2015 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK EAST : Charlotte • FIU • Florida Atlantic • Marshall • Middle Tennessee • Old Dominion • WKU #BETHENEXT WEST: Louisiana Tech • North Texas • Rice • Southern Miss • UTEP • UTSA CONTACT: Russell Anderson ([email protected]) | Tim McNamara ([email protected]) ConferenceUSA FOOTBALL STANDINGS/SCHEDULE | OCTOBER 5, 2015 @CUSAFB, @Conference_USA 5201 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 300 • Irving, TX 75039 • P: (214) 774-1300 • www.ConferenceUSA.com E AST DIVISION S EASON STANDINGS W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts Opp W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp WKU 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 - 90 48 4-1 .800 2-0 2-1 195 112 MARSHALL 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 27 7 4-1 .800 3-0 1-1 159 95 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 73 14 2-3 .400 2-1 0-2 191 109 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 1-0 17 7 1-3 .250 0-2 1-1 96 131 FIU 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 - 17 27 2-3 .400 1-0 1-3 107 115 OLD DOMINION 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-1 7 27 2-3 .400 1-2 1-1 83 158 CHARLOTTE 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-2 21 90 2-3 .400 1-2 1-1 81 157 WEST DIVISION W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts Opp W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp SOUTHERN MISS 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 49 14 3-2 .600 2-1 1-1 201 140 UTSA 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 1-0 25 6 1-4 .200 0-2 1-2 105 179 LOUISIANA TECH 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 - 65 58 3-2 .600 3-0 0-2 203 126 RICE 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 1-0 48 73 2-3 .400 1-1 1-2 149 201 UTEP 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 0-1 6 25 2-3 .400 1-1 1-2 116 206 NORTH TEXAS 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-2 38 87 0-4 .000 0-1 0-3 67 180 C ONFERENCE STANDINGS RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING GAMES PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 NICK MULLENS, SOUTHERN MISS Marshall 27, Old Dominion 7 Southern Miss at Marshall (CBSSN) 6:00p Junior, QB, Hoover, Ala. WKU 49, at Rice 10 Mullens led Southern Miss with four touchdown passes Southern Miss 49, North Texas 14 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 while running for another in a 49-14 victory against UTSA 25, at UTEP 6 UTEP at FIU (ASN) 11:00a North Texas. He fi nished the contest 27-of-36 passing for 325 yards with no interceptions. The 75 percent comple- Louisiana Tech 43, Louisiana-Lafayette 14 Middle Tennessee at WKU (FSN) 11:00a tion rate was the highest of any of Mullens’ career starts Vanderbilt 17, at Middle Tennessee 13 Rice at Florida Atlantic (FCS) 1:30p in which he threw at least 10 passes. It was his seventh- Massachusetts 24, FIU 14 Portland St. at North Texas (C-USA DN) 4:00p straight game throwing at least one TD pass and the Louisiana Tech at UTSA (ASN) 6:00p third consecutive 300-yard passing contest. He had six passes of 20-plus yards against the Mean Green, includ- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 ing a season-long 62-yard TD pass to Mike Thomas on a Temple 37, Charlotte 3 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 fl ea fl icker, which gives him 29 such plays for the season. WKU at North Texas (CBSSN) 6:30p SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 DEFENSE at Louisiana Tech 27, FIU 17 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 MICHAEL EGWUAGU, UTSA (FSN) Junior, S, Phlugerville, Texas Florida Atlantic 17, at Charlotte 7 FIU at Middle Tennessee 11:00a Egwuagu led a stout defensive eff ort in UTSA’s confer- Marshall 36, at Kent State 29 (2OT) Marshall at Florida Atlantic (FCS) 11:00a ence-opening 25-6 victory at UTEP. He scored a pair of at WKU 56, Miami (Ohio) 14 LA Tech at Mississippi St. (SEC Network) 11:00a touchdowns, fi rst on a 40-yard interception return in the at UTEP 27, Incarnate Word 17 Charlotte at Old Dominion (ASN) 2:30p third quarter and later in the fi nal stanza when he took a Nate Gaines lateral 15 yards to the end zone following (ASN) at Nebraska 36, Southern Miss 28 UTSA at Southern Miss 6:00p the Roadrunners’ fourth pick of the night. Egwuagu also at Illinois 27, Middle Tennessee 25 added eight tackles (six solos), as UTSA registered sea- at (4) Baylor 70, Rice 17 son highs of nine three-and-outs and fi ve takeaways in at Iowa 62, North Texas 16 C-USA Games in Bold addition to a safety early in the third quarter. Appalachian State 49, at Old Dominion 0 All Times Central SPECIAL TEAMS Colorado State 33, at UTSA 31 JONATHAN BARNES, LA TECH Sophomore, K, Baton Rouge, La. Barnes totaled 11 points after nailing a career-long 50- yard fi eld goal, a 41-yard fi eld goal and fi ve extra points to help lead Louisiana Tech to a 43-14 win over Louisi- ana-Lafayette. He was 5-for-5 on extra point attempts, making him a perfect 24-for-24 on the season. 2015 C-USA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Page 2 Oct. 5, 2015 CONFERENCE USA QUICK HITTERS POLLING PLACE record for passing attempts with 51 against Vander- LAST WEEK’S TOP PERFORMERS Here’s a look at the latest (Oct. 4) Associated Press bilt, completing a career high 32 for 286 yards and Here’s a look at the league’s 300-yard passers, 100- and ESPN/Amway Coaches’ Polls. a touchdown. Doughty ranks second in the FBS in yard rushers and 100-yard receivers from games of passing yards (2,000) and third in touchdown passes Oct. 2-3: Associated Press Amway Coaches’ (15), while Stockstill is ninth in yardage (1,507) and 1 - Ohio State (38) 1 - Ohio State (50) TD passes (13). 2 - TCU (5) 2 - TCU (4) 300-Yard Passing Performances 409 Brandon Doughty, WKU at Rice 3 - Baylor (10) 3 - Michigan State (1) UTEP makes its fi rst visit to FIU (Noon EDT on ASN) 4 - Michigan State 4 - Baylor (5) 325 Nick Mullens, Southern MIss vs. North Texas as both teams look to bounce back from disappoint- 5 - Utah (7) 5 - LSU 6 - Clemson 6 - Clemson ing losses last weekend. Sophomore LB Alvin Jones 100-Yard Rushing Performances 7 - LSU 7 - Utah had 10 tackles against UTSA Saturday and accounted 160 Ray Lawry, Old Dominion vs. Marshall 8 - Alabama 8 - Florida State for a career-high three of the team’s fi ve sacks, the 136 Jeff rey Wilson, North Texas at Southern Miss 9 - Texas A&M (1) 9 - Oklahoma most by a Miner since Jeremy Castillo registered 133 Jarveon Williams, UTSA at UTEP 10 - Oklahoma 10 - Alabama three at Alabama during the 2001 season. Panthers 127 Tony Pittman, Marshall vs. Old Dominion 11 - Florida 11 - Texas A&M sophomore RB Alex Gardner continues to develop 125 Kalif Phillips, Charlotte vs. Temple 12 - Florida State 12 - Florida as a dual threat, leading the team with 305 rushing 13 - Northwestern 13 - Mississippi yards and three touchdowns on the ground, while 14 - Mississippi 14 - Northwestern 100-Yard Receiving Performances placing second on the squad with 26 receptions for 15 - Noyre Dame 15 - Notre Dame 165 Marcus Gaines, LA Tech vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 16 - Stanford 16 - Georgia 217 yards. 155 Mike Thomas, Southern Miss vs. North Texas 17 - USC 17 - USC 136 Carlos Harris, North Texas at Southern Miss 18 - Michigan 18 - Stanford Rice travels outside the state of Texas for the only 19 - Georgia 19 - Oklahoma State time this season when it plays at Florida Atlantic 20 - UCLA 20 - UCLA Saturday afternoon (2:30 p.m. EDT on FOX College DOUGHTY DEALING 21 - Oklahoma State 21 - Michigan Sports). Though both teams have talented senior WKU senior QB Brandon Doughty topped the 400- 22 - Iowa 22 - California quarterbacks, their off enses have been most pro- yard passing mark for the fourth straight game and 23 - California 23 - Iowa ductive when running the ball this season. The Rice sixth time in his last seven outings, throwing for 409 24 - Toledo 24 - Boise State Owls have a deep running corps and top the league yards and four touchdowns in the Hilltoppers 49-10 25 - Boise State 24 - Memphis in rushing off ense at 199.4 yards per game with a win at Rice. He threw for 343 of those in the fi rst half league-best 13 rushing touchdowns. The FAU Owls, and is averaging 336 yards passing in the opening THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE coming off a bye week, are fourth in the conference 30 minutes over his last three games. Doughty has Southern Miss will travel to Huntington, West Virginia with 167.4 yards per outing on the ground, with Greg thrown a TD pass in 19 straight games, the second- for a key contest at Marshall Friday night to open this Howell placing sixth in C-USA with a 88.5 yard aver- longest active streak in FBS behind TCU’s Trevone week’s Conference USA schedule (7 p.m. EDT on CBS age. Boykin with 20. Sports Network). The Golden Eagles are 3-2 and av- eraging 40.2 points per game, while the Thundering West Division rivals Louisiana Tech and UTSA re- On the season Doughty leads the FBS in completion Herd are off to a 4-1 start and have won 17 of their new acquaintances in San Antonio (6 p.m.