The Lobos travel to Kingsville, TX this Saturday for a meeting with Division II Texas A&M-Kingsville. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Pepsi Field at Javelina Stadium.


Media Information

Radio…... KVLF AM 1240
Web…….. bigbendradio.com
Watch Live…… http://lonestarconferencenetwork.com/kingsville
Live Stats…...javelinaathletics.com/sidearmstats/football/summary


Quick Hits and Recap

• The Lobos fell in the ASC and home opener 64-0 to No. 6/7 Hardin-Simmons Cowboys on September 7^th.
• The Cowboys totaled 649 yards to the Lobos 96.
• First-year quarterback Jorge Barrera completed 9 of 19 passes and 54 yards for the Lobos.
• Sul Ross State's defense forced two fumbles, recovered both and blocked a field goal.

Scouting the Javelinas

• The Javelinas fell 35-14 in their home opener against Saginaw Valley State on Saturday, September 7^th.The Javelinas are 0-1 on the season.
• Kingsville led the game in passing yards with 263. Saginaw Valley intercepted three passes between quarterbacks Cade Dyal (1) and Koy Detmer Jr. (2). Saginaw's Ryan Conklin threw three touchdowns and 259 yards in the win.
• Devin Milburn led the Javelinas in receptions (9) and yards (120) to go with his touchdown.
• Kingsville was unable to cause a turnover, while Saginaw recovered two fumbles and three interceptions on defense. 

Series History

• The Javelinas lead the all-time series 27-9-1 and have won the last two.
• This is the first meeting since 1975 when Texas A&M - Kingsville was known as Texas A&I.

Around the ASC (Sept. 14, 2019)

Howard Payne at McMurry, 1:00 p.m.
Trinity at Hardin-Simmons, 6:00 p.m.
Albright at Mary-Hardin Baylor, 6:00 p.m.
Hendrix at Texas Lutheran, 6:00 p.m.
Louisiana College at Belhaven, 6:00 p.m.


Conference Rewind

Trinity 41, McMurry 10 (Thursday, September 5^th)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Trinity cruised past the War Hawks with the help of five touchdown passes from Wyatt Messex. McMurry falls to 0-1 on the season.

Millsaps 28, Belhaven 14 (Thursday, September 5^th)
JACKSON, Mississippi – Trailing 28-0 in the fourth, the Blazers scored 14 unanswered but came up short in their home opener against the Majors. Amryn Jeffrey threw three scores for Millsaps as they gained 311 total yards to 242 for Belhaven. The Blazers fall to 0-1 on the season.

Howard Payne 48, Austin College 34 (Saturday, September 7^th)
SHERMAN, Texas – 524 yards and 31 first downs helped outpace Austin College in the high- scoring affair. Howard Payne's Caleb Estes threw for 318 yards and five touchdowns. Four different Yellow Jacket receivers caught a touchdown. The Yellow Jackets did give up 420 yards of total offense, but played clean football with no turnovers. HPU starts the season at 1-0.

Southwestern 47, Sewanee 7 (Saturday, September 7^th)
SEWANEE, Tennessee – 40 unanswered in the first three quarters lifted the Pirates over the Tigers. Southwestern rushed for a combined 351 yards with four scores on the ground. Elijah Smith rushed for 92 yards with a score and Austin Emery totaled 61 yards with three touchdowns. The Pirates start the year at 1-0.
 
UW-Platteville 38, East Texas Baptist 30 (Saturday, September 7^th)
PLATTEVILLE, Wisconsin
Tied at halftime and going into the fourth, Colin Schuetz 15-yard touchdown pass to Bo Babich helped down the Tigers 38-30. Schuetz threw four touchdowns in the game. ETBU's Brian Baca also threw four touchdowns and two interceptions. The Tigers stand at 0-1 on the season.

Stetson 58, Louisiana College 13 (Saturday, September 7^th)
DELAND, Florida – The Division I Hatters owned both sides of the ball with 514 yards of total offense and forcing four turnovers in the win. Stetson rushed for 311 yards with six touchdowns. Quarterback Gaven DeFilippo threw for 179 yards, two touchdowns and ran for 36 yards and a score. 


CONFERENCE STANDINGS
1 Hardin-Simmons          1-0 (1-0 ASC)
2 Howard Payne             1-0 (0-0 ASC)
3 Southwestern               1-0 (0-0 ASC)
4 Mary Hardin-Baylor      0-0 (0-0 ASC)
5 Texas Lutheran            0-0 (0-0 ASC)
5 Belhaven                      0-1 (0-0 ASC)
6 East Texas Baptist       0-1 (0-0 ASC)
7 Louisiana College        0-1 (0-0 ASC)
8 McMurry                       0-1 (0-0 ASC)
9 Sul Ross St.                 0-1 (0-1 ASC)


Quotes from Coach John Pearce

Overall thoughts on season and home opener
It was a tough day for the Lobos. We got beat upfront, didn't tackle well early, but the defense did cause three turnovers. I thought our special teams and punt team played really well, coverage was good there. Our opening kickoff we had good coverage. During camp you never play those units live. We played a great team. Hardin-Simmons, they're ninth right now in the country and they're going to move up higher in the polls for sure. I think it was a big eye-opener to our players being young guys. I think Hardin-Simmons only traveled 10 freshmen and we probably played 30 freshmen throughout the whole night. I think it's a good learning experience, unfortunately it is a conference game, but I love playing them and the other purple and gold school, so it's a good challenge.

On what the message to the team was after the game
I told them on Sunday if it was a one-point loss or a 64-point loss I still feel bad. I'm not happy with that, but one game doesn't determine our season. We just got to keep moving forward, keep grinding and try and improve.

Strategy to bounce back this week
We got a tough one again playing Division II school Texas A&M Kingsville. They're talented, especially at the skill positions, so it's going to be a big challenge. It's kind of like our Super Bowl. You get to play a team that a lot of these guys probably thought they should have gone Division II, for whatever reason didn't happen. So, they get to play in a higher level, get that exposure. Just be excited about it, it is what it is.

Expectations going in to A&M Kingsville
Every game, win the football game, but we just got to improve. We got to find a little bit of a running game. Hopefully our receivers can catch the ball. Get better, consistent play out of our quarterback. Hopefully we improve on our tackling on defense and don't give up a deep ball.

On a possible change at quarterback this week
Nah, both guys will play (Barrera and Johns). That's our message, even with my staff. I said we've got to find our best 22 players and just keep rotating guys in. Whoever gets consistent, gets hot then that's who we'll go with.

On scouting A&M Kingsville
They're good. Like I said, they got a lot of talented receivers. The games going to be faster. Their o-line and d-line are physical just like Hardin-Simmons, so we got our hands full for sure.