ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL Lone Star Conference Champions 1973 • 1977 • 2008 • 2010 Lone Star Conference South Division Champions 2002 • 2008 • 2010 NAIA Division I National Champions 1973 • 1977 NCAA Division II Playoff Appearances 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 Texas Conference Champions 1939 • 1940 • 1948 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 Gulf Coast Conference Champions 1955 Bowl Championships 1950 Refrigerator Bowl • 1973 NAIA Champions Bowl • 1976 Shrine Bowl • 1977 NAIA Apple Bowl #10 ABILENE CHRISTIAN (0-0, 0-0 LSC) MCMURRY WARHAWKS VS. #10 ACU WILDCATS Saturday, Sept. 1 • 6 p.m. (Mix 92.5 FM) Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Abilene, Texas • Shotwell Stadium (15,000, FieldTurf) Sept. 1 vs. McMurry 6 p.m. THIS WEEK’S GAME Sept. 8 * vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville 6 p.m. The 10th-ranked ACU Wildcats begin their 40th and final year in the Lone Sept. 15 * vs. Tarleton State (Arlington) 4 p.m. Star Conference on Saturday when they host McMurry in the season-opener for #10 ACU McMurry Sept. 22 * at Angelo State 6 p.m. both teams. Saturday’s game marks the 40th WILDCATS WARHAWKS Sept. 27 at Delta State (Miss.) 6:30 p.m. contest between the Wildcats and (0-0) (0-0) Oct. 6 * vs. Eastern New Mexico 6 p.m. Warhawks with ACU holding a 24-15 edge. ACU played McMurry each season Thomsen, who resigned last December and is now Oct. 13 * at West Texas A&M 6 p.m. from 1930-1971 with the exception of the offensive line coach at Texas Tech. 1943-45 because of World War II. The last Collums has called the plays for one of the Oct. 20 * ! vs. Midwestern State 2 p.m. time the teams met was Sept. 11, 1971, nation’s most prolific offensive units, offenses that when Wildcat quarterback Ron paved the way for ACU to make six straight Oct. 27 * at Texas A&M-Commerce 2 p.m. Lauterbach hit Nicky Pruitt with two appearance in the NCAA Division II playoffs. touchdown passes to help ACU to a 53-20 The journey towards a seventh straight Nov. 3 vs. West Alabama 12 p.m. victory at Shotwell Stadium. appearance in the playoffs – and a final appearance at the NCAA Division II level – begins Nov. 10 * at Incarnate Word 7 p.m. Saturday’s game also marks the first game as head coach for Ken Collums, who Saturday with a squad that has plenty of returning spent the previous seven seasons as the players from last year’s 8-3 team that lost to Home games are in bold Wildcats’ offensive coordinator. Collums Washburn (Kan.) in the first round of the playoffs. * Lone Star Conference game takes over the program from Chris ! Homecoming ACU WILDCATS ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS AT A GLANCE LANCE FLEMING McMURRY (0-0) Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations FOOTBALL HISTORY Office phone: 325-674-2693 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 First year of football: 1919 Cell phone: 325-665-3543 All-time record: 462-378-32* Fax: 325-674-6798 2011 record: 8-3 Email: fl[email protected] Sept. 1 at Abilene Christian 6 p.m. Head coach: Ken Collums (1st season) Coach’s overall record: 0-0 Shotwell Stadium Press box: 325-671-4673 or 4675 Sept. 8 at McNeese State (La.) 7 p.m. Coach’s record at ACU: 0-0 Home radio: 325-674-4906 Years in NCAA post-season play: 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, Visitor radio: 325-676-0293 Sept. 22 vs. Wayland Baptist 6 p.m. 2009, 2010, 2011) NCAA post-season record: 2-6* CHRIS MACALUSO Sept. 29 at Oklahoma Panhandle State 2 p.m. Last NCAA post-season appearance: 2011 Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations Result: lost to Washburn (Mo.), 52-49, in first round Office phone: 325-674-6171 * 10 wins from 2007 season vacated because of NCAA violations. Oct. 6 vs. Southern Nazarene (Grand Prairie) 4 p.m. Cell phone: 765-490-6988 COACHING STAFF Fax: 325-674-6798 Oct. 13 at Lamar 3 p.m. Ken Collums . Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator Email: [email protected] Darian Dulin . Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs Oct. 20 at Incarnate Word 7 p.m. Chris Ballard . Offensive Assistant Sam Collins . Offensive Line Oct. 27 ! vs. Langston (Okla.) 2 p.m. Kendrick Holloway . Wide Receivers David Rausch . Defensive Line Nov. 3 vs. Texas College 2 p.m. Mark Ribaudo . Linebackers Nathan Young . Running Backs Cory Driskill . Head Athletics Trainer Nov. 10 vs. Bacone College (Okla.) 2 p.m. Luke Sauber . Assistant Athletics Trainer Nov. 17 vs. University of Mexico 2 p.m. RADIO: All of ACU’s games can be heard live on Mix 92.5 FM with Grant Boone calling all the play-by-play action. He www.acusports.com will be joined in the booth by ACU SID Lance Fleming. Home games are in bold Boone is in his fifth season calling play-by-play for the www.acusports.blogspot.com ! Homecoming Wildcats, while Fleming is in his 15th year as ACU’s assistant http://www.facebook.com/ACUsports director of athletics for media relations and his third as the http://twitter.com/ACUsports full-time color commentator. 2012 WILDCAT FOOTBALL • GAME ONE • McMURRY AT ACU • SEPT. 1, 2012 Page 1 THE FACTS: ACU vs. McMURRY Key Facts: Saturday’s game will mark the beginning of the 91st season of ACU football and the program’s 40th and final season in the Lone Star Conference. ... ACU is 43-43-4 in its previous 90 season-opening games. ... The Wildcats have won four straight season-openers to get back to the .500 mark all-time. ... McMurry and ACU have met 39 times previous to Saturday night’s game with the Wildcats holding a 24-15 all-time edge. ... The Wildcats have won three straight in the series and five of the last six meetings. ... McMurry’s best stretch in the series came from 1934-37 when the THIS WEEK IN THE LSC then-Indians won four straight games by a combined score of 104-20. ... Since joining the Lone Star Conference in 1973, the Wildcats have played 105 non-conference games, including NAIA and NCAA OVERALL Division II playoff games. ... ACU is 57-46-2 in those games, including a 1-2 mark in 2011 (losses to W L Pct. PF PA North Alabama and Washburn and a win over Western Oregon). 1. Abilene Christian 0 0 .000 0 0 BREAKDOWN 2. Angelo State 0 0 .000 0 0 3. Eastern New Mexico 0 0 .000 0 0 Abilene Christian McMurry 4. Incarnate Word 0 0 .000 0 0 2011 Record 8-3, 7-1 in LSC 2011 Record 9-3, 7-1 in ASC 5. Midwestern State 0 0 .000 0 0 2012 Ranking No. 10 by AFCA 2012 Ranking NR 6. Tarleton State 0 0 .000 0 0 No. 9 by d2football.com Last Game lost to M. Hardin-Baylor, 49-20 Last Game lost to Washburn, 52-49 Nov. 26, 2011 7. Texas A&M-Commerce 0 0 .000 0 0 Nov. 19, 2011 NCAA Division III playoffs 8. Texas A&M-Kingsville 0 0 .000 0 0 NCAA Division II playoffs 9. West Texas A&M 0 0 .000 0 0 Head Coach Ken Collums (1st season) Head Coach Hal Mumme (22nd season) Career Record 0-0 Career Record 126-116-1 ACU Record 0-0 McM Record 19-13 CONFERENCE vs. McMurry 0-0 vs. ACU 0-0 W L Pct. PF PA 1. Abilene Christian 0 0 .000 0 0 2. Angelo State 0 0 .000 0 0 McMURRY SERIES 3. Eastern New Mexico 0 0 .000 0 0 ACU leads 24-15-0 4. Incarnate Word 0 0 .000 0 0 5. Midwestern State 0 0 .000 0 0 1971 – ACU 53, McMurry 20 1951 – ACU 58, McMurry 13 6. Tarleton State 0 0 .000 0 0 1970 – ACU 43, McMurry 26 1950 – ACU 26, McMurry 14 7. Texas A&M-Commerce 0 0 .000 0 0 1969 – ACU 30, McMurry 2 1949 – McMurry 21, ACU 0 1968 – McMurry 16, ACU 3 1948 – McMurry 13, ACU 9 8. Texas A&M-Kingsville 0 0 .000 0 0 1967 – ACU 13, McMurry 10 1947 – McMurry 20, ACU 7 9. West Texas A&M 0 0 .000 0 0 1966 – ACU 28, McMurry 7 1946 – ACU 27, McMurry 0 1965 – McMurry 9, ACU 8 1942 – ACU 33, McMurry 0 THIS WEEK’S GAMES 1964 – ACU 22, McMurry 15 1941 – ACU 20, McMurry 6 1963 – ACU 21, McMurry 3 1940 – ACU 6, McMurry 0 Thursday, Aug. 30 1962 – ACU 14, McMurry 12 1939 – ACU 26, McMurry 0 West Texas A&M at Colorado State-Pueblo, 7 p.m. 1961 – McMurry 33, ACU 28 1938 – ACU 19, McMurry 7 1960 – ACU 26, McMurry 0 1937 – McMurry 13, ACU 7 Saturday, Sept. 1 1959 – McMurry 14, ACU 7 1936 – McMurry 33, ACU 6 Western State (Colo.) at Angelo State, 2 p.m.; McMurry 1958 – McMurry 20, ACU 7 1935 – McMurry 31, ACU 7 1957 – ACU 20, McMurry 6 1934 – McMurry 27, ACU 0 at Abilene Christian, 6 p.m.; Southeastern Oklahoma State 1956 – ACU 26, McMurry 23 1933 – ACU 3, McMurry 0 at Texas A&M-Commerce, 6 p.m.; Eastern New Mexico at 1955 – McMurry 13, ACU 6 1932 – McMurry 3, ACU 0 1954 – McMurry 13, ACU 6 1931 – ACU 13, McMurry 7 New Mexico Highlands, 7 p.m.; Central Washington at 1953 – ACU 28, McMurry 8 1930 – ACU 24, McMurry 0 Texas A&M-Kingsville, 7 p.m.; Texas College at Incarnate 1952 – ACU 26, McMurry 0 Word, 7 p.m.