The Southland Conference released their preseason poll in July 2021. The Cowboys were picked to finish fourth in the conference.[1] In addition, six Cowboys were chosen to the Preseason All-Southland Team.[2]
^"Southeastern Voted to Top Spot in 2021 Football Preseason Poll". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
^"Southland Announces 2021 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
^"McNeese Cowboys Schedule 2021". ESPN. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
^"2021 Football Schedule". McNeese State University Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
December 15, 2023
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The 2021 McNeese State Cowboys football team represented McNeese State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season Led by Frank Wilson in his second and final season as head coach the Cowboys compiled an overall record of 4 7 with a mark of 3 5 in conference play tying for fourth place in the Southland McNeese State played home games at Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles Louisiana 2021 McNeese State Cowboys footballConferenceSouthland ConferenceRecord4 7 3 5 Southland Head coachFrank Wilson 2nd season Offensive coordinatorRonnie Letson 2nd season Defensive coordinatorDeron Wilson 1st season Home stadiumCowboy StadiumSeasons 20202022 2021 Southland Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L No 12 Incarnate Word 7 1 10 3 No 15 Southeastern Louisiana 6 2 9 4 Nicholls 5 3 6 5 McNeese State 3 5 4 7 Northwestern State 3 5 3 8 Houston Baptist 0 8 0 11 Conference champion FCS playoff participant Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctionsRankings from STATS Poll Contents 1 Preseason 1 1 Preseason poll 1 2 Preseason All Southland Teams 2 Schedule 3 Game summaries 3 1 West Florida 3 2 At LSU 3 3 At Southern 3 4 At Incarnate Word 3 5 No 14 Southeastern Louisiana 3 6 At Northwestern State 3 7 No 16 Incarnate Word 3 8 At No 8 Southeastern Louisiana 3 9 Nicholls 3 10 At Houston Baptist 3 11 Northwestern State 4 Personnel 5 ReferencesPreseason editPreseason poll edit The Southland Conference released their preseason poll in July 2021 The Cowboys were picked to finish fourth in the conference 1 In addition six Cowboys were chosen to the Preseason All Southland Team 2 Predicted finish Team Votes 1st place 1 Southeastern Louisiana 48 8 2 Nicholls 43 4 3 Incarnate Word 324 McNeese State 265 Northwestern State 216 Houston Baptist 10Preseason All Southland Teams edit Offense2nd Team Josh Matthews Wide Receiver SR Defense1st Team Isaiah Chambers Defensive Lineman SR Mason Kinsey Defensive Lineman RS JR Andre Sam Defensive Back SR2nd Team Chris Joyce Defensive Back JR Mason Pierce Punt Returner RS SOSchedule editDateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 412 00 p m West Florida Cowboy StadiumLake Charles LACST ESPN L 36 428 665September 117 00 p m at LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LASECN ESPN L 7 3494 220September 186 00 p m at Southern Ace W Mumford StadiumBaton Rouge LAESPN W 31 2415 003September 2512 00 p m at Incarnate WordGayle and Tom Benson StadiumSan Antonio TXESPN L 0 311 633October 212 00 p m No 14 Southeastern LouisianaCowboy StadiumLake Charles LACST ESPN L 35 386 044October 163 00 p m at Northwestern StateHarry Turpin StadiumNatchitoches LA rivalry CST ESPN W 35 177 413October 2312 00 p m No 16 Incarnate Word nbsp Cowboy StadiumLake Charles LAESPN W 28 207 498October 306 00 p m at No 8 Southeastern LouisianaStrawberry StadiumHammond LAESPN L 20 234 185November 612 00 p m NichollsCowboy StadiumLake Charles LACST ESPN L 14 248 898November 132 00 p m at Houston BaptistHusky StadiumHouston TXESPN W 44 32 325November 2012 00 p m Northwestern StateCowboy StadiumLake Charles LA rivalry ESPN L 20 248 412 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time 3 4 Game summaries editWest Florida edit West Florida at McNeese State 1 234Total Argonauts 7 14714 42Cowboys 7 9614 36Date September 4 2021Location Cowboys StadiumLake Charles LAGame start 12 00 p m CDTElapsed time 3 45Game attendance 8 665Game weather 88 F 31 C Weather Partly Cloudy Wind 7 WReferee Gary LeeperTV announcers CST ESPN Scoring summary1234See also 2021 West Florida Argonauts football team Pregame line Over under Statistics West Florida McNeese StateFirst downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsWest Florida Passing Rushing Receiving McNeese State Passing Rushing Receiving At LSU edit McNeese State at Louisiana State 1 234TotalCowboys 0 007 7 Tigers 7 10710 34Date September 11 2021Location Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LAGame start 7 00 p m CDTElapsed time 4 03Game attendance 94 220Game weather 83 F 28 C Weather Sunny Wind SE 6mphReferee Marc CurlesTV announcers SECN ESPN Scoring summary1234See also 2021 LSU Tigers football team Pregame line Over under Statistics McNeese State LSUFirst downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsMcNeese State Passing Rushing Receiving LSU Passing Rushing Receiving At Southern edit McNeese State at Southern 1 234Total Cowboys 7 31011 31Jaguars 14 703 24Date September 18 2021Location Ace W Mumford StadiumBaton Rouge LAGame start 6 00 p m CDTElapsed time 3 09Game attendance 15 003Game weather 84 F 29 C Weather Sunny Wind E 6mphReferee Y N MyersTV announcers ESPN Scoring summary1234See also 2021 Southern Jaguars football team Pregame line Over under Statistics McNeese State SouthernFirst downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsMcNeese State Passing Rushing Receiving Southern Passing Rushing Receiving At Incarnate Word edit McNeese State at Incarnate Word 1 234TotalCowboys 0 000 0 Cardinals 14 773 31Date September 25 2021Location Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumSan Antonio TXGame start 11 00 a m CDTElapsed time 3 27Game attendance 1 633Game weather 81 F 27 C Weather Sunny and clear Wind SE 4 MPHReferee Ed BourgeoisTV announcers ESPN Scoring summary1234See also 2021 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team Pregame line Over under Statistics McNeese State Incarnate WordFirst downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsMcNeese State Passing Rushing Receiving Incarnate Word Passing Rushing Receiving No 14 Southeastern Louisiana edit Southeastern Louisiana at McNeese State 1 234Total No 14 Lions 14 1077 38Cowboys 7 01414 35Date October 2 2021Location Cowboys StadiumLake Charles LAGame start 12 00 p m CDTElapsed time 3 36Game attendance 6 044Game weather 79 F 26 C Weather Cloudy Wind SE 9Referee Ed BourgeoisTV announcers CST ESPN Scoring summary1234See also 2021 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team Pregame line Over under Statistics Southeastern Louisiana McNeese StateFirst downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsSoutheastern Louisiana Passing Rushing Receiving McNeese State Passing Rushing Receiving At Northwestern State edit McNeese State at Northwestern State 1 234Total Cowboys 0 2177 35Demons 3 077 17Date October 16 2021Location Harry Turpin StadiumNatchitoches LAGame start 3 00 p m CDTElapsed time 3 14Game attendance 7 413Game weather Weather TBD Wind TBDReferee Gary LeeperTV announcers CST ESPN Scoring summary1234See also 2021 Northwestern State Demons football team and McNeese State Northwestern State football rivalry Pregame line Over under Statistics McNeese State Northwestern StateFirst downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsMcNeese State Passing Rushing Receiving Northwestern State Passing Rushing Receiving No 16 Incarnate Word edit Incarnate Word at McNeese State 1 234TotalCardinals 0 668 20 Cowboys 14 707 28Date October 23 2021Location Cowboys StadiumLake Charles LAGame start 12 00 p m CDTElapsed time 3 35Game attendance 7 498Game weather 83 F 28 C Weather Mostly Cloudy Wind SE 10Referee Nolan DumasTV announcers ESPN Scoring summary1234See also 2021 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team Pregame line Over under Statistics Incarnate Word McNeese StateFirst downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsIncarnate Word Passing Rushing Receiving McNeese State Passing Rushing Receiving At No 8 Southeastern Louisiana edit McNeese State at Southeastern Louisiana 1 234TotalCowboys 7 0013 20 No 8 Lions 3 0713 23Date October 30 2021Location Strawberry StadiumHammond LAGame start 6 00 p m CDTElapsed time 3 20Game attendance 4 185Game weather 65 F 18 C Weather Clear Wind NW 7Referee Craig HeiserTV announcers ESPN Scoring summary1234See also 2021 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team Pregame line Over under Statistics McNeese State Southeastern LouisianaFirst downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsMcNeese State Passing Rushing Receiving Southeastern Louisiana Passing Rushing Receiving Nicholls edit Nicholls at McNeese State 1 234Total Colonels 0 7710 24Cowboys 7 070 14Date November 6 2021Location Cowboys StadiumLake Charles LAGame start 12 00 p m CDTElapsed time 3 10Game attendance 8 898Game weather 56 F 13 C Weather PC Wind NNE 8 mpReferee Gary LeeperTV announcers CST ESPN Scoring summary1234See also 2021 Nicholls Colonels football team Pregame line Over under Statistics Nicholls McNeese StateFirst downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsNicholls Passing Rushing Receiving McNeese State Passing Rushing Receiving At Houston Baptist edit McNeese State at Houston Baptist 1 234Total Cowboys 14 14313 44Huskies 3 000 3Date November 13 2021Location Husky StadiumHouston TXGame start 2 00 p m CSTElapsed time 3 11Game attendance 2 325Game weather 67 F 19 C Weather Sunny Wind S 8mphReferee Ed BourgeoisTV announcers ESPN Scoring summary1234See also 2021 Houston Baptist Huskies football team Pregame line Over under Statistics McNeese State Houston BaptistFirst downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsMcNeese State Passing Rushing Receiving Houston Baptist Passing Rushing Receiving Northwestern State edit Northwestern State at McNeese State 1 234Total Demons 17 007 24Cowboys 7 076 20Date November 20 2021Location Cowboys StadiumLake Charles LAGame start 12 00 p m CSTElapsed time 3 15Game attendance 8 412Game weather 70 F 21 C Weather Sunny Wind E5Referee Nolan DumasTV announcers ESPN Scoring summary1234See also 2021 Northwestern State Demons football team and McNeese State Northwestern State football rivalry Pregame line Over under Statistics Northwestern State McNeese StateFirst downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsNorthwestern State Passing Rushing Receiving McNeese State Passing Rushing Receiving Personnel edit2021 McNeese State Cowboys football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassWR 0 Ceejay Powell SrWR 1 Mason Pierce nbsp SoRB 5 Stephon Huderson SrWR 6 Josh Matthews SrQB 7 Dillon Smith FrQB 8 Cody Orgeron SrQB 9 Walker Wood nbsp SrQB 10 Jason Wakefield SoQB 11 Devon Tott FrQB 12 Cade Bartlett nbsp SoQB 13 Ryan Roberts FrWR 14 Severyn Foster JrWR 14 Thomas Miles SoWR 15 Jalen Johnson FrWR 16 Brendan Sirls nbsp FrWR 17 Jon McCall FrRB 20 Deonta McMahon SrRB 24 Josh Parker SoRB 29 AJ Carter JrRB 33 Ivory Roberts nbsp SoTE 36 Dontay Hargrove nbsp SrRB 37 Carlos Williams nbsp SoTE 47 Dominic Prudhomme nbsp SoOL 60 Paxton Crouse SoOL 62 Juan Gonzales FrOL 63 Charley Zeno nbsp JrOL 64 Jack Zelezinski nbsp SoOL 65 Clay Ancelet FrOL 66 Dylan Dauzart FrOL 67 Keaton Altman FrOL 68 Jared Chapman FrOL 69 Aaron McDaniel nbsp SoOL 70 Hezekiah Neason SoOL 71 Caron Coleman SrOL 72 Cameron Foster FrOL 73 Calvin Barkat SrOL 74 Christopher Stephens nbsp FrOL 75 Hayden Shaw nbsp FrOL 77 Nick Holiday nbsp JrOL 78 Trey Winters SoOL 79 Romello Tarver SoTE 80 Jamal Pettigrew SrWR 81 Deon Cormier nbsp JrWR 83 Raheem Roberts FrTE 84 KJ Brown nbsp SoWR 85 Zach Hayes nbsp JrWR 86 Markel Cotten nbsp SoWR 87 Chris Raymond nbsp JrTE 88 CJ Knighten FrWR 89 Christian Thomas nbsp FrRB Tyler Gainey FrWR Gage Rapp nbsp FrRB Jai Van Samuel Fr Defense Pos Name ClassDB 1 Colby Richardson nbsp SrDB 3 Quad Wilson nbsp FrCB 4 Corione Harris SrDB 5 Chris Joyce JrLB 10 Darius Daniels nbsp JrDB 12 Edward Gilds FrDB 13 Lathan Adams FrDB 18 Trent Winbush nbsp JrDB 21 Andre Sam nbsp JrDB 22 Rae Kwon Starks SoLB 23 Kordell Williams nbsp SrDB 25 Darius Shields nbsp SoDB 26 Richard Akers FrDB 27 Enos Lewis SrLB 28 Ge Mon Eaford FrDB 30 Tyler Toliver nbsp FrDB 31 Twillie Lovett FrDB 32 Alijah Hamilton FrDB 33 Travis Walker FrDB 34 Eli Johnson JrLB 35 Kobe Callahan SoDB 36 Tremayne Evans nbsp FrDL 40 Isaiah Chambers SrDB 41 Gus Nave SrDE 42 Earenest Grayson III nbsp SoDL 43 Tyrell Flugence JrLB 45 Tahj Samuel nbsp JrDE 47 Khaylon Chapple nbsp FrLB 48 Micah Davey FrLB 49 Jake Lafleur nbsp FrDL 52 Mason Kinsey nbsp JrLB 54 lester Joseph SoDB 54 Bradley Livingstone nbsp FrDL 55 Joey McNeely nbsp JrLB 56 Brayden Adams nbsp JrDE 58 Logan Sonnier nbsp SoDL 59 Grayson Mays SoDL 90 Demond Stewart SrDL 91 Welland Williams FrDL 92 Arthur Lott nbsp SoDL 93 Masry Mapieu SrDL 94 Eli Goss FrDL 96 C J Semien SrDL 98 Leon Young SoDL 99 Accord Green SrLB Ty Fuselier FrDB Jake Hadzicki FrDB Brian Lampton nbsp FrDB Richard Lee FrDB Jace Marsters FrLB Noah Simon Fr Special teams Pos Name ClassK LS 37 Mason Caldwell JrK 38 Nolan Heitmeier FrK P 38 Eemil Herranen FrK 39 Jacob Abel SrP 39 Callum Eddings FrK 41 Brandon Hayden JrK 42 Graycen Kennedy JrLS 50 Trey Vondenstein nbsp SoLS 51 Carter Jenke So Head coachFrank Wilson Nicholls State Coordinators assistant coachesRonnie Letson Mississippi Offensive coordinator Deron Wilson Southern Miss Defensive coordinator Gary Hyman Stanislaus State Special teams coordinator Landon Hoefer Texas Tech Running backs Chris Truax LSU Offensive line JB Lageman Louisville Defensive line Willie Mack Garza Texas Safeties Will Thomas LSU Linebackers Blaine Gautier Louisiana Wide receivers Rishaw Johnson California PA Tight endsLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp RedshirtRoster Last update 2 August 2021References edit Southeastern Voted to Top Spot in 2021 Football Preseason Poll www southland org Retrieved August 8 2021 Southland Announces 2021 Preseason All Conference Football Teams www southland org Retrieved 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