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2015 Football NORTHWESTERN STATE DEMONS 2015 Football Northwestern State (0-5, 0-3) 9/3 * No. 19 SOUTHEASTERN LA. L 34-20 Northwestern State Demons (0-5, 0-3) 9/12 at UL Lafayette L 44-17 vs. 9/19 at Mississippi State L 62-13 Lamar Cardinals (3-2, 2-1) 9/26 * CENTRAL ARKANSAS L 49-21 10/3 * at Incarnate Word L 45-31 6:00 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17 10/17 * LAMAR 6:00 Turpin Stadium (15,971) 10/24 * at McNeese State 6:00 10/31 * at Nicholls 3:00 Natchitoches, Louisiana 11/7 * ABILENE CHRISTIAN 6:00 11/14 * at Sam Houston State TBA 11/21 * STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 3:00 Radio: The Demon Sports Network *denotes Southland Conference game (Patrick Netherton, Play-by-Play • Richard de Vargas, Analyst • Tony Taglavore, Sideline) Lamar (3-2, 2-1) 9/5 Bacone College (Okla.) W 66-3 Video Stream: NSUDemons.com/watch 9/12 at Baylor L 66-31 PPV for $6.95 24-hour, $10.95 monthly, $79.95 yearly all -access 9/19 * at Sam Houston State W 49-46 10/1 * at Southeastern Louisiana L 30-27 Open date, Homecoming hopefully a winning combo 10/10 * Abilene Christian W 44-28 Northwestern State got a break last week, and celebrates Homecoming 10/17 * at Northwestern State 6:00 10/24 * Central Arkansas 6:00 Saturday. After nine straight football-packed weeks, the Demons had five days 10/31 * at Houston Baptist 2:00 off club-sandwiched around four workouts before the start of gameplan 11/7 * Nicholls 6:00 installation at Tuesday’s practice. 11/14 * at Incarnate Word 2:00 11/21 * McNeese State 6:00 The Demons aim for a turnaround as they pass the midpoint of the season *denotes Southland Conference game without a win for the first time since 2009. Last year they beat three of the six remaining foes, didn’t play Lamar, and had a last-minute loss to McNeese and a Northwestern State Quick Facts Location .......................... Natchitoches, Louisiana last-play loss at SFA. Founded ................................................. 1884 Athletic Affiliation ............... NCAA Division I FCS Athletic greats in Homecoming spotlight Enrollment ................................ 9,179 Fall 2015 Three prominent Demon football figures are among the nine people being Colors ..................... Purple & White, orange trim honored Saturday by the N-Club Hall of Fame. Career passing and all-purpose All-Time Record ..................... 519-447-22 (.531) king Brad Laird, single-season all-purpose record-holder and Hula Bowl 2014 Record ................................ 6-6 (4-4 SLC) participant Clarence Matthews, and innovative head coach (1975-82) A.L. Starters Returning/Lost ........ 15 (11 O&D)/14 (13) Williams are in the spotlight. Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................... 50/26 Southland Conference Championships/last ... 4, 2004 NCAA D I Playoff Appearances/last ........... 4, 2004 Also being honored: tennis star Willie Paz, soccer’s Holly Horn Broussard, Offensive Scheme ................................. Multiple basketball greats Lisa Brewer and Charles Bloodworth, track and field 3x All- Defensive Scheme ........................ 4-3-4/Multiple American Eric Lancelin and longtime compliance director Dustin Eubanks. Head Coach..................................... Jay Thomas After a 10 AM Saturday ceremony, they’ll be introduced at halftime, along Record at NSU ...................... 12-17 (8-4 at home) with the student-selected 22-member Homecoming Honors Court, topped by Record Overall ................... 39-52 (.429, 9th year) King Matthew Whittaker and Queen Brittany McConathy. NSU Sports Information Director ....................................... Doug Ireland Demons desperately seeking turnovers Phone ......................................... 318-357-6467 Through five games, NSU has generated only 5 turnovers (4 fumble Cell............................................ 318-471-2086 recoveries, 1 interception). Good news: thankfully, the Demons haven’t been Email .................................... [email protected] overwhelmed by their own 8 turnovers (3 fumbles lost, 5 interceptions Assistant .......................................... Jason Pugh thrown, 2 on Hail Mary’s). Turpin Stadium Press Box ................ 318-357-4529 Website ................................. NSUDemons.com NSU Twitter .............................. @NSUDemons NSU ranked fifth in FCS last year by forcing 30 turnovers, 15 coming in the NSU Football Twitter ................ @NSUDemonsFB first 5 games of 2014. Hashtag .....................................#demoNSUnite Facebook ...................................../NSUDemons Game Six • Northwestern State vs. Lamar • Saturday, October 17 • 6:00 p.m. JAY In 2009, the Demons forced only 9 turnovers, and in 2010, just 13. Since THOMAS then the counts are good: 28 in 2011, 20 in 2012, 19 in 2013 and 30 in 2014. Head Coach Southern Miss., 1988 Short fields few and far between so far 12 - 17 overall at NSU NSU got two short fields at UIW, the first two it obtained since the 39 - 52 career, start 9th year season opener. The Demons drove 40 yards for a TD and threw a Hail 24 - 32 in Southland games Mary interception just before halftime. Their three short fields vs. SLU 1-0 vs. Lamar at NSU (23, 33, 49 yard lines) netted an opening FG, a punt and a lost fumble. Jay Thomas has produced the best back-to-back seasons in a decade, and much more, for Northwestern State football during his first Opponents have scored on all five of their “active” short fields two years in charge of the Demons. As a result, he received a two- (discounting two at the end of each half vs. SLU, when the Lions ran a year contract extension from veteran athletics director Greg Burke, play each time to wipe out the clock). UIW had a 34-yard TD drive, and established the foundation for extended success. UCA got two TDs and a field goal going only 27, 11 and 42 yards, A key: his deep knowledge of the Southland Conference gained Mississippi State had a 33-yard TD drive and UL Lafayette had a 40-yard through 16 seasons in the league, including six as head coach at TD drive. Nicholls. He was finalist for national coach of the year honors in a 2005 playoff season by the Colonels. Containing run game vital for Demon bounceback Key No. 2: a rock-solid approach to every phase of the program, Southeastern Louisiana (438 yards) and UL Lafayette (360 yards) including a significant surge in academic performance with a 960 pounded away on the ground at the Demons, who are giving up 7.7 yards single-year APR for 2013-14 in the 2015 report. A combined 27 per carry. Mississippi State averaged 7.4 ypc while posting 275 rushing players coached by Thomas graduated in NSU’s two commencement exercises during 2014-15. yards. UCA averaged 5.1 ypc on 262 yards. UIW averaged 5.9 ypc with 235 yards. The Demons have restored the roar to the Purple Swarm defense while making significant rewrites to the NSU offensive record The 312-yard pg average yield ranks 121st, second worst among 123 FCS book, shattering 30 marks in 2014. Last year’s season included noteworthy wins over Conference USA runner-up Louisiana Tech defenses. NSU is getting hit for 6.8 ypc. and FCS semifinalist and Southland co-champion Sam Houston State. Three one-score losses in league play and another in the There’s a slight improvement in the last two games. UCA and UIW season opener denied them a breakthrough season against a combined for a 248.5 rushing average, 5.6 ypc (497 yards, 89 att.). schedule ranked 10th strongest in the country. Thomas, 54, had been defensive coordinator and assistant head Demons aiming for more explosive plays coach in 2012 alongside his close friend Darryl Daye at Division II The Demons have only 16 explosive plays from scrimmage of 20 yards or Missouri Southern in Joplin, following two seasons as the Demons’ more: six running (by four different players) and 10 passing (by five defensive line coach and assistant head coach in 2010 and 2011. different players). They have produced 547 yards, 32% of NSU’s total Previously, Thomas spent 14 seasons at Nicholls, the last six (2004- output. There’s been an explosive play every 21 snaps. Four came in 80 2009) as head coach. Despite hurricanes that interrupted preseason plays at UIW. or the regular season in three years, he had an overall 27-35 record that included Nicholls’ only Southland Conference championship (2005 co-championship) and wins over four nationally-ranked WRs Tuff McClain, Cody Jones and Shakeir Ryan, and RBs Daniel Taylor teams and FBS foe Rice. His Colonels finished the 2005 season and Chris Jones, are the only Demons with more than one. McClain ranked 17th in the Sports Network’s FCS Top 25, and reached a caught a 22-yarder vs. Southeastern, a 29-yarder at UL Lafayette, a 41- school-record high ranking of 13th in 2007. yarder vs. UCA and a 30-yarder vs. UIW. Jones had a 26-yard run on a Thomas guided Nicholls to a pair of winning seasons and a .500 fake punt and a 48-yard pass reception, both at UL Lafayette, and a 36- record in a third season in a program that had only one season yard catch at UIW. Ryan caught a 44-yard TD pass vs. Southeastern and a of .500 or better in the previous seven campaigns. His three .500 24-yarder at Mississippi State. or better seasons gave Nicholls three of only four at that level in the past 14 years. He was defensive line coach at Southeast Missouri State from 1993-99 and was a graduate assistant coach under the The longest run: Daniel Taylor’s 51-yard TD at UIW. legendary Pete Jenkins at LSU from 1988-90. The longest pass play: a 51-yard J.D. Almond pass to Bobby Chan-Chan Weekday Interview Policy vs. UCA. The other explosive pass play: a 28-yard Ed Eagan reception. Player interviews must be set up through SID Doug Ireland at least one day in advance to minimize demands on the student-athletes’ The only explosive scoring plays: Ryan’s 44-yard catch vs.
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