2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

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

2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football
Conference	Southland Conference
2019 record	5–7 (4–5 Southland)
Head coach	Eric Morris (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Cody Crill (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Justin Deason (2nd season)
Base defense	Multiple[1]
Home stadium	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium (Capacity: 6,000)

2019 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 14 Nicholls +^		7	–	2					8	–	4
No. 11 Central Arkansas +^		7	–	2					9	–	3
No. 19 Southeastern Louisiana ^		6	–	3					8	–	5
Sam Houston State		6	–	3					7	–	5
McNeese State		5	–	4					7	–	5
Incarnate Word		4	–	5					5	–	7
Abilene Christian		4	–	5					5	–	7
Northwestern State		3	–	6					3	–	9
Stephen F. Austin		3	–	6					3	–	9
Houston Baptist		2	–	6					5	–	7
Lamar		2	–	7					4	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2018 season 6–5, 6–2 in Southland play to win a share of the Southland Conference championship. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Montana State.

Preseason

Preseason All-Conference Teams

On July 11, 2019, the Southland Conference announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Cardinals having five players selected.[2]

Offense First Team

• OL Brandon Floores – Senior
• OL Terence Hickman II – Senior

Offense Second Team

• QB Jon Copeland – Sophomore
• OL Uzoma Okere – Junior
• P David Balcomb – Senior

Preseason Poll

On July 18, 2019, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Cardinals predicted to finish in third place. UIW also received one first place vote.[3]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Nicholls	200 (20)
2	Central Arkansas	154
3	Incarnate Word	150 (1)
4	Sam Houston State	146
5	Lamar	123
6	McNeese	114
7	Abilene Christian	112 (1)
8	Southeastern Louisiana	71
9	Stephen F. Austin	63
10	Northwestern State	56
11	Houston Baptist	21

Schedule

UIW announced its 2019 football schedule on February 13, 2019. The schedule consists of 6 home games and 6 away games.
Source: [4][5]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	5:00 p.m.	at UTSA*	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Hometown Showdown)	ESPN3	L 7–35	26,787
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Texas Southern*	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	W 63–44	3,637
September 21	6:00 p.m.	at Sam Houston State	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	ESPN3	L 6–45	8,196
September 28	6:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIWtv	W 31–24	2,989
October 5	6:00 p.m.	at Houston Baptist	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	W 38–36	2,289
October 12	4:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	ESPN+	W 27–21	6,345
October 19	4:00 p.m.	Lamar	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	ESPN3	W 35–17	3,048
October 26	4:00 p.m.	Northwestern State	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIWtv	L 41–44 ^OT	3,373
November 2	4:00 p.m.	No. 25 Nicholls	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	ESPN3	L 23–27	3,928
November 9	3:00 p.m.	at Stephen F. Austin	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX	ESPN3	L 24–31	6,321
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	FloSports	L 28–41	25,804
November 22	6:30 p.m.	No. 11 Central Arkansas	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	L 35–52	2,668
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Personnel

Coaching staff

Source: [6]

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

Roster

Source: [7]

2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football
Quarterback  1 Jon Copeland – Sophomore (6'0, 194)  3 Sean Brophy – Senior (6'2, 218)  5 Kevin Yeager – Freshman (6'1, 204)  7 Taylor Brown – Graduate Senior (6'1, 220) 10 Chandler Herman – Junior (6'2, 240) Running Back  4 Kevin Brown – Junior (5'9, 204) 13 Kenneth Bivins, Jr. – Freshman (5'10, 198) 21 Roger McCuller – ATH – Junior (6'1, 216) 22 Ameer King – Sophomore (5'8, 180) 26 Kaleb Ducros – Freshman (5'11, 197) 29 Keyondrick Philio – Junior (6'0, 210) 35 Chance Trentman–Rosas – Freshman (6'2, 230) 38 Antonio Arredondo – Sophomore (5'9, 209) 46 Phillip Higgins – Senior (6'0, 252) Wide Receiver  2 CJ Hardy – Freshman (5'11, 189)  6 Lamont Johnson – Senior (6'0, 167)  8 Gunnar Henderson – Sophomore (5'9, 169) 11 Kamden Perry – Freshman (6'0, 190) 12 Brandon McDuffie – Freshman (6'3, 202) 14 Kam Williams – Senior (6'2, 232) 15 Jaelin Campbell – Sophomore (6'1, 182) 17 Mark Sullivan – Sophomore (6'2, 163) 18 Hunter Cheek – Freshman (6'1, 183) 19 Marquez Perez – Freshman (5'11, 184) 30 Eric Phillips – Freshman 80 Deuce Caston – Freshman (5'8, 186) 81 Brady Rogers – Freshman (6'4, 192) 82 Colby Anthony – Senior (5'10, 197) 83 Kristian Drake – Freshman (6'2, 214) 87 Cole Brownholtz – Senior (6'3, 192) 88 Liam Capobianco – Freshman (6'3, 179) 89 Lanir Shabazz – Freshman (6'0, 185) Kicker 49 Tucker Littleton – Freshman (5'9, 162) 50 David Albert – Senior (5'11, 190) 59 Andrew Schreiner – Freshman (5'11, 167) 92 Chase Franks – Freshman (5'11, 150) 92 Carson Mohr – Freshman (5'8, 143)		Offensive Line 60 Reid Francis – Freshman (6'4, 307) 61 Matthew Alvarez – Sophomore (6'4, 300) 62/98 Dawson Kier – C/FB – Junior (6'3, 279) 63 Connor Homeyer – Freshman (6'6, 274) 64 Jayden Borjas – Freshman (6'5, 294) 65 Richard LeFevre – Sophomore (6'4, 330) 67 Peter Gonzalez – Freshman (6'0, 289) 68 Jhase Edwards – Freshman (6'3, 279) 70 Ryan Carlson – Junior (6'7, 289) 71 Cameron Wilson – Senior (6'5, 303) 72 Brandon Floores – Senior (6'4, 294) 73 Jeremiah Williams – Sophomore (6'1, 292) 74 Caleb Johnson – Sophomore (6'6, 306) 75 Jeremy Jones – Senior (6'5, 303) 76 Jeriel Cervantes – Sophomore (6'5, 283) 77 Terence Hickman II – Senior (6'3, 285) 78 Uzoma Okere – Junior (6'2, 292) Defensive Line 11 Lukas Termin – DT – Senior (6'2, 280) 41 Darius Richmond – DT – Freshman (6'2, 269) 42 Brian Lee – DT – Senior (6'0, 271) 43 Mason Meyer – DE – Freshman (6'3, 254) 45 Jared Soyring – DT – Sophomore (6'3, 274) 47 Seth Jaquess – DE – Freshman (6'4, 229) 53 Gabe Matous – DE – Freshman (5'9, 222) 58 Axel Andrade – DE – Freshman (5'11, 222) 66 Brendan Herring – DT – Freshman (6'2, 278) 90 Sam Latham – DE – Freshman (6'6, 253) 93 Cameron Preston – DT – Sophomore (6'2, 298) 94 Markail Williams – DE – Junior (6'3, 269) 95 Chance Main – DE – Sophomore (6'5, 245) 96 Maverick McCaskill – DT – Junior (6'3, 283) 97 Josh Jackson – DT – Sophomore (6'0, 301) 99 TJ Wright – DE – Sophomore (6'5, 259) Punter 37 Cade Kostroun – Junior (6'3, 178) 52 David Balcomb – Senior (6'0, 193) Long Snapper 91 Josh Wells – Sophomore (6'2, 237)		Linebacker  9 Mar’kel Cooks – Senior (6'0, 220) 21 Isaiah Paul – Freshman (6'2, 241) 24 Matt Gaca – Freshman (6'3, 215) 31 Mason Barnes – Sophomore (5'10, 188) 32 Gerald Bowie – Sophomore (6'1, 234) 33 Jerick Pitre – Junior (5'11, 201) 44 Kelechi Anyalebechi – LB/DE – Sophomore (6'1, 262) 47 Raynard Taylor – Senior (5'8, 238) 54 Josh Centeno – Sophomore (6'0, 208) 55 Urijah Marrow – Freshman (5'9, 164) 56 Andy Jennings – LB/DE – Senior (6'2, 233) 57 Ian Irby – Freshman (6'0, 211) Defensive Back  1 Jaylon Jimmerson – ATH – Freshman (6'0, 189)  3 Chris Thomas – CB – Senior (6'2, 195)  4 Jaden Smith – CB – Freshman (5'9, 172)  5 Dalvin Fillmore – S – Sophomore (6'0, 190)  6 Ce'Cori Tolds – ATH – Sophomore (5'10, 151)  7 Malick Phillips – ATH – Junior (5'10, 172) 10 Louis Otis – CB – Senior (6'3, 190) 13 Shaquirius Miller – S – Junior (5'10, 177) 14 Jacob Harper – S – Senior (6'2, 193) 16 Dante Heaggans – ATH – Freshman (6'0, 182) 18 Reese Watson – CB – Freshman (6'0, 176) 19 Tre Richardson – CB – Freshman (6'1, 167) 20 Ian Peterson – S – Junior (5'11, 179) 23 Kyle Covington – S – Senior (6'2, 202) 25 Brandon Richard – CB – Freshman (5'11, 183) 27 Ashton Preston – S – Senior (6'0, 194) 28 Jaylen Stanford – CB – Freshman (5'11, 188) 34 Shawn Holton – S – Freshman (5'10, 166) 36 Payton Bourquin – S – Freshman (6'1, 189) 39 Brandon Sanders – S – Junior (6'0, 199) 40 Javier Macias – CB – Junior (5'8, 183) 49 Hilario Gomez – CB – Freshman (5'9, 182) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Depth chart

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

Postseason honors

The following Cardinals received postseason honors for the 2019 season:[8]

All–Southland Conference Third–Team
OL Terence Hickman II – Senior
OL Brandon Floores – Senior
LB Kelechi Anyalebechi – Sophomore
DB Jaylon Jimmerson – Freshman

Game summaries

@ UTSA

Hometown Showdown
Incarnate Word Cardinals at UTSA Roadrunners

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	7	0	0	7
Roadrunners	7	14	7	7	35

at Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

• Date: August 31, 2019
• Game time: 5:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Indoors
• Game attendance: 26,787
• Referee: Joe Lehring
• TV announcers (ESPN3): Lincoln Rose (play-by-play), LaDarrin McLane (analyst)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter UTSA – 9:18 Carlos Strickland II 16 yard pass from Frank Harris, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 7–0 Drive: 5 plays, 40 yards, 2:24 Second Quarter UTSA – 14:27 Brenden Brady 10 yard run, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 14–0 Drive: 14 plays, 78 yards, 7:10 UIW – 12:12 Ameer King 11 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UTSA 14–7 Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:15 UTSA – 7:38 Deven Boston 6 yard run, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 21–7 Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards, 4:34 Third Quarter UTSA – 9:26 Gavin Sharp 5 yard pass from Frank Harris, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 28–7 Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards, 3:31 Fourth Quarter UTSA – 9:53 Tykee Ogle-Kellogg 36 yard pass from Frank Harris, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 35–7 Drive: 7 plays, 91 yards, 3:36 Passing UIW – Jon Copeland 15/31, 181 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT UTSA – Frank Harris 28/36, 206 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT Rushing UIW – Kevin Brown 6 ATT, 36 YDS UTSA – Frank Harris 15 ATT, 123 YDS Receiving UIW – Lamont Johnson 5 REC, 70 YDS UTSA – Brenden Brady 5 REC, 47 YDS

Texas Southern

Texas Southern Tigers at Incarnate Word Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	10	20	7	44
Cardinals	14	28	7	14	63

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas

• Date: September 7, 2019
• Game time: 6:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Temperature: 100 • Wind: SSE 8 mph • Weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 3,637
• Referee: Michael Vanderv
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Mike Lefko (play-by-play), Hector Ledesma (analyst), Jill Jelnick (sideline)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter UIW – 13:18 Keyondrick Philio 5 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 7–0 Drive: 4 plays, 59 yards, 1:42 UIW – 8:44 Kam Williams 12 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 14–0 Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards, 2:58 TSU – 6:59 Chris Long 15 yard pass from De'Andre Johnson, Richard Garcia III kick UIW 14–7 Drive: 6 plays, 72 yards, 1:39 Second Quarter TSU – 14:51 Richard Garcia III 25 yard field goal UIW 14–10 Drive: 14 plays, 82 yards, 5:05 UIW – 13:10 Kevin Brown 32 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 21–10 Drive: 5 plays, 67 yards, 1:50 UIW – 13:01 Shawn Holton 30 yard fumble return, Carson Mohr kick UIW 28–10 UIW – 8:01 Ameer King 3 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 35–10 Drive: 5 plays, 85 yards, 2:09 TSU – 5:02 Tren'Davian Dickson 87 yard pass from De'Andre Johnson, Richard Garcia III kick UIW 35–17 Drive: 2 plays, 88 yards, 0:25 UIW – 2:42 Marquez Perez 25 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 42–17 Drive: 2 plays, 25 yards, 0:16 Third Quarter TSU – 12:32 Tren'Davian Dickson 15 yard pass from De'Andre Johnson, Richard Garcia III kick UIW 42–24 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:28 UIW – 9:50 Kam Williams 20 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 49–24 Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 2:42 TSU – 8:43 LaDarius Owens 49 yard run, Richard Garcia III kick failed UIW 49–31 Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:07 TSU – 6:10 LaDarius Owens 1 yard run, Richard Garcia III kick UIW 49–37 Drive: 4 plays, 54 yards, 1:11 Fourth Quarter UIW – 9:53 Kam Williams 70 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 56–37 Drive: 3 plays, 64 yards, 1:29 UIW – 3:06 Keyondrick Philio 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 63–37 Drive: 9 plays, 72 yards, 5:58 TSU – 0:15 Roylain Oliver 3 yard pass from Devin Williams, Richard Garcia III kick UIW 63–44 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 2:51 Passing TSU – De'Andre Johnson 20/30, 331 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT UIW – Jon Copeland 25/40, 344 YDS, 5 TD Rushing TSU – LaDarius Owens 14 ATT, 94 YDS, 2 TD UIW – Ameer King 14 ATT, 157 YDS Receiving TSU – Tren'Davian Dickson 8 REC, 221 YDS, 2 TD UIW – Kam Williams 6 REC, 146 YDS, 3 TD

@ Sam Houston State

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Sam Houston State Bearkats

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	6	6
Bearkats	14	17	7	7	45

at Bowers Stadium, Huntsville, Texas

• Date: September 21, 2019
• Game time: 6:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Temperature: 85 • Wind: SE 8 mph • Weather: Partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 8,196
• Referee: Kevin Hassell
• TV announcers (ESPN3): Tom Franklin (play-by-play), Shea Walker (analyst)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter SHSU – 10:43 Dee Bowens 64 yard pass from Eric Schmid, Connor Crow kick SHSU 7–0 Drive: 1 play, 64 yards, 0:11 SHSU – 0:00 Nathan Stewart 49 yard pass from Eric Schmid, Connor Crow kick SHSU 14–0 Drive: 8 plays, 83 yards, 3:21 Second Quarter SHSU – 9:00 Nathan Stewart 20 yard pass from Eric Schmid, Connor Crow kick SHSU 21–0 Drive: 4 plays, 74 yards, 1:26 SHSU – 3:03 Connor Crow 22 yard field goal SHSU 24–0 Drive: 11 plays, 61 yards, 4:50 SHSU – 0:57 Nathan Stewart 32 yard pass from Eric Schmid, Connor Crow kick SHSU 31–0 Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 0:57 Third Quarter SHSU – 3:50 Ife Adeyi 80 yard pass from Eric Schmid, Connor Crow kick SHSU 38–0 Drive: 1 play, 80 yards, 0:11 Fourth Quarter SHSU – 11:29 Donovan Williams 1 yard run, Connor Crow kick SHSU 45–0 Drive: 13 plays, 79 yards, 4:29 UIW – 2:38 Kaleb Ducros 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick failed SHSU 45–6 Drive: 8 plays, 30 yards, 2:23 Passing UIW – Jon Copeland 23/47, 257 YDS, 2 INT SHSU – Eric Schmid 29/44, 531 YDS, 5 TD, 1 INT Rushing UIW – Ameer King 10 ATT, 54 YDS SHSU – Toneil Carter 6 ATT, 26 YDS Receiving UIW – Kam Williams 6 REC, 118 YDS SHSU – Nathan Stewart 9 REC, 187 YDS, 3 TD

Abilene Christian

Abilene Christian Wildcats at Incarnate Word Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	3	14	7	24
Cardinals	7	6	7	11	31

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas

• Date: September 28, 2019
• Game time: 6:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 2,989
• Referee: Dan Lewis
• TV announcers (UIWtv): Scott Mandziara (play-by-play), Jaime Valdes (analyst), Angela Mitchell (sideline)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter UIW – 3:05 Keyondrick Philio 5 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 7–0 Drive: 19 plays, 91 yards, 7:36 Second Quarter UIW – 4:53 Keyondrick Philio 1 yard run, PAT failed UIW 13–0 Drive: 13 plays, 56 yards, 4:26 ACU – 0:06 Blair Zepeda 23 yard field goal UIW 13–3 Drive: 14 plays, 54 yards, 4:39 Third Quarter UIW – 11:52 Ameer King 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 20–3 Drive: 5 plays, 39 yards, 1:24 ACU – 7:23 Josh Fink 15 yard pass from Luke Anthony, Blair Zepeda kick UIW 20–10 Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards, 4:24 ACU – 3:42 Justus Lee 14 yard pass from Luke Anthony, Blair Zepeda kick UIW 20–17 Drive: 5 plays, 40 yards, 1:48 Fourth Quarter UIW – 14:28 Carson Mohr 36 yard field goal UIW 23–17 Drive: 4 plays, -7 yards, 0:38 UIW – 7:32 Keyondrick Philio 1 yard run, Keyondrick Philio 2-pt rush UIW 31–17 Drive: 10 plays, 46 yards, 5:10 ACU – 2:40 Tracy James 1 yard run, Blair Zepeda kick UIW 31–24 Drive: 14 plays, 70 yards, 4:52 Passing ACU – Luke Anthony 26/16, 197 YDS, 2 TD, 3 INT UIW – Jon Copeland 18/35, 170 YDS, 1 INT Rushing ACU – Tracy James 22 ATT, 97 YDS, 1 TD UIW – Ameer King 17 ATT, 61 YDS, 1 TD Receiving ACU – Josh Fink 6 REC, 66 YDS, 1 TD UIW – Kam Williams 7 REC, 105 YDS

@ Houston Baptist

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Houston Baptist Huskies

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	14	14	10	0	38
Huskies	7	13	10	6	36

at Husky Stadium, Houston, Texas

• Date: October 5, 2019
• Game time: 6:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Temperature: 90 • Wind: SW 1 mph • Weather: Scattered clouds
• Game attendance: 2,289
• Referee: C. Watson
• TV: ESPN3
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter UIW – 12:02 Lamont Johnson 32 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 7–0 Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:58 HBU – 11:48 Gamar Girdy Brito 87 yard kickoff return, Gino Garcia kick Tied 7–7 UIW – 8:58 Mark Sullivan 31 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 14–7 Drive: 4 plays, 48 yards, 1:08 Second Quarter HBU – 13:39 Gino Garcia 49 yard field goal UIW 14–10 Drive: 9 plays, 14 yards, 1:51 UIW – 10:25 Marquez Perez 6 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 21–10 Drive: 11 plays, 65 yards, 3:14 HBU – 4:13 Ben Ratzlaff 8 yard pass from Bailey Zappe, Gino Garcia kick UIW 21–17 Drive: 15 plays, 65 yards, 6:08 UIW – 1:43 Keyondrick Philio 2 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 28–17 Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:24 HBU – 0:13 Gino Garcia 26 yard field goal UIW 28–20 Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards, 1:25 Third Quarter HBU – 10:50 Gino Garcia 32 yard field goal UIW 28–23 Drive: 11 plays, 43 yards, 4:03 UIW – 6:55 Kam Williams 4 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 35–23 Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:55 HBU – 4:58 Jerreth Sterns 6 yard pass from Bailey Zappe, Gino Garcia kick UIW 35–30 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 1:50 UIW – 2:37 Carson Mohr 31 yard field goal UIW 38–30 Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 2:21 Fourth Quarter HBU – 3:14 Gamar Girdy Brito 17 yard pass from Bailey Zappe, Bailey Zappe pass failed UIW 38–36 Drive: 12 plays, 63 yards, 3:24 Passing UIW – Jon Copeland 33/44, 342 YDS, 3 TD HBU – Bailey Zappe 49/69, 390 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT Rushing UIW – Kevin Brown 11 ATT, 104 YDS HBU –Ean Beek 20 ATT, 96 YDS Receiving UIW – Kam Williams 9 REC, 101 YDS, 1 TD HBU – Jerreth Sterns 18 REC, 136 YDS, 1 TD

@ Southeastern Louisiana

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Southeastern Louisiana Lions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	3	14	3	7	27
No. 23 Lions	7	7	0	7	21

at Strawberry Stadium, Hammond, Louisiana

• Date: October 12, 2019
• Game time: 4:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Temperature: 72 • Wind: N 10 mph • Weather: Cloudy
• Game attendance: 6,345
• Referee: Vidal Jones
• TV announcers (ESPN+): John Satori (play-by-play), Richie Solares (analyst)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter SLU – 10:11 Austin Mitchell 48 yard pass from Chason Virgil, Bryce Broussard kick SLU 7–0 Drive: 8 plays, 89 yards, 3:32 UIW – 0:29 Carson Mohr 25 yard field goal SLU 7–3 Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards, 2:09 Second Quarter UIW – 14:49 Isaiah Paul 45 yard interception return, Carson Mohr kick UIW 10–7 UIW – 4:09 Brady Rogers 18 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 17–7 Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 2:55 SLU – 1:12 Cole Kelley 1 yard run, Bryce Broussard kick UIW 17–14 Drive: 6 plays, 51 yards, 2:46 Third Quarter UIW – 4:39 Carson Mohr 19 yard field goal UIW 20–14 Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 4:03 Fourth Quarter UIW – 9:23 Lamont Johnson 21 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 27–14 Drive: 12 plays, 76 yards, 5:41 SLU – 5:54 Marcus Cooper 16 yard run, Bryce Broussard kick UIW 27–21 Drive: 9 plays, 84 yards, 2:05 Passing UIW – Jon Copeland 14/27, 147 YDS, 2 TD SLU – Chason Virgil 33/46, 337 YDS, 1 TD, 4 INT Rushing UIW – Ameer King 18 ATT, 94 YDS SLU – Marcus Cooper 9 ATT, 59 YDS, 1 TD Receiving UIW – Lamont Johnson 3 REC, 37 YDS, 1 TD SLU – Austin Mitchell 4 REC, 87 YDS, 1 TD

Lamar

Lamar Cardinals at Incarnate Word Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals (LU)	7	0	7	3	17
Cardinals (UIW)	14	14	7	0	35

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas

• Date: October 19, 2019
• Game time: 4:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Temperature: 92 • Wind: 3 mph • Weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 3,048
• Referee: Dan Lewis
• TV announcers (ESPN3): Ted Emrich (play-by-play), Shea Walker (analyst), Taylor Verrico (sideline)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter UIW – 13:06 Ameer King 26 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 7–0 Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:54 LU – 12:25 Jordan Hoy 73 yard run, Bailey Giffen kick Tied 7–7 Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:41 UIW – 2:30 Brady Rogers 24 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 14–7 Drive: 7 plays, 45 yards, 3:28 Second Quarter UIW – 9:09 Keyondrick Philio 2 yard run, Carson Mohr kick failed UIW 20–7 Drive: 2 plays, 92 yards, 0:59 UIW – 0:08 Lamont Johnson 32 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Jon Copeland pass to Kam Williams UIW 28–7 Drive: 4 plays, 48 yards, 0:29 Third Quarter LU – 10:04 Myles Wanza 10 yard run, Bailey Giffen kick UIW 28–14 Drive: 5 plays, 30 yards, 2:23 UIW – 6:59 Mark Sullivan 32 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 35–14 Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:05 Fourth Quarter LU – 14:56 Bailey Giffen 28 yard field goal UIW 35–17 Drive: 12 plays, 88 yards, 5:34 Passing LU – Shane Johnson 9/18, 124 YDS, 1 INT UIW – Jon Copeland 24/35, 376 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INT Rushing LU – Myles Wanza 16 ATT, 80 YDS, 1 TD UIW – Kevin Brown 13 ATT, 59 YDS Receiving LU – Myles Wanza 5 REC, 68 YDS UIW – Ameer King 4 REC, 124 YDS, 1 TD

Northwestern State

Northwestern State Demons at Incarnate Word Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Demons	7	9	7	15	6	44
Cardinals	7	10	14	7	3	41

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas

• Date: October 26, 2019
• Game time: 4:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Temperature: 73 • Wind: SW 8 mph • Weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 3,373
• Referee: Vidal Jones
• TV announcers (UIWtv): Scott Mandziara (play-by-play), Jaime Valdes (analyst), Angela Mitchell (sideline)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter NSU – 8:49 Jared West 3 yard run, Rya Gremillion kick NSU 7–0 Drive: 11 plays, 55 yards, 5:25 UIW – 4:40 Jon Copeland 4 yard run, Carson Mohr kick Tied 7–7 Drive: 10 plays, 81 yards, 3:58 Second Quarter UIW – 13:34 Carson Mohr 46 yard field goal UIW 10–7 Drive: 10 plays, 39 yards, 4:32 UIW – 11:33 Keyondrick Philio 3 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 17–7 Drive: 6 plays, 27 yards, 1:56 NSU – 7:27 Jared West 2 yard run, Rya Gremillion kick failed UIW 17–13 Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 4:01 NSU – 0:00 Daniel Justino 29 yard field goal UIW 17–16 Drive: 8 plays, 37 yards, 1:01 Third Quarter UIW – 13:46 Jerick Pitre 32 yard interception return, Carson Mohr kick UIW 24–16 UIW – 9:23 Mark Sullivan 39 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 31–16 Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards, 2:44 NSU – 6:31 Stadford Anderson 2 yard run, Daniel Justino kick UIW 31–23 Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards, 0:21 Fourth Quarter NSU – 8:27 Jared West 5 yard run, Daniel Justino kick UIW 31–30 Drive: 13 plays, 72 yards, 7:46 UIW – 2:42 Brady Rogers 8 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 38–30 Drive: 12 plays, 82 yards, 5:37 NSU – 0:19 Tanner Ash 19 yard pass from Shelton Eppler, Akile Davis pass Tied 38–38 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 2:23 Overtime UIW – 0:00 Carson Mohr 26 yard field goal UIW 41–38 NSU – 0:00 Quan Shorts 1 yard pass from Shelton Eppler NSU 44–41 Passing NSU – Shelton Eppler 30/40, 259 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT UIW – Jon Copeland 27/36, 275 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT Rushing NSU – Stadford Anderson 13 ATT, 60 YDS, 1 TD UIW – Kevin Brown 21 ATT, 116 YDS Receiving NSU – Quan Shorts 11 REC, 99 YDS, 1 TD UIW – C.J. Hardy 4 REC, 84 YDS

Nicholls

Nicholls Colonels at Incarnate Word Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 25 Colonels	6	14	0	7	27
Cardinals	6	10	0	7	23

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas

• Date: November 2, 2019
• Game time: 4:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Temperature: 69 • Wind: NE 7 mph • Weather: Mostly sunny
• Game attendance: 3,928
• Referee: Christian Watso
• TV announcers (ESPN3): David Saltzman (play-by-play), Shea Walker (analyst), Taylor Verrico (sideline)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter UIW – 11:00 Carson Mohr 29 yard field goal UIW 3–0 Drive: 13 plays, 73 yards, 4:00 UIW – 7:25 Carson Mohr 40 yard field goal UIW 6–0 Drive: 7 plays, 4 yards, 2:03 NSU – 4:44 Julien Gums 9 yard run, Gunnar Jones kick failed Tied 6–6 Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 2:35 Second Quarter UIW – 13:40 Ameer King 1 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 13–6 Drive: 6 plays, 61 yards, 2:21 NSU – 12:26 KJ Franklin 32 yard pass from Chase Fourcade, Gunnar Jones kick Tied 13–13 Drive: 3 plays, 64 yards, 1:08 UIW – 6:37 Carson Mohr 27 yard field goal UIW 16–13 Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards, 2:25 NSU – 1:24 Chase Fourcade 64 yard run, Gunnar Jones kick NSU 20–16 Drive: 8 plays, 89 yards, 2:41 Fourth Quarter UIW – 7:49 Kevin Brown 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 23–20 Drive: 6 plays, 74 yards, 1:50 NSU – 3:27 Julien Gums 1 yard run, Gunnar Jones kick NSU 27–23 Drive: 9 plays, 74 yards, 4:16 Passing NSU – Chase Fourcade 10/21, 150 YDS, 1 TD UIW – Jon Copeland 34/55, 381 YDS, 1 TD Rushing NSU – Julien Gums 23 ATT, 178 YDS, 2 TD UIW – Kevin Brown 9 ATT, 59 YDS, 1 TD Receiving NSU – KJ Franklin 3 REC, 81 YDS, 1 TD UIW – CJ Hardy 7 REC, 102 YDS

@ Stephen F. Austin

Incarnate Word in action at Stephen F. Austin

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	21	0	3	24
Lumberjacks	14	0	7	10	31

at Homer Bryce Stadium, Nacogdoches, Texas

• Date: November 9, 2019
• Game time: 3:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 6,321
• Referee: Dan Lewis
• TV announcers (ESPN3): Luke Hamilton (play-by-play), John Wilkowski (analyst)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter SFA – 12:10 Thomas Hutchings 2 yard run, Storm Ruiz kick SFA 7–0 Drive: 6 plays, 34 yards, 2:16 SFA – 0:09 Cam Arnold 20 yard run, Storm Ruiz kick SFA 14–0 Drive: 4 plays, 29 yards, 2:02 Second Quarter UIW – 12:46 Andy Jennings 0 yard fumble recovery, Carson Mohr kick SFA 14–7 UIW – 8:18 Jon Copeland 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick Tied 14–14 Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards, 2:56 UIW – 0:30 Jaelin Campbell 7 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UIW 21–14 Drive: 8 plays, 87 yards, 1:13 Third Quarter SFA – 11:26 Thomas Hutchings 21 yard run, Storm Ruiz kick Tied 21–21 Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards, 3:24 Fourth Quarter SFA – 13:26 Xavier Gipson 70 yard pass from Cam Arnold, Storm Ruiz kick SFA 28–21 Drive: 2 plays, 70 yards, 0:14 SFA – 7:27 Storm Ruiz 38 yard field goal SFA 31–21 Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards, 5:04 UIW – 5:19 Carson Mohr 32 yard field goal SFA 31–24 Drive: 10 plays, 48 yards, 2:00 Passing UIW – Jon Copeland 35/62, 349 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT SFA – Cam Arnold 15/22, 201 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing UIW – Kevin Brown 8 ATT, 44 YDS SFA – Thomas Hutchings 20 ATT, 74 YDS, 2 TD Receiving UIW – Kamden Perry 11 REC, 105 YDS SFA – Xavier Gipson 4 REC, 132 YDS, 1 TD

@ New Mexico State

Incarnate Word Cardinals at New Mexico State Aggies

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	7	7	14	28
Aggies	14	10	3	14	41

at Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, New Mexico

• Date: November 16, 2019
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 25,804
• Referee: Scott Campbell
• TV announcers (FloSports): Adam Young (play-by-play), Danny Knee (analyst)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter NMSU – 4:38 Tony Nicholson 34 yard pass from Josh Adkins, Dylan Brown kick NMSU 7–0 Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards, 2:27 NMSU – 1:23 Tony Nicholson 42 yard pass from Josh Adkins, Dylan Brown kick NMSU 14–0 Drive: 3 plays, 44 yards, 0:43 Second Quarter NMSU – 14:42 OJ Clark 77 yard punt return, Dylan Brown kick NMSU 21–0 UIW – 9:31 Keyondrick Philio 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick NMSU 21–7 Drive: 4 plays, 50 yards, 1:17 NMSU – 4:40 Dylan Brown 30 yard field goal NMSU 24–7 Drive: 9 plays, 31 yards, 3:21 Third Quarter NMSU – 4:46 Dylan Brown 28 yard field goal NMSU 27–7 Drive: 10 plays, 44 yards, 3:44 UIW – 0:24 Ameer King 11 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick NMSU 27–14 Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 4:22 Fourth Quarter NMSU – 13:53 Jason Huntley 1 yard run, Dylan Brown kick NMSU 34–14 Drive: 4 plays, 47 yards, 1:23 UIW – 13:41 Ce'Cori Tolds 100 yard kickoff return, Carson Mohr kick NMSU 34–21 NMSU – 3:49 C. Gibson 2 yard run, Dylan Brown kick NMSU 41–21 Drive: 11 plays, 83 yards, 5:29 UIW – 0:57 Jon Copeland 1 yard run, Carson Mohr kick NMSU 41–28 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 2:52 Passing UIW – Jon Copeland 18/40, 181 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT NMST – Josh Adkins 28/38, 316 YDS, 2 TD Rushing UIW – Kevin Brown 9 ATT, 31 YDS NMST – Jason Huntley 25 ATT, 174 YDS, 1 TD Receiving UIW – Mark Sullivan 3 REC, 48 YDS NMST – Tony Nicholson 5 REC, 98 YDS, 2 TD

Central Arkansas

Central Arkansas Bears at Incarnate Word Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 11 Bears	3	21	7	21	52
Cardinals	0	14	14	7	35

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas

• Date: November 22, 2019
• Game time: 6:30 p.m.
• Game weather: Temperature: 61 • Wind: N 9 mph • Weather: Clear
• Game attendance: 2,668
• Referee: Christian Watso
• TV announcers (ESPN+): David Saltzman (play-by-play), Taylor McHargue (analyst), Lainie Fritz (sideline)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter UCA – 5:50 Hayden Ray 42 yard field goal UCA 3–0 Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards, 4:28 Second Quarter UCA – 14:03 Jarrod Barnes 4 yard pass from Breylin Smith, Hayden Ray kick UCA 10–0 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 5:57 UIW – 12:27 Jaelin Campbell 21 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UCA 10–7 Drive: 4 plays, 81 yards, 1:25 UCA – 5:18 Joe Hampton 9 yard pass from Breylin Smith, Hayden Ray kick UCA 17–7 Drive: 12 plays, 77 yards, 4:57 UCA – 0:57 Tyler Hudson 14 yard pass from Breylin Smith, Hayden Ray kick UCA 24–7 Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards, 0:46 UIW – 0:43 Ce'Cori Tolds 94 yard kickoff return, Carson Mohr kick UCA 24–14 Third Quarter UCA – 12:21 Tyler Hudson 44 yard pass from Breylin Smith, Hayden Ray kick UCA 31–14 Drive: 3 plays, 57 yards, 1:16 UIW – 8:16 Colby Anthony 3 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UCA 31–21 Drive: 11 plays, 90 yards, 3:58 UIW – 3:52 Jon Copeland 8 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UCA 31–28 Drive: 8 plays, 82 yards, 2:42 Fourth Quarter UCA – 12:21 Carlos Blackman 18 yard run, Hayden Ray kick UCA 38–28 Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards, 2:39 UCA – 5:30 Tyler Hudson 27 yard pass from Breylin Smith, Hayden Ray kick UCA 45–28 Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards, 6:27 UIW – 2:25 Kevin Brown 4 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UCA 45–35 Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 3:05 UCA – 2:18 Carlos Blackman 46 yard kickoff return, Hayden Ray kick UCA 52–35 Passing UCA – Breylin Smith 25/38, 296 YDS, 5 TD UIW – Jon Copeland 32/55, 338 YDS, 2 TD Rushing UCA – Carlos Blackman 18 ATT, 80 YDS, 1 TD UIW – Kevin Brown 14 ATT, 85 YDS, 1 TD Receiving UCA – Tyler Hudson 9 REC, 161 YDS, 3 TD UIW – Brady Rogers 7 REC, 68 YDS

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	NR	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	25	20	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

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2. "SOUTHLAND ANNOUNCES 2019 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAMS". Southland Conference. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
3. https://www.southland.org/news/2019/7/18/nicholls-voted-to-top-spot-in-2019-football-preseason-poll.aspx
4. "2019 Football Schedule". UIW Athletics. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
5. "SOUTHLAND TV SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST FOUR WEEKS". Southland Conference. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
6. "Football Coaches". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
7. "2019 Football Roster". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
8. "4 Cardinals earn Southland Football All-Conference accolades". UIW Athletics. Retrieved November 27, 2019.