SEMO Football

There has been no shortage of stories reported through the years on interactions between collegiate athletic programs and law enforcement, however, the majority of those instances have been told in a negative light. The Southeast Missouri State University football program will be getting involved with the Cape Girardeau Police Department this weekend, with the difference being, there will be no confrontations or arrests, just an abundance of soap and water...

Spring 2020 graduates of Southeast Missouri State University will receive free tickets for the fall football season, according to director of athletics Brady Barke. Graduating seniors must register their names, emails and phone numbers at GoSoutheast.com/2020 in order to receive the mobile season tickets. Students who register by June 1 will be eligible for a drawing to win a Southeast Bookstore gift card, and Barke said 20 winners will be selected...

Southeast Missouri State University’s postseason playoff football game in Cape Girardeau this weekend is expected to generate significantly more revenue and valuable national exposure than it will cost the university to host it, according to school officials...

Under a full moon at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri (2-1, 0-0 SEC) routed FCS No. 20-ranked Southeast (1-2, 0-0 OVC), 50-0.

Sports teach us important lessons. Teamwork, competition and discipline -- all things employers look for in new hires. Does this mean all college athletes make a good hire? No. But athletic director Brady Barke and his team at Southeast Missouri State University have put programs in place to give athletes the best chance to succeed, both during their college career and after they graduate...

MALDEN, Mo. -- During an unusually warm and sunny afternoon in January, Malden alum Nick Thompson decided to spend a weekend home from college to give back to his community. Thompson rallied volunteers on Facebook to join him and clean Frisco Park as well as the Martin Luther King Park in Malden on Sunday afternoon...

Southeast Missouri State University pledged to pay the NCAA at least $70,000 in order to host a first-round Football Championship Subdivision playoff game last month, the school’s athletics director said Friday. Brady Barke, the director, said the guarantee was a key part of the bid submitted by Southeast...

Football playoff watch parties in Cape Girardeau erupted with hype from dedicated fans and Southeast Missouri State University alumni as the Redhawks battled Weber State for the NCAA Division I Football Championship on Saturday. Andrea Thompson was viewing the game with Damon Wilson at Port Cape Girardeau. She lives in Cape Girardeau and has worked for Southeast since 2014; Wilson is from St. Louis...

The Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks football team, en route to Utah for their upcoming playoff game, departed from Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Friday morning.

Jack Trickey sported his trademark red blazer for Southeast Missouri State University’s first ever home Football Championship Subdivision playoff game Saturday. The Cape Girardeau man is one of about a dozen men who call themselves the Red Blazer Crew and cheer on Southeast Missouri State University sports teams...

Southeast Missouri State athletic director Brady Barke announced Monday morning the university has given football coach Tom Matukewicz a two-year contract extension, running through the 2020 season. The Redhawks went 3-8 in 2017 and finished fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 3-5 mark...

The words never really sank in for Alex Knight. The Southeast Missouri State punter had heard coach Tom Matukewicz offer daily reminders that the players should live every day like it's their last. It wasn't until tragedy struck his family in the midst of last season -- a plane crash that killed his cousin, whom he had a brotherly relationship with -- that he grasped the concept...

Ryan McCrum considers his 2015 season a disappointment after a breakout All-Ohio Valley Conference and All-American campaign the year prior. But he's back for his senior year as the Redhawks' starting kicker with expectations to return to that level...

Observe any Southeast Missouri State football practice or team meeting and there's a good chance you'll hear coach Tom Matukewicz or one of his assistants hollering for their players to, "Kill it!" Matukewicz first uttered the phrase in Cape Girardeau when he was announced as the new Redhawks coach nearly three years ago. In the time and practices since, he's probably said it thousands of times, always trying to push his players to another level to accomplish something...

Last season 13-2, 8-0 OVC The Gamecocks return plenty of talent from their FCS national championship runner-up squad, but quarterback Eli Jenkins leads the pack. The OVC's Offensive Player of the Year and FCS ADA National Quarterback of the Year, who had offseason shoulder surgery, threw for 2,788 yards and 21 touchdowns and ran for 1,161 yards and 15 touchdowns as a redshirt junior...

The Southeast Missouri State football team decided on its Week 1 starting quarterback Monday, as East Central Community College transfer Jesse Hosket will get the nod at Memphis on Sept. 3, according to Southeast sports information director Jeff Honza...

As the Southeast Missouri State football team went through its final scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday at Houck Stadium, one question loomed larger than the others -- who would stand out enough to earn the title of starting quarterback for Game 1 at Memphis in two weeks?...

The theme of Southeast Missouri State's final football scrimmage of fall camp was supposed to be setting the two-deep, especially the ongoing quarterback battle. But as practice wrapped up at Houck Stadium on Saturday, it was the long snapper who stole the show...

Southeast Missouri State’s Mike Ford was named Thursday to the 2016 HERO Sports Preseason Football Championship Subdivision All-America Team. Ford, a junior cornerback, was one of six Ohio Valley Conference players named to the team, earning second-team honors...

In the moment, Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz was less-than-thrilled. As his team's 12th practice of fall camp wound down Tuesday he put them through a live third-down scrimmage. Twice during that scrimmage the offense fumbled the ball, which elicited a refresher course from Matukewicz on the importance of securing the ball during the Redhawks' post-practice huddle...

When it comes to Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz's brick-by-brick approach, leadership might be more than just a brick -- it might be the mortar that holds the bricks together. That's good news for the Redhawks as they prepare for the 2016 season...

When the Southeast Missouri State football team gathered for its annual media day on Sunday at the Show Me Center, it wasn't just a chance to take a team picture. It also marked the looming end of preseason practice and the midway point between the start of preseason camp and the Redhawks' season opener on Sept. 3 at Memphis...

Defense was on display Saturday at Kirkwood High School's E.L. Lyons Stadium in St. Louis, as the Southeast Missouri State football team participated in its first intrasquad scrimmage. The offense was stopped three times inside its own 15-yard line during the scrimmage, which also included a blocked punt, a blocked field goal, an interception and a safety...

The Southeast Missouri State football team will pull on the pink again. October 29 will mark the annual Pink Up game, as the Redhawks pull on special Pink Up jerseys when they host Austin Peay. The game-worn jerseys will be available for purchase via an online auction that began Friday...

The confidence of the Southeast Missouri State defense shone through at the Redhawks' sixth practice of fall camp Wednesday. Every time the team came together for a drill that pitted the two sides against one other, the voices of one defensive leader or another could be heard around the Rosengarten Athletic Complex...

The confidence of the Southeast Missouri State defense shone through at the Redhawks' sixth practice of fall camp on Wednesday.

For the second year in a row the Southeast Missouri State soccer team was predicted to finish second in the Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll. Murray State, which won the regular-season and tournament titles last season, was picked to repeat as champion...

Southeast Missouri State senior safety Eriq Moore bound up the hill between the upper and lower fields at the Rosengarten Athletic Complex shouting, "Last first day!" A little later in the Redhawks' Thursday morning practice, offensive coordinator Jon Wiemers commented that it was his first hill run of the season as he made the trek...

Southeast Missouri State punter Alex Knight was one of eight Ohio Valley Conference football players named a STATS Preseason FCS All-American on Monday morning. Knight, whose senior season kicks off September 3 at Memphis, was a third-team selection...

Southeast Missouri State put 29 student-athletes on the list of Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor recipients, besting its previous high of 27 a year ago. Each award winner carried a 4.0 GPA for the 2015-16 school year. The Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to student-athletes who achieve the highest GPA in an OVC-sponsored sport...

Jackson police chief James Humphreys enjoyed getting to be a different kind of serious. Humphreys put on his game face a few times Thursday night while he served as the coach of the red team at the Cops and Hawks Bowl, a flag-football tournament combining local law enforcement and the Southeast Missouri State football team, but other than that, it was all fun while raising money for Backstoppers, an organization that provides assistance for families of fallen first responders...

Law-enforcement officers in Cape Girardeau County see the symbolism in Thursday's flag football game that will unite Southeast Missouri State University football players with police officers. Last week, football players reached out to local law-enforcement agencies to play a pickup flag football game in the wake of recent shootings of police officers in several cities and other shootings involving police officers...

There are three Ohio Valley Conference opponents that coach Tom Matukewicz and the Southeast Missouri State football team have yet to beat. That trio -- Jacksonville State, Eastern Kentucky and Eastern Illinois -- is expected to remain the upper echelon of the conference...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Losing in the national championship game, while playing poorly on offense, is all the motivation Jacksonville State coach John Grass has needed this offseason for his Gamecocks. Jacksonville State took a 12-game winning streak into the FCS title game in January only to leave with a 37-10 loss to North Dakota State. ...

College football The Southeast Missouri State football team has been picked to finish fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference in a preseason poll of media that covers the teams. Defending conference champion Jacksonville State was a unanimous choice to repeat, collecting all 16 first-place votes for 144 points. ...

Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz indicated via text message Thursday that rising junior Tyler McLemore currently remains with the team following the resolution of his court case after an arrest stemming from an incident March 22...

Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz was out of town on vacation with his family when he woke up to the news that five Dallas Police Officers had been shot and killed by snipers during a peaceful protest. That had come on the heels of the shooting deaths of two African-American men by police officers...

An off-duty police officer shot and killed a former Southeast Missouri State University football player who broke into his St. Louis County home Saturday, police said. The suspect, 20-year-old Tyler Gebhard of Affton, Missouri, briefly was a part of the Redhawks football squad in spring 2015, Southeast's sports information director Jeff Honza confirmed Sunday...

Southeast Missouri State athletics recently wrapped up another year of competition. Like many other years, it ended with a Redhawks track & field athlete competing at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships, but this year Southeast's baseball team was also still competing in June in an NCAA Regional...

Game time for the Southeast Missouri State football team's season opener at Memphis was announced on Wednesday. Kickoff between the Redhawks and Tigers has been set for 6 p.m. on Sept. 3. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3. The Redhawks' home opener is set for 6 p.m. Sept. 17 vs. Indiana State...

It's been a busy 24 hours for the Southeast Missouri State football program. The team's 25 newcomers reported for summer workouts on Sunday before the Redhawks' third annual Brick-by-Brick Golf Tournament took place on Monday. "Packing it all into one day," Southeast coach Tom Matukewicz said with a laugh. ...

The Southeast Missouri State star wide receiver went undrafted before signing with the Los Angeles Rams

Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz has never wavered from the statement he made when he was first hired in December 2013. His plan was to be in the mix for an Ohio Valley Conference title by Year 3, and still is as his team is another step closer to that third season beginning as the Redhawks wrapped up their third spring under Matukewicz on Friday...

There's two players that have Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz feeling more confident and more comfortable in the offense than he did at this time a year ago. Quarterbacks Dante Vandeven and Jesse Hosket have brought a sense of security to the third-year coach as his team began its fifth and final week of spring practices at the Rosengarten Athletic Complex on Monday evening...

With its spring game cancelled due to injuries and a lack of depth, the Southeast Missouri State football team went through its final scrimmage of the spring on Friday afternoon at Houck Stadium. The decision was fairly easy for third-year coach Tom Matukewicz, who said there weren’t any serious injuries, but enough of them that it would’ve put more of a tax on the players available and risked more injuries...

Three Southeast Missouri State athletic teams were among 1,000 in Division I athletics to receive NCAA Public Recognition Awards for scoring in the top 10 percent of their sport. The Southeast gymnastics, volleyball and women's cross country teams each earned the awards, which are based on the Academic Progress Rate, an "annual scorecard of academic achievement calculated for all Division I sports teams nationally," according to a press release...

Over the past few months, Paul McRoberts began to miss his family and life in Southeast Missouri. Not long after his senior season at Southeast Missouri State, the wide receiver played in the Senior Bowl; and then it was off to Texas for the NFL prospect to train...

Bryce Saia stopped himself as soon as the word came out of his mouth. The Southeast Missouri State defensive coordinator, standing at the Rosengarten Athletic Complex following the Redhawks' spring practice on Wednesday afternoon, blurted out, "Consistency," as he explained the progress of his defensive players...

Southeast Missouri State running back DeMichael Jackson has been dismissed from the football team, the athletic department announced Wednesday evening. Jackson's dismissal was due to an undisclosed "violation of departmental policies and procedures," according to a press release...

Southeast Missouri State football player Tyler McLemore has been charged with first-degree felony attempted burglary and misdemeanor marijuana possession stemming from an incident on March 22. Cape Girardeau police officers responded to a call at 7:15 p.m. on March 22, according to the police report, where three individuals had allegedly entered a residence on North Middle Street in Cape Girardeau...

By the end of the Southeast Missouri State football team’s first week of practices, cornerbacks coach Salim Powell was feeling pretty comfortable in his new role. Powell, who was a Redhawks’ cornerback from 2006-09 and started three years, spent the previous two seasons at the helm of the wide receivers, so on Monday, when he started seeing everything from a different perspective as spring ball got underway, it was a little odd...

As he wrapped up his team's first spring practice, Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz had one final message for his players. The third-year Redhawks' coach, with his players attentively gathered around him on the upper field at the Rosengarten Athletic Complex on Monday evening, pointed out that the players shouldn't concern themselves with what the depth chart looked like throughout spring ball or which groups they were taking reps with, but rather to focus on what it will take for them to get better by the end of the five-week spring session.. ...

Mark Hogan, Willie Ponder, Lindsay Pickering, Trae Hastings, David Means and Jane Stacy were inducted into the Southeast Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday.

Young signed his National Letter of Intent to play for the Redhawks on Wednesday.

If the lead-up to National Signing Day was filled with nerves for Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz, the day itself brought to excitement and relief as the Redhawks announced a 21-player class of incoming recruits who signed National Letters of Intent on Wednesday...

The Southeast Missouri State football team released its 2016 schedule on Wednesday. The Redhawks' 11-game slate features five games at Houck Stadium. Southeast has eight Ohio Valley Conference contests, including its conference opener at Murray State on Sept. 24, and begins the season Sept. 3 at Football Bowl Subdivision opponent Memphis...

The addition of Ghaali Muhammad-Lankford to Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz's staff was announced Tuesday afternoon. Muhammad-Lankford, a native of St. Joseph, Missouri, will serve as the running backs coach. "We are excited to have Ghaali and his wife, Taryn, join our Redhawk family," Matukewicz said in a press release. "I loved the fact that he was a great player, is from Missouri and coached at Mizzou."...

Once the National Letters of Intent start coming through to the Southeast Missouri State football team, it will definitely bring excitement to coach Tom Matukewicz, but also a bit of relief. Matukewicz, who completed his second season at the helm of the Redhawks in November, was admittedly on edge Tuesday as he spoke about today's National Signing Day, which kicks off the football signing period that lasts until April 1...

MOBILE, Ala. -- Dak Prescott didn't want to let his Senior Bowl turn end quietly. The Mississippi State quarterback's first drive of the second quarter included a false start penalty and led only to a punt, but he bounced back on his second chance and helped lead the South to a 27-16 victory over the North on Saturday...

MOBILE, Ala. -- From William & Mary defensive back DeAndre Houston-Carson to Southeast Missouri State wide receiver Paul McRoberts and Harvard offensive tackle Cole Toner, small-school standouts are finally on a level playing field with their FBS counterparts...

Southeast football Just over two years after joining coach Tom Matukewicz's staff at Southeast Missouri State, Jon Wiemers earned a promotion from offensive line coach to offensive coordinator. The athletics department announced the news Thursday evening along with the hiring of Ben Blake as the Redhawks' offensive line coach...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former Southeast Missouri State defensive lineman Jon Robinson was hired as general manager of the Tennessee Titans, the team announced Thursday night. Robinson, who played three seasons for Southeast from 1995 to 1997, had been Tampa Bay's director of player personnel...

Southeast Missouri State star wide receiver Paul McRoberts will step onto a football field as a collegiate athlete one final time when he plays in the East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 23. On Thursday it was announced that McRoberts will play on the East team...

Two members of the Southeast Missouri State football staff will not return next season. Sherard Poteete is out as the Redhawks' offensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach Melvin Rice Jr. is taking the same position at Southern Illinois. Poteete served as OC on coach Tom Matukewicz's staff for his first two seasons at the helm...

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- Troymaine Pope ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns to punch Jacksonville State's ticket to the FCS Championship game, leading the top-ranked Gamecocks in a 62-10 drubbing of Sam Houston State on Saturday afternoon in front of a record 23,692 fans at Burgess-Snow Field...

Tom Matukewicz is all about the process. The Southeast Missouri State football coach made that clear from the get-go. But he also made it clear that by his third season he wanted to be competing for an Ohio Valley Conference title. After his second season with the Redhawks wrapped up a few weeks ago at 4-7 and 3-4 in the conference, Matukewicz believes his program is still on the trajectory to meet the expectations he's set as part of that process...

Vandeven was named the OVC Freshman of the Year, while McRoberts and Mcullough were named All-OVC first team.

Kicker Ryan McCrum missed a game-tying 42-yard field goal in the final minute of the season finale.

Southeast football Southeast Missouri State junior running back Tremane McCullough was named the Ohio Valley Conference Co-Newcomer of the Week for the third time this season after rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown during Saturday's season-ending loss to UT Martin...

The Skyhawks, who usually rely heavily on their passing game, focused on their run game vs. the Redhawks

The Redhawks look to finish above .500 in the OVC.

Vandeven, the OVC Newcomer of the Week, was lauded during the OVC's weekly media teleconference.

The Jacksonville State football team claimed its second straight Ohio Valley Conference title with a victory against Southeast Missouri State on Saturday. The Redhawks sustained a 56-28 loss to the top-ranked Gamecocks at Burgess-Snow Field in Jacksonville, Alabama. It was the 16th consecutive conference win for JSU, which improved to 9-1 and 7-0 in the OVC...

Southeast will face the Gamecocks, who can clinch a share of their second consecutive Ohio Valley Conference title with a win vs. Southeast, at 1 p.m. Saturday at Burgess-Snow Field in Jacksonville, Alabama.

Coach Rekha Patterson added a pair of high school seniors and a junior college transfer to the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball program during the first two days of the week-long early signing period. The athletic department announced Thursday afternoon that Iyanna McCurdy, LaShala Saine and Lakyn Gulley all signed National Letters of Intent to play at Southeast...

The Redhawks had five sacks, including a scoop and score, in Saturday's win against Austin Peay.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- The Southeast Missouri State football team didn't have to do anything special. The Redhawks just had to do what was expected. What was expected was a defeat of the winless Austin Peay Governors, and the Redhawks lived up to that expectation with a 44-15 victory Saturday at Governors Stadium...

Senior Paul McRoberts leapt up behind an Austin Peay defender and snagged a pass from Dante Vandeven with 7 minutes, 34 seconds remaining in the third quarter of the Southeast Missouri State football team's win over Austin Peay. McRoberts' feet stayed just in bounds as he tumbled out the back of the end zone and extended the Redhawks' lead. The 2-yard touchdown also broke the school's all-time record for career receiving touchdowns...

Austin Peay football coach Kirby Cannon was listening in to the Ohio Valley Conference's media teleconference Tuesday as Southeast Missouri State coach Tom Matukewicz spoke about this week's matchup between the Governors and Redhawks. When it was his turn to talk, Cannon addressed Matukewicz's perception that he's been trying to shorten games so that his team has a shot in the fourth quarter to pick up their first win of the season...

Southeast Missouri State assistant men's basketball coach Jamie Rosser has been terminated from his position due to a violation of university policies and procedures, the athletics department announced Wednesday afternoon. Rosser coached at Southeast the last six years and was the only assistant that men's basketball coach Rick Ray retained from former coach Dickey Nutt's staff...

Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz was disappointed with his offense and its lack of improvement following its 38-17 win against Tennessee Tech. The second-year coach took matters into his own hands as the Redhawks prepare for a winless Austin Peay team...

Southeast football For the second time this season Southeast Missouri State junior running back Tremane McCullough has earned the honor of Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week. McCullough, who was named newcomer of the week Oct. 4, received the recognition Sunday after rushing for 138 yards and a touchdown in the Redhawks' 38-17 win vs. Tennessee Tech...

In a stretch of 5 minutes, 18 seconds during the third quarter of their 38-17 win against TTU, the Redhawks forced a turnover and scored 17 unanswered points on special teams.

More than $21,000 was raised through the auction of the Redhawks' pink jerseys.

The Redhawks begin their last stretch of the season with a 1 p.m. game against Tennessee Tech on Saturday at Houck Stadium.

Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz received a text message Wednesday with the news that Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill, who he'd spent more than a decade coaching alongside, was retiring from his position due to health issues...

The Southeast Missouri State football team will be raising awareness for breast cancer when it takes on Ohio Valley Conference opponent Tennessee Tech on Saturday in a Pink Up game at Houck Stadium, and one Redhawk will specifically be playing with his mother in mind...

Southeast Missouri State senior Lewis Washington is listed as a fullback on the football team, but he brings more to the offense than a typical fullback. He lines up all over the offense. Washington has also seen time as a running back, tight end and wide receiver this season...

The Redhawks were shut out in the second half of their 27-10 loss to nationally-ranked Eastern Kentucky.

For the second straight week, an opposing tight end had a career day against the Southeast Missouri State football team.

Coach Tom Matukewicz, whose team hosts nationally-ranked Eastern Kentucky at 1 p.m. Saturday for the Redhawks' homecoming game at Houck Stadium, has set out this week to show his team how to become more consistent.

Southeast Missouri State kicker Ryan McCrum knew coming into his junior season expectations were high. The first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference and third-team Sports Network All-American kicker, who made what is probably the biggest turnaround of any Redhawk last season in coach Tom Matukewicz's first season, placed his own expectations for himself higher than anyone else's...

The Redhawks came back from a 20-point third-quarter deficit before losing 33-28 to the Panthers.

CHARLESTON, Ill. -- The Eastern Illinois defense was aware of the task that it faced with the Southeast Missouri State football team and junior running back Tremane McCullough's ability to move the football on the ground. The Redhawks entered Saturday's game -- a 33-28 loss to the Panthers -- coming off a season-high of 274 yards rushing and McCullough a career-high 220 yards rushing, which garnered him weekly accolades from the Ohio Valley Conference and on a national level...

It's safe to say that Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz, his staff and players remember last year's meeting with Eastern Illinois. The Redhawks' 52-13 loss at home a year ago was their most lopsided loss of Matukewicz's first season at the helm.

Two more Southeast Missouri State football players suffered torn ACLs in the Redhawks' win over Murray State on Saturday. Sophomore wide receiver Adrian Davis and sophomore nose tackle Joshua Wilson each tore their right ACL. Both had started all five games for the Redhawks and have played too many games to be granted a medical redshirt...

Tucked in amongst Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz's evaluation of the Redhawks' offensive line -- after the words physical and pancake blocks, before pass protection -- is the phrase "one of the best O-Line coaches in the country."...

Southeast Missouri State running back Tremane McCullough's performance against Murray State was recognized by three organizations on Monday. McCullough, who was named the Ohio Valley Conference newcomer of the week on Sunday, was chosen as a College Sporting News National All-Star, the College Sports Madness OVC offensive player of the week and honorable mention Football Championship Subdivision National Performer of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards...