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CFB WEEK 9
@INDYBOWL OCT. 26 - NOV. 1
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ARMY ACCEPTS INVITATION TO 2020 INDEPENDENCE BOWL WEEK 8 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD
The Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl extended the first bowl invitation of 2020-2021 Bowl
AP TOP 25 - WEEK 8
Season to Army West Point on Saturday, and the Black Knights accepted the bid - securing their first ARMY WEST POINT CONFERENCE USA 1. Clemson (52) 14. Oregon
trip to Shreveport since 1996.
Army - 49, Mercer - 3 Jacksonville St. - 19, Florida Int'l - 10 2. Alabama (10) 15. North Carolina
“We want to thank the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, Chairman Frank Auer and the ULL - 24, UAB - 20 3. Ohio State 16. Kansas State
entire bowl committee for this incredible opportunity to play in this outstanding bowl game,” said 4. Notre Dame 17. Indiana
Army West Point Director of Athletics Mike Buddie. "We are very excited to accept the first bowl
BYU #22 Marshall - 20, Florida Atlantic - 9 5. Georgia 18. Penn State
invitation of the 2020-2021 season and to make our first trip to Shreveport since 1996.” BYU - 52, Texas State - 14 Charlotte - 38, UTEP - 28 6. Oklahoma St. 19. Marshall
Liberty - 56, Southern Miss - 35 7. Cincinnati 20. Coastal Carolina
The invitation extended from the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, which was 8. Texas A&M 21. USC
subsequently accepted by the Army West Point Black Knights, is the first bowl invitation of the 2020 Bowl Season. The Black Knights have enjoyed a great AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Middle Tennessee - 40, Rice - 34 (OT) 9. Wisconsin 22. SMU
start to their seventh season under head coach Jeff Monken, as they now sport a 6-1 record after a 49-3 win over the Mercer Bears on Saturday. Army has
Tulsa - 42, South Florida - 13 Western Kentucky - 13, Chattanooga - 10 10. Florida 23. Iowa State
five games remaining on their 2020 football schedule. The 2020 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl will be their fourth bowl game in the Monken
era and their fourth in the last five years. Army has only one previous Independence Bowl appearance in their program's history - a 32-29 loss to the Auburn #9 Cincinnati - 42, #16 SMU - 13 UTSA - 27, Louisiana Tech - 26 11. BYU 24. Oklahoma
Tigers in 1996. The Black Knights are off to their best start since they began that historic 1996 season with nine consecutive victories. 12. Miami 25. Boise State
Memphis - 41, Temple - 29 13. Michigan
"We are absolutely delighted to extend a bowl invitation to the Army West Point Black Knights football team," remarked 2020 Radiance Technologies UCF - 51, Tulane - 34
*Denotes 2020 I-Bowl partner
Independence Bowl Chairman Frank Auer. "The Independence Bowl celebrates the independence and freedoms we enjoy in America, and we are well aware Houston - 37, Navy - 21 Navy bold italics denote I-Bowl partner 2020-25
that those freedoms are protected by our Army and the other armed forces. We deeply appreciate the role they play in our national landscape and will roll
out the red carpet for them for their trip to Shreveport."
The Black Knights are slated to face an opponent from the Pac-12 Conference, who will begin their truncated football season on Saturday, November 7.
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BOWL PROJECTIONS 2020 I-BOWL MATCHUP
WEEK 9 MATCHUPS TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND
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FAST FACTS:
STANFORD ARIZONA ST. MEMPHIS • Cincinnati continues to roll along this season - posting a dominant 42-13 win over No. 16 SMU this past weekend. The
Bearcats held an SMU offense that was averaging 563.2 yards per game to 290 yards.
• The Bearcats are allowing 12.5 points per game (fifth overall nationally among teams that have played more than one
game) and limit opponents to just 302.5 yards per game (11th among teams that have played more than one contest).
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• The opposing offense is a powerful, as Memphis averages 548.8 yards (4th nationally) and 38.8 points per game (11th in
the FBS). It is a balanced attack for the Tigers - one that posts 343.8 passing yards per game but also top 200 rushing yards
per game at 205.0 per contest. It will be fun to watch to see if Cincinnati can limit another high-flying offense for the second
consecutive week.
CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON NAVY (3-3) @ #22 SMU (5-1) | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 @ 6:30 PM CT | ESPN2
FAST FACTS:
JERRY PALM (CBS SPORTS) ARMY MARK SCHLABACH (ESPN) ARMY NAVY • SMU looks to bounce back after being throttled by No. 9 Cincinnati at home last Saturday, 42-13. Shane Buechele passed
for season-low 216 yards against the Bearcats but still boasts a stat line of 1,926 yards, 13 TD's and just three INT's on the
season. The Mustangs are averaging 517.7 yards per game offensively (335.2 passing/182.5 rushing) but were held to just
292 yards against Cincinnati. They'll get to face a Navy defense that allows 427 yards per game on Saturday.
CALIFORNIA STANFORD
SMU
• The Midshipmen have won five of their last seven road games and are looking for their third road win of the season.
Coming off a deflating loss in which they allowed 313 yards rushing, the SMU defense gets the tough test of facing Navy's
triple-option attack. The Navy offense has not been nearly as efficient or powerful this season without Malcolm Perry - they
ERICK SMITH (USA TODAY) ARMY BRETT McMURPHY (STADIUM) ARMY average just 288.2 total yards this season and just 186.3 yards on the ground. Coming off of a big loss against Houston, the
3-3 Midshipmen continue to look for answers on both sides of the ball.
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WEEK 9 MATCHUPS TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND (CONT.) WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28 | 6-7 PM CT GAME OF THE WEEK
UAB (4-2) @ LOUISIANA TECH (3-3) | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 @ 2:30 PM CT | STADIUM Tune into 1130 The Tiger every Wednesday from
FAST FACTS (via C-USA): 6-7 p.m. for the official radio show of the Radiance SAT., OCT. 31 @ 1 PM CT
• UAB’s defense limited Louisiana Tech to 270 total yards and had nine pass breakups in Birmingham last season, including Technologies Independence Bowl! Director of Media
one on 4th-and-3 from their own 23 courtesy of A.J. Brooks with 1:43 remaining to seal the 20-14 victory. HOUSTON, Texas
• UAB’s defense has yet to allow a team to throw for more than 200 yards in any game this season and ranks third nationally Relations Erik Evenson and 2019 I-Bowl Chairman & ESPN+
in pass defense (153.8/game). The Blazers have also held their past three opponents to under 300 total yards of offense. former Lou Groza Award-winning kicker Art Carmody IV
• Blazers Sr. RB Spencer Brown had 28 carries for 128 yards and 2 TD's against ULL. In the process, Brown became the school get you set for each weekend of college football. They'll
record holder in total TD's with 40. He also notched his 17th career 100-yard rushing game and fourth this season. Brown update you on all the best games of the weekend and
increased his school-record career total to 3,722 rushing yards, second among active rushers in the FBS (behind Clemson’s Travis STATS & LEADERS
Etienne), and he is now No. 11 in C-USA history. Brown is also UAB’s career leader in rushing TD's with 39. He is having the best update on everything you need to know about the 2020
season of his career and enters this game ranked fifth nationally in total rushing yards (600) and fourth in rushing TD's (8). Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl! 3-2 OVERALL RECORD 2-1
UAB • In just 24 career games, RS-Sr. WR Austin Watkins, Jr. has compiled 1,547 yards and has a catch in all 24 games. His 1,547
yards rank eighth on UAB’s all-time list. This season he has 28 receptions for 373 yards and three TD's.
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• UAB has made 26 trips to the red zone this season and has converted that into points 25 times. Of the 25 scores from
within the red zone, 20 have been TD's (10 throwing, 10 rushing). UAB ranks 5th nationally in red zone offense (.996).
SPECIAL GUEST 45.2 POINTS PER GAME 37.3
33.4 PTS. ALLOWED PER GAME 31.7
• LA Tech Sr. LB Trey Baldwin was named co-Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. He led the Bulldogs with a career-high 18
LOUISIANA TECH tackles, including 14 solo tackles, in a 27-26 loss at UTSA. His 18 tackles tied for the seventh most in a single game nationally BOB BERETTA 646.8 (435.6/211.2) TOTAL YARDS (PASS/RUSH) 444.7 (321.0/123.7)
this season, while his 14 solo tackles rank second in the nation. Baldwin was the first Bulldog to record 18 tackles since Jay Senior Associate AD/Strategic Initiatives, 482.2 (286.6/195.6) YDS. ALLOWED (PASS/RUSH) 353.7 (249.0/104.7)
Dudley against Fresno State in 2010. Against UTSA, Baldwin recorded 2.0 TFL, including his first career sack, his second career
INT and one pass breakup. He now ranks 12th nationally in tackles per game at 11.4 and 24th in solo tackles per game at 6.8. Army West Point Athletics D. Gabriel: 2178 yds, 19 TD, 2 INT PASSING LEADER C. Tune: 945 yds, 7 TD, 2 INT
• Fr. LB Tyler Grubbs leads the FBS in total tackles with 63. He led LA Tech in tackles in back-to-back games to open the season, G. McCrae: 73 car, 389 yds, 4 TD RUSHING LEADER K. Porter: 52 car, 203 yds, 2 TD
totaling 28 stops through the first two contests. Grubbs currently averages 10.5 tackles per game, has 6.0 TFL and a forced fumble.
• So. WR Wayne Toussant leads C-USA and ranks second nationally with a combined 414 yards in kick returns. As a receiver
he has eight catches for 130 yards and two TD's.
GAME OF THE WEEK M. Williams: 54 rec, 753 yds, 6 TD RECEIVING LEADER M. Stevenson: 15 rec, 266 yds, 3 TD
• Fr. K Jacob Barnes is perfect this season, making all four FG's and two XP's last week. He is now 7-of-7 on FG's and 22-of-22 on XP's. FAST FACTS:
Barnes became the eighth Bulldog in program history to make at least four FG's in a single game, booting all four in the first half.
• The Bulldogs lead C-USA and ranks 12th in the nation in fourth down conversions at 90.0 percent (9-of-10). • If you like points, this one might be your cup of tea, as both UCF and Houston average over 35 points per game and allow over 30 points
• LA Tech have scored on 90.9% of its red zone attempts (25-of-26) this season to rank third in C-USA and 28th in the FBS. per game. The nation's best statistical offense hails in Orlando, as the Knights average 646.8 yards per game (over 50 yards more than
second-place North Texas) and average a whopping 435.6 passing yards per game.
WESTERN KENTUCKY (2-4) @ #11 BYU (6-0) | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 @ 9:15 PM CT | ESPN • UCF QB Dillon Gabriel leads the FBS in passing with 2,178 yards and 19 TD's against just two INT's. Gabriel has topped 600 yards once this
FAST FACTS (via C-USA):
season and 400 yards in three of the other four contests. His lowest output of the season came in an Oct. 3 loss to Tulsa when he threw
• WKU is coming off a 13-10 win over Chattanooga, as the Hilltoppers’ won a game while scoring 13 or fewer points for the for 330 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT.
first time since a 10-9 victory vs. FIU on Nov. 6, 2011. WKU’s defense allowed only 225 yards of total offense, their lowest • Two UCF receivers find themselves in the top five of receiving stats in the nation. Marlon Williams leads the nation with 753 yards on a
total of the season. Since allowing 487 yards in each of the first two games at Louisville and vs. Liberty, the Hilltoppers nation-high 54 receptions. He has also hauled in six TD passes. Jaylon Robinson is fifth in receiving yards with 602 yards on 32 receptions.
are allowing an average of only 311.5 yards per game over the past four, which would rank No. 20 in the FBS for the entire
season.
• Houston also sports an explosive offense led by a very good QB. Clayton Tune has passed for 945 yards in the Cougars' three contests
• WKU allowed only one pass play of 20-plus yards vs. Chattanooga – a 25-yard completion in the fourth quarter. After not and is ninth in the nation in yards per attempt at 9.6 (tied with Gabriel and Clemson's Trevor Lawrence). Tune has seven TD's and just two
allowing any such receptions at UAB the previous week, WKU has allowed only one “chunk” pass play over the past two INT's on the young season.
WESTERN KENTUCKY games. In those two contests, the opponents are 24-of-52 on pass attempts for 231 yards, with one TD and one INT.
• Sr. RB Gaej Walker and RS-Jr. RB Jakairi Moses combined for 22 carries for 127 yards vs. Chattanooga. Walker’s 17 carries and
• Houston's lone loss of the season
88 yards were both season-highs for the Hilltoppers, and his 38-yard rush in the first quarter was the team’s longest so far
came against the No. 11 BYU Cougars
this season. Moses had five carries for 39 yards and his 23-yard rush in the third quarter was the longest of his career. - a game in which Houston led
BYU • Sr. S Devon Key recorded 10 tackles in the UTC game, for his third double-digit tackle game this season and the 10th in his
career. With 46 total stops this season, he is tied for team lead and tied for ninth in Conference USA. Key currently places
entering the fourth quarter. BYU QB
Zach WIlson shredded the Houston
fourth among all active FBS players with 304 career tackles.
• No. 11 BYU will be playing a C-USA opponent for the third time this month after defeating Louisiana Tech and UTSA in back-
defense, however, to the tune of 400
to-back weeks. The Cougars are 6-0, having outscored its opponents by an average of 45.0-14.0 (a scoring margin of 31.0 yards and 4 TD's. If Gabriel has similar
points per game). success, it will be up to Tune and the
• Zach Wilson paces a potent BYU offense that is averaging 547.3 yards of total offense and 45.0 points per contest, as the Houston offense to keep up with the
junior quarterback has completed 126 of 161 passes (78.3%) for 1,928 yards and 16 touchdowns with just one interception.
Wilson has also added 115 yards on the ground and six rushing TD's, while only being sacked four times this year.
high-scoring Knights offense.
• WR's Dax Milne (37 receptions for 639 yards and 5 TD's) and Gunner Romney (456 yards and 2 TD's on 21 receptions) pace
the Cougars in receiving. BYU's top five receivers all average over 12 yards per reception on the season.
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Tremaine Edmunds – Buffalo Bills, MLB (Virginia Tech, 2015): 4 solo
tackles, 5 combined tackles, 1 tackle-for-loss vs. Jets
Jakobi Meyers – New England Patriots, WR (NC State, 2016):
4 receptions for season-high 60 yards vs. 49ers
Giovani Bernard – Cincinnati Bengals, RB (North Carolina, 2011):
13 carries for 37 yards; 5 receptions for 59 yards and 1 TD vs. Browns
A.J. Green – Cincinnati Bengals, WR (Georgia, 2009): 7 receptions
for 82 yards vs. Browns
Sheldon Richardson – Cleveland Browns, DT (Missouri, 2011):
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3 solo tackles, 7 combined tackles, 1 tackle-for-loss, 0.5 sacks, 2 QB
hits vs. Bengals
Terrell Edmunds – Pittsburgh Steelers, S (Virginia Tech, 2015): 2 solo tackles, 2 passes defended vs. Titans
Josh Jones – Jacksonville Jaguars, S (NC State, 2016): 6 solo tackles, 8 combined tackles vs. Chargers RADIANCETECHNOLOGIESINDEPENDENCEBOWL.COM
Ryan Tannehill – Tennessee Titans, QB (Texas A&M, 2009): 18/30 for 220 yards and 2 TD vs. Steelers
Johnathan Joseph – Tennessee Titans, CB (South Carolina, 2005): 3 solo tackles, 1 tackle-for-loss, 1 pass defended vs. Steelers
Bradley Chubb – Denver Broncos, OLB (NC State, 2016): 1 solo tackle, 2 combined tackles, 1 sack, 1 tackle-for-loss, 2 QB hits vs. Chiefs
Daniel Jones – New York Giants, QB (Duke, 2018): 20/30 for 187 yards, 2 TD and 1 INT; 4 rushes for 92 yards @INDYBOWL
Oren Burks – Green Bay Packers, ILB (Vanderbilt, 2017): 1 solo
tackle, 2 combined tackles, 1 forced fumble vs. Texans
Brian Burns – Carolina Panthers, LB (Florida State, 2017): 1 solo
tackle, 7 combined tackles, 1 sack, 1 pass defended, 1 forced fumble
vs. Saints
Tre Boston – Carolina Panthers, S (North Carolina, 2011): 4 solo
tackles, 7 combined tackles vs. Saints
Tarvarius Moore – San Francisco 49ers, DB (Southern Miss, 2017): CONTACT:
5 solo tackles, 6 combined tackles, 1 pass defended vs. Patriots Erik Evenson, Director of Media Relations
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