PINEVILLE, La. – For the second straight week, the Louisiana College football team found itself down by three scores in the fourth quarter and for the second straight week the Wildcats rallied to take the lead late, but this time the job was completed as a fourth down stop secured the come from behind victory 34-31 over the Southwestern Pirates Saturday afternoon at Wildcat Field.
Andrew Maddox will be Louisiana College's sixth head coach in the program's 21-year history, as he replaces a fellow alumnus at the helm of the Wildcats.
Division III is home to many coaches who have made a life out of coaching at the same school they played at. Some of those coaches graduated, coached elsewhere and came home as head coach, while some never left. Adam Turer talks to a handful of young coaches who arrived as teenagers and are now young head coaches in this edition of Around the Nation.
Dan Arnold, Matt Gono and Brandon Zylstra are the newest Division III names to make NFL rosters, but Alex Tanney is on a Week 1 roster as well, along with others. Here's the full list.
There were quite a few late-season coaching changes, and it meant an end to one program as well as a shortened season for another. But the quick change in coaches, and the resulting domino effect, isn't always a program's death sentence.
With head football coach and athletic director Dennis Dunn announcing his resignation weeks before the school year ended, the school elevated an assistant coach to the top spot.
The Wildcats lost their head football coach and athletic director in one fell swoop, as Dennis Dunn finished his career at Louisiana College after 11 years and took a high school head coaching job.
Running back Aurren Cooksey was a high school star who ended up on Louisiana College's JV roster. But it was there he learned patience and perseverance, helping to propel him to being
among the nation's best.
Ali Marpet was the star of Division III on draft day, but he's not the only rookie who made an active NFL roster. Here's a rundown of who you could see on Sundays this fall.
In a season that saw them play the school's hardest schedule ever, the Louisiana College Wildcats survived a fourth quarter Hardin-Simmons comeback to win their season finale, 42-35, and end the season with a four-game win streak.
After their last matchup in the 2010 season went down as an instant classic with Huntingdon winning 62-56 in overtime, it was no surprise that Saturday’s contest between the Hawks and Louisiana College, played at James Samford, Jr. Stadium in Montgomery, AL, once again went down to the wire.
The Wildcats have earned seven wins each of the past four seasons, and they stand at that number for 2012. With one game to go, the question is whether they can break through and earn a program-best eight wins.
The two-loss team knew it had no margin for error and with three seconds left, needed a touchdown just to extend the game. It's our Play of the Week, sponsored by the City of Salem.
A bunch of Division III players were brought to rookie minicamps as undrafted free agents. UW-Whitewater quarterback Matt Blanchard impressed enough to get a contract.
Nate Kmic ran for two touchdowns and Ricardo Lenhart caught a touchdown pass to help the U.S. roll past Canada 50-7 in the World Championship of American Football.
USA opened the scoring by returning a blocked field goal for a score, a fake field goal, an interception return and a fumble recovery as well as two Nate Kmic touchdowns.
Twenty-six players were nominated and 10 were chosen for the final ballot. Once again, fans will have a chance to vote, and this year the four finalists all go to Salem, where one will be chosen.
If you’ve been following the America Southwest Conference scoreboard this season you may have noticed a pattern. A pattern in terms of the number of points being scored. More in Around the South.
PINEVILLE, La. – The stage couldn’t have been better set for Louisiana College quarterback Ben McLaughlin. The Dierks, Ark., native and senior entered LC’s Saturday afternoon Homecoming showdown with Howard Payne University just 77 yards short of the American Southwest Conference career passing yards record, a record that was held by a former member of the Howard Payne football program.
Mary Hardin-Baylor has been predicted to win its fifth straight American Southwest Conference title in 2010 after a vote by the league's head coaches, SIDs and selected media members, the conference office announced.
Wildcats Complete Fourth Quarter Comeback to Scuttle Pirates
March 13, 2021PINEVILLE, La. – For the second straight week, the Louisiana College football team found itself down by three scores in the fourth quarter and for the second straight week the Wildcats rallied to take the lead late, but this time the job was completed as a fourth down stop secured the come from behind victory 34-31 over the Southwestern Pirates Saturday afternoon at Wildcat Field.
