FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON Media Release (October 5, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson [email protected] 214.774.1300 STANDINGS East Division W-L Pct
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FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON Media Release (October 5, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson [email protected] 214.774.1300 STANDINGS East Division W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts. Opp. W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp. Florida Atlantic 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 21 17 1-0 .000 1-0 0-0 21 17 WKU 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 1-0 20 17 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 65 82 Marshall 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 2-0 1.000 2-0 0-0 76 7 FIU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 34 36 Charlotte 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-1 17 21 0-2 .000 0-0 0-2 37 56 Middle Tennessee 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-1 52 57 0-4 .000 0-2 0-2 66 146 West Division W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts. Opp. W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp. UAB 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 21 13 3-1 .750 2-0 1-1 122 89 Louisiana Tech 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 1-0 31 30 2-1 .667 1-0 1-1 111 113 UTSA 1-1 .500 0-0 0-1 0-1 50 56 3-1 .750 2-0 1-1 125 114 Southern Miss 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 1-1 71 62 1-3 .250 0-3 1-0 116 160 UTEP 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 3-1 .750 2-0 1-1 75 92 Rice 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - - 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - - North Texas 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 0-1 31 41 1-2 .333 1-2 0-0 123 137 RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING GAMES PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 UAB 21, UTSA 13 UTSA at (15) BYU (ESPN2) 2:30 pm OFFENSE Florida Atlantic 21, Charlotte 17 Middle Tennessee at FIU (ESPNU) 3 pm TYRRELL PIGROME, WKU WKU 20, Middle Tennessee 17 Florida Atlantic at Southern Miss (Stadium) 3 pm Graduate, QB, Birmingham, Alabama Pigrome, a graduate transfer from Maryland, Southern Miss 41, North Texas 31 UTEP at Louisiana Tech (ESPN2) 6:30 pm Rice at Marshall postponed continued his effi cient play in the Hilltoppers’ Marshall at WKU (Stadium) 6:30 pm 20-17 win at Middle Tennessee. He completed Charlotte at North Texas (ESPNU) 7 pm 21-of-36 attempts for 188 yards and two touch- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 UAB at Rice postponed downs to go along with 55 rushing yards. (22) BYU 45, Louisiana Tech 14 Pigrome’s 21 completions tied a collegiate ca- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 reer-high, while he did not turn the ball over for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 WKU at UAB (Stadium) 12:30 pm the third-straight game in a WKU uniform. UTEP 31, Louisiana-Monroe 6 Army at UTSA (CBSSN) 12:30 pm Louisiana Tech 66, Houston Baptist 38 North Texas at Middle Tennessee (Stadium) 4 pm DEFENSE Liberty 36, FIU 34 Marshall at Louisiana Tech (CBSSN) 5 pm LEIGHTON MCCARTHY, FLORIDA ATLANTIC Senior, OLB, Apopka, Florida Tulane 66, Southern Miss 24 Southern Miss at UTEP (ESPN2) 6:30 pm McCarthy posted 10 tackles, including four tack- Georgia State at Charlotte postponed FIU at Charlotte (ESPNU) 7 pm les for a loss, and three sacks - all career highs South Florida at Florida Atlantic postponed - in a 21-17 win over Charlotte. He also forced North Texas at Houston canceled FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 a key fourth quarter fumble to help preserve Jacksonville State at FIU (ESPN3/+) 6 pm the Owls’ win. McCarthy’s second tackle of the FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Louisiana-Lafayette at UAB (CBSSN) 7 pm game was a sack for a loss of nine yards which UTSA 37, Middle Tennessee 35 was key in limiting the 49ers to a fi eld goal. In SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 the third quarter, McCarthy had a sack for a loss of three yards and forced a fumble to set up THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Southern Miss at Liberty (ESPN3) 12 pm an Owls score one play later. He had two more UAB 42, South Alabama 10 Florida Atlantic at Marshall (Stadium) 1:30 pm tackles in the fourth quarter, including another UTEP at Charlotte (ESPN3/+) 2:30 pm for TFL for a loss of one, setting up an Owls SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Louisiana Tech at UTSA (ESPN3/+) 2:30 pm sack, followed by a punt on the next two plays. Louisiana Tech 31, Southern Miss 30 Middle Tennessee at Rice (ESPN3/+) 2:30 pm Marshall 17, (23) Appalachian State 7 Chattanooga at WKU (ESPN3/+) 3 pm SPECIAL TEAMS UTSA 24, Stephen F. Austin 10 BRAYDEN NARVESON, WKU UTEP 17, Abilene Christian 13 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 R-Sophomore, K, Scottsdale, Arizona Narveson converted both of his fi eld goal at- Troy 47, Middle Tennessee 14 Marshall at FIU (CBSSN) 6 pm tempts and each of his extra-point attempts SMU 65, North Texas 35 in the Hilltoppers’ 20-17 victory at Middle Ten- Liberty 30, WKU 24 nessee. He connected on fi eld goals of 47 and Charlotte at (11) North Carolina canceled Conference Games in Bold 53 yards in the matchup and is now 3-for-3 Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern postponed All Times Central this season on fi eld goal attempts. Narveson’s 53-yarder ranks third all-time in 102 seasons of Hilltopper Football and is tied for the fi fth-lon- gest fi eld goal make in the nation this season. FOOTBALL 2020 SEASON Media Release (October 5, 2020) Contact: Russell Anderson [email protected] 214.774.1300 QUICK HITTERS A LOOK AT WEEK SIX WINNING IN PARADISE GETTING HIS KICKS This week’s Conference USA schedule bears a lot of Florida Atlantic scored 21 straight points in the third UTSA senior K Hunter Duplessis was 2-for-2 in fi eld similarity to last week’s. It begins with a C-USA team quarter to post a 21-17 win over Charlotte in the Owls’ goal attempts at UAB on Oct. 3. Duplessis leads the (this time UTSA) traveling to play at BYU for the fi rst season opener last Saturday. FAU has now won eight FBS with nine fi eld goals made on the year and has time. Then it features four conference matchups, consecutive games and is tied with Notre Dame and the longest active streak of fi eld goals made with 18. with two in the afternoon and two in the evening. Tennessee for the second-longest active winning streak in the FBS. Only Air Force (9) has a longer Consecutive Field Goals Made (active) UTSA (3-0) travels out West for its fi rst-ever meet- active win streak. Hunter Duplessis, UTSA 18 ing with No. 15 BYU (3-0) at 1:30 pm MT on ESPN2. Brian Jphnson, Virginia Tech 16 Roadrunners sophomore RB Spencer McCormick WHAT BROWN HAS DONE AT UAB Brian Delaney, Virginia 15 leads the nation with 527 rushing yards, to go along Christopher Dunn, NC State 14 Senior RB Spencer Brown tallied his third 100-yard Parker White, South Carolina 13 with four touchdowns. BYU QB Zack Wilson has rushing game of the season and the 16th of his ca- completed an FBS-best 84.5 percent of his passes reer in Saturday’s 21-13 win over UTSA. Brown fi n- for 949 yards and six TD’s in BYU’s three wins. ished with 26 carries for 144 yards, increasing his BIG PLAY BROWNLEE school-record career total to 3,572 rushing yards. Southern Miss junior WR Jason Brownlee is making East Division rivals Middle Tennessee (0-4, 0-2 in The second-leading active rusher in the FBS (behind an impact in his fi rst season as a Golden Eagle. He C-USA and FIU (0-1, 0-0 in C-USA) meet in Miami Clemson’s Travis Etienne), he has moved into the top has scored in three straight games and has topped for the Panthers conference opener (4 pm ET on ES- 15 in C-USA history at No. 14. Brown is also UAB’s ca- the 100-yard mark in back-to-back weeks after PNU). Senior WR Jarrin Pierce has emerged as work reer leader in rushing touchdowns with 36. In 2020, catching four passes for 110 yards and a touchdown horse on the Blue Raiders off ense, ranking second in Brown’s 450 total rushing yards rank second among in the Golden Eagles’ 41-31 win at North Texas this the FBS with 31 receptions in four games. Panthers all FBS players. past Saturday. Brownlee has also displayed big play RB D’Vonte Price will look to build on his career-best prowess, following up an 88-yard touchdown against 148-yard, three touchdown showing at Liberty two Tulane on Sept. 25 with a 68-yard scoring reception weeks ago. LUKE HAS BEEN A FORCE at North Texas. He is one of four players in the FBS Graduate student QB Luke Anthony threw two with multiple receptions of 60+ yards. Florida Atlantic (1-0, 1-0 in C-USA) will look to make touchdown passes in the loss at No. 22 and has 10 in it two wins in a row this season and nine straight go- his fi rst three games at Louisiana Tech. That tied him KNOX’S NUMBERS ing back to 2019 when it visits Southern Miss (1-3, 1-1 for second among all FBS players, trailing only Sam Marshall junior RB Brenden Knox, the 2019 C-USA in C-USA) for the fi rst time since 2013 (3 pm CT on Ehlinger of Texas, who has 14 TD passes this season.