WARHAWK FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Media Relations Contacts: Nick Phillips • Director of Media Relations • O: (318) 342-5463 • C: (828) 301-7919 • [email protected] Greg Hartlage • Media Relations Assistant • O: (318) 342-3358 • C: (704) 236-3538 • [email protected] 2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME SEVEN: ULM (2-4, 1-2 SBC) at NEW MEXICO (3-3, 2-1 MWC) • Saturday, October 22, 2016 • 8:00 p.m. CT • Sept. 3 Southern W, 38-21 Sept. 10 at No. 14 Oklahoma L, 59-17 • TV: ROOT Sports • Radio: KJLO 1041. FM (Monroe) • Sept. 17 at Georgia Southern * L, 23-21 • Albuquerque, N.M. • Branch Field at University Stadium (39,224) • Oct. 1 at Auburn (RV) L, 58-7 Oct. 8 Idaho * L, 31-34 Oct. 15 Texas State * W, 40-34 FIRST AND TEN BY THE NUMBERS (2016) Oct. 22 at New Mexico 8:00 p.m. •Saturday’s meeting with New Mexico will be the second time this Offense ULM NM Oct. 29 at Arkansas State * 6:00 p.m. season that the Warhawks will square off with an opponent for the Points 154 221 Nov. 5 South Alabama * 4:00 p.m. Average 25.7 36.8 Nov. 12 at Georgia State * TBA first time ever. ULM opened the 2016 season with its first ever matchup against Southern. Off Turnovers 10 31 Nov. 19 at Appalachian State * TBA First Downs / Game 130 / 21.7 131 / 21.8 Dec. 3 UL Lafayette * 2:00 p.m. •With starting quarterback Garrett Smith knocked out of the Total Offense 2484 2768 * Sun Belt Conference Game Texas State game due to injury early in the second quarter, redshirt- Average 414.0 461.3 Rankings (Associated Press Poll / USA Today Coaches Poll) freshman Will Collins stepped up and tossed his first two collegiate All Times Central Unless Otherwise Noted Net Rushing 1101 2143 Home Games In Bold touchdowns, both later in the second quarter, as part of a 9-for-16 Average 183.5 357.2 passing stat line with 125 yards in the air as he led the Warhawks to Net Passing 1383 625 the victory. Average 230.5 104.2 Pass Attempts 197 97 GAMEDAY INFORMATION •Forced to come in cold in the middle of the drive, Collins (previously just two pass attempts in his career – earlier this season at Oklahoma) Pass Completions 113 49 Date: Saturday, October 22 • 8:00 p.m. CST tossed a 12-yard touchdown pass to R.J. Turner on his first pass attempt Interceptions 8 4 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. of the night to help ULM regain the lead. On the next ULM drive, Collins Fumbles / Lost 13 / 5 5 / 3 Stadium: Branch Field at University Stadium (39,224) 3rd Down 40 / 92 (43%) 34 / 84 (40%) TV: ESPN3 tossed his second touchdown, this time a 22-yarder to Kyle Nevels, on 4th Down 3 / 8 (38%) 8 / 11 (73%) Talent: Marc Stout (pxp), Joel Dreessen (analyst), his third pass attempt of the night. FG / Att. 5 / 7 (72%) 6 / 7 (86%) Jenny Cavnar (sideline) •Six different Warhawks tallied rushes against Texas State, led by Avg. TOP 29:40 35:02 Radio: KJLO 104.1 (Monroe) / KJLO.com freshman Duke Carter’s 104 yards and Ben Luckett’s 100 yards, as Penalties / Yards 22 / 292 39 / 333 Talent: Frank Hoffmann (pxp), Scott McDonald (analyst), part of a total 298 team rushing yards. After previously struggling on Average 48.7 55.5 Tag Rome (sideline) the ground, ULM has now tallied back-to-back games over 200 yards Live Stats: golobos.com rushing following last week’s 221 yards against Idaho. Defense ULM NM Twitter Updates: @ULM_FB Points 229 220 •ULM tallied 73 total rushing attempts in the win, the most a Warhawk Average 38.2 36.7 team has notched this century. The program-high mark for total #ULMvsNM SERIES First Downs / Game 155 / 25.8 118 / 19.7 team rushes in a game is 80 attempts, accomplished in the 1975 Total Defense 2851 2410 Series: First-ever meeting season under then-head coach Ollie Keller in ULM’s first season as a Average 475.2 401.7 Monroe, La.: N/A member of the NCAA. Net Rushing 1609 907 Albuquerque, N.M.: N/A •The Warhawks’ 96 total plays on Saturday against Texas State were Average 268.2 151.2 Neutral: N/A just eight shy of the program record of 104 (35 rush, 69 pass) set at Net Passing 1242 1503 First Meeting: N/A Wake Forest in the 2013 season. Average 207.0 250.5 Last Meeting: N/A •ULM converted nine third down attempts for the second week in a Pass Attempts 176 170 row following a three week stretch (at Oklahoma, at Ga. Southern, Pass Completions 103 96 WARHAWK COACHING STAFF Interceptions 3 2 at Auburn) where it converted just 11 total third down attempts. Avg. per return 4.0 8.8 ON THE FIELD •The Warhawks totaled 477 yards of offense on Saturday night, and Fumble / Rec. 10 / 4 5 / 3 Matt Viator Head Coach now have exactly 1,000 yards of total offense over the last two weeks 3rd Down 37 / 81 (46%) 32 / 77 (42%) Mike Collins Assistant HC / Defensive Coordinator (523 total yards vs. Idaho). In the three prior games (at Oklahoma, 4th Down 0 / 2 (0%) 3 / 6 (50%) Tim Leger Wide Receivers / Recruiting Coordinator at Ga. Southern, at Auburn), ULM totaled 951 combined total yards. Sacks / Yds. 10 / 95 14 / 85 Manny Michel Defensive Line Matt Powledge Tight Ends / Special Teams Scott Stoker Linebackers STATISICAL LEADERS (2016) Alan Ricard Running Backs Rob Sale Offensive Line Tyler Bolfing Graduate Assistant / Offense IN THE PRESS BOX Matt Kubik Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks LaMar Morgan Defensive Backs PASSING RUSHING RECEPTIONS ALL-PURPOSE Jake Olsen Graduate Assistant / Defense GARRETT SMITH BEN LUCKETT MARCUS GREEN MARCUS GREEN Matt Wright Graduate Assistant / Offense 1,237 yards (103-for-179, 9 TD) 345 yards (88 attempts, 4 TD) 23 receptions (257 yards, 3 TD) 623 yards Erik White Graduate Assistant / Offense WE ARE ULM In all references, please refer to us as ULM. SCORING TACKLES TACKLES FOR LOSS INTERCEPTIONS CRAIG FORD DAVID GRIFFITH DAVID GRIFFITH AUSBORNE/BACKUS/TOWNSEND We are the University of Louisiana at Monroe. 34 points (19-20 xp, 5-7 FG) 40.0 tackles 9.0 tackles for loss (1.5 sacks) 1 interception each 2016 ULM FOOTBALL GAME NOTES ULM FOOTBALL WEEKLY SCHEDULE / MEDIA AVAILABILITY 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Press Conference Practice Practice Practice Walk Thru ULM at New Mexico No Media Availability JPS Field at Malone Stadium Practice Fields Practice Fields -JPS Field at Malone -Branch Field at University Albuquerque, N.M. (Scoggins Room) Stadium Stadium (New Mexico) 8:00 p.m. CST Matt Viator - 10:30 a.m. -Practice Closed -Practice Closed TV: ROOT Sports -No Post-Practice -No Post-Practice -Interview Availability: Radio: KJLO 104.1 (Monroe, La.) Sun Belt Teleconference Interviews Interviews 2:15-2:45 p.m. -Walk-Thru Closed Matt Viator (11:12 a.m.) -Practice Open to Media: -No Post-Walk-Thru Postgame Contact Sun Belt Conference First 25 Minutes Interviews Press Conference for dial-in information (4:35-5:00 p.m.) Coaches & student-athletes available following NCAA No Other mandated cooling off Media Availability period. SUN BELT TELECONFERENCE PRACTICE AVAILABILITY The Sun Belt Conference will hold its weekly teleconference each Monday from Practices will be CLOSED weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. 10:30 a.m. (CT) until 11:47 p.m. (CT). Those wishing to gain access to the teleconfer- Practices will be OPEN weekly on Thursdays for the first 20 minutes of practice. ence should contact John McElwain at (504) 556-0883 or via email at mcelwain@ Practice video availability time may vary week by week. Thursday practices will begin sunbeltsports.org. at approximately 4:30 p.m. CST weekly. Monday, August 29 through Monday, November 28 LOCKER ROOM ACCESS 10:30 a.m. - Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State The ULM locker room is closed to all media throughout the season, both at home 10:37 a.m. – Everett Withers, Texas State inside JPS Field at Malone Stadium and when the team is on the road. 10:44 a.m. – Doug Martin, New Mexico State 10:51 a.m. – Tyson Summers, Georgia Southern POSTGAME INTERVIEWS 10:58 a.m. – Joey Jones, South Alabama All media members will have access to players and/or coaches in the designated 11:05 a.m. – Blake Anderson, Arkansas State interview area on the first floor of the main athletic administration area following all 11:12 a.m. – Matt Viator, ULM ULM home games. Media interviews will take place at a designated location during 11:19 a.m. – Mark Hudspeth, UL Lafayette all ULM road games. Please request specific players and/or coaches to Phillips and the 11:26 a.m. – Neal Brown, Troy ULM Athletic Media Relations Office prior to the conclusion of each game. 11:33 a.m. – Paul Petrino, Idaho 11:40 a.m. - Trent Miles, Georgia State MEDIA CREDENTIALS All media passes should be requested to the ULM Athletic Media Relations Office via All times Central email to [email protected] in advance of each ULM home game. Media Credentials will not be handed out on game day without a prior submitted request. WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE Credentials may be picked up on game day or mailed out (no mailing after the Mon- Matt Viator will meet with the media each Monday at 10:30 a.m. CST at Malone Sta- day of requested game week).