ULM Warhawks

MONROE, La.-ULM scored on its first three possessions of the game and rolled to a 58-0 victory over Texas Southern in the Warhawks' home opener Saturday night at Malone Stadium.

ULM quarterback Trey Revell completed his first 12 pass attempts of the game and finished the night 17-of-19 for 238 yards and two touchdowns - his 89.5 completion percentage broke Doug Pederson's school record of 88.3 percent (16-of-18) set in 1990.

Revell's 12 straight completions to open tonight's game, combined with his final three passes at No. 2 Texas last week, set a ULM school record for consecutive completions. His 15 consecutive completions broke Wendel Lowery's record of 11 straight set in 1991.

His backfield companion running back Frank Goodin rushed for 105 yards and a career-high three touchdowns, despite a heavy rain that battered the Monroe area most of the night.

Goodin's three touchdowns tied him for the most in head coach Charlie Weatherbie's seven seasons and were just one shy of the school record - he accomplished all of this despite taking only two snaps in the second half.

True freshman running back Isaiah Newsome carried the ball 22 times for 158 yards to give the Warhawks two players with over 100 yards rushing. It marked the first time two Warhawks went over the century mark in the same game since Nov. 3, 2007, when Calvin Dawson and Kinsmon Lancaster ran wild against Middle Tennessee.

ULM (1-1) held Texas Southern to 103 yards of total offense and just six yards on the ground, while the Warhawks churned up 345 yards on the ground and 247 through the air for 592 total yards. The shutout pitched by the ULM defense was the first since a 35-0 victory at Florida International in 2006. 

The 58-point margin of victory was the second largest in ULM history, trailing just a 66-0 victory over Ouachita Baptist in 1951. The 55 points scored by ULM were the most by the Warhawks since a 55-18 victory over Nicholls State in 1981.

The Warhawks took the opening drive 59 yards with a heavy dose of the yardage coming from Goodin, who carried the ball on five of the eight plays. Luther Ambrose capped the drive with the first rushing touchdown of his career from 16 yards out.

Following a three-and-out by the ULM defense, Goodin scored his first touchdown of the night from three yards out. On the scoring drive, a 38-yard strike from Revell to LaGregory Sapp pulled the Warhawks out of a 2nd-and-23 hole and gave them a 1st-and-goal from the 10-yard line.

Another three-and-out by the ULM defense gave the Warhawks excellent field position on their 41-yard line. Revell and Sapp hooked up on another big play, this one for 29 yards, to put the Warhawks in prime scoring position. Rodney Lovett found the end zone five plays later for the second rushing touchdown of his career and a 21-0 ULM lead.

The Tigers (0-2) forced the Warhawks to punt for the first time on their next possession, but ULM responded punching it into the end zone on its next two drives on touchdown runs of three and 10 yards by Goodin to give ULM a 35-0 lead.

Texas Southern didn't pick up a first down without the help of a ULM penalty until the four-minute mark of the second quarter. The Warhawks held Texas Southern to just 27 yards of offense in the opening half and just one yard on the ground. In comparison, the Warhawks put up 379 yards in the first half with a balanced attack - 186 on the ground and 193 through the air.

ULM's all-conference punter Scott Love had a solid night - averaging 43.0 yards on five punts - and his third punt contributed to a Texas Southern safety in the third quarter. Love's punt danced out-of-bounds at the 2-yard line and after the Warhawk defense forced a punt, the snap from Kevin Pooler sailed out of the back of the end zone for the safety.

Redshirt freshman tight end Keavon Milton hauled in his first career touchdown reception with just under five minutes to play in the third quarter. The 7-yard strike was the final pass of the night for Revell as he gave way to redshirt freshman Cody Wells for the remainder of the game.

ULM scored for the final time with just under a minute to play in the game when Wells connected with Alvin Jordan on a 7-yard touchdown pass. The touchdown pass marked the first career touchdowns for both Jordan and Wells.

The Warhawks travel to Arizona State (1-0) next week for their final non-conference game before opening Sun Belt Conference play at Florida Atlantic the following week.

Scoring Summary
ULM - Ambrose 16-yard run (Jabour kick), 10:57, 1^st                                                                          7-0
ULM - Goodin 3-yard run (Jabour kick), 6:46, 1^st                                                                                14-0
ULM - Lovett 5-yard run (Jabour kick), 2:47, 1^st                                                                                  21-0
ULM - Goodin 3-yard run (Jabour kick), 10:22, 2^nd                                                                             28-0
ULM - Goodin 10-yard run (Jabour kick), 7:16, 2^nd                                                                             35-0
ULM - McNeal 27-yard pass from Revell (Jabour kick), 0:48, 2^nd                                                         42-0
ULM - Team safety, 8:19, 3^rd                                                                                                           44-0
ULM - Milton 7-yard pass from Revell (Jabour kick), 4:44, 3^rd                                                              51-0
ULM - Jordan 7-yard pass from Wells (Jabour kick), 0:55, 4^th                                                             58-0

 

ULM Game Notes

-- ULM team captains were QB Trey Revell, LB Josh Thomas, DB James Truxillo, P Scott Love.
-- ULM lost the coin toss and Texas Southern deferred to the second half; ULM chose to receive.
-- The last time ULM played during the rain was on Nov. 24, 2007 in Lafayette, La. ULM defeated Louisiana-Lafayette, 17-11.

-- The last time ULM played during a home game in which it rained was Nov. 20, 2004. ULM defeated Louisiana-Lafayette, 13-10.

-- ULM has scored in 78-of-82 games dating back to Sept. 14, 2002, against McNeese State.

-- ULM has five-consecutive victories over SWAC schools. The last win came over Alabama A&M, 37-15, in Monroe, La.

-- ULM's Darrell McNeal is ranked 15th in the NCAA with 24-consecuitve games with a catch.
-- Safety Greg James extended his team-leading starts streak out to 34 games; punter Scott Love and linebacker Josh Thomas extended their streaks to 26 games.

-- Running back Frank Goodin moved within 35 yards of 10^th place on the all-time ULM rushing list with 1,544.
-- Linebacker Cardia Jackson moved within 27 tackles of 10^th place on the all-time ULM tackles list with 277.
-- Linebacker Cardia Jackson fell one spot, to sixth, among active players in the NCAA with 276 tackles.

-- ULM's Luther Ambrose scored his first rushing and fourth career touchdown of his career with a 16-yard run in the first quarter.

-- Frank Goodin extended his rushing touchdown streak to three games with a rushing score 3-yard run in the first quarter (3:02) to push the ULM lead to 14-0 at the time.

-- Frank Goodin's three rushing touchdowns gives him 13 for his career, tying him for 10th place all-time in ULM history.

-- ULM executed seven plays of 20-plus yards against Texas Southern, the most of any game this season.

-- ULM has scored 21 points in a quarter for the second-consecutive season. The Warhawks posted 21 points in the opening quarter against Texas Southern.

-- Frank Goodin rushed for three touchdowns (3, 3, 10) to set a new career-high. His previous career-best was two scores in a home game against Louisiana-Lafayette on Oct. 4 of last season.

-- Frank Goodin's three rushing scores ties the most by a player during the Charlie Weatherbie era.

-- Texas Southern's initial first-down of the game, non-penalty aided, was on a Joesph Warren 11-yard run up the middle at the 4:07 mark of the second quarter.

-- The last time held an opponent scoreless was on Nov. 11, 2006 when ULM defeated FIU, 35-0, in Miami, Fla.

-- Trey Revell set the school record with 15 consecutive passes. His consecutive streak included the last three passes of the Texas game and the first 12 completions of the Texas Southern contest.

-- Frank Goodin's 104-yards against Texas Southern was his fourth 100-yard rushing game of his career.

-- Darrell McNeal moved into 10th place all-time with 290 punt return yards. He recorded 13 return yards on three returns, with a long of eight yards, against Texas Southern.

-- ULM's safety with 8:09 in the third quarter was the first of the season and first since Nov. 1, 2008 when the Warhawks' Jameson Jordan tackled Troy's quarterback (Levi Brown) in the first quarter of the 31-30 win.

-- ULM's 58 points was the most since the Warhawks scored 55 against Nicholls State (W, 55-18) in 1981.

-- ULM's 58 point margin of victory was the second highest in program history. The highest margin of victory was a 61-0 win over Ouachita Baptist in 1951.

-- Keavon Milton caught his first career touchdown on a 7-yard pass form Trey Revell with 3:25 in the third quarter. The score pushed the Warhawk lead to 51-0.

-- Freshman quarterback Cody Wells saw action in his first career game as a Warhawk.

-- Trey Revell set the school record for completion percentage (89.5) after completing 17-of-19 passes. The previous mark was held by Doug Pederson against Sam Houston State in 1990 when he completed 16-of-18 passes for 88.9 percent.

-- It was the first time that ULM had two 100-yard rushers (Isaiah Newsome 158 and Frank Goodin 105) in a game since Nov. 3, 2007, against Middle Tennessee.