2018 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team

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2018 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record10–3 (7–1 LSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Storm (6th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorScott Power (1st season)
Base defense3–3–5
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Tarleton State $^   8 – 0     12 – 1  
No. 9 Texas A&M–Commerce ^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 25 Midwestern State   6 – 2     8 – 2  
Angelo State #   4 – 4     6 – 6  
West Texas A&M   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Eastern New Mexico   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Texas A&M–Kingsville   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Texas–Permian Basin   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Western New Mexico   0 – 8     0 – 10  
Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2018 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team represented Texas A&M University–Commerce in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Colby Carthel, who was in his sixth season at Texas A&M–Commerce. The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

The Lions finished the regular season with a record of 9–2 and second place in the conference. The team made the NCAA Division II playoffs, losing in the regional semifinal to Tarleton State.

Schedule[edit]

The schedule consisted of six home games and five away games in the regular season. The Lions hosted conference foes Texas A&M–Kingsville, Tarleton State, West Texas A&M, and Angelo State and traveled to Eastern New Mexico, Midwestern State, Western New Mexico, and Texas–Permian Basin.

The Lions hosted non-conference foes Lock Haven from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and Colorado State–Pueblo from the Great Plains Athletic Conference and traveled to William Jewell from the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.mTexas A&M–KingsvilleNo. 1
ESPN3W 37–36 2OT7,141
September 812:00 p.m.at William Jewell*No. 1
W 27–17650
September 158:00 p.m.at Eastern New MexicoNo. 1
W 21–111,601
September 226:00 p.m.No. 22 Colorado State–Pueblo*No. 1
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
L 13–236,737
September 296:00 p.m.Lock Haven*No. 9
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 68–68,488
October 7[a]2:00 p.m.vs. No. 4 Midwestern StateNo. 9
W 20–198,122
October 134:00 p.m.No. 16 Tarleton StateNo. 7
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX (President's Cup)
L 21–476,875
October 201:00 p.m.at Western New MexicoNo. 18
W 55–70
October 274:00 p.m.West Texas A&MdaggerNo. 18
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX (East Texas vs. West Texas)
W 41–169,168
November 36:00 p.m.at Texas–Permian BasinNo. 16
W 20–173,958
November 104:00 p.m.Angelo StateNo. 14
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 41–136,887
November 171:00 p.m.at No. 5 Minnesota–Duluth*No. 15
W 33–171,029
November 241:00 p.m.at No. 6 Tarleton State*No. 15
L 28–345,231
  1. ^ Kickoff was at 7:00 p.m. the night before at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, TX. The game was suspended at halftime tied 10–10 due to inclement weather. The second half of the game resumed the following day at the neutral site of Apogee Stadium in Denton.

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Roster[edit]

2018 Texas A&M–Commerce Football Roster

Quarterbacks

  •  7 Kane Wilson – junior (6'4, 230)
  • 14 Gunnar Palacios – Redshirt freshman (6'0, 190)
  • 18 Chase Pemberton – senior (6'4, 190)
  • 19 Preston Wheeler – Redshirt junior (6'3, 181)
  • 23 Mason Ray – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 210)

Running backs

  • 26 Carandal Hale – Redshirt sophomore (5'11, 190)
  • 32 Nate Davis – Redshirt freshman (5'9, 180)
  • 35 Ovie Urevbu – Redshirt senior (5'11, 210)
  • 38 E.J. Thompson – sophomore (5'9, 200)
  • 46 Antonio Leali'ie'e – Redshirt sophomore (5'11, 210)

Wide receivers

  •  2 Marquis Wimberly – senior (6'2, 205)
  •  3 Darrion Landry – senior (6'3, 200)
  • 17 Ryan Stokes – junior (6'3, 185)
  • 29 Michael Coley – junior (6'2, 200)
  • 81 Arnezz Archie – Redshirt freshman (6'1, 170)
  • 83 Kelan Smith – Redshirt sophomore (6'1, 170)
  • 84 Deonta Adams – Redshirt freshman (6'1, 170)
  • 85 Chance Cooper – sophomore (6'3, 200)
  • 86 Dequan Dudley – junior (5'10, 160)
  • 87 Lorenzo Rosario – senior (6'3, 200)
  • 88 Matt Childers – Redshirt freshman (6'4, 180)

Tight ends

  • 11 Tyler Guice – junior (6'3, 250)
  • 15 Vincent Hobbs – senior (6'3, 255)
  • 40 Drake Flores – Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 240)
  • 80 Dom Velasquez – Redshirt freshman (6'4, 240)

Long snapper

  • 82 Wyatt Leath – sophomore (6'4, 245)
  

Offensive linemen

  • 53 Christian Hernandez – Redshirt sophomore (6'1, 265)
  • 61 Ty Cole – Redshirt sophomore (6'4, 290)
  • 62 Nic Smith – Redshirt freshman (6'5, 275)
  • 63 Solomon Ndukwe – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 300)
  • 64 Travis Dafft – Redshirt freshman (6'1, 255)
  • 65 Jonah Brown – Redshirt junior (6'5, 315)
  • 66 Emerald Faletuipapai – junior (6'7, 350)
  • 67 Jackson Richmond – Redshirt freshman (6'4, 305)
  • 68 Kendall Mathis – Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 300)
  • 70 Abdul Shammaa – Redshirt junior (6'5, 310)
  • 71 Malik Ellis – senior (6'6, 280)
  • 72 Brian Taylor – Redshirt junior (6'2, 275)
  • 73 Ryan Peschka – Redshirt junior (6'2, 290)
  • 74 Richard West – Redshirt freshman (6'6, 240)
  • 75 Coleton Lasseter – Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 225)
  • 76 Amon Simon – Redshirt sophomore (6'5, 275)
  • 77 Jordan Smith – senior (6'4, 315)
  • 78 Daronte Shaw – senior (6'5, 320)
  • 79 Matt Mora – Redshirt sophomore (6'7, 300)

Defensive linemen

  • 13 Josh Reynolds – senior (6'4, 210)
  • 48 Vili Paea – junior (6'3, 260)
  • 49 D.D. Fletcher – Redshirt junior (6'1, 270)
  • 51 Ty Reed – Redshirt freshman (6'2, 220)
  • 52 Peyton Searcy – senior (6'0, 275)
  • 55 Pierre Leonard – junior (5'10, 300)
  • 56 Montre Bonner – junior (6'3, 230)
  • 69 Devin Beamon – freshman (6'1, 290)
  • 90 David Brazil – junior (6'0, 230)
  • 91 Elijah Earls – Redshirt sophomore (6'0, 240)
  • 92 J.R. Rocha – Redshirt freshman (6'0, 270)
  • 93 Jaylon Hodge – Redshirt sophomore (6'0, 275)
  • 94 Brandon Bascue – Redshirt freshman (6'4, 260)
  • 95 Dequan Wilson – junior (6'5, 250)
  • 96 Dylan Davis – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 215)
  • 97 Nick Petitti – Redshirt freshman (6'4, 220)
  • 98 Deionte Haywood – senior (6'3, 225)
  • 99 Michael Onuoha – senior (6'5, 255)
  

Linebackers

  • 28 Mark Westbrook – junior (5'11, 195)
  • 31 Jay Bias – Redshirt sophomore (5'9, 190)
  • 33 Neema Behbahani – Redshirt junior (6'1, 230)
  • 36 Tristen Slaughter – senior (6'2, 210)
  • 39 Joe Butler – junior (6'4, 215)
  • 43 Jaquorius Smith – Redshirt sophomore (5'9, 195)
  • 44 Dayne Douglass – sophomore (6'2, 220)
  • 45 Jordan Johnson – freshman (6'3, 205)
  • 47 Bryse Burris – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 205)
  • 50 Xavier Morris – Redshirt sophomore (6'1, 220)
  • 54 Garrett Blubaugh – senior (6'2, 230)

Defensive backs

  •  1 L.A. Dawson – junior (6'0, 180)
  •  4 Jalon Edwards-Cooper – Redshirt junior (5'11, 175)
  •  5 Felipe Chambers – junior (6'1, 190)
  •  6 Danny Huckaby – senior (6'1, 180)
  •  8 Kader Kohou – Redshirt sophomore (5'9, 190)
  • 10 Alex Shillow – Redshirt sophomore (5'10, 185)
  • 20 Dominique Ramsey – Redshirt sophomore (5'9, 180)
  • 21 Davion Bradley – freshman (6'0, 175)
  • 22 Darent White – senior (6'1, 160)
  • 24 Chris Smith – senior (6'1, 170)
  • 25 Reggie Kincade – senior (5'11, 170)
  • 27 Darius Williams – Redshirt freshman (5'9, 165)
  • 41 Rashad Fisher – Redshirt sophomore (5'10, 180)

Placekickers

  • 59 Jake Viquez – Redshirt sophomore (5'10, 190)
  • 60 Andrew Gomez – sophomore (6'2, 210)
  • 89 Kristov Martinez – senior (5'6, 135)

Punters

  • 37 Tristan Perry – sophomore (6'1, 200)
  • 59 Jake Viquez – Redshirt sophomore (5'10, 190)

Game summaries[edit]

Texas A&M–Kingsville[edit]

See also: 2018 Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas football team
1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Javelinas 0 13 10 076 36
No. 1 Lions 0 0 13 1077 37

Statistics

Statistics TAMUK TAMUC
First downs 20 24
Total yards 414 396
Rushing yards 94 94
Passing yards 320 302
Turnovers 2 3
Time of possession 35:05 24:55
Team Category Player Statistics
Texas A&M–Kingsville Passing Koy Detmer, Jr. 33/46, 320 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Jeff Carr 9 rushes, 33 yards
Receiving Ty Chisum 5 receptions, 82 yards, 2 TD
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Preston Wheeler 23/48, 302 yards, 3 TD, INT
Rushing Ovie Urevbu 14 rushes, 62 yards
Receiving Marquis Wimberly 8 receptions, 99 yards, TD

At William Jewell[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Lions 14 10 3 0 27
Cardinals 0 7 3 7 17

Statistics

Statistics TAMUC WJC
First downs 19 19
Total yards 346 249
Rushing yards 122 93
Passing yards 224 156
Turnovers 3 1
Time of possession 26:10 33:50
Team Category Player Statistics
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Preston Wheeler 25/31, 181 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing Carandal Hale 16 rushes, 81 yards, TD
Receiving Chance Cooper 8 receptions, 103 yards
William Jewell Passing Will Schneider 19/33, 156 yards, TD
Rushing Will Schneider 20 rushes, 79 yards, TD
Receiving Bulla Graft 7 receptions, 69 yards, TD

At Eastern New Mexico[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Lions 14 0 0 7 21
Greyhounds 0 3 0 8 11

Statistics

Statistics TAMUC ENMU
First downs 14 14
Total yards 289 215
Rushing yards 186 209
Passing yards 103 6
Turnovers 1 2
Time of possession 22:42 37:18
Team Category Player Statistics
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Preston Wheeler 11/30, 103 yards, INT
Rushing Carandal Hale 14 rushes, 101 yards, TD
Receiving Marquis Wimberly 1 reception, 30 yards
Eastern New Mexico Passing Wyatt Strand 2/7, 6 yards, INT
Rushing Paul Terry 24 rushes, 88 yards, TD
Receiving Russell Montoya 1 reception, 4 yards

Colorado State–Pueblo[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 ThunderWolves 0 6 10 7 23
No. 1 Lions 10 0 0 3 13

Statistics

Statistics CSUP TAMUC
First downs 15 9
Total yards 299 179
Rushing yards 215 40
Passing yards 84 139
Turnovers 2 5
Time of possession 36:30 23:20
Team Category Player Statistics
Colorado State–Pueblo Passing Brandon Edwards 11/28, 84 yards
Rushing Marche Dennard 17 rushes, 72 yards
Receiving John Todd 3 receptions, 29 yards
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Kane Wilson 7/15, 108 yards, INT
Rushing E.J. Thompson 15 rushes, 48 yards
Receiving Ryan Stokes 4 receptions, 60 yards

Lock Haven[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bald Eagles 0 0 6 0 6
No. 9 Lions 14 24 16 14 68

Statistics

Statistics LHU TAMUC
First downs 12 26
Total yards 268 612
Rushing yards 52 121
Passing yards 216 491
Turnovers 0 1
Time of possession 31:16 28:44
Team Category Player Statistics
Lock Haven Passing Cameron Tobias 22/42, 205 yards, TD
Rushing Chantz Swartz 9 rushes, 19 yards
Receiving Jalen Jackson 9 receptions, 81 yards
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Kane Wilson 20/31, 373 yards, 4 TD
Rushing Nate Davis 4 rushes, 62 yards, TD
Receiving Marquis Wimberly 9 receptions, 195 yards, 2 TD

Vs. Midwestern State[edit]

See also: 2018 Midwestern State Mustangs football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Lions 10 0 3 7 20
No. 4 Mustangs 7 3 7 2 19

Statistics

Statistics TAMUC MSU
First downs 24 27
Total yards 420 426
Rushing yards 190 192
Passing yards 230 234
Turnovers 3 1
Time of possession 29:32 30:28
Team Category Player Statistics
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Kane Wilson 17/28, 230 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing E.J. Thompson 26 rushes, 150 yards
Receiving Ryan Stokes 7 receptions, 93 yards, TD
Midwestern State Passing Layton Rabb 22/47, 234 yards, INT
Rushing Vincent Johnson 17 rushes, 108 yards, TD
Receiving Juwan Johnson 6 receptions, 106 yards

Tarleton State[edit]

See also: 2018 Tarleton State Texans football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Texans 10 14 3 20 47
No. 7 Lions 7 7 7 0 21

Statistics

Statistics TSU TAMUC
First downs 28 17
Total yards 485 363
Rushing yards 282 131
Passing yards 203 232
Turnovers 0 2
Time of possession 29:20 30:40
Team Category Player Statistics
Tarleton State Passing Ben Holmes 16/31, 203 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Xavier Turner 26 rushes, 166 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Savon Rollison 3 receptions, 78 yards, TD
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Kane Wilson 18/31, 232 yards, TD
Rushing Carandal Hale 13 rushes, 61 yards
Receiving Ryan Stokes 3 receptions, 73 yards

At Western New Mexico[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Lions 0 34 14 7 55
Mustangs 0 7 0 0 7

Statistics

Statistics TAMUC WNMU
First downs 20 14
Total yards 349 263
Rushing yards 143 157
Passing yards 206 106
Turnovers 2 3
Time of possession 26:54 33:06
Team Category Player Statistics
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Kane Wilson 12/21, 136 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing Nate Davis 14 rushes, 55 yards, TD
Receiving Marquis Wimberly 6 receptions, 97 yards, 2 TD
Western New Mexico Passing Gabriel Tomaszewski 6/15, 56 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Arkemus Baskerville 10 rushes, 74 yards
Receiving Kourde Roberts 3 receptions, 41 yards

West Texas A&M[edit]

See also: 2018 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 7 6 3 0 16
No. 18 Lions 7 10 17 7 41
Statistics WT TAMUC
First downs 12 16
Total yards 286 375
Rushing yards 22 244
Passing yards 264 131
Turnovers 3 0
Time of possession 27:46 32:14
Team Category Player Statistics
West Texas A&M Passing Justin Houghtaling 21/32, 264 yards, INT
Rushing Marshawn Brown 5 rushes, 29 yards, TD
Receiving Payton Gonzales 4 receptions, 79 yards
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Kane Wilson 12/15, 131 yards, TD
Rushing Ovie Urevbu 20 rushes, 118 yards
Receiving Ryan Stokes 3 receptions, 85 yards

At Texas–Permian Basin[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Lions 10 3 0 7 20
Falcons 7 7 0 0 14

Statistics

Statistics TAMUC UTPB
First downs 18 10
Total yards 400 137
Rushing yards 195 -69
Passing yards 205 206
Turnovers 2 1
Time of possession 34:56 25:04
Team Category Player Statistics
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Kane Wilson 19/29, 205 yards
Rushing Ovie Urevbu 27 rushes, 195 yards
Receiving Kelan Smith 8 receptions, 93 yards
Texas–Permian Basin Passing Taylor Null 18/34, 179 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Leroy Giles 4 rushes, 4 yards
Receiving Kristian Brown 4 receptions, 86 yards, TD

Angelo State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 13 0 0 0 13
No. 14 Lions 14 13 14 0 41

Statistics

Statistics ASU TAMUC
First downs 8 21
Total yards 243 451
Rushing yards 80 230
Passing yards 163 221
Turnovers 1 2
Time of possession 25:40 34:20
Team Category Player Statistics
Angelo State Passing Payne Sullins 14/37, 163 yards, INT
Rushing Tony Jones 7 receptions, 42 yards
Receiving Lawson Ayo 5 receptions, 83 yards
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Kane Wilson 16/28, 221 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Ovie Urevbu 30 rushes, 184 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Vincent Hobbs 3 receptions, 63 yards, TD

At Minnesota–Dululth (Regional Quarterfinal)[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Lions 10 7 7 9 33
No. 5 Bulldogs 0 14 0 3 17

Statistics

Statistics TAMUC UMD
First downs 13 13
Total yards 276 188
Rushing yards 63 42
Passing yards 213 146
Turnovers 2 2
Time of possession 28:43 31:17
Team Category Player Statistics
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Kane Wilson 14/31, 213 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing Ovie Urevbu 27 rushes, 65 yards, TD
Receiving Ryan Stokes 5 receptions, 100 yards
Minnesota–Duluth Passing Ben Everhart 10/20, 79 yards, INT
Rushing Mike Rybarczyk 12 rushes, 21 yards
Receiving Obi Ibeneme 3 receptions, 48 yards

At Tarleton State (Regional semifinal)[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Lions 3 6 6 13 28
No. 6 Texans 0 17 10 7 34

Statistics

Statistics TAMUC TSU
First downs 21 19
Total yards 386 556
Rushing yards -2 350
Passing yards 388 206
Turnovers 3 4
Time of possession 30:30 29:30
Team Category Player Statistics
Texas A&M–Commerce Passing Kane Wilson 25/60, 388 yards, TD, INT
Rushing Ovie Urevbu 9 rushes, 15 yards
Receiving Marquis Wimberly 7 receptions, 139 yards
Tarleton State Passing Ben Holmes 10/21, 206 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing Daniel McCants 19 rushes, 181 yards, 2 TD
Receiving DeShun Qualls 3 receptions, 91 yards, TD

Rankings[edit]

See also: 2018 NCAA Division II football rankings
Ranking movements
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References[edit]

  1. ^ "2018 Football Schedule". Texas A&M University–Commerce Athletics. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
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