Abilene Christian continued its perfect season with an amazing
93-68 win over West Texas A&M in second round action on
Saturday to advance to the NCAA Division II quarterfinals for the
first time in school history.
ACU (11-0) will host Northwest Missouri State at 12 p.m.,
Saturday, Nov. 29, in a rematch of the season-opener that the
Wildcats won, 44-27, in Maryville, Mo.
ACU and WT combined to break numerous records (complete list
below) in the offensive display. The Wildcats posted a Lone
Star Conference and school record 810 yards of total offense and
scored touchdowns on 13 of 15 possessions including seven scores by
Bernard Scott. The Buffaloes totaled 721 yards including 595
in the air as Keith Null threw seven touchdown passes and Charly
Martin caught five. The numbers broke marks held by several
players dating back to 1952.
WT's successful year concludes with an 11-2 overall record,
marking the third-consecutive 11-win season and fourth season of 10
or more wins.
LSC RECORDS
Team
Single-Game
Points scored - 93 Abilene Christian vs. West Texas
A&M (old record: 90 by West Texas A&M vs. New Mexico
Highlands, 2005)
Total Yards - 810 Abilene Christian vs. West
Texas A&M (old record: 792 by Stephen F. Austin vs. McMurry,
1969)
PATs -- 11, Abilene Christian vs. West Texas
A&M (ties record)
Passing Yards - 595 West Texas A&M vs.
Abilene Christian (old record: Abilene Christian vs. Angelo State,
1976)
Passing Touchdowns - 7, West Texas A&M vs.
Abilene Christian (ties record)
Touchdowns - 13, Abilene Christian vs. West Texas
A&M (old record: 12, 1952; 2005)
Individual
Single Game
Touchdowns - 7, Bernard Scott, Abilene Christian (5 rush,
2 receiving)
Points scored - 42, Bernard Scott, Abilene
Christian
PATs - 11, Matt Adams, Abilene Christian
PAT Attempts - 11, Matt Adams vs. West Texas
A&M
Passing Yards - 595 by Keith Null, West Texas
A&M vs. Abilene Christian, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 564 by
Jim Reese, Abilene Christian vs. Angelo State, 1976)
Touchdown Passes Thrown - 7 by Keith Null by West
Texas A&M vs. Abilene Christian, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 6
by several players dating back to 1952)
Receiving Yards - 323 by Charly Martin vs.
Abilene Christian, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 272 by Keith Miller,
West Texas A&M vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, 1990)
Receiving Touchdowns - 5 by Charly Martin, West
Texas A&M vs. Abilene Christian (old record: 4 by several
players dating back to 1977)
Total Yards - 595, Keith Null, West Texas A&M
vs. Abilene Christian, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 527, 2005)
Single-Season
Passing Yards - 5,097 by Keith Null, West Texas A&M,
2008 (old record: 4,134 by Keith Null, West Texas A&M, 2007)
Passing Touchdowns - 48, Keith Null, West Texas
A&M, 2008 (old record: 41, Null, 2007)
Receiving Yards - 1,867 yards by Charly Martin,
West Texas A&M, 2008 (old record: 1,469 yards by Dee Dee
Carter, Central Oklahoma, 2001)
Career
Receptions - 244, Charly Martin, West Texas A&M
(2004-08)
ACU RECORDS
Team
Single-Game
Points scored - 93 vs. West Texas A&M (old record: 81
vs. Daniel Baker, 1920)
Total Yards - 810 vs. West Texas A&M (old
record: 740 vs. Howard Payne, 1952)
PATs -- 13, Abilene Christian vs. West Texas
A&M (old record: 11 by West Texas A&M vs. N.M. Highlands,
2005)
PAT Attempts - 13, Abilene Christian vs. West
Texas A&M (old record: 11 by West Texas A&M vs. N.M.
Highlands, 2005)
Individual
Single Game
Touchdowns - 7, Bernard Scott (5 rush, 2 receiving)
Points scored - 42, Bernard Scott
PATs - 11, Matt Adams
PAT Attempts - 11, Matt Adams vs. West Texas
A&M
Individual
Career
Touchdown reception - 28, Johnny Knox (old record: 27,
Arthur Culpepper, 1983-86)
WT RECORDS
Individual
Single-game
Passing yards - 595, Keith Null vs. Abilene Christian,
2008
Single-Season
Receiving yards - 1,867, Charly Martin, 2008
Total Offense - 4,980, Keith Null,
2008
Touchdowns - 48, Keith Null, 2008
Passing Yards - 5,097, Keith Null, 2008
Career
Touchdowns - 92, Keith Null
Passing Yards - 9,749, Keith Null
NCAA RECORDS
Team
Single-Game
Most combined points in regulation - 161, Abilene
Christian (93) vs. West Texas A&M (68) (old record: 136, North
Park, Ill. (104) vs. North Central Ill. (32), Oct. 12, 1968)
Most combined yards - 1,531, Abilene Christian
(810) vs. West Texas A&M (721) (old record: 1,369 by Abilene
Christian (653) vs. Chadron State, Neb. (716), Nov. 23, 2007)
Average Yards Per Play - 14.5, Abilene Christian
vs. West Texas A&M, 56 plays for 810 yards (old record: 12.1,
Hanover vs. Franklin, Oct. 30, 1948 / 75 plays for 910 yards)
Combined Touchdowns - 22, Abilene Christian (13)
vs. West Texas A&M (9) (old record: 21, Abilene Christian (10)
vs. Chadron State, Neb. (11), Nov. 23, 2007)
Yards Per Rush - 13.8, Abilene Christian vs. West
Texas A&M (31 rushes for 427 yards) (old record: 11.2 per rush,
Wofford vs. Charleston Southern, Nov. 12, 1990 / 53 for 595)
NCAA DIVISION II PLAYOFF GAME RECORDS
Team
Single-Game
Points scored - 93, Abilene Christian (93) vs. West Texas
A&M (68), Nov. 22, 2008
First Downs By Passing - 25, West Texas A&M vs.
Abilene Christian, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 25 by Cal-Davis vs.
New Haven, Dec. 6, 1997)
Net Yards Passing - 595, West Texas A&M vs.
Abilene Christian, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 545 by Central
Arkansas vs. Presbyterian, Nov. 19, 2005)
Net Yards Rushing and Passing - 810, Abilene
Christian vs. West Texas A&M, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 716 by
Chadron State, Neb., vs. Abilene Christian, Nov. 23, 2007)
Most combined points in regulation - 161, Abilene
Christian (93) vs. West Texas A&M (68) (old record: 136, North
Park, Ill. (104) vs. North Central Ill. (32), Oct. 12, 1968)
Most combined yards - 1,531, Abilene Christian
(810) vs. West Texas A&M (721) (old record: 1,369 by Abilene
Christian (653) vs. Chadron State, Neb. (716), Nov. 23, 2007)
Individual
Single-Game
Rushing Touchdowns - 5 by Bernard Scott, Abilene
Christian vs. West Texas A&M, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 5 by
several players)
Net Yards Passing - 595 by Keith Null, West Texas
A&M vs. Abilene Christian, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 504 by
Marc Eddy, Bentley vs. Edinboro, Nov. 13, 2004)
Touchdown Passes - 7 by Keith Null, West Texas
A&M vs. Abilene Christian, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 6 by
several players, including Billy Malone, Abilene Christian vs. West
Texas A&M, Nov. 22, 2008)
Net Yards Rushing and Passing - 582 by Keith
Null, West Texas A&M vs. Abilene Christian, Nov. 22, 2008 (old
record: 559 by Chad Friehauf, Colorado School of Mines vs.
Midwestern State, Nov. 13, 2004)
Receptions - 14 by Charly Martin, West Texas
A&M vs. Abilene Christian (old record: 14 by Don Hutt, Boise
State vs. Louisiana Tech, Dec. 8, 1973; Dallas Mall, Bentley vs.
Grand Valley State, Nov. 22, 2003)
Net Yards Receiving - 323 by Charly Martin, West
Texas A&M vs. Abilene Christian (old record: 270 by David
Kircus, Grand Valley State vs. Valdosta State, Dec. 14, 2002)
Touchdown Receptions -- 5 by Charly Martin vs.
Abilene Christian, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 4 by several
players)
Points Scored - 42 by Bernard Scott,
Abilene Christian vs. West Texas A&M, Nov. 22, 2008 (old
record: 36 by Bernard Scott, Abilene Christian vs. Chadron State,
Neb., Nov. 23, 2007)
Touchdowns Scored - 7 by Bernard Scott, Abilene
Christian vs. West Texas A&M, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 6 by
Bernard Scott, Abilene Christian vs. Chadron State, Neb., Nov. 23,
2007)
Extra Points - 11 by Matt Adams, Abilene
Christian vs. West Texas A&M, Nov. 22, 2008 (old record: 10 by
several players)