GAME 3 COASTAL CAROLINA............................10
GAME 4 COASTAL CAROLINA............................43
vs Western Illinois............................52
at ULM............................................51
Sept. 23, 2017 • Conway, S.C. • Brooks Stadium • 14,996
CONWAY — Western Illinois, ranked 19th in the NCAA Division I FCS poll, scored 45 unanswered points to hand Coastal Carolina a 52-10 setback. The Leathernecks took advantage of three turnovers and piled up 510 yards of total offense en route to the win. The Chanticleers only managed 56 yards of offense over a six possession span after taking a 10-3 lead in the first quarter. For the Leathernecks, quarterback Sean McGuire completed 15 passes to 10 players on 17 attempts for 276 yards and three scores. Coastal took an early 3-0 lead on its second possession as Evan Rabon drilled a 52-yard field goal, the second-longest in school history and one yard shy of the record as Alex Catron hit a 53 yarder at Gardner-Webb in 2014. The score was set-up by a 50-yard Tyler Keane to Malcolm Williams completion, a career long for the junior receiver. The Leathernecks answered with a four-play, 74-yard drive to take a 7-4 lead. The key play was 36-yard pass from Sean McGuire to Tony Harper. On the scoring play, WIU ran a reverse pass with wide receiver Isiah LeSure. Coastal nearly sniffed it out as Silas Kelly tipped the pass only to see the ball land in the hands of the quarterback, McGuire. Undaunted, Coastal bounced right back to regain a three-point lead, 10-7. On 3rd-and-1, Marcus Outlow burst up the middle for a career-long, 43-yard run. Two plays later, Alex James found pay dirt from 24 yards out for his first career touchdown. Midway through the second quarter, Western Illinois put together a nice 11-play drive that consumed nearly six minutes. They had gains of 12, 10, 15 and 19 yards, the last being a McGuire to Brandon Gaston pass to give the Leathernecks a 14-10 lead. On its next possession, Western gained 57 yards on a shovel pass to tight end Adam Conrady to the CCU 15. Steve McShane got the CCU one on a reverse and Max Norris capped the drive with a one-yard dive to put Western Illinois up 21-10 with 2:23 left in the first half. Western Illinois kept the momentum as the second half began. McGuire connected with Clint Ratkovich on the first play from scrimmage and, two plays later, McGuire scrambled for a 16-yard gain. McGuire then found McShane for a 17 yard completion before McShane had a two-yard TD run to put the Leathernecks up 28-10. For the second time, Western Illinois was on the fortunate end of a tipped pass, this one on defense. Tyrin Holloway met Malcom Williams at the same time the pass arrived and Riggs Baxter came down with it for an interception. On the next play, McGuire ran right then threw back across the field to an open Conrady for a 10-yard TD and 35-10 lead. On the ensuing drive, Western Illinois forced a turnover on downs. The Leathernecks was able to turn the turnover into a score for a 32-point lead, 42-10, with nine seconds left in the third quarter. After a CCU punt than put WIU on its own 20, Western Illinois sealed the game with six minutes left as Devon Sanders broke free for an 80-yard touchdown run to go up 52-10.
SCORE BY QUARTERS Western Illinois Coastal Carolina
1 7 10
2 14 0
3 21 0
4 10 0
SCORE 52 10
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 07:29 COASTAL Rabon, Evan 52 yd field goal, 5-47 2:06 04:49 WIU Sean McGuire 9 yd pass from Isaiah LeSure (Sam Crosa kick), 4-74 2:33 01:47 COASTAL James, Alex 24 yd run (Rabon, Evan kick), 5-83 2:56 2nd 07:37 WIU Brandon Gaston 19 yd pass from Sean McGuire (Sam Crosa kick), 11-79 5:53 02:23 WIU Max Norris 1 yd run (Sam Crosa kick), 5-84 2:14 3rd 10:11 WIU Steve McShane 2 yd run (Sam Crosa kick), 8-65 4:43 08:45 WIU Adam Conrady 10 yd pass from Sean McGuire (Sam Crosa kick), 1-10 0:04 00:09 WIU Clint Ratkovich 5 yd pass from Sean McGuire (Sam Crosa kick), 8-59 4:50 4th 09:24 WIU Sam Crosa 35 yd field goal, 7-26 4:27 06:13 WIU Devon Sanders 80 yd run (Sam Crosa kick), 1-80 0:11
Sept. 30, 2017 • Monroe, La. • Malone Stadium• 10,359
MONROE, La. — Malcolm Williams shattered the CCU single-game record and had the second-best, single-game effort in Sun Belt history with 266 receiving yards. However, it was not enough as Coastal Carolina fell in its first Sun Belt Conference game, 51-43, at UL Monroe. The game was a two-point contest, 45-43 in the Warhawks’ favor, until the last play of the game. Coastal tried a lateral which resulted in a fumble and ULM returned the ball15 yards for a touchdown as time expired to provide the eight-point final margin. Williams accounted for nine of CCU’s 18 receptions, had two receiving touchdowns and added a two-point conversion. His receptions were for 86, 13, 23, 27, 47, 5, 38, 10 and 20 yards. Tyler Keane threw for a then career-high 329 yards and four scores while completing two 2-pont conversions as well. Tight end Maxwell Kjosa caught his first two career passes, both TDs, while Marcus Outlow and Alex James each added rushing TDs. Craig Ford made a 40-yard field goal on the Warhawks’ opening possession of the game. Two possessions later, Coastal nearly turned the ball over on a punt return and started on its own two yard line. After three runs, Williams caught a pass over the middle and out-ran ULM’s defense for an 86-yard touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, Marcus Green returned the ensuing kickoff 82 yards for a TD. Undaunted, Keane and Williams hooked up three times for completions of 13, 23 and 27 yards, the last going for a TD. Keane then found James for a 2-point play and 15-10 lead. The Warhawks answered. Ben Luckett had a 53-yard run on the final play of the first quarter and, six plays later, Luckett scored from one yard out. On Coastal’s first play after the ULM socre, Roland Jenkins hauled in a tipped pass for a Warhawk interception. Two plays later, Derrick Gore scored to put ULM up 24-15. The back-and-forth game continued. Thanks to a 47-yard Keane-to-Williams pass, James capped the seven-play, 68-yard drive with a one-yard rush to make it a 2-point game, 24-22. For the second time in the contest, ULM scored off an interception. Starting on the CCU 23, Sloan Spiller caught a 20-yard TD from Caleb Evans to put the Warhawks up 31-22. The second half opened with Coastal punting on its first possession. Then, on ULM’s fourth play, Luckett burst up the middle for a 56-yard touchdown run and 38-22 lead. On the ensuing kickoff, Ky’Jon Tyler had an 88-yard return, the longest non-scoring play in school history. Three plays later, Outlow scored his first TD as a Chant, a one-yard run, and Keane hit Williams to add the two-point conversion and make the score 38-30. Similar to the first half, a roughing the quarterback penalty extended the Warhawks’ drive. However, this time, it resulted in a touchdown, a one-yard run by Gore, not a field goal. As the third quarter drew to a close, Keane completed a 38-yard pass to Williams. Two plays into the fourth, Keane threw a pass to Kjosa, who out-jumped two defenders for a fiveyard TD. It was the first career touchdown for Kjosa. With five minutes left, Coastal took over on its own 21. Keane engineered a seven-play, 79-yard drive, completing six passes on the drive, including a nine-yard score to Kjosa. With three minutes left after the score, Coastal elected to kick the ball deep. While the defense did force a punt, Coastal only had 20 seconds left and needed to cover 67 yards. After two incompletions, Coastal had one final play, which resulted in the ULM TD as time expired.
Record: (3-0) Record: (1-2)
SCORE BY QUARTERS Coastal Carolina ULM
WIU CCU 0 3 7 3 7 10 14 10 21 10 28 10 35 10 42 10 45 10 52 10
1 15 10
2 7 21
3 8 14
4 13 6
SCORE 43 Record: (1-3,0-1) 51 Record: (2-2,2-0)
SCORING SUMMARY CCU ULM 1st 10:14 ULM Ford, Craig 40 yd field goal, 12-55 4:46 0 3 03:55 COASTAL Williams, Malcolm 86 yd pass from Keane, Tyler (Rabon, Evan kick), 4-98 2:21 7 3 03:42 ULM Green, Marcus 82 yd kickoff return (Ford, Craig kick) 7 10 00:50 COASTAL Williams, Malcolm 27 yd pass from Keane (James, Alex pass from Keane), 7-85 2:52 15 10 2nd 12:34 ULM Luckett, Ben 1 yd run (Ford, Craig kick), 8-75 3:16 15 17 11:38 ULM Gore, Derrick 10 yd run (Ford, Craig kick), 2-15 0:39 15 24 07:21 COASTAL James, Alex 1 yd run (Rabon, Evan kick), 7-68 4:17 22 24 02:33 ULM Spiller, Sloan 20 yd pass from Evans, Caleb (Ford, Craig kick), 2-23 0:32 22 31 3rd 11:44 ULM Luckett, Ben 56 yd run (Ford, Craig kick), 4-67 1:32 22 38 WIU COASTAL 10:11 COASTAL Outlow, Marcus 1 yd run (Williams, Malcolm pass from Keane), 3-12 1:33 30 38 FIRST DOWNS................................................................................. 21 15 05:31 ULM Gore, Derrick 1 yd run (Ford, Craig kick), 3-50 1:10 30 45 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...................................................................... 37-225 35-170 4th 14:52 COASTAL Kjosa, Maxwell 5 yd pass from Keane, Tyler (Keane, Tyler pass failed), 11-75 5:39 36 45 PASSING YDS (NET)......................................................................... 285 137 03:07 COASTAL Kjosa, Maxwell 9 yd pass from Keane, Tyler (Rabon, Evan kick), 7-79 2:18 43 45 Passes Att-Comp-Int....................................................................... 20-18-0 23-11-3 00:00 ULM Tucker, Caleb 15 yd fumble recovery 43 51
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS........................................................ 57-510 Fumble Returns-Yards..................................................................... 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards.......................................................................... 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards...................................................................... 3-66 Interception Returns-Yards.............................................................. 3-3 Punts (Number-Avg)........................................................................ 3-50.0 Fumbles-Lost.................................................................................. 0-0 Penalties-Yards............................................................................... 3-35 Possession Time.............................................................................. 33:03 Third-Down Conversions.................................................................. 4 of 8 Fourth-Down Conversions............................................................... 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances.............................................................. 7-7 Sacks By: Number-Yards.................................................................. 4-25
58-307 0-0 3-36 7-146 0-0 5-43.8 2-1 7-66 26:57 3 of 11 0 of 2 0-0 1-8
RUSHING: Western Illinois - Max Norris 13-80 (TD); Devon Sanders 3-78 (TD); Steve McShane 9-26 (TD); Isaiah LeSure 2-15; Vic. Johnson 4-11; Sean McGuire 4-9; Jaelon Acklin 1-3; Clint Ratkovich 1-3. Coastal Carolina - Outlow, Marcus 4-66; James, Alex 3-31 (TD); Tyler, Ky’Jon 2-25; Thrasher, Chance 3-22; Abercrombie,Osharmar 9-18; Bennett, Ra’Quan 1-11; Keane, Tyler 5-4; Hairston, Jacqez 1-2; Demos, Dalton 3-minus 1; Bradley, Austin 4-minus 8. PASSING: Western Illinois - Sean McGuire 17-19-0-276 (3 TDs); Isaiah LeSure 1-1-0-9 (TD). Coastal - Keane, Tyler 6-11-0-85; Thrasher, Chance 5-10-2-52; Demos, Dalton 0-2-1-0; Bradley, Austin 0-0-0-0. RECEIVING: Western Illinois - Jaelon Acklin 4-61; Steve McShane 3-39; Adam Conrady 2-67 (TD); Tony Harper 2-45; Clint Ratkovich 2-21 (TD); Brandon Gaston 1-19 (TD); Isaiah LeSure 1-15; Sean McGuire 1-9 (TD); Tyler Slamans 1-8; Max Norris 1-1. Coastal Carolina - Williams, Malcolm 5-79; Collins Jr., Larry 2-37; Outlow, Marcus 1-14; Tyler, Ky’Jon 1-9; Black, Omar 1-6; James, Alex 1-minus 8. INTS: Western Illinois - Ju. Fitzpatrick 2-0; Riggs Baxter 1-3. Coastal Carolina - None..
COASTAL TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Heft, James 5-6; Wattley, Fitz 5-6; White, Myles 2-7; Johnson, Kerron 5-3; Kelly, Silas 1-4; Chesley, Anthony 3-1; Howard, Amir 2-2; Williamson, Marcus 1-3.
COASTAL ULM FIRST DOWNS................................................................................. 21 16 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...................................................................... 38-112 40-243 PASSING YDS (NET)......................................................................... 329 101 Passes Att-Comp-Int....................................................................... 32-18-2 20-12-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS........................................................ 70-441 60-344 Fumble Returns-Yards..................................................................... 0-0 1-15 Punt Returns-Yards.......................................................................... 2--6 3-10 Kickoff Returns-Yards...................................................................... 5-159 6-159 Interception Returns-Yards.............................................................. 0-0 2-23 Punts (Number-Avg)........................................................................ 5-44.4 7-39.3 Fumbles-Lost.................................................................................. 2-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards............................................................................... 7-80 4-35 Possession Time.............................................................................. 33:21 26:39 Third-Down Conversions.................................................................. 8 of 14 2 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions............................................................... 0 of 0 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances.............................................................. 4-4 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards.................................................................. 1-6 3-19
RUSHING: Coastal Carolina - Abercrombie,Osharmar 13-51; Outlow, Marcus 8-25, TD; James, Alex 4-21, TD; Thrasher, Chance 1-10; Demos, Dalton 3-4; Keane, Tyler 9-1. ULM - Luckett, Ben 7-127, 2 TDs; Gore, Derrick 22-74, 2 TDs; Green, Marcus 2-31; Evans, Caleb 8-7; Carter, Duke 1-4. PASSING: Coastal Carolina - Keane, Tyler 18-31-2-329, 4 TDs; Demos, Dalton 0-1-0-0. ULM - Evans, Caleb 12-20-0-101., TD RECEIVING: Coastal Carolina - Williams, Malcolm 9-266, 2 TDs; Black, Omar 3-42; Collins Jr., Larry 2-17; Kjosa, Maxwell 2-14, 2 TDs; Bradshaw, Gary 1-6; Abercrombie,Osharmar 1-5; Keane, Tyler 0-minus 21. ULM - Pederson, J. 3-13; Green, Marcus 2-23; McCray, Markis 2-19; Brown, Xavier 2-12; Spiller, Sloan 1-20, TD; Williams, Brian 1-14; Gore, Derrick 1-0. INTS: Coastal Carolina - None. ULM - Jenkins, Roland 1-17; Day, Chase 1-6. COASTAL TACKLES LEADERS (UA-A): Kelly, Silas 8-3; Howard, Amir 8-2; Williamson, Marcus 5-3; Heft, James 4-2; Brown, Jave 4-2; White, Myles 2-4; Wattley, Fitz 4-1; Hears, Dontay 3-1; Tolbert, Ja’ree 3-1.