2017 FOOTBALL 2 National Championships • 12 Conference Championships • 1 College Football Hall of Famer 1 Harlon Hill Award Winner • 44 NFL Players • 35 First Team All-America Players 2017 SCHEDULE / RESULTS Wildcats Open 2017 Season at New Mexico Abilene Christian Wildcats Adam Dorrel Era gets started against Lobos in Albuquerque 0-0, 0-0 Southland Sept. 2 at New Mexico ............7 p.m. (6 p.m. MDT) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Adam Dorrel was hired nine months to revive a sagging ACU Sept. 9 at Colorado St. 2:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. MDT) football program that had won just five games combined in the two previous seasons, Sept. 16 * vs. Houston Baptist .......................6 p.m. including posting a 2-9 record in 2016. Sept. 23 * vs. Stephen F. Austin .....................6 p.m. Sept. 30 * at Incarnate Word ..........................6 p.m. The first results of the hard work he and his coaching staff and players have put in since mid-December will be on display for the first time in a game setting Saturday when the Oct. 7 * vs. McNeese ..................................6 p.m. Wildcats open the 2017 season against the New Mexico Lobos, who won nine games last Oct. 14 * at Nicholls ......................................3 p.m. season and capped the 2016 campaign with a win in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. Oct. 21 * ! vs. SE Louisiana ......................2:30 p.m. Nov. 4 * at Northwestern State ...................6 p.m. Dorrel is the winningest coach by winning percentage in all of college football with a Nov. 11 * vs. Sam Houston State ..................6 p.m. 90.5 winning percentage (90.5 percent) with three NCAA Division II national titles to his Nov. 18 * at Central Arkansas .......................3 p.m. credit, including titles in 2015 and 2016 when the Bearcats finished 15-0 both years. * Southland Conference Game ! Homecoming BROADCAST INFORMATION RADIO: ACU Sports Radio Network Flagship ....................................... KTLT-FM (98.1 FM) Play-by-Play ................................................Grant Boone Analyst ........................................................ Jim Reese Sideline ......................................................... Seth Wilson TV: None Play-by-Play ..................................................................N/A Analyst ..................................................................... N/A Sideline ..........................................................................N/A WEBCAST: None Play-by-Play ..................................................................N/A Analyst ..................................................................... N/A Sideline ..........................................................................N/A SOCIAL MEDIA: #GoWildcats #ACUE4C Twitter .............................................. @ACUSports @ACUFootball Instagram .................................................@acusports Facebook .................................................. ACUsports FIRST AND 10 ABILENE CHRISTIAN (0-0) • ACU head coach Adam Dorrel has been part of at NEW MEXICO (0-0) 30 straight victories dating back to the start of the 2015 season. Both of those seasons (2015 and Sept. 2, 2017 •7 p.m. (6 p.m. MDT) • Albuquerque, N.M. 2016) at Northwest Missouri State ended with Branch Field at Dreamstyle Stadium (44,760) • 98.1 FM Dorrel and the Bearcats completing perfect 15-0 seasons by hoisting the NCAA Division II national ACU Wildcats New Mexico Lobos championship trophy. NR / NR / NR ...................AP Top 25 / USA Today / FCS polls .......................NR / NR • The Wildcats enter the 2017 season coming off Adam Dorrel .............................Head Coach.............................. Bob Davie back-to-back losing seasons for the first time since 0-0 ...................................Record at School............................27- (42.9%) 2002. That season the Wildcats finished 6-4, the 1st.....................................Years at School .................................. 6th first of 13 seasons in the next 15 (2002-16) that 76-8 (90.5%) . ....................Career Record (through 2016)....................62-61 (50.4%) would see the Wildcats finish .500 or better. 113.2............................ Rushing Yards / Game (2016) ..........................350.0 • The Wildcats have lost 11 straight road games 278.5 ............................Passing Yards / Game (2016) ...........................106.8 with their last road win coming Nov. 15, 2014, at 391.6 ............................Total Offense / Game (2016)...........................456.8 Stephen F. Austin. ACU’s last non-conference 458.7 ............................Total Defense / Game (2016) ..........................394.8 road win was Sept. 13, 2014, when the Wildcats 26.8 ................................Points / Game (2016)................................36.7 beat FBS foe, Troy, 38-35, in Troy, Ala. 37.9 ...........................Opponent Points / Game (2016) ...........................31.5 ACU at NEW MEXICO FOOTBALL FACTS AND MORE University Information Returning Lettermen (41) FUTURE SCHEDULES President: ...................... Dr. Phil Schubert (ACU, ’91) Offense (20) Location: ...................................Abilene, Texas 2017 Quarterback (2) ..... Kade Munden, Dallas Sealey Population: .......................................120,000 Sept. 2 ........ at New Mexico Running Back (2)... De’Andre Brown, Tracy James Founded: ............................................1906 Sept. 9 ...... at Colorado State Wide Receiver (9) Chase Cokley, Josh Fink, Joined Southland: . 1963 / Re-joined in 2013 Sept. 16 ... vs. Houston Baptist D.J. Fuller, Troy Grant, Enrollment: ......................................... 5,144 Sept. 23 .. vs. Stephen F. Austin Hunter Lees, Justin Miller, Sept. 30 .....at Incarnate Word Nickname: .......................................Wildcats DeShun Qualls, Kalin Sadler, Oct. 7 ...........vs. McNeese Colors: .................................. Purple and White Carl Whitley Tight End (3) ............ Trevor Crain, Cody Ennis, Oct. 14 ............at Nicholls Faculty Athletics Rep . .......Dr. Jonathan Stewart (LCU, ‘90) Liam Flowers Oct. 21 ....... vs. SE Louisiana Director of Athletics ........ Lee De León (Notre Dame, ’04) Offensive Line (4) Austin Hisler, Dakota Laws, Nov. 4............at NW State Deputy Director of Athletics ....... Dave Kinard (UCLA, ’03) Brady Melde, Chance Rieken Nov. 11 ....vs. Sam Houston St. Nov. 18 .... at Central Arkansas Senior Associate Director of Athletics Defense (20) for Student-Athlete Welfare / SWA End (5) ...................... Dylan Douglass, Bryson Gates, . Lisa Gilmore (New Mexico, ’03) Temisan Kuyatsemi, 2017 Reynel Previlon, Corey Smith Sept. 1..............at Baylor Associate AD / Media Relations . Lance Fleming (ACU, ’92) Tackle (3) Cole Burgess, Dante Hibbert, Sept. 15 ....at Houston Baptist Associate AD / Internal Ops . ..Drew Long (Northwestern, ’04) Devondric Meadows Sept. 22 ....at Stephen F. Ausin Associate AD / Academics........... Chris Ballard (ACU, ’08) Linebacker (8) ......... Gavin Burford, Sept. 29 ....vs. Incarnate Word Jeremiah Chambers, Oct. 6 ............at McNeese Assistant AD / Compliance .........Tyler Wright (Kansas, ‘13) Sam Denmark, Quincy Dunn Oct. 13 ...........vs. Nicholls Assistant AD / Recruiting . Grant Abston (ACU, ’09) Marcus Long, Royce Moore Tryce Prince, Myles Solsberry Oct. 20 ........at SE Louisiana Director of Athletics Emeritus . Wally Bullington (ACU, ’53) Cornerback (2) ....... Adonis Davis, Jamar Mack Nov. 3...........vs. NW State Asst . Dir . / Media Relations . Chris Macaluso (Penn State, ’99) Safety (2) .................. Bolu Onifade, Nov. 10 . .at Sam Houston St. Executive Assistant to the Director of Athletics Brandon Richmond Nov. 17 ... vs. Central Arkansas and Chief of Staff . .Susan Hardcastle Special Teams (1) 2019 Assistant Director of Internal Operations Aug. 31 ........ at North Texas Placekicker (1) ........ Nik Grau . Becky Brown (Baldwin-Wallace, 2016) Nov. 23.....at Mississippi State Academic Coord . / Football ...... Lloiminica Hall (LSU, 2015) Lettermen Lost (24) 2020 Academics Coordinator ........... Krista Masci (ACU, 2015) Offense (7) Sept. 5 ......vs. Southern Utah Voice of the Wildcats ................Grant Boone (ACU, ’91) Nov. 21 ..........at Texas A&M Quarterback (1) ...... Parker McKenzie Football History Wide Receiver (1) Vasquez Haynes 2021 Running Backs (1) Adrian Duncan, Sept. 4 ...............at SMU First Year of Football .................................1919 Tight End (1) ............ Jamie Walker Sept. 11...... at Southern Utah First Year of Southland Football . 1964-72, Re-joined in 2014 Offensive Line (3) Riley Mayfield, All-Time Record, Years ................486-411-32, 94 years Brandon Niccum, Hayden Wall 2022 All-Time Southland Record, Years ...... 20-43-1 (12 seasons) Sept. 3 ........at Kansas State Southland Championships, Last . N/A Defense (14) NCAA I Playoff Appearances, Last . N/A Tackle (5) LaMarcus Allen, Josh Bloom, Dewan Edmonson, Travaugn Moore, 2024 Ivan Thomas Jr. Aug. 31 ..........at Texas Tech Coaching Staff Linebacker (2) ......... Damian Howard, Jakob Yandell Cornerback (4) ....... Quinton Baker, Jabari Butler, 2026 HEAD COACH ADAM DORREL Keith Barnett, Richard Griffin III, Sept. 5 ..........at Texas Tech Alma Mater, Year . NW Missouri State, 1998 Safety (3) .................. D.J. Arnold, Quentin Bryant, Record at School . 0-0, first season Chas Townsend, Career Record . 76-8, seventh season Southland Conference Record . 0-0, first season Special