2016 LA TECH FOOTBALL GAME 7 | UMASS BULLDOG FOOTBALL 2016 THE RUNDOWN GAME 7 | UMASS OVERALL: 3-3 Oct. 15, 2016 • Foxborough, Mass. • 2:30 p.m. CT • ASN/ESPN3 • LA Tech Sports Network C-USA 2-1 NON-CONFERENCE 1-2 HOME 3-0 QUICK HITS AWAY 0-3 RECORD 18.3 Points/Game 39.2 NEUTRAL 0-0 29.5 Points Allowed/Game 33.5 96.2 Rush Yards/Game 161.7 THE SCHEDULE 207.3 Rush Yards Allowed/Game 144.0 Date Opponent Time 209.2 Pass Yards/Game 365.0 Sept. 3 at Arkansas (SEC Network) L, 20-21 Sept. 10 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE W, 53-24 UMASS 224.3 Pass Yards Allowed/Game 297.8 LOUISIANA TECH Sept. 17 at Texas Tech (FSN) L, 45-59 MINUTEMEN 305.3 Total Off ense/Game 526.7 BULLDOGS Sept. 24 at Middle Tennessee* (ASN) L, 34-38 Oct. 1 UTEP* (ASN) W, 28-7 2016 Record: 1-5 2016 Record: 3-3, 2-1 C-USA Oct. 6 WKU* (CBS Sports Network) W, 55-52 Oct. 15 at UMass (ASN/ESPN3) 2:30 p.m. Head Coach: Mark Whipple Head Coach: Skip Holtz Oct. 22 at FIU* (ESPN3) 6 p.m. Career: 125-73 (17th Year) Career: 113-91 (17th Year) Oct. 29 RICE* (Campus Insiders) 6 p.m. UMass: 53-40 (9th Year) LA Tech: 25-20 (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 #7 Andrew Ford #14 Ryan Higgins TUNE IN 74-122-7, 849 yds, 10 TD PASSING 142-216-2, 1,869 yds, 17 TD TV: ASN #3 Jarred Craft Eric Frede (PxP) #8 Marquis Young Andy Gresh (Analyst) 109 att, 504 yds, 2 TD RUSHING 91 att, 629 yds, 4 TD #23 Andy Isabella #5 Trent Taylor RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network 28 rec., 385 yds, 4 TD RECEIVING 66 rec., 861 yds, 8 TD Dave Nitz (PxP) Teddy Allen (Analyst) #34 Steve Casali #6 Jordan Harris Malcolm Butler (Sideline) DEFENSE 54 tackles (17 solo), 2.5 TFL, 2 FR 47 Tackles (27 solo), 1.5 TFL MEDIA RELATIONS Anna Claire Thomas (Primary) AT A GLANCE Assistant Director / Communications Phone: (318) 257-5314 Email: [email protected] KEY STORYLINES SERIES INFORMATION Overall: First Meeting Malcolm Butler (Secondary) » Higgins Named Manning Award Star of the Week Associate A.D. / Communications Ruston: First Meeting Phone: (318) 257-3145 Louisiana Tech quarterback Ryan Higgins recorded Email: [email protected] his third 400-yard game of the 2016 season in the Foxborough: First Meeting Bulldogs' 55-52 C-USA victory over WKU Thursday, Neutral: First Meeting Kane McGuire (Secondary) while the senior also registered his personal-best for First Meeting: No Previous Meetings Assistant Director / Communications Phone: (318) 257-5071 touchdown passes with five against the Hilltoppers. Last Meeting: No Previous Meetings Email: [email protected] In his last 17 quarters (did not play 4th quarter Streak: None against South Carolina State), Higgins is 118-of-181 Blake Bolin (Secondary) Assistant Director / Communications passing (65.1 pct.) with 1,615 yards, 15 touchdowns THE VENUE Phone: (318) 257-5305 and no interceptions. Email: [email protected] Stadium: Gillette Stadium Capacity: 68,756 » Henderson Enjoys Career Night vs. the Hilltoppers TABLE OF CONTENTS Carlos Henderson returned from injury to have a Surface: FieldTurf Media Information 2 career night in LA Tech’s 55-52 conference win Numerical Roster 3 over WKU Thursday night – eight catches for 232 Alphabetical Roster 4 receiving yards (career high) and three touchdowns Depth Chart 5 (career high). The 232 receiving yards by Henderson Team Notes 6-8 tied for the eighth most in school history and the Career Record Watch 9-10 most since Quinton Patton had 233 yards receiving Team Notes cont. 11-12 on Oct. 13, 2012 versus Texas A&M in Shreveport. The Last Time... 13 Game Recaps 14-15 Henderson now has six games of 100+ receiving Skip Holtz 16-17 yards in his career, which is tied for ninth in school Stadium Info 18 history. He now has five receiving touchdowns on Team Statistics 19-26 the season and 14 in his career. The junior is averag- Player Statistics 27-39 ing 111.6 receiving yards in five games this season. #EVERLOYALBE 1 2016 LA TECH FOOTBALL GAME 7 | UMASS LOUISIANA TECH WEEKLY SCHEDULE 10 MON 11 TUES 12 WED 13 THU 14 FRI 15 SAT 16 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. Lunch will COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM be provided at noon followed by interviews with Coach Holtz and CollegePressBox.com is the official media website for Conference USA and Louisiana Tech Football. Access and download weekly selected players. Audio of each luncheon will be posted at game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, headshots, logos and more for Louisiana Tech, Conference USA and each of its SoundCloud.com/LATechSports. member schools. Login information will be distributed to accredited media or you can apply for a password by sending an email to [email protected]. PRACTICE COVERAGE In addition to Monday’s media luncheon, Louisiana Tech DAILY MEDIA AVAILABILITY student-athletes and coaches are available for in-person or The following is a general weekly schedule of media availability for the Louisiana Tech football team. Members of the media are phone interviews following practice on Tuesdays and Wednes- expected to adhere to these policies at all times. All interview requests should be made to Louisiana Tech Assistant Director of days. All interview requests must be directed to the Lou- Athletic Communications Anna Claire Thomas at least 24 hours in advance. All media availability times are subject to change. isiana Tech Athletic Communications Office at least 24 Please contact Anna Claire Thomas for any changes in the schedule. (Note: First year players are not available to the media hours in advance. Please send all requests via email to unless by special request.) [email protected]. For those practice days, the final 20 minutes of practice is open to the media. Monday: LA Tech’s weekly media luncheon starts with food served at noon and statements/interviews beginning around 12:30 p.m. A few players will also be made available. Skip Holtz’s radio show airs from 6 – 7 p.m. live from The Dawg House Sports Grill in Ruston. COACH/PLAYER AVAILABILITY Tuesday: Practice is CLOSED to the media. 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