UIW FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Zack Carlton, Assistant Athletic Director of Sports Information OFFICE: 210.805.3071 CELL: 210.896.8694 FAX: 210.829.3574 EMAIL: [email protected] 2016 SCHEDULE UIW (1-8, 1-6 SLC) vs. LAMAR (3-6, 3-4 SLC) 9.3 Texas A&M-Kingsville L, 31-22 9.8 Northwestern State* W, 21-18 BEAUMONT, Texas - Provost Umphrey Stadium 9.17 Nicholls* L, 35-28 SATURDAY - Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. 9.24 McNeese* L, 42-35 TV: ESPN3 10.1 Texas State L, 48-17 10.8 Sam Houston* L, 63-48 RADIO: TSRN.com 10.22 Abilene Christian* L, 52-27 LOOKING FORWARD 10.29 Stephen F. Austin* L, 42-19 Two Cardinal teams on a similar trajectory will meet at Provost Umphrey Stadium on 11.5 Southeastern La.* L, 30-10 Saturday, looking to buck their recent string of losses and end the year on a positive note. 11.12 Lamar* 6 p.m. UIW has dropped seven consecutive ballgames and is coming off of a 30-10 homecoming 11.17 Houston Baptist* 7 p.m. defeat at the hands of Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday. LU is coming off of a 35-10 road loss against Nicholls has dropped three straight games overall after a promising * Indicates Southland Conference game start to Southland Conference play. Lamar opened league action by winning three of four Bold indicates home game contests, but has since lost its starting running back, starting quarterback and backup quarterback to injury. SERIES CHECK WHAT’S THE RUSH? UIW and Lamar have met just twice The Cardinals struggled to generate any yardage on the ground this season, in program history, with LU holding a before finding a spark in freshman DESMOND HITE, who proved to be one of the most 2-0 record in the all-time series. Lamar explosive weapons in the league. Just when it looked like UIW was firing on all cylinders, the Cardinals lost HITE to an injury against No. 2 Sam Houston. Two weeks later senior earned a 31-20 victory in 2014 when BRODERICK REEVES sustained an injury against Stephen F. Austin. If REEVES is unable the teams first met at Provost Umphrey to go against the Lamar Cardinals, a committee of JUNIOR SESSIONS and DORLAND Stadium. LU picked up a 28-21 win last FIELDS will lead a UIW Cardinal squad that currently ranks last in the Southland season at Benson Stadium. Conference in rushing yards per game (111.6). SPECIAL TEAMS HERO CARDINALS IN THE PROS TREY COLBERT has been key to the Cardinals special teams unit all year and set a Following the conclusion of the program record with two blocked punts against Stephen F. Austin on Oct. 29. Both of his 2016 NFL Draft, linebacker MYKE punt blocks resulted in a short field for UIW and led directly to a pair of scoring drives for the Cardinals. In recognition of his outstanding performance, the league tabbed COLBERT as TAVARRES and tight end COLE WICK the Southland Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 31. found each signed contracts with NFL BABY COME BACK programs. The pair are the first two UIW Quarterback TRENT BRITTAIN started off the year hot, and after tossing four athletes to reach the NFL. TAVARRES touchdowns against No. 2 Sam Houston set the program record for touchdown passes in signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, a season with 12. Since that time BRITTAIN has tossed just one touchdown pass in three while WICK signed with the Detroit games. For UIW to pick up a win on Saturday BRITTAIN will have to return to his early- Lions. Last season TAVARRES led the season form as one of the premier quarterbacks in the Southland Conference. “THAT’S WHY HE PLAYS DEFENSE” Cardinals in tackles (110), TFL (22.5) If dropped interceptions was a statistical category, the Cardinals would lead the nation. and sacks (8.5). WICK had 30 catches UIW has yet to record a pick, despite having numerous opportunities to make fairly routine for 364 yards and two touchdowns over interceptions. The Cardinals are the only team in the league not to record a pick this his senior campaign with UIW. season. University of the Incarnate Word 2016 Cardinal Football 1 PROVERBS 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding MR. GOOD WORKS Cardinal Football Audio and Video Senior linebacker MICHAEL ALLEN Cardinals football fans can access audio and video online. Live was recently named one of 24 members of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. streaming video of all home games will be available online at https://portal. The Garland, Texas native was chosen stretchinternet.com/uiw/. Fans can also listen to streaming audio of every from among 165 nominees representing game on the 2016 schedule by going to www.tsrnsports.com. the NCAA. ALLEN volunteers at the Ayres Halfway House for juveniles in San Twitter, Facebook and YouTube Antonio, where he created a basketball league and mentoring program. This Cardinal fans can follow the Cardinals on Twitter at @UIWAthletics and on past summer ALLEN helped organize a Facebook at www.facebook.com/UIWAthletics. Get live updates on the football citywide campaign to connect faith-based team and the entire athletic department. Videos are regularly posted online at organizations and returning citizens from prison re-integrate transition into society. www.youtube.com/uiwcardinalathletics. ALLEN will join the other 23 members of the Good Works Team at the 2017 Allstate UIW Single Season Tackles Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, La. He is currently in the running to be voted captain Name Year Tackles of the team. READY FOR 2016 1. Myke Tavarres 2015 110 The final dress rehearsal for the UIW football program is 2016 as the Cardinals 2. Juan Asencio 2011 88 play their final season as a team and overall athletic department in transition 3. Josh Zellars 2015 83 from Division II to Division I. Starting in 2017, the Cardinals will be eligible for 4. Padyn Giebler 2014 76 postseason play and fifth year head coach Larry Kennan is hopeful to have the team 5. Padyn Giebler 2015 71 ready to compete for an FCS playoff spot. The Cardinals are coming off their 6. Chaz Pavliska 2009 71 best season to date, going 6-5 overall with a 5-4 record in the Southland Conference 7. Robert Johnson 2014 69 that put them in fourth place. While the team lost some key players, including All- 8. Josh Zellars 2016 68 American linebacker MYKE TAVARRES 9. Dakota Mawyer 2009 68 and first team all-conference tight end COLE WICK, they return a strong core that 10. Chaz Pavliska 2011 67 expects to win games. TRENT BRITTAIN, CYRIL CLARKE, MATT MCCARTHY and JUNIOR SESSIONS have each started 2016 Southland Conference Preseason Polls at least 19 games in their careers on the offensive side of the ball, while DARYL Coaches’ Poll SID’s Poll IRBY, ADRIAN NORWOOD and JOSH ZELLERS have similar experience on 1. Sam Houston (9) 99 1. Sam Houston (10) 100 defense. The offense returns their top four 2. McNeese (2) 92 2. McNeese (1) 86 rushers, a quarterback starting for a third year, three receivers who had at least 250 3. Central Arkansas 79 3. Central Arkansas 84 yards and four starters from the offensive line from last year. That computes to 93.1 4. Lamar 67 4. Lamar 67 percent of rushing yards, 64.4 percent of receiving yards, 95.6 percent of passing 5. Stephen F. Austin 60 5. Stephen F. Austin 66 yards and 76.9 percent of games started return from last year. 6. Southeastern La. 57 6. Northwestern State 48 The special teams unit retains its top kick returners, punt returners and place 7. Northwestern State 45 7. Southeastern La. 42 kickers, but will have to find a replacement 8. Abilene Christian 40 8. UIW 39 at punter. On defense, the Cardinals lost four 9. UIW 29 9. Abilene Christian 37 of their top six tacklers from last year on a unit that allowed the fewest yards per 10. Nicholls 26 10. Nicholls 26 game of any Division I school in Texas and was 39th in FCS overall. However, 11. Houston Baptist 11 11. Houston Baptist 10 KENNAN has reinforcements arriving that should bolster the team and could make SLC In The Postseason the defense even stronger than last year. The Cardinals signed 18 student- FIRST ROUND: Sam Houston State defeated Southeastern La., 21-17; athletes to National Letters of Intent Northern Iowa defeated Stephen F. Austin, 44-10 including six offensive linemen, three wide SECOND ROUND: Sam Houston State defeated Jacksonville State, 37-26 receivers and seven defensive players. The class included three local offensive QUARTERFINALS: Sam Houston State defeated Villanova, 34-31 linemen plus a defensive back who SEMIFINALS: North Dakota State defeated Sam Houston State, 35-3 originally committed to UCLA. 2 University of the Incarnate Word 2016 Cardinal Football PROVERBS 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding Last Game (11/5/16) SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 30 THE LAST TIME THE CARDINALS… UIW 10 Rushed for 100-149 yards: 104, Broderick Reeves vs Sam Houston, 10/8/16 Rushed for 150 or more yards: 174, Junior Sessions vs Abilene Christian, 10/25/15 Cardinals Fall to Lions, 30-10, on Rushed for 200 or more yards: 244, Broderick Reeves at McMurry, 11/2/13 Homecoming Two Rushers for 100 or more yards: 128, Zach Rhodes; 121, Trent Rios vs Eastern New Mexico, 9/14/12 SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The University Two rushing touchdowns: 2, Trent Brittain vs Houston Baptist, 11/21/15 of the Incarnate Word football team Three rushing touchdowns: 3, Trent Brrittain vs Northwestern State, 10/3/15 matched Southeastern Louisiana blow Four rushing touchdowns or more: 6, Broderick Reeves at McMurry, 11/2/13 for blow in the first half of Saturday’s Passing for 200-299 yards: 212, Trent Brittain vs Lamar, 11/5/16 homecoming bout, but the Lions took Passing for 300-399 yards: 313, Trent Brittain at Lamar, 11/14/15 control after the break and pulled Passing for 400 or more yards: none away late for a 30-10 victory over the Three touchdown passes: 3, Trent Brittain vs Texas A&M-Kingsville, 9/3/16 Cardinals on Military Appreciation Day.