- GAME 2: SEPTEMBER 20, 2014
- Game Notes Page 1
2014 MIDWESTERN FOOTBALL
HERE’STO MAROON ANDTHE GOLD, LONG MAYTHEYWAVE
True spirits out of the west leading the Mustangs brave
44YEARS OF MSU FOOTBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 1947 | 1949 | 1950 | 1991 | 1994 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012
2014 Schedule | 1-0 Overall | 0-0 LSC
No. 23 Midwestern State vs. Eastern New Mexico
Game #2 | Sat.,Sept.20 | 8 p.m.
AT&T Stadium |Arlington,Texas
Series: MSU leads 14-5
Missouri S&T
Sept. 13, 2014
Memorial Stadium/Golding Field
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Last Meeting: ENMU 40,MSU 21
11/9/13 in Blackwater Draw,N.M.
Streak: ENMU won the last meeting
Eastern New Mexico
Sept. 20, 2014
- Midwestern State
- Eastern New Mexico
Radio: 95.5 ESPNWichita Falls with two-time Lone Star Conference Broadcaster of theYear Bill Powers
and KAUZ’s Chris Horgen.
- 1-0, 0-0 LSC
- 2-0, 0-0 LSC
AT&T Stadium
- “Mustangs”
- “Greyhounds”
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- The LSC Season Begins
- Lone Star Football Festival
Midwestern State plays for the fourth time in the Lone Star Football
The No. 23 Midwestern State Mustangs look to make it two in a row as they return for the fourth straight season to the home of the Dallas Cowboys, AT&T Stadium, for the Lone Star Football Festival.
The Mustangs are looking for a bit of revenge against defending Lone Star Conference co-champion Eastern New Mexico, who handed MSU a 40-21 loss a season ago.
Tarleton State
Sept. 27, 2014
Tarleton Memorial Stadium
Stephenville, Texas
Festival. The festival is a partnership between the Lone Star Conference and the Dallas Cowboys who are jointly hosting the affair at the home of Super
7 p.m.
Bowl XLV,AT&T Stadium.
This season’s event is a one-day affair featuring some of the best NCAA Division II football teams nationally, with two nationally ranked teams and a fourof the eight Division II teams receiving votes in the AFCA poll.
The festival joins the Pittsburg State vs. Northwest Missouri State game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City as a site where Division II contests are played in an NFL facility.
The action starts Saturday morning at 10 a.m. with a
Lone Star Conference matchup betweenTexas A&M-Commerce andTexas A&M-Kingsville for the Chennault Cup.
At 1 p.m.,WestTexas A&M meets Shorter (Ga.) in a non-conference tilt, while No. 12Tarleton State faces FloridaTech in a non-conference affair at 5 p.m.
No. 23 MSU meets Eastern New Mexico in LSC action at 8 p.m.
MSU comes in with a 1-0 record overall as it opens LSC play after a 40-23 win over Missouri S&T last Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
ENMU sports a 2-0 overall record to start league action after trouncing Adams State a 42-14 last Saturday at Blackwater Draw. Eastern currently has an eight-game winning streak dating back to last year, the longest active streak in the conference.
The Mustangs are paced by the running of Dante
Taylor who rushed for 150 of MSU’s 287 yards
against the Miners.
Defensively, junior safety Marqui Christian
recorded 11 tackles and snared the season’s first
interception that set up a Mustangs score.
Midwestern State is back in the AFCA Divison
II Coaches Poll this week, while ENMU is receiving votes by the coaches.
Angelo State
Oct. 4, 2014
Memorial Stadium/Golding Field
Wichita Falls, Texas
7 p.m.
WestTexas A&M
Oct. 11, 2014
Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
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McMurry
Oct. 18, 2014
Memorial Stadium/Golding Field
Wichita Falls, Texas
In the four years of the LSFF, MSU is the only team to play only Lone Star Conference games.
Championship feelings
8 p.m.
The Mustangs reign as the champions of the Lone Star
Conference ended last season, however MSU has claimed
the LSC crown three times in the last five seasons.
Midwestern has a total of eight conference championships in school history.
About the series
This is the 20th meeting between Midwestern and
Eastern New Mexico with MSU leading the series 14-5.
The series had games in 1949 and 1955,then resumed in 1997 when MSU joined the Lone Star Conference.
The Hounds snapped MSU’s 11-game winning streak over them with the 40-21 win last season. Still,MSU has won 12 of the last 14 meetings between the teams.
It’s the first time they will meet on a neutral field.
TexasA&M-Commerce
Oct. 25, 2014
Memorial Stadium/Golding Field
Wichita Falls, Texas
Midwestern won outright titles with its Gulf Coast
Conference Championship in 1949,Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championship in 1991 and Lone Star Conference Championship in 2011.
MSU added shared titles in 1947 (Texas Conference),
1950 (Gulf Coast), 1994 (TIAA), 2009 (LSC) and 2012 (LSC). The Mustangs also won LSC Divisional crowns in 2001 (LSC North), 2004 (co-LSC South) and 2009 (coLSC South).
7 p.m.
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Nov. 1, 2014
All-Time Series | MSU leads 14-5
Javelina Stadium Kingsville, Texas
9/10/49 1955
Eastern New Mexico at Eastern New Mexico Eastern New Mexico at Eastern New Mexico Eastern New Mexico at Eastern New Mexico Eastern New Mexico at Eastern New Mexico Eastern New Mexico Eastern New Mexico at Eastern New Mexico Eastern New Mexico at Eastern New Mexico Eastern New Mexico at Eastern New Mexico at Eastern New Mexico at Eastern New Mexico Eastern New Mexico at Eastern New Mexico
W, 45-0 L, 18-6
- W, 24-7
- 11/15/97
11/14/98 11/13/99 9/16/00 9/15/01 10/19/02 10/18/03 10/30/04 10/29/05 11/4/06 11/3/07 11/1/08 10/31/09 9/11/10 10/29/11 10/27/12 11/9/13
7 p.m.
L, 21-18 L, 38-13 W, 33-16 L, 36-33 W, 28-14 W, 24-14 W, 34-20 W, 62-27 W, 29-19 W, 63-7 W, 59-16 W, 50-17 W, 44-17 W, 57-34 W, 51-28 L, 40-21
Midwestern shifting to Neutral
LSC Playoffs
Nov. 8, 2014
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Midwestern State has won last two of its last three games on neutral sites since resuming football in 1988 with wins over A&M-Commerce and a loss toTarleton State at AT&T Stadium the last three seasons. MSU is 2-4 at a neutral site, 2-3 during the regular season.
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Neutral Site Games since 1988 | MSU is 2-4
10/30/93 10/18/97 12/4/10 9/17/11 9/13/12 9/14/13
McMurry (at Iowa Park) Texas A&M-Kingsville (Arlington-UTA) Washburn (Topeka, Kan.-Kanza Bowl) L, 45-14
Texas A&M-Commerce (Arlington-AT&T) W, 63-17 Texas A&M-Commerce (Arlington-AT&T) W, 65-14
L, 25-20 L, 30-7
LSC Playoffs
Nov. 15, 2014
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- Tarleton State (Arlington-AT&T)
- L, 27-24
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MSU tops LSC in new millenium
Midwestern State has blazed its way to the top of the Lone Star Conference as one of the most steady programs in all of NCAA Division II.
The Mustangs have averaged more than seven wins a season since the start of the 2000 season and overtookTarleton State to become the league’s winning percentage leader over the last decade after defeating Southwestern Oklahoma 46-9 on Sep. 18, 2010.
About Bill Maskill
AFCA Poll
Bill Maskill is starting his 15th season as a head coach and 13th campaign at Midwestern State.
He has led the Mustangs to winning ledgers in each of his years at the helm of the program including the
school’s first Lone Star Conference championship in 2009 and first undefeated regular season in 2011.
Under Maskill’s guidance, MSU has advanced to the NCAA Division II postseason in the 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2012 seasons while amassing an 96-37 record (.722). He was named LSC Coach of theYear in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and was the AFCA Regional Coach of theYear in 2011.
Sept. 15, 2014
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Northwest Missouri State (32)
Colorado State-Pueblo (6)
Minnesota State-Mankato Minnesota-Duluth
2-0
2-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0
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North Alabama Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) Henderson State (Ark.) Pittsburg State (Kan.)
Ohio Dominican
2-0 Records since 2000 | MSU ranks 1st in LSC
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2-0 2-0
1-0
2-0 1-0 2-0
2-0
2-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1
2-0
1-0
2-0 2-0
- Team
- Record
110-44
103-53 95-64 100-70 69-81
Pct.
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.660 .598 .588 .460 .416 .385
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West Chester (Pa.) Shepherd (W. Va.)
Tarleton State (Texas)
Valdosta State (Ga.) Delta State (Miss.) Bloomsburg (Pa.)
Ferris State (Mich.)
West Alabama Winston-Salem State (N.C.) St. Cloud State (Minn.) Harding (Ark.) Carson-Newman (Tenn.)
Colorado Mines
Midwestern State (Texas)
Winona State (Minn.) Slippery Rock (Pa.)
Midwestern State
Tarleton State Texas A&M-Kingsville West Texas A&M Eastern New Mexico Angelo State
In all, Maskill has coached 15 All-Americans (to some 53 mentions), 58 all-region selections and 63
All-Lone Star Conference first teamers in his 12
seasons inWichita Falls.
Maskill is starting his 46th year as a football coach.
His coaching experience includes stops as a Division I assistant atVanderbilt (twice), Southern Methodist, Wake Forest, Oregon,Tulane, Louisville,Arizona State, Bowling Green and Iowa.
Maskill has a 109-45 overall record (.708) and led
Southeast Missouri State to a 1988 MIAA Co-Championship.
While at SEMO, Maskill helped two men, Jon
Gruden and Marty Mornhinweg, who later became head coaches in the National Football League, get their start.
Maskill comes from a great coaching background.
His father, Bill, Sr., is considered to be one of the greatest high school football coaches in the history of the state of Michigan. First at Sheridan then at Augusta High School in Galesburg, Mich. At the time of his retirement, he was the winningest high school football coach in the state’s history.
Maskill played college football atWestern Kentucky, where he quarterbacked while earning bachelor’s degrees in Physical Education and Biology.
Maskill and his wife, Mary Helen, have two grown children: a son, Hunter; and a daughter, Jaime.
62-87
- 57-91
- Texas A&M-Commerce
Welcome Back to the Poll
The Mustangs returned to theAFCA Division II
Coaches Poll this week,entering the coaches tally at No. 23 after beating Missouri S&T.
MSU has ranked in theTop 25 in 33 of the last 38 polls and the Mustangs have received an appearance on at least one ballot in 99 of the last 100 reporting periods dating back to the 2006 season.
MSU is one of six teams from Super Region 4 are ranked this week,joining No.2 Colorado State-Pueblo,No.9 Ohio Dominican,No.12Tarleton State,No.16 Ferris State,and No. 22 Colorado Mines,Nine other Super Region 4 members are receiving votes.
Others receiving votes: Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 56;
Indianapolis (Ind.) 53; Findlay (Ohio) 47; West Georgia 37; Emporia State (Kan.) 33; Michigan Tech 33; Ashland
(Ohio) 29; Concord (W. Va.) 26; Central Missouri 19;
Sioux Falls (S.D.) 18; Eastern New Mexico 13; Grand Valley State (Mich.) 13; Humbodt State (Calif.) 11; Chadron State (Neb.) 7; Charleston (W. Va.) 6; New-
berry (S.C.) 6; North Carolina-Pembroke 6; American International (Mass.) 5; Indiana (Pa.) 5; Central Oklahoma 4; Missouri Western 3; Florida Tech 2; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 2; Alderson-Broadus (W. Va.) 1; California (Pa.) 1; East Central (Okla.) 1; Texas A&M-Commerce
1; Tuskegee (Ala.) 1; Wayne State (Mich.) 1.
Midwestern State is not ranked by D2Football.com.
In the AFCA Poll | MSU ranked in 53 of 63 periods
- Reporting Period
- MSU
Sept. 14, 2009.........................................................24th Sept. 21, 2009.........................................................17th Sept. 28, 2009.........................................................23rd Oct. 5, 2009.............................................................18th Oct. 12, 2009..........................................................22nd Oct. 19, 2009...........................................................17th Oct. 26, 2009...........................................................13th Nov. 2, 2009 ..............................................................9th Nov. 9, 2009 ..............................................................7th Final, 2009...............................................................14th Preseason, 2010 .....................................................19th Aug. 30, 2010..........................................................17th Sept. 6, 2010...........................................................13th Sept. 13, 2010.........................................................12th Sept. 20, 2010.........................................................10th Sept. 27, 2010.........................................................10th Oct. 4, 2010...............................................................8th Oct. 11, 2010 ...........................................................15th Oct. 18, 2010...........................................................13th Oct. 25, 2010..........................................................22nd Nov. 1, 2010 ............................................................19th Nov. 8, 2010 ............................................................25th Nov. 15, 2010 ............................................................RV Preseason, 2011........................................................RV Sept. 5, 2011 .............................................................RV Sept. 12, 2011 ...........................................................RV Sept. 19, 2011 ...........................................................RV Sept. 26, 2011 ........................................................22nd Oct. 3, 2011 .............................................................18th Oct. 10, 2011 ...........................................................15th Oct. 17, 2011 ...........................................................12th Oct. 24, 2011 .............................................................8th Oct. 31, 2011 .............................................................5th Nov. 7, 2011...............................................................3rd Nov. 14, 2011............................................................2nd Final, 2011.................................................................7th Preseason, 2012 .......................................................4th Sept. 3, 2012.............................................................4th Sept. 10, 2012.........................................................16th Sept. 17, 2012.........................................................15th Sept. 24, 2012.........................................................14th Oct. 1, 2012.............................................................13th Oct. 8, 2012.............................................................13th Oct. 15, 2012...........................................................12th Oct. 22, 2012........................................................... 11th Oct. 29, 2012...........................................................10th Nov. 5, 2012 ..............................................................9th Nov. 12, 2012 ............................................................8th Final, 2012...............................................................16th Preseason, 2013 .....................................................15th Sept. 9, 2013...........................................................13th Sept. 16, 2013.........................................................25th Sept. 23, 2013.........................................................23rd Sept. 30, 2013...........................................................RV Oct. 7, 2013.............................................................25th Oct. 14, 2013...........................................................24th Oct. 21, 2013...........................................................18th Oct. 28, 2013...........................................................17th Nov. 3, 2013 ............................................................12th Nov. 11, 2013...........................................................25th Nov. 18, 2013 ............................................................RV Final, 2013.................................................................RV Preseason, 2014 .......................................................RV Sept. 8, 2014.............................................................RV Sept. 15, 2014.........................................................23rd
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- Team
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2-0
2-0
2-0 2-0 2-0 1-0
2-0
2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0
2-0
2-0 2-0
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1-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1
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Northwest Missouri State
Colorado State-Pueblo
Minnesota State-Mankato Minnesota-Duluth Henderson State (Ark.) North Alabama
Maskill at MSU
vs. Division I...................................................................................0-2 vs. D-II regular season non-conference................................ 15-1 vs. NAIA.........................................................................................2-0 vs. Lone Star Conference Opponents................................78-28 vs. LSC North (02-10).......................................................... 27-3 vs. LSC South (02-10).........................................................33-21 Postseason.....................................................................................1-5 Memorial Stadium...................................................................53-11 On the road..............................................................................41-24 Neutral...........................................................................................2-2
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Ohio Dominican
Pittsburg State (Kan.) Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) West Chester (Pa.) Shepherd (W.Va.)
Ferris State (Mich.)
Bloomsburg (Pa.) Valdosta State (Ga.)
Tarleton State (Texas)
Delta State (Miss.) St. Cloud State (Minn.) Slippery Rock (Pa.) West Alabama Winston-Salem (N.C.) Carson-Newman (Tenn.) Harding (Ark.) Emporia State (Kan.) Missouri Western
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