M2012CN COWBOYSEESE STATE FOOTBALLUN IVERSITY McNeese Sports Information • Jack Doland Athletic Field House • 700 E. McNeese • Lake Charles, LA • (337) 475-5207 • Fax (337) 475-5202 SID: Matthew Bonnette • [email protected] • @McNBonnette • cell (337) 304-1658 • www.McNeeseSports.com 2012 SCHEDULE (4-3, 1-3) McNeese State (4-3, 1-3) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Aug. 30 at Middle Tennessee W 27-21 (ESPN3) vs, Sept. 8 McMURRY W 69-7 Stephen F. Austin (3-4, 2-1) Sept. 15 at Weber State W 35-21 (BSTV) Cowboy Stadium (17,610) • Lake Charles, La. Sept. 22 *at Southeastern La. L 25-24 Oct. 27, 2012 • 7 p.m. • McNeese Radio Network Sept. 29 *NORTHWESTERN STATE W 30-22 Southland Television Game of the Week • Homecoming Oct. 13 #19/21*CENTRAL ARKANSAS L 27-26 Oct. 20 *at #6/6 Sam Houston St. L 45-10 (CSN) Oct. 27 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (HC) 7:00 (SLCTV) Game Information McNeese Cowboys Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Nov. 3 *at Nicholls State 3:00 (SLCTV) Streaming: . McNeeseSports .com Rankings (TSN/Coaches) . RV/RV. Rankings (TSN/Coaches) . RV/RV. TV: . Southland TV 2012 Record: . 4-3/1-3. SLC 2012 Record: . 3-4/2-1. SLC Nov. 10 at Texas-San Antonio 4:00 (Lyn Rollins, play-by-play; Rene Nadeau, color; Erin Cofiell, sideline) Last Game: . Oct. 20 at SHSU Last Game: . Oct . 20 vs . Nicholls St . Nov. 17 *LAMAR 7:00 Radio: . McNeese. Radio Network L 45-10 W 44-10 * Southland Conference games (Tom Hoefer, play-by-play; Johnny Suydam, color; Richard Dow, sideline) Head Coach: . Matt Viator Head Coach: . J. .C . Harper all times are Central Live Stats: . www .McNeeseSports .com Record at McN (yr): . 49-23 (7th) Record at SFA (yrs): . 32-34 (6th) Twitter: . .@McNeeseFootball Career Record: . Same Career Record: . Same 2012 QUICK FACT S The Series: . McNeese. leads 16-13-2 vs . SFA: . 3-3 vs . McN: . .3-2 Location: . Lake Charles, Louisiana Quick Hits Founded: ............................1939 • Saturday’s game will be McNeese’s 69th annual Homecoming game... Cowboys are 48-19-1 in those contests Enrollment: . .8,900 • Game will be televised by Southland TV... it’s the second of three straight televised games and first and only one at Nickname: ........................Cowboys home this season... next week’s game at Nicholls will also be carried live on Southland TV Mascot: . Rowdy • McNeese letterman and college football coaching legend R.C. Slocum will be in attendance and will be honored at Colors: . Blue (287) and Gold (116) halftime . Slocum is being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in December . Slocum was a tight end for the Cowboys from 1964-67 and is still on the school’s career record list for pass receiving (17th) including ranked No. 3 Stadium (Capacity): ......Louis Bonnette Field at on the chart for tight ends, having caught 74 passes for 945 yards . .Cowboy Stadium (17,610) • With 39 yards rushing at Sam Houston State, Marcus Wiltz needs just two more to reach 1,000 for his career... he Surface:..................Artificial, GeoMax2 needs 189 more to break into the McNeese record book at No. 32 Conference: . Southland (Division I FCS) • Champlain Babin topped the 1,000 career rushing yards mark two games ago and now has 1,075 in his career • With 4 catches on Saturday, Darius Carey has now caught at least one pass in every game as a Cowboy (18 games) Joined Southland: . .1972 • S Terence Cahee had a career-high 15 tackles at Sam... 14 of those were solos President: . Dr. Philip C. Williams • LB Joe Narcisse’s 10 stops at SHSU extended his double-figure tackles streak to 5 straight games Athletics Director:...........Tommy McClelland • At Sam Houston State, McNeese did not run for a TD for the first time this season Head Coach:... Matt Viator (McNeese State, 1986) • Two of McNeese’s conference losses are by a combined two points (25-24 at SLU, 27-26 vs. UCA) Seasons:........................7th • McNeese entered the game at SHSU having allowed just 4 rushing TDs on the season... Sam ran for 5 touchdowns in Saturday’s win against the Cowboys Career Record: . .49-23 • Cowboys hold a 16-13-2 lead in the all-time series over SFA but the Lumberjacks have won the last three meetings Seasons at McNeese:...............7th • Matt Viator is 3-3 against the Lumberjacks as a head coach Record at McNeese:..............49-23 • Viator recorded his 49th career win when McNeese defeated Northwestern State... he’s tied with Tommy Tate for 2011 Overall Record: . 6-5 the fifth most head coaching victories in McNeese school history . his 49 wins through 72 games is second only to Les DeVall who had 50 wins through his first 72 games in school history . One more win will tie him with A .I . Ratcliffe SLC Record/Finish:.................. 4-3/4th • Academic rates are out and McNeese football has set a record with an APR of 961... numbers won’t be officially First Year of Football:...................1940 released until April but the 961 is the highest recorded by McNeese football in school history All-time Record (years): . 451-268-13 (68) • Outscored opponents 133-47 in first half for the season First Year of SLC Football:................1972 • Collected 450th all-time win against Weber State All-time SLC Record (years): . .189-84-5 (40) • Blue Wall defense has 11 sacks through 7 games. Last year, the Cowboys totaled 13 sacks in 11 games • McNeese’s win over Middle Tennessee on Aug. 30 was the school’s third over an FBS school since 2000 (3-12) SLC Championships (last): . .13 (2009) • The Cowboys’ 301 rushing yards at Weber State was the most since gaining 311 against Central Arkansas in 2007 FCS Playoff Appearances (last): . .14 (2009) • McNeese is the dean of the Southland Conference, having joined the league in 1972 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 53/13 • Cowboys have won 13 Southland championships - more than three times more than the next current league foe Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: .........9/2 • McNeese played in the 1997 and 2002 FCS national championship game - falling 10-9 to Youngstown State in 1997 and 34-14 to Western Kentucky in 2002 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost:.........8/3 • The Pokes have made 14 FCS playoff appearances, more than double the amount of the next Southland team McNeese Cowboys Football October 27, 2012 • vs. Stephen F. Austin 2012 Opponent Tracker SECOND OF THREE ST RAIGH T TV GAME S T HI S SA T URDAY Middle Tennessee State (4-3) Saturday will mark the second of three consecutive McNeese games to be televised. It’s also the Last Week: L 45-3 at Mississippi State first of two straight Southland TV broadcasts. Last Saturday’s game at Sam Houston State was This Week: vs . North Texas picked up by Comcast SportsNet Houston a few weeks ago. The Cowboys’ game next Saturday at Nicholls State will also be broacast by SLCTV . Southland TV can be watched in Lake Charles on McMurry University (4-3) the Fox 29 HD channel and also on Channel 30 on DirecTV and Last Week: W 28-20 at Incarnate Word This Week: vs . Langston COWBOY S AND LUMBERJACK S CONNEC T ION S Weber State (1-7) Three Stephen F . Austin coaches have a connection with McNeese State in one way or another . Last Week: W 24-22 at Southern Utah • Head coach J.C. Harper coached the defensive line at McNeese in 1999 and 2000, helping the This Week: vs . Montana Cowboys to the 2000 FCS playoffs • Offensive line coach Chris Truax coached the same position at McNeese from 1994-98 and Southeastern Louisiana (3-4) helped the Cowboys to the 1997 national championship title game and two Southland Confer- Last Week: OPEN ence championships This Week: vs . Central Arkansas • Defensive tackle coach Jake Morrison is a graduate of McNeese and an all-conference and all- Northwestern State (3-4) American defensive end who played from 1997-2000 Last Week: OPEN This Week: vs . Nicholls State COWBOY S WI T H sl IM AD V AN T AGE IN All -TIME SERIE S McNeese holds a small 16-13-2 advantage in the all-time series against Stephen F . Austin Central Arkansas (6-2) • Head coach Matt Viator is 3-3 against the Lumberjacks but has lost the last three meetings Last Week: W 24-14 vs . Lamar • Cowboys are 10-4-1 against SFA in games played in Cowboy Stadium This Week: at Southeastern La . • SFA won last year’s game by a 37-17 score in Nacogdoches Sam Houston State (5-2) COWBOY S DO WE ll IN HOMECOMING GAME S Last Week: W 45-10 vs . McNeese McNeese has posted a 48-19-1 record in its homecoming games. This Week: at Lamar • Lost last year’s contest by a 38-14 score to Sam Houston State Stephen F. Austin (3-4) • 1-0 against SFA in homecoming tilts Last Week: W 44-10 vs . Nicholls State • School record winnning streak of 16 games in HC games from 1988-2003 This Week: at McNeese AL WAY S GREA T P L AYING IN COWBOY ST ADIUM Nicholls State (1-5) McNeese is 2-1 in Cowboy Stadium this season Last Week: L 44-10 vs . Stephen F . Austin • 181-82-5 all-time record in Cowboy Stadium This Week: at Northwestern State • 55-17 since 2000, a 77 percent winning percentage • 77-36-1 in home SLC games (.688 winning percentage) Texas-San Antonio (5-2) • 31-8 in league games since 2000 (.816 winning percentage) Last Week: L 52-24 vs .