Fort Hays State has produced one of the best run defenses in the MIAA the past two seasons, thanks to its solid play up front on the defensive line. Even with the loss of two-time All-MIAA selection Ty Brunswig, the Tigers return the majority of their starters from last year on the defensive line. Anchoring the line will be fifth-year senior Charlie Carr, who enters the season with a 28-consecutive starts streak, dating back to his redshirt-freshman season of 2006. Read more...

Depth at the quarterback position was an issue for the Tiger football squad in 2008. Midway through the season, starting quarterback Mike Garrison took a hard shot from a Truman State University defender, which resulted in a broken jaw. Garrison missed a month of action before returning to compete in the final two games of the season. Read more...

Fort Hays State has officially announced the hiring of Kyle Nystrom as defensive coordinator for the Tiger football program.

Nystrom comes to the program from North Dakota State University, where he served as assistant head coach and linebackers coach from 2006 to 2008. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team completed its spring practices earlier this week at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays. The Tigers had 15 practices over a span of a couple weeks, beginning their preparation for the 2009 season. Read more...

Fort Hays State football coaches announced Wednesday (February 4) afternoon the signing of 19 players for the 2009 season. Fifteen of the 19 players are from out of state. The Tigers went south and west to find most of the individuals listed, with six from Oklahoma, three from Arizona, three from Colorado, and two from California. There are three junior college transfers in the list, two from Kansas junior colleges and one from a California junior college. Read more...

Fort Hays State junior cornerback C.J. Lovett was named to the Daktronics All-Super Region 4 Second Team on Tuesday (December 2). Lovett was the only all-region selection for the Tigers, earning the nod at cornerback. Read more...

The All-MIAA Football Team selections for the 2008 season were released on Tuesday (Nov. 11). Fort Hays State had nine individuals earn all-conference honors. Of those nine, the Tigers had one first-team selection, three second-team selections, and six honorable mention selections. The group included seven seniors, one junior, and one sophomore. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team hosted Central Missouri in the final game of the 2008 football season at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays. The Tigers held a 14-10 lead after three quarters, but could not seal the deal in their bid for a win against Central Missouri. Central Missouri outscored the Tigers 14-7 in the fourth to win 24-21. Read more...

Fort Hays State football seniors Jordan Stricker and Ty Brunswig were each selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team. Both individuals earned second team honors. It was the second consecutive year that both earned the honor. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football squad played its final road game of the season at Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers could not get a win on the road for the third consecutive season as the Mavericks won the game 27-14. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football squad hosted #13 ranked Pittsburg State on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 25) in Hays. The Gorillas jumped to a 27-0 halftime lead and cruised to a 34-7 win over the Tigers. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football squad played at #5 Northwest Missouri State on Saturday, October 18, in Maryville, Mo. The Bearcats stayed unbeaten in MIAA play by cruising to a 56-7 win over the Tigers. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football squad hosted Missouri Southern on Saturday, October 11, at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays. For the second consecutive year, the Lions shutout the Tigers, this time by a score of 28-0. The last three meetings between the teams have resulted in shutouts. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football was at Missouri Western on Saturday, October 4, for another MIAA match-up. After falling down 21-0 at halftime, the Tigers made a monumental comeback effort, but fell just short in their late rally for a 31-28 loss. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team hosted Truman State for 2008 Homecoming on Saturday, September 27, at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays. Truman State took the opening play from scrimmage 68 yards for a touchdown and never looked back, leaving Hays with a 27-7 win over FHSU. Read more...

In their partnership with the MIAA, Sports Radio 810 WHB begins its weekly podcast of The MIAA Now on Wednesday, September 24. The podcast will focus primarily on (but not entirely) football in the fall, basketball in the winter, and the spring sports in April and May. Sports Radio 810 WHB plans to run the podcasts through the conclusion of the MIAA Baseball Championships. A new podcast will be done each week on Wednesday. To listen to the show, go to the following link…http://www.stationcaster.com/player.php?s=26&c=377&f=15709, or click on “The MIAA Now” Icon on the right border of www.fhsuathletics.com. Read more...

The Tiger football team played its first road conference game of the season on Saturday (Sept. 20) at Emporia State University. The Tigers were unable to move to a 3-1 start for the second consecutive season with a 24-13 loss to the Hornets. Read more...

Fort Hays State University football players Allen Walker and Tyler Elder were honored as the MIAA Players of the Week, for the week ending on September 13. Walker was named the MIAA Defensive Player of the Week and Elder was named the MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team hosted Washburn University on Saturday evening (Sept. 13) at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays. The Tigers came up with their first win over a ranked team under head coach Kevin Verdugo as they stopped the #18 Ichabods by a score of 17-7. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team will host Washburn University on Saturday, September 13, at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays. The game marks the annual Tailgreat event, hosted by Nex-Tech and Nex-Tech Wireless. The Tailgreat events will begin at 3:00 p.m., and kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. Washburn enters the game ranked #18 in the nation. All reserved parking spots for the Tailgreat event are sold out. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football squad played its first road game of the season on Saturday in Golden, Colo., at Colorado School of Mines. The Orediggers capitalized on several Tiger mistakes to win 37-17, extending their win streak over the Tigers in Golden to four games. Read more...

The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association once again joins forces with Penn Atlantic, Inc., to bring fans live webcasts of MIAA football and basketball games for the 2008-09 season. The games will now be made available free of charge through themiaa.tv -- all fans need to do is go through a quick on-line registration to view the action on their computer. Fans can either go to www.themiaa.tv or click on themiaa.tv link at the MIAA’s home page, www.themiaa.com. Read more...

Fort Hays State University wide receiver/kick returner Bryan Haynes was named the MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week for the week ending on August 30th. It was the second time Haynes has earned this honor in his career as a member of the FHSU football team. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team opened its 2008 season by blanking New Mexico Highlands 44-0 in Hays on Thursday evening (August 28). Big plays helped propel the Tigers to their second consecutive win in season openers. Read more...

The Tiger football team and head coach Kevin Verdugo will be signing autographs at the center court in the mall on Sunday, August 17th from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Participants can also register to win an autographed football which will be signed by all FHSU football players. Mix 103.3 will be live on location from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Read more...

The Fort Hays State University football squad opened its fall training camp for the 2008 season on Friday. After a long day of orientation for the players on Thursday, the 96 players entering this year’s camp were ready to open practice on Friday morning. Read more...

Fort Hays State University Athletics has been renewing and selling season tickets for the 2008-09 seasons at a pace that has surpassed last year’s sales. “We are very pleased with the support the community has shown to this point for our athletic programs this year through renewal and new season ticket purchases,” Curtis Hammeke, FHSU Athletic Director said. “However, we need to continue to gain fans as we approach the August 28th game.” Read more...

Members of the Fort Hays State football team took part in the annual MIAA Football Media Day at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on Monday, August 4th. The event was inside the Arrowhead Club at the stadium. Nearly 90 members of the media attended. Read more...

On July, 12, 2008, former Fort Hays State football coach Bob Cortese was inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony was held at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo. Read more...

March 8th and April 19th were disassembling weekends for the “Fantasy Christmas” south of Hays. “Fantasy Christmas” was put on by the Hays Area Young Professionals, an organization of business leaders and entrepreneurs in the Hays community. Athletic Director Curtis Hammeke & Head Football Coach Kevin Verdugo assembled more than 20 members of the Tiger football program to assist in the daunting task of bringing down the Christmas lights over the two weekends. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football coaches announced the signing of 22 players for the 2008 season on Wednesday afternoon. The recruiting class represents six states with ten recruits from Kansas, five from Oklahoma, four from Arizona, one from Nebraska, one from Iowa and one from Illinois. Twenty of the recruits are from high schools and two are transfers.

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The Fort Hays State football squad had ten members of its 2007 team named to the MIAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. The ten members of the team earning the honor were seniors Adam Kotschwar, Ryan Taillon and Cody Witte, juniors Ty Brunswig, Cody Engle, Mitch Hayward, Brett Prior, and Jordan Stricker, and sophomores Tyrone Lewis and Macy Sexson. Read more...

Senior defensive lineman Jason Hill was named to the Daktronics All-Southwest Region First Team for his efforts during the 2007 season. The selections were made by sports information directors of the Southwest Region. Read more...

The All-MIAA Team for football was announced on Tuesday (November 13). The Tigers had nine players named to the all-conference team. Albert Rodriguez earned All-MIAA First Team honors. Jason Hill and Joey Cotten each earned All-MIAA second team honors. Earning All-MIAA Honorable Mention honors were Jordan Hickel, Ryan Taillon, Bryan Haynes, Ty Brunswig, Zach Scruggs and C.J. Lovett. Read more...

The Fort Hays State University football squad played its season finale on Saturday (November 10) at the University of Central Missouri. The Mules kept the Tigers winless on the road for the second consecutive season, winning by a score of 31-10. Read more...

Three members of the Fort Hays State football team were selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District football teams. The selections are made by the College Sports Information Directors of America. All three members were named to the All-District Second Team for District 7 in the College Division. The three individuals are Ty Brunswig, Jordan Stricker and Adam Kotschwar. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team hosted Southwest Baptist on Saturday (November 3) afternoon at Lewis Field Stadium. The Tigers were able to hold off the Bearcats down the stretch on senior day, 36-30. FHSU snapped a five-game losing skid with the win and picked up its second conference victory of the season. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team was in action Saturday afternoon in Pittsburg, Kan., taking on #19 ranked Pittsburg State in another conference match up. Pittsburg State controlled the game throughout, winning by a score of 35-0. Read more...

The Tiger football team hosted #9 ranked and conference frontrunner Northwest Missouri State on Saturday afternoon in Hays. The Tigers gave the Bearcats all they could handle, falling by a score of 17-10. The Tigers held Northwest Missouri State scoreless in the second half, but could not overtake the national powerhouse in their bid for the upset. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team played at Missouri Southern Saturday afternoon in Joplin, Mo. The Tigers and Lions engaged in a defensive battle in another MIAA tussle with the Lions prevailing in the end. Missouri Southern squeaked out a 6-0 win over the Tigers. Read more...

The Fort Hays State University football team hosted Missouri Western for homecoming on Saturday afternoon in conference action. The Griffons spoiled the festivities by defeating the Tigers 37-9. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team was looking for its first ever win on the road in MIAA play Saturday evening in Kirksville, Mo. FHSU looked in good position for a win, taking a 3-0 lead in the latter part of the third quarter. But, Truman State reeled off 26 unanswered points for its first conference win of the season by a score of 26-11. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team hosted Emporia State on Saturday evening at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays. The Tigers ended a six-year winning drought against the Hornets with a 26-12 win for their first win in conference action this season. FHSU went to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in the MIAA and Emporia State also moved to 3-1 and 1-1 in the MIAA. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team played its first road game of the season at Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., on Saturday. The Tigers dropped their first game of the season to the Ichabods by a score of 28-10. FHSU moved to 2-1 overall this season and 0-1 in the MIAA. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football team hosted Colorado Mines Saturday night at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays. The Tigers pulled away in the second half to claim a 34-10 win over the Orediggers. A key 60-yard interception return for a touchdown by Adam Kotschwar gave the Tigers a 14-point cushion mid-way through the third quarter and added 10 more points following to cruise to the 24-point win. Read more...

The MIAA announced Monday that wide receiver/kick returner Bryan Haynes earned Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his efforts against Western State College this past Saturday. Read more...

The Fort Hays State University football team opened their 2007 season in impressive fashion Saturday night in Hays with a 55-3 win over Western State College (Colo.). A sound rushing attack and taking advantage of turnovers were big keys in FHSU's victory. Read more...

With five straight days of 100+ degree heat and no end in sight, Tiger head football coach Kevin Verdugo has pushed his players through grueling practices and now they are hanging their hats on the work done in the heat. Read more...

The 2007 Fort Hays State Football team and coaches will be at The Mall in Hays on Saturday, August 11th to meet and greet the public. This is a great opportunity for Tiger fans to come and meet the team and enter a chance to win one of two drawings taking place and get Tiger autographs. The team will be located next to the Nex-Tech Wireless kiosk in the mall, as Nex-Tech Wireless is the sponsor for this event. Prizes being raffled include an autographed football of the 2007 Tigers and two sets of two general admission season tickets for football. The event will take place from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Read more...

Oregon State football director of Support Service Jim Gilstrap, the team’s former offensive line coach, died Thursday in Corvallis. Gilstrap had been hospitalized since undergoing surgery in May for intestinal cancer. He was 65 years old. Gilstrap was the head coach of Fort Hays State from 1981-1983. Read more...

The Fort Hays State Tigers have done the lifting and conditioning. They have done all the speed work and testing drills. The Tigers have been training just as everyone else in college football has. The one thing the Tigers have done a little different is “Competitive Training.” To compete in the MIAA, the Tigers found out they needed to get stronger, play more physical, and most importantly, become mentally tougher as a team and as individuals. Read more...

FHSU football team members have worked very hard in their summer weights program. With a daily attendance around 60, the Tigers are looking for big numbers at Lewis Field and in the Field Strength Facility in Gross Coliseum next week. The events are open to the public and will begin at 6:00 sharp in the mornings and evenings. Read more...

Thirteen members of the Fort Hays State Football team traveled to Greensburg, Kansas, on May 10, 2007, to help Shawn Starr, alumnus of the team, clean up after the devastating tornado hit his hometown. Read more...

After 13 practices, the 2007 Tiger football program has made major strides. For the first time in Kevin Verdugo’s three spring seasons, the Tigers have battled back and forth in their weekly scrimmages. Read more...

After placing 15 kids on the MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll, the Tigers followed with a record number of Athletic-Academic Award of Excellence (A.A.A.E.) winners. The Athletic-Academic Award of Excellence at Fort Hays State is an award the can be earned by any student-athlete that maintains a 3.0 grade point average during the calendar year. In Kevin Verdugo’s first year, 2005, his team set the standard with 43 A.A.A.E. winners. This past year the football team eclipsed the record with 46 winners. Read more...

Thursday evening was more than the beginning of another sub-zero evening at Lewis Field. The Fort Hays State Tigers began their spring football practices. The weather outside forced the Tigers to start the spring season inside. With a frigid temperature of negative six degrees in the morning, head football coach Kevin Verdugo, commanded his troops indoors. After five weeks of strength training and conditioning, the players would have followed him anywhere to begin practice. Read more...

The Fort Hays State football coaches announced the signing of 18 players for the 2007 season on Wednesday afternoon. The recruiting class represents six states with six recruits from Kansas, four from Colorado, three from Oklahoma, three from Nebraska, one from Iowa and one from Florida. Fifteen of the recruits are from high school and three come to the program from community colleges. Read more...