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Seven non-conference games are on the schedule this week. The slate includes a top 25 match-up with Texas
A&M-Commerce hosting Delta State.
Angelo State, A&M-C, Midwestern State and Eastern New Mexico started the season with wins in non-
conference action last week.
LSC football teams are 4-2 overall this season. The squads are 4-0 combined versus the Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Great Lakes Valley Conference and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
teams, which are also in NCAA Super Regional Four.
LONE STAR FOOTBALL FESTIVAL
The Lone Star Football Festival comes back to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas for the fifth straight year in
2015 with three games on Saturday, September 19.
The lineup includes two Lone Star Conference tilts and one non-conference game. Midwestern State faces
Eastern New Mexico, and Tarleton State goes against West Texas A&M in LSC action, while Angelo State plays
Bacone in a non-conference contest.
The event starts at 11:30 a.m. with MSU-ENMU, followed by WT-TSU at 3:30 p.m., and ASU-Bacone at 7:30
p.m. to conclude the football-filled day.
A single ticket will be good for admission to all three games at the festival. The best place for fans to
purchase tickets is in the athletic ticket office of each participating team. Advance purchases through the
teams will be rewarded with rates of $25 for adults and $10 for students, while sales through Ticketmaster and
game-day pricing at the AT&T Stadium ticket windows will be $30 for adults and $15 for students. Fans should
check with their respective schools for details.
The festival has attracted just over 99,000 fans for 20 games in its first four years, making it one of the best-
attended football events in all of Division II. Sixteen of those 20 games have been televised, bringing extensive
exposure to LSC member institutions and their football teams. The festival also has featured five NFL Draft
picks and eight NCAA playoff teams, including the 2012 Division II National Champion Valdosta State.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE
Kyle Washington, Angelo State University, SR, QB, Humble, Texas, Humble HS
Washington led the No. 12 Angelo State football team to a 52-31 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State. The
senior threw for 291 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing for 91 yards and two touchdowns. He
electrified the crowd with a 74 yard run in the third quarter and averaged 14.8 yards per carry. In the win,
Washington broke the ASU career record for total offense with 8,264 yards currently.
DEFENSIVE
Marqui Christian, Midwestern State University, SR, S, Spring, Texas, Spring HS
Christian accounted for a team-high 11 tackles including five solo stops to spur Midwestern State to a 31-3
win over Truman State in the season opener Saturday night at Memorial Stadium. The 6-1, 205-pound senior
played a key role in helping the Mustangs limit Truman State to 171 yards of total offense which was the fewest
MSU has allowed since limiting Texas A&M-Kingsville to 147 yards on Nov. 1, 2014. The Spring native upped his
career total to 211 tackles and needs 57 more to move to the top of MSU all-time tackle chart.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Fred Lawrence, Angelo State University, SO, PR/KR, Abilene, Texas, Cooper
Lawrence scored the first Angelo State touchdown of the season on Thursday night. The sophomore caught
a punt on his own seven and darted around and through OPSU defenders 93 yards for a touchdown. It is
Lawrence’s first career touchdown and first punt return touchdown of his career.
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
Richard Cooper, Texas A&M University - Commerce, and the Lions ground game controlled the line of
scrimmage and the pace in A&M-Commerce’s 48-17 rout of Adams State. Cooper rushed for 149 yards on 17
carries averaging a whopping 8.8 yards per carry. His career-high 149 yards in the opener tops the league by 32
yards and is the 16th best mark in the NCAA through the opening week of play.
Geremy Alridge-Mitchell, West Texas A&M University, rushed for 117 yards and scored two touchdowns for
the Buffs in the season-opener. It was his 11th career game of rushing over 100 yards and 10th-straight dating
back to Sept. 20, 2014. He had 17 rushes including a career-long 60-yard touchdown score in the game. He also
had six receptions for 11 yards, while returning four kickoffs for 87 yards including a long of 26. Alridge-Mitchell
had a game-high 215 all-purpose yards.
Kamal Cass, Eastern New Mexico University, paced a Greyhound rushing attack which produced 352 yards in
a win over New Mexico Highlands. He set career highs with 11 carries, 95 yards and a touchdown. Cass’ 61-yard
touchdown capped a 19-point third quarter and was ENMU’s longest running play since a 64-yard sprint from
Jordan Wells, early in the 2013 season.
Hagen Hutchinson, Midwestern State University, accounted for three touchdowns in his first collegiate start
leading Midwestern State to a 31-3 win over Truman State Saturday night at Memorial Stadium. The sophomore
STANDINGS
School LSC Overall Streak
Angelo State 0-0 1-0 W1
Eastern New Mexico 0-0 1-0 W1
Midwestern State 0-0 1-0 W1
Texas A&M-Commerce 0-0 1-0 W1
Tarleton State 0-0 0-0 ---
Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-0 0-1 L1
West Texas A&M 0-0 0-1 L1
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Angelo State at Western State, 2 p.m.
Colorado State - Pueblo at West Texas A&M, 5 p.m.
Missouri S&T at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 7 p.m.
Delta State at Texas A&M-Commerce, 7 p.m.
Findlay at Tarleton State, 7 p.m.
Eastern New Mexico at Adams State, 7 p.m.
Midwestern State at Colorado Mesa, 8 p.m.
All times are CST; * LSC game; ^ at AT&T Stadium
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Texas A&M-Commerce 48, Adams State 17
Eastern New Mexico 40, New Mexico Highlands 10
Azusa Pacific 27, West Texas A&M 24
Angelo State 52, Oklahoma Panhandle State 31
Incarnate Word 18, Texas A&M-Kingsville 16
Midwestern State 31, Truman State 3
WEEKLY AWARDS
Offensive
S-8 Kyle Washington, Angelo State
Defensive
S-8 Marqui Christian, Midwestern State
Special Teams
S-8 Fred Lawrence, Angelo State
FIRST DOWN
• Angelo State is ranked 12th and Texas A&M-
Commerce is 18th, with Midwestern State and
Tarleton State receiving votes in the AFCA poll
(Sept. 7).
LONE STAR CONFERENCE FOOTBALL
WEEKLY RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
Contact: Melanie Robotham | Assistant Commissioner | Office: 972-234-0033 x. 103 |
E-mail: melanie@lonestarconference.org | www.lonestarconference.org | Twitter: @LoneStarConf

LONE STAR CONFERENCE FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE 2
quarterback from Stamford completed 18-of-26
passes for 183 yards including first-quarter scoring
strikes to Arsenio Phillips (13) and Statron Jones (20)
as the Mustangs rolled out to a 17-0 halftime lead.
Hutchinson, who also rushed for 26 yards on eight
carries, polished off a 16-play, 80-yard drive with a
2-yard scoring run to extend the MSU lead to 24-3
early in the fourth quarter.
Richard Franklin, Angelo State University, led
the Rams with 12 tackles in taking down Oklahoma
Panhandle State 52-31. The Rams defense held OPSU
to just 231 yards passing and Franklin was credited
with two pass break-ups on the night.
BrucksSaathoff,TexasA&MUniversity-Commerce,
paced the Lions with nine tackles in merely a half of
football. Saathoff was all over the field in the second
half recording four solo tackles and a half a tackle for
a loss. The Lions defensive unit halted Adams State
offense to a mere 256 total yards including only 79
yards on the ground. Saathoff is ranked sixth in the
LSC in total tackles, while the Lions defense leads the
league opponent rushing yards.
Hunter Streuling, West Texas A&M University, was
all over the field in the season-opener as he led the
team with six solo tackles and five assisted stops. He
had one pass breakup in the contest.
Lawrence Hall, Eastern New Mexico University,
forced a fumble on the first possession of the game,
which allowed Eastern to seize a 7-0 lead and never
look back. The fumble occurred on a second-and-two
play from the ENMU 16-yard line, when Hall sacked
Highlands quarterback Keith Moore. Hall finished
with a team-high eight tackles and hurried Moore
into an incompletion on third-and-short in the third
quarter. His efforts helped the Hounds limit NMHU to
87 yards of offense in the second half.
Conner Hollabaugh, West Texas A&M University,
scored six points in the season-opener making all
three extra-points and kicking one field goal from
38-yards. He also had five kickoffs for 325 yards (65.0
avg.) and four touchbacks.
Chase Thrasher, Texas A&M University -
Commerce, leg pinned the Grizzlies deep in their own
end on kickoffs including three touchbacks. Thrasher
also successfully pulled off an onside kick in the
second quarter coming up with the recovery himself.
Timothy Callian, Eastern New Mexico University,
turned in a superlative performance against New
Mexico Highlands in both kickoffs and punts. His
efforts allowed Eastern to control field position and
gave Highlands an average drive start of their own
27-yard line. Callian had touchbacks on three of his
seven kickoffs and pinned the Cowboys inside the 20-
yard line on four of his eight punts.
LSC NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Angelo State
The No. 12/13 Rams opened the season with a 52-31
winoverOklahomaPanhandleState.KyleWashington
threw for 291 yards and two touchdowns while
adding 91 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.
ASU recorded two special teams touchdowns. The
first was a 93-yard punt return by Fred Lawrence
and the second was a blocked field goal returned
77-yards by Dominique McCoy. The Rams racked up
566 yards of total offense in the victory. ASU will now
travel to face Western State Colorado in Gunnison,
Colo., on Saturday, Sept. 12.
Eastern New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico 40, New Mexico Highlands 10
Midwestern State
Midwestern State rolled to a 31-3 win over Truman
State in its season opener Saturday night at Memorial
Stadium... The Mustangs improved to 18-10 in season
openers since bringing back football in 1988 and
to 20-8 in home openers... MSU claimed its 11th
straight win in its home opener and haven’t lost in its
first game of the season at Memorial Stadium since
falling to Tarleton State 19-3 on Sept. 11, 2004... The
win also extended Midwestern’s winning streak over
non-conference opponents in the regular season to
16 games as the Mustangs last lost to a non-league
foe on Sept. 6, 2003 -- a 30-9 loss at Sam Houston
State... The Mustangs improved to 116-49 (.703)
since the start of the 2000 season -- the best mark
in the Lone Star Conference... MSU moved to 45-9
(.833) in the month of September since the start of
the Bill Maskill era in 2002... MSU sophomore Hagen
Hutchinson accounted for three touchdowns (two
passing,onerushing)whilepilingup183passingyards
and running for 26 more in first collegiate start at the
quarterback position... Junior wide receiver Statron
Jones caught seven passes for 86 yards including a
20-yard TD reception in the first quarter... Senior
wideout Terrence Smith accounted for MSU’s longest
gain on a 48-yard catch and run in the second quarter
on his way to a 5-reception, 74-yard performance...
Senior safety Marqui Christian led the Mustangs with
11 tackles including five solo stops and now has 211
career tackles. He needs 57 more to move to the
top of MSU’s all time tackles list... The MSU defense
limited Truman State to 174 yards of total offense
which is the fewest since the Mustangs held Texas
A&M-Kingsville to 147 yards last season (11/1/14)...
Nine different MSU players were in on seven tackles
for loss including a sack by junior defensive tackle
Edgar Luna... Junior linebacker LaFrontae Conkleton
snagged his first collegiate interception while making
his first appearance on the defensive side of the ball
as a converted running back...
Tarleton State
Did not play last week.
Texas A&M-Commerce
A&M-Commerce opened the 2015 season with a 48-
17 rout of Adams State ... John Thomas rumbled in
for a 20-yard touchdown catch with 9:13 left first half
... Thomas broke through three tackles three tackles
for the score ... Prior to the 4-play 42-yard drive the
Lions had accumulated only 148 yards of total offense
... The score sparked a 24-point second quarter that
saw the Lions take a 27-6 lead into the locker rooms.
-Kristov Martinez’ field goal to open the scoring is the
first time since the 2013 season the Lions opened the
season with a field goal ... Thomas’ finished with two
catches for 34 yards ... His 34 total yards surpassed
his 26 yards in all of 2014 ... Darby Smith’s 86-yard
touchdown reception from Harrison Stewart was the
longest play from scrimmage since October 26, 2013
against Tarleton State when Vernon Johnson scored
on an 88-yard TD pass from Stewart ... Stewart has
five passes for over 50-yards ... The victory marked
the Lions’ 200th all-time victory at Memorial
Stadium ... Kieston Carter’s seven tackles set a new
career-high for the linebacker who had only seen
action in two games in 2014 ... Richard Cooper’s 149
rushing yards set a new career-high for the junior
tailback ... Theo Wofford set new personal best with
his 18 attempts ... Theo Wofford was six yards shy of
his best yardage total of 103 set in the 2014 opener
against East Texas Baptist ... The Lions are 7th in the
NCAA on opponents 3rd down conversions after
allowing Adams State a 1st down on two of their 14
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
COACHES ASSOCIATION
DIVISION II COACHES’ POLL
September 7, 2015
# Team (1st votes) Rec. Pts Prev.
1. Minnesota St. (24) 1-0 790 1
2. Colorado St.-Pueblo (6) 1-0 773 2
3. West Georgia (1) 1-0 722 4
4. Northwest Missouri St. (1) 1-0 703 5
5. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 1-0 636 7
6. Ferris St. (Mich.) 0-0 621 6
7. Ohio Dominican 1-0 599 8
8. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 1-0 546 10
9. Minnesota-Duluth 0-1 531 3
10. Delta St. (Miss.) 1-0 480 14
11. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 1-0 475 12
12. Angelo St. (Texas) 1-0 463 13
13. North Alabama 1-0 401 15
14. Valdosta St. (Ga.) 1-0 387 16
15. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 1-0 364 17
16. Colorado School of Mines 1-0 295 18
17. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 1-0 286 19
18. Texas A&M-Commerce 1-0 231 22
19. Harding (Ark.) 1-0 204 21
20. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 1-0 143 24
21. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 1-0 107 25
22. Concord (W.Va.) 0-1 94 9
23. Indianapolis (Ind.) 1-0 77 NR
24. Ashland (Ohio) 1-0 64 NR
25. Shepherd (W.Va.) 1-0 60 NR
Dropped Out: Bloomsburg (Pa.) (11), Winston-Salem St. (N.C.)
(20), West Chester (Pa.) (23)
Others Receiving Votes: Tuskegee (Ala.), 56; Michigan Tech,
50; North Carolina-Pembroke, 39; Bloomsburg (Pa.), 36;
Midwestern St. (Texas), 35; Central Missouri, 22; Carson-
Newman (Tenn.), 21; Newberry (S.C.), 14; West Chester (Pa.),
13; Henderson St. (Ark.), 12; Tarleton St. (Texas), 12; California
(Pa.), 10; LIU-Post (N.Y.), 6; Virginia Union, 5; Gannon (Pa.), 4;
Charleston (W.Va.), 3; Humboldt St. (Calif.), 3; Stonehill (Mass.),
3; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 2; Bowie St. (Md.), 1; St. Cloud State
(Minn.), 1.
LSC IN 2015 AFCA RANKINGS
WEEK ASU ENMU MSU TSU
AUG. 17 13 NR RV RV
SEPT. 7 12 NR RV RV
SEPT. 14
SEPT. 21
SEPT. 28
OCT. 5
OCT. 12
OCT. 19
OCT. 26
NOV. 2
NOV. 9
NOV. 16
WEEK A&M-C TAMUK WTAMU
AUG. 17 22 NR RV
SEPT. 7 18 NR NR
SEPT. 14
SEPT. 21
SEPT. 28
OCT. 5
OCT. 12
OCT. 19
OCT. 26
NOV. 2
NOV. 9
NOV. 16

3rd down attempts ... A&M-Commerce is also 7th in
the NCAA in kickoff return yards at 36.25 yards per
return ... The Lions won the LSC Championship after
going 6-1 in league play in 2014... It was 21st overall
title -- second highest title total in the conference ---
and first since 1990 ... It was also the 15th time the
Lions won the title outright ... Saturday’s game vs.
No. 10 Delta State and No. 18 A&M-Commerce is the
first meeting between ranked teams in the Memorial
Stadium since the 1992 season.
Texas A&M-Kingsville
TexasA&M-KingsvillenearlyupsetFCS-affiliateIncarnate
Word, 18-16,in the season opener and debut of Daren
Wilkinson... the Javelinas forced four turnovers...
they begin their home slate on Sept. 12 when they
host Missouri S&T.
West Texas A&M
TheWestTexasA&Mfootballteamdroppeditsseason
opener for the second-straight season and the
seventh in the last eight seasons...#19 Azusa Pacific
battled back from a 21-0 deficit in the second quarter
for a 27-24 victory as it outscored WT 27-3 and 17-3
in the final half...WT now stands at 47-58 all-time
in season-openers and WT has won just one home
season-opener since 2007...The Buffs now are 495-
492-22 all-time and 161-125-3 all-time a Kimbrough
Memorial Stadium...Senior Geremy Alridge-Mitchell
ran for 117 yards and two scores in the contest as he
now has rushed over 100 yards in 10-straight games
dating back to Sept. 20, 2014, and it also was his 11th
career game of over 100 yards on the ground...He
also had 215 all-purpose yards with 11 receiving yards
on six catches and 87 kickoff returns on four returns...
WT rushed for 261 yards in the game which was the
most since 311 yards on the ground at Chadron State
in the NCAA playoffs in 2012...Alridge-Mitchell had
a career-long 60-yard rush for a touchdown and a
14-0 lead in the first quarter of the game...WT now
is 28-24 against ranked teams since 2005...The Buffs
passed for 131 yards which was the lowest in years
and had just one game last season of under 200
yards passing (171, at Eastern New Mexico)...Junior
kicker Conner Hollabaugh went 1-1 in field goals with
a 38-yarder and had five kickoffs for a perfect 65.0
average for the game...WT now faces No. 2 Colorado
State-Pueblo at home for the first time since 2011...
CSUP leads the all-time series 3-1, including a 35-6
win last season in the season-opener in Pueblo...The
Thunderwolves won 26-24 in Canyon to open 2011.

2015 Composite Schedule
Thursday, September 3, 2015
New Mexico Highlands at Eastern New Mexico, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma Panhandle State at Angelo State, 7 p.m.
Adams State at Texas A&M-Commerce, 7 p.m.
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) at West Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
Texas A&M-Kingsville at Incarnate Word, 2 p.m.
Truman State (Mo.) at Midwestern State, 7 p.m.
Angelo State at Western State, 2 p.m.
Colorado State - Pueblo at West Texas A&M, 5 p.m.
Missouri S&T at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 7 p.m.
Delta State at Texas A&M-Commerce, 7 p.m.
Findlay at Tarleton State, 7 p.m.
Midwestern State at Colorado Mesa, 8 p.m.
Eastern New Mexico at Adams State, TBA
*^Midwestern State vs. Eastern New Mexico, 11:30 a.m.
*^West Texas A&M vs. Tarleton State, 3:30 p.m.
*Texas A&M-Commerce at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 7 p.m.
^Bacone vs. Angelo State, 7:30 p.m.
*Angelo State at West Texas A&M, 5 p.m.
West Alabama at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 7 p.m.
*Eastern New Mexico at Texas A&M-Commerce, 7 p.m.
*Tarleton State at Midwestern State, 7 p.m.
Saturday, October 3, 2015
*Texas A&M-Kingsville at Eastern New Mexico, 4 p.m.
*Midwestern State at Angelo State, 7 p.m.
*Texas A&M-Commerce at Tarleton State, 7 p.m.
Eastern New Mexico at Bacone, 2 p.m.
*West Texas A&M at Midwestern State, 7 p.m.
*Angelo State at Texas A&M-Commerce, 7 p.m.
*Tarleton State at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 7 p.m.
*Texas A&M - Commerce at West Texas A&M, 5 p.m.
*Eastern New Mexico at Tarleton State, 6 p.m.
*Texas A&M-Kingsville at Angelo State, 7 p.m.
Humboldt State (Calif.) at Midwestern State, 8 p.m.
*Angelo State at Eastern New Mexico, 2 p.m.
*Midwestern State at Texas A&M-Commerce, 4 p.m.
*West Texas A&M at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma Panhandle State at Tarleton State, 7 p.m.
*Eastern New Mexico at West Texas A&M, 12 p.m.
*Texas A&M-Kingsville at Midwestern State, 7 p.m.
*Tarleton State at Angelo State, 7 p.m.
Texas A&M-Commerce at Sam Houston State, TBA
Conference Playoffs (NOTE: Seeds 1-7 determined on regular
season results)
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Game #1: 4@1
Game #2: 3@2
Game #3: 7@6
Game #4: 5@Oklahoma Panhandle State
Conference Playoffs
Game #5 - Championship Game: Winner G1 vs. Winner G2
(hosted by higher seed)
Game #6 - Third-Place Game: Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 (hosted by
higher seed)
Game #7 - Fifth-Place Game: Winner G3 at 5
Game #8 - Oklahoma Panhandle State@Loser G3
NCAA Division II First Round
NCAA Division II Second Round
Saturday, December 5, 2015
NCAA Division II Quarterfinals
Heart of Texas Bowl (Copperas Cove, Texas), 7 p.m.
NCAA Division II Semifinals
NCAA Division II Championship (Kansas City, Kan.)
* denotes conference game; ^ at AT&T Stadium

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