2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL 2 NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 12 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 5 STRAIGHT NCAA II PLAYOFF APPEARANCES ACU WILDCATS at a Glance Date

GAME 7 • SATURDAY, OCT. 15 • #9 ACU AT #12 MIDWESTERN STATE • MEMORIAL STADIUM • WICHITA FALLS 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL 2 NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 12 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 5 STRAIGHT NCAA II PLAYOFF APPEARANCES ACU WILDCATS At A Glance Date ...... Sat., Oct. 22 AT A GLANCE Time ...... 8 p.m. ACU FOOTBALLHISTORY Location . . . . Wichita Falls Venue ...... Memorial First year of football: 1919 All-time record: 459-376-32* Stadium (15,000 / FieldTurf) 2011 record: 5-1 Radio ...... Mix 92.5 FM Head coach: Chris Thomsen (7th season) Coach’s overall record: 48-19* Series . . ACU leads 18-5-1 Coach’s record at ACU:48-19* Last meeting ...... Years in NCAA post-season play:5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) #9 ACU #12 Midwestern St. ACU 31, MSU 28 NCAA post-season record: 2-5* WILDCATS MUSTANGS Last NCAA post-season appearance: 2010 (5-1, 4-0 LSC) Oct. 9, 2010 (6-0, 5-0 LSC) Result: lost to Central Missouri, 55-41, in second round * 10 wins from 2007 season vacated because of NCAA violations. Winner of Saturday showdown has inside track to LSC crown WICHITA FALLS – After several weeks of preparing to play teams that like to throw the WILDCATCOACHING STAFF ball all over the field, the ACU Wildcats have to get ready this week for one of the top Chris Thomsen ...... Head coach rushing attacks in NCAA Division II football in Midwestern State. Ken Collums ...... Offensive Coordinator / QB The Wildcats and Mustangs are set to hook up Saturday night in Wichita Falls for a Jason Johns ...... Defensive Coordinator / LB Lone Star Conference game with huge conference championship and post-season Cody Farrell ...... Defensive Backs implications. A win by the Wildcats would push them into sole possession of first place Nathan Young ...... Offensive Line Sam Collins ...... Defensive Line in the league with only three games left in the regular season, and would give them a Kendrick Holloway ...... Wide Receivers big push toward back-to-back conference championships. Ryan Keeling ...... GA / Tight Ends A win by the Mustangs would not only snap a two-game losing streak to the Eric Edwards ...... GA / Linebackers Wildcats, but it would solidify MSU’s grip on first lace in the conference. Bryson Lewis ...... GA / Defensive Line Both teams are also trying to position themselves for a spot in the NCAA Division II Cory Driskill ...... Head Athletics Trainer playoffs, which will begin Nov. 19. The first NCAA regional rankings will be released Luke Sauber ...... Assistant Athletics Trainer Monday, Oct. 24, making Saturday’s game important for regional ranking purposes. RADIO: All of ACU’s games can be heard live on Mix 92.5 FM Unlike most of the Wildcats’ opponents this season, the Mustangs would rather with Grant Boone calling all the play-by-play action. He will be run the football than throw it. And they’ve been extremely successful with that plan, joined in the booth by ACU SID Lance Fleming. Boone is in his ranking second in NCAA Division II football in rushing offense at more than 317 yards fourth season calling play-by-play for the Wildcats, while Fleming per game on the ground. is in his 14th year as ACU’s assistant director of athletics for media Jimmy Pipkin is second in the league in rushing at 88.2 yards per game, while MSU relations and his second as the full-time color commentator. quarterback Brandon Kesley is fourth at 78.7 yawp. Keidrick Jackson is sixth at 65.2 ypg and Lester Bush is seventh at 61.2 ypg. Pipkins, Kelsey and Jackson each have a run of ACU ATHLETICSMEDIA RELATIONS at least 70 yards on the season, while Jackson leads the LSC in rushing touchdowns (10). Midwestern State’s powerful running game is the spearhead for the LSC’s top LANCE FLEMING offensive unit. The Mustangs rank No. 1 in the league in total offense (549.5 ypg) Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations and first in scoring offense (50.8 ppg). Office phone: 325-674-2693 The ACU defense, however, is the best in the league against the run, giving up just Cell phone: 325-665-3543 74.3 yards per game and having allowed just five rushing touchdowns through six Fax: 325-674-6798 games. The Wildcats are giving up just 2.7 yards per rush and haven’t given up a run Email: fl[email protected] longer than 23 yards in any game this season. Shotwell Stadium Press box:325-671-4673 or 4675 Offensively the Wildcats are led by junior quarterback Mitchell Gale, who leads the Home radio:325-674-4906 league in passing yards per game (391.2) and yards (1,915) and is second in touchdown Visitor radio:325-676-0293 passes with 14. Daryl Richardson leads the running game at 53.2 ypg, but expect to see more of CHRIS MACALUSO Darrell Cantu-Harkless in the backfield Saturday. The Wildcats’ primary running back in Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations 2010, Cantu-Harkless had his first carries of the season last Saturday and had 41 yards Office phone: 325-674-6171 on the ground against West Texas A&M. Cell phone: 765-490-6988 Fax: 325-674-6798 Email: [email protected] www.acusports.com www.acusports.blogspot.com http://www.facebook.com/ACUsports http://twitter.com/ACUsports

2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 Page 1 THE FACTS: ACU at MIDWESTERN STATE

Key Facts: ACU did not commit a turnover against West Texas A&M on Saturday, marking the first time under head coach Chris Thomsen that ACU has played four straight games without committing a turnover. ... The Wildcats are now 22-0 under Thomsen when they don't commit a turnover. ... The Wildcats gave up a field goal early in the game, meaning that ACU has now trailed in five of its six games this season. ... ACU has now scored in 111 straight games dating back to Oct. 13, 2001, THIS WEEK IN THE LSC when it lost 31-0 at Angelo State. ... In the 77 games the Wildcats have played since Chris Thomsen became the head coach prior to the 2005 season, the Wildcats have OVERALL scored at least 30 points in 53 of those games. ... However, Saturday's game marked W L Pct. PF PA the 16th regular-season time under Thomsen the Wildcats have failed to score at least 1. Midwestern State 6 0 1.000 305 102 30 points against a Lone Star Conference foe. ... ACU is now 9-7 in those games, including 2-0 this season (27-24 vs. Tarleton State in the season-opener and 28-18 over 2. Abilene Christian 5 1 .833 190 124 West Texas A&M on Saturday). ... Prior to the 2011 season, the Wildcats were 1-4 in 3. West Texas A&M 4 2 .667 199 102 their previous five regular-season games against LSC foes in which they failed to score 4. Texas A&M-Kingsville 4 3 .571 214 203 30 points. ... ACU has played two LSC foes in the NCAA Division II playoffs since 2006: 5. Angelo State 3 4 .429 169 195 West Texas A&M and Midwestern State, and the Wildcats have played at least one 6. Tarleton 2 5 .286 201 250 playoff game against each of those teams without scoring 30 points (30-27 overtime (tie) Incarnate Word 2 5 .286 179 264 loss at WTAM in 2006 and 24-21 win at Midwestern State in 2009). (tie) Eastern New Mexico 2 5 .286 170 259 BREAKDOWN 9. Texas A&M-Commerce 0 6 .000 134 233 Abilene Christian Midwestern State CONFERENCE 2011 Record 5-1, 4-0 in LSC 2011 Record 6-0, 5-0 in LSC W L Pct. PF PA 2011 Ranking No. 9 by AFCA 2011 Ranking No. 12 by AFCA 1. Midwestern State 5 0 1.000 264 102 No. 13 by d2football.com No. 2 by d2football.com 2. Abilene Christian 4 0 1.000 122 66 Last Game def. West Texas A&M, 28-18 Last Game def. Angelo State, 68-20 3. West Texas A&M 4 1 .800 175 76 Oct. 15, 2011 Oct. 15, 2011 Head Coach Chris Thomsen (7th year) Head Coach Bill Maskill (12th season) 4. Texas A&M-Kingsville 2 2 .500 139 145 Career Record 48-19 Career Record 88-39 5. Tarleton 2 3 .400 138 170 ACU Record 48-19 MSU Record 75-31 (tie) Incarnate Word 2 3 .400 123 188 vs. MSU 3-3 * vs. ACU 4-5 7. Eastern New Mexico 1 3 .250 86 132 * does not include vacated 2007 win 8. Angelo State 0 4 .000 65 141 (tie) Texas A&M-Commerce 0 4 .000 87 179 MIDWESTERN STATE SERIES LAST WEEK’S GAMES ACU leads 18-5-1 Saturday, Oct. 15 Northwest Missouri State 65, Eastern New Mexico 20; 2010 – ACU 31, Midwesern State 28 1953 – ACU 13, Midwestern State 7 * Midwestern State 68, Angelo State 20; * Abilene Christian 28, # 2009 – ACU 24, Midwestern State 21 * 1952 – ACU 21, Midwestern State 0 2009 – Midwestern State 15, ACU 13 1951 – ACU 21, Midwestern State 13 West Texas A&M 18; * Tarleton St. 54, Texas A&M-Commerce 27; 2008 – ACU 47, Midwestern State 17 1950 – ACU 13, Midwestern State 0 * Texas A&M-Kingsville 41, Incarnate Word 38; $ 2007 – ACU 42, Midwestern State 41 1948 – ACU 7, Midwesern State 7 2006 – Midwestern State 46, ACU 30 1947 – ACU 28, Midwestern State 0 SATURDAY’S GAMES 2005 – Midwestern State 35, ACU 30 Saturday, Oct. 22 2004 – Midwestern State 29, ACU 19 ^ Overtime game * Angelo State at Texas A&M-Commerce, 2 p.m.; * Eastern 2003 – ACU 18, Midwestern State 14 * Game played in Stamford 2002 – ACU 21, Midwestern State 20 $ Win vacated because of NCAA violations New Mexico at West Texas A&M, 6 p.m.; * Tarleton State at Texas 1999 – ACU 26, Midwestern State 16 # NCAA Division II playoff game A&M-Kingsville, 7 p.m.; * Abilene Christian at Midwestern State, 1998 – Midwestern State 23, ACU 15 1997 – ACU 34, Midwestern State 14 8 p.m. ^ 1996 – ACU 17, Midwestern St. 14 NEXT WEEK’S GAMES 1993 – ACU 43, Midwestern State 10 Saturday, Oct. 29 1992 – ACU 24, Midwestern State 10 1956 – ACU 13, Midwestern State 7 * Texas A&M-Commerce at Abilene Christian, 2 p.m.; 1955 – ACU 26, Midwestern State 21 * Midwestern State at Eastern New Mexico, 3 p.m.; * Texas 1954 – ACU 33, Midwestern State 13 A&M-Kingsville at Angelo State, 6 p.m.; Central Washington at West Texas A&M, 6 p.m.

Page 2 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 ACU IN THE AFCA POLL MITCHELL GALE GAME-BY-GAME Since 2006 season ACU junior quarterback Mitchell Gale had a 2006 Oct. 5 Abilene Christian 2nd breakout season in 2010, throwing for 3,595 yards Date Rank Oct. 12 Abilene Christian 1st (No. 2 on ACU’s single-season chart) and 38 TD Sept. 26 Abilene Christian 25th Oct. 19 Abilene Christian 9th passes (No. 1 on ACU’s single-season chart). Oct. 3 Abilene Christian 23rd Oct. 26 Abilene Christian 15th Oct. 10 Abilene Christian 21st Nov. 2 Abilene Christian 12th Here’s how Gale has fared game-by-game in Oct. 17 Abilene Chritian 20th Nov. 9 Abilene Christian 18th his career: Oct. 24 Abilene Christian 14th Final Abilene Christian 13th Oct. 31 Abilene Christian 19th Nov. 7 Abilene Christian 18th 2010 Nov. 14 Abilene Christian 22nd Date Rank 2009 Season Final Abilene Christian 20th Pre-Season Abilene Christian 7th Date Opponent Result C-A-I Yds. TD Long Aug. 30 Abilene Christian 6th Sept. 5 vs. Fort Lewis W, 58-10 2-3-0 62 1 56-td 2007 Sept. 6 Abilene Christian 5th Sept. 19 vs. SE Oklahoma State W, 33-14 1-2-0 7 0 7 Date Rank Sept. 13 Abilene Christian 5th Sept. 26 vs. Eastern New Mexico W, 44-33 4-9-0 73 0 23 Pre-Season Abilene Christian 11th Sept. 20 Abilene Christian 5th Oct. 3 at East Central W, 43-6 18-24-1 300 3 62 Aug. 28 Abilene Christian 11th Sept. 27 Abilene Christian 5th Oct. 10 at Angelo State W, 38-14 18-24-1 218 1 42 Sept. 4 Abilene Christian 24th Oct. 4 Abilene Christian 5th Oct. 17 vs. Wext Texas A&M L, 32-21 14-25-2 112 0 16 Sept. 11 Abilene Christian 21st Oct. 11 Abilene Christian 5th Sept. 18 Abilene Christian 18th Oct. 18 Abilene Christian 4th Oct. 24 at Tarleton State L, 13-6 16-41-2 192 0 26 Sept. 25 Abilene Christian 17th Oct. 25 Abilene Christian 3rd Oct. 31 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 47-35 24-34-0 289 2 72-td Oct. 2 Abilene Christian 15th Nov. 1 Abilene Christian 2nd Nov. 7 at Midwestern State L, 15-13 18-32-1 141 1 19 Oct. 9 Abilene Christian 14th Nov. 8 Abilene Christian 2nd Nov. 14 * at Midwestern State W 24-21 14-20-0 141 2 41-td Oct. 16 Abilene Christian 12th Nov. 15 Abilene Christian 2nd Nov. 21 * at NW Missouri State L, 35-10 20-32-0 174 0 35 Oct. 23 Abilene Christian 21st Final Abilene Christian 8th Totals 151-250-7 1,709 10 72-td Oct. 30 Abilene Christian 19th Nov. 6 Abilene Christian 17th 2011 2010 Season Nov. 13 Abilene Christian 15th Date Rank Date Opponent Result C-A-I Yds. TD Long Final Abilene Christian 15th Pre-Season Abilene Christian 4th Sept. 4 at Washburn W, 34-26 24-30-0 247 3 51-td Sept. 5 Abilene Christian 3rd 2008 Sept. 12 Abilene Christian 3rd Sept. 11 at Northeastern State W,43-13 18-25-0 161 1 20 Date Rank Sept. 19 Abilene Christian 10th Sept. 18 vs. East Central W,47-7 23-32-0 263 5 35-td Pre-Season Abilene Christian 8th Sept. 26 Abilene Christian 11th Sept. 25 vs. Tarleton State W, 65-3 25-38-0 344 2 52 Sept. 2 Abilene Christian 6th Oct. 3 Abilene Christian 10th Oct. 2 at Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 31-24 34-51-0 417 3 34 Sept. 9 Abilene Christian 4th Oct. 10 Abilene Christian 10th Oct. 9 vs. Midwestern State W, 31-28 27-39-0 263 3 24 Sept. 16 Abilene Christian 4th Oct. 17 Abilene Christian 9th Oct. 16 at Incarnate Word W, 54-17 17-26-1 379 5 67-td Sept. 23 Abilene Christian 4th Oct. 23 at Eastern New Mexico W, 53-14 23-41-0 362 5 50-td Sept. 30 Abilene Christian 4th ACU POLL NOTES Oct. 30 vs. Angelo State W, 33-20 27-41-0 377 4 55-td Oct. 7 Abilene Christian 3rd • Since the AFCA poll debuted in 2000, Oct. 14 Abilene Christian 3rd 11 teams have spent at least one week Nov. 6 at West Texas A&M W, 41-34 22-36-1 296 1 51-td Oct. 21 Abilene Christian 3rd ranked as the No. 1 team in the nation: Nov. 13 vs. SW Oklahoma State W, 47-17 9-15-0 128 1 37 Oct. 28 Abilene Christian 3rd Abilene Christian, Delta State, Central Nov. 20 * vs. Central Missouri L, 55-41 27-51-1 358 5 58-td Nov. 4 Abilene Christian 2nd Washington, Grand Valley State, Totals 276-425-3 3,595 38 67 Nov. 11 Abilene Christian 2nd Minnesota-Duluth, North Alabama, Final Abilene Christian 5th North Dakota, Northwest Missouri 2011 Season State, Pittsburg State, Saginvaw Valley Date Opponent Result C-A-I Yds. TD Long 2009 State, and Valdosta State. Sept. 1 at Tarleton State W, 27-24 26-49-2 335 3 41-td Date Rank Sept. 17 vs. North Alabama L, 23-17 33-59-2 390 2 36 Pre-Season Abilene Christian 5th • The Wildcats have now been ranked Sept. 24 vs. Angelo State W, 31-17 18-32-0 234 2 28 Aug. 31 Abilene Christian 3rd in the AFCA poll for 71 straight weeks, Sept. 7 Abilene Christian 2nd and in the top 10 in 43 of the last 48 Oct. 1 vs. Western Oregon W, 51-35 29-43-0 356 2 61-td Sept. 14 Abilene Christian 2nd polls. Oct. 8 at Eastern New Mexico W, 36-7 23-39-0 295 3 48 Sept. 21 Abilene Christian 2nd Oct. 15 vs. West Texas A&M W, 28-18 18-31-0 305 2 75 Sept. 28 Abilene Christian 2nd Oct. 22 at Midwestern State Oct. 29 vs. Texas A&M-Commerce Nov. 5 at Texas A&M-Kingsville Nov. 12 vs. Incarnate Word Totals 147-253-4 1,915 14 75 Career Totals 574-938-14 7,554 62 75 * NCAA Division II playoff game

MOST POINTS SCORED BY ACU IN SINGLE GAME Score Opponent 55-20 . . . vs. Sam Houston State (Nov. 15, 1975) * 93-68 . . . vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 22, 2008) 55-14 ...... vs. Texas-Arlington (Nov. 9, 1963) 81-0 ...... vs. Daniel Baker (Nov. 25, 1920) 54-17 ...... at Incarnate Word (Oct. 16, 2010) * 73-76 (3 ot) vs. Chadron State (Nov. 24, 2007) 53-14 . . at Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 23, 2010) 70-63 ...... vs. Tarleton State (Oct. 27, 2007) 53-20 ...... vs. McMurry (Sept. 11, 1971) 70-0 ...... vs. Randolph AFB (Oct. 14, 1922) 53-0 ...... vs. Arkansas State (Nov. 20, 1954) 65-3 ...... vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 25, 2010) 53-0 ...... vs. Austin College (Nov. 21, 1942) 62-6 ...... vs. Howard Payne (Nov. 27, 1952) 52-28 ...... vs. Angelo State (Oct. 13, 2007) 61-7 . . . vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 10, 1970) 52-36 . . . vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 2, 1993) 60-14 ...... vs. Angelo State (Nov. 23, 1968) 51-35 ...... vs. Western Oregon (Oct. 1, 2011) 59-10 . . vs. SE Oklahoma State (Sept. 20, 2008) 51-14 . . vs. SE Oklahoma State (Sept. 16, 2006) 59-31 . . vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Nov. 3, 2007) 51-50 . . . . . vs. West Texas A&M (Oct. 22, 1994) 58-7 . . . . . vs. Northeastern State (Oct. 6, 2007) 51-37 . . . . . vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 12, 1988) 58-13 ...... vs. McMurry (Oct. 20, 1951) 51-14 ...... vs. Stephen F. Austin (Oct. 9, 1976) 57-15 ...... vs. Tarleton State (Oct. 23, 1993) 51-19 ...... vs. Angelo State (Nov. 22, 1969) 57-50 . vs. Stephen F. Austin State (Oct. 6, 1973) 50-14 . . vs. SW Oklahoma State (Sept. 22, 2007) 56-11 . vs. Eastern New Mexico (Sept. 27, 2008) 50-49 ...... vs. Howard Payne (Sept. 29, 1968) 56-12 ...... vs. Mesa State (Nov. 17, 2007) 50-33 ...... vs. Austin College (Nov. 10, 1951) 56-7 ...... vs. Howard Payne (Nov. 21, 1981) 56-14 ...... vs. Tarleton State (Nov. 9, 1974) * NCAA Division II playoff game

2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 Page 3 MITCHELL GALE BY THE NUMBERS

Career TD Passes vs. Team 3 Taylor Gabriel 9 to Emery Dudensing vs. East Central (Sept. 18, 2010) 2 Daryl Richardson 7 to Ben Gibbs vs. Angelo State (Sept. 24, 2011) 8 East Central (Okla.) Charcandrick West 7 to Justin Andrews vs. Angeo State (Sept. 24, 2011) Eastern New Mexico 1 Reggie Brown 7 to Emery Dudensing vs. Angelo State (Oct. 30, 2010) 7 Angelo State Darian Hogg 5 to Taylor Gabriel vs. North Alabama (Sept. 17, 2011) 6 Midwestern State Jamaine Sherman 5 to Justin Andrews vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Oct. 31, 2009) 5 Central Missouri Trey Simeone 4 to Emery Dudensing vs. Angelo State (Oct. 30, 2010) Incarnate Word Daniel Talavera 4 to Ben Gibbs vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 25, 2010) Tarleton State 4 to Emery Dudensing vs. Washburn (Sept. 4, 2010) Texas A&M-Kingsville Career Yards vs. Team * 3 to Ben Gibbs vs. Central Missouri (Nov. 27, 2010) 3 Washburn 3 to Emery Dudensing vs. Northeastern State (Sept. 11, 2010) West Texas A&M 871 Tarleton State 3 to Trey Simeone vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 7, 2009) 2 North Alabama 829 Angelo State 2 to Ben Gibbs vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 8, 2011) Western Oregon 713 West Texas A&M 1 to Daniel Talavera vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 1, 2011) 1 Fort Lewis 706 Texas A&M-Kingsville 1 to Emery Dudensing vs. East Central (Sept. 18, 2010) Northeastern State 563 East Central 545 Midwestern State SW Oklahoma State Career Passing Stats vs. Team 435 Eastern New Mexico Opponent GP-GS W-L Comp.-Att.-Int. TD Yards Long Pct. TD Passes to Receiver 390 North Alabama 379 Incarnate Word Angelo State 3-3 3-0 63-97-1 7 829 55-td .649 16 Edmond Gates 356 Western Oregon East Central 2-2 2-0 43-60-1 8 563 62 .717 7 Ben Gibbs 247 Washburn Eastern New Mexico 3-2 2-0 50-89-0 8 730 50-td .562 6 Justin Andrews 174 NW Missouri State Fort Lewis 1-0 0-0 2-3-0 1 62 52-td .667 Emery Dudensing 161 Northeastern State Incarnate Word 1-1 1-0 17-26-1 5 379 67-td .654 Kendrick Johnson 128 SW Oklahoma State Midwestern State 3-3 2-1 59-91-1 6 545 41-td .649 5 Raymond Radway 62 Fort Lewis North Alabama 1-1 0-1 33-59-2 2 390 36 .559 4 Darrell Cantu-Harkless 7 SE Oklahoma State Northeastern State 1-1 1-0 18-25-0 1 161 20 .720 NW Missouri State 1-1 0-1 20-32-0 0 174 35 .625 SE Oklahoma State 1-0 0-0 1-2-0 7 7 7 .500 Touchdowns by Yards SW Oklahoma State 1-1 1-0 9-15-0 1 128 37 .600 72 to Edmond Gates vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Oct. 31, 2009) Tarleton State 3-3 2-1 67-128-4 5 871 52 .523 67 to Charcandrick West vs. Incarnate Word (Oct. 16, 2010) Texas A&M-Kingsville 2-2 2-0 58-85-0 5 706 72-td .682 61 to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. Western Oregon (Oct. 1, 2011) Washburn 1-1 1-0 24-30-0 3 247 51-td .800 * 58 to Kendrick Johnson vs. Central Missouri (Nov. 27, 2010) West Texas A&M 3-3 2-1 54-92-3 3 713 75 .587 56 to Raymond Radway vs. Fort Lewis (Sept. 5, 2009) Western Oregon 1-1 1-0 29-43-0 2 356 61-td .674 55 to Edmond Gates vs. Angelo State (Oct. 30, 2010) 54 to Edmond Gates vs. East Central (Oct. 3, 2009) Career 300-Yard Passing Games 53 to Justin Andrews vs. West Texas A&M (Oct. 15, 2011) 51 to Edmond Gates vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 6, 2010) Opponent Comp.-Att.-Int. TD Yards Long 51 to Edmond Gates vs. Washburn (Sept. 4, 2010) Oct. 2, 2010 at Texas A&M-Kingsville 34-51-0 3 417 34 50 to Edmond Gates vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 23, 2010) Sept. 17, 2011 vs. North Alabama 33-59-2 2 390 36 47 to Darian Hogg vs. Western Oregon (Oct. 1, 2011) Oct. 16, 2010 at Incarnate Word 17-26-1 5 379 67-td 45 to Kendrick Johnson vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 23, 2010) Oct. 30, 2010 vs. Angelo State 27-41-0 4 377 55-td 41 to Charcandrick West vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 1, 2011) Oct. 23, 2010 at Eastern New Mexico 23-41-0 5 362 50-td 41 to Edmond Gates vs. Incarnate Word (Oct. 16, 2010) Nov. 20, 2010 * vs. Central Missouri 27-51-1 5 358 58-td 41 to Edmond Gates vs. Washburn (Sept. 4, 2010) Oct. 1, 2011 vs. Western Oregon 29-43-0 2 356 61-td * 41 to Kendrick Johnson vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 14, 2009) Sept. 25, 2010 vs. Tarleton State 25-38-0 2 344 52 36 to Ben Gibbs vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 25, 2010) Sept. 1, 2011 vs. Tarleton State 26-49-2 3 335 41-td 35 to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. East Central (Sept. 18, 2010) 34 to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. East Central (Sept. 18, 2010) Oct. 15, 2011 vs. West Texas A&M 18-31-0 2 305 75 33 to Edmond Gates vs. Incarnate Word (Oct. 16, 2010) Oct. 3, 2009 at East Central 18-24-1 3 300 62 * 32 to Edmond Gates vs. Central Missouri (Nov. 27, 2010) 27 to Justin Andrews vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Oct. 2, 2010) Career 300-Yard Passing Games for ACU Quarterbacks 26 to Edmond Gates vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 23, 2010) Quarterback Number Career-Best 26 to Edmond Gates vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Oct. 2, 2010) Billy Malone (2005-08) 20 404 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Nov. 4, 2006) 23 to Daryl Richardson vs. Tarleton State (Sept. 1, 2011) Jim Lindsey (1967-70) 14 414 vs. vs. Arkansas State (Oct. 24,1970) 23 to Raymond Radway vs. Incarnate Word (Oct. 16, 2010) Mitchell Gale (2009-present) 11 417 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Oct. 2, 2010) 21 to Kendrick Johnson vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 23, 2010) Rex Lamberti (1984-86, 1993) 10 390 vs. Stephen F. Austin (Oct. 5, 1985) * 20 to Raymond Radway vs. Central Missouri (Nov. 27, 2010) 17 to Taylor Gabriel vs. North Alabama (Sept. 17, 2011) Jim Reese (1973-76) 6 564 vs. Angelo State (Oct. 30, 1976) 18 to Jamaine Sherman vs. West Texas A&M (Oct. 15, 2011) Loyal Profﬁtt (1981-84) 6 466 vs. Stephen F. Austin (Oct. 29, 1983) * 17 to Ben Gibbs vs. Central Missouri (Nov. 27, 2010) Clint Longley (1971-73) 5 434 vs. SW Texas State (Sept. 29, 1973) 16 to Justin Andrews vs. SW Oklahoma State (Nov. 13, 2010) John Mays (1976-79) 4 403 vs. SW Texas State (Nov. 12, 1977) 16 to Kendrick Johnson vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 9, 2010) Colby Freeman (2001-03) 3 378 vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 16, 2002) * 16 to Edmond Gates vs. Midwestern State (Nov. 14, 2009) John Frank (1998-99) 2 410 vs. Tarleton State (Oct. 24, 1998) 16 to Reggie Brown vs. Angelo State (Oct. 10, 2009) Mike Fuller (1989-92) 2 328 vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 10, 1990) 16 to Justin Andrews vs. East Central (Oct. 3, 2009) Stan Stephens (1987-89) 2 313 vs. (vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 12, 1988) 13 to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 8, 2011) Zach Stewart (2008-09) 1 350 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Nov. 1, 2008) 13 to Kendrick Johnson vs. East Central (Oct. 3, 2009) Greg Wiggins (2001-04) 1 387 vs. SE Oklahoma State (Oct. 6, 2001) 11 to Edmond Gates vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 9, 2010) Aaron Birdwell (2000) 1 336 vs. West Texas A&M (Nov. 11, 2000) 10 to Daryl Richardson vs. Midwestern State (Oct. 9, 2010) 10 to Ben Gibbs vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Oct. 2, 2010) 9 to Taylor Gabriel vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 8, 2011) 9 to Raymond Radway vs. Angelo State (Oct. 30, 2010) 9 to Edmond Gates vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 23, 2010) 9 to Raymond Radway vs. Incarnate Word (Oct. 16, 2010) 9 to Edmond Gates vs. East Central (Sept. 18, 2010)

Page 4 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 AFCA DIVISION II TOP 25 SCOUTING THE WILDCATS’ OFFENSE

OCT. 17 POLL ACU junior quarterback Mitchell Gale directed a Wildcat offensive attack that School (1st place votes) Record Points Pvs chewed up 400 yards and 28 points against a WT defense that entered the 1. Delta St. (Miss.) (23) ...... 7-1 710 2 game allowing just 313 yards and barely 14 points per game. ... Gale directed 2. Bloomsburg (Pa.) (4) ...... 7-0 678 3 the Wildcats on touchdown drives of 99, 98 and 75 yards in the game and 3. Washburn (Kan.) (1) ...... 7-0 660 5 threw touchdown passes of 53 yards to Justin Andrews and 18 yards to Jamaine 4. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) (1) ...... 7-0 630 7 Sherman. ... Gale also directed an ACU offense that played its fourth straight 5. North Alabama ...... 6-1 595 1 game without a turnover, and he threw for 305 yards, his 11th career 300-yard 6. Northwest Missouri St...... 6-1 556 8 passing game (4th in six games in 2011). ... Gale's 305-yard effort marked his 7. Minnesota-Duluth ...... 6-1 532 9 best career effort against the Buffaloes. ... Prior to Saturday's game he had only 8. Colorado St.-Pueblo ...... 7-0 525 11 thrown one touchdown and three interceptions in two previous games against 9. Abilene Christian (Texas) ...... 5-1 514 10 WT, and his single-game best for yards was the 296 he threw for in last year's 10. Valdosta St. (Ga.) ...... 6-1 441 12 come-from-behind 41-34 victory. ... The 11 300-yard passing games put him 11. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) ...... 7-0 418 13 third on ACU's all-time list behind Billy Malone (20 300-yard games from 205-08) 12. Midwestern St. (Texas) ...... 6-0 379 15 and Jim Lindsey (14 from 1967-70). ... Gale's 53-yard scoring pass to Andrews 13. Nebraska-Kearney ...... 6-1 352 4 marked the sixth time in two-plus seasons that those two have hooked up for 14. St. Cloud State (Minn.) ...... 6-1 339 16 touchdown passes, tying him with Emery Dudensing and Kendrick Johnson with 15. Humboldt St. (Calif.) ...... 6-0 311 19 six touchdown passes from Gale. ... Gale also passed the late, great Jim Lindsey 16. New Haven (Conn.) ...... 6-1 290 18 on Saturday on ACU's all-time touchdown pass list with his two TD passes. ... 17. Wayne St. (Mich.) ...... 6-1 289 6 The TD pass to Sherman tied Lindsey for third on the all-time list with 61, and 18. West Virginia Wesleyan ...... 7-0 246 21 the pass to Andrews broke the tie to give Gale 62 TD passes. ... Billy Malone is 19. Kutztown (Pa.) ...... 6-1 242 20 the all-time record-holder with 114 touchdown passes, while Rex Lamberti is 20. Bemidji St. (Minn.) ...... 6-1 165 23 second with 84. ... Gale has now thrown a touchdown pass in 18 straight games, 21. Mars Hill (N.C.) ...... 6-1 155 25 and has thrown at least two touchdown passes in seven straight games dating 22. Slippery Rock (Pa.) ...... 6-1 89 NR back to last season's playoff game against Central Missouri. ... In their first four 23. Ashland (Ohio) ...... 5-2 54 NR possessions on Saturday (covering 7 minutes, 42 seconds), the Wildcats had nine 24. West Texas A&M ...... 4-2 48 17 yards of offense and no first downs. ... In their final 11 possessions of the game, 25. Albany St. (Ga.) ...... 5-2 47 NR the Wildcats had 391 yards of offense, 18 first downs and 28 points.

Dropped Out: California (Pa.) (14), West Alabama (22), Wayne St. (Neb.) (24)

Others Receiving Votes: California (Pa.), 42; Central Missouri, 40; Southwest Baptist (Mo.), 36; West Alabama, 20; Colorado School of Mines, 7; Hillsdale (Mich.), 5; East Central (Okla.), 3; Shepherd (W.Va.), 3; Stillman (Ala.), 2; Missouri Western St., 1; North Carolina- SCOUTING THE WILDCATS’ DEFENSE Pembroke, 1. ACU senior defensive end Aston Whiteside was the most dominant player on the field in Saturday's Lone Star Conference showdown between ACU and West Texas A&M at Shotwell Stadium. ... Whiteside finished the game with 3.0 sacks d2football.com TOP 25 and seven tackles for an ACU defense that held the Buffaloes to 88 yards less than their per-game average entering the game. ... The Wildcats finished the OCT. 18 POLL game with seven sacks, led by Whiteside's three sacks of WT quarterback Dustin School Record Last Week Vaughan. ... Whiteside also had seven tackles and one pass breakup. ... White- 1 Delta State (Miss.) ...... 7-1 2 side's career-high three sacks give him 4.5 for the season and 30 for his career 2 Abilene Christian ...... 5-1 5 (second on ACU's all-time list). ... He needs four sacks to tie Reuben Mason (34 3 Bloomsburg (Pa.) ...... 7-0 3 sacks from 1976-78) atop the all-time sacks list and 4.5 sacks to take the all-time 4 Pittsburg State (Kan.) ...... 7-0 6 lead. ... The Wildcats finished with seven total sacks in the game, the second time this season the Wildcats have had at least seven sacks in a game this season 5 North Alabama ...... 6-1 1 (8 vs. Tarleton State in the season-opener and 7 vs. West Texas A&M). ... The 6 Washburn (Kan.) ...... 7-0 8 Wildcats – who had just 31 sacks last season – already have 27 sacks in just six 7 Northwest Missouri State ...... 6-1 7 games this season. ... The single-season record for ACU is 49 sacks in 1977, fol- 8 Minnesota-Duluth ...... 6-1 9 lowed by the 1993 squad that had 48 sacks. ... The ACU defense played its best 9 Colorado State-Pueblo ...... 7-0 13 game of the season against West Texas A&M, limiting the Buffs to just 360 yards 10 Valdosta State (Ga.) ...... 6-1 14 of offense and 18 points in the game. ... The Buffs had 256 yards of offense – in- 11 St. Cloud (Minn.) ...... 6-1 15 cluding 225 passing yards – in the first half, but the ACU defense limited the 12 Wayne State (Mich.) ...... 6-1 4 Buffs to just 104 total yards and 89 passing yards in the game's final 30 minutes. 13 Midwestern State ...... 6-0 16 ... The 18 points scored by the Buffs marked just the sixth time since 2005 that 14 Nebraska-Kearney ...... 6-1 10 the Buffs failed to score at least 20 points, and WT is 1-5 in those games. 15 Winston-Salem State (N.C.) ...... 7-0 17 16 Humboldt State (Calif.) ...... 6-0 18 17 West Texas A&M ...... 4-2 11 18 Kutztown (Pa.) ...... 6-1 19 19 New Haven (Conn.) ...... 6-1 21 20 Central Missouri ...... 5-2 20 21 Albany State (Ga.) ...... 5-2 22 22 West Virginia Wesleyan ...... 7-0 23 23 California (Pa.) ...... 5-2 12 24 Mars Hill (S.C.) ...... 6-1 24 25 Bemidji State (Minn.) ...... 6-1 NR

2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 Page 5 TEAM COMPARISON

ACU OPP MSU OPP SCORING 190 124 305 102 Points Per Game 31.7 20.7 50.8 17.0 FIRST DOWNS 145 139 145 110 Rushing 41 32 82 32 Passing 89 94 56 58 Penalty 15 13 7 20 #9 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 1905 610 RUSHING YARDAGE 798 446 Record: 5-1 (4-0 LSC) Yards gained rushing 920 691 2015 762 Yards lost rushing 122 245 110 152 Home: 3-0 Away: 2-0 Neutral: 0-1 Rushing Attempts 199 168 271 200 Average Per Rush 4.0 2.7 7.0 3.0 Sept. 1 * def. Tarleton State, 27-24 ...... 1-0, 1-0 Average Per Game 133.0 74.3 317.5 101.7 Sept. 17 lost to #4 North Alabama, 23-17 ...... 1-1 TDs Rushing 9 5 29 5 PASSING YARDAGE 1915 1918 1392 1268 Sept. 24 * def. ANGELO STATE, 31-17 ...... 2-1, 2-0 Comp-Att-Int 147-254-4 165-284-5 98-143-4 131-242-5 Oct. 1 def. WESTERN OREGON, 51-35 ...... 3-1 Average Per Pass 7.5 6.8 9.7 5.2 Average Per Catch 13.0 11.6 14.2 9.7 Oct. 8 * def. Eastern New Mexico, 36-7 . . . . 4-1, 3-0 Average Per Game 319.2 319.7 232.0 211.3 Oct. 15 ! * def. WEST TEXAS A&M, 28-18 . . . 5-1, 4-0 TDs Passing 14 10 13 7 TOTAL OFFENSE 2713 2364 3297 1878 Oct. 22 * at Midwestern State ...... 8 p.m. Total Plays 453 452 414 442 Oct. 29 * vs. TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE . . . . . 2 p.m. Average Per Play 6.0 5.2 8.0 4.2 Average Per Game 452.2 394.0 549.5 313.0 Nov. 5 * at Texas A&M-Kingsville ...... 7 p.m. KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 17-353 21-468 19-405 48-922 Nov. 12 * vs. INCARNATE WORD ...... 1 p.m. PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 10-120 11-177 10-40 8-60 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 5-16 4-59 5-5 4-60 Home games are in bold KICK RETURN AVERAGE 20.8 22.3 21.3 19.2 * Lone Star Conference game PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 12.0 16.1 4.0 7.5 ! Homecoming INT RETURN AVERAGE 3.2 14.8 1.0 15.0 FUMBLES-LOST 7-3 8-3 8-3 13-3 PENALTIES-YARDS 53-454 46-419 56-503 26-271 Average Per Game 75.7 69.8 83.8 45.2 PUNTS-YARDS 28-1154 31-1314 24-911 39-1379 Average Per Punt 41.2 42.4 38.0 35.4 Net punt average 33.5 35.9 33.0 33.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 31:31 28:29 30:11 29:48 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 40/91 34/93 29/65 33/98 #12 MIDWESTERN STATE 3rd-Down Pct 44% 37% 45% 34% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 3/8 4/14 4/6 4/14 Record: 6-0 (5-0 LSC) 4th-Down Pct 38% 29% 67% 29% SACKS BY-YARDS 27-185 10-42 11-69 5-29 Home: 2-0 Away: 3-0 Neutral: 1-0 MISC YARDS 4 68 0 0 Sept. 10 def. Missouri S&T, 41-0 ...... 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 24 16 42 14 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 8-10 4-10 4-4 2-5 Sept. 17 * def. TX A&M-Commerce, 63-17 . . 2-0, 1-0 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 Sept. 24 * def. #16 A&M-KINGSVILLE, 44-38 . 3-0, 2-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (24-26) 92% (12-24) 50% (29-29) 100% (10-16) 63% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (17-26) 65% (10-24) 42% (26-29) 90% (8-16) 50% Oct. 1 * def. Incarnate Word, 45-14 ...... 4-0, 3-0 PAT-ATTEMPTS (22-24) 92% (14-15) 93% (39-42) 93% (10-12) 83% Oct. 8 * def. TARLETON STATE, 44-13 . . . . . 5-0, 4-0 ‘Oct. 15 * def. Angelo State, 68-20 ...... 6-0, 5-0 Oct. 22 * vs. #9 ABILENE CHRISTIAN ...... 8 p.m. Oct. 29 * at Eastern New Mexico ...... 3 p.m. Nov. 5 * vs. #24 WEST TEXAS A&M ...... 2 p.m. Nov. 12 at Northeastern State ...... 2 p.m.

Home games are in bold * Lone Star Conference game All times are Central time

Page 6 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 CHRIS THOMSEN HEAD COACH • SEVENTH SEASON When ACU director of athletics Jared Mosley began looking for a new head football coach after the 2004 season, he knew exactly what the program needed. The Wildcats needed to find someone with a link to ACU, someone who could bring a unique offensive vision and be a great recruiter. He found all three in Chris Thomsen, a former ACU all-America at tight end and Wildcat assistant coach, who was hired Jan. 24, 2005, as the 18th head coach in Wildcat football history. Chris Thomsen is entering his seventh season as the Wildcats’ head coach, and to say it’s been a successful six-year run would be a mild understatement. From a 4-6 debut season in 2005, Thomsen has led the Wildcats to a combined 43-18 record in the last five seasons with five straight trips to the NCAA Division II national playoffs. In 2008, the Wildcats won their first Lone Star Conference championship since sharing the crown in 1977 and first outright league title since 1973. The 2010 squad did the 2008 squad one better by not only winning the LSC championship outright, but by also becoming the first team in program history to post THE THOMSEN FILE an 11-0 regular-season record. ACU finished the season 11-1 after losing to Central Mis- souri, which was led by Harlon Hill Trophy winner Eric Czerniewski. Born: Nov. 7, 1968 The 2010 Wildcats won four games against top-25 teams, including three on the Hometown: Vernon road, none bigger than a 41-34 win over rival West Texas A&M on Nov. 6 in Canyon. Wife: LeAnn The Wildcats rallied from 14 points down to start the fourth quarter to beat the Buffs. Degrees: TCU, 1993; ACU (M.Ed.) 2000 The Wildcats finished the season ranked seventh in the nation in total offense, ninth in Honors: passing offense, second in scoring offense, and led the nation with just eight turnovers. • 2010 LSC South Division Coach of the Year Thomsen was voted the LSC South Division Coach of the Year for the fourth time • 2008 AFCA Region IV Coach of the Year in six seasons. • 2008 LSC South Division Coach of the Year The 2008 Wildcats also became only the second team in the program’s 87-year his- • 2007 LSC South Division Coach of the Year tory to finish unbeaten in the regular season (10-0, joining the 1950 team on the short • 2006 LSC South Division Coach of the Year list), and they also recorded at least 10 wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time in • 2006 AFCA Region IV Coach of the Year program history. ACU finished the season 11-1 after losing in the quarterfinals to North- Playing Experience: west Missouri State. • Tight end at TCU (1988-90) • Starting first baseman at TCU in 1990 when However, in the second round of the playoffs, the Wildcats played the greatest offensive he hit .373 with 21 home runs and 70 RBI to game in school history in a 93-68 win over LSC rival West Texas A&M. The two teams earn first team all-Southwest Conference and all-America honors. combined to break 45 NCAA Division II, NCAA Division II, LSC and ACU single-game • Drafted by the Oakland Athletics and played two records, and the Wildcats set school and LSC records for points and yards in a game. seasons of minor league baseball. ACU led NCAA Division II in yards (558.8) and points (52.3) per game, and scored • Returned to football in 1993 with the ACU Wildcats at least 40 points in 11 of 13 games and scored at least 36 points in all 13 games during where he earned second team all-America honors, helping the Wildcats finish 7-3. the 2008 campaign. Thomsen was voted the LSC South Division Coach of the Year for the third straight Coaching Experience season, and for the second time in three seasons he was voted the American Football 1994 Graduate Assistant Abilene Christian Coaches’ Association Region IV Coach of the Year. While at ACU he’s coached four NFL 1995 Offensive Line Abilene Christian 1996 Offensive Line Abilene Christian draft choices (Danieal Manning, 42nd pick, second round by the Chicago Bears in 2006; 1997 Defensive Line Abilene Christian Johnny Knox, fifth-round pick by the Bears in 2009; Bernard Scott, sixth-round pick by 1998 Offensive Coordinator Abilene Christian the Cincinnati Bengals in 2009; and Clyde Gates, fourth-round pick by the Miami 1999 Offensive Coordinator Abilene Christian 2001 Offensive Coordinator Wichita Falls HS Dolphins in 2011); an NFL Pro Bowl selection (Knox in 2009) and a Harlon Hill 2002 Offensive Coordinator Wichita Falls HS Award winner (Scott in 2008), the award that is the NCAA Division II equivalent of the 2003 Offensive Line Central Arkansas Heisman Trophy. 2004 Offensive Line Central Arkansas 2005 Head Coach Abilene Christian In the 2007-08 seasons combined, the Wildcats have scored a whopping 1,267 points 2006 Head Coach Abilene Christian in 25 games (50.7 ppg) and racked up 13,772 total yards (550.9 ypg). In those 25 games, 2007 Head Coach Abilene Christian the Wildcats have scored at least 40 points in 21 games, 50 or more points in 13 games, 60 2008 Head Coach Abilene Christian or more points in four games, 70 or more points in two games and at least 2009 Head Coach Abilene Christian 2010 Head Coach Abilene Christian 90 points once. 2011 Head Coach Abilene Christian

2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 Page 7 In 2007, he led the Wildcats to the program’s first 10-win in program history to hit for a home run cycle in a March 1, season since the 1977 team went 11-1-1 on its way to the NAIA 1991, doubleheader against NE Louisiana. In the first game, he Division I national championship. ACU hadone of the nation’s had an inside-the-park home run, a three-run home run and a most prolific offenses, ranking first in NCAA Division II football two-run home run. In the second game he had another solo in scoring offense (49.2 points per game), second in total offense home run and a grand slam. He was 5 for 7 with five homers and (544.8 yards per game) and sixth in passing offense (314.0 yards 11 RBI in the doubleheader. per game). He went on to earn first team all-SWC and all-America The Wildcats also led the nation in fewest sacks allowed honors and was also a member of the SWC Post-Season Baseball (eight in 13 games, 0.62 sacks per game), and were fourth in Championship all-Tournament team. He was voted the TCU fumbles lost (five). In fact, in the last two seasons they have Male Athlete of the Year in 1991. He earned a Bachelor of Science committed just 29 turnovers (losing only eight fumbles) while in criminal justice from TCU in December 1993 and received his creating 57 turnovers for a plus-28 turnover margin in their master’s in secondary education from ACU in 2000. last 24 games. After his playing career was finished at ACU, Thomsen joined Before becoming the Wildcats’ head coach, Thomsen, 42, the Wildcat’ coaching staff in 1994, first as a graduate assistant had been an assistant at the University of Central Arkansas the and then working his way up to offensive line coach, recruiting previous two seasons where he served as the offensive line coach coordinator, offensive coordinator, and, finally, assistant head and recruiting coordinator for the Bears. coach. In 1998, the Wildcats finished 18th in the nation in Thomsen played for former ACU head coach Dr. Bob passing under the direction of Thomsen, who was the Strader in 1993 and coached under both Strader and Jack Kiser. offensive coordinator. During his seven seasons, the Wildcats were 35-37 with three He left ACU after the 1999 season to go into private winning seasons. business, but got back into coaching in 2001, when he served Thomsen, who played high school football in Vernon, was a as the offensive coordinator at Wichita Falls High School. second team all-America as a senior at ACU in 1993 after leading Thomsen moved on to Central Arkansas in 2003 where Lone Star Conference tight ends in receiving with 34 catches for he served as the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator. 426 yards and eight touchdowns. He helped the Wildcats finish In 2003 he coached an offensive line that opened the holes for 7-3 in 1993 on his way to earning first team all-LSC honors. the leading rusher in the Gulf South Conference. In 2004 the Prior to transferring to ACU, Thomsen played football three Bears were an offensive juggernaut, ranking in the top 10 in seasons (1988-90) and baseball one season (all-America and NCAA Division II football in points per game (38.1) and yards all-Southwest Conference with 21 home runs and a .373 batting per game (477.7). average) at TCU before being selected in the 17th round of the Thomsen and his wife, LeAnn, have been married 16 years. Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Oakland Athletics. She is a former volleyball player at Central Arkansas, and is In the 1991 season, Thomsen became the only TCU player currently the head volleyball coach at Abilene Wylie High School.

CHRIS THOMSEN YEAR-BY-YEAR Assistant Coach YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD POST-SEASON NOTES 1994 Abilene Christian Graduate Assistant 3-7 1995 Abilene Christian Offensive Line 4-7 1996 Abilene Christian Offensive Line 6-4 Coached three all-LSC offensive linemen 1997 Abilene Christian Defensive Line 7-4 Defense racked up 45 sacks, 104 TFL 1998 Abilene Christian Offensive Coordinator 4-6 18th in NCAA Division II in passing 1999 Abilene Christian Offensive Coordinator 4-6 2001 Wichita Falls HS Offensive Coordinator 6-5 District champions; averaged 34 ppg 2002 Wichita Falls HS Offensive Coordinator 7-4 District champions; averaged 42 ppg 2003 Central Arkansas Offensive Line 5-6 Led Gulf South Conference in rushing 2004 Central Arkansas Offensive Line 8-3 Top 10 in NCAA II in points, yards per game Head Coach YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD POST-SEASON NOTES 2005 Abilene Christian Head coach 4-6 ACU beats top-25 opponents TAMK and TSU 2006 Abilene Christian Head coach 8-3 NCAA II playoffs ACU’s first NCAA playoff appearance * 2007 Abilene Christian Head coach 0-3 NCAA II playoffs ACU leads nation in scoring with 639 points 2008 Abilene Christian Head coach 11-1 NCAA II playoffs ACU’s first outright LSC championship since 1973 2009 Abilene Christian Head coach 9-4 NCAA II playoffs Reached No. 1 in nation in D2 for first time 2010 Abilene Christian Head Coach 11-1 NCAA II playoffs ACU’s first 11-win regular-season record 2011 Abilene Christian Head Coach 5-1 TOTALS 48-19 * 10 wins from ACU’s 2007 season vacated because of NCAA violations

Page 8 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 CHRIS THOMSEN BY THE NUMBERS THOMSEN YEAR-BY-YEAR

2005 (4-6, 4-5 LSC, 2-4 LSC-S) 70 * at Tarleton State 63 6 * Tarleton State 13 37 Central Oklahoma 49 59 * Texas A&M-Kingsville 31 47 * A&M-Kingsville 35 20 at NE State (ot) 14 42 * at Midwestern State 41 13 * Midwestern State 15 27 Texas A&M-Commerce 18 56 $ Mesa State 12 24 $ Midwestern State 21 30 *Eastern New Mexico 33 73 ^ Chadron State (3 ot) 76 10 ^ NW Missouri State 35 24 at SE Oklahoma State 42 639 390 376 256 $ NCAA II playoffs, Abilene (Nov. 17) $ NCAA II playoffs, Wichita Falls (Nov. 14) 24 *at Angelo State 27 ^ NCAA II playoffs, Chadron, Neb. (Nov. 24) ^ NCAA II playoffs, Maryville, Mo. (Nov. 21) 24 *West Texas A&M 40 2008 (11-1, 9-0 LSC, 6-0 LSC-S) 2010 (9-0, 8-0 LSC, 5-0 LSC-S) 18 *at Tarleton State 7 • NCAA Division II quarterﬁnalist 34 at Washburn 26 19 *Texas A&M-Kingsville 3 • Lone Star Conference champion 43 at Northeastern State 13 30 *at Midwestern State 35 • Harlon Hill Award winner 47 East Central 7 253 268 • Gene Upshaw Award winner 65 * Tarleton State 3 2006 (8-3, 7-2 LSC, 4-2 LSC-S) • NCAA Division II leader in total offense and scoring offense 31 * at Texas A&M-Kingsville 24 • NCAA Division II playoffs 31 * Midwestern State 28 44 at NW Missouri State 27 24 Central Oklahoma 18 54 * at Incarnate Word 17 45 Texas A&M-Commerce 14 51 at SE Oklahoma State 14 53 at Eastern New Mexico 14 59 at SE Oklahoma State 10 31 SW Oklahoma State 0 33 * Angelo State 20 56 * at Eastern New Mexico 11 21 * at Eastern New Mexico 0 41 * at West Texas A&M 34 66 East Central 7 45 at Northeastern State 20 47 SW Oklahoma State 17 51 * Angelo State 7 35 * Angelo State 7 41 $ Central Missouri 55 52 * at West Texas A&M 35 49 * at West Texas A&M 33 520 258 37 Tarleton State 17 36 * Tarleton State 37 $ NCAA II playoffs, Abilene (Nov. 27) 42 * at A&M-KIngsville 17 41 * at A&M-Kingsville 38 47 * Midwestern State 17 2011 (5-1) 30 * Midwestern State 46 93 $ West Texas A&M 68 27 * at Tarleton State 24 27 $ at West Texas A&M (ot) 30 36 ^ NW Missouri State 45 17 vs. North Alabama 23 390 243 628 275 31 * Angelo State 17 $ NCAA II playoffs, Canyon (Nov. 18) $ NCAA II playoffs, Abilene ( Nov. 22) 51 Western Oregon 35 # 2007 (0-3, 0-1 LSC, 0-1 LSC-S) ^ NCAA II playoffs, Abilene (Nov. 29) 36 * at Eastern New Meixco 7 • NCAA Division II playoffs 2009 (9-4, 6-3 LSC, 3-3 LSC-S) 28 * West Texas A&M 18 • NCAA Division II leader NCAA Division II playoffs 190 124 in scoring offense 19 NW Missouri State 14 17 at Central Oklahoma 27 * LSC games 58 Fort Lewis 10 45 at Texas State 27 # All 10 wins from 2007 season vacated 20 A&M-Commerce (ot) 14 41 SE Oklahoma State 3 from school’s overall record and head 33 SE Oklahoma State 14 THOMSEN vs. ALL OPPONENTS 50 at SW Oklahoma State 14 coach Chris Thomsen’s overall record 44 * Eastern New Mexico 33 45 * Eastern New Mexico 20 because of NCAA violations 43 East Central 6 OPPONENT W L PCT. 58 Northeastern State 7 38 * Angelo State 14 52 * at Angelo State 28 21 * West Texas A&M 32 * Angelo State ...... 5 1 .833 31 * West Texas A&M 41 Central Oklahoma ...... 1 2 .333 THOMSEN vs. THE TOP 25 # Chadron State ...... 0 1 .000 2005 (2-2) East Central ...... 3 0 1.000 2009 (4-3) ACU Rank Opponent Score ACU Rank Opponent Score * Eastern New Mexico . . . . 5 1 .833 UR lost to #25 Central Oklahoma 49-37 #5 def. #2 NW Missouri State 19-14 UR lost to #10 West Texas A&M 40-24 #2 def. #23 Angelo State 38-14 Fort Lewis ...... 1 0 1.000 UR def. #19 Tarleton State 18-7 #9 lost to #11 Tarleton State 13-6 Incarnate Word ...... 1 0 1.000 UR def. #21 Texas A&M-Kingsville 19-3 #15 def. #9 Texas A&M-Kingsville 47-35 #12 lost to #9 Midwestern State 15-13 2006 (2-2) * # Mesa State ...... 0 0 .000 #18 $ def. #7 Midwestern State 24-21 ACU Rank Opponent Score #18 ^ lost to #2 NW Missouri State 35-10 * # Midwestern State . . . . . 3 3 .500 UR def. #10 SE Oklahoma State 51-14 $ NCAA II playoffs, Wichita Falls (Nov. 14) #20 def. #4 West Texas A&M 49-33 ^ NCAA II playoffs, Maryville, Mo. (Nov. 21) North Alabama ...... 0 1 .000 #18 lost to #22 Midwestern State 46-30 2010 (4-0) #18 $ lost to #9 West Texas A&M 30-27 (ot) * Northeastern State . . . . . 3 0 1.000 ACU Rank Opponent Score $ NCAA II playoffs, Canyon (Nov. 18) #6 def. #9 Washburn 34-26 # NW Missouri State ...... 2 2 .500 * 2007 (3-2) #5 def. #6 Texas A&M-Kingsville 31-24 * SE Oklahoma State . . . . . 3 1 .750 ACU Rank Opponent Score #5 def. #8 Midwestern State 31-28 #12 lost to #6 West Texas A&M 41-31 #2 def. #14 West Texas A&M 41-34 * SW Oklahoma State . . . . 1 0 1.000 #21 def. #8 Tarleton State 70-63 2011 (1-1) * Tarleton State ...... 4 2 .667 #17 def. #19 Midwestern State 42-41 ACU Rank Opponent Score #15 def. #17 Mesa State 56-12 #3 lost to #4 North Alabama 23-17 Texas A&M-Commerce . . . . 3 0 1.000 #15 lost to #2 Chadron State 76-73 (3 ot) #10 def. #17 West Texas A&M 28-18 * All victories in 2007 vacated because of NCAA violations * Texas A&M-Kingsville . . . 5 0 1.000 $ NCAA II playoffs, Abilene (Nov. 17) ^ NCAA II playoffs, Chadron, Neb. (Nov. 24) * Texas State ...... 0 0 .000 2008 (4-1) Washburn ...... 1 0 1.000 ACU Rank Opponent Score #8 def. #2 NW Missouri State 44-27 # West Texas A&M ...... 5 4 .556 #3 def. #4 West Texas A&M 52-35 Western Oregon ...... 1 0 1.000 #2 def. #16 Tarleton State 37-17 #2 $ def. #9 West Texas A&M 93-68 #2 ^ lost to #3 NW Missouri State 45-36 * Denotes that victory in 2007 was vacated because of $ NCAA II playoffs, Abilene ( Nov. 22) NCAA violations. ^ NCAA II playoffs, Abilene (Nov. 29)

# Denotes NCAA playoff opponent 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 Page 9 2011 ACU WILDCAT FOOTBALL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown

No. Name Pos. 1 Daryl Richardson RB 6-0 200 sr 2VL Jacksonville, Fla. 88 Zack Agnew WR 2 Aston Whiteside DE 6-2 265 sr 3VL Vernon Avery Alegeh LB 3 Nate Bailey DB 5-9 190 sr 1VL Lancaster, Calif. 27 Justin Andrews FB 4 Taylor Gabriel WR 5-9 175 soph 1VL Mesquite Monte Green-Avery WR 5 Jamaine Sherman WR 6-2 190 jr Tr Ft. Pierce, Fla. (Scottsdale CC) 36 Nathan Baggs LB 6 Reggie Brown RB 5-9 210 sr 1VL Houston 3 Nate Bailey DB 7 L.B. Suggs CB 5-9 185 jr 2VL Cedar Hill 17 John David Baker QB 8 Ronald Gaudin WR 5-9 190 jr Tr Miami, Fla. (El Camino CC) 33 Rob Boyd DE 9 Thor Woerner LB 6-1 240 soph 1VL Marble Falls 91 Michael Bowyer DE 12 Luke Luttrell QB 6-1 185 fr RS Irving 83 Tee Bracy WR 6 Reggie Brown RB 14 Alex Harbison DB 5-10 160 sr 1VL Pinole, Calif. Armani Brumfield OL 15 Mitchell Gale QB 6-2 225 jr 2VL Alva, Okla. Nathan Butler OL 16 Drew Peters WR 5-8 160 fr RS Frisco 55 Candon Canady DE 17 John David Baker QB 5-11 200 soph 1VL San Angelo 76 Colton Carnes OL 18 Vicente Cantu-Harkless LB 5-11 180 fr HS Austin (Crockett HS) 81 Spencer Covey PK 19 Jonathan Parker TE 6-4 245 fr HS Carson City, Nev. (Carson HS) 22 Elton Crochran LB 20 Justin Stephens LB 6-0 210 fr RS Keller Tony Curtis RB 21 Travis Tarver II RB 5-10 185 fr HS McKinney (McKinney HS) Torren Cain-Davis LB 22 Elton Crochran LB 5-9 240 fr RS San Antonio 99 Brandon Dornak DE 23 Darien Williams DB 5-10 195 sr 1VL Vernon 95 Derek Drummond LB Amery Duncan FB 24 Austin Kessler WR 5-9 205 sr 3VL Celina Caden Ellis LB 25 Mike Wallace DB 5-10 180 jr Tr Vallejo, Calif. (Coll. of San Mateo) 74 Paul Ellis OL 26 Charcandrick West RB 5-10 195 soph 1VL Springhill, La. 87 Samuel Ewalefo WR 27 Justin Andrews FB 6-1 245 sr 3VL Fort Worth Jonathan Fleming QB 29 Richard Havins DB 5-10 210 sr 3VL Round Rock 42 Josh Fralick K / P 30 Angel Lopez DB 5-8 195 fr RS San Antonio Alex Fussell OL 31 Justin Stewart CB 5-8 185 fr HS San Antonio (Churchill HS) 4 Taylor Gabriel WR 32 Lynn Grady DB 5-11 190 fr HS Killeen (Ellison HS) 15 Mitchell Gale QB 33 Rob Boyd DE 6-1 250 fr-RS Tr Ennis (Sam Houston State) 66 Rafael Gallo OL 34 Caleb Withrow DB 5-9 180 soph 1VL Sunnyvale 8 Ronald Gaudin WR 86 Ben Gibbs TE 35 Chris Jones LB 5-11 205 soph 1VL White Settlement Gabriel Goodman RB 36 Nathan Baggs LB 6-0 210 sr 3VL League City Joshua Goodwin TE 37 Nick Richardson LB 6-2 215 fr RS Waco 32 Lynn Grady DB 38 Darrell Cantu-Harkless WR 5-7 190 soph 1VL Austin Maitland Griffith DL 40 Brent Schroeder DS 6-0 215 soph 1VL Abilene David Guinn LB 41 Derek Odelusi DE 6-0 230 sr 3VL Mansfield Matt Hardy Jr. LB 42 Josh Fralick K / P 5-10 170 fr-RS Tr Littleton, Colo. (Wyoming) Jesse Harper LB 43 Dax Riley DB 6-0 170 fr RS Midland 14 Alex Harbison DB 45 Cy Wilson LB 6-1 220 fr RS Aledo 38 Darrell Cantu-Harkless WR 46 David Pillen DS 5-10 220 jr Sqd Richmond 18 Vicente Cantu-Harkless DB 79 Jerod Harrell OL 47 Darian Hogg WR 6-1 185 soph 1VL Arlington 29 Richard Havins DB 48 Daniel Talavera FB 5-10 255 fr HS Houston (Pasadena Memorial HS) Mark Hibler TE 49 Chris Summers TE 6-2 235 fr RS Carrollton Spencer Hittle OL 51 Ryan Owens PK 5-8 155 soph 1VL Colleyville 47 Darian Hogg WR 54 Kolby Rowe DE 6-4 245 fr RS Archer City 78 Logan Hoppenrath OL 55 Candon Canady DE 6-1 260 soph Tr Ramona, Calif. (San Diego Mesa) Jace Hudson WR 56 T.R. Varnado DL 6-0 300 soph 1VL Stephenville Juan Hull II DT 58 Reid Ware OL 6-3 270 soph 1VL Memphis 82 Ben Hynds P 61 Matt Webber OL 6-1 285 sr 3VL Paradise 35 Chris Jones LB 64 Nathan Butler OL 6-0 280 fr HS Southlake (Carroll HS) 71 Connor Keeton OL Samuel Kelley WR 65 Josh Perez OL 6-1 280 soph 1VL Galena Park 24 Austin Kessler WR 66 Rafael Gallo OL 6-0 280 fr RS Houston Ben Kittley OL 70 Blake Spears OL 6-6 285 soph 1VL Abilene Jared Lawson Ath. 71 Connor Keeton OL 6-4 290 fr HS Corpus Christi (Carroll HS) 90 Jordan Lightfoot DL 73 Ashton Thomas DT 6-2 295 fr RS Sugar Land 85 Morgan Lineberry PK 74 Paul Ellis OL 6-0 265 fr RS Dallas 30 Angel Lopez DB 75 George Woods DT 5-11 300 fr HS Houston (Cy Creek HS) 12 Luke Luttrell QB 76 Colton Carnes OL 6-2 300 fr RS Burleson Hunter McAnally OL 77 Neal Tivis OL 6-5 295 sr 3VL Sanger Kelson McDaniel CB 78 Logan Hoppenrath OL 6-4 310 fr RS Fort Worth Tyler McIntosh OL 79 Jerod Harrell OL 6-5 335 sr Tr Miami, Fla. (Lambuth)

Page 10 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 2011 ACU WILDCAT FOOTBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown No. Name Pos. 80 Demarcus Thompson WR 5-11 170 fr RS DeSoto Jacob Martinez TE 81 Spencer Covey PK 6-0 200 jr 1VL Coppell 94 Donald Moore DT 82 Ben Hynds P 5-10 185 fr RS Austin Chudi Njeako DL 41 Derek Odelusi DE 83 Tee Bracy WR 5-11 200 fr HS Houston (Fort Bend Hightower HS) Temi Ogunleye WR 84 Andrew Richards WR 6-1 200 soph Tr Keller (Kansas State) 90 Ryan Owens PK 85 Morgan Lineberry PK 6-1 190 jr 2VL Dallas 19 Jonathan Parker TE 86 Ben Gibbs TE 6-4 250 sr 2VL Abilene 65 Josh Perez OL 87 Samuel Ewalefo TE 6-2 220 jr-Tr RS Las Vegas, Nev. Drew Peters WR 88 Zack Agnew WR 6-3 210 fr RS Vernon 46 David Pillen DS 89 Melvin Templeton DE 5-8 240 fr RS Longview Maxfield Priestley OL 90 Jordan Lightfoot DL 5-11 260 fr RS Bryan 87 Andrew Richards WR 91 Michael Bowyer DE 6-0 240 sr Sqd Coppell 1 Daryl Richardson RB 93 Ryan Smith DL 6-3 250 jr 2VL Fort Worth 37 Nick Richardson LB 43 Dax Riley DB 94 Donald Moore DT 5-11 290 sr 1VL Houston Milton Roberts III WR 95 Derek Drummond LB 6-2 220 sr Tr Waldorf, Md. (Maryland) 54 Kolby Rowe DE 99 Brandon Dornak DE 6-3 270 fr RS Spring (Oak Ridge HS) Malcolm Ruben QB 40 Brent Schroeder DS Avery Alegeh LB 6-1 215 fr HS Carrollton (R.L. Turner HS) 5 Jamaine Sherman WR Monte Green-Avery WR 6-0 160 fr HS Cuero (Cuero HS) Maddison Short FB Armani Brumfield OL 6-3 265 fr HS San Antonio (Reagan HS Curtis Shorts DB Tony Curtis RB 5-7 205 fr HS Abilene (Abilene HS) J.D. Smith WR Torren Cain-Davis LB 6-0 200 fr HS Houston (Clear Brook HS) 93 Ryan Smith DL Amery Duncan FB 5-9 175 fr HS Burleson (Burleson HS) Hayden Sneed LB 70 Blake Spears OL Caden Ellis LB 5-9 175 fr HS Brownwood (Brownwood HS) 20 Justin Stephens LB Jonathan Fleming QB 6-1 220 fr HS Spring (Northland Christian HS) 31 Justin Stewart CB Alex Fussell OL 6-2 270 fr HS League City (Pasadena Mem. HS) Cullen Stone FB Gabriel Goodman RB 5-7 190 fr RS Arlington 7 L.B. Suggs CB Joshua Goodwin TE 6-2 195 fr HS Montgomery (Montgomery HS) 49 Chris Summers TE Maitland Griffith DL 5-11 215 fr RS Fort Worth 48 Daniel Talavera FB David Guinn LB 6-0 220 fr HS Graham (Graham HS) 21 Travis Tarver II RB Matt Hardy Jr. LB 5-11 225 fr HS Mansfield (Mansfield HS) 89 Melvin Templeton DE Jesse Harper LB 5-10 235 jr Tr Phoenix, Ariz. (Scottsdale CC) 73 Ashton Thomas DT Mark Hibler TE 6-3 215 fr HS Sugar Land (Clements HS) 80 Demarcus Thompson WR 77 Neal Tivis OL Spencer Hittle OL 5-11 235 fr HS Arlington (Arlington HS) 56 T.R. Varnado DL Jace Hudson WR 6-3 195 fr HS Bridgeport (Bridgeport HS) Jamie Walker WR Juan Hull II DT 6-1 270 fr HS DeSoto (DeSoto HS) 25 Mike Wallace DB Samuel Kelley WR 5-7 170 fr HS Round Rock (Stony Point HS) 58 Reid Ware OL Ben Kittley OL 6-1 270 fr HS Abilene (Abilene HS) 61 Matt Webber OL Jared Lawson Ath. 5-8 180 fr HS Corinth (Liberty Christian HS) 26 Charcandrick West RB Hunter McAnally OL 6-0 295 fr HS Flower Mound (G’Vine Faith HS) 2 Aston Whiteside DE Kelson McDaniel CB 5-10 165 fr HS Silsbee (Silsbee HS) 23 Darien Williams DB Tyler McIntosh OL 5-11 275 fr RS San Saba Jordan Williams Ath. Jacob Martinez TE 6-0 230 fr HS Abilene (Abilene HS) 45 Cy Wilson LB 34 Caleb Withrow DB Chudi Njeako DL 6-1 260 fr HS Arlington (Lamar HS) 9 Thor Woerner LB Temi Ogunleye WR 6-0 175 fr HS Wichita Falls (Burkburnett HS) 75 George Woods DT Maxfield Priestley OL 6-1 260 fr HS Corona Del Mar, Calif. (Del Mar HS) Milton Roberts III WR 6-0 170 fr HS El Paso (Chapin HS) Malcolm Ruben QB 6-4 200 fr HS Baytown (Robert Lee HS) Maddison Short FB 5-7 190 fr HS N. Richland Hills (FW Christian HS) Curtis Shorts DB 6-1 190 fr HS Fort Worth (Western Hills HS) J.D. Smith WR 5-10 160 fr HS San Angelo (Lake View HS) Hayden Sneed LB 6-1 220 fr HS Houston (Houston Christian HS) Cullen Stone FB 6-0 255 fr HS Tatum (Tatum HS) Jamie Walker WR 6-2 210 fr HS N. Richland Hills (FW Christian HS) Jordan Williams Ath. 5-10 180 fr HS Austin (Hargrave Military Acad.)

2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 Page 11 2011 ACU WILDCAT FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE DEFENSE

QB 15 Mitchell Gale (6-2, 225, jr, 2VL, Alva, Okla.) DE 2 Aston Whiteside (6-2, 265, sr, 3VL, Vernon) 17 John David Baker (5-11, 200, soph, 1VL, San Angelo) 33 Rob Boyd (6-1, 250, fr-RS, Tr, Ennis) FB 27 Justin Andrews (6-1, 245, sr, 3VL, Fort Worth) NG 94 Donald Moore (5-11, 290, sr, 1VL, Houston) 48 Daniel Talavera (5-10, 255, fr, HS, Houston) 56 T.R. Varnado (6-0, 300, soph, 1VL, Stephenville) RB 1 Daryl Richardson (6-0, 220, sr, 2VL, Jacksonville, Fla.) DE 93 Ryan Smith (6-3, 295, jr, 2VL, Fort Worth) 6 Reggie Brown (5-9, 210, sr, 1VL, Houston) 54 Kolby Rowe (6-4, 245, fr, RS, Archer City) TE 86 Ben Gibbs (6-4, 250, sr, 2VL, Abilene) OLB 36 Nathan Baggs (6-0, 210, sr, 3VL, League City) 19 Jonathan Parker (6-4, 245, fr, HS, Carson City, Nev.) 32 Lynn Grady (5-11, 190, fr, HS, Killeen) LT 77 Neal Tivis (6-5, 295, sr, 3VL, Sanger) ILB 41 Derek Odelusi (6-0, 230, sr, 3VL, Mansfield) 78 Logan Hoppenrath (6-4, 310, fr, RS, Fort Worth) 20 Justin Stephens (6-0, 210, fr, RS, Keller) LG 70 Blake Spears (6-6, 285, soph, 1VL, Abilene) ILB 9 Thor Woerner (6-1, 240, soph, 1VL, Marble Falls) 58 Reid Ware (6-3, 270, soph, 1VL, Memphis) 49 Chris Summers (6-2, 235, fr, RS, Carrollton) C 61 Matt Webber (6-1, 285, sr, 3VL, Paradise) OLB 37 Nick Richardson (6-2, 215, fr, RS, Waco) 58 Reid Ware (6-3, 270, soph, 1VL, Memphis) 95 Derek Drummond (6-2, 220, sr, Tr, Waldorf, Md.) RG 65 Josh Perez (6-1, 280, soph, 1VL, Galena Park) CB 3 Nate Bailey (5-9, 190, sr, 1VL, Lancaster, Calif.) 76 Colton Carnes (6-2, 300, fr, RS, Burleson) 31 Justin Stewart (5-8, 185, fr, HS, San Antonio) RT 79 Jerod Harrell (6-5, 335, sr, Tr, Miami, Fla.) FS 23 Darien Williams (5-10, 195, sr, 1VL, Vernon) 70 Blake Spears (6-6, 285, soph, 1VL, Abilene) 25 Mike Wallace (5-10, 180, jr, Tr, Vallejo, Calif.) WR 47 Darian Hogg (6-1, 185, soph, 1VL, Arlington) SS 29 Richard Havins (5-10, 210, sr, 3VL, Round Rock) 5 Jamaine Sherman (6-2, 190, jr, Tr, Ft. Pierce, Fla.) 30 Angel Lopez (5-8, 195, fr, RS, San Antonio) WR 38 Darrell Cantu-Harkless (5-7, 190, soph, 1VL, Austin) CB 7 L.B. Suggs (5-9, 185, jr, 2VL, Cedar Hill) 8 Ronald Gaudin (5-9, 190, jr, Tr, Miami, Fla.) 34 Caleb Withrow (5-9, 180, soph, 1VL, Sunnyvale) WR 4 Taylor Gabriel (5-9, 175, soph, 1VL, Mesquite) 80 DeMarcus Thompson (5-11, 170, fr, RS, DeSoto)

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK 85 Morgan Lineberry (6-1, 190, jr, 2VL, Dallas) 81 Spencer Covey (6-0, 200, soph, 1VL, Coppell) KOS 81 Spencer Covey (6-0, 200, soph, 1VL, Coppell) P 81 Spencer Covey (6-0, 200, soph, 1VL, Coppell) 85 Morgan Lineberry (6-1, 190, jr, 2VL, Dallas) DS 40 Brent Schroeder (6-0, 215, soph, 1VL, Abilene) 46 David Pillen (5-10, 220, jr, Sqd, Richmond) H 81 Spencer Covey (6-0, 200, soph, 1VL, Coppell) 17 John David Baker (5-11, 200, soph, 1VL, San Angelo)

KR 26 Charcandrick West (5-10, 195, soph, 1VL, Springhill, La.) 34 Caleb Withrow (5-9, 18 0, soph, 1VL, Sunnyvale) 8 Ronald Gaudin (5-9, 190, jr, Tr, Miami, Fla.)

PR 4 Taylor Gabriel (5-9, 175, soph, 1VL, Mesquite) 38 Darrell Cantu-Harkless (5-7, 190, soph, 1VL, Austin) 8 Ronald Gaudin (5-9, 190, jr, Tr, Miami, Fla.)

Returning starters are in bold

Page 12 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 THE LAST TIME … * NCAA Division II playoff game LAST TIME AN ACU TEAM ... SCORING Scored 70+ points: * Nov. 22, 2008 (#2 ACU 93, #9 West Texas A&M 68) MISCELLANEOUS Scored 60-69 points: Sept. 25, 2010 (ACU 65, Tarleton State 3) Played an overtime game: Sept. 12, 2009 (ACU 20, Texas A&M-Commerce 14) Scored 50-59 points: Oct. 1, 2011 (#11 ACU 51, Western Oregon 35) Won an overtime game: Sept. 12, 2009 (ACU 20, Texas A&M-Commerce 14) Scored 40-49 points: * Nov. 27, 2010 (#8 Central Missouri 55, #2 ACU 41) Played a tie game: Oct. 19, 1985 (ACU 24, NW Missouri State 24) Consecutive games scored: 111 straight (last game shutout was Oct. 13, 2001; 31-0 at Angelo State) Defeated a Top 25 Opponent: Oct. 15, 2011 (#10 ACU 28, #17 West Texas A&M 18) Scored an offensive 2-point conversion: * Nov. 27, 2010 vs. Central Missouri (Mitchell Gale rush) Defeated a Top 25 Opponent on the road: Nov. 6, 2010 (#2 ACU 41, #14 West Texas A&M 34); Recorded a safety: Oct. 31, 2009 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Fred Thompson sack in end zone); Defeated a Top 10 Opponent: Oct. 9, 2010 (#5 ACU 31, #8 Midwestern State 28); Allowed a safety: Oct. 17, 2009 vs. West Texas A&M (Shad Baichtal) Defeated a Top 10 Opponent on the road: Oct. 2, 2010 (#5 ACU 31, #6 Texas A&M-Kingsville 24); Scored a defensive touchdown: Oct. 23, 2010, at Eastern New Mexico (Shane Baham 11-yard return) Defeated a Top 5 Opponent: Aug. 27, 2009 (#8 ACU 19, #2 NW Missouri State 14) Returned an interception for a touchdown: Oct. 23, 2010, at Eastern New Mexico Defeated a Top 5 Opponent on the road: Oct. 18, 2008 (#3 ACU 52, #4 West Texas A&M 35) (Shane Baham 11 INT return) Shut out an opponent: Sept. 30, 2006 (ACU 21, Eastern New Mexico 0) Returned a fumble for a touchdown: Oct. 16, 2010, at Incarnate Word (Eric Edwards 30-yard return) Shut out an opponent at Shotwell Stadium: Sept. 23, 2006 (ACU 31, SW Oklahoma State 0) Shut out an opponent on the road: Sept. 30, 2006 (ACU 21, Eastern New Mexico 0) EFFICIENCY, TURNOVERS Shut out a Lone Star Conference opponent: Sept. 30, 2006 (ACU 21, Eastern New Mexico 0) Did not allow a sack in a game: Nov. 13, 2010, vs. SW Oklahoma State Shut out an LSC opponent at Shotwell Stadium: Sept. 23, 2006 (ACU 31, SW Oklahoma State 0) Did not allow a sack in consecutive games: Nov. 1, 2008, at Texas A&M-Kingsville and Shut out an LSC opponent on the road: Sept. 30, 2006 (ACU 21, Eastern New Mexico 0) Nov. 8, 2008 vs. Midwestern State Was shut out: Oct. 13, 2001 (Angelo State 31, ACU 0) Had three or more fumbles in a game: Sept. 1, 2011 vs. Tarleton State (4 fumbles, 0 lost) Was shut out at Shotwell Stadium: Sept. 20, 1997 (Central Oklahoma 28, ACU 0) Lost three or more fumbles in a game: * Nov. 21, 2009 vs. NW Missouri State (4 fumbles, 3 lost) Was shut out in a road game: Oct. 13, 2001 (Angelo State 31, ACU 0) Did not commit a turnover in a game: Oct. 15, 2011, vs. West Texas A&M Was shut out by an LSC opponent: Oct. 13, 2001 (Angelo State 31, ACU 0) Did not commit a turnover in consecutive games: Sept. 24, 2011 vs. Angelo State; Was shut out by an LSC opponent at Shotwell Stadium: Sept. 20, 1997 Oct. 1, 2011 vs. Western Oregon; Oct. 8, 2011, vs. Eastern New Mexico; (Central Oklahoma 28, ACU 0) Oct. 15, 2011, vs. West Texas A&M Was shut out by an LSC opponent on the road: Oct. 13, 2001 (Angelo State 31, ACU 0) Forced five or more turnovers in a game: Oct. 18, 2008, vs. West Texas A&M (3 INT, 2 fumbles) Shut out a non-conference opponent: Sept. 9, 1995 (ACU 35, Prairie View A&M 0) Recovered three or more fumbles in a game: Oct. 4, 2008, vs. East Central (6 FF, 3 recovered) Shut out a non-conference opponent at Shotwell Stadium:Sept. 9, 1995 Intercepted three or more passes in a game: * Nov. 21, 2009 vs. NW Missouri State (ACU 35, Prairie View A&M 0) Did not force a turnover in a game: Nov. 13, 2010, vs, SW Oklahoma State Shut out a non-conference opponent on the road: Sept. 27, 1980 (ACU 16, NW Oklahoma State 0) Was shut out by a non-conference opponent: Sept. 16, 1995 (Northern Arizona 62, ACU 0) SPECIAL TEAMS Was shut out by a non-conference opponent at Shotwell Stadium: Sept. 15, 1962 Blocked a PAT attempt: * Nov. 27, 2010, vs. Central Missouri (Aston Whiteside) (East Texas State 3, ACU 0) Blocked a field goal: Sept. 17, 2011 vs. North Alabama (Aston Whiteside) Was shut out by a non-conference opponent on the road:Sept. 16, 1995 Blocked a punt: Sept. 11, 2010 vs. NE State, 3 blocks (Chris Jones, Thor Woerner, Chris Jones) (Northern Arizona 62, ACU 0) Had a PAT blocked: Oct. 30, 2010, vs. Angelo State (Devin McDonald) Had a field goal blocked: Oct. 18, 2008 by West Texas A&M (Dexter Manley) RUSHING Had a punt blocked: Oct. 2, 2010 at Texas A&M-Kingsville (Roman Pula) Had 400 or more yards rushing in a game: * 427 yards vs. West Texas A&M, Nov. 22, 2008 Returned a punt for a touchdown: Oct. 1, 2011 (Taylor vs. Western Oregon, 55 yards) Had 300-399 yards rushing in a game: 362 vs. Eastern New Mexico, Sept. 26, 2009 Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown: Sept. 11, 2010 vs. NE State (Caleb Withrow recovered Had negative rushing yards in game: minus-40 yards vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, Oct. 31, 1992 blocked punt in the end zone); Sept. 11, 2010 vs. NE State (Nate Bailey, 20 yards) Had six or more rushing touchdowns in a game: * 7 TDs vs. West Texas A&M, Nov. 22, 2008 Returned a kickoff for a touchdown: * Nov. 14, 2009, vs. Midwestern State Had two 100-yard rushers in the same game: Sept. 26, 2009, vs. Eastern New Mexico (Dennis Campbell, 97 yards) (Reggie Brown 235; Daryl Richardson 143) Allowed a punt return for a touchdown: Oct. 24, 2009 vs. Tarleton State (Devin Guinn, 57 yards) Allowed a blocked punt to be returned for a TD: Oct. 31, 2009, vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville PASSING (Corey Robertson 22-yard return) Had 400 yards in a game: Oct. 16, 2010 (409 at Incarnate Word); Allowed a kickoff return for a TD: * Nov. 22, 2008 (85 yards by Wayne McKnight, West Texas A&M) Oct. 2, 2010 (417 at Texas A&M-Kingsville) Returned the opening kickoff for a TD: * Nov. 14, 2009, vs. Midwestern State Had 300-399 yards in a game: Oct. 1, 2011 (356 vs. Western Oregon) (Dennis Campbell, 97 yards); Had 60 or more attempts in a game: Oct. 24, 1970 (65 attempts vs. Arkansas State) Allowed an opening kickoff for a touchdown: Sept. 1, 1990 (85 yards by Darron Johnson, Had 50-59 attempts in a game: Sept. 17, 2011 (59 attempts vs. North Alabama) Angelo State) Had 40-49 attempts in a game: Oct. 1, 2011 (44 attempts vs. Western Oregon) Had six or more passing TDs in a game: * Nov. 22, 2008 (6 TD passes vs. West Texas A&M) TOTAL DEFENSE: Had five passing TDs in a game: * Nov. 27, 2010 (5 TD passes vs. Central Missouri) Held an opponent to less than 10 first downs: Sept. 18, 2010 vs. East Central (6 first downs) Had four passing TDs in a game: Oct. 30, 2010 (4 vs. Angelo State); Held an opponent to 100-199 yards of offense: Sept. 25, 2010, vs. Tarleton State (196yards); Sept. 18, 2010 vs. East Central (119 yards) RECEIVING Held an opponent to less than 50 yards: Nov. 1, 2003, vs. Texas A&M-Commerce Had two 100-yard receivers in the same game: Oct. 2, 2010 at Texas A&M-Kingsville (49 total yards; minus-15 rushing, 64 passing) (Edmund Gates: 11 catches, 135 yards, 1 TD; Kendrick Johnson: 7 catches, 134 yards, 0 TD) Recorded at least six quarterback sacks: Oct. 15, 2011, vs. West Texas A&M (7 sacks, -45 yards) Had one receiver with 200 yards and another with 100 yards: Oct. 18, 2008 vs. West Texas A&M Forced five or more turnovers in a game: Oct. 18, 2008, vs. West Texas A&M (3 INT, 2 fumbles) (Johnny Knox, 10 catches, 203 yards, 2 TD; Bernard Scott 7 c atches, 141 yards, 1 TD) Allowed 70+ points in game: * Nov. 24, 2007, vs. Chadron State (lost, 76-73, in 3 OT) Allowed 50-69 points in game: * Nov. 27, 2010, vs. Central Missouri (lost, 55-41) TOTAL OFFENSE Allowed 40-49 points in game: * Nov. 29, 2008, vs. NW Missouri State (lost, 45-36) Had 30 or more first downs in a game: * Nov. 22, 2008 (30 vs. West Texas A&M) Allowed 400+ rushing yards in a game: Nov. 10, 2007, vs. Midwestern State (467 yards) Had 25-29 first downs in a game: Oct. 8, 2011 (28 vs. Eastern New Mexico) Allowed 300-399 rushing yards in a game: Sept. 1, 2011 vs. Tarleton State (339 yards) Had 700+ yards of offense in a game: Nov. 22, 2008 (810 vs. West Texas A&M) Allowed 200-299 rushing yards in a game: * Nov. 24, 2007, vs. Chadron State (273 yards) Had 600-699 yards of offense in a game: Oct. 18, 2008 (687 vs. West Texas A&M) Allowed 500+ passing yards in a game: * Nov. 22, 2008 vs. West Texas A&M (595 yards, 42-64-0) Had 500-599 yards of offense in a game: Oct. 1, 2011 (503 yards vs. Western Oregon) Allowed 400-499 passing yards in a game: Sept. 24, 2011 vs. Angelo State (446 yards, 39-67-2) Allowed 300-399 passing yards in a game: Oct. 15, 2011, vs. West Texas A&M (27-53-0, 314 yards) Allowed at least 100 offensive plays in a game: * Nov. 24, 2007, vs. Chadron State (116 plays) Allowed 90-99 offensive plays in a game: * Nov. 22, 2008 vs. West Texas A&M (94 plays) Allowed 80-89 offensive plays in a game: Sept. 24, 2011 vs. Angelo State (88 plays) Allowed 700+ yards of total offense in a game: * Nov. 22, 2008 vs. West Texas A&M (721 yards) Allowed 600-699 yards of total offense in a game: Nov. 10, 2007, vs. Midwestern State (654 yards) Allowed 500-599 yards of total offense in a game: Sept. 24, 2011 vs. Angelo State (503 yards) 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 Page 13 LAST TIME AN ACU PLAYER ... 2011 Record Breakdown Rushing Home ...... 3-0 Rushed for 200-299 yards in a game: Sept. 26, 2009 (Reggie Brown vs. ENMU, 235 yards) Away ...... 2-0 Rushed for 100-150 yards in a game: Oct. 1, 2011 (Daryl Richardson vs. Western Oregon, 101 yards) Neutral site ...... 0-1 Rushed for 200+ yards in a road game: Oct. 18, 2008, Bernard Scott vs. West Texas A&M (275 yards) Natural Grass ...... 1-0 Scored 5+ rushing touchdowns in a game: * Nov. 22, 2008 Bernard Scott vs. West Texas A&M (6 TDs) Artificial Turf ...... 4-1 Day Games ...... 2-1 Had an 80-yard touchdown run: Sept. 11, 2010, Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. NE State (83 yards) Night Games ...... 3-0 Had a touchdown run of 70-79 yards: Sept. 27, 2008, Bernard Scott at Eastern New Mexico (76 yards) Televised Games ...... 1-1 Had a touchdown run of 60-69 yards: Nov. 3, 2010, Charcandrick West vs. SW Okla. State (66 yards) vs. Ranked Opponents ...... 1-1

Passing Current Streak ...... Passed for 400 or more yards in a game: Oct. 2, 2010, Mitchell Gale at Texas A&M-Kingsville Current Home Streak ...... W, 3 (34-51-0, 417 yards) Current Road Streak ...... W, 7 Passed for 350-399 yards in a game: Oct. 1, 2011, Mitchell Gale vs. Western Oregon Last Home Win ...... 28-18 vs. West Texas A&M (Oct. 15, 2011) (29-43-0, 356 yards) Last Road Win ...... 36-7 at Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 8, 2011) Last Neutral Win ...... 20-14 vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (Sept. 12, 2009 / Cotton Bowl) Passed for 300-349 yards in a game: Sept. 1, 2011, Mitchell Gale vs. Tarleton State Last Home Loss ...... 55-41 vs. Central Missouri (Nov. 27, 2010) * (26-49-2, 335 yards, 3 TDs) Last Road Loss ...... 35-10 at NW Missouri State (Nov. 21, 2009) * Threw 5+ touchdown passes in a game: * Nov. 27, 2010, Mitchell Gale vs. Central Missouri (5 TDs) Last Neutral Loss ...... 23-17 vs. North Alabama (Sept. 17, 2011 / Cowboys Stadium) Completed an 80-yard pass: Oct. 19, 2006, Billy Malone to John Brock vs. West Texas A&M (84 yards-TD) Completed a 70-yard pass: Oct. 15, 2011, Mitchell Gale to Ben Gibbs vs. West Texas A&M (75 yards) August ...... 0-0 Completed a 60-yard pass: Oct. 1, 2011, Mitchell Gale to Darrell Cantu-Harkless vs. W. Oregon (61 yards) September ...... 3-1 Completed a 50-yard pass: * Nov. 27, 2010, Mitchell Gale to Kendrick Johnson vs. Central Mo. (58 yards) October ...... 2-0 November ...... 0-0 Receiving Leading at Halftime ...... 4-0 Caught 12 more passes in a game: Oct. 28, 2006, Jerale Badon vs. Tarleton St. (14 catches, 147 yards) Trailing at Halftime ...... 1-1 Caught 10 or more passes in a game: Oct. 2, 2010, Edmund Gates at Texas A&M-Kingsville Tied at Halftime ...... 0-0 (11 catches, 135 yards, 1 TD) Scoring first ...... 2-1 Had 200 yards receiving in a game: Oct. 18, 2008, Johnny Knox vs. West Texas A&M Opponent scoring first ...... 3-0 (10 catches 203 yards, 2 TDs) Had 150-199 yards receiving in a game: Sept. 27, 2008, Edmund Gates vs. Eastern New Mexico Scoring 20 points or less ...... 0-1 (8 catches, 164 yards, 2 TD) Scoring 20-29 points ...... 2-0 Had 150 yards receiving in a half: Oct. 18, 2008, Johnny Knox vs. West Texas A&M (9-189 yards, 2 TD) Scoring 30-39 points ...... 2-0 Scoring 40-49 points ...... 0-0 Caught three or more TD passes in a game: Oct. 11, 2008, Johnny Knox vs. Angelo State (4 TDs) Scoring 50 or more points ...... 1-0 Allowing 20 points or less ...... 3-1 Special Teams Allowing 20-29 points ...... 1-0 Kicked a field goal of at least 50 yards: Nov. 7, 2009, Morgan Lineberry vs. Midwestern St. (56, 51); Allowing 30-39 points ...... 1-0 Oct. 3, 2009, Morgan Lineberry vs. East Central (52 yards) Allowing 40-49 points ...... 0-0 Kicked a field goal of 40-49 yards: Oct. 1, 2011, Morgan Lineberry vs. Western Oregon (45 yards) Allowing 50 or more points ...... 0-0 Kicked four or more field goals in a game: Nov. 8, 2008, Matt Adams vs. Midwestern State (4 FGs) Made a game-winning field goal: Nov. 4, 2006, Matt Adams at Texas A&M-Kingsville Gaining 20 or less first downs ...... 2-1 Gaining 20 or more first downs ...... 3-0 (25-yard FG to win 41-38) Opponent gains 20 or less first downs ...... 2-1 Made a game-winning field goal, game’s final play: Nov. 4, 2006, Matt Adams at Opponent gains 20 or more first downs ...... 3-0 Texas A&M-Kingsville (25-yard FG to win 41-38) Had a 70-yard punt: Oct. 6, 2001, Brad Raphelt vs. SE Oklahoma State (74 yards) More rushing yards than opponent ...... 5-0 Had a 60-yard punt: Oct. 15, 2011, Spencer Covey vs. West Texas A&M (60 yards) Fewer rushing yards than opponent ...... 0-1 Rushing for less than 100 yards ...... 1-0 Rushing for 100 or more yards ...... 4-1 Opponent rushes for less than 100 yards ...... 5-0 Opponents rushes for more than 100 yards ...... 0-1

More passing yards than opponent ...... 1-1 Fewer passing yards than opponent ...... 4-0 Passing for less than 100 yards ...... 0-0 Passing for 100 or more yards ...... 5-1 Opponent passes for less than 100 yards ...... 0-0 Opponents passes for more than 100 yards ...... 5-1

More total yards than opponent ...... 4-1 Fewer total yards than opponent ...... 1-0 Gaining less than 400 yards of offense ...... 0-0 Gaining more than 400 yards of offense or more ...... 5-1 Opponent gains less than 400 yards of offense ...... 4-1 Opponent gains more than 400 yards of offense ...... 1-0

Commit zero turnovers ...... 4-0 Commit less than three turnovers ...... 5-0 Commit three or more turnovers ...... 0-1 Opponent commits zero turnovers ...... 0-0 Opponent commits less than three turnovers ...... 5-1 Opponent commits three or more turnovers ...... 0-0

Trailing in time of possession ...... 2-0 Leading in time of possession ...... 3-1

* NCAA Division II playoff game

Page 14 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 ACU SCORING DRIVES DRIVE QTR/ ACU SCORING DRIVE SUPERLATIVES OPPONENT PLAYS YDS TIME CLOCK PLAY Tarleton State 9 35 4:58 1 / 8:13 Daniel Talavera 1 pass from Mitchell Gale Most Plays: 17 Fewest Plays: 1 11 63 5:58 2 / 4:49 Morgan Lineberry 27 field goal Most Yards: 99 Fewest Yards: 35 4 64 1:35 3 / 10:40 Charcandrick West 41 pass from M. Gale Longest Time: 6:06 Shortest Time: 0:17 10 37 3:54 4 / 6:15 Morgan Lineberry 39 field goal 5 66 0:52 4 / 1:09 D. Richardson 23 pass from Mitchell Gale West Texas A&M 6 99 2:20 2 / 10:22 Daryl Richardson 3 run 4 75 1:15 2 / 7:36 Reggie Brown 4 run North Alabama 12 96 4:45 2 / 4:46 Taylor Gabriel 17 pass from Mitchell Gale 17 98 6:06 3 / 4:43 Jamaine Sherman 18 pass from M. Gale 10 55 2:43 2 / 0:16 Morgan Lineberry 27 field goal 1 53 0:17 4 / 8:21 Justin Andrews 53 pass from Mitchell Gale 10 80 2:27 4 / 1:42 Taylor Gabriel 5 pass from Mitchell Gale

Angelo State 11 72 5:42 1 / 5:28 Daryl Richardson 1 run 8 70 3:00 2 / 12:48 Daryl Richardson 20 run 11 75 4:52 2 / 3:11 Morgan Lineberry 20 field goal 5 68 2:24 3 / 12:36 Justin Andrews 7 pass from Mitchell Gale 7 72 3:47 4 / 9:31 Ben Gibbs 7 pass from Mitchell Gale

Western Oregn 10 56 4:34 1 / 9:19 Reggie Brown 1 run 7 67 2:41 2 / 8:16 Daryl Richardson 22 run 6 38 1:28 2 / 0:25 Mitchell Gale 7 run 9 46 4:50 3 / 8:27 Morgan Lineberry 45 field goal 4 59 1:15 3 / 6:56 Darian Hogg 47 pass from Mitchell Gale 4 71 2:01 3 / 136 Darrell Cantu-Harkless 61 pass from M. Gale 13 70 5:49 4 / 8:55 Morgan Lineberry 22 field goal 10 57 4:18 4 / 2:00 Morgan Lineberry 33 field goal

Eastern New Mexico 5 27 2:36 1 / 5:54 Taylor Gabriel 9 pass from Mitchell Gale 12 87 4:55 2 / 12:16 Ben Gibbs 2 pass from Mitchell Gale 7 80 2:43 2 / 12:16 Daryl Richardson 1 run 3 14 0:47 3 / 12:19 D. Cantu-Harkless 13 pass from M. Gale 7 66 2:04 3 / 1:34 Morgan Lineberry 24 field goal 10 62 3:48 4 / 11:04 Reggie Brown 9 run OPPONENT SCORING DRIVES DRIVE QTR/ OPPONENT SCORING DRIVE SUPERLATIVES OPPONENT PLAYS YDS TIME CLOCK PLAY Most Plays: 12 Fewest Plays: 1 Tarleton State 6 81 1:27 1 / 0:27 B. Lowery 5 run 6 37 1:52 2 / 2:47 B. Lowery 14 pass from N. Stephens Most Yards: 91 Fewest Yards: 9 5 22 1:58 3 / 5:30 B. Lowery 2 run Longest Time: 4:40 Shortest Time: 0:05 8 61 2:05 3 / 0:54 J. Serrano 27 field goal

North Alabama 7 21 2:22 1 / 11:20 Nathen O’Jibway 45 field goal 4 33 1:30 1 / 8:58 Tristan Purifoy 23 pass from Lee eChappl 3 39 0:26 1 / 5:57 Antwan Ivey 9 run

Angelo State 8 80 3:50 1 / 11:10 Joey Knight 29 pass from Blake Hamblin 12 74 4:40 1 / 0:48 Jarred Martin 23 field goal 11 80 4:02 4 / 5:29 Nate Bayless 21 pass from Blake Hamblin

Western Oregon 7 90 2:29 1 / 1:29 Kenneth Haynes 2 run 11 91 2:28 2 / 5:48 Scott Buche 23 pass from Evan Mozzochi 1 73 0:16 3 / 8:11 Josh McFarland 73 pass from E. Mozzochi 6 69 2:!9 3 / 3:37 Adryan Allen 20 run 6 56 1:56 4 / 0:04 Tyrell Williams 14 pass from Mozzochi

Eastern New Mexico 4 47 1:40 1 / 8:38 Michael Matthew 8 pass from Wesley Wood

West Texas A&M 8 24 2:14 1 / 3:29 Sergio Castillo 44 field goal 11 80 4:32 2 / 3:04 J. Watson 12 pass from Dustin Vaughan 1 9 0:05 4 / 8:38 Brittan Golden 9 pass from Dustinhan Vaug

2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 Page 15 TURNOVERS = POINTS OPENING ACTS Here’s a game-by-game look at how many points ACU and its opponents have Here’s a look at how ACU and its opponents have fared on their opening drives in scored off turnovers in 2011: each game of the 2011 season: Game ACU TO’s-Opp. Pts. Opp. TO’s-ACU Pts. Game ACU Opponent Tarleton State 2-0 2-0 Tarleton State TOUCHDOWN Punt North Alabama 4-20 1-7 North Alabama Punt Field Goal Angelo State 0-0 2-7 Angelo State TOUCHDOWN TOUCHDOWN Western Oregon 0-0 1-7 Western Oregon TOUCHDOWN Fumble Eastern New Mexico 0-0 1-6 Eastern New Mexico Punt Punt West Texas A&M 0-0 `-7 West Texas A&M Punt Punt Midwestern State Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville Texas A&M-Kingsville Incarnate Word Incarnate Word TOTAL 6-20 8-34

ACU LONG PLAYS (25-plus yards) OPPONENT LONG PLAYS (25-plus yards)

YDS PLAY OPPPONENT (QTR) YDS PLAY OPPPONENT (QTR) 75 Mitchell Gale pass to Ben Gibbs West Texas A&M (2nd) 73 Evan Mozzochi touchdown pass to Josh McFarland Western Oregon (3rd) 61 Mitchell Gale touchdown pass to Darrell Cantu-Harkless Western Oregon (3rd) 68 Tad Hill return of missed field goal Tarleton State (2nd) 55 Taylor Gabriel punt return for touchdown Western Oregon (3rd) 55 Brandon Lowery kickoff return Tarleton State (2nd) 53 Mitchell Gale touchdown pass to Justin Andrews West Texas A&M (4th) 49 Janoris Jenkins fumble return for touchdown North Alabama (3rd) 48 Mitchell Gale pass to Taylor Gabriel Eastern New Meixco ( 1st) 48 Lee Chapple pass to Antwan Ivey North Alabama (2nd) 47 Mitchell Gale touchdown pass to Darian Hogg Western Oregon (3rd) 42 Janoris Jenkins punt return North Alabama (3rd) 45 Taylor Gabriel run Angelo State (4th) 40 Evan Mozzochi pass to Kenneth Haynes Western Oregn (1st) 41 Charcandrick West touchdown pass from Mitchell Gale Tarleton State (3rd) 38 Tommy Hampton kickoff return West Texas A&M (3rd) 40 Mitchell Gale pass to Taylor Gabriel West Texas A&M (2nd) 35 Nick Stephens pass to L. Clark Tarleton State (1st) 37 Darian Hogg pass from Mitchell Gale Tarleton State (4th) 34 Dustin Vaughan pass to J. Watson West Texas A&M (2nd) 36 Taylor Gabriel pass from Mitchell Gale North Alabama (4th) 34 Evan Mozzochi pass to Lucas Gonsalves Western Oregon (4th) 35 Taylor Gabriel punt return Western Oregon (2nd) 32 Blake Hamblin pass to CJ. Akins Angelo State (4th) 34 Caleb Withrow kickoff return Tarleton State (2nd) 30 Lee Chapple pass to Wes Holland North Alabama (1st) 32 Charcandrick West kickoff return North Alabama (3rd) 29 Blake Hamblin pass to Joey Knight Angelo State (1st) 30 Charcandrick West kickoff return Tarleton State (3rd) 28 Trevor Roush kickoff return Western Oregon (3rd) 28 Darrell Cantu-Harkless 28 pass from Mitchell Gale Angelo State (2nd) 27 Trevor Roush kickoff return Western Oregon (4th) 27 Charcandrick West kickoff return Western Oregon (3rd) 26 Jason Serda kickoff return Eastern New Mexico (1st) 27 Daryl Richardson pass from Mitchell Gale Tarleton State (4th) 26 Lucas Gonsalves punt return Western Oregon (2nd) 26 Caleb Withrow kickoff return Tarleton State (3rd) 26 Jefffrey Miller kickoff return Abilene Christian (3rd) 26 Taylor Gabriel run Tarleton State (2nd) 26 Tad Hill kickoff return Tarleton State (4th) 25 Reggie Brown run Eastern New Mexico (3rd) 25 L. Russell punt return West Texas A&M (2nd) 25 Trevor Roush kickoff return Western Oregn (3rd) 25 Devon Gray pass from Nick Stephens Tarleton State (4th)

Page 16 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 2011 ACU OFFENSE GAME-BY-GAME TEAM OFFENSE TSU UNA ASU WOU ENMU WTAM MSU TAMC TAMK UIW First Downs 25 27 23 24 28 18 Rushes-Yards 34-101 26-103 33-184 36-147 30-168 40-95 Passing Yards 335 390 234 356 295 305 Com-Att-Int 26-49-2 33-59-2 18-32-0 29-44-0 23-39-0 18-31-0 Offensive Plays 83 85 65 80 69 71 Total Yards 436 493 418 503 463 400 Avg. Gain/Play 5.3 5.8 6.4 6.3 6.7 5.6 Fumbles-Lost 4-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Punts-Yards 4-148 5-184 3-139 5-239 4-160 7-284 Punting Average 37.0 36.8 46.3 47.8 40.0 40.6 Penalties-Yards 14-90 14-109 6-55 5-74 8-71 6-55 3rd-Down Conversions 8-of-19 4-of-14 7-of-12 6-of-15 8-of-14 7-of-17 4th-Down Conversions 1-of-2 1-of-3 0-of-1 1-of-1 0-of-0 0-of-1 Time of Possession 33:31 30:01 29:31 35:23 28:11 32:30

RUSHING FIELD GOALS Att.-Yds.-TD (Long) #6 Brown #26 West #1 Richardson #15 Gale #38 C.-Harkless M-A / Made (Miss) #85 Lineberry #81 Covey Tarleton State 17-43-0 (7) 4-5-0 (3) 0-0-0 10-25-0 (15) 0-0-0 Tarleton State 2-3 / 27, 39 (53) North Alabama 5-11-0 (5) 1-2-0 (2) 10-63-0 (19) 8-10-0 (11) 0-0-0 North Alabama 1-1 / 27 Angelo State 7-35-0 (13) 3-8-0 (8) 18-84-2 (22) 3-10-0 (16) 0-0-0 Angelo State 1-1 / 20 Western Oregon 10-39-1 (10) 3-2-0 (6) 15-101-2 (22) 5-5-1 (7) 0-0-0 Western Oregon 3-3 / 45, 22, 33 Eastern New Mexico 10-78-1 (25) 8-51-0 (21) 9-23-1 (7) 2-10-0 (11) 0-0-0 Eastern New Mexico 1-1 / 24 West Texas A&M 8-22-1 (8) 0-0-0 13-48-1 (12) 6-(-4)-0 (4) 8-41-0 (12) West Texas A&M 0-1 / (52) Midwestern State Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville Texas A&M-Kingsville Incarnate Word Incarnate Word

RECEIVING Att.-Yds.-TD (Long) #4 Gabriel #5 Sherman #47 Hogg #86 Gibbs #27 Andrews #1 Richardson #6 Brown #26 West #38 Cantu-Harkless Tarleton State 3-43-0 (14) ----- DNP ----- 7-99-0 (37) 3-37-0 (14) 0-0-0 2-50-1 (27) 2-8-0 (5) 4-47-1- (41) 4-50-0 (28) North Alabama 8-135-2 (36) 2-42-0 (24) 4-17-0 (8) 4-37-0 (18) 1-14-0 (14) 7-59-0 (16) 1-9-0 (9) 1-6-0 (6) 5-71-0 (18) Angelo State 3-28-0 (12) 0-0-0 3-42-0 (16) 5-53-1 (15) 3-40-1 (17) 3-43-0 (26) 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-28-0 (28) Western Oregon 6-90-0 (19) 6-48-0 (12) 3-69-1 (47) 2-24-0 (13) 0-0-0 4-5-0 (4) 0-0-0 2-9-0 (5) 2-66-1 (61) Eastern New Mexico 5-86-1 (48) 1-7-0 (7) 2-15-0 (12) 3-44-1 (23) 2-16-0 (12) 1-11-0 (11) 0-0-0 0-0-0 8-105-1 (20) West Texas A&M 7-84-0 (40) 2-23-1 (18) 1-9-0 (9) 3-96-0 (75) 2-71-1 (53) 2-3-0 (5) 1-19-0 (19) 0-0-0 0-0-0 Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville Incarnate Word

PASSING PUNTING Com.-Att.-Int. / Yds. / TD (Long) #15 Gale #17 Baker No.-Avg. / In 20 / Long #81 Covey Tarleton State 26-49-2 / 335 / 3 (41-td) ---- DNP ---- Tarleton State 4-37.0 / 2 / 46 North Alabama 33-59-2 / 390 / 2 (36) ---- DNP ---- North Alabama 5-36.8 / 0 / 48 Angelo State 18-32-0 / 234 / 2 (28) ---- DNP ---- Angelo State 3-46.3 / 0 / 50 Western Oregon 29-43-0 / 356 / 2 (61-td) ---- DNP ---- Western Oregon 5-47.8 / 1 / 53 Eastern New Mexico 23-39-0 / 295 / 3 (48) 0-0-0 / 0 / 0 Eastern New Mexico 4-40.0 / 2 / 45 West Texas A&M 18-31-0 / 305 / 2 (75) ---- DNP ---- West Texas A&M 7-40.6 / 0 / 60 Midwestern State Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville Texas A&M-Kingsville Incarnate Word Incarnate Word

2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 Page 17 2011 ACU DEFENSE GAME-BY-GAME TEAM DEFENSE TSU UNA ASU WOU ENMU WTAM MSU TAMC TAMK UIW First Downs 24 19 32 25 19 20 Rushes-Yards 34-52 34-108 21-57 33-87 25-96 21-46 Passing Yards 339 240 446 387 192 314 Com-Att-Int 26-44-2 22-37-0 39-67-2 22-39-0 29-44-1 27-53-0 Offensive Plays 78 71 88 72 69 74 Total Yards 391 348 503 474 288 360 Avg. Gain/Play 5.0 4.9 5.7 6.6 4.2 4.9 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 Punts-Yards 5-216 4-161 2-76 7-303 6-276 7-282 Punting Average 43.2 40.2 38.0 43.3 46.0 40.3 Penalties-Yards 6-69 13-125 6-55 6-55 8-64 7-51 3rd-Down Conversions 6-of-15 5-of-16 8-of-16 6-of-15 5-of-15 4-of-16 4th-Down Conversions 0-of-0 0-of-2 2-of-5 1-of-2 1-of-2 0-of-3 Time of Possession 26:29 29:59 30:29 24:37 31:49 27:30

SACKS #2 #13 #41 #45 #75 #93 #94 #95 #9 #23 #36 #37 #35 Whiteside Harper Odelusi Wilson Woods Smith Moore Drummond Woerner Williams Baggs Richardson Jones Tarleton State 1.0-(-10) 1.0-(-9) 1.0-(-9) 3.0-(-21) 2.0-(-12) North Alabama 1.0-(-6) Angelo State 1.0-(-11) 1.0-(-9) Western Oregon 0.5-(-0) 2.5-(-22) 1.0-(-2) 1.0-(-7) Eastern New Mexico 0.5-(-1) 1.0-(-4) 1.0-(-10) West Texas A&M 3.0-(-19) 0.5-(-4) 1.0-(-4) 1.0-(-4) 1.0-(-11) Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville Incarnate Word

INTERCEPTIONS #3 #95 #49 #20 Bailey Drummond Summers Stephens Tarleton State 1-(3) 1-(1) North Alabama Angelo State 1-(8) 1-(0) Western Oregon Eastern New Mexico 1-(4) West Texas A&M Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville Incarnate Word

Page 18 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 GAME-BY-GAME STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE QB FB RB WR WR TE LT LG C RG RT Tarleton State Gale Andrews Brown Hogg Gabriel Gibbs Tivis Ware Webber Perez Spears North Alabama Gale Andrews Brown Hogg Gabriel Gibbs Tivis Ware Webber Perez Spears Angelo State Gale Andrews Richardson Hogg Gabriel Gibbs Tivis Ware Webber Perez Spears Western Oregon Gale Andrews Richardson Sherman Gabriel Gibbs Tivis Spears Webber Perez Harrell Eastern New Mexico Gale Andrews Richardson Sherman Gabriel Gibbs Tivis Spears Webber Perez Harrell West Texas A&M Gale Andrews Richardson Sherman Gabriel Gibbs Tivis Spears Webber Perez Harrell Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville Incarnate Word

DEFENSE DE NT DE OLB ILB ILB OLB CB S S CB Tarleton State Whiteside Moore Smith Baggs Odelusi Woerner Wilson Bailey Havins Williams Withrow North Alabama Whiteside Moore Smith Baggs Odelusi Woerner Richardson Bailey Havins Williams Withrow Angelo State Whiteside Moore Smith Baggs Odelusi Woerner Richardson Bailey Havins Williams Suggs Western Oregon Whiteside Moore Smith Grady Odelusi Woerner Richardson Bailey Havins Williams Suggs Eastern New Mexico Whiteside Moore Smith Baggs Odelusi Woerner Richardson Bailey Havins Williams Suggs West Texas A&M Whiteside Moore Smith Baggs Odelusi Woerner Richardson Bailey Havins Wiliams Suggs Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville Incarnate Word GAME-BY-GAME NOTEABLES Coin Kickoff / ACU Game Game Jersey Game Captains Toss Receive 1st Poss. Time Length Combo Result Tarleton State Whiteside, Brown, Havins, Webber Won Deferred / KO Touchdown 7 p.m. 3:15 All White W, 27-24 North Alabama Whiteside, Brown, Havins, Webber Won Receive Punt 4 p.m. 3:35 Purple, White L, 23-17 Angelo State Whiteside, Brown, Havins, Webber Won Deferred / KO Touchdown 6 p.m. 2:58 Purple, Black W, 31-17 Western Oregon Whiteside, Brown, Havins, Webber Won Deffered / KO Touchdown 6 p.m. 3:12 Purple, Black W, 51-35 Eastern New Mexico Whiteside, Brown, Havins, Webber Won Deferred / KO Punt 3 p.m. 2:54 Purple, Black W, 36-7 West Texas A&M Whiteside, Brown, Havins, Webber Lost Receive Punt 2 p.m. 3:07 Purple, White W, 28-18 Midwestern State Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville Incarnate Word

2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 Page 19 2011 GAME-BY-GAME SUMMARIES

GAME ONE GAME TWO #4 ACU 27, TARLETON STATE 24 #4 NORTH ALABAMA 23, #3 ACU 17 Saturday, Sept. 1 • Stephenville Saturday, Sept. 17 • Arlington (Cowboys Stadium) No. 4 Wildcats rally for 10 fourth-quarter points North Alabama jumps out to big lead, hangs on to take improbable win over Tarleton State to knock off #3 Wildcats at Cowboys Stadium STEPHENVILLE – In a game they probably had no business winning, the ARLINGTON – In each of their first two games of the season, the ACU fourth-ranked ACU Wildcats dug deep, found a way and walked out of Memorial Wildcats have hurt themselves with too many penalties, too many turnovers and Stadium with a stunning 27-24 win over Tarleton State on Sept. 1. too many mental mistakes. The win is the Wildcats’ fourth-straight season-opening win and helps the In the season-opener, they were just good enough to overcome all those defending Lone Star Conference champion start 1-0 in league play. ACU will be things in a 27-24 win at Tarleton State. But Saturday at Cowboys Stadium, the off until Saturday, Sept. 17, when it takes on North Alabama in the Lone Star Wildcats’ mistakes were too much to overcome as they dropped a 23-17 Football Festival at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. decision to No. 4 North Alabama in front of a Lone Star Conference-record There were heroes all around for the Wildcats, from defensive lineman crowd of 24,837 at the Lone Star Football Festival. Ryan Smith (12 tackles, three sacks) to linebacker Derek Drummond (two sacks, In the Sept. 1 season-opening win over the Texans, the Wildcats were one goal-line interception) to cornerback Nate Bailey (interception in end zone able to dig out of a hole created by 14 penalties and two turnovers with 10 late on the game's final play). But for most of the game, the unheralded Texans, points to pull out the victory. The Wildcats had 14 more penalties and four smarting from a 65-3 loss to the Wildcats last year, outplayed heavily favored turnovers on Saturday – two Mitchell Gale interceptions and two fumbles – and ACU. Sophomore TSU running back Brandon Lowery scored three touchdowns the 16-0 hole they found themselves in just 9:03 into the game was more than and quarterback Nick Stephens threw for 339 yards and one touchdown, but they could overcome. Two of the Wildcats’ penalties took touchdowns off the the more experienced Wildcats prevailed in the season and LSC opener for board and another forced them to settle for a field goal instead of a touchdown. both teams. But just like in the Tarleton State game, the Wildcats wouldn't quit as they ACU survived a frantic final drive by the Texans when Bailey picked off rallied to within 16-10 and had the ball and momentum late in third quarter. Stephens on the 3-yard line as time expired to preserve the win. That's when the game’s decisive play finally turned the tide in favor of the Lions. Wildcat junior quarterback Mitchell Gale, who threw just three On second-and-20, Gale hit Darian Hogg in the right flat for a 1-yard gain. interceptions in 2010, was picked off twice by an opportunistic Texan defense. UNA's Marcus Dowtin stripped the ball from Hogg and Florida transfer But with the game on the line, the 2010 Harlon Hill Trophy finalist rose to the cornerback Janoris Jenkins – the top-ranked cornerback in all of college football challenge and directed his team down the field for the winning score. – scooped up the loose ball and returned it 49 yards for a touchdown to push ACU Derek Drummond and Aston Whiteside sacked Stephens on the UNA lead to 23-10 with 3:13 left in the quarter. consecutive plays with three minutes left in the game, forcing the Texans to Early in the fourth quarter, Gale scrambled to his right on second-and-2 punt and setting up the Wildcats’ scintillating final drive. After a penalty on first from his own 49. Dowtin forced the ball loose, and Tommie Westbrook pounced down, Gale hit Darian Hogg for 37 yards to the Tarleton 39-yard line. After two on it at the ACU 45 with 9:50 left in the contest. North Alabama drove to the incompletions, Gale found Taylor Gabriel for 16 yards to the ACU 23-yard line. 4-yard line, but on third-and-goal Mo Milliam fumbled at the goal line on a hard With 79 seconds left in the game, Gale stepped up in the pocket, found hit by L.B. Suggs, and Suggs recovered the ball in the end zone with 4:09 left in Daryl Richardson in the middle of the field and hit him with a checkdown pass. the game. Richardson cut to the left, found some space, got a block and crossed the Gale then completed 4 of 7 passes for 66 yards on a 10-play, 80-yard goalline with 1:09 left in the game. Morgan Lineberry’s all-important PAT gave scoring drive that was capped on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Gale to Taylor ACU a 27-24 lead. Gabriel, cutting the UNA lead to 23-17 with 1:42 left on the clock. But UNA But Tarleton wouldn’t quit, overcoming two sacks and two incompletions recovered the onside kick, and despite putting the ball on the ground twice as to move the ball to the ACU 5-yard line with eight seconds left. But on the they tried to run out the clock, the Lions held on for the win. game's final play, Stephens rolled out to the right and tried to throw back across The first nine minutes of the game were anything but a good time for his body for a touchdown. But Nate Bailey –reading the quarterback’s eyes – the Wildcats and their large contingent of fans. After ACU went three-and-out stepped in front of the intended receiver for the interception and hit the ground on the game’s opening possession, the Lions responded by driving to a field goal as time expired, setting off a wild celebration behind the end zone. to make it 3-0. Gale completed 26 of 49 passes for 335 yards and three touchdowns. On ACU’s next possession, the mistakes began to mount as Gale was Reggie Brown rushed 17 times for 43 yards and Darian Hogg caught seven intercepted by Deandre Morgan at the ACU 33-yard line, turning the ball back passes for 99 yards to lead ACU receivers. over to the Lions. UNA made ACU pay for the turnover by moving 33 yards in ACU opened the first quarter scoring when Gale tossed a 1-yard pass to just four plays to a 23-yard touchdown pass from Lee Chapple to Tristan Purifoy, fullback Daniel Talavera. TSU countered with a 5-yard run by Lowery to even making it 10-0 with 8:52 left in the quarter. the score at 7-7. Morgan Lineberry's 27-yard field with 4:49 left in the first half ACU, though, finally got its offense cranked up on the next drive as Gale put ACU back on top, 10-7, but the Texans struck again when Lowery caught a and Gabriel hooked up for gains of 17 and 26 yards to help push the Wildcats 14-yard pass from Stephens, giving Tarleton a 14-10 halftime lead. to the UNA 15-yard line. After a false start penalty pushed the Wildcats back to Charcandrick West caught a swing pass from Gale with 10:40 left in the the 20-yard line, Gale was intercepted by Jonathan Byrd at the 15-yard line, and third quarter and ran untouched for 41 yards and a Wildcat touchdown. Tarleton he returned the pick 46 yards to the ACU 39. would not be denied, however, adding 10 straight points on a 2-yard run by From there, the Lions made it look easy, moving 39 yards in just three plays Lowery and Jose Serrano's 27-yard field goal to take the lead once more, 24-17. to a 9-yard touchdown run by Antwan Ivey. The PAT was no good, but the lead Lineberry cut the lead to 24-20 with 6:15 left in the fourth quarter, setting was 16-0 with 5:57 left in the first quarter. the stage for the decisive rally and winning TD by Richardson. The Wildcats owned the second quarter, though, taking their second drive Wildcat defenders were on their heels most of the night, but Smith’s 12 of the quarter 96 yards to a touchdown. Gabriel capped the 12-play drive with tackles and three sacks, and interceptions by Bailey and Darien Williams, snuffed a 17-yard touchdown reception from Gale to make it 16-7 with 4:46 in the half. potentially game-changing Texan drives. After ACU’s defense – which kept the Wildcats in the game all day – forced a turnover on downs, the Wildcats went back to work with 2:59 left from its own 35. Daryl Richardson – who provided a spark off the bench at running back – got the things going with a 10-yard reception, followed by Gale to Darell Cantu- Harkless for 17 yards. Richard had a 9-yard run and another 15-yard catch, helping push ACU to the 7-yard line. Another ACU penalty took a first-and-goal opportunity at the 1-yard line, and ACU instead had to settle for a 27-yard field goal from Morgan Lineberry to send the game to the half at 16-10.

Page 20 2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 GAME THREE GAME FOUR #10 ACU 31, ANGELO STATE 17 #11 ACU 51, WESTERN OREGON 35 Saturday, Sept. 24 • Abilene Saturday, Oct. 1 • Abilene Richardson’s two rushing touchdowns, Gales’ Gabriel’s big special teams plays push Wildcats 2 TD passes lead ACU to win over Angelo State to 51-35 non-conference win over Wolves ABILENE – Running back Daryl Richardson rushed for 84 yards and two ABILENE – The ACU Wildcats have been waiting all season for a big play touchdowns to power No. 10-ranked Abilene Christian University to a 31-17 win from one of their kick return teams. They got two of them Saturday night, and at Shotwell Stadium over previously undefeated Angelo State University. they were the tide-turning plays in the Wildcats' 51-35 non-conference win over A senior, Richardson had scoring runs of 1 and 20 yards to help ACU (2-1 Western Oregon at Shotwell Stadium. overall and 2-0 in the Lone Star Conference) rebound from only its second loss Sophomore wide receiver Taylor Gabriel had a 35-yard return late in the in 14 games. first half to set up a Wildcat score, and then he added a scintillating 55-yard ASU and ACU traded touchdowns to open the game. ASU quarterback punt return for a touchdown with 5:56 left in the third quarter to help the Blake Hamblin threw a 29-yard scoring pass to wide receiver Joey Knight, and Wildcats finally put the Wolves away. ACU's Richardson ran 1 yard for a score. The Rams' Jarred Martin followed with The Wildcats’ second straight win pushes them to 3-1 overall, while the a 23-yard field goal to give ASU a 10-7 lead as the second quarter began. Wolves fall to 3-2. But the Wildcat defense stiffened, holding Angelo State scoreless in the Gabriel put a little bit of momentum in the ACU corner near the end of the final three quarters while ACU tallied 24 straight points of its own. Morgan first half when he fielded a punt at his own 27-yard line and returned it 35 yards Lineberry added a 20-yard field goal, Richardson ran 20 yards for another to the WOU 38-yard line, giving the ball to the ACU offense in great shape with touchdown, and quarterback Mitchell Gale threw a pair of 7-yard scoring passes 1:38 left in the half and the game tied 14-14. to fullback Justin Andrews and tight end Ben Gibbs. Fromer there, Mitchell Gale – who posted the 10th 300-yard passing game ASU (3-1 overall and 0-1 in the LSC) added a late score when Hamblin of his career by going 29 of 43 for 356 yards and two scores – moved the threw a 21-yard pass to tight end Nate Bayless with 5:29 remaining. The Ram Wildcats to a firtst-and-goal at the 7-yard line. Gale finished the drive with a sophomore completed 39 of 67 passes for 446 yards and two scores. His 67 seven-yard scoring run up the middle to make it a 21-14 ACU lead at the half. passes are the most ever attempted against ACU in a game. With ACU’s lead trimmed to 24-21 early in the second half, the Wildcats Gale completed 18 of 32 passes for 234 yards and two touchdowns, and responded with a 4-play, 59-yard drive that ended with a 47-yard touchdown Gibbs led ACU receivers with five catches for 53 yards and one score. Defensive pass from Gale to Darian Hogg, pushing the lead to 31-21. The Wildcat defense back Darien Williams' 10 tackles led a Wildcat defense that intercepted Hamblin then forced a three-and-out, and that's when the game changed, finally, in ACU’s twice and kept the Rams off the scoreboard despite Hamblin's heroics. favor. Scott Buche’s punt was fielded by Gabriel at the ACU 45-yard line, and he spun to the middle of the field, turned his back to the oncoming Wolves, went back to the right, found a hole on the far sideline and scooted down the boundary for a 55-yard touchdown return. Morgan Lineberry’s PAT made it a 38-21 game with 5:56 left in the third quarter. ACU put the game away late in the third quarter when Gale found Darrell Cantu-Harkless on a 10-yard out route. The sophomore from Austin then found the middle of the field, hit the gas and motored the rest of the way into the end zone for a 61-yard catch-and-run touchdown to make it 45-28 with 1:36 left in the quarter. Lineberry added two fourth-quarter field goals and Western Oregon scored on a touchdown pass with four seconds to play to complete the scoring in the contest. Gabriel finished the game with 183 all-purpose yards (90 yards receiving on six catches and 93 yards in punt returns) and one score, while Daryl Richardson rushed 15 times for 101 yards and one score.

2011 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME SEVEN • ACU AT MIDWESTERN STATE • OCT. 22, 2011 Page 21 GAME FIVE GAME SIX #10 ACU 36, EASTERN NEW MEXICO 7 #10 ACU 28, #17 WEST TEXAS A&M 18 Saturday, Oct. 8 • Blackwater Draw, N.M. Saturday, Oct. 15 • Abilene #10 Wildcats run away from Greyhounds to ACU defensive effort key to second straight set up showdown with rival West Texas A&M win over Lone Star Conference rival Buffaloes BLACKWATER DRAW, N.M. – Faced with a potential trap game at ABILENE – Defense rarely decides games between rivals ACU and West Greyhound Stadium, the 10th-ranked ACU Wildcats put together a workman-like Texas A&M, but that was definitely the case last Saturday as the 10th-ranked performance in a 36-7 win over Eastern New Mexico. Wildcats used a great defensive effort to knock off their Lone Star Conference The Wildcats scored the final 36 points of the game to overcome an early rival, 28-18, in front of a large Homecoming crowd at Shotwell Stadium. deficit and win their sixth straight over ENMU. The win pushes the Wildcats to The win keeps the Wildcats unbeaten in LSC play at 4-0, while pushing 4-1 overall and 3-0 in the Lone Star Conference, while the Greyhounds fall to their overall mark to 5-1. The Buffs, meanwhile, fall to 4-2 and 4-1. ACU has 2-4 overall and 1-3 in the LSC. another big showdown next Saturday at 8 p.m. in Wichita Falls against unbeaten The win sets up ACU for next Saturday’s showdown with LSC rival West Midwestern State (6-0 and 5-0), which whipped Angelo State, 68-20, Saturday Texas A&M at 2 p.m. at Shotwell Stadium as ACU celebrates Homecoming. night in San Angelo. ACU spotted the Greyhounds a 7-0 lead, but then answered with five ACU entered Saturday's game with the league's worst pass defense, but straight touchdowns and one field goal to turn that deficit into a dominating sacked WT quarterback Dustin Vaughan seven times – three by defensive end victory. Aston Whiteside – and limited the Buffs to 46 yards of rushing. And after giving Junior quarterback Mitchell Gale threw for 295 yards and three up 256 yards of offense in the first half, the Wildcats put the clamps on the touchdowns and Reggie Brown ran the ball 10 times for 78 yards and one score, Buffs, allowing just 104 yards of offense in the second half, including only 15 on but it was the ACU defense that put this one in the win column for the Wildcats. the ground. ENMU entered the game as the fourth-ranked passing offense in NCAA The Wildcats gave up 314 yards through the air, but allowed only one pass Division II football, while the Wildcats ranked 148th out of 150 NCAA Division II play longer than 24 yards and held Vaughan to just 9 of 21 for 89 yards in the teams in pass defense. But the Wildcats put together their most complete game game’s final 30 minutes. of the season, holding Wesley Wood – eighth in the nation in total offense – to Whiteside finished with a career-best three sacks and was a constant just 192 yards and one touchdown. presence in the Buffs' backfield. He also had seven tackles and pass breakup in Redshirt freshman Justin Stephens picked off a pass early in the third a dominating performance against WT’s offensive line. quarter that set up an ACU touchdown and the ACU defense held the Meanwhile, the ACU offense was led by junior quarterback Mitchell Gale, Greyhounds to their lowest passing yardage total of the season. who for the fourth straight game directed an offense that didn't turn the ball The Greyhounds had 200 yards of offense in the first half, but the Wildcats over and settled into the game after some early struggles. Gale was sacked on limited the Greyhounds to just 88 yards in the second half, including a mere 13 two of ACU's first three plays and he took some hits throughout the game, but yards in the third quarter. The Wildcats had constant pressure on Wood and he finished an efficient 18 of 31 for 305 yards and two scores. finished the game with four sacks and six quarterback hurries. The two biggest plays of the game for the Wildcats came on similar plays, Thor Woerner and Darian Williams had six tackles apiece, and backup one in the second quarter and one in the fourth. linebacker Chris Jones – playing defensive tackle to get more speed on the field Early in the second quarter with ACU backed up inside its own 1-yard line against ENMU’s wide-open passing offense – had five tackles and one sack of and trailing 3-0, ACU offensive coordinator Ken Collums dialed up a play-action Wood. pass and the offense made it work. WT's defense bought Gale's fake, allowing After ENMU got on the board first, the Wildcats went on a five-play, 57- tight end Ben Gibbs to slip downfield uncovered. Gale stood up in the end zone yard drive that ended when Gale hit Taylor Gabriel from nine yards out to tie the and found his big tight end, who rumbled 75 yards to the WT 22-yard line to get game, 7-7, with 5:54 left in the first quarter. The Wildcats took the lead for good the offense going. on their next drive when they went 87 yards on 12 plays, ending the drive on a Four plays later, Daryl Richardson scored from three yards out to give ACU 2-yard scoring pass from Gale to Ben Gibbs. a 7-3 lead with 10:22 left in the first half. ENMU responded with a crisp drive that moved deep into ACU territory, On its next possession, the Buffs moved smartly down the field and but ended when Taylor Cannon missed a 26-yard field goal. ACU responded appeared to be ready to regain the lead, but Darien Williams forced a Khriry with a seven-play, 80-yard touchdown drive that made it 21-7 with 4:47 left in Robinson fumble at the ACU 25, and Williams recovered it to give the ball back the first half. to the offense. Stephens created the only turnover of the game when he stepped in front Gale hit Gibbs for 12 yards before finding Taylor Gabriel for 40 yards to the of a Wood pass on ENMU’s first play of the third quarter and returned it to the WT 23-yard line. After a 19-yard pass from Gale to Reggie Brown got the ball to ENMU 14-yard line. It only took ACU three plays to get into the end zone from the 4, Brown finished the drive with a four-yard run to make it 14-3 with 7:36 there as Gale hit Lineberry from 13 yards out. Morgan Lineberry’s PAT was no left in the first half. good and ACU’s lead was 27-7 with 12:19 left in the third quarter. Lineberry hit The Wildcats’ lead was 21-10 early in the fourth when they lined for a a 24-yard field goal with 1:34 left in the third quarter and ACU took a 30-7 lead 52-yard field goal attempt. The kick barely got off the ground after a bad snap, to the game’s final 15 minutes. giving WT the ball at its own 35-yard line with 11:25 left in the game. The game’s final points came on a Reggie Brown 9-yard touchdown run, But WT went three-and-out with the drive ending with a sack of Vaughan and after Lineberry missed his second PAT of the game, ACU's lead was 36-7 by Whiteside and Thor Woerner. But the Wildcats couldn't do anything with the with 11:04 left in the game. The ACU defense would respond one last time as ball and were forced to punt. But on the snap, punter Spencer Covey dropped Caleb Withrow knocked down a potential touchdown pass on fourth down on the ball and was tackled at the ACU 9-yard line, giving the Buffs a short field. ENMU's last possession, and ACU was able to run out the final four minutes of Vaughan immediately made ACU pay, hitting Brittan Golden with a 9-yard the game. scoring strike to make it 21-16. The buffs converted the 2-point conversion to make it 21-18 with 8:38 left in the game. Momentum was clearly on the Buffs’ side. The Wildcats changed all that on the next two plays. Charcandrick West fielded the kickoff on the run at the 8-yard line and returned it 39 yards to the 47 to give ACU good field position. Then on first down, Collums again dialed up play-action, and once again Gale worked it to perfection. Fullback Justin Andrews slipped down the middle of the field, caught a perfectly thrown ball from Gale and went the distance for a 53-yard momentum-changing touchdown reception to put the Wildcats back on top 28-18 with 8:21 left in the game. Vaughan finished the game just 1 for his last 9 attempts as he was under constant pressure and ACU was able to run out the final minute of the game.

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