Blackwater Draw, N.M. – The A&M-Commerce football rolls into Blackwater Draw and Greyhound Stadium for a Lone Star Conference showdown against Eastern New Mexico, the co-defending LSC Champions, Saturday at 4 p.m. central time.
1st and 10- A&M-Commerce enters the game at 280-208-12 in 499 Lone Star Conference games.
- The Lions retained the Chennault Cup, for the third year, with a 55-20 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville in its last game.
- LB
Tu'u Liu had two INTs returning one for a TD ... It was the Lions first defensive score on the season and first since
Pablo Vasquez scored on an 84-yard fumble recovery against Houston Baptist on 11/9/2013 ... It was the fist INT returned for a TD since
Corey Childs' 13-yard return against McMurry on 10/19/2013 ... Liu picked up LSC Defensive Player of the Week Honors for his efforts.
- Running back
Joe Bergeron has two 100-yard rushing games on the season -- 134 against ETBU and 101 against Kingsville ... Bergeron averages 141.3 all-purpose yards per game.
- In the win over ETBU, the Lions shattered NCAA, LSC and school records ... The 986 yards of total offense set a new NCAA record.
- To go along with the NCAA record for total offense, the Lions set LSC record for points scored with 98, tied the touchdown record with 13, broke the record for the most point after attempts with 13 ... The team scored 57 points in the first half for a new record.
- The Lions snapped the net passing yards record with 590 yards through the air ... The Lions also snapped the school record for yards per play with 12.7 yards per play.
- Following the ETBU game, the Lions were featured on ESPN's SportsCenter, College GameDay, NBC Sports, Fox Sports1 and numerous local and regional news outlets.
- The Lions experienced the biggest turnaround by a collegiate team in the state of Texas after their 7-5 season ... A&M-Commerce went 1-11 in 2012.
- DT
Charles Tuaau and WR
Vernon Johnson racked up preseason all-American honors ... A&M-Commerce is the only team with one or more preseason all-Americans ... Johnson was named to the Reese's Senior Bowl watch list.
About the Series against the Greyhounds- The two teams will meet for the 28th time Saturday ... The Greyhounds hold a narrow 15-12 advantage in the series.
- Eastern New Mexico has won the last two meetings including a 42-35 win in Commerce last season ... The Lions were driving down the field for the game-tying touchdown when the Hounds came up with an interception.
- The Hounds have won four of the last five meetings ... The Lions' last win, 60-28, came back in 2011 at Memorial Stadium.
- The last A&M-Commerce road win of the series came in 1995, a 28-14 win ... The only other Lions' road win, 40-30, came in the first meeting between the two schools in 1984.
- In the 2013 meeting, the Greyhounds overcame a 28-21 halftime deficit to claim the 42-35 win ... Eastern New Mexico used 14 third quarter points to vault A&M-Commerce for the win.
About Eastern New Mexico- The Greyhounds enter the match up at 2-1 overall and 0-1 in the Lone Star Conference.
- The Hounds, who are receiving votes in the AFCA Top-25, are coming off of a 42-17 rout at the hands of No. 23 ranked Midwestern State in their last game ... Eastern New Mexico was out-gained 433 to 394 in the game ... They gave up 303 yards through the air.
- The loss snapped an eight-game winning streak.
- Eastern New Mexico has wins over New Mexico Highlands, 44-21, and Adams State, 42-14.
- The triple option attack for the Hounds averages 305.7 yards on the ground highlighted by 131.3 by E'lon Spight ... QB Jeremy Buurma averages 23.0 yards on the ground and 188.0 yards passing per game ... Jacob Johnson is the teams leading receiver averaging 95.3 yards per game.
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