Sept. 17, 2005 / Stillwater, Okla. / 6:05 p.m. Boone Pickens Stadium (48,500) Quick Gameday Info Arkansas State University (1-1) Opponent Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma State (2-0) Where Stillwater, Okla. (Boone Pickens Stadium) When 6:05 p.m. central ASU (1-1 / 0-0) TV none 9/3 Missouri^ L, 17-44 Radio Arkansas State Radio Network (KCJF 103.9 flagship) 9/10 Tennessee-Martin W, 56-7 Internet ASUIndians.com (follow link) 9/17 at Oklahoma State 6:05 p.m. ASU record 1-1 / 0-0 Sun Belt Conference 9/24 Florida International* 2:30 p.m. ASU Coach Steve Roberts (15-23 ASU / 64-56-1 12th yr) 10/1 at Louisiana-Monroe* 6:00 p.m. OSU record 2-0 / 0-0 Big XII 10/8 OPEN OSU Coach Mike Gundy (2-0 at OSU/overall first yr.) 10/13 Louisiana-Lafayette* 6:30 p.m. ‘04 ASU record 3-8 / 3-4 SBC (fourth) 10/22 Florida Atlantic* 6:00 p.m. ‘04 OSU record 7-5 / 4-4 Big XII (fifth) 10/29 OPEN Series First meeting 11/5 at Middle Tennessee* 4:00 p.m. 11/12 Troy* 6:00 p.m. 11/19 at Army noon Game 3 While common in old west lore, this 11/26 at North Texas* 1:00 p.m. will be the first meeting ever on the ^ - game played at Kansas City, Mo. gridiron between the Indians of ASU and the * - Sun Belt Conference game Cowboys of Oklahoma State. The Cowboys and Oklahoma State (2-0 / 0-0) Indians share two common opponents this season 9/3 Montana State W, 15-10 in Florida Atlantic and Missouri. The Cowboys 9/10 at Florida Atlantic W, 23-3 downed FAU last week, 23-3, while ASU lost to 9/17 Arkansas State 6:05 p.m. 9/24 OPEN Missouri in the season opener, 44-17. 10/1 Colorado TBA This season is the first time in school history that 10/8 Missouri TBA the Indians will face two teams from the current Big 10/15 at Texas A&M TBA XII lineup. ASU has not fared well in the past 10/22 at Iowa State TBA 10/29 Texas TBA against teams in the Big XII, claiming an 0-12 over- 11/5 OPEN all (including Missouri, Baylor, Texas A&M, Texas 11/12 Texas Tech TBA Tech, Kansas and Kansas State). 11/19 at Baylor TBA 11/26 at Oklahoma TBA In week two, ASU faced an improving Tennessee- University Quick Facts: Martin squad and rolled to a convincing 56-7 victory ASU OSU over the Skyhawks. Two ASU players rushed for location Jonesboro, Ark. Stillwater, Okla. 100+ yards, ASU had a 67 yard punt return for a enrollment 10,508 31,100 founded 1909 1920 touchdown and the defense limited the Skyhawks to 2004 rec. 3-8 / 3-4 7-5 / 4-4 just a single score in the fourth quarter. ASU rolled conf. Sun Belt Big XII up the second-most points under Steve Roberts (the colors Scarlet & Black Orange & Black other a 63-6 contest in 2003 against the same mascot Indian Family Pistol Pete Skyhawks) and remained perfect against 1-AA nickname Indians Cowboys stadium Indian Stadium Boone Pickens teams under the current coaching staff. capacity 30,406 48,500 surface grass turf Pres. Dr. Les Wyatt Dr. David Schmidly AD Dr. Dean Lee Dr. Harry Birdwell Arkansas State University Football Sept. 17, 2005 vs. Oklahoma State The Roberts File SU Head Coach Steve Roberts - Now in his as a head coach fourth season as coach of the Indians and his overall 64-56-1 A12th overall. Since taking over the reins of the ASU Tribe, Roberts has led the Indians to 11 total wins in 2005 1-1 / 0-0 consecutive seasons (‘02 and ‘03), the best such mark 2004 3-8 / 3-4 (6th) in two straight years at ASU since the 1987 and ‘88 2003 5-7 / 3-4 (t-4th) seasons. The Indians have won 10 Division 1-A games 2002 6-7 / 3-3 (3rd) in three seasons under Roberts, surpassing the nine totals 15-23 / 9-11 won in the prior five years. Roberts and his staff are credited with one of the Northwestern State 2001 8-4 (playoffs) most impressive turnarounds in the nation in 2002, tak- 2000 6-5 ing ASU from 2-9 in 2001 to 6-7 and just 11 points from totals 14-9 a trip to the New Orleans Bowl. Roberts started his career with a bang at ASU, winning the most games (6) Southern Arkansas in his first season at ASU as head coach since Gene Harlow went 6-3 in his 1999 9-1 first season in 1955. 1998 8-2 Among his many accolades, Roberts has been a finalist for the Eddie 1997 9-2 Robinson Award while at Northwestern (La.) State and was named the Gulf 1996 4-6 South Conference’s Coach of the Year while at Southern Arkansas. 1995 4-6 1994 1-7-1 His teams have always fared well in the classroom, not just on the field, as totals 35-24-1 evidenced by ASU being awarded a plaque for the top alma mater grade point average among all football programs in the Ouachita Baptist (87) Sun Belt Conference for the 2002-03 academic year. assistant coaches/staff At the conclusion of the 2004-05 school year, Jason Kevin Corless - CDC/LB Jack Curtis - CDC/S Wood was named the recipient of the NCAA Post Doug Ruse - OC/QB Graduate Scholarship from the Sun Belt Conference Tate Behne - TE after being named second-team Academic All-America Tony Gilbert - CB/RC in 2004. A total of 18 players have been selected to the David Gunn - RB All-Sun Belt squad under Roberts’ tenure as well. Darren Hiller - OL Mike McCarty - WR Since arriving at ASU, four ASU players have Kevin Peoples - DL made it to the NFL, two to the CFL and two to the AFL. John Arce - Str. & Cond. Ron Carroll - Trainer “Everything Counts” 2005 Arkansas State Radio Network On-Air Team 103.9 KCJF-FM (Earle/Jonesboro) 690 KEWI-AM (Benton) Matt Stolz kicks off his first year as “Voice of the Indians” 98.3 KFCM-FM (Cherokee Village) 92.1 KHPQ-FM (Clinton) while Coach Bill Keedy 92.7 KASR-FM (Conway) 102.3 KQEW-FM (Fordyce) returns for his sixth season as 1240 KTLO-AM (Mt. Home) 104.7 KOOU-FM (Hardy) color commentator for the 106.3 KRLW-FM (Walnut Ridge) football broadcast. ASU wel- 1320 KRLW-AM (Pocahontas) comes Matt to the Indian fam- 105.5 KWAK-FM (Stuttgart) ily and his exciting calls of 1400 KWYN-AM (Wynne) ASU Football Arkansas State University Football Sept. 17, 2005 vs. Oklahoma State Current SBC Standings (for the week of Sept. 17) sbc all vs. ASU all-time this week’s opponent North Texas 1-0 1-0 NT, 8-6 Tulsa Troy 0-0 1-1 ASU, 3-1 at Missouri Arkansas State 0-0 1-1 n/a at Oklahoma State Florida Atlantic 0-0 0-2 first meeting at Minnesota Florida International 0-0 0-2 first meeting OPEN Louisiana-Lafayette 0-0 0-2 ULL, 17-15-1 Northwestern State Louisiana-Monroe 0-0 0-2 ASU, 14-11 at Georgia Middle Tennessee 0-1 0-2 MT, 5-1 Akron The Sun Belt Conference turns 30 in the 2005-06 competition year and a fledgling five years old in football. Despite the youth of football in the conference, the SBC has seen great achievement in all sports, including football. Impressive conference victories over the SEC, MAC, C-USA and the Big XII have already put the upstart conference on the map in football. The North Texas Mean Green have produced the last two NCAA individual rushing champs and, perhaps the crowning achievement so far Arkansas State SID / Media Information in the brief history of SBC football, two teams went to bowl Asst. AD / Athletic Media Relations games for 2004 (North Texas and Troy). Gina Bowman ([email protected]) After realigning for the upcoming 2005 season, the office (870) 972-2541 SBC has more of an appropriate geographic feel. Added cell (870) 243-6020 to the slate are Florida International and Florida Atlantic, Asst. SID / Football -- Bill Bowen email - ([email protected]) replacing New Mexico State, Utah State and Idaho. ASU, office (870) 972-2541 Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle cell (870) 243-6021 Tennessee, North Texas and Troy round out the rest of the fax (870) 972-3367 conference. ASU, ULL, ULM, MT and NT are the five Official website -- www.ASUIndians.com remaining original members of the conference, which Arkansas State’s locker room is closed to all began in 2001. media. At the conclusion of each game and a brief cooling off period, Coach Roberts will do a short radio postgame and then be available for com- ments in an interview area. A maximum of four players will be brought to the interview area after Coach Roberts has addressed the media. ASU practices are open to the media. There will be no injury reports given throughout The Superdome is the site of the season. the New Orleans Bowl, pit- ting the Sun Belt Conference champion against a to-be- All interview requests for ASU players and coach- determined team from C- es must go through the ASU Athletic Media USA. Since its inaugural Relations Office (at the contact information above) contest in 2001, the Bowl has for postgame and during the week.