2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL

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1 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL Sun Belt Conference Football - Week 11 For Immediate Release: Monday, November 5 Contact: John McElwain (mcelwain@sunbeltsports.org) 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL STANDINGS 601 Poydras Street, Suite 2355, New Orleans, Louisiana , ext. 215 CONFERENCE RECORD OVERALL RECORD W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Streak Arkansas State Won 4 Louisiana-Monroe Lost 1 Middle Tennessee Won 2 WKU Lost 1 Louisiana-Lafayette Won 1 Troy Lost 2 North Texas Lost 2 South Alabama Lost 2 Florida Atlantic Lost 1 FIU Won 1 UPCOMING GAMES November 8 * Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State (ESPNU) - 6 p.m. November 10 Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida - 11:21 a.m. (SEC Network/ESPN3) * Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky (Sun Belt Network) - 12 p.m. Navy at Troy (ESPN3) - 2:30 p.m. * South Alabama at North Texas - 4 p.m. RECENT RESULTS November 1 * Middle Tennessee 34, Western Kentucky 29 (ESPNU) - 8:15 p.m. November 3 Tennessee 55, Troy a.m. (Fox Sports Net) Navy 24, Florida Atlantic 17 (CBS Sports Network) - 2:30 p.m. * FIU 28, South Alabama 20-2:30 p.m. * Louisiana-Lafayette 40, Louisiana-Monroe 24 (Sun Belt Network) - 3 p.m. * Arkansas State 37, North Texas 19-4 p.m. SUN BELT FUTURE IS BRIGHT This is a conference on the rise. You can really sense the momentum that the conference has. - Arkansas State head coach Gus Malzahn In my mind, the Sun Belt came out as a big winner in realignment and conference shuffling. Adding Georgia State, Texas State and UT Arlington clearly put the Sun Belt in a strong position for the future. The competitive gap between us and others has shrunk considerably. The Sun Belt is poised to contend to become the best of the so-called non-aq conferences, which are our peer conferences. - Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson Everybody is getting better. Everybody is recruiting hard, and everybody is hiring good coaches. There s great coaches across the field and have been for years. - Troy head coach Larry Blakeney One of messages across the league is why not be that team that takes center stage? That is the next Boise State? To play on New Year s Day in a big bowl against a big opponent and bring credit to the university and to the Sun Belt. There s no doubt in my mind that there is a team in the Sun Belt that will achieve that in the next two to three to five years. - Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson Athletic directors and people across the country are saying, Hey, they play a great brand football in the Sun Belt Conference. - Louisiana-Lafayette head coach Mark Hudspeth Each year we re getting more established, we re building better facilities, we re recruiting better players, - Middle Tennessee Head Coach Rick Stockstill This conference probably is more even than any conference in the country. There s just about every team in this conference I feel like if it gets on a roll has the ability to make a run for the championship if not finish in the top 3 every year. - Louisiana- Lafayette head coach Mark Hudspeth The conference is getting better as we go. I think our presidents have done a great job. Everyone is looking better. - Western Kentucky head coach Willie Taggart THREE TIED FOR SUN BELT LEAD AFTER SATURDAY; FOUR NOW BOWL ELIGIBLE Last week s action in Sun Belt play resulted in two more teams getting bowl eligible as both Arkansas State and Middle Tennessee earned their sixth wins of the season. In addition, the Blue Raiders and Red Wolves now find themselves tied atop the league standings with Louisiana-Monroe. All three teams have 4-1 conference records. One team of the three-way tie will assuredly move to 5-1 in conference play as Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe will faceoff Thursday night on ESPNU. Middle Tennessee, meanwhile, will have to wait a week to try and improve its championship aspirations as the Blue Raiders have the week off. Beyond the first place tie is a competitive race between Louisiana-Lafayette and Western Kentucky. Both teams stand at 3-2 in the league standings. While the Cajuns step out of conference play this week in a game against Florida, WKU will try to keep its Sun Belt title hopes alive with a matchup against Florida Atlantic. The Cajuns and the Hilltoppers will meet the week after on November 17 in a critical game for both teams Sun Belt championship hopes.

2 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SUN BELT CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Terrance Broadway (Louisiana-Lafayette, So., QB) Broadway compiled a career-high 460 yards of total offense and five touchdowns to snap a two-game losing streak with Louisiana-Lafayette s win over ULM. He completed 23-of-32 passes for 373 yards and a career-high four touchdowns in the win while also rushing for a game-high 87 yards on 14 carries with a touchdown. Broadway engineered six scoring drives of 75 yards or more, including a monstrous 17 play, 99 yard effort that covered 9:33. Offensive Player of the Week (November 5) Defensive Player of the Week (November 5) Jordan Hunt (FIU, Sr., LB) Hunt recorded a team-high 11 tackles in FIU s win on the road over South Alabama on Saturday. Including nine solo tackles, Hunt recorded one forced fumble, two pass breakups, one quarterback hurry and one interception. Hunt was outstanding in the fourth quarter vs. the Jaguars with the game on-the-line and FIU clinging to its one touchdown lead. Following an FIU three-and-out, USA drove the ball back into the Panthers side of the field on one play. On the second play of the drive, Hunt forced a fumble on USA running back Demetre Baker at the FIU 48 with 11 minutes left, allowing the Panthers to recover on their own 38-yard-line. On USA s next drive, they pushed all the way down to the FIU eight-yard-line. Hunt stopped running back Kendall Houston for a two-yard game on second down, and a critical pass breakup on quarterback Ross Metheny on third down from the six. USA would miss the field goal attempt. On USA s final drive Hunt intercepted Metheny at midfield, ending the Jaguars final threat. Reggie Whatley (Middle Tennessee, r-so., K) Reggie Whatley s play against WKU was one of the main reasons MT picked up its sixth win on Thursday. The redshirt sophomore set a school-record in kick return yards with 222, smashing the previous best set by Damon Nickson against Louisville in Whatley s 96-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter proved to be the gamewinner as the Blue Raiders reached bowl eligibility for the third time in four seasons. As a defensive specialist, Whatley pounced on a fumble in the fourth quarter that led to a Blue Raider field goal. The redshirt sophomore averages 31.9 yards per kick return in nine games played this season. Special Teams Player of the Week (November 5) Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 3: Shawn Southward (Troy, Sr., RB) Sept. 10: Kolton Browning (Louisiana-Monroe, Jr., QB) Sept. 17: Antonio Andrews (WKU, Jr., RB) Sept. 24: Antonio Andrews (WKU, Jr., RB) Oct. 1: Benny Cunningham (Middle Tennessee, Sr., RB) Oct. 8: Kolton Browning (Louisiana-Monroe, Jr., QB) Oct. 15: Benny Cunningham (Middle Tennessee, Sr., RB) Oct. 22: Kolton Browning (Louisiana-Monroe, Jr., QB) Oct. 29: Logan Kilgore (Middle Tennessee, r-jr., QB) Nov. 5: Terrance Broadway (Louisiana-Lafayette, So., QB) Nov. 12: Nov. 19: Nov. 26: Dec. 3: Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 3: De Von Terry (Troy, Sr., LB) Sept. 10: Jemarlous Moten (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., DB) Sept. 17: Jonathan Dowling (WKU, So., DB) Sept. 24: Brynden Trawick (Troy, Sr., DB) Oct. 1: Quanterus Smith (WKU, Sr., DL) Oct. 8: Qushaun Lee (Arkansas State, So., LB) Oct. 15: Nathan Herrold (Arkansas State, Sr., LB) Oct. 22: Zach Orr (North Texas, Jr., LB) Oct. 29: Quanterus Smith (WKU, Sr., DL) Nov. 5: Jordan Hunt (FIU, Sr., LB) Nov. 12: Nov. 19: Nov. 26: Dec. 3: Special Teams Player of the Week Sept. 3: Brett Baer (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., K/P) Sept. 10: Brett Baer (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., K/P) Sept. 17: Hendrix Brakefield (WKU, Jr., P) Sept. 24: Will Scott (Troy, Jr., P/K) Oct. 1: Brett Baer (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., K/P) Oct. 8: Brett Baer (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., K/P) Oct. 15: Michel Chapuseaux (South Alabama, Sr., K) Oct. 22: Pat Moore (South Alabama, Jr., DE/LB) Oct. 29: Brian Davis (Arkansas State, Jr., K) Nov. 5: Reggie Whatley (Middle Tennessee, r-so., K) Nov. 12: Nov. 19: Nov. 26: Dec. 3: 2 -

3 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AROUND THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE WKU, ULM Top SEC Foes ULM defeated then #8 ranked Arkansas on September 8 and WKU followed up with a win over Kentucky on September 15. The two wins against SEC programs were the first for both institutions, it also marked the first time that Sun Belt Conference has had wins against the SEC in back-to-back weeks. ULM s win over Arkansas also marked the first time that a Sun Belt Conference team has defeated a top-ten ranked opponent. ULM s Browning Tabbed Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week After leading ULM to upset of No. 8 Arkansas Saturday in overtime, junior quarterback Kolton Browning has been named the Walter Camp Football Foundation Offensive Player of the Week. Browning tallied 481 yards of total offense and his 16 yard run to the endzone in overtime gave the Warhawks their first-ever win over Arkansas and their first-win over a ranked opponent (as a FBS member). Browning set new careerhighs in passing yards (412), completions (42) and attempts (67). The junior also registered a total of 83 plays which ranks second in ULM history for a single-game. Cunningham Garners National Award Middle Tennessee senior running back Benny Cunningham was named the AT&T All-America National Player of the Week on Thursday night for his performance in the win at Georgia Tech. ESPN analysts select four players each week and then fan votes determine the overall winner. Cunningham set several career-highs in the upset win over Georgia Tech, including 217 yards rushing, scoring five touchdowns, carrying the pigskin 27 times and registering a career-long 60-yard run. The 60-yard touchdown run was the longest by the Blue Raiders since D.D. Kyles raced 74 yards against Louisiana in Cunningham s five rushing touchdowns tied for the second most in a game at Middle Tennessee and moved him to No. 3 nationally in scoring. Sun Belt Sends Three to Bowls in 2011 The Sun Belt Conference has sent three teams to postseason bowl games for two consecutive seasons. Following the 2011 regular season, Louisiana-Lafayette played in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, FIU played in the Beef O Brady s Bowl and Arkansas State played in the GoDaddy.com Bowl. The three teams playing in the 2011 football postseason matches the previous high set the year prior. ASU, FIU, ULL and Western Kentucky all finished the 2011 regular season with bowl eligible records, marking the fourth time in league history that the Sun Belt has had four bowl eligible teams. Sun Belt Conference Membership The Sun Belt Conference is currently comprised of ten football playing members Arkansas State (founding football member in 2001), Florida Atlantic (joined league as football member in 2005), FIU (joined league as football member in 2005), Louisiana-Lafayette (founding football member in 2001), Louisiana-Monroe (founding football member in 2001), Middle Tennessee (founding football member in 2001), North Texas (founding football member in 2001), South Alabama (joined league as football member in 2012), Troy (joined league as football member in 2004) and Western Kentucky University (joined league as football member in 2009). Georgia State, Texas-Arlington and Texas State will join the league on July 1, UT Arlington joins current Sun Belt members as a non-football playing member. South Alabama Makes Sun Belt Debut South Alabama will open the 2012 season on Aug. 30 against Texas San-Antonio where it will make its Sun Belt Conference and FBS debut. The Jaguars will not be eligible for the Sun Belt Conference championship, however, they will play a full Sun Belt schedule where their games will count as conference games for their league opponents. USA will be eligible for the Sun Belt title and a bowl berth in the 2013 season. Sun Belt Conference Coaches Teleconference Call Contact John McElwain (mcelwain@sunbeltsports.org) for info Conducted every Monday from August 27 to November 26 Schedule of Events (All times Central): 10:30 a.m. Announcements 10:32 a.m. Carl Pelini, FAU 10:38 a.m. Larry Blakeney, Troy 10:44 a.m. Gus Malzahn, ASU 10:50 a.m. Mark Hudspeth, ULL 10:56 a.m. Todd Berry, ULM 11:02 a.m. Rick Stockstill, MT 11:08 a.m. Dan McCarney, NT 11:14 a.m. Mario Cristobal, FIU 11:20 a.m. Willie Taggart, WKU 11:26 a.m. Joey Jones, USA 11:32 a.m. Karl Benson, Commissioner (subject to availability) Sun Belt Conference Video Feed Contact Travis Llewellyn (llewellyn@sunbeltsports.org) for info. Conducted every Tuesday from August 28 to November 27-2:00 p.m. (CT) The Sun Belt Conference will provide a weekly video feed of head coach interviews and game highlights each Tuesday during the 2011 football season. The video feed will be made available exclusively through a digital download this season using the website com/. New videos made available on this site will be uploaded on Tuesday of each week by 2 p.m. The videos will also be maintained and archived throughout the season. Members of the media may also find supplementary content on this site such as logos and photos. For login information please contact Travis Llewellyn (llewellyn@ sunbeltsports.org) or John McElwain (mcelwain@ sunbeltsports.org). Trojan Trio Wins Super Bowl Title The Trojan Trio of Jerrel Jernigan, Lawrence Tynes and Osi Umenyiora are Super Bowl Champions after the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. The title is the second for both Tynes and Umenyiora and the first for Jernigan. Troy s three former players in the Super Bowl (active rosters) were the fifth most of any school in the country. Tynes, who sent the Giants to the Super Bowl with a gamewinning field goal in overtime of the NFC Championship Game, booted field goals of 38 and 33 yards in the third quarter to pull New York within two, Jernigan, who in 2010 led the Trojans to their fifth consecutive Sun Belt Conference title, set up Tynes first field goal with a 34-yard kickoff return. The rookie finished the game with three returns for 71 yards (23.7 per return). Umenyiora finished the game with one tackle and a pair of hits on New England quarterback Tom Brady

4 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AROUND THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE Bowl Game Winning Percentage Since the 2007 football season the Sun Belt Conference ranks fifth out of the 11 FBS conferences in postseason bowl game winning percentage. In fact, the Sun Belt Conference ranks ahead of noted Big Six leagues the ACC, Pac-12 and the Big Ten. Furthermore, the Sun Belt Conference outpaces its non-automatic qualifying BCS partners in the WAC, Conference USA and the MAC. W L % MWC SEC Big East Big Sun Belt Pac CUSA Big Ten ACC MAC WAC Sun Belt Conference Bowl Partners The Sun Belt Conference is currently in the third year of four year partnerships with the GoDaddy.com Bowl and the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. Sun Belt teams will continue to represent the league in the games following the 2012 and 2013 regular seasons. Cristobal Continues to Build FIU FIU s Mario Cristobal is undoubtedly one of the hottest rising coaches in college football, taking over the FIU program in 2007 after spending time on Greg Schiano's staff at Rutgers ( ) and Larry Coker's staff at Miami ( ). Cristobal led the Panthers to their first winning season in program history in 2010, winning a share of the Sun Belt Championship and then the Little Caesars Bowl. FIU also finished 8-5 in 2011 and received a bid to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. Cristobal has shown dedication to the Miami community as he was raised there, played, coached and earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at the University of Miami and has been FIU s head coach for five seasons. Sun Belt Football Championship Trophy to Honor Waters The annual winner of the Sun Belt Conference s football regular season will take home the H. Wright Waters Trophy as the league approved the honor at the 2012 Sun Belt Conference Spring Meetings. Waters served as Commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference from 1998 through 2012 and largely responsible for football becoming a league sponsored sport. The Sun Belt had been a viable entity on the nation s collegiate athletic map since its founding in 1976, but Waters made the call for a serious approach to gaining access to the Football Bowl Subdivision. Due to his leadership the league played its inaugural season under his watch in Malzahn Returns Home to Take Over at Arkansas State Gus Malzahn was named the Red Wolves' 28th head football coach last December, bringing him back to his home state after most recently enjoying highly successful stints as a top assistant coach at three NCAA FBS universities that garnered national acclaim. Malzahn comes to Arkansas State after serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Auburn for the past three seasons. A native of Fort Smith, Malzahn was named the winner of the 2010 Frank Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top collegiate assistant coach. His innovative offense made an immediate and profound impact during his tenure at Auburn, highlighted by a record-setting offense in 2010 when the Tigers finished 14-0 and claimed the school's first national championship since Malzahn's record-setting offense in 2010 led the Southeastern Conference and finished in the top 10 nationally in six statistical categories. He coached Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton during the Tigers run to the 2011 BCS National Championship. Under Malzahn's direction, Newton later became the overall No. 1 pick in the 2011 NFL Draft after producing one of the best singleseason quarterback performances in collegiate history Preseason Sun Belt Poll As voted on by the league s 10 head coaches. First place votes in parentheses. School Points 1. FIU 92 (5) 2. Arkansas State 85 (2) 3. Louisiana-Lafayette 81 (2) 4. WKU 70 (1) 5. Troy Louisiana-Monroe Middle Tennessee North Texas Florida Atlantic South Alabama Preseason All-Sun Belt Team As voted on by the league s 10 head coaches and selected media members. Offense Ryan Aplin (Arkansas State, Sr., QB) Kedrick Rhodes (FIU, Jr., RB) Alonzo Harris (Louisiana-Lafayette, So., RB) Josh Jarboe (Arkansas State, Sr., WR) Javone Lawson (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., WR) Eric Thomas (Troy, Jr., WR) Jack Doyle (WKU, Sr., TE) Zack McKnight (Arkansas State, Sr., OL) Rupert Bryan (FIU, Sr., OL) Caylin Hauptmann (FIU, Sr., OL) Leonardo Bates (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., OL) Cyril Lemon (North Texas, So., OL) Defense Isame Faciane (FIU, Jr., DL) Tourek Williams (FIU, Sr., DL) Tony Davis (Troy, Sr., DL) Quanterus Smith (WKU, Sr., DL) Winston Fraser (FIU, r-sr., LB) Kanorris Davis (Troy, Sr., LB) Andrew Jackson (WKU, Jr., LB) Don Jones (Arkansas State, Sr., DB) Jonathan Cyprien (FIU, Sr., DB) Melvin White (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., DB) Brynden Trawick (Troy, Sr., DB) Special Teams Brett Baer (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr. PK) Will Atterberry (North Texas, Sr., P) John Evans (WKU, So., Return Specialist) Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Ryan Aplin (Arkansas State, Sr., QB) Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Tourek Williams (FIU, Sr., DL) 4 -

5 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AROUND THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE Carl Pelini Begins New Era at Florida Atlantic Carl Pelini was named Florida Atlantic's second head coach in program history to replace the retired Howard Schnellenberger and brings more than 25 years of football experience to Boca Raton. The Ohio native was a defensive coordinator at Minnesota State Mankato (2004) and helped revitalize a struggling program at Ohio University where he was the defensive line coach for three seasons ( ). In 2008, he moved to Nebraska and assumed the position of defensive coordinator and defensive line coach. Pelini's role in the resurgence of Nebraska's defense has been recognized by his two-time nomination for the Frank Broyles Assistant Coach of the Year Award. Prior to his time in the collegiate ranks, Pelini spent more than 10 years at the high school level. WKU and Taggart Agree to New Contract Willie Taggart, who guided WKU to the biggest one-season improvement in league wins in Sun Belt Conference history in only the program s third season competing at the Football Bowl Subdivision level, has agreed to a new four-year contract. The contract began on January 1, 2012 and includes an automatic one-year rollover each year through WKU s 7-1 conference record in 2011 after a 2-6 league record a year ago stands as the biggest one-season improvement in Sun Belt Conference history. Taggart leads WKU into 2012 with a seven-game conference winning streak, the fifth-longest current streak in the country. Sun Belt and ESPN Announce Multiyear Agreement The Sun Belt Conference and ESPN reached a new agreement that extends the network s relationship with the conference through the academic year. The agreement, which will take effect beginning in the academic year, will expand the conference s national television exposure and makes ESPN the exclusive national cable and satellite provider of the Sun Belt Conference. The new agreement will give Sun Belt Conference football a minimum of two games on either ESPN or ESPN2 and also a minimum of five games on ESPNU that will be scheduled for Thursday or Friday nights. Additionally, ESPN Regional Television will have the right to produce, distribute and syndicate up to five football games each year. ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, will also be granted additional opportunities to select games to air. This trio of networks will be granted a 12-day rolling window during the season to select additional games to televise. Games available for selection are after the third Saturday of the season SUN BELT VS. NON-CONFERENCE (16-22) Atlantic Coast Duke Georgia Tech NC State Big Baylor Kansas State Oklahoma State Big East Louisville Big Ten Nebraska Conference USA Central Florida Houston Memphis Southern MIssissippi Tulane UAB Independents/Transitional Navy Mid-American Akron Mountain West Hawai i Pacific Oregon Western Athletic Texas-San Antonio Southeastern Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Mississippi State Tennessee Top #1 Alabama #3 LSU #5 Oregon #7 Georgia #8 Arkansas #15 Kansas State #15/23 Mississippi State #20 Louisville NOTE: AP Ranking as of time played Football Championship Subdivision Northeast Conference Wagner Ohio Valley Austin Peay Southwestern Athletic Conference Alcorn State Texas Southern Southland Lamar McNeese State Nicholls State USA Today Coaches Poll (November 4) Team Record Points Prev. 1. Alabama (59) Oregon Kansas State Notre Dame Georgia Florida State Florida Clemson LSU Louisville South Carolina Oregon State Oklahoma Texas A&M Stanford Nebraska Texas Louisiana Tech UCLA NR 20. Rutgers Northwestern NR 22. USC Mississippi State Boise State Toledo NR ORV: Northern Illinois 88, Texas Tech 68, Michigan 48, Oklahoma State 41, Cincinnati 38, TCU 37, Ohio 34, Kent State 32, Wisconsin 25, Utah State 13, UCF 12, West Virginia 7, San Diego State 7, Washington 4, Tulsa 4, Louisiana-Monroe 4, Fresno State 4, Arizona State 3, Middle Tennessee 2. Associated Press Poll (November 4) Team Record Points Prev. 1. Alabama (60) Oregon Kansas State Notre Dame Ohio State Georgia Florida Florida State LSU Clemson Louisville South Carolina Oregon State Oklahoma Texas A&M Stanford UCLA Nebraska Texas NR 19. Louisiana Tech USC Mississippi State Toledo NR 24. Rutgers NR 25. Texas Tech ORV: Northern Illinois 64, Kent State 61, Michigan 53, TCU 38, Northwestern 32, Oklahoma State 27, Ohio 22, UCF 15, Boise State 11, Washington 9, Penn State 8, San Diego State 7, Tulsa 6, Arizona 5, Utah State 4, Fresno State

6 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AROUND THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE Cajuns Grab Top Attendance Increase in NCAA The Ragin Cajuns football team added yet another honor to its list as the NCAA announced that the University of Louisiana-Lafayette had the top attendance increase for the 2011 season. The Cajuns had an average increase of 11,788 per game setting both the Sun Belt Conference average and total attendance record and the ULL average attendance record. ULL beat out Arizona State, Stanford, Iowa State, Temple, Florida State and Oklahoma State for the top honor. Troy s Chip Reeves Added to Biletnikoff Award List Troy wide receiver Chip Reeves has been added to the Biletnikoff Award watch list, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation announced Tuesday morning. Reeves was one of 11 players to be added to the award watch list; the Biletnikoff Award is presented annually to the nation s top wide receiver. ASU s Aplin Named Senior Class Award Finalist Arkansas State senior quarterback Ryan Aplin was named as one of 10 finalists for the prestigious 2012 Senior CLASS Award, annually recognizing an NCAA FBS senior with notable achievements in areas of community, classroom, character and competition. The finalists were chosen by a media committee from the list of 30 candidates announced in September. Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to help select the winner. Fans are encouraged to vote on the Senior CLASS Award Web site through Dec. 3. Fan votes will be combined with media and NCAA FBS head head coaches votes to determine the winner. ULM s Browning Added to Maxwell Award List The Maxwell Football Club today announced the expansion of its 2012 Watch List for the 76th Maxwell Award and ULM junior quarterback was added to the list. The original list was comprised of 65 players, who were selected based on their performances during the 2011 season. As the 2012 season has progressed, the Club believes that several additional players warrant attention because of their noteworthy play. ULM-Baylor Sets New Sun Belt TV Rating Record The Louisiana-Monroe vs. Baylor football game that was televised live on ESPN Friday, September 21 was watched by a record number of viewers for the Sun Belt Conference. Friday s night game was watched by over 2.2 million people with a rating of the highest rated in history for a game involving a Sun Belt Conference team. The previous highest rated game in Sun Belt history was the FIU at Louisville game a season ago that earned a 1.4 rating. The game was the third highest rated college football game that aired on ESPN or ESPN2 last week trailing only the LSU at Auburn game and the Arizona at Oregon game. The ULM-Baylor game received a higher rating than the BYU at Boise State, Virginia at TCU, UTEP at Wisconsin and Vanderbilt at Georgia games. ASU Announces $22 Million Football Facility Project Arkansas State University announced a $22 million football facility project, including a two-level football operations building and 76,000 square-foot indoor practice facility in Liberty Bank Stadium s north end zone. The new football operations building s first floor will house A-State s locker room, state-of-the-art strength and conditioning and sports medicine centers, a players lounge and equipment room. The second floor will feature coaching and administrative offices, team meeting rooms, a history and heritage showroom and a team film room with theatre seating. The indoor practice facility will run east and west and be connected to the north side of the operations building Sun Belt Network Football Schedule Announced Now in its fourth season, the is a joint partnership with Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS) and Cox Sports Television (CST). Each game will be available in 13 states across the southeast and is often available on ESPN3.com and ESPN GamePlan outside of the CSS and CST markets. The agreement with CSS and CST has resulted in the broadcasting of football, men s basketball, women s basketball, baseball, volleyball, and softball contests throughout the last three seasons. In whole, the Sun Belt Network has been responsible for over 100 events airing on CSS and CST over the past three seasons. The seven games selected for the Sun Belt Network adds to the growing list of football broadcasts that the Sun Belt Conference and its institutions are directly responsible for. Bowl Championship Series (November 4) Team Average Prev. 1. Alabama Kansas State Oregon Notre Dame Georgia Florida LSU South Carolina Louisville Florida State Oregon State Oklahoma Clemson Stanford Texas A&M Nebraska Texas UCLA.2533 NR 19. USC Louisiana Tech Mississippi State Texas Tech Rutgers.1214 NR 24. Northwestern.0962 NR 25. Toledo.0796 NR Harris Poll (November 4) Team Record Points Prev. 1. Alabama (108) Oregon (6) Kansas State (1) Notre Dame Georgia Florida State Florida LSU Clemson Louisville South Carolina Oregon State Oklahoma Stanford Texas A&M Nebraska Texas USC Louisiana Tech Mississippi State UCLA NR 22. Rutgers Boise State Northwestern NR 25. Texas Tech ORV: Toledo 160, TCU 142, Northern Illinois 110, Michigan 89, Kent State 74, Ohio 72, West Virginia 64, Oklahoma State 63, Cincinnati 34, Utah State 22, San Diego State 18, UCF 9, San Jose State 8, Wisconsin 4, Arizona 3, Arkansas State 2, Tulsa

7 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 2012 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE August 30 McNeese State 27, Middle Tennessee 21 (ESPN3) - 6:30 p.m. August 31 Florida Atlantic 7, Wagner 3 (ESPN3) - 7 p.m. September 1 Troy 39, UAB a.m. (Fox College Sports) Texas-San Antonio 33, South Alabama 31 (ESPN3) - 1 p.m. Western Kentucky 49, Austin Peay 10 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. Duke 46, FIU 26 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette 40, Lamar 0 (Cox4/ESPN3) - 6 p.m. #3 LSU 41, North Texas 14 (ESPNU) - 6 p.m. #5 Oregon 57, Arkansas State 34 (ESPN) - 9:30 p.m. September 8 #1 Alabama 35, WKU 0 (SEC Network/ESPN3) - 2:30 p.m. South Alabama 9, Nicholls State 3 (ESPN3) - 4 p.m. FIU 41, Akron 38 (OT) (ESPN3) - 5 p.m. * Louisiana-Lafayette 37, Troy 24 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. Arkansas State 33, Memphis 28 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe 34, #8 Arkansas 31 (OT) (ESPNU) - 6 p.m. North Texas 34, Texas Southern 7 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. * Middle Tennessee 31, Florida Atlantic 17 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. September 15 Auburn 31, Louisiana-Monroe 28 (OT) (SEC Network/ESPN3) - 11 a.m. Nebraksa 42, Arkansas State 13 (ESPN2) - 11 a.m. Oklahoma State 65, Louisiana-Lafayette 24 (Fox Sports Net) - 11 a.m. Central Florida 33, FIU 20 (CSS) - 4 p.m. NC State 31, South Alabama 7 (ESPN3) - 5 p.m. Mississippi State 30, Troy 24 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. WKU 32, Kentucky 31 (OT) (ESPNU) - 6 p.m. Middle Tennessee 48, Memphis 30-6 p.m. #15 Kansas State 35, North Texas 21-6 p.m. #7 Georgia 56, Florida Atlantic 20 (CSS/ESPN3) - 6:30 p.m. Friday, September 21 Baylor at Louisiana-Monroe (ESPN) - 7 p.m. September 22 #1 Alabama 40, Florida Atlantic 7 (PPV) - 4 p.m. #20 Louisville 28, FIU 21 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. Western Kentucky 42, Southern Mississippi 17 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. * Troy 14, North Texas 7 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. Arkansas State 56, Alcorn State 0 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. #23 Mississippi State 30, South Alabama 10 (PPV) - 6 p.m. September 29 Middle Tennessee 49, Georgia Tech 28-11:30 a.m. Louisiana-Monroe 63, Tulane 10 (CST) - 2:30 p.m. * Troy 31, South Alabama 10 (Sun Belt Network) - 2:30 p.m. * North Texas 20, Florida Atlantic 14-4 p.m. (ESPN3) * Louisiana-Lafayette 48, FIU 20 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. * WKU 26, Arkansas State 13 (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. October 4 * Arkansas State 34, FIU 20 (ESPNU) - 6:30 p.m. October 6 Louisiana-Lafayette 41, Tulane 13 (Cox4/ESPN3) - 4 p.m. Houston 44, North Texas 21 (CSS) - 6 p.m. * Louisiana-Monroe 31, Middle Tennessee 17 (Sun Belt Network) - 2:30 p.m. October 11 * Western Kentucky 31, Troy 26 (ESPNU) - 6:30 p.m. October 13 * Middle Tennessee 34, FIU 30-5 p.m. * Arkansas State 36, South Alabama 29-6 p.m. * Louisiana-Monroe 35, Florida Atlantic 14 (Sun Belt Network) - 7 p.m. October 16 * North Texas 30, Louisiana-Lafayette 23 (ESPN2) - 8 p.m. October 20 * Troy 38, FIU 37 (Sun Belt Network) - 12 p.m. * South Alabama 37, Florida Atlantic 34 (2OT) - 2:30 p.m. * Louisiana-Monroe 43, Western Kentucky 42 (OT) (ESPN3) - 3 p.m. #15 Mississippi State 45, Middle Tennessee 3 (ESPN2) - 6 p.m. October 23 * Arkansas State 50, Louisiana-Lafayette 27 (ESPN2) - 7 p.m. October 27 * Middle Tennessee 38, North Texas 21 (ESPN3) - 2:30 p.m. * Florida Atlantic 34, Troy 27-4 p.m. * Western Kentucky 14, FIU 6 (ESPN3) - 5 p.m. * Louisiana-Monroe 38, South Alabama 24-6 p.m. November 1 * Middle Tennessee 34, Western Kentucky 29 (ESPNU) - 8:15 p.m. November 3 Tennessee 55, Troy a.m. (Fox Sports Net) Navy 24, Florida Atlantic 17 (CBS Sports Network) - 2:30 p.m. * FIU 28, South Alabama 20-2:30 p.m. * Louisiana-Lafayette 40, Louisiana-Monroe 24 (Sun Belt Network) - 3 p.m. * Arkansas State 37, North Texas 19-4 p.m. November 8 * Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State (ESPNU) - 6 p.m. November 10 Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida - 11:21 a.m. (SEC Network/ESPN3) * Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky (Sun Belt Network) - 12 p.m. Navy at Troy (ESPN3) - 2:30 p.m. * South Alabama at North Texas - 4 p.m. November 16 * FIU at Florida Atlantic (ESPNU) - 7 p.m. November 17 * Arkansas State at Troy (Troy IMG Sports Network) - 2:30 p.m. * Middle Tennessee at South Alabama - 2:30 p.m. * North Texas at Louisiana-Monroe - 3 p.m. * Western Kentucky at Louisiana-Lafayette - 6 p.m. November 24 * North Texas at Western Kentucky (Sun Belt Network) - 12 p.m. * Troy at Middle Tennessee (ESPN3) - 2:30 p.m. * Louisiana-Monroe at FIU - TBA * South Alabama at Louisiana-Lafayette (Cox4/ESPN3) December 1 * Middle Tennessee at Arkansas State - 2 p.m. South Alabama at Hawaii - 11 p.m. * Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida Atlantic - TBA * denotes Sun Belt Conference game (1) game to be played in Little Rock, Arkansas All times Central (CT) and subject to change 7 -

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9 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL ARKANSAS STATE (4-1 SUN BELT, 6-3 OVERALL) QUICK FACTS Location...Jonesboro, Arkansas Founded Enrollment... 13,239 Nickname...Red Wolves Colors...Scarlet & Black Athletics Website... Primary Offense... Multiple Primary Defense... Multiple All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record Record SBC Record (Finish) (1st) SBC Championships... 2 Bowl Appearances... 8 Bowl Record Lettermen Returning...52 Offense...31 Defense...17 Specialists... 4 Lettermen Lost...26 Offense... 8 Defense...16 Specialists... 2 Starters Returning...10 Offense... 6 Defense... 4 Specialists... 0 Starters Lost...12 Offense... 5 Defense... 7 Specialists... 0 Stadium...ASU Stadium Capacity... 30,406 Playing Surface...ProGreen Record First Game...September 28, 1974 Largest Crowd:... 30, SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time (TV) Sept. 1 at #5 Oregon Eugene, Ore. L, (ESPN) SEPT. 8 MEMPHIS JONESBORO, ARK. W, (ESPN3) Sept. 15 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. L, (ESPN2) SEPT. 22 ALCORN STATE JONESBORO, ARK. W, 56-0 (ESPN3) SEPT. 29 * WESTERN KENTUCKY JONESBORO, ARK. L, (SUN BELT NETWORK) Oct. 4 *at FIU Miami, Fla. W, (ESPNU) OCT. 13 * SOUTH ALABAMA JONESBORO, ARK. W, Oct. 23 * at Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, La. W, (ESPN2) Nov. 3 * at North Texas Denton, Texas W, NOV. 8 * LOUISIANA-MONROE JONESBORO, ARK. 6 P.M. (ESPNU) Nov. 17 * at Troy Troy, Ala. 2:30 p.m. DEC. 1 * MIDDLE TENNESSEE JONESBORO, ARK. 2 P.M. * Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS RED WOLVES NOTES A-State became bowl eligible for the fifth time over the last eight seasons, including the last two in a row, after defeating North Texas The Red Wolves have won 12 of their last 13 conference games, including the last four in a row... With its victory over North Texas, ASU has now won seven consecutive road games against conference opponents for its most since also recording seven road wins against Southland Conference opponents from ASU claimed its eighth straight victory over North Texas for its longest winning streak against any opponent in school history... The Red Wolves need one more victory at Liberty Bank Stadium to secure a winning home record for the eighth consecutive season... ASU s first four games all drew a crowd of over 20,000, marking the first time in school history the Red Wolves played four consecutive games with 20,000-plus in attendance... A-State needs one more victory to secure its second consecutive winning season, which would be its third winning campaign since it became an FBS member in The last time ASU had back-to-back winning seasons was ASU needs one more conference victory to secure a winning Sun Belt on-field record for the fifth time. A-State has finished.500 or better (on-field record) in SBC play six times... ASU is 34-8 at Liberty Bank Stadium since 2005 and has won nine of its last 10 home games... A-State will play ULM in its third midweek game this year... Since the Sun Belt s inaugural 2001 season, ASU holds a 9-3 record in midweek games and that total includes a 2-0 mark this year... ASU and ULM have played 33 times, which is the fifth most in school history among all opponents... A-State leads the all-time series since the first meeting in 1959, including victories the last two seasons... ASU s offense, ranked 29th in the nation, has posted over 300 yards in 32 of its last 34 games and has recorded over 400 yards in six games this season, including the last two in a row... ASU s defense, ranked second in the league in scoring defense and third in total defense, has forced at least one turnover the last four games and multiple turnovers in three of the last four to help A-State improve its turnover margin to +5 on the year (tied for the second best in the Sun Belt)

10 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL FLORIDA ATLANTIC (1-4 SUN BELT, 2-7 OVERALL) 2012 SCHEDULE QUICK FACTS Location... Boca Raton, Fla. Founded Enrollment... 29,000 Nickname...Owls Colors... Blue & Red Athletics Website... Primary Offense...Spread Primary Defense All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record Record SBC Record (Finish) (9th) SBC Championships... 1 Bowl Appearances... 2 Bowl Record Lettermen Returning...46 Offense...24 Defense...19 Specialists... 3 Lettermen Lost...16 Offense... 8 Defense... 6 Specialists... 2 Starters Returning...17 Offense... 7 Defense... 8 Specialists... 2 Starters Lost... 8 Offense... 4 Defense... 3 Specialists... 1 Stadium... FAU Stadium Capacity... 30,000 Playing Surface... Natural Grass Record First Game...Oct. 15, 2011 Largest Crowd... 29,103 Date Opponent Location Time (TV) AUG. 31 WAGNER BOCA RATON, FLA. W, 7-3 (ESPN3) Sept. 8 at Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn. L, (ESPN3) Sept. 15 at #7 Georgia Athens, Ga. L, (CSS/ESPN3) Sept. 22 at #1 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. L, 7-40 (PPV) SEPT. 29 * NORTH TEXAS BOCA RATON, FLA. L, (ESPN3) Oct. 13 * at Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, La. L, (Sun Belt Network) Oct. 20 * at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. L, (OT) OCT. 27 * TROY BOCA RATON, FLA. W, Nov. 3 at Navy Annapolis, Md. L, (CBS Sports Network) Nov. 10 * at Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky. 12 p.m. (Sun Belt Network) NOV. 16 * FIU BOCA RATON, FLA. 7 P.M. (ESPNU) DEC. 1 * LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE BOCA RATON, FLA. TBA * Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS OWL NOTES Florida Atlantic University traveled to the United States Naval Academy for the program s first game against a member of the service academies. The team was riding on a one-game win streak and had the confidence that the final scoring drive in the last two was the deciding factor. For the Owls the Navy game was no different. FAU put the first 10 points on the board, Navy the next 24. FAU would rally behind an Andrae Kirk fumble recovery to pull within one touchdown with nearly a quarter to play. FAU s final drive fell short providing the final. The Owls had several key performances in the game. Junior running back Jonathan Wallace had a career high 111 yards while Adarius Glanton matched his career high 12 tackles. Junior Mitch Anderson booted a 53-yard field goal to tie a record set by Mark Myers in the 2003 play-offs at Northern Arizona. Graham Wilbert turned in another consistent performance throw for 205 yards, connecting on 25 of 35 attempts. Wilbert sailed through the month of October throwing his last interception, September 29th and going 104-of-155 for 1,035 yards during that same time period. FAU will return to Sun Belt Conference play when the team travels to Western Kentucky University, the final road game for first year Head Coach Carl Pelini, the seventh road game of the 2012 of the season. FAU leads the all-time series3-1, with two of the three victories coming on the road. The Sun Belt tilt will be carried on the SBC Network, and CSS locally for FAU

11 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL FIU (1-5 SUN BELT, 2-8 OVERALL) QUICK FACTS Location...Miami, Fla. Opened Enrollment... 48,000 Nickname... Panthers Colors... Blue & Gold Athletics Website... Primary Offense... Multiple Primary Defense... Multiple All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record Record SBC Record (Finish) (4th) SBC Championships... 1 Bowl Appearances... 2 Bowl Record Lettermen Returning...51 Offense...23 Defense...24 Specialists... 4 Lettermen Lost...12 Offense... 8 Defense... 4 Specialists... 0 Starters Returning...20 Offense... 8 Defense...10 Specialists... 2 Starters Lost... 4 Offense... 3 Defense... 1 Specialists... 0 Stadium... FIU Stadium Capacity... 20,000 Playing Surface... FieldTurf Record First Game...Sept. 20, 2008 Largest Crowd:... 22, SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time (TV) Sept. 1 at Duke Durham, N.C. L, (ESPN3) SEPT. 8 AKRON MIAMI, FLA. W, (OT) (ESPN3) Sept. 15 at UCF Orlando, Fla. L, (CSS) SEPT. 22 #20 LOUISVILLE MIAMI, FLA. L, (ESPN3) Sept. 29 * at Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, La. L, (ESPN3) OCT. 4 * ARKANSAS STATE MIAMI, FLA. L, (ESPNU) OCT. 13 * MIDDLE TENNESSEE MIAMI, FLA. L, Oct. 20 * at Troy Troy, Ala. L, (Sun Belt Network) OCT. 27 * WKU MIAMI, FLA. L, 6-14 (ESPN3) Nov. 3 * at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. W, Nov. 16 * at Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Fla. 7 p.m. (ESPNU) NOV. 24 * LOUISIANA-MONROE MIAMI, FLA. TBA * Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS PANTHER NOTES The Panthers have a late season bye week next Saturday and will return to action on Friday, Nov. 16, 57 miles north on I-95 at Sun Belt Conference rival Florida Atlantic. The nationally-televised kickoff with the Owls is scheduled for 8 p.m. EST on ESPNU. Against South Alabama, Willis Wright (Jr., WR) recorded his third touchdown of the season on a 26-yard reception from Jake Medlock at the 4:07 mark in the first quarter. Jacob Younger (Sr., WR), who became the 30th FIU player to record 30 starts for his career, recorded his third touchdown of the season on a 27-yard reception from Jake Medlock at the 51-second mark in the first quarter. Wayne Times (Sr., WR) had one catch for 15 yards in the game, extending his streak to 27 straight games played with at least one reception dating back to the 2010 season. His streak is the third longest streak in FIU history. Rupert Bryan, Jr. (Sr., OT) now has 41 career starts and is tied with Andy Leavine ( ) for the most starts by an offensive tackle at FIU. Jake Medlock (R-So., QB) rushed 19 yards for FIU s third touchdown of the game at the 7:45 mark in the second quarter. Medlock threw for two touchdowns, which gives him 12 for his career moving him into No. 5 all-time passing David Tabor (11, ). Johnathan Cyprien (Sr., SS) recorded his team-leading third interception of the season and sixth of his career at the 13:30 mark in the second quarter. He is now in fourth-place all-time with his six interceptions. Cyprien made his 43rd career start in the game and now has the most starts at the safety position at FIU, passing Nick Turnbull ( ). The 43 starts ties for the fourth-most at FIU

12 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE (3-2 SUN BELT, 5-3 OVERALL) QUICK FACTS Location...Lafayette, La. Founded Enrollment... 16,885 Nickname... Ragin Cajuns Colors...Vermillion & White Athletics Website... Primary Offense... Multiple Primary Defense...Hybrid 4-3 All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record Record SBC Record (Finish) (3rd) SBC Championships... 1 Bowl Appearances... 3 Bowl Record Lettermen Returning...39 Offense...19 Defense...25 Specialists... 5 Lettermen Lost...21 Offense... 8 Defense...12 Specialists... 1 Starters Returning...15 Offense... 9 Defense... 4 Specialists... 2 Starters Lost... 9 Offense... 2 Defense... 7 Specialists... 0 Stadium...Cajun Field Capacity... 31,000 Playing Surface...Pro Grass Synthetic Turf Record First Game...Sept. 25, 1971 Largest Crowd:... 41, SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time (TV) SEPT. 1 LAMAR LAFAYETTE, LA. W, 40-0 (COX4/ESPN3) Sept. 8 * at Troy Troy, Ala. W, (ESPN3) Sept. 15 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. L, (Fox Sports Net) SEPT. 29 * FIU LAFAYETTE, LA. W, (ESPN3) OCT. 6 TULANE LAFAYETTE, LA. W, (COX4/ESPN3) Oct. 16 * at North Texas Denton, Texas L, (ESPN2) OCT. 23 * ARKANSAS STATE LAFAYETTE, LA. L, (ESPN2) Nov. 3 * at Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, La. W, (Sun Belt Network) Nov. 10 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. 11:21 a.m. (SEC Network/ESPN3) NOV. 17 * WESTERN KENTUCKY LAFAYETTE, LA. 6 P.M. NOV. 24 * SOUTH ALABAMA LAFAYETTE, LA. TBA (COX4/ESPN3) Dec. 1 * at Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Fla. TBA * Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS RAGIN CAJUN NOTES The Cajuns step out of conference play for the final time during the regular season, playing at no. 7 (BCS) Florida on Saturday, Nov.10. The Cajuns are coming off an impressive win at ULM last week, the squad s fifth straight over the Warhawks. Sophomore Terrance Broadway accounted for a career-high 460 yards of total offense against ULM, completing 23- of-32 passes for 373 yards and four touchdowns while also rushing for 87 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries. In his last two games, Broadway has accounted for 747 yards passing, 858 yards of total offense and has been responsible for eight touchdowns. Broadway engineered six scoring drives of 75 yards or better against the Warhawks, including a monstrous 17-play, 99-yard drive that consumed 9:33 and led to the fourth quarter touchdown that put the game away. Sophomore Jamal Robinson celebrated his first career start by catching three passes for a career-high 153 yards, including touchdown catches of 52 and 81 yards. Playing in place of first team All-SBC senior Javone Lawson, Robinson recorded his second straight 100-yard game (he had 5 catches for 106 yards vs, Arkansas State). Rodney Gillis and Jemarlous Moten each recorded interceptions against ULM, giving the duo seven of the Cajuns nine interceptions this season. Gillis leads the team and ranks seventh nationally with four interceptions this year while Moten is right behind him, ranking 27th with three picks. The Cajuns defense limited the Warhawks to just 74 yards rushing on 20 attempts to keep a tell-tale statistic intact. In the five Cajuns victories this year, the Cajuns have held opponents to a total of 260 yards rushing (56.0 ypg) with no opponent gaining over 100 yards. In the three losses, the Cajuns have given up 829 yards rushing (276.3 ypg)

13 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL LOUISIANA-MONROE (4-1 SUN BELT, 6-3 OVERALL) 2012 SCHEDULE QUICK FACTS Location...Monroe, Louisiana Founded Enrollment...8,858 Nickname... Warhawks Colors... Maroon & Gold Athletics Website... Primary Offense... Multiple Primary Defense All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record Record SBC Record (Finish) (6th) SBC Championships... 1 Bowl Appearances... 3 Bowl Record Lettermen Returning...41 Offense...21 Defense...17 Specialists... 3 Lettermen Lost...19 Offense... 8 Defense... 9 Specialists... 2 Starters Returning...15 Offense... 8 Defense... 5 Specialists... 2 Starters Lost...11 Offense... 3 Defense... 6 Specialists... 2 Stadium...Malone Stadium Capacity... 30,427 Playing Surfacea...ProPlay Record First Game...Sept. 16, 1978 Largest Crowd... 30,101 Date Opponent Location Time (TV) SEPT. 8 (1) #8 ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK, ARK. W, (OT) (ESPNU) Sept. 15 at Auburn Auburn, Ala. L, (OT) (SEC Network/ESPN3) SEPT. 21 BAYLOR MONROE, LA. L, (ESPN) Sept. 29 at Tulane New Orleans, La. W, (CST) Oct. 6 * at Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn. W, (Sun Belt Network) OCT. 13 * FLORIDA ATLANTIC MONROE, LA. W, (SUN BELT NETWORK) Oct. 20 * at Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky. W, (ESPN3) OCT. 27 * SOUTH ALABAMA MONROE, LA. W, NOV. 3 * LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE MONROE, LA. L, (SUN BELT NETWORK) Nov. 8 * at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. 6 p.m. (ESPNU) NOV. 17 * NORTH TEXAS MONROE, LA. 3 P.M. Nov. 24 * at FIU Miami, Fla. TBA * Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS (1) game to be played in Little Rock, Arkansas WARHAWK NOTES ULM s five-game winning streak, the longest of the FBS-era (1994-pres.), ended with its setback against UL-Lafayette... The Warhawks are now 2-2 on the season at Malone Stadium. The official attendence of Saturday s game was 20,203, which was the second-highest total to visit Malone Stadium for a Sun Belt Conference game (21,929 - Oct. 4, 2008 vs. ULL). Despite the loss against ULL, ULM remained in the polls for the ninth consecutive week as the squad garnered four votes in the USA Today/Coaches Poll released Sunday. Brent Leonard set a new career-high with 168 receiving yards against ULL... His 168 receiving yards are the most by a ULM receiver in the Todd Berry era... Leonard s receiving total is also the highest in the Sun Belt this season. Brent Leonard tied the team high with 11 receptions vs. ULL... Earlier this season, Leonard made 11 catches in the overtime win over Arkansas. Kolton Browning connected with Tavarese Maye for an 81-yard TD in the first quarter against ULL... It was the longest play from scrimmage for ULM this season and it is tied for the second-longest pass completion in the conference in The 81-yard hookup between Browning and Maye is tied for the ninth-longest pass play in program history. Before leaving the ULL contest with an injury (first quarter), Kolton Browning was 5-for-7 for 124 yards and one touchdown... He also rushed for 24 yards on two carries. Kolton Browning was replaced by Cody Wells and Wells finished the game against the Ragin Cajuns with 209 passing yards (18 completions, 31 attempts) with two touchdowns and two interceptions... Wells TD passes were to Je Ron Hamm (19 yards - 2nd quarter) and Brent Leonard (22 yards - 4th quarter)

14 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL MIDDLE TENNESSEE (4-1 SUN BELT, 6-3 OVERALL) QUICK FACTS Location...Murfreesboro, Tennessee Founded Enrollment... 26,432 Nickname... Blue Raiders Colors... Royal Blue & White Athletics Website... Primary Offense... Multiple Primary Defense...Multiple 4-3 All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record Record SBC Record (Finish) (8th) SBC Championships... 2 Bowl Appearances... 7 Bowl Record Lettermen Returning...40 Offense...17 Defense...22 Specialists... 1 Lettermen Lost...27 Offense...15 Defense... 9 Specialists... 3 Starters Returning...13 Offense... 6 Defense... 6 Specialists... 1 Starters Lost...13 Offense... 5 Defense... 5 Specialists... 3 Stadium...Floyd Stadium Capacity... 30,788 Playing Surface... Synthetic Turf by Sportexe Record First Game Largest Crowd... 30, SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time (TV) AUG. 30 MCNEESE STATE MURFREESBORO, TENN. L, (ESPN3) SEPT. 8 * FLORIDA ATLANTIC MURFREESBORO, TENN. W, (ESPN3) Sept. 15 at Memphis Memphis, Tenn. W, Sep 29 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. W, OCT. 6 * LOUISIANA-MONROE MURFREESBORO, TENN. L, (SUN BELT NETWORK) Oct. 13 * at FIU Miami, Fla. W, Oct. 20 at #15 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. L, 3-45 (ESPN2) OCT. 27 * NORTH TEXAS MURFREESBORO, TENN. W, (ESPN3) Nov. 1 * at WKU Bowling Green, Ky. W, (ESPNU) Nov. 17 * at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. 2:30 p.m. NOV. 24 * TROY MURFREESBORO, TENN. 2:30 P.M. (ESPN3) Dec. 1 * at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. 2 p.m. * Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS BLUE RAIDER NOTES With 118 passing yards against WKU, Logan Kilgore went over the 2,000-yard mark for the season. Kilgore is just the second signal-caller in school history to record back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons after posting 2,231 yards in Kilgore joins Clint Marks who accomplished the feat in 2004 and Freshman Jordan Parker had a huge night against the Sun Belt s top ranked defense. Parker rushed for a career-high 151 yards on 32 attempts and one touchdown. In the first quarter, Parker went 58 yards for a touchdown which went down as the longest run of his career. Middle Tennessee registered its 25th 200-yard rushing game under Rick Stockstill with 224 yards against WKU. It marks the fourth time this season the Raiders have topped the 200 mark. WKU entered tonight s game ranked No. 1 in the SBC in total defense and was allowing just 108 rushing yards per game. With two touchdown receptions tonight against WKU, wide receiver Anthony Amos ran his season total to eight. That ranks tied for the third most in a single-season at MT and is three shy of equaling the school record of 11 set by Kerry Wright in Sophomore Reggie Whatley turned in a huge game in the kickoff return department. Whatley broke a 96-yard return for a touchdown to give MT a lead, which went down as the fifth longest in school history. Whatley finished the game with a school-record 222 yards on kick returns, while also recovering a fumble for the Blue Raiders in the second half. For the third time in four years, the Blue Raiders are bowl eligible. Middle Tennessee posted six wins in 2010 and had a historic 10-win season in MT has reached bowl eligibility four times under head coach Rick Stockstill.

15 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL NORTH TEXAS (2-3 SUN BELT, 3-6 OVERALL) QUICK FACTS Location...Denton, Texas Opened Enrollment... 36,111 Nickname... Mean Green Colors...Green & White Athletics Website... Primary Offense...Spread Primary Defense All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record Record SBC Record (Finish) (5th) SBC Championships... 4 Bowl Appearances... 7 Bowl Record Lettermen Returning...35 Offense...16 Defense...17 Specialists... 2 Lettermen Lost...27 Offense...14 Defense...11 Specialists... 2 Starters Returning...15 Offense... 9 Defense... 6 Specialists... 2 Starters Lost... 8 Offense... 2 Defense... 5 Specialists... 1 Stadium... Apogee Stadium Capacity... 30,850 Playing Surface... Sportexe PowerBlade HP Record First Game...Sept. 10, 2011 Largest Crowd... 28, SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time (TV) Sept. 1 at #3 LSU Baton Rouge, La. L, (ESPNU) SEPT. 8 TEXAS SOUTHERN DENTON, TEXAS W, 34-7 (KTXA/ESPN3) Sept. 15 at #15 Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. L, SEPT. 22 * TROY DENTON, TEXAS L, (ESPN3) Sept. 29 * at Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Fla. W, (ESPN3) Oct. 6 at Houston Houston, Texas L, (CSS) OCT. 16 * LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE DENTON, TEXAS W, (ESPN2) Oct. 27 * at Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn. L, (ESPN3) NOV. 3 * ARKANSAS STATE DENTON, TEXAS L, NOV. 10 * SOUTH ALABAMA DENTON, TEXAS 4 P.M. (KTXA) Nov. 17 * at Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, La. 3 p.m. Nov. 24 * at Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky. 12 p.m. (Sun Belt Network) * Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS MEAN GREEN NOTES With a win in the home finale against South Alabama, North Texas would finish the home schedule with a winning record at 3-2, giving the Mean Green back-to-back home winning seasons for the first time since 2003 and North Texas is averaging 19,668 fans at Apogee Stadium, which currently is the second highest total in school history. North Texas needs 19,854 in the home finale to break the all-time record for highest average in single season in school history. Derek Thompson threw for 316 yards against Arkansas State, the seventh straight game he has passed for 200 yards and his third career 300-yard passing game. Thompson is only the second quarterback in school history to pass for 200-yards in seven straight games, passing Giovanni Vizza (2008) and Steve Ramsey (1968) and trails only Mitch Maher who passed for 200-yards in 10 straight games in Thompson can tie that record with 200 yards passing in the final three regular season games. Thompson s 316 yards passing rank as the 26th most in school history. Thompson now has 2,064 yards for the season which is 9th in school history in a single season. The school record for passing yards in a single season is 3,103, set by Mitch Maher in Thompson is on pace to finish in the top-five in school history. Darnell Smith had a career-high seven catches and 107 yards receiving. The walk-on wide receiver topped the 100-yard mark for the first time in his career. North Texas had 400-yards of total offense for the fourth straight game. It is the first time the Mean Green has had four straight games of total offense under Dan McCarney and the first time that has happened since

16 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SOUTH ALABAMA (1-4 SUN BELT, 2-7 OVERALL) 2012 SCHEDULE QUICK FACTS Location...Mobile, Ala. Founded Enrollment... 15,009 Nickname...Jaguars Colors...Blue, Red and White Athletics Website... Primary Offense...Multiple Spread Primary Defense...Multiple 3-4 All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record Record SBC Record (Finish)... n/a SBC Championships... n/a Bowl Appearances... 0 Bowl Record... n/a Lettermen Returning...44 Offense...19 Defense...24 Specialists... 1 Lettermen Lost...20 Offense...11 Defense... 8 Specialists... 1 Starters Returning...15 Offense... 5 Defense... 9 Specialists... 1 Starters Lost... 9 Offense... 6 Defense... 2 Specialists... 1 Stadium...Ladd-Peebles Stadium Capacity... 33,471 Playing Surface... FieldTurf Record First Game... Sept. 5, 2009 Largest Crowd:... 26,783 Date Opponent Location Time (TV) SEPT. 1 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO MOBILE, ALA. L, (ESPN3) SEPT. 8 NICHOLLS STATE MOBILE, ALA. W, 9-3 (ESPN3) Sept. 15 at North Carolina State Raleigh, N.C. L, 7-37 (ESPN3) Sept. 22 at #23 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. L, (PPV) SEPT. 29 * TROY MOBILE, ALA. L, (SUN BELT NETWORK) Oct. 13 * at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. L, OCT. 20 * FLORIDA ATLANTIC MOBILE, ALA. W, (2OT) Oct. 27 * at Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, La. L, NOV. 3 * FIU MOBILE, ALA. L, Nov. 10 * at North Texas Denton, Texas 4 p.m. (KTXA) NOV. 17 * MIDDLE TENNESSEE MOBILE, ALA. 2:30 P.M. Nov. 24 * at Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, La. TBA (Cox4/ESPN3) Dec. 1 at Hawai i Honolulu, Hawai i 11 p.m. * Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS JAGUAR NOTES ILB Jake Johnson posted a game- and USA season-best 15 total stops against Florida International on Saturday, which included his second sack of the season it was the fifth time in nine games this season that he has led the Jaguars in stops as well as his fourth contest with a double-figure tackle total. The senior has also been credited with at least one stop for loss in every game this fall. Ross Metheny posted a school game-record 326 yards of total offense against the Golden Panthers, completing 19-of-37 attempts for 270 yards and rushing for 56 more on eight carries. The junior transfer is eighth in the Sun Belt Conference in league contests with yards of total offense per outing, while since earning the starting job prior to USA s game at Arkansas State he is averaging yards per game through the air. T.J. Glover opened the scoring with a 15-yard touchdown run the longest by a Jag this fall midway through the first quarter, his first score in the ground since USA defeated Arkansas-Monticello on Nov. 11, The sophomore also had a 36-yard punt return to set up another Jaguar score, finishing the contest with a team-leading 104 all-purpose yards; it was the first time since the season opener against Texas-San Antonio that he has reached double digits in the category. DL Montavious Williams was credited with a season-high five tackles against FIU, including his first career solo sack. The junior had six total stops in the previous four games combined, and had not recorded a tackle for loss since the Mississippi State contest on Sept. 22. Junior WR Corey Besteda posted a career-high 96 yards on three catches, including the longest reception in school history when he caught a 75-yard touchdown pass on the opening play of the second half. It was the most receiving yards by a Jaguar this year after he had just one catch in the previous two outings combined. Wes Saxton had no catches the five games leading into USA s matchup with the Golden Panthers, but went out and equaled his season total entering play after collecting a game-high six catches for 92 yards. The sophomore had at least one catch of two of the Jaguars four scoring drives, including a 24-yard reception late in the third quarter that helped lead to the final points of the game. Sophomore Will Thompson had his first sack and fumble forced since the Jags defeated Henderson (Ark.) State on Oct. 29 last year, with USA turning its lone takeaway of the day into points when Glover scored four minutes later. It was the second straight week that Thompson has recorded three total stops after he had one in each of the two previous games

17 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TROY (3-3 SUN BELT, 4-5 OVERALL) 2012 SCHEDULE QUICK FACTS Location...Troy, Alabama Founded Enrollment... 27,270 Nickname... Trojans Colors...Cardinal, Silver & Black Athletics Website... Primary Offense...Spread Primary Defense All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record Record SBC Record (Finish) (7th) SBC Championships... 5 Bowl Appearances... 5 Bowl Record Lettermen Returning...49 Offense...29 Defense...20 Specialists... 0 Lettermen Lost...23 Offense... 9 Defense...11 Specialists... 3 Starters Returning...16 Offense...10 Defense... 6 Specialists... 0 Starters Lost... 7 Offense... 2 Defense... 5 Specialists... 3 Stadium... Veterans Memorial Stadium Capacity... 30,000 Playing Surface...AstroPlay Record First Game...September 16, 1950 Largest Crowd... 29, Date Opponent Location Time (TV) Sept. 1 at UAB Birmingham, Ala. W, (Fox College Sports) SEPT. 8 * LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE TROY, ALA. L, (ESPN3) SEPT. 15 MISSISSIPPI STATE TROY, ALA. L, (ESPN3) Sept. 22 * at North Texas Denton, Texas W, 14-7 (ESPN3) Sept. 29 * at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. W, (Sun Belt Network) OCT. 11 * WESTERN KENTUCKY TROY, ALA. L, (ESPNU) OCT. 20 * FIU TROY, ALA. W, (SUN BELT NETWORK) Oct. 27 * at Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Fla. L, Nov. 3 at Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. L, (Fox Sports Net) NOV. 10 NAVY TROY, ALA. 2:30 P.M. (ESPN3) NOV. 17 * ARKANSAS STATE TROY, ALA. 2:30 P.M. (TROY IMG SPORTS NETWORK) Nov. 24 * at Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn. 2:30 p.m. (ESPN3) * Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS; Subject to change TROJAN NOTES The 84,189 fans in attendance was the eighth largest crowd Troy has ever played in front of The Trojans 48 points are the most they have ever scored against an SEC opponent; 34 was the previous high, at Georgia in 2007 Troy s 721 yards are the most ever given up by Tennessee. It is also the most yards Troy has had this season Shawn Southward ran for two touchdowns on the day, his fourth multi-touchdown game of the season and ninth of his career Chip Reeve s 51-yard touchdown was his fourth catch of at least 50 yards this season, the most in the Sun Belt Conference; the catch was also the third longest touchdown play of the season for Troy Deon Anthony s 51-yard pass to Chip Reeves in the second quarter was the longest completion of his career Southward s 39-yard rush in the second quarter was the second longest rush of the season for the Trojans Anthony s 28-yard rush for a touchdown marked the first time this season that the Trojans have scored a touchdown on three consecutive drives; the Trojans would go on to score a touchdown on four consecutive drives, the first time since September 13, 2008, against Alcorn State The 20 second quarter points was the most scored in one quarter by the Trojans since they scored 24 in the second quarter of the New Orleans Bowl 2010 against Ohio With his 144 yards receiving, Chip Reeves became the first ever Trojan with four 100-yard games in a single season The Trojans scored (either a touchdown or a field goal) on five consecutive drives between the second and third quarters. It was the first time since the Trojans scored on eight consecutive drives at the New Orleans Bowl in 2010 against Ohio Eric Thomas 67-yard touchdown was the second longest play of the season for the Trojans. It is also the longest reception of Thomas career. It is his fifth multi-touchdown game of his career Southward moved into sole possession of eighth all-time in points scored with 198, he is now tied for second place all-time in touchdowns scored, with 34; His 32 rushing touchdowns are tied for second all-time with Mike Turk; His nine rushing touchdowns this season are ninth most inone season in program history; His 2,574 rushing yards are the fourth most in the history of the program; His 501 rushes are the fourth most in the history of the program Reeves 1,722 career receiving yards are eighth most all-time; His 103 receptions are 13th most; His 13 receiving touchdowns are 11th most all-time Eric Thomas two touchdowns on the day give him 16 for his career, tied for the fifth most all-time; His 120 receptions are the sixth most all-time Corey Robinson moved up the Sun Belt Conference career charts on Saturday as well; His 9,336 passing yards are now second most in the history of the conference; His 9,126 total yards are fourth most all-time.. Bryan Willis had a career-high three pass breakups on the day.

18 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (3-2 SUN BELT, 6-3 OVERALL) 2012 SCHEDULE QUICK FACTS Location... Bowling Green, Kentucky Opened Enrollment... 21,048 Nickname...Hilltoppers Colors... Red & White Athletics Website... Primary Offense...West Coast Primary Defense All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record Record SBC Record (Finish) (2nd) SBC Championships... 0 Bowl Appearances... 2 Bowl Record... 0 Lettermen Returning...48 Offense...23 Defense...23 Specialists... 2 Lettermen Lost...10 Offense... 2 Defense... 6 Specialists... 2 Starters Returning...19 Offense...10 Defense... 8 Specialists... 1 Starters Lost... 8 Offense... 2 Defense... 4 Specialists... 2 Stadium. Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium Capacity... 22,113 Playing Surface... FieldTurf Record First Game...Oct. 26, 1968 Largest Crowd:... 22, SEPT. 1 AUSTIN PEAY BOWLING GREEN, KY. W, (ESPN3) Sept. 8 at #1 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. L, 0-35 (SEC Network/ESPN3) Sept. 15 at Kentucky Lexington, Ky. W, (OT) (ESPNU) SEPT. 22 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI BOWLING GREEN, KY. W, (ESPN3) Sept. 29 * at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. W, (ESPN3) Oct. 11 * at Troy Troy, Ala. W, (ESPNU) OCT. 20 * LOUISIANA-MONROE BOWLING GREEN, KY. L, (ESPN3) Oct. 27 * at FIU Miami, Fla. W, 14-6 (ESPN3) NOV. 1 * MIDDLE TENNESSEE BOWLING GREEN, KY. L, (ESPNU) NOV. 10 * FLORIDA ATLANTIC BOWLING GREEN, KY. 12 P.M. (SUN BELT NETWORK) Nov. 17 * at Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, La. TBA NOV. 24 * NORTH TEXAS BOWLING GREEN, KY. 12 P.M. (SUN BELT NETWORK) * Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS HILLTOPPER NOTES Junior running back Antonio Andrews rushed for 136 yards his seventh straight 100-yard game, which is one shy of tying the school record. In the process, he also went over 1,000 rushing yards for the season - marking the 16th time a Hilltopper has accomplished the feat. It is also the third straight season WKU has produced a 1,000-yard rusher as Bobby Rainey ran for 1,649 yards in 2010 and a school-record 1,695 in That last happened from as Willie Taggart had back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons and Rod Smart eclipsed the mark in Andrews finished the night with a career-best 392 all-purpose yards, adding 54 receiving yards, 182 kickoff return yards and 20 punt return yards to his rushing total. He now ranks fifth on WKU s single-season list with 1,972 all-purpose yards. The school record is 2,101 set by Bobby Rainey in His 392 all-purpose yards were also the most by a Hilltoppers since Joey Stockton set a Division I-AA record with 467 yards against Southern Illinois on Sept. 16, Andrews 182 kickoff return yards ties for the second most in a game in WKU history. Joey Stockton finished with 182 yards against Southern Illinois on Nov. 2, Kawaun Jakes threw three touchdown passes in the game, giving him 18 for the season. That ties the school record set by Jeff Cesarone during the 1985 campaign. Jakes also now has 47 career touchdown passes the second most in Hilltopper history, and three behind the school record of 50 set by Justin Haddix from Jakes also moved into third place on WKU s career list for total offense. Tight end Jack Doyle caught three passes for 32 yards, moving him into a tie with Curtis Hamilton for second place on WKU s career receptions list with 149. Three Hilltoppers posted double-digit tackles against MTSU Kiante Young and Jonathan Dowling each set new career highs with 14 and 10 tackles, respectively, while Andrew Jackson tied a career-high with 13 tackles. It was the fourth double-digit tackle game for Jackson in the last five contests. With 11.5 sacks this season, senior defensive end Quanterus Smith has already equaled his total from the previous three seasons combined. It has also put him within reach of a Sun Belt Conference record. With 23 career quarterback take-downs, he is just one shy of tying the league mark of 24 set by Middle Tennessee s Erik Walden from The single-season league record for sacks is 13, set by Troy s Jonathan Massaquoi in 2010 and equalled by Arkansas State s Brandon Joiner in 2011.

19 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL COMING IN 2013: GEORGIA STATE (1-9 OVERALL) 2012 SCHEDULE AUG. 30 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ATLANTA, GA. L, 6-33 (CSS) QUICK FACTS Location...Atlanta, Ga. Opened Enrollment... 32,000 Nickname... Panthers Colors... Blue & White Athletics Website... Primary Offense... Multiple Primary Defense All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record... n/a 2011 Record SBC Record (Finish)... n/a SBC Championships... n/a Bowl Appearances... 0 Bowl Record... 0 Lettermen Returning...46 Lettermen Lost...23 Starters Returning...12 Offense... 6 Defense... 4 Specialists... 2 Starters Lost...12 Stadium...Georgia Dome Capacity... 28,155 (Lower Bowl) Playing Surface... Field Turf Record First Game... Sept. 2, 2010 Largest Crowd:... 30, Sept. 8 at Tennessee at Knoxville, Tenn. L, (PPV) SEPT. 15 UTSA ATLANTA, GA. L, SEPT. 22 RICHMOND ATLANTA, GA. L, Sept. 29 at William & Mary at Williamsburg, Va. L, 3-35 (CSS) OCT. 6 NEW HAMPSHIRE ATLANTA, GA. L, Oct. 13 at Rhode Island at Kingston, R.I. W, 41-7 OCT. 20 VILLANOVA ATLANTA, GA. L, Oct. 27 at James Madison at Harrisonburg, Va. L, NOV. 3 OLD DOMINION ATLANTA, GA. L, Nov. 10 at Maine at Orono, Maine 1 p.m. All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS PANTHER NOTES Georgia State (1-9) closes the 2012 season with a trip to Maine for a 2 p.m. game Saturday at Alfond Stadium in Orono, Maine. The Panthers are coming off a loss to fifth-ranked Old Dominion, while Maine fell 31-7 to No. 10 James Madison. Saturday s game is the final game in the career of Georgia State head coach Bill Curry, who announced during preseason camp that the 2012 season will be his last on the sideline. Curry was named GSU s first head coach on June 12, 2008 and has guided the program through its infancy. The former head coach at Georgia Tech, Alabama and Kentucky is in his 20th season as a collegiate head coach. He will remain at Georgia State as a special assistant to Director of Athletics Cheryl L. Levick and President Mark Becker. Wide receiver Albert Wilson enjoyed an amazing day against Old Dominion with two of the longest plays in Georgia State history on back-to-back touches. First he fielded a kickoff about four yards deep in the end zone and returned it for a 100-yard touchdown, the longest in school history and the second kickoff return for a touchdown of his career. Wilson had a 97-yard touchdown return at Alabama in On the first play of Georgia State s next possession after the Panthers took over on their own seven-yard line, Wilson hauled in a 93-yard touchdown pass from Ben McLane. Wilson had with six catches for 149 yards and three kickoff returns for 156 yards. He totalled a school-record 296 all-purpose yards. Senior tight end Emmanuel Ogbuehi (pronounced oh-boy-ee) is enjoying the most productive stretch of his career with 21 catches for 259 yards and three touchdowns over the last five games. He is the Panthers secondleading receiver on the season with 25 catches for 282 yards and three touchdowns. Ogbuehi recorded his first 100-yard game against Old Dominion with three catches for 108 yards, highlighted by a 55-yard reception that equals his career long. Against James Madison, Ogbuehi had a career-best six receptions and fueled a GSU comeback with a remarkable fourth quarter. He started a scoring drive with a 17-yard run and then capped it with a five-yard touchdown reception. Then, with GSU trailing 28-14, he raced 54 yards on a fake punt down to the 10- yard line, setting up a touchdown that pulled the Panthers within Ogbuehi began this stretch against New Hampshire when he caught four passes for 76 yards, highlighted by a 26-yard touchdown pass from Ben McLane.

20 2012 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL COMING IN 2013: TEXAS STATE (3-5 OVERALL) 2012 SCHEDULE QUICK FACTS Location... San Marcos, Texas Opened Enrollment... 35,000 Nickname...Bobcats Colors... Maroon & Gold Athletics Website... Primary Offense...Spread Primary Defense All-Time Record All-Time SBC Record... n/a 2011 Record SBC Record (Finish)... n/a SBC Championships... n/a Bowl Appearances... 0 Bowl Record... 0 Lettermen Returning...46 Offense...24 Defense...23 Specialists... 1 Lettermen Lost...20 Offense...10 Defense... 9 Specialists... 1 Starters Returning...28 Offense...16 Defense...11 Specialists... 1 Starters Lost...11 Offense... 6 Defense... 4 Specialists... 1 Stadium...Bobcat Stadium Capacity... 30,000 Playing Surface...FieldTurf Duraspine Pro Record First Game... Sept. 5, 1981 Largest Crowd:... 16,600 Sept. 1 at Houston Houston, Texas W, (CSS) SEPT. 8 TEXAS TECH SAN MARCOS, TEXAS L, (ESPN3) SEPT. 22 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN SAN MARCOS, TEXAS W, SEPT. 29 NEVADA SAN MARCOS, TEXAS L, Oct. 6 at New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. L, OCT. 13 IDAHO SAN MARCOS, TEXAS W, 38-7 Oct. 27 at San Jose State San Jose, Ca. L, Nov. 3 at Utah State Logan, Utah L, 7-38 NOV. 10 LOUISIANA TECH SAN MARCOS, TEXAS TBA (LONGHORN NETWORK) Nov. 17 at Navy Annapolis, Md. 2:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) Nov. 24 at Texas-San Antonio San Antonio, Texas 1 p.m. DEC. 1 NEW MEXICO STATE SAN MARCOS, TEXAS 3 P.M. * Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS BOBCAT NOTES Texas State opened the game driving to Utah State s five yard line before Shaun Rutherford s pass was intercepted in the end zone. The Bobcats were held scoreless in the first quarter for the first time in six games. The only other time this season was against Texas Tech. Texas State was scoreless in the first half for the first time since Sept. 8, 2007 against Abilene Christian. Jamie Clavell Head made his first start of the season and recorded an interception at Utah State s sixyard line. It is Clavell Head s second interception in his career. He also had one against Sam Houston State on Nov. 19, Marcus Curry scored his eighth touchdown of the season in the third quarter with a three yard run. It was Curry s seventh rushing touchdown. He also caught a touchdown pass at Houston in the seasonopener. Texas State scored the third rushing touchdown that Utah State has given up this season. Texas State s two interceptions this week marks the second straight game that the Bobcats have intercepted a pass. Joplo Bartu recorded a season high eight tackles. Chase Harper deflected the pass that led to Jerrid Jeter Gilmon s first career interception

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