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FOOTBALL Jyonis@Southland.Org Week Eight Notes April 1-3, 2021 Southland.Org | @Southlandsports 2020 Southland Conference Standings Week Eight Schedule Contact: Calhoun Hipp | 972-422-9500,Contact: ext.Josh 110 Yonis | [email protected]. Director of Communications 972-422-9500, ext. 107 (o) 817-899-6499 (c) FOOTBALL [email protected] Week Eight Notes April 1-3, 2021 Southland.org | @SouthlandSports 2020 Southland Conference Standings Week Eight Schedule Conference Overall Thursday, April 1 School (STATS/AFCA) W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Home Away Neut. Streak Sam Houston (5/5) 3-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 0-0 W3 Nicholls (13/11) 3-1 0.750 4-1 0.800 3-0 1-1 0-0 W1 UIW (20/18) 3-1 0.750 3-1 0.750 1-0 2-1 0-0 L1 #5 Sam Houston at Northwestern State (ESPN+).. 6 p.m. Southeastern La. (25/22) 2-2 0.500 2-2 0.500 2-0 0-2 0-0 L1 Saturday, April 3 Lamar 2-3 0.400 2-3 0.400 1-2 1-1 0-0 W1 McNeese 1-3 0.250 2-3 0.400 0-2 2-1 0-0 W1 Northwestern State 0-4 0.000 0-4 0.000 0-2 0-2 0-0 L4 Stephen F. Austin* 0-0 0.000 6-4 0.600 4-0 1-4 1-0 L1 #11 Nicholls at McNeese (ESPN+)...........................Noon Central Arkansas* 0-0 0.000 5-4 0.556 3-0 1-4 1-0 W2 Houston Baptist* 0-0 0.000 1-3 0.250 0-0 1-3 0-0 W1 Abilene Christian* 0-0 0.000 1-5 0.167 0-1 1-3 0-1 L2 * - Results from 2020 fall season; opted out of spring season. Lamar at #22 Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN+) .... 6 p.m. Southland Quick Hits 2021 Preseason Poll • Nicholls quarterback Lindsey Scott Jr., this • UIW leads all FCS programs in third-down Team (first-place votes) .....................Total week’s Southland Conference Offensive Player of conversion percentage (.560) and is joined in 1. Nicholls (7) ...............................................67 the Week, tied a program record with five passing the top-10 by Sam Houston (3rd, .545) and 2. Sam Houston State (6) ..............................65 touchdowns in a 75-45 rout of then-No. 13 UIW. Southeastern Louisiana (6th, .530). 3. Southeastern Louisiana ............................48 • Scott led the Colonels to eight touchdowns •Sam Houston (21.86) and Lamar’s (16.50) punt 4. McNeese (1) .............................................45 on their first eight offensive drives in a 75-point return game has ranked among the best in the 5. UIW...........................................................32 showing, the most points in a league game in nation, ranking first and fourth, respectively. 6. Northwestern State ..................................20 program history. 7. Lamar .......................................................17 • Sam Houston is one of 12 FCS programs with a • Nicholls wide receiver Dontaze Costly, the perfect red-zone conversion percentage and has The preseason poll is voted upon by the league’s conference’s Special Teams Player of the Week, the most attempts (17) among schools at 1.000. head coaches and football media relations contacts. Voting for one’s own team is not permitted. recorded the first kick return for a touchdown by a The Bearkats have eight touchdowns and three Colonel since 2013. field goals in their 11 trips to the red-zone. • The Southland Conference accounts for three of • UIW’s offensive line has held strong this season, the top-five scoring offenses at the FCS level, led allowing the fewest tackles for loss per game by Sam Houston (58.7) and followed by Nicholls (2.25) of any FCS insitution. Nicholls comes in at (53.0) in second and UIW (47.8) at fourth. second with just 3.20 per game. Save the Date May 16, 2021 Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas ncaa.com/fcs Southland Southland NCAA NCAA Media Guide Statistics Polls Statistics Southland Conference • 2801 Network Blvd. Suite 502 • Frisco, Texas 75034 • 972-422-9500 (o) • 972-422-9225 (f) Southland Conference Football Week Eight Southland Media Relations Contacts Non-Conference Records Abilene Christian ..................................Chris Macaluso Nicholls ....................................................Jamie Bustos FCS Top-25 ................................................................1-1 Office: ....................................................... 325-674-6171 Office: ...................................................... 985-448-4284 Division I-FCS ...........................................................8-2 E-mail: ...................................... [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Division I-FBS .........................................................0-12 ACC ......................................................................... 0-1 Central Arkansas ..........................................Steve East Northwestern State.....................................Jason Pugh Virginia ..................................................................... 0-1 Office: ....................................................... 501-450-5743 Office: ....................................................... 318-357-6467 American .................................................................... 0-2 E-mail: ..................................................... [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Memphis .................................................................. 0-1 SMU ......................................................................... 0-1 Big 12 ......................................................................... 0-1 Houston Baptist ........................................Russ Reneau Sam Houston State ......................................Ben Rikard Texas Tech ................................................................ 0-1 Conference USA .......................................................... 0-6 Office: ....................................................... 281-649-3098 Office: ...................................................... 936-294-1764 LA Tech ..................................................................... 0-1 E-mail: ................................................. [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] North Texas ............................................................... 0-1 UAB ......................................................................... 0-1 UTEP......................................................................... 0-2 UIW ....................................................... Margie Olivares Southeastern Louisiana ....................Kemmler Chapple UTSA ........................................................................ 0-1 Office: ....................................................... 210-805-2533 Office: ....................................................... 985-549-3221 Independent ............................................................... 0-1 Army......................................................................... 0-1 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Sun Belt ...................................................................... 0-1 Arkansas State ......................................................... 0-1 Lamar ........................................................James Dixon Stephen F. Austin .......................................Kevin Meyer Non-Division I ...........................................................6-1 Office: ....................................................... 409-880-8329 Office: ....................................................... 986-468-2606 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: .............................................. [email protected] All Non-Conference Opponents ............................14-15 McNeese...........................................Matthew Bonnette Southland Conference ................................. Josh Yonis Office: ....................................................... 337-475-5207 Office: ..............................................974-422-9500, x107 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Southland Head Coaches Abilene Christian ...................................... Adam Dorrel Lamar ......................................................Blane Morgan Sam Houston State ...................................... K.C. Keeler Career HC Record, Years ...................................90-34, 10 Career HC Record, Years .........................................2-3, 1 Career, Years ............................................... 236-95-1, 27 School Record, Years ..........................................14-26, 4 School Record, Years ..............................................2-3, 1 School Record, Years ..........................................62-22, 7 Southland, Years .................................................11-16, 3 Southland, Years .....................................................2-3, 1 Southland, Years .................................................45-11, 7 Central Arkansas ....................................Nathan Brown McNeese............................................... Frank Wilson III Southeastern Louisiana ............................ Frank Scelfo Career HC Record, Years .....................................20-13, 3 Career HC Record, Years .....................................21-32, 5 Career HC Record, Years .....................................15-13, 3 School Record, Years ..........................................20-13, 3 School Record, Years ..............................................2-3, 1 School Record, Years ..........................................15-13, 3 Southland, Years ...................................................12-6,
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