Sept. 24, 2005 / Jonesboro / 2:30 p.m. Indian Stadium (30,406)

Quick Gameday Info Arkansas State University (1-2) Opponent Florida International vs. Florida International (0-2) Where Jonesboro, Ark. (Indian Stadium) When 2:30 p.m. central ASU (1-2 / 0-0) TV ESPN + 9/3 Missouri^ L, 17-44 Radio Arkansas State Radio Network (KCJF 103.9 flagship) 9/10 Tennessee-Martin W, 56-7 Internet ASUIndians.com (follow link) 9/17 at Oklahoma State L, 10-20 ASU record 1-2 / 0-0 Sun Belt Conference 9/24 Florida International* 2:30 p.m. ASU Coach Steve Roberts (15-24 ASU / 64-57-1 12th yr) 10/1 at Louisiana-Monroe* 6:00 p.m. FIU record 0-2 / 0-0 Sun Belt Conference 10/8 OPEN FIU Coach Don Strock (10-25 at FIU/overall first yr.) 10/13 Louisiana-Lafayette* 6:30 p.m. ‘04 ASU record 3-8 / 3-4 SBC (fourth) 10/22 Florida Atlantic* 6:00 p.m. ‘04 FIU record 3-7 (Independet) 10/29 OPEN Series First meeting 11/5 at Middle Tennessee* 4:00 p.m. 11/12 Troy* 6:00 p.m. 11/19 at Army noon Game 4 Florida International has brought its 11/26 at North Texas* 1:00 p.m. fledgling football program a long way ^ - game played at Kansas City, Mo. in a short time and has benefitted from being locat- * - Sun Belt Conference game ed in a talent-rich state like Florida. This will mark Florida International (0-2 / 0-0) the first meeting between FIU and ASU in football, 9/3 at Kansas State L, 21-35 and also the first official Sun Belt game for the 9/10 at Texas Tech L, 3-56 Golden Panthers. The good news for ASU is that 9/17 OPEN 9/24 at Arkansas State 2:30 p.m. the Indians are 3-1 in SBC season openers all-time, 10/1 Florida A&M TBA and 4-0 if you discount the loss in a designated con- 10/8 OPEN ference game (Tulsa in 2003). 10/15 North Texas 5:00 p.m. 10/22 at Troy TBA 10/29 Middle Tennessee 5:00 p.m. The game, the first-ever conference game for FIU, 11/5 at Louisiana-Monroe 6:30 p.m. is being televised by ESPN+ and marks the first of 11/12 at Louisiana-Lafayette 4:00 p.m. five games on TV for the Tribe this season. 11/19 Western Kentucky 5:00 p.m. 11/26 Florida Atlantic 5:00 p.m. Week three for the Indians was bitter-sweet indeed University Quick Facts: as ASU went toe-to-toe with Big XII foe Oklahoma ASU FIU State, getting the best of the Cowboys in every sta- location Jonesboro, Ark. Miami, Fla. tistical category but points. Penalties and mental enrollment 10,508 34,000 founded 1909 1972 mistakes plagued ASU as the Tribe failed to cash in 2004 rec. 3-8 / 3-4 3-7 on several mistakes made by OSU. Still, ASU conf. Sun Belt Sun Belt showed resilience in proving that the game against colors Scarlet & Black Blue & Gold Missouri was not the typical Indian game, and with mascot Indian Family Roary the exception of Ole Miss last season, played a nickname Indians Golden Panthers stadium Indian Stadium FIU Stadium team from one of the BCS conferences within 10 capacity 30,406 17,000 points. surface grass turf Pres. Dr. Les Wyatt Dr. Modesto Maidique AD Dr. Dean Lee Rick Mello

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International The Roberts File SU Head Coach Steve Roberts - Now in his as a head coach fourth season as coach of the Indians and his overall 64-57-1 A12th overall. Since taking over the reins of the ASU Tribe, Roberts has led the Indians to 11 total wins in 2005 1-2 / 0-0 consecutive seasons (‘02 and ‘03), the best such mark 2004 3-8 / 3-4 (6th) in two straight years at ASU since the 1987 and ‘88 2003 5-7 / 3-4 (t-4th) seasons. The Indians have won 10 Division 1-A games 2002 6-7 / 3-3 (3rd) in three seasons under Roberts, surpassing the nine totals 15-24 / 9-11 won in the prior five years. Roberts and his staff are credited with one of the Northwestern State 2001 8-4 (playoffs) most impressive turnarounds in the nation in 2002, tak- 2000 6-5 ing ASU from 2-9 in 2001 to 6-7 and just 11 points from totals 14-9 a trip to the New Orleans Bowl. Roberts started his career with a bang at ASU, winning the most games (6) Southern Arkansas in his first season at ASU as head coach since Gene Harlow went 6-3 in his 1999 9-1 first season in 1955. 1998 8-2 Among his many accolades, Roberts has been a finalist for the Eddie 1997 9-2 Robinson Award while at Northwestern (La.) State and was named the Gulf 1996 4-6 South Conference’s Coach of the Year while at Southern Arkansas. 1995 4-6 1994 1-7-1 His teams have always fared well in the classroom, not just on the field, as totals 35-24-1 evidenced by ASU being awarded a plaque for the top alma mater grade point average among all football programs in the Ouachita Baptist (87) Sun Belt Conference for the 2002-03 academic year. assistant coaches/staff At the conclusion of the 2004-05 school year, Jason Kevin Corless - CDC/LB Jack Curtis - CDC/S Wood was named the recipient of the NCAA Post Doug Ruse - OC/QB Graduate Scholarship from the Sun Belt Conference Tate Behne - TE after being named second-team Academic All-America Tony Gilbert - CB/RC in 2004. A total of 18 players have been selected to the David Gunn - RB All-Sun Belt squad under Roberts’ tenure as well. Darren Hiller - OL Mike McCarty - WR Since arriving at ASU, four ASU players have Kevin Peoples - DL made it to the NFL, two to the CFL and two to the AFL. John Arce - Str. & Cond. Ron Carroll - Trainer “Everything Counts”

2005 Arkansas State Radio Network On-Air Team 103.9 KCJF-FM (Earle/Jonesboro) 690 KEWI-AM (Benton) Matt Stolz kicks off his first year as “Voice of the Indians” 98.3 KFCM-FM (Cherokee Village) 92.1 KHPQ-FM (Clinton) while Coach Bill Keedy 92.7 KASR-FM (Conway) 102.3 KQEW-FM (Fordyce) returns for his sixth season as 1240 KTLO-AM (Mt. Home) 104.7 KOOU-FM (Hardy) color commentator for the 106.3 KRLW-FM (Walnut Ridge) football broadcast. ASU wel- 1320 KRLW-AM (Pocahontas) comes Matt to the Indian fam- 105.5 KWAK-FM (Stuttgart) ily and his exciting calls of 1400 KWYN-AM (Wynne) ASU Football

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International Current SBC Standings (for the week of Sept. 24) sbc all vs. ASU all-time this week’s opponent North Texas 1-0 1-1 NT, 8-6 at Kansas State Arkansas State 0-0 1-2 n/a Florida International Louisiana-Lafayette 0-0 1-2 ULL, 17-15-1 OPEN Troy 0-0 1-2 ASU, 3-1 at South Carolina Florida International 0-0 0-2 first meeting at ASU Florida Atlantic 0-0 0-3 first meeting Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe 0-0 0-3 ASU, 14-11 at Florida Atlantic (Sept. 22) Middle Tennessee 0-1 0-3 MT, 5-1 OPEN

The Sun Belt Conference turns 30 in the 2005-06 competition year and a fledgling five years old in football. Despite the youth of football in the conference, the SBC has seen great achievement in all sports, including football. Impressive conference victories over the SEC, MAC, C-USA and the Big XII have already put the upstart conference on the map in football. The North Texas Mean Green have produced the last two NCAA individual rushing champs and, perhaps the crowning achievement so far Arkansas State SID / Media Information in the brief history of SBC football, two teams went to bowl Asst. AD / Athletic Media Relations games for 2004 (North Texas and Troy). Gina Bowman ([email protected]) After realigning for the upcoming 2005 season, the office (870) 972-2541 SBC has more of an appropriate geographic feel. Added cell (870) 243-6020 to the slate are Florida International and Florida Atlantic, Asst. SID / Football -- Bill Bowen email - ([email protected]) replacing New Mexico State, Utah State and Idaho. ASU, office (870) 972-2541 Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle cell (870) 243-6021 Tennessee, North Texas and Troy round out the rest of the fax (870) 972-3367 conference. ASU, ULL, ULM, MT and NT are the five Official website -- www.ASUIndians.com remaining original members of the conference, which Arkansas State’s locker room is closed to all began in 2001. media. At the conclusion of each game and a brief cooling off period, Coach Roberts will do a short radio postgame and then be available for com- ments in an interview area. A maximum of four The Superdome is the site of players will be brought to the interview area after the New Orleans Bowl, pit- Coach Roberts has addressed the media. ting the Sun Belt Conference champion against a to-be- determined team from C- ASU practices are open to the media. USA. Since its inaugural contest in 2001, the Bowl has There will be no injury reports given throughout been the traditional game to the season. start the bowl season. While the 2005 New Orleans All interview requests for ASU players and coach- Bowl location is up in the air es must go through the ASU Athletic Media due to Hurricane Katrina, the Relations Office (at the contact information above) decision has been made to for postgame and during the week. play the bowl game. A site is still to be determined.

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International SBC Weekly Teleconference Preseason Picks 2005 Preseason SBC Poll The SBC will once again host a week- ASU was picked sixth of eight Team votes ly teleconference on Monday morn- teams in the Sun Belt in the pre- North Texas (7) 63 ings for media wishing to ask ques- season coaches poll. The poll, Troy 50 tions to the conference’s head coach- Middle Tennessee 45 es. The following is a breakdown of released in July at the SBC Louisiana-Lafayette 38 the times for each head coach to par- Football Media Day, has the Louisiana-Monroe (1) 33 ticipate in the conference call. Please Indians picked just ahead of the Arkansas State 26 contact the ASU Athletic Media two newcomers to the league, Florida Atlantic 22 Relations Office for the telelphone Florida Atlantic and Florida Florida International 13 number, restricted to media mem- bers only, to participate in the call. International. ASU first place votes in brackets has made a habit in Every Monday (starting on 8-29) the past of proving preseason polls wrong under Coach 10:30 a.m. Announcements Roberts, however, always finishing higher than the pre- 10:32 a.m. Howard Schnellenberger season polls suggest. Florida Atlantic 10:40 a.m. Don Strock Defensive lineman Myron Anderson (left), a senior Florida International from Dallas, Texas, was the lone ASU representative on 10:48 a.m. Steve Roberts the preseason all-SBC team. Anderson is easily the Arkansas State most experienced defensive player on the squad, start- 10:56 a.m. Rickey Bustle ing two years and lettering three. Louisiana-Lafayette 11:04 a.m. Charlie Weatherbie Louisiana-Monroe Highly Rated Players For ASU 11:12 a.m. Andy McCollum Running back Antonio Warren, safety Tyrell Johnson and safety Middle Tennessee Khayyam Burns were all tabbed as members of the top-30 players 11:20 a.m. Darrell Dickey in the Sun Belt, by CollegeFootballNews.com in the preseason. North Texas 11:28 a.m. Larry Blakeney Warren (14), Johnson (23) and Burns (28) are all among the statis- Troy tical leaders returning in the SBC in their respective categories. 11:36 a.m. SBC Commissioner Wright Waters New-Look Field On Tap For 2006 After the 2005 season, other teams can look at Indian Stadium Weekly Press Conferences And Little Rock Press Conferences and honestly say the grass is greener on our field. As soon as the Coach Roberts will once again hold 2005 season is over, excavation of the current grass field will begin weekly press conferences on so that a new turf can be layed down. To accommodate the new Wednesday at 11 a.m. on the third field, all shrubbery that has lined the stadium walls for the last few floor of the football complex. A light years has been removed and concrete walls added to assist with lunch will be served. Game notes for both schools as well as SBC releases drainage issues. The new turf, looks and feels like real grass, and will be available. will be paid for by donations from friends of the Athletic Department. The new turf will be a welcome continuation of what has already Coach Roberts will have three press become a massive renovation for ASU’s football complex. A new conferences at the Comfort Inn & and upgraded training room has been completed, along with new Suites next to the Clinton Library this year. The dates are Sept. 8, Sept. 22 locker rooms and a state-of-the-art weight facility. and Oct. 20, starting at 11:30 a.m.

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International Everything Counts 2004 Results (3-8 / 3-4) The Indians embraced the “I Will” motto of Coach Roberts and 9/4 at Missouri L, 20-52 his staff in his first season of 2002, but that has been altered this 9/11 at LSU L, 3-53 9/18 Memphis L, 35-47 season to a more appropriate “Everything Counts”. Coach Roberts 9/25 at UL-Monroe W, 28-21 and his staff devised the slogan after just a handful of mental break- 10/2 at Mississippi L, 21-28 downs and/or penalties cost the Indians as many as three games in 10/9 at Middle Tenn. L, 17-45 10/16 Troy W, 13-9 2004. So to better focus his squad, the new slogan was adopted to 10/23 at UL-Lafayette L, 24-27 drive home how important the “little things” are to a team’s success. 11/6 at Idaho L, 31-45 Everything Counts for the Indians to be successful in 2005. 11/11 Utah State W, 16-7 11/18 North Texas L, 7-31 Warren Hoping To Add To Already Impressive Numbers Top-10 Career Rushers at ASU Running back Antonio Warren rushed for 1,036-yards in 2004 name yards on his way to a second-team All-Sun Belt 1. Richie Woit (50-53) 3,947 selection. His career total stands at 2,355 2. Jonathan Adams (98-01) 3,005 3. Rickey Jemison (83-86) 2,956 three games into his senior season. Already 4. Calvin Harrell (68-71) 2,935 seventh in school history in career rushing 5. Lamont Zachery (96-99) 2,640 yards, Warren needs just 163-yards to move 6. Richard Kimble (86-89) 2,518 7. Antonio Warren (02- ) 2,355 into sixth past former running back Richard 8. Corey Walker (93-96) 2,340 Kimble and 285-yards to move past former 9. Dwane Brown (84-87) 2,192 Indian great Lamont Zachery for sixth. 10. Roy Johnson (88-91) 2,182 Another 1,000-yard season will push Warren Quick Notes on Warren comfortably into third, with the possibility of surpassing Jonathan Antonio Warren became the 12th differ- ent player in school history to rush for at Adams for second. At the right is a list of the top-10 rushers ever at least 1,000-yards in a season. ASU. Warren has picked up in 2005 where he left off in 2004. Over If Warren eclipses the 1,000-yard mark in 2005, he wil become just the third his last 12 games (including this season) Warren has rushed for Indian to reach that twice in career. 1,375-yards on 230 carries (115-yards per game and 6.0 yards per carry). Warren’s 100-yard performance in each of the first three Top-10 Career Passers at ASU games of the season give him 10 for his career. name yards 1. Cleo Lemon (97-00) 7,706 2. James Hamilton (68-71) 5,383 Noce Grande 3. Roy Johnson (88-91) 4,597 Nick Noce threw for 2,115-yards in 2004, the 4. Johnny Covington (92-95) 4,426 5. Dwane Brown (84-87) 3,480 most ever by a first-year starter at ASU. Included in 6. Nick Noce (03- ) 2,714 that total was an impressive 418-yards and four 7. Kennon Taylor (77-78) 2,491 touchdowns against nationally-ranked Memphis, a 8. Elliot Jacobs (01-03) 2,337 9. Tim Langford (80-83) 2,316 new school record. Noce’s solid 2004 helped push 10. Jeremie Watkins (96-97) 2,121 him into ninth on ASU’s career passing yardage chart entering the 2005 season. While it may take Quick Notes on Noce some work to get up to fifth, another season like Threw for a school record 418-yards in 2004 against Memphis. 2004 would easily make that happen. Considering that he played sparingly in three games in 2003, Noce’s ascent to Needs 766-yards passing to move into the top-10 list at ASU is certainly an impressive feat, maybe even fitth all-time at ASU in that category.

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International Pronunciation Guide grand. Jerime Henderson Jer-uh-mee Two Special Anniversaries Nick Noce The 2005 season marks 30 and 35 years ago that ASU cele- NO-CHAY brated undefeated, untied seasons. In 1970, ASU won the small Levi Dejohnette Dee-jon-et college (equivalent to the Division II now) national championship Brett Shrable after going 11-0, including a Pecan Bowl victory to ensure the per- SHRAY-BUL fect campaign. Montis Harrison Just five seasons later ASU reached for perfection again, find- MON-TEES ing it this time at the Division 1 level (in 1975 the divisions were just Khayyam Burns KYE-YAM I, II, III and no 1-AA). The Indians finished the ‘75 season as the top Jahlamb Sinclair rushing offense in the country and among the stingiest defenses as zha-lam well. Still, ASU had no bowl game to go to, so the following season Dominic Padrta the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., was created. Yes, the PAD-ER-TAY Indians began the chant of “11-0 and no place to go” after the 1975 Zach Eichenberger I-KEN-BURGER season and, yes, ASU was responsible for the formation of the Kyle Koets Independence Bowl. COATS Jarriel Norman Clear Reception? juh-RELL Last season, a trio of wideouts made their Eric Neihouse NEYE-HOUSE mark as the Indian passing attack blossomed Terrance Chavis from previous seasons. Chuck Walker, Jerome CHAY-vus Stegall and Jason Wood accounted for 97 recep- tions and 1,424-yards. Those three, along with tight end Mike Brooks, accounted for 68-percent of the receiving yards, 63-percent of the recep- tions and 64-percent of the receiving touch- downs. ASU has 13 receivers listed in the 2005 media guide for the 2005 season, and combined they had a total of 62 receptions in college action before the season opener against Missouri. Levi Dejohnette was tops with 25, Gary Vincent (right) had 24 and Patrick Higgins had 10 to lead the pack. All three are expected to be major contributors, with Joe Smith, Chris Miller and several others to be key components as well. The receiver corps may not have a lot of experience heading into 2005, but the position has the capability to turn into strength by the end of the season.

ASU spirit character “Red” Red-dy For The Competition ASU’s spirit character, “Red”, was created just three years ago but has already made an impact for ASU. “Red” won the “Best

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International Mascot” award at the Universal Cheerleader Association College Division camp over the summer (beating out 39 other spirit charac- ters/mascots) and finished sixth in another mascot competition in Records In “5” Seasons 2004. “Red” was created to add a character that children and fans Year Coach Record could enjoy watching during stoppages in the games and for mar- 1955 Gene Harlow 6-3 keting purposes. 1965 Bennie Ellender 6-3 1975 Bill Davidson 11-0 1985 Larry Lacewell 9-4 It’s In The Numbers 1995 John Bobo 6-5 There must be something magical about the number five 2005 Steve Roberts ?-? when it comes to ASU. Including the 1955 season, every year with a “5” in it since then has produced a winning season for the Tribe. In 1955, ASU was 6-3 in Gene Harlow’s first season. In 1965, ASU Top-10 Points Scored at ASU again went 6-3, 1975 was a perfect 11-0, 1985 was 9-4 and the last name points winning record at ASU was in 1995, when the Indians went 6-5. 1. Richie Woit (50-53) 342 2. Dwane Brown (84-87) 198 The 1945 season was the first to field a football team after WWII 3. Jeff Caldwell (93-96) 195 (ASU went three years without football). If that trend continues, 4. Eric Neihouse (02-) 187 the Indians should have a winning record for the 2005 season. 5. Lamont Zachery (96-99) 186 6. Steve Burks (71-74) 182 7. Doug Dobbs (76-79) 178 PAT And Kicking Machine t-8. Scott Roper (86-87) 170 Senior placekicker Eric Neihouse has t-8. Corey Walker (93-96) 170 10. Joe Duren (71-74) 165 been a model of consistency on kicking PAT’s italics represents placekicker since his arrival at ASU. He has connected on 99 of 101 attempts in his career, with the two Quick Notes on Neihouse 187 career points scored ranks fourth misses being blocks on bad snaps. After con- overall at ASU and second for a kicker. necting on a career-best 49-yard field goal last season at Middle Tennessee, Neihouse hit 8- Has connected on 99 PAT’s in his career, the most in school history. of-10 FG attempts to end the season, the two misses blocked. Overall, Neihouse has Has hit 54 consecutive PAT’s, also the scored 187 points in his career, fourth-most in best mark ASU history. school history and just eight points behind for- mer placekicker Jeff Caldwell for third. Overall, Neihouse is second in school history among kickers in scoring. Caldwell has 195 points to lead in that 10 Youngest 1-A Head Coaches category among kickers. name school 1. Mike Gundy ...... Oklahoma State 2. Shane Montgomery . .Miami (Ohio) A Lot Of Experience To Be So Young 3. Greg Schiano ...... Rutgers Head coach Steve Roberts is the ninth youngest coach among 4. Bronco Mendenhall ...... BYU 5. Mike Shula ...... Alabama the ranks of 1-A head coaches, according to research done by 6. Steve Kragthorpe ...... Tulsa Utah’s SID Jeff Reynolds. When hired in 2002, Roberts was sec- 7. Mark Snyder ...... Marshall ond only to Rutgers’ Greg Schiano. Mike Gundy, head coach of 8. J.D. Brookart ...... Akron 9. Steve Roberts . . .Arkansas State future ASU opponent Oklahoma State, is tops on the list at 38. 10. Urban Meyer ...... Florida Coach Roberts is by far the most experienced head coach of

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International Top-5 Career Punts at ASU the lot, however, now entering his 12th season as a head coach name punts (including stints at Southern Arkansas and Northwestern State). 1. Kyle Richardson (92-95) 274 The next closest on that list is Greg Schiano of Rutgers, entering his 2. Kevin McClelland (66-69) 251 3. Joe Slayton (76-79) 239 sixth year. 4. Bruce Gartman (80-82) 210 5. Stacy Gore (83-85) 175 Putting His Foot Into It -- Jarod Little (03- ) 156 Punter Jarod Little came to ASU as an invited Top-5 Career Yards Punted at ASU walkon and quickly earned a scholarship during a phe- name points 1. Kyle Richardson (92-95) 10,917 nomenal freshman season. In 2003, Little set the 2. Joe Slayton (76-79) 9,269 school freshman record for punts and yards when he 3. Kevin McClelland (66-69) 9,054 booted 78 punts for 3,085-yards. Now a junior, Little’s 4. Bruce Gartman (80-82) 8,655 5. Stacy Gore (83-85) 6,894 totals stand at 156 career punts for 6,262-yards -- Jarod Little (03- ) 6,262 (including this season). His career average of 40.1 yards per punt ranks fourth in school history. He is one of the best Quick Notes on Little Has dropped 37 punts inside the 20-yard around at dropping the ball inside the 20-yard line, already produc- line in his career. ing 37 punts in his career that fit the category while he’s boomed 24 punts at least 50-yards, including three so far this season. Has boomed 24 punts that traveled at least 50-yards. You Must Be The New Guy(s) Set the school freshman record for punts Steve Roberts and his staff are not shy about playing freshmen. and yards (78 for 3,085). Last season, five first-year players started on defense while sever- Currently serves as holder. al others found their way to the field. And to keep that trend going, the Indians have found more freshmen and newcomers ready to lend a hand. Linebackers Devrett Wade, Anthony Harris, Brett New Guys Aplenty Shrable and Ben Owens saw time in the season opener along with A total of 22 players on the ASU roster saw their first full-game action as 1-A quarterback Travis Hewitt, receivers Kevin Jones, Chris Miller and players at Arkansas State. Of that total, Jeff Johnson, offensive linemen Zach Eichenberger, Shawn four are true freshmen and nine are red- Shoemake, Matt Mandich, Kyle Koets and Jess McDonald. Others shirt freshmen. include DL Troy White and Jonathan Najm, FB Justin Slaughter, RB Chris James, DS Orin Catrett, DB’s Brandon Williams, Willie Lefear and Dominique Williams and TE David Johnson.

All-Around Defensive Star Safety Tyrell Johnson has become one of Quick Notes on Tyrell Johnson ASU’s top defensive players in a very short period of Named second-team All-SBC at the con- clusion of the 2004 season. time. After starting all 11 games in 2004 as a red- shirt freshman, Johnson finished third on the team Has four games in double-figure tackles with 94 total tackles and was named second-team and another three with nine. All-Sun Belt at the conclusion of the season. Has five career interceptions. Johnson started the 2005 season much like he left the last one--racking up tackles and making big Returned a fumble for a TD at Idaho in 2004. plays. Johnson now has four games where he

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International reached at least 10 tackles in a game, and to prove that he’s not Osceola Connection just a run-stuffer he now has five career interceptions and has The Indians and the Seminoles have a long tradition together. Current Osceola forced and recovered two fumbles. Lethal as a cover guy or play- head coach Clinton Gore is a former ing the run, Johnson is also considered an option as a kick return coach and player at Arkansas State, and specialist, if the need arises. the Indians feature three players from Gore’s team--Chris Littleton, Jamarrow James and Chris James. SBC Picks Johnson For Weekly Award Tyrell Johnson became the first Indian to be selected as a Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week after posting some very impressive stats against Missouri. Johnson was picked as the con- ference’s defensive specialist after his 12 tackle performance against the Tigers. Johnson also managed to force and recover a fumble along with picking off a pass. Last season the Indians man- aged to have players claim seven of the weekly honors. Tyrell Johnson Johnson Returns Senior cornerback James Johnson has earned a spot as a Top Punt Return Yards - Season starter on the defense, but he’s making even name points more of an impact on special teams in returning 1. Terry Whiting (71) 311 2. Steve Hanschen (78) 295 kicks and punts. So far Johnson has returned 10 3. James Hickenbotham (02) 247 punts for 183 yards (18.3 average) including a 67 4. Mike Cox (03) 223 yard effort against Tennessee-Martin for a touch- 5. Dick Ritchey (65) 212 6. David Hines (72) 196 down. Johnson returns kicks as well, returning 7. James Johnson (05) 183 six for 122 yards (20.3 average), which works out 8. Chris Collier (89) 178 to a 19.1 yard per touch. Johnson needs just 14 yards to move past David Hines for sixth on punt return yards for a season at ASU.

Indian Arti-Facts Antonio Warren became the first Indian to start a season with three straight 100 yard rushing games since Corey Walker in 1995. If he ASU in the NCAA’s (top-50 status) Individual can make it four straight, Warren would become the first ASU run- Antonio Warren ner since Rickey Jemison in 1986 to rush for at least four straight 10th in rushing yards/gm (127.0) 100 yard games at any point during a season, and the first player 37th in all-purpose yards/gm (139.67) James Johnson (as far back as the records go) to do it to start the season. 10th in avg. per punt return (18.4) Darren Toney ASU’s defense has held two straight opponents (Tenn.-Martin and 38th in avg. KOR yards (24.50) Oklahoma State) under 300-yards of total offense, which has been ASU done numerous times since returning to 1-A status. However, 29th in rushing yards/gm (198.67) since 1992, ASU has not held two straight 1-A programs under 17th in avg. per punt return (15.17) 43rd in T/O margin (+.33) 300-yards total offense. Also, the last time an ASU defense man- 43rd in pass defense (197.0)

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International Coaches Show Information aged to hold a team from one of the BCS conferences under 300 “Tribe Talk” with Steve Roberts can be yards was in 1993, when the Indian defense held Mississippi State seen in three different markets this sea- son. Produced by Harold Frazier and to just 283 yards in a 15-15 tie. The last time an ASU defense held hosted by Brad Bobo, Coach Roberts’ three straight opponents under 300 yards was during the magical show will feature highlights from the pre- 1986 season, opening that year with five conecutive games holding vious game and thoughts on the upcom- ing opponent. Each 30-minute show will foes under 300 yards. also profile one senior from the football team. The Indians broke a record that had stood for 52 years when ASU Jonesboro - Cox Cable was whistled for 16 penalties in the game against Oklahoma State. Tue. at 6 p.m. and Wed. at 10:30 p.m. The previous record of 15 was set in 1953 against Murray State. on channel 22

Paragould - Paragould City Cable One of the fastest players on the team, Shermar Bracey utilized his Tue. at 7 p.m. on channel 6 speed on special teams to block a punt at Oklahoma State, the first blocked punt of his career at ASU. Little Rock - Comcast Cable Wed. at 7 p.m. on channel 98 Congratulations to redshirt freshman quarterback Travis Hewitt on his first career touchdown pass to receiver Ed Hampton, which coin- cidentally enough was his first career touchdown reception. The play came against Tennessee-Martin.

Statistical Comparison ASU FIU Running back Chris James and defensive tackle Jamarrow James ...... On Offense ...... are cousins. 27.7 ...... ppg ...... 12.0 198.7 . . . . .rush yds/gm ...... 108.5 157.7 . . . . .pass yds/gm ...... 184.0 Linebacker Anthony Harris is the brother of current NFL defensive 356.3 . . . . .total off./gm ...... 292.5 lineman and ASU alum Jon Bradley. 21.6 ...... KOR avg...... 16.5 15.2 ...... punt ret. avg...... 20.5 14-41 . . . .3rd down conv...... 12-32 Freshman wide receiver Aaron Langford also has family ties to ASU. 34% ...... percentage ...... 38% His father, Tim, was a star quarterback for the Indians in the 80’s 2-3 ...... 4th down conv...... 2-6 67% ...... percentage ...... 33% before moving on to become a highly-respected doctor. 9 ...... sacks by ...... 3 52 ...... yards lost ...... 21 Counting both the punter and kicker, ASU has 18 players from the

...... On Defense ...... state of Arkansas listed on the depth chart (out of a possible 46). 23.7 ...... ppg ...... 45.5 That number represents 39-percent. What state is next? Texas (8) 190.0 . . . . .rush yds/gm ...... 190.5 followed by California (6), Louisiana (5), Mississippi (4), Missouri (2), 197.0 . . . . .pass yds/gm ...... 339.5 387.0 . . . . .total off./gm ...... 530.0 Tennessee (2) and Florida (1). 19.0 ...... KOR avg...... 0.0 6.7 ...... punt ret. avg...... 17.3 ASU’s average offensive lineman on the depth chart is 6-3 1/2 and 17-46 . . . .3rd down conv...... 12-23 37% ...... percentage ...... 52% weighs an average of 307-pounds. 2-4 ...... 4th down conv...... 1-1 50% ...... percentage ...... 1.000% Arkansas State was allowed to pat itself on the back after finishing a 11 ...... sacks allowed ...... 1 70 ...... yards lost ...... 9 three-year certification by the NCAA. ASU was certified without con- ditions, the only state 1-A school in Arkansas to be so certified, and Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International will not have to go through the process for another 10 years.

In a first for ASU football, no less than five ASU games will be televised nationally in 2005. They include the Sept. 24 game vs. Florida International, Oct. 13 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, Oct. 22 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 12 vs. Troy and Nov. 19 at Army. The bulk of the games will be carried on ESPN- Regional. The previous school record for live nationally televised games was three, in 2002.

The Indians will face four opponents for the very first time this season on the gridiron. They include Oklahoma State, Florida International, Florida Atlantic and Army. ASU and Missouri had not met before until the 2004 season.

Thanks to Louisiana-Lafayette SID Daryl Cetnar who tallied up the nation’s fewest total letters return- ing on the two-deep. ASU has just 22 combined letters earned on offense and 45 for the offense and defense. Navy tops the list with just 17 total letters earned offensively and 33 on offense and defense.

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International The Last Time... TEAM SHUT OUT AN OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL ASU: 1998 vs. Hawaii (20-0) PLAYER RUSHED FOR 100 YARDS OPP: 2003, Utah State (49-0) ASU: 2005, Antonio Warren vs. Oklahoma State (22 carries for 132 yards) OPP: 2004, James Mitchell (North Texas)(32 carries for 166 yards) RUSHED FOR OVER 250 YARDS ASU: 2005 vs. Tennessee-Martin (35 carries for 279 yards) PLAYER RUSHED FOR 200 YARDS OPP: 2004, Idaho (58 carries for 297 yards) ASU: 2002, Danny Smith vs. Idaho (40 carries for 206 yards) OPP: 2003, Patrick Cobbs, North Texas (30 carries for 228 yards) RUSHED FOR OVER 300 YARDS ASU: 2004 vs. UL-Lafayette (40 carries for 306 yards) TWO OR MORE PLAYERS RUSHED FOR 100 YARDS OPP: 2005, Missouri (41 carries for 317 yards) ASU: 2005 vs Tennessee-Martin; Antonio Warren (12 carries for 128 yards) and Shermar Bracey (5 carries for 102 yards) PASSED FOR OVER 300 YARDS OPP: 1998, Teofilo Riley, (24 carries for 190 yards); Gerard Arnold (23 carries for 119 ASU: 2004 vs. Memphis (29-41-3 for 418 yards) yards) of Memphis OPP: 2005, Missouri (33-48-1 for 340 yards) PLAYER PASSED FOR 300 YARDS HAD OVER 500 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE ASU: 1999, Cleo Lemon vs. Mississippi (14-31-2 for 309 yards) ASU: 2004 vs. Memphis (507 yards: 89 rushing, 418 passing) OPP: 2005, Brad Smith (29-37-0 for 317 yards) OPP: 2004, Middle Tennessee (551 yards: 104 rushing, 447 passing) PLAYER PASSED FOR 400 YARDS HAD OVER 600 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE ASU: 2004, Nick Noce vs. Memphis (29-41-3 for 418 yards) ASU: 1987 vs. East Texas State (644 yards: 604 rushing and 40 passing) OPP: 2004, Clint Marks, Middle Tennessee (30-34 for 447 yards) OPP: 2005, Missouri (657 yards; 317 rushing and 340 passing) RETURNED A KICKOFF FOR A TOUCHDOWN RECORDED 30 OR MORE FIRST DOWNS ASU: 2001, James Hickenbotham vs. Idaho (93-yards) ASU: 1990 — 31 vs. Southwestern Louisiana OPP: 1998, Tyrone Carter, Minnesota (86 yards) OPP: 2005 — 30, Missouri RETURNED A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN FAILED TO RUSH FOR 100 YARDS ASU: 2005, James Johnson vs. Tennessee-Martin (67 yards) ASU: 2004 vs. Memphis (32 carries for 89 yards) OPP: 2003, J. Landrum, Tulsa (41-yards) OPP: 2004, Utah State (23 carries for 51 yards) RETURNED A PASS INTERCEPTION FOR A TOUCHDOWN FAILED TO PASS FOR OVER 100 YARDS ASU: 2002, Johnathan Burke vs. Middle Tennessee (33 yards) ASU: 2003 vs. UT-Martin (8 of 18 for 90 yards) OPP: 2004, Dan Dykes (Idaho)(61 yards) OPP: 2004, Troy (6 of 19 for 73 yards) RETURNED A FUMBLE FOR A TOUCHDOWN HELD AN OPPONENT UNDER 200 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE ASU: 2004, Tyrell Johnson vs. Idaho (55-yards) ASU: 1987, vs. Southwestern Louisiana (131 yards: 45 rushing, 86 passing) OPP: 2004, Tim Goodwell, Memphis (10-yards) OPP: 2003, North Texas (190-yards : 41 rushing, 149 passing) BLOCKED AN OPPONENT’S PUNT SCORED A SAFETY ASU: 2005, Shermar Bracey vs. Oklahoma State ASU: 2003 vs. UL-Monroe OPP: 2003, Nate Frederick, Utah State OPP: 2003, North Texas RETURNED A BLOCKED PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN SCORED 50 OR MORE POINTS ASU: 2000, Sean Mitchell (block) and Danny Smith (TD) vs. Richmond (32 yards) ASU: 2005, vs. Tennessee-Martin (56-7) OPP: 2002, Brian Brosnan (block) and Kendrick Jones (TD), Illinois (0 yards) OPP: 2004, LSU (53-3) RETURNED A BLOCKED FIELD GOAL FOR A TOUCHDOWN ASU: 2000, Hanis Bowens vs. North Carolina State (80 yards) OPP: 2004, Terryl Fenton, UL-Lafayette (80-yards)

RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE OF 50 YARDS OR MORE ASU: 2005, Antonio Warren vs. Tennessee-Martin (51 yards for TD) Shermar Bracey vs. Tennessee-Martin (73 yards for TD) OPP: 2004, Jayson Bird, Idaho (51 yards for TD)

PASS FROM SCRIMMAGE OF 50 YARDS OR MORE ASU: 2004, 59 yards vs Mississippi (Nick Noce to Jerome Stegall for TD) OPP: 2004, 80 yards (Middle Tennessee)(Clint Marks to Kerry Wright for TD)

HAD 100 YARDS IN THREE CATEGORIES IN A GAME ASU: 1996, Corey Walker vs. Louisiana Tech (113 rushing, 110 receiving and 107 KOR OPP: None

MADE 50+ YARD FIELD GOAL ASU: 1995, 52 yards (Jim Tarle vs. Northern Illinois) OPP: 2005, 52 yards (Bruce Redden, Oklahoma State)

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International Arkansas State Two-Deep Florida International Two-Deep OFFENSE OFFENSE LT - 63 Matt Mandich* 6-3 299 Fr. RS LT - 72 John Shanahan 6-6 313 Sr. 70 Dale Maas 6-6 298 Jr. JC 66 Patrick Mullen 6-9 318 Sr. LG - 61 Lance Martin 6-4 295 Sr. 1L LG - 50 Ed Wenger 6-1 286 Sr. 78 Shawn Shoemake* 6-2 319 Fr. RS 62 Roland Clarke 6-4 288 So. C - 69 Tanner Jenkins* 6-1 292 Jr. 2L C - 75 Victor Cernius 6-4 295 Sr. 58 Matt Reibe* 6-3 296 So. 1L 63 Xavier Shannon 6-1 312 Fr. RG - 76 Kyle Koets* 6-4 307 Fr. RS RG - 61 Ronny Silva 6-2 346 Jr. 55 Jess McDonald 6-2 299 Jr. JC 74 Mike Alvarez 6-1 300 So. RT - 77 Cody Brown 6-5 326 Sr. 1L RT - 76 Tim Dierks 6-6 271 Sr. 72 Vincent Thrower* 6-4 336 So. RS 71 David Bailey 6-6 324 Jr. TE - 81 Manuel Burton 6-4 232 Sr. 3L TE - 87 Samuel Smith 6-3 248 Jr. 85 David Johnson 6-2 257 Fr. HS 89 Moses Hinton 6-5 264 Fr. WR - 9 Levi Dejohnette* 6-0 175 So. 1L WR - 86 Cory McKinney 6-1 216 Sr. "Y" 19 Joe Smith 6-3 187 So. 1L 80 Andre Rollins 6-5 216 Sr. WR - 3 Gary Vincent* 5-9 166 Jr. 2L WR - 1 Chandler Williams 5-11 190 Jr. "W" 10 Patrick Higgins* 6-2 183 So. 1L 4 Sanchez Anderson 5-10 161 Fr. FB - 47 Oren O'Neal* 6-0 248 Sr. 2L FB - 34 Aston Wilson 6-0 236 Sr. 41 Justin Slaughter 6-1 235 Sr. TR 81 Joe Struyf 6-2 246 Sr. TB - 42 Antonio Warren* 5-11 203 Sr. 3L RB - 32 Julian Reams 5-11 208 Fr. 23 Shermar Bracey 6-2 228 Sr. 2L 44 Adam Gorman 6-0 213 Sr. QB - 8 Nick Noce 6-3 210 Sr. 2L QB - 16 Josh Padrick 6-3 207 Jr. 17 Travis Hewitt* 6-1 198 Fr. RS 10 David Tabor 6-1 213 Sr. DEFENSE DEFENSE DE - 96 Quinton Thomas 6-5 270 Sr. 2L DE - 59 Kevin Akinbiyi 6-0 239 Sr. 94 Brandon Rollins* 6-5 254 So. 1L 55 Shaun Dudney 6-1 246 Sr. DT - 98 Myron Anderson 6-5 276 Sr. 3L NT - 64 Brandon Higdon 6-2 279 Sr. 91 Curtis Bonds* 6-4 266 So. 1L 92 Jonas Murrell 6-2 311 Fr. NT - 43 Jamarrow James* 6-2 276 Jr. 1L DT - 96 Jarvis Penerton 6-3 270 Fr. 79 Prince Hickman 6-1 280 So. 1L 64 Brandon Higdon 6-2 279 Sr. DE - 44 Brian Flagg 6-2 240 So. 1L DE - 55 Shaun Dudney 6-1 246 Sr. 54 Jonathan Najm* 6-2 243 Jr. RS 48 Myron Acoff 6-2 238 So. SLB - 37 Koby McKinnon 6-2 217 So. 1L SLB - 43 Lance Preston 6-1 227 Sr. 30 Chris Littleton* 5-11 205 Jr. 2L 42 Antwan Barnes 6-1 230 Jr. MLB - 32 Devrett Wade 6-0 230 Jr. JC MLB - 7 Kevin Bouie 6-0 225 Jr. 48 Ben Owens 6-2 210 Fr. HS 47 James Knapp 6-0 207 Sr. WLB - 45 Elias Ellis* 5-11 214 Jr. RS WLB - 5 Gerrod Bodie 5-11 226 Sr. 13 Brett Shrable 6-3 220 Fr. HS 45 Alexander Bostic III 6-1 218 Jr. SS - 16 Tyrell Johnson* 6-1 197 So. 1L FS - 30 Cory Fleming 5-11 178 So. 26 Farron Fowler* 5-9 181 Jr. 2L 23 Chris Williams 5-11 192 Fr. FS - 21 Khayyam Burns* 6-0 185 So. 1L SS - 26 Chris Smith 5-10 207 Jr. 33 Darren Toney* 5-11 182 Jr. 1L 24 Marshall McDuffie 6-2 204 So. LC - 20 Montis Harrison* 5-11 184 So. 1L CB - 22 Lionell Singleton 5-10 176 So. 46 Dominique Williams* 5-11 174 Fr. RS 37 Matt Castillo 6-1 186 Jr. RC - 2 James Johnson 5-8 177 Sr. 1L CB - 21 Nick Turnbull 6-2 216 Sr. 18 Kelvin Cox* 6-0 197 Jr. 2L 25 Zach Davis 5-9 176 Jr. SPECIAL TEAMS SPECIAL TEAMS P- 36 Jarod Little 6-1 196 Jr. 2L P- 15 Chris Patullo 6-0 178 Jr. LSn - 67 Orin Catrett 5-9 202 Jr. JC PK - 88 Eric Neihouse* 5-9 183 Sr. 3L PK - 14 Adam Moss 6-1 200 Sr. H - 36 Jarod Little 6-1 196 Jr. 2L SSn - 61 Lance Martin 6-4 295 Sr. 1L KR - 4 Sanchez Anderson 5-10 161 Fr. KR - 33 Darren Toney* 5-11 182 Jr. 1L 83 Julius Eppinger 5-9 165 Sr. 2 James Johnson 5-8 177 Sr. 1L PR - 2 James Johnson 5-8 177 Sr. 1L PR - 83 Julius Eppinger 5-9 185 Sr. * - indicates used a redshirt season at ASU

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International 2005 Starters Chart OFFENSE opp. LT LG C RG RT TE WR WR FB TB QB Missouri Mandich Martin Jenkins Koets Brown Burton Dejohnette Vincent O’Neal Warren Noce UT-Martin Mandich Martin Jenkins Koets Brown Burton Dejohnette Higgins O’Neal Warren Noce Oklahoma St. Mandich Martic Jenkins Koets Brown Burton Dejohnette Higgins O’Neal Warren Noce FIU UL-Monroe UL-Lafayette Fla. Atl. Mid. Tenn. Troy Army North Texas

DEFENSE opp. DE DT NT DE WLB MLB SLB RC FS SS LC Missouri Thomas Anderson James Flagg Ellis Wade McKinnon Johnson Burns Johnson Harrison UT-Martin Thomas Anderson James Flagg Ellis Wade McKinnon Johnson Burns Johnson Harrison Oklahoma St Thomas Anderson James Flagg Ellis Wade McKinnon Johnson Burns Johnson Harrison FIU UL-Monroe UL-Lafayette Fla. Atl. Mid. Tenn. Troy Army North Texas

Arkansas State University Football Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Florida International 20052005 GameGame BoxBox vs.vs. MissouriMissouri

Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 32906 Kickoff time: 11:07 am End of Game: 2:32 pm Total elapsed time: 3:25 Game 1 Officials: Referee: C. Castleberry; Umpire: Richard Cerr; Linesman: Fred Hutchinson; Line judge: Don Katrall; Back judge: David Taylor; Field judge: Bobby Bernard;Side judge: Freeman Jones; Scorer: Mark Winter; Temperature: 74 Wind: NE @ 6 Weather: Fair Skies

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score ------Missouri...... 13 17 7 7 - 44 Record: (1-0) Arkansas State...... 0 0 3 14 - 17 Record: (0-1) Antonio Warren Scoring Summary: 1st 06:10 MU - Woods, Marcus 23 yd run (Crossett, Adam kick), 9-97 3:30, MU 7 - ASU 0 00:56 MU - Temple, Tony 6 yd run (Crossett, Adam kick failed), 9-50 3:30, MU 13 - ASU 0 2nd 08:27 MU - Franklin, Will 6 yd pass from Smith, Brad (Smith, Brad rush failed), 5-26 1:48, MU 19 - ASU 0 04:05 MU - Ekwerekwu, Brad 1 yd pass from Smith, Brad (Franklin, Will pass from Smith, Brad), 8-80 2:03, MU 27 - ASU 0 00:17 MU - Crossett, Adam 45 yd field goal, 8-32 2:04, MU 30 - ASU 0 3rd 09:39 MU - Ekwerekwu, Brad 7 yd pass from Smith, Brad (Crossett, Adam kick), 11-68 3:30, MU 37 - ASU 0 03:37 ASU - Neihouse, Eric 32 yd field goal, 6-57 2:13, MU 37 - ASU 3 4th 14:04 ASU - Warren, Antonio 6 yd run (Neihouse, Eric kick), 6-48 2:31, MU 37 - ASU 10 08:29 ASU - Higgins, Patric 10 yd pass from Noce, Nick (Neihouse, Eric kick), 8-34 3:39, MU 37 - ASU 17 06:52 MU - Coffman, Chase 14 yd pass from Smith, Brad (Crossett, Adam kick), 6-80 1:37, MU 44 - ASU 17

MU ASU RUSHING: Missouri-Smith, Brad 12-95; Woods, Marcus 9-90; FIRST DOWNS...... 30 18 Temple, Tony 7-62; Goldsmith, Earl 4-25; Jackson, Jimmy 3-23; RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 41-317 29-117 Daniel, Chase 6-22. Arkansas State-Warren, Antonio 18-121; PASSING YDS (NET)...... 340 206 Jones, Kevin 1-12; O'Neal, Oren 1-1; Hewitt, Travis 1-minus 6; Noce, Nick 8-minus 11. Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 48-33-1 38-19-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 89-657 67-323 PASSING: Missouri-Smith, Brad 29-37-0-317; Daniel, Chase 4-11- Fumble Returns-Yards...... 1-18 0-0 1-23. Arkansas State-Noce, Nick 18-33-1-188; Hewitt, Travis 1-5- Punt Returns-Yards...... 2-16 3-39 0-18. Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 2-48 4-75 Interception Returns-Yards.... 1-0 1-20 RECEIVING: Missouri-Franklin, Will 8-116; Ekwerekwu, Brad 8- Punts (Number-Avg)...... 3-42.0 9-43.3 31; Coffey, Sean 4-82; Coffman, Chase 3-36; Rucker, Martin 2-23; Fumbles-Lost...... 2-2 4-1 Britt, Arnold 2-16; Saunders, Tommy 2-11; Temple, Tony 2-10; Woods, Marcus 1-8; Ray, Jason 1-7. Arkansas State-Dejohnette, Penalties-Yards...... 10-65 10-73 Lev 3-67; Higgins, Patric 3-15; Sinclair, Jahla 2-34; Warren, Possession Time...... 30:44 29:16 Antonio 2-33; Vincent, Gary 2-9; Smith, Joe 2-7; Burton, Manuel Third-Down Conversions...... 9 of 17 2 of 15 1-16; O'Neal, Oren 1-8; Bracey, Shermar 1-7; Jones, Kevin 1-6; Fourth-Down Conversions...... 1 of 1 1 of 1 Hampton, Ed 1-4. Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 5-5 3-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 4-26 0-0 INTERCEPTIONS: Missouri-Harrington, Ded 1-0. Arkansas State- Johnson, Tyrell 1-20. Notes from the game : FUMBLES: Missouri-Coffey, Sean 2-2. Arkansas State-Noce, Nick Antonio Warren reached the 100 yard plateau for the 2-0; Dejohnette, Lev 1-1; Bracey, Shermar 1-0. eighth time in his career at ASU. SACKS (UA-A): Missouri-Smith, Brian 1-1; Bacon, Marcus 1-1; Jackson, Xzavie 1-0. Arkansas State-None. Return specialist James Johnson tallied 89 yards on just four returns (two punt and two kickoff) to average TACKLES (UA-A): Missouri-Simpson, Jason 4-2; Overstreet, Dav 22.2 yards per touch. 4-3; Bacon, Marcus 2-7; Smith, Brian 3-2; Moore, William 3-0; Washington, Cal 3-1; Harrington, Ded 2-3; Alexander, Van 1-4; Williams, Loren 2-0; Jackson, Xzavie 1-3; Kincade, A.J. 1-1; Safety Tyrell Johnson intercepted a pass, the fifth of his King, Marcus 1-1; Woods, Marcus 1-0; Marshall, Chad 1-0; Massey, career. Brandon 1-0; Pintola, Louis 1-0; Terrell, Darnel 1-0; Stephens, Earl 0-2; Ekwerekwu, Brad 0-1; Wade, Quincy 0-1; Childress, Elgi 0-1; Smith, Jamar 0-1; Hoenes, Matt 0-1; Richard, David 0-1; WR Patrick Higgins scored his second career touch- Ming, Derrick 0-1. Arkansas State-Johnson, Tyrell 6-6; Johnson, down. James 6-4; Wade, Devrett 4-8; Burns, Khayyam 4-7; McKinnon, Koby 2-4; Thomas, Quinton 2-3; Anderson, Myron 2-2; Cox, Kelvin 2-1; Najm, Jonathan 1-2; Fowler, Farron 1-2; Flagg, Brian 1-2; James, Kicker Eric Neihouse ran his streak of consecutive Jamarrow 1-3; Ellis, Eli 1-3; Harrison, Monti 1-2; Rollins, PAT’s to 45 and hit a 32-yard field goal. Brando 1-1; Shrable, Brett 1-0; Smith, Joe 1-0; Harris, Anthony 1-0; Burton, Manuel 1-0; Catrett, Orin 0-1; Green, Reggie 0-1; Abby, Zelos 0-1; Toney, Darren 0-1.Williams, Loren 0-1; Woodley, Alex 0-1; Edwards, Ryan 0-1; Bacon, Marcus 0-1. 20052005 GameGame BoxBox vs.vs. TTennessee-Martinennessee-Martin

Stadium: Indian Stadium Attendance: 17174 Kickoff time: 6:00 End of Game: 8:57 Total elapsed time: 2:57 Game 2 Officials: Referee: Jim Jackson; Umpire: Bill Walker; Linesman: Cal McNeill; Line judge: Bryan Borill; Back judge: Bill Sorah; Field judge: Jamie Grant; Side judge: Michael Miles; Scorer: Matt McColleste; Temperature: 89 Wind: SE 6 mph Weather: Party Cloudy W/Haze

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score ------Tennessee-Martin.... 0 0 0 7 - 7 Record: (1-1) Arkansas State...... 14 14 21 7 - 56 Record: (1-1) James Johnson Scoring Summary: 1st 12:35 ASU - O'Neal, Oren 4 yd pass from Noce, Nick (Neihouse, Eric kick), 7-73 2:25, UTM 0 - ASU 7 07:50 ASU - Warren, Antonio 9 yd run (Neihouse, Eric kick), 6-46 1:58, UTM 0 - ASU 14 2nd 08:55 ASU - Jones, Kevin 5 yd run (Neihouse, Eric kick), 12-80 5:21, UTM 0 - ASU 21 04:01 ASU - Burton, Manuel 22 yd pass from Noce, Nick (Neihouse, Eric kick), 1-22 0:06, UTM 0 - ASU 28 3rd 08:59 ASU - Warren, Antonio 51 yd run (Neihouse, Eric kick), 2-51 0:18, UTM 0 - ASU 35 06:39 ASU - Johnson, James 67 yd punt return (Neihouse, Eric kick), , UTM 0 - ASU 42 03:37 ASU - Bracey, Shermar 73 yd run (Neihouse, Eric kick), 4-90 1:27, UTM 0 - ASU 49 4th 14:37 UTM - GLOVER, Justin 5 yd run (BROWN, Taylor kick), 9-82 3:55, UTM 7 - ASU 49 12:56 ASU - Hampton, Ed 26 yd pass from Hewitt, Travis (Neihouse, Eric kick), 6-41 1:31, UTM 7 - ASU 56

UTM ASU RUSHING: Tennessee-Martin-CHAPMAN, Donald 13-58; CHAPMAN, Josh FIRST DOWNS...... 13 14 12-46; GLOVER, Justin 8-31; WAHLBERG, Brad 14-17; JACKSON, Drew RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 52-128 35-279 5-minus 24. Arkansas State-Warren, Antonio 12-128; Bracey, PASSING YDS (NET)...... 103 145 Shermar 5-102; Easley, Chris 4-43; Hewitt, Travis 5-16; Jones, Kevin 1-5; Dejohnette, Lev 1-3; O'Neal, Oren 1-2; Noce, Nick 6- Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 20-11-0 16-10-0 minus 20. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 72-231 51-424 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0-0 PASSING: Tennessee-Martin-WAHLBERG, Brad 8-14-0-32; JACKSON, Punt Returns-Yards...... 0-0 6-127 Drew 3-6-0-71. Arkansas State-Noce, Nick 8-13-0-113; Hewitt, Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 5-76 2-62 Travis 2-3-0-32. Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 8-41.9 4-33.2 RECEIVING: Tennessee-Martin-GLOVER, Justin 3-10; DUNCAN, Cole Fumbles-Lost...... 4-1 2-1 2-36; KISSELL, Brian 2-minus 1; JOHNSON, Anthon 1-40; STEPHENS, Taure 1-18; SMITH, Rogric 1-2; CHAPMAN, Donald 1-minus 2. Penalties-Yards...... 7-51 8-56 Arkansas State-Dejohnette, Lev 4-48; Burton, Manuel 2-38; Possession Time...... 38:21 21:39 O'Neal, Oren 2-19; Hampton, Ed 1-26; Jones, Kevin 1-14. Third-Down Conversions...... 5 of 17 4 of 9 Fourth-Down Conversions...... 1 of 3 1 of 1 INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee-Martin-None. Arkansas State-None. Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 1-1 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 2-25 6-39 FUMBLES: Tennessee-Martin-JACKSON, Drew 3-0; WAHLBERG, Brad 1- 1. Arkansas State-Jones, Kevin 1-1; Noce, Nick 1-0. Notes from the game : SACKS (UA-A): Tennessee-Martin-HOCKADAY, Jason 0-1; GREENWOOD, Return specialist James Johnson returned a punt 67 Jack 0-1; PRUITT, Adrian 1-0. Arkansas State-Najm, Jonathan 1-1; yards for a touchdown and had 130 yards on punt James, Jamarrow 1-1; Wade, Devrett 2-0; Toney, Darren 1-0. returns for the day. TACKLES (UA-A): Tennessee-Martin-GREENWOOD, Jack 4-4; GILMORE, David 4-3; RONDO, Kevin 3-4; HOCKADAY, Jason 2-5; PRUITT, Adrian Antonio Warren reached the 100 yard plateau for the 3-2; PLUMMER, Andre 2-2; COLEMAN, Jason 2-1; SIMS, Rayvon 2-1; ninth time in his career at ASU. WILLIAMS, Ray 1-2; KILPATRICK, Joe 2-0; PETERS, Wade 1-1; WIL- SON, Nate 1-1; COOPER, Brandon 0-2; THREATS, Joseph 0-2; CHAP- MAN, Josh 1-0; SMITH, Mike 1-0; VENZANT, Earvin 1-0; WAHLBERG, Linebacker Devrett Wade tallied another 12 tackles on Brad 1-0; WORTHEN, Craig 1-0. Arkansas State-Wade, Devrett 6-6; the day, making it two straigt games to begin his ASU Ellis, Eli 3-5; Burns, Khayyam 3-4; Toney, Darren 5-1; James, Jamarrow 2-4; Anderson, Myron 2-3; Johnson, Tyrell 2-3; Thomas, career with double digit tackles. Quinton 3-1; Fowler, Farron 2-1; Flagg, Brian 2-1; Shrable, Brett 1-2; Najm, Jonathan 1-2; Green, Reggie 1-2; Cox, Kelvin 2- Eric Neihouse connected on his school record 53rd 0; Hickman, Prince 1-1; Johnson, James 1-1; Duncan, Jason 1-1; McKinnon, Koby 1-1; Rollins, Brando 0-2; Harrison, Monti 1-0; straight PAT. Littleton, Chri 1-0; Bonds, Curtis 1-0; White, Troy

RB Shermar Bracey rushed for 102 yards on just five carries, his second career 100-yard game at ASU. 20052005 GameGame BoxBox vs.vs. OklahomaOklahoma SSttateate

Stadium: BoonePickens Stadium Attendance: 46817 Kickoff time: 6:05 pm End of Game: 9:22 pm Total elapsed time: 3:17 Game 3 Officials: Referee: Walt Davenport; Umpire: Richard Brown; Linesman: Kelly Saalfeld; Line judge: David Oliver; Back judge: Richard Jordan; Field judge: Tim McLean; Side judge: Brad Horchem; Temperature: 86 Wind: S-SE 18 Weather: sunny

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score ------Arkansas State...... 7 0 0 3 - 10 Record: (1-2) Jonathan Najm Oklahoma State...... 0 13 0 7 - 20 Record: (3-0) Scoring Summary: 1st 03:16 ASU - Noce, Nick 3 yd run (Neihouse, Eric kick), 9-47 4:45, ASU 7 - OSU 0 2nd 14:53 OSU - Woods, D'Juan 41 yd pass from Reid, Bobby (Redden, Bruce kick), 1-41 0:07, ASU 7 - OSU 7 06:02 OSU - Redden, Bruce 52 yd field goal, 4-3 1:47, ASU 7 - OSU 10 00:46 OSU - Redden, Bruce 32 yd field goal, 4-3 0:42, ASU 7 - OSU 13 4th 14:51 ASU - Neihouse, Eric 26 yd field goal, 4--5 0:56, ASU 10 - OSU 13 11:47 OSU - Crosslin, Juliu 1 yd run (Redden, Bruce kick), 5-51 3:04, ASU 10 - OSU 20

ASU OSU RUSHING: Arkansas State-Warren, Antonio 22-132; Noce, Nick 17- FIRST DOWNS...... 16 12 38; Bracey, Shermar 8-30. Oklahoma State-Hamilton, Mike 16-88; RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 47-200 31-125 Reid, Bobby 10-18; Crosslin, Juliu 3-14; Gold, Greg 2-5. PASSING YDS (NET)...... 122 148 PASSING: Arkansas State-Noce, Nick 11-24-1-122. Oklahoma Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 24-11-1 21-8-0 State-Reid, Bobby 8-21-0-148. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 71-322 52-273 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 1-7 RECEIVING: Arkansas State-Dejohnette, Lev 3-28; Smith, Joe 2- Punt Returns-Yards...... 3-16 1-4 48; Johnson, Jeff 2-8; Miller, Chris 1-18; Higgins, Patric 1-9; Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 5-101 2-47 Bracey, Shermar 1-6; Warren, Antonio 1-5. Oklahoma State-Woods, Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 1-0 D'Juan 4-108; Hamilton, Mike 2-16; Devereaux, Tomm 1-28; Gold, Punts (Number-Avg)...... 6-31.2 6-30.5 Greg 1-minus 4. Fumbles-Lost...... 3-2 3-3 INTERCEPTIONS: Arkansas State-None. Oklahoma State-Mickens, Penalties-Yards...... 16-100 12-69 Calvin 1-0. Possession Time...... 35:07 24:53 Third-Down Conversions...... 8 of 17 3 of 12 FUMBLES: Arkansas State-Johnson, James 1-1; Miller, Chris 1-1; Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 1 0 of 0 Noce, Nick 1-0. Oklahoma State-Reid, Bobby 1-1; Hamilton, Mike Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 2-3 2-3 1-1; Crosslin, Juliu 1-1. Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 3-13 4-17 SACKS (UA-A): Arkansas State-Najm, Jonathan 2-0; Burns, Notes from the game : Khayyam 1-0. Oklahoma State-Peterson, Natha 1-0; McBean, Ryan 1- 0; Brown, Larry 1-0; Thompson, Jamie 1-0. RB Antonio Warren again eclipsed the 100 yard rushing mark, making it three straight to start the season. TACKLES (UA-A): Arkansas State-Najm, Jonathan 5-0; Wade, Devrett 5-0; Burns, Khayyam 5-0; Johnson, Tyrell 4-0; James, Jamarrow 3-0; Anderson, Myron 2-1; McKinnon, Koby 2-0; Flagg, DE Jonathan Najm recorded two sacks in the game, Brian 2-0; Thomas, Quinton 2-0; Johnson, James 2-0; Harrison, tops for the game by an ASU player. Monti 1-0; Miller, Chris 1-0; Henderson, Jeri 1-0; Neihouse, Eric 1-0. Oklahoma State-Ransom, Jamar 11-0; McBean, Ryan 5-1; Pinson, Lawrenc 5-1; Thompson, Jamie 5-1; Johnson, Rodric 5-1; PK Eric Neihouse scored another four points, moving DeGrate, Victor 2-3; McLemore, Danie 4-0; Duren, Paul 3-0; him into fourth on ASU’s career points scored list. James, Stephen 3-0; Mickens, Calvin 2-1; Holland, Chase 2-0; McGee, Pagitte 2-0; Peterson, Natha 1-1; Smith, Darnell 1-1; Woods, Donovan 1-1; Jones, Grant 1-0; White, Kevin 1-0; Odiari, ASU’s 16 penalties in the game broke the school record Alex 1-0; Brown, Larry 1-0; Lawson-Kennedy 1-0; Johnson, John 1- of 15 that had stood for 52 years. 0; Moore, Quinton 0-1; Lacey, Jacob 0-1.

The final margin of 10 points was the second-closest contest for the Indians against a team from the BCS in the Steve Roberts era. Arkansas State 2005 Season Stats Arkansas State Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 18, 2005) All games

TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------SCORING...... 83 71 Points Per Game...... 27.7 23.7 FIRST DOWNS...... 48 55 Rushing...... 27 32 Passing...... 17 19 Penalty...... 4 4 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 596 570 Yards gained rushing...... 711 647 Yards lost rushing...... 115 77 Rushing Attempts...... 111 124 Average Per Rush...... 5.4 4.6 Average Per Game...... 198.7 190.0 TDs Rushing...... 6 4 PASSING YARDAGE...... 473 591 Att-Comp-Int...... 78-40-2 89-52-1 Average Per Pass...... 6.1 6.6 Average Per Catch...... 11.8 11.4 Average Per Game...... 157.7 197.0 TDs Passing...... 4 5 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 1069 1161 Total Plays...... 189 213 Average Per Play...... 5.7 5.5 Average Per Game...... 356.3 387.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 11-238 9-171 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 12-182 3-20 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 1-20 2-0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 21.6 19.0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 15.2 6.7 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 20.0 0.0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 9-4 9-6 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 34-229 29-185 Average Per Game...... 76.3 61.7 PUNTS-YARDS...... 19-710 17-644 Average Per Punt...... 37.4 37.9 Net punt average...... 36.3 27.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME...... 28:41 31:19 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 14/41 17/46 3rd-Down Pct...... 34% 37% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 2/3 2/4 4th-Down Pct...... 67% 50% SACKS BY-YARDS...... 9-52 11-70 MISC YARDS...... 0 25 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 11 9 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 2-3 3-4 PAT-ATTEMPTS...... 11-11 6-7 ATTENDANCE...... 17174 46817 Games/Avg Per Game...... 1/17174 1/46817 Neutral Site Games...... 1/32906

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------Arkansas State...... 21 14 24 24 - 83 Opponents...... 13 30 7 21 - 71 Arkansas State 2005 Season Stats Arkansas State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 18, 2005) All games

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Warren, Antonio 3 52 389 8 381 7.3 3 51 127.0 Johnson, James 10 184 18.4 1 67 Bracey, Shermar 3 13 132 0 132 10.2 1 73 44.0 Jones, Kevin 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 Easley, Chris 2 4 43 0 43 10.8 0 33 21.5 Vincent, Gary 1 1 1.0 0 1 Jones, Kevin 2 2 17 0 17 8.5 1 12 8.5 Total...... 12 182 15.2 1 67 Hewitt, Travis 2 6 17 7 10 1.7 0 8 5.0 Opponents...... 3 20 6.7 0 11 Noce, Nick 3 31 107 100 7 0.2 1 24 2.3 O'Neal, Oren 3 2 3 0 3 1.5 0 2 1.0 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Dejohnette, Lev 3 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 1.0 ------Total...... 3 111 711 115 596 5.4 6 73 198.7 Johnson, Tyrell 1 20 20.0 0 20 Opponents...... 3 124 647 77 570 4.6 4 40 190.0 Total...... 1 20 20.0 0 20 Opponents...... 2 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ------KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Noce, Nick 3 112.05 70-37-2 52.9 423 3 43 141.0 ------Hewitt, Travis 2 131.25 8-3-0 37.5 50 1 26 25.0 Johnson, James 6 122 20.3 0 29 Total...... 3 114.02 78-40-2 51.3 473 4 43 157.7 Toney, Darren 4 98 24.5 0 46 Opponents...... 3 130.50 89-52-1 58.4 591 5 42 197.0 Johnson, Tyrell 1 18 18.0 0 18 Total...... 11 238 21.6 0 46 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Opponents...... 9 171 19.0 0 25 ------Dejohnette, Lev 3 10 143 14.3 0 43 47.7 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Smith, Joe 3 4 55 13.8 0 28 18.3 ------Higgins, Patric 3 4 24 6.0 1 10 8.0 Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Burton, Manuel 3 3 54 18.0 1 22 18.0 Opponents...... 2 25 12.5 0 18 Warren, Antonio 3 3 38 12.7 0 21 12.7 O'Neal, Oren 3 3 27 9.0 1 15 9.0 Sinclair, Jahla 1 2 34 17.0 0 18 34.0 Hampton, Ed 2 2 30 15.0 1 26 15.0 Jones, Kevin 2 2 20 10.0 0 14 10.0 Bracey, Shermar 3 2 13 6.5 0 7 4.3 Vincent, Gary 2 2 9 4.5 0 8 4.5 Johnson, Jeff 3 2 8 4.0 0 6 2.7 Miller, Chris 3 1 18 18.0 0 16 6.0 Total...... 3 40 473 11.8 4 43 157.7 Opponents...... 3 52 591 11.4 5 42 197.0 Arkansas State 2005 Season Stats Arkansas State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 18, 2005) All games

|------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------Warren, Antonio 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Noce, Nick 3 101 7 423 430 143.3 Neihouse, Eric 0 2-3 11-11 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 17 Warren, Antonio 3 52 381 0 381 127.0 Hampton, Ed 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Bracey, Shermar 3 13 132 0 132 44.0 Higgins, Patric 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hewitt, Travis 2 14 10 50 60 30.0 Noce, Nick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Easley, Chris 2 4 43 0 43 21.5 Jones, Kevin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Jones, Kevin 2 2 17 0 17 8.5 O'Neal, Oren 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 O'Neal, Oren 3 2 3 0 3 1.0 Burton, Manuel 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Dejohnette, Lev 3 1 3 0 3 1.0 Johnson, James 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 3 189 596 473 1069 356.3 Bracey, Shermar 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 3 213 570 591 1161 387.0 Total...... 11 2-3 11-11 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 83 Opponents...... 9 3-4 6-7 0-1 1 1-1 0 0 71

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------Little, Jarod 17 647 38.1 57 1 3 7 0 Neihouse, Eric 2-3 66.7 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 32 0 Neihouse, Eric 1 27 27.0 27 0 0 1 0 Noce, Nick 1 36 36.0 36 1 0 0 0 FG SEQUENCE Arkansas State OPPONENTS Total...... 19 710 37.4 57 2 3 8 0 ------Opponents...... 17 644 37.9 48 1 0 3 1 Missouri (32) (45),43 Tennessee-Martin - - KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Oklahoma State 48,(26) (52),(32) ------Neihouse, Eric 16 947 59.2 4 3 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Total...... 16 947 59.2 4 3 251 43.5 21 Opponents...... 15 929 61.9 4 0 318 40.7 24 Arkansas State 2005 Season Stats Arkansas State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 18, 2005) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------Warren, Antonio 3 381 38 0 0 0 419 139.7 Johnson, James 3 0 0 184 122 0 306 102.0 Dejohnette, Lev 3 3 143 0 0 0 146 48.7 Bracey, Shermar 3 132 13 0 0 0 145 48.3 Toney, Darren 3 0 0 0 98 0 98 32.7 Smith, Joe 3 0 55 0 0 0 55 18.3 Burton, Manuel 3 0 54 0 0 0 54 18.0 Easley, Chris 2 43 0 0 0 0 43 21.5 Johnson, Tyrell 3 0 0 0 18 20 38 12.7 Jones, Kevin 2 17 20 -3 0 0 34 17.0 Sinclair, Jahla 1 0 34 0 0 0 34 34.0 Hampton, Ed 2 0 30 0 0 0 30 15.0 O'Neal, Oren 3 3 27 0 0 0 30 10.0 Higgins, Patric 3 0 24 0 0 0 24 8.0 Miller, Chris 3 0 18 0 0 0 18 6.0 Hewitt, Travis 2 10 0 0 0 0 10 5.0 Vincent, Gary 2 0 9 1 0 0 10 5.0 Johnson, Jeff 3 0 8 0 0 0 8 2.7 Noce, Nick 3 7 0 0 0 0 7 2.3 Total...... 3 596 473 182 238 20 1509 503.0 Opponents...... 3 570 591 20 171 0 1352 450.7 Arkansas State 2005 Season Stats Arkansas State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 18, 2005) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------32 Wade, Devrett 3 15 14 29 4-22 2.0-20 . 1 . . . . . 21 Burns, Khayyam 3 12 11 23 2-4 1.0-3 . 4 . 1-0 . . . 16 Johnson, Tyrell 3 12 9 21 . . 1-20 . . 1-0 1 . . 2 Johnson, James 3 9 5 14 2-5 . . 3 . . 1 . . 43 James, Jamarrow 3 6 7 13 2-6 1.5-6 . . . 1-0 . . . 98 Anderson, Myron 3 6 6 12 1-2 ...... 45 Ellis, Elias 3 4 8 12 ...... 96 Thomas, Quinton 3 7 4 11 1-3 . . . . 1-0 . . . 54 Najm, Jonathan 3 7 4 11 4-16 3.5-16 . . . . 1 . . 37 McKinnon, Koby 3 5 5 10 1-0 . . 1 . . . . . 44 Flagg, Brian 3 5 3 8 ...... 1 . . 33 Toney, Darren 3 5 2 7 1-7 1.0-7 . 1 . 1-0 . . . 26 Fowler, Farron 3 3 3 6 1-3 . . 1 . . . . . 20 Harrison, Monti 3 3 2 5 1-2 ...... 18 Cox, Kelvin 2 4 1 5 . . . 1 . . . . . 94 Rollins, Brando 2 1 3 4 ...... 13 Shrable, Brett 2 2 2 4 ...... 97 Green, Reggie 2 1 3 4 ...... 79 Hickman, Prince 2 1 1 2 ...... 12 Duncan, Jason 2 1 1 2 ...... 92 Abby, Zelos 1 . 1 1 ...... 50 Catrett, Orin 2 . 1 1 ...... 7 Miller, Chris 3 1 . 1 ...... 53 Harris, Anthony 3 1 . 1 ...... 30 Littleton, Chri 3 1 . 1 ...... 91 Bonds, Curtis 3 1 . 1 1-1 . . . . 1-0 . . . 90 White, Troy 2 . 1 1 ...... 81 Burton, Manuel 3 1 . 1 ...... 19 Smith, Joe 3 1 . 1 ...... 4 Henderson, Jeri 2 1 . 1 ...... 88 Neihouse, Eric 3 1 . 1 ...... 23 Bracey, Shermar 3 ...... 1 . Total...... 3 117 97 214 21-71 9-52 1-20 12 . 6-0 4 1 . Opponents...... 3 122 79 201 23-105 11-70 2-0 13 . 4-25 5 . . Arkansas State 2005 Season Stats Arkansas State Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 18, 2005) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (1-2-0) (1-0-0) (0-1-0) (0-1-0) CONFERENCE...... (0-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-2-0) (1-0-0) (0-1-0) (0-1-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP ------Sep 03, 2005 vs Missouri L 17-44 32906 FIRST DOWNS...... 48 55 Sep 10, 2005 TENNESSEE-MARTIN W 56-7 17174 Rushing...... 27 32 Sep 17, 2005 at Oklahoma State L 10-20 46817 Passing...... 17 19 * denotes conference game Penalty...... 4 4 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 596 570 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Yards gained rushing... 711 647 ------Yards lost rushing..... 115 77 Warren, Antonio 3 52 389 8 381 7.3 3 51 127.0 Rushing Attempts...... 111 124 Bracey, Shermar 3 13 132 0 132 10.2 1 73 44.0 Average Per Rush...... 5.4 4.6 Easley, Chris 2 4 43 0 43 10.8 0 33 21.5 Average Per Game...... 198.7 190.0 Jones, Kevin 2 2 17 0 17 8.5 1 12 8.5 TDs Rushing...... 6 4 Hewitt, Travis 2 6 17 7 10 1.7 0 8 5.0 PASSING YARDAGE...... 473 591 Noce, Nick 3 31 107 100 7 0.2 1 24 2.3 Att-Comp-Int...... 78-40-2 89-52-1 Dejohnette, Lev 3 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 1.0 Average Per Pass...... 6.1 6.6 O'Neal, Oren 3 2 3 0 3 1.5 0 2 1.0 Average Per Catch...... 11.8 11.4 Total...... 3 111 711 115 596 5.4 6 73 198.7 Average Per Game...... 157.7 197.0 Opponents...... 3 124 647 77 570 4.6 4 40 190.0 TDs Passing...... 4 5 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 1069 1161 PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Total Plays...... 189 213 ------Average Per Play...... 5.7 5.5 Noce, Nick 3 112.05 70-37-2 52.9 423 3 43 141.0 Average Per Game...... 356.3 387.0 Hewitt, Travis 2 131.25 8-3-0 37.5 50 1 26 25.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 11-238 9-171 Total...... 3 114.02 78-40-2 51.3 473 4 43 157.7 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 12-182 3-20 Opponents...... 3 130.50 89-52-1 58.4 591 5 42 197.0 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 1-20 2-0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 9-4 9-6 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G PENALTIES-YARDS...... 34-229 29-185 ------PUNTS-AVG...... 19-37.4 17-37.9 Dejohnette, Lev 3 10 143 14.3 0 43 47.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 28:41 31:19 Smith, Joe 3 4 55 13.8 0 28 18.3 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 14/41 17/46 Higgins, Patric 3 4 24 6.0 1 10 8.0 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 2/3 2/4 Burton, Manuel 3 3 54 18.0 1 22 18.0 Warren, Antonio 3 3 38 12.7 0 21 12.7 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long O'Neal, Oren 3 3 27 9.0 1 15 9.0 ------Sinclair, Jahla 1 2 34 17.0 0 18 34.0 Johnson, Tyrell 1 20 20.0 0 20 Hampton, Ed 2 2 30 15.0 1 26 15.0 Total...... 1 20 20.0 0 20 Jones, Kevin 2 2 20 10.0 0 14 10.0 Opponents...... 2 0 0.0 0 0 Bracey, Shermar 3 2 13 6.5 0 7 4.3 Vincent, Gary 2 2 9 4.5 0 8 4.5 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Johnson, Jeff 3 2 8 4.0 0 6 2.7 ------Miller, Chris 3 1 18 18.0 0 16 6.0 Little, Jarod 17 647 38.1 57 1 3 7 0 Total...... 3 40 473 11.8 4 43 157.7 Noce, Nick 1 36 36.0 36 1 0 0 0 Opponents...... 3 52 591 11.4 5 42 197.0 Neihouse, Eric 1 27 27.0 27 0 0 1 0 Total...... 19 710 37.4 57 2 3 8 0 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Opponents...... 17 644 37.9 48 1 0 3 1 ------Neihouse, Eric 2-3 66.7 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 32 0 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------|------PATs ------| Johnson, James 10 184 18.4 1 67 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Jones, Kevin 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 ------Vincent, Gary 1 1 1.0 0 1 Warren, Antonio 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Total...... 12 182 15.2 1 67 Neihouse, Eric 0 2-3 11-11 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 17 Opponents...... 3 20 6.7 0 11 O'Neal, Oren 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Noce, Nick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Bracey, Shermar 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ------Johnson, James 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Johnson, James 6 122 20.3 0 29 Jones, Kevin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Toney, Darren 4 98 24.5 0 46 Burton, Manuel 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Johnson, Tyrell 1 18 18.0 0 18 Higgins, Patric 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 11 238 21.6 0 46 Hampton, Ed 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 9 171 19.0 0 25 Total...... 11 2-3 11-11 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 83 Opponents...... 9 3-4 6-7 0-1 1 1-1 0 0 71 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Warren, Antonio 3 381 38 0 0 0 419 139.7 ------Johnson, James 3 0 0 184 122 0 306 102.0 Arkansas State...... 21 14 24 24 - 83 Dejohnette, Lev 3 3 143 0 0 0 146 48.7 Opponents...... 13 30 7 21 - 71 Bracey, Shermar 3 132 13 0 0 0 145 48.3 Toney, Darren 3 0 0 0 98 0 98 32.7 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Total...... 3 596 473 182 238 20 1509 503.0 ------Opponents...... 3 570 591 20 171 0 1352 450.7 Noce, Nick 3 101 7 423 430 143.3 Warren, Antonio 3 52 381 0 381 127.0 Bracey, Shermar 3 13 132 0 132 44.0 Hewitt, Travis 2 14 10 50 60 30.0