Nicholls Colonels football

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Nicholls Colonels

The Nicholls Colonels football program is the intercollegiate

NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Southland Conference.[4][5] Nicholls' first football team was fielded in 1972. The team plays its home games at the 10,500 seat Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The Colonels are coached by Tim Rebowe.[6]

History

Source:[7]

Conference affiliations

Years Conference Classification
1972 Gulf South Conference NCAA College Division
1973–1978 Gulf South Conference Division II
1979 Independent Division II
1980–1983 Independent Division I-AA
1984–1986 Gulf Star Conference Division I-AA
1987–1990 Independent Division I-AA
1991–2005 Southland Conference Division I-AA
2006–present Southland Conference Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)

Championships

Conference championships

Head coaches

Years Name Won Lost Tie Pct.
1972–1973 Gary Kinchen 5 17 0 .227
1974–1980 Bill Clements 36 39 1 .480
1981–1986 Sonny Jackson 39 28 1 .581
1987–1992 Phil Greco 27 37 2 .424
1993–1994 Rick Rhoades 8 14 0 .364
1995–1998* Darren Barbier 17 28 0 .378
1999–2003 Daryl Daye 13 42 0 .236
2004–2009 Jay Thomas 27 35 0 .435
2010–2014 Charlie Stubbs 10 38 0 .208
2014** Steve Axman 0 9 0 .000
2015–present Tim Rebowe 34 27 0 .557

*1996 I-AA National Coach of the Year, Eddie Robinson Award Recipient
**Interim head coach for final nine games of 2014 season

Division I-AA/Division I FCS Playoffs

The Colonels have qualified for the Division I-AA/FCS playoffs seven times, with a combined record of 3–7.

Year Round Classification Opponent Result Game Name
1986 First Round
Quarterfinals
NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs Appalachian State
Georgia Southern
W 28–26
L 31–55

(Grantland Rice Bowl)
1996 First Round NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs Montana L 3–48
2005 First Round NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs Furman L 12–14
2017 First Round NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs South Dakota L 31–38
2018 First Round
Second Round
NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs San Diego
Eastern Washington
W 49–30
L 21–42
2019 First Round
Second Round
NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs North Dakota
North Dakota State
W 24–6
L 13–37
2023 First Round NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs Southern Illinois L 0–35

Notable players

All-Americans

Year Name Position Team
1976 Gerald Butler WR Kodak First Team (AFCA)
1977 Rusty Rebowe LB AP First Team; Kodak First Team (AFCA); NCAA All-American
1981 Dwight Walker WR AP First Team; Kodak First Team (AFCA)
1982 Clint Conque LB AP First Team
1982 Jay Pennison
OL
AP Second Team
1983 Jay Pennison
OL
AP Second Team
1984 Dewayne Harrison TE AP First Team
1985 Lynn Bychurch
OL
AP Second Team
1986 Mark Carrier WR AP First Team; Kodak First Team (AFCA)
1987 Alfred Dorsey WR AP Second Team
1987 Karl Hill DB AP Third Team
1987 Reed Pere’
OL
AP Third Team
1991 Darryl Pounds DB AP Second Team
1994 Brian Desselles
P
AP Second Team
1994 Darryl Pounds DB AP First Team
2007 Kareem Moore DB AP Second Team
2007 Lardarius Webb DB
Walter Camp Foundation First Team
2008 Lardarius Webb DB AP First Team

Nicholls Colonels selected in the NFL Draft

Year Name Position Team Round Overall pick
1976
Gary Barbaro DB Kansas City Chiefs 3rd Round 74th
1977
Gerald Butler WR Chicago Bears 7th Round 182nd
1982
Dwight Walker WR Cleveland Browns 4th Round 87th
1984
Johnny Meads LB Houston Oilers 3rd Round 58th
1985
Anthony Tuggle DB Cincinnati Bengals 4th Round 97th
1985
Lionel Vital RB
Washington Redskins
7th Round 187th
1986
Oscar Smith RB Detroit Lions 5th Round 119th
1987
Mark Carrier WR Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3rd Round 57th
1987
Doug Hudson QB Kansas City Chiefs 6th Round 186th
1989
Jamie Lawson
FB
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5th Round 117th
1990
Dee Thomas DB Houston Oilers 10th Round 264th
1995
Darryl Pounds DB
Washington Redskins
3rd Round 68th
2004
Chris Thompson DB Jacksonville Jaguars 5th Round 110th
2007
Jacob Bender
OL
New York Jets 6th Round 177th
2008
Kareem Moore DB
Washington Redskins
6th Round 180th
2009
Lardarius Webb DB Baltimore Ravens 3rd Round 88th

Stadium

Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium

Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium

Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium is a 10,500-seat

playing surface is named Manning Field after the Manning family (Peyton, Eli, Cooper and Archie) because the family holds the annual Manning Passing Academy football camp at the facility.[9] The current playing surface is GeoGreen Replicated Grass.[10]
The stadium was officially dedicated on September 16, 1972.

The stadium features a three-level

president's suite and a 30-seat club level is located on the third level. The second level houses an area for game management staff, television, radio and coaches' booths and a working press area. On the ground level is the Colonels Club Room. Members use the club room as a hospitality area before home football
games as well as for various university functions throughout the year.

On June 12, 2019, Nicholls announced a new $6.5 million, 20,000-square-foot football operations center will be built in the south end zone along with an expansion and renovation of the

Frank L. Barker Athletic Building.[11][12] The football team will move from the Barker Athletic Building to the football operations center starting with the 2020 Nicholls Football season.[11][12] The football operations center will include a new locker room, players’ lounge, 142-seat team meeting room with stadium-style seating, training room, equipment room, coaches’ and staff offices, position and group meeting rooms, catering kitchen and team lobby.[11] The team meeting room will also function as a gameday club seating area with a large window overlooking the field.[12] Construction of an indoor training facility located behind the football operations center will begin after completion of the football operations center.[12][13]

Practice and training facilities

Frank L. Barker Athletic Building
Leonard C. Chabert Strength and Conditioning Facility
Football Practice Fields

Frank L. Barker Athletic Building

The

The

Hall of Fame
is also located in the building.

Leonard C. Chabert Strength and Conditioning Facility

The Nicholls Colonels

Leonard C. Chabert Strength and Conditioning Facility or Leonard C. Chabert Hall. The facility has multi-purpose power stations, weight machines, dumbbell stations, elliptical machines and stationary bikes. It is the strength and conditioning facility and nutrition center for Nicholls athletics.[11]

Football practice fields

The

grass football practice fields located across Acadia Drive from Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, the Frank L. Barker Athletic Building and the Leonard C. Chabert Strength and Conditioning Facility.[14]
Two of the fields face in a north–south configuration similar to Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium with a third facing in an east–west configuration.

Rivalries

Southeastern Louisiana

Nicholls and

rivals began in 1972 and was played annually until 1985 when Southeastern Louisiana
dropped its football program. It resumed 20 years later in 2005 when football was reinstated by the university.

Northwestern State

The football rivalry game with

NSU Trophy. Both universities are located in Louisiana and are members of the Southland Conference
. The first game in the series was played in 1973.

Texas State

In fall 1998, the Colonels were scheduled to take on the

Paddle Trophy
" was awarded to the winner of the contest.

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of August 8, 2023.[15]

2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Sacramento State at Louisiana Tech at Troy Stephen F. Austin at Louisiana Tech
at TCU at LSU at Stephen F. Austin Southern
at Tulane at Sacramento State at Texas State
Southeast Missouri State Mississippi Valley State
at Southern

Media

The Colonels are broadcast on Cox Sports Television. Cox Sports Television is available to 4 million viewers across 18 states. CST has over 40 affiliates in Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge. "Voice of the Colonels" Jack Benjamin will provide play-by-play for the broadcasts and will be joined in the booth by Ronnie Rantz. The games also can be heard on the Colonel Sports Radio Network via 1600 AM KLEB, and on the TuneIn app and website.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nicholls Colors – Nicholls Branding Guide". Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Nicholls State Colonels media guide". geauxcolonels.com. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  3. ^ "Nicholls State Colonels football team page". espn.go.com. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "Nicholls State Colonels". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  5. ^ "Nicholls State Colonels". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  6. ^ "Tim Rebowe named Colonels coach". espn.com. November 21, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  7. ^ "Nicholls State Colonels Yearly Totals". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Nicholls State Colonels football media guide" (PDF). Nicholls State University Athletics. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  9. ^ "Football field's namesake brings academy to campus". The Nicholls Worth. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  10. ^ "Guidry Stadium field turf installation underway". geauxcolonels.com. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Nicholls receives gift for Barker Hall Expansion, Football Operations Center". crescentcitysports.com. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  12. ^ a b c d "Nicholls unveils plans for $6.5 million football facility". dailycomet.com. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  13. ^ "Nicholls receives gift for Barker Hall Expansion, Football Operations Center". geauxcolonels.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  14. ^ "Nicholls Map". Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  15. ^ "Nicholls Colonels Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

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