2016 LA TECH FOOTBALL GAME 8 | FIU BULLDOG FOOTBALL 2016 THE RUNDOWN GAME 8 | FIU OVERALL: 4-3 Oct. 22, 2016 • Miami, Fla. • 6 p.m. CT • ESPN3 • LA Tech Sports Network C-USA 2-1 NON-CONFERENCE 2-2 HOME 3-0 QUICK HITS AWAY 1-3 RECORD 21.3 Points/Game 41.6 NEUTRAL 0-0 32.4 Points Allowed/Game 32.7 149.9 Rush Yards/Game 167.0 THE SCHEDULE 212.0 Rush Yards Allowed/Game 142.1 Date Opponent Time 211.4 Pass Yards/Game 383.0 Sept. 3 at Arkansas (SEC Network) L, 20-21 Sept. 10 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE W, 53-24 FIU 205.0 Pass Yards Allowed/Game 293.6 LOUISIANA TECH Sept. 17 at Texas Tech (FSN) L, 45-59 PANTHERS 361.3 Total Off ense/Game 550.0 BULLDOGS Sept. 24 at Middle Tennessee* (ASN) L, 34-38 Oct. 1 UTEP* (ASN) W, 28-7 2016 Record: 3-4, 3-0 C-USA 2016 Record: 4-3, 2-1 C-USA Oct. 6 WKU* (CBS Sports Network) W, 55-52 Oct. 15 at UMass (ASN/ESPN3) W, 56-28 Interim Head Coach: Ron Cooper Head Coach: Skip Holtz Oct. 22 at FIU* (ESPN3) 6 p.m. Career: 47-56 (10th Year) Career: 114-91 (17th Year) Oct. 29 RICE* (Campus Insiders) 6 p.m. FIU: 3-0 (1st Year) LA Tech: 26-20 (4th Year) Nov. 5 at North Texas* (ESPN3) 4:30 p.m. Nov. 12 UTSA* (TBA) 2:30 p.m. Nov. 25 at Southern Miss* (ESPN/2/U) TBA * Conference USA Opponent // All times central STAT LEADERS #12 Alex McGough #14 Ryan Higgins TUNE IN 115-202-9, 1,303 yds, 7 TD PASSING 168-249-3, 2,353 yds, 22 TD TV: ESPN3 #3 Jarred Craft Ryan Rose #1 Alex Gardner Wes Carroll 117 att, 577 yds, 4 TD RUSHING 107 att, 722 yds, 4 TD #87 Jonnu Smith #5 Trent Taylor RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network 28 rec., 285 yds, 1 TD RECEIVING 75 rec., 987 yds, 8 TD Dave Nitz (PxP) Teddy Allen (Analyst) #52 Treyvon Williams #6 Jordan Harris Malcolm Butler (Sideline) DEFENSE 75 tackles (48 solo), 5.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks 57 Tackles (32 solo), 2.5 TFL, 1 Sack MEDIA RELATIONS Anna Claire Thomas (Primary) AT A GLANCE Assistant Director / Communications Phone: (318) 257-5314 Email: [email protected] KEY STORYLINES SERIES INFORMATION Malcolm Butler (Secondary) » Ryan Higgins Named Manning Award Star of the Overall: LA Tech leads, 2-0 Associate A.D. / Communications Ruston: LA Tech leads, 1-0 Phone: (318) 257-3145 Week for the second week in a row Email: [email protected] Louisiana Tech quarterback Ryan Higgins has been Miami: LA Tech leads, 1-0 selected as one of eight Manning Award Stars of Neutral: No Meetings Kane McGuire (Secondary) the Week, it was announced by the organization First Meeting: LA Tech won, 23-7 (10/26/13) Assistant Director / Communications Phone: (318) 257-5071 Monday. This marks the second straight week Last Meeting: LA Tech won, 27-17 (9/26/15) Email: [email protected] Higgins has earned the weekly honor after throwing Streak: LA Tech, 2 for 484 yards and five touchdowns in LA Tech's road Blake Bolin (Secondary) Assistant Director / Communications win over UMass. He became the second quarterback Phone: (318) 257-5305 in school history to throw for over 450 yards and THE VENUE Email: [email protected] five touchdowns in back-to-back games. Tho other Stadium: Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium quarterback to do so is Higgins' current quarterback Capacity: 20,000 TABLE OF CONTENTS coach, Tim Rattay. Surface: FieldTurf Media Information 2 Numerical Roster 3 » Henderson Making Waves Nationally Alphabetical Roster 4 Carlos Henderson outdid himself Saturday night Depth Chart 5 when the junior racked up 12 receptions for 326 Team Notes 6-9 yards and five touchdowns in the Bulldogs’ 56-28 Career Record Watch 10-11 victory over Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. His Team Notes cont. 12-13 326 receiving yards are the second-most in both The Last Time... 14 LA Tech and Conference USA history, while his five Game Recaps 15-18 touchdowns tied both the school and C-USA record. Skip Holtz 19-20 Henderson became just the third FBS player in the Stadium Info 21 last 10 years to have 200 receiving yards and three Team Statistics 22-29 touchdowns in back-to-back games. Player Statistics 30-42 #EVERLOYALBE 1 2016 LA TECH FOOTBALL GAME 8 | FIU LOUISIANA TECH WEEKLY SCHEDULE 17 MON 18 TUES 19 WED 20 THU 21 FRI 22 SAT 23 SUN LA Tech Press Conference Practice Practice LA Tech Gameday No Availability LA Tech Gameday No Availability Holtz/Players (12 p.m.) Practice Closed Practice Closed Coaches, Players Coaches, Players POSTGAME POSTGAME Skip Holtz Radio Show available available Coach Holtz is available Coach Holtz is available The Dawg House (6 p.m.) following practice in the following practice in the following the game in following the game in Jarrell Room of the Jarrell Room of the the media room. the media room. Davison Athletics Davison Athletics Players will immediately Players will immediately Complex Complex follow. follow. MONDAY MEDIA LUNCHEONS MEDIA INFORMATION Head coach Skip Holtz and select student-athletes will meet with the media every Monday prior to a game. 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