Statistics Summary for 1996 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
09/07/1996 HARDING W 43-28 7,325
09/14/1996 HENDERSON STATE W 19-14 2,011
09/21/1996 at Northwestern St. L 7-33 11,256
09/28/1996 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 20-7 6,500
* 10/05/1996 at Central Okla. L 21-38 1,700
* 10/12/1996 TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE L 28-35 8,036
* 10/19/1996 at West Texas A&M W 31-0 2,100
* 10/26/1996 EASTERN N.M. W 42-10 4,674
* 11/02/1996 at Abilene Christian W 17-0 2,000
* 11/09/1996 ANGELO STATE L 32-35 3,400
* 11/16/1996 at Tarleton State W 56-17 1,500
 
Head coach Eddie Vowell (11th Season, 65-58-1 Overall, 37-31-1 Conf)

Overall: 7-4
Conference: 4-3
Home: 3-2
Away: 4-2
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Allen Strambler 11 114 676 68 608 5.3 5 38 55.3
J. McDowell 8 84 523 38 485 5.8 6 69 60.6
Cole Cayce 11 116 480 287 193 1.7 5 25 17.5
Don Williams 8 31 110 2 108 3.5 0 16 13.5
Vernon Higgins 10 20 62 2 60 3.0 2 8 6.0
Casey Cowan 10 4 60 6 54 13.5 1 42 5.4
Tony Thomas 5 12 58 5 53 4.4 1 26 10.6
Matt Morris 7 15 49 14 35 2.3 1 16 5.0
Rodney Scruggs 7 10 26 7 19 1.9 0 5 2.7
Michael Morley 6 8 17 6 11 1.4 0 6 1.8
Tracy Moore 8 4 7 1 6 1.5 0 4 0.8
Adam Brooks 2 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -2.0
Team totals 11 451 2068 487 1581 3.5 21 69 143.7
Opp totals 11 449 2088 347 1741 3.9 12 41 158.3
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Cole Cayce 11 153-263-11 58.2 2266 18 90 206.0 144.77
Matt Morris 7 8-31-4 25.8 92 0 34 13.1 24.93
Rodney Scruggs 7 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
David Dell 11 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 11 161-296-15 54.4 2358 18 90 214.4 131.24
Opp totals 11 112-275-22 40.7 1757 16 75 159.7 97.60
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
James Epps 11 57 1058 18.6 11 90 96.2
Tracy Moore 8 28 372 13.3 3 73 46.5
Casey Cowan 10 25 469 18.8 4 76 46.9
J. McDowell 8 17 185 10.9 0 34 23.1
Jeramy Burleson 7 12 67 5.6 0 14 9.6
Vernon Higgins 10 6 48 8.0 0 26 4.8
Don Williams 8 4 56 14.0 0 29 7.0
Chris Royal 5 4 44 11.0 0 18 8.8
Rodney Scruggs 7 2 12 6.0 0 7 1.7
Allen Strambler 11 2 8 4.0 0 4 0.7
Moses Francis 1 1 13 13.0 0 13 13.0
Adam Brooks 2 1 12 12.0 0 12 6.0
Michael Morley 6 1 10 10.0 0 10 1.7
Tony Thomas 5 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.8
Team totals 11 161 2358 14.6 18 90 214.4
Opp totals 11 112 1757 15.7 16 75 159.7
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
James Epps 11 11 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 68
David Dell 11 0 8-11 36-39 0 0 0 60
J. McDowell 8 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 36
Cole Cayce 11 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 32
Allen Strambler 11 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Casey Cowan 10 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Tracy Moore 8 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Kevin Mathis 10 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Vernon Higgins 10 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Matt Morris 7 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Tony Thomas 5 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 11 43 8-11 36-39 2 0 0 322
Opp totals 11 28 5-9 26-27 1 0 0 211
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Cole Cayce 11 193 2266 2459 223.5
Allen Strambler 11 608 0 608 55.3
J. McDowell 8 485 0 485 60.6
Matt Morris 7 35 92 127 18.1
Don Williams 8 108 0 108 13.5
Vernon Higgins 10 60 0 60 6.0
Casey Cowan 10 54 0 54 5.4
Tony Thomas 5 53 0 53 10.6
Rodney Scruggs 7 19 0 19 2.7
Michael Morley 6 11 0 11 1.8
Tracy Moore 8 6 0 6 0.8
Adam Brooks 2 -4 0 -4 -2.0
Team totals 11 1581 2358 3939 358.1
Opp totals 11 1741 1757 3498 318.0
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Kevin Mathis 26 252 1 51 9.7
Shon Adams 3 23 0 12 7.7
Terrell Sutton 6 22 0 11 3.7
James Epps 1 6 0 6 6.0
Team totals 36 303 1 51 8.4
Opp totals 15 78 0 18 5.2
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Kevin Mathis 15 374 0 56 24.9
Shon Adams 11 248 0 41 22.5
Terrell Sutton 5 87 0 28 17.4
Casey Cowan 5 82 0 30 16.4
Keith Henderson 2 32 0 24 16.0
Allen Strambler 1 3 0 3 3.0
Team totals 39 826 0 56 21.2
Opp totals 45 952 0 89 21.2
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Terrell Sutton 6 68 0 25 0.1
Kevin Mathis 4 145 2 69 0.0
Terry Mills 3 28 0 28 0.1
Shon Adams 2 51 0 43 0.0
Neil Searcy 2 6 0 4 0.3
Kelvin Bradley 1 17 0 17 0.1
Keith Henderson 1 3 0 3 0.3
Steve Howard 1 0 0 0 0.0
Cory Yates 1 0 0 0 0.0
Derrick Kazee 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 22 318 2 69 0.1
Opp totals 15 52 0 18 0.3
 
Fumble returns no. yards td long avg
Team totals 0 0 1 0 0.0
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
All purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
James Epps 11 0 1058 6 0 0 1064 96.7
Kevin Mathis 10 0 0 252 374 145 771 77.1
J. McDowell 8 485 185 0 0 0 670 83.8
Allen Strambler 11 608 8 0 3 0 619 56.3
Casey Cowan 10 54 469 0 82 0 605 60.5
Tracy Moore 8 6 372 0 0 0 378 47.2
Shon Adams 8 0 0 23 248 51 322 40.2
Cole Cayce 11 193 0 0 0 0 193 17.5
Terrell Sutton 11 0 0 22 87 68 177 16.1
Don Williams 8 108 56 0 0 0 164 20.5
Vernon Higgins 10 60 48 0 0 0 108 10.8
Jeramy Burleson 7 0 67 0 0 0 67 9.6
Tony Thomas 5 53 4 0 0 0 57 11.4
Chris Royal 5 0 44 0 0 0 44 8.8
Matt Morris 7 35 0 0 0 0 35 5.0
Keith Henderson 11 0 0 0 32 3 35 3.2
Rodney Scruggs 7 19 12 0 0 0 31 4.4
Terry Mills 9 0 0 0 0 28 28 3.1
Michael Morley 6 11 10 0 0 0 21 3.5
Kelvin Bradley 10 0 0 0 0 17 17 1.7
Moses Francis 1 0 13 0 0 0 13 13.0
Adam Brooks 2 -4 12 0 0 0 8 4.0
Neil Searcy 11 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5
Team totals 11 1581 2358 303 826 318 5386 489.6
Opp totals 11 1741 1757 78 952 52 4580 416.4
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
David Dell 24 896 37.3 56 0 0 0 0 0
Erik Forrest 24 864 36.0 52 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 48 1760 36.7 56 0 0 0 0 0
Opp totals 63 2319 36.8 59 0 0 0 0 0
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
David Dell 8 11 72.7 49 0
Team totals 8 11 72.7 49 0
Opp totals 5 9 55.6 51 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Brett Bertrand 11 51 71 122 14.0 - 49 2.0 - 11 - - - - - - -
Travis Marshall 11 41 38 79 17.0 - 68 12.0 - 51 - - - - - - -
Kelvin Bradley 10 27 49 76 8.0 - 18 1.0 - 1 1 - 17 - - - - - -
Derrick Kazee 9 32 37 69 5.0 - 8 - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Neil Searcy 11 37 23 60 6.0 - 36 3.0 - 25 2 - 6 - - - - - -
Keith Henderson 11 36 24 60 4.0 - 11 1.0 - 12 1 - 3 - - - - - -
Antonio Wilson 11 36 21 57 7.0 - 19 2.0 - 17 - - - - - - -
Terry Mills 9 30 22 52 - - 3 - 28 - - - - - -
Kevin Mathis 10 29 19 48 2.0 - 11 1.0 - 6 4 - 145 - - - - - -
Terrell Sutton 11 26 15 41 2.0 - 4 - 6 - 68 - - - - - -
Nathan Strange 8 22 19 41 4.0 - 17 4.0 - 24 - - - - - - -
Kasey Vestal 10 15 22 37 - - - - - - - - -
Paul Booker 9 21 14 35 - - - - - - - - -
Jake Burnett 7 13 18 31 3.0 - 3 3.0 - 18 - - - - - - -
Curtis Anderson 9 13 15 28 4.0 - 10 1.0 - 4 - - - - - - -
Carl Wheeler 11 12 11 23 5.0 - 20 1.0 - 4 - - - - - - -
Edward Allen 9 9 13 22 1.0 - 4 - - - - - - - -
Chris Clark 5 9 8 17 2.0 - 3 3.0 - 14 - - - - - - -
Cory Yates 9 11 4 15 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Shon Adams 8 9 5 14 - - 2 - 51 - - - - - -
Kelvin Nobles 2 6 5 11 1.0 - 4 - - - - - - - -
Donald Gross 4 5 4 9 2.0 - 5 1.0 - 4 - - - - - - -
Roderick Pitts 2 2 6 8 - 1.0 - 3 - - - - - - -
Paul Smith 5 2 3 5 - - - - - - - - -
Lynn Marshall 2 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - -
A. Flemming 1 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - -
Anton Preston 3 0 3 3 - - - - - - - - -
Steve Howard 3 2 0 2 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
J. McDowell 8 2 0 2 - - - - - - - - -
Trey Burk 11 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - -
Allen Strambler 11 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
James Epps 11 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Cole Cayce 11 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Chris Royal 5 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Jason Hoffman 11 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Casey Cowan 10 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Tracy Moore 8 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Terry Thomas 5 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Team totals 11 508 475 983 87.0 - 290 36.0 - 194 22 - 318 - - 6 - 0 - - -
Opp totals 11 0 0 0 - - 15 - 52 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 90 100
1st downs passing 77 64
1st downs penalty 31 30
1st downs total 198 194
Penalties against 96 92
Penalty yards 880 844
Fumbles 25 15
Fumbles lost 12 6
3rd-down convert 69-163 42-125
4th-down convert 0-0 0-0
Time of possession 339:06 320:24
Misc yards 0 0