McNeese Cowboys

5-7

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McNeese Cowboys beat the Lamar Cardinals

5-7 21 – 19

Ranked #10 · 8-4

Final · Sat, Nov 22

Game Details

Provost Umphrey Stadium (Beaumont) · 13,674 fans · ESPN+

Recap

McNeese stops two-point conversion try, hands Lamar potentially damaging loss

Phillip Bradford returned an interception 21 yards for a key fourth-quarter score, the McNeese defense stopped a 2-point conversion attempt to preserve a two-point lead, and the Cowboys defeated Lamar 21-19 on Saturday.

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MCN	0	7	0	14	21
LAM	7	0	6	6	19

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Game Leaders

McNeese Cowboys

Devin Lippold · 11/23, 69 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Coleby Hamm · 16 CAR, 131 YDSRushing Yards
Reed Boyd · 2 REC, 35 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Landon Barrett · 10Tackles

Lamar Cardinals

Aiden McCown · 8/23, 135 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INTPassing Yards
Xavier Coleman · 15 CAR, 141 YDSRushing Yards
Nyir Jones · 1 REC, 50 YDSReceiving Yards
Royce Maloles · 1.5Sacks
Kristian Pugh · 11Tackles

2026 Southland Conference Standings

Team
Stephen F. Austin
Lamar
Houston Christian
East Texas A&M
SE Louisiana
Incarnate Word
Nicholls
UT Rio Grande Valley
McNeese
Northwestern State

Scoring

Q4 5:41

TD LaDamian McDowell 9 Yd Run (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed)21–19

Q4 8:57

TD Phillip Bradford 21 Yd Interception Return (Fabrizio Pinton Kick)21–13

Q4 9:17

TD Reed Boyd 5 Yd pass from Devin Lippold (Fabrizio Pinton Kick)14–13

Q3 5:08

FG Ben Woodard 26 Yd Field Goal 7–13

Q3 11:44

FG Ben Woodard 25 Yd Field Goal 7–10

Q2 6:55

TD Devin Lippold 8 Yd Run (Fabrizio Pinton Kick)7–7

Q1 10:36

TD Izaha Jones 7 Yd pass from Aiden McCown (Ben Woodard Kick)0–7

Team Stats

McNeese CowboysLamar Cardinals

Offense

362 Total Yards 416

101 Passing Yards 135

261 Rushing Yards 281

20 First Downs 20

Efficiency

7-16 3rd Down 3-12

1-2 4th Down 0-1

13/26 Completions 8/23

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 2

4-45 Penalties 9-58

30:41 Possession 29:19

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Devin Lippold	11/23	69	3.0	1	1
Alex Flores	2/3	32	10.7	0	0
Team	13/26	101	3.9	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Coleby Hamm	16	131	8.2	0	50
Tre'Vonte Citizen	10	56	5.6	0	15
Devin Lippold	12	40	3.3	1	10
Bryce Strong	3	20	6.7	0	11
Kameran Senegal	1	15	15.0	0	15
Alex Flores	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Team	44	261	5.9	1	50

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Reed Boyd	2	35	17.5	1	30
Logan Mauldin	4	23	5.8	0	8
Curtis Deville	2	20	10.0	0	18
Makhi Paris	2	19	9.5	0	11
Trey Echols	1	10	10.0	0	10
Jessie Campbell III	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Kameran Senegal	1	-4	-4.0	0	0
Team	13	101	7.8	1	30

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Kameran Senegal	1	0	0
Alex Flores	1	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Phillip Bradford	1	21	1
Shoes Brinkley	1	7	0
Team	2	28	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Kameran Senegal	2	45	22.5	27	0
Team	2	45	22.5	27	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Matthew McCallister	2	8	4.0	8	0
Team	2	8	4.0	8	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Fabrizio Pinton	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3
Team	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Fabrizio Pinton	6	260	43.3	0	4	53
Team	6	260	43.3	0	4	53

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Aiden McCown	8/23	135	5.9	1	2
Team	8/23	135	5.9	1	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Xavier Coleman	15	141	9.4	0	38
LaDamion McDowell	10	93	9.3	1	30
Major Bowden	1	17	17.0	0	17
Omarion Rasberry	5	14	2.8	0	5
Josh Robinson	5	11	2.2	0	5
Aiden McCown	5	5	1.0	0	10
Team	41	281	6.9	1	38

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nyir Jones	1	50	50.0	0	50
JaCorey Hyder	2	36	18.0	0	21
Izaha Jones	3	31	10.3	1	16
Jaydn Girard	1	9	9.0	0	9
Major Bowden	1	9	9.0	0	9
Team	8	135	16.9	1	50

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Aiden McCown	1	0
Josh Robinson	1	0
Javen Sanchez	0	1
Team	2	0

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Kristian Pugh	1	35	0
Team	1	35	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Brit Simmons	1	23	23.0	23
De'Kelvion Beamon	1	19	19.0	19
Team	2	42	21.0	23

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Kyndon Fuselier	3	-1	-0.3	2	0
Team	3	-1	-0.3	2	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ben Woodard	2/2	100.0	26	1/1	7
Team	2/2	100.0	26	1/1	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Mason Stallons	5	211	42.2	1	0	53
Kye Walford	1	33	33.0	0	1	33
Team	6	244	40.7	1	1	53

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