2022 McNeese Cowboys football team

2022 McNeese Cowboys football
2022 McNeese Cowboys football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	4–7 (2–4 Southland)
Head coach	Gary Goff (1st season);
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Tony Pecoraro (1st season)
Home stadium	Cowboy Stadium
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Southland Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 12 Southeastern Louisiana +^	5	–	1	9	–	4
No. 3 Incarnate Word +^	5	–	1	12	–	2
Northwestern State	4	–	2	4	–	7
Nicholls	3	–	3	3	–	8
Texas A&M–Commerce *	3	–	3	5	–	6
McNeese	2	–	4	4	–	7
Houston Christian	1	–	5	2	–	9
Lamar	1	–	5	1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Texas A&M–Commerce ineligible for FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 McNeese State Cowboys football team represented McNeese State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Gary Goff, the Cowboys compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, placing sixth in the Southland. McNeese State played home games at Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on July 20, 2022. The Cowboys were picked to finish fourth in the conference.^[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Southeastern Louisiana	90 (7)
2	Incarnate Word	86 (7)
3	Nicholls	79 (2)
4	McNeese	61
5	Northwestern State	44
6	Texas A&M–Commerce	39
7	Lamar	25
8	Houston Christian	24

Preseason All–Southland Teams

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Montana State*	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	ESPN+	L 17–40	21,687
September 10	6:30 p.m.	at Rice*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	L 10–52	18,629
September 17	7:00 p.m.	Alcorn State*	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	ESPN3	L 19–30	11,425
September 24	7:00 p.m.	Mississippi College*	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	ESPN+	W 32–17	10,105
October 1	6:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Incarnate Word	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	L 20–48	2,542
October 15	7:00 p.m.	Texas A&M–Commerce	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	ESPN+	L 15–40	9,202
October 22	3:00 p.m.	at Nicholls	Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA	ESPN+	L 35–40	5,788
October 29	7:00 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	ESPN+	L 27–28	8,068
November 5	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois*	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	ESPN+	W 29–15	7,520
November 12	2:00 p.m.	at Houston Christian	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN+	W 21–10	1,355
November 19	7:00 p.m.	Lamar	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA (Battle of the Border)	ESPN+	W 24–20	6,901
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

At No. 4 Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	10	0	7	17
No. 4 Bobcats	0	17	16	7	40

At Rice

McNeese State Cowboys (0–1) vs. Rice Owls (0–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	0	10	0	10
Owls	10	21	14	7	52

at Rice Stadium • Houston, TX

Date: September 10th
Game time: 6:30 P.M CST
Game attendance: 18,629
Referee: Ed Ardito
TV: ESPN3

Statistics	McNeese State	Rice
First downs	14	26
Plays–yards	51–263	74–487
Rushes–yards	30–172	43–209
Passing yards	91	278
Passing: comp–att–int	8–21–2	21–31–0
Time of possession	21:48	38:12

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
McNeese State	Passing	Know Kadum	5/12, 65 yards, 1 INT
	Rushing	Deonta McMahon	5 carries, 101 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Mason Pierce	3 receptions, 37 yards
Rice	Passing	TJ McMahon	20/29, 274 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Ari Broussard	17 carries, 71 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Bradley Rozner	3 receptions, 101 yards, 2 TD

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	McNeese State	Rice
1st	7:23	4	-1	0:57	Rice	28-yard field goal by Christian VanSickle (#31)	0	3
1st	4:38	4	35	1:35	Rice	Bradley Rozner (#2) 13-yard touchdown reception from TJ McMahon (#7), Christian VanSickle (#31) kick good	0	10
2nd	10:17	11	70	7:07	Rice	TJ McMahon (#7) 9-yard touchdown run, Christian VanSickle (#31) kick good	0	17
2nd	6:59	1	91	-	Rice	Interception returned 91 yards for touchdown by Gabe Taylor (#26), Christian VanSickle (#31) kick good	0	24
2nd	3:26	5	20	2:05	Rice	Ari Broussard (#30) 2-yard touchdown run, Christian VanSickle (#31) kick good	0	31
3rd	14:31	2	77	0:23	McNeese State	Deonta McMahon (#20) 62-yard touchdown run, Garrison Smith (#37) kick good	7	31
3rd	14:20	1	75	0:11	Rice	Bradley Rozner (#2) 75-yard touchdown reception from TJ McMahon (#7), Christian VanSickle (#31) kick good	7	38
3rd	9:35	6	80	2:57	Rice	Jack Bradley (#87) 17-yard touchdown reception from TJ McMahon (#7), Christian VanSickle (#31) kick good	7	45
3rd	3:10	7	60	1:41	McNeese State	23-yard field goal by Garrison Smith (#37)	10	45
4th	13:14	11	75	4:56	Rice	Juma Otoviano (#8) 15-yard touchdown reception from TJ McMahon (#7), Christian VanSickle (#31) kick good	10	52
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							10	52

Vs. Alcorn State

Alcorn State Braves (0–2) vs. McNeese State Cowboys (0–2)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Braves	0	21	3	6	30
Cowboys	0	3	14	2	19

at Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA

Date: September 17th
Game time: 7:00 P.M CST
Game attendance: 18,629
Referee: Ed Ardito
TV: ESPN3

Vs. Mississippi College

Mississippi College Choctaws (1–2) vs. McNeese State Cowboys (0–3)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	8	10	7	7	32
Choctaws	7	0	7	3	17

at Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA

Date: September 24th
Game time: 7:00 P.M CST
Game attendance: 10,105
Referee: Gary Leeper
TV: ESPN+

At No. 11 Incarnate Word

McNeese State Cowboys at Incarnate Word Cardinals

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	10	3	7	20
No. 11 Cardinals	14	7	7	20	48

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, TX

Date: October 1
Game time: 6:05 p.m.
Game weather: Temperature: 88 • Wind: E 8 mph • Weather: Clear
Game attendance: 2,542
Referee: Craig Helser
TV announcers (ESPN+): Paul Alexander (play-by-play), Karl Schoening (analyst) and Sam Kaman (sideline)
Box Score

Game information

First Quarter

UIW – 12:10 Lindsey Scott Jr. 7 yard run, Carson Mohr kick
UIW 7–0 Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:50
UIW – 0:44 Lindsey Scott, Jr. 7 yard run, Carson Mohr kick
UIW 14–0 Drive: 6 plays, 19 yards, 3:05

Second Quarter

MSU – 10:04 Garrison Smith 39 yard field goal
UIW 14–3 Drive: 13 plays, 53 yards, 5:40
MSU – 2:12 Deonta McMahon 3 yard run, Garrison Smith kick
UIW 14–10 Drive: 10 plays, 42 yards, 4:52
UIW – 0:04 Taylor Grimes 11 yard pass from Lindsey Scott Jr., Carson Mohr kick
UIW 21–10 Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 2:00

Third Quarter

MSU – 10:58 Garrison Smith 47 yard field goal
UIW 21–13 Drive: 10 plays, 45 yards, 4:02
UIW – 3:40 Taylor Grimes 33 yard pass from Lindsey Scott Jr., Carson Mohr kick
UIW 28–13 Drive: 8 plays, 81 yards, 2:31

Fourth Quarter

MSU – 12:13 Josh Parker 1 yard run, Garrison Smith kick
UIW 28–20 Drive: 12 plays, 56 yards, 6:17
UIW – 8:20 Lindsey Scott, Jr. 5 yard run, Kevin Nguyen run failed
UIW 34–20 Drive: 12 plays, 74 yards, 3:45
UIW – 2:22 CJ Hardy 23 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick
UIW 41–20 Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards, 3:08
UIW – 0:40 Taylor Grimes 6 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick
UIW 48–20 Drive: 3 plays, 32 yards, 1:03

Passing

MSU – Knox Kadum 13/26, 144 YDS
UIW – Lindsey Scott Jr. 25/35, 347 YDS, 4 TD

Rushing

MSU – Deonta McMahon 17 ATT, 88 YDS, 1 TD
UIW – Marcus Cooper 25 ATT, 135 YDS

Receiving

MSU – Mason Pierce 5 REC, 60 YDS
UIW – Taylor Grimes 8 REC, 115 YDS, 3 TD

Vs. Texas A&M-Commerce

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	7	10	3	20	40
Cowboys	8	7	0	0	15

At Nicholls

McNeese State Cowboys at Nicholls Colonels

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	22	7	6	35
Colonels	7	7	20	6	40

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

Date: October 22
Game time: 3:00 p.m.
Game weather: Sunny
Game attendance: 5,788
Referee: Nolan Dumas
TV: ESPN+

Vs. Southeastern Louisiana

Southeastern Louisiana Lions at McNeese State Cowboys

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	7	7	7	7	28
Cowboys	6	14	7	0	27

at Cowboy Stadium, Lake Charles, LA

Date: October 29
Game time: 7:00 p.m.
Game weather: Cloudy
Game attendance: 8,068
Referee: Gary Leeper
TV: ESPN+

Vs. Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	0	8	15
Cowboys	10	9	7	3	29

At Houston Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	7	7	7	21
Huskies	0	7	3	0	10

Vs. Lamar

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	17	3	0	20
Cowboys	0	21	0	3	24

Statistics

Statistics	Lamar	McNeese
First downs	19	13
Total yards	369	314
Rushing yards	219	268
Passing yards	150	46
Turnovers	2	0
Time of possession	35:47	24:13

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Lamar	Passing	Nick Yockey	19-27; 150 total yards; long 18 yards
	Rushing	Major Bowden	11 attempts; 92 total yards; long 30 yards
	Receiving	Major Bowden	2 receptions; 35 total yards; long 18 yards
McNeese	Passing	Ryan Roberts	6-14; 46 yards total; long 14 yards
	Rushing	Deonata McMahon	20 attempts; 241 total yards; long 79 yards
	Receiving	Jon McCall	2 receptions; 22 total yards; long 14 yards

References

^ "SOUTHEASTERN VOTED TO TOP SPOT IN SOUTHLAND FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL". Southland Conference. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
^ "Football schedule change adds UIW, Lamar". McNeese State University Athletics. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
^ "McNeese Cowboys Schedule 2022". ESPN. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
^ "2022 Football Schedule". McNeese State University Athletics. Retrieved February 19, 2023.

[1] "SOUTHEASTERN VOTED TO TOP SPOT IN SOUTHLAND FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL". Southland Conference. Retrieved July 20, 2022.

[2] "Football schedule change adds UIW, Lamar". McNeese State University Athletics. Retrieved July 13, 2022.

[3] "McNeese Cowboys Schedule 2022". ESPN. Retrieved February 19, 2023.

[4] "2022 Football Schedule". McNeese State University Athletics. Retrieved February 19, 2023.

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Members	East Texas A&M Lions Houston Christian Huskies Incarnate Word Cardinals Lamar Cardinals and Lady Cardinals McNeese Cowboys and Cowgirls Nicholls State Colonels New Orleans Privateers Northwestern State Demons and Lady Demons Southeastern Louisiana Lions and Lady Lions Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders UTRGV Vaqueros (adding football in 2025)
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