2022 Northwestern State Demons football team

2022 Northwestern State Demons football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	4–7 (4–2 Southland)
Head coach	Brad Laird (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Beau Blair (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Weston Glaser (1st season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Harry Turpin Stadium
Seasons ←  2021 2023  →

2022 Southland Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 12 Southeastern Louisiana +^		5	–	1					9	–	4
No. 3 Incarnate Word +^		5	–	1					12	–	2
Northwestern State		4	–	2					4	–	7
Nicholls		3	–	3					3	–	8
Texas A&M–Commerce *		3	–	3					5	–	6
McNeese		2	–	4					4	–	7
Houston Christian		1	–	5					2	–	9
Lamar		1	–	5					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Texas A&M–Commerce ineligible for FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Northwestern State Demons football team represented Northwestern State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Brad Laird, the Demons played their home games at Harry Turpin Stadium in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 20, 2022. The Demons were picked to finish fifth in the conference. ^[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Southeastern Louisiana	90 (7)
2	Incarnate Word	86 (7)
3	Nicholls	79 (2)
4	McNeese State	61
5	Northwestern State	44
6	Texas A&M–Commerce	39
7	Lamar	25
8	Houston Christian	24

Preseason All–Southland Teams

The Southland Conference announced the 2022 preseason all-conference football team selections on July 13, 2022. Northwestern State had a total of 5 players selected. ^[2]

Offense 2nd Team Scooter Adams – Running Back, RS-JR

Defense 1st Team Shemar Bartholomew – Defensive Back, SR PJ Herrington – Defensive Back, SR 2nd Team Isaiah Longino – Defensive Lineman, SR Jomard Valsin – Defensive Lineman, SR

Schedule

Northwestern State finalized their 2022 schedule on January 17, 2022. ^{[3] [4]}

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Montana *	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	ESPN+	L 0–47	24,096
September 10	6:00 p.m.	vs. Grambling State *	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA		L 21–47	12,591
September 17	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss *	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN3	L 10–64	26,202
September 24	3:35 pm	Lamar	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	ESPN+	W 35–27	4,371
October 1	3:30 p.m.	Nicholls	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA (NSU Challenge)	ESPN+	W 36–33	3,883
October 8	2:00 p.m.	at Eastern Illinois *	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	L 27–35	3,153
October 15	6:00 p.m.	at Houston Christian	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN+	W 37–10	1,963
October 22	1:00 p.m.	No. 16 Southeast Missouri State *	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	ESPN+	L 16–51	4,326
November 5	2:00 p.m.	at Texas A&M–Commerce	Memorial Stadium Commerce, TX	ESPN+	W 41–14	3,814
November 12	6:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 7–23	5,019
November 19	1:00 p.m.	No. 5 Incarnate Word	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	ESPN+	L 7–66	3,142
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

At No. 3 Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	0	0	0	0	0
No. 3 Grizzles	13	13	7	14	47

See also: 2022 Montana Grizzlies football team

Vs. Grambling State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	7	0	7	7	21
Tigers	14	27	6	0	47

See also: 2022 Grambling State Tigers football team

At Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	0	0	10	0	10
Golden Eagles	13	28	16	7	64

See also: 2022 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

Lamar

See also: 2022 Lamar Cardinals football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	10	0	3	14	27
Demons	0	21	14	0	35

Statistics

Statistics	Lamar	Northwestern State
First downs	24	20
Total yards	394	545
Rushing yards	92	179
Passing yards	302	366
Turnovers	1	2
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Lamar	Passing	Nick Yockney	19/39-1; 255 total yards; longest - 49 yards
	Rushing	Damashja Harris	11 attempts; 41 total yards; 13 long
	Receiving	Sevonne Rhea	2 receptions; 64 total yards; 41 long
Northwestern State	Passing	Zachary Clement	28/49-1; 366 total yards; 80 long
	Rushing	Kenneth Lacy	4 attempts; 83 yards; 55 long; 1 TD
	Receiving	Javon Antonio	9 receptions; 127 total yards; 49 long; 2 TDs

Nicholls

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	7	17	3	6	33
Demons	0	14	7	15	36

See also: 2022 Nicholls Colonels football team and NSU Challenge

At Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	7	0	7	13	27
Panthers	21	14	0	0	35

See also: 2022 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

At Houston Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	24	0	0	13	37
Huskies	0	0	10	0	10

See also: 2022 Houston Christian Huskies football team

No. 16 Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Redhawks	23	14	14	0	51
Demons	3	0	13	0	16

See also: 2022 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

At Texas A&M-Commerce

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	14	7	13	7	41
Lions	0	14	0	0	14

See also: 2022 Texas A&M-Commerce Lions football team

At No. 25 Southeastern Louisiana

See also: 2022 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

Northwestern State Demons at Southeastern Louisiana Lions

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	0	0	7	0	7
Lions	7	16	0	0	23

at Strawberry Stadium, Hammond, LA

• Date: November 12
• Game time: 4:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Cloudy
• Game attendance: 5,019
• Referee: Craig Heiser
• TV: ESPN3

No. 5 Incarnate Word

See also: 2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Northwestern State Demons

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Cardinals	14	17	21	14	66
Demons	7	0	0	0	7

at Harry Turpin Stadium, Natchitoches, LA

• Date: November 19
• Game time: 1:05 p.m.
• Game weather: Temperature: 47 • Wind: S 5 mph • Weather: Cloudy
• Game attendance: 3,142
• Referee: Gary Leeper
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Patrick Netherton (play-by-play), Gary Reasons (analyst), and Tyler Moody (sideline)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter NSU – 9:59 LC Greenwood 1 yard pass from Zachary Clement, Eddie Godina kick NSU 7–0 Drive 12 plays, 75 yards, 5:01 UIW – 6:19 Darion Chafin 10 yard pass from Lindsey Scott Jr., Carson Mohr kick Tied 7–7 Drive 10 plays, 66 yards, 3:34 UIW – 0:11 Taylor Grimes 16 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick UIW 14–7 Drive 8 plays, 80 yards, 2:42 Second Quarter UIW – 8:40 Lindsey Scott, Jr. 18 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 21–7 Drive 6 plays, 45 yards, 1:17 UIW – 4:24 Jaelin Campbell 4 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick UIW 28–7 Drive 6 plays, 65 yards, 1:40 UIW – 0:00 Carson Mohr 31 yard field goal UIW 31–7 Drive 3 plays, 44 yards, 0:18 Third Quarter UIW – 14:18 Darion Chafin 51 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick UIW 38–7 Drive 3 plays, 63 yards, 0:37 UIW – 7:07 Marcus Cooper 67 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 45–7 Drive 2 plays, 90 yards, 0:41 UIW – 2:46 Darion Chafin 48 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick UIW 52–7 Drive 5 plays, 71 yards, 1:11 Fourth Quarter UIW – 14:46 Marcus Cooper 78 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 59–7 Drive 2 plays, 79 yards, 0:21 UIW – 8:04 Jarrell Wiley 39 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 66–7 Drive 5 plays, 74 yards, 1:30 Passing UIW – Lindsey Scott Jr. 24/36, 382 YDS, 5 TD NSU – Zachary Clement 28/25, 239 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing UIW – Marcus Cooper 20 ATT, 254 YDS, 2 TD NSU – Jordan Banks 17 ATT, 39 YDS Receiving UIW – Darion Chafin 6 REC, 143 YDS, 3 TD NSU – Zach Patterson 8 REC, 64 YDS

Personnel

2022 Northwestern State Demons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Javon Antonio  Jr QB 2 Kaleb Fletcher Sr WR 3 LC Greenwood Sr WR 4 Ke’Nard King So WR 5 Jaren Mitchell Jr RB 6 Scooter Adams  Jr WR 7 Kareame Cotton Jr.  Fr RB 8 Garrison Johnson Jr WR 9 Andy Pierre-Antoine Sr WR 10 Zach Patterson Jr WR 11 Jaheim Walters  Fr QB 13 Zachary Clement So QB 15 Miles Fallin Sr QB 16 Chance Newman Jr WR 17 Jamel Thomas Sr QB 18 Gabe Smith Fr QB 19 B J Higgins Fr WR 20 Hogan Wasson Fr RB 21 Kolbe Burrell So RB 25 London Williams Fr RB 28 Kennieth Lacy So WR 30 Micah Jernigan So RB 35 SirMichael Veasley So WR 39 Ian Bell  Fr RB 42 Jay Sturgis  Fr TE 43 Jaylon Glosson  Fr OL 50 Cameron Vaughn So OL 51 Teeshaun Turpin Sr OL 53 Landon Blubaugh  Fr OL 56 Matt Mabry Jr OL 57 Riley Birdwell  Fr OL 58 Coby James  Fr OL 64 Brody Heard  Fr OL 65 Brayden Staggs So OL 66 D'Andre Richard So OL 67 Jordan Cooper So OL 68 Kaden Garcia Fr OL 69 Ryan Lira Fr OL 70 Alyzcha Ulufale-Hentz Jr OL 71 Stevie Ballard So OL 72 Rod Chaney Jr OL 75 Jordan McClaine  Fr OL 77 Joey Milburn Sr WR 81 T.J. Johnson Fr TE 82 Monte Johnson  Fr WR 83 Drake Beck Sr TE 84 Travon Jones Fr WR 85 Christian Thomas Fr WR 86 Duce Hart Fr WR 87 Caleb LaBoy Sr WR 88 Stanley King So WR 89 Dane Wallace  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 0 Jomard Valsin Sr S 1 Keenan Leachman Jr S 2 PJ Herrington Sr CB 3 Shemar Bartholomew Sr CB 4 Cedric Anderson Jr LB 5 Josh Clarke Sr LB 6 Jordan Banks Fr CB 7 William Hooper Sr LB 10 Dez Williams So S 11 Jacob Washington Jr CB 13 AJ Burns  Fr S 14 Cadillac Rhone  Fr CB 15 Ty Hall So S 17 DJ Johnson Fr CB 18 Dante Thomas Fr LB 19 Kwame Sarkodie Jr S 20 Kevin Davis Jr. So LB 21 Jared Pedraza So S 22 Jabari Reddock Sr S 23 Ronnie Caldwell So S 24 Tay Coleman So S 25 Isaiah Robinson So LB 26 Christian Hawkins Fr S 27 Antwon Fegans Fr S 29 Trey Williams Sr DE 30 Miles Dickens Jr LB 31 Matthew Broad So S 32 Ara Rauls III So DE 33 Isaiah Longino Sr LB 35 Ja’Quel Mack Fr DL 36 Christian Thomas Fr CB 38 Daniel Dufour Fr LB 40 Tory Morgan Fr LB 42 Jaeden Ward Jr LB 43 Kyren Brown So LB 45 Danny Sears Fr DE 48 John Daigle So LB 49 Race Moser Sr DT 50 Koruth Wilson Fr LB 51 Chad Gooden Jr. Fr DL 54 Kendal Harmon  Fr DT 55 JaQuon Lott Jr DT 59 Maurice Campbell II Jr DL 91 Kevondre Burton Fr DL 93 Ray Gibson So DL 95 Johnny Mitchell  Fr DL 96 JaBralen Yarber Jr DT 99 Donovan Green So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K, P 9 Eddie Godina Sr K, P 46 Scotty Roblow So LS 47 Andrew Barnhill Fr LS 55 Sawyer Benson Fr	Head coach Brad Laird (Northwestern State) Coordinators/assistant coaches De'Von Lockett (Bethel (TN)) Defensive backs Beau Blair (Stephen F. Austin) Offensive line Weston Glaser (Sam Houston State) Defensive coordinator Manny Harris (Texas–San Antonio) Wide receivers Jordan Hopkins (Lamar) Defensive line Josh Jones (Arkansas Tech) Safeties Kyle Washington (Angelo State) Quarterbacks Peyton Cox (Mississippi) Tight ends Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. "SOUTHEASTERN VOTED TO TOP SPOT IN SOUTHLAND FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL". Southland Conference. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
2. "Southland Announces 2022 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
3. Jason Pugh (January 17, 2022). "... Northwestern State's 2022 football schedule". Crescent City Sports. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
4. Kevin Kelley (January 17, 2022). "Northwestern State announces 2022 football schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved June 15, 2022.