2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football
2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	1–10 (1–7 Southland)
Head coach	Larry Kennan (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Kyle Kennan (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Brian Gamble (6th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were in their first full season of FCS and Southland Conference eligibility, as they had completed their four-year transition to Division I from Division II.^[1] They were led by sixth-year head coach Larry Kennan. They played their home games at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in Southland play to finish in ninth place.

2017 Southland Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Central Arkansas $^	9	–	0	10	–	2
No. 4 Sam Houston State ^	8	–	1	12	–	2
No. 25 Nicholls State ^	7	–	2	8	–	4
No. 22 McNeese State	7	–	2	9	–	2
Southeastern Louisiana	6	–	3	6	–	5
Northwestern State	4	–	5	4	–	7
Stephen F. Austin	4	–	5	4	–	7
Abilene Christian	2	–	7	2	–	9
Incarnate Word	1	–	7	1	–	10
Lamar	1	–	8	2	–	9
Houston Baptist	0	–	9	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS poll

On November 28, head coach Larry Kennan was fired.^[2] He finished at Incarnate Word with a six-year record of 20–46.

Schedule

Source: ^[3]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	9:00 p.m.	at Fresno State*	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA		L 0–66	39,447
September 9	8:00 p.m.	at Sacramento State*	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	Pluto TV	L 22–56	7,806
September 16	6:00 p.m.	at Stephen F. Austin	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX	ESPN3	L 31–37	11,401
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	KCWX	L 20–45	5,323
October 7	10:00 a.m. ^[a]	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	LionVision	L 30–49	4,156
October 14	6:00 p.m.	Lamar	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIWtv	W 33–24	5,001
October 21	6:00 p.m.	at No. 20 McNeese State	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	AACI	L 7–55	9,732
October 28	2:00 p.m.	Nicholls State	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIWtv	L 31–38	4,999
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Sam Houston State	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	ESPN3	L 20–57	5,077
November 11	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 Central Arkansas	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIWtv	L 10–56	4,652
November 16	6:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M*	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	Eleven Sports	L 28–42	4,430
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ Game was originally scheduled for 4:00 p.m. CST, but was moved up due to the threat of inclement weather.

Source:^[4]

Personnel

Source: ^[5]

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Alma mater	Joined staff
Larry Kennan	Head coach	La Verne (1966)	2012
Larry Moore	Associate head coach for offense / Offensive Line	BYU (1996)	2011
Robert Lyles	Associate head coach for defense / Outside Linebackers	TCU (1984)	2015
Kyle Kennan	Offensive coordinator / wide receivers	Roger Williams (2001)	2008
Brian Gamble	Defensive coordinator / Inside Linebackers	Texas A&M (2002)	2008
Sean Davis	Pass game coordinator / quarterbacks	Azusa Pacific (2006)	2013
Nick Debose	Defensive backs	Southeastern Oklahoma (2006)	2008
Mike Barela	Run game coordinator / tight ends	North Texas (1996)	2015
Jim Partee	Running backs	Occidental College (2016)	2016
Polo Gutierrez	Special teams coordinator / Defensive Line	New Mexico State (2009)	2017
Miguel Rodriguez	Defensive Graduate Assistant	UTSA (2014)	2017
Patrick Banigan	Defensive Quality Control	Texas A&M (2015)	2017
Robert Churchman	Director of football operations	Sul Ross (2013)	2016
Darin Lovat	Strength and Conditioning Coach	UNLV (1997)	2012
T.R. St. Charles	Head Football Athletic Trainer	Vanderbilt (1976)	2008

Roster

2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football

Quarterback

3 Sean Brophy – junior (6'2, 210)
10 Chandler Herman – freshman (6'1, 200)
15 Taylor Laird – senior (6'4, 225)
18 Taylor Brown – junior (6'1, 220)
19 Blake Lowry – freshman (6'0, 180)

Running back

1 Desmond Hite – sophomore (5'9, 178)
4 Ra'Quanne Dickens – junior (5'10, 185)
6 Derrick Mitchell – senior (6'1, 190)
7 Dorland Fields – junior (5'9, 195)
20 Keshon Leonard – junior (5'7, 170)
29 Keyondrick Philio – freshman (6'0, 180)
30 Scotland Butler – senior (5'10, 205)
48 Jaime Gonzalez – freshman (5'9, 195)

Wide receiver

2 Cam Johnson – freshman (6'0, 178)
5 Breylann McCollum – senior (6'1, 207)
6 Lamont Johnson – junior (6'0, 170)
11 Zaire Andre – junior (6'0, 175)
16 Daryl Brooks – senior (6'4, 205)
21 Phillip Baptiste – junior (6'0, 200)
22 Jamari Gilbert – senior (6'2, 200)
81 Kody Edwards – senior (6'0, 165)
82 Kolby Anthony – sophomore (5'10, 180)
85 Anthony Marciano – junior (6'0, 185)
86 Kade Creek – freshman (5'10, 165)
87 Michael Sandoval – freshman (6'1, 200)
88 Ethan Gonzalez – junior (5'11, 177)

Tight end

44 Jeriel Cervantes – freshman (6'5, 235)
45 Marcus Valverde – freshman (6'3, 220)
80 Jezel Parra – junior (6'3, 235)
83 Travis Quillin – sophomore (6'2, 220)
84 Malik Harris – junior (6'5, 255)
89 John Myers – sophomore (6'6, 250)

H–Back

46 Phillip Higgins – sophomore (6'0, 260)

Offensive line

57 Devyn Jensen – OG – senior (6'3, 285)
61 Draven Taylor – OT – senior (6'2, 292)
63 Tyler Preston – C – junior (6'3, 300)
64 Roberto Limon – OG – junior (6'3, 315)
66 Levi Swang – OL – freshman (6'5, 280)
68 Roland Caldera – OL – freshman (6'2, 260)
70 Ryan Carlson – OT – freshman (6'7, 260)
72 Brandon Floores – C – sophomore (6'4, 280)
73 German Valenzuela – OL – junior (6'1, 295)
75 Jeremy Jones – OG – sophomore (6'5, 287)
76 Austin Jennings – OG – senior (6'4, 295)
77 Terence Hickman II – OT – sophomore (6'3, 260)
78 Uzoma Okere – OL – freshman (6'2, 260)
79 Mark Palacios Jr. – OL – freshman (6'2, 290)

Defensive line

2 Justin Alexandre – DE – junior (6'5, 260)
50 Zak Kepner – DE – freshman (6'5, 260)
54 Corey Lee – DE – senior (6'0, 280)
55 Darius Montgomery – DE – junior (6'2, 260)
90 Matthew Yarbrough – DE – sophomore (6'0, 279)
94 Cameron Wilson – NT – sophomore (6'5, 300)
95 Jordan Collins – NT – senior (5'10, 299)
96 John Williams – NT – junior (6'3, 290)
97 Tyler Colbert – NT – senior (6'2, 295)
98 Jawara Beasley – DE – senior (6'3, 247)
99 Javon Wright – DE – freshman (6'5, 200)

Kicker / Punter

36 Joseph Zema – P – Graduate Senior (6'3, 195)
37 Jose Perez – K – freshman (6'1, 170)
39 James Liker – K – senior (6'1, 200)
41 Cody Seidel – K/P – junior (6'2, 210)
58 Parker Grothaus – K – freshman (6'2, 200)
59 Cade Kostroun – P – freshman (6'3, 175)

Linebacker

3 Greg Lemon – OLB – senior (6'2, 245)
8 Quandre Washington – ILB – senior (6'1, 226)
9 Mar’kel Cooks – ILB – sophomore (6'0, 215)
12 Silas Stewart – OLB – junior (6'3, 220)
17 Karee Berry – OLB – senior (6'3, 225)
32 Jaecorien Barnes – ILB – freshman (6'0, 215)
35 Dax Eisinger – ILB – junior (6'2, 230)
42 Israel Acuay – OLB – junior (6'2, 238)
43 West Lambert – ILB – sophomore (6'0, 230)
47 Leighton Dimando – LB – freshman (6'0, 210)
49 Kolton Lindemann – ILB – freshman (6'2, 230)
56 Andy Jennings – OLB – junior (6'2, 220)
92 Blake Klumpp – OLB – junior (6'3, 235)

Defensive back

10 Devin Bracy – CB – junior (5'11, 188)
11 Marquis Lawson – CB – sophomore (5'9, 165)
13 Jeilyn Williams – CB – senior (5'9, 170)
14 Jared Ambers – CB – senior (6'1, 170)
17 Sean Hoeferkamp – S – senior (6'1, 205)
18 Cam Knight – CB – junior (5'10, 190)
23 Kyle Covington – CB – sophomore (6'2, 180)
24 Chris Thomas – S – sophomore (6'2, 185)
25 Jamarkese Williams – CB – junior (6'3, 190)
26 Marquis Britten – CB – freshman (5'11, 165)
27 Jawun Jiles – S – junior (5'10, 193)
28 Adam Garza – CB – sophomore (5'10, 170)
31 Randalle Williams-Diaz – CB – junior (6'0, 175)
33 Shaquirius Miller – CB – freshman (5'10, 185)
34 Cedric Lee – freshman (5'9, 180)
38 Tim McCoy – S – junior (5'10, 190)

Long snapper

40 Blake Biby – freshman (5'9, 190)
60 Matthew Swanson – sophomore (6'0, 225)

Depth chart

Defense

FS
23 Kyle Covington, So
38 Tim McCoy, Jr
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WLB	ILB	ILB	SLB
42 Israel Acuay, Jr	9 Mar'kel Cooks, So	8 Quandre Washington, Sr	92 Blake Klumpp, Jr
17 Karee Berry, Jr	35 Dax Eisinger, Jr	43 West Lambert, So	3 Greg Lemon, Sr
56 Andy Jennings, Jr	47 Leighton Dimando, Fr	⋅	12 Silas Stewart, Jr

SS
27 Jawun Jiles, Jr
33 Shaquirius Miller, R-Fr
24 Chris Thomas, So

CB
13 Jeilyn Williams, Sr
10 Devin Bracy, Jr
26 Marquis Britten, Fr

DE	NT	DE
54 Corey Lee, Sr	96 John Williams, Jr	55 Darrius Montgomery, Jr
2 Justin Alexandre, Jr	97 Tyler Colbert, Sr	94 Cameron Wilson, So
⋅	95 Jordan Collins, Sr	⋅

CB
25 Jamarkese Williams, Jr
18 Cam Knight, Jr
14 Jared Ambres, Sr

Offense

WR
22 Jamari Gilbert, Sr
11 Zaire Andre, Jr
2 Cam Johnson, R-Fr

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
77 Terence Hickman II, So	73 German Valenzuela, Jr	63 Tyler Preston, Jr	61 Draven Taylor, Sr	75 Jeremy Jones, So
70 Ryan Carlson, R-Fr	57 Devyn Jensen, Sr	66 Levi Swang, R-Fr	72 Brandon Floores, So	76 Austin Jennings, Sr
79 Mark Palacios, R-Fr	78 Uzoma Okere, R-Fr	⋅	64 Roberto Limon, Jr	⋅

TE
89 John Meyers, So
84 Malik Harris, Jr
45 Marcus Valverde, Fr

WR
21 Phillip Baptiste, Jr
16 Daryl Brooks, Sr
5 Breylann McCollum, Sr

QB
15 Taylor Laird, Sr
3 Sean Brophy, Jr
10 Chandler Herman, Fr

RB
6 Derrick Mitchell, Sr
4 Ra'Quanne Dickens, Jr
1 Desmond Hite, So

FB
80 Jezel Parra, Jr
46 Phillip Higgins, So
⋅

Special teams
PK 37 Jose Perez, So
PK 39 James Liker, Sr
P 36 Joseph Zema, Gr
P 41 Cody Seidel, Jr
KR 1 Desmond Hite, So
PR 11 Zaire Andre, Jr
LS 92 Blake Klumpp, Jr
H 85 Anthony Marciano, Jr

Postseason honors

The following Cardinals received postseason honors for the 2017 season:^[6]

Associated Press FCS All–America First–Team
P Joe Zema – Senior

STATS FCS All–America First–Team
P Joe Zema – Senior

STATS FCS All–America Second–Team
KR Desmond Hite – Sophomore

AFCA FCS Coaches' All–America Second–Team
P Joe Zema – Senior

HERO Sports FCS All–America First–Team
P Joe Zema – Senior

HERO Sports FCS All–America Second–Team
KR Desmond Hite – Sophomore

All–Southland Conference First–Team
P Joe Zema – Senior
KR Desmond Hite – Sophomore

All–Southland Conference Second–Team
AP Desmond Hite – Sophomore

All–Southland Conference Honorable Mention
RB Derrick Mitchell – Senior
OL Terence Hickman II – Sophomore
LB Mar'Kel Cooks – Sophomore

Athletic Directors Association (ADA) FCS Top Collegiate Punter
P Joe Zema – Senior

Game summaries

@ Fresno State

Incarnate Word at Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0
• Bulldogs	17	17	32	0	66

Date: September 2
Location: Bulldog Stadium
Fresno, CA
Game start: 9:00 p.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:01
Game attendance: 39,447
Game weather: 102°F • NW 6 • Fair
Referee: Mike Cuttone

Sources: Box Score

@ Sacramento State

Incarnate Word at Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	3	5	14	22
• Hornets	7	21	28	0	56

Date: September 9
Location: Hornet Stadium
Sacramento, CA
Game start: 8:00 p.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:20
Game attendance: 7,806
Game weather: 93°F • 6 mph • Clear
Referee: Scott Root
Television network: Pluto TV

Sources: Box Score

@ Stephen F. Austin

Incarnate Word at Stephen F. Austin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	10	14	7	31
• Lumberjacks	21	0	0	16	37

Date: September 16
Location: Homer Bryce Stadium
Nacogdoches, TX
Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:35
Game attendance: 11,401
Game weather: 87°F • SE 4 mph • Sunny
Referee: Vidal Jones
Television network: ESPN3

Sources: Box Score

Abilene Christian

Abilene Christian at Incarnate Word

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Wildcats	7	28	3	7	45
Cardinals	6	0	7	7	20

Date: September 30
Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
San Antonio, TX
Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:27
Game attendance: 5,323
Game weather: 77°F • ENE 7 mph • Mostly Sunny
Referee: Ross Smith
Television network: KCWX/ESPN3

Sources: Box Score

@ Southeastern Louisiana

Incarnate Word at Southeastern Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	3	17	3	7	30
• Lions	7	21	0	21	49

Date: October 7
Location: Strawberry Stadium
Hammond, LA
Game start: 10:00 a.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:14
Game attendance: 4,156
Game weather: 75°F • ENE 6 mph • Cloudy
Referee: Steve Baron

Sources: Box Score

Lamar

Lamar at Incarnate Word

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals (LU)	0	10	14	0	24
• Cardinals (UIW)	14	6	7	6	33

Date: October 14
Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
San Antonio, TX
Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:04
Game attendance: 5,001
Game weather: 90°F • N 8 mph • Partly Cloudy, Hot
Referee: Steve Baron

Sources: Box Score

@ McNeese State

Incarnate Word at McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	0	0	0	7
• #20 Cowboys	17	7	21	10	55

Date: October 21
Location: Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA
Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:10
Game attendance: 9,732
Game weather: 82°F • SSE 12 • Partly Cloudy
Referee: Dan Lewis

Sources: Box Score

Nicholls State

Nicholls State at Incarnate Word

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colonels	14	17	7	0	38
Cardinals	0	14	7	10	31

Date: October 28
Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
San Antonio, TX
Game start: 2:00 p.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:09
Game attendance: 4,999
Game weather: 61°F • N 9 • Sunny
Referee: C. Watson
Television network: UIWtv

Sources: Box Score

@ Sam Houston State

Incarnate Word at Sam Houston State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	7	0	6	20
• #5 Bearkats	23	13	21	0	57

Date: November 4
Location: Bowers Stadium
Huntsville, TX
Game start: 1:00 p.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:24
Game attendance: 5,077
Game weather: 82°F • S 8 • Sunny and humid
Referee: Ross Smith
Television network: ESPN3

Sources: Box Score

Central Arkansas

Central Arkansas at Incarnate Word

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Bears	14	28	0	14	56
Cardinals	3	0	0	7	10

Date: November 11
Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
San Antonio, TX
Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST
Elapsed time: 2:50
Game attendance: 4,652
Game weather: 67°F • E 7 • Cloudy, showers
Referee: Ray Edwards
Television network: UIWtv

Sources: Box Score

Prairie View A&M

Prairie View A&M at Incarnate Word

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Panthers	14	14	7	7	42
Cardinals	0	14	14	0	28

Date: November 16
Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
San Antonio, TX
Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:25
Game attendance: 4,430
Game weather: 73°F • SE 4 • Partly cloudy
Referee: C. Watson
Television network: Eleven Sports Network

Sources: Box Score

References

^ "Incarnate Word to join Southland Conference during transition to DI". NCAA. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
^ "UIW parts ways with head football coach Larry Kennan". November 27, 2017.
^ "2017 UIW Football Schedule". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
^ "Inclement Weather Moves UIW-SLU Football Game to Saturday at 10 a.m." UIW Athletics. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
^ "2021 Football Roster".
^ "Zema, Hite Garner First Team All-Southland Honors". University of the Incarnate Word Athletics. Retrieved November 28, 2017.

[4] Game was originally scheduled for 4:00 p.m. CST, but was moved up due to the threat of inclement weather.

[1] "Incarnate Word to join Southland Conference during transition to DI". NCAA. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2017.

[2] "UIW parts ways with head football coach Larry Kennan". November 27, 2017.

[3] "2017 UIW Football Schedule". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved February 2, 2017.

[uiwcardinals-5] "Inclement Weather Moves UIW-SLU Football Game to Saturday at 10 a.m." UIW Athletics. Retrieved October 5, 2017.

[6] "2021 Football Roster".

[7] "Zema, Hite Garner First Team All-Southland Honors". University of the Incarnate Word Athletics. Retrieved November 28, 2017.

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