#10 Dustin Vaughan A CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION . Over the past eight seasons, West Texas A&M has proven it ranks among not only the very best WINNING PERCENTage – football teams in the State of Texas, but the Buffaloes rank among the top-10 in the entire nation, TEXAS UNIVERSITIES as well, based on regular-season winning percentage. (Last Eight Seasons, Regular-Season Only) With 71 regular season victories over the last eight years marking the tenure of current head School W L Pct. Yrs. in Postseason coach Don Carthel, the Buffaloes’ 82.0 winning percentage stands eighth-best nationally and, only 1. TCU 78 17 82% 8 of 8 TCU has a better regular-season winning percentage than the Buffaloes during that span. 2. West Texas A&M 71 16 82% 8 of 8 Tough on the road; tough at home as the Buffs played a remarkable 11-games away from 3. Midwestern State 66 19 78% 4 of 8 Kimbrough Memorial Stadium in 2012 en route to the NCAA National Semifinals. The Buffs went 4. Texas 72 23 77% 6 of 8 12-3 overall matching the school-record for wins in a season (2007) and went 10-1 away from 5. Abilene Christian 56 28 67% 6 of 8 home and 9-1 in true 6. Houston 62 34 65% 5 of 8 WINNING PERCENTAGE - NATIONALLY road games. 7. Texas Tech 61 34 64% 7 of 8 It all adds up to four 8. Tarleton State 54 31 64% 1 of 8 (Last Eight Seasons, Regular-Season Only) School ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 Total W/L% Lone Star Conference 9. Texas A&M 56 36 61% 6 of 8 1. Boise State 9-3 12-0 10-2 12-0 13-0 11-1 11-1 10-2 88-9 90.7 Championships, six 10. Sam Houston State 50 36 58% 3 of 8 2. Grand Valley State 9-0 11-0 10-0 10-0 10-1 10-1 8-3 8-3 76-8 90.4 NCAA Play off ap- 11. Texas A&M-Kingsville 50 38 57% 3 of 8 3. NW Missouri State 7-3 11-0 9-1 10-1 10-1 9-1 9-2 9-2 74-11 87.1 12. UT-San Antonio 12 10 55% 0 of 2 4. LSU 10-1 10-2 10-2 7-5 9-3 11-1 12-0 10-2 79-16 83.2 pearances and eight 5. Ohio State 9-2 12-0 11-1 10-2 9-2 0-1* 6-6 12-0 69-14 83.1 seasons of postseason 13. Texas State 47 45 51% 2 of 8 6. North Alabama 8-2 10-0 11-0 10-1 10-1 9-3 7-3 5-5 70-15 82.4 play. Over the past 14. Stephen F. Austin 42 47 %57 2 of 8 7. TCU 10-1 10-2 7-5 10-2 12-0 12-0 10-2 7-5 78-17 82.1 eight seasons, Carthel 15. Baylor 43 52 45% 3 of 8 8. West Texas A&M 10-1 10-1 11-0 10-1 6-5 8-3 7-3 9-2 71-16 82.0 16. Angelo State 38 47 45% 1 of 8 9. USC 12-0 10-2 10-2 11-1 8-4 10-2 10-2 7-5 80-18 81.6 and the Buffs have 10. Montana 9-3 10-1 11-0 11-1 11-0 7-4 9-2 5-6 73-17 81.1 become a perennial 17. Eastern New Mexico 30 38 44% 0 of 8 football powerhouse. 18. SMU 40 55 42% 4 of 8 Others ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 Total W/L% 19. UTEP 39 55 41% 2 of 8 Florida 8-3 12-1 9-3 11-1 12-0 8-5 6-6 11-1 77-20 80.0 20. Rice 36 59 38% 2 of 8 Oklahoma 7-4 11-2 10-2 11-1 7-5 10-2 9-3 10-2 75-21 78.1 Texas 11-0 9-3 9-3 11-1 12-0 5-7 7-5 8-4 72-23 75.8 21. Texas A&M-Comerce 30 52 37% 0 of 8 * Ohio State vacated 11 wins in 2010 due to NCAA violations 22. Incarnate Word 12 29 29% 0 of 4 * Penn State vacated 10 wins in 2005 and 9 wins in 2011 due to NCAA violations 23. North Texas 22 73 23% 0 of 8 2013 WEST TExAS A&M UNivErSiTy FACTS Location . .Canyon, Texas Founded . .1910 FOOTbAll rECOrd bOOk Enrollment . 7,958 Buffalo Football President . .Dr . Patrick O’Brien Athletic Director . .Michael McBroom Nickname . Buffaloes/Buffs CONTENTS Colors . Maroon and White Coaching Staff All-Time Series vs . 2013 Opponents . 37 Affiliation . NCAA Division II Head Football Coach - Don Carthel . 2-3 Year-By-Year Results . 38-40 Conference . Lone Star Stadium . .Kimbrough Memorial Stadium WTAMU Coaching Records . 3 Buffalo Letterwinners . 41-44 Surface . Synthetic Grass Assistant Coaches . 4-6 Buffalo Football Records . 46 Capacity . 20,000 Top-10 Career Leaders . 47 Athletic Department Phone . (806) 651-4400 2012 Review Ticket Sales Contact . Christie Russell Year-by-Year Individual Leaders . 48-51 2012 Statistics . 7-14 Ticket Office Phone Number . (806) 651-1414 2012 Game-by-Game Reviews . 16-30 Buffalo Bowl Appearances . 51 MEdiA rElatiONS The Lone Star Conference . 32 NCAA Playoff Results . 52 NCAA Playoff Record . 53 Assistant A .D ./FB Contact . Kit Strief LSC Record Book . 33-35 E-Mail . kstrief@wtamu .edu WT All-America Selections . 54 All-Time Records Office Phone . (806) 651-4430 Buffaloes in the Pros . 55 Cell Phone . (515) 490-4627 Season-Opening Games . 36 Assistant Director . Brent Seals Media Information Homecoming Games . 36 E-Mail . bseals@wtamu .edu All-Time Series Record . 36 Media Information . 56 Office Phone . (806) 651-442 Cell Phone . (806) 674-7050 Web Site . www .gobuffsgo .com SID Mailing Address . WTAMU Box 60049 Canyon, Texas 79016 Overnight Address . 2403 Russell Long Blvd . Canyon, Texas 79016 COAChiNg Staff Head Coach . .Don Carthel Alma Mater . Eastern New Mexico (‘74) WTAMU Record . 79-22 ( .782, Eight Years) Overall Record . .125-68-1 ( .647, 17 Years) Office Phone . (806) 651-4413 Assistant Coaches Mike Nesbitt . Associate Head Coach/Offensive Line Nick Paremski . .Defensive Coordinator Stephen Lee . Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Joel Hinton . Wide Receivers/Special Teams Coord . Brett Watson . Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator Rashad Sanders . Outside Linebackers Michael Byrne . Running Backs Kevin Avey . Linebackers John Kenjura . Defensive Backs Caid Faske . Defensive Quality Control/Asst . DL Sarah Ramey . .Strength and Conditioning FOOTbAll iNFOrmatiON 2012 Overall Record . 12-3 2012 LSC Record . 7-1 (T-1st) Starters Returning19 (7 offense, 9 defense, 3 specialists) Starters Lost . 7 (4 offense, 3 defense, 0 specialists) Letterwinners Returning . 41 Letterwinners Lost . 22 Offensive Formation . Spread Defensive Formation . 3-4 NCAA Division II Playoff Appearances . 6 (6-6) NCAA Bowl Record . 5-0 First Year of Football . .1910 All-Time Record . 478-483-22 ( .497) LSC Champions 1986, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 • NCAA Playoff Appearances 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 1 dON CArThEl hEAd COACh NiNTh SEASON EASTErN NEW MExiCO ‘74 To say that Don Carthel has elevated the West Texas mark and the school’s first bowl appearance since the A&M football to that of national prominence would be an 1967 season . understatement . Carthel guided the Buffs to one of the He then guided his 2010 squad to a sixth-consecutive best seasons in school history with a 12-3 record in 2012, winning season and a fifth NCAA playoff appearance with a share of the Lone Star Conference championship and a an 8-4 record . berth in the school’s first NCAA National Semifinal . The The 2011 season saw the Buffs finish 8-3 overall, in- 12 wins this past season matched the school-record set cluding a 6-2 mark in the LSC with an appearance in their by Carthel in 2009 . second Kanza Bowl, a 26-7 victory over Central Missouri . Carthel became the winningest coach in school history But this isn’t the first taste of success for the Friona, in 2012 as he surpassed Joe E . Kerbel in wins Sept . 15, Texas, native, as he has enjoyed several successful 2012, with his 69th win at the helm of the Buffaloes coaching stops during his career, including time at LSC- in a 40-10 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville at Cowboys rival Eastern New Mexico, Texas-El Paso and Dubuque . Stadium in Arlington, Texas . Carthel graduated from ENMU with a bachelor’s degree WT went 3-1 in the NCAA Tournament in 2012 - all CArThEl’S COAChiNg FilE in Physical Education and a minor in Mathematics in on the road with wins over No . 20 Chadron State, No . 1974, then obtained his master’s in Physical Education in COAChiNg hiSTOry 4 Ashland University and No . 1 Colorado State-Pueblo . 1975 . He played center for the Greyhounds from 1970- Prior to 2012, WT had not won a road game in the NCAA 1975-76 Floydada High School 73, helping ENMU to a No . 17 NAIA ranking his senior Tournament . The Buffs are 6-6 all-time in the NCAA Defensive Coord . season . In addition to his efforts on the gridiron, Carthel Tournament all under Carthel . also threw discus for ENMU’s 1974 national champion- 1977-79 University of Dubuque (Iowa) Carthel was named Lone Star Conference Co-Coach of ship squad . Asst .