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GAME 3: SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 Game Notes Page 1 2014 MIDWESTERN FOOTBALL HERE’S TO MAROON AND THE GOLD, LONG MAY THEY WAVE True spirits out of the west leading the Mustangs brave 44 YEARS OF MSU FOOTBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 1947 | 1949 | 1950 | 1991 | 1994 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 2014 Schedule | 2-0 Overall | 0-0 LSC No. 18 Midwestern State vs. Tarleton State Missouri S&T Game #3 | Sat., Sept. 27 | 7 p.m. Sept. 13, 2014 Tarleton Memorial Stadium | Stephenville, Texas Memorial Stadium/Golding Field Series: Tarleton leads 19-8-1 Wichita Falls, Texas Last Meeting: TSU 27, MSU 24 W, 40-23 9/13/13 in Arlington, Texas Streak: TSU won the two meetings Eastern New Mexico Midwestern State Radio: 95.5 ESPN Wichita Falls with two-time Lone Tarleton State Sept. 20, 2014 2-0, 1-0 LSC Star Conference Broadcaster of the Year Bill Powers 1-1, 1-0 LSC AT&T Stadium “Mustangs” and KAUZ’s Chris Horgen. “Texans” Arlington, Texas W, 42-17 Lone Star Battle Defending Champs Again The No. 18 Midwestern State Mustangs seek their Midwestern State faces a 2013 defending Lone Star third straight win to start the season as they visit Conference champion for the second straight week, both Tarleton State Tarleton Memorial Stadium to face the Texans. away from Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, when the Sept. 27, 2014 The Mustangs are looking for a bit of revenge Mustangs meet Tarleton State. Tarleton Memorial Stadium Stephenville, Texas against defending Lone Star Conference co-champion Eastern New Mexico and Tarleton shared the confer- Tarleton State, who handed MSU a 27-24 loss a season ence title last season, but neither team were selected to 7 p.m. ago at AT&T Stadium to open the year. the NCAA playoffs. MSU comes in with a 2-0 record overall, 1-0 in Tarleton was scheduled to play in the C.H.A.M.P.S. Angelo State LSC play after a 42-17 win over Eastern New Mexico Heart of Texas Bowl, but an ice storm prohibited the con- Oct. 4, 2014 in the Lone Star Football Festival at AT&T Stadium. test from being played Memorial Stadium/Golding Field TSU sports a 1-1 overall record, 1-0 in LSC action, Wichita Falls, Texas after being upset by Florida Tech 37-31 last Saturday Championship feelings 7 p.m. in the LSFF. The loss cost the Texans a ranking in the The Mustangs reign as the champions of the Lone Star AFCA Division II Coaches Poll. Conference ended last season, however MSU has claimed The Mustangs are led by LSC Offensive Player the LSC crown three times in the last five seasons. West Texas A&M of the Week, QB Jake Glover, who thre for 303 Midwestern has a total of eight conference champion- Oct. 11, 2014 yards and three touchdowns against ENMU, while RB ships in school history. Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Dante Taylor is averaging 78.0 yards a game rushing. Midwestern won outright titles with its Gulf Coast Canyon, Texas Defensively, junior safety Marqui Christian is fourth Conference Championship in 1949, Texas Intercollegiate 7 p.m. in Division II in stops, averaging 14.5 tackles an outing. Athletic Association Championship in 1991 and Lone Star Conference Championship in 2011. About the series MSU added shared titles in 1947 (Texas Conference), McMurry This is the 29th meeting between Midwestern and 1950 (Gulf Coast), 1994 (TIAA), 2009 (LSC) and 2012 Oct. 18, 2014 Tarleton State, dating back to the junior college days for (LSC). The Mustangs also won LSC Divisional crowns in Memorial Stadium/Golding Field both teams, with TSU leading the series 19-8-1, includ- 2001 (LSC North), 2004 (co-LSC South) and 2009 (co- Wichita Falls, Texas ing an 11-2 record in Stephenville. LSC South). 8 p.m. MSU has lost two straight to Tarleton (both season openers), after winning two straight. TSU had claimed seven straight prior to that. Coach to Cure MD Texas A&M-Commerce MSU’s last win in Stephenville was Nov. 4, 2000. For the seventh consecutive year, Coach Bill Maskill and Oct. 25, 2014 All-Time Series | Tarleton leads 19-8-1 the MSU coaching staff is participating in the American Foot- Memorial Stadium/Golding Field 1925 at Tarleton State L, 55-0 ball Coaches Association Coach to Cure MD. Wichita Falls, Texas 1926 Tarleton State L, 34-0 Coaches across college 1930 Tarleton State T, 0-0 7 p.m. football are joining in the ef- 1946 Tarleton State W, 19-0 10/1/88 at Tarleton State L, 41-6 fort to raise money to battle Texas A&M-Kingsville 11/5/88 Tarleton State W, 20-17 Duchenne muscular dystro- Nov. 1, 2014 9/30/89 Tarleton State L, 20-6 phy by wearing a Coach to Javelina Stadium 11/4/89 at Tarleton State L, 49-11 Cure MD patch to raise Kingsville, Texas 11/3/90 at Tarleton State L, 35-0 awareness of the disease. 11/2/91 Tarleton State W, 41-14 Duchenne muscular 7 p.m. 9/10/94 at Tarleton State L, 45-21 dystrophy is the most com- 9/9/95 Tarleton State W, 44-35 9/5/96 at Tarleton State L, 23-10 mon fatal genetic disorder LSC Playoffs 11/8/97 at Tarleton State L, 29-28 diagnosed during childhood and primarily affects boys Nov. 8, 2014 11/7/98 Tarleton State L, 37-16 across races and cultures. TBA 11/6/99 at Tarleton State W, 21-3 Fans may donate to support the effort by going online TBA 11/4/00 at Tarleton State W, 44-23 to www.CoachtoCureMD.org or may have a $5 con- TBA 11/3/01 Tarleton State L, 44-37 tribution added to their wireless phone bill by texting the 9/11/04 Tarleton State L, 19-3 word CURE to 90999. 10/8/05 at Tarleton State L, 37-7 LSC Playoffs 10/14/06 Tarleton State L, 38-17 Nov. 15, 2014 10/13/07 at Tarleton State L, 44-32 TBA 10/11/08 Tarleton State L, 37-16 TBA 10/10/09 at Tarleton State L, 31-28 10/30/10 Tarleton State W, 31-26 TBA 10/8/11 Tarleton State W, 44-13 9/8/12 at Tarleton State L, 20-17 9/14/13 vs. Tarleton State L, 27-24 GAME 3: SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 Game Notes Page 2 MSU tops LSC in new millenium About Bill Maskill AFCA Poll Midwestern State has blazed its way to the top of Bill Maskill is in his 15th season as a head coach Sept. 22, 2014 Rk Team Record the Lone Star Conference as one of the most steady and 13th campaign at Midwestern State. 1 Northwest Missouri State (29) 3-0 programs in all of NCAA Division II. He has led the Mustangs to winning ledgers in each 2 Colorado State-Pueblo (2) 3-0 The Mustangs have averaged more than seven wins of his years at the helm of the program including the 3 Minnesota State-Mankato 3-0 a season since the start of the 2000 season and over- school’s first Lone Star Conference championship in 4 Minnesota-Duluth 3-0 took Tarleton State to become the league’s winning 2009 and first undefeated regular season in 2011. 5 North Alabama 2-0 percentage leader over the last decade after defeating Under ’s guidance, MSU has advanced to 6 Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 3-0 Maskill 7 Henderson State (Ark.) 3-0 Southwestern Oklahoma 46-9 on Sep. 18, 2010. the NCAA Division II postseason in the 2004, 2006, 8 Pittsburg State (Kan.) 3-0 Records since 2000 | MSU ranks 1st in LSC 2009, 2011 and 2012 seasons while amassing an 9 Ohio Dominican 3-0 Team Record Pct. 97-37 record (.724). He was named LSC Coach of 10 West Chester (Pa.) 3-0 Midwestern State 111-44 .716 the Year in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and was the AFCA 11 Shepherd (W. Va.) 3-0 Tarleton State 103-54 .656 Regional Coach of the Year in 2011. 12 Delta State (Miss.) 2-0 Texas A&M-Kingsville 95-65 .594 In all, Maskill has coached 15 All-Americans (to 13 Bloomsburg (Pa.) 3-0 West Texas A&M 101-70 .591 some 53 mentions), 58 all-region selections and 63 14 Ferris State (Mich.) 3-0 Eastern New Mexico 69-82 .457 All-Lone Star Conference first teamers in his 12 15 Winston Salem State (N.C.) 2-1 Angelo State 63-87 .420 16 Harding (Ark.) 2-0 Texas A&M-Commerce 58-91 .389 seasons in Wichita Falls. 17 Colorado Mines 3-0 Maskill is starting his 46th year as a football coach. 18 Midwestern State (Texas) 2-0 Movin’ On Up His coaching experience includes stops as a Division 19 Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 2-1 The Mustangs moved up to 18th in the AFCA Divi- I assistant at Vanderbilt (twice), Southern Methodist, 20 Winona State (Minn.) 3-0 sion II Coaches Poll this week, advancing from 23rd after Wake Forest, Oregon, Tulane, Louisville, Arizona State, 21 Valdosta State (Ga.) 2-1 the win against Eastern New Mexico. Bowling Green and Iowa. 22 Slippery Rock (Pa.) 3-0 MSU has ranked in the Top 25 in 34 of the last 39 polls 23 West Alabama 2-1 Maskill has a 110-45 overall record (.710) and led and the Mustangs have received an appearance on at least 24 Sioux Falls (S.D.) 3-0 Southeast Missouri State to a 1988 MIAA Co-Cham- 25 Findlay (Ohio) 3-0 one ballot in 100 of the last 101 reporting periods dating pionship.