CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (5-0, 2-0 Sun Belt) will return to the road for a Sun Belt Conference cross-divisional matchup versus ULM (2-3, 1-1 Sun Belt) on Saturday, Oct. 8, in Monroe, La. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT.
 
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  • Coastal Carolina is celebrating the football program's 20th season this year, having kicked off the inaugural season in 2003.
 
• In 1999, football was approved to be added to Coastal in 2003.
 
• Almost 8,000 fans packed Brooks Stadium on Sept. 6, 2003, for the inaugural game of the Chanticleer NCAA I-AA football squad, as CCU used a 97-yard drive to score with seven seconds to play to defeat Newberry 21-14.
  • Coastal Carolina received votes in both the Associated Press Top 25 and USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches polls this week for the first time this season. CCU received votes in the AFCA Coaches preseason poll (Aug. 8) and one vote in each of the previous two polls (Sept. 18 and 25).
 
  • With a win at ULM (Oct. 8) on Saturday night, the Chanticleers will become bowl eligible for the third-consecutive season.
 
• Coastal played in the Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla., in each of the last two years.
 
  • Louisiana Monroe, or ULM, is 2-3 overall this season and 1-1 in Sun Belt Conference play.
 
• Picked to finish seventh in the West Division in the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, ULM is 1-1 in Sun Belt play with a home win over Louisiana on Sept. 24.
 
• The Warhawks are 2-0 at home inside Malone Stadium this season and 6-2 overall on their home turf under head coach Terry Bowden over the last two years.
 
• The ULM offense is averaging 20.2 points per game this season, having scored 20-points or more three times.
 
• The Warhawks are averaging 312.2 yards per game on offense - 169.0 in the passing game and 143.2 in the rushing attack - which both rank in the bottom half of the Sun Belt Conference.
 
• Quarterback Chandler Rogers has completed 64 percent of his pass attempts this season (71-of-111) for 787 yards, four touchdowns, and three interceptions.
 
• He has three favorite targets with over 150 receiving yards on the season in Jevin Frett (12 rec., 154 yards, TD), Tyrone Howell (11 rec., 184 yards), and Alred Luke (9 rec., 162 yards, TD), while tight end Zach Rasmussen leads the team with two touchdown receptions on the year.
 
• On the ground, the Warhawks have three players with over 160 yards on the ground for the season, led by running backs Malik Jackson (64 att., 240 yards, 4 TDs) and Andrew Henry (34 att., 181 yards, 2 TDs). Rogers has also rushed 55 times for 162 yards and three scores, as the Warhawks have 10 rushing touchdowns on the season.
 
• Defensively, the Warhawks are allowing 36.8 points per game and giving up 381.4 yards per game on the season. However, those numbers are skewed a bit with a 52-10 road loss at Texas (Sept. 3) in the season opener and a 63-7 loss on the road at No. 2/1 Alabama (Sept. 17).
 
• ULM's defense has forced six turnovers this season, including five interceptions, which ranks 40th nationally in all of FBS.
 
• Linebackers Tristan Driggers and Zack Woodard lead the ULM defense with 26 and 20 total tackles, respectively, while Driggers has a team-high three interceptions.
 
  • Coastal Carolina and ULM will be meeting for the fifth time on Saturday night, Oct. 8, and the second consecutive season after not playing in 2020.
 
• The Warhawks lead the all-time series 3-1 between the two teams and are a perfect 2-0 at home in Malone Stadium versus the Chants.
 
• The Chants ended a three-game losing streak to the ULM Warhawks last season with an emphatic 59-6 home win at Brooks Stadium on Oct. 2, 2021.
 

DATE	LOCATION	RESULT
09/30/17	at ULM	L, 43-51
10/13/18	at Coastal	L, 20-45
11/23/19	at ULM	L, 42-45
10/02/21	at Coastal	W, 59-6

 
  • The series between the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and ULM Warhawks have provided some offensive fireworks.
• In each of the four meetings, the winning team has scored 45 points or more.
 
• In fact, CCU's 59 points in the 59-6 win over ULM (Oct. 2) last year were the most points scored in a single game in Coastal's young FBS history (2017-present).
 
  • Over the last two-plus seasons, the Chanticleers have been road warriors in Sun Belt Conference play, going 8-1 since the start of the 2020 season.
• Coastal, who is 1-0 in SBC road play this season, has won three-straight conference road games heading into play on the road this week at ULM (Oct. 8).
 
Conference Road Games Since 2020

DATE	LOCATION	RESULT
10/14/20	at #21 Louisiana	W, 30-27
10/31/20	at Georgia State	W, 51-0
11/28/20	at Texas State	W, 49-14
12/12/20	at Troy	W, 42-38
10/07/21	at Arkansas State	W, 52-20
10/20/21	at Appalachian State	L, 27-30
11/06/21	at Georgia Southern	W, 28-8
11/26/21	at South Alabama	W, 27-21 *
09/22/22	at Georgia State	W, 41-24

* overtime game
 
  • Coastal Carolina is scheduled to play two games on Thursday Night Prime Time on the ESPN family of networks this season.
 
Nationally Televised Games (Scheduled)

DATE	LOCATION	RESULT
09/22/22	at Georgia State	ESPNU
11/03/22	Appalachian State	ESPN

• On Monday, Sept. 19, CCU's game at Georgia State was moved from ESPNU to ESPN2.
 
• On Monday, Oct. 3, ESPN and the Sun Belt Conference announced that the Chanticleers' home contest versus Old Dominion on Saturday, Oct. 15, will be nationally televised on ESPNU.
 
  • Coastal finished the 2020 regular season at 8-0 in conference play, posting its best conference record since joining the Sun Belt as a full-time member in 2017.
 
• Last season in 2021, the Chanticleers recorded their second consecutive conference winning record by going 6-2 overall.
 
• Prior to the 2020 season, Coastal had not won more than two conference games, in any season, since joining the Sun Belt in 2017 and just six total conference games in the program's history in the Sun Belt.
 

YEAR	CONFERENCE	OVERALL
2017	2-6	3-9
2018	2-6	5-7
2019	2-6	5-7
2020	8-0	11-1
2021	6-2	11-2
2020	2-0	5-0

• The Chants are off to a 2-0 start in Sun Belt Conference play for the third-straight season but have only started 3-0 in conference play just once back in 2020.
 
  • With their 5-0 start this season, the Chanticleers are 27-3 since the start of the 2020 season.
 
• The 27-3 record since then is tied for the second-best record in all of FBS football.
 
Best Record Since 2020

TEAM	OVERALL
Alabama	31-2
Coastal Carolina	27-3
Georgia	27-3
Cincinnati	26-3
Louisiana	25-5
BYU	25-5
Clemson	25-5
Oklahoma State	24-5
Notre Dame	23-6
Oklahoma	23-6

  • Coastal will put a pair of winning streaks on the line this Saturday (Oct. 8) at ULM.
 
• The Chants have won eight consecutive games dating back to last season and four-straight Sun Belt Conference games.
 
Chants' Winning Streaks

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
11/20/21	Texas State *	W, 35-21
11/26/21	at South Alabama *	W, 27-21 (OT)
12/17/21	vs. Northern Illinois	W, 47-41
09/03/22	Army West Point	W, 38-28
09/10/22	Gardner-Webb	W, 31-27
09/17/22	Buffalo	W, 38-26
09/22/22	at Georgia State *	W, 41-24
10/01/22	Georgia Southern *	W, 34-30

* Sun Belt Conference game
 
  • With their three wins to end the 2021 season and the five victories to start this year, the Chants are riding an eight-game winning streak into the road contest at ULM (Oct. 8).
 
• With Kentucky and Minnesota losing last week, the Chanticleers' current winning streak is one of the best in the nation, behind only Clemson and the Tigers' 11-straight wins.
 
Longest Current Winning Streaks in FBS

TEAM	OVERALL
Clemson	11
Coastal Carolina	8
UCLA	8
Georgia	7
Ohio State	6
Syracuse	5
Penn State	5
Oklahoma State	5
Alabama	5
Kansas	5
Ole Miss	5
Southern California	5
Michigan	5

  • The "Black Swarm" defense is back to its old ways in 2022, as the Chants have picked up 15 turnovers this year - 13 on defense and two on special teams.
 
• With their 15 turnovers gained, the Chants are first in the Sun Belt and tied for first nationally in all of FBS with Southern California.
 
 
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