2020 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

The 2020 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals played their home games at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium in San Antonio, Texas. They were led by third-year head coach Eric Morris. On August 13 Incarnate Word announced they would postpone all competition for the Fall 2020 and instead opted for a Spring 2021 season.[1]

2020 Incarnate Word Cardinals football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record3–3 (3–3 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorCody Crill (3rd season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorJustin Deason (3rd season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumGayle and Tom Benson Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Sam Houston State $^   6 0     10 0  
No. 20 Southeastern Louisiana   4 2     4 3  
No. 23 Nicholls   3 3     4 3  
Incarnate Word   3 3     3 3  
Lamar   2 4     2 4  
McNeese State*   2 4     3 4  
Northwestern State   1 5     1 5  
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason edit

Preseason poll edit

The Southland Conference released their spring preseason poll in January 2021. The Cardinals were picked to finish fifth in the conference.[2] In addition, two Cardinals were chosen to the Preseason All-Southland Team[3]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Nicholls 67 (7)
2 Sam Houston State 65 (6)
3 Southeastern Louisiana 48
4 McNeese State 45 (1)
5 Incarnate Word 32
6 Northwestern State 20
7 Lamar 17

Preseason All–Southland Teams edit

Schedule edit

Source: [4]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 27, 202112:00 p.m.at No. 19 McNeese StateESPN+W 48–202,394
March 6, 20213:00 p.m.at LamarESPN+W 42–203,201
March 20, 20212:00 p.m.No. 16 Southeastern LouisianaNo. 22ESPN+W 56–451,200
March 27, 202111:00 a.m.at No. 17 NichollsNo. 13ESPN+L 45–754,236
April 10, 20217:00 p.m.Northwestern StateNo. 19
  • Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+L 47–491,055
April 17, 202111:00 a.m.No. 5 Sam Houston StateNo. 25
  • Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+L 14–42743

Personnel edit

Coaching staff edit

Source: [5]

Name Position Alma mater Joined staff
Eric Morris Head Coach Texas Tech (2008) 2018
Jordan Davis Assistant Head Coach / Wide Receivers Texas Tech (2014) 2018
Justin Deason Defensive Coordinator Central Oklahoma (2003) 2018
Cody Crill Offensive Coordinator Angelo State (2002) 2018
Brandon Lechtenberg Linebackers / Special Teams Coordinator Nebraska 2018
Clint Killough Inside Receivers / Recruiting Coordinator Incarnate Word (2015) 2018
Darren Garrigan Defensive Backs / Pass Game Coordinator West Texas A&M (2009) 2018
Matthew Gregg Outside Linebackers Southern Nazarene 2019
Mack Leftwich Quarterbacks UTEP (2017) 2018
Jordan Shoemaker Offensive Line / Run Game Coordinator Houston (2011) 2018
Brett Watson Defensive Line / Academic Coordinator West Texas A&M (2009) 2018
Scotty Yates Quality Control / Defensive Backs Texas A&M University–Commerce (2015) 2019
Bret Huth Director of Strength and Conditioning John Carroll (2010) 2018
Jimmy Fowler Director of Football Operations 2021

Roster edit

Source: [6]

2020 Incarnate Word Cardinals football

Quarterback

  •  5 Kevin Yeager – sophomore (6'1, 204)
  •  7 Cameron Wardfreshman (6'3, 225)
  • 16 Mark Torrez –   junior (6'0, 190)

Running back

  •  4 Kevin Brownsenior (5'9, 204)
  • 22 Ameer King – junior (5'8, 180)
  • 26 Kaleb Ducros – sophomore (5'11, 197)
  • 29 Keyondrick Philio – senior (6'0, 210)
  • 35 Chance Trentman–Rosas – sophomore (6'2, 230)
  • 36 Tyrese Brown – freshman (5'10, 190)
  • 48 Malique Harris – freshman (5'9, 145)

Wide receiver

  •  2 CJ Hardy – sophomore (5'11, 189)
  •  6 Jayden Jones – freshman (6'2, 200)
  •  8 Darion Chafin – junior (6'2, 200)
  •  9 Tre Wolf –   junior (6'0, 175)
  • 10 Kailan Noseff – junior (6'3, 200)
  • 11 Kamden Perry – sophomore (6'0, 190)
  • 12 Robert Ferrel – junior (5'9, 170)
  • 13 Marquez Perez –   sophomore (5'11, 184)
  • 14 Emerson Haywood – freshman (6'1, 175)
  • 15 Jaelin Campbell – junior (6'1, 182)
  • 17 Mark Sullivan – junior (6'2, 163)
  • 19 Baron Bradley – freshman (6'1, 190)
  • 80 Devin Morrison – junior (6'1, 195)
  • 84 Jalen Smothers – freshman (5'10, 175)
  • 87 Golden Madrigal – sophomore (5'8, 150)
  • 88 Liam Capobianco – sophomore (6'3, 179)
  • 89 Marcus Harmon – sophomore (5'10, 165)

Tight end

  •  3 Roger McCuller – senior (6'1, 216)
 

Offensive line

  • 55 Aaron Martinez – freshman (6'2, 295)
  • 60 Dayton Lewis – freshman (6'0, 268)
  • 62 Dawson Kier –   senior (6'3, 279)
  • 63 Stanley Mark – sophomore (6'3, 295)
  • 64 Nash Jones – freshman (6'3, 286)
  • 68 Jhase Edwards – sophomore (6'3, 279)
  • 69 Jace Davis – freshman (6'1, 266)
  • 72 Reid Francis – sophomore (6'4, 307)
  • 73 Jeremiah Williams – junior (6'1, 292)
  • 74 Caleb Johnson – junior (6'6, 306)
  • 75 Michael Vargas – freshman (6'5, 275)
  • 77 Jayden Borjas – sophomore (6'5, 294)
  • 78 Uzoma Okere – senior (6'2, 292)
  • 79 Joseph Kimmey – sophomore (6'6, 315)

Defensive line

  • 11 Blaine Hoover – DE –   junior (6'6, 240)
  • 41 Darius Richmond – DT – sophomore (6'2, 269)
  • 43 Mason Meyer – DE – sophomore (6'3, 254)
  • 45 Jared Soyring – DT – junior (6'3, 274)
  • 47 Seth Jaquess – DE – sophomore (6'4, 229)
  • 54 Greg Chimielewski – DE – freshman (6'7, 245)
  • 58 Martin Klassen – DE – freshman (6'5, 235)
  • 61 Jordan Bussey – DE – sophomore (6'0, 245)
  • 90 Sam Latham – DE – sophomore (6'6, 253)
  • 91 Darien Townsend – DE –   senior (6'3, 260)
  • 93 Cameron Preston – DT – junior (6'2, 298)
  • 94 Shaq Lebeauf – DE – Sophomore (6'3, 250)
  • 95 Chance Main – DE – junior (6'5, 245)
  • 96 Maverick McCaskill – DT – senior (6'3, 283)
  • 97 Josh Jackson – DT – junior (6'0, 301)
  • 98 Alex Criddle – DT – senior (6'3, 302)
  • 99 Royce Wellington – DT – junior (6'1, 315)
 

Linebacker

  •  7 Torrain Hampton –   senior (6'4, 216)
  •  8 Kelechi Anyalebechi – junior (6'1, 262)
  • 21 Isaiah Paul –   sophomore (6'2, 241)
  • 27 Urijah Marrow – sophomore (5'9, 164)
  • 31 Mason Barnes – junior (5'10, 188)
  • 32 Gerald Bowie III – junior (6'1, 234)
  • 33 Jerick Pitre –   senior (5'11, 201)
  • 34 Tah Mac Bright – freshman (6'2, 215)
  • 38 Tylan George – freshman (5'11, 215)
  • 40 Coby Walker – freshman (6'2, 210)
  • 46 Frederick Rich – freshman (6'1, 215)

Defensive back

  •  0 Tre Richardson – CB – sophomore (6'1, 167)
  •  1 Ce'Cori Tolds – ATH – junior (5'10, 151)
  •  4 Kylan Thomas – DB – freshman (5'11, 190)
  •  5 Dalvin Fillmore – S – junior (6'0, 190)
  • 10 Elijah Blue – DB – senior (6'0, 193)
  • 15 Shawn Holton – S – sophomore (5'10, 166)
  • 16 Dante Heaggans – ATH – sophomore (6'0, 182)
  • 17 Brandon Richard – CB – sophomore (5'11, 183)
  • 18 Reese Watson – CB – sophomore (6'0, 176)
  • 20 Kaleb Kulp – DB – freshman (5'10, 185)
  • 23 Moses Reynolds – DB –   senior (6'2, 200)
  • 24 Elliott Davison – DB – freshman (6'0, 162)
  • 39 Brandon Sanders – S – senior (6'0, 199)
  • 49 Hilario Gomez – freshman (5'1, 185)

Kicker

  • 50 Carson Mohr – sophomore (5'8, 143)
  • 59 John Scifers – freshman (6'0, 160)

Punter

  • 30 Keven Nguyen – junior (5'10, 175)
  • 37 Cade Kostroun – senior (6'3, 178)

Legend

  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Depth chart edit

Postseason honors edit

The following Cardinals received postseason honors for the 2020 season:[7]

STATS Perform FCS Jerry Rice Award
QB Cameron Ward – Freshman

Southland Conference Freshman of the Year
QB Cameron Ward

All–Southland Conference Spring Football First–Team
RB Kevin Brown – Senior
LB Kelechi Anyalebechi – Junior
KR Ce'Cori Tolds – Junior

All–Southland Conference Spring Football Second–Team
WR Robert Ferrel – Junior
OL Caleb Johnson – Junior
DL Cameron Preston – Junior
DB Shawn Holton – Sophomore
PR Robert Ferrel – Junior

All–Southland Conference Spring Football Third–Team
QB Cameron Ward – Freshman
OL Nash Jones – Freshman
OL Reid Francis – Freshman
K Carson Mohr – Sophomore
DL Blaine Hoover – Junior
DL Chance Main – Junior
LB Isaiah Paul – Freshman
DB Elliott Davison – Freshman

Game summaries edit

@ McNeese State edit

Incarnate Word Cardinals at McNeese State Cowboys
Period 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 14 17 31448
No. 19 Cowboys 3 0 71020

at Cowboy Stadium, Lake Charles, LA

  • Date: February 27, 2021
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Cloudy
  • Game attendance: 2,394
  • Referee: Ed Bourgeois
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Randy McIlvoy (play-by-play), Shea Walker (analyst)
  • Box Score
Game information

@ Lamar edit

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Lamar Cardinals
Period 1 2 34Total
Cardinals (UIW) 14 7 14742
Cardinals (LU) 7 10 3020

at Provost Umphrey Stadium, Beaumont, TX

  • Date: March 6, 2021
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 67 • Wind: NNE 8 mph • Weather: Clear skies
  • Game attendance: 3,201
  • Referee: Ed Bourgeois
  • TV: ESPN+
  • Box Score
Game information

Southeastern Louisiana edit

Southeastern Louisiana Lions at Incarnate Word Cardinals
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 16 Lions 7 9 141545
No. 22 Cardinals 7 28 21056

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, TX

  • Date: March 20, 2021
  • Game time: 2:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 70 • Wind: W 7 mph • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 1,200
  • Referee: Vidal Jones
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Randy McIlvoy (play-by-play), Shea Walker (analyst), Lainie Fritz (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information

@ Nicholls edit

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Nicholls Colonels
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 13 Cardinals 14 10 71445
No. 17 Colonels 20 35 13775

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

  • Date: March 27, 2021
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 83 • Wind: S 16 mph • Weather: Overcast
  • Game attendance: 4,236
  • Referee: Dan Lewis
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): John Liddle (play-by-play), Gary Reasons (analyst), Lainie Fritz (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information

@ Northwestern State edit

Northwestern State Demons at Incarnate Word Cardinals
Period 1 2 34Total
Demons 17 0 92349
No. 19 Cardinals 10 13 71747

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, TX

  • Date: April 10, 2021
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 82 • Wind: NE 9 mph • Weather: Clear
  • Game attendance: 1,055
  • Referee: Vidal Jones
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Randy McIlvoy (play-by-play), Taylor McHargue (analyst), Lainie Fritz (sideline)
  • Box Score
Game information

Sam Houston State edit

Sam Houston State Bearkats at Incarnate Word Cardinals
Period 1 2 34Total
Bearkats 0 14 141442
Cardinals 0 7 7014

at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, TX

  • Date: April 17, 2021
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 65 • Wind: SSW 19 mph • Weather: Partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 743
  • Referee: Dan Lewis
  • TV: ESPN+
  • Box Score
Game information

References edit

  1. ^ "UIW postpones fall competition". UIWCardinals.com. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Nicholls Favored to Win Southland Football Spring Season". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Southland Announces 2020 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 Incarnate Word Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "Football Coaches". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 Football Roster". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "Southland Announces 2020 All-Conference Football Teams". Southland Conference. Retrieved July 16, 2021.