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PITTSBURG STATE (1-2) vs WEST TEXAS A&m (3-2) Game 4 • noVember 21, 2020 • Noon (cst) • buffalo Stadium • canyon, texas PITTSBURG STATE (1-2) The Pittsburg State University football team will travel to Canyon, Texas Saturday (Nov. 21) to close out the abbreviated 2020 season against West Texas A&M University. O31 NEBRASKA-KEARNEY ..................................L, 26-31 Kickoff is set for Noon (CST) at Buffalo Stadium. N7 at Missouri Western .....................................W, 20-7 Pittsburg State, the winningest all-time NCAA Division II program, is competing in its 113th N14 at Stephen F. Austin ......................................L, 26-7 season of intercollegiate football at the institution. The Gorillas have accumulated 720 victories, n21 at West Texas a&m .............................. noon posting a 720-356-48 overall mark. Pitt State is 1-2 on the season. The Gorillas dropped a 26-7 decision to NCAA FCS member WEST TEXAS A&M (3-2) Stephen F. Austin State University last Saturday (Nov. 14) at Nacogdoches, Texas. Pitt State claimed S19 PANHANDLE STATE ......................................W, 58-7 a 20-7 road win over MIAA rival Missouri Western State University on Nov. 7 and the Gorillas fell, S26 at Angelo State ...........................................L, 10-21 31-26, at home to conference foe University of Nebraska-Kearney in their season opener on Oct. 31. O3 at Stephen F. Austin ......................................L, 6-34 West Texas A&M is 3-2 on the year. The Buffs are seeking their first action in three weeks after O24 ANGELO STATE ...........................................W, 34-27 their most recent game against Missouri Western was canceled last week due to the ongoing O31 NORTH AMERICAN .......................................W, 56-0 pandemic. WTAMU’s last game took place on Oct. 31 with the Buffs picking up a 56-0 victory n21 PITTSBURG STATE ................................noon over North American University. 2020 PITT STATE TEAM CAPTAINS the Coaches #7 morgan selemaea, 6-5, 220, SR, LB Brian Wright is in his first season as head football coach at Pitt State. He #10 Kaden roy, 6-3, 214, SR, LB was hired as the program’s 15th all-time head coach on December 7, 2019. #11 bryce murphy, 6-2, 195, JR, WR Wright, who is 1-2 leading the Gorillas and 5-2 overall as a head #22 tucker horak, 5-10, 179, SR, RB coach, came to Pitt State after serving the past four seasons as offensive #74 Zech Thomas, 6-4, 310, SR, OL coordinator/quarterbacks coach at the University of Toledo. In his four seasons with the Rockets, Wright helped guide offenses that GORILLAS ON RADIO/TV have been among the best in the Mid-American Conference while boasting four NFL draft picks. ESPN Radio 100.7 (KSHQ) in Pittsburg is the flag ship station for the Gorilla Sports Network with Eddie Prior to coming to Toledo, Wright coached at Florida Atlantic for four Lomshek (play-by-play), former PSU offensive lineman seasons as the Owls’ offensive coordinator. He stepped in as interim head coach for the final four Mike Smith (color analyst) and former PSU quarterback games of the 2013 season, leading the Owls to four consecutive victories and bowl eligibility Zac Dickey (sideline) describing the action. (6-6) for the first time since 2008. Football games can be heard as part of a network Prior to his stint at Florida Atlantic, Wright spent two seasons at Montana State as the offensive that includes KWXC 103.5 FM Pittsburg/Joplin; KLKC coordinator/quarterbacks coach. 93.5 FM in Parsons; KBIK 102.9 FM in Independence; Before heading west to Montana State, Wright served nine years at perennial FCS power KRZD 107.5 FM and 1550 AM in Springfield; ESPN 94.5 FM and 1510 AM in Kansas City. Coverage begins one Youngstown State. hour prior to kickoff each week Wright joined the Penguins’ staff in 2001 as quarterbacks coach, also working as offensive Fans can hear ESPN 100.7’s live broadcasts coordinator from 2005-09. He began his collegiate coaching career at Walsh (Ohio) University anywhere in the world on the internet at: as a graduate assistant in 1995-96. www.espn1007.com/go After a year as a graduate assistant at YSU in which the Penguins won the NCAA Division I-AA The games can also be heard through the ESPN national title, Wright returned to Walsh in 1998 and served until 2000. 100.7 or KSHQ app for phones or mobile devices. ESPN 100.7’s pregame show begins one hour prior Saturday’s action will mark Wright’s first match-up against West Texas A&M. to kickoff (home and away). Hunter Hughes is in his fourth season leading the WTAMU program and his fourth year as The Brian Wright Show also can be heard on ESPN a collegiate head coach. He has a 20-18 (.526) career record. He previously served as defensive 100.7 each Monday night from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. coordinator at Colorado State University-Pueblo for nine seasons and helped the ThunderWolves KODE TV (Pittsburg cable channel 2) also hosts capture the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship. This will be his first meeting vs. Pitt State. The Brian Wright Show on Monday nights at 6:30 p.m., with KODE sports director Jake Stansell and Coach Wright recapping the week’s Gorilla football action Gorillas on the Road and previewing upcoming contests. Pitt State has posted a 102-33-1 (.754) record in its last 136 road games (including post- season play) dating back to the start of the 1994 season. The Gorillas are 38-10 (.792) in their last 48 road games dating back to Oct. 23, 2010. Game #4 • Gorillas Vs. buffaloS • noV. 21, 2020 • canyon, texas 1 Psu-WTAMU OFFENSIVE COMParison (2020) the Pitt State - West Texas Series This will be the fourth all-time meeting between the Gorillas and Buffs in a series that dates total offense yards avg. all the way back to the 1938 season. The series is tied 1-1-1. West Texas A&M 2078 415.6 Pitt State defeated WTAMU, 41-3, in the last meeting Pittsburg State 1172 390.7 rushing offense yards avg. between the schools in the second round of the NCAA West Texas A&M 1098 219.6 Division II playoffs on Nov. 19, 2005 at Canyon, Texas. time in a bottle Pittsburg State 384 128.0 The chart below indicates the amount Passing offense yards avg. all-time WinninGest ProGrams of time Pitt State has spent in the lead, Pittsburg State 788 262.7 or trailing its opponent, this year: West Texas A&M 980 196.0 Pittsburg State is the all-time winningest NCAA Division II scoring offense Points avg. football program. The Gorillas, who are competing in their in lead (behind) West Texas A&M 164 32.8 113th season of intercollegiate competition, have compiled NEB KEARNEY 22:16 (30:22) Pittsburg State 53 17.7 a 720-356-48 overall record, winning 66.2 percent of their Western 53:19 Passing efficiency c-a-td-i yards rat. 1,124 all-time games. S.F. Austin (53:47) West Texas A&M 77-127-8-3 980 141.5 Pittsburg State is one of just seven NCAA Division II W. Texas A&M Pittsburg State 67-119-6-2 788 125.2 institutions to have recorded 600 all-time victories and Kickoff returns no/yards avg. the Gorillas became just the 33rd program – the first time spent in The lead: 75:35 Pittsburg State 10/202 20.2 Division II institution – across all levels of college football time opp. in The lead: 84:09 West Texas A&M 10/202 20.2 to reach the 700-win plateau. The Gorillas entered the Games held lead in: 2 third down conversions tot Pct. Games Trailed in: 2 West Texas A&M 26/65 40.0% 2020 ranked 32nd among all college football programs Pittsburg State 14/39 35.9% in all-time victories. time of Possession avg Tuskegee is second on the Division II all-time list West Texas A&M 28:37 with 696 victories, followed by Hillsdale (645), Carson- Pittsburg State 28:05 Newman (642) and Central Oklahoma (638). scoring Trends Penalties tot/yds avg WTAMU has a 524-518-21 (.503 ) record in 109 Points off Turnovers West Texas A&M 27/239 47.8 seasons of intercollegiate play. Points scored on the drive following an Pittsburg State 14/126 42.0 opponent fumble/interception. last WeeK’s Action Pitt state ....................... 0 Psu-WTAMU DEFENSIVE COMParison (2020) Stephen F. Austin scored the game’s final 16 points Opponents ............................ 7 to break open a three-point game and claim a 26-7 total defense yards avg. WTAMU .........................31 victory over Pittsburg State Saturday (Nov. 14) at Homer Pittsburg State 1011 337.0 Opponents ............................ 0 West Texas A&M 1703 340.6 Bryce Stadium. rushing defense yards avg. SFA (6-3)built a 10-0 first quarter lead on Pitt State two-minute drill Pittsburg State 471 157.0 (1-2). The Lumberjacks drove the ball 60 yards in 15 plays Points scored in the final 2:00 of game clock West Texas A&M 832 166.4 to open the game before settling for a 32-yard field goal in the first or second half of games. Passing defense yards avg. from kicker Chris Campos. Quarterback Trae Self added a West Texas A&M 871 174.2 two-yard touchdown run with six seconds remaining in Pitt state ....................... 6 Pittsburg State 540 180.0 the initial period, after the Lumberjacks twice converted Opponents ...........................