2010 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team

2010 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football
2010 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football
NCAA Division II First Round, L 35–55 vs. Central Missouri
Conference	Lone Star Conference
	South Division
Ranking
AFCA	No. 18
Record	8–4 (8–2 LSC)
Head coach	Don Carthel (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Nesbitt (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Colby Carthel (5th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium

2010 Lone Star Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
North
Northeastern State	6	–	4	6	–	5
East Central	5	–	5	5	–	6
Eastern New Mexico †	4	–	6	5	–	6
SE Oklahoma State	3	–	7	3	–	8
SW Oklahoma State	3	–	7	3	–	8
Central Oklahoma	2	–	8	2	–	9
Texas A&M–Commerce	2	–	8	3	–	8
South
No. 8 Abilene Christian $^	10	–	0	11	–	1
No. 9 Texas A&M–Kingsville ^	9	–	1	10	–	2
No. 18 ^	8	–	2	8	–	4
Midwestern State #	7	–	3	8	–	4
Angelo State	5	–	5	5	–	5
Tarleton State	3	–	7	3	–	8
Incarnate Word	3	–	7	3	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant † – Eastern New Mexico vacated all five wins. # – Kanza Bowl participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2010 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team represented West Texas A&M University during the 2010 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). The Buffaloes were led by sixth-year head coach Don Carthel and played their home games at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium in Canyon, Texas.

The Buffs finished the regular season with an overall record of 8–3. In LSC play, the team went 8–2 to finish third in the conference's South Division. West Texas received a bid for the NCAA Division II playoffs, losing 35–55 to Central Missouri in the first round.^[2]

Offseason

Coaching changes

Offensive coordinator Scott Parr was hired as the offensive quality control coach at Texas Tech by the Red Raiders' new head coach Tommy Tuberville.^[3] Quarterbacks coach Mike Nesbitt was promoted to be the Buffaloes' new offensive coordinator.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Grand Valley State*	No. 8	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	L 31–34	13,128
September 11	6:00 p.m.	at SW Oklahoma State	No. 9	Milam Stadium Weatherford, OK	W 77–14
September 18	6:00 p.m.	SE Oklahoma State	No. 9	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	W 41–17
September 25	6:00 p.m.	at Angelo State	No. 9	San Angelo Stadium San Angelo, TX	W 37–27
October 2	12:00 p.m.	at Northeastern State	No. 9	Doc Wadley Stadium Tahlequah, OK	W 34–22
October 9	6:00 p.m.	Tarleton State	No. 7	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	W 48–17
October 16	7:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Texas A&M–Kingsville	No. 7	Javelina Stadium Kingsville, TX	L 24–28
October 30	2:00 p.m.	at Incarnate Word	No. 14	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	W 49–10	2,679
November 6	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Abilene Christian	No. 14	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	L 34–41	13,827
November 13	1:00 p.m.	East Central	No. 19	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	W 52–21
November 20	1:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Central Missouri*	No. 14	Audrey J. Walton Stadium Warrensburg, MO (NCAA Division II First Round)	L 35–55
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
AFCA	11	8	9	9	9	9	7	7	17	14	14	19	14	18

Game summaries

At No. 2 Grand Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Buffaloes	0	17	7	7	31
No. 2 Lakers	10	3	3	18	34

Statistics	WTAMU	GVSU
First downs	26	22
Total yards	567	475
Rushing yards	146	180
Passing yards	421	295
Turnovers	5	0
Time of possession	27:00	33:00

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	37/53, 421 yards, 2 TD, 4 INT
	Rushing	Tommy Hampton	5 rushes, 99 yards, TD
	Receiving	Tyson Williams	14 receptions, 182 yards
Grand Valley State	Passing	Kyle McMahon	17/32, 295 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Justin Sherrod	14 rushes, 73 yards, TD
	Receiving	Jovonne Augustus	3 receptions, 107 yards, TD

Southeastern Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Savage Storm	0	14	0	3	17
No. 9 Buffaloes	10	24	7	0	41

Statistics	SOSU	WTAMU
First downs	21	29
Total yards	335	656
Rushing yards	97	80
Passing yards	238	576
Turnovers	3	3
Time of possession	33:55	26:05

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
SE Oklahoma State	Passing	Logan Turner	17/42, 238 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Baylen Laury	20 rushes, 102 yards
	Receiving	Robbie Morris	3 receptions, 51 yards, TD
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	35/53, 562 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	9 rushes, 49 yards
	Receiving	Tyson Williams	13 receptions, 217 yards, TD

At Angelo State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Buffaloes	16	21	0	0	37
Rams	13	0	7	7	27

Statistics	WTAMU	ASU
First downs	31	13
Total yards	532	311
Rushing yards	202	201
Passing yards	330	110
Turnovers	3	2
Time of possession	34:37	25:23

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	29/55, 320 yards, 3 INT
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	20 rushes, 127 yards, TD
	Receiving	Stephen Burton	7 receptions, 94 yards
Angelo State	Passing	Josh Neiswander	14/34, 110 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Tristan Carter	13 rushes, 129 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Nevin Gardiner	3 receptions, 37 yards

No. 13 Midwestern State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Mustangs	3	0	12	14	29
No. 17 Buffaloes	7	14	14	7	42

Statistics	MSU	WTAMU
First downs	23	27
Total yards	363	447
Rushing yards	157	37
Passing yards	206	410
Turnovers	5	3
Time of possession	30:12	29:48

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Midwestern State	Passing	Zack Eskridge	20/43, 206 yards, 3 TD, 4 INT
	Rushing	Keidrick Jackson	12 rushes, 77 yards
	Receiving	Jared Freeman	6 receptions, 70 yards
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	41/60, 410 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	9 rushes, 38 yards
	Receiving	Stephen Burton	7 receptions, 139 yards, TD

At Incarnate Word

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Buffaloes	21	14	14	0	49
Cardinals	0	0	3	7	10

Statistics	WTAMU	UIW
First downs	19	14
Total yards	412	259
Rushing yards	165	133
Passing yards	247	126
Turnovers	0	3
Time of possession	28:04	31:56

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	21/34, 238 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	7 rushes, 60 yards
	Receiving	Tyson Williams	4 receptions, 75 yards, 2 TD
Incarnate Word	Passing	Paden Lynch	18/31, 126 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Paden Lynch	12 rushes, 84 yards
	Receiving	Andrew Mocio	4 receptions, 48 yards

No. 2 Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Wildcats	3	3	14	21	41
No. 14 Buffaloes	7	7	13	7	34

Statistics	ACU	WTAMU
First downs	27	30
Total yards	527	484
Rushing yards	231	38
Passing yards	296	446
Turnovers	1	4
Time of possession	33:30	26:30

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Abilene Christian	Passing	Mitchell Gale	22/36, 296 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Daryl Richardson	19 rushes, 98 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Edmond Gates	4 receptions, 96 yards, TD
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	39/60, 446 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	8 rushes, 23 yards
	Receiving	Tyson Williams	13 receptions, 171 yards, 2 TD

East Central

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	14	7	21
No. 19 Buffaloes	14	14	10	14	52

Statistics	ECU	WTAMU
First downs	17	33
Total yards	297	735
Rushing yards	50	130
Passing yards	247	605
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	27:42	32:18

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
East Central	Passing	Tyler Vanderzee	18/34, 207 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Justin Todd	9 rushes, 29 yards
	Receiving	Cleotha Euwins	4 receptions, 94 yards, 2 TD
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	43/65, 572 yards, 5 TD
	Rushing	Kelvin Thompson	10 rushes, 76 yards
	Receiving	Tyson Williams	12 receptions, 203 yards

At No. 8 Central Missouri (NCAA Division II First Round)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Buffaloes	0	7	14	14	35
No. 8 Mules	21	14	20	0	55

Statistics	WTAMU	UCM
First downs	28	27
Total yards	527	512
Rushing yards	32	144
Passing yards	495	368
Turnovers	3	1
Time of possession	24:53	35:07

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Taylor Harris	35/66, 495 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	Tevin Mitchell	2 rushes, 19 yards
	Receiving	Brittan Golden	8 receptions, 194 yards, 2 TD
Central Missouri	Passing	Eric Czerniewski	33/42, 368 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Anthony Stewart	15 rushes, 112 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Anthony Stewart	10 receptions, 131 yards, TD

Personnel

2010 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`2`	Tyson Williams	Jr
RB	`5`	Kelvin Thompson	Sr
WR	`9`	Brittan Golden	Jr
WR	`10`	Myron Dillard	Jr
WR	`11`	Stephen Burton	Sr
QB	`12`	Taylor Harris	Sr
QB	`14`	Dustin Vaughan	Fr
QB	`16`	Tanner Marsh	So
WR	`17`	Lance Ratliff	Fr
WR	`19`	Ray Magee	Jr
WR	`23`	Jeremy Watson	So
RB	`24`	Tommy Hampton	Jr
WR	`25`	Nate Slaughter	Fr
WR	`27`	Aarrhon Flores	So
QB	`31`	David Lehocky	Fr
TE	`34`	Kendrick Cutsinger	Jr
WR	`37`	Alex Reyes	Fr
RB	`42`	Jay Tillman	So
RB	`45`	Tevin Mitchell	So
OL	`53`	Isaiah Lewis	Sr
OL	`55`	Aaron Mullane	So
OL	`60`	Hector Rodriguez	Jr
OL	`61`	Frank Arriola	Jr
OL	`62`	Daric Gorton	Fr
OL	`63`	Justin Brown Jr.	Jr
OL	`64`	Craig Watts	Fr
OL	`65`	Robert Clancy	Fr
OL	`68`	Marc Waller	Fr
OL	`69`	Jordan Nichols	Fr
OL	`70`	Shawn Johnson	Jr
OL	`71`	Michael Zoch	Jr
OL	`72`	Chase Farmer	Fr
OL	`73`	David Grant	Jr
OL	`74`	Emory Atterberry	Fr
OL	`76`	Dan Sherwood	Sr
OL	`77`	Kyle Nicholson	Fr
OL	`78`	Shaun Wesley	So
TE	`80`	Landon Forga	So
WR	`81`	Sidney Parker	Fr
WR	`82`	Trevor Hammargren	Fr
WR	`84`	Torrence Allen	Fr
WR	`86`	Tanner Dennis	Fr
QB	`87`	Zach Richter	Fr
WR	`89`	Keith'n Robinson	Sr
WR	`89`	John Simpson	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Jordan Smith	So
DB	`3`	Caleb Randolph	Jr
DE	`4`	Tae Evans	Sr
LB	`6`	Glen Stanley	Jr
DB	`7`	Lawrence Hood	Sr
DB	`18`	Tarin Lee	Fr
OLB	`19`	Bryan Johnson	Jr
LB	`20`	Anthony Scott	Sr
DB	`21`	Maurice Caldwell	Jr
DB	`22`	Curtis Slater	So
DB	`26`	John McSheffrey	Fr
DL	`28`	Simi Kuli	Jr
DB	`29`	Thaddeus McCray	Fr
DB	`30`	Kendrick Geyen	Fr
ILB	`32`	Taylor McCuller	Fr
DL	`33`	Derrick Peoples	Jr
DB	`36`	Dwight Morrison	Fr
DB	`38`	Curtis Jefferson	Jr
LB	`39`	Brandon Boyd	Fr
LB	`40`	Chris Olson	Fr
DB	`43`	Shad Baichtal	Sr
ILB	`44`	Steve Smith	Sr
ILB	`46`	Kyle Voss	So
DB	`48`	Mark Okoro	So
LB	`49`	D. J. Ross	Jr
ILB	`50`	Kevin McCluskey	So
ILB	`51`	Drew Graham	Jr
OLB	`52`	Zane Farris	Jr
LB	`54`	James Smith	Jr
LB	`57`	Victor Cuero	So
DL	`58`	Levi Sparks	So
LB	`59`	Ronnie Hodges	Fr
DL	`66`	David Christmas	Fr
LB	`67`	Hayden Rybiski	Fr
DL	`75`	Tony Scott	Fr
DB	`83`	Steven Wright	Fr
DL	`90`	Kyle Thomas	Sr
DL	`91`	Dishon Robertson	Jr
DL	`92`	Terrance Harris	So
DL	`93`	Aaron Wampler	So
DL	`94`	Justin Williams	Jr
DL	`95`	William Thornton	Fr
DL	`96`	Rashad Sanders	Jr
DL	`97`	Servell Dandridge	So
DL	`98`	Drew Jones	Jr
DL	`99`	Jonathan Hatton	Jr
DL		Jacob Davis	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P, K	`13`	Kevin Vanvoris	Fr
P, K	`15`	Todd Phillips	So
P, K	`41`	Sergio Castillo	Fr
P	`88`	Tim Cowdrey	Sr

Head coach

Don Carthel

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Billy Best
Associate head coach/offensive line
Mike Nesbitt
Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
Colby Carthel
Defensive coordinator/inside linebackers
Nick Paremski
Secondary
Joel Hinton
Inside receivers
Jarrod Hinton
Outside linebackers
Matt Landers
Assistant inside linebackers
Brandon Romero
Defensive line
Jared May
Outside receivers
Brett Watson
Defensive line
Devario Dorsey
Assistant offensive line
Sarah Ramey
Strength and conditioning

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 11, 2024

References

^ "2010 West Texas A&M Buffs Football Media Guide by West Texas A&M Athletics". September 12, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
^ "LSC Football Recap: WTAMU falls in first round". Lone Star Conference. November 20, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
^ Giese, Nathan (December 13, 2021). "Plainview native Parr joining Cumbie at Louisiana Tech". My Plainview. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
^ "West Texas A&M Spring Football Capsule". Amarillo Globe-News. April 4, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
^ "2010 Football Schedule". Retrieved October 10, 2024.

[2010_media_guide-1] "2010 West Texas A&M Buffs Football Media Guide by West Texas A&M Athletics". September 12, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

[2] "LSC Football Recap: WTAMU falls in first round". Lone Star Conference. November 20, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

[3] Giese, Nathan (December 13, 2021). "Plainview native Parr joining Cumbie at Louisiana Tech". My Plainview. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

[4] "West Texas A&M Spring Football Capsule". Amarillo Globe-News. April 4, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

[5] "2010 Football Schedule". Retrieved October 10, 2024.

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