams (33 yds.) Western State, 9-8-2012 FG Blocked - Peter Parker vs. Angelo State, 10-24-2009 Special Teams PAT Blocked - D. Williams Abilene Chistian, 11-6-2010 Blocked Punt - Eric Finefeuviaki at Eastern New Mexico, 10-20-2012 Field Goal of 50 Yards - (52, 54) Greg Zeurlein Nebraska-Omaha, 12-5-2009 Blocked Punt returned for TD - Eric Finefeuiaki at A&M-Commerce, 11-10-2012 Punt for 60 Yards - (60) S. Covey Abilene Christian, 10-13-2012 FG Blocked - Michael Odiari vs. Incarnate Word, 9-24-2011 Did Not Punt - Angelo State 10-22-2005 PAT Blocked - Kyle Voss vs. Western State, 9-8-2012 Kickoff Return of 90 Yards - (91) Jabir Perkins Texas A&M-Kingsville, 9-27-2008 PAT Blocked, Returned for 2-Point Conversion - Tae Evans at Angelo State, 9-25-2010 Kickoff Return for TD - (91) Jabir Perkins Texas A&M-Kingsville, 9-27-2008 Field Goal of 50 Yards - (56) Sergio Castillo, Jr., vs. Abilene Christian, 10-13-2012 Punt Return for TD - Vincent Oglesby Texas A&M-Kingsville, 10-25-2003 Kickoff Return of 80 Yards - (89) Tommy Hampton at Incarnate Word, 10-30-2010 Did Not Punt - vs. Incarnate Word, 9-24-2011 Punt Return for TD - (66) Jason Jones vs. Central Oklahoma, 9-11-2004 Punt Return for 60 Yards - (75) Brittan Golden vs. Angelo State, 10-8-11 Four Field Goals in a Game - Jacob Felton vs. Midwestern State, 10-1-2005 Punt for 60 Yards - (68) Kevin VanVoris at Midwestern State, 11-5-2011 Punt for 70 Yards - (72) Cort Johnson vs. Central Washington, 11-15-2008 Punt for 80 Yards - (84) Cort Johnson vs. Central Oklahoma, 10-4-2006
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 GAME PARTICIPATION No. Name GP/GS CSUP WSU TAMUK UIW TSU ASU ACU ENMU UWG MSU TAMUC 11 Torrence Allen 9/7 START START START START START START START ... XXX XXX START 45 Geremy Alridge 10/1 XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 74 Emory Atterberry 1/- ...... XXX ...... 85 Ryan Baca 1/- ...... XXX ... 58 Josh Beal 1/- ... XXX ...... 92 Deone Bondurant 8/- ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 42 Calvin Burns 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 41 Sergio Castillo, Jr. 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 20 Chris Ceazer 8/3 ...... XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX START START START 33 David Christmas 10/1 START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 62 Chris Cobos 5/- ... XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX ... XXX ... XXX 80 Alphonse Coleman 6/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START ...... 75 Larson Crume 1/- ... XXX ...... 30 Victor Cuero 5/- XXX ...... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX 44 Blake Dean 9/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX 88 Dimitri Donald 5/- ... XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX 76 Stephan Dube 10/2 XXX XXX XXX START START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START 28 Eric Finefeuiaki 9/- ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 6 Aarrhon Flores 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 67 Manase Foketi 10/10 START START START START START START START START START START START 47 Jared Francis 1/- ... XXX ...... 97 Randy George 3/- ...... XXX XXX ...... XXX ... XXX 54 Kyler Gregory 8/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX 4 Luke Halpin 7/- XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX ... XXX 82 Trevor Hammargren 10/9 START START START XXX START START START START START START ... 84 Jacob Hancock 4/- ... XXX ... XXX ...... XXX ...... 5 Aaron Harris 7/1 START XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 71 Terrance Harris 1/1 START ...... 26 Anthony Hayes 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 2 Tyrell Higgins 9/7 START XXX START START START START START START ... XXX XXX 15 Word Hudson 4/1 ...... XXX XXX XXX START XXX 39 Aaron Hyman 1/- ... XXX ...... 14 Jace Jackson 10/1 XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START 18 Bryan Johnson 10/5 XXX XXX XXX START XXX START START XXX START START ... 87 Andrew Kelly 1/- ... XXX ...... 99 Jacob Laguna 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 23 Tarin Lee 8/- ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 94 Lawrence Lehauli 8/1 ... XXX XXX START XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 12 David Lehocky 2/- ... XXX ...... XXX ...... 86 Ryan Lenzy 1/- ... XXX ...... 48 Ramon Lopez 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 35 Christian McBride 2/- ... XXX ...... XXX ...... 50 Kevin McCluskey 1/1 START ...... 32 Taylor McCuller 10/10 START START START START START START START START START START START 19 John McSheffery 10/2 XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX 27 Chris Metcalf 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 68 Sergio Montejano 2/- ... XXX ...... XXX ...... 7 Sean Morris 7/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... 9 Dwight Morrison 8/8 START START START START START START START START ...... 38 Ethan Morriss 4/- XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX ...... XXX 25 LeBrandon Mosely 9/- ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 55 Aaron Mullane 10/10 START START START START START START START START START START START 70 Casey O’Conner 8/8 START START START ...... START START START START START ... 21 Torian Oakley 9/9 START START START START START ... START START START START START 24 Mark Okoro 9/- XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 40 Chris Olson 10/5 START START START XXX START XXX XXX START XXX XXX START 81 Sidney Parker 10/2 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START XXX XXX 95 Shane Pennix 6/5 XXX START ...... XXX START START START START 17 Lance Ratliff 6/6 START START START START START ...... START START 43 Jarrian Rhone 10/4 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START START START XXX 3 Khiry Robinson 8/8 ...... START START START START START START START START START 72 Juan Roman 1/- ...... XXX ...... XXX 22 Curtis Slater 10/10 START START START START START START START START START START START 8 Nathan Slaughter 9/9 START START START START START START START START START ... START 1 Jordan Smith 8/8 START ... START START START START START ... START START START 56 Shane Sobnosky 10/8 XXX START START START START START START XXX START START START 36 Kendrele Staten 3/- ... XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX XXX 13 Kevin VanVoris 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 10 Dustin Vaughan 10/10 START START START START START START START START START START START 46 Kyle Voss 10/10 START START START START START START START START START START START 73 Marc Waller 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 93 Aaron Wampler 10/9 START START START XXX START START START START START START START 37 Julian Ward 1/- ... XXX ...... 78 Patrick Ward 9/9 ... START START START START START START START START START START 34 Cameron Warren 7/- ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX 64 Craig Watts 10/10 START START START START START START START START START START START 90 Ethan Westbrooks 10/9 XXX START START START START START START START START START START 51 Nick Whitt 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 60 Josh Williams 7/- ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX ... XXX
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State 2012 OPPONENT SCHEUDLE AND RESULTS
No. 1 Colorado State-Pueblo (11-0, 9-0 RMAC) Tarleton State (6-4, 5-3 LSC) Eastern New Mexico (3-7, 2-6 LSC) 8/30 #25 West Texas A&M W, 44-34 9/8 #4 Midwestern State* W, 20-17 9/1 New Mexico Highlands L, 42-14 9/8 at Nortwestern Oklahoma State W, 41-24 9/15 vs. #20 Abilene Christian* L, 34-31 9/8 Sul Ross State W, 38-35 9/15 at Western New Mexico* W, 35-27 9/22 Eastern New Mexico* W, 35-23 9/14 vs. Incarnate Word* W, 34-24 9/22 Adams State* W, 30-0 9/29 at #23 West Texas A&M* L, 41-21 9/22 at Tarleton State* L, 35-23 9/29 at Fort Lewis* W, 50-21 10/6 Delta State L, 38-35 9/29 Angelo State* L, 49-19 10/6 Chadron State* W, 45-38 (OT) 10/13 at Texas A&M-Commerce* W, 43-10 10/6 at Abilene Christian* L, 59-17 10/13 at Colorado Mines* W, 35-21 10/20 Texas A&M-Kingsville* L, 35-23 10/20 #17 West Texas A&M* L, 44-21 10/20 Black Hills State* W, 45-13 10/27 at Incarnate Word* W, 45-20 10/27 at #11 Midwestern State* L, 51-28 10/27 at Colorado Mesa* W, 48-10 11/3 at North Alabama W, 38-28 11/3 Texas A&M-Commerce* W, 7-3 11/3 New Mexico Highlands* W, 31-17 11/10 Angelo State* W, 54-37 11/10 at Texas A&M-Kingsville* L, 33-13 11/10 at Western State* W, 21-3
Western State (1-10, 1-8 RMAC) Angelo State (5-6, 4-4 LSC) West Georgia (3-7, 1-4 GSC) 9/1 at Angelo State L, 42-14 9/1 Western State W, 42-14 9/1 Point W, 55-3 9/8 at West Texas A&M L, 57-20 9/8 Chadron State L, 19-7 9/8 Tusculum W, 38-29 9/15 Adams State* L, 43-14 9/15 vs. #18 Valdosta State L, 43-10 9/15 at Miles L, 44-37 9/22 at Chadron State* L, 45-7 9/22 #19 Abilene Christian* W, 28-23 9/29 at #19 West Alabama* L, 24-20 9/29 Black Hills State* L, 21-7 9/29 at Eastern New Mexico* W, 49-19 10/6 Valdosta State* L, 42-7 10/6 at New Mexico Highlands* L, 31-17 10/6 #21 West Texas A&M* L, 35-9 10/13 at Delta State* L, 33-24 10/13 Western New Mexico* L, 28-0 10/13 at #13 Midwestern State* L, 35-28 10/18 North Alabama* W, 38-23 10/20 at Fort Lewis* W, 18-6 10/20 Texas A&M-Commerce* W, 17-16 10/27 #14 West Texas A&M L, 52-28 10/27 Colorado Mines* L, 45-6 10/27 at Texas A&M-Kingsville* L, 34-21 11/3 Shorter* L, 24-20 11/3 at Colorado Mesa* L, 22-19 11/3 Incarnate Word* W, 38-21 11/10 at #9 Midwestern State L, 35-17 11/10 Colorado State-Pueblo* L, 21-3 11/10 at Tarleton State* L, 54-37
Texas A&M-Kingsville (6-5, 5-3 LSC) Abilene Christian (7-4, 4-4 LSC) #8 Midwestern State (9-1, 7-1 LSC) 9/1 Central Washington W, 35-7 9/1 McMurry W, 51-0 9/8 at Tarleton State* L, 20-17 9/8 at #9 Abilene Christian* W, 16-13 9/8 Texas A&M-Kingsville* L, 16-13 9/13 vs. Texas A&M-Commerce* W, 65-14 9/15 vs. West Texas A&M* L, 40-10 9/15 vs. Tarleton State* W, 34-31 9/22 Texas A&M-Kingsville* W, 45-28 9/22 #15 Midwestern State* L, 45-28 9/22 at Angelo State* L, 28-23 9/29 Incarnate Word* W, 34-7 9/29 at Texas A&M-Commerce* L, 21-14 (OT) 9/27 at Delta State W, 34-28 10/4 at West Alabama W, 42-27 10/6 North Alabama L, 21-16 10/6 Eastern New Mexico* W, 59-17 10/13 Angelo State* W, 35-28 10/14 Incarnate Word* W, 20-17 10/13 at #20 West Texas A&M* L, 36-0 10/20 at Abilene Christian* W, 35-31 10/20 at Tarleton State* W, 35-23 10/20 #12 Midwestern State* L, 35-31 10/27 Eastern New Mexico* W, 51-28 10/27 Angelo State* W, 34-21 10/27 at Texas A&M-Commerce* W, 24-17 11/3 at #12 West Texas A&M* W, 52-48 11/1 at Valdosta State* L, 38-31 11/3 West Alabama W, 22-16 (OT) 11/10 West Georgia W, 35-17 11/10 Eastern New Mexico* W, 33-13 11/10 at Incarnate Word* W, 24-12 11/17 at Indianapolis (NCAA) 11 a.m. 11/25 vs. Emporia State (Kanza Bowl) 1:30 p.m.
Incarnate Word (2-9, 1-7 LSC) West Texas A&M’s 2012 Opponent Records Texas A&M-Commerce (1-9, 1-7 LSC) 9/1 Texas College W, 19-12 9/1 Southeastern Oklahoma L, 31-6 9/8 at Sam Houston State L, 54-7 Overall Opponent Record: 54-62 9/8 at UT-San Antonio L, 27-16 9/14 vs. Eastern New Mexico* L, 34-24 9/13 vs. #16 Midwestern State* L, 65-14 9/22 #25 West Texas A&M* L, 24-0 Opponent Record at Home: 32-27 9/29 Texas A&M-Kingsville* W, 21-14 (OT) 9/29 at #14 Midwestern State* L, 34-7 10/6 at Incarnate Word* L, 31-9 10/6 Texas A&M-Commerce* W, 31-9 Opponent Record on Road: 19-30 10/13 Tarleton State* L, 43-10 10/13 at Texas A&M-Kingsville* L, 20-17 10/20 at Angelo State* L, 17-16 10/20 McMurry L, 28-20 Opponent Record Neutral: 3-5 10/27 Abilene Christian* L, 24-17 10/27 Tarleton State* L, 45-20 11/3 at Eastern New Mexico* L, 7-3 11/3 at Angelo State* L, 38-21 Rankings: AFCA Coaches Poll 11/10 #17 West Texas A&M* L, 45-14 11/10 Abilene Christian* L, 24-12 * - RMAC/LSC/GSC Conference Game
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 WEST TEXAS A&M/OPPONENT GAME SUPERLATIVES West Texas A&M Individual Game Highs Opponent Individual Game Highs
Rushes: ...... 23, Khiry Robinson vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Rushes: ...... 24, V. Smith vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 29, 2012) Yards Rushing: ...... 147, Khiry Robinson vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Yards Rushing: ...... 153, J.B. Matthews at Colorado State-Pueblo (Aug. 30, 2012) TD Rushes: ...... 4, Khiry Robinson at Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 20, 2012) TD Rushes: ...... 3, Brandon Kelsey vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Long Rush: ...... 75, Khiry Robinson vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Long Rush: ...... 53, Brandon Kelsey vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Pass Attempts: ...... 47, Twice by Dustin Vaughan; Last, vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Pass Attempts: ...... 50, Blake Hamblin at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) Pass Completions: ...... 32, Dustin Vaughan vs. Abilene Christian (Oct. 13, 2012) Pass Completions: ...... 23, Blake Hamblin at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) Yards Passing: ...... 409, Dustin Vaughan vs. Western State (Sept. 8, 2012) Yards Passing: ...... 264, Blake Hamblin at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) TD Passes: ...... 5, Twice by Dustin Vaughan; Last at West Georgia (Oct. 27, 2012) TD Passes: ...... 2, By Four Players; Last, Dallas Dickey at West Georgia (Oct. 27, 2012) Long Pass: ...... 77, Dustin Vaughan vs. Western State (Sept. 8, 2012) Long Pass: ...... 56, Brandon Kelsey vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Receptions: ...... 11, Lance Ratliff vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Receptions: ...... 7, Three Times; Last, C. Kyser at Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 20, 2012) Yards Receiving: ...... 180, Lance Ratliff vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Yards Receiving: ...... 92, Chase Kyser at Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 20, 2012) TD Receptions: ...... 2, Six Times; Three by Ratliff/Allen, Last by Allen at ASU (Oct. 6, 2012) TD Receptions: ...... 2, L. Adams vs. Western State (Sept. 8, 2012) Long Reception: ...... 77, Torrence Allen vs. Western State (Sept. 22, 2012) Long Reception: ...... 56, Jared Freeman vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Field Goals: ...... 2, Five Times by Sergio Castillo; Last vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Field Goals: ...... 3, Greg O’Donnell at Colorado State-Pueblo (Aug. 30, 2012) Long Field Goal: ...... 56, Sergio Castillo vs. Abilene Christian (Oct. 13, 2012) Long Field Goal: ...... 47, Greg O’Donnell at Colorado State-Pueblo (Aug. 30, 2012) Punts: ...... 6, Kevin VanVoris vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Sept. 15, 2012) Punts: ...... 8, Cameron Frosch at Texas A&M-Commerce (Nov. 10, 2012) Punting Avg: ...... 47.2, Kevin VanVoris vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 29, 2012) Punting Avg: ...... 56.7, Brandon Kliesen at Colorado State-Pueblo (Aug. 30, 2012) Long Punt: ...... 70, Kevin VanVoris at Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 20, 2012) Long Punt: ...... 67, Brandon Kliesen at Colorado State-Pueblo (Aug. 30, 2012) Punts Inside 20: ...... 4, Kevin VanVoris vs. Abilene Christian (Oct. 13, 2012) Punts Inside 20: ...... 3, Twice; Last, Cameron Frosch at A&M-Commerce (Nov. 10, 2012) Long Punt Return: ...... 61, Khiry Robinson vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Sept. 15, 2012) Long Punt Return: ...... 33, L. Adams vs. Western State (Sept. 8, 2012) Long Kickoff Return: ...... 79, Jarrian Rhone vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 29, 2012) Long Kickoff Return: ...... 37, J. Woodson vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Sept. 15, 2012) Tackles: ...... 20, Taylor McCuller at West Georgia (Oct. 27, 2012) Tackles: ...... 15, Danny Mason at Texas A&M-Commerce (Nov. 10, 2012) Sacks: ...... 3.0, Twice by Ethan Westbrooks; Last, at Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 20, 2012) Sacks: ...... 2.0, Austin Benson at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) Tackles for Loss: 3.5, Three Times; Last, Ethan Westbrooks at West Georgia (Oct. 27, 2012) Tackles for Loss: ...... 3.0, R. Johnson vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 29, 2012) Interceptions: ...... 2, Curtis Slater at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) Interceptions: ...1, Seven Times; Last, Taiyon Jackson vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) West Texas A&M Team Game Highs Opponent Team Game Highs
Rushes: ...... 35, at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) Rushes: ...... 58, at West Georgia (Oct. 27, 2012) Yards Rushing: ...... 199, at Texas A&M-Commerce (Nov. 10, 2012) Yards Rushing: ...... 317, vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Yards Per Rush: ...... 6.4, at Texas A&M-Commerce (Nov. 10, 2012) Yards Per Rush: ...... 7.4, vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) TD Rushes: ...... 4, at Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 20, 2012) TD Rushes: ...... 5, vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Pass Attempts: ...... 54, at Colorado State-Pueblo (Aug. 30, 2012) Pass Attempts: ...... 60, at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) Pass Completions: ...... 36, at Colorado State-Pueblo (Aug. 30, 2012) Pass Completions: ...... 26, at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) Yards Passing: ...... 507, vs. Western State (Sept. 8, 2012) Yards Passing: ...... 283, at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) Yards Per Pass: ...... 11.5, vs. Western State (Sept. 8, 2012) Yards Per Pass: ...... 11.3, vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) TD Passes: ...... 6, Twice; Last, at West Georgia (Oct. 27, 2012) TD Passes: ...... 2, Four Times, Last, at at West Georgia (Oct. 27, 2012) Total Plays: ...... 78, vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Total Plays: ...... 86, at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) Total Offense: ...... 677, vs. Western State (Sept. 8, 2012) Total Offense: ...... 565, vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Yards Per Play: ...... 9.1, vs. Western State (Sept. 8, 2012) Yards Per Play: ...... 8.7, vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Points: ...... 57, vs. Western State (Sept. 8, 2012) Points: ...... 52, vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Sacks By: ...... 9, vs. Abilene Christian (Oct. 13, 2012) Sacks By: ...... 3, Twice; Last, at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) First Downs: ...... 30, vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) First Downs: ...... 27, at Colorado State-Pueblo (Aug. 30, 2012) Penalties: ...... 12, vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 29, 2012) Penalties: ...... 13, vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Penalty Yards: ...... 120, vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 29, 2012) Penalty Yards: ...... 108, vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 29, 2012) Turnovers: ...... 3, Twice; Last vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 3, 2012) Turnovers: ...... 3, Twice; Last, at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) Interceptions By: ...... 2, Twice; Last, vs. Abilene Christian (Oct. 13, 2012) Interceptions By: ...... 2, at Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 20, 2012) Punts: ...... 6, Twice; Last at Angelo State (Oct. 6, 2012) Punts: ...... 9, Twice; Last at Texas A&M-Commerce (Nov. 10, 2012) Punting Avg: ...... 47.2, vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 29, 2012) Punting Avg: ...... 56.7, at Colorado State-Pueblo (Aug. 30, 2012) Long Punt: ...... 70, at Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 20, 2012) Long Punt: ...... 67, at Colorado State-Pueblo (Aug. 30, 2012) Punts Inside 20: ...... 4, vs. Abilene Christian (Oct. 13, 2012) Punts Inside 20: ...... 3, Three Times; Last, at Texas A&M-Commerce (Nov. 10, 2012) Long Punt Return: ...... 61, vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Sept. 15, 2012) Long Punt Return: ...... 33. vs. Western State (Sept. 8, 2012)
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State 2012 SEASON-OPENER - GAME 1 #24WEST TEXAS A&M AT #6COLORADO STATE-PUEBLO THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012 • NETA AND EDDIE DEROSE THUNDERBOWL • PUEBLO, COLORADO • (6,467) NO. 6 THUNDERWOLVES OUT-DISTANCE NO. 24 BUFFALOES PUEBLO, Colo. – The 24th-ranked West Texas A&M football team opened the 2012 Browning after an intentional grounding call season with a 44-34 loss at sixth-ranked Colorado State-Pueblo, Thursday evening. The on Dausin set the Thunderwolves up for a Buffs were led by junior wide receivers Torrence Allen and Lance Ratliff as the duo went a 47-yard fi eld goal by Greg O’Donnell for a combined 17 catches for 317 yards and three scores. 24-14 CSU-Pueblo lead at intermission. In a game that saw the teams’ combine for 1,042 yards of offense, the Buffs led 546 to Slaughter took the second half kick 62 34 516 in total yardage, but two trips to the red zone coming away with no points either time yards to the CSUP 38. The Buffs then tried proved costly. The Buffs held a 25-23 lead in fi rst downs, while CSUP had 304 yards on the a 56-yard fi eld goal by junior Sergio Castillo, ground and the Buffs had 380 through the air. Jr., which was wide left with 13:34 remain- “Their offensive line has 125 starts between them, they are very experienced and well ing in the third quarter. coached as they outplayed us in the trenches especially in the fi rst half,” Buffalo head coach O’Donnell kicked his second fi eld goal, a Don Carthel said. 45-yarder, on the ensuing CSUP possession WT junior quarterback Dustin Vaughan went 28 of 45 with an interception and three for a 27-14 lead with 10:03 remaining in touchdowns for 380 yards. Allen had nine catches for 164 yards and a score, while Ratliff the third quarter. The Buffs made quick had seven receptions for 153 yards and two scores. Junior Nathan Slaughter had 192 work again as Vaughan hooked up with 44 yards in kick returns and 208 all-purpose yards. Ratliff one more time for a 62-yard touch- Defensively, the Buffs were led by senior defensive back Jordan Smith who led the team down pass bringing the Buffs within 27-20 with 10 tackles and a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. as WT tried for a 2-point conversion and After the Buffs won the coin toss and deferred, CSUP, on the fi rst play from scrimmage, failed. Trent Thompson on a short pass reception was stripped by Smith as the Buffs recovered After back-to-back punts by both teams, O’Donnell kicked his third fi eld goal of the game at the Thunderwolves’ 31. Moments later, the Buffs had a second and goal at the one and for a 30-20 lead on a 36-yarder with 3:02 remaining in the third. fumbled right back to CSUP. On a big 3rd and 8 from the CSUP 40, Vaughan fi red a laser to junior Trevor Hammargren “Offensively Coach Lee (Stephen) did a really good job of mixing the running and the to keep the drive alive and a fi rst down as the third quarter came to a close. passing throughout the game,” Carthel added. “We stayed in our game plan and if we could Vaughan’s pass on the fi rst play of the 4th quarter, was tipped at the line, intercepted and have scored off the turnover and if Jordan (Smith) could’ve scooped and scored instead they returned for a 75-yard touchdown by Kevin Cuff for a 37-20 Thunderwolves lead. Vaughan recovered it and scored. Those were two critical plays in the ballgame as we were off to a came right back with a 75-yard touchdown pass to Allen cutting the defi cit to 37-27 with good start. They played well enough to win and we didn’t.” 13:27 remaining in the game. The pass was on 3rd and 10 and it was an inside screen for The Thunderwolves then went on a 94-yard drive as Chris Ashe ran eight yards for the fi ve yards as Allen darted down the sideline outrunning the CSUP defense. score with 6:49 remaining in the opening quarter using just over six minutes on the clock to After an onside kick by the Buffs, which was touched early, CSUP used two long runs by open the scoring. Mathews, followed by a fade pass by Dausin to Roger Pfannenschmid for a 9-yard score The Buffs didn’t fret one minute as they came right back as Vaughan fi red a 57-yard and a 44-27 lead. touchdown pass to Ratliff to even the game at 7-7. On the ensuing CSUP drive, a roughing Freshman running back Calvin Burns had a number of nice receptions and runs on the the passer call helped keep the Thunderwolves’ drive alive as CSUP quarterback Ross ensuing possession as the Buffs got down to the fi ve. On a fourth and goal, Vaughan’s pass Dausin hooked up with J.B. Mathews for a 39-yard touchdown pass for a 14-7 CSUP lead was wide of Hammargren in the end zone as the Buffs were turned away for the second with less than four minutes remaining in the fi rst quarter. time tonight in the red zone. Just as before, the Buffs came right back with another quick drive as Vaughan used a The Buffs kept fi ghting and junior quarterback Luke Halpin came in for the fi nal drive as steady passing and good runs as junior running back Aaron Harris scampered in from seven the Buffs marched down the fi eld for a nine play, 80-yard drive capped by a redshirt fresh- yards out to tie the game at 14 46 seconds remaining in an action-fi lled fi rst quarter. man Geremy Alridge touchdown from a yard out for a 44-34 fi nal score. Halpin went 6 of 7 CSUP came right back again and used a sustaining drive as Dausin threw a long 23-yard for 68 yards in the game. catch and a dive by Marcial Williamson at the eight yard-line. From there, Mathews ran in The Buffaloes will look to rebound next Saturday in the 2012 home opener versus West- for the score and a 21-14 lead with nine minutes remaining in the half. ern State Colorado University at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium with kickoff scheduled for 6 On the next WT possession, a couple of false starts proved costly as the Buffs had to p.m. punt for the fi rst time in the game. Junior Kevin VanVoris booted a 52-yard punt for a touchback as CSUP led 21-14 with 5:30 remaining in the half. It was the fi rst punt by either team in the game. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS WT senior linebacker Kevin McCluskey came up with a big sack putting CSUP in a big RUSHING (ATT-YDS-TDS) hole on its next possession. The Thunderwolves punted with 1:22 remaining in the half. West Texas A&M-A. Harris 9-28-1; C. Burns 4-23-0; D. Vaughan 2-22-0; L. Halpin The Thunderwolves had a back-breaking fi nal drive of the half as a long pass to Paul 1-11-0. Colorado State-Pueblo-J.B. Matthews 23-153-1; C. Ashe 14-105-1; R. Dausin 6-6- WEST TEXAS A&M 14 0 6 14 – 34 0; C. MacArthur 1-2-0. PASSING (C-ATT.-INT., YDS., TDS) COLORADO STATE-PUEBLO 14 10 6 14 – 44 West Texas A&M-D. Vaughan 30-47-1, 398, 3TDs; L. Halpin 6-7-0, 68. Statistics WTAMU CSUP Colorado St.-Pueblo-R. Dausin 20-24-0, 222, 2TDs. FIRST DOWNS...... 25 27 RECEIVING (REC.-YDS.-TDS) RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 18-75 45-265 West Texas A&M-T. Allen 9-164-1; L. Ratliff 7-153-2; T. Hammargren 5-58-0; N. PASSING YDS (NET)...... 466 222 Slaughter 5-21-0; S. Morris 3-37-0; J. Jackson 1-15-0; A. Coleman 1-11-0; G. Alridge 1-5- Passes Comp-Att-Int...... 36-54-1 20-24-0 0; C. Burns 1-3-0; J. Rhone 1-0-0; A. Flores 1-0-0; A. Harris 1--1-0. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 72-541 69-487 Colorado St.-Pueblo-J.B. Matthews 4-78-1; R. Pfannenschmi 3-35-1; J. Sandoval Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 3-12-0; M. Williamson 2-32-0; P. Browning 2-31-0; T. Thompson 2-9-0; C. Ashe 1-15-0; D. Punt Returns-Yards...... 2-17 2-23 Cooper 1-5-0; C. MacArthur 1-3-0; K. Duncan 1-2-0. Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 6-192 2-28 TACKLE LEADERS (UA.-A.-TOT) Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 1-74 West Texas A&M-J. Smith 5-10-15; T. McCuller 3-6-9; K. Gregory 2-7-9; C. Slater Punts (Number-Avg)...... 3-45.7 3-56.7 4-3-7; D. Morrison 4-2-6; T. Oakley 2-4-6; C. Olson 1-5-6. Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1 3-1 Colorado St.-Pueblo-K. Cuff 3-8-11; M. Sterling 5-5-10; J. Lacy 4-5-9; C.J. Roberts Penalties-Yards...... 4-30 7-65 2-6-8; B. Nseka 3-3-6; N. Henderson 3-3-6; B. Thede 1-5-6. Possession Time...... 25:45 34:15 DEFENSE STATS (SACKS-TFL-INT) Third-Down Conversions...... 10 of 16 5 of 11 West Texas A&M-D. Christmas 1-1-0; A. Wampler 1-1-0; K. McCluskey 1-2-0. Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 1 1 of 1 Colorado St.-Pueblo-K. Cuff 0-1-1; J. Lacy 0-1-0; C.J. Roberts 0-.5-0; B. Neseka Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 2-4 4-4 0-1-0; B. Thede 0-.5-0; B. Estica 0-1-0. Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 3-17 0-0
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 HOME-OPENER - GAME 2 WESTERN STATE MOUNTAINEERS AT WEST TEXAS A&M BUFFALOES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 • KIMBROUGH MEMORIAL STADIUM • CANYON, TEXAS • (8,432) BUFFS ROLL PAST WESTERN STATE IN HOME-OPENER, 57-20 CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M senior quarterback Dustin Vaughan wisely kicked the ball through the back tied his career-high with fi ve touchdown passes as the Buffaloes opened of the end zone for a 57-13 defi cit. the 2012 home slate with a 57-20 win over visiting Western State Colorado With 46 seconds remaining, Adams University at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Saturday evening. With the win, blocked a WT punt and returned it for the Buffs improved to 1-1 on the year, while the Mountaineers fell to 0-2. 33 yards for a score and a 57-20 fi nal. 20 “We had a lot of big plays in the fi rst quarter that got us off to a great start,” For the game, the Buffs amassed head coach Don Carthel said. “The defense really came out with a mission 677 yards of offense on 34 of 44 from today. The starters played really well for three quarters and then we pulled the air for 507 and had 30 rushes for them. Overall it was a great performance by the Buffaloes tonight.” 170 yards on the ground. Vaughan With the win, Carthel tied former Buffalo head coach Joe Kerbel for the went 22 of 32 for 409 yards and most wins in school history with 68. Kerbel coached the Buffs from 1960- fi ve scores tying his career-high for 1970 with a record of 68-42-1. Carthel now is 68-20 since he began in 2005. touchdowns set last season versus In- 57 The Buffaloes jumped all over Western State in the fi rst quarter to the tune carnate Word (Sept. 24, 2011). Halpin of a 21-0 lead as Vaughan went 9 of 10 for 156 yards in the opening quarter went a perfect 11 for 11 for 94 yards and three touchdowns passes. Reigning Lone Star Conference Offensive and a touchdown, while sophomore Player of the Week, junior wide receiver Torrence Allen, had four catches for David Lehocky was 1 for 1 for four 104 yards and two touchdowns in the quarter, including a 77-yard bomb from yards. Vaughan on a two play, 79-yard driving using just 49 seconds for a 14-0 lead. Alridge had a career-high 102 yards on 11 carries, while, for the second Less than four minutes into the contest Allen caught his fi rst touchdown pass game in a row, the Buffs had two receivers over 100 yards as Slaughter led on an 8-yard pass from Vaughan. Redshirt freshman running back Geremy the way with 132 yards on six receptions and a score, while Allen had fi ve Alridge tallied 60 yards on the ground in the opening quarter. receptions for 122 yards and two scores. Junior Trevor Hammargren also had In the second quarter, Vaughan hooked up with reigning Special Teams a touchdown as he had four receptions for 34 yards, while Harris and junior Player of the Week junior wide receiver/return specialist, Nathan Slaughter for wide receiver Jace Jackson each had 16-yard touchdown receptions. Last a 67-yard score with 7:10 remaining in the half on a two play, 72-yard drive week Hammargren and Allen each had over 100 yards receiving. using just 47 seconds. Defensively, the Buffs were led by sophomore linebacker Shane Sobnosky At the half, the Buffs led 34-0 as Vaughan was 16 of 21 for 343 and four who had six tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss for nine yards, a forced fumble and scores, while Alridge 79 yards on the ground and the team rushed for 115 a pass breakup. Junior linebacker Taylor McCuller also had six tackles as did through the fi rst half. The Buffalo defense stood strong in the opening half junior linebacker Kyle Voss. Junior defensive lineman Shane Pennix had a with an interception which led to the fi rst score by Allen and held WSCU to just fumble recovery in the end zone for a touchdown. It was the fi rst defensive 129 total yards. touchdown since Kevin McCluskey scored on a fumble return last season in The Mountaineers got on the board with 56 seconds left in the third quarter the Lone Star Football festival versus Texas A&M-Kingsville (Sept. 17, 2011). on a 30-yard touchdown pass from Brian Duboski to Lukas Adams as the The Buffaloes begin conference play next Saturday at the Lone Star Football extra point was blocked by junior defensive back Dwight Morrison. It was the Festival in Dallas at Cowboys Stadium where they will face Texas A&M-Kings- fi rst blocked extra point since Shane Baichtal versus Midwestern State on Oct. ville (2-0) who upset No. 9 Abilene Christian tonight 16-13 in Abilene. Game 23, 2010. time is scheduled for 8 p.m. With the game well out of hand, a number of players saw action in the fourth quarter as junior running back Aaron Harris caught a 16-yard touch- down pass from junior quarterback Luke Halpin with 11:27 remaining for a 55-6 score. Adams then caught his second touchdown of the night for WSCU INDIVIDUAL STATISTIC LEADERS from Duboski for a 55-13 score with 8:45 remaining. RUSHING (ATT-YDS-TDS) The Buffs scored their fi rst safety since D.J. Ross at Tarleton State Oct. Western State-G. Daniels 19-48-0; C. Yaeger 1-37-0; B. Gasaway 3-17-0; J. Walton 1, 2011, as Duboski mishandled the snap at his own seven yard-line as he 3-1-0; K. Motal 1--7-0; B. Duboski 4--31-0. West Texas A&M-G. Alridge 11-102-0; A. Harris 5-33-0; C. Burns 7-30-0; N. Slaughter WESTERN STATE 0 0 6 14 – 20 1-14-0; R. Lenzy 1-1-0; J. Ward 1-1-0; D. Lehocky 1--2-0; D. Vaughan 3--9-0. WEST TEXAS A&M 21 13 14 9 – 57 PASSING (C-ATT.-INT., YDS., TDS) Western State-B. Duboski 15-30-1, 212, 2; K. Motal 0-2-0, 0, 0. Statistics WSCU WTAMU West Texas A&M-D. Vaughan 22-32-0, 409, 5TDs; L. Halpin 11-11-0, 94, 0; D. Lehocky FIRST DOWNS...... 16 29 1-1-0, 4, 0. RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 71 170 RECEIVING (REC.-YDS.-TDS) PASSING YDS (NET)...... 207 507 Western State-L. Adams 4-59-2; T. Haney 4-49-0; G. Daniels 2-48-0; T. Scheller 2-38- Passes Comp-Att-Int...... 16-33-1 34-44-0 0; J. McConnell 1-11-0; L.McGee 1-5-0; B. Gasaway 1-3-0. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 63-278 74-677 West Texas A&M-N. Slaughter 6-132-1; T. Allen 5-122-2; A. Coleman 4-45-0; T. Ham- Fumble Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0 0-0-1 margren 4-34-1; S. Parker 4-32-0; L. Ratliff 3-53-0; S. Morris 2-17-0; C. Burns 1-31-0; A. Punt Returns-Yards-TD...... 2-42-1 5-29 Harris 1-16-1; J. Jackson 1-16-1; A. Flores 1-6-0; A. Hyman 1-4-0; D. Donald 1--1-0. Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 2-42 4-81 TACKLE LEADERS (UA.-A.-TOT) Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 1-0 Western State-C. Waliczek 4-7-11; L. Ostron 4-2-6; M. Lopez 3-3-6; K. Winter 3-3-6; J. Punts (Number-Avg)...... 7-32.3 3-29.7 Baker 3-3-6; D. Schmidt 3-3-6; B. Amsberry 1-5-6; J. Woodyard 1-5-6. Fumbles-Lost...... 2-1 1-0 West Texas A&M-K. Voss 3-4-7; S. Sobnosky 2-5-7; T. McCuller 2-4-6; D. Morrison Penalties-Yards...... 3-25 9-109 3-2-5; E. Westbrooks 1-3-4; C. Olson 0-4-4. Possession Time...... 30:38 29:22 DEFENSE STATS (SACKS-TFL-INT) Third-Down Conversions...... 5 of 16 4 of 10 Western State-D. Schmidt 0.5-1.5-0; B. Amsberry 0.5-0.5-0; C. Emich 0-1-0 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 0 0 of 1 West Texas A&M-S. Sobnosky 1-2.5-0; E. Westbrooks 1-1-0; T. Higgins 1-1.5-0; K. Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 1-2 5-6 Voss 0-2-0; T. Oakley 0-0-1. Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 1-8 1-9 2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State LONE STAR FOOTBALL FESTIVAL - GAME 3 #14 TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE VS. WEST TEXAS A&M SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 • COWBOYS STADIUM • ARLINGTON, TEXAS • (19,134) WEST TEXAS A&M TOPPLES #14 TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE, 40-10 ARLINGTON – West Texas A&M quarterback Dustin than 45 seconds later, Chris Vaughan threw for 250 yards and three scores Saturday Metcalf picked up a fumble night as the unranked Buffaloes topped 14th-ranked Texas and returned it 25 yards for A&M-Kingsville, 40-10, in the fi nal game of the Lone Star a score to push the lead to 10 Football Festival at Cowboys Stadium. 38-10, and Shane Sobnosky Vaughan completed 19 of 29 passes and threw scoring dropped Kingsville backup passes of 13 yards to Trevor Hammargren and 32 yards quarterback Bryan Ehrlich and four yards to Lance Ratliff. The win pushes the Buffs in the end zone for a safety to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the Lone Star Conference, while with 1:24 to play to put an 40 the Javelinas failed to follow up on a big 16-13 road win end to the scoring. at Abilene Christian last week, falling to 2-1 and 1-1. Poppell fi nished the game WTAMU head coach Don Carthel won his 69th game 19 for 32 with one intercep- at the helm of the Buffaloes as he surpassed Joe Kerbel tion, 188 yards and touchdown. Batiste caught six passes (1960-1970) for the all-time wins in school history. Carth- for 86 yards and one score, while Randall Toney carried el now stands at 69-20 in his eighth-year and is 115-66-1 the ball 10 times for 42 yards. all-time in his 17th season. Kerbel was 68-41-1 during his tenure at WT. West Texas A&M never trailed, taking a 7-0 lead on the Vaughan-to-Hammargren pass, and then eventually pushed the lead to 24-3 late in the third quarter. Ratliff had a pair of acrobatic catches in the quarter as he fi n- ished the game with three catches for 76 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Kingsville appeared to have gotten back into the game momentarily early in the fourth quarter when Sherman Batiste capped a 15-play, 75-yard drive with a 6-yard scoring catch from Nate Poppell to cut the WT lead to 24- 10. But the Buffs answered with a six-play, 83-yard drive INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS LEADERS that was capped by Khriy Robinson’s 7-yard scoring run, RUSHING (ATT-YDS-TDS) pushing the WT lead to 31-10 with 6:36 to play. Less Texas A&M-Kingsville-R. Toney 10-42-0; J. Woodson 16-36-0; A. Johnson 4-9-0; N. Poppell 4-2-0; B. Erlich 1--1-0. West Texas A&M-K. Robinson 17-110-1; G. Alridge 3-8-0; TEAM 2--2-0; D. Vaughan TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE 3 0 0 7 – 10 5--4-0. WEST TEXAS A&M 7 3 14 16 – 40 PASSING (C-ATT.-INT., YDS., TDS) Texas A&M-Kingsville-N. Poppell 19-32-1, 188, 1TD; B. erlich 2-3-0, 9 Yds. Statistics TAMUK WTAMU West Texas A&M-D. Vaughan 19-29-0, 250 Yds, 3TDs; L. Halpin 1-1-0, 6 Yds. FIRST DOWNS...... 19 18 RECEIVING (REC.-YDS.-TDS) RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 88 112 Texas A&M-Kingsville-S. Batiste 6-86-1; R. Armstrong 5-31-0; J. Woodson 4-38-0; J. PASSING YDS (NET)...... 197 256 Vela 3-34-0; P. LaFluer 2-8-0; C.J. Griggs 1-0-0. Passes Comp-Att-Int...... 21-35-1 20-30-0 West Texas A&M-N. Slaughter 5-51-0; T. Hammargren 4-44-1; L. Ratliff 3-76-2; T. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 70-285 57-368 Allen 3-46-0; K. Robinson 3-28-0; J. Rhone 1-6-0; S. Parker 1-5-0. Fumble Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0 1-25-1 TACKLE LEADERS (UA.-A.-TOT) Punt Returns-Yards-TD...... 3-10-0 3-90-0 Texas A&M-Kingsville-J. Aguliar 5-4-9; A. Forker 3-3-6; S. Harris 2-2-4. Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD...... 5-119-0 4-90-0 West Texas A&M-T. McCuller 8-7-15; K. Voss 5-3-8; C. Slater 4-4-8; J. Smith 2-3-5; S. Interception Returns-Yards-TD.... 0-0-0 1-0-0 Sobnosky 2-3-5; T. Higgins 2-3-5; C. Ceazer 4-0-4; T. Oakley 4-0-4; C. Olson 1-3-4. Punts (Number-Avg)...... 7-297 6-234 Fumbles-Lost...... 2-2 1-1 DEFENSE STATS (SACKS-TFL-INT) Texas A&M-Kingsville-J. Aguliar 0-1.5-0; D. Hicks 1.0-1.0-0; R. Marshall 0.5-0.5-0. Penalties-Yards...... 6-52 4-18 West Texas A&M-K. Voss 0-3.5-0; T. Higgins 0.5-2.5-0; T. Oakley 0-0-1; L. Lehauli Possession Time...... 34:14 25:46 0.5-1.5-0; C. Slater 0-1.5-0; S. Sobnosky 0-1.5-0; C. Olson 0.5-1.0-0. Third-Down Conversions...... 4 of 15 1 of 9 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 1 of 1 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 2-2 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 3-22 2-13 2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 LONE STAR CONFERENCE - GAME 4 #25 WEST TEXAS A&M AT UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 • GAYLE AND TOM BENSON STADIUM • SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS • (4,755) NO. 25 BUFFALOES BLANK INCARNATE WORD, 24-0 SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The 25th-ranked West Texas A&M 1:15 remaining in the half. The football team used a strong defensive performance Saturday night en Buffs then had a second and route to a 24-0 win at University of the Incarnate Word. With the win, seven at the 15 with 40 seconds the Buffs improve to 3-1 on the year and 2-0 in the Lone Star Confer- remaining in the half. After a WT 24 ence, while UIW falls to 1-3 and 0-2 in conference play. timeout, Vaughan escaped a sack The defense held UIW to just 146 yards of offense and a total of and scampered to the six yard line 15 yards rushing, along with recording a season-high eight sacks. with 25 seconds left. WT settled WT junior linebacker Kyle Voss had a game-high 14 tackles with two for a fi eld goal from junior Sergio sacks and three tackles for loss for 15 yards. In all, the defense had Castillo, Jr., for a 10-0 lead at 13 tackles for loss for 81 yards, as well as forcing a fumble and an intermission. interception. Just as in last week’s game, 0 Offensively, the Buffaloes were led by junior wide receiver Lance it took the offense a half to get Ratliff who had two catches for 68 yards and both were touchdowns. things going, but in the third quar- Junior Torrence Allen had another strong outing with nine receptions ter it got going with two touch- for 86 yards. Junior quarterback Dustin Vaughan was 19 of 32 with downs courtesy of the second one interception for 243 yards and two scores. Senior Khiry Robinson, Vaughan to Ratliff on a 23-yard pass, followed by some good special in his second game of the season, had 13 carries for 58 yards and teams as the Buffs blocked a UIW punt as junior defensive lineman four receptions for 51 yards. David Christmas picked up the ball and ran in for a score for a 24-0 Through a scoreless fi rst quarter, the Buffs changed that quickly lead. in the second as senior quarterback Dustin Vaughan hooked up over It was the fi rst shutout for the Buffaloes since a 49-0 win over Texas the middle for a 45-yard touchdown pass Ratliff 30 seconds into the A&M-Commerce on Nov. 12, 2011. It also was the fi rst road shutout quarter for a 7-0 lead. since a 27-0 win at Angelo State on Oct. 25, 2008. On third and long very long for the Cardinals after a great jump and UIW was led by Rios who had 66 yards on the ground on 14 carries sack from Voss on second down from their own 17, Taylor Woods and had six receptions for 67 yards. Woods played instead of starter threw a short screen pass to Trent Rios who broke coverage for 54 Zach Rhodes who had a concussion last week and was held out. yards, but the Buffalo defense came up big again pushing the Cardi- Woods went 14 of 26 with an interception for 123 yards. nals out of fi eld goal position. On the ensuing punt, Emmanuel Nunez The Buffs return home to host Tarleton State next Saturday at 6 p.m. couldn’t handle the snap and fell on the ball at the 50 where WT took at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. over. On a fourth and one from the 42 of UIW, the Buffs went for it as senior running back Khiry Robinson ran up the middle for two yards and a fi rst down with 3:45 remaining in the half. The Buffs went for it again on fourth down, but didn’t get to the fi rst down marker giving the ball back to UIW with two minutes remaining in the half. Moments later, Woods was intercepted by senior defensive back INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Jordan Smith with 1:24 remaining in the half at the WT 44. RUSHING (ATT-YDS-TDS) A nice pass Allen gave the Buffs a fi rst and 10 at the UIW 33 with West Texas A&M-K. Robinson 13-58-0; C. Burns 5-33-0; G. Alridge 2-7-0; N. Slaughter 1-5-0; D. Vaughan 5-4-0; TEAM 1--2-0. Incarnate Word-T. Rios 14-66-0; M. Bass 1-5-0; E Massoni 3-5-0; M. Wright 3-5-0; E WEST TEXAS A&M 0 10 14 0 – 24 Nunez 1--10-0. T. Woods 14--56-0. PASSING (C-ATT.-INT., YDS., TDS) INCARNATE WORD 0 0 0 0 – 0 West Texas A&M-D. Vaughan 19-32-1, 243, 2TDs; L. Halpin 1-2-0, 13. Statistics WTAMU UIW Incarnate Word-T. Woods 14-26-1, 123; E. Massoni 2-2-0, 8. FIRST DOWNS...... 18 10 RECEIVING (REC.-YDS.-TDS) RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 27-105 36-15 West Texas A&M-T. Allen 9-86-0; K. Robinson 4-51-0; L. Ratliff 2-68-2; N. Slaughter PASSING YDS (NET)...... 256 131 2-4-0; J. Rhone 1-20-0; J. Jackson 1-14-0; S. Morris 1-13-0. Passes Comp-Att-Int...... 20-34-1 16-28-1 Incarnate Word-T. Rios 6-67-0; C. Kocian 2-9-0; M. Bass 2-8-0; A. Mocio 2-1-0; D. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 61-361 64-146 Hamilton 1-20-0; J. Sadler 1-13-0; B. Yates 1-7-0; K. Hadnot 1-6-0. Fumble Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0 0-0 TACKLE LEADERS (UA.-A.-TOT) Punt Returns-Yards-TD...... 4-37-1 1--1-0 West Texas A&M-K. Voss 7-7-14; S. Sobnosky 4-3-7; T. McCuller 3-3-6; D. Christmas Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD...... 1-19-0 1-26-0 3-2-5; T. Higgins 3-1-4; J. Laguna 2-2-4. Interception Returns-Yards-TD.... 1-2-0 1-0-0 Incarnate Word-D. Haywood 3-2-5; C. Pavliska 2-3-5; N. Ginn 2-3-5; K. Lewis 3-1-4; T. Punts (Number-Avg)...... 3-112 8-260 Spragg 2-2-4; A. Ford 1-3-4; D. Mawyer 0-4-4; J. Asencio 0-4-4. Fumbles-Lost...... 2-2 2-0 DEFENSE STATS (SACKS-TFL-INT) Penalties-Yards...... 6-30 5-30 West Texas A&M-T. Higgins 2.5-3.5-0; K. Voss 2-3-0; D. Christmas 1-2-0; J. Laguna Possession Time...... 24:43 35:17 1-1.5-0; E. Westbrooks 1-2-0; D. Bondurant 0.5-0.5-0; J. Smith 0-0-1. Third-Down Conversions...... 5 of 12 5 of 18 Incarnate Word-K. Lewis 0-0-1; A. Ford 0.5-0.5-0; D. Johnson 1-1-0; J. Sanders 0.5- Fourth-Down Conversions...... 1 of 2 1 of 3 0.5-0. Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 1-1 0-1 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 8-63 2-5
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State LONE STAR CONFERENCE - GAME 5 TARLETON STATE TEXANS AT #23 WEST TEXAS A&M BUFFALOES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 • KIMBROUGH MEMORIAL STADIUM • CANYON, TEXAS • (7,825) #23 BUFFALOES STOMP TEXANS, 41-21 CANYON, Texas – No. 23 West Texas A&M broke open a 7-7 game in the season as junior linebacker Eric second quarter for a 41-21 victory Saturday night at Kimbrough Memorial Finefeuiaki came untouched on the Stadium over visiting Tarleton State. With the win, the Lone Star Conference Isaac Arellano punt setting the Buffs leading Buffaloes improved to 4-1 on the year and 3-0 in conference play. up at the TSU 14. Vaughan and 21 Tarleton State fell to 2-2 on the year and 2-2 in league play. company went two plays for 14 yards “I saw two tough teams out there tonight, it was a very physical game and and 11 seconds as Robinson caught two really good teams squaring off against each other and the Buffaloes came a 14-yard pass for a 24-7 lead with through,” head coach Don Carthel said. “They answered the bell in the third 2:28 remaining in the half. quarter as Tarleton came after us and we came back and putting points on Tarleton State came out in the third and kept our composure and the lead.” quarter and put together the fi rst of Buffalo quarterback junior Dustin Vaughan threw 23 of 37 for 331 yards and two scoring drives to get back into 41 four touchdowns, while senior running back Khiry Robinson had a season- the contest. On 3rd and 5 from the high 125 yards on the ground on 18 carries and had a 90 receiving yards and WT 45, Doyle threw a 45-yard touch- a touchdown. Junior wide receiver Torrence Allen had a game-high 104 yards down to Buckingham for a 24-14 receiving with two touchdowns. score. Defensively, junior linebacker Kyle Voss had a game-high 12 tackles with WT added a fi eld goal from Castillo, Jr., on its next drive for a 27-14 lead, fi ve solo stops and seven assisted and one tackle for loss. Junior linebacker but TSU had the answer once again, cutting the defi cit to 27-21 with 4:45 Taylor McCuller had 11 tackles, while junior defensive lineman Ethan West- remaining in the third. brooks had a team-high three tackles for loss with a sack. A back-breaking, unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on TSU kept the ensuing Tarleton State was led by running back Vaughan Smith with a game-high WT drive alive as the Buffs went 77 yards in 4:42 on nine plays for a redshirt 134 yards on the ground on 24 carries and a score. Quarterback Aaron Doyle freshman running back Geremy Alridge touchdown and a 34-31 lead to was 15 of 27 for 196 yards and a score. Arthur Buckingham had a team-high answer the Texans right back. four receptions for 69 yards and a touchdown. Three Texans had eight total WT added its fi nal score of the game as it drove a season-high 93 yards in tackles each to lead the team, while Rufus Johnson had three tackles for loss 2:22 on fi ve plays as Vaughan capped the win with a 35-yard strike to Allen and six total stops. for his second score of the game and a 41-21 lead. The Texans scored fi rst on a six play, 52-yard drive using 2:12 on the fi rst “I thought we ran the ball pretty well both halves and I thought we had quarter clock as Smith scampered in from 15 out for a 7-0 lead. a really good mixture of run-pass and play action pass on offense,” Carthel Redshirt freshman Jarrian Rhone returned the kick 79 yards for the Buf- added. “Defensively we played a great fi rst half and the third quarter they had faloes to the TSU 15 as Vaughan hooked up with junior Trevor Hammargren for some momentum and made some plays, but they are a good team and great a 15-yard strike and a 7-7 score. athletes and they are going to make some plays. I was glad we took the game After a costly Doyle fumble at the WT 44 early in the second quarter, under control in the fourth quarter and came away with a win.” Vaughan threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to Allen for a 14-7 lead which the The Buffaloes return to the road next Saturday at 6 p.m. at Angelo State, Buffs would never relinquish. The fi rst two scoring drives for the Buffs were 2 before returning home Oct. 13 for Homecoming versus rival Abilene Christian. plays, two touchdowns and 15 seconds of time. Junior kicker Sergio Castillo, Jr., kicked the fi rst of his two fi eld goals from INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS LEADERS 22-yards out on the next WT possession. RUSHING (ATT-YDS-TDS) WT came up with its third blocked kick and second blocked punt of the Tarleton State-V. Smith 24-134-1; Z. Henshaw 10-64-0; A. Doyle 13--5-1. West Texas A&M-K. Robinson 18-125-0; G. Alridge 6-25-1; D. Vaughan 5-25-0; C. TARLETON STATE 7 0 14 0 – 21 Burns 1--4-0. PASSING (C-ATT.-INT., YDS., TDS) WEST TEXAS A&M 7 17 10 7 – 41 Tarleton State-A. Doyle 15-27-0, 196 Yds, 1 TD. West Texas A&M-D. Vaughan 23-37-0, 331 Yds, 4 TD. Statistics TSU WTAMU RECEIVING (REC.-YDS.-TDS) FIRST DOWNS...... 23 27 Tarleton State-A. Buckingham 4-69-1; C. Valentine 2-17-0; J. Frye 2-10-0; C. Rhodes III RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 193 171 1-23-0; Z. Henshaw 1-22-0; W. McLane 1-21-0; V. Smith 1-15-0; J. Mays 1-14-0. PASSING YDS (NET)...... 196 331 West Texas A&M-K. Robinson 6-90-1; N. Slaughter 6-63-0; T. Allen 5-104-2; T. Ham- Passes Comp-Att-Int...... 15-27-0 23-37-0 margren 4-37-1; L. Ratliff 2-37-0. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 74-389 67-502 TACKLE LEADERS (UA.-A.-TOT) Fumble Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0 0-0-0 Tarleton State-M. Knicky 5-3-8; C.Bridgwater 4-4-8; C. Moore 2-6-8; M. Wadley 2-5-7; Punt Returns-Yards-TD...... 3-22-0 4-46-0 R. Harris 4-2-6; R. Johnson 3-3-6; P. Bettiol 0-6-6; B. Johnson 1-4-5. Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD...... 1-22-0 3-111-0 West Texas A&M-K. Voss 5-7-12; T. McCuller 2-9-11; T. Higgins 3-6-9; E. Westbrooks Interception Returns-Yards-TD.... 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-3-8; T. Oakley 4-3-7; C. Slater 4-3-7; B. Johnson 0-5-5. Punts (Number-Avg)...... 8-330 5-236 Fumbles-Lost...... 2-1 1-1 DEFENSE STATS (SACKS-TFL-INT) Tarleton State-R. Johnson 1.0-3.0-0; C. Moore 0-1.0-0; R. Faimoa 0-1.0-3. Penalties-Yards...... 12-108 12-120 West Texas A&M-E. Westbrooks 1.0-3.0-0; C. Slater 1.0-2.0-0; D. Christmas 1.0-1.0- Possession Time...... 32:06 27:54 0; K. Voss 0-1.0-0; T. McCuller 0-0.5-0; B. Johnson 0-0.5-0. Third-Down Conversions...... 4 of 14 1 of 8 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 1 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 2-2 5-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 1-4 3-14 2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 LONE STAR CONFERENCE - GAME 6 #21 WEST TEXAS A&M AT ANGELO STATE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2012 • SAN ANGELO STADIUM • SAN ANGELO, TEXAS • (4,822) NO. 21 BUFFALOES STOMP RAMS FOR FIFTH-STRAIGHT WIN, 35-9 SAN ANGELO, Texas – Two interceptions and one returned for a touchdown by junior 20 in the air for 164 yards and two scores. defensive back Curtis Slater helped lead visiting West Texas A&M to a 35-9 win at The defense came up huge in the run Angelo State Saturday evening. With the win, the 21st-ranked Buffaloes improved to game as it held ASU to just 22 yards rush- 5-1 overall with their fi fth-straight win and a league-best 4-0 in Lone Star Conference ing on 14 carries. Robinson had 84 yards play. Angelo fell to 3-3 on the year and 2-1 in conference play. rushing, while Coleman led the team with 35 Junior quarterback Dustin Vaughan threw for 236 yards and three scores on 16 of 32 75 yards receiving in the half on three with one interception. Senior running back Khiry Robinson followed up his Lone Star receptions. Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor with a career-high 145 yards on the Angelo State began with the ball in the ground on 18 carries for an impressive 8.1 average. second half as WT forced a fourth down, As a team, the Buffs had 398 yards of total offense, while ASU had 332. The Buff but on the punt a personal foul was called defense was all over the fi eld tonight as it held ASU’s high-powered rushing attack to a on WT for roughing the kicker giving the season-low 49 yards on 25 carries (2.0 avg.). Junior linebacker Kyle Voss had a game- Rams new life on the drive. Despite the 9 high 11 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss. Slater had four tackles with three solo stops, foul, the WT defense came up with the the two interceptions, one tackle for loss, a pass breakup and two quarterback hurries. stop forcing a punt. After the Buffs had to punt on their opening possession, the Rams went seven plays The Ram defense got a piece of the for 40 yards in 2:46 for a 40-yard fi eld goal by Jarred Martin for a 3-0 lead with just VanVoris punt setting ASU up again in Buffalo territory, but junior defensive back Curtis over nine minutes remaining in the fi rst quarter. Slater stepped in front of the Blake Hamblin pass at the WT 15-line and returned it On the Buffs next possession, Vaughan hooked up with senior Alphonse Coleman, 85-yards for a touchdown and a 25-3 lead. It was the fi rst interception return for a who started for the injured Lance Ratliff, for 42 yards followed by a 32-yard run from touchdown since Caleb Randolph returned an interception 97 yards versus Incarnate senior Khiry Robinson setting the Buffs up with a fi rst and goal at the four. Vaughan Word last season (Sept. 24). then threw his 18th touchdown pass of the season from 10 yards out to junior Torrence On the ensuing Rams’ possession, Slater again was on the receiving end of a Ham- Allen for a 6-3 lead. WT went for two for an 8-3 lead with 6:53 remaining in the fi rst blin pass. This time, he returned it 39 yards setting up a fi eld goal by Castillo, Jr., as quarter. he moved into fi fth all-time in scoring with eight points thus far as he has 209 career The Buffs had to punt on their next possession as junior Kevin VanVoris pinned the points surpassing Norman White (1993-1996). Castillo, Jr., is 26-36 all-time in fi eld Rams inside the 20. The Buff defense came up with a three-and-out and on 4th down goals and 131 of 133 in extra points. the snap went over the punter’s head and junior defensive back Dwight Morrison re- Hamblin hooked up with Dakarai Pecikonis for a 20-yard touchdown early in the covered the fumble at the ASU three. WT kicked a 24-yard fi eld goal from junior Sergio fourth quarter. On the extra-point the Buffs brought the house as ASU couldn’t get the Castillo, Jr., for an 11-3 lead early in the second quarter. kick off for a 28-9 score. After a couple of punts by both teams, Angelo State had a great scoring opportunity After a stop on a fake punt by the Buff defense, the offense took over at the ASU 40. as it started at the WT 28 and got to the Buff nine, but Martin missed the 26-yarder WT converted a fourth in inches on the drive and then Vaughan hooked up with Allen wide right as the WT defense came up with a red zone stop. once again for a 23-yard touchdown strike for a 35-9 lead with 7:33 remaining. WT found itself with a 3rd and 10 from its own 20 on its next possession when Rob- WT returns home next week for a huge game on Homecoming against rival Abilene inson broke free for a 46-yard run down to the ASU 34. From there, Vaughan hooked Christian next Saturday at 6 p.m. at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. up with junior Nathan Slaughter over the middle for a 23-yard touchdown pass and an 18-3 lead with 4:06 remaining in the half. Angelo held the ball for the majority of the rest of the half and got inside the 20 as INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Martin attempted a 39-yard fi eld goal with 26 seconds remaining in the half and pushed it wide left as the Rams came up empty in the red zone once again. RUSHING (ATT-YDS-TDS) For the half, WT had 101 yards on the ground on 17 carries and Vaughan went 11 of West Texas A&M-K. Robinson 17-143; N. Slaughter 1-22; Aaron Harris 4-3; TEAM 2-minus 1; G. Alridge 1-minus 3; D. Vaughan 10-minus-10. Angelo State-D. Roberts 7-41; B. Hamblin 7-28; B. Smith 3-6; K. Washington 1-3; J. WEST TEXAS A&M 8 10 10 7 – 35 Calhoun 5-1; S. Baker 1-0; J. Miller 1-minus-6; J. Pickett 1-minus-24. PASSING (C-ATT.-INT., YDS., TDS) ANGELO STATE 3 0 0 6 – 9 West Texas A&M-D. Vaughan 17-32-1, 241, 3; D. Lehocky 1-1-0, 3, 0. Statistics WTAMU ASU Angelo State-B. Hamblin 23-50-2, 264, 1; K. Washington 3-10-0, 19, 0. FIRST DOWNS...... 17 23 RECEIVING (REC.-YDS.-TDS) RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 35-154 26-49 West Texas A&M-T. Allen 4-67-2; T. Hammargren 4-53-0; A. Coleman 3-75-0; N. PASSING YDS (NET)...... 244 283 Slaughter 2-23-1; S. Morris 2-12; K. Robinson 1-6; D. Donald 1-5; J. Rhone 1-3. Passes Comp-Att-Int...... 18-33-1 26-60-2 Angelo State-C.J. Akins 7-70-0; D. Pecikonis 7-64-1; E. Osborne 3-24; J. Knight 2-47; TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 68-398 86-332 T. Smith 2-30; D. Roberts 2-6; A. Williams 1-24; A. Young 1-16; B. Smith 1-2. Fumble Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0 0-0-0 TACKLE LEADERS (UA.-A.-TOT) Punt Returns-Yards-TD...... 2-1-0 1-5-0 West Texas A&M-K. Voss 5-8-13; J. McSheffery 4-2-6; T. McCuller 4-2-6; C. Slater Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD...... 3-53-0 3-60-0 4-1-5; C. Ceazer 3-1-4; S. Sobnosky 2-1-3; J. Smith 2-1-3; D. Morrison 1-2-3; E. West- Interception Returns-Yards-TD.... 2-124-1 1-0-0 brooks 1-2-3. Punts (Number-Yds)...... 6-134 5-208 Angelo State-R. Seaver 4-3-7; A. Benson 4-2-6; A. Johnson 3-2-5; J. Family 1-4-5; C. Fumbles Number-Lost...... 3-1 2-1 Moore 4-0-4; J. Searcy II 3-1-4; A. Sparks 2-2-4; R. Davis 2-1-3; W. Blackwell 2-1-3 . Penalties-Yards...... 10-91 4-38 DEFENSE STATS (SACKS-TFL-INT) Possession Time...... 29:23 30:37 West Texas A&M-T. McCuller 2.0-1.5-0; C. Slater 0-1.0-2; E. Westbrooks 0-1.5-0; T. Third-Down Conversions...... 5 of 16 6 of 21 Higgins 0-1.0-0; E. Finefeuiaki 0-0.5-0. Fourth-Down Conversions...... 2 of 2 1 of 5 Angelo State-A. Benson 2.0-2.0-0; J. Searcy 1.0-1.0-0; R. Seaver 0-1.5-0; B. Lee Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 3-3 1-4 0-0.5-0. Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 2-2 3-17
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State HOMECOMING 2012 - GAME 7 ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT #20 WEST TEXAS A&M BUFFALOES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2012 • KIMBROUGH MEMORIAL STADIUM • CANYON, TEXAS • (13,019) #20 BUFFALOES TROUNCE ABILENE CHRISTIAN FOR HOMECOMING, 36-0 CANYON, Texas – A dominating performance by the No. 20 West Texas A&M football with the interception on the ACU drive as team as it treated the largest crowd of the season to a 36-0 shutout of visiting Abilene junior defensive back Chris Metcalf picked Christian on Homecoming Saturday evening at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. With off the Mitchell Gale offering returning it 15 the win, the Buffaloes improved to 6-1 on the year and a perfect 5-0 in the Lone Star yards. WT settled for a 35-yard fi eld goal Conference. ACU fell to 4-3 on the year and 2-3 in conference play. from junior Sergio Castillo, Jr. The game was a dominating performance on all fronts as a season-high crowd of The teams then traded punts and WT got 0 13,019 saw WT outgain ACU 475-207 in total offense, including 92-3 in rushing and the ball back with 1:19 remaining in the 383-207 in passing yards. Buffalo junior quarterback Dustin Vaughan threw for 359 half. Vaughan completed a pass to redshirt yards and three scores on 32 of45, while redshirt freshman Jarrian Rhone, who earned freshman Jarrian Rhone on third down his fi rst collegiate start tonight, had a career-high nine receptions for 106 yards and a and had a 17-yard completion to junior score. Junior Nathan Slaughter had eight catches for 83 yards and score and junior Torrence Allen on 3rd and 15 from the WT Trevor Hammargren with three receptions for 31 yards and a score. 44. Castillo made a career and Lone Star Senior running back Khiry Robinson had his third game of over 100 yards on the Conference season-long 56-yard fi eld ground as he had 15 carries for 102 yards and a score as he averaged 6.8 yards per goal as time expired for a 13-0 lead. The 36 carry. school-record fi eld goal was a 58-yarder It was the eighth-consecutive win in a row on Homecoming for the Buffaloes as they by Bruce Wyre against Louisville on Nov. improved to 42-26-2 all-time on Homecoming. WT had its second shutout of the sea- 24, 1973. son marking the fi rst time accomplishing that feat since 2008 in a 27-0 win at Angelo The Buffs took the opening kick of the State and a 51-0 win at home over Tarleton State. WT won 24-0 at Incarnate Word on third quarter and went eight-play for 75 yards in 3:46 as Robinson scored from one yard Sept. 22 this season. out for a 20-0 lead. It was Robinson’s second rushing touchdown of the season. After a Abilene Christian suffered its fi rst shutout since a 31-0 loss at Angelo State exactly three-and-out by ACU, Vaughan hooked up with Slaughter to Rhone for a 75-yard strike 11 years ago to the day on Oct. 13, 2001. The Buffs snapped a string of 121-straight and a touchdown on two plays for 82 yards and a 27-0 lead with 8:37 remaining in the games with a score by the Wildcats. In addition, it was the fourth shutout in the series third. It was Rhone’s fi rst collegiate touchdown. between ACU and WT as the Buffaloes blanked Abilene Christian 35-0 in 1921, 12-0 in After punts by both teams, ACU took over at its 12. Gale was sacked by Johnson 1932, 20-0 in 1997 and tonight. All four shutouts were in Canyon. and senior Tyrell Higgins for a loss of nine yards. After an incomplete pass, Higgins and Once again, the Buffalo defense came up big as junior linebacker Taylor McCuller junior Shane Pennix sacked Gale in the end zone for a safety and a 29-0 lead. It was had 13 total tackles with seven solo stops and six assisted. He had one sack for fi ve the third safety of the season for the Buffaloes. yards and 2.5 tackles for loss for eight yards. In all, WT had 13 tackles for loss (61 Vaughan and Slaughter hooked up for a 31-yard score early in the fourth quarter for a yards) tying its season-high set at Incarnate Word and eight sacks Saturday also tying 36-0 lead. the season-high set at Incarnate Word. The eight sacks totaled 50 yards against the Gale was 17 of 29 with two interceptions and 207 yards and was sacked eight times. Wildcats. Charcandrick West had six carries for 16 yards on the ground, while he led the team in WT came up with two interceptions as reigning Lone Star Conference Defensive receiving yards with six receptions for 56 yards. Darrell Cantu-Harkless also had six re- Player of the Week junior defensive back Curtis Slater had his third pick in his last two ceptions for 55 yards. Angel Lopez led the team with 13 tackles and one tackle for loss. games and junior defensive back Chris Metcalf had his fi rst interception on the year Reigning conference sack leader, Nick Richardson had just two tackles and no sacks. returning it 15 yards. The Buffaloes return to the road for two games beginning next Saturday at 7 p.m. CT After ACU was forced to punt on its initial drive helped out by a huge junior Bryan at Eastern New Mexico in the annual Wagon Wheel game and then to West Georgia for Johnson sack, WT took the ball at its 20 and went 11 plays on 80 yards in 4:16 as an Oct. 27 matchup with kick scheduled for 7 p.m. CT. WT then returns home to host Vaughan hooked up with Hammargren for a 14-yard strike and a 7-0 game. On the rival Midwestern State Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. in the fi nal regular season home game. drive, WT converted two third downs to keep the drive alive in a very methodical drive down the fi eld. The Wildcats and Buffs punted on their next two possessions, but the WT special teams came up huge as junior punter Kevin VanVoris pinned ACU at its own two. Junior deep snapper Ramon Lopez ran down fi eld and downed the ball at the two. VanVoris had fi ve punts for 203 yards and 40.6 average for the night with a season-high four in- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS LEADERS side the 20 and a touchback. He also had six kickoffs for 390 yards for a 65.0 average RUSHING (ATT-YDS-TDS) and fi ve touchbacks. Abilene Christian-C. West 6-17; E. Crochran 2-13; D. Thompson 1-13; C. Stone 1-6; M. Just as the special teams made the great play to down the ball, the defense came up Threat 4-3; D. C.-Harkless 3--2; M. Gale 11--47. West Texas A&M-K. Robinson 15-102; D. Vaughan 3-11; G. Alridge 1-4; J. Rhone 1--2; ABILENE CHRISTIAN 0 0 0 0 – 0 TEAM 3--3; L. Halpin 2--20. WEST TEXAS A&M 7 6 16 7 – 36 PASSING (C-ATT.-INT., YDS., TDS) Statistics ACU WTAMU Abilene Christian-M. Gale 17-29-2-207. FIRST DOWNS...... 15 26 West Texas A&M-D. Vaughan 32-46-0-359, 3TD; L. Halpin 1-2-0-24. RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 3 92 RECEIVING (REC.-YDS.-TDS) PASSING YDS (NET)...... 207 383 Abilene Christian-C. West 6-56; D.C-Harkless 6-55; D. Hogg 2-75; T. Gabriel 2-12; J. Passes Comp-Att-Int...... 17-29-2 33-48-0 Walker 1-9. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 57-210 73-475 West Texas A&M-J. Rhone 9-106-1; N. Slaughter 8-83-1; T. Allen 5-85; K. Robinson Fumble Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-44; T. Hammargren 3-31-1; G. Alridge 2-10; A. Harris 1-24. Punt Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0 2-49-0 TACKLE LEADERS (UA.-A.-TOT) Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD...... 1-30-0 1-18-0 Abilene Christian-A. Lopez 6-7-13; LB Suggs 3-6-9; S. Ford 5-1-6; T. Woerner 5-1-6; Interception Returns-Yards-TD.... 0-0-0 2-15-0 J. Stewart 3-3-6; M. Wallace 2-4-6; J. Harper 2-4-6. Punts (Number-Avg)...... 8-373 5-203 West Texas A&M-T. McCuller 6-6-12; K. Voss 0-6-6; T. Higgins 0-6-6; E. Westbrooks Fumbles-Lost...... 0-0 1-0 3-2-5; T. Oakley 4-0-4; S. Sobnosky 2-2-4. Penalties-Yards...... 4-40 8-67 DEFENSE STATS (SACKS-TFL-INT) Possession Time...... 28:59 31:01 Abilene Christian-J. Harper 0.5-1.0-0; R. Smith 0.5-0.5-0; A. Lopez 0-1.0-0; J. Third-Down Conversions...... 4 of 13 7 of 14 Stephens 0-1.0-0. Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 0 0 of 0 West Texas A&M-E. Westbrooks 3.0-3.0-0; T. Higgins 1.5-2.0-0; B. Johnson 1.5-2.0-0; Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 0-1 3-3 T. McCuller 1.0-2.5-0; C. Metcalf 0-0-1; C. Slater 0-0-1. Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 1-5 9-51
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes ANNUAL WAGON WHEEL GAME - GAME 8 #17 WEST TEXAS A&M AT EASTERN NEW MEXICO SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2012 • GREYHOUND STADIUM • BLACKWATER DRAW, N.M. • (2,759) STRONG SECOND HALF PROPELS NO. 17 BUFFS TO 44-21 WIN PORTALES, N.M. – A career-high four rushing touchdowns by senior running back and three in the Wood as junior defensive lineman Shane Pennix second half helped propel the No. 17 West Texas A&M football team to a 44-21 win over Eastern got his paw in there and forced the fumble with New Mexico in the annual Wagon Wheel Game at Blackwater Draw. With the win, the Buffs have junior defensive back Curtis Slater recovering. won seven-straight in the Wagon Wheel series and improved to 7-1 overall this season and a Vaughan went up top on the ensuing play as league-best 6-0 in the Lone Star Conference. ENMU fell to 2-5 overall and 1-4 in conference play. he hooked up with Slaughter for a 42-yard pass, 44 WT improved to 14-11 in the Wagon Wheel Game and 15-11 overall against ENMU. followed by a two-yard run by Robinson for his WT amassed 454 yards of offense, including 132 on the ground and 322 through the air. Rob- second rushing touchdown of the game and a 28- inson led the game with 137 yards rushing on 16 carries for an 8.6 average. Junior quarterback 14 lead with 9:15 remaining in the third quarter. Dustin Vaughan went 19 of 32 with two interceptions and two touchdowns to go along with 312 Robinson scored third touchdown of the game yards. Junior wide receiver Nathan Slaughter had 127 yards and one touchdown on seven carries, giving WT a 35-14 lead late in the third quarter while redshirt freshman Jarrian Rhone had four receptions for 89 yards and a score. as WT regained possession off a punt by the ENMU was just over its average in rushing at 205 yards for the game on 46 attempts. The Grey- Greyhounds. Vaughan methodically moved the hounds had 391 total yards and 186 through the air. Muleshoe, Texas, native, senior quarterback Buffs down the fi eld from their 40 for the score Wesley Wood led the team in rushing with 92 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries. He was 15 of as Robinson had two very nice runs breaking a 21 31 for 188 yards and two scores through the air. Chase Kyser led the way in receiving with 92 yard number of tackles in the process. It was the fi rst and two scores on seven receptions. three rushing touchdown game for the Buffs since Defensively, the Buffs were led by 13 tackles from junior linebacker Taylor McCuller as he had fi ve Kevin Thompson had three at Northeastern State solo stops, eight assisted tackles and a game-high three quarterback hurries. Junior defensive back on Oct. 2, 2010. It also marked Robinson’s fourth Curtis Slater had 12 tackles with a game-high nine solo stops and a fumble return. Junior defensive consecutive game of over 100 yards rushing as he fi nished the third quarter with 114 yards on 12 lineman and reigning Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week Ethan Westbrooks had carries. fi ve tackles, but tied his career-high with three sacks for 11 yards. He also had three sacks against After ENMU had just fi ve rushing yards and 22 total yards in the third quarter, Wood hooked up Abilene Christian last week. with Johnson for a 31-yard pass setting the Greyhounds up at the WT 33. Wood then threw a 33- WT didn’t take any time at all getting on the board as Vaughan found Slaughter for 11 yards on yard touchdown pass to Kyser for his second touchdown of the evening keeping ENMU in the game a third and 10 from the 39. Robinson broke about six tackles as he ran 48-yards to the one yard with 14:09 remaining at 35-21 on a four play, 65-yard drive. line setting up Robinson on a 1-yard run for a 7-0 WT lead with 13:27 left in the fi rst half. It was Down two touchdowns and third and two from ENMU’s 15, the Greyhounds were stopped for no Robinson’s third rushing touchdown of the season. gain and then hurried to the line and looked as if they were going to go for it, but let the play clock After an ENMU punt, the Buffs went three-and-out, but junior punter Kevin VanVoris nailed a run down and then used their second timeout. Out of the timeout, they decided to punt and it was career-long 70-yard punt which was downed at the ENMU fi ve. A nice pass from Wood to Jacob blocked back out of the end zone by junior linebacker Eric Finefeuiaki for a safety and a 37-21 Buff Johnson got the Greyhounds out of their own territory. ENMU went for it on 4th-and-eight from the lead. It was the second blocked punt of the season for the Buffs which resulted in a safety. It also WT 37, but Wood tried the quick kick which went into the back of one of the ENMU players as WT was the fourth safety of the season for the Buffs and second in as many games as Pennix recorded junior linebacker Taylor McCuller recovered it and ran to the ENMU 44 where WT took over. one last week against Abilene Christian. Following a holding penalty on WT, on 3rd-and-15, Vaughan threw a screen pass to Rhone who Vaughan and the Buffs drove down the fi eld on the ensuing free kick from ENMU as Slaughter picked up the fi rst down and then Vaughan threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Slaughter for a 14-0 had a diving catch for 26 yards at the goal line. Robinson then took it in from one yard out four his lead with 4:30 remaining in the fi rst quarter. fourth rushing touchdown of the season. The last time the Buffs had a four game Keithon Fleming Wood, on third and seven, threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Kyser for a 14-7 score with 9:38 ran four for four versus Central Washington on Nov. 15, 2008. remaining in the fi rst half. It was the fi rst points the WT defense has allowed in over fi ve quarters. The Buffs came up with a red zone stop on the next ENMU possession as Kyser couldn’t come Vaughan answered as again on a third down, he threw a 58-yard touchdown pass to Rhone on a up with the catch at the goal line on fourth and two. slant over the middle as Vaughn threaded the needle between two defenders for the pass and score WT continues on the road next week as it travels to the Peach State to take on West Georgia for a 21-7 lead with just over eight minutes remaining in the second quarter. next Saturday night at 7 p.m. CT. Wood then ran in from 33-yards out to pull ENMU within 21-14 with seven seconds remaining in the half. ENMU gets the ball to start the second quarter as it averted a potential 28-7 hole. For the half, WT had 56 yards rushing on four carries, 185 yards passing from Vaughan as he was 11 of 19 with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Robinson had 56 yards on the ground and a score, while Rhone had 89 yards and a score on four receptions. Junior linebacker Taylor McCuller INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS had 10 total tackles in the fi rst have, with fi ve solo stops, while junior defensive back John McShef- RUSHING (ATT-YDS-TDS) fery had nine total stops. West Texas A&M-K. Robinson 16-131-4; L. Halpin 1--1-0; TEAM 1--1-0; D. Vaughan After punts by both teams, ENMU’s Derek Kendall-Campbell couldn’t handle the handoff from 2--5-0. Eastern N.M.-W. Wood 15-79-1; D. Campbell 14-63-0; C. Long 13-50-0; R. Milks 2-8- WEST TEXAS A&M 14 7 14 9 – 44 0; J. Fullbright 1-3-0; D. Metzger 1-2-0. PASSING (C-ATT.-INT., YDS., TDS) EASTERN NEW MEXICO 0 14 0 7 – 21 West Texas A&M-D. Vaughan 20-33-2, 321, 2; L. Halpin 1-1-0, 10, 0. Statistics WTAMU ENMU Eastern N.M.-W. Wood 16-31-0, 188, 2; C. Kyser 1-2-0, -2, 0. FIRST DOWNS...... 18 19 RECEIVING (REC.-YDS.-TDS) RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 20-123 46-205 West Texas A&M-N. Slaughter 7-133-1; J. Rhone 4-89-1; W. Hudson 4-53-0; K. Robin- PASSING YDS (NET)...... 331 186 son 3-30-0; T. Hammargren 1-13-0; J. Jackson 1-10-0; A. Flores 1-3-0. Passes Comp-Att-Int...... 21-34-2 16-33-0 Eastern N.M.-C. Kyser 7-92-2; J. Johnson 4-71-0; D. Metzger 3-23-0; D. Campbell TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 54-454 79-391 2-0-0. Fumble Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0 0-0-0 TACKLE LEADERS (UA.-A.-TOT) Punt Returns-Yards-TD...... 4-30-0 0-0-0 West Texas A&M-T. McCuller 5-9-14; C. Slater 10-3-13; J. McSheffery 4-5-9; E. West- Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD...... 4-59-0 1-13-0 brooks 3-3-6; C. Metcalf 2-4-6; T. Higgins 2-4-6; C. Olson 1-5-6; K. Voss 0-5-5. Interception Returns-Yards-TD.... 0-0-0 2-56-0 Eastern N.M.-P. Sellers 4-4-8; S. Bailey 4-3-7; J. Candley 2-4-6; J. Serda 3-2-5. Punts (Number-Yds)...... 5-221 9-276 Fumbles Number-Lost...... 1-0 1-1 DEFENSE STATS (SACKS-TFL-INT) West Texas A&M-E. Westbrooks 3.0-3.0-0; T. Higgins 0.5-0.5-0; C. Olson 0.5-0.5-0; C. Penalties-Yards...... 7-64 8-71 Slater 0-1.0-0; M. Okoro 0-1.0-0. Possession Time...... 21:56 38:04 Eastern N.M.-D. Amituanai 0-1.0-0; J. Candley 0-0-1; J. Serda 0-0-1. Third-Down Conversions...... 6 of 11 8 of 20 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 0 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 4-4 1-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 4-13 0-0
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State GSC-LSC FIRST AND 10 CHALLENGE - GAME 9 #17 WEST TEXAS A&M AT EASTERN NEW MEXICO SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012 • UNIVERSITY STADIUM • CARROLLTON, GA. • (2,886) NO. 14 BUFFS CRUSH WEST GEORGIA, 52-28 CARROLLTON, Ga. – No. 14 West Texas A&M scored 24 points in the second quarter and never two-yard touchdown pass to Robinson for a looked back as it won 52-28 at University of West Georgia Saturday night. With the win, the Buffs 28-14 lead as WT rattled off 21-straight points improved to 8-1 on the year, while UWG fell to 3-5. in the second quarter. It was McSheffery’s fi rst The Buffs were led offensively by junior quarterback Dustin Vaughan who went 28 of 37 for 335 career throw. Brackett, struggled on his next punt as he yards and tied his season and career-high with fi ve touchdown passes. Senior running back Khiry shanked hit off his foot for six yards giving the 52 Robinson led the way with 89 yards on the ground and had four receptions for 12 yards and a score. Buffs good fi eld possession with one minute re- True freshman Word Hudson led the team receiving with fi ve catches for a career-high 90 yards maining in the half. A nice run by Robinson and and a score, while redshirt freshman Jarrian Rhone had a career-high 10 catches for 77 yards and a pass from Vaughan to Rhone set WT up in the a score. For the game, WT amassed 463 yards of offense with 344 through the air and 119 on the red zone once again. Vaughan connected with ground. junior wide receiver Torrence Allen for his fi rst UWG was led by running back David Bailey who had 70 yards and a score on the ground. Fresh- catch since the Abilene Christian game for a 2nd and two from the 12 with 30 seconds remaining man quarterback Dallas Dickey had 56 yards rushing and a score, as well as going 7 for 10 for 112 in the half. yards and two touchdowns through the air. Junior kicker Sergio Castillo, Jr., kicked a Defensively, the Buffs were led by junior linebacker Taylor McCuller who had a career-high 20 29-yard fi eld goal to give WT a 31-14 lead with 28 tackles with eight solo stops. The Buffalo defense held West Georgia to just 151 yards rushing – 12 seconds remaining in the half. The fi eld goal well below its 223.14 yards per game average coming in as it was ranked 23rd nationally. The Buffs marked the fi fth consecutive drive the Buffs had tallied fi ve sacks for 34 yards and nine tackles for loss for 49 yards. The Buffs entered the game scored. It was his 11th made fi eld goal of the ranked fi rst nationally in sacks at over four a contest and third nationally in tackles for loss at just season and the fi rst since the Abilene Christian game. over 10 per game. For the half, WT led with 200 yards passing on 17 of 24 with three touchdowns from Vaughan. After a three-and-out by the Buffs, West Georgia took the ball at its own 36 and drove down fi eld Robinson had 74 yards on eight carries on the ground, while Rhone led the way receiving with 66 with a couple of nice passes and nifty running by quarterback Dallas Dickey. Dickey then threw yards and a score. Defensively, the Buffs held UWG to 45 yards passing and 91 yards rushing. WT a 2-yard touchdown pass to David Bailey out came out of the backfi eld for a 7-0 lead with 8:38 linebacker Taylor McCuller had 12 total tackles. remaining in the fi rst quarter. West Georgia methodically moved down the fi eld all on the ground, except one pass, on its On the next Buffalo possession, Vaughan went over the top for a 62-yard touchdown pass on a opening possession of the second half as Dickey ran in from three yards out for a 31-21 score on 3rd and three, to freshman Word Hudson down the right side of the fi eld for a touchdown and his 16-play, 8:03-minute drive. fi rst career score. Vaughan’s fi rst pass after the score was tipped at the line of scrimmage and intercepted by Tyrell Just like the drive before for UWG, Bailey scored this time from three yards out for a 14-7 lead on Adams, but a personal foul was called on the Wolves after the pick as UWG started the drive at the a 10-play, 64-yard drive. Dickey also did it with his feet through the fi rst two drives by the Wolves as WT 34. he has six carries for 55 yards. Following the interception, Westbrooks dropped Dickey for a loss on fi rst down, followed by a Two big catches by junior wide receiver Trevor Hammargren, followed by an 11-yard pass to big sack from junior linebacker Kyle Voss and then on third down, Dickey was sacked by junior Rhone set the Buffs up with a fi rst and goal at the UWG fi ve. After a rush and an incomplete pass, linebacker Bryan Johnson as Dickey fumbled and Johnson recovered. Vaughan threw a three-yard touchdown pass over the middle to senior Aarrhon Flores for a 14-14 On the fi rst play, Vaughan threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Allen as it completely changed score. It was Flores’ fi rst touchdown of the season. the momentum UWG had gained following its fi rst drive of the half for a 38-21 WT lead with 5:17 A big sack by junior defensive lineman Ethan Westbrooks, his league-leading 11th of the season, remaining in the third quarter. forced the fi rst three-and-out for the Wolves as the Buffs took over at their own 46 six following the On 3rd and 25 from the UWG 39, the Wolves picked up 23 on a screen pass and then on fourth 39-yard punt into the wind by Davis Brackett. and two UWG picked up the fi rst down on offsides WT. Dickey then went up top as he threw a Westbrooks had two sacks for the game for 33-yard touchdown to Joey Eliezer who out-jumped sophomore Torian Oakley for the score bringing 12 yards. UWG to within 38-28. The touchdown marked the most points WT had given up in a game this Robinson scampered 39 yards, followed season since allowing 44 in the season opener at Colorado State-Pueblo. by fi ve-yard touchdown pass from Vaughan The Buffs once again answered UWG as Allen and Slaughter had key catches on the drive as to Rhone for the Buffs’ fi rst lead of the game Vaughan, on 3rd and goal, went play action to junior wide receiver Sidney Parker caught the pass for at 21-14. Vaughan’s fi fth touchdown pass of the game tying his season and career-high in a game. On the ensuing Wolves’ possession, they Redshirt freshman Geremy Alridge scampered in from just outside the goal line for a 52-28 score had a fourth and four and got a fi rst down by late in the fourth. It was Alridge’s third rushing touchdown of the season. virtue of a WT penalty and moved it to the 50, but on fourth and nine, the punt went over Brackett’s head as WT recovered deep in INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS UWG territory. On a fourth and one on the UWG two, WT RUSHING (ATT-YDS-TDS) lined up for a fi eld goal, but junior defensive West Texas A&M-K. Robinson 15-89-0; C. Burns 2-22-0; G. Alridge 1-4-1; J. Rhone back and holder John McSheffery threw a 1-4-0. West Georgia-D. Bailey 17-70-1; S. Hinsley 17-64-0; D. Dickey 19-56-1; L. Thompson WEST TEXAS A&M 7 24 7 14 – 52 2-7-0. PASSING (C-ATT.-INT., YDS., TDS) WEST GEORGIA 14 0 14 0 – 28 West Texas A&M-D. Vaughan 28-37-1, 331, 5; L. Halpin 4-4-0, 11, 0; J. McSheffery Statistics WTAMU UWG 1-1-0, 2, 1. FIRST DOWNS...... 19 21 West Georgia-D. Dickey 7-10-0, 117, 2; A. Trainor 1-4-0, 4, 0. RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 19-119 58-151 RECEIVING (REC.-YDS.-TDS) PASSING YDS (NET)...... 344 116 West Texas A&M-J. Rhone 10-77-1, W. Hudson 5-90-1; A. Flores 5-3-1; T. Allen 4-97- Passes Comp-Att-Int...... 33-42-1 8-14-0 1; K. Robinson 4-12-1; T. Hammargren 2-55-0; N. Slaughter 2-9-0; S. Parker 1-1-1. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 61-463 72-267 West Georgia-J. Eliezer 2-45-1; B. Burum 2-32-0; S. Hinsley 1-23-0; Q. Jones 1-15-0. Fumble Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0 0-0-0 TACKLE LEADERS (UA.-A.-TOT) Punt Returns-Yards-TD...... 4-30-0 1-0-0 West Texas A&M-T. McCuller 8-12-20; J. Smith 5-4-9; K. Voss 4-5-9; S. Pennix 3-4-7; Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD...... 3-59-0 6-116-0 E. Westbrooks 2-4-6; C. Slater 1-4-5; D. Bondurant 1-4-5. Interception Returns-Yards-TD.... 0-0-0 1-6-0 West Georgia-A. Strakose 4-5-9; D. Amey 2-4-6; B. Liggins 0-6-6; T. Edwards 3-2-5; N. Punts (Number-Yds)...... 2-74 4-133 Teter 3-2-5. Fumbles Number-Lost...... 0-0 2-1 DEFENSE STATS (SACKS-TFL-INT) Penalties-Yards...... 7-55 6-53 West Texas A&M-E. Westbrooks 1.5-3.5-0; B. Johnson 1-1-0; K. Voss 1-1.5-0; S. Possession Time...... 24:53 35:08 Pennix 0.5-1.5-0. Third-Down Conversions...... 9 of 14 6 of 14 West Georgia-A. Strakose 0-1-0; J. Pickett 0-1-0; C. Horton 0-1-0; T. Adams 0-0-1; T. Fourth-Down Conversions...... 2 of 2 0 of 1 Slater 0-1-0. Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 6-6 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 4-34 0-0
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com Game 12 at Chadron State 22012012 WestWest TTexasexas AA&M&M GGameame NNotesotes 2012 LONE STAR CONFERENCE - GAME 10 #10 MIDWESTERN STATE MUSTANGS AT #12 WEST TEXAS A&M BUFFALOES SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012 • KIMBROUGH MEMORIAL STADIUM • CANYON, TEXAS • (12,238) #10 MUSTANGS SPOIL BUFFS’ SENIOR NIGHT IN HEARTBREAKING FASHION CANYON, Texas – A punt on a 4th-and-16 ricocheted away from No. 12 the fi rst quarter. West Texas A&M junior punter Kevin VanVoris as No. 10 Midwestern State’s From there, the teams basi- Marqui Christian recovered and ran in for the game winning touchdown giving cally traded scores as MSU scored the visiting Mustangs a 52-48 win on Senior Night at Kimbrough Memorial touchdowns on its fi rst four drives. WT Stadium. pulled within 28-24 with 3:21 remain- 52 The Buffaloes (8-2, 6-1 LSC) had a 48-38 lead with 2:55 to play as they ing in the fi rst half as Robinson has a went for it on 4th and four from the six as senior quarterback Dustin Vaughan nice rush for 26 yards, followed by a threw a touchdown pass – his third of the game to senior running back Khiry Robinson score from seven yards out. Robinson. Vaughan was 30 of 47 for 391 yards and three scores in the game, Following a MSU punt, which was while Robinson had a career-high 147 yards on the ground on a season-high the fi rst stop by the Buff defense in 23 carries, while catching four passes for 54 yards and a touchdown. He had the game, Vaughan hooked up with a game-high 233 all-purpose yards. Robinson for a 47-yard pass setting 48 From there, Midwestern State (8-1, 7-1 LSC) quarterback Brandon Kelsey the Buffs up. Robinson then ran in threw a 16-yard pass to open its drive, followed by a 56-yard strike to Jared from 20 out for a 31-28 lead. Freeman to the WT three. Kelsey rank in for his third rushing touchdown of the MSU had a chance to tie at the night for a 48-45 defi cit. end of the fi rst half, but kicker Greg WT recovered the onside kick and looked as if it would be able to run out Saladino pushed a 26-yard fi eld goal wide right. The Mustangs tied the game the clock, but went three-and-out setting up the mishandled punt. at 31 on their opening drive of the second half, but WT responded with the Following the touchdown by the Mustangs, Vaughan had 55 seconds to fi rst of two miscues by MSU in the third quarter. A 37-yard punt by VanVoris work and fi red a 39-yard strike to Lance Ratliff getting the Buffs to the MSU was muffed by Dominique Williams as WT long-snapper junior Ramon Lopez 29. A big sack from Matt Ellerbrock, followed by an incomplete pass and an recovered at the MSU 14. interception by Kendall Wrenn just outside the goal line sealed the game. The drive was interesting as seven of the fi rst eight snaps resulted in penal- Ratliff had a career-high 180 yards and a touchdown in his fi rst game since ties as Vaughan threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to junior Trevor Hammargren Sept. 29. He had a game-high 11 receptions. Redshirt freshman Jarrian for a 38-31 lead. MSU running back Chauncey Harris then fumbled on the Rhone had six receptions for 61 yards, while junior Torrence Allen had fi ve ensuing MSU possession as McCuller forced and recovered the fumble at the receptions for 82 yards. MSU 29. Defensively the Buffs were led by junior linebacker Taylor McCuller who The Buffs had fi rst and 10 at the 11, but two incomplete passes forced had a game-high 12 total tackles with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Castillo to kick for a 41-31 lead with 2:28 left in the third. Junior linebacker Kyle Voss had eight tackles. MSU was led by Gadrian Muse A fumble by Robinson proved costly early in the fourth setting up the come- who had 10 total tackles with one of two sacks and two tackles for loss. back for MSU. Ellerbrock recovered the Robinson miscue as Muse forced The game was a back-and-forth affair from the start as the teams com- the fumble at the WT 20. Kelsey threw a 20-yard pass to Mark Strange for a bined for 54 fi rst downs, 1,106 total yards and 100 points. The Mustangs had 41-38 score with 14:02 remaining. 333 yards rushing on 43 attempts for a 7.7 average, while WT had 134 yards The Buffaloes will look to rebound next Saturday in the regular season fi nale on the ground on 31 carries. MSU’s Keidrick Jackson, the conference’s lead- at Texas A&M-Commerce. WT can still earn a share of the Lone Star Confer- ing rusher, had 149 yards on the ground on 20 carries and two scores. ence Championship with a win over the Lions. Game time is scheduled for 2 The Buffaloes took the opening kick and drove 58 yards on 12 plays for p.m. 5:08 as junior Sergio Castillo, Jr., kicked a 34-yard fi eld goal as the Buffs converted two third and long’s on the drive, including two rushes Robinson for a combined 27 yards setting up the fi eld goal. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS LEADERS Midwestern State, known for a good rushing attack, didn’t disappoint in RUSHING (ATT-YDS-TDS) its fi rst two drives accounting for 87 yards rushing and 47 yards passing as Midwestern State-K. Jackson 20-138-2; B. Kelsey 14-100-3; S. Beaver 1-44-0; C. Kelsey and Jackson each scored touchdowns for a 14-3 lead midway through Harris 7-42-0; TEAM 1--2-0. West Texas A&M-K. Robinson 23-147-3; G. Alridge 2-22-0; D. Vaughan 5--1-0; TEAM MIDWESTERN STATE 14 14 3 21 – 52 1--34-0. WEST TEXAS A&M 10 21 10 7 – 48 PASSING (C-ATT.-INT., YDS., TDS) Statistics MSU WTAMU Midwestern State-B. Kelsey 14-22-0, 1. FIRST DOWNS...... 24 34 West Texas A&M-D. Vaughan 30-47-1, 3. RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 317 134 RECEIVING (REC.-YDS.-TDS) PASSING YDS (NET)...... 248 391 Midwestern State-K. Swanson 6-91-0; M. Strange 3-31-1; C. Harris 2-23-0; J. Free- Passes Comp-Att-Int...... 14-22-0 30-47-1 man 1-56-0; D. Turner 1-36-0; K. Jackson 1-11-0. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 65-565 78-525 West Texas A&M-L. Ratliff 11-180-1; J. Rhone 6-61-0; T. Allen 5-82-0; K. Robinson Fumble Returns-Yards-TD...... 1-18-1 0-0-0 4-54-1; T. Hammargren 4-14-1. Punt Returns-Yards-TD...... 2-25-0 1-6-0 TACKLE LEADERS (UA.-A.-TOT) Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD...... 2-33-0 3-65-0 Midwestern State-G. Muse 6-4-10; C. Briggs 8-0-8; D. Napoleon 5-3-8; C. Ficklin 4-4- Interception Returns-Yards-TD.... 1-0-0 0-0-0 8; M. Ellerbrock 4-4-8; T. Jackson 2-3-5. Punts (Number-Avg)...... 3-138 3-15 West Texas A&M-T. McCuller 4-8-12; K. Voss 1-7-8; C. Slater 6-1-7; A. Wampler 2-5- Fumbles-Lost...... 2-2 3-2 7; T. Oakley 4-1-5; J. Smith 4-1-5. Penalties-Yards...... 13-97 9-60 DEFENSE STATS (SACKS-TFL-INT) Possession Time...... 29:52 30:08 Midwestern State-G. Muse 1.0-2.0-0; M. Ellerbrock 1.0-2.5-0; Taiyon Jackson 0-0-1; Third-Down Conversions...... 7 of 11 4 of 12 D. Cobos 0-1.5-0; C. Briggs 0-1.0-0. Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 0 1 of 2 West Texas A&M-C. Slater 0-1.0-0; T. McCuller 0-0.5-0; K. Voss 0-0.5-0; A. Wampler Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 7-8 7-7 0-0.5-0; T. Oakley 0-0.5-0; B. Johnson 0-0.5-0; C. Olson 0-0.5-0. Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 2-10 0-0
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com 22012012 WestWest TexasTexas A&MA&M GameGame NNotesotes Game 12 at Chadron State LONE STAR CONFERENCE - GAME 11 #17 WEST TEXAS A&M AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2012 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • COMMERCE, TEXAS • (1,521) BUFFS EARN SHARE OF LSC TITLE; AWAIT POSTSEASON FATE COMMERCE, Texas – For the fi rst time since 2007, the No. 17-ranked remaining in the fi rst half. It was the West Texas A&M football team can call itself Lone Star Conference Cham- second rushing touchdown by a run- pions after a 45-14 win over Texas A&M-Commerce Saturday afternoon in ning back this season for the Lions. the regular season fi nale for both teams. With the win, the Buffs improved WT took the ensuing kick and to 9-2 on the year and fi nished conference play with a 7-1 record tying drove down fi eld for a score in the 45 with Midwestern State for the conference title, while TAMUC fell to 1-9 fi nal minute on a nine-play, 73-yard and 1-7 in league play. drive for 1:30 on the clock as it The Buffs were led on the ground by senior running back Khiry was capped on a 15-yard run from Robinson has he became the fi rst running back since Keithon Flemming Robinson for a 21-7 lead with 35 in 2007. Robinson led the way with 110 yards on the ground and two seconds left in the half. scores. He has 1,015 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns for the season. For the half Robinson led the way Junior quarterback Dustin Vaughan, who didn’t play in the fourth quarter with 71 yards on the ground and 14 due to the lopsided score, went 20 of 29 for 278 yards and two touch- two scores. Vaughan went 13 of 20 downs. Junior wide receiver Torrence Allen had four catches for 103 for 138 yards. TAMUC had 186 total yards and a score. yards, while the Buffs had 232. WT Defensively, the Buffs were led by juniors Shane Pennix and Taylor Mc- held the Lions to just 35 yards on the ground. Culler who each had seven tackles and each had a sack. TAMUC and the After Cameron Frosch punted to the WT 2-yard line on the Lions fi rst conference-leading tackler, Danny Mason, had 15 tackles on the day. drive of the second half, the Buffs drove 98-yards on 10 plays in 4:23 West Texas A&M will now return home and await its NCAA Tournament for a touchdown and a 28-7 lead. Robinson had a 20-yard run which fate as the NCAA Division II Football Selection Show will be announced pushed him over 1,000 yards for the season early in the drive. Vaughan, live tomorrow at 4 p.m. CT on www.ncaa.com. then on 3rd and 8, threw a nice 18-yard pass to junior wide receiver Tor- The Buffs forced a three-and-out on the opening possession by the rence Allen for a fi rst down at the TAMUC 15. Vaughan then hooked up Lions on a windy day at Memorial Field as the Lions lined up for a punt with junior Jace Jackson for the score from 13-yards out. at their 25. West Texas brought the heat and junior defensive back Curtis Slater blocked the punt with junior linebacker Eric Finefeuiaki scooped The 98-yard drive was the longest of the season for the Buffs. and scored for a 7-0 lead with just over 12 minutes remaining in the fi rst The Lions came right back with a nice drive as they cut the defi cit back half. It was the fi rst punt block returned for a touchdown since junior line- to 14 with a 5-play, 75-yard drive consuming 2:47 as Wayne Chapman backer David Christmas returned one at Incarnate Word Sept. 22, 2012, scored from fi ve-yards out for the second rushing touchdown of the and the sixth block of the season for the Buffs. game. On the second WT possession, the Buffs marched down the fi eld fol- On the ensuing drive, Vaughan hooked up with Allen on the fl ea-fl icker lowing a TAMUC punt from the 50 as Robinson ran in from fi ve yards out for 75-yards and a 35-14 score. They then scored, once again, early in for a 14-0 lead midway through the fi rst quarter. It was the tenth rushing the fourth as redshirt freshman Geremy Alridge lead the ground attack touchdown of the season for Robinson. and ran in from 12-yards out for a 42-14 score. A fumble forced by redshirt freshman defensive back Anthony Hayes The Buffs added a late fi eld goal from junior Sergio Castillo, Jr., for the and recovery by junior linebacker Chris Olson set the Buffs up once again fi nal margin of 45-14. near midfi eld as Vaughan threw a nice pass to junior wide receiver Lance Ratliff, but the Buffs were stopped on fourth and short at the 15. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Following a fumble by the Buffaloes, the Lions marched down fi eld RUSHING (ATT-YDS-TDS) and Jamar Mosley ran in from 11-yards out for a 14-7 score with 2:11 West Texas A&M-K. Robinson 16-110-2; G. Alridge 4-43-1; J. Rhone 2-17-0; D. Vaughan 3-17-0; C. Burns 2-10-0; L. Halpin 4-2-0. Texas A&M-Commerce-J. Mosley 12-72-1; W. Chapman 4-21-1; D. Davis 1-9-0; K. WEST TEXAS A&M 14 7 14 10 – 45 Vye 9-7-0; K. Alexander 6-2-0. PASSING (C-ATT.-INT., YDS., TDS) TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE 0 7 7 0 – 14 West Texas A&M-D. Vaughan 20-29-0, 278, 2; L. Halpin 6-8-0, 33, 0. Statistics WTAMU TAMUC Texas A&M-Commerce-K. Vye 15-31-0, 217, 0. FIRST DOWNS...... 28 16 RECEIVING (REC.-YDS.-TDS) RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 31-199 32-111 West Texas A&M-L. Ratliff 7-74-0; T. Allen 5-113-1; J. Jackson 5-58-1; J. Rhone 3-14- PASSING YDS (NET)...... 311 217 0; K. Robinson 2-30-0; W. Hudson 2-6-0; A. Harris 1-10-0; N. Slaughter 1-6-0. Passes Comp-Att-Int...... 26-37-0 15-31-0 Texas A&M-Commerce-G. Smith 5-51-0; T. Rawlings 4-81-0; T. Godfrey 4-51-0; W. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 68-510 63-328 Chapman 1-21-0; B. Ohm 1-13-0. Fumble Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0 1-8-0 TACKLE LEADERS (UA.-A.-TOT) Punt Returns-Yards-TD...... 3-66-1 0-0-0 West Texas A&M-T. McCuller 1-7-8; S. Pennix 3-4-7; K. Voss 2-5-7; E. Westbrooks Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD...... 2-32-0 2-38-0 4-2-6; C. Slater 2-3-5; J. McSheffery 1-4-5; T. Oakley 1-3-4. Interception Returns-Yards-TD.... 0-0-0 0-0-0 Texas A&M-Commerce-D. Mason 8-7-15; S. Ford 3-3-6; M. Terrell 4-1-5; J. Wren Punts (Number-Yds)...... 3-108 9-357 3-2-5; I. Hughes 3-2-5; K. Woods 2-3-5; J.T. Bates 2-3-5; T. Moore 0-4-4. Fumbles Number-Lost...... 1-1 1-1 DEFENSE STATS (SACKS-TFL-INT) Penalties-Yards...... 6-35 10-93 West Texas A&M-E. Westbrooks 2.0-3.0-0; D. Christmas 2.0-2.0-0; S. Pennix 1.0-1.0- Possession Time...... 27:35 32:25 0; K. Voss 0-1.0-0; C. Slater 0.1.0-0. Third-Down Conversions...... 8 of 11 2 of 13 Texas A&M-Commerce-J.T. Bates 1.0-1.0-0; S. Ford 1.0-1.0-2. Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 1 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 5-6 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 5-34 2-0
2012 West Texas A&M Football Game Notes | www.GoBuffsGo.com