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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 conduct- ed 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.