Sam Houston 2016 Bearkat Football Game Notes
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SAM HOUSTON 2016 BEARKAT FOOTBALL GAME NOTES SEASON OUTLOOK 2016 SEASON OPENER Oklahoma Panhandle St. vs. Sam Houston State Saturday - Sept. 3, 2016 - 6 p.m. Bowers Stadium (ESPN3) SAM HOUSTON BEARKATS OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE AGGIES Location ..................................................................... Huntsville, Texas Location: .....................................................................Goodwell, Okla. Enrollment ....................................................................................20,181 Enrollment: ..................................................................................... 1,300 Stadium ........................................................................Elliott T. Bowers Stadium: ...................................................................Carl Wooten Field Capacity ............................................................12,593 / Artificial Turf Capacity: ......................................................................................... 4,000 Colors ............................................................................Orange & White Colors: .....................................................................Red and Navy Blue Head Coach .........................................................................K. C. Keeler Head Coach: .............................................................Russell Gaskamp Alma Mater ..................................................................Delaware, 1981 Alma Mater: ........................................................................Texas, 1999 Record ........................................................................................196-82-1 Record: .............................................................................................20-21 2016 SCHEDULE 2016 SCHEDULE Sam Houston State enters its 101st season Sept. 3 Sam Houston St. Huntsville 6:00 p.m. of football with eyes set on the program’s first SEPT. 3 OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE HUNTSVILLE 6:00 p.m. Sept. 17 Lamar * Beaumont 7:00 p.m. Sept. 10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Ark. 6:00 p.m. national championship. Sept. 24 Houston Baptist * Houston 7:00 p.m. Sept. 17 Western New Mexico Silver City, N.M. 1:00 p.m. The program, which returns 16 starters and 49 Oct. 1 Stephen F. Austin ^* Houston 3:00 p.m. Sept. 24 Midwestern State Wichita Falls 7:00 p.m. lettermen, enters the upcoming season as the Oct. 8 Incarnate Word * San Antonio 6:00 p.m. OCT. 1 A&M-COMMERCE GOODWELL, OKLA. 1:00 p.m. second-ranked team nationally and is a strong OCT. 15 ABILENE CHRISTIAN * HUNTSVILLE TBA Oct. 8 Angelo State San Angelo 6:00 p.m. favorite to win the Southland Conference. Oct. 22 Nicholls * Thibodaux, La. TBA OCT. 15 WEST TEXAS A&M GOODWELL, OKLA. 1:00 p.m. “I thought our summer and fall camp went OCT. 29 TEXAS SOUTHERN HUNTSVILLE TBA Oct. 22 Texas-Permian Basin Odessa 7:00 p.m. great,” quarterback Jeremiah Briscoe said. “We NOV. 5 McNEESE * HUNTSVILLE TBA OCT. 29 Tarleton State GOODWELL, OKLA. 1:00 p.m. are working to get that last 10 percent. That’s Nov. 12 Northwestern State * Natchitoches, La. 6:00 p.m. Nov. 5 Eastern New Mexico Porales, N.M. 12:00 p.m. what we have printed on the back of our shirts. NOV. 19 CENTRAL ARKANSAS* HUNTSVILLE TBA NOV. 12 Texas A&M-Kingsville GOODWELL, OKLA. 1:00 p.m. We’re trying to get that last 10 percent to not ^ NRG Stadium (Houston) * Southland Conference game only play in a national championship but win one.” In order to do that, Sam Houston will look to PRESEASON SECOND-RANKED SQUAD NATIONALLY get off to a strong start to the season. A year Sam Houston State head coach K.C. Keeler believes his football program has all the pieces neces- ago, the Bearkats dropped their first two games sary to once again compete for a national championship. This time, the squad looks to grasp what before winning eight of the final nine regular has eluded it in five straight playoff appearances. season outings to clinch a fifth straight FCS The Bearkats are the consensus second-ranked team nationally per Athlon, Sporting News and Playoffs berth. Lindy’s. Sam Houston returns 16 starters six on offense, eight on defense and two specialists from a “Every team in this league is capable of beat- team that stood No. 3 in last season’s final STATS FCS poll. Over the past two seasons, the Kats have ing you,” head coach K.C. Keeler “In the long combined to post a 22-9 record, boasting 30 All-Southland Conference selections. term, it (the loss to Lamar) was good for us be- cause it re-focused us. I know coming into this season, there are some lessons we have learned. FCS’ WINNINGEST TEAMS SINCE 2011 This is a very good football league. A lot of it depends on staying healthy. This conference can Four-time national champion North Dakota State (71-5), two-time finalist Sam Houston (56-19), match up with anyone in the country.” Coastal Carolina (48-18) and Jacksonville State (47-17) stand as the four winningest programs at the FCS level in the past five seasons. All-Time Facts The Bison are undefeated (20-0) in FCS post-season play the last five seasons while the Kats stand 13-5 with two trips to the finals and reaching the semifinals two other times. Total Games Played........................................................................994 With a 16-10 overall record in the post-season, Sam ranks third all-time in playoff winning pct. All-Time Record ................................... Won 498 Lost 460 Tied 36 (.615) and seventh in total wins among current NCAA FCS programs. NCAA Division I Record .......................Won 195 Lost 152 Tied 3 Southland Conference Record............ Won 100 Lost 90 Tied 1 Southland Conference Champions TEXAS’ WINNINGEST TEAM SINCE 2011 1991, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2014 FCS Playoffs Sam Houston leads all Texas Division I football teams in victories during the last five seasons 1986, 1991, 2001 (QF), 2004 (SF), 2011 (F) (since 2011). The Kats have won 56 games followed by Baylor 50; Houston 47; TCU 45; Texas A&M 43 2012 (F), 2013 (2R), 2014 (SF), 2015 (SF) Texas 36; Rice 34; Texas Tech 32; and Lamar 27. NINE FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES 1986 • 1991 • 2001 • 2004 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 2016 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES MEDIA RELATIONS OVERWHELMING SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FAVORITES For more information please contact The Sam Houston State football program is the team to beat. Sam Houston Athletic Media Relations The Bearkats, coming off an 11-4 season and a run to the national semifinals, were picked as the favorite in the Southland Conference as voted on by the league’s coaches and sports information Jason Barfield, Associate Athletic Director directors. Telephone: (936) 294-3533 Sam Houston received eight first-place votes and 99 points total in the coaches poll as well as 99 Email: [email protected] points in the SID poll. The Bearkats lead all conference institutions with 14 all-conference selections Andrew Pate, Media Services including seven first-team honorees. Telephone (936) 294-2692 In both polls, McNeese was ranked second, garnering two first-place votes in the coaches’ poll Email: [email protected] for 92 points and one first-place vote in the SID poll with 86 points. Central Arkansas, Lamar and Web Site: www.gobearkats.com Stephen F. Austin round out the top five in coaches’ poll, tallying 79, 67 and 60 points respectively. Fax: (936) 294-3538 Coaches and SID were not permitted to vote for their own team. Press Box: (936) 294-1838 A season ago, Sam Houston boasted a 7-2 mark in league play, leading to a fifth straight trip to Facebook: Bearkat Athletics the FCS Playoffs. Twitter: @BearkatSports & @BearkatsFB HALL, AVERY NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA Sam Houston State defensive end P.J. Hall and running back Corey Avery have been tabbed as STATS First-Team Preseason All-America and Third-Team Preseason All-America respectively, the TV / RADIO / INTERNET publication announced on Monday. Hall has earned his appropriate share of preseason praise, being recognized as First-Team All- Randy McIlvoy (play-by-play) and Ken Southland. The Seguin native and two-time All-Southland first teamer is the program’s all-time Moore (analyst) will call Saturday’s game on leader in tackles for loss (52 for 205 yards) and is second all-time at SHSU in career sacks (23). ESPN3. Since the 2011 season, Sam Houston Avery rushed for 1,483 yards a year ago, the third highest single season total in program history, football games have been broadcast 54 times doing so on just 194 touches. The Dallas native was named First-Team Preseason All-Southland regionally and/or nationally. The Bearkats are Conference entering the upcoming year. 36-18 in those telecasts. Kooter Roberson and Leroy Wilkinson and KATS PLACE 13 PLAYERS ON PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND SQUADS sideline reporter Danielle Martin will call the game locally on KSAM 101.7 FM. Following its fourth NCAA Division I Championship football playoffs semifinals in five years, Sam Houston dominates the 2016 preseason All-Southland Conference team. The Bearkats have placed FCS NATIONAL POLLS seven players on the all-league first team and six more on the second team. First team selections include linemen Bridge Blount and Curtis Riser, running back Corey Avery STATS FCS POLL NCAA COACHES POLL and wide receiver Yedidiah Louis on offense; lineman P. J. Hall and defensive back Darion Flowers on 1 North Dakota State (152) 1 North Dakota State (25) defense and kicker Luc Swimberghe on special teams. Louis also was named preseason All-South- 2 SAM HOUSTON (2) 2 SAM HOUSTON land