2 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES • 7 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 11 FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS FOOTBALL // 2018 GAME NOTES FB Contact: Ben Rikard • O: 936-294-1764 • C: 936-554-2077 • Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @BearkatsFB at Lamar GAME DATE: Oct. 20, 2018 TIME: 3:05 pm WHERE: Beaumont, Texas 7 STADIUM: Provost-Umphrey Stadium WHERE TO WATCH WHERE TO LISTEN No. 14 SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS LAMAR CARDINALS OVERALL: 4-2 SOUTHLAND: 3-1 OVERALL: 2-4 SOUTHLAND: 1-3 Location ..................................................................... Huntsville, Texas Location: .................................................................Beaumont, Texas Enrollment ....................................................................................20,477 Enrollment ..................................................................................14,965 Stadium ...................................................... Elliott T. Bowers Stadium Stadium ................................................Provost-Umphrey Stadium Capacity .........................................................................................12,975 Capacity ......................................................................................16,000 Colors ............................................................................Orange & White Colors .................................................................................Red & White ESPN+ BROADCAST INFO Head Coach .........................................................................K. C. Keeler Head Coach ....................................................................Mike Schultz Play By Play ............................................................Sam Levitt Alma Mater ..................................................................Delaware, 1981 Alma Mater ...........................................Sam Houston State, 1979 Analysis .......................................................Lemont Williams Overall Record .........................................................................224-87-1 Overall Record ............................................................................... 4-13 Record at SHSU .............................................................................50-14 Record at NWST ..........................................................................Same KSAM BROADCAST INFO Play By Play ............................................... Kooter Roberson TEAM STATS TEAM STATS Analysis ......................................................................E.P. Garth Points per game ...............................................................................33.5 Points per game .............................................................................32.7 Sideline................................................................Brian Adams Yards per game.............................................................................. 416.0 Yards per game............................................................................ 403.5 Yards passing per game ............................................................. 275.7 Yards passing per game ........................................................... 187.0 LIVE STATS Yards rushing per game ............................................................. 140.3 Yards rushing per game ........................................................... 216.5 LamarCardinals.com Points allowed per game ..............................................................27.2 Points allowed per game ............................................................39.0 Yards allowed per game ............................................................. 387.0 Yards allowed per game ........................................................... 523.7 TWITTER UPDATES @BearkatsFB INDIVIDUAL RETURNING OFFENSIVE STAT LEADERS INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE STAT LEADERS Rushing .................................................................Kyran Jackson, 78.2 Rushing ..............................................................Darrel Colbert, 68.5 Passing ...........................................................................Ty Brock, 235.8 Passing ............................................................ Darrel Colbert, 183.0 2018 BEARKAT SCHEDULE Receiving ...........................................................Nathan Stewart, 86.8 Receiving ............................................................. Jawun Ruffin, 44.3 Sept. 8 PRAIRIE VIEW Huntsville W, 41-32 BEARKAT BYTES Sept. 15 NORTH DAKOTA Huntsville L, 24-23 - Senior wide receiver Davion Davis enters Saturday’s game at Lamar with 38 touchdown catches for Sept. 22 at No. 18 Nicholls* Thibodaux, La. L, 27-7 his career and needs one more to tie former SFA wide receiver Cordell Roberson’s all-time Southland Sept. 29 No. 13 CENTRAL ARK.* Huntsville W, 34-31 ot Conference mark of 39 career touchdown grabs. Oct. 6 vs Stephen F. Austin*^ Houston W, 54-21 Oct. 13 at Northwestern State* Natchitoches, La. W, 42-28 - Sam Houston is 1 of just 3 teams in the FCS, along with North Dakota State and New Hampshire, to Oct. 20 at Lamar* Beaumont 3 pm reach the FCS playoffs each season since 2011. In that time the Kats have posted an impressive 16-7 Oct. 27 SOUTHEASTERN LA.* Huntsville 1 pm playoff mark, trailing only the Bison in playoff wins during that span. Sam Houston has reached at Nov. 3 at Incarnate Word* San Antonio 2 pm least the semifinals in 5 of those 7 seasons, including back-to-back trips to the FCS championship Nov. 10 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* Huntsville 2:30 pm game in both 2011 and 2012. Nov. 17 at Houston Baptist* Houston 2 pm * Southland Conference game - The Kats currently hold the No. 14 spot in the STATS FCS poll, keeping a trend going of being ^ NRG Stadium (Houston) ranked in every STATS FCS poll since K.C. Keeler took over the program in 2014. With the Kats falling out of the top 10 after its loss to North Dakota, the following poll was the first poll released without the Kats ranked inside the top 10 since Nov. 9, 2015. Currently they are riding a streak of 53 consecu- ALL-TIME FACTS tive polls within the top 25. Total Games Played......................................................................1,029 All-Time Record .....................................Won 530 Lost 464 Tied 35 - In 62 games since 2014, the Kats have scored 30 or more points 50 times, going 46-4 in those NCAA Division I Record ........................Won 223 Lost 161 Tied 3 games. They have reached the 40-point mark 36 times, going 34-2 in those games. Southland Conference Record..............Won 121 Lost 90 Tied 2 SLC Titles ...................1991, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 - The Kats are 19-11 all-time in the FCS playoffs and own the country’s third-best winning percent- FCS Playofs ..................................................1986, 1991, 2001, 2004, age (.633) in the playoffs. The 2017 season was SHSU’s seventh straight appearance in the FCS 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 playoffs and 11th overall. 7 SLC Titles: 1991 • 2001 • 2004 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 BEARKAT MEDIA RELATIONS WITH A BEARKAT WIN ... Ben Rikard, Assistant Athletic Director (FB) - K.C. Keeler would win his 225th career game. He is currently 15th all-time among FCS head Telephone: (936) 294-1764 coaches, 5 wins ahead of former Wofford coach Mike Ayers and former SHSU coach Ron Randleman. He is 4 wins behind former Ohio State and Youngstown State head coach Jim Tressell for 14th all- Cell: (936) 554-2077 time among coaches who spent at least 10 years at FCS schools. His 225 victories are the third most Email: [email protected] among active coaches in the FCS. Jason Barfield, Associate Athletic Director Telephone: (936) 294-3533 - Keeler would also win his 51st game as head coach of the Bearkats and would move into a tie for Email: [email protected] 10th in the all-time top 10 among Southland Conference coaches with former Arkansas State head Shannon Carrico, Media Services Coordinator men Bill Davidson and Larry Lacewell. His 51st win would also move him into fourth among SHSU Telephone (936) 294-2692 head coaches, 3 wins back of J.W. Jones for third place. Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.gobearkats.com - Sam Houston would move to 4-1 in Southland Conference play and stay no worse than a game Fax: (936) 294-3538 behind McNeese for the top spot in the Southland Conference standings. The Kats would also move to 5-0 in games vs the Cardinals played in Beaumont since LU restarted the program in 2010. Press Box: (936) 294-1838 Facebook: Bearkat Athletics Twitter: @BearkatSports & @BearkatsFB FCS NATIONAL POLLS STATS FCS POLL NCAA COACHES POLL 1 North Dakota State (160) 1 North Dakota State (26) 2 South Dakota State 2 Kennesaw State 3 Kennesaw State 3 South Dakota State 4 James Madison 4 Jacksonville State 5 Jacksonville State 5 James Madison 6 McNeese 6 McNeese LEFTOVERS FROM A 42-28 WIN AT NORTHWESTERN STATE ... 7 Weber State 7 Illinois State - The Bearkat defense allowed 278 yards to the Demon offense in the first half, but the second half 8 Illinois State 8 Eastern Washington was a different story. The Kats buckled down in the final 2 quarters and allowed just 154 yards to the 9 Eastern Washington 9 Weber State Demons, with 70 coming on their final drive with the Kats already up by 2 touchdowns. 10 UC Davis 10 Sam Houston State 11 Elon 11 Elon - The victory was the fourth straight for SHSU over Northwestern State, marking the first time in the 12 Wofford 12 Wofford Kats