The Game
The Angelo State football team will take its last road trip of the season for a matchup with West Texas A&M on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. 

West Texas A&M
The Buffs are 5-4 on the season and 4-3 in the Lone Star Conference after losing to No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce 36-0. Mike Nesbitt is 24-16 in his fourth season at West Texas A&M. WT is 2-1 at home this season including a win over then No. 4 Midwestern State. 

The Series
The Rams lead the all-time series 15-13 with the Buffs. West Texas A&M has won of the last 10. The last ASU win came in Canyon in 2015 where ASU holds an 8-7 lead after last season's victory. The Rams won the first ever meeting 10-3 between the two schools in 1983. 

Stopping the Run
The Rams only allowed eight rushing yards on 33 carries to Western New Mexico. Angelo State last held a team to single digit rushing yards in 2012 limiting ACU to nine yards. The eight yards rushing is the fewest yards allowed since holding TAMUC to just five rushing yards in 2011. It marks the fourth time this season the ASU defense has limtied a team to under 100 yards rushing. 

Top Third Down Defense
The Rams have only allowed teams to be successful on third down 27.1 percent of the time. ASU has only allowed 43 succesful conversions out of 157 this season. It is the No. 7 best percentage in Division II and No. 1 in the Lone Star Conference. 

On Pace for 1,000 
Josh Stevens is 151 rushing yards away from breaking the 1,000 yard barrier. His 849 yards  is No. 2 in the LSC. He has had three games with at least 100 yards rushing and eight games with at least 75 yards rushing. He is currently No. 29 natioanlly in total yards and No. 38 in rushing yards per game (93.9). If he averages  75.5 yards per game over the last two games he will become the first ASU player since Kyle Washington in 2013 to gain at least 1,000 rushing yards in a single season and the first running back since Daniel Thomas in 2008.

Season High in Sacks
The Rams tied the season high with six sacks against Western New Mexico. Five different players were credited with a sack including Markus Jones, Bright Ihegworo, Jesus Vargus, Grabt Perston and Isaiah Smith. Jones leads the team with 7.5 sacks and is No. 2 in the LSC. The first six sack game was against Oklahoma Panhandle State. 

Tackles for Loss
Markus Jones leads the LSC in taclkes for loss with  16.0 and is currently No. 17 nationally. He averages 1.8 tackles for loss per game and recorded a career high 4.0 against Oklahoma Panhandle State. 

Punting Debut
Tyler Engelbart made his ASU debut against WNMU punting nine times for ASU. The sophomore averaged 43.9 yards per punt and boomed a long of 61. He placed two inside the 20 yard line and led the league last week in punting average. 

Longest Play from Scrimmage
Mark Munson electrified the crowd against Texas A&M-Commerce with the Rams longest play from scrimmage this season. The senior caught a pass from Carsen Cook on a seam route and used his speed to score an 80 yard touchdown. It is ASU's longest play of the season.

100 Yard Receiving Night
Not only did Munson have the longest play of scrimmage for ASU, he became the first receiver to have at least 100 yards receiving in a game this season against Texas A&M-Commerce. The senior caught five passes for a season high 109 yards and scored one touchdown. 

#BlueMob Continues to Lead Nation
The Rams special teams are tied for the national lead with eight blocked kicks on the season. ASU set the school record for blocked kicks in a season with eight. The Rams blocked a kick in five straight games to start the season.  

Double-Digit Catches
Donovan Thompson had one of the top games of his career against Midwestern State. He caught a season high 10 passes for 67 yards. It is the third time in his career the Houston native has made doudble-digit receptoins. He has a career high in receptions of 12 against TAMUC last season. 

Team Captains
Fred Lawrence, Richard Franklin, Willie Brown, Donovan Thompson and Trey Green were selected as captains for the 2016 season by their teammates.

Interception Returns
Justin Jackson recorded his second career interception return for a touchdown agasint OPSU. He picked off a pass in the fourth quarter and returned it 15 yards for the TD. His first interception return for a touchdown came against McKendree. He is tied for the lead in NCAA Division II in interception returns for TD's. He is also tied with Fred Lawrence for the team lead in interceptions. The Rams defense as a whole is No. 26 nationally in defensive touchdowns with two. 

Rams Draft Anthony Quintana
The Angelo State football team added a new member to its team by drafting TeamIMPACT's Anthony Quintana. ASU is the first LSC school to draft a player from TeamIMPACT. Anthony, a nine-year old from Water Valley, will spend the next three years with the Ram football team interacting with the team while battling recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. 

Road Warriors
 ASU will travel a total of 8,062 miles to all seven road games this season. The longest trip of the season was 3,064 miles to Marquette, Michigan, to play Northern Michigan and the shortest was 312 mile round trip to Stephenville.  ASU will look to improve its road record under head coach Will Wagner. The Rams are 18-13 under Wagner on the road. 

Overtime Victory 
The Rams defeated Northern Michigan in triple overtime 47-41. ASU has seen very few overtime games over the years. The only other overtime game under head coach Will Wagner was against Texas A&M-Kingsville on Oct. 29, 2011. The Javelinas won 36-33 in triple overtime. The last ASU victory in overtime was a 28-21 win over Eastern New Mexico on Oct. 6, 2007. 

#RamFam Connection
Two current Rams have connections to Rams of the past. Brennan Bibbs heard about ASU from former All-American uncle Henry Alsbrooks. Alsbrooks played defense for ASU and was a 1988 All-Americna. He recorded 271 tackles and is No. 10 all-time in career tackles. Myron Turner, Jr. plays opposite side of his dad Myron. The elder was an all-conference performer in 1989 and 1990. He is No. 8 on the career receiving yard list with 1,704 yards and led ASU in yards in 1989 with 706 yards. 

Listen to the Rams 
The Rams will once again be carried on KWFR 101.9 The Fire with four-time Lone Star Conference Broadcaster of the Year Jeremy Bryant on the call. He will add Dr. John Klingemann in the booth for color analysis. Dr. Klingemann is the chair of the history department and an associate professor at Angelo State 

Live in HD
Every Ram home game will be broadcasted on RamTV Suddenlink Channel 6 and 106HD.  Fans will be able to see the games in full high definition with Angelo State students directing the broadcast and giving play-by-play and color analysis.

New Offensive Coordinator
Will Wagner promoted Drew Dallas to offensive coordinator. Dallas has been an integral part of the offensive staff at Angelo State since 2011 as a graduate assistant and promoted to assistant coach in 2012. He has worked with the wide receivers since 2011 and picked up recruiting coordinator duties in 2012.The Ram offense is coming off a record-setting season by leading the nation in total offense with 560.4 yards per game. 

Winning Season
ASU secured the program's 32nd winning season since 1964 with a 7-4 record last year. It was the first time the Rams have had winning seasons in back-to-back years since 2000-2001 under former head coach Jerry Vandergriff.

Head Coach
Will Wagner (Hardin-Simmons, '96) will begin his sixth season as head coach of the Rams. He is 34-31 in his six seasons at the helm of the Rams. The Odessa native helped Northwest Missouri State win three national championships as an assistant head coach and defensive backs coach.

417 and Counting
Angelo State has won a total of 417 football games since 1939. The following lists the coaches and record breakdown in Ram football history. 
 

Pete Sikes	1939-1949	41-23-5
Max Bumgardner	1950-1968	74-74-2
Grant Teaff	1969-1971	19-11
James Cameron	1972-1973	13-7
Jim Hess	1974-1981	65-23-3
Jerry Vandergriff	1982-2004	143-101-2
Dale Carr	2005-2010	28-36
Will Wagner	2012-Present	34-31

The Program
Angelo State won the NAIA National Championship in 1978 and has won three Lone Star Conference Championships (1978, 1984, 1987). The Rams have seen five NCAA D-II playoff appearances and produced 57 All-Americans. Angelo State has sent 11 student-athletes on to successful NFL careers, including Pierce Holt, who earned two Super Bowl rings with the San Francisco 49ers in 1988 and 1989. He was a two-time Pro Bowl selection and was inducted into the NCAA Division II Football Hall of Fame in 2000. Legendary Baylor head coach Grant Teaff coached at ASU, and has been inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame with Holt and former Ram tackle Rodney Cason.

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