NORTHWESTERN STATE THE GAME Game 2 Opponent: .....................................LSU Series: .........................NSU trails 0-10 Northwestern State Demons (1-0) Last Meeting: ................Sept. 19, 1942 at LSU Tigers (1-0) .................................. at LSU, lost 40-0 Site: ...............................Tiger Stadium September 10, 2011 Capacity: ...................................92,400 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, La. Radio: The Demon Sports Network (Patrick Netherton, Play-by-Play • Tony Taglavore, Analyst • Jack Brittain, Sideline Reporter) TV: ............................. Tigervision PPV TV: Tigervision PPV & ESPN3.com (Doug Grenngard, Play-by-Play • Rene Nadeau, Analyst) Radio: .............Demon Sports Network Twitter: ........................ @NSUDemons Nearly 69 years to the day, Demons return to Tiger Stadium on 9-10-11 After a 40-0 loss by Louisiana State Normal’s Demons in Tiger Stadium on DEMONS SCHEDULE (1-0) Sept. 19, 1942, nobody thought it would be this long before Northwestern State and LSU teed it up again. Saturday night, the Demons follow their Southland Con- Sept. 1 Delta State W 24-23 ference cousins, McNeese State, as the first two Louisiana FCS teams to play at Sept. 10 at LSU 7:00 LSU. Sept. 17 at SMU 7:00 McNeese and Northwestern worked jointly with LSU officials to broker the Sept. 24 *^at Nicholls State 3:00 ground-breaking deal, juggling their own schedules to make it possible. Oct. 1 *McNeese State 6:00 It’s a big event for NSU. Third-year coach Bradley Dale Peveto will dress out Oct. 8 *at Lamar 6:00 all 115 players, bringing the Demons down on three buses departing Natchitoches Oct. 15 *Southeastern La. (HC) 6:00 about noon Saturday. The nearly 300-member Spirit of Northwestern Marching Oct. 29 at Texas State 3:00 Band will perform at halftime. The projected 92,000 in attendance will top the Nov. 5 *^Central Arkansas 3:00 86,520 at Georgia in 2002 as the largest crowd to watch the Demons play. By week’s end, NSU will have sold out of its 4,000-ticket allotment for the Nov. 12 *at Sam Houston State 2:00 game, with many other Demon fans having obtained game tickets through LSU Nov. 19 *Stephen F. Austin 2:00 and friends who are LSU season ticket holders. * - Southland Conference games It’s the 11th meeting all time between the two varsity football squads from LSU ^ - SLC Television Network game and Northwestern, with the previous 10 matchups between 1911 and 1942. TIGERS SCHEDULE (1-0) Sept. 3 #vs. Oregon W 40-27 Major milestone looms with Demons one victory shy of 500 all-time Demon football is one win away from 500 victories all-time since 1907 with Sept. 10 Northwestern State 7:00 a 499-416-22 record (.544 winning percentage), beginning its 102nd season of Sept. 15 *at Mississippi State 7:00 competition, and 104th year of existence. Louisiana Normal, which came North- Sept. 24 at West Virginia TBA western State College in 1944, did not field football teams in 1918 and 1943 due Oct. 1 *Kentucky TBA to World Wars I and II, respectively. Oct. 8 *Florida TBA Although football games were played against club teams, area high schools Oct. 15 *at Tennessee TBA and town teams prior to 1907, the first intercollegiate game for NSU took place Oct. 22 *Auburn TBA against Louisiana Polytechnic. It didn’t end well, a 43-0 loss, but it started some- Nov. 5 *at Alabama TBA thing big. The Demons celebrated their football centennial in 2007, highlighted by Nov. 12 Western Kentucky TBA fans voting and a blue-ribbon committee finalizing a roster of the Top 100 Players in Demon History. Assistant coach Brad Laird was on the roster. Nov. 19 *at Ole Miss TBA Nov. 25 *Arkansas 1:30 # - Arlington, Texas * - SEC games Northwestern State (1-0) vs. LSU (1-0) • Tiger Stadium • Sept. 10, 2011 DEMON QUICK FACTS Quite the comeback last week by the Demons Name: .............Northwestern State University Northwestern pulled off its second-largest comeback in its 35 seasons of Divi- Founded: .. 1884 at Louisiana Normal School sion I competition last Thursday night, overcoming a 17-0 deficit to prevail 24-23 Location: ............................. Natchitoches, LA against Division II’s 2010 finalists and No. 2-ranked team, Delta State. The only larger successful rally came in the 2005 opener, when NSU erased a 23-0 hole First Year of Football: .............................1907 through two quarters at Louisiana-Monroe to win 27-23. All-Time Record: ..........................499-416-22 Enrollment: ........................................... 9,250 A couple of parallels in last weekʼs victories Nickname: .........................................Demons LSU and Northwestern had a couple of common threads in their opening wins Colors: ............Purple & White & Orange trim last week. Conference: ...................................Southland Each team followed a backup quarterback to victory, and each team rode a Affiliation: ......................NCAA FCS Division I big third quarter helped along by a productive running attack. President: ...................... Dr. Randall J. Webb Director of Athletics: .....................Greg Burke Hot-handed Henderson takes charge of Demon offense in record outing Brad Henderson made a sensational debut as NSU’s quarterback last Thurs- Head Coach: .................Bradley Dale Peveto day night, completing 13 of 14 passes for 210 yards including a 32-yard TD. He Alma Mater: ................................SMU (1987) set a school record by completing 13 in a row, and the 14th was dropped. Hen- Record at NSU: ..................... 7-17 (3rd year) derson led the Demons to scores on 4 of their first 5 series after halftime, erasing Career Record: ......................7-17 (3rd year) a 17-0 deficit. Assoc. HC/Defensive Coord.: ........Brad Laird The Demons averaged 6.2 yards per play with Henderson in the game, post- Asst. HC/Offensive Coord.: ....... Todd Cooley ing 324 on 52 snaps. In their third-quarter surge, the Demons posted 178 total Asst. HC/Defensive Line: ............Jay Thomas yards. Wide Receivers: ....................Sean Anderson Monday, the Louisiana Sports Writers Association voted Henderson as the Tight Ends: ........................... Brendan Farrell state’s college offensive player of the week. LSU DB Tyrann Mathieu won the defensive honor. Cornerbacks: .........................De’Von Lockett A 2010 junior college honorable mention All-American at East Mississippi CC, Offensive Line: ..........................Jeremy Offutt Henderson was offered a preferred walk-on opportunity at Alabama but chose Running Backs: .......................... Jake Simon NSU’s scholarship offer. Admin. Grad. Asstants: ..............Jake Landoll Henderson’s 13 straight completions erased the school record of 11 consecu- .. Matt Mandich, Austin Mangin, Phillip Pigott, tive last season by Paul Harris at Southeastern Louisiana. That remains the re- ..........................Jeremy Wilburn, Alex Wright cord for most completions at the start of a game. Dir. of FB Operations: ...............John Greeley Dir. of FB Administration: ................Dan Korn Disciplinary action removes Harris from squad Strength & Conditioning: .................Joe Long Junior quarterback Paul Harris is suspended indefinitely for conduct detri- Equipment Manager: ......................Phil Noah mental to the team during the first half and at halftime of last week’s game. Harris started, but came out in a pre-determined rotation after his second series. Offensive Set: ....................................Multiple He was benched for the remainder of the half for disciplinary reasons by head Defensive Set: .......................................4-3-4 coach Bradley Dale Peveto. After further problems in the locker room at halftime, Starters Returning: ... 21 (9-Off; 7-Def.; 5 ST) Peveto directed Harris to get out of uniform and not return to the sideline. The fol- lowing day, Peveto announced the suspension of the Baton Rouge-Tara product, SPORTS INFORMATION who has started 14 games (4 as a true freshman, 9 last year – missing 2 starts Director: .....................................Doug Ireland and 1 complete game due to injury). Phone: ...................................(318) 357-6467 Harris ranks in the Demons’ career top 10 in passing yardage (2,828 yards) Cell: .......................................(318) 471-2086 and total offense (3,628), sitting 10th in both categories. Brad Laird, NSU’s de- Email: ............................... [email protected] fensive coordinator, holds both records, with 6,037 passing yards and 6,178 Assoc. Director: ................Matthew Bonnette yards of total offense from 1991-95. Cell: .......................................(318) 663-5701 This Rose will stick you Email: [email protected] Junior linebacker Derek Rose shared the Southland Conference Defensive SID Fax: .................................(318) 475-4515 Player of the Week award Monday after making 9 tackles, including 3 for lost Press Box: .............................(318) 357-4529 yardage (-8), against Delta State. Rose spearheaded a defensive shutdown in Website: ...................... www.nsudemons.com the second half as the Demons overcame a 17-point deficit to win. The States- SID Address: ....Prather Coliseum, Room 112 men netted only 63 yards in the second half, while quarterback Micah Davis, a ................................. Natchitoches, LA 71497 Harlon Hill Award candidate, went 8-of-27 with two interceptions. Northwestern State (1-0) vs. LSU (1-0) • Tiger Stadium • Sept. 10, 2011