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THE COACHES: Denver Johnson was named the 13th head coach in Missouri Southern history on April 1, 2015. He came to Southern after serving four seasons at the University of Tulsa as the Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator.

Now in his second year at MSSU, in 2015, Johnson started the re-building process of a program that he intends to be one built on depth. The team had seven named All-MIAA, but more importantly, he increased the roster by more than 40 players, providing that depth he desires.

In his four seasons at Tulsa, four of his offensive line-men earned first-team all-league accolades, while Tyler Holmes was an honorable mention performer in 2011 and spent the 2012 season with the Minnesota Vikings.

Johnson coached an offensive line that helped pave the way for a 1,000-yard rusher in two of his final three seasons at Tulsa. In 2012, Tulsa's offense ranked fourth nationally for fewest sacks allowed, ninth for rushing offense, 21st for fewest tackles for lost yardage allowed and 28th for total offense.

Johnson has spent a total of 31 years coaching college football. In the summer of 2012, Johnson was awarded the Merv Johnson Integrity in College Coaching Award by the Jim Thorpe Association.

An All-Missouri Valley Conference offensive lineman as a senior for Tulsa, Johnson was an eighth-round draft choice by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1981. He spent two years (1981-82) with the Bucs and three seasons in the USFL, playing two years (1983-84) with the Los Angeles Express and the 1985 season with the Houston Gamblers. Johnson's USFL tenure included playing stints with NFL Hall of Fame quarterbacks Jim Kelly and Steve Young. Johnson earned his bachelor's degree in business management from Tulsa in 1981. He and his wife, Danita Kay, have two daughters: Taylor and Kelsey.

Rob Robinson is in his second season at the helm of the RiverHawks. He 5-25 in two seasons at NSU.

Robinson spent the previous 12 years under Craig Schurig as a member of the Washburn coaching staff, serv-ing as the offensive coordinator for the last four seasons. He also directed the running backs from 2007-13 and coached the wide receivers from 2002-06. He served as the recruiting coordinator from 2002-10 and was the academic coordinator from 2010-13. Robinson was an integral mem-ber of a Washburn staff that completely turned around the Ichabod program. Washburn averaged 3.3 wins from 1989-03 and had just one winning season, but the Ichabods averaged 7.9 wins from 2004-13 and posted 10 straight winning campaigns.

Visit Missouri Southern Athletics on the web at www.mssulions.com

2016 Lions ScheduleSEPTEMBER1 @ Fort Hays St. .......... L, 22-1010 Missouri Western ... L, 51-1417 @ Emporia St. ............. L 49-2124 #1 Northwest Mo. . L, 45-21OCTOBER1 @ Neb.-Kearney ......... W, 24-218 Washburn .............. L, 45-13 Homecoming 201615 Central Missouri ...... L, 56-722 @ Central Okla. .......... L, 63-4229 Northeastern St. ......... 2 pmNOVEMBER 5 @ Lindenwood ............1:30 pm12 Pittsburg St ........... 3:30 pm 2016 Miners Bowl

2016 riverhawksSchedule

SEPTEMBER1 @ Washburn ............... L, 38-198 Lindenwood ..........W, 35-3117 @ Pittsburg St. .....L, 38-37 OT24 Fort Hays St ............. L, 34-7OCTOBER1 @ Missouri Western .... L, 45-148 #18 Emporia St. .... L, 47-2715 @ #1 Northwest Mo.... L, 74-2922 Neb.-Kearney ........W, 31-2129 @ Missouri Southern ........2 pmNOVEMBER5 Central Missouri ......... 2 pm12 @ Central Okla. ...............3 pm

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Lions on the Air: Each Missouri Southern football game can be heard on ESPN Joplin 101.3 and 103.5 FM and also AM 1560. The games will be simulcast on KXMS 88.7 FM. Mike McClure provides the play-by-play with Scott Boudreaux alongside for color com-mentary. Southern broadcasts can also be heard on the internet. Click on www.mssulions.com and go to the link for Lions game broad-casts. To view each game live online go to www.mssulions.com.

• This season, fans wishing to watch the Lions on TV can catch live broadcasts of each home football game on KGCS-TV. The games will also be rebroadcasted on Sunday nights at 7 pm. KGCS program-ming may be seen over the air on channel 22 and on regional cable television sys-tems including Cable One, Mediacom and Suddenlink.

• The weekly Missouri Southern football press conference is held each Wednesday at 12 noon in the New MSSU Endzone Facility.

• The weekly MSSU Coaches Radio Show can be heard on Tuesday evenings at 6 pm. Join us live at Longhorn Steakhouse in Joplin, where Coach Johnson and Justin Maskus will recap each week's game and look ahead to the week to come. The show can be heard live on ESPN Joplin at 101.3, 103.5 FM and AM 1560, or online at www.espnjoplin.com.

• The weekly MSSU Coaches Show on KODE-TV can be seen each Sunday at 11:30 pm on KODE-TV 12 in Joplin. Coach Johnson will join Derek Smith each week to talk Lions' football.

Game 9: Missouri Southern State University Lions (1-7, 1-7 MIAA) vs. Northeastern State University RiverHawks (2-6, 2-6 MIAA)

Date: Saturday, October 29 2016 Kickoff 2 pmLocation:   Joplin, Mo. •  Fred G. Hughes Stadium (7,000)

THE SERIES : This will be the 21st meet-ing in the series between the two schools. Northeastern State leads the series 11-8, but the Lions have won eight of the last 13 games between the two teams.

Northeastern State was the Lions' first-ever opponent as a four-year school as NSU downed Southern 45-0 in 1968.

The Riverhawks dominated the series early on, winning the first seven games in a row, but it has been mostly Southern over the last nine outings.

The Lions are 4-6 in Tahlequah, while holding an 4-5 mark in Joplin with one game being vacated by the Lions in 1997.

LIONS LAST TIME OUT: Sophomore quarter-back Brayden Scott was responsible for five total touchdowns, but the Missouri Southern football team fell 63-21 today at Central Oklahoma.

Southern (1-7, 1-7 MIAA) got a career-day from Scott as he went 20-32 with four touchdowns and 287 yards. He also rushed for 32 yards with a score. Scott becomes the first Lions quarterback to throw four touchdowns in a game since Collin Howard against Southwest Baptist in 2011.

Jocqui Davis caught six passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns, while Anthony Cannon had four receptions for 87 yards and a score. Josiah Bennett had a touchdown reception and Scott Lathrop had nine catches for 56 yards. Josh Hadley had a rushing touchdown of his own with six car-ries for 25 yards.

Defensively Justin Legier led the team with ten tackles, five solo. Chris Goss III had seven stops, while Alexander Wade and Akel Beard had six tackles each.

The Lions went down 28-0 early, before Scott hooked up with Anthony Cannon on a 24-yard pass to end a 12-play, 87-yard drive to make the score 28-7 with 4:14 left in the second quarter.

UCO (2-6, 2-6 MIAA) answered back with another score to make it 35-7 with 57 seconds to go. The Lions, however, would not be denied and on the ensuing kickoff Terrell Crawford ran it back 52 yards, giving the Lions the ball on the UCO 36-yard line with 47 seconds left to go. Scott hit Jordan Morrison for a 22 yard catch and then hit Davis with a seven yard catch, putting the ball at the UCO seven-yard line with 11 seconds. A timeout from the Lions stopped the clock at seven seconds.

The Lions threw two incomplete passes on their next two passes, but each time, UCO was flagged for pass interference, the second time setting the Lions up at the one-yard line with four seconds to go. Southern called a timeout and out of the time-out, Scott hit the quarterback sneek for the touchdown, to make the score 35-14 at the half.

UCO scored first after the halftime break, to go up 42-14, but the Lions answered right back with a 14-yard rush from Hadley to make the score 42-21 with 9:20 left in the third. The third would end with the same score.

Both teams scored right after each other on their next possessions, the Lions scoring on a 53-yard touchdown pass from Scott to Davis. Southern got another pass from Scott to Davis, as well as a late score from Scott to Bennett, but the Lions could not stop the Bronchos offense.

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2016 MIAA Standings MIAA OverallNorthwest Missouri (1). . . . . . . . . 8-0 8-0Emporia State (10) . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 7-1Central Missouri (RV) . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 6-2Fort Hays State (RV) . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 6-2Pittsburg State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 5-3Washburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 5-3Missouri Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 4-4Central Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 2-6Northeastern State . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 2-6Missouri Southern . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 1-7Lindenwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 1-7Nebraska Kearney . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 1-7

() = Rank in AFCA Division II poll

2016 MIAA Week 8Schedule/Results

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22WASHBURN ...................................................27 CENTRAL MISSOURI .......................................29

NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY ...47 LINDENWOOD ...............................................12

EMPORIA STATE ............................................41 PITTSBURG STATE .........................................36

MISSOURI WESTERN .....................................27 FORT HAYS STATE .........................................35

MISSOURI SOUTHERN ............................. 42 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ............................... 63

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-KEARNEY .............21 NORTHEASTERN STATE ..................................31

2016 MIAA Week 9Schedule

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29MWSU @ WU ............................................1 P.M.UCO @ UCM ........................................1:00 P.M.LU @ UNK ...........................................2:00 P.M.NSU @ MSSU ...................................2:00 PMFHSU @ ESU .......................................2:00 P.M.PSU @ NWMO .....................................2:30 P.M.

2016 MIAA Week 10Schedule

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5ESU @ MWSU ......................................1:00 P.M.MSSU @ LWU .................................1:30 P.M.UCM @ NSU ............................................. 2 PMNWMO @ FHSU ..................................2:00 P.M.WU @ UCO ........................................2:00 P.M.UNK @ PSU ..............................................2 P.M.

2016 MIAA Week 11Schedule

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12LWU @ UCM ........................................1:00 P.M.MWSU @ NWMO ..................................1:30 P.M.ESU @ WU ...............................................2 P.M.FHSU @ UNK .......................................2:00 P.M.NSU @ UCO .........................................3:00 P.M.PSU @ MSSU ...................................3:30 PM

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NCAA Division II Super Region Three Rankings10-25-16

Region D-II 1 Northwest Mo. St. ............................. 8-0 8-02 Sioux Falls ............................................ 8-0 8-03 Harding ................................................ 8-0 8-04 Minn. Duluth ......................................... 7-1 7-15 Emporia St. ....................................... 7-1 7-16 AzusaPacific ......................................... 6-1 7-17 Central Wash. ....................................... 5-1 5-18 Central Mo. ....................................... 6-2 6-29 Bemidji St. ............................................ 6-2 6-210 Winona St............................................. 6-2 6-2MIAA Teams in Bold

All-Time Series ScoresLions vs. NSU

Year Winner (Location) ..Score1968 NSU (Talequah) ............ 45-01969 NSU (Joplin) ................. 56-71970 NSU (Talequah) ............ 42-71971 NSU (Joplin) ................. 28-01978 NSU (Joplin) ................22-201979 NSU (Talequah) ............ 32-01987 NSU (Joplin) ................21-201988 MSSU (Talequah) .. 22-191996 MSSU (Talequah) .....28-91997 MSSU (Joplin)............24-16*1998 NSU (Talequah) ............ 10-01999 MSSU (Joplin) ..........28-72000 NSU (Talequah) ...........33-152001 MSSU (Joplin) ..........24-02002 MSSU (Talequah) .....38-72003 NSU (Joplin) ................15-102012 MSSU (Joplin) ....... 27-212013 MSSU (Tahlequah) 17-142014 MSSU (Joplin) ..........34-72015 NSU (Tahlequah) .........31-21* Win vacated by MSSUMSSU Wins in Bold

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Missouri Southern Lions General Information

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joplin, Mo.Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,217Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1937 (as Joplin Junior College)Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA-IIConference . . . . .Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics AssociationNickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LionsColors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Green & GoldStadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred G. Hughes Stadium Capacity/Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,000/Field Turf Press Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417-659-4384President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Alan MarbleAthletics Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jared BruggemanAssoc. AD for Administration/SWA . . . . . . . . . Rachel BurlesonMedia Relations Director . . . . . . .Justin Maskus (417-625-9359) FAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417-625-9570 EMail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .maskus-j@mssu.edu Web Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mssulions.comInterim Head Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda WolfAssistant Trainer (Football Contact) . . . . . . . . . . . Mike BarlowStrength & Conditioning Coordinator . . . . . . . Troy Jorgensen

Coaching StaffHead Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denver Johnson Alma Mater, Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa, 1981 Record at MSSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-16, 2nd Year Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71-83, 14th Year Phone/Best time to call . . . . . . . . . . 417-625-9317/MorningsAssistant Coaches: Kenny Evans (DC), Corey Fipps (OC), Rashad Watson, Charles Alexander, Bill Bleil, Josh Dalton, Bret Story, Caleb Lewis, Darius Hart, Troy Jorgensen (strength).

Northeastern State RiverhawksGeneral Information

Location ................................................Talequah, Okla.Enrollment ........................................................... 9,300Founded ................................................................ 1909Affililation ............................................ NCAA Division IIConference ............................................................MIAANickname .................................................... RiverHawksColors .................................................. Green and WhiteStadium ..........................................Doc Wadley Stadium Capacity/Surface ............................... 8,500/Field TurfPresident ...............................................Dr. Steve TurnerAthletics Director .................................Tony DuckworthSports Information Director .........................Don Vieth Email ................................................. vieth@nsuok.edu Phone .................................................. (918) 444-3958 Fax ...................................................... (918) 458-2386On the Web ................................. www.goriverhawksgo.com

Coaching StaffHead Coach: ............................................. Rob Robinson Alma Mater, Year ........................ William Jewell, 2000 Record at UCO .....................................3-25 (3rd year) Career Record .................................................... Same Phone/Best Time to Call ......(918) 444-3913/MorningsAssistant Coaches .................................... Josh Lattimer, Rob Messinger, Will Skeans, Dane Simoneau, Julian Mendez, Marvin Bohannon, Ryan Dvorak, Mitch Buhler, Chris Girdner, Jacques Washington.

THE DISH ON THE RIVERHAWKS: The RiverHawks are 2-6 on the season after getting win number two this past weekend at home against Nebraska-Kearney.

NSU is led offensively by quarterback Dimonic McKinzy. He is 127-265 on the season for just shy of 2,000 yards. He has 19 touchdowns passing and one rushing with 125 yards on the ground.

The RiverHawks rushing attack is led by a trio of CJ Shavers, Ra'Keim Abdul and McKinzy. Shavers has 277 yards and two scores, while Abdul has 201 yards and a score.

Gary McKnight and Matthew Butler both have 27 receptions with McKnight pulling down 599 yards and Butler reeling in 336. The duo has seven and three touchdowns, respectively, while Rashawn Eubanks has caught 16 passes for 330 yards and five scores.

Defensively, Steffon Herd leads the way with 71 tackles, including 52 solo and 2.5 tackles for a loss with an interception and seven pass break ups. Devon Siers has 43 tackles, 35 solo and three interceptions with one fumble recovery, while T'Nheous Smith has 13 tackles, but 6.5 have been for a loss and he leads the team with 2.5 sacks.

NSU has thrown for 2,176 yards as a team and rushed for 793 on the season.

The RiverHawks will be back in action next week when they host Central Missouri at 2 pm.

LION TIDBITS

A VICTORY VS. NORTHEASTERN STATE WOULD: be the sixth in the last eight meet-ings between the two teams. It would be the Lions ninth in the last 14 tries.

NFL REPRESENTATION: The Lions will have two different starters on NFL ros-ters to start the season. Brandon Williams is a starter on the defensive line for the Baltimore Ravens, while Allen Barbre will start on the offensive line for the Philadelphia Eagles.

NFL Leaders: Brandon Williams has become a leader on the defense for the Baltimore Ravens, shoring their defensive line. Last year, the third-year pro had a career-high 52 tackles and two sacks. He was listed by many as a notable snub for the NFL Pro Bowl in 2015. Allen Barbre will be in his second year as a starter on the offensive line for the Eagles and head coach Doug Pedersen is very high on Barbre, naming him the starter prior to train-ing camp. Barbre started all 16 games for the Eagles in 2015.

NFL Executive: Former Lion and former NFL wide receiver James Thrash is in his second season serving as the NFL and NFLPA's Appeals Officer. He hears all appeals for the NFL regarding on-field player discipline. Thrash played 12 seasons in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles.

LIONS ON RADIO: The Lions will partner with ESPN Joplin this year as Southern can now be heard on three separate FM stations, as well as an AM station. ESPN Joplin will air the Lions' games on 101.3 and 103.5 FM, as well as AM 1560. MSSU's KXMS 88.7 will also simulcast the games giving the Lions a larger reach in the four-states than they've ever had.

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Northeastern State's Statistical Leaders Rushing CJ Shavers .................75 carries, 277 yards, 3.7 yards per carry, 2 TD Ra'Keim Abdul ............65 carries, 201 yards, 3.1 yards per carry, 1 TD Dimonic McKinzy .................74 carries, 125 yards, 1.7 per carry, 1 TDPassing Dimonic McKinzy .......................127-265, 1,996 yards, 19 TD, 10 INTReceiving Gary McKnight ..................... 27 rec., 599 yards, 22.2 per catch, 7 TD Matthew Butler ..................... 27 rec., 336 yards, 12.4 per catch, 3 TD Rashawn Eubanks ................ 16 rec., 330 yards, 20.6 per catch, 5 TDDefense Steffon Herd ......................71 tackles, 52 solo, 2.5 TFL, 1 INT, 7 PBU Devon Siers .................................... 43 tackles, 35 solo, 3 INT, 1 FRC T'Nheous Smith .............13 tackles, 9 solo, 6.5 TFL, 2.5 Sacks, 4 QBH

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TOUGH LEAGUE/REGION: The MIAA has two teams in the coaches top 25 this week. Northwest Missouri is 1st, while Emporia State is 10th. The Super Region Three, which the Lions are a part of, has six teams in the top 25. There are 12 teams total that are either ranked or receiving votes in the poll from the region.

LIONS ON TV: Missouri Southern's KGCS will air every Lions home game live this year during the season. They will also re-broadcast the games on Sunday evenings at 7 pm.

LIONS ON THE WEB: All of MSSU's football games are carried live online as part of the MIAA's streaming contract with Stretch Internet. Fans can view games live by clicking on the link on www.mssulions.com.

HAVE A GAME SON: Brayden Scott became the first Lions' quar-terback since 2011 to throw four touchdown passes in a game when he threw for four and ran for another against Central Oklahoma.

TEAM STATS RANKINGS: The Lions, as a team, lead Division II in blocked punts allowed, while ranking 37th in blocked punts, 39th in punt return defense, 43rd in fumbles lost (fewest), 46th in fewest penalty yards per game, 47th in fewest penalties per game and 49th in both fewest penalties and fewest penalty yards.

INDIVIDUAL STATS RANKINGS: Individually, Josiah Bennett ranks fifth nationally (fourth in the MIAA) in yards per reception. Chris Williams ranks 13th in fumble recoveries, while Scott Lathrop ranks 27th in receptions per game. Justin Legier ranks 43rd in solo tackles.

MAGNETIC PERSONALITY: Senior wide receiver Scott Lathrop became just the fifth Lion to catch at least 12 passes in a game. Lathrop was one catch off of Rod Smith's school record and joins Colin Bado, Landon Zerkel and Dave Evans as others to catch 12 in a game. Bado did it three times.

SAFETY FIRST: The Lions forced a safety against Missouri Western after blocking a punt out of the end zone. It was the first time since 2012 the Lions have had a safety.

CALL ME A HALL OF FAMER: Allen Barbre was inducted into the Missouri Southern Athletics Hall of Fame on September 24. Barbre was a multiple All-American offensive lineman in his four-year career for the Lions and is now a starter with the Philadelphia Eagles.

NCAA D-II SUPER REGION 3 RANKINGS: The NCAA released its first regional rankings this week and the MIAA has three teams in the poll. Northwest Missouri is first, while Emporia State is fourth and Central Missouri is eighth. Seven teams make the NCAA post season with the top seed getting a bye.

RECORD SETTER: TJ Fleeton tied his own school record this year

as he completed 36 passes against Fort Hays. He tied the record he had previously set last season, ironically against FHSU.

WEATHER REPORT: The weather report for the Joplin area on Saturday calls for sunny conditions and a high of 80 degrees with a zero percent chance of precipitation.

UP NEXT: The Lions will head to Lindenwood next Saturday. Kickoff is slated for 1:30 pm.

Tahlequah, Okla. -- The Missouri Southern football team out gained Northeastern state by 125 yards, but turnovers proved costly as NSU won 31-21 today inside Doc Wadley Stadium.

The Lions (1-6, 1-6 MIAA) were led offensively by Will Gregory as the senior running back had 142 yards on the ground with a score. Kyle Keller went 11-27 in the air for 172 yards and a touchdown. Terrell Crawford caught five passes for 98 yards while Chad Nolan had three catches for 66 yards and a score.

NSU (2-5, 2-5 MIAA) picked up a game on the defensive side as Darian Morris had nine tack-les, two fumble recoveries, including a return for a 97-yard score, as well as an interception and three pass break ups.

The Southern defense forced three-and-outs on the first two NSU offensive drives, but huge punts from the RiverHawks put the Lions inside their own ten-yard line each time and Southern would punt on each possession.

NSU got on the board first when Zac King took a 37-yard pass from Kevin Pantastico to the end zone and the RiverHawks led 7-0 after the first quarter.

The Lions got on the board midway through the second half when Michael Nelson started things with a 33-yard punt return to put Southern on the NSU 38-yard line. Gregory then put in runs of 21, six and 11, the finale being for a score as Southern tied the score at seven with 8:48 left to go in the half.

Pantastico had passes of 33, 25 and 40 yards to lead the RiverHawks to a score with 49 sec-onds left to put NSU up 14-7.

The Lions, however, drove the field and set up a 45-yard field goal attempt from Brock Renken but the kick was off the left upright and NSU led 14-7 at the break.

Southern opened up the second half and drove down to the NSU one-yard line, but Keller fumbled on a fourth-and-goal situation and the RiverHawks picked up the loose ball and returned it 97-yards for a touchdown. NSU added another score with 4:23 left in the third quarter to go up 28-14.

A Lions' turnover late in the third quarter led to NSU moving deep into Southern territory as the game moved to the fourth quarter and the RiverHawks converted a 20-yard field goal to go up 31-14.

TJ Fleeton completed a late scoring drive with a 25-yard passing touchdown to Nolan to cut the lead to ten at 31-21. The Lions would then attempt a brilliant onside kickoff attempt, but would be called for kick interference after NSU had signaled for a fair catch. That would be how the game ended.

Defensively, Kyjuan Tate led the Lions with ten tackles and a sack. David Smith had a sack, as well, as the Lions had five tackles for a loss in the game.

@ NSU 31, Lions 21

Last Year's Game

Box Score (Final)Missouri Southern Football

Central Oklahoma vs Missouri Southern (Oct 10, 2015 at Joplin, Mo.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalCentral Oklahoma 14 17 10 14 55Missouri Southern 0 7 7 7 21

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 12:38 UCO - Tease,Myles 34 yd pass from Eckert,T.J. (Hiddink,Seth kick), 8-75 2:22

09:01 UCO - McKenzie,Clay 16 yd pass from Eckert,T.J. (Hiddink,Seth kick), 6-59 2:502nd 12:24 MSSU - Forchu,Giresse 4 yd run (Renken,Brock kick), 3-31 0:59

08:15 UCO - Hiddink,Seth 26 yd field goal, 10-66 4:0904:44 UCO - Harger,Darrack 8 yd run (Hiddink,Seth kick), 4-40 1:2900:21 UCO - McKenzie,Clay 1 yd run (Hiddink,Seth kick), 10-61 2:12

3rd 12:32 MSSU - Crawford,T 12 yd pass from Keller,Kyle (Renken,Brock kick), 2-67 0:3009:48 UCO - Hiddink,Seth 42 yd field goal, 8-34 2:3603:26 UCO - Luper,J.T. 27 yd pass from Eckert,T.J. (Hiddink,Seth kick), 11-90 4:45

4th 14:00 UCO - Harger,Darrack 4 yd run (Hiddink,Seth kick), 7-57 3:0111:32 MSSU - Keller,Kyle 2 yd run (Renken,Brock kick), 9-58 2:1806:40 UCO - Harger,Darrack 17 yd run (Hiddink,Seth kick), 10-77 4:52

UCO MSSUFIRST DOWNS 37 14RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 54-293 24-12PASSING YDS (NET) 368 309Passes Att-Comp-Int 39-27-1 36-19-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 93-661 60-321Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-40 1-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-34 10-166Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-8Punts (Number-Avg) 2-32.0 7-37.1Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-2Penalties-Yards 12-125 4-37Possession Time 37:11 22:49Third-Down Conversions 5 of 10 2 of 13Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 3-4Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-17 0-0

RUSHING: Central Oklahoma-McKenzie,Clay 26-164; Johnson,Greg 14-71; Harger,Darrack 7-43; Eckert,T.J.5-14; Stallard,Chas 1-3; TEAM 1-minus 2. Missouri Southern-Henderson,Josep 8-16; Forchu,Giresse4-12; Hayes,Ty'Quan 1-0; Renken,Brock 1-minus 2; Fleeton,TJ 1-minus 2; Keller,Kyle 9-minus 12.

PASSING: Central Oklahoma-Eckert,T.J. 26-38-1-353; Harger,Darrack 1-1-0-15. MissouriSouthern-Keller,Kyle 15-31-0-290; Fleeton,TJ 4-5-0-19.

RECEIVING: Central Oklahoma-Luper,J.T. 10-122; Crockett,Josh 5-93; Johnson,Greg 4-32; Locke,Caden3-39; Tease,Myles 2-44; McKenzie,Clay 2-22; Pulley,Connor 1-16. Missouri Southern-Crawford,T 7-82;Nelson,Michael 5-29; Morrison,Jordan 4-111; Nolan,Chad 2-82; Henderson,Josep 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Central Oklahoma-None. Missouri Southern-Green,Ricky 1-8.

FUMBLES: Central Oklahoma-Johnson,Greg 1-1; McKenzie,Clay 1-1. Missouri Southern-Morrison,Jordan1-1; Nelson,Michael 1-1.

Central Oklahoma (2-4,2-4) vs. Missouri Southern (1-5,1-5)Date: Oct 10, 2015 • Site: Joplin, Mo. • Stadium: Hughes StadiumAttendance: 3755

Kickoff time: 6 pm • End of Game: 9:02 • Total elapsed time: 3:02Officials: Referee: Lonnie Brickman; Umpire: BJ Moore; Linesman: Tom Svehla;Line judge: Scott Wetterstr; Back judge: Ben Schmidt; Field judge: Brent Trammell;Side judge: Matt Anderson;Temperature: 74 F • Wind: N 4 • Weather: Clear

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AFCA Division II Top 25 - 10-24-16

Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. 1. Northwest Missouri St. (30) 8-0 750 12. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 8-0 717 23. Shepherd (W.Va.) 7-0 692 34. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 8-0 649 65. Harding (Ark.) 8-0 614 76. California (Pa.) 7-0 598 87. North Alabama 5-1 541 108. Texas A&M-Commerce 6-1 540 99. Ashland (Ohio) 7-1 507 1110. Emporia St. (Kan.) 7-1 448 1211. LIU-Post (N.Y.) 8-0 432 1412. Indiana (Pa.) 6-1 414 1313. Midwestern St. (Texas) 6-1 361 414. Valdosta St. (Ga.) 6-1 350 1615. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 7-1 325 1716. Assumption (Mass.) 7-1 285 1817. Tuskegee (Ala.) 6-1 258 518. North Carolina-Pembroke 7-1 253 2019. Wayne St. (Mich.) 7-1 221 2220. Fairmont St. (W.Va.) 8-0 201 2321. Minnesota-Duluth 7-1 174 2422. Ferris St. (Mich.) 6-2 115 2523. Newberry (S.C.) 7-1 98 NR24. Wingate (N.C.) 7-1 55 NR25t. Notre Dame (Ohio) 7-1 27 NR25t. Southwest Baptist (Mo.) 7-1 27 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Central Missouri, 20; Colorado School of Mines, 19; Henderson St. (Ark.), 19; Edinboro (Pa.), 8; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 7; Central Washington, 6; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 6; West Alabama, 5; Florida Tech, 4; Southern Arkansas, 2; Colorado Mesa, 1; Truman St. (Mo.), 1.

D2Football.Com Top 25 - 10-25-16

Rank Team Record Prev.1 Northwest Missouri 8-0 12 Grand Valley 8-0 23 North Alabama 5-1 34 Shepherd 7-0 45 Sioux Falls 8-0 66 Emporia State 7-1 77 Ashland 7-1 88 Texas A&M-Commerce 6-1 99 California 7-0 1110 Harding 8-0 1211 Midwestern State 6-1 512 IUP 6-1 1313 Minnesota Duluth 7-1 1414 Central Missouri 6-2 1515 Valdosta State 6-1 1616 LIU-Post 8-0 1817 Azusa Pacific 7-1 1918 Ferris State 6-2 2119 Wayne State (Mich.) 7-1 2220 Tuskegee 6-1 1021 UNC-Pembroke 7-1 2322 Fairmont State 8-0 2523 Central Washington 5-2 NR24 Fort Hays 6-2 NR25 Assumption 6-1 NR

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The Last Time Southern Had ...

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Had a RB rush for 200 yards Wentric Williams (252) vs. UCM, 9/18/04Had a QB rush for 100 yards Jay McDowell (119) vs. PSU 11/16/13Had a QB rush for 200 yards Jay McDowell (225) vs. UCM, 10/5/13Had a 300-yard passer TJ Fleeton (344) vs. Fort Hays, 11/7/15Had a 400-yard passer Adam Hinspeter (422) vs. Harding, 8/30/08Had a 200-yard receiver Ne'Ronte Threatt (225) vs. FHSU 11/6/11Had a QB with four TD passes Brayden Scott (4) vs. UCO, 10/22/16Had a player with three TD receptions Landon Zerkel (3) vs. Lincoln, 10/24/11Had a player with four rushing TDs Alley Broussard (4) vs. PSU, 9/15/07Had a player with multiple INT's EJ McKenzie (2) vs. WU, 9/26/15Had a player make three field goals Brock Renken (3) vs. Lindenwood, 10/24/15Had a player with multiple sacks Chris Williams (2) vs. UNK, 9/19/15Returned a kickoff for a TD Travis Hurd (90) vs. Lindenwood, 10/27/12Returned a punt for a TD Ne'Ronte Threatt (40) vs. SBU 9/22/12Returned an interception for a TD EJ McKenzie (35) vs. PSU, 10/31/15Returned a fumble for a TD Demon Haire (0) vs. NWMO, 10/29/11Kicked field goal of 40+ yards Brock Renken (43) vs. ESU, 9/3/15Had a player with 10+ pass rec. Scott Lathrop (12) vs. UCM, 10/15/16Had a player produce 400 total yards Adam Hinspeter (422) vs. Harding, 8/30/08Had a player with 15+ tackles Johnquavious McBride (16), vs. PSU, 10/31/15Shut out an opponent 55-0, vs. LU-Belleville, 11/9/13Was shut out by an opponent 23-0 vs. WU, 10/4/08Rallied to win from 4th-quarter deficit vs. #4 MWSU (down 30-24, won 31-30)Recorded a safety Team vs. MWSU, 9/10/16Had 600+ yards of total offense (648) vs. Lincoln, 9/21/13Played an Overtime Game L, 43-41 (3OT) at UCO 10/11/14

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Missouri Southern Among MIAA/National RankingsCategory National Conference Actual Rank Rank Total3rd Down Conversion Pct 114 11 0.3504th Down Conversion Pct 137 12 0.316Blocked Kicks 47 4 3Blocked Punts 37 2 1Blocked Punts Allowed 1 1 0Completion Percentage 70 6 0.582Fewest Penalties 49 4 49Fewest Penalties Per Game 47 4 6.13Fewest Penalty Yards 49 3 451Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 46 3 56.38Fumbles Lost 43 4 5Fumbles Recovered 78 6 6Kickoff Return Defense 71 6 19.95Net Punting 55 7 34.74Passing Offense 65 9 248.4Punt Return Defense 39 4 6.21Punt Returns 80 7 9.64Rushing Defense 164 12 265.0Rushing Offense 156 12 89.1Sacks Allowed 56 3 1.63Scoring Defense 161 12 43.1Scoring Offense 138 12 19.0Team Tackles for Loss 147 12 4.8Time of Possession 149 12 27:21Total Defense 166 12 515.4Total Offense 125 11 337.5Turnover Margin 139 11 -0.88Turnovers Gained 149 10 9

Missouri Southern/Northeastern State Comparison

Northeastern State Among MIAA/National Rankings

Category National Conference Actual Rank Rank Total3rd Down Conversion Pct 85 7 0.3854th Down Conversion Pct 55 5 0.533Blocked Kicks Blocked Punts Blocked Punts Allowed 130 11 2Fewest Penalties 133 12 68Fewest Penalties Per Game 129 12 8.50Fewest Penalty Yards 112 10 580Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 107 10 72.50Fumbles Lost 68 6 6Fumbles Recovered 29 2 8Net Punting 106 9 32.58Passes Intercepted 78 4 8Passing Offense 42 5 272.0Punt Return Defense 137 11 13.00Punt Returns 44 4 11.60Rushing Defense 142 11 210.5Rushing Offense 145 11 99.1Sacks Allowed 131 10 2.88Scoring Defense 156 10 41.0Scoring Offense 107 10 24.9Tackles for Loss Allowed 89 6 6.63Time of Possession 96 7 29:26Total Defense 148 8 464.5Total Offense 99 9 371.1Turnover Margin 87 6 -0.13Turnovers Gained 55 4 16Turnovers Lost 108 10 17

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Hays, Kan. -- Missouri Southern junior quarterback TJ Fleeton tied his own school record with 36 completions, but the Lions' football team fell 22-10 tonight in the 2016 sea-son opener at Fort Hays State.

Southern (0-1, 0-1 MIAA) was led by Fleeton's 36-51 performance for 272 yards and a touchdown. Fleeton ties a record he set last season against Fort Hays at home. Scott Lathrop led the team with 80 receiving yards in his first start as a receiver, catching 10 pass-es on the night. Jordan Morrison had 67 yards on eight receptions, while Demontra McNealy had five catches for 38 yards and a score. Terrell Crawford had six catches for 37 yards and Jay Hadley had four catches.

Hadley rushed for 56 yards on 12 carries and Fleeton had 47 yards on 18 rushes. Brock Renken added a 29-yard field goal for the Lions' other score.

Defensively, Ricky Green led the Lions with eight tackles, while Justin Legier tallied eight of his own, including a stop behind the line for a loss of eight yards. Romel Hill had six tackles, while Trevor Plafcan and Stephan Randall had a sack each. Green had two passes broken up, while Keith Beverly and Legier had a break up each.

The Lions took the opening kickoff and demonstrated some flashes of dominance as Fleeton completed six passes for 60 yards and Southern drove to the Tigers '(1-0, 1-0 MIAA) one-yard line, but turned the ball over on downs.

Fort Hays scored as Malik Thomas ripped off a 61-yard touchdown run to go up 7-0 with 7:34 to go in the first quarter.

Neither team scored on their next three possessions as the Lions' defense forced two-straight three and outs for the Tigers that led to Renken's field goal, making the score 7-3 with 7:50 to go in the first half.

Another three and out from the Southern defense gave the Lions the ball back with 5:56 to go in the quarter, but the drive stalled. The defense again forced a Hays punt to give the Lions the ball, but an interception return for a score by Raheeme Dumas made the score 13-3 after the point after failed.

Southern lined up for a 44-yard field goal attempt as the clock was rolling down, but the kick was missed wide left with FHSU leading 13-3 at the half.

Another FHSU field goal, this time a 29-yard make from Brandon Brown made the score 16-3 with 11:48 left. The Lions took the ball and drove down the field as Fleeton hit McNealy for a six-yard score to cut the score to 16-10 after Renken's kick was good.

Two more field goals from Brown, however, sealed the win for the Tigers. Southern had 27 first downs to the Tigers' 16 and the Lions out-passed Fort Hays 272-

147. Southern out-gained the Tigers 394-354 and held the ball for seven more minutes than Hays.

Game 1 - @ Fort Hays 22, Lions 10 - September 1, 2016Box Score (Final)

Missouri Southern FootballMissouri Southern vs Fort Hays State (Sep 01, 2016 at Hays, Kan.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalMissouri Southern 0 3 7 0 10Fort Hays State 7 6 6 3 22

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 07:34 FHSU - Thomas,Malik 61 yd run (Brown,Brandon kick), 6-99 2:072nd 07:50 MSSU - Renken,Brock 29 yd field goal, 5-22 1:36

01:49 FHSU - Dumas,Raheeme 25 yd interception return (Brown,Brandon kick failed)3rd 11:48 FHSU - Brown,Brandon 29 yd field goal, 10-63 3:12

06:36 MSSU - McNealy,D 6 yd pass from Fleeton,TJ (Renken,Brock kick), 14-75 5:1201:31 FHSU - Brown,Brandon 34 yd field goal, 12-66 4:58

4th 03:19 FHSU - Brown,Brandon 36 yd field goal, 10-55 4:19

MSSU FHSUFIRST DOWNS 27 16RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 41-122 33-207PASSING YDS (NET) 272 147Passes Att-Comp-Int 51-36-1 32-15-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 92-394 65-354Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2--2 1-5Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-20 1-26Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-25Punts (Number-Avg) 6-35.2 7-34.1Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0Penalties-Yards 3-25 7-72Possession Time 33:19 26:41Third-Down Conversions 10 of 20 3 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-4 3-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-11 2-10

RUSHING: Missouri Southern-Hadley,Jay 12-56; Fleeton,TJ 18-47; Chafin,Devin 9-16; Lathrop.Scott 1-3;Scott,Brayden 1-0. Fort Hays State-Thomas,Malik 13-115; Cooper,Shaquill 12-98; Iheme,Kenneth 4-9;TEAM 2-minus 4; Mezera,Jacob 2-minus 11.

PASSING: Missouri Southern-Fleeton,TJ 36-51-1-272. Fort Hays State-Mezera,Jacob 15-32-0-147.

RECEIVING: Missouri Southern-Lathrop.Scott 10-80; Morrison,Jordan 8-67; Crawford,T 6-37; McNealy,D5-38; Hadley,Jay 4-25; Bennett,Josiah 1-18; Chafin,Devin 1-4; Nolan,Chad 1-3. Fort HaysState-Bacon,Tyler 6-71; Maxi,Isaiah 3-18; Tigner,Charles 3-12; Lewis,J.J. 2-14; Salat,Bilal 1-32.

INTERCEPTIONS: Missouri Southern-None. Fort Hays State-Dumas,Raheeme 1-25.

FUMBLES: Missouri Southern-Hadley,Jay 1-1; Fleeton,TJ 1-0. Fort Hays State-None.

Missouri Southern (0-1,0-1) vs. Fort Hays State (1-0,1-0)Date: Sep 01, 2016 • Site: Hays, Kan. • Stadium: Lewis Field StadiumAttendance: 4134

Kickoff time: 7:00 pm • End of Game: 9:54 pm • Total elapsed time: 2:54Officials: Referee: Lonnie Brickman; Umpire: Jerry Haskell; Linesman: Bill Gannaway;Line judge: S. Wetterstrom; Back judge: Richard Russ; Field judge: Aaron Freeman;Side judge: Matt Anderson; Center judge: Mark Sisco;Temperature: 79 • Wind: E 12 • Weather: Sunny and Breezy

Joplin, Mo. -- The Missouri Southern football team forced two fumbles and added an interception, but the Lions couldn't slow down the Missouri Western offensive attack and fell 51-14 to the Griffons tonight at Fred G. Hughes Stadium inside the Robert W. Plaster Sports Comlex.

Southern (0-2, 0-2 MIAA) saw sophomore transfer Brayden Scott make his first extended appearance for the Lions as Scott went 15-24 for 159 yards and a touchdown, his first of his career. TJ Fleeton was 9-13 through the air for 95 yards. Scott Lathrop caught eight passes for 54 yards, while Jocqui Davis caught four passes for 90 yards and a score, his first of his career. Jordan Morrison also caught three passes for 52 yards.

Jay Hadley had 9 rushes for 28 yards, while Ja'Kori Bell had three for 14 and Devin Chafin had six for 14.

Defensively, Patrick Cheek led the team with nine stops, while Justin Legier and Austin Archey had seven stops each. Romel Hill and Trevor Plafcan both had a forced fumble, while Travel Smith and Brandon Martin recovered a fumble each. Ricky Green had an interception and three stops, while Keith Beverly had two pass break ups.

Neither team scored on its first two drives, but Western (2-0, 2-0 MIAA) put the ball in the end zone on its third possession as Skyler Windmiller hooked up with Terry Jackson for a 34-yard score through the air. The first quarter ended as the Griffons were driving deep in Southern territory and Windmiller rushed for six yards and a score to make the score 14-0 just after the start of the second quarter.

The Lions got on the board after the defense forced its first fumble. Kendall Short rushed for no gain and Plafcan forced a fumble that Smith picked up and returned eight yards to the Western four-yard line. The drive stalled, but Brock Renken hit the first of his two field goals in the night, this one a 22-yarder that made the score 14-3.

The Griffons got a 43-yard touchdown run from Josh Caldwell to make the score 21-3 with 8:05 left in the second quarter and another 22-yard field goal from Renken with 2:13 left in the quarter made the score 21-6.

The Lions again made something happen as on the ensuing kickoff, Romel Hill forced a fumble that was recovered by Brandon Martin at the Western 19-yard line. Renken attempt-ed his third field goal of the half, this time a 31-yarder, but this one was blocked, giving the Griffons the bacll back on their own 15-yard line. Western wasted little time as Windmiller hit Brock Broughton for a 55-yard touchdown pass to give the Griffons a 28-6 lead at the half.

The Lions got two more points as Demontra McNealy blocked a punt by the Griffons out of the end zone for a safety to make the score 28-6. Windmiller added his second rushing touchdown of the night to make the score 34-8 at the end of the third.

The Griffons added another touchdown before southern scored on a 65-yard touchdown pass from Scott to Davis to make the score 41-14 with 10:09 left in the fourth. Western added a field goal and a touchdown run late for the final tallies.

Game 2 - Missouri Western 51, @ Lions 14 - September 10, 2016Box Score (Final)

Missouri Southern FootballMissouri Western vs Missouri Southern (Sep 10, 2016 at Joplin, Mo.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalMissouri Western 7 21 6 17 51Missouri Southern 0 6 2 6 14

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 06:55 MWSU - Jackson,Terry 34 yd pass from Windmiller,S. (Basch,Tyler kick), 5-65 1:212nd 14:55 MWSU - Windmiller,S. 6 yd run (Basch,Tyler kick), 11-79 6:06

10:53 MSSU - Renken,Brock 22 yd field goal, 4-1 0:5508:05 MWSU - Caldwell,Josh 43 yd run (Basch,Tyler kick), 7-76 2:4602:13 MSSU - Renken,Brock 22 yd field goal, 16-66 6:0200:12 MWSU - Broughton,B. 55 yd pass from Windmiller,S. (Basch,Tyler kick), 3-85 0:41

3rd 11:36 MSSU - TEAM safety06:49 MWSU - Windmiller,S. 12 yd run (Windmiller,S. pass failed), 9-84 3:50

4th 11:16 MWSU - Bertini,Corey 12 yd run (Galey,Sean kick), 4-29 1:1410:09 MSSU - Davis,Jocqui 65 yd pass from Scott,Brayden (Scott,Brayden pass failed), 3-82 1:0006:26 MWSU - Galey,Sean 41 yd field goal, 6-35 3:3203:32 MWSU - Gray,Derek 6 yd run (Galey,Sean kick), 5-23 2:46

MWSU MSSUFIRST DOWNS 31 14RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 51-262 31-30PASSING YDS (NET) 263 254Passes Att-Comp-Int 20-17-1 37-24-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 71-525 68-284Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-8Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-16Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-81 10-183Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0Punts (Number-Avg) 2-15.5 6-37.3Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1Penalties-Yards 5-35 6-54Possession Time 33:03 26:57Third-Down Conversions 4 of 8 1 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 3Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 2-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-8 0-0

RUSHING: Missouri Western-Caldwell,Josh 12-92; Short,Kendall 16-77; Windmiller,S. 10-47; Gray,Derek6-21; Broughton,B. 2-14; Bertini,Corey 3-12; McIntosh,Ian 1-1; Powell,Mike 1-minus 2. MissouriSouthern-Hadley,Jay 9-28; Chafin,Devin 6-14; Bell,Ja'Kori 3-14; TEAM 1-minus 2; Broce,Stetson1-minus 7; Fleeton,TJ 4-minus 7; Scott,Brayden 7-minus 10.

PASSING: Missouri Western-Windmiller,S. 15-18-1-229; Bertini,Corey 2-2-0-34. MissouriSouthern-Scott,Brayden 15-24-0-159; Fleeton,TJ 9-13-0-95.

RECEIVING: Missouri Western-Bolton,Patrick 4-46; Wrice,Tyler 3-23; Ussery,Dijuan 3-20; Broughton,B.2-83; Jackson,Terry 1-34; Duane,Dalton 1-30; Nelson,Xavier 1-13; Vandenberg,B. 1-11; Caldwell,Josh1-3. Missouri Southern-Lathrop.Scott 8-54; Davis,Jocqui 4-90; Morrison,Jordan 3-52; Chafin,Devin2-14; Bennett,Josiah 2-12; Crawford,T 2-3; Martin,Brandon 1-17; McNealy,D 1-11; Hadley,Jay 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: Missouri Western-None. Missouri Southern-Green,Ricky 1-0.

FUMBLES: Missouri Western-Short,Kendall 1-1; Ussery,Dijuan 1-1. Missouri Southern-Scott,Brayden 1-1.

Missouri Western (2-0,2-0) vs. Missouri Southern (0-2,0-2)Date: Sep 10, 2016 • Site: Joplin, Mo. • Stadium: Hughes StadiumAttendance: 4274

Kickoff time: 6 pm • End of Game: 8:45 • Total elapsed time: 2:45Officials: Referee: Dwight Neibling; Umpire: Eric Cooper; Linesman: Jake Weatherfor;Line judge: Jeff Kopecky; Back judge: Brian Reeves; Field judge: Brandon Friesen;Side judge: Austin Hills; Center judge: Blake Berke;Temperature: • Wind: • Weather:

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Emporia, Kan. -- The Missouri Southern football team fell behind early and lost 49-21 at Emporia State today in MIAA football action.

Southern (0-3, 0-3 MIAA) threw for 289 passing yards and rushed for 162 in the game. TJ Fleeton threw for 289 yards on 26-43 with a pair of touchdown passes. Jordan Morrison caught five passes for 87 yards, while Jocqui Davis caught five passes for 62 yards. Terrell Crawford had four catches for 37 yards and a score, while Ben Evans had the Lions' other receiving touchdown.

Fleeton rushed for 98 yards, while Josh Hadley had 44 yards on 14 carries. Ja'Kori Bell added a late touchdown run.

The Lions outscored the Hornets in the second half, limiting the Hornets to just 156 yards in the second half.

Defensively, the Lions were led by Akel Beard with eight tackles, all solo, including a tackle for a loss of one yard. Jeremiah Shelley had six stops, all solo, while Idrissa Simpson had five tackles. Stephan Randall had a sack for a loss of four yards and Patrick Cheek had a tackle for a loss of four yards, as well.

Emporia (2-1, 2-1 MIAA) threw for 334 and rushed for 145 yards in the game. The Hornets scored their first two touchdowns within 39 seconds of each other in

the first quarter and went up 28-0 near the end of the first quarter. Fleeton got the Lions on the board when he hit Crawford for a 13-yard touchdown

pass with 12:15 left in the second quarter, as the Lions trailed 28-7. Emporia scored two more touchdowns before the half ended, a five-yard rushing

score from Landon Nault and a two-yard rushing touchdown from Antonio Brown, to make the score 42-7 at the break.

The Hornets scored at the 10:10 mark of the third quarter to go up 49-7 after another rushing score from Nault.

Southern added two second half touchdowns, the first on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Fleeton to Evans, while Bell picked up a two-yard rushing score early in the fourth quarter.

Southern won the time of possession battle, holding on to the ball for 32:18 to the Hornets' 27:42. The Lions trailed by just 28 yards in total offense as Southern racked up 451 yards on 88 plays, while ESU had 479 on 78 plays. The Lions didn't have an issue moving the ball, averaging 5.13 yards per play in the game.

Game 3 - @ Emporia State 49, Lions 21 - September 17, 2016 Box Score (Final)Missouri Southern Football

Missouri Southern vs Emporia State (Sep 17, 2016 at Emporia, Kan.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalMissouri Southern 0 7 7 7 21Emporia State 28 14 7 0 49

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 11:43 ESU - Foote,Mitchell 14 yd pass from Marstall,Braxto (Morton,Austin kick), 4-48 1:12

11:04 ESU - Williams,Morris 13 yd run (Morton,Austin kick), 2-16 0:2706:32 ESU - Foote,Mitchell 14 yd pass from Marstall,Braxto (Morton,Austin kick), 9-69 3:0100:48 ESU - Brown,Justin 4 yd pass from Marstall,Braxto (Morton,Austin kick), 6-51 2:10

2nd 12:15 MSSU - Crawford,T 13 yd pass from Fleeton,TJ (Renken,Brock kick), 10-75 3:3308:30 ESU - Nault,Landon 5 yd run (Morton,Austin kick), 10-75 3:4501:00 ESU - Brown,Antonio 2 yd run (Morton,Austin kick), 14-89 4:11

3rd 10:10 ESU - Nault,Landon 1 yd run (Morton,Austin kick), 3-34 0:4606:58 MSSU - Evans,Ben 15 yd pass from Fleeton,TJ (Renken,Brock kick), 9-78 3:08

4th 12:34 MSSU - Bell,Ja'Kori 2 yd run (Renken,Brock kick), 13-51 4:29

MSSU ESUFIRST DOWNS 24 29RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 45-162 37-145PASSING YDS (NET) 289 334Passes Att-Comp-Int 43-26-3 41-31-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 88-451 78-479Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-7 4-36Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-108 2-32Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 3-1Punts (Number-Avg) 5-41.2 4-34.2Fumbles-Lost 4-1 2-1Penalties-Yards 10-98 5-50Possession Time 32:18 27:42Third-Down Conversions 8 of 19 4 of 11Fourth-Down Conversions 4 of 6 2 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 7-7Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 2-3

RUSHING: Missouri Southern-Fleeton,TJ 15-98; Hadley,Josh 14-44; Bell,Ja'Kori 10-15; Chafin,Devin5-7; Lathrop.Scott 1-minus 2. Emporia State-Nault,Landon 12-75; Brown,Antonio 7-38; Marstall,Braxto6-26; Strong,Denzel 6-25; Williams,Morris 1-13; Lowe,Jaylen 3-0; TEAM 2-minus 32.

PASSING: Missouri Southern-Fleeton,TJ 26-43-3-289. Emporia State-Marstall,Braxto 26-33-0-279;Lowe,Jaylen 5-8-0-55.

RECEIVING: Missouri Southern-Morrison,Jordan 5-87; Davis,Jocqui 5-62; Crawford,T 4-37; Lathrop.Scott4-15; Hadley,Josh 3-15; Bennett,Josiah 2-41; Evans,Ben 1-15; McNealy,D 1-12; Bell,Ja'Kori 1-5.Emporia State-Williams,Morris 6-69; Reed,Jordan 5-60; Foote,Mitchell 5-56; Lowe,Jaylen 4-38;Brown,Justin 3-32; Dailey,Louis 3-20; Proffitt,Carson 2-34; Richards,Reese 2-22; Jackson,Jordan 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS: Missouri Southern-None. Emporia State-Mathis,MJ 1-1; Dickerson,Tre 1-0; Schankie,Kole1-0.

FUMBLES: Missouri Southern-Fleeton,TJ 2-0; Chafin,Devin 1-1; Lathrop.Scott 1-0. EmporiaState-Strong,Denzel 1-1; TEAM 1-0.

Missouri Southern (0-3,0-3) vs. Emporia State (2-1,2-1)Date: Sep 17, 2016 • Site: Emporia, Kan. • Stadium: Jones Fld/Welch StadAttendance: 5304

Kickoff time: 2:00 pm • End of Game: 4:57 pm • Total elapsed time: 2:57Officials: Referee: John Adams; Umpire: Reese Prather; Linesman: Alan Makovicka;Line judge: Rick Sabath; Back judge: Jerry Proffitt; Field judge: Martin Schmidt;Side judge: Nick Marshall; Center judge: Rick Ruhmann;Temperature: 77 • Wind: WNW 5mph • Weather: Sunny

Joplin, Mo. -- The Missouri Southern football team got out on top 13-0 on two of its first three drives and hung tough with number one ranked Northwest Missouri, but the Bearcats were too much for the Lions as Northwest won 45-21 tonight at Fred G. Hughes Stadium inside the Robert W. Plaster Sports Complex.

Southern (0-4, 0-4 MIAA) put up 263 yards of total offense, including 172 passing and 91 rushing. The Bearcats (4-0, 4-0 MIAA) came into the game averaging giving up 189.7 yards of total offense, 129 of passing and 61 rushing as the Lions topped those averages in all three categories.

The Lions punted on their first drive, but forced a three-and-out from Northwest on its first possession. TJ Fleeton made the Bearcats pay as he led a nine-play, 68 yard scoring drive that culminated in a 34 yard rushing touchdown from Fleeton to put the Lions up 7-0 early on.

After another three-and-out from Northwest, Fleeton hooked up with Josh Hadley as Hadley broke loose and scrapped a couple tacklers to go to the house for a 62-yard touchdown catch. The point after was blocked, but Southern led 13-0 with 3:49 left in the first quarter.

The second quarter, however, was all Northwest. The Bearcats scored 28 points in the quarter on touchdown runs from Phil Jackson and Cameron Wilcox and touchdown passes from Kyle Zimmerman to jordan Biship and Jordan Grove.

Northwest led 28-13 at the half.

The Bearcats got another score to start the third as Jackson capped a 10-play, 86-yard drive to start the half to put Northwest up 35-13.

Brayden Scott hit freshman Josiah Bennett for a 72-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead to 14 at 35-21 after Scott hit Jordan Morrison for the two-point conversion with 53 seconds left in the third.

Northwest added a 41-yard field goal from Simon Mathiesen and a touchdown run from Wilcox to close out the scoring.

Scott went 3-9 passing for 107 yards and a touchdown, while Fleeton was 2-10 for 65 yards and a touchdown. Fleeton also added a rushing touchdown of his own. Bennett caught one pass for 72 yards and a score, while Hadley had one catch for 62 yards.

Defensively, Justin Legier had 13 tackles, a breakup and a tackle for a loss. Patrick Cheek, Idrissa Simpson and Chris Goss III had nine stops, while Jeremiah Shelley and Keith Beverly had eight tackles each.

Game 4 - #1 NW. Missouri 45, Lions 21 - September 27, 2016 Box Score (Final)Missouri Southern Football

#1 Northwest Missouri vs Missouri Southern (Sep 24, 2016 at Joplin, Mo.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalNorthwest Missouri 0 28 7 10 45Missouri Southern 13 0 8 0 21

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 06:46 MSSU - Fleeton,TJ 34 yd run (Renken,Brock kick), 9-68 4:17

03:49 MSSU - Hadley,Josh 62 yd pass from Fleeton,TJ (Renken,Brock kick blockd), 3-60 0:552nd 14:55 NWMSU - Jackson,Phil 19 yd run (Mathiesen,Simon kick), 10-73 3:50

11:15 NWMSU - Wilcox,Cameron 1 yd run (Mathiesen,Simon kick), 7-40 2:0507:09 NWMSU - Bishop,Jordan 42 yd pass from Zimmerman,Kyle (Mathiesen,Simon kick), 6-81 2:4303:35 NWMSU - Grove,Jordan 3 yd pass from Zimmerman,Kyle (Mathiesen,Simon kick), 5-65 2:11

3rd 10:49 NWMSU - Jackson,Phil 4 yd run (Mathiesen,Simon kick), 10-86 4:0600:53 MSSU - Bennett,Josiah 72 yd pass from Scott,Brayden (Morrison,Jordan pass from Scott,Brayden), 2-

4th 11:24 NWMSU - Mathiesen,Simon 41 yd field goal, 9-51 4:2905:43 NWMSU - Wilcox,Cameron 2 yd run (Mathiesen,Simon kick), 8-66 3:35

NWMSU MSSUFIRST DOWNS 33 12RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 47-314 38-91PASSING YDS (NET) 258 172Passes Att-Comp-Int 35-27-0 19-5-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 82-572 57-263Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-19 2-18Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-44 3-52Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 3-40.3 8-36.2Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 6-50 3-28Possession Time 35:26 24:34Third-Down Conversions 9 of 15 5 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 0-0Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-20 0-0

RUSHING: Northwest Missouri-Wilcox,Cameron 16-104; Jackson,Phil 13-91; Zimmerman,Kyle 5-36;Schmidt,Randy 4-35; Jones,Emanuel 4-30; Grove,Jordan 2-17; Baker,Jonathan 1-9; TEAM 2-minus 8.Missouri Southern-Hadley,Josh 11-36; Chafin,Devin 7-18; Bell,Ja'Kori 8-18; Fleeton,TJ 8-12;Scott,Brayden 4-7.

PASSING: Northwest Missouri-Zimmerman,Kyle 27-35-0-258. Missouri Southern-Fleeton,TJ 2-10-0-65;Scott,Brayden 3-9-0-107.

RECEIVING: Northwest Missouri-Bishop,Jordan 4-59; Sehl,George 4-36; Grove,Jordan 4-16;Washington,Dre 3-45; Bane,Shawn 3-34; Williams,Shane 2-26; Foster,Shacorey 2-minus 4; Schmidt,Randy1-19; Wilson,Clayton 1-13; Wilcox,Cameron 1-6; Jackson,Phil 1-5; Schieber,TJ 1-3. MissouriSouthern-Lathrop.Scott 2-12; Bennett,Josiah 1-72; Hadley,Josh 1-62; Davis,Jocqui 1-26.

INTERCEPTIONS: Northwest Missouri-None. Missouri Southern-None.

FUMBLES: Northwest Missouri-None. Missouri Southern-Fleeton,TJ 1-0.

Northwest Missouri (4-0,4-0) vs. Missouri Southern (0-4,0-4)Date: Sep 24, 2016 • Site: Joplin, Mo. • Stadium: Hughes StadiumAttendance: 5267

Kickoff time: 6 pm • End of Game: 8:58 pm • Total elapsed time: 2:58Officials: Referee: Danny Harris; Umpire: BJ Moore; Linesman: Dusty Hutchinso;Line judge: Joe Kroeger; Back judge: Tony Brown; Field judge: Robert Spychals;Side judge: TL Price; Center judge: Garrett James;Temperature: 85 • Wind: SE 8 • Weather: Partly Cloudy

Missouri Southern Football Game Notes (10/29/16) 9

Kearney, Neb. -- Josiah Bennett caught five passes for 159 yards and a touchdown, while the Lions defense forced two big turnovers as the Missouri Southern football team won 24-14 today at Nebraska-Kearney.

Southern (1-4, 1-4 MIAA) was led by Bennett's huge performance. The true freshman caught five passes for 159 yards, a 31.8 yard per catch average, and a long of 56, while adding a receiving touchdown. TJ Fleeton threw 16-33 for 195 yards and two scores, while Anthony Cannon caught one pass for 23 yards and a score.

Fleeton also added a rushing touchdown, while Devin Chafin led the Lions with 11 car-ries for 33 yards. Braydon Scott went 3-4 passing for 60 yards, including a long of 52 yards.

It is the third win in a row over the Lopers (0-5, 0-5 MIAA) in the series. UNK quarter-back Steve Worthing went 25-48 with two touchdowns and an interception, throwing for 213 yards. Lucas Quinn rushed for 117 yards on 30 carries.

Defensively, the Lions were led by Patrick Cheek and Justin Legier as the pair had 12 tackles each. Legier added a forced fumble and a fumble recovery for 28 yards. Romel Hill and Akel Beard had seven stops each, while Ricky Green had six tackles and a blocked field goal. Xavier Marsden had an interception return for 11 yards in the game.

Southern was forced to punt on its first possession, but the Lions' defense held strong as Marsden would end the UNK drive on its first possession with an interception, giving the Lions the ball at their own 28 yard line.

Neither team scored on their next possession, but the Lions got a touchdown pass from Fleeton to Cannon for 23 yards to go up 7-0 with 4:42 left in the first.

After a huge punt return from Scott Lathrop (41 yards to the UNK 19) the Lions made the score 13-0 on a one-yard rush from Fleeton. The initial point after was no good, but an offsides call gave the Lions another chance. This time, Lathrop pulled in a high snap and Brock Renken kicked it home to make the score 14-0 with 2:07 left in the first.

The Lopers got their first touchdown, a four-yard pass and score from Worthing to Malcom Moore to cut the lead to 14-7 with 4:46 left in the quarter and that's how the half would end.

Legier helped make a turnover count as he ripped the ball from a Lopers receiver giving the Lions the ball with 5:26 left in the third. He forced the turnover on the Southern 41, but returned it 28 yards to the UNK 31. That play set up a 20-yard field goal from Renken to make the score 17-7 with 2:40 left in the third.

Southern went up 24-7 after a 56-yard touchdown strike from Fleeton to Bennett, his second of the game of more than 50 yards, with 5:48 left in the fourth.

UNK added a late score, a pass from Worthing to Blake Holtmeier for ten yards to make the score 24-14, but the Lions' defense would keep it at that for the final tally.

Southern used the big play and key turnovers to win the game. Stetson Broce had a big game punting, averaging 42.1 yards per punt, with two inside the 20, one of over 50 and two touchdbacks.

Game 5 - Lions 24, @ Nebraska-Kearney 14 - October 1, 2016Box Score (Final)

2016 Missouri Southern FootballMissouri Southern vs Nebraska-Kearney (Oct 1, 2016 at Kearney, NE)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalMissouri Southern 14 0 3 7 24Nebraska-Kearney 0 7 0 7 14

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 04:42 MSSU - Cannon,Anthony 23 yd pass from Fleeton,TJ (Renken,Brock kick), 9-75 2:39

02:07 MSSU - Fleeton,TJ 1 yd run (Renken,Brock kick), 4-34 1:042nd 04:46 UNK - Moore,Malcolm 4 yd pass from Worthing,Steve (Wentling,Bren. kick), 18-80 8:523rd 02:40 MSSU - Renken,Brock 20 yd field goal, 9-28 2:464th 05:48 MSSU - Bennett,Josiah 56 yd pass from Fleeton,TJ (Renken,Brock kick), 7-80 3:01

03:32 UNK - Holtmeier,Blake 10 yd pass from Worthing,Steve (Wentling,Bren. kick), 12-70 2:11

MSSU UNKFIRST DOWNS 14 30RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 30-44 46-212PASSING YDS (NET) 255 213Passes Att-Comp-Int 37-19-0 48-25-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 67-299 94-425Fumble Returns-Yards 1-28 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-51 3-3Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-15 4-77Interception Returns-Yards 1-11 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 8-42.1 6-34.2Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1Penalties-Yards 7-85 8-73Possession Time 23:50 36:10Third-Down Conversions 7 of 18 7 of 20Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 3 of 4Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 2-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0

RUSHING: Missouri Southern-Chafin,Devin 11-33; Hadley,Josh 5-12; Fleeton,TJ 6-7; Scott,Brayden 3-6;Bell,Ja'Kori 1-minus 2; TEAM 4-minus 12. Nebraska-Kearney-Quinn,Luke 30-117; Worthing,Steve 10-71;Foley,Preston 6-24.

PASSING: Missouri Southern-Fleeton,TJ 16-33-0-195; Scott,Brayden 3-4-0-60.Nebraska-Kearney-Worthing,Steve 25-48-1-213.

RECEIVING: Missouri Southern-Bennett,Josiah 5-159; Lathrop.Scott 4-27; Hadley,Josh 3-10;Morrison,Jordan 2-18; Davis,Jocqui 2-12; Cannon,Anthony 1-23; Chafin,Devin 1-9; Crawford,T 1-minus3. Nebraska-Kearney-Moore,Malcolm 8-86; Holtmeier,Blake 8-72; Quinn,Luke 5-17; Navarrette,J. 2-13;Moore,Barry 1-14; Daniels,Austan 1-11.

INTERCEPTIONS: Missouri Southern-Marsden,Xavier 1-11. Nebraska-Kearney-None.

FUMBLES: Missouri Southern-Scott,Brayden 1-1. Nebraska-Kearney-Navarrette,J. 1-1.

Missouri Southern (1-4,1-4) vs. Nebraska-Kearney (0-5,0-5)Date: Oct 1, 2016 • Site: Kearney, NE • Stadium: Ron & Carol CopeAttendance: 2005

Kickoff time: 2:00 pm • End of Game: 5:08 • Total elapsed time: 3:10Officials: Referee: John Steiger; Umpire: Troy Hofstetter; Linesman: John Livingston;Line judge: Rick Sabath; Back judge: Isaiah Bragg; Field judge: Brian Willey;Side judge: Jake Wolfe; Center judge: Darewin Clardy;Temperature: • Wind: • Weather:

Joplin, Mo. -- After what was a defensive struggle in the first half, visiting Washburn found its offense and the Ichabods defeating the Missouri Southern football team 45-13 today inside of Fred G. Hughes Stadium on the Lions' Homecoming.

Southern (1-5, 1-5 MIAA) was led offensively by Jocqui Davis as the senior had 11 catches on the day for 90 yards and a touchdown. The 11 catches are just two off of the school record set by Rod Smith. Jordan Morrison caught three passes for 56 yards, while Anthony Cannon had one catch for 34 yards. TJ Fleeton went 20-33 for 220 yards and a touchdown, but was plagued by four interceptions. Fleeton also had a rushing score. Ja'Kori Bell had nine rushes for 46 yards.

Washburn (4-2, 4-2 MIAA) had two defensive touchdowns on the day. Wesley Collins rushed for 122 yards and two scores.

Defensively Trevor Plafcan led the Lions with 12 tackles. Patrick Cheek finished with 11 stops and a sack, while Justin Legier, Keith Beverly and Travelle Smith had seven stops each. Jeremiah Shelley had the Lions' other sack of the day. The Lions' defense had seven pass break ups and five quarterback hurries.

Washburn socred on its opening drive as Perry Schmeideler hit a 28-yard field goal to go up 3-0 early on. Neither team scored for the rest of the half until the Ichabods' picked off Brayden Scott and ran it back 47 yards to put Washburn up 10-0 with 49 seconds left on the clock.

The Lions got a 39-yard return from Terrell Crawford on the ensuing kickoff to their own 41-yard line and Southern worked down inside the Ichabod' 30-yard line before Fleeton's pass was intercepted as time expired in the half.

Washburn scored on back-to-back possessions in the third, the first on an 8-yard rush from Collins to make the score 17-0, and then another from Collins, this time a four-yard score to go up 24-0 at the end of three.

Southern scored twice to open up the fourth. Fleeton capped off a 10-play, 66-yard score with a three yard rush with 12:30 left on the clock. The Lions tried for two, but the conver-sion failed. After a 22-yard return from Scott Lathrop put the Lions at the Washburn 28-yard line, Fleeton hit Davis for a 12-yard score on Southern's next possession to make the score 24-13.

The Ichabods added three more scores in the fourth, a two-yard run from Mickeel Stewart, a 60-yard fumble return from Cody Heiman and then a five-yard run from Keny Harris, Jr.

Game 6 - Washburn - 45 @ Lions 13 - October 8, 2016Box Score (Final)

2016 Missouri Southern FootballWashburn vs Missouri Southern (Oct 08, 2016 at Joplin, Mo.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalWashburn 3 7 14 21 45Missouri Southern 0 0 0 13 13

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 11:41 WU - Schmiedeler,Per 28 yd field goal, 9-59 3:192nd 00:49 WU - Tucker,Heath 47 yd interception return (Schmiedeler,Per kick)3rd 03:39 WU - Collins,Wesley 8 yd run (Schmiedeler,Per kick), 12-94 3:11

00:30 WU - Collins,Wesley 4 yd run (Schmiedeler,Per kick), 3-49 0:554th 12:30 MSSU - Fleeton,TJ 3 yd run (Fleeton,TJ pass failed), 10-66 2:54

08:56 MSSU - Davis,Jocqui 12 yd pass from Fleeton,TJ (Renken,Brock kick), 4-28 1:2507:08 WU - Stewart,Mickeel 2 yd run (Schmiedeler,Per kick), 6-75 1:4806:06 WU - Heiman,Cody 60 yd fumble recovery (Schmiedeler,Per kick)03:13 WU - Harris,Jr.,Keny 5 yd run (Schmiedeler,Per kick), 5-48 1:54

WU MSSUFIRST DOWNS 26 20RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 50-281 33-100PASSING YDS (NET) 213 238Passes Att-Comp-Int 25-12-0 39-23-6TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 75-494 72-338Fumble Returns-Yards 1-60 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 3-13 3-43Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-39 7-200Interception Returns-Yards 6-62 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 6-48.0 5-35.0Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1Penalties-Yards 14-135 8-57Possession Time 30:42 29:18Third-Down Conversions 8 of 16 4 of 12Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-6 2-5Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-7 1-14

RUSHING: Washburn-Collins,Wesley 15-122; Stewart,Mickeel 21-108; Harris,Jr.,Keny 6-34;Whitten,Curtis 4-13; Willis,Zach 1-7; McGinnis,Derek 3-minus 3. Missouri Southern-Bell,Ja'Kori 9-46;Hadley,Josh 3-22; Fleeton,TJ 14-19; Chafin,Devin 5-10; Scott,Brayden 2-3.

PASSING: Washburn-McGinnis,Derek 12-25-0-213. Missouri Southern-Fleeton,TJ 20-33-4-220;Scott,Brayden 3-6-2-18.

RECEIVING: Washburn-Chavis,Bryce 3-57; Horner,Jake 3-50; Brania-Hopp,Ja. 1-51; Johnson,Semaj 1-33;Williams,Jace 1-16; Hamilton,Will 1-6; Stewart,Mickeel 1-4; Daniels,Anthony 1-minus 4. MissouriSouthern-Davis,Jocqui 11-90; Lathrop.Scott 4-14; Morrison,Jordan 3-56; Cannon,Anthony 1-34;Crawford,T 1-15; Chafin,Devin 1-13; Bennett,Josiah 1-11; Hadley,Josh 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Washburn-Wiens,Trevin 2-4; Ballentine,Core 2-2; Tucker,Heath 1-47; Cofield,Keaton1-9. Missouri Southern-None.

FUMBLES: Washburn-Harris,Jr.,Keny 1-1. Missouri Southern-Fleeton,TJ 1-1.

Washburn (4-2,4-2) vs. Missouri Southern (1-5,1-5)Date: Oct 08, 2016 • Site: Joplin, Mo. • Stadium: Hughes StadiumAttendance: 5674

Kickoff time: 3 pm • End of Game: 6:09 • Total elapsed time: 3:09Officials: Referee: Dwight Neibling; Umpire: Eric Cooper; Linesman: Jacob Weatherfo;Line judge: Jeff Kopecky; Back judge: Brian Reeves; Field judge: Brandon Friesen;Side judge: Austin Hillis; Center judge: Blake Berke;Temperature: 71 F • Wind: E 4MPH • Weather: Clear

Missouri Southern Football Game Notes (10/29/16) 10

Joplin, Mo. -- The Missouri Southern football team answered visiting Central Missouri's first scoring drive with one of its own, but the Mules scored right away and didn't let up in a 56-7 win over the Lions tonight inside Fred G. Hughes Stadium.

Southern (1-6, 1-6 MIAA) was led by Scott Lathrop as he caught 12 passes, one off the MSSU single-game record, for 101 yards. Jordan Morrison had five catches for 46 yards and a touchdown. TJ Fleeton went 17-30 for 134 yards and a touchdown, while Brayden Scott went 9-17. Josh Hadley had 31 yards on the ground to lead the rushing attach.

Defensively, Alexander Wade led the Lions with eight tackles, including six solo. Xavier Marsten had seven tackles, including two for a loss and two quarterback hurries, while Justin Legier had seven stops of his own. Ricky Green had five tackles, an interception return fro 58 yards and two pass breakups in the game. Kendrick Johnson had a quarterback sack for a loss of five yards.

The Mules (5-2, 5-2 MIAA) fot a 22-36 performance and 275 yards with four touchdowns from Garrett Fugate.

Central went down the field and completed an 11 play, 79 yard drive in 3:47 to go up 7-0 after a five-yard rushing score from Marquel McNac.

The Lions answered right back and an eight play, 75-yard drive in 3:03 tied the score at seven when Fleeton hit Morrison for a two-yard score on the next possession. Southern got six complete passes from Fleeton to three different receivers in the drive.

Central scored 49 unanswered points to finish off the game.

The Lions had 259 yards of total offense in the game, 191 passing. Lathrop's 12 catches was one off of Rod Smith's school record set back in 1993. Lathrop is the fifth Lion to catch at least 12 passes in a single game, joining Colin Bado, Landon Zerkel and Dave Evans. Bado did it three times.

Game 7 - Central Missouri 56, @ Lions 7 - October 15, 2016Box Score (Final)

2016 Missouri Southern FootballCentral Missouri vs Missouri Southern (Oct 15, 2016 at Joplin, Mo.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalCentral Missouri 14 28 7 7 56Missouri Southern 7 0 0 0 7

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 09:01 UCM - McNac,Marquel 5 yd run (Greco,Billy kick), 11-79 3:47

06:09 MSSU - Morrison,Jordan 2 yd pass from Fleeton,TJ (Renken,Brock kick), 8-75 2:5204:23 UCM - Echols,Kyle 12 yd pass from Fugate,Garrett (Greco,Billy kick), 8-54 1:35

2nd 12:33 UCM - Thomas,Wesley 6 yd pass from Fugate,Garrett (Greco,Billy kick), 8-76 2:1208:33 UCM - Strong,Alex 5 yd pass from Fugate,Garrett (Greco,Billy kick), 9-72 3:0304:25 UCM - Echols,Kyle 21 yd pass from Fugate,Garrett (Greco,Billy kick), 7-57 2:1901:10 UCM - Fugate,Garrett 3 yd run (Greco,Billy kick), 10-80 1:35

3rd 02:57 UCM - Siglar,Jovante 26 yd pass from Bolles,Brook (Greco,Billy kick), 7-40 2:514th 01:15 UCM - McIntosh,Kadeem 4 yd run (Greco,Billy kick), 11-99 7:31

UCM MSSUFIRST DOWNS 35 16RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 52-364 18-68PASSING YDS (NET) 308 191Passes Att-Comp-Int 41-24-1 48-26-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 93-672 66-259Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-6 1-5Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-29 6-31Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-58Punts (Number-Avg) 2-33.5 7-42.0Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0Penalties-Yards 9-59 8-70Possession Time 33:57 26:03Third-Down Conversions 11 of 16 3 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 3 0 of 3Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 1-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-8 0-0

RUSHING: Central Missouri-Fugate,Garrett 9-95; McIntosh,Kadeem 10-66; Vandiver,Gabe 14-65;Bolles,Brook 6-62; Ford,Steven 7-39; McNac,Marquel 6-37. Missouri Southern-Hadley,Josh 8-31;Fleeton,TJ 5-20; Bell,Ja'Kori 2-14; McNealy,D 1-3; Chafin,Devin 2-0.

PASSING: Central Missouri-Fugate,Garrett 22-36-1-273; Bolles,Brook 2-5-0-35. MissouriSouthern-Fleeton,TJ 17-30-1-134; Scott,Brayden 9-17-0-57; Cannon,Anthony 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Central Missouri-Thomas,Wesley 5-57; Strong,Alex 5-38; Zachery,Jaylen 3-58; Echols,Kyle3-41; Jones,Tyler 2-32; Vandiver,Gabe 2-20; Siglar,Jovante 1-26; Nugent,Tyler 1-23; Ford,Steven 1-9;McNac,Marquel 1-4. Missouri Southern-Lathrop,Scott 12-101; Morrison,Jordan 5-46; Davis,Jocqui 3-5;Crawford,T 2-15; Bell,Ja'Kori 1-12; Hadley,Josh 1-5; Martin,Brandon 1-4; Chafin,Devin 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS: Central Missouri-Albertson,Dylan 1-0. Missouri Southern-Green,Ricky 1-58.

FUMBLES: Central Missouri-Bolles,Brook 1-1. Missouri Southern-Bell,Ja'Kori 1-0.

Central Missouri (5-2,5-2) vs. Missouri Southern (1-6,1-6)Date: Oct 15, 2016 • Site: Joplin, Mo. • Stadium: Hughes StadiumAttendance: 2526

Kickoff time: 6 pm • End of Game: 8:52 pm • Total elapsed time: 2:52Officials: Referee: Craig Helser; Umpire: Manu Preston; Linesman: Bob Pritchett;Line judge: David Burge; Back judge: Kellen Adams; Field judge: Scott Hardin;Side judge: Gavin Martin; Center judge: Vijay Madduri;Temperature: 77 F • Wind: S 14 MPH • Weather: Partly Cloudy

Edmond, Okla. -- Sophomore quarterback Brayden Scott was responsible for five total touchdowns, but the Missouri Southern football team fell 63-21 today at Central Oklahoma.

Southern (1-7, 1-7 MIAA) got a career-day from Scott as he went 20-32 with four touchdowns and 287 yards. He also rushed for 32 yards with a score. Scott becomes the first Lions quarterback to throw four touchdowns in a game since Collin Howard against Southwest Baptist in 2011.

Jocqui Davis caught six passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns, while Anthony Cannon had four receptions for 87 yards and a score. Josiah Bennett had a touchdown reception and Scott Lathrop had nine catches for 56 yards. Josh Hadley had a rushing touchdown of his own with six carries for 25 yards.

Defensively Justin Legier led the team with ten tackles, five solo. Chris Goss III had seven stops, while Alexander Wade and Akel Beard had six tackles each.

The Lions went down 28-0 early, before Scott hooked up with Anthony Cannon on a 24-yard pass to end a 12-play, 87-yard drive to make the score 28-7 with 4:14 left in the second quarter.

UCO (2-6, 2-6 MIAA) answered back with another score to make it 35-7 with 57 sec-onds to go. The Lions, however, would not be denied and on the ensuing kickoff Terrell Crawford ran it back 52 yards, giving the Lions the ball on the UCO 36-yard line with 47 seconds left to go. Scott hit Jordan Morrison for a 22 yard catch and then hit Davis with a seven yard catch, putting the ball at the UCO seven-yard line with 11 seconds. A timeout from the Lions stopped the clock at seven seconds.

The Lions threw two incomplete passes on their next two passes, but each time, UCO was flagged for pass interference, the second time setting the Lions up at the one-yard line with four seconds to go. Southern called a timeout and out of the timeout, Scott hit the quarterback sneek for the touchdown, to make the score 35-14 at the half.

UCO scored first after the halftime break, to go up 42-14, but the Lions answered right back with a 14-yard rush from Hadley to make the score 42-21 with 9:20 left in the third. The third would end with the same score.

Both teams scored right after each other on their next possessions, the Lions scoring on a 53-yard touchdown pass from Scott to Davis. Southern got another pass from Scott to Davis, as well as a late score from Scott to Bennett, but the Lions could not stop the Bronchos offense.

The Lions out passed UCO 316-267, but the Bronchos out gained the Lions 600-412 overall. The 42 points were the most scored by the Lions so far this season and the most since Southern scored 55 against Lindenwood-Belleville in 2013.

Game 8 - Lions @ Central Oklahoma - October 22, 2016Box Score (Final)

2016 Missouri Southern FootballMissouri Southern vs Central Oklahoma (Oct 22, 2016 at Edmond, Okla.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalMissouri Southern 0 14 7 21 42Central Oklahoma 14 21 7 21 63

Qtr Time Scoring play1st 05:07 UCO - Stallard,C. 20 yd run (Hiddink,S. kick), 11-69 5:23

01:50 UCO - McKenzie,C. 1 yd run (Hiddink,S. kick), 7-52 2:282nd 11:19 UCO - Pulley,C. 15 yd pass from Stallard,C. (Hiddink,S. kick), 10-54 4:17

07:20 UCO - Crockett,J. 5 yd pass from Eckert,T. (Hiddink,S. kick), 5-55 1:4004:14 MSSU - Cannon,Anthony 24 yd pass from Scott,Brayden (Renken,Brock kick), 12-87 3:0200:57 UCO - Stallard,C. 6 yd run (Hiddink,S. kick), 3-69 0:3200:00 MSSU - Scott,Brayden 1 yd run (Renken,Brock kick), 5-36 0:47

3rd 12:20 UCO - Stallard,C. 5 yd run (Hiddink,S. kick), 6-75 2:4009:20 MSSU - Hadley,Josh 14 yd run (Renken,Brock kick), 6-66 2:50

4th 14:57 UCO - Stallard,C. 3 yd run (Hiddink,S. kick), 10-63 4:2514:22 MSSU - Davis,Jocqui 53 yd pass from Scott,Brayden (Renken,Brock kick), 2-75 0:3510:23 UCO - McKenzie,C. 3 yd run (Hiddink,S. kick), 7-46 3:5007:57 MSSU - Davis,Jocqui 8 yd pass from Scott,Brayden (Renken,Brock kick), 6-72 2:1905:20 UCO - McKenzie,C. 33 yd run (Hiddink,S. kick), 5-67 2:3203:48 MSSU - Bennett,Josiah 12 yd pass from Scott,Brayden (Renken,Brock kick), 5-75 1:32

MSSU UCOFIRST DOWNS 26 33RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 21-96 56-333PASSING YDS (NET) 316 267Passes Att-Comp-Int 42-25-0 23-18-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 63-412 79-600Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1--3 5-36Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-111 2-51Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 5-39.6 2-30.5Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 4-38 10-92Possession Time 22:36 37:24Third-Down Conversions 5 of 12 8 of 11Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 8-8Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-7

RUSHING: Missouri Southern-Scott,Brayden 5-32; Hadley,Josh 6-25; Bell,Ja'Kori 2-22; Lathrop,Scott1-22; Fleeton,TJ 5-6; Chafin,Devin 2-minus 11. Central Oklahoma-Stallard,C. 21-136; Gandara,J.17-103; McKenzie,C. 15-94; Eckert,T. 2-1; TM 1-minus 1.

PASSING: Missouri Southern-Scott,Brayden 20-32-0-287; Fleeton,TJ 5-10-0-29. CentralOklahoma-Stallard,C. 13-18-0-138; Eckert,T. 5-5-0-129.

RECEIVING: Missouri Southern-Lathrop,Scott 9-56; Davis,Jocqui 6-95; Cannon,Anthony 4-87;Morrison,Jordan 3-34; Bennett,Josiah 2-24; Bell,Ja'Kori 1-20. Central Oklahoma-Pulley,C. 6-115;Crockett,J. 5-98; Curry,L. 2-7; McKenzie,C. 1-24; Bond,P 1-10; Williams,D. 1-9; Davidson,A. 1-3;Gandara,J. 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: Missouri Southern-None. Central Oklahoma-None.

FUMBLES: Missouri Southern-None. Central Oklahoma-None.

Missouri Southern (1-7,1-7) vs. Central Oklahoma (2-6,2-6)Date: Oct 22, 2016 • Site: Edmond, Okla. • Stadium: Wantland StadiumAttendance: 1985

Kickoff time: 2:00 pm • End of Game: 5:10 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:10Officials: Referee: Brian Moore; Umpire: Jim Losey; Linesman: John Winter;Line judge: Phil Lombardi; Back judge: Derek Mayden; Field judge: Adam Hans;Side judge: Brent Trammell; Center judge: Don Lawrence;Temperature: 79 • Wind: 14 South • Weather: Sunny, clear skies

Northeastern Stateat

Missouri Southern

Fred G. Hughes Stadium at Robert W. Plaster Sports Complex (7,000)Joplin, Mo. • October 29, 2016

Northeastern State (2-6, 2-6 MIAA)

9/1 @ Washburn* L, 38-199/8 Lindenwood* W, 35-319/17 @ Pittsburg State* L, 38-37 OT9/24 Fort Hays State* L, 34-710/1 @ Missouri Western* L, 45-1410/8 (18) Emporia State* L, 47-2710/15 @ (1) Northwest Missouri* L, 74-2910/22 Nebraska-Kearney* W, 31-2110/29 @ Missouri Southern* 2:00 p.m.11/5 Central Missouri* 2:00 p.m.11/12 @ Central Oklahoma* 3:00 p.m.* - MIAA game

Team Statistics NSU OppFirst Downs 157 192Total Offense 2969-371.1 3716-464.5Rushing 793-99.1 1684-210.5Passing 2176-272.0 2032-254.0

Individual LeadersRushing Att Net Avg TD LGC.J. Shavers 75 277 3.7 2 33D. McKinzy 74 125 1.7 1 28R. Abdul 65 201 3.1 1 24 Passing C-A-I Pct Yds TD LGD. McKinzy 127-265-10 47.9 1996 19 76B. Armstrong 10-23-1 43.5 161 2 42 Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD LGG. McKnignt 27 599 22.2 7 71M. Butler 27 336 12.4 3 42R. Eubanks 16 330 20.6 5 76

Scoring TD FG XP 2XP PtsG. McKnight 7 0 0 0 42E. Garcia 0 5 22 0 37R. Eubanks 5 0 0 0 30

Punting No Yds Avg LG i20F. Ascarrunz 48 1981 41.3 55 11

Punt Ret. No Yds Avg. TD LGG. McKnight 4 83 20.8 0 85D. Siers 6 33 5.5 0 16

Kick Ret. No Yds Avg TD LGR. Eubanks 19 456 24.0 0 54L. White 6 117 19.5 0 25

Tackles No TFL/Yds Sack FF INTS. Herd 71 2.5/6 0 0 1L. Wise 56 4.0/11 0 0 0K. Davis 48 4.5/16 1.0 0 1D. Siers 42 0/0 0 1 3

Game Officials

Referee: Sean JohnstonUmpire: Josh LarsonHead Linesman: Tom SvehlaLine Judge: Phil LombardiSide Judge: Jake WolfField Judge: Matt PowellBack Judge: Ben SchmidtCenter Judge: Kent Holm

NORTHEASTERN STATE DEFENSEDE 45 T’Nheous Smith 6-0 230 So. 98 Uchechwkwu Essang 5-11 215 R-Fr.DT 91 Rogerick Kirby 6-0 280 So. 90 Gil Niko 6-2 290 Sr.NG 99 Reuben Washington 6-1 290 Sr. 93 Justin Marshall 6-2 240 Sr.DE 89 Daltun Pierce 6-5 235 So. 96 Christian Riley 6-5 220 So.OLB 40 Kenneth Davis 6-1 230 Sr. 52 Lane Yoder 6-1 205 Fr.ILB 5 Jalen Porter 6-0 230 Jr. 25 Colby Bivins 6-0 225 So.OLB 10 La’More Wise 6-0 235 R-Jr. 43 Nathan Herring 5-10 225 Fr.CB 19 Ashton Antwine 6-0 200 Jr. 12 Jaylen Hall 6-2 205 Jr.SS 8 Steffon Herd 6-3 210 Sr. 37 Tim Howard 6-5 225 Fr.FS 24 Devon Siers 5-10 175 So. 34 Isaiah Silversmith 5-11 190 So.CB 2 Tony Newman 6-0 185 Sr. 26 La’Vonte White 6-0 175 Fr.

MISSOURI SOUTHERN OFFENSELT 75 Jarrell Jackson 6-4 285 Jr. 60 Austin Grotts 6-5 330 Fr.LG 74 Lars Lindquist 6-3 290 R-Sr. 73 Joe Brawner 6-4 240 So.C 59 Mitch Moore 6-0 262 Sr. 66 Cristian Mora 6-1 295 Sr.RG 54 Jonathan Villanueva 6-2 290 Sr. 66 Antonio Carranco 6-0 270 R-So.RT 76 Brock Whalen 6-4 290 So. 68 Jonathan Boos 6-2 315 R-So.WR 10 Jordan Morrison 6-0 203 Sr. 89 Ben Evans 6-1 195 So.WR 15 Anthony Cannon 6-3 200 Sr. 84 Donavan Carter 6-2 185 R-Fr.QB 11 Brayden Scott 6-3 215 So. 1 TJ Fleeton 6-2 215 Jr.RB 28 Devin Chafin 6-0 225 Sr. 18 Josh Hadley 5-11 203 Sr.WR 82 Jocqui Davis 6-1 185 Sr. 5 Terell Crawford 5-10 170 Sr.WR 17 Scott Lathrop 5-11 180 R-Sr. 80 Brandon Martin 5-10 170 Jr.

NORTHEASTERN STATE OFFENSEQB 1 Dimonic McKinzy 6-0 220 So. 15 Blayne Armstrong 6-3 225 So.RB 3 Ra’Kein Abdul 6-0 195 Jr. 20 C.J. Shavers 5-10 180 R-Fr.WR 18 Gary McKnight 6-1 200 Jr. 82 Rashawn Eubanks 5-10 175 R-Fr.WR 7 Matthew Butler 6-1 185 Sr. 81 Donavan Dan 6-0 205 Sr.WR 13 Zac King 6-1 185 Jr. 21 Antonio King 6-1 195 Sr.TE 88 Decoryan Holman 6-4 245 Jr. 84 Jacob Drysdale 6-3 235 So.LT 69 Jordan Baldwin 6-3 330 Sr. 66 Dakota Ritchie 6-4 275 So.LG 51 Caleb Hash 6-2 300 Fr. 74 Andrew Alvarado 6-4 315 Sr.C 62 Jason Staggs 6-2 285 R-Fr. 51 Caleb Hash 6-2 300 Fr.RG 56 Darmarii Tryon 6-2 290 Fr. 71 Issac Barham 6-3 315 Fr.RT 53 Tyler Easter 6-3 280 Sr. 75 Austin Sargent 63 290 Fr.

MISSOURI SOUTHERN DEFENSEDE 98 Kendrick Johnson 6-2 255 Fr. 99 Justin Lacayo 6-5 243 Jr.DT 93 Stephan Randall 6-2 285 Sr. 53 Dominique Nunez 6-2 274 Sr.NT 91 Chris Williams 6-3 270 Sr. 92 James Wooten 6-3 275 Sr.DL 56 Trevor Plafcan 6-1 225 So. 42 Roderick Earvin 6-2 227 Sr.LB 4 Xavier Marsden 5-10 195 Sr. 12 Brian Hanserd 6-2 185 Sr.LB 27 Justin Legier 6-0 193 So. 51 Austin Archey 6-0 220 Fr.LB 13 Romel Hill 6-0 209 Jr. 21 Akel Beard 6-1 230 Fr.CB 14 Keith Beverly 5-10 170 Fr. 8 Chad Nolan 6-1 200 Sr.SS 2 Patrick Cheek 5-11 190 Jr. 7 Alexander Wade 5-11 187 Fr.FS 20 Chris Goss III 6-4 195 Sr. 24 Idrissa Simpson 6-3 212 Sr.CB 3 Ricky Green 5-11 180 Sr. 25 Jeremiah Shelley 5-11 165 Fr.

NORTHEASTERN STATE SPECIAL TEAMSK 47 Eddie Garcia 6-0 200 Sr.P 42 Forrest Ascarrunz 6-1 180 Jr.LS 84 Jacob Drysdale 6-3 235 So. 67 Taylor Cooley 6-3 200 Sr.PR 18 Gary McKnight 6-1 200 Jr. 24 Devon Siers 5-10 175 So.KR 18 Gary McKnight 6-1 200 Jr. 82 Rashawn Eubanks 5-10 175 R-Fr.H 13 Zac King 6-1 185 Jr.KO 46 Toshi Hayashi 5-8 150 Jr.

MISSOURI SOUTHERN SPECIAL TEAMSK 85 Brock Renken 6-1 180 Jr.P 88 Stetson Broce 6-3 191 Sr. 85 Brock Renken 6-1 180 Jr.H 17 Scott Lathrop 5-11 180 R-Sr. 88 Stetson Broce 6-3 191 Sr.LS 87 Josiah Bennett 6-7 220 Fr. 20 Chris Goss III 6-4 195 Sr.KR 17 Scott Lathrop 5-11 180 R-Sr. 8 Chad Nolan 6-1 200 Sr. 5 Terell Crawford 5-10 170 Sr. 3 Ricky Green 5-11 180 Sr.PR 17 Scott Lathrop 5-11 180 R-Sr. 5 Terell Crawford 5-10 170 Sr.

Team Statistics MSSU OppFirst Downs 153 234Total Offense 2700-337.5 4123-515.4Rushing 713-89.1 2120-265.0Passing 1987-248.4 2003-250.4

All-Time Series• Series Record ........................ NSU leads, 11-8In Joplin ..................................... series tied, 5-4In Tahlequah .............................. NSU leads, 6-4

• Current Streak ................................ MSSU, 3-1First Meeting ...............1968: at NSU, NSU, 45-0Last Meeting ..............2015: at NSU, NSU 31-21

Robinson vs. Southern .................................1-1Johnson vs. Northeastern State ...................0-1

Missouri Southern (1-7, 1-7 MIAA)

9/1 @ Fort Hays State* L, 22-109/10 Missouri Western* L, 51-149/17 @ Emporia State* L, 49-21 9/24 (1) Northwest Missouri* L, 45-2110/1 @ Nebraska-Kearney* W, 24-1410/8 Washburn* L, 45-13 10/15 Central Missouri* L, 56-710/22 @ Central Oklahoma* L, 63-4210/29 Northeastern State* 2:00 p.m.11/5 @ Lindenwood* 1:30 p.m.11/12 Pittsburg State* 3:30 p.m.

* - MIAA game

Individual LeadersRushing Att Net Avg TD LGJ. Hadley 69 257 3.7 1 19TJ Fleeton 75 202 2.7 3 61J. Bell 35 127 3.6 1 23

Passing C-A-I Pct Yds TD LGTJ Fleeton 131-223-9 58.7 1299 8 62B. Scott 53-92-2 57.6 688 6 72 Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD LGJ. Davis 32 380 11.9 4 65J. Morrison 29 360 12.4 1 32S. Lathrop 53 359 6.8 0 22J. Bennett 17 337 24.1 3 72

Scoring TD FG XP 2XP PtsB. Renken 0 4 16 0 28J. Davis 4 0 0 0 24J. Bennett 3 0 0 0 18

Punting No Yds Avg LG i20S. Broce 50 1935 38.7 64 15

Punt Ret. No Yds Avg. TD LGS. Lathrop 13 119 9.2 0 41

Kick Ret. No Yds Avg TD LGT. Crawford 17 359 21.1 0 52C. Nolan 12 187 15.6 0 42

Tackles No TFL/Yds Sack FF INTJ. Legier 67 1.5/9 0 1 0P. Cheek 51 5.5/25 1.0 0 0A. Beard 42 2.0/3 0 0 0C. Goss III 40 1.0/2 0 0 0

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School1 TJ Fleeton QB 6-2 215 Jr. Daphne, Ala. / Northwestern State2 Patrick Cheek DB 5-11 190 Jr. Hayward, Calif. / Laney CC3 Ricky Green CB 5-11 180 Sr. Mayersville, Miss. / South Delta HS4 Xavier Marsden CB 5-10 195 Sr. La Mirada, Calif. / Montana Tech5 Terrell Crawford WR 5-10 170 Sr. Sacramento, Calif. / Sacramento City 5 Del'shaun Higgins RB 5-8 160 R-Fr. Kansas City, Mo. / Raytown HS6 Eric Dedrick Jr. TE 6-5 225 Jr. Dallas, Texas / Pima CC7 Alexander Wade ATH 5-11 187 Fr. Richmond, Texas / George Bush HS8 Chad Nolan WR 6-1 200 Sr. San Marcos, Calif. / Riverside City College10 Jordan Morrison WR 6-0 203 Sr. Visalia, Calif. / Sacramento City College11 Brayden Scott QB 6-3 215 So. Tulsa, Okla. / Memphis12 Brian Hanserd CB 6-2 185 Sr. Rockford, Ill. / College of DuPage13 Romel Hill LB 6-0 209 Jr. Robbins, Ill. / Iowa Central CC14 Keith Beverly DB 5-10 170 Fr. Florissant, Mo. / Parkway North HS15 Anthony Cannon WR 6-3 200 Sr. Palo Alto, Calif. / Hartnell JC16 Quinthaj Cherry ATH 5-10 180 Fr. Muskogee, Okla. / Muskogee HS17 Scott Lathrop WR 5-11 180 R-Sr. Warrenton, Mo. / Southeast Missouri18 Josh Hadley RB 5-11 203 Sr. Sacramento, Calif. / Sacramento City 19 Carson Day WR 5-8 175 So. Marietta, Ga. / Pope HS20 Chris Goss III S 6-4 195 Sr. Killeen, Texas / Arizona Western CC21 Akel Beard LB 6-1 230 Fr. Keller, Texas / Byron Nelson22 Ja'Kori Bell RB 5-8 190 Fr. Grandview, Mo. / Grandview HS23 Frank Thomas III WR 5-9 175 Jr. Miami, Fla. / Sierra College24 Idrissa Simpson S 6-3 212 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. / Pasadena City 25 Jeremiah Shelley DB 5-11 165 Fr. Snellville, Ga. / Tucker HS26 Clint Sills, Jr. S 6-0 180 Rs. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / Bethune-Cookman27 Justin Legier LB 6-0 193 So. Slidell, La. / Slidell HS28 DevinChafin RB 6-0 225 Sr. Burkburnett,Texas/Baylor29 Deontae Wells DB 6-1 185 R-So. Florissant, Mo. / Montana Tech30 Ben Belay DB 5-8 180 R-Jr. Rogers, Ark. / Rogers HS31 Justise Keith RB 6-0 205 R-So. Columbia, Mo. / Northern Iowa32 Brendan Watkins RB 5-9 175 Fr. Olathe, Kan. / Olathe Northwest HS33 Brice Gahagans RB 5-9 182 R-So. Fayetteville, Ark. / Fayetteville HS34 Nicholas Roller RB 6-0 230 Fr. Bixby, Okla. / Bixby HS35 Deshon Cowling RB 6-0 176 Fr. Brundidge, Ala. / Pike County HS36 Kyle McLaughlin RB 5-8 185 R-Fr. Skiatook, Okla. / Tulsa37 Grady Howell CB 5-8 170 Jr. Parsons, Kan. / Labette CC38 Trevin Lambert ATH 6-0 160 Fr. Inola, Okla. / Inola HS39 Maliq Owens S 6-1 195 Fr. Sherman, Texas / Sherman HS40 Fred Carson DB 5-10 183 Fr. St. Louis, Mo. / Sumner HS42 Roderick Earvin DE 6-2 227 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. / Los Angeles SW 43 Mark Mudd LB 5-11 195 Fr. Chicago, Ill. / Mount Carmel HS44 Roc Robbins LB 6-1 215 Fr. Talala, Okla. / Collinsville HS47 Devin Williams-PennickLB 6-2 200 R-Jr. Arlington, Texas / Kilgore College48 Angelo Sumler LB 6-1 225 Jr. Hampton, Ark. / Ellsworth CC49 Michael Scarpelli Cogdill DL 6-6 225 So. Strafford, Mo. / SE Assembly of God50 Devon Harris DE 6-3 256 Fr. Grandview, Mo. / Grandview HS51 Austin Archey LB 6-0 220 Fr. Poteau, Okla. / Poteau HS52 Nick Preston LB 6-2 198 Fr. Hazelwood, Mo. / Pattonville Hs53 Dominique Nunez DE 6-2 274 Sr. Fresno, Texas / Tyler JC54 Jonathan Villanueva OL 6-2 290 Sr. Wichita, Kan. / Coffeyville CC55 Shaun Baker DE 6-3 205 Fr. Galena, Mo. / Reeds Spring HS56 Trevor Plafcan LB 6-1 225 So. Odessa, Mo. / Odessa HS57 Dominque Atkinson DT 5-10 270 Jr. Shawnee Mission, Kan. / Butler CC58 Travelle Smith DE 6-3 270 Sr. Ford Heights, Ill. / College of DuPage59 Mitch Moore OL 6-0 262 Sr. Garden City, Kan. / Garden City CC60 Austin Grotts OL 6-5 330 Fr. Noel, Mo. / MacDonald County HS61 Antonio Carranco OL 6-0 270 R-So. Webb City, Mo. / Webb City HS62 Hunter Sidwell OL 6-6 265 Fr. St. Joseph, Mo. / Savannah HS63 Mike Dzierzega OL 6-3 265 So. Bridgeview, Ill. / Argo Community HS64 Devon Frisbie OL 6-5 280 Fr. Brumley, Mo. / Iberia HS65 Logan Scott OL 6-0 290 Fr. El Dorado, Kan. / Bethel College66 Cristian Mora OL 6-1 295 Sr. Menifee, Calif. / Riverside City College67 Elijah Smith OL 6-3 295 Fr. Norman, Okla. / Norman HS68 Jonathan Boos OL 6-2 315 R-So. Peculiar, Mo. / Raymore-Peculiar HS69 Lavelle Houston DT 5-11 285 Fr. Calumet City, Ill. / Mount Carmel HS70 Cody Branson DL 6-3 225 Fr. Lexington, Okla. / Noble HS71 Blake Butler LS 6-3 205 Fr. Joplin, Mo. / Seneca HS

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School72 Seth Petersen OL 6-1 255 Sr. Lamar, Mo. / Lamar HS74 Lars Lindquist OL 6-3 290 R-Sr. Santa Fe, N.M. / Santa Rosa JC75 Jarrell Jackson OL 6-4 285 Jr. Marrero, La. / Higgins HS76 Brock Whalen OL 6-4 290 So. Channahon, Ill. / Aurora Christian HS77 Gerrit Montgomery OL 6-5 255 Fr. Aurora, Mo. / Aurora HS78 Blake Mejia OL 6-3 300 Jr. Broken Arrow, Okla. / NEO JC79 Cameron Wood OL 6-7 285 Fr. Claremore, Okla. / Oologah HS80 Brandon Martin WR 5-10 170 Jr. Nixa, Mo. / Nixa HS81 Demontra McNealy TE 6-4 245 So. Auburn, Wash. / Butte College82 Jocqui Davis WR 6-1 185 Sr. Lewisville, Texas / Lewisville HS83 Joe Brawner OL 6-4 240 So. Kirksville, Mo. / Kirksville HS84 Donovan Carter WR 6-4 205 Fr. Oak Point, Texas/Little Elm HS85 Brock Renken K 6-1 180 Jr. Joplin, Mo. / Joplin HS86 Alex Crehan TE 6-2 190 R-Fr. Troy, Ill. / Triad HS87 Josiah Bennett WR 6-7 220 Fr. Odessa, Mo. / Odessa HS88 Stetson Broce P 6-3 191 Sr. Pretty Prairie, Kan. / Hutchinson CC89 Ben Evans WR 6-1 195 So. Kansas City, Mo. / Raytown HS90 Martin Cano DL 6-1 285 Fr. Grand Prairie, Texas / Grand Prairie HS91 Chris Williams DE 6-3 270 Sr. New Orleans, La. / Brother Martin HS92 James Wooten DE 6-3 275 Sr. Kansas City, Kan. / Highland CC93 Jerrod Blanchard DL 6-1 260 Fr. St. Louis, Mo. / Mccluer South Berkeley HS93 Stephan Randall DT 6-2 285 Sr. Plano, Texas / Navarro JC94 Tyree Smith DE 6-0 205 Fr. Katy, Texas / Cypress Lakes HS95 Levi Marlay DT 6-4 265 Fr. Cameron, Mo. / Cameron HS96 Jeremy Boykins DL 6-3 240 Sr. West Palm Beach, Fla./Ridgewater College97 Josh Dorsey DT 6-1 295 Jr. St Louis, Mo. / ND State Coll. Of Science98 Kendrick Johnson DE 6-2 255 Fr. Fort Worth, Texas / Crowly HS99 Justin Lacayo DE 6-5 243 Jr. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla./Fond Du Lac Tribal

Head Coach: Denver JohnsonAssistant Coaches: Kenny Evans (DC), Corey Fipps (OC), Rashad Watson, Charles Alexander, Bill Bleil, Darius Hart, Josh Dalton, Bret Story, Caleb Lewis.Athletic Trainer: Mike BarlowStrength and Conditioning Coach: Troy JorgensenEquipment: Richie Woods

Missouri Southern Lions (1-7, 1-7 MIAA)

Pronunciation Guide

13 - Romel - ROME - el16 - Qunintaj - Quin - Ta (or Q for short)17 - Lathrop: LAY - thrup22 - Ja'Kori - JA - cory24 - Idrissa: i - DRESS - a 27 - Legier: La - JEER33 - Gahagans: GAH - ha - guns39 - Maliq - Ma - LEEK54 - Villanueva - Vill - A - nu - Way - vuh56 - Plafcan - PLAF - can61 - Caranco - cuh - RONCK - oh63 - Dzierzega: Jersey - go68 - Boos: Booze75 - Jarrell - JUH - rell81 - Demontra - De MON - tray82 - Jocqui: JOCK - qui85 - Renken - RANK - en88 - Broce - BROSS - like gross99 - Lacayo - Lah - CAY - oh

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Northeastern State RiverHawks (2-6, 2-6 MIAA)NO NAME POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN/PREV SCHOOL 1 Dimonic McKinzy QB 6-0 220 So-TR Kansas City, Mo. / Wyandotte HS2 Tony Newman DB 6-0 185 Sr-2L St. Louis, Mo. / University City HS3 Ra’Keim Abdul RB 6-0 195 Jr-TR Overland Park, Kan. / Shawnee Mission South HS4 Kevin Pantastico QB 6-0 190 Sr-2L Mesa, Ariz. / Desert Ridge HS5 Jalen Porter LB 6-0 230 Jr-TR Longview, Texas / Longview HS6 Cody Busby RB 5-10 210 Sr-1L Salina, Kan. / South HS7 Matthew Butler WR 6-1 185 Sr-1L Walnut Creek, Calif. / Northgate HS8 Steffon Herd DB 6-3 210 Sr-3L Oklahoma City, Okla. / Del City HS9 Mason McMillan RB 5-11 190 Sr-3L Tahlequah, Okla. / Tahlequah HS10 La’More Wise LB 6-0 235 Jr-RS St. Louis, Mo. / Miller Career Academy11 Dakota Moran DL 6-2 270 Sr-3L Midwest City, Okla. / Midwest City HS12 Jaylen Hall DB 6-2 205 Jr-TR Chino, Calif. / Don Lugo HS13 Zac King WR 6-1 185 Jr-1L Vinita, Okla. / Vinita HS14 Deion Tidwell RB 5-8 205 Jr-TR North Little Rock, Ark. / North Little Rock HS15 Blayne Armstrong QB 6-3 225 So-1L Marshfield, Mo. / Marshfield HS16 Daniel Davis QB 6-3 180 Fr-RS Golden, Texas / Quitman HS17 Cameron Hudson QB 5-11 190 Fr-RS Skiatook, Okla. / Skiatook HS18 Gary McKnight WR 6-1 200 Jr-TR Lawton, Okla. / MacArthur HS19 Ashton Antwine DB 6-0 200 Jr-TR Edmond, Okla. / Memorial HS20 C.J. Shavers RB 5-10 180 Fr-RS Mesquite, Texas / Horn HS21 Antonio King WR 6-1 195 Sr-2L St. Louis, Mo. / Maplewood HS22 Kevin Bell DB 6-1 185 So-SQ Lawton, Okla. / Lawton HS23 Traviontae Martin DB 5-11 195 Sr-1L Compton, Calif. / Centennial HS24 Devon Siers DB 5-10 175 So-1L Eufaula, Okla. / Eufaula HS25 Colby Bivins LB 6-0 225 So-1L Beggs, Okla. / Beggs HS26 La’Vonte White DB 6-0 175 Fr-HS Lufkin, Texas / Lufkin HS27 Tracey Walker FB 5-10 215 Sr-2L Grand Prairie, Texas / Mansfield Timberview HS28 Paul Lewis DB 5-9 175 Jr-TR The Colony, Texas / The Colony HS29 Jacob Woodson DB 6-0 185 Fr-RS Wagoner, Okla. / Wagoner HS30 Michael Davis FB 5-11 220 Jr-2L Troup, Texas / Troup HS31 Darian Morris LB 6-3 215 Sr-1L Dallas, Texas / Lake Highlands HS32 Coleby Evans LB 5-10 230 Fr-TR Tulsa, Okla. / Union HS33 Jack Alspaugh DB 5-10 180 Fr-RS Tulsa, Okla. / Union HS34 Isaiah Silversmith DB 5-11 190 So-1L Sand Springs, Okla. / Charles Page HS35 Keaton Burroughs RB 6-0 220 Fr-HS Webb City, Mo. / Webb City HS36 Tyler Skeen DB 6-3 180 Fr-HS Wagoner, Okla. / Wagoner HS37 Tim Howard DB 6-5 225 Fr-HS Stonewall, La. / North DeSoto HS38 Tre’Von Overstreet LB 6-1 225 Fr-HS Drumright, Okla. / Drumright HS39 Aaron Livingston LB 6-1 200 Fr-RS Marshfield, Mo. / Marshfield HS40 Kenneth Davis LB 6-1 230 Sr-3L Spencer, Okla. / Star Spencer HS41 Justin Dunn K 5-10 165 Fr-RS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Berryhill HS42 Forrest Ascarrunz P 6-1 180 Jr-TR La Canada, Calif. / St. Francis HS43 Nathan Herring LB 5-10 225 Fr-HS McAlester, Okla. / McAlester HS44 Riley Smith DL 5-11 250 Fr-RS McAlester, Okla. / McAlester HS45 T’Nheous Smith DL 6-0 230 So-1L Mt. Pleasant, Texas / Mt. Pleasant HS46 Toshi Hayashi K 5-8 150 Jr-SQ Andover, Kan. / Andover HS47 Eddie Garcia K 6-0 200 Sr-1L Culver City, Calif. / Serra HS48 Andrew Clark LB 6-3 215 Fr-HS Fort Smith, Ark. / Southside HS49 Johnny Scott DB 6-1 200 Fr-HS Bolivar, Mo. / Bolivar HS50 Brian West OL 6-3 285 Sr-2L Muldrow, Okla. / Muldrow HS51 Caleb Hash OL 6-2 300 Fr-HS Shawnee, Okla. / Shawnee HS52 Lane Yoder LB 6-1 205 Fr-HS Adair, Okla. / Adair HS53 Tyler Easter OL 6-3 280 Sr-3L Spavinaw, Okla. / Ketchum HS54 Zaccheus Johnson LB 5-11 215 So-SQ Tulsa, Okla. / Memorial HS55 Steve Youmans OL 6-1 285 Fr-HS Lawton, Okla. / Lawton HS56 Damarii Tryon OL 6-2 290 Fr-RS Grand Prairie, Texas / Mansfield Timberview HS57 JaCory Miller DL 6-3 235 Fr-HS Lufkin, Texas / Lufkin HS58 Cole Dixon LB 6-1 200 Fr-HS Sand Springs, Okla. / Charles Page HS59 Noah Ashley LB 5-10 200 Fr-RS Muskogee, Okla. / Muskogee HS60 Austin Hilton OL 6-0 280 Fr-HS McAlester, Okla. / McAlester HS62 Jason Staggs OL 6-2 285 Fr-RS Mesquite, Texas / West HS66 Dakota Ritchie OL 6-4 275 So-1L Foyil, Okla. / Foyil HS67 Taylor Cooley OL 6-3 300 Sr-1L Phoenix, Ariz. / Paradise Valley HS68 Brian Hobbs OL 5-11 315 Sr-1L Anaheim, Calif. / Esperanza HS69 Jordan Baldwin OL 6-3 330 Sr-1L Salt Lake City, Utah / Cottonwood HS70 Jacob Taylor-Goss DL 6-3 340 Fr-HS Edmond, Okla. / Santa Fe HS71 Isaac Barham OL 6-3 315 Fr-HS Bartlesville, Okla. / Bartlesville HS73 George Brooks DL 6-2 280 Fr-HS Allen, Texas / Allen HS74 Andrew Alvarado OL 6-4 315 Sr-1L Chandler, Ariz. / Chandler HS75 Austin Sargent OL 6-3 290 Fr-HS Rockwall, Texas / Rockwall HS77 Will Clements OL 6-2 320 Fr-HS Fort Smith, Ark. / Northside HS79 Morgan Lesslie OL 6-4 290 Fr-HS Muldrow, Okla. / Muldrow HS80 Aaron Samek WR 6-2 190 Fr-HS Bolivar, Mo. / Bolivar HS81 Donavan Dan WR 6-0 205 Sr-1L Oklahoma City, Okla. / Del City HS82 Rashawn Eubanks WR 5-10 175 Fr-RS Roland, Okla. / Roland HS

NO NAME POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN/PREV SCHOOL 83 Chris Cohen WR 5-11 175 Fr-HS Oklahoma City, Okla. / Millwood HS84 Jacob Drysdale TE 6-3 235 So-1L Arnold, Mo. / Fox HS85 Marcus Taylor WR 6-3 195 Fr-HS Lawton, Okla. / MacArthur HS86 Mitchell Orr WR 5-10 175 Fr-HS Smithville, Mo. / Smithville HS87 Chance Johnson WR 6-0 205 Fr-HS Owasso, Okla. / Owasso HS88 Decoryan Holman TE 6-4 245 Jr-1L Jacksonville, Texas / Jacksonville HS89 Daltun Pierce DL 6-5 235 So-1L Claremore, Okla. / Foyil HS90 Gil Niko DL 6-2 290 Sr-1L San Francisco, Calif. / Jefferson HS91 Rogerick Kirby DL 6-0 280 So-1L Muskogee, Okla. / Muskogee HS92 Hunter Collins DL 6-0 240 Fr-RS Checotah, Okla. / Checotah HS93 Justin Marshall DL 6-2 240 Sr-1L Orlando, Fla. / Olympia HS94 Xavier Mason DL 6-2 295 Fr-HS Oklahoma City, Okla. / Douglass HS95 Quincy Dotson DL 6-4 220 So-1L Oklahoma City, Okla. / Millwood HS96 Christian Riley DL 6-5 220 So-1L Center Point, Ala. / Gardendale HS97 Nick Thompson TE 6-2 250 Fr-RS Coweta, Okla. / Coweta HS98 Uchechukwu Essang LB 5-11 215 Fr-RS Arlington, Texas / Martin HS99 Reuben Washington DL 6-1 290 Sr-3L Houston, Texas / Waltrip HS

Coaching StaffNAME TITLERob Robinson Head CoachJosh Lattimer Defensive Coordinator/Defensive LineRob Messinger Special Teams, Recruiting Coordinator/SecondaryWill Skeans Strength and Conditioning Coordinator/LinebackersDane Simoneau Offensive Coordinator/QuarterbacksJulian Mendez Assistant Coach/Offensive LineMarvin Bohannon Assistant Coach/Wide ReceiversRyan Dvorak Graduate Assistant/Tight EndsMitch Buhler Graduate Assistant/Running BacksChris Girdner Graduate Assistant/Assistant Defensive LineJacques Washington Graduate Assistant/Cornerbacks

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2016 Missouri Southern FootballMissouri Southern Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 25, 2016)

All games

Date Opponent Score Att.* Sep 01, 2016 at Fort Hays State L 10-22 4134* Sep 10, 2016 MISSOURI WESTERN L 14-51 4274* Sep 17, 2016 at Emporia State L 21-49 5304* Sep 24, 2016 #1 NORTHWEST MISSOURI L 21-45 5267* Oct 1, 2016 at Nebraska-Kearney W 24-14 2005* Oct 08, 2016 WASHBURN L 13-45 5674* Oct 15, 2016 CENTRAL MISSOURI L 7-56 2526* Oct 22, 2016 at Central Oklahoma L 42-63 1985

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gHadley,Josh 8 - 2 69 278 21 257 3.7 1 19 32.1Fleeton,TJ 8 - 7 75 288 86 202 2.7 3 61 25.2Bell,Ja'Kori 8 - 0 35 140 13 127 3.6 1 23 15.9Chafin,Devin 8 - 5 47 113 26 87 1.9 0 9 10.9Scott,Brayden 7 - 0 22 53 15 38 1.7 1 16 5.4Lathrop,Scott 2 - 1 1 22 0 22 22.0 0 22 11.0Lathrop.Scott 6 - 6 2 3 2 1 0.5 0 3 0.2Total 8 257 897 184 713 2.8 6 61 89.1Opponents 8 372 2274 156 2118 5.7 28 61 264.8

Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gFleeton,TJ 8 - 7 111.44 131-223-9 58.7 1299 8 62 162.4Scott,Brayden 7 - 0 137.60 53-92-2 57.6 688 6 72 98.3Cannon,Anthony 6 - 2 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 8 118.71 184-316-11 58.2 1987 14 72 248.4Opponents 8 144.93 169-265-3 63.8 2003 16 55 250.4

Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/gDavis,Jocqui 8 - 5 32 380 11.9 4 65 47.5Lathrop.Scott 6 - 6 32 202 6.3 0 16 33.7Morrison,Jordan 8 - 7 29 360 12.4 1 32 45.0Lathrop,Scott 2 - 1 21 157 7.5 0 22 78.5Crawford,T 8 - 1 16 104 6.5 1 17 13.0Bennett,Josiah 7 - 3 14 337 24.1 3 72 48.1Hadley,Josh 8 - 2 14 123 8.8 1 62 15.4McNealy,D 3 - 3 7 61 8.7 1 16 20.3Cannon,Anthony 6 - 2 6 144 24.0 2 34 24.0Chafin,Devin 8 - 5 6 43 7.2 0 13 5.4Bell,Ja'Kori 8 - 0 3 37 12.3 0 20 4.6Martin,Brandon 6 - 0 2 21 10.5 0 17 3.5Evans,Ben 5 - 0 1 15 15.0 1 15 3.0Nolan,Chad 8 - 0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.4Total 8 184 1987 10.8 14 72 248.4Opponents 8 169 2003 11.9 16 55 250.4

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blkRenken,Brock 4-7 57.1 0-0 4-4 0-2 0-1 0-0 29 2

PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsRenken,Brock - 4-7 16-17 - - - - - 28Davis,Jocqui 4 - - - - - - - 24Bennett,Josiah 3 - - - - - - - 18Fleeton,TJ 3 - - - - 0-1 - - 18Cannon,Anthony 2 - - - - - - - 12Hadley,Josh 2 - - - - - - - 12Morrison,Jordan 1 - - - 1 - - - 8McNealy,D 1 - - - - - - - 6Evans,Ben 1 - - - - - - - 6Bell,Ja'Kori 1 - - - - - - - 6Scott,Brayden 1 - - - - 1-2 - - 6Crawford,T 1 - - - - - - - 6TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2Total 20 4-7 16-17 - 1 1-3 - 1 152Opponents 47 6-12 45-46 - - 0-1 - - 345

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalMissouri Southern 34 30 34 54 0 152Opponents 73 132 54 86 0 345

Record: Overall Home Away NeutralAll games 1-7 0-4 1-3 0-0Conference 1-7 0-4 1-3 0-0Non-Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Team Statistics MSSU OPPFIRST DOWNS 153 233 R u s h i n g 40 116 P a s s i n g 91 96 P e n a l t y 22 21RUSHING YARDAGE 713 2118 Rushing Attempts 257 372 Average Per Rush 2.8 5.7 Average Per Game 89.1 264.8 TDs Rushing 6 28PASSING YARDAGE 1987 2003 C o m p - A t t - I n t 184-316-11 169-265-3 Average Per Pass 6.3 7.6 Average Per Catch 10.8 11.9 Average Per Game 248.4 250.4 TDs Passing 14 16TOTAL OFFENSE 2700 4121 Average Per Play 4.7 6.5 Average Per Game 337.5 515.1KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 41-720 19-379PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 14-135 19-118INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-69 11-88FUMBLES-LOST 11-5 7-6PENALTIES-Yards 49-455 64-566PUNTS-AVG 50-38.7 32-35.9TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 2 2 3 2 : 3 83RD-DOWN Conversions 43/123 54/1114TH-DOWN Conversions 6/19 10/12

Interceptions no. yds avg td lgGreen,Ricky 2 58 29.0 0 58Marsden,Xavier 1 11 11.0 0 11

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkBroce,Stetson 50 1935 38.7 64 4 11 15 4 0

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lgLathrop.Scott 11 117 10.6 0 41Lathrop,Scott 2 2 1.0 0 5McNealy,D 1 16 16.0 0 0Total 14 135 9.6 0 41Opponents 19 118 6.2 0 20

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lgCrawford,T 17 359 21.1 0 52Nolan,Chad 12 187 15.6 0 42Chafin,Devin 5 90 18.0 0 25Green,Ricky 3 49 16.3 0 23Cowling,Deshon 2 5 2.5 0 5Lathrop.Scott 2 30 15.0 0 20Total 41 720 17.6 0 52Opponents 19 379 19.9 0 40

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gCrawford,T 8 0 104 0 359 0 463 57.9Davis,Jocqui 8 0 380 0 0 0 380 47.5Hadley,Josh 8 257 123 0 0 0 380 47.5Morrison,Jordan 8 0 360 0 0 0 360 45.0Lathrop.Scott 6 1 202 117 30 0 350 58.3Bennett,Josiah 7 0 337 0 0 0 337 48.1Total 8 713 1987 135 720 69 3624 453.0Opponents 8 2118 2003 118 379 88 4706 588.2

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/gFleeton,TJ 8 298 202 1299 1501 187.6Scott,Brayden 7 114 38 688 726 103.7Hadley,Josh 8 69 257 0 257 32.1Bell,Ja'Kori 8 35 127 0 127 15.9Chafin,Devin 8 47 87 0 87 10.9Lathrop,Scott 2 1 22 0 22 11.0Total 8 573 713 1987 2700 337.5Opponents 8 637 2118 2003 4121 515.1

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf27 Legier,Justin 8-6 42 25 67 1.5-9 . . 4 2 1-28 1 . .2 Cheek,Patrick 8-5 26 25 51 5.5-25 1.0-14 . 2 . . . . .21 Beard,Akel 8-1 23 19 42 2.5-3 . . 1 . . . . .20 Goss III,Chris 8-7 22 18 40 1.0-2 . . 3 . . . . .56 Plafcan,Trevor 8-7 14 25 39 1.5-5 1.0-4 . 1 2 . 1 . .

Total 8 351 284 635 39-122 4-29 3-69 35 14 6-36 4 3 1Opponents 8 285 308 593 57-178 13-63 11-88 42 8 5-60 7 3 .

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2016 Missouri Southern FootballMissouri Southern Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 25, 2016)

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Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd# Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf27 Legier,Justin 8-6 42 25 67 1.5-9 . . 4 2 1-28 1 . .2 Cheek,Patrick 8-5 26 25 51 5.5-25 1.0-14 . 2 . . . . .21 Beard,Akel 8-1 23 19 42 2.5-3 . . 1 . . . . .20 Goss III,Chris 8-7 22 18 40 1.0-2 . . 3 . . . . .56 Plafcan,Trevor 8-7 14 25 39 1.5-5 1.0-4 . 1 2 . 1 . .14 Beverly,Keith 8-6 21 17 38 1.0-2 . . 9 . . . . .13 Hill,Romel 8-7 15 18 33 1.0-1 . . . . . 1 . .24 Simpson,Idrissa 8-2 13 20 33 . . . 3 . . . . .3 Green,Ricky 7-7 21 10 31 0.5-1 . 2-58 8 . . . 1 .4 Marsden,Xavier 8-6 16 13 29 5.0-17 . 1-11 2 2 . . . .25 Shelley,J 8-0 22 7 29 2.0-5 . . . . . . . .7 Wade,Alexander 7-0 19 8 27 1.0-2 . . 1 . . . . .58 Smith,Travelle 7-6 10 17 27 3.5-10 . . . . 1-8 1 . .93 Randall,Stephan 8-7 6 14 20 4.0-19 2.0-11 . . 1 . . . .51 Archey,Austin 5-0 11 9 20 . . . . . . . . .91 Williams,Chris 8-4 12 6 18 3.0-7 . . . 3 2-0 . 1 .42 Earvin,Roderick 8-0 11 6 17 1.5-2 . . . 1 . . . .8 Nolan,Chad 8-0 11 1 12 . . . . . . . . .12 Hanserd,Brian 4-0 5 4 9 0.5-0 . . 1 . . . . .97 Dorsey,Josh 4-0 2 4 6 1.0-1 . . . . . . . .92 Wooten,James 6-3 3 2 5 . . . . 2 . . . .96 Boykins,Jeremy 4-0 2 3 5 0.5-1 . . . . . . . .47 Williams-Pennic 3-1 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .69 Houston,Lavelle 3-0 2 2 4 0.5-1 . . . . . . . .82 Davis,Jocqui 8-5 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .53 Nunez,Dominique 4-0 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .35 Cowling,Deshon 7-0 1 2 3 . . . . . 1-0 . . .44 Robbins,Roc 5-0 . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .98 Johnson,Kendric 3-1 3 . 3 2.0-9 . . . 1 . . . .80 Martin,Brandon 6-0 3 . 3 . . . . . 1-0 . . .22 Bell,Ja'Kori 8-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .99 Lacayo,Justin 3-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .26 Sills,Clint Jr. 2-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .31 Keith,Justise 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .17 Lathrop.Scott 6-6 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .28 Chafin,Devin 8-5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .87 Bennett,Josiah 7-3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .89 Evans,Ben 5-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .10 Morrison,Jordan 8-7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .TM TEAM 3-0 . . . . . . . . . . . 181 McNealy,D 3-3 . . . . . . . . . . 1 .

Total 8 351 284 635 39-122 4-29 3-69 35 14 6-36 4 3 1Opponents 8 285 308 593 57-178 13-63 11-88 42 8 5-60 7 3 .

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2016 Missouri Southern FootballMissouri Southern Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 25, 2016)

All games

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gHadley,Josh 8 - 2 69 278 21 257 3.7 1 19 32.1Fleeton,TJ 8 - 7 75 288 86 202 2.7 3 61 25.2Bell,Ja'Kori 8 - 0 35 140 13 127 3.6 1 23 15.9Chafin,Devin 8 - 5 47 113 26 87 1.9 0 9 10.9Scott,Brayden 7 - 0 22 53 15 38 1.7 1 16 5.4Lathrop,Scott 2 - 1 1 22 0 22 22.0 0 22 11.0Lathrop.Scott 6 - 6 2 3 2 1 0.5 0 3 0.2Broce,Stetson 8 - 0 1 0 7 -7 -7.0 0 0 -0.9TEAM 3 - 0 5 0 14 -14 -2.8 0 0 -4.7Total 8 257 897 184 713 2.8 6 61 89.1Opponents 8 372 2274 156 2118 5.7 28 61 264.8

Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gFleeton,TJ 8 - 7 111.44 131-223-9 58.7 1299 8 62 162.4Scott,Brayden 7 - 0 137.60 53-92-2 57.6 688 6 72 98.3Cannon,Anthony 6 - 2 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 8 118.71 184-316-11 58.2 1987 14 72 248.4Opponents 8 144.93 169-265-3 63.8 2003 16 55 250.4

Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/gDavis,Jocqui 8 - 5 32 380 11.9 4 65 47.5Lathrop.Scott 6 - 6 32 202 6.3 0 16 33.7Morrison,Jordan 8 - 7 29 360 12.4 1 32 45.0Lathrop,Scott 2 - 1 21 157 7.5 0 22 78.5Crawford,T 8 - 1 16 104 6.5 1 17 13.0Bennett,Josiah 7 - 3 14 337 24.1 3 72 48.1Hadley,Josh 8 - 2 14 123 8.8 1 62 15.4McNealy,D 3 - 3 7 61 8.7 1 16 20.3Cannon,Anthony 6 - 2 6 144 24.0 2 34 24.0Chafin,Devin 8 - 5 6 43 7.2 0 13 5.4Bell,Ja'Kori 8 - 0 3 37 12.3 0 20 4.6Martin,Brandon 6 - 0 2 21 10.5 0 17 3.5Evans,Ben 5 - 0 1 15 15.0 1 15 3.0Nolan,Chad 8 - 0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.4Total 8 184 1987 10.8 14 72 248.4Opponents 8 169 2003 11.9 16 55 250.4

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lgLathrop.Scott 11 117 10.6 0 41Lathrop,Scott 2 2 1.0 0 5McNealy,D 1 16 16.0 0 0Total 14 135 9.6 0 41Opponents 19 118 6.2 0 20

Interceptions no. yds avg td lgGreen,Ricky 2 58 29.0 0 58Marsden,Xavier 1 11 11.0 0 11Total 3 69 23.0 0 58Opponents 11 88 8.0 2 47

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lgCrawford,T 17 359 21.1 0 52Nolan,Chad 12 187 15.6 0 42Chafin,Devin 5 90 18.0 0 25Green,Ricky 3 49 16.3 0 23Cowling,Deshon 2 5 2.5 0 5Lathrop.Scott 2 30 15.0 0 20Total 41 720 17.6 0 52Opponents 19 379 19.9 0 40

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lgLegier,Justin 1 28 28.0 0 28Smith,Travelle 1 8 8.0 0 8Total 2 36 18.0 0 28Opponents 1 60 60.0 1 60

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2016 Missouri Southern FootballMissouri Southern Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 25, 2016)

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PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsRenken,Brock - 4-7 16-17 - - - - - 28Davis,Jocqui 4 - - - - - - - 24Fleeton,TJ 3 - - - - 0-1 - - 18Bennett,Josiah 3 - - - - - - - 18Hadley,Josh 2 - - - - - - - 12Cannon,Anthony 2 - - - - - - - 12Morrison,Jordan 1 - - - 1 - - - 8Evans,Ben 1 - - - - - - - 6McNealy,D 1 - - - - - - - 6Bell,Ja'Kori 1 - - - - - - - 6Scott,Brayden 1 - - - - 1-2 - - 6Crawford,T 1 - - - - - - - 6TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2Total 20 4-7 16-17 - 1 1-3 - 1 152Opponents 47 6-12 45-46 - - 0-1 - - 345

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/gFleeton,TJ 8 298 202 1299 1501 187.6Scott,Brayden 7 114 38 688 726 103.7Hadley,Josh 8 69 257 0 257 32.1Bell,Ja'Kori 8 35 127 0 127 15.9Chafin,Devin 8 47 87 0 87 10.9Lathrop,Scott 2 1 22 0 22 11.0Lathrop.Scott 6 2 1 0 1 0.2Broce,Stetson 8 1 -7 0 -7 -0.9TEAM 3 5 -14 0 -14 -4.7Total 8 573 713 1987 2700 337.5Opponents 8 637 2118 2003 4121 515.1

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blkRenken,Brock 4-7 57.1 0-0 4-4 0-2 0-1 0-0 29 2

FG Sequence Missouri Southern OpponentsFort Hays State (29),44 (29),(34),(36)Missouri Western (22),(22),31 48,(41)Emporia State - 47Northwest Missouri - 47,(41)Nebraska-Kearney (20) 49,37Washburn 30 (28),25Central Missouri - -Central Oklahoma - -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkBroce,Stetson 50 1935 38.7 64 4 11 15 4 0Total 50 1935 38.7 64 4 11 15 4 0Opponents 32 1149 35.9 63 3 5 4 3 1

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydlnRenken,Brock 31 1883 60.7 11 0Total 31 1883 60.7 11 0 19.9 39.6 25Opponents 61 3478 57.0 16 2 17.6 38.7 26

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All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gCrawford,T 8 0 104 0 359 0 463 57.9Davis,Jocqui 8 0 380 0 0 0 380 47.5Hadley,Josh 8 257 123 0 0 0 380 47.5Morrison,Jordan 8 0 360 0 0 0 360 45.0Lathrop.Scott 6 1 202 117 30 0 350 58.3Bennett,Josiah 7 0 337 0 0 0 337 48.1Chafin,Devin 8 87 43 0 90 0 220 27.5Fleeton,TJ 8 202 0 0 0 0 202 25.2Nolan,Chad 8 0 3 0 187 0 190 23.8Lathrop,Scott 2 22 157 2 0 0 181 90.5Bell,Ja'Kori 8 127 37 0 0 0 164 20.5Cannon,Anthony 6 0 144 0 0 0 144 24.0Green,Ricky 7 0 0 0 49 58 107 15.3McNealy,D 3 0 61 16 0 0 77 25.7Scott,Brayden 7 38 0 0 0 0 38 5.4Martin,Brandon 6 0 21 0 0 0 21 3.5Evans,Ben 5 0 15 0 0 0 15 3.0Marsden,Xavier 8 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.4Cowling,Deshon 7 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.7Broce,Stetson 8 -7 0 0 0 0 -7 -0.9TEAM 3 -14 0 0 0 0 -14 -4.7Total 8 713 1987 135 720 69 3624 453.0Opponents 8 2118 2003 118 379 88 4706 588.2