McNeese’s Cowboys jump into division 1-A to play Nebraska of the Big 12.............................................. McNeese Sports Information - McNeese will play its second Big 12 opponent on Saturday Director: Louis Bonnette in Lincoln, NEB when the Cowboys tackle Nebraska...last year the Phone: (337) 475-5207 Cowboys started their season with a 38-24 loss to Texas A&M of the Home: (337) 477-4182 Big 12....kickoff is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Fax: (337) 475-5202 - SERIESRECORD: this is the first meeting between the two Cell: (337) 540-8869 schools....they have played against each other on the baseball field Email: [email protected] (last spring in the McNeese Lake Area Classic.....Nebraska won 9-4) Asst. Director: Pam Lafosse - NATIONAL POLLS: Cowboys were ranked No. 2 to No. Phone: (337) 475-5926 1 Montana in last week’s 1-AA polls.....poll will be out on Monday Home: (337) 562-0735 afternoon....Nebraska fell out of this week’s 1-A poll - COACHES....McNeese is coached by Tommy Tate who is Cowboys in 2002: 4-0 now in his third year with an 20-8 overall record, one conference A. 31 def. Grambling 52-20 (H) championship and two post-season 1-AA playoff appearances....Cowboys are 4-0 this year with wins over Grambling S. 7 def. Youngstown St. 28-13 (A) (52-20) , Youngstown State (28-13) and Western Kentucky (38-13), S. 14 def. La-Monroe 24-19 (A) all ranked in the top 25 when they played, and a victory over 1-A S. 21 Open Louisiana-Monroe (24-19)...Nebraska (3-2) is coached by Frank S. 28 def. Western Kentucky 38-13 (H) Solich , 45-11 and in his fifth year....the Huskers have defeated Ari- O. 5 at Nebraska (11:30 a.m.) zona State (48-10), Troy State (31-16) and Utah State (44-13) this O. 12 Open year while bowing to penn State (40-7) and Iowa State (36-14) O. 19 Jacksonville State (7 p.m.) - COWBOY KEY PLAYERS....through four games this O. 26 at Sam Houston St. (2 p.m.) season McNeese’s top players have been:....strong safety Hadley N. 2 at Stephen F. Austin (4 p.m.) Prince (a Buck Buchanan award candidate) and has earned national N. 9 Southwest Texas (7 p.m.) and SLC player of the week honors...he leads team with 46 N. 16 at Northwestern St. (2 p.m.) tackles...linebacker Roderick Royal was the SLC player of the week N. 23 Nicholls State (7 p.m.) for the opening game win over Grambling and has 45 tackles as does linebacker Ryan Garrison...tailback Vick King leads the Cowboys in MCNEESE rushing with 354 yards and an average of 5.1 yards per carry....QB Scott Pendarvis is making 59.7 percent of his passes (37 of 62 for Location: Lake Charles, LA 515 yards and 4 tds)..WR Jermaine Martin has become McNeese’s Conference: Southland all-time leading pass receiver this year...he has 11 catches for 146 Nickname: Cowboys yards this year...B. J. Sams tops the Cowboys in all-purpose running Colors: Blue and Gold with an average of 206.8 ypg....he has run two punts back for President: Dr. Robert Hebert tds...John Marino has made 16 straight PATs and has made three of Enrollment: 8,200 five field goals....five different players have intercepted passes for Athletic Director: Sonny Watkins the Cowboys...guard Mitch Sawyer, center Jason Davis and tackle Dwight Hudler lead the Cowboy offensive line in grading McNeese Individual Game by Game Rushing Grambling Youngstown St. La-Monroe W. Kentucky Nebraska Jacksonville Sam Houston SFA SW Texas NW State Nicholls State King 18-80-1 17-98 20-98-1 14-78-2 Prim 12-61-1 6-23 12-35 7-17-1 Trahan 8-11-1 1-1 7-39 5-26 Lawton 6-25-1 3-10 7-115-1 5-30 Robin 2-8 2-10 2-22 Beasley 1-6 Passing Pendarvis 13-7-0-110-1 20-12-0-122-1 13-5-1-80-1 16-13-1-203-1 Corcoran 4-3-0-21-0 4-4-0-34-0 Allen 3-2-0-12-0 Receiving Martin 3-28-0 5-76-1 2-38 1-4 Sams 2-36-0 1-4 2-36 6-111-1 Gore 2-12-0 Lawton 1-24 1-1 Trahan 1-20 1-4 2-23 Hamilton 1-9-1 1-7 2-18 1-3 King 1-7-0 Brodhead 1-7-0 2-15 1-14-1 2-56 Oustalet 1-8 1-7 Punting Cook 7-221-31.6-52 7-257-36.7-50 6-196-32.7-41 1-40-40.0-40 Punt Ret Sams 3-38-14 6-138-81-1td 4-43-17 2-89-59-1td KO ret Sams 2-39-22 1-38-38 2-59-33 4-108-35 Martin 1-25-25 Prince 1-17-17 Prim 1-7-7 Blanchard 1-40 Pass Int. White 1-58 Smith 1-22 Burns 1-0 Royal 1-20-1 Gulley 1-0 1-9 FGs Marino (33), 35m (37) 28m 39m Tackles Royal 13 11 7 12 Prince 7 17 10 12 Gulley 4 4 8 5 Garrison 8 14 6 17 Jones 3 4 7 3 COWBOY FOOTBALL STAFF Head Coach Tommy Tate (McNeese ‘79, 3 MARTIN GETS RECORD years, 20-8) Jermaine Martin has become McNeese State’s Offensive Coordinator Matt Viator (McNeese ‘86) all-time leading pass receiver. In the first game of the season he became the all-time leader for Defensive Coordinator Lance Guidry (McNeese ‘95) pass receptions and in the Cowboys’ third game Offensvie Line Gerald Broussard (La-Lafayette he took over ‘84) the leader- Linebackers Lark Hebert (McNeese ‘85) ship for yards catch- Wide Receivers Adam Henry (McNeese ‘98) ing passes. Defensive Line Bob Howell (McNeese ‘78) In his career Running Backs Carlos McGee (McNeese ‘96) with the Defensive Assistant Charles Ayro (McNeese ‘00) Cowboys Tight Ends Pat Matthews (McNeese ‘01) he has now caught 128 Defensive Assistant Jeff Sherrill (Tenn-Martin ‘02) passes for Athletic Trainer Jim Murphy (Tex. Medical Center 2,062 yards ‘74) and nine Equipment Manager Ronny Breaux (McNeese ‘69) touch- Strength Coach Mike Robinson (Northwestern St. downs. He has moved ‘83) into a tie for 10th on the McNeese head coach Tommy Tate all-time - he’s the second former McNeese football Southland Conference Jermaine Martin player to serve as the university’s head list for pass coach...the first was the late Jack Doland receivers. who coached the Cowboys from 1970 to This year he has caught 11 passes for 146 yards 1978, led them to a conference title and to and a touchdown. bowl appearances in the Independence Bowl (1976 victory over Tulsa) and in the SLC TOP 10 ALL-TIME RECEIVERS Grantland Rice Bowl (1971 loss to Tennes- 1. Matt Dominguez, Sam Houston 211 2. Cisco Richard, La-Monroe 179 see State)...Doland was also the McNeese 3. Jonathon Cooper, Sam Houston 171 athletic director and went on to become the 4. Joey Hamiklton, Jacksonville St. 161 university’s president and to serve as a state 5. Pat Holder, Abilene Christian 155 senator...he had played for the Cowboys in 6. Ronnie Vinson, Abilene Christian 153 the 1940s when the school was a junior col- 7. Mike Pearce, Stephen F. Austin 152 8. Ronnie Gebauer, Lamar 149 lege and he went on to play for Tulane when it went to the Rose 9. Jackie Harris, La-Monroe 147 Bowl 10. Walt Huntley, Trinity 128 - Tate played for Doland as he was a four year letterman from 1975 Jermaine Martin, McNeese 128 to 1978..he was a defensive back and earned all-conference aca- demic honors - in 1979 he stepped off the field and into the coaching box...in the summer of 1979 Doland was named the president of the university and Ernie Duplechin became the McNeese head coach, picking Tate to become his secondary coach - Tate had served as a McNeese assistant coach for 20 years (one season was spent as the school’s placement director) - he was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator in 1999 and became head coach in 2000...he now has an 20-8 overall record and has the Cowboys undefeated at 4-0 this season....and ranked No. 2 in 1-AA McNeese State Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp Hometown (Previous School) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp Hometown (Previous School) 1 Marcus Turner WR 5-8 137 Jr-1L West Monroe, LA (West Monroe) 78 Jeremiah Abbott OG 6-2 257 Fr-HS Slidell, LA (Salmen HS) 2 Jermaine Martin WR 5-6 147 Sr-3L Lafayette, LA (Northside HS) 79 B. J. McNutt DT 6-4 304 Sr-3L Houston, TX (Cy-Fair HS) 3 Marcus Trahan TB 5-10 193 Sr-3L Sulphur , LA (Sulphur High) 80 Herman Monroe TE 6-3 236 So-Trf Sunset, LA (Beau Chene HS) 4 Britt Brodhead WR 5-9 172 Jr-2L Lafayette, LA (St. Thomas More) 81 Marcus Singleton WR 6-2 173 So-Sqd Baton Rouge, LA (Southern Lab) 5 Jason Cook P 6-1 209 Fr-RS Moss Bluff, LA (Sam Houston) 83 Chris Thomas WR 5-8 160 Fr-HS Slidell, LA (Salmen HS) 6 Logan Laviolette WR 5-10 173 Jr-1L Moss Bluff, LA (Sam Houston) 84 Steven Anderson TE 6-2 246 So-HS Lafayette, LA (Northside HS) 7 Huey Gardner WR 6-1 192 Jr-2L Katy, TX, (Cypress Springs HS) 85 Jeff Hamilton TE 6-4 239 Sr-3L Westlake, LA (Westlake High) 8 John Marino PK 5-10 205 So-1L Covington, LA (Covington HS) 87 Jason Taylor TE 6-2 237 Sr-3L Orange, TX, (WO Stark HS) 9 Hadley Prince SS 5-9 204 Sr-3L Sulphur, LA (Sulphur HS) 88 Henry Smith WR 5-11 175 So-HS Beaumont, TX (Central HS) 10 Rod Gulley FS 6-2 197 Jr-2L Newton, TX (Newton HS) 89 Kyle Savant TE 6-2 244 Fr-RS Eunice, LA (Eunice HS) 11 Ryan Corcoran QB 6-2 198 Jr-1L Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS) 90 Lance Rickner DE 6-3 220 So-Sqd New Orleans, LA (John Curtis) 12 B.