# 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

The 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals played their home games at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium in San Antonio, Texas. They were led by second-year head coach Eric Morris. They finished the season 5–7, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in a tie for 6th place.

## Preseason
### Preseason All-Conference Teams

On July 11, 2019, the Southland Conference announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Cardinals having five players selected.
* OL Brandon Floores – Senior
* OL Terence Hickman II – Senior
Offense Second Team
* QB Jon Copeland – Sophomore
* OL Uzoma Okere – Junior
* P David Balcomb – Senior

### Preseason Poll

On July 18, 2019, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Cardinals predicted to finish in third place. UIW also received one first place vote.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Nicholls | 200 (20) |
| 2 | Central Arkansas | 154 |
| 3 | Incarnate Word | 150 (1) |
| 4 | Sam Houston State | 146 |
| 5 | Lamar | 123 |
| 6 | McNeese | 114 |
| 7 | Abilene Christian | 112 (1) |
| 8 | Southeastern Louisiana | 71 |
| 9 | Stephen F. Austin | 63 |
| 10 | Northwestern State | 56 |
| 11 | Houston Baptist | 21 |

## Schedule

UIW announced its 2019 football schedule on February 13, 2019. The schedule consists of 6 home games and 6 away games. Source:
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 5:00 p.m. | at UTSA* | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX (Hometown Showdown) | ESPN3 | L 7–35 | 26,787 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas Southern* | Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumSan Antonio, TX | ESPN+ | W 63–44 | 3,637 |
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at Sam Houston State | Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX | ESPN3 | L 6–45 | 8,196 |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian | Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumSan Antonio, TX | UIWtv | W 31–24 | 2,989 |
| October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | at Houston Baptist | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN3 | W 38–36 | 2,289 |
| October 12 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 23 Southeastern Louisiana | Strawberry StadiumHammond, LA | ESPN+ | W 27–21 | 6,345 |
| October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | Lamar | Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumSan Antonio, TX | ESPN3 | W 35–17 | 3,048 |
| October 26 | 4:00 p.m. | Northwestern State | Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumSan Antonio, TX | UIWtv | L 41–44 $^{OT}$ | 3,373 |
| November 2 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 25 Nicholls | Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumSan Antonio, TX | ESPN3 | L 23–27 | 3,928 |
| November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at Stephen F. Austin | Homer Bryce StadiumNacogdoches, TX | ESPN3 | L 24–31 | 6,321 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State* | Aggie Memorial StadiumLas Cruces, NM | FloSports | L 28–41 | 25,804 |
| November 22 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 11 Central Arkansas | Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumSan Antonio, TX | ESPN+ | L 35–52 | 2,668 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

Source:
| Name | Position | Alma mater | Joined staff |
| Eric Morris | Head coach | Texas Tech (2008) | 2018 |
| Josh Kirkland | Assistant head coach / Running Backs | West Texas A&M (2010) | 2018 |
| Cody Crill | Offensive coordinator | Angelo State (2002) | 2018 |
| Justin Deason | Defensive coordinator | Central Oklahoma (2003) | 2018 |
| Brandon Lechtenberg | Linebackers / Special Teams Coordinator | Nebraska | 2018 |
| Brett Watson | Interior Defensive Line / Academic Coordinator | West Texas A&M (2009) | 2018 |
| Darren Garrigan | Defensive backs / Pass Game Coordinator | West Texas A&M (2009) | 2018 |
| Steve Foley | Defensive ends | Louisiana-Monroe (1997) | 2018 |
| Jordan Shoemaker | Offensive line / Run Game Coordinator | Houston (2011) | 2018 |
| Jordan Davis | Wide receivers / Academic Coordinator | Texas Tech (2014) | 2018 |
| Mack Leftwich | Quarterbacks | UTEP (2017) | 2018 |
| Clint Killough | Quality control / On Campus Recruiting Coordinator | Incarnate Word (2015) | 2018 |
| Scotty Yates | Quality control | Texas A&M University–Commerce (2015) | 2019 |
| Beau Blair | Football Assistant – Offensive Line | Stephen F. Austin (2014) | 2019 |
| Bret Huth | Director of Strength and Conditioning | John Carroll (2010) | 2018 |
| Tad Blaylock | Assistant AD / Football Operations | Mississippi State (2012) | 2018 |
| Miguel Rodriguez | Player Personnel | UTSA (2014) | 2017 |

### Roster

Source:

## Depth chart

Defense :
* FS
* 20 Ian Peterson, R-Jr
* 23 Kyle Covington, Sr
| STAR | MIKE | MO | W |
| 5 Dalvin Fillmore, So | 32 Gerald Bowie, So | 9 Mar'kel Cooks, Sr | 56 Andy Jennings, R-Sr |
| 1 Jaylon Jimmerson, Fr | 21 Isaiah Paul, R-Fr | 31 Mason Barnes, So | 14 Jacob Harper, Sr |
* SS
* 27 Ashton Preston, Sr
* 6 Ce'Cori Tolds, So
* CB
* 10 Louis Otis, Sr
* 25 Brandon Richard, Fr
| DE | NT | DE |
| 11 Lukas Termin, Sr | 42 Brian Lee, Sr | 94 Markail Williams, Jr |
| 45 Jared Soyring, So | 93 Cameron Preston, So | 44 Kelechi Anyalebechi, So |
* CB
* 19 Tre Richardson, Fr
* 16 Dante Heaggans, Fr
Offense :
* X
* 6 Lamont Johnson, R-Sr
* 12 Brandon McDuffie, R-Fr
* Z
* 15 Jaelin Campbell, So
* 17 Mark Sullivan, Jr
| LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
| 77 Terence Hickman, Sr | 73 Jeremiah Williams, So | 72 Brandon Floores, Sr | 78 Uzoma Okere, Jr | 75 Jeremy Jones, Sr |
| 71 Cameron Wilson, Sr | 64 Jayden Borjas, Fr | 62 Dawson Kier, R-Fr | 65 Richard LeFevre, So | 70 Ryan Carlson, Jr |
* H
* 82 Colby Anthony, Sr
* 19 Marquez Perez, R-Fr
* Y
* 14 Kam Williams, Sr
* 2 CJ Hardy, Fr
* QB
* 1 Jon Copeland, So
* 3 Sean Brophy, Sr
* Key reserves
* RB 4 Kevin Brown, Jr
* CB 7 Malick Phillips, Jr
* S 34 Shawn Holton, Fr
* DL 95 Chance Main, So
* DL 99 TJ Wright, R-So
* RB
* 22 Ameer King, So
* 29 Keyondrick Philio, Jr
* Special teams
* PK 92 Carson Mohr, Fr
* PK 50 David Albert, Sr
* P 52 David Balcomb, Sr
* P 37 Cade Kostroun, Jr
* KR 4 Jaden Smith, Fr
* PR 4 Jaden Smith, Fr
* LS 91 Josh Wells, R-So

## Postseason honors

The following Cardinals received postseason honors for the 2019 season:
All–Southland Conference Third–Team OL Terence Hickman II – Senior OL Brandon Floores – Senior LB Kelechi Anyalebechi – Sophomore DB Jaylon Jimmerson – Freshman

## Game summaries
### @ UTSA

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
at Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
* Date: August 31, 2019
* Game time: 5:00 p.m.
* Game weather: Indoors
* Game attendance: 26,787
* Referee: Joe Lehring
* TV announcers (ESPN3): Lincoln Rose (play-by-play), LaDarrin McLane (analyst)
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
UTSA – 9:18 Carlos Strickland II 16 yard pass from Frank Harris, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 7–0 Drive: 5 plays, 40 yards, 2:24
Second Quarter
UTSA – 14:27 Brenden Brady 10 yard run, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 14–0 Drive: 14 plays, 78 yards, 7:10
UIW – 12:12 Ameer King 11 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UTSA 14–7 Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:15
UTSA – 7:38 Deven Boston 6 yard run, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 21–7 Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards, 4:34
Third Quarter
UTSA – 9:26 Gavin Sharp 5 yard pass from Frank Harris, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 28–7 Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards, 3:31
Fourth Quarter
UTSA – 9:53 Tykee Ogle-Kellogg 36 yard pass from Frank Harris, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 35–7 Drive: 7 plays, 91 yards, 3:36
Passing
UIW – Jon Copeland 15/31, 181 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
UTSA – Frank Harris 28/36, 206 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
UIW – Kevin Brown 6 ATT, 36 YDS
UTSA – Frank Harris 15 ATT, 123 YDS
Receiving
UIW – Lamont Johnson 5 REC, 70 YDS
UTSA – Brenden Brady 5 REC, 47 YDS :

### Texas Southern

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 7 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 44 |
| Cardinals | 14 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 63 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
* Date: September 7, 2019
* Game time: 6:00 p.m.
* Game weather: Temperature: 100 • Wind: SSE 8 mph • Weather: Sunny
* Game attendance: 3,637
* Referee: Michael Vanderv
* TV announcers (ESPN+): Mike Lefko (play-by-play), Hector Ledesma (analyst), Jill Jelnick (sideline)
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
UIW – 13:18 Keyondrick Philio 5 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 7–0 Drive: 4 plays, 59 yards, 1:42
UIW – 8:44 Kam Williams 12 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 14–0 Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards, 2:58
TSU – 6:59 Chris Long 15 yard pass from De'Andre Johnson, Richard Garcia III kick UIW 14–7 Drive: 6 plays, 72 yards, 1:39
Second Quarter
TSU – 14:51 Richard Garcia III 25 yard field goal UIW 14–10 Drive: 14 plays, 82 yards, 5:05
UIW – 13:10 Kevin Brown 32 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 21–10 Drive: 5 plays, 67 yards, 1:50
UIW – 13:01 Shawn Holton 30 yard fumble return, Carson Mohr kick UIW 28–10
UIW – 8:01 Ameer King 3 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 35–10 Drive: 5 plays, 85 yards, 2:09
TSU – 5:02 Tren'Davian Dickson 87 yard pass from De'Andre Johnson, Richard Garcia III kick UIW 35–17 Drive: 2 plays, 88 yards, 0:25
UIW – 2:42 Marquez Perez 25 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 42–17 Drive: 2 plays, 25 yards, 0:16
Third Quarter
TSU – 12:32 Tren'Davian Dickson 15 yard pass from De'Andre Johnson, Richard Garcia III kick UIW 42–24 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:28
UIW – 9:50 Kam Williams 20 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 49–24 Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 2:42
TSU – 8:43 LaDarius Owens 49 yard run, Richard Garcia III kick failed UIW 49–31 Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:07
TSU – 6:10 LaDarius Owens 1 yard run, Richard Garcia III kick UIW 49–37 Drive: 4 plays, 54 yards, 1:11
Fourth Quarter
UIW – 9:53 Kam Williams 70 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 56–37 Drive: 3 plays, 64 yards, 1:29
UIW – 3:06 Keyondrick Philio 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 63–37 Drive: 9 plays, 72 yards, 5:58
TSU – 0:15 Roylain Oliver 3 yard pass from Devin Williams, Richard Garcia III kick UIW 63–44 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 2:51
Passing
TSU – De'Andre Johnson 20/30, 331 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT
UIW – Jon Copeland 25/40, 344 YDS, 5 TD
Rushing
TSU – LaDarius Owens 14 ATT, 94 YDS, 2 TD
UIW – Ameer King 14 ATT, 157 YDS
Receiving
TSU – Tren'Davian Dickson 8 REC, 221 YDS, 2 TD
UIW – Kam Williams 6 REC, 146 YDS, 3 TD :

### @ Sam Houston State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Bearkats | 14 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
at Bowers Stadium, Huntsville, Texas
* Date: September 21, 2019
* Game time: 6:00 p.m.
* Game weather: Temperature: 85 • Wind: SE 8 mph • Weather: Partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 8,196
* Referee: Kevin Hassell
* TV announcers (ESPN3): Tom Franklin (play-by-play), Shea Walker (analyst)
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
SHSU – 10:43 Dee Bowens 64 yard pass from Eric Schmid, Connor Crow kick SHSU 7–0 Drive: 1 play, 64 yards, 0:11
SHSU – 0:00 Nathan Stewart 49 yard pass from Eric Schmid, Connor Crow kick SHSU 14–0 Drive: 8 plays, 83 yards, 3:21
Second Quarter
SHSU – 9:00 Nathan Stewart 20 yard pass from Eric Schmid, Connor Crow kick SHSU 21–0 Drive: 4 plays, 74 yards, 1:26
SHSU – 3:03 Connor Crow 22 yard field goal SHSU 24–0 Drive: 11 plays, 61 yards, 4:50
SHSU – 0:57 Nathan Stewart 32 yard pass from Eric Schmid, Connor Crow kick SHSU 31–0 Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 0:57
Third Quarter
SHSU – 3:50 Ife Adeyi 80 yard pass from Eric Schmid, Connor Crow kick SHSU 38–0 Drive: 1 play, 80 yards, 0:11
Fourth Quarter
SHSU – 11:29 Donovan Williams 1 yard run, Connor Crow kick SHSU 45–0 Drive: 13 plays, 79 yards, 4:29
UIW – 2:38 Kaleb Ducros 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick failed SHSU 45–6 Drive: 8 plays, 30 yards, 2:23
Passing
UIW – Jon Copeland 23/47, 257 YDS, 2 INT
SHSU – Eric Schmid 29/44, 531 YDS, 5 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
UIW – Ameer King 10 ATT, 54 YDS
SHSU – Toneil Carter 6 ATT, 26 YDS
Receiving
UIW – Kam Williams 6 REC, 118 YDS
SHSU – Nathan Stewart 9 REC, 187 YDS, 3 TD :

### Abilene Christian

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| Cardinals | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
* Date: September 28, 2019
* Game time: 6:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 2,989
* Referee: Dan Lewis
* TV announcers (UIWtv): Scott Mandziara (play-by-play), Jaime Valdes (analyst), Angela Mitchell (sideline)
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
UIW – 3:05 Keyondrick Philio 5 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 7–0 Drive: 19 plays, 91 yards, 7:36
Second Quarter
UIW – 4:53 Keyondrick Philio 1 yard run, PAT failed UIW 13–0 Drive: 13 plays, 56 yards, 4:26
ACU – 0:06 Blair Zepeda 23 yard field goal UIW 13–3 Drive: 14 plays, 54 yards, 4:39
Third Quarter
UIW – 11:52 Ameer King 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 20–3 Drive: 5 plays, 39 yards, 1:24
ACU – 7:23 Josh Fink 15 yard pass from Luke Anthony, Blair Zepeda kick UIW 20–10 Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards, 4:24
ACU – 3:42 Justus Lee 14 yard pass from Luke Anthony, Blair Zepeda kick UIW 20–17 Drive: 5 plays, 40 yards, 1:48
Fourth Quarter
UIW – 14:28 Carson Mohr 36 yard field goal UIW 23–17 Drive: 4 plays, −7 yards, 0:38
UIW – 7:32 Keyondrick Philio 1 yard run, Keyondrick Philio 2-pt rush UIW 31–17 Drive: 10 plays, 46 yards, 5:10
ACU – 2:40 Tracy James 1 yard run, Blair Zepeda kick UIW 31–24 Drive: 14 plays, 70 yards, 4:52
Passing
ACU – Luke Anthony 26/16, 197 YDS, 2 TD, 3 INT
UIW – Jon Copeland 18/35, 170 YDS, 1 INT
Rushing
ACU – Tracy James 22 ATT, 97 YDS, 1 TD
UIW – Ameer King 17 ATT, 61 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving
ACU – Josh Fink 6 REC, 66 YDS, 1 TD
UIW – Kam Williams 7 REC, 105 YDS :

### @ Houston Baptist

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 38 |
| Huskies | 7 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 36 |
at Husky Stadium, Houston, Texas
* Date: October 5, 2019
* Game time: 6:00 p.m.
* Game weather: Temperature: 90 • Wind: SW 1 mph • Weather: Scattered clouds
* Game attendance: 2,289
* Referee: C. Watson
* TV: ESPN3
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
UIW – 12:02 Lamont Johnson 32 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 7–0 Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:58
HBU – 11:48 Gamar Girdy Brito 87 yard kickoff return, Gino Garcia kick Tied 7–7
UIW – 8:58 Mark Sullivan 31 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 14–7 Drive: 4 plays, 48 yards, 1:08
Second Quarter
HBU – 13:39 Gino Garcia 49 yard field goal UIW 14–10 Drive: 9 plays, 14 yards, 1:51
UIW – 10:25 Marquez Perez 6 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 21–10 Drive: 11 plays, 65 yards, 3:14
HBU – 4:13 Ben Ratzlaff 8 yard pass from Bailey Zappe, Gino Garcia kick UIW 21–17 Drive: 15 plays, 65 yards, 6:08
UIW – 1:43 Keyondrick Philio 2 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 28–17 Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:24
HBU – 0:13 Gino Garcia 26 yard field goal UIW 28–20 Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards, 1:25
Third Quarter
HBU – 10:50 Gino Garcia 32 yard field goal UIW 28–23 Drive: 11 plays, 43 yards, 4:03
UIW – 6:55 Kam Williams 4 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 35–23 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:55
HBU – 4:58 Jerreth Sterns 6 yard pass from Bailey Zappe, Gino Garcia kick UIW 35–30 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 1:50
UIW – 2:37 Carson Mohr 31 yard field goal UIW 38–30 Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 2:21
Fourth Quarter
HBU – 3:14 Gamar Girdy Brito 17 yard pass from Bailey Zappe, Bailey Zappe pass failed UIW 38–36 Drive: 12 plays, 63 yards, 3:24
Passing
UIW – Jon Copeland 33/44, 342 YDS, 3 TD
HBU – Bailey Zappe 49/69, 390 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT
Rushing
UIW – Kevin Brown 11 ATT, 104 YDS
HBU –Ean Beek 20 ATT, 96 YDS
Receiving
UIW – Kam Williams 9 REC, 101 YDS, 1 TD
HBU – Jerreth Sterns 18 REC, 136 YDS, 1 TD :

### @ Southeastern Louisiana

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| No. 23 Lions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Strawberry Stadium, Hammond, Louisiana
* Date: October 12, 2019
* Game time: 4:00 p.m.
* Game weather: Temperature: 72 • Wind: N 10 mph • Weather: Cloudy
* Game attendance: 6,345
* Referee: Vidal Jones
* TV announcers (ESPN+): John Satori (play-by-play), Richie Solares (analyst)
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
SLU – 10:11 Austin Mitchell 48 yard pass from Chason Virgil, Bryce Broussard kick SLU 7–0 Drive: 8 plays, 89 yards, 3:32
UIW – 0:29 Carson Mohr 25 yard field goal SLU 7–3 Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards, 2:09
Second Quarter
UIW – 14:49 Isaiah Paul 45 yard interception return, Carson Mohr kick UIW 10–7
UIW – 4:09 Brady Rogers 18 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 17–7 Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 2:55
SLU – 1:12 Cole Kelley 1 yard run, Bryce Broussard kick UIW 17–14 Drive: 6 plays, 51 yards, 2:46
Third Quarter
UIW – 4:39 Carson Mohr 19 yard field goal UIW 20–14 Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 4:03
Fourth Quarter
UIW – 9:23 Lamont Johnson 21 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 27–14 Drive: 12 plays, 76 yards, 5:41
SLU – 5:54 Marcus Cooper 16 yard run, Bryce Broussard kick UIW 27–21 Drive: 9 plays, 84 yards, 2:05
Passing
UIW – Jon Copeland 14/27, 147 YDS, 2 TD
SLU – Chason Virgil 33/46, 337 YDS, 1 TD, 4 INT
Rushing
UIW – Ameer King 18 ATT, 94 YDS
SLU – Marcus Cooper 9 ATT, 59 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving
UIW – Lamont Johnson 3 REC, 37 YDS, 1 TD
SLU – Austin Mitchell 4 REC, 87 YDS, 1 TD :

### Lamar

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals (LU) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Cardinals (UIW) | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
* Date: October 19, 2019
* Game time: 4:00 p.m.
* Game weather: Temperature: 92 • Wind: 3 mph • Weather: Sunny
* Game attendance: 3,048
* Referee: Dan Lewis
* TV announcers (ESPN3): Ted Emrich (play-by-play), Shea Walker (analyst), Taylor Verrico (sideline)
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
UIW – 13:06 Ameer King 26 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 7–0 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:54
LU – 12:25 Jordan Hoy 73 yard run, Bailey Giffen kick Tied 7–7 Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:41
UIW – 2:30 Brady Rogers 24 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 14–7 Drive: 7 plays, 45 yards, 3:28
Second Quarter
UIW – 9:09 Keyondrick Philio 2 yard run, Carson Mohr kick failed UIW 20–7 Drive: 2 plays, 92 yards, 0:59
UIW – 0:08 Lamont Johnson 32 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Jon Copeland pass to Kam Williams UIW 28–7 Drive: 4 plays, 48 yards, 0:29
Third Quarter
LU – 10:04 Myles Wanza 10 yard run, Bailey Giffen kick UIW 28–14 Drive: 5 plays, 30 yards, 2:23
UIW – 6:59 Mark Sullivan 32 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 35–14 Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:05
Fourth Quarter
LU – 14:56 Bailey Giffen 28 yard field goal UIW 35–17 Drive: 12 plays, 88 yards, 5:34
Passing
LU – Shane Johnson 9/18, 124 YDS, 1 INT
UIW – Jon Copeland 24/35, 376 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
LU – Myles Wanza 16 ATT, 80 YDS, 1 TD
UIW – Kevin Brown 13 ATT, 59 YDS
Receiving
LU – Myles Wanza 5 REC, 68 YDS
UIW – Ameer King 4 REC, 124 YDS, 1 TD :

### Northwestern State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Demons | 7 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 44 |
| Cardinals | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 41 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
* Date: October 26, 2019
* Game time: 4:00 p.m.
* Game weather: Temperature: 73 • Wind: SW 8 mph • Weather: Sunny
* Game attendance: 3,373
* Referee: Vidal Jones
* TV announcers (UIWtv): Scott Mandziara (play-by-play), Jaime Valdes (analyst), Angela Mitchell (sideline)
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
NSU – 8:49 Jared West 3 yard run, Rya Gremillion kick NSU 7–0 Drive: 11 plays, 55 yards, 5:25
UIW – 4:40 Jon Copeland 4 yard run, Carson Mohr kick Tied 7–7 Drive: 10 plays, 81 yards, 3:58
Second Quarter
UIW – 13:34 Carson Mohr 46 yard field goal UIW 10–7 Drive: 10 plays, 39 yards, 4:32
UIW – 11:33 Keyondrick Philio 3 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 17–7 Drive: 6 plays, 27 yards, 1:56
NSU – 7:27 Jared West 2 yard run, Rya Gremillion kick failed UIW 17–13 Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 4:01
NSU – 0:00 Daniel Justino 29 yard field goal UIW 17–16 Drive: 8 plays, 37 yards, 1:01
Third Quarter
UIW – 13:46 Jerick Pitre 32 yard interception return, Carson Mohr kick UIW 24–16
UIW – 9:23 Mark Sullivan 39 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 31–16 Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards, 2:44
NSU – 6:31 Stadford Anderson 2 yard run, Daniel Justino kick UIW 31–23 Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards, 0:21
Fourth Quarter
NSU – 8:27 Jared West 5 yard run, Daniel Justino kick UIW 31–30 Drive: 13 plays, 72 yards, 7:46
UIW – 2:42 Brady Rogers 8 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 38–30 Drive: 12 plays, 82 yards, 5:37
NSU – 0:19 Tanner Ash 19 yard pass from Shelton Eppler, Akile Davis pass Tied 38–38 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 2:23
Overtime
UIW – 0:00 Carson Mohr 26 yard field goal UIW 41–38
NSU – 0:00 Quan Shorts 1 yard pass from Shelton Eppler NSU 44–41
Passing
NSU – Shelton Eppler 30/40, 259 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
UIW – Jon Copeland 27/36, 275 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
NSU – Stadford Anderson 13 ATT, 60 YDS, 1 TD
UIW – Kevin Brown 21 ATT, 116 YDS
Receiving
NSU – Quan Shorts 11 REC, 99 YDS, 1 TD
UIW – C.J. Hardy 4 REC, 84 YDS :

### Nicholls

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 25 Colonels | 6 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| Cardinals | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
* Date: November 2, 2019
* Game time: 4:00 p.m.
* Game weather: Temperature: 69 • Wind: NE 7 mph • Weather: Mostly sunny
* Game attendance: 3,928
* Referee: Christian Watso
* TV announcers (ESPN3): David Saltzman (play-by-play), Shea Walker (analyst), Taylor Verrico (sideline)
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
UIW – 11:00 Carson Mohr 29 yard field goal UIW 3–0 Drive: 13 plays, 73 yards, 4:00
UIW – 7:25 Carson Mohr 40 yard field goal UIW 6–0 Drive: 7 plays, 4 yards, 2:03
NSU – 4:44 Julien Gums 9 yard run, Gunnar Jones kick failed Tied 6–6 Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 2:35
Second Quarter
UIW – 13:40 Ameer King 1 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 13–6 Drive: 6 plays, 61 yards, 2:21
NSU – 12:26 KJ Franklin 32 yard pass from Chase Fourcade, Gunnar Jones kick Tied 13–13 Drive: 3 plays, 64 yards, 1:08
UIW – 6:37 Carson Mohr 27 yard field goal UIW 16–13 Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards, 2:25
NSU – 1:24 Chase Fourcade 64 yard run, Gunnar Jones kick NSU 20–16 Drive: 8 plays, 89 yards, 2:41
Fourth Quarter
UIW – 7:49 Kevin Brown 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 23–20 Drive: 6 plays, 74 yards, 1:50
NSU – 3:27 Julien Gums 1 yard run, Gunnar Jones kick NSU 27–23 Drive: 9 plays, 74 yards, 4:16
Passing
NSU – Chase Fourcade 10/21, 150 YDS, 1 TD
UIW – Jon Copeland 34/55, 381 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing
NSU – Julien Gums 23 ATT, 178 YDS, 2 TD
UIW – Kevin Brown 9 ATT, 59 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving
NSU – KJ Franklin 3 REC, 81 YDS, 1 TD
UIW – CJ Hardy 7 REC, 102 YDS :

### @ Stephen F. Austin

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
at Homer Bryce Stadium, Nacogdoches, Texas
* Date: November 9, 2019
* Game time: 3:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 6,321
* Referee: Dan Lewis
* TV announcers (ESPN3): Luke Hamilton (play-by-play), John Wilkowski (analyst)
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
SFA – 12:10 Thomas Hutchings 2 yard run, Storm Ruiz kick SFA 7–0 Drive: 6 plays, 34 yards, 2:16
SFA – 0:09 Cam Arnold 20 yard run, Storm Ruiz kick SFA 14–0 Drive: 4 plays, 29 yards, 2:02
Second Quarter
UIW – 12:46 Andy Jennings 0 yard fumble recovery, Carson Mohr kick SFA 14–7
UIW – 8:18 Jon Copeland 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick Tied 14–14 Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards, 2:56
UIW – 0:30 Jaelin Campbell 7 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 21–14 Drive: 8 plays, 87 yards, 1:13
Third Quarter
SFA – 11:26 Thomas Hutchings 21 yard run, Storm Ruiz kick Tied 21–21 Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards, 3:24
Fourth Quarter
SFA – 13:26 Xavier Gipson 70 yard pass from Cam Arnold, Storm Ruiz kick SFA 28–21 Drive: 2 plays, 70 yards, 0:14
SFA – 7:27 Storm Ruiz 38 yard field goal SFA 31–21 Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards, 5:04
UIW – 5:19 Carson Mohr 32 yard field goal SFA 31–24 Drive: 10 plays, 48 yards, 2:00
Passing
UIW – Jon Copeland 35/62, 349 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
SFA – Cam Arnold 15/22, 201 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
UIW – Kevin Brown 8 ATT, 44 YDS
SFA – Thomas Hutchings 20 ATT, 74 YDS, 2 TD
Receiving
UIW – Kamden Perry 11 REC, 105 YDS
SFA – Xavier Gipson 4 REC, 132 YDS, 1 TD :

### @ New Mexico State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Aggies | 14 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 41 |
at Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, New Mexico
* Date: November 16, 2019
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 25,804
* Referee: Scott Campbell
* TV announcers (FloSports): Adam Young (play-by-play), Danny Knee (analyst)
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
NMSU – 4:38 Tony Nicholson 34 yard pass from Josh Adkins, Dylan Brown kick NMSU 7–0 Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards, 2:27
NMSU – 1:23 Tony Nicholson 42 yard pass from Josh Adkins, Dylan Brown kick NMSU 14–0 Drive: 3 plays, 44 yards, 0:43
Second Quarter
NMSU – 14:42 OJ Clark 77 yard punt return, Dylan Brown kick NMSU 21–0
UIW – 9:31 Keyondrick Philio 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick NMSU 21–7 Drive: 4 plays, 50 yards, 1:17
NMSU – 4:40 Dylan Brown 30 yard field goal NMSU 24–7 Drive: 9 plays, 31 yards, 3:21
Third Quarter
NMSU – 4:46 Dylan Brown 28 yard field goal NMSU 27–7 Drive: 10 plays, 44 yards, 3:44
UIW – 0:24 Ameer King 11 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick NMSU 27–14 Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 4:22
Fourth Quarter
NMSU – 13:53 Jason Huntley 1 yard run, Dylan Brown kick NMSU 34–14 Drive: 4 plays, 47 yards, 1:23
UIW – 13:41 Ce'Cori Tolds 100 yard kickoff return, Carson Mohr kick NMSU 34–21
NMSU – 3:49 C. Gibson 2 yard run, Dylan Brown kick NMSU 41–21 Drive: 11 plays, 83 yards, 5:29
UIW – 0:57 Jon Copeland 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick NMSU 41–28 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 2:52
Passing
UIW – Jon Copeland 18/40, 181 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT
NMST – Josh Adkins 28/38, 316 YDS, 2 TD
Rushing
UIW – Kevin Brown 9 ATT, 31 YDS
NMST – Jason Huntley 25 ATT, 174 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving
UIW – Mark Sullivan 3 REC, 48 YDS
NMST – Tony Nicholson 5 REC, 98 YDS, 2 TD :

### Central Arkansas

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 11 Bears | 3 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 52 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
* Date: November 22, 2019
* Game time: 6:30 p.m.
* Game weather: Temperature: 61 • Wind: N 9 mph • Weather: Clear
* Game attendance: 2,668
* Referee: Christian Watso
* TV announcers (ESPN+): David Saltzman (play-by-play), Taylor McHargue (analyst), Lainie Fritz (sideline)
* Box Score
Game information :
First Quarter
UCA – 5:50 Hayden Ray 42 yard field goal UCA 3–0 Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards, 4:28
Second Quarter
UCA – 14:03 Jarrod Barnes 4 yard pass from Breylin Smith, Hayden Ray kick UCA 10–0 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 5:57
UIW – 12:27 Jaelin Campbell 21 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UCA 10–7 Drive: 4 plays, 81 yards, 1:25
UCA – 5:18 Joe Hampton 9 yard pass from Breylin Smith, Hayden Ray kick UCA 17–7 Drive: 12 plays, 77 yards, 4:57
UCA – 0:57 Tyler Hudson 14 yard pass from Breylin Smith, Hayden Ray kick UCA 24–7 Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards, 0:46
UIW – 0:43 Ce'Cori Tolds 94 yard kickoff return, Carson Mohr kick UCA 24–14
Third Quarter
UCA – 12:21 Tyler Hudson 44 yard pass from Breylin Smith, Hayden Ray kick UCA 31–14 Drive: 3 plays, 57 yards, 1:16
UIW – 8:16 Colby Anthony 3 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UCA 31–21 Drive: 11 plays, 90 yards, 3:58
UIW – 3:52 Jon Copeland 8 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UCA 31–28 Drive: 8 plays, 82 yards, 2:42
Fourth Quarter
UCA – 12:21 Carlos Blackman 18 yard run, Hayden Ray kick UCA 38–28 Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards, 2:39
UCA – 5:30 Tyler Hudson 27 yard pass from Breylin Smith, Hayden Ray kick UCA 45–28 Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards, 6:27
UIW – 2:25 Kevin Brown 4 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UCA 45–35 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 3:05
UCA – 2:18 Carlos Blackman 46 yard kickoff return, Hayden Ray kick UCA 52–35
Passing
UCA – Breylin Smith 25/38, 296 YDS, 5 TD
UIW – Jon Copeland 32/55, 338 YDS, 2 TD
Rushing
UCA – Carlos Blackman 18 ATT, 80 YDS, 1 TD
UIW – Kevin Brown 14 ATT, 85 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving
UCA – Tyler Hudson 9 REC, 161 YDS, 3 TD
UIW – Brady Rogers 7 REC, 68 YDS :

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