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#18/20 CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS (2-2, 1-1 Southland Conference) vs. HOUSTON BAPTIST HUSKIES (1-3, 0-2 Southland Conference) • GAME 5 INFORMATION • DATE: ............... Saturday, Oct. 6 2018 SLC STANDINGS TIME: ................. 6:00 p.m. SITE: ................. “The Stripes” • Conway, Ark. SCHOOL ........................... SLC .....% .................ALL .....% .............. STR COVERAGE: ..... KUCA 91.3 FM • The Point 94.1 • McNeese State .................. 3-0 .......1.000 ...........4-1 ........800........... W-1 ucasports.com/KUCA Incarnate Word .................. 2-0 .......1.000 ...........2-2 ........500........... W-2 Nicholls .............................. 2-1 ........667 .............3-2 ........600........... W-2 SERIES: ........... UCA leads the series 4-0 SE Louisiana ..................... 2-1 ........667 .............2-3 ........400........... W-2 UCA ................................... 1-1 ........5000 ...........2-2 ........500........... L-1 THE SERIES: Northwestern St. ................ 1-1 ........500 .............2-2 ........500........... L-1 The Bears lead the series with the Huskies 4-0. UCA is 2-0 in games Sam Houston St. ............... 1-1 ........500 .............2-2 ........500........... W-1 played in Conway, and has outscored HBU 126-13 in those games. Abilene Christian ............... 1-2 ........333 .............2-3 ........400........... L-2 In the four meetings, UCA has outscored HBU 196-27. 10/11/14 ....... Conway ......... W, 70-0 Stephen F. Austin............... 1-2 ........333 .............1-3 ........250........... L-1 10/10/15....... Houston ......... W, 43-7 Houston Baptist ............... 0-2 ........000 .............1-3 ........250........... L-3 9/1/16........... Conway ......... W, 56-13 10/7/17......... Houston ......... W, 27-7 Lamar ................................ 0-3 ........000 .............1-4 ........200........... L-4 LAST GAME: The Bears came back from a two-score deficit in the fourth quarter to • LAST WEEK • force overtime Saturday at Sam Houston State, but then had a field goal Sam Houston State 34, UCA 31 OT attempt blocked in the extra period and lost 34-31. Nicholls 50, Lamar 27 UCA got a 38-yard TD run by Kierre Crossley with 8:56 to play, then SMU 63, Houston Baptist 27 backup quarterback Kirk Baugh hit TE Jack Short with a 3-yard TD pass McNeese State 17, Stephen F. Austin 10 to tie the game with 2:20 remaining. Southeastern Louisiana 24, Northwestern State 17 SHSU’s Tre Honshtein mad a 34-yard FG in overtime to win it after Incarnate Word 44, Abilene Christian 34 Matt Cummins’ attempt was blocked. • THIS WEEK • Junior RB Carlos Blackman had 135 rushing yards on 24 attempts Houston Baptist @ UCA - 6:00 (5.6 per rush), while QB Breylin Smith was 14 of 25 for 234 yards and a Sam Houston State vs. Stephen F. Austin - 1:00 (Houston) touchdown before a late ankle injury. Senior WR Jakari Dillard caught Nicholls @ Northwestern State - 6:00 four passes for 133 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown in the second Abilene Christian @ McNeese State - 6:00 quarter. Sophomore DB Jackie Harvell led all tacklers with 12 and added Southeastern Louisiana @ Incarnate Word - 4:00 an interception and a fumble recovery. • NEXT WEEK • LAST YEAR: UCA @ Stephen F. Austin - 2:00 The Bears held the Huskies scoreless for the final 3 1/2 quarters a Incarnate Word @ Lamar - 3:00 year ago to secure a hard-fought 27-7 victory at Husky Stadium. Houston Baptist @ Southeastern Louisiana - 4:00 The Bears finished with 407 yards of total offense, including 293 Sam Houston State @ Northwestern State - 6:00 through the air. Senior quarterback Hayden Hildebrand completed 19 of Nicholls @ Abilene Christian - 2:00 30 passes with two touchdowns, to senior Roman Gordon and freshman Brandon Myers. Gordon finished with career highs of five catches for 140 • OCTOBER 20 • yards. UCA vs. Northwestern State - 6:00 Sam Houston State @ Lamar - 3:00 UCA’s defense intercepted three passes (Tre Smith, Juan Jackson, Stephen F. Austin @ Houston Baptist - 6:00 Robert Rochell) and recovered a fumble. HBU totaled 281 yards of of- Abilene Christian @ Southeastern Louisiana - 7:00 fense but just 41 (on 32 carries) on the ground. Carlos Blackman led McNeese State @ Incarnate Word - 4:00 UCA’s rushing attack with just 45 yards on 17 carries. UCA totaled 114 yards on the ground. THIS IS UCA FOOTBALL 3 National championships 2008, 2012, 2017 SLC Champions 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 NCAA FCS Playoffs 511 All-Conference selections 115 All-Americans 26 Conference Titles 21 posteason appearances1 64 NCAA All-Academic picks QUARTERBACK DOWN: team and honorable mentions, UCA had a league-high 20 selections. UCA starting quarterback Breylin Smith broke his right ankle late in the Sam Houston State game last Saturday. Smith, a redshirt sophomore THE POLLS: from Conway, was leading the SLC in pass efficiency (160.3), completing The Bears, who finished 10-2 and lost in the second round of the 77 of 112 (68.7%) of his passes for 1,009 yards, with 6 touchdowns and FCS Playoffs last December, were ranked as high as third in the nation 1 interception, and also had 39 rushing yards and two TDs. during the 2017 season. UCA drew the No. 4 national seed in the playoffs, The next man up is junior Kirk Baugh (White Hall, Ark.), who has getting a first-round bye and a second-round home game. appeared in 19 games over the past three seasons. He finished up the UCA finished 8th and 10th in the end-of-season polls. overtime loss at SHSU last weekend, tying the game with a 3-yard touch- The Bears (2-2) are ranked 18th and 20th in the FCS polls this week down pass to tight end Jack Short with 2:20 remaining in regulation. For after losing in overtime to Sam Houston, which is ranked 16/17. McNeese his career, Baugh is 9 of 15 for 97 yards and a touchdown and has rushed State is No. 9/10 and Nicholls State is No. 12. 28 times for 27 yards and another TD. His backups will be redshirt freshman Luke Hales (6-2, 231, Green- wood, Ark.) and true freshman BeSean McCray (6-1, 175, Orlando, Fla.). BEAR TRACKS... • The overtime game against SHSU last week was UCA’s first since a 44-41 Former QB Kolt Harfield (JR, 6-7, 235, Sugar Land, Texas) moved to tight overtime win over Lamar in Conway in 2014. It was UCA’s first OT loss at end this fall but could return to the backfield if needed. the Division I level. The Bears were 4-0 in overtime before the SHSU loss. The Bears had a similar situation in 2013 when starting QB Wynrick • Sophomore TE Jack Short caught his first career pass vs. SHSU, a 3-yard Smothers broke his ankle in the sixth game against Nebraska-Kearney touchdown from Kirk Baugh that tied the game at 31-31 with 2:20 to play. and missed the remainder of his senior season. Ryan Howard, UCA’s • UCA senior PK Matt Cummins has had 11 touchbacks on kickoffs this current receivers and special teams coach, replaced him and threw for season through four games and is averaging 59.5 yards per kickoff. He 1,848 yards and 14 touchdowns on the season. is also 3 of 4 on field-goal attempts, with a long of 40 vs. Tulsa. • UCA junior RB Carlos Blackman topped the 1,500-yard career rushing REIGNING SLC CHAMPIONS: mark against Murray State and now has 1,723 yards and 18 touchdowns The UCA Bears finished a clean sweep in the Southland Conference for his career, just 277 yards short of becoming UCA’s 14th player to rush race last season with a 9-0 mark, one game ahead of Sam Houston State, for 2,000 yards. The last was Brent Grimes (3,060 yds, 2006-09). The which UCA beat 41-30 on Sept. 30 in Conway. all-time leader is UCA Hall of Famer Hosea Knowlton (4,549, 1990-93). After a season-opening loss at FBS and Top 25 Kansas State, the • Carlos Blackman is third in the SLC in rushing, averaging 84.2 yards Bears did not lose again until the FCS Playoffs, winning 10 straight games per game. HBU’s Dreshawn Minniweather is 2nd at 98.7. to earn the SLC’s automatic berth into the playoffs and a No. 4 national • UCA has three players with more than 100 career tackles. They are seed. The national seed was the first since UCA moved to Division I in senior LB Raphael Garner (133) and junior safety Juan Jackson (133), 2006-07. along with senior tackle Eric Jackson (100). The Bears have not finished lower than third in the Southland Confer- ence final standings since 2010. That includes an SLC title in 2012 when • Senior WR Lester Wells has caught 24 passes in the past three games, they finished 6-1 and tied with SHSU, but won the head-to-head battle 9 vs. Murray State, 10 vs. SLU and 5 vs. SHSU. Wells leads the SLC in 24-20. The Bears have been in postseason play three of the past six receptions per game at 6.5, tied with SHSU’s Davion Davis. seasons. UCA also finished first in the SLC in 2008 with a 6-1 record but • Sophomore WR Brandon Myers has 29 career catches and 7 of those was ineligible for postseason play because of the transition to Division I. are touchdowns. Over the past three+ seasons, UCA is 25-3 in the SLC. • UCA is averaging just 42.8 yards per game in penalties, second in the SLC (23 penalties, 171 yards in 4 games). • UCA won its fifth consecutive SLC opener three weeks ago with a 33-25 ALL-SOUTHLAND: road win at Southeastern Louisiana before last week’s open date.