2016 LOUISIANA COLLEGE Wildcats Football
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All-Time: This is the 156th football game in Louisiana 2016 LOUISIANA COLLEGE College modern football history (since 2000). The WIldcats FootBALL Wildcats have an overall record of 80-75-0 (.516) and are in their 17th season. Date Opponent Site Time Sept. 3 HUNTINGDON COLLEGE Pineville, LA 1 pm LC Head Coach Dennis Dunn: LC head coach Dennis Sept. 10 @Texas College Tyler, TX 4 pm Dunn (61-39 at LC) is in his 11th season as the Wildcats head coach in 2016. Prior to arriving in Pineville, Dunn Sept. 17 TExas LUTHERAN Pineville, LA 6 pm spent multiple years at the helm of one of the best Oct. 1 HOwaRD PAYNE Pineville, LA 6 pm high school programs in the state of Louisiana, Evangel Oct. 8 HArdin-SimmonS Pineville, LA 6 pm Christian Academy in Shreveport. He won multiple Oct. 15 @Sul Ross State Alpine, TX 6 pm state championships and coached some of the most Oct. 22 BELHAVEN Pineville, LA 6 pm highly recruited high school athletes in northwest Louisiana. ^#Oct. 29 ETBU Pineville, LA 6 pm Nov. 5 @McMurry Abilene, TX 2 pm About Huntingdon: Huntingdon College is an NCAA III institution and a member of the USA South Athletic Nov. 12 @Mary Hardin-Baylor Belton, TX 1 pm Conference. Huntingdon is coached by Mike Turk, in his 13th season at the Hawks’ helm. ^Homecoming Game #Senior Day LC in Season Openers (11-5): All times listed as Central Time Louisiana College is 11-5 in season openers ON THE AIR IN 2016! and won four openers in a row before falling to Huntingdon in last years season opener. LC won each of it’s first three season openers when the program was revived in 2000. Those wins came over SW Assemblies of God (60-0, 2000 and 23-8, 2001) and Belhaven (49-21, 2002) All LC football games can be heard locally on The Wildcats won four season openers in a row KEZP 104.3 FM and online at www.1043thebridge.net. from 2011-2014 with wins over Weber Inter- Tune in for the “Countdown to Kickoff”, 30 minutes before the game with Rich and Nathan. national, twice over Belhaven, Huntingdon in 2014. LC Opening Season at Home (7-2): Louisiana College is 7-2 in season openers played at Wildcat Field and have won the last four consecutive home season openers. The last time the Wildcats lost the season opener at home was in 2007, a 44-10 loss to Milsaps College. LOUISIANA COLLEGE QUICK FACTS Last Meeting: After taking an early 7-0 lead on the road, LC gave up 21 straight points and never GENERAL INFORMatION regained the lead as Huntingdon took the opening Location: Pineville, LA game of the 2015 season 56-36. Enrollment: 1,200 Founded: 1906 President: Dr. Rick Brewer Wildcats vs Huntingdon History Athletics Director: Dennis Dunn LC: 2-4 Faculty Athletic Representative: Dr. Scott Pickard Senior Woman Administrator: Patrece Carter Year W/L LC Opp. National Affiliation: NCAA III 2004 W 31 7 Conference: American Southwest Conference 2009 L 21 34 Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Blue and Orange 2010 L 56 62 2013 L 27 34 COachING Staff 2014 W 49 42 Head Coach: Dennis Dunn 2015 L 35 56 Alma Mater: Southern Arkansas/LSU-S Overall/LC Record (Yrs): 61-39 (10 years) Assistant Coaches: Justin Charles (DC); Mike Richard (OL) Ben McLaughlin (OC); Dayne Reeves (WR); Nate Janzen (LB); Drew Maddox (DL); Common Ground: LC and Huntingdon Matt Standiford (RB); Brandon Allen; Dayshun Johnson; Jonathan Davis College have only one common opponent on Coach’s Phone: 318-613-6767 this year’s schedule. Both teams will take on Belhaven this season. LC will play the Blazers TEAM INFORMatION on Oct. 22 in Pineville, while Huntingdon will Basic Offense: Spread Basic Defense: 4-2-5 host Belhaven in two weeks on Sept. 17. 2015 Record: 3-7 2015 Conference Record (Finish): 1-4 (T-4th) LC vs Ranked Teams (2-16): The Wildcats Letterwinners Returning: 43 are 1-9 in their last 10 games played against Starters Returning: O - 9; D - 8; ST - 1 ranked teams. The last win came on Sept. HISTORY 24, 2011 when they defeated #23 ranked First Year of Football: 1908 Mississippi College, 52-17. The other win over All-Time Playoff Record: 0-1 a ranked opponent came in 2010, a 44-42 win Years in Playoffs: 1 over #7 ranked Hardin-Simmons. Last Playoff Appearance: 2012 Last Playoff Result: L, UMHB 20-59 Huntingdon 2016 at-a-glance: Huntingdon comes Total Seasons of Football: 77 into the 2016 season with high expectations. The All-Time W/L Record: 224-341-25 Hawks are ranked in the top 25 according to d3football. com’s preseason poll, the first time they have been StaDIUM INFORMatION Stadium: Wildcat Field ranked to start the season. Huntingdon is coming off Year Opened: 2008 the most successful season in program history. In 2015, Capacity: 7,000 the Hawks posted their first 10-win season with a 10-2 Surface: Artificial Turf record, won their first conference title, advanced to the NCAA playoffs for the second time and won their first ATHLETICS MEDIA RElatIONS playoff game. Sports Information Director: Brad Welborn SID Phone: 318-487-7987 Last season Huntingdon averaged 460.2 yards per SID Cell Phone: 318-393-0936 game, with a very balanced attack along the way, 244 SID E-Mail: [email protected] rushing and 215 passing, and averaged 40 points per Web Site: lcwildcats.net game as well. Twitter: twitter.com/LACollWildcats Facebook: facebook.com/LCAthletics Defensively, the Hawks allowed 24 points a game and 359 yards of offense, and only 138 per game on the ground. Quarterback Luke Bailey has thrown for 51 touch- downs in his two-years as quarterback and needs only four more to set the school mark for touchdown passes in a career. LC 2016 at-a-glance: After a season that was riddled with injuries from the very beginning, 2016 has begun with a lot of promise for the Wildcats. Standings School Conf CPct. Ovr. Pct. Streak The return of stand out receiver Shedrick Davis, along Mary Hardin-Baylor 0-0 0-0 with four-year starter Easton Melancon at quarterback Hardin-Simmons 0-0 0-0 behind an experienced offensive line and powerful ETBU 0-0 0-0 running game with Aurren Cooksey, has the makings Louisiana College 0-0 0-0 of an explosive offense. McMurry% 0-0 0-0 Sul Ross St 0-0 0-0 Freshman defensive standout Orel Ledet, Jr. along with all-conference corner Willie Smith, will be key players Howard Payne 0-0 0-0 in what hopes to be an improved defensive unit that Belhaven# 0-0 0-0 finished last in the ASC in yards allowed in 2015. % Not eligible for 2016 NCAA Championship (NCAA Div. III Reclassifying) # Not eligible for 2016 ASC Championship/NCAA Old Heads: The Wildcats are returning 18 starters from Championship (NCAA Div. III Provisional Member) last years team. Due to the number of injuries from 2015, several more “regulars” are also back adding depth in positions that lacked it last year. AROUND THE ASC East Bound and Wow THIS WEEK’S GAMES: Easton Melancon’s Career Stats Review Belhaven at Millsaps College (Thurs., Sept. 1) 1 pm PASSING Huntingdon at Louisiana College 1 pm 528 COMPLETIONS LC RANK: 3RD Ohio Wesleyan at Mary Hardin-Baylor 6 pm *NEXT UP: 2ND - WES COOPER (02-05); East Texas Baptist at Texas Lutheran 6 pm 549 COMPLETIONS (NEEDS 22 TO PASS) Hardin-Simmons at Southwestern 6 pm Sul Ross State at Texas-Permian Basin 7 pm 6,909 YARDS LC RANK: 3RD SW Assemblies of God at Howard Payne 7 pm *NEXT UP: 2ND - WES COOPER (02-05); 7,110 YARDS (NEEDS 202 TO PASS) NEXT WEEK’S GAMES: Saturday (Sept. 10) 66 TOUCHDOWNS LC RANK: 2ND Howard Payne at Austin College 12 pm Belhaven at Wisconsin-Whitewater 1 pm MELANCON’S 300-YARD PASSING GAMES (6): Sul Ross State at Wayland Baptist 2 pm DATE-OPPONENT COMP-ATT-TD-YRDS Louisiana College at Texas College 4 pm 10/19/13 - Mary Hardin-Baylor..........................28-62-4-419 Mary Hardin-Baylor at Texas Lutheran 6 pm 9/6/14 - Huntingdon College.............................25-43-3-363 McMurry at Southwestern 6 pm 9/20/14 - Texas Lutheran.....................................25-46-3-377 SW Assemblies of God at East Texas Baptist 7 pm 10/4/14 - Wesley College.....................................33-59-3-389 10/18/14 - Mary Hardin-Baylor..........................32-71-3-383 11/8/14 - Sul Ross State........................................17-31-2-327 Noisy Cricket: All-conference first team Now We’re Cookin’ defensive back Willie Smith emerged as one of Aurren Cooksey’s Career Stats Review the best shut down corners in the ASC in 2015. RUSHING Smith and fellow corner Lecorey Demease 322 CARRIES LC RANK: 5TH comprise one of the best combinations of cover *NEXT UP: 4TH - THURSTON WILLIAMS (03-06); corners in the league, as well as leaders of a still 337 CARRIES (NEEDS 16 TO PASS) young secondary. Year T S A TFL Sacks INT PBU 1,500 YARDS LC RANK: 5TH 2014 16 11 5 0-0 0 1 2 *NEXT UP: 4TH - THURSTON WILLIAMS (03-06); 2015 34 24 10 2.0-4 0 0 8 YARDS NEEDS TO PASS Totals 50 35 15 2.0-4 0 1 10 1,625 ( 126 ) J”Or”-el: Defensive back Orel Ledet, Jr. had COOKSEY’S 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES (5): one of the most super seasons a true freshman DATE-OPPONENT CARRIES-YARDS-TDS has ever had at Louisiana College in 2015.