SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS 2019 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES • 7 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 11 FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES FB Contact: Ben Rikard • O: 936-294-1764 • C: 936-554-2077 • Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @BearkatsFB Game 2 • HUNTSVILLE • BOWERS STADIUM 2019 SChedule AUGUST (0-1) SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS 31 at New Mexico L, 39-31 (0-1, 0-0 SOUTHLAND) | Head Coach: K.C. Keeler (Delaware, 1981) STATS FCS: 25 | NCAA Coaches Poll: 22 SEPTEMBER (0-0) Career Record: 226-91-1 (26th season) | Record at SHSU: 52-18 (6th season) 07 OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE 6 pm 14 at North Dakota 4 pm 21 INCARNATE WORD* 6 pm OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE AGGIES 28 at McNeese* 6 pm (0-1, 0-0 RRAC) | Head Coach: Bob Majeski (Nebraska-Omaha, 1984) STATS FCS: n/a | NCAA Coaches Poll: n/a Career Record: 0-1 (1st season) | Record at OPSU: 0-1 (1st season) OCTOBER (0-0) 05 vs Stephen F. Austin*^ 3 pm THE RUNDOWN 12 LAMAR* 2 pm 19 NICHOLLS* 2 pm STATISTIC LEADERS QUICK HITTERS 26 at Central Arkansas* 6 pm PASSING - The Bearkats are looking to move to 30-3 in games played at Bowers Stadium under Keeler, who took over for the 2014 season. NOVEMBER (0-0) TY BROCK 09 at Abilene Christian* 3 pm College Station, Texas / College Station HS - Sam Houston State enters 2019 having posted a winning season in each of the past nine years, not having a sub-.500 season since the 2009 16 NORTHWESTERN STATE* 2 pm Comp: 21 team went 5-6. The streak is the longest in school history, with the next 23 HOUSTON BAPTIST* 2 pm Att: 38 most being 5 years in a row from 1952-56 under Paul Pierce. Yards: 258 BOLD - Home game at Bowers Stadium TD: 1 - Currently Jacksonville State holds the most consecutive years with a * - Southland Conference game INT: 0 winning season in all of the FCS, entering 2019 with 16 straight (last los- ^ - Battle of the Piney Woods (NRG Stadium - Houston) ing season in 2002), while Eastern Washington has 12 (last losing season RUSHING in 2006) and North Dakota State also has 9 (last losing season in 2009). BROADCAST INFO KYRAN JACKSON - SHSU opened up the 2019 season in Week 1 at New Mexico, marking ESPN+ BROADCAST INFO Fort Worth, Texas / South Hills HS the first time the Kats have battled an FBS opponent since opening the Play By Play .....................................................Randy McIlvoy 2015 season at Texas Tech. Analysis ............................................................... Shea Walker RUSH: 15 YARDS: 66 - Senior wide receiver Nathan Stewart is one of just four players in FCS KSAM BROADCAST INFO TD: 0 history to reach 1,000 yards receiving as a freshman, sophomore and Play By Play .............................................................Rob Hipp Analysis ...............................................................Brian Adams YPC: 4.4 junior. Should he reach 1,000 receiving yards again in 2019 he would join Terrell Hudgins (Elon) and Cooper Kupp (Eastern Washington) as the only Sideline ............................................................ Dave Fanucchi players in FCS history to do so in four straight years. LIVE STATS - Entering the 2018 season, Sam Houston was 1 of just 3 teams in the SamHouston.Statbroadcast.com RECEIVING FCS, along with North Dakota State and New Hampshire, to reach the FCS playoffs each of the previous 7 seasons before eventually missing the TWITTER DEE BOWENS @BearkatsFB, @BearkatSports Carthage, Texas / Carthage HS playoffs for the first time since 2010. REC: 9 - In that 7-year playoff run, the Kats posted an impressive 16-7 mark, INSTAGRAM YARDS: 130 trailing only NDSU in playoff wins during that span. Sam Houston BearkatsFB, BearkatSports TD: 1 reached at least the national semifinals in 5 of those 7 seasons, including back-to-back trips to the FCS championship game in both 2011 and COACHING STAFF YPC: 14.4 2012. ON THE FIELD (Year at SHSU) K.C. Keeler ..................................................... Head Coach (6th) - Since K.C. Keeler took over in 2014 the Kats have reached the 40-point Ryan Carty .....................................Offensive Coordinator (2nd) mark 37 times, going 35-2 in those games. Clayton Carlin ................................Defensive Coordinator (4th) TACKLES Zack Patterson ...........................................Running Backs (4th) WILL LOCKETT - The Kats return nine of 11 starters on defense from a squad that al- Darnell Stapleton ......................................Offensive Line (2nd) Houston, Texas / Manvel HS / UCLA lowed its lowest total yards per game since 2015. Chris Rogers ....................................................Tight Ends (2nd) Tim Daoust ................................................ Defensive Line (1st) TACKLES: 8 - Ty Brock set an SHSU freshman record with 2,417 passing yards in 2018, TFL: 2.5 nearly 1,000 more than the previous record set by Matt Buss with 1,444 IN THE BOOTH SACKS: 0.0 yards in 1998. Terence Archer .............................Asst HC/Wide Receivers (6th) Gary McGraw.............................CBs/Special Teams Coord (6th) Siddiq Haynes .......................................Defensive Tackles (3rd) 7 SLC Titles: 1991 • 2001 • 2004 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS 2019 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES • 7 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 11 FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES WITH A BEARKAT WIN ... 2019 QUICK FACTS - K.C. Keeler would win his 227th career game. He is currently 15th all-time among FCS head coaches, 6 wins ahead of former GENERAL INFORMATION Wofford coach Mike Ayers and former SHSU coach Ron Randleman. He is 3 wins behind former Ohio State and Youngstown State Location ......................................................................Huntsville, Texas head coach Jim Tressell for 14th all-time among coaches who spent at least 10 years at FCS schools. Keeler’s 226 victories are the Founded ........................................................................................1879 second most among active coaches in the FCS behind only Al Bagnoli of Columbia. Enrollment .................................................................................20,477 Nickname ................................................................................Bearkats - Keeler would also win his 53rd game as head coach of the Bearkats and would move into sole possession of eighth in the all-time Colors ...........................................................................Orange & White among Southland Conference coaches, breaking a tie with former ULM head man Pat Collins. His 53rd win would also put him just Affiliation ......................................................................NCAA Division I 1 win back of J.W. Jones for third place all-time at SHSU. Conference ...........................................................................Southland President .....................................................................Dr. Dana G. Hoyt - Sam Houston would pick up its fourth straight win in a home opener, not having fallen in a home opener since a 49-46 loss to Director of Athletics......................................................Bobby Williams Lamar in 2015. Following that loss, the Bearkats reeled off 21 consecutive home victories in a row, the second longest home win streak in program history and a streak that was the longest in the nation at the time it was snapped last season vs North Dakota. BEARKATS vs THE FBS - The Bearkats would avoid fallng to 0-2 to open a season for just the third time since 1998. Year Opponent Result Score Attendance 1987 Houston L 34-38 21,738 LEFTOVERS FROM A 39-31 LOSS AT NEW MEXICO 1988 Louisiana L 18-33 19,533 - Dee Bowens’ 65-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter was the longest catch of his career, surpassing his 64-yard 1990 Baylor L 9-13 34,413 touchdown vs Southeastern Louisiana in 2018. He finished with 105 yards receiving in the first half and 130 for the game, marking 1990 UTEP L 10-17 21,017 the fourth career 100-game for the sophomore after he closed 2018 with 100 yards in 3 of his final 4 games. 1992 Rice L 14-45 20,545 1993 Rice L 13-14 18,614 - Connor Crow’s 46-yard field goal was the first of his career and tied the longest field goal by a Bearkat since 2015. 1996 Houston L 25-43 19,143 1996 ULM L 31-34 12,534 - The Kats finished with 539 yards of total offense. It is the first time the Kats have dropped a game when totaling at least 500 1997 Texas A&M (#24) L 6-59 58,569 yards of offense since falling to Texas Tech in 2015 despite racking up 637 yards that day. 1998 Utah State L 17-47 14,447 1999 Louisiana Tech L 17-55 16,055 - Nathan Stewart hauled in 6 catches for 71 yards against the Lobos. He now needs 12 more catches to become the fourth Bearkat 1999 Arkansas State L 20-41 13,041 in program history and the ninth player in Southland Conference history with 200 career catches. 2000 Louisiana W 21-14 15,721 2001 ULM W 20-9 2,420 - Despite the Lobos racking up 39 points in the opener, the Bearkat defense still held New Mexico to just 1-for-15 on third downs 2001 Northern Illinois L 16-41 12,441 for the game. 2002 Central Michigan L 10-34 18,834 2003 Baylor L 6-27 27,827 - Kyran Jackson’s 31-yard run in the fourth quarter was a career long for the junior and the longest run by a Bearkat since Corey 2003 UTEP L 14-59 17,259 Avery in 2017. 2005 Houston L 10-31 15,631 2005 Texas Tech (#25) L 21-80 50,180 - In addition to outgaining the Lobos 558-485, the Kats also finished the game with an edge in first downs (27-20) and in time of 2006 SMU L 14-45 17,445 possession (33:48 - 26-12). Of the Kats’ 27 first dows, 19 came through the air. 2006 Texas (#7) L 3-56 88,913 2007 Oklahoma State L 3-39 41,139 - SHSU split time at the quarterback spot with Ty Brock and Eric Schmid each seeing significant time. Brock finished with 258 yards 2008 Kansas L 14-38 51,638 passing for the game while Schmid had 185, marking the first time the Kats have had a pair of 150-passers in a game since Jared 2010 Baylor L 3-34 42,821 Johnson (240) and Jeremiah Briscoe (207) vs Nicholls in 2015.