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CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS (5-4, 4-3 Southland Conference) vs. INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS (5-4, 5-2 Southland Conference) “SENIOR DAY” • GAME 10 INFORMATION • DATE: ............... Saturday, November 10 2018 SLC STANDINGS TIME: ................. 3:00 p.m. SITE: ................. “The Stripes” • Estes Stadium SCHOOL ........................... SLC .....% .................ALL .....% .............. STR COVERAGE: ..... KUCA 91.3 FM • The Point 94.1 • ucasports. McNeese State .................. 5-2 ........714 .............6-3 ........667........... L-1 com/watch • sidearmstats.com/uca/football Nicholls .............................. 5-2 ........714 .............6-3 ........667........... W-2 SERIES: ........... UCA leads the series 2-0 Incarnate Word ................ 5-2 ........714 .............5-4 ........556........... W-1 UCA ................................... 4-3 ........571 .............5-4 ........556........... L-2 Sam Houston St. ............... 4-3 ........571 .............5-4 ........556........... L-1 THE SERIES: Lamar ................................ 4-3 ........571 .............5-4 ........556........... W-4 The Bears lead the series with the Cardinals 2-0. UCA won 58-7 in 2013 in Conway and 56-10 last year in San Antonio, Texas. Abilene Christian ............... 4-3 ........571 .............5-4 ........556........... W-3 SE Louisiana ..................... 4-4 ........500 .............4-6 ........400........... W-1 LAST GAME: Northwestern St. ................ 2-5 ........286 .............3-6 ........333........... L-1 The Bears spotted the red-hot Lamar Cardinals a big lead in the first Stephen F. Austin............... 2-5 ........286 .............2-6 ........250........... L-1 half and fell 38-24 on Homecoming at Estes Stadium. UCA fell behind 28-10 early in the second quarter and allowed 35 points and 427 yards in the first half before shutting down the Cardinals in the second half, holding them to a field goal and just 85 total yards of • LAST WEEK • offense. UCA finished with 435 yards of offense but redshirt freshman Lamar 38, UCA 24 quarterback Luke Hales completed just 18 of 45 passes for 257 yards and Nicholls 41, Houston Baptist 20 a touchdown, a 23-yarder to senior Lester Wells. UCA’s other passing TD Southeastern Louisiana 23, McNeese State 6 was from RB Carlos Blackman to TE/HB Luke Ross. Senior Matt Cum- Abilene Christian 49, Northwestern State 47 mins added three field goals (24, 32, 36). Incarnate Word 43, Sam Houston State 26 UCA’s defense recorded 12 tackles for loss, including four sacks. Chris Terrell had a forced fumble that Eric Jackson recovered. • THIS WEEK • LAST YEAR: Incarnate Word @ UCA - 3:00 The Bears earned at least a share of their SLC title with a 56-10 Houston Baptist @ Lamar - 3:00 win over UIW last year in San Antonio. UCA jumped out to a 42-3 half- Stephen F. Austin @ Nicholls - 3:00 time lead with 306 yards of total offense in the opening two quarters. The McNeese State @ Northwestern State - 6:00 Bears finished with 527 yards of total offense, including 248 rushing. Abilene Christian @ Sam Houston State - 2:30 Safety Juan Jackson got the Bears on the board just 10 seconds into the game with a 43-yard pick six on UIW’s first pass of the game. QB • THURSDAY, NOV. 15 • Hayden Hildebrand completed 20 of 30 passes for 226 yards and three Southeastern Louisiana @ Nicholls - 6:00 TDs, all of those coming in the first half. Brandon Cox had TD receptions Stephen F. Austin @ Northwestern State - 6:00 of 69 and 9 yards, while Joe Hampton caught a 35-yarder from backup QB Breylin Smith in the fourth quarter. On the night, UCA recovered three • SATURDAY, NOV. 17 • fumbles, intercepted a pass and blocked a field goal attempt. UCA @ Abilene Christian - 2:00 Sam Houston State @ Houston Baptist - 2:00 SENIOR DAY: Lamar @ McNeese State - 6:00 The Bears will say goodbye to 17 seniors Saturday on Senior Day. They include: RBs Cedric Battle and Keshawn Ledet; WRs Jakari Dillard, • SATURDAY, DEC. 1 • Lester Wells and Dwayne Smith; DLs Cardell Best, Eric Jackson and Incarnate Word @ Iowa State - 1:00 Marseth Andry; PK Matt Cummins; OLs Curtis Parker and Hunter Watts; THIS IS UCA FOOTBALL 3 National championships 2008, 2012, 2017 SLC Champions 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 NCAA FCS Playoffs 511 All-Conference selections 115 All-Americans 26 Conference Titles 21 posteason appearances1 64 NCAA All-Academic picks SINGLE-GAME TD PASSES LBs Reggio Dean, Raphael Garner, Dalvin Simmons and Deandre McGill 7 - Brown,Nathan; Texas State; Oct 11, 2007 and DBs Michael Ware and Trai Mosley. 6 - Andy Rogers; at Nicholls State; Aug 31, 2000 6 - Nathan Brown; at Presbyterian College; Nov 19, 2005 This senior class has combined to win 28 Southland Conference 5 - Luke Hales; vs. HBU; Oct. 6, 2018 games and 32 games overall over the past four years, including back-to- 5 - Luke Hales; vs. Northwestern State; Oct. 20, 2018 5 - Brian Stallworth; Southern Arkansas; Nov 03, 2001 back NCAA FCS playoff appearances in 2016 and 2017. 5 - Brian Stallworth; at Southeastern Oklahoma; Sep 08, 2001 5 - Dick, Nathan; Southeastern LA; Oct 29, 2011 5 - Zak Clark; at UA-Monticello; Oct 30, 2004 L.B. JACKMAN AWARD / HOMECOMING: 5 - Zak Clark; at Henderson State; Sep 21, 2002 The L.B. Jackman Award is given each year to UCA’s Outstanding Player in the Homecoming game, as voted on by the working media. Last THE POLLS: week’s winner was junior DE Chris Terrell, who had 7 tackles, including 3 The Bears, who finished 10-2 and lost in the second round of the TFLs and 2 sacks and also forced a fumble.. FCS Playoffs last December, were ranked as high as third in the nation UCA had won 15 straight Homecoming games, dating back to 2002, during the 2017 season. UCA drew the No. 4 national seed in the playoffs, before last week’s loss to McNeese State. UCA is now 61-27-1 all-time in getting a first-round bye and a second-round home game. Homecoming games. UCA finished 8th and 10th in the end-of-season polls. The Bears (5-4) dropped out of the rankings this week for the first QUARTERBACK DEPTH: time this season, as did Sam Houston State. McNeese State is No. 18, UCA starting quarterback Breylin Smith broke his right ankle late Nicholls is 16/17. in the Sam Houston State on 9/29. Smith, a redshirt sophomore from Conway, was leading the SLC in pass efficiency (160.3), completing 77 REIGNING SLC CHAMPIONS: of 112 (68.7%) of his passes for 1,009 yards, with 6 touchdowns and 1 The UCA Bears finished a clean sweep in the Southland Conference interception, and also had 39 rushing yards and two TDs. race last season with a 9-0 mark, one game ahead of Sam Houston State, The next man up was junior Kirk Baugh (White Hall, Ark.), who has which UCA beat 41-30 on Sept. 30 in Conway. appeared in 19 games over the past three seasons. He finished up the After a season-opening loss at FBS and Top 25 Kansas State, the overtime loss at SHSU, tying the game with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Bears did not lose again until the FCS Playoffs, winning 10 straight games tight end Jack Short with 2:20 remaining in regulation. However, he injured to earn the SLC’s automatic berth into the playoffs and a No. 4 national his right shoulder in that game and has missed the last four games. seed. The national seed was the first since UCA moved to Division I in 2006-07. That left the stage open for redshirt freshman Luke Hales (Greenwood, The Bears have not finished lower than third in the Southland Con- Ark.) to make his UCA debut, and quite a debut it was. Hales threw five ference final standings since 2010. That includes an SLC title in 2012 touchdown passes and rushed for another, completing 16 of 27 for 304 when they finished 6-1 and tied with SHSU, but won the head-to-head yards and leading the Bears to an easy 66-35 win over the Huskies. Hales battle 24-20. The Bears have been in postseason play three of the past threw five TDs again vs. Northwestern State in his third game six seasons. UCA also finished first in the SLC in 2008 with a 6-1 record True freshman BeSean McCray also saw his first action of the season but was ineligible for postseason play due to the transition to Division I. in the fourth quarter against HBU, rushing for 21 yards and going 0 for 2 passing. Hales was named the Southland Conference Offensive Player of the HOME SWEET HOME: Week and the STATS FCS Freshman Player of the Week for his efforts The Bears will host five games at First Security Field at Estes Sta- against HBU. dium, also know as “The Stripes” in 2018. The Bears had a similar situation in 2013 when starting QB Wynrick The first home game was Sept. 8 vs. Murray State. UCA also hosts Smothers broke his ankle in the sixth game against Nebraska-Kearney Houston Baptist, Northwestern State, Lamar and Incarnate Word in SLC and missed the remainder of his senior season. Ryan Howard, UCA’s play. current receivers and special teams coach, replaced him and threw for UCA, which was 5-1 at home the past two seasons, is entering its 1,848 yards and 14 touchdowns the rest of the season. eighth season on “The Stripes” and has a 36-8 record since the installa- tion of their unique purple and gray striped playing surface. Through two+ seasons on the turf, the Bears were a perfect 11-0 HANDFUL OF TDS: on “The Stripes.” Losses to McNeese State and Southeastern Louisiana Redshirt freshman QB Luke Hales has thrown five touchdown passes in 2013 were the first two since the turf went down in 2011.