2017 A&M-COMMERCE LIONS FOOTBALL GAME THREE • EASTERN NEW MEXICO • Sept. 16, 2017 • 6 p.m. No. 3 A&M-Commerce (2-0, 0-0 LSC) LIONS SCHEDULE vs Eastern N.M. (2-0, 1-0 LSC) Date Opponent Time Memorial Stadium • Commerce S1 (Fr) at No. 6 North Alabama W 8-7 S9 WILLIAM JEWELL W 59-6 RADIO: Lion Sports Network S16 EASTERN N.M. * 6 p.m. PxP: Charlie Chitwood • COLOR: Brock Callaway S23 at A&M-Kingsville * 7 p.m. LIONS OPEN LSC SCHEDULE O7 at Midwestern State * 7 p.m. • The A&M-Commerce Lions will welcome the ENMU WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS O14 WESTERN N.M. * 4 p.m. Greyhounds for Hall of Fame Day and Letterwinners’ • With an 8-1 conference record, the Lions won the O21 ANGELO STATE * 4 p.m. Weekend, the second of five games at Memorial Sta- 2016 Lone Star Conference championship outright. O28 at West Texas A&M * 6 p.m. dium scheduled for 2017. • This marked the third consecutive LSC champion- • This is the Lone Star Conference opener for the ship for A&M-Commerce. N4 UT PERMIAN BASIN * 4 p.m. Lions, and the second LSC contest for the ‘Hounds. • In LSC history, a three-year championship run has N11 at Tarleton State * 2 p.m. • The 2017 Hall of Fame class will be inducted at a happened 12 times since the league’s founding in banquet at 11 a.m. They will also be recognized at 1932. ENMU SCHEDULE halftime. • A&M-Commerce has had a three-year champion- ship streak four times. Date Opponent Time ALL-TIME SERIES • This is the first since 1957-59. • This is the 31st meeting between the two schools. • ET won five straight championships from 1951-55, A31 (Th) No. 18 S’WEST BAPTIST W 23-21 • The series is evenly split at this point, with each which was the beginning of eight championships in S9 at Western N.M. * W 37-34 team having won 15 games. nine seasons in the 1950s. S16 at No. 3 A&M-Commerce 6 p.m. • The Lions have won the last three meetings, and S23 ANGELO STATE * 8 p.m. will be looking for their first four-game win streak LOOKING FOR NUMBER FOUR S30 at West Texas A&M * 5 p.m. against the Greyhounds. • The Lions will now officially begin the prowl for their O7 UT PERMIAN BASIN * 8 p.m. • A&M-Commerce has scored at least 35 points in fourth straight LSC title, which would be the first each of the last four contests vs. ENMU. such streak for the school since the 1951-55 run of O14 at Tarleton State * 6 p.m. • The Lions hold a distinct 11-4 advantage at home. five straight titles. O28 TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE * 8 p.m. Eastern has only won in Commerce once since 2004, • The last time an LSC team won four straight titles N2 (Th) at West Liberty (W. Va.) 3 p.m. taking the 2013 matchup. was Texas A&M-Kingsville from 2001-04. The 2001 N11 MIDWESTERN STATE * 8 p.m. title was shared. CLOSER #ToTheTop • Texas A&M-Kingsville’s run of five outright titles • For the second consecutive week, the Lions are from 1993-97 is the only time an LSC team has won FOLLOW THE LIONS tabbed as the No. 3 team in the nation in both the four straight outright titles in the league’s history. AFCA and D2Football.com polls. • Twitter updates will be provided at @Lions_FB. • The Lions have now reached their highest AFCA CARTHEL 5TH IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN WINS • Live video via pay-per-view is available at ranking since the poll was introduced in 2000. • Head coach Colby Carthel now ranks fifth in www.LionAthletics.com/Live. • The Lions’ previous high ranking in the AFCA poll A&M-Commerce history in coaching wins with 36 • Live statistics are available at was fourth last season. wins. http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr. • A&M-Commerce has been ranked in 29 straight • However, he will be in fifth for a while, as his 36 wins php?gid=tame. AFCA polls, dating back to the 2015 preseason poll. are just over half of J.V. Sikes’ 63 wins in fourth place. • All Lion games will be broadcast on the Lion Sports • This is A&M-Commerce’s 35th all-time appearance Network, with KETR 88.9-FM as the flagship station. in the AFCA poll since its inception in 2000. 1....... Ernest Hawkins ....... 1964-85 ........... 132-92-6 • Live audio will be available at http://www.ketr.org/. 2 ...... Eddie Vowell ............ 1986-98 ..............74-71-1 • Charlie Chitwood will provide play-by-play for all Lion 3 ...... Bob Berry ................ 1935-41, 46-50...72-34-8 Football games. Color commentary will be provided by 4 ...... J.V. Sikes ................. 1954-63 .............63-34-4 Brock Callaway. Rob Price will be on the sidelines. 5 ..... Colby Carthel .........2013-pres. ......... 36-14 • Lion Athletics’ new weekly radio show - Lions Roar, 6 ...... M.A. Smith .............. 1951-53 ................30-2-1 hosted by athletics director Tim McMurray - will air at 5 p.m.. • Air time for the pre-game show is 5:30 p.m. 23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • LION FOOTBALL 1 LION FOOTBALL • Perez threw 32 touchdown passes in 2016, which is a single season record at LIONS PREDICTED TO WIN FOURTH STRAIGHT LSC TITLE A&M-Commerce. • At Lone Star Conference Media Day in Odessa in July, the Lions picked up 21 • Tyrik Rollison had 31 passing TDs in 2014, followed by Harrison Stewart with of 26 available first place votes, earning the top spot in the LSC Preseason Poll. 30 in 2015. • Each school has their head coach, SID, and one media member vote on the poll. • Perez also became the third Lion trigger man with 3,000 passing yards in a season. 2017 LSC FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL • His 3,326 passing yards in a season ranks second in A&M-Commerce history, No. Team 1st Total behind Rollison’s 3,764 yards in 2014. 1 A&M-COMMERCE 21 229 • This also ranks 11th in A&M-Commerce history for passing yards in a career. 2 Midwestern State 2 192 • The school career record for yardage is 5,955 yards, set by Bob Bounds from 3 Texas A&M-Kingsville 1 177 1987-91. 4 Eastern New Mexico 136 • He was exceptional in terms of interceptions, throwing only five picks during the 5 Tarleton State 1 135 2016 season. 6 Angelo State 114 • He had eight games of over 250 yards passing and five games of over 300 yards 7 West Texas A&M 97 passing, with a season-best 396 yards at Panhandle State. He had five touchdown 8 Western New Mexico 45 passes in wins at Eastern New Mexico and UT Permian Basin. UT Permian Basin 1 45 • Perez has also earned multiple awards in 2017 prior to the season. DEFENSIVE SCORING STREAK • He has been named a preseason All-American by Lindy’s college football preview • With Garrett Blubaugh’s interception return for a touchdown in the first quarter magazine. of the William Jewell game, the Lions have now scored on defense in three straight games. • In July, Perez was named as a nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®. • Perez is one of 70 scholar-athletes from the Combined Divisions (FCS, Division 11/26/16 at Grand Valley State Yusef Sterling-Lowe 97yd INT return II, Division III, & NAIA) vying for 11 spots on the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®. 9/1/17 at North Alabama Chris Smith 2yd sack for safety • In 2016-17, Perez contributed 32 hours of community service and engagement in 9/9/17 WILLIAM JEWELL Garrett Blubaugh 11yd INT return the City of Commerce and on the A&M-Commerce campus. • He is also a representative on the A&M-Commerce Student-Athlete Advisory PEREZ IS LSC PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Committee, which ranked near the top of Division II in community service and • At Lone Star Conference Media Day, A&M-Commerce quarterback Luis Perez engagement during the 2016-17 academic year. was named the LSC co-Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. • These events have included “Education Days” on campus, where student-athletes • Perez shared the honor with Eastern New Mexico running back Kamall Cass. have hosted elementary school students at events, the Clothe-A-Child clothing • Perez was named the first team all-Lone Star Conference quarterback following drive, the Feed My Starving Children food drive, the A&M-Commerce Holiday the completion of the regular season. Market, the City of Commerce “Big Event” spring cleanup, which is the largest • He was announced as a nominee for the Harlon Hill Trophy and an honorable community service event in the City of Commerce, childrens’ football camps, mention All-American by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette. assisting with various athletics events on campus, and reading to children at • Perez is the first A&M-Commerce quarterback to earn first team all-LSC honors Commerce Elementary School. in 20 years. A Lion quarterback has earned first team all-LSC honors a total of 16 times since the league’s formation in 1931. PEREZ GAME-BY-GAME 2016 • He has a chance to become the Lions’ fourth quarterback to repeat as a first Opponent Cmp Att Int Yds TDs team all-LSC selection, joining Bobby Bounds (1990-91), LSC Hall of Honor mem- at Delta State 17 23 0 322 2 ber Wade Wilson (1979-80), and R.A.