2012 UTSA Football Game Notes Athletics Communications • One UTSA Circle • San Antonio, Texas 78249 Kyle Stephens (coaches) • [email protected] • (210) 458-4551 (O) • (210) 887-3636 (C) Brian Hernandez (players) • [email protected] • (210) 458-4907 (O) • (210) 269-7110 (C) We ARe “UTSA” Military Appreciation day When referencing University of Texas at San Antonio game #10 Athletics, pLeASe USe THe AcRoNyM “UTSA” ANd THe NicKNAMe “RoAdRUNNeRS” and please refrain from using UT-San Antonio, Texas-San Antonio, UT-SA or any other variation. 2012 ScHedULe & Results Overall 5-4 • Home 2-2 • Road 3-2 • WAC 1-3 UTSA Roadrunners (5-4) Date Opponent Time/Result vs. 9/1 ____at South Alabama (ESPN3) ___________ W, 33-31 McNeese State Cowboys (6-3) 9/8 ____Texas A&M-Commerce _____________ W, 27-16 4 p.m. • Saturday, Nov. 10 9/15 ___at Georgia State _________________ W, 38-14 Alamodome (65,000) • San Antonio, Texas 9/22 ___Northwestern Oklahoma State _______ W, 56-3 9/29 ___at New Mexico State* (ESPN3/KCWX-2) ___ W, 35-14 Radio______________________________Roadrunners Sports Network 10/13 _at Rice (FOX College Sports) ________________L, 14-34 Andy Everett (play-by-play), Ed Suarez (analysis) 10/20 __San Jose State* (ESPN3) _______________L, 24-52 Spanish Radio ___________________ Roadrunners Sports Network 10/27 __Utah State* (ESPN3) ___________________L, 17-48 Jorge Rodriguez (play-by-play), David Miguel (analysis) 11/3 ___at #22 Louisiana Tech* (ESPN Regional/ESPN3/KCWX-2) __L, 27-51 Live Audio ________________ goUTSA.com, iHeartRadio mobile app 11/10 __McNeese State ______________________ 4 p.m. Live Stats _______________________________________ goUTSA.com 11/17 _at Idaho* (KCWX-2) ____________________ 4 p.m. Series History ______________________McNeese State leads, 1-0 11/24 __Texas State* ________________________ 1 p.m. Last Meeting __________________________McNeese State, 24-21 all times Central · home games in bold and played at Alamodome * Western Athletic Conference game Nov. 12, 2011 • Lake Charles, La. (Cowboy Stadium) 2012 WAc StandiNgS RoAdRUNNeRS To pLAy FiNAL NoN-coNFeReNce gAMe oF yeAR: UTSA (5-4) returns to the friendly confines of the Alamodome this weekend when Team WAC Overall it hosts McNeese State (6-3) on Saturday, Nov. 10, in its final non-conference Utah State _____________________ 4-0 ______ 8-2 game of the 2012 campaign. The Roadrunners and Cowboys will be meeting for #18 Louisiana Tech _____________ 3-0 ______ 8-1 the second year in a row. McNeese held off UTSA by a score of 24-21 last Nov. San Jose State _________________ 3-1 ______ 7-2 12 in Lake Charles, La. The Roadrunners will be looking to snap a four-game Texas State ____________________ 1-2 ______ 3-5 losing streak after opening the season with five consecutive wins. UTSA _________________________ 1-3 ______ 5-4 Idaho _________________________ 1-3 ______ 1-8 TUNiNg iN: The game can be heard live in the San Antonio area on Ticket 760 New Mexico State _____________ 0-4 ______ 1-8 AM. Andy Everett (play-by-play) and Ed Suarez (analysis) will call the action. The pregame show begins at 2 p.m. and there will be a one-hour postgame show. Week 11 Schedule The broadcast also can be heard live online at goUTSA.com or on your mobile phone with the free iHeartRadio app. A Spanish feed will be available on 102.3 Saturday, Nov. 10 FM and 1500 AM, as well as radioformulasa.com. Jorge Rodriguez (play-by- San Jose State at New Mexico State _ 2:30 p.m. (ESPN3) play) and David Miguel (analysis) will handle the call. Live stats can be found at McNeese State at UTSA __________________ 4 p.m. goUTSA.com. #18 Louisiana Tech at Texas State ______6 p.m. (LN) Idaho at BYU __________________ 9:15 p.m. (ESPNU) ScoUTiNg McNeeSe State: The Cowboys improved to 6-3 overall and 3-3 in all times Central the Southland Conference with a 42-10 victory at Nicholls last Saturday. McNeese State used a balanced offensive attack of 276 yards rushing and 274 through the air (550 total). The Cowboys opened the season against their only other Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponent, Middle Tennessee, and scored a 27-21 win in Murfreesboro on Aug. 30. Two of McNeese State’s three losses have come by one point (25-24 at Southeastern Louisiana/27-26 vs. Central Arkansas). The Cowboys are averaging 409.1 yards of offense (216.3 rush/192.8 pass) and scoring 33.1 2012 UTSA F OO T B A LL G A ME N O T E S points per game while limiting foes to 367.6 and 22.4, respectively. Junior UTSA QUicK FAcTS QB Cody Stroud has completed 126-of-214 (58.9 percent) passes for 1,598 yards and 15 touchdowns against four interceptions. His favorite target is General Information senior WR Darius Carey, who has 26 catches for 430 yards (16.5 avg.) Name _________ The University of Texas at San Antonio and three scores. The ground game is led by junior RB Marcus Wiltz, who Nickname ____________________________ Roadrunners has 516 yards and four TDs on 103 carries (5.0 avg.). Junior CB Terence Colors ___ Navy Blue (289), Orange (1665) and White Cahee leads the defense with 80 tackles (58 solos) and he has added nine Founded ___________________________________ 1969 pass breakups and one interception. Senior LB Joe Narcisse has added 74 Enrollment __________ 30,968 (26,268 undergraduate) President _______________Dr. Ricardo Romo (Texas ‘67) stops, including 6.5 for loss and 2.5 sacks. Head coach Matt Viator is 51- Athletics Director ___ Lynn Hickey (Ouachita Baptist ‘73) 23 (.689) in his seventh season. Athletics Department Phone __________(210) 458-4161 Ticket Office Phone __________ (210) 458-UTSA (8872) LAST yeAR’S MeeTiNg: Andre Anderson rushed for 158 yards and a Affiliation __ NCAA Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision/transition) touchdown on 26 carries and McNeese State held off a late UTSA rally Conference ________________________ Western Athletic in a 24-21 victory. Anderson became the first running back to eclipse the Stadium (Capacity) ____________ Alamodome (65,000) century mark against the Roadrunners. The Cowboys scored the game’s Playing Surface __________________________ Field Turf first 17 points before the UTSA offense came alive. Josh Lewis’ 30-yard Press Box Phone ___________________(210) 704-6200 field goal with one tick remaining in the opening quarter gave McNeese State an early 3-0 lead. Champlain Babin’s 5-yard rushing touchdown Coaching Staff midway through the second period stretched the advantage to 10 and Head Coach ____ Larry Coker (Northeastern State ‘70) Anderson’s 21-yard scamper a little less than four minutes later made it Career Record (Years) _____________ 69-25/.734 (7+) 17-0. Evans Okotcha capped a six-play, 61-yard drive when he plunged Record at UTSA (Years) _____________ 9-10/.474 (1+) into the end zone from one yard out with 39 seconds left in the half, which Assistant Coaches _____________Kevin Brown (offensive pulled UTSA to within 10. Eric Soza’s 7-yard scoring toss to David Morgan coordinator/quarterbacks), Perry Eliano (special teams late in the third quarter cut the advantage to 17-14. After Sean Ianno’s coordinator/safeties), Polo Gutierrez (running backs), potential game-tying 48-yard field goal was short midway through the final Tony Jeffery (receivers), Nathaniel Jones (cornerbacks), stanza, the Cowboys responded with an eight-play, 69-yard march that Jim Marshall (offensive linemen), Neal Neathery (defen- culminated with a 29-yard TD pass from Darius Carey to Josh Jordan, sive coordinator/linebackers), Charlie Reeve (tight ends), which put McNeese back in front by 10. The Roadrunners answered 45 Eric Roark (defensive linemen), Jeff Bowen (graduate as- seconds later when Soza connected with Jake Wanamaker on a 26-yard sistant/offense), Matthew Kraft (graduate assistant/de- strike to make it 24-21, but the Cowboys were able to run off all but seven fense), Benny Morrison (graduate assistant/defense) seconds to essentially clinch the three-point win. Kam Jones set program Director of Operations __________________Shane Elder marks with eight receptions for 120 yards and Cody Rogers paced the Operations Coordinator _________________ Adam Cain defense with a school-record 16 tackles (please refer to page 74 of the Video Coordinator __________________ Brad Sternberg 2012 media supplement for complete game summary). Head Equipment Manager _______________ Mike Villa Director of Strength & Conditioning ____ Charlie Dudley No. 22 LoUiSiANA TecH pULLS away FRoM UTSA: Eric Soza Associate AD/Athletic Medicine ________ Jerry Greeson passed for school records of 314 yards and four touchdowns, but Colby Administrative Associate _____________Lara Goldmann Cameron threw for 348 and Kenneth Dixon scored three times, as No. 22 Football Office Phone _______________(210) 458-5011 Louisiana Tech pulled away from UTSA, 51-27, last Saturday. The Bulldogs converted a fake field goal into a touchdown midway through the fourth Team Information quarter to put away the Roadrunners, who dropped their fourth consecutive 2011 Record ____________________________ 4-6/.400 game while playing their first-ever game against a ranked FBS foe. Soza 2011 Conference Record _____ n/a (FCS Independent) completed 23-of-41 passes and tossed touchdowns to Cole Hubble (two), Letterwinners Returning/Lost _________________ 46/16 Starters Returning _____________________21 (10/9/2) Earon Holmes and Cole Hicks. Hubble became the first Roadrunner to Starters Lost ____________________________ 3 (1/2/0) catch two TD passes in the same game in program history. Meanwhile, Offensive Formation ________________ Multiple Spread Cameron connected on 30-of-39 throws and had touchdown passes to Defensive Formation __________________________4-2-5 Quinton Patton, Myles White and R.P. Stuart. Louisiana Tech wasn’t able to put the game away until wide receiver David Gru hit Malon Lee for a Program History 9-yard score on a fake field goal, which put the Bulldogs in front, 44-27, First Year ___________________________________ 2011 with 7:33 remaining.