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Incarnate Word Football News Shane Meling, Sports Information Director (210) 805-3071 - office (903) 399-0455 - cell (210) 829-3574 - fax [email protected] 2014 Schedule Incarnate Word (1-5, 1-2) at 8.30 Sacramento State L, 49-13 Northwestern State (2-3, 0-1) 9.6 Stephen F. Austin L, 38-3 Natchitoches, LA 9.13 #1 North Dakota State L, 58-0 Saturday 6:00 p.m. - Live on KONO 860 AM, ESPN3 9.20 Abilene Christian* L, 21-0 Larry Kennan Radio Show - Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. 9.27 #11 Southeastern La.* L, 63-7 at The Barn Door Restaurant 10.4 Houston Baptist* W, 31-8 10.11 Northwestern State* 6:00 This Week’s Game 10.25 McNeese State* 6:00 The Cardinals hit the road again and will be making their first trip of the 11.1 Nicholls* 6:00 season into the state of Louisiana. They will take on Northwestern State on 11.8 Sam Houston State* 6:00 11.15 Lamar* 1:00 Saturday at 6 p.m. in a Southland Conference matchup that will be shown on * indicates Southland Conference game ESPN3. Bold indicates home game A Win to Grow On Head Coach Larry Kennan The Cardinals picked up their first win of the season last Saturday in emphatic Larry Kennan enters his third year fashion. They rolled past visiting Houston Baptist, 31-8 as the offense and as the head coach of the Cardinals. A defense each had their best game of the season. UIW forced a turnover on the long-time NFL coach and Executive first possession of the game and then drove for a touchdown to take a lead they Director of the NFL Coaches would not relinquish. Association, he had had great success The Cardinals controlled the clock with a 15-minute advantage in time of at a number of different levels. He was the quarterback coach for the Super possession. They had four drives of at least 10 plays that led to three touchdowns Bowl XVIII winning Los Angeles Raiders. and a missed field goal. The key for the offense was converting 10-of-16 Kennan led the Cardinals to their first third down opportunities despite entering the game with a 22.7 conversion ever winning season in 2013. The team percentage. went 6-5 in their first year as a member The defense stayed off the field as well by forcing the Huskies into a turnover of FCS. He has been crucial to the team or a punt on their first seven possessions. transitioning from a member of NCAA Division II to FCS. The 2013 Cardinals Give it to Junior posted the first two shutouts in school The Cardinals running attack had been stagnant all season long, but history and accumulated more school sophomore Junior Sessions put an end to that with a strong performance against records along the way than can be reasonably written down. HBU. He opened the game by carrying the ball on seven of the team’s first eight Kennan is 9-19 at UIW and 33-37-3 plays and he eventually wore down the Huskies. He finished with a season high all-time in six seasons as a head coach. 118 yards on 22 carries and he scored a pair of touchdowns. His first score came on a tough 20-yard run that capped off a 95-yard drive in the third quarter. He Series Check tacked on a 3-yard scoring run late in the fourth quarter to seal the contest. It This is the first ever game between the was his third 100-yard rushing performance of his career and first since he picked Cardinals and Demons. The game will up 115 yards against HBU last year. be broadcast on ESPN3 as a Southland Exclusive. It is the third time this Defense, with a Capital “D” season that the Cardinals have been The Cardinals had easily their best defensive game of the season on Saturday. televised. The squad kept the Huskies off the scoreboard until midway through the fourth quarter. Other than allowing the second play of the game to go 52 yards, they did not allow another passing play farther than eight yards or a running play greater than 16 yards. In addition, HBU only had two of their drives end in UIW territory. It was a balanced defensive performance for the Cardinals that focused on preventing the big play. They only finished with 5.0 tackles for loss, but they came up with one on the most important play of the game. With the score 24-8 and four minutes remaining Corey Lee threw the HBU quarterback for a loss of 18 on a fourth down play. The sack was set up by the early penetration of Nick Ginn into the backfield. That play Cardinal Football Audio and Video Cardinals football fans can access audio and video online. Live streaming video effectively ended any thoughts of an of all home games will be available online at http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/ HBU comeback. uiw.portal#. Fans can also listen to streaming audio of every game on the 2014 schedule by going to http://www.uiwlive.com. A Maturing McCollum All Cardinals football game broadcasts can be heard at CBS SportsRadio KONO Red-shirt freshman quarterback 860 AM. The Larry Kennan Coaches Show is on CBS SportsRadio KONO 860 AM and Breylann McCollum was thrown online at http://www.uiwlive.com every Thursday at 7 p.m. live from The Barn Door into the fire a few weeks ago, Restaurant. but is starting to show signs of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube improvement. He had his best game Cardinal fans can follow the Cardinals on Twitter at @UIWAthletics and on of the season against HBU completing Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/UIWAthletics. Get live updates on the 16-of-22 passes for 162 yards and his football team and the entire athletic department. Videos are regularly posted online first career touchdown. He kept the at www.youtube.com/uiwcardinalathletics. chains moving with his arm and legs. UIW Career Receiving Yards He converted four third downs with Name Years Yards runs and another two through the air. He raised his season completion 1. Dominic Hamilton 2009-12 1,627 rate to 52.4 percent and it was his first 2. Andrew Mocio 2009-12 1,084 game over 100 yards on the season. 3. Casey Jennings 2013-14 1,044 4. Jacob Love 2009-11 777 Eclipsing the Mark It took him a little longer than 5. Trent Rios 2009-12 655 expected to get to 1,000 career 6. Todd Walker 2009 370 receiving yards, but Casey Jennings 7. Clint Killough 2012-14 342 made it count. He became the third 8. Caleb Kocian 2009-12 338 player in the program’s history to reach the milestone when he hauled 9. Stan Sullivan 2010-13 320 in a 34-yard touchdown pass in the 10. Cole Wick 2012-14 288 second quarter against HBU. He finished the game with five receptions 2014 Southland Conference Preseason Polls for 72 yards. Coaches’ Poll SID’s Poll Jennings now has 1,044 career 1. Southeastern La. (9) 99 1. Southeastern La. (10) 100 receiving yards and 80 receptions. 2. McNeese State (2) 92 2. McNeese State (1) 89 He needs just 41 yards to move into second place for career receiving 3. Sam Houston State 79 3. Sam Houston State 78 yards and will likely finish in that 4. Central Arkansas 70 4. Central Arkansas 72 position when his career ends after 5. Northwestern State 59 5. Northwestern State 61 this year. With five games remaining T6. Stephen F. Austin 52 6. Stephen F. Austin 55 in the season, he should become the first player to have 500 yards in back- T6. Lamar 52 7. Lamar 45 to-back seasons. 8. Abilene Christian 36 8. Abilene Christian 39 9. Nicholls 35 9. Nicholls 36 The Man in the Middle 10. UIW 21 10. UIW 20 Sophomore defensive tackle Corey Lee opened the season on a tear with 11. Houston Baptist 10 11. Houston Baptist 10 three sacks in the first two games and SLC In The Postseason six tackles for loss in the first three FIRST ROUND: Sam Houston State d. Southern Utah, 51-20 games. In the next two games against SECOND ROUND: Jacksonville State d. at McNeese State, 31-10; Abilene Christian and Southeastern Louisiana he managed just 1.5 tackles Southeastern Louisiana d. Sam Houston State, 30-29 for loss and no sacks. That changed QUARTERFINALS: New Hampshire d. at Southeastern Louisiana, 20-17 against HBU when he recorded two tackles for loss and his fourth sack of the season. Lee leads the team with 9.5 careers; Nick Ginn, Padyn Giebler and Last Game (9-27-14) tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks Brandon Tanksley. All three players #11 Southeastern La. 63, which puts him in the top four in have been in the top 10 in school Incarnate Word 7 the Southland Conference in both history at some point during the categories. He is on pace to break the season. Tanksley is now the active SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Southeastern school record for both this season. leader with 119 tackles while Giebler Louisiana ran over the University of the He broke the records for yards lost on has 117 and Ginn has 116. Todd Lyons Incarnate Word on Saturday night at tackles for loss and sacks this year. He is eighth all-time with 122 tackles Benson Stadium, 63-7.