KINGSVILLE, Texas (Football) – The Texas A&M University-Kingsville (1-4, 0-2 LSC) football team returns to the friendly confines of Javelina Stadium for the Legends at Kingsville Community Appreciation Night game on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. The Javelinas will host Tarleton State University (0-4, 0-3 LSC).
The Javelinas are 17-8 all-time versus the Texans and 9-4 in Kingsville.
THE GAME- Texas A&M-Kingsville (1-4, 0-2 LSC) vs. Tarleton State (0-4, 0-3 LSC)
- Saturday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m. CT, Javelina Stadium (12,500)
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- Game Notes (PDF): http://javelinaathletics.com/sports/2013/11/7/FB_1107131507.aspx?path=football Myles Carr has been under center for all five games in 2015 and is 88-of-151 with nine touchdowns. The redshirt junior is averaging 253.4 passing yards/game and has surpassed the 300-yard mark in back-to-back games. He has also rushed for a touchdown.
Shawn Vasquez is averaging 4.2 yards per carry after earning an All-Lone Star Conference honorable mention selection in 2014. He leads the team with two rushing touchdowns and
Joe Te'o has one, a three-yard gain into the endzone in the season opener at the University of the Incarnate Word (Sept. 5).
The one-two punch of
Anthony Autry and
Jordan Thomas for 40 of Kingsville's 90 receptions. Autry has two 100-plus yard games, including four catches for 184 yards and a score in Saturday's LSC road contest at Eastern New Mexico University (Oct. 3). Autry is averaging 20.2 yards per reception and 88.4 per game. The redshirt junior leads the team with four touchdown grabs. Thomas has 18 catches for 339 yards and three touchdowns, including a touchdown catch from
Stevie Joe Dorman in the third quarter in Blackwater Draw. Vasquez,
Marcus Green,
Torrey Thomas and
Aundra Long each have one touchdown reception as well.
Leading the team in tackles is
Zemarcus Green with 36 tackles. He also collected one tackle for a loss – a 12-yard loss – two pass breakups and two pass deflections.
Braedon Robinson has a 48-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown and 1.5 tackles for a loss and
Brandon Jones leads the club with 3.5 tackles for a loss and 2.0 sacks.
SCOUTING TARLETON STATETRYING TO TURN AROUND 0-4 START Since Tarleton became a senior college in 1961, the Texans have gone through 12 different 0-4 starts to a season including this season. There have three such starts as an NCAA institution (1998, 2010, 2015). Of the 11 previous skids, Tarleton has stopped four of them at 0-4 by earning a win in game five.
AMONG THE NATIONAL LEADERS • Tarleton is 19th in the nation in third down conversion percentage with 47.5%.
• Tarleton is 13th in net punting at 38.9 yards per punt this season.
• Tarleton boasts the No. 19-ranked passing completion percentage (.631) in the nation.
Three quarterbacks have seen action for TSU, with Zed Woerner (84-of-128, six touchdowns) leading the way. Tarleton is coming off consecutive losses to nationally-ranked LSC opponents Midwestern State and A&M-Commerce. In the game versus the Lions, the Texans could not find the endzone and fell, 63-0.
#JavelinastrongThroughout the season, the Javelinas will use the hashtag
#JavelinaSTRONG to promote all 14 of their athletic programs. We encourage our fans to join us in a positive manner by using the hashtag throughout the 2015-16 campaign.
Weekly CaptainsThis year head coach
Daren Wilkinson has elected to go with different team captains each week. This is the second time in the past couple of years that this system will be used, rather than have captains selected for the entire season.
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