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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 →

2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

American college football season

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.

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

Personnel

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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)

Game summaries

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

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

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

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

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

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"2021 Football Roster".

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

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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. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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

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

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2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

Schedule

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Depth chart

Postseason honors

Game summaries

@ Fresno State

@ Sacramento State

@ Stephen F. Austin

Abilene Christian

@ Southeastern Louisiana

Lamar

@ McNeese State

Nicholls State

@ Sam Houston State

Central Arkansas

Prairie View A&M

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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