2010 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team

The 2010 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team represented West Texas A&M University during the 2010 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). The Buffaloes were led by sixth-year head coach Don Carthel and played their home games at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium in Canyon, Texas.

2010 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football
NCAA Division II First Round, L 35–55 vs. Central Missouri
Conference	Lone Star Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
AFCA	No. 18
Record	8–4 (8–2 LSC)
Head coach	Don Carthel (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Nesbitt (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Colby Carthel (5th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium

2010 Lone Star Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North
Northeastern State		6	–	4					6	–	5
East Central		5	–	5					5	–	6
Eastern New Mexico †		4	–	6					5	–	6
SE Oklahoma State		3	–	7					3	–	8
SW Oklahoma State		3	–	7					3	–	8
Central Oklahoma		2	–	8					2	–	9
Texas A&M–Commerce		2	–	8					3	–	8
South
No. 8 Abilene Christian $^		10	–	0					11	–	1
No. 9 Texas A&M–Kingsville ^		9	–	1					10	–	2
No. 18 W. Texas A&M ^		8	–	2					8	–	4
Midwestern State #		7	–	3					8	–	4
Angelo State		5	–	5					5	–	5
Tarleton State		3	–	7					3	–	8
Incarnate Word		3	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant † – Eastern New Mexico vacated all five wins. # – Kanza Bowl participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

The Buffs finished the regular season with an overall record of 8–3. In LSC play, the team went 8–2 to finish third in the conference's South Division. West Texas received a bid for the NCAA Division II playoffs, losing 35–55 to Central Missouri in the first round.

Offseason

Coaching changes

Offensive coordinator Scott Parr was hired as the offensive quality control coach at Texas Tech by the Red Raiders' new head coach Tommy Tuberville. Quarterbacks coach Mike Nesbitt was promoted to be the Buffaloes' new offensive coordinator.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 2	7:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Grand Valley State*	No. 8	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	L 31–34
September 11	6:00 p.m.	at SW Oklahoma State	No. 9	Milam Stadium Weatherford, OK	W 77–14
September 18	6:00 p.m.	SE Oklahoma State	No. 9	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	W 41–17
September 25	6:00 p.m.	at Angelo State	No. 9	San Angelo Stadium San Angelo, TX	W 37–27
October 2	12:00 p.m.	at Northeastern State	No. 9	Doc Wadley Stadium Tahlequah, OK	W 34–22
October 9	6:00 p.m.	Tarleton State	No. 7	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	W 48–17
October 16	7:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Texas A&M–Kingsville	No. 7	Javelina Stadium Kingsville, TX	L 24–28
October 30	2:00 p.m.	at Incarnate Word	No. 14	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	W 49–10
November 6	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Abilene Christian	No. 14	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	L 34–41
November 13	1:00 p.m.	East Central	No. 19	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	W 52–21
November 20	1:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Central Missouri*	No. 14	Audrey J. Walton Stadium Warrensburg, MO (NCAA Division II First Round)	L 35–55
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings

See also: 2010 NCAA Division II football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
AFCA	11	8	9	9	9	9	7	7	17	14	14	19	14	18

Game summaries

At No. 2 Grand Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Buffaloes	0	17	7	7	31
No. 2 Lakers	10	3	3	18	34

Statistics	WTAMU	GVSU
First downs	26	22
Total yards	567	475
Rushing yards	146	180
Passing yards	421	295
Turnovers	5	0
Time of possession	27:00	33:00

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	37/53, 421 yards, 2 TD, 4 INT
	Rushing	Tommy Hampton	5 rushes, 99 yards, TD
	Receiving	Tyson Williams	14 receptions, 182 yards
Grand Valley State	Passing	Kyle McMahon	17/32, 295 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Justin Sherrod	14 rushes, 73 yards, TD
	Receiving	Jovonne Augustus	3 receptions, 107 yards, TD

Southeastern Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Savage Storm	0	14	0	3	17
No. 9 Buffaloes	10	24	7	0	41

Statistics	SOSU	WTAMU
First downs	21	29
Total yards	335	656
Rushing yards	97	80
Passing yards	238	576
Turnovers	3	3
Time of possession	33:55	26:05

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
SE Oklahoma State	Passing	Logan Turner	17/42, 238 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Baylen Laury	20 rushes, 102 yards
	Receiving	Robbie Morris	3 receptions, 51 yards, TD
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	35/53, 562 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	9 rushes, 49 yards
	Receiving	Tyson Williams	13 receptions, 217 yards, TD

At Angelo State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Buffaloes	16	21	0	0	37
Rams	13	0	7	7	27

Statistics	WTAMU	ASU
First downs	31	13
Total yards	532	311
Rushing yards	202	201
Passing yards	330	110
Turnovers	3	2
Time of possession	34:37	25:23

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	29/55, 320 yards, 3 INT
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	20 rushes, 127 yards, TD
	Receiving	Stephen Burton	7 receptions, 94 yards
Angelo State	Passing	Josh Neiswander	14/34, 110 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Tristan Carter	13 rushes, 129 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Nevin Gardiner	3 receptions, 37 yards

No. 13 Midwestern State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Mustangs	3	0	12	14	29
No. 17 Buffaloes	7	14	14	7	42

Statistics	MSU	WTAMU
First downs	23	27
Total yards	363	447
Rushing yards	157	37
Passing yards	206	410
Turnovers	5	3
Time of possession	30:12	29:48

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Midwestern State	Passing	Zack Eskridge	20/43, 206 yards, 3 TD, 4 INT
	Rushing	Keidrick Jackson	12 rushes, 77 yards
	Receiving	Jared Freeman	6 receptions, 70 yards
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	41/60, 410 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	9 rushes, 38 yards
	Receiving	Stephen Burton	7 receptions, 139 yards, TD

At Incarnate Word

See also: 2010 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Buffaloes	21	14	14	0	49
Cardinals	0	0	3	7	10

Statistics	WTAMU	UIW
First downs	19	14
Total yards	412	259
Rushing yards	165	133
Passing yards	247	126
Turnovers	0	3
Time of possession	28:04	31:56

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	21/34, 238 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	7 rushes, 60 yards
	Receiving	Tyson Williams	4 receptions, 75 yards, 2 TD
Incarnate Word	Passing	Paden Lynch	18/31, 126 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Paden Lynch	12 rushes, 84 yards
	Receiving	Andrew Mocio	4 receptions, 48 yards

No. 2 Abilene Christian

See also: 2010 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Wildcats	3	3	14	21	41
No. 14 Buffaloes	7	7	13	7	34

Statistics	ACU	WTAMU
First downs	27	30
Total yards	527	484
Rushing yards	231	38
Passing yards	296	446
Turnovers	1	4
Time of possession	33:30	26:30

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Abilene Christian	Passing	Mitchell Gale	22/36, 296 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Daryl Richardson	19 rushes, 98 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Edmond Gates	4 receptions, 96 yards, TD
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	39/60, 446 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	8 rushes, 23 yards
	Receiving	Tyson Williams	13 receptions, 171 yards, 2 TD

East Central

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	14	7	21
No. 19 Buffaloes	14	14	10	14	52

Statistics	ECU	WTAMU
First downs	17	33
Total yards	297	735
Rushing yards	50	130
Passing yards	247	605
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	27:42	32:18

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
East Central	Passing	Tyler Vanderzee	18/34, 207 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Justin Todd	9 rushes, 29 yards
	Receiving	Cleotha Euwins	4 receptions, 94 yards, 2 TD
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	43/65, 572 yards, 5 TD
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	10 rushes, 76 yards
	Receiving	Tyson Williams	12 receptions, 203 yards

At No. 8 Central Missouri (NCAA Division II First Round)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Buffaloes	0	7	14	14	35
No. 8 Mules	21	14	20	0	55

Statistics	WTAMU	UCM
First downs	28	27
Total yards	527	512
Rushing yards	32	144
Passing yards	495	368
Turnovers	3	1
Time of possession	24:53	35:07

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	35/66, 495 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	Tevin Mitchell	2 rushes, 19 yards
	Receiving	Brittan Golden	8 receptions, 194 yards, 2 TD
Central Missouri	Passing	Eric Czerniewski	33/42, 368 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Anthony Stewart	15 rushes, 112 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Anthony Stewart	10 receptions, 131 yards, TD

Personnel

2010 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Tyson Williams Jr RB 5 Kelvin Thompson Sr WR 9 Brittan Golden Jr WR 10 Myron Dillard Jr WR 11 Stephen Burton Sr QB 12 Taylor Harris Sr QB 14 Dustin Vaughan  Fr QB 16 Tanner Marsh So WR 17 Lance Ratliff  Fr WR 19 Ray Magee Jr WR 23 Jeremy Watson So RB 24 Tommy Hampton Jr WR 25 Nate Slaughter Fr WR 27 Aarrhon Flores So QB 31 David Lehocky Fr TE 34 Kendrick Cutsinger Jr WR 37 Alex Reyes  Fr RB 42 Jay Tillman So RB 45 Tevin Mitchell So OL 53 Isaiah Lewis Sr OL 55 Aaron Mullane So OL 60 Hector Rodriguez Jr OL 61 Frank Arriola Jr OL 62 Daric Gorton  Fr OL 63 Justin Brown Jr. Jr OL 64 Craig Watts  Fr OL 65 Robert Clancy Fr OL 68 Marc Waller  Fr OL 69 Jordan Nichols Fr OL 70 Shawn Johnson Jr OL 71 Michael Zoch Jr OL 72 Chase Farmer Fr OL 73 David Grant Jr OL 74 Emory Atterberry  Fr OL 76 Dan Sherwood Sr OL 77 Kyle Nicholson Fr OL 78 Shaun Wesley So TE 80 Landon Forga So WR 81 Sidney Parker  Fr WR 82 Trevor Hammargren  Fr WR 84 Torrence Allen  Fr WR 86 Tanner Dennis  Fr QB 87 Zach Richter Fr WR 89 Keith'n Robinson Sr WR 89 John Simpson  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Jordan Smith So DB 3 Caleb Randolph Jr DE 4 Tae Evans Sr LB 6 Glen Stanley Jr DB 7 Lawrence Hood Sr DB 18 Tarin Lee  Fr OLB 19 Bryan Johnson Jr LB 20 Anthony Scott Sr DB 21 Maurice Caldwell Jr DB 22 Curtis Slater So DB 26 John McSheffrey  Fr DL 28 Simi Kuli Jr DB 29 Thaddeus McCray  Fr DB 30 Kendrick Geyen  Fr ILB 32 Taylor McCuller  Fr DL 33 Derrick Peoples Jr DB 36 Dwight Morrison  Fr DB 38 Curtis Jefferson Jr LB 39 Brandon Boyd  Fr LB 40 Chris Olson  Fr DB 43 Shad Baichtal Sr ILB 44 Steve Smith Sr ILB 46 Kyle Voss So DB 48 Mark Okoro So LB 49 D. J. Ross Jr ILB 50 Kevin McCluskey So ILB 51 Drew Graham Jr OLB 52 Zane Farris Jr LB 54 James Smith Jr LB 57 Victor Cuero So DL 58 Levi Sparks So LB 59 Ronnie Hodges  Fr DL 66 David Christmas  Fr LB 67 Hayden Rybiski  Fr DL 75 Tony Scott  Fr DB 83 Steven Wright  Fr DL 90 Kyle Thomas Sr DL 91 Dishon Robertson Jr DL 92 Terrance Harris So DL 93 Aaron Wampler So DL 94 Justin Williams Jr DL 95 William Thornton  Fr DL 96 Rashad Sanders Jr DL 97 Servell Dandridge So DL 98 Drew Jones Jr DL 99 Jonathan Hatton Jr DL Jacob Davis So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P, K 13 Kevin Vanvoris Fr P, K 15 Todd Phillips So P, K 41 Sergio Castillo  Fr P 88 Tim Cowdrey Sr	Head coach Don Carthel Coordinators/assistant coaches Billy Best Associate head coach/offensive line Mike Nesbitt Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Colby Carthel Defensive coordinator/inside linebackers Nick Paremski Secondary Joel Hinton Inside receivers Jarrod Hinton Outside linebackers Matt Landers Assistant inside linebackers Brandon Romero Defensive line Jared May Outside receivers Brett Watson Defensive line Devario Dorsey Assistant offensive line Sarah Ramey Strength and conditioning Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: October 11, 2024