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2 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES • 7 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 11 FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS FOOTBALL // 2018 GAME NOTES FB Contact: Ben Rikard • O: 936-294-1764 • C: 936-554-2077 • Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @BearkatsFB at Houston Baptist GAME DATE: Nov. 17, 2018 TIME: 2:04 pm WHERE: Houston, Texas 11 STADIUM: Husky Stadium WHERE TO WATCH WHERE TO LISTEN SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS HOUSTON BAPTIST HUSKIES OVERALL: 5-5 SOUTHLAND: 4-4 OVERALL: 1-9 SOUTHLAND: 0-8 Location ..................................................................... Huntsville, Texas Location: .................................................................... Houston, Texas Enrollment ....................................................................................20,477 Enrollment .................................................................................... 3,325 Stadium ...................................................... Elliott T. Bowers Stadium Stadium .......................................................................Husky Stadium Capacity .........................................................................................12,975 Capacity ........................................................................................ 5,000 Colors ............................................................................Orange & White Colors .................................................................Royal Blue & Orange SLC DIGITAL NETWORK BROADCAST INFO Head Coach .......................................................................... K.C. Keeler Head Coach .........................................................................Vic Shealy Play By Play ......................................................Tom Framklin Alma Mater ..................................................................Delaware, 1981 Alma Mater .............................................................Richmond, 1984 Analysis .................................................................. Ken Moore Overall Record .........................................................................225-90-1 Overall Record .........................................................................39-52-1 Record at SHSU .............................................................................51-17 Record at HBU ..............................................................................10-44 KSAM BROADCAST INFO Play By Play ............................................... Kooter Roberson TEAM STATS TEAM STATS Analysis ......................................................................E.P. Garth Points per game ...............................................................................28.8 Points per game .............................................................................30.2 Sideline................................................................Brian Adams Yards per game.............................................................................. 420.3 Yards per game............................................................................ 394.8 Yards passing per game ............................................................. 295.6 Yards passing per game ........................................................... 276.7 LIVE STATS Yards rushing per game ............................................................. 124.7 Yards rushing per game ........................................................... 118.1 HBUHuskies.com Points allowed per game ..............................................................28.9 Points allowed per game ............................................................44.6 Yards allowed per game ............................................................. 420.1 Yards allowed per game ........................................................... 502.0 TWITTER UPDATES @BearkatsFB INDIVIDUAL RETURNING OFFENSIVE STAT LEADERS INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE STAT LEADERS Rushing .................................................................Kyran Jackson, 75.2 Rushing .......................................Dreshawn Minnieweather, 52.9 Passing ...........................................................................Ty Brock, 270.8 Passing ...............................................................Bailey Zappe, 261.7 2018 BEARKAT SCHEDULE Receiving ...........................................................Nathan Stewart, 96.3 Receiving ............................................................Jerreth Sterns, 61.7 Sept. 8 PRAIRIE VIEW Huntsville W, 41-32 BEARKAT BYTES Sept. 15 NORTH DAKOTA Huntsville L, 24-23 - Following its loss at UIW, the Bearktas fell out of the STATS FCS Top 25 poll this week. It snapped a Sept. 22 at No. 18 Nicholls* Thibodaux, La. L, 27-7 streak of 55 consecutive weeks for the Bearkats within the Top 25 poll. The Kats fell out of the top 10 after its loss to North Dakota, with the following poll was the first poll released without the Kats Sept. 29 No. 13 CENTRAL ARK.* Huntsville W, 34-31 ot ranked inside the top 10 since Nov. 9, 2015. Oct. 6 vs Stephen F. Austin*^ Houston W, 54-21 Oct. 13 at Northwestern State* Natchitoches, La. W, 42-28 - In 55 games since 2014, the Kats have scored 30 or more points 50 times, going 46-4 in those Oct. 20 at Lamar* Beaumont L, 41-23 games. They have reached the 40-point mark 36 times, going 34-2 in those games. Oct. 27 SOUTHEASTERN LA.* Huntsville W, 28-25 - Senior wide receiver Davion Davis took hold of a Southland Conference record vs Lamar, catching Nov. 3 at Incarnate Word* San Antonio L, 43-26 2 touchdown passes to give him 40 for his career. That broke a tie former SFA wide receiver Cordell Nov. 10 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* Huntsville W, 17-10 Roberson’s all-time Southland Conference mark of 39 career touchdown grabs. He is the active Nov. 17 at Houston Baptist* Houston 2 pm leader in all of Division I in career TD catches, trailing only Brody Oliver’s 55 (Div 2 - Colo. School of * Southland Conference game Mines) and Chad Hovasse’s 42 (Div 2 - Adams State). ^ NRG Stadium (Houston) - The Kats are 19-11 all-time in the FCS playoffs and own the country’s third-best winning percent- age (.633) in the playoffs. The 2017 season was SHSU’s seventh straight appearance in the FCS ALL-TIME FACTS playoffs and 11th overall. Total Games Played......................................................................1,033 All-Time Record .....................................Won 531 Lost 467 Tied 35 NCAA Division I Record ........................Won 224 Lost 164 Tied 3 Southland Conference Record..............Won 122 Lost 93 Tied 2 SLC Titles ...................1991, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 FCS Playofs ..................................................1986, 1991, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 7 SLC Titles: 1991 • 2001 • 2004 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 BEARKAT MEDIA RELATIONS WITH A BEARKAT WIN ... Ben Rikard, Assistant Athletic Director (FB) - K.C. Keeler would win his 226th career game. He is currently 15th all-time among FCS head Telephone: (936) 294-1764 coaches, 6 wins ahead of former Wofford coach Mike Ayers and former SHSU coach Ron Randleman. He is 3 wins behind former Ohio State and Youngstown State head coach Jim Tressell for 14th all- Cell: (936) 554-2077 time among coaches who spent at least 10 years at FCS schools. His 226 victories are the third most Email: [email protected] among active coaches in the FCS. Jason Barfield, Associate Athletic Director Telephone: (936) 294-3533 - Keeler would also win his 52nd game as head coach of the Bearkats and would move into a tie for Email: [email protected] eighth in the all-time top 10 among Southland Conference coaches with former ULM head man Shannon Carrico, Media Services Coordinator Pat Collins. His 52nd win would also put him just 2 wins back of J.W. Jones for third place all-time at Telephone (936) 294-2692 SHSU. Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.gobearkats.com - Sam Houston would assure itself of its ninth consecutive winning season. The Kats have not had Fax: (936) 294-3538 a sub-.500 campaign since the 2009 team went 5-6. The current 8-year streak of winning seasons is the longest in school history with the next most being 5 in a row from 1952-56 under Paul Pierce. Press Box: (936) 294-1838 Facebook: Bearkat Athletics - The Kats would close out the regular seaosn with a victory for the fifth sixth straight season, not Twitter: @BearkatSports & @BearkatsFB having lost a regular season-finale since a 49-31 loss at Central Arkansas in 2013. FCS NATIONAL POLLS STATS FCS POLL NCAA COACHES POLL 1 North Dakota State (155) 1 North Dakota State (26) 2 Kenesaw State 2 Kennesaw State 3 Weber State 3 Eastern Washington 4 Eastern Washington 4 Weber State 5 South Dakota State 5 South Dakota State 6 Jacksonville State 6 Colgate 7 James Madison 7 Jacksonville State 8 Colgate 8 James Madison 9 UC Davis 9 Princeton 10 Stony Brook 10 Stony Brook LEFTOVERS FROM A 17-10 LOSS TO ABILENE CHRISTIAN ... 11 Princeton 11 UC Davis - Nathan Stewart and Ty Brock hooked up for an 88-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter that 12 North Carolina A&T 12 Elon gave the Bearkats a 10-7 lead at the time. The play was tied for the sixth-longest pass play in Bearkat 13 Wofford 13 North Carolina A&T history and the longest since Brett Hicks hit Brandon Perry for a 94-yard touchdown in the 2006 14 Elon 14 Wofford season. 15 Towson 15 Nicholls 16 Maine 16 Towson - The loss was the second for the Bearkats at Bowers Stadium in 2018. It marks the first time since 17 Delaware