GAME 2: SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 Game Notes Page 1 2014 MIDWESTERN FOOTBALL HERE’S TO MAROON AND THE GOLD, LONG MAY THEY WAVE True spirits out of the west leading the Mustangs brave 44 YEARS OF MSU FOOTBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 1947 | 1949 | 1950 | 1991 | 1994 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 2014 Schedule | 1-0 Overall | 0-0 LSC No. 23 Midwestern State vs. Eastern New Mexico Missouri S&T Game #2 | Sat., Sept. 20 | 8 p.m. Sept. 13, 2014 AT&T Stadium | Arlington, Texas Memorial Stadium/Golding Field Series: MSU leads 14-5 Wichita Falls, Texas Last Meeting: ENMU 40, MSU 21 W, 40-23 11/9/13 in Blackwater Draw, N.M. Streak: ENMU won the last meeting Eastern New Mexico Midwestern State Radio: 95.5 ESPN Wichita Falls with two-time Lone Eastern New Mexico Sept. 20, 2014 1-0, 0-0 LSC Star Conference Broadcaster of the Year Bill Powers 2-0, 0-0 LSC AT&T Stadium “Mustangs” and KAUZ’s Chris Horgen. “Greyhounds” Arlington, Texas 8 p.m. The LSC Season Begins Lone Star Football Festival The No. 23 Midwestern State Mustangs look to Midwestern State plays for the make it two in a row as they return for the fourth fourth time in the Lone Star Football Tarleton State straight season to the home of the Dallas Cowboys, Festival. Sept. 27, 2014 AT&T Stadium, for the Lone Star Football Festival. The festival is a partnership be- Tarleton Memorial Stadium tween the Lone Star Conference and Stephenville, Texas The Mustangs are looking for a bit of revenge against defending Lone Star Conference co-champion the Dallas Cowboys who are jointly hosting the affair at the home of Super 7 p.m. Eastern New Mexico, who handed MSU a 40-21 loss a Bowl XLV, AT&T Stadium. season ago. This season’s event is a one-day affair featuring some of Angelo State MSU comes in with a 1-0 record overall as it the best NCAA Division II football teams nationally, with Oct. 4, 2014 opens LSC play after a 40-23 win over Missouri S&T two nationally ranked teams and a fourof the eight Division Memorial Stadium/Golding Field last Saturday at Memorial Stadium. II teams receiving votes in the AFCA poll. Wichita Falls, Texas ENMU sports a 2-0 overall record to start league The festival joins the Pittsburg State vs. Northwest Mis- 7 p.m. action after trouncing Adams State a 42-14 last Sat- souri State game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City as a urday at Blackwater Draw. Eastern currently has an site where Division II contests are played in an NFL facility. eight-game winning streak dating back to last year, the The action starts Saturday morning at 10 a.m. with a West Texas A&M longest active streak in the conference. Lone Star Conference matchup between Texas A&M-Com- Oct. 11, 2014 The Mustangs are paced by the running of merce and Texas A&M-Kingsville for the Chennault Cup. Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Dante At 1 p.m., West Texas A&M meets Shorter (Ga.) in Canyon, Texas Taylor who rushed for 150 of MSU’s 287 yards against the Miners. a non-conference tilt, while No. 12 Tarleton State faces 7 p.m. Defensively, junior safety Marqui Christian Florida Tech in a non-conference affair at 5 p.m. recorded 11 tackles and snared the season’s first No. 23 MSU meets Eastern New Mexico in LSC action at 8 p.m. interception that set up a Mustangs score. McMurry In the four years of the LSFF, MSU is the only team to Midwestern State is back in the AFCA Divison Oct. 18, 2014 play only Lone Star Conference games. Memorial Stadium/Golding Field II Coaches Poll this week, while ENMU is receiving Wichita Falls, Texas votes by the coaches. Championship feelings 8 p.m. The Mustangs reign as the champions of the Lone Star About the series Conference ended last season, however MSU has claimed This is the 20th meeting between Midwestern and the LSC crown three times in the last five seasons. Texas A&M-Commerce Eastern New Mexico with MSU leading the series 14-5. Oct. 25, 2014 Midwestern has a total of eight conference champion- The series had games in 1949 and 1955, then resumed Memorial Stadium/Golding Field ships in school history. Wichita Falls, Texas in 1997 when MSU joined the Lone Star Conference. Midwestern won outright titles with its Gulf Coast The Hounds snapped MSU’s 11-game winning streak Conference Championship in 1949, Texas Intercollegiate 7 p.m. over them with the 40-21 win last season. Still, MSU has Athletic Association Championship in 1991 and Lone Star won 12 of the last 14 meetings between the teams. Conference Championship in 2011. Texas A&M-Kingsville It’s the first time they will meet on a neutral field. MSU added shared titles in 1947 (Texas Conference), Nov. 1, 2014 All-Time Series | MSU leads 14-5 1950 (Gulf Coast), 1994 (TIAA), 2009 (LSC) and 2012 Javelina Stadium 9/10/49 Eastern New Mexico W, 45-0 (LSC). The Mustangs also won LSC Divisional crowns in Kingsville, Texas 1955 at Eastern New Mexico L, 18-6 2001 (LSC North), 2004 (co-LSC South) and 2009 (co- 7 p.m. 11/15/97 Eastern New Mexico W, 24-7 LSC South). 11/14/98 at Eastern New Mexico L, 21-18 11/13/99 Eastern New Mexico L, 38-13 Midwestern shifting to Neutral 9/16/00 at Eastern New Mexico W, 33-16 LSC Playoffs Midwestern State has won last two of its last three 9/15/01 Eastern New Mexico L, 36-33 Nov. 8, 2014 games on neutral sites since resuming football in 1988 with TBA 10/19/02 at Eastern New Mexico W, 28-14 wins over A&M-Commerce and a loss to Tarleton State TBA 10/18/03 Eastern New Mexico W, 24-14 10/30/04 Eastern New Mexico W, 34-20 at AT&T Stadium the last three seasons. MSU is 2-4 at a TBA 10/29/05 at Eastern New Mexico W, 62-27 neutral site, 2-3 during the regular season. 11/4/06 Eastern New Mexico W, 29-19 Neutral Site Games since 1988 | MSU is 2-4 11/3/07 at Eastern New Mexico W, 63-7 10/30/93 McMurry (at Iowa Park) L, 25-20 LSC Playoffs 11/1/08 Eastern New Mexico W, 59-16 10/18/97 Texas A&M-Kingsville (Arlington-UTA) L, 30-7 Nov. 15, 2014 10/31/09 at Eastern New Mexico W, 50-17 12/4/10 Washburn (Topeka, Kan.-Kanza Bowl) L, 45-14 TBA 9/11/10 at Eastern New Mexico W, 44-17 9/17/11 Texas A&M-Commerce (Arlington-AT&T) W, 63-17 TBA 10/29/11 at Eastern New Mexico W, 57-34 9/13/12 Texas A&M-Commerce (Arlington-AT&T) W, 65-14 10/27/12 Eastern New Mexico W, 51-28 TBA 9/14/13 Tarleton State (Arlington-AT&T) L, 27-24 11/9/13 at Eastern New Mexico L, 40-21 GAME 2: SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 Game Notes Page 2 MSU tops LSC in new millenium About Bill Maskill AFCA Poll Midwestern State has blazed its way to the top of Bill Maskill is starting his 15th season as a head Sept. 15, 2014 Rk Team Record the Lone Star Conference as one of the most steady coach and 13th campaign at Midwestern State. 1 Northwest Missouri State (32) 2-0 programs in all of NCAA Division II. He has led the Mustangs to winning ledgers in each 2 Colorado State-Pueblo (6) 2-0 The Mustangs have averaged more than seven wins of his years at the helm of the program including the 3 Minnesota State-Mankato 2-0 a season since the start of the 2000 season and over- school’s first Lone Star Conference championship in 4 Minnesota-Duluth 2-0 took Tarleton State to become the league’s winning 2009 and first undefeated regular season in 2011. 5 North Alabama 1-0 percentage leader over the last decade after defeating Under ’s guidance, MSU has advanced to 6 Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 2-0 Maskill 7 Henderson State (Ark.) 2-0 Southwestern Oklahoma 46-9 on Sep. 18, 2010. the NCAA Division II postseason in the 2004, 2006, 8 Pittsburg State (Kan.) 2-0 Records since 2000 | MSU ranks 1st in LSC 2009, 2011 and 2012 seasons while amassing an 9 Ohio Dominican 2-0 Team Record Pct. 96-37 record (.722). He was named LSC Coach of 10 West Chester (Pa.) 2-0 Midwestern State 110-44 .714 the Year in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and was the AFCA 11 Shepherd (W. Va.) 2-0 Tarleton State 103-53 .660 Regional Coach of the Year in 2011. 12 Tarleton State (Texas) 1-0 Texas A&M-Kingsville 95-64 .598 In all, Maskill has coached 15 All-Americans (to 13 Valdosta State (Ga.) 2-0 West Texas A&M 100-70 .588 some 53 mentions), 58 all-region selections and 63 14 Delta State (Miss.) 1-0 Eastern New Mexico 69-81 .460 All-Lone Star Conference first teamers in his 12 15 Bloomsburg (Pa.) 2-0 Angelo State 62-87 .416 16 Ferris State (Mich.) 2-0 Texas A&M-Commerce 57-91 .385 seasons in Wichita Falls. 17 West Alabama 2-0 Maskill is starting his 46th year as a football coach.