Missouri S&T Football Game Notes www.minerathletics.com Facebook.com/MinerSports Twitter.com/MinerSports John Kean, Sports Information Director Office : (573) 341-4140 Cell: (573) 578-4582 E-mail: [email protected] Missouri S&T Miners vs. Truman State Bulldogs Sat., Nov. 10, 2018 • Allgood-Bailey Stadium • Rolla, Mo. • 1 p.m. (Military Appreciation Day/Senior Day) Missouri S&T Truman State Ranking: Not ranked; received votes in AFCA poll Ranking: Not ranked and ranked No. 9 in Super Region 3 2018 Records: 6-4, 5-1 GLVC 2018 Records: 8-2, 5-1 GLVC Head Coach: Gregg Nesbitt Head Coach: Tyler Fenwick (49-48, 9th season; overall record same) (35-29, 6th year; overall record same) Game Coverage First and 10: Radio: KTTR Radio (99.7 FM, Rolla) • Missouri S&T will look to finish the 2018 regular season on a five-game winning and keep its hopes for a post-season berth alive as it hosts Truman State on Military Appreciation Day and Senior Day Video (GLVCSN) & Live Stats: at Allgood-Bailey Stadium. The Miners won their fourth straight contest with a 49-20 win Saturday at www.minerathletics.com McKendree to improve to 8-2 on the season, while Truman is coming off a 31-7 loss to Indianapolis (Go to Video & Live Stat links) and is 6-4 on the year. Both teams are 5-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. 2018 Schedule/Results (8-2 overall, 5-1 GLVC) • The Miners are ranked ninth this week in the NCAA Division II Super Region 3 rankings (listed on page 2) and received votes in the AFCA national poll for the third straight week. Prior to the Oct. 22 Date Opponent Time/Score rankings, S&T had not been been listed in the AFCA poll since the 2013 pre-season rankings. The Aug. 30 EASTERN NEW MEXICO W, 31-14 Miners’ appearance in the Super Region rankings is the team’s first since the 2012 campaign. Sept. 8 at Northwood W, 27-16 Sept. 15 at Drake L, 12-52 Sept. 22 at Tuskegee W, 16-7 • With a win Saturday, Missouri S&T will reach the nine-win mark in a season for just the fourth time in Sept. 29 at Southwest Baptist* W, 48-23 program history. The previous Miner teams to win at least nine in a campaign were the squads in Oct. 6 #22 INDIANAPOLIS* L, 17-24 1914 (9-0), 1980 (10-0) and 2012 (10-1). Last week’s win at McKendree made the current team just Oct. 13 WILLIAM JEWELL* W, 59-21 Oct. 20 at Quincy* W, 20-13 the sixth to win at least eight in a season. Oct. 27 LINCOLN* W, 45-7 Nov. 3 at McKendree* W, 49-20 • Thanks to four returns for scores this season, S&T has extended a streak to 14 straight years with Nov. 10 TRUMAN STATE* 1 p.m. at least one return (kickoff, punt, interception or fumble) for a score. Roderick Chapman has a *Great Lakes Valley Conference game punt and kickoff runback for a touchdown and is the first Miner with a return of a kickoff, punt and interception for a touchdown in his career. GLVC Football Standings S&T is one of just 11 teams in NCAA Division II with a kickoff, punt and interception return for a (Through Nov. 3, 2018) • touchdown this season; Truman State is one of the other 10 and only other GLVC team on the list. GLVC Overall Indianapolis 7-0 8-1 • Quarterback Tyler Swart and wide receiver Braxton Graham reached milestone plateaus in last Missouri S&T 5-1 8-2 week’s game. Swart became the fourth quarterback in GLVC history to reach 8,000 passing yards Truman State 5-1 6-4 McKendree 3-3 5-5 for his career and second with 70 touchdown throws. Graham hit the 3,000-yard mark for receptions Lincoln 2-4 3-7 and 5,000 for all-purpose yards; William Jewell’s Anthony Mullins is the only other with 5,000 yards. Quincy 2-4 3-7 William Jewell 1-6 1-8 Placekicker Ben Styron etched his name into the Miner record book in the month of October, Southwest Baptist 0-6 0-9 • becoming the all-time scoring leader among placekickers in S&T history with 225 points and also Upcoming GLVC schedule: broke the S&T career record for field goals made as he now has 36. Saturday, Nov. 10 S&T linebacker Landon Compton is the leading active tackler in the GLVC, as he has recorded 341 *Truman State at Missouri S&T, 1 p.m. • Ferris State at William Jewell, 12 p.m. stops in his three-plus seasons in a Miner uniform. Compton ranks fourth on the GLVC’s all-time *McKendree at Lincoln, 12 p.m. tackle list and fifth in school history, while heading S&T’s all-time list for tackles for a loss with 50.5. Indianapolis at Hillsdale, 1 p.m. *Southwest Baptist at Quincy, 1 p.m. • The Miners have earned 13 GLVC “Player of the Week” awards during the 2018 season, with End of regular season; NCAA Division II playoffs quarterback Tyler Swart earning the award four times and cornerback Roderick Chapman earning begin Nov. 17. three occasions. S&T has had a weekly award winner in nine of the 10 weeks of the 2018 season. (All times Central...*GLVC game) • MATCHUP TO WATCH: Miners vs. Truman’s kickoff return team: Truman enters Saturday’s game ranked third in NCAA-II in kickoff returns at 29.1 yards per runback, headed by national leader Lawrence Woods (48.6) per runback. Following 14 kickoffs this year, the Bulldogs have started a drive 10 times from at least their own 40-yard line and have returned four kicks for touchdowns. 2018 MISSOURI S&T FOOTBALL NOTES 2 S&T Head Coach Tyler Fenwick: AFCA Division II Rankings Tyler Fenwick is in his sixh season at the helm of Missouri S&T’s football program. (Nov. 5, 2018) Fenwick, the 19th head coach in the history of the S&T program, was the first to lead the Record Points Miners to a winning season in his first year as head coach since 1914. 1. Minnesota State 10-0 818 2. Ferris State 10-0 794 Fenwick came to S&T after a successful six-season stint as offensive coordinator at 3. West Georgia 10-0 731 4. Ouachita Baptist 10-0 707 Missouri Western; the Griffons played in the post-season in each of those six years, including 5. Valdosta State 9-0 661 an appearance in the NCAA Division II quarterfinals in 2012. MWSU was 53-18 during the 6. Minnesota Duluth 10-0 658 six years Fenwick served on its staff. He is a native of Los Angeles, Calif. and also coached 7. Tarleton State 9-0 634 at Occidental College in California for four years and MSU Moorhead in Minnesota for a year 8. Grand Valley State 9-1 593 9. West Chester 9-0 554 before joining the staff at Missouri Western. He played collegiately as a wide receiver at Los 10. CSU Pueblo 9-1 522 Angeles Valley College and at the University of New Mexico. 11. Notre Dame (Ohio) 10-0 466 12. Indianapolis 8-1 419 13. LIU Post 9-0 361 Among the best in the state: 14. Texas A&M-Commerce 8-2 354 Heading into Saturday’s game, MissourI S&T’s 8-2 record is tied for the second-best record 15. Colo. School of Mines 9-1 326 among football-playing playing schools in the state of Missouri. The Miners’ mark -- tied with 16. Midwestern State 8-2 279 17. Lenoir-Rhyne 9-1 275 that of Northwest Missouri State, trails only the 9-1 record posted by Evangel among the 21 18. Central Washington 8-2 260 schools playing football within the borders of the state. 19. Northwest Missouri State 8-2 232 20. Hillsdale 9-1 197 21. Kutztown 8-1 152 22. Fort Hays State 8-2 144 2018-19 Records for Missouri college football teams (Through Nov. 3) 23. Indiana, Pa. 8-2 136 24. Tiffin 9-1 125 Evangel (HAAC) ......................................... 9-1 ...........................Missouri State (MVFC)4-5 25. Harding 8-2 113 Missouri S&T (GLVC) ................................. 8-2 Westminster ................3-6 (Upper Midwest) Northwest Missouri State (MIAA) ............... 8-2 Culver-Stockton ........................3-7 (HAAC) GLVC teams and 2018 S&T opponents Avila (KCAC) .............................................. 7-2 Lincoln ....................................... (GLVC) 3-7 receiving votes: Missouri S&T (6 points). Southeast Missouri State (OVC) ................ 7-2 Lindenwood ............................... (MIAA) 3-7 Washington University (CCIW) .................. 7-2 .................Missouri Baptist3-7 (Mid-States) Missouri Western (MIAA) ........................... 6-4 Missouri .......................... Valley (HAAC)2-7 D2Football.com Rankings Truman State (GLVC)................................. 6-4 ...........................William Jewell (GLVC)1-8 (Nov. 6, 2018) Missouri (SEC) ........................................... 5-4 Missouri ...................... Southern1-9 (MIAA) Central Missouri (MIAA) ............................. 5-5 Southwest ..................... Baptist0-9 (GLVC) Record Central Methodist (HAAC).......................... 4-6 1. Minnesota State 10-0 2. Ferris State 10-0 3. West Georgia 10-0 Scoring streaks: 4. Ouachita Baptist 10-0 5. Minnesota Duluth 10-0 Missouri S&T broke two scoring streak records during the course of the 2017 season. The 6. Valdosta State 9-0 Miners have scored in each of their last 84 games since Sept. 17, 2011, the longest such 7. Tarleton State 9-0 streak in school history. However, the Miners’ streak of 12 straight games with at least 17 8.