2008 Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm football team

The 2008 Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm football team (variously "So-Naz", "SNU", or the "Crimson Storm") represents Southern Nazarene University in the college football season of 2008-2009. The team is led by head coach Mike Cochran, who has coached at SNU since 2006. They play their home games at McFarland Park Stadium in Bethany, Oklahoma. It was the first time in the history of the program, the Crimson Storm have opened the season 2-0.[1] This will be SNU's longest season by 1 game, for the past 7 seasons the Crimson Storm have only played 10.

2008 Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm football
ConferenceCentral States Football League
DivisionNorth
Ranking
CoachesNo. 29
Record3–8 (1–3 CSFL)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLee Bower
Defensive coordinatorCraig Hubbard
Home stadiumSNU Stadium
2008 Central States Football League standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 7 Langston $^  4 –0   10 –3  
NW Oklahoma State ^*  3 –1   9 –2  
Bacone  2 –2   6 –5  
Southern Nazarene  1 –3   3 –8  
Texas College  0 –4   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
    * – Northwestern Oklahoma State was declared ineligible during the playoffs and forfeited two wins.
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
August 306:00 p.m.Eastern New Mexico*No. 34
W 16-97567
September 62:00 p.m.Olivet Nazarene*No. 34
  • McFarland Park Stadium
  • Bethany, OK
W 30-233242
September 126:00 p.m.at Mary Hardin-Baylor*No. 34
L 30-7
September 204:00 p.m.at Oklahoma Panhandle State*No. 23
L 34-261152
October 47:00 pmat BaconeNo. 29
L 30-31
October 112:00pmEast Central*
  • McFarland Park Stadium
  • Bethany, OK
L 30 -37 2OT
October 181:30 pmat Bethel*
L 24–25
October 252:00 pmTexas College
  • McFarland Park Stadium
  • Bethany, OK
W 25–13
November 14:00 pmat Northwestern Oklahoma
L 21–42
November 82:00 pmLangstondagger
  • McFarland Park Stadium
  • Bethany, OK
L 7–30
November 152:00 pmSW Assemblies of God*
  • McFarland Park Stadium
  • Bethany, OK
L 13–21

Roster
2009 Crimson Storm roster (starters in bold)

Quarterbacks

  •  2 Matt Ligon - Jr.
  • 12 Brady Wardlaw - So.
  • 15 Chris Potter - Fr.

Running backs

  •  3 Fafa Alce So.
  •  4 Branden Smith Sr.
  •  23 Jacob Smith Sr.
  • 25 Rarsenio Washington So.
  • 30 Tyler Wegner Fr.
  • 32 R. J. Hershel Fr.
  • 36 George Thomas Redshirt Fr.
  • Fafa Alce Redshirt Jr.

Wide receivers

  •  3 Kendard Fuselier Sr.
  •  5 Greg Oswald Sr.
  • 18 Gabe John Jr.
  • 20 Chris Ballew Fr.
  • 80 Josh Woods Fr.
  • 81 Jorel Jasper Fr.
  • 82 Austin Cory So.
  • 83 Tyson von Scherrer So.
  • 84 Jerad Reagan Fr.
  • 86 Jared Elmore Sr.
  • 87 Chazzaray Virgil Fr.
  • Kip Armstrong Redshirt Fr.
  • Benjamin Carter Redshirt Fr.
  • D'Landre Euwins Redshirt Fr.
  • Mark Repasy Redshirt Fr.

Tight ends

  • 85 Rob Underwood Sr.
  • 88 Travis Boyd Fr.
  • 89 Samer Elqutub Jr.
  • Josh Gates - Redshirt Fr.
  • Quan Ratliff - Redshirt Fr.
  

Offensive line

  • 57 Myron McKinney
  • 58 Chance Willard
  • 61 Nic Brock
  • 62 Chavez Wilson
  • 64 Daniel Morton
  • 65 Johnathan Thronesberry
  • 67 Aaron McCord
  • 68 Billy Lucas
  • 70 Matthew Higgs
  • 71 Michael Oglesby
  • 72 Jared Fritts
  • 73 Josh Delong
  • 75 Doug Wilson
  • 76 Aaron Elliott
  • 77 Jarrod Gatz
  • 78 Josh Borthick
  • 79 Maurice Lowe

Defensive line

  • 48 Jeremy Martin
  • 55 Trey Falkner
  • 59 Lance Bell
  • 63 J.C. Airington
  • 74 Aaron Mora
  • 90 Josh Wessner
  • 91 Kalub Berry
  • 93 Wes Martin
  • 94 Alton Scott
  • 96 Jacob Galindo
  • 98 Jonathan Jenkins-Dill
  • 99 Brad Clark
  

Linebackers

  •  19 Brady Croucher
  • 27 Ti'Dedric Harper - Fr.
  • 28
  • 35
  • 39
  • 41
  • 43
  • 45
  • 47
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 56
  • Dustin Walsh Redshirt Fr.

Cornerbacks

  • 16 Chris Harris - So.
  • 20 Taylor Lee - Fr.
  • 23 Ryan Murphy - Redshirt Fr.
  • 24 Kendrick Harper - Sr.
  • 27 Greg Brown - Fr.
  • 29 Isiah Barfield - Redshirt Fr.
  • 30 Anthony Davis - Redshirt Fr.
  • 35 Corrigan Powell - Fr.

Safeties

  •  7 Patrick Resby - Sr.
  • 26 Phillip Strozier - Redshirt So.
  • 28 Eric Tyler - Redshirt Fr.
  • 36 Tang Bacheyie - Redshirt Sr.
  • 39 Lubbock Smith - Fr.
  • 44 Olaitan Oguntodu - Redshirt So.
  • 46 Justin Thornton - Redshirt Jr.

Punters

  • 18 Peter Orth - Sr.

Kickers

  • 33 Ryan Brock - Jr.

Game summaries
Eastern New Mexico vs. SNU [box score]
1 234Total
ENMU Greyhounds 0 720 9
• SNU Crimson Storm 3 607 16
  • Date: 2008-08-30
  • Location: McFarland Park Stadium, Bethany, OK
  • Game start: 6:00 PM CST
  • Elapsed time: 5:17 hours
  • Game attendance: 7612
  • Game weather: Rain, 90 degrees F
  • Referee: Stan Self

Eastern New Mexico

The game was delayed about 2½ hours due to extreme lightning in the area. The stadium was cleared and the game was paused for at 11:11 minutes left in the third quarter until the storm cleared the area. SNU missed an extra point, and gave a safety to ENMU by a high snap that crossed out of the end zone.

Olivet vs. SNU [box score]
1 234Total
ONU Tigers 10 706 23
• SNU Crimson Storm 0 1497 30
  • Date: 2008-09-06
  • Location: McFarland Park Stadium, Bethany, OK
  • Game start: 2:00 PM CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:00
  • Game attendance: 3000
  • Game weather: Sunny, 80
  • Referee: Al Skuza

Olivet Nazarene, Ill.

SNU won its second game of the season. Never have they started 2-0. There was no extra point tried for since the ONU touchdown happened at 0:00.[2]

SNU vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor [box score]
1 234Total
SNU Crimson Storm 0 007 7
• UMHB Crusaders 16 770 30

Mary Hardin-Baylor, Texas, 6:00 PM

Southern Nazarene University's road football game at Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas, scheduled for Saturday at 6:00 p.m., has been moved up to Friday night, September 12 at 6:00 p.m. due to the approach of Hurricane Ike.

SNU vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State [box score]
1 234Total
SNU Crimson Storm 0 7190 26
• OPSU Aggies 14 6014 34

Oklahoma Panhandle State, 4:00 PM
SNU vs. Bacone [box score]
1 2Total
SNU Crimson Storm 0
Bacone Warriors 0

Bacone, Okla., 7:00 PM
East Central vs. SNU [box score]
1 2Total
ECU Tigers 0
SNU Crimson Storm 0
  • Date: 2008-10-11
  • Location: McFarland Park Stadium, Bethany, OK
  • Game start: 2:00 PM CST

East Central, Okla., 2:00 PM
SNU vs. Bethel [box score]
1 2Total
Bethel Threshers 0
SNU Crimson Storm 0

Bethel, Kan., 1:30 PM
Texas College vs. SNU = [box score]
1 2Total
TC Lions 0
SNU Crimson Storm 0
  • Date: 2008-10-25
  • Location: McFarland Park Stadium, Bethany, OK
  • Game start: 2:00 PM CST

Texas College, 2:00 PM
SNU vs. Northwestern Oklahoma [box score]
1 2Total
NOSU Rangers 0
SNU Crimson Storm 0
  • Date: 2008-11-01
  • Location: McFarland Park Stadium, Bethany, OK
  • Game start: 4:00 PM CST

Northwestern Oklahoma State, 4:00 PM

This will be their homecoming game.

Langston vs. SNU [box score]
1 2Total
Langston Lions 0
SNU Crimson Storm 0
  • Date: 2008-11-08
  • Location: McFarland Park Stadium, Bethany, OK
  • Game start: 2:00 PM CST

Langston, Okla., 2:00 PM
Southwestern Assemblies of God vs. SNU [box score]
1 2Total
SWAG Lions 0
SNU 0
  • Date: 2008-11-15
  • Location: McFarland Park Stadium, Bethany, OK
  • Game start: 2:00 PM CST

Southwestern Assemblies of God, Texas, 2:00pm

This will be senior night, and also the last home game of the season.

Rankings
Ranking Movement[3]
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollSpring
Apr 21		1
Aug 11		2
Sep 15		3
Sep 22		4
Oct 6		5
Oct 13		6
Oct 20		7
Oct 27		8
Nov 3		9
Nov 10		Final
Nov 16
NAIA35342329

Statistics

Team
SNU[4]Opp
Scoring229295
  Points per Game20.826.8
First Downs159236
  Rushing7092
  Passing75127
  Penalty1417
Rushing Yardage15531581
  Yards gained rushing1833674
  Yards lost rushing28084
  Rushing Attempts371128
  Avg per Rush4.24.6
  Avg per Game141.2147.5
  TDs Rushing1210
Passing Yardage1943766
  Att-Comp-Int281-148-12403-247-8
  Avg per Pass6.97.0
  Avg per Catch13.111.4
  Avg per Game176.6255.8
  TDs Passing1217
Total Offense34964395
  Total plays652793
  Avg per Play5.45.5
  Avg per Game317.8339.5
SNUOPP
Kick Returns: #-Yards43-80429-535
Punt Returns: #-Yards14-8019-142
Int Returns: #-Yards4-94-29
Kick Return Avg18.718.4
Punt Return Avg5.77.5
Int Return Avg7.521.5
Fumbles-Lost20-1021-9
Penalties-Yards597-893102-922
  Avg per Game81.283.8
Punts-Yards59-241052-1913
  Avg per Punt40.836.8
  Net Punt Avg38.435.2
Time of Possession/Game31:0632:04
3rd Down Conversions49/15168/164
  3rd-Down Pct32%41%
4th Down Conversions7/1915/24
  4th Down Pct37%62%
Sacks by Yards18-8714-94
Misc Yards793
Touchdowns Scored2840
Field Goals-Attempts10-146-13
PAT-Attempts23-2731-35
Attendance1023412793
  Games/Avg per Game6/17065/2559

Scores by quarter
1 2 3 4 Total
Opponent 67 92 35 88 282
SNU 34 77 61 51 223

Rushing
NameGP-GSAttGainLossNetAvgTDLongAvg/G
Joe Smith         
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
TEAM         
Total         
Opponents         

Passing
NameGP-GSEfficAtt-Cmp-IntPctYdsTDLngAvg/G
Joe Smith         
          
TEAM         
          
Total         
Opponents         

Receiving
NameGP-GSNo.YdsAvgTDLongAvg/G
Joe Smith         
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
Total         
Opponents         

Defense
Name GP Tackles Sacks Pass Defense Interceptions Fumbles Blkd
Kick
SoloAstTotalTFL-YdsNo-YdsBrUpQBHNo.-YdsAvgTDLongRcv-YdsFF
Total

Special teams
Name Punting Kickoffs
No.YdsAvgLongTBFCI20Blkd No.YdsAvgTBOB
Total
Name Punt Returns Kick Returns
No.YdsAvgTDLongNo.YdsAvgTDLong
Total

References
  1. "SNU Football". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  2. "Olivet game". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  3. NAIA football ratings
  4. "SNU/OPP season long stats". Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2008.
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