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Incarnate Word Football News Shane Meling, Sports Information Director (210) 805-3071 - office (903) 399-0455 - cell (210) 829-3574 - fax [email protected] 2015 Schedule Texas A&M-Kingsville (0-0) at 9.5 Texas A&M-Kingsville 2:00 Incarnate Word (0-0) 9.12 McNeese State* 6:00 San Antonio, Texas - Benson Stadium 9.19 Nicholls* 2:00 Saturday 2:00 p.m. - Live on KONO 860 AM 9.26 UTEP 7:00 Larry Kennan Radio Show - Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. 10.3 Northwestern State* 2:00 at Wyndham Garden Hotel on the Riverwalk 10.10 Sam Houston State* TBA 10.24 Abilene Christian* 2:00 This Week’s Game 10.31 Stephen F. Austin* 3:00 The Cardinals open the 2015 season on Saturday against their only non- 11.7 Southeastern La.* 7:00 Division I opponent of the season, Texas A&M-Kingsville. The game kicks off at 11.14 Lamar* 2:00 11.21 Houston Baptist* 2:00 2 p.m. at Benson Stadium. The two newest members of the UIW Hall of Fame, * indicates Southland Conference game Pierce Caldwell and Melinda McClure (Toole), will be honored at halftime of the Bold indicates home game game. Head Coach Larry Kennan Looking Back Larry Kennan enters his fourth The Cardinals are coming off their first official season in the Southland year as the head coach of the Conference. They went 2-9 overall with a 2-6 mark in the conference. Injuries Cardinals. A long-time NFL coach and played a big role in how the season turned out as starting quarterback Trent Executive Director of the NFL Coaches Brittain suffered a season-ending injury on the team’s third drive of the first Association, he had had great success game. One of the big highlights of the season was getting to appear on ESPN’s at a number of different levels. He was the quarterback coach for the Super College GameDay program for their game at North Dakota State on Sep. 13. Bowl XVIII winning Los Angeles Raiders. Kennan led the Cardinals to their first Headliners ever winning season in 2013. The team Junior defensive lineman Corey Lee and senior tight end Cole Wick were each went 6-5 in their first year as a member named to the Southland Conference preseason first team this year. Additionally, of FCS. He has been crucial to the team Lee was named a USA College Football FCS Pre-Season American Football transitioning from a member of NCAA Networks All-American. Division II to FCS. The 2013 Cardinals Lee was a second team all-conference selection in 2014. He set a school posted the first two shutouts in school record with 14.5 tackles for loss and had at least a half tackle for loss in each of history and accumulated more school the first 10 games of the season. He led the team with five sacks and led the records along the way than can be reasonably written down. team’s defensive linemen with 39 tackles. Kennan is 10-23 at UIW and 34-43-3 Wick was an honorable mention all-conference pick 2014. He finished third all-time in six seasons as a head coach. on the team with 20 receptions and was second with 350 yards receiving. He set a school record with 17.5 yards per reception. Series Check This is the fourth all-time meeting Center-Quarterback Exchange between the Cardinals and Javelinas. The center and quarterback are maybe the two most important offensive Texas A&M-Kingsville has won the positions for a team. Last year, the starters heading into the season played a previous three meetings with the last combined total of 11 plays. Trent Brittain played the first 11 offensive plays of two coming by three points apiece. the season while Matt McCarthy missed the entire season with an injury. As a The last time the teams played came on Oct. 13, 2012 in Kingsville when the red-shirt freshman in 2013, Brittain led the team to a 6-5 record as the team’s Javelinas won, 20-17. quarterback. He completed 54.8 percent of his passes for 1,893 yards and 11 touchdowns while rushing for 392 yards and two scores. McCarthy started all 11 games at center in 2013. During the 2013 season, the Cardinals set school records for yards rushing and yards passing. A Numbers Game The Cardinals have only had one player in school history rush for more than 1,000 yards in his career. Trent Rios owns the school record with 2,420 yards while playing the 2009-12 seasons. Cardinal Football Audio and Video Cardinals football fans can access audio and video online. Live streaming video This year, the team has two players of all home games will be available online at http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/ who should easily reach that mark, uiw.portal#. Fans can also listen to streaming audio of every game on the 2014 Junior Sessions and Broderick Reeves. schedule by going to http://www.tsrnsports.com. Sessions led the team with 462 All Cardinals football game broadcasts can be heard at CBS SportsRadio KONO rushing yards last year and enters 860 AM. The Larry Kennan Coaches Show is on CBS SportsRadio KONO 860 AM the season with 998 yards. He has and online at http://www.tsrnsports.com every Wednesday at 7 p.m. live from the nine career rushing touchdowns and Wyndham Garden Hotel on the Riverwalk averages 4.3 yards per carry. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube Reeves led the team in rushing Cardinal fans can follow the Cardinals on Twitter at @UIWAthletics and on yards in 2013, but struggled a bit last Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/UIWAthletics. Get live updates on the season. He enters the year with 832 football team and the entire athletic department. Videos are regularly posted online yards and has scored 14 touchdowns at www.youtube.com/uiwcardinalathletics. on the ground in his career. He has a UIW Single Game Passing Yards career average of 4.8 yards per carry. Name Date Yards Going for Records 1. Paden Lynch 10/1/11 vs Midwestern State 312 Trent Brittain should quickly set 2. Eric Massoni 10/15/11 vs A&M-Kingsville 311 nearly every career passing record in 3. Eric Massoni 10/10/09 vs East Central 278 school history. He needs 44 passing 4. Thomas Specia 8/29/09 vs Monterrey Tech 277 attempts, 33 completions, 196 passing yards and 277 total offense 5. Jordan Scelfo 11/1/14 at Nicholls 260 yards to become the school record 6. Jordan Scelfo 10/25/14 vs McNeese State 254 holder in each category. He needs 7. Trent Brittain 9/21/13 at Sam Houston 226 10 touchdown passes to take over 8. Trent Brittain 10/5/13 at Southeastern La. 222 ownership of that record. 9. Jordan Scelfo 11/8/14 vs Sam Houston State 213 Defensive Leadership 10. Trent Brittain 9/7/13 vs Texas College 211 The Cardinals return eight players on defense who started at least six 2015 Southland Conference Preseason Polls games last year. Overall, the team Coaches’ Poll SID’s Poll returns players who have started 137 1. Sam Houston State (8) 98 1. Sam Houston State (9) 99 combined games. 2. Southeastern La. (1) 86 2. Stephen F. Austin 87 Senior inside linebacker Padyn Giebler is the most experienced player 3. McNeese State (1) 79 3. Southeastern La. 77 on the roster with 27 career starting 4. Stephen F. Austin 73 4. McNeese State (1) 75 appearances. He led the team in 5. Northwestern State 60 5. Central Arkansas (1) 66 tackles last year and enters the season 6. Central Arkansas (1) 57 6. Northwestern State 51 with 157 career tackles. Corey Lee and Robert Johnson 7. Abilene Christian 49 7. Abilene Christian 48 each started all 11 games last year 8. Lamar 46 8. Lamar 41 alongside Giebler. In addition, Kobie 9. Incarnate Word 26 9. Incarnate Word 25 Douglas has started 20 games over the 10. Nicholls 16 10. Nicholls 20 past two seasons. Lee is the team’s top defensive lineman and a potential 11. Houston Baptist 15 11. Houston Baptist 12 All-America candidate. Johnson was SLC In The Postseason a junior college transfer and quickly FIRST ROUND: Sam Houston State d. Southeastern La., 21-17; Northern transitioned into a starting role at Iowa d. Stephen F. Austin, 44-10 safety last year when he was second on the team with 69 tackles. Douglas SECOND ROUND: Sam Houston State d. Jacksonville State, 37-26 has been a fixture at cornerback and QUARTERFINALS: Sam Houston State d. Villanova, 34-31 was among the Southland Conference SEMIFINALS: North Dakota State d. Sam Houston State, 35-3 leaders with 10 pass breakups in 2014. A Strong No. 2 Just Kicking It Last Game (11-15-14) Senior quarterback Jordan Sophomore Ramon Coto, Jr. Lamar 31, Scelfo showed the UIW coaching was one of the top kickers in the Incarnate Word 20 staff that he is a player who can lead Southland last year. He averaged 42.3 the offense. He was given a chance yards per punt and had 13 punts of BEAUMONT, TEXAS – UIW team to start the final four games of the at least 50 yards. He was solid on his lost their final game of the season season and he delivered. field goal attempts going 9-of-13. He at Southland Conference rival Lamar Scelfo passed for over 200 yards was exceptional on kickoffs averaging University, 31-20 at Provost Umphrey in three of the final four games of the 62.3 yards per kick leading to 10 Stadium.