SAM HOUSTON 2015 BEARKAT FOOTBALL GAME NOTES

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1 SAM HOUSTON 2015 BEARKAT FOOTBALL GAME NOTES HISTORIC YEAR FCS PLAYOFFS QUARTERFINALS Sam Houston vs. Colgate Saturday - December 12, p.m. Huntsville, Texas - Elliott T. Bowers Stadium SAM HOUSTON BEARKATS Location... Huntsville, Texas Enrollment...20,181 Stadium...Elliott T. Bowers Capacity... 12,593 / RealGrassPro Colors...Orange & White Head Coach... K. C. Keeler Alma Mater...Delaware, 1981 Record...Second year at Sam Houston overall record COLGATE RAIDERS Location:...Hamilton, NY Enrollment:... 2,872 Stadium:... Crown Capacity:...10,221 / Artificial Colors:...Maroon, Gray & White Head Coach:...Dan Hunt Alma Mater:... Springfield, 1992 Record:... 2nd year at Colgate record This fall Sam Houston celebrates its 100th season of football. On Oct. 6, 1912, Sam Houston Teachers College and Rice Institute met in Huntsville for both school s inaugural football game. The contest was played on a chalked off gridiron in the outfield at the baseball diamond at Joseph Pritchett Field. Since that first contest, Sam Houston has played 992 games, appearing in contests not only in Texas but traveling to 21 other states covering all four corners of the country from Arizona to Pennsylvania, Washington to Florida. The Bearkats have brought both regional and national recognition to the University through multiple television appearances on the ESPN and FOX families of TV networks as well as ABC. Sam Houston has competed and won championships in four leagues - the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Lone Star Conference, Gulf Star Conference and Southland Conference. Throughout the celebration of the 100th season during the 2015 season fans are invited to sample feature articles, historical memories and pictures from the past at the special Bearkat microsite at 100th Season Facts Total Games Played All-Time Record... Won 497 Lost 459 Tied 36 NCAA Division I Record...Won 194 Lost 152 Tied 3 Southland Conference Record... Won 100 Lost 90 Tied 1 Southland Conference Champions 1991, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2014 FCS Playoffs 1986, 1991, 2001 (QF), 2004 (SF), 2011 (F) 2012 (F), 2013 (2R), 2014 (SF), 2015 NINE FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES 2015 RECORD (Won 10, Lost 3) Sept. 5 at Texas Tech L FoxSW Sept. 19 LAMAR* L ASN Sept. 26 HOUSTON BAPTIST* W FCSC Oct.. 3 vs. Stephen F. Austin* ^ W ESPN3 Oct. 10 INCARNATE WORD* W 59-7 FCSC Oct. 17 at Abilene Christian* W ASN Oct. 24 NICHOLLS* W 37-7 FCSC Oct. 31 A&M-COMMERCE W FCSC Nov. 7 at McNeese State* L ESPN3 Nov. 14 NORTHWESTERN STATE* W ESPN3 Nov. 21 at Central Arkansas* W42-13 ESPN3 Nov. 28 SOUTHERN UTAH W ESPN3 Dec. 5 at McNeese State W ESPN3 *Southland Conference ^NRG Stadium in Houston 2015 RECORD (Won 9, Lost 4) Sept. 5 at Navy L Sept. 12 NEW HAMPSHIRE L 8-26 Sept. 19 YALE L Sept. 26 at Holy Cross W Oct. 2 at Cornell W Oct. 10 at Princeton L Oct. 17 at Georgetown W Oct. 31 FORDHAM W Nov. 7 at Lafayette W Nov. 14 LEHIGH W Nov. 21 BUCKNELL W Nov. 28 at New Hampshire W Dec. 5 at James Madison W FOURTH QUARTERFINALS APPEARANCE IN FIVE YEARS For the fourth time in the past five seasons and the sixth time overall in Sam Houston s NCAA Division I Football Championships history, the Bearkats are in the FCS quarterfinals. Sam Houston will play host to Patriot League champion Colgate at 7 p.m. Saturday. The Kats own a 4-1 record in their quarterfinal appearances, losing at Montana in 2001, winning on the road at Eastern Washington (2004), Montana State (2012) and Villanova (2014) and defeating Montana State in their only home quarterfinal contest (2011). After a pair of come-from-behind victories in the 2015 playoffs, the Bearkats now stand 15-8 alltime in FCS post-season play (the best record among Southland Conference teams). Sam Houston has advanced to the national championship game twice (2011 and 2012) and the semi-finals three of the last four years. Sam Houston, North Dakota State and New Hampshire stand as the only three teams to participate in each of the past five FCS playoffs. This year marks Sam Houston s ninth post-season playoff appearance (1986, 1991, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015). ANOTHER COMEBACK PLAYOFF VICTORY AT McNEESE For the second week in a row, sophomore quarterback Jeremiah Briscoe came off the bench to lead the Bearkats to victory. Briscoe passed for 211 yards and a score in a opening round victory over Southern Utah. The Thunderbirds led by 13 points in the third quarter. With the Kats trailing by 10 points early in the second period Saturday at McNeese, Briscoe threw for 313 yards and three scores in a Bearkat win. The victory occurred exactly four weeks after previously unbeaten McNeese State defeated Sam Houston in Lake Charles to clinch the Southland Conference title

2 2015 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES MEDIA RELATIONS TEXAS WINNINGEST TEAM SINCE 2011 For more information please contact Sam Houston Athletic Media Relations Paul Ridings, Associate Athletic Director Telephone: (936) Jason Barfield, Assistant Athletic Director Telephone: (936) Andrew Pate, Media Services Telephone (936) Web Site: Fax: (936) Press Box: (936) Facebook: Bearkat Athletics Jim Barbar (play-by-play) and Forrest Conoly (analyst) will call Saturday s game on ESPN3. Since the 2011 season, Sam Houston football games have been televised 52 times regionally and/or nationally. The Bearkats are in those telecasts. Kooter Roberson and Leroy Wilkinson and will call the game locally on KSAM FM. STATS FCS POLL TV / RADIO / INTERNET 1 Jacksonville State 2 North Dakota St 3 McNEESE ST 4 Illinois St. 5 Portland St. 6 SAM HOUSTON 7 Chattanooga 8 James Madison 9 Charleston Southern 10 South Dakota St. Coastal Carolina 12 Richmond 13 William & Mary 14 Fordham 15 Northern Iowa 16 Montana 17 Southern Utah 18 Citadel 19 Harvard 20 Dartmouth 21 Grambling St 22 North Carolina A&T 23 Eastern Washington 24 Eastern Illinois 25 Bethune-Cookman FCS NATIONAL POLLS NCAA COACHES POLL 1 Jacksonville State 2 McNEESE ST 3 North Dakota St. 4 Illinois St. 5 Portland St. 6 James Madison 7 Charleston Southern 8 Chattanooga 9 Coastal Carolina 10 SAM HOUSTON 11 Richmond 12 South Dakota St. 13 William & Mary 14 Northern Iowa 15 Fordham 16 Southern Utah 17 Montana 18 The Citadel 19 Harvard 20 North Carolina A&T 21 Bethune-Cookman 22 Dartmouth 23 Northern Arizona 24 Grambling St 25 Eastern Illinois Sam Houston leads all Texas Division I football teams in victories during the last five seasons (since 2011). The Kats have won 55 games followed by Baylor 49; Houston 46; TCU 44; Texas A&M 42 Texas 36; Texas Tech 32; Rice 31 and Lamar 27. SAM HOUSTON OFFENSE AMONG BEST IN FCS The Bearkats rank No. 1 nationally in total offense (543.3) and first downs (362), third in scoring (42.9), ninth in rushing offense (263.7), 11th in third down conversions (.463), 13th in passing offense (279.6) and16th in punt returns (12.80) RESERVES SPARK PLAYOFF VICTORY With two running backs, the starting quarterback and two offensive tackles sidelined and having seen a 14-point lead turn into a 13-point deficit, Sam Houston turned to its reserve players to power the Bearkats to the game s last 16 points in a FCS playoff opening round victory over No. 16 Southern Utah (the Big Sky Conference champion) Saturday, Nov. 28, in Huntsville. Jeremiah Briscoe took over on the final series of the second quarter to pass for 211 yards including a 55-yard pass to Yedidiah Louis for the game s winning tally with 3:44 left to play. Ridgeway Frank (a sixth-year senior) and Remus Bulmer (a freshman) came off the bench to mark only the tenth time in Sam Houston s 100 seasons of football two backs rushed for 100 or more yards in the same game. Frank carried 29 times for 137 yards including two scores. Bulmer added 111 yards on 16 carries. With Sam Houston leading 19-12, Southern Utah scored four consecutive touchdowns to take a lead just two minutes into the third quarter. Frank s one-yard touchdown with seven minutes left in the third and a safety on a tackle by Adrian Conteras with 8:36 left in the game accounted for the other points in the Bearkat comeback. All-Southland defensive end P. J. Hall was a beast on defense chalking up four tackles for losses including a quarterback sack, blocking two extra point attempts and intercepting a pass. One of the blocked PATs was returned for a defensive two-point conversion by Alfonzo McMillian (only the third such plays in Bearkat annals). BEARKATS SETTING SCHOOL FCS PLAYOFF RECORDS Sam Houston NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff records continue to fall. P. J. Hall, sophomore defensive end, now holds three Bearkat post-season records. His two PAT blocks in this year s Southern Utah victory stand a playoff record. His two sacks at McNeese ties the school playoff mark. Hall also holds the career record for playoff tackles for loss with 17 in six games the past two seasons. Kicker Tre Hohnstein s 47-yard field goal in Lake Charles Saturday is both a career best and a Sam Houston NCAA post-season mark. Gerald Thomas 31-yard punt return against Southern Utah was a playoff record. LaDarius Brown and Yedidiah Louis stand as the program s two top individuals in pass receiving. Brown is the career leader in pass receiving yards with 23 catches for 492 yards. Louis owns the school mark in post-season play with 31 catches for 387 yards. Brown s five TD receptions (which include catches of 66 yards vs. Villanova last year and 54 yards at McNeese) is the school mark. The pair (along with Chance Nelson and Jason Mathenia) are tied for the SHSU record for most TD catches in one game with two. Brown caught a pair of scoring throws at both Jacksonville State and Villanova last year. Louis had TD catches of 22 and 28 yards at McNeese. BISON & BEARKATS SPORT BEST 5-YEAR PLAYOFF RECORDS Four-time defending national champion North Dakota State and two-time national finalist Sam Houston sport the best records in the past five NCAA Division I Football National Championship playoffs. The Bison own a 17-0 post-season record during the past five seasons while the Bearkats stand New Hampshire, the only other program to compete in each of the last five FCS playoff events stands 5-5 since 2011.

3 2015 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 30TH SEASON AT BOWERS During Sam Houston s 100th season of football the Bearkats are playing their 30th year at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium. Sam Houston owns a record on the turf at Bowers. The Bearkats have gone 33-2 in their last 35 appearances at home. Known as Bearkat Stadium when the facility opened on Sept 13, 1986, with a 23-6 victory over Montana State, the named was changed in 1989 to honor Dr. Elliott T. Bowers upon his retirement as Sam Houston State University president. The Kats won their first 13 games at Bowers and have posted undefeated home seasons in 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012 and Bowers Stadium Facts Total Games Played All-Time Record... Won 121 Lost 44 Tied 1 KAT PRONUNCIATIONS Mouf Adebo...Moof Uh-dee-bow Eric Agbaroji... Agg buh row gee Bridge Blount... Blunt Remus Bulmer...Bull mer Luis Carreno...Lu-ease Cuh-ree-no Myke Chatman... Mike Davion Davis...Day vee on Tristan Eche... Etch Mikell Everette... Mah kell Lachlan Edwards... Lock-lin Kiel Heidman...Kyle Hide-man Ragan Henderson...Raw gen Trey Honshstein... Hon-steen Kevon Hunter...Kuh von Sione Latu...See-OH-knee Lah-two Yedidiah Louis...Ye duh die uh (or Ye-di) Shyon Motlagh...Shy-on Mott-law Collins Okotcha...Oh cot cha Trenier Orr...Trey near Roby Pennartz...Row-bee Pin-arts Contereze Pierce...Con tair ezz Curtis Riser...Rise ur Collin Rison...Rise un Carter Starcke... Star key Luc Swimberghe...Luke Swim-bear-uh-guh Tyler Tezeno... Tezz no Mitchell Watanabe...Wah tuh nah bee Ryne Yost...Ryan Yost QB JARED JOHNSON SOUTHLAND OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR Junior quarterback Jared Johnson is the 2015 Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Year. The first team all-league quarterback is the fourth Bearkat to earn the award in Sam Houston s 29 years in the league. Previous Kats to be voted the award include quarterback Chris Chaloupka (1999), running back D. D. Terry (2006) and wide receiver/ Wild Kat Richard Sincere (2011). The South Grand Prairie product ranks second in Sam Houston career total offense (6,942 yards), third in all-time passing (5,342) and 24th in career rushing (1,600). This season Johnson as thrown for 2,206 yards and 18 touchdowns and rushed for 469 yards and five more scores. Johnson started all 16 games during last year s championship campaign, setting a school record for the most yards passing by a sophomore (3,054) and the second highest single season total offense production in program history (4,053 yards). TWO QUARTERBACK SYSTEM PAYS OFF FOR BEARKATS Since preseason camp, Sam Houston has featured a two-quarterback system in which both junior starter Jared Johnson and sophomore Jeremiah Briscoe have shared time with the first unit. Johnson has been the starter in all but the Incarnate Word game, but Briscoe (a transfer from UAB) has used his strong passing arm in 10 games, throwing for 1,395 yards and 10 touchdowns this year. Briscoe has thrown for more than 100 yards in seven games. He has come off the bench to lead the team from behind to both playoff victories with 211 yards and a score versus Southern Utah and 313 yards and three touchdowns at McNeese State. Often the pair have alternated plays during the same drive. Briscoe passed for 361 yards and three TDs in six games as a red-shirt freshman at UAB in 2014 before the university dropped the football program. DONALD JACKSON III SOUTHLAND OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF YEAR Donald Jackson III, a three-time all-conference selection as an offensive tackle, is the 2015 Southland Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year. A starter in each game this year, Jackson has been a key part of a Sam Houston offense that ranks number two nationally in total offense. The senior from Kilgore, Texas, is a four-year starter for the Bearkats and earned All-America honors last year. FIFTEEN BEARKATS NAMED ALL-SOUTHLAND Special award winners Donald Jackson III and Jared Johnson are two of Sam Houston s five firstteam all-league honorees. Also voted to the first team are running back Corey Avery from Dallas, defensive end P. J. Hall of Seguin and cornerback Trenier Orr from Orlando, Florida. Second team selections from Sam Houston include wide receivers Gerald Thomas from The Colony and Yedidiah Louis from New Orleans, La.; cornerback Mikell Everette from Kent, Washington and punter Lachlan Edwards from Hastings, Victoria in Australia. Louis also was named second team all-purpose player. Honorable mention selections include linemen Zach Stevens and Bridge Blount, defensive linemen James DeLaRosa and Jacobi Hunter and linebacker Myke Chatman. SEVEN CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH 100-YARD RUSHERS A Sam Houston running back has carried for more than 100 yards in each of the past seven games. Sophomore Corey Avery accounted for five of those performances with 30 carries for 147 yards and a score at McNeese, 13 carries for 109 yards at UCA, 197 yards on 15 carries including TD runs of 78 and 27 yards versus Northwestern State. 24 carries for 125 yards and three touchdowns against A&M-Commerce and 22 rushes for 107 yards at McNeese. His season total of 1,205 yards on 155 carries leads Southland Conference rushers. That total marks the 12th time in 100 seasons of SHSU football a running back has posted more than 1,000 rushing yards. Avery is a transfer from Kansas where he rushed for 631 yards and five TDs as a freshman last year. Sixth-year senior Ridgeway Frank and freshman Remus Bulmer became the 10th backfield duo to post 100-yard rushing performances in the same game Saturday in the win over Southern Utah.. Frank rushed 29 times for 137 yards while Bulmer added 111 yards on 16 carries. Jalen Overstreet became the 35th member of Sam Houston s 1,000-yard career rushing club with a career best 28 carries for 202 yards in the 37-7 win over Nicholls. He just missed a second century mark with 23 carries for 99 yards and a score versus A&M-Commerce. Since transferring from Texas, the Tatum High School product has rushed for 1,482 yards to rank 29th in SHSU rushing. NINE FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES

4 2015 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES FCS PLAYOFF SCHEDULE P. J. HALL ADDING TO HIS DEFENSIVE TOTALS OPENING-ROUND NOV. 28 at Chattnooga 50, Fordham 20 The Citadel 41, at Coastal Carolina 38 Colgate 27, at New Hampshire 20 at Sam Houston 42, Southern Utah 39 at Montana 24, South Dakota State 17 at Northern Iowa 53, Eastern Illinois 17 at William & Mary 52, Duquesne 49 Western Illinois 24, at Dayton 7 ROUND OF 16 DECEMBER 5 at #1 Jacksonville St. 41, Chattanooga 35 (ot) at #8 Charleston Southern 14, The Citadel 6 Colgate 44, at #5 James Madison 38 Sam Houston 34, at #4 McNeese State 29 at #3 North Dakota St. 37, Montana 6 Northern Iowa 29, at #6 Portland State 17 at #7 Richmond 48, William & Mary 13 at #2 Illinois State 36, Western Illinois 19 QUARTERFINALS December 11 #8 Charleston Southern (10-2) at #1 Jacksonville St. (11-1) 7 p.m. Central December 12 Northern Iowa (9-4) at #3 North Dakota St. (10-2) 11 a.m. Central #7 Richmond (9-3) at #2 Illinois St. (10-2) 6:30 p.m. Central Colgate (9-4) at Sam Houston (10-3) 7 p.m. Central SEMIFINALS December CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL January 9 at Frisco, Texas TOP FCS PLAYOFF RECORDS LAST FIVE YEARS SINCE 2011 NCAA DIVISION I FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Team Years W-L North Dakota State SAM HOUSTON New Hampshire Eastern Washington Illinois State Coastal Carolina Montana Georgia Southern* Jacksonville State South Dakota State *No longer FCS competitor Sophomore P. J. Hall was 15th in the STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year voting this fall. In 2014 he was Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and third place finisher in STATS FCS Freshman of the Year voting. Hall has made his presence known with a string of impressive performances during the second half of the season. He has recorded an interception, fumble recovery, sack, kick block or tackle for loss in each of the last seven games. Hall is the Bearkats leader in total tackles (58 with 39 solo stops), tackles for loss (20 for 82 yards), sacks (10 for 56 yards) and blocked kicks (4). He also has two interceptions, 10 pass break-ups, a fumble recovery and a caused fumble to his credit. Only in his second season, Hall now holds the SHSU career mark (50) for tackles for losses and is second in career sacks with 22. Andre Finley, who earned All-Southland honors in , holds the mark for sacks with 36. Last year Hall totaled 30 tackles for losses, one short of the school record. Hall has nine career kick blocks (No. 2 all-time behind Trey Woods with 12 blocks from ). OTHER BEARKAT DEFENSIVE LEADERS Other big names in the Sam Houston defense this year include junior linebacker Myke Chatman (54 tackles, eight for loss), cornerback Adrian Contreras (53 tackles and a safety), linebacker A. J. Davis (53 stops with two sacks) and Mikell Everette (team leader in interceptions with three). Sam Houston has totaled 107 tackles for 321 yards in losses in 13 games. The Bearkats have created 29 turnovers with 17 interceptions and 12 fumble recoveries. The defensive unit also has picked up a pair of safeties and had a defensive two point conversion after a blocked extra point. The defense has provided points on three interceptions for touchdown with cornerback Darion Flowers 90-yard return at McNeese, linebacker Collins Okotcha s 60-yard run-back versus Incarnate Word and Tyrel Stokes 25-yard return against Houston Baptist. In 13 games this year, the defense has forced 59 three-and-out series ending with a punt. WIDE RECEIVERS MOVING UP ON STAT CHARTS Three wide receivers are piling up impressive career totals in the Sam Houston record book. Yedidiah Louis stands No. 10 in the all-time standings with 1,575 career yards. A New Orleans native who moved to the Dallas area after Hurricane Katrina, he walked on at Sam Houston after playing at Richardson Berkner High School. LaDarius Brown has climbed to No. 12 in Sam Houston career receiving annals with 1,549 yards. The TCU transfer s standout performances this season include four catches for 115 yards and a pair of 35-yard touchdowns in the victory over Incarnate Word and six grabs for 108 yards including a 64-yard score at Abilene Christian. Gerald Thomas moved up to the No. 13 spot in the career receiving club with 1,479 yards. His 164 yards on eight receptions in the HBU victory included an 86-yard touchdown, the ninth longest passing play in Kat annals. Thomas is a transfer from the University of Colorado. Thomas made 18 receptions for 171 yards as a true freshman at Colorado in PUNT RETURN SUCCESS Sam Houston ranks No. 2 in the Southland and No. 16 in the nation in punt returns with a 12.8 average per return. The Bearkats set a school record with 195 yards and two touchdowns on punt returns in the victory over Stephen F. Austin Oct. 3. Gerald Thomas and Yedidiah Louis both returned punts for touchdowns in the come-frombehind win against the Jacks. Thomas runback was for 78 yards and Louis scoring dash was for 53. RECORD SET IN PLAYOFF VICTORY VS. T-BIRDS Sam Houston ran 118 plays in the victory over Southern Utah Saturday, the most in any game in the Bearkats 100 seasons for football. The old record was 105 against Alabama State last year. Defensive end P. J. Hall tied a school record held by five other players with his two kick blocks (both PAT attempts). Hall now has nine career kick blocks to rank second in Bearkat annals. The alltime record is 12 by Trey Woods ( ) who was inducted into the Sam Houston athletic Hall of Honor this month. With his eight catches for 138 yards and the game-winning 55-yard reception, Yedidiah Louis now holds the school record for career catches in FCS playoff action. In six playoff games the past two seasons, Louis has 31 catches for 387 yards.

5 2015 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES SOUTHLAND STANDINGS BEARKAT CAREER TOTALS Team Conference Season McNeese State SAM HOUSTON Central Arkansas Incarnate Word Lamar Stephen F. Austin Northwestern State Abilene Christian Nicholls Southeastern Louisiana Houston Baptist KAT STAT RANKINGS TEAM RANKINGS Total NCAA SLC OFFENSE (Per Game) Scoring rd 1st Rushing th 1st Passing th 1st Total Offense st 1st 3rd Down Pct th 1st First Downs 362 1st 1st Punt Returns th 2nd Net Punting th 2nd INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes: 30, Corey Avery at McNeese Yards Rushing: 202, Jalen Overstreet vs Nicholls Long Rush: 78, Corey Avery vs Northwestern St Pass attempts: 38, Jared Johnson vs A&M-Commerce Pass completions: 23, Jared Johnson vs A&M-Commerce Yards Passing: 313, Jeremiah Briscoe at McNeese TD Passes: 5, Jared Johnson at Abilene Christian Long Pass: 86, Jared Johnson vs Houston Baptist Receptions: 12 Davion Davis at Texas Tech Yards Receiving: 164, Gerald Thomas vs Houston Baptist TD Receptions 2 LaDarius Brown vs Houston Baptist Gerald Thomas vs Houston Baptist LaDarius Brown vs UIW Corey Avery at Abilene Christian Yedidiah Louis vs Northwestern St Yedidiah Louis at McNeese Long Reception: 86, Gerald Thomas vs Houston Baptist Field Goals: 2 Luc Swimberghe vs Stephen F. Austin Tre Honshtein at McNeese Long Field Goal: 48 Luc Swimberghe at Texas Tech Punts: 10, Lachlan Edwards vs Nicholls Punting Avg: 47.8, Lachlan Edwards vs A&M-Commerce Long Punt: 62 Lachlan Edwards at Texas Tech Punts inside 20: 5, Lachlan Edwards vs Lamar Lachlan Edwards vs Nicholls (Oct. 24,2015) Long Punt Return: 78.., Gerald Thomas vs Stephen F. Austin Long Kickoff Return: 58 Yedidiah Louis at McNeese Tackles: 11, Tyrel Stokes at McNeese P. J. Hall at McNeese JARED JOHNSON Rushing Att Yds TD Long Total Passing Com Att Int Yds TD , , Total Total GP Rush Pass Total , ,675 Total JALEN OVERSTREET Rushing GP Att Yds TD Long Total LACHLAN EDWARDS Punting No. Yards Avg. Long , , , Total 175 7, LaDARIUS BROWN Receiving Att Yds TD Long Total YEDIDIAH LOUIS Receiving Att Yds TD Long Total GERALD THOMAS Receiving Att Yds TD Long Total P. J. HALL Defense TFL Yds Sacks Yds Total BEARKAT FOOTBALL NOTES Sam Houston has compiled a 15-8 overall record in its eight appearances in the NCAA Division I Championship playoffs. That mark leads the Southland Conference. Sam Houston is 9-0 in FCS playoff action at Elliott T. Bowers in Huntsville. Australian punter Lachlan Edwards earned FCS All-America and All-Southland Conference honors last year after leading the league and ranking No. 26 nationally with a average. Edwards stands as Sam Houston s all-time punting leader with an average of yards per punt. Edwards is a two-time All-Southland Conference selection. With 12 catches for 103 yards and a TD at Texas Tech, wide receiver Davion Davis from Hutto totaled the most catches ever by a Kat freshman in one game. The total was one short of the school record of 13 catches held by Jason Mathenia and Torrance Williams. Five of Sam Houston s all-time top single game total offense performances have come in the past two seasons: 823 yards vs. HBU in 2014, 709 this year against the Huskies, 688 versus Northwestern State this month, 685 in the 2014 home opener against Alabama State and 637 yards in the 2015 in Lubbock against Texas Tech. Mikell Everette became the fourth Bearkat to earn Southland Conference Player of the Week honors after the victory over Central Arkansas in the regular season finale. Everette intercepted two passes against the Bears, returning one for 58 yards. Weekly winners have been quarterback Jared Johnson (offense vs. Abilene Christian), Gerald Thomas (special teams vs. SFA) and running back Donavan Williams (offense vs. Texas Tech). Sam Houston is one of only eight FCS programs that have made appearances in the NCAA Division I Championship Game in back-to-back years. The Bearkats lost to North Dakota State in the finals in Frisco in both 2011 and 2012.

6 2015 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL BASEBALL GAME HISTORY NOTES CAREER RUSHING Player...Years Yards 1 Timothy Flanders ,664 2 Charles Harris ,688 3 McNeil Moore ,578 4 Keshawn Hill ,546 5 Tony January ,376 6 Curtis Thomas ,285 7 Richard Sincere ,274 8 James Oliphant ,263 9 Joe Rauls , Fred Reese , Joe Vickers , Jason Godfrey , Luther Turner , Bennie Boles , Bennie Wylie , Billy Arlen , Eugene Lewis , Chris Poullard , Jack Kyle , Joe Ed Lynn , Bobby Grisham , Stevie Smith , James Shorts , JARED JOHNSON , Bobby Baldwin , Brian Bell , David Kubiak , Wayne Coleman , JALEN OVERSTREET , James Aston , D. D. Terry , J. J. Middleton , Robby Robinson , COREY AVERY , Elmore Armstrong , Roger Wiley ,079 CAREER PASSING Player...Years Yards 1 Brian Bell ,655 2 Rhett Bomar ,564 3 JARED JOHNSON ,342 4 Arthur Louis ,902 5 Dustin Long ,588 6 Reggie Lewis ,269 7 Ashley Van Meter ,869 8 Lanny Dycus ,843 9 Don Gottlob , Albert Bradley ,713 CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE Player...Years Yards 1 Brian Bell ,184 2 JARED JOHNSON ,942 3 Rhett Bomar ,160 4 Reggie Lewis ,150 5 Arthur Louis ,933 6 Dustin Long ,576 7 Don Gottlob ,200 CAREER PASS RECEIVING Player...Years Yards 1 Matt Dominguez ,273 2 Clay Lowry ,833 3 Jonathon Cooper ,617 4 Jason Mathenia ,106 5 Jarod Fuller ,011 6 Torrance Williams ,707 7 Catron Houston ,706 8 Kevin Pesak ,682 9 Keith Willis , YEDIDIAH LOUIS , Ricky Eggleston , LaDARIUS BROWN , GERALD THOMAS , Vincent Cartwright , Jason Madkins , Blake Martin , Tony January , Justin Wells , Blake Vincent , Richard Sincere , Trey Diller , Sam Moore , Chris Lucas , Claude Stewart , Keith Heinrich , Frankie Reescano , Corey Roberts ,006 CAREER SCORING Player...Years Points 1 Timothy Flanders Miguel Antonio LUC SWIMBERGE Billy Hayes CAREER KICKING POINTS Player...Years Points 1 Miguel Antonio LUC SWIMBERGHE Billy Hayes Marcus Hajdik Joey Price CAREER PATS Player...Years PATs 1 LUC SWIMBERGHE Miguel Antonio Billy Hayes Lance Garner Joey Price CAREER PUNTING (Minimum 60 punts)...years Avg. 1 LACHLAN EDWARDS Ryan Klaus Bart Bradley Matt Foster CAREER TACKLES FOR LOSS Player...Years TFL 1 P. J. HALL Andre Finley Michael Bankston Reginald Reddick Will Henry Bubba Thompson Dedrick Manigo Darius Taylor CAREER TACKLES QB SACKS Player...Years Sacks 1 Andre Finley P. J. HALL Michael Bankston Stan Blinka Lish Adams Andrew Weaver Eric January Greenwood Horn SINGLE GAME RECORDS FIRST DOWNS Year Total Northwestern St Texas State at Nicholls Alabama State Houston Baptist TOTAL OFFENSE Year Plays Yards at Houston Baptist Houston Baptist Alabama State Northwestern State Texas Tech TOTAL PLAYS Year Plays Yards Southern Utah Alabama State Southeastern La Central Arkansas Texas Tech RUSHING YARDS Year Yards Houston Baptist Tarleton State Eastern Washington East Texas Montana State PASSING YARDS Year Yards McNeese State Stephen F. Austin Southeastern La Eastern Washington North Dakota St

7 2015 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL BASEBALL GAME NOTES PLAYOFF HISTORY Year Opponent Result R at Arkansas State L R at Middle Tennessee L ot R NORTHERN ARIZONA W QF at Montana L R WESTERN KENTUCKY W QF at Eastern Washington W SF at Montana L R STONY BROOK W QF MONTANA STATE W SF MONTANA W F* North Dakota State L R CAL POLY W QF at Montana State W SF at Eastern Washington W F* North Dakota State L R SOUTHERN UTAH W R at Southeastern Louisiana L R SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W R at Jacksonville State W QF at Villanova W SF at North Dakota State L 3-35 WINS OVER FCS TOP 25 FOES Year Rank Team Score SH Rank 2004 #1 Montana #2 Montana St # #2 Eastern Washington # #2 McNeese St # #3 Western KY # #3 Jacksonville St # #4 Nicholls #4 SFA #4 Eastern Washington # #4 McNeese St #5 Montana # #5 Villanova # #7 SFA #7 Montana St # #9 Southeastern La # #12 Alcorn St #12 NW St #12 SFA # #12 Cal Poly # #14 Eastern WA # #15 Northeast LA # #15 Nicholls St #15 Northern AZ # #16 Southern Utah # #18 NW St #18 Central Arkansas #19 Western IL #19 SFA # #21 NW St #21 McNeese St # #22 Stony Brook # #22 Southern Utah # #23 SFA #23 SFA #24 SFA #24 McNeese St # #25 Nicholls St #25 Central Arkansas #10 WHEN BOTH TEAMS RANKED Sam Houston Won 22, Lost 18 SHSU Year Rank Opponent (Rank) Result 1986 #11 Arkansas St. (#2) L #6 Northeast La. (#15) W #8 McNeese (#19) L #12 Middle Tenn. (#9) L #18 Stephen F. Austin (#24) L #15 Stephen F. Austin (#19) W #12 McNeese (#17) L #13 Northern Arizona (#15) W #13 Montana (#1) L #7 Stephen F. Austin (#12) W #3 Northwestern St. (#19) L #9 Western Kentucky (#3) W #9 Eastern Washington (#14) W #9 Montana (#7) L #14 North Dakota St. (#4) L #12 McNeese (#24) W #1 Stony Brook (#22) W #1 Montana St. (#7) W #1 Montana (#5) W #1 North Dakota St. (#2) L #3 Central Arkansas (#21) L #6 McNeese (#21) W #5 Cal Poly (#12) W #5 Montana St. (#2) W #5 Eastern Washington (#4) W #5 North Dakota St. (#1) L #4 Eastern Washington (#2) W #2 McNeese (#9) L #4 Southeastern La. (#14) L #14 Southern Utah (#22) W #14 Southeastern La. (#7) L #17 Eastern Washington (#1) L #19 Southeastern La. (#9) W #19 Jacksonville St. (#3) W #19 Villanova (#5) W #19 North Dakota St. (#2) L #7 McNeese State (#5) L #10 Central Arkansas (#25) W #6 Southern Utah (#16) W #6 McNeese State (#2) W BEARKAT TEAM STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME First Rushing Passing Total Punts Fumbles Times Down Conv. Poss. OFFENSE Downs No Yds Com Att HI Yds Offense Pen. No.-Avg. Lost Sacked 3rd 4th Time Texas Tech :59 Lamar :22 HBU :01 SFA :26 UIW :22 ACU :17 Nicholls :36 TAMC :23 McNeese :26 NW St :36 UCA :01 So Utah :32 McNeese :51 First Rushing Passing Total Punts Fumbles Times Down Conv. Poss. DEFENSE Downs No Yds Com Att HI Yds Offense Pen. No.-Avg. Lost Sacked 3rd 4th Time Texas Tech :01 Lamar :38 HBU :59 SFA :34 UIW :38 ACU :43 Nicholls :24 TAMC :37 McNeese :34 NW St :34 UCA :59 So Utah :28 McNeese :09 NINE FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES

8 2015 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL BASEBALL FCS PLAYOFF GAME NOTES RECORDS TEAM SINGLE GAME First Downs 31, Southern Utah, , Western Kentucky, 2004 Rushing Yards 428, Montana State, , Eastern Washington, 2012 Passing Yards 483, Eastern Washington, , Montana, 2004 Pass Completions 39, Eastern Washington, , North Dakota State, 2013 Total Offense 579, Southern Utah, , Eastern Washington, 2004 Total Plays 118, Southern Utah, , Western Kentucky, 2004 Points 54, Western Kentucky,, , Southern Utah, 2013 Interceptions By 3, Eastern Washington, 2012 Fumbles Recovered 2, three games Quarterback Sacks 6, Eastern Washington, Montana State, 2012 INDIVIDUAL SINGLE GAME LONGEST RUN Player Opponent Year Yards Brian Bell Eastern Wash (TD) Timothy Flanders Montana (TD) Keshawn Hill Southern Utah Keshawn Hill Southeastern La Torrance Williams Montana State LONGEST PASS Rank Player Opponent Year Yards Brian Bell-Trey Diller Stony Brook (TD) Dustin Long-Jason Mathenia Eastern Washington (TD) Jared Johnson-LaDarius Brown Villanova (TD) Josh McCown-Jonathan Cooper Montana Josh McCown-Matt Buss Northern Arizona LONGEST FIELD GOAL Rank Player Opponent Year Yards 1. Tre Honshtein McNeese State Joey Price Northern Arizona Miguel Antonio Eastern Washington Lance Garner Montana Miguel Antonio North Dakota State OTHER LONGEST PLAYS Punt 70, Lachlan Edwards, Southeastern Louisiana, 2013 Punt Return 31, Gerald Thomas, Southern Utah, 2015 Punt Block Return 37, Vincent Dotson, Cal Poly, 2012 Kickoff Return 82 (TD), Brandon Closner, Montana St., 2011 Interceptionn Return 41, Mark Hughes, Northern Arizona, 2001 NET YARDS RUSHING Player Opponent Year No. Yards TD Timothy Flanders Montana St Timothy Flanders Eastern Washington Timothy Flanders Southern Utah Richard Sincere Montana St Corey Avery McNeese St NET YARDS PASSING Player Opponent Year C-A Yards TD Dustin Long Eastern Washington Dustin Long Montana Josh McCown Montana Dustin Long Western Kentucky Jeremiah Briscoe McNeese St PASS RECEIVING Player Opponent Year No. Yards TD Jason Mathenia Eastern Washington LaDarius Brown Villanova Yedidiah Louis Southern Utah Matt Buss Northern Arizona Jonathan Cooper Montana OTHER SINGLE GAME BESTS Touchdowns 3, Curtis Thomas, Middle Tennessee, 1991 Touchdown Passes 5, Dustin Long, Western Kentucky, 2004 Touchdown Catches 2, Jason Mathenia, Eastern Washington, 2004 Chance Nelson, Montana St., 2012 LaDarius Brown, Jacksonville State & Villanova, 2014 Yedidiah Louis, McNeese State 2015 Field Goals 3, Miguel Antonio, Cal Poly, 2012 Points After TD (PAT) 7, Craig Alaniz, Montana St., 2011 Punt Average 47.6, Matt Foster, Stony Brook, (5-238), 2011 Total Punts 8, Bart Bradley, Arkansas State, (325 yards), 1986 Lachlan Edwards, Southern Utah (298 yards), 2015 Kick Return Yards 110, Stevie Smith, Eastern Washington (5 returns), 2004 Punt Return Yards 53, Brandon Closner, North Dakota St., (6 returns), 2011 Interceptions 2, Robert Shaw, Montana St., 2011 Sacks 2, Michael Saumell-Baston, Eastern Washington, 2004 Darius Taylor and Andrew Weaver, Montana St., 2012 Jesse Beauchamp, Eastern Washington, 2012 P. J. Hall, McNeese State 2015 Tackles for Loss 6, P. J. Hall, Southeastern La., 2014 Kick Blocks 2, P. J. Hall, Southern Utah, 2015 CAREER RUSHING YARDS Player Years GP No. Yards TD Timothy Flanders ,260 5 Richard Sincere Keshawn Hill Brian Bell Jared Johnson Corey Avery NET YARDS PASSING Player Years GP C-A Yards TD Brian Bell , Dustin Long ,180 8 Jared Johnson Josh McCown Jeremiah Briscoe PASS RECEIVING YARDS Player Years GP No. Yards TD LaDarius Brown Yedidiah Louis Jason Mathenia Trey Diller Jarrod Fuller PASS RECEPTIONS Player Years GP No. Yards TD Yedidiah Louis Jarrod Fuller Jason Mathenia LaDarius Brown Trey Diller OTHER CAREER BESTS Touchdowns 5, Timothy Flanders, , LaDarius Brown, , Keshawn Hill, , Richard Sincere, , Trey Diller, Touchdown Passes 14, Brian Bell, Touchdown Catches 5, LaDarius Brown, 2014 Punting Average 42.8, Lachlan Edwards (29 punts, 1,076 yards) 42.3, Matt Foster (35 punts, 1,481 yards) Punt Returns 10 for 70, Brandon Closner 2011 Kickoff Returns 10 for 229, Stevie Smith 2004 Field Goals 8, Miquel Antonio, , Luc Swimberghe, Points After TD (PAT) 20, Luc Swimberghe,, Interceptions 3, Robert Shaw, Tackles 70, Michael Wade, Sacks 5, Mouf Adebo, Tackles for Loss 17, P. J. Hall, NINE FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES

9 2015 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL BASEBALL GAME HISTORY NOTES BEARKAT RANKING SUMMARY Date Rank After Next Game August 6 3rd Preseason Poll Texas Tech Sept. 7 1st Texas Tech Open Date Sept. 14 3rd Open Date Lamar Sept th Lamar HBU Sept th Houston Baptist SFA Oct. 5 11th SFA UIW Oct. 12 9th UIW Abilene Christian Oct. 19 9th Abilene Christian Nicholls Oct. 26 8th Nicholls A&M-Commerce Nov. 2 7th A&M-Commerce McNeese Nov. 9 13th McNeese NW St. Nov th NW St. UCA Nov. 23 6th UCA Southern Utah WEEKLY HONORS Southland Conference Player of the Week Offense Donavan Williams Sept 7 4 TDs vs. Texas Tech Special Teams Gerald Thomas Oct yd punt return TD, 124 all-purpose yards vs. SFA Offense Jared Johnson Oct TD passes vs. Abilene Christian Defense Mikell Everette Nov interceptions vs. UCA ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE First-Team Offense QB Jared Johnson Jr. RB Corey Avery So OL Donald Jackson III Sr First-Team Defense DL P.J. Hall So DB Trenier Orr Sr Second-Team Offense WR Gerald Thomas Sr WR Yedidiah Louis So AP Yedidiah Louis So Second-Team Defense DB Mikell Everette Sr P Lachlan Edwards Sr. Honorable Mention OL Zach Stevens Sr OL Bridge Blount Jr DL James DeLaRosa Jr DL Jacobi Hunter So LB Myke Chatman Jr THE LAST TIME Kickoff Returned for a Touchdown By SHSU Brandon Closner 82 yards vs. Montana State, 2011 By Foe Jakeem Grant, Texas Tech 94 yards, 2015 Punt Returned for a Touchdown By SHSU Yedidiah Louis 53 yards vs. SFA, 2015 By Foe Perrish Fox, Oklahoma St.ate 49 yards, 2007 Blocked Punt for a Touchdown By SHSU Robert Shaw 16 yards vs. McNeese State, 2011 By Foe Robert Killebrew Texas, 2006 Blocked Field Goal for a Touchdown By SHSU Kenneth Jenkins 60 yards vs. Southeastern La Interception for a Touchdown By SHSU Darion Flowers 90 yards vs. McNeese State 2015 By Foe J. J. Gaines, Texas Tech 47 yards, 2015 Fumble Returned for a Touchdown By SHSU A. J. Davis 27 yards vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 By Foe Robert Torgerson 39 yards, Southern Utah, 2013 Defensive Two-Point Conversion By SHSU Alfonzo McMillian vs. Southern Utah 2015 Kenneth Jenkins vs. Texas Southern, 2012 Courtney Boston vs. Miss Valley, 2001 By Foe Mike Ryan, Montana St., 1991 Blocked Point-After-TD Attempt By SHSU P. J. Hall vs. McNeese State, 2015 By Foe Omar Tebo, Lamar, 2015 Team Held Scoreless By SHSU Sam Houston 76, Houston Baptist 0, 2014 By Foe LSU 56, Sam Houston 0, 2014 Two or More Running Backs Gain 100 Yards By SHSU Ridgeway Frank (137) Remus Bulmer (111) Safety Scored By SHSU vs. Southern Utah 2015 By Foe vs. McNeese State, 2002 BEARKAT BREAKDOWN 2014 Season Record...Won 11, Lost 5 Conference Record/Finish / 1st Lettermen Returning / Lost / offense, 24 defense, 2 specialists returning Starters Returning / Lost...21 / 4 9 offense, 10 defense, 2 specialists returning Basic Offense... Multiple Basic Defense... Multiple SAM HOUSTON OVERTIMES Overall: 2-5 Home: 1-2 Away 1-3 First full season of overtime in NCAA Division I college football in 1996 Date Final Score OTs Nov. 30, 1991 Murfreesboro, Tenn. Middle Tennessee 20, Sam Houston 19 1 Score at end of regulation Started OT on offense Oct. 11, 1997 Troy, Alabama Troy St. 13, Sam Houston 10 1 Score at end of regulation Started OT on offense Nov. 19, 2005 San Marcos, Texas Texas State 26, Sam Houston 23 1 Score at end of regulaton Started OT on offense Nov. 1, 2008 Huntsville, Texas Sam Houston 34, Stephen F. Austin 31 2 Score at end of regulation Started OT on offense Nov. 15, 2008 Huntsville, Texas Southeastern Louisiana 30, Sam Houston 27 1 Score at end of regulation Started OT on offense Nov. 22, 2008 Huntsville, Texas Texas State 48, Sam Houston 45 1 Score at end of regulation Started OT on offense Oct. 30, 2010 Natchitoches, La. Northwestern St. 23, Sam Houston 20 2 Score at end of regulaton Started OT on defense Sept. 24, 2011 Albuquerque, NM Sam Houston 48, New Mexico 45 1 Score at end of regulation Started OT on defense BEARKAT COMEBACKS 21 points Sam Houston 32, Southwest Texas 31 Huntsville, Bearkats trailed by 21 points with 13:29 to play Sam Houston 36, Montana State 23 Bozeman, Montana Bearkats trailed by 21 just 9:24 into first quarter 20 points Sam Houston 24, A&M-Kingsville 23 Huntsville, Bearkats trailed by 20 points at halftime Sam Houston 35, Eastern Washington 34 Cheney, Wash., Bearkats trailed by 20 with 14:54 to play 18 points Sam Houston 29, Texas State 28 San Marcos, Bearkats trailed by 18 points with 9:00 to play NINE FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES

10 Phil Longo Offensive coordinator Rowan, SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Mike Collins Co-Defensive coordinator Northeast Louisiana, 1983 HEAD COACH K. C. KEELER OVERALL RECORD Wins rank No. 20 among 597 head coaches at all NCAA levels (FBS, FCS, DII, DIII) Ranks No. 78 in career victories in the history of college football Only football coach to take 3 different programs to an NCAA Final Four Won 35, Lost 11 in NCAA post-season playoff games (16-4 in FCS playoffs) Most National Championship game appearances by any current football coach (8) His teams have made 11 Final Four appearances in his 21 seasons Highest number of NCAA post-season wins among all active FCS head coaches Highest playoff winning percentage by any current FCS head coach Coached nine conference championship teams In his first season as head coach at Sam Houston State University, K. C. Keeler directed the Bearkats to an 11-5 record, the Southland Conference championship and the program s third NCAA FCS playoff semi-finals appearance in the past four seasons. During 21 years as a head football coach, Keeler has produced a record of 195 victories, only 81 losses and one tie. His teams at Rowan University, Delaware and Sam Houston State have combined for 13 NCAA post-season playoff appearances, eight conference championships and played in eight national championship games. Keeler was named as Sam Houston s 15th head football coach on January 23, He has coached five National Football League draft picks including Super Bowl XLVII MVP quarterback Joe Flacco. He has tutored 76 All-America players and 21 student-athletes who have earned either national or district CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. As head coach at Delaware, Keeler rolled up an record in 11 seasons from 2002 to His Fightin Blue Hens won the FCS national championship in 2003 and reached the national championship game in 2007 and His squads won Atlantic 10 Conference titles in 2003 and 2004 and the Colonial Athletic Association championship in Delaware went 11-3 in the program s four trips to the FCS playoffs. At Rowan University in Glassboro, N. J., Keeler produced an record from 1993 to 2001 that included seven NCAA Division III playoff appearances including five trips to the National Championship game. His teams posted a 21-7 record in NCAA Division III playoff action. Among Keeler s coaching honors are selections as AFCA FCS National Coach of the Year, Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year, Maxwell Club Tri-State Coach of the Year and the All-America Football Foundation Johnny Vaught Head Coach Award. Keeler began his coaching career as an assistant at Amherst College in Massachusetts in 1981, then moved to Rowan University in He was named head coach at Rowan in The Profs won four New Jersey Athletic Conference championships and finished as runner-up in the league twice in Keeler s nine seasons. Keeler was a four-sport letterman at Emmaus, Pa., High School. He earned all-league honors and was football team captain as a tight end and linebacker. He played linebacker for head coach Tubby Raymond at Delaware from 1978 to 1980, helping lead the Blue Hens to the 1979 NCAA Division II national championship. In 1980, he signed a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Eagles. Kurt Charles K. C. Keeler was born July 26, 1959, in Emmaus, Pa. He and his wife Janice are the parents of daughter Kate and son Jackson. SAM HOUSTON STATE ASSISTANT COACHES Brad Sherrod Co-Defensive coordinator Duke, 1993 Bart Tatum Offensive Line Austin College, 1991 Terence Archer Wide Receivers Monmouth, 2001 ROWAN UNIVERSITY New Jersey Athletic Conference Year W-L Conference Post Season st Div. III Championship Game st Div. III Championship Game Div. III Championship Game st Div. III Semifinals Div. III Championship Game nd Div. III Championship Game nd st Div. III Semifinals Record at Rowan: Won 88, Lost 21, Tied 1 DELAWARE Atlantic 10 Conference th st FCS National Champions st FCS Quarterfinals rd th Colonial Athletic Association rd FCS Championship Game th th st FCS Championship Game th th Record at Delaware: Won 86, Lost 52 SAM HOUSTON Southland Conference Year W-L Conference Post Season st FCS Semifinals nd FCS Playoffs Record at Sam Houston: Won 21, Lost 8 COACHING HONORS 2010 AFCA National Coach of the Year Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Field Turf Coach of the Year 2010 Maxwell Club Tri-State Coach of the Year 2007 All-American Football Foundation Johnny Vaught Coach Award Maxwell Club Tri-State Coach of the Yea 2003 Frank Leahy Coach of the Year Award Maxwell Club Tri-State Coach of the Year 2001 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Finalist New Jersey Athletic Conference Coach of the Year 2000 Gloucester County Hall of Fame 1997 New Jersey Athletic Conference Coach of the Year 1995 New Jersey Athletic Conference Coach of the Year 1993 Stan Lomax-Irving Marsh Div. III Coach of the Year NCAA FCS National Champions NCAA FCS National Finalists , 2007, 2010 FCS Playoff Appearances , 2004, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015 Division III National Finalists , 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 Division III Playoffs , 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 Patrick Toney Defensive secondary Southeastern La., 2013 Phil Petitte Defensive Line Glassboro State, 1971 Matt Powledge Running Backs/Special Teams Sam Houston, 2009 Rodrique Wright Defensive Ends Texas, 2006 Kyle Segler Tackles/Tight Ends Sam Houston, 2006