FOOTBALL 4 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 6 FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES 2019 NSU SCHEDULE Aug

NORTHWESTERN STATE FOOTBALL 4 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 6 FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES 2019 NSU SCHEDULE Aug. 29 at UT Martin L. 42-20 Sept. 7 MIDWESTERN STATE L, 33-7 Sept. 14 at LSU (SEC Network) 6:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at Houston Baptist* 6 p.m. Sept. 28 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA* 6 p.m. AT Oct. 12 at Nicholls* 3 p.m. NORTHWESTERN STATE NO. 4/5 Oct. 19 CENTRAL ARKANSAS* 6 p.m. Oct. 26 at Incarnate Word* 4 p.m. DEMONS (0-2) LSU (2-0) Nov. 2 at McNeese* 4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. • Sept. 14, 2019 • Tiger Stadium (102,321) • Baton Rouge, La. Nov. 9 LAMAR* 6 p.m. TV: SEC Network Nov. 16 at Sam Houston State* 2 p.m. (Tom Hart, Play by Play, Jordan Rodgers, Analyst, Cole Cubelic, On Field Analyst) Nov. 21 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 6 p.m. Radio: The Demon Sports Network * -- denotes Southland Conference game (Patrick Netherton, Play by Play • Tony Taglavore, Sidelines) Home games in BOLD MATCHUP YARDSTICK NSU Category (NCAA Rank) LSU UNIVERSITY INFORMATION 13.5 (94) Scoring Offense 50.0 (13) Location Natchitoches, Louisiana 37.5 (78) Scoring Defense 20.5 (48) Founded 1884 Enrollment 11,081 79.5 (95) Rushing Offense 112.0 (109) Nickname Demons 140.5 (37) Rushing Defense 97.5 (32) Colors Purple and White (Orange Trim) 286.0 (22) Passing Offense 410.5 (5) Affiliation Division I - FCS 226.5 (26) Passing Defense 216.5 (63) Conference Southland President Dr. Chris Maggio 365.5 (56) Total Offense 522.5 (20) Athletic Director Greg Burke 367.0 (38) Total Defense 314.0 (46) NCAA Faculty Rep. Dr. Jody Biscoe OPENING DRIVE FOOTBALL INFORMATION • Northwestern State plays its final non-conference game of the regular season, traveling to LSU for the first time since 2011. Head Coach Brad Laird • This marks the second straight season the Demons have faced an SEC opponent. NSU lost to Alma Mater Northwestern State, 1995 Texas A&M, 59-7, in the 2018 season opener. Career Record 5-8/2nd season • Dating to the 2010 season, Northwestern State has faced a member of a Power Five confer- NSU Record Same ence in seven of those 10 seasons. SLC Record 4-5 • This will be the second straight time Northwestern State faces an LSU team ranked in the 2018 Record 5-6 top 5 nationally. In 2011, LSU entered the game ranked No. 2. 2018 SLC Record/Finish 4-5/T-8th NSU All-Time Record 537-473-35 (.531) Letterwinners Returning/Lost 53/18 NSU COMMUNICATIONS SLC Championships/Last 4, 2004 Jason Pugh | [email protected] | Cell: 318-663-5701 | Office: 318-357-6467 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances/Last 6, 2004 Twitter: @NSUDemonsFB | Instagram: NSUDemonsFB | NSUDemons.com 1 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB DEMON COACHING STAFF SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE STANDINGS Brad Laird Head Coach Team SLC Overall Home Away PF PA DeVon Lockett Associate Head Coach/DBs Central Arkansas 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 59 44 Brad Smiley Offensive Cordinator/TEs Lamar 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 88 36 Mike Lucas Defensive Coordinator/ILBs Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 35 14 J Pond Offensive Line Abilene Christian 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 97 65 Anthony Scelfo* Quarterbacks Incarnate Word 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 70 49 Gerald Howse Running Backs Houston Baptist 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 92 49 Alvin Slaughter Wide Receivers McNeese 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 48 84 Ledell Love Defensive Line Jake Olsen* Outside LBs/Recruiting Coordinator Sam Houston State 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 108 39 Austin Ashcraft* GA/Offensive Line Nicholls 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 14 49 Travon Carter GA/Defensive Line Stephen F. Austin 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-1 43 93 John Mitchell GA/Wide Receivers Northwestern State 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-1 27 75 Chase Thompson* GA/Defensive Backs This Week’s Schedule Brian Williams* GA/Quarterbacks Houston Baptist at South Dakota, 2 p.m. Jack Witte* GA/Linebackers Southeastern Louisiana at Ole Miss, 3 p.m. Jared Myatt Strength and Conditioning Sam Houston State at North Dakota, 4 p.m. * - in booth on game days Abilene Christian at Central Arkansas, 6 p.m. NSU-LSU HISTORY Nicholls at Prairie View A&M, 6 p.m. Alcorn State at McNeese, 6 p.m. NSU trails 11-0 Lamar at Texas A&M, 6 p.m. Series in Baton Rouge: NSU trails 11-0 Northwestern State at LSU, 6:30 p.m. Current streak: LSU W11 199 at LSU 46, Northwestern State 0 Stephen F. Austin at Southern Utah, 7:05 p.m. 1920 at LSU 34, Northwestern State 0 Oct. 8, 1921 at LSU 78, Northwestern State 0 Sept. 29, 1922 at LSU 13, Northwestern State 0 Sept. 29, 1923 at LSU 40, Northwestern State 0 MEDIA INFORMATION Nov. 5, 1924 at LSU 40, Northwestern State 0 Demon Sports Network Radio Affiliates Sept. 26, 1925 at LSU 27, Northwestern State 0 • 94.9 FM The River, Natchitoches (flagship) Sept. 25, 1926 at LSU 47, Northwestern State 0 • 710 KEEL AM, Shreveport Nov. 20, 1937 at LSU 25, Northwestern State 0 • 105.5 FM, KBUCK, Alexandria Sept. 19, 1942 at LSU 40, Northwestern State 0 Weekday Interview Policy Sept. 10, 2011 at LSU 49, Northwestern State 3 Player and coach interviews must be set up through SID Jason Pugh at least one day in advance to minimize demands on student-athletes’ busy schedules. Brief face-to-face post-practice interviews may be conducted if time permits. Television FTP Services Northwestern State provides weekly interviews with head coach Brad Laird and select players each Monday afternoon outlets through the NSU Demons FTP folder. They also can be found on www.NSUDe- mons.com and on www.YouTube.com/DemonAthletics. New content is available between 1-3 p.m. Mondays. For access, please email SID Jason Pugh at [email protected]. Quarterback Club Luncheons Monday, Noon, Natchitoches, Stroud Room at NSU Athletic Fieldhouse, $10 buffet luncheon. Sept. 12, Oct. 17, Nov. 14, Superior’s Steakhouse, Shreveport, corner of Line and Pierremont, $20 menu. Coach Brad Laird will attend these luncheons, which are open to the public. Interviews will be conducted following the Natchitoches luncheons and at 11:45 a.m. in Shreveport. Media meals are complimentary. Demon Huddle Radio Show Thursday from 6-7 p.m. at Mama’s Blues Room along Front Street in Natchitoches. Airs on 94.9 FM The River and streams on Facebook Live. Patrick Netherton hosts with producer Davey Antilley. Coach Laird and his coordinators are the on-air guests.

2 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB BRAD LAIRD NOTABLE Head Coach Demons, Tigers deeply connected the football program. HIs grandfather was one of Northwestern State, 1998 Despite meeting for the first time in eight LSU’s gilded “Chinese Bandits” unit while his father, 2nd season at NSU years, there are plenty of ties between the North- Brian, was an LSU tight end who snapped on the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl XXXVI-winning 5-8 Overall at NSU western State and LSU football teams. LSU head coach Ed Orgeron is a member of field goal. McKane’s older brothers Austin and 5-8 Career the Northwestern State N-Club Hall of Fame (Class Hunter both long snapped at LSU, continuing the 4-5 SLC record of 2014) and was chosen as one of the Top 100 family tradition. 0-0 vs. UT Martin Demon Football Players of All-Time during NSU’s NSU senior tight end Tyler O’Donoghue has two generations of ties to LSU as father played Year One of the Brad Laird era of Northwestern centennial season celebration in 2007. Orgeron State football was about setting a foundation and played for the Demons from 1980-83, becoming baseball for the Tigers. HIs mother ran track at LSU accomplishing things not seen in a while in Natchi- the first recipient of the Joe Delaney Leadership and his sister, Abby, is a jumper on the LSU track toches. Award for Defense in 1983. The Delaney award and field team. As Laird enters his second season at the helm of is given to the Demons’ permanent captains as Senior running back Jared West’s family tree his alma mater, he and the Demons look to take the chosen by their teammates. also includes several LSU connections across two next step forward. sports. West’s cousin Corey Webster is a two-time Laird’s first Northwestern State team posted a Like Orgeron, LSU defensive line coach Bill John- son is an N-Club Hall of Fame member, having been Super Bowl champion and former LSU cornerback. one-win improvement from the 2017, but the feel His cousins Collis and Garrett Temple were LSU around the program was one of effective nostalgia. enshrined in 2007. Johnson played four seasons, There was a record-setting offense that would starting two years at center, before becoming a basketball players with Collis being the Tigers’ first have made Laird, still the Demons’ all-time leader in student and graduate assistant coach at Northwest- African-American basketball player. career passing yardage, smile. Making Laird equally ern State. Johnson was part of a group of 19 former Junior linebacker RIcky Chatman’s father, happy were the strides the NSU defense made in his Northwestern State players who spoke to the current Ricky Sr., was a four-year Tigers linebacker from first season as the head coach. 1980-84. A three-time defensive coordinator for a total Demons during Report Day on July 30. LSU defensive analyst August Mangin spent Northwestern State Director of Strength and of eight seasons at Northwestern State, Laird saw Conditioning Jared Myatt was a volunteer assis- the Purple Swarm regain that moniker in 2018, five total seasons on Northwestern State’s staff, collecting 32 sacks (its highest total since 2002) and beginning with a one-year stint in 2011 as the tant in the spring of 2017. forcing 26 turnovers. Demons’ tight ends and special teams coach. He The record-setting offense and big-play returned to NSU in 2014 and was the Demons’ First-time reception roll grows in Week 2 defense have Demons fans looking for even brighter special teams coordinator for four years. After seeing six Demons make their first career things in 2019 behind a coach who knows his way receptions in the season opener at UT Martin, four around the postseason. Dennis Johnson, another LSU defensive From 2013-16, Laird was in charge at his high analyst, was a graduate assistant at Northwestern more Northwestern State pass catchers accom- school alma mater, Ruston, where he averaged more State in the 2012 and 2013 seasons. plished the feat against Midwestern State. than seven wins in four playoff seasons as head Alec Osborne, who spent the 2017 season as Benaiah Franklin, Coby McGee and Curtis coach. an administrative graduate assistant at North- Williams Jr. collected their first career grabs in In 2017, Laird restored the “Purple Swarm” western State, now is a graduate assistant at LSU, traditional ways with McGee making catches on brand for the NSU defense, which had struggled consecutive plays in the fourth quarter against in the past two seasons but showed flashes of helping coach the Tigers’ outside linebackers. brilliance, especially down the stretch. In the final Northwestern State wide receivers coach Alvin Midwestern State. month of the season, the Demons twice recorded Slaughter came to Natchitoches after spending The most unique pass catcher to crack the 13 tackles for loss in wins over Houston Baptist and four years an assistant wide receivers/special first-time column? QuarterbackShelton Eppler, Abilene Christian, and staged a series of goal-line teams coach at LSU from 2012-15. who pulled in a deflected pass against Midwestern stands, two in the season-ending victory over Ste- Sophomore long snapper McKane Kinchen State to become the first NSU quarterback to catch phen F. Austin. Senior linebacker Peyton Guidry was named the national FCS Defensive Player of the Week has three generations of ties to LSU, specifically a pass since J.D. Almond in 2017. after making 18 tackles against the Lumberjacks. Laird was running the Purple Swarm defense OPPONENT WATCH when NSU was second nationally in total defense Opponent Record Rank Last Game Next Game (2004, 274.7 yards allowed per game) and ninth UT Martin...... 1-1...... L, 45-0 at No. 11 Florida...... at Southern Illinois (9/14) (2003, 287.3 ypg) and produced 75 turnovers from Midwestern State...... 1-0...... 20...... W, 33-7 at Northwestern State...... at Lindenwood (9/14) 2003-05. The Demons set three NCAA records and LSU...... 2-0...... 4/5...... W, 45-38 at No. 6 Texas ...... vs. Northwestern State (9/14) led the Southland Conference in total defense and Houston Baptist...... 1-1...... RV...... W, 58-13 vs. Texas Wesleyan...... at South Dakota (9/14) rushing defense, also ranking highly in pass defense Southeastern Louisiana...... 1-0...... 23/24...... W, 35-14 vs. Jacksonville State...... at Ole Miss (9/14) each season. The Demons won their most recent Nicholls...... 0-1...... 12/11...... L, 49-14 at Kansas State...... at Prairie View A&M (9/14) Southland championship and made their last FCS Central Arkansas...... 2-0...... 14/14...... W, 24-16 at Austin Peay...... vs. Abilene Christian (9/14) playoff appearance in 2004. Incarnate Word...... 1-1...... RV/RV...... W, 63-44 vs. Texas Southern...... at Sam Houston State (9/21) The Demons’ all-time career passing leader McNeese...... 1-1...... L, 56-14 at Oklahoma State...... vs.Alcorn State (9/14) (6,037 yards, 1991-95), he was a 2015 inductee in Lamar...... 2-0...... RV/RV.....W, 23-20 (OT) vs. Miss. Valley St...... at Texas A&M (9/14) the N-Club Hall of Fame, the university’s highest Sam Houston State...... 1-1...... 22/21....W, 77-0 vs. Oklahoma Panhandle...... at North Dakota (9/14) athletic honor. Stephen F. Austin...... 0-2...... L, 37-26 vs. Tarleton State...... at Southern Utah (9/14) 3 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB START CHART NOTABLE 15 16 17 18 19 Stk. Career Demons among SLC, national leaders Offense HONOR ROLL Chris Zirkle 1 11 11 4 2 6 29 Through two weeks, Northwestern State Dustin Burns - 1 5 8 2 2 16 quarterback Shelton Eppler leads the Football Hayden Bourgeois Jonathan Hubbard - - 6 10 2 9 18 Championship Subdivision (FCS) in completions • Preseason All-Southland First Team DB Kenny Sheldon - - - 10 2 3 12 Quan Shorts - - - 10 2 11 12 per game (35.5). Shelton Eppler Jared West - - - 10 - - 10 That is one of four categories where Eppler • CFPA FCS National Performer of the Year Shelton Eppler - - - 9 2 5 11 ranks in the top 15 nationally. Eppler’s 309 yards Tyler Rapp - - 2 1 - - 3 Trophy Watch List per game of offense ranks 11th and first in the Stadford Andrerson - - - 1 2 2 3 • Honorable mention STATS FCS National Tanner Ash - - - - 2 2 2 Southland Conference, his 564 passing yards rank Akile Davis - - - - 2 2 2 12th and his 282 passing yards per game stands Player of the Week (9/2) Jake Gore - - - - 2 2 2 Parker Fink - - - 1 - - 1 14th. Both of the last two totals are second in the O’Shea Jackson David Fitzwater - - - - 1 - 1 Southland behind Central Arkanas’ Breylin Smith. • Preseason All-Southland Second Team DL Myles Ward - - - - 1 1 1 Senior wide receiver Quan Shorts ranks fifth Myles Ward 15 16 17 18 19 Stk. Career nationally in receptions per game and leads the • Preseason All-Southland Second Team KR Defense Southland at 10 catches per game. Shorts’ two Chris Zirkle Nick Forde - 7 10 7 2 6 26 receiving touchdowns are 18th nationally, his 171 Ryan Reed - 1 10 7 2 9 20 • Preseason All-Southland Second Team OL Blake Stephenson - - - 11 - - 11 receiving yards are 28th nationally, and he ranks • Allstate/AFCA Good Works Team nominee Hayden Bourgeois - - - 10 - - 10 35th nationally in receiving yards per game (85.5). Quin Whitley - - - 10 - - 10 • William V. Campbell Trophy nominee O’Shea Jackson - - - 9 1 1 10 Junior linebacker Adrion Robertson ranks Damian Thompson - - - 5 2 7 7 15th nationally in tackles for loss at two per game. Tonight’s game marks a homecoming of sorts Ian Edwards - 5 1 - - - 6 As a team, Northwestern State is one of three Malik Sonnier - - - 6 - - 6 for 10 Northwestern State players who spent their Southland teams and one of 34 FCS teams nation- Dylan Wilson - - 3 3 - - 6 high school careers in the greater Baton Rouge D’Ronne Littleton 3 - - 2 - - 5 ally to have not lost a fumble. area. Kevin Ratliff - - - 4 - - 4 NSU’s kick coverage unit allows 14.6 yards per Shemar Bartholomew - - - 3 - - 3 Demons who hail from around Louisiana’s cap- return, the 17th best mark nationally while, the Ronald Malbrough - - - 3 - - 3 ital city include: RB Stadford Anderson (Glen Oaks Desmond Prejean - - - 2 - - 2 Demons’ quarterbacks rank 22nd nationally in HS), S Cedric Anderson (East Feliciana HS), S Ryan Isaiah Armstrong - - - - 2 2 2 compeltion percentage (67.0). Brice Borgeson - - - 1 1 - 2 Reed (West Feliciana HS), CB Trey Williams (Plaque- William Hooper - - - - 2 2 2 mine HS), S Keenan Leachman (Central HS), Ricky Kyle Moore - - - - 2 2 2 Shorts’ presence guarantees grabs Nathalohn Nanai - - - - 2 2 2 Chatman (West Feliciana HS), WR Gavin Landry (St. Adrion Robertson - - - - 2 2 2 When senior wide receiver Quan Shorts suits John HS), TE Tyler O’Donoghue (Denham Springs Jomard Valsin Jr. - - - - 2 2 2 up, it has been a given he will catch at least three HS), LS McKane Kinchen (Parkview Baptist HS) and Ja’Quay Pough - - - - 1 1 1 passes in a game. Rashuad Powell - - - - 1 - 1 K Ryan Gremillion (East Ascension HS). In the Demons’ season opener, Shorts hauled 2019 Captains in a career-best 12 passes (11 in the first half) New faces make immediate impact At UT Martin: TE Tyler O’Donoghue; and had his first 100-yard receiving game with Twenty-four players made their Northwestern LB Quin Whitley; P Parker Pastorello 111 yards. He added a pair of touchdown catches, State debuts in the Aug. 29 loss at UT Martin, many Vs. Midwestern State: OL Jonathan Hubbard, LB equaling his total from the entire 2018 season. of whom cracked several statistical categories. Brice Borgeson, S Nick Forde Since transferring from Texas Tech, Shorts has At LSU: S Ryan Reed, CB Dylan Wilson, RB Jared West Transfer tight end Corey Smallwood hauled in appeared in 12 games as a Demon. In all 12 games, his first career touchdown pass, which snapped a he has made at least three catches, totaling 76 14-all tie in the second quarter. career grabs. Smallwood was one of six different Demons By following his career night at UT Martin with receivers who recorded their first career catches eight catches against Midwestern State on Sept. 7, in an NSU uniform. Joining Smallwood in the Shorts became the first Demons receiver to catch first-catch parade were fellow tight endDavid at least 20 passes in a two-game stretch since Ed Fitzwater and wide receivers Tanner Ash, Akile Eagan hauled in 23 passes against McNeese and Davis, Gavin Landry, and Jalen Willis. Abliene Christian from Nov. 1-8, 2015. Defensively, linebacker Adrion Robertson collected his first career sack and recorded two Homecoming for numerous Demons tackles for loss. Between the Louisiana ties of current North- Four new Demons were in the starting lineup: western State head coach Brad Laird and his Davis, Fitzwater, Robertson, and cornerback Isaiah predecessor Jay Thomas, the Demons do not lack Armstrong. for home state products on the roster. 4 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB NOTABLE Demons’ offense continues record siege DEMONS IN THE PROS In the first season under offensive coordinator Brad Smiley, Northwestern State’s offense estab- Jazz Ferguson, WR, Shakeir Ryan, WR/RS, lished 30 single-game or single-season records. Seattle Montreal (CFL) The Demons were back at it in the season open- After leading the Seahawks A two-sport NSU stu- er at UT Martin, establishing new single-game in receptions in the presea- dent-athlete, Ryan has marks for competions (43) and pass attempts (63). son with seven, Ferguson returned 26 punts for 315 The 43 competions were eight more than NSU was signed to Seattle’s yards, including a 101-yard completed against Grambling on Sept. 7, 2018, practice squad. touchdown and has added and the 63 attempts were 10 more than the previ- 14 kick returns for 235 ous program record, accomplished twice. Bryant Mitchell, WR, yards for the Alouettes. Demons deep at scholar-athlete Tampa Bay Suffered a torn Achilles in Barry Rubin, Coach, Eight Northwestern State players enter their final season of athletic eligibility with undergradu- a preseason game against Kansas City ate degrees in hand: Pittsburgh on Aug. 9. Rubin is in his seventh CB Isaiah Armstrong Placed on injured reserve. season as the strength ILB Brice Borgeson and conditioning coach for OL Dustin Burns the Chiefs, having joined WR Akile Davis Kansas City in 2013. P Parker Pastorello S Ryan Reed In terms of plays, NSU’s three touchdown 1999 nominee who recently attended the Campbell RB Jared West drives went 10, 14 and seven against UT Martin. Trophy Summit in Irving, Texas, in late August. OL Chris Zirkle The trend continued with the Demons’ lone score Additionally, junior linebacker/special teams against Midwestern State. Armstrong, Davis together again ace Corban James already has completed his Jared West’s 10-yard touchdown run capped In two seasons at BYU, Isaiah Armstrong and a 12-play, 75-yard matriculation against the undergraduate degree with two years of athletic Akile Davis formed quite a bond -- one that will Mustangs. eligibility remaining. continue for the 2019 season. With nine players owning their undergradaute Both Armstrong, a cornerback, and Davis, a degree, Northwestern State is tied for the Zirkle leads on, off field wide receiver, earned their undergraduate degrees fourth-highest total among FCS programs and has In his most recent full season (2017), senior at BYU before transferring to Northwestern State the most already-graduated players in the South- guard Chris Zirkle picked up first-team All-Loui- for their final season of college football. land Conference, according to numbers compiled siana and second-team All-Southland Conference The two were more than teammates at BYU, by the National Football Foundation. honors for his work in the trenches. they also were roommates. Away from the field, the 6-foot-2, 301-pound The pair added another notable achievement Turnovers tell tale of Lucas’ tenure League City, Texas, product has been equally to their twin careers as each started the Demons’ In three seasons under defensive coordinator honored. season opener at UT Martin on Aug. 29. Mike Lucas, the Purple Swarm has created 57 Zirkle enters his senior season as a nominee for Davis recorded six catches for 63 yards at UT turnovers in 25 games. the Allstate American Football Coaches Associa- Martin, surpassing his career totals in both catego- The Demons have produced 35 turnovers in tion’s Good Works Team. In April, he was chosen as ries at BYU (5, 56). their 11 wins with Lucas as defensive coordinator the Southland Conference’s male representative Armstrong had three tackles and broke up while forcing 22 turnovers in their 14 losses in that at the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum one pass against the Skyhawks. He added two time. in Orlando, Florida. The Good Works Team will be more tackles and another pass breakup against announced Sept. 12. Midwestern State on Sept. 7. Zirkle also has been nominated for the William Demons take the long way to score V. Campbell Trophy, which honors a senior or grad- Northwestern State’s season-opening drive NSU nickname stands alone uate student who excels in academics, athletics at UT Martin set the tone in many ways for the Northwestern State may share a piece of its and community service. Demons offense. name with the Big Ten’s Northwestern University, NSU needed 10 plays to cover 88 yards and Northwestern State has a history with both but another part of NSU’s identity is its alone. score a touchdown against UT Martin on Aug. 29, awards as linebacker Yaser Elqutub was named to Northwestern State’s use of the nickname kicking off a string of three touchdowns in four and captained the Good Works Team in 2011 while Demons is unique among NCAA Division I football first-half drives. former offensive linemanWilliam Broussard was a teams. 5 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB NOTABLE Roster management UNDER BRAD LAIRD Northwestern State’s 2019 roster is composed of 23 seniors, 22 juniors, 25 sophomores, 20 NSU’s Record When ... 2018 2019 Totals redshirt freshmen and 21 true freshmen. All Games 5-6 0-2 5-8 The Demons hail from eight states: Louisiana, Scoring first 3-2 0-1 3-3 Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Leading after the first quarter 2-1 0-0 2-1 Tied after the first quarter 2-0 0-0 2-0 Georgia and Mississippi. Trailing after the first quarter 1-5 0-2 1-7 Eighteen transfers are on the roster, including Leading at halftime 2-1 0-1 2-2 nine who previously had been at FBS schools Tied at halftime 0-0 0-0 0-0 before arriving in Natchitoches. Trailing at halftime 3-5 0-1 3-6 The FBS transfers are: WR Quan Shorts and LB Leading after the third quarter 3-0 0-0 3-0 Ja’Quay Pough (Texas Tech), WR Akile Davis and DB Tied after the third quarter 0-0 0-0 0-0 Isaiah Armstrong (BYU), QB Bryce Rivers (UTSA), K Trailing after the third quarter 2-1 0-2 2-3 Daniel Justino (Florida), TE David Fitzwater (Tulsa), Tied at the end of the fourth quarter 1-0 0-0 1-0 WR Benaiah Franklin (Purdue) and DE Darius Outgaining opponent 3-1 0-1 3-2 Whitfield (South Alabama). Outrushing opponent 2-1 0-0 2-1 Outpassing opponent 4-3 0-1 4-4 More first downs than opponent 3-1 0-1 3-2 Demons look like Trinity Valley East Winning time of possession 3-2 0-1 3-3 From the coaching staff to the roster, the 2019 Winning turnover margin 3-4 0-0 3-4 Northwestern State football team has deep ties to Tying turnover margin 0-1 0-1 0-2 Trinity Valley Community College. Losing turnover margin 2-1 0-1 2-2 Demons offensive coordinatorBrad Smiley Rushing for 200+ yards 0-0 0-0 0-0 spent 11 seasons as the Cardinals head coach and Having a 100+ yard rusher 0-1 0-0 0-1 Passing for 300+ yards 4-3 0-1 4-4 brought with him offensive line coachJ Pond, who Record in August 0-1 0-1 0-2 held the same role at TVCC. Record in September 2-1 0-1 2-2 Pond wasn’t the only import from the Athens, Record in October 1-3 0-0 1-3 Texas, junior college. Record in November 2-1 0-0 2-1 Six Demons players spent their junior college careers at Trinity Valley: NSU’s pro legacy a lengthy one assistant athletic director for media relations/ • QB Shelton Eppler Northwestern State has produced eight NFL sports information director at his alma mater • LB Ja’Quay Pough Pro Bowlers: WR Charlie Hennigan (5x, Oilers); before announcing his retirement in April. • LB Blake Stephenson TE Jacke Smith (5x, Cardinals); WR Mark Duper Ireland remains the chairman of the Louisiana • DT O’Shea Jackson (3x, Dolphins); FB Charlie Tolar (2x, Oilers); RB Joe Sports Hall of Fame, whose museum is located in • OL Jakob Sell Delaney (1981, Chiefs); RB John Stephens (1988, downtown Natchitoches. • OL Khalil Corbett-Canada Patriots); QB Bobby Hebert (1993, Falcons); KR Two more inductees with LSU ties entered the Terrence McGee (2004, Bills). shrine in June: former head football coach Les Thirty-four Demons have been drafted, includ- Miles and All-American end and member of the Lucas stays in professor mode on sideline ing seven since 2000. RB John Stephens (1988, 1958 national championship team Max Fugler. At one end of the team area of the Northwest- Patriots) is the Demons’ lone first-round pick ern State sideline is a smattering of chairs arranged while six former Demons have been second-round NSU-LSU also set for hardcourt battle like a small classroom. selections: RB Sidney Thornton (1976, Steelers); Because of scheduling rotations, Northwestern That’s where professor Mike Lucas holds OL Petey Perot (1979, Eagles); RB Joe Delaney class for his defense between series. It is a Lucas State and LSU meet approximately once a decade (1981, Chiefs); WR Mark Duper (1982, Dolphins); in football. tradition that dates to 1985 when he began doing CB Adrian Hardy (1993, 49ers); OT Marcus Spears With more playing dates and non-conference so as a defensive cordinator at Eastern New Mexico. (1994, Bears). contests available, NSU and LSU meet more frequently in those sports. Demons’ history includes 2 CFB HOFers Ireland’s career honored One of those meetings is set for Dec. 8 when Northwestern State has placed a pair of players When media members arrive to cover the Northwestern State men’s basketball team in the College Football Hall of Fame. Running back Northwestern State football in the 2019 season travels to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center to Joe Delaney (1977-80) and linebacker Gary and beyond, they will do so from the Doug Ireland face the Tigers. Reasons (1980-83) are enshrined in the 4-year- Media Level of the Turpin Stadium press box. Northwestern State and LSU meet frequently in old building in Atlanta. Ireland, a 1986 Northwestern State broadcast both baseball and softball. journalism graduate, spent 30-plus years as the 6 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB EPPLER’S RECORD RUN A look at where senior quarterback Shelton Eppler stands in the Northwestern State record books Single Season Career Plays Pass Completions 1. Shelton Eppler (2018) 569 1. Zach Adkins (2013-14) 506 Total Offense 2. Brad Laird (1991-95) 438 1. Zach Adkins (2014) 3,004 3. Scott Stoker (1986-89) 367 2. Zach Adkins (2013) 2,950 Brad Henderson (2011-12) 367 3. Shelton Eppler (2018) 2,626 5. Davon Vinson (2003-05) 307 Pass Attempts 6. Don Guidry (1965-68) 279 1. Zach Adkins (2014) 383 7. Shelton Eppler (2018-19) 270 2. Zach Adkins (2013) 382 Passing Yards 3. Brad Henderson (2012) 330 1. Brad Laird (1991-95) 6,037 4. Shelton Eppler (2018) 328 2. Zach Adkins (2013-14) 5,547 Pass Completions 3. Scott Stoker (1986-89) 5,228 1. Zach Adkins (2014) 258 4. Davon Vinson (2003-05) 3,975 2. Zach Adkins (2013) 248 5. Wayne Van (1982-85) 3,967 3. Shelton Eppler (2018) 199 6. Don Guidry (1965-68) 3,903 Passing Yards 7. Warren Pattesron (1995-98) 3,851 1. Zach Adkins (2014) 2,821 8. Bobby Hebert (1979-82) 3,798 2. Zach Adkins (2013) 2,726 Butch Ballard (1973-76) 3,798 3. Shelton Eppler (2018) 2,639 10. Brad Henderson (2011-12) 3,727 11. Shelton Eppler (2018-19) Passing Touchdowns 3,203 1. Zach Adkins (2014) 28 2. Shelton Eppler (2018) 26 Passing Touchdowns 1. Zach Adkins (2013-14) 49 Passer Rating 2. Don Guidry (1965-68) 38 1. Shelton Eppler (2018) 148.32 3. Warren Patterson (1995-98) 29 Single Game Shelton Eppler (2018-19) 29 Plays 1. Shelton Eppler 79 at Lamar (9/15/18) Total Offense 1. Shelton Eppler 469 at Lamar (9/15/18) Passing Yards 1. Shelton Eppler 474 at Lamar (9/15/18) Completions 1. Shelton Eppler 43 at UT Martin (8/29/19) Pass Attempts 1. Shelton Eppler 62 at UT Martin (8/29/19 Touchdown Passes 1. Shelton Eppler 6 at Lamar (9/15/18) Shelton Eppler 6 at ACU (11/3/18) 3. Shelton Eppler 4 vs. McNeese (11/10/18) Shelton Eppler 4 vs. Grambling (9/6/18) Consecutive Completions 1. Zach Adkins 19 at Southern (9/13/14) 2. Shelton Eppler 14 vs. Grambling (9/6/18)

7 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB 2019 NORTHWESTERN STATE ROSTER NUMERICAL ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp. Hometown Previous School(s) 1 Quan Shorts WR 6-2 195 Sr.-1L Humble, Texas Atascocita HS (Texas Tech) No. Name Pos. 1 Tobias Williams S 5-10 180 Fr.-RS Many, La. Many HS 4 Cedric Anderson S 2 Kaleb Fletcher QB 5-11 187 So.-1L Mesquite, Texas Poteet HS 3 Stadford Anderson RB 2 D’Ronne Littleton CB 6-0 168 Sr.-3L Carencro, La. Carencro HS 5 Jalen Angelle ILB 14 Isaiah Armstrong CB 3 Stadford Anderson RB 6-1 210 Jr.-2L Baton Rouge, La. Glen Oaks HS 11 Tanner Ash WR 3 Shemar Bartholomew CB 6-0 190 So.-1L New Orleans, La. Cypress Ranch HS (Texas) 3 Shemar Bartholomew CB 4 Cedric Anderson S 6-3 194 Fr.-RS Clinton, La. East Feliciana HS 53 Brice Borgeson ILB 4 Benaiah Franklin WR 6-0 200 Jr.-TR Atlanta, Ga. Wheeler HS (Purdue) 25 Hayden Bourgeois S 5 Jalen Angelle ILB 6-1 230 Fr.-RS Lafayette, La. Carencro HS 30 Bishop Breaux LB 5 Shelton Eppler QB 6-1 205 Sr.-1L Navasota, Texas Navasota HS (Trinity Valley CC) 75 Dustin Burns OL 6 Kunta Hester CB 6-0 170 Fr.-HS Harvey, La. John Ehret HS 98 Tyrus Butler NT 6 Robbie Williams WR 6-4 200 Fr.-HS Tyler, Texas Chapel Hill HS 50 Ricky Chatman LB 7 Kevin Ratliff S 6-0 200 Sr.-1L Canton, Miss. Canton HS (Hinds CC) 13 Zachary Clement QB 7 Bryce Rivers QB 6-3 220 So.-TR San Antonio, Texas Stevens HS (UTSA) 61 Spencer Cody OL 8 Levar Gumms WR 6-2 200 So.-1L Houston, Texas Andy Dekaney HS 78 Cody Coleman OL 8 Ryan Reed S 6-0 193 Sr.-3L St. Francisville, La. West Feliciana HS 67 Jordan Cooper OL 9 Akile Davis WR 6-2 205 Sr.-TR DeSoto, Texas DeSoto HS (BYU) 72 Khalil Corbett-Canada OL 93 Ty Cormier DE 9 Parker Pastorello P 5-11 183 Sr.-3L Mandeville, La. Mandeville HS 79 Clay Cotten OL 10 Ja’Quay Pough ILB 6-1 230 Jr.-TR Sherman, Texas Sherman HS (Texas Tech/Trinity Valley CC) 48 Johnathan Daigle DE 10 Myles Ward WR 5-10 178 So.-1L Harvey, La. De La Salle HS 9 Akile Davis WR 11 Tanner Ash WR 6-2 206 So.-SQ Benton, La. Evangel Christian Academy 24 Ian Edwards S 11 Jomard Valsin OLB 6-1 240 So.-1L Port Arthur, Texas Port Arthur Memorial HS 5 Shelton Eppler QB 13 Zachary Clement QB 6-0 195 Fr.-HS Broussard, La. Lafayette Christian Academy 85 Gabriel Ernest WR 14 Isaiah Armstrong CB 6-2 195 Sr.-TR Redlands, Ca. Redlands East Valley HS (Riverside CC/BYU) 40 TK Evans S 14 Coby McGee WR 5-11 184 So.-1L Bossier City, La. Airline HS 77 Parker Fink TE 15 William Hooper CB 5-11 180 So.-1L Montgomery, Ala. Shoemaker HS 17 David Fitzwater TE 15 Jalen Willis WR 6-3 185 Fr.-RS Mandeville, La. Lakeshore HS 2 Kaleb Fletcher QB 16 Fred Lee CB 6-2 186 Fr.-RS Rayville, La. Rayville HS 23 Nick Forde S 16 Corey Smallwood TE 6-3 225 Jr.-TR McKinney, Texas Bonham HS (Navarro JC) 4 Benaiah Franklin WR 71 Devin Gabriel DL 17 David Fitzwater TE 6-4 245 Jr.-TR Shreveport, La. Calvary Baptist Academy (Tulsa) 31 Jalen Garrison S 18 Ronald Malbrough S 6-1 208 Sr.-2L Cecilia, La. Cecilia HS 55 Evan Gibson LS 18 Kendrick Price WR 6-2 200 Jr.-2L Lindale, Texas Lindale HS 62 Jake Gore OL 19 Tevyn Johnson OLB 5-10 202 Jr.-1L Gray, La. H.L. Bourgeois 94 Ryan Gremillion K 19 Curtis Williams RB 5-5 166 Fr.-RS Mesquite, Texas West Mesquite HS 57 Brody Griffin OL 20 Trevor Morgan RB 5-8 194 So.-1L New Orleans, La. Edna Karr Secondary HS 8 Levar Gumms WR 20 Malik Sonnier CB 6-0 185 Jr.-2L Friendswood, Texas Clearbrook HS 35 TK Hamilton WR 21 Jared Pedraza OLB 6-0 215 Fr.-HS Franklin, Texas Franklin HS 27 Erik Hart RB 21 Jared West RB 5-10 202 Sr.-3L New Orleans, La. Brother Martin HS 59 Jalen Haydel OL 22 Adrion Robertson ILB 5-9 205 Jr.-TR Houston, Texas Thurgood Marshall HS (Kilgore) 86 Patrick Heard WR 23 Nick Forde S 5-11 201 Sr.-2L Desoto, Texas Life School Red Oak HS 6 Kunta Hester Jr. CB 24 Ian Edwards S 6-1 195 Sr.-3L Denton, Texas Denton Guyer HS 15 William Hooper CB 25 Hayden Bourgeois S 5-11 184 Jr.-2L Church Point, La. Notre Dame HS 82 Aaron Howell TE 70 Jonathan Hubbard OL 25 JaQuan Jackson RB 5-11 183 Fr.-RS DeKalb, Texas DeKalb HS 25 JaQuan Jackson RB 26 Keldrick Ward CB 5-11 186 So.-SQ Monroe, La. Wossman HS 94 Ja’Quez Jackson DL 27 Erik Hart RB 5-10 190 Fr.-HS Waco, Texas China Springs HS 55 O’Shea Jackson DT 28 Dylan Wilson CB 6-2 193 Sr.-1L Gretna, La. West Jefferson HS (Arkansas Baptist) 36 Corban James LB 29 Trey Williams CB 5-11 190 So.-SQ Plaquemine, La. Plaquemine HS 46 Ray Johnson Jr. CB 30 Bishop Breaux ILB 6-1 215 Fr.-RS Lafayette, La. Acadiana HS 19 Tevyn Johnson OLB 31 Jalen Garrison CB 5-9 160 Fr.-RS Ruston, La. Ruston HS 37 Daniel Justino K 32 Landon King OLB 6-1 235 So.-1L Pineville, La. Pineville HS 89 McKane Kinchen WR/LS 33 Isaiah Longino ILB 6-1 235 Jr.-2L Humble, Texas Humble HS 32 Landon King LB 35 T.K. Hamilton WR 6-0 170 Fr.-HS Waskom, Texas Waskom HS 84 Gavin Landry WR 35 Kyle Moore OLB 6-1 210 Jr.-1L Magnolia, Texas Magnolia West HS (Navarro College) 49 Keenan Leachman S 36 Corban James ILB 6-0 237 Jr.-2L Arlington, Texas Arlington Heights HS 16 Fredrick Lee Jr. CB 2 D’Ronne Littleton CB 37 Daniel Justino K 5-8 168 Jr.-TR Middleburg, Fla. Middleburg HS (Florida) 33 Isaiah Longino LB 38 Quin Whitley OLB 6-2 225 Sr.-1L Inverness, Miss. Gentry HS (Holmes CC) 18 Ronald Malbrough S 39 Chandler Moncrief ILB 6-0 245 Fr.-HS West Monroe, La. West Monroe HS 57 Jackson Matthews OLB 40 TK Evans S 5-10 190 Fr.-RS Ruston, La. Ruston HS 14 Coby McGee WR 42 Matthew Nelson RB 5-8 190 Fr.-RS Natchitoches, La. St. Mary’s HS 95 Joey McNeely NT 43 Scotty Roblow K/P 6-5 170 Fr.-HS Shreveport, La. C. E. Byrd HS 58 Myles Mitchell DT 43 Blake Stephenson ILB 6-1 220 Sr.-1L Deer Park, Texas Deer Park HS (Trinity Valley CC) 76 Christian Mobley OL 45 Tyson Ford S 5-8 165 Fr.-HS New Orleans, La. Isidore Newman HS 39 Chandler Moncrief OLB 8 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB 2019 NORTHWESTERN STATE ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp. Hometown Previous School(s) No. Name Pos. 46 Ray Johnson CB 5-10 160 Fr.-HS Jeanerette, La. West St. Mary 51 Nathalohn Nanai DT 47 Rashuad Powell DE/DT 6-3 243 So.-1L Houston, Texas George Bush HS 42 Matthew Nelson RB 48 Johnathan Daigle DE 6-2 250 Fr.-HS Welsh, La. Welsh HS 88 Tyler O’Donoghue TE 49 Keenan Leachman OLB 5-11 222 Fr.-RS Baton Rouge, La. Central HS 54 Matthew Pajinag OLB 50 Ricky Chatman ILB 5-11 228 Jr.-1L Baton Rouge, La. West Feliciana HS 9 Parker Pastorello P 97 John-Alex Perkins DE 51 Nathalohn Nanai NT 6-2 290 So.-1L Killeen, Texas Shoemaker HS 10 Ja’Quay Pough ILB 52 Desmond Prejean DE 6-3 239 Sr.-3L Scott, La. Lafayette Christian Academy 47 Rashuad Powell DE 53 Brice Borgeson ILB 6-2 235 Sr.-3L Brownsboro, Texas Van HS 52 Desmond Prejean DE 54 Matthew Pajinag OLB 6-1 200 Fr.-HS Leesville, La. Leesville HS 18 Kendrick Price Jr. WR 55 Evan Gibson LS 5-11 230 Fr.-RS Shreveport, La. Calvary Baptist Academy 60 Tyler Rapp OL 55 O’Shea Jackson DT 6-3 270 Sr.-1L Arlington, Texas Arlington-Martin HS (Trinity Valley CC) 7 Kevin Ratliff S 56 Kenny Sheldon OL 6-2 281 So.-1L Houston, Texas Lanhgam Creek HS 8 Ryan Reed S 57 Brody Griffin OL 6-5 272 Jr.-RS Jeanerette, La. Highland Baptist HS (NMMI) 7 Bryce Rivers QB 57 Jackson Matthews ILB 6-0 220 So.-HS Benton, La. Benton HS 22 Adrion Robertson ILB 58 Myles Mitchell DT 6-1 278 So.-SQ Shreveport, La. Loyola College Prep 43 Scotty Roblow K 59 Jalen Haydel OL 6-2 270 Jr.-SQ LaPlace, La. De La Salle HS 69 Jakob Sell OL 60 Tyler Rapp OL 6-1 282 Sr.-2L The Woodlands, Tex. The Woodlands HS (USAF Academy) 56 Kenny Sheldon OL 61 Spencer Cody OL 6-4 310 Fr.-HS Pearland, Texas Dawson HS 1 Quan Shorts WR 16 Corey Smallwood TE 62 Jake Gore OL 6-2 272 So.-1L Sugar Land, Texas George Ranch HS 20 Malik Sonnier CB 63 Alycha Ulufale-Hentz OL 6-6 310 Fr.-RS Killeen, Texas Killeen HS 43 Blake Stephenson ILB 64 Reggie Young OL 6-4 288 Fr.-RS New Orleans, La. Edna Karr HS 70 Khalil Sumlin DT 67 Jordan Cooper OL 6-4 320 Fr.-HS Ennis, Texas Ennis HS 83 Jacob Sylvia WR 69 Jakob Sell OL 6-3 305 So.-TR Dallas, Texas Lake Highlands (Texas/Trinity Valley CC) 99 Damian Thompson DE 70 Jonathan Hubbard OL 6-4 292 Sr.-3L Kilgore, Texas Kilgore HS 63 Alycha Ulafle-Hentz OL 70 Khalil Sumlin NT 5-10 285 Jr.-1L Shreveport, La. Loyola College Prep 11 Jomard Valsin Jr. LB 71 Devin Gabriel DT 6-0 275 Fr.-HS Logansport, La. Logansports HS 91 Jarviar Wade DE 72 Khalil Corbett-Canada OL 6-5 285 So.-RS Harker Heights, Texas Harker Heights HS (Trinity Valley CC) 26 Keldrick Ward Jr. CB 74 Chris Zirkle OL 6-2 301 Sr.-3L League City, Texas Clear Springs HS 10 Myles Ward WR 75 Dustin Burns OL 6-4 301 Sr.-3L Beaumont, Texas West Brook HS 21 Jared West RB 76 Christian Mobley OL 6-5 310 Fr.-HS Tomball, Texas Tomball HS 90 Darius Whitfield DE 38 Quin Whitley LB 77 Parker Fink OL 6-3 253 So.-1L Jena, La. Jena HS 19 Curtis Williams Jr. RB 78 Cody Coleman OL 6-4 260 So.-HS Fayetteville, Ark. Fayetteville HS 6 Robbie Williams III WR 79 Clay Cotten OL 6-7 318 Fr.-HS Olla, La. LaSalle HS 1 Tobias Williams II CB 82 Aaron Howell TE 6-3 210 Fr.-RS Natchitoches, La. St. Mary’s HS 29 Trey Williams CB 83 Jacob Sylvia WR 6-3 170 Fr.-HS Pineville, La. Pineville HS 15 Jalen Willis WR 84 Gavin Landry WR 5-7 177 Jr.-2L White Castle, La. St. John HS 28 Dylan Wilson CB 85 Gabriel Ernest WR 6-2 160 Fr.-RS Chalmette, La. Chalmette, HS 96 JaBralen Yarber DL 86 Patrick Heard WR 5-8 170 So.-TR Minden, La. Minden HS (Harding) 64 Reggie Young OL 88 Tyler O’Donoghue TE 6-4 249 Sr.-3L Denham Springs, La. Denham Springs HS 74 Chris Zirkle OL 89 McKane Kinchen WR/LS 6-2 187 So.-1L Baton Rouge, La. Parkview Baptist 90 Darius Whitfield DE 6-3 275 Jr.-TR Mobile, Ala. St. Paul’s Episcopal School (South Alabama) 91 Jarviar Wade DE 6-2 254 Fr.-RS Monroe, La. Richwood HS 93 Ty Cormier DE 6-1 255 Fr.-RS Beaumont, Texas West Brook Senior HS 94 Ryan Gremillion K 5-11 178 Fr.-HS Gonzales, La. East Ascension HS 94 Ja’Quez Jackson DT/DE 6-2 270 Fr.-HS Rayville, La. Ouachita Parish HS 95 Joey McNeely NT 6-2 310 Fr.-RS Kinder, La. Kinder HS 96 JaBralen Yarber DT/DE 6-1 312 Fr.-HS Tyler, Texas John Tyler HS 97 John-Alex Perkins DE 6-1 229 So.-SQ Shreveport, La. Captain Shreve HS 98 Tyrus Butler NT 6-3 345 So.-TR New Orleans, La. Riverdale (UAB) 99 Damian Thompson NT 6-0 303 Jr.-2L Gadsden, Ala. Gadsden City HS

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Jalen HAYDEL = HAY-dell MALIK SONNIER = MAH-leek SAHN-yay PLAYERS KUNTA Hester Jr. = KOON-tuh ALYZCHA ULULFALE-Hentz= UH-lye-jah OO-lu-fal-ay Jalen ANGELLE = AHN-jell D’RONNE Littleton = DUH-ron JOMARD VALSIN Jr. = JUH-mard VAL-sin Brice BORGESON = BOR-guh-son Isaiah LONGINO = Lahn-GEE-no JARVIAR Wade = HAV-ee-ay Hayden BOURGEOIS = BOO-jwah NATHALOHN NANAI = Nah-THAL-ahn nuh-NYE Bishop BREAUX = BRO Matthew PAJINAG = PUH-hee-nuh PLACES Tyree CORMIER = CORE-me-ay Jared PEDRAZA = PUH-drah-zuh BOSSIER City = BOSE-sure Johnathan DAIGLE = DAY-gull Ja’Quay POUGH = POGE CARENCRO = CARE-in-cro AKILE Davis = Ah-KEY-lay RASHUAD Powell = Rah-SHAD JENA = JEE-nuh Nicholas FORDE = ford Desmond PREJEAN = PRAY-jawn LAFAYETTE = LAFF-ee-yet BENAIAH Franklin = BEN-eye-uh Scotty ROBLOW = ROB-low NATCHITOCHES = NACK-uh-dish Ryan GREMILLION = GRIM-ee-on DA’VON Smith = DAY-vahn 9 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB A DEMON BY ANY OTHER NAME ... Numerical Alphabetical # First Last Name Nickname # First Last Name Nickname # First Last Name Nickname 35 Kyle Moore 1 Quan Shorts 51 Nathalohn Nanai Nate 4 Cedric Anderson 20 Trevor Morgan Trev 1 Tobias Williams II 52 Desmond Prejean Dez 3 Stadford Anderson Show 51 Nathalohn Nanai Nate 2 Kaleb Fletcher 53 Brice Borgeson 5 Jalen Angelle Jay 42 Matthew Nelson Matt 2 D’Ronne Littleton D-Ron 54 Matthew Pajinag Papajohn 14 Isaiah Armstrong 88 Tyler O’Donoghue OD 3 Stadford Anderson Show 55 Evan Gibson 11 Tanner Ash Tweezy 54 Matthew Pajinag Papajohn 3 Shemar Bartholomew Mar mar 55 O’Shea Jackson 3 Shemar Bartholomew Mar mar 9 Parker Pastorello 4 Cedric Anderson 56 Kenny Sheldon Captain Ken 53 Brice Borgeson 21 Jared Pedraza JP 4 Benaiah Franklin Bengii 57 Brody Griffin Brody 25 Hayden Bourgeois 97 John-Alex Perkins John 5 Jalen Angelle Jay 57 Jackson Mathews 30 Bishop Breaux Bish 10 Ja’Quay Pough Quay 5 Shelton Eppler 58 Myles Mitchell 75 Dustin Burns D-Burns 47 Rashuad Powell Shuad 6 Kunta Hester Jr. 59 Jalen Haydel Swig 98 Tyrus Butler Juggernaut 52 Desmond Prejean Dez 6 Robbie Williams III Mijo 60 Tyler Rapp Trapp 50 Ricky Chatman 18 Kendrick Price JR. KP, Tank 7 Kevin Ratliff Tutu 61 Spencer Cody Cody 13 Zachary Clement Zach 60 Tyler Rapp Trapp 7 Bryce Rivers B Riv 62 Jake Gore 61 Spencer Cody Cody 7 Kevin Ratliff Tutu 8 Levar Gumms 63 Alyzcha Ulufale-Hentz Hentz 78 Cody Coleman Code 8 Ryan Reed 8 Ryan Reed 64 Reggie Young Reggie 67 Jordan Cooper 7 Bryce Rivers B Riv 9 Akile Davis 67 Jordan Cooper 72 Khalil Corbett-Canada KCC 22 Adrion Robertson Adro 9 Parker Pastorello 69 Jakob Sell 93 Ty Cormier Ty, Ree 43 Scotty Roblow Scotty 10 Ja’Quay Pough Quay 70 Jonathan Hubbard Hubb, Big Hubb 79 Clayton Cotten 69 Jakob Sell 10 Myles Ward 70 Khalil Sumlin 48 Johnathan Daigle John 56 Kenny Sheldon Captain Ken 11 Tanner Ash Tweezy 71 Devin Gabriel 9 Akile Davis 1 Quan Shorts 11 Jomard Valsin Jr. Smooth 72 Khalil Corbett-Canada KCC 24 Ian Edwards Big-E 16 Corey Smallwood 13 Zachary Clement Zach 74 Chris Zirkle Beef Zirky 5 Shelton Eppler 20 Malik Sonnier 14 Isaiah Armstrong 75 Dustin Burns D-Burns 85 Gabriel Ernest Gabe 43 Blake Stephenson 14 Coby McGee Juice 76 Christian Mobley Mobes 40 TK Evans TK 70 Khalil Sumlin 15 William Hooper Hoop 77 Parker Fink Fink 77 Parker Fink Fink 83 Jacob Sylvia Hotsauce 15 Jalen Willis Jwill 78 Cody Coleman Code 17 David Fitzwater 99 Damian Thompson DT 16 Frederick Lee Jr. Fred 79 Clayton Cotten 2 Kaleb Fletcher 63 Alyzcha Ulufale-Hentz Hentz 16 Corey Smallwood 82 Aaron Howell 45 Tyson Ford Turtle 11 Jomard Valsin Jr. Smooth 17 David Fitzwater 83 Jacob Sylvia Hotsauce 23 Nicholas Forde 91 Jarviar Wade Wade 18 Ronald Malbrough 84 Gavin Landry Gee 4 Benaiah Franklin Bengii 26 Keldrick Ward Jr. Kel 18 Kendrick Price JR. KP, Tank 85 Gabriel Ernest Gabe 71 Devin Gabriel 10 Myles Ward 19 Tevyn Johnson TJ 86 Patrick Heard 31 Jalen Garrison 21 Jared West Bam Bam 19 Curtis Williams Jr. CJ 88 Tyler O’Donoghue OD 55 Evan Gibson 90 Darius Whitfield Dee 20 Trevor Morgan Trev 89 McKane Kinchen Lucky, Mac, Pretty Boy 62 Jake Gore 38 Quin Whitley Q 20 Malik Sonnier 90 Darius Whitfield Dee 94 Ryan Gremillion Grem 19 Curtis Williams Jr. CJ 21 Jared Pedraza JP 91 Jarviar Wade Wade 57 Brody Griffin Brody 6 Robbie Williams III Mijo 21 Jared West Bam Bam 93 Ty Cormier Ty, Ree 8 Levar Gumms 1 Tobias Williams II 22 Adrion Robertson Adro 94 Ryan Gremillion Grem 35 TK Hamilton TK 29 Trey Williams Twill 23 Nicholas Forde 94 Ja’Quez Jackson Quez, Joc, Big Baby 27 Erik Hart 15 Jalen Willis Jwill 24 Ian Edwards Big-E 95 Joey McNeely Big Hummus 59 Jalen Haydel Swig 28 Dylan Wilson D. Will 25 Hayden Bourgeois 96 JaBralen Yarber Bird 86 Patrick Heard 96 JaBralen Yarber Bird 25 JaQuan Jackson Quan 97 John-Alex Perkins John 6 Kunta Hester Jr. 64 Reggie Young Reggie 26 Keldrick Ward Jr. Kel 98 Tyrus Butler Juggernaut 15 William Hooper Hoop 74 Chris Zirkle Beef Zirky 27 Erik Hart 99 Damian Thompson DT 82 Aaron Howell 28 Dylan Wilson D. Will 70 Jonathan Hubbard Hubb, Big Hubb 29 Trey Williams Twill 25 JaQuan Jackson Quan 30 Bishop Breaux Bish 94 Ja’Quez Jackson Quez, Joc, Big Baby 31 Jalen Garrison 55 O’Shea Jackson 32 Landon King Lando 36 Corban James 33 Isaiah Longino Gino 46 Ray Johnson Jr. 35 TK Hamilton TK 19 Tevyn Johnson TJ 35 Kyle Moore 37 Daniel Justino Danny 36 Corban James 89 McKane Kinchen Lucky, Mac, Pretty Boy 37 Daniel Justino Danny 32 Landon King Lando 38 Quin Whitley Q 84 Gavin Landry Gee 39 Chandler Moncrief Crief, Moncrief 49 Keenan Leachman Leachman 40 TK Evans TK 16 Frederick Lee Jr. Fred 42 Matthew Nelson Matt 2 D’Ronne Littleton D-Ron 43 Scotty Roblow Scotty 33 Isaiah Longino Gino 43 Blake Stephenson 18 Ronald Malbrough 45 Tyson Ford Turtle 57 Jackson Mathews 46 Ray Johnson Jr. 14 Coby McGee Juice 47 Rashuad Powell Shuad 95 Joey McNeely Big Hummus 48 Johnathan Daigle John 58 Myles Mitchell 49 Keenan Leachman Leachman 76 Christian Mobley Mobes 50 Ricky Chatman 39 Chandler Moncrief Crief, Moncrief 10 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB DEMON DEPTH CHART OFFENSE (Multiple) DEFENSE (Multiple, 3-4 base) WR 10 Myles Ward (5-10, 180, So.-1L) DE 55 O’Shea Jackson (6-3, 265, Sr.-1L) 11 Tanner Ash (6-2, 210, So.-SQ) 93 Ty Cormier (6-1, 255, Fr.-RS) or 8 Levar Gumms (6-2, 200, So.-1L) NT 99 Damian Thompson (6-2, 305, Jr.-2L) IR 84 Gavin Landry (5-7, 185, Jr.-2L) 96 JaBralen Yarber (6-1, 312, Fr.-HS) 4 Benaiah Franklin (6-0, 190, Jr.-TR) DT 51 Nathalohn Nanai (6-2, 290, So.-1L) IR 1 Quan Shorts (6-2, 195, Sr.-1L) 47 Rashuad Powell (6-3, 243, So.-1L) 11 Tanner Ash (6-2, 210, So.-SQ) or 14 Coby McGee (5-11, 180, So.-1L) OLB 11 Jomard Valsin Jr. (6-1, 230, So.-1L) 32 Landon King (6-1, 228, So.-1L) WR 9 Akile Davis (6-2, 205, Sr.-TR) 15 Jalen Willis (6-3, 190, Fr.-RS) MLB 10 Ja’Quay Pough (6-1, 230, Jr.-TR) 53 Brice Borgeson (6-2, 227, Sr.-3L) TE 17 David Fitzwater (6-4, 240, Jr.-TR) or 16 Corey Smallwood (6-4, 225, Jr.-TR) WLB 22 Adrion Robertson (5-9, 205, Jr.-TR) 30 Bishop Breaux (6-1, 202, Fr.-RS) LT 70 Johnathan Hubbard (6-4, 290, Sr.-3L) 57 Brody Griffin (6-5, 295, Jr.-RS) OLB 35 Kyle Moore (6-1, 210, Jr.-1L) 38 Quin Whitley (6-2, 211, Sr.-1L) LG 74 Chris Zirkle (6-2, 300, Sr.-3L) 63 Alyzcha Ulufale-Hentz (6-6, 305, Fr.-RS) CB 20 Malik Sonnier (6-0, 185, Jr.-2L) 15 William Hooper (5-11, 170, So.-1L) C 75 Dustin Burns (6-4, 301, Sr.-3L) 69 Jakob Sell (6-3, 305, So.-TR) FS 23 Nick Forde (5-11, 201, Sr.-3L) 24 Ian Edwards (6-1, 184, Sr.-3L) RG 56 Kenny Sheldon (6-2, 281, So.-1L) 60 Tyler Rapp (6-1, 285, Sr.-2L) ROV 8 Ryan Reed (6-0, 193, Sr.-3L) 14 Isaiah Armstrong (6-2, 195, Sr.-TR) RT 62 Jake Gore (6-2, 275, So.-1L) 77 Parker Fink (6-3, 253, So.-1L) CB 28 Dylan Wilson (6-2, 193, Sr.-1L) 3 Shemar Bartholomew (6-0, 190, So.-1L) QB 5 Shelton Eppler (6-1, 205, Sr.-1L) 7 Bryce Rivers (6-3, 220, So.-TR) or 2 Kaleb Fletcher (5-11, 187, So.-1L)

RB 3 Stadford Anderson (6-1, 205, Jr.-2L) or 21 Jared West (5-8, 202, Sr.-3L)

SPECIALISTS K 37 Daniel Justino (5-8, 168, Jr.-TR) SS 55 Evan Gibson (5-11, 230, Fr.-RS) or 43 Scotty Roblow (6-5, 170, Fr.-HS) KR 10 Myles Ward (5-10, 180, So.-1L) P 9 Parker Pastorello (5-11, 183, Sr.-3L) 4 Benaiah Franklin (6-0, 190, Jr.-TR)

H 9 Parker Pastorello (5-11, 183, Sr.-3L) PR 4 Benaiah Franklin (6-0, 190, Jr.-TR)

DS 55 Evan Gibson (5-11, 230, Fr.-RS)

11 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB THE LAST TIME ... 100-YARD RUSHER 10+ RECEPTIONS IN A GAME By NSU: 137, Jared West at Southeastern Louisiana, 9/29/2018 By NSU: Quan Shorts, 12, at UT Martin, 8/29/2019 By Opponent: 149, Peyton Logan, UT Martin, 8/29/2019 By Opponent: Terian Goree/Remi Simmons, 10, Stephen F. Austin, 11/15/2018

TWO 100-YARD RUSHERS IN A GAME 3+ RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME By NSU: De’Mard Llorens (211) and Ronald Green (126), at Lamar, 10/15/16 By NSU: Jazz Ferguson, 3, at Abilene Christian. 11/3/2018 By Opponent: Zach Conque (120) and Kijana Amous (103), Stephen F. Austin, 11/19/2016 By Opponent: Davion Davis, 4, Sam Houston State, 10/13/2018

200-YARD RUSHING GAME 300-YARD PASSING GAME By NSU: De’Mard Llorens at Lamar (211 yards, 25 attempts), 10/15/2016 By NSU: 387 (43-62-3 TD), Shelton Eppler, at UT Martin, 8/29/2019 By Opponent: Trayveon Williams, Texas A&M (240 yards, 20 attempts), 8/30/2018 By Opponent: 323 (26-40-3 TD), Zach Purcell, Midwestern State, 9/7/2019

60-YARD RUSH PLAY 400-YARD PASSING GAME By NSU: Chris Jones, at Sam Houston State, 90 yards, 10/14/2017 By NSU: 474 (27-48-6 TD), Shelton Eppler, at Lamar, 9/15/2018 By Opponent: Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist, 68 yards, 10/27/2018 By Opponent: 509 (33-57-4), Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston State, 10/14/2017

70-YARD RUSH PLAY 100-YARD RECEIVING GAME By NSU: Chris Jones, at Sam Houston State, 90 yards, 10/14/2017 By NSU: 112, Quan Shorts, at UT Martin, 8/29/2019 By Opponent: Trayveon Williams, Texas A&M, 73 yards, 8/30/2018 By Opponent: 138, Terian Goree, and 128, Tamrick Packe, Stephen F. Austin, 11/15/2018

80-YARD RUSH PLAY 200-YARD RECEIVING GAME By NSU: Chris Jones, at Sam Houston State, 90 yards, 10/14/2017 By NSU: 212 (13 rec.), Ed Eagan, vs. Abilene Christian, 11/7/2015 By Opponent: Elijah McGuire, UL Lafayette, 88 yards, 9/12/2015 By Opponent: 247 (8 rec), Nathan Stewart, Sam Houston State, 10/14/2017

3+ RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS (PLAYER) AT LEAST 25 FIRST DOWNS IN A GAME By NSU: Jared West, 3, vs. Lamar, 9/16/17 By NSU: 28, at UT Martin, 8/29/2019 By Opponent: Darrel Colbert, 3, Lamar, 9/15/18 By Opponent: 25 by Stephen F. Austin, 11/15/2018

TEAM RUSHED FOR 300+ YARDS 500 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE By NSU: 390, at Lamar, 10/15/16 By NSU: vs. Lamar, 562, 9/15/2018 By Opponent: 503, Texas A&M, 8/30/18 By Opponent: Central Arkansas, 500, 10/20/2018

50+ YARD SCORING PASS SCORED 50+ POINTS IN A GAME By NSU: Jaylen Watson, 75 yards, at Stpehen F. Austin, 11/15/2018 By NSU: 51, vs. Southern, 9/13/2014 By Opponent: Tamrick Pace, 71 yards, Stephen F. Austin, 11/15/2018 By Opponents: 59, Texas A&M, 8/20/2018

25 COMPLETIONS (PLAYER) 2+ INTERCEPTIONS IN A GAME By NSU: Shemar Bartholomew, 2, vs. Sam Houston State, 10/13/2018 By NSU: Shelton Eppler, 28, vs. Midwestern State, 9/7/2019 By Opponent: Dae’Von Washington, 2, Louisiana Tech, 9/2/2017 By Opponent: Zach Purcell, 26, Midwestern State, 9/7/2019

40+ PASS ATTEMPTS IN A GAME (PLAYER) 15+ TACKLES IN A GAME By NSU: Peyton Guidry, 18, vs. Stephen F. Austin, 11/18/2017 By NSU: Shelton Eppler, 42 pass attempts, vs. Midwestern State, 9/7/2019 By Opponent: David Crosley, 15, Lamar, 9/16/2017 By Opponent: Zach Purcell, 40 pass attempts, Midwestern State, 9/7/2019

3 OR MORE TD PASSES IN A GAME (PLAYER) 3+ FIELD GOALS IN A GAME By NSU: Eric Piccione, 4, vs. Abilene Christian, 11/4/2017 By NSU: Shelton Eppler, 3, at UT Martin, 8/29/2019 By Opponent: Storm Ruiz, 3, Stephen F. Austin, 11/15/2018 By Opponent: Zach Purcell, 3, Midwestern State, 9/7/2019 50+ YARD FIELD GOAL 4 OR MORE TD PASSES IN A GAME (PLAYER) By NSU: Chris Moore, 52, vs. Abilene Christian, 11/7/2015 By NSU: Shelton Eppler, 4, vs. McNeese, 11/10/2018 By Opponent: Daniel LaCamera, 52, Texas A&M, 8/20/2018 By Opponent: James Tabary, 3, McNeese, 11/10/2018 PUNT RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN TWO 100-YARD RECEIVERS IN A GAME By NSU: Ed Eagan, 80 yards, at Stephen F. Austin, 11/22/2014 By NSU: Bobby Chan Chan (182) and Cameron Lazare (132) at Stephen F. Austin, 11/19/16 By Opponent: Terry Williams, at UT Martin, 55 yards, 8/29/2019 By Opponent: Terian Goree (138) and Tamrick Pace (128), Stephen F. Austin, 11/15/2018 12 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB THE LAST TIME ... KICKOFF RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN SHUT OUT D-I OPPONENT By NSU: Myles Ward, 94 yds., at Stephen F. Austin, 11/15/2018 By NSU: at Nicholls,34-0,9/24/2011 By Opponent: Qua’Shawn Washington, Abilene Christian, 37 yds, 11/3/2018 By Opponent: by SFA, 33-0, 11/19/2011

INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN SHUT OUT CONSECUTIVE OPPONENTS By NSU: Hayden Bourgeois, 55 yds., vs. McNeese, 11/10/2018 By NSU: West Alabama (64-0)/Southeastern Louisiana (7-0), 11/15-11/22, 1958 By Opponent: Wanya Moton, 78 yds, at UT Martin, 8/29/2019 By Opponents: Jacksonville State (21-0)/Troy (24-0), 10-25-11/1, 1975

BLOCKED PUNT RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN 30-POINT MARGIN OF VICTORY By NSU: Kedon Franklin, 0 yards off blocked punt, at Texas State, 10/23/2010 By NSU: 37 over Incarnate Word, 49-12, 10/11/2014 By Opponent: Joe Pack, Southeasten Louisiana, 0 yards off blocked punt, 9/30/2017 By Opponent: 32, Sam Houston State, 11/12/2016

FUMBLE RECOVERY FOR TOUCHDOWN ONSIDE KICK RECOVERY By NSU: Blake Stephenson, at Southeastern Louisiana, 9/29/2018 By NSU: Brice Borgeson, vs. Nicholls, 10/29/2016 By Opponent: Trent Jackson, McNeese, 11/11/2017 By Opponent: Caleb Abrom, Lamar, 11/15/2016

FUMBLE RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN COMPLETED 10 CONSECUTIVE PASSES By NSU: Adam Jones, 95 yards, vs. Lamar, 10/17/2015 By NSU: 10, Shelton Eppler, at UT Martin, 8/29/2019 By Opponent: James Barnes, Missouri State, 12 yds, 8/28/2014 By Opponent: N/A

SAFETY RECORDED TEAM FAILED TO RUSH FOR 100 YARDS By NSU: Team (blocked punt) vs. Incarnate Word, 9/8/2016 By NSU: vs. Midwestern State, 58, 9/7/2019 By Opponent: Derick Roberson, Sam Houston State, 10/13/2018 By Opponent: McNeese, 64, 11/10/2018

BLOCKED A KICK TEAM FAILED TO PASS FOR 100 YARDS By NSU: Damian Thompson, vs. Midwestern State, 9/7/2019 (XP) By NSU: vs. Abilene Christian, 86, 11/4/2017 By Opponent: Joseph McWilliams, Grambling, 9/8/2018 (FG) By Opponent: Southeastern Louisiana, 15, 9/3/2015

BLOCKED A PUNT COMMITTED 10 OR MORE PENALTIES By NSU: Dez Gray, at McNeese, 11/11/2017 By NSU: 11, vs. Midwestern State, 9/7/2019 By Opponent: Cecil Cherry (UT Martin), 8/29/2019 By Opponent: 10, UT Martin, 8/29/2019

60-YARD PUNT 100+ PENALTY YARDS By NSU: 68 by Parker Pastorello vs. Sam Houston State, 10/13/2018 By NSU: 111, at Stephen F. Austin, 11/15/2018 By Opponent: 70 by Winston Jones, Nicholls, 10/6/2018 By Opponent: 137, Stephen F. Austin, 11/18/2017

70-YARD PUNT PLAYED TO A TIE By NSU: Parker Pastorello, 71, at Nicholls, 10/7/2017 NSU vs. Stephen F. Austin, 17-17, 11/18/1989 By Opponent: Winston Jones, 70, Nicholls, 10/6/2018 PLAYED AN OVERTIME GAME 3+TDS IN A GAME (RUSH, PASS, RECEVING) Win: vs. McNeese, 37-34, 11/10/2018 By NSU: 3, Shelton Eppler (3 pass), at UT Martin, 8/29/2019 Loss: vs. McNeese, 29-26, 11/11/2006 By Opponent: 4, Zach Purcell (3 pass, 1 rush), Midwestern State, 9/7/2019

4+TDS IN A GAME (RUSH, PASS, RECEVING) By NSU: 4, Shelton Eppler (4 pass), vs. McNeese, 11/10/2018 By Opponent: 4, Zach Purcell (3 pass, 1 rush), Midwestern State, 9/7/2019

SHUT OUT AT TURPIN STADIUM By NSU: vs. Langston, 37-0, 9/28/2013 By Opponent: by SFA, 33-0, 11/19/2011

SHUT OUT ON THE ROAD By NSU: at Nicholls, 34-0, 9/24/2011 By Opponent: by Nicholls, 58-0, 10/6/2007

13 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB 2019 GAME RECAPS Northwestern State 20 Midwestern State 33 UT Martin 42 Northwestern State 7 Aug. 29, 2019 • Martin, Tennesse Sept. 7, 2019 • Natchitoches Hardy M. Graham Stadium • 3,008 Turpin Stadium • 7,010

MARTIN, Tennessee – The Northwestern State football team got the fast start it was NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State football team hoped its home opener would be looking for in its season opener Thursday night. a redemptive 60 minutes. The second half for the Demons did not play out the same. Instead, Midwestern State spoiled the Demons’ 2019 Turpin Stadium debut. UT Martin used a pair of non-offensive, second-half touchdowns to spoil a record-setting The Mustangs never allowed the Northwestern State offense to gain much of a foothold, night for Northwestern State quarterback Shelton Eppler as the Skyhawks pulled away for a and the Midwestern State defense limited the big play to hand the Demons a 33-7 defeat on 42-20 victory at Hardy Graham Stadium. Saturday night. “Give them credit, first and foremost,” second-year head coach Brad Laird said. “They came “You can’t give up big plays,” second-year head coach Brad Laird said. “You have to make out and made plays in all three phases in the second half. We had some special teams miscues in them earn it. That starts with us as coaches to get fixed. This football team wasn’t prepared. That the third quarter that gave them the momentum. starts with me. Give Midwestern (State) credit. They played a great game. We didn’t play well in “We came back and had a chance to tie the score, and we had a fourth-down situation all three phases.” where they ended up with a defensive touchdown. You could see the momentum of the game The Mustangs (1-0), ranked 20th in the AFCA Division II Preseason Top 25, built a 19-0 change at that moment.” lead on a pair of Zach Purcell first-quarter touchdown passes and two Jaron Imbirani field goals before the NSU offense awakened. That moment came with the Demons (0-1) trailing 28-20 with just more than 5 minutes Northwestern State (0-2) did not pick up its initial first down until the sixth drive of the to play. game when quarterback Shelton Eppler hit Quan Shorts for an 11-yard gain on third-and-1. Kaleb Fletcher rolled out on fourth and 2 and threw a pass that Wanya Moton jumped and That play energized the Demons offense, which traveled 75 yards on 12 plays for its lone returned 78 yards for a touchdown that put the Skyhawks (1-0) up 15 with 5:06 left. score of the game, a 10-yard Jared West touchdown run, to slice the Mustangs’ lead to 19-7. The interception return for a score was one of four second-half touchdowns for UT Martin, The Purple Swarm used that momentum to bury the Mustangs deep in their end and give all of which came from 21 or more yards. The final three scores, which came in the final 17:13 of the offense good field position and a shot at a late score. the game, covered 55, 78 and 53 yards and occurred in all three phases of the game. However, DaMarcus Wilson jumped an out route and returned the interception 42 yards to The chunk plays stood in contrast to a Northwestern State attack that ran 91 plays and the Northwestern State 32-yard line. After a pair of Purcell interceptions, the Mustangs came up outgained the Skyhawks, 483-309. with perhaps the biggest momentum play of the night. Eppler enjoyed a scintillating first half, setting in motion a night that saw him shatter Purcell floated a ball toward a gaggle of players in the front part of the end zone that school single-game records for completions (43) and attempts (62) while posting the sec- Juwan Johnson hauled in among the crowd for a touchdown that returned the momentum to ond-highest single-game yardage total (387). Midwestern State. NSU (0-1) 7 13 0 0 - 20 DEMONS INDIVIDUAL STATS MSU (1-0) 13 13 0 7 - 33 DEMONS INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing: Shelton Eppler 9-45; Rushing: Jared West 10-33, 1 UT Martin (1-0) 14 0 14 14 - 42 Stadford Anderson 9-29; Jared NSU (0-2) 0 7 0 0 - 7 TD; Bryce Rivers 1-19; Shelton West 8-19; Kaleb Fletcher 2-3. Eppler 8-9; Curtis Williams Jr. 1-6; 1 9:53 NSU-Quan Shorts 14 pass from Shelton Eppler (Scotty Roblow kick), 10-88, 5:07 7-0 Passing: Shelton Eppler 43-62- 1 5:50 MSU-Tyrique Edwards 38 pass from Zach Purcell (kick blocked), 5-80, 2:15 6-0 Stadford Anderson 2-minus 3. 1 6:02 UTM-Colton Dowell 39 pass from John Bachus (Ryan Courtright kick), 8-78, 3:46 7-7 1, 387 yards, 3 TDs; Kaleb Fletcher 1 1:03 MSU-Kylan Harrison 25 pass from Purcell (Jacob Rowland kick), 6-55, 3:01 13-0 Passing: Shelton Eppler 1 2:17 UTM-Jaylon Moore 43 pass from Bachus (Courtright kick), 4-58, 2:11 7-14 0-1-1 0 yards. 2 8:25 MSU-Jaron Imbriani 28 field goal, 12-55, 5:45 16-0 28-42-1, 177 yards; Bryce Rivers 2 11:11 NSU-Shorts 7 pass from Eppler (Roblow kick), 14-75, 6:06 14-14 2 5:35 MSU-Imbriani 25 field goal, 7-48, 1:53 19-0 2-4-0 8 yards. 2 6:35 NSU-Corey Smallwood 26 pass from Eppler (kick failed), 7-62, 3:02 20-14 Receiving: Quan Shorts 12-111, 2 1:07 NSU-Jared West 10 run (Scotty Roblow kick), 12-75, 4:28 19-7 2 TDs; Jared West 7-30; Akile Davis 3 4:22 UTM-Peyton Logan 21 run (Courtright kick), 2-25, 0:42 20-21 2 0:00 MSU-Juwan Johnson 32 pass from Purcell (Imbriani kick), 3-32, 0:13 26-7 Receiving: Quan Shorts 8-60; 6-63; Myles Ward 5-46; Gavin Gavin Landry 5-26; Stadford 3 2:13 UTM-Terry Williams 55 punt return (Courtright kick) 20-28 4 11:05 MSU-Purcell 7 run (Imbriani kick), 9-70, 4:18 33-7 Landry 4-32; Corey Smallwood Anderson 3-15; Jared West 3-3; 4 5:06 UTM-Wanya Moton 78 interception return (Courtright kick) 20-35 3-71; David Fitzwater 2-14; Levar Gumms 2-24; Akile Davis 4 2:53 UTM-Logan 53 run (Courtright kick), 2-53, 0:54 20-42 Stadford Anderson 2-3; Jalen Yardstick MSU NSU 2-19; Coby McGee 2-2; Tanner Ash Willis 1-14; Tanner Ash 1-3. First Downs 22 14 1-13; Jalen Willis 1-10; Benaiah Yardstick NSU UTM O-Line: Alyzcha Ulufale-Hentz 7 Rushing Yards 102 58 Franklin 1-8; Curtis Williams First Downs 28 15 snaps, 1 knockdown, 90%; Parker Passing Yards 323 185 Jr. 1-6. Rushing Yards 96 179 Fink 15 snaps, 2 KD, 1 MTXE, 84%; Comp.-Att.-Int. 26-40-0 30-46-1 Defense: Jomard Valsin Jr. 7 Passing Yards 387 130 Khalil Corbett-Canada 28 snaps, Total Offense 425 243 tackles, 1 INT; 1 hurry; Nick Forde Comp.-Att.-Int. 43-63-2 8-20-1 1 KD, 81%; Jake Gore 80 snaps, 7 Total Offensive Plays 73 68 5 tackles, 1 PBU; Ja’Quay Pough KD, 6 MTXE, 80%; Chris Zirkle 89 Total Offense 483 309 Average Gain Per Play 5.8 3.6 5 tackles; Adrion Robertson 5 Total Offensive Plays 91 55 snaps, 9 KD, 6 MTXE, 78%; Kenny tackles, 2 TFL, 1 PBU, 1 sack, 1 QB Sheldon 85 snaps, 6 KD, 3 MTXE, Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 hurry; Ryan Reed 4 tackles, 0.5 Average Gain Per Play 5.3 5.6 77%; Dustin Burns 86 snaps, 8 KD, Penalties-Yards 8-60 11-99 TFL, 1 PBU; Damian Thompson Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 5 MTXE, 69%; Jonathan Hubbard Punts-Yards-Avg. 7-249-35.6 9-370-41.1 3 tackles; Isaiah Armstrong 3 Penalties-Yards 9-95 10-95 68 snaps, 8 KD, 7 MTXE, 69%; Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-19-0 4-19-0 tackles, 1 PBU; Brice Borgeson 3 Punts-Yards-Avg. 7-207-29.6 6-186-31.0 Jakob Sell 16 snaps, 56%. Average Per Return 19.0 4.8 tackles; Isaiah Longino 1 tackle; Punt Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 4-98-1 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 1-0-0 4-79-0 Tyree Cormier 2 tackles; Kyle More Average Per Return 0.0 24.5 Defense: Jomard Valsin Jr. 7 2 tackles, 0.5 TFL; Rashuad Powell tackles, 1 INT; 1 hurry; Nick Forde Average Per Return 0.0 19.8 1 tackles, 1 TFL; Bishop Breaux 1 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 4-57-0 4-73-0 5 tackles, 1 PBU; Ja’Quay Pough Interceptions-Yards-TD 1-42-0 0-0-0 tackle; Parker Pastorello 1 tackle; Average Per Return 14.3 18.3 5 tackles; Adrion Robertson 5 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Joey McNeely 1 tackle; Jarviar Interceptions-Yards-TD 1-0-0 2-90-1 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 PBU, 1 sack, 1 QB Time of Possession 33:35 26:25 Wade 1 tackle; Nathalohn Nanai Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 hurry; Ryan Reed 4 tackles, 0.5 Third-Down Conversions 5-14 3-17 1 tackle, 1 TFL; Daniel Justino 1 TFL, 1 PBU; Damian Thompson Time of Possession 35:53 24:07 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 2-3 tackle; William Hooper 1 tackle; Third-Down Conversions 7-17 6-13 3 tackles; Isaiah Armstrong 3 Ricky Chatman 1 tackle; Malik tackles, 1 PBU; Brice Borgeson 3 Red Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 1-2 Sonnier 1 tackle; Quin Whitley 2 Fourth-Down Conversions 1-3 0-0 tackles; Isaiah Longino 1 tackle; Sacks-Yards 2-16 2-16 QB hurries. Red Zone Scores-Chances 2-4 0-0 Tyree Cormier 2 tackles; Kyle More PAT Kicks 3-4 1-1 Sacks-Yards 1-3 2-4 2 tackles, 0.5 TFL; Rashuad Powell Field Goals 2-2 0-0 PAT Kicks 2-3 6-6 1 tackles, 1 TFL; Bishop Breaux 1 Field Goals 0-1 0-0 tackle; Parker Pastorello 1 tackle; Joey McNeely 1 tackle; Jarviar Wade 1 tackle; Nathalohn Nanai 1 tackle, 1 TFL; Daniel Justino 1 tackle; William Hooper 1 tackle; Ricky Chatman 1 tackle; Malik Sonnier 1 tackle; Quin Whitley 2 QB hurries. 14 #NeverYield Northwestern State at LSU Sept. 14, 2019 @NSUDemonsFB LAST TIME VS. LSU Northwestern State 3 board, however. LSU 49 After a punt to the LSU 13, NSU’s Jeremy Lane sacked Lee for an 11-yard loss Sept. 10, 2011 • Baton Rouge back to the Tigers’ 3. The Demons forced a short LSU punt, got a first down but had Tiger Stadium • 92,405 to settle for the 44-yard Shaughnessy field goal 14 minutes before halftime. The Tigers moved 63 yards on eight plays for a 14-3 advantage at 9:50 of the BATON ROUGE – The LSU football team looked every bit the nation’s No. 2 second quarter on a 1-yard dive by Spencer Ware. Less than two minutes later, it major college squad Saturday night, taking command with two touchdowns in was 21-3 on a 6-yard Ware sweep set up by a diving interception by LSU defensive the closing minutes of the first half and whipping Northwestern State 49-3 before tackle Michael Brockers at the Demons’ 15 two plays earlier. 92,405 at Tiger Stadium. The last-minute TD sent LSU soaring into halftime and the Tigers roared out of The Demons dipped to 1-1 after losing their first matchup with LSU since the lockerroom. 1942, with a first-ever contest at SMU ahead next Saturday night. The Tigers went LSU removed any doubt about the outcome by taking the second half kickoff 2-0 heading into their Southeastern Conference opener next Thursday at Mississip- behind backup 69 yards in six plays over the first 2:28 to go up 35-3 on a 9-yard pi State. run by Ford. “That is definitely the number one team in the country. They are a great The Tigers added two more touchdowns, off drives of 57 and 68 yards, and football team,” said Demons’ coach Bradley Dale Peveto, who was an assistant at kept the Demons shackled after halftime. LSU when the TIgers won the 2007 BCS national championship. “They were pretty LSU finished with 400 total yards, 175 on the ground and 225 passing on 17 of impressive on television (last week whipping No. 3 Oregon 40-27) and they are 21 aim. NSU’s Brad Henderson completed his first seven passes and finished 16 of even more impressive in person. 26 with the interception. “That is a fast, fast team. They get edges that you do not think they are going “I have to give credit to Bradley Dale Peveto because they are well coached,” to get. They are as physical a team as I have watched in a long time,” he said. “I was said LSU coach Les Miles. “I think they are going to be a very good team. I like their in this league for four years and I do not remember seeing a team that physical.” team. They have a good defense. I felt their special teams did a good job. The home opener throng at Tiger Stadium, including well over 4,000 NSU fans, “I knew that their special teams was going to run a fake on us, I told our team was the largest crowd to watch a Northwestern football game, surpassing the to keep an eye on it. I know this guy, and shoot, I coached with him. Well, (NSU previous high of 86,520 at Georgia’s Sanford Stadium in 2002. In that game, the special teams coordinator) Brendan Farrell did it to us. You talk about small victory, No. 4-ranked Bulldogs dumped the Demons 45-7, and that NSU team went on to those guys had a small victory on that play, just so you know.” reach the FCS playoffs. LSU went to 11-0 all-time against Northwestern but gave up points for the first time ever. John Shaughnessy drilled a 44-yard field goal one minute into the Northwestern St. 0 3 0 0 - 3 DEMONS INDIVIDUAL STATS second quarter to draw the Demons within 7-3 and ultimately become a historic Rushing: Sterling Endsley 4-8; LSU 7 21 14 7 - 49 D.J. Palmer 3-6; Rumeall Morris footnote. 9-6; Justin Aldredge 1-1; Phillip “That does mean something to us,” said Peveto. “We wanted to win, but when 1 8:03 LSU-De. Peterson 9 pass from Jarret Lee (Drew Alleman kick), 6-67, 2:54 0-7 Harvey 1-(-1); Sidney Riley 2-(-3); 2 14:00 NSU-John Shaughnessy 44 field goal, 6-12, 2:25 3-7 Don Canyon 1-(-4); Brad Hender- you’ve played a school 10 times and haven’t scored, that’s business you want to 2 9:50 LSU-Spencer Ware 1 run (Alleman kick), 8-63, 4:06 3-14 son 5-(-7); Team 1-(-10). take care of and we did. It just turned out that we didn’t convert on some other 2 8:33 LSU-Ware 6 run (Alleman kick), 2-14, 0:30 3-21 2 0:20 LSU-Michael Ford 3 run (Alleman kick), 5-52, 0:30 3-28 Passing: Brad Henderson 16-26, 74, INT; Don Canyon 1-3, 25. opportunities on their end of the field, and you give a ton of credit to that LSU 3 12:39 LSU-Ford 7 run (Alleman kick), 6-59, 2:18 3-35 defense for that.” 3 2:36 LSU-Alfred Blue 4 run (Alleman kick), 10-57, 3:57 3-42 Receiving: Justin Aldredge 4 7:36 LSU-Kadron Boone 19 pass from Zach Mettenberger, 15-68, 8:13 3-49 7-58; T.C. Henry 2-22; Sidney The Tigers’ defense overwhelmed the Demons afterward as the outcome was Riley 2-6; Trevor Eickman 1-9; Yardstick NSU LSU Louis Hollier 1-5; D.J. Palmer 1-3; resolved. LSU held Northwestern to only 95 total yards and just six first downs on First Downs 6 23 Phillip Harvey 1-1; Kevin Shief 56 snaps. Rushing Yards 27-(-14) 45-175 1-(-1); Fisher Romar 1-(4). Passing Yards 99 225 A 21-point second quarter and a touchdown on the opening series after Offensive Line Grades: Zach Comp.-Att.-Int. 17-29-1 17-21-0 Case 100%, 11 snaps; Tchissakid halftime turned the game into a rout. Total Offense 95 400 Player 74%, 45 snaps, 1 KO; Total Offensive Plays 56 66 Blayne Cole 72%, 56 snaps, 1 KO; LSU took command just before halftime, moving quickly downfield to make Average Gain Per Play 1.7 6.1 Destry Hesskew 68%, 39 snaps, it 28-3 after the Demons’ bid to draw closer misfired with a bad snap on a fourth- Fumbles-Lost 4-0 3-1 1 KO; John McLendon 65%, 42 Penalties-Yards 5-40 7-51 snaps, 4 KO; Sherard Sorrells 61%, and-5 at the LSU 37. Michael Ford capped a 52-yard, 5-play drive in a half-minute 15 snaps, 1 KO; Jesse Hernandez Punts-Yards-Avg. 7-239-34.1 3-123-41.0 60%, 5 snaps; Isaac Puapuaga by pounding it in from 3 yards out with 20 seconds to go before halftime. Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-(-1)-0 4-26-0 58%, 23 snaps, 1 KO, Larry Calcote The Tigers’ defense was rugged while LSU scored three second-quarter touch- Average Per Return -1.0 6.5 53%, 51 snaps, 1 KO; Caleb Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 8-132-0 2-7-0 Stanfield 33%, 6 snaps. downs. Average Per Return 16.5 3.5 Interceptions-Yards-TD 0-0-0 2-0-0 Defense: Brashard Booker 14 The Demons were stymied, except for a 25-yard fake punt pass from Don hits, 0.5 TFL; Jeremy Lane 9 hits, Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 1 sack, TFL; Derek Rose 9 hits, Canyon to Justin Aldredge, after getting some production in the first period. Time of Possession 29:07 30:53 2 TFL; Lamont Simmons 7 hits; Otherwise, on 16 other plays, Northwestern netted no yards against a ubitiquous Third-Down Conversions 2-16 9-13 Reggie Toomer 6 hits, 1.5 TFL, Fourth-Down Conversions 1-3 0-0 2 FF; Bert White 6 hits; Lesley LSU defense. Red Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 7-7 Deamer 6 hits; Cashas Pollard 5 PAT Kicks 0-0 7-7 hits; Anthony Gilbert 5 hits, FF; “If there’s a better one out there, I want to see it,” said Peveto. “They are so Deon Simon 4 hits; Ricky Issac 4 Field Goals 1-1 0-0 hits, 0.5 TFL; Yaser Elqutub 3 hits; fast, so physical, so well coached, and they play every snap like it’s the last one.” Wade Williams 2 hits; Phil LeBlanc The Tigers went up 7-0 by scoring on their first series, getting a 9-yard Jarrett 2 hits; David Larsen 2 hits; Calvin Morton 1 hit; Justin Aldredge Lee pass to Deangelo Peterson midway through the first quarter. The Demons took 1 hit; Tyler Smith 1 hit; Mike Adams 1 hit, FR; Brad Henderson the kickoff and moved into Tiger territory, but a bad snap in shotgun formation on 1 hit; Damon Medcafe 1 hit; Don second-and-3 at the LSU 31 helped spoil the chance. It did help get NSU on the Canyon 1 hit; Rico Albert 1 hit. 15 #NeverYield 2019 Northwestern State Football Northwestern State Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Aug 29, 2019 at UT Martin L 20-42 3008 All games 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 Sep 07, 2019 #20 MIDWESTERN STATE L 7-33 7010 Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Non-Conference 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Eppler, Shelton 2 17 74 20 54 3.2 0 10 27.0 Team Statistics NSU OPP West, Jared 2 18 56 10 46 2.6 1 10 23.0 FIRST DOWNS 42 37 Anderson, Stadf 2 11 29 3 26 2.4 0 8 13.0 R u s h in g 9 16 Rivers, Bryce 1 1 19 0 19 19.0 0 19 19.0 P a s s in g 28 17 Williams, Curti 2 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 3.0 P e n a l ty 5 4 Fletcher, Kaleb 1 2 3 0 3 1.5 0 2 3.0 RUSHING YARDAGE 154 281 Total 2 50 187 33 154 3.1 1 19 77.0 Rushing Attempts 50 68 Opponents 2 68 351 70 281 4.1 3 53 140.5 Average Per Rush 3.1 4.1 Average Per Game 77.0 140.5 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g TDs Rushing 1 3 Eppler, Shelton 2 119.50 71-104-2 68.3 564 3 35 282.0 PASSING YARDAGE 572 453 Rivers, Bryce 1 66.80 2-4-0 50.0 8 0 7 8.0 C o m p - A t t- In t 73-109-3 34-60-1 Fletcher, Kaleb 1 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Average Per Pass 5.2 7.6 Total 2 114.63 73-109-3 67.0 572 3 35 286.0 Average Per Catch 7.8 13.3 Opponents 2 144.25 34-60-1 56.7 453 5 43 226.5 Average Per Game 286.0 226.5 TDs Passing 3 5 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g TOTAL OFFENSE 726 734 Shorts, Quan 2 20 171 8.6 2 35 85.5 Average Per Play 4.6 5.7 West, Jared 2 10 33 3.3 0 7 16.5 Average Per Game 363.0 367.0 Landry, Gavin 2 9 58 6.4 0 15 29.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 8-136 5-73 Davis, Akile 2 8 82 10.2 0 25 41.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-19 5-117 Ward, Myles 2 5 46 9.2 0 15 23.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 1-0 3-132 Anderson, Stadf 2 5 18 3.6 0 9 9.0 FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 0-0 Smallwood, Core 2 3 71 23.7 1 26 35.5 PENALTIES-Yards 20-194 18-155 Gumms, Levar 1 2 24 12.0 0 16 24.0 PUNTS-AVG 16-36.1 13-33.5 Willis, Jalen 2 2 24 12.0 0 14 12.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 1 :0 9 2 8 :5 1 Ash, Tanner 2 2 16 8.0 0 13 8.0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 10/34 11/27 Fitzwater, Davi 2 2 14 7.0 0 7 7.0 4TH-DOWN Conversions 3/6 0/0 McGee, Coby 2 2 2 1.0 0 2 1.0 Franklin, Benai 2 1 8 8.0 0 8 4.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Williams, Curti 2 1 6 6.0 0 6 3.0 Valsin, Jomard 1 0 0.0 0 0 Eppler, Shelton 2 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.5 Total 2 73 572 7.8 3 35 286.0 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Opponents 2 34 453 13.3 5 43 226.5 Pastorello, Par 15 573 38.2 48 0 6 2 0 1 TEAM 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Roblow, Scotty 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Franklin, Benai 4 19 4.8 0 6 PAT Total 4 19 4.8 0 6 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Opponents 5 117 23.4 1 55 Shorts, Quan 2 ------12 West, Jared 1 ------6 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Smallwood, Core 1 ------6 Ward, Myles 4 79 19.8 0 29 Roblow, Scotty - 0-1 3-4 - - - - - 3 Franklin, Benai 3 50 16.7 0 21 Total 4 0-1 3-4 - - - - - 27 Howell, Aaron 1 7 7.0 0 7 Opponents 10 2-2 9-10 - - - - - 75 Total 8 136 17.0 0 29 Opponents 5 73 14.6 0 28 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Northwestern State 7 20 0 0 0 27 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Opponents 27 13 14 21 0 75 Shorts, Quan 2 0 171 0 0 0 171 85.5 Ward, Myles 2 0 46 0 79 0 125 62.5 Davis, Akile 2 0 82 0 0 0 82 41.0 West, Jared 2 46 33 0 0 0 79 39.5 Franklin, Benai 2 0 8 19 50 0 77 38.5 Total 2 154 572 19 136 0 881 440.5 Opponents 2 281 453 117 73 132 1056 528.0

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Eppler, Shelton 2 121 54 564 618 309.0 West, Jared 2 18 46 0 46 23.0 Rivers, Bryce 1 5 19 8 27 27.0 Anderson, Stadf 2 11 26 0 26 13.0 Williams, Curti 2 1 6 0 6 3.0 Total 2 159 154 572 726 363.0 Opponents 2 128 281 453 734 367.0

Team Statistics NSU OPP SCORING 27 75 Points Per Game 13.5 37.5 Points Off Turnovers 0 14 FIRST DOWNS 42 37 R u s h in g 9 16 P a s s in g 28 17 P e n a l ty 5 4 RUSHING YARDAGE 154 281 Yards gained rushing 187 351 Yards lost rushing 33 70 Rushing Attempts 50 68 Average Per Rush 3.1 4.1 Average Per Game 77.0 140.5 TDs Rushing 1 3 PASSING YARDAGE 572 453 C o m p - A t t- In t 73-109-3 34-60-1 Average Per Pass 5.2 7.6 Average Per Catch 7.8 13.3 Average Per Game 286.0 226.5 TDs Passing 3 5 TOTAL OFFENSE 726 734 Total Plays 159 128 Average Per Play 4.6 5.7 Average Per Game 363.0 367.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 8-136 5-73 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-19 5-117 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 1-0 3-132 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.0 14.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 4.8 23.4 INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 44.0 FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES-Yards 20-194 18-155 Average Per Game 97.0 77.5 PUNTS-Yards 16-577 13-435 Average Per Punt 36.1 33.5 Net punt average 28.8 30.5 KICKOFFS-Yards 6-305 13-745 Average Per Kick 50.8 57.3 Net kick average 38.7 41.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 1 :0 9 2 8 :5 1 3RD-DOWN Conversions 10/34 11/27 3rd-Down Pct 29% 41% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 3/6 0/0 4th-Down Pct 50% 0% SACKS BY-Yards 3-19 4-20 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 4 10 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 0-1 2-2 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (3-6) 50% (3-3) 100% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (3-6) 50% (1-3) 33% PAT-ATTEMPTS (3-4) 75% (9-10) 90% ATTENDANCE 7010 3008 Games/Avg Per Game 1/7010 1/3008 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Northwestern State 7 20 0 0 0 27 Opponents 27 13 14 21 0 75 2019 Northwestern State Football Northwestern State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Eppler, Shelton 2 17 74 20 54 3.2 0 10 27.0 Franklin, Benai 4 19 4.8 0 6 West, Jared 2 18 56 10 46 2.6 1 10 23.0 Total 4 19 4.8 0 6 Anderson, Stadf 2 11 29 3 26 2.4 0 8 13.0 Opponents 5 117 23.4 1 55 Rivers, Bryce 1 1 19 0 19 19.0 0 19 19.0 Williams, Curti 2 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 3.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Fletcher, Kaleb 1 2 3 0 3 1.5 0 2 3.0 Valsin, Jomard 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 2 50 187 33 154 3.1 1 19 77.0 Total 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 2 68 351 70 281 4.1 3 53 140.5 Opponents 3 132 44.0 1 78

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Eppler, Shelton 2 119.50 71-104-2 68.3 564 3 35 282.0 Ward, Myles 4 79 19.8 0 29 Rivers, Bryce 1 66.80 2-4-0 50.0 8 0 7 8.0 Franklin, Benai 3 50 16.7 0 21 Fletcher, Kaleb 1 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Howell, Aaron 1 7 7.0 0 7 Total 2 114.63 73-109-3 67.0 572 3 35 286.0 Total 8 136 17.0 0 29 Opponents 2 144.25 34-60-1 56.7 453 5 43 226.5 Opponents 5 73 14.6 0 28

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Shorts, Quan 2 20 171 8.6 2 35 85.5 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 West, Jared 2 10 33 3.3 0 7 16.5 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 Landry, Gavin 2 9 58 6.4 0 15 29.0 Davis, Akile 2 8 82 10.2 0 25 41.0 Ward, Myles 2 5 46 9.2 0 15 23.0 Anderson, Stadf 2 5 18 3.6 0 9 9.0 Smallwood, Core 2 3 71 23.7 1 26 35.5 Willis, Jalen 2 2 24 12.0 0 14 12.0 Gumms, Levar 1 2 24 12.0 0 16 24.0 Ash, Tanner 2 2 16 8.0 0 13 8.0 Fitzwater, Davi 2 2 14 7.0 0 7 7.0 McGee, Coby 2 2 2 1.0 0 2 1.0 Franklin, Benai 2 1 8 8.0 0 8 4.0 Williams, Curti 2 1 6 6.0 0 6 3.0 Eppler, Shelton 2 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.5 Total 2 73 572 7.8 3 35 286.0 Opponents 2 34 453 13.3 5 43 226.5 2019 Northwestern State Football Northwestern State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Shorts, Quan 2 ------12 Eppler, Shelton 2 121 54 564 618 309.0 West, Jared 1 ------6 West, Jared 2 18 46 0 46 23.0 Smallwood, Core 1 ------6 Rivers, Bryce 1 5 19 8 27 27.0 Roblow, Scotty - 0-1 3-4 - - - - - 3 Anderson, Stadf 2 11 26 0 26 13.0 Butler, Tyrus ------0 Williams, Curti 2 1 6 0 6 3.0 Total 4 0-1 3-4 - - - - - 27 Fletcher, Kaleb 1 3 3 0 3 3.0 Opponents 10 2-2 9-10 - - - - - 75 Total 2 159 154 572 726 363.0 Opponents 2 128 281 453 734 367.0

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Roblow, Scotty 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 Pastorello, Par 15 573 38.2 48 0 6 2 0 1 TEAM 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 FG Sequence Northwestern State Opponents Total 16 577 36.1 48 0 6 2 0 1 UT Martin 35 - Opponents 13 435 33.5 48 1 3 3 0 0 Midwestern State - (28),(25) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Justino, Daniel 5 265 53.0 0 0 Roblow, Scotty 1 40 40.0 0 0 Total 6 305 50.8 0 0 14.6 38.7 26 Opponents 13 745 57.3 3 0 17.0 41.1 23 2019 Northwestern State Football Northwestern State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Shorts, Quan 2 0 171 0 0 0 171 85.5 Ward, Myles 2 0 46 0 79 0 125 62.5 Davis, Akile 2 0 82 0 0 0 82 41.0 West, Jared 2 46 33 0 0 0 79 39.5 Franklin, Benai 2 0 8 19 50 0 77 38.5 Smallwood, Cor 2 0 71 0 0 0 71 35.5 Landry, Gavin 2 0 58 0 0 0 58 29.0 Eppler, Shelton 2 54 -1 0 0 0 53 26.5 Anderson, Stadf 2 26 18 0 0 0 44 22.0 Gumms, Levar 1 0 24 0 0 0 24 24.0 Willis, Jalen 2 0 24 0 0 0 24 12.0 Rivers, Bryce 1 19 0 0 0 0 19 19.0 Ash, Tanner 2 0 16 0 0 0 16 8.0 Fitzwater, Davi 2 0 14 0 0 0 14 7.0 Williams, Curti 2 6 6 0 0 0 12 6.0 Howell, Aaron 2 0 0 0 7 0 7 3.5 Fletcher, Kaleb 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 McGee, Coby 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.0 Total 2 154 572 19 136 0 881 440.5 Opponents 2 281 453 117 73 132 1056 528.0 2019 Northwestern State Football Northwestern State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 22 Robertson, Adri 2 9 4 13 4.0-30 1.0-3 . 1 1 . . . . 1B Valsin, Jomard 2 5 7 12 1.5-11 1.0-9 1-0 . 3 . . . . 53 Borgeson, Brice 2 4 6 10 . . . . 1 . . . . 1A Pough, Ja'Quay 2 5 5 10 ...... 35 Moore, Kyle 2 2 6 8 0.5-1 . . . 1 . . . . 8D Reed, Ryan 2 6 2 8 0.5-0 . . 2 . . . . . 23 Forde, Nick 2 5 2 7 . . . 1 . . . . . 99 Thompson, Damia 2 4 2 6 1.5-3 . . . 2 . . 1 . 14 Armstrong, Isai 2 5 . 5 . . . 2 . . . . . 15 Hooper, William 2 4 . 4 ...... 20 Sonnier, Malik 2 4 . 4 ...... 47 Powell, Rashuad 2 2 2 4 2.0-8 ...... 32 King, Landon 2 2 2 4 . . . . 1 . . . . 93 Cormier, Tyree 2 2 1 3 ...... 4D Anderson, Cedri 2 2 1 3 ...... 7D Ratliff, Kevin 2 1 1 2 ...... 33 Longino, Isaiah 1 1 1 2 . . . . 1 . . . . 55 Jackson, O'Shea 1 2 . 2 ...... 51 Nanai, Nathaloh 2 2 . 2 1.0-4 ...... 9P Pastorello, Par 2 2 . 2 ...... 38 Whitley, Quin 2 2 . 2 . . . . 2 . . . . 30 Breaux, Bishop 2 . 2 2 ...... 91 Wade, Jarviar 2 . 1 1 ...... 5 Eppler, Shelton 2 1 . 1 ...... 50 Chatman, Ricky 2 . 1 1 ...... 95 McNeely, Joey 2 . 1 1 ...... 96 Yarber, JaBrale 2 1 . 1 1.0-7 1.0-7 . . 1 . . . . 37 Justino, Daniel 2 1 . 1 ...... 28 Wilson, Dylan 2 ...... 1 . . . . . Total 2 74 47 121 12-64 3-19 1-0 7 13 . . 1 . Opponents 2 86 84 170 14-43 4-20 3-132 16 10 . . 1 . 2019 Northwestern State Football Northwestern State Team Game-by-Game (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Aug 29 at UT Martin 28 96 0 10 43 387 3 35 43-63-2 387 3 35 4 57 0 21 0 0 0 0 483 Sep 07 MIDWESTERN STATE 22 58 1 19 30 185 0 16 30-46-1 185 0 16 4 79 0 29 4 19 0 6 243 Northwestern State 50 154 1 19 73 572 3 35 73-109-3 572 3 35 8 136 0 29 4 19 0 6 726 Opponents 68 281 3 53 34 453 5 43 34-60-1 453 5 43 5 73 0 28 5 117 1 55 734

Games: 2 • Avg/rush: 3.1 • Avg/catch: 7.8 • Pass effic: 114.63 • KR avg: 17.0 • PR avg: 4.8 • All purpose avg/game: 440.5 • Total offense avg/gm: 363.0

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 29 at UT Martin 29 23 52 5.0-34 1.0-3 0 0-0 1-0 8 4 0 2-3 0 0 0 0 20 Sep 07 MIDWESTERN STATE 45 24 69 7.0-30 2.0-16 0 0-0 0-0 5 3 1 1-1 0 0 0 0 7 Northwestern State 74 47 121 12.0-64 3.0-19 0 0-0 1-0 13 7 1 3-4 0 0 0 0 27 Opponents 86 84 170 14.0-43 4.0-20 0 0-0 3-132 10 16 1 9-10 0 0 0 14 75

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Aug 29 at UT Martin 7 207 29.6 45 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0 0 4 226 56.5 0 0 Sep 07 MIDWESTERN STATE 9 370 41.1 48 0 0 6 0 2 0-0 0 0 2 79 39.5 0 0 Northwestern State 16 577 36.1 48 1 0 6 0 2 0-1 0 0 6 305 50.8 0 0 Opponents 13 435 33.5 48 0 1 3 0 3 2-2 28 0 13 745 57.3 3 0 2019 Northwestern State Football Northwestern State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Aug 29 at UT Martin 35 179 2 53 8 130 2 43 8-20-1 130 2 43 4 73 0 28 4 98 1 55 309 Sep 07 MIDWESTERN STATE 33 102 1 19 26 323 3 38 26-40-0 323 3 38 1 0 0 0 1 19 0 19 425 Opponents 68 281 3 53 34 453 5 43 34-60-1 453 5 43 5 73 0 28 5 117 1 55 734 Northwestern State 50 154 1 19 73 572 3 35 73-109-3 572 3 35 8 136 0 29 4 19 0 6 726

Games: 2 • Avg/rush: 4.1 • Avg/catch: 13.3 • Pass effic: 144.25 • KR avg: 14.6 • PR avg: 23.4 • All purpose avg/game: 528.0 • Total offense avg/gm: 367.0

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 29 at UT Martin 46 48 94 7.0-16 2.0-4 0 0-0 2-90 8 10 1 6-6 0 0 0 7 42 Sep 07 MIDWESTERN STATE 40 36 76 7.0-27 2.0-16 0 0-0 1-42 2 6 0 3-4 0 0 0 7 33 Opponents 86 84 170 14.0-43 4.0-20 0 0-0 3-132 10 16 1 9-10 0 0 0 14 75 Northwestern State 74 47 121 12.0-64 3.0-19 0 0-0 1-0 13 7 1 3-4 0 0 0 0 27

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Aug 29 at UT Martin 6 186 31.0 39 0 0 3 0 2 0-0 0 0 7 358 51.1 1 0 Sep 07 MIDWESTERN STATE 7 249 35.6 48 0 1 0 0 1 2-2 28 0 6 387 64.5 2 0 Opponents 13 435 33.5 48 0 1 3 0 3 2-2 28 0 13 745 57.3 3 0 Northwestern State 16 577 36.1 48 1 0 6 0 2 0-1 0 0 6 305 50.8 0 0 2019 Northwestern State Football Northwestern State Game Superlatives (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 10 West, Jared vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Yards Rushing 45 Eppler, Shelton at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) TD Rushes 1 West, Jared vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Long Rush 19 Rivers, Bryce vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Pass attempts 62 Eppler, Shelton at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Pass completions 43 Eppler, Shelton at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Yards Passing 387 Eppler, Shelton at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) TD Passes 3 Eppler, Shelton at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Long Pass 35 Eppler, Shelton at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Receptions 12 Shorts, Quan at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Yards Receiving 111 Shorts, Quan at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) TD Receptions 2 Shorts, Quan at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Long Reception 35 Shorts, Quan at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Punts 9 Pastorello, Par vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Punting Avg 41.1 Pastorello, Par vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Long Punt 48 Pastorello, Par vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Punts inside 20 2 Pastorello, Par vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Long Punt Return 6 Franklin, Benai vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Long Kickoff Return 29 Ward, Myles vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Tackles 8 Robertson, Adri vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Sacks 1.0 Robertson, Adri at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) 1.0 Valsin, Jomard vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) 1.0 Yarber, JaBrale vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Tackles For Loss 2.0 Robertson, Adri at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) 2.0 Robertson, Adri vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Interceptions 1 Valsin, Jomard at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) 2019 Northwestern State Football Northwestern State Game Superlatives (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 28 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Yards Rushing 96 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Yards Per Rush 3.4 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) TD Rushes 1 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Pass attempts 63 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Pass completions 43 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Yards Passing 387 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Yards Per Pass 6.1 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) TD Passes 3 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Total Plays 91 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Total Offense 483 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Yards Per Play 5.3 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Points 20 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Sacks By 2 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) First Downs 28 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Penalties 11 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Penalty Yards 99 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Turnovers 2 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Interceptions By 1 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Punts 9 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Punting Avg 41.1 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Long Punt 48 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Punts inside 20 2 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Long Punt Return 6 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) 2019 Northwestern State Football Northwestern State Game Superlatives (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 15 Lazarus Fisher, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Yards Rushing 149 LOGAN, Peyton, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) TD Rushes 2 LOGAN, Peyton, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Long Rush 53 LOGAN, Peyton, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Pass attempts 40 Zach Purcell, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Pass completions 26 Zach Purcell, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Yards Passing 323 Zach Purcell, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) TD Passes 3 Zach Purcell, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Long Pass 43 BACHUS, John, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Receptions 5 Tyrique Edwards, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) 5 A. Tennison, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Yards Receiving 76 Tyrique Edwards, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) TD Receptions 1 MOORE, Jaylon, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) 1 DOWELL, Colton, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) 1 Tyrique Edwards, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) 1 Juwan Johnson, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) 1 Kylan Harrison, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Long Reception 43 MOORE, Jaylon, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Field Goals 2 Jaron Imbriani, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Long Field Goal 28 Jaron Imbriani, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Punts 7 Dylan Spears, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Punting Avg 39.0 FOLEY, Joey, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Long Punt 48 Dylan Spears, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Punts inside 20 1 FOLEY, Joey, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) 1 COX, Zane, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) 1 Dylan Spears, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Long Punt Return 55 WILLIAMS, Terry, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Long Kickoff Return 28 WILLIAMS, Terry, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Tackles 12 JEFFERSON, TJ, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Sacks 1.5 Melik Owens, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Tackles For Loss 2.5 PITTMAN, Sherro, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) 2.5 Melik Owens, vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Interceptions 2 MOTON, Wanya, at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) 2019 Northwestern State Football Northwestern State Game Superlatives (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 35 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Yards Rushing 179 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Yards Per Rush 5.1 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) TD Rushes 2 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Pass attempts 40 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Pass completions 26 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Yards Passing 323 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Yards Per Pass 8.1 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) TD Passes 3 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Total Plays 73 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Total Offense 425 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Yards Per Play 5.8 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Points 42 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Sacks By 2 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) 2 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) First Downs 22 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Penalties 10 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Penalty Yards 95 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Turnovers 1 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Interceptions By 2 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Punts 7 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Punting Avg 35.6 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Long Punt 48 vs Midwestern State (Sep 07, 2019) Punts inside 20 2 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019) Long Punt Return 55 at UT Martin (Aug 29, 2019)