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2 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES • 7 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 11 FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS FOOTBALL // 2018 GAME NOTES FB Contact: Ben Rikard • O: 936-294-1764 • C: 936-554-2077 • Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @BearkatsFB at Nicholls GAME DATE: Sept. 22, 2018 TIME: 3:05 pm WHERE: Thibodaux, La. 3 STADIUM: Guidry Stadium (10,500) WHERE TO WATCH WHERE TO LISTEN No. 11 SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS No. 18 NICHOLLS COLONELS OVERALL: 1-1 SOUTHLAND: 0-0 OVERALL: 1-2 SOUTHLAND: 0-1 Location ..................................................................... Huntsville, Texas Location: .....................................................................Thibodaux, La. Enrollment ....................................................................................20,477 Enrollment ..................................................................................10,500 Stadium ...................................................... Elliott T. Bowers Stadium Stadium ......................................................................Guidry Stadium Capacity .........................................................................................12,975 Capacity ......................................................................................15,000 Colors ............................................................................Orange & White Colors ................................................................................... Red & Gray ESPN+ BROADCAST INFO Head Coach .........................................................................K. C. Keeler Head Coach .................................................................... Tim Rebowe Play By Play ............................................................Lyn Rollins Alma Mater ..................................................................Delaware, 1981 Alma Mater ..........................................................................LSU, 1987 Analysis ............................................................. Rene Nadeau Overall Record .........................................................................221-86-1 Overall Record .............................................................................17-20 Sideline............................................................Carley McCord Record at SHSU .............................................................................47-13 Record at NICH ............................................................................Same KSAM BROADCAST INFO TEAM STATS TEAM STATS Play By Play ............................................... Kooter Roberson Points per game ...............................................................................32.0 Points per game .............................................................................17.7 Analysis ......................................................................E.P. Garth Yards per game.............................................................................. 322.0 Yards per game............................................................................ 368.7 Sideline................................................................Brian Adams Yards passing per game ............................................................. 187.5 Yards passing per game ........................................................... 212.7 Yards rushing per game ............................................................. 134.5 Yards rushing per game ........................................................... 156.0 LIVE STATS Points allowed per game ..............................................................28.0 Points allowed per game ............................................................28.3 geauxcolonels.com Yards allowed per game ............................................................. 353.0 Yards allowed per game ........................................................... 331.0 TWITTER UPDATES INDIVIDUAL RETURNING OFFENSIVE STAT LEADERS INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE STAT LEADERS @BearkatsFB Rushing .................................................................Kyran Jackson, 67.0 Rushing .............................................................Kendall Bussey, 64.7 Passing .......................................................................Mike Dare, 185.0 Passing .........................................................Chase Fourcade, 212.7 2018 BEARKAT SCHEDULE Receiving ...........................................................Nathan Stewart, 97.0 Receiving ...................................................Damion Jeanpiere, 76.3 Sept. 8 PRAIRIE VIEW Huntsville W, 41-32 BEARKAT BYTES Sept. 15 NORTH DAKOTA Huntsville L, 24-23 - Saturday will mark only the second time the teams have met when both were ranked in the STATS Sept. 22 at No. 18 Nicholls* Thibodaux, La. 3 pm FCS poll. The first time came a year ago when the No. 3 Bearkats beat the No. 23 Colonels, 66-17, at Sept. 29 CENTRAL ARK.* Huntsville 3 pm Bowers Stadium. Sam Houston is 4-1 all-time against the Colonels when Nicholls has entered the Oct. 6 vs Stephen F. Austin*^ Houston 1 pm game as a ranked team. Oct. 13 at Northwestern State* Natchitoches, La. 6 pm Oct. 20 at Lamar* Beaumont 3 pm - Sam Houston is 1 of just 3 teams in the FCS, along with North Dakota State and New Hampshire, to Oct. 27 SOUTHEASTERN LA.* Huntsville TBA reach the FCS playoffs each season since 2011. In that time the Kats have posted an impressive 16-7 Nov. 3 at Incarnate Word* San Antonio TBA playoff mark, trailing only the Bison in playoff wins during that span. Sam Houston has reached at Nov. 10 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* Huntsville TBA least the semifinals in 5 of those 7 seasons, including back-to-back trips to the FCS championship Nov. 17 at Houston Baptist* Houston 2 pm game in both 2011 and 2012. * Southland Conference game ^ NRG Stadium (Houston) - The Kats currently hold the No. 11 spot in the STATS FCS poll, keeping a trend going of being ranked in every STATS FCS poll since K.C. Keeler took over the program in 2014. With the Kats falling out of the top 10 after its loss to North Dakota, this week marks the first poll released without the ALL-TIME FACTS Kats ranked inside the top 10 since Nov. 9, 2015. Total Games Played......................................................................1,025 All-Time Record .....................................Won 527 Lost 463 Tied 35 - Offense has rarely been a problem under K.C. Keeler. In 58 games since 2014, the Kats have scored NCAA Division I Record ........................Won 220 Lost 160 Tied 3 30 or more points 47 times, going 43-4 in those games. They have reached the 40-point mark 34 Southland Conference Record..............Won 118 Lost 89 Tied 2 times, going 32-2 in those games. SLC Titles ...................1991, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 FCS Playofs ..................................................1986, 1991, 2001, 2004, - The Kats are 19-11 all-time in the FCS playoffs and own the country’s third-best winning percent- 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 age (.633) in the playoffs. The 2017 season was SHSU’s seventh straight appearance in the FCS playoffs and 11th overall. 7 SLC Titles: 1991 • 2001 • 2004 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 BEARKAT MEDIA RELATIONS WITH A BEARKAT WIN ... Ben Rikard, Assistant Athletic Director (FB) - K.C. Keeler would win his 222nd career game. He is currently 16th all-time among FCS head Telephone: (936) 294-1764 coaches, 3 wins ahead of former Wofford coach Mike Ayers and former SHSU coach Ron Randleman. With his next win he would be one win shy of former Wagner head coach Walt Hameline who is 15th Cell: (936) 554-2077 with 223 wins from 1981-2014. Email: [email protected] Jason Barfield, Associate Athletic Director - Sam Houston would win its 12th game in a row over Nicholls. The Kats have not lost to the Telephone: (936) 294-3533 Colonels since a 37-17 defeat in Thibodaux in 2005. The current 11-game win streak is the longest Email: [email protected] current streak for Sam Houston over any opponent. Shannon Carrico, Media Services Coordinator Telephone (936) 294-2692 - Sam Houston would avoid losing back-to-back games for the first time since 2015. The last time Email: [email protected] the Kats dropped consecutive contests was in 2015 when they opened the year with a loss at Texas Web Site: www.gobearkats.com Tech and then at home to Lamar. Sam Houston has not dropped consecutive games to FCS oppo- Fax: (936) 294-3538 nents in the same season since falling to Southeastern Louisiana and Central Arkansas, both on the road, in the final 2 games of the 2013 regular season. Press Box: (936) 294-1838 Facebook: Bearkat Athletics - Sam Houston would move to 16-16-1 all-time in Southland Conference openers. The Kats have Twitter: @BearkatSports & @BearkatsFB won 7 of their last 9 league openers dating back to 2009. FCS NATIONAL POLLS STATS FCS POLL NCAA COACHES POLL 1 North Dakota State (152) 1 North Dakota State (26) 2 James Madison (2) 2 James Madison 3 South Dakota State 3 South Dakota State 4 North Carolina A&T (3) 4 North Carolina A&T 5 Kennesaw State 5 Kennesaw State 6 Eastern Washington T6 Eastern Washington 7 Weber State T6 Wofford 8 Wofford 8 Weber State 9 McNeese 9 Jacksonville State 10 Jacksonville State 10 McNeese LEFTOVERS FROM A 24-23 LOSS TO NORTH DAKOTA ... 11 Sam Houston State 11 Sam Houston State - The loss snapped a 21-game win streak for the Bearkats at Bowers Stadium. It was the longest ac- 12 Elon 12 Elon tive win streak in all of FCS and was the second