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Week 1 vs. NWMSU W, 19-14 Recap	Week 2 vs. Fort Lewis W, 58-10 Recap	Week3 vs. TAMC W, 20-14 (ot) Recap	Week 4 vs. SOSU W, 33-14 Recap	Week 5 vs. ENMU W, 44-33 Recap	Week 6 vs. ECU W, 43-6 Recap	Week 7 vs. Angelo St. W, 38-14 Recap	Week 8 vs. WTAM L, 32-21 Recap	Week 9 vs. Tarleton Score Recap	Week 10 vs. TAMK Score Recap	Week 11 vs. MSU Score Recap

#11 Tarleton State
TEXANS (7-1, 5-1 LSC)

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Head Coach Sam McElroy
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Years with ASU: 5 (2005-present)

Wildcats begin drive for fourth straight playoff berth with must-win game at Tarleton State

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STEPHENVILLE – The ACU Wildcats haven’t had to respond to a regular-season loss since 2007 when they dropped an Oct. 20 Homecoming contest, 41-31, to Lone Star Conference South Division rival West Texas A&M.

The week after that loss, the Wildcats saved their season with a 70-63 victory over then-No. 8 Tarleton State in a game at Memorial Stadium in Stephenville.

That win was the first of three straight since-vacated victories over Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Kingsville and Midwestern State that propelled the Wildcats to their second straight NCAA Division II playoff berth.

The storyline for this week’s contest between the No. 9 Wildcats and the No. 11 Tarleton State Texan is very similar to the one from two years ago.

Last Saturday the Wildcats dropped a 32-21 Homecoming game to West Texas A&M at
Shotwell Stadium.

This week’s ACU opponent? Tarleton State in Stephenville.

The game’s implications for the Wildcats? How about trying to save their season and get back on track for a fourth straight trip to the NCAA Division II playoffs?

Last week’s Wildcat loss dropped them from No. 1 to No. 9 in the nation and snapped a program-record 17-game regular-season winning streak (20 straight if the three vacated
victories at the end of the 2007 season are counted).

More importantly, though, was that the loss dropped ACU from No. 1 to No. 4 in the all-important NCAA Division II Super Region Four rankings.

Local fans can listen to the game on KYYW 1470 AM.

#9 Abilene Christian University
WILDCATS (7-1, 5-1 LSC)

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Head Coach Chris Thomsen
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Years with ACU: 5 (2005-present)