MOSO FOOTBALL GAMEDAY Game 10: Missouri Southern State University Lions (2-7, 2-7 MIAA) Vs
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MOSO FOOTBALL GAMEDAY Game 10: Missouri Southern State University Lions (2-7, 2-7 MIAA) vs. Emporia State University Hornets (2-7, 2-7 MIAA) Date: Saturday, November 9, 2019 Kickoff 3:00 pm Location: Joplin, Mo. • Fred G. Hughes Stadium (7,000) THE COACHES: Jeff Sims comes to the Lions with more JUSTIN MASKUS, than 24 years as a high school and collegiate coach. For Lions on the Air: Each Missouri Southern ATHLETIC MEDIA the previous four seasons, Sims was the head coach at football game can be heard on Fox RELATIONS DIRECTOR Garden City Community College where he has led the Sports Joplin 101.3 and 101.7 FM team to a 32-12 record, including the 2016 Junior College and also AM 1560. The games will National Championship. In 2018, Garden City finished 10-1 and was the NJCAA be simulcast on KXMS 88.7 FM. Mike McClure provides the play-by-play with EMAIL: MASKUS-J@ National Runner Up and finished the season ranked No. 2 in junior college football. Scott Boudreaux alongside for color MSSU.EDU In his career, Sims has coached more than 50 players commentary. to NFL careers, including two first-round NFL Draft picks, Southern broadcasts can also be 3950 E. NEWMAN (Jason Pierre-Paul and Mike Hughes), well as NFL All-Pro heard on the internet. Click on www. Lavonte Davis. In total, seven players he has coached have RD. been drafted. Two former players, Pierre-Paul and Jacquian mssulions.com and go to the link for JOPLIN, MO Williams, both played for the New York Giants in a Super Lions game broadcasts. To view each 64801-1595 Bowl victory. game live online go to www.mssulions. Sims has also been the head coach at Fort Scott com. Community College where he had a 32-12 record and an OFFICE: appearance in the 2009 National Championship. He got his • This season, fans wishing to 417/625.9359 first head coaching experience at Mesabi Range where he had a 13-7 record, including a 10-1 record in 2003. watch the Lions on TV can catch live In his career as a junior college head coach, Sims broadcasts of each home football game FAX: is 77-32, led four teams to undefeated regular seasons, on KGCS-TV. The games will also be 417/625.9570 and three National Championship appearances. He was rebroadcast on Sunday nights at 6 pm. the winningest active coach in the Kansas Junior College KGCS programming may be seen over Conference when he left Garden City. His teams have held the air on channel 22 and on regional the No. 1 National Ranking six times in ten years, and was named the 2016 National Coach of the Year, while earning cable television systems including three KJCC Coach of the Year honors (2009, 2016, 2018). Cable One, Mediacom and Suddenlink. It is not all about success on the field as Sims' teams at Garden City have routinely had an overall GPA of 3.00. • The weekly Missouri Southern football press conference is held each Former Hornet Garin Higgins completed his 12th Wednesday at 12 noon in the New season as the Hornets head coach in 2018 with another MSSU Endzone Facility. post-season appearance. The Hornets capped their fourth straight winning season for the first time since joining NCAA Division II with a Corsicana Bowl Championship as • The weekly MSSU Coaches Radio Emporia State finished the season 8-4. Show can be heard on Thursday eve- In 2016, he led the team to an 11-2 record and their nings at 6 pm. Join us live at Hackett third NCAA Division II playoffs appearance in four years. In Hot Wings in Joplin, where Coach Sims 2015, Higgins took his alma mater deeper into the NCAA and Justin Maskus will recap each Division II playoffs than ever before. He ranks third in wins behind Emporia State legends Fran Welch and Larry week's game and look ahead to the Kramer. He has a 131-77 record in 17 years as a head week to come. The show can be heard coach with a 61-32 record since 2012. He was named the live on Fox Sports Joplin at 101.3 FM 21st head football coach at Emporia State on December and AM 1560, or online at http://radio. 15, 2006. securenetsystems.net/v5/WMBH. He has built the Hornets the right way over his eight seasons and orchestrated one of the great turnarounds in Emporia State history. The Hornets have gone 59-25 over the last seven years after going 19-36 in his first five sea- sons. Prior to ESU, Higgins compiled a 51-9 record (.857) as the head coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Continued on Page 2 2019 Lions Schedule Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 L, 39-27 W, 38-14 L, 66-34 L, 44-3 L, 71-42 L, 43-34 L, 49-19 W, 86-7 L, 52-27 3 pm 1 pm Visit Missouri Southern Athletics on the web at www.mssulions.com Missouri Southern Football Game Notes (11/9/19) 2 THE SERIES: The series between the two teams is all tied up at 22 apiece. Southern is All-Time Series Scores 13-8 at home and 9-14 in Emporia. Lions vs. Emporia State Emporia has won the last seven games in Year Result a row, but the Lions had won the previous 1970 Lions 39, @ ESU 36 four meetings. 1971 @ Lions 18, ESU 3 Southern dominated the series early 1972 @ Lions 14, ESU 9 when both teams were in the NAIA, winning 2019 MIAA Standings 12 of the first 15 matchups. 1973 @ ESU 30, Lions 24 MIAA Overall In the last ten meetings between the two 1975 @ Lions 20, ESU 13 Central Missouri (10) . .9-0 9-0 schools, the average margin of victory for 1976 Lions 28, @ ESU 6 Northwest Missouri (12) . .8-1 8-1 either team has been 15.1 points. However, 1977 @ ESU 15, Lions 13 Fort Hays State (RV) . 7-2 7-2 four out of the ten games have been decid- 1978 @ Lions 17, ESU 0 Missouri Western (RV) . 7-2 7-2 ed by a touchdown or less. 1979 ESU 21, @ Lions 10 Nebraska Kearney . 5-4 5-4 1980 Lions 14, @ ESU 7 Pittsburg State . 5-4 5-4 LIONS LAST TIME OUT: The Missouri Southern Central Oklahoma . 4-5 4-5 1981 @ Lions 21, ESU 9 football team got within three points at Washburn . .4-5 4-5 1982 Lions 34, @ ESU 28 the end of the third quarter, but 28 fourth- Missouri Southern . 2-7 2-7 1983 @ Lions 41, ESU 6 Emporia State . 2-7 2-7 quarter points from Central Oklahoma lifted 1984 Lions 24, @ ESU 6 the Bronchos over the Lions 52-27 today at Lincoln . 1-8 1-8 1985 @ Lions 34, ESU 26 Wantland Stadium. Northeastern State . .0-9 0-9 1986 @ ESU 11, Lions 0 () = Rank in AFCA Division II poll Southern (2-7, 2-7 MIAA) quarterback Jacob Park went 20-of-44 passing for 292 1987 @ ESU 26, Lions 7 yards and three touchdowns in the game. 1988 ESU 45, @ Lions 22 2019 MIAA Week 9 Charles West had 17 carries for 59 yards, while 1991 @ Lions 45, ESU 9 results also catching four passes for 44 yards and a 1992 @ ESU 28, Lions 7 1993 @ Lions 39, ESU 17 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 score. Keandre Bledsoe and Jaedon Stoshak CENTRAL MISSOURI .......................................47 both caught four passes, while Brailon Mouton 1994 @ ESU 17, Lions 7 NEBRASKA KEARNEY ......................................40 caught three. Benjamin Phillips caught just two 1995 ESU 26, @ Lions 21 passes, but both were for touchdowns, totaling 1996 Lions 22, @ ESU 20 MISSOURI SOUTHERN . 27 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA . 52 107 yards. 1997 @ Lions 40, ESU 39, OT Defensively, Richard Jordan Jr. had 11 tack- 1998 @ ESU 63, Lions 17 FORT HAYS STATE .........................................66 les and a sack for a loss of eight yards. John 1999 @ Lions 29, ESU 12 LINCOLN .........................................................6 Ejizu had ten tackles and a forced fumble, 2000 ESU 24, @ Lions 0 MISSOURI WESTERN .....................................35 while Colton Winder had an interception and 2001 Lions 23, @ ESU 17, 2OT PITTSBURG STATE .........................................21 Fontez Davis had a fumble return for a touch- 2002 ESU 47, @ Lions 16 down. Jamie Tago and Dylan Bolden both had NORTHEASTERN STATE ....................................0 2003 ESU 31, @ Lions 7 NORTHWEST MISSOURI .................................79 fumble recoveries as well as the Lions forced 2004 @ ESU 46, Lions 43 four fumbles on the afternoon. 2005 ESU 22, @ Lions 21 WASHBURN UNIVERSITY ................................37 Park moves into second-place all-time in a 2006 Lions 34, @ ESU 33 EMPORIA STATE ............................................17 single season in total offense with 3,220 yards, just 284 from the MSSU record. Park also sits 2007 @ Lions 42, ESU 19 2019 MIAA Week 10 in second with 3,198 passing yards, just 208 2008 Lions 19, @ ESU 18 Schedule off that single-season mark and moves into 2009 @ Lions 34, ESU 13 the top-ten of career passing yardage up to 2010 @ ESU 30, Lions 27 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 2011 @ ESU 31, Lions 24 PSU @ WU ...............................................1 P.M. No. 9 in that category. His completion total of UNK @ MWSU ..........................................1 P.M. 226 this season ranks third so far in a single- 2014 @ ESU 53, Lions 28 NSU @ UCO ..............................................1 P.M. season. 2015 ESU 38, @ Lions 20 LU @ UCM ...........................................1:00 P.M.