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FB Boast Notes | Anthony surpasses 4,000 Yards vs. Mean Green
9/2/2019 2:50:00 PM | Football
Monday News
- ACU Football is the receiving votes category of the AFCA FCS Coaches' Top 25 Poll with 14 points.
- Elite Eyecare will be upgrading one lucky fan's seats at every home game this season, starting with the Sept. 7 game vs. Arizona Christian. To enter, log onto the ACUSports Facebook or Twitter page, comment and tag three (3) people that you'd like to bring to the game. Winner will be chosen on Thursday and contacted directly.
- Don't miss any of the action, buy your ACU football season tickets today by visiting ACUSports.com/Tickets or calling 325-674-CATS (2287)
North Texas Highlight Package
Vs. North Texas
- Tracy James finished the game with 153 all-purpose yardage (106 rushing / 47 receiving) and two touchdown runs. This was the fourth 100-yard rushing game of his career and first vs. a FBS opponent. His all-purpose total was the second highest of his career. He combined for 180 yards in Nov. 2017 vs. Sam Houston St. James' day at North Texas leaves him 260 yards shy of 2,000.
- With a 9.9 rushing average, Billy McCrary just missed recording his second career game averaging 10 or more yards per carry. He holds the school's single-game DI era record with 15.9 yards per rush vs. Southeastern La. (Oct. 2018). In his two season openers with the Wildcats he has two of the school's longest runs from scrimmage (75 at Baylor, 2018 and 69 at North Texas, 2019). He needs 197 yards to reach 1,000 yards rushing with ACU.
- Quarterback Luke Anthony finished the game with 273 yards, giving him 13 200+yard passing games through 14 starts. His 64-yard touchdown pass to Josh Fink with 5:57 left in the fourth quarter, kept his consecutive games with a TD pass alive at 14, was the second longest TD pass of his career (67 yards to Chase Cokley at HBU, 2018), and put him past 4,000 career passing yards (4,068). His 35 career TD passes leaves him two shy of ninth place (Jim Reese, 37) on the career-record list.
- Sophomore Kobe Clark caught nine passes for 60 yards. The nine receptions tied his career single-game high from last season's home win vs. Angelo State. Only three Wildcats have caught 10 or more passes since the team's move up to DI: Taylor Gabriel (x3), Darian Hogg and Justin Miller.
- Senior Josh Fink's TD reception was the 10th of his career and second vs. a FBS opponent (at Air Force, 2016). He needs 467 receiving yards to reach 2,000 for his career.
- Adonis Davis' sixth career interception (11:25 of the second quarter) was only the sixth thrown by North Texas QB Mason Fine dating back to the start of last season (31 TD).
- Kameron Hill twice sacked Fine for the third 2.0 sack game of his Wildcat career. Hill also racked up two sacks in ACU's 2018 meetings vs. Central Arkansas and McNeese. He is the first Wildcat with a two sack game vs. a FBS opponent since Nic Richardson twice met the Georgia State QB in the backfield on Aug. 27, 2014.
Looking ahead to Arizona Christian
- The Firestorm started their season Aug. 31 with a 20-14 loss to Montana State - Northern, and were receiving votes in the first NAIA poll.
- The school added football in 2014, becoming one of four four-year universities in Arizona offering the sport.
- ACU won the 2015 (6-3) and 2016 (7-3) Central States Football League Championships and finished with a No. 22 national ranking, but now compete as an associate member of Sooner Athletic Conference (since 2018). The SAC is composed of several Texas-based schools including, Wayland Baptist, Texas College, and Texas Wesleyan.
- ACU posted an 8-3 record in 2018 and were 7-3 in their final year in the CSFL.
- The Firestorm signed more than 90 players during the offseason. Their DI transfers include LB Anthony Nicastro (Arizona State), TE Sam McGee (Lamar), LB Tyler Thompson (Grand Canyon), OL DeShaun Felder (West Virginia),
- ACU returns its leading rusher from last season Aidan Quinn (78.3 ypg) and No. 2 receiver (Alias Sturges), but go into the season with a new QB (former punter Emilio Araiza, Concordia University Chicago).
- ACU Football is the receiving votes category of the AFCA FCS Coaches' Top 25 Poll with 14 points.
- Elite Eyecare will be upgrading one lucky fan's seats at every home game this season, starting with the Sept. 7 game vs. Arizona Christian. To enter, log onto the ACUSports Facebook or Twitter page, comment and tag three (3) people that you'd like to bring to the game. Winner will be chosen on Thursday and contacted directly.
- Don't miss any of the action, buy your ACU football season tickets today by visiting ACUSports.com/Tickets or calling 325-674-CATS (2287)
North Texas Highlight Package
Vs. North Texas
- Tracy James finished the game with 153 all-purpose yardage (106 rushing / 47 receiving) and two touchdown runs. This was the fourth 100-yard rushing game of his career and first vs. a FBS opponent. His all-purpose total was the second highest of his career. He combined for 180 yards in Nov. 2017 vs. Sam Houston St. James' day at North Texas leaves him 260 yards shy of 2,000.
- With a 9.9 rushing average, Billy McCrary just missed recording his second career game averaging 10 or more yards per carry. He holds the school's single-game DI era record with 15.9 yards per rush vs. Southeastern La. (Oct. 2018). In his two season openers with the Wildcats he has two of the school's longest runs from scrimmage (75 at Baylor, 2018 and 69 at North Texas, 2019). He needs 197 yards to reach 1,000 yards rushing with ACU.
- Quarterback Luke Anthony finished the game with 273 yards, giving him 13 200+yard passing games through 14 starts. His 64-yard touchdown pass to Josh Fink with 5:57 left in the fourth quarter, kept his consecutive games with a TD pass alive at 14, was the second longest TD pass of his career (67 yards to Chase Cokley at HBU, 2018), and put him past 4,000 career passing yards (4,068). His 35 career TD passes leaves him two shy of ninth place (Jim Reese, 37) on the career-record list.
- Sophomore Kobe Clark caught nine passes for 60 yards. The nine receptions tied his career single-game high from last season's home win vs. Angelo State. Only three Wildcats have caught 10 or more passes since the team's move up to DI: Taylor Gabriel (x3), Darian Hogg and Justin Miller.
- Senior Josh Fink's TD reception was the 10th of his career and second vs. a FBS opponent (at Air Force, 2016). He needs 467 receiving yards to reach 2,000 for his career.
- Adonis Davis' sixth career interception (11:25 of the second quarter) was only the sixth thrown by North Texas QB Mason Fine dating back to the start of last season (31 TD).
- Kameron Hill twice sacked Fine for the third 2.0 sack game of his Wildcat career. Hill also racked up two sacks in ACU's 2018 meetings vs. Central Arkansas and McNeese. He is the first Wildcat with a two sack game vs. a FBS opponent since Nic Richardson twice met the Georgia State QB in the backfield on Aug. 27, 2014.
Looking ahead to Arizona Christian
- The Firestorm started their season Aug. 31 with a 20-14 loss to Montana State - Northern, and were receiving votes in the first NAIA poll.
- The school added football in 2014, becoming one of four four-year universities in Arizona offering the sport.
- ACU won the 2015 (6-3) and 2016 (7-3) Central States Football League Championships and finished with a No. 22 national ranking, but now compete as an associate member of Sooner Athletic Conference (since 2018). The SAC is composed of several Texas-based schools including, Wayland Baptist, Texas College, and Texas Wesleyan.
- ACU posted an 8-3 record in 2018 and were 7-3 in their final year in the CSFL.
- The Firestorm signed more than 90 players during the offseason. Their DI transfers include LB Anthony Nicastro (Arizona State), TE Sam McGee (Lamar), LB Tyler Thompson (Grand Canyon), OL DeShaun Felder (West Virginia),
- ACU returns its leading rusher from last season Aidan Quinn (78.3 ypg) and No. 2 receiver (Alias Sturges), but go into the season with a new QB (former punter Emilio Araiza, Concordia University Chicago).
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