Acu Wildcat Football
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
ACU WILDCAT FOOTBALL 2 NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 12 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS ACU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS • ACU BOX 27916 • ABILENE, TEXAS 79699-7916 PHONE: 325-674-2693 • ACUSPORTS.COM • TWITTER.COM/ACUSPORTS • FACEBOOK.COM/ACUSPORTS SCHEDULES & SCOREBOARDS GAME Abilene Christian (3-7) ACU (3-7, 3-6 Southland) at Northern Colorado (5-5) Sept. 3 lost to Fresno State, 34-13 .................0-1 11 Sept. 19 * def. Houston Baptist, 49-14 .....1-1, 1-0 Date ......... Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 Sept. 26 * def. SFA, 35-32 .........................2-1, 2-0 Time ............ 12 p.m. (1 p.m. CST) Oct. 3 * lost to Central Ark., 42-14 ....... 2-2, 2-1 Oct. 10 * lost to Lamar, 44-28 ................ 2-3, 2-2 Location .............. Greeley, Colo. Oct. 17 * lost to Sam Houston, 49-21 .....2-4, 2-3 Stadium ..... Nottingham Field (8,500) Oct. 24 * lost to Inc. Word, 25-20 ........ 2-5, 2-4ß Surface . FieldTurf Oct. 31 * lost to McNeese St., 15-13 .......2-6, 2-5 Radio ............. 98.1 FM The Ticket Head Coach Head Coach Nov. 7 * lost to NW State, 39-22 ............2-7, 2-6 Ken Collums Earnest Collins Jr Nov. 14 * def. SE Louisiana, 21-17 ...........3-7, 3-6 TV ......................... None ACU Record No. Colorado Record Nov. 21 at Northern Colorado ................ 12 p.m. Live Stats ............. uncbears.com 22-22 (4th season) 14-30 (4th season) * Southland Conference game All-Time Series ...... ACU leads 10-4-1 Overall Record Overall Record 22-22 (4th season) 14-30 (4th season) Last Meeting . Sept. 14, 1991 (UNC, 20-0) Record vs. ACU Northern Colorado (5-5, 3-5 Big Sky) Record vs. No. Colorado Current Series Streak .... UNC won 4 0-0 0-0 Sept. 5 def. Western State, 42-34 .................. 1-0 Sept. 12 def. Houston Baptist, 34-10 ............... 2-0 The Opening Drive Sept. 19 * lost to Southern Utah, 30-3 ..... 2-1, 0-1 Sept. 26 * lost to Weber St., 38-17 .......... 2-2, 0-2 Wildcats closing out 2015 season Saturday at Northern Colorado Oct. 3 * def. Sac. State, 27-20 ............... 3-2, 1-2 Oct. 17 * def. Cal-Davis, 56-27 ............... 4-2, 2-2 GREELEY, Colo. – After snapping a six-game losing streak last Saturday with a win over Southeastern Oct. 24 * lost to E. Washington, 43-41 ... 4-3, 2-3 Louisiana, the ACU Wildcats will wrap up the 2015 season Saturday with a non-conference game against Oct. 31 * lost to N. Arizona, 63-21 ......... 4-4, 2-4 Northern Colorado at Nottingham Field. Nov. 7 * def. Portland St., 35-32 ............ 5-4, 3-4 The Wildcats lead the all-time series against the Bears, 10-4-1, although Northern Colorado has won four Nov. 14 * lost to North Dakota, 45-14 .... 5-5, 3-5 straight games in the series. The last time the teams met was Sept. 14, 1991, when the Bears won a 20-0 Nov. 21 vs. Abilene Christian ......... 12 p.m. (MST) decision in Greeley, Colo. The last time ACU beat Northern Colorado in Greeley was Sept. 14, 1985, when the Wildcats won a 45-23 decision. * Southland Conference game Saturday’s kickoff is set for 12 p.m. MST (1 p.m. Abilene time), and the game can be heard locally on 98.1 FM The Ticket. The Wildcats are 3-7 going into the game, while the Bears of the Big Sky Conference are 5-5 ACU Athletics Media Relations overall and looking for their first winning season since the 2003 season when they finished 9-2. Since then Associate Director of Athletics the Bears are 29-103 with four one-win seasons and one winless season. for Media Relations The Wildcats, on the other hand, haven’t lost eight games in a season since 2001 when they finished 3-8. Lance Fleming (ACU, ‘92) The next season the Wildcats finished 6-4, beginning a stretch of 12 of 13 seasons of at least .500 records. 325-674-2693 (office) • 325-665-3543 (cell) The 2015 season marks the first losing season for the ACU program since the 2005 team finished 4-6 under [email protected] first-year head coach Chris Thomsen, whose offensive coordinator was current head coach Ken Collums. Assistant Dir. of Media Relations Last Saturday, ACU snapped a six-game losing streak on a 1-yard touchdown reception by Jamie Walker Chris Macaluso (Penn State, ‘99) on fourth-and-goal with 22 seconds left. That touchdown catch by Walker gave the Wildcats a 21-17 win 325-674-6171 (office) • 765-490-6988 (cell) over Southeastern Louisiana. Walker caught the pass from quarterback Parker McKenzie, who came off the [email protected] bench after having not played in either of the previous two games. Media Relations Video Intern McKenzie – who will return to the starting lineup Saturday against Northern Colorado – completed Seth Wilson (South Carolina, ‘14) 21 of 28 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns, directing the Wildcats to 14 fourth-quarter points and 325-674-6171 (office) • 336-580-0680 (cell) the victory, despite bing sacked five times by the Lions’ defense. He threw fourth-quarter touchdown passes [email protected] to Monte Green-Avery to make it 17-14 about midway through the quarter before hitting Walker from one yard out for the game-winner. Senior running back Herschel Sims led the Wildcats with 75 yards rushing and one score (a 42-yard touchdown run on the Wildcats’ first drive of the third quarter) on 14 carries. ACU FOOTBALL •#ACUE4C • ACUSPORTS.COM OPPONENT TRACKER Other Notes • The ACU Wildcats are on pace to score 269 points on the season, which would be their lowest FRESNO STATE output since 2005 when the Wildcats scored 253 points ... ACU has scored at least 300 points in each season since then, including more than 600 points twice (2007 and 2008) and three other Record: 3-7 seasons with more than 500 points scored (2010, 2011 and 2013). Last Week: def. Hawaii, 42-14 This Week: at BYU (11/21) • Senior running back Herschel Sims had a 42-yard touchdown run last week against Southeastern Louisiana, his fourth rushing touchdown of the season and the final rushing HOUSTON BAPTIST touchdown of his career at Shotwell Stadium where he played his high school football at Abilene HS. ... In two seasons as a Wildcat, he has 10 rushing touchdowns and five of them have Record: 3-7, 0-7 Last Week: lost to Stephen F. Austin, 55-20 been of at least 34 yards: 34 yards against Lamar in 2014, 39 against Ave Maria (Fla.) in 2014, This Week: vs. Incarnate Word (11/21) 35 yards against Houston Baptist in 2015, 68 yards against Northwestern State in 2015, and 42 yards against Southeastern Louisiana last Saturday. ... He also had a 62-yard non-scoring run STEPHEN F. AUSTIN againt Houston Baptist in 2014. ... The 68-yard run against Northwestern State was the longest of his ACU career and second-longest of his collegiate career. ... Sims had an 81-yard touchdown Record: 4-6, 4-4 run against Baylor when he was a freshman at Oklahoma State in 2011. Last Week: def. Houston Baptist, 55-20 This Week: at Northwestern State (11/21) • Sims’ 42-yard touchdown run by Sims marked just the 11th run of more than 20 yards by the ACU offense this season. Six of those 11 runs have been for touchdowns as Sims has scored CENTRAL ARKANSAS from 35 yards out against Houston Baptist, from 68 yards against Northwestern State, and 42 Record: 7-3, 7-1 yards out against Southeastern Louisiana, while De’Andre Brown has scored from 70 yards Last Week: def. Nicholls, 34-31 out against Incarnate Word, 61 yards out against Stephen F. Austin and 20 yards out against This Week: vs. Sam Houston State (11/21) Stephen F. Austin. ... The Wildcats have just 59 plays altogether that have gone for at least 20 yards this season with 20 of them coming on kickoff returns. ... Only 34 of those plays have LAMAR come from the offensive side of the ball: 23 via the pass the 11 on the ground. Record: 5-5, 5-4 • The Wildcats blocked their fifth kick of the season two weeks ago against Northwestern State Last Week: def. Incarnate Word, 28-21 as Josh Bloom blocked an extra point, giving him a pair of blocked kicks on the season. This Week: vs. McNeese State (11/21) • Junior quarterback Parker McKenzie – who played last week for the first time since ACU’s 25-20 loss at Incarnate Word on Oct. 25 – will return to the starting lineup Saturday against SAM HOUSTON STATE the Bears. ... McKenzie has started 18 games dating back to last year and the Wildcats are 7-11 Record: 7-3, 6-2 in those 18 games. ... He has thrown for 4,642 yards and 34 career touchdowns, including 1,525 Last Week: def. Northwestern State, 59-21 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2015. This Week: at Central Arkansas (11/21) • McKenzie is eighth in ACU history in completions (372) and is ninth with his 34 touchdown passes. ... He’s also ninth in career passing yards (4,642), and he’s 10th in career INCARNATE WORD attempts with 576.. ... His 4,534 yards of total offense is 10th in ACU history. Record: 5-5, 4-4 Last Week: lost to Lamar, 28-21 • The Wildcats have thrown at least one touchdown pass in 36 straight games, a streak that This Week: at Houston Baptist (11/21) dates back to a shutout loss at West Texas A&M on Oct.