MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 2015 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES GAME FIVE <<< OCT. 3, 2015 <<< 7:00 PM <<< CLINTON, MISS. <<< ROBINSON-HALE STADIUM MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (2-2) 2015 SCHEDULE & RECORD VS. SHORTER (1-2) OVERALL RECORD 2-2 GSC 0-1 THE MATCHUP THE SHORTER GAME... NON-CONFERENCE 2-1 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SHORTER This will be just the 2nd all-time meeting between the Choc- HOME 2-0 taws and the Hawks with Shorter picking up a 27-14 win in vs Rome last season. AWAY 0-2 The Choctaws come into the contest off a 37-0 loss to Divi- sion I-FCS McNeese State, who was ranked #17 in the most recent poll. The Hawks picked up a 26-21 win over Division THE SCHEDULE I-FCS Southeast Missouri State on the road. Date Opponent Time/Result Saturday’s contest will match two run-heavy teams with MC Sep. 5 Texas College W, 61-6 averaging 236.5 yards per game, including a 500-yard rush- Sep. 12 at #13 North Alabama*^ L, 17-34 ing game against Belhaven. The Hawks are averaging 166.3 THE BASICS rushing yards per game, also featuring an option attack. Sep. 19 Belhaven W, 42-21 Sep. 26 at McNeese State L, 0-37 Sophomore quarterback Kyle Smith leads the team with 307 Head Coach: John Bland Head Coach: Phil Jones rushing yards on 58 carries with two touchdowns. Senior Oct. 3 Shorter* 7:00 pm (Arkansas, 1989) (Mercer, 1968) signal-caller Raymond Cotton has rushed for 186 yards and Oct. 17 at Valdosta State* 1:00 pm Career Record: 78-37 (10 Yr) Career Record: 55-54 (10 Yr) three scores. The two combined for 350 yards and four touch- Oct. 24 Florida Tech* (HC) 3:00 pm downs against Belhaven. MC Record: 3-11 (1 Yr) Shorter Record: 55-54 (10 Yr) Oct. 31 West Georgia* 3:00 pm The MC defense forced four turnovers in the loss to McNeese Nov. 7 at West Alabama* 2:00 pm Record: 2-2, 0-1 GSC Record: 1-2, 0-0 GSC State last Saturday. Freshman defensive back Leon Cunning- Nov. 14 Delta State*^ 3:00 pm Rank: NR Rank: NR ham tallied six tackles with two fumble recoveries and one Points/Gm: 30.0 Points/Gm: 14.3 forced fumble. Senior linebacker Seth McDonald led the team Points All./Gm: 24.5 Points All./Gm: 19.7 with nine tackles and is 3rd on the squad with 20 stops. * Gulf South Conference Game Rush Yds/Gm: 236.5 Rush Yds/Gm: 166.3 ^ Game on GSC-TV and ESPN3 The Hawks are led by junior running back B.J. McCoy, who (HC) Homecoming Rush TD’s: 12 Rush TD’s: 5 ranks 2nd in the GSC with 106.7 rushing yards per game. All Times Central Pass Yds/Gm: 91.8 Pass Yds/Gm: 104.7 He tallied 159 yards and two scores in the win over SEMO Pass TD’s: 5 Pass TD’s: 1 last Saturday. Total Off./Gm: 328.3 Total Off./Gm: 271.0 Zach Butts leads the Shorter defense with 34 tackles, includ- Total Def./Gm: 402.3 Total Def./Gm: 361.0 ing 21 solo stops. Preseason All-American Jordan Shaw an- ONE MORE YEAR chors the back-end of the defense, posting 27 tackles. On September 6, 2013, the NCAA Membership Committee overturned an ACTIVE STATISTICAL LEADERS earlier decision to pave the way for acceptance into the Division II member- WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK... ship process for Mississippi College. With the ruling, MC will head back to RUSHING RUSHING the Gulf South Conference, a league they belonged to from 1972-1995. MC #7 Kyle Smith #23 B.J. McCoy will not immediately be eligible for NCAA championships in Division II, going The Choctaws traveled to Lake Charles, La. to face Division through two years of candidacy period (2013-15) and one year of provisional (43-289, 6.7 ypc, 2 TD) (51-320, 6.3 ypc, 3 TD) I-FCS McNeese State, who was ranked 17th in the country membership (2015-16). On July 17, 2015, Mississippi College was notified PASSING PASSING by the AFCA. The Cowboys held MC to just 114 total yards of that they will advance to the provisional membership year and are one year #7 Kyle Smith #14 Aaron Bryant offense in a 37-0 victory. away from full membership. The Choctaws will be a full member of Division (19-32, 331 yds, 59.4% (14-19, 244 yds, 73.7%) II and the Gulf South Conference beginning with the 2016-17 academic year. 5 TD, 0 INT, 110.3 ypg) 1 TD, 1 INT, 81.3 ypg) The MC defense forced six fumbles, recovering four in the contest. They also held the Cowboys to just 17 points after RECEIVING RECEIVING “This is a great day for Mississippi College athletics. Words cannot express the opening minute of the second quarter. #6 Marcel Newson #81 Cody Simpson how appreciative I am of the hard work of our staff, as well as the MC admin- (17-256, 5 TD, 85.3 ypg) (7-151, 1 TD, 50.3 ypg) Matthew Turcotte averaged 44.3 yards per punt with a long istration. This is a true testament to the quality of people we have working at DEFENSE DEFENSE of 55 yards, landing one inside the 20-yard line in nine punts. this fine institution.” - Athletic Director Mike Jones (7/17/15) #23 Reggie Bennett #34 Zach Butts (23 tkls, 16 solo, 1 PBU) (34 tkls, 21 solo, 1 TFL, 1 FF) Shorter picked up a 26-21 win over Division I-FCS Southeast Missouri State last Saturday in Cape Girardeau. The Hawks GSC STANDINGS controlled the ball with 36 minutes of possession and only al- lowed SEMO seven possessions. B.J. McCoy rushed for 159 SCHOOL GSC CPct. Overall Pct. HOME AWAY INSIDE THE SERIES yards and two touchdowns in the game. North Alabama #8 2-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 2-0 0-0 Delta State #5 0-0 0.000 4-0 1.000 3-0 1-0 Overall SU Leads, 1-0 Last Meeting West Alabama 0-0 0.000 4-0 1.000 2-0 2-0 In Clinton N/A SU def. MC, 27-14 (10/2/14) GSC SCHEDULE... West Georgia #2 0-0 0.000 4-0 1.000 3-0 1-0 In Rome SU Leads, 1-0 Valdosta State #9 0-0 0.000 3-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 Current Streak L1 (2014- Last Meeting in Clinton Mississippi College 0-1 0.000 2-2 0.500 2-0 0-2 SATURDAY, OCtoBER 3RD Shorter 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333 0-0 1-2 N/A North Alabama at Valdosta State* 1:00 pm Florida Tech 0-1 0.000 1-3 0.250 1-1 0-2 MC All-Time Record: West Georgia at West Alabama* 3:00 pm National Rankings are from the AFCA 480-424-36 Last MC Win in the Series Florida Tech at Delta State* 6:00 pm N/A Shorter at Mississippi College* 7:00 pm FOLLOW US @ChoctawSports ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF ChoctawSports @GoChoctawsFB David Nichols Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications Phone: 601-925-3234 EMail: [email protected] Kyle Lewis Assistant Sports Information Director Phone: 601-925-7890 EMail: [email protected] @ChoctawSports ChoctawSports Christy Wyne Sports Information Graduate Assistant Phone: 601-925-3234 EMail: [email protected] MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE QUICK FACTS 2015 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE School Mississippi College DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME SERIES Location Clinton, MS 39058 Founded 1826 CLInton, MISS. First Enrollment 5,008 TEXAS COLLEGE 7:00 pm SEPT. 5 Robinson-Hale Stadium Meeting Nickname Choctaws STEERS School Colors Navy Blue and Old Gold FLORENCE, ALA. UNA Leads Stadium Robinson-Hale Stadium NORTH ALABAMA 6:00 pm SEPT. 12 Braly Municipal Stadium 15-14-2 Capacity 8,500 LIONS Surface EnviroMax by EnviroTurf Affiliation NCAA DII CLInton, MISS. MC Leads SEPT. 19 BELHAVEN 7:00 pm Conference Gulf South Conference BLAZERS Robinson-Hale Stadium 3-2 President Dr. Lee G. Royce Athletic Director Mike Jones LAKE CHARLES, LA. MSU Leads SEPT. 26 MCNEESE STATE 6:00 pm Senior Woman’s Administrator Susan Musselwhite COWBOYS Cowboy Stadium 2-0 Faculty Athletic Representative Dr. Tom Williams School Website www.mc.edu CLInton, MISS. SU Leads Athletics Website www.gochoctaws.com SHORTER 7:00 pm OCT. 3 Robinson-Hale Stadium 1-0 Athletic Dept. Phone 601-925-3341 HAWKS VALDOSTA, GA. MC leads VALDOSTA STATE 1:00 pm OCT. 17 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium 8-6-1 MC ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS BLAZERS CLInton, MISS. FIT Leads Assistant A.D. for Athletic Communications David Nichols FLORIDA TECH 3:00 pm OCT. 24 Robinson-Hale Stadium 1-0 E-Mail [email protected] PANTHERS Office Phone 601-925-3234 Cell Phone 769-798-7143 CLInton, MISS. MC Leads OCT. 31 WEST GEORGIA 3:00 pm SID Fax 601-925-3344 WOLVES Robinson-Hale Stadium 8-5 Assistant Sports Information Director Kyle Lewis Assistant E-Mail [email protected] LIVIngston, ALA. UWA Leads NOV. 7 WEST ALABAMA 2:00 pm Graduate Assistant Christy Wyne TIGERS Tiger Stadium 20-19-2 Graduate Assistant E-Mail [email protected] SID Mailing Address 200 S. Capitol St. CLInton, MISS. DSU leads Clinton, MS 39056 DELTA STATE 3:00 pm NOV. 14 Robinson-Hale Stadium 18-15-2 Twitter @ChoctawSports STATESMEN Instagram @ChoctawSports Facebook ChoctawSports YouTube youtube.com/gochoctaws ON THIS DATE (OCTOBER 3RD) NCCAA RANKINGS Mississippi College football is 7-4-1 all-time on October 3rd in their 103- Each week, the National Christian College Athletic Association releases year history.