Northeastern State University 2015 RiverHawks Football NSU vs. WASHBURN ● Saturday ● Nov. 7, 2015 1 p.m. (CT) ● Doc Wadley Stadium (8,300) ● Tahlequah, Okla.

THE GAME . . . The Northeastern State RiverHawks (2-7, 2-7 MIAA) are set for their final home game of the season when they welcome the Washburn Ichabods (4-5, 4-5 MIAA) to town . . . kickoff is set for 1 p.m. Nov. 7 at Doc Wadley Stadium GAME #10 (8,300) in Tahlequah, Oklahoma . . . the contest will be Senior Day for the NSU football program and RiverHawks Rally for the university . . . Washburn enters the contest having lost four of their last five games, while NSU has split its last four GAME CAPSULE matchups . . . the game can be heard live on KEOK 102.1 FM in Tahlequah with Bill ● THE GAME: Northeastern State RiverHawks vs. Washburn Ichabods, 1 p.m., Nov. 7 Huddleston (play-by-play) and Sean Rowley (color) providing commentary . . . a free ● THE SITE: Doc Wadley Stadium (8,300) - Tahle- audio broadcast can be found at goriverhawksgo.com . . . the game will be streamed quah, Okla. live on Stretch Internet (http://portal.stretchinternet.com/nsu/, subscription based) . . . ● THE COACHES: NSU’s Rob Robinson (2-18, a football-only season pass is available for $69.95, and a day pass can be purchased second year); WU’s Craig Schurig (95-63, 14th year) for $9.95. ● RADIO: KEOK 102.1 FM Tahlequah (Bill Hud- dleston (home), Scott Pettus (road), Sean Rowley); THE MATCHUP . . . Northeastern State and Washburn have met just five times in Free audio stream on goriverhawksgo.com the history of the two programs . . . the two squads played a home-and-home series ● BROADCAST: Stretch Internet (NSU portal, in 1987-88, and both teams picked up home triumphs . . . Washburn earned a 23-21 subscription based) win in 1987, but the Redmen were victorious in the return matchup 35-30 . . . the only ● LIVE STATS: http://www.sidearmstats.com/ nsuok/football/ other three meetings between NSU and WU came over the last three years, when the Ichabods handed the RiverHawks three-straight losses.

Series History (WU Leads 4-1) NSU Date Winner Score 2014 WU 42-7 RIVERHAWKS 2013 WU 48-3 (2-7, 2-7 MIAA) 2012 WU 24-20 Sept. 3 #7 Pittsburg State* L, 38-14 1988 NSU 35-30 Sept. 10 @ (RV) Fort Hays State* L, 27-13 Sept. 19 Missouri Western State*^ L, 24-17 1987 WU 23-21 Sept. 26 @ (RV) Emporia State* L, 55-14 Oct. 3 #3 Northwest Missouri State* L, 59-7 THE HEAD COACHES . . . NSU’s ROB ROBINSON (William Jewell, ‘00) is in his Oct. 10 @ Nebraska-Kearney* W, 31-14 second season as the RiverHawks head coach . . . he was named the 19th head Oct. 17 Missouri Southern State* W, 31-21 football coach in school history on Dec. 19, 2013 . . . he owns a 2-18 all-time record Oct. 24 @ (RV) Central Missouri* L, 54-10 . . . Robinson spent the previous 12 years under Craig Schurig as a member of the Oct. 31 Central Oklahoma*! L, 48-17 Washburn Ichabod coaching staff, serving as the offensive coordinator for the last Nov. 7 Washburn* 1 pm Nov. 14 @ Lindenwood* 1:30 pm four seasons . . . he also directed the running backs from 2007-13 and coached the wide receivers from 2002-06 . . . he served as the recruiting coordinator from 2002- * MIAA Game 10 and was the academic coordinator from 2010-13 . . . Robinson was an integral ^ MIAA Game of the Week (MIAA Network) member of a Washburn staff that completely turned around the Ichabod program . . . ! Homecoming Washburn averaged 3.3 wins from 1989-03 and had just one winning season, but the Ichabods averaged 7.9 wins from 2004-13 and posted 10 straight winning campaigns . . . Robinson is the second former coordinator under Schurig’s tutelage to become WU the head coach of another program, joining Fort Hays State’s Chris Brown . . . Rob- inson spent the 2001 season at Pittsburg State as a graduate assistant, coaching ICHABODS the defensive backs with Ichabod head coach Craig Schurig . . . the Gorillas won the (4-5, 4-5 MIAA) MIAA Championship that year. WU’S CRAIG SCHURIG (Colorado Mines, ‘87) Sept. 3 @ Lindenwood* L, 20-14 is in his 14th season with the Ichabods . . . he has compiled a 95-63 record during Sept. 10 Nebraska-Kearney* W, 34-14 his tenure . . . in 13 seasons as the Ichabods’ head coach, Craig Schurig has built Sept. 19 @ Pittsburg State* W, 28-21 one of the most respected programs in the MIAA with three NCAA playoff appear- Sept. 26 Missouri Southern State* W, 27-21 ances as well as the 2005 MIAA title coming on the heel’s of a 2007, 2009 and 2011 Oct. 3 @ Fort Hays State* L, 35-30 runner-up finish in the conference race . . . through his first 11 seasons, in addition Oct. 10 Central Missouri* L, 38-28 Oct. 17 @ Missouri Western State* W, 21-7 to three NCAA playoffs and a conference title, Schurig has led the Washburn football Oct. 24 Central Oklahoma* L, 38-27 program to the 2004 Mineral Water Bowl Championship and the 2010 Kanza Bowl Oct. 31 @ Emporia State* L, 47-21 Championship . . . as quarterbacks coach, he helped NSU QB coach Dane Simoneau Nov. 7 @ Northeastern State* 1 pm throw for more than 4,000 yards setting a school record and a national finalist award Nov. 14 Northwest Missouri State* 1 pm for the Harlon Hill Trophy as the best player in NCAA Division II, the first national finalist in Washburn history . . . Simoneau would go on to be a five-time consensus * MIAA Game All-American at quarterback as well as the MIAA’s Offensive Player of the Year, the • continued on page 2 Northeastern State University 2015 RiverHawks Football

• continued from page 1 2015 MIAA Standings first Ichabod to win the award . . . in his eleven seasons at Washburn, the (as of Oct. 31) Ichabods have had 18 different players earn 51 different All-American ac- colades, two MIAA Most Valuable Defensive Players, an MIAA Offensive Team MIAA All Player of the Year, four MIAA Freshman of the Year awards and 145 play- #2 Northwest Missouri State 9-0 9-0 ers receive all-MIAA honors . . . he has been equally on task with players #14 Emporia State 8-1 8-1 in the classroom with 225 Ichabods named to the MIAA Academic Honor #24 Central Missouri 7-2 7-2 Roll, including three Academic All-Americans. (RV) Fort Hays State 6-3 6-3 POWELL WINS WEEKLY ACCOLADE . . . Garrett Powell was named Pittsburg State 6-3 6-3 the MIAA/AstroTurf Special Teams Athlete of the Week, the Mid-America Central Oklahoma 4-5 4-5 Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced Oct. 19 . . . the senior Missouri Western State 4-5 4-5 wide receiver/punter from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, was a big weapon in Washburn 4-5 4-5 flipping field position in NSU’s 31-21 victory over Missouri Southern State Lindenwood 3-6 3-6 on Oct. 17 . . . he punted eight times for 353 yards (44.1 yards per punt), Northeastern State 2-7 2-7 which included a 71-yard boot in the first quarter that was downed at the Missouri Southern State 1-8 1-8 one-yard line . . . the punt was the longest by any MIAA player this season and was also the longest of Powell’s career . . . he finished the game with Nebraska-Kearney 0-9 0-9 a career-high four punts downed inside the 20-yard line, and he also had a career-high three downed inside the 10. Powell leads the MIAA of 50+ RELEASE INFORMATION yard punts (8) this season and is second in total punting (41.0) . . . he also √ Releases are emailed to the media and also had four catches for 79 yards and a touchdown in the game . . . this is the available via the official athletic website at www. first weekly honor of Powell’s career and the first weekly special teams goriverhawksgo.com. Stats are attached as a sepa- honor by an NSU football player since the RiverHawks joined the league rate PDF file, or may be obtained via the website, in 2012 . . . the only other time an NSU player has won a weekly accolade or by fax, if you contact the media relations office at was when former linebacker Langston Jones was named defensive ath- lete of the week on Sept. 16, 2013. 918-444-3930.

HAVE A DAY, DARIAN . . . NSU picked up a second-straight win by de- INTERVIEW REQUESTS feating Missouri Southern State 31-21 on Oct. 17 . . . the RiverHawks were √ All interview requests for student-athletes, led by a monster defensive effort from Darian Morris . . . the junior line- coaches or administrators should be made with the backer finished with nine tackles, four pass breakups, two fumble recover- athletic media relations office. Contact Cedrique ies, one interception, one forced fumble, one tackle for loss, one half sack, Flemming, director and football contact, at 918- and one school-record 97-yard fumble recovery return for touchdown . . .the last time an NSU player had a fumble recovery for a touchdown was 444-3930. on Oct. 20, 2012 . . . the last time an NSU player had two fumble recov- eries in the same game was on Sept. 13, 2008 . . . the last time an NSU RIVERHAWKS ON THE WEB player had at least one fumble recovery and one interception in the same √ The official athletics website of Northeastern game was on Oct. 21, 2006. State University is www.goriverhawksgo.com.

Northeastern State defeated Nebraska- STREAKING NO MORE . . . RIVERHAWKS ON RADIO Kearney 31-14 on Oct. 10 to snap what was the nation’s fourth-longest active losing streak . . . the RiverHawks had failed to win a game since the √ The flagship station for NSU football is KEOK end of the 2013 season, but they picked up a decisive triumph over the 102.1 FM in Tahlequah. Scott Pettus (road), Bill Lopers to break into the win column for the first time in the Rob Robinson Huddleston (home) and Sean Rowley call the ac- era . . . NSU scored first, last and plenty of times in between to secure the tion. 17-point victory . . . senior running back Joel Rockmore rushed the ball 18 times for a career-high 210 yards, while also scoring touchdowns on RIVERHAWKS ON TV runs of 76 and 85 yards . . . junior wideout Matthew Butler also recorded a √ NSU competed on the MIAA Television 74-yard TD reception in the third quarter . . . those were the three longest Network on Sept. 19 when the RiverHawks played plays of the season . . . Northeastern State held the Lopers scoreless over the final two quarters and kept them below 200 yards of total offense (199) host to Missouri Western State. This marked the . . . the last time Northeastern State held an opponent to fewer than 200 fifth time that the RiverHawks were featured on TV yards of total offense was August 27, 2011. since joining the league in 2012. NSU is 0-5 all- time on the MIAA TV Network. YEA, HE’S STILL GOT IT . . . Joel Rockmore was an all-region performer in 2012 and a preseason All-American in 2013 . . . the senior tailback ex- ploded out of the gates in 2013 but suffered a season-ending injury in the second game of the year . . . he returned in 2014 but struggled to regain his elite form, finishing with just 272 yards rushing on 86 carries (3.2 yards • continued on page 3 Northeastern State University 2015 RiverHawks Football

• continued from page 2 MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS: per carry) in nine games (30.2 yards per game) . . . he started off well this season - 252 NSU RIVERHAWKS yards through the first three games - but he then erupted for a career-high 210 yards Cedrique Flemming, Football Contact and two touchdowns on just 18 carries in a win over Nebraska-Kearney on Oct. 10 . . . (w) 918-444-3930 he busted runs of 85 and 76 yards, which were the two longest rushes of his career . . (c) 620-450-7711 . he also tallied 101 yards rushing on 25 carries in a win over Missouri Southern State (Email) [email protected] on Oct. 17 . . . the 25 carries were the most for him in a single game since he had 33 against Central Oklahoma on Nov. 10, 2012.

www.goriverhawksgo.com SACK PARTY . . . Northeastern State has recorded 23 quarterback sacks through Twitter.com/RiverHawkSports nine games this season, which is the most in a single season since the 2009 squad fin- Facebook.com/RiverHawksGear ished with 24 . . . the RiverHawks had four sacks each against Pittsburg State, Missouri Western State and Nebraska-Kearney, while registering three against Central Missouri WASHBURN ICHABODS and two each against Fort Hays State, Northwest Missouri State and Missouri Southern Gene Cassell, Football Contact State. . . the last time NSU posted multiple four-sack games in a single season was in (w) 785-670-1791 2010 . . . senior linebacker Irving Steele and junior defensive back Steffon Herd lead (c) 785-969-7577 the team with 4.0 sacks each . . . if either one registers at least one more half sack this (Email) [email protected] season, it will be the most in a single campaign since Travis Boswell finished with 7.0 in 2011 . . . T’Nheous Smith and Quincy Dotson are all tied for third on the team with 3.0 sacks each.

NSU SINCE VIDEOBOARD UPGRADE UNVEILED OCT. 3 . . . Northeastern State University Director of Athletics Tony Duckworth announced that a new videoboard would be in- JOINING DIVISION II stalled at Doc Wadley Stadium . . . funded completely through private dollars, the new project is estimated to cost $100,000 . . . the 16’ x 9’ videoboard with 32’ branded top Year Coach Record % banner and 8’ x 9’ backlit advertising panels debuted at NSU’s Oct. 3 home football 2015 Rob Robinson 2-7 .222 game against Northwest Missouri State . . . Duckworth said the project cost was greatly 2014 Rob Robinson 0-11 .000 reduced because there is already a current structure in place . . . one of the major 2013 Kenny Evans 2-9 .100 difference fans will notice right away will be a larger videoboard that goes from stan- 2012 Kenny Evans 4-6 .400 dard definition to high definition . . . with the recent turf installation project completed 2011 Kenny Evans 7-5 .583 this past summer, NSU has now invested approximately $500,000 in upgrades to Doc 2010 Kenny Evans 6-5 .545 Wadley Stadium this year. 2009 Kenny Evans 2-9 .182 2008 Kenny Evans 1-10 .091 RIVERHAWKS DEBUT NEW TURF UPGRADE . . . Northeastern State Director 2007 John Horner 3-7 .300 of Athletics Tony Duckworth selected Hellas Construction to provide and install new 2006 John Horner 4-6 .400 Matrix® Turf at Doc Wadley Stadium for the 2015 season . . . the new playing surface 2005 John Horner 2-8 .200 replaced the first iteration of field turf that was installed at Gable Field in 2005 . . . the 2004 John Horner 0-10 .000 newest edition to the stadium features top-of-the-line turf which is currently utilized 2003 John Horner 3-7 .300 most notably by the Dallas Cowboys, Baylor University and the University of California 2002 Tom Eckert 4-7 .364 . . . the design features the same NSU logo that currently dons center court inside the 2001 Tom Eckert 5-5 .500 NSU Event Center, and the end zones have a black background with “NORTHEAST- 2000 Tom Eckert 9-2 .818 ERN STATE” and “RIVERHAWKS” in large, white lettering outlined in NSU green . . . 1999 Tom Eckert 10-4 .714 Hellas defines Matrix® Turf as the finest synthetic turf system available . . . from the ad- 1998 Tom Eckert 8-2 .800 vanced fibers, down through the patented REALFILL™ and reinforced backing – each component is part of an authentic, artificial turf system . . . Matrix® Turf has undergone decades of in-depth research and intense testing, resulting in countless innovations HOME OF CHAMPIONS . . . that make each Matrix synthetic turf field stronger and more reliable than ever before . Northeastern State has won two na- . . Matrix® Turf is also held to a higher standard when it comes to testing for strength, tional championships in its storied his- safety and overall performance . . . each Matrix® Turf field is designed to provide a tory, both coming at the NAIA level. superior athletic experience at all levels of competition. The RiverHawks (then the Redmen) THE TALE OF TWO SCHEDULES . . . Northeastern State competed against the sev- claimed national titles in both 1958 enth most difficult schedule in all of Division II during the first five weeks of the season and 1994. The team has also record- in terms of opponent win percentage . . . all five opponents the RiverHawks faced have ed two undefeated campaigns. been nationally-ranked or received votes in the AFCA poll at some point this season . . . the record of those five teams through the first five weeks of the season stood at Year Coach Record % 21-4 (.840), and the only losses suffered were against each other . . . the back half of 1994 Tom Eckert 11-2 .846 the schedule for NSU is considerably less treacherous, as the final six opponents were 1958 Harold Stratton 11-0 1.000 a combined 9-21 (.300) through five games . . . the RiverHawks have already taken • continued on page 4 Northeastern State University 2015 RiverHawks Football

• continued from page 3 NSU in the 2015 NCAA Stats . . . advantage of the softer schedule, as they defeated Nebraska-Kearney √ Below are Northeastern State’s rankings in the 2015 NCAA 31-14 on Oct. 10 and Missouri Southern State 31-21 on Oct. 17. statistics . . .

2015 NCAA TEAM LEADERS MISSED OPPORTUNITIES . . . NSU has struggled in the kicking game (inside top 100) since joining the MIAA, and more specifically over the past two seasons Team Sacks...... 40 . . . the RiverHawks have converted just 23 of 42 (54.8 percent) field Turnovers Gained...... 66 goals since the beginning of the 2012 season, and they are just 5-for-15 Passes Intercepted...... 86 (33 percent) since 2014 . . . Northeastern State has been solid in the Net Punting...... 56 Fumbles Recovered...... 39 extra-point department, however, as the team has converted 74 of 83 (89 Team Tackles for Loss...... 77 percent) extra-point attempts over the last four years. Passing Yards Allowed...... 58 Third-Down Conversion Pct. Defense...... 94 THE QB/WR DUO RETURNS . . . NSU is in Year 2 of the Kevin Pan- Fourth Down Conversion Pct. Defense...... 40 tastico era . . . the junior quarterback returned after an inaugural cam- Red Zone Defense...... 55 paign that saw him finish fourth in the MIAA in passing yards per game Passing Yards per Completion...... 46 Blocked Kicks...... 87 (196.9) and sixth in total offense (193.4) . . . he finished 193-for-375 for Blocked Punts Allowed...... 1 2,166 yards . . . he also had eight touchdowns to go with 14 interceptions, while starting all 11 games . . . Pantastico has the luxury of throwing to 2015 NCAA INDIVIDUAL LEADERS one of the top receivers in the league in Garrett Powell . . . the senior (inside top 100) wideout ranked second in the MIAA last season in receptions per game Rushing Yards Per Game...... Joel Rockmore, 81 All-Purpose...... Joel Rockmore, 71 (5.7) and fourth in receiving yards per game (72.8) . . . he appeared in 10 Kickoff Returns...... Joel Rockmore, 94 games and finished the campaign with 57 receptions for 728 yards and Field Goals Per Game...... Eddie Garcia, 100 five touchdowns. Punting...... Garrett Powell, 23 Interceptions Per Game...... Darian Morris, 85 RECONSTRUCTING THE O-LINE . . . Northeastern State struggled up Total Tackles...... Irving Steele, 13 ...... Steffon Herd, 25 front in 2014 with an offensive line that started seven different combina- Solo Tackles...... Steffon Herd, 15 tions in the first seven games of the season . . . NSU entered 2015 with ...... Irving Steele, 15 a starting offensive line that featured three players who were not on the Tackles for Loss...... Irving Steele, 84 roster last season . . . the RiverHawks have beefed up the interior with the Forced Fumbles...... Kenneth Davis, 3 addition of Jordan Baldwin (LT), Brian Hobbs (C) and Lance Cox (RG) . . Passing Yards...... Kevin Pantastico, 97 Rushing Yards...... Joel Rockmore, 70 . Tyler Easter returned to start at right tackle and Brian West returned to Passing Yards Per Game...... Kevin Pantastico, 91 start at left guard . . . the new-look offensive line features five juniors that Fumbles Recovered...... Darian Morris, 5 average 302 pounds and are an average height of 6-foot-2 . . . redshirt ...... Devon Siers, 27 freshman Dakota Ritchie (6-4, 275) was the team’s starting left tackle Passing Yards per Completion...... Kevin Pantastico, 56 last season before suffering a season-ending injury in the first game . . . Passing TDs...... Kevin Pantastico, 94 West, Hobbs, Cox and Easter have started all nine games this season . Field Goal Percentage...... Eddie Garcia, 78 Combined Kick Returns...... Joel Rockmore, 97 . . Baldwin has made seven starts at left tackle, and Ritchie has started the other two. 2015 MIAA Preseason Polls SOLVING THE KICKING WOES . . . Northeastern State was one of just two teams in the entire country (Malone University) to not attempt a Team Coaches Media field goal in the first five games of the 2014 season . . . the RiverHawks Northwest Missouri 1 (8) 1 (28) were also one of five teams across the nation (Lincoln, Clarion, Southern Pittsburg State 2 (4) 2 (13) Nazarene, Cheyney) to not make a field goal through the first eight weeks of the season . . . the RiverHawks were 1-for-7 on field-goal attempts last Central Missouri 3 5 year, with the lone conversion coming in Week 9 against Central Okla- Central Oklahoma 4 3 homa . . . both players who attempted field goals in 2014 are no longer Missouri Western State 5 4 with the program, and Eddie Garcia has been added to the mix to help the Fort Hays State 6 6 special teams . . . Garcia is a junior college transfer from El Camino Col- Emporia State T-7 7 lege who earned All-National Central Conference Second Team honors a Washburn T-7 8 season ago . . . he went 13-for-15 on field-goal attempts with a long of 45 Nebraska-Kearney 9 9 last season, and he also was 24 of 26 on point-after attempts. Lindenwood 10 11 QUITE THE TURNOVER . . . The RiverHawks completely overhauled Missouri Southern State 11 10 their roster for the 2015 campaign and feature only 23 players who have Northeastern State 12 12 ever played in a game for NSU prior to this season . . . there are 64 new- comers to the roster and just 32 players who were on the team a year ago (parentheses denotes first-place votes)

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• continued from page 4 2015 MIAA Schedule/Results . . . the roster breakdown includes nine seniors, 28 juniors, seven sophomores and 52 WEEK #8 RESULTS freshmen . . . of the 64 newcomers, 24 are transfers. Saturday, Oct. 24 *Central Oklahoma 38, @ Washburn 27 *Pittsburg State 24, @ Nebraska-Kearney 19 7 RIVERHAWKS EARN POSTSEASON ACCOLADES IN 2014 . . . Northeastern *@ Central Missouri 54, Northeastern State 10 State had seven players named all-conference last year . . . headlining the list of Riv- *@ Emporia State 17, Missouri Western State 3 erHawks was defensive back Chandler Barr, who was named to the All-MIAA Third *@ Northwest Missouri State 45, Fort Hays State 24 Team . . . those named All-MIAA Honorable Mention were defensive tackle Kenley *Lindenwood 34, @ Missouri Southern State 30 Choute, offensive lineman Jonathan Brown, wide receiver Garrett Powell, tight end WEEK #9 RESULTS Kyle Matheson, linebacker Kenneth Davis, and defensive back Steffon Herd . . . the Saturday, Oct. 31 postseason honors were the first for all seven RiverHawks . . . Barr finished the season *Central Oklahoma 48, @ Northeastern State 17 with 36 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss . . . he also broke up eight passes and returned *Northwest Missouri State 24, @ Missouri Western State 10 five kickoffs for 90 yards . . . Choute finished with 27 tackles and 6.5 TFL’s . . . Davis *Central Missouri 31, @ Lindenwood 0 and Herd both registered 77 tackles, and Herd was second in the MIAA with 56 solo *@ Emporia State 47, Washburn 21 *@ Pittsburg State 41, Missouri Southern State 14 stops . . . Davis finished with 10.5 TFL’s and 1.5 sacks . . . Herd had 1.5 TFL’s and one *@ Fort Hays State 24, Nebraska-Kearney 7 interception . . . Powell finished second in the MIAA with 5.7 receptions per game . . . he led NSU with 57 catches for 728 yards and five touchdowns . . . Matheson tallied WEEK #10 SCHEDULE three receptions for 23 yards. Saturday, Nov. 7 *Missouri Western State @ Nebraska-Kearney 2014 MIAA ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS . . . Northeastern State placed 16 mem- *Washburn @ Northeastern State *Emporia State @ Northwest Missouri State bers of the squad on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll . . . those included eight offensive *Lindenwood @ Central Oklahoma players, six defensive players and two specialists . . . sophomore tight end Kyle Mathe- *Pittsburg State @ Central Missouri son was named an MIAA Scholar-Athlete . . . overall, there were 271 MIAA Students- *Fort Hays State @ Missouri Southern State Athletes in football named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll . . . to achieve honor roll status, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 and WEEK #11 SCHEDULE have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding Saturday, Nov. 14 *Missouri Southern State @ Missouri Western State summer terms . . . of those 271 student-athletes, 24 earned the MIAA Scholar Athlete *Northwest Missouri State @ Washburn Award, which is given to those who have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50, *Northeastern State @ Lindenwood have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding *Central Missouri @ Fort Hays State summer terms, and, if competing in a championship sport of the MIAA, earn All-MIAA *Nebraska-Kearney @ Emporia State honors. *Central Oklahoma @ Pittsburg State DVORAK COLLECTS ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN NOD . . . Ross Dvorak was A WINNING TRADITION . . . named to the 2014 Capital One Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Football In the 102 years of Northeastern State football, Second Team, which was the second-straight year he earned academic All-American the team has recorded two national champion- status . . . the former RiverHawk carried a 3.97 grade-point average in business ad- ships, seven double-digit winning campaigns ministration, while serving as one of the starting offensive linemen . . . in 2013, Dvorak and 13 seasons with one loss or less. became the second NSU student-athlete in school history to be named an Academic All-America . . . he joined former RiverHawk women’s golfer Whitney McAteer, who Year Coach Record % was named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large First 1999 Tom Eckert 10-4 .714 Team. 1994* Tom Eckert 11-2 .846 1991 Tom Eckert 10-1 .909 ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY . . . The RiverHawks posted a 0-11 record 1982 George Elliott 11-1 .917 in 2014, marking the first time in school history the team lost 11 games in a single 1980 George Elliott 11-2 .846 campaign . . . only two other teams in school history have finished with double-digit 1970 Tracy Norwood 8-1-1 .850 losses (2004, 2008) . . . only one NSU team in school history (2004) has ever finished 1969 Tracy Norwood 9-1 .900 an entire season without a win or a tie (minimum four games played) . . . Northeastern 1965 Tracy Norwood 7-1-1 .833 State is now in its 102nd year of football. 1964 Tracy Norwood 9-1 .900 1963 Tracy Norwood 11-0 1.000 MIAA, NSU PARTNER WITH STRETCH INTERNET FOR 2015 . . . The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association is set to continue its partnership with Stretch Inter- 1958* Harold Stratton 11-0 1.000 net® to provide streaming of conference events . . . Stretch partners with the league 1955 Tom Rousey 7-1 .875 and members institutions to broadcast all conference football and men’s and women’s 1953 Tom Rousey 7-1-1 .833 basketball games, as well as selected other conference events . . . fans can view all 1952 Ken Due 9-1 .900 conference football and basketball games live through almost any internet connected 1951 Ken Due 9-1 .900 device, including Smart TV’s, Apple TV and Google Chromecast . . . the GameCentral 1928 Ray Ballard 4-1-2 .714 2.0 platform will also allow fans to access live stats in the video stream . . . the new platform also features archived games and other video content. * - NAIA National Champions

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• continued from page 5 2015 MISCELLANEOUS STATS STRETCH INTERNET TO CONTINUE BROADCASTING NSU THIS Big Plays - SEASON . . . The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Plays over 20 Yards announced distribution partners and price points for the MIAA Television Passing (26) Network . . . fans can access the web streams through either from the 74* - Matthew Butler from Kevin Pantastico, Nebraska-Kearney 63* - Antonio King from Kevin Pantastico, Missouri Western State league portal or from goriverhawksgo.com . . . beginning Sept. 3, fans will 54* - Matthew Butler from Blayne Armstrong, Central Oklahoma be able to purchase a day pass for $9.95, and they also have the option 47* - Joel Rockmore from Kevin Pantastico, Pittsburg State of purchasing a football season pass for $69.95 . . . fans may purchase a 40 - Jamari Pope from Kevin Pantastico, Emporia State 40* - Matthew Butler from Kevin Pantastico, Missouri Southern State season pass for volleyball for $44.95 with men’s and women’s basketball 40 - Zac King from Kevin Pantastico, Central Missouri season passes being available for $89.95 each . . . fans wishing to have 39* - Garrett Powell from Blayne Armstrong, Emporia State access to all MIAA web streaming content can purchase an All-Access 39* - Garrett Powell from Kevin Pantastico, Central Missouri 37* - Zac King from Kevin Pantastico, Missouri Southern State pass for $149.95 . . . the MIAA also announced several returning distribu- 36 - Matthew Butler from Kevin Pantastico, Nebraska-Kearney tion partners as well as two new distribution partners who have joined the 35 - Matthew Butler from Kevin Pantastico, Pittsburg State network for the 2014 season. 35* - Garrett Powell from Kevin Pantastico, Missouri Southern State • KSMO-TV which serves 100 percent of the Kansas City market and is 34 - Garrett Powell from Kevin Pantastico, Fort Hays State 33 - Garrett Powell from Kevin Pantastico, Missouri Southern State available over-the-air on through a cable or satellite provider. 31 - Matthew Butler from Thor Long, Northwest Missouri State • Cox Communications KS serving communities across the state of 30 - Jamari Pope from Thor Long, Northwest Missouri State Kansas including Topeka, Pittsburg, and Wichita. 26 - Jamari Pope from Kevin Pantastico, Pittsburg State 26 - Garrett Powell from Kevin Pantastico, Emporia State • Cox Communications Oklahoma serving communities across the 25 - Jamari Pope from Kevin Pantastico, Emporia State state of Oklahoma including the Tulsa and Oklahoma City markets. 24 - Matthew Butler from Kevin Pantastico, Pittsburg State • Eagle Communications which serves western Kansas and parts of 24 - Garrett Powell from Kevin Pantastico, Pittsburg State 23 - Jamari Pope from Thor Long, Northwest Missouri State central Kansas 23 - Garrett Powell from Thor Long, Northwest Missouri State • The News-Press NOW channel in St. Joseph, Missouri. Serving north- 20 - Zac King from Kevin Pantastico, Pittsburg State west Missouri including the St. Joseph and Maryville markets. In addi- 20 - Matthew Butler from Kevin Pantastico, Missouri Southern State tion, four of the broadcasts (Sept. 4, Oct. 25, Nov. 8, and Nov. 15) will be Rushing (3) simulcast on their Fox 26 KNPN channel. 85* - Joel Rockmore, Nebraska-Kearney • KGCS-TV in Joplin, Missouri. KGCS-TV is a broadcast station li- 76* - Joel Rockmore, Nebraska-Kearney 37 - Joel Rockmore, Central Oklahoma censed to Missouri Southern State University that serves more than 167,000 households across a region including southwest Missouri, as Returns (22) well as parts of southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma. 97* - Darian Morris, Missouri Southern State (FR) 55 - Joel Rockmore, Central Missouri (KOR) 45 - Tony Newman, Missouri Western State (INT) 2015 NSU TAILGATING GUIDELINES . . . Entrance will open three 44 - Devon Siers, Northwest Missouri State (FR) hours prior to kickoff and will close to incoming vehicles two hours prior 41 - Cody Busby, Central Oklahoma (KOR) 39 - Joel Rockmore, Central Oklahoma (KOR) kickoff . . . extreme caution must be taken when driving through the area 36 - Tony Newman, Missouri Western State (KOR) . . . tailgating assignments consist of the equivalent of three parking spots 31 - Tony Newman, Central Missouri (KOR) . . . each group will get one assigned area . . . each assigned tailgate area 29 - Kenneth Davis, Missouri Western State (INT) 27 - Tony Newman, Pittsburg State (KOR) will be allowed a maximum of one vehicle . . . areas will be assigned in 25 - Joel Rockmore, Northwest Missouri State (KOR) sequence based on order of arrival . . . it is important to fill the tailgate 25 - Joel Rockmore, Missouri Southern State (KOR) areas in sequence in order to maximize space in an orderly, safe fashion 24 - Joel Rockmore, Emporia State (KOR) . . . all participants are expected to respect fellow tailgaters . . . all partici- 24 - Cody Busby, Central Missouri (KOR) 22 - Tony Newman, Pittsburg State (KOR) pants are expected to follow local, state, and federal laws . . . participants 22 - Tony Newman, Emporia State (KOR) who are currently enrolled NSU students are expected to abide by NSU 21 - Tony Newman, Pittsburg State (KOR) Student Rules and Regulations . . . no tent stakes may be used on park- 21 - Tony Newman, Missouri Western State (KOR) 21 - Joel Rockmore, Northwest Missouri State (KOR) ing lot asphalt . . . vehicles will not be allowed to leave the tailgate area 20 - Kenneth Davis, Central Missouri (INT) until kickoff. 20 - Joel Rockmore, Central Oklahoma (KOR) 20 - Joel Rockmore, Central Oklahoma (KOR)

SIMONEAU, BOHANNON PROMOTED, SKEANS RETURNS, MEN- * touchdown scored on play DEZ JOINS STAFF . . . NSU football coach Rob Robinson announced changes to his coaching staff over the summer . . . quarterbacks coach IN THE REDZONE . . . Dane Simoneau was promoted to offensive coordinator following the res- ignation of Paul Lane . . . Simoneau is set to enter his second year with NSU Opp the RiverHawks football program . . . prior to his arrival at Northeastern Times Penetrated 25 53 State, he spent two years playing quarterback and serving as the of- Total Scores 13 39 fensive coordinator for the Salina Bombers of the Champions Profes- TDs Scored 8 29 sional Indoor Football League . . . Simoneau also served as a graduate FGs Made-Att 5-8 10-13 assistant coach at Washburn from 2012-13 . . . he played for the Icha- Scoring % 52.0% 73.6% bods from 2007-11 and finished his collegiate career as the most prolific Touchdown % 32.0% 54.7% passer in WU history . . . Robinson also announced the hiring of Julian • continued on page 7 Northeastern State University 2015 RiverHawks Football

• continued from page 6 NSU in the 2015 MIAA Stats . . . √ Below are Northeastern State’s rankings in the 2015 MIAA statis- Mendez as the new offensive line coach, which was under the guidance of tics. Also listed are the final stats from the 2014 season . . . Lane . . . Mendez joined the NSU staff after a two-year stint at Ellsworth Community College where he also served as O-line coach . . . prior to his 2015 MIAA TEAM RANKS (12 teams in the league) 2014 2015 time at ECC, he spent three years in various roles at Ottawa University . . . Scoring Offense...... 12th (10.5)...... 10th (17.1) he was a volunteer in 2010, an assistant in 2011 and a graduate assistant in Scoring Defense...... 12th (39.5)...... 11th (37.8) 2012 . . . Marvin Bohannon served as a graduate assistant in 2014 but was Total Offense...... 12th (274.6)...... 11th (294.7) Total Defense...... 11th (411.7)...... 11th (457.9) promoted to assistant coach following the departure of Bradley Thomas, Rushing Offense...... 12th (69.8)...... 11th (104.1) who is now the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma Baptist University . . . Rushing Defense...... 12th (224.6)...... 12th (260.9) Bohannon coaches the wide receivers . . . Will Skeans has returned to NSU Pass Offense...... 7th (204.8)...... 9th (190.6) and serves as the strength and conditioning coordinator/linebackers coach . Pass Defense...... 4th (187.1)...... 2nd (197.0) Pass Efficiency...... 12th (96.2)...... 10th (98.5) . . he was a graduate assistant with the program from 2012-13. Pass Defense Efficiency...... 12th (135.6)...... 11th (139.0) Kickoff Returns...... 8th (18.9)...... 10th (19.0) NSU SELECTED LAST IN PRESEASON POLLS . . . Northeastern State Punt Return Average...... 7th (8.4)...... 12th (4.9) was picked to finish 12th in both the 2015 MIAA Preseason Coaches’ and Kickoff Coverage...... 11th (31.4)...... 12th (29.9) Field Goals...... 12th (.143)...... 7th (.556) Media Polls, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association an- Net Punting...... 8th (33.3)...... 5th (34.6) nounced at the MIAA Football Media Day on August 3. The RiverHawks Sacks Against...... 11th (38)...... 11th (34) collected 16 points in the coaches’ poll and 47 points in the media poll. They Sacks By...... 10th (18)...... 4th (23) were also selected to finish 12th in both polls last season. Northwest Mis- Interceptions...... 12th (5)...... 9th (8) First Downs...... 12th (15.4)...... 10th (15.6) souri State and Pittsburg State locked down the top two spots in both rank- Opponent First Downs...... 7th (20.5)...... 12th (25.2) ings. The Bearcats brought in eight of 12 first-place votes (118 total) in the 3rd-Down Conversions...... 12th (27.8)...... 12th (27.3) coaches’ poll and raked in 28 of 41 first-place votes (478 total) in the media Opp 3rd-Down Conversions...... 6th (37.5)...... 9th (40.5) poll. Pittsburg State earned four first-place votes in the coaches’ poll and 13 4th-Down Conversions...... 6th (41.9)...... 8th (38.9) Opp 4th-Down Conversions...... 9th (50.0)...... 6th (36.8) in the media poll to earn 114 and 455 points, respectively. NSU finished 0-11 Penalties...... 12th (79.6)...... 12th (79.2) overall a year ago and finished 12th in the conference. Time of Possession...... 5th (30:35)...... 7th (29:30) SEASON TICKETS ON SALE . . . Season ticket packages are now on 2015 MIAA INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (inside top 10) sale for the six-game home portion of the football schedule . . . prices begin Rushing Yards Per Game...... Joel Rockmore, 7th (81.3) as low as $45 per person for an adult general admission ticket . . . season Passing Yards Per Game...... Kevin Pantastico, 7th (168.1) chair back seats begin at $75 each for adults and $25 each for children ages Receiving Yards Per Game...... Garrett Powell, 9th (54.0) 4-14 . . . season ticket holders receive the benefit of sitting in comfortable Receptions Per Game...... Garrett Powell, 9th (3.9) Scoring (Kicking)...... Eddie Garcia, 9th (3.8) chair back seats for NSU’s six home MIAA contests where they can watch Kick Returns...... Joel Rockmore, 9th (21.9) future NFL players competing in the finest NCAA Division II conference in Total Offense...... Kevin Pantastico, 9th (156.3) the nation . . . they also receive excellent view of the halftime show featuring All-Purpose...... Joel Rockmore, 6th (131.1) the NSU Band . . . the 2015 campaign marks the third year of the $25 single- Punting...... Garrett Powell, 2nd (41.1) Tackles...... Irving Steele, 5th (11.8) game Family 4-Pack, which includes two general admission adult tickets ...... Steffon Herd, 7th (10.1) and two general admission student tickets (ages 4 through high school) . . Tackles For Loss...... Irving Steele, 4th (1.33) . the Family 4-Pack may be purchased at any time and used at any regular Interceptions...... Darian Morris, T-8th (3) season home game . . . all Northeastern State home football games are Fumbles Recovered...... Darian Morris, T-2nd (3) ...... Devon Siers, T-4th (2) played at Doc Wadley Stadium and will be contested on the new Matrix® Fumbles Forced...... Kenneth Davis, T-1st (3) Turf installed this summer . . . also for convenience, the Athletics Depart- ment will continue utilizing online ticketing for football and basketball . . . online ticketing allows for advanced ticket sales . . . all fans are required to NSU CAPTAINS show a ticket prior to entering an NSU football or basketball contest . . . NSU OFFENSE students and faculty/staff are allowed free admittance, but NSU ID’s are not Kevin Pantastico, Joel Rockmore accepted as a form of entry . . . for questions regarding ticket options, please Tyler Easter contact Brynn Hamner at 918.444.3901.

DEFENSE TICKETS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY IN 2015-16 . . . All fans wishing to at- Steffon Herd, Dakota Moran tend an NSU home football or basketball contest this season will be required to show a ticket prior to entering the facilities . . . this is the third-straight year ID’s have been required at those events . . . NSU students and faculty/staff The NSU Key: are allowed free admittance, but NSU ID’s are not accepted as a form of We are . . . Northeastern State University entry . . . tickets can be purchased at NSU’s ticketing website, goriverhawk- stickets.com . . . NSU students and faculty/staff can access goriverhawk- We are . . . RiverHawks stickets.com and secure their free tickets (either printable or downloaded to We are . . . NSU your smart phone) through their goNSU accounts . . . for questions regarding NEVER refer to NSU as ticket options, please contact Brynn Hamner at 918.444.3901. “Northeastern” or “Hawks” • continued on page 8 Northeastern State University 2015 RiverHawks Football

• continued from page 7 2015 AFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll GO RIVERHAWKS GEAR . . . Northeastern State University Athletics partners with Advanced-Online to bring fans a one-of-a-kind online shop- (November 2, 2015) ping site, goriverhawksgear.com . . . NSU fans have another avenue for ac- quiring Northeastern State apparel and accessories . . . the store is loaded Rk. Team (1st votes) Points Last with options for fans of all ages, ranging from T-shirts, polos and sweat- 1. West Georgia (25) 790 1 shirts, to home office supplies, drinkware and kitchen essentials . . . every item is branded with official Northeastern State athletics and university lo- 2. Northwest Missouri State (6) 772 2 gos, and select RiverHawks gear and accessories are customizable . . . 3. Ferris State (Mich.) (1) 733 3 the online store can be accessed by simply visiting www.goriverhawksgear. 4. Colorado State-Pueblo 685 4 com . . . the shop can also be viewed by clicking on the shopping cart at 5. Ashland (Ohio) 672 5 the top right of www.goriverhawksgo.com, the static graphic underneath the main picture or the rotating horizontal carousel just above the video player. 6. Shepherd (W.Va.) 638 6 7. Minnesota State 619 7 NOTES FROM THE EMPORIA STATE GAME . . . After NSU posted just 8. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 556 10 13 points total through the first three games of the season in 2014, the 9. Henderson State (Ark.) 510 11 RiverHawks exploded for 35 points and 504 yards of total offense against Emporia State . . . the RiverHawks fell in double overtime to the Hornets 10. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 473 13 by a 42-35 scoreline, which was the first double OT game for NSU since 11. Midwestern State (Texas) 449 14 Nov. 11, 2006 . . . quarterback Kevin Pantastico broke school records for 12. Texas A&M-Commerce 423 8 completions (34) and attempts (56) . . . he also threw for a career-high 13. Humboldt State (Calif.) 406 15 369 yards - which was the most by an NSU QB since 2011 - and a pair of touchdowns . . . he had 26 yards rushing and a TD run in overtime . . . he 14t. Emporia State (Kan.) 372 17 led NSU on three TD drives of 52, 75 and 79 yards in the fourth quarter to Tuskegee (Ala.) 372 16 send the game to OT . . . NSU trailed by 14 points twice in the final quarter 16. Colorado Mesa 325 19 before scoring the third TD with less than a minute to play in regulation . . 17. Grand Valley State (Mich.) 251 9 . Terrance Dixon’s first rushing touchdown early in the fourth quarter was the first TD on the ground for NSU this year . . . the RiverHawks were also 18. Indianapolis (Ind.) 240 20 penalized 201 yards, which broke both the school’s all-time record and the 19. North Alabama 212 21 MIAA’s all-time record for penalty yards in a single game . . . NSU was 20. Charleston (W.Va.) 170 23 flagged for 19 penalties, which broke the school’s all-time record for most 21. Colorado School of Mines 163 12 penalties called against a team in a single game . . . the mark also tied the MIAA’s all-time record, which was matched most recently by Central Mis- 22. Michigan Tech 131 22 souri in 1999 . . . NSU ran a school-record 90 plays, which broke a mark that 23. Valdosta State (Ga.) 128 24 hasn’t been equaled since Sept. 27, 1980 . . . Garrett Powell had a career- 24. Central Missouri 101 25 high 14 receptions for 179 yards . . . the 21 points NSU scored in the fourth 25. Bowie State (Md.) 63 RV quarter was the most points in a quarter since the RiverHawks had 24 in the second frame against Lincoln on Nov. 3, 2012 . . . the last time NSU scored 21 points in a fourth quarter was against East Central on Sept. 27, 2008. Others receiving votes: Assumption (Mass.), 45; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 28; Virginia Union, 22; THE 2014 SEASON OPENER . . . Northeastern State opened the 2014 Minnesota-Duluth, 19; Augustana (S.D.), 9; Indiana season against Pittsburg State University for the third year in a row . . . the Rob Robinson debut was seen by the fourth-largest crowd in Carnie Smith (Pa.), 8; North Greenville (S.C.), 7; Catawba (N.C.), Stadium history (10,814) . . . Steffon Herd made his first start on the defen- 4; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 3; Arkansas Tech, 1. sive side of the ball and finished the game with a team-high eight tackles . . . the contest also marked the first time NSU was shutout since Sept. 5, 2009 . . . the NSU defense held Jeff Seybold to a career-low 14 yards rushing . . . Seybold was an All-MIAA First Team member the year ago . . . the Riv- erHawks also had more fourth-down conversions (3-for-5) than third-down conversions (2-for-16).

HOW THEY’VE FARED IN THE NEW LEAGUE . . . The RiverHawks are in their fourth year as members of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association . . . since joining the NCAA in 1996, NSU has been a member of the Lone Star Conference (1996-2011), an independent (2011-12), and now the MIAA (2012-P) . . . the MIAA is one of the strongest football confer- ences in the country, as it boasts multiple national champions and squads • continued on page 9 Northeastern State University 2015 RiverHawks Football

• continued from page 8 2015 DRIVE CHARTS that routinely make deep runs in the NCAA Championship playoffs . . . the MIAA is home to two of the last four national champions, including Northeastern State Scoring Drives - Northwest Missouri State (2013) and Pittsburg State (2011) . . . since •Total Scoring Drives: 24 •Other Scores: 1 joining the MIAA, the RiverHawks are 8-34 overall with a 8-33 record Qtr. Clock Opp Scoring Play Plays Yds. TOP 1 3:55 PSU J. Rockmore 47 pass from K. Pantastico 5 75 1:42 against league opposition. 3 3:45 PSU J. Pope 6 pass from K. Pantastico 10 68 3:51 1^ 7:49 FHSU J. Rockmore 7 run 2 11 0:41 2 7:16 FHSU J. Pope 9 pass from K. Pantastico 9 52 4:39 FORMER RIVERHAWK WINS SUPER BOWL . . . Former North- 2 13:42 MWSU K. Pantastico 2 run 10 44 5:41 2 10:01 MWSU A. King 63 pass from K. Pantastico 3 71 1:35 eastern State offensive lineman Michael Bowie became the 15th player 4 13:15 MWSU E. Garcia 26 FG 11 25 3:56 2 3:28 ESU K. Pantastico 1 run 12 65 5:01 in school history and the first in 21 years to be selected in the NFL draft 3 0:32 ESU G. Powell 39 pass from K. Pantastico 4 55 1:42 when he was chosen by the Seattle Seahawks with the 36th pick in the 2 0:23 NWMSU J. Rockmore 2 run 12 75 3:50 1^ 8:33 UNK J. Rockmore 76 run 1 76 0:13 seventh round in the 2013 draft . . . he was the 242nd overall pick and is 1 3:09 UNK E. Garcia 32 FG 12 45 4:19 2 10:44 UNK K. Pantastico 3 run 14 60 6:18 attempting to become the first NSU football player since 1992 to play for 2 1:36 UNK J. Rockmore 85 run 2 85 0:56 3 8:31 UNK M. Butler 74 pass from K. Pantastico 4 89 2:13 an NFL team . . . he started nine games along the offensive line during 1^ 6:21 MSSU Z. King 37 pass from K. Pantastico 4 54 126 the season and helped lead Seattle to a victory in Super Bowl XLVIII . . . 2 0:49 MSSU M. Butler 40 pass from K. Pantastico 8 72 3:52 3 4:23 MSSU G. Powell 35 pass from K. Pantastico 7 75 2:59 Bowie has since been claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Browns and 4 14:49 MSSU E. Garcia 20 FG 4 3 1:28 1 3:55 UCM G. Powell 39 pass from K. Pantastico 2 40 0:55 is expected to miss his second-straight season due to injury. 3 3:14 UCM E. Garcia 27 FG 4 0 0:55 1 6:35 UCO E. Garcia 36 FG 11 56 4:11 2 6:28 UCO J. Pope 19 pass from K. Pantastico 6 76 2:04 GOING BOWLING IN 2011 . . . Northeastern State made its first ap- 4 12:37 UCO M. Butler 54 pass from B. Armstrong 3 60 0:55 pearance in a bowl game since making the transition to Division II last * first drive of the game season . . . the RiverHawks posted a 7-4 mark in the regular season ^ first score of the game Longest Drives/Yards - and was awarded a bid to the Mineral Water Bowl, one of only two Divi- •Total Drives of at least 90 yards: 0 sion II bowl games . . . Northeastern State fell 28-14 to Minnesota State •Total Drives of at least 80 yards: 2 •Total Drives of at least 70 yards: 10 University in Excelsior Springs, Mo. •Total Drives of at least 60 yards: 14 •Total Drives of at least 50 yards: 26 Qtr. Clock Opp Plays Yds. TOP Result 3 8:31 UNK 4 89 2:13 TD NSU HELPS WELCOME UTSA TO COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL . . . 2 1:36 UNK 2 85 0:56 TD Northeastern State traveled to San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 3, 2011, 1 8:33 UNK 1 76 0:13 TD 2 6:28 UCO 6 76 2:04 TD for a meeting with the UTSA Roadrunners . . . the special occasion 1 3:55 PSU 5 75 1:42 TD 2 0:23 NWMSU 12 75 3:50 TD marked the first football contest in UTSA history, which was won by 3 4:23 MSSU 7 75 2:59 TD 2 11:37 ESU 8 72 3:12 INT the Roadrunners, 31-3 . . . the game attracted 56,743 fans, which was 2 0:49 MSSU 8 72 3:52 TD 2 10:01 MWSU 3 71 1:35 TD the largest crowd to ever watch an NSU football game and the largest 3 3:45 PSU 10 68 3:51 TD crowd in NCAA to ever watch a program’s first collegiate football game. 2 3:28 ESU 12 65 5:01 TD 2 10:44 UNK 14 60 6:18 TD 4 12:37 UCO 3 60 0:55 TD 2 1:02 PSU 8 59 2:42 INT NSU PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 4 14:41 NWMSU 8 58 3:05 INT 1 6:35 UCO 11 56 4:11 FG Cody Busby - bus-bee 4 1:11 PSU 10 55 3:21 Turnover on Downs Ukoh Essang - OOK-uh ess-ANG (rhymes with fang) 3 0:32 ESU 4 55 1:42 TD 1 6:21 MSSU 4 54 1:26 TD Steffon Herd - stuff-ON 2 7:16 FHSU 9 52 4:23 TD 4 6:02 ESU 12 52 5:11 Punt Decoryan Holman - duh-KOR-e-un 2 5:23 UCM 6 52 2:44 INT 4 2:33 FHSU 9 51 3:49 Punt Zaccheus Johnson - zuh-KEY-us 3 7:00 ESU 10 51 5:10 Turnover on Downs Trevon Lawson - TRAY-von 4 8:11 UNK 9 51 3:56 Missed FG Dakota Moran - more-AN Longest Drives/Plays - •Total Drives of at least 10 plays: 13 Gil Niko - KNEE-ko Qtr. Clock Opp Plays Yds. TOP Result 2 10:44 UNK 14 60 6:18 TD Casey Saied - sigh-EED 1 1:50 ESU 13 49 6:10 Turnover on Downs Devon Siers - DEV-en (not dev-ON) seers 2 3:28 ESU 12 65 5:01 TD 4 6:02 ESU 12 52 5:11 Punt T’Nheous Smith - tuh-KNEE-us 2 0:23 NWMSU 12 75 3:50 TD 1 3:09 UNK 12 45 4:19 FG Damarii Tryon - duh-MAHR-ee 3 6:37 FHSU 11 49 3:32 Missed FG 3 13:15 MWSU 11 25 3:56 FG Peter Udoumoh - you-DOE-moe 1 6:35 UCO 11 56 4:11 FG 3 3:45 PSU 10 68 3:51 TD 4 1:11 PSU 10 55 3:21 Turnover on Downs • • • • • 2 13:42 MWSU 10 44 5:41 TD 3 7:00 ESU 10 51 5:10 Turnover on Downs

Longest Drives/Time of Possession - •Total Drives of at least 5:00: 6 Qtr. Clock Opp Plays Yds. TOP Result 2 10:44 UNK 14 60 6:18 TD 1 1:50 ESU 13 49 6:10 Turnover on Downs 2 13:42 MWSU 10 44 5:41 TD 4 6:02 ESU 12 52 5:11 Punt 3 7:00 ESU 10 51 5:10 Turnover on Downs 2 3:28 ESU 12 65 5:01 TD

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NSU RECORDS SINCE BECOMING CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS CAREER TOTAL POINTS LEADERS 1. Trey McVay (2008-11) 3,016 1. Carlton Booe (1998-99) 224 AN NCAA INSTITUTION IN 1996 2. Jarrett Byers (2005-08) 2,545 2. Drew Patton (2010-13) 223 3. Josh Richey (2003-04) 1,256 3. Trey McVay (2008-11) 208 CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS 4. Garrett Powell (2014-P) 1,214 4. Jared Homer (2006-09) 204 1. Johnny Deaton (2011-13) 4,747 5. Jermaine Sherman (2011-12) 1,162 5. Jarrett Byers (2005-08) 188 2. Kenny Davis (2008-11) 4,745 6. Jahmai Coleman (2011-12) 1,015 6. Joel Rockmore (2011-P) 132 3. Dustin Workman (2003-06) 3,526 7. Damein Henderson (2007-08) 943 7. Terrance Dixon (2011-14) 126 4. Kevin Pantastico (2014-P) 3,377 8. Ellis Bruner (2004-07) 696 8. Craig Fulton (2003) 84 5. Carlton Booe (1998-99) 3,068 9. Prince McJunkins (2012-P) 680 9. Brett Sowers (2003-06) 83 6. Joel Rockmore (2011-P) 2,751 10. Milton Harris (2003) 652 10. Josh Richey (2003-04) 60 7. Forrest Mazey (2003-04) 2,512 8. Joe Hogan (2004-07) 2,447 CAREER RECEPTION LEADERS CAREER TACKLE LEADERS 9. Brandon Ishem (2004-05) 1,838 1. Trey McVay (2008-11) 195 1. Langston Jones (2010-13) 387 10. Terrance Dixon (2011-14) 1,754 2. Jarrett Byers (2005-08) 151 2. Broderick Mondy (2004-08) 346 3. Garrett Powell (2014-P) 92 3. Jon Evans (2007-10) 319 CAREER PASSING LEADERS 4. Jermaine Sherman (2011-12) 81 4. Kevin Christian (2003-06) 280 1. Johnny Deaton (2011-13) 4,405 5. Jahmai Coleman (2011-12) 69 5. Donald Dangerfield (2007-11) 204 2. Kenny Davis (2008-11) 4,332 6. Josh Richey (2003-04) 65 6. Jack Gray (2010-14) 187 3. Dustin Workman (2003-06) 3,656 7. Damein Henderson (2007-08) 64 7. Ryan Keenom (2008-11) 186 4. Kevin Pantastico (2014-P) 3,511 8. Milton Harris (2003) 59 8. Kenneth Davis (2013-P) 184 5. Joe Hogan (2004-07) 2,447 9. Terrance Dixon (2011-14) 58 9. Terrance Gaston (2008-09) 183 6. Forrest Mazey (2003-04) 2,261 10. Prince McJunkins (2012-P) 51 10. T.J. Raymond (2007-09) 166 7. Thor Long (2011-P) 1,525 8. Kaelin Woods (2008-09) 1,207 CAREER RECEIVING TD LEADERS CAREER INTERCEPTION LEADERS 9. Trent Pitt (1998-99) 1,182 1. Trey McVay (2008-11) 34 1. Vernon Jones (2011-13) 10 10. Greg Bobbitt (1998-99) 741 2. Jarrett Byers (2005-08) 28 2. Nate Robinson (2010-11) 9 3. Josh Richey (2003-04) 10 3. JoJo Polk (1998-99) 8 CAREER PASSING TD LEADERS 4. Jermaine Sherman (2011-12) 9 Curtis Mayfield (2008) 8 1. Johnny Deaton (2011-13) 36 5. Ben Randle (2008-10) 8 5. Terry Grayson (2003-04) 7 2. Kenny Davis (2008-11) 35 Garrett Powell (2014-P) 8 6. Nick Dobler (2009-10) 5 3. Dustin Workman (2003-06) 24 7. Damein Henderson (2007-08) 7 Troy Adams (2008-10) 5 4. Kevin Pantastico (2014-P) 18 8. Jahmai Coleman (2011-12) 5 Prentis Jenkins (1999) 5 5. Joe Hogan (2004-07) 17 Chucky Bryant (2011-12) 5 Cornelius Burks (2007) 5 6. Forrest Mazey (2003-04) 15 Nick Whitlow (2008-13) 5 Broderick Mondy (2004-08) 5 7. Trent Pitt (1998-99) 9 Kyler Harris (2011-13) 5 8. Greg Bobbitt (1998-99) 8 CAREER ALL-PURPOSE LEADERS 9. Kaelin Woods (2008-09) 7 1. Joel Rockmore (2011-P) 4,240 CAREER KICK RETURN YARDAGE LEADERS 10. Pat Cook (2009-10) 6 2. Trey McVay (2008-11) 3,985 1. Joel Rockmore (2011-P) 1,100 Thor Long (2011-P) 6 3. Carlton Booe (1998-99) 3,354 2. Nate Robinson (2010-11) 981 4. Jarrett Byers (2005-08) 3,202 3. Prince McKinney (2008-10) 756 CAREER PASSING COMPLETION LEADERS 5. Brandon Ishem (2004-05) 2,434 4. Vernon Jones (2011-13) 715 1. Kenny Davis (2008-11) 354 6. Terrance Dixon (2011-14) 2,312 5. Tony Newman (2014-P) 707 2. Johnny Deaton (2011-13) 315 7. Prince McKinney (2008-10) 1,940 5. Marcus Long (1999) 651 3. Dustin Workman (2003-06) 297 8. Nate Robinson (2010-11) 1,637 7. Jarrett Byers (2005-08) 467 4. Kevin Pantastico (2014-P) 296 9. Josh Richey (2003-04) 1,269 8. Jason Myers (2003-04) 466 5. Joe Hogan (2004-07) 212 10. Garrett Powell (2014-P) 1,230 9. Keenan Webb (2005) 456 6. Forrest Mazey (2003-04) 197 10. Ray Dobbs (2013-14) 446 7. Thor Long (2011-P) 129 CAREER TD’s SCORED LEADERS 8. Kaelin Woods (2008-09) 101 1. Carlton Booe (1998-99) 37 CAREER PUNT RETURN YARDAGE LEADERS 9. Trent Pitt (1998-99) 68 2. Trey McVay (2008-11) 34 1. Nate Robinson (2010-11) 568 10. Woody Wilson (2009-10) 58 3. Jarrett Byers (2005-08) 31 2. Trey McVay (2008-11) 517 4. Joel Rockmore (2011-P) 22 3. JoJo Polk (1998-99) 515 CAREER RUSHING LEADERS 5. Terrance Dixon (2011-14) 21 4. Dominique Wadley (2005) 245 1. Carlton Booe (1998-99) 3,068 6. Craig Fulton (2003) 14 5. Mack Chambers (1998) 139 2. Joel Rockmore (2011-P) 2,751 7. Josh Richey (2003-04) 10 6. Curtis Mayfield (2007) 130 3. Brandon Ishem (2004-05) 1,838 8. Jermaine Sherman (2011-12) 9 7. Kevin Reed (2004-05) 110 4. Terrance Dixon (2011-14) 1,724 9. Erick Hatchett (2006) 8 8. Sharod Hoffman (2006) 109 5. Josh Lewis (2007-10) 1,524 Brandon Ishem (2004-05) 8 9. Rey Martin (2014) 99 6. Prince McKinney (2008-10) 1,004 Damein Henderson (2007-08) 8 10. Terry Grayson (2003-04) 88 7. Craig Fulton (2003) 920 Ben Randle (2008-10) 8 8. Steven Hopper (2010, 2013) 762 Garrett Powell (2014-P) 8 CAREER YARDAGE PER PUNT LEADERS 9. Erick Hatchett (2006) 667 1. Joe Kok (2006-09) 40.32 10. Greg Bobbitt (1998-99) 658 CAREER TD’s RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADERS 2. Cody Lenz (2010-11) 40.31 1. Kenny Davis (2008-11) 42 3. Tyler Yearby (2003-04) 40.07 CAREER RUSHING TD LEADERS 2. Johnny Deaton (2011-13) 41 4. Garrett Powell (2014-P) 39.77 1. Carlton Booe (1998-99) 34 3. Carlton Booe (1998-99) 37 5. Dylan Beers (2011-14) 38.22 2. Terrance Dixon (2011-14) 20 4. Trey McVay (2008-11) 34 6. Billy Becher (1998-99) 37.95 Joel Rockmore (2011-P) 20 5. Jarrett Byers (2005-08) 31 7. Zach Bridwell (2005) 34.10 4. Craig Fulton (2003) 13 6. Dustin Workman (2003-06) 26 8. Dustin Steele (1998) 33.70 5. Kenny Davis (2008-11) 7 7 Joel Rockmore (2011-P) 22 Brandon Ishem (2004-05) 7 Kevin Pantastico (2014-P) 22 CAREER FIELD GOALS MADE LEADERS 7. Forrest Mazey (2003-04) 6 9. Forrest Mazey (2003-04) 21 1. Jared Homer (2006-09) 42 Erick Hatchett (2006) 6 Terrance Dixon (2011-14) 21 2. Drew Patton (2010-13) 39 9. Jarrett Beal (2007) 5 3. Brett Sowers (2003-06) 17 Jason Broom (1999) 5 4. Mike Shockley (1999) 11 Rufus White (1998) 5 5. Scott Thomsen (1998) 7 Johnny Deaton (2011-13) 5 Northeastern State University All-Time Records

RUSHING YARDS TOUCHDOWN PASSES (Career) (Game) (Game) 32 Trey McVay, 2008-11 342 Carlton Booe (vs SE 10/31/98) 6 Johnny Deaton (vs. Harding 10/15/11) LONGEST FIELD GOAL (Season) (Season) 56 Jared Homer (vs. SWOSU 10/11/08) 1809 Eddie Akins, 1994 26 Johnny Deaton, 2011 Jared Homer (vs. Tarleton State 9/6/08)

(Career) (Career) MOST FIELD GOALS 3590 Reggie Barnes, 1986-89 53 Roy Burk, 1968-70 (Game) 4 Brett Sowers (vs. Tarleton State 9/17/05) RUSHING ATTEMPTS LONGEST SCORING PASS Arthur Garcia (vs. Cameron 10/9/82) (Game) 95 Jarod Mendenhall to Larry Briggs 44 Kalvin Farrow, (vs. Cameron 1982) (vs. NWOSU 11/11/89) (Season) 14 Jared Homer, 2008 (Season) COMPLETION PERCENTAGE 381 Eddie Akins, 1994 (Season) (Career) .615 Forrest Mazey, 2003 42 Jared Homer, 2006-09 (Career) 740 Reggie Barnes, 1986-89 (Career) MOST POINTS KICKING .578 Forrest Mazey, 2003-04 (197-341) (Game) RUSHING YARDS PER CARRY 14 Arthur Garcia (vs. Cameron 10/9/81) (Season) PASSING YARDS PER GAME 8.1 Frank Phelps, 1958 (Season) (Season) 229.0 Johnny Deaton, 2011 77 Arthur Garcia, 1982 RUSHING YARDS PER GAME (Season) (Career) (Career) 158.1 Robert Hudson, 1970 200.2 Johnny Deaton, 2011-13 223 Drew Patton, 2010-13

LONGEST SCORING RUN TOTAL OFFENSE EXTRA POINTS MADE 99 Robert Hudson (vs. Panhandle 1970) (Game) (Game) 572 Johnny Deaton (vs. Harding 10/15/11) 9 Larry Dotson (vs. NWOSU 10/31/70) PASSING YARDS (Game) (Season) (Season) 542 Johnny Deaton (vs. Harding 10/15/11) 2,749 Johnny Deaton, 2011 48 Larry Dotson, 1970

(Season) (Career) (Career) 2,520 Johnny Deaton, 2011 5,832 Lynn Pattillo, 1978-81 138 Larry Dotson, 1968-71

(Career) TDs RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST KICKOFF RETURNS 5,799 Lynn Pattillo, 1978-81 (Season) (Game) 29 Johnny Deaton, 2011 7 Jerome Storey (vs. Mo. Western 9/9/95) PASSES COMPLETED (Game) (Career) (Season) 34 Kevin Pantastico (vs. Emporia 9/27/14) 65 Roy Burk, 1968-70 26 Marcus Long, 1999

(Season) TOTAL OFFENSE AVERAGE (Career) 193 Kevin Pantastico, 2014 (Season) 49 Wendell Barnett, 1988-91 249.9 Johnny Deaton, 2011 (Career) MOST KICKOFF RETURN YARDS 383 Lynn Pattillo, 1978-81 MOST PASS RECEPTIONS (Game) (Game) 170 Jarrett Byers (vs. TAMUC 10/4/08) PASSES ATTEMPTED 16 Trey McVay (vs. Harding 10/15/11) (Game) (Season) 54 Kevin Pantastico (vs. Emporia 9/27/14) (Season) 651 Marcus Long, 1999 81 Trey McVay, 2011 (Season) (Career) 375 Johnny Deaton, 2011 (Career) 1100 Joel Rockmore, 2011-P 191 Trey McVay, 2008-11 (Career) KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE 748 Lynn Pattillo, 1978-81 MOST RECEIVING YARDS (Season) (Game) 36.1 Derrick Jacobs, 1994 INTERCEPTIONS THROWN 425 Trey McVay (vs. Harding 10/15/11) (Game) LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN 4 Dustin Workman (vs. Kingsville 9/3/05) (Season) 102 Jim Stevens, (vs. Emporia State 1939) Trent Pitt (vs. UCO 11/14/98) 1,514 Trey McVay, 2011 Joe Volentine (vs. Harding 9/14/92) MOST PUNT RETURNS (Career) (Game) (Season) 2,908 Trey McVay, 2008-11 7 Trey McVay (vs. SW Baptist 10/18/08) 14 Bruce Johnson, 1972 Frank Marsaln, 1982 MOST TD RECEPTIONS (Season) Kevin Pantastico, 2014 (Game) 40 JoJo Polk, 1999 6 Trey McVay (vs. Harding 10/15/11) (Career) (Career) 25 Johnny Deaton, 2011-13 (Season) 72 Wendell Barnett, 1988-91 15 Trey McVay, 2011 Northeastern State University All-Time Records

LONGEST PUNT RETURN MOST PASS INTERCEPTIONS (Career) 100 George Elliott (vs. Ark Tech Oct. 1953) (Game) 29 Ben Meinert, 1991-94 3 George Elliott (vs. NWOSU 1954) PUNT RETURN YARDAGE Tommy Redmen (vs. ECU 10/8/60) FUMBLE RECOVERIES (Game) Wes Matthews (vs. Ark. Tech 9/14/63) (Game) 271 George Elliott (vs. UCO 11/7/52) Chris Holland (vs. Langston 10/21/64) 3 Mike Adams (vs. Cameron 10/12/85) Mainard Roberts (vs. Cent. Mo. 10/1/77) (Season) Ron Scott (vs. Panhandle 9/8/79) (Season) 442 George Elliott, 1952 Wendell Barnett (vs. NWOSU 11/20/90) 5 Derek Huggins, 1995 Ronnie Johnson (vs. SE 10/24/92) Keith Miller, 1975 (Career) Ervin McDonald, 1980 1,114 George Elliott, 1952-54 (Season) David Tate, 1989 10 Wes Matthews, 1964 Kenny Washington, 1991 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE Ron Scott, 1979 Kelby Farley, 1994 (Season) 36.8 George Elliott, 1952 (Career) (Career) 22 Chris Holland, 1962-65 9 Keith Miller, 1975-78 (Career) 33.8 George Elliott, 1952-54 PASS INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS PASSES BROKEN UP (Season) (Game) MOST PUNTS 153 Phillip Davis, 2003 6 JoJo Polk (vs. Angelo State 9/19/98) (Game) 11 Mark Ross (vs. Central Ark. 9/24/77) (Career) (Season) Scot Crocker (vs. Cameron 10/12/85) 241 Ronnie Johnson, 1991-94 17 Jameel Jones, 1996 Scott McGuire (vs. SWOSU 11/4/89) Billy Becher (vs. UC-Davis 11/27/99) LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN (Career) Joe Kok (vs. Midwestern St. 10/15/07) 95 Dick Finey (vs. ECU 10/15/55) 30 Chauncey Leverette, 1991-94 Dylan Beers (vs. Washburn 9/21/13) Ronnie Johnson, 1991-94 TOTAL TACKLES (Season) (Game) 80 Billy Becher, 1999 25 Keith Miller (vs. ECU 10/21/78) Team

(Career) (Season) Records 258 Joe Kok, 2006-09 149 Kelby Farley, 1994 MOST POINTS SCORED (Game) BEST PUNTING AVERAGE (Career) 64 vs. Panhandle State, 11/6/99 (Game) 525 Keith Miller, 1975-78 54.2 Kent Lashley (vs. Ark. Tech 9/18/64) (Season) UNASSISTED TACKLES 405 2011 (Season) (Game) 44.6 Mark Ross, 1979 15 Keith Miller (vs. Ark. Tech 9/16/78) MOST POINTS ALLOWED Keith Miller (vs. Evangel 10/21/78) (Game) (Career) 125 vs. Southeastern, 1916 (125-0) 41.3 Mark Ross, 1976-79 (Season) 101 Keith Miller, 1977 LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY MOST PUNTING YARDS 62 vs. Central Missouri State, 1963 (62-0) (Game) (Career) 495 Mark Ross (vs. Central Ark. 9/24/77) 199 Keith Miller, 1975-78 LARGEST MARGIN OF DEFEAT 125 vs. Southeastern, 1916 (125-0) (Season) ASSISTED TACKLES 3048 Tyler Yearby, 2004 (Game) MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS 21 Jerry Freese (vs. Harding 10/9/93) (Game) (Career) 79 vs. Southeastern, 11/10/84 10,402 Joe Kok, 2006-09 (Season) 92 Kenny Washington, 1991 (Season) LONGEST PUNT 754 1999 90 Wayne Plumber (vs. Langston 10/24/59) TACKLES-FOR-LOSS (Game) FEWEST RUSHING ATTEMPTS MOST TDs SCORED 6 Dallas Curtis (vs. West. WA 11/20/99) (Game) (Game) 19 Harding, 10/15/2011 6 Trey McVay (vs. Harding 10/15/11) (Season) 28 Dallas Curtis, 1999 MOST YARDS RUSHING (Season) (Game) 20 Eddie Akins, 1994 (Career) 527 vs. Southeastern, 11/10/84 49 Marcus Gunn, 1996-99 (Career) (Season) 37 Carlton Booe, 1998-99 QUARTERBACK SACKS 3,391 1999 (Game) MOST POINTS SCORED 4 Adam Beauchamp (vs. Harding 10/10/98) OPPONENT’S MOST RUSHING YARDS (Game) Ricky Ceasar (vs. NWOSU 11/14/92) (Game) 36 Trey McVay (vs. Harding 10/15/11) David Grider (vs. Ft. Hays State 10/7/89) 458 Harding, 10/15/11

(Season) (Season) (Season) 120 Eddie Akins, 1994 10 Ben Meinert, 1974 2,843 2013 Ricky Ceasar, 1992 Ben Meinert, 1993 Northeastern State University All-Time Records

NSU FEWEST RUSHING YARDS MOST NSU PASSING YARDS MOST PUNT RETURN YARDS (Game) (Game) (Game) -8 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville, 9/20/08 542 vs. Harding, 10/15/11 271 vs. Central Oklahoma, 11/7/52

(Season) (Season) (Season) 738 2008 3,497 2011 506 1999

OPPONENT’S MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS FEWEST NSU PASSING YARDS MOST KICKOFF RETURNS (Game) (Game) (Game) 79 NW Oklahoma State, 10/30/82 0 vs. Harding, 10/11/97 10 vs. North Dakota, 9/18/10

OPPONENT’S FEWEST RUSHING ATTEMPTS (Season) (Season) (Game) 484 1956 54 2009 & 2010 12 Southeastern, 10/19/85 MOST NSU TOUCHDOWNS THROWN MOST KICKOFF RETURN YARDS OPPONENT’S FEWEST RUSHING YARDS (Game) (Game) (Game) 6 vs. Harding (10/15/11) 213 vs. A&M-Commerce, 10/4/08 -44 Harding, 10/8/94 (Season) (Season) (Season) 33 2011 1,097 2010 555 1952 MOST NSU PLAYS MOST PASS INTERCEPTIONS MOST NSU RUSHING TDs (Game) (Game) (Game) 90 vs. Emporia State, 9/27/2014 7 vs. Angelo State, 12/6/80 7 vs. Ouachita Baptist, 10/16/99 7 vs. Panhandle State, 11/6/99 (Season) (Season) 918 1999 28 1994 (Season) 33 1999 MOST NSU TOTAL YARDS MOST PENALTIES (Game) (Game) MOST NSU PASSES COMPLETED 626 vs. Panhandle State, 11/21/70 19 vs. Emporia State, 9/27/2014 (201 yards) (Game) 30 vs. Evangel, 11/14/81 (Season) (Season) 5,290 2011 126 1999 (Season) 233 2011 FEWEST TOTAL YARDS MOST YARDS PENALIZED (Game) (Game) FEWEST NSU PASSES COMPLETED 36 vs. Central Arkansas, 9/24/77 201 vs. Emporia State, 9/27/2014 (19 penalties) (Game) 0 vs. Harding, 10/11/97 (Season) (Season) 2,029 1989 1,046 1999 MOST NSU PASSES ATTEMPTED (Game) OPPONENT’S FEWEST TOTAL YARDS MOST FIRST DOWNS 56 vs. Emporia State, 9/27/2014 (Game) (Game) 29 Bacone, 10/4/01 32 vs. Lincoln, 11/9/13 (Season) 432 2011 (Season) (Season) 1,745 1973 258 2011 OPPONENT’S FEWEST COMPLETED PASSES (Game) MOST PUNTS MOST FUMBLES 0 Langston, 9/13/80 (Game) (Game) 11 vs. Central Ark. (9/24/77) 9 vs. Tarleton State, 9/11/93 OPPONENT’S FEWEST PASS ATTEMPTS vs. Cameron (10/6/84) (Game) vs. Cameron (10/12/85) (Season) 1 Southeastern, 11/20/80 vs. Southwestern (11/4/89) 40 1993 vs. Harding (10/10/98) OPPONENT’S FEWEST PASSING YARDS vs. UC-Davis (11/27/99) MOST FUMBLES LOST (Game) vs. Midwestern State (10/15/07) (Game) 0 Langston, 9/13/80 vs. Washburn (9/21/13) 5 vs. East Central (11/16/85) vs. Tarleton State (9/11/93) (Season) (Season) vs. Southwestern (11/6/93). 474 1973 80 1999 (Season) MOST OPPONENT’S PASS INTERCEPTIONS BEST AVERAGE PER PUNT IN A SEASON 24 1993 (Game) 41.8 2004 5 Southeastern, 10/17/87 FEWEST FUMBLES LOST IN A SEASON Washburn, 9/21/13 MOST PUNT RETURNS 5 2013 Central Oklahoma, 11/16/13 (Game) 7 vs. Ouachita Baptist, 10/16/99 (Season) vs. SWOSU, 10/30/04 17 1988 & 1999 vs. Southwest Baptist, 10/18/08

(Season) 50 1999 Northeastern State University Two-Deep vs. WU

NSU OFFENSE NSU DEFENSE WR 7 Garrett Powell (6-0, 200, Sr-1L) DE 87 Tanner Sheets (6-0, 255, So-SQ) 13 Zac King (6-1, 185, So-TR) 94 Dakota Moran (6-2, 270, Jr-2L)

LT 69 Jordan Baldwin (6-3, 330, Jr-TR) DT 93 Justin Marshall (6-2, 240, Jr-TR) 74 Andrew Alvarado (6-4, 315, Jr-TR) 60 Reuben Washington (6-1, 290, Jr-2L)

LG 50 Brian West (6-3, 285, Jr-1L) NG 58 Curtis Foley (6-3, 290, Fr-HS) 54 Damarii Tryon (6-2, 290, Fr-HS) 79 Trevon Lawson (6-1, 340, Sr-3L)

C 68 Brian Hobbs (5-11, 315, Jr-TR) WOLF 95 Quincy Dotson (6-4, 220, So-TR) 67 Taylor Cooley (6-3, 300, Jr-TR) 65 T’Nheous Smith (6-0, 230, Fr-TR)

RG 55 Lance Cox (6-0, 300, Jr-TR) SAM 40 Kenneth Davis (6-1, 230, Jr-2L) 54 Damarii Tryon (6-2, 290, Fr-HS) 49 Kenny Culbertson (6-2, 245, Sr-2L)

RT 53 Tyler Easter (6-3, 280, Jr-2L) MIKE 3 Irving Steele (6-0, 220, Sr-TR) 66 Dakota Ritchie (6-4, 275, Fr-RS) 25 Colby Bivins (6-0, 225, Fr-RS)

TE 88 Decoryan Holman (6-4, 245, So-TR) NICKEL 31 Darian Morris (6-3, 215, Jr-TR) 84 Jacob Drysdale (6-3, 235, Fr-RS) 49 Kenny Culbertson (6-2, 245, Sr-2L)

QB 4 Kevin Pantastico (6-0, 190, Jr-1L) CB 12 Peter Udoumoh (6-2, 195, Jr-2L) 15 Blayne Armstrong (6-3, 225, Fr-TR) 22 Kevin Bell (6-1, 185, Fr-RS)

RB 20 Joel Rockmore (5-9, 190, Sr-3L) CB 2 Tony Newman (6-0, 185, Jr-1L) 6 Cody Busby (5-10, 210, Jr-TR) 23 Tray Martin (5-11, 195, Jr-TR)

WR 85 Matthew Butler (6-1, 185, Jr-TR) SS 8 Steffon Herd (6-3, 210, Jr-2L) 21 Antonio King (6-1, 195, Jr-1L) 34 Isaiah Silversmith (5-11, 190, Fr-RS)

FB 36 Michael Davis (5-11, 220, So-1L) FS 24 Devon Siers (5-10, 175, Fr-RS) 27 Tracey Walker (5-10, 215, Jr-1L) 34 Isaiah Silversmith (5-11, 190, Fr-RS)

NSU SPECIALISTS KO 47 Eddie Garcia (6-0, 200, Jr-TR) FG/PAT 47 Eddie Garcia (6-0, 200, Jr-TR) P 7 Garrett Powell (6-0, 200, Sr-1L) DS 84 (P) Jacob Drysdale (6-3, 235, Fr-RS) 67 (K) Taylor Cooley (6-3, 300, Jr-TR) HO 7 Garrett Powell (6-0, 200, Sr-1L) KOR 20 Joel Rockmore (5-9, 190, Sr-3L) 6 Cody Busby (5-10, 210, Jr-TR) PR 24 Devon Siers (5-10, 175, Fr-RS) 2015 NSU TEAM STATISTICS

TEAM STATISTICS NSU OPP SCORING...... 154 340 Points Per Game...... 17.1 37.8 Points Off Turnovers...... 30 65 FIRST DOWNS...... 140 227 Rushing...... 54 117 Passing...... 64 83 Penalty...... 22 27 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 937 2326 Yards gained rushing...... 1285 2599 Yards lost rushing...... 348 273 Rushing Attempts...... 320 437 Average Per Rush...... 2.9 5.3 Average Per Game...... 104.1 258.4 TDs Rushing...... 7 23 PASSING YARDAGE...... 1715 1781 Comp-Att-Int...... 126-282-16 132-236-8 Average Per Pass...... 6.1 7.5 Average Per Catch...... 13.6 13.5 Average Per Game...... 190.6 197.9 TDs Passing...... 12 19 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 2652 4107 Total Plays...... 602 673 Average Per Play...... 4.4 6.1 Average Per Game...... 294.7 456.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards...... 42-796 33-786 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 9-44 15-315 INT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 8-120 16-192 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 19.0 23.8 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 4.9 21.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 15.0 12.0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 12-10 13-9 PENALTIES-Yards...... 81-713 59-568 Average Per Game...... 79.2 63.1 PUNTS-Yards...... 57-2289 37-1343 Average Per Punt...... 40.2 36.3 Net punt average...... 34.3 35.1 KICKOFFS-Yards...... 34-1802 61-3573 Average Per Kick...... 53.0 58.6 Net kick average...... 29.9 40.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game...... 29:30 30:30 3RD-DOWN Conversions...... 35/128 51/127 3rd-Down Pct...... 27% 40% 4TH-DOWN Conversions...... 7/18 7/19 4th-Down Pct...... 39% 37% SACKS BY-Yards...... 23-162 34-237 MISC YARDS...... -1 1 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 20 44 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 5-9 11-17 ON-SIDE KICKS...... 0-0 2-2 RED-ZONE SCORES...... (13-25) 52% (39-53) 74% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS...... (8-25) 32% (29-53) 55% PAT-ATTEMPTS...... (19-20) 95% (43-44) 98% ATTENDANCE...... 11157 20212 Games/Avg Per Game...... 5/2231 4/5053 Neutral Site Games...... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Northeastern State ...... 41 62 38 13 0 154 Opponents...... 92 100 59 89 0 340 2015 NSU INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Rockmore,Joel 9-9 143 771 39 732 5.1 4 85 81.3 Siers,Devon 8 33 4.1 0 16 Busby,Cody 9-0 46 184 11 173 3.8 0 17 19.2 Rockmore,Joel 1 11 11.0 0 11 McMillan,Mason 9-0 19 71 6 65 3.4 0 11 7.2 Total...... 9 44 4.9 0 16 English,Brandon 7-0 16 58 7 51 3.2 0 15 7.3 Opponents...... 15 315 21.0 1 79 Davis,Michael 9-4 7 25 0 25 3.6 0 7 2.8 Powell,Garrett 9-9 3 14 9 5 1.7 0 14 0.6 Long,Thor 5-0 9 27 25 2 0.2 0 11 0.4 Herd,Steffon 9-9 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long TEAM 4-0 7 0 6 -6 -0.9 0 0 -1.5 Morris,Darian 3 12 4.0 0 7 Armstrong,Blayne 6-2 11 24 46 -22 -2.0 0 10 -3.7 Davis,Kenneth 2 49 24.5 0 29 Pantastico,Kevin 8-7 57 103 198 -95 -1.7 3 14 -11.9 Newman,Tony 1 45 45.0 0 45 Total...... 9 320 1285 348 937 2.9 7 85 104.1 Bell,Kevin 1 7 7.0 0 7 Opponents...... 9 437 2599 273 2326 5.3 23 93 258.4 Siers,Devon 1 7 7.0 0 7 PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G Total...... 8 120 15.0 0 45 Pantastico,K. 8-7 107.30 103-219-7 47.0 1345 10 74 168.1 Armstrong,B. 6-2 68.59 11-33-5 33.3 179 2 54 29.8 Opponents...... 16 192 12.0 0 50 Long,Thor 5-0 66.81 12-30-4 40.0 191 0 31 38.2 Total...... 9 98.46 126-282-16 44.7 1715 12 74 190.6 Opponents...... 9 139.11 132-236-8 55.9 1781 19 80 197.9 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Rockmore,Joel 16 351 21.9 0 55 RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Newman,Tony 13 258 19.8 0 36 Powell,Garrett 9-9 35 486 13.9 3 39 54.0 Busby,Cody 7 131 18.7 0 41 King,Zac 9-6 23 267 11.6 1 40 29.7 Holman,Decoryan 2 13 6.5 0 9 Butler,Matthew 9-9 16 392 24.5 3 74 43.6 Udoumoh,Peter 2 17 8.5 0 14 Pope,Jamari 9-0 14 235 16.8 3 40 26.1 Walker,Tracey 1 11 11.0 0 11 Rockmore,Joel 9-6 11 86 7.8 1 47 9.6 Gooden,Tristan 1 5 5.0 0 5 Busby,Cody 9-0 7 31 4.4 0 6 3.4 Morris,Darian 0 10 0.0 0 10 King,Antonio 9-0 5 101 20.2 1 63 11.2 Total...... 42 796 19.0 0 55 Drysdale,Jacob 9-5 4 41 10.2 0 16 4.6 Opponents...... 33 786 23.8 0 83 Holman,Decoryan 9-3 4 35 8.8 0 11 3.9 Dan,Donavon 6-0 3 25 8.3 0 9 4.2 English,Brandon 7-0 3 8 2.7 0 8 1.1 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Davis,Michael 9-4 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.9 Morris,Darian 2 105 52.5 1 97 Total...... 9 126 1715 13.6 12 74 190.6 Siers,Devon 1 44 44.0 0 44 Opponents...... 9 132 1781 13.5 19 80 197.9 Total...... 3 149 49.7 1 97 Opponents...... 1 14 14.0 1 14 [------PATs ------] SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Garcia,Eddie 0 5-919-20 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 34 Rockmore,Joel 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd Pantastico,Kevin 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Powell,Garrett 54 2220 41.1 71 0 23 14 9 0 Powell,Garrett 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Pantastico,Kevin 2 68 34.0 39 1 0 1 0 0 Armstrong,Blayne 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Butler,Matthew 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Total...... 57 2289 40.2 71 1 23 15 9 0 Pope,Jamari 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Opponents...... 37 1343 36.3 54 0 13 10 1 0 King,Zac 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 King,Antonio 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Morris,Darian 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 20 5-919-20 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 154 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Opponents...... 44 11-1743-44 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 340 Garcia,Eddie 32 1704 53.2 0 0 Hayashi,Toshi 2 98 49.0 0 1 Total...... 34 1802 53.0 0 1 786 29.9 35 ALL PURPOSE GP Rush Rcv PR KR IR Total Avg/G Rockmore,Joel 9 732 86 11 351 0 1180 131.1 Opponents...... 61 3573 58.6 13 5 796 40.2 24 Powell,Garrett 9 5 486 0 0 0 491 54.6 Butler,Matthew 9 0 392 0 0 0 392 43.6 Busby,Cody 9 173 31 0 131 0 335 37.2 Newman,Tony 9 0 0 0 258 45 303 33.7 King,Zac 9 0 267 0 0 0 267 29.7 TOTAL OFFENSE GP Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Pope,Jamari 9 0 235 0 0 0 235 26.1 Pantastico,Kevin 8 276 -95 1345 1250 156.2 King,Antonio 9 0 101 0 0 0 101 11.2 Rockmore,Joel 9 143 732 0 732 81.3 McMillan,Mason 9 65 0 0 0 0 65 7.2 English,Brandon 7 51 8 0 0 0 59 8.4 Long,Thor 5 39 2 191 193 38.6 Davis,Kenneth 9 0 0 0 0 49 49 5.4 Busby,Cody 9 46 173 0 173 19.2 Holman,Decoryan 9 0 35 0 13 0 48 5.3 Armstrong,Blayne 6 44 -22 179 157 26.2 Drysdale,Jacob 9 0 41 0 0 0 41 4.6 McMillan,Mason 9 19 65 0 65 7.2 Siers,Devon 9 0 0 33 0 7 40 4.4 English,Brandon 7 16 51 0 51 7.3 Davis,Michael 9 25 8 0 0 0 33 3.7 Dan,Donavon 6 0 25 0 0 0 25 4.2 Davis,Michael 9 7 25 0 25 2.8 Morris,Darian 9 0 0 0 10 12 22 2.4 Cox,Lance 9 1 8 0 8 0.9 Udoumoh,Peter 9 0 0 0 17 0 17 1.9 Powell,Garrett 9 3 5 0 5 0.6 Walker,Tracey 9 0 0 0 11 0 11 1.2 Herd,Steffon 9 1 -1 0 -1 -0.1 Cox,Lance 9 8 0 0 0 0 8 0.9 TEAM 4 7 -6 0 -6 -1.5 Bell,Kevin 4 0 0 0 0 7 7 1.8 Gooden,Tristan 6 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.8 Total...... 9 602 937 1715 2652 294.7 Long,Thor 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.4 Opponents...... 9 673 2326 1781 4107 456.3 Herd,Steffon 9 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 TEAM 4 -6 0 0 0 0 -6 -1.5 Armstrong,Blayne 6 -22 0 0 0 0 -22 -3.7 Pantastico,Kevin 8 -95 0 0 0 0 -95 -11.9 Total...... 9 937 1715 44 796 120 3612 401.3 Opponents...... 9 2326 1781 315 786 192 5400 600.0 2015 NSU INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Long Blkd Garcia,Eddie 5-9 55.6 0-0 3-3 2-6 0-0 0-0 36 3

FG SEQUENCE NSU Opponents Pittsburg State - 20,(26) Fort Hays State 36,33,35 (36),(19),25 Missouri Western (26) (20),46 Emporia State - (26),(39) NW Missouri State - (35),50 Nebraska-Kearney (32),39 - Missouri Southern (20) 45 Central Missouri (27) (37),(20) Central Oklahoma (36) (39),(23),49 Washburn Lindenwood

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES (2-7) (1-4) (1-3) (0-0) CONFERENCE (2-7) (1-4) (1-3) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)

Overall Conference Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend *Sep 03, 2015 #7 PITTSBURG STATE L, 14-38 0-1 0-1 3:14 3,331 *Sep 10, 2015 at Fort Hays State L, 13-27 0-2 0-2 2:45 3,495 *Sep 19, 2015 MISSOURI WESTERN L, 17-24 0-3 0-3 3:10 2,083 *Sep 26, 2015 at Emporia State L, 14-55 0-4 0-4 2:48 5,093 *Oct 03, 2015 #3 NW MISSOURI STATE L, 7-59 0-5 0-5 3:02 1,593 *Oct 10, 2015 at Nebraska-Kearney W, 31-14 1-5 1-5 3:00 3,345 *Oct 17, 2015 MISSOURI SOUTHERN W, 31-21 2-5 2-5 3:05 1,512 *Oct 24, 2015 at Central Missouri L, 10-54 2-6 2-6 2:51 8,279 *Oct 31, 2015 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA L, 17-48 2-7 2-7 3:10 2,638 *Nov 07, 2015 WASHBURN *Nov 14, 2015 at Lindenwood

* MIAA Games 2015 NSU DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

[------Tackles------] [-Sacks-] [-----Pass Def-----] [--Fumbles--] Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP-GS Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp PD Qbh Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 3 Steele,Irving 9-9 54 51 105 11.0-47 4.0-29 . 1 2 . . . . 8 Herd,Steffon 9-9 54 38 92 5.5-21 4.0-18 . 2 . . . . . 31 Morris,Darian 9-9 37 37 74 4.5-16 1.5-10 3-12 4 1 3-105 1 . . 24 Siers,Devon 9-9 32 40 72 1.0-2 . 1-7 6 . 2-44 1 . . 40 Davis,Kenneth 9-8 35 37 72 9.0-22 1.0-8 2-49 3 1 1-0 4 1 . 49 Culbertson,Kenny 9-3 16 24 40 3.0-7 2.5-3 . . 2 . . . . 95 Dotson,Quincy 9-6 18 13 31 6.5-50 3.5-39 ...... 2 Newman,Tony 9-9 19 11 30 1.0-2 . 1-45 3 1 . . 1 . 12 Udoumoh,Peter 9-9 12 8 20 1.0-3 . . 6 . . . . . 58 Foley,Curtis 8-3 9 8 17 2.0-6 0.5-3 ...... 65 Smith,T’Nheous 9-1 6 11 17 4.5-28 3.0-26 . . 2 1-0 . . . 87 Sheets,Tanner 9-4 5 10 15 2.0-7 ...... 60 Washington,R. 9-7 4 8 12 1.0-2 . . . 2 . . . . 96 Riley,Christian 9-0 7 5 12 1.0-7 1.0-7 ...... 79 Lawson,Trevon 9-1 6 6 12 1.0-2 ...... 25 Bivins,Colby 9-0 6 6 12 3.0-5 ...... 21 King,Antonio 9-0 6 4 10 ...... 27 Walker,Tracey 9-0 4 5 9 ...... 94 Moran,Dakota 9-6 4 5 9 1.0-16 1.0-16 ...... 90 Niko,Gil 9-3 5 4 9 1.0-3 1.0-3 ...... 34 Silversmith,I. 9-0 2 6 8 ...... 23 Martin,Tray 9-0 4 4 8 1.0-1 . . . 1 . . . . 9 McMillan,Mason 9-0 5 2 7 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 7 Powell,Garrett 9-9 4 1 5 ...... 91 Kirby,Rogerick 7-0 1 4 5 ...... 36 Davis,Michael 9-4 3 1 4 ...... 41 Lequerique,J. 2-0 1 2 3 . . . . . 1-0 1 . . 53 Easter,Tyler 9-9 2 1 3 ...... 22 Bell,Kevin 4-0 3 . 3 . . 1-7 1 . . . . . 85 Butler,Matthew 9-9 2 . 2 ...... 13 King,Zac 9-6 1 1 2 ...... 93 Marshall,Justin 6-3 1 1 2 ...... 84 Drysdale,Jacob 9-5 2 . 2 ...... 30 Saied,Casey 6-0 1 . 1 ...... 56 Johnson,Zaccheus 2-0 . 1 1 ...... 67 Cooley,Taylor 9-0 1 . 1 ...... 15 Armstrong,Blayne 6-2 1 . 1 ...... 20 Rockmore,Joel 9-9 . 1 1 ...... Total...... 9-0 373 356 729 60-247 23-162 8-120 26 12 9-149 7 2 . Opponents...... 9-0 312 288 600 64.0-304 34-237 16-192 28 33 10-14 8 4 . 2015 NSU INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES

Longest Run from Scrimmage - 85 yards by Joel Rockmore vs. Most Yards Receiving - 110 yards by Matthew Butler vs. Nebraska- Nebraska-Kearney Kearney Longest Run from Scrimmage for TD - 85 yards by Joel Rock- Most TD’s Receiving - 1 by Joel Rockmore vs. Pittsburg State; more vs. Nebraska-Kearney Jamari Pope vs. Pittsburg State, Jamari Pope vs. Fort Hays State; An- Longest Pass Play - 74 yards by Kevin Pantastico to Matthew Butler tonio King vs. Missouri Western State; Garrett Powell vs. Emporia vs. Nebraska-Kearney State; Matthew Butler vs. Nebraska-Kearney; Zac King vs. Missouri Longest Pass Play for TD - 74 yards by Kevin Pantastico to Mat- Southern State; Matthew Butler vs. Missouri Southern State; Gar- thew Butler vs. Nebraska-Kearney rett Powell vs. Missouri Southern State; Garrett Powell vs. Central Longest Kickoff Return - 55 yards by Joel Rockmore vs. Central Missouri; Jamari Pope vs. Central Oklahoma; Matthew Butler vs. Missouri Central Oklahoma Longest Punt Return - 16 yards by Devon Siers vs. Pittsburg State Most Points Scored (non-kicking) - 12 by Joel Rockmore vs. Longest Interception Return - 45 yards by Tony Newman vs. Mis- Nebraska-Kearney souri Western State Most Points Scored Kicking - 7 by Eddie Garcia vs. Nebraska- Longest Punt - 71 yards by Garrett Powell vs. Missouri Southern Kearney; Eddie Garcia vs. Missouri Southern State State Most Kickoff Returns - 6 by Joel Rockmore vs. Central Oklahoma Longest Field Goal - 36 yards by Eddie Garcia vs. Central Okla- Most Kickoff Return Yards - 117 yards by Joel Rockmore vs. homa Central Oklahoma Most Rushing Attempts - 25 by Joel Rockmore vs. Missouri South- Most Punt Returns - 3 by Devon Siers vs. Pittsburg State ern State Most Punt Return Yards - 12 yards by Devon Siers vs. Fort Hays Most Rushing Yards - 210 yards by Joel Rockmore vs. Nebraska- State; Devon Siers vs. Central Missouri Kearney Most Interceptions - 2 by Darian Morris vs. Central Oklahoma Most TD’s Rushing - 2 by Joel Rockmore vs. Nebraska-Kearney Most Interception Return Yards - 45 yards by Tony Newman vs. Most Passing Attempts - 44 by Kevin Pantastico vs. Pittsburg State Missouri Western State Most Passes Completed - 23 by Kevin Pantastico vs. Fort Hays Most Field Goals Scored - 1 by Eddie Garcia vs. Missouri West- State ern State; Eddie Garcia vs. Nebraska-Kearney; Eddie Garcia vs. Most Passing Yards - 275 by Kevin Pantastico vs. Pittsburg State Missouri Southern State; Eddie Garcia vs. Central Missouri; Eddie Most TD Passes Thrown - 3 by Kevin Pantastico vs. Missouri Garcia vs. Central Oklahoma Southern State Most Punts - 8 by Garrett Powell vs. Pittsburg State; Garrett Powell Most Yards Total Offense - 242 yards by Kevin Pantastico vs. vs. Missouri Southern State Pittsburg State Best Punting Average (min. 2 punts) - 53.0 yards by Garrett Pow- Most Offensive Plays - 55 by Kevin Pantastico vs. Pittsburg State ell vs. Emporia State (2 punts) Most Passes Caught - 8 by Garrett Powell vs. Fort Hays State 2015 TEAM SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS

NORTHEASTERN STATE CATEGORY OPPONENTS 31 vs. Nebraska-Kearney; Missouri Southern State Points Scored 59, Northwest Missouri State 7 vs. Northwest Missouri State Low 14, Nebraska-Kearney 24 vs. Pittsburg State First Downs 36, Central Oklahoma 10 vs. Central Oklahoma Low 13, Nebraska-Kearney 42 vs. Nebraska-Kearney Rushing Plays 62, Central Oklahoma 29 vs. Central Missouri/Central Oklahoma Low 34, Nebraska-Kearney 264 vs. Nebraska-Kearney Rushing Yards 424, Central Oklahoma 15 vs. Northwest Missouri State Low 126, Missouri Western State 44 vs. Pittsburg State/Fort Hays State Passes Attempted 43, Missouri Southern State 22 vs. Nebraska-Kearney/Central Missouri Low 14, Fort Hays State 23 vs. Fort Hays State, Emporia State Passes Completed 21, Central Missouri 7 vs. Missouri Western State; Nebraska-Kearney Low 6, Fort Hays State 303 vs. Emporia State Passing Yardage 302, Missouri Western State 106 vs. Missouri Western State Low 37, Fort Hays State 84 vs. Fort Hays State Total Plays 87, Missouri Southern State 51 vs. Central Missouri Low 59, Nebraska-Kearney 421 vs. Nebraska-Kearney Total Offense 607, Central Missouri 199 vs. Central Oklahoma Low 199, Nebraska-Kearney 4 vs. Nebraska-Kearney; Missouri Southern State Total Touchdowns 8, Northwest Missouri State 1 vs. Northwest Missouri State/Central Missouri Low 2, Nebraska-Kearney 2 vs. Northwest Missouri State/Central Oklahoma Fumbles Lost 3, Fort Hays State/Northwest Missouri State 0 vs. Nebraska-Kearney Low 0, PSU/MWSU/ESU/UNK/UCO 2015 NSU STARTING LINEUPS

Offense Opponent QB RB WR/FB/TE WR WR TE/WR LT LG C RG RT Pitt State Pantastico Rockmore King Powell Butler Drysdale Baldwin West Hobbs Cox Easter @FHSU Pantastico Rockmore Davis Powell Butler Drysdale Baldwin West Hobbs Cox Easter MWSU Armstrong Rockmore Davis Powell Butler King Baldwin West Hobbs Cox Easter @ESU Pantastico Rockmore King Powell Butler Drysdale Ritchie West Hobbs Cox Easter NWMSU Armstrong Rockmore Holman Powell Butler Drysdale Ritchie West Hobbs Cox Easter @UNK Pantastico Rockmore Davis Powell Butler King Baldwin West Hobbs Cox Easter MSSU Pantastico Rockmore King Powell Butler Drysdale Baldwin West Hobbs Cox Easter @UCM Pantastico Rockmore King Powell Butler Holman Baldwin West Hobbs Cox Easter UCO Pantastico Rockmore Davis Powell Butler Holman Baldwin West Hobbs Cox Easter WU @LWU

Defense Opponent DE NG DT DE LB LB LB CB CB SS FS Pitt State Marshall Washington Moran Culbertson Davis Steele Morris Udoumoh Newman Herd Siers @FHSU Sheets Washington Moran Dotson Davis Steele Morris Udoumoh Newman Herd Siers MWSU Marshall Washington Moran Dotson Davis Steele Morris Udoumoh Newman Herd Siers @ESU Moran Washington Niko Culbertson Davis Steele Morris Udoumoh Newman Herd Siers NWMSU Moran Washington Niko Dotson Davis Steele Morris Udoumoh Newman Herd Siers @UNK Moran Washington Foley Dotson Davis Steele Morris Udoumoh Newman Herd Siers MSSU Sheets Washington Foley Dotson Davis Steele Morris Udoumoh Newman Herd Siers @UCM Sheets Washington Foley Dotson Culbertson Steele Morris Udoumoh Newman Herd Siers UCO Sheets Marshall Lawson Smith Davis Steele Morris Udoumoh Newman Herd Siers WU @LWU 2015 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES

Longest Run from Scrimmage - 93 yards by Shaquille Cooper, Fort Most Passes Caught - 6 by Caden Locke, Central Oklahoma Hays State Most Yards Receiving - 147 yards by Morris Williams, Emporia State Longest Run from Scrimmage for TD - 93 yards by Shaquille Coo- Most TD’s Receiving - 2 by Morris Williams, Emporia State; Ian Toal- per, Fort Hays State son, Central Missouri Longest Pass Play - 80 yards by Brent Wilson to Morris Williams, Most Points Scored (non-kicking) - 18 by John Roderique, Pittsburg Emporia State State; Clay McKenzie, Central Oklahoma Longest Pass Play for TD - 80 yards by Brent Wilson to Morris Wil- Most Points Scored Kicking - 13 by Austin Morton, Emporia State liams, Emporia State Most Kickoff Returns - 6 by Steven Burns, Nebraska-Kearney Longest Kickoff Return - 83 yards by Steven Burns, Nebraska-Kear- Most Kickoff Return Yards - 201 by Steven Burns, Nebraska-Kearney ney Most Punt Returns - 5 by Michael Nelson, Missouri Southern State Longest Punt Return - 79 yards by Jaylen Zachery, Central Missouri Most Punt Return Yards - 84 yards by Jaylen Zachery, Central Mis- Longest Interception Return - 50 yards by Najeem Hosein, Northwest souri Missouri State Most Interceptions - 1 by Dino Teague, Pittsburg State; Darnell Longest Punt - 54 yards by Carter Anchors, Pittsburg State Walker, Pittsburg State; Raheeme Dumas, Fort Hays State; Donte Wat- Longest Field Goal - 39 yards by Austin Morton, Emporia State; Seth kins, Missouri Western State; Michael Jordan, Missouri Western State; Hiddink, Central Oklahoma Sam Brown, Missouri Western State; Jonathan Owen, Missouri Western Most Rushing Attempts - 33 by Clay McKenzie, Central Oklahoma State; Darrian Bass, Missouri Western State; AJ West, Emporia State; Most Rushing Yards - 263 yards by Shaquille Cooper, Fort Hays State Najeem Hosein, Northwest Missouri State; Anthony Lane; Northwest Most TD’s Rushing - 3 by John Roderique, Pittsburg State; Clay McK- Missouri State; Jack Young; Northwest Missouri State; Kenny Mings, enzie, Central Oklahoma Central Missouri; Monteze Latimore, Central Missouri; Jackson New- Most Passing Attempts - 34 by Skyler Windmiller, Missouri Western man, Central Missouri; Austin Miller, Central Missouri State Most Interception Return Yards - 50 by Najeem Hosein, Northwest Most Passes Completed - 18 by Skyler Windmiller, Missouri Western Missouri State State Most Field Goals Scored - 2 by Drew O’Brien, Fort Hays State; Austin Most Passing Yards - 302 yards by Skyler Windmiller, Missouri Morton, Emporia State; Billy Greco, Central Missouri; Seth Hiddink, Western State Central Oklahoma Most TD Passes Thrown - 5 by Brent Wilson, Emporia State Most Punts - 7 by Payton Fluckey, Nebraska-Kearney Most Yards Total Offense - 274 yards by Brent Wilson, Emporia State Best Punting Average (min. 2 punts) - 44.0 by Justin Marcha, Empo- Most Offensive Plays - 39 by Skyler Windmiller, Missouri Western ria State (2 punts) State 2015 TEAM GAME-BY-GAME SUMMARIES

NSU PSU NSU NWMSU NSU UCO First Downs 24 17 First Downs 11 28 First Downs 10 36 Total Net Yards 381 456 Total Net Yards 204 465 Total Net Yards 199 584 Offensive Plays 79 73 Offensive Plays 67 76 Offensive Plays 52 83 Yards Per Play 4.8 6.2 Yards Per Play 3.0 6.1 Yards Per Play 3.8 7.0 Rushes/Net Yards 35-106 55-334 Rushes/Net Yards 33-15 50-264 Rushes/Net Yards 29-81 62-424 Net Passing Yards 275 122 Net Passing Yards 189 201 Net Passing Yards 118 160 Passes Comp/Att. 20-44 10-18 Passes Comp/Att. 13-34 17-26 Passes Comp/Att. 10-23 14-21 Had Intercepted 2 0 Had Intercepted 3 0 Had Intercepted 0 2 Punts/Net Average 8-38.8 7-38.3 Punts/Net Average 7-32.6 2-33.0 Punts/Net Average 7-44.7 1-34.0 Penalties/Yards 13-128 6-63 Penalties/Yards 15-114 7-58 Penalties/Yards 10-79 8-95 Fumbles/Lost 1-1 0-0 Fumbles/Lost 2-2 3-3 Fumbles/Lost 2-2 0-0 Sacks By 4-29 5-48 Sacks By 2-1 3-23 Sacks By 1-1 4-33 3rd Down Conv/Att. 3-13 4-13 3rd Down Conv/Att. 6-17 8-15 3rd Down Conv/Att. 2-11 7-12 4th Down Conv/Att. 0-2 0-1 4th Down Conv/Att. 0-3 3-3 4th Down Conv/Att. 0-1 0-1 Possession Time 29:41 30:19 Possession Time 27:24 32:36 Possession Time 21:41 38:19

NSU FHSU NSU UNK NSU WU First Downs 19 20 First Downs 14 13 First Downs Total Net Yards 297 412 Total Net Yards 421 199 Total Net Yards Offensive Plays 84 67 Offensive Plays 64 59 Offensive Plays Yards Per Play 3.5 6.1 Yards Per Play 6.6 3.4 Yards Per Play Rushes/Net Yards 40-105 53-375 Rushes/Net Yards 42-264 34-141 Rushes/Net Yards Net Passing Yards 192 37 Net Passing Yards 157 58 Net Passing Yards Passes Comp/Att. 23-44 6-14 Passes Comp/Att. 7-22 11-25 Passes Comp/Att. Had Intercepted 1 0 Had Intercepted 0 0 Had Intercepted Punts/Net Average 7-31.3 4-27.0 Punts/Net Average 6-31.5 8-32.1 Punts/Net Average Penalties/Yards 6-62 2-20 Penalties/Yards 7-80 6-48 Penalties/Yards Fumbles/Lost 1-1 4-3 Fumbles/Lost 0-0 0-0 Fumbles/Lost Sacks By 2-22 5-35 Sacks By 4-24 4-18 Sacks By 3rd Down Conv/Att. 2-17 3-12 3rd Down Conv/Att. 3-14 3-15 3rd Down Conv/Att. 4th Down Conv/Att. 4-6 0-2 4th Down Conv/Att. 2-2 0-3 4th Down Conv/Att. Possession Time 35:12 24:48 Possession Time 33:00 27:00 Possession Time

NSU MWSU NSU MSSU NSU LWU First Downs 13 21 First Downs 17 29 First Downs Total Net Yards 215 428 Total Net Yards 331 456 Total Net Yards Offensive Plays 65 75 Offensive Plays 63 87 Offensive Plays Yards Per Play 3.3 5.7 Yards Per Play 5.3 5.2 Yards Per Play Rushes/Net Yards 34-109 41-126 Rushes/Net Yards 39-119 44-199 Rushes/Net Yards Net Passing Yards 106 302 Net Passing Yards 212 257 Net Passing Yards Passes Comp/Att. 7-31 18-34 Passes Comp/Att. 12-24 17-43 Passes Comp/Att. Had Intercepted 5 3 Had Intercepted 0 2 Had Intercepted Punts/Net Average 6-36.3 5-37.2 Punts/Net Average 8-37.0 6-37.8 Punts/Net Average Penalties/Yards 8-40 10-86 Penalties/Yards 11-118 9-93 Penalties/Yards Fumbles/Lost 1-1 0-0 Fumbles/Lost 1-1 3-2 Fumbles/Lost Sacks By 4-31 3-20 Sacks By 2-12 2-14 Sacks By 3rd Down Conv/Att. 2-15 5-14 3rd Down Conv/Att. 5-14 6-17 3rd Down Conv/Att. 4th Down Conv/Att. 2-2 0-2 4th Down Conv/Att. 0-0 1-3 4th Down Conv/Att. Possession Time 26:34 33:26 Possession Time 30:55 29:05 Possession Time

NSU ESU NSU UCM First Downs 21 27 First Downs 11 26 Total Net Yards 386 514 Total Net Yards 218 607 Offensive Plays 77 72 Offensive Plays 51 81 Yards Per Play 4.9 7.1 Yards Per Play 4.3 7.5 Rushes/Net Yards 39-83 47-179 Rushes/Net Yards 29-55 52-306 Net Passing Yards 303 335 Net Passing Yards 163 301 Passes Comp/Att. 23-38 17-25 Passes Comp/Att. 11-22 21-29 Had Intercepted 1 0 Had Intercepted 4 1 Punts/Net Average 3-26.7 2-44.5 Punts/Net Average 5-20.2 2-32.0 Penalties/Yards 7-66 4-45 Penalties/Yards 4-26 7-60 Fumbles/Lost 3-1 1-0 Fumbles/Lost 1-1 2-1 Sacks By 1-6 4-23 Sacks By 3-34 4-23 3rd Down Conv/Att. 11-17 9-14 3rd Down Conv/Att. 1-10 6-14 4th Down Conv/Att. 0-3 0-0 4th Down Conv/Att. 0-0 3-4 Possession Time 34:05 25:55 Possession Time 26:58 33:02 2015 GAME-BY-GAME OFFENSIVE STATISTICS

RUSHING Rockmore Busby English Davis Pantastico Armstrong McMillan Opponent A-Yds-Td A-Yds-Td A-Yds-Td A-Yds-Td A-Yds-Td A-Yds-Td A-Yds-Td Pitt State 17-92-0 4-24-0 3-23-0 0-0-0 11-(-33)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 @FHSU 22-86-1 4-27-0 4-5-0 0-0-0 9-(-21)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 MWSU 14-69-0 7-9-0 DNP 5-22-0 7-6-1 1-3-0 0-0-0 @ESU 6-8-0 8-37-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 6-(-6)-1 5-11-0 10-35-0 NWMSU 12-17-1 4-5-0 6-23-0 1-3-0 DNP 2-(-18)-0 0-0-0 @UNK 18-210-2 9-42-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 10-0-1 DNP 0-0-0 MSSU 25-101-0 4-20-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 9-(-2)-0 DNP 0-0-0 @UCM 15-61-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-(-20)-0 DNP 4-8-0 UCO 14-88-0 4-8-0 DNP 0-0-0 2-(-19)-0 3-(-18)-0 5-22-0 WU @LWU

PASSING Pantastico Armstrong Long Opponent C-A-I-Yds-Td C-A-I-Yds-Td C-A-I-Yds-Td @Pitt State 20-44-2-275-2 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 @FHSU 23-43-0-192-1 0-1-1-0-0 DNP MWSU 7-27-2-106-1 0-4-3-0-0 DNP @ESU 16-26-1-197-0 7-12-0-106-1 DNP NWMSU DNP 2-10-1-14-0 11-24-2-175-0 @UNK 7-22-0-157-1 DNP 0-0-0-0-0 MSSU 12-23-0-212-3 DNP 0-1-0-0-0 @UCM 10-17-2-147-1 DNP 1-5-2-16-0 UCO 8-17-0-59-1 2-6-0-59-1 DNP WU @LWU

RECEIVING Powell Butler Pope A. King Z. King Dan Opponent R-Yds-Td R-Yds-Td R-Yds-Td R-Yds-Td R-Yds-Td R-Yds-Td Pitt State 5-63-0 4-79-0 4-49-1 1-8-0 1-20-0 0-0-0 @FHSU 8-100-0 0-0-0 1-9-1 2-18-0 1-12-0 0-0-0 MWSU 1-7-0 1-6-0 0-0-0 1-63-1 4-30-0 0-0-0 @ESU 7-106-1 2-13-0 2-65-0 0-0-0 5-58-0 3-25-0 NWMSU 4-45-0 2-47-0 3-59-0 0-0-0 2-24-0 0-0-0 @UNK 0-0-0 2-110-1 1-13-0 1-12-0 2-19-0 0-0-0 MSSU 4-79-1 2-60-1 1-11-0 0-0-0 3-50-1 DNP @UCM 4-73-1 1-16-0 1-10-0 0-0-0 2-42-0 DNP UCO 2-13-0 2-61-1 1-19-1 0-0-0 3-12-0 0-0-0 WU @LWU

RECEIVING Drysdale Holman Rockmore English Busby Davis Opponent R-Yds-Td R-Yds-Td R-Yds-Td R-Yds-Td R-Yds-Td R-Yds-Td Pitt State 0-0-0 1-8-0 2-48-1 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 @FHSU 2-14-0 1-8-0 3-5-0 0-0-0 4-18-0 1-8-0 MWSU 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 @ESU 1-20-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-8-0 2-8-0 0-0-0 NWMSU 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-14-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 @UNK 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-3-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 MSSU 1-7-0 0-0-0 1-5-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 @UCM 0-0-0 2-19-0 1-3-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 UCO 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-8-0 DNP 1-5-0 0-0-0 WU @LWU 2015 GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES CHART

DEFENSE PSU FHSU MWSU ESU NWMSU UNK MSSU UCM UCO WU LWU S-AT S-AT S-AT S-AT S-AT S-AT S-AT S-AT S-AT S-AT S-AT SECONDARY Bell 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Herd 4-7 6-1 8-8 5-0 8-3 6-2 6-6 3-2 8-9 Martin 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 2-0 0-0 Newman 3-3 4-1 1-3 2-0 1-0 0-0 2-2 4-1 2-1 Siers 3-3 2-5 5-5 3-2 3-4 2-6 2-3 6-4 5-8 Silversmith 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 Udoumoh 2-1 0-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 1-2 2-1 3-1

LINEBACKERS Bivins 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 K. Davis 6-4 2-3 3-5 5-4 4-5 1-2 5-5 3-4 5-5 Z. Johnson DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0 DNP 0-1 Lequerique 0-1 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Morris 2-3 8-1 4-9 4-2 2-4 4-1 5-4 4-5 4-8 Saied 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 DNP DNP 0-0 DNP 0-0 Steele 6-7 5-6 4-5 10-3 4-8 5-4 5-7 6-1 7-10

LINE Culbertson 0-1 3-3 0-1 1-0 4-3 3-4 3-5 2-5 0-2 Dotson 2-3 4-0 2-0 0-0 4-3 1-1 0-2 4-0 1-4 Foley 0-0 0-1 DNP 1-0 2-2 1-1 1-1 4-3 0-0 Kirby DNP DNP 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 Lawson 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-2 1-0 3-1 0-1 0-0 Marshall 1-0 0-0 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0 0-0 Moran 1-2 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 Niko 0-0 0-0 1-1 2-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 Riley 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-2 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 Sheets 2-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-3 1-0 Smith 1-1 0-2 1-3 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-1 3-0 1-1 Washington 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-1 0-4 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0

OTHERS Armstrong 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0 Butler 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Cooley 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Drysdale 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 M. Davis 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 Easter 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 A. King 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 Z. King 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 McMillan 2-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 Powell 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Rockmore 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 Walker 1-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 2-1 0-1 0-1 Northeastern State University 2015 Game Capsules

GAME 1 • SEPT. 3 • TAHLEQUAH, OKLA. • DOC WADLEY STADIUM (3,331) GAME 2 • SEPT. 10 • HAYS, KAN • LEWIS FIELD STADIUM (3,495)

#7 PITTSBURG STATE 38 1-0, 1-0 NORTHEASTERN STATE 13 0-2, 0-2 NORTHEASTERN STATE 14 0-1, 0-1 (RV) FORT HAYS STATE 27 2-0, 2-0

GAME NOTES GAME NOTES •The announced attendance of 3,331 was the highest to watch a game at Doc Wadley •There was a two-hour delay for lightning and rain in the Hays area. Stadium since the last time the RiverHawks opened with Pitt State in 2012. •The all-time series between NSU and FHSU now stands at 2-2. Fort Hays State has •This is fourth year in a row NSU has opened its season against Pittsburg State. defeated Northeastern State each of the last two seasons. •Northeastern State had 10 different players make their first-career starts. •Joel Rockmore’s rushing TD in the first quarter was his first since Oct. 24, 2014 against •Rockmore finished with 156 all-purpose yards, which was his highest total since posting Central Missouri. He has now scored 19 career touchdowns. 217 against Missouri Southern State on Sept. 14, 2013. He had 92 yards rushing on 17 •The RiverHawks held a 7-3 lead at the end of the first quarter, marking the first time carries and 16 yards on one kick return. He also had two receptions for 48 yards and his they’ve led after the first quarter since their matchup against Missouri Southern State on first-career receiving TD. Oct. 18, 2014. •NSU senior transfer Irving Steele led the team with 13 total tackles and 1.5 sacks in his •NSU led 13-6 at the half, marking the first time the RiverHawks carried a lead into halftime first game as a RiverHawk. since Nov. 16, 2013 against Central Oklahoma. •Northeastern State finished the game with four sacks, marking the most in a single •NSU was tied 13-13 after three quarters, marking the first time since Nov. 16, 2013 that game since Rob Robinson took over the program last season. the RiverHawks were not trailing heading into the final quarter of play. •Pittsburg State’s starting QB John Roderique had 104 rushing yards and three rushing •Northeastern State won the turnover battle 3-2. This marked the first time in the Rob touchdowns in the first half. He was held to -13 rushing yards and no touchdowns in the Robinson era that the RiverHawks won the turnover battle (first occurrence since Nov. 16, second half. 2013). •The RiverHawks scored first for the 16th time since joining the MIAA prior to the 2012 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F season. NSU is now 4-12 when scoring first over the past four years. #7 Pittsburg State 21 7 7 3 38 Northeastern State 7 0 7 0 14 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F Northeastern State 7 6 0 0 13 Scoring Summary Fort Hays State 3 3 7 14 27 1 14:41 PSU John Roderique 39 run (Chad Levin kick) 14:00 PSU Roderique 36 run (Levin kick) Scoring Summary 5:40 PSU Michael Rose 7 run (Levin kick) 1 7:49 NSU Joel Rockmore 7 run (Eddie Garcia kick) 3:55 NSU Joel Rockmore 47 pass from Kevin Pantastico (Eddie Garcia kick) 1:52 FHSU Drew O’Brien 36 FG 2 3:52 PSU Roderique 5 run (Levin kick) 2 7:16 NSU Jamari Pope 9 pass from Kevin Pantastico (PAT blocked) 3 3:45 NSU Jamari Pope 6 pass from Pantastico (Garcia kick) 0:00 FHSU O’Brien 19 FG 0:39 PSU Rose 23 run (Levin kick) 3 10:09 FHSU Derek Kendall-Campbell 10 run (O’Brien kick) 4 10:39 PSU Levin 26 FG 4 2:19 FHSU Shaquille Cooper 93 run (O’Brien kick) 1:02 FHSU Kendall-Campbell 9 run (O’Brien kick) Team Statistics PSU NSU Team Statistics FIRST DOWNS 27 24 NSU FHSU RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 55-334 35-106 FIRST DOWNS 19 20 PASSING YDS (NET) 122 275 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-105 53-375 Passes Att-Comp-Int 18-10-0 44-20-2 PASSING YDS (NET) 192 37 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 73-456 79-381 Passes Att-Comp-Int 44-23-1 14-6-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 84-297 67-412 Punt Returns-Yards 1-38 3-11 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-93 7-119 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 2-13 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-12 2-12 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-39.9 8-43.5 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-32 3-108 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-40 Penalties-Yards 6-63 13-128 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-33.0 4-30.0 Possession Time 30:19 29:41 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-3 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 13 3 of 13 Penalties-Yards 6-62 2-20 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 2 Possession Time 35:12 24:48 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 1-2 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 17 3 of 12 Sacks By: Number-Yards 5-48 4-29 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 5 0 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-5 4-7 Individual Statistics Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-22 5-35 RUSHING: PSU-Rose,Michael 17-127; Roderique,John 9-91; Seybold,Jeff 11-77; Poston,Brian 7-23; LePage,Thomas 7-16; Tyler,Jamal 1-5; Cushon,Marquise 1-minus 1; Individual Statistics TEAM 2-minus 4. NSU-Rockmore,Joel 17-92; Busby,Cody 4-24; English,Brandon 3-23; RUSHING: NSU-Rockmore,Joel 22-86; Busby,Cody 4-27; English,Brandon 4-5; Pantastico,Kevin 11-minus 33. Pantastico,Kevin 9-minus 21. FHSU-Cooper,Shaquille 29-263; K -Campbell,D. 10-60; PASSING: PSU-Roderique,John 10-16-0-122; LePage,Thomas 0-2-0-0. NSU- Albert,Treveon 11-58; Pandolfo,C. 1-minus 2; TEAM 2-minus 4. Pantastico,Kevin 20-44-2-275. PASSING: NSU-Pantastico,Kevin 23-43-0-192; Armstrong,Blayne 0-1-1-0. FHSU- RECEIVING: PSU-Copelin,Levi 4-51; Cushon,Marquise 3-26; Poston,Brian 1-29; Albert,Treveon 6-14-0-37. Seybold,Jeff 1-11; Shaw,Callon 1-5. NSU-Powell,Garrett 5-63; Butler,Matthew RECEIVING: NSU-Powell,Garrett 8-100; Busby,Cody 4-18; Rockmore,Joel 4-79; Pope,Jamari 4-49; Rockmore,Joel 2-48; English,Brandon 2-0; King,Zac 1-20; 3-5; King,Antonio 2-18; Drysdale,Jacob 2-14; King,Zac 1-12; Pope,Jamari 1-9; King,Antonio 1-8; Holman,Decoryan 1-8. Holman,Decoryan 1-8; Davis,Michael 1-8. FHSU-Flory,Andrew 3-18; Cooper,Shaquille INTERCEPTIONS: PSU-Teague,Dino 1-13; Walker,Darnell 1-0. NSU-None. 2-22; K-Campbell,D. 1-minus 3. FUMBLES: PSU-None. NSU-Pantastico,Kevin 1-1. FUMBLES: NSU-Rockmore,Joel 1-1. FHSU-Albert,Treveon 2-1; James,DeAndre 1-1; SACKS (UA-A): PSU-Strickland,M. 1-0; Hall,Colby 1-0; Lewis,DeShane 1-0; Pandolfo,C. 1-1. Walker,Darnell 1-0; Irvin,Taye 1-0. NSU-Steele,Irving 1-1; Smith,T’Nheous 1-0; SACKS (UA-A): NSU-Herd,Steffon 1-0; Moran,Dakota 0-1; Smith,T’Nheous 0-1. FHSU- Davis,Kenneth 1-0; Culbertson,Kenny 0-1. Schmidtberger,A 1-1; Long,Brock 2-0; Delgado,Jose 0-1; Shepherd,N. 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): PSU-Brown,Spencer 3-3; Jefferson,Tyree 5-0; Walker,Darnell 4-1; TACKLES (UA-A): NSU-Steele,Irving 5-6; Morris,Darian 8-1; Siers,Devon 3-5; Moore,Devron 3-2; Washington,D. 3-2; Hall,Colby 2-3; Irvin,Taye 3-1; Taylor,Darian 2-2; Herd,Steffon 6-1; Culbertson,Kenny 3-3; Davis,Kenneth 3-3; Newman,Tony 4-1; Ware,Quad 1-3; Hefley,Brad 2-1; Strickland,M. 2-1; Bernard,D. 1-2; Gatson,Skylarr 2-0; Dotson,Quincy 4-0; Lequerique,Justin 1-1; Moran,Dakota 1-1; Smith,T’Nheous 0-2; Brantley,Eric 2-0; Wilson,Heath 2-0; Keeley,Kip 2-0; Speer,Jose 2-0; Lewis,DeShane McMillan,Mason 1-0; Walker,Tracey 1-0; Washington,Reuben 1-0; Cooley,Taylor 2-0; Teague,Dino 2-0; Bessette,Zach 1-1; White,Drue 1-1; Magee,Matt 1-0; 1-0; King,Antonio 0-1; Sheets,Tanner 0-1; Martin,Tray 0-1; Foley,Curtis 0-1. Wortham,Kelly 1-0; Marin,Aren0-1; Humphrey,Drake 0-1; Eikenbary,T. 0-1. NSU- FHSU-Long,Brock 6-7; Schmidtberger,A 5-8; James,DeAndre 5-6; Jibowu,Doyin Steele,Irving 6-7; Herd,Steffon 4-7; Davis,Kenneth 6-4; Siers,Devon 3-3; Newman,Tony 6-3; Lindsey,Daniel 5-2; Doe,Jr.,Sie 2-5; Delgado,Jose 1-4; Stinson,Bobby 4-0; 3-3; Morris,Darian 2-3; Dotson,Quincy 2-3; Bivins,Colby 2-2; Sheets,Tanner 2-1; Dumas,Raheeme 2-1; Shepherd,N. 2-1; Debban,Noah 1-1; Williamson,Trey 1-1; Udoumoh,Peter 2-1; Moran,Dakota 1-2; Powell,Garrett 2-0; McMillan,Mason 2-0; Wright,Luke 1-0; Wilson,John 1-0; Shedeed,Connor 0-1; Gould,Dalton 0-1; Kelly,Kane Lawson,Trevon 1-1; Smith,T’Nheous 1-1; Silversmith,Isaiah 0-2; Walker,Tracey 1-0; 0-1. Marshall,Justin 1-0; Culbertson,Kenny 0-1; Lequerique,Justin 0-1. Northeastern State University 2015 Game Capsules

GAME 3 • SEPT. 19 • TAHLEQUAH, OKLA. • DOC WADLEY STADIUM (2,083) GAME 4 • SEPT. 26 • EMPORIA, KAN. • WELCH STADIUM (5,083)

MISSOURI WESTERN STATE 24 2-1, 2-1 NORTHEASTERN STATE 14 0-4, 0-4 NORTHEASTERN STATE 17 0-3, 0-3 EMPORIA STATE 55 4-0, 4-0

GAME NOTES GAME NOTES •The game was broadcast as the MIAA TV Game of the Week. •Northeastern State had a season-high four drives that lasted 10 plays or more. •Redshirt freshman quarterback Blayne Armstrong made his first-career start but left •The RiverHawks dominated time of possession, 34:05-25:55. after throwing three interceptions in his first four passes. •NSU was 11-for-17 on third downs in the contest, which marked the most conversions and •Antonio King recorded his first-career TD reception, which was also the longest highest third-down conversion percentage (.647) since NSU joined the NCAA in 1996. pass play (63 yards) of Kevin Pantastico’s career. •Senior wide receiver Garrett Powell had seven receptions for 106 yards and a touchdown. He reached the 100-yard plateau for the second time this season and for the third time in •There were nine total turnovers in the contest. NSU committed six (five intercep- his career. He also registered his first TD of the season and the sixth of his career. tions thrown, one lost fumble) and MWSU committed three (all INT’s). •Northeastern State finished with 303 passing yards, marking the most in a single game by •Eddie Garcia converted a 26-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, which was his first the RiverHawks since last year’s double OT loss to these same Hornets (Sept. 27, 2014). made FG as a member of the RiverHawks. •Saturday’s contest marked the first time in 2015 that Northeastern State did not allow a •Junior defensive back Tony Newman finished the game with a career-high 116 all- 100-yard rusher. The game also snapped a five-game streak of NSU allowing 100-yard purpose yards (71 kick return, 45 interception return). rushers dating back to last season. •NSU’s 14-10 lead after three quarters was the first time it has led after three quar- ters since Nov. 16, 2013 when it beat Central Oklahoma 45-38. SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F •Missouri Western State did not score in the third quarter. This marked the first time Northeastern State 0 7 7 0 14 since Nov. 2, 2013 that NSU held its opponent scoreless in the third stanza. Emporia State 21 21 10 3 55

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F Scoring Summary 1 12:54 ESU Landon Nault 1 run (Austin Morton kick) Missouri Western State 3 7 0 14 24 8:05 ESU Morris Williams 7 pass from Brent Wilson (Morton kick) Northeastern State 0 14 0 3 17 1:34 ESU Williams 80 pass from Wilson (Morton kick) 2 14:55 ESU Anthony Buffalomeat 5 pass from Wilson (Morton kick) Scoring Summary 8:29 ESU Jordan Jackson 21 pass from Wilson (Morton kick) 1 7:02 MWSU Tanner Pettet 20 FG 3:28 NSU Kevin Pantastico 1 run (Eddie Garcia kick) 2 13:42 NSU Kevin Pantastico 2 run (Eddie Garcia kick) 0:14 ESU Mitchell Foote 5 pass from Wilson (Morton kick) 11:42 MWSU Raphael Spencer 4 run (Pettet kick) 3 12:21 ESU Ty Reasnor 4 run (Morton kick) 10:01 NSU Antonio King 63 pass from Pantastico (Garcia kick) 2:21 ESU Morton 26 FG 4 13:15 NSU Garcia 26 FG 0:32 NSU Garrett Powell 39 pass from Pantastico (Garcia kick) 5:59 MWSU Brandynn Clark 21 pass from Skyler Windmiller (Pettet kick) 4 11:20 ESU Morton 39 FG 5:50 MWSU Donte Watkins 14 fumble recovery (Pettet kick) Team Statistics Team Statistics NSU ESU MWSU NSU FIRST DOWNS 21 27 FIRST DOWNS 21 13 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 39-83 47-179 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 41-126 34-109 PASSING YDS (NET) 303 335 PASSING YDS (NET) 302 106 Passes Att-Comp-Int 38-23-1 25-17-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 34-18-3 31-7-5 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 77-386 72-514 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 75-428 65-215 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-14 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1--1 1-27 Punt Returns-Yards 1-13 1--1 Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-96 3-57 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-103 3-71 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Interception Returns-Yards 5-10 3-81 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-35.7 2-44.0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-37.0 6-38.5 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-66 4-45 Penalties-Yards 10-86 8-40 Possession Time 34:05 25:55 Possession Time 33:26 26:34 Third-Down Conversions 11 of 17 9 of 14 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 14 2 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 3 0 of 0 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 2 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-4 7-7 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-6 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-6 4-23 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-20 4-31 Individual Statistics Individual Statistics RUSHING: NSU-Busby,Cody 8-37; McMillan,Mason 10-35; Armstrong,Blayne 5-11; Rockmore,Joel RUSHING: MWSU-Spencer,Raphael 28-145; Harper,Daylon 4-8; Caldwell,Josh 3-2; TEAM 1-mi- 6-8; English,Brandon 3-0; Powell,Garrett 1-minus 2; Pantastico,Kevin 6-minus 6. ESU-Nault,Landon nus 1; Windmiller,Skyler 5-minus 28. NSU-Rockmore,Joel 14-69; Davis,Michael 5-22; Busby,Cody 18-88; Brown,Antonio 11-50; Strong,Denzel 11-42; Robinson,Deonte 3-5; Reasnor,Ty 1-4; 7-9; Pantastico,Kevin 7-6; Armstrong,Blayne 1-3. Reed,Jordan 1-0; TEAM 1-minus 4; Wilson,Brent 1-minus 6. PASSING: MWSU-Windmiller,Skyler 18-34-3-302. NSU-Pantastico,Kevin 7-27-2-106; PASSING: NSU-Pantastico,Kevin 16-26-1-197; Armstrong,Blayne 7-12-0-106. ESU-Wilson,Brent Armstrong,Blayne 0-4-3-0. 12-18-0-285; Reasnor,Ty 5-7-0-50. RECEIVING: MWSU-Clark,Brandynn 5-65; Ferbet,Alek 4-99; Toliver,Dee 3-33; Lewis,Trey 2-53; RECEIVING: NSU-Powell,Garrett 7-106; King,Zac 5-58; Dan,Donavon 3-25; Pope,Jamari Wrice,Tyler 2-11; Spencer,Raphael 1-21; Williams,James 1-20. NSU-King,Zac 4-30; King,Antonio 2-65; Butler,Matthew 2-13; Busby,Cody 2-8; Drysdale,Jacob 1-20; English,Brandon 1-8. 1-63; Powell,Garrett 1-7; Butler,Matthew 1-6. ESU-Williams,Morris 4-147; Smithton,Drake 3-50; Foote,Mitchell 2-29; Jackson,Jordan 2-25; Buffalomeat,Ant 2-22; Ervin,Kavaski 1-16; Reed,Jordan 1-16; Brown,Antonio 1-15; Clothier,Logan INTERCEPTIONS: MWSU-Owen,Jonathan 1-10; Brown,Sam 1-0; Watkins,Donte 1-0; 1-15. Bass,Darrian 1-0; Jordan,Michael 1-0. NSU-Newman,Tony 1-45; Davis,Kenneth 1-29; Bell,Kevin INTERCEPTIONS: NSU-None. ESU-West,AJ 1-0. 1-7. FUMBLES: NSU-Newman,Tony 1-0; Drysdale,Jacob 1-1; Powell,Garrett 1-0. ESU-TEAM 1-0. FUMBLES: MWSU-None. NSU-Pantastico,Kevin 1-1. SACKS (UA-A): NSU-Herd,Steffon 1-0. Emporia State-Walker,Donovan 1-0; Allen,Brandon 0-1; SACKS (UA-A): MWSU-Bass,Darrian 0-1; Obi,Richard 0-1; Berrie,Brody 1-0; Belcher,Jorge 1-0. Tetuan,Jason 0-1; Cleveland,Gabe 1-0; Abston,Larenz 1-0. Northeastern State-Steele,Irving 2-1; Moran,Dakota 0-1; Smith,T’Nheous 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): NSU-Steele,Irving 10-3; Davis,Kenneth 5-4; Riley,Christian 4-2; Morris,Darian TACKLES (UA-A): MWSU-Alli,Yomi 2-7; Belcher,Jorge 4-3; Watkins,Donte 1-6; Owen,Jonathan 4-2; Herd,Steffon 5-0; Siers,Devon 3-2; Washington,Reuben 2-1; Niko,Gil 2-1; Bivins,Colby 2-0; 5-1; Bass,Darrian 2-3; Berrie,Brody 2-2; Brown,Sam 2-2; Matulis,Janis 1-3; Lindsay,Cody 2-1; Davis,Michael 2-0; Newman,Tony 2-0; Bell,Kevin 1-0; Lawson,Trevon 1-0; Moran,Dakota 1-0; Obi,Richard 1-1; Robison,Tyrell 1-1; Elliott,Arbanas 1-0; Clark,Brandynn 1-0; Williams,James Culbertson,Kenny 1-0; Udoumoh,Peter 1-0; Foley,Curtis 1-0; Sheets,Tanner 0-1; Silversmith,Isaiah 1-0; McIntosh,Ian 0-1; Dandridge,Brandin 0-1; Harper,Daylon 0-1; Sciara,Charlie 0-1. NSU- 0-1; Kirby,Rogerick 0-1. ESU-Cleveland,Gabe 5-2; Schankie,Kole 3-4; Dickerson,Tre 5-0; Herd,Steffon 8-8; Morris,Darian 4-9; Siers,Devon 5-5; Steele,Irving 4-5; Davis,Kenneth 3-5; Walker,Donovan 5-0; Robinson,Jordan 4-1; Monteagudo,Josh 4-1; Tetuan,Jason 2-2; Gentz,Brandon Smith,T’Nheous 1-3; Newman,Tony 1-3; Sheets,Tanner 1-2; McMillan,Mason 2-0; Dotson,Quincy 2-2; McKenzie,Ty 3-0; Abston,Larenz 2-1; Cook,Drew 2-1; Mayze,Ace 2-1; Houghton,Marcus 2-0; Bell,Kevin 2-0; Niko,Gil 1-1; Kirby,Rogerick 1-0; Powell,Garrett 1-0; Saied,Casey 1-0; 1-2; West,AJ 1-2; Mathis,MJ 1-2; Allen,Brandon 1-2; Goodman,Brandon 1-1; Shorts,Curtis 1-1; Armstrong,Blayne 1-0; Culbertson,Kenny 0-1; Marshall,Justin 0-1; Udoumoh,Peter 0-1; Junious,James 0-2; Whitley,Rem 0-2; Squier,Brock 1-0; Glover,DeAndre 0-1; Ogles,Jarron 0-1; Moran,Dakota 0-1; Lawson,Trevon 0-1. Strode,Jarrett 0-1; Vega,Nick 0-1; Vinson,Eddie 0-1. Northeastern State University 2015 Game Capsules

GAME 5 • OCT. 3 • TAHLEQUAH, OKLA. • DOC WADLEY STADIUM (1,593) GAME 6 • OCT. 10 • KEARNEY, NEB. • RON & CAROL COPE STADIUM (3,345)

#3 NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE 59 5-0, 5-0 NORTHEASTERN STATE 31 1-5, 1-5 NORTHEASTERN STATE 7 0-5, 0-5 NEBRASKA-KEARNEY 14 0-6, 0-6

GAME NOTES GAME NOTES •Joel Rockmore scored a rushing touchdown, which was his 20th career TD. •NSU won its first game since the 2013 season finale and earned the first victory of the •Northeastern State finished with 15 rushing yards. The RiverHawks have posted a total of Rob Robinson era. This marked the first time since 2011 that NSU did not begin a season 34 yards rushing combined against NWMSU over the last two seasons. 0-6. •Kenneth Davis recovered a fumble on Northwest’s opening drive. It was his first-career fumble recovery. He also recorded his second forced fumble of the season. •Joel Rockmore ran the ball 18 times for a career-high 210 yards. He also scored two •True freshman safety Devon Siers recovered two fumbles in the contest. The last time an touchdowns on the two-longest rushes of his career (85 yards and 76 yards). The three NSU football player had two fumble recoveries in the same game was Oct. 15, 2011. longest plays of the season for NSU were all recorded in the victory. Those included both •Siers returned the second fumble 44 yards. The last time an NSU player had a fumble Rockmore rushes and a 74-yard pass reception by Matthew Butler from Kevin Pantastico. return of more than zero yards was Oct. 30, 2010. Siers’ return was the longest since Oct. Butler recorded his first-career touchdown. 8, 2005. •Northeastern State shutout Nebraska-Kearney in the second half. This marked the first •The RiverHawks finished with season lows in both rushing yards (15) and first downs (11). time since Nov. 2, 2013 that an NSU opponent did not score for an entire half. The rushing output was the lowest for NSU since Sept. 20, 2008. •The last time NSU had both a 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver in the same game was on Oct. 20, 2012 (Joel Rockmore, Jermaine Sherman). SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F •Neither team turned the ball over via fumble or interception. UNK had three turnovers on #3 Northwest Missouri State 10 21 14 14 59 downs. This was the first time since Nov. 9, 2013 that NSU did not give the ball away. Northeastern State 0 7 0 0 7 •The victory by NSU snapped the nation’s fourth-longest active losing streak, which stood at 16 straight losses dating back to Nov. 16, 2013 (45-38 win over Central Oklahoma). Scoring Summary 1 6:44 NWMSU Simon Mathiesen 35 FG SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F 1:37 NWMSU Kyle Zimmerman 16 run (Mathiesen kick) 2 12:53 NWMSU Cameron Wilcox 4 run (Mathiesen kick) Northeastern State 10 14 7 0 31 9:38 NWMSU Clayton Wilson 11 pass from Brady Bolles (Mathiesen kick) Nebraska-Kearney 7 7 0 0 14 4:13 NWMSU Jordan Grove 11 run (Mathiesen kick) 0:23 NSU Joel Rockmore 2 run (Eddie Garcia kick) Scoring Summary 3 10:33 NWMSU Phil Jackson 7 run (Mathiesen kick) 1 8:33 NSU Joel Rockmore 76 run (Eddie Garcia kick) 2:46 NWMSU Jackson 1 run (Mathiesen kick) 7:35 UNK Preston Foley 8 pass from Bronson Marsh (Brendan Wentling kick) 4 12:40 NWMSU Randy Schmidt 36 pass from Zimmerman (Mathiesen kick) 3:09 NSU Garcia 32 FG 9:31 NWMSU Emanuel Jones 2 run (Mathiesen kick) 2 10:44 NSU Kevin Pantastico 3 run (Garcia kick) 1:36 NSU Rockmore 85 run (Garcia kick) Team Statistics 0:22 UNK Tityus Mitchell 16 pass from Ryan McFarlin (Wentling kick) NWMSU NSU 3 8:31 NSU Matthew Butler 74 pass from Pantastico (Garcia kick) FIRST DOWNS 28 11 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 50-264 33-15 Team Statistics PASSING YDS (NET) 201 189 NSU UNK Passes Att-Comp-Int 26-17-0 34-13-3 FIRST DOWNS 14 13 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 76-465 67-204 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-264 34-141 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-44 PASSING YDS (NET) 157 58 Punt Returns-Yards 2-65 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 22-7-0 25-11-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-66 5-96 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 64-421 59-199 Interception Returns-Yards 3-70 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 2-33.0 7-41.9 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-19 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 2-2 Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 6-201 Penalties-Yards 7-58 15-114 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Possession Time 32:36 27:24 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-38.0 8-32.1 Third-Down Conversions 8 of 15 6 of 17 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 3 0 of 3 Penalties-Yards 7-80 6-48 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 8-10 1-2 Possession Time 33:00 27:00 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-23 2-1 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 14 3 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 0 of 3 Individual Statistics Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 2-2 RUSHING: NWMSU-Zimmerman,Kyle 10-84; Jackson,Phil 11-58; Grove,Jordan 2-47; Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-24 4-18 Wilcox,Cameron 13-35; Bolles,Brady 9-25; Jones,Emanuel 4-18; Bane,Shawn 1-minus 3. NSU- English,Brandon 6-23; Rockmore,Joel 12-17; Busby,Cody 4-5; Davis,Michael 1-3; Herd,Steffon 1-minus 1; Powell,Garrett 1-minus 7; Long,Thor 6-minus 7; Armstrong,Blayne 2-minus 18. Individual Statistics Rockmore,Joel 18-210; Busby,Cody 9-42; Powell,Garrett 1-14; Pantastico,Kevin PASSING: NWMSU-Bolles,Brady 14-23-0-157; Zimmerman,Kyle 3-3-0-44. NSU-Long,Thor 11-24- RUSHING: NSU- 2-175; Armstrong,Blayne 2-10-1-14. 10-0; Davis,Michael 1-0; TEAM 3-minus 2. UNK-Quinn,Luke 8-42; Cotton,Romero 8-31; Marsh,Bronson 7-22; Lane,Kevin 4-21; McFarlin,Ryan 5-15; Lundgren,Caleb 2-10. RECEIVING: NWMSU-Bane,Shawn 3-39; Washington,Dre 3-26; Wilson,Clayton 3-23; Foster,ShaCorey 2-7; Schmidt,Randy 1-36; Behrndt,Brock 1-21; Sehl,George 1-19; PASSING: NSU-Pantastico,Kevin 7-22-0-157. UNK-McFarlin,Ryan 7-16-0-40; Marsh,Bronson 4-9-0-18. Williams,Shane 1-13; Grove,Jordan 1-11; Surrell,Marques 1-6. NSU-Powell,Garrett 4-45; Pope,Jamari 3-59; Butler,Matthew 2-47; King,Zac 2-24; Rockmore,Joel 2-14. RECEIVING: NSU-Butler,Matthew 2-110; King,Zac 2-19; Pope,Jamari 1-13; King,Antonio 1-12; Rockmore,Joel 1-3. Williams,Cougar 4-14; Foley,Preston 3-9; Mitchell,Tityus 2-25; INTERCEPTIONS: NWMSU-Hosein,Najeem 1-50; Young,Jack 1-17; Lane,Anthony 1-3. NSU- UNK- None. Behrends,Nick 1-6; Sealey,Dalton 1-4. None. None. FUMBLES: NWMSU-Zimmerman,Kyle 1-1; Bolles,Brady 1-1; Wilcox,Cameron 1-1. NSU- INTERCEPTIONS: NSU- UNK- Herd,Steffon 1-1; Long,Thor 1-1. FUMBLES: NSU-None. UNK-None. Morris,Darian 1-0; Riley,Christian 1-0; Herd,Steffon 1-0; Niko,Gil 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): NWMSU-Vollstedt,Jacob 2-0; Yost,Brandon 0-1; Bevins,Collin 0-1. NSU- SACKS (UA-A): NSU- UNK- Culbertson,Kenny 2-0. Becker,Dexter 2-0; Lange,Peyton 1-1; Stoltenberg,Sam 0-1. Steele,Irving 5-4; Herd,Steffon 6-2; Siers,Devon 2-6; Culbertson,Kenny TACKLES (UA-A): NWMSU-Hess,Nick 4-2; Vollstedt,Jacob 3-3; Young,Jack 2-3; Turner,Nicholas TACKLES (UA-A): NSU- 1-4; Enyard,Bryce 3-0; Nally,Trent 3-0; Hosein,Najeem 2-1; Weitl,Cass 2-1; Bixler,Cole 1-2; 3-4; Morris,Darian 4-1; King,Antonio 3-1; Davis,Kenneth 1-2; Silversmith,Isaiah 2-0; Niko,Gil 2-0; Mather,Caleb 1-2; Grove,Jordan 2-0; Richey,Edward 2-0; Berg,Kevin 1-1; Bevins,Collin 1-1; Udoumoh,Peter 1-1; Foley,Curtis 1-1; Riley,Christian 1-1; Dotson,Quincy 1-1; Smith,T’Nheous 0-2; Pierre,Chama 1-1; Sherman,Brock 0-2; Patterson,Trist 0-2; Connelly,Matt 1-0; Gruenloh,Bobby Lawson,Trevon 1-0; McMillan,Mason 0-1; Martin,Tray 0-1; Moran,Dakota 0-1; Walker,Tracey 1-0; Hughes,Zach 1-0; Lane,Anthony 1-0; Wilcox,Cameron 1-0; Dennis,Breyon 0-1; 0-1. UNK-Kozeal,Tyke 7-9; Anderson,Boone 3-3; Stoltenberg,Sam 2-4; Becker,Dexter 3-2; Loschen,Dillon 3-0; Brown,George 2-1; LeFlore,Devon. 2-1; Lange,Peyton 1-2; Hadley,Antwan Stewart,Marcus 0-1; Yost,Brandon 0-1. NSU-Steele,Irving 5-8; Herd,Steffon 8-3; Davis,Kenneth 4-5; Dotson,Quincy 4-3; Culbertson,Kenny 4-3; Siers,Devon 3-4; Morris,Darian 2-4; Foley,Curtis 1-1; Burns, Steven 1-1; Andersen,Trey 1-1; Schnitzler,Ty. 1-0; Papa,Josh 1-0; Bartling,Jake 0-1; 2-2; Washington,Reuben 0-4; Udoumoh,Peter 2-1; Martin,Tray 1-1; Lawson,Trevon 0-2; Neris,Anthoni 0-1; Thomas,Darian 0-1. Easter,Tyler 1-0; King,Antonio 1-0; Davis,Michael 1-0; Butler,Matthew 1-0; Newman,Tony 1-0; Silversmith,Isaiah 0-1; Walker,Tracey 0-1; Sheets,Tanner 0-1; Smith,T’Nheous 0-1; Powell,Garrett 0-1; Bivins,Colby 0-1. Northeastern State University 2015 Game Capsules

GAME 7 • OCT. 17 • TAHLEQUAH, OKLA. • DOC WADLEY STADIUM (1,512) GAME 8 • OCT. 24 • WARRENSBURG, MO. • WALTON STADIUM (8,279)

MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE 21 1-6, 1-6 NORTHEASTERN STATE 10 2-6, 2-6 NORTHEASTERN STATE 31 2-5, 2-5 (RV) CENTRAL MISSOURI 54 6-2, 6-2

GAME NOTES GAME NOTES •NSU improved to 13-7 all-time over MSSU. NSU also picked up its first win in the •Joel Rockmore broke the school record for career all-purpose yards in the game, series since 2003, snapping a three-game losing streak to the Lions. becoming the first player in school history to reach 4,000 yards. •NSU have now won back-to-back games for the first time since winning the final •NSU allowed a punt return for touchdown for the first time since Sept. 21, 2013. four contests of the 2012 season. •Quincy Dotson had a career-high three sacks. He recorded the most in a game by •NSU held MSSU scoreless for the first quarter. This was the first time the River- an NSU defender since Travis Boswell had three on August 27, 2011. Hawks shutout an opponent in the first 15 minutes since blanking Lindenwood in the •NSU had just 55 yards rushing. This marked the third time this season the River- season finale last year. Hawks failed to reach the 100-yard plateau on the ground. •Kevin Pantastico threw a career-high three touchdowns. Zac King, Matthew Butler •The RiverHawks committed a season-low four penalties and were only penalized and Garrett Powell all had receiving TD’s. 26 yards. •Joel Rockmore had 101 rushing yards, marking his 11th-career 100-yard effort and •The Mules had three different quarterbacks throw a touchdown. second in a row. •Central Missouri wide receiver Jaylen Zachery was held to just four catches for 73 yards. The MIAA’s leading receiver was held to his second-lowest output of the •Garrett Powell booted a career-long 71-yard punt in the first quarter season. •Darian Morris had a monster game, finishing with nine tackles, four pass breakups, two fumble recoveries, one interception, one forced fumble, one tackle for loss, one half sack, and one 97-yard fumble recovery returned for touchdown. The 97-yard SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F fumble recovery was the longest in school history. Northeastern State 7 0 3 0 10 Central Missouri 17 17 7 13 54 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F Scoring Summary Missouri Southern State 0 7 7 7 21 1 8:46 UCM Markel Smith 3 run (Billy Greco kick) Northeastern State 7 7 14 3 31 5:03 UCM Greco 37 FG 3:55 NSU Garrett Powell 39 pass from Kevin Pantastico (Eddie Garcia kick) Scoring Summary 1:09 UCM Ian Toalson 25 pass from Garrett Fugate (Greco kick) 1st 6:21 NSU Zac King 37 yd pass from Kevin Pantastico (Eddie Garcia kick) 2 13:36 UCM Smith 31 pass from Fugate (Greco kick) 2nd 8:48 MSSU Will Gregory 11 yd run (Brock Renken kick) 8:12 UCM Jaylen Zachery 79 punt return (Greco kick) 0:49 NSU Matthew Butler 40 yd pass from Kevin Pantastico (Eddie Garcia kick) 0:21 UCM Greco 20 FG 3rd 11:10 NSU Darian Morris 97 yd fumble recovery (Eddie Garcia kick) 3 7:00 UCM Toalson 22 pass from Eric Siebenshuh (Greco kick) 7:22 MSSU Terrell Crawford 8 yd pass from Kyle Keller (Brock Renken kick) 3:14 NSU Garcia 27 FG 4:23 NSU Garrett Powell 35 yd pass from Kevin Pantastico (Eddie Garcia kick) 4 10:41 UCM Alex Strong 8 pass from Siebenshuh (Greco kick) 4th 14:49 NSU Eddie Garcia 20 yd FG 5:13 UCM Josh Pickrell 2 pass from Brook Bolles (kick failed) 1:45 MSSU Chad Nolan 25 yd pass from TJ Fleeton (Brock Renken kick) Team Statistics Team Statistics NSU UCM MSSU NSU FIRST DOWNS 11 26 FIRST DOWNS 29 17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 29-55 52-306 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 43-177 39-119 PASSING YDS (NET) 163 301 PASSING YDS (NET) 265 212 Passes Att-Comp-Int 22-11-4 29-21-1 Passes Att-Comp-Int 44-18-2 24-12-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 51-218 81-607 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 87-442 63-331 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 2-105 Punt Returns-Yards 2-12 2-84 Punt Returns-Yards 5-57 1-11 Kickoff Returns-Yards 8-169 3-61 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-53 2-34 Interception Returns-Yards 1-20 4-59 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-12 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-37.0 2-38.0 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-39.7 8-44.1 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 4-26 7-60 Penalties-Yards 9-93 11-118 Possession Time 26:58 33:02 Possession Time 29:05 30:55 Third-Down Conversions 1 of 10 6 of 14 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 18 5 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 3 of 4 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 3 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 5-5 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-5 1-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-34 4-23 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-14 2-15 Individual Statistics Individual Statistics RUSHING: NSU-Rockmore,Joel 15-61; Long,Thor 3-9; McMillan,Mason 4-8; Busby,Cody 2-1; TEAM 2-minus 4; Pantastico,Kevin 3-minus 20. Smith,Markel 21-148; Bolles,Brook 4-73; RUSHING: MSSU-Gregory,Will 26-134; Henderson,Josep 6-27; Fleeton,TJ 2-13; Forchu,Giresse UCM- Smith,Rodney 11-47; Smith,Peter 1-20; Vandiver,Gabe 2-11; Campbell,Evan 2-7; Siebenshuh,Eric 2-2; Keller,Kyle 7-1. NSU-Rockmore,Joel 25-101; Busby,Cody 4-20; TEAM 1-0; Pantastico,Kevin 9-minus 2. 2-3; Stein,Spencer 2-1; Fugate,Garrett 7-minus 4. PASSING: MSSU-Keller,Kyle 12-28-1-180; Fleeton,TJ 6-16-1-85. NSU-Pantastico,Kevin 12-23-0- PASSING: NSU-Pantastico,Kevin 10-17-2-147; Long,Thor 1-5-2-16. UCM-Fugate,Garrett 14-20-0- 212; Long,Thor 0-1-0-0. 207; Siebenshuh,Eric 6-8-1-92; Bolles,Brook 1-1-0-2. RECEIVING: MSSU-Crawford,Terrell 5-98; Nolan,Chad 3-66; Nichols,Ricky 3-36; RECEIVING: NSU-Powell,Garrett 4-73; King,Zac 2-42; Holman,Decoryan 2-19; Butler,Matthew Henderson,Josep 2-34; Gregory,Will 2-12; Morrison,Jordan 1-9; Hayes,Ty’Quan 1-8; Day,Carson 1-16; Pope,Jamari 1-10; Rockmore,Joel 1-3. UCM-Smith,Rodney 5-33; Zachery,Jaylen 4-73; 1-2. NSU-Powell,Garrett 4-79; King,Zac 3-50; Butler,Matthew 2-60; Pope,Jamari 1-11; Toalson,Ian 4-72; Bakker,Andrew 2-47; Cooper,Clayton 2-10; Smith,Markel 1-31; Echols,Kyle Drysdale,Jacob 1-7; Rockmore,Joel 1-5. 1-25; Strong,Alex 1-8; Pickrell,Josh 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS: MSSU-None. NSU-Siers,Devon 1-7; Morris,Darian 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS: NSU-Davis,Kenneth 1-20. UCM-Miller,Austin 1-39; Newman,Jackson 1-20; FUMBLES: MSSU-Gregory,Will 2-1; Keller,Kyle 1-1. NSU-Pantastico,Kevin 1-1. Latimore,M 1-0; Mings,Kenny 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): MSSU-Tate,Kyjuan 1-0; Smith,David 1-0. NSU-Dotson,Quincy 0-1; FUMBLES: NSU-Rockmore,Joel 1-1. UCM-Bolles,Brook 1-0; Smith,Rodney 1-1. Smith,T’Nheous 0-1; Morris,Darian 0-1; Foley,Curtis 0-1. SACKS (UA-A): NSU-Dotson,Quincy 3-0. UCM-Venckus,Jason 1-0; Taylor,T 1-0; Miller,Austin TACKLES (UA-A): MSSU-Tate,Kyjuan 4-6; Solomon,Ryan 5-4; Burks,Michael 2-4; 1-0; Powell,Josh 1-0. Domingue,Caleb 3-2; McBride,Johnqua 2-1; Sanders,Laynce 2-1; Green,Ricky 2-1; Smith,David TACKLES (UA-A): NSU-Siers,Devon 6-4; Morris,Darian 4-5; Steele,Irving 6-1; Foley,Curtis 4-3; 1-2; Smith,Darryl 0-3; Randall,Stephan 0-3; Williams,Chris 1-1; Bell,Dominick 1-0; Goss III,Chris Davis,Kenneth 3-4; Culbertson,Kenny 2-5; Newman,Tony 4-1; Herd,Steffon 3-2; Bivins,Colby 2-3; 1-0; Norman,Terez 1-0; McKenzie,EJ 1-0; Nichols,Ricky 1-0; Toliver,Roland 1-0; Plafcan,Trevor Dotson,Quincy 4-0; Sheets,Tanner 1-3; Smith,T’Nheous 3-0; Udoumoh,Peter 2-1; Martin,Tray 2-0; 1-0; Crawford,Terrell 1-0; Jackson,Jarell 1-0; Henderson,Josep 0-1; Brown,Jason 0-1; King,Zac 1-1; Powell,Garrett 1-0; Butler,Matthew 1-0; King,Antonio 1-0; Drysdale,Jacob 1-0; Tomlinson,Justi 0-1; Earvin,Roderick 0-1. NSU-Herd,Steffon 6-6; Steele,Irving 5-7; Davis,Kenneth Davis,Michael 0-1; Lawson,Trevon 0-1; Walker,Tracey 0-1; Niko,Gil 0-1; Rockmore,Joel 0-1. 5-5; Morris,Darian 5-4; Culbertson,Kenny 3-5; Siers,Devon 2-3; Lawson,Trevon 3-1; UCM-Cole,Manuel 6-2; Miller,Austin 4-4; Lackey,Alex 3-3; Powell,Josh 3-1; Newman,Jackson Newman,Tony 2-2; Washington,Reuben 1-3; Walker,Tracey 2-1; Udoumoh,Peter 1-2; Martin,Tray 2-2; Venckus,Jason 1-3; Teamer,Tevin 1-2; Smith,Sam 1-2; Taylor,T 1-1; Flagel,Connor 1-1; 1-1; Riley,Christian 1-1; Foley,Curtis 1-1; King,Antonio 1-1; Easter,Tyler 1-1; Dotson,Quincy 0-2; Cunningham,C 1-1; Tannehill,M 0-2; Green,Kadarius 1-0; Vaughn,Travion 1-0; Leachman,Tony Drysdale,Jacob 1-0; Silversmith,Isaiah 0-1; Kirby,Rogerick 0-1; Sheets,Tanner 0-1; 1-0; Bakker,Andrew 1-0; Siebenshuh,Eric 1-0; Latimore,M 1-0; Dickson,Jordan 1-0; Taala,Dalainey Smith,T’Nheous 0-1. 0-1; Magalei,T 0-1; Cronin,Jack 0-1; Saputo,Anthony 0-1. Northeastern State University 2014-15 Game Capsules

GAME 9 • OCT. 31 • TAHLEQUAH, OKLA. • DOC WADLEY STADIUM (2,638) GAME 10 • NOV. 8 • TOPEKA, KAN. • YAGER STADIUM (3,812)

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 48 4-5, 4-5 NORTHEASTERN STATE 7 0-10, 0-10 NORTHEASTERN STATE 17 2-7, 2-7 WASHBURN 42 4-6, 4-6

GAME NOTES GAME NOTES •Central Oklahoma improved to 47-27-2 all-time against Northeastern State. This •Coach Rob Robinson coached against Washburn for the first time since leaving the was the most lopsided victory by either team since 1970 (32 meetings). Ichabods, where he was a member of the coaching staff for 12 years. •The Bronchos retained the President’s Cup after winning it last year. NSU had held •Terrance Dixon’s touchdown in the second quarter gives him 20 rushing touch- the trophy for four-straight years. downs for his career. •The contest was the annual Homecoming game for the RiverHawks. Northeastern •Jordan Cunningham blocked a punt in the third quarter. It was his second blocked State is 0-4 on Homecoming since joining the MIAA in 2012. punt of the year after blocking a punt against Fort Hays State on Sept. 13, 2014. •Joel Rockmore registered his seventh-career game with 200 all-purpose yards after •Steffon Herd had his first-career interception in the fourth quarter. It was also just he finished with 213 (117 kick return, 88 rush, 8 receive). the fourth QB interception by an NSU defender this season. •Junior defensive back Darian Morris had two interceptions in the contest. The •The RiverHawks have now tied the school record for most losses in a single sea- last time an NSU football player had two picks in one game was on Nov. 16, 2013 son. Only the 2004 (0-10) and 2008 (1-10) squads have registered as many losses. (Langston Jones against Central Oklahoma). •The RiverHawks gave up 245 total offense yards which was a season low. •Five different NSU defenders finished with double-digit tackles. •Northeastern State has scored exactly 100 points this season, while the team has conceded exactly 400 points. SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F Central Oklahoma 10 10 7 21 48 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F Northeastern State 3 7 0 7 17 Northeastern State 0 7 0 0 7 Washburn 8 13 14 7 42 Scoring Summary 1 10:46 UCO Seth Hiddink 39 FG Scoring Summary 6:35 NSU Eddie Garcia 36 FG 1 14:04 WU Vershon Moore 14 run (Cody Heiman rush) 5:50 UCO Clay McKenzie 40 run (Hiddink kick) 2 8:52 NSU Terrance Dixon 4 run (Dylan Beers kick) 2 12:02 UCO Hiddink 23 FG 8:34 WU Kameron Stewart 86 kickoff return (kick failed) 6:28 NSU Jamari Pope 19 pass from Kevin Pantastico (Garcia kick) 4:33 WU Shay Wooten 23 fumble return (Justin Linn kick) 1:56 UCO McKenzie 6 run (Hiddink kick) 3 7:19 WU Moore 51 run (Linn kick) 3 2:53 UCO Caden Locke 6 pass from T.J. Eckert (Hiddink kick) 5:47 WU Terek Hawkins 0 blocked punt return (Linn kick) 4 13:40 UCO McKenzie 3 run (Hiddink kick) 4 4:13 WU Joel Piper 18 pass from Connor Crimmins (Linn kick) 12:37 NSU Matthew Butler 54 pass from Blayne Armstrong (Garcia kick) 9:08 UCO Derek Reeves 20 pass from Chas Stallard (Hiddink kick) Team Statistics 7:55 UCO Greg Johnson 12 run (Hiddink kick) NSU WU FIRST DOWNS 10 13 Team Statistics RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-72 33-148 UCO NSU PASSING YDS (NET) 138 97 FIRST DOWNS 36 10 Passes Att-Comp-Int 32-12-2 27-12-1 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 62-424 29-81 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 72-210 60-245 PASSING YDS (NET) 160 118 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-23 Passes Att-Comp-Int 21-14-2 23-10-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-36 2-36 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 83-584 52-199 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-88 2-120 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 1-24 2-63 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 11-33.1 8-37.5 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-44 8-179 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-7 Penalties-Yards 9-85 13-127 Punts (Number-Avg) 1-34.0 7-44.7 Possession Time 32:44 27:16 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 Third-Down Conversions 1 of 18 2 of 14 Penalties-Yards 8-95 10-79 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 4 1 of 3 Possession Time 38:19 21:41 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 2-2 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 12 2 of 11 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-20 6-37 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-7 2-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-33 1-0 Individual Statistics RUSHING: NSU-McJunkins,Prince 1-35; Dixon,Terrance 11-25; McMillan,Mason 6-22; Moore,Derrick 8-0; Pantastico,Kevin 13-0; TEAM 1-minus 10. WU-Moore,Vershon 20-122; Individual Statistics Stewart,Kameron 3-19; Palmer,Zeke 5-9; Chilcoat,Denzel 3-1; TEAM 2-minus 3. RUSHING: UCO-McKenzie,Clay 33-248; Stallard,Chas 8-83; Johnson,Greg 11-51; Eckert,T.J. PASSING: NSU-Pantastico,Kevin 12-30-1-138; Meaders,Cory 0-2-1-0. WU-Palmer,Zeke 11-24-0- 6-40; Harger,Darrack 2-4; TEAM 2-minus 2. NSU-Rockmore,Joel 14-88; McMillan,Mason 5-22; 79; Piper,Joel 1-3-1-18. Busby,Cody 4-8; TEAM 1-0; Armstrong,Blayne 3-minus 18; Pantastico,Kevin 2-minus 19. RECEIVING: NSU-Herod,Ricki 6-48; Powell,Garrett 2-43; Martin,Rey 2-21; Dixon,Terrance 1-21; PASSING: UCO-Eckert,T.J. 13-19-2-140; Stallard,Chas 1-2-0-20. NSU-Pantastico,Kevin 8-17-0- Williams,Anthony 1-5. WU-Moore,Vershon 4-17; Beard,DaJuan 3-21; Crimmins,Connor 2-32; 59; Armstrong,Blayne 2-6-0-59. Buhler,Matt 2-15; Luthi,Adam 1-12. RECEIVING: UCO-Locke,Caden 6-48; Tease,Myles 3-42; McKenzie,Clay 3-28; Pulley,Connor INTERCEPTIONS: NSU-Herd,Steffon 1-24. WU-Tillman,Austin 1-63; Kenney,Calvin 1-0. 1-22; Reeves,Derek 1-20. NSU-King,Zac 3-12; Butler,Matthew 2-61; Powell,Garrett 2-13; FUMBLES: NSU-Dixon,Terrance 1-1; Pantastico,Kevin 1-1; TEAM 1-0; Williams,Anthony 1-0. Pope,Jamari 1-19; Rockmore,Joel 1-8; Busby,Cody 1-5. WU-Palmer,Zeke 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: UCO-None. NSU-Morris,Darian 2-7. SACKS (UA-A): NSU-Renfrow,James 1-0; Gross,Leo 1-0; Carlisle,Justin 1-0. WU-Ewy,Tyler 1-1; FUMBLES: UCO-None. NSU-Busby,Cody 1-1; Morris,Darian 1-1. Abdul-Razzaq,Ak 1-1; Parker,Trey 2-0; Steuber,Alec 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): UCO-Koenig,Nick 1-1; Rice,Tanner 1-0; Koons,Tanner 1-0; Howard,Malcom 0-1. TACKLES (UA-A): NSU-Davis,Kenneth 6-1; Carlisle,Justin 4-3; Cotton,Marcus 5-0; Herd,Steffon NSU-Herd,Steffon 1-0. 3-2; Beard,Romon 4-0; Washington,Reuben 2-1; Dortch,Lane 2-1; Newman,Tony 2-0; TACKLES (UA-A): UCO-Lindsey,Colton 0-6; Howard,Malcom 3-2; Ellis,Trent 2-2; Udoumoh,Peter 2-0; Smallwood,Carson 1-1; Moran,Dakota 1-0; Barr,Chandler 1-0; Walker,Tracey Shearwood,Cade 2-2; Busby,David 1-3; Galyon,Riley 1-3; Wilson,Deontay 1-2; Jones,Cody 1-0; McMillan,Mason 1-0; Gross,Leo 1-0; Renfrow,James 1-0; Milton,Jeremiah 0-1. WU- 1-2; Koenig,Nick 1-2; Cole,Omari 2-0; Douglas,Levonte 2-0; Hiddink,Seth 2-0; Jones,Ben 1-1; Parker,Trey 6-1; Steuber,Alec 6-1; Tillman,Austin 5-0; Pfannenstiel,Pe 3-2; Kenney,Calvin 4-0; Rice,Dillon 1-1; Koons,Tanner 1-1; Calip,Braden 0-2; Abram,DeVaughn 0-2; Pulley,Connor 1-0; Rimmer,DeAnthon 3-1; Abdul-Razzaq,Ak 2-2; Dale,Bryan 2-1; Zeller,Cooper 1-2; Cobb,Lionel Rice,Tanner 1-0; Frimpong,Jason 1-0; Williams,Aaron 1-0; Guy,Antonio 0-1; Steele,Austin 0-1; 2-0; Williams,Chad 2-0; Wooten,Shay 1-1; Bell,Stephen 1-1; Ewy,Tyler 1-1; Heiman,Cody 1-1; Allen,Kenny 0-1; Smith,Carson 0-1; Walker,Collis 0-1. NSU-Steele,Irving 8-10; Herd,Steffon 8-9; Luedke,Randy 1-1; Hawkins,Terek 1-0; Spencer,Kastin 1-0; Teters,Billy 1-0; Kolmer,Mark 1-0; Siers,Devon 5-8; Morris,Darian 4-8; Davis,Kenneth 5-5; Dotson,Quincy 1-4; Udoumoh,Peter 3-1; Weekley,Zack 0-1; Cato,Frederick 0-1; Stewart,Kameron 0-1. Newman,Tony 2-1; Riley,Christian 1-1; Smith,T’Nheous 1-1; Culbertson,Kenny 0-2; Kirby,Rogerick 0-2; Sheets,Tanner 1-0; Moran,Dakota 1-0; King,Antonio 0-1; Silversmith,Isaiah 0-1; Niko,Gil 0-1; Johnson,Zaccheus 0-1; McMillan,Mason 0-1; Walker,Tracey 0-1. Northeastern State University 2015 Alphabetical Roster

No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp Hometown / High School Previous School 28 Jack Alspaugh DB 5-10 180 Fr-HS Tulsa, Okla. / Union HS 74 Andrew Alvarado OL 6-4 315 Jr-TR Chandler, Ariz. / Chandler HS Mesa CC Noah Ashley LB 5-10 200 Fr-HS Muskogee, Okla. / Muskogee HS 15 Blayne Armstrong QB 6-3 225 Fr-TR Marshfield, Mo. / Marshfield HS Missouri State University Jordan Baker DL 6-0 270 Fr-HS Glenpool, Okla. / Glenpool HS 69 Jordan Baldwin OL 6-3 330 Jr-TR Salt Lake City, Utah / Cottonwood HS Fullerton College 22 Kevin Bell DB 6-1 185 Fr-RS Lawton, Okla. / Lawton HS 25 Colby Bivins LB 6-0 225 Fr-RS Beggs, Okla. / Beggs HS 6 Cody Busby RB 5-10 210 Jr-TR Salina, Kan. / South HS Coffeyville CC 85 Matthew Butler WR 6-1 185 Jr-TR Torrance, Calif. / Northgate HS Hunter Collins DL 6-0 240 Fr-HS Checotah, Okla. / Checotah HS 67 Taylor Cooley OL 6-3 300 Jr-TR Phoenix, Ariz. / Paradise Valley HS Glendale CC 55 Lance Cox OL 6-0 300 Jr-TR Tulsa, Okla. / Union HS 49 Kenny Culbertson DL 6-2 245 Sr-2L Frisco, Texas / Prince of Peace Christian School 81 Donavon Dan WR 6-0 205 Jr-TR Del City, Okla. / Del City HS NEO A&M College 16 Daniel Davis QB 6-0 180 Fr-HS Quitman, Texas / Quitman HS 40 Kenneth Davis LB 6-1 230 Jr-2L Spencer, Okla. / Star Spencer HS 36 Michael Davis FB 5-11 220 So-1L Troup, Texas / Troup HS 95 Quincy Dotson DL 6-4 220 Fr-RS Oklahoma City, Okla. / Millwood HS 84 Jacob Drysdale TE 6-3 235 Fr-RS Arnold, Mo. / Fox HS Justin Dunn K 5-10 165 Fr-HS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Berryhill HS Gage Durrett DL 6-0 230 Fr-HS Eufaula, Okla. / Eufaula HS 53 Tyler Easter OL 6-3 280 Jr-2L Spavinaw, Okla. / Ketchum HS 5 Brandon English RB 5-10 215 So-TR Orlando, Fla. / Evans HS Bowling Green State University 98 Ukoh Essang LB 5-11 215 Fr-HS Arlington, Texas / Martin HS Rashawn Eubanks WR 5-10 175 Fr-HS Roland, Okla. / Roland HS Corey Finch FB 5-11 225 Fr-HS Miami, Okla. / Miami HS 58 Curtis Foley DL 6-3 290 Fr-HS Arlington, Texas / Arlington HS Holton Fox TE 6-0 215 Fr-HS Tulsa, Okla. / Union HS 47 Eddie Garcia K 6-0 200 Jr-TR Los Angeles, Calif. / Serra HS El Camino College 18 Tristan Gooden TE 6-2 215 Fr-HS Lawton, Okla. / Lawton HS Diesen Gorham OL 6-3 275 Stillwater, Okla. / Perkins-Tryon HS Oklahoma State University Brigham Hancock LB 5-11 205 Fr-HS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Summit Christian Academy 32 Jason Hand LB 6-1 215 Fr-HS Edmond, Okla. / Memorial HS 46 Toshi Hayashi K 5-8 150 So-RS Andover, Kan. / Andover HS Coffeyville CC 8 Steffon Herd DB 6-3 210 Jr-2L Oklahoma City, Okla. / Del City HS 68 Brian Hobbs OL 5-11 315 Jr-TR Anaheim, Calif. / Esperanza HS Fullerton College 88 Decoryan Holman TE 6-4 245 So-TR Jacksonville, Texas / Jacksonville HS Trinity Valley CC Jarrod Holt DL 6-1 215 Fr-HS Hartshorne, Okla. / Hartshorne HS Cameron Hudson QB 5-11 190 Fr-HS Skiatook, Okla. / Skiatook HS Cameron Hunter WR 5-10 180 Fr-HS McAlester, Okla. / McAlester HS 76 Ethan James OL 6-5 315 Sr-RS (3L) Gore, Okla. / Gore HS Baylor Jenkins LB 5-10 185 Fr-HS Skiatook, Okla. / Skiatook HS TJ Johnson DB 6-0 180 Fr-TR Collinsville, Okla. / Collinsville HS 56 Zaccheus Johnson LB 5-11 215 Fr-RS Tulsa, Okla. / Memorial HS 21 Antonio King WR 6-1 195 Jr-1L St. Louis, Mo. / Maplewood HS Ellsworth CC 13 Zac King WR 6-1 185 So-TR Vinita, Okla. / Vinita HS Ottawa University 91 Rogerick Kirby DL 6-0 280 Fr-HS Muskogee, Okla. / Muskogee HS 79 Trevon Lawson DL 6-1 340 Sr-3L Ardmore, Okla. / Ardmore HS Aaron Livingston LB 6-1 200 Fr-HS Marshfield, Mo. / Marshfield HS 11 Thor Long DB 6-0 200 Sr-1L Sherman, Texas / Sherman HS 93 Justin Marshall DL 6-2 240 Jr-TR Orlando, Fla. / Olympia HS Fullerton College 23 Tray Martin DB 5-11 195 Jr-TR Compton, Calif. / Centennial HS Los Angeles Harbor College 17 Prince McJunkins WR 6-1 190 Sr-3L Wagoner, Okla. / Wagoner HS Georgia Southern University Northeastern State University 2015 Alphabetical Roster

No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp Hometown / High School Previous School 9 Mason McMillan RB 5-11 190 Jr-2L Tahlequah, Okla. / Tahlequah HS Darion McNac DB 5-11 180 Fr-HS Muskogee, Okla. / Muskogee HS Jake Michener QB 6-1 175 Fr-HS Kennedale, Texas / Kennedale HS Rhett Moore TE 6-2 205 Fr-HS Lenapah, Okla. / Oklahoma Union HS 94 Dakota Moran DL 6-2 270 Jr-2L Midwest City, Okla. / Midwest City HS 31 Darian Morris DB 6-3 215 Jr-TR Dallas, Texas / Lake Highlands HS 2 Tony Newman DB 6-0 185 Jr-1L St. Louis, Mo. / University City HS Indiana State University 90 Gil Niko DL 6-2 290 Jr-TR San Francisco, Calif. / Jefferson HS College of San Mateo 4 Kevin Pantastico QB 6-0 190 Jr-1L Mesa, Ariz. / Desert Ridge HS Phoenix College Chase Phillips WR 6-0 190 Fr-TR Inola, Okla. / Inola HS 89 Daltun Pierce TE 6-5 235 Fr-HS Foyil, Okla. / Foyil HS 14 Jamari Pope WR 6-1 195 Jr-TR Concord, Calif. / Ygnacio Valley HS Laney College Logan Potts WR 6-0 190 Fr-TR Claremore, Okla. / Claremore Christian School Sterling College 7 Garrett Powell WR 6-0 200 Sr-1L Bartlesville, Okla. / Bartlesville HS NEO A&M College Christian Reeves LB 5-11 200 Fr-HS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Summit Christian Academy 96 Christian Riley DL 6-5 220 So-TR Center Point, Ala. / Gardendale HS Garden City CC 66 Dakota Ritchie OL 6-4 275 Fr-RS Foyil, Okla. / Foyil HS 37 Payton Roberts P 6-2 170 Fr-HS Edmond, Okla. / Memorial HS 20 Joel Rockmore RB 5-9 190 Sr-3L Fort Worth, Texas / Lake Worth HS Roman Rodriguez LB 5-10 185 Fr-HS Wagoner, Okla. / Wagoner HS 30 Casey Saied LB 6-0 195 Fr-HS Bixby, Okla. / Bixby HS Tyler Scarbrough OL 6-3 270 Fr-HS Burleson, Texas / Centennial HS Jordan Shavers RB 5-10 180 Fr-HS Mesquite, Texas / Horn HS 87 Tanner Sheets DL 6-0 255 So-SQ Fort Gibson, Okla. / Sequoyah HS 24 Devon Siers DB 5-10 175 Fr-RS Eufaula, Okla. / Eufaula HS 34 Isaiah Silversmith DB 5-11 190 Fr-RS Sand Springs, Okla. / Charles Page HS Riley Smith LB 5-11 250 Fr-HS McAlester, Okla. / McAlester HS 65 T’Nheous Smith DL 6-0 230 Fr-TR Mt. Pleasant, Texas / Mt. Pleasant HS University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Jason Staggs OL 6-2 285 Fr-HS Mesquite, Texas / West HS 3 Irving Steele LB 6-0 220 Sr-TR Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. / Stranahan HS University of Idaho Dylan Thompson TE 6-0 215 Fr-HS Skiatook, Okla. / Skiatook HS Nick Thompson OL 6-2 250 Fr-HS Coweta, Okla. / Coweta HS 54 Damarii Tryon OL 6-2 290 Fr-HS Grand Prairie, Texas / Mansfield Timberview HS 12 Peter Udoumoh DB 6-2 195 Jr-2L Tulsa, Okla. / Union HS 27 Tracey Walker FB 5-10 215 Jr-1L Grand Prairie, Texas / Mansfield Timberview HS 60 Reuben Washington DL 6-1 290 Jr-2L Houston, Texas / Waltrip HS John Waters OL 6-2 285 Fr-HS Mesquite, Texas / Horn HS 50 Brian West OL 6-3 285 Jr-1L Muldrow, Okla. / Muldrow HS 10 La’More Wise LB 6-0 235 Jr-TR St. Louis, Mo. / Miller Career Academy Ellsworth CC 29 Jacob Woodson DB 6-0 185 Fr-HS Wagoner, Okla. / Wagoner HS

COACHING STAFF / full-time members Rob Robinson (William Jewell, ‘00)...... Head Coach/Running Backs Josh Lattimer (Pittsburg State, ‘07)...... Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Rob Messinger (Kansas, ‘05)...... Special Teams, Recruiting Coordinator/Secondary Will Skeans (Drury, ‘05)...... Strength and Conditioning Coordinator/Linebackers Dane Simoneau (Washburn, ‘13)...... Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Julian Mendez (Ottawa, ‘10)...... Offensive Line Marvin Bohannon (Winston Salem State, ‘10)...... Wide Receivers Northeastern State University 2015 Numerical Roster

No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp Hometown / High School Previous School 2 Tony Newman DB 6-0 185 Jr-1L St. Louis, Mo. / University City HS Indiana State University 3 Irving Steele LB 6-0 220 Sr-TR Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. / Stranahan HS University of Idaho 4 Kevin Pantastico QB 6-0 190 Jr-1L Mesa, Ariz. / Desert Ridge HS Phoenix College 5 Brandon English RB 5-10 215 So-TR Orlando, Fla. / Evans HS Bowling Green State University 6 Cody Busby RB 5-10 210 Jr-TR Salina, Kan. / South HS Coffeyville CC 7 Garrett Powell WR 6-0 200 Sr-1L Bartlesville, Okla. / Bartlesville HS NEO A&M College 8 Steffon Herd DB 6-3 210 Jr-2L Oklahoma City, Okla. / Del City HS 9 Mason McMillan RB 5-11 190 Jr-2L Tahlequah, Okla. / Tahlequah HS 10 La’More Wise LB 6-0 235 Jr-TR St. Louis, Mo. / Miller Career Academy Ellsworth CC 11 Thor Long DB 6-0 200 Sr-1L Sherman, Texas / Sherman HS 12 Peter Udoumoh DB 6-2 195 Jr-2L Tulsa, Okla. / Union HS 13 Zac King WR 6-1 185 So-TR Vinita, Okla. / Vinita HS Ottawa University 14 Jamari Pope WR 6-1 195 Jr-TR Concord, Calif. / Ygnacio Valley HS Laney College 15 Blayne Armstrong QB 6-3 225 Fr-TR Marshfield, Mo. / Marshfield HS Missouri State University 16 Daniel Davis QB 6-0 180 Fr-HS Quitman, Texas / Quitman HS 17 Prince McJunkins WR 6-1 190 Sr-3L Wagoner, Okla. / Wagoner HS Georgia Southern University 18 Tristan Gooden TE 6-2 215 Fr-HS Lawton, Okla. / Lawton HS 20 Joel Rockmore RB 5-9 190 Sr-3L Fort Worth, Texas / Lake Worth HS 21 Antonio King WR 6-1 195 Jr-1L St. Louis, Mo. / Maplewood HS Ellsworth CC 22 Kevin Bell DB 6-1 185 Fr-RS Lawton, Okla. / Lawton HS 23 Tray Martin DB 5-11 195 Jr-TR Compton, Calif. / Centennial HS Los Angeles Harbor College 24 Devon Siers DB 5-10 175 Fr-RS Eufaula, Okla. / Eufaula HS 25 Colby Bivins LB 6-0 225 Fr-RS Beggs, Okla. / Beggs HS 27 Tracey Walker FB 5-10 215 Jr-1L Grand Prairie, Texas / Mansfield Timberview HS 28 Jack Alspaugh DB 5-10 180 Fr-HS Tulsa, Okla. / Union HS 29 Jacob Woodson DB 6-0 185 Fr-HS Wagoner, Okla. / Wagoner HS 30 Casey Saied LB 6-0 195 Fr-HS Bixby, Okla. / Bixby HS 31 Darian Morris DB 6-3 215 Jr-TR Dallas, Texas / Lake Highlands HS 32 Jason Hand LB 6-1 215 Fr-HS Edmond, Okla. / Memorial HS 34 Isaiah Silversmith DB 5-11 190 Fr-RS Sand Springs, Okla. / Charles Page HS 36 Michael Davis FB 5-11 220 So-1L Troup, Texas / Troup HS 37 Payton Roberts P 6-2 170 Fr-HS Edmond, Okla. / Memorial HS 40 Kenneth Davis LB 6-1 230 Jr-2L Spencer, Okla. / Star Spencer HS 46 Toshi Hayashi K 5-8 150 So-RS Andover, Kan. / Andover HS Coffeyville CC 47 Eddie Garcia K 6-0 200 Jr-TR Los Angeles, Calif. / Serra HS El Camino College 49 Kenny Culbertson DL 6-2 245 Sr-2L Frisco, Texas / Prince of Peace Christian School 50 Brian West OL 6-3 285 Jr-1L Muldrow, Okla. / Muldrow HS 53 Tyler Easter OL 6-3 280 Jr-2L Spavinaw, Okla. / Ketchum HS 54 Damarii Tryon OL 6-2 290 Fr-HS Grand Prairie, Texas / Mansfield Timberview HS 55 Lance Cox OL 6-0 300 Jr-TR Tulsa, Okla. / Union HS 56 Zaccheus Johnson LB 5-11 215 Fr-RS Tulsa, Okla. / Memorial HS 58 Curtis Foley DL 6-3 290 Fr-HS Arlington, Texas / Arlington HS 60 Reuben Washington DL 6-1 290 Jr-2L Houston, Texas / Waltrip HS 65 T’Nheous Smith DL 6-0 230 Fr-TR Mt. Pleasant, Texas / Mt. Pleasant HS University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 66 Dakota Ritchie OL 6-4 275 Fr-RS Foyil, Okla. / Foyil HS 67 Taylor Cooley OL 6-3 300 Jr-TR Phoenix, Ariz. / Paradise Valley HS Glendale CC 68 Brian Hobbs OL 5-11 315 Jr-TR Anaheim, Calif. / Esperanza HS Fullerton College 69 Jordan Baldwin OL 6-3 330 Jr-TR Salt Lake City, Utah / Cottonwood HS Fullerton College 74 Andrew Alvarado OL 6-4 315 Jr-TR Chandler, Ariz. / Chandler HS Mesa CC 76 Ethan James OL 6-5 315 Sr-RS (3L) Gore, Okla. / Gore HS 79 Trevon Lawson DL 6-1 340 Sr-3L Ardmore, Okla. / Ardmore HS 81 Donavon Dan WR 6-0 205 Jr-TR Del City, Okla. / Del City HS NEO A&M College 84 Jacob Drysdale TE 6-3 235 Fr-RS Arnold, Mo. / Fox HS 85 Matthew Butler WR 6-1 185 Jr-TR Torrance, Calif. / Northgate HS Northeastern State University 2015 Numerical Roster

No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp Hometown / High School Previous School 87 Tanner Sheets DL 6-0 255 So-SQ Fort Gibson, Okla. / Sequoyah HS 88 Decoryan Holman TE 6-4 245 So-TR Jacksonville, Texas / Jacksonville HS Trinity Valley CC 89 Daltun Pierce TE 6-5 235 Fr-HS Foyil, Okla. / Foyil HS 90 Gil Niko DL 6-2 290 Jr-TR San Francisco, Calif. / Jefferson HS College of San Mateo 91 Rogerick Kirby DL 6-0 280 Fr-HS Muskogee, Okla. / Muskogee HS 93 Justin Marshall DL 6-2 240 Jr-TR Orlando, Fla. / Olympia HS Fullerton College 94 Dakota Moran DL 6-2 270 Jr-2L Midwest City, Okla. / Midwest City HS 95 Quincy Dotson DL 6-4 220 Fr-RS Oklahoma City, Okla. / Millwood HS 96 Christian Riley DL 6-5 220 So-TR Center Point, Ala. / Gardendale HS Garden City CC 98 Ukoh Essang LB 5-11 215 Fr-HS Arlington, Texas / Martin HS Noah Ashley LB 5-10 200 Fr-HS Muskogee, Okla. / Muskogee HS Jordan Baker DL 6-0 270 Fr-HS Glenpool, Okla. / Glenpool HS Hunter Collins DL 6-0 240 Fr-HS Checotah, Okla. / Checotah HS Justin Dunn K 5-10 165 Fr-HS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Berryhill HS Gage Durrett DL 6-0 230 Fr-HS Eufaula, Okla. / Eufaula HS Rashawn Eubanks WR 5-10 175 Fr-HS Roland, Okla. / Roland HS Corey Finch FB 5-11 225 Fr-HS Miami, Okla. / Miami HS Holton Fox TE 6-0 215 Fr-HS Tulsa, Okla. / Union HS Diesen Gorham OL 6-3 275 Stillwater, Okla. / Perkins-Tryon HS Oklahoma State University Brigham Hancock LB 5-11 205 Fr-HS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Summit Christian Academy Jarrod Holt DL 6-1 215 Fr-HS Hartshorne, Okla. / Hartshorne HS Cameron Hudson QB 5-11 190 Fr-HS Skiatook, Okla. / Skiatook HS Cameron Hunter WR 5-10 180 Fr-HS McAlester, Okla. / McAlester HS Baylor Jenkins LB 5-10 185 Fr-HS Skiatook, Okla. / Skiatook HS TJ Johnson DB 6-0 180 Fr-TR Collinsville, Okla. / Collinsville HS Aaron Livingston LB 6-1 200 Fr-HS Marshfield, Mo. / Marshfield HS Darion McNac DB 5-11 180 Fr-HS Muskogee, Okla. / Muskogee HS Jake Michener QB 6-1 175 Fr-HS Kennedale, Texas / Kennedale HS Rhett Moore TE 6-2 205 Fr-HS Lenapah, Okla. / Oklahoma Union HS Chase Phillips WR 6-0 190 Fr-TR Inola, Okla. / Inola HS Logan Potts WR 6-0 190 Fr-TR Claremore, Okla. / Claremore Christian School Sterling College Christian Reeves LB 5-11 200 Fr-HS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Summit Christian Academy Roman Rodriguez LB 5-10 185 Fr-HS Wagoner, Okla. / Wagoner HS Tyler Scarbrough OL 6-3 270 Fr-HS Burleson, Texas / Centennial HS Jordan Shavers RB 5-10 180 Fr-HS Mesquite, Texas / Horn HS Riley Smith LB 5-11 250 Fr-HS McAlester, Okla. / McAlester HS Jason Staggs OL 6-2 285 Fr-HS Mesquite, Texas / West HS Dylan Thompson TE 6-0 215 Fr-HS Skiatook, Okla. / Skiatook HS Nick Thompson OL 6-2 250 Fr-HS Coweta, Okla. / Coweta HS John Waters OL 6-2 285 Fr-HS Mesquite, Texas / Horn HS

COACHING STAFF / graduate assistant’s Joe Hawthorne (Arkansas Pine-Bluff, ‘13)...... Defensive Tackles Zac Clark...... Defensive Ends Jeff Howeth...... Running Backs Ryan Dvorak...... Offensive Line THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED

Offense 100-Yard Rushing Game...... By NSU:...... Joel Rockmore vs. Missouri Southern State, Oct. 17, 2015 (101 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Clay McKenzie of Central Oklahoma, Oct. 31, 2015 (248 yards) 100-Yard Rushing Game-QB...... By NSU:...... Thor Long vs. Lincoln, Nov. 9, 2013 (106 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Bronson Marsh (Nebraska-Kearney), Oct. 11, 2014 (242 yards) 150-Yard Rushing Game...... By NSU:...... Joel Rockmore vs. Nebraska-Kearney, Oct. 10, 2015 (210 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Clay McKenzie of Central Oklahoma, Oct. 31, 2015 (248 yards) 200-Yard Rushing Game...... By NSU:...... Joel Rockmore vs. Nebraska-Kearney, Oct. 10, 2015 (210 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Clay McKenzie of Central Oklahoma, Oct. 31, 2015 (248 yards) 200-Yard Rushing Game-QB...... By NSU:...... unknown ...... By Opponent:...... Bronson Marsh (Nebraska-Kearney), Oct. 11, 2014 (242 yards) 300-Yard Rushing Game-Team...... By NSU:...... vs. Southwest Baptist, Nov. 2, 2013 (305 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Central Oklahoma, Oct. 31, 2015 (424 yards) Two 100-Yard Rushers...... By NSU:...... Travis Evans (119 yards), Joel Rockmore (103) at East Central, Sept. 17, 2011 ...... By Opponent:...... LaVance Taylor (175), Ray Harris (169) of Central Missouri, Oct. 25, 2014 Two 150-Yard Rushers...... By NSU:...... Unknown ...... By Opponent:...... LaVance Taylor (175), Ray Harris (169) of Central Missouri, Oct. 25, 2014 Three 100-Yard Rushers...... By NSU:...... Unknown ...... By Opponent:...... Giresse Forchu (134), Shannon Saunders (103), Will Gregory (101) of Missouri Southern, Oct. 18, 2014 100-Yard Receiving Game...... By NSU:...... Matthew Butler vs. Nebraska-Kearney, Oct. 10, 2015 (110 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Morris Williams (Emporia State), Sept. 26, 2015 (147 yards) 150-Yard Receiving Game...... By NSU:...... Garrett Powell vs. Emporia State, Sept. 27, 2014 (179 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Marquez Clark (Central Oklahoma), Nov. 16, 2013 (156 yards) 300-Yard Passing Game...... By NSU:...... Kevin Pantastico vs. Emporia State, Sept. 27, 2014 (369 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Skyler Windmiller (Missouri Western State), Sept. 19, 2015 (302 yards) 350-Yard Passing Game...... By NSU:...... Kevin Pantastico vs. Emporia State, Sept. 27, 2014 (369 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... T.J. Eckert (Central Oklahoma), Nov. 28, 2013 (410 yards) 400+ Yards Passing-Team...... By NSU:...... vs. Harding, Oct. 22, 2011 (542 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Emporia State, Sept. 28, 2013 (411 yards) 100-Yard Rusher, 100-Yard Receiver...... By NSU:...... Joel Rockmore (210 rush), Matthew Butler (110 receive) vs. Nebraska-Kearney, Oct. 10, 2015 ...... By Opponent:...... Joshua Birmingham (114 rush), Marquez Clark (156 receive), Central Oklahoma, Nov. 16, 2013 Three TDs Scored-Game...... By NSU:...... Steven Hopper vs. Southwest Baptist, Nov. 2, 2013 (3 rush) ...... By Opponent:...... Clay McKenzie (Central Oklahoma), Oct. 31, 2015 (3 rush) Two-Point Conversion...... By NSU:...... Lane Dortch vs. Central Oklahoma, Nov. 16, 2013 (Dortch reception from Prince McJunkins) ...... By Opponent:...... Cody Heiman of Washburn, Nov. 8, 2014 (rush attempt) 500+ Yards Total Offense...... By NSU:...... vs. Emporia State, Sept. 27, 2014 (504 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Central Oklahoma, Oct. 31, 2015 (584 yards) 600+ Yards Total Offense...... By NSU:...... unknown ...... By Opponent:...... Central Missouri, Oct. 26, 2014 (649 yards) 50+ Points...... By NSU:...... vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State, Sept. 24, 2011 (won 52-7) ...... By Opponent:...... Central Missouri, Oct. 24, 2015 (won 54-10)

Defense Interception Return for TD...... By NSU:...... Justin Carlisle vs. Lindenwood, Nov. 15, 2014 (15 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Devontay LeFlore (Nebraska-Kearney), Oct. 11, 2014 (62 yards) Fumble Return for TD...... By NSU:...... Darian Morris vs. Missouri Southern State, Oct. 17, 2015 (97 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Donte Watkins (Missouri Western State), Sept. 19, 2015 (14 yards) Safety Recorded...... By NSU:...... vs. Lindenwood, Nov. 15, 2014 ...... By Opponent:...... Nebraska Kearney, Sept. 10, 2011 15+ Tackles-Game...... By NSU:...... Steffon Herd vs. Missouri Western State, Sept. 19, 2015 (8 solo/8 assist) ...... By Opponent:...... Perron Sellers (Eastern New Mexico), Nov. 6, 2010 (10 solo/5 assist) Two Interceptions-Game...... By NSU:...... Darian Morris vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 31, 2015 (2) ...... By Opponent:...... Michael Jordan (Missouri Western State), Sept. 20, 2014 Three+ Interceptions-Game...... By NSU:...... unknown ...... By Opponent:...... Arthur Hobbs (Nebraska-Kearney), Sept. 10, 2011 (3)

Special Teams Punt Return for TD...... By NSU:...... Nate Robinson vs. Southwestern Oklahoma, Oct. 29, 2011 (66 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Jaylen Zachery (Central Missouri), Oct. 24, 2015 (79 yards) Kickoff Return for TD...... By NSU:...... Joel Rockmore vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State, Sept. 24, 2011 (92 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Kameron Stewart (Washburn), Nov. 8, 2014 (86 yards) Three FG’s Attempted...... By NSU:...... Eddie Garcia vs. Fort Hays State, Sept. 10, 2015 (36, 33 & 35 yards, all missed) ...... By Opponent:...... Seth Hiddink (Central Oklahoma), Oct. 31, 2015 (39, 23 & 49 yards) Blocked Punt...... By NSU:...... Jordan Cunningham vs. Washburn, Nov. 8, 2014 ...... By Opponent:...... Brad Gourley (Washburn), Nov. 8, 2014 Blocked Punt for TD...... By NSU:...... Steven Hopper vs. East Central, Oct. 30, 2010 (blocked by Gus Jones) ...... By Opponent:...... Terek Hawkins (Washburn), Nov. 8, 2014 (blocked by Brad Gourley) Blocked Field Goal...... By NSU:...... Kenneth Davis vs. Fort Hays State, Sept. 10, 2015 ...... By Opponent:...... Shai Harris (Nebraska-Kearney), Octt. 10, 2015 Blocked FG for TD...... By NSU:...... Chris Myers vs. Harding, Oct. 15, 2011 (72 yards) ...... By Opponent:...... Ryan Madison (East Central), Sept. 27, 2008 (blocked by Charlie Burks) Blocked PAT...... By NSU:...... Brian Johnson vs. Central Oklahoma, Nov. 7, 2009 ...... By Opponent:...... Nathan Shepherd (Fort Hays State), Sept. 10, 2015 PAT for Two-Point Conversion...... By NSU:...... Philip Davis at SE Oklahoma, Oct. 12, 2002 ...... By Opponent:...... Brian Dixon (Northwest Missouri State) Oct. 5, 2013 No Offensive Turnovers...... By NSU:...... vs. Nebraska-Kearney, Oct. 10, 2015 ...... By Opponent:...... Nebraska-Kearney, Oct. 10, 2015 Shutout...... By NSU:...... vs. Bacone, Aug. 27, 2011 (43-0) ...... By Opponent:...... Missouri Western State, Sept. 20, 2014 (30-0)