Southeastern Game Notes
Lamar Game Notes
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BEAUMONT, Texas – Looking to build off a dramatic come-from-behind victory last week, the Southeastern Louisiana University football team returns to action on Saturday when it faces Southland Conference rival Lamar at Provost Umphrey Stadium.
Kickoff is scheduled for 3:05 p.m. The game can be heard in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9) and on the internet at www.LionSports.net. The game is also being televised live on the Southland Conference Television Network, including New Orleans and the Northshore region (WHNO-TV, Charter Cable 14) and Baton Rouge (WBTR-TV, Channel 19), along with ESPN GamePlan PPV channels: DirecTV 789, Dish 459, and AT&T U-verse 4404.
All Southland TV games will be streamed live and for free on the Southland Digital Network, available via Southland.org and the official mobile and tablet apps for iPhone and Android. Coverage is also accessible from ESPN3 on WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN app for iPhone, iPad and Android users, as well as Xbox LIVE systems.
Southeastern (1-3, 1-0 Southland) erased a 14-0 deficit as it rallied for a 25-24 victory over nationally-ranked McNeese State last week in the Southland Conference opener for both teams.
Nathan Stanley's 3-yard touchdown pass to redshirt freshman
Taylor Jenkins, coupled with
Michael Chaney's two-point conversion with 2:39 remaining, helped the Lions to one of its most thrilling victories in school history.
“It was a huge win for us, McNeese State is a great football program,” Southeastern head coach
Ron Roberts said. “We needed a little confidence, we needed that win bad because our kids have worked extremely hard and needed some type of reward for all the work that they've put in. It was a must-needed win for us and I'm real proud of our kids and how they handled themselves.”
Stanley, in his first full season as a starting quarterback, has directed a Southeastern offense that ranks 34th nationally among FCS schools in passing offense (237.2). The former Ole Miss transfer has completed 83 of 152 passes for 882 yards and three touchdowns on the season for the Lions with former Bastrop High product
Stanley Moore leading the team with 15 receptions for 213 yards.
Michael Chaney, who is second on the team with 14 catches (112 yards, 1 TD), leads a Southeastern rushing attack that looks to get untracked after recording a season-high 41 attempts last week against McNeese State.
Marquis Fruge' (13 receptions, 188 yards) and
Tony McCrea (12 receptions, 171 yards) are next in receiving for the Lions with freshman
Jeff Smiley (8 receptions, 60 yards) leading the team with a pair of TD receptions.
Defensively,
Kaleb Muse leads Southeastern with 32 tackles followed by
John Graves (27 tackles),
Theo Alexander (26),
Devan Walker (25 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3 sacks) and
Cqulin Hubert (24 tackles).
Tyler Stoddard and
Robert Alford have each intercepted passes for the Lions.
Beau Mothe ranks third in the Southland Conference and 23rd nationally in punting (42.0) with
Seth Sebastian 5-for-5 in extra points and getting back on track in field goals converting on a career-long 49-yard effort against McNeese State.
Southeastern, which will look for its second 2-0 start in Southland Conference play since joining the league in 2005, looks to snap a 14-game losing streak in road games dating back to a 27-0 victory at Northwestern State in 2009. The Lions will face a Lamar squad (2-2) that has twice rallied from double-digit deficits in the last two meetings between the schools and is 2-0 at home in 2012 with shutout wins over Prairie View and NAIA Langston.
“They have some really good skill players on offense,” Roberts said of Lamar. “Their quarterback (Ryan Mossakowski) is really good, throws the ball well and has a good escape dimension. He does a good job on third down of ad-libbing and extending the play. Their speed on the perimeter is probably the biggest concern for me.
“Defensively, they have a lot of team speed with two really good outside linebackers who are big, strong and athletic. They can create a lot of problems for you if you can't run the football and can't protect the quarterback.”
Mossakowski, a junior who spent his freshman season at Kentucky, has completed 67 of 195 passes for 627 yards and five touchdowns for the Cardinals with VanLawrence Franks and Barry Ford catching 15 passes each to lead the team. Herschel Sims, the team's leading rusher with 180 yards, has caught eight passes for Lamar with Kevin Johnson recording seven catches and five TDs.
Jermaine Longino has tallied a team-high 27 tackles (3.0 tackles for loss) to lead a Lamar defense that ranked 11th among FCS schools in total defense (281.7 yards per game) and 18th in pass defense (152.5). Chad Allen has recorded 23 stops for the Cardinals while Jesse Dickson enters the game tied with Southeastern's Walker for the Southland Conference lead in sacks (3).
Southeastern leads the all-time series between the schools, 4-3, with Lamar winning three of the last four meetings. The meeting will be the first between the schools in Beaumont since the Cardinals recorded a 34-21 victory on Sept. 30, 1967.
The Cardinals claimed come-from-behind victories over Southeastern in the previous two contests that were played in Hammond. Lamar trailed by 20 points in the third quarter before coming back for a 29-28 victory in the 2010 contest and trailed 24-13 in the third quarter before scoring four TDs in a six-minute span in a 48-38 shootout in last year's game.
