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* * * * 0,1::1 CO*N FEREN*C E \~~~ USA c::::I • • • ••• 0 0 ...I ... .Jnaugural Highlights ..... CONFERENCE THE INAUGURAL GAME August 30, 1996, marked the inaugural game for Conference USA football. The matchup between Tulane CL!.~~ and was not only the first official game for the year-old league, but also a special moment in conference history commemorating one of the original goals of the formation of - ln~ycar, Conference USA- sponsorship - Conference LISA of Division I-A football. The football grew by game in Cincinnati, Ohio featured a 50 percent, from number of pregame festivities six teams to nine. marking the occasion, including a East Carolina joins the league in 1997, "special delivery" of the game Army in 1998 and LIAB in 1999 . ball carrying the C-USA banner.

.... RATING C-USA The final 1996 Sagarin football ratings placed Memphis posted a 21- C-USA seventh among 1 7 victory over No. 6 Division I-A conferences, Tennessee on Nov. 9, C marking the ahead of the WAC, MAC and Big West. If you add highest-ranked en East Carolina to the other team the Tigers six C-USA football schools, have ever defeated. the league would improve Kevin Cobb's kickoff to fifth, ahead of the ACC return in that game and Big East. received the ESPN ESPY Award as the Fan's Choice Collegiate Football Play of the

C-USA FANS Conference USA had the largest attendance increase of any Division I-A conference. The six schools that comprised C-USA last season drew a total of 160,677 more fans to its 1996 home games than it did the season before. Four of the six schools posted attendance increases, including Memphis, which had the nation's second-largest increase (behind Pac-10 champion Arizona State), drawing an average of 15,826 more .... fans per game than it did in 1995 .

.... Conference LIS1\ co-regular season champion I Iouston posted its best record since the 1990 season. The Cougars became the first team to represent C-US/\ in a howl, Conference USA teams made 24 national competing in the St. Jude Liberty Bowl. It television appearances last season. All seven was Houston's first bowl appearance since teams that make up C-LISA in 1997 made at the 1988 Aloha Bowl. The Cougars brought least three appearances. C-USA football was more than 7,000 fans to Memphis for the televised by ABC, CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox Liberty Bowl matrhup with Syracuse. Net, Jefferson Pilot and SportSouth. ,.. * * * * * Con/e re nee USA Football CONFERENCE

Commissioner Mike USA 5/ive commemorated the inaugural se.ison of Conference ll.'i1I Media Services football with <111 11/lkial flip of the coin at lite ki1·koff g.ime :3 Preseason Awards ,lugust 30 in Cincinnati. The Green 4 1997 Composite Schedule ll~11·e prevailed m·er the Bearcats, 34-14, 5-7 199 7 Preview marking the first = contest in league 8-9 Notebook history. 10-12 Conference LIS1\ 13 Commissioner Michael Slive 14-15 Conference US/\ Staff N 16 Football Officials I 7 Television Radio = 18-19 The Future of Conference US/\ 20 Bowl Directory CONFERENCE USA 21-26 Cincinnati Bearcat s 35 E. Wacker Drive Suite 650 Chicago, IL 60601 27-32 Phone 312-553-0483 33-38 Fax 312-553-0495/0496 www.c-usa.org 39-44 Louisville Cardinals 45-50

Commissioner: Michael L Slive 51-56 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Associate Commissioner: Brenda Weare ([email protected]) 57-62 Assistant Commissioner: Brian Teter ([email protected]) Assistant Commissioner: Sandra Biller 1996 IN REVIEW Business Manager: Trent Whitney = 64 Standingx/Resulta/ Awards Director of Communications/ Creative Services: Erika Amstadt Hirschfield ([email protected]) 65 Honor Roll Director of 66-68 Statistics - J\11 Garnes Legislative Services: Noreen Morris (npmorris @c-usa.org) Assistant Director of Championships/ 69-71 Statistics - C-US1\ Garnes c.n Marketing: Kendyl Baugh ([email protected]) 72 Notebook Assistant Director of Communications: Russell Anderson ([email protected]) HISTORY/ RECORDS = Assistant Director of 74-87 C-USJ\ Records Communications: Jeff Kearney ([email protected]) Administrative Manager: Linda Jepsen 88-89 All-Time Team vs. Team Records Administrative Assistant: Marilyn Thivel 90-91 Year by Year Records Administrative Assistant: Audrey Gardner

Receptionist: Randy Harrison 92 Postscason 11 istorvI Coordinators of Officials 93 All-Time Honors : Dave Yeast = Men's : Dale Kelley 94-95 Players in the Pros Women's Basketball: Bill Stokes 96 5 ID Directory Football: Jim Campbell Volleyball: Marcia Alterman IBC Liberty Howl * * CONFERENCE Media Services U.. SA...... f'AX ON DEMAND TELECONFERENCE POSTSEASON AWARDS Conference US,\ and its member l·o11frrc11n' US,\ n1aclics will hr Cu11frrenl'l' LISA 11,1mcs first c1ml insl it ut iuns will offer media frat urrd u11 a tckn111frrcncc fn1111 scn1ml ,\II-Confrrc11cc le,1ms, ,lll infor-m.il ion vi.i ;i fnx on demand 1-2 p.m. Ccnt r.il during the J lJLJ7 r \I I- F !'l's I llll ,lll Tc,1 m, L l !lens i VL', system through SpPrls Systems, season. Tile c1! I wil I lie held c.nh l1cfrnsivc ,md Speci;il li.-;1rns Pb)-LTS Inc. ,\11 inforrnat ion diJYctury will Morid.rv, with Ilic first c,ill llf the 'fr;ir, Freshman ul the Ye;ir lie enclosed with tile media guide Pr scheduled August 2'."i. Media ;111d l·Ll,lL·h Lit the 'fr,H at tile it c.m he ;inTsscd t hrouuh the rr prcsr nt at ivcs wishing tu n1nclusiu11 of the rcguLir sc,1sun. svstcrn for )"L1ur reference. Tile fox part nip.il c 011 the tclcronfrrcnrr The ,nv,ird winners ;11-c selected on demand svstcm is intended for should nlJlL1d l lic nlllfrrt'ncc office from ;i pull of mcdi;i rL'prL'Se11t;1tivcs media use 0111\-. Therefore, please to obt.iin the ,lLH'Ss phone number. ,md liL',1d concliL'S. cu11L1d t hc media rel.it ions A trrit.il ivc schedule is listed hclovv. dcp.irt mcnt tu obtain t hr dLH'ss all li111L's Ccnt r.il. SATELLITE FEEDS phone number. I lighliglil dips from l'-LIS1\ footh;ill Pl.n l'l"S , 11 111,· vvcck . N, 11 l'S 1:LlLl I ll:il' teams \Viii he ,1Vaibl1k vi,1 s,1tcllill' Ri.k .\linl,-r i.imiun.n i I Ll'i-1: U1, If \'OU have ,111y .iddit ion.tl c,ich WL'l'k. ConL1d t!JL' mcdi;i .StL'\.l' I 11,l.2.,llL L1sl l·,1n1li11.1 I \,-I:..'. I 11 CJUL'Stit111s reg,irding tile Ron l·1.ll.'/llT I 1.1t1is\ ill.: I ..'.\-l:..'.''11 n.'bli11ns dcp;irtmcnl fur deL1ils. conference's fax on dern.md systcm Kirn I kll,111. I louston I ..'.lJ-1. , 711 or require any additional assist.mer Rip c,, il,-r,T .\krnphis .l7-l:"1'i1, C-USA MEDIA RELATIONS to ,lCCL'SS inlormat iou .ihout kll l\,1wl'1". S,111lhcn1 .\li,s I -1:i- I:, ; I' l,11))1))\' 1'lllVLktl, Tlll,llll' I .."i .1-..'. l 111, Brian Tetn football .md ,rny other conference \kdi.i ~,11,·, ..'. Ll 1-..'.: I 1111 rhsislanl Commissioner . please nlJ1lact the media I J,,mr: (1.Hl l)(,U-2-+Llt, rrl.itions dcpart rnrnt PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Erika Amsladt Hirschfield Confcrrncc LI.Si\ will 11;1111c PRESS RELEASES Dir. of Communirntion.-;/Crcative Scr\ices Offcnsin', Defensive .md SpL'L'i,11 11,nnc: 2 I') .365-9061 Conference llS,\ foot h.ill wrr k lv 'li.'ams l'Llyers 111" till' \Yeck c,1ch prcss releases cont.iin st.it ixt ical ,\\ond;i~ during the regular SL'ilSLlll Russell Anderson inform.it ion updates. as well as 011 till' 111edi,1 telenmfcrencc. The ,\ssl. Din•dor of Communications notes, st anding s, schedules ,111d Pbvcrs of tile \Neck ;ire selccll'd hy I l11mc: 6 lll lJ69-ll754 results. The entire release will he a medi,1 p,111cl wil Ii one 111cdi,1 avail.ihlr to Ilic media prior lo the rcprcSL'lltatiVL' Ill L'dL"h Llf the Jeff Kearney l\1Llml;iy tclcconfcrrncr. memlicr institution's L·itics. ,\ssl. Director of Communkations I Jome 77.l ..:.'lt,-0462

FAX ON DEMAND MENU WHAT'S IN A NAME? Ct111fLTem-c USA J)i1n·ton· 1100 C-LISA football Rclc,1sc 113[) Several Conference USA institutions are often misrepresented when it comes to the correct spelling and abbreviation of their' names. The following is a list C-LISA football SL1listics 1131 of names which seem to cause the most confusion. Please be sure to use C-LIS/\ fouthall Notes 1132 the correct names when referring to Conference USA and its schools. C-LIS;\ FL1L1tball Special RL'le,1se 113'."i Correct Usage NEVER USE!! Conference USA Conf. USA CREDITS C-USA CUSA The 1997 Conference USA Football Yearbook is a publication of Confe1·ence USA; Michael L. Slive, Comm1ss1oner. For additional info1·mation and copies, UAB Alabama-Birmingham please contact the C-USA Media Relations Department Ala. -Birmingham Ala/Birmingham Managing Editor, Design and Pl'Oduct1on: Et'ika Amstadt Hit-schfield Co-Edito1· Russell Anderson Editorial Assistance B1·1an Tete1·. Jeff Kearney DePaul Depaul Photogi-aphy Mat'k Lynch and courtesy of C-USA Sports Information DE PAUL DEPAUL depa1tments and NFL teams· Public Relations departments Printing Alpha Beta Press. Orland Park, Ill. (Steve Smits) UNC Char'lotte UNC-Charlotte Nor'th Carolina-Charlotte Conference USA extends special thanks to the spo1·ts information staffs fat' NC-Charlotte thei1· assistance in p1'eparat1on of this publication. N.C.-Charlotte ,r 199 7 Conference USA Saint Louis On the cover': Scott Harley, East Carolina. Eric Booth. Southem St. Louis Mississippi, Ben Fricke. Houston, Kendrick Gholston, Lowsv1/le. Phillip Southern Miss So. Miss. Curry, Cincrnnati, Derrick Singleton, Tulane and Kevrn Cobb. Memphis. 2 So. Mississippi 1997 Preseason Awards

11 t I lL'i r first SL',lSL 111 c1s ,1 11K111brr Llf l ·l111 frrL'l 1, ,, LIS,\, t hr 1:,1st l·,m,!i11,1 l'iratcs h,1\'C 1i,,e11 c!i,,sL'll In I he lc.1gllL''s i1L',1d L·,1,KhL'S ,1s l hr 11r,·s,\1s,111 Ll\,,ritL' to win tile ILJ97 Iool b.r!l Lii,1111pi,,11slii11 . . ll111i,11· rn1111i11g h.uk SL·ott ll.ulcv. tile 11,1ti,111\ [c,1di11g returning ruvhrr, I \',JS L i1L1se11 ,JS t lie league's j11TSL',1SL1l1 l )ffL'I ISi\'l' l'l.r, LT ( ,1 t hr Y,\11'. h111r l'ir.it c tl',1111111.1trs jL1i11 ll.ulcv ,111 tile prL·sc-.1sL111 .\ll-C,,11ic1YlllT tc,1111: ,,11,·11sin· li11r111,111 l\11mr 1\1l1L11"L', \\'idc l'LL'l'i\'LT l,,llT\' Sh.Jllllllll, ,klrnsiH li11,·111,m 11·,1\'is l\mlrn .md drtrnsiw back D1Vigl1t I km>, LL·d 1>1 111·rsc,1s,111 lklc11sivc l'l,1~ er ,,r t hr Yc;ir i\l,nrli,mt Kc1111n ,111d = :-,11,·ci,il ·k,1111s l'[,1ycr ol I hr Y,\ll' l.ri.: l\,,L,th, defending conference ro• ,·!i,1111pi,,11 s,,utlirm Mis, 1v.1s .sL1ted t,, finish second. Ke1mn and l\,,(lth 1nTe tw,, ,,I .i lc;igu,·-lii.~li ,·iglit l;,,!d,·11 L1gks that were named to t Iu: p1Tscasl1n ,\ll-l·o11l,Te1ll',' t,-.1111 LIS\! pn>du,nl three pL1nTs ,111 the offense, four on the dekns,· .md ,,ill' ,,11 Sjll'Li,1! tc,1111s. Louisville w,1s dl()sl'll t,, finish third. hiur L',1nlinc1ls, including VVR lvligucl ML>11t;i11L1 .uul 111': Krndrid;. l;[1L1[st,,11, vvrrr 11;1111ed to the /\11- L'L 111frrt'J1L'l' lL',1 Ill. Sn>II ll arlev, East C,1rolin,1 Ciminunl i 11·.1s pick,·d t,, li11isli 1,,urth, .iust ,1lir,1d ,,f 19,Jc, C-LIS,\ n1- .h.unpior: ,111d Libcrt v r,,111·! p.uti.ip.ui; 11,,ust,,11. 1·1lL' lk,m·.1ts h;id four :\ll• = l·onf,,1·,·1K,, sr lcrt ions. i1Kluding ,1 p.iir ,,1 lincb.ukrts. l'l1illi11 l·urr>· .md !\rad t.uk sou. I irst t c.un i\l[-L',,11ILTL'lll'l' n·11trr !kn Fricke ,llld l.ixl sc,1sn11's 1 r,·shm,rn ,,1 the Year, running 1>,1L·k Kct ri.: S,llllllrd, he,1dli11r l louston'« t hrrr St'icd i, 111s. R,1l111di11g ,1l1t tilt' prcs,·,1s,111 poll arc 1\k11111his ,111d lul.uir. Tl!,· Tig,·1·s .irr 1·,·p1Ys,·11tcd ,,11 till' prcsc\1sL1n ,\II-Confrrrnl'l' l,-.1111 by dek1isin· ,·11d ,\l,11·ql1is 1,,,11·li11g, 11·!1ilc tile l;1n·11 \\',ive 1vc!rL1m,·s tile ·1t1m1111 l~,,wdc11 era in :'\cw L )rk,111,.

PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

Offensive Player of tlw Year: Scott Harley, RB, East Carolina Defensive Player of the Year: Marchant Kenney, LB, USM Special Teams Player of the Year: Eric Booth, KR, Southern Miss

Offense QB I.CL' RL1hcrts, :-i,1t1lhcrn i\\iss RP, Snill 11,irl,,\, List l·,m1li11,i RP, Kdric S,111tt'1rd, I !L1L1st,111 = Al,1rd1<1nl Kenney, Southern Miss OL Shcdcrick BLicknw11, Sl1uth,T11 Miss L1L JasLm Fahini, L'i1ll'in11,iti LJL Ben Fricke, Hnusllln PRESEASON POLL 01. [1,11111\ ,\IL,L1rc, List l·,in1lind 01 Rick ~nrcl, Louisville (as selected by the league's head coaches] Tl~ lLTI'\ I-larclv, SLllllhLTn i'vliss en WR J\ligi1cl J\loi1L111Ll, Lnuisvilk \\'R l,irr~ Shannon, List Carnlinil 1. East Carolina Defense = Southern Miss !)! J\1.ll'(Jllis F\nwling, Memphis 2. !)! R,1lwrl P,wwn, St1utl1crn Miss 3. Louisville !)! lr;ivis !);irdrn, l:dst Carolina [)L Krndrick Chlllstllll, i.L1L1isvillc 4. Cincinnati Lli l'hillip Curry, l'i11ci1111,1ti I.B lir,1d l;1cksl11i, L'i11Li1rn,1ti 5. Houston LB M;1rch,111t Kc1rncy, Stiuthern Miss L1[~ \Nilli;1111 Fields, I loust,H1 6. Memphis DR !)wight I lrnry, List l·,m1lim DB l'crrv l'hcnix, SLiuthLTn :\liss 7. Tulane DB 1';1trick Surtc1in, St111thLT11 ,\liss Special Teams RS Eric lioolh, South,T11 /\liss l'K Eric Rich,mls, L'inLinmti I' Jeremy Rorsctli, L,H1is\ ilk 3 * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E 199 7 Composite Schedule USA " .. ,. " August 28 October 11 Tulsa at Cincinnati 6:00p LIAB at Cincinnati 6:00p Southern Miss at East Caroiins 2:0Op August 30 Tulane at Louisville 2:00p Houston at Alabama I I :30a Arkansas State at Memphis 6:00p Louisville at Krnt ucky 12:J0p Memphis at Mississippi State 6:00p October 18 Southern Miss at Florida 5:00p Cincinnati at I louston 7:00p East Carolina ,1/ Tul.uie 7:00p September 6 Cincinnati at Tulane 7:00p October 25 East Carolina at West Virginia 11 :30a Cincinnati at (Ohio) 1:00p California at Houston 2:30p A1emphis dt East Carolina l:OOJJ Utah at Louisville 2:00p I Iouston dt Louisville 2:00JJ Ll,\B at Memphis 6:00p Tuluue at Southern i\liss 5:00p Southern Miss at Illinois 6:00p November 1 September 13 Southern A1iss at Cincinnati Noon Wake Forest at East Carolina 4:00p East Carolina at Louisville 2:00p Pittsburgh at Houston 2:00p Houston at Memphis 6:00JJ Illinois at Louisville 2:30p Tulane at Southwestern La. 7:00p Memphis at Stale Noon Rice at Tulane 7:00p November 8 Louisville at Ci11ci1111ati Noon September 20 East Carolina at I louston 2:30p Kansas at Cincinnati 6:00p Memphis at Tulnnc 7:00p South Carolina at E,.1st Carolina l:00p Southern Miss at Tennessee 3:00p Penn State at Louisville 11 :0Oa at Memphis 6:00p November 13 Nevada at Southern Miss 5:00p Cincinnati at East Carolina 7:00p Tulane at Syracuse 5:00p November 15 September 2 7 Houston at Southern Miss 5:00JJ Cincinnati at Boston College 5:00p Louisville at Alemphis 1:00JJ I Iouston at Minnesota 6:00p Mississippi at Tulane 7:00p Louisville at Oklahoma 6:00p Southern Miss at Alabama TB,\ November 22 East Carolina at North Carolina St. TBA October 4 Tulane at Houston 7:00p Memphis at Cincinnati 6:00p Southern Miss at Memphis 1:00p East Carolina at Syracuse TBA Houston at UCL;\ 5:30p or 9:00p

Louisville at Southern Miss 5:00p Conf(·n·nu· ~~d111cs in it.ilu». Army at Tulane 7:00p .\II t imr-, Ccnt r.il ;111LI suhirct to ch,mgc.

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.. "' . - . I 1rst l,-.rn1 .\II-Lu111L'r,'11ll' Ll:i,\ kicker l:ric Ricklr"'d s". 1\'h..u L1JliL'i"L'JlCe Ll:i,\ enters its srn1ml SL'c1SL111 ,,! h,is m,1de -!') n1nscculivc cxt1·.1 pL1int ,1llcmpts, 1Tlurns l,,r lool b.ill c.unpct ition .iirnim; t,, build L1ll till' his srnillr SL'.lSLlil. :ieni,1r Duug IL1lmsL111, ivhL1 punted just 111,Jll\ ,1en1mplislrn1L'J1ts its in,rngur,1I ,,t t1v,1 tiillL'S in I LJLJ6, .1ssl1nll's 111,- pun ling duties lrom ·,\l\• c,111111.iign, vvhilc als,, wl'in1111ing t hr JlL'WCsl l·-L\:,,\ SL'icctiL,n :itrvr :in1ill1. member of its Iootb.ill L1rnik. East L·,1rnlin,1 I IL'.id cn,Kli :ileve Log,111 is re.id\ tll le.id East Carolina will kgi11 IL1oth.1II competition i11 L'-Ll:i.\ this f.111 after inlLl il.s lirst s,-.1sL1J1 L'I IL1L1lhi1\I n;mprlitiL111 in CL1nfcrc11n• jlLiving .i-. .111 independent Ior the jlilSl 20 xr.isons. l!S,\. Tl1c Pir.11L's arr ,1iming l,,r ;i fL1urlh cL1ns,-cutin' .. LCU is ,11K L1i IL1ur ConlrrrmT LI:-,,\ tc,1111s t h.i; is n1rning 1vi1111i11g L,1mp,1ign, as wl'il ,is .1 IL1t1rtli \J(1wl appc,1r,111cc in L1lf .1 _1Vllll1lllg se,lSLlll. CinL·i1111,1ti jlL1Sll'd it.s SL'LL1l1d st r.iiuht = th,- cJlls .. \lthL1t1gh _just 11ine tL,t,11 st,1rkrs rrlurn ln1m Lisi 1,·111111ng L,1111jl,lign. ivhil; I IL1ustl111 ,111d :-;,,ullicrn .\liss s,·.1s,1n's /1- l tc'.1111. sc,cr.il t.dcnlnl r,-t urJJL'L'S ,111d s(1iid depth

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Gl1111,1lu ,1n-r,1g,-d 2H-l Lirds p,issing ,111d ,111d 1·L-gi,ll1,1I L·.1\ilc outlets. tlll\'I\. sc,,c11 lL1t1L·hd,,w11s in 1·,,11r g,1111rs .i \T,ir ,1g,1. Cincinnati hc.ul co.uh Rick ,\lint,-1· Till' ,11fensin' line Ii.is undng,11K is ,iirning lo kild the He;m,1ts tl1 ,1 third SLllllL' rrhl1ilding 111 the offsc,1sLl11. LL)J]SL'Llllin' winning SL'.IS011. LIL' IS .luni,1r cr11lrr !);11111~· 1\loorL' is the l,11ll' .umcd ivil l: Li rrt urninu sl.utcrs .uul rrlurning sl,irtcr L'n the line, \\'hile _;;- rct urning lrt t cr mcr: tt) liL·lp juni,1r :\lL1J1Lkll LL11·\Jrtl, wllll started six ,1n·L1mjllisli that t.isk. hut must ,llsL, g,1111L·s Llll lhr dcfrnsiv,- line Lisi seaSL111, Iind 1v,1\ st,, rq1l.1n- 19 dcp.uted sl'llil1rs Ii.is switched sides L1l ll1c ball In lil.'lp ,1id .ill rr the I '),JC, Cilllljlaign. a t.1\rntcd, lllil i11exjlnicnccd g1·L1up . = . \ ru1111i11g attack that gilint'd morr ,\lth,1llgli LCLI lost Mitch,-11 y,m\s t h.u i .m , ol hrr l--Ll:i:\ sciwL1l l,1st CaliLHV,l~', thr l'ir.itrs .111-tilllL' leading s,-.1sL111 1·L'I urns its top t Inn- ruslias ren-ivcr, th,- 1n·ri\·i11g 1.;n1up is i11 00L1d lrL1111 I lJ'J(, ,111d 1v,-kL1111es l1,1L·k its t"jl h,mds. )c'Jli,11· l.,lJT~ 'sh,llll1llll \rel till' gn1und-g.1inn fr,1n1 l LJcJ., :ieniL,r natiL111 in y,irds jlCr J'L'L'L'j'liLm bst scc1so11 l1,1r~ I RL)\ ,ii (HS.3 r.irds), SLljllH1n1Ll]\' (24. 11, IV!iik ic!IL11,· senior las,,n RLli,LTl L',1L1jlL'1· 15 11 \ ,irdsi ,111d seniL,r :\icl1,1ls !1,1s .1Hr.1gcd 37 rcCl'jlli,111s in L111dl1ll :irnill1 1285 \ :irdsJ .irr iL1inl'd \Jv each ,it l1is three SL\lSLlilS. _iuniL,r L)r\,111d,1 :imit.li, who g,1i11rd 47,1 The l'ir.itrs' Lkfrns,- returns four y,11·d.s in 199'.i, hut sulkrcd .1 hn1k,-11 startc1·s ln1m .1 l111il that led the 11,1tion = ,rnkk in lhe third g,1111L' Lif last sr.1sL111. in takc.1w;1ys (.lC,) ,1ml tird for sen1ml in lu11i,11· qu.irlcrback L'had l'lt1rnml'l' lunlllvrr m,irgin. Rcpbcing a trio of .ind t Ii,- ent ir,- LlffcnsiH line bl In linchackrrs th.it n1mhincd for 321 scni,1rs li1so11 l,1\Jini ,111d .IL)L'i !)(1!inski t.1ekks !,1st Sl',lSLlll will he ,1 hio r!H1rr rl'lurn, lit1t i'L'jl\,1Lements must Ii,- ILllllld ,liLlng with i11nc.1si11g LiL'j1th "'L111 Iii,'. l,1r ,1 11,1ir L)i wide rcffin-rs tl1,1l li,l\'L' J.ison .Vic/111/.\, fcl.\l C.1roli11<1 deknsin· \in,-. lt111iL1r 1ll1sc ,,u,ird Tr,1\·is UI 111L1vcd ,111 IL' thL' :--.:1:1.. luniL,r l·,1rn,-lius fl.1nk11 ,md illnior cm\ Dw,n Ill' I nl!Llrd ,ir; rl'lur11ing l\,11m,-r ,rnd lrcslrn1an .l.isclil l-,1\lins-l\.1krr .11T t1v,1 plan-rs st,irtrrs. 1\'hik juniL1r t.JCklc NLwris l\kClc.in will be \J,1L·k lhc1t lll,l~ l1.1\T ,1 p.iss-c1!L-l1ing in111.1d tliis SL'J\' McKi11ky .iud l lcll on's s,l/1, T) s,111, listed ,1.s ,\1-st,nltTs ,111 1hr !1,dlli.1d; Trnd.1i l·'1,11·,1sikc1 il IHI ,rnd _ju11it1r lull!iclck lltis depth ch.ut . Rcplcicing S111ilh 111">' he ,1 hit ,-,isi,-r i vit l: 1hr I !ti) d ( l 16) ,·,ll'li gai11nl 11H1J'L' liid11 .lllll yc1rds. ,\11,T missi11g [llTSence of 19lJ11 l·,111ftTt'lll'l' LIS,\ ln-shm.m ,if till' Yt\lr Kcl ri. ,111 l1l!l sc\'L'll 11Lns ,,I I.1st s,\1s,111 with ,1 l,m1 ,\l·t, lullh,ll'k Sant,,rd, ivho ,~,1i11ed 7-17 ~ ,1nls ,111 14(1 .it icmpl s l or ,111 Fr,111k _r,,,1,,r,-.n1 HI (1) ,ml.sin I cJc)5) is ,-x11cctnl t,, J,r h,-.1ll'11· ,1vcr<1g,· of 5. I 11n ,·arry· .md St'\ r11 t,1w·hd,11\·11s. c111d nll1lrihutr lilis Lill. h vo rcgul,1rs must Ji,, rcpl.urd at rcrciver. hut \'l'l,-1·.111 :-i, slarlns return t,, cl drlt-11sivc t111it lh,1l r,111k,-d t,1L1rlh Robbie \\'hcl'l,-r is ioino.l In cl h,,st ,,r t.ilcntcd. \lllJllg pLl\'(TS in lhr 11c1ti,111 i11 run ,kl,-11s,- ,rnd l.ltl1 i11 pass ,klr11sc. S,-11i,1r to gin- Lil I g,1ud depth ,1l the [ll'siti,111. Till' m.iior ,'t111L,'r11 ,111 ,klc11si1·l' eml K,-ndri, k l;h,1!.st,111, 1vh,, 11,-cds s,'\l'll scl,·ks t,, the ,11le11sive line is rrpld,ing hol h tack.ks. Sopl1t1rn,1rL' .IL1.sti11 h,·,,1111L' LI ,,I l.'s ,ill-ti111,· i,'<1der, j,1i11s s,-ni,,r LKkk ,\tilt Stille .uul junior L-h,1rks .1,,'111s,,,1 .irr l hr lcadi11g cclmlid,it,-s l·,,1111'<1) ,111d c1 pc1ir ,,I SL1Jll1L1111L11'l's, ,·11d [lerri,·k KernKdy ,111d to fill those holes .uu l _j,1i11 first l c.un .\II-C,111ll'l',·11n- ,c11le1· Lll'kk Mike l;,111t,1t1.s, Ill illr111 c1 s,,lid line. [kn I rukc ,111d guM,b Truell ,';,,vus,1d .111d \\'iliil'l't !ln11v11 ,111 ::;,-ni,,r ·krr) tfo·,--!t1,·k,-tl (lJ5 L1d!lcs, l.l IL1r l,,ssJ, 1\'ll(l the line. 111,nnl ,,utsi,k lin,-h,ll·k,-r ,1 1 ,\1r c1g,,, will lie Jll()Vl'li i11si,lr lt> kn starters rrt urn t,1 ,1 l·llugc1r defense l h.il slll>w,-d l1rlp cu111p,·11s,1t,· l,11· ti!,· l,1ss ,,f ,\ll-,\111,-ric,l!l l\1rt1s sig11ili,·,111t i111pwn-111r11t List Sl'ds,111. ::;,-11i,1r i11.si,k lincb.nkcr ,\kCit1ll,I. Ju11i,11· li1lt·i,,1, kn ILlm Esters n111111kted ,1 :\lik,· Parker, \\']l() h.i-: 111,1,k .it List lllll l,Kkks in L'lll.si,k In s,·11i,1r l\dllll'll BLn <111, 1vl1" p"1)1ed in I l/94, is cxpcct o,l t,, lr.rd l lie 1\\1\ ,1s i11_it1sl l1v,1 .~.1mcs lc1sl s,·,1s,111 LIi i Sl\'ilt'il,'S t,1 ,1 morr <1tl,1rki11g J-4 Sc1tdies L'Llurlnn I•inki11s ,rnd .iligumcn]. Scni,11· \',rnglm \ \',1shi11gt,111 J,,Jrn Fl1qt1,1 rctt1r11 to k,1d lilt' j,,ins Parkrr at I hr ot hcr insid,: SJllll, s,y,,11d,ir1, 1\·l1ilc s,-11i,,r 1,,-r,111 \\'ik1 is while cl pair ,11 s,111h,111H>rcs, Mir,!11 ,·xp,·,kd t,, st,·p int,, iii,- n,k \',ll'alrd ll\ 1'v!alo11r ,l!ld A.'1111,ird l'l1,11·ks, sl!,,uld l In- drp,11'1 tJIT ut ,\II-Americ,111 Scl111 sl,irt ,1l the oulsid,· pusiti,,11s. :,('Jliur ,\lc1diso11, cl Sl'CL111d n1uml ~I I pi,·k. llllSC Lll'kk ;\11l,1i11c Si111pS(ll1 sh()IVCd Louisville is l,1,·i11g 1vli,1l 111,1~ hr stn1ng impr,1v,-111,-11t L1.sl se,1s,,11 ,md is its 111,,st diffintll 11,111-n1nfn,·1n·e juincd ()/l tile ,kknsin- li11,- 111 s,·11i,1rs s, l1c·d11k n ,T R,,"d tri11s t,, Kr11l t1,·k1· l.e,111l,1 Rilcams ,md Rust~ Fosll'!'. ,111d l1kl,illl>lll,l ,ll'L' n1upkd l\'ilh \ isils L1cl111,111ic,, \!t111tg,1111n1, who In Llt.il1, tlli1wis <111d l'c,rn St.1k i11 lilL' rank,-d ,111WJ\~ the 11c1ti,111 s k,1di11.~ lin,il ,,-.1s,111 ,1l l,1rdin,1l St.1dium. inlen ,·pt,1rs I.1st seclst ,, 1, is I Ii,· ,1111\ Memphis g:l\ ,, ,-\ n1 ,111L' c1 dcp,Jl'kd slclrtc,· in ,1 s,y,1rnL11'\ lhdl .~li11111s,- ,,I wh,1l the Tigl'I' pn1gr,1111 l\'clS frall1rcs C-LIS,\ .\11-Fr,-shm,l!l s,-kcti,111 ,·,1p,1hk ,,I !,1st ~,1H111i1rr LJ, wilr11 LIIV\ \Nillicllll Fields ,111d srni,,r T'1L1111,1tl1L111 ,kle,1lnl :\,,. 6 krn1esse,· .11 1.ili,·rt 1 11,n-vl C..~o,,d .it tl1r n1rn,Ts cl!ld s,1pl1,ll11t11y MClllLlJ'i,1' St.1dit1111. Ntll\', lll\ld t'll,JCh ivblik Ledbetter ,it il'l'L' s,lfcl 1. Rip ::;, 11,T,T ,rnd tile Mr11111his st,lfl nrr I !L111sto11's no11-n111l,-1Y11n· s,·hL'dllk '1,111i11g t,, get lhL' Tigers t,1 \\'i11 ,,11 d lcc1l t11'l's J'(),ld lri11s lLl ,\l.1h,1m,1, llllll't' n111sislr11t basis thi.s sc,1s,,11. Mi1rnes,1lcl .ind LIL'!.\, c1]011g \\'ilh h,,nw 111 ,,,·dcr t,, impn1n· 011 !,1st ~-,,,11,,s

g,rn1es c1gclinsl l·,11 ii, 1rn i,1 ,rnd Chris lfrtl111.i11, Umisl'il/e -+-7 111,1rk, ,\k111phis 1\·ill 11,·,·d lLl gel l'illshurgli. Thr !'ill g,111w, ,il,ll1g 1\'ill1 nw1't' l"·udu,·ti,111 ,,ut ,,1 its ,,11,·11s,-. Tl!,· th,- last l·,m1linc1 ,·ll11lcsl, \\'ill lie pl,n ,-d at Lil l's ,,n-,.illlJHJS ,,,,tcnti,11 f,1r i11,Tt'lllc g,1m,·s slated l,11· th,· such c1s ln:sh111,111 qt1,Jl'lnl1,1L·k K,-ntt111 h ,111s, s,,,,!it1111L11·e ,\st n1,!t 1mc lclilhc1cl,; Tt.'t1fil,1 Rile~, (., 7'2 ),,ll'ds) ,md ju11i,,r 1vi,k l'l'CL'i\ l'I' licspit,- having L>11e ,,1 ti!,- nalill11's lop ddL'llses, \ ,,l1ll1 ,llld Ri,·iliL' I ],,yd 1s,>JJl1,1J11,11\· r,'L't1rd--H !'L'ccplit111s f,,r Mlll y,1nls1. i11juri,·s l,1rccd touisvilk t,, Lill sl!,,rt ,,I their g,,,J!s !,1st S,1ph,111w1·cs l·il,m,T l·d1T 124 nYeptions to,· 2tlS y,ll'ds) ,llld season. In 1 'N7, l1,-;1d n1cl,·h l\t>Jl L't1op,-r is h,1pi11g th,,s,· 11,1111ir11 DL1ds,111 (21 t·.11L'hes1 <11\' t,1lr11t,-d llmk,-rs, \\'ililc t111clcr,"1ssmcn 111.il gcli11nl v;Jiu,1hlr expl'ri,-ncc !,1st I t\11· L'hris l\11vcrs isl he slcl1·lrr ,it light end. slHnv n111tinut'd impn1\·,·111rnl ,111d n1111liinc with srvcr.11 kn I ilr,·,- slc1rlL'rs ,11',' li.1,·k ,111 th,- ,1tfr11sin' li11,·, ,il,,ng vvilh \Ttrr,111s as th,· L'.1rdi11.1ls 1,,,,k t,, rdl!r11 t,, th,·ir 1\'i1111i11g right LKkk 1:1v,11ys ,\liddkhn,,,ks, 1\·Ji,, l\'IL' !lldllllL'Li In sc-11i,1r l\llli,-1 l;,11110 ,l!ld R,111 Srll.s ,md .111.slin Loui.sville's trcsl1111an 11.issi11g n·,,,rds List sc,1s,1n, n1m11kli11g 11,11nm aff slated t,, st,1rl "l till' gu,ml s11,1ts. 111 ,1dditi,111 t,1 144 ,,1 272 ,1llc111pts f,ll· I ,77.,) .1rds 1111d ,-ighl t,1t1,·l!d,11\·11s 11!,1,·king f,11· Rilr1, tlie line 1vill he ,1!Jlr t,1 fr,·e l!Jl 11,,ks 1,,r

in snen st,11·[<, -"L'Jli,,r 1vi,lr 1n·L·ivc1· Miguel ivh1nl,111L> (-IH f1,11Tit1s l'\I,-\ ins t522 t,,t,1' 1 ,ll'd.s in J LJLJS I, l;,,Lml ,\rn,,Jd ,md catcl1,-s for 6ll2 yc1nls1 is R,·d111,rn's IL'J' rdl!rni11g L1rg,-t, ,\11d re V\!Lltlds. whil,- sopliunl()rc 't\',1siv,· VVcll'l' .111d SJ>l'l'dy frcsl1111,111 ,\rn,,Jd Three sl.11'll'!'s hclvr 111t11't'd on t,, the :\Fl lwm ll1,· Tiger .LJCks,111 arc rx11cckd [() nmt1·ilHlil.'. 1\lter sclli11g d LI L>I I dc!,·11sL', ,llld CLll![>k lh,1l 1vilh tither regt!l,11·s thc1l h,1vr l'resl1111,rn J'('('()J'd for l'l'L'l'jlli,111.s H71 ,lS ,l lullh,ll k I.1st Sl\lSLlll, drJJ<1rlcd, it ka\·cs 1\k111pilis \\'ilh ill,k.s t(_) Iii! ,111 til.1l side ol lhn l;r,Tn will 111,wr t,, light ,-11d in 1,1,17 th,- hall. 1·1ie s,Y,>11LL1ry is tile 111t1sl o;pcricn,nl J',ll'l ,,I thr 6 drkns,-. 1vith tl11n· slcll'ins rl'llll'lli11g. l·,1rncrhc1,·k ,\lik,· * * * ,. 199 7 Preview * *

\ ki---L'lll'.ir n 1111pktcd his Ircshm.in s,-.1sL 111 ,1s ,1 ,.', 1nfrrcnn' t,-.1111 List s,-c1so11, c1dds dq1tlt ,it th,- end s11,,t. LIS,\ .vll-lrrxlnn.u: pick llillL11\·i11g ,1 .i l-t.u k lc. three• I It,- L;,,1,lr11 L1gks scltnil1k 111,n he tile t,1uglwst, nlll ,111ly int cncpt iou ,·,1mp,1ign l-k is _ioi11L'd hy s,-11iLH' n11·nLTh1,·k in l'L111lrrl'lln' llS,\. hut i11 the n11mlry. USM plays lil'C Kevin l·,,1ih ,J11d junior safrt, .lr rrmv Strw,1rt in whc1t h.i-, t,'i1111s tlic1l pbynl in howl gc1111cs I.1st s,-,1s,111. hllsli11g :\,-1 ,1,b proven lll hr .in opportuni-t i; 1\lrmpltis s,Yllndar>· (ll'\Ts in c1ml 11,,uslllll, 1vltilr tr,1v,·li11g t,, ,\bh,1111c1, 1cnncssec ,111d 2--l lli t hr bsl 2LJ g,-lllll'S). ddc11di11g 11,1ti,1n,il ,·ltc111111iL111 Fl,,rida. l•thcr l'L'ild trips Tl1,- linch.nkrr and defensive line 11,1silill11s were hit h,11·d i11rl11,k llli1Hlis, East L',m1li11a, L'im·i1111,1ti ,111d i\kmphis. hy gr,1duc1ti,111. lunior drfrn- ivr end 1\\c1rq11is ll,nvling, who l·,,111'cr,'1ln' llS.-\ IVl'iCllllll'S ()Ill' Ill'\\' Cll,lrlt this Sl\1S(lll ilS vvill 111,,n- t,, ddensin- t.uk lr t hi-, sc.ison. is I hr lone lcm1111, t,,11\·,k11 li!kcs ,,, n the lirlrn c1l Tulane. s,,11 ,,1 = rrl urniru; stc1rtn c1t t hrsc positions. S,111li,1nwrl' t.uk lr T. 1. ll,,ridc1 SL1ll' head n1,ich l\,,hlll J\,11vckn ,111d hn1thcr ,,1 Frier ,111d s,1piill111,,rc end Tr,J111L111t l.c11\·kss 111,n·cd ivrll in ,\uhur11 ,·,,,Kit fi:rn l\,111·dr11. i,H11111, hri11gs morr than 2ll limited .ul ion lc1st scas,1n ,1m! n1uld nH1\'L' into .starting r,,ks \ cc1rs , ,I n,lkgi,1k n 1,1,·hi11g c.\p,Tic11n- tll ~,-1 v l1rk,ms. . \ t hix f,111. L hris Rl'l'Vl'S, will) lct l crrd l\\'ll SL\lS()l]S .it lim-h.nkcr higltl> s11cccssf1il ofk11sin- n1,1rdi11c1t,,1, ,it ,\ulmrn lite pc1sl l1rl,1rl' movins; t,1 lullb.uk List Sl\lSLln, vvill 111()\'l' h.uk lll I he .si.\ \ ,'i11·s. HL111·,kn 1\·ill h,- l,1,1ki11g t,, im1m1vc th,- Crc,-11 li1H·ii,1rkL'I' spot l o play ,1lungsi,k l'.1t1·ick Stiks ,J11cl L·c1spor l\'c1n-'.s ,1Jlc11siw ,1lLll·k in JLJl/7. ·1iI1,111,- will cmpkl\ ,1 lll'IV St ilrs. ,1lk11sivc scheme this s,,,1so11. i11L'll!lli11g ,1 111,,rc wid,- LljJt'll ;\Jh-r jlllSling it.s liiglirst win t,,Lil simr I L)L)() ,111d c,1rning 11c1ssi11,g ,1l l,JLk. c1 sltc1r,' ,,! lite iu.iugur.)! Co11kr,-11n- LIS,\ ch.unpionxhip. lu11i,1r Sh,rn11 King will ag.1i11 hr ti!,- sl.1rti11g quc1rkrh,1,·k Southern Miss is ,1imi11g Ior its first IJ,,1vl lri11 in seven I l\ll's illr tit,· VVi!VC. !.,1st SL'i!Sllll, Ii,- ,,111111lctcd 132 ,,t 27.l jlilSSl'S = this I.i!l. I lc.ul n,,lllt .kfl 1\(1\Wr 1wln1111rs hack 16 st.ut cr-. l,11· I .:i7,I 1 ,1rds ,111d l'igl1l l,n1,,1Id,11y11.s, 1.vltilc liirllwing just .ind ·Hl lcttcrvvinncr-. to aid in tit is q11,-st l,11· p,,sts,-,1s,,11 11L1,. s,-1,·11 i11ll'l'ccptiu11s. lie wil! IL,,1k t,, first t,'i1m .\ll-C,1nkr,·nc,- l1111i,1r qu.ntcrb.nk Lr,- R,1hnls is tight ,·11d l·,,r\' l;,-,1s011, junior ,vidc one ,,, cigltl rrt urncrs ()]1 ,,l!cnsc. ,\Iler rt'll'I\LT l'.1. lr,111kli11 and s,1p1I,1111L1rc Liking ()\'L'r as tltr Gtild,-n J:,1gks Jaluc111 l•c11vs,111 c1s his t,,p 1-cc,'i\ ing starting sign,il-,·allcr ,1t List L·,1n1lin,1 thrc,1ls. ,lu11i,1r ,lc1111c1ican 1•,irtez jlillTS List ,~d,,hcr, R,1hcrls led l·,,nfrr,-11,T tlie Tl! gn11111d ,1lt,1L·k. ! le gc1incd :iH.:l LIS,\ i11 p,1ss ,-JTicirncy 1155. li. wltil,• yards Llll l .lH ,·c11-rics lc1st sras,H1 and ltc1s ll1rowing t,,r l,2lJ6 ,·anls ,111d 12 g,1im-d 11wn- t h,111 I, I[)() y,ll'ds in ltis t,,ucltd,111·ns ,111d earning srn,ml lc,J111 first lwL, \/L' B,,,v! ,111 l'1,y,·111hu ., !st t,, pby illl TIH1111,1s. ivlll, 1v,1s ,1ls,, ,1 111,-111!1,-r lll tit,- llSl\1 h,1skdh,ill (ljljl(llll'ill fn1m till' Big !.,1st C(lllflTL'lll'L'. 7 Notebook ...... C!tJSA AND THE ALLIAl'\lCE RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS Conference LISA will fully part iripatc in the markrt ing. promotion .ind m,111,1gcrnC11t of t hc Clllkgc Football Bowl Rushing Alliance. Beginning with the I lJ98 season. the k;igue will RB Daryl Royal, Cincinnati receive guar,111teed access to t hr Alliance howls for the 1996: 167 for 853 yards; 5.1 avg; 3 TD; C-l!Si\ champion if t h.it tc,1111 receives ;1 consensus 2nd - C-USA ranking of six or higher, subirrt to certain conditions. Also. C-LISA will receive ;i stipend for participat ion if one Passing Yardage of its teams is not selected tL1 pl.iy in one ol the .vlli.mcc QB Chris Redman, Louisville bowls. 1996 144-272-9; 1,773 yards; 8 TD; 2nd- C-USA ATTENDAl'\lCE ENJOYS STRONG INCREASE Four of the six I 9LJ6 Confcrcnrr LISA football schools Passing Efficiency enjoyed ,1ttern"111CL' increases during the 1996 seaSL1!1. QB Lee Roberts, Southern Miss I lrrrs d look ill how each school fared: 1996: 155.3; 142-86-7; 1,296 yards; 12 TD; 1st- C-USA

School G Attendance Avg. Change Receptions ) ' ,~.) Memphis 6 .214,'> I I .l,1, / :J_ + Vi,8.26 WR Miguel Montano, Louisville Louisville 5 168,858 .U,77.2 +l,.'176 1996: 48 for 602 yards; 12.5 avg.; 1 TD; 3rd- C-USA Cincinnati 6 145,5.2.2 .24,254 +6,813 Southern Miss 4 85,589 .21,397 -4,.254 Receiving Yards Tulane 6 119,1.26 19,854 + 1,590 WR Miguel Montano, Louisville Houston 6 9.2,.293 I 5,38.2 -.2,875 1996: 48-602 yards; 12.5 avg.; 1TD; 3 TD; 3rd- C-USA SCHEDULING NOTES Total Offense * Ct111frrcncc LISi\ will pby 35 non-conf'crenrr QB Chris Redman, Louisville gdmes this foll ,1g,1i11st 3() different Division 1-:\ 1996: 1,625 total yards; -148 rushing, opponents. Tile l111ly te.uns that C-US,\ plays ,1 1,773 passing (309 plays) 2nd- C-USA multiple of times are LI.\!\ Alabama. Illinois. Minnesota and Syr,1n1se. Scoring * Conference LIS,\ is one of four conferences (l~ig K Sebastian Villarreal, Houston [,1st, SEC, Par- l O) that will p"1\ ,111 of its games 1996: 70 points; 0 TD; 37 XP; 11 FG; ag,1inst Division !-:\ competition. 2nd- C-USA * C-l1S1\ will pby ever> ot her Division I-A conference ;it least once, with the most g;imes Field Goals ,1g,1i11st the SEC (8) and l~ig Ten (6). K Eric Richards, Cincinnati * Conference LISA IL',1ms will pl.r, 13 gc1mes c1g;ii11st 1996: 1.18 FG per game; 13-21 (62 %); l lJ96 howl teams. 2nd- C-USA

1996 RECORDS OF ALL 1997 OPPONENTS Punting Team W-L-T Pct. P Jeremy Borseth, Louisville Cincinnati 58-65 .4 7.2 1996: 69 for 2,800 yards; 40.6 avg.; East L·c1rolina (, 1-63 .49.2 2nd- C-USA Houston 6.2-6.2 .500 Louisville 60-6.2 .49.2 Tackles Memphis 60-63 .488 LB Marchant Kenney, Southern Miss Southern Miss 70-5.l .569 1996: 141 (106-35); 18 TFL; 3 sacks; 1 INT; Tul.inr 74-50 .597 2 FR: 3 PBU

1996 RECORDS OF ALL 1996 OPPONENTS Interceptions CB Patrick Surtain, Southern Miss Team W-L-T Pct. Cincinnat i 60-64 .484 1996: 6; 0.55 IPG: 0 TD; 3rd- C-USA Ec1st Carolina 68-.55 .553 Houston 75-61 .SS 1 Louisville 6.l-63 .:'iOO Memphis 7(.1-54 .565 : r:-1 Southern Miss (19-56 .. ),)_ 8 Tulane 79-47 . t-, _J --,I * * Notebook CONFERENCE USA INAUGURAL SEASON ACCOMPLISHMENTS * Three Conference US,\ schools posted winning * l~f till' I cl hllwl games bst seaslln, the St. .Jude seasons. while another improved its record from liberty !\owl hild the sen111d-highcst incff,1se (59 the previous season. perccnt) in ib tclcvisiu11 r;1t i11g from the previm1s YL\lr. Only the Sug,ir Btn-vl, with the Natioml * Conference LISA co-champion I Iouston posted Ch,1rnpillnship g,1111c, h,1d il higher increase. its hL'St record since the I lJ90 season and made = its first howl appe,1rcml"L' since the I qgg Aloha * ·1i-vclvc Conference LISJ\ pl,n crs ,mcl t hrcc Howl. n1;1chcs p,irtiL·ipi!tt'd in postse,1snn all-st;:ir

* I louslon finished lied with Pill·- IL) Champion ,-\rizo11,1 St.itc as tile most improved teams in * \\'ithin its first ye,ir, till' numhl'r of members llf Division !-/\ in the I l)l)(i regubr season. Both Conference USA foothilll h,1s grnwn hy 50 progr;ims improved hy five games from the pein-nt, from six tc,1ms to niilL'. List Carolina

previlll!S season. joins the k,1guc in J l)97, r\rmy i11 I 998 ,md lL\I) in 1999. = * SLJL1thern 1vliss earned ,1 sh.irr of the innuuural Conference LISA championship vvhil« pl1sting its * The final JLJLJ6 SL-;1ttlc Ti111L'S L'olkge Footh,111 0 !Jest record {tl-3) since t hr IL)LJL) l;lllden L1glcs l·llmputer R,rnkings pbccd two l L1I1ferc11cc US:\ finished cl-.3 and went tu the All-American Bowl. SL hunls in the Top 25. Slluthcrn 1\liss w;1s r,rnkcd 18th, 1-vhile E,1st Cirolim w;is 25th. * l·unfrrcnn' l!Sr\ schools m.ulc ]A nat iorial I uturc L'-LIS:\ member Army pbcnl 27th, while television ,1ppear,111ces during t hc ·1 LJLJ6 season. liberty Howl-pi!rticip,rnt I louston r,rnkcd 40th. All seven pf the schools that cornprisr C-US!\ in = 1997 m.ulr at least t hrrr appe,1ra11ces. * Till' fin,11 /\ssoci,1ted l'rcss pllll had List Cm1lin,1 Confcrcncc LISA football 1,vas televised by ABC, r,rnkcd 27th ,rnd Southern Miss r,rnkcd 2clth, 0\5, ESPN, ESPN2, fox Sports Net, Jefferson while the final CNN LISA ·1t1d,1y L\1i1ches pl1ll Pilot .md 5JllirtSouth. h,1d ECLI 29th ,rnd LIS1\\ 31st. Stiuthern i\liss \\'ilS rankL'd as high as :'so. 20 during the regular * The final I l)l)(i 5,igarin football r.itinus placed SL\1son, while I lm1stlln ,1ml Louisville also Conference LIS,\ seventh ( 72.4cl) .unong Division rL'n-ivt'd VL1tes in hllth Lll the miljor polls ;:it some I-,\ conlcrcncrs. ahead of the vvcst ern Athletic point during the sc;1so11. (66.12), Mid-Arnrrican (54.91) and Big West = (43.tl I). If )llll add List C1rolinil lo the other six * In the 1997 NFL draft, L'-LIS;\ had 15 of its schools in C-LISA, t hc league would move up t o pbycrs chosen, inl'iuding il first ruund selcctiL111. fifth (7L82), ahead of the ,\tl,mtic Coast Corifcrcncc ( 7.L65) and l\ig List Conference (73.53). c.n * 1\kmpilis posted a 2 1-17 virtorv over No. 6 Ten 11essCL" on November 9, m,irking l he highest• ranked tc.irn that the Tigers had ever defeated. =

* Conference USr\ had the lilq.~L'St ntt endancc increase of ,my Division I-,\ contrrcncc. ThL' six schools t ha! comprised L'-LIS:\ l.rst season drew a tot.il of 160,677 more f,111s tL1 its 19LJ6 home games t han it did the sc.tson before. Four of t hc six schllols pnstcd ;ittelll"1llLT i11crc,1scs. Commissio11er Slin• prew11ls 1/1111.~/011 (head coad1 Kim lle/1011 a11d former preside11/ IJr. Gle1111 Goerke) l\'ilh the m11ference /rophr. llous/011 a11d So11ther11 = * Memphis hild the niltiLlll's second-largest ,Hiss shared the regular se<1so11 l"rOl\'11 i11 Ille league's ilttellli.ince increase bst seilson (behind l'ac-10 i11,111g11ral .~l·aso11. Tlte Cougar.~, l\'lto posted Ille 11alio11's mo.~I imprm·ed ren11·d i11 1996, l\'e11t 011 lo champion J\rizuni.l St;1te), dr;1wing ,111 ;:ivcrage of represe11t C-l/SA i11 Ille St . .Jude Uberty Bowl. 15,tl2(1 more Lms per g;:imc than it did in 1995.

9 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Conje re nee USA

U... SA...... ompris«! l,f 14 disti11gt1ishcd tllli\'frsilil'S in 12 L"-l!S,\ will ,1l.sl1 1n·riH ,1 ,1r11,·d !JascbalL 11ati,111,1l CTL /\L·,1dr111ic ,\ll-,\111cric.1 l lo11L1rs, while I LJ WLTC Confrrcncc LIS/\ n111L'luded its i 11c1ugural fl1Lll liall SL\1s,1n in n,rn1cd :\11-[)istricL L ,v,T l h,· p,1sl t w,, Sl',1so11,s, llll'IT l h,m I LJ96 r,mkcd scvrnth ,111wng l)ivisi,111 CONFERENCE USA I lllll st udrnt-,1l l1klt's h,1\ ,, ill·,·11 I-A cunfrrc11n·s, Six 111t·111ber 11,1111nl t,, ll1,- Cu111111issi,111cr's I ll1m1r institutitins (l'incinn,1li, I I,111st,1n, Member Institutions Roll l'r J't'cl'i\Td l hr l-, 111rn1issil 111er's LouiS\illc, i\lemphis, Sl11il !Jer11 ,\c,1dc111ic J\kd.il, indir.iti\'c' l,f Mississippi, c1ml Tubnr) compct,·d il1r University of Alabama at Birmingham lll!lsl,l!ldi11g ,lL"hie\'ClllClll Ill the the first Confcrrnn' LIS,\ IL1oth,i!l clc1ssrL1l1111, Tht' n1nfr1"L'J1n· ,11111t1,1ily d1a11111i,111shi11, I ll1ust,111 ,rnd DePaul University ,11v,1nls six postgr,1dualr SL-lllll.1rsl1ips, SoulhLTll Miss sh.11·ed the LTLll\'ll, University of Houston .1!L111g 1vith the Splirl ,\c.idrmir with the Cougars e,m1i11g the league's University of Louisville 1\wc1rd, Scl1obr ,\thktcs l,I l ill' Yc,1r invit,1tiL1n tll the SL Jude l.ihcrl) ,111d tile lnslituti,111,il 1\c,1de111i,· Marquette University HowL The league has ,1 live-) r.ir [,XL"Ciic11CL' ,-'\1\'cll'd, foL1thc1ll tckvision n111tr.id with l'L1x The presidrnls of the ,f t11r111hcr Sports Net, 1vhir!J i11L·lmlcs a University of North Carolina at Charlotte i11stilulil1ns srrn· as l·,111krr11l'L' l!S,-\'s confrrcnrc game tit tl1,· wLTh., ,iil111g Saint Louis University llu,1rd l,f l)i1"L'L"lL1rs, l h,1irnl In l•r, with app,·c1ranccs llll E:il':\, ESl':\2, University of South Florida 1,,sq1h Steger ,,f Ci11,·i1111,1li, l--LIS.\ /\HC and CBS, l',111frrrnn· LIS,\ 1\'ill University of Southern Mississippi hc1s l1c,-11 dcsig11;1ll'd ,11w ,,I eight berume a full pc1rticipating 111l.'111hcr of L'L111fl'l'L'l1CCS that \\'iii h,1\'l' dir,·L"l tl1,· Colkg,· fol1t!J,11l 1-\,,wl ,-\lli,mn· r,'jll\'St'llt,1li,111 on the [)ivisil111 I lll1,11·d brgi11ni11g with the I cJLJ8 s,·.1sL111, Football Only nf llirl'Ct,11·s in lhl' 11L'W NC,\,\ This includes guaranlLTd acn·ss for g,wcr11,111LT structure, l·l1111I11issilllllT ll1c C-l!SA ch,1111pio11 ii thc1l t,·am Slin· serves ,,11 ll1r NL'1\·\ rccei\'cs i1 consensus r.mking l,I six or United States Military Academy l\li111dgn11r11l Cou11L"iL 10 hig!Jrr, subject to cerL1i11 n1mlilions, * * * * Conference USA CO*N FEREN*C E USA 1997-98 CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sport Dalt.· Site Host Cross Count ry 0:\1VL'll1!Jcr 1 T,rn1pa, Fb. South Florida \Vllmen's Sllcn'r November 4-8 St. Louis. Mo. Saint Louis ,\lcn's SllcnT :'\llwmhcr I 4-16 Site of highest remaining seed vollr-, li,111 :'\ovr111ber 20-23 Houston. I Ioust on Rifle Fehru.ir ,' 21 St. Louis. Mo. S,1i11t Louis = lndoor Track .md Field Fcbru.irv 27-28 Hillside, Ill. Lkl'i1ul Vvomens P.askdhall I cbru.irv 2 7-M,irL-il 2 Louisville, Kr. Louisville :'\lrn's l'lc1skrlhi1II ;\lcmli 4-7 Cinrinnati. Ohio Cincinnati Men's Tennis April 16-19 :'\evv Orle,ms, Li. Tu l.uir \ vomen« lcnnis ,\pril 16-19 I louston, Texas I Iouston Mrn's (.;()If ,\pril 17-19 V\/csl l'lllurnliiil, Ti..'xils I louston Vvornens C()lf 1\pril I 7- I 9 l'L'ns,1n1Li, Fla. C-US;\ 1-tisehall l\l,n I 2-17 l1rlam1L1, Fla. l'-LIS/\ Outdoor Tr.uk and Field 1\li1y 14-17 l 1rlamlL 1, Fla. l'-LISr\ =

1996-9 7 CHAMPIONS w Sport Tournament Champion Men's Cross Country Cincinnati Women's Cross Country Louisville = Men's Soccer South Florida Women's Soccer Cincinnati Volleyball South Florida Rifle Marquette South Florid a celebrates its second st r aigltt Men's Indoor Track and Field Houston Conference US,I n,lleyhall tournament ch ampionship, The Bulls 11·crc one of three C-U.\,I Women's Indoor Track and Field Marquette teams in I/Jc NC,LI tournament and one of t,vo = lc.1g11e teams in Ilic final fop 25 11c1tio11al rankings. Women's Basketball Tulane Men's Basketball Marquette Women's Tennis South Florida Men's Tennis Tulane Women's Golf Memphis Men's Golf Houston Men's Outdoor Track and Field Houston = Women's Outdoor Track and Field Marquette Baseball Houston

Sport Regular Season Champion Men's Soccer UNCC, South Florida

,\'o. 2-.H·cllcd ttouston captured its [irst C-l/5,-I Women's Soccer Marquette h.i.\cball tournament champions/rip 1dt/r .i tdn 1Jl'er Volleyball Louisville, South Florida U:'-C C/r<1rlolle. Tire Cougars earned tire le.iguc's = .iutomalic hid to the iVLI,I Ch ampionship, ,d,cre Football Houston, Southern Miss tire_,, werejoined br al-large selection South Florida. Men's Basketball Cincinnati Women's Basketball Louisville, Memphis, Tulane

Baseball Tulane 11 * * CONFERENCE C-USA Awards Program

os»,. + ¥- . . 4- Bfist4hall Rifll' .vll-Coufcrcncc All-Conference ACADEMIC AWARDS First Tc.nu First lc.uu Second Tcnrn Second Tram Commissioner's Honor Roll Third Tr,1m Freshman of till' Year Student- with a 3.0 cumulative Shooter of t hr Year Fresl un.m of the Yr.u grade point average or above. AllFrcshrn.m Team Coach of t hr Year Player of t hr Year of the Month Pitcher of t hr Ycilr Championship - Ti1p _l medalists Commissioner's Academic Medal Coach of the Year Student-athletes with a 3 _ 75 cumulative Hitter of the \\'erk Men's and \\'omen's Soccer GPA or above. Pilcher of t hr \Yeck .vll-C. in lcrcnrr All-Tourn.unent It-am First Traill Sport Academic Award Tournament i\lVI' Second lc.uu The team in each conference-sponsored lhird lr.nu sport with the highest GPA for the current Men's and \\/omen's Basketball Freshman of t hr Yt\lr academic year. 1\l l-Cc in Ference All-Freshman Team First Team Player of till' Year Second Tram Defensive l'l,n er of l he Year Institutional Academic Excellence Third Tram Coach of the Year Award ln-shm.m of t hr Year Pl.iver of l hr \ vrrk The institution with the highest GPA during All-Fn-shman Ti:,1111 Tournament :\lost vulunhh: Midfiddcr the current academic year for all student• Plavcr of the Yr,ir Tournament Most Valuable athletes in conference-sponsored sports. Sixth Player of the Yr,ir Coal keeper Defensive Player of l hr Year ·111urnamrnt Moxl Valu.ililc Defender Scholar Athlete of the Year Award ·nnirnamrnt Most Valuable Forward Coach of the Year The top student-athletes in each Player of the V\1eck conference-sponsored sport. The award is All-Tou rnnrncnt Tram Men's and Woml'n's Tl'nnis Tournament 1vlVI' .vll-Confcrcncr based on academic achievement [GPA), First Team athletic achievement and service. The GPA Ml'n's and \\'oml'n's Cross Country Second Tc.un must be a cumulative 3.0 or better' and All-Conference Third Tc.un includes the first semester or the first two First Tr,1111 frcshm.m of t hr Yr,ir quarters of the current academic year. Second Tram Player of the Year The award is intended primarily for Third Team Coach of the Yr,ir upperclassmen. Freshman of the Year Athlete of the \ Vcrk lndividu.il Champion Coach of the Year Men's and \\'oml'n's Indoor and Postgraduate Scholarships Athlete of the Werk Outdoor Track and Field Six awards of $2000 each for current i\11-('l infcn-nrr academic year graduates. The Football First -li.'.Jm determination of the winners is made by All-Con fcrrnrc Second lcam the faculty athletic representatives at the First Team Third Tram conference spring meetings. At least two Second Tram Freshman of the Year awards must go to women and two to Al hi of t hr Yr.rr All-Freshman 'Ic.un etc men. Offensive Pla , er of t hr Year Coach of l hr Yr.u: Defensive Plavcr of the Year Athlete of the \\'erk Special Teams Plavcr of the Year Coach of the Year vollcybull Offensive Player of l hr Werk All-Confcrcrur Defensive Player of t hr \\'erk First ·1l'a111 Specinl Trams Player of l hr \Vrrk Second 'li.·am Third k,1111 Men's and Wonwn's Golf l-rcshm.m of t hr Year All-Confcrrnrr All-Frcxhman Trum First Tr.u n Player of the Yr.ir Second Tram Setter of the Year Third Tram (Men only) Coach of the Year Freshman of the Year Player of the \\'erk Individual Champion All-Tourn.uncnt Tc.nu Coach of the Yc.u: Tournament MVP Athlete of the \Yrrk

12 Commissioner Mike Slive

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11ril t L ·l1l 1c1tr 1997 RULES CHANGES

--The responsibility for· removing nbstructions outside the limit lines changed Humhlc. k.\,l'.-- from the referee to game management. \h'L1ir1,· t,1 --The following is added to Mandatory Equipment: "All player's on the same team shall wear Jerseys, pants and helmets of the same color and design. Socks must be worn and of the same desrgn and length and in the team's color (sl r,1,," ilk 11.1 (Exception: White sweat socksl. Leg coverings, if worn, must be in the same design and in the team's colorlsl." --All players must wear full length, tucked in jerseys, effective in 1999 . .\ t,k,· ~<11 rit --"NCAA Football USA" logo per·mitted on jerseys, helmets and field. --Officials may interrupt the 25-second count if a player obviously does not have ~l,,kll 1., hrs mouthpiece properly in place and charge the offending team wrth a timeout (or a fivevartl penalty if timeouts have been exhausted). The player· may remain in the game rf he has his mouthpiece with him. --The definition of chop block changed to the following

Iim I ],Jr\'L'\ 'A chop block rs an obviously delayed block at the thigh or below against an opponent who 1s in contact with a teammate of the blocker, or· who rs in the act of disengaging from the first blocker. or· who has just disengaged fr-om the blocker but is still confronting hirn, and is made under· the following \Vy111w, .vrl, lltTlll,llll1.)\\"Jl k1111. first conditions: \\'ill.ml 1111111,-r l luntincl on. \\. \';1 1 On a lorwarn pass play. an offensive player chops an opponent. 2. On a running play, an offensive player legally in the backfield at the snap lim 111,1 chops an opponent. \h'mpl1i". lrnn. l ltlh'Jl\,11\ 11 J',1 3. On a running play, an offensive lineman chops an opponent at a time when the flow of the play rs clearly away from the location of the chop block 4. A high-low combination block rs made by two non-adjacent linemen.

I. I_ ~t!\'tllt'\ er There can be no chop block against the runner.· --A live ball shall become dead when an official so signals. F\n1l I) i,,lh'" --Beginning in the third period teams that score must attempt a two-point conversion (no extra-point kicks allowed). Field goals still allowed. --The game clock will start when the ball is kicked on kickoffs, except when two minutes or· less r·emain before the end of either· half. --Kicking team players wrll be penalized 15 yards for coming within six feet of the kick receiver· before he has touched the ball and then roughing him. --Wide receivers and players in motion toward the ball at the snap may not block below the waist toward the ball anywhere behind the neutral zone and within five l\111 \\'illi,mb :\k11111his. !i.·i111. yards beyond the neutral zone [the location of the ball at the time does not matterl. --Conferences and institutions, by mutual aqreement. may start the halftime .\h>l,ik .\l.1 .\krnpliis. li:1111 clock immediately after the second period ends. --If a game is suspended after· four· pe.iods of play and cannot be resumed, the game shall be ruled a tie The final score shall be the score at the end of the last Jim \l.il1,111 completed period. 16 * * * * * * Television and Radio CONFERENCE

U... SA...... - ... onference USA begins the second of a five-year television package this fall. The C-LISA football telecast RADIO AFFILIATES package will appear on the Fox Sports network and its SCHOOL FLAGSHIP DIAL affiliates across the nation. The package includes each Cincinnati WLW-AM 700 school appearing at least twice and features five WCKY-AM 550 conference games, as well as matchups against opponents from the Play-by-Play: Paul Keels ACC, Big East, Big 12, Pac-10, SEC and WAC. Analyst: Jim Kelly = Houston KPRC-AM 950 FOX SPORTS SCHEDULE Play-by-Play: Matt Thomas Analyst.· Bill Yeoman Fox Sports Net hns released i/5 September schedule for Conference LISA, with Louisville the remainder of the 12-game pilckilge slated for release later in the ye,11; WHAS-AM 840 Play-by-Play: Paul Rogers Note: A C-USA doubleheader is scheduled for Oct. 11, Nov. 8 or Nov. 22. Analyst: Doug James Memphis WGKH-FM 106 September Play-by-Play: Dave Woloshin 6 California at Houston 2:J0p Analyst: Bob 13 Pittsburgh at Houston 2:00p = Southern Miss WHER-FM 103.7 20 South Carolina at East Carolina 2:00p Play-by-Play: John Cox 27 Louisville at Oklahoma 6:00p Analyst: Vic Pervis October Tulane WWL-AM 870 *4 TBA 2:00p Play-by-Play: Ken Berthelot *11 TBA 2:30p Analyst. Steve Barrios *18 TBA 2:30p *25 TBA (fX Network) 2:00p November TV AFFILIATES *1 TBA 2:30p *8 TBA 2:30p Louisville WDRB Play-by-Play: *15 TBA 2:30p David Sullivan Analyst: *22 TBA 2:30p Louis Breeden "Denotes g.ime will /,c selected a minimum of 12 days prior to the sc/mluled telecast.

ESPN SCHEDULE September ll!rul = 6 East Carolina at West Virginia 11 :30p SPORTS 13 Cincinnati at East Carolina 7:00p ESPN2 SCHEDULE ,r:::,r-1 I TH-ETDT ALSPORTSNETW-DRK' UI August 30 Southern Miss at Florida 5:00p September 6 Southern Miss at Illinois 6:00p 20 Tulane at Syracuse 5:00p ,:::,r-1 1· = 27 Cincinnati at Boston College 5:00p - £ ABC SCHEDULE Note: Game(s) to be determined .a:=.

CBS SCHEDULE September = 13 Illinois at Louisville 2:30p • 20 Penn State at Louisville 11 :00a 27 Southern Miss at Alabama TBA K&Sseo,ys

All times listed arr Cent rul and subject to ,hangr. 17 * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E The Future of Con/e re nee USA USA • • •••• n March 10, 1997, it was announced Army that the United States Military Academy (Ar m y). would become a football-playing member of Conference US1\, beginning with the 1998 season. The Cadets arc coming off one of the most successful seasons in recent years. Army set a school record for wins with 10, played against Auburn in the Poulan \.'\Ired Eater Independence Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 24 in the final CNN/US!\ Today Coaches poll. In its 107-year football history, the Cadets have captured three national championships and produced three Hcisman Trophy winners. Army is coached by Bob Sutton, who won the Bobby Dodd Coach of t he Year Award last season, which honors the top roach in Division l-1\ football. Army will face one C-US/\ school in 1997, traveling to Tulane on Oct. 4.

QUICK FACTS

Location: West Point, N.Y Founded: 1802 Enrollment: 4,000 Nicknames: Cadets/Black Knights 1Jdam Thompson Colors: Black, Gold and Gray Stadium: Michie (39,929) Superintendent: Lt. Gen. Daniel \-V. Christman Commandant of Cadets: Brig. Gen. Robert J. St. Onge Jr. Dean of the Academic Board: Brig. Gm. Fletcher M. Lamkin Jr. Athletic Director: Al Vamlerbush Head Coach: Bob Sutton Sports Information Director: Bob Beretta Robert Brown Office Phone: 914/938-3303 1997 SCHEDULE Office Fax: 914/446-2556 Press Box Phone: 914/938-3377 Basic Offense: Pro Set September Basic Defense: 4-3 Multiple 6 MARSHALL l:30p Lettermen Returning/Lost: 31/34 13 LAFAYETTE 1:30p 1996 Record: 10-2-0 20 at Duke 7:00p Postseason: Independence Bowl All-Time Record: 607-341-51 (.633) 27 MIAMI (OHIO) 1:30p Bowl Appearances: 4 October Bowl Record: 2-2 4 at Tulane 8:00p Last Appearance: 1996, Independence 18 RUTGERS Noon 25 COLGATE 1:30p HEAD COACH November 8 at Air Force 2:00p Bob Sutton 15 NORTH TEXAS 1 :30p Eastern Michigan '7 4 22 at Boston College Noon Career Record: December 34-32-1 (.515), Six seasons 6 vs. Navv ? Record at Army: Noon

34-32-1 (.515), Six seasons ,,.._ at Cianls St.idium 18 All l imcs List rr n and subject lo change. * * * * The Future of Con/e re nee USA CO*N FEREN*C E USA ...... n November 14, I 99(,, it was UAB announced that U1\B, a charter member of Conference USA in all other sports, would join the league in football competition, beginning with the l 999 season. The Blazers completed their first season of Division l-1\ football last fall, compiling a .'i-6 record while pl.iving schools such as Auburn, Cincinnati. Marvland and Vanderbilt. U1\B advanced from a club = team to l-1\ status in just six years, playing two seasons at the Division III level and three at l-1\!\. The Blazers arr coached by vvatson Brown. who was previously head coach at Cincinnati, Rice and Vanderbilt. This season, LIAB will fare two conference schools, Cincinnati and Memphis, both on the road.

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Location: Birmingham, Alabama Founded: 1969 Enrollment: 16,452

Nickname: Blazers Kevin Drake Colors: Forest Green and Old Gold Stadium: Legion Field (83,091) = President: Paul Hardin Faculty Athletics Rep.: Dr. Rose Andrews-Scripa Athletic Director: Gene Bartow Senior Woman Adm.: Ros Ervin Head Coach: VVatson Brown lzell Reese Associate SID/Football Contact: Reid Adair Office Phone: 205/934-7586 1997 SCHEDULE = Office Fax: 205/975-9865 Press Box Phone: TBA August Basic Offense: Multiple 28 at Kansas 7:00p Basic Defense: 3-4 September c.n 1996 Record: 5-6 6 at Memphis 6:00p Postseason: None 13 at Arizona 9:00p 20 JACKSONVILLE STATE 6:00p = All-Time Record: 5-6 27 at Southwestern La. 7:00p October 4 WESTERN KENTUCKY 6:00p HEAD COACH 11 at Cincinnati 6:00p November Watson Brown Vanderbilt '7 3 1 at Virginia Tech Noon = Career Record: 8 TECH 1:00p 42-89-1 (.322), 12 seasons 15 TENNESSEE TECH 1:00p Record at UAB: 22 at Arkansas State 2:00p 10-12 (.455), Two seasons .-\II limes Central and subject lo chang,·. 19 * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E Bowl Directory USA ...... FtUERAL EXPRESS ORANGE Miami. Florida January 2 CBS *Bowl Alliance (Selection #1 vs. Selection #2) 7:00p NOKIA SUGAR , Louisiana January 1 ABC *Bowl Alliance (Selection #3 vs. Selection #5) 7:00p TOSTITOS FIESTA Tempe, Arizona December 31 CBS *Bowl Alliance (Selection #4 vs. Selection #6) 6:30p ROSE Pasadena, California January 1 ABC Big Ten #1 vs. Pac-IO #1 4:00p SOUTHWESTERN BELL COTTON Dallas, Texas January I CBS B_i_g 12 #2 vs. WAC #1 or Pac-10 #2 12:30p CompUSA FLORIDA CITRUS Orlando, Florida January ABC Big Ti..·n #2 vs. SEC #2 Noon TOYOTA GATOR Jacksonville, Florida January NBC ACC #2 vs. Big East #2 11 :30a OUTBACK Tampa, Florida January ESPN SEC #3 vs. Big Ten #3 10:00a CHICK-fil-A PEACH Atlanta, Gcorgin January 2 ESPN ACC #3 vs. SEC #4 2:00p NORWEST BANK SUN El Paso, Texas December 31 CBS Big Tm #5 vs. Pac-10 #3 1:0Qp ST. JUDE LIBERTY Memphis, Tennessee December 31 ESPN C-USA #1 vs. Bjg East #4 2:30p BUILDERS SQUARE ALAMO San Antonio. Texas December 30 ESPi': Bjg Ten #4 vs.~ig 12 #4 7:00p BOISE Boise, Idaho December 29 ESPN2 ~ig West #1 ~- Open Noon PLYMOUTH HOLIDAY San Diego, California December 29 ESPi': _WAC #1 or JJ_ac-10 #2 vs._ Big 12 #3 '!_:00p CARQUEST Miami, Florida December 29 TBS Big East #3 vs. !\CC #4 6:30p COPPER Tucson, Arizona December 27 ESPN WAC #2 vs. Big 12 #5 or #6 8:00p MOTOR CITY Pontiac, Michigan December 26 ESPN MA.C # 1 vs. Open 7:00p JEEP EAGLE ALOHA Honolulu, Hawaii December 25 ABC Big 12 #5 or #6 vs. Pac-10 #4 2:30p POULAN/WEED EATER Shreveport, Louisiana December 28 ESPN INDEPENDENCE S_J::C #5 vs. Open 7:_00p LAS VEGAS Las Vegas, Nevada December 20 ESPN \I\TAC #3 vs. Open TBA

'""BO\\'I .-\lli.JnCt consists of six teams. including l hr champions of the :-\CC. Big East. Hi.I.! 12 .md SEC. ahlllg with two wild r.ird teams. 20 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Cincinnati USA QUICK FACTS

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Founded: 1819 Enrollment: 36,000 Nickname: Bcarcats Colors: Red and Black = Stadium: Nippert Stadium (35,000) President: Dr. Joseph A. Steger Faculty Athletics Rep.: Dr. Nancy l Iamant Athletic Director: Gerald O'Dell Senior Woman Adm.: Heather Lyke Head Coach: Rick Minter

SPORTS INFORMATION FOOTBALL FACTS

Associate SID/Football Contact: Brian McCann Office Phone: 513 556-5191 Basic Offense: Pro Set Home Phone: 513/481-5002 Basic Defense: 4-3 Multiple Fax: 513/556-0619 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 37/20 Press Box Phone: 513/556-1010 Starters Returning: 16 Offense 9 Defense 6 HEAD COACH Specialists 1 1996 Record: 6-5-0 Rick Minter Postseason: None Henderson State '78 All-Time Record: .450-468-51 (.491 l Career Record: Bowl Appearances: 3 14-18-1 ( .439), Three seasons Bowl Record: 2-1-0 Record at Cincinnati: Last Appearance: 1950, Sun 14-18-1 ( .439), Three seasons =

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Dr. Joseph A. Steger Gerald O'Dell i'resuicnt .-lthlctic Director

Nippert Stadium (35,000)

I leather Lyke Brian Mccann SH~l Foot/1,1// sin 21 •• * • • • CONFERENCE Cincinnati USA • • •••• 1997 SCHEDULE

August 28 TULSA 7:00p September 6 at Tulane 7:00p 20 KAi'JSAS 7:00p 27 at Boston College 7:00p October 4 MEMPHIS 7:00p 11 UAB 7:00p 18 at Houston 8:00p 25 at Miami (Ohio) 2:00p November 1 SOUTHERN MISS 1:00p 8 LOUISVILLE 1:00p 13 at East Carolina 8:00p RICK MINTER

AU times E<.1stern ,111tl sul~jrrt to ch.:111gl'. Hometown: Texarkana, Texas Conference games in bolcl ilalin. Alma Mater: Henderson State '78 Born: October 4, 1954 1996 RESULTS Coaching Experience 1994- Cincinnati Head Coach - 14-18-1 (.4391 3 seasons A30 TULANE L 14-34 0-1 1992-93 Notre Dame Def. Coordinator/Inside 1985-91 Ball State Asst. Head Coach/Def 57 KENTUCKY w 24-3 1-1 Coordinator/Linebackers 514 at Kansas State L 0-35 1-2 1984 New Mexico St. Linebackers 1980-82 North Carolina St. Defensive Ends/Academic Coordinator 528 MIAMI (OJ 110) w 30-23 (lot) 2-2 1979 Louisiana Tech Defensive Ends/Recruiting Coordinator 05 at Memphis L 16-18 2-3 1978 Arkansas Assistant Linebackers Coach 1977 Henderson St. Graduate Assistant 012 BOSTON COLLEGE L 17-24 2-4 Career Head Coaching Record: 14-18-1 l.4391 - 3 seasons 019 HOUSTON w 31-20 3-4 026 at Louisville w 10-7 4-4 Coaching Staff Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs N2 at (#23) Southern Miss L 17-21 4-5 Joe Daniels (Slippery Rock '641 ~ CC Offensive Coordinator/ N16 at LIAB w 34-14 :)-_) Greg Seamon (Marian '771 N23 NORTHEAST L\. w 35-13 6-5 Defensive Coordinator Rex Ryan (SW Oklahoma State '871 Defensive Backs Kim Dameron (Arkansas '831 Defensive Line * * * * * * Greg Karpinsky (Akron '881 KEY DATES Wide Receivers Joker Phillips (Kentucky '861 Tight Ends Veterans Report: August 5 Greg Hudson (Notre Dame '9Dl Linebackers/Special Teams Freshmen Report: August 2 Don Martindale (Defiance '881 Offensive Line Media Day: August 6 Larry Zierlein (Fort Hays State '71 l

Fall Classes Begin: September 24 Football Office Phone 513/556-5986 Fax: 513/556-9009 22 * * * * 1997 ROSTER * * CONFERENCE NO. :--.AME POS. 1n: wt: YR. EXP. HOMETOW'.',;/115, JC or COLLEGE 26 l·lln-y ,\lk11 llB :i-7 I 9 I Su. !IS Ci11,i1111.ili, (lhi,1 Th,,mas ,Vlllrc Norl hwrst USA HS 1, ,sh 1\miLTs,,11 TE b-,) 2:i;1 .Jr 2L Akr. 111, l lhio ,\rchhishop l loh.m ...... ,., ...... ,_ Fred Arrust c.id 1lT 6-3 261 s,,. 2SQ l\1iarni, lb. R~1111s1.111 Evcrgl,1,ks ...... 98 K,·1111y-R,1y ,\ugusluslll. 6-.1 27.S Jr. _,c Hl1lingl1rl)l)k, Ill. ,,,lict JC 49 hi, Heal Fil (1-ll 2.lll .Jr. 2L I . .11K,1sl er, ·kxas · Lrncaster 76 Cluis RL'il LYr (1-6 30(, so 2SQ Union, ( lhi,1 Nort hmont 66 Kr11 Higgs l x: 6--.S 284 So. IL W,1lli11gl,1nl, L·o1111. Milford ,\,·c1dcmy 84 l 'ornclius lsonncr WR 6-ll 179 .Ir. IL L;;iifney. S.C. l~n ff11cy ·l~eorg it1 Milit,H'y ~ ,J.(, c;rr,ird Br;iyhoy FS 5-1 l1 184 Ir. IL l·on>a Bc.uh. Fla. l 'lll'lkl 7H Pierre Hrilfont ot 6-8 326 s.. 21 l;,H'ncrvi I k, N.Y. ,\ iiltord _ _Acadrn1y ;-4 Sn,tl Bryant UL 6-.l 290 S1.l. 2SU. Llrl,1mk1. 11.1. Llak Ridge t',.,, .Jc-IT Htt!TOW WR 5-8 182 Sll. II S1 Ivester, l;il. VVorl h count y (i.l Viurcnt Byrd Cl! 6-2 2LJ2 Ir. ll .h uul ion Cit 1·. Kan. l·offq ,•ilk l.l' --+H I l;iss;rn Champion LB 6-1 226 lr. 2L l,1ll.ih,1ss,·,·. Fl.i G,1dln = :i2 Stew l·hay_:ra LS 6-2 218 Sr I I. LIS \',·g,1s, i\['\'. Coll. , 11 I he Desert i.LlWlT\' Cole DB 6-2 226 Sr I I. Mrridinn. Miss. li1st I\ li-«. Colkgr 8.l .t.ison l·ollins-1\akcr \\'R 'i-Hl 181 l·r. lSU. Dct roit , :\lid 1. l·ass ·k,h 33 Robert l·,,Llprr RR '.i- 1 I ll/7 SP. IL ll.1i11h1·idge, l;;1. HainhridgL' NI 31 llob l·upp,,Ia WR 6-1 ll/fl l'r. ISll Lowellville. l lhi,1 Lowellville Brad Jackson 4.1 Phillip C11rry LB 6-ll 2.)lJ Sr. .JL Poul i.u. Mich. l'enkral 43 R,,mnH·I Davis TE C,-1 24LJ lr. 1SU. Columbus, Ohi,1 \\'alnul Ridge 61 loci llolinski C (i-3 .\Oll Sr 3L Ambridge, Pa. Ambridge 92 l'rrcy l·:v,rns nE 6-3 2.7 7 .Ir. 2L Boston. M,1. West Roxburv L·ushing ,\c'dd. 67 .l.ison 1:,1!Jini LlT (l-7 ,)2L) Sr. 31. r,,rt \\';11·11c·, Ind. Hishop ll\\'c'ngrr = 4Ll Shawn Ferg1~011 JlB .l-7 f so Jr. lL Crcrn.i, lb. Sh,rnks )l 11,·.lu,m l;llssctt Ill\ . ,- I I lHB Fr . 1Sl1. Cinci1111.iti, Ohio \.V\, '()111i11t,~l LJ4 kcl L;ruhh llL (1-4 2.H Jr. JC llulknll,d, Kan. I lutchinsll!l l.L 6 1:ric llaqwr llH 'i- I I 2ll4 .Jr. JC ,\ \cKe,·sp"rl, Pa. I lutchinsl1ll l.l. 21 ,\rtrcll I f,11-vkins U\ 'i- I l1 llJ() Sr. . ll .i,1lmst,nv11, Pa . J\islll,p Mcl'llrl ~ 11 l;reg J-lerg"tl llH (,-2 2 }(1 .Ir. TR Fllrt Mildll'II, Ky lkcrhw,1lld 3 I iL'IT\. J-1,1well l.H 'i- I Ll 192 .Ir. JSQ Ym111gst,11vn, Ohi,, Ursuline t1Ll ,\slil,·\ J-111111 Tl·: 6-_s 2:rn Fr. ISQ l.e,·slrnrglt, lb. LL'L'Sln1rgh 6ll .las,·11 Isom LI\ 6-ll 22.7 So. I IS Whcatlr\1 I Its, N.Y.. I lalf J-Iolk1w I fills West .l Brad J,1cksl111 Lil 6-2 224 Sr. JL ;\kmn, [lhi() Fircstl1n,· lJ.l I\J,·id .Jackson llE 6-2 226 . 1 r. 21 . lklk l;b,k, 11,1. c;li!des Ccntr,1I = 4.l f),111g Johnson I' 5-B 206 Sr. ISL2. I., 1\'cl,md, l lh i,, Milf,ml .)L) Eddi,· .lnhnslln LB 6-ll 2Ll6 l'r . !SU. Kir·klaml, \:Vi1sl1. .J11,111ili! l.l .J,,e _ludgc K 5-1 I I -, _, So. ISQ f·,1irficld, l )!Ji,) J\i!din l) Tinka Keck Dll 6-1 I lJ.3 Ir ll l;()lldl.rnd, K,111. llutchinson Cl. l)l) .John K,,halka DT 6-4 270 Sr. 31. Uevrl,rnd, l lhi() Olmsted Falb J:=a 70 .Jason I .isck OL 6-4 274 Sn. lSll Mishawi!b, Ind. ,\lishawak.1 41 Roh f.lll·.is Lf\ 6-0 2.!7 l1· 2L r,,rt \ \'.iync, 1ml. Rish,1p [)\ven1,-,1c r Daryl Royal 24 .kff ,\lcl.Lllll 0.B (1-J 221 Fr. 1.'ill f';1!;1tb, Fh l'.1btL-1 19 1)011 McKnight CB ~-q 1-,_1 Ir 2L l\fo1mi, Fla. Sllu I hridge 14 l;imain llwens WR (1-ll llJll .Ir·. 3Sll Clrwli!nd, llhill L;lcnvilk 16 J\rrnt l'l'lrus QB (1-4 2L).) Sr. 2L EI\Tii!, Llhiu l·.ith,,lic = 57 .i,l!lll'S l'hrlps I.H (1- I 22:~ Sl). lSll Cinci1111dli, Uhill i\mdi,1 4 l·had l'lummer llJl (1-.l 2.Hl .Ir. 2L T::111,J!Jdsse,·, Flc1. L;udby 2 1,,1111 P,1wcll IVR (l·-2 17;} Jr. JC St. L()ttis. l\lc1. K,·mper Cl 89 l1ryan Frrslon TE (1-> 2:;(1 SP. 2Sll Spri11gi>,1n>, llhi,1 Springlmn, 95 I lcrrick R,lllS0111 IH (1-4 2HLJ Sr. .lL l11dian,qll1lis, Ind. l..iv,-rencrhurg C,·nt r,II c.n 12 l::r·i,· Ri,h,mls K :i-8 ]()l) Sr. 3L J\t1rgdtr, Fl,1. L()C()llllt Crc,·k .)8 11.ir\ I R,11 al rn c, .. 2 _') ·_) ,)l Sr. lL L."lumhus. Llhi,1 l; 1·, 1veport M,1dis,,n H2 S,1rcd Safi Fl\ 'i-1 I 2 I.~ Ir. .lSll llnion, Ky . Ryle 90 l)crnn Sa~·.:1gL' llT 6-2 .l]'i .Ir. IL Boyntlln l\c'.ich, Fb. S,111 Lucius 7q lllln Scheit h,· ,n 6-.l 303 So. 11. lk,ll"(l!1 Lill.s, Cllnn. Milford 1\c.!llcmy 11 .l.is,,11 Simmons 1m '.i-1 I 232 Fr. IS()_ Cr,nvf,mlsvilk, Fl,1. Fl,,rida 1\8,M = 69 Jolrn Skilli11gs l )J. 6-.7 29ll Ir. IC l'h,11np,1ig11, Ill. :c,,llcge of Dul'.1gc .\2 ·1,1ny Smiklr Ll!l 6-., 2ll8 Fr. I.SU. 1:,11·ming,bk, rs:.Y Lmningdak 42 Smith Lil 6-ll 234 Ir. f Sll List Chici!g,,, Ind. l·entral 1\,1r"n -- 3~ Fre,kly Smith nl\ 6-ll 182 Ir. ISQ l·incinnati, l lhio. Princeton 36 Lrnd,111 Smith FB 5-1 I 240 Sr. IL M,1dis,,11. Miss. C111t,,11 llolm,·s .IC J:=a 2ll [lrbml,1 Smith rn 6-ll 247 Ir. 11 Elrnir.i. :-,: y IJ111ira lcrm,1i11c Sturkie Cll 5-8 197 Sr .ll l.lllllmln1s, Llhin Ccnlrnnial 81 lsa;1c Thomas Dll 'i- 1 I 194 Fr. ISll l-t1krr, Fla. ll,1kl'I' q7 Chris l't·.ihan DT 6-0 2(,4 Sn. ISll Ci11cinn,1ti, l lhi,1 LaSalle- Arlrell Hawkins 7:i llrian llhl C 6-5 2LJ:") .1 r 2L Ci1Ki11n,1ti, Llhi,1 CAPE = 47 David Vilovitz FB (1-] 2.{6 Ir. IL Elyriil, Uhio 1:lyria C1th"lic 55 Fred W;ml DT (1-2 2lJI Sr. 1L lkll,llll\', :\l,1. Sumter S,11,rn,1

~Ii- K,·vin \\';ird DT 6-1 .llll It·. 2L Chmtilly. Va. lhmtilly f,1rk Union Mil. 1\i:ad. 6'i Frank \Nrnz C 6-4 274 Su. 2Sll Many N.Y. Milford 1\cadcrny 23 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Cincinnati USA • ... • ... 19. 97 DEPTH CHART

(Returning starters in hold I

Lettermen Returning Lost: .3 7 /20 Starters Offensive Returning/Lost: 9;2 Defensive Retur ning Lost: 6 4 Special Teams Returning Lost: I l

Offense WR Cornelius Bonner, Jeff Burrow LT Jason Fabini. Chris Bell LG Joel Dolinski, John Skillings C Brian Uhl, Jason Lisck RG Ken Biggs, Vince B~1rd RT Pierre Brilliant, Don Schcithe TE Josh Anderson, Ashley I lunt \VR Jason Collins-Baker, John Powell llB Chad Plummer, Brent Petrus fB Eric Beal, Landon Smith TB Daryl Royal, Robert Cooper Orlando Smith Jason Pabini

Defense DE Percy Evans, Ted Grubb 1997 SPRING SIGNEES DT John Kobalka. Fred VVard OT Kevin Ward, Deren Savaga NO NAME PDS. HT. WT. YR. IIIMETIIWNlllS, JC er COUfGE DE Der rick Ransom, David Jackson OLB Hassan Champion, Eddie Johnson 80 Chris Archie WR 6-4 196 Fr. , Mich./Renaissance MLB Phillip Curry, Rob Lucas 56 Chris Campbell DL 6-4 225 Fr. Lakeland, Fla./Kathleen OLB Brad Jackson, Lowery Cole 44 Kwesi Daniels LB 5-11 215 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y./lndependence CB Don McKnight, Bobby Fuller 68 Joe Dixon DL 6-3 330 Fr. Columbus. Ohio/Brookhaven CB Artrell Hawkins, Shawn Ferguson 55 Eric Harper, Jermaine Sturkie 18 Dushawn Dorsey WR 6-2 170 Fr. Somerville, N J./Somerv1lle FS Tinker Keck, Freddie Smith 54 Keith Dugan LS 6-1 231 Fr. Glouster. Ohio/Trimble 91 Sedrick Edwards DL 6-8 290 So. Fort Myers, Fla./Coffeyville CC Specialists 73 Ted Forrest DL 6-5 310 Fr. Houston, Texas/Robert E. Lee K Eric Richards 10 Bobby Fuller DB 5-11 170 Jr. Lexington, N C./Hutchinson CC P Doug Johnson 37 Lloyd Garden RB 5-11 225 Fr. Akron, Ohio/Copley Key Losses 58 Joseph Hamilton LB 6-4 215 Fr. Columbus, Ohio/Briggs \NR Anthony Lacki 82 A.J. Jackson TE 6-4 245 Jr. Palatka, Fla./Ft. Scott JC WR Robert Tate 85 DeWayne Johnston TE 6-3 235 Fr. Columbus, Dhro/Brookhaven OT Darrius Felder DE Terry Grooms 7 Deontey Kenner' QB 6-2 180 Fr. Hopkinsville, Ky./Hopkinsville CB Jermaine Trent 15 Jason Mammarelli K/P 6-1 190 Fr. Hollywood, Fla/South Broward 55 Sam Garnes 50 Doug Rosfeld DL 6-4 245 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller FS Chris I lewitt 17 Tejuan Stoker DB 5-10 185 Fr. Longview, Texas/Longview p Steve Smith 57 Kirk Thompson LB 6-2 220 Fr. Portsmouth, Dhio/P01tsmouth 54 Dan Wortman LB 6-2 225 Fr. Mason, Ohio/Mason

24 * * * * Cincinnati CO*N FEREN*C E USA • • • • 1996 TEAM STATISTICS 1996 INDIVIDUAL LEADEkS

Category UC Opponents Rushing J\tt. Yds. 1\vg. TD Long First Downs 168 181 Daryl Royal 167 85:l 5.1 .J 42 Rushes-Yards 521-2409 448-1774 Robert Cooper 114 _-, 11 4.5 .l (17 Rushing Yards/Game 181.4 121.3 Landon Smith 73 285 .l. 9 (o 19 Passes At t. Comp .. Int. 224-112-8 311-131-9 TOli\LS 521 1995 .l.8 16 67 Completion Pct. ..5 00 .421 Passing Yards 1564 1727 Passing Yards. Game 142.2 157.0 Passing Art. Comp Pct. INT Yards TD Total Off. Plays. Yds 745-3559 759-3061 Chad Plummer 198 102 ,-, 1.5 8 1335 7 Total Offense-Game 323.5 278.3 Brent Petrus 24 9 3 7.5 0 220 3 Punts-Average 71-40.8 75-40.3 TLTI:·\LS 224 112 50.0 8 1564 10 Punt Returns-Avg. 32-9.9 34-5.0 Kickoff Returns-Avg. 34-21.5 41-21.0 Receiving Rec Yds. Avg. TD Long Interceptions-Yards 9-119 8-132 Robert Tate 23 247 10.7 2 37t Fumbles-Lost 22-11 15-10 Anthony Ladd 21 409 19.5 3 771 Penalties-Yards 94-792 77-565 Daryl Royal 17 184 10.8 59 = 3rd Conversions 49-172 49-173 3rd Down Conversion Pct. .285 .283 Landon Smith 12 172 14.3 62 4th Down Conversions 8-19 13-25 TOT1\LS 112 1564 14.0 IO 77t 4th Down Conversion Pct . .421 .520 Avg. Time of Possession 31:30 28:30 Field Goals Made-Alt. Pd. Long Eric Richards 13-21 .619 45

BEARCAT CLAWS Punting No. Yards 1\vg. In 20 Long Steve Smith 68 2795 41.1 13 6.l Tl)l:\LS 71 2900 40.8 14 (,3 * Cincinnati will be aiming for its third straight winning season in 1997, something that a Kickoff Returns :\:o. Yards Avg. TDS Long Chris I Icwit t 9 273 .Hl..l 0 60 Bearcat team has not accomplished since 197 4- Robert Tate 11 202 18.4 0 31 76. TOT\LS 34 731 21.5 0 60 * Phillip Curry enters his senior season Punt Returns No. Yds. Avg. TDs Long 1 ranked fifth on UC s all-time tackle list with 349. Robert Tate 26 252 9.7 0 42 TOTALS 32 316 9.9 1 42 = He recorded a team-leading 113 stops in 1996,

his third consecutive year with more than 100 Tackles Solos Ast Total tackles. Phillip Curry 57 56 113 * Senior kicker Eric Richards enters the 1996 Brad Jackson .:_1, 53 110 Hassan Champion 56 45 101 UI campaign having made a school-record 49 Chris I Irwit t 1,1 19 80 consecutive extra points. Sam (;anu·s 47 22 (,9 TOL\LS 60,'j !97 1002 * Senior Daryl Royal is the leading returning rusher = in Conference USA. He gained 853 yards on 167 lntcrccptrons No. Yds. i\vg. TD Jermaine Trent 3 30 ro.n () carries last season (5.1 avg.l. Chris Hewitt 2 _C,_) 2h.0 0 * Last season, UC set Nippert Stadium records for 2 24 12.0 0 total attendance (145,532) and average TOT\LS 9 119 l.l.2 0 attendance (24,256). The Bearcats twice set single-game attendance records, against = Kentucky and Miami (Ohio).

25 CONFERENCE Cincinnati Primary Media USA • • •N 'tWS•P APERS RADIO WGRR 12. 11 West Sharon Road John Nolan Paul Keels Cincinnati, OH 45249 WLW-AM 513/321-8900 312 Elm St. 1111 St. Gregory Cincinnati, OH 452.02 Cincinnati, 011 45215 WAVE 513 · 2.41-2386 513/241-1168 250 West Court Cincinnati, OH 452.02 United Press International Jim Kelly 513i241-9500 50 West Broad St. UC Radio Analyst Columbus, OH 43215 9555 Bluewing Terrace WIZF 800. -282-1076 Cincinnati, OH 45241 7030 Reading Road Cincinnati, OH 4523 7 Tom Groeschen Scott Springer 513i351-5900 Cincinnati Enquirer WLW-AM 312 Elm St. 1111 St. Gregory Kert Radel Cincinnati, OH 45202 Cincinnati, OH 45215 WMOH 513. 768-8440 513/241-1168 2081 Fairgrove Ave. Hamilton, OH 45011 Bill Petersen WCKY-AM 513 • 863- 1111 Cincinnati Post 1111 St. Gregory 125 East Court St. Cincinnati, Ol 1 45215 Fred Slezak Cincinnati, OH 452.02 513/241-1168 WINK-FM 513.i 352-276 7 1906 I Iighland Jeff Piccoro Cincinnati, Oil 45204 Dirk Allen WBOB-1\M 513/763-5732 Hamilton Journal 625 Eden Park Drive Court St. and Journal Square Cincinnati, 011 452.02 TELEVISION Hamilton, 011 450 I 2 513/562-3035 513. 863-8200 George Vogel Dennis Walker \VLWT-TV Dave Long WEBN 140 West Ninth St. Dayton Daily News 1111 St. Gregory Cincinnati, OH 45202 Fourth and Ludlow Streets Cincinnati, Ori 45202 513/352-5017 Dayton, OH 45401 513/871-6397 513/225-2405 John Popovich John Perin WCPO-TV Charles Kauffman WOBO 500 Central Ave. The News Record P.O. Box 338 Cincinnati, OH 45202 University of Cincinnati Owensville, OH 45160 513/852-4077 Mail Location 15 513/732.-3232 Cincinnati, OI I 452.2.1 Brad Johansen Sports Director WKRC-TV Larry Dettmer WVXU 1906 Highland Ave. Bcarcat Sports Digest Cincinnati, OI I 45219 P.O. Box 9444 Cincinnati, OI I 452.07 513/763-5452 Cincinnati, OI I 45209-0444 513/745-3738 51 ]/684-4433 Greg I Ioard Bill Meredith WXIX-TV Mark Brown WCIN 19 Broadcast Plaza Cincinnati Herald 3520 Reading Road 635 W. 7th St. 863 Lincoln Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45229 Cincinnati, OH 45203 Cincinnati, OH 45206 513/281-7180 513/421-1919

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CONFERENCE East Carolina USA QUICK FACTS

Location: Greenville, N.C. Founded: 1907 Enrollment: 17,479 Nickname: Pirates Colors: Purple and Gold = Stadium: Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (43,000) Chancellor: Dr. Richard R. Eakin Faculty Athletics Rep.: Dr. Ernest Schwarz Athletic Director: Mike Hamrick Senior Woman Adrn.: Rosie Thompson Head Coach: Steve Logan

SPORTS INFORMATION FOOTBALL FACTS

SID: Norm Reilly Basic Offense: Pro Set Office Phone: 919. 328-4522 f Iornc Phone: 919./321-9229 Basic Defense: Multiple 50 Fax: 919/328-4528 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 40/23 Press Box Phone: 919/328-4697 Starters Returning: 9 Offense 4 Defense .4 HEAD COACH Specialists 1 1996 Record: 8-3-0 Steve Logan Postseason: None Tulsa '75 All-Time Record: 302-276-11 (.522) Career Record: Bowl Appearances: 9 31-26-0 (.544), Five seasons Bowl Record: 6-3-0 Record at East Carolina: Last Appearance: 1995, Liberty 31-26-0 (.544), Five seasons

UI = Dr. Richard Eakin Mike Hamrick Cluutccllor ,lth/ctic Di,wtor

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Dowdy-Ficklen (43,000)

Rosie Thompson Norm Reilly .SlL-l h>ol/1.i II SJ[) 27 * * * * * * CONFERENCE East Carolina USA • ... .. • . . 1997 SCHEDULE

September 6 at West Virginia 12:30p 13 WAKE FOREST 4:00p 20 SOUTH C\ROLINA 3:00p October 4 at Syracuse TB1\ 11 SOUTHERN MISS 2:00p 18 at Tulane 8:00p 25 MEMPHIS 2:00p November 1 at Louisville 3:00p 8 at Houston 3:30p 13 CINCINNATI 8:00p

22 at North Carolin ..1 State TB1\ STEVE LOGAN ,,\() t imr-, F.:istrrn and .... uhil'L'I ll1 d1,1ngc. Confcn·nn· gcunes in hold ildlit-.,·. Hometown: Lawton, Okla. Alma Mater: Tulsa '75 Born Feb. 3, 1953 1996 RESULTS Coaching Experience 1992- East Carolina Head Coach - 31-26-0 L544l 5 seasons 1990-91 East Carolina Offensive Coordinator 57 EA.ST Tli\:i\:. STATE \V 45-21 1-0 1989 East Carolina Running Backs 514 at West Virginia L 9-10 I- I 1987-88 Mississippi State Quarterbacks 1985-86 Colorado Running Backs 521 at South Carolina w 23-7 2-1 1983-84 Tulsa Offensive Coordinator 528 CENTIML fLORID/\ w 28-7 3-1 1981-82 Hutchinson JC Head Coach 1980 Oklahoma State Tight Ends 010 SOLITI I ER:'\ MISS L 7-28 3-2 1975-79 Union High School 019 at Miami (Fla.) \V 31-6 4-2 Career' Head Coaching Record: 31-26-0 (.544) 5 seasons ;'\ J I - 1\RK/\NSAS 5T\TE \V 34-16 Coaching Staff N9 at Virginia Tech L 14-35 5-.3 Defensive Backs i\:I (1 o: 11O LI. w 55-35 6-3 Jim Fleming (Univ. of the South '82) Defensive Coorcinatorzlnside Linebackers N23 ,1 t Memphis w 20-10 7-3 Paul Jette (Texas '77) N.W vs. No. Carolina St.* \V 50-29 8-3 Offensive Line Chuck Kelly (Louisiana Tech '79) • dl 1-:rirsslm Studium rh.ulot t v. ~.C. Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Doug Martin (Kentucky '86) Running Backs * * * * * * Jerry McManus (Wake Forest '76) KEY DATES Tight Ends Willie Scott (South Carolina '81 l Outside Linebackers Veterans Report: August 9 James Webster (North Carolina '72) Recruiting Coordinator' Freshmen Report: August 6 Terry Tilghman (East Carolina '95) Defensive Line Media Day: August 11 Clift Yoshida (Cal Poly Pomona '63)

Fall Classes Begin: August 20 Football Office Phone 919/328-4568 Fax 919/328-4646 28 1997 ROSTER

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(Rr-turnin~ starters in hold)

Lettermen Returning Lost: 40 23 Starters Offensive Returning Lost: 4 7 Defensive Ret urning; Lost: 4. 7

Special Teams Rel urning Lost: I 1 1

Offense SE Larry Shannon, Troy Smith IT Dom Lausic. .r.nncs Bell Ll; Corey Russell, Mondell Corbett C Danny Moore, Rod Emcrv RG Sherwin Lacewell, Ant horn Nobles RT Stace~· \Nhitl'head, Ryan V\lhalcy TE Burk Collins, Rashan Burns FL Jason Nichols, Lamont Chappell H-B Linwood Drlsrcw, Marccilus Harris O.B Dan Gonzalez. Bobby Weaver, Ernest Tinnin FB Scott Harley, Jamie vvilson

Dnn Gonzalez Defense OT Norris ,vlcCleary, Iornha McMillan Nl; Travis Darden, Mh.r, o Ahmadu 1997 SPRING SIGNEES DT Dwayne Ledford, Brian Johnson 01.B Roderick Coleman, NO NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HDME111WN/HS, JC or COU.EGE Freddie Claybrooks BB Marcus Bryson TE 6-5 240 Fr. Laurens, S.C./Laurens WLB Jeff Kerr, Clcnton Cochran 82 Delayo Dodd WR 6-5 225 Fr. Winston-Salem, N.C./Carver l\:ILB Brian Ray, Raymond Massey 93 Cor·ey Floyd TE 6-3 250 Fr. Trenton, N.J./Lawrenceville 01.B Matt Semenza, Marc Yellock 97 Derrick Gamble DL 6-5 260 Fr. NE¢ine, N.JNal~ Forge (Pal Miitarv CB Chris Satterfield, Dwight I lcnrv 12 David Gar·rard QB 6-3 240 Fr. Durham, N.CJSouthem Durham CB Tahari VVallace, Forrest Foster 47 Pernell Griffin LB 6-3 227 Fr. Williamston, N C /Williamston SS Kendrick Phillips, Dcconr MrKeithnn 83 Mitch Grizzard TE 6-6 230 Fr. Grifton, N.C./Ayden-Grifton FS Kelvin Suggs, Tavares Tavlor 35 Reggie Hamphill RB 6-2 215 Fr. Jamestown, N.C./Ragsdale 85 Elliotte Hartgrove WR 6-5 220 Fr. Shelby, N C./Crest Specialists 22 Leonard Henry RB 6-1 195 Fr. Clinton, N.C./Clinton K Brantley Rivers 68 Chris Howell DL 6-3 266 Fr. Greenville, N.C./Rose P Andrew Bayes 53 Ty Hunt OE/TE 6-6 220 Fr. Hickory, N.C./Hickory 45 Key Losses Hosea James LB 6-4 218 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Jacksonville 59 Ryan Luckadoo SN 6-3 195 Fr. Anderson, S C./Westside llB Marcus Crandell WR Mitchell Calloway 46 Travis Mazyck WR 6-3 180 Fr. Virginia Beach, Va.;Tallwood TE Scott Rirh.rrds 66 Chris Nelson DL 6-6 280 Fr. Hickory, N.C./Hickory RT Ron Suddith 5 Arnie Powell QB 6-5 205 Fr. Deep Creek, Va ./Deep Creek RG Lamont Burns 38 Charlie Robinson DB 6-0 170 Fr. Vorhees, N.J./Eastern DT Lorenzo vvest 67 Wesley Studivant OT 6-4 296 Fr. Fayetteville, N.C./Fayetteville 71st LB B.J. Cram· 56 Aaron Walker DL 6-3 280 Fr. Columbia, S.C./lrmo LB Carlos Brown 13 Kevin Ward QB 6-2 210 Fr. Kram, N C;fui<.1.Jrrn rviitary Aarerr,, LB Marvin Burke 92 Bernard Williams DE 6-5 212 Fr. Wn:trn&en, NC,NJtli Fasytn FS David I Iart 43 John Williamson DB 6-2 215 Fr. Cerro Gordo, N.C./West Columbus ss Daren Hart PK Chad I Iolcornh 30 ,. * * * * ,. East Carolina CONFERENCE USA • • • • 1996 TEAM STATISTICS 1996 INDIVIDUAL LEADEkS

Category ECU Opponents Rushing An. Yds. 1\vg. TD Long First Downs 248 211 .Srnt t Harlrv .l07 17-l"i 'i.7 1-l 75 Rushes-Yards 415-1991 449-16.37 Marcus Crandell -l.l 109 2., 0 23 Rushing Yards/Game 181.0 148.8 Raymond Mahr\· l o 75 4.7 0 24 1\t 420-226-16 327-185-13 Passes L Comp. Int. IOT\l.S -l I "i I 99 I -l.8 16 75 Completion Pct. .5.l8 .566 = Passing Yards 2829 2082 Passing Yards/Game 257.2 189.J Passing Att. Comp Pct. I:XT Yards TO Total Off. Plays Yds 8.Vi-4820 776-.3719 l\larrus Crandell 2-!5 Ill> S"i., 10 1 .107 16 Total Offense Game 438.2 338.1 Dan l;onzalez 172 90 ,2. J 6 1322 7 Punts-Average 54-40.3 (,5-36.6 TOT\l..S -!20 221, ss.s 11, 2829 2.l Punt Returns-Avg. 25-J.6 21-6.7 Kickoff Rel urns-Avg. 31-17.5 55-21.7 Receiving Rec Yds. :\vg. TD Long Interceptions-Yards 13-155 16-217 Mitchell Galloway -!8 "iS-l 1 I ."i 2 -l.l Fumbles-Lost 14-6 32-2.3 Scott Richards -!3 -!.Vi 10. 1 2 33 Pcualtirs-Yards 89-8 I 7 79-671 Larry Shannon 39 8.M 21.-l l) 7-l 3rd Down Conversions 67-17> 58-157 Scott I lark\ I 9lJ 8.0 0 16 3rd Down Conversion Pct. .387 .369 4th Down Conversions 5-12 J- 11 WT.\l.S 226 2829 12., 2.l 7-l 4th Down Conversion Pct. .41 7 .27.3 1\vg. Time of Possession 29:43 30:17 Fidd Goals Made-Att , Pct. Long Chad Holcomb I.J-2-l .5-!0 52 w

PIRATE PIECES Punting No. Yards Avg. In 20 Long Andrew Bayl's 49 197 2 -!0 .. l 2.l 58 TOli\LS )-± 58 = * After playing the last 20 seasons as an independent, ECU will make its debut as a Kickoff Returns No. Yards 1\vg. TDS Long Kickoff Returns No. Yards .-\\·g. TDs Long member of Conference USA this fall. A member Perez l\laltison 22 l99 18.1 0 -!9 of the prior to becoming an Raymond \lahry -l -!2 1 o.s 0 l.l independent, the Pirates will play their first TOL\I.S 31 "i-!3 17."i -!9

C-USA game on Oct. 11 when they host Punt Returns No. Yds. Avg. TDs Long Jason :,.,:id10ls 17 6"i 3.8 0 17 = Southern Miss. TOT.\I.S 25 90 3.6 0 17 * The Pirates have recorded three straight winning seasons for the first time since the 1977-79 Tackles Solos Ast Total Carlos Brown 79 (l'} H8 seasons. ECU has a record of 24-11 over that vtarvin Burke "i8 113 c.n period with two bowl appearances. Daren llarl "i7 2., 82 * Junior RB Scott Harley is the nation's leading B . .J. Crane -ll 19 (>0 David Harl 1, 'i.l returning rusher. He ran for an ECU-record TlH\LS ,"i8 .316 87-l = 1,745 yards (158.6 per game) last season on Interceptions No. Yds. /\vg. Tl) 307 carries. Forrest Foster .J 27 IL, 0 * Senior split end Larry Shannon is a candidate for Kelvin Suggs 2 o., 0 the Fred Biletnikoff Award. Last season, he led ,\lan·in Burke 2 17 8.5 0 TOT\l.S 1.l 155 11.l/ 0 the nation in yards per reception (24.1 l with 39 receptions for 834 yards and nine TD's. = * The ECU defense led the nation in takeaways last season with 36 (23 fumbles, 13 interceptions).

31 * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E East Carolina Primary Media USA • • •N tWS1 P•A PERS Tom Ham RADIO Daily Times Miki: Grizzard PO. Box 2447 \VRllR-FM Daily Reflector Wilson, NC 27894-2447 PO. Box 1546 209 Cotanche Stred 919 · 243-515 l Greenville, NC 2 7835 Greenville. NC 2 7835 919/ 8.30-0944 919 931-4212 Robert Holland Daily N,:ws \cVZMB-FM Rick Dorsey PO. Box O I 96 Mendenhall Student Center New» & Observer Jacksonville, NC 28541-0196 East Carolina University 21S South MrDowell St. 910 JS.l-1 I 71 Greenville. NC 27858 Raleigh, :--;c 27601 9 I 9 328-6656 919 829-4S60 Howard Ward Sports Editor Frank Gurner Torn Foreman, Jr. Fayetteville Observer \\'DLX-FM Associated Press PO. Box 849 no. Box 1 707 4020 W Chase Blvd.. Suite 300 Fayetteville, NC 28.l06 Washington, NC 27889 Raleigh, NC 27607 9191486-3523 919. 946-2162 919 /833-868 7 Ken Buday I Icnry Hinton .Johnny Moore Sports Editor WCZI-FM Moore Marketing Inc. Sun-Journal 1502 Blacksmith Lane Pirates Chest 226 Pollack Stred Greenville, :\'C 278.H PO. Box 2982 :--:nv Bern, NC 28560-1149 919 8.30-6678 Durham, NC 2 77 I 5-2982 919 638-8101 919 477-4S88 TELEVISION David Williams Sports Editor Sports Editor Rick Sullivan East Carolinan News-Argu» WLFL-TV Publications Center PO. Box I 062 9 3012 l lighwoods Blvd. East Carolina University Goldsboro, :'sC 27532 Rakigh, NC 27604 Greenville. NC 2 7858 919/778-221 l 919 872-9535 919. 328-6366 Mark Aumann Bob Holliday .Jimmy Dupree Rocky Mount Evening Telegram WR,\L-TV Sports Editor PO. Drawer 1080 PO. Box 12000 Herald-Sun Rocky Mount, NC 27801 Raleigh, NC 27605 no. Box 2092 919 446-5161 919 821-8555 Durham, NC 27702 919. 419-6607 Jason Jenkins Brian Bailey Daily News WNCT-TV Chuck Carree 21 7 Market Stred l'O. Box 898 Charlotte Observer Washington, NC 27889 Greenville, :\'C 27835-0898 PO. Box 32188 919 946-2144 919/355-8555 Charlotte, NC 28232 704 .3 79-6445 Steve Carlson Jim Mcsorley Virginian-Pilot \\':\'CN-TV Terry Oberle 1 SO vvest Brarnhleton Ave. 1205 Front Street Sports Editor Norfolk, \'.·\ 23S 10 Raleigh, NC 27609 Winstun-Snle-rn Journal 804. 446-236(, 919/8.36-1717 416-20 North Marshall Street Winston-Salem, ;--;c 2 7102 RADIO PLAY BY PLAY Ray Crawford 910/727-7211 \\'CTI-TV Jeff Charles PO. Box 2325 Allen Johnson Director of Electronic Media New Bern, NC 28560 Sports Editor East Carolina University 919 (,.36-6842 Greensboro Nrws ,\: Record Ward Sports Medicine Building PO. Box 20848 Greenville. NC 27858 Trev Jones Greensboro, NC 27410 919 328-4535 WITN-TV 910 373-7062 l'O. Box 468 Carlestcr Crumpler, Sr. \ \'ashington, NC 2 7889 Todd Murray Student Development Office 9 I 9 946-3135 Sports Editor East Carolina University Free Press \Vard Sports Medicine Building 'Ionv Debo 2103 North Ouren Stred Greenville. NC 278S8 Sports Director Kinston, NC 28S01 \\'TVD-TV 919/527-3191 no. Box 2009 Durham, NC 27702 32 919/683-1 I 11 * * * * Houston CO*N FEREN*C E USA • • •••• QUICK FACTS

Location: I louston, Texas Founded: I 92 7 Enrollment: 30,757 Nickname: Cougars Colors: Scarlet and White = Stadium: Astrodome (60,000), Rc,lutson Stadium (23,000) President: Dr. Arthur K. Smith Faculty Athletics Rep.: Richard Scarnell Athletic Director: TB/\ Senior Woman Adrn.: Diane Howell Head Coach: Kim Helton

SPORTS INFORMATION FOOTBALL FACTS Assistant /\0/510: Donna Turner Office Phone: 713/743-9404 Basic Offense: Multiple Pro I Jome Phone: 28 ·1/980-8572 Basic Defense: Multiple 3-4 Fax: 713/743-941 I Lettermen Returning/Lost: .43/13 Press Box Phone: TB1\ Starters Returning: 18 Offense 6 Defense 1 D HEAD COACH Specialists 2 1996 Record: 7-5-0 ,_ ~\ Kim Helton Postseason: St. Jude Liberty Bowl ,. - ·,, Florida '70 All-Time Record: 292-241-15 (.545) Career Record: Bowl Appearances: 14 11-33-1 (.256), Four seasons Bowl Record: 7-5-1 Record at Houston: Last Appearance: 1996, Liberty 11-33-1 (.256), Four seasons

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Diane Howell Donna Turner Sit>l /uot/,.ill S//J 33 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Houston USA ...... 1997 SCHEDULE

August 30 vs. Alabama (at Birmingham) 11 :30a September 6 CALIFORNIA. 2:30p 13 PITTSBURGH (R) 2:00p 2 7 at Minnesota 6:00p October 4 at UCIA 5 :30/ 9:00p 18 CINCINNATI 7:00p 25 at Louisville 2:00p November 1 at Memphis 6:00p 8 EAST CAROLINA (R) 2:30p 15 at Southern Miss 5:00p 22 TULANE 7:00p KIM HELTON

(R) Ganw played at Robertson Stadium. ,\II tinu-s Central and sul~jrrt to d1.i11gc. Hometown: Pensacola. Fla. Conference game., in /Jolt/ italil'.,. Alma Mater': Florida '70 Born July 28, 1948

1996 RESULTS Coaching Experience 1993- Houston Head Coach - 11-33-1 [.256) 4 seasons :\JI SAJ\1 I !OUSTON ST* w 43-25 1-0 1990-92 Raiders Offensive Line Coach 1987-89 Houston Oilers Offensive Line Coach L 34-35 1- I S7 at (#17) La. State 1983-86 Offensive Line Coach Sl4 at Pittsburgh \.V 42-35 (ot) 2- l 1979-82 Miami [Fla.l Offensive Coordinator S21 (#15) SOUfI-IERN CJ\L L 9-26 2-2 1973-78 Florida Offensive Line Coach 1972 Horida Graduate Assistant 3-2 05 at Southwestern La. w 31-24 1970-71 Eastside High School [Gainesville, Fla l 012 MEMPHIS \V 37-20 4-2 019 at Cincinnati L 20-31 4-3 Career Head Coaching Record 11-33-1 [ 256) - 4 seasons L 14-42 4-4 026 (#9) :\'. CAROLINA Coaching Staff N2 at Tulane \.V 20-17 5-4 Offensive Coordinator-fluarterbacks N9 (#20) SOLITT IE.Ri°'\ MISS* \\' 56-49 (ol) 6-4 Dan l.ounsburv [Arkansas '7 4) Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs N16 LOUISVILLE w 38-7 7-4 Gary Bartel [Texas Tech' 75) 027 #vs. ( #22) Syracuse L 17-30 7-5 Inside Linebackers Danny Palmer' (Southern Miss '72) *(_;;._111H'S plavcd at Ruhrrtxon St.idiuu). ,\II other home games di Astrodomc. #St. .ludr l.ibcrt v rlll1Vi (:\kmphis. lcnn.: Outside Linebacker's Andrea Haley [Alabama A&M '89) Defensive Line * * * * * * Tony Fitzpatrick [Miami, Fla. '83l Tight Ends/Special Teams KEY DATES Frank Gansz, Jr. [The Citadel '86) Running Backs Clay Helton (Houston '94) Veterans Report: August 7 Offensive Line Ted Unbehagen (Texas A&I '69) Freshmen Report: August 4 Wide Receivers Chad O'Shea [Houston '94) Media Day: August 14 Football Office Phone 713/7 43-9388 Fax 713/7 43-9428 Fall Classes Begin: August 25 34 1997 ROSTER * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E :'1:0. :'l:AME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. IIOMETOWN/IIS, JC or COLLEGE 48 Kcon Banks LB 6-ll 2(]4 Sr·. 31. I lnustllll, TCXi.lS King USA cJ() Adri.ino lklli DE 6-6 2.46 So. II. ii1n111lu, Ontarill l e11tr,il T,-ch 4Ll Derrick 1,,,xill CR 5-1 o 167 So. RS S,-;1d1ornugh. Llnt,iri,, i\lcD,mald 68 Gn:gL'r~ H1\n\'11 oc; (1- I 2H2 So. IL l\\i;nni, Fla. I li,1k.1h 42 .lason llr,nv11 LB (1-,) 243 Sr .ll. \';1kstine. Ti:x,1s l'.1ksti11,· 74 vvilbcrt 1\1·,nvn lX~ (1-2 28q Ir. 21 I louks, Texas 11, ,, 1ks 8 I Maurice l\ry,lllt \VR so I9:i Sr. IL l.os A.ngclcs. l".i\il 1.,\. Valin l·nlkg,· 26 Rv.m Htll"lllll FB '.i- io 2L14 Sr·. .ll. Richardson. ·kx.is lkrkncr 88 Joseph \\ut Irr WR '.i- !Ll 168 Sl1. SQ \ l()uslnn. ·kx,1s \\.T. \V.-1shingto11 ., Dd-:citlmlll l·;il\icoattCT 55 (,-2 20H .1 r. SLl I l,1ust,1n. -k.,.is \ \',1s\Jington Jl) Clittl,rd c.unplxll DB 5-8 157 , .. r. RS I k1ust,,11, ·kx,i.s ,\ ll. L·,1rmd 86 \lik,· l·,t1-r,1\I RH h- I 221 So. SQ Sug,ir Lllld, kx.is 1111!\cs Hlirlll IL 50 Ahm.nd l·h,irles Dl. o-2 117 Su. RS Cl,·vcl,llld, l,·x.1s l·lcwlaml = 49 Reggie 11;ivis LI\ (,- I 242 Sr .lL [)u11ccrnvilk. "J,·x.1s L1uncam·ilk J,1sun dcl;root \VR 'i- io 182 Ir. 21 s,rnta Ft·. ·frx,1.s s,rnt,1 Fe 1\11lo11io Dcl.c'on L11. 5-1 I 264 Ir·. HS l l'Corlllcl, ·1,·xils l l'Cunnd Jon,1t\t;m Dennis TE 6-2 25.J Ir. 2L 1',·11s.1n 1\.1. l'l,1. l'cns;icol,1 ,\like L1eRnusellc DE 6-2 2H4 Sl1. 11. 11,nrst,HJ. Tex.is 5harpst,1w11 Ri,hard Ldw.ird« WR 5-10 188 Ir. 2L J l,Hrst,111. Texas 5miln [kit uulo Fields 1\T 5-11 257 Sr SQ ,;,ir\,rnd. TeXi15 c;,irbml ·i;1tt IL William Fields u, 5-IO 171 St). lL l.lll'\llT.JS c,,vc. Tex.is l"opp,·r.1s c,,n· /Hike Parker Richard Figucrdo \VR :i-8 25Ll l·r·. 5(1 I illllstu11, ·kxas 1'/,,rthhnll>k I'rcddie Fisher LB 6-1 _1_1_, l Sn. RS ,·lrvc\iiml. Tex,1s l'lcwl.rnd Stcdnw11 Form.in 55 _7_q 2Ll-! Ir. 2L l;,irl.1ml. Texas. l;,ir\,llld ~oslrr ll[ 6-2 24cJ Sr JL l;,11"1.iml. To.:as L;,ir\,llld = ))1 Brian Frcem.u: L11 5-1 I '.:,l). Sll Hull.1\,1, Texas (\,11·.11T,1 JC Ben hicke C 6-Ll .281 Sr . 3L ,\usl in. Ti:x.1s ,\mkrsllll George l;;ii11,·s l.H (1-ll So. RS ,\usti11. Texas Rc,1g,111 Joey l;ill.tsp1· DE 6-2 Sr. 2L Sug,ir Land. T,·x.1.s !lttllcs . )/ Thom,1th.t11 l;,,,,d CH 5-1 I Sr . JI. l'\utc. Texas Br,1fl1s11·,,,,d 83 Rodney l;rilli11 TE 6-.) 273 .Ir. 21. Fri,·11dswo,1d. 'k."1..s l·ri,·nds1n,,x\ 34 Sam l-l;iirstll11 LR ()-2 24[) Fr. 115 5\J,1limar. F\,1. l·h, >d.iwhatche,· 47 Louis l l.unpton DE (1-2 24Ll .Ir. 21. Killern. Texas Kilkrn .rn Cedric I l.irdcmnn FS .'i- lL1 2()() .Ir. ]I. 1 louston, ·frxas I l;istings 11 Corc , I l,irris RR '.i-I() ms l'r. 115 I \uust,1n. Ti:x,1s C\,-;11· Brook 15 Tys,111 I klt,111 (l.B (,-2 IH(, Sl1. II Sugar L.:md. 'kx,1.s l'lcrncnts 33 Bn .mt I lrndcrson Fl\ '.i- I (1 220 Sr II Linwlnt,,11. l;,1. l.i1in1\n :---:E Llkh ,\SM = 62 R1 '111 I k11d1·icks,m (l-3 .l 17 Ir. RS .\rlingt,,n. 'lc,,1s \l.irtin 4.l lon,«. l~lL'kSL)Jl -~-8 176 Ir". !IS Big :,pri11g, ·1i:xt1s Big Spring 69 Ch.irlc-, Iohuson (1-.) 31:i Ir. II. Ti.1sc,1l0,1.s,1. ,\l.1. L·,·ntral .'19 . lor .Jones S-9 232 Ir· . HS Cuml1cTiaml V,1\ky, kxas Cumhcrl,md \;11\,y ~7 Ch.irlir .lordan C,-(] 227 .Ir. IL Niceville, ·1ha.s · Nin-ville Mic\1,1rl Kinslow .'1-9 179 Sr IL 11,·ntlln. 'li:x.1s 11,·nton N,1v,l!Tll IL r\lik,· Knepper (1-2 2H4 sl1. IL l;.iri,llld, li:x.is C,ir"1nd 41 T\TllS i.;icey 5-IO llJ5 SP. RS \ \';1x.1h.1chie. Texas \ \'ax.1h.1d1i,· 1- _, \lalik Ledbetter 'i-10 !HO St1. IL l.t)rsiL·.:111.:1, TL-x~1s l'nrsicL111c1 l,eonla Rheams 71 lt1sh l.ovclad, 6-J 311 Fr. RS 1\lidtic\d, li.·x,1s Tidc\1,11 ,·11 8(, Ivan Luna 5-8 218 Ir·. HS hirmers Branch. 'li:x.1.s l·;irn1l\lo11 = 19 Micah Malone 6-2 20H Sn. IL Cltrlr. 'lc'Xil.S HrilZllS\Vlllld 7. ~ .Iclf Mathews 6-Ll 252 Jr. 2L L lrl,llldn, Fla. Cypn·ss l·rcck l) la~ McGuin• .S-8 i'lH Sr. 3L 5ilsh,·,·. Texas Silsbee \(, .Iason l\kKi11\ry 6-J 2 l (, Ir. RS .\usli11, Texas \\',·st1v,1od (1-l Jeff Medf,,rd 6-4 2il4 St 1. RS Lulkin, Texas Lutli11 .>·t Truett N,,nisad ()l; 6-0 292 St1. RS l.Plicg,· Station. ·1t-x,1s ,\S,i'vl l·o11soli,"1tcd 8 Glenn Llckll QB 6-2. 192 S,1. RS Slephrnvilk. Tex.1s Stq,hrnville c.n /(l Patterson L 1w,·11s DE (1-(1 2:58 .Ir. RS ,'vlllhik, A.Li. L,·1·1,,n- l limls CC H Mike· Parker LB 6- I 219 Sr. .lL 11,,ustun, Tex.1s l..1111.ir 20 DeVL)Jl l\·11Lkr CH (1-Ll 182 Sr. II. l·lt;ipd Hill. kx,is Lh11'd Hill Trinit1· \'.11\n L·c I .James Reddish LR (1-Ll 2·10 Sr. JI_ St. !Hcrsburg. l'1.1. I lixi,· \ lc11\ins Dcdge l·it1 n· 21 Scott Regimh,1ld TE (1-2 12Q St 1. 11. l\,inte Claire, Quchc,· U1ampbin 75 leont.: RIH-.:1111s DT (1-l 3LlJ Sr. .JI. '!\·\er, Tt'xas lxc 46 \-Vdy11c RL1grrs LH (l--2 220 Fr. TR \\'aco, T,·x.is \ V,1n, Univ. Ket rir S,111f,11·d TH 'i- I(] 191 St 1. II Ctirsicana. Tt.·x.is l.L)rsicana 4 lgn,lL'it) .s~1urcda '.i- I (l '.'.11 .Ir. 21. l larling,·n. ·kx,1s I \,1rli11gcn 45 l·had Sh,m· (,- I 223 Sr. .ll. F,,rt \\'orlh. ·kx,1..s I 1.J\tLJm 94 ,\ntoi11,· Simpson (,-3 296 Sr IL Lal',1rtc. ·1,·.,.1s l..1l\1rtc f,1rt 5,·,,tl I vvilli.nn Smile\ 'i-Hl 194 Ir·. HS I \oustlln. ·li:x,1s N,,rthhrllok 28 M,n-r11s Smil\1 'i-lL1 172 Su. SQ [)a\"1s. 'kx,1s C1rtc1· 41 Mike Smith 6-Ll 18:i :-itL SQ 11cl.,llld, ·li·xas 11cLmd 32 I !,ill,·\• 5prnccr 5-lJ 174 :-itL RS I l,Htst,J11. ·kx,1s \•\';iltrip 61 Damlln Spi1·c\ (1-4 261 Ir". 11S .\liss,,uri l·it1·. T,·x;is Dulles Wilbert Bron·n StL = Justin Stille 6-3 288 11 5,lll .\nt,,ni,1. Ti:xas s,,utlnv,·st Brian Thicb.u nl lll\ 6-2 20.l Ir. RS l·L1rsic,111~1. ·r1..·x~1s Ct.1rsit.·,111i.l 5ehast i.in Vill.ure.rl K 5-9 I HO .1 r. 2L K.ily. ·kx.is Kat> Vaughn \Vi1s\Ji11glPn LI\ 6-2 24-+ Sr. lL l lVtTtllll, Tcx,1.s Kilgtll"l' l.l. Robbie Vvhcclrr WR 5- ]L) 174 Ir· 2L l·llrl \Naltlln l\e,1c\1. l'\.1. U1<1d,11vhatchcc Eric Wilson S5 5-10 I q_, Ir. HS Sp1·i11g. Texas Spring 6----1- 28 7 Fr. RS \ \',ll"ll. Texas Midway Nathan Wnod\ L1T 35 CONFERENCE Houston USA • • • • • 1997 DEPTH CHART

(Returning starters i11 hold)

Lettermen Returning/Lost: 4.3 I J Starters Offensive Returning Lost: 6. 6 Defensive Returning Lost: I 0/2 Special Teams Returning 'Lost: 1 1

Offense SE Richard Edwards. I lallry Spencer LT Charles Johnson, .lahari Beauford LG Greg Brown, Truett Novosad C Ben Fricke. Jeff Medford RG Wilbert Brown, Ryan l lcndrickson RT Justin Stille, Josh Lovcladv TE Scott Regimbald, Rodney Griffin and Jonathan Dennis, Ed Kelley FL Maurice Brvantv.Jason deGroot llB Tyson Helton/Jason McKinlrv 11-B Robbie Whl·eler, Michael Kinslow TH Ketric Sanford, Jay McGuire Ketric Sanford FB Jonathan Dennis, Mike Carroll

Defense 1997 SPRING SIGNEES LE Leonta Rhearns. Mike Knepper NT Antoine Simpson, Dclondo Fields NO NAME PUS. HT. WT. YR. HDME111WN/HS, JC or COWGE RE Rusty foster, P,1t trrson Owens 29 Tommie Baldwin RB 5-11 200 Fr. Houston, Texas/Adline MacArthur OLB Micah Malonc.Kcon Banks 79 Jabari Beauford OL 6-4 300 Fr. Houston, Texas/Strake Jesuit WLB Mike Parkerv'Thcoran Walker 87 Daniel Belcha WR 6-4 180 Fr. Fort Worth, Texas/Wyatt SLB Vaughn Washington, Chad Shaw/ 12 KeyKowa Bell WR 5-11 175 Fr. Dallas, Texas/Kimball 200 Fr·. Shalimar, FlaJChoctawhatchee \Nayne Rogers 77 Patrick Boatner DL 6-2 43 Cody Eatmon s 6-2 200 Fr. Hempstead, Texas/Walter· OLB Louis Hampton, Jason !frown 36 Waymond Ervin s 6-2 200 Fr. Dallas, Texas/Brshop Dunne LCB William fields, Devon Pender 72 Jeremy Griffith DL 6-4 270 Fr. Fort; WaltDn Beach, RaJChoctawhatchee RCB Marcus Smith. Thoma than Good 34 Sam Hairston LB 6-2 240 Fr. Shalimar, FlaJChoctawhatchee 55 Stedmon Forman, Eric vvilson 22 Corey Harris RB 5-10 185 Fr. Houston, Texas/Clear Brook Mike Zajac 18 Or·lando Iglesias WR 6-3 200 Fr. Miami, FlaJCoral Park FS Malik Ledbetter, DeKeithron Callicoattec 6 Vaughn Inniss RB 5-9 190 Jr. Baytown, Texas/Blinn CC 88 Ed Kelley TE 6-5 230 Fr. Houston, Texas/Adlrne MacArthur· Specialists 70 Drew Lowery DL 6-5 275 Fr. Tyler, Texas/Tyler K Sebastian Villareal 31 Lance Matthews RB 6-0 260 Fr. Windsor, Ontario/Herman p Ignacio Sauceda 17 Bachie McGruder CB 5-11 165 Fr. Waxahachie, Texas/Waxahachie 14 Damien Montgomery WR 5-10 160 Fr. Houston, Texas/Yates Key Losses 46 Wayne Roger·s LB 62 200 Fr. Waco, Texas/Waco University 52 Brant Stogner LB 6-2 238 Fr. El Campo, Texas/El Campo SE Damion Johnson 56 Kerry Strong C 6-2 265 Fr. Bridge Crty, Texas/Bridge City LT Marcus Spriggs 96 Robin Tremblay OE 6-2 270 Fr. Anc-Lorette, Quebec/Champlain RT David Roberts 91 Joe Wade OG 6-3 290 Fr·. HamiltDn, Ontario,Canad&'Cathedral 1-1-B Charles \!\'est 10 Theoran Walker LB 6-1 250 Jr. Houston, Texas/Worthing/Blinn JC TB Ant owain Smith 23 Kendall Williams CB 5-10 185 Fr. Dallas, Texas/Roosevelt QB Chuck Clements 55 Solomon Wyatt DE 6-3 225 Fr' Dallas, Texas/Lincoln DT Gary Haynes 32 Mike Zajac ss 6-2 220 Fr. Dallas, Texas/Bishop Lynch CB Delmonico Montgomery 36 * * * * Houston CO*N FEREN*C E

U.._ SA.._ .._ .._ 1996 TEAM STATISTICS 1996 INDIVIDUAL LEADEkS

Cakgory lll-1 Opponents Rushing Alt. Yds. 1\vg. TD Long First Downs 2.rn 223 .vnt ownin Smith 202 12.l.0 21 9t, Complct ion Pct. .(,29 .335 24(,4 = Passing Yards 2480 Passing Att , Comp Pct. l:\T Yards TD Passing Yards/Game 224.0 225.5 Total Off. Plays Yds 733-4457 779-4340 Chuck Clcmcnt-, 354 22.l 6.l.O I .l 2417 21 Total Offense Game 403.2 394.5 TlH\I.S 356 224 62.9 ll 2464 22 Punt s-Avcrugc 54-40.5 (d-41.7 Punt Rd urns-Avg. 23-11.4 27-13.8 Receiving Rec Yds, r\vg. TD Long Kickoff Returns-Avg. 50-2 l .9 31-19.0 Damion Johnson 52 708 1.l.(, '> 5'i lnterccptionsYards 11-152 1.3-58 Charles \\'est 51 'ill 10.0 3 32 Fumbles-Lost 10-6 1 7-6 Antovv.iin Smith 28 201 7.2 41 Penalties-Yards 85-75(, 86-681 Robbie Wheeler 2i> 292 1 1.2 4 49 = .l rd Down Conversions 5 7- 14 ., (>9-163 Scott Regimbald 12 I t,4 13. 7 I 30 .lrd Down Conversion Prt. . .39.3 .420 41 h Down tonvrrsions 7- 1.l 6-11 TOL\LS 224 2464 11.0 23 55 -lt h Down Conversion I'd. .538 .345 1\vg. Time of Possession 29:59 .l0:01 Field Goals Made-Att , Ptt. Long Sebastian Villareal II- Li .,.n 4'>

COUGAR CALLS Punting No. Yards J\vg. In 20 Long Ignacio Saurcda 'i4 2188 40.5 lJ 58 TOI>\LS 'i4 2188 40.'i 9 '>8 = * The Cougars won the inaugural Conference USA football championship last season and, at the Kickoff Returns No. Yards J\vg. TDS Long 'i93 2.l.7 0 ,1 same time, posted the school's first winning Ket rir Sanford Robbie Wheeler 18 .LJ6 19.8 0 41 season since 1990 and first bowl berth since TLlT\I.S 50 I 094 2 I . 9 0 5 I 1988. Punt Returns No. Yds. ,\vg. TDs Long Charles Wesl 18 2.l(, l.l.1 87 * Tailback Ketric Sanford led all Conference USA TOT\I.S 23 2(,3 11.4 87 =

freshman with 747 rushing yards last season. Tackles Solos 1\sl Total His seven rushing touchdowns were second in Mike Parker 47 104 the league as was his 130.1 yards of all-purpose Sl cdrnun Forman 'iJ 24 77 \'aughn \\'ashington .l8 21 ',l) c.n yards per game. l.cont a Rhr.nns .36 18 'i4 11. Montgonurv 41 10 .51 ·1\ll:\LS 'i 12 2.l4 746 * Senior linebacker Mike Parker ranked sixth in = C-USA with 104 tackles last season. He had four In t erceptions No. Yds. J\vg. TD D. Montgomery 6 87 14.'> 0 games with 10 or more tackles, including a Tl1-L\I.S 11 l'i2 l'>.2 0 career-high 15 at Southwestern Louisiana. Parker is just shy of UH's all-time top 10 in career tackles with 310. =

37 CONFERENCE Houston Primary Media USA ...... mWSPAPERS Mike Lutz Mike Vance Associated Press KRTK Jerry Wizig 9611 Weybridge Dr. 1177 West Loop South Houston Chronicle Houston, TX 77031 Suite 1515 P.O. Box 3367 281/872-8900 Houston, TX 77027 Texas City, TX 77592 713/626-9785 409/938-4855 RADIO Sam Malone Jonathan Feigen Ralph Cooper KRBE Chronicle Sports KCOH 9801 Westheimer, Suite 700 P.O. Box 4260 5011 Almeda Rd. Houston, TX 77042 Houston, TX 77210-4260 Houston, TX 77004 713/266-1000 713/220-7891 713/522-1001 Alan Litvak Dale Robertson Rich Lord KNWS Sports 20718 Trellis Lane KILT 8440 Westpark Houston, TX 77073 24 Greenway Plaza, #1900 Houston, TX 77063 713/443-6733 Houston, TX 77046 713/974-5151 713/881-5100 David Barron TELEVISION Chronicle Sports Alvin Jackson Box 4260 KMJQSports Bob Allen Houston, TX 7 72 10-4260 24 Greenway Plaza # 1508 KTRK TV 713/220-7891 Houston, TX 77046-2402 Box 13 713/623-2108 Houston, TX 77001 Bill Yeoman 713/663-4539 Radio Analyst Jason Jobes University of Houston Kl'\JUZ Mark Berman Athletics Development, Suuite 4701 Caroline KRIV TV 2004 Houston, TX 77004 Box22810 Houston, TX 7 7204-6 7 42 713/523-2581 ~ louston, TX 7 702 7 713;743-9454 713/625-1905 Matt Thomas Gifford Nielsen KSEV/KPRC Carleton Cole 3665 Maranatha 1176 7 Katy Freeway KHOU TV SugarLand,TX 77479 Suite 11 70 P.O. Box 11 713/284-8 708 Houston, TX 77079 l Iouston, TX 77001 713/588-4800 713/521-43 75 Daily Cougar University of Houston Fran Blinebury Craig Roberts Houston, TX 77024-4071 KTRH Sports KPRC-TV 713/743-5303 Box 1520 P.O. Box 2222 Houston, TX 77001 Houston, TX 77001 Al Carter 713/630-3628 Dallas Morning News 11102 Sageriver Russ Small Houston, TX 77089 KTRH Sports 713/484-3098 Box 1520 Houston, TX 77001 713/630-3628

38 * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E Louisville USA QUICK FACTS

Location: Louisville, Ky. Founded: I 798 Enrollment: 22,000 Nickname: Cardinals Colors: Red am! Black = Stadium: Cardinal Stadium (35,500) President: Dr. John Shumaker Farnlty Athletics Rep.: Dr. Arthur Riehl At hlct ir Director: Bill Olsen Senior Woman Adrn.: TB,\ Head Coach: Ron Cooper

SPORTS INFORMATION FOOTBALL FACTS

Assistant SID Football Cont.ut: Ken I lorn Office Phone: 502 852-6581 Basic Offense: Multiple l lomr Phone: 502 317-8108 Basic Defense: 4-3 Fi1x: 502 852-7401 Lettermen Returning/Lost: .40/17 Press Box Phone: 502 852-55(17 Starters Returning: 16 Offense 9 Defense 6 HEAD COACH Specialists 1 1996 Record: 5-6-0 ' Ron Cooper Postseason: None Jacksonville State '81 All-Time Record: 343-365-17 l.485) Career Record: Bowl Appearances: 5 21-23 (.477), Four seasons Bowl Record: 3-1-1 Record al Louisville: Last Appearance: 1993, Liberty 12-10 (.545), T\,vo seasons =

UI =

Dr. John Shumaker Bill Olsen t'rcsulcnt ,llhlctic Direr/or =

Cardinal Stadium (35,500)

Ken llorn root/Jail SIIJ 39 * * * * • * CONFERENCE Louisville USA 1997 SCHEDULE

August 30 at Kentucky 1:30p September 6 UTAH 3:00p 13 ILLINOIS 3:30p 20 PENN STf\TE Noon 27 at Oklahoma 7:00p October 4 at Southern Miss 6:00p 11 TULANE 3:00p 25 HOUSTON 3:00p November 1 EAST CAROLINA 3:00p 8 at Cincinnati 1:00p 15 at Memphis 2:30p RON COOPER

A.II t inu-s b.1strrn and .i.;ul~jl'd to rh.uu;«. Hometown: Huntsville, Ala. Co11{1'n'11n• games i11 hold italics. Alma Mater: Jacksonville State '82 Born February 11, 1961 1996 RESULTS Coaching Experience 1995- Louisville Head Coach - 12-10 (.545) 2 seasons 1993-94 Eastern Michigan Head Coach - 9-13-0 (409) 2 seasons A31 at Kentucky w 38-14 1-0 1991-92 Notre Dame Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Backs 57 at (#6) Penn Stall' L 7-24 1-1 1990 Nevada-Las Vegas Defensive Coordinator/Outside Linebackers 1989 East Carolina Inside Linebackers 514 BAYLOR L 13-14 1-2 1987-88 Murray State Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs 1985-86 Austin Peay Linebackers/Special Teams/Recruiting Coord. 521 at Michigan State w 30-20 2-2 1984 Minnesota Graduate Assistant 528 SOUTHERN MISS L 7-24 2-J 1983 Appalachian State Graduate Assistant

012 at Tulane w 23-20 3-3 Career Head Coaching Heeurtl 21-23-0 (.477) - 4 seasons 019 NOIUHERi\: ILL. w 27-3 4-3 Coaching Staff 026 CINCINNArt L 7-10 4-4 Asst. Head Coach/Def. Coordinatorsllef. Backs Everett Withers (Appalachian State 86) N2 MEMPHIS w 13-10 5-4 Offensive Coord inato r/Qua rterbacks N9 at (#8) No. Carolina L 10-28 5-5 Don Kirkpatrick (Lenior Rhyne '82) Running Backs N16 at Houston L 7-38 5-6 G1·eg Nord (Kentucky '80) Offensive Line Mark McHale (Shepherd, W. Va. '73) Wide Receive1·s * * * * * * Tony Ball (UT-Chattanooga '83) KEY DATES Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator Charlie Coiner (Catawba '82) Defensive Ends/Special Teams Coordinator Veterans Report: J\ugust 7 Glynn Jones (Murray State 83) Linebackers Freshmen Report: August 4 Sal Sunseri (Pittsburgh '82) Defensive Tackles Media Day: August 8 Tom "Rock" Roggeman (Notre Dame '85)

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W,n mon \\'illi,1111s \\'I, (>- I rr. RS SI. l\-lL"rsl1111·g. l·li. L1kc·1v,1lld 1.is,lll \\\;it I Ill ()-2 Ir. 2L ll,·t n ,it. i\licl1. l\c-11,·did i11C PI Z,1riUll\ l )\ ()-2 2Htl Ir. RS l\,n,,111w. N. I ;\kn,·d R,rn,I\ Zilk,, I 1\ (i-2 111 r r RS Pittshllrgh, l'.i. \ \'",,dl,rnd I !ills 41 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Louisville USA • • • • • 1997 DEPTH CHART

(Returning starters in bold)

Lettermen Ret urning/Lost: 40/ I 7 Starters Offensive Returning Lost:

Offense WR Miguel Montano, Arnold Jackson LT Anthony Byrd, Ivan lknndte LG .Iamcs Pesavento. Jon Suski C Graig Hoffman, l'J. Zariczny RC Rick Nord, .lor O'Shaugnessy RT Mark Grivna, Josh Richardson TE Ibn Green, Mike Bogan, Jeff Shollv WR Yensivc \\'arc, Lavell Bo~ d O.B Chris Redman, Tonv lkllam\, Mike Watkins FB Otis Floyd, Frank Moreau, Donnell Gordon frrn• Rirc-Lnckct TB Raphael Cooper, Rim Williams, Tendai Chnrusikn, lkw<1y1u· ·1;1ylor 1997 SPRING SIGNEES Defense DE Derrick Kennedy, Mall Sexton NO NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWIII/HS, JC or COWGE OT Matt Conway, Ant honv Bonner 78 Braxton Anderson DUDL 65 270 Fr. Franklin, Ky./Franklin-Simpson DT Mike Gantous, Rondcl Marsh 36 Nate Bennett PK 6-0 170 J1·. lrvine, Calif./Orange Coast JC DE Kendrick Gholston, R,rndy Zilko 46 Jason Boykin DB 5-10 180 Fr. Kent, Ohio/Roosevelt OLB Jason \\'yatt, David Washington 30 G1·eg Brant II RB 5-10 190 Fr. Columbus, Ga./Shaw MLB Terry Rice-Locket. Jason Caswell 64 Joe Bl'Own DL 6-3 290 Jr. Sacramento, Calif./Sacrnmento CC OLB Ramon Brayan, Bud I lcrring 41 Xavier Burrell OB 6-2 200 Fr. Fort Polk, La./Leesville CB Deran \\'iln, Karncll Matthews 61 Aarnn Ilardzmski DUDL 6-2 265 Fr. Garfield Height, Ohio/Ga1·field Hts CB Don Bibb, .l.unar.r Clark 94 Ai-dante Dawson OL 6-5 235 Fr. Miami. Fla/K1ll1an 55 John Fuqua, Brian Gaines 76 Rob Elbe DL 6-7 275 Fr. Marietta. Ga/Walton F5 Courtney Dinkins, Dar-Shay Purrv 4 B1·1an Gaines DB 5-10 185 Fr. Daytona Beach. Fla/Ma1nslancl 13 Ga1'y Gumm QB 6-4 210 Fr l.nuisville. Ky/Doss Specialists 25 Calvin Hamler ATH 6-0 185 Fr. Waverly Hall. Ga .Harris County K Jon Hilbert Nate lk1111l'lt 52 Rashad Harris LB 63 210 Fr Huntsville. Ala./Athens P Jeremy Borseth 99 Grant Johnson DL 6-3 290 F1· Ma1Te1·0. La/Ka1T Magnet 56 La1Ty Jones C 63 300 F1'. Smyrna. Ga./Campbell Key Losses 63 Chad Lennon DL 6-5 265 Fr Indian Rock Beach. Fla ;Cen Cath. OT Steve Misct i« 72 Walter McGary DL 6-9 350 F1'. Kennesaw. Ga;No1th Cobb OT Mat t Johnson 1 Antonio Roundtree WRIOB 59 175 F1· Jacksonville. Fla./Boiles LR Tyrus McCloud 68 Eric Stout DUOL 6-4 270 F1' Cleveland. Tenn/Cleveland CB Sam Madison 39 Adrel Walker OB 61 185 F1·. Madison, Ala/Bob Jones DE Carl Powell DT Leland ·1:n lor CB ·1i.111y lsct lu-l K David Akcrx

42 Louisville

• • • • 1996 TEAM STATISTICS 1996 INDIVIDUAL LEADEkS

Category UL Opponents Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long First Downs 185 lb? Donnell Gordon 115 482 l.8 l 37 ~ Rushes-Yards 397-1040 437-892 Tcndai Charasik a 91 318 3.5 2 22 Rushing Yards/Game 94.5 81.1 Olis Floyd 94 316 3.4 44 388-207-17 328-158-10 Passes Att. Comp. Int. TOT\LS 397 1040 2.6 9 44 Completion Pct. .533 .482 Passing Yards 2428 1702 Passing Yards/Game 220.7 154.7 Passing Att. Comp Pct. INT Yards TD = "') ... .., Total Off. Plays. Yds 785-3468 765-2594 Chris Redman _, ..... 144 52.9 9 177.l 8 Total Offense/Game .315.3 235.8 Jason Payne 112 bl 54.5 7 625 3 Punts-Average 71-37.8 91-34.0 TOT\LS 388 207 53.4 17 2428 11 Punt Returns-Avg. 47-7.5 20-12.5 NI Kickoff Returns-Avg. 29-18.4 18-19.3 Receiving Rec Yds. Avg. TD Long Interceptions-Yards 10-133 17-250 :\liguel Montano 48 602 12.5 I .lS Fumbles-Lost 35-18 19-8 Ilm Green 47 'i.JS 11.4 5 44 Penalties-Yards 86-773 74-583 Robert Bates 29 .l44 11.9 2 ,_) / 3rd Down Conversions 60-176 66-184 Donnell Cordon 21 200 9.5 45 = Conversion Percentage .341 ..359 Avg. Time of Possession 30:59 29:01 TOT\LS 207 2428 11. 7 11 71

Field Goals Made-Att. Pct. Long David Akers 7-16 .437 49 w

CARDINAL CLIPS Punting No. Yards Avg. In 20 Long Steve Smith 6.l 238.l 37.8 14 52 TlYJALS (d 238.l .l 7.8 14 52 * Louisville's defense was ranked fourth in the = nation in total defense and in rushing defense last Kickoff Returns No. Yards Avg. TDS Long Rim Clark 11 227 20.6 0 46 season. The Cardinals surrendered an average Tcmlai Charasika 10 202 20.2 0 27 total of 235.8 yards per game, including just lUr:\LS 29 533 18.4 0 46 -1:a 81.1 yards on the ground. Punt Returns No. Yds. Avg. TDs Long * Chris Redman virtually re-wrote the Rico Clark 32 238 8.1 0 49 U of L passing records for a freshman last fall, Dan Mosby 10 81 8.1 0 lS TOT\LS 47 .352 7.5 1 4q = completing 144-of-272 passes for 1,773 yards and eight TD's. Tackles Solos A~t Total 51 144 * Miguel Montano enters his senior Tyrus Mccloud 93 Terry Rice-Locket 57 37 94 UI season ranked fourth on the Cards all-time Carl Powell 44 41 85 reception list ( 108) and sixth in receiving yards Leland Taylor 37 41 78 Tony Esters ~) () 21 77 (1,430l. TOTALS 597 .36() lJ',7 * Louisville will be playing its 41 st and final season = Interceptions No. Yds. ,\vg. TD at Cardinal Stadium this fall. The Cardinals will Sam Madison (, 50 8 .. l host Copper Bowl participant Utah and Big Ten Tcrrv Rice-Locket 2 21 10.5 0 foes Illinois and Penn State, along with C-USA Rini Clark 24 24.0 0 -1:a TOT\LS 10 133 1.l..l rivals East Carolina, Houston and Tulane in the stadium's final season. =

43 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Louisville Primary Media USA • • •NE WS• PAPERS Russ Brown Paul Willman Louisville Sports Report WTMT Radio Ashley McGeachy P.O. Box 1 7520 162 \Vest Broadway The Courier-Journal Louisville, KY 4021 7 Louisville, KY 40202 525 W. Broadway 502/636-4330 502/589-29 79 Louisville, K'Y 40202 502;/582-4361 Louisville Defender WLOLI Radio 1 720 Dixie Highway 2549 South Third St. Rick Bozich Louisville, KY 40210 Louisville, I(Y 40208 The Courier-Journal 502/772-2591 502/636-3535 525 W Broadway Louisville, KY 40202 The Cardinal TELEVISION 502/582-4361 Student Union Building University of Louisville Garry Gupton Jerry Tipton Louisville, KY 40292 WJ-IAS-TV Lexington Herald-Leader 502 852-6 72 7 P.O. Box 1084 Main and Midland Louisville, KY 40202 Lexington, KY 40507 Chuck Kaplan 502/582-7255 606/231-3225 Louisville Eccentric Observer 2525 George Clark Place, Fred Cowgill Billy Reed #103 WLKY-TV Lexington Herald-Leader Louisville, KY 40206 1918 Mellwood Ave. 938 Burning Springs Circle 502/894-8293 Louisville, KY 40206 Louisville, KY 40223 502/893-7300 606.244-1912 RADIO PLAY BY PLAY Bob Domine Mike Emery Paul Rogers Sports Department Associated Press WHAS Radio WAVE-TV Courier-Journal Building P.O. Box 1084 P.O. Box 32970 525 W. Broadway Louisville, KY 40202 Louisville, KY 40232 Louisville, KY 40202 502;582-7577 502/561-4144 502/583-7718 Doug James David Sullivan Mark Mathis U of L Radio Color Analyst WDRB-TV Messenger-Inquirer 520 South 4th Ave. Independence Square P.O. Box 318 Louisville, KY 40201 Louisville, KY 40203 Owensboro, KY 42301 502 584-6441 502/926-0123 RADIO Louis Breeden Marty Hepner Kentucky Network Television Color Analyst News-Enterprise P.O. Box 1084 200 Pike Street P.O. Box 430 Louisville, KY 40201 Covington, l(Y 4101 l Elizabethtown, KY 42 70 I 502/582-7393 502/769-2312 WLCV Earl Cox University of Louisville The Voice-Tribune Louisville, KY 40292 7 602 Maria 1 \ve. Louisville, KY 40222 502/897-8910

44 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Memphis USA • ..... + .. • QUICK FACTS

Location: Memphis, Tenn. Founded: 1912 Enrollment: 21,500 Nickname: Tigers Colors: Blue and Gray = Stadium: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (62,380) President: Dr. V. Lane Rawlins Faculty Athletics Rep.: Dr. Nate Essex Athletic Director: R.C. Johnson Senior Woman Adrn.: Lynn Parkes Head Coach: Rip Scherer

SPORTS INFORMATION FOOTBALL FACTS

Assistant AD/SID: Bob Winn Basic Offense: Multiple Office Phone: 901/678-2337 Home Phone: 901/753-6441 Basic Defense: 4-3 Fax: 901/678-4134 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 40/21 w Press Box Phone: 901/2 72-0136 Starters Returning: 12 Offense 7 Defense 4 = HEAD COACH Specialists 1 1996 Record: 4- 7-0 Rip Scherer Postseason: None William and Mary '7 4 All-Time Record: 367-369-32 (.499) Career Record: Bowl Appearances: 2 36-34-0 (.518), Six seasons Bowl Record: 2-0-0 Record at Memphis: Last Appearance: 1971, Pasadena 7-15-0 (.316), Two seasons

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Dr. V. Lane Rawlins R. L Johnson Presulent Athlciu: [)ircctor

Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (62,380)

Lynn earkcs Bob Winn s11;1 footl,.i II SID 45 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Memphis USA ...... 1997 SCHEDULE

August 30 at Mississippi State 6:00p September 6 UAB 6:00p 13 at Michigan State 1:00p 20 MINNESOTA 6:00p October 4 at Cincinnati 6:00p 11 ARKANSAS STATE 6:00p 25 at East Carolina 1:00p November 1 HOUSTON 6:00p 8 at Tulane 7:00p 15 LOUISVILLE 1:00p 22 SOUTHER.IV MISS 1:00p RIP SCHERER

Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa. ,-\II times Central and subject to rh,rngr. Alma Mater: William & Mary '74 Conference games in bold il<1lin. Born: August 3, 1952 1996 RESULTS Coaching Experience 1995- Memphis Head Coach - 7-15-0 l.316) 2 seasons 1991-94 James Madison Head Coach - 29-19-0 l.604) 4 seasons 1989-90 Arizona Offensive Coordinator A31 (#11) Ml:\MI (FLA.) L 7-30 0-1 1988 Arizona Coordinator of Football Operations 1987 Alabama Offensive Coordinator 57 J\1ISSISSIPPI STATE L 10-31 0-2 1985 Georgia Tech Assistant Head Coach 514 at Missouri w 19-16 1-2 1980-84 Georgia Tech Offensive Coordinator 1980 Louisiana State Quarterbacks 52'I TLIL\NE w 17-10 2-2 1979 Virginia Quarterbacks 1977-78 Hawai'i Running Backs 05 CINCIN:\'J\rI \N 18-16 3-2 1976 North Carolina St. Quarterbacks Oil at Houston L 20-37 3-J 1974-75 Penn State Graduate Assistant 019 at Southern Miss L 0-16 3-4 Career Head Coaching Record: 36-34-0 l.518) - 6 seasons

026 at S\V Louisiana L 9-13 3-5 Coaching Staff Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks L 3-6 N2 at Louisville 10-13 Rusty Burns (Springfield 7 Bl N9 (#6) TENNESSEE \\' 21-17 4-6 Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Dave Magazu (Springfield '8Dl N23 EAST CAROLINA L 10-20 4-7 Tight Ends Maurice Knight (Memphis State '73) Wide Receivers David Lockwood (West Virginia '88) Running Backs * * * * * * Charlie Coe (Kansas State '7 3) KEY DATES Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Jim Pletcher (Delaware '73) Defensive Ends/Special Teams Veterans Report: August 7 Keith Butler (Memphis State '78l Defensive Line Freshmen Report: August 4 Wayne Weedon (Memphis State '79) Secondary Media Day: August 9 Tim Pendergast (Cortland State '8Dl Fall Classes Begin: August 25 Football Office Phone 901/678-2341 Fax: 901/678-4123 * * * * 1997 ROSTER * * CONFERENCE ',O. ',,\ME POS. IIT. \\T. YR. L\:P. 110.\IETO\\'',/IIS, JC or COLLEGE ~, l\JI1!1\ \Il~ll.S l. (lC (1-(1 2.1.1 TR \k11111l1i, T,1111 l111i, ,11 l·,11,,r,1d,1 USA i I l;,T,ll·d \r1 I, 1Jd RI\ 2Sll l.l'.\it1,~:l1ll. [l'llll. J.l'Xill~[L11l ... • l}~ lvri.u: l~.1ik\ LlE l)-) 2 )_) SU. \klllj'iiis killl. l l,1usl,111 ...... l)l) l,lllll'.., l~,1ik\ LH Sll S,1111t-r,ilk k1111 l,ndlc \\';ir,' H Rc1sli.1d 11,iil,·\ H1 I I .1. I 0 II ~,·iv.irk. 11,·l. L·liristi.111,1 .1.Ll 1c-1·1 l\,11,·111c11\· \ \'R IL) lt)l) 11· ,\\c111t,l;tlllltT), ,\l,1. R,,ill'I"t E. !.,·,' 1\\,111 llt-i1·ig,-r L. t1 ·} 2:-.1 Ir 11r,111d,,11. 11.1. .\rn11v,h1d ·1i111 l\c-11\[t'\' l (1 2 2.1 I fr .\llis,>11 1'.1rk. 11.1. l·rntr,1I Ce1th,1li,· l',il ii, k l\l,1, k K 11 .1.()5 Ir. PirL1\\·11...;\·ilk k.\;1s I L:n·,voL1d l\1rri11.., l~IL'\·in~ R.H l)--) 218 11· \ 1c,,.,.i,t, 1\\ 11. 1,-1111 l,ht \li,11.1,·I l\,1.1tman 111 P- I 226 2:-it."2. Pl.rnt,1ti,111. l l,1. 11,,u.~L1s .\11lllll]l\" !~1.1\\"1:'ll l p l) 2 lh) .1.Sll I kr11.111d,1 \\1s,. l kr11a11Li,1 = cJI ,\\,lrljlli'- ]ill\YJill~ ; )]: 11· .1.L ,\lcmj'lli,, l,'Illl. List

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Lettermen Returning 1Lost: 40 l I Starters Offcnxivc Returning I.: ,st: (1 .> l)rfcnsi\'r Returning l.oxl : -I- / Spcci.il Trams Rd urning l.ovt : I 1

Offense SE Chancy Carr, l iarrius Blevins. Ken Contain LT Daniel Gomez, l.ou Esposito, Aust in O'Dell LG Ron Sells, Ben Glraslln. Tim Brntlc~ C Rv.m Brown. Ant honv Bowen, Matt lkiriger RG Tim Scvrnour. Justin Mumm RT Tavares Middlebrooks, Travis Whitaker TE Chris Powers, Reid I lnlgeprth. Bill. Krnd,111 FL Damien Dodson. Richie Floyd. Jeran Hurns O.B Bernard Oden, Kenton Evans, Jason I larris FB Rashad Bai Irv, 'Icofilo Rilcv. Brandon Tucker , TH Gerard Arnold. Andre \\'oods, Richie floyd Dar rius Blcvin-, Defense 1997 SPRING SIGNEES LDL M.uinv Sant ib.mcz. Jarvis Slaton. Pat rick Willis Rm TJ. Frier, Calvin Lewis, NO NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOM£IIIWN,III S, JC II' COUfG E De\\'aync \ Vchxl rr 94 Andre Arnold DE 6-4 215 Fr. Columbus. Ga/John Shaw LDT Marquis Bowling, 51 Jason Austin DL 6-5 285 Fr. Winder, Ga/Winder-Barrow Allred \\'ashington. ,\l,1rn1s Bell RDE Tr.u uont Lawless, Rodncv Lanctot 28 ldrees Bashir DB 6-3 175 Fr. Decatur, Ga/Dunwoody SLB Chris Reeves, Mich.u-l Bllc1tman, 54 Marcus Bell DL 6-4 285 Fr. Memphis, Tenn/Kingsbur·y L;n,rge I l.upcr 1 Ken Coutain WR 6-3 210 Jr. Miami, Fla/Kemper Milita1·y Inst MLB Patrick Stiles, Kamal Shakir, Josh Eargle .J,mirs B,1ilc~ 63 DL 6-3 230 Fr. Sulphur Spnngs, Texa:1Sulphu1· Sp1111gs WLR Caspor Stiles. Cedrir .\tiller, 19 Stephen Galbraith QB 6-1 190 Fr. Marietta. Ga .Lassiter Ian \ \'ii Iiams 77 Julian Gibson DL 64 270 Fr. Elizabeth, N J /Elizabeth CB Mike ,\kKenzie, Keith Cohh, 68 DeCoryre Hampton DL 6-7 325 Fr. Memphis, Tenn/Westwood Ivorv Irvin CB Kevin Cobb, Taurus I Icndrrson. 65 Ar-tis Hicks DL 6-5 265 Fr. Jackson, Tenn/Central Me1·1·y .Iason Fllgic 24 Pl Jones TB 61 195 So. Laurel. Miss/Jones County JC Anthonv Reddick, Don l lascl\\'olld, ss 38 Raen Metcalf LB 6-3 210 Fr. Decatur, Ga./SW DeKalb Koshn Irby FS Jeremy Stewart. Jamie Jones, 25 Chance Nesbitt DB/WR 6-3 193 Fr. Columbia, S.C./Columb1a Brad Britt 32 F1·ed Powell DB 5 10 180 Fr· Kingsport. Tenn/Dobyns-Bennett 21 Jeff Sanders TB 5-11 194 Fr. Miami, Fla/Cor·al Springs Specialists 45 DeMomo Shank LB 5 11 200 Fr· . LaGrange, Ga/LaGrange K .lirn Camic. .limru; Keith I' Drew Pairumorc. Jim Camic 56 David Sherroc DL 6-7 315 Fr. Atkins, A1'k/Atk1ns 14 Neil Suber QB 6-2 220 Fr Woodstock. Ga./Etowah Key Lo.\.\CS 66 Travis Whitaker DL 6-6 315 Jr· Brooklyn, N Y./Nassau CC O.B O.adry Anderson C Ken :'\ewton 82 Ryan White K 5-10 180 Fr· Lilburn. Ga/Shiloh TE Kern Cobb 87 Patrick Willis DE 63 240 Fr· Memphis, Ienn.Kmqsburv OT ·1lmy \ Villiarn« OT li Ill l lurt DE ,\larvin Thomas LB Rkh.ud I logans LB t\larn1s Gc1ry 48 DB Keith Spann * * * * "' * Memphis CONFERENCE USA • • • • 1996 TEAM STATISTICS 1996 INDIVIDUAL LEADEkS

Category UM Opponents Rushing 1\tt. Yds. Avg. TD Long First Downs 17.3 218 Teofilo Rilcv 145 572 3.9 3 22 Rushes-Yards 405-1130 477-U,20 Jrrenn Scruggs 37 173 4.7 l 28 Rushing Yards/Game 102.7 147 . .3 Cl.adn Anderson 129 121 0.9 .l 28 Passes At t. Comp.ilnt. 313-153-12 315-182-14 TOT\LS 4(Vi 1130 2.8 7 34 Completion Pct. .489 .578 = Passing Yards 1682 2360 Passing Yards/Game 152.9 214.5 Passing Att. Comp Pct. INT Yards TD Total Off. Plavs.Yds 718-2812 792-.3980 Qadry Anderson 287 141 49.1 11 1557 6 Total Offense/Game 255.6 361.8 Bernard Oden 16 8 50.0 0 75 Punts-Average 74-38.1 57-38.3 TOT\LS .ll.l 153 48.9 12 ]682 7 Punt Returns-Avg. 25-6.6 30-16.3 Kickoff Returns-Avg. .38-19.0 24-16.3 Receiving Rec Yds. J\vg. TD Long Int crccptions-Yards 14-171 12-144 Richie Floyd 43 600 14.0 1 56 Fumbles-Lost 18-9 31-14 Chancy Carr 24 285 13.9 1 44 Penalties-Yards 62-503 86-694 Damien Dodson 21 231 11.0 42 = 3rd Down Conversions 45-167 70-174 3rd Down Conversion Pct. .269 .402 Jeremy Scruggs 18 152 8.4 22 4th Down Conversions 8-15 8-15 TOT·\LS 15.l 1682 11.0 7 82 4th Down Conversion Pct. .533 .533 Avg. Time of Possession 27:.l4 32:26 Field Goals Made-Att. Pct. long Ted Lane 12-18 .667 45 TOli\LS 12-19 .632 45 TIGER TALES Punting No. Yards J\vg. In 20 Long Drciv Pair.unore 7J 2817 38.6 59 = * The Tigers 21-17 win over No. 6 Tennessee last TOT\LS 74 2817 38.1 59 Nov. 9 represented the highest-ranked team Kickoff Returns No. Yards Avg. TDS long that Memphis has ever defeated. Damien Dodson 19 362 19.1 0 43 * Memphis had the nation's second-largest Kevin Cobb 12 273 22.8 95 attendance increase in 1996 (behind only Pac-10 HYL\LS 38 722 19.0 95

champion Arizona State). The Tigers drew an Punt Returns No. Yds. J\vg. TDs long Chancy Carr 23 117 5.1 0 16 = average of 15,826 more fans per game last TOTALS _r:, 165 6.6 0 37 season than in 1995. * The Memphis defense allowed 17 points or less in Tackles Solos Ast Total seven of 11 games last season. It also forced at Richard Hogans 77 51 128 Tony \\'illiams 70 20 90 c.n least one turnover in each game, to increase its Keith Spann 62 22 84 _,-, streak of games with at least one turnover to 13 Marcus Gar~ 54 81 Marvin Thomas 48 l.'i 63 straight and 36 out of the last 37. 1-- TOTt\LS 679 _,:, 954 = * Junior wide receiver Richie Floyd had at least one Interceptions No. Yds. J\vg. TD reception in all 11 games last season and led the Keith Spann :i 113 32.6 0 Tigers with 43 receptions for 600 yards. The 43 Mike McKcnz.ic 3 -+ 1.3 0 receptions was a new record by a Memphis !kit. Wilkins 0 0.0 0 TOT1\LS 14 171 12.2 0 sophomore. =

49 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Memphis Primary Media USA • • •N t:WS•P APERS Billy Woods \\'SFZ ,\M VVest Memphis Evening Times 3801 Premier Ave. Phil Stukenborg 111 East Bond Memphis, TN .38181 The Commercial Appeal West Memphis, TN 38103 901/367-0808 495 Union Avenue 501 735-1010 Memphis, TN 38103 wwrx 901 529-2343 RADIO I 808 \\'est End Bldg., #1500 :\'ashvilk, TN 3 7203 Geoff Caulkins Dave Vvoloshin 901 320-9986 The Commercial Appeal \\'REC-Radio 495 Union Avenue 203 Beak St. TELEVISION Memphis, TN 38103 Memphis. T:'\ 3810.3 901/529-2343 901 578-1144 Grnrge Lapides \\'REc;-Tv Woody Baird WUMR Radio 803 Channel Three Drive Associated Press University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38103 495 Union Avenue Memphis, T:'\ .38152 901 543-2117 Memphis, TN 38103 901 678-317() 901/525-1972 Damon Andrews J.L. Fisk \\'PTY-TV Sports Editor WGKX FM 2225 Union Avenue The Daily Helmsman 965 Ridgelake Blvd. Memphis, TN 38104 University of Memphis Memphis. Ti\: .38120 901/27 8-2424 Memphis, TN 38152 901 682-1106 901.1678-2192 I Iarold Graeter Tom Gurley \\'MC-TV Dennis Freeland WHBO.AM 19()0 Union Ave. Memphis Flyer 6080 Mt. Moriah Memphis, TN 38104 460 Tennessee St. Memphis, Ti\: 38115 901 726-0410 Memphis. TN 38101 901 3 75-9324 901 521-0129 Doug Grccngard \\'MC-,\M WIIBO.. - TV Jeff Ireland 1960 Union Ave. 485 S. I lighland Covington Leader Memphis, TN 38104 Memphis, TN 38111 P.O. Box 529 90]/726-0555 901 320-1366 Covington, TN 38019 901 476-7116 WLOK ,\1\1 Jim I loldcr 363 South Second Street WBB..1-TV Wally Wellman Memphis. T:'\ 38103 346 Muse Street Germantown :\'nvs 901 527-9565 Jackson. T:\' 38.301 7545 North Street 901 --t:24-45 15 Germantown, T:'\ 38138 WRVR Fi\.1 901 754-0337 5904 Ridgcwav Center WKNO-TV Memphis, T:'\ 38 I 20 900 Getwell Road Bill Little 901 767-0104 Memphis, TN 38152 Tri-State Defender 901 458-2521 124 Calhoun Ave. East \\'OGY FM Memphis, T:\f 38103 5904 Ridgeway Center 901 52.3-1818 Memphis, T:'\ 38120 901 767-0104 Dan Morris The Jackson Sun wxsw F,\I 245 W. Lafayette 101 i\.'. I lighland Jackson, TN 38301 Jackson, TN 38301 901/425-9636 901/423-8316

50 * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E Southern Miss USA QUICK FACTS

Location: Hattiesburg, Miss. Founded: 1910 Enrollment: 14,000 Nickname: Golden Eagles Colors: Black and Gold = Stadium: M.M. Roberts Stadium (33,000) President: Dr. Horace V\'. Fleming Jr. Faculty Athletics Rcp.: Dr. Ronald Marquardt Athletic Director: H.C. "Bill" Mcl.cllan Senior VVoman Adm.: Helen Grant I lead Coach: Jeff Bower

SPORTS INFORMATION FOOTBALL FACTS

SID: Rcgid Napier Office Phone: 601 266-4503 Basic Offense: Multiple Home Phone: 601 268-7777 Basic Defense: Multiple Fax: 60(266-4507 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 38/23 Press Box Phone: 601 266-5523 Starters Returning: 15 Offense 8 Defense 6 HEAD COACH Specialists 1 1996 Record: 8-3-0 Jeff Bower Postseason: None Southern Miss '75 All-Time Record: .440-300-27 (.591) Career Record: Bowl Appearances: 8 34-32- 1 (. 515), Seven seasons Bowl Record: 2-6-0 Record at Southern Miss: Last Appearance: 1990, All-American 34-32-1 ( .515 ), Seven seasons =

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Dr. Horace Fleming .Ir. 11. C. "Bill" Mclellan i'rcsulcn! Athtctic Director =

M. M. Roberts Stadium (33,000)

I Iden Grant Regid Napier SIi~\ loot/,.il/ SID 51 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Southern Miss USA • • •••• 1997 SCHEDULE

August 30 at Florida 5:00p September 6 at Illinois 6:00p 20 NEVADA 5:00p 27 vs. Alabama (at Birmingham) TB:\ October 4 LOUISVILLE 5:00p 11 at East Carolina 1:00p 25 TULANE 5:00p November 1 at Cincinnati Noon 8 at Tennessee 5:00p 15 HOUSTON 5:00p 22 at Memphis 1:30p JEFF BOWER

:\II t imcs Central and xuhicct lli ch~111,L;L'. Hometown: Roswell, Ga. tonjerrnce games in bole/ il<1/in. Alma Mater: Southern Miss '75 Born May 20, 1953 1996 RESULTS Coaching Experience 1990- Southern Miss Head Coach - 34-32-1 (. 513) 7 seasons 1990 Oklahoma State Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Coard/Quarterbacks A31 at Georgia \\' 11-7 1-0 1988-89 Southern Miss Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Coard /Quarterbacks 1987 Wake Forest Quarterbacks 57 at (#13) Alabama L 10-20 1-1 1982-86 SMU Quarterbacks 514 UTAH STATE \\' 31-24 2-1 1978-81 Southern Miss Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers 1976-77 Southern Miss Graduate Assistant 521 S'WESTERN LA w 52-27 3-1 528 at Louisville w 24-7 4-1 Career Head Coaching Record 34-32-1 [.513) - 7 seasons

010 at East Carolina \Y 28-7 5-1 Coaching Staff 019 MEMPHIS \\' 16-0 6-1 Assistant Head Coach/Def Coordinator/Inside Linebackers John Thompson [Central Arkansas 78) 026 at Tulane \\' Tl-28 7-1 Offensive Coordinator Larry Kueck [Stephen F. Austin '77) N2 CINCINN,\TI \i\' 21-17 8-1 Tight Ends N9 at Houston L 49-56 i

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SLH1th Pike 62 Kril l: L·.11,,11 DS (1-l So. SQ i"vlPbik, Ab. i\ih1hilc t\6 Nat h.micl L·.1usc1· TE (,-·I Jr. Sll ·111pcl(), /vlis ..s . ·nq,rl,, :,.l i\nlh,1m L'h.ipm,111 \VR (,-Ll Fr. RS L;ullpPrt, ,\\i.ss. L;u[tp,,rt = '1.l T,HTL',K l·L11 t,1n OL (1-.) Fr. TR ,\kridi.111. ,\liss. lknncll (:\.Y (18 \\'illi,1111 l.liit,1n or. (,-2 Fr. RS L lp,·lib. ;\"1. c lp,-lik,1 gq L·h,irks l·,1icm.111 \VR 6-Ll Sr. SQ R.1vnwml. ,\ li.ss. R,11 Jlll1nd 12 Tornrnv l'rililis OR 6-Ll Ir. RS l·,,iumhu.s, ,\liss. Li.st Miss. CC 7-1 Richie 11.ividstlll LlL 6-"i 11·. RS \\'.irrn,T-R,1bbins, L;,1. Mid. Grnrgia L·,111. ,Jc, Kendall Duru: LlT Ci-3 ~r. JL l;u[tp,,rl, Miss. G1tlfpllrt · :i4 Fr.mk Fircst our l 6-2 Ir. .JC Brrnhilm, Texas Hli1111 .IC N .l:i llr,rndPn lr.uni-. Im 5-7 SLl. IL I .i1l.1yel le, La. ,·\c.idi,rn.i llarold Shaw lJLl Antonio Franklin Ill 6-5 Ir. RS Wi!lLT V,ill,·y, Miss. \\'i!tLT \',1llr\ 7 lack L;ahricl I' ci-H1 .Ir. IL l'Llnrlii![LlLtl.i. La. l\md1.1t,1ul.1 I I Sh,-rr,1J Gidwn \VR 6-0 S,1. IL c;1..-r111 illc, .\liss. l;r,-,-nvillc 2 1,1sr L;,,nzaks Ill\ :"i-H1 Ir. JC li1d:s,1111·ilk. Fla. L;ull C,1;1.sl l.L. Ill ,\\.imic,' L;uwd> \VR 5-H1 .Ir. IL P1.1.,c.1g()tJl.:1. ,\liss. Pasci.lgoul.:l = (19 L·,1k L;1Ycn L1L (i-4 ~r. 3L l..11,T,'JlL°L'\ illc, C.i. Central l;wi1111t'lt 7(1 l\r,rndlln Harnbriuht L 11 C,-4 Sr· 21. 1-t. l..Htdcrd,1k, Fla. Jpncs L·,H111t I IL' gg ·krrT I l.irdv TE (1-_7 ~r 3L ,\\ontgllmrry, ,\"1. Carver 61 Kn·i;1 l l.upcr c ll. (1-3 S,1. SL1 L>z,irk, 1\l,1. L';irn11l 60 kllll,1pg,1,1d ,11 (1-3 Ir. IL lli1y St. l.,n1is. i\liss. B,11 St. l.,1uis .lH L1id I 1L1ustL111 Lil (1-3 l 1· RS Bl1gu]u..,.1, L;.:1. Hl1galus3 L;iffl )rd ll)J1CS RH .l-LJ Fr RS \'ick.slnrrg. ,\liss. Vicksburg 58 K.is,·1 Kril h L>l. (1-.S Sr .ll. __IL-sup, l;,1. \ \'.iynr L-our:i!.L_ 43 ,\t.irih.rnt Kern1cv- ll.B (1-2 Sr. 31. :'s:e\\' (lrlc,1ns, L1. .ksuit g4 Jim Kif rhcn , TE (1-2 Sr. 31. Baton Rouge, I .,1. Cal ho lie I,) krrn1y I .indlev T 6-(l Sr IL Hucytllwn, ;\h l luc\1town .1 I iashonr Mnll.ud DR 'i- I Ll .Ir. IL .l.1ck.s,1n, Miss. l lilllls CC = 72 I lrnrv l\lcClend,m LlL 11-·I Jr. RS Kilkrn, Tex.is rr·i11il 1 \'alkv CC 6 !kn .(k!lwain \\'R .1 11 So. Sll Richton, l\lis.s. Rid1ton- , L) Bri.rn 1\kl.,·ll,rnd QR (1-2 Fr. RS I l,1ttie.sburg, ,\liss. :'-:,1rth Forrest g ,\\ik,- ,\\ikhdl PK 'i-1 () So. SQ l'rns;icL1la, 11.J. l\·11s,1n,l,1 .lll l;crald ;\\um I ord LB 6-.) Fr. RS l,1Ckscm. ;\liss. L·,111,n,·,11 Kell» :'-:,rnLT RB 6-2 Fr. RS I l.iti,-sln1rg. I\ tiss. I I.it t ieshurg .1,1h11 :'-:ix 01. 6-.l Fr. RS l.llCL'LL:lk, i\liss. l~l'Llq~l' l'tllillty Timirr.i i\!Lll.111 TE 6-4 Fr. RS l\r,-1,·tun, ,\la. \VS 0k,1[ R,1d Ollislln L)L (1-2 Sr. JL L;rrc-nvilk, Ala. l;!'L'rnvillc Ken Outlaw \\'R ~l-LJ Jr SQ 1\lm,11·e, ,\"1. Esc,1111hi.1 L·,1unt1 Lee Roberts C, ·1,-1Trnl'L' l';irrish 111\ 'i-lll S,,. IL 1·1ie,1d,HT, ,.\la. Thn,dnr,' · ·1c-1T1· Pat Con Ill. 6-0 S,1. -~ L;,nrlin, Miss. P,K,1g,H1"1 l'L-rr'. Phenix Ill\ 6-1 20.S Sr. IL lli!ll,1s, ·kxas Trinitl \',ill,·\ L.l Llu.i'ntrclis Phillips [ll. 6-4 293 Sr. IL l;rillin. L;,1. l;eorgia Milil,1ry ,\ca,kmy lc1dd Pinkston WR 6-3 16.l S,1. IL F,>t°L'Sl. ,\ \is.s. Forest l.1 t rd Pollard I.II 6-.l 22l.) Sr. 3L St1·i11gn. :\liss. StringtT ,1·1.,-sl,T Pope L>I. (1-5 .l4I Ir. 2L lltic,1, ,\liss. Utica Zq, l'owcll RI\ >-B I<~:~ Fr· RS I.ihcrt1·. :l.liss. Y;izLJo Count1 L·h,11'1,-s Pumphrcx L>I 6-4 28:i Sr· 21. Jl,111,il;lsvilk, L;,1. S\V Ge,7r,cii.i ,.\,·.i,lcm\· 18 l;1111i,- Purser K I' (1-0 llJLl Sn. IL Red Bil I, 1\l,1. R,-d l\;n- UI 63 i\\ik,, R,-.-d ot (1-4 2:-;4 S,1. SQ !1.iplrn:-, ,\l,1. !l,1phn_('.__ 1 1 1, 1sh Rirh.irdso-i P 11- I 170 s,,. SQ l\kl'omli. ,\lis.s. !';1rklanc .\,·.id,'nl\ 5 1.,-,, R, ,lwrt s QI\ 11- I 197 .Ir. 21. .39 Sh,rn1ll1n Ruffin FB (1-2. 220 Ir·. RS 7';c1,· Lll'ie,1n.s, 1.,1. 96 L·,·dri, Sn1tt 171. (1-.S 24(1 l·r. RS c;ulfp,1rl. Miss. L;u!i'port = 7H !1rlluinccy Srnl!_____l) L 6-2 26Ll Fr RS l..1pl,Ke, l..1. L.ist St. -~ 41 11cric Snit I 171. (1-.l 246 Fr RS Morn·,1cvill,-, i\"1 .. Mnnroc Cnunty 40 Eri,· :irnl t LR (1-l 22(1 Fr RS l\t,1nrncvillc, i\l,1. Monroe C,1u11l\ 23 K,irr Sh,rn1HH1 CB :"i- I Ll 1/S Sr. 21. I I,1rnmL111d, 1.,1. I I,1mmond · 2:i Eddie Sh,wc \\'R .,- I I I tl/1 .Ir. 21. M,1ger, Miss. i\l,1g,-,, 14 I l.iroh! Sh.iw RB (1-2 2.l4 Sr. JI. l\\agcc, 1\li.ss. ,\ l.ig,-.- .l4 T.I. Sl,lllght,-1· L.B 6-2 212 .lr. 21. llirmingh,1111, .\l,1. 1,11111 Carroll 2'1 Ll1,rndl,-1· Smith DB (1-2 ILJO .lr. IL. \'i,·kshurg, :\liss. St. .\l,1nim 2H Keff,-r,1 Slllk,-s DB ci- I I I 7t~ Fr. RS I l,1tti,-shurg. ,\\iss I l,1tlie.shurg I:; !'at rick Smt.1in DB 6-Ll ltl(, Sr. .lL :'-:,·1,· Llrlc.ins, l..1. K,irr .,, 1.,11-r1' T11l,1r DB S-1 I 177 S,1. SQ S1.1\·.:1nn~1h, L~a. L;n1\.L'S ,J7 1\dc111us "fh,,111c1s OE 2·Hl S,1. lL Equ;ilit)', ,.\h Crntr;il L'on.s.i 6-4 Perry Phenix l 11 Trahan llH 2 I _l S,1. 1 L l\1pl.irvillc, Miss. l'r,irl River L·cntral = ·1\, b-2 .l I l\wid Verdell JlB 6-4 1'10 Ir. RS C,1iurnhus, Miss. Clll11mhus (14 M,1xic Vige OI. 6-3 2:Jl) Ir. SQ I·:unin-, l.,1. EuniCL' ·l'l ,\lich,ll'I Villalc1ng,1 I.II 6-1 2 icJ .Ir. SQ l\\i,1111i, l·li. 1\mcrir.111 Srni,H· 12 Kc-rnlrick \ \,1shi11gllltl \ VR 6-2 ILJtl l·r. RS l'Llrt L;ihsn11. Miss. PLlrl l;il,son I., I . .JIT\' Watts [)[\ 6-1 202 Ir. lL L.Plumhii!. ,\liss. E.ist M,iri,lll cJ luliirs \ \'illi,1ms 1111 5-10 17.S .Ir. SQ l,1, ks,111. ,\liss. Hinds CL. cJ I :1.kil in Winn 11T 6-2 28-1 Sr 2L l\·,irl, ,\ \i.ss. !'earl 53 CONFERENCE Southern Miss USA • • • • . 1997 DEPTH CHART (Rl'turning st artrr s in hold: Lettermen Rrturning/Lost: .rn 2.l Starters Offensive Returning 'Lost: 8/ .l Defensive Returning Lost: 615 Special Teams Returning Lost: I

Offense WR Sherrod Gideon, Ben :\ldllv,1in, Scdrick Neloms LT Brandon I lamhright, Henn· McClcndon LG Shed~rick Blackmon, Charles Pumphrey, Maxie Vige C Jeff Hopgood, Frank Firestone, William Clifton RG Kasey Keith, Cole (.;rern, Richie Davidson RT O'Lester Pope, .Jeremy Lindley, Brian Bell TE Terry Hardy, Tirnirrn Nolan, Jim Kitchen FL Todd Pinkston, l\ramlon Francis, Ken Outlaw (lB Lee Roberts, Bri,111 Mcl.cllaru! 11-B Harold Shaw, Kelby Nance, Tyrone Bolwarc Mard1a11I Ke1111ey TB Eric Booth, I lnrold Shaw, Terry Carll'!" Defense 1997 SPRING SIGNEES DE Robert Bnnvn, Cedric Scott, Gerald Mumford NT John Nix, Kendall Dunn, NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN/H S, JC or COWGE Melvin Winn, Brian Balazik BACK 6-1 180 Fr. Homewood, Ala./Homewood DT Kendall Dunn, De(luincq Scott Leo Barnes BACK 6-2 195 Fr. Hattiesburg, Miss./Hattiesbur·g Ouantrclis Phillips, Brian Bell BACK 6-1 215 Jr. Toomsuba, Miss./East Mrss cc BAJ'\' , Marvin Brown, Dayron Brutley BACK 5-11 180 Fr. Eufaula, Ala./Eufaula Derir Scott OLB Lvt rel Pollard, ·1\ Trahan. Ire Chambers LINE 6-4 270 Fr. Forest, Miss./Forest Michael Villalong,1 Orlando Dantzler· LINE 6-4 262 Fr. Purvis, Miss./Pur·vis MLB Marchant Kenney, Royal Rell, John Eskridge LINE 6-4 220 Jr. Sarasota, Fla./Mississippi Delta CC Eric Scott Dannye Fowler· BACK 5-11 170 Fr. Hueytown Ala /Shades Valley OLB ·1:1. Slaughter, Zaid I louston, Antonio Gr·ay BACK 5-11 185 Fr. Trinity, Ala;West Mor·gan David Verdell CB Patrick Surtain, Jose Gonzales 0earell Hand'nrd LINE 6-4 225 Fr. Moss Point. Miss./Moss Point Terrence Parrish Tim Hardaway PK 5-9 160 Fr. Stone Mountain, Ga/Ga Milrt"Ery Acad. R Jamaal Alexander. Karr Shannon Kevin Heard BACK 5-11 170 Jr. Eupora, Miss./Holmes (Miss.) CC Chandler Smith Chris Johnson LINE 65 305 Fr. Grand Bay, Ala./Grand Bay S Perry Phenix, Larry I.Valls, Jeff Kelly BACK 62 200 Fr. Citrnnelle, Ala/Citrnnelle Chandler Smith CB Dashonc Mallard. Jose Gonzales, Roy Magee BACK 65 205 Fr. Mandeville, La./Mandeville Tommy Cribbs Antwonne McOuarters BACK 5-9 170 Fr. Euless, Texas/Grapevine Er-nie Moor·e LINE 6-4 250 Fr. Slidell, La./Salmen Specialists Tootre Myers BACK 5 11 180 Fr. Petal, Mrss./Petal K Mike Mitchell Calvrn Nichols LINE 6-2 270 Fr·. Atmore, Ala/Grand Bay P Jack Gabriel Reese Powell BACK 6-2 235 Fr. Butler, Ala./Patrician Academy Key Losses Bryan Reeves PK 511 170 Fr Moulton. Ala./Lawr·ence County \.VR Kendrick Lee Corey Sears BACK 6-2 215 Fr·. Montgomery, Ala.flee C Leroy Dewitt Tony Smith BACK 6-2 220 Fr·. Tallahassee, Fla/Godby OT Daryl Terrell Wayne Smith LINE 6-2 285 Fr. Pascagoula, Miss/East Central DB Nicky Seymour DE Jeff Posey Dalerny Stewart LINE 6-4 275 Fr· Vero Beach, Fla./Senior· DT Ourrit in Jackson Raymond Wells BACK 5-11 170 Fr· Kentwood, la/Kentwood DE Cedric \Valthaw Dawayne Woods BACK 5-9 185 Fr Slidell, la/Salmen 54 K Johnny Lornoro Southern Miss CONFERENCE USA • • • • 1996 TEAM STATISTICS 1996 INDIVIDUAL LEADEkS

Category USM Opponents Rushing i\tl. Yds. 1\vg. TD Long First Downs 180 212 Eric Booth !Ml (199 4.4 7

Rushes-Yard» 470-1068 384-l l04 ) F l l.irold Shaw 178 48(, -·'- 8 -.1 Rushing Yards/Game 97.1 100.4 Brandon Francis 30 l)l) .Ll 0 fl) t 280-144-15 .390-220- l 8 Passes ;\t .!Comp./Int. TOli\l.S 470 10'18 2 . .l 21 59 Completion I'd. .514 .564 = Passing Yards 2057 2773 Passing Au. Comp Pct. ivr Yards TD Passing Yi!rds•Game 187.0 252.1 - Total Off. Plays Yds 750-3125 774-3877 Lee Roberts 142 86 60.6 ' 12% 12 Total Offense Game 284.0 352.5 l lrnt h Gr.1'1.1111 122 52 42.6 6 634 Punt s-1 \verage 7.3-.39.7 58-40.0 TLH\l.S 280 IH 51 .-+ 15 2057 l.l Punt Rct urns-Avg. 24-14.1 36-10.0 Kickoff Returns-Avg. 34-24.4 33-21.2 RetTiving Rec Yds. i\vg. TD Long Int crrcpt ionsYa rds 18-282 15-102 Kendrick Lee .l.l (169 20 . .l 7 68 Fumbles-Lost 14-5 32-16 Sherrod Gideon U 500 15.2 1 42 Penalties-Yards 95-711 91-788 Eddie Shaw 17 162 9.5 0 22 = 3rd Down Conversions 58- 1(,8 46-149 Eric Booth 1.l 169 1.l.O 63 3rd Down Conversion I'd. ..H 5 .309 -lt h Down Conversions 6-1.l l 1-24 TOT.\LS 144 2057 14 . .l 13 68 -lth Down Conversion Prt , .462 .458 Avg. Time of Possession 31 :25 28:35 Field Goals Made-Alt. Pd. Long .rolmnv Lornoro 9-1.l .(,92 47

GOLDEN EAGLE NESTS Punting No. Yards 1\vg. In 20 Long .I.unic Purser H 1758 40.0 (d

HH·\15 73 2897 39.7 (1.l * Southern Miss earned a share of the inaugural Conference USA championship last season with a Kickoff Rctur ns No. Yards "\vg. TDS Long Eric Booth 12 352 29 . .l 0 6 l 4-1 league mark. Their 8-3 overall record was Sherrod (;ideon IO 25.2 0 5'i the Golden Eagles best mark since the 1990 All• IUL\LS 34 831 24.4 0 63 American Bowl team went 8-3. USM's three Punt Returns No. Yds. Avg. TDs Long losses came to three bowl teams (Alabama, Kendrick I.er 22 284 12 9 () 4 I TOL\l.S 24 .UlJ 14.1 41 = Florida State and Houston) that had a combined

regular season record of 27-7. Tackles Solos Ast Tot al * The Southern Miss defense finished tied for fifth :\!archant Kcnncv 10,, .l5 141 in the nation in takeaways last year with 34. The Lvt rcl Pollard 111 Pcrrv Phenix 40 1()2 UI Golden Eagles ranked second in the country in Pat Surtain -) ·C' 84 turnover margin at + 1.27 per game. T.J. Slaughter 48 8.l TOT\LS 704 471 11 Ti * Senior linebacker Marchant Kenney was second = in Conference USA in tackles last season with Interceptions No. Yds. Avg. TD Pat ruk Surt ain 6 77 12.8 0 134. He reached double figure tackle totals in .J,1111.1! Alexander 4 I 17 29. l 10 of 11 games and recorded 18 tackles for loss. Perry Phenix 3 IO 3 . .l 0 * Wide receiver Sherrod Gideon set a new USM ror.u.s 18 282 15.7 freshman record for receiving yards last season with 500 yards on 33 catches. =

55 * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E Southern Miss Primary Media USA • • •N tWSP• /\PERS Randy I l.unrnonds \\'ORV-AM \\'MJG-FM Enterprise .Iournal 1204 Graveline Tim Doherty l'O. Box 910 llattieshurg, J\lS 39401 l lattiesburg American McComb. MS .39648 601.544-1941 P.O. Box 1111 601 684-242 1 Hattiesburg, MS 39403 WBIIK-1\M 601/582-4321 Mike Grubb l'O. Box I 52 16 Meridian Star Hattiesburg. MS .39404 Robert Wilson no. Box 1591 (,()], 'l82-9',95 Clarion-Ledger Meridian, MS 39302 P.O. Box 40 601 693-1551 WNSL-FM Jackson, MS 3920'l 1160 Victory Road 601 961-7000 Natchez Democrat Laurel, MS 39440 l'O. Box 1447 M) I 425-1491 Slim Smith Natchez, MS 39 I 20 Biloxi Sun I Icrald 601/442-9101 WLISM-FM l'O. Box 4567 Box 10045 Biloxi, MS 39'l3S Thomas Baker I Iatricsburg. MS 39406 601 /896-2100 Student Printz 601 266-4288 Box 5088 Curtis Rockwell Hattiesburg, MS .l9406 TELEVISION Mississippi Press 601 266-426(, ro. Box 849 Mitch Williams Pascagoula, MS 39568 Sports Editor \\'Dr\M-TV 601/762-1111 Associated Press PO. Box 16269 125 S. Congress Hattiesburg. 1\IIS .39404 Tom Goetz Suite LI 70 601 544-4730 Daily Leader Jackson, MS 39201 P.O. Box 551 601 948-5897 Mike Rowe Brookhaven, MS 39601 W;\PT-TV 601833-6961 RADIO PU\Y BY PLAY ro. Box 10297 Jackson, MS .39209 Rob Sigler John Cox 601.· 922-1607 Picayune Item Golden Eagle Radio Network P.O. Box 580 no. Box 5161 Lee Owens Picayune, MS 39466 Hattiesburg, MS .39402 WJTV-TV 601 798-4766 no. Box 8887 Vic Pervis .tackson, MS 39204 Calvin Stephens USM Color Analyst (101 372-6311 Vicksburg Evening Post 10221 Ash Creek Drive P.O. Box 9Sl Union, KY 41091-9054 \\'LBT-TV Vicksburg, MS 39180 I!O. Box 1712 601 (d6-4545 RADIO Jackson, MS 39215 601 948-3333 Sports Editor Farley Shaw Times Picayune \\'FOR-AM. WI IER-FM A.J. Giardina 3800 Howard Ave. 2414 West 7th St reel \\'LOX-TV New Orleans, U\ 70140 Hattiesburg. MS 39401 l'O. Box 459(, 504/826-32 79 601 / 544-Jll2 Biloxi, MS 39535 60 I 896-l ll 3 Shawn Wansley Alllyson Scott Laurel Leader Call \\'BBN-FM WXXV-TV P.O. Box 728 P.O. Box 6408 ro. Box 2."iOO Laurel, MS 39441 Laurel. MS 39440 Culfport, MS -39505 601 428-0551 601 649-0095 60 I 832-2525

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56 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Tulane USA QUICK FACTS

Location: New Orleans, La. Founded: 1834 Enrollment: 11,300 Nickname: Green Wave Colors: Olive Green and Sky Blue = Stadium: Louisiana Supcrdorne (69,767) President: Dr. Eamon Kelly Faculty Athletics Rep.: Gary Roberts Athletic Director: Sandy Barbour Head Coach: Tommy Bowden

SPORTS INFORMATION FOOTBALL FACTS Assistant AD/SID: Lenny Vangilder Office Phone: 504/865-5506 Basic Offense: Multiple Home Phone: 504 734- 1002 Basic Defense: Multiple 4-3 Fax: 504/865-5512 Press Box Phone: 504 587-3868 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 42/20 Starters Returning: 12 Offense 3 Defense 7 HEAD COACH Specialists 2 1996 Record: 2-9-0 Tommy Bowden Postseason: None West Virginia '77 All-Time Record: .424-485-36 (.46Bl Career Record: Bowl Appearances: 8 First season Bowl Record: 2-6-0 Record at Tulane; Last Appearance: 1987, Independence First season

UI =

Dr. Eamon Kelly Sandy Barbour President .sthlct ic Director =

Louisiana Superdome (69,767)

Lenny Vangilder Fooll,<11/ 5/1) 57 CONFERENCE Tulane USA • • •••• 1997 SCHEDULE

September 6 CINCINNATI 7:00p 1 J RICE 7:00p 20 at Syracuse 5:00p October 4 ARMY 7:00p 11 at Louisville 2:00p 18 EAST CAROLINA 7:00p 25 at Southern Miss 5:00p November 1 at Southwestern La. 7:00p 8 MEMPHIS 7:00p 15 MISSISSIPPI 7:00p 22 at Houston 7:00p TOMMY BOWDEN i\11 timrs Central anJ suh.kd lo ril.rngr. Conference games in bolt/ il,1/in. Hometown: Birmingham, Ala. Alma Mater: West Virginia '77 Born July 10, 1954 1996 RESULTS Coaching Experience 1991-96 Auburn Offensive Cordinator/Wide Receivers 1990 Kentucky Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers A30 at Cincinnati \ \' 34-14 1-0 1987-89 Alabama Wide Receivers 514 RICE L 14-21 1-1 1984-86 Duke Offensive Coordinator 1981-83 Florida State Tight Ends 521 at Memphis L 10-17 1-2 1980 Auburn Running Backs 1980 East Carolina Defensive Backs OS TEXAS CHRISTIAN 35-7 2-2 w 1978-79 Florida State Defensive Backs 012 LOUISVILLE L 20-23 2-3 1977 West Virginia Graduate Assistant

019 at Army L 10-34 2-4 Career Head Coaching Record: First Season 026 at (#24) Southern Miss L 28-31 2-5 Coaching Staff N2 HOUSTOi\: L 17-20 2-6 Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks N9 (#23) SYR,\CUSE L 7-31 2-7 Rich Rodriguez (West Virginia '86) Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs N16 at Navy L 21-35 2-8 Rick Smith (Florida State 70) Wide Receivers N23 at (#18) LSU L 17-35 2-9 Steve Bird (Eastern Kentucky '83) Running Backs Burton Burns (Nebraska '76) Linebackers * * * * * * Steve Davis (Livingston '75) KEY DATES Defensive Ends Dick Hopkins (Florida State '7 4) Tight Ends/Recriuting Coordinator Veterans Report: August 13 Frank Scelfo (Northeast Louisiana '81 l Defensive Line Freshmen Report: August 10 Thielen Smith (LSU '77) Offensive Line Media Day: August 24 Ron West (Clemson '79)

Fall Classes Begin: August 2 7 Football Office Phone 504/865-5355 Fax 504/865-5379 58 * * * * 1997 ROSTER * * CONFERENCE :'1:0. :'1:1\ME POS. IIT. \\'T. YR. EXP. IIOMETOW:'1:/HS, JC or COLLEGE (>.l l'l1ris ,\ndcrs()n L (1-2 .2,l)l) Ir. RS ,\l.J!Tl'I'll, l.il. .l()[lll [Jird USA 4ci \V.J1·11c Bl.ur I.H 1,- I .:'..:.ll Ir. 21. Fl. l.,ntd,Td,ile, Fl,1. St. Thnm.1s .\qtii11.1s 4.l !\ill l\l.J!l 1 \\'!, .,- I I 182 11·. SQ Llls ,\11g,·lcs, l·,ilil. U1,m1in.1,lc 4 kllitts l·,11-r L"H t,-ll I ,q 11·. 2[ R~1lP11 RL1l1gL·. L1. L~len C\1ks Li li111 l·.irlrr L"I\ :i-1 I 172 Sl1. 11. Tc1ll.1h,1ss,·,·. I !,1. Rick:mls 38 S,·dric clcmons I.I\ Ill 214 .SP. IL Leesville, 1 . .i. I.,·,·willc K,ljllt,1 l·ll11ic> l c,- I 278 So. 11 l)vi,·d,,_ Fl,1. L 11·i,·dn

0 "kt'L'l]L'l' l llllk DT (1 2 2~~0 Sr. .ll Lhie.1gn, Ill. !.,·,, 11,1111ll11ick Crorkct t T (1-2 2~L; Fr. RS l\,1to11 R,H1g,·, 1..i. lslrllttma Kc,1!,111 cr.uu.ulir LB (l 2 2.')7 Sr. .ll l\r.1de11t,,11, l·l1. s,,ulh,·,1sl M.11111\ iucll.u [)[ (,-4 24lJ .Jr 21. i\li,1mi, Fl,1. ,\l.1i11,· L'rnlr.1! Inslillll,· It'll vu rl is llB ci-lll ltH Jr. 21 Rin·r Ridge, l.i. r,,!rn l·urtis = .t.nn.rk,u: J1,1rlu TB . ~-g I gt) .Ir . 21 l·,'l'iii,1, L.1. L·,·,·i!i,1 l,1 lu.ui J1,l\\S,lll \\'R c,-2 I ,n 2l l;ihsPn La. I I.I.. lhH1q~l'l1is 1()1111 11, >Ill ihu« WR (1-2 J 1.)H ,L I !,,u111.1, l..1. \',rndchill L·,1thlllic Kevin llukcs s :i- I l1 I ,1:, IL RinT Ridge, l..1. r,,!rn L'llrl is Noel Ellis s c,-1 .:'. I

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Lettermen Returning/Lost: 42120 Starters Offensive Returning Lost: 3 /8 Defensive Returning Lost: 7 4 Special Teams Returning· Lost: 2 0

Offense WR Ja.Juan Dawson, John Donohue LT Bernard Robertson, Kahari Wood LG Jerry Godfrey, Domenick Crockett C Kapua Conley, Chris Anderson RG Mike Gumiela, Greg Gert he RT Cory Geason, Brad McFarland TE Mike Turner WR P.J. Franklin, Tim Carter O.B Shaun King, Xavier Salazar, Jeff Curtis FB Daryl Jackson, O'Kir Woods or Stanford White l~ J. franklin TB Jamaican Dartez, Horace Raymond,

Defense 1997 SPRING SIGNEES LDE Keaton Cromartie, Kevin Reavis LDT Dennis O'Sullivan, Tom Latos, NO NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HDME10WNIHS, JC or CllllEGE RDT Terence Cook, Mitch Mouton 33 Meldon Barnes DB 6-0 175 Fr. St. James, la/St. James ROE Shane Marshall, Manny Cuellar 57 Ryan Brewer LB 6-3 215 Fr. Lexington, Ky./Henry Clay SLB Derrick Singleton, Derrick Perry Adrian Burnette WR 5-11 185 Bastrop, La./Bastrop MLB Brian Williams, Wayne Blair 83 fr. WLB Brett Timmons, Sedrir Clemons 71 Charles Caldwell OL 6-4 265 Fr. Lntana, La./Santaluces RCB Michael Jordan, Ky Joseph 23 Toney Converse RB 5-9 170 Fr. Metairie, La./Riverdale LCB Tellius Carr, warren St. Junious 84 Kerwin Cook WR 6-1 175 Fr. Ferriday, La./Ferriday SS Kevin Dukes, Sam Knight 57 Tony Cunningham DL 6-2 275 Fr. River Ridge, La./John Curtis FS Alphonso Roundtree, Allen Phillips 49 David Dorsey LB 6-2 215 Fr. Metairie, La./Riverdale 94 Derrick Elzy DE 6-5 230 Fr. St. James, l.a/St. James Specialists K Brad Palazzo 42 Corey Jones OB 6-1 190 Fr. Newellton, La/Newellton P Brad Hill 2 Jamal Jones DB 5-11 170 Fr. New Iberia, La/Catholic 91 Glenn Lemoine DE 6-3 235 Fr. Chalmette, La/Hannan Key Losses 52 Jon-Robert Mouton LB 6-1 215 Fr. Kaplan, La./Kaplan \NR Jeff Liggon 72 Stephen Parrish DL 6-4 285 Fr. Destrehan, La/Jesuit LG Dannv Metzner ' ,., 7 QB 6-3 215 Fr. Ruston, La/Ruston C Tom Jackson 37 Zander Robinson WR 5-9 170 Fr. Marrero. La./John Ehret RG Will Carlisle RT Cyril Brockmeier 36 Casey Roussel K/P 6-1 200 Fr. Paulina. La./St Charles WR Derrick Franklin 21 Barry Smith RB 5-11 200 Fr. Marrero, La./Shaw FB Jerald Sowell 95 Mark Tyler OT 6-2 295 Fr. Bossier City, La/Airline DE Joel Locker 69 Bryson Westbrook DL 6-4 265 Fr. Cumming, Ga/Forsyth Central DT Keith Cook John Wilson WR 5-7 170 Fr. America, Ga/Americas FS Elijah Freeman 60 * * * * * * Tulane CONFERENCE USA ...... 1996 TEAM STATISTICS 1996 INDIVIDUAL LEADEkS

Category TU Opponents Rushing Au. Yds. Avg. TD Long First Downs 181 229 Jerald Sowell 154 .191 3.9 4 30 Rushes-Yards 409-l.l98 536-2202 Jamaican Dartez I .l8 .18 l 4.2 3 .lll Rushing Yardx.Uame 127.1 200.2 Ad.un Moorhead ll 102 3.3 I 15 Passes Att . Comp. Int. 308- I 50-8 262-15 8-9 TOT:\LS 409 U98 .l.4 Ill JO Completion Pct. .487 .603 = Passing Yards 1786 1955 Passing Att. Comp Pd. INT Yards TD Passing Yards Game 162.4 177.7 27.l 132 48.4 7 1574 8 Ti.ital Off. Plays Yds 717-.3184 798-4157 Shaun King Total Offense Game 289.5 .377.9 Xavier Salazar 32 15 48.9 I 157 2 Punts-Average 71-39.l 52-43.8 TOT,\LS 308 l.10 48.7 8 1786 10 Punt Returns-Avg. 23-6.0 26-8.0 Kickoff Returns-Avg. .38-23.8 41-19.5 Receiving Rec Yds. ,\vg. TD Long Interceptions-Yards 9-8. 7 8-22.0 Jeff Liggon 26 .l48 l.!4 2 60 _)~_ Fumbles-Lost I 7-6 16-IO .Icr.ud Sowell , 352 14.1 41 Penalties-Yards 53-486 66-551 l'.I. Franklin 20 311 15.(1 2 4(1 = .3rd Down Conversions 5 7-164 71-164 Drr ruk Franklin 18 221 12.3 38 .3rd Down Conversion Prt. .. l49 .-U.3 1.,0 1786 11 ,9 10 60 4th Down Conversions 15- 18 9-21 TOT\l.S 4th Down Conversion Prt , .8.Ll .429 Avg. Tirnr of Possession 27:5.l J2:07 lieId Goals Mack-:\tt. Pct. Long Brad Palazzo 12-15 .800 42

GREEN WAVE WARNINGS Punting No. Yards Avg. In 20 Long Brad I lill (17 2699 40.3 62 TOT\LS 71 2779 39.1 = * Tommy Bowden begins his first season at the helm of the Green Wave. He spent the last six Kickoff Returns :-.:o. Yards Avg. TDS Long Jeff Liggon 27 707 26.2 1 98 seasons as offensive coordinator at Auburn, Adam x loorhr,ul 8 140 17 . .1 0 24 where the 1995 Tigers set school records for TOT\LS 38 9(]'j 23.8 2 98 total offense, points, points per game and Punt Returns No. Yds. :\vg. TDs Long touchdowns. Along with his brother Terry at Derrick Franklin 14 107 7.(l O 23 l'.1. Franklin 9 .JO .U O 10 = Auburn and his father Bobby at Florida State, the TlH\LS 2.l l.l 7 (1.0 0 23 Bowden family becomes the first to have three Division I-A head coaches at the same time. Tackles Solos Ast Total Brian \ villiarns 61 39 100 * Senior linebackers Brian Williams (10Dl and Elijah Freeman 73 23 c.n Derrick Singleton (77 in 8 games) ranked 1-3 on Derrick Singleton 49 28 Tulane in tackles last season. Singleton also had .\lid1ad Jordan 49 14 6.l .h>d Locker 40 18 58 a team-leading three interceptions last year and TOL\LS (171 .l45 101(, = scored two touchdowns against Southern Miss Interceptions No. Yds. Avg. TD on Oct. 26. Derrick Singleton 3 (12 20.7 I * Junior kicker Brad Palazzo was the most Don Jackson 2 8 4.0 0 8 8.0 0 accurate kicker in C-USA last year, connecting on Keaton Crom.irt ic TOT.-\LS 9 79 8. 7 12-of-15 field goal attempts. * Junior Michael Jordan set a school• = record with 15 pass breakups last season and also ranked fourth on the team with 63 tackles.

61 CONFERENCE Tulane Primary Media

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C-USA All Games W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp W-L Pct. II A Pts Opp '?{,Houston 4-1 .800 3-0 1-1 171 124 7-5 .583 4-2 3-3* .fol ,341 '\,Southern i'vliss 4-1 .800 2-0 2-1 141 108 8-3 .727 4-0 4-3 285 247 Cincinnati 2-3 .400 1-1 1-2 88 100 6-5 .545 4-2 2-3 229 212 Louisville 2-3 .400 1-2 1-1 57 102 5-6 .45:'5 2-3 3-3 182 205 Memphis 2-3 .400 2-0 0-3 65 92 4-7 .364 3-3 1-4 141 219 Tulane 1-4 .200 0-3 1-1 109 105 2-9 .182 1-5 1-4 213 2()8

1't1n) -rrgular St\_1:-;llll ch<1111pin11-. "imludc-. m-ut r.il lnss at St. _llHk l.ibcrt v lhllYI (\h'1nphis, lc1111.1 POSTSEASON RESULTS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

St. Jude Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn. OFFENSE (#22) Syracuse 30, llouston 17 S2 Jerald Sowell, RB, Tulane S9 Chad Plummer. QB, Cincinnati S16 Antowain Smith, RB, Houston Houston Offensive Player of the Game S23 Chris Redman, QB, Louisville Antowain Smith S30 Daryl Royal, FB, Cincinnati 07 Antowain Smith, RB, Houston Houston Defensive Player of the Game 014 Lee Roberts, QB, Southern Miss Delmonico Montgomery 021 Chad Plummer, QB, Cincinnati 028 Robert Cooper, RB, Cincinnati N4 Sherrod Gideon, WR, Southern Miss C-USA AWARDS N11 Antowain Smith, RB, Houston N18 Chuck Clements, QB, Houston OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR N25 Jerald Sowell, RB, Tulane Antowain Smith, RB, I louston DEFENSE S2 Cedric Walthaw, DE, Southern Miss DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR S9 Phillip Curry, LB, Cincinnati Tyrus McCloud, LB, Louisville S16 Richard Hogans, LB. Memphis S23 Tony Williams, OT. Memphis SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR S30 Jeff Posey, DE, Southern Miss Jeff Liggon, KR, Tulane 07 Louis Hampton, OE, Houston Keith Spann, DB, Memphis 014 Patrick Surtain, DB, Southern Miss FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR 021 Richard Hogans, LB, Memphis Ketric Sanford, RB KR, I louston Marchant Kenney, LB. Southern Miss 028 Derrick Singleton, LB, Tulane COACH OF THE YEAR N4 Leland Taylor, OT, Louisville Kim Helton, Houston N11 Tony Williams, OT, Memphis N18 Houston Defense N25 Chris Hewitt, S, Cincinnati

SPECIAL TEAMS S2 Tony Esters, LB, Louisville S9 Jeremy Borseth, P Louisville S16 Kendrick Lee, PR. Southern Miss S23 Drew Pairamore, P Memphis S30 Eric Richards, K, Cincinnati 07 Ted Lane, K, Memphis 014 David Akers, K, Louisville 021 Steve Smith, P Cincinnati 028 Jeff Liggon, KR, Tulane N4 Sebastian Villarreal, K, Houston N11 Kevin Cobb, KR, Memphis N18 Eric Richards, K, Cincinnati N25 Robert Tate, PR, Cincinnati 64 Kim lie/ton, 11011.~ton Awards CONFERENCE USA ...... i\LL-CONFERE:-.:CE FIRST TEi\M SPECIAL TEAMS POSTSE1\SON 1\LL-ST\RS l'K ·1i:d L111e, ,\lcmphis OFFENSE I' .Icrrm , Borsrth, Louisville Blue-Gray Game OH Chuck Clements, Houston RS Jeff Liggon, Tul.mc rs Chris I lrwitt, Cincinnati RB Eric Booth, Southern Miss DT i\1arvin Tlwmas, ,\lcmphis RB Antowain Smith, Houston ,\LL-fRESllwU'.'I: TEAM C Ken :--.:nvton, 1\lcmphis OL Cyril Brockmeier, Tulane OL nan I Ii.Trell, Southern Miss OL Leroy DeWitt, Southern i\liss OFFE'.'l:SE Hl Jerald So1\Tll, Tulane OL .Iason labini. Cincinnati ClB Chris Redman. Louisville = OL Ben Fricke, I louston RB Robert Cooper. Cinriun.rt i Senior Bo\\'l OL Marcus Spriggs, Houston RB Ket rir Sanford, I loust on \\'R KR Robert Tall', Cincinnati TE Cory Ceilson, Tul.mr OL Ken Biggs, Cincinnati RB ,\ntmvain Smith, I louston \NR Damion Johnson. I louston OL Shcdcrirk Bl,Kkmon, LIS.\1 OT ,\\arcus Spriggs, Houston WR Kendrick Lee, Southern 1\liss OL Anthony Byrd, Louisville LB Tnus ;\ kCloud, Louisville OL Tavares Middlchrook s. ,\lcmphis lll .\lar\'in Thomas, Memphis DEFENSE OL Truett Novosad. I louston K Johnny l.omoro, Southern Miss DL Darr ius Felder, Cincinnati TE Scott Regirnbald. I louston FB .lcr.ild Sowell, Tulane DL Jeff Posey, Southern Miss \\'R Damien Dodson, ,\lcmphis DL Carl Powell. Louisville \NR Sherrod Gideon, Sout hcrn \liss Ea\t-Wc.\t Shrim· Game = DL Cedric \\'althaw, Southern Miss OL 11.iryl ll'rrcll. Southern ,\liss LB Richard flogans, \lcmphis DEFENSE CB S.im ,\lddison, Louisville LB Marchant Kenney, Southern Miss DL Mike Gantous, Louisville LB ·1\rus McCloud, Louis,·illc LB Tvrus McCloud. Louisville DL Derrick Kcnncdv. Louisville DB Sam Garnes, Cincinnati [)L 1\likr Knepper, I louston DB Sam Madison, Louisville l)L ,\dalius Thomas, Southern ,\liss DB D. Montgomery, I louston LB :\licah \!alone, I louston DB Patrick Surtain, Southern l\liss LB Caspor Stilrs, ,\lcmphis LB Derrick Prrn, Tul,111e SPECli\t TEi\MS nB Court ncv Dinkins, Louisville = PK Eric Richards, Cincinnati [)B Kevin Dukes, lul.mr P Steve Smith, Cincinnati DB \ v'illi.un Fields, I Iouston RS Eric Booth, Southern i\liss DB \like McKcnz i«. Memphis

ALL-CONFERENCE SECO:\:D TL\M SPECIAL TL\MS P Jamie Purser, Sout hrrn ,\liss OfFENSE RS Kerrie Sanford, I Iouston O.B Lee Roberts, Southern 1\liss RB Daryl Royal, Cinrinnnt i ALL-i\MERICJ\ RB Krtrir Sanford, Houston = OL wm Cnr lislr. Tul.mr Associated Press Sam ,\ladi.rnn, Loui.5ville OL Joel Dolinski, Cincinnat i Third Team OL Steve Misct ic. Louisville CB Sam Mndison. Louisville OL Daryl Terrell. Southern Miss LB Tyrus i\lcCloud, Louisville OL Brian Uhl, Cincinnati TE Terry Hardv. Southern Mis« Football '.'l:e\\'s c.n \ \'R Miguel Montano, Louisville first Tca111 WR Charles \\'est, Houston CB Sam .\ladison. I.ouisvillr Scconil Trc1111 DEFENSE LB Ivru« .\kCloud, l.ouisvillc = DL Kendrick Gholston, Louisville Third ·fr,1111 DL Joel Locker, Tulane LB Marchant Kcnncv. Southern DL Leland Taylor, Louisville Miss DL ltllly Williams, Memphis l lonorab!e ,\lc11tio11 LB Phillip Curry, Cincinnati RB .Ynt ovvaiu Smith, I Ioust on LB Brad .r.uk son. Cincinnati LB Derrick Singkton Tulane Sporting Xews DB Rico Clark. Louisville Second Team DB Chris I lcivit t , Cincinnati LB Tyrus McCloud, Louisville DB Perry Phenix, Southern ,\liss Freshman All-A111cricc1 = DB Keith Spann, Memphis DE Adalius Thomas, Southern ,\liss Jj·rus McC/oud, Louisl'ille Chronide Unsung Hero All-1l111cricc1 DB Karr Shannon, Southern ,\liss 65 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Individual Stats All Games USA ...... Rushing G Yds TD Ycls/G Interceptions G Int Yds TD Int/(; Smith. 1-!LlU 11 14 I 12 r, ;\hmtg,1mcrr, nou lll (, [) ()_(,() Rov.il. CIN 1 1 ;\ t.idison. LL1ll 11 () l t) _ _l_) Bollll1, USM 10 -11 Smtain, USM 11 ll L) __ l_l Sanford, HOU 11 Spann, MEM 11 I I,, ll ll.-+:i Dartez, TUL io 4.2 .vkx.uider. USM 11 -I I I 7 I ll l(, Rilcv, 1\ !EM ill ')_l) I'hcnix. USM 11 1(1 (1 Ll 27 L·,1,1prr, ClN l) ., I I 4 ..1 Sc\ mour. US,\ I 11 .) ll (1 2;• Sowell, TUL 11 -I \ \cK,·nzic, \ IL\! I! ll L) . .27 Sh.uv, US\\ 11 .1,11 Hcivit t . U:\ ill 2 ll l1.2ll Ricc-L,1cl--d. i.Llll 11 2 21 ll ll. JG Pass Efficienrv G ,\ti Cmp Int Pct Yds TD Eff Rohcrt s. LIS\\ Ill l·L!. H(1 (,L).6 12lJL1 12 Li.1_ Punt Returns c; Rd Yds TD ,\\'g Clements. I iou I I ,,-1 22, 13 (d.(l 2417 2 1 1.12.(1 \\',·st. I llllJ 11 I",, 2.16 13.1 Plunumr. LT\ I I ll)H 102 H :11.:i 1.127 JIU l.,·r LIS\ I 11 ') 284 Ll 12.l) Rcdm,111, i.ou Ill .27.2 1-+4 l) :-i2.Y 17/J 8 ! ill; [1k. l·1:,; 11 Ll L)_7° King, TLII 11 27.l 1,).2 7 48.4 1574 8 io i: lr.uik lin. TUI 10 14 1(17 0 ;-_(1 !';1\ ll<' I., lll Ill I 12 (, I 7 54.5 625 q-; -; l l.uk. i.ou I! 238 0 ,\11d,·1·sP11, \.IL\ I I I 2ti7 141 11 4lJ.l 1557 (, l),.).l) , ·,1rr, ,\IL\\ 11 I 17 0 _r; I

Total Offense G Rush Pass Plays Total Ycls;(; Kirkoff Rl'turns G l{d Yds TD ,\vg L'lrnl<'nls, I iou I I -8.) 2417 .18Ll 212.2 !,,,,,th, LIS\! J[) 12 Ll _2.l)_,) R,·d111,111, i.ou ill -148 1 77.l .>llcJ 162_1 I <12 .. l l.ig,~,111. TUl. 11 I .2(l . .2 t\11drrS<111, ,\IL\\ I! 121 Li:i 7 41(, I t170 1.12 .. l S.ml,1rd. IJLlLJ 11 Ll 2.L7 Ki11g, TUI. I I !(, 1:,;-4 31 (l LilJLl l·H .., L,1!,I,, ,\IL\! 11 12 I 22.8 1'lu111111l-r, LT\ I 1 .2.71 l.L~7 L17H l-LL-1 L'l,1ri--, l.l lLJ 11 I! () 2[)_() Roberts, US,\! Ill -15(1 I _2L)p JJ,I() \\'lic,·lcr, I !L1LJ 1(1 ,~ () I 1.J.B Smith, IILlU 11 123,1 o 112.(1 11<1dsL111, ME\1 ![) Jc) ll JcJ_ j Rov.il. CIN I I tL1.) L1 1;1k, UN 11 ! I ll l H.4 Booth. USM 10 (,lJl) .-1() 5,rnfllrd, HOU 11 747 ·!7 Punting G Punt \'els Avg Smith, UN 11 2 7"L)_) 41 I Receptions/Game G Rn Yds TD :\vg:C Yds/G H,1rseth. LOU 11 2tH1L1 ·lll.(1 Johnson. nou 1 I l.).(1 --1-.73 5duccda. 1--!llll 11 4Ll.'i \ vest. 1 iou I I 51 ,i I io.o 4.r,4 I !ill. Tl!L 11 2(1Lll) 4(1.; \!,1nta11ll, LL1LI 1 I ·Hl (1L1.2 12.:) --J- __ )(1 Pursl'I', US\ l ·11 17.lH 4(1.Ll L;rccn, LL1U I! -17 .l 11.4 4.27 P,1ir,mll1r,· ..\ IE\ I 11 7.) Flov d, \ IL\ l I! -U (1(ll) r-i.o _;_q I Lee, US\ I ! I u ()(ll) 7 2L).3 l.llll Field Goals G F(; FG1\ Pct FG/G Cid,-.m, US.\! ! I 1()() 15.2 l.Llll l.,111,· \IL\! j() 12 JG 66.7 .2ll ft1t,·s, i.ou Ill ;44 2 t i.» 2.clll Ri,ll,1rds LI:\ 11 I, 21 () 1.9 I. IS Wh,·,·k1·, I il ll! Ill 4 11.2 2.(1ll l',li,1u,1. TUI 11 12 15 GO.Ll l .lN "".'-, Srnit h llllll ! I _ll,,' ' ·- \ 'i ll.1rr,·,d. I IL llJ 11 11 15 73.3 l.lltl 1.,,nll1r,1. LIS,\! 11 q 13 69.2 O.H.2 Rec. Yds/Game G Rec TD Avg/C Yds/G .\kl'l's. LL lLJ 11 7 16 43.G ll.(,-l lolrns,111. I ll1U ! I .7 13.6 (14.-~ LL'l', LIS,\! ! I zo. l (10. ~~ Sl·oring G TD XPT FG l'ts/G 1\lont.rn,1, i.ou ! I l 2.:1 .,4. ;• 5111itli. I !Llll 11 15 2 ll H ,I Flonl, ,\ II:,\ I ! I 14.Ll _l-l._l \'ill,1r1Y,1!. I IL)ll ! I ll 1, 11 (1.·I l;rt'l'n, I l1U 11 11.4 -~0 .(l Ri, h,mls. U:\ II Ll 13 :',_l) 'l q \Vfst, I IL1ll 11 io.o -l(1 _ _l 1.,,nll1n1. LIS\! ! I ll ·'- 'i -·~ l;idwn, US1\l 11 1.,.2 -l.l ..l l1,1l;iu,1. TLIL 11 Ll 21 12 -~-2 Ladd, CIN lll 21 I l) .:1 4l)_l) Sli.rw. US:\! ! I c) 2 Ll 'i I J J_cJ H.·1 I . .rm·, i\ IE\ I \ll 12 \2 -l.H Batrs, LOU lLl 2 ,, n,,otli, US:\! ill ,, (l ll ,,",,' 4.H ,, All-Purpose G Rush PR KR Yds 1\vg/G S,rnford, !IOU 11 ,, ll Ll ·U Smith, HOU 11 123<) o J., 14:,_, 132 .. ) Sanford, l lOU 11 7 47 ll ,,J, 14.i I !ill I 11,ioth, USM io ()\)() L) 3.12 122ll 122 o Lee. USM ! I 21 2H-+ 1.Jl1 \llt,4 l)(l. :-• Ligg,m, TUL l l o ll 7ll7 I ll,'i.'i LJ:l. l) Rov.il LT\ 11 I H·l [) I l ! ll:1ll LJ:1_j Sowell, TUL ! I o o q4-; Sti. I Riki \!L\l Ill o o -:2_q L;idc,111, US.\ I 11 L) 252 \\',·st. l il lLJ 11 [) 236 Ll

66 Team Stats - All Games CONFERENCE USA ...... Rushing Offense G /\tt Yds 1\vg TD Yds/G Scoring Defense TD XP 2XI' DXP FG Saf Pts :\vg/G L·i11,·i1111,1ti 11 'i.21 ll)l),S l.H !(, IH 1.4 I.ouisvillr 25 ll ll Ill Ll 2L1'i I tl.o i i,llJSl,111 !t)lJ.) 11 397 ', o 21 !ti 1.2 L·i11ci1111.1li 26 Jl) 2 ll 11 Ll 212 I

Pass Offense G Cmplnt Pct Yds 1\vg TD Yds/G Turnover Margin (Gained) (Lost) I l,1usl<111 11 224 l.l 62.LJ 2464 6.

Punt Returns G Ret Yds TD ,\,·g = S<1ul hcrn Miss 11 23 .)22 I 14 () I l,1usl<111 11 -) ·'' 26.1 11.4 L'i11,·i1111.1t i 11 32 316 o.o l.ouisvill,: 11 46 /_l) ,Vkrnpliis 11 ](,5 o.o Tul,111,· 11 137 6.Ll

Kickoff Returns G Yds TD Avg

1 r ' S,H1tli,-r11 ,\liss 11 /i)l) o ....,..J. ~' Tul.mr 11 l)ll'i 2 23.8 I luust on 11 l()l)4 o :21.9 = Ci11ci1111.iti 11 7.ll () 20.9 i\kmpliis 11 722 I rv.o Robert Cooper, Cincinnati l.ouisvill,: 11 [) 18.4

Rushing Defense G Rushes Yards ,\vg TD Yds/G Louisville 11 '--L17 HlJ2. 2 L1 () Ml I u, S,1uthcrn :\liss 11 .lH4 I llH .2,_l) 12 lllLl.4 vinrinn.it i 11 44t1 I.U.l .i.o 12 121 3 ,\km phis 11 477 11,11 ,-+ 1:2 l-+(1 ..1 I luusl,111 11 4'ill I H()O I. Jc) l(1lJ. t Tul.uir 11 536 2202 4.1 .io 2L1l1.2 = Pass Eff. Def. /\tt Crnp Int Pct Yds TD Eff l.ouisvillr 328 15t1 IO 4t1.2 17Ll2 I I ,Jc, 7 L'i1wi1111,1li 311 131 lJ 42.1 1727 13 l)(,_~i S,111liiLT11 Miss .l9L1 22Ll 18 56.4 2772 17 1213 l\lrn1phis lLi rn2 14 37.H 2.hiL1 12 124.4 I lnust,111 no 176 11 5.l. 24t1l1 21 l.lll.8 ·1\11.J11r 262 1~18 q 6l1 . .l ]lJ,'i_'i 12 l.ll .2

Total l>efrn.~l· Rush Pass Plays Yards 1\vg/1' TD Yds/G Louisvill.: BlJ.2. 1702 7c1'i 2.icJ4 .l.4 2L1 135.8 = Ciminn.r! i U.34 1727 7'ilJ .ll161 -i.o 25 278 .. 1 Snulh,-r11 l\liss 11()4 2772 774 387(, :i [] 29 352.4 I.ytrel J>o/1<1rd, Southern Miss Mrrnphi« 161 I 2.lNl 7LJ2 llJ7 I s.n 24 361.0 Tul.mr 2202 JLJ:l:'i /lJH 41:)7 S.2 377 lJ H,1ust,111 !ti(,[) 241{[) 7illl 4.l-Hl 'i.(1 40 .394.5

67 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Superlatives - All Games USA ...... I~OIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes 36 RLW,\I., D;iryl, L"INCli\:i\:;\TI vs. Miami-Ohio (Sept. 28, 1996) Yards Rushing 282 ROY,\I., I1,irvl, L"INL.INNArI vs. Mi.uni-Ohio (Sept. 28, 1996) TD Rushes. 5 SI\ llll I, .Vnl ovv.un. I IL•LISTON vs. Souther n Miss I Nov, 9, 1996) Long Rush 96 Sl\llTI I, ;\11tow.1i11, I IL1LISTON at Pittsburgh (Sept. 14, 1996) Pass attempts 6,·-~ REJ)1\l\N, chri«. I.OLIISVILLE vs. Southern Miss (Sept. 2ll, 199(1) P.iss cornplrt ions 35 REl11\1:\N, Chris, l.l1LIISVILLE vs. Southern Miss (Sept. 2ll, I 996) Yards Passing 40() !<.El 11\ t\N, Clnis. LL 1LIJSVILLE vs, Southern 1\!liss (Sqit. 2ll, I LJ96 I TD l'.1sscs 4 L.I.E1v1ENTS, Chuck I IOUSTON at Pittsburgh (Sept. 14, 1996) CLEMENTS, Chuck, HOUSTON vs. Memphis (Ort 12, 1996) Long Pass tl2 1\NJ)U{SUN, Qadr\, l\lL\lPl-!IS at I louston (Od. 12, 1996) Rcccpt il 111s I4 MONT\;-.JO, Miguel, LOUISVILLE vs. Sout licrn Miss (Sq1t. 2ll, 1996)

1 Y,irds R,-cri,·i11,to 260 LEE, Kendrick. SOUTHERN l\llSS .it I louston IN,,,·. 9, 1996) TD Rrcrpt il 111s ; LEE, Kendrick. SOUTHERN i\llSS at I louston (Nl1v. LJ, 1996) Long Rrcqitillll ll2 RILl~Y, Teofilo. MEMl'I-IIS at I illl!Slllli (L)ct. 12, 1996) Field L;().ils 3 RICIIARDS, Eric, CINCINNATI vs. Mi.urii-Ohio (Sl'j>l. 2ll, 1996) RICI !ARDS, Eric, CINCINN:\TI .it Mcrnphi« (L)d. 5, 1996) VILL\RRL\L, 5., IJL)USTON vs. Slllilhnn Cilifornia (Sept. 21, 1996) ,\KERS, David, LOUISVILLE al lul.ui« (L)cl. 12, I lJlJ6) L\;-.JE, Ted, MEMl'I IIS at SliuthwrslL'rn l.ouisi.ina (Uct. 26, 1996) LL)M(1RO, Jnh1111y, SOUTI IERN MISS at Crnrgia (Aug 31, 19961 Long Field Co,1I 49 :\KERS, David, I.L)lJJSVILLE vs. Norl hrrn Illinois (Oct. 19, 1996) l'unl s 12 Si\lllfl, Steve, l.lNL.INN:\TI .it Louisville (L)ct. 26, 1996) Punting J\vg. 52.7 lkW,SETII, .Jeremy, LL)LIISVILI.E vs. Southern l\liss (Sept. 28, J9LJ(,) Long Punt 76 Ik1RSETI I, Jeremy, LL1LIISVILLE vs. Southern Miss (Sept. 28, I 996) Long Punt Return ll7 \\'EST ch.nlr«. I IL)LlST(lN vs, Southern Miss (Nov. 9, 1996) Long Kickoff Return 9cl J.ll;l;l,;--,,:, Jell, TULANE vs. Southern Miss (Oct. 26, I 996) L,111g Int. Return 76 Sl':\:---.:N, Keith, i\!El\ll'I IIS vs. Tennessee (Nov. 9, 1996) Tackles 2I 1\klTOLIL•, T~ rus. L(ll!IS\'ILLE at Kcntuckv (J\ug .l I, 1996) Sacks 4 l'l1\VLI.L, Cir!, LL1UIS\'ILLE vs. Memphis (Nov. 02, 1996) lm crrcpt ions ·) I IE\VITT Chris, CINL"INN:\TI at Louisville (Oct. 26, I lJ96) MCKEt\ZIE, Mike, MEJ\!PHIS at Southwestern l.ouisi.uia (Od. 26, 1996) Sl'1\NN, Keith, l\lEMPI-!15 vs. East Carolina (N()V. 2.l, 1996) SLIRli\lN, Pat, Sl1LITI-!ER;s,,: 1\llSS at List Carolin.: (Oct. io. 1996) SINCLETON, D., TUL-\;s,,:E ,·s. Sliuthrrn Miss ll•d. 26, 1 lJ96)

TEAM GAME HIGHS Rush rs cl2 CINCINN:\TI vs. Miami-Ohio (Sl'Jll. 28, 1996) Yards Rushing 405 CINCINNATI vs. Miami-Ohio (Sept 28, 1996) Yards Per Rush 7.3 HOUSTON at Pittsburgh (Sqit. 1-l, I 996) Tl• Rushrs 7 5L1LITHERi'\ MISS vs. Sl1ulhwrslcrn l.ouisian.t (Srpt. 21, 1996) l'.iss ,it tempts 63 LOUISVILLE vs. Southern Miss (Srpl. 2cl, 1996) l',lSS rornplct ion« 35 LL1ll!SVILLE vs. Southern Miss (Sept. 28, 1996) Yards l'assing 400 Ll1LIISVILLE vs. Sllullirrn Miss (Sept. 2ll, 19lJ6) Yards l'cr Pass 14.3 Sl1LITHERN MISS ,1l List Cirolim (Oct. Hl, I996) TD l'.issrs 4 I Jl1LISTON .it l'illshurgh (Sept. 14, I996) I ll1USTL1N ,·s. i\lrn1phis (lid. 12, 1996) Tot.il Plays 99 L.INC!i\:N:\TI vs. Mi,imi-L1hi() (Sqit. 28, 1996) Tot.il Offense. 577 Ill1LISTL•i\; vs. S,,uthrrn Miss (N()v. 9, 1996) Yards Per Play 8,4 I l()LISTL)i\; vs. Mrniphis iOct. 12, I996) Points I ll1USTL•0! vs. Soulhrrn Miss (Nov. 9, 1996) Sacks Rr 11 l.L)LlJSVII.LE \'S. 1\lrniphis (Nov. 02, 1996) First Downs 2ll Ill )LISTON vs. S,im lfouston State (:\ug 31, I 996) Penalties I:, I IL1LISTl•i\! vs. S()uthern Miss (Nov. 9, 1996) Penalty Yards I H4 I IL )LlSTOt\ at Southwestern Louisi,111a (Oct. 5, 1996) Turnovers 6 Ll•LIISVILLE vs. Southern J\1iss (Srpt. 2tl, 19961 Interceptions Ih 4 l'INCINN:\TI at Louisville (Oct. 26, 1996) Al tcnd.uur 65,885 1\1I'.Ml'I llS vs. Tennessee (Nl1\'. 9, I lJLJ6)

68 * • * * Individual Stats C-USA Games»~ ;~NF,=ER-E-NC-E USA • .. Rushing G !\tt Yds Avg TD Yds/G Interceptions Int TD Int/~• + "' Smith, IIL)LI 5 q2 _1/, (1.3 (l 115.4 Si11glcto11, Tlll. Ll.,5 n,11·tcz, TUL 4 73 292 4.0 73.0 1\h,11tgomlT1, I IL)Ll ll (l. ,5 S;i11f,11·d, liL1ll 5 i'4 317 4.3 '.i 63.4 Smt,1i11, LIS,\ 1 .l () O.Ml I\Poth, LIS,\\ 4 75 252 .l.4 3 63.0 Trent U:'\ 4 2 0 Ll 5() Rilry, ME1\:\ 5 262 .l.9 2 52.4 Ahx.mdcr, Ll'.iM 5 2 I ll 4() Sowell, TUL 5 247 4.0 2 4q.4 Sp,11rn, MEM ,7 2 .)/ Ll 0.4() Sh;iw, USM 238 2.6 3 47.6 l;dl'lll'S, Cl:'\ 5 2 24 () ().4() R,>\'<11, L'IN 237 -1.0 0 47.4 M,1dis,,11, LOLI :, 2 ll () OAO L1tis I lovd. LL1ll 4 124 l.·l 0 .u.o 11,witt,U:'\ 5 2 52 () 0 4(1 = I l.uvk in-, Cl:'-: Ll ll 0.2.1 Pass Efficiency G Att Crnp Int Pct Yds TD Eff Roberts, ll:iM 5 L)L) 6Ll t, 6L1.6 l)_jl) l) i:'icJ,lJ Punt Returns G Rd Yds TD Avg Clcmcnt s. I IL1ll .'i Lil 08 64.cJ I llJ9 io 14(,.H \\'est, IIL1U ·' 149 I 18 (, Anderson. ;\\[j\\ :, iso Ii .l 5L3 lJ2l 5 11().Ll ·1;1k, LT\ 7 90 () 12 cl King, TUI 5 125 58 2 46.4 762 4 ios.o Cl.uk . I .l )LI 182 () !Ll. I Rcdm,111, r.ou 5 17() 86 i 50.(, l)7I 3 lJ(1.l LL'L', LISM 4.l () 8.6 Plummer, L'IN 5 54 7 55. 5ILJ 2 LJ2,() Fr.mk lin. TLIL 4 () 8.1 \'VII,·,·1,-r, I ll1LI 4 4 () 6.3 Total Offense G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G Car r. 1\lt:1\I ,, Ill .C,,'7 Ll 5.7 clcmcnt«. I IL1LI 5 -37 11\Jl) 167 1162 232.•I Anderson, MEM 5 75 l)2,]. 2 \(, qq7 19cJ.4 Kickoff Rt'lurns G Rct \'els TD 1\vg = Rrdrnan, l.l )l! 5 -09 cJ,I 19L) 872 174.4 l.iggo11, Tlll. ll .,,)8 I 30.6 Roberts. l!Si\1 -L'i4 tJ.)l) 129 805 161.Ll l lcvvitt L'I:'-: ·' 14(, Ll 29.l King, TUI 40 7(1.2 148 802 16Ll.4 L;i,b111, LIS,\! (1 I.,H 0 26.3 Flummer, U:'\ :i 126 519 147 6·15 129.Ll Cl.uk , I.L1Ll :, 6 I.Ll [) 22.:i Smith, I IL1LI 5 () lJ2 ·'" 115.4 !)odson, i\11·:M 5 10 2 I.) [) 21.:i !);ir·tcz, TUI. 4 () , ., 292 73.0 Wl!cdrr, Ill 1LI 4 1-llJ [) IH.(1 s,rnford, I-IL1ll 5 47 ,S l/,4 72.8 S,rnford, I iou 11 2()1 () 18 . .l l\upt h, l!S,\I 4 0 t;1t,·. U0; (1(1 () LLl

Rcceptions/Uame G Yds TD 1\vg/C Yds/G Punting G Punt Ycls Avg 1\h,11!;1110, LOLI 5 382 I 12.7 6.00 '.i111ith, CIN 5 .1.1 I J/(1 41.7 = .iohnson. I !()LI 396 ., 15.8 '.i.00 !!ill, TL!!. l.l7 2 41.6 ,_, Flunl, ,\lie,\\ -'·'' .HI 14.8 4.60 l\,,rsdh, LL1LI llB-+ 4ll.l \\'est, uou :i 23 212 9.2 -L(,ll S.1t1n·d,1, I iL1LI 4 icJ 75 I )LJ.5 .., . .., 1 ,, Lr,·, USM 5 21 466 (, ,J.2Ll l',1ir.rn1L 1ff, i\1E1\l s '- l22Ll Gideon. USM :, 18 22LJ o 12.7 3.(,L) Green Ll)LI I, 2H 3 12.6 ,l4ll Fidel Goals G FG Pct FG/G vVhcclcr. I IL )LI 1.l 156 12.0 l.2:'i Ri, Ii.mis, l·1;--; ,) l> H.S.7 1.20 4 ,, f\;1trs, IL )LI IT! io.r l.2'i P,1!.111., 1. TLIL 6 ,, ,.'i .Ll 1.20 4 1.J 0 ·' ,, T1tc, CIN 14 128 1 9.1 2)H) LI!ll', ,'.11:M '.i (J ,, ,.'i .(l 1.20 Lomon1, USM 5 ; 4 ,:i.O 0.60 Rec Ydx/Garne G Rec Yds TD 1\vg/C Yds/G J\hrs, Lllll ,) H 37.'.i 0.60 = Lee, USM ·' 21 4h6 6 22.2 93.2 Vill.ir-r,-.11. I IL1Ll 4 2 2 ll)() 0 0.50 .tohnson. I iou 5 25 39(, ·1 15.8 /lJ.2 !\hmtanu, LL1LI 5 HL?. 12.7 ,6.4 Scoring G TD Xl'T FG rts Pts/G 1' llovd. MEl\1 5 _,) HI 14.8 MU Smith, I lllll ,1 Ll Ll 42 ) Gideon, USM 5 18 22l) 0 12.7 45.H S,rnt,,rd, Ill )LI ,1 () () [) .)6 -I ·- L;rrrn, i.ou Ii 21-l ,J 12.6 3.4Ll L,·c, LIS\\ ,1 (J () () .)6 7.2 UI \\'est, Hl1ll ,) -1 ·'' 212 l)_2 42.4 l',ii,1zz,1, Tlll 0 1.l 6 .)J Liggo11, TUI 5 l.l 2L12 2 1 :i.:1 4L1.4 l\u,1th, Ll'.i,\\ 4 4 ll Ll 24 vvhrclcr, I iou 4 l.l j'i(, 12.0 39.0 Vill.irrr.il, Ill lll 4 () I, 2 Smvcll, TUI 5 12 18 I [) IS. 1 36.2 Ricl!,mls, L'IN L1 Ill 6 28 5.6 ,, I .u11wn>, LIS1\ 1 ,1 () I ,, 3 27 5.4 = All-Purpose G Rush Rev PR Yds Avg/G l . .itll', ,\\Ei\\ ~1 () -'·'' 4 (1 Smith, I IOU 5 77 qq [) 691 138.2 Ligg,111, TUL 0 2Ll2 o 600 12Ll.l) l.cr. USM 0 4(,(, 4.l 586 11 7.2 S,rnfunl, I IL1Ll 317 .ll o 2Lli 549 lll9.tl J\,,,,th, LIS,\\ 4 252 126 0 .l6 414 I tl.l.5 SP1wll, TUI 247 !Bl o ll 428 tt~.6 .Joh11s,111, I IL)LI 0 _;LJ(1 L1 o 396 7lJ.2 vvhcck-r, I il1LI 4 -14 1.~{l 25 I4cJ .ll 6 79.ll Rik\,!\\!:;\\ ,1 262 I.JI L) o 393 7H.6 L;idw11, LIS;\\ 0 22') o l'.i8 387 77.4 =

69 * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E Team Stats C-USA Games USA • • •R d'shfllg• Offense G 1\lt Yds TO Scoring Defense Tl) :XP 2:XP D:XP FG Saf Pts ,\vg/G I [l)l!Sl,1n 201 11 I H.~.Ll \km phis 11 8 o o (1 Ll lJ2 I H.4 Ciminu.it i 2 I ,1 3.2 [1 l.l'l.·1 l·i11,·inn,1ti ll 8 I ll 4 ll llltl 2(1.tl Tulane 197 3.2 .'i 1.2 7 -~~ l.ouisvill,' 12 12 ll 6 0 102 2lJ.I Memphis I 8 l .s.u 2 i ro.o .Jiil,11H· 12 12 0 7 ll lll'.i 21 () Sout hrrn Miss 227 7 7cJ .. \ '.>,11,tlHTn Miss l'i Li Ll 0 lllH 21.(1 l.ouisvillr I (1., /{)_() I IPllSl,111 16 16 ll 4 0 12·1 24.H

Pass Offense G :\tt Cmplnt Pd Yds /\vg Tl> Yds/G Turnover Margin (Gained) (Lost) Houston ., I :12 qq (1,7. 1 12·1[1 8.ll I I 2-+LJ.2 Fum Int 'lot Fum Int Tot Mar S,1utliern 1'vliss 'i 129 14 ) 1.4 I I I., g_6 q .22.LLl '.>,1uthcrn i\.\iss 10 l) fl) g q +ltl l) Loui-villr 184 cJ I 49.5 ltl'i4 ~l . ' -+ 2 io.a lt1L111,· :, ill 4 -r(l ,. \km phis :, I SJ /lJ :, I.(, o.] / 6.2 _, ltN4 .\kmphi, .) ,1 .} 4 +·I l) Tulane· 141 (,(1 4(1.H g_):2 5.9 ·I [(1(,.4 11, 1ust,1n (1 ·I l) ,, Ci1H·i1111ati .) IOH _1H ~7.L7 £171 6.2 4 134.2 viminn.iti ,, 7 I 'i -(, l.ouisvillr 2 l) !(1 -1 l Total Offense G Rush Pass Plap Yards 1\vg/P TD Yds/G [ louston :1 925 124/1 35,{ 2171 6.2 11 434.2 Punting Punts /\vg Rd \'ds/P S,1uthcr11 ,'-.\iss 3q7 I IL, .l'i6 l:i 12 4.2 1(1 .ll12.4 ciruinn.n i ,I 40.8 I (1 .1H.7 Memphis 'i l/.+1 U-1 14lJ7 4.'i 7 29lJ.4 Houston 2(1 41.ll 12 3 7.3 Tulane .7 us 1411 4.4 l) _2LJ.+ . .2 louisvillr . )~t 3 7.8 ·I I ouisvill« ttl:i4 H'l 1434 4. l ,\krn11his 32 38.1 L)

l·i11cinn,1ti .7 (,7] L'!.7 1368 4.2 Tubn,· .l'Ul I,+ .l:i.4 '.>c>uthcTn \\i.ss H 17 t2.1 Scoring Offense TD XP 2XI' D:XI' FG Saf Pts /\vg ) . [ [l)l!St,111 -·' llJ I l1 4 tl 171 .H.2 Sout hrrn 1'-.liss IL/ IH o 3 14 I 2H.2 T\11.711,· u I, 0 6 llN 21 ll Cincinn.it i Ill ill () 6 8H I 7.(1 Memphis ·' () (, 6:i I.LO Louisville i (1 tl .} 57 I IA

Punt Returns G Rd Yds Tll /\vg Houston 12 174 14.'i Soul hcrn ,\liss () 13.~ Cincinn.tti l) io: [) 11.2 luuisvillc -} ·'' 21 I tl l).2 Memphis :, 11 68 () 6.2 Tul.uir .7 I I (,I o .s __ ~

Kickoff Returns G Rd Yds TD 1\vg Tulane 17 2 .20.0 5Put hcrn Miss 11 0 I .ouisvillr 17 0 I lJ.cJ Houston 1) 0 19.0 Malt Conl\'d_l', l.ouisville Memphis [; _2l)d 0 I 7.-'1 L·incinnati 16 o 1(1 I

Rushing Defense G Rushes Yards i\vg TD Y

Pass Eff. Def. i\lt Cmp Int Pct Yds TO EIT Cincin11.1ti 142 63 H 44.4 8 l)/. 7 luuisvill.: l ·12 73 "il4 72..1 4 l)l),_2 S,11,thern ,\liss I (1 ; q I ,1 55.H I 12.l 5 I I2.H Houston I +c; 71 lll2 l l) 12 I 7 ·n1id1w L13 9t1 6.2.7 1.2.2() ll4l 1\kmpliis 122 ,., 5q_g l)l),:i (1 I li> 4

Total Defense Rush Pass Plays Yards ,\vg/P Tl> Yds/G Louisville Ill 2l7.6 Cincinnati H.l !l(,, -i.o 1.2 273.0 Southern Miss 112.l .l25 IM12 4.9 11 ,2ll 4 Co,:1· Geason, Tulane 1 loust on 6S9 lt121 .l.38 !Mlll S.0 I<, 336.l) Memphis 750 q,J'i .Hll 17 l'i 5.1 11 .l49.ll lul.inc 64 7 122(1 l:,(, I H/.-; :,_3 11 .l 74.(1

70 * * * * Superlatives - C-USA Games CO*N FEREN*C E U.. SA.. INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS ..... Rushe-, 32 SI I.\\\', I l.uold SL•LITI I ER;\; MISS \'S. L·i11,·i1lll,1t i I :\,w. 2. I

1';1ss ,1ttc11111ts (13 RE!)J\1;\:\, L"l1ris, I.Llll!S\'11.LE \S. s,,ulhl'ril ,\liss (Sept . .:.tl, l<)l)(l) l'.1ss n1mpkti,111s 3:i RED1\lA.:\, L"hris, I.LlLIIS\'ILI.E \S. S,,uthern ,\liss (Sept. 28. llJlJ6)

Y,irds 1',1ssi11,-,1 --Hlll REl•i\L\:\, vlui«. I.Llll!S\'ILLE \'S. S,1t1tl1a11 :,,,1iss 1Sq1t. 28. I d. 12, l<)l)(1) fll l.ll11g l'i1s.s l - .\:\DERSLl:\, Ll,1dn. ,\IL\\PI IIS ,1t I Ioustou (lld. 12. llJlJ(1) R,Y,'j1ti,111s H 1\lLl;\;T\:\ll, ,\ligu,-1, LL1LIIS\'II.I.E \S. Slluthcrn \liss (Sqit. 2t1, 1996) Y,irds Rccl~i\·ing .:.()l) LEE, Kcndri, k. SL lL!THER;\; \ \ISS .it 11, 1ust,111 I:,.,;, 1\'. d. 12, I lJlJ(1) = l.,111g Field l;(1.1! -Vi L,\:,.,;E, kd. :\1L\ll'I IIS ,1t I l,111st,111 IL•ct. 12, J, I.L1LIIS\'II.I.E ,·s. S,11Ilhl'I"11 ,\liss (Srpt 2H, J lJlJ(,) l.011g Punt Rct urn 8, \\'ISi L.hilrks, IIL1LISIL1:\ \'S. Suuthcrn ,\liss (:\,,,·. LJ, JlJlJ(,) l.,111g Kick,1llRrlt1rn 98 l.ll;L;l1:,.,;, ic'll, Tlli..\:,-,:1, ,·s. S,1uthrrn l\liss (lkl . .:.(,, Jl)

S.1cks l'll\\'Ell., l·ilrl, i.Llll!S\'ILI.E \"S. :\kmpl1i.s (:\,1\. 2, J

TEAM GAME HIGHS Rush,·s L'J;-,..:LJ:--:N,\11 vs. IIL1ust,111 (lld. r». Jl)

1·11 Rushes .l IILlllSILl:\ \S. s,,uthcrn ,\liss 1:--:u,·. lJ llJlJ(1) l'.iss attcmpt s LLlLIIS\'11.1.E ,·s. S,,uthcTil ,\liss !Sept. 28, J s 86 I.Llll!S\'111.E ,·s. S,1utl1n11 .\liss (Sept. 28, J lJlJ(1i = Ti.1t.1l Clffl'IlSl' .J / / I ILlllSTLl;\; \"S. S,1t1ll1rrn .\liss (:\,1v. lJ, JlJ<)(1) Yards Per l'i.iy 8A I IL>LISTlli\: vs. ,\km11liis (lld. 12, I lJlJ(,) Point « I IL1LISTO;\; vs. S,1t1tl1,T11 :\liss l:\l1,·. LJ, 1,i,1(,) Sa,b lh 11 l.llll!S\'ILLL vs. 1\kmphis 1:\,1\·. Ll2, J:\ vs. Sllut hLTll l\liss I Nov. lJ, J LIIS\'111.E vs. S()uthcrn .\liss (.Sept. 28, 1 LJL){,)

71 CONFERENCE Notebook USA • • • • r~96-97 BOWL RESULTS Ho\\'I nau• Loral ion TcamvSn>rc I .,1s \ 'cgds lk,. Jl) Las \ 'cgds, \.:c\ :\,·,·.id.i 18, 1\,,1] St at c I., Jeep Lagk Aloh.i 1kt. Li I Iouolulu. I l.uv.rii :\.ivy 42, l'iililornia l8 Sl. .I urlr l.ibcrt ~ lh'l'. 27 \kmphis, 1nm. Syracuse .Hl, I loust on I-; Carqucs! Der. 2 7 x li.imi. Fl,1. :\liami t ll.i.I ll, \'irgi11i,12I I \'ciscr l.i uk Copper 1kt. 27 Iutxou. , \riz. I \'isw11si11 l8 llt,,11 I 0 I'c.nh l)f( .28 .vt l.urtn. l;,L Louisi.in.: SI.ill' IO, Clemson 7 Buildcr-, Squ,1rc .vl.im» Ike. 29 S.111 .vntonio. le.,. low.: 2 7, ic.\dS Iril: () Ph J1HH1lh I lolid.r, J)['[. HJ S,m 11irgo, C.1lil. Color.ulo .U, \\'.ishi11gto11 21 Norvvrst Sun Ike. l I I.I l',1so, Tex.is St.uitord .l8, Mid1ig,m Stale 0 Poul.111 \\'red l.atvr l tu.lrprndrt ur Ike. l I Sh rn cport L,L .\uhurn .ll, .vrrn, 29 Federal r.,prTs.s llr,mgr Ike. ll \li,nni, Ila. ;\;rhr.isk.i 41, \'irgini.i icd1 2 I Out hack i.m. l.unp.r. 1'1.1. .vlab.un.. 17, \lid1i,g.i11 l·l Comp LIS.\ 1 lorid.i Citrus l.m. L lrl,111do, Fla. lcrrncssl'l' 48, :\ort h\\ est n11 28 Tovot.i <._;alor I.m. Luk souvillc. Fl,1. :\ort h C.1nili11.i 20, I \'csl \'irginia l.l Sout luvcst lkll C"lt"11 t.in. ll,ill,1s, ·kx.is llrigh.im 'li1u11g I 'I, K,n1s.is St.itc 1 'i Rnsr i.m. 1'.1s.idr11.i, C.1lil. llhio St.ill' 20, ,\ri1011.i St.ilt· 17 it>stitrn I i,·st.1 r.in. lcrnpc, \riz. l'cnn St.ill' .l8, 'k.\dS I 'i :'\oki.i Sug.ir r.in. 2 'sn,· Llrlc,ms, l.a , 1 lorid.: 'i2, llorid.r St.itc 20 1996 NCAA LEADERS 1996 FINAL POLLS SCORING PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE .h~ol'iatcd Pre.,~ 26 HOUSTON 31.3 ppg 13- LOUISVILLE 96.73 I II,>rid.i 12- I 26- Antowain Smith, HOU 84 ppg 14- CINCINNATI 96.77 l 1hi, 1 ~t.11 (' I I - I ll,1rid,1 St.ill' 11-1 49- SOUTHERN MISS 115.7 \ri1<>11.i St.it,· 11 I TOTAL OFFENSE lhi.~11;1111 1l11111g 11 I 33- HOUSTON 405.2 ypg INTERCEPTIONS [l, N,·l>1·,1sk.1 I I 2 32- Chuck Clements, HOU 212.2 ypg 5- Sam Madison, LOU 161 0.55 pg 7 l\·1111 St.ill' I I 2 5- Patrick Surtain, USM 161 0.55 pg L'lll,1r.idll 1(1 2 l) ll'lllll''-"t't' Ill 2 PASSING EFFICIENCY 5- Delmonico Montgomery, HOU 161 0.55 pg 1(1 :\,,rtl1 l·,m,li11,1 ill 2 28- Chuck Clements. HOU 132.6 14- Keith Spann, MEM 151 0.45 pg 11 \l,ili,1111-1 1(1 ; 37- Jamal Alexander, USM 141 0.36 pg 12 l..i11i,i.iri.i .~I.ill' 1(1 2 PASSING OFFENSE I; \'ir,c;i11i,1 kch 1(1 2 40- HOUSTON 224.0 ypg TURNOVER MARGIN If ,\li,1111i ill.!) i.) .; l:i i\:,,rt lnv,·sl11 25- MEMPHIS I 0.64 17 K.111,,1, \t.1t,· RUSHING 30- TULANE I 0.45 IS. 17- Antowan Smith, HOU 112.7 ypg [l) \:tilrt· l ).111ll· NET PUNTING 2l1. ,\ ti, l1ig,111 l)_ RUSHING OFFENSE 25- CINCINNATI 38.4 21 :--,\ J",lCll.._,l. \ \\ l lJll i 11,1 !() 2 32- CINCINNATI 181.4 YP\l 48- TULANE 36.2 ll·X;i." .-. H-:i 33- HOUSTON 181.2 ypcI 44- Steve Srrnth, CIN 411 \uh11rr1 g .... j 50- Jeremy Bor·seth. LOU 40.6 :\rn11 I tl-2 ALL-PURPOSE RUNNERS J\,·,·1·i1·inL: \ (1fc_..,. ' L\ST C\ROU:-.:,\ 8-J 36- Eric Booth, USM 135.6ypg PUNT RETURNS SOUTIIER:-.: :\IISS 8-J 40- Antowain Smith. HOU 132 3 ypg 8 SOUTHERN MISS 14.1 43- Ketric Santoro. HOU 130.1 ypg 30- HOUSTON 11.4 US,\ Tbcla,·/c:-.::-.: 48 CINCINNATI 9.9 I I lni·id.i 12-1 RECEPTIONS PER GAME 13- Charles West, HOU 13.1 l11ii,,~t.1t,· 11-1 I l,,rid,1 ~t.1t,· I 1-1 42- Damion Johnson. HOU 4.73 15- Kend1·ick Lee, USM 12.9 \ri1,>11.1 St.it,· I I I 49- Charles West. HOU 4.64 44- Robe1t Tate. CIN 9.7 Mrigh.:1111 't\1l1r7.~ 1---l-- I l>. ;\;,·h1-,1sk.1 I 1-2 TOTAL DEFENSE KICKOFF RETURNS ,7, l\·1111 ~Lit.- I 1-2 4- LOUISVILLE 235.8 ypg 7- SOUTHERN MISS 244 ,,. l·,,I,,1·,1d,, Ill 2 ,1 l\.·1111t·:-;:--t·1.· I ll-2 13- CINCINNATI 278.3 ypg 13 TULANE 23.8 1(1, :\,>rtli L·,m,li11,1 1(1-2 46 SOUTHERN MISS 349.2 ypg 33 HOUSTON 21.9 11 \l,il>,lln,1 Ill ; 38- CINCINNATI 21.5 12 \'ir,c;111i.1 k, Ii I tl-2 SCORING DEFENSE 4- Er·ic Booth. USM 29.3 I; I ,111isi,111,1 St.it,· ltl-2 23- LOUISVILLE 18.6 ppg 16- Jeff Liggon, TUL 26.2 14. ;\\i,1111itlb) l)_J \ V.ishi11gtt>11 ,1 ; 26- CINCINNATI 19.3 ppg 30- Ketr·1c Sanfor·d. HOU 23.7 Li. !(>, N,,r-tli1,:,.,t,Tll ,1-,; 30- MEMPHIS 19.9 ppg 17 K.i11s,1s St.it,· ,1 ; 46- SOUTHERN MISS 22.5 ppg FIELD GOALS ]',,' . It l\ \",l L) __ ) 21- E1·1c R1cha1·ds, CIN 1131118 pg llJ. .:--\r,ll·11..;l' RUSHING DEFENSE 28- Ted Lane. MEM [1211.09pg 2(1 \'ii,foc;,lll \:t 1t rl-' I \1111t· 4- LOUISVILLE 811 ypg 28- Brad Palazzo, TUL 11211.09pg 21 11 \ \\ tl!llillg lll-2 97.2 ypg 41- Sebastian V1llarTeal. HOU 111 I 1.00 pg 8- SOUTHERN MISS -1·'' · lc.~.i, ' U--~ 25- CINCINNATI 121.3 ypg 2·1. ,\r11n lll-2 45- MEMPHIS 146.5 ypg 2.~ :\t1hi'11·11 kl't'ci1·in~ \(1tt·s: ' L\ST C\ROLI:\,\ 8-3 72 SOUTIIER:\ MISS 8-3 * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E USA ......

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73 * * * * ... * CONFERENCE Individual Records USA • .. TOTAL OFFENSE 4 Chuck Clements, I louston \'S. ;\lcmphis, 10-12-96 (4 pass) PLAYS 4 Chris \Vindsor, Southern Miss ,·s. GAME Southwestern l.a.. 9-21-9(, (4 rush) 71 Chris Redman, Louisville ,·s. Sout lurn ,\liss, 9-28-96 ( 63 p.1ss, 8 rush) SEASON 54 Cladry Anderson. Mcmphi« vs. Louisville, 21 Chuck Clements, I loust on. 199(1 11-2-9(, ( Yi p.1ss, I 9 rush) (21 pass, 0 ruxh) 51 Chad Plummer, Cinrinnat i ,·s. Tulane, 8-.30-9(,, 15 Antow.iin Smith, l loust on, 199(, (14 rush, 1 rec.) ( .H pass, I 7 rush) 12 Lee Roberts, Southern 1\liss, 199(, 112 pass, 0 rush) SEASON 416 lladn Anderson. \lEM, (287 pass, 129 rush) RUSHING 380 Chuck Clements, I JOLI, (354 pass, 26 rush) 316 Shaun King, TLIL, (27.l pass, 43 rush) MOST .-\TTEMl'TS G1\ME YARDS GAINED .l(l Dan I Rln .11, Cincinnati vs. Miami (Ohio), GAME 9-28-911 (282 \ .irds ) 3'>2 Lee Roberts, Southern \liss at Houston, I I -9-96 .l2 I Iarold Sh.11\', Southern ,\liss vs. Cincinnati, ({98 p.1ss, -4(, rush) 1 1-2-96 I 70 \ ards I .l51 llad1T Anderson. \lcmphis \'S. Tulane, 9-2 I -9(, .l I Antowain Smith, I Iouston ,·s. Southern Miss, (291 pass, (,0 rush) 11-9-9(1 12.l I \ ardst .HI Chris Redman, I.ouisvillr ,·s. Southern Miss, 9-28-91, ( 400 pass, -5 9 rush) SEASON 202 Antowain Smith, I louston. J lJ9c, 11,2.l') \·,1rds) SEASON 178 Harold Sh.nv. Southern :\liss, I lJlJc, (49 I yards) 2,3.l4 Chuck Clements, I Ioust on, I 996 167 Daryl Royal, Cincinnati, JlJlJ6 (8.'i.l yards) (2,417 p,1ss, -8.l rush) 1,678 Oadry Anderson. Memphis, l 99(1 RUSHES PER GAME (1,557 pass, 11, I rush I SL\SO:,.,; 1,625 Chris Redman. Louisville, i ')96 18.4 Antowain Smith, I louston. 1991, (1,77J pass, -148 rush) (202 in I I g,lllH'S) I b.2 Harold Shaw, Southern Miss, I 99(1 YARDS PER GAME ( 178 in I I g,mH'S) SEASON 16.0 Eric Booth, Southern Miss, 1996 l 1 l.2 Chuck Clements, I loust ou. 1996 t l otr in !Ogamrs) 12.417 p,1ss, -8.l rush, 11 games) 162.5 Chris Rcdrn.m. l.ouisvillc. 1996 YARDS G1\l:\:ED I l,77l p,1ss, -148 rush, 10 games) GAME 152.'> lladn Anderson. Memphis. 1996 282 [),Jr\ I Rln al, Cincinnati vs. Miami (Ohio), (1,557 pass, Ill rush, 11 games) 9-28-lJc, ( .l(l rushes) 2.l I .vntoivain Smith, llouston vs. Southern Miss, YARDS PER PL\Y I 1-LJ-91, U I attempts I GAME (min. 15 plins) 194 Antowain Smith, I louston at Pittsburgh, 14 .., 0 Chuck Clements, I Iouston ,·s. Mcmphi«. 9-14-9(, I 21 rushes) l0-12-96 ( 3 1 9 on 22 I 13.55 Chuck Clements, I louston ,·s. Southern Miss, SE1\SON 11-9-96 (298 011 22) I ,2.l9 Antowain Smith, I Iouston. I 996 1202 rushes) 12.46 Chuck Clements, I louxt on ,·s. Sam I louston St., 85.l Daryl Royal, Ciruinnut i. l9lJ6 ( 167 rushes) 8-31-96 (314 Oil 28) 7 4 7 Ketric Sanford, I loust on. 1996 I 146 rushes)

SEASON (min. l(,S plays) YARDS PER GAME h.26 Lee Roberts, Southern \liss, 199(1 I 182 for I, 140) SL\SON 6.14 Chuck Clements, l Ioust on. 199(, 1.rno for 2,334) 112.6 Ant ow.iin Smith, I luuxt on. 199c, 6.13 Antowain Smith, I loust on. 1996 (202 for 1,239) (1,239 yards in I I g,mH'S) / /. _, Dan I Rov.il, Cineinn.it i, 1996 RESl'ONSIBIIJTY 18.'1.l \ards in 11 games) G1\ME (19.LJ Eric Booth, Southern Miss, I 996 (1 Antowain Smith, I Iouston vs. Southern ,\liss, I <,lJlJ yards in IO g,1mes) 11-9-9(, (5 rush, I rec) Ket rir S,mford, I louston, 1996 Chad Plummer, Cuuinunt i \'S. Houston. (747 y,1nls in 11 games) 10-19-9<, (l pass. 2 rush) Chuck Clrmr nls. I loust on \'S. Pittsburgh, 9- 14-9<, I 4 pass I 74 * * * * Individual Records CO*N FEREN*C E USA

YARDS PER RUSH SEASON GAME (min. 10 attempts) 354 Chuck Clements, Houston. 1996 11.14 Robert Cooper. Cincinnati ,11 LJ;\B, (11.l romp., 1,417 yards) ll-16-96 (191 011 17) 187 (1.adry Anderson, Memphis, 1996 9.14 Antowain Smith, l louston at Pittsburgh, (141 rnmp., 1,557 yards) 9- 14-96 (194 on 21) 273 Shaun King, Tulane, 199(, 8.64 Ketric Sanford, Houston vs. Sam llouston St., (132 comp., 1,574 yards) 8-31-96 (121 on 14) COMPLETIONS = SEASON (min. 100 rushes) GAME 6.1.l Antowain Smith, l loust on. 199(, (1,139 on 101) 35 Chris Redman, Louisville vs. Southern Miss, 5.11 Krtric Sanford, Houston, 1996 (747 on 146) 9-18-96 (60 att., 400 yards) 5.11 Daryl Royal, Cincinnati. 1996 (85.l on 167) 16 Chuck Clements, I louston vs. Sam Houston St., 8-31-9<, (.l6 att., .ll I yards) RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 12 Chuck Clements, I louston at Pittsburgh, GAME 9-14-96 (l9 att.. 19.l yards) 5 ,\ntowain Smith, Houston vs. Southern Miss 21 Chuck Clements, I louston vs. Southern Cal, ( 11-9-96) 9-21-96 (36 att.. 150 yards) 4 Chris Windsor, Southern Miss vs. 21 Chuck Clements, Houston at southwestern La.. = Southwestern La. (9-11-9(, I 10-5-96 (34 att.. 196 yards) .l Antowain Smith, Houston vs. 22 Lee Roberts, Southern ,vliss at I Iouston, Southwestern l.a., 10-5-9(, 11-9-96 (3b at t.. 398 yards) 3 Harold Shaw, Southern Miss at Houston ( 11-9-96) SEASON ll.l Chuck Clements, I Ioustun. 1996 SEASON (.l54 at t., 1,417 yards) 14 Antowain Smith, l louston, 1996 144 Chris Redman, Louisville, 1996 8 Harold Shaw, Southern Miss, 1996 (172 att., 1,773 yards) 7 Eric Booth, Southern Miss, 1996 141 (1.adry Anderson, Memphis, I l/96 = 7 Ketric Sanford, Houston, 1996 (187 att.. 1,557 yards)

LONGEST RUSHING PLAYS COMPLETION PERCENT/\GE 9M Antowain Smith, I Ioust on at Pittsburgh GAME (min. 10 rnmp.) (9-14-96) 87.5 Lee Roberts, Southern Miss at East Carolina. 6 7t Robert Cooper, Cincinnati ill ll,\B (11-16-96) 10-10-% (14 of 1(,, 119 yards) 59t Eric Booth, Southern Miss at Louisville (9-18-96 I 75.0 Chuck Clements, I loust on vs. Memphis, 10-12-% (18 of 14, l28 yards) ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 73.1 Chuck Clements, I loust on vs. Louisville, GAME 11-16-96 ( 19 of 16, 17.l yards) = 181 Daryl Royal, Cincinnati vs. Miami (Ohio), 9-18-96 (181 rush) SEASON (min. 80 comp.) 272 Anl owain Smith, Houston vs. Southern Miss, 63.0 Chuck Clements, Houston. 1996 (llJ of 354) 11-9-96 (l.31 rush, 16 rrr.. 15 KR) 60.6 l.cr Roberts, Southern Miss, 1996 (86 of 141) 167 Kendrick Lee, Southern ;\liss vs. Houston, 51.9 Chris Redman, Louisville, 1996 ( 144 of 272) 11-9-96 (160 rcr.. 7 PR) c.n PASSING YARDS SEASON GAME 1,45."i Antovvain Smith, I louston, 1996 400 Chris Redman, Louisville vs. Southern Miss, u.z.ro rush, 101 rcc.. 15 KR) 9-18-96 ( 35 of 63) = 1,4.l I Kctrir Sanford, I louston, 1996 .l98 Lee Roberts, Southern Miss at I louston, (747 rush, 91 rer., 593 KR) 11-9-96 (22 of l6) I ,110 Eric Booth, Southern Miss, 1996 .llH Chuck Clements, Houston vs. Memphis, (699 rush, 169 rcr.. 352 KR) 10-12-96 (18 of 14)

PASSING SEASON 1,417 Chuck Clements, I Ioust on. 199(, (223 of 354) l ,77l Chris Redman, Louisville, 199(, ( 144 of 171) ATTEMPTS 1,574 Shaun King, Tulane, 1996 (l.ll of273) GAME Chris Redman, Louisville vs. Southern Miss, = 63 9-28-96 (3.'5 comp., 400 yards) 41 Chris Redman, Louisville vs. North Carolina, I 1-9-96 (20m comp., 146 yards) 40 Chuck Clements, Houston al Cincinnati, I 0- 19-96 (20 rornp.. ll 7 yards) 75 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Individual Records U. SA.. TCJU'fHDOWN PASSES RECEPTIONS PER GAME GAME SEASON 4 Chuck Clements, Houston at Pittsburgh (9-14-96) 4.73 Damion Johnson, I louston, 1996 4 Chuck Clements, Houston vs. Memphis (10-12-96) (52 in 11 games) 3 Chuck Clements, Houston at Southwestern La. (10-5-96) 4.64 Charles West, Houston, 1996 (.51 in 11 games) 3 Chris Redman, Louisville at Michigan State (9-21-96) 4.36 Miguel Montano, Louisville, 1996 3 Lee Roberts, Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati (11-2-96) (48 in 11 games) 3 Lee Roberts, Southern Miss at I Iouston ( 11-9-96) YARDS GAINED SEASON GAME 21 Chuck Clements, I louston, 1996 260 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss vs. Houston, 12 Lee Roberts, Southern Miss, 1996 11-9-96 (10 catches) 8 Chris Redman, Louisville, 1996 172 Richie Floyd, Memphis vs. Tulane, 9-21-96 8 Shaun King, Tulane, 1996 ( 8 catches) 128 Ihn Green, Louisville at North Carolina, LONGEST P/\SSING PLAYS 11-9-96 (10 catches) GAME 82t Qadry Anderson to Tcofilo Riley, SEASON Memphis at Houston ( 10-12-96) 708 Damion Johnson, Houston, 1996 (52 catches) ..,.., I I Chad Plummer to Anthony Ladd, 669 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss, 1996 (.3.3 catches) Cincinnati at l!J\B (11-16-96) 602 Miguel Montano, Louisville, 1996 (48 catches) 71 Chris Redman to Sam Madison, Louisville at Michigan State (9-21-96) YARDS PER GAME SEASON INTERCEPTIONS THROWN 64.4 Damion Johnson, I Iouston, 1996 GAM.E ( 708 in 11 games) 3 Chuck Clements, Houston at Southwestern La. 60.8 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss, 1996 (10-5-96) (669 in 11 games) 3 Chuck Clements, I louston vs. Southern Miss 54.7 Miguel Montano, Louisville, 1996 (11-9-96) (602 in 11 games) 3 Chris Redman, Louisville vs. Cincinnati (10-26-96) YARDS PER CATCH 3 Lee Roberts, Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati GAME (min. 5 catches) (11-2-96) 26.0 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss vs. Houston, 3 Lee Roberts, Southern Miss at Houston ( 11-9-96 J 11-9-96 (10 for 260) 21.5 Richie Floyd, Memphis vs. Tulane, SEASON 9-21-96 (8 for 172) 13 Chuck Clements, I louston, 1996 19.4 Anthony Ladd, Cincinnati vs. Boston College, 11 Qadry Anderson, Memphis, 1996 10-12-96 (5 for 97) 9 Chris Redman, Louisville, 1996 SEASON (min. 20 catches) LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF INTERCEPTIONS 20.3 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss, 1996 (.33 for 669) SEASON (min. 100 alt.) 19.5 Anthony Lacki, Cincinnati, 1996 (21 for 409) 2.56 Shaun King, Tulane, 1996 (7 on 27J) 15 .2 Sherrod Gideon, Southern Miss, 1996 (33 for 500) 3.30 Chris Redman, Louisville, 1996 (9 on 272) 3.67 Chuck Clements, Houston, 1996 (13 on 354) TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS GAME RECEIVING 3 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss at I louston (l 1-9-96) RECEPTIONS 2 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati GAME (11-2-96) 14 Miguel Montano, Louisville vs. Southern Miss, several tied 9-28-96 10 Ibn Green, Louisville at North Carolina, SE1\SON 11-9-96 (128 yards) 7 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss, 1996 10 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss at Houston. 5 Damion Johnson, Houston, 1996 11-9-96 (260 yards) 5 Ibn Green, Louisville, 1996

SEASON 52 Damion Johnson, Houston, 1996 (708 yards) 51 Charles West, Houston, 1996 (511 yards) 48 Miguel Montano, Louisville, 1996 (602 yards)

76 Individual Records CONFERENCE USA • • SCORING FIELD GOALS MADE •••• GAME MOST POINTS 3 Eric Richards, Cincinnati vs. Miami-Ohio, GAME 9-28-96 (5 att.) 36 Antowain Smith, I louston vs. Southern Miss 3 Eric Richards, Cincinnati at Memphis, (11-9-96) 10-5-96 (4 att.) 3 Sebastian Villarreal, I Iouston vs. USC, 24 Chris vvindsor. Southern Miss \'S. Southwestern La. ( 9-21-96) 9-21-96 (4 att.) 18 Antowain Smith, Houston at Southwestern La. 3 David Akers, Louisville at Tulane, = ( 10-5-96) 10-12-96 (4 att.) 18 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss vs. Houston .3 Ted Lane, Memphis al Southwestern La., (11-9-96) 10-26-96 (4 att.) 18 Eric Booth, Southern 1\,liss vs. Houston (11-9-96) .3 Johnny Lomoro, Southern Miss at Georgia, 8-31-96 (5 att.) SEASON 92 Antowain Smith, Houston, I 996 ( 15 TD, 2XPT) SEASON 70 Sebastian Villarreal, Houston, 1996 (37 XPT, 11 FG) 13 Eric Richards, Cincinnati, 196 (21 att.) 64 Eric Richards, Cincinnati, 1996 (25 Xl'T, 13 FG) 12 Brad Palazzo, Tulane, 1996 ( I 5 nt t.) 12 Ted Lane, Memphis, 1996 (18 ntt.) = MOST TOUCHDOWNS GAME LONGEST FIELD GO1\LS 49 David Akers, Louisville vs. :\orthrrn Illinois 6 Anlowain Smith, llouston \'S. Southern Miss (11-9-96) ( 10-19-96) 4 Chris \Vindsor, Southern Miss vs. 47 Johnny Lornoro. Southern Miss vs. Utah State Southwestern La. (9-21-96) (9- H-96) 3 Antowain Smith, I louston at Southwestern La. 46 Johnnv Lomoro, Southern Miss vs. ( l0-5-96) Southwestern La. (9-21-96) 3 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss vs. Houston (11-9-96) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE = 3 Eric Booth, Southern Miss vs. Houston ( 11-9-96) SEASON 80.0 Brad Palazzo, Tulane, 1996 112 of 15) .3 Sebastian Villarreal, I louston. 1996 ( 11 of 15) SEASON 73 . 69.2 Johnny Lomoro, Southern Miss, 1996 (9 of 13) 15 Antowain Smith, Houston, 1996 ( 14 rush, 1 rec. J 9 Harold Shaw, Southern Miss, 1996 ( 8 rush, 1 rec.j PAT KICKS ATTEMPTED 8 Eric Booth, Southern Miss, 199() ( 7 rush, 1 rec. I 8 Ketric Sanford, Houston, 1996 ( 7 rush, 1 rec.) GAME 8 Sebastian Villarreal, I loust on vs. Southern Miss. 11-9-96 (8 made) KICKING 7 Johnny Lomoro, Southern Miss vs. Houston, = 11-9-96 (7 made) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 7 Johnny Lornoro. Southern Miss vs. GAME Southwestern La. (5 made) 5 Eric Richards, Cincinnati vs. Miami (Ohio), 9-28-96 (3 made) SEASON 5 Johnny Lornoro. Southern l\liss at Georgia, 39 Sebastian Villarreal, Houston, 1996 (37 made) c.n 8-31-96 (3 made) J6 Johnny Lornoro. Southern Miss. 1996 ( 32 made) 4 Eric Richards, Cincinnati at Memphis, 26 Eric Richards, Cincinnati, 1996 (2(1 made) I 0-5-96 (3 made) 4 Sebastian Villarreal, I louston vs. Southern Cal, PAT KICKS MADE = 9-21-96 (3 made) GAME 4 David Akers, Louisville at Tulane, 8 Sebastian Villarreal, I louston vs. Southern Miss, 10- ll-96 (3 made) 11-9-96 (8 att.) 4 Brad Palazzo, Tulane at Cincinnati, 7 Johnny Lomoro, Southern Miss vs. Houston, 8-.ll-96 (3 made) 11-9-96 (7 att.) 6 Sebastian Villarreal, I louston at Pittsburgh, SEASON 9-14-96 (6 att.) 21 Eric Richards, Cincinnati, 1996 ( 13 made) 18 Ted Lane, Memphis, 1996 ( 12 made) SEASON 16 David Akers, Louisville, 1996 ( 7 made) .l 7 Sebastian Villarreal, Houston. 1996 (39 att.) = .l2 Johnny Lornoro, Southern Miss, 1996 (36 alt.) 26 Eric Richards, Cincinnati, 199(1 (26 att.j

77 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Individual Records

U... SA... Pffr 'f>ERCE:\'TAGE SL\SO;\; G,\ME (rnin. 6 attempts) 1,8 I 7 Drew Pair.unorc. Memphis. 1996 100.0 Sebastian Villarreal. I Iouston vs. Southern Miss, 173 for 38.t, avg.I 11-9-96 (8 of 8) 1,800 Jeremy Borseth, Louisville, 1996 100.0 Johnny Lomoro. Southern Miss vs. Houston, (69 for 40.t, avg.I 11-9-96 (7 of 7) l, 795 Steve Smith, Cincinnati, 1996 100.0 Sebastian Villarreal, Houston at Pittsburgh, 168 for 41.1 avg.) 9- 14-96 I h of 6) PU;\;TJ:\'G AVERAGE SEJ\SO:\' (min. 18 made) GJ\ME (min .. l punts) 100 Eric Richards, Cincinnati. I 996 (16 of 16) 52. 7 Jeremy Borseth, Louisville vs. Southern Mixs. 100 Brad Palazzo, Tulane, 1996 ill of 111 9-18-% 13 for 158) 94.9 Schast i.m Villarreal, I loust on. 1996 ( 3 7 of 39 I 49.0 Steve Smith, Cincinnati vs. I Iouston, 10-19-96 (5 for 145) TOTAL POINTS SCORED BY KICKING 47.3 Steve Smith, Cincinnat i vs. Tulane, GAME 8-.l0-96 (4 for 189) 11 David Akers. Louisville at Tulane, 47 . .l Drew Pairamorc, Memphis at Southern Miss 10-11-96 (3 fl;, l Xl'TI (3 for 1411 11 Eric Richards, Cintinn.it i \·s. Miami (Ohio), 9-18-96 (3 FC, 1 xrr: SEJ\SON 10 three tied 41.1 Steve Smith, Cincinnati, 1996 168 for 1,795) 40.6 Jeremy Borseth. Louisville, 1996 (69 for 1,800) SL\SO;\; 40 .."i Ignacio Sauceda. llouston, 1996 ( :"i4 for 1,188 I 70 Sebastian Villarreal, I Iouston, 1996 137 XPT, 11 FCJ L0:"1:GEST Pll;\;TS 65 Eric Richards, Cincinnati, 1996 (1(, Xl'T, 13 FC) Jeremy Borseth. Louisville \'S. Southern Miss 59 Johnny Lornoro. Southern i\liss, I 99t, (9-18-96) (32 XPT 9 FCJ (,.l Steve Smith, Cincinnati vs. Miami (Ohio) (9-28-%) PUNTING Brad I lill, Tulane vs. Syracuse ( 1 1-9-96)

MOST PU:\'TS PUNT RETURNS GJ\ME 12 Steve Smith, Cincinnati at Louisville (10-lh-961 MOST RETUR:"1:S 10 Jeremy Borseth, Louisville at Michigan State GAME (9-11-96) 7 Rico Clark, Louisville vs. Cincinnati, I 0-1£1-9() 10 Drew Pair.unorc. Memphis at Louisville 149 yards) ( I 1-1-96) 7 Rico Clark, Louisville nt North Carolina, I 1-9-96 10 Jack Gabriel, Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati (.l7 vurds: (11-1-96) 1, Robert Tate, Cincinnati vs. Kentucky, 9-7-96 10 Jack Gabriel. Southern Miss at Florida State 117 yards) (11-16-96) SEASON SEASON .ll Rico Clark, Louisville, 1996 1138 \ ,mis) 73 Drew Pairamorc. Memphis. 1996 16 Robert Talc, Cincinnati, 1996 (151 ~ ards) (1,817 yards for .l8.t, avg.) l.l Chancy Carr. Mcm phis, 199b ( l I 7 yards) 69 Jeremy Borseth, Louisville, 1996 (1,800 yards for 40.(, avg.) YARDS RETUR:\'ED 68 Steve Smith, Cincinnati, 1996 GJ\ME (2,795 yards for 41.1 avg.) 92 Charles west. llouston vs. Southern Miss. 11-9-96 ( 1 rd urns) YARDS PUNTED 81 Robert Tille, Cincinnati at Southern Miss, GJ\ME 11-1-9(, ( 5 rd urns) 510 Steve Smith, Cincinnati at Louisville, 75 Rico Clark, Louisville at Memphis, 11-1-96 10-16-96 i 11 punts) (5 returns) 400 Jeremy Borseth, Louisville at Michigan State, 9-11-96 I 10 punts) SEASON 396 Brad llill, Tulane \'S. Syracuse, 11-9-91, 19 punts) 184 Kendrick Lee. Southern Miss, 1996 (11 returns) 151 Robert Tate, Cincinnati, 199(, (16 returns) 138 Rirn Clark, Louisville, 1996 (32 returns)

78 Individual Records CONFERENCE USA • • Y1\RDS PER PUNT RETUR:\: AVEIUGE YARDS PER KICKOFF RETUR:\: 1\VEIUGE •••• GA,'\1E (min. 2 returns) GAME (min. 2 returns) 46.0 Charles vvest. Houston vs. Southern Miss, 5 7 .0 Jeff Liggon, Tul,111e vs. Southern l'vliss vs. Tulane, 11-9-96 (2 for 92) I 0-2(,-96 (3 for I 7 I) 19 .0 Charles vvest, Houston vs. Louisville, 44.'i Erir Booth, Southern Miss vs. Southwestern La.. 11-16-96 (2 for 38) 9-11-96 (2 for 89 I 16.4 Robert 'Iatc. Cincinnati at Southern Miss, 43.7 Kevin Cobb, Memphis vs. lcnncsscr. 11-9-9(, 11-2-96 (.'i for 821 I l for I.JI I

SEASON (min. 15 returns) SEASO:\: (min. 15 returns) l.l. I Charles \ \'est, Houston, I 99(, ( 18 for 236) 29.3 Eric Booth, Southern Miss, 199(, (12 for .352) 12.9 Kendrick Lee, Southern Miss, 199(1 (22 for 284) 26,2 JdT Liggon, Tulane, I 99(, (2 7 for 7071 9.7 Robert late, Cincinnati, I 99(, (2(, for 252) l.l.7 Krt ric Sanford, Houston, 199c, (Li for 59.l)

PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWNS KICKOFF RETURN TOUCHDO\\'NS GAME G,\ME I Anthony Ladd. Cincinnati vs. Kentucky, 9-7-96 I Cor v c;e,1so11, Tulane at Cincinnati (8-30-96) Charles West, I louston vs. Southern Miss, 11-9-96 I Jeff Liggon, Tulane vs. Southern Miss (10-26-9(,) Kevin Cobb, Memphis vs. ·knnesscc ( 11-9-96) SEASON I Anthony Ladd, Cincinnati, 199(, SEASON Charles West, I louston, I 996 I Cory Genson. Tulane. 1996 I Jeff Liggon, Tulane. 1996 LONGEST PUNT RETURNS Kevin Cobb, ,\kmphis, 1996 8 7 Ch,irlcs \Vest, I Iouston vs. Southern Miss, l 1-9-96 49 Rini Clark, Louisville ,11 Memphis, 11-2-96 LONGEST KICKOFF RETURNS 42 Robert Tate, Cincinnati ,ll Southern Miss, 981 Jeff l.iggon, Tulane vs. Southern Mix« ( 10-2(,-96) 11-2-96 951 Kevin Cobb, Memphis vs. Tennessee I I 1-9-96) 6.l Eric Booth, Southern Miss vs. KICKOFF RETURNS Southwestern La. (9-21-9(,)

MOST RETURNS INTERCEPTIONS GAME () Riro Clark. Louisville vs. I louston, 11-16-96 GAME ( I Yi yards) 2 Chris I lcwitt , Cincinnati al Louisville, 5 Ketrir Sanford, Houston \'S. ~orth Carolina, 10-26-9(, (.l.l yards) 11-9-96 ( 122 yards) 2 Mike McKenzie, Memphis ,11 Southwestern Li1., .'i Damien Dodson, Memphis vs. Miami (Fla.j, I 0-2(,-96 (4 vards I 8-31-96 (77 yards) 2 Keith Spann, Memphis vs. List Carolina, 11-n-96 (0 yards) SEASON 2 Pat Surtain. Southern Miss ,11 List Carolina, 27 .Jeff Liggon, Tulane, 1996 (707 y,mls) 10-10-9(, (59 yards) 25 Kct ric Sanford, llouston, 199(, ('i9.l yards) 2 Derrick Singll'lon, Tulane vs. Southern Miss. 19 Damien Dodson, Memphis, 1996 ( .l62 yards) 10-26-96 (4.l y,mls) u, YARDS RETURNED SEASON GAME (, Drlmoriicu i\lonlgrnnrry, I louslon, 1996 1 71 .Jrff Liggon, Tulane vs. Southern Miss vs. Tulane, (87 vards: I 0-2(,-96 (3 returns) (, Sam Madison, Louisville, 1996 ( 50 vardsj 135 Rini Clark, Louisville al I loustou. 11-1 (,-96 6 Patrick Surt ain. Southern Miss, 1996 ( 77 yards) (t, returns) 131 Kevin Cobb, Memphis vs. ·1t·nnessff, INT RETURN YARDS I 1-9-96 (3 returns I GAME 76 Keith Spann, Memphis \'S. ·1i.·nnesser, SEASO:'\ I I -lJ-9t, ( I return) 707 Jeff Liggon, Tulane, 199(, (27 returns) _-) _) .Jam,11 Alexander. Southern Miss at Florida State, 59.l Krt rir Sanford, Houston, 199(, (25 returns) 1 I - I (,-96 ( I return I l(,2 Damien Dodson, Memphis, 199(, ( 19 returns) Chris I Icvvit t . Cincinnati al Louisville, 1 0-26-9(, ( 2 returns)

SEASON (min. 2) 117 Jamal Alcxnndcr, Southern Miss, 1996 (4 int.) I I .l Keith Spann, Memphis, 19S PER INTERCEPTION RETURN SL\SON GAME (min. 2) 11 Carl Powell, Louisville, 1996 295 Pat Surtain, Southern Miss at East Carolina, 7.5 Jeff Posey, Soul hrrn Miss, 199(, 10-10-% (2 for 59) 7 Darrius Felder, Cincinnati, 199(, 26.0 Chris I Icwitl, Cincinnati at Louisville, 7 Leland 'lavlor. Louisville, 1996 10-26-96 (2 for 52) 7 Kendrick Gholston, Louisville, 1996 21.5 Derrick Singleton, Tulane vs. Southern Miss, 10-26-% (2 for 43)

SEASON (min. J) 29.3 Jamal Alexander. Southern Miss, 1996 (4 for 117) 22.6 Keith Spann. Memphis, 1996 (5 for 113) 20. 7 Derrick Singleton, Tulane, 1996 i 3 for 62)

INTERCEPTIONS FOR TOUCIIDOWNS GAME 1 Jamal Alexander, Southern Miss vs. Tulane ( 10-26-96) Sam Madison, Louisville vs. Kentucky ( 8-.l 1-96 l Derrick Singleton, Tulane vs. Southern Miss ( 10-26-96)

SEASO:\' 1 Jamal Alexander. Southern Miss, 1996 1 Sam Madison, Louisville, 1996 Derrick Singleton, Tulane. 1996 ,l11fol\'ain Smith, Houston LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURNS GAME 76 Keith Spann, Memphis vs. Tennessee (11-9-96) 52 Jamal Alexander, Southern Miss at Florida Stut c (11-16-9(,) 50 Jamal Alexander. Southern Miss at Tulane (10-2(1-%)

TACKLES

GAME 21 Tyrus McCloud, Louisville at Kentucky ( 8-.l I -96) 20 Tyrus McCloud, Louisville at North Carolinn (11-9-96) 19 Phillip Curry, Cincinnati at Louisville ( 10-26-96) 19 Richard Hogans, Memphis at Southern Miss ( 10-19-96)

SEASON 144 Tyrus Mct.loud. Louisville, 1996 (93 solo, 51 nst.) 141 Marchant Kenney, Southern Miss, 1 996 (106 solo, JS ,1st.) Richnrd ttogans, Memphis 128 Richard I log;ins, Memphis, 1996 (77 solo, 51 asl.)

SACKS

GAME 4 Carl Powell, Louisville at Memphis ( 11-2-9(,) 3 Chris I Icwitt. Cincinnati vs. Northeast Louisiana ( 11-23-96) 2 13 tied

80 * * * * * * Team Records CONFERENCE USA TOTAL OFFENSE SEASON 103 Cincinnati, 1996 102 I louston, 1996 PLAYS 82 Tulane, 1996 GAME 99 Cincinnati vs. Miami (Ohio) (9-28-96) MOST PASSING 93 Louisville vs. Northern Illinois (10-19-96) GAME 86 Louisville vs. Southern Miss (9-28-96) 22 Louisville vs. Southern Miss (9-28-96) = 16 Louisville at Tulane ( I 0-12-96) SEASON 15 11-9-96) 785 Louisville, 1996 (3,468 yards) Southern Miss at I !oust on ( 753 Houston, 1996 (4,457 vards) SEASON 750 Southern Miss, 1996 (_{, I 77 yards) 118 Houston, 1996 109 1996 YARDS GAINED Louisville, "-' 90 Southern Miss, 1996 GAME 5 77 Houston vs. Southern Miss, l 1-9-96 TOTAL (297 pass, 280 rush) GAME 553 I louston vs. Sam llouston St., 8-.31-96 = 28 I Iouston vs. Sam I !oust on St. (321 pass, 222 rush) ( 14 pass, 14 rush) 532 I Iouston vs. Memphis, 10-12-96 27 Houston at Pittsburgh (328 pass, 204 rush) ( 10 pass, 15 rush, 2 pcn.) c,.:a _)-; I louston at Southwestern La. SEASON ( 12 pass, 13 rush, 2 pcn.) 4,457 llouston, 1996 (2,464 pass, 1,993 rush) 27 Louisville vs. Northern Illinois 3,559 Cincinnati, 1996 (1,564 pass, 1,995 rush) ( 7 pass, 20 rush) 3,468 Louisville, 1996 (2,428 pass, 1,040 rush) 27 Southern Miss al I louston = (15 pass, 7 rush, 5 pcn.j YARDS PER GAME SEASON SEASON 405.2 llouston, 1996 (4,457 yards in 11 games) 238 I louston, 1996 323.5 Cincinnati, 1996 (3,559 vards in 11 games) (118 pass, 102 rush, 18 penalty) .315.3 Louisville, 1996 (3,468 v.nds in 11 games) 185 Louisville, 1996 ( 109 pass, (A rush, 12 penalty) YARDS PER PLAY 181 Tulane, 1996 (89 pass, 82 rush, 10 penally) GAME = 8 .44 Houston vs. Memphis. 10- 12-96 (63 for 532) RUSHING 8.13 Houston vs. Southern Miss, I l-9-96 (71 for 577) MOST ATTEMPTS 7.21 Cincinnati at LL\B (61 for 440) GAME c.n 82 Cincinnati vs. Miami (Ohio), SEASON 9-28-96 (405 yards) 5.92 I louston, 1996 (4,457 on 753) 66 Louisville vs. Nori hcrn Illinois, 4. 78 Cincinnati, 1996 (3,559 on 745) I 0-19-96 (344 yards) = 4.42 Louisville, 1996 (3,468 on 785) 57 Southern Miss vs. Southwestern La., 9-21-96 (256 yards) FIRST DOWNS SEASON 521 Cincinnati, 1996 (I, 995 yards in 11 games) MOST RUSHING 470 Southern Miss, 1996 (I, 120 yards in GAME 11 games) 22 Cincinnati vs. Miami-Ohio (9-28-96) 409 Tulane, 1996 (1,3998 yards in 11 games) 20 Louisville vs. Northern Illinois ( 10-19-96) = 15 Cincinnati vs. Northeast La. ( 11-23-96) 15 Houston at Pittsburgh (9-14-96)

81 * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E Team Records USA • • •Y AR"D•S GAINED SEASON GAME 6,059 Houston, I 996 (2,464 pass, 1,993 rush, 405 Cincinnati vs. Miami (Ohio), 9-28-96 1,094 KR, 263 PR) (82 rushes) 4,746 Cincinnati, 1996 (1,564 pass, 1,995 rush, 344 Louisville vs. Northern Illinois, I 0-19-96 731 KR, 31() PR) (66 rushes) 4,589 Southern Miss, 1996 (2,057 pass, 280 Houston vs. Southern Miss, 11-9-96 1,120 rush, 759 KR, 322 PR) (42 rushes) PASSING SEASON 1,995 Cincinnati, 1996 (521 rsuhcs in 11 games) ATTEMPTS 1,993 1996 (397 11 Houston, rushes in games) GAME 1,398 Tulane, 1996 (409 rushes in 11 games) 63 Louisville vs. Southern Miss, 9-28-96 (35 comp.) YARDS PER GAME 43 Louisville at North Carolina, SEASON 11-9-96 (21 comp.) 181.4 Cincinnati, 199() (1,995 yards in 11 games) 40 Houston at Cincinnati, 10-19-96 (20 comp.) 181.2 1996 (1,99.3 11 Houston, yards in games) 40 Louisville at Penn State, 9-7-96 (21 cornp.) 127.1 1996 (1,398 11 Tulane, yards in games) 40 Tulane vs. Syracuse, 11-9-96 (21 cornp.)

YARDS PER RUSH SL\SON GAME .ms Louisville, 1996 (207 comp.) 7.3 Houston at Pittsburgh, 9-14-96 356 Houston, 1996 (224 cornp.) (38 for 279) 313 Memphis, 1996 (153 comp.) 6.7 Houston vs. Southern Miss, 11-9-96 (42 for 280) COMPLETIONS 5.4 Southern Miss vs. Southwestern La., GAME 9-21-96 (57 for 256) 35 Louisville vs. Southern Miss, 9-28-96 ( 6.3 att.) SEASON 26 I loust on vs. Sam I louston St., 5.02 Houston, 1996 (.397 for 1,993 yards) 8-31-96 (36 att.) 3.83 Cincinnati, 1996 (521 for 1,995 yards) 22 I loust on at Pittsburgh, 9-14-96 (39 alt.) 3.42 Tulane, 1996 (409 for I ,.398 yards) 22 Houston vs. Southern Cal, 9-21-96 (36 alt.) 22 I louston at Southwestern La., RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 10-5-96 (34 alt.) GAME 7 Southern Miss vs. Southwestern La., SEASON 9-21-96 224 Houston, 1996 (356 att.) 5 Houston vs. Southern Miss, 11-9-96 207 Louisville, 1996 (.388 att.) 5 Cincinnati vs. Northeast Louisiana, 153 Memphis, 1996 (313 att.) 11-23-96 COMPLETION PERCENTAGE SEASON GAME (min. 20 alt.) 21 Houston, I 996 87.5 Southern Miss at East Carolina, 21 Southern Miss, 1996 10-10-96 (14 of 16) 16 Cincinnati, 1996 75.0 Houston vs. Memphis, 10-12-96 (18 of 24) 74.1 Houston vs. Louisville, 11-16-96 (20 of 27) ALL-PURPOSE YARDS GAME SEASON 797 Houston vs. Southern Miss, 11-9-96 62.9 Houston, 1996 (224 of .356) (297 pass, 280 rush, 121 KR, 97 PR) 53.4 Louisville, 1996 (207 of 388) 654 Southern Miss vs. Southwestern La., 9-21-96 51.4 Southern Miss, 1996 ( 144 of 280) (207 pass, 256 rush, 155 KR, 36 PR) 646 Southern Miss at I louston, 11-9-96 (398 pass, 74 rush, 167 KR, 7 PR)

82 * * * * * * Team Records CONFERENCE USA • ...... • PASSING YARDS FEWEST INTERCEPTIONS GAME SEASON 400 Louisville vs. Southern Miss, 8 Cincinnati, 1996 ( 112 of 224 l 9-28-96 (35 of 63) 8 Tulane, 1996 ( 150 of 308) 398 Southern Miss at Houston, 12 Memphis,1996(153of3l3) 11-9-96 (22 of 36) 348 Louisville at Michigan State, SCORING 9-21-96 (21 of 32) = MOST POINTS SEJ\SON GAME 2,464 I louston, 1996 (224 of 356) 56 Southern ivliss at Houston (49) OT, 1 ·1-9-96 2,428 Louisville, 1996 (207 of 388) 52 Southern Miss vs. Southwestern La. (27), 2,057 Southern Miss, 1996 (144 of280) 9-21-96 49 I Iouston at Southern Miss (56) OT, 11-9-96 YARDS PER ATTEMPT SEASON SE;\SON 7.35 Southern Miss, 1996 (2,0.'5 7 on 280 att.) 344 I louston, 1996 = 6.98 Cincinnati, 1996 (1,564 on 224 att.) 287 Southern Miss, 1996 6.92 Houston, 1996 (2,4(J4 on 356 att.) 228 Cincinnati, 1996

YARDS PER COMPLETION MOST POINTS (two teams) SEASON 105 Houston (56) vs. Southern Miss (49) O'I. 14.28 Southern Miss, 1996 (2.05 7 on 144 l 11-9-96 13.96 Cincinnati, 1996 (1,564 on 112) 79 Southern Miss (52) vs. Southwestern La. (27), 11.91 Tulane, 1996 (1,786 on 150) 9-21-96 77 Houston (42) at Pittsburgh (35) OT, 9-14-96 TOUCHDOWN PASSES GAME FEWEST POINTS SCORED (one team) 4 I louston at Pittsburgh, 9-14-96 O Memphis (0) at Southern Miss (16) vs. 4 I louston vs. Memphis, 10-12-96 Memphis (0), 10-19-96 3 llouston vs. Sam Houston St., 8-31-96 o Kansas State (35) vs. Cincinnati (0), 9-14-96 3 I louston vs. Louisville. 11-16-96 7 six tied with 3 Louisville at Mirhiuan State, 9-21-96 J Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati, 11-2-96 FEWEST POINTS SCORED (two teams) 3 Southern Miss at I louston, 11-9-96 16 Southern Miss (16) vs. Memphis (0), = 10-19-96 SEASON 17 Cincinnati ( 10) vs. Louisville (7), 10-26-96 22 Houston, 1996 (11 games) 18 Southern Miss (11) vs. Georgia (7), 8-31-96 13 Southern Miss, 1996 ( I I games) 11 Louisville, 1996 ( 11 games) MOST TOUCHDOWNS 1 O Tulane, 1996 ( 11 games) UI GAME 10 Cincinnati, 1996 ( 11 games) 8 Houston vs. Southern Miss, 11-9-96 (2 pass, 5 rush, I PR) INTERCEPTIONS THROWN 7 Southern Miss vs. Southwestern La., = GAME 9-21-96 (0 pass, 7 rush) 4 Louisville vs. Cincinnati, 10-26-96 7 Southern Miss at Houston, 3 I louston at Southwestern La., I 0-5-96 11-9-96 (3 pass, 4 rush) 3 I louston vs. Southern Miss, 11-9-96 J Louisville at Penn State, 9-7-96 SE/\SON J Louisville at North Carolina, 11-9-96 45 I Iouston, 1996 ( 11 games) 3 Memphis vs. Miami (Fla.}, 8-31-96 3 7 Southern Miss, 1996 ( 11 games) 3 Southern Miss at Tulane, 10-26-96 2 7 Cincinnati, 1996 ( 11 games) = SEASON 17 Louisville, 1996 (207 of 388) 15 Southern Miss, 1996 (207 of 388) 13 Houston. 1996 (224 of 356)

83 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Team Records USA • • •F ~l".'D• GOAL ATTEMPTS SEASON GAME 3 7 Houston, 1996 5 Cincinnati vs. Miami (Ohio), 32 Southern Miss, 1996 9-28-96 (3 made) 2 7 Cincinnati, 1996 5 Southern Miss at Georgia, 8-31-96 (3 made) 4 four tied with PAT KICKS PERCENTAGE SEASON (min. 20 made) SEASON 100.0 Cincinnati, 1996 (27 of 27) 21 Cincinnati, 1996 ( 1.3 made) 100.0 Tulane, 1996 (21 of 21) 19 Memphis, 1996 ( 12 made) 94.9 Houston, 1996 (37 of 39) 16 Louisville, 1996 ( 7 made) TOTAL POINTS BY KICKING KICKING SEASON 70 Houston, 1996 (37 XP, 11 FG) 66 Cincinnati, 1996 (27 XP, 13 FG) FIELD GOALS MADE 59 Southern Miss, 1996 (32 XP, 9 FG) GAME 3 Cincinnati vs. Miami (Ohio), 9-28-96 ( 5 att. I PUNTING 3 Cincinnati at Memphis, 10-5-96 (4 att.) .1 Houston vs. Southern Cal, 9-21-96 (4 all.) MOST PUNTS 3 Louisville at Tulane, I 0-12-96 (4 att.) GAME 3 Memphis at Southwestern La., 12 Cincinnati vs. Louisville, 10-26-96 10-26-96 (3 att.) 11 Memphis at Louisville ( 11-2-96) 3 Southern Miss at Georgia, 8-31-96 (5 at t.) 10 three tied with

SEASON SEASON 13 Cincinnati, 1996 ( 11 games) 74 Memphis, 1996 12 Memphis, 1996 ( 11 games) 73 Southern Miss, 1996 12 Tulane, 1996 ( 11 games) 71 Cincinnati, 1996 71 Louisville, 1996 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 71 Tulane, 1996 SEASON 80.0 Tulane, 1996 ( 12 of 15) YARDS PUNTED 73.3 Houston, 1996 ( 11 of 15) GAME 69.2 Southern Miss, 1996 (9 of 13) 510 Cincinnati at Louisville, 10-26-96 ( 12 punts) PAT KICKS ATTEMPTED 400 Louisville at Michigan State, GAME 9-21-96 (10 punts) 8 Houston vs. Southern Miss, 396 Tulane vs. Syracuse, 11-9-96 (9 punts) 11-9-96 (8 made) 7 Southern Miss at Houston, SEASON 11-9-96 (7 made) 2,900 Cincinnati, 1996 (71 punts) 7 Southern Miss vs. Southwestern La.. 2,897 Southern Miss, 1996 ( 73 punts) 9-21-96 (5 made) 2,817 Memphis, 1996 ( 74 punts)

SEASON PUNTING AVERAGE 39 Houston, 1996 SEASON 36 Southern Miss, 1996 40.8 Cincinnati, 1996 ( 71 for 2,900) 27 Cincinnati, 1996 40.5 Houston, 1996 (54 for 2,188) 39.8 Southern Miss, 1996 (73 for 2,897) PAT KICKS MADE GAME 8 Houston vs. Southern Miss, 11-9-96 (8 att.) 7 Southern Miss at I Iouston, 11-9-96 (7 att.) 6 Houston at Pittsburgh, 9-14-96 (6 made)

84 Team Records CONFERENCE USA ...... PUNT RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS

MOST RETURNS MOST RETURNS GAME GAME 8 Cincinnati vs. Kentucky, 9-7-96 (68 yards) 7 Cincinnati vs. Tulane, 8-30-96 ( 1 11 yards) 7 Louisville at Kentucky, 8-31-96 ( 54 yards) 7 Southern Miss vs. Houston, 7 Louisville vs. Cincinnati, 11-9-96 (167 yards) 10-26-96 (49 yards) 6 nine tied with = 7 Louisville at North Carolina, 11-9-96 (37 yards) SEASON 50 llouston, 1996 (1,094 yards) SEASON 38 Tulane, 1996 (905 yards) 46 Louisville, 1996 (363 yards) 38 Memphis, 1996 ( 722 yards) 32 Cincinnati, 1996 (316 yards) 25 Memphis, 1996 ( 165 yards) YARDS RETURNED GAME YARDS RETURNED 200 Tulane vs. Southern Miss, = GAME 10-26-96 (5 returns) 97 Houston vs. Southern Miss, 189 Cincinnati vs. Boston College, 11-9-96 (3 returns) 10-12-96 (6 returns) 84 Cincinnati at Southern Miss, 16 7 Southern Miss vs. I louston, 11-2-96 (7 returns) 11-9-96 (7 returns) 75 Louisville at Memphis, 11-2-96 (6 returns) SEASON SEASON 1,094 Houston, 1996 (50 returns) 363 Louisville, 1996 (46 returns) 905 Tulane, 1996 (38 returns) 322 Southern Miss, 1996 (23 returns) 7S9 Southern Miss, 1996 (.30 returns) 316 Cincinnati, 1996 (32 returns) YARDS PER KICKOFF RETURN YARDS PER PUNT RETURN GAME (min. 3 per game) GAME (min. 3 returns) 43.7 Memphis vs. Tennessee, 11-9-96 (3 for 131) 32.3 I louston vs. Southern Miss, 11-9-96 40.0 Tulane vs. Southern Miss, (3 for 97) 10-26-96 (5 for 200) 20.3 Memphis vs. Mississippi State, 9-7-96 31.5 Cincinnati vs. Boston College, (3 for 61) 10-12-96 (6 for 189) = 14.2 Cincinnati vs. Northeast Louisiana, 11-23-96 (5 for 71) SEASON 25.3 Southern Miss, 1996 (30 for 759) SEASON 23.8 Tulane, 1996 (38 for 905) 14.0 Southern Miss, 1996 (23 for .322) 21.9 Houston, 1996 (50 for 1,094) UI 11.4 Houston, 1996 (23 for 263) 9. 9 Cincinnati, 1996 (32 for 316) INTERCEPTIONS

PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWNS = GAME GAME 4 Cincinnati at Louisville, 10/26 · 96 1 Cincinnati vs. Kentucky, 9-7-96 (82 yards) Houston vs. Southern Miss, 11-9-96 Memphis at Southwestern La., I 0-26-96 Louisville at Kentucky, 8-.31-96 (20 yards) Southern Miss at Louisville, 9-28-96 3 Memphis vs. East Carolina, 11-23-96 ( 13 yards) SEASON 3 Southern Miss at East Carolina, 10-10-96 I Cincinnati, 1996 (74 yards) 1 l louston, 1996 = 3 Southern Miss at I !ouston, 11-9-96 1 Louisville, 1996 (0 yards) 1 Southern Miss, 1996 3 Tulane vs. Southern Miss, 10-26-96 (43 yards)

85 * * * * CO*N FEREN*C E Team Records USA • • •S l!A~O• N TACKLES FOR LOSS 18 Southern Miss, 1996 (282 yards) SEASON 14 Memphis, 1996 (171 yards) 145 Louisville, 1996 (742 yards) l1 Houston, 1996 ( 152 yards) 111 Memphis, 1996 (463 yards) 101 Cincinnati, 1996 (547 yards) INT YARDS RETURNED 101 Tulane, 1996 (352 yards) GAME 82 Cincinnati at Louisville, 10 26•96 SACKS (4 returns) GAME 76 Memphis vs. Tennessee, 11-9-96 (2 returns) 11 Louisville vs. Memphis, 11-2-96 74 Southern Miss al East Carolina, 8 Southern Miss at Alabama. 9-7-96 10-10-96 (3 rct urns) 7 Louisville ,it North Carolina, 11-9-96 7 Cincinnati al Northeast Louisiana, 11-23-96 SEASON 282 Southern Miss, 1996 ( 18 returns) SEASON 171 Memphis, 1996 ( 14 returns) 46 Louisville, 1996 (yards) 152 Houston, 1996 ( 11 returns) 41 Cincinnati, 1996 (291 yards) 38 Southern Miss. 1996 (296 yards) YARDS PER RETURN 23 Houston, 1996 ( 156 yards) GAME (min. 3 returns) 20.5 Cincinnati at Louisville, 10 26/96 (4 for 82) SAFETIES 24. 7 Southern Miss at East Carolina, GAME 10-10-96 (3 for 74) 2 Memphis at Missouri (9-14-96) 14.3 Tulane vs. Southern Miss, 1 Southern Miss at Georgia ( 8-31-96) 10-26-96 (3 for43 yards) 1 Southern Miss vs. Southwestern La. (9-21-96) SEASON 15.7 Southern Miss, 1996 (18 for 282) SEASON 13.8 Houston, 1996 ( 11 for 152) 2 Memphis, 199() 13.3 Louisville, 1996 ( IO for 133) 2 Southern Miss, 1996

INTERCEPTIONS FOR TOUCHDOWNS GAME TOTAL DEFENSE 1 Southern Miss vs. Tulane (10-26-96) 1 Louisville vs. Kentucky (8-31-96) FEWEST PLAYS ALLOWED 1 Tulane vs. Southern Miss (10-26-96) GAME 53 Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati ( 11-2-96) SEASON 54 l louston vs. Louisville ( 11-16-96) 1 Louisville, 1996 55 Louisville vs. Northern Illinois ( 10- 19-96) 1 Southern Miss. 1996 55 Southern Miss at Tulane ( 10-26-96) 1 Tulane, 1996 SEASON FUMBLES RECOVERED 759 Cincinnati, 1996 GAME 765 Louisville, 1996 5 Louisville vs. Baylor (9-14-96) 774 Southern Miss, 1996 4 Southern Miss at Louisville (9-28-96) 4 Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati ( 11-2-96) FEWEST YARDS ALLOWED 4 Cincinnati at l!t\B (I 1-16-96) GAME 122 Southern Miss at Tulane ( 10-26-96) SEASON 136 Louisville vs. Northern lllinois (10-19-96) 16 Southern Miss, 1996 148 Louisville vs. Cincinnati ( 10-26-96) 14 Memphis, 1996 10 Cincinnati, 1996 SEASON 10 Louisville, 1996 2,594 Louisville, 1996 3,061 Cincinnati, 1996 3,877 Southern Miss, 1996

86 * * * * Team Records CO*N FEREN*C E USA FIRST DOWNS SEASON 2.04 Louisville, 1996 (437 for 892) FEWEST RUSHING ALLOWED 2.88 Southern Miss, 1996 (.384 for 1,104) 2.98 Cincinnati, 1996 (448 for 1,334) G!\ME 2 Louisville vs. Southern Miss (9-28-96) FEWEST PASSES ALLOWED 2 Louisville at Nort h Carolina (11-9-96) GAME 2 Southern Miss al Louisville (9-28-96) 11 Tulane vs. Rice, 9-14-96 (7 rrnp) 3 Cincinnati at Louisville ( I 0-26-96) = 11 Tulane at Army, 10-19-96 (5 crnp) 3 Cincinnati at Southern Miss (11-2-96) 11 Tulane at Navy, 11-16-96 (5 cmp) 14 Memphis vs. Mississippi St., 9-7-96 (8 SEASON cmp) 59 Louisville, 1996 79 Southern Miss, 199() SEASON 262 Tulane, 1996 ( 158 completions) 80 Cincinnati, 1996 311 Cincinnati, 1996 ( I .31 completions) 315 Memphis, 1996 (182 completions) FEWEST PASSING ALLOWED GAME = FEWEST COMPLETIONS I Louisville vs. Cincinnati (10-26-96) GAME 2 Memphis vs. Cincinnati (10-5-96) .-i Tulane at Ar mv, I 0- I 9-96 (11 attempts) 2 Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati (11-2-96) :, Tulane at Navy, 11- 16-96 ( 11 at tempts) 7 Tulane vs. Rice, 9-14-96 (11 attempts) SEJ\SON 7 Memphis vs. Cincinnat i, I 0-5-96 ( 16 att.) 82 Cincinnati, 1996 84 Louisville, 1996 SEASON 89 Tulane. 1996 131 Cincinnati, 1996 (311 attempts) 158 Louisville, 1996 (328 attempts) FEWEST TOlAL ALLOWED I 58 Tulane. 1996 (262 attempts) G!\ME 176 Houston, 1996 (TW attempts) 7 Louisville vs. Cincinnati ( I 0-26-96) 8 Houston vs. Louisville ( l 1-16-96) LOWEST COMPLETION PERCENTAGE 9 Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati ( 11-2-96) GAME 29.0 Cincinnati at Louisville, 10-26-96 (9-.31) SEASON 31.0 Houston vs. Louisville, 11-16-96 (9-29) 167 Louisville, 1996 :n.o Cincinnati vs. Boston Coll., 10-12-96 (11-33) 18 I Cincinnati, 1996 = 33.0 Louisville at Penn State, 9-7-96 (11-33) 212 Southern Miss, 1996

SEASON FEWEST RUSHES ALLOWED 42.1 Cincinnati, 1996 ( I JI of 311) GAME 48.2 Louisville, 1996 (158 of 328) 29 Cincinnati vs. Northeast Louisiana, 53.3 Houston. 1996 (176 of 330) c.n 11-2.3-96 (-19 yards) 28 Southern Miss vs. Memphis, FEWEST TOUCHDOWNS 10-19-96 (97 yards) SEASON 27 Cincinnati vs. llouston, 10-19-96 (76 yards) = 20 Louisville, 1996 25 Cincinnati, 1996 SEASON 25 Memphis, 1996 .384 Southern Miss, 1996 (1,104 vards) 4.37 Louisville, 1996 (892 yards)' SCORING DEFENSE 448 Cincinnati, 1996 (1,334 yards) FEWEST POINTS HWEST YARDS PER RUSH GAME GAME 0 Southern Miss (16) vs. Memphis (0), 10-19-96 -0.65 Cincinnati vs. Northeast Louisiana, 7 six tied = 11-23-96 (-19 01129) -0.22 Southern Miss at Louisville, SEASON 9-28-96 (2] for -5) 205 Louisville, 1996 0.59 Louisville at North Carolina, 212 Cincinnati, 1996 219 Memphis, 1996 11-9-96 (20 011 34) 87 * * * * * * CONFERENCE All Time Team vs. Team USA • • ""cf'Nc.AlltJN/\TI vs. EAST C,\ROLIN1\ 199:, ,1l Cincinnati 28 ,\\cm phis 3 l')H9 at Soul hem ,\liss 4 I ECU 2 7 i East C1roli11a leads R-2-01 1994 at i\kmphis 2h Cituin nat i 3 1988 S"ut hern Miss 4., at ECU 42 1995 at Cincinnati ll East C1rolina 10 199.l at Ci1Ki1111c1ti 23 \trmphis 20 1987 ill Southern Miss .l8 ECLI H l994 at East Caroliu.: .L, Ciruinn.u i 21 1992 at Mrruphi» .l4 Cincinnati 14 198(, Sllulhnn Miss 2.J at ECLI 21 1993 ,ll Cincinnati .l-1- East C1rolina 14 ll)8l) Mcmphi« l4 at Cincinnati I 7 198:5 .it Southern Miss 2 7 ECLI 0 1992 at East Carolina 42 Ciruinn.u i 21 1984 at ,\lcmphis 47 Cincinnati 7 1984 Southern Miss .l I at ECLI 27 1991 East Carolina .lO ill ciruinn.it i 19 198.l Mrm phis 4.l ,1t Cincinnati 10 19H.l ITLI 10 al Sllulhcrn Miss<, 199() ill East Cmilina 56 Cincinnati .32 1982 Ciruiun.it i 11, ill ,\kmphis 7 19HO Southern Miss .l5 at ECLI 7 1989 East Carolin.. 21 at Cincinnati 14 1981 at Ciucinnnti rn Mrmphis 7 I 'l7H at Southern Miss 17 ECU I 1, 1988 East Carulin.: 49 at Ciruinn.rt i 14 1980 at ciucinnati 14 Memphis 10 I lJ7(, c1t ECU 48 Southern ,\liss () I 'l87 at East Carolin» :51, Ciminn.it i 28 1979 at ,\ uruphi« 2.l Cincinnati 17 197.{ l:CLI I.lat Southern \tiss () 198(, at East C1rolina 32 Cincinnati 19 1978 Cine inn.it i .l4 ill ,\ km phis 14 llJhlJ Southern ,\\iss 14 ,it LUI 7 I 975 ell ciruiuuat i I .l ,\trmphis 1 l'l1,H at SoullH"rn Miss (15 El'll 0 CINCl:\':\'ATI v~. IIOUSTO:\' 1974 dt Mrrnphi-, I.{ Cincinnati 7 llJ(,(, Southern Miss 35 at ECLI 14 ( I/oust on leads 1 1 -../ I 1973 Memphis 17 .1l Cincinnati 13 IlJ'il ,it Soul hem Miss 40 ECLI 0 ·199(, at Cinrinnat i .31 I louston 20 1972 at Mrrnphi« 29 Cincinnati 24 I 99.l Cincinnati 41 at I louston I 7 1971 l\trmphis 4'> ill Cincinnati 21 E;\ST CJ\ROLIN1\ vs. TUL\NE 1975 at Cincinnati 28 l luust on 2.l 1970 at Memphis 14 Cincinnati 10 1/.ist C.1roli11.i le.id., 1-0-01 1974 at Ilouston 27 Cimiun.rt! (1 1969 Memphis '>2 at Cincinnati 1, I lJ

19(14 Cincinnati 20 .1l I louston (> (Ci11ci1111.iti Ic.uls .,-.i-OI 198_~ Ilouston 49 at l.oui.wilk 27 1962 ,1t I luust on 42 Cin, inu.it i 14 1991, at Southern Mixs 21 Cincinnati 17 llJ84 Louis,·ilk .30 c1t I louston 28 196 I llouston 1.l at Cincinnati 7 199, .it Cinciunat i 16 Southern Miss l.l 19().l .1t I louston 2 I Louis,·ilk 7 1960 al Houston 14 ciminn.it i () 1992 at South,-rn ,\liss .l I Cincinnati 17 19(,2 I lousllln 2 7 at Louis,·ilk 2., 1959 al llouston l.l Cincinnati 12 1991 at Cincinnati I 7 Southern ,\liss 7 llJ'> I ,11 Louisville .Vi I louston 28 1958 llouston 34 al Cincinnati l.l I 979 at Soul IH-rn Miss 24 Cincinnati (> ll/5() ill I Iouston 2 7 Louisville 7 195 7 I louston 7 al Cincinnn! i () 1978 at Cincinnati 2h Southern i\liss 14 1977 at Cincinnati 17 Southern Miss 1, HOUSTON vs. MEMPHIS CINCINN1\TI vs. LOLIISVILLE 1976 Cincinn,1ti 28 at Southcrn Miss 21 (lfous/011 le.ids 6-../-01 (Cinrin11.iti leads:!../-/ 1-11 199h al I Iouslon .l 7 Memphis 2ll 199(, Cincinnati 10 ,1l l.uuisvillr 7 CINCINNJ\rI v~. TUL\:'\L I 'i7H ill Memphis I 7 I louslon .i llJ92 Louisville 27 at Ciruinn.u i 17 i'lill,rnc le.ids 7-2-0) 197., ell ,\lemphis 14 I-louslon 7 1991 Cincinnati .lO at Louis. ilk 7 I 996 Tulane l4 at Cincinnati 14 1974 .it Houston 13 ,\\emphis 10 llJlJ() Louisville 41 at Cincinnut i I Cincinnati 13 19<,8 I louston 27 at Memphis 7 1987 Cincinnati 2:5 at Louisvillr 0 1976 Cincinnati 2 I .1l liilanc 14 I 9(, 7 at llouston .lS Memphis 18 198() at Cincinnati 24 l.ouixvillc 17 1970 Iiil,me 6 al Cincinnati .l I lJ1,1, .\lemphis 14 al I lnuston I .l 198'> Cincinnati 31 at Louisville 9 19(1(1 ,1t I\Ii.1ne 2H Cincinnati 2 I I ')(,.l at ,\km phis 29 I !ouslon (1 1984 at Cincinnat i 40 Lou isvillc 2 1 1948 Tul,111e (, .il Cincinnati 0 198.l at l.uuixvillc 3 t Cincinnati 2.l 1909 ill Tulane 1, Cincinnati 0 IIOUSTON vs. SOUTHERN MISS 1982 at Cincinnati 38 I.ouisvillr It, 1So11thern ,\/is.s l<-.ids 2-01 1981 at Cincinnati 24 l.ouisvillc () L\ST C1\ROLINA v~. IIOUSTON I l/lJ(, at I lllust,111 56 US1\l 49 (ot I 1980 at Louisville 20 Cincinnati 0 i/-i,11·c t1<'l'cr met I l'Vi7 s,,uthnn :\liss 27 llouslon 12 1979 at Louisville 22 Cincinnati 19 1978 Louisville 28 at Cincinnati 14 10\ST CAROLIN,\ ,·s. LOUISVILLE IIOUSTO:\' v~. TULANE 1977 Cincinnati 17 .rt louisvillc 17 i List C.1roli11a le.id., 2-1-01 1 //ous/011 le.ids .i-0) 1976 at Cincinnati 20 louisvill« (, 1967 at East Ci1rolina 18 Louisville 13 I lJ9(l I Illusion 20 at TuLrne 17 1975 Cincinnati 4(, at l.ouisvillc 27 19(,(, at Louis,·ilk 2 I East l'i1rolina 7 I '/7.l I louston 47 Tulane 7 1Blueho11nrl I 1974 .1t Cincinnati 7 louisvillc (, 19<,:, East Ci1rolina .l4 at Louisville 20 1968 .1t I Illusion , 4 Tulane 7 197.l .1t Louisville 10 Cincinnati H 1972 Louisville .rn .1t Cincinnati l.l 10\ST CAROLIN1\ vs. MEMPHIS LOLIIS\'11.LE vs. MEMPIIIS 1971 Cincinnati 19 at Louisville t 1, i Li.,1 Carolina /e<1i/s 5-2-0) 1 Loui.ffille le.ids J 8-15-01 1970 Louisville 28 al Cincinn.it i I-~ I 9'l6 East C1rolina 20 al Memphis 10 I 99(, .1t Louisville U ,\lcmphis I() 1969 Cincinnati .l I at Louisville 2 I I lJ'Vi at East Carolina .l I .\km phis 1 7 199'> Louisville I 7 al Memphis 7 }lJ68 at Cincinn.rt i 37 Louisville 7 ll/94 East l'.l!'o!ina .lll dl ,\lcmphis 6 I lJl/4 at Louisvilk IO Memphis (> I llh7 Cincinnati l.l .1l Louisville 7 1993 Memphis .l4 at East Cmilina 7 I lJ9 l l.ouisvillc .S4 at Memphis 28 19(,(, at Cineinn.it i I 7 l.ouisvillr .l 1992 al 1\kmphis 42 East Carolina 7 I 'N2 ell Louis,·ilk I (1 1\lcmphis I "i I lJ',.l Cincinnati 4 I at l.ouisvillr ll 199 I at L.1st Carolinil 20 Memphis I .l 19') I .it :\km phis .l'i Louis,·il\c 7 llJ51 ,1t Cincinnat i 38 l.ouisvillr 0 1990 East l'iirolina 24 ,1t \lcmphis 17 1990 ill Louis,·ilk 19 .\kmphis 17 195() dl Ciminnat i 28 Louisvillr 20 I 'IH'l Louisville ·+O at ,\km phis I() 1942 at Cincinnati ., I l.ouisvill« 0 Et\ST C1\ROLl:\'J\ ,·s. SOUTHERN MISS llJH8 .1t Louisville 29 Memphis 18 1941 at Ciminn.it i 28 Louisvillr 7 1Sout/1crn ,\ lis., leads .,l'l'ic., 1 b-6-01 19H7 at ,\kmphis 43 Louis\'ilk H 1940 at Cincinnati 7 Louisville 0 I 996 Southern Miss 28 at ECLI 7 I lJHh at l.ouiwille 34 ,\kmphis 8 IlJ.l8 at Cinciun.it i 19 Louisvillr 9 199'5 ECLI l(1 at Southern I\liss .l4 198.l Memphis at Louisville 7 1929 Cincinnati 7 at l.ouisvillr 0 1994 at l:CLI l I Southern Miss I() 1 'IH2 Louisvilk 39 at l\kmphis 19 199.l ill Southern Miss 24 ECU I(, 198 I LouiS\'ille 14 at Memphis 7 CINCINN;\TI v.~. MEMPHIS 1992 Soul hem Miss .l8 at ECU 2 I I lJH() al Llluiwille 38 Memphis 14 1Afrmp/ii5 leads 15-7-0) 1991 ECU 48 at Soul lll'rn Miss 20 I 'J79 at i\kmphis 10 Louis,·ille (, 88 199b at Memphis 18 Cincinnati l o 199() Southern ,\liss 16 at ECLI 7 1978 ,\kmphis 29 at L,,uis\'ille 22 ,. * * * * * All Time Team vs. Team CONFERENCE USA ...... 1977 Louisville 14 at .\lcmphis l.l 197.l Southern Miss I .l at ,\lemphis I 0 ALL-TIME RECOR" DS 197(, Mcmphi« 26 at Louisville 14 1972 Southern Miss 14 :\kmphis 14 19 7., at Mrm phis 41 Louixvillr 7 (Jack son. Miss. I 1974 .\lcmphis 16 at Louisville Ill 1971 at Memphis 2 7 Soul hern ,\liss 12 Cincinnati 197.l ,it i\lrmphis 28 Louisvilllc 21 1970 at Memphis 33 Soul hcru Miss 0 ~ 197 2 ,it Louisville 17 Memphis ll 19(,9 al l\lcmphis 37 Southern Miss 7 110 seasons 456-473-51 (.491 l 1971 Louisville 26 at Memphis 20 1968 at Memphis 29 Soul hcrn Miss 7 1970 at Louisville 40 Memphis 27 1967 Memphis 24 Southern Miss 8 1969 al Memphis 69 Louisville I lJ t.iarksou. Miss. I East Carolina 1968 Memphis 44 at Louisville 14 1966 at Memphis b Southern ,\!iss 0 61 seasons 302-276-11 L 522) I 964 at .\!cm phis 34 Louisvillr () 1965 Southern Miss 2 I ,\km phis I 1, I 9(,.l ,\ lcm phis Li al l uuisvillr () {Jackson, .\ liss. I = I 9(,2 at 1\kmphis 49 Louisville 0 19(>4 Southern ,\liss 20 ,\!cmphis 18 Houston 19(, I Mcmphi« 28 al Louisville I .l {Jackson, ,\!iss. I 1952 at Memphis 29 Louisville 23 l9b4 Southern ,\ liss 20 Memphis 14 51 seasons 292-242-15 (,595) I 948 al Memphis l .l l.ouisvilh- 7 19().-~ Memphis 28 Southl'rn Miss 7 (Jackson. Miss. I NI LOUISVILLE vs. SOUTHERN MISS 1962 at Memphis 8 Southern Miss 1, Louisville (Southern Miss leads /5-5-/1 I 961 at Memphis 2 I Southern Miss 7 80 seasons 343-365-17 (.485) I 99(, Sout hrr n Miss 24 at Louisville 7 1960 Memphis 7 al Southern l\liss 1, 19'/'i .it Southern Miss 25 Louisville 2 I 19';9 at Memphis 21 Southern l\liss 6 I 99 l .it Louisville .l5 Southern Miss 2 7 1958 at Southern .\ !iss 24 :\lcmphis 22 Memphis I 99 I at Louisville 28 Soul hcrn 1\liss 14 195 7 Sout hcrn :\liss 14 dl Memphis 6 = 199() dl Southern Miss 2'i l.uuisvillc 1.l 195(, ,1l Southern Miss 27 Memphis 0 81 seasons 367-369-32 (.499) 1989 Southern Miss 16 at Louisville 10 195'1 Southern Miss .l4 di Memphis 14 1988 at Southern Miss .lll Louisville 2.l 19:,4 ill Southern Miss .l4 Memphis 21 1987 Southern .\liss 65 at l.uuixvillr (, 195.l ill Memphis 2 7 Soul hrrn ,\!iss 13 Southern Miss 198(, al Southern Miss 3 I Louisville I 1, 19';2 ill Southern Miss 27 ,\kmphis 20 80 seasons 440-300-27 (.591 l ~ 198., SPulhern Miss 42 Louisville 12 19.l6 at Southern Miss 25 1\lemphis 0 1984 dl Southern Miss 34 Louisville 25 19.Vi Southern Miss 12 at ,\lemphis 0 198.J Southern Miss 27 Louisville .l Tulane 1982 nl Soul hem Miss 48 I.ouisvillr () MEMl'IIIS vs. TUL:\NE seasons 424-485-36 (.46Bl 198 I at Louisville 13 Southern Miss I 0 1,llrmphis /c.i,/s 10-8-1) 104 1980 Louisville 6 at Southern :\liss .l 1996 at Memphis 17 Tul.mr I 0 = 1979 at Louisville IO Southern :\liss Ill 1995 Memphis 2.l at Tulane 8 1978 at Soul hrrn :\liss 3 7 Louisville .l 1994 at Memphis I .l Tulane 0 1952 at Southern .\liss 55 Louisville 2(, 1992 Memphis (,2 at Tulane 20 195 I at Louisville 14 Southern t'vliss I .l 1990 at :\lemphis 21 Tulane 14 1950 at Southern Miss .34 Louisville 28 1989 at Tulane .l8 :\kmphis .l4 1949 al Southern Miss 26 Louisville 2 I 1988 at Tulane 20 :\kmphis I lJ 1987 at l\lcmphis 4'i Tulane .l/, LOUISVILLE vs. TUL\NE 1986 at Tulane 15 Memphis 6 itouisvil!» leads 5-0-01 198.'i at Memphis .l8 'liil,mc 21 199(, Louisville 2.l at Tulane 20 1984 at Tulane 14 Memphis 9 199c; at Louisville 34 Tulane 14 1983 at Memphis 28 Tulane 25 1988 Louisville 38 at Tulane .Vi 1982 at Tulane I 7 Memphis 10 1987 at Louisville 42 Jillane 40 198 I ·1iilane 24 at :\ km phis 7 l lJ8(, louisville 23 at Tulane 12 1980 ilt Tulane 21 :\kmphis 16 1978 di Tulane 41 ,\kmphis 24 MEMl'IIIS vs. SOUTI-IERN MISS llJ77 al ,\lcmphis 27 Tul,11ll' 9 (Sou/hem i\Ji.,s leads 30-16-/! 197(, :\kmphis 14 di ·1iilime 7 199(, at Southern ,\liss l t, .\km phis 0 I 954 at ·riilane 1.l Memphis l.l 19'/'i SPuthern :\liss 17 al Memphis 9 1994 di Southern .\liss 20 ,\kmphis .J SOUTIIERN MISS vs. TUL\:>,;E .Joltnny Unilas, U111i,wille 199 l di ,\km phis 20 Southern Miss 9 (Soulhcm ,Hiss /cad.s Li-5-0) = 1992 at Southern Miss 23 Memphis 21 1996 Southern Miss 31 at l'ula11e 28 1991 .it Memphis 17 Southern Miss 12 199:i at Southern Miss 4'i Tulane 0 1990 at Soul hem Miss 23 Memphis 7 1994 Southern Miss 2'i at Tul,111<' 10 1989 Southern Miss .31 al ,\kmphis 7 199.l Tulane 1 7 at Southern Miss I 'i 1988 al Southern Miss .H .\kmphis 27 1992 Soul hcrn Miss 17 al Tul,me 7 1987 Southern ,\\iss 17 at .\!cmphis I-~ 1991 at Southern Miss 47 Tuldne 14 198b at Southern ,\!iss 14 ,\!cmphis tJ 1990 Southern Miss 26 at Tuldne 14 I 985 Southern ,\!iss 14 at Mem phis 7 I 989 at Soul hern ,\liss .lO liilane 2 I 1984 :\kmphis 2.l al Southern Miss l.l I 988 Southern ,\liss .l8 ,ll Tul,me l.l 198.l Southern ,.\liss 2 7 at Memphis 20 1987 at Southern .\liss .ll Tulane 24 1982 at Southern Miss .l4 Memphis l .l 1986 at Tulane .l5 Southern Miss 20 = 1981 Southern Miss IO at Memphis 0 1985 at Southern Miss 24 Tulane(, 1979 at Southern Miss 22 Memphis 0 1984 at Tulane .l5 Southern Miss 7 1978 Southern Miss 13 at Memphis 10 198.l Tulane 14 at Southern Miss 7 1977 .it Memphis 42 Southern Miss 14 I 982 Southern Miss 22 at Tul;:ine 10 1'17(, at Southern ,\liss 14 Memphis 12 198 1 at Southern Miss 2 I Tulane .l .Jim O'Brien, Cincinnati 1975 Southern Miss 21 at Memphis 7 1980 Southern l\liss 17 at Tulane 14 1,174 Southern Miss 6 at Memphis 0 1979 Tulane 20 at Soul lll'rn Miss 19 89 Year by Year

,. ¥, )f. CfNC'I:'\N;\Tl l9.!2 7-2-0 1984 2-9-0 HOUSTON 1988 8-3-0 I 93 I 5-4-0 1983 .8-.l-0 1987 3-7-1 19% 6-."i-0 I

... ,...... 1921 2-2-1 1939 3-7-0 1977 6-6-0 TULANE 1947 2!5.'."2 I 920 .4-5-0 1938 10-0-0 1976 3-8-0 1946 3-7-0 1921 2-6-0 1937 3-6-0 1975 8-3-0 1996 2-9-0 1945 2-6-1 1916 2-3-1 1936 0-9-0 1974 6-5-0 1995 2-9-0 1944 .4-3-0 1915 1-5-1 1935 1-6-1 1973 6-4-1 1994 1-10-0 1943 3-3-0 1914 1-4-0 1934 3-3-2 1972 3-7-1 1993 4-8-0 1942 .4-5-0 1913 5-1-0 1933 7-1-1 1971 6-5-0 1992 2-9-0 1941 5-4-0 1912 3-1-0 1932 4-5-0 1970 5-6-0 1991 1-10-0 1940 5-S-O 19.l I 2-5-2 1969 5-5-0 1990 4-7-0 1939 8-1-1 = MEMPHIS 1930- 6-3-1 1968 4-6-0 1989 4-8-0 1938 7-2-1 1929 8-0-2 1%7 6-3-0 1988 5-6-0 1937 5-4-1 1996 .4-7-0 1928 5-3-2 1966 6-4-0 1987 6-6-0 19.36 b-l-l 199 5 3-8-0 1927 5-3-1 1965 7-2-0 1986 4-7-0 19.35 6-4-0 1994 6-5-0 1926 1-8-0 1964 6-3-0 1985 1-10-0 1934 lO- 1-0 1993 6-5-0 1925 0-7-1 1963 5-3-1 1984 3-8-0 19.n 6-3-1 1992 6-5-0 1924 1-7-1 1962 9-1-0 198.l 2-9-0 1932 6-2-1 1991 5-6-0 1923 6-3-0 1961 8-2-0 1982 4-7-0 1931 11-1-0 1990 .4-6-1 1960 b-4-0 198 I 6-5-0 1930 8-1-0 1989 2-9-0 1959 6-4-0 1980 7-5-0 1929 9-0-0 = 1988 6-5-0 1958 9-0-0 1979 9-3-0 1928 6-3-1 1987 5-5-1 1957 8-3-0 1978 4-7-0 1927 2-5-1 1986 1-10-0 1956 7-2-1 1977 3-8-0 1926 3-5-1 1985 2-7-2 1955 9-1-0 1976 2-9-0 1925 9-0-1 1984 5-5-1 1954 6-4-0 1975 .4-7-0 1924 8-1-0 1983 6-4-1 1953 9-2-0 1974 5-6-0 1923 6-3-1 1982 1-10-0 1952 10-2-0 1973 9-3-0 1922 4-4-0 1981 1-10-0 195 I 6-5-0 1972 6-5-0 1921 4-6-0 1980 2-9-0 1950 5-5-0 1971 3-8-0 1920 6-2-1 1979 5-6-0 Joe Allison, Memphis 1949 7-3-0 1970 8-4-0 1919 6-2-1 1978 .4-7-0 and t.ou Groza 1948 7-3-0 1969 3-7-0 1918 4- 1- 1 1977 6-5-0 1947 7-J-O 1968 2-8-0 1917 5-:l-O 1976 7-4-0 1922 5-2-2 1946 7-3-0 1%7 3-7-0 1916 4-.l-1 1975 7-4-0 1921 .4-5-1 1942 .4-0-0 1966 5-4-1 1915 .4-4-0 1974 7-4-0 1920 0-5-0 1941 9-0-1 1965 2-8-0 1914 l-.l-l 1973 8-3-0 1919 3-4-0 1940 7-4-0 1964 3-7-0 1913 :l-5-0 1972 5-5-1 1918 1-4-0 1939 4-2-3 1963 1-8-1 1912 5-.l-O 1971 5-6-0 1917 3-2-0 1938 7-2-0 1962 0-10-0 1911 :,-.l-l 1970 6-4-0 1916 2-3-1 1937 7-3-0 1961 2-8-0 1910 0-7-0 1969 8-2-0 1915 .4-)-1 1936 7-2-1 1960 3-6-1 1909 4-.l-2 1 %8 6-4-0 I 914 :l-5-0 1935 6-4-0 1959 3-6-1 I 908 7-1-0 196 7 6-3-0 1913 1-2-0 1934 3-4-2 1958 3-7-0 1907 3-2-0 1966 7-2-0 1912 1-2-1 1933 3-5-2 190(, 0-4- I 1965 5-5-0 1932 5-4-0 1905 0-1-0 1964 5-4-0 SOUTHERN MISS 1931 3-5-1 1904 5-2-0 1963 9-0-1 1930 3-5-1 1903 2-2-1 u, 1962 8-1-0 1996 8-3-0 1929 2-(,-1 1902 1-4-2 1961 8-2-0 1995 6-5-0 1928 4-5-0 1901 5-1-0 1960 8-2-0 1994 6-5-0 1927 3-4-1 1900 5-0-0 1959 6-4-0 1993 3-7-1 1926 3-4-1 1899 0-6-1 = 1958 4-5-0 1992 7-4-0 I 925 0-6-0 1898 1-1-0 195 7 6-4-0 1991 4-7-0 1924 3-3-2 1896 .3-2-0 1956 5-4-1 1990 8-4-0 1923 3-3-0 1895 3-2-0 1955 2-7-0 1989 5-6-0 1922 2-6-0 1894 0-4-0 Ray Guy; Soutlzern Mis.~ 1954 3-4-3 1988 10-2-0 1921 3-4-0 1893 1-2-0 1953 6-4-0 1987 6-5-0 1920 5-2-1 1957 2-8-0 1952 2-7-0 1986 6-5-0 1919 4-1-2 1956 6-4-0 1951 5-3-0 1985 7-4-0 1916 0-2-0 l9.'i.5 5-4-1 1950 9-2-0 1984 .4-7-0 1915 .4-4-0 1954 1-6-.l 1949 9-1-0 1983 7-4-0 1914 1-2-1 1953 1-8-1 = 1948 6-5-0 1982 7-4-0 1913 1-5-1 1952 5-5-0 1947 6-2-1 1981 9-2-1 1912 2-1-0 1951 4-6-0 1942 2-7-0 1980 9-3-0 1950 6-2-1 1941 6-3-0 1979 6-4-1 1949 7-2-1 1940 5-5-0 1978 7-4-0 1948 9-1-0 91 * * * * * * CONFERENCE Postseason USA ...... Cl'Nc'INN,\TI (2-1-0) LOUISVILLE (3-1-1) llJ5Ll SU:'\ BOWi. i El l';isti, Texas) l l)l)3 LIBERTY l\l)\\'I. (Memphis, Tenn.) vvest Texas SLilc 14, Cincinnati Ll Louisville I H, Michigan State 7 194lJ GLASS BClWL Cltilrdti, (lhio) 1991 FIESTA l\l1WI. 1·1i:111pc, Ariz.) Cincinnati .U, ·1t1kdu 13 Louisville .l4, 1\lahama 7 SUN BOWi. (El l\iso, Texas) 1977 INDEl'ENl1ENL'E BOWL (Sh!'L'vcport, La.I Cinrinn.tt i I tl, Virginia Tech 6 Louisialld 'li.'rh 24, Louisville 14 1970 E--\5.-\[1EN,\ !\OWL (l'asadcm, Calif.) EAST CAROLINA (6-3-0) Louiwillr 24, Lung lk,Kh State 24 1995 LIBERTY llll\\'L (1\lcmphis, Tcnn.! 19S8 SUN l\l1\\'L 1El Paso, lcx;is) East Cmilin;i 19, St.inlord l.l Louisvilk .34, Drake 2Ll 1994 LIBERTY BOWL (Memphis. Tenn.) Illinois 30, East Carolin.: Ll MEMPHIS (2-0-0) 1992 PEAL'! I l'\OWL (At l.uit«, G;1.) 1971 P1\S1\DENA BOWi. (I'as.ulcua. Calif.) E;ist Cirulina 37, North C;irolina State 34 Memphis 28, S,rn Jose State 9 1978 INl1EPENDEi\CE I\L)WI. (Shreveport, L1.) 19S6 BURLEY BOWi. (Johnson City, Tenn.) List Carolina 35, l.llt1isi;im Tech 13 Memphis 32, List Icnncssce State 12 1965 li\NGERINE Jll)WI. iL)rl,llldo, Fla.) List Carolina .l I, Maine Ll SOUTHERN MISS (2-6-0) 1964 T\,'-:CERINE BL )WI. (l )rl;imlo, Fla.) 1990 ALL-Alv1ERlC1\N J,O\\'L (Birmingham, ,\1.i.) East Carolin.i 14, Massachusetts 1.l North Curoliu.: State 31, Southern i\liss 27 196.l EASTERN Bl'l\VI i,\llrntown, Pa.) 1 lJ88 lNDEPENDEi\:CE !\OWL (Shreveport, L,1.) List Carolina 27, Ntirtheastern 6 Southern 1\liss :l8, Texas-El Paso 18 1954 ELKS ROW!. (l;ITL'llVille, :'\ C) 1981 TA.i'\JCERINE l\l1\VL (l1rlamlu, Fl.i.) Morris-I larvcy 12, East Carolina 0 Missouri 19, Southern Miss l 7 1952 LIONS BOWL (Salisbury, N.C.) [()80 INDEPENl1ENCE BOWL (Shreveport, l.a.) Clarion L'llllrgc 13, East Caroliu.: 6 Southern Miss 16, McNecse State 14 l9S8 TANCERINE BOWL (Orl.uulo. Fl.i.) IIOUSTON (7-6-1) East Ti-x.is St.itc 10, Soul hcrn Miss 9 I 9lJ6 LIBERTY Bl)\ \'I. i l\lcmphis, ·it'nn.) 1957 TANL;ERJNE BOWL (l1rl,rndo, Fla.) SyracusL' .W, I lousl on I 7 \.Vest Tex.is State 2L1, Southern Miss 13 1988 ALOI!.\ nowt. (Honolulu. l l.uvaiil 1()54 SUN l\OWL (El l'asLJ, li.'x;isl Washington State 24, I loust on 22 Pacific 26, Southern Miss 7 1985 COT!l)N BOWL (11,ill;is, 'lex.ts) 19S3 SUN BOWL (El l'aso, ·n:xas) Boston L'olkgc 45, I louston 28 ·1i.·x,1s-El Pasu 37, SoulhL'J'Jl Miss 14 1981 SUN BOWL (El !';isti, li.'x;is) L)h.Jaht1ma 40, I louston 14 TUL\NE (2-6-0) 1980 C1\IWEN ST\TE BL)\VI l lJ87 lNDEPENDEi\:Uc l\l1\VL (Shreveport La.) (East Rutherford, :'\.I.) Washington 24, Tulane 12 I louston JS, N;ivy o 1980 I !ALL OF FAME l\l1WL (Bir minuh.uu. .vl.i.: l 98L1 COTTO:---: Fll)WI. (J,;ill,1s, Texas) Arkansas .34, 'lul.mc 15 I louston 1 7, i\:elir;isk,1 14 LIBERTY l\l1WI. (Memphis, 'lcnn.j L'OTTO:'\ BL)\\'! (11,dbs, Texas) Penn St,llL' LJ. Tul.mr 6 Notre Dame Y:i, I Iouston 34 [ () 7.l BLUE!\l)i\:NET BO\VL (Houston, Texas) llJ77 COTTl1N BL1\\'I. (Dall.is. Texas) Houston 47, Tul.mc 7 Houston JO, Marvl.ind 21 I 'J70 LIBERTY l\OWL (Memphis, Tenn.I JlJ74 BLUEBONNET BOWL (l Iouston. Texas) Tulane l 7, Colorado 3 Houston .l I, North Carolina State 31 1940 SUC,\R BOWL ( New Orleans. L1.) 1973 BLUEBUi\:NET Bl 1WL (I loust on, Texas) Texas A8d\1 l4, Tulane l.l Houston 47, Tulane 7 1935 SUl;1\R Bl1\\'L (New l1rk,rns, L1.) 1971 BLLIEI\L1N:\ET !\l1\\'L ii louston. Texas) Tul,lllL' 2L1, Temple 14 Colorado 29, I loust on 17 llJ32 ROSE l\l1\\'L (Pasadcm, Cilif.) 1%9 BLLIEl\l1NNET BOWL ii loust on. Texas) Southern Californi,1 21, ·1tI1,mc 12 I loustt1n 36, Auburn 7 1962 T1\:'\CERINE BOVVL (Orlando, Fla. l I lt1t1ston 49, Miami (Uhill) 21 19S2 S1\L\[l BO\.'VL (l'IH1rnix, .-\riz.) I louston 26, 11,iytlln 2 l 92 All-Time Honors CONFERENCE USA • • • • HEISMAN TROPHY LOUISVILLE THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICJ\. • 1989 Andre Ware, QB, Houston 1994 Jamie Asher, TE EAST CAROLINA LOMBARDI AWARD MEMPHIS 1990 Robert Jones, LB 1976 Wilson Whitley, DT, Houston 1992 Joe Allison, K HOUSTON LOU GROZAAWARD SOUTHERN MISS 1993 Ryan McCoy, LB 1992 Joe Allison, K, Memphis 1972 Ray Guy, P 1990 Manny I lazard, vVR 1958 1990 David Klingler, ClB = Hugh Mcinnis, DE NATIONAL COACH Of THE YEAR 1958 Dan Yencho, DE 1978 Chuck Brown, C 1991 Bill Lewis, East Carolina 1954 Hamp Cook, G 1970 Charlie I lall, LB 1964 Clarence Stasavich, ECLI 19 51 Phil Musrneci, OT 1969 Jim Strong, RB 1951 Bucky McElroy, FB 1969 Elmo Wright, WR CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICA 1968 Johnny Peacock, DB TULANE EAST CAROLINA 198 7 Marc Zeno, VVR LOUISVILLE 1991 Robert Jones, LB 1941 Ernie Blandin, T 1995 Roman Oben, OL 1939 Harley McCollum, T 1990 Mark Sander, LB = HOUSTON 1932 , RB 1989 Andre Ware, ClB 1931 Jerry Dalrymple, DE MEMPHIS 1988 Jason Phillips, WR 1995 Jerome vvoods. DB 1980 Leonard Mitchell, DT SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICA 1969 David Berrong, DB 197 6 Wilson Whitley, DT 1970 Elmo Wright, WR CINCINNATI SOUTHERN MISS 1969 Bill Bridges, OG 1970 Bob Bell, DT 1990 Kerry Valrie, DB 196 7 Rich Stotter, OG 1968 Greg Cook, ClB 1981 Reggie Collier, ClB 1961 Ken Byers, T 1973 Fred Cook, DE MEMPHIS 1976 Eric Harris, DB EAST CAROLINA TULANE 1992 Torn Scott, OT 1974 Charles I !all, DT TULAI\lE 1991 Dion Johnson, vVR/RS 1970 Rich Kingrea, LB 1 941 Ernie Blandin, T 1975 Jim Bolding, S 1939 Harley McCollum, T 1932 Don Zimmerman, RB HOUSTON ACADEMIC ALL-AMERIO\ 1931 Jerry Dalrymple, DE 1988 Johnny Jackson, DB 1982 Maceo Fifer, OT 1994 Brandon Brookfield, R Louisville FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA 1 9 81 Maceo Fifer, OT 1992 Gary Bouldin, TE, Memphis = (AP and/or UPI) 1974 Mack Mitchell, DE Pat Jansen, OT, Memphis CINCINNATI 1973 Dery! McGallion, LB James Singleton, DE, Southern Miss 1977 Mike Woods, LB 1971 Robert Newhouse, RB 1991 Kris Bjorson, TE, Cincinnati James Singleton, DE, Southern Miss 1975 Ti.im Marvaso, DB Erik Watts, QB, Louisville 1975 Clarence Sanders, LB LOUISVILLE 1990 Kyle Stroh, OT, Cincinnati UI 1993 Anthony Bridges, DB 1989 Jeff Jones, R Cincinnati EAST CAROLINA 1972 Tom Jackson, LB 1988 Keith Jenkins, DE, Houston 1991 Robert Jones, LB 1972 Howard Stevens, RB 1983 Jason Stargel, WR, Cincinnati 1983 Terry Long, OG 1981 Kari Yii-Renko, OT, Cincinnati = 1982 Jody Schulz, DE MEMPHIS 1978 Gerry Sheridan, OT, Tulane 1981 Tootle Robbins, OT 1964 Harry Schuh, OT 1977 Kevin Rollwage, OT, Houston 1979 Wayne Inman, OG 1976 Ma1'k Mohr, CB, Houston 1976 Cary Godette, DE SOUTHERN MISS Kevin Rollwage, OT. Houston 1971 David Hebert, DB, Tulane 1974 Danny Kepley, LB 1950 Bubba Phillips, HB 1969 Ed Kioboves, DG, Cincinnati 194 7 Jay Smith, DE Jim O'Brien, SE/K, Cincinnati HOUSTON Elmo Wright, WR, Houston 1989 Andre Ware, ClB TULANE 1968 Chuck Odom, OT, Houston 1988 Jason Phillips, WR 196 7 Bobby Duhon, DB 1967 Rich Stotter, OG, Houston = 1980 Leonard Mitchell, DT 1943 Lester Gatewood, C 1964 Horst Paul, DE, Houston 1976 Wilson Whitley, DT 1963 Dave Casinelli, FB, Memphis 1970 Elmo Wright, WR 1961 Joe LeSage, OT, Tulane 1969 Bill Bridges, OG 1959 Dave Canary, DE, Cincinnati 1967 Rich Stotter, OG 93 Players in the Pros

" " "C f.N'tI"N NATI SOUTHERN MISS Vaughn Booker, DE Kansas City Perry Carter, CB Oakland Jocelyn Borgella, CB Cincinnati , QB Green Bay Ronnie Dixon, OT Philadelphia Bobby Hamilton, DE George Jamison, LB Kansas City Derrick Hoskins, S New Orleans Michael Jackson, WR Baltimore EAST CAROLINA Jeff Blake, Cl.B Cincinnati TULANE , RB Baltimore Corey Dowden, CB Baltimore Carlester Crumpler, TE Seattle Richard Harvey, LB New Orleans John Jett, P Detroit Lonnie Marts, LB Tampa Bay Robert Jones, LB St. Louis Lionel Washington, CB Denver George Koonce, LB Green Bay Vinson Smith, LB Chicago

HOUSTON Allen Aldridge, LB Denver Kimble Anders, FB Kansas City Glenn Cadrez, LB Denver Mike Gisler, C New England David Klingler, Cl.B Oakland Lamar Lathon, LB Carolina Dedric Mathis, CB Indianapolis Billy Milner, OT St. Louis Glenn Montgomery, OT Seattle Lamar Smith, RB Seattle

LOUISVILLE Bruce Armstrong, OT New England Bretl Faire, Green Bay Jamie Asher, TE Washington Aaron Bailey, WR Indianapolis Deral Boykin, S Philadelphia Jeff Brohrn. C1B San Francisco Ray Buchanan, S Atlanta , LB Dallas , RB Baltimore Joe Johnson, DE New Orleans Browning Nagle, Cl.B Atlanta Roman Oben, OT Ted Washington, OT Buffalo Klaus Wilmsmeyer, P New Orleans

MEMPHIS David Brandon, LB Atlanta Isaac Bruce, WR St. Louis Russell Copeland, WR Philadelphia Scott Dill, OT Minnesota Jeff Blake, Cincinnati Ken Irvin, CB Buffalo Steve Matthews, QB Kansas City Tony Semple, G Detroit Jerome Woods, DB Kansas City

94 Players in the Pros

1997 DRAFTEES First Round Antowain Smith, RB, I louston Buffalo

Second Round Sam Madison, DB, Louisville Miami = Fourth Round Delmonico Montgomery, DB, I louston Indianapolis Tyrus McC!oud, LB, Louisville Baltimore

Fifth Round L1111011t Burns, OG, East Carolina N.Y. Jets Sam Garnes. S, Cincinnati New York Giants Tony Vvilliams. OT, Memphis Minnesota Ierome Woo,h, Kan.\as Citr Carl Powell, DE, Louisville Indianapolis

Sixth Round Robert Talc, \NR, Cincinnati Minnesota Marcus Spriggs, OT, I Ioust on Buffalo Chuck Clements, QB, Houston New York Jets Richard I logans, LB, Memphis Chicago

Seventh Round Jerald Sowell, FB, Tulane Green Bdy Marvin Thomas. DE, Memphis Chicago

1997 FREE AGENT SIGNEES Darrius Felder, DE, Cincinnati Arizona Mitchell Galloway. WR, East Carolina Buffalo Ti.:rry Grooms, DE, Cincinnati New York Jets

Anthony Lacki, WR, Cincinnati Atlanta l..im.ir 1.athon, C<1roli11a Steve Misetic. OG, Louisville New York Giants Jermaine Trent, DB, Cincinnati Baltimore Jermaine Williams, FB, I louston Tampa Bay

1996 DRAFTEES First Round Jerome Woods, S, Memphis Kansas City

Second Round Dedrir Mathis, CB, Houston Indianapolis

Third Round Roman Obert. OL, Louisville New York Giants

Fifth Round = Alan Campos, LB, Louisville Dallas Jimmy Herndon, OL, Houston Jacksonville - Is.uu: Bruce, 51. Louis

95 CONFERENCE SID Directory USA • • •C (')N'F•E RENCE USJ\ 35 E. vvacker Drive Suite 650 Brian Teter, Assistant Commissioner U1icago, IL 60601 Erika Arnst.ult I Iirsrhfield. Director of • * * * * • 312 553-0483 Comrnunicat ions Creative Services CONFERENCE F1\X 312 553-0495 0496 Russell Anderson, Assistant Director of USA crikaah«: c-us.i.org Cum m unications • • rdandcrsonr« c-usa.org Jeff Kc.uncy. Assistant Director of •••• jlkearnevr« c-us.i.org Cl im Ill Ll n icat ions

CINCINNATI 309 l.aurcncr Hall Torn I l,1t haw.iv, Di rector Cincinn.i! i, L1H 45221-0021 *Hric1n A!cCmn, ,lssucic1tc 513 556-5191 Fax SU 556-0619 Michele Dubrrt , ,\ssisLrnt hrinn.mrrnnnr« uc.edu

EAST CAROLINA W,ml Sports Medicine nuilding "Norm Rci/1_1·, Director L;rcrnville, i';C 27858 Joanna Spc1rk111c111, Assistant L) 19 328-4522 F,lX 9 I l) 328-452cl Jerry Trirk ir. Assistant c1trrilly(11 ecuvrn.cis.ccu.cdu

HOUSTON 3 I 00 Cullen Boulevard =Donna Turner, /lsst. Athletic Director I louston, TX 77004 Rick Poulter. Assistant 713 743-9404 l,1x 713 743-941 I John Su lliv.in. Assistant dt urnert« uh .cdu Scott Vc1llcry, Assistant

LOUISVILLE Student Activities Center Kenny Klein, Assist.mt Athletic Director FIL1yd .ind Brandeis Streets 7\:,11Ky Smith, Associatr Louisville, KY 40292 "Ken I lorn, Assist.int 502 852-6581 Fax 502 852-7401 Brent SL1stny, ,\ssist,mt kchornul (u homer.lou.cdu

MEMPHIS 205 Athletic Office Building ''/fo/J Vl'irrn, /lssi.st<1nt Athletic Director 570 Normal Mark Owens, Associate Memphis, TN 3cl 152 Rob Stallins, Assist.mt LJO I 678-2337 F,1x 901 678-4134 hwirm«: cc.mcrnphis.cdu

SOUTHERN MISS Southern St at ion. Box 5161 *Rcgicl N.i11ic1; Director Hattiesburg. MS 39406-5161 Shirlcv I !ill, Associate 60 I 266-4503 F,1x 601 /266-4507 Ricky I Iazcl, Assistant rnapierr« ocean.st.usm.edu

TULANE Wilson Center =Lcnuv l~111gildc1~ Asst. /lthlctic Director Hen Weiner Drive Richard l'c1igc, Assistant New Orie.ms. L\ 70118-5681 504 cl65-5506 fax 504 865-5512 vangildc«. mailhost. tcs. tu l.mc.cdu

*Football Coni ac!

96 * * * * Liberty Bowl CO*N FEREN*C E U.. SA.. onfcrence USA will he entering its second year of a ...... multi-year agreement with the St. Jude Liberty Bowl this year ~o send its regular seasm_1_ cha~1pi(:n le!I lo the Memphis, 'Icnn.i-based howl. I he (-LIS/\ champion will play a team from the Big East CConference. Football-playing members of the Big East include: Boston College. Miami, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, Virginia lcch and West Virginia. = Throughout its :rn-year history, the Liberty Bowl has seen lrgendary coaches and players take part in its games. Legendary mentors, like Paul "Bear" Bryant, Tommy Prothro, Frank Broyles, Johnny Majors, Lou I loltz, Joe Paterno and Torn Osborne, have prowled the Liberty Bowl's sidelines. Former I Icisman Trophy winners Bo Jackson, Doug Flutic and Ricky Bell headline the list of all-star players that have participated in . . the Memphis classic. This year's game is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, = December Jl al Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (62,.380) and will he televised live by ESPN. ALL-Tl1\i1E RESULTS

C-USA SCHOOLS IN THE LIBERTY BOWL at Philade!ph1a 1959 Penn State 7 Alabama 0 1960 Penn State 41 Oregon 12 1970 HI/AN/: 17, Colorado 3 1961 Syracuse 15 Miami (Fla.l 14 1\ two-touchdown underdog, Tulane celebrated its first bowl trip in .l I 1962 Oregon State 6 Villanova 0 years by upsetting Colorado, l 7-.l. The Green W,1ve were able lo 1963 Mississippi St. 16 North Carolina St. 12 secure victory by holding a Colorado offense that had averaged .J.22.9 at Atlantic City = vards .md 30.6 points in the regul,ir season to 17.'i yards and three 1964 Utah 32 West Virginia 6 points. David Abercrombie rushed for 128 yards and both of Tulane's at Memphis touchdowns. 1965 Mississippi 13 Auburn 7 1966 Miami (Fla.) 14 Virginia Tech 7 1979 Penn State 9, TLI'-.Jli\11: 6 1967 North Carolina State 14 Georgia 7 In a game that was played in a driving rainstorm, Penn State's I lcrb 1968 Mississippi 34 Virginia Tech 17 Mruh.u'd! kirked a 20-y,ird field goal with 18 seconds remaining to 1969 Colorado 4 7 Alabama 33 uivc l hr Nittanv Lions I hr virtorv. Former f\:FL kicker Eddie Murray 1970 Tulane 17 Colorado 3 hoolnl l wo fiekl goals for Tulane,' which finished the season wit Ii .1 9- 1971 Tennessee 14 Arkansas 13 .) record. 1972 Georgia Tech 31 Iowa State 30 = 1973 North Carolina State 31 Kansas 18 1993 tOUISVILLI: 18, Michigan Sl.ile 7 1974 Tennessee 7 Maryland 3 Louisville quart crb.uk Jeff Brohm rornplrtcd 19 passes in 2 9 al tempts 1975 Southern California 20 Texas A&M D for 197 \ ards and a touchdown to earn l\lVI' honors after leading the 1976 Alabama 36 UCLA 6 Cardinal~ to an 18-7 win over Michigan State. The win was LI of L'.s 1977 Nebraska 21 North Carolina 17 first against a Big Ten team and allowed the Canis lo finish with a 9- 1978 Missour'i 20 Louisiana State 15 UI .l record. 1979 Penn State 9 Tulane 6 1980 Pur'due 28 Missouri 25 1994 Illinois 30 EAST C1IIUJUN1I 0 1981 Ohio State 31 Navy 28 The Pirutrs madr their first-ever trip to the St. Jude Liberty Bowl and 1982 Alabama 21 Illinois 15 = brought ,1 boisterous contingent of I :i,000 fans lo Memphis. However, 1983 Notre Dame 19 Boston College 18 East Carolina ran into a strong Illinois defense and were unable to dent 1984 Auburn 21 Arkansas 15 the scoreboard. dropping a .l0-0 decision to the Illini. 1985 Baylor' 21 Louisiana State 7 1986 Tennessee 21 Minnesota 14 1995 n-isr CAROLJ/\1;-I 19 Stanford 13 1987 Georgia 20 Arkansas 17 East Carolina's Chad I Iolromh kirked four field goals and Daren I larI 1988 Indiana 34 South Carolina 1 D returned an interception .FJ yards for the Pirates only touchdown as_ 1989 Mississippi 42 Air Force 29 ECLI downed Stanford, 19-1.l. The win g,nT the Pirates. champions of 1990 Air Force 23 Ohio State 11 the Liberty Bowl Alli.nuc. a final record of lJ-.l. 1991 Air Force 38 Mississippi State 15 1992 Mississippi 13 Air For'ce D = 1996 Syracuse 30, HOUSTON 17 1993 Louisville 18 Michigan State 7 I loust on ;11ade its first bowl appearance in right seasons, hut found 1994 Illinois 30 East Carolina D Syracuse's running game too much to handle, as the No .. 22 1995 East Carolina 19 Stanford 13 Ornnucmcn prevailed, J0-17. Running hark Antowain Smith prov1~Ied 1996 Syracuse 30 Houston 17 t hr Cougars offensive firepower, rushing for 123 yards and sronng both of llll's touchdowns. August ~[Thu.l TULSA

August 30 at Alabama _ at Kentucky_ at Miss. St. at Florida

September _6 _ at Tulane at West Va. CALIFORNIA UTAH UAB at Illinois CINCINNATI - --·------

September 1 ~ ____ WAKE FOREST PITTSBURGH ILLINOIS at Michigan St. RICE - -

Se~ember 2_0_ _ KANSAS SOUTH CAROLINA PENN ST. MINNESOTA NEVADA at Syracuse

Sep_!;ember 27 at Boston Coll. at Minnesota at Oklahoma at Alabama ------

October 4 MEMPHIS at Syracuse at UCLA at Southern Miss at Cincinnati LOUISVILLE ARMY - -

October 11 UAB SOUTHERN MISS TULANE ARKANSAS ST. at East Carolina at Louisville

October 18 at Houston at Tulane CINCINNATI EAST CAROLINA

October 25 at Miami (Ohio) MEMPHIS at Louisville HOUSTON at East Carolina TULANE at Southern Miss

November 1 SOUTHERN MISS at Louisville at MemJJ!,is EAST CAROLINA HOUSTON at Cincinnati at SW La. -

November 8 LOUISVILLE at Houston EAST CAROLINA at Cincinnati at Tulane at Tennessee MEMPHIS

November 13 [Thu.l at East Carolina CINCINNATI - - -

November 15 at Southern Miss at Memphis LOUISVILLE HOUSTON MISSISSIPPI

November 22 at N.C. State TULANE SOUTHERN MISS at Memphis at Houston 1 D 4 D 4 D