2019 Southern Jaguar Football Schedule (0-0, 0-0) Date Opp Time Result Aug.31st @ McNeese St. (ESPN+) 6:00PM Sept.7th @ Memphis (WBXH-BR) (ESPN3)11:00am Sept. 14th Edward Waters 6:00PM Sept. 21st @ Florida A&M ESPN3 5PM CST/6PM EST Southern Jaguars (0-0) Sept. 28th @ Ark. Pine Bluff (ESPN 3) 6:00PM Oct. 12th Prairie View A&M (ESPN 3) 6:00PM Oct. 19th @ Texas Southern in Dallas 2:00PM Oct. 26th @ Alcorn St. 2:00PM Nov. 2nd Alabama A&M (HC) (ESPN 3) 4:00PM McNeese St. Cowboys (0-0) Nov. 9th Virginia Lynchburg 4:00PM Nov. 16th @ Jackson St. 2:00PM Nov. 30th Grambling St. (NBC-SN) 4:00PM On Air: Southern Radio Network - Q-106.5FM in Baton Rouge Chris Powers (Play by Play) Gerald Kimble (Color Analyst) Perry White (Sideline) ON WEB: gojagsports.com ,q106dot5.com & ESPN+ Coaches: McNeese Radio Network- Southern-Coach Dawson Odums is entering in his 8th year as HC of the Jaguars. The Lake 92.9FM His overall record is 50-29(63%). This will be his 80th game as HC. He is the 18th Tom Hoefer (Play by Play) Head Coach at Southern. He took over Head Coaching duties after Game 2 of Johnny Suydam (Color Analyst) Ron Hayes (Sideline) the 2012 season. He won the SWAC Western Title in 2013, 2014 & 2018. He won the SWAC Championship in 2013. st McNeese St-Coach Sterlin Gilbert is in his 1 season at McNeese St. He was By the numbers: th th 998- Amount of games the Jaguars have named the 16 Head Coach in Cowboy history on Dec. 5 2018. He was played in history. Offensive Cooridator at USF. He guided the Bulls to a Top 25 ranking in offense 707- Yards for RB D.Benn last year on 2018 as the Bulls averaged 513.0 yards per game with 264 of those yards th 605- Wins that SU has won in history. coming in the ground attack. USF was 10 in scoring offense last year 523- Yards rushing for QB Skelton last year averaging 38.3 points per game. 111- Players on SU’s football team in 2019 79- Games Coach Odums @ SU. Information About tonight’s Game 50- Wins for Coach Odums @ SU. Stadium- Cowboy Stadium (17,610 Capacity). History- 54th year in stadium and the Jaguar’s 1st ever trip. 9- National Titles in Jaguar history. 0- Games SU has played at McNeese St. Nickname- “The Hole.” Field- Matrix Turf with Helix technology. 2019 Jaguars Offensive Returners: (9) Location- Lake Charles, La. Defensiv e Returners: (7) Directions- from BR is 2 hours (128.7 miles) Ø Predicted to Finish 1st in SWAC West. Ø 6 Players on the Pre-Season All SWAC Team. Ø This year will mark 1,000th game. Ø This season marks the 101st in SU Football. QB #8 Ladarius Skelton RB #2 Devon Benn -Started the last 6 games last year. -Played in all 11 games last year. -Went 5-1 as a starter. -Led in rushing last year-707 yds. -2nd leading rusher on team with 523 -Has 1,156 career rushing yds. yds. -Redshirt Jr from New Orleans. -Best Game in ’18: UAPB- threw 4 -Played at John Curtis HS. TD’s. -Most yds in a game was 134 Vs. -Rushed for 8 TD’s and threw for Alcorn St. in 2017. another 10 for the year. -Majoring in Therapeutic Sports. TE #88 Jeremias Houston WR #4 Hunter Register -Named 2019 Pre-Season. -6’5 Redshirt Jr from Lafayette nd All-SWAC 2 Team. -Expected to pick up load as the -SR is from Shreveport, La. top receiver -Played at Evangel Christian HS. -Played in all 11 games last year -Played in 28 games in 3 years. -Transferred from Univ. of -Averaged 28.6 yds per catch last Minnesota after 2017 season year. -Had 3 catches Vs. La. Tech last -Has 222 career yds. year DT #91 Dakavion Champion LB #1 Calvin Lunkins - 6’0 305lbs SR from Spring, TX. - Redshirt SR from New Orleans. -Played in 32 games for career. -Dean’s list: 2016,17,18 & 19. -Had 20 tackles last year. -Has a Master’s in Mental Health. -Has 3 ½ sacks in career. -Had 82 tackles last year. -Had a Fumble Recovery in La. Tech -Has 144 tackles in a 33 game last year. career. -Majoring in Business Management. -Had 2 Forced Fumbles last year. -Wears #1 for teams best GPA. S #5 Montavious Gaines LB #32 Jordan Lewis -Redshirt SR from Pembroke, Ga. - 6’3 Soph from Ocala, Fla. -Played in all 33 games in career. -Played in all 11 games last year. -Recorded 130 tackles in those -Had 5 tackles in Texas So game. games. -6th in sacks nationally with 12. -Had 8 tackles against A&M last -Had 3 games with 2 sacks last year. year. -Has 4 INT’s in career. -86 yards lost in sacks alone. -Had 55 tackles last year. Quick STATS 2018 Team Stats: SU Opp MCNS Opp Catergory Points/ Per Game 311/28.3 277/25.2 229/20.8 266/24.2 1st Downs-PG 195/18 227/21 169/15 200/18 3rd Down Conversions 55-146/38% 48-143/33% 45-167/30% 63-180/35% 4th Down Conversions 7-16/44% 8-21/38% 5-10/50% 5-15/33% Rushing Yards 1,979 1,796 1,207 1,315 Per Carry 4.5 4.6 3.0 3.4 Per Game 180.0 163.2 109.7 119.5 Passing Yards 1,886 2,334 1,993 2,601 Per Game 171.5 212.2 181.2 236.5 Total Offense 3,865 4,130 3,200 3,916 Average Per Game 351.3 375.5 290.9 356.0 Fumbles/Lost 7/7 17/11 19/11 18/13 Penalties/# -Yds Per 93/908yds 67/640 75/7-58 66/6-53 Game 8-83yds PG 7-58yds PG Punt Average 41.6 38.7 38.0 35.7 Sacks By/Given UP 27/29 29/27 30/35 35/30 Time of Possession Avg. 28:46 31:14 30:34 29:26 Red-Zone Scores/Pct 26-37/70% 28-33/85% 29-40/73% 32-38/84% FG’s/Pct 6-13/46% 9-10/90% 16-22/73% 10-18/56% Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Southern 107 80 110 14 0 311 Opponent 92 53 75 57 0 277 McNeese St. 82 52 47 45 3 229 Opponent 42 72 64 82 6 266 NAME GP COMP ATT YDS INT TD PCT LONG AVG/G L. Skelton 10 60 115 997 2 10 52% 80 99.7 Southern J. Lampley 10 72 132 768 6 9 55% 55 76.8 Southern C. Orgeron 11 50 90 406 3 2 56% 31 36.9 McNeese M. Keller 2 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0.0 McNeese NAME GP ATT YARDS PC TD LONG PG D. Benn 11 153 707 4.6 3 47 64.3 Southern L. Skelton 10 99 523 5.3 8 56 52.3 Southern J. Lampley 10 78 316 4.1 1 61 31.6 Southern J. Pratt 11 93 320 3.4 1 41 29.1 McNeese C. Orgeron 11 43 148 3.4 1 30 13.5 McNeese NAME GP No. Yards Avg TD Long Avg/G J. Washington 11 16 135 8.4 0 21 12.2 Southern C. Mackey 10 14 167 11.9 1 55 16.7 Southern H. Register 11 6 116 19.3 1 45 10.5 Southern C. Sutton 11 41 609 14.9 3 65 55.4 McNeese T. Begue 11 23 240 10.4 3 26 21.8 McNeese NAME Made/Att Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LG Blk C. Barajas 2-6 33% 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 47 2 Southern M. Fontenot 4-7 57% 0-0 2-2 1-3 1-2 0-0 42 1 Southern B. Raborn 0-0 0% 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 McNeese E. Martin xx xx xx xx xx xx xx x x McNeese NAME GP solo ast tot tfl sa int bu qbh FF FR C. Lunkins 11 38 44 82 10 ½ 1 0 0 1 2 0 SU M. Gaines 11 35 20 55 5 0 1 6 0 0 0 SU C. McCoy 11 37 22 59 6 0 1 7 1 1 0 MN J. Burriss 10 26 22 48 3 ½ 0 2 0 0 0 1 MN School Comparison: McNeese St. Southern University Location: Lake Charles, La. (202,000) (Metro) Location: Baton Rouge, La. (830,480) (Metro) Enrollment: 7,649 Enrollment: 6,617 Founded: 1939 Founded: 1880 1st Year Football: 1940 1st Year Football: 1918 1st Year In Southland: 1972 1st Year In SWAC: 1934 Nickname: Cowboys Nickname: Jaguars Stadium: Cowboy Stadium (17,610) Stadium: AW Mumford Stadium (28,500) Field: Louis Bonnette Field Field: Announcement Coming Soon. Last Year Record: 6-5 Last Year Record: 7-4 Band: The Pride of McNeese Band: The Human JukeBox. Date Opponent Result Key Stats Sept. 1 @ TCU L 7-55 SU had 202 yds rushing & only 101 yds passing. SU allowed 235 yds in Rushing. WR Mackey caught a 55yd TD from Lampley. Houston w/6tkls. Sept. 8 @ La. Tech L 17-54 Tech got off to a 21-0 lead then SU got 2 TD’s to cut it to 21-14.