-- ULM team captains were QB Trey Revell, LB Josh Thomas, DB James Truxillo, P Scott Love.
-- ULM lost the coin toss and Arkansas State deferred to the second half. ULM chose to receive and defend the south end zone.
-- ULM's game against Arkansas State on Tuesday night was the second contest this season that the Warhawks have played during the rain.
--
Trey Revell's pass to LaGregory Sapp during the Warhawks opening drive
was the second longest touchdown catch of the season and third longest
play of the season.
-- Arkansas State's punter Ryan Wilbourn's
65-yard punt in the opening quarter was the longest punt against the
Warhawks this season.
-- Aaron Williams' fumble recovery near the end of the first quarter was his first of the season and first of his career.
-- Josh Thomas' sack to end the first quarter was the second of his career
-- Nate Brown's interception in the second quarter was his first of the season and first of his career
--
Arkansas State's -9 yards in the first quarter were the lowest total
yards by any Warhawk opponent in a quarter during the Weatherbie era
-- James Truxillo's interception in the second quarter was his second of the season and fourth of his career
-- Radi Jabour's blocked extra point was the second blocked extra point of his career and third extra point miss of his career.
-- ULM has scored in 82-of-86 games dating back to Sept. 14, 2002, against McNeese State
--
Arkansas State's 49-yard field goal tied the third longest field goal
against the Warhawks during the Weatherbie era. North Texas made a
49-yarder on Oct. 30, 2004 - Arkansas State made a 50-yarder on Oct 1, 2005 - Georgia made a 58-yarder on Sept. 17, 2005.
--
ULM's six yards of offense in the third quarter was the sixth lowest
amount of yards gained in a quarter during the Weatherbie era. The
lowest ever by a Weatherbie offensive unit in a quarter was -6 yards
vs. New Mexico State on Oct. 25, 2003.
-- Troy Evans two sacks with less two minutes in the fourth quarter pushed his career total to 3.5.
--
Arkansas State leads the all-time series, one that dates back to 1959,
between the two schools by a slim 17-14 margin. The Warhawks have won
the last three meetings between the two schools in Malone Stadium. It was the sixth time
the two schools have met in the month of October.
-- ULM is 1-1 in the last three seasons when playing in front of a nationally televised ESPN crowd.
--
The Warhawks are 4-2 in games not played on Saturdays since 1979. This
is the first Tuesday game since 1979. ULM is 2-2 when playing on
Thursday and 1-0 when playing on Friday.
-- ULM's 16-10 win over Arkansas State gives the Warhawks three straight wins over a Division I-A program.
--
Frank Goodin's 1-yard rushing touchdown gives him nine running scores
on the season and ties him for second place among active NCAA rushers.
--
Cardia Jackson's 14 tackles gives him 317 in his career and moves him
into third place in total tackles among active players in the NCAA.
--
Cardia Jackson's nine solo tackles gives him 189 career solo tackles
and moves him into second place among active NCAA players in terms of
solo tackles.
-- Cody Wells 67 yards passing was a career-high
and his long pass of 39 yards was also a career-best. Wells five
completions and nine attempts were also career-highs.
-- Safety
Greg James extended his team-leading starts streak out to 38 games;
punter Scott Love and linebacker Josh Thomas extended their streaks to
30 games.
-- Frank Goodin's 97 yards rushing pushed his career
total to 1,937 yards on the ground. He is now 393 yards shy of tying
fourth place all-time in ULM history and 424 yards shy of tying 10th
place in ULM single season rushing yards.
-- Frank Goodin's
1-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter pushed his career total
to 18 and in a tie for fifth place on the ULM all-time rushing
touchdown list.
-- Frank Goodin's 1-yard rushing touchdown
pushed his season rushing touchdown total to nine and also moved him
into a tie for sixth on the ULM single season list.
-- Darrell
McNeal's two receptions pushes his career total to 154 catches all-time
and 14 catches shy of tying fourth place on the all-time ULM receptions
list. He is also five receptions shy of tying fifth place all-time in Sun Belt history.
--
Darrell McNeal's four punt returns gives him 56 punt returns in his
career and puts him in a tie for second place all-time in Sun Belt history.
--
Darrell McNeal's 21 punt return yards gives him 321 in his career and
moves him into sole possession of ninth place in ULM history. He is also
-- Darrell McNeal extended his consecutive reception streak to 28 games with a 31-yard reception in the second quarter.
--
Cardia Jackson's 14 tackles pushes his career total to 317 and into
sole possession of ninth place on the ULM all-time career tackles list.
He is also 14 tackles shy of tying third place all-time in Sun Belt history.
--
Aaron Morgan's sack in the second quarter moved his single season sack
total to seven and one sack shy of tying 10th place all-time in ULM
history and ninth place all-time in Sun Belt history.
--
Aaron Morgan's one sack moved his career total to 20 and into fifth
place all-time in ULM history. He is now 1.5 sacks shy of tying fourth
place all-time in ULM history and Sun Belt history.
-- Senior linebackers Cardia Jackson and Josh Thomas have started a combined 69 games in their careers.
ARKANSAS
STATE POSTGAME QUOTES
Arkansas
State Head Coach Steve Roberts
Opening
statement ... "Very disappointed, very disappointed. We didn't play anywhere near
as close to what we are capable of playing tonight and that is my fault. I
apologize on behalf of our team for our showing tonight, the lack of focus, the
lack of discipline, the lack of effort. Well, the effort was pretty good, but
the lack of overall playing good football tonight ... terrible."
On the
offensive struggles in the first half ... "The plays were there, they did a good
job at the line of scrimmage taking away the run. I felt like we had a good
plan to counteract that but we didn't make plays. The plays were there, we just
didn't make plays."
Senior
quarterback Cory Leonard
On the first
half ... "We just didn't make enough plays. It's a tough place to play; we knew
that we were at their place the whole game. They made plays when they needed to
and we didn't. I feel like we set an NCAA record for penalties in a game, I
don't know what it was but you can't play that way and expect to win."
On the
turnovers ... "You can't use the environment as an excuse. All I can say is that
it was lack of executing on my part, two fumbles, two picks, losing one of the
fumbles, you can't play like that if you want to win the game and I didn't play
well enough."
Senior
running back Reggie Arnold
On the
struggles running the ball ... "ULM is one or two in defensive rushing, so give
them credit, they are a good football club. They are going to stop the run, we
weren't able to do it (run the ball), because they are a good team. Not nothing
that we did, they are just a good team."
On the
mental mistakes ... "We did not play characteristic of ourselves. We had some
things go wrong early in the first half and in the second half we started
storming out, getting some plays made but the focus wasn't there at time when
it needed to be there. We had a large lack of focus and that led to us losing
this ballgame."
ULM POSTGAME QUTOES
Head Coach Charlie Weatherbie
OPENING STATEMENT
"I tell
you that was a great team victory. I just thank the Lord for the
victory and give him the honor, credit, and glory. It was a great
defensive stand there in the fourth quarter. I am a little bit
disappointed in our kicking. We shouldn't have missed a field goal or
extra point and gotten one blocked. We need to look at that and correct
that field goal. We need to make that field goal when we get the
opportunity to make it a two score game. I believe we will make those
adjustments and continue to improve there.
Offensively it was
tough in the second half and we didn't score. I though Cody [Wells] did
a good job of managing the game. We drove the ball well and ran the
ball well down there in the fourth quarter with about four minutes left
to go and with us ahead by two scores. I was impressed with us taking
care of the football in the second half. The first half we threw an
interception and it didn't cost us anything. We were fortunate there
when we threw it in the end zone. I believe Trey [Revell] threw that
with his thumb beat up pretty good and he didn't have a whole lot of
power on it.
We are just looking forward to a week off now. We'll come back in here and clean this up tomorrow and get a little chance to have a practice Thursday and have weights on Friday. I'll give them Friday and Saturday off and we'll come back on Sunday and start preparing for Kentucky.
Arkansas
State has got a fine football team and a very good football team. I am
impressed with how hard they fought and they believed they were going
to find a way to win the game in the fourth quarter and so did we. We
were blessed to come out with the victory and I think we can draw from
these close games that we have won. We can draw from this and can help
us continue in that direction through the remainder of the season.
There will be two or three more of these that the offense or defense
has to score.
Linebacker Cardia Jackson
AS A CAPTAIN WHAT DID YOU TELL GUYS DURING ARKANSAS STATE'S LAST DRIVE
"I
told those guys 'don't give up big plays and make sure to wrap up and
let the second man come in and strip the ball.' I told them not to give
up big plays. "
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE 3-0 IN CONFERENCE
"I
have never felt that before [being 3-0 in conference] and ever since I
have been here we have been 1-0 or 0-1. Like Coach Weatherbie said we
take it step-by-step and try to build up our confidence as each game
goes. "
PLAYING IN FRONT OF A NATIONALLY TELEVISED CROWD
"When you say ESPN2, that is enough. There is isn't anything more to say. We go out and play hard like we usually do."
Defensive End Troy Evans
SACKS ON LAST DRIVE
"The
coach got us out there on the edge and told us go after them with all
we have. I tried to use my best pass rushing move and get after him and
by the grace of God and my teammates I got there."
WHAT IS MISSING FROM THE TEAM TO CONTEND FOR A CHAMPIONSIP
"We
are going to continue to work hard and continue to do the things to we
can to get better every week. We can't get too complacent, so we are
going to continue to go out there and work hard."
ARKANSAS
STATE POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM
- ASU had scored on 13-of-14 trips into the
red zone heading into Tuesday's game, but came away with points on just
one-of-three chances against the Warhawks.
OFFENSE
- Corey Leonard's 52-yard pass to Brandon
Thompkins in the second quarter marked the third time this season the two
players have hooked up on a pass covering at least 50 yards . . . It was
also the third longest offensive play of the year for ASU . . . The only
two longer plays were both passes from Leonard to Thompkins (59 and 58
yards).
- Corey Leonard threw his fifth TD pass of
the season and 45th of his career, leaving him three shy of tying the
school record for a career (48).
- Brandon Thompkins recorded his third TD
reception of the season and the sixth of his career . . . He has now
caught a TD pass in ASU's last three games . . . Over the last three
games, Thompkins has 12 receptions for 158 yards and 3 TD's.
- Brandon Thompkins went over 100
all-purpose yards for the third straight game and fourth time this
season. Thompkins finished with 168
all-purpose yards.
DEFENSE
- Kelcie McCray recorded his first career
interception, picking off Trey Revell in ASU's end zone to stop a drive
early in the second quarter . . . McCray also finished with nine tackles
and two tackles for loss, both career highs.
- While ASU didn't post a single
interception its first three games, it now has three over the last two
games . . . The Red Wolves had two interceptions against Iowa and one
against ULM.
- Sophomore linebacker Demario Davis
recorded a career-high 12 tackles against the Warhawks, including nine
unassisted.
SPECIAL TEAMS
- Backed up inside his own end zone, Ryan
Wilbourn booted a 65-yard punt in the first quarter that was the longest
of his career . . . His previous long was 57 yards, set against Nebraska
in ASU's second game of the season.
- Ryan Wilbourn attempted and made his first
career field goal, a 49 yarder that is the longest by an ASU player since
Eric Neihouse made a 50 yard FG against ULM in 2005.
