American college football season
The 2020 McNeese State Cowboys football team represented McNeese State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by first-year head coach Frank Wilson , the Cowboys compiled an overall record of 3–4 with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the Southland. McNeese State played home games at Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles, Louisiana .
On August 13, McNeese State Athletic Department decided to postpone all fall sports with the intent to play in the spring.[1] This decision canceled all games that were to be played from September through November 2020.
Preseason [ edit ] Recruiting class [ edit ] Reference(s) :[2]
US college sports recruiting information for 2020 recruits Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date Khaylon Chapple Defensive Line Haughton, LA Haughton HS 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Dec 1, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A Caron Coleman Offensive Line St. Louis, MO Pattonville HS 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 300 lb (140 kg) Dec 1, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A Luke Howard Tight End Lafayette, LA St. Thomas More Catholic HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Dec 1, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A Mason Kinsey Defensive End Mansfield, TX Mansfield Legacy HS Navarro College 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Dec 1, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A Grayson Mays Defensive End Bellville, TX Bellville HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 240 lb (110 kg) Dec 1, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A Josh Parker Running Back Baton Rouge, LA Catholic HS 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Feb 5, 2020 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A Tyler Patrick Offensive Line Wamego, KS Wamego HSButler College 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Dec 1, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A Brendan Sirls Wide Receiver Arlington, TX Mansfield Summit HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Dec 1, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A Rae'kwon Starks Cornerback Harvey, LA Helen Cox HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Feb 5, 2020 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A Ridge Texada Defensive Back Frisco, TX Centennial HS 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Dec 1, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Quad Wilson Safety San Antonio, TX Brandeis HS 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Feb 5, 2020 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A Leon Young Defensive Line Dallas, TX Cedar Hills HS 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 260 lb (120 kg) Feb 5, 2020 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A
Preseason poll [ edit ] The Southland Conference released their spring preseason poll in January 2021. The Cowboys were picked to finish fourth in the conference.[3] In addition, three Bearkats were chosen to the Preseason All-Southland Team[4]
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 ] Offense
1st Team
Cyron Sutton – Wide Receiver, SR
Defense
1st Team
Darion Dunn – Defensive Back, SR 2nd Team
Cory McCoy – Defensive Back, SR Cyron Sutton – Punt Returner, SR
Schedule [ edit ] [5] [6] [7]
Game summaries [ edit ] At Tarleton State [ edit ] McNeese State at Tarleton State 1 2 3 4 Total • Cowboys 10 0 0 31 41 Texans 3 7 14 7 31
Scoring summary 1 09:15 MCNS Jacob Abel 21-yard field goal(12 plays, 61 yards, 4:31) MCNS 3–0 05:26 MCNS Joshua Matthews 13-yard pass from Cody Orgeron (Jacob Abel kick)(3 plays, 15 yards, 0:44) MCNS 10–0 03:37 TAR Adrian Guzman 38-yard field goal(6 plays, 33 yards, 1:41) MCNS 10–3 2 01:05 TAR Ryheem Skinner 4-yard rush (Christian Hernandez kick)(15 plays, 73 yards, 4:25) TIE 10–10 3 11:07 TAR Tariq Bitson 13-yard pass from Steven Duncan (Christian Hernandez kick)(6 plays, 60 yards, 1:34) TAR 17–10 02:31 TAR Braelon Bridges 27-yard rush (Christian Hernandez kick)(10 plays, 77 yards, 3:31) TAR 24–10 4 12:09 MCNS Cody Orgeron 5-yard rush (Jacob Abel kick)(16 plays, 77 yards, 5:17) TAR 24–17 07:39 TAR Braelon Bridges 1-yard rush (Christian Hernandez kick)(13 plays, 83 yards, 4:24) TAR 31–17 02:46 MCNS Mason Pierce 26-yard pass from Cody Orgeron (Jacob Abel kick)(5 plays, 65 yards, 1:22) TAR 31–24 00:35 MCNS Trevor Begue 12-yard pass from Cody Orgeron (Jacob Abel kick)(7 plays, 56 yards, 2:10) TIE 31–31 1OT MCNS Jacob Abel 21-yard field goal(6 plays, 22 yards) MCNS 34–31 TAR Adrian Guzman 34-yard field goal(4 plays, 5 yards) TIE 34–34 2OT TAR Adrian Guzman 45-yard field goal(4 plays, -3 yards) TAR 37–34 MCNS Cody Orgeron 19-yard rush(2 plays, 25 yards) MCNS 40–37
Pregame line Over/under TAR −3.0 51
Statistics McNeese State Tarleton State First downs 27 25 Total yards 400 408 Rushing yards 230 180 Passing yards 170 228 Turnovers 0 2 Time of possession 33:32 26:28
Team Category Player Statistics McNeese State Passing Cody Orgeron 14/34, 170 yards, 3 TDs Rushing Cody Orgeron 19 carries, 180 yards, 2 TDs Receiving Deonta McMahon 2 receptions, 35 yards Tarleton State Passing Steven Duncan 22/39, 217 yards, 1 TD Rushing Braelon Bridges 15 carries, 112 yards, 2 TDs Receiving Tariq Bitson 5 receptions, 87 yards, 1 TD
Incarnate Word [ edit ] Incarnate Word at McNeese State 1 2 3 4 Total • Cardinals 14 17 3 14 48 No. 19 Cowboys 3 0 7 10 20
Date: February 27, 2021Location: Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA Game start: 12:00 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 43 minutesGame attendance: 2,394Game weather: CloudyReferee: Ed BourgeoisTV announcers (ESPN+ ): Randy McIlvoy (play-by-play), Shea Walker (analyst) Scoring summary 1 08:13 UIW Kaleb Ducros 35-yard pass from Cameron Ward (Cade Kostroun kick)(9 plays, 80 yards, 2:24) UIW 7–0 02:05 MCNS Jacob Abel 25-yard field goal(12 plays, 64 yards, 6:01) UIW 7–3 01:51 UIW Ce'Cori Tolds 100-yard kickoff returned (Carson Mohr kick)(12 plays, 64 yards, 6:01) UIW 14–3 2 11:37 UIW Carson Mohr 36-yard field goal(8 plays, 44 yards, 1:45) UIW 17–3 09:56 UIW Darion Chafin 56-yard pass from Cameron Ward (Carson Mohr kick)(2 plays, 57 yards, 0:31) UIW 24–3 04:40 UIW Jaelin Campbell 27-yard pass from Cameron Ward (Carson Mohr kick)(9 plays, 85 yards, 4:13) UIW 31–3 3 02:54 MCNS Carlos Williams 9-yard rush (Jacob Abel kick)(17 plays, 80 yards, 6:47) UIW 31–10 00:28 UIW Carson Mohr 48-yard field goal(8 plays, 44 yards, 2:26) UIW 34–10 4 12:24 UIW Roger McCuller 8-yard pass from Cameron Ward (Carson Mohr kick)(5 plays, 54 yards, 1:51) UIW 41–10 08:34 MCNS Jacob Abel 27-yard field goal(8 plays, 65 yards, 3:50) UIW 41–13 04:21 MCNS Cody Orgeron 12-yard rush (Jacob Abel kick)(5 plays, 50 yards, 1:47) UIW 41–20 00:33 UIW Ameer King 3-yard pass from Kevin Yeager (Carson Mohr kick)(6 plays, 75 yards, 3:48) UIW 48–20
Pregame line Over/under MCNS −11.5 57
Statistics Incarnate Word McNeese State First downs 22 24 Total yards 518 373 Rushing yards 209 171 Passing yards 309 202 Turnovers 0 0 Time of possession 25:24 34:36
Team Category Player Statistics Incarnate Word Passing Cameron Ward 24/35, 306 yards, 4 TDs Rushing Kevin Brown 10 carries, 117 yards Receiving Jaelin Campbell 6 receptions, 93 yards, 1 TD McNeese State Passing Cody Orgeron 18/32, 202 yards Rushing Cody Orgeron 18 carries, 72 yards, 1 TD Receiving Joshua Matthews 4 receptions, 65 yards
At Southeastern Louisiana [ edit ] McNeese State at Southeastern Louisiana 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 3 3 7 7 20 • No. 24 Lions 3 9 10 3 25
Date: March 6, 2021Location: Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 18 minutesGame attendance: 3,050Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Fair • Wind: 9 N MPH Referee: Scott HardinTelevision network: ESPN+ Scoring summary 1 10:52 MCNS Jacob Abel 21-yard field goal(7 plays, 17 yards, 4:08) MCNS 3–0 03:51 SELA Mateo Rengifo 27-yard field goal(12 plays, 56 yards, 4:34) TIE 3–3 2 09:13 SELA Mateo Rengifo 29-yard field goal(16 plays, 79 yards, 7:02) SELA 6–3 05:58 MCNS Jacob Abel 45-yard field goal(9 plays, 38 yards, 3:15) TIE 6–6 00:00 SELA CJ Turner 8-yard pass from Cole Kelley (Mateo Rengifo PAT blocked)(12 play, 80 yards, 2:02) SELA 12–6 3 11:49 SELA Morgan Ellison 32-yard rush (Mateo Rengifo kick)(8 plays, 75 yards, 3:11) SELA 19–6 05:18 MCNS Carlos Williams 9-yard rush (Jacob Abel kick)(7 plays, 61 yards, 2:37) SELA 19–13 01:55 SELA Mateo Rengifo 32-yard field goal(8 plays, 59 yards, 3:14) SELA 22–13 4 14:10 MCNS AJ Carter 2-yard rush (Jacob Abel kick)(8 plays, 67 yards, 2:39) SELA 22–20 09:19 SELA Mateo Rengifo 33-yard field goal(6 plays, 19 yards, 0:58) SELA 25–20
Pregame line Over/under SELA −11.5 62
Statistics McNeese State Southeastern Louisiana First downs 20 26 Total yards 331 492 Rushing yards 166 191 Passing yards 165 301 Turnovers 4 1 Time of possession 30:59 29:01
Team Category Player Statistics McNeese State Passing Cody Orgeron 13/20, 165 yards, 2 INTs Rushing AJ Carter 15 carries, 57 yards, 1 TD Receiving Severyn Foster 2 receptions, 75 yards Southeastern Louisiana Passing Cole Kelley 21/39, 301 yards, 1 TD Rushing Morgan Ellison 15 carries, 127 yards, 1 TD Receiving Javon Conner 5 receptions, 104 yards
Lamar at McNeese State 1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 3 10 0 7 20 Cowboys 13 0 0 7 20
Scoring summary 1 11:05 MCNS Mason Pierce 80-yard rush (Jacob Abel kick)(1 play, 80 yards, 0:15) MCNS 7–0 06:31 LAMR Bailey Giffen 34-yard field goal(8 plays, 58 yards, 4:34) MCNS 7–3 03:52 MCNS AJ Carter 45-yard rush (Jacob Abel PAT failed)(6 plays, 76 yards, 2:34) MCNS 13–3 2 09:26 LAMR Griffin Hammond 13-yard pass from Jalen Dummett (Bailey Giffen kick)(12 plays, 90 yards, 5:52) MCNS 13–10 04:54 LAMR Bailey Giffen 37-yard field goal(8 play, 27 yards, 2:49) TIE 13–13 4 12:55 MCNS Carlos Williams 11-yard rush (Jacob Abel kick)(10 plays, 86 yards, 4:05) MCNS 20–13 04:33 LAMR Nathan Gaskamp 5-yard pass from Jalen Dummett (Bailey Giffen kick)(9 plays, 53 yards, 4:33) TIE 20–20 1OT MCNS Carlos Williams 5-yard rush (Jacob Abel PAT blocked)(4 plays, 20 yards) MCNS 26–20 LAMR Jalen Dummett 5-yard rush (Bailey Giffen kick)(5 plays, 25 yards) LAMR 27–26
Pregame line Over/under MCNS −14.0 48
Statistics Lamar McNeese State First downs 21 18 Total yards 330 399 Rushing yards 223 321 Passing yards 107 78 Turnovers 0 1 Time of possession 38:15 36:45
Team Category Player Statistics Lamar Passing Jalen Dummett 8/11, 100 yards, 2 TDs Rushing Marcellus Johnson 6 carries, 86 yards Receiving Kirkland Banks 4 receptions, 41 yards McNeese State Passing Cody Orgeron 9/16, 78 yards, 1 INT Rushing Carlos Williams 16 carries, 90 yards, 2 TDs Receiving Jamal Pettigrew 1 reception, 31 yards
At Northwestern State [ edit ] McNeese State at Northwestern State 1 2 3 4 Total • Cowboys 7 0 14 0 21 Demons 7 0 0 0 7
Date: March 20, 2021Location: Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA Game start: 4:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 6 minutesGame attendance: 6,577Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: SW 6 MPH Referee: Ed BourgeoisTelevision network: CST Scoring summary 1 04:42 NSU Kendrick Price 13-yard pass from Kaleb Fletcher (Eddie Godina kick)(8 plays, 91 yards, 3:28) NSU 7–0 02:07 MCNS Jamal Pettigrew 2-yard pass from Cody Orgeron (Jacob Abel kick)(5 plays, 59 yards, 2:29) TIE 7–7 3 13:45 MCNS Trevor Begue 75-yard pass from Cody Orgeron (Jacob Abel kick)(3 plays, 96 yards, 1:07) MCNS 14–7 07:45 MCNS Walker Wood 1-yard rush (Jacob Abel kick)(7 plays, 66 yards, 2:30) MCNS 21–7
Pregame line Over/under NSU −3.5 48
Statistics McNeese State Northwestern State First downs 20 21 Total yards 416 394 Rushing yards 110 33 Passing yards 306 361 Turnovers 1 2 Time of possession 30:36 29:24
Team Category Player Statistics McNeese State Passing Cody Orgeron 17/22, 306 yards, 2 TDs Rushing Josh Parker 16 carries, 77 yards Receiving Trevor Begue 8 receptions, 165 yards, 1 TD Northwestern State Passing Kaleb Fletcher 13/18, 171 yards, 1 TD Rushing Scooter Adams 8 carries, 37 yards Receiving Javon Antonio 6 receptions, 103 yards
Nicholls [ edit ] Nicholls at McNeese State 1 2 3 4 Total No. 13 Colonels 14 3 7 7 31 • Cowboys 3 21 7 12 43
Date: April 3, 2021Location: Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA Game start: 12:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 40 minutesGame attendance: 5,289Referee: Vidal JonesTelevision network: CST Scoring summary 1 07:28 NICH Dontaze Costly 10-yard pass from Lindsey Scott Jr. (Gavin Lasseigne kick)(11 plays, 69 yards, 4:08) NICH 7–0 03:22 MCNS Jacob Abel 42-yard field goal(4 plays, 3 yards, 1:22) NICH 7–3 00:08 NICH Dai'Jean Dixon 2-yard pass from Lindsey Scott Jr. (Gavin Lasseigne kick)br/>(9 plays, 75 yards, 3:14) NICH 14–3 2 13:43 MCNS Mason Pierce 4-yard pass from Cody Orgeron (Jacob Abel kick)(4 play, 65 yards, 0:32) NICH 14–10 07:20 MCNS Walker Wood 4-yard rush (Jacob Abel kick)(7 plays, 86 yards, 2:59) MCNS 17–14 05:47 MCNS Mason Pierce 85-yard pass from Cody Orgeron (Jacob Abel kick)(1 play, 85 yards, 0:13) MCNS 24–14 01:23 NICH Gavin Lasseigne 26-yard field goal(11 plays, 66 yards, 4:24) MCNS 24–17 3 12:08 MCNS Joshua Matthews 28-yard pass from Cody Orgeron (Jacob Abel kick)(8 plays, 79 yards, 2:52) MCNS 31–17 05:43 NICH Julien Gums 8-yard rush (Gavin Lasseigne kick)(16 plays, 75 yards, 6:25) NICH 31–24 4 12:48 MCNS Joshua Matthews 13-yard pass from Cody Orgeron (Jacob Abel PAT failed)(2 plays, 19 yards, 0:34) MCNS 37–24 11:17 NICH Dai'Jean Dixon 11-yard pass from Lindsey Scott Jr. (Gavin Lasseigne kick)(8 plays, 75 yards, 1:31) MCNS 37–31 10:21 MCNS Deonta McMahon 67-yard rush (two-point conversion pass failed)(3 plays, 75 yards, 0:50) MCNS 43–31
Pregame line Over/under NICH −13.5 60
Statistics Nicholls McNeese State First downs 29 21 Total yards 562 541 Rushing yards 273 187 Passing yards 289 354 Turnovers 3 2 Time of possession 35:26 24:34
Team Category Player Statistics Nicholls Passing Lindsey Scott Jr. 26/53, 289 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT Rushing Lindsey Scott Jr. 28 carries, 137 yards Receiving K. J. Franklin 4 receptions, 76 yards McNeese State Passing Cody Orgeron 20/27, 354 yards, 4 TDs Rushing Deonta McMahon 11 carries, 111 yards, 1 TD Receiving Joshua Matthews 7 receptions, 147 yards, 2 TDs
At Sam Houston State [ edit ] McNeese State at Sam Houston State 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 3 0 3 7 13 • No. 5 Bearkats 7 10 10 0 27
Date: April 10, 2021Location: Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX Game start: 4:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 18 minutesGame attendance: 3,103Game weather: 78 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Clear & Sunny • Wind: 9 N MPH Referee: Dan LewisTelevision network: ESPN+ Scoring summary 1 07:09 MCNS Jacob Abel 19-yard field goal(12 plays, 79 yards, 5:31) MCNS 3–0 02:53 SHSU Noah Smith 19-yard pass from Eric Schmid (Seth Morgan kick)(8 plays, 64 yards, 4:11) SHSU 7–3 2 03:27 SHSU Ramon Jefferson 1-yard rush (Seth Morgan kick)(7 plays, 47 yard, 3:28) SHSU 14–3 00:00 SHSU Seth Morgan 21-yard field goal(11 plays, 34 yards, 2:17) SHSU 17–3 3 12:17 SHSU Seth Morgan 33-yard field goal(6 plays, 49 yards, 2:37) SHSU 20–3 07:43 SHSU Donovan Williams 2-yard rush (Seth Morgan kick)(7 plays, 85 yards, 3:06) SHSU 27–3 04:58 MCNS Jacob Abel 25-yard field goal(10 plays, 68 yards, 2:45) SHSU 27–6 4 11:18 MCNS Joshua Matthews 24-yard pass from Cody Orgeron (Jacob Abel kick)(4 plays, 45 yards, 1:23) SHSU 27–13
Pregame line Over/under SHSU −15.0 59
Statistics McNeese State Sam Houston State First downs 19 19 Total yards 328 392 Rushing yards 37 190 Passing yards 291 202 Turnovers 1 3 Time of possession 30:02 29:58
Team Category Player Statistics McNeese State Passing Cody Orgeron 27/42, 291 yards, 1 TD Rushing Cody Orgeron 18 carries, 18 yards Receiving Joshua Matthews 6 receptions, 95 yards, 1 TD Sam Houston State Passing Eric Schmid 12/24, 202 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs Rushing Eric Schmid 15 carries, 92 yards Receiving Jequez Ezzard 3 receptions, 87 yards
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