FOOTBALL 2019 SEASON Media Release (November 11, 2019) Contact: Russell Anderson [email protected] STANDINGS East Division W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts. Opp. W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp. Florida Atlantic 5-1 .833 2-1 3-0 5-1 217 110 7-3 .700 3-2 4-1 335 241 Marshall 4-1 .800 2-0 2-1 3-1 126 102 6-3 .667 4-1 2-2 236 216 WKU 4-2 .667 2-1 2-1 3-2 137 105 6-4 .600 3-2 3-2 248 205 Charlotte 3-3 .500 2-1 1-2 1-3 165 202 5-5 .500 4-1 1-4 317 355 FIU 3-4 .429 3-1 0-3 2-3 173 207 5-5 .500 5-1 0-4 261 266 Middle Tennessee 2-3 .400 2-0 0-3 2-2 137 125 3-6 .333 3-1 0-5 224 280 Old Dominion 0-6 .000 0-3 0-3 0-4 77 182 1-9 .100 1-4 0-5 156 282 West Division W-L Pct. H A Div. Pts. Opp. W-L Pct. H A Pts Opp. Louisiana Tech 5-0 1.000 3-0 2-0 4-0 205 119 8-1 .889 5-0 3-1 343 206 Southern Miss 4-1 .800 3-0 1-1 4-1 163 93 6-3 .667 4-0 2-3 260 232 UAB 3-2 .600 2-0 1-2 2-1 121 105 6-3 .667 4-0 2-3 218 177 UTSA 3-2 .600 1-1 2-1 2-2 98 144 4-5 .444 2-2 2-3 174 290 North Texas 3-3 .500 3-0 0-3 2-2 212 195 4-6 .400 4-1 0-5 332 344 Rice 0-5 .000 0-3 0-2 0-4 80 129 0-9 .000 0-6 0-3 134 253 UTEP 0-6 .000 0-3 0-3 0-4 114 211 1-8 .111 1-4 0-4 174 320 RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING GAMES PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 OFFENSE Louisiana Tech 52, North Texas 17 Louisiana Tech at Marshall (CBSSN) 6 pm TY STOREY, WKU Southern Miss 37, UAB 2 Graduate Senior, QB, Charleston, Arkansas Florida Atlantic 37, FIU 7 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Storey took advantage of a unique opportunity, as the graduate transfer returned to his former school UTSA 24, Old Dominion 23 (ESPN3) UTEP at UAB 12 pm – Arkansas of the SEC – and led the Hilltoppers Charlotte 28, UTEP 21 Rice at Middle Tennessee (ESPN+) 3:30 pm WKU 45, Arkansas 19 to a 45-19 dismantling of the Razorbacks. Storey Southern Miss at UTSA (ESPN+) 5 pm completed 22-of-32 passes for 213 yards and a 69- yard touchdown. Storey also rushed 17 times for 77 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 yard and two touchdowns, all career highs in the FIU 24, Old Dominion 17 Marshall at Charlotte (Stadium/FB) 2:30 pm ground game. Storey completed 68.8% of his pass- Charlotte 34, Middle Tennessee 20 Louisiana Tech at UAB (ESPN+) 2:30 pm es, marking the sixth consecutive game in which North Texas 52, UTEP 26 North Texas at Rice (NFLN) 2:30 pm he has completed at least 68% of his attempts. Of Marshall 20, Rice 7 WKU at Southern Miss (ESPN+) 2:30 pm his 213 yards passing, Storey had 202 of those in the fi rst half, when the Hilltoppers built a 35-7 lead. Florida Atlantic 35, WKU 24 UTEP at New Mexico State (FloSports) 3 pm Tennessee 30, UAB 7 Old Dominion at Middle Tennessee 3:30 pm Texas A&M 45, UTSA 14 DEFENSE Florida Atlantic at UTSA (ESPN+) 5 pm DEVON KEY, WKU Miami at FIU (CBSSN) 6 pm Junior, S, Lexington, Kentucky SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 Key returned his fi fth-career interception 25 yards Southern Miss 20, Rice 6 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 for a touchdown in WKU’s 45-19 victory at Arkan- Marshall 26, WKU 23 FIU at Marshall (CBSSN) 11 am sas, while tying for the team lead with seven tack- Charlotte 39, North Texas 38 Charlotte at Old Dominion (ESPN+) 1 pm les. Key and the Hilltoppers held Arkansas to only Middle Tennessee 50, FIU 17 Middle Tennessee at WKU (ESPN+) 1 pm 87 yards passing (9-of-26 with no touchdowns and two interceptions), the fewest by the Razorbacks Florida Atlantic 41, Old Dominion 3 (ESPN3) Rice at UTEP 2 pm since they had 61 on Sept. 9, 2014, at Texas Tech. Louisiana Tech 42, UTEP 21 Southern Miss at Fla. Atlantic (NFLN) 2:30 pm UTSA at Louisiana Tech (ESPN+) 2:30 pm SPECIAL TEAMS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 UAB at North Texas (Stadium) 3 pm ANDREW STEIN, SOUTHERN MISS Louisiana Tech 45, Southern Miss 30 Freshman, K, Slidell, Louisiana WKU 30, Charlotte 14 Stein converted all three of his fi eld goal attempts North Texas 33, Middle Tennessee 30 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 in the Golden Eagles win over UAB, hitting from UAB 38, Old Dominion 14 Ryan C-USA Championship Game (CBSSN) 12:30pm 35, 44 and 25 yards. He has now made 15-of-18 UTSA 31, Rice 27 fi eld goals in his true freshman season, includ- FIU 32, UTEP 17 ing nine of his last 10 attempts over the last three games. In addition, Stein converted all four extra Conference Games in Bold points against the Blazers and is 27-of-28 this sea- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 All Times Central son. On eight kickoff s last Saturday, he averaged Marshall 36, Florida Atlantic 31 63.0 yards and registered three touchbacks, while limiting the Blazers to 12.2 yards over fi ve returns. FOOTBALL 2019 SEASON Media Release (November 11, 2019) Contact: Russell Anderson [email protected] QUICK HITTERS A GLANCE AT WEEK TWELVE This past Saturday, Southern Miss (6-3, 4-1) became JUSTIN TO THE END ZONE This week represents the lightest weekly schedule of bowl-eligible for the fourth straight year under Jay Louisiana Tech junior RB Justin Henderson has been 2019 in terms of the number of games, but certainly Hopson and the 23rd time in the past 26 years. First- a scoring machine in his fi rst season as a Bulldog. not in terms of importance. year head coach Tyson Helton led WKU to a domi- In the win over North Texas on Saturday, Henderson nating victory at Arkansas on Saturday that allowed posted his fi fth multiple touchdown game, rushing The action begins on Friday night when CBS Sports the Hilltoppers to reach six or more wins for the for two scores. He now has 13 TD’s over the last six Network presents a marquee matchup of divisional eighth time in nine years. games and a league-high 14 rushing scores on the leaders when Louisiana Tech travels to Marshall (7 season (tied for seventh nationally). He is seventh pm ET on CBS Sports Network). This will be the fi rst Charlotte (5-5) and FIU (5-5) are each just one win in C-USA with 712 rushing yards and averages 6.53 meeting between the schools since the 2014 C-USA away from bowl-eligibility, while UTSA (4-5), North yards per carry (second in the league). Championship, won by the Thundering Herd, 26-23. Texas (4-6) and Middle Tennessee (3-6) are also in The Bulldogs (8-1, 5-0) are undefeated in C-USA play contention. SINCERE STATS and have won eight straight games overall (sixth- UTSA freshman RB Sincere McCormick carried 23 longest in the FBS). Marshall (6-3, 4-1) has won four LA TECH STREAKING times for 137 yards and two rushing touchdowns straight and its defense has stepped up during that Louisiana Tech has now won eight straight games, in the Roadrunners 24-23 victory at Old Dominion. stretch, especially putting pressure on opposing the sixth-longest active streak in the FBS. The This is his second 100-yard rushing performance and quarterbacks (22 sacks in the last four games). Bulldogs will visit Marshall, winners of four straight second contest with two scores on the ground. Mc- (tied for the 11th-longest current streak) on Friday Cormick’s eight rushing TDs in a single-season is one UAB will look for its 17th consecutive victory at Le- night (7 pm ET on CBS Sports Network). Here’s a off the school mark set by Jalen Rhodes in 2016 and gion Field when it hosts UTEP to open Saturday’s look at the longest current winning streaks: his 747 rushing yards place him fourth on the UTSA action (12 pm CT on ESPN3). The Blazers (6-3, 3-2), single-season list. Among the nation’s freshmen run- who have battled several injuries on off ense, will LONGEST CURRENT FBS WINNING STREAKS ning backs, he is third in rushing (83.0 ypg) and third be looking to get the ball moving and snap a two- 25 Clemson in rushing TDs (8). game losing streak. The Miners have turned in two of 15 Ohio State their best off ensive performances over the last three 11 Baylor THE QUEZ FOR GREATNESS weeks as they look to get back in the win column. 11 Minnesota 10 LSU Southern Miss junior WR Quez Watkins averages a league-high 112.0 receiving yards per game (tied Rice and Middle Tennessee will meet each other for 8 Louisiana Tech 8 Oregon for fi fth in the FBS), having posted three 100-yard the fi rst time as both schools return to action fol- games in seven played.