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A HISTORY OF GREATS WHO’S NEXT? C-USA FOOTBALL EAST : FIU • Florida Atlantic • Marshall • Middle Tennessee • Old Dominion • UAB • WKU NOTEBOOK WEST: Louisiana Tech • North Texas • Rice • Southern Miss • UTEP • UTSA CONTACT: Russell Anderson ([email protected]) | Tim McNamara ([email protected]) ConferenceUSA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK | BOWL EDITION @CUSAFB, @Conference_USA 5201 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 300 • Irving, TX 75039 • P: (214) 774-1300 • www.ConferenceUSA.com E AST DIVISION S EASON STANDINGS W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts Opp W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp *MARSHALL 7-1 .875 3-1 4-0 5-1 378 183 12-1 .923 6-1 6-0 586 271 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 5-3 .625 4-0 1-3 4-2 270 273 6-6 .500 5-1 1-5 379 378 WKU 4-4 .500 3-1 1-3 2-3 347 347 7-5 .583 5-1 2-4 528 471 UAB 4-4 .500 2-2 2-2 2-3 258 243 6-6 .500 3-3 3-3 398 359 OLD DOMINION 4-4 .500 2-2 2-2 2-3 272 337 6-6 .500 4-2 2-4 392 456 FIU 3-5 .375 2-2 1-3 3-2 202 205 4-8 .333 3-5 1-3 276 298 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2-6 .250 2-2 0-4 1-5 212 276 3-9 .250 3-2 0-7 288 413 WEST DIVISION W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts Opp W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp *LOUISIANA TECH 7-1 .875 4-0 3-1 5-0 357 159 8-5 .615 4-1 4-4 488 328 RICE 5-3 .625 3-1 2-2 4-1 248 243 7-5 .583 4-1 3-4 344 364 UTEP 5-3 .625 4-0 1-3 3-2 213 208 7-5 .583 5-1 2-4 340 344 UTSA 3-5 .375 3-1 0-4 2-3 133 214 4-8 .333 3-3 1-5 205 311 NORTH TEXAS 2-6 .250 2-2 0-4 0-5 175 262 4-8 .333 4-2 0-6 326 358 SOUTHERN MISS 1-7 .125 0-4 1-3 1-4 169 284 3-9 .250 2-4 1-5 228 425 C ONFERENCE STANDINGS *DIVISION CHAMPION C-USA BOWL GAMES C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP C-USA AWARDS GILDAN NEW MEXICO BOWL (Albuquerque, N.M.) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6 COACH OF THE YEAR Saturday, December 20 Marshall 26, Louisiana Tech 23 Doc Holliday - Marshall UTEP vs. Utah State (ESPN) 1:20 p.m. MVP: Justin Haig, K, Marshall BOCA RATON BOWL (Boca Raton, Fla.) MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Tuesday, December 23 Brandon Doughty - QB - WKU Marshall vs. Northern Illinois (ESPN) 5 p.m. OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR POPEYES BAHAMAS BOWL (Nassau, Bahamas) Rakeem Cato - QB - Marshall Wednesday, December 24 WKU vs. Central Michigan (ESPN) 11 a.m. DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR HAWAI’I BOWL (Honolulu, Hawai’i) Neville Hewitt - LB - Marshall Wednesday, December 24 Rice vs. Fresno State (ESPN) 7 p.m. SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR J.J. Nelson - KR/PR - UAB ZAXBY’S HEART OF DALLAS BOWL (Dallas, TX) Friday, December 26 Louisiana Tech vs. Illinois (ESPN) 12 p.m. NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Cody Sokol - QB - Louisiana Tech All Times Central FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Ray Lawry - RB - Old Dominion 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 2 2014 BOWLS CONFERENCE USA ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS COACH OF THE YEAR SPECIAL TEAMS ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Doc Holliday - Marshall K – Corey Acosta, Southern Miss, Sr. P – Tyler Williams, Marshall, Jr. OFFENSE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER KR – J.J. Nelson, UAB, Sr. QB – Alex McGough, FIU Brandon Doughty - QB - WKU PR – Richard Leonard, FIU, Jr. RB – Alex Gardner, FIU LS – Matt Cincotta, Marshall, Jr. RB – Ray Lawry, Old Dominion OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR OL – Will Hernandez, UTEP Rakeem Cato - QB - Marshall SECOND TEAM ALL-C-USA OL – Reggie Bain, Florida Atlantic OL – Derek Elmendorph, UTEP DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR OFFENSE OL – Brandon Ray, WKU Neville Hewitt - LB - Marshall QB – Brandon Doughty, WKU, Sr. OL – Darius Garcia, Old Dominion RB – Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech, Jr. TE – Ryan Yurachek, Marshall SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR RB – Aaron Jones, UTEP, So. WR – Angelo Jean-Louis, Marshall J.J. Nelson - KR/PR - UAB RB – Leon Allen, WKU, Jr. WR – Carlos Henderson, Louisiana Tech OL – Brian O’Leary, UAB, Sr. NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR OL – Jerell Watkins, UTEP, Sr. DEFENSE Cody Sokol - QB - Louisiana Tech OL – Isaiah Anderson, Middle Tennessee, Sr. DL – Graysen Schantz, Rice OL – Cameron Clemmons, WKU, Sr. DL – Deldrick Canty, Louisiana Tech FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR OL – Darius Johnson, Middle Tennessee, Jr. DL – Bunmi Rotimi, Old Dominion Ray Lawry - RB - Old Dominion OL – Nico Carlson, Rice, Sr. DL – Derik Overstreet, WKU TE – Kennard Backman, UAB, Sr. LB – Alvin Jones, UTEP WR – Jared Dangerfi eld, WKU, Jr. LB – Anthony Wint, FIU FIRST TEAM ALL-C-USA WR – Trent Taylor, Louisiana Tech, So. LB – DJ Sanders, Middle Tennessee WR – Jordan Taylor, Rice, Sr. DB – Antavis Rowe, Marshall OFFENSE DB – Secdrick Cooper, Louisiana Tech QB – Rakeem Cato, Marshall, Sr. DB – Kishawn McClain, North Texas RB – Devon Johnson, Marshall, Jr. DEFENSE DB – Christian Byrum, Old Dominion RB – Jordan Howard, UAB, So. DL – Arnold Blackmon, Marshall, Sr. DB – Cornell Armstrong, Southern Miss OL – Chris Jasperse, Marshall, Sr. DL – Michael Wakefi eld, FIU, Jr. OL – Mitchell Bell, Louisiana Tech, Sr. DL – Houston Bates, Louisiana Tech, Sr. SPECIAL TEAMS OL – Clint Van Horn, Marshall, Jr. DL – Robert Singletary, UTSA, Sr. K – Trevor Moore, North Texas OL – Josh Mann, Old Dominion, Sr. LB – Jake Ganus, UAB, Jr. P – Jarrett Cervi, Old Dominion OL – Cyril Lemon, North Texas, Sr. LB – T.T. Barber, Middle Tennessee, Jr. KR – Carlos Henderson, Louisiana Tech TE – Jonnu Smith, FIU, So. LB – Jermaine Holmes, Marshall, Sr. PR – Kylen Towner, WKU WR – Tommy Shuler, Marshall, Sr. DB – Triston Wade, UTSA, Sr. WR – Antonio Vaughan, Old Dominion, Sr. DB – D’Joun Smith, Florida Atlantic, Sr. WR – Lucky Whitehead, Florida Atlantic, Sr. DB – James Jones, North Texas, Sr. DB – Bryce Callahan, Rice, Sr. DB – Wonderful Terry, WKU, Jr. DEFENSE DL – Brian Nordstrom, Rice, Jr. SPECIAL TEAMS DL – Rakeem Nunez-Roches, K – Sean Ianno, UTSA, Sr. Southern Miss, Sr. P – Dalton Schomp, Florida Atlantic, So. DL – Diaheem Watkins, UAB, Sr. KR – Autrey Golden, UTEP, Jr. DL – James Rouse, Marshall, Sr. PR – J.J. Nelson, UAB, Sr. LB – Neville Hewitt, Marshall, Sr. LS – Jesse Medrano, UTSA, Sr. LB – Derek Akunne, North Texas, Sr. LB – Andrae Kirk, Florida Atlantic, Sr. DB – Richard Leonard, FIU, Jr. DB – Kevin Byard, Middle Tennessee, Jr. DB – Xavier Woods, Louisiana Tech, So. DB – Darryl Roberts, Marshall, Sr. 2014 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 3 2014 BOWLS GILDAN NEW MEXICO BOWL BOCA RATON BOWL UTEP vs. UTAH STATE MARSHALL vs. NORTHERN ILLINOIS Saturday, Dec. 20 Albuquerque, New Mexico Tuesday, Dec. 23 Boca Raton, Florida 12:20 p.m. (MST) University Stadium (37,792) 6 p.m. (EST) FAU Stadium (29,419) All-Time Series: Utah State leads 2-0 All-Time Series: Northern Illinois leads 4-3 Last Meeting: at Utah State 21, UTEP 6 (Sept. 17, 1960) Last Meeting: Marshall 37, Northern Illinois 15 (Oct. 6, 2001) Television: ESPN Television: ESPN Announcers: Mark Neely (PxP), David Diaz-Infante (AN) Announcers: Dave Lamont (PxP), Desmond Howard (AN) Kayce Smith (SL) Quint Kessenich (SL) UTEP (7-5, 5-3 in C-USA) Marshall (12-1, 7-1 in C-USA) Website: www.utepathletics.com Website: www.herdzone.com Head Coach: Sean Kugler (UTEP, ’89) Head Coach: Doc Holliday (West Virginia, ’79) Career Record: 9-15 (2nd year) Career Record: 39-25 (5th year) Record at UTEP: 9-15 (2nd year) Record at MU: 39-25 (5th year) Off ense: Pro-Style Off ense: Multiple Defense: 4-2-5 Defense: 4-3 Leading Passer: Jamiell Showers (146-of-262, 1,732 yds., 12 TD) Leading Passer: Rakeem Cato (242-of-414, 3,622 yds., 37 TD) Leading Rusher: Aaron Jones (217 att., 1,233 yds., 11 TD) Leading Rusher: Devon Johnson (191 att., 1,636 yds., 16 TD) Leading Receiver: Ian Hamilton (23 rec., 500 yds., 2 TD) Leading Receiver: Tommy Shuler (74 rec., 953 yds., 8 TD) Leading Tackler: Wesley Miller (74 tackles, 32 solo) Leading Tackler: Neville Hewitt (114 tackles, 39 solo) Last Game: at UTEP 24, Middle Tennessee 21 (Nov. 29) Last Game: Marshall 26, Louisiana Tech 23 (Dec. 6) Last Bowl Appearance: 2010 New Mexico (BYU 52, UTEP 24) Last Bowl Appearance: 2013 Military (Marshall 31, Maryland 20) All-Time Bowl Record: 5-8 All-Time Bowl Record: 8-2 NOTING THE MINERS: UTEP has clinched its fi rst winning season since NOTING THE THUNDERING HERD: Marshall is second in the FBS in scor- 2005 and will play in its fi rst bowl game since facing BYU in the 2010 ing off ense, sixth in rushing off ense and fi fth in total off ense...Devon New Mexico Bowl…The Miners 2,552 rushing yards ranks fi fth in program Johnson leads C-USA in rushing at 136.3 yards per game and is second history, while UTEP’s 27 rushing touchdowns is tied for the sixth-best in touchdowns with 16…Marshall produced a conference-record 10 selec- seasonal tally….UTEP opened the 2014 season with a 31-24 victory over tions on the All-C-USA fi rst team, including Off ensive Player of the Year New Mexico at University Stadium and this will mark the 25th time the Rakeem Cato and Defensive Player of the Year Neville Hewitt.