2011 ALABAMA STATE FOOTBALL at Texas Southern Tigers Saturday, Oct
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2011 ALABAMA STATE FOOTBALL at Texas Southern Tigers Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 Houston, Texas 1 p.m. Delmar Stadium (12,500) ALABAMA STATE (4-1, 4-0 SWAC) THE GAME: The Alabama State Hornets will play the Texas Southern Tigers in a rematch of the 2010 SWAC Championship SEPTEMBER Game. 3 @ Miss. Valley State* W, 41-9 10 @ Eastern Michigan L, 7-14 THE SERIES: The series between the Hornets and Tigers is tied 17 Grambling State* W, 31-17 11-11-2. Texas Southern tied the series last season with a pair 24 @ Jackson State* W, 21-14 of wins over Alabama State. TSU downed the Hornets 21-7 in OCTOBER Montgomery on Oct. 2. Just over two months later, TSU edged 1 Alcorn State* W, 31-23 the Hornets 11-6 in the SWAC Championship Game on Dec. 11 8 @ Texas Southern* 1 p.m. in Birmingham. 15 Prairie View A&M* (ESPNU^) 1 p.m. Prior to last season, the teams last met in 2007, with Alabama 29 vs. Alabama A&M* (ESPNU^) 2:30 p.m. State posting a 21-10 road win on Sept. 8 Birmingham, Ala. 70th State Farm Magic City Classic LAST WEEK: Alabama State won its seventh straight SWAC NOVEMBER game, defeating Alcorn State 31-23. Texas Southern lost at 5 @ Arkansas-Pine Bluff* 2:30 p.m. Jackson State 58-13. 12 Southern* 1 p.m. 24 Tuskegee (ESPNU%) 3 p.m. FAST START Getting out the gates quickly has been a staple of 88th Turkey Day Classic Reggie Barlow’s ASU teams, as three times in five years the DECEMBER Hornets have started 3-1. However, for the first time since 2007, 10 SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP (ESPNU%) Noon ASU is 4-1 overall. For the first time since the 2005 season, the Birmingham, Ala. Hornets are 4-0 in SWAC play. * SWAC Games ^ Tape Delay % Live HORNETS VOTED #1: The Alabama State University football TEXAS SOUTHERN (2-2, 1-2 SWAC) team has been voted as the top-ranked team in Black College Football by several major polls. The Sheridan Broadcasting SEPTEMBER Network (SBN) media poll, Heritage Sports Radio Network 10 Prairie View* L, 34-37 (HSRN) media poll, and both the Boxtorow.com media and 17 Texas College W, 49-6 coaches polls all voted the Hornets number one. 24 Alcorn State* W, 14-7 29 @ Jackson State* L, 13-58 NOTABLES OCTOBER 8 Alabama State* 1 p.m. • Alabama State is 3-0 this season, has won 10 straight games 13 @ Alabama A&M* 6 p.m. and is 30-4 since 2003 when scoring at least 30 points. 22 Central State 2 p.m. 29 @ Miss. Valley State* 2 p.m. • With three takeaways against Alcorn State, the Hornets have NOVEMBER forced at least one turnover in 24 straight games (67 takeaways 5 Southern* 6 p.m. over that time: 28 fumbles/39 INTs). 12 @ Grambling State* 8 p.m. 19 @ Arkansas-Pine Bluff* 1 p.m. • Wide receiver Nick Andrews became the Hornets’ career * SWAC Games leader in receiving touchdowns last week with 24. He is also second and fourth in ASU history in receptions and receiving ON THE AIR yards, respectively, and moved to sixth in scoring. Radio WVAS-FM 90.7 • CB Saeed Lee’s has three interceptions in the past two games. Jonathan Spells, play-by-play (20-yard pick 6 at Jackson State; 2 INTs vs. Alcorn State). Tony Fleming, analyst Robb Taylor, sideline reporter • Career highs vs. Alcorn State: QB Greg Jenkins (297 passing Jay Holcey, studio reporter yards, 59 rushing yards; 356 yards total offense); Andrews (185 receiving yards); RB Quendarius McKibben (17 carries); Lee INTERNET (two interceptions). WWW.TSUBALL.COM ALABAMA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION Duane Lewis - Sports Information Director/Football Contact 915 S Jackson St. Montgomery, Ala. 35216 W: 334-229-5230 www.bamastatesports.com [email protected] FIVE NEW FACES JOIN COACHING STAFF Fred Kaiss (Offensive Coordinator) joins the ASU staff from Hampton University, where in his second stint there, he served as offensive coordinator in 2010. He previously coached the Pirates from 2001-06, serving as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach/recruiting coordinator and special teams coordinator. His offense averaged 44.6 points per game in 2004 in the first of back-to-back Black College National Championship seasons for Hampton. Kaiss also twice coached at Tennessee State. He initially served the Tigers as special teams coordinator/wide receivers coach (1997-99). Upon his return he was offensive coordinator (2006-09) and also wide receivers coach (2009). No stranger to the SWAC, Kaiss coached running backs, was recruiting coordinator and special teams’ coordinator at Southern (1993-96), helping the Jaguars win two Black College National titles (1993, 1995). He also was offensive coordinator/receivers coach at Alabama A&M (2000- 01). Kaiss, a part of four national championship teams as a coach, began his collegiate coaching career in 1992 as the offensive coordinator, quarterback coach and receivers coach at Morgan State. Shannon Harris (Receivers) comes to ASU after also spending one season at Hampton as quarterbacks coach under Kaiss. He previously spent six seasons at Tennessee State, serving in various capacities, and quarterbacks coach (2004, 2009), tight ends coach (2005) and receivers coach (2006-08).He played collegiately at Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (1998-2000), where he was selected to the All-Mississippi South team and played in the Mississippi Junior College All- Star game. The Wiggins, Miss. native played quarterback for TSU from 2001-02, setting a school record for total offense with 3,137 yards as a senior. After his playing career at TSU ended, he remained with the program as a student assistant coach. He also played the 2003 season with the Shreveport Battle Wings of the Arena Football League II. Willard Scissum (Offensive Line) comes to the Hornets from Alcorn State, where he served as offensive line coach (2008-10). Scissum, who coached the offense line for NFL Europe’s Berlin Thunder and Ft. Valley State (2007), spent six seasons at Morehouse College, first as offensive line coach (1998-2000) and later as head coach (2002-2005), sandwiched around a brief stint as co-offensive coordinator at Morris Brown (2001). The Huntsville, Ala. native was a four-year starter at the University of Alabama, where he was a member of three bowl teams while playing two seasons for the legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant. Scissum played professionally for four seasons (1985-88), playing in both the National Football League (with the Denver Broncos and the Washington Redskins) and Canadian Football Leagues (with the Calgary Stampede and British Columbia Lions). His coaching career began as a student assistant at Alabama A&M (1991-94), before joining the Crimson Tide staff as a grad assistant (94-97). Dominique Stevenson (Safeties) comes to Alabama State after spending the past two years as an intern at LSU, where he helped mentor Linebacker Perry Riley who was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 4th round and free agent Linebacker Harry Coleman in 2010. Stevenson also helped mentor 1st round pick Patrick Peterson, who was First Team All-SEC and Thorpe Award Winner. Roy Dawkins (Secondary) was a four-year letterman and a three-year starter at defensive back for the Hornets from 1993-96, and was a teammate of Barlow’s for three seasons in the Black and Gold. Dawkins began his coaching career in the fall of 1997 as a student assistant at Alabama State. After graduating from ASU in 1999, he spent the past 12 seasons coaching in the high school and college ranks. Dawkins coached three seasons at Central Haynesville High School in Haynesville, Ala., serving one season as defensive coordinator and defensive back coach (1999) before becoming head coach for two seasons(2000-01). Dawkins spent the next three seasons in Montgomery, one as defensive back coach at Sidney Lanier High School (2002), and two at Huntingdon College (2003-04) in the same capacity. After two seasons coaching defensive backs at Raines High School (2005-06) in Jacksonville, Fla., Dawkins coached four years at Northview High in Dothan, Ala. He mentored the defensive line for two seasons (2007-08) before spending the past two seasons as defensive coordinator/defensive back coach (2009-10). PRESEASON HONORS/WATCH LIST 2011 HORNETS OFFENSIVE NOTES: Alabama State ranks seventh in the SWAC in total offense, averaging 319.0 #8 WR Nick Andrews yards per game. The Hornets rank ninth in rushing offense, 1st Team All-SWAC averaging 92.4 yards per game. ASU ranks third in passing 1st Team Phil Steele All-SWAC offense, gaining 226.6 yards per game. Alabama State ranks fourth in scoring offense, averaging 26.2 points per game. #59 DL Kynjee Cotton • Red-Zone Efficiency: Through the first month of the 1st Team All-SWAC season, the Alabama State offense has been efficient and 2nd Team Phil Steele All-SWAC potent inside the opponent’s 20-yard line. The Hornets have scored on 14 of 17 possessions in the red zone this #65 OL Edmond Davis season, with 11 of them ending in touchdowns. The 2nd Team Phil Steele All-SWAC 82.4% scoring percentage is third in the SWAC. #70 OL Terren Jones 2011 HORNETS DEFENSIVE NOTES: Alabama State ranks 1st Team All-SWAC fifth in the SWAC in total defense, allowing 347.4 yards per 1st Team Phil Steele All-SWAC game. The Hornets rank fifth in rushing defense, yielding 158.2 yards per game. ASU ranks second in passing defense, #32 CB Donovan Masline allowing 189.2 yards per game. Alabama State ranks first in 2nd Team All-SWAC the SWAC in scoring defense, allowing 15.4 points per game.