Some info about SFA

FlatheadLakeCat · Post by **FlatheadLakeCat** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:16 pm

A few notes about SFA’s first game:

It looked to be a tale of two halves and turnovers. Henderson St. and SFA had 5 TO’s each. Some of them gave both teams either a real short field or they scored on the turnover play. A couple were just drive stoppers. Henderson St. was 1-0 coming into this game. They have only three wins in the last 16 games.

Here’s the post-game article and stat sheet from the SFA webpage:

Lumberjacks Win Season Opener
SFA erases 21-point deficit to pick up victory
Sept. 1, 2005
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack football team overcame five turnovers to defeat Henderson State, 49-38, Thursday night at Homer Bryce Stadium. The victory propelled SFA to 1-0 to start the 2005 season.
The 'Jacks fell behind by 21 points as Henderson State capitalized on early SFA miscues. HSU opened the scoring when Jabrayl Ward recovered a fumble and returned it 11 yards for the score.
The Lumberjacks trailed by 14 points in the second quarter when sophomore quarterback Danny Southall appeared to have the team on the move. Southall streaked across the middle of the field for 30 yards down to the HSU 14 before coughing up the ball to end the drive. HSU responded by driving the ball 84 yards for the score.
SFA seemed to steal a little of the momentum back when freshman running back Damian Perkins scored on a 3-yard run with 1:21 remaining in the half, but the 'Jacks left a little too much time on the clock. HSU quarterback Dane King orchestrated a six-play, 47-yard drive that culminated in a Bryan Woodward 45-yard field goal that put the Reddies up 24-7 heading into halftime.
First-year head coach Robert McFarland didn't let his team go down without a fight and SFA responded by scoring 28 unanswered points in the second half. Senior wide out Carl Price began the rally when he caught a 28-yard pass from classmate Zeke Dixon. It was one of three touchdown passes for Dixon on the night as he finished the game 27-of-45 for 338 yards. SFA was back on the attack less than five minutes later as Dixon hit fullback Michael Motte for a four-yard score.

Motte returned to pay dirt only 22 seconds later when SFA forced a fumble on the HSU 17. Motte's second touchdown covered 17 yards and put SFA up, 28-24. The Lumberjacks didn't surrender the lead over the final 17:37 of the game and tacked on 21 more points for the victory.
The 'Jacks racked up 517 yards of total offense in the victory, including 353 through the air. Dixon and Southall did a good job of spreading the wealth as eight different receivers caught a pass, including Chance Dennis, who finished the game with nine catches for 118 yards. Motte hauled in five receptions for 68 yards and two scores.
Perkins led the ground attack, finishing the night with 20 carries for 77 yards and two scores.
Sophomore Stephon Rhea had a huge night defensively for the 'Jacks finishing with five tackles (three solo stops), four pass deflections and two interceptions, one of which he returned 10 yards for a touchdown. Junior Keldrick Holman led the SFA defense with nine tackles, including one for a loss.
The 'Jacks return to action Saturday, Sept. 10, when they travel to Bozeman, Montana to take on Montana State. The game is slated to kick off at 2:05 p.m. and will be televised on CBS-19.

Stephen F. Austin Football
Stephen F. Austin Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 01, 2005)
All games

TEAM STATISTICS SFA OPP
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SCORING....................... 49 38
Points Per Game............. 49.0 38.0
FIRST DOWNS................... 26 16
Rushing..................... 6 7
Passing..................... 19 7
Penalty..................... 1 2
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 164 118
Yards gained rushing........ 188 140
Yards lost rushing.......... 24 22
Rushing Attempts............ 40 32
Average Per Rush............ 4.1 3.7
Average Per Game............ 164.0 118.0
TDs Rushing................. 3 1
PASSING YARDAGE............... 353 203
Att-Comp-Int................ 47-29-2 39-18-3
Average Per Pass............ 7.5 5.2
Average Per Catch........... 12.2 11.3
Average Per Game............ 353.0 203.0
TDs Passing................. 3 2
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 517 321
Total Plays................. 87 71
Average Per Play............ 5.9 4.5
Average Per Game............ 517.0 321.0
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 5-133 7-179
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 4-34 0-0
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 3-27 2-13
KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 26.6 25.6
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 8.5 0.0
INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 9.0 6.5
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 4-3 2-2
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 10-88 9-79
Average Per Game............ 88.0 79.0
PUNTS-YARDS................... 3-112 6-233
Average Per Punt............ 37.3 38.8
Net punt average............ 37.3 33.2
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 35:10 24:50
3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 9/17 6/14
3rd-Down Pct................ 53% 43%
4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 2/2 1/1
4th-Down Pct................ 100% 100%
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 2-15 1-7
MISC YARDS.................... 0 17
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 7 5
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 0-1 1-1
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 7-7 5-5
ATTENDANCE.................... 8475 0
Games/Avg Per Game.......... 1/8475 0/0
Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
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Stephen F. Austin... 0 7 21 21 - 49
Opponents........... 14 10 0 14 - 38

FlatheadLakeCat · Post by **FlatheadLakeCat** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:18 pm

Sorry, the stat sheet did not copy/paste very well.

BobcatLionFan · Post by **BobcatLionFan** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:15 pm

Well, it looks like SFA had 500+ yards total offense (350 about passing). Came from behind against a D II school to win. Which it should have being a D I AA. The coaches just got on their asses at Half time and said what are you doing (similiar to Adam State game last year for MSU, not a great showing).

However, I believe they have 11 new Div I dropdowns on their roster this year so it should be much better than their weak team last year.

I believe they are ranked about 30th in Div I-AA, so they should be a very good test. Not an easy game. (as the first four should all be considered).