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2017 FOOTBALL 2 National Championships • 12 Conference Championships • 1 College Football Hall of Famer 1 Harlon Hill Award Winner • 44 NFL Players • 35 First Team All-America Players 2017 SCHEDULE / RESULTS ACU WILDCATS (1-3, 1-1) Abilene Christian Wildcats at INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS (0-3, 0-1) 1-3, 1-1 Southland Sept. 30, 2017 • 6 p.m. • San Antonio, Texas Benson Stadium (6,00O) Sept. 2 at New Mexico ...............................L, 38-14 Sept. 9 at Colorado St. .............................. L, 38-10 TV / Web: ESPN3 • Radio: 98.1 FM Sept. 16 * vs. Houston Baptist .....................W, 24-3 Sept. 23 * vs. Stephen F. Austin .................. L, 20-10 ACU Wildcats UIW Cardinals Sept. 30 * at Incarnate Word ..........................6 p.m. NR / NR ..........................FCS polls (Coaches / STATS)..........................NR / NR Adam Dorrel ............................. ............................ Larry Kennan Oct. 7 * vs. McNeese ..................................6 p.m. Head Coach 1-3 (.250%).............................Record at School..........................19-39 (.328%) Oct. 14 * at Nicholls ......................................3 p.m. 1st.....................................Years at School .................................. 6th Oct. 21 * ! vs. SE Louisiana ......................2:30 p.m. 77-11 (.875%) . ...........................Career Record.........................43-57-3 (.432%) Nov. 4 * at Northwestern State ...................6 p.m. 84.2 ................................Rushing Yards / Game .............................. 83.3 Nov. 11 * vs. Sam Houston State ..................6 p.m. 248.0 . .Passing Yards / Game ............................. 201.0 Nov. 18 * at Central Arkansas .......................3 p.m. 332.2 ...............................Total Offense / Game..............................284.3 * Southland Conference Game 407.2 ...............................Total Defense / Game..............................499.0 ! Homecoming 14.5....................................Points / Game ...................................17.7 BROADCAST INFORMATION 24.8 .............................. Opponent Points / Game .............................53.0 RADIO: ACU Sports Radio Network Flagship ....................................... KTLT-FM (98.1 FM) Play-by-Play ................................................Grant Boone Color Analyst ............................................ Jim Reese Sideline ......................................................... Seth Wilson TV: None Play-by-Play ..................................................................N/A Analyst ..................................................................... N/A Sideline ..........................................................................N/A WEBCAST: ESPN3 Play-by-Play ................................................... Mike Lefko Color Analyst ................................. Chuck Miketinac Sideline ......................................................Valerie Lopez SOCIAL MEDIA: #GoWildcats #ACUE4C Twitter ................. @ACUSports, @ACUFootball Instagram .................................................@acusports Facebook .................................................. ACUsports FIRST AND 10 • The Wildcats are 6-2 all-time against UIW, and in those six wins they have outscored the Cardinals by a combined 252-78, or by an average score of 42-13. Last year ACU beat the Cardinals, 52-27, at Wildcats Looking to Bounce Back against UIW Homecoming for the team’s first win of the season. SAN ANTONIO – The ACU Wildcats are back on the road this Saturday to take on Incarnate Word in a Southland Conference contest at Benson Stadium. The game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. kickoff and can be • ACU, however, is winless in its last two trips to San Antonio to take on the Cardinals at Benson seen on ESPN3 and heard locally on 98.1 FM. Stadium. The Wildcatss dropped a wild 34-31 The Wildcats are 1-3 overall and 1-1 in league play after dropping a 20-10 decision to Stephen F. Austin game on Nov. 9, 2013, when John David Baker last Saturday in the second of two straight games to open Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium. The Wildcats was sacked and fumbled near the end of the won the first game played there, 24-3, vs. Houston Baptist on Sept. 16, but never found any rhythm last game just before he was able to get off a pass week against the Lumberjacks. to a wide-open Darian Hogg in the end zone that Incarnate Word is 0-3 overall and 0-1 in league play, but enjoyed a bye week last week after a tough would have been the game-winner. ACU lost to 37-31 loss to SFA on Sept. 16. The Cardinals led 31-21 in the fourth quarter before SFA rallied to tie the the Cardinals, 25-20, on Oct. 25, 2015, in a game game and then win it 37-31 on a 70-yard interception return for a touchdown on the game’s final play. that was delayed by rain to a Sunday afternoon The Wildcats are winless on the road for the last two-plus seasons (0-6 in 2015, 0-6 in 2016 and 0-2 in kickoff. ACU was missing 15 injured players from 2017) and carry a 14-game road losing streak into Saturday’s game at Incarnate Word. ACU’s last road win its depth chart for that game. was a 37-35 win over then-No. 24 Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 15, 2014. ACU at INCARNATE WORD FOOTBALL FACTS AND MORE University Information Returning Lettermen (41) FUTURE SCHEDULES President: ...................... Dr. Phil Schubert (ACU, ’91) Offense (20) Location: ...................................Abilene, Texas 2017 Quarterback (2)...... Kade Munden, Dallas Sealey Population: .......................................120,000 Sept. 2 ........ at New Mexico Running Back (2)... De’Andre Brown, Tracy James Founded: ............................................1906 Sept. 9 ...... at Colorado State Wide Receiver (9) Chase Cokley, Josh Fink, Joined Southland: . 1963 / Re-joined in 2013 Sept. 16 ... vs. Houston Baptist D.J. Fuller, Troy Grant, Enrollment: ......................................... 5,144 Sept. 23 .. vs. Stephen F. Austin Hunter Lees, Justin Miller, Sept. 30 .....at Incarnate Word Nickname: .......................................Wildcats DeShun Qualls, Kalin Sadler, Oct. 7 ...........vs. McNeese Colors: .................................. Purple and White Carl Whitley Tight End (3) ............ Trevor Crain, Cody Ennis, Oct. 14 ............at Nicholls Faculty Athletics Rep . ....... Dr. Jonathan Stewart (LCU, ‘90) Liam Flowers Oct. 21 ....... vs. SE Louisiana Director of Athletics ........ Lee De León (Notre Dame, ’04) Offensive Line (4) Austin Hisler, Dakota Laws, Nov. 4............at NW State Deputy Director of Athletics ....... Dave Kinard (UCLA, ’03) Brady Melde, Chance Rieken Nov. 11 ....vs. Sam Houston St. Nov. 18 .... at Central Arkansas Senior Associate Director of Athletics Defense (20) for Student-Athlete Welfare / SWA End (5) ...................... Dylan Douglass, Bryson Gates, . Lisa Gilmore (New Mexico, ’03) Temisan Kuyatsemi, 2017 Reynel Previlon, Corey Smith Sept. 1..............at Baylor Associate AD / Media Relations . Lance Fleming (ACU, ’92) Tackle (3) Cole Burgess, Dante Hibbert, Sept. 15 ....at Houston Baptist Associate AD / Internal Ops . ..Drew Long (Northwestern, ’04) Devondric Meadows Sept. 22 ....at Stephen F. Ausin Associate AD / Academics........... Chris Ballard (ACU, ’08) Linebacker (8) ......... Gavin Burford, Sept. 29 ....vs. Incarnate Word Jeremiah Chambers, Oct. 6 ............at McNeese Assistant AD / Compliance ......... Tyler Wright (Kansas, ‘13) Sam Denmark, Quincy Dunn Oct. 13 ...........vs. Nicholls Assistant AD / Recruiting .......... Grant Abston (ACU, ’09) Marcus Long, Royce Moore Tryce Prince, Myles Solsberry Oct. 20 ........at SE Louisiana Director of Athletics Emeritus . Wally Bullington (ACU, ’53) Cornerback (2) ....... Adonis Davis, Jamar Mack Nov. 3...........vs. NW State Asst . Dir . / Media Relations .Chris Macaluso (Penn State, ’99) Safety (2) .................. Bolu Onifade, Nov. 10 . .at Sam Houston St. Executive Assistant to the Director of Athletics Brandon Richmond Nov. 17 ... vs. Central Arkansas and Chief of Staff . .Susan Hardcastle Special Teams (1) 2019 Assistant Director of Internal Operations Aug. 31 ........ at North Texas Placekicker (1) ........ Nik Grau . Becky Brown (Baldwin-Wallace, 2016) Nov. 23.....at Mississippi State Academic Coord . / Football ...... Lloiminica Hall (LSU, 2015) Lettermen Lost (24) 2020 Academics Coordinator ........... Krista Masci (ACU, 2015) Offense (7) Sept. 5 ......vs. Southern Utah Voice of the Wildcats ................ Grant Boone (ACU, ’91) Nov. 21 ..........at Texas A&M Quarterback (1) ...... Parker McKenzie Football History Wide Receiver (1) Vasquez Haynes 2021 Running Backs (1) Adrian Duncan, Sept. 4 ...............at SMU First Year of Football .................................1919 Tight End (1) ............ Jamie Walker Sept. 11...... at Southern Utah First Year of Southland Football . 1964-72, Re-joined in 2014 Offensive Line (3) Riley Mayfield, All-Time Record, Years ................487-414-32, 94 years Brandon Niccum, Hayden Wall 2022 All-Time Southland Record, Years .......21-44-1 (12 seasons) Sept. 3 ........at Kansas State Southland Championships, Last . N/A Defense (14) NCAA I Playoff Appearances, Last . N/A Tackle (5) LaMarcus Allen, Josh Bloom, Dewan Edmonson, Travaugn Moore, 2024 Ivan Thomas Jr. Aug. 31 ..........at Texas Tech Coaching Staff Linebacker (2) ......... Damian Howard, Jakob Yandell Cornerback (4) ....... Quinton Baker, Jabari Butler, 2026 HEAD COACH ADAM DORREL Keith Barnett, Richard Griffin III, Sept.