2020 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

2020 Incarnate Word Cardinals football
2020 Incarnate Word Cardinals football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 Southland)
Head coach	Eric Morris (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Cody Crill (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Justin Deason (3rd season)
Home stadium	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium; (Capacity: 6,000)
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Southland Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Sam Houston State $^	6	–	0	10	–	0
No. 20 Southeastern Louisiana	4	–	2	4	–	3
No. 23 Nicholls	3	–	3	4	–	3
Incarnate Word	3	–	3	3	–	3
Lamar	2	–	4	2	–	4
McNeese State*	2	–	4	3	–	4
Northwestern State	1	–	5	1	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctions Note: Abilene Christian, Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, and Stephen F. Austin played only in the fall and opted out of the spring season. Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represents the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals play their home games at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium in San Antonio, Texas. They are led by third-year head coach Eric Morris.

Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2019 season 5–7, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Schedule

Source: ^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV
September 3	6:00 p.m.	at Northwestern State	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA
September 12	6:00 p.m.	at Lamar	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX
September 19		at Baylor*	McLane Stadium Waco, TX
September 26	2:00 p.m.	Sam Houston State	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIWtv
October 3		at Abilene Christian	Wildcat Stadium Abilene, TX
October 10	2:00 p.m.	Presbyterian*	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIWtv
October 17	2:00 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIWtv
October 31		at Nicholls	John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA
November 7		Houston Baptist	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIWtv
November 14	2:00 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIWtv
November 21		at Central Arkansas	Estes Stadium Conway, AR
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Personnel

Coaching staff

Source: ^[2]

Name	Position	Alma Mater	Joined Staff
Eric Morris	Head Coach	Texas Tech (2008)	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
Matthew Gregg	Outside Linebackers	Southern Nazarene	2019
Clint Killough	Quality Control / On Campus Recruiting Coordinator	Incarnate Word (2015)	2018
Scotty Yates	Quality Control	Texas A&M University–Commerce (2015)	2019
Bret Huth	Director of Strength and Conditioning	John Carroll (2010)	2018
Tad Blaylock	Assistant AD / Football Operations	Mississippi State (2012)	2018

Roster

Source: ^[3]

2020 Incarnate Word Cardinals football

Quarterback

1 Jon Copeland – Junior (6'0, 194)
5 Kevin Yeager – Sophomore (6'1, 204)
10 Chandler Herman – Senior (6'2, 240)
Cameron Ward – Freshman (6'3, 225)

Running Back

4 Kevin Brown – Senior (5'9, 204)
13 Kenneth Bivins, Jr. – Sophomore (5'10, 198)
21 Roger McCuller – ATH – Senior (6'1, 216)
26 Kaleb Ducros – Sophomore (5'11, 197)
29 Keyondrick Philio – Senior (6'0, 210)
35 Chance Trentman–Rosas – Sophomore (6'2, 230)
38 Antonio Arredondo – Junior (5'9, 209)
Jacob Kibodi – Junior (6'2, 218)

Wide Receiver

2 CJ Hardy – Sophomore (5'11, 189)
11 Kamden Perry – Sophomore (6'0, 190)
15 Jaelin Campbell – Junior (6'1, 182)
17 Mark Sullivan – Junior (6'2, 163)
18 Hunter Cheek – Sophomore (6'1, 183)
19 Marquez Perez – Sophomore (5'11, 184)
22 Ameer King – Junior (5'8, 180)
80 Deuce Caston – Sophomore (5'8, 186)
81 Brady Rogers – Sophomore (6'4, 192)
83 Kristian Drake – Sophomore (6'2, 214)
88 Liam Capobianco – Sophomore (6'3, 179)
Baron Bradley – Freshman (6'1, 190)
Darion Chafin – Junior (6'2, 200)
Emerson Haywood – Freshman (6'1, 175)
Jayden Jones – Freshman (6'2, 200)
Tre Wolf – Junior (6'0, 175)

Kicker

49 Tucker Littleton – Sophomore (5'9, 162)
92 Chase Franks – Sophomore (5'11, 150)
92 Carson Mohr – Sophomore (5'8, 143)

Offensive Line

60 Reid Francis – Sophomore (6'4, 307)
61 Matthew Alvarez – Junior (6'4, 300)
62 Dawson Kier – Senior (6'3, 279)
63 Connor Homeyer – Sophomore (6'6, 274)
64 Jayden Borjas – Sophomore (6'5, 294)
65 Richard LeFevre – Junior (6'4, 330)
67 Peter Gonzalez – Sophomore (6'0, 289)
68 Jhase Edwards – Sophomore (6'3, 279)
70 Ryan Carlson – Senior (6'7, 289)
73 Jeremiah Williams – Junior (6'1, 292)
74 Caleb Johnson – Junior (6'6, 306)
76 Jeriel Cervantes – Junior (6'5, 283)
78 Uzoma Okere – Senior (6'2, 292)
Chris Bolling – Freshman (6'3, 250)
Nash Jones – Freshman (6'3, 286)
Michael Vargas – Freshman (6'5, 275)

Defensive Line

41 Darius Richmond – DT – Sophomore (6'2, 269)
43 Mason Meyer – DE – Sophomore (6'3, 254)
45 Jared Soyring – DT – Junior (6'3, 274)
47 Seth Jaquess – DE – Sophomore (6'4, 229)
53 Gabe Matous – DE – Sophomore (5'9, 222)
90 Sam Latham – DE – Sophomore (6'6, 253)
93 Cameron Preston – DT – Junior (6'2, 298)
94 Markail Williams – DE – Senior (6'3, 269)
95 Chance Main – DE – Junior (6'5, 245)
96 Maverick McCaskill – DT – Senior (6'3, 283)
97 Josh Jackson – DT – Junior (6'0, 301)
99 TJ Wright – DE – Junior (6'5, 259)
Greg Chimielewski – DE – Freshman (6'7, 245)
Blaine Hoover – DE – Junior (6'6, 240)
Martin Klassen – DT – Freshman (6'5, 235)
Royce Wellington – DT – Junior (6'1, 315)

Punter

37 Cade Kostroun – Senior (6'3, 178)

Long Snapper

91 Josh Wells – Junior (6'2, 237)

Linebacker

21 Isaiah Paul – Sophomore (6'2, 241)
31 Mason Barnes – Junior (5'10, 188)
32 Gerald Bowie – Junior (6'1, 234)
33 Jerick Pitre – Senior (5'11, 201)
44 Kelechi Anyalebechi – LB/DE – Junior (6'1, 262)
54 Josh Centeno – Junior (6'0, 208)
55 Urijah Marrow – Sophomore (5'9, 164)
57 Ian Irby – Sophomore (6'0, 211)
Tah Mac Bright – Freshman (6'2, 215)
Tylan George – Freshman (5'11, 215)

Defensive Back

1 Jaylon Jimmerson – ATH – Sophomore (6'0, 189)
4 Jaden Smith – CB – Sophomore (5'9, 172)
5 Dalvin Fillmore – S – Junior (6'0, 190)
6 Ce'Cori Tolds – ATH – Junior (5'10, 151)
7 Malick Phillips – ATH – Senior (5'10, 172)
13 Shaquirius Miller – S – Senior (5'10, 177)
16 Dante Heaggans – ATH – Sophomore (6'0, 182)
18 Reese Watson – CB – Sophomore (6'0, 176)
19 Tre Richardson – CB – Sophomore (6'1, 167)
20 Ian Peterson – S – Senior (5'11, 179)
25 Brandon Richard – CB – Sophomore (5'11, 183)
28 Jaylen Stanford – CB – Sophomore (5'11, 188)
34 Shawn Holton – S – Sophomore (5'10, 166)
36 Payton Bourquin – S – Sophomore (6'1, 189)
39 Brandon Sanders – S – Senior (6'0, 199)
40 Javier Macias – CB – Senior (5'8, 183)
49 Hilario Gomez – CB – Sophomore (5'9, 182)
Kaleb Kulp – DB – Freshman (5'10, 185)
Elliott Davison – DB – Freshman (6'0, 162)
Moses Reynolds – DB – Senior (6'2, 200)
Kylan Thomas – DB – Freshman (5'11, 190)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries

@ Northwestern State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2019	Northwestern State, 41–44^OT

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Northwestern State Demons

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	-	-	-	-	0
Demons	-	-	-	-	0

at Harry Turpin Stadium, Natchitoches, LA

Date: September 3, 2020
Game time: 6:00 p.m.

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

UIW –
NSU –

Rushing

UIW –
NSU –

Receiving

UIW –
NSU –

@ Lamar

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	2019	Incarnate Word, 35–17

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Lamar Cardinals

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals (UIW)	-	-	-	-	0
Cardinals (LU)	-	-	-	-	0

at Provost Umphrey Stadium, Beaumont, TX

Date: September 12, 2020
Game time: 6:00 p.m.

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

UIW –
LU –

Rushing

UIW –
LU –

Receiving

UIW –
LU –

@ Baylor

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Baylor Bears

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	-	-	-	-	0
Bears	-	-	-	-	0

at McLane Stadium, Waco, TX

Date: September 19, 2020

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

UIW –
BU –

Rushing

UIW –
BU –

Receiving

UIW –
BU –

Sam Houston State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–7	2019	Sam Houston State, 6–45

Sam Houston State Bearkats at Incarnate Word Cardinals

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearkats	-	-	-	-	0
Cardinals	-	-	-	-	0

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, TX

Date: September 26, 2020
Game time: 2:00 p.m.
TV: UIWtv

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

SHSU –
UIW –

Rushing

SHSU –
UIW –

Receiving

SHSU –
UIW –

@ Abilene Christian

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–7	2019	Incarnate Word, 31–24

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Abilene Christian Wildcats

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	-	-	-	-	0
Wildcats	-	-	-	-	0

at Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium, Abilene, TX

Date: October 3, 2020

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

UIW –
ACU –

Rushing

UIW –
ACU –

Receiving

UIW –
ACU –

Presbyterian

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Presbyterian Blue Hose at Incarnate Word Cardinals

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	-	-	-	-	0
Cardinals	-	-	-	-	0

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, TX

Date: October 10, 2020
Game time: 2:00 p.m.
TV: UIWtv

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

PC –
UIW –

Rushing

PC –
UIW –

Receiving

PC –
UIW –

Southeastern Louisiana

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	2019	Incarnate Word, 27–21

Southeastern Louisiana Lions at Incarnate Word Cardinals

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	-	-	-	-	0
Cardinals	-	-	-	-	0

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, TX

Date: October 17, 2020
Game time: 2:00 p.m.
TV: UIWtv

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

SLU –
UIW –

Rushing

SLU –
UIW –

Receiving

SLU –
UIW –

@ Nicholls

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2019	Nicholls, 23–27

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Nicholls Colonels

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	-	-	-	-	0
Colonels	-	-	-	-	0

at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA

Date: October 31, 2020

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

UIW –
NSU –

Rushing

UIW –
NSU –

Receiving

UIW –
NSU –

Houston Baptist

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2019	Incarnate Word, 38–36

Houston Baptist Huskies at Incarnate Word Cardinals

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	-	-	-	-	0
Cardinals	-	-	-	-	0

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, TX

Date: November 7, 2020
TV: UIWtv

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

HBU –
UIW –

Rushing

HBU –
UIW –

Receiving

HBU –
UIW –

Stephen F. Austin

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–5	2019	Stephen F. Austin, 24–31

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks at Incarnate Word Cardinals

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	-	-	-	-	0
Cardinals	-	-	-	-	0

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, TX

Date: November 14, 2020
Game time: 2:00 p.m.
TV: UIWtv

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

SFA –
UIW –

Rushing

SFA –
UIW –

Receiving

SFA –
UIW –

@ Central Arkansas

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2019	Central Arkansas, 35–52

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Central Arkansas Bears

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	-	-	-	-	0
Bears	-	-	-	-	0

at Estes Stadium, Conway, AR

Date: November 21, 2020

Game information

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Passing

UIW –
UCA –

Rushing

UIW –
UCA –

Receiving

UIW –
UCA –

References

^ "2020 Incarnate Word Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
^ "Football Coaches". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ "2020 Football Roster". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[1] "2020 Incarnate Word Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved February 5, 2020.

[2] "Football Coaches". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[3] "2020 Football Roster". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

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