Nov. 5, 2005 / Murfreesboro, Tenn. / 4:00 p.m. Floyd Stadium (30,788) Quick Gameday Info Arkansas State University (4-3) Opponent Middle Tennessee vs. Middle Tennessee (2-4) Where Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Floyd Stadium) When 4:00 p.m. Central ASU (4-3 / 3-1) 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 L, 10-20 ASU record 4-3 / 3-1 Sun Belt Conference 9/24 Florida International* W, 66-24 ASU Coach Steve Roberts (18-25 ASU / 67-58-1 12th yr) 10/1 at Louisiana-Monroe* L, 27-31 MT record 2-4 / 1-2 Sun Belt Conference 10/8 OPEN MT Coach Andy McCollum (32-42 at MT and overall 7th year) 10/13 Louisiana-Lafayette* W, 39-36 ‘04 ASU record 3-8 / 3-4 SBC (sixth) 10/22 Florida Atlantic* W, 3-0 (OT) ‘04 MT record 5-6 / 4-4 SBC (fifth) 10/29 OPEN Series MT, 5-1 11/5 at Middle Tennessee* 4:00 p.m. 11/12 Troy* 6:00 p.m. 11/19 at Army Noon Game 8 The Indians have had little luck in the 11/26 at North Texas* 1:00 p.m. series against Middle Tennessee and ^ - game played at Kansas City, Mo. even less at Murfreesboro. This will be the second * - Sun Belt Conference game straight trip to Floyd Stadium, recording an 0-3 mark Middle Tennessee (2-4 / 1-2) 9/3 at Alabama L, 7-26 at MT. The Indians were carved up in the 2004 9/10 North Texas L, 7-14 meeting after quarterback Clint Marks connected on 9/17 Akron L, 7-17 30 of 34 pass attempts for 447 yards and four touch- 9/24 OPEN 10/1 at Vanderbilt W, 17-15 downs to beat ASU 45-17. MT was up 17-10 at the 10/8 OPEN half before the Indians allowed two touchdowns in 10/15 at Florida Atlantic W, 35-14 just over two minutes in the third quarter. 10/22 Louisiana-Lafayette L, 10-13 10/29 OPEN The last time out for the Tribe was one for the 11/5 Arkansas State 4:00 p.m. record books as the Indians won a defensive 11/12 Louisiana-Monroe 2:00 p.m. slugfest over Florida Atlantic, 3-0, in overtime. The 11/19 at North Carolina State Noon NCAA confirmed that the game was the first in 1-A 11/26 at Troy 6:00 p.m. TBA at Florida International TBA history to go into overtime scoreless. Antonio Warren made his return to the lineup and again sur- University Quick Facts: passed the 100-yard mark, this time racking up 106 ASU MT on the ground to give him five straight games with at location Jonesboro, Ark. Murfreesboro, Tenn. least 100. Cornerback James Johnson stepped in enrollment 10,508 23,322 founded 1909 1911 front of a Danny Embick pass in overtime to grab his 2004 rec. 3-8 / 3-4 5-6 / 4-4 second interception of the night. Again, it came conf. Sun Belt Sun Belt down to the right foot of kicker Eric Neihouse in a colors Scarlet & Black Blue & White pressure situation, Neihouse slipped his field goal mascot Indian Family Lightning inside the right upright to give ASU a thrilling 3-0 nickname Indians Blue Raiders stadium Indian Stadium Floyd Stadium win. The victory keeps ASU in the hunt for the Sun capacity 30,406 30,788 Belt Conference crown with just one loss on the surface grass turf season. Pres. Dr. Les Wyatt Dr. Sidney McPhee AD Dr. Dean Lee Chris Massaro Arkansas State University Football Nov. 5, 2005 vs. Middle Tennessee 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 67-58-1 A12th overall. Since taking over the reins of the ASU Tribe, Roberts has led the Indians to 11 total wins in 2005 4-3 / 3-1 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 13 Division 1-A games 2002 6-7 / 3-3 (3rd) in four seasons under Roberts, surpassing the nine totals 18-25 / 12-12 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 Nov. 5, 2005 vs. Middle Tennessee Current SBC Standings (for the week of Nov. 5) sbc all vs. ASU all-time this week’s opponent Louisiana-Monroe 3-0 3-4 ASU, 14-11 Florida International Arkansas State 3-1 4-3 n/a at Middle Tennessee North Texas 2-1 2-5 NT, 8-6 Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Lafayette 2-2 3-5 ULL, 17-15-1 at North Texas Troy 2-2 3-5 ASU, 3-1 Florida Atlantic Middle Tennessee 1-2 2-4 MT, 5-1 Arkansas State Florida Atlantic 1-3 1-7 ASU, 1-0 at Troy Florida International 0-3 1-5 ASU, 1-0 at Louisiana-Monroe 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- The Superdome is the usual ments in an interview area. A maximum of four site of the New Orleans Bowl, players will be brought to the interview area after pitting the Sun Belt Coach Roberts has addressed the media.