Football 2001

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NCAAF                 1  2  3  4   F 

                      -  -  -  -  -- 

New Mexico St        10 10 13 16  49 

Louisiana            21 10  7  8  46  FINAL 



 New Mexico St-FG Aguiniga 35

 Louisiana-Stamps 38 pass from Van Cleave (Knott kick)

 Louisiana-Franklin 29 fumble return (Knott kick)

 Louisiana-George 15 pass from Van Cleave (Knott kick)

 New Mexico St-Johnson 1 run (Aguiniga kick)

 Louisiana-FG Knott 28

 New Mexico St-Keith 38 run (Aguiniga kick)

 Louisiana-Stamps 15 pass from Van Cleave (Knott kick)

 New Mexico St-FG Aguiniga 43

 Louisiana-I Taylor 20 run (Knott kick)

 New Mexico St-Keith 28 run (two-point conversion failed)

 New Mexico St-M Bangs 6 pass from Pierce (Aguiniga kick)

 New Mexico St-Dixon 1 run (two-point conversion failed)

 New Mexico St-Keith 17 run (Aguiniga kick)

 Louisiana-Bartel 35 pass from Van Cleave (George reception

              for two-point conversion)

 New Mexico St-FG Aguiniga 29



                     New Mexico St   Louisiana 

First downs                  22          26 

Rushed-yards             46-251      32-127 

Passing yards               203         329 

Sacked-yards lost           0-0         1-6 

Return yards                 78          28 

Passes                  12-22-0     26-43-1 

Punts                    2-36.5      3-40.0 

Fumbles-lost                3-2         1-0 

Penalties-yards            9-77        6-45 

Time of possession        28:54       31:06 



Individual Statistics 

RUSHING: New Mexico St-Keith 22-166, Dixon 12-35, Johnson 9-35,

Pierce 2-12, W Taylor 1-3. Louisiana-I Taylor 24-92, Van

Cleave 6-24, Morgan 1-9, N Dugas 1-2.



PASSING: New Mexico St-Enzminger 10-18-0-181, Pierce 2-4-0-22.

Louisiana-Van Cleave 26-43-1-329.



RECEIVING: New Mexico St-Talbert 3-77, P Winston 3-57, Briscoe

2-25, A Davis 1-19, Keith 1-14, M Bangs 1-6, Johnson 1-5. Ul

Lafayette-Stamps 7-100, Scott 4-55, I Taylor 4-34, Bartel 2-39,

Morgan 2-31, George 2-29, N Dugas 2-24, Joerg 2-13, Crist 1-4.



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NCAAF FINAL

               1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

               ---  ---  ---  ---     -----

LOUISIANA       0    0    0    0       0

UCF            10   21    0    0      31   FINAL



SCORING SUMMARY



1ST QTR: UCF - FG, JAVIER BEORLEGUI 22 YD, 11:25

UCF - TD, DOUG GABRIEL 17 YD PASS FROM RYAN SCHNEIDER

(JAVIER BEORLEGUI KICK), 12:42



2ND QTR: 

UCF - TD, TERRANCE WILLIAMS 5 YD RUN 

(JAVIER BEORLEGUI KICK), 0:22

UCF - TD, DOUG GABRIEL 24 YD PASS FROM RYAN SCHNEIDER

(JAVIER BEORLEGUI KICK), 7:20

UCF - TD, JIMMY FRYZEL 51 YD PASS FROM RYAN SCHNEIDER

(JAVIER BEORLEGUI KICK), 10:53



3RD QTR: NONE

4TH QTR: NONE



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NCAAF                 1  2  3  4   F 

                      -  -  -  -  -- 

Louisiana             0  0  0  0   0 

UCF                  10 21  0  0  31  FINAL 



 UCF-FG Beorlegui 22

 UCF-Gabriel 17 pass from Schneider (Beorlegui kick)

 UCF-T Williams 5 run (Beorlegui kick)

 UCF-Gabriel 24 pass from Schneider (Beorlegui kick)

 UCF-Fryzel 51 pass from Schneider (Beorlegui kick)



                        Louisiana       UCF 

First downs                  15          20 

Rushed-yards              27-30      30-153 

Passing yards               184         272 

Sacked-yards lost          6-39        4-34 

Return yards                  5           8 

Passes                  20-41-1     17-32-2 

Punts                   11-28.0      4-40.0 

Fumbles-lost                2-1         1-1 

Penalties-yards            8-47       12-83 

Time of possession        31:51       28:09 



Individual Statistics 

RUSHING: Louisiana-I Taylor 11-30, Bartel 1-10, N Dugas 1-6,

Coleman 2-3, W Stein 1-3, Van Cleave 3-minus 3, 

Lane 8-minus

19. UCF-Haynes 10-88, T Williams 9-53, Ward 1-13, Gaudion 1-6,

Fryzel 1-5, Jackson 1-3, Team 1-0, Miller 6-minus 15.



PASSING: Louisiana-Lane 16-32-0-138, Van Cleave 4-9-1-46.

UCF-Schneider 10-15-0-188, Miller 7-17-2-84.



RECEIVING: Louisiana-Stamps 3-38, George 3-17, I Taylor

3-12, Scott 2-33, M Wilridge 2-27, N Dugas 2-16, Morgan 2-15,

Crist 1-11, Coleman 1-10, W Stein 1-5. UCF-Fryzel 4-106, T

Davis 4-67, Ward 4-33, Gabriel 2-41, T Williams 2-28, Haynes

1-minus 3.



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September 3rd 2001
Cajuns Knott Named Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week
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Louisiana kicker/punter Jonathon Knott was named the first ever Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week. The award is voted on by a select panel of football media in Sun Belt Conference cities.

"This feels pretty awesome," said Knott. "Coming from a junior college, this is a big deal to me. I've been waiting to play Division I football my whole life. I'm just trying to live up to everyone's expectations and my own."

The junior college transfer from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M accounted for eight (2 FG, 2 PAT) of the Cajuns twenty points on Saturday against Nicholls State. Knott's two field goals total two-thirds of what the Cajuns produced during the entire 2000 season. In addition, Knott's 45-yard blast marked the longest field goal by a Cajun since Mike Shafer hit from 46 yards on Nov 4. 1995.

"Hopefully 45 yards won't be my longest kick of the year. All I'm looking for is consistency. If my teammates and I play the way we did on Saturday, things will go well for us."

As a punter, Knott kicked five times for 194 yards (38.8 avg). Not one of Knott's punts was returned and one landed out of bounds, trapping Nicholls inside their own five-yard line.

"To have Jonathon Knott means so much to us in several areas," said head coach Jerry Baldwin. Having someone who can kick a field goal is refreshing and his punting really helps our field position."

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2001 RECORD:
3-8, 2-4 Sun Belt

If this had been Jerry Baldwin's 1st or even 2nd year he would still be head coach of Louisiana. However it was year three, the fans were leaving in droves. A record that ranked in the lowest 20th percentile in school history, coupled with a statement that fans were an irrelevant part of his job, was reason enough for most to say so long. This may sound crazy but I would have given him year 4 but who is to know it might have put UL another year behind.

Jerry Baldwin's legacy as a head coach will read something like this. "An above average recruiter, who had problems translating his knowledge of the game to the players on the field." His communication skills with the fans were even worse.

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To be honest, we thought we were going places and going to a bowl game.

We had soooooo much talent at reciever, the most this school has had in a while.

On offense, Donovan Morgan and Fred Stamps have played pro football. Andre George was solid. Marcus Wilridge is one of the best KR/PR in school history for yardage. Eric Bartel and a host of others were damn good as well. Our offensive line protected well in conference games. Van Cleave did'nt go bonkers until the end of Bustle's maiden voyage. So at the time, he was franchise QB.

RB Jerome Coleman was a bruiser. Ike Taylor was his back-up and was getting some playing time. On defense, there was Kyries Hebert(who signed the first and biggest guaranteed contract in CFL history), Charles Tillman and reportedly coach Baldwin was set to move Ike to corner, if he had made to the 2002 season. Ike had some good games at RB, especially Arizona State and New Mexico State...NMSU had Colts running back Kenton Keith, that was a good one to be involved in. CB Brad Franklin got drafted that year too.

We felt like this was the season. Our run defense was just really disappointing. After the Nicholls State game, we played Minnesota and the defense was NEVER the same after that one, Marion Barber ran all over us and he was freshman making his first start. Our offense, according to other teams we played, was SCARY. We turned it around against Idaho and had the most frustrating LOSS I have ever been around against Arkansas State. But by the time we played UCF, we know coach was going to be fired. Mr. Schexnadyer(spelled wrong) was normally in a good mood after our games win or loss. When we saw him after the UCF game, he looked like he wanted to fire EVERYBODY, cheerleaders, alumni, the mascot, the coaches, the airport pilots..... before we boarded. The UCF game was awful, other than we were all glad QB Matt Lane played alot.

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I agree Looseneck, we had a lot of talent at the skill positions... and we believed that was "our year" to play in the New Orleans Bowl.

But I re-learned a lesson my dad taught me when I was five years old. Football is won or lost in the trenches. On the field, the difference between champions and "the rest of the pack" is the linemen.

UNT had the best offensive line and the best defensive line in the Conference...and they won the championship back then. Now, TROY has the best group of linemen in the conference. I have watched every team in the Sun Belt, and I believe they are the best group.

Regardless of the conference...SEC, Big XII, Pac 10, Big 10... the team with the best linemen has a terrific chance of winning.

Who gets the best linemen in the country? The big, powerful linemen with good feet and a vertical leap? ... Teams with money.

The team that wins the Sun Belt is the team that does the best job of identifying, recruiting and offering scholarships to the best remaining linemen in the country... after the top tier conferences scoop up the elite ones.

* As a receiver, it does not matter how great of a route I run, if my quarterback is sacked or running for his life.
** We blew out Idaho because Van Cleave had all the time in the world. He has confidence in his protection.
*** I remember the airport after the UCF (Bin Laden makeup) game. Your description of Schexnayder was right on...