Vs. Southwestern Oklahoma | September 16 | 6 PM

Southern Arkansas University 2017 MULERIDER FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Game 3 | vs. Southwestern Oklahoma | September 16 | 6 P.M.

General Coaching Staff Name of School: ...... Southern Arkansas University Head Coach...... Bill Keopple City/Zip:...... Magnolia, AR 71753-5000 Alma Mater, Year...... Central Arkansas, 1982 Founded:...... 1909 Record at SAU...... 43-43 (9th Year) Enrollment:...... 4,193 College Career record...... Same Nickname:...... Muleriders Football office phone...... (870) 235-4110 School Colors:...... Royal Blue (PMS 293)/Gold (PMS 113) Home field/capacity:...... Wilkins Stadium/6,000 Offensive Coordinator...... Landon Keopple Surface:...... RealGrass Turf Position...... Quarterbacks Affiliation:...... NCAA Division II Alma Mater, Year...... Tulsa, 2006 Conference:...... Great American Defensive Coordinator...... Trent Figg President:...... Dr. Trey Berry Position...... Secondary Alma Mater, Yr.:...... Ouachita Baptist Univ./1984 Alma Mater, Year...... William Jewell, 2008 Athletics Director:...... Steve Browning Alma Mater, Yr.:...... Southern Arkansas / 2001 Athletic Dept. Phone:...... (870) 235-4102 Assistant Coach...... Robert “Boomer” Cunningham Ticket Office Phone:...... (870) 235-4102 Position...... Offensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator Alma Mater, Year...... Central Arkansas, 2009 istory Assistant Coach...... Benson Jordan H Position...... Linebackers/Strength & Conditioning First year of Football:...... 1911 Alma Mater, Year...... Ouachita Baptist, 2013 All-time bowl/playoff record:...... 2-5 Assistant Coach...... Cordell Upshaw No. yrs. in Post-season play:...... 7 Position...... Defensive Line Last post-season app.:...... 2016 Agent Barry Live United Bowl Alma Mater, Year...... Southern Arkansas, 2009 Result:...... 24-17 loss to Texas A&M-Kingsville All-Time Record:...... 465-433-30 Graduate Assistant...... Jacoby Walker Position...... Running Backs Athletic Communications Alma Mater, Year...... Central Arkanas, 2014 Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications:...... Daniel Gallegos Graduate Assistant...... Beaux Gipson SID Email:...... [email protected] Position...... Wide Receivers SID Office Phone:...... (870) 235-4104 Alma Mater, Year...... Mississippi College, 2015 SID Cell Phone:...... (501) 442-2930 Graduate Assistant...... Jarrett Stanton Position...... Defensive Backs Assistant Director of Athletic Communications:...... Jacob Pumphrey Alma Mater, Year...... Sterling College, 2013

SID Fax:...... (870) 235-5362 Football Athletic Trainer...... Hannah Sutton Press Box Phone:...... (870) 235-4117 Alma Mater, Year...... Southern Arkansas, 2009 SID Mailing Address: P.O. Box 9420 Magnolia, AR 71754-9420 Team Information Overnight Address:...... 100 E. University Street Magnolia, AR 71753-5000 2016 Overall record ...... 9-3 2016 Conference record/finish...... 9-2 / 2nd Final ranking last year (poll)...... N/A Athletics Website:...... www.muleriderathletics.com Basic Offense ...... Spread Athletics Twitter:...... @MuleriderSports Basic Defense...... Attacking Hybrid SAU Football Twitter:...... @SAUFootball Lettermen Returning ...... 43 Lettermen Lost ...... 22 ***All media/interview requests must be made through the athletic communica- Starters Returning ...... 17...... (8 Offense, 9 Defense) tions office at Southern Arkansas. Starters Lost ...... 5...... (3 Offense, 2 Defense)

2017 Schedule Game 3 | September 16, 2017 | 6 p.m. August 31, 2017 | L, 21-28 Southern Arkansas Muleriders (1-1, 1-1 GAC) at Arkansas Tech Russellville, Ark. Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field | 6,500 September 9, 2017 | W, 35-24 vs. Harding (Family Day) VS. Magnolia, Ark. Wilkins Stadium at Rip Powell Field | 6,000 Southwestern Oklahoma Bulldogs (1-1, 1-1 GAC) September 16, 2017 | 6 p.m. vs. Southwestern Oklahoma Wilkins Stadium at Rip Powell Field (6,000) Magnolia, Ark. Wilkins Stadium at Rip Powell Field | 6,000 Back-To-Back at Home September 23, 2017 | 6 p.m. The Southern Arkansas football team will be looking to build off of their first win at Northwestern Oklahoma of the season as the Muleriders convincingly beat reigning GAC Champion, Harding, Alva, Okla. 35-24 last week. The win came on SAU’s home-opener of the 2017 season, and Ranger Field | 6,000 thanks to it also being Family Day on campus, an over-flow crowd of 6,735 were in September 30, 2017 | 6 p.m. attendance to see it. vs. Oklahoma Baptist This week, the Muleriders (1-1, 1-1 GAC) will remain at home and play their Magnolia, Ark. second-consecutive game at Wilkins Stadium at Rip Powell Field. That will be an Wilkins Stadium at Rip Powell Field | 6,000 advantage for the Muleriders as they have made their home venue one of the most October 7, 2017 | 1 p.m. difficult places to play for opponents. Heading into the season, SAU was 19-3 at at Southern Nazarene home since the start of the 2012 season and with their win against Harding, that Bethany, Okla. mark has improved to 20-3. SNU Football Stadium | 2,500 SAU’s opponent will be Southwestern Oklahoma and the Bulldogs (1-1, 1-1 GAC) October 14, 2017 | 2 p.m. will be looking to bounce back from a loss their last time out as they dropped their at East Central home-opener to Ouachita, 38-10. Ada, Okla. Norris Field at Koi Ishto Stadium | 5,000 ameday overage October 21, 2017 | 2:30 p.m. G C vs. Southeastern Oklahoma (HC/HOF) Radio | Southern Arkansas football games are broadcast on the Mulerider Sports Network and its Magnolia, Ark. flagship station Magnolia’s Country 99.1 KVMZ FM. Dan Gregory will provide the play-by-play and Ryan Wilkins Stadium at Rip Powell Field | 6,000 Phillips will provide color analysis.

October 28, 2017 | 2 p.m. Live Video | Southern Arkansas' athletic communications department will provide live video coverage at Henderson State (DII Football Showcase) of all home football games throughout the 2017 season. The video can be seen under the “Multimedia” Arkadelphia, Ark. tab of muleriderathletics.com. Audio will be taken from the radio broadcast. Carpenter-Haygood Stadium | 9,600 Live Stats | Southern Arkansas’ athletic communications department will provide live stats coverage November 4, 2017 | 2 p.m. of all home football games throughout the 2017 season. The stats can be found under the “Multimedia” vs. Ouachita (Murphy USA Classic) tab of muleriderathletics.com. The stats are powered by SIDEARM Sports. El Dorado, Ark. Memorial Stadium | 6,000 Facebook | facebook.com/muleriderathletics

About Southwestern Oklahoma Southwestern Oklahoma Facts

SCHEDULE The Southwestern Oklahoma Bulldog football team enters play 1-1 on the season and are coming off of a 38-10 loss at home against Ouachita. In Week One, SWOSU went on the road and came away with a hard-fought 20-19 win over Arkansas-Monticello. In order to preserve the win, the Bulldogs blocked a 32-yard field goal attempt by UAM in the waning seconds of the game. Meeting up with the Muleriders in Week 3 is a change of pace as the two teams opened each other’s seasons the previous two years.

THE COACH The Bulldogs are coached by Dan Cocannouer, who is into his ninth season with SWOSU. In his eight previous years, Cocannouer has amassed a 34-53 overall record. Last year, Cocannouer’s Bulldogs Head Coach Bulldogs went 5-6 and finished seventh in the GAC. The year prior, however, Cocannouer had his best Weatherford, Okla. Dan Cocannouer season on the sidelines for SWOSU as he led the Bulldogs to an 8-4 record and an appearance in the 2015 Live United Bowl in Texarkana. Quick Facts Location...... Weatherford, Okla. Enrollment...... 4,995 SCOUTING THE OFFENSE Founded...... 1901 Offensively, the Bulldogs are averaging 15.0 points per game and 389.5 yards of total offense per President...... Randy Beutler game. Fairly balanced early on in their attack, 217.0 of those yards per game is coming through the Director of Athletics...... Todd Thurman Head Coach...... Dan Cocannouer air while the remaining 172.5 yards are being gained on the ground. In the GAC, the Bulldogs rank 7th in SID...... Doug Self Total Offense, 8th in Passing Offense, 9th in Rushing Offense, and 12th in Scoring Offense. Nickname...... Bulldogs The primary signal-caller for Bulldogs is Casey Freeman and the redshirt sophomore has com- Colors...... Navy Blue and White pleted 35-of-64 passes for 401 yards and 1 TD while throwing a pair of INTs. Stadium (Capacity)...... ASAP Energy Field (6,000) Affiliation...... NCAA Division II In terms of rushing, the Bulldogs are led by Karltrell Henderson, who has 183 yards on 34 carries. Conference...... Great American Sheldon Wilson and Cedric Cooper have been the two backs to find the end zone as each have one apiece. Coaching Staff Head Coach:...... Dan Cocannouer Among the receivers, Dillon Bauer has the most yards with 85, but Dylan Power and Jared Alma Mater:...... Southwestern Oklahoma (1978) Rayburn have the most catches with seven each. Zach Hill and Jordan Jackson account for the two Record at SWOSU:...... 35-54 (9th Year) receiving touchdowns for the Bulldogs. Career Record:...... Same

Defensive Coordinator:...... Eric Gibson SCOUTING THE DEFENSE Offensive Line:...... Justin Iske Defensively, the Bulldogs are allowing 28.5 points per game and 373.0 yards of total offense per Quarterbacks:...... Jon Garfield game. A majority of those yards are coming on the ground with an average of 199.0 yards per game, Defensive Backs:...... Hank Campbell Wide Receivers:...... Robert Adan while the remaining 174.0 yards per game are coming through the air. Among the GAC rankings, the Linebackers...... Ryan Feller Bulldogs rank 4th Passing Defense, 6th in Total Defense, 7th in Scoring Defense, and 8th in rushing Cornerbacks:...... Julian Washington defense. Running Backs:...... Gregory Nwoko On the year, the Bulldogs have forced five turnovers with all being fumble recoveries. Additionally, the recoveries have come by five different players. The leading tackler for the Bulldogs isAntoine Team Information Albert with 14. TJ Harris and Bailey McKay lead the team in sacks with 1.0 each. 2016 Overall Record...... 5-6 2016 GAC Record/Finish...... 5-6/7th 2016 Final Ranking...... NR (AFCA) / NR (D2Football) THE SERIES Offense ...... Spread Defense ...... 4-2-5 This will be the just seventh meeting all-time between Southern Arkansas and Southwestern Returning Letterwinners...... 39 Oklahoma as the two teams first began playing each other in 2011 as conference opponents in the Letterwinners Lost...... Starters Returning...... 12 newly-formed Great American Conference. The overall series has been razor-thin close with the com- Starters Lost...... 10 bined margin of victory being 24 points. The largest margin of victory in that time was just nine points as SAU beat SWOSU 31-22 in the initial meeting in 2011. In 2014, SWOSU picked up their first victory in 2017 Southwestern Oklahoma Schedule the series with a 27-24 win at home. Overall, the Muleriders hold a 5-1 advantage in the all-time series Date Opponent H/A Time / Result and are 3-0 in Magnolia. 9/2 Arkansas-Monticello A W, 20-19 All-Time Series Record vs SWOSU 9/9 Ouachita H L, 10-38 Year W/L/T Score Site 9/16 Southern Arkansas A 6 pm 2011 W 31-22 Weatherford, OK 9/23 Henderson State H 6 pm 2012 W 35-34 Magnolia, AR 9/30 East Central H 6 pm 2013 W 20-17 Magnolia, AR 10/7 Southeastern Oklahoma State A 2 pm 2014 L 24-27 Weatherford, OK 10/14 Arkansas Tech H 2 pm 2015 W 28-24 Magnolia, AR 10/21 Harding A 2 pm 2016 W 21-17 Weatherford, OK 10/28 Oklahoma Baptist A 2 pm Total (6 Games): SAU leads: 5-1 11/4 Southern Nazarene H 5:30 pm Record at SAU (3 games): SAU leads: 3-0 11/11 Northwestern Oklahoma State A 4 pm

Scoring Summary (Final) Southern Arkansas Football Southern Arkansas vs Southwestern Okla. (SepL 01,ast 2016 at Weatherford,Time Okla.)Out vs. Southwestern Oklahoma

Southern Arkansas (1-0,1-0) vs. Southwestern Okla. (0-1,0-1) WEATHERFORD, Okla. – A multitude of miscues and turnovers early in the game put Date: Sep 01, 2016 • Site: Weatherford, Okla. • Stadium: ASAP Energy Field Attendance: 4129 Southern Arkansas down 17-0 with 10:55 left in the second quarter, but a tremendously resilient defensive effort the remainder of the game kept the contest within reach and Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total SAU went on to score 21 unanswered points to come-from-behind and upend Southwestern Southern Arkansas 0 7 7 7 21 Southwestern Okla. 14 3 0 0 17 Oklahoma, 21-17, in the opening week of the 2016 season.

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 12:08 SWOSU - Garrett Luke 0 yd fumble recovery (Tyler Peterson kick), 6-39 1:52 0 - 7 HOW IT HAPPENED 09:01 SWOSU - D.J. Jones 86 yd pass from Marc Evans (Tyler Peterson kick), 2-88 0:46 0 - 14 2nd 10:55 SWOSU - Tyler Peterson 21 yd field goal, 13-61 5:05 0 - 17 » After six unsuccessful offensive possessions in which SAU turned the ball over four 04:15 SAU - Michael Nunnery 12 ydTeam run (Bradford Statistics Grems (Final) kick), 9-51 4:24 7 - 17 3rd 08:29 SAU - Garrett Turnbull 12 yd passSouthern from Barrett Renner Arkansas (Bradford Grems Football kick), 9-74 3:41 14 - 17 times and punted twice, the Muleriders took advantage of a short field following a punt 4th 07:06 SAU - KaronceSouthern Higgins Arkansas 26 yd pass vs from Southwestern Barrett Renner (BradfordOkla. (Sep Grems 01, kick), 2016 3-31 at 1:16 Weatherford, Okla.) 21 - 17 and a 12-yard run by Michael Nunnery capped off a 9-play, 51-yard drive that put the first

Kickoff time: 6:00 pm • End of Game: 9:15 pm • Total elapsedSAU time:SWOSU 3:15 points of the 2016 season on the board for SAU with 4:15 left in the second quarter. Officials: Referee: MacFIRST McDaniel; DOWNS Umpire: Mike Martin; Linesman:17 Pat Smith;22 Line judge: Greg Parham; R u s h iBackn g judge: Mark Huffman; Field judge:8 Kevin Holmes;8 P a s s in g 8 7 Side judge: Kevin Hackett; P e n a lt y 1 7 » From there, the Muleriders collectively settled in and the defense, in particular, sunk Temperature: • Wind:NET • Weather:YARDS RUSHING 146 146 Rushing Attempts 40 38 their teeth in as they did not allow the Bulldogs to score the rest of the game. In fact, the Average Per Rush 3.7 3.8 Muleriders' defense forced seven turnovers over the final two and a half quarters. Among Rushing Touchdowns 1 1 Yards Gained Rushing 175 151 those turnovers, SAU picked off a pair of passes, recovered a fumble, and stopped the Yards Lost Rushing 29 5 NET YARDS PASSING 187 234 Bulldogs on 4th-Down four times. C o m p le t io n s - A t t e m p t s - I n t 17-34-4 18-41-3 Average Per Attempt 5.5 5.7 Average Per Completion 11.0 13.0 Passing Touchdowns 2 1 TURNING POINT TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 333 380 Total offense plays 74 79 » With 8:22 left in the fourth quarter, the Muleriders forced a three-and-out of the Average Gain Per Play 4.5 4.8 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 2-1 Bulldogs. On the ensuing punt SAU found themselves with great field position after an Penalties: Number-Yards 12-98 10-74 PUNTS-YARDS 5-164 4-126 eight-yard shank punt gave the Muleriders the ball at the SWOSU 31-yardline Average Yards Per Punt 32.8 31.5 Net Yards Per Punt 30.4 31.5 Inside 20 3 0 » After a pair of running plays with Dajunn Harris that made it 3rd-and-5, the Muleriders 50+ Yards 0 1 T o u c h b a c k s 0 0 caught the Bulldogs by complete surprise on a backside pass play that saw Karonce Hig- Fair catch 1 1 KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-246 4-232 gins on the receiving end of a wide-open 26-yard touchdown pass from Barrett Renner. Average Yards Per Kickoff 61.5 58.0 Net Yards Per Kickoff 44.8 36.0 T o u c h b a c k s 2 2 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 1-12-0 » That TD pitch-and-catch from Renner to Higgins proved to be the game-winning score Average Per Return 0.0 12.0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-38-0 1-17-0 as the Muleriders' defense turned the Bulldogs over on their final two possessions of the Average Per Return 38.0 17.0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 3-25-0 4-14-0 game with the final TO being an interception by true freshman Lorenzo Watkins. Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-36-0 1-27-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 30:30 29:30 OF NOTE 1st Quarter 8 : 5 0 6 : 1 0 2nd Quarter 5 : 5 9 9 : 0 1 » This was the sixth game all-time between SAU and SWOSU with the two teams having 3rd Quarter 6 : 4 4 8 : 1 6 4th Quarter 8 : 5 7 6 : 0 3 played nothing but close games. All six games have been decided by nine points or less Third-Down Conversions 4 of 16 3 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 4 0 of 4 with a combined margin of victory now standing at 24 points. SAU is now 5-1 all-time vs. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 2-3 T o u c h d o w n s 2-3 1-3 SWOSU Field goals 0-3 1-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-7 PAT Kicks 3-3 2-2 Field Goals 0-0 1-1 » With the win in the season-opener, the Muleriders are now 4-1 in such games since the Points off turnovers 0 10 start of the 2012 season. It was also the Muleriders' third road game to open a season during that stretch and SAU is now 2-1

GAC Standings How SAU Stacks Up in #theGAC

2017 Standings (as of 9-11-17) Team Top-5 (as of 9-11-17) Team GAC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Arkansas Tech 2-0 1.000 2-0 1.000 W2 » T1st - PAT Kicking...... 100% (8-for-8) Ouachita 2-0 1.000 2-0 1.000 W2 » 2nd - Red Zone Offense...... 87.5% (7-of-8) Southeastern Oklahoma State 2-0 1.000 2-0 1.000 W2 » 2nd - Opponent Penalties...... 20 for 176 yards (88.0 yards/gm) Arkansas-Monticello 1-1 .500 1-1 .500 W1 » T2nd - Opponent First Downs...... 34 (17.0/gm) East Central 1-1 .500 1-1 .500 L1 » 3rd - Total Defense...... 337.5 ypg Henderson State 1-1 .500 1-1 .500 L1 Southern Arkansas 1-1 .500 1-1 .500 W1 » 3rd - Passing Defense...... 136.5 ypg Southern Nazarene 1-1 .500 1-1 .500 W1 » 3rd - Pass Efficiency...... 157.3 Southwestern Oklahoma State 1-1 .500 1-1 .500 L1 » T3rd - Third-Down Conversions...... 12-for-25 (48.0%) Harding 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 L2 » 4th - Passing Offense...... 276.5 ypg Northwestern Oklahoma State 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 L2 » 4th - Punt Returns...... 39 (9.8 ypr) Oklahoma Baptist 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 L2 » 4th - Opponent Third-Down Conversions...... 10-for-26 (38.5%) # - Rankings: (AFCA/D2Football.com) » T4th - Turnover Margin...... +0 » 5th - Interceptions...... 2 2016 GAC Standings (Final) » 5th - Scoring Defense...... 26.0 ppg Team GAC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak » T5th - Scoring Offense...... 28.0 ppg Harding 11-0 1.000 13-1 .929 L1 » T5th - Sacks By...... 2 Southern Arkansas 9-2 .818 9-3 .750 L1 » T5th - Sacks Against...... 2 Henderson State 8-3 .727 8-3 .727 L1 Ouachita 7-4 .636 7-4 .636 W3 Southeastern Oklahoma State 7-4 .636 7-4 .636 W2 Arkansas Tech 6-5 .545 6-5 .545 L1 Individual Top-5 (as of 9-11-17) Southwestern Oklahoma State 5-6 .455 5-6 .455 W1 Arkansas-Monticello 4-7 .364 4-7 .364 L2 Northwestern Oklahoma State 4-7 .364 4-7 .364 L3 » 1st - Tackles for Loss...... Anthony Washington (5.5) Oklahoma Baptist 2-9 .182 2-9 .182 L7 » 1st - Total Offense...... Barrett Renner (289.0 ypg) Southern Nazarene 2-9 .182 2-9 .182 W1 » 1st - Passing Average/Game...... Barrett Renner (276.5 ypg) East Central 1-10 .091 1-10 .091 L8 » T1st - Receptions/Game...... Tanner Hudson (7.0 rpg) » T1st - PAT Kicking...... Bradford Grems (100% | 8-for-8) THE CONFERENCE SLATE » 2nd - Interceptions...... Malik Preston (2) This Week » 2nd - Interceptions...... Stacy Lawrence (5) 9/16 | East Central @ Arkansas-Monticello | 6 p.m. » T3rd - Scoring (TDs)...... Tanner Hudson (3 TDs) 9/16 | Oklahoma Baptist @ Arkansas Tech | 6 p.m. » T4th - Passes Defended...... Elgin Moore (3) 9/16 | Southwestern Oklahoma @ Southern Arkansas | 6 p.m. 9/16 | Northwestern Oklahoma @ Henderson State | 6 p.m. » 5th - Pass Efficiency...... 157.3 9/16 | Southern Nazarene @ Harding | 6 p.m. » T5th - Sacks...... Anthony Washington/Davondrick Lison (1.0) 9/16 | Southeastern Oklahoma @ Ouachita | 6 p.m.

Next Week 9/23 | Harding @ Oklahoma Baptist | Noon 2017 GAC Players of the Week 9/23 | Arkansas Tech @ Southern Nazarene | 1 p.m. Week 1 (9/4/17) Week 5 (10/2/17) Week 9 (10/30/17) 9/23 | Arkansas-Monticello @ Southeastern Oklahoma | 2 p.m. Off: Noah Holle (ECU) Off: Off: 9/23 | Henderson State @ Southwestern Oklahoma | 6 p.m. Def: Sheldon Watson (HSU) Def: Def: 9/23 | Ouachita @ East Central | 6 p.m. ST: Dominic Blue (SWOSU) ST: ST: 9/23 | Southern Arkansas @ Northwestern Oklahoma | 6 p.m. Week 2 (9/11/17) Week 6 (10/9/17) Week 10 (11/6/17) Off: Cole Sears (UAM) Off: Off: Jacob Spady (SNU) Def: Def: Def: Cua' Rose (ATU) ST: ST: ST: Davondrick Lison (SAU) Week 7 (10/16/17) Week 11 (11/13/17) Week 3 (9/18/17) Off: Off: Off: Def: Def: Def: ST: ST: ST: Week 8 (10/23/17) Week 4 (9/25/17) Off: Off: Def: Def: ST: ST:

Muleriders Record When... Last Time It Happened AT HOME...... 1-0 INDIVIDUAL ON THE ROAD...... 0-1 400+ YARDS PASSING: NEUTRAL SITE...... --- Barrett Renner | Nov. 12, 2016 On Grass...... --- 409 yards at Arkansas-Monticello Artificial Turf...... 1-1 200+ YARDS RUSH: Mark Johnson | Nov. 16, 2013 Day...... --- 219 yards vs. Arkansas-Monticello Night...... 1-1 150+ YARDS RECEIVING: Muleriders Score First...... 1-1 Karonce Higgins | Nov. 12, 2016 Opponents Score First...... --- 162 yards at Arkansas-Monticello Leading at Halftime...... 1-0 10+ RECEPTIONS: Trailing at Halftime...... --- Chris Terry | Sept. 5, 2013 Tied at Halftime...... 0-1 10 receptions vs. Southeastern Oklahoma Leading After 3 Quarters...... 1-0 TWO PLAYERS RUSH FOR 100 YARDS: Deandre Jenkins (129 yards) Trailing After 3 Quarters...... --- Deion Williams (108 yards) Tied After 3 Quarters...... 0-1 Oct. 18, 2014 vs. Southern Nazarene Outcomes of 7 points or less...... 0-1 KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TD: Outcomes of more than 7 points...... 1-0 Zikerious Ware | Nov. 15, 2014 300 or more yards passing...... 0-1 88 yards at Arkansas-Monticello 200 or more yards rushing...... --- PUNT RETURN FOR A TD: 500 or more yards total offense...... --- Davondrick Lison | September, 9 2017 More Total yards than opponent...... 0-1 2 yards vs. Harding INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN: Fewer Total yards than opponent...... 1-0 Darren Crawford | Oct. 8, 2016 30 or more pass plays...... 1-1 70 yards at Oklahoma Baptist 30 or more rushing attempts...... --- FUMBLE RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN: More offensive plays than opponents...... 1-1 Malik Preston | Nov. 7, 2015 Fewer offensive plays than opponents...... --- 20 yards vs. East Central Same offensive plays as opponents...... --- PLAYER HAVING A SAFETY: 3 or more fumbles lost...... --- Anthony Washington | Oct. 1, 2016 Less than 3 fumbles lost...... 1-1 vs. Southern Nazarene PLAYER HAVING BLOCK PUNT: 2 or more interceptions thrown...... --- Anthony Washington | September, 9 2017 4 or more turnovers committed...... --- vs. Harding Less than 4 turnovers committed...... 1-1 TEAM Fewer Turnovers than opponents...... 1-0 30+ FIRST DOWNS: More Turnovers than opponents...... 0-1 Nov. 12, 2016 at Arkansas-Monticello (32) Same Turnovers than opponents...... --- 400+ YARDS RUSHING: Defense forces 3 fumbles lost...... 1-0 Nov. 5, 2005 vs. Henderson State (441 yards) Defense has two interceptions...... 0-1 400+ YARDS PASSING: Opponents has more than 300 yds. pass...... --- Nov. 12, 2016 at Arkansas-Monticello (409 yards) Opponents have less than 300 yds. pass...... 1-1 600+ YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE: Nov. 12, 2016 at Arkansas-Monticello (668 yards) Opponents has more than 200 yds. rush...... 1-0 700+ YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE: Opponents have less than 200 yds. rush...... 0-1 Nov. 10, 2012 vs. Arkansas Tech (727 yards) More Penalty yards than opponents...... 0-1 80+ OFFENSIVE PLAYS: Less Penalty yards than opponents...... 1-0 Nov. 12, 2016 at Arkansas-Monticello (83 plays) More Time of Possession...... 0-1 55+ POINTS IN A GAME: Less Time of Possession...... 1-0 Nov. 12, 2016 at Arkansas-Monticello (56-43) Record when score 30 or more points...... 1-0 50-54 POINTS IN A GAME: Record when score 40 or more points...... --- Oct. 22, 2016 vs. Henderson State (50-24) SHUTOUT AN OPPONENT: Record when score less than 30 points...... 0-1 Oct. 13, 2012 vs. East Central (19-0) Record in August/September...... 1-1 4+ INTERCEPTIONS THROWN: Record in October...... Sept. 1, 2016 at Southwestern Oklahoma (4 INTs) Record in November...... 4+ INTERCEPTIONS (DEFENSE): Record in December...... Nov. 15, 2014 at Arkansas-Monticello (4 INTs) Record on Thursday...... 0-1 100+ PENALTY YARDS: Record on Saturday...... 1-0 Aug. 31, 2017 at Arkansas Tech (15-for-126 yards)

Record Watch Records Within Reach - Career (Individual) » Pass Attempts - (Record: 1,166 - Tyler Sykora, 2009-13) Current: Barrett Renner (911 | -255) » Pass Completitions - (Record: 658 - Tyler Sykora, 2009-13) Current: Barrett Renner (585 | -73) » Passing Yards - (Record: 9,010 - Tyler Sykora, 2009-13) Current: Barrett Renner (7,257 | -1,753) » Passing TDs - (Record: 82 - Tyler Sykora, 2009-13) Current: Barret Renner (67 | -15) » Reception Yards - (Record: 2,852 - Nik Lewis, 2000-03) Current: Jonathan Weisheit (1,736 | -1,116) Current: Tanner Hudson (1,654 | -1,198) » Receptions - (Record: 162 - Nik Lewis, 2000-03) Current: Jonathan Weisheit (151 | -11) Current: Tanner Hudson (114 | -48) » TD Receptions - (Record: 36 - Nik Lewis, 2000-03) Current: Tanner Hudson (22 | -14) » Total Offense - (Record: 8,847 - Tyler Sykora, 2009-13) Current: Barrett Renner (7,774 | -1,073) » TDs Responsible For - (Record: 83 - Tyler Sykora, 2009-13) Current: Barrett Renner (69 | -14) » All-Purpose Yards - (Record: 4,184, Mark Johnson, 2008-13) Current: Jonathan Weisheit (2,686 | 1,498) » Total Points Scored - (Record: 264 - Mark Johnson, 2008-13) Current: Bradford Grems (198 | -66) » Punt Return Yards - (Record: 629 - Nik Lewis, 2000-03) Current: Jonathan Weisheit (511 | -118)

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AFCA Top-25 (9-11-17) GAC Teams in the National Polls Pre W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 # School (1st-place votes) 2017 Rec. Last Week UAM - - - ATU RV/- RV/- 19/23 1. Northwest Missouri St. (34) 2-0 1 ECU RV/- RV/- - 2. Ferris St. (Mich.) 1-0 2 HU 15/10 RV/- - HSU RV/- 23/23 RV/- 3. Texas A&M-Commerce 2-0 3 NW - - - OKB - - - 4. Shepherd (W.Va.) 1-0 4 OUA RV/- - - 5. California (Pa.) 2-0 5 SE - - - SAU 22/24 RV/- - 6. Indiana (Pa.) 2-0 6 SNU - - - 7. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 2-0 9 SW - - -

8. Minnesota St. 2-0 12 Rankings are from: AFCA/D2Football.com 9. LIU-Post (N.Y.) 2-0 10 10. North Alabama 0-1 11 D2Football.com Top-25 (9-12-17) 11. Colorado Mesa 2-0 17 12. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 1-1 14 Rk Team 2016 Rec Prev. 13. Midwestern St. (Texas) 1-0 16 1 Northwest Missouri 2-0 1 14. Emporia St. (Kan.) 1-1 15 2 Ferris State 1-0 2 15. Indianapolis (Ind.) 2-0 18 3 Texas A&M-Commerce 2-0 3 16. Albany St. (Ga.) 2-0 20 4 Shepherd 1-0 4 17. West Georgia 2-0 25 5 IUP 2-0 5 18. Colorado St.-Pueblo 1-1 7 6 California 2-0 6 19. Arkansas Tech 2-0 NR 7 North Alabama 0-1 8 20. Minnesota-Duluth 1-1 21 8 Sioux Falls 2-0 9 21. Fort Hays St. (Kan.) 2-0 NR 9 Minnesota State 2-0 10 22. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 1-1 8 10 Emporia State 1-1 11 23. Central Washington 2-0 NR 11 Grand Valley 1-1 14 24. Delta St. (Miss.) 2-0 NR 12 Midwestern State 1-0 15 25. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 2-0 NR 13 LIU-Post 2-0 16 14 CSU-Pueblo 1-1 7 Others Receiving Votes: Humboldt St. (Calif.), 65; Bowie St. (Md.), 58; Carson- 15 Minnesota Duluth 1-1 17 Newman (Tenn.), 58; Assumption (Mass.), 43; Ashland (Ohio), 37; Central Missouri, 16 Ashland 1-1 21 24; Angelo St. (Texas), 18; Eastern New Mexico, 18; West Texas A&M, 18; Catawba 17 Fort Hays 2-0 NR (N.C.), 17; Colorado Mines, 11; Virginia-Wise, 8; Winona St. (Minn.), 8; West Chester 18 Albany State 2-0 NR (Pa.), 7; Hillsdale (Mich.), 6; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 6; Virginia St., 6; Tuskegee (Ala.), 5; 19 Indianapolis 2-0 19 Winston-Salem St. (N.C.), 5; Florida Tech, 4; Washburn (Kan.), 3; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 20 Colorado Mesa 2-0 22 2; Henderson St. (Ark.), 2; Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.), 2; Virginia Union, 1. 21 West Georgia 2-0 24 22 Slippery Rock 2-0 NR 23 Arkansas Tech 2-0 NR 24 Valdosta State 0-1 NR 25 Central Missouri 1-1 12

2017 Southern Arkansas Roster #’s Name Pos Ht. Wt. Cls. Hometown/Previous School #’s Name Pos Ht. Wt. Cls. Hometown/Previous School 1 Desmond Jones WR 5-7 167 So. Monroe, La./Ouachita Parrish HS 74 Drew Crawford OL 6-3 280 R-So. Paragould, Ark./Paragould HS 2 Barrett Renner QB 6-3 206 R-Jr. Rowlett, Texas/Bishop Lynch HS 75 Colby Geissen OL 6-6 290 R-Sr. Danbury, Texas/Danbury HS 3 Jonathan Weisheit WR 5-11 180 R-Sr. Frisco, Texas/Wakeland HS 76 Jarret Stuckey OL 6-2 303 Fr. Shreveport, La./Northwood HS 4 Sidney Moore WR 5-10 175 R-Jr. Conway, Ark./Conway HS 77 Jamarious Newton OL 6-0 358 Jr. Many, La./Many HS 5 Jared Turner DB 6-1 185 Sr. Pine Bluff, Ark./Univ. of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 80 Kile Pletcher WR 6-2 189 R-Jr. Magnolia, Ark./Magnolia HS 6 Darrion Ardoin WR 6-1 197 Jr. Missouri City, Texas/Stephen F. Austin Univ. 81 Donald Dobson TE 6-3 225 Fr. Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett HS 7 Karonce Higgins WR 6-1 179 R-Jr. Searcy, Ark./Searcy HS 82 Mason Telford P 6-0 191 R-Fr. Magnolia, Ark./Magnolia HS 8 Keiandre Purifoy RB 5-9 195 So. Calion, Ark./Smackover HS 83 David Terburgh TE 6-6 221 R-Fr. Boliver, Tenn./Bolivar Central HS 9 Davondrick Lison DL 6-2 213 R-Jr. Arkansas City, Ark./McGehee HS 84 Anthony Spurling TE 6-3 258 Fr. Pencil Bluff, Ark./Mt. Ida HS 10 Hayden Mallory QB 5-10 190 Fr. Gonzalez, La./St. Amant HS 85 Jordan White K 5-11 188 R-So. Benton, La./Benton HS 11 Tanner Hudson TE 6-5 239 R-Sr. Camden, Tenn./Univ. of Memphis 86 William Walton TE 6-3 240 Fr. Hope, Ark./Spring Hill HS 12 Jayshon Williams DB 5-11 173 R-So. Pine Bluff, Ark./Pine Bluff HS 88 Kam Kelley WR 6-0 198 R-So. Rayville, La./Rayville HS 13 Kaseem Smith DB 6-0 180 R-Jr. White Hall, Ark./White Hall HS 89 Michael Ingram TE 6-3 210 R-So. Fayetteville, Ark./Farmington HS 14 Treylan Sibley ATH 6-3 222 Fr. Baton Rouge, La./St. Michael HS 90 Cole Davis DL 5-10 255 R-So. Queen City, Texas/Atlanta HS 15 Jared Lancaster WR 6-0 190 R-So. Bossier City, La./Parkway HS 91 Prince Udenze DL 6-3 218 Fr. Forney, Texas/Forney HS 16 Andrew Pierce DB 5-9 195 Fr. Mesquite, Texas/Poteet HS 92 Jay Marks DL 5-11 205 Fr. Prescott, Ark./Prescott HS 17 Austin Stubber QB 6-2 197 Fr. Hope, Ark./Hope HS 93 Deion Cineus DL 6-3 275 So. Miami Beach, Fla./Miami Ohio 18 Jimmie Houston DB 6-2 193 Jr. New Boston, Texas/Stephen F. Austin Univ. 94 Anthony Washington DL 6-1 240 Jr. Marshall, Texas/Marshall HS 19 Bradford Grems K 6-1 163 Sr. Denton, Texas/Denton HS 95 Jalen Williams DL 6-2 253 Fr. Slidell, La./Slidell HS 20 Jaire Moore RB 5-10 192 Fr. Forney, Texas/Bishop Lynch HS 97 Justin Owens DL 6-0 253 Fr. El Dorado, Ark./Lindenwood HS 21 Michael Nunnery RB 5-11 234 R-Sr. Bossier, La./Airline HS 99 Antonio Washington DL 6-0 268 R-Fr. Marshall, Texas/Marshall HS 22 SirCharles Perkins RB 5-9 179 R-So. Pittsburg, Texas/Pittsburg HS 23 Antonio Bell DB 5-9 170 R-Jr. Monroe, La./Ouachita HS 24 Elgin Moore DB 6-0 211 R-Sr. Minden, La./Minden HS 25 Lorenzo Watkins DB 5-11 175 So. Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg HS 26 Dennis Daniels RB 5-9 184 Fr. Warren, Ark./Warren HS 27 Lorenzo Alexander RB 5-8 209 So. Oklahoma City, Okla./SNU 28 Darren Crawford DB 5-10 200 Sr. Ruston, La./Ruston HS 29 Aeneas Bell DB 5-10 168 R-Fr. Jonesboro, La./Jonesboro Hodge HS 30 Marcus Brown DB 5-10 184 R-Jr. Monroe, La./Neville HS 31 DeMarcus Pegue LB 5-10 193 R-Fr. Texarkana, Texas/Liberty-Eylau HS Pronunciation Guide 32 Tylar Wiltz LB 6-0 190 Fr. Breaux Bridge, La./Breaux Bridge HS 3 Jonathan WEISHEIT...... Wise – Height 33 Stacy Lawrence DB 5-10 180 R-Jr. Irving, Texas/Irving HS 6 DARRION ARDOIN...... Dairy-On (R-Dew-On) 34 Dominique Scott LB 5-10 230 R-So. Little Rock, Ark./Parkview HS 35 Trebor Gainwell LB 5-10 215 Sr. Yazoo City, Miss./Louisiana Tech University 7 KARONCE Higgins...... Kuh - Ronce 36 Jaidon Parrish DS/FB 6-0 235 R-So. Gilmer, Texas/Gilmer HS 9 DAVONDRICK Lison...... Duh – Von – Drick 37 La'Montrick Turner DB 5-10 175 R-So. Ashdown, Ark./Ashdown HS 12 JAYSHON Williams...... Jay – Shawn 38 Dalton Wright RB 6-1 259 So. Alba, Texas/Alba-Golden HS 39 Adriene Lasko DB 5-10 154 R-Fr. Hackett, Ark./Hackett HS 13 KASEEM Smith...... Kuh - Seem 40 Kobe McDonald LB 5-10 205 Fr. Magnolia, Ark./Magnolia HS 17 Austin STUBBER...... Stub - Err 41 Kyler Means K/P 5-10 175 R-Jr. Hope, Ark./Hope HS 42 Corey Jenkins LB 6-0 219 R-Sr. Newton, Texas/Newton HS 20 JAIRE Moore...... Jai - ear 43 Kendrix McCann DL 5-10 247 R-Jr. Texarkana, Ark./Texarkana HS 24 ELGIN Moore...... L – Gin 44 Eloi Bigirimana LB 5-11 202 Fr. Ft. Worth, Texas/Timber Creek HS 31 DeMarcus PEGUE...... Pig-EE 45 Garrett Turnbull FB 6-2 240 R-Sr. Frisco, Texas/Liberty HS 46 Malik Preston LB 6-0 237 R-Jr. Shreveport, La./Southwood HS 32 TYLAR Wiltz...... Tyler 47 Jaylen Peoples LB 6-1 225 Fr. Matteson, Ill./Crete Monee HS 36 JAIDON Parrish...... Jay - Den 48 Ste'phen Seals DB 5-10 189 R-So. McComb, Miss./McComb HS 49 Ahmadric Pelican LB 5-10 226 Fr. Lewisville, Texas/Lewisville HS 44 Eloi BIGIRMANA...... Big - Er - Ra - Mon - Ah 50 Sha'mikel Ashton LB 5-10 208 R-Fr. Shreveport, La./Huntington HS 46 MALIK Preston...... Muh – Leak 51 Braylon Waits LB 5-10 200 R-So. Little Rock, Ark./Maumelle HS 52 Peter IHAKA...... E - Hocka 52 Peter Ihaka OL 6-2 315 Fr. Wylie, Texas/Wylie East HS 53 Fard Burnell OL 6-2 275 R-Fr. Shreveport, La./Huntington HS 53 FARD Burnell...... Fuh - Rod 54 Bijan Mitchell LB 6-2 253 R-Fr. Plain Dealing, La./Plain Dealing HS 54 BIJAN Mitchell...... Bee-Zjan (Like the Mustard) 55 Travis Williams DL 6-0 283 Sr. Jackson, Miss./Southwest Mississippi JC 56 Logan Abernathy OL 6-3 255 Fr. Mount Ida, Ark./Mt. Ida HS 70 Jake CHARPENTIER...... Sharp-En-Shay 57 Malachi Pointer DL 6-1 265 Jr. Gould, Ark./Dumas HS 73 GARON Martin...... Gare - un 58 Keandre Dawson OL 6-1 296 R-So. Bossier City, La./Airline HS 75 Colby GEISSEN...... GEE - Son 59 Demoni Boyd DL 6-0 233 Fr. Covington, La./Mandeville HS 61 Roy Blalock OL 6-3 301 So. Benton, Ark./Benton HS 77 JAMARIOUS Newton...... Juh-Mary-Us 62 Mason Harding OL 6-6 293 R-Fr. Mandeville, La./Fountainbleu HS 80 KILE Pletcher...... Kyle 65 Steven Taylor OL 6-2 312 R-Fr. Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes HS 69 Trey Thomas OL 6-4 293 R-So. Springhill, La./North Webster HS 82 David TERBURGH...... Ter - Burg 70 Jake Charpentier OL 6-2 295 R-Fr. River Ridge, La./John Curtis HS 91 Prince UDENZE...... You - Den - Zee 71 Chandler Nance OL 6-3 287 R-Jr. Shreveport, La./Byrd HS 93 Deion CINEUS...... Cin - EE - Us 73 Garon Martin OL 6-3 285 Fr. Sherwood, Ark./Sylvan Hills HS 95 JALEN Williams...... Jay - Len

SAU Projected Two-Deep vs. Harding RT 75 Colby Geissen | SR | 6-6 | 290 CB 28 Darren Crawford | SR | 5-10 | 200 K 19 Bradford Grems | SR | 6-1 | 163 73 Garon Martin | FR | 6-3 | 285 30 Marcus Brown | JR | 5-10 | 184 41 Kyler Means | JR | 5-10 | 175 RG 74 Drew Crawford | SO | 6-3 | 280 CB 25 Lorenzo Watkins | SO | 5-11 | 175 DS 36 Jaidon Parrish | SO | 6-0 | 235 58 Keandre Dawson | SO | 6-1 | 295 12 Jayshon Williams | SO | 5-11 | 175 45 Garrett Turnbull | SR | 6-2 | 240 C 69 Trey Thomas | SO | 6-4 | 293 FS 13 Kaseem Smith | JR | 6-0 | 180 HLD 15 Jared Lancaster | SO | 6-0 | 190 65 Steven Taylor | RsFR | 6-2 | 312 5 Jared Turner | SR | 6-1 | 195 80 Kile Pletcher | JR | 6-2 | 189 LG 71 Chandler Nance | JR | 6-3 | 287 Rover 24 Elgin Moore | SR | 6-0 | 211 P 11 Tanner Hudson | SR | 6-5 | 240 77 Jamarious Newton | JR | 6-0 | 358 18 Jimmy Houston | JR | 6-2 | 193 41 Kyler Means | JR | 5-10 | 175 LT 61 Roy Blalock | SO | 6-3 | 301 Spur 37 La’Montrick Turner | SO | 5-10 | 175 KR 4 Sidney Moore | JR | 5-10 | 175 62 Mason Harding | RsFR | 6-6 | 293 48 Ste’phen Seals | SO | 5-10 | 189 1 Desmond Jones | SO | 5-7 | 167 QB 2 Barrett Renner | JR | 6-3 | 206 DE 43 Kendrix McCann | JR | 5-10 | 247 PR 3 Jonathan Weisheit | SR | 5-11 | 170 10 Hayden Mallory | FR | 5-10 | 190 57 Malachi Pointer | JR | 6-1 | 265 1 Desmond Jones | SO | 5-7 | 167 RB 21 Michael Nunnery | SR | 5-11 | 234 NG 55 Travis Williams | SR | 6-0 | 283 8 Keiandre Purifoy | SO | 5-9 | 195 54 Bijan Mitchell | RsFR | 6-2 | 253 FB 45 Garrett Turnbull | SR | 6-2 | 240 DT 99 Antonio Washington | RsFR | 6-0 | 267 36 Jaidon Parrish | SO | 6-0 | 235 93 Deion Cineus | SO | 6-3 | 275 TE 11 Tanner Hudson | SR | 6-5 | 240 DE 94 Anthony Washington | JR | 6-1 | 240 38 Dalton Wright | SO | 6-1 | 260 9 Davondrick Lison | JR | 6-2 | 213 A-WR 3 Jonathan Weisheit | SR | 5-11 | 180 MLB 34 Dominique Scott | SO | 5-10 | 230 1 Desmond Jones | SO | 5-7 | 167 40 Kobe McDonald | FR | 5-10 | 205 X-WR 6 Darrion Ardoin | JR | 6-1 | 197 WLB 31 DeMarcus Pegue | RsFR | 5-10 | 193 15 Jared Lancaster | SO | 6-0 | 190 44 Eloi Bigirimana | FR | 5-11 | 202 Z-WR 7 Karonce Higgins | JR | 6-1 | 186 4 Sidney Moore | JR | 5-10 | 175

Starters By Week

RT RG C LG LT QB TB FB TE A-WR X-WR Z-WR 1. @ Arkansas Tech Geissen Dr. Crawford Thomas Nance Blalock Renner Nunnery Turnbull Wright --- Ardoin Higgins 2. Harding Geissen Dr. Crawford Thomas Nance Blalock Renner Nunnery --- Hudson Weisheit Ardoin Higgins 3. Southwestern Oklahoma 4. @ Northwestern Oklahoma 5. Oklahoma Baptist 6. @ Southern Nazarene 7. @ East Central 8. Southeastern Oklahom 9. @ Henderson State 10. vs. Ouachita 11. Arkansas-Monticello

CB CB FS ROV SPUR DE NG DT DE MIKE LB WILL LB 1. @ Arkansas Tech Da. Crawford Watkins Smith E. Moore Lawrence A. Washington T. Williams Ant. Washington McCann Preston Jenkins 2. Harding Da. Crawford Watkins Smith E. Moore Pegue A. Washington T. Williams Ant. Washington Lison Preston Jenkins 3. Southwestern Oklahoma 4. @ Northwestern Oklahoma 5. Oklahoma Baptist 6. @ Southern Nazarene 7. @ East Central 8. Southeastern Oklahom 9. @ Henderson State 10. vs. Ouachita 11. Arkansas-Monticello

2017 Southwestern Oklahoma Roster #’s Name Pos Ht. Wt. Cls. Hometown/Previous School #’s Name Pos Ht. Wt. Cls. Hometown/Previous School 1 Joel Blumenthal QB 6-1 200 Sr. Edmond, Okla. (Northwestern State) 61 Charles Mosley LB 6-1 215 Fr. Chickasha, Okla. (Chickasha HS) 2 Ethan Savoy DB 6-0 200 Jr. Douglass, Kan. (Fort Scott CC) 62 Jonathan Jensen OL 6-2 300 Jr. Hutchinson, Kan. (Garden City CC) 3 BJ Kellogg DB 5-10 190 Sr. North Minneapolis, Minn. (Rochester CC) 63 Devin Stentz DL 6-2 225 Fr. Lipan, Texas (Brock HS) 4 Dillon Bauer WR 5-10 180 R-Jr. Willis, Texas (McNeese State) 64 Bo Granger DL 6-0 250 Fr. Anadarko, Okla. (Anadarko HS) 5 Jared Rayburn WR 5-10 180 R-Jr. Edmond, Okla. (Deer Creek HS) 65 Onosai Pule OL 6-3 285 Jr. Pago Pago, American Samoa (Wentworth Military) 6 Casey Freeman QB 6-2 185 R-So. Newcastle, Okla. (Newcastle HS) 66 Wyatt Whitmarsh OL 6-6 265 R-Fr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Lindenwood) 7 Karltrell Henderson RB 5-11 205 Jr. Moore, Okla. (Southmoore HS) 67 Brycen Lowe OL 6-4 285 Fr. Muldrow, Okla. (Muldrow HS) 8 JR Omigie WR 6-2 175 Jr. Arlington, Texas (Martin HS) 68 Elijah Britton OL 6-5 330 So. Keller, Texas (Keller Central HS) 9 Cedric Cooper RB 5-11 180 Jr. Seattle, Wash. (Santa Barbara City College) 69 Ace McMahan OL 6-1 275 Jr. Ringling, Okla. (Ringling HS) 10 Jaytron Phillips LB 6-0 200 So. Fort Worth, Texas (Chisholm Trail HS) 70 Trey Rodgers OL 6-4 270 Fr. Spiro, Okla. (Spiro HS) 11 Tyler Marr QB 6-3 195 So. Beggs, Okla. (Beggs HS) 71 Chandler Pavlik OL 6-7 320 R-Fr. Fort Worth, Texas (Chisholm Trail HS) 12 Wilbur Young DB 6-1 180 Jr. Baltimore, Md. (Hartnell College) 72 Blake Furman OL 6-2 275 Fr. San Angelo, Texas (San Angelo Central HS) 13 Marcellous Dowell WR 6-3 190 So. Cache, Okla. (Cache HS) 73 Kevin Blessing OL 6-2 310 Sr. Flower Mound, Texas (Marcus HS) 14 Antoine Albert DB 6-1 180 Sr. Oakland, Calif. (California-Berkeley) 74 Garrett Luke OL 6-3 285 Sr. Willis, Texas (Willis HS) 15 Zach Hill WR 6-4 220 R-Jr. Blanchard, Okla. (Central Oklahoma) 75 Seth Lawrence OL 6-4 270 Fr. Madill, Okla. (Madill HS) 16 Dalton Jackson K/P 5-11 165 Sr. Willis, Texas (Willis HS) 76 Brandon Roe OL 6-3 285 Jr. Choctaw, Okla. (Choctaw HS) 17 Dylan Power TE 6-5 225 R-Sr. North Las Vegas, Nev. (Menlo College) 77 Tristyn Close OL 6-7 385 So. Stroud, Okla. (Stroud HS) 18 Sheldon Wilson RB 5-11 190 Sr. Anadarko, Okla. (Northeastern Oklahoma A&M) 78 Robert Ricks OL 6-3 290 Jr. San Jose, Calif. (West Hills College) 19 Marcus Anderson II RB 5-10 210 Jr. Killeen, Texas (Navarro College) 79 Parrish Grant OL 6-3 320 Sr. Stockton, Calif. (San Joaquin Delta College) 20 Nick Ward DB 6-2 210 Sr. Moore, Okla. (Wofford College) 80 Jordan Rolin WR 6-2 175 R-Fr. Purcell, Okla. (Purcell HS) 21 Clay Wilkerson LB 6-0 215 Jr. Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall-Heath HS) 81 Jordan Bryant WR 6-2 200 R-Fr. Crandall, Texas (Crandall HS) 22 Daylan Dial DB 6-0 205 Sr. Frisco, Texas (Frisco Heritage HS) 82 Kellan Smith WR 6-1 190 R-Fr. Hobart, Okla. (Hobart HS) 23 Terry McMillon DB 6-2 195 Jr. Daytona, Fla. (Fort Scott CC) 83 Eddie Thomas IV WR 5-10 195 Jr. North Richland Hills, Texas (Panhandle State) 24 Kedron Banks RB 5-9 180 R-Jr. Richardson, Texas (Proctor Academy) 84 Jordan Jackson WR 6-4 205 Jr. Oakland, Calif. (Santa Rosa JC) 25 Jelani Heath DB 5-11 165 So. Carrollton, Texas (Hebron HS) 85 Kameron Bradley TE 6-4 240 Jr. Chico, Calif. (Butte College) 26 Skye Singleton DB 6-1 185 So. Fort Worth, Texas (Arlington Heights HS) 86 Beau Jinkens WR 6-0 175 R-Fr. Kingfi sher, Okla. (Panhandle State) 27 Shecari Johnson DB 5-11 180 Sr. Pittsburg, Calif. (Panhandle State) 87 Alex Ramirez TE 6-2 220 So. Fort Worth, Texas (Brewer HS) 28 Diondre Scott DB 6-0 170 Fr. Ardmore, Okla. (Ardmore HS) 88 Saivion McCauley WR 6-1 200 R-Fr. Dallas, Texas (Hillcrest HS) 29 Darion Richards DB 5-10 155 Fr. Mustang, Okla. (Mustang HS) 89 Corey Ganz TE 6-6 245 So. Enid, Okla. (Enid HS) 30 Braden Sweet DB 5-10 195 So. Perry, Okla. (Perry HS) 90 Jonathan Harris DL 6-0 275 R-Fr. Tulsa, Okla. (Washington HS) 31 Hunter Bigelow LB 6-1 200 Fr. Denison, Texas (Denison HS) 91 Anthony Escobar DL 6-1 255 Fr. Arlington, Texas (Mansfi eld Summit HS) 32 Tony Johnson DB 5-10 170 Fr. Arlington, Texas (Mansfi eld Summit HS) 92 Rashad Jackson DL 6-5 260 Sr. Titusville, Fla. (Fort Scott CC) 33 Julian Cole LB 6-1 220 R-Sr. Kansas City, Kan. (Fort Scott CC) 93 Jakeldon Babers DL 6-1 220 Sr. Frisco, Texas (Frisco Heritage HS) 34 Wallace Payton DB 5-10 195 Jr. Kenner, La. (Fullerton College) 94 Bailey McKay DL 6-0 245 Jr. Claremore, Okla. (Sequoyah HS) 35 Dominic Blue DB 6-1 210 Jr. Roland, Okla. (Muldrow HS) 95 Austin Brown DL 6-1 230 Fr. Mustang, Okla. (Mustang HS) 36 Darrien Mack DB 5-8 165 F r. Moore, Okla. (Southmoore HS) 96 Dustin Johnson DL 6-3 235 Sr. Taylor, Texas (Taylor HS) 37 Jaylen Ellis DB 5-11 170 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Allen HS) 97 Dejai Johnson DL 5-11 260 Jr. Midwest City, Okla. (Midwest City HS) 38 Trent Dennis K 5-7 160 Fr. Muskokee, Okla. (Muskogee HS) 98 Jarvis Graham DL 6-4 260 So. North Lauderdale, Fla. (Northwestern Okla.) 39 Gerald White DB 5-8 165 So. Tipton, Okla. (Tipton HS) 99 Tyler Follis DL 6-3 305 Sr. Edmond, Okla. (Deer Creek HS) 40 Riley Julian DL 6-2 225 R-Fr. Marlow, Okla. (Marlow HS) 41 Tyreik Lusk DL 6-2 235 So. Arlington, Texas (The Colony HS) 42 Cory Wilkerson LB 5-10 195 R-Fr. Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall-Heath HS) 43 Dalton Cooper LB 6-0 205 R-Fr. Tuttle, Okla. (Tuttle HS) 44 Malcolm Davis LB 6-3 215 So. Fort Worth, Texas (Brewer HS) 45 Pierce Warn LS 5-8 180 Fr. Lawton, Okla. (Lawton HS) 46 Johnson Miller LB 5-11 215 So. Bethany, Okla. (Oklahoma City Legion) 47 Zach Moore LS 6-0 210 Jr. Kingfi sher, Okla. (Kingfi sher HS) 48 Stone Ramsey TE 6-4 230 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Bryan Adams HS) Pronunciation Guide 49 TJ Harris DL 6-2 225 Jr. Midfi eld, Ala. (Garden City CC) 1 Joel BLUMENTHAL...... BLUE-men-thall 50 Derrick Gibbs DL 6-1 230 Jr. Kansas City, Kan. (Highland CC) 2 Ethan SAVOY...... suh-VOY 51 Dalton Dawson LB 6-2 215 Fr. Edmond, Okla. (Deer Creek HS) 7 KARLTRELL Henderson...... car-TRELL 52 Jermaine Gardner LB 6-1 215 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Terrell HS) 8 JR OMIGIE...... oh-ME-gee 53 Garrett Kilpatrick DB 6-1 185 Fr. Yukon, Okla. (Mustang HS) 54 Austin Loomis LB 6-1 240 Sr. Edmond, Okla. (Deer Creek HS) 27 SHECARI Johnson ...... shuh-CAR-ee 55 Karber Miller LB 6-2 220 Fr. Bethany, Okla. (Bethany HS) 41 TYRIEK Lusk...... tie-REEK 56 Justin Bigelow OL 6-0 275 Jr. Denison, Texas (Denison HS) 59 Colten BUIE...... BOO-E 57 Paul Moore K 5-10 185 Fr. Christoval, Texas (Christoval HS) 65 ONOSAI PULE...... oh-no-SIGH POO-lay 58 Reggie Mayes, Jr. DL 6-1 240 R-Fr. Tulsa, Okla. (Washington HS) 59 Colten Buie DL 6-3 275 So. San Angelo, Texas (Christoval HS) 78 Tate BEUTHIEN...... bee-OOTH-ee-un 60 Brock Mason OL 6-1 270 Fr. Tuttle, Okla. (Tuttle HS) 97 DEJAI Johnson...... DEE-Jay

Southwestern Oklahoma Projected Two-Deep WR 84 Jordan Jackson | 6-4 | 205 | Jr. DE 96 Dustin Johnson | 6-3 | 235 | Sr. K 16 Dalton Jackson | 5-11 | 165 | Sr. 8 J.R. Omigie | 6-2 | 175 | Jr. 41 Tyriek Lusk | 6-2 | 235 | So. 38 Trent Dennis | 5-7 | 160 | Fr. WR 4 Dillon Bauer | 5-10 | 180 | R-Jr. DT 97 Dejai Johnson | 5-11 | 270 | Jr. P 16 Dalton Jackson | 5-11 | 165 | Sr. 5 Jared Rayburn | 5-10 | 180 | R-Jr. 90 Jonathan Harris | 6-0 | 275 | R-Fr. 38 Trent Dennis | 5-7 | 160 | Fr. LT 74 Garrett Luke | 6-3 | 285 | Sr. NG 99 Tyler Follis | 6-2 | 320 | Sr. LS 47 Zach Moore | 6-0 | 220 | Jr. 71 Chandler Pavlik | 6-7 | 320 | R-Fr. 59 Colten Buie | 6-3 | 275 | So. H 6 Casey Freeman | 6-2 | 185 | R-So. LG 76 Brandon Roe | 6-3 | 285 | Jr. DE 49 TJ Harris | 6-2 | 225 | Jr. KR 9 Cedric Cooper | 5-11 | 180 | Jr. 79 Parrish Grant | 6-3 | 320 | Jr. 94 Bailey McKay | 6-0 | 245 | Jr. 5 Jared Rayburn | 5-10 | 180 | Jr. C 56 Justin Bigelow | 6-0 | 275 | Jr. LB 35 Dominic Blue | 6-1 | 210 | Jr. PR 9 Cedric Cooper | 5-11 | 180 | Jr. 69 Ace McMahan | 6-1 | 275 | Jr. 21 Clay Wilkerson | 6-0 | 215 | Jr. 4 Dillon Bauer | 5-10 | 180 | R-Jr. RG 73 Kevin Blessing | 6-2 | 310 | Sr. LB 54 Austin Loomis | 6-1 | 240 | Sr. 77 Tristyn Close | 6-7 | 385 | So. 44 Malcolm Davis | 6-3 | 215 | So. RT 68 Elijah Britton | 6-5 | 335 | So. DAWG 10 Jaytron Phillips | 6-0 | 200 | So. 78 Robert Ricks | 6-3 | 290 | Jr. 30 Braden Sweet | 5-10 | 195 | So. TE 17 Dylan Power | 6-5 | 225 | Sr. CB 3 BJ Kellogg | 5-10 | 190 | Sr. 15 Zach Hill | 6-4 | 220 | R-Jr. 12 Wilbur Young | 6-1 | 180 | Jr. RB 7 Karltrell Henderson | 5-11 | 205 | Jr. SS 20 Nick Ward | 6-2 | 210 | Sr. 9 Cedrick Cooper | 5-11 | 180 | Jr. 22 Daylan Dial | 6-0 | 205 | Sr. QB 6 Casey Freeman | 6-2 | 185 | R-So. FS 26 Skye Singleton | 6-1 | 185 | So. 2 Joel Blumenthal | 6-1 | 200 | Sr. 27 Shecari Johnson | 5-11 | 180 | Sr. WR 13 Marcellous Dowell | 6-3 | 190 | So. CB 14 Antoine Albert | 6-1 | 180 | Sr. 83 Eddie Thomas | 5-10 | 195 | Jr. 23 Terry McMillon | 6-2 | 195 | Jr.

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Desmond Jones Barrett Renner Jonathan Weisheit Sidney Moore Jared Turner Darrion Ardoin Karonce Higgins Keiandre Purifoy Davondrick Lison Wide Receiver Quarterback Wide Receiver Wide Receiver Defensive Back Wide Receiver Wide Receiver Running Back Defensive Line Monroe, La. Rowlett, Texas Frisco, Texas Conway, Ark. Pine Bluff, Ark. Missouri City, Texas Searcy, Ark. Smackover, Ark. Arkansas City, Ark.

#10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 Hayden Mallory Tanner Hudson Jayshon Williams Kaseem Smith Treylan Sibley Jared Lancaster Andrew Pierce Austin Stubber Jimmie Houston Quarterback Tight End Defensive Back Defensive Back Athlete Wide Receiver Defensive Back Quarterback Defensive Back Gonzalez, La Camden, Tenn. Pine Bluff, Ark. White Hall, Ark. Baton Rouge, La. Bossier City, La. Mesquite, Texas Hope, Ark. New Boston, Texas

#19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 Bradford Grems Jaire Moore Michael Nunnery SirCharles Perkins Antonio Bell Elgin Moore Lorenzo Watkins Dennis Daniels Lorenzo Alexander Kicker Running Back Running Back Running Back Defensive Back Defensive Back Defensive Back Running Back Running Back Denton, Texas Forney, Texas Bossier City, La. Cason, Texas Monroe, La. Minden, La. Hamburg, Ark. Warren, Ark. Oklahoma City, Okla.

#28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 #36 Darren Crawford Aeneas Bell Marcus Brown DeMarcus Pegue Tylar Wiltz Stacy Lawrence Dominique Scott Trebor Gainwell Jaidon Parrish Defensive Back Defensive Back Defensive Back Linebacker Linebacker Defensive Back Linebacker Linebacker Deep Snapper Ruston, La. Jonesboro, La. Monroe, La. Texarkana, Texas Breaux Bridge, La. Irving, Texas Little Rock, Ark. Yazoo City, Miss. Gilmer, Texas

#37 #38 #39 #40 #41 #42 #43 #44 #45 La’Montrick Turner Dalton Wright Adriene Lasko Kobe McDonald Kyler Means Corey Jenkins Kendrix McCann Eloi Bigirimana Garrett Turnbull Defensive Back Running Back Wide Receiver Linebacker Kicker/Punter Linebacker Defensive Line Linebacker Fullback Ogden, Ark. Alba, Texas Hackett, Ark. Magnolia, Ark. Hope, Ark. Newton, Texas Texarkana, Ark. Ft. Worth, Texas Frisco, Texas

#46 #47 #48 #49 #50 #51 #52 #53 #54 Malik Preston Jaylen Peoples Ste’phen Seals Ahmadric Pelican Sha’mikel Ashton Braylon Waits Peter Ihaka Fard Burnell Bijan Mitchell Linebacker Linebacker Defensive Back Linebacker Linebacker Linebacker Offensive Line Offensive Line Linebacker Shreveport, La. Matteson, Ill. Magnolia, Miss. Lewisville, Texas Shreveport, La. Little Rock, Ark. Wylie, Texas Shreveport, La. Plain Dealing, La.

#55 #56 #57 #58 #59 #61 #62 #65 #69 Travis Williams Logan Abernathy Malachi Pointer Keondre Dawson Demoni Boyd Roy Blaylock Mason Harding Steven Taylor Trey Thomas Defensive Line Offensive Line Defensive Line Defensive Line Defensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Jackson, Miss. Mount Ida, Ark. Dumas, Ark. Bossier City, La. Covington, La. Benton, Ark. Mandeville, La. Katy, Texas Springhill, La.

#70 #71 #73 #74 #75 #76 #77 #80 #81 Jake Charpentier Chandler Nance Garon Martin Drew Crawford Colby Geissen Jarret Stuckey Jamarious Newton Kile Pletcher Donald Dobson Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Offensive Line Wide Receiver Tight End River Ridge, La. Shreveport, La. Sherwood, Ark. Paragould, Ark. Danbury, Texas Shreveport, La. Many, La. Magnolia, Ark. Rowlett, Texas

#82 #83 #85 #88 #89 #90 #91 #92 #93 Mason Telford David Terburgh Jordan White Kam Kelley Michael Ingram Cole Davis Prince Udenze Jay Marks Deion Cineus Punter Tight End Kicker Wide Receiver Tight End Defensive Line Defense Line Defensive Line Defensive Line Magnolia, Ark. Bolivar, Tenn. Benton, La. Rayville, La. Fayetteville, Ark. Queen City, Texas Forney, Texas Prescott, Ark. Miami Beach, Fla.

#94 #95 #97 #99 Anthony Washington Jalen Williams Justin Owens Antonio Washington Defensive Line Defensive Line Defensive Line Defensive Line Marshall, Texas Slidell, La. El Dorado, Ark. Marshall, Texas

Keopple’s offense has been able to put points on the board at a high Bill Keopple rate. Last year, the Muleriders averaged 35.0 points per game; making it five-straight years in which the team would score at least Head Coach 35.0 points per game. Over that time, the Muleriders have averaged Ninth Season 36.4 points per game. Central Arkansas (1982) While Keopple’s high-powered offenses over the past five Career Record: 43-43 seasons have taken many of the headlines, his defensive unit has At SAU: Same enjoyed outstanding success as well in his time at SAU. In 2012, Keopple’s defense led the GAC and ranked sixth nation- Bill Keopple enters into his ninth season as the head football ally in rushing defense, allowing just 91.4 yards per game. In 2013, coach at Southern Arkansas. In his time at SAU, Keopple has the Muleriders’ defense would force 26 turnovers, ranking them coached 48 all-conference players, 20 all-academic honorees, 13 44th in DII. Sixteen (16) of those forced turnovers came via the all-region selections, and five All-Americans. interception as SAU ranked 33rd nationally in passes intercepted on In terms of record, Keopple has amassed a 42-42 overall defense. record with 35 of those wins coming over the last five seasons. In This past year, the defensive side of the ball improved signifi- that time, Keopple has guided the Mulerider football program to a cantly from the 2015 season as SAU ranked in the top-five in all .500 winning percentage or better each year and has earned a pair nine major defensive stat categories in the GAC after only ranking of post-season bowl bids with the C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl in that high in one the year previous. Additionally, the Total Defense 2012 and the Live United Bowl in 2016. The Heart of Texas Bowl was went from being ranked 96th in DII in 2015 to 27th in 2016 while also SAU’s first post-season appearance since 2003. improving over 50 spots nationally in Scoring Defense. Additionally, in those last five years, the Muleriders have a .648 Keopple’s recent success at SAU comes as no surprise as his winning percentage and are an impressive 19-3 (.864) at home. previous coaching experience includes Division I assistant coaching Last season, SAU went 9-3 overall and were 9-2 in the regu- stints at Arkansas, Boise State, and Central Arkansas. In addition lar season finishing second in the GAC. That year, the Muleriders to his extensive previous collegiate coaching experience, Keopple remained one of the top overall offenses in the GAC and NCAA spent the six seasons prior to coming to SAU as the head coach at Division II as SAU led the league and ranked 20th in DII in Total Arkansas High in Texarkana. Offense with 469.8 yards per game. It was the While at Arkansas High, Keopple led his teams to two third-straight year that the Muleriders led the consecutive state championships 2006 and 2007. GAC in Total Offense. In 2015, the offense av- Overall, Keopple amassed a 44-26-1 record eraged 469.8 yards per game and ranked during his six seasons. In 2006, Keopple was 20th nationally, while 2014 saw the honored as the 6A State Farm Coach of the unit average 505.4 yards a game Year. That same year, he was also named as the and rank 10th in DII. 6A Outstanding Coach by the National Over the last five years Football Foundation, a feat he would under Keopple, offense has repeat in 2007. Keopple was also certainly been a strength selected to serve on the high of the program as the school football All-Star coach- Muleriders have averaged ing staffs in 2004 and 2007. 475.7 yards of total offense with Before taking over the reins 299.9 of the yards coming through at Texarkana, Keopple spent the the air and 175.8 yards coming on 2002 season at the University the ground. of Tulsa on former Arkansas Along with the yardage gained, defensive coordinator Keith Burns’

www.muleriderathletics.com | @MuleriderSports | @SAUFootball 15 Southern Arkansas University 2017 MULERIDER FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Game 3 | vs. Southwestern Oklahoma | September 16 | 6 P.M. staff. He spent that season coaching the defensive line and serving A native of Little Rock Arkansas, Keopple is the son of Hall of as recruiting coordinator for the Hurricanes. Fame high school coach C.W. Keopple. A 1976 graduate of Parkview Keopple served as an assistant under Houston Nutt at Arkansas High School, he played on the 1974 and 1976 state championship in 1998 and 1999 and was with Nutt at Boise State in 1997, coaching teams and was an all-state and super team selection his senior the defensive line at both schools. The Razorbacks were 1998 SEC season. Western Division champions and finished 9-3, playing Michigan in During his playing days at Central Arkansas, Keopple was the Citrus Bowl. The 1999 Razorbacks went 8-4 and defeated Texas a member of two conference championship teams and was an in the Cotton Bowl, finishing the season 12th in rushing defense and honorable mention selection on both the All-NAIA District 17 and 17th in total defense. All-AIC teams. His senior season he was selected team captain by Keopple went to Boise State from Newport High School where his teammates, and the Bears were the regular season No. 1 team he was head coach and athletic director in 1996. He guided the in the country with an undefeated record, advancing to the national Greyhounds to the state playoffs with an 8-3 record, giving him an playoffs. overall mark of 52-29-1 in his seven years as a head coach on the Keopple has been a part of 18 championship teams as a player high school level. and coach. He is married to the former Marsha Lee Belew from Graduating with a B.S.E. in 1982 and an M.S.E. in 1986 from Beebe and has two adult children. Central Arkansas, Keopple began his coaching career there in 1982 as a graduate assistant working with the offensive line. He spent 14 years with the Bears, tutoring the offensive line the entire time and serving as offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator from 1990-95. During his tenure at UCA, the Bears won three NAIA national championships and 10 consecutive conference championships from 1983-92 in the former Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (AIC).

The Keopple File Education: Year-by-Year at SAU: Central Arkansas B.S.E. (1982) 2009 3-7 (2-6 GSC) Central Arkansas M.S.E (1986) 2010 1-9 (1-7 GSC) 2011 3-7 (3-4 GAC) 2012 8-3* (6-2 GAC) Coaching Experience: 2013 6-4 (6-4 GAC) 1982 Graduate Assistant Central Arkansas 2014 5-5 (5-5 GAC) 1983-95 OL/OC/Recruiting Coor. Central Arkansas 2015 7-4 (7-4 GAC) 1996 Head Coach/AD Newport High 2016 9-3^ (9-2 GAC) 1997 DL/Pro Scout Liaison Boise State 2017 1-1 (1-1 GAC) 1998-99 DL/HS Relations Liaison Univ. of Arkansas Total: 43-43 (40-35) 2002 DL/Recruiting Coordinator Tulsa 2003-08 Head Coach Arkansas High *Appeared in C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl 2009- Head Coach Southern Arkansas ^Appeared in Agent Barry Live United Bowl Coach Bill Keopple and his wife Marsha Keopple

Head Coaching Record: 1996 Newport HS 8-3-0 (State Playoffs) 2003-08 Arkansas HS 44-26-1 2009- Southern Arkansas 43-43-0 15 years 95-72-1

back to 2012 have broken numerous school records and have been lauded with Landon Keopple all-conference, all-region and national acclaim. The first among the trio of standout QBs under Keopple was two-time All- Offensive Coordinator GAC QB, Tyler Sykora. In his three years as a starter, Sykora steadily improved Ninth Season each season and ended his career at SAU holding 17 school records, many of which are career marks. Tulsa (2006) Following Sykora was Si Blackshire, who was the Muleriders’ signal-caller for the 2014 season. In that year, Blackshire was named to the All-GAC Honorable Landon Keopple enters into his ninth Mention team as he led the league and ranked ninth individually in DII in Total season on the Southern Arkansas football Offense at 331.1 ypg. staff, and enters into his seventh season Most-recently, Keopple has kept the successful QB trend going with Barrett as Offensive Coordinator. In his time as the offensive coordinator, Keopple has Renner taking over as a redshirt freshman in 2015. In his first season as starting designed and developed one of the nation’s most prolific and balanced offenses. QB, Renner was an All-GAC First-Team selection, the GAC’s Freshman of the Year, With Keopple in charge of the offense since 2011, the Muleriders have as well as an all-region selection and regional finalist for the Harlon Hill Award averaged 34.8 points per game and 460.2 yards of total offense per game with (DII Player of the Year). He set SAU single-season records in Passing TDs (33), 292.4 yards coming through the air, and 167.8 yards on the ground. Addition- Completions (252), Attempts (405), Completion Percentage (62.2), and Total ally, Keopple’s offense has produced 22 all-conference players, nine all-region Offense (3,713). recipients, and three all-Americans. Last year, Renner repeated his accolades at the conference and regional In the past three seasons, Keopple’s offensive attack has led the Great level and was once more a regional finalist for the Harlon Hill Award. Additionally, American Conference (GAC) and ranked in the top-20 nationally in Total Offense Renner surpassed his previous season records in Pass Attempts, Completions, with over 5,000 yards gained each season. Keopple’s offense has now amassed and Completion Percentage. He is on pace to begin breaking career passing over 5,000 yards of Total Offense in four of the six years with him as the OC. records this year as a junior. Last year, the Muleriders ranked 20th in Division II in Total Offense (469.8 In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Keopple is also the academic ypg), matching their stat ranking from the year prior when the unit averaged coordinator for football. On the recruiting trail, Keopple covers Little Rock, West 471.3 yards per game. In 2014, Keopple’s offense ranked 10th nationally going for Arkansas, Texarkana and the North East Dallas metro area. 505.4 ypg. Prior to his position at SAU, Keopple was at Ouachita Baptist University In 2013, SAU’s offense ranked in the top-50 nationally in passing offense where he spent the 2007 and 2008 season as a graduate assistant in charge of (281.1 ypg | 35th), scoring offense (35.9 ppg | 39th), and in total offense (433.8 the wide receivers. While at OBU, he coached All-America receiver, Julius Pruitt, ypg | 47th). who most-recently played with the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League In 2012, the Muleriders ranked nationally in the top-25 in in total offense (AFL). Upon graduating from OBU, Pruitt was signed as undrafted free agent by (497.6 ypg | 5th), passing offense (310.7 ypg | 12th), passing efficiency (151.28 | the Miami Dolphins. In his time at OBU, Keopple also helped the Tigers to their 22nd), sacks allowed (1.1 spg | 23rd), and scoring offense (37.1 ppg | 24th). first winning season in 25 years. The recent success of the Mulerider offense can be directly attributed to Before OBU, Keopple spent the 2006 season at Arkansas High School in quarterback play; and under Keopple’s guidance as the quarterback’s coach, SAU Texarkana, working as an assistant coach under his father, current Southern has turned itself into “Quarterback U”. The last three starting QBs at SAU dating Arkansas Head Coach Bill Keopple. While there, (Landon) Keopple worked with the receivers at Arkansas High and helped guide the team to the 6A state championship. As a prep player, Keopple was an Arkansas All-State quarterback at Fay- etteville High School in 2000. Afterwards, he attended the University of Central Arkansas in the fall of 2001 on a golf scholarship before transferring to the University of Tulsa in the spring of 2002. While at Tulsa, Keopple was a three- year letterman in football and served as team captain his senior season of 2005 when Tulsa won the Conference USA championship against Central Florida. The Hurricane defeated Fresno State in the Liberty Bowl that same year, and Keopple also played in the 2003 Humanitarian Bowl against Georgia Tech. Keopple received his B.B.A. in accounting with a minor in economics from Tulsa in 2006 and a Masters in sports administration from Henderson State in 2009. Landon and his wife Dana have a daughter, Kinslee and a son, Knox.

Trent Figg Boomer Cunningham

Defensive Coordinator Offensive Line Second Season Second Season William Jewell (2008) Central Arkansas (2009)

Trent Figg enters into his first Robert “Boomer” Cunningham enters into season as the defensive coordinator his second season as a member of the SAU at Southern Arkansas University after having spent the last two seasons in Football coaching staff where he will serve the same role for his alma mater, William Jewell College of the Great Lakes as the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator for the Muleriders. Valley Conference. Last season, Cunningham mentored a talented offensive line unit that helped protect and pave the way for one of the most prolific offenses in the GAC and all of In addition to his work as the DC at William Jewell, Figg served as the Division II. In 2016, the Muleriders had the top overall offense in the GAC, averaging DC for the USA Team at the 2016 World University Championship held in 469.8 yards of total offense per game. That mark also ranked 20th among the DII Monterrey, Mexico. ranks. Prior to his two-year stint at William Jewell, Figg served as the Defen- On the ground, Cunningham’s O-Line blocked for a running game that rushed sive Backs Coach, Special Teams Coordinator and Recruiting Coordinator for the most yards in a season since 2005 as the 2016 Muleriders ran for just for Southern Arkansas in 2014. That season, Figg engineered a secondary over 2,100 yards. Through the air, the O-Line provided protection to one of the top that allowed the lowest opponent completion percentage (49.5%) and the passing attacks in the GAC with SAU signal-callers throwing for over 3,000 yards second-lowest third-down conversion percentage (33.8%) in the Great for the third-straight year. American Conference. Individually, two of Cunningham’s starting offensive linemen garnered All-GAC Before his first stop at SAU, Figg spent the 2013 season as a Defensive honors in 2016 as Mark Jenkins and Chris Paul were both second-team selections. Prior to coming to SAU, Cunningham was at LaGrange College where he spent Assistant at Arizona State, which won the PAC-12 South Division Champion- one season as the offensive line coach/run game coordinator. In that year with ship, while the Sun Devil defense ranked first overall in the PAC-12. the Panthers, Cunningham helped shore up an offensive line that allowed 42 sacks Figg graduated from William Jewell in 2008, where he played defensive the year prior, to just allowing 25 in the 2015 season. The noticeable improvement back for the Cardinals and was named a 2007 Academic All-American. After in pass protection was bolstered by the fact that the line was very young as it graduation, Figg spent five years on the Cardinal Football staff. Figg earned featured four starting underclassmen. his Master’s Degree in Education Leadership from Northwest Missouri State Before LaGrange, Cunningham coached at Division I FCS-member, the Univer- University. sity of Central Arkansas for six seasons. During his first three seasons, Cunning- Figg is originally from Chillicothe, Mo., and is married to the former ham served as an assistant offensive line and offensive quality control coach with Tori Hallett. Trent and Tori have two sons, Titus and Thomas. the Bears. Following the 2011 season, Cunningham remained as an assistant offensive line coach, but added responsibilities as the recruiting coordinator and director of football operations. Cunningham would serve in those roles for three seasons from 2012-2014. In his time at UCA, Cunningham helped coach a pair of standout offensive linemen in Cole Caruthers (2014) and Corey Howard (2012). Both Caruthers and Howard were All-Southland Conference First-Team selections as well as being named as the Offensive Lineman of the Year in the SLC. Both also went on to earn All-America honors from various FCS Football media outlets. Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Cunningham began his collegiate playing career at Division II-member Missouri Southern State University. After one season with the Lions, Cunningham transferred to UCA where he played three seasons (two as a starter) along the offensive line. Cunningham also handled deep snapping duties for both the Lions and the Bears.

Cordell Upshaw Benson Jordan

Defensive Line Assistant Coach Fourth Season Linebackers/Strength & Cond. Southern Arkansas (2009) Second Season Ouachita Baptist (2013)

Cordell Upshaw enters into the first season Benson Jordan enters into his second year of his second stint as an assistant coach as a full-time assistant coach for the Mul- for the Southern Arkansas University foot- erider football team after serving as a graduate assistant the two seasons prior. ball team. A former Mulerider defensive end and linebacker from 2004-08, Upshaw Jordan will once more coach the linebackers after spending time as the running returns to his alma mater after coaching the defensive line the past two seasons back and wide receiver coach while a GA. at William Jewell College. Additionally, Jordan serves as SAU’s certified Strength and Conditioning coach. Upshaw’s return to Magnolia will see him continue the coaching responsibility of In his first season coaching linebackers, Jordan coached a pair of All-GAC the defensive line. Second Team selections in Corey Jenkins and Malik Preston. The duo combined for In his initial three-year coaching run at SAU, Upshaw helped the Muleriders 123 total tackles, 14.0 tackles for lost yardage, 3.0 sacks, an interceptions and a begin their recent stretch of winning football. Over his time on staff, SAU won 19 forced fumble. games, posted a .613 overall winning percentage and appeared in the C.H.A.M.P.S. Jordan’s coaching efforts with the linebackers also helped the Muleriders Heart of Texas Bowl in 2012. improve their defense across the board. A year after ranking in the top-five in one Additionally, Upshaw’s defensive linemen at SAU averaged 39.0 tackles for loss major defensive category in the GAC, the Mulerider defense ranked in the top-five and 12.5 quarterback sacks per season with a season-best 47.0 TFLs and 17.5 sacks in all nine categories. coming in 2012. That year, Upshaw helped develop a defensive front that was among Of those, SAU’s 2016 defense topped the league in Pass Defense (176.6 ypg), the best in the nation in stopping the run as they allowed just 91.4 yards per game, Opponent First Downs (17.0/gm), Opponent 3rd Down Conversion (26.7%) and Op- which was tops in the Great American Conference and the sixth-best mark in all of ponent Fourth Down Conversion (25.0), while also ranking second in Interceptions Division II. (18), Pass Defense Efficiency (109.1) and Total Defense (319.9 ypg). Prior to being with the Muleriders, Upshaw coached at Fort Scott Community In his first year with the Muleriders in 2014, Jordan served as the running backs College where he coached the defensive line. Familiar with the Southern Arkansas coach and helped the Muleriders rush for over 2,000 yards collectively for the University football staff, Upshaw served as a Graduate Assistant for the Muleriders second time in three years. The season after, Jordan moved to the outside of the for the 2010 and 2011 seasons working with the defensive backs. offensive and coached the wide receivers. During his collegiate playing days, Upshaw was a four-year letterman for the In his year with the wideouts, Jordan helped keep the Muleriders one of more Muleriders and was a defensive standout as a starter at the linebacker and defen- productive and balanced receiving units in the GAC and NCAA DII as SAU collected sive end positions. Upshaw was a part of a defensive unit that finished the 2008 over 3,300 yards through the air with a program record 33 passing touchdowns. season ranked 18th nationally in rushing defense (96.8 yards/game). Prior to coming to SAU as a GA, Jordan spent four years as a quarterback Upshaw prepped at Leesville High School where he was a three-year letterman at GAC-rival Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Ark.). After redshirting in linebacker for the Wampus Cats. He was an All-State and All-District selection, as 2010, Jordan saw action in two games in 2011 before becoming the Tigers’ starting well as the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year for West Central Louisiana. signal-caller his final two seasons at OBU. Upshaw earned his B.S. in Human Performance in 2009 and his M.S. in Kinesiol- As a redshirt sophomore in 2012, Benson threw for just under 1,500 yards and ogy – Coaching in 2011, both from Southern Arkansas University. He is a native of tossed 10 touchdowns Leesville, La. as he helped guide the Tigers to a 6-4 record. In 2013, Benson guided the Tigers to a 7-3 record while throwing for over 2,200 yards and 14 touchdowns. Jordan is married to the former Reagan Rucker and the couple reside in Magnolia.

Beaux Gipson Jarrett Stanton Jacoby Walker Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant Wide Receivers Defensive Backs Running Backs Second Season First Season First Season Mississippi College (2015) Sterling College (2013) Central Arkansas (2014)

Beaux Gipson enters into his second season as a graduate Jarrett Stanton enters his first season as a graduate as- Jacoby Walker enters his first season as a graduate as- assistant coach at Southern Arkansas and will continue to sistant coach at Southern Arkansas University and will work sistant coach at Southern Arkansas University and will work work with the Muleriders’ wide receiver corp. with the defensive backs. with the running backs. In his first season with the Muleriders, Gipson helped Stanton joins SAU from Highland Community College Before arriving at Southern Arkansas, Walker spent the direct a receiving unit that hauled in nearly 200 passes for in Kansas where he spent the previous two seasons. Last spring of 2017 interning at the University of Houston with the over 2,200 yards and 14 touchdowns. Among those was SAU’s season, he coached the wide receivers along with being the Sports Performance staff. Following the internship, Walker top pass-catcher and All-GAC Honorable Mention selection, special team’s coordinator and video coordinator. lead Cy-Fair Speed to a No. 1 ranking in Houston and a No. 3 Jonathan Weisheit. In that season, Stanton coached one All-KJCCC First-Team overall finish in the summer 2017 Texas State 7 vs. 7 Passing Gipson comes to SAU after a collegiate playing career wide receiver. Stanton also helped the Scotties finish the Tournament. at Mississippi College (Jackson, Miss.). While at Mississippi season ranked No. 16 in the country as well as reaching Walker was also the lead instructor for The Quarterback College, Gipson spent time at quarterback and wide receiver. the highest ranking in school history of No. 14 earlier that Ranch, which focused on offensive skill position development. As a sophomore, Gipson played in nine games at QB and season. Additionally, Walker worked as an account manager for Just made three starts. As a junior, Gipson transitioned to wide In 2015, Stanton coached the running backs which yielded Play Sports Solutions, a groundbreaking sports technology receiver while also returning punts. Gipson also served as one All-KJCCC First-Teamer. Additionally, Stanton was the app before completely pursuing coaching. the team’s holder on field goals and extra points. As a senior, position coach that year for Marquis Terry, who was a NJCAA Walker graduated from the University of Central Gipson remained at wide receiver and continued his special All-America First-Team and KJCCC Player of the Year for Arkansas with a Bachelor’s in Health Science and minor teams duties as well. Highland in 2016. in Business in May 2014. At UCA, Walker was a three-year Academically, Gipson was a three-time academic all- Prior to Highland, Stanton was a graduate assistant at letterman and helped the Bears win a Southland Conference conference honoree and graduated from Mississippi College Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois. There he coached Championship as well as make a FCS playoff appearance in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in General Kinesiology. defensive backs while helping with special teams. During the in 2012. A starter on special teams as a Bear, Walker also In terms of coaching experience, Gipson spent the 2015 2014 season, he coached one MSFA All-Conference player. played a diverse role on offense registering touchdowns as a season as an assistant coach at North Caddo High in Vivian, Before his stop at Olivet, Stanton worked at Mayville State running back and as a wide receiver. La. While at North Caddo HS, Gipson coached the quarter- University in North Dakota. There he coached the defensive Prior to his time at UCA, Walker initially signed to the Uni- backs, wide receivers, and defensive backs. secondary as well as being the special team’s coordina- versity of Arkansas amid other Power-5 offers and enrolled tor. During the 2013 season, Stanton coached three NSAA early in 2010. He immediately stood out in his first semester All-Conference First-Team defensive backs. The secondary on campus as the MVP of the 2010 Red-White Spring game. finished in the top-five in the NAIA in pass defense and was Walker was also a part of the Razorbacks’ 2011 BCS Sugar No. 1 in the nation in pass defense efficiency. The defense Bowl and 2012 BCS Cotton Bowl teams. that season also finished in the top-12 in the NAIA in scoring Ranked nationally as the No. 33 dual-threat quarterback defense and top-10 in interceptions. prospect out of high school, Walker lead Texas 6A power- As a player himself, Stanton attended Sterling College in house Spring Westfield HS to playoff appearances and was Sterling, KS. There he was a three-year letter winner playing awarded with All-District First-Team honors three consecu- wide receiver and cornerback. Stanton graduated from tive years. As Westfield’s quarterback, Walker compiled 72 Sterling with his B.S. in Athletic Training in 2013. touchdowns and 6,000 all-purpose yards while capping off Stanton is originally from Garden City, Kansas where he his career as district Offensive MVP, All-Houston selec- attended Holcomb High School. tion, and was runner-up for the Houston Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Year award. Born in Texarkana, Texas, Walker was raised in Houston, Texas.

Scoring Plays OPPONENT TYPE PLAYS YDS TOP QTR/TIME PLAY Arkansas Tech TD 6 64 2:17 2nd/14:53 6-yard pass (Renner to Ardoin | PAT GOOD) Arkansas Tech TD 11 73 6:01 2nd/7:05 5-yard pass (Renner to Perkins | PAT GOOD) Arkansas Tech TD 5 73 1:33 4th/14:55 5-yard pass (Renner to Parrish | PAT GOOD) Harding TD ------1st/5:47 2-yard Blocked Punt Return (Lison | PAT GOOD Harding TD 9 76 4:35 2nd/11:49 5-yard pass (Renner to Hudson | PAT GOOD) Harding TD 9 67 4:29 3rd/8:49 9-yard pass (Renner to Higgins | PAT GOOD) Harding TD 4 15 1:26 3rd/2:35 5-yard pass (Renner to Hudson | PAT GOOD) Harding TD 8 32 3:43 4th/13:03 16-yard pass (Renner to Hudson | PAT GOOD)

Long Plays Yds Type Player(s) Opponent Long Plays by the Numbers 42 Pass Karonce Higgins from Barrett Renner Arkansas Tech 41 Pass Jared Lancaster from Barrett Renner Arkansas Tech Long Plays By Yards No. TD 26 KR SirCharles Perkins Arkansas Tech 100+ 0 0 25 KR SirCharles Perkins Arkansas Tech 90-99 0 0 80-89 0 0 * touchdown scored on play 70-79 0 0 60-69 0 0 50-59 0 0 40-49 2 0 30-39 0 0 20-29 5 0

Long Plays By Type No. TD Rushing 0 0 Passing 4 0 Punt returns 0 0 Kick returns 3 0 Interceptions 0 0 Fumble returns 0 0 Other 0 0 TOTAL 7 0 Longest Plays of the Year

Rushing 10 Michael Nunnery at Arkansas Tech (8/31/2017)

Rushing Touchdown None

Passing 42 Karonce Higgins from Barrett Renner at Arkansas Tech (8/31/2017)

Passing Touchdown 6 Darrion Ardoin from Barrett Renner at Arkansas Tech (8/31/2017)

Punt Return 15 Jonathan Weisheit at Arkansas Tech (8/31/2017)

Kick Return 26 SirCharles Perkins at Arkansas Tech (8/31/2017)

Interception Return 18 Malik Preston at Arkansas Tech (8/31/2017)

Punt 50 Tanner Hudson at Arkansas Tech (8/31/2017)

Field Goal None

Scoring Summary (Final) Southern Arkansas Football G#22 Southername Arkansas One vs Arkansas | TechATU (Aug 31, 2017 28 at Russellville, - Ark.)SAU 21 | Russellville, Ark. | Attn: 6,138

Southern Arkansas (0-1,0-1) vs. Arkansas Tech (1-0,1-0) RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The No. 22-ranked Southern Arkansas football team did not have its 2017 Date: Aug 31, 2017 • Site: Russellville, Ark. • Stadium: Thone Stadium season get off to the start it hoped for as the Muleriders were tripped up on the road against (RV) Attendance: 6138 Arkansas Tech, losing to the Wonder Boys, 28-21, on Thursday night at Thone Stadium at Buerkle

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total Field. Southern Arkansas 0 14 0 7 21 Arkansas Tech 0 14 0 14 28 HOW IT HAPPENED – First Half

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H » Neither team found the scoreboard in the opening quarter of the season, but the first play from 2nd 14:53 SAU - Darrion Ardoin 6 yd pass from Barrett Renner (Bradford Grems kick), 6-64 2:17 7 - 0 13:12 ATU - Jackob Dean 23 yd pass from Ty Reasnor (Eric Perez kick), 4-51 1:33 7 - 7 scrimmage in the second quarter saw SAU light the scoreboard first as Barrett Renner connected 07:05 SAU - SirCharles Perkins 5 yd pass from Barrett Renner (Bradford Grems kick), 11-73 6:01 14 - 7 00:35 ATU - Justin Bailey 35 yd passTeam from Statistics Ty Reasnor (Eric(Final) Perez kick), 1-35 0:07 14 - 14 with Darrion Ardoin from 6-yards out. 4th 14:55 SAU - Jaidon Parrish 5 yd pass fromSouthern Barrett Renner Arkansas (Bradford Grems kick),Football 5-73 1:33 21 - 14 » The Wonder Boys would have a great return on the ensuing kickoff to set up their first scoring 09:46 ATU - #22Drew Southern Wade 59 Arkansas yd pass vs from Arkansas Ty Reasnor Tech (Aug(Eric 31,Perez 2017 kick), at Russellville, 5-74 2:01 Ark.) 21 - 21 02:54 ATU - Ty Reasnor 10 yd run (Eric Perez kick), 11-73 3:57 21 - 28 drive of the game. That drive, which knotted the game at 7-all, was capped by a 23-yard TD pass

SAU ATU from Ty Reasnor to Jakob Dean. Kickoff time: 7:00 PMFIRST • End DOWNS of Game: 9:56 PM • Total elapsed19 time: 2:5618 Officials: R u s h in g 3 6 » SAU responded and regained a touchdown lead thanks to a methodical 11-play, 73-yard scoring Temperature: 79 F • Wind:P a s s in g12mph NE • Weather: Partly Cloudy12 9 drive that ate up just over six minutes off the clock. That drive was capped with a five-yard TD P e n a lt y 4 3 NET YARDS RUSHING 60 117 pass from Renner to SirCharles Perkins. Rushing Attempts 24 41 Average Per Rush 2.5 2.9 » A quick three-and-out gave the ball back to the Muleriders, but a fumble four plays later halted Rushing Touchdowns 0 1 Yards Gained Rushing 72 146 the push to extend the lead. The Mulerider defense forced another three-and-out, but SAU was un- Yards Lost Rushing 12 29 able to capitalize on the offensive end and were forced to give Tech the ball back with 42 seconds NET YARDS PASSING 343 220 C o m p le t io n s - A t t e m p t s - I n t 33-44-1 13-25-2 left in the first half. Average Per Attempt 7.8 8.8 Average Per Completion 10.4 16.9 » The Wonder Boys would take advantage of that narrow opportunity to score as on their first play Passing Touchdowns 3 3 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 403 337 of the drive Reasnor connected with Justin Bailey from 35-yards out, tying the game at 14-all. Total offense plays 68 66 Average Gain Per Play 5.9 5.1 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 0-0 HOW IT HAPPENED – Second Half Penalties: Number-Yards 15-126 12-90 PUNTS-YARDS 5-175 8-316 » Like the first quarter, the first 15 minutes of the second half yielded no points on either side, but Average Yards Per Punt 35.0 39.5 Net Yards Per Punt 27.6 33.6 as it was in the second quarter, SAU found the endzone on the first play from scrimmage in the Inside 20 1 3 50+ Yards 1 3 fourth quarter. On that play, Renner threw his third touchdown of the game, this one a five-yard T o u c h b a c k s 1 1 completion to fullback Jaidon Parrish. Fair catch 0 2 KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-237 5-281 » Tech's first drive of the fourth quarter ended with Malik Preston coming away with his second Average Yards Per Kickoff 59.2 56.2 Net Yards Per Kickoff 32.8 36.0 interception of the game. On the INT return, Preston brought the ball back into Tech territory at T o u c h b a c k s 0 0 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-27-0 2-17-0 their 42. Average Per Return 9.0 8.5 » The Muleriders were able to drive the ball down to the Tech 21-yardline and were lined up to go Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-101-0 4-106-0 Average Per Return 20.2 26.5 for a 4th-and-1, but a false start penalty forced a 43-yard field goal try instead. No points came of Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 2-26-0 1-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 that try as it missed wide right and the game remained 21-14, SAU. Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 31:50 28:10 » Tech used the momentum of the miss and quickly drove the field for the tying score as Reasnor 1st Quarter 8 : 5 6 6 : 0 4 hooked up with Drew Wade from 59-yards out. 2nd Quarter 9 : 4 9 5 : 1 1 3rd Quarter 8 : 1 5 6 : 4 5 » On SAU's ensuing drive, they drove back to the Tech 26-yardline and were facing a go-ahead 4th Quarter 4 : 5 0 10:10 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 13 6 of 16 43-yard field goal attempt. That try did not materialize, however and Tech took over on downs at Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 1-1 their own 27-yardline with 6:51 left in the fourth. T o u c h d o w n s 3-3 1-1 » The Wonder Boys then went on a game-defining 11-play drive that saw them take their first lead Field goals 0-3 0-1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-0 of the game with 2:54 to go. PAT Kicks 3-3 4-4 Field Goals 0-1 0-0 » SAU's chances of a game-tying drive took a hit on the first play of their ensuing drive as an Points off turnovers 0 0 interception gave the ball back to the Wonder Boys with just over 2:30, essentially ending the game. SAU was able to get the ball back, but had to go 90 yards in just two seconds.

TURNING POINT » Up 21-14 with 11:47 left in the fourth quarter, SAU faced a 4th-and-1 from the Tech 21-yardline. Lined up to go for it, a false start pushed the ball back five yards and forced a 43-yard field goal try. That attempt went right and five plays later, Tech tied the game at 21-all on a 59-yard touchdown pass.

OF NOTE » The home team has now won the last 10 meetings between SAU and Arkansas Tech. The last time the road team has won a game in the series was back in 2007 when SAU beat the Wonder Boys, 56-49. » Junior QB Barrett Renner threw for 343 yards on 33-for-44 passing. It was the 11th time in his career that Renner has thrown for over 300 yards. » Senior wide receiver Jonathan Weisheit hauled in six receptions for 42 yards. He is now 13 catches from tying SAU's all-time reception record, currently held by Nik Lewis (2000-03). Lewis recently became the all-time reception leader in the Canadian Football League.

Scoring Summary (Final) Southern Arkansas Football GHardingame vs SouthernTWO Arkansas (Sep| 09,SAU 2017 at Magnolia, 35 Ark.) - HU 24 | Magnolia, Ark. | Attn: 6,735

Harding (0-2,0-2) vs. Southern Arkansas (1-1,1-1) MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Southern Arkansas football team bounced back in a major way from a Date: Sep 09, 2017 • Site: Magnolia, Ark. • Stadium: Wilkins Stadium Attendance: 6735 disappointing week one loss on the road as the Muleriders collectively rose to the occasion in their home-opener and defeated Harding by a score of 35-24 on Saturday night at Wilkins Stadium at

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total Rip Powell Field. Harding 3 7 0 14 24 Southern Arkansas 7 7 14 7 35 It was the first time that SAU has beaten Harding since 2003, and the win against the Bisons at Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H home was the first since 1991. Saturday's Mulerider victory was witnessed by a stellar crowd of 1st 05:47 SAU - Davondrick Lison 2 yd blocked punt return (Bradford Grems kick) 0 - 7 01:28 HU - Tristan Parsley 43 yd field goal, 8-54 4:13 3 - 7 6,735 and capped off another successful Family Day on SAU's campus. 2nd 11:49 SAU - Tanner Hudson 5 yd pass from Barrett Renner (Bradford Grems kick), 9-76 4:35 3 - 14 02:06 HU - Cole Chancey 7 yd run (Tristan Parsley kick), 16-92 9:36 10 - 14 3rd 08:49 SAU - Karonce Higgins 9 yd pass from Barrett Renner (Bradford Grems kick), 9-67 4:29 10 - 21 02:35 SAU - Tanner Hudson 5 yd pass fromTeam Barrett Renner Statistics (Bradford Grems (Final) kick), 4-15 1:26 10 - 28 RECORDS 4th 13:03 SAU - Tanner Hudson 16 yd passSouthern from Barrett Renner Arkansas (Bradford Grems Football kick), 8-32 3:43 10 - 35 (RV) Harding Bisons (0-2, 0-2 GAC) 09:10 HU - BrandonHarding Gates 16vs Southernyd run (Tristan Arkansas Parsley (Sep kick),09, 2017 9-75 at Magnolia, 3:48 Ark.) 17 - 35 01:24 HU - Bobby Green 25 yd pass from Terrence Dingle (Tristan Parsley kick), 6-61 2:24 24 - 35 (RV) Southern Arkansas Muleriders (1-1, 1-1 GAC)

HU SAU Kickoff time: 6 p.m. FIRST• End ofDOWNS Game: 8:35 pm • Total elapsed time:16 2:35 20 Officials: Referee: Bradly R u s h MacNealy; in g Umpire: Frank Wittenber;12 Linesman: 5Scott Speroupol; TURNING POINT Line judge: Mike Boone; P a s sBack in g judge: Jake Bywater; Field judge:3 Jordan Whitting;10 » After going three-and-out late in the third quarter, SAU was suddenly in position to score a Side judge: Glenn Adams; P e n a lt y 1 5 Temperature: 79 degNET • Wind: YARDS NE RUSHING @ 6 • Weather: Amazing! 280 80 touchdown as Harding's punt returner Tony Becton let the punt go over his head and then muffed Rushing Attempts 51 29 Average Per Rush 5.5 2.8 it allowing the Muleriders to recover deep in Harding territory. SAU had to settle for a field goal Rushing Touchdowns 2 0 Yards Gained Rushing 290 86 attempt that would have made it 24-10, but an encroachment penalty on the field goal attempt gave Yards Lost Rushing 10 6 SAU the first down and a play later, they scored a touchdown. NET YARDS PASSING 58 210 C o m p le t io n s - A t t e m p t s - I n t 3-7-0 21-32-1 Average Per Attempt 8.3 6.6 Average Per Completion 19.3 10.0 OF NOTE Passing Touchdowns 1 4 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 338 290 » SAU is now 20-3 at home since the start of 2012. Two of their losses in that stretch had been Total offense plays 58 61 against Harding (2013 & 2015) Average Gain Per Play 5.8 4.8 Fumbles: Number-Lost 4-3 1-1 » Tanner Hudson's three touchdown game tied a single-game career-best. His last three-TD game Penalties: Number-Yards 8-86 3-31 PUNTS-YARDS 3-75 2-99 came at home against Southeastern Oklahoma. He now has 22 career touchdown receptions. Average Yards Per Punt 25.0 49.5 Net Yards Per Punt 21.0 50.0 » Barrett Renner threw for four touchdowns the seventh time in his career. He now has 67 career Inside 20 0 1 50+ Yards 0 1 TD passes and is 15 away from tying the SAU career record. T o u c h b a c k s 0 0 » Defensively, the Muleriders limited the Bisons' rushing attack to 280 yards. It was the lowest Fair catch 2 0 KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-262 6-353 rushing output the Bisons have got against SAU since the Muleriders stymied Harding to 127 yards Average Yards Per Kickoff 52.4 58.8 Net Yards Per Kickoff 40.2 45.8 in the 2012 meeting. In the four previous games, Harding averaged 469.0 yards rushing against T o u c h b a c k s 0 0 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2--1-0 1-12-1 SAU Average Per Return -0.5 12.0 » Davondrick Lison had a career-best 11 tackles in the game. His previous high was 10 tackles in a Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 6-78-0 4-61-0 Average Per Return 13.0 15.2 2015 game against Harding as a redshirt freshman. Last year, while hampered by injuries, Lison Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-8-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 totaled 15 tackles all season. Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 31:36 28:24 1st Quarter 8 : 2 4 6 : 3 6 2nd Quarter 10:13 4 : 4 7 3rd Quarter 6 : 4 2 8 : 1 8 4th Quarter 6 : 1 7 8 : 4 3 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 10 7 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 4-5 T o u c h d o w n s 2-2 4-5 Field goals 0-2 0-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-3 2-9 PAT Kicks 3-3 5-5 Field Goals 1-1 0-0 Points off turnovers 7 14

Southern Arkansas Football Southern Arkansas Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 13, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral * Aug 31, 2017 at Arkansas Tech L 21-28 6138 All games 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 * Sep 09, 2017 HARDING W 35-24 6735 Conference 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 Non-Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Michael Nunnery 2 29 93 5 88 3.0 0 10 44.0 Team Statistics SAU OPP Keiandre Purifoy 2 11 27 1 26 2.4 0 7 13.0 FIRST DOWNS 39 34 Barrett Renner 2 7 28 3 25 3.6 0 10 12.5 R u s h in g 8 18 Karonce Higgins 2 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 3.5 P a s s in g 22 12 Total 2 53 158 18 140 2.6 0 10 70.0 P e n a l ty 9 4 Opponents 2 92 436 39 397 4.3 3 22 198.5 RUSHING YARDAGE 140 397 Rushing Attempts 53 92 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Average Per Rush 2.6 4.3 Barrett Renner 2 157.31 54-76-2 71.1 553 7 42 276.5 Average Per Game 70.0 198.5 Total 2 157.31 54-76-2 71.1 553 7 42 276.5 TDs Rushing 0 3 Opponents 2 151.73 16-32-2 50.0 278 4 59 139.0 PASSING YARDAGE 553 278 C o m p - A t t- In t 54-76-2 16-32-2 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Average Per Pass 7.3 8.7 Tanner Hudson 2 14 126 9.0 3 21 63.0 Average Per Catch 10.2 17.4 Karonce Higgins 2 9 113 12.6 1 42 56.5 Average Per Game 276.5 139.0 Jonathan Weisheit 2 8 88 11.0 0 33 44.0 TDs Passing 7 4 Darrion Ardoin 2 5 36 7.2 1 9 18.0 TOTAL OFFENSE 693 675 Sidney Moore 2 3 40 13.3 0 21 20.0 Average Per Play 5.4 5.4 Garrett Turnbull 2 3 20 6.7 0 11 10.0 Average Per Game 346.5 337.5 Michael Nunnery 2 3 14 4.7 0 9 7.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 9-162 10-184 Jared Lancaster 2 2 48 24.0 0 41 24.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-39 4-16 Desmond Jones 2 2 30 15.0 0 17 15.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 2-26 2-8 SirCharles Perkins 2 2 22 11.0 1 17 11.0 FUMBLES-LOST 3-3 4-3 Keiandre Purifoy 2 1 6 6.0 0 6 3.0 PENALTIES-Yards 18-157 20-176 Jaidon Parrish 2 1 5 5.0 1 5 2.5 PUNTS-AVG 7-39.1 11-35.5 Jayshon Williams 2 1 5 5.0 0 5 2.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 :0 7 2 9 :5 3 Total 2 54 553 10.2 7 42 276.5 3RD-DOWN Conversions 12/25 10/26 Opponents 2 16 278 17.4 4 59 139.0 4TH-DOWN Conversions 0/2 1/1

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Bradford Grems 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 Malik Preston 2 26 13.0 0 18

PAT Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Tanner Hudson 7 274 39.1 56 1 0 2 2 0 Tanner Hudson 3 ------18 Bradford Grems - 0-1 8-8 - - - - - 8 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Karonce Higgins 1 ------6 Jonathan Weisheit 2 21 10.5 0 15 Darrion Ardoin 1 ------6 Desmond Jones 1 6 6.0 0 6 Jaidon Parrish 1 ------6 Antonio Washington 1 10 10.0 0 0 Davondrick Lison 1 ------6 Davondrick Lison 0 2 0.0 1 2 SirCharles Perkins 1 ------6 Total 4 39 9.8 1 15 Total 8 0-1 8-8 - - - - - 56 Opponents 4 16 4.0 0 13 Opponents 7 1-1 7-7 - - - - - 52 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total SirCharles Perkins 4 77 19.2 0 26 Southern Arkansas 7 21 14 14 0 56 Sidney Moore 4 72 18.0 0 24 Opponents 3 21 0 28 0 52 Desmond Jones 1 13 13.0 0 13 Total 9 162 18.0 0 26 Opponents 10 184 18.4 0 41

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Tanner Hudson 2 0 126 0 0 0 126 63.0 Karonce Higgins 2 7 113 0 0 0 120 60.0 Sidney Moore 2 0 40 0 72 0 112 56.0 Jonathan Weishe 2 0 88 21 0 0 109 54.5 Michael Nunnery 2 88 14 0 0 0 102 51.0 SirCharles Perkin 2 -3 22 0 77 0 96 48.0 Desmond Jones 2 0 30 6 13 0 49 24.5 www.muleriderathletics.com | @MuleriderSportsJared Lancaster | @SAUFootball2 -1 48 0 0 0 47 23.525 Darrion Ardoin 2 0 36 0 0 0 36 18.0 Keiandre Purifoy 2 26 6 0 0 0 32 16.0 Total 2 140 553 39 162 26 920 460.0 Opponents 2 397 278 16 184 8 883 441.5

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Barrett Renner 2 83 25 553 578 289.0 Michael Nunnery 2 29 88 0 88 44.0 Keiandre Purifoy 2 11 26 0 26 13.0 Karonce Higgins 2 1 7 0 7 3.5 Total 2 129 140 553 693 346.5 Opponents 2 124 397 278 675 337.5

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 24 Elgin Moore 2 8 7 15 . . . 3 . . . . . 42 Corey Jenkins 2 7 7 14 0.5-3 ...... 99 Antonio Washington 2 6 8 14 0.5-3 ...... 1 . 94 Anthony Washington 2 7 5 12 5.5-19 1.0-5 . . 1 . . . . 9 Davondrick Lison 2 7 5 12 2.0-9 1.0-4 . . . . 1 . . Total 2 79 66 145 12-42 2-9 2-26 6 2 3-0 2 1 . Opponents 2 83 54 137 6-15 2-3 2-8 6 . 3-0 3 . . Southern Arkansas University 2017 MULERIDER FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Game 3 | vs. Southwestern Oklahoma | September 16 | 6 P.M.

Southern Arkansas Football Southern Arkansas Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 13, 2017) 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 24 Elgin Moore 2 8 7 15 . . . 3 . . . . . 99 Antonio Washington 2 6 8 14 0.5-3 ...... 1 . 42 Corey Jenkins 2 7 7 14 0.5-3 ...... 94 Anthony Washington 2 7 5 12 5.5-19 1.0-5 . . 1 . . . . 9 Davondrick Lison 2 7 5 12 2.0-9 1.0-4 . . . . 1 . . 46 Malik Preston 2 6 4 10 . . 2-26 ...... 55 Travis Williams 2 4 5 9 0.5-3 ...... 37 La'Montrick Turner 2 3 6 9 2.0-4 . . . . 1-0 . . . 31 DeMarcus Pegue 2 6 2 8 ...... 28 Darren Crawford 2 3 4 7 . . . 1 . . . . . 34 Dominique Scott 2 3 4 7 ...... 25 Lorenzo Watkins 2 5 1 6 1.0-1 . . 1 . 1-0 . . . 40 Kobe McDonald 2 2 2 4 . . . . . 1-0 1 . . 13 Kaseem Smith 2 2 2 4 . . . 1 . . . . . 93 Deion Cineus 2 2 . 2 ...... 30 Marcus Brown 2 2 . 2 ...... 57 Malachi Pointer 2 1 1 2 . . . . 1 . . . . 12 Jayshon Williams 2 . 2 2 ...... 38 Dalton Wright 2 1 . 1 ...... 15 Jared Lancaster 2 1 . 1 ...... 43 Kendrix McCann 2 . 1 1 ...... 19 Bradford Grems 2 1 . 1 ...... 36 Jaidon Parrish 2 1 . 1 ...... 11 Tanner Hudson 2 1 . 1 ...... Total 2 79 66 145 12-42 2-9 2-26 6 2 3-0 2 1 . Opponents 2 83 54 137 6-15 2-3 2-8 6 . 3-0 3 . .

Southern Arkansas Football Southern Arkansas Team Game-by-Game (as of Sep 13, 2017) 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 31 at Arkansas Tech 24 60 0 10 33 343 3 42 33-44-1 343 3 42 5 101 0 26 3 27 0 15 403 Sep 09 HARDING 29 80 0 10 21 210 4 33 21-32-1 210 4 33 4 61 0 19 1 12 1 2 290 Southern Arkansas 53 140 0 10 54 553 7 42 54-76-2 553 7 42 9 162 0 26 4 39 1 15 693 Opponents 92 397 3 22 16 278 4 59 16-32-2 278 4 59 10 184 0 41 4 16 0 13 675

Games: 2 • Avg/rush: 2.6 • Avg/catch: 10.2 • Pass effic: 157.31 • KR avg: 18.0 • PR avg: 9.8 • All purpose avg/game: 460.0 • Total offense avg/gm: 346.5

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 31 at Arkansas Tech 37 34 71 8.0-30 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-26 1 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 21 Sep 09 HARDING 42 32 74 4.0-12 2.0-9 2 3-0 0-0 1 2 1 5-5 0 0 0 14 35 Southern Arkansas 79 66 145 12.0-42 2.0-9 2 3-0 2-26 2 6 1 8-8 0 0 0 14 56 Opponents 83 54 137 6.0-15 2.0-3 3 3-0 2-8 0 6 0 7-7 0 0 0 7 52

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 31 at Arkansas Tech 5 175 35.0 50 0 1 0 1 1 0-1 0 0 4 237 59.2 0 0 Sep 09 HARDING 2 99 49.5 56 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 6 353 58.8 0 0 Southern Arkansas 7 274 39.1 56 0 1 0 2 2 0-1 0 0 10 590 59.0 0 0 Opponents 11 391 35.5 60 1 1 4 3 3 1-1 43 0 10 543 54.3 0 1

Southern Arkansas Football Southern Arkansas Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Sep 13, 2017) 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 31 at Arkansas Tech 41 117 1 18 13 220 3 59 13-25-2 220 3 59 4 106 0 41 2 17 0 13 337 Sep 09 HARDING 51 280 2 22 3 58 1 25 3-7-0 58 1 25 6 78 0 20 2 -1 0 0 338 Opponents 92 397 3 22 16 278 4 59 16-32-2 278 4 59 10 184 0 41 4 16 0 13 675 Southern Arkansas 53 140 0 10 54 553 7 42 54-76-2 553 7 42 9 162 0 26 4 39 1 15 693

Games: 2 • Avg/rush: 4.3 • Avg/catch: 17.4 • Pass effic: 151.73 • KR avg: 18.4 • PR avg: 4.0 • All purpose avg/game: 441.5 • Total offense avg/gm: 337.5

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 31 at Arkansas Tech 43 36 79 4.0-11 1.0-0 2 2-0 1-0 0 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 28 Sep 09 HARDING 40 18 58 2.0-4 1.0-3 1 1-0 1-8 0 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 24 Opponents 83 54 137 6.0-15 2.0-3 3 3-0 2-8 0 6 0 7-7 0 0 0 7 52 Southern Arkansas 79 66 145 12.0-42 2.0-9 2 3-0 2-26 2 6 1 8-8 0 0 0 14 56

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 31 at Arkansas Tech 8 316 39.5 60 0 1 2 3 3 0-0 0 0 5 281 56.2 0 0 Sep 09 HARDING 3 75 25.0 45 1 0 2 0 0 1-1 43 0 5 262 52.4 0 1 Opponents 11 391 35.5 60 1 1 4 3 3 1-1 43 0 10 543 54.3 0 1 Southern Arkansas 7 274 39.1 56 0 1 0 2 2 0-1 0 0 10 590 59.0 0 0

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INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 19 Michael Nunnery vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Yards Rushing 59 Michael Nunnery vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Long Rush 10 Michael Nunnery at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 10 Barrett Renner vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Pass attempts 44 Barrett Renner at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Pass completions 33 Barrett Renner at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Yards Passing 343 Barrett Renner at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) TD Passes 4 Barrett Renner vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Long Pass 42 Barrett Renner at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Receptions 8 Tanner Hudson at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Yards Receiving 73 Tanner Hudson at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) TD Receptions 3 Tanner Hudson vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Long Reception 42 Karonce Higgins at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Punts 5 Tanner Hudson at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Punting Avg 49.5 Tanner Hudson vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Long Punt 56 Tanner Hudson vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Punts inside 20 1 Tanner Hudson at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1 Tanner Hudson vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Long Punt Return 15 Jonathan Weisheit at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 26 SirCharles Perkins at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Tackles 12 Elgin Moore at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Sacks 1.0 Davondrick Lison vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) 1.0 Anthony Washington vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Tackles For Loss 3.0 Anthony Washington vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Interceptions 2 Malik Preston at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017)

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TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 29 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Yards Rushing 80 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Yards Per Rush 2.8 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Pass attempts 44 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Pass completions 33 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Yards Passing 343 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Yards Per Pass 7.8 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) TD Passes 4 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Total Plays 68 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Total Offense 403 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Yards Per Play 5.9 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Points 35 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Sacks By 2 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) First Downs 20 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Penalties 15 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Penalty Yards 126 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Turnovers 3 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Interceptions By 2 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Punts 5 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Punting Avg 49.5 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Long Punt 56 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Punts inside 20 1 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Long Punt Return 15 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017)

Southern Arkansas Football Southern Arkansas Game Superlatives (as of Sep 13, 2017) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 15 Terrence Dingle, vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Yards Rushing 63 Brandon Gates, vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) TD Rushes 1 Ty Reasnor, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1 Cole Chancey, vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) 1 Brandon Gates, vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Long Rush 22 Grant Kimberlin, vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Pass attempts 23 Ty Reasnor, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Pass completions 13 Ty Reasnor, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Yards Passing 220 Ty Reasnor, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) TD Passes 3 Ty Reasnor, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Long Pass 59 Ty Reasnor, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Receptions 5 Jackob Dean, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Yards Receiving 63 Jackob Dean, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) TD Receptions 1 Jackob Dean, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1 Justin Bailey, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1 Drew Wade, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1 Bobby Green, vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Long Reception 59 Drew Wade, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Field Goals 1 Tristan Parsley, vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Long Field Goal 43 Tristan Parsley, vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Punts 8 Clayton Watson, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Punting Avg 39.5 Clayton Watson, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Long Punt 60 Clayton Watson, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Punts inside 20 3 Clayton Watson, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Long Punt Return 13 B. Stringer, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 41 B. Stringer, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Tackles 14 Seth Culp, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Sacks 1.0 Seth Culp, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Tackles For Loss 1.0 K. Trammell, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1.0 Darryn Cain, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1.0 Kj Reid, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1.0 T.J. Winslow, vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Interceptions 1 Cua' Rose, at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1 V'Onte Williams, vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017)

Southern Arkansas Football Southern Arkansas Game Superlatives (as of Sep 13, 2017) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 51 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Yards Rushing 280 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Yards Per Rush 5.5 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) TD Rushes 2 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Pass attempts 25 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Pass completions 13 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Yards Passing 220 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Yards Per Pass 8.8 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) TD Passes 3 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Total Plays 66 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Total Offense 338 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Yards Per Play 5.8 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Points 28 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Sacks By 1 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) First Downs 18 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Penalties 12 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Penalty Yards 90 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Turnovers 3 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Interceptions By 1 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) 1 vs Harding (Sep 09, 2017) Punts 8 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Punting Avg 39.5 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Long Punt 60 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Punts inside 20 3 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017) Long Punt Return 13 at Arkansas Tech (Aug 31, 2017)

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