Game Day in the Southland, Sept. 3
Game Day in the Southland: Sept. 3
Southeastern
Louisiana at Tulane
Saturday,
Sept. 3, 2011 • 12:30 p.m., CDT
New
Orleans Superdome • New Orleans, La.
Live Stats: www.tulanegreenwave.com
Series: Tulane leads 5-0
Last Meeting: 2010, Tulane won 27-21
Southeastern Louisiana Notes: The Lions return
only 14 starters to try and reverse the course of last year's team that
finished 2-9 overall and 1-6 mark in
Southland play ... the team did redshirt a majority of the 2010 recruiting
class that Rivals.com ranked as the top recruiting class in the FCS ... 38
lettermen also return ... WR Simmie Yarborough is back as the school's all-time
leader in pass receptions (168) and touchdown receptions (27) ... he enters the
season with 2,002 receiving yards, 43 shy of the school record held by Felton
Huggins (2003-05) ... WR Brandon Collins also returns after tallying 875
receiving yards ... he became the first Lion receiver to record three
consecutive 100-yard games, doing so against McNeese State, Central Arkansas
and Northwestern State ... QB Brian Young will be charged with getting the ball
to them ... in six games and two starts last year, he threw for 1,012 yards and
four scores ... the Lions have key losses on defense, including Tommy Connors,
Mark Newbill, Ryan Godare and Re'Keem Wilson ... this marks the second year in
a row for the Lions to open at Tulane, which escaped with a 27-21 win last
year.
No. 20/20 McNeese
State at Kansas
Saturday,
Sept. 3, 2011 • 6 p.m., CDT
Kivisto
Field at Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kan.
Live Stats: www.kuathletics.com
Series: First Meeting
Last Meeting: First Meeting
McNeese
State Notes:
McNeese State has not finished lower than second in the conference race since
Matt Viator took over as coach in the 2006 season ... the Cowboys were in
contention for its 14th Southland title until the final day of the regular
season, but lost at Central Arkansas ... McNeese was 6-5 overall and 5-2 in the
league ... two losses were to Missouri and LSU of the bowl subdivision ... the
Cowboys return 48 lettermen, including all-conference performers: TB Andre
Anderson, DT Desmund Lighten, FS Malcolm Bronson, OG Miguel Gauthreaux, S
Darrell Jenkins and PK Josh Lewis, who has three career game-winning kicks ...
only four starters are back on each side of the ball ... Lighten was shifted
from tackle to end in the offseason to take advantage of his quickness ... he
has 168 career tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks ... Bronson is a
two-time, first-team all-league pick and has 147 career stops and seven
interceptions, including five last year ... Jenkins enters his senior campaign
having made 34 consecutive starts ... including Anderson, McNeese has four
tailbacks with starts: Champlain Babin, Javaris Murray and Marcus Wiltz.
Texas College at
Lamar
Saturday,
Sept. 3, 2011 • 7:30 p.m., CDT
Provost
Umphrey Stadium • Beaumont, Texas
Live Stats: www.lamarcardinals.com
Series: First Meeting
Last Meeting: First Meeting
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Texas
College
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Game Notes
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Lamar
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0-1, 0-0
CSFL
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2011
Record
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0-0, 0-0
Southland
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1-9, 1-4
CSFL
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2010
Record
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5-6
Overall
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George
Cumby
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Coach
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Ray
Woodard
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Oklahoma
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Alma
Mater
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Sam
Houston State '88
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0-1 / 1st
Season
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Career Record
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14-9 /
3rd Season
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texascollegeonline.net
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Website
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lamarcardinals.com
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N/A
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Twitter
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@lamarcards
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Lamar Notes: Lamar returns to the Southland in football
for the first time since the 1986 season ... the Cardinals returned to the
gridiron last year to post a 5-6 record ... it was the school's first team
since eliminating football in 1989 ... Lamar has won four Southland Conference
titles, though its last was in 1981 ... the Cardinals went 1-3 against its four
Southland opponents last year, opening with a 30-27 loss at McNeese State ...
Lamar beat Webber International and before recording a 29-28 come-from-behind win
at Southeastern Louisiana ... SFA handed Lamar a 71-3 loss before Sam Houston
State won 38-10 ... Lamar ended the season on a two game win streak ... in six
home dates, the Cardinals averaged 16,079 fans, the best average of any
Southland school ... the Cardinals, which set seven individual and eight team
records in 2010, lose only one defensive starter and return 65 lettermen ...
J.J. Hayes caught a team-high 52 passes for 745 yards and six touchdowns and
Marcus Jackson, returns with a team-high eight touchdowns among his 41 catches
for 727 yards ... in the opener, Lamar faces Texas College, which lost 47-3 to
Belhaven on Saturday.
Thursday
Results
Sam Houston State 20, Western Illinois 6
Northwestern State 24, Delta State 23
No. 14/17 Stephen F. Austin 82, McMurry 6
No. 22/18 Central Arkansas 38, Henderson State 14
Nicholls State 42, Evangel 0
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