2021 Nicholls Football Pronunciation - Page 13 Southland Champions - 2005, ‘18, ‘19 Fcs Playoffs - 1986, ‘96, 2005, 2017-19
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2021 NICHOLLS FOOTBALL 13 - PAGE PRONUNCIATION SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONS - 2005, ‘18, ‘19 FCS PLAYOFFS - 1986, ‘96, 2005, 2017-19 FOOTBALL SID: Jamie Bustos WORK #: 985-448-4281 CELL #: 419-786-0415 EMAIL: [email protected] @Nicholls_FB /geauxcolonels GAMEDAY INFO Game: ............ Southeastern Louisiana TV: ....................Cox Sports TV/ESPN+ Date:...............................April 10, 2021 Play-by-Play: ......................Lyn Rollins Kickoff: ................................ 3 p.m. CT Analyst: ........................ Gary Reasons Location: ............... Thibodaux, Louisiana Sideline:.................. Brooke Kirchhofer Stadium: .......................John L. Guidry Radio: ...................................100.3 FM Capacity: .................................. 10,500 .................... ESPN Radio New Orleans NO. 18/17 NICHOLLS NO. 23/19 SOUTHEASTERN Surface: .....AstroTurf GameDay Grass Play-by-Play: ................Jack Benjamin Series:..................Nicholls leads 15-14 Analyst: ..........................Seth Thomas COLONELS LOUISIANA LIONS Last: ...........NICH won 28-27, 11/16/19 Live Stats: ............ geauxcolonels.com 4-2 / 3-2 SOUTHLAND 3-2 / 3-2 SOUTHLAND 5-6 - PAGES POSITION previews Streak: ........................ NICH, 2 games Twitter: .......................... @Nicholls_FB ^Passing Passing Lindsey Scott Jr. Cole Kelley 94-163-3/ 57.7 pct/ 1270 yds/ 15 TD/ 146-222-4/ 65.7 pct/ 1853 yds/ 12 TD/ 48 Lng/ 254.0 ypg 63 Lng/ 370.6 ypg FIRST FIVE ^Rushing Rushing • The No. 18/17 Nicholls State University football team ends the regular season with a Saturday Lindsey Scott Jr. Morgan Ellison edition of the annual River Bell Classic against rival Southeastern Louisiana. The Colonels will 75-427/ 5.7 ypc /4 TD/ 33 Lng/ 85.4 ypg 69-237/ 3.4 ypc/ 3 TD/ 20 Lng/ 47.4 ypg be aiming for their third consecutive victory versus SLU after defeating the Lions in 2018 and Julien Gums Cephus Johnson III ‘19 -- both wins resulting in Southland Conference championships. The contest will air on Cox 62-339/ 5.5 ypc /3 TD/ 58 Lng/ 84.8 ypg 38-187/ 4.9 ypc/ 4 TD/ 29 Lng/ 46.8 ypg Sports TV, stream online on ESPN+ and can be listened to on ESPN Radio New Orleans 100.3 Marcus Cooper FM. ^Receiving 31-156/ 5.0 ypc/ 2 TD/ 45 Lng/ 39.0 ypg Dai’Jean Dixon 25-342/ 13.7 ypc/ 6 TD/ 44 Lng/ 68.4 ypg Receiving • Nicholls is coming off a disappointing loss at McNeese last Saturday, falling to the unranked KJ Franklin CJ Turner Cowboys, 43-31. The Colonels outgained McNeese in total yards, 562-541, but could not 19-263/ 13.8 ypc/ 2 TD/ 25 Lng/ 52.6 ypg 29-396/ 13.7 ypc/ 3 TD/ 34 Lng/ 99.0 ypg overcome three consecutive touchdowns by the Cowboys in the second quarter. Nicholls Dontaze Costly Javon Conner received a solid day from quarterback Lindsey Scott Jr., who tossed three touchdowns passes, 12-199/ 24.9 ypc/ 4 TD/ 48 Lng/ 39.8 ypg 24-354/ 14.8 ypc/ 0 TD/ 42 Lng/ 88.5 ypg threw for 289 yards and rushed for a career-high 137 yards. Julien Gums also rushed for over Austin Mitchell ^Defense 17-220/ 12.9 ypc/ 1 TD/ 63 Lng/ 73.3 ypg 100 yards as he finished with 121 after missing the UIW game. The loss essentially eliminated Kevin Moore III Marcus Cooper the Colonels from the Southland title contention and was the sixth consecutive setback on the 12-20--32/ 2.0 tfl/ 1 INT/ 1 FF/ 6.4 tpg 20-167/ 8.4 ypc/ 1 TD/ 29 Lng/ 33.4 ypg road in the series against McNeese. Hayden Shaheen 13-17--30/ 2.5 tfl/ 1 FF/ 6.0 tpg Defense • Southeastern Louisiana improved to 3-2 on the season after a dominating 45-12 win over Ty’Ree Evans Alexis Ramos Lamar at home last weekend. The score was close after 20 minutes with SLU leading 14-12, 11 - PAGE CHART DEPTH 10-15--25/ 3.5 tfl/ 2 sack/ 2 BkUp/5.0 tpg 26-30--56/ 4.5 tfl/ 2.0 sack/ 1 FF/ 11.2 tpg Pig Cage Donniel Ward-Magee but the Lions scored 28 unanswered to maintain their perfect record at Strawberry Stadium. 13-4--17/ 5.0 tfl/ 2 sack/ 1 INT/ 3.4 tpg 19-21--40/ 1 tfl/ 1 sack/ 1 INT/ 2 FF/ 8.0 tpg Quarterback Cole Kelley had another stellar performance, throwing for over 300 yards for the Herman Christophe fifth time this season while connecting on three touchdown passes. The Lion defense limited ^Special Teams 11-22--33/ 3.5 tf/ 1.0 sack / 2 FF/ 6.6 tpg Lamar to 296 yards and came up with two interceptions. Gavin Lasseigne 5-6 FG/ Lng 31/ 25-27 XP Special Teams • Saturday’s meeting between Nicholls and Southeastern will be the 30th all-time with the Craig Walker Mateo Rengifo 23--931/ Lng 77/ i20 7/ 50+ 4/ 40.5 avg 8-8 FG/ 36 Lng/ 19-21 XP Colonels holding a slim 15-14 advantage. Nicholls has a two-game lead over the Lions Austin Dunlap in Thibodaux, 7-5, including the 44-0 win in 2018. The win in ‘18 clinched the Southland 15--682/ Lng 63/ i20 3/ 50+ 5/ 45.5 ypp Conference championship and was just the third shutout for the Colonels in the series. Last season, both teams were ranked heading into the River Bell Classic and the matchup served as the championship game as the winner earned the league’s automatic berth into the FCS SOUTHLAND TEAM STATS playoffs. The Colonels escaped with a 28-27 win, but both teams went on to earn a first-round victory in the playoffs. ^NICH (SLC/7) ^SLU (SLC/7) 41.8 PPG (3rd) .......... Scoring Offense ............35.4 PPG (4th) • Nicholls is 3-2 against Southeastern since head coach Tim Rebowe took over the program to 36.6 PPG (5th)...........Scoring Defense ............31.0 PPG (4th) start the 2015 season. Not including the 44-0 win by the Colonels in 2018, the other four games 539.4 YPG (3rd) ...........Total Offense ............504.0 YPG (4th) have been decided by a combined 10 points. Nicholls took the first meeting under Rebowe in 414.4 YPG (2nd) ......... Total Defense ............473.2 YPG (5th) ‘15 on a last second field goal, winning 27-24, before Southeastern won the next two, 44-42 ROSTERS/PRONUNCIATION - PAGES 12-13 - PAGES ROSTERS/PRONUNCIATION 275.8 YPG (1st) ........Rushing Offense ..........127.0 YPG (7th) and 21-17. Last season’s matchup turned out to be arguably the best of the series with Nicholls 152.2 YPG (2nd) ....... Rushing Defense .........215.2 YPG (6th) taking a 28-27 lead after a 57-yard touchdown catch by Dai’Jean Dixon with 1:30 remaining in 263.6 YPG (5th) .........Passing Offense ..........377.0 YPG (1st) the game. The Lions rallied and drove all the way to the Colonel 2 before fumbling at the goal line in the final seconds. 262.2 YPG (3rd) ........Passing Defense .........258.0 YPG (1st) ^Southland Games 2021 COLONEL SPRING FOOTBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS/NOTES Date #S/C Opponent Time/Result Series/Last (Yr.) Note Feb. 19 14/na Lincoln (Mo.) W, 87-3 1-0 / W 87-3 Set program records with 13 touchdowns and 87 points Feb. 27 9/na Lamar W, 55-0 6-6 / W 55-0 Colonels held Lamar to 91 yards and six first downs March 6 7/na Northwestern State* W, 31-24 20-28 / W 31-24 Nicholls won the Real N-S-U Trophy for fifth straight season March 13 7/na at #12 Sam Houston* L, 17-71 11-23-1 / L 17-71 WR Dixon set program record for career receptions March 20 17/16 BYE WEEK March 27 17/14 #13/15 UIW* W, 75-45 5-2 / 75-45 Nicholls scored 41 straight points en route to SLC team record 75 April 3 13/11 at McNeese* L, 31-43 13-32 / L 31-43 Lindsey Scott Jr. (137) and Julien Gums (121) rushed for 100+ April 10 18/17 #23/19 Southeastern La.* 3 p.m. 15-14 / W 28-27 (‘19) NICH going for 3rd straight win vs SLU for first time since 2008-10 *Southland Conference WWW.GEAUXCOLONELS.COM 1 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION A WIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN WOULD... School: Nicholls State University Preferred Reference: Nicholls ... give the Colonels three consecutive wins in the series for the first time since 2008-10. Abbreviation: NICH ... give Nicholls its sixth winning streak of three games or longer against league foes. Colonels Location: Thibodaux, La. Population: 15,000 have won last five vs. HBU, Lamar, UIW, and Northwestern State, and four against SFA. Founded: September 23, 1948 ... improve Nicholls’ record in the all-time series to 16-14. Joined Southland: 1991 ... secure a winning record in the Southland for the fifth straight season. Nicholls had only two Enrollment: 6,500 Nickname: Colonels prior to Rebowe’s arrival in 2015. Colors: Red and Gray ... give Coach Rebowe his 39th career win, which would tie Sonny Jackson’s program mark. President: Dr. Jay Clune ... improve Rebowe’s record vs. Southland Louisiana schools to 11-7 (5-1 vs. NSU, Athletics Director: “JT” Jonathan Terrell Faculty Representative: Dr. Kimberly Reynolds 2-4 vs. McNeese, 3-2 vs. SLU). Ticket Office Phone: 985-448-4790 ... be the first April win for the Colonels in school history. HEAD COACH Tim Rebowe (LSU, 1987) Record at School, Year in 2021: 38-29, 6th Career Record: Same Southland Record, Years: 32-18, 5+ Football Office Phone:985-448-4806 BY THE NUMBERS ON THIS DATE IN COLONEL HISTORY ... ASSISTANT COACHES Off. Coordinator/QB: Rob Christophel (Austin Peay State, ‘84) 2 Def. Coordinator/LB: Tommy Rybacki (Jacksonville State, ‘08) So far this spring season, WR Dai’Jean Dixon has Defensive Line: Marcel Andry (Nicholls, ‘18) set new all-time program records for receptions and Tight Ends: Russ Gisclair (Nicholls, ‘14) Running Backs: Sammy Joseph (LSU, ‘14) receiving touchdowns.