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MEDIA AVAILABILIY AND RESOURCES TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL PRACTICE All Tennessee Tech football practices are open to the public and media. However, all interview requests for coaches and players must come through the Sports Information office and football contacts Thomas Corhern and Mike Lehman. Interviews will not be held during practice unless permitted by Coach Alexander and his staff.
OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE Coach Alexander will participate weekly on the Ohio Valley Conference’s football teleconference. That will be held every Tuesday morning during the season, starting at 10 a.m. On the week of Oct. 22, the call will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 24 due to OVC Basketball Media Day in Evansville, Ind. Coach Alexander will appear at the 10:56 a.m. timeslot. To access the call, dial 1-615-280-8014. Contact Kyle Schwartz at the OVC (kschwartz@ovc.org) or Thomas Corhern at Tech (tcorhern@tntech.edu) for the teleconference passcode.
PHONE INTERVIEWS Requests for phone interviews with coaches and players must be made to football contact Thomas Corhern -- (931) 372-6139 or tcorhern@tntech.edu -- or Sports Information Director Mike Lehman -- (931) 372-3088 or mlehman@tntech.edu. Requests will then be submitted to Coach Alexander for approval and scheduling. Please also provide a number for the interview subject to contact as personal numbers will not be provided.
IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS Requests for in-person interviews with coaches and players must be made to football contact Thomas Corhern -- (931) 372-6139 or tcorhern@tntech.edu -- or Sports Information Director Mike Lehman -- (931) 372-3088 or mlehman@tntech.edu. Requests will then be submitted to Coach Alexander for approval and scheduling. Please note that post-practice interviews will be preferred.
TTUSPORTS.COM The online home of Golden Eagle Athletics, the TTUsports.com website provides up-to-date information on all of Tennessee Tech’s varsity teams, including recaps, bios, statistics, media guides/record books and more. For football, the site’s page contains the latest rosters, coaching staff information, notes and schedule.
OVCSPORTS.COM The website for the Ohio Valley Conference contains in-depth information for all of the member institutions, as well as record books for all of the league’s participating sports.
TENNESSEE TECH SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR MIKE LEHMAN (Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Men’s Golf, Women’s Golf) (931) 372-3088 mlehman@tntech.edu
SPORTS INFORMATION COORDINATOR THOMAS CORHERN (Football, Softball) (931) 372-6139 tcorhern@tntech.edu
SPORTS INFORMATION COORDINATOR JONATHAN CAUDLE (Women’s Basketball, Volleyball, Cross Country, Track and Field) (931) 372-6139 jcaudle@tntech.edu
SPORTS INFORMATION COORDINATOR DYLAN VAZZANO (Women’s Soccer, Men’s Tennis) (931) 372-3883 dvazzano@tntech.edu
CREDENTIALS Media seeking credentials should contact football contact Thomas Corhern -- (931) 372-6139 / tcorhern@tntech.edu -- or Sports Information Director Mike Lehman -- (931) 372-3088 / mlehman@tntech.edu. Media will call is located on the west side of Tucker Stadium. The OVC has announced an extension of its media rights deal with ESPN that will make ESPN+, the first multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company Direct-to-Consumer & International segment, the exclusive home of regular season and OVC Championship broadcasts. This season 36 OVC football games will air on ESPN+ (eight other games will be on ESPN3). Fans can subscribe to ESPN+ for $4.99 a month (or $49.99 per year). ESPN+ is an integrated part of the completely redesigned ESPN App and also available on the web, iPhone, iPad, tvOS, Android Handset, Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast and FireTV. More information can be found at www.OVCSports.com/ESPN.
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QUICK FACTS Location: Cookeville, Tenn. Enrollment: 10,186 Founded: March 27, 1915 Nickname: Golden Eagles Colors: Purple and Gold President: Dr. Phillip Oldham Director of Athletics: Mark Wilson Stadium (Capacity): Tucker Stadium (16,500) Surface: 24/7 Turf Twitter: @TTUGoldenEagles, @TNTechFootball Football Contact: Thomas Corhern Office: (931) 372-6139 Cell: (931) 703-4927 Fax: (931) 931-3114 Email: tcorhern@tntech.edu Website: www.TTUsports.com Press box phone: (931) 372-6030/6031 Offense: Spread Defense: 4-2-5 Lettermen returning/lost: 51/20 Offensive starters returning: 8 Defensive starters returning: 4 Special teams: 1 2018 record/OVC record (Finish): 1-10/1-7 (9th) Postseason: None All-Time Record/OVC Record: 421-516-31 (.439)/215-260-3 (.450) Joined OVC: 1949 OVC Championships (Last): 10 (2011) NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances (Last): 1 (2011)
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2019 TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name 74 Ellis Adams 1 Dami Adekunjo 43 Blake Alberts 75 Schaefer Almoyan 86 Kolby Alonzo 70 Manny Aviña 67 Riley Bodine 8 Jamal Boyd 3 Quintavious Boyd 14 Adam Browner 14 Samari Burns 41 Christian Cantrell 63 Cody Cantrell 18 Seth Carlisle 20 Tai Carter 8 Brad Clark 13 Ethan Cobb 80 Hunter Coleman 73 JayQuan Coles 79 Nathan Counts 11 Quinton Cross 54 Daly Cull 92 Kail Dava 61 Joe Dennis 60 Michael Dixon 7 Shannon Fayne 4 Bailey Fisher 7 Metrius Fleming 19 R.D. Ford 77 Bryson Garrett 21 David Gist 99 Jale’n Gladney 23 Andrew Goldsmith 16 Jackson Guy 59 Norman Hand 1 Austin Hicks 28 Slater Howard 35 Jared Howell 10 Cameron Hudson 64 Connor Huff 50 Kurt Huff 22 Cole Huner 37 Jake Huner 82 Seth Huner 81 Demetrien Johnson 3 John Jones 91 Henry Karimu 71 Jarrett Key 89 Tavin Kilpatrick 94 Richie Koons 25 Branson Kramm 36 Weston Landry 44 Josh Lee 78 Ian Leever 58 Colby Long 34 Nathaniel Love
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NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name 1 Dami Adekunjo 1 Austin Hicks 2 Aderick Moore 2 Cam Singletary 3 Quintavious Boyd 3 John Jones 4 Bailey Fisher 4 Chris Stevenson 5 Justin Oden 5 Josh Reliford 6 Willie Miller 6 Jamaal Singleton 7 Shannon Fayne 7 Metrius Fleming 8 Jamal Boyd 8 Brad Clark 9 Myles Spurling 9 D.J. Wilkes 10 Cameron Hudson 11 Quinton Cross 12 Drew Martin 13 Ethan Cobb 13 Brian Puckett 14 Adam Browner 14 Samari Burns 15 Marcus McMeans 15 Luke Ward 16 Jackson Guy 16 Christian Watson 17 Darrius Stafford 18 Seth Carlisle 19 R.D. Ford 20 Tai Carter 21 David Gist 22 Cole Huner 23 Andrew Goldsmith 24 Blake Metzgar 24 Xavier Washington 25 Branson Kramm 26 Jamaal Thompson Aidan Raines 27 Slater Howard 28 Adam Swayze 29 30 Clay Massengille 31 Luke Maynard D.J. Worthy 32 33 Miles Younger Nathaniel Love 34 35 Jared Howell Weston Landry 36 Jake Huner 37 38 Devin Parker 39 Sam McAuley 40 Andrew Swicegood Christian Cantrell 41 Bryson Tolley 42
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Ht. 5-10 6-2 6-0 5-8 5-10 5-9 5-11 6-1 6-3 5-10 6-0 5-6 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-2 5-10 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-4 5-11 5-11 6-3 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-11 5-9 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-11 5-9 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-0 5-8 6-2 6-1 5-11 5-10 5-9 6-0 5-5 6-0 6-0 6-0
Wt. 187 223 232 155 172 167 205 205 174 195 177 142 198 173 185 208 185 248 175 175 201 222 160 243 170 186 225 200 186 193 221 202 188 190 175 211 205 192 194 187 195 195 193 207 193 206 199 190 185 155 175 175 186 241 241 218
Cl. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. R-So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. R-Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. So. R-Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. R-Fr. So. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr.
Hometown (Previous School) Clinton, Md. / Glen Burnie HS Gardendale, Ala. / North Alabama Selma, Ala. / Selma HS Moultrie, Ga. / Colquitt County HS Murfreesboro, Tenn. / Oakland HS Waycross, Ga. / Pierce County HS Clayton, Ga. / Rabun County HS Knoxville, Tenn. / Austin-East HS Columbia, Tenn. / Spring Hill HS Fitzgerald, Ga. / Hutchinson (Kan.) CC Pinson, Ala. / Clay-Chalkville HS Buford, Ga. / Buford HS Nashville, Tenn. / Donelson Christian Academy Elberton, Ga. / Elbert County HS Athens, Ga. / Cedar Shoals HS Lakeland, Fla. / Victory Christian Academy Hoover, Ala. / Hoover HS Jackson, Tenn. / Liberty Tech Magnet HS Athens, Ga. / Cedar Shoals HS Clarksville, Tenn. / Northeast HS Franklin, Tenn. / Battle Ground Academy Murfreesboro, Tenn. / Eagleville HS Memphis, Tenn. / Memphis Central HS New Hope, Ala. / Garden City CC Nashville, Tenn. / Overton HS Talladega, Ala. / Winterboro HS Decaturville, Tenn. / Riverside HS Englewood, Tenn. / McMinn Central HS Duluth, Ga. / Northview HS Memphis, Tenn. / Kirby HS Red Boiling Springs, Tenn. / Macon County HS Huntsville, Ala. / Buckhorn HS Spring Hill, Tenn. / Summit HS Cookeville, Tenn. / Cookeville HS Thompson’s Station, Tenn. / Independence HS Jackson, Tenn. / Trinity Christian Academy Cookeville, Tenn. / Upperman HS Knoxville, Tenn. / Knoxville Central HS Springfield, Tenn. / White House-Heritage HS Hendersonville, Tenn. / Pope John Paul II HS Mt. Juliet, Tenn. / Mt. Juliet HS Brentwood, Tenn. / Nashville Christian HS Spring Hill, Tenn. / Independence HS Cookeville, Tenn. / Cookeville HS Bannockburn, Australia / Belmont HS Kennesaw, Ga. / Sprayberry HS Duluth, Ga. / Johns Creek HS Lynchburg, Tenn. / Moore County HS Franklin, Tenn. / Franklin HS Thompson’s Station, Tenn. / Independence HS Thompson’s Station, Tenn. / Independence HS Edwardsville, Ill. / ULM Gallatin, Tenn. / Goodpasture HS Fletcher, N.C. / Reynolds HS Murfreesboro, Tenn. / Oakland HS Erwin, Tenn. / Science Hill HS
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2019 TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL ROSTER 43 44 45 46 47 48 48 49 50 52 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 86 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 98 99
Blake Alberts Josh Lee Storm Williams Sam Oldham Tate Sloan Mitchell McClurg Heath Price Jack Warwick Kurt Huff Trevor Stephens Daly Cull Chris Tucker Michael Scavo Mike Rhoades Colby Long Norman Hand Michael Dixon Joe Dennis Aidan Panni Cody Cantrell Connor Huff Xavier Schlueter Bryce Martin Riley Bodine Manny Aviña Jarrett Key Mackenan Thompson JayQuan Coles Ellis Adams Schaefer Almoyan Spencer Stachyra Bryson Garrett Ian Leever Nathan Counts Hunter Coleman Demetrien Johnson Seth Huner Landon Miller Clint Zierke Kolby Alonzo Tavin Kilpatrick Matthew McClurg Henry Karimu Kail Dava Haidar Zaidan Richie Koons Drew Williamson Demarious Stoudemire Jale’n Gladney
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5-11 6-2 5-11 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-5 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-4 5-10 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-6 6-4 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-0 6-3 5-10 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-4 6-4 5-11
202 262 201 229 201 213 210 224 300 301 266 270 222 295 205 272 248 283 212 341 307 315 284 274 330 224 283 273 352 276 301 282 293 285 192 185 180 185 238 165 244 250 238 281 204 287 235 220 304
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Murfreesboro, Tenn. / Oakland HS Kathleen, Ga. / Georgia Southern Milan, Tenn. / Milan HS Cookeville, Tenn. / Cookeville HS Westmoreland, Tenn. / Westmoreland HS Alcoa, Tenn. / Appalachian State Watertown, Tenn. / Watertown HS Alcoa, Tenn. / Alcoa HS Camden, N.J. / Camden HS Woodstock, Ga. / Woodstock HS Hendersonville, Tenn. / Memphis Jackson, Tenn. / Temple Cookeville, Tenn. / Cookeville HS Jacksboro, Tenn. / Campbell County HS Gainesboro, Tenn. / Jackson County HS Walterboro, S.C. / Colleton County HS Kennesaw, Ga. / North Cobb HS Maryville, Tenn. / Heritage HS Birchwood, Tenn. / Ooltewah HS Livingston, Tenn. / Livingston Academy Clarksville, Tenn. / Rossville HS Petersburg, Tenn. / Lincoln County HS Reading, Ohio / Elder HS Signal Mountain, Tenn. / Baylor School Chino, Calif. / Riverside City College Cookeville, Tenn. / Livingston Academy Calera, Ala. / Calera HS Stockbridge, Ga. / Woodland HS Hoover, Ala. / Hoover HS Clarksville, Ga. / Habersham Central HS Harbor, Ind. / Snow College Knoxville, Tenn. / Karns HS Loveland, Ohio / Miami (Ohio) Lebanon, Tenn. / Lebanon HS Roswell, Ga. / Bowling Green Knoxville, Tenn. / Knoxville Central HS Thompson’s Station, Tenn. / Independence HS Clinton, Tenn. / Anderson County HS Wayne, Ill. / Bartlett HS Franklin, Tenn. / Franklin HS Greenback, Tenn. / Greenback HS Alcoa, Tenn. / Appalachian State Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. / Citrus College Mississauga, Ontario / Clarkson Secondary School Dearborn, Mich. / Henry County HS Maryville, Tenn. / Maryville HS Columbia, Tenn. / Columbia Central HS Murfressboro, Tenn. / Eagleville HS Birmingham, Ala. / Ramsay HS
66 12 30 31 39 90 48 15 24 83 6 2 5 46 62 38 48 13 27 5 57 56 65 2 6 47 9 76 17 52 4 98 29 40 26 72 42 55 15 49 24 16 9 45 95 32 33 93 84
Bryce Martin Drew Martin Clay Massengille Luke Maynard Sam McAuley Matthew McClurg Mitchell McClurg Marcus McMeans Blake Metzgar Landon Miller Willie Miller Aderick Moore Justin Oden Sam Oldham Aidan Panni Devin Parker Heath Price Brian Puckett Aidan Raines Josh Reliford Mike Rhoades Michael Scavo Xavier Schlueter Cam Singletary Jamaal Singleton Tate Sloan Myles Spurling Spencer Stachyra Darrius Stafford Trevor Stephens Chris Stevenson Demarious Stoudemire Adam Swayze Andrew Swicegood Jamaal Thompson Mackenan Thompson Bryson Tolley Chris Tucker Luke Ward Jack Warwick Xavier Washington Christian Watson D.J. Wilkes Storm Williams Drew Williamson D.J. Worthy Miles Younger Haidar Zaidan Clint Zierke
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55 60 99 73 65 41 91 44 2 49 18 48 20 OR 6 9 7 27 OR 8 29 OR 5 28 10 13 1 3
Chris Tucker Michael Dixon Jale’n Gladney JayQuan Coles Xavier Schlueter Christian Cantrell Henry Karimu Josh Lee Aderick Moore Jack Warwick Seth Carlisle Heath Price Tai Carter Jamaal Singleton Myles Spurling Shannon Fayne Aidan Raines Jamal Boyd Adam Swayze Josh Reliford Slater Howard Cameron Hudson Brian Puckett Dami Adekunjo Quintavious Boyd
6-2 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-6 5-10 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-2 5-10 6-2 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-10
270 248 285 273 315 241 238 262 232 224 221 210 188 142 185 198 195 185 193 195 195 175 160 187 172
Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. R-Fr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Jr. R-So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr.
Jackson, Tenn. Kennesaw, Ga. Birmingham, Ala. Stockbridge, Ga. Petersburg, Tenn. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Kathleen, Ga. Selma, Ala. Alcoa, Tenn. Red Boiling Springs, Tenn. Watertown, Tenn. Spring Hill, Tenn. Buford, Ga. Hoover, Ala. Nashville, Tenn. Mt. Juliet, Tenn. Athens, Ga. Spring Hill, Tenn. Fitzgerald, Ga. Brentwood, Tenn. Athens, Ga. Memphis, Tenn. Clinton, Md. Murfreesboro, Tenn.
So. Sr. So. So. Jr. So. R-Fr. So. Fr. Gr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. R-Fr.
Clarksville, Ga. Walterboro, S.C. Jacksboro, Tenn. Harbor, Ind. Camden, N.J. Hendersonville, Tenn. Reading, Ohio Calera, Ala. Hoover, Ala. Loveland, Ohio Woodstock, Ga. Greenback, Tenn. New Hope, Ala. Alcoa, Tenn. Clayton, Ga. Pinson, Ala. Decaturville, Tenn. Jackson, Tenn. Waycross, Ga. Cookeville, Tenn. Gardendale, Ala. Columbia, Tenn. Huntsville, Ala. Thompson’s Station, Tenn. Elberton, Ga. Roswell, Ga. Memphis, Tenn. Lakeland, Fla.
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Cookeville, Tenn. Birchwood, Tenn. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Bannockburn, Australia Dearborn, Mich. Edwardsville, Ill. Spring Hill, Tenn. Thompson’s Station, Tenn. Elberton, Ga. Cookeville, Tenn. Buford, Ga. Spring Hill, Tenn.
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75 59 57 76 50 54 OR 66 72 74 78 52 89 14 OR 48 4 6 OR 15 23 3 OR 21 1 5 OR 19 82 7 OR 80 17 8
Schaefer Almoyan Norman Hand Mike Rhoades Spencer Stachrya Kurt Huff Daly Cull Bryce Martin Mackenan Thompson Ellis Adams Ian Leever Trevor Stephens Tavin Kilpatrick Adam Browner Mitchell McClurg Bailey Fisher Willie Miller Luke Ward Andrew Goldsmith John Jones David Gist Austin Hicks Justin Oden R.D. Ford Seth Huner Metrius Fleming Hunter Coleman Darrius Stafford Brad Clark
6-5 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-6 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-3 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-0
276 272 295 301 300 266 284 283 352 293 301 244 243 213 205 177 225 211 167 190 223 174 202 180 173 192 193 208
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Jarrett Key Aidan Panni Blake Alberts Luke Maynard Haidar Zaidan Devin Parker Tai Carter Seth Huner Metrius Fleming David Gist Jamaal Singleton Tai Carter
5-10 6-5 5-11 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-11 5-6 5-9
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DEWAYNE ALEXANDER
HEAD COACH | SECOND SEASON | TENNESSEE TECH, 1989
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year into the Dewayne Alexander era and the goal remains the same – put Tennessee Tech back on the college football map and restore its football tradition as the Golden Eagles look for their 11th Ohio Valley Conference championship. While his first season at the helm saw some transitionary ups and downs, there were still many positives as the Golden Eagles started to build toward the future. While it’s still very much a work-in-progress, no one is more bought in toward the team’s success than the man at the helm. After all, for Alexander, Tech is home. Alexander went to school at Tech, played football at Tech, coached as an assistant coach for the Golden Eagles and was even the acting head coach after Watson Brown stepped down following the 2015 season. While he didn’t follow in Brown’s shoes then, that didn’t deter Alexander. On December 22, 2017, just days before Christmas, Alexander was announced as the Golden Eagle football team’s 12th all-time head coach. “It is an excellent fit,” Tech Director of Athletics Mark
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Wilson said. “He loves Tennessee Tech. He truly bleeds purple and gold. He is the head coach to build a winning program here, can build a championship-level program, but do everything right with a commitment to academic excellence, a commitment to developing our football student-athletes as a whole person and provide great service to our community.” Alexander’s devotion to Tech really makes his leadership special as he is the third head coach for the Golden Eagle program to come from the Cookeville university’s hallowed halls, joining Jim Ragland and Mike Hennigan. “I’m a product of Tennessee Tech,” he said. “I have two degrees from Tech. I’m a former player. The one thing that has always made Tennessee Tech special is the people. It’s an amazing group, the continuity is special, and it’s something we want to do with the football team. We need very good staff continuity, we need enthusiasm and inject it into the program and I think we’re ready to do that. “But I think the thing that impressed me the most in this whole process was the number of people who have just strong feelings for Tennessee Tech and I have always felt that it is the people that make Tech special. I’ve been
associated with Tech since 1983 in some form or fashion on and off, but the people have always made Tech what it is.” It’s that family atmosphere that’s really made it hard for Alexander to stay away. “Absolutely,” Alexander said. “From the top to the bottom in the athletic administration, that is definitely true. I know all of those people very well, they’re people I’ve worked with in the past and I really feel comfortable being around them. During the interview process, it was almost like I’ve never left. It’s very good to be a part of that. “And Tech and Cookeville have been a great place for my family. I graduated from Tech, my son (Hayden) is in graduate school here, my daughter Kate was born at Cookeville Regional back in 2000. It’s home. It’s always had a family atmosphere and been a second home for me and my family.” One of the biggest positives for Alexander is his many connections in football, not just from his roots in the Upper Cumberland, but throughout the country. “He has great connections throughout the state of Tennessee and the southeast in recruiting,” Wilson said. “He’s been a high school coach, a collegiate head coach, a
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TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL collegiate assistant coach. He has tremendous connections that will help us in recruiting, and I know the staff that he’s working to put together will be a great staff, a strong staff that will do great things as they build a championship football program together here at Tennessee Tech.” Alexander added, “I’ve been blessed with the time I’ve spent in Cookeville and the Upper Cumberland. From coaching the Bees at Upperman High School, coaching at Jackson County High School, I’m very proud of that, proud of spending time in those communities and glad to still have a lot of friends and connections and familiar faces that I know and keep in touch with. It’s just going to be so exciting getting back to living in this area full-time. I just can’t wait to get here.” Of course, he’s no stranger to being the head coach, putting together a successful tenure at Cumberland University, and that experience brings quite a bit to the table. “It brings a lot, because I have been a head coach on both the high school and college levels,” Alexander said. “When I took over at Cumberland, the program was going through some adversity. I was their third head coach in four years and they had some struggles. I know what that looks like to rebuild football programs – I did it at Wilson Central High School as the head coach and I was able to do it at Cumberland University and get the program going in the right direction. “I’ve been there and done that when it comes to those kinds of situations. Here at Tennessee Tech, we have a tremendous amount of resources. We have a great community, a great university to recruit to and I feel like we’re going to be able to get this program moving in the right direction real, real soon.” And the burning question on most fans’ minds is probably this: what will it take to make Tech a winning program? “By recruiting and stabilizing our current roster,” Alexander said. “We have to recruit. We are going to go all in on recruiting. We’re going to hire a staff of recruiters. To me, we’ve got a great area to recruit to. We host the TSSAA state championship games. That’s what it’s going to take – recruiting and doing things right in our program, whether it’s in the weight room, on the field, off the field. We’re going to hire good coaches who will do right by our players and work extremely hard. I’m a big believer that if we’re doing things the right way on and off the field, the wins will take care of themselves. They always have wherever I’ve been.” On the side of Tucker Stadium, there’s the large banner that reads ‘Champions are made here.’ Alexander is definitely believer in that. “There is so much truth in that,” Alexander said. “What an awesome thing it is for us to host the TSSAA state championships. I look back at the 2011 Tech team who won the OVC championship and went to the FCS playoffs, and, in that same year, won the academic award in the OVC. That’s what Tennessee Tech is all about. That’s what being a student-athlete at Tennessee Tech is all about. It’s being very competitive in the classroom and playing championship-caliber football. That’s what we’re going to do.”
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It’s hard to question Alexander’s experience – a career that has spanned nearly 30 years. Alexander returns to Tech following a season as the offensive line coach for East Tennessee State, helping the Buccaneers continue their rebuilding phase after the Johnson City school restarted its football program. Among his players were All-Southern Conference offensive lineman Alex Rios. A 1989 graduate of Tech with a bachelor’s degree in political science, followed by a master’s in educational leadership in 1998, Alexander lettered for three seasons with the Golden Eagles from 1985 to 1987. Following his graduation, he became an assistant coach at his prep alma mater, Hendersonville (Tenn.) High, between 1989 and 1996. He then became the head coach, assistant principal and athletic director at Jackson County (Tenn.) High from 1996 to 1997, leading the Blue Devils to a playoff berth. From 1997 to 1998, Alexander returned to Tech as a graduate assistant, overseeing running backs. Then, from 1998 to 2001, he moved just down the road to nearby Baxter as he became the head coach, assistant principal and athletic director at Upperman High (Tenn.)
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From 2001 to 2002, Alexander then moved to Gallatin as an offensive coordinator, leading the Green Wave to a 10-3 record and an appearance in the TSSAA state quarterfinals. The 2002 season saw a return to Cookeville as he became the Golden Eagles’ defensive line coach, where he oversaw D.J. Bleisath, who was an All-OVC selection, a Buck Buchanan Award finalist, and later a Tech Sports Hall of Famer. From 2003 to 2005, Alexander took over the reins of a Wilson Central (Tenn.) team that had gone 0-20 in its previous two seasons. By his second season, the Wildcats had a winning record. By his third, WCHS was 10-2 with the school’s first-ever playoff win and a fifth place ranking in the final Associated Press Tennessee prep poll. In January 2006, Alexander became the head coach at Cumberland University. The NAIA program had only won four games in the previous three years and he was able to lead the team to its first conference championship in 61 years as the then-Bulldogs (the team has since rebranded as the Phoenix) won the Mid-South Conference championship. While at Cumberland, he was named the American Football Coaches Association’s NAIA Region 1 Coach of the Year (2010) and the Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s
Coach of the Year (2011). That same season, CU ranked 14th nationally, its highest mark in 13 seasons. Between the span of 2010 and 2012, the Bulldogs won 23 games, the best stretch in the program’s then-76-year history. During that time, the team was ranked three straight years in the NAIA Top 25 for the first time. In 2012, Cumberland led the nation with 16 NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athletes (with a 3.5 grade point average or better) and led the MSC with 31 conference scholar-athletes (3.25 GPA or better). During his tenure at Cumberland, he recruited 44 firstteam all-conference players, three first-team all-Americans, five national players of the week and the 2012 MSC Offensive Player of the Year in Lemeco Miller. In 2013, Alexander returned to Tech, joining head coach Watson Brown’s staff as an assistant head coach and offensive line coach, a role he held until December 2015 as he became the acting head coach after Brown’s retirement and oversaw the program until Marcus Satterfield was hired in January 2016. But during Alexander’s next tenure with the Golden Eagles, he coached two all-OVC offensive linemen in Wesley Sherrill and Charles Mouton. He also oversaw recruiting
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PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE 1989-1996 -- Hendersonville High School -- Assistant Coach, Teacher 1996-1997 -- Jackson County High School -- Head Football Coach, Assistant Principal, Athletic Director 1997-1998 -- Tennessee Tech University -- Graduate Assistant Running Backs Coach 1998-2001 -- Upperman High School -- Head Coach, Assistant Principal, Athletic Director 2001-2002 -- Gallatin High School -- Offensive Coordinator, Special Education Teacher 2002-2003 -- Tennessee Tech University -- Defensive Line Coach 2003-2005 -- Wilson Central High School -- Head Coach, Teacher 2006-2013 -- Cumberland University -- Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator 2013-2015 -- Tennessee Tech University -- Assistant Head Coach / Offensive Line Coach Dec. 2015-Jan. 2016 -- Tennessee Tech University -- Acting Head Coach 2016-2017 -- Cumberland University -- Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks and Running Backs Coach 2017 -- East Tennessee State University -- Offensive Line Coach December 22, 2017-Present -- Tennessee Tech University -- Head Coach
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DEWAYNE ALEXANDER YEAR-BY-YEAR 2006 CUMBERLAND | 4-6/2-3 9/2/06 9/9/06 9/23/06 9/30/06 10/7/06 10/14/06 10/21/06 10/26/06 11/4/06 11/11/06
@ Southern Virginia Austin Peay @ Virginia-Wise Lambuth* West Virginia Tech @Pikeville Campbellsville* @ Shorter College* Bethel College* @ Belhaven College*
W, 24-17 L, 28-21 L, 59-42 L, 41-24 W, 42-7 L, 41-38 W, 27-7 L, 30-10 W, 1-0 L, 39-7
2007 CUMBERLAND | 3-7/1-4 9/6/07 9/15/07 9/22/07 9/29/07 10/6/07 10/13/07 10/20/07 10/27/07 11/3/07 11/10/07
@ Tennessee Tech Georgetown College* @ Lambuth* @ Faulkner @ Union Univ. of the Cumberlands @ Bethel College* @ Campbellsville* Shorter College* Belhaven College
L, 45-21 L, 63-3 L, 39-28 W, 35-7 L, 21-14 L, 13-10 L, 54-14 W, 41-7 L, 34-7 W, 35-34
2008 CUMBERLAND | 6-5/4-1 | Mid South Conference Co-Champs 8/30/08 9/6/08 9/13/08 9/27/08 10/4/08 10/11/08 10/18/08 10/25/08 11/1/08 11/8/08 11/15/08
@ Campbellsville @ Chattanooga @ Georgetown College @ Univ. of the Cumberlands Bethel College* @ Faulkner* Virginia-Wise @ Belhaven College* Shorter College* Kentucky Christian* Lambuth
9/5/09 9/12/09 9/19/09 9/26/09 10/3/09 10/10/09 10/17/09 10/24/09 10/31/09 11/7/09
Campbellsville Georgetown College @ Newberry College Univ. of the Cumberlands @ Bethel* Faulkner* @ Virginia-Wise Belhaven College* @ Shorter College* @ Kentucky Christian*
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CUMBERLAND | 8-3/4-2 | #17 W, 48-38 L, 47-6 L, 45-14 L, 52-37 W, 44-16 W, 38-3 L, 27-14 W, 46-43 L, 27-24 W, 51-14 W, 29-26
9/2/10 @ Austin Peay L, 38-6 9/11/10 Campbellsville W, 33-21 9/18/10 + Kentucky Christian W, 35-6 9/25/10 West Virginia Tech W, 30-7 10/2/10 Lindsey Wilson College W, 23-7 10/9/10 Shorter* W, 22-14 10/16/10 @ Faulkner* L, 20-17 OT 10/23/10 @ Bethel* W, 23-17 10/30/10 Union* W, 29-18 11/6/10 Belhaven* W, 45-7 11/13/10 @ Univ. of the Cumberlands* L, 52-27 + at Marshall University, Huntington, W.Va.
CUMBERLAND | 7-3/4-2 | #14 9/3/11 9/10/11 9/17/11 9/24/11 10/8/11 10/15/11 10/22/11 10/29/11 11/5/11 11/12/11
9/1/12 + Kansas Wesleyan 9/8/12 Univ. of the Cumberlands 9/15/12 Belhaven 9/22/12 @ Virginia-Wise 9/29/12 @ Pikeville 10/6/12 Union* 10/13/12 @ Faulkner* 10/20/12 Campbellsville* 10/27/12 @ Bethel* 11/3/12 Bluefield* 11/10/12 @ Lindsey Wilson College + at Dyersburg, Tenn.
@ Lindsey Wilson College @ Campbellsville Kentucky Christian @ West Virginia Tech @ Shorter* Faulkner* Bethel* @ Union* @ Belhaven* Univ. of the Cumberlands*
W, 23-13 L, 30-27 W, 33-17 W, 31-26 W, 21-17 W, 49-28 W, 36-34 W, 43-35 L, 34-21 L, 31-27
W, 31-10 L, 55-13 W, 36-30 W, 24-17 W, 41-23 W, 42-21 L, 42-14 W, 28-23 L, 32-30 W, 49-0 W, 33-32 OT
2018 TENNESSEE TECH 1-10/1-7
2011 L, 38-37 W, 31-21 L, 20-3 L, 14-13 L, 13-3 W, 23-6 W, 27-20 L, 7-6 OT W, 14-13 W, 45-20
2012 CUMBERLAND | 8-3/4-2 | #21
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8/30/18 @ Chattanooga 9/6/18 No. 7 Kennesaw State 9/13/18 @ Utah State (FBS) 9/22/18 @ No. 9 Jacksonville State* 9/29/18 Eastern Illinois* 10/6/18 Southeast Missouri* 10/20/18 +@ Tennessee State* 10/27/18 @ Austin Peay* 11/3/18 Murray State* 11/10/18 @ UT Martin* 11/17/18 Eastern Kentucky* + at Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tenn.
L, 34-10 L, 49-10 L, 73-12 L, 48-20 L, 52-38 L, 70-38 L, 41-14 L, 41-10 W, 27-24 L, 38=13 L, 37-6
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DOUG MALONE
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s Doug Malone unpacked boxes in his office, it all seemed so familiar. Even with the facelifts the football offices in Tucker Stadium have gone through in the last decade or so, it was still, for the most part, the same place he had spent years before. The streets were the same, with maybe a few new additions and facelifts. But make no mistake, Malone, who had spent roughly 11 years away from Cookeville, still knew it all like it was 2006, when he was the interim head coach after Mike Hennigan took a medical leave. “I thought about that this morning as I was driving in,” Malone said. “At least I know how to get to the office – where I have to go, what streets I have to go down, what shortcuts to take. The campus has changed over the years – it’s really grown, it’s developed, and it looks beautiful. All the things you would hope to see are here, and it’s definitely something you can recruit to.” Now, in 2018, Malone is back, right where he was before, ready to help lead the Tennessee Tech football team to another Ohio Valley Conference championship as the Golden Eagles’ associate head coach and tight ends coach. And what is becoming a common thread for many of the coaches on head coach Dewayne Alexander’s staff, it’s a homecoming. “It is home,” Malone said. “Our kids grew up and graduated from high school here. Two of them still live in the area, so that makes it exciting to be back here to a place that is so familiar.” Alexander was thrilled to have Malone on board.
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ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH/TIGHT ENDS | SECOND SEASON | CARSON-NEWMAN, 1982 “First of all, he’s a quality person,” Alexander said. “Doug and I were on staff together here at Tennessee Tech – I had coached the defensive line in the fall of 2002, then Steve McAdoo left to go join the Canadian Football League and I moved over to the offensive line in the spring and was the offensive line coach when Doug was the offensive coordinator. When we traveled to away games, Doug was my roommate, and we’ve had a friendship ever since. We worked here together for only a year, but we have been close friends and kept in touch with each other. Doug’s wife, Jenny, and my wife, Angie, have gotten to be really good friends over the years. “Doug’s a great person, a great recruiter, has excellent communication skills and relationships with his players and he’s a very good X’s and O’s coach. He’s going to be the associate head coach because of his experience and because he knows Tennessee Tech so well. He’s going to be an excellent resource to delegate some of those responsibilities a head coach has to deal with. I think he’s going to be an excellent resource for (offensive coordinator) Tre Lamb, Jake Thornton and our offensive staff. They’re all going to work real well together.”
books. During his tenure, 50 all-time offensive records were broken and Malone coached four of the all-time offensive statistical leaders. He instructed ten quarterbacks who are among the top 15 in passing yardage per game, seven receivers of the top 10 in receiving yardage per game and two of the career total offensive yardage leaders. “You don’t have to look too deep into the Tennessee Tech record books to see a lot of offensive players that were under Doug’s tenure – Grant Swallows, Robert Craft, Lee Sweeney. There have been a lot of guys who have broken records here. Doug is a tremendous offensive coach.
Malone helps bring coaching experience to a staff that has a great mix of experience and youth.
“His experience at Western Illinois was a lot like mine when I was with East Tennessee in the Southern Conference. It’s something that’s going to help me here. I know Tennessee Tech well, but to know other Football Championship Subdivision leagues – Doug has been in arguably the toughest FCS league (the Missouri Valley Football Conference) with North Dakota State, South Dakota State and all the other schools that are up there. Western Illinois has been very competitive there and was in the playoffs this year. He certainly understands FCS football very well.”
“I’m really looking forward to getting to know them all,” Malone said. “I know the people that Dewayne hired are all going to be quality people, rest assured.
He had five offensive players named All-American while at Tech, seven first-team all-OVC and nine second-teamers.
“The biggest thing for us to do is to learn who we have as a team, learn their strengths, and that’s what I think a good football coach is – someone who plays to those strengths.”
In the 2006 season as the acting head coach, Malone led the Golden Eagles to their most conference wins since 2000 and most road wins since 1999.
Some of the names that came through the Golden Eagle program as Malone was the offensive coordinator and interim head coach are nearly legendary in the record
After Watson Brown was named the Golden Eagles head coach for the 2007 season, Malone was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Western Carolina. With the Catamounts, he produced
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an Associated Press All-American wide receiver – the school’s first in 14 years – and saw a 29-year-old single-season receiving yardage total fall and a running back break the school’s single-season all-purpose yardage record. The Catamounts averaged 29.8 points and 372.2 yards per Southern Conference game. Between 2008 and 2010, Malone was the associate head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for Presbyterian College. While there, the Blue Hose ranked first in the Big South in passing offense, passing touchdowns and first downs gained. After that run, Malone went international with the first of three stops in the Canadian Football League. As the offensive line coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the team was first in the CFL in passing offense (5,367 yards), points scored (538, 29.9 per game) and passing touchdowns (43). They averaged 5.8 yards per rush. The Tiger-Cats reached the 2011 Eastern Conference championship game after winning their first playoff game in 10 seasons. Malone then joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders as the offensive line coach for the 2013 and 2014 campaigns, helping the team earn the 101st Grey Cup
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Championship in 2013. The team had the CFL Offensive Lineman of the Year, while also leading the league in turnover ratio, was second in points scored and rushing yards and third in fewest quarterback sacks allowed. Malone finished his Canadian tour with a season as the offensive line coach for the British Columbia Lions in 2015. The Lions reached the Western Conference semifinals with the tailback leading the league in all-purpose yardage and second in rushing yardage, while the team was second in fewest quarterback sacks allowed. He returned stateside to the collegiate game as he spent two seasons with Western Illinois as the Fighting Leathernecks’ co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach. WIU reached the 2017 Football Championship Subdivision playoffs and averaged 410 yards of offense and 35.5 points per game. The team put together a plus15 turnover margin – the best in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and fourth in the NCAA. Malone graduated from Carson-Newman in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and health. He was a team captain for the Eagles and was twice an All-South Atlantic Conference center. He later earned his masters in sports science from the United States Sports Academy.
He spent 1982 and 1983 as a graduate assistant at the University of Texas-El Paso as an assistant offensive line coach, then, from 1983 to 1986, was the kicking game coordinator and linebacker coach for Cal StateNorthridge. Malone joined the staff at Wingate University in 1986 as the team’s offensive coordinator and offensive line coach through 1993, then was promoted to head coach and quarterbacks coach until he joined the Tech staff in 1999. “The biggest thing I have probably learned is patience,” Malone said. “You expect things to already be done and ready to go, but sometimes it takes a lot of patience and some work to make things happen the way you want them to. Keep your head down and work and good things will happen.” One thing Malone is sure of is that the pieces are present in Cookeville for the Golden Eagles to be successful once again. “No doubt,” he said. “We know we have to go recruit and see where we can take it to, but we just have to work to get it back to where it was and where it has been in the past.”
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re Lamb knows what it takes to win a championship at Tennessee Tech. After all, just over six years ago, he did it – the last Golden Eagle quarterback to lead a Tech squad to an Ohio Valley Conference championship and its only NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoff appearance. Now, after four seasons as the quarterbacks coach at Mercer, under the guidance of his uncle and Bears head coach Bobby Lamb, the younger Lamb is returning home to Cookeville, taking over as Tech’s offensive coordinator. “It’s awesome,” Lamb, 28, said. “This is home for me. As soon as the opportunity came, I jumped on it. This is where I want to be and has been for a long time. I’m really happy to be here. This is a great place to live. This is a great community and it’s been great to me and my wife (Carter). We hope to start a family here soon. The football program needs to be the front porch for this university and do a great job representing it.” Head coach Dewayne Alexander wanted Lamb on his staff from the start. “Even the previous time I applied for the job (in 2016), I wanted to bring Tre in as the offensive coordinator,” Alexander said. “I was very open about that, very adamant and he was only 26 at that time. You know, I’ve been coaching for 28, 29 years and I’ve seen a lot of coaches. Tre’s got it.” Of course, Lamb’s family has been one of coaches. He played for his father at Calhoun (Ga.), then coached for his uncle at Mercer. From about the time he’s been able to walk, he’s been around the game. “I’ve always wanted to be a coach,” Lamb said. “That’s what I feel like God put me on this earth to do – help
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OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/QUARTERBACKS | SECOND SEASON | TENNESSEE TECH, 2013 young men and change them. That’s what I want to do here. I’ve been at a few schools now and this place is special. I do what I do because I love it and I’d do it for zero dollars.” Alexander said, “He’s only 28 years old, but if you look at his background, he’s been around football since he was old enough to know that it was football. His dad, Hal, is a coach. His granddad is an unbelievable coach. His uncle, Bobby, is the head coach at Mercer. I’ve been good friends with them and Hal used to bring Calhoun’s football team to camp at Cumberland when I coached there. He comes from a great lineage of coaches and an excellent football state.” Tech’s starting quarterback from 2010 to 2012 for head coach Watson Brown, Lamb shattered the Golden Eagle record book, including the fifth-best season in passing yardage in program history with 2,342 yards in 2011. He ranks third in career passing yardage with 5,301 yards. He also holds five single-game individual records – most pass attempts (58 vs. Tennessee State in 2011), most completions (38 vs. Southeast Missouri in 2012), most passing yards (481 vs. Southeast Missouri in 2012), most plays (69 vs. Tennessee State in 2011), most yards gained (474 vs. Southeast Missouri in 2012). He has the single-season individual records for passing yards per game with 267.4 yards per game in 2012 and most touchdowns responsible for with 23 in 2011. Lamb had the top season in total offense in 2011 with 2,555 yards, but the record was eclipsed by Michael Birdsong’s 2,803-yard campaign in 2016. A team captain all three of his years as starter, Lamb was awarded the team’s Robert Hill Johnson Award in 2012 – Tech football’s highest honor.
“He’s got that ‘it’ factor that you’re looking for,” Alexander said. “That’s what made him one of the most successful quarterbacks in Tech history. He was a team captain and a leader in this football program. He’s probably, in the modern era of Tech football, one of the most recognizable and celebrated players that we’ve ever had.” Following his graduation from Tech with a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies – education and exercise science, Lamb joined Brown’s staff as a quarterbacks coach in 2013. From there, he joined the Mercer staff in its second season after restarting its program, serving as the Bears’ passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach. “We worked together on staff here,” Alexander said, referring to the 2013 season. “I’ve known his dad and his family way before I knew Tre, so I’ve built an excellent relationship with him. We stayed in very close contact ever since he left for Mercer. This year, we actually competed against each other when he was at Mercer and I was at ETSU.” Lamb has worked hard recruiting his home state of Georgia, but has also built solid connections in Middle Tennessee, many of which he used to bring talent to Mercer. “There are many players from the mid-state area that are playing on Mercer’s football team,” Alexander said. “Those are areas we’re going to recruit awfully hard and he’s been able to pull players from Middle Tennessee all the way to Macon, Ga. He’s done a great job in this area and he’s well-known from a recruiting standpoint. He’s worked with the Chattanooga area, some private schools. Tre has a good name recognition, so that’s going to be a positive for us.”
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Knowing what his Golden Eagle teams were able to accomplish as a player, now as the offensive coordinator, Lamb knows what he wants to achieve with a new generation of offensive talent at Tech. “We want to be fun to watch,” Lamb said. “We want to score a lot of points, obviously. We want to have a quarterback-friendly system where we can develop a quarterback, get the ball in space to make them defend 53 yards. We want to be creative and not be afraid to try new things. We have to be good up front and have good angles and speed. We have to let our athletes make plays. You’ll see some up-tempo and changing tempos, but we have to develop a quarterback. We have to make it simple for our guys and let those guys have fun.” But it all comes back to the fact that Lamb knows that Tennessee Tech can be successful. The Golden Eagles have won before under his tenure. Now he’s trying to ensure they can again. “I feel like we have a good plan in place,” Lamb said. “We’ve got really good players – we have to find more of those and find speed. This university – you can recruit to this university. You can win here immediately. We want to show progress immediately. We don’t want to come in here and lose games and get a slow process
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going. We want to be competitive from day one. We’ve already been in here watching film as a staff and this team has got some players in place that can play football. Coach (Marcus) Satterfield and his staff did a great job recruiting and there’s some really talented guys here. We have to play to their strengths.
of this program and get things going.”
“Losing Dontez (Byrd to graduation) is a big blow to the receivers, and we’ve got to find some guys to step up there. The running backs here are incredible. They’re as good as you’re going to find on this level. Tight ends are good, O-line is solid. We’ve got to develop a quarterback and we’ll have a competition this spring and a competition in the fall. The best guy for the job is going to play. I got to see Dontez in person and on tape and I think his work ethic made him really good, which is good to see.” The task at hand right now is getting the personnel in place to fill those shoes. “Right now, we’re all in on recruiting,” Lamb said. “We’re going to be able to sign about six guys on offense, we think. We’re trying to fit the immediate needs we have. We’re looking for guys who are going to be able to come in and play – we’re not too interested in redshirting people right now. We want to play people early and develop guys as players and people, change the culture
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DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR/SAFETIES | SECOND SEASON | GEORGIA SOUTHERN, 1990 When Tennessee Tech head football coach Dewayne Alexander started to look for someone to spearhead his defense, he didn’t have to look too far.
can really rely on and trust and understands all the things we’re going to try to instill into our team here. He knows how we operate and how we do things.”
After all, he knew of one right down the road.
But one of the biggest plusses that Suber adds is to Tech’s recruiting potential, which is already bolstered by the makeup of this staff.
Alexander tapped Cumberland University head coach Donnie Suber, who took over for Alexander when he joined the Tech staff in 2013. The two have worked together for a long time, making the decision an easy one. “Getting to work with Coach A again is just an amazing opportunity,” Suber said. “He’s been an awesome coach to work with. I’ve always wanted to coach on this level, and I’m glad to have gotten this chance. I’m a little older than I would have liked to be here, but I’ve got the opportunity, so I hope to make the best of it.” But the connection between the two through Cumberland was been a special one. “He’s been great to me. He hired me, then I hired him back, then he left and got the job here,” Suber joked. “Now he’s hired me again. I’m very loyal to Coach A. It’s exciting to see him where he wants to be, because this is his dream job.” Alexander added, “Donnie is an excellent defensive backs coach. Coach Suber and I go way back. We worked together a long time at Cumberland – I actually hired him there back in 2008 as the defensive coordinator and we were part of a conference championship team there and really got the program turned around there. “He’s what I call a foxhole guy – he’s been with me when we were with a program that was going through a transition and difficult times, similar to what we’re going through here. It’s good to have someone there that you
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Alexander said, “He’s been the head coach at Cumberland, he’s been the defensive coordinator there for the last 11 years right here in Middle Tennessee. He’s familiar with this area, which is going to be an important part to our recruiting base. Tennessee and Georgia are going to be important states for us, and Donnie has ties to Georgia as well with the Georgia Southern connections. “These are guys that are recognizable. Coaches know who they are and that already creates some positive relationships. I’m not only excited about what they’re bringing to our players, but what they’re bringing to us from a recruiting standpoint as well.” Suber just finished his fifth year as the head coach at Cumberland, and 14th overall as he also served as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. Suber previously worked at the Lebanon school in 1995 and 1996 as an assistant coach and in 1992 and 1993 as a graduate assistant. He is one of four coaches on this Golden Eagle staff with head coaching experience, which also includes Alexander, Doug Malone and linebackers coach Bruce Hatfield. Having that experience is also a huge plus. “We understand that pressure of being a head coach, and what it takes to do the job,” Suber said. “Having people on staff like that, it helps take some of that pressure off and keeps all of us more focused on just what we can do.”
Alexander said, “That adds such tremendous value and there’s a great mixture on this staff with experienced coaches with head coaching experience as well as some younger coaches. That’s invaluable with the mentoring that can go on within our staff. I think they’ll work well with some of the younger coaches that we have. “It’s excellent for me, because I can delegate some things. With a job at the magnitude like this, you have got to be able to delegate things – you can’t do all of it yourself. That’s why you have assistant coaches and hire a staff so you can handle all of those things outside of coaching on the field. These guys have certain expertise in all of these areas and that will serve our staff well.” Suber has 25 years of collegiate coaching experience, which also includes stops at his alma mater, Georgia Southern, as well as Newberry College, Benedict College and Presbyterian. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern in 1990 in recreation and hotel management, playing on the Eagles’ Football Championship Subdivision title-winning teams in 1986, 1989 and 1990 as a defensive back. He came to Lebanon the first time as a graduate assistant, working as the defensive backs coach and strength coach. While at Cumberland, he earned his master’s degree in organizational behavior in 1993, and also helped lead the team to an appearance in the NAIA playoffs. In 1994, Suber returned to Georgia Southern as the defensive backs coach for a season, then came back to Cumberland as the defensive backs coach and men’s and women’s golf coach between 1995 and
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1996. Following that tenure, he spent four seasons as the defensive coordinator, defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Newberry College. He held the same position for one year at Benedict College in 2001, then went to Presbyterian College in 2002 as the linebackers coach. He switched positions there and served as the receivers coach for the Blue Hose from 2003 and 2006. In 2005, Presbyterian compiled a 10-2 record as the school made a run in the NCAA Division II playoffs.
including 52 interceptions. In 2011 alone, Cumberland scored 120 points – 17 touchdowns and one field goal – off of turnovers and scored off an opponent turnover for 16 straight games from October 23, 2010, to September 22, 2012. From 2008 to 2011, Cumberland had 95 sacks – a total that was bested in Suber’s last four seasons as the head coach as the Phoenix had 106 sacks and at least 25 per season. During his tenure, Cumberland has scored 31 defensive touchdowns with six safeties and two blocked punts recovered for touchdowns.
Cumberland’s defense improved greatly under Suber’s watch. In his first season as the defensive coordinator in 2008, the Phoenix were 47th or lower in every defensive statistical category. But the next season, the team improved to 16th in scoring defense, eighth in pass defense, 21st in opponent first downs and 28th in total defense.
As a head coach, Suber has compiled a 28-27 record through five seasons, including a 13-9 mark in his first two seasons and a 7-4 record in 2017. This season, the Phoenix lost in the final three minutes to Presbyterian – now in the Football Championship Subdivision – and three teams ranked in the NAIA Top 25, all on the road with two of the three reaching the quarterfinals of the NAIA playoffs.
By 2010, Cumberland led the Mid-South Conference in nearly every defensive category and ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense, total defense, rush defense, pass defense, sacks, third down conversions and opponent first downs, while leading the nation in opponent third-down conversion rate at a scant .277.
During his tenure as head coach, Cumberland has earned 36 first- or second-team All-Mid-South Conference selections with two earning MSC Defensive Player of the Year honors. Ninety-three have been named to the conference’s academic team and 42 have earned Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.
The team forced 93 total turnovers from 2009 to 2011,
With the mix of experienced coaches and young, rising
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stars, there’s no question that this staff is building a sense of excitement about the program. “A lot of these guys have worked with Coach A in the past, so, in a way, we all know each other,” Suber said. “So far, we’ve all been getting along well, and hopefully we can be productive and win some ball games.” The philosophy on defense is simple. “We’re going to be fast and fly right to the ball,” Suber said. “We want to keep it simple – I’m not very smart anyway, so I just want to keep it as simple as possible. The main thing is to fly around to the ball. We want to make it where we don’t have to think, just react. That’s kind of what I’ve always done as a defensive coordinator. “This is a hard league because there are a lot of good offenses in this conference. We have some good players here, and I’m looking forward to meeting with them and see what they can do. The way football is now, it’s all about offense, so if you can hold them to a certain amount, you’re doing a good job. We were four-down before and we’re going to be four-down again – shouldn’t be too different from what we were running before.”
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DOMINIQUE DAVENPORT
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hen Dominique Davenport was an assistant coach at Mercer, he oversaw the cornerbacks, while fellow Bears coach Tre Lamb worked with the quarterbacks on the offensive side of the ball. As Lamb joined the Tennessee Tech staff as the Golden Eagles’ offensive coordinator, Davenport’s efforts impressed Lamb and head coach Dewayne Alexander, giving Davenport a new opportunity as he will oversee Tech’s running backs. “Just being around Coach Alexander and getting to meet the players and see the city of Cookeville, I’m excited,” Davenport said. “This place has a lot of potential and that’s our job to unlock that potential.” Plus the opportunity to get reunited with Lamb is an added bonus. “He is a brilliant offensive mind,” Davenport said. “That’s why when I had the opportunity to come with him as he made the next step in his journey, it was a no-brainer to come on and work with him. I worked with him at Mercer – he knows what he’s doing. He played the position and he knows offense.” It will be a little bit of a change of responsibilities – switching from the defensive side of the ball to the offensive side – but Davenport is ready to take to the task head on. “The first thing I’ve found out is that we have a pretty good running back group here,” Davenport said, referencing Yeedee Thaenrat and Andrew Goldsmith. “My job is to give them what they need and coach them hard and let them do what they need to do. I’m going to make sure they understand what they’ve got. We’re going to come in with a new offensive style that’s really going to suit them. For me, ballers ball. Coaching on the defensive
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2006 to 2010, starting three years at safety from 2008 to 2010. He was a first-team All-Big South Conference selection as a senior and was on CCU’s 2006 and 2010 BSC championship teams. During his sophomore campaign, Davenport set the Chanticleers’ school record for tackles in a single game with 20 against Colgate in 2008. He finished third in CCU’s career tackles list and fifth in career interceptions. Following his graduation in December 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in history, Davenport started his coaching career at First Coast High School in Jacksonville, Fla., as the team’s assistant defensive backs coach. While there, he helped guide the team to a Florida 7-A state runner-up performance with a program-best 13-1 record. He oversaw defensive backs that went to Florida State, Central Florida, Rutgers, South Florida and Elon. After that season, Davenport joined the staff of a Mercer team that was restarting its program after an absence since nearly the World War II era. He coached the safeties for the Bears the first two seasons, including a 10-2 record in 2013 – an NCAA record for wins for a team in its inaugural season. There’s no question that Davenport would love to bring that same momentum to Cookeville. “We started out young and had to build it from the ground up,” he said. “You just realize that it is a process. You don’t start and just win. You’ve got to start from the foundation and work your way up by building your culture and the way your team is going to run. Once you get that in place, it’s a well-oiled machine.” In 2015 to the most recent season, Davenport oversaw the cornerbacks, helping develop Eric Jackson (Southern Conference All-Freshman 2016), Stephen Houzah (SoCon All-Freshman 2015) and Alex Avant (All-SoCon
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second team 2014). “One thing I’ve learned is that football is bigger than the game itself,” Davenport said. “It teaches about life. The main thing I want to do is be a good mentor to the players I’m coaching and the other players on the team. I realize that this game is about relationships. When you build that trust off the field, it’s going to be there on the field. My coaching experience – you’ve got to coach them hard. That doesn’t mean you don’t care for them, you’ve got to build that trust. “Another thing is nothing’s given. You have to work for it. That’s our job – come in here and work hard and go for that championship. We’re going to get that thing going.”
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ust a few months ago, Bruce Hatfield had no idea where his career was going to lead him. He was a long-time head football coach at Hendersonville High School, guiding one of the top prep programs in Middle Tennessee for 20 seasons. But after stepping down in November from the high school post, Hatfield is reinvigorating his football career, joining Dewayne Alexander’s staff at Tennessee Tech as the Golden Eagles’ linebackers coach. “I am absolutely thrilled to be back here,” Hatfield said. “All those years ago, I never would have dreamed that to be possible, but I’m honored to be a coach here at Tennessee Tech.” For Alexander, it was another easy decision. “Bruce is a fantastic coach,” he said. “He was the winningest head coach at Hendersonville High School, the longest-tenured coach in the school’s history. He’s coached championship games right here in Tucker Stadium. He’s coached at the highest level in the state. He was a team captain here and is in the top 10 all-time tackles list here at Tech, so he’s had an excellent career here and has been recognized for his leadership. His wife, Melinda, is in the Sports Hall of Fame here, so there’s always been a lot of purple and gold to go with his black and gold at Hendersonville. “He was my roommate in college, so he’s somebody that I know quite well. If you have read what people have said about him, coaches and players – I’m a Hendersonville High alum myself, so I know what people in that town think of him – and he’s a very popular guy there in how he treated his players and the type of program he has run.” And to be back in Cookeville, coaching at his alma
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LINEBACKERS | SECOND SEASON | TENNESSEE TECH, 1990 mater, it’s a surreal experience for Hatfield. “It’s really hard for me to describe and put into words,” he said. “I’m coaching with Taylor Hennigan and his dad (former Golden Eagle standout and head coach Mike) was my position coach. There’s just so much history involved. I think it goes a long way with our current players to see coaches who have played here and want to be here and see them excited to move forward. I hope that will count for a lot.” A common thread with many of the coaches on the staff is that Cookeville, Tech, it’s all home for these guys. “It is and that’s what we want to instill in our players,” Hatfield said. “This is a special place for us and it is family. We’re going to use terms like family and love and responsibility. I can’t wait to get started. It’s been a challenge, but it’s kind of reinvigorated me. “I was in a spot for a long time, then resigned, then I really didn’t know what I was going to do next, but since I’ve been here, it’s been such a blessing. I just can’t wait to develop a bond with everybody on this football team, certainly with the linebackers.” With the staff Alexander has built, it’s also exciting for Hatfield to be part of an amazing assembly of coaches. “That’s the feel that I get,” Hatfield said. “I’ve gotten it from the very first time we got together. Now that I’m getting to know the guys, I just feel that it really is a special staff. All the guys are easy to get along with – defense, offense, it doesn’t make a difference.” Alexander added, “I have been very lucky when building this staff. I had a wish list of who I wanted and I have been able to get every single one, so I couldn’t be more excited to have Bruce here. He’s been at a high level
at Hendersonville High School, and when you look at programs like those, there’s 100-plus in the program. Their roster is just as big, maybe even bigger than the one here at Tech. Their budgets are big, all the things you have to do as a head coach from fundraising to the weight room and every area of the program, he’s handled it. And for the Tennessee Tech coaching staff to contain four coaches with head coach experience, it’s evident that this is indeed a special group. “It’s a case where I was a head coach for 20 years and the transition has been good,” Hatfield said. “I’ve enjoyed it and it’s been cool to be a part of this staff in a lot of different ways. I could gush and just on and on and on about it, but I can understand some of the challenges that Coach Alexander has got to deal with, because I have been in that situation.” With his years of experience at a high level as Hendersonville High School is in the Tennessee prep scene as well as its surrounding areas, he’s familiar with some of the best student-athletes this state has had to offer, many of whom have gone on to play on the Division I level. “We were in a program where we were able to develop some players who had a chance to continue at the next level,” Hatfield said. “One of the great things about it from being at one place so long is that I have developed a lot of positive relationships with coaches in the area. That’s one of the things I’ve been trying to do as I started here is try to hit the ground running, writing notes and letting people know that we’re going to be out there. I really look forward to getting back out on the road.” Talk about a huge boost for Tech’s recruiting efforts, as it opens up a large pipeline to Middle Tennessee.
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“I’d like to think so, because even with opponents and guys that we’ve gotten to know and had to play against, we’ve always tried to do things the right way,” Hatfield said. “So when I call them and tell them that I want to come visit, hopefully that’s going to count for something along the way. We’ve got a lot of really good friends and good relationships in Middle Tennessee.” Alexander continued, “That gives us something that we really, really need in our program right now. I’m looking for guys who can connect to the high school coaches in Tennessee, and who better than a guy who has been a high school coach right here in the Midstate area for 25 years? He’s been a very successful coach on the field and he’s very well thought of and respected by other coaches. He’s probably got the cell phone number for every coach in the state of Tennessee, so that’s a tremendous advantage. He’s going to be our high school liaison, which is a position that I’m putting an emphasis on, someone who can be the point of contact for the high school coaches.” But he has also seen the recruiting side from the prep level as well. “The biggest thing to me is that, with the talent he has had there, he has seen nearly every major college coach come through his building and sit down with him,” Alexander said. “He’s had them all from Division III to II to FCS to NAIA to Power 5 conference coaches to recruit. He’s seen a lot of that and has advised young men in recruiting. “On that end, as a high school coach, you have to understand the NCAA rules, you have to understand the eligibility and all of the things on that end. He knows what’s effective and not effective – what are things that I’ve gotten from colleges and that’s a good idea or what people are rolling their eyes at. He’s seen that, and he understands the recruiting process because he
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has been at a school where a ton of his players have been recruited over the years and understands the importance of the relationship a college coach has to have with the high school coach.” There’s still another aspect that Alexander finds handy.
79 seasons of football with a 159-82 record. He was named the region coach of the year four times – 1999, 2001, 2008 and 2014 – and coaches state runner-up teams in 1998, 2001, 2010 and 2013. He was the Middle Tennessee chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes selection for Coach of the Year in 2016.
“He’s a teacher,” Alexander said. “He taught classes. He’s dealt with parents. He’s had angry parents in his office. He’s dealt with a lot of things that many college coaches haven’t as many of them come into coaching right after their playing days. They’ve never had the experience of sitting down and talking. It’ll be natural for Bruce to go into a home and recruit, talk to a high school student-athlete and his parents. He’s done it for 25 years. He knows what it looks like and what it needs to look like.”
It certainly wasn’t easy to leave that position though.
Hatfield was a 1990 graduate of Tennessee Tech with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education. A team captain in his senior season, he led the Golden Eagles In tackles in the 1986 campaign and won the 1987 Sonny Allen Leadership Award. In 1988, Hatfield signed a contract with the New York Jets, attending training camp that season. Following his playing days, Hatfield was the strength coach for the Tech women’s basketball team.
As Tech’s linebackers coach, Hatfield’s philosophy is about more than just what they do on the field.
After leaving Tech, Hatfield became the assistant football coach as well as a physical education and science teacher at Lawrence County High School from 1990 to 1993, then became the assistant football coach, strength coach and assistant track coach at Hendersonville High School from 1993 to 1997. During this time, he also earned his masters’ degree in administration and supervision from Trevecca in 1994. From the 1998 season until this past campaign with the Commandos, Hatfield was the head coach at HHS and racked up the best winning percentage in the school’s
“That’s where we relocated with my wife (Melinda, who is an inductee of the TTU Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the women’s basketball program) as we left her hometown and that was tough so many years ago,” Hatfield said. “It was such a special place for us. That’s where we raised our girls, so it was always going to be a tough decision, but I wouldn’t have made that decision for any other place than here.”
“We just want the young men to know that they are student-athletes and that we care about them,” Hatfield said. “We take an interest in what they do in the classroom and try to make them good people, servants, leaders, then good football players. We want to make them part of a team where people want to come out and enjoy and have fun watching. That’s where we want to go.” Historically, the Golden Eagles have had great linebackers, and recent history has been no different with Josh Poplar, Elliott Normand and Aderick Moore – two of which return for another campaign in 2018. “I’m getting to know these guys obviously,” Hatfield said. “I’ve watched a little film, but as I get to know them and they get to know me, we’ll move forward and put the very best young men on the field to represent Tennessee Tech, so it’s an exciting time for us.”
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TAYLOR HENNIGAN
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or Taylor Hennigan, Tennessee Tech has always been a part of his life. When he was growing up, his father, Mike Hennigan, was the head coach for the Golden Eagles. The younger Hennigan later played for Tech, then, even coached on the staff. Now, after a stint as an assistant at nearby White County High School, Hennigan is coming back to Tennessee Tech, joining head coach Dewayne Alexander’s staff as the Golden Eagles’ outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. “It’s an awesome feeling,” Hennigan said. “I’m very excited. Obviously, this is home and I’ve been here and around here for a long time.” In what seems to be a common thread on Alexander’s staff, Tennessee Tech means a lot to Hennigan as he spent much of his young life at Tucker Stadium. For Hennigan, Tech is literally home for him. “It’s always felt like home,” he said. “From playing here and being around here when I was little, seeing players come through and being involved in a lot of different ways, it’s always felt like home. I’ve lived in Cookeville my entire life, so to be coming back to Tech, I can’t help but be excited.” Alexander said, “Taylor and his dad, Mike, have the distinction of being the only father and son combos to win an OVC championship at Tennessee Tech. Mike won it as a player in 1972, Taylor was on the 2011 OVC championship team. Taylor was an excellent student here, besides being a tough, hard-nosed player. “It was important to me because not only is Taylor, on his own, an excellent coach, but the Hennigan name is important for me to have in our program as well.” Hennigan is reunited with Alexander as a coach as the
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OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS/SPECIAL TEAMS | SECOND SEASON | TENNESSEE TECH, 2013 duo previously worked on Watson Brown’s staff. But he’s also thrilled to be a part of the staff Alexander has brought on. “This is a great staff,” Hennigan said. “I hope to learn a lot from these coaches. Everyone who knows Coach Alexander knows his character and the type of person he is. He’s a really good football coach and he’s won everywhere he’s been. He does everything the right way. I want to a coach like him in the future, aligned with how he is as a person and a coach.” Alexander said, “I’ve observed the majority of this staff and I’ve seen Taylor coach with my own eyes. I’ve seen him create relationships with his players, I’ve seen the detail that he had. I was very impressed with him here. He’s very thorough and detail-oriented. He’s going to be an excellent recruiter in the areas we want him to recruit at.” And being from the area does have an advantage that Alexander would like to utilize. “He also brings his community ties, and we’d like to use that off-the-field,” Alexander said. “We want him to be our community service liaison. He knows this community very well and knows what he can get our players involved in from a community service standpoint. He’s going to be our academic liaison because he was an excellent student-athlete here. He knows (assistant athletic director for academics and student welfare) Dr. (Lance) Jasitt and (senior academic advisor) Leveda (Dexter) because he worked with them when he was a student-athlete.”
“I’ve watched his teams play. They always play hard and they always know what they’re doing. That’s important when you play defense. Hopefully, we’ll help this defense reach its potential. I can’t wait to get started.” Hennigan is a former Golden Eagle himself, playing four seasons. He went from an inside receiver as a freshman to a free safety as a sophomore, while also fielding the long snapper position. Learning new positions wasn’t an obstacle – he played six different positions as a threeyear starter and team captain at Cookeville High School. He graduated from Tech in 2013 with a degree in exercise science, physical education and wellness. He is married to his wife, Hailey. With the way the timing of the coaching hires fell, the coaches are all pretty much hitting the ground running. “For me, I’m just trying to build relationships with those guys that I don’t know,” Hennigan said. “We want them to know that we are here for them. Obviously, we want to promote the university and recruit the best we can. We have a staff full of great coaches and recruiters. There’s a lot of Tennessee ties, lot of Tennessee Tech ties on this staff.”
Hennigan will work with defensive coordinator Donnie Suber, who came over from Cumberland. “I’ve already started talking with him before this week, and I’m really excited to learn from him,” Hennigan said.
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FRED MARSHALL
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hen an unexpected vacancy opened up on Dewayne Alexander’s staff, the veteran coach knew exactly where he was going to look.
He already had a good young coach in mind – and didn’t have to go far to find him. Fred Marshall joins the Golden Eagle staff as a cornerbacks coach, shifting Taylor Hennigan to coaching the outside linebackers and special teams coordinator. “I’m very excited to be here,” Marshall said. “I’m very blessed and honored that Coach Alexander and Coach (Donnie) Suber decided to bring me on. I’m looking forward to being on this level and trying to help these boys get things turned around.” Marshall replaces Dontae Wright, who recently accepted a position at Western Michigan in the Football Bowl Subdivision. “Fred is someone I had interviewed before for the assistant coaching positions,” Alexander said. “He was on a shortlist that I had. Dontae had several job offers on the table when he made the decision to stay here at Tech, and Fred was someone, if Dontae hadn’t accepted the position, I was looking to hire. “I think a lot of him. He was a very good player at Presbyterian College. He’s a very good recruiter and has been at Cumberland and worked under Coach Suber. That makes it a good fit as well. He knows the defensive system we’re going to be running, and Coach Suber thinks very highly of him. It just made a natural fit to bring him in here.” The shift with Hennigan also makes sense to Alexander. “Taylor will do a fantastic job moving over and taking care of our special teams,” Alexander said. “That role is something he’s done a lot in the past anyway, so we were able to get a quick turnaround on that, so we have Fred on board and working.” Marshall brings another good young coach to the new-look staff.
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CORNERBACKS | SECOND SEASON | PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, 2014 “Absolutely,” Alexander said. “He’s right in line with the other young coaches that we have. He brings a lot of enthusiasm. He handles himself very well. He has great communication with his players. He’s a good teacher. He’s all of those things that we’re looking for and he’s a very effective recruiter – someone who will do a great job for us in West Tennessee and he has great connections in the South Georgia area as well. “You combine his coaching ability with the fact that he has played FCS football and has good coaching experience for a young coach, we’re certainly excited to have added him to our staff.” Marshall echoed the excitement that the staff has had in being a part of a group with such high enthusiasm. “It’s great to be a part of a staff that believes in the same thing,” Marshall said. “We believe in the right things. You don’t make it a job or work – you just come in and do what you love to do. It makes everything easier. It’s a snowball effect – everything starts at the top, and when it’s very good, it’s going to roll on down and, hopefully, that will carry on to some wins.” Marshall spent the last season coaching with now-Tech defensive coordinator Donnie Suber at Cumberland, overseeing the corners, as well as coaching kickoff coverage and assisting with punt returners. “It’s going to be awesome working with him again,” Marshall said. “I call him my dad. He’s like my football dad. He gave me my first chance in this profession and I’m excited that he brought me along. I think it’s good to work with somebody that you’ve already worked with before, because we know each other in and out. The communication is great and we’re like a family.”
Marshall graduated from Presbyterian College in 2014 with a bachelor’s in history, then received his master’s in education from Cumberland in 2015. He played at Presbyterian, starting two seasons at safety. In 2013, he recorded 55 tackles and had three pass break-ups. He helped lead the Blue Hose to their first Division I victory and first win as a member of the Big South Conference. Following his football playing career, Marshall interned with PC’s baseball team, working with the recruiting database and assisting with the team. As he played collegiately, he also served as a volunteer coaching assistant for Irwin County High in Ocilla, Ga., and Turner County High in Ashburn, Ga. Marshall plans to keep it simple when it comes to the cornerbacks. “It is very simple – fast fun,” Marshall said. “I consider myself as a mentor and educator. I’m a coach – I’m going to mentor you and build relationships. We’re going to be like a family – I’m going to believe in you and you’re going to believe in me, so it will build some trust so when I start teaching the X’s and O’s, it’s going to be easier, because it is coming from someone they trust and respect. “It’s going to be very fast. Our defense is going to be very simple – Coach Suber and I are very simple guys – so we’re going to sit back and make plays.”
He had previously been at Cumberland from the summer of 2014 to December 2015, serving as a graduate assistant as he coached the safeties and helped with film breakdown. Following the GA position, Marshall spent a season at Kentucky Wesleyan, where he also coached the cornerbacks there.
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KELSEY POPE
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n recent history, Tennessee Tech has had a run of great receivers. Now the Golden Eagles have a new guy in charge of the wideouts as Kelsey Pope joined the Tech football staff on Wednesday, aiming to forge the next generation of Golden Eagle receivers. “He’s a great addition to our staff,” said Tech head coach Dewayne Alexander. “We’re very fortunate to have Kelsey join our staff. When Coach (Adam) Mims left to join the staff at Chattanooga, we were looking for someone who was a great Xs and Os coach and could really relate to our players. We wanted someone who could fit in with our staff and understands (Football Championship Subdivision) football. We wanted someone who understood our R-250 blueprint. It’s all very important.” Alexander continued, “Kelsey brings us great knowledge of the Birmingham area and Atlanta area, and those are two huge areas for us. Coach Mims recruited those areas, so there were just a lot of things that made Kelsey a great fit here. Just about every box that you looked to check, he had every one. He came highly recommended by people I know and trust in this profession. I really like his character. I like him as a person. I like his enthusiasm, and that’s a position where we really need someone who’s going to connect to these guys and bring energy to practice every day.” Considering who Tech has coming in at wide receiver, he’s got plenty of talent to work with. “We have a good mix of young and veteran receivers,” Alexander said. “We do have a lot of youth at that position. Kelsey’s going to be able to come in with three guys we added in this recruiting class, plus we had some freshmen in last year’s class – Brad Clark was redshirted, Cam Singletary will be returning. We also have some veteran guys – Seth Huner and Austin Hicks, who finished up the year he had to sit out for transfer.
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WIDE RECEIVERS | FIRST SEASON | SAMFORD, 2014 “There’s a good mix of both and the best part about getting him now is that we give him a couple of weeks for meetings and to see the players go through some morning agilities over the next two weeks, as well as some staff time to talk about spring practice. We really hired him at a good time.” Pope joins the staff after a season as the wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator at Shorter University in Rome, Ga. A Division II program in the Gulf South Conference, Shorter’s receiver corps totaled more than 2,000 yards last season, averaging 184 yards per game, and had three receivers with more than 400 yards for the campaign.
250 and still holds the Samford records for receptions with a 17-catch game against The Citadel in 2011 He was twice named to the All-Southern Conference coaches team as a first-teamer in 2013 and a second-teamer in 2011 and 2012, and earned the same spots on the All-SoCon media poll. “He’s one of the best receivers in their history and Samford’s an outstanding school,” Alexander said. “He has FCS experience, NFL experience. He’s already been a full-time coach at two different schools, so I think all of those things just make him a great fit for us.”
Before the tenure at Shorter, Pope spent a season at Ohio Northern as the school’s running backs coach in the 2017 campaign. The Polar Bears’ rushing efforts improved to 195.5 yards per game and the total offense surged to 435.7 yards per game. Under Pope’s direction, sophomore running back Christiaan Williams rushed for 1,623 yards and 11 touchdowns en route to a first-team all-Ohio Athletic Conference nod and a second-team American Football Coaches Association All-American selection. Pope also worked as an event operations coordinator for Birmingham’s Knight Eady Sports Group and coached as a quarterback/wide receivers specialist for the QB Country program. He also developed the Next Level Sports Camps in his hometown of Sylacauga, Ala. He also spent some time with the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent, following a stellar career as a wide receiver at Samford. While at the Birmingham college, Pope finished his tenure as the Bulldogs’ all-time leader in receptions with
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JAKE THORNTON
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n a Monday night in January, Jake Thornton was on the field as a graduate assistant for the University of Alabama as the Crimson Tide played for the Football Bowl Subdivision’s national championship against Georgia at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Not even days later, he was in the football offices in Tucker Stadium, taking on a new task as he was hired at Tennessee Tech’s new offensive line coach. “I couldn’t help but jump on the opportunity,” Thornton said. “Coach (Dewayne) Alexander and Coach (Tre) Lamb talked to me, and it really is a great opportunity for me and my family because I am excited about the whole vibe I’m getting from Tennessee Tech right now. It’s really positive and I think we can do some really great things here.” Talk about a week for Thornton – coaching in the FBS title game less than a week ago and making a whole new start, literally just hours later. “Monday night was a whirlwind of experiences,” Thornton said. “From winning the game to getting here, there’s just been so much. But as soon as the game ended, my mind transitioned to Tennessee Tech. We had been thinking about it for a long time – me and my fiancé, Alyssa – but it was a whirlwind of emotions. But once I got here, we got settled in and this feels like home to me.” And with a head coach with an offensive line background like Dewayne Alexander has, bringing Thornton on was an exciting prospect. “One of the best things you can say when you’re looking to hire a coach is ‘Have you seen this guy coach?’” Alexander said. “(Defensive coordinator) Donnie Suber, I’ve watched him coach. (Linebackers coach) Bruce Hatfield, I have first-hand watched him coach. I’ve seen
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OFFENSIVE LINE | SECOND SEASON | WESTERN CAROLINA, 2015 (offensive coordinator) Tre Lamb coach. I’ve seen (associate head coach and tight ends coach) Doug Malone coach. I didn’t need a resume or interview to know what they do and know that I want them to be a part of this. “Jake Thornton, I worked offensive line camp with at the University of Alabama, so I’ve observed him coaching. I was just very, very impressed. I walked up to their office to their offensive line coach and said, ‘Hey, the young guy here, tell me a little about him because he is absolutely outstanding. I watched him run drills and communicate. He ran the coaching drills and explained what we would be doing. He had such a tremendous presence and you could tell that he had it, that specialness about him.” And the two were able to build a rapport. “We stayed in touch and I told him – this was back in July of this past summer – that if I ever ended up being a head coach again that I was going to give him a call. He said, ‘Coach, I would love that.’ We kind of hit it off. We had some mutual friends involved. Jake and Tre actually had a connection with a pee-wee baseball coach in North Georgia, so they knew people.” Thornton was just as complimentary of his new boss. “Coach Alexander is a hard worker,” Thornton said. “I know the reputation he has around here in the state of Tennessee and he’s done a great job everywhere he’s been. With the energy he brings, he means a great deal to me and I’m just fortunate that I get to work under him.” Thornton’s connections at his alma mater of Western Carolina only further cemented what Alexander knew. “Mark Speir, the head coach at Western Carolina, could not say enough good things about him,” he said, “and
I trust Mark a lot – and he’s done some things there at Western that I’d love to be able to see us accomplish. Jake was a team captain there, played on the offensive line as a center and played 33 straight games. He was a tremendous player, then he stayed on board as a coach there, then got the opportunity at Alabama. “I actually talked to Coach Speir at the AFCA convention and he went out of his way to let me know what a special young man this guy is, so it was a no-brainer to me to want to bring him on board.” Thornton started his collegiate career at Carson-Newman in 2011, then transferred to Western Carolina in 2012. After sitting out a year for the NCAA transfer rule, he started 33 straight games and helped lead the Catamounts from consecutive 1-10 seasons to two straight seven-win campaigns and two second-place finishes in the Southern Conference. He was named first-team All-SoCon in 2014 and second-team the following year. His grandfather, Billy Shaw, played offensive guard for the Buffalo Bills and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, inducted in 1999. Following his graduation in December 2015 with a bachelor’s in history and minor in political science, he became WCU’s offensive quality control coach and assistant offensive line coach for the 2016 campaign. Last February, he joined Nick Saban’s staff as an offensive line graduate assistant. “From a recruiting standpoint, he gives us an Alabama connection,” Alexander said. “That has been a key state for us in recruiting, especially from the Birmingham area north. He’s watched a lot of film and those Alabama high school coaches certainly know anybody who worked at the University of Alabama. His experience of being in a
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National Championship game and being a part of that kind of program and being around all the things they do from recruiting and practice preparation. He’s had some tremendous experiences in his background, and – again – someone who is excited about being here at Tennessee Tech.” Coming from Alabama, there’s no doubt he learned a lot from his previous staff. “I learned what being attentive to details means,” Thornton said. “I learned to watch different things and how to coach players and how to win by being around those guys. Coach Saban taught me a lot of lessons and how to handle different things. It was a very fantastic experience for me, especially being a younger guy, and I have been honored to be a part of his staff for the time I was.” And as Thornton begins his first assistant coaching position, he’s focused. “Right now, I want to meet the guys,” he said. “I want to get a feel for them, but I want them to know who I am as a coach and I’m looking forward to building a relationship with those guys and create our own little culture among the offensive line. Secondly, we’ve got to find some new Golden Eagles and get them on board so we can start this thing off right.” His philosophy as an offensive line coach is simple. “We’re going to get after them,” Thornton said. “We’re going to be tough, physical, play with a lot of energy. We’re going to play with a lot of pride. We’re going to be at full tilt from the moment we step out on the field to the second we get off. We’re going to do everything we’re supposed to do and we’re going to do it the right way. That goes for off the field as well, 100 percent of the time.”
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SAM WILLIAMSON
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or awhile now, Sam Williamson was commuting back and forth from Cookeville to see his family in Murfreesboro.
Now that he’s accepted the offer to stay on at Tennessee Tech as the Golden Eagles’ defensive line coach for head coach Dewayne Alexander, he’s going all in as he enters his 12th season with the Tech program. “Cookeville, Tech – it’s home to me now,” Williamson, 35, said. “I’ve been here for a long time. I enjoy Tennessee Tech, I enjoy the community. I’ve been lucky – I’ve enjoyed working with every staff that I’ve been with. I fit in well with all of them. “I think Coach Alexander’s going to do a great job, first of all. I’m really excited that he kept me on.” Two years ago, Williamson was venturing into unfamiliar territory. A new head football coach had been hired as Marcus Satterfield took over the Tennessee Tech program, so there was a degree of uncertainty as to whether he’d keep the Watson Brown-era coach. But Williamson was hired on, helping smooth the transition from one coach to another. Two years later and the situation is a bit rosier. The uncertainty isn’t there because Alexander fully intended to keep one of his fellow Golden Eagle coaches in place – because Alexander knew exactly how much Williamson means to Tennessee Tech football. “Sam is such a quality person,” Alexander said. “He’s always had a great relationship with his players. Sam and I worked together for three years when I was previously on staff. I was the offensive line coach and he was the
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DEFENSIVE LINE | THIRTEENTH SEASON | UAB, 2005 defensive line coach, so we worked a lot against each other in practice and worked closely together. “I know Sam and how he treats the players. In his heart, he’s all about Tennessee Tech. He was here for Watson Brown, he was here for Coach Satterfield, and he’s always going to do right by the players, so it was very important for me to have Sam stay on the staff. He’s excited about staying and I’m excited to keep our friendship and working relationship going.” Without a doubt, Williamson is the epitome of the players’ coach. “He relates well with them,” Alexander said. “He cares about them, but also cares enough about them to discipline them and make sure they’re doing things right. It matters to him when they do well and when they make a mistake. He is what we’re looking for on our coaching staff – guys who can communicate well and can relate to our players. There’s nobody who embodies that more than Sam.” And with a transition between head coaches, continuity is very important. “Especially for the players,” Williamson said. “When we recruit a guy, we want to be with him, we want to raise him for four years. You can’t get everything out of a guy in two years, a year-and-a-half. When we recruit a guy, we want him to know that we’re going to be here throughout his career. Hopefully, from here on out, we can tell a guy that and mean it.” Williamson’s been there before and knows exactly what the players are going through in the transition. “I think we make a bigger deal out of it than it really is,” Williamson said. “It is tough on them. We have to do a
good job of preparing them for a new regime, but for them, they have to learn a whole new defense, a whole new offense, learn 11 new personalities and their coaching styles, fit in to what the new regime wants to do, fit in to different off-the-field rules and expectations. It’s tough in ways, but it happens every year and all over the country. These days, it’s tough to find guys who stay at one place four, five, six years. The athletes of today, they’re used to it. Even in high school now, you’ve got guys who have gone through three or four coaches in a four-year span. I hate it and it’s tough on them, but like here at Tech, it’s been done before. They’ve been through it.” Now, with a stable role in place, Williamson is thinking about making Cookeville feel even more like home. Through his 11 previous seasons in Cookeville, Williamson helped oversee the Golden Eagles’ defensive line as Tech won the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference championship. A 2005 graduate of UAB, Williamson, a Greenville, Ala., native, played for Watson Brown as a defensive tackle – earning the role of team captain twice, Conference USA Player of the Week twice and named to the C-USA Academic Honor Roll. He saw starting duty as a sophomore, then became the full-time starter as a junior and senior, rolling up 106 total tackles, including 12 tackles-forloss and four quarterback sacks. He also played on the Blazers’ Sheraton Hawai’I Bowl team. Williamson was also active in Birmingham’s Big Brother/ Big Sister program as a student-athlete. He then joined his staff as a volunteer assistant coach following his graduation in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in justice science, working in developing the talents of NFL players Jermaine McElveen and Kyle
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Bissinger.. He also worked one year in UAB’s Sports Medicine and Fitness program, mentoring high school seniors and supervising high and middle school student-athletes.
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CHIP PUGH
DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS/ LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT | SECOND SEASON | OHIO, 2000 Chip Pugh has spent countless years guiding students, whether it was making them faster and stronger as athletes, molding them into leaders or being a beacon to help direct them.
the position a little bit besides just football ops, but also adding the character and leadership development piece to it, because that is so key right now. I don’t know how you build a football program and not be able to develop these young men off the field.”
When the Tennessee Tech football team was looking for a new Director of Football Operations and Leadership Development, there was no doubt in who should be hired on.
Alexander continued, “I obviously want us to be the best team in Football Championship Subdivision football on the field, but I also want to provide the best for these guys off the field. Chip is someone who will not only help our players in this area, but will also be a good mentor and can help our coaches with the unity of our staff and our football team.”
Pugh, who spent the last five seasons as a Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character Coach for the Golden Eagle football team, rejoins the Tech Department of Athletics in this new role. He previously served as the Director of Athletic Performance from 2006 to 2013. “I couldn’t be any more excited about this hire,” said Tech head football coach Dewayne Alexander. “Chip Pugh is an outstanding person, outstanding coach and mentor and he was very well thought of when he was our head strength coach.” During his previous tenure, he oversaw the strength and conditioning for Tech’s athletic teams, including championship winners in football, baseball, softball, tennis, volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball. He hadn’t strayed far from athletics – from 2008, Pugh was an adjunct professor for the University, teaching courses in the Exercise Science and Physical Wellness curriculum and mentoring students who planned to pursue strength and conditioning coaching as a career. Pugh was also a campus minister and the director of Collegeside Church of Christ’s University Christian Student Center, just off campus. He also helped found the Faith RXD Sport Ministry in 2013 and worked as a spiritual development coach.
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“He’s always remained close to the athletics program, especially to the football program after he left the strength position and went into the ministry,” Alexander said. “He’s always been a friend to the football program. He’s been involved with many of the players, so this couldn’t have worked out any better.” And Pugh had been on Alexander’s mind even from the start.
He came to Cookeville in 2006, following three years as the head strength and conditioning coach at Winthrop University. He served in the same role with Marietta College’s football team from 2002 to 2003, while also taking on a campus minister role at nearby 6th and Washington Church of Christ. Pugh got his start in 2000 as he was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Ohio University, his alma mater. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sports industry with a minor in interpersonal communications in 2000, then followed it up with a master’s in physical education with a specialization in coaching in 2001.
“When I interviewed for the head coaching position, Chip was someone I reached out to and talked to about that if I had gotten the head coaching job here, would he be interested in getting involved again with the football program,” he said.
During his career, he has been certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2003, the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Association in 2004, USA Weightlifting in 2006 and CrossFit (Level 1, 2009; Football, 2009; Endurance, 2009; Olympic Lifting, 2011).
“When we had the opportunity for a position to come open, I spoke to Chip about that, then talked to (Tech director of athletics) Mark Wilson and (associate athletic director) Tammie McMillan about restructuring
Pugh is married to the former Nicole Carey, and has two daughters, Rory and Reagan.
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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
NINTH SEASON | TENN. TECH, 2001
19TH SEASON | WEST VIRGINIA, 1988
NINTH SEASON | UT MARTIN, 2011
Debbie Parker was hired in July 2011 to fill the position of administrative associate for the football program, taking over for Peggie Parrott who retired from her post after more than 25 rewarding years on the job. Parker made the move across campus to join the Golden Eagles after spending the past year as a secretary/receptionist in the College of Engineering.
Joe Erdeljac was named in July 2008 as Head Athletic Trainer at Tennessee Tech University. Erdeljac previously served as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Tennessee Tech for seven years, and worked for nine years with high school athletes for the Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Overall, he is currently in his 15th year at Tech (7 years from 1992-1999 and in his 8th year now).
Since 2011, Matt Hewett has been helping shape and mold Tennessee Tech’s student-athletes as a member of the strength and conditioning staff.
DEBBIE PARKER
A 2001 graduate of Tennessee Tech with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and environmental agriscience, Debbie’s career took a different turn when she signed on as a legal assistant at a law firm in Cookeville in 2002. After a year in that position, she worked for five years as an environmental health specialist for the Tennessee Department of Health. She has also received her masters degree from Tech. Working beside previous head coaches Watson Brown and Marcus Satterfield, as well as current Tech football head coach Dewayne Alexander, she handles a wide variety of office responsibilities for the entire coaching staff including much of the paperwork involved in the recruiting process. She also helps to coordinate the annual Golden Eagle Football Alumni Classic, an event to help build the Robert Hill Johnson Endowment for funding football scholarships. Born in Battle Creek, Mich., Debbie’s family moved to Monterey where she has lived since she was four years old. She has beeen married to her husband, Michael Parker, and has three children - Emily, Rylan and Anthony.
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JOE ERDELJAC
Erdeljac was at Tech from 1992 to 1999. During that time, he was the Athletics Trainer for the men’s basketball team and worked with the student-athletes on all of Tech’s teams. A native of West Virginia, Erdeljac begin his career in 1988 while an undergraduate at the University of West Virginia. Upon graduation with a bachelor’s degree in Science and Physical Education, he took a graduate assistant position at Austin Peay and received his master’s degree 1989. From there, he accepted his first full-time position as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at LaSalle University in Philadelphia, a post he held until being hired for a similar assignment at Tech under former Head Athletic Trainer David Green. After seven years at TTU, he accepted a position in 1999 with the Cookeville Regional Medical Center as Head Athletic Trainer for Upperman High School in Baxter, a position he held until accepting the top post in Tech’s Sports Medicine Department.
MATT HEWETT
He is a top-level CrossFit athlete who has been ranked in the open classification as high as 65th nationally, ninth in the Central East division and third in the state of Tennessee, as well as three first-place team finishes for the CrossFit Games Affiliate Cup championship with CrossFit Mayhem in 2015, 2016 and 2018, as well as a runner-up finish in 2017. He’s also been a member of the Tech athletics staff since 2011, so it has allowed him to build great relationships with the coaches, administrators, student-athletes and fellow strength staff. He has been able to see first-hand what the student-athletes at Tech are capable of and how to build that to a whole new level. Hewett graduated from UT Martin in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in health and human performance with a concentration in exercise science and wellness, earning cum laude honors. He followed up with a master’s degree from Tech in exercise science, physical education and wellness in 2014. While as a student at UT Martin, Hewett served as a strength and conditioning intern in 2011 until his graduation in December that year. He spent the first half of 2012 as a strength and conditioning intern at Tennessee, then finished out 2012 and worked through May 2014 as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Tech until he completed his master’s degree.
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ATHLETICS EQUIPMENT COORDINATOR
VIDEO TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR
ACADEMIC COORDINATOR
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It takes a lot of hard work to outfit the Tennessee Tech football team and help coordinate the other programs in the Tech department of athletics.
In collegiate athletics, a split second in video can go a long way. From the snap of the ball to a pass on the court, there can be little details that can be seen on both sides, whether it’s a correction that needs to be made or trying to break down the film to get ready for the next opponent.
When Leveda Dexter left the football academic advisor position to become Tennessee Tech’s newest assistant athletic director for academics and student-athlete welfare, trying to find someone to replace her was certainly no easy task. However, the choice to bring in Cody Matthews as Tech football’s newest academic advisor was an inspired one. After all, he came through the Golden Eagle program, earned three degrees from the university and knows what it takes to succeed on and off the field.
ROBERT BURCHFIELD
Fortunately, when the position came open, Tech was able to find someone who had done it before and knew exactly what was needed. Robert Burchfield joins the Tech department of athletics as the athletic equipment manager, replacing Tony Ramirez in the role. Burchfield has spent nearly three-and-a-half years on the staff as a student equipment manager. Burchfield earned his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science/Coaching and Sport Administration from Tech in May 2015, then earned his master’s degree in Exercise Science/Sports Management in May 2017. Previously, he helped start the soccer program at DeKalb County Middle School as an assistant coach and was a league director for the Upward Indoor Soccer League through Trinity Assembly. He also served as a graduate assistant for the exercise science department at Tech. Burchfield is a current member of the American Equipment Managers Association and the American Football Coaching Association.
ADAM RAYMOND
That makes the position of video technology coordinator an important one to the success of Tennessee Tech athletics, and when the time came to hire a new one, Tech found just what it was looking for. Adam Raymond comes to Cookeville after spending 10 years at the University of Nevada, and will take over Tech’s video technology coordinator post, helping the Golden Eagles with their video needs. While in Nevada, Raymond oversaw day-to-day video operations for football, recording all practices and games, as well as creating cutups and assisting with analysis. He also helped create highlight films, motivational clips and other videos as requested by their football program. He also maintained Nevada’s football video archives from 1946 to the present. He wasn’t exclusive to football, however, assisting with men’s basketball, women’s basketball, volleyball, soccer and softball. Prior to his tenure in Nevada, he spent two years as a video assistant at the University of Washington from 2006 to 2008, as well as a five-year stint as a football video coordinator at the University of Buffalo. Raymond graduated from Syracuse in May 1998, earning his bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the university’s prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He also lettered in football for one season. Raymond is married to Jennifer Stouffer and the couple are in the process of adopting a child, Matthew Carter Raymond.
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CODY MATTHEWS
Matthews was a member of the Tech football team from 2010 to 2015 and was a member of the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference championship squad. He was a team captain in 2015 and earned the team’s Most Valuable Receiver Award twice in 2013 and 2015. He was recognized with the OVC Medal of Honor in 2012, the conference’s honor for the student-athlete with the highest GPA in a conference-sponsored sport. He was also selected for the Collegiate Scholar-Athlete Award by the Middle Tennessee chapter of the National Football Foundation in 2015. Matthews also earned a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-District team and was a finalist for the 2015 TTU Athletics Man of the Year Award. Matthews earned his bachelor’s in English in May 2014, his master’s in Business Administration in December 2015, then his master’s in English in May 2017. He served as a marketing intern for Tech’s Department of Music in 2014, then became a manager for the Tech Men’s and Women’s Golf teams from 2015 to 2017. Matthews also worked as a business and communications tutor for four years, was a consultant for Tech’s Writing Excellence Studio and a graduate assistant in the MBA Studies program as well as an English graduate teaching assistant and adjunct professor.
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SPORTS INFORMATION COORDINATOR
THOMAS CORHERN
FOURTH SEASON | TENN. TECH, 2005 Thomas Corhern joined the Tennessee Tech University sports information staff as a sports information coordinator in July 2016. He is a member in good standing of the Tennessee Sports Writers Association, the Football Writers Association of America, the Middle Tennessee chapter of the National Football Foundation and the College Sports Information Directors of America. He has previously been a member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Corhern’s experience with Tennessee Tech is extensive, working around the Golden Eagles’ athletic programs for 15 years, starting as a sports writer for the Oracle campus newspaper and Eagle yearbook, a Sports Information student assistant and intern from 2003 to 2006, then as the Tech beat writer for the Herald-Citizen from 2006 to 2016. An award-winning sports writer, Corhern has won numerous awards from the TSWA and the Tennessee Press Association. In 2016, Corhern was named the second-place winner in the Gary Lundy Writer of the Year award by the TSWA in Division II, which includes daily papers under 15,000 circulation. Most recently, he was named Best Feature Writer and Best Event Writer in the Division IV Sports Information category, as well as the District 4 winner in Best Event Writer in CoSIDA’s Fred S. Stabley Writing Contest. At the Herald-Citizen, Corhern displayed a wide variety of skills, ranging from writing to publication design to photography. He also showed range outside of sports coverage as he wrote movie reviews for the paper for two years and covered the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival for seven years.
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DAMI ADEKUNJO
SENIOR | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-10 | 187 | CLINTON, MD. [GLEN BURNIE HS] 2018 (Junior): Dami played in all 11 games, starting 10 ... had the fifth-most tackles on the team, collecting 43 total -- 26 solo and 17 assisted, while also picking up 5.5 for-loss for 12 yards. He also broke up five passes. Averaged 3.9 tackles per game. Dami had a season-high seven tackles twice -- at Jacksonville State (9/22) and at Austin Peay (10/27). 2017 (Sophomore): Adekunjo played in all 11 games in 2017, recording 14 total tackles, including nine solo and five assisted. He also had two tackles-for-loss for 11 yards, a sack for seven yards, two quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery.
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ACADEMIC: Major is undecided.
SENIOR | WIDE RECEIVER | 6-2 | 223 | GARDENDALE, ALA. [NORTH ALABAMA] 2018 (Junior): Sat out, NCAA transfer rule.
2016 (Freshman): Played in 11 games, catching 13 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns, including a 42-yard pass. HIGH SCHOOL: A wide receiver who played multiple roles for Gardendale High School, Austin Hicks was a runner-up as The North Jefferson News 2014 Player of the Year, and was also named to the Class 6A All-State second-team as an all-around athlete by the Alabama Sports Writers Association. A team captain as a senior, he was selected as the team’s Offensive Most Valuable Player and was selected first-team All-Metro while recording the most career receiving yards in school history. As a senior for coach Matt Plunkett’s squad, Hicks had 49
receptions for 717 yards and nine touchdowns, and added four rushing scores to account for 13 touchdowns in 2014. A finalist for the Mr. Gardendale Award, he finished his three-year career with 110 catches in 32 games, for 1,416 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns. He managed 1,747 all-purpose yards and accounted for 23 career touchdowns, with 16 catches and seven on the ground. PERSONAL: The son of Walter and Audrey Hicks...full name is Austin Hicks...born December 23, 1996 in Birmingham, Ala...majoring in EXPW/pre-physical therapy.
ADERICK MOORE
SENIOR | LINEBACKER | 6-0 | 232 | SELMA, ALA. [SELMA HS] 2018 (Junior): Started the first three games of the season before getting hampered by an injury and seeing action in spots at the end of the campaign. He finished the 2018 campaign with 28 total tackles -- 13 solo and 15 assisted. He had eight tackles at Austin Peay, seven vs. Kennesaw State and six in the finale against Eastern Kentucky. 2017 (Sophomore): Aderick had a breakout season in 2017, leading the team in tackles with 95 -- 38 solo and 57 assisted -- with 9.5 tackles-for-loss for 40 yards. Moore also broke up three passes and had two quarterback hurries and forced one fumble. He was also named the Ohio Valley Conference defensive player of the week on Oct. 29, following the Golden Eagles’ win over Tennessee State. In that contest, Moore had 12 tackles, two sacks for 22 yards, five tacklesfor-loss for 30 yards, a forced fumble and a pass breakup. Moore was awarded a single-digit under previous head coach Marcus Satterfield’s program of a player-vote awarding the single-digit numbers to who they felt were the toughest members of the team.
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PERSONAL: The son of John and Adra Adekunjo...born September 3, 1998...full name is Oludamilohun Adekunjo.
AUSTIN HICKS
2017 (At North Alabama): Was a starter for the Lions, collecting a team-high 431 yards and four touchdowns on 28 catches.
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2016 (Freshman): Adekunjo played in four games with the Golden Eagles.
2016 (Freshman): Moore played in 10 games in 2016, recording 13 total tackles -- two solo and 11 assisted. He also had one sack and one TFL. HIGH SCHOOL: Moore was a defensive force at Selma High School, recording 165 tackles, 40 tackles-for-loss, seven forced fumbles and three interceptions. His final three seasons tallied 430 tackles, 97 tackles-for-loss, 17 forced fumbles and seven interceptions. PERSONAL: The son of Erick and Adana Moore...full name is Aderick Moore...born on November 5, 1997 ACADEMIC: Enrolled in general curriculum. HONORS: Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week (10/29/17)
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CAM SINGLETARY
SOPHOMORE | WIDE RECEIVER | 5-8 | 155 | MOULTRIE, GA. [COLQUITT COUNTY HS] 2018 (Freshman): In his first campaign with the Golden Eagles, Singletary played in all 11 games and started one as he finished the season with 12 catches for 163 yards and a touchdown, averaging 13.6 yards per catch (the third-best average on the team, behind Darrius Stafford’s 23.2 and R.D. Ford’s 21.0) and 14.8 yards per game. He caught three passes for a career-high 67 yards and a touchdown against Southeast Missouri on 10/6, while hauling in a career-best four passes at Nissan Stadium against Tennessee State on 10/20.
stats as he caught 79 passes for 1,025 yards and 11 touchdowns in 15 games last season. He averaged 13 yards per catch and 68.3 yards per game. He also returned punts for 320 yards. He helped lead the Packers to the 2017 Georgia Class 7A state championship game, after the team won Class 6A state titles in 2014 and 2015. The receiver also plays point guard for the Packers’ basketball team, earning a Georgia Athletic Coaches Association all-state selection in 2017 and eclipsing 1,000 points in his career.
Singletary also proved to be a valuable kick returner, leading the Golden Eagles with 13 returns for 256 yards, averaging 19.7 yards per return. His longest was a pair of 30-yard returns, 10/27 at Austin Peay and 11/3 vs. Murray State.
PERSONAL: The son of Roscoe and Tina Singletary ... full name is Cameron Emon Singletary ... born on November 26, 1999 ... cousin Quan Singletary plays football at Clark Atlanta University.
HIGH SCHOOL: Singletary finished the 2017 campaign putting up Dontez Byrd-like
ACADEMIC: Plans to pursue a degree in sports medicine.
QUINTAVIOUS BOYD
JUNIOR | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-10 | 172 | MURFREESBORO, TENN. [OAKLAND HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Quintavious played in nine games in 2018, starting one ... recorded 11 total tackles -- five solo and six assisted -- while also breaking up two passes. He had three tackles in each of the final two games of the season against UT Martin and Eastern Kentucky.
ACADEMIC: Enrolled in general curriculum.
2017 (Freshman): Boyd played in nine games, recording two tackles -- one solo and one assisted. HIGH SCHOOL: Boyd had a solid senior campaign for Oakland High School and head coach Kevin Creasy as he recorded 63 tackles and three interceptions. He won two district championships with the Patriots and was named to the all-district and all-region teams. PERSONAL: The son of LaTasha Boyd...born November 25, 1997...Full name is Quintavious Boyd.
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JOHN JONES
FRESHMAN | RUNNING BACK | 5-9 | 167 | WAYCROSS, GA. [PIERCE COUNTY HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Jones was an explosive back in the 2018 campaign, rushing for 1,745 yards and 25 touchdowns on 222 carries. He averaged 134.2 yards per game and 7.9 yards per carry. He also caught 14 passes for 146 yards and a score. He averaged two touchdowns and 12.0 points per game. He was the Region 2-AAA Player of the Year, while also earning two first-team all-region and a first-team all-state selection. He also ran track and field, placing sixth in the 4x100 relay in the state meet. Jones finished his prep career with 2,907 rushing yards on 414 carries with 35 touchdowns. PERSONAL: The son of Johnny and Renie Jernigan ... born on Sept. 24, 1999, in Waycross, Ga. ... full name is John Markez Jones. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in business.
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BAILEY FISHER
SOPHOMORE | QUARTERBACK | 5-11 | 205 | CLAYTON, GA. [RABUN COUNTY HS] 2018 (Freshman): Fisher was selected as the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and was a finalist for the STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award, recognizing the top freshman player in the Football Championship Subdivision, and with the numbers he put up in his rookie campaign, it’s hard not to see why. He played and started in 10 games, missing only the season finale against Eastern Kentucky with an injury. Through that span, he threw for 1,681 yards and 11 touchdowns as he completed 139 of his 268 passes. Those numbers stand as the best performance by a true freshman quarterback in Tech history as well as the 14th most passing yards in a single season for the Golden Eagles. Fisher was also the team’s second-leading rusher, collecting 346 yards on 106 carries, with two touchdowns. His 2,027 yards of total offense ranks as the ninthbest season in school history and the best by a true freshman. Before he closed out his first year, Fisher already made notations to the Tech record book. Against Eastern Illinois, he threw for 383 yards -- the fifth-most by a Tech quarterback in a single game and the most by a true freshman. Against Southeast Missouri, he threw the third-longest pass completion in school history with an 85-yard touchdown strike to Darrius Stafford. He also threw four touchdown passes in the EIU contest, tying him for the No. 4-spot in most touchdown passes in a single game, one shy of the school record of five, held by Grant Swallows twice and Stephen Britton. He has three 200-plus passing yard
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games, 10 shy of tying Robert Craft, Lee Sweeney and Tre Lamb for the most in program history. His best completion rate (65.9 percent) came against EIU as he completed 27-of41 passes. He had 11 rushes for a career-high 78 yards against Chattanooga, then rushed a career-high 16 times against Murray State for 76 yards. HIGH SCHOOL: Fisher passed for 3,341 yards as a senior with 43 touchdowns, averaging 222.7 yards per game. He completed 211 of his 297 attempts and also rushed for 1,283 yards on 221 carries (85.5 avg. per game) with 27 touchdowns and seven games with 100 or more rushing yards. With Rabun County High, Fisher earned four region championships in his tenure. In his career, he threw for 9,383 yards and 113 touchdowns, while also rushing for 3,075 yards and 57 touchdowns. PERSONAL: The son of Donna Fisher ... born June 1, 1999, in Johnston County, N.C. ACADEMICS: Plans to major in education. AWARDS: 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year; 2018 Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team; 2018 STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award finalist; Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week (11/4/2018)
JUSTIN ODEN
FRESHMAN | WIDE RECEIVER | 6-3 | 174 | COLUMBIA, TENN. [SPRING HILL HS] HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior, he caught 16 passes for 195 yards in an injury-plagued season, but as a junior, Oden had 27 catches for 477 yards and six touchdowns. He was a three-star recruit by 247sports and Rivals, getting attention from many Division I schools last season. He played four seasons at Spring Hill, earning all-region and all-district honors in both football and basketball, where he was a 1,000-point scorer. Oden was ranked the No. 4 FCS signee in the 2019 class by HERO Sports. PERSONAL: The son of Ketura Oden ... born Aug. 13, 1999, in Columbia, Tenn. ... uncle, Bernard Oden, played three seasons of football at Memphis ... brother, Tylin, played three seasons of football at Rutgers and Virginia State. ACADEMICS: Plans to enroll in business.
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JOSH RELIFORD
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-10 | 195 | FITZGERALD, GA. [HUTCHINSON (KAN.) CC] 2018 (Freshman, At Hutchinson CC): Reliford recorded 62 total tackles (34 solo, 28 assists), while also picking off two passes and recovering a fumble. HIGH SCHOOL: While at Fitzgerald, he had 97 tackles, a sack, five interceptions and a blocked field goal. He was a Class AA first-team all-state selection by the Georgia Sports Writers Association in 2016. PERSONAL: The son of Joe and Harriet Reliford ... was born Feb. 16, 1998, in Tifton, Ga. ... His grandfather, Joe Reliford, is the youngest player to participate in professional baseball, appearing in a game at the age of 12, playing for the Fitzgerald Pioneers in July 1952.
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WILLIE MILLER
FRESHMAN | QUARTERBACK | 6-0 | 177 | PINSON, ALA. [CLAY-CHALKVILLE HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Miller passed for 15 touchdowns and ran for 19 more as a senior, helping lead his Clay-Chalkville team to the AHSAA Class 6A semifinal and a 12-2 record. As a junior, he passed for 2,363 yards and 25 touchdowns, while also throwing for 1,929 yards and 20 touchdowns as a sophomore. He was an All-6A Region 6 first-teamer and an all-state honorable mention. PERSONAL: The son of Willie Miller Jr. and Sharon Miller ... born December 12, 2000, in Birmingham, Ala. ... full name is Willie T. Miller III ... His father, Willie Jr., played football at Colorado State, while cousin Desmond Jennings played Major League Baseball for the Tampa Bay Rays. ACADEMIC: Intends to enroll in Exercise Science and Physical Wellness with plans to become a professional football coach.
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JAMAAL SINGLETON
FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-6 | 142 | BUFORD, GA. [BUFORD HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Singleton finished the 2018 campaign with a great year for traditional Georgia power Buford. He ended the year with 40 tackles in 13 games, while recording one interception as the team reaches the state quarterfinals. Buford, while Singleton was there, also reached the state semifinals in 2017 and was the state runner-up in 2015 and 2016. He earned an All-Region 8-AAAAA nod this season. He was selected to the Northeast Georgia FCA All-Star Game last weekend. He has also competed in track and field, putting together fantastic times in the 100-meter dash and the 4x100 relay. PERSONAL: The son of Joseph and Latavise Singleton ... born Nov. 21, 2000 in DeKalb County, Ga. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in business management with an interest in becoming a marketing manager.
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SHANNON FAYNE
SENIOR | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-11 | 198 | NASHVILLE, TENN. [DONELSON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY] 2018 (Junior): Played and started in 10 games in 2018 ... Fayne was the Golden Eagles’ third-leading tackler, recording 89 total stops, including 38 solo and 51 assisted, as well as five for-loss for 19 yards ... also picked off a pass and broke up another ... forced a fumble and recovered two ... had four double-digit tackle games, including a career-high 14 twice against Kennesaw State and at Austin Peay ... also had 13 at UT Martin and 10 at FBS opponent Utah State ... recovered fumbles at Utah State and UT Martin and intercepted a pass against Murray State. 2017 (Sophomore): Played in five games in 2017, recording 10 total tackles -- five solo and five assisted. Fayne had six tackles against Austin Peay. 2016 (Freshman): Fayne played in seven games for the Golden Eagles, collecting 36 total stops, including 17 solo and 19 assisted. He averaged 5.1 tackles per game. He also had 3.5 tackles-for-loss for six yards. Fayne also broke up a pass.
as a running back and strong safety. He ended his final campaign with 71 tackles, two interceptions, 1,530 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns. He was named a region MVP as well as named to an all-state team. He ended his career with 241 tackles, 10 interceptions, three forced fumbles, 3,309 rushing yards and 53 touchdowns. PERSONAL: The son of Robert and Michelle Fayne…full name is Shannon Marquise Fayne…born April 1, 1998 in San Francisco, Calif….cousin Phillip Fayne Jr. plays basketball at Illinois State. ACADEMIC: Is enrolled in general curriculum.
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METRIUS FLEMING
FRESHMAN | WIDE RECEIVER | 6-0 | 173 | ELBERTON, GA. [ELBERT COUNTY HS] HIGH SCHOOL: A fantastic receiver out of Elbert County HS, Fleming put up big numbers this season. He caught 66 passes for 1,180 yards, averaging 17.9 yards per catch and 118 yards per game. He also saw action at running back, rushing 11 times for 182 yards, and at quarterback, completing a pass for 56 yards. In track and field, Fleming recorded a state championship in both the long jump and 110-meter high hurdles. Fleming was named All-Region and Honorable Mention All-State in 2017, while named the Region 8AA Athlete of the Year, preseason All-State by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the team’s Golden Helmet MVP winner this season. In track and field, Fleming also won a state championship in 2018, earning state-best marks in the long jump (24’1”) and the 110 hurdles (13.94). Fleming also played basketball at Elbert County High. PERSONAL: The son of Karlos Fleming and Yolanda Hall ... born Jan. 14, 2000, in Athens, Ga. ... brother, Tyshon Dye, played football for three years at Clemson.
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JAMAL BOYD
FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE BACK | 6-0 | 185 | ATHENS, GA. [CEDAR SHOALS HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Boyd had a solid senior season for Cedar Shoals, recording 73 total tackles in the 2018 campaign. He picked off four passes and defended two, while also blocking a punt and a field goal. On the offensive side, he also caught one pass for seven yards. He was selected to the Northeast Georgia FCA All-Star Game last weekend. Boyd was also a standout on the Cedar Shoals wrestling and track and field teams. PERSONAL: The son of Ronda Umble ... was born Nov. 16, 2000, in Athens, Ga. ACADEMICS: Plans to enroll in Tech’s nursing program.
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BRAD CLARK
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | WIDE RECEIVER | 6-0 | 208 | LAKELAND, FLA. [VICTORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY] 2018 (Freshman): Saw action in the season opener against Chattanooga, but did not record any stats. HIGH SCHOOL: Clark ended his senior campaign at Victory Christian Academy with 28 catches for 405 yards and eight touchdowns, following a season where he hauled in catches for 350 yards and four touchdowns. His squad won the state championship in his sophomore season, while also earning regional championships in his 2015 season, and district titles in three of his four years. PERSONAL: The son of Furman and Pamela Clark ... full name is Bradley Clark ... born on February 17, 2000, in Lakeland, Fla. ACADEMIC: Plans to study criminal justice.
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MYLES SPURLING
FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-10 | 185 | HOOVER, ALA. [HOOVER HS] HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior, Spurling was a big piece of the defense for the storied Hoover program. Last season, he picked off three passes,forced three fumbles and recovered another as the team won a region championship. He also recorded 70 total tackles. Spurling was a part of two state championship teams in his tenure. He also earned the team’s defensive MVP award. PERSONAL: The son of Antonio and Marquitta Spurling ... born May 14, 2001, in Ensley, Ala. ... cousin, Chris Humes, played football at Arkansas State. ACADEMICS: Plans to enroll in business.
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D.J. WILKES
SENIOR | TIGHT END | 6-2 | 248 | JACKSON, TENN. [LIBERTY TECH MAGNET HS] 2018 (Junior): Wilkes played in 10 games ... caught four passes for 27 yards. 2017 (Sophomore): D.J. played in seven games ... caught three passes for 51 yards and two touchdowns ... caught two passes for 36 yards and two touchdowns at Kennesaw State.
seasons at Iowa Wesleyan and Elizabethton Community College...uncle Kendall Anthony played basketball for four years at Richmond. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in secondary education with an emphasis in history.
2016 (Freshman): Wilkes played in five games, recording a solo tackle at Jacksonville State and an assisted tackle against Murray State. HIGH SCHOOL: Wilkes had a great senior season at Liberty Tech Magnet School, recording 96 tackles, including 12 for-loss, recovered two fumbles, picked off five passes, had four sacks and scored touchdowns. He won two district championships and one region title. PERSONAL: The son of Dantae and Sharonda Wilkes...full name is Dantae Wilkes... born on November 8, 1997...brother Jocuante Arnold played basketball for two
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FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-10 | 175 | ATHENS, GA. [CEDAR SHOALS HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Hudson caught six passes for 126 yards and two touchdowns for Cedar Shoals HS, then returned seven kickoffs for 128 yards. He shined on the defensive end, collecting 41 total tackles – 36 solo and five assisted – while picking off three passes and recovering a fumble. He was named first-team all-region as a junior and senior. In track and field, he also won a Georgia state championship in the triple jump and was the Georgia high school track and field athlete of the year this past spring. PERSONAL: The son of Greg and Alfreda Hudson .. born June 2, 2001, in Athens, Ga. ACADEMICS: Plans to enroll in exercise science/physical wellness with an intended career as an athletic trainer.
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QUINTON CROSS
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | RUNNING BACK | 5-11 | 175 | CLARKSVILLE, TENN. [NORTHEAST HS] HIGH SCHOOL: At Northeast HS, Cross rushed for 1,574 yards in his career and caught passes for 649 yards ... had 28 total touchdowns -- 20 rushing, seven receiving and one on a kickoff return ... named all-district in football and basketball in 2017 and 2018 ... in basketball, helped lead his team to a state Final Four, two region championships and a district championship. PERSONAL: The son of Njeri and the late Quincy Cross ... born Sept. 21, 2000. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in business.
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REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | QUARTERBACK | 6-2 | 201 | FRANKLIN, TENN. [BATTLE GROUND ACADEMY] 2018 (Freshman): Did not see action in 2018.
1987 to 1991 at Tennessee Tech.
HIGH SCHOOL: Martin threw for 3,036 yards for a BGA team that finished 11-2 in 2017. He completed 219 of his 311 passes and threw 37 touchdown passes as he averaged 237.2 yards per game. Martin also rushed 74 times for 237 yards and six touchdowns. BGA reached the Division II-AA semifinals before falling to eventual state champ Lausanne Collegiate. In his career, he threw for 5,486 yards and 60 touchdowns, while running for 468 yards and eight rushing touchdowns. He broke BGA’s season and career records for passing yardage and touchdowns. Martin was twice named all-region and the region offensive MVP. He was a Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Semi-finalist, while also named to the first-team All-State squad, while playing in the East-West All-Star Game and was a Tennessee Titans Player of the Week.
ACADEMIC: Plans to major in business.
PERSONAL: The son of Eric and Julie Martin ... full name is Andrew Edward Martin ... born on February 3, 2000, in Nashville, Tenn. ... father Eric played football from
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FRESHMAN | QUARTERBACK | 6-3 | 222 | Eagleville, TENN. [EAGLEVILLE HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-sport athlete at Eagleville High, playing football, baseball and basketball ... was twice named a semifinalist for the TSSAA Mr. Football award ... was a three-time region MVP ... led Eagleville to district, region and sectional titles in basketball ... led Eagleville to district and sectional titles in baseball. PERSONAL: The son of Lance and Teri Cobb ... born May 8, 2000, in Eagleville, Tenn. ... full name is Ethan Lance Cobb. ACADEMICS: Plans to enroll in civil engineering with the aspiration to become a structural engineer.
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JUNIOR | DEFENSIVE BACK | 6-0 | 160 | MEMPHIS, TENN. [MEMPHIS CENTRAL HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Did not see any action in 2018. 2017 (Freshman): Was on the team, but did not record any stats. HIGH SCHOOL: Played as a wide receiver at Memphis Central. PERSONAL: The son of Teresa Sheffa ... born on December 9, 1997. ACADEMICS: Plans to major in housing and design with an interest in architecture.
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JUNIOR | TIGHT END | 6-4 | 243 | NEW HOPE, ALA. [GARDEN CITY CC] 2018 (Sophomore): Browner saw action in four games in the 2018 campaign, but all of his passing stats came against Eastern Kentucky in the season finale, completing 14 of his 31 passes for 129 yards, averaging 4.2 yards per attempt, while also collecting a pass for 21 yards for his career-long.
touchdowns, while running for 541 yards and eight touchdowns ... was named to the Alabama Class 3A all-state first team as a punter, averaging 41.2 yards. ... was a three-sport athlete, winning region championships in football, basketball and baseball.
2017 (Freshman): Saw action in three games ... Completed 11 of his 32 passes for 104 yards ... Averaged 34.7 yards per game ... Was intercepted twice ... Almost all of those yards came in the Southeast Missouri game where he started in place of Andre Sale, going 11-for-29 for 104 yards.
PERSONAL: The son of Doug and Amanda Browner ... born April 15, 1997, in Huntsville, Ala. ... full name is Adam Denton Browner. ACADEMIC: Plans to study business.
AT GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2016): Was a member of the 2016 NJCAA national championship team. HIGH SCHOOL: As a three-year starter for New Hope High School, Browner threw for 4,127 yards, 45 touchdowns and 22 interceptions, while also running for 1,405 yards and 21 touchdowns ... as a senior, he threw for 1,044 yards and 10
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SAMARI BURNS
FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-11 | 170 | NASHVILLE, TENN. [OVERTON HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Played defensive back for coach Steve Williams at John Overton High ... was named all-region and all-city in 2018. PERSONAL: The son of Anthony and Shelita Burns ... born June 5, 2001 ... brother, Saman, played one year of football at Eastern Kentucky. ACADEMIC: Entering his studies focused on general curriculum.
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JUNIOR | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-11 | 186 | TALLADEGA, ALA. [WINTERBORO HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games in 2018, recording three total tackles and forcing a fumble at the Golden Eagles’ FBS visit to Utah State. 2017 (Freshman): Marcus played in eight games in 2017, recording four total tackles -- two solo and two assisted. He also forced a fumble against Tennessee State.
ACADEMICS: Plans to major in journalism/communications and become a sports analyst
HIGH SCHOOL: A two-sport athlete, McMeans was named the 2016 Fox 6 Defensive Player of the Year, was Winterboro’s defensive MVP twice and was also twice named to the All-County team as well as an all-state honorable mention in 201516 ... won the team’s “Hustle” and “I Like To Practice” awards in 2014-15 ... was named the 2016-17 Fox 6 Defensive Player of the Year ... was the recipient of the 2016-17 Bryant Jordan Athletic Scholarship. PERSONAL: The son of Richard and Mia Merritt McMeans ... born March 20, 1999 in Talladega, Ala. ... full name is Richard Lamar McMeans.
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SENIOR | QUARTERBACK | 6-3 | 218 | DECATURVILLE, TENN. [RIVERSIDE HS] 2018 (Junior): Saw action in eight games, starting the season finale against Eastern Kentucky ... completed 19 of his 53 passes for 246 yards with a touchdown pass ... also rushed 34 times for 159 yards ... averaged 30.8 passing yards and 19.9 rushing yards per game ... threw for season-high 60 yards at Chattanooga, then went 2-for-3 with a touchdown and 54 yards at Jacksonville State, and went 6-for-13 for 58 yards at UT Martin ... rushed for a season-high 65 yards on seven carries at Austin Peay. 2017 (Sophomore): Played in six games in 2017, completing 50 of his 101 passes for 503 yards and eight touchdowns. He averaged 83.8 yards per game and five yards per attempt. His best outing of the season came at Murray State, where he completed 19 of his 39 passes for 201 yards, throwing three touchdowns.
2015 (Freshman): Was on the roster, but did not see any action on the varsity squad. HIGH SCHOOL: Played quarterback for four years for head coach Jeff Robertson at Riverside High School...also played baseball for four seasons for head coach Dusty Rhodes, winning the Class 2A state championship in 2011 and 2012. PERSONAL: The son of Paul and Jenny Ward...full name is Lucas Gray Ward...born on June 19, 1996...father Paul played football at Murray State from 1984 to 1987. ACADEMIC: Enrolled in interdisciplinary studies.
2016 (Redshirt freshman): Played in one game, rushing the ball twice for four total yards in the Golden Eagles’ finale against Murray State.
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JUNIOR | QUARTERBACK | 5-11 | 200 | ENGLEWOOD, TENN. [McMINN CENTRAL HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Was on the team in 2018, but did not record any statistics.
track and field, winning the region championship in the 4x400 relay in 2016.
2017 (Freshman): Was on the team in 2017, but did not record any statistics.
PERSONAL: The son of Joe and Stephanie Guy ... born on December 2, 1997, in Etowah, Tenn.
HIGH SCHOOL: In his career at McMinn Central, Guy passed for 2,818 yards and 16 touchdowns, while rushing for 1,546 yards and 15 touchdowns ... he averaged 7.4 yards per carry and completed 52 percent of his passes ... he rushed for 767 yards and seven TDs as a junior while passing for 1,012 yards and five touchdowns ... as a senior, he passed for 1,306 yards and nine touchdowns, while rushing for 654 yards and seven touchdowns ... was named first team all-district in 2014, first team all-region in 2015, all-area from 2014-2016, the Daily Post Athenian Student-Athlete of the Year in 2016 ... was McMinn Central’s all-time leading passer for a season and a career ... tied for fourth for the TSSAA single-game record with seven touchdowns in a game ... also lettered three times in basketball, winning four straight district championships and was twice named to the all-district tournament team ... also lettered one season in baseball ... lettered two times in
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FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE BACK | 6-0 | 186 | DULUTH, GA. [NORTHVIEW HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Watson finished the 2018 season with 60 total tackles, while also returning an interception 25 yards for a touchdown. In all, he also had seven pass breakups, five tackles for-loss and three sacks. He also played on the offensive side of the ball, rushing 20 yards on two carries, while also catching 15 passes for 162 yards and four touchdowns. In his career, he had six interceptions – including two for touchdowns – in addition to 134 tackles, three sacks, 22 pass break-ups and six receiving touchdowns. He was a first-team selection to the all-county and all-region teams as well as selected as the team MVP. PERSONAL: The son of Micheal and Dayla Watson ... born Dec, 7, 2000, in Atlanta, Ga.
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SENIOR | WIDE RECEIVER | 6-2 | 193 | MEMPHIS, TENN. [KIRBY HS] 2018 (Junior): Played in nine games in 2018, starting two ... caught 16 passes for 371 yards and a team-high three touchdowns ... averaged 41.2 yards per game and 23.2 yards per catch ... had a career-high six catches for 102 yards against Murray State, catching a 43-yard touchdown pass ... also caught touchdowns at Jacksonville State and against Southeast Missouri ... longest catch was an 85-yarder against the Redhawks. 2017 (Sophomore): Played in three games in 2017 ... caught six passes for 139 yards and one touchdown ... averaged 46.3 yards per game ... caught three passes for 95 yards and a touchdown against Western Illinois, including a 61-yard pass. 2016 (Redshirt freshman): Stafford played in 10 games, recording four total stops -- three solo and one assisted.
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2015 (Freshman): Stafford played in four games but recorded no stats. HIGH SCHOOL: Darrius Stafford was a three-year starter at Kirby High School in Memphis, where he was one of the region’s top receivers as well as a defensive back that opponent quarterbacks learned to stay away from. As a receiver for coach Jeremy Orsagh’s team, Stafford had 63 catches in his senior season for 1,047 yards and 13 touchdowns, earning first-team all-region honors. As a cornerback, he made 48 tackles and added five interceptions for the Cougars, earning second-team all-region honors as a defensive back. He was named to the Memphis Commercial Appeal Best of Preps team, and was chosen to play in the 2014-15 National All-American Bowl.
SOPHOMORE | LINEBACKER | 6-0 | 221 | RED BOILING SPRINGS, TENN. [MACON COUNTY HS] 2018 (Freshman): Was moved to defense and had a solid first campaign as a linebacker ... in 10 games, Carlisle recorded 27 total tackles, including one for-loss for six yards and broke up a pass ... Carlisle had 10 solo tackles and 17 assists. HIGH SCHOOL: A quarterback with the Tigers, Carlisle will be able to show a lot of versatility for the Golden Eagles. Carlisle was named the Region 3-4A Most Valuable Player as he compiled 1,351 yards and 16 touchdowns through the air, then rushed for 1,556 yards and 19 more touchdowns. Defensively, Carlisle recorded 46 tackles, had two interceptions -- one returned for a touchdown -- and recovered a fumble. He was voted the Tennessee Titans Player of the Week during the campaign. In his career, Carlisle rolled up 9,636 yards of total offense and 116 total touchdowns, rushing for 5,632 yards and 76 touchdowns. He was also selected to the Tennessee East-West All-Star Football Classic ... was three times named the Tennessean Titan Up Player of the Week ... was an all-state selection ... Carlisle also played basketball at Macon County, earning District 7-AA MVP and Defensive
Player of the Year honors. He was twice named all-district and was a district and region tournament MVP. He ended his basketball career with 1,694 points. PERSONAL: The son of John and Lynette Carlisle ... born on February 20, 2000, in Cookeville, Tenn. ... full name is Seth Logan Carlisle. ACADEMIC: Plans to major in chemistry with a intention to study pre-pharmacy.
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SENIOR | WIDE RECEIVER | 6-0 | 202 | HUNTSVILLE, ALA. [BUCKHORN HS] 2018 (Junior): R.D. played in all 11 games, starting four ... caught five passes for 105 yards ... averaged 21.0 yards per catch and 9.5 yards per game ... had a career-best 40 yards against Jacksonville State ... caught a career-long 31-yard pass against Tennessee State. 2017 (Sophomore): R.D. played in all 11 games and caught five passes for 79 yards ... longest was a 23-yard catch at Eastern Kentucky ... caught two passes against UT Martin.
PERSONAL: The son of Robert and Sylvia Ford…full name is Robert Dewayne Ford… born October 29, 1997…father played basketball at Lipscomb University. ACADEMIC: Enrolled in basic business.
2016 (Freshman): Ford played in eight games in the 2016 campaign. While he did not record a catch, he did record three tackles -- one solo and two assisted. HIGH SCHOOL: Ford was a standout football and track student-athlete at Buckhorn High School in Huntsville, Ala. In football, he was named to the all-region team, while he finished 10th in the state in track competition. He was clocked with a 50.51 time in the 400 meters.
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SOPHOMORE | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-9 | 188 | SPRING HILL, TENN. [SUMMIT HS] 2018 (Freshman): Saw action in nine games ... recorded 23 total tackles -- nine solo and 14 assisted. HIGH SCHOOL: Carter was a TSSAA Class 5A Mr. Football finalist at Summit, rushing for 1,225 yards and 14 touchdowns on 141 carries in an injury-shortened season as he helped lead the team to its first region championship. Carter also threw two touchdown passes on 2-for-3 passing for 54 yards and caught three passes for 54 yards and a touchdown. He was named to the all-region team three times. PERSONAL: The son of John Carter and Malissa Klangmoung ... born on February 2, 2000, in Nashville, Tenn. ACADEMICS: Plans to enroll in physical therapy.
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SOPHOMORE | RUNNING BACK | 5-11 | 190 | COOKEVILLE, TENN. [COOKEVILLE HS] 2018 (Freshman): Gist saw action in all 11 games, starting two contests ... was the Golden Eagles’ second-leading rusher with 106 carries for 346 yards and two touchdowns ... also caught 12 passes for 111 yards and a touchdown ... rushed for a career-high 108 yards and two touchdowns against Southeast Missouri, a game that also included his career-longest rush for 57 yards ... had a career-best 47 yards on two catches and a TD at Austin Peay, catching a career-long 24-yard pass in the contest ... also had five kick returns for 92 yards (an average of 18.4 yards) with a career-long of 30 yards.
PERSONAL: The son of David Gist and Tricia Germenis ... full name is David Levon Gist ACADEMIC: Plans to study accounting.
HIGH SCHOOL: Gist’s numbers were incredible, rushing for 1,438 yards and 21 touchdowns as he averaged 110.6 yards on the ground per game. He also caught 24 passes for 293 yards and three touchdowns. Gist, under the direction of former Tennessee Tech standout Jimmy Maynord at CHS, also represented the Cavaliers in the Tennessee East-West All-Star Football Classic. Gist also ran track and field for head coach Scott Cook.
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REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-9 | 175 | THOMPSON’S STATION, TENN. [INDEPENDENCE HS] 2018 (Freshman): Did not see any action in 2018. HIGH SCHOOL: Recorded 72 tackles and picked off five passes as a senior at Independence High School, while also returning a fumble for a touchdown. Huner ended his career with 123 total tackles, 12 interceptions and 27 pass deflections in his two seasons as a defensive back. His IHS team won the state championship as a junior, but fell in his senior campaign with a 29-1 record in his final two seasons. Huner was named all-state as a junior, while earning all-region and all-district honors as a junior and a senior. PERSONAL: The son of Michael and Alisha Huner ... brother of current Golden Eagle Seth Huner ... father Michael played baseball at Troy University in 1991 and 1992 ... full name is Cole Jeremiah Huner ... born on August 29, 1998, in Auburn, Ala. ACADEMICS: Intends to study mechanical engineering.
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SENIOR | RUNNING BACK | 6-0 | 211 | JACKSON, TENN. [TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY] 2018 (Junior): Goldsmith led the Golden Eagles in rushing in 2018, collecting 484 yards and three touchdowns on 125 carries, averaging 3.9 yards per carry and 44.0 yards per game ... also caught 22 passes for 241 yards and a touchdown, averaging 21.9 yards per game ... returned six kicks for 79 yards, an average of 13.2 yards per return ... also completed one of his two passes for 12 yards and a touchdown against Tennessee State ... rushed for a season-high 86 yards against Kennesaw State ... ran for 60 yards and two touchdowns at UT Martin ... caught a career-long 50-yard pass at Chattanooga among three catches for 63 yards. 2017 (Sophomore): Andrew led the Golden Eagles in rushing in 2017, carrying the ball 116 times and collecting 589 yards and three touchdowns, an average of 53.5 yards per game ... also caught 15 passes for 164 yards and a touchdown, an average of 14.9 yards per game ... returned four kicks for 100 yards, an average of 25 yards per return ... also completed one pass for a 27-yard touchdown against Tennessee State ... rushed for a season-high 121 yards at Eastern Illinois ... rushed for 101 against Tennessee State ... caught a season-long 44-yard pass at Ball State ... ran for a career-long 41 yards at Eastern Illinois ... had three returns for 83 yards at Murray State.
2016 (Freshman): Goldsmith put up solid numbers in his first campaign with the Golden Eagles. In 10 games, he rushed 48 times for 224 yards, an average of 22.4 yards per game and 4.7 yards per rush. He ran for two touchdowns, the longest a 22-yard breakaway. He also caught five passes for 33 yards and a touchdown. Defensively, he also recorded one assisted tackle. HIGH SCHOOL: Goldsmith led his Trinity Christian Academy team to a district and region championship during his tenure. As a senior, he rushed for 3,139 yards with 33 touchdowns. He also passed for 13 yards. As a senior, he ran for 750 yards and caught passes for 250 yards. As a sophomore, he ran for 950 yards. Goldsmith also played basketball for the Jackson, Tenn., school. PERSONAL: The son of Clayton and Andrea Goldsmith‌full name is Andrew Jordan Goldsmith‌born December 25, 1997. ACADEMIC: Plans to major in sports management.
BLAKE METZGAR 24
FRESHMAN | RUNNING BACK | 5-11 | 205 | COOKEVILLE, TENN. [UPPERMAN HS] No bio available.
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XAVIER WASHINGTON 24
FRESHMAN | LINEBACKER | 5-10 | 192 | KNOXVILLE, TENN. [KNOXVILLE CENTRAL HS] HIGH SCHOOL: One of the top defenders in the Knoxville area, Washington will add another powerful piece in the Golden Eagles’ linebacker corps. This season, Washington recorded 127, total tackles – 90 solo – and 23 for-loss. He also had nine sacks, three interceptions, defended 10 passes and forced three fumbles for a Knoxville Central program that also produced Tech linebacker Josh Poplar. Washington ended his career with 244 total tackles, five interceptions and four forced fumbles. In the TSSAA Class 5A State Championship, he recorded seven tackles – three solo and two for-loss – and a pass breakup in the 14-9 win over Henry County. Washington was also a selection for the TACA All-Star Game. PERSONAL: The son of Fred and Zinia Washington ... born March 9, 2000 ... brother, Cedric, played football at Lindsey Wilson College and is currently on the Ohio Dominican roster. ACADEMICS: Plans to enter the Exercise Science/Physical Wellness program and aspires to become an athletic trainer.
BRANSON KRAMM 25
JUNIOR | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-11 | 194 | SPRINGFIELD, TENN. [WHITE HOUSE-HERITAGE HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games in 2018 ... recorded 33 tackles on defense as he was moved to the defensive back position ... had two tackles-forloss for two yards ... broke up one pass ... recorded a career-high seven tackles at Austin Peay ... collected six tackles at FBS Utah State.
Gallatin, Tenn. ... full name is Branson Lee Kramm. ACADEMIC: Plans to major in business.
2017 (Freshman): Played in all 11 games in 2017 ... caught seven passes for 62 yards, an average of 5.6 yards per game. He had four catches for 19 yards at Eastern Kentucky. His longest catch was an 18-yarder against UT Martin. HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-time all-region selection ... caught 28 passes for 536 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior ... caught 27 passes for 558 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior ... lettered three seasons in football and three seasons in basketball. PERSONAL: The son of Tim and Shannon Kramm ... born August 16, 1997, in
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SOPHOMORE | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-9 | 187 | HENDERSONVILLE, TENN. [POPE JOHN PAUL II HS] 2018 (Redshirt freshman): Did not play.
2017 (Freshman, East Tennessee State): Redshirted.
ACADEMIC: Majoring in Communications with an interest in becoming a sports broadcaster.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played four seasons at Pope John Paul II ... as a senior, recorded 20 total touchdowns, rushed for 730 yards and caught passes for 472 yards. On defense, recorded 38 tackles and had two interceptions. ... also played basketball and ran track and field ... was named All-Region, All-County and All-State Academic. PERSONAL: The son of John and Cassandra Thompson ... cousin Ladarius Vanlier was an All-American football player at Tennessee Tech ... full name is Jamaal Lemonte Thompson ... born on July 28, 1999, in Nashville, Tenn.
AIDAN RAINES 27
SOPHOMORE | DEFENSIVE BACK | 6-0 | 195 | MT. JULIET, TENN. [MT. JULIET HS] 2018 (Freshman): Played in seven games for the Golden Eagles in 2018 ... recorded eight total tackles -- three solo and five assisted.
ACADEMIC: Intends to major in business.
HIGH SCHOOL: A wide receiver and defensive back at Mt. Juliet High School, Raines put together solid numbers as he scored 60 career touchdowns and collected more than 4,000 total yards as a four-year starter, including 2,800 rushing yards and 1,250 receiving yards. He also recorded 65 tackles and picked off two passes ... Raines was named all-region three times, was the 2017 region MVP and was twice named to the all-state team ... he helped lead Mt. Juliet to two region championships. PERSONAL: The son of Brad and Ginger Raines ... full name is Aidan B. Raines ... born on July 11, 1999, in Nashville, Tenn. ... father, Brad, played football at Western Kentucky for five seasons.
SLATER HOWARD 28
JUNIOR | DEFENSIVE BACK | 6-2 | 195 | BRENTWOOD, TENN. [NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Played in two games in 2018 ... recorded five total tackles -four solo and one assisted -- and had one for-loss for six yards ... recorded four tackles against Southeast Missouri.
in Southern California ... full name is Slater Jackson Howard. ACADEMIC: Howard plans to enroll in pre-physical therapy.
2017 (Freshman): Played in nine games on defense in 2017 ... recorded three total tackles -- two solo and one assisted. HIGH SCHOOL: Howard had a strong 2016 season with 42 tackles, including 2.5 for-loss, three pass breakups, four interceptions – including one for a touchdown – and a forced fumble. Offensively, Howard also caught 21 passes for 378 yards and four touchdowns, as well as rushed eight times for 56 yards. He was named to the all-Region 5-1A team in 2015 and 2016 and was the winner of the Nashville City Civitan Sportsmanship Award. Howard was a member of the 2015 state championship team. PERSONAL: Howard is the son of Riki and Gina Howard ... born on August 26, 1998,
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JUNIOR | DEFENSIVE BACK | 6-2 | 190 | SPRING HILL, TENN. [INDEPENDENCE HS] 2018 (Redshirt sophomore): Played six games as a defensive back ... recorded five tackles -- two solo and three assisted.
ACADEMIC: Majoring in agriculture.
2017 (Sophomore): Did not play, redshirted. 2016 (Freshman): Played in nine games ... caught one pass for -4 yards. HIGH SCHOOL: Helped lead his Independence High School team to a Class 5A state championship at Tech’s Tucker Stadium in December 2015. Played one season for former Tennessee Titan Kevin Dyson as a quarterback, then played three seasons for Scott Blade as a wide receiver, safety and defensive back...was named to his all-region team...Also played basketball. PERSONAL: The son of Jeff and Jill Swayze...born on July 5, 1997...full name is Adam Jeffrey Swayze...cousin Brandon Swayze played football for two seasons at Gardner-Webb.
CLAY MASSENGILLE 30
FRESHMAN | LINEBACKER | 6-2 | 207 | COOKEVILLE, TENN. [COOKEVILLE HS] HIGH SCHOOL: A force on the Cookeville High defense, Massengille led the Cavaliers with 102 total tackles, including 82 solo and 20 assisted stops, eight for-loss for 13 yards. He also had a sack, an interception, a forced fumble, one fumble recovery, a pass break-up and two passes defended. Massengille was twice named to the All-Region 3-6A team and was a team captain in 2018 for head coach Jimmy Maynord, a former Golden Eagle himself. PERSONAL: The son of James and LeeAnn Massengille ... was born May 8, 2001, in Cookeville ... father, James, played football at Cumberland. ACADEMICS: Majoring in pre-dentistry.
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SOPHOMORE | PUNTER | 6-0 | 193 | BANNOCKBURN, AUSTRALIA [BELMONT HS] 2018 (Freshman): Played in seven contests for the Golden Eagles ... punted 34 times for 1,233 yards, an average of 36.3 yards per punt ... his longest went 45 yards against Kennesaw State ... six punts were pinned inside the 20 with 10 fair catches ... had one punt blocked ... best average was against Chattanooga as he punted six times for 239 yards, an average of 39.8 yards ... most punts was eight against FBS Utah State.
Maynard ... born on September 19, 1995, in Geelong, Australia. ACADEMICS: Studying elementary education with an interest in becoming a teacher.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a student-athlete at Belmont High School in his native Australia, Maynard was a three-sport athlete, competing in swimming, cricket and track and field. Among his high school accolades, he broke a 33-year-old school record in the freestyle relay in swimming by 16 seconds. Maynard also came through the Prokick Australia program, which has instructed five consecutive Ray Guy Award winners and 12 All-Americans. The program’s alums include former Eastern Kentucky punter Keith Wrzuszczak, who was the top punter in the OVC in recent years. PERSONAL: The son of Craig and Jeanette Maynard ... full name is Luke Craig
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D.J. WORTHY 32
JUNIOR | RUNNING BACK | 5-8 | 206 | KENNESAW, GA. [SPRAYBERRY HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Played in nine games for the Golden Eagles ... rushed 20 times for 55 yards, averaging 6.1 yards per game and 2.8 yards per carry ... also caught two passes for 16 yards, an average of 8.0 yards per catch. 2017 (Freshman): Had one carry for four yards against Southeast Missouri. HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner in football and lacrosse at Sprayberry High School ... was named the Cobb County Player of the Week, an all-region team honorable mention, selected to the Senior All-Star Bowl and was twice selected to the Georgia Lacrosse All-Star Team. PERSONAL: The son of Gilbert and Ragina Worthy ... born November 5, 1998, in Atlanta, Ga. ... full name is Gilbert Dentonio Worthy, Jr.
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FRESHMAN | LINEBACKER | 6-1 | 205 | KNOXVILLE, TENN. [AUSTIN-EAST HS] HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year standout at Austin-East, Stevenson played two positions and excelled at both, helping the Roadrunners to the TSSAA Class 3A state quarterfinals. During his career, he earned All-Region, All-State and Defensive Player of the Year honors. In his senior campaign, he had 149 tackles with 37 forloss and six sacks in 13 games. He scored seven offensive touchdowns -- three receiving and four rushing. He was selected to the TACA All-Star Game. He also competes in track and field.
MILES YOUNGER 33
FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE END | 6-2 | 199 | DULUTH, GA. [JOHNS CREEK HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Younger recorded 58 total tackles in the 2018 season, including 22 tackles-for-loss and 8.5 sacks en route to a 7-AAAAAA Defensive Player of the Year nod. He was twice named to the first-team all-region squad, was All-Metro First-Team Defense as a senior and was an all-state honorable mention. PERSONAL: The son of Ray and Nicole Younger ... born October 31, 2000 ... His father, Ray, played basketball and baseball at Spring Hill College, while his brother, Brandon, is currently a sophomore on the UNC Charlotte men’s basketball team. ACADEMIC: Plans to study economics to become a market data analyst.
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NATHANIEL LOVE 34
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE BACK | 6-1 | 190 | LYNCHBURG, TENN. [MOORE COUNTY HS] No bio available.
JARED HOWELL 35
SOPHOMORE | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-11 | 185 | FRANKLIN, TENN. [FRANKLIN HS] No bio available.
WESTON LANDRY 36
FRESHMAN | KICKER | 5-10 | 155 | THOMPSON’S STATION, TENN. [INDEPENDENCE HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Was named the region kicker of the year ... won a state title as a freshman, as well as a region title in 2017 and a district crown in 2019 ... finished his career 5-for-10 in field goals, 93-for-103 on PATs and had 3,996 kickoff yards. PERSONAL: The son of Keith and Janna Landry ... born in Russia. ACADEMICS: Plans to study mechanical engineering.
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JAKE HUNER 37
FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE BACK | 5-9 | 175 | THOMPSON’S STATION, TENN. [INDEPENDENCE HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Finished his career at Independence High with 266 total tackles -156 solo -- and an average of 7.4 tackles per game. He also recorded two sacks, three interceptions and forced four fumbles. Huner played on 2015’s state championship squad and the state runner-up in 2016 ... in addition to four seasons of football for head coach Scott Blade, Huner also played two seasons of lacrosse. PERSONAL: The son of Michael and Alisha Huner ... born on April 12, 2000, in Opelika, Ala. ... brothers Seth and Cole are teammates with the Golden Eagle football team. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in civil engineering.
DEVIN PARKER 38
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | KICKER | 6-0 | 175 | EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. [LOUISIANA-MONROE] 2018 (Freshman, Louisiana-Monroe): Was redshirted. HIGH SCHOOL: Parker, as a senior at Edwardsville High, went 59-for-62 on PATS and 6-for-8 on field goals, including a go-ahead 32-yarder against Palatine with 48.5 seconds remaining in the second round of the IHSA Class 8A playoffs ... attended the Chris Sailer Kicking Camp ... was ranked No. 40 in the country and had a 4.5-star ranking ... won the Illinois Spring and Summer Camp Field Goal Championship ... was a finalist at the Vegas XXXI Field Goal Championship. PERSONAL: The nephew of Tennessee Tech Hall of Fame kicker Ryan Weeks ACADEMIC: Plans to study business.
SAM M cAULEY 39
FRESHMAN | LINEBACKER | 5-5 | 186 | GALLATIN, TENN. [GOODPASTURE HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Played football for head coach Jerry Joslin at Goodpasture ... was a team captain for two seasons ... twice named team MVP ... was a three-time all-region/district selection ... set the Goodpasture school record for career tackles. PERSONAL: The son of Tim and Susan McAuley ... born June 5, 2000 in Nashville, Tenn. ... full name is Samuel Davidson McAuley
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ANDREW SWICEGOOD 40
SENIOR | DEFENSIVE END | 6-0 | 241 | FLETCHER, N.C. [REYNOLDS HS] 2018 (Junior): Played in all 11 games. collecting 22 total tackles -- 13 solo and nine assisted ... had a team-high 7.5 tackles-for-loss for 32 yards ... had two quarterback sacks ... had a season-high four tackles against Kennesaw State ... sacked the quarterback against Jacksonville State and Eastern Kentucky ... had two TFL for 16 total yards against Kennesaw State. 2017 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games, recording 18 total tackles, including 11 solo and seven assisted. Had 1.5 sacks for 10 yards and 3.5 tackles for-loss for 16 yards. Swicegood also recovered two fumbles and returned them for 80 total yards, including one for a touchdown against Austin Peay.
full name is Andrew Swicegood...grandfather Tommy Bronson played football at Tennessee for four years...grandfather Joe Swicegood played football at North Carolina for four years. ACADEMIC: Enrolled in basic business with an interest to pursue a career in real estate‌named to the Spring 2016 AD’s Honor Roll
HIGH SCHOOL: At Reynolds High School, Swicegood recorded 95 tackles and 23 tackles-for-loss as a senior and was named all-county...as a junior, recorded 117 tackles and was named defensive front MVP. PERSONAL: The son of Carr and Lynda Swicegood...born January 14, 1997...
CHRISTIAN CANTRELL 41
FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE END | 6-0 | 241 | MURFREESBORO, TENN. [OAKLAND HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Cantrell was a three-year starter for the Oakland HS squad, helping his Patriots squad to the recent TSSAA Class 6A State Championship in the BlueCross Bowl at Tucker Stadium. This past season, he was named to the all-region team and was a preseason all-state selection. He earned all-state, all-region and defensive lineman of the year honors in his region as a junior. He is also a versatile player, playing tight end and fullback as well for head coach Kevin Creasy. He recently was selected for the TACA All-Star Game roster. PERSONAL: The son of Greg Cantrell and Anna Eguenbor ... full name is Christian Devon Cantrell ... born Nov. 19, 2000, in Nashville ... brother, Greg, ran track and field for two years at Middle Tennessee. ACADEMIC: Plans to major in finance.
BRYSON TOLLEY 42
JUNIOR | LINEBACKER | 6-0 | 218 | ERWIN, TENN. [SCIENCE HILL HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Played in nine games with the Golden Eagles, recording two tackles -- one solo and one assisted, including one for-loss. 2017 (Freshman): Played in 10 games with the Golden Eagles, recording six total tackles -- four solo and two assisted, including one for-loss. HIGH SCHOOL: Tolley completed a successful career at Science Hill, where he recorded 327 career tackles, including 42 for-loss. He also had two interceptions, a blocked punt and a defensive touchdown. He was twice named to all-state rosters, was named to the All Big East team three times, was the defensive player of the year for the Johnson City Elite 11 in 2015 and was named to the Elite 11 again in 2016.
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BLAKE ALBERTS 43
SOPHOMORE | PUNTER | 5-11 | 202 | MURFREESBORO, TENN. [OAKLAND HS] 2018 (Redshirt freshman): Did not see any action in 2018. 2017 (Freshman): Redshirted. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Kevin Creasy at Oakland High School. PERSONAL: The son of Richard Alberts and Reanne Morrow ... born on May 22, 1998, in Nashville, Tenn. ... full name is Raymond Blake Alberts. ACADEMICS: Plans to enroll in electrical engineering.
JOSH LEE 44
SOPHOMORE | DEFENSIVE LINE | 6-2 | 262 | KATHLEEN, GA. [GEORGIA SOUTHERN] 2018 (Redshirt freshman): Played in nine games for the Golden Eagles, collecting 17 tackles, including one for-loss for one yard ... had three solo and 14 assisted stops ... had a career-high five tackles at UT Martin.
born on November 22, 1998, in Pensacola, Fla.
2017 (Freshman, Georgia Southern): Was on the roster at Georgia Southern, but did not play. HIGH SCHOOL: Played three years for head coach David Bruce at Veterans High School ... as a senior, recorded 107 tackles, two tackles-for-loss, one pass break-up and one forced fumble as a senior ... in his career, recorded 292 tackles, picked off two passes, had five TFLs and three forced fumbles ... was named first-team all-region twice ... also played baseball and was an all-county and all-region selection in the outfield. PERSONAL: The son of Jerry and Darla Lee ... full name is Joshua Brooks Lee ...
STORM WILLIAMS 45
JUNIOR | LINEBACKER | 5-11 | 201 | MILAN, TENN. [MILAN HS] 2018 (Junior): Played in 10 games, recording three tackles, including half a tackle-for-loss. 2017 (Sophomore): Was on the roster, but did not record any statistics during the 2017 season.
ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in criminal justice with an interest in becoming a state trooper.
2016 (Freshman): Williams played in nine games in the 2016 campaign. He recorded five total tackles -- one solo and four assisted. HIGH SCHOOL: A Class 3A Mr. Football semifinalist, Williams was named a Region 7-3A defensive co-captain as he helped lead Milan High School to strong finishes during his tenure. PERSONAL: The son of Wendy Williams...full name is Storm Williams...born on March 5, 1998...sister Alex Williams played softball at Union University from 2011 to 2015.
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SENIOR | DEFENSIVE END | 6-0 | 241 | FLETCHER, N.C. [REYNOLDS HS] 2018 (Freshman): Played in all 11 games as a true freshman ... collected 14 total tackles -- six solo and eight assisted ... had a career-high four tackles against Kennesaw State. HIGH SCHOOL: Oldham recorded 62 tackles for the Cookeville Cavaliers in the 2017 campaign – 45 solo and 17 assisted – with eight tackles-for-loss and seven sacks. He also forced and recovered a fumble. He ended his two-year career for former Tennessee Tech standout Jimmy Maynord with 124 tackles and nine sacks. Oldham was named to the first-team All-Region 3-6A team. PERSONAL: The son of Phil and Kari Oldham, Tennessee Tech president and first lady ... father Phil played tennis for four years at Freed-Hardeman ... full name is Samuel Oldham ... born on October 7, 1999, in Starkville, Miss.
TATE SLOAN 47
FRESHMAN | LINEBACKER | 6-0 | 201 | BETHPAGE, TENN. [WESTMORELAND HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Rushed for 4,130 yards at Westmoreland High with 52 touchdowns, also collected 337 tackles, 12 fumble recoveries and four interceptions in his career. As a senior, he rushed for 1,280 yards and 21 touchdowns, had 93 tackles with two fumble recoveries and two interceptions ... named all-county three times, team MVP as a junior and senior, all-district three times and was the district special teams player of the year and offensive player of the year ... set the Westmoreland career record in tackles and individual game record for rushing yards (327) and rushing touchdowns (5), as well as the longest punt (73 yards). PERSONAL: The son of Zac and Jennifer Sloan ... born May 15, 2001, in Hendersonville, Tenn. ... full name is Zachary Tate Sloan. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in Agricultural Engineering.
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MITCHELL M cCLURG 48
JUNIOR | TIGHT END | 6-2 | 213 | ALCOA, TENN. [APPALACHIAN STATE] 2018 (Sophomore): Played in 10 games in 2018 ... caught one pass for 11 yards against Chattanooga ... had one carry for three yards against UT Martin. 2017 (Redshirt freshman): Played in eight games in the 2017 campaign ... caught eight passes for 52 yards ... caught three passes for 22 yards against Kennesaw State ... longest catch was a 13-yarder at Ball State. PERSONAL: The son of Diana and Mike McClurg … has a brother and sister: Matthew and Madison ... twin brother, Matthew, is playing football at Tech … great uncle, Ronnie McClurg, played football at Chattanooga.
HEATH PRICE 48
FRESHMAN | LINEBACKER | 6-0 | 210 | WATERTOWN, TENN. [WATERTOWN HS] HIGH SCHOOL: An athlete in every sense of the word, Price was everywhere on the field for Watertown. At quarterback, he passed for 217 yards on 14-of-16 passing. As a running back, he rushed for 643 yards and 13 touchdowns on 69 carries. As a receiver, he caught 24 passes for 558 yards and 11 touchdowns. But he’s coming to Tech as a linebacker and he put together tremendous numbers on the defensive end. He recorded 144 tackles this season, including 18.5 for loss and averaging 11.1 per game. He also had two sacks for 10 yards, an interception returned 90 yards for a touchdown, four pass deflections, one fumble recovery and four forced fumbles. En route to the Region 4-2A Most Valuable Player award, Price scored 198 points as a senior with 29 touchdowns, 22 2-point conversions and going 2-for-3 on PATs, averaging 15.2 points responsible for per game. Price was selected for the TACA All-Star game and was a semifinalist for the TSSAA Mr. Football Award. He is also a four-sport athlete at Watertown, competing in football, basketball, baseball and track and field.
Tenn. ... father, Lane, played baseball and mother, Kayla, played softball at Trevecca ... brother, Seth, plays baseball at Lindsey Wilson College and younger brother, Bret, plays football, baseball and basketball at WHS. ACADEMIC: Enrolled in general curriculum.
PERSONAL: The son of Lane and Kayla Price ... born Oct. 24, 2000, in Nashville,
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SOPHOMORE | LINEBACKER | 6-0 | 224 | ALCOA, TENN. [ALCOA HS] 2018 (Freshman): Played in one game, but did not record any statistics.
Warwick ... born on September 18, 1998, in Maryville, Tenn.
HIGH SCHOOL: Jack wrapped up his career at Alcoa as a three-year starter for the Tornadoes, helping lead the team to three state championships. Warwick was the 2017 Region 2-3A Player of the Year and a Knoxville News Sentinel Player of the Year finalist. In 2016, he was the PrepXtra Defensive Player of the Year, a Class 3A All-State pick and was a semifinalist for the Class 3A Mr. Football award. He finished 2017 with 148 total tackles (60 solo and 73 assisted) with 12 TFLs and three sacks. He also had an interception in the BlueCross Bowl Class 3A championship game, and scored five touchdowns for the Tornadoes this season ... finished with 403 career tackles for Alcoa head coach Gary Rankin. PERSONAL: Warwick will get to continue a family tradition as he becomes the third of his family to play for the Golden Eagles, joining his brother Jake and grandfather Lonnie on the all-time roster ... the son of Terry and Mary Beth
KURT HUFF 50
JUNIOR | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-3 | 300 | CAMDEN, N.J. [CAMDEN HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Played and started in nine contests ... recorded an assisted tackle at Tennessee State. 2017 (Freshman): Played in 10 games. but did not record any statistics. HIGH SCHOOL: Huff helped anchor an offensive line that rushed for 126.9 yards a game and passed for 124.8. Defensively, he recorded 12 tackles and one sack in three games ... as a junior, he allowed only two sacks and the team averaged 200 rushing yards a game ... as a senior, he did not allow a sack and the team rushed for 126 yards a game ... he was named all-conference, all-South Jersey and was the team’s MVP ... won a 2016 conference title. PERSONAL: The son of Dre Syms ... born October 12, 1998 in Camden, N.J. ... full name is Kurtis Nulajee Huff ... cousin Jarryd played four seasons of football at Pitt ... cousin Karon Robinson played three seasons of football at Maine.
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FRESHMAN | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-3 | 301 | WOODSTOCK, GA. [WOODSTOCK HS] HIGH SCHOOL: The Tech offensive line added some size up front with the addition of Stephens. A four-year player who started a school-record 44 consecutive games, Stephens was selected first-team all-region twice and was named to the Cherokee Tribune all-county team three times. Had 149 career pancakes, including 57 as a senior. While on the team, Woodstock reached the state Sweet 16 in 2016 and 2017. He is also a multi-sport athlete, competing in wrestling and lacrosse. PERSONAL: The son of Joe and Gayla Stephens ... born Nov. 28, 2000 ... full name is Trevor O’Neal Stephens. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in economics and looks to become an accountant.
DALY CULL 54
SOPHOMORE | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-0 | 266 | HENDERSONVILLE, TENN. [MEMPHIS] 2018 (Freshman): Cull played nine games for the Golden Eagles, starting all of those contests ... did not record any statistics. HIGH SCHOOL: A standout from Hendersonville High School, Cull comes to Tennessee Tech after spending a year at the University of Memphis as a preferred walk-on ... With the Commandos, under the direction of current Tech assistant coach Bruce Hatfield, Cull helped lead the team to a 2014 district championship and was a three-year starter for HHS ... He was named to the all-region team in 2015 and 2016, as well as the first-team all-county team in 2015 and 2016. PERSONAL: The son of Dana and Dena Cull ... full name is Daly Allen Cull ... born on April 11, 1999, in Hendersonville, Tenn. ACADEMIC: Plans to pursue a degree in sports management.
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JUNIOR | DEFENSIVE LINE | 6-2 | 270 | JACKSON, TENN. [TEMPLE] 2018 (Sophomore): Tucker played in all 11 games, starting seven ... collected 34 total tackles, including 6.5 for-loss for 14 yards and 2.5 sacks for six yards ... had 13 solo and 21 assisted tackles ... had a career-high seven tackles against Southeast Missouri ... had at least half a sack in each of the final three games of the season ... had at least half a tackle-for-loss in six games. 2017 (Redshirt freshman): Tucker played in five games for the Golden Eagles, recording five total tackles. 2016 (Freshman, Temple): Redshirted.
and caught 10 passes for 70 yards and a touchdown ... In his prep career, he made 119 total tackles with 23 for-loss, 12 sacks and one interception. PERSONAL: The son of Carter Tucker and Gina Dieudonne ... full name is Christopher Tucker ... born December 25, 1997, in Chicago, Ill. ... uncle Carl Dieudonne played football at Air Force ... cousin Nathan Dieudonne played basketball at Boston University. ACADEMICS: Majoring in Psychology.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played three seasons at Trinity Christian Academy, recording 79 tackles (52 solo) with 16 for-loss as a senior. He also ran for times for 16 yards
MICHAEL SCAVO 56
SOPHOMORE | LINEBACKER | 5-11 | 222 | COOKEVILLE, TENN. [COOKEVILLE HS] 2018 (Freshman): Played in five contests as a true freshman ... recorded 14 total tackles, including one for-loss ... had five solo and nine assisted tackles ... had a career-high five tackles against Austin Peay. HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner for former Golden Eagle Jimmy Maynord at Cookeville High School, Scavo had an explosive career at linebacker for the Cavaliers, finishing with 358 career tackles, 20 TFLs, two forced fumbles and an interception for a touchdown. During his senior campaign, Scavo recorded 131 tackles and an interception for a touchdown, while also rushing for 200 yards and two touchdowns. In 2015 and 2016, he was named to the Cookeville Herald-Citizen’s All-Upper Cumberland Team and was the All-UC Defensive Player of the Year during the latter season. Also in 2016, he was named All-Region 2-6A. Last season, Scavo was named to the Murphy Fair Preseason All-State team, an all-state selection by the Tennessee Football Coaches Association, the Region 3-6A Defensive Player of the Year and was selected to the Tennessee East-West
All-Star Game. PERSONAL: The son of Vicki Scavo ... full name is Michael Angelo Scavo ... born March 15, 2000. ACADEMICS: Plans to major in EXPW with an aspiration to become a football coach.
MIKE RHOADES 57
JUNIOR | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-1 | 295 | JACKSBORO, TENN. [CAMPBELL COUNTY HS] 2018 (Redshirt freshman): Rhoades played in 10 games, starting nine ... collected an assisted tackle at Tennessee State. 2017 (Freshman): Rhoades played in the season opener against Western Illinois, recording three assisted tackles.
ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in exercise/physical wellness and aspires to be a gym owner.
HIGH SCHOOL: Rhoades put up fantastic numbers in 2016 as he recorded 68 tackles – including 14 for-loss – four sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... was named a preseason all-state selection by Murphy Fair, named to the TSWA all-state team, the Region 3-5A Defensive Lineman of the Year, the Knoxville News Sentinel Prep Xtra first-team and was a semifinalist for the TSSAA-Tennessee Titans Mr. Football 5A lineman ... finished his career with 219 tackles, 52 TFLs, 24 sacks and 10 forced fumbles. PERSONAL: The son of Fred and Patsy Rhoades ... born August 20, 1998, in Milan, Mich.
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COLBY LONG 58
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | LINEBACKER | 5-10 | 205 | GAINESBORO, TENN. [JACKSON COUNTY HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Played football for head coach Sean Loftis at Jackson County High ... was named the district freshman of the year ... named all-region ... named the region most valuable offensive back twice ... earned a share of the 2017 region title. PERSONAL: The son of Michael and Terra Long ... born October 26, 1999, in Cookeville. ACADEMIC: Enrolled in Exercise Science and Physical Wellness.
NORMAN HAND 59
SENIOR | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-3 | 272 | WALTERBORO, S.C. [COLLETON COUNTY HS] 2018 (Junior): Played in all 11 games, starting seven. 2017 (Sophomore): Norman played in three games on the offensive line.
ACADEMIC: Majoring in general health studies.
2016 (Freshman): Hand played in five games as a defensive tackle, recording one tackle. HIGH SCHOOL: Hand was a standout at Colleton County High in Walterboro, S.C., earning all-state honors. In his junior campaign, he recorded 83 tackles, nine sacks and 13 tackles-for-loss. As a sophomore, he had 73 tackles and four sacks. PERSONAL: Hand is the son of Tammy and the late Norman L. Hand…born February 20, 1997…full name is Norman Demell Hand... father Norman played football for Ole Miss and also played in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks, New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins and New York Giants.
MICHAEL DIXON 60
FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE LINE | 6-2 | 248 | KENNESAW, GA. [NORTH COBB HS] HIGH SCHOOL: A 3AAAAAAA all-region selection, Dixon finished 2018 with 38 tackles and three sacks. In his career, he totaled 63 tackles and six sacks. He won his team’s leadership award and defensive MVP, while also serving as a team captain. PERSONAL: The son of Frank and Cassandra Dixon ... born March 21, 2001 ... father, Frank, played football for Arkansas-Pine Bluff from 1988 to 1992. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in exercise science/physical wellness to pursue a career in occupational therapy.
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SOPHOMORE | OFFENSIVE LINEMAN | 6-0 | 283 | MARYVILLE, TENN. [HERITAGE HS] 2018 (Redshirt freshman): Did not see any action in 2018. 2017 (Freshman): Redshirted. HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four seasons for head coach Tim Hammontree at Heritage High School ... was named to the 2015 All-Region team ... also competed two years as a thrower for Heritage’s track and field team. PERSONAL: The son of Eric and Lisa Dennis .. born on January 11, 1999, in Dayton, Tenn. ... full name is Joseph Micheal Dennis ... grandfather Joseph Dennis played football at North Alabama. ACADEMIC: Plans to major in chemical engineering.
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JUNIOR | LONG SNAPPER | 6-5 | 212 | BIRCHWOOD, TENN. [OOLTEWAH HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Did not see any action in 2018. 2017 (Redshirt freshman): Was on the roster, but did not see any action. 2016 (Freshman): Redshirted. HIGH SCHOOL: Played center and long snapper at Ooltewah High School, where he won three Region 4-5A/District 5-AAA championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015... graduated with honors. PERSONAL: The son of Mike and Ruthi Panni...full name is Aidan Michael Panni... born on September 29, 1998 in Chattanooga, Tenn. ACADEMIC: Intends to major in business.
CODY CANTRELL 63
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-0 | 341 | LIVINGSTON, TENN. [ LIVINGSTON ACADEMY] HIGH SCHOOL: Playing for former Golden Eagle Bruce Lamb, Cantrell helped lead LA to district championships in 2015 and 2016 and a region title in 2017 ... Cantrell was named to the All-District 8-AA second team in 2014, the All-Region 3-4A first team in 2015 and 2016 and was the Region 3-4A Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2017. PERSONAL: The son of James and Kim Cantrell ... born October 26, 1999, in Cookeville, Tenn. ... full name is Cody James Cantrell. ACADEMIC: Plans to study business management.
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CONNOR HUFF 64
FRESHMAN | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-0 | 307 | CLARKSVILLE, TENN. [ROSSVILLE HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Played football for three years for head coach Todd Hood at Rossville High, playing offensive guard and tackle ... was named an all-region offensive lineman in 2018 ... won the Harry Galbreath Award. PERSONAL: The son of Brad and Michelle Huff ... born on Jan. 23, 2001, in Clarksville, Tenn. ... full name is Bradley Connor Huff ... sister, Sydney, played softball for four years at Bethel University. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in mechanical engineering.
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SENIOR | DEFENSIVE LINE | 6-1 | 315 | PETERSBURG, TENN. [LINCOLN COUNTY HS] 2018 (Junior): Schlueter played in all 11 games, starting six ... recorded 31 total tackles, including one sack for eight yards and two TFL for 10 yards ... collected eight solo tackles and 23 assisted stops ... had a career-high five tackles in three games (at Jacksonville State, at UT Martin and vs. Eastern Kentucky). 2017 (Sophomore): Xavier played in all 11 games for the Golden Eagles, but did not record any stats.
PERSONAL: The son of Joe and Rebecca Schlueter...full name is Xavier Lee Schlueter...born on August 27, 1998. ACADEMIC: Enrolled in general curriculum.
2016 (Freshman): Schlueter played in all 11 games, assisting on seven tackles as well as recording a tackle-for-loss for two yards. HIGH SCHOOL: At Lincoln County High School, Schlueter was a highly decorated defensive tackles. He was an all-state, all-midstate and all-district. He was named his region’s defensive lineman of the year and was selected to the Toyota East-West All-Star Team.
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REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-2 | 284 | READING, OHIO [ELDER HS] 2018 (Freshman): Did not see any action in the 2018 campaign. HIGH SCHOOL: A traditionally strong program out of the Ohio prep system, Elder has produced NFL talent, such as tight end Kyle Rudolph. Martin played tight end at Elder, switched to the offensive line and flourished in 2017 ... lettered four seasons in football for head coach Doug Ramsey ... also played a season of lacrosse and two seasons of basketball ... named Offensive Lineman of the Year and was on the GCL All-Star Team ... played in the Blue-Gray All-American Bowl in January 2018. PERSONAL: The son of Timothy and Jennifer Martin ... full name is Bryce Martin ... born in Cincinnati, Ohio ... brother Brannen is a junior football player at Valparaiso ... father Timothy played four seasons of football and baseball at Ohio Northern ACADEMIC: Intends to study business with an emphasis in marketing.
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REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | OFFENSIVE LINE | 5-11 | 274 | SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TENN. [BAYLOR SCHOOL] 2018 (Freshman): Played in five games, starting the final two games of the season. HIGH SCHOOL: Played four seasons for head coach Phil Massey as an offensive lineman at Baylor School ... was named all-region ... also wrestled in the heavyweight class, helping lead Baylor School to a 2015 state team championship. PERSONAL: The son of Lynn and Melanie Bodine ... full name is Riley Bodine ... born on November 21, 1999, in Chattanooga, Tenn. ACADEMICS: Intends to major in exercise science.
MANNY AVINA 70
SENIOR | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-4 | 330 | CHINO, CALIF. [RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE] 2018 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games for the Golden Eagles ... recorded three tackles.
ACADEMICS: Plans to study kinesiology and become a strength coach.
2017 (Redshirt freshman): Played in one game for the Golden Eagles in 2017 on the offensive line. AT RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE -- 2016 (Freshman): Played offensive line for RCC and head coach Tom Craft. The team finished as runners-up for the Southern California Football Association championship. HIGH SCHOOL: He played two seasons for Chino High School and head coach Jesse Cenicoros ... was named to the Hacienda League first team. PERSONAL: The son of Manuel, Sr., and Luz Avina ... born July 1, 1998, in Lynwood, Calif. ... full name is Manuel J. Avina.
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REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | LONG SNAPPER | 5-10 | 224 | COOKEVILLE, TENN. [LIVINGSTON ACADEMY] 2018 (Freshman): Played in the 2018 season finale, recording a tackle and forcing a fumble. HIGH SCHOOL: A two-time all-Region 4-AA selection, Key was a four-year letterwinner at Livingston Academy, playing for former Golden Eagle Bruce Lamb ... A team captain as a senior, Key helped lead the Wildcats to region championships in 2014 and 2017 ... Key was ranked as a five-star long snapper by Chris Rubio in his player ratings. PERSONAL: The son of Wayne and Christie Key ... full name is Jarrett Key ... born on December 13, 1999, in Crossville, Tenn. ACADEMIC: Plans to major in accounting.
MACKENAN THOMPSON 72 SOPHOMORE | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-3 | 283 | CALERA, ALA. [CALERA HS] 2018 (Freshman): Played in all 11 games as a true freshman, starting eight.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played three seasons at Calera High School at right tackle for head coach Andrew Zow ... Thompson earned all-state, all-metro and all-county honors twice. PERSONAL: The son of Regina Cardwell and stepfather Gene Cardwell ... full name is Gabriel Mackenan Thompson ... born April 14, 1998, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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JUNIOR | DEFENSIVE LINE | 6-0 | 273 | STOCKBRIDGE, GA. [WOODLAND HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Coles played in nine games, collecting 14 total tackles, including half a tackle-for-loss ... had three solo and 11 assisted stops ... also recovered a fumble ... recorded a career-high eight tackles at UT Martin. 2017 (Freshman): JayQuan played in one game for the Golden Eagles on the defensive line in 2017, recording two tackles against Western Illinois. HIGH SCHOOL: Coles was named to the first team all-region and Georgia Class 5A all-state teams. He was also a force for Woodland, leading the team in tackles and sacks with 64 tackles and 14 sacks. PERSONAL: The son of Michael and Renatte Coles ... born on February 26, 1998 ... full name is JayQuan Quaneer Coles. ACADEMICS: Plans to enroll in communications with an interest in becoming a sports analyst.
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FRESHMAN | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-4 | 352 | HOOVER, ALA. [HOOVER HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Adams was a big part of Hoover’s offensive success in 2018 as he was graded out at 92 percent and had 47 knockdowns without allowing a sack. While at Hoover, Adams was part of three region championships and two state titles and also competed in wrestling. He was named second-team all-state in Class 7A by the Alabama Sports Writers Association and was on the All-South Metro team.
become a football coach.
PERSONAL: The son of Eric and Cassandra Adams ... born Aug. 3, 2000, in Nashville, Tenn. ... full name is Ellis Gregory Adams ... His father, Eric Sr., played basketball at Fisk, while his brother, Eric Jr., recently completed his collegiate football career at Samford. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in exercise science/physical wellness and wants to
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SOPHOMORE | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-5 | 276 | CLARKSVILLE, GA. [HABERSHAM CENTRAL HS] 2018 (Freshman): Played in eight games in 2018, starting the final two games of the season. HIGH SCHOOL: Almoyan played offensive tackle for a Habersham Central offense that passed for 2,503 yards and rushed for 2,093 yards, providing valuable coverage for the offensive skill positions ... was named all-region and was an all-star game nominee, PERSONAL: The son of Paul and Nancy Almoyan ... full name is Schaefer Almoyan ... born on November 12, 1999, in Corneila, Ga. ACADEMIC: Plans to major in exercise science with an interest in becoming a strength coach.
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SOPHOMORE | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-4 | 301 | HARBOR, IND. [SNOW COLLEGE] HIGH SCHOOL: Played football for two years at Westfield High School for head coach Jake Gilbert. His team won conference championships in 2016 and 2017, then earned regional, semi-state and state titles in 2017. Stachyra was named Indiana Football Coaches Association All-State for Class 5A in 2016, and was named to the Associated Press Indiana Class 5A All-State team for both 2016 and 2017. PERSONAL: The son of Scott and Karen Stachyra ... born Nov. 6, 1998 in Carmel, Ind. ... full name is Spencer Edward Stachyra. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in political science with aspirations in politics and law.
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REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-4 | 282 | KNOXVILLE, TENN. [KARNS HS] 2018 (Freshman): Did not see any action in 2018.
HIGH SCHOOL: Garrett provided valuable coverage for the Karns offense in 2017. Garrett was twice named all-region and all-district offensive lineman of the year. He was also named the adidas Showcase OL MVP, the NUC Showcase OL MVP and the Focus All Area OL of the Year in 2017. PERSONAL: The son of Randy and Tracey Garrett ... born on March 22, 2000, in Knoxville, Tenn.
IAN LEEVER 78
GRADUATE | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-6 | 293 | LOVELAND, OHIO [MIAMI (OHIO)] 2018 (Miami [Ohio]): Played in three games. 2017 (Miami [Ohio]): Appeared in 10 games.
PERSONAL: The son of Dale and Stacey Leever ... born Aug. 1, 1996, in Americus, Ga. ... full name is Ian Robert Leever ... father, Dale, played two season of basketball at Cumberland University.
2016 (Miami [Ohio]): Played in all 13 games … saw most of his action on special teams.
ACADEMICS: Working toward a master’s degree in environmental informatics with an intent in becoming a soil scientist.
2015 (Miami [Ohio]): Redshirted. HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Loveland High School in 2014 ... team captain ... coached by Fred Cranford ... team won the 2013 Ohio Division II State Championship ... was named to the Scout Southwest Ohio Super Offensive Team as a junior ... two-year starter ... was named preseason first-team by JJHuddle.com ... graduated with honors.
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REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | OFFENSIVE LINE | 6-4 | 285 | LEBANON, TENN. [LEBANON HS] 2018 (Freshman): Did not see any action in 2018.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year starter for the Blue Devils, Counts helped lead Lebanon to its most wins in 10 years. His blocking helped the Blue Devils rush for 1,908 yards and 22 touchdowns – the most for the team since 2010. Counts was named to the all-Region 4-6A honorable mention list. PERSONAL: The son of Mike and Tina Counts ... full name is Nathan Charles Counts ... born on November 24, 1998. ACADEMIC: Plans to study computer science.
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SENIOR | WIDE RECEIVER | 6-0 | 192 | ROSWELL, GA. [BOWLING GREEN] 2018 (Junior): Played in all 11 games, starting eight ... caught 10 passes for 93 yards ... averaged 9.3 yards per catch and 8.5 yards per game ... had three catches for 36 yards against Kennesaw State. 2017 (Sophomore): Played in four games, catching nine passes for 97 yards and a touchdown ... averaged 24.3 yards per game and 10.8 yards per catch ... had three catches for 46 yards at Ball State ... had five catches for 45 yards and a touchdown at Eastern Kentucky.
also earned three letters in basketball. PERSONAL: The son of Richard and Melissa Coleman ... born October 26, 1996, in Roswell, Ga. ... full name is Samuel Hunter Coleman, ACADEMIC: Enrolled in business.
AT BOWLING GREEN STATE: Spent a season with the Falcons as the team earned a Mid-American Conference championship. HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for head coach John Ford as a wide receiver ...
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FRESHMAN | WIDE RECEIVER | 6-3 | 185 | KNOXVILLE, TENN. [KNOXVILLE CENTRAL HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Johnson was a versatile athlete, playing both wide receiver and safety. In the TSSAA Class 5A title game against Henry County, Johnson recorded one tackle, caught a pass for 14 yards, rushed once for eight yards, returned two punts for 19 yards and led the team in all-purpose yards for the game.
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Johnson finished the season as a receiver with 61 catches for 1,109 yards and 11 touchdowns, then also rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries. Defensively, he had eight interceptions, 32 tackles and six passes defended. He also returned 14 punts for 256 yards with a longest return of 61 yards and two touchdowns. He was also selected to the TACA All-Star Game. Johnson also is a standout on the Knoxville Central basketball team. PERSONAL:
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SENIOR | WIDE RECEIVER | 5-11 | 180 | THOMPSON’S STATION, TENN. [INDEPENDENCE HS] 2018 (Junior): A versatile player for the Golden Eagles, Huner saw action as a wide receiver, a defensive back and a holder ... offensively, Huner caught 12 passes for 157 yards and a touchdown ... averaged 13.1 yards per catch and 14.3 yards per game ... had four catches for 72 yards and a touchdown against Eastern Illinois, including a career-long 36-yard catch ... also rushed for 31 yards on 10 carries ... also recorded 11 tackles and recovered a fumble.
stranger to the Tucker Stadium turf, helping his Eagles team win a TSSAA Class 5A state championship in December 2015. Huner earned all-region and all-district honors. In his career, he caught 140 passes for 2,135 yards and 12 touchdowns ... as a senior, he caught 63 passes for 942 yards and nine touchdowns ... as a junior, he caught 65 passes for 1,044 yards and three touchdowns ... also played baseball.
2017 (Sophomore): Seth played in all 11 games, catching seven passes for 70 yards ... averaged 6.4 yards per game and 10 yards per catch ... caught two passes for 25 yards against UT Martin ... caught two passes for 18 yards at Southeast Missouri.
PERSONAL: The son of Michael and Alisha Huner…born May 18, 1997… full name is Seth Huner ... grandfather Herbert played baseball for Auburn (1962-1965) ... grandfather Wendell Deyo played football for Otterbein (1967-1970) ... father Michael played baseball at Troy (1991-1992) ... brother of current Golden Eagles Cole and Jake Huner.
2016 (Freshman): Huner played in 11 games for the Golden Eagles, but did not record any stats.
ACADEMIC: Intends to major in civil engineering.
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REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | WIDE RECEIVER | 6-0 | 185 | CLINTON, TENN. [ANDERSON COUNTY HS] 2018 (Freshman): Did not see any action in 2018. HIGH SCHOOL: Miller missed his senior campaign at Anderson County with an ACL injury, but had a solid season as a junior, hauling in 40 catches for 413 yards, as well as seven catches for 107 yards and two touchdowns as a sophomore ... he was named all-county in 2015 and 2016, as well as to the all- District and Region 3-5A teams. PERSONAL: The son of Ronnie and Wendy Miller ... full name is Landon Keith Miller ... brother Logan played football at Carson-Newman (2015-2016) ... born on October 7, 1999, in Knoxville, Tenn. ACADEMIC: Intends to major in exercise science with an interest in becoming an occupational therapist.
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SENIOR | TIGHT END | 6-3 | 238 | WAYNE, ILL. [BARTLETT HS] 2018 (Junior): Zierke played in all 11 games, starting eight ... caught 10 passes for 75 yards ... caught two passes for 22 yards against Tennessee State ... caught two passes for 20 yards, including a career-long 16-yarder against Murray State.
PERSONAL: The son of Kevin and Lynne Zierke...full name is Clint Robert Zierke... born on June 28, 1996
2017 (Sophomore): Clint played in 10 games for Tech, but did not record any statistics.
ACADEMIC: Majoring in communications with an emphasis in journalism…named to the Spring 2016 AD’s Honor Roll
2016 (Redshirt freshman): Zierke played in seven games for the Golden Eagles as a tight end, but did not record any stats. 2015 (Freshman): Was on the Golden Eagle roster last season as a member of the scout team. HIGH SCHOOL: Played tight end and defensive end at Bartlett High School in Illinois.
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REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | WIDE RECEIVER | 5-10 | 165 | FRANKLIN, TENN. [FRANKLIN HS] HIGH SCHOOL: Alonzo finished his career at Grace Christian Academy with 78 catches for 1,624 yards and 14 touchdowns, while also rushing 12 times for 132 yards and three more scores. In his senior campaign, he caught 43 passes for 706 yards and seven touchdowns, while rushing nine times for 81 yards and a touchdown ... was named all-district as a sophomore, junior and senior, all-state as a senior and academic all-state as a junior and senior ... also played baseball for four seasons. PERSONAL: The son of Kenny and Rebecca Alonzo ... born May 18, 1999, in Raleigh, N.C. ... father, Kenny, played football from 1988 to 1991 at Evangel University.
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JUNIOR | TIGHT END | 6-3 | 244 | GREENBACK, TENN. [GREENBACK HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Kilpatrick played in eight games, starting one ... caught four passes for 47 yards, an average of 11.8 yards per catch and 5.9 yards per game ... had a career-long catch of 19 yards against Eastern Illinois.
Defensively, Kilpatrick also collected 60 tackles, including 14 for-loss. He also recorded seven sacks, forced two fumbles – recovering one for a touchdown – had 14 pass hurries and five breakups.
2017 (Freshman): Tavin played in all 11 games for the Golden Eagles in 2017 ... caught nine passes for 81 yards and a touchdown, averaging 7.4 yards per game and 9.0 yards per catch ... also recorded one tackle ... caught four passes for 34 yards at Murray State ... his touchdown was one of his two receptions for 21 yards against Tennessee State.
PERSONAL: The son of Brent and Regina Kilpatrick ... born April 9, 1999, in Maryville, Tenn. ... father Brent played football for three seasons at the University of Tennessee. ACADEMIC: Plans to enroll in mechanical engineering.
HIGH SCHOOL: The Region 2-1A defensive lineman of the year, Kilpatrick was also a TSWA all-state selection and first-team all-Loudon County. As a tight end, he caught 25 passes for 332 yards – a 13.3-yard average – and caught four touchdown passes. He graded out with a 93-percent blocking rate.
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SENIOR | DEFENSIVE LINE | 6-3 | 250 | ALCOA, TENN. [APPALACHIAN STATE] 2018 (Junior): Played in five games, starting the final two games of the season ... recorded seven total tackles, including one for-loss for one yard ... had two solo tackles and five assisted.
his two years as a starter, including a 14-1 record and 3-A state title as a senior in 2015 ... selected to participate in Tennessee-Kentucky 2015 Border Bowl ... coached by Gary Rankin
2017 (Sophomore): Played in eight games for the Golden Eagle on the defensive line, recorded two total tackles.
Personal: Full name is Matthew Hunter McClurg … son of Diana and Mike McClurg … has a brother and sister: Mitchell and Madison … enjoys snowboarding in his free time … twin brother, Mitchell, is playing football at Tech … great uncle, Ronnie McClurg, played football at Chattanooga.
2016 (Freshman, Appalachian State): Made one appearance at Louisiana on the defensive line. HIGH SCHOOL: Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports and two-star prospect by Rivals.com and Scout.com ... unanimous all-state honoree as a senior, including recognition on USA Today’s 2015 all-Tennessee team ... finalist for 2015 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award in the Linebacker of the Year classification ... recorded 10 tackles for loss, four sacks and 12 quarterback hurries as a senior ... helped lead Alcoa to consecutive state championship game appearances in
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JUNIOR | DEFENSIVE LINE | 6-0 | 238 | RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. [CITRUS COLLEGE] 2018 (AT CITRUS COLLEGE): Karimu recorded 39 tackles last season, with 3.5 sacks. 2017 (AT CITRUS COLLEGE): Karimu recorded 41 tackles last season, had a conference-high eight sacks for 66 yards, 16 tackles for-loss and a forced fumble. HIGH SCHOOL: While at Rancho Cucamonga HS, Karimu had 70 tackles in his final two seasons with 6.5 sacks and two fumble recoveries. Karimu was twice named the Western State Conference defensive player of the year and led the State of California junior college system in sacks. PERSONAL: The son of Henry Karimu Sr. and Angela Charles ... born May 9, 1999 in Arcadia, Calif. ... brother, Michael, plays basketball at Notre Dame de Namur ACADEMIC: Enrolled in nursing to become a registered nurse.
KAIL DAVA 92
FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE LINE | 6-3 | 281 | MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO [CLARKSON SECONDARY SCHOOL] HIGH SCHOOL: Dava barnstormed this fall in a 12-game schedule for Clarkson Football North. He played three seasons for head coach Larry Jusdanis, and was named the team’s Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and Defensive MVP. PERSONAL: The son of Reggie and Meagan Dava ,,, born Sept. 22, 2000 in Barrie, Ontario. ACADEMICS: Studying political science with the aspiration to become a lawyer.
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SENIOR | KICKER | 5-11 | 204 | DEARBORN, MICH. [HENRY COUNTY HS] 2018 (Junior): Zaidan handled all but one kickoff for the Golden Eagles in 2018, kicking 46 times for 2,726 yards -- an average of 59.3 yards per kick with 20 touchbacks and two out of bounds. He also recorded one tackle and recovered a fumble. 2017 (Sophomore): Haidar was the kickoff specialist for the Golden Eagles, kicking 34 times for 2,020 yards -- an average of 59.4 yards per kickoff. He had 16 touchdbacks and two out-of-bound kicks. He also recorded two tackles. 2016 (Freshman): Zaidan was the kickoff specialist for the Golden Eagles in 2016, kicking 47 times for 2,759 yards -- an average of 58.7 yards per kickoff. He forced 12 touchbacks and kicked out of bounds four times. Zaidan also recorded four tackles.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Was an all-region kicker for Henry County High School...kicked a school-record 52-yard field goal...also played soccer. PERSONAL: The son of Hamed and Marjorie Zaidan...full name is Haidar Hamed Zaidan...born on June 30, 1998 in Detroit, Michigan...brother Hassan Zaidan played soccer at Bethel University. ACADEMIC: Plans to major in physical therapy.
JUNIOR | DEFENSIVE LINE | 6-2 | 237 | MARYVILLE, TENN. [MARYVILLE HS] 2018 (Redshirt sophomore): Koons played in seven games ... recorded eight tackles -- three solo and five assisted.
PERSONAL: The son of Tim and Bethanne Koons…born on September 3, 1996…full name is Richard Arthur Koons.
2017 (Sophomore): Redshirted.
ACADEMIC: Intends to major in civil engineering.
2016 (Freshman): Koons played in four games for the Golden Eagles as a defensive tackle. HIGH SCHOOL: Tucker Stadium was almost as much as a home field for Koons as was the field at Maryville High School as the Rebels reached the BlueCross Bowl state championships at Tech in every year he played, winning state titles in 2011, 2013 and 2014 and a runner-up in 2012. He also played in the Tennessee East-West All-Star Game at the Tech stadium. Koons was also named a Class 6A all-state player.
DREW WILLIAMSON 95
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE LINE | 6-4 | 235 | COLUMBIA, TENN. [COLUMBIA CENTRAL HS] 2018 (Freshman): Did not see any action in 2018.
HIGH SCHOOL: Drew played four seasons of football for head coach Jason Heath at Columbia Central ... While there, Williamson was a team captain, playing four different positions, including defensive end and quarterback ... Williamson also played four seasons of baseball for the Lions as an outfielder and pitcher, helping CCHS win a 2018 district championship. PERSONAL: The son of David and Kellie Williamson ... full name is Andrew David Williamson ... born on November 30, 1999, in Columbia, Tenn. ACADEMIC: Intends to study mechanical engineering.
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FRESHMAN | DEFENSIVE LINE | 6-4 | 220 | MURFREESBORO, TENN. [EAGLEVILLE HS] HIGH SCHOOL; A versatile athlete playing dual positions on the football field, as well as putting up solid numbers on the basketball court, Stoudemire should be an excellent addition to the Tech defense with a tremendous frame and excellent ability. With fantastic ability and upside, Stoudemire could be a great pick up for the Golden Eagles ... was named all-state, region MVP and all-district in basketball ... led his Eagleville basketball team to a No. 4-ranking in the state. PERSONAL: The son of Preston Robinson and Sharika Stoudemire ... born Oct. 20, 2000, in Chattanooga, Tenn. ... uncle, Antonio Drew, played two seasons of football at East Tennessee State. ACADEMIC: Plans to study sociology.
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JUNIOR | DEFENSIVE LINE | 5-11 | 304 | BIRMINGHAM, ALA. [RAMSAY HS] 2018 (Sophomore): Gladney played in all eleven games for Tech, starting five ... collected 15 total tackles, including half a sack and one tackle-for-loss ... had four solo stops and 11 assisted tackles ... recorded three tackles at UT Martin for his career high.
sacks, six batted passes and a blocked extra point. In his career, he tallied 194 total tackles, 79 for-loss, 15 sacks, seven batted passes, seven fumble recoveries, eight fumbles forced, an interception, a blocked PAT and a defensive touchdown.
2017 (Freshman): Jale’n played in nine games for the Golden Eagles in 2017 ... recorded seven total tackles -- three solo and four assisted ... had one tacklefor-loss for seven yards
He was named all-city in 2014, all-metro honorable mention in 2015, a second-team all-state selection, honorable mention Super All-State, and was on AL.com’s preseason best players list to open the 2016 campaign.
HIGH SCHOOL: Gladney was a force up front on defense, helping lead his Ramsay teammates to a 2016 Class 6A state championship. Gladney recorded 68 tackles as a senior, including 34 for-loss, as well as 4.5
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8/31/18
CHATTANOOGA 31, TENNESSEE TECH 10
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Despite the 34-10 score as the Tennessee Tech-Chattanooga game stretched from Thursday night into Friday morning as the game had a 2:45 minute lightning delay, there were still positives for the Golden Eagles to build on. Josh Poplar had a great game in his first outing since missing the 2017 campaign. He led Tech in tackles with eight tackles, then scored Tech’s first touchdown of the season as he brought an interception back 14 yards for the score. Nick Madonia also added a 37-yard field goal in the third quarter to close out Tech’s scoring. Tech did have big stops by the defense early on, holding UTC to field goals in the first quarter and taking the 7-6 lead on Poplar’s pick six and Madonia’s PAT. For true freshman quarterback Bailey Fisher, there was some growing pains, but there was also some flashes of brilliance in his first collegiate game. Fisher rushed 11 times for 78 yards, then passed for 117 yards on 10-of-26 passing. He lost a fumble on the Chattanooga 9, then had two interceptions, including one for a touchdown.
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FINLEY STADIUM | CHATTANOOGA, TENN. | ATTENDANCE: 9,020 | TV: ESPN3
Score by Quarters Tennessee Tech Chattanooga Qtr 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd
Time 7:17 1:46 11:19 6:43 13:14 10:35 8:44 6:36
1 2 3 4 Total 0 7 3 0 10 6 7 21 0 34
Scoring Play UTC - Victor Ulmo 37 yd field goal, 4-7 1:21 UTC - Victor Ulmo 20 yd field goal, 7-75 2:22 TTU - Josh Poplar 14 yd interception return (Nick Madonia kick) UTC - Bryce Nunnelly 89 yd pass from Nick Tiano (Victor Ulmo kick) 7-91 4:31 UTC - Jerrell Lawson 26 yd interception return (Victor Ulmo kick) UTC - Tyrell Price 40 yd run (Victor Ulmo kick), 2-59 0:41 TTU - Nick Madonia 37 yd field goal, 6-55 1:51 UTC - Wil Young 63 yd pass from Nick Tiano (Victor Ulmo kick), 4-75 2:08
V-H 0-3 0-6 7-6 7-13 7-20 7-27 10-27 10-34
Kickoff time: 7:04 p.m. ET | End of Game: 12:56 a.m. ET | Elapsed time: 5:52 | Lightning delay: 2:49 RUSHING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 11-78, Deven Sullivan 13-38, Andrew Goldsmith 9-31, Josh Cunningham 2-3, Luke Ward 1-1, David Gist 3-0. Totals 40-151. UTC - Tyrell Price 20-98, Nick Tiano 6-33, Alex Trotter 3-4, D. McQuarters 1-2. Totals 30-137. PASSING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 10-26-2-117, Luke Ward 2-6-0-60. Totals 12-32-2-117. UTC - Nick Tiano 21-32-1318. RECEIVING: TTU - Andrew Goldsmith 3-63, Jeremiah Edwards 1-44, Seth Huner 1-19, Cam Singletary 1-16, Mitchell McClurg 1-11, David Gist 1-6, Deven Sullivan 1-5, Clint Zierke 1-5, Melvin Holland Jr. 1-4, Hunter Coleman 1-4. Totals 12-177. UTC - Bryce Nunnelly 7-161, Joseph Parker 6-28, Tyrell Price 5-56, Wil Young 2-73, Jordan Giberti 1-0. Totals 21-318. INTERCEPTIONS: TTU - Josh Poplar 1-14 (TD). UTC - Kareem Orr 1-0, Jerrell Lawson 1-26 (TD). FUMBLES: TTU - Bailey Fisher 1-1. UTC - Tyrell Price 1-0.
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9/6/18
KENNESAW ST. 49, TENNESSEE TECH 10
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech football team came out on fire Thursday night as it hosted No. 7 Kennesaw State, but the Owls put on a showcase of their triple-option offense, rolling to a 49-10 win over the Golden Eagles. It wasn’t all negatives for Tech (0-2) though. Freshman Bailey Fisher threw the first touchdown of his career, sending a five-yard strike to a wide-open Alex Carling. Fisher ended the game with 179 passing yards on 19-of30 passing, while also rushing eight times for 38 yards. Andrew Goldsmith led the Golden Eagles on the ground, rushing 12 times for 86 yards, while Josh Cunningham led the receivers with seven catches for 63 yards. Nick Madonia added the other points for Tech, sending a 41-yard field goal through the uprights. Defensively, Shannon Fayne recorded a career-high 14 tackles, while Jake Warwick had eight and the trio of Chris McElderry, Josh Poplar and Aderick Moore had seven each. The Golden Eagles took an early lead, scoring on their first series of the night on Madonia’s field goal. But the Owls’ triple-option offense came alive as their three quarterbacks rushed for five touchdowns and KSU rolled up 507 rushing yards.
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Score by Quarters No. 7/8 Kennesaw State Tennessee Tech
1 7 3
2 14 0
3 21 0
4 7 7
Total 49 10
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 10:56 Nick Madonia 41 yd field goal, 10-51 4:04 0-3 0:06 Chandler Burks 1 yd run (Justin Thompson kick), 13-70 5:41 7-3 1st 2nd 10:03 Trey Chivers 27 yd run (Justin Thompson kick), 8-69 4:16 14-3 Chandler Burks 5 yd run (Justin Thompson kick), 10-82 4:19 21-3 2nd 0:34 3rd 14:47 Darnell Holland 75 yd run (Justin Thompson kick), 1-75 0:13 28-3 3rd 12:51 Chandler Burks 50 yd run (Justin Thompson kick), 1-50 0:11 35-3 Daniel David 5 yd run (Justin Thompson kick), 4-24 1:56 42-3 3rd 10:38 4th 11:56 Alex Carling 5 yd pass from Bailey Fisher (Nick Madonia kick), 9-63 2:58 42-10 4th 1:38 Tommy Bryant 2 yd run (Justin Thompson kick), 7-79 3:44 49-10 Kickoff time: 7:03 p.m. CT | End of Game: 10:05 p.m. CT | Elapsed time: 3:02 | Lightning delay: 1:01 (start) RUSHING: KSU - Darnell Holland 4-92, Chandler Burks 11-91, Kevin Ficklin 2-58, Trey Chivers 4-50, Bronson Rechsteiner 9-49, Shaquil Terry 7-41, Isaac Foster 4-33, Kyle Glover 8-32, Jake McKenzie 6-26, T.J. Reed 7-19, Daniel David 5-14, Tommy Bryant 1-2. Totals 68-507. TTU - Andrew Goldsmith 12-86, Bailey Fisher 8-38, Luke Ward 6-18, Cam Singletary 1-12, David Gist 2-5, D.J. Worthy 4-4, Deven Sullivan 1-0, Team 1-0. Totals 35-163. PASSING: KSU - Chandler Burks 1-2-0 41 yds., Tommy Bryant 1-1-0 4 yds. TTU - Bailey Fisher 19-30-1 179 yds., Luke Ward 1-3-0 5 yds. RECEIVING: KSU - Justin Sumpter 1-41, Antavius Grier 1-4. Totals 2-45. TTU - Josh Cunningham 7-63, Melvin Holland Jr. 3-50, Hunter Coleman 3-36, Alex Carling 2-10, Andrew Goldsmith 2-5, Darrius Stafford 1-14, Cam Singletary 1-5, Seth Huner 1-1. Totals 20-184. INTERCEPTIONS: KSU - Cincere Mason 1-22. TTU - None. FUMBLES: KSU - Bronson Rechsteiner 1-1, Chandler Burks 1-0. TTU - Josh Cunningham 1-1, Team 1-0.
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9/13/18
UTAH STATE 73, TENNESSEE TECH 12
LOGAN, Utah – Nick Madonia nailed a career-high four field goals and narrowly missed a fifth Thursday night as the Tennessee Tech football team wrapped up the non-conference portion of its schedule at Utah State, falling 73-12 to the Aggies. Against the Football Bowl Subdivision team, the Golden Eagles saw some flashes with a couple of crucial defensive stops, then got a couple of big offensive plays. However, Tech (0-3) just could not find pay dirt when it came to the end zone. An Aggie fumble on the first offensive play of the contest gave the Golden Eagles great field position at the Utah State, but Tech was held to no gain, setting up a 54-yard kick from Madonia, the second-longest in school history and Tech’s longest since Madonia made a school-record 57-yarder against Tennessee State in 2016. Madonia picked up his second midway through the second stanza as Tech completed a 10-play, 72-yard drive. The Golden Eagles reached the Utah State 1, but the Aggies kept Tech out of the end zone, prompting a 20-yard kick from Madonia. His third came in the second drive of the third quarter. Luke Ward engineered a 10-play, 69-yard drive as Tech was held to the Utah State 6. Madonia’s kick was true from 23 yards out. The kickoff from Haidar Zaidan was returned 15 yards, but Marcus McMeans forced the fumble, then Zaidan recovered it, giving the Golden Eagles another offensive series. But the offense was pushed back, leading to another Madonia attempt, this time 42 yards. However, the kick sailed to the right. He added his fourth of the night with 2:02 remaining in the contest though, nailing a 45-yarder to close out Tech’s scoring. Utah State (2-1) rolled up 621 yards of offense, including 330 rushing and 291 passing yards.
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MAVERIK STADIUM | LOGAN, UTAH. | ATTENDANCE: 15,011 | TV: FACEBOOK via STADIUM
Score by Quarters Tennessee Tech Utah State Qtr 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 4th
Time 14:04 9:37 3:48 2:10 11:43 7:48 6:03 3:13 2:08 10:15 5:30 11:20 8:05 7:44 2:02
1 2 3 4 Total 3 3 3 3 12 17 28 7 21 73
Scoring Play Nick Madonia 54-yd field goal, 4-0 0:48 D. Eberle 34-yd field goal, 12-58 4:27 Gerold Bright 5-yd run (D. Eberle kick), 12-79 3:58 D. Thompson 65-yd run (D. Eberle kick), 2-65 0:18 Jordan Love 2-yd run (D. Eberle kick), 3-31 0:34 Nick Madonia 20-yd field goal, 10-72 3:55 Savon Scarver 36-yd pass from Jordan Love (D. Eberle kick), 8-72 1:38 Aaren Vaughns 2-yd pass from Jordan Love (D. Eberle kick), 5-60 0:54 Jordan Nathan 59-yd punt return (D. Eberle kick) Tre Miller 4-yd run (D. Eberle kick), 8-61 3:15 Nick Madonia 23-yd field goal, 10-69 4:55 M. Walker Jr. 1-yd run (Taylor Hintze kick), 8-55 3:17 Justen Hervey 15-yd run (Connor Coles kick), 3-58 1:54 M. Walker Jr. 1-yd run (Connor Coles kick), 1-26 0:00 Nick Madonia 45-yd field goal, 9-35 5:34
V-H 3-0 3-3 3-10 3-17 3-24 6-24 6-31 6-38 6-45 6-52 9-52 9-59 9-66 9-73 12-73
Kickoff time: 6 p.m. MT | End of Game: 9:14 p.m. MT | Elapsed time: 3:14 RUSHING: TTU - Luke Ward 9-52, Cam Singletary 3-37, Andrew Goldsmith 16-35, D.J. Worthy 4-16, Josh Cunningham 2-9, Bailey Fisher 2-8, David Gist 7-minus 5. Totals 43-152. USU - D. Thompson 6-107, Gerold Bright 13-55, Justen Hervey 3-52, M. Walker Jr. 5-28, D. Thompkins 1-27, H. Colombi 3-22, Tre Miller 4-15, Savon Scarver 1-14, Aaren Vaughns 1-10, A. Peasley 1-4, Jordan Love 1-2. Totals 42-330. PASSING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 5-14-1 61 yds., Luke Ward 3-10-0 14 yds. USU - Jordan Love 21-26-0 236 yds, H. Colombi 9-9-0 55 yds. RECEIVING: TTU - Andrew Goldsmith 2-29, Darrius Stafford 2-27, Josh Cunningham 2-6, Seth Huner 1-8, David Gist 1-5. USU - R. Tarver 5-30, Jalen Greene 4-31, Dax Raymond 3-57, Carson Terrell 3-37, Jordan Nathan 3-30, D.J. Nelson 3-23, Savon Scarver 1-36, Travis Boman 1-11, D. Thompson 1-9, Gerold Bright 1-7, D. Thompkins 1-7, Justen Hervey 1-6, D. Heckstall 1-4, Aaren Vaughns 1-2, M. Walker Jr. 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS: TTU - None. USU - Gaje Ferguson 1-0.
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9/22/18 JACKSONVILLE ST. 48, TENNESSEE TECH 20 JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – It’s easy to look at wins and losses to measure a team, but there’s a lot more to consider than just a tally in a column as the team continues to rebuild its program. Even though the Tennessee Tech football team took a 48-20 defeat at No. 9 Jacksonville State on Saturday night, there is no denying that the team has improved and continues to get better. The evidence is clear: Tech put up the most points it has scored this season against one of the Ohio Valley Conference’s staunchest defenses. After a slow start, true freshman Bailey Fisher started to get more comfortable despite facing intense pressure. He ended the game with 96 yards on 11-of-27 passing. The Golden Eagles, as a team, rushed for 142 yards. While it sounds meager, it is the most any team has rushed on the Gamecocks this season, a feat in itself on a team that prides itself on holding teams under 100 rushing yards 80 times since jumping up to the Division I ranks. It’s the most rushing yards Tech has had against JSU since 2013 and the fourth most since the Gamecocks joined the conference. The offense also only turned the ball over once. The Gamecocks were only able to convert the takeaway into seven points.
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Score by Quarters Tennessee Tech No. 9/10 Jacksonville State Qtr 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 4th
Time 11:53 6:26 4:52 6:15 6:04 0:42 9:58 7:00 13:02 10:42 6:32 5:01
1 2 3 4 Total 3 3 7 7 20 10 14 7 17 48
Scoring Play Nick Madonia 53-yd field goal, 9-36 3:07 Cade Stinnett 30-yd field goal, 7-38 2:30 Jamari Hester 40-yd pass from Zion Webb (Cade Stinnett kick), 3-40 0:19 Nick Madonia 39-yd field goal, 10-58 4:48 Jaelen Greene 65-yd run (Cade Stinnett kick), 1-65 0:11 Josh Pearson 50-yd pass from Zerrick Cooper (Cade Stinnett kick), 5-65 0:52 Josh Pearson 32-yd pass from Zerrick Cooper (Cade Stinnett kick), 9-75 5:02 Jeremiah Edwards 20-yd pass from Bailey Fisher (Nick Madonia kick), 8-75 2:58 Cade Stinnett 45-yd field goal, 4-minus 13 1:58 Zion Webb 20-yd run (Cade Stinnett kick), 2-41 0:29 Zion Webb 5-yd run (Cade Stinnett kick), 6-59 2:44 Darrius Stafford 33-yd pass from Luke Ward (Nick Madonia kick), 5-75 1:31
V-H 3-0 3-3 3-10 6-10 6-17 6-24 6-31 13-31 13-34 13-41 13-48 20-48
Kickoff time: 6:05 p.m. CT | End of Game: 9:20 p.m. CT | Elapsed time: 3:15 RUSHING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 11-67, Josh Cunningham 2-39, Andrew Goldsmith 14-24, Seth Huner 1-6, David Gist 3-3, D.J. Worthy 2-3, Cam Singletary 1-0. Totals 34-142. JSU - Jaelen Greene 2-68, Zion Webb 9-59, Leande Burrowes 5-42, Tramel Terry 8-38, Uriah West 6-26, Zerrick Cooper 5-26, Jake Wisener 3-17, DeMarcus Flowers 1-16, Michael Matthews 2-10, Landon Smith 1-8. Totals 42-302. PASSING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 11-27-0 96 yds., Luke Ward 2-3-0 54 yds., Josh Cunningham 0-1-0 0 yds. JSU Zerrick Cooper 14-24-0 190 yds., Zion Webb 3-8-0 52 yds. RECEIVING: TTU - David Gist 3-8, R.D. Ford 2-40, Clint Zierke 2-0, Darrius Stafford 1-33, Hunter Coleman 1-21, Jeremiah Edwards 1-20, Cam Singletary 1-17, Andrew Goldsmith 1-10, Josh Cunningham 1-1. JSU - Josh Pearson 5-102, Daniel Byrd 4-41, Tramel Terry 2-33, Jera Washington 2-12, Landon Rice 2-8, Jamari Hester 1-40, Landon Smith 1-6. INTERCEPTIONS: None. FUMBLES: TTU - Cam Singletary 1-1. JSU - Zion Webb 1-0.
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9/29/18 EASTERN ILLINOIS 52, TENNESSEE TECH 38 COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Several players had career nights as Tennessee Tech tried to make a tremendous comeback in the fourth quarter, but Eastern Illinois was able to capitalize on costly errors and its own passing game to take a 52-38 victory Saturday night at Tucker Stadium. Tech drops to 0-5 on the season, but the prognosis is definitely bright for the future. True freshman quarterback Bailey Fisher threw for 383 yards on 27-for-41 passing and four touchdowns. In the fourth quarter alone, Fisher threw for 243 yards on 14-of-22 passing and three touchdowns. The 383-yard total puts the rookie in fifth all-time in single-game passing and the most by a true freshman. Fisher wasn’t the only one throwing touchdown passes though. Josh Cunningham, who never played quarterback at any point of his career, threw a touchdown to Andrew Goldsmith in the third quarter. In all, Tech’s offense put together 428 yards through the air, the most passing yards the Golden Eagles have had in a single game since 2012 and the third-most in program history. In addition to Cunningham’s passing touchdown, he also caught seven passes for a career-high 95 yards and Tech’s first touchdown of the contest. Jeremiah Edwards also flirted with the century mark, hauling in eight passes for 94 yards and two scores. Tech finished the contest with 526 yards of total offense, the most since 542 yards against Austin Peay in November 2014. On defense, Josh Poplar made 20 stops in the contest, which tied him for third in the single-game record with Corey Reed (vs. UT Martin in 2008), Broderick Jamison (vs. Eastern Kentucky in 2007) and Josh Symonette (vs. Samford in 1998). Poplar trailed Barry Wilmore (21 vs. Austin Peay in 1985) and Jim Youngblood (23 vs. UT Martin in 1972) for the record.
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TUCKER STADIUM | COOKEVILLE, TENN. | ATTENDANCE: 7,184 | TV: ESPN+/WCTE
Score by Quarters Eastern Illinois Tennessee Tech Qtr Time 1st 10:05 1st 5:44 1st 0:39 2nd 13:58 2nd 8:29 3rd 11:26 3rd 5:27 3rd 2:12 4th 14:18 4th 11:14 4th 5:22 4th 4:08 4th 2:23 4th 1:58
1 7 10
2 14 0
3 10 7
4 21 21
Total 52 38
Scoring Play V-H Josh Cunningham 14-yd pass from Bailey Fisher (Nick Madonia kick), 11-75 4:55 0-7 James Sheehan 14-yd pass from Harry Woodbery (Nick Bruno kick), 13-82 4:14 7-7 Nick Madonia 23-yd field goal, 13-69 5:05 7-10 Aaron Gooch 37-yd pass from Harry Woodbery (Nick Bruno kick), 7-75 1:41 14-10 Alexander Hollins 8-yd pass from Harry Woodbery (Nick Bruno kick), 11-90 3:01 21-10 Nick Bruno 22-yd field goal, 13-74 3:28 24-10 James Sheehan 13-yd pass from Harry Woodbery (Nick Bruno kick), 13-87 4:15 31-10 Andrew Goldsmith 30-yd pass from Josh Cunningham (Nick Madonia kick), 7-75 3:15 31-17 Alexander Hollins 15-yd pass from Harry Woodbery (Nick Bruno kick), 10-75 2:48 38-17 Seth Huner 7-yd pass from Bailey Fisher (Nick Madonia kick), 11-93 3:04 38-24 Isaiah Johnson 46-yd run (Nick Bruno kick), 2-51 1:02 45-24 Jamal Scott 21-yd run (Nick Bruno kick), 2-32 0:46 52-24 Jeremiah Edwards 11-yd pass from Bailey Fisher (Nick Madonia kick), 6-75 1:45 52-31 Jeremiah Edwards 6-yd pass from Bailey Fisher (Nick Madonia kick), 2-54 0:22 52-38
Kickoff time: 6:05 p.m. CT | End of Game: 9:15 p.m. CT | Elapsed time: 3:10 RUSHING: TTU - Andrew Goldsmith 10-47, Jeremiah Edwards 3-19, Luke Ward 2-11, Seth Huner 2-9, Bailey Fisher 9-6, David Gist 5-5, Josh Cunningham 2-1. Totals 33-98. EIU - Isaiah Johnson 20-161, Jamal Scott 1285, Robert Columbus 3-24, Harry Woodbery 3-16, Team 1-minus 26. Totals 39-260. PASSING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 27-41-1 383 yds., Luke Ward 1-1-0 15 yds., Josh Cunningham 1-1-0 30 yds. EIU Harry Woodbery 32-49-0 339. RECEIVING: TTU - Jeremiah Edwards 8-94, Josh Cunningham 7-95, Seth Huner 4-72, Andrew Goldsmith 3-48, Darrius Stafford 2-54, R.D. Ford 1-26, Tavin Kilpatrick 1-19, David Gist 1-14, Hunter Coleman 1-5, D.J. Wilkes 1-1. Totals 29-428. EIU - Alexander Hollins 9-101, James Sheehan 7-79, Matt Reyna 7-73, Aaron Gooch 6-64, Isaiah Johnson 2-17, Jamal Scott 1-5. Totals 32-339. INTERCEPTIONS: TTU - None. EIU - Dytarious Johnson 1-26. FUMBLES: TTU - Jeremiah Edwards 1-0, Bailey Fisher 1-1. EIU - Team 1-0.
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10/6/18 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 70, TENNESSEE TECH 38 COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – While it was a tough night on Saturday for the Tennessee Tech football team in a 70-38 defeat at the hands of Southeast Missouri, the freshmen Golden Eagles made a night of it. Freshman David Gist, a local product out of Cookeville High, ran for two touchdowns and 108 yards on five carries, averaging 21.6 yards per carry. It was the first individual 100-rushing-yard game for the Golden Eagles since Andrew Goldsmith ran for 101 yards against Tennessee State last season. Cam Singletary, out of Colquitt County, Ga., caught three passes for a team-high 67 yards and a touchdown, while Bailey Fisher completed 14 of his 28 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns, including an 85yard touchdown strike to Darrius Stafford – tied for the third longest pass completion in program history. The game also saw Nick Madonia tie a school record as he made his 59th consecutive point-after kick, tying Zach Sharp’s streak from 2011 to 2014. Northern Illinois transfer Daniel Santacaterina threw for four touchdowns and completed 20-of-27 passes and 395 yards, with two 100-plus yard receivers in Jerrick Orr (four catches for 121 yards and a touchdown) and Colby Cornett (three catches for 115 yards and two touchdowns).
TUCKER STADIUM | COOKEVILLE, TENN. | ATTENDANCE: 4,404 | TV: ESPN+
Score by Quarters Southeast Missouri Tennessee Tech
1 21 3
2 28 14
3 14 7
4 7 14
Total 70 38
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 12:27 Kristian Wilkerson 6-yd pass from Daniel Santacaterina (Nicholas Litang kick), 7-83 2:33 7-0 1st 10:30 Taylen Waller 0-yd blocked punt return (Nicholas Litang kick) 14-0 1st 7:10 Zion Custis 24-yd run (Nicholas Litang kick), 4-55 1:21 21-0 1st 4:24 Nick Madonia 52-yd field goal, 9-25 2:41 21-3 2nd 9:06 Colby Cornett 10-yd pass from Daniel Santacaterina (Nicholas Litang kick), 12-55 4:52 28-3 2nd 8:52 Zach Hall 0-yd fumble recovery (Nicholas Litang kick) 35-3 Andrew Goldsmith 1-yd run (Nick Madonia kick), 6-75 2:30 35-10 2nd 6:22 2nd 5:22 Jerrick Orr 60-yd pass from Daniel Santacaterina (Nicholas Litang kick), 3-75 1:00 42-10 2nd 2:27 Mark Robinson 10-yd run (Nicholas Litang kick), 7-70 2:04 49-10 David Gist 57-yd run (Nick Madonia kick), 5-75 1:58 49-17 2nd 0:29 3rd 12:29 Cam Singletary 24-yd pass from Bailey Fisher (Nick Madonia kick), 7-75 2:31 49-24 Zion Custis 4-yd run (Nicholas Litang kick), 9-87 3:00 56-24 3rd 9:29 3rd 4:32 Colby Cornett 69-yd pass from Daniel Santacaterina (Nicholas Litang kick), 3-73 1:25 63-24 Darrius Stafford 85-yd pass from Bailey Fisher (Nick Madonia kick), 6-85 2:10 63-31 4th 12:37 Taylen Waller 36-yd pass from Anthony Cooper (Nicholas Litang kick), 5-75 3:13 70-31 4th 9:24 4th 7:30 David Gist 46-yd run (Nick Madonia kick), 5-75 1:54 70-38 Kickoff time: 6:05 p.m. CT | End of Game: 9:25 p.m. CT | Elapsed time: 3:20 RUSHING: TTU - David Gist 5-108, Andrew Goldsmith 14-32, Bailey Fisher 15-26, Cam Singletary 2-25, D.J. Worthy 3-7. SEMO - Mark Robinson 9-75, Zion Custis 14-66, Geno Hess 11-64, Anthony Cooper 3-6, Daniel Santacaterina 1-2, Marquis Terry 2-2. PASSING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 14-28-0 264 yds., Seth Huner 1-1-0 10 yds. SEMO - Daniel Santacaterina 20-270 395 yds., Anthony Cooper 5-5-0 88 yds. RECEIVING: TTU - Cam Singletary 3-67, Andrew Goldsmith 3-41, Hunter Coleman 2-21, D.J. Worthy 2-16, Darrius Stafford 1-85, Tavin Kilpatrick 1-16, Melvin Holland Jr. 1-10, Bailey Fisher 1-10, R.D. Ford 1-8. SEMO - Kristian Wilkerson 7-70, Jerrick Orr 4-121, Colby Cornett 3-115, Kobe Bryer 3-36, Aaron Alston 2-62, Eain Roberts 2-9, Taylen Waller 1-36, Zion Custis 1-32, Gavin Webb 1-7, Zack Smith 1-minus 5 INTERCEPTIONS: None. FUMBLES: SEMO - Jerrick Orr 1-0. TTU - Team 1-0, Bailey Fisher 1-1, David Gist 1-0.
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10/20/18 TENNESSEE STATE 41, TENNESSEE TECH 14 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – If Tennessee Tech could find a way to put its fourth-quarter production to work for an entire 60 minutes, the Golden Eagles might be onto something. A couple of costly turnovers early saw Tennessee State build momentum early and Micheal Hughes made the Golden Eagles pay, leading the Tigers to a 41-14 Homecoming win at Nissan Stadium on Saturday evening. Tech fell to 0-7 on the season, 0-4 in Ohio Valley Conference play, while the Tigers improve to 3-3, 2-2 in the league. The Golden Eagles move to 0-1 in the Sergeant York Trophy race, while TSU improves to 1-1. In the fourth quarter alone, Tech scored all 14 of its points and had 157 of it 279 total yards in the contest. Freshman quarterback Bailey Fisher threw a 12-yard pass from Andrew Goldsmith to break the scoring drought with 8:54 remaining in the contest, then Fisher added a one-yard touchdown run for the final touchdown. Nick Madonia also added his 60th and 61st PATs to his collection, taking sole possession of Tech’s consecutive PAT record and stretching it into next week’s contest at Austin Peay. Fisher ended the game with 188 yards passing on a 16-of-30 day, while also leading Tech on the ground with 14 carries for 22 yards. The Golden Eagles were held to 79 yards on the ground, its lowest rushing total of the season. However, the Tigers pulled together 472 yards of offense, the second-lowest opposing output of the season. Chattanooga had the lowest tally with 455.
NISSAN STADIUM | NASHVILLE, TENN. | ATTENDANCE: 17,283 | TV: ESPN+
Score by Quarters Tennessee Tech Tennessee State Qtr 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th
Time 13:04 10:16 5:06 12:35 3:16 12:49 6:18 8:54 3:40
1 2 3 4 Total 0 0 0 14 14 17 10 14 0 41
Scoring Play V-H DeVon Johnson 33-yd pass from Micheal Hughes (Antonio Zita kick), 1-33 0:07 0-7 DeMarco Corbin 11-yd run (Antonio Zita kick), 5-33 1:51 0-14 Antonio Zita 37-yd field goal, 8-34 3:42 0-17 Treon Harris 7-yd pass from Micheal Hughes (Antonio Zita kick), 9-80 3:51 0-24 Antonio Zita 38-yd field goal, 10-63 5:59 0-27 Treon Harris 20-yd pass from Micheal Hughes (Antonio Zita kick), 5-72 2:05 0-34 Earl Harrison 3-yd run (Antonio Zita kick), 11-81 5:01 0-41 Melvin Holland Jr. 12-yd pass from Andrew Goldsmith (Nick Madonia kick), 7-61 2:38 7-41 Bailey Fisher 1-yd run (Nick Madonia kick), 8-52 4:01 14-41
Kickoff time: 4:30 p.m. CT | End of Game: 7:34 p.m. CT | Elapsed time: 3:04 RUSHING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 14-22, David Gist 6-15, Seth Huner 3-14, Cam Singletary 5-14, Jeremiah Edwards 3-10, D.J. Worthy 2-6, Andrew Goldsmith 6-minus 2. Totals 39-79 yds. TSU - Earl Harrison 12-63, Te’kendrick Roberson 5-58, Shawn McColley 3-15, DeMarco Corbin 1-11, Chris Rowland 1-6, Jordan Bell 2-5, Seth Rowland 3-5, Cameron Rosendahl 1-3, Kalen Whitlow 1-0, Team 1-minus 1, Micheal Hughes 1-minus 16. Totals 31-149. PASSING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 16-30-1 188 yds., Andrew Goldsmith 1-1-0 12 yds. TSU - Micheal Hughes 22-270 318 yds., Cameron Rosendahl 1-3-0 5 yds., Kalen Whitlow 0-1-0 0 yds. RECEIVING: TTU - Cam Singletary 4-23, Jeremiah Edwards 3-36, Darrius Stafford 2-46, Clint Zierke 2-22, David Gist 2-18, Melvin Holland Jr. 2-17, R.D. Ford 1-31, Tavin Kilpatrick 1-7. TSU - Treon Harris 7-73, Chris Rowland 7-72, DeVon Johnson 5-138, Malik Abdul-Haqq 2-21, Te’kendrick Roberson 2-19. INTERCEPTIONS: TTU - None. TSU - Dajour Nesbeth 1-21. FUMBLES: TTU - Bailey Fisher 2-1. TSU - Micheal Hughes 1-0.
Hughes threw for 318 yards on 22-of-27 passing, and the Tigers were able to put together two scoring drives together coming off of Tech turnovers.
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10/27/18 AUSTIN PEAY 41, TENNESSEE TECH 10 CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – With Austin Peay coming off of an open date after a frustrating Ohio Valley Conference loss at Southeast Missouri, the Tennessee Tech football team ran into a determined Governors squad looking to rebound on their Homecoming. While Tech did put together solid offensive numbers, APSU still put plenty of points on the board, taking a 41-10 victory over the Golden Eagles on Saturday. Bailey Fisher threw a 23-yard touchdown strike to David Gist and Nick Madonia kicked a 24-yard field goal and a PAT to complete Tech’s scoring. Tech (0-8, 0-5 OVC) pulled together 298 yards of offense, including 97 yards passing for Fisher, while Luke Ward passed for 34 yards and rushed for a teamhigh 65 yards. Gist ended the game with a team-high 47 yards on two catches, while Andrew Goldsmith hauled in three. The Golden Eagles, however, had trouble holding up Govs quarterback Jeremiah Oatsvall, who completed 15 of his 19 passes for 279 yards and a career-high five touchdowns, tying an Austin Peay record for passing touchdowns. Three of those TDs went to D.J. Montgomery, who caught four passes for 111 yards, while Baniko Harley caught two scored among his three catches for 86 yards.
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Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 7:17 D.J. Montgomery 55-yd pass from Jeremiah Oatsvall (pass failed), 9-91, 4:41 0-6 2nd 13:11 Nick Madonia 24-yd field goal, 17-74 6:26 3-6 2nd 7:19 D.J. Montgomery 4-yd pass from Jeremiah Oatsvall (Logan Birchfield kick), 11-75 5:52 3-13 2nd 0:51 Prince Momodu 8-yd run (Logan Birchfield kick), 13-77 5:03 3-20 3rd 13:15 Baniko Harley 65-yd pass from Jeremiah Oatsvall (Logan Birchfield kick), 4-82 1:39 3-27 3rd 10:36 D.J. Montgomery 37-yd pass from Jeremiah Oatsvall (Logan Birchfield kick), 3-58 0:52 3-34 3rd 8:12 David Gist 23-yd pass from Bailey Fisher (Nick Madonia kick), 6-64 2:19 10-34 3rd 2:39 Baniko Harley 8-yd pass from Jeremiah Oatsvall (Logan Birchfield kick), 12-75 5:33 10-41 Kickoff time: 4:06 p.m. CT | End of Game: 6:54 p.m. CT | Elapsed time: 2:48 RUSHING: TTU - Luke Ward 7-65, Andrew Goldsmith 6-56, Bailey Fisher 13-17, Cam Singletary 2-10, D.J. Worthy 3-8, Adam Browner 2-7, David Gist 6-4. Totals 39-167. APSU - Kente Williams 16-97, Tre Nation 15-74, Prince Momodu 9-55, Rollins-Davis 7-42, Jeremiah Oatsvall 7-19. Totals 54-287. PASSING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 9-24-0 97 yds., Luke Ward 3-10-0 34 yds. APSU - Jeremiah Oatsvall 15-19-0 279 yds., Kam Williams 0-1-0 0 yds. RECEIVING: TTU - Andrew Goldsmith 3-24, David Gist 2-47, Melvin Holland Jr. 2-9, Cam Singletary 1-13, Clint Zierke 1-11, Darrius Stafford 1-10, Jeremiah Edwards 1-9, Josh Cunningham 1-8. APSU - D.J. Montgomery 4-111, Baniko Harley 3-86, Kad Goulbourne 2-38, DeAngelo Wilson 2-19, Elijah Brown 2-15, Kente Williams 1-6, Gorel Soumare 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: None. FUMBLES: TTU - Bailey Fisher 1-0. APSU - None.
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TENNESSEE TECH 27, MURRAY STATE 24
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- After starting the season 0-8, the Golden Eagles finally got a team win when they needed it, holding off Murray State in Tech’s annual Homecoming game. Bailey Fisher threw two touchdowns and ran for another as he put together 304 yards of total offense, rushing for 76 yards and throwing for 228. The scoring started as Melvin Holland, Jr., hauled in a 20-yard touchdown on the opening drive, then following a miscue by the Murray kick return unit with a trick play pass gone wrong, the Golden Eagles got a short field on their next drive. Fisher made them pay with a 19-yard scamper to the left for a score. Darrius Stafford later broke tackle after tackle as he escaped for a 43-yard touchdown pass from Fisher. Stafford ended the game with Tech’s first 100-yard receiving game in a year, catching six passes for 102 yards. Nick Madonia added two field goals to his tally, connecting from 34 and 23 yards out.
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Score by Quarters Murray State Tennessee Tech Qtr 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th
Time 10:40 7:07 3:35 12:03 11:04 8:35 4:06 10:51 2:08
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Scoring Play Melvin Holland Jr. 20-yd pass from Bailey Fisher (Nick Madonia kick), 12-67 4:20 Bailey Fisher 19-yd run (Nick Madonia kick), 5-42 1:52 Drew Anderson 4-yd run (Gabriel Vicente kick), 11-75 3:32 Nick Madonia 34-yd field goal, 6-13 1:49 Gabriel Vicente 30-yd field goal, 9-63 3:56 Darrius Stafford 43-yd pass from Bailey Fisher (Nick Madonia kick), 6-83 2:23 D.J. Penick 15-yd pass from Drew Anderson (Gabriel Vicente kick), 5-26 1:33 Nick Madonia 23-yd field goal, 9-48 3:17 Malik Honeycutt 6-yd pass from Drew Anderson (Gabriel Vicente kick), 12-80 3:03
Total 24 27 V-H 0-7 0-14 7-14 7-17 10-17 10-24 17-24 17-27 24-27
Kickoff time: 1:35 p.m. CT | End of Game: 4:40 p.m. CT | Elapsed time: 3:05 RUSHING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 16-76, Andrew Goldsmith 10-56, Josh Cunningham 3-27, David Gist 8-25, Cam Singletary 1-14. Seth Huner 1-11, Team 2-minus 27. Totals 41-182. MSU - Drew Anderson 8-27, D.J. Penick 8-26, Rodney Castille 10-14, Jared McCray 2-13, Steve Dawson 1-3, Team 1-minus 3. PASSING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 21-34-0 228 yds. MSU - Drew Anderson 34-41-2 340 yds. RECEIVING: TTU - Darrius Stafford 6-102, Josh Cunningham 3-42, Melvin Holland Jr. 2-27, Clint Zierke 2-20, Seth Huner 2-15, Jeremiah Edwards 2-11, Andrew Goldsmith 2-7, Tavin Kilpatrick 1-5, D.J. Wilkes 1-minus 1. MSU - Tyre Gray 7-71, Rajai Perkins 5-43, D.J. Penick 5-38, Malik Honeycutt 4-80, LaMartez Brooks 4-37, Rodney Castille 3-12, Corey Newble 2-12, Jensen Feggins 1-17, Armani Hayes 1-11, Sylvaughn Turner 1-10, James Sappington 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS: TTU - Shannon Fayne 1-minus 1, A.J. Flemister 1-0. MSU - None. FUMBLES: TTU - Team 1-1. MSU - Team 1-0, D.J. Penick 1-0, LaMartez Brooks 1-1.
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UT MARTIN 38, TENNESSEE TECH 13
MARTIN, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech football team knew that whichever team came out the fastest on Saturday was going to have the upper hand. Unfortunately, it was UT Martin that did just that, and while the Golden Eagles rallied in the second quarter, the Skyhawks were able to hold on to a 38-13 victory at Hardy M. Graham Stadium. For the Golden Eagles, though, it was Andrew Goldsmith’s day. The junior from Jackson got another appearance in front of his hometown crowd and made plenty of noise, rushing for two touchdowns and 60 yards on 16 carries, while also catching three passes for 14 yards. Freshman Bailey Fisher completed seven of his 14 passes for 48 yards with an interception, before an injury sidelined him in the second half. Luke Ward finished the game, going 6-for-13 for 58 yards. Josh Cunningham led Tech (1-9, 1-6 OVC) on receiving with three catches for 23 yards. Nick Madonia saw his consecutive PAT streak end on Tech’s second touchdown as the attempt was blocked. The streak went to 66 consecutive, with the last miss coming at UT Martin in 2016.
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Score by Quarters Tennessee Tech UT Martin Qtr 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th
Time 7:38 1:21 14:20 6:06 2:50 0:06 7:03 12:53
1 2 3 4 Total 0 13 0 0 13 14 14 3 7 38
Scoring Play Jaimiee Bowe 9-yd run (Ryan Courtright kick), 10-86 4:15 LaDarrius Galloway 7-yd run (Courtright kick), 8-48 3:59 Joe Hudson 27-yd run (Courtright kick), 3-32 1:07 Andrew Goldsmith 2-yd run (Nick Madonia kick), 19-75 8:14 Goldsmith 3-yd run (Madonia kick blocked), 5-15 2:33 Colton Dowell 28-yd pass from Hudson (Courtright kick), 10-75 2:44 Courtright 19-yd field goal, 13-63 7:57 Bowe 33-yd run (Courtright kick), 3-72 1:33
V-H 0-7 0-14 0-21 7-21 13-21 13-28 13-31 13-38
Kickoff time: 2 p.m. CT | End of Game: 5:-3 p.m. CT | Elapsed time: 3:03 RUSHING: TTU - Andrew Goldsmith 16-60, Gist 9-30, Luke Ward 6-8. Bailey Fisher 7-8, Mitchell McClurg 1-3, D.J. Worthy 1-2, Josh Cunningham 1-1, Seth Huner 1-minus 4. UTM - Peyton Logan 5-55, LaDarrius Galloway 12-52, Jaimiee Bowe 7-49, Joe Hudson 7-48, Ty Brown 7-31, Lamarcus Young 2-24, Ty Jobe 2-18. PASSING: TTU - Bailey Fisher 7-14-1 48 yds., Luke Ward 6-13-0 58 yds. UTM - Joe Hudson 16-22-0 183 yds., John Bachus 1-2-0 3, Team 0-1-0 0 yds. RECEIVING: TTU - Josh Cunningham 3-23, Andrew Goldsmith 3-14, David Gist 2-13, Cam Singletary 1-22, Seth Huner 1-12, Melvin Holland Jr., 1-11, Clint Zierke 1-11, Hunter Coleman 1-0. UTM - Devonte Howard 4-69, Colton Dowell 3-51, Terry Williams 3-15, Jaylon Moore 2-40, Rodney Williams 2-10, Chance Key 1-3, Jaimiee Bowe 1-minus 1, LaDarrius Galloway 1-minus 1. INTERCEPTIONS: TTU - None. UTM - Horton-Martindale 1-0. FUMBLES: TTU - Gist 1-0. UTM - Howard 1-1.
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EASTERN KENTUCKY 37, TENNESSEE TECH 6
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech football team closed out its 2018 season falling to Eastern Kentucky 37-6 on Saturday afternoon at Tucker Stadium. Tech finishes with a 1-10 record, 1-7 in the Ohio Valley Conference, but despite the record, the foundation has been built towards future success, starting with the 12 seniors honored before the game. There were positives against the Colonels, who were still making push of their own for a Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth in the final week of the campaign. Tech kept well within reach against EKU with a scoreless first quarter, then trailing 13-3 at the half. With true freshman quarterback Bailey Fisher sidelined with a lower body injury suffered against UT Martin, Luke Ward and Adam Browner put together efforts to try to get Tech’s offense moving. Browner had the most success, completing 14 of his 31 passes for 129 yards.
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Score by Quarters Tennessee Tech Eastern Kentucky Qtr 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th
Time 10:18 6:57 1:01 0:05 12:53 6:58 14:54 2:55 1:51
1 0 0
2 13 3
3 7 3
4 17 0
Scoring Play Sam Hayworth 43-yd field goal, 4-5 1:27 Nick Madonia 45-yd field goal, 10-54 3:18 Parker McKinney 3-yd run (Hayworth kick), 13-72 5:51 Hayworth 33-yd field goal, 5-10 0:49 Daryl McCleskey 8-yd pass from Parker McKinney (Hayworth kick), 5-38 1:55 Madonia 20-yd field goal, 13-72 5:55 Hayworth 36-yd field goal, 6-17 1:46 Dan Paul 11-yd pass from McKinney (Hayworth kick) 4-29 1:12 T.J. Comstock 27-yd interception return (Hayworth kick)
Total 37 6 V-H 3-0 3-3 10-3 13-3 20-3 20-6 23-6 30-6 37-6
Kickoff time: 1:35 p.m. CT | End of Game: 4:40 p.m. CT | Elapsed time: 3:05 RUSHING: TTU - Andrew Goldsmith 12-59, Adam Browner 11-20, D.J. Worthy 1-9, David Gist 2-8, Cam Singletary 1-5, Luke Ward 3-4, Josh Cunningham 1-2, Kurt Huff 1-2, Team 1-minus 2, Seth Huner 2-minus 5. EKU - L.J. Scott 11-27, Ralph Patton 3-19, Parker McKinney 10-11, Jason Lewis 2-8, Daryl McClesky 11-7. PASSING: TTU - Adam Browner 14-31-2 129 yds, Luke Ward 1-7-0 6 yds., Andrew Goldsmith 0-1-0 0 yds. EKU - Parker McKinney 31-42-0 333 yds. RECEIVING: TTU - Josh Cunningham 6-49, Melvin Holland Jr. 3-17, Seth Huner 2-30, D.J. Wilkes 2-27, Clint Zierke 1-6, Hunter Coleman 1-6. EKU - B.K. Smith 12-163, Jerome Gross 6-61, Dan Paul 4-35, Neiko Creamer 4-19, Jackson Beerman 3-40, Daryl McCleskey 1-8, L.J. Scott 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS: TTU - None. EKU - T.J. Comstock 1-27, Jared Tucker 1-0. FUMBLES: TTU - Adam Browner 1-1, Seth Huner 1-1. EKU - Jaelin Carter 1-0, Ralph Patton 1-1.
Josh Cunningham caught six passes for 49 yards and Andrew Goldsmith had 59 yards rushing on 12 carries.
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WILBURN TUCKER Tennessee Tech's football stadium is named for Wilburn Tucker. During his career as head football coach, Tucker compiled a 70-65-5 record and won five OVC championships. He was named to the OVC Hall of Fame and the Tech Hall of Fame.
PRESTON VAUGHN “PUTTY” OVERALL The playing field in Tucker Stadium is named for Putty Overall. During his career as head football coach, Overall compiled a 97-95-18 record and won two OVC championships. He was named to the OVC Hall of Fame and the Tech Hall of Fame.
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ucker Stadium, the home venue for the Tennessee Tech football program since the Golden Eagles moved into the facility in 1966, underwent an extensive surface renovation in 2007. The facility upgrades included the installation of 24/7 turf by The Motz Group, as well as renovations and a new surface to the nine-lane track. In 2008, new lights were installed at the stadium, and in 2009 the working press box received a major overhaul and technological upgrades. Tucker Stadium will host the TSSAA BlueCross Bowl Tennessee State Championship Games through the 2020 season. The venue is named in tribute to former Golden Eagle coach Wilburn Tucker. The center stage of the stadium is Overall Field, named to recognize longtime Tech coach and administrator Putty Overall. The stadium features a two-level press box on each side, with the West Box hosting the working press and the East Box hosting the president and his guests. With the addition of the 24/7 turf, the latest in technology, material and equipment was used to ensure that Tucker Stadium is one of the finest facilities in the Ohio Valley Conference.
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Tucker Stadium opened for gridiron action for the 1966 season with seating for 12,500. In the first game in the facility, Chattanooga came to town and handed coach Don Wade's Golden Eagles a 17-7 loss. Two weeks later, Tech posted its first victory in the stadium, topping East Tennessee State, 14-3. The facility was expanded to its present capacity of 16,500 prior to the 1971 season. In 43 college football seasons, it has hosted 1,947,925 fans at 281 games. Tech has hosted 21 crowds of better than 12,000 fans and owns a 12-8-1 record in those contests, including a record 12,831 for the game against Cumberland in the 2007 opener. The largest attendance came against Morehead State in 1971, when 16,521 folks crowded into the newly enlarged facility. The 2009 Golden Eagles were unbeaten at home, posting a 5-0 record. Golden Eagle teams have had three other unbeaten home seasons, going 11-0 over two consecutive seasons, with a 5-0 mark in 1971 and 6-0 in 1972. Tech was also 5-0 in 2001. The facility was officially dedicated as Tucker Stadium at Homecoming ceremonies on Oct. 18, 1980, in honor of former coach Wilburn Tucker, who served on the Golden Eagle staff for 21 years. The playing field itself retained
its designation as Overall Field, named for coach P.V. Overall, who was head coach at Tech for 26 years. Both men are in the Tech Sports Hall of Fame and the OVC Hall of Fame. When the stadium was built in 1966, it featured a press box on the West side for the working press. The second box -- for use by TTU's president and guests -plus 4,000 additional seats, were added to the East side of the stadium in 1971. The first synthetic turf was laid in 1970 and was replaced in 1980. That turf lasted 13 years until Stadia Turf was installed in 1994. The surface was replaced in 2007. An 81’x31’ Daktronics video board was added prior to the 2018 season. The largest crowd in Tucker Stadium history (16,521) watched the Golden Eagles beat Morehead State, 26-8, on October 23, 1971. Jeff Axel rushed for 138 yards on 18 carries to lead the offense while Jim Youngblood’s 16 tackles topped the Golden Eagle defense as Tech posted a Homecoming victory. Tech’s crowd of 12,831 for the 2007 game against Cumberland University was the largest opening day crowd in the 44-year history of Tucker Stadium.
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TUCKER STADIUM ATTENDANCE RECORDS YEAR-BY-YEAR ATTENDANCE Year 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
GP W-L 5 3-2 5 2-3 5 1-4 5 2-3 5 2-3 5 5-0 6 6-0 5 2-3 6 4-2 5 4-1 6 4-2 5 4-1 5 3-2 5 1-2-2 6 1-5 6 4-2 5 2-3 5 1-4
Attend. 30,600 33,770 34,500 30,000 47,538 54,314 46,210 34,745 41,000 38,200 68,202 56,500 55,200 38,800 58,014 45,204 41,105 34,509
1984 5 0-5 1985 5 1-4 1986 4 0-4 1987 6 2-4 1988 5 0-5 1989 5 2-3 1990 6 5-1 1991 4 2-2 1992 6 5-1 1993 6 5-1 1994 6 3-3 1995 5 1-4 1996 5 4-1 1997 4 3-1 1998 7 3-4 1999 4 2-2 2000 6 5-1 2001 5 5-0 2002 6 3-3
50,027 29,063 25,816 52,154 19,278 34,146 37,810 26,320 31,843 28,775 27,540 22,850 21,456 19,444 26,468 24,712 29,799 38,396 36,520
2003 4 1-3 2004 6 5-1 2005 5 4-1 2006 5 1-4 2007 6 3-3 2008 6 2-4 2009 5 5-0 2010 5 3-2 2011 6 3-3 2012 6 3-3 2013 6 3-3 2014 6 4-2 2015 5 3-2 2016 5 3-2 2017 5 1-4 2018 5 1-4 TOTALS 281 148-132-2
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Attendance (Year, Opponent, Result) 1) 16,521 (1971 | Morehead State | W, 26-8) 2) 16,089 (1978 | Western Kentucky | L, 20-26) 3) 16,072 (1977 | Morehead State | W, 24-22) 4) 15,607 (1976 | Western Kentucky | W, 22-12) 5) 14,623 (1984 | Tennessee State | L, 3-33) 6) 14,586 (1978 | Murray State | W, 24-14) 7) 14,133 (1977 | Austin Peay | L, 21-24) 8) 13,859 (1982 | Western Kentucky | L, 14-28) 9) 13,627 (1980 | Murray State | L, 3-10) 10) 13,186 (1972 | Middle Tennessee | W, 24-10) 11) 13,124 (1976 | Omaha | W, 56-28) 12) 12,831 (2007 | Cumberland | W, 45-21) 13) 12,746 (1978 | Western Carolina | W, 22-20) 14) 12,523 (1977 | Youngstown State | W, 38-22) 15) 12,511 (1979 | Morehead State | T, 3-3) 16) 12,500 (1999 | Murray State | L, 11-22) 17) 12,310 (1981 | Morehead State | W, 35-17) 18) 12,237 (1998 | Middle Tennessee | L, 16-19) 19) 12,212 (1970 | Eastern Kentucky | L, 13-20) 20) 12,204 (1972 | Western Kentucky | W, 30-10) 21) 12,186 (1974 | Western Kentucky | W, 10-6)
Attendance (Year, Site, Result) 1) 98,343 (2016 | at Tennessee | L, 55-0) 2) 92,746 (2010 | at Georgia | L, 38-0) 3) 85,754 (2007 | at Auburn | L, 35-3) 4) 77,785 (2013 | at Wisconsin | L, 52-24) 5) 70,585 (2011 | at Iowa | L, 34-7) 6) 69, 596 (2010 | at Arkansas | L, 44-3) 7) 57,091 (2012 | at Oregon | L, 63-14) 8) 48, 094 (2010 | at Kansas State | L, 49-7) 9) 41,132 (1999 | at Tennessee State | L, 19-25) 10) 40,155 (2002 | at Iowa State | L, 58-6) 11) 38, 694 (2008 | at Louisville | L, 51-10) 12) 37,117 (2010 | at TCU | L, 62-7) 13) 32,000 (1984 | at Kansas State | L, 28-12) 14) 30,479 (2015 | at Houston | L, 52-24) 15) 29,702 (1988 | at East Carolina | L, 52-13) 16) 28,525 (2001 | at Air Force Academy | L, 42-0) 17) 26,123 (2005 | at Northern Illinois | L, 42-3) 18) 26,101 (2003 | at Memphis | L, 40-10) 19) 26,000 (1951 | at Kentucky | L, 72-13) 20) 25,546 (2004 | at South Florida | L, 21-7) 21) 24,177 (1994 | at Marshall | L, 24-10) 22) 23,743 (1995 | at Marshall | L, 45-14) 23) 22,123 (1985 | at UNLV | L, 35-7) 24) 21,326 (2000 | at Ohio University | L, 52-14) 25) 20,806 (2006 | at Middle Tennessee | L, 44-0) 26) 19,926 (1971 | at Western Kentucky | L, 15-7) 27) 18,500 (1998 | at UAB | L, 6-38) 28) 18,500 (1969 | at Western Kentucky | L, 42-0) 29) 18,300 (1988 | at Eastern Kentucky | L, 14-7) 30) 18,200 (1958 | at Florida State | L, 22-7) 31) 18,123 (2003 | at Northern Illinois | L, 42-17)
Tech is 12-8-1 in front of crowds of 12,000 or more in Tucker Stadium.
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24,984 30,625 30,858 25,174 49,912 38,306 27,767 35,603 50,443 41,922 51,106 37,328 37,328 33,765 33,023 29,053 1,947,925
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A project that has been in the works for two years, crews recently completed the latest renovation to the Tennessee Tech athletics facilities, installing the Daktronics board, which will become the crown jewel in the Tucker Stadium landscape.
As comparison among the largest in the FCS, Stephen F. Austin has an 81’ by 37’ board, Sam Houston State has an 80’ by 33’ board and Northern Iowa has a 100’ by 27’ setup.
The LED board, once completed with its speaker setup, will measure 100 feet wide by 50 feet tall and will feature 3,397 square feet of video space, including a video ribbon above the main screen. That will make it one of the largest on-campus video boards in the Football Championship Subdivision, and even larger than many in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
“This is an important project for us to complete as we work toward updating our athletic facilities,” said Matt Dexter, Tech assistant athletic director for external relations. “The video board will help enrich our game day experience and bring our fans closer to the game than ever through in-game video and stats, as well as enhanced marketing and promotions opportunities. This will give events at Tucker Stadium added value as we work to entertain our fans and keep them coming back for years to come.”
The main video panel will measure nearly 81 feet wide and 30 feet high, while the video ribbon above will measure nearly 83 feet wide and five feet tall.
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TENNESSEE TECH FIGHT SONG AND HYMN The Tennessee Tech fight song was composed by Paul There they go again today, Yoder (1908-1990) in 1946. Yoder also composed the fight What a team, songs for Washington State and Texas State.
Yea, the Eagles! You’ll hear everybody say ‘Better get on the ball with the Eagles!’ Make that touchdown play again, See them running up the score, for We’ll be leading all the way With our own Tech Golden Eagles! The quiet hills stand steadfast Round walls of russet brown On halls serene and campus green The smoky hills look down; And proudly may I cherish What thou hast giv’n to me, Oh Alma Mater, Tennessee Tech, God prosper thee.
The Tennessee Tech Hymn was written by University First Lady Joan Derryberry in 1943 following an event at Vanderbilt and remarked both schools used the same melody for their alma maters.
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Deep purple stand the mountains And golden sets the sun. We proudly wear these colors fair Until our goal is won; We pledge thee faithful service, Our love and loyalty, Oh Alma Mater, Tennessee Tech, God prosper thee.
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(Front row, from back) Hannah Sobas, Jessica Garland, Autumn Nimmo, Kay Greer, Allie Mayte, Kimberly Wayman, Lacey Goins, Madison Adams, Madison Manning, Cassandra Larkin, (back row, from left) Grand Pappy Eagle, Michael Stoltz, Coby White, Michael Hesson, Andrew Evans, T.J. Carver, Tavian Dodd, Josh Wall, Alex Griffiths and Awesome Eagle.
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(Front row, from left) Savannah Keck, Georgea Beason, Olivia Hamby, Hayley Kramer, Jenna Luna, (back row, from left) Katie Luna, Michaela McGuire, Kayla Anderson, Delaine Stiltner, Sydney Dunaway, Ashley Streeter and Caroline Fleenor.
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(Front row, from left): Sydney Dunaway, Michaela McGuire, Savannah Keck, Ashley Streeter, Georgea Beason, Olivia Hamby, Hayley Kramer, Jenna Luna, Kayla Anderson, Delaine Stiltner, Caroline Fleenor, Katie Luna, (second row, from left) Ashley Bradley, Autumn Nimmo, Jordan Manning, Alyssa Wheeler, Taylor Jones, Bailey Dozier, Madison Spivey, Isabel Garner, Cassandra Larkin, Allie Gipson, (third row, from left) program coordinator Micah Hartsfield, Grand Pappy Eagle, Coby White, Michael Stoltz, Michael Hesson, Andrew Evans, T.J. Carver, Tavian Dodd, Josh Wall, Alex Griffiths, Awesome Eagle, head coach Monica Hartsfield, (fourth row -- on shoulders -- from left) Jessica Garland, Allie Mayte, Hannah Sobas, Kay Greer, Madison Adams, Lacey Goins, Kimberly Wayman and Madison Manning.
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THE SERGEANT YORK TROPHY This year marks the 13th year of the Sgt. York Championship presented by Delta Dental of Tennessee. The trophy (founded in 2007 by the Nashville Sports Council and OVC) goes to the winner of the quadrangular season football series between the four OVC football-playing schools located in the state of Tennessee (Austin Peay, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech and UT Martin). The award is only the second traveling trophy that involves more than two teams in college sports; the other is the Commander in Chief’s Trophy which has been contested between Air Force, Army and Navy annually since 1972. The award is named in honor of Alvin C. York, the most noted Soldier of World War I. As a corporal in the 2nd battalion, 328th Infantry, in the Battle of the Meuse 2007 Sept. 15 - Tennessee State 33, @Austin Peay 32 (OT) Sept. 22 - @ Austin Peay 17, UT Martin 14 Sept. 27 - Tennessee Tech 13, @UT Martin 10 Oct. 6 - Austin Peay 30, @Tennessee Tech 27 Oct. 11 - Tennessee State 45, @Tennessee Tech 28 Nov. 17 - UT Martin 43, @Tennessee State 38 2008 Sept. 20 - UT Martin 31, @Austin Peay 17 Oct. 4 - Tennessee State 30, @UT Martin 27 (OT) Oct. 16 - UT Martin 35, @Tennessee Tech 7 Oct. 18 - @Tennessee State 37, Austin Peay 34 Oct. 25 - @Austin Peay 31, Tennessee Tech 28 Nov. 1 - @Tennessee State 41, Tennessee Tech 14 2009 Oct. 3 - @Tennessee Tech 31, Austin Peay 23 Oct. 10 - Tennessee Tech 35, @UT Martin 28 Oct. 31 - @Tennessee Tech 20, Tennessee State 13 Nov. 7 - UT Martin 28, @Tennessee State 7 Nov. 14 - @Austin Peay 24, Tennessee State 21 Nov. 21 - @UT Martin 48, Austin Peay 38 2010 Sept. 18 - Austin Peay 26, @Tennessee State 23 Sept. 30 - UT Martin 27, @Tennessee Tech 24 Oct. 9 - Tennessee Tech 34, @Austin Peay 21 Oct. 23 - Tennessee Tech 21, @Tennessee State 10 Nov. 6 - UT Martin 28, @Austin Peay 12 Nov. 13 - @UT Martin 37, Tennessee State 0 2011 Oct. 1 - @Austin Peay 37, Tennessee State 34 Oct. 1 - Tennessee Tech 34, @UT Martin 31 Oct. 8 - @UT Martin 61, Austin Peay 23 Oct. 15 - Tennessee State 42, @Tennessee Tech 40
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River-Argonne (Oct. 8, 1918), York and seven other soldiers captured 132 prisoners, was promoted to sergeant and received the Distinguished Service Cross, the French Croix de Guerre, the French Legion of Honor, the Croce di Guerra of Italy and the War Medal of Montenegro. Upon his return to the United States in 1919, he was bestowed the Congressional Medal of Honor. The trophy goes to the team with the best record against the other schools (in case of a tie there will be co-champions and the actual trophy will be retained by the defending champion if they are involved in the tie or if the defending champion is not involved in the tie it will go to the institution that has gone the most seasons without winning the trophy).
Nov. 12 - @Tennessee State 35, UT Martin 30 Nov. 19 - @Tennessee Tech 49, Austin Peay 7 2012 Sept. 15 - @Tennessee State 34, Austin Peay 14 Sept. 22 - UT Martin 31, @Austin Peay 6 Oct. 27 - @Tennessee State 22, Tennessee Tech 21 Nov. 10 - @Tennessee Tech 45, UT Martin 44 (OT) Nov. 17 - @Austin Peay 38, Tennessee Tech 31 Nov. 17 - @UT Martin 35, Tennessee State 26 2013 Sept. 21 - Tennessee State 41, @Tennessee Tech 21 Oct. 10 - UT Martin 28, @Tennessee Tech 17 Oct. 19 - Tennessee State 29, @UT Martin 15 Oct. 26 - UT Martin 38, @Austin Peay 14 Nov. 9 - @Tennessee State 31, Austin Peay 6 Nov. 23 - @Tennessee Tech 34, Austin Peay 0 2014 Sept. 20 - @Tennessee State 10, Tennessee Tech 7 Oct. 9 - @UT Martin 17, Tennessee Tech 10 Oct. 18 - UT Martin 21, @Tennessee State 16 Oct. 25 - @UT Martin 37, Austin Peay 7 Nov. 8 - Tennessee State 31, @Austin Peay 27 Nov. 22 - Tennessee Tech 41, @Austin Peay 15 2015 Oct. 3 - UT Martin 31, @Tennessee Tech 17 Oct. 10 - @UT Martin 28, Tennessee State 14 Oct. 17 - UT Martin 44, @Austin Peay 14 Oct. 31 - @Tennessee State 20, Austin Peay 6 Nov. 14 - @Tennessee Tech 42, Austin Peay 24 Nov. 21 - @Tennessee Tech 30, Tennessee State 24
Sept. 24 - @UT Martin 44, Tennessee Tech 23 Oct. 1 - @Tennessee State 34, UT Martin 30 Oct. 8 - @UT Martin 45, Austin Peay 31 Nov. 5 - Tennessee State 41, @Austin Peay 40 Nov. 12 - Tennessee Tech 44, @Tennessee State 16 2017 Sept. 23 - @ UT Martin 31, Tennessee State 16 Sept. 30 - @ Austin Peay 7, UT Martin 0 Oct. 14 - Austin Peay 21, @ Tennessee State 17 Oct. 28 - @Tennessee Tech 30, Tennessee State 26 Nov. 4 - Austin Peay 35, @ Tennessee Tech 28 Nov. 18 - UT Martin 24, @ Tennessee Tech 0 2018 Sept. 22 - @ UT Martin 37, Austin Peay 7 Oct. 6 - @ Austin Peay 49, Tennessee State 34 Oct. 20 - @ Tennessee State 41, Tennessee Tech 14 Oct. 27 - @ Austin Peay 41, Tennessee Tech 10 Nov. 10 - @ UT Martin 38, Tennessee Tech 13 Nov. 17 - @ Tennessee State 31, UT Martin 28, OT Standings Austin Peay UT Martin Tennessee State Tennessee Tech
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2015 - UT Martin 2016 - UT Martin*, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State 2017 - Austin Peay 2018 - Austin Peay*, Tennessee State, UT Martin *Took home the trophy due to winning the tiebreaker
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TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL HISTORY Note: Records for games earlier than 1922 do not exist in Tech’s archives, as all past media guides started the season-by-season results that year. Before 1922, much of Tech’s teams, as well as scheduled opponents, came from the high school level.
football team and coaches the next three seasons. 1949 – A new football field is completed and named Overall Field, in honor of P.V. Overall, who had just resigned as head coach and became athletic director. The stadium structure held 8,000 fans and the financial drive was spearheaded by head coach Hooper Eblen. The new field is constructed immediately to the south adjoining the former field on 8th and Peachtree. Steel bleachers were constructed from surplus equipment from the U.S. Army.
March 27, 1915 – Tennessee Polytechnic Institute was established. 1916 – C. Donald Russell, who had previously coached at TPI’s predecessor, Dixie College, as well as at Putnam County High School, was named in charge of Tech’s football, basketball and baseball teams. He left at the end of the 1916-17 academic year.
1949 – Tech becomes a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, which is in its second year of existence. The Golden Eagles go 0-3 in its first year in the league, falling 26-7 to Murray State, 12-7 to Morehead State and 20-7 to Marshall. In the OVC that year: Marshall, Louisville (who departs after the season), Evansville, Morehead State, Eastern Kentucky, Western Kentucky, Murray State and Tennessee Tech.
1917 – R.V. Kerr was hired to teach science and coach during the 1917-18 season. He resigned to join the military on April 21, 1918, as the United States became involved in World War I. 1917 -- Tech faced Middle Tennessee State University for the first time in the rivalry’s history, falling 26-0.
1950 – Star Wood becomes Tech’s new head football coach. He goes 9-12-1 in his two seasons, including a 4-8 record in the Ohio Valley Conference, then leaves to become head coach at East Tennessee State.
1918 – W. Ellis Simmons was hired to coach football, basketball and baseball. He coached football one season and remained on the basketball and baseball staff until 1921.
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1919 – John (Red) Floyd, for whom the current football stadium at Middle Tennessee State University is named after, was named the head football coach, but stayed until October 3 of the same year, resigning to reenroll at Vanderbilt. W. Ellis Simmons came back on an emergency basis until V.T. Ring replaced Floyd, but Ring resigned at the end of the season.
Association, while other choices included Lions and Mountain Eagles. Golden Eagles won the vote 139-18.
1920 – Joe E. Conry, the head of the agriculture department, became the football coach. Mathematics instructor E.E. Kelly assisted. Kelly resigned at the end of the year to attend Vanderbilt Medical School.
1928 – The Golden Eagles score the most points in a game in program history, putting up 77 points against Alabama Normal.
1921 – John C. Clardy, an instructor in the agriculture department, was selected to coach, but resigned after one season.
1930 – Tech became a member of the Mississippi Valley Conference, but resigned in 1932.
1922 – Loyall H. Duyck was hired to coach football, as well as teach science and physical education. The first recorded season saw Tech go 2-1-4. Tech tied its first game of the season, 6-6, against Cumberland, then won its first with a 25-13 victory over Bethel. Duyck resigned after the season.
1932 – Tech became a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, remaining a member until 1942, when World War II causes the league to disband.
1923 – Preston Vaughn “Putty” Overall was hired to teach agriculture, as well as coach football, basketball and baseball. Overall, whom Overall Field at Tucker Stadium is named, became the first Tech coach to remain more than one season. He coached Tech through the 1946 season, then returned to coach the 1952 and 1953 teams. 1923 – The Golden Eagles allow the most points in program history, giving up 77 points in a loss to King College. February 14, 1925 – The name “Golden Eagles” was announced as the Tech athletic team’s official nickname on the front page of the Tech Oracle. Golden Eagles and Mountaineers were the final two choices before the Athletic
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1925 – Work begins on a proposed athletics field, almost four years after being presented to the Athletic Council.
1933-1934 – The Works Progress Administration, stemming out of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies, completed a small concrete stadium on the north end of the athletic field with a track around the field. On the concrete structure, wooden benches were added. Football would play at this site, on the west side of campus on Peachtree Street, until 1947, while baseball and track and field would use the field for many more years. 1939 – Holmes Neal and Creed McClure becomes the Golden Eagles’ first All-Americans as the pair are recognized by The Associated Press.
November 18, 1950 – Tech earns its first Ohio Valley Conference win, beating Evansville 13-0. 1950 – End Flavious Smith becomes the first Golden Eagle to be selected to the All-Ohio Valley Conference team. September 22, 1951 – Tech gets its 100th win, topping Carson-Newman 42-6.
January 14, 1952 – Robert Hill Johnson, a student and assistant coach, is killed in a car crash. The White County native and former player at Alabama saw his playing career end after a shoulder injury. He enrolled into Tech and coached the offensive and defensive ends. January 25, 1952 – The Tennessee Tech Oracle student newspaper tells Robert Hill Johnson’s story, stating that Johnson “exemplified all that is fine and good in the great game of football” and urged the university do something to honor his memory. The team establishes the Robert Hill Johnson Award, its highest honor, and Flavious Smith becomes the first winner.
1940 – Artificial lights are added to the Tech Athletic Field.
1952 – Evansville and Marshall leave the Ohio Valley Conference, while Middle Tennessee joins the ranks.
1947 – Hooper Eblen takes over the reins of the Golden Eagle
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SHINNY-NINNY Tech touchdown and broke his wrist. Blue Raider fans called it Harvey after the trophy’s benefactor. The trophy was awarded for 38 years.
1961 – The Golden Eagles once again go undefeated in OVC play, winning all six league contests to earn their fourth straight OVC championship and seventh overall.
October 6, 1960 -- Tech earns its first appearance in a Top-25 poll, taking the No. 14-spot in the UPI poll for the NCAA College Division.
1962 – Austin Peay joins the Ohio Valley Conference and remains a constant foe until the Governors go non-scholarship in football following the 1996 season.
November 24, 1960 – Tech clinches both the Ohio Valley Conference championship and possession of Shinny-Ninny as the Golden Eagles beat Middle Tennessee 35-8. The Golden Eagles finish 8-3, 6-0 in the conference for their third-straight league title.
1965 – Tennessee Polytechnic Institute officially becomes Tennessee Tech University.
December 30, 1960 – Tech competes in its second bowl game, returning to Orlando, Fla., for the Tangerine Bowl against The Citadel. The Bulldogs, who were the runners-up in the Southern Conference, defeated Tech 27-0.
1958 – Tech wins the first of four consecutive Ohio Valley Conference titles, going 5-1 in league play. Tech shared the 1958 crown with Middle Tennessee, who topped the Golden Eagles 14-0 in the final game of the regular season.
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1965 – Construction begins on the current football stadium. The 12,500-seat facility opens in time for the 1966 season, and remains in use to this day. The field is dedicated to P.V. “Putty” Overall. 1966 – P.V. “Putty” Overall is one of the inaugural inductees to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
November 26, 1959 – Middle Tennessee entered the final week of the season with a perfect 9-0 record, Tech 6-2-1. When the two teams met up in Murfreesboro, the two teams play to a 21-21 tie, splitting the OVC title for the second consecutive year. 1960 – Shinny-Ninny comes into play for the first time in the rivalry between Tennessee Tech and Middle Tennessee State University. Fred Harvey, owner of then Harvey’s Department Store in Murfreesboro, donated the Alaskan totem pole that would be awarded to the winner of the annual game between the Blue Raiders and the Golden Eagles. The name Shinny-Ninny, to Tech fans, came after player Joe Mac Jaquess performed a “shinny-ninny fit” in the end zone after a
1965 – Lonnie Warwick signs as a free agent with the Minnesota Vikings and becomes a member of the famed “Purple People Eaters” defensive unit as a five-year starter. He plays 10 years in the league with the Vikings and the Atlanta Falcons.
October 8, 1966 – The Golden Eagles get their first win in the new stadium, beating East Tennessee State 14-3.
1961 – Tommy Hackler and Gordon Mason are both selected in the 1961 NFL Draft, the first time that two Golden Eagle players are drafted in the same season. Hackler (Rd. 13, 174th) was picked by the San Francisco 49ers and Mason (Rd. 20, 272nd) was picked by the Chicago Bears. Hackler then tried his luck with the American Football League draft and was picked in the 22nd round, 169th overall by the Denver Broncos.
1967 – Wilburn Tucker was released from his role as head football coach following three losing seasons in his last four years. A popular figure, Tech students hung effigies of university president Everett Derryberry and athletic director Hooper Eblen on campus once news of his release was announced. 1968 – Don Wade, a Clemson assistant coach from 1953-67 and a Tiger standout who had two interceptions in the 1951 Orange Bowl, became Tech’s new football coach, a tenure that lasted 15 years through the 1982 campaign. The Golden Eagles went 2-8, 2-5 in the OVC in his first campaign.
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DON WADE November 28, 1968 – Junior running back Larry Schreiber runs the ball a school-record 40 times as Tech beats Middle Tennessee 7-3 in Cookeville. September 20, 1969 – Larry Schreiber rushes for 255 yards and records a school-record 312 all-purpose yards in a 35-24 loss to Northwestern Louisiana to open the season.
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1969 – Larry Schreiber rushes for a Tech single-season record 1,522 yards. Derek White with 1,270 yards in 2007 is the only Golden Eagle rusher to come close since with seven 1,000 yard rushers following Schreiber, who had three 1,000yard rushing seasons in his career. Michael Penix (1993 and 1995) is the only player since to break the 1,000-yard plateau since. Schreiber also had a school-record 1,901 all-purpose yards that season, as well as 13 touchdowns. Schreiber also becomes the first Golden Eagle to be named Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year.
1972 – John Fitzpatrick ends the season with a single-year record 12 interceptions. Johnny Tucker with 10 in 1976 is the only other Golden Eagles with a double-digit tally for a single season. 1972 – Following an 8-2 record in 1971, Don Wade’s Golden Eagles claim their first OVC crown in the 1972 campaign, going 10-1 in the regular season, an undefeated 7-0 in the Ohio Valley. December 9, 1972 – The Golden Eagles close out the season at the Grantland Rice Bowl in Baton Rouge, La., falling to Louisiana Tech 35-0.
1970 – Poly-Turf is installed in the football stadium, partly financed by the Putnam County School System as the facility will be used by both the Tech and Putnam County teams. October 3, 1970 – Tech gets its 200th program win, topping UT Martin 17-6. 1971 – The football stadium is expanded its capacity to 16,500. A second box on the stadium’s east side – designated for the University president and their guests – as well as 4,000 more seats are added to the stadium. September 22, 1971 -- Tech cracks the Associated Press’ College Division Top 25 for the first time, earning a No. 20spot in the poll. October 23, 1971 – 16,521 fans enter the grandstands to watch Tennessee Tech beat Morehead State 26-8, the largest attendance in Golden Eagle history. Jeff Axel rushed for 138 yards on 18 carries, while Jim Youngblood recorded 16 tackles to lead Tech to the Homecoming victory. September 30, 1972 – Jim Youngblood records a school-re-
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JIM YOUNGBLOOD cord 23 tackles as Tech defeats UT Martin 13-10. Youngblood will end the season with a Tech record 156 tackles. 1972 – Jim Youngblood becomes the only Golden Eagle player to receive back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year honors, taking the defensive crown in both 1971 and 1972.
1973 – Jim Youngblood becomes Tennessee Tech’s highest NFL Draft pick, selected in the second round by the Los Angeles Rams with pick No. 42. Mike Hennigan also goes in the fourth round to the Detroit Lions with pick No. 81. It is the second – and last time to date – that Tech had two players drafted in the NFL Draft in the same season. Youngblood goes on to a 13-year career with the Rams and Washington Redskins, while Hennigan plays six with the Lions and the New York Jets. October 6, 1973 – Despite a 27-14 loss to East Tennessee State, Dickie Fulton returns a kick 100 yards for a touchdown, the longest scoring play in Tech history and one that will be tied 36 years later. 1975 – The Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame is estab-
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lished. All five of the inductees have football ties as P.V. “Putty” Overall, Creed McClure, Holmes Neal, Tom Fan and James Dearing Miller are in the inaugural class. 1975 – Tech goes 8-3 and 6-1 in the Ohio Valley Conference to win their ninth conference title. It was Tech’s last until the 2011 campaign. 1976 – Emmett T. Strickland (1933-36) is inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. 1977 – Hooper Eblen and Wilburn Tucker is inducted into the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame. Eblen and former University president Everett Derryberry are also inducted into the inaugural class of the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame. October 29, 1977 – Tech gets both its 250th program win and 100th OVC victory as the Golden Eagles beat East Tennessee State 63-20. November 2, 1977 -- The Golden Eagles earn its highest ever ranking in a Top-25 poll, tying for No. 3 in the Associated Press Division II poll. 1978 – The NCAA splits Division I football into two divisions: I-A (the top tier which includes all the power conferences) and I-AA (the bottom tier which includes most of the mid-major level schools). September 9, 1978 – Tennessee Tech earns its first win against an I-A opponent as the Golden Eagles defeat Western Carolina 22-20. WCU was a member of the Southern Conference, who remained in the I-A level for a couple of years after the I-A/I-AA split. 1980 – Akron joins the Ohio Valley Conference and remains until the 1986 season. 1980 – The football stadium gets a facelift as a new synthetic turf is placed. 1980 – Coach Raymond “Bull” Brown is inducted into the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame. Larry Schreiber and Jim Ragland are inducted into the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame. October 18, 1980 – As part of the year’s Homecoming festivities, the stadium is officially dedicated as Tucker Stadium. 1981 – Youngstown State joins the Ohio Valley Conference and remains through the 1987 campaign. 1981 – P.V. “Putty” Overall is inducted into the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame.
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JIM RAGLAND 1982 – Don Wade calls it a career at Tech, following a 3-8 season, 1-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference. Wade returned to Clemson as a football administrator until 1988. 1983 – Following success as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator that resulted in an Independence Bowl appearance for Kansas State in 1982, Gary Darnell was lured away to become Tennessee Tech’s new head coach for the first of three seasons at the helm. Among the coaches on Darnell’s staff that later became head coaches themselves were Dennis Franchione and Gary Patterson. Tech finishes 2-8, 2-5 in the conference. 1983 – Jim Youngblood is inducted into the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame. Raymond “Bull” Brown is inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. 1985 – After compiling a 3-29 record at Tech, Gary Darnell’s tenure as a head coach ends as he joins Al Groh’s staff at Wake Forest as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator, then left to take the same position at Florida four years later. 1986 – A familiar name takes the reins of the Golden Eagle football program as Jim Ragland, an all-OVC quarterback for the Golden Eagles, who later become an assistant coach and offensive coordinator, was tabbed as Tech’s new head coach, a role he will hold until 1995. 1986 – Tennessee State joins the Ohio Valley Conference, but Tech will not face them in league play until the 1988 season. 1987 – Wilburn Tucker is inducted into the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame.
MICHAEL PENIX September 9, 1989 – Ryan Weeks makes a school-record seven field goals in a 28-10 victory at Chattanooga. He also had a PAT for 22 points in the contest. 1991 – Tom Fann is inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. 1991 – Southeast Missouri joins, while Western Kentucky leaves the Ohio Valley Conference. 1992 – UT Martin joins the Ohio Valley Conference. November 7, 1992 – Tennessee Tech earns its 300th program win as the Golden Eagles top Tennessee State 26-10. 1993 – Don Wade is inducted into the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame. October 9, 1993 – Michael Penix runs for a school-record 261 yards in a 24-3 victory at Southeast Missouri. 1994 – Stadia Turf is put down in Tucker Stadium to replace the previous 13-year-old surface. October 29, 1994 – Michael Penix breaks away for a 94yard touchdown run in Tech’s 38-21 win at Murray State. The play stands as the longest run from scrimmage in program history. 1995 – Morehead State goes to non-scholarship football and leaves the OVC in the sport. 1996 – Eastern Illinois joins the Ohio Valley Conference.
1988 – Star Wood is inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
1996 – Jim Youngblood is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
October 1, 1988 – The Golden Eagles go to overtime for the first time (the NCAA brought overtime into I-AA in 1981, the OVC instituted it for the 1982 season) as Tech defeats Murray State 16-13.
1996 – Another former Golden Eagle, Mike Hennigan, takes over for the departing Jim Ragland as head coach of the Tech team. Hennigan will coach the team through 2005.
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BRANON VAUGHN November 22, 1997 – The Golden Eagles claim Shinny-Ninny for the last time, defeating Middle Tennessee 30-20. October 3, 1998 – Shinny-Ninny returns to Murfreesboro as MTSU wins the final contest in the 38-year trophy battle, 1916, as the Blue Raiders moved to the Division I-A level (later renamed the Football Bowl Subdivision) and the Sun Belt Conference. Harvey, as MTSU refers to the totem pole, now resides in the Blue Raider Sports Hall of Fame.
2005 – After not getting a player selected in the NFL Draft in 22 years, Frank Omiyale is selected in the fifth round by the Atlanta Falcons with the 163rd pick. He is the first player selected since Billy Blaylock in 1983 and the highest pick since Elois Grooms in the third round in 1975. Omiyale goes on to a six-year career with the Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks.
October 24, 1998 – Tech defeats Eastern Kentucky in what becomes the longest game in school history as the Golden Eagles go to three overtimes to topple the Colonels 31-29, snapping a 22-game losing streak against EKU.
2006 – Don Wade is inducted into the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame.
1998 – Defensive end Branon Vaughn is named the Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
2006 – The NCAA revises the Division I labels, dropping I-A and I-AA in favor of Football Bowl Subdivision for the top tier and Football Championship Subdivision for the lower tier.
1999 – Western Kentucky briefly returns to the Ohio Valley Conference in football, but leaves following the 2000 campaign. October 10, 1999 – Quarterback Grant Swallows completes an 87-yard touchdown pass to Tony Fragale during Tech’s 23-10 win over the Hilltoppers. The play stands as the longest pass completion in program history. 1999 – Four Golden Eagles earn All-American honors as placekicker David Collett, offensive lineman Wes Gallagher, defensive end Branon Vaughn and defensive back Josh Symonette were selected.
D.J. BLEISATH The team wears patches on their uniforms honoring Birdsong for several seasons after.
2000 – Hooper Eblen is inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
2000 – Linebacker Chad Evitts, defensive end Chad Evitts, center Joey Bishop, defensive back Troy Grant and guard Andrew McGraw all earn All-American nods after the Golden Eagles go 8-3, the most wins Tech had in a season since a 9-2 campaign in 1977.
August 14, 2000 – Freshman defensive back Preston Birdsong collapses while running sprints and dies. The pathology report noted Birdsong, 18, suffered systemic hyperthermia.
September 15, 2001 – Following the aftermath of the September 11 attacks four days earlier, countless college football games across the country are canceled, including Tech’s game
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2009 – Tech sweeps Austin Peay, UT Martin and Tennessee State to win its first Sergeant York Trophy. 2010 – Bill Dupes is inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. November 20, 2010 -- The Golden Eagles set the stage for the following season as they rallied from a 24-7 deficit at the end of the third quarter on the final game of the campaign to beat Jacksonville State 35-24, spoiling the Gamecocks’ championship hopes as Southeast Missouri takes the OVC title and playoff berth. November 19, 2011 – After a 36-year drought, Tech wins the Ohio Valley Conference championship for the 10th time with a 49-7 win over Austin Peay. The title is in a three-way tie with Jacksonville State and Eastern Kentucky – Tech beat both of those teams on the road to earn the conference’s automatic bid to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. November 26, 2011 – Tech makes its first-ever appearance in the FCS Playoffs, facing Central Arkansas at Tucker Stadium. The Bears won the game 34-14.
WATSON BROWN 2006 – Mike Hennigan steps down as head coach before the start of the season as he goes on medical leave. Offensive coordinator Doug Malone becomes the interim head coach. Tech finishes the season 4-7, 4-4 in the Ohio Valley Conference.
2011 – Dontey Gay ties the Tech single-season record for points in a season with 90 points scored. 2011 – Tech ties with Tennessee State for the Sergeant York Trophy, but the Tigers will receive the trophy by tiebreaker as the team without it the longest.
September 21, 2006 – Tennessee Tech defeats Eastern Kentucky 27-14 in the first nationally televised game from Tucker Stadium. The game was broadcast on ESPNU.
2011 – Wide receiver Tim Benford is named the Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year.
2006 – Quarterback Lee Sweeney is named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year.
2012 – Headlines are made as Da’Rick Rogers, a troubled, yet
December 6, 2006 – Watson Brown, a Cookeville native, former Vanderbilt standout and long-time coach – most recently with a successful tenure with UAB’s football program, is named Tech’s newest head football coach. He will remain the coach through 2015. 2007 – Jim Youngblood is inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. 2007 – Austin Peay returns to scholarship football and rejoins the Ohio Valley Conference in the sport. 2007 – As part of a major renovation, a new 24/7 turf surface is put down in Tucker Stadium, complete with the recent Tennessee Tech and Ohio Valley Conference logos. New lights were installed the following season, while an overhaul in the press box was completed afterward. 2007 – The Nashville Sports Council and the Ohio Valley Conference announced the formation of a round-robin competition between the Tennessee members of the conference – Austin Peay, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech and UT Martin. The Sergeant York Trophy, named after World War I hero Alvin C. York, will be awarded to the winner each season and becomes only the second traveling trophy in collegiate sports that involves more than two teams, joining the Commander in Chief Trophy.
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DEREK WHITE September 13, 2007 – Derek White rushes for a school-record five touchdowns and 30 points as the Golden Eagles defeat Concordia College (Alabama) 55-7. 2007 – Larry Shipp breaks the Tech single-season record for points in a season, scoring 90, shattering the previous high of 78 held by Michael Penix in 1995 and Larry Schreiber in 1969. The mark will be tied four years later. 2008 – Wide receiver Tim Benford is named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year.
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AUGUST 29, 2013 CUMBERLAND vs. TENNESSEE TECH talented receiver from the University of Tennessee, transfers to Tennessee Tech. September 22, 2012 – Senior quarterback Tre Lamb completes a school-record 38 passes out of 57 attempts for a record 481 yards in a 41-38 overtime loss to Southeast Missouri. Da’Rick Rogers caught 18 passes for 303 yards and three touchdowns – all school records. November 10, 2012 – The Golden Eagles rally, outscoring UT Martin 21-7 in the fourth quarter to force overtime, then the Skyhawks fumble the ball on a two-point conversion, giving Tech the 45-44 win and the Golden Eagles’ 400th program victory. August 29, 2013 – Tech records its largest Opening Day crowd in program history as 12,831 fans come to Tucker Stadium to see the Golden Eagles take on Cumberland University. November 9, 2013 – Tech earns its 200th win in the Ohio Valley Conference, topping Southeast Missouri 41-16. October 18, 2014 – Marty Jones intercepts a school-record four passes in a 39-31 victory over Eastern Kentucky. December 2, 2015 -- Watson Brown retires as the head coach at Tech, ending a 43-year career, including nine seasons at the helm of the Golden Eagle program, as well as stops at Vanderbilt, Cincinnati, Rice, UAB and Austin Peay.
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MARTY JONES January 4, 2016 – Marcus Satterfield is hired as the new head coach of the Tech football team after a successful run as the offensive coordinator at Temple. Satterfield leads the team to a 5-6 record, 5-3 in the OVC in his first season. September 17, 2016 – Dontez Byrd returns a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, tying Dickie Fulton for the longest scoring play in Tech history. November 5, 2016 – Tennessee Tech plays in front of its largest audience in program history as the Golden Eagles
MARCUS SATTERFIELD travel to Knoxville to take on Tennessee. The Volunteers defeat the Golden Eagles 55-0 in front of 98,343 fans in Neyland Stadium. November 12, 2016 – Sophomore Nick Madonia makes the longest field goal in program history as he hits a 57-yarder in a 44-16 win at Tennessee State. Madonia goes on to hit the next two longest as well, hitting a 54-yarder at Utah State and a 53-yarder at Jacksonville State, both in the 2018 season. Ryan Weeks (1989) and Murray Cunningham (1974) previously held the record at 53.
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2016 – For the first time in the trophy’s history, there is a three-way tie for the Sergeant York Trophy as Tennessee State, Tech and UT Martin all post 2-1 records in the round-robin. The Skyhawks, as the defending champion, receive the trophy by tiebreaker. 2016 – Senior transfer quarterback Michael Birdsong throws for a single-season record 2,577 yards, becoming the seventh Tech quarterback to surpass 2,000 passing yards in a season. He also set the single-season total offense record with 2,803 yards. 2017 – Senior wide receiver Dontez Byrd breaks his own single-season records for receiving yardage and receptions as he catches 78 passes to become the first Golden Eagle receiver to go over 1,000 receiving yards in a single year with 1,003.
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2017 – Following a 1-10 season, 1-7 in the conference, Marcus Satterfield is relieved of his duties. December 23, 2017 – Former Golden Eagle player and assistant coach Dewayne Alexander becomes the current head coach of the Golden Eagle football team. January 17, 2018 -- Former Golden Eagle linebacker Barry Wilmore earns the NCAA’s highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Award. After his days at Tech, Wilmore became a combat pilot and astronaut, commanding space shuttle missions and spending time on the International Space Station. 2018 – A new Daktronics videoboard is added to Tucker Stadium. Measuring 81’ by 31’, the screen is, currently, the third largest on-campus videoboard in the Football Championship
NICK MADONIA Subdivision. 2018 – The Alexander era begins with a rebuilding project on the team. The Golden Eagles go 1-10, 1-7 in the conference for the second straight year, but Alexander gets his first win as a head coach on Homecoming as Tech beats Murray State 27-24. 2018 – Quarterback Bailey Fisher is named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and was a finalist for the STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award, the freshman of the year award in the subdivision.
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The stadium and field used in this bowl was also the same used in the Adam Sandler film, “The Waterboy.”
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First quarter 3:08 | THE CITADEL | Bill Allen 6-yd touchdown reception from Jerry Nettles (Bill Gilgo kick good) Third quarter 13:56 | THE CITADEL | Tommy Edwards 56-yard touchdown run (Gilgo kick blocked) 7:20 | THE CITADEL | Gilgo 16-yard touchdown reception from Nettles (Gilgo kick good) Fourth quarter 7:33 | THE CITADEL | Sid Mitchell 1-yard run (Gilgo kick good)
This bowl remained the Tangerine Bowl until 1983 when it became the Florida Citrus Bowl. It was renamed the Capital One Bowl in 2003, then returned to the Citrus Bowl name in 2015.
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1972 GRANTLAND RICE BOWL
1972 UPI Coaches Poll -- Nov. 22 (Final poll) 1. Delaware (10-0) 2. Louisiana Tech (11-0) 3. Cal Poly (8-0-1) 4. South Dakota (9-1) 5. Tennessee State (9-1) 6. North Dakota (9-1) 7. Ashland (11-0) 8. Tennessee Tech (10-1) 9. Grambling (8-2) 10. Carson-Newman (9-1) 11. Bridgeport (10-0) 12. Livingston State (8-1-1) 13. Drake (7-3) 14. Idaho State (7-3) 15. Northwestern State (8-2) 16. North Carolina Central (9-1) 17. East Texas State (8-2) 18. Missouri Southern State (10-0) 19. Western Carolina (7-2-1) 20. McNeese State (8-2)
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First quarter 2:00 | LOUISIANA TECH | Eric Johnson 24-yard touchdown reception from Denny Duron (Danny Norris kick good) Second quarter 8:30 | LOUISIANA TECH | Joe McNeely 31-yard interception return (Norris kick good) 3:44 | LOUISIANA TECH | Glen Berteau 2-yard touchdown run (Norris kick good) 2:01 | LOUISIANA TECH | Roger Carr 29-yard touchdown reception from Duron (Norris kick good) Third quarter 11:16 | LOUISIANA TECH | Berteau 21-yard touchdown run (Norris kick good)
According to the Associated Press recap, this game was one of four NCAA college division regional championship games.
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TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL ALL-TIME ROSTER NOTE: This list is a work-in-progress. If there are additions or corrections, please contact the Tennessee Tech Sports Information Office and contacts Thomas Corhern (tcorhern@tntech.edu) or Mike Lehman (mlehman@tntech.edu).
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Felix Abel - 1939, 40, 41 Cy Ables - 2010, 11, 12 Bob Abney - 1966 Harry Abofs - 1968, 69 Chris Abrams - 2000, 01, 02, 03 Blake Adams - 2010, 11, 12, 13 Dink Adams - 1959 Jordan Adams - 2009, 10, 11, 12 Slade Adams - 2008, 09, 10, 11, 12 LaRue Adcox - 1959, 60 Dami Adekunjo - 2016, 17, 18 Kunle Adewole - ‘01, ‘03 Travis Adkins - 2008, 09, 10, 11 Raymond Agee - ‘42 Steve Ailey - ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Anthony Akers - 2015, 16, 17, 18 James Akers - ‘97, ‘98 Danny Albert - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75 Blake Alberts - 2017, 18 Alex Alcorn - 2016 Tommy Alderson - ‘66, ‘67 Alfonzo Alexander - ‘87, ‘89, ‘90 Dewayne Alexander - ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 Hayden Alexander- ‘14 James Alexander - ‘45 Andrew Alford - ‘00, ‘01 Gene Alford - ‘39, ‘40, ‘41, ‘42 Aveory Allen - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93 Colin Allen - ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Doug Allen - ‘72 Eric Allen - ‘98, 99, ‘00, ‘01 Keenan Allen - ‘87, ‘88 Kenneth Allen - ‘81 Kraig Allen - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83, ‘84 Leonard “Sonny” Allen - ‘51, ‘52, ‘53, ‘54 Emilio Almendarez - ‘14 Miguel Almendarez - ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92 Schafer Almoyan - 2018 Dewey Alverson - ‘54, ‘55, ‘56 Cedric Anderson - ‘84, ‘85, ‘86 Chris Anderson - ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 James Anderson- ‘75, ‘76 Johnnie Anderson- ‘14, ‘15 Paul Anderson - ‘51, ‘52, ‘53, ‘54 Sam Anderson - ‘71, ‘72 Silias Anderson - ‘49 Tim Anderson - ‘90, ‘91 Wayne Anderson - ‘77, ‘78, ‘79, ‘80 Scott Anderton - ‘94, ‘95 Radir Anoor - 2011, 12, 13, 14, 15 John Apple - ‘57 Jerry Archibald - ‘70, ‘71 Chris Ariks - ‘05 Oscar Armstrong - ‘45 Eddie Arnell - ‘94, ‘95, ‘97, ‘98 Arney - ‘39, ‘40 John Arnold- ‘14, ‘15 Anthony Ash - ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Mac Ashburn - ‘50 Tony Ashburn - ‘70, ‘71, ‘72 David Ashley - ‘72 Taylor Askew - ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09 Ralph Askins - ‘51 Tim Atcher - ‘06
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Bruce Atwood - ‘72, ‘73 Larry Austin - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘74 Kelly Averitt - ‘84, ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 Manny Avina - 2017, 18 Jeff Axel - ‘71, ‘72
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Ally Baggett - ‘57, ‘58, ‘59 James Baggett - ‘40, ‘45 Joey Bailey- ‘03, ‘04 Kyle Bailey- ‘14 Dontrell Baines - ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Colton Baker- ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘06 Dominick Baker - 2009, 10, 11 James Allan Baker - ‘79 Michael Baker - 2010, 11, 12 Keith Baldwin - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94 Johnny Ballard - ‘47, ‘48, ‘49, ‘50 Jason Ballard - ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 Ricky Ballard - 2016 Jim Ballinger - ‘64 Frankie Bankhead - ‘87, ‘88 Trey Barber - ‘92, ‘93 Terry Barbour - ‘73 Raymond Barger - ‘52, ‘53 Ron Barfield - ‘92, ‘93, ‘94 Matthew Barker - 2010, 11 Jon Barksdale - ‘85, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88 Mike Barnard - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98 Brandon Barnes - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 Cass Barnes - ‘07, ‘08. ‘09. ‘10 Nadir Barnwell - 2017 Tershaard Barr - ‘01 Jimmy Barrick - ‘45 Richard E. Barron - ‘66 Craig Basile - ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Billy Bates - ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Shane Bates - ‘08 Steve Bates - ‘72 Jim Battcher - ‘89 Greg Bauer - ‘76, ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Billy Baxter - ‘55, ‘56 David Baxter - ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 Reggie Bazel - ‘79, ‘80, ‘81, ‘82 Mike Beal - ‘84 Randy Beaman - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93 Ronquez Beech - ‘10 Hunter Beedle - 2009, 10, 11, 12 Carl Beidler - ‘61, ‘62 Colton Belew- 2012, 13, 14, 15 Eric Belew - 2012, 13 Joshua Belhu - 2013, 14 Bob Bell - ‘69, ‘70 Clarence Belvins - ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 Tim Benford - 2008, 09, 10, 11 Rias Bennett - ‘87 Larry Benson - ‘71 Gerald Bentley - ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Jerry Benton - ‘57 Matt Berger - ‘91 Kyle Berglund - ‘05, ‘06 David Bernard - ‘65 Benjamin Berry - ‘47 Mark Berry - ‘82, ‘83 David Berryhill - ‘67, ‘68, ‘69, ‘70
Robert Bierbaum - ‘72 Benton S. Bilbrey - ‘40, ‘41, ‘42 Grant Billen - ‘96, ‘97, ‘99 Chas Billings - ‘39, ‘40, ‘41, ‘42, Charles Billings- ‘46, ‘47 Byron Billingsley - ‘96 Hugh Billingsley - ‘46, ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Colton Billups - ‘09 Michael Birdsong - 2016 Jim Bishop - ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Joey Bishop - ‘98, 99, ‘00, ‘01 Charles Black - ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 Jimmy Blair - ‘09 Billy Blaylock - ‘79, ‘80, ‘81, ‘82 D.J. Bleisath - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 Clarence Blevins - ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 John Bobo - ‘66, ‘67 Riley Bodine - 2018 Jim Bodron - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83, ‘84 Don Boley - ‘49, ‘50, ‘51 Hollis Bolin - ?67, ‘68, ‘69 Trenard Bonapart - ‘01 Ronald Bond - ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘81 Willis Bond - ‘95, ‘96 Jay Bonds - ‘71, ‘72 Oscar Bonds - ‘00, ‘01 Gevar Bonham - ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Trey Bonner- ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 Bob Borkowski - ‘61, ‘62, ‘63, ‘64 Jon Borum - ‘01, ‘02 Justin Borum- ‘01, ‘02, 03’, ‘04 Brady Bose - 2015, 16 Travis Boulware - ‘80, ‘81 John Bowen - ‘55 Michael Bowen - ‘97 Steven Bowen - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘95 Wendell Bowler - ‘83, ‘84 Jerry Boyd - ‘89, ‘90, ‘91 Quintavious Boyd - 2016, 17, 18 Bill Boyette - ‘51 Nathan Brackett - ‘01 Jason Bradford - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01 Bill Branch - ‘50 Brandon - ‘39 Carl Brandt - ‘45 Robert Brannen - ‘55, ‘56 Michael Branner - ‘04 David Braun- ‘79, ‘80, ‘81 Billie Bray - ‘71, ‘72 Tony Breland - ‘72 Harold Brewer - ‘42, ‘47, ‘48 Clint Brewster - ‘09, ‘10 Dennie Brewster - ‘65 Rex Bridgeforth - ‘79, ‘80, ‘81, ‘82 Bridges - ‘39, ‘40 Bob Britton -’76, ‘77, ‘78 Dave Britton - ‘77 Steve Britton - ‘77, ‘78 Stephen Britton - ‘04, ‘05 Jimmy Brock - ‘76, ‘77, ‘78 John Bronson- ‘15 Robert Hill Bronson - 2013, 14, 15 Thomas Bronson - 2016 Doug Brooks - ‘71 Matt Brooks - ‘74, ‘75
Sam Brooks - ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 Walter Brooks - ‘45 Ray Brophy - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘74 Barrett Brown - 2018 Colby Brown - 2015, 16 DaJuan Brown - 2009, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Dallas Brown - ‘39, ‘40, ‘41 Daniel Brown - ‘06 Doug Brown - ‘67, ‘68, ‘69, ‘70 Grady Brown - ‘66, ‘67, ‘68, ‘69 Greg Brown - ‘67 Greg Brown - ‘96, ‘97 Jameal Brown - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01 John Howard Brown - ‘45 Lance Brown - ‘88 Mal Brown - ‘69 Matt Brown - 2010, 11, 12 Melvin Brown - ‘42 Mike Brown - ‘73 Mike Brown - ‘80, ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Mike Brown - ‘85, ‘87 Rick Brown - ‘87 Steve Brown - ‘81 Steven Brown - ‘07 Bert Browne - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 Adam Browner - 2017, 18 Ed Browning - ‘56, ‘57 Jim Broyles - ‘62, ‘63, ‘64, ‘65 Kenneth Broyles - ‘50, ‘51, ‘52, ‘53 Ralph Broyles - ‘59, ‘60 Chad Brummitt - ‘91, ‘92 Greg Brummitt - ‘81 Mark Bruno - ‘73 Jeff Bryant - ‘94, ‘95 Kent Buckley - ‘69, ‘70 Mike Buekle - ‘73 Steven Buffington - ‘08 Tony Buhl - ‘88 Joey Burke - ‘81 Trey Burks- 2013, 14, 15 Ed Burns - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, ‘76 Jeff Burns - ‘89 James Burse - ‘75, ‘77, ‘78 Michael Burton- ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Craig Busby - ‘68 Adrian Bush - ‘53 Nathan Bush - 2010, 11, 12, 13 Stephen Bush - 2011, 12, 13, 14, 15 Zach Bush - 2012 Hugh Bussell - ‘46, ‘48 Joey Butcher - ‘67 Bethel Butler - ‘41, ‘42 Ralph Cortez Butler - ‘45, ‘46, ‘47, ‘48 Scott Butler - ‘93, ‘94 Jacob Buttram - 2015, 16 Clarence Buttrey - ‘42, ‘45, ‘46, ‘47 Allen Byrd - ‘70, ‘71, ‘72 Dontez Byrd - 2016, 17
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Andre Caballero - ‘96, ‘97 Norman Cage - ‘72 Bill Cagle - ‘58 Jackie Cagle - ‘56 Mike Cain - 2013, 14, 15, 16, 17
Doug Caldwell - ‘55, ‘56, ‘57 Larry Caliste - ‘89, ‘90, ‘91 Rick Camp - ‘71 Wayne Camp - ‘54 Marc Campbell - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89 Nick Campbell - 2008, 09, 10, 11 Tommy Campbell - 2011 Ruben Canny - ‘56 Ed Cantrell - ‘84 Fred Cantrell - ‘51 Jerry Cantrell - ‘64, ‘65, ‘66 Frank Caputo - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75 Anthony Carano - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94 Manny Carballo - ‘78 L.D. Carden - ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Christian Cardwell - 2012 Alex Carling - 2016, 17, 18 Seth Carlisle - 2018 Peter Carlson - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01 Paul Carney - ‘45 Dennis Carr - ‘47, ‘48 Jim Carr - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83, ‘84 Jordan Carroll - 2013, 14 Hugh Carroll - ‘39, ‘41 Jared Carson- ‘82,’83 Antonio Carter - ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 Dorian Carter - 2014, 15, 16 K.J. Carter - 2012, 13 Tai Carter - 2018 Raymond Case - ‘46 Kevin Casler - ‘10 Tommy Cassell - ‘63, ‘64, ‘65, ‘66 Cole Cassidy - ‘08 Steve Cassidy - ‘86 William Casteel - ‘46, ‘47 Bill Castle - ‘65, ‘66, ‘67, ‘68 Matthew Catalina - ‘71 Alfred Cate - ‘54, ‘55, ‘56, ‘57, ‘58 Krys Cates - 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16 Logan Cavendar - 2012 Dennis Cebe - ‘57, ‘58, ‘59, ‘60 Corey Chamblin - ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98 Stanley Champion - ‘45 Dennis Chandler - ‘65, ‘66 Joel Chandler - ‘84, ‘86 Malvin Chapman - ‘51, ‘52 Rusty Chapman - ‘09 Lucien Charles - 2016, 17 Leroy Chatman - ‘78 Tony Chatman - ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘81 William Chatmon - 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16 Bradley Cheatham- ‘15 Mike Chmela - ‘79, ‘80, ‘81, ‘82 Phillip Christopher - ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 Matthew Christian - ‘98, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01 T.J. Christian - ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98 William Chummey - ‘45 John Chuy - ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Brandon Clabo - ‘94 Brad Clark - 2018 Eugene Clark - ‘41 Johnny Clark - ‘52, ‘53, ‘54, ‘55 Mike Clark - ‘69 John Clayton - ‘57, ‘58, ‘59 David Clem - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96
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Robert Dalton - 72, ‘73, ‘74 Jerry Daniels - ‘49, ‘52, ‘53, ‘54 Riley Darden - 2018 B.D. Darwin - ‘50 Jeff Daughtry - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83, ‘84 Jerry Daunt - ‘64
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John Davenport - ‘68 Jim Daves - ‘65, ‘66, ‘67 Alvin Davie - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Ben Davis - ‘09, ‘10 Bob Davis - ‘66 Brian Davis - ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Clay Davis - 2016, 17 Eugene Davis - ‘52, ‘53 Jared Davis - 2012, 13, 14, 15 John Davis - ‘60 Lamar Davis - ‘74 Mark Davis - ‘74, ‘75 Pete Davis - ‘39, ‘40, ‘41 Steve Davis - ‘76, ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Tommy Davis - ‘93 Willie Davis- ‘14, ‘15 Stepfon Davis-Boyd - 2012, 13 J.W. Day - ‘42, ‘46, ‘47 Phillip Dean - ‘95 Corey Deboe - 2015, 16 Thomas DeBow - ‘87, ‘88, ‘89 Hugh DeBroeque - ‘52 Mike Defino - ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘72 Rod Demps - ‘77, ‘78 Lewis Denney - ‘79, ‘80 Jerry Dennis - ‘69 Joe Dennis - 2017, 2018 Steve Dennison - ‘66, ‘67, ‘68, ‘69 Hugh Denny - ‘50, ‘51, ‘52, ‘53 Dennis Denton - ‘82 Mike Depew - ‘81 Mike DeRossett - ‘72, ‘73, ‘74, ‘75 John Derryberry - ‘45 Freddie Desroche - ‘90, ‘91 John Dethridge - ‘75, ‘76, ‘77, ‘78 Ken Dew - ‘76, ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Josh Dial- ‘02 Chris Dickerson - 2009, 10, 11, 12 Derrick Dickerson - ‘08 Dick Dickerson - ‘30, ‘31, ‘32, ‘33, ‘34 Corey Didier - ‘07, ‘08 Dan Diesel - ‘79, ‘80, ‘81 Bill Dillard - 2012, 13, 14, 15 Brett Dillard - 2012, 13, 14, 15 Steve Dillard - ‘65, ‘66, ‘67, ‘68 Dustin Dilehay - ‘07, 08, ‘09, ‘10 Herman Dixon - ‘52 Caleb Dockery- ‘15 Bob Dominick - ‘64, ‘65, ‘66, ‘67 Tom Donegan - ‘09, ‘10 Demario Donnell - 2012, 13, 14, 15 Jesse Dorsey - ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 Andy Dorsey - ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 Jim Dorsey - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73 Jarred Dorton - 2016, 17 Gerald Dossett - ‘86, ‘87 ‘88, ‘89 Dotson - ‘50 Myles Douglas - 2015, 16, 17 Richard Doutel - ‘47 Dan Dowds - ‘72 Frank Dowling - ‘61, ‘62, ‘63, ‘64 Doug Dozier - ‘81, ‘83 Maurice Draine - ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93 David Drake - ‘95 Norman Drake - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91 Bryan Draper - ‘63, ‘64, ‘65 Huland Draper - ‘39 Bill Driskill - ‘49 Ben Driver - ‘47, ‘49 Billy Drumwright - ‘47, ‘48, ‘49, ‘50 David Dulin - ‘67
W.C. Dunaway - ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Bryan Duncan - ‘96 Travis Dungee - ‘08 Travis Dunlap - ‘84, ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 Curtis Dunn - ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Mike Dunn - ‘89, ‘90 Bill Dupes - ‘49, ‘51, ‘52 Ron Durbin - 2011 Heath Dyer - 2010, 11, 12 Larry Dyer - ‘70 Pat Dyer - ‘73, ‘74 Ronnie Dyer - ‘77, ‘78, ‘79, ‘80
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Keith Earie - ‘70, ‘71 David Eble - ‘71 Ed Echols - ‘41, ‘42, ‘46, ‘47 Tony Eckler - ‘90, ‘91, ‘92 Kenneth Eddleman - ‘51, ‘52, ‘53 David Edgington - ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Fred Edgington - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89 Jacob Edgington- ‘15 John Edgington - ‘82, ‘83 Bob Edwards - ‘68 Don Edwards - ‘77, ‘78 Jeremiah Edwards - 2018 Marcus Edwards - 2009, 10, 11, 12 Senquay Eichelberger - 2013, 14, 15, 16 Clifford Eldridge - ‘41 Matt Eldridge - ‘82, ‘83, ‘84, ‘85 Kevin Elkins - ‘77, ‘78 Scott Eller - ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Greg Elliott - 2017 Robert Elliott - ‘54, ‘55 Allan Ellis - ‘69 Carl Ellis - ‘07 John Ellis - ‘39 Tony Elmore - ‘70 Wesley Elrod - ‘62 Raymond Emanuel- ‘64 Chris Englane - ‘04 Charles Engle - ‘69, ‘70 James Kelly Ensor - ‘46, ‘47 Don Ervin - ‘49, ‘50, ‘52 Dorian Eskridge - 2013, 14, 15 Jason Eskridge - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96 Norman Eskridge - ‘70 Foster Lee Esleck - ‘46, ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Durrand Estill - ‘74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 Dwight Evans - 08, 09, 10, 11 Jake Evans - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 JP Evans- ‘14, ‘15 Marc Evans - ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93 Steve Evans - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73 Terry Evans - ‘61, ‘62, ‘63 Chad Evitts - ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 Tom Ewing - ‘39
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Eriq Fadahunsi - 2016, 17, 18 Douglas Fagan - ‘45 Ronnie Fain - ‘72, ‘73, ‘74, ‘75 David Fair - ‘67, ‘68, ‘69, ‘71 Tom Fann- ‘50, ‘51, ‘52 Donnie Farley - ‘61, ‘62, ‘63 James Farley - ‘67 James Farmer -’90, ‘91 Justin Farrar - ‘97, ‘98 Rick Fawver - ‘83, ‘84 Shannon Fayne - 2016, 17, 18
Darrell Ferguson - ‘57 Roy Ferguson - ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Zollie Ferrell- ‘45 Oscar Few - ‘47, ‘48 Brandon Fields - ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 Ty Fields - ‘09, ‘10 Mike Findlay - ‘83, ‘84, ‘85 David Finley - ‘65 Floyd Fishel - ‘64 Bailey Fisher - 2018 Brendon Fisher - ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09 Brent Fisher - ‘83, ‘84, ‘85, ‘86 Bob Fitzpatrick - ‘70, ‘72 Eric Fitzpatrick - ‘00 John Fitzpatrick - ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘72 Al Flanner - ‘84, ‘85 Keith Flanigan - ‘14, ‘15 Jerry Flatt - ‘57, ‘58, ‘59 Wesley Flatt - ‘42, ‘45, ‘46 A.J. Flemister - 2015, 16, 17, 18 Taylor Fletcher - 2012 Tommy Florence - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, ‘76 Dan Fluker - ‘65 Kenneth Fluts - ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 Cody Forbes - 2010, 11, 12, 13 R.D. Ford - 2016, 17, 18 Scott Ford - ‘89, ‘90, ‘91 Tim Ford - ‘89, ?90, ‘91, ‘92 Cecil Fore - ‘75, ‘76, ‘77, ‘78 Terry Foriska - ‘73 Johnathan Forrest - ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Joel Forrester - 2015, 16 Ed Forth - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83, ‘84 Aaron Foster -’04 Edward Foster - ‘51 Jason Foster - ‘06 Josh Foster - ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 Kewon Foster - ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Shade Foster - 2016 Johnny Fowlkes - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, ‘76 L.A. Fox - ‘47 Wally Fox - ‘71 Tony Fragale - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 Bill Francis - ‘51 David Francis - ‘67, ‘68, ‘69, ‘70 Don Francisco- ‘50, ‘51, ‘52 Lynn Francisco- ‘49,’50, ‘51 Jim Franklin - ‘65, ‘66 Hayden Freels - 2013, 14, 15, 16 Charles Freeman- ‘52 Algin Frey - ‘57, ‘59 Don Frider - ?59 Donald Frost - ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 James Fughs - ‘63, ‘64 Jim Fuchs - ‘63 Beau Fullerton - ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 Tom Fullerton- ‘67 Dickie Fulton - ‘72 Kenneth Fults - ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 Tony Funfaro - ‘64 Lowell Furlow- ‘15
Bryson Garrett - 2018 Demetrous Garrett - 2009, 10, 11 Michael Gaston - ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Dontey Gay - 2008, 09, 10, 11 James Gaylor - ‘55, ‘56, ‘57 John Geiger - ‘45, ‘46, ‘47 Tom Gent- ‘65 Butch Gentry - ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘72 Edwin Gentry - ‘42, ‘46 Ken George- ‘61 Loftin Gerberding - ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 Dick Gerbert- ‘73 Lillard Gibb- ‘48, ‘49, ‘50 Jordan Giberti - 2016 Ken Gilstrap - ‘85, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88 Daniel Gipson - ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93 David Gist - 2018 Jale’n Gladney - 2017, 18 Jeff Glass - ‘89, ‘90 Glen Glover- ‘53 David Goff - ‘86, ‘87 Tra’Darius Goff - 2011, 12, 13, 14, 15 Julian Goins - ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 Bud Golden - 2012, 13 Amdrew Goldsmith - 2016, 17, 18 Tony Gomez - ‘00, ‘01 David Gooding - ‘76, ‘78, ‘79 Terry Goodloe - ‘85, ‘87 Nick Goodwin - ‘06 Brad Gordon - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, ‘76 Lloyd Gorence - ‘51 Bob Graham - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘74 Tracy Graham - ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 Troy Grant - ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 Kalib Graves - 2018 Sam Graves- ‘72 David Gray - ‘77, ‘78 Derrick Gray - ‘90, ‘91, ‘92 Sylvester Gregory - ‘83, ‘84 Eugene Green- ‘62 Jason Green - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89 Paul Green - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, ‘76 Howard Greenhowe - ‘71, ‘72 Steve Greer- ‘66, ‘67 Donald Grider - ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 Doug Griffin - ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘81 Frank Griffin - ‘48, ‘49 Howard Griffin - 08, 09, 10, 11, 12 Vince Griffin - ‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97 Hattin Grilliette - ‘92, ‘93 Chris Grimes - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Joseph Grimes - ‘08 Kyman Grindstaff- ‘51 Pete Grocery - ‘39, ‘40, ‘41 Elois Grooms - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘74 Garlan Grudger- ‘62 Ed Guers- ‘73 Johnny Guffey- ‘63 Ethan Guinn - 2017, 18 Charles Guthrie - ‘45 Jackson Guy - 2017, 18
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Stephen Gallagher- ‘02 Tom Gallagher - ‘73 Wes Gallagher - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 P.F. Galloway- ‘45 John Gambone- ‘68 Neil Gannaway - 2011, 12, 13, 14 David Garner- ‘73 J.B. Garner - ‘45
Tommy Hackler - ‘58, ‘59, ‘60 Bob Haile - ‘62, ‘63, ‘64 Fred Haile-’61 Willie Haile - ‘07 Marshall Hale - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91 Claude “Stud” Hall- ‘40, ‘41 John M. Hall- ‘46, ‘47 Maleek Hall - 2013, 14, 15, 16
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TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL Roger Hall- ‘68, ‘69 Steve Hall - ‘72, ‘73 Matt Hamby - 2012, 13, 14 Alonzo Hamilton - ‘90, ‘91 “Bone” Hamilton- ‘39 Greg Hamilton - ‘76, ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Larry Hammons - ‘74 James Hamner- ‘63 Joe Hamner - ‘63, ‘64, ‘65 Cedric Hampton - ‘82, ‘83, ‘84, ‘85 Brian Hamrick - ‘95 Larry Hamrick - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83, ‘84 Norman Hand - 2016, 17, 18 Robert Hargis - ‘58, ‘59, ‘60 Wendell Harkleroad- ‘60 Geral Harlan - ‘07, ‘08, 09, ‘10 Garry Harley - ‘70, ‘71, ‘72 Claude Harlow- ‘47 Kenyan Harper- ‘15 Tyler Harrell- ‘14, ‘15 Antonio Harris - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96 Brandon Harris- ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, 09 Chris Harris - 2013, 14, 15 DeShawn Harris -’09, ‘10 Josh Harris - ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98 Maurice Harris - ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Steve Harris - ‘92, ‘93 Will Harris- ‘71 William Harris - ‘04 Emory Harrison - ‘64, ‘65 James H. Harrison- ‘47 Jim Harrison- ‘48 Marcus Harrison - ‘97, ‘99 Tommy Harrison - ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Kyron Hart - 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16 Greg Hartsook- ‘66 Wardie Harvey- ‘42, ‘46, ‘47 Steve Hasch - ‘83, ‘84 Dellen Hash - 2013 Bill Hassell- ‘70 Alec Haston- ‘06 Rob Hatchett III - 2017 Bruce Hatfield - ‘84, ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 Don Hayes- ‘54, ‘55, ‘56 Howard Hayes- ‘45 Jermaine Hayes- ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Eddie Hayward - ‘83, ‘84, ‘85, ‘87 Bernie Head- ‘71 Carey Heard - ‘80, ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Lynn Hearn- ‘48, ‘49 Travis Hearn - ‘64 Matt Heinlen - ‘97 Darryl Heintzelman - ‘84, ‘86 Tony Heitzman - ‘57, ‘58, ‘60 Don J. Henderson- ‘46, ‘47, ‘48 Jay Henderson - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96 Mondreka Hendrix - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Jahi Henley - ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 Mike Hennigan - ‘71, ‘72 Taylor Hennigan - 2009, 10, 11, 12 Norman Herod - ‘56 Dan Herron - ‘50, ‘51 Jerry Herron - ‘89 Gary Herting- ‘69, ‘70 J.B. Hestand- ‘50, ‘51 Hickerson- ‘39, ‘40 Hickey- ‘39 Jud Hickey- ‘69 Ronald Hickman- ‘54, ‘55 Hickner- ‘56 Austin Hicks - 2015, 16 Jason Hiett - ‘90, ‘91, ‘92
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Charlie High - 2013 R.L. Highers- ‘46, ‘48 Darren Hill - ‘92, ‘93 Ernest Hill- ‘40, ‘41 Roger Hill- ‘69, ‘70 Vernon Hill- ‘63 Walter Hill - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 Justin Hiliard- ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 Martini Hilliard - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Bob Hines - ‘57 Rick Hinz - ‘82, ‘83, ‘84, ‘85 James Hird - ‘85, ‘87, ‘88 Alan Hire - ‘07, ‘08 Curtis Hissam - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89 Spencer Hissam - ‘89, ‘90 Manning Hitt - ‘62 Drew Hixon- ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Jerry Hnat- ‘55, ‘56 Nick Hodges - ‘02 Gerald Hogan- ‘45 Jamere Hogue - 2008, 09, 10, 11 Chris Hohl - ‘07, ‘08 Cornice Hoke - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, ‘76 Jordan Holbrook - ‘98, ‘99 Mitch Holcomb - ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘82 Chris Hollis- ‘02 Melvin Holland - 1939 Melvin Holland Jr. - 2018 Alan Holloman- ‘68 Bill Holloway- ‘65, ‘66 Gene Holloway - ‘63, ‘64, ‘65, ‘66 Robert Holloway- ‘51, ‘52, ‘53, ‘54 Samuel Holloway- ‘45 Roger Holman- ‘65 Chip Holmes - ‘88, ‘89 Sidney Holston - ‘87, ‘88 Bob Holt- ‘64 Charles Holt- ‘55 Chris Hooks - 2017 Nate Hooks - ‘83, ‘84, ‘85, ‘86 Jacob Hoot - ‘10 David Hooper - ‘75, ‘76, ‘77, ‘78 Charles Hopper- ‘42, ‘46 Rock Horne Donnel Horton - ‘01, ‘02 Donte Horton - 2017 Lance House - ‘74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 Mark Houser - ‘77 Jarrod Houston- ‘05, ‘06 Slater Howard - 2017, 18 Kip Hubbert - ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 David Hudson - ‘64, ‘65, ‘66, ‘67 John Ross Hudson- ‘05, ‘06 Seth Hudson - ‘07 Tremaine Hudson - 2008, 09, 10, 11, 12 Kurt Huff - 2017, 18 Albert Huffman- ‘42, ‘46 Kevin Huggins- ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 Larraine Huggins- ‘69, ‘70 Aaron Hughes - ‘99 Jerry Hughes - ‘66 James Huguely - 2010, 11, 12, 13, 14 Richard Hulette- ‘60 Bill Hull - ‘54, ‘55, ‘56, ‘57 Billy Hull - ‘64, ‘65 Jimmy Hull - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89 Ron Humphrey- ‘72 Cole Huner - 2018 Seth Huner - 2016, 17, 18 Greg Hunnicutt - ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, 03 Jeff Hunnicutt - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 Jerry Hunt - ‘55, ‘56
Hunter- ‘39, ‘40 George Hunter- ‘42, ‘46 Paul Hunter - ‘71, ‘72 Robert Hunter- ‘41 James Husky - ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Powell Hutcherson- ‘39 Hutcheson- ‘40 Gerrod Hutchins - ‘96 Hutchinson- ‘39 C. Hutson- ‘39, ‘41 Chuck Hynes - ‘64, ‘65, ‘66 Dan Hytry - ‘00, ‘01
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Darwin Imler- ‘73 Eddie Ingram - ‘65, ‘66, ‘67 Desmond Irvin - ‘97, ‘99, ‘00 Jim Irvin- ‘55 Jimmy Isom - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88 Justin Ivory - 2012, 13, 14, 15
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Joe Jachimowicz - ‘72, ‘73, ‘75, ‘76 Brian Jackson - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘00 Cooper Jackson - 2014, 15, 16 Daniel Jackson - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Dimetre Jackson - ‘04 Guy Jackson- ‘41, ‘42, 46 John Jackson - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Jordan Jackson - 2015, 16, 17 Kevin Jackson - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94 Jeff Jacoby - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, ‘76 Dick Jacquet- ‘58, ‘59, ‘60 Anthony James- ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Billy James- ‘58, ‘59, ‘60 Carlos James - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91 Broderick Jamison - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Brian Janeway - ‘91 Joe Mac Jaquess - ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 Jerry Jared - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 Walter Jared- ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 James Gordon Jarrell- ‘46, ‘47, ‘48 Dez Jarman- ‘14 Steve Jellicorse - ‘75, ‘76 Mike Jenne - ‘86 Johnny Jenkins- ‘61 Marty Jenkins - ‘71 Milt Jenkins - ‘76, ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 H.C. Jennings- ‘39, ‘450, ‘41 Steve Jewell - ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 Bob Jicks - ‘85, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88 Larry Jinright - ‘64 Ty Jobe - 2014, 15, 16 Andy Johnson - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 Brian Johnson - ‘91, ‘92 Demario Johnson - ‘01 Di’Andre Johnson - 2018 Edgar Johnson- ‘46, ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 French Johnson- ‘45, ‘46, ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Lewis Johnson- ‘58 John Paul Johnson- ‘55 Jordan Johnson - 2009, 10, 11, 12, 13 Nate Johnson- ‘06 Newt Johnson - ‘50, ‘51, ‘52, ‘53 Ron Johnson- ‘05, ‘06 Terry Johnson - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘74 Will Johnson - 2010, 11, 12 Wrather Johnson - ‘36, ‘37, ‘38 Ben Jones - ‘04 Bobby Jones- ‘51, ‘52
Bobby Jones- ‘68 John Jones - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 Harmon Jones- ‘54, ‘55 Hugh Jones- ‘50, ‘51, ‘52, ‘53 Lyman Jones - ‘60, ‘61 Malcolm Jones - ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 Marty Jones - 2009, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Mike Jones - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94 Roy Jones- ‘70 Thomas Jones- ‘45 Tommy Jones- ‘51, ‘52, ‘54 Tony Jones - ‘04, ‘05 Willie Jones - ‘80, ‘81 Mike Jonson- ‘70 Jack Josey - ‘78, ‘79 Ron Jurek - ‘85, ‘86, ‘87
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Al Kale- ‘02, ‘03 Tommy Kang - ‘80 Mike Karaffa- ‘73 Eric Kareem - 2017, 18 Danny Kava - ‘05, ‘06 Claude Keisling- ‘40, ‘41 Leonard Keith- ‘68 Jack Kelley - ‘80, ‘81,’ 82, ‘83 Nick Kelly - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Ryan Kelly - ‘95, ‘96 Chad Kennedy - ‘04 Ricky Kenney - ‘74 Matthew Kenty - 2017 Mike Keough - ‘78 Temple Kessinger- ‘66 Jarrett Key - 2018 James Kidd- ‘51, ‘52, ‘53, ‘54 James Kidwell- ‘45 Brian Kiepper - ‘81, ‘82, ‘84, ‘85 Paul Kilger- ‘70 Kyle Kilgore - ‘58 Tavin Kilpatrick - 2017, 18 Jerry King - 2009, 10, 11, 12, 13 Jonathan King - 2013, 14, 15 Robert Lee King- ‘39, ‘40, ‘41 Bob Kirby- ‘51, ‘52, ‘53 Orlandus Kirby - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 Dean Kirk- ‘54, ‘55 Tyran Kirkland - ‘98 Virgil Kirkland - ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98 Cameron Kirnes - ‘05 Jake Kiser - ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Brandon Kluener - ‘08 Xavier Knight- ‘15 Reggie Knighten - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 Eddie Knowles- ‘68 Chuck Koczwara - ‘70, ‘71 Trevor Kolb - 2017 Kevin Kolff - ‘86 Richie Koons - 2016, 17, 18 Justin Kraemer - ‘07, ‘08 Branson Kramm - 2017, 18 John Krzywiec - 1986 Ken Kudrey- ‘69, ‘70 Lewis Kuffuor- ‘02 George Kuklen- ‘45 Louis Kuykendall - ‘83 Perry Kyles- ‘02, ‘03, ‘04
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Ira Lacy - ‘93, ‘94 Bill LaFever- ‘51, ‘52, ‘53
Bruce Lamb - ‘89, ‘90 Tre Lamb - 2008, 09, 10, 11, 12 Colin Lambreth - ‘14 Jim Lancaster -’47, ‘48, ‘49, ‘50 Joe Lancaster - ‘47, ‘48, ‘49, ‘50 Ronnie Lane- ‘59 Sky Lane - 2017 Tory Lane - ‘98, ‘99 Dorell Lankford- ‘06 Wayne Larkin- ‘57, ‘59 Dickie Lassiter - ‘67, ‘68 Trae Latham - 2018 Jimmy Laughlin - 2012, 13, 14, 15 Charles Lawler- ‘58, ‘59 Allen Lawrence - ‘80, ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Johnny Lawson- ‘49 Johnny Layne- ‘49 Willam Leach - ‘55, ‘56,’57 W.C. Leath- ‘49 Jim Ledford - ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Mike Ledford - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘74 Wade Ledford - ‘81 Derek Lee - ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 Josh Lee - 2018 Lanier Lee - ‘14, ‘15 Earl Leech- ‘53, ‘54, ‘55, ‘56 William Leech- ‘49, ‘54, ‘55, ‘56 Dietrion Leftwich - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01 Matthew Leifheit - 2016 Happy Lempesis- ‘66, ‘67, ‘68 Jason Lennartz - ‘08, 09, ‘10 Barry Lenon - ‘09 Hubert Lester - ‘75 Doug Lewey - ‘67, ‘68 Marshall Lewey - ‘66, ‘67, ‘68 Chuck Lewis- ‘61, ‘62 Don Lewis- ‘54 Ladd Lewis- ‘69 Marc Lewis - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88 Randy Lewis - 2016, 17, 18 Robert Lewis- ‘45 Jake Libbey - ‘60, ‘61, ‘62 Steven Lillard - 2013, 14, 15 Jibrin Linge - 2012, 13, 14, 15 Dale Linkous- ‘75, ‘76 Joe Mac Lipscomb - ‘63, ‘64 Howard Locke - ‘54-55, ‘60 Murford Locke- ‘41 Toby Locke - ‘84 Ted Lockerby - ‘89, ?90, ‘91, ‘92 Mahlon Logan - ‘00, ‘01 Matt Lollar - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 Craig Long - ‘92, ‘93 Dale Long - ‘61, ‘62, ‘63, ‘64 Jerry Long - ‘63, ‘64, ‘65 Mike Long - ‘95 Steve Louderback- ‘68 D’Juan Love - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 Allan Lovelace - ‘90, ‘91 Dan Lovette - ‘93, ‘94 Fred Lowery - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91 Josh Lowery - ‘07, ‘08 Fletcher Luck- ‘45 Blake Luevano - ‘14, ‘15 Rick Lutz- ‘72 ‘73 Robert Lynn- ‘52, ‘53 Thomas Lynn - ‘73 Mike Lytle- ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96
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Paul Macolly- ‘69, ‘70
#WINGSUP
2019 MEDIA GUIDE Chris Madewell - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Nick Madonia - 2015, 16, 17, 18 Jon Mahan - ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Connor Maitland - 2011 Pat Malcom - ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Rob Malcom- ‘65 Cory Malone - 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16 Ted Malone - ‘88 Zach Malone - 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16 Mike Mancohi- ‘70 Richard Mann - ‘56, ‘57, ‘58 Jalen Manning- ‘14, ‘15 Robert (Bob) Mansolino - ‘76, ‘77 Don Marion- ‘47 Mike Marsh - ‘84 Mike Martel- ‘69 Bryce Martin - 2018 Drew Martin - 2018 Eric Martin - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 Keith Martin - ‘85, ‘87, ‘88 Kevin Martin - ‘86, ‘87 Matt Martin - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93 Matt Martin - 2012, 13, 14 Mike Martin- ‘68 Gene Masengale- ‘52 Brent Masingale - ‘98, ‘99 Gordon Mason - ‘57, ‘58, ‘60 Clifford Massa, Jr. - ‘46, ‘47 Jimmy Massa - ‘41, ‘42, ‘46 Winston Massengale - ‘87, ‘88 Andrew Mathis - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94 John Matlack - ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 John Matlock- ‘68, ‘71 Albert Matthews- ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Billy Matthews- ‘51 Cody Matthews - 2010, 11, 12, 13, 14 Jack Matthews- ‘51, ‘52 Ray Matthews- ‘48, ‘49 Termaine Maxwell - ‘04 Donald Mayberry- ‘45 Tim Maybin - ‘85, ‘86 Kelvin Maye - ‘88 Gary Mayes - ‘81, ‘82, ‘82, ‘84 Tommy Mayes - ‘89 Jack Mayfield- ‘49 Luke Maynard - 2018 Jimmy Maynord - ‘75, ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Greg Maysonet - ‘83, ‘84, ‘85 Jamie McBryar - ‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97 Tommie McBride - 2009, 10, 11, 12 DeMarius McBroom - 2018 Anthony McCaskill - ‘98, ‘99 Conner McChurch - ‘08 Marvin McClennon - ‘80, ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Creed McClure - ‘39 Matthew McClurg - 2017, 18 Mitchell McClurg - 2017, 18 Brannon McCoin - 2010, 11, 12 Brock McCoin - 2013, 14, 15 Deosha McColley - 2013, 14, ‘15 Reed McCollim - ‘71 Robert McCormick - ‘67 John Conrad McCrary - ‘04, ‘05 Bill McCreless - ‘56, ‘57 Dillard McCullough - ‘62, ‘63 Joe McCullough - ‘53 Ronnie McCurry - ‘58, ‘59, ‘60 Don McDaniel - ‘72, ‘73, ‘75, ‘76 Nick McDaniel- ‘55 Tommy McDaniel - ‘99, ‘00 Alvin McDermott - ‘01 Larry McDermott - ‘72
#WINGSUP
Tevin McDermott - 2012, 13, 14 Cordell Hull McDonald- ‘45, ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Cory McDonald - 2010, 11, 12, 13 Hunter McDonald- ‘15 Jeremy McDonald - ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Seth McDonald - 2009, 10, 11, 12, 13 Chris McElderry - 2014, 15, 16, 17, 18 Keith McFadden - ‘80, ‘81 Lannie McGehee - ‘67 Andrew McGraw - ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 Stanley McGraw - ‘97 Ralph McGuffey - ‘73 Wayne McHarge - ‘72 Jake McIntosh - 2008, 09, 10, 11 Dewayne McIntyre - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96 Jack McKee- ‘51-53 Santravius McKeever - ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98 Chris McKinley - ‘95, ‘96, ‘97 Chris McKinney - ‘00 Isaiah McKinney - 2013, 14, 15, 16 Rudolph McKinney- ‘71, ‘72 David McMahan- ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 Marcus McMeans - 2017, 18 Ralph McMillan - ‘58, ‘60, ‘61 Ron McNabb - ‘71 Trent McNaull - ‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97 Brent McNeal- ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Gerald McNee- ‘63 Bill McPherson - ‘65, ‘66, ‘67, ‘68 Gary McVicar - ‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97 Bob Meador - ‘48, ‘49 Scott Meadows - ‘83, ‘84, ‘85, ‘86 Ben Mebane - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 Craig Melton - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘03 Matt Mercy - ‘07, ‘08, 09, ‘10 Bernard Meredith - ‘45, ‘46, ‘47 Gary Meredith - ‘54 Manny Michel - ‘80, ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Lamar Mike - ‘74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 Corbin Miles- ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, 09, ‘10 Dedrick Miley- ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, 09, ‘10 Erik Miller - ‘86, ‘87 Gordon Miller- ‘52 Landon Miller - 2018 Mike Miller - ‘69 Sam Miller - ‘10 Brad Millice - ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘81 Jack Mills - ‘62 Millsaps - ‘50 Dustin Millsaps - ‘04 Arnee Milton - ‘84, ‘85 John Minchey- ‘39 Antonio Minor - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Ron Miranda- ‘73 Caleb Mitchell - 2008, 09, 10, 11, 12 Dudley Mitchell - ‘82, ‘83, ‘84 Erwin Mitchell- ‘51, ‘52, ‘53 Malcolm Mitchell - 2012, 13 David Mixon - ‘83, ‘84, ‘85, ‘86 Gary Moeller- ‘72, ‘73 Maurice Moffitt- ‘45 Tommy Moffitt - ‘82, ‘83, ‘84, ‘85 Darrius Mohn- ‘02, ‘03 Larry Monteen - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73 Tony Montiel - ‘92, ‘93 Aderick Moore - 2016, 17, 18 Brian Moore - ‘93, ‘94 Chris Moore - 2015, 16 Horace Moore- ‘48, ‘49 Jim Moore - ‘62, ‘63, ’64 Lamar Moore - 2010, 11, 12, 13 Sonny Moore - ‘70, ‘71
William Milton Moore- ‘46 Tate Moorer - ‘62, ‘63 Jeff Moran - ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Matt Moran - 2008, 09, 10, 11, 12 John Morehead - ‘55, ‘56, ‘57, ‘58 James Morgan- ‘39 Mike Morie- ‘75, ‘76 Howell Morris- ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Stewart Morris- ‘45 William Morris- ‘45 Toron Morton - 2016 Moses- ‘50 James Monroe Mosier- ‘46, ‘47 Charles Mouton - 2014, 15, 16 Ryan Muench - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Ray Mullican - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Thomas Mullican- ‘45 Joe Mulvihill - ‘67, ‘68, ‘69 Vern Muncy- ‘46, ‘47, ‘48 Randall Munn - ‘86 Lawrence G. Murphy- ‘46, ‘47 Montuka Murray - ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 Jon Myers - ‘97
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Shannon Nabors - ‘93, ‘94 Chip Nanney - ‘95, ‘96 Rodrick Napper - 2016, 17 B. Holmes Neal- ‘39 Bill Neale- ‘70 Alan Neely - ‘85, ‘86 Austin Nelson - ‘14, ‘15 Chandler Nelson - 2015, 16 Dennis Nelson - ‘81, ‘82 Jim Nelson - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96 William Nelson - ‘77 Mike Nestlebush- ‘73 Jimmie Newson - ‘57, ‘58, ‘59, ‘60 Bill Nichols- ‘60 Ryan Nichols - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Sherman Nolen - ‘00, ‘01 Edward Norman- ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Jeff Norman - ‘96, ‘97 Elliott Normand - 2013, 14, 15, 16, 17 James Normand - 2010, 11, 12, 13 Rob Norred - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Spencer Norrod - 2017 Frank North- ‘49, ‘50 James North- ‘53 Barry Norton- ‘49, ‘50, ‘52 Adam November - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Eddie Nunley - ‘72, ‘73, ‘74, ‘75 T.J. Nutter - ‘94
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Albert Oak- ‘64 Barry Oakley - ‘83, ‘84, ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 Mike O’Brien- ‘73 Andy Odom - ‘64, ‘65, ‘66, ‘67 Joe Oggs - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Shane Oggs - ‘93 Mark Ogletree - ‘76, ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Midoho Okpokowuruk - 2010, 11, 12, 13, 14 Sam Oldham - 2018 Dave Oliphant- ‘42 Daniel Oliver- ‘60 Eugene Oliver - ‘58, ‘59, ‘60 Jack Oliver- ‘56 Steve Olivera - ‘85
Dennis Olson- ‘52 Alden Olverson - 2008, 09, 10, 11 Bill Omar- ‘51, ‘52 Frank Omiyale- ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Trey Ondrus- ‘94 Kelechi Ordu- ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, 09, ‘10 Tim Ormond - ‘82 Johnny Orr - ‘88 John Osborne- ‘67 Morgan Otgilvie- ‘42 Byron Ottrix - ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Larry Overby- ‘55 Derek Outlaw - ‘07, ‘08 Skeet Owen - ‘80, ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Brent Owens - ‘00, ‘01 Charles Owens- ‘39 Thomas Owens- ‘42, ‘46
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Doug Page - 2010, 11, 12 Pete Page- ‘72 Thomas Page- ‘47 Tom Pajer- ‘70, ‘71 Keith Palmer - ‘82, ‘83, ‘84 Bill Palumbo- ‘62 Tony Panebianco - ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘81 Brian Pankey - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94 Aidan Panni - 2016, 17, 18 Felix Parham - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 Matt Park - ‘05 Earl Parks- ‘54, ‘55, ‘56 Terry Parks - ‘65, ‘66 Jerry Parns- ‘58, ‘59, ‘60 Charles Parris- ‘52, ‘53, ‘56 Jerry Parris - ‘59 Tyler Parsons- ‘02 Price Partrick - 2013, 14 Johnny Pasker- ‘46 David Passons- ‘54 James Passons- ‘53, ‘54 Don Patricca- ‘69 Jordan Patrick - 2013, 14, 15 David Patterson- ‘57 Hank Patterson- ‘70, ‘71 Marshall Patterson- ‘53, ‘54, ‘55, ‘56 Kip Patton - 2016 Marcus Patton - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96 Riley Patton - 2015, 16, 17, 18 Jonathan Paz - ‘08 Josh Paz- ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, 09 Pedro Paz - ‘56, ‘57, ‘58, ‘59 Berlin Peace - ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 Bruce Pearson - ‘72, ‘73 Charles Pearson- ‘50, ‘52, ‘53 Larry Pearson - ‘77, ‘78 Ralph Pearson- ‘47, ‘48 Ted Pearson- ‘50, ‘51, ‘53 Mike Peeples - ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 C.W. Pemberton- ‘49, ‘50 Mark Pemberton - ‘80, ‘81, ‘82 Tom Pemberton - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘74 Larry Pendergrass- ‘63 Michael Penix - ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Terry Penix- ‘73 Joshua Perez - ‘08, 09, ‘10 Gary Perdue - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, ‘76 Bill Perkins - ‘66, ‘67, ‘68, ‘69 Jerome Perkins - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93 Mike Perotti - ‘07 Abner Perry- ‘39 Brad Perry - ‘92, ‘93, ‘94
Bill Perry- ‘70, ‘71 Rasohn Perry - ‘04, ‘05 Trey Perry - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 Troy Petersen - ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93 Walt Peterson- ‘70 Dom Petrozello - ‘74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 Jamie Pettit - ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Michael Petty - ‘93, ‘94 Kent Pettyjohn - ‘79, ‘80, ‘81 Ira Phelps- ‘49 Don Phillips - ‘60, ‘61, ‘62 Frankie Phillips - ‘84, ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 Gene Phillips- ‘50 Ottis Phillips - ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘72 Ricky Phillips - ‘83, ‘84 Mike Phy- ‘73 Daniel Pierce - 2013 Tom Pirinoli - ‘00, ‘01 John Pickard - ‘83 Sam Lee Pickering- ‘46, ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Daniel Pierce- ‘14 Edward Pingston- ‘52 Mackell Pippen - 2017, 18 Randy Pippin - ‘83, ‘84 Ernest Pitt- ‘42 Marlon Placide - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89 Tony Plavich - ‘72, ‘73, ‘74, ‘75 Joshua Pleasant - 2012 Wade Plemons - 2012 Rick Plumbtree- ‘73 Lawrence Ponder- ‘59 Jimmy Poore - ‘75, ‘76 Patrick Pope - ‘85, ‘87 Josh Poplar - 2015, 16, 17, 18 Tommy Poston - ‘76 James Potter- ‘50 Bobby Potts- ‘51, ‘52 Calvin Joseph Powell- ‘46, ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Ken Powell - ‘01 Cory Powers - ‘09, ‘10 Mark Powers - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Clyde Preston- ‘45 Patrick Prewitt - 2012, 13, 14 Ken Price - ‘73 Russell Priest- ‘40 Billie Proffit- ‘42 Mark Proffitt - ‘83, ‘84 Pryor- ‘50 Brian Puckett - 2017, 18 Lynn Pugh- ‘52 Xavier Purdy - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Glen Puryear - ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92 Joe Puryear- ‘48 Tommy Pyle- ‘57
Q
Kelvin Quarles - ‘09 David Quay - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75 Russ Quay- ‘69 Shane Queen - ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93 Willie Queen - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94 Malcolm Quillen - ‘30, ‘31, ‘32, ‘33 Ted Quinn - ‘86, ‘88
R
Tony Racioppi - ‘98 Charles Rader- ‘47, ‘48 Butch Rader- ‘64 Brian Rager - ‘89, ‘90, ‘91 James Ragland- ‘41, ‘42
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TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL Jim Ragland - ‘61, ‘62, ‘63 Ray Ragone - ‘85, ‘86 James Rainey- ‘42 Virgil Rains- ‘49, ‘52, ‘53 Aidan Raines - 2018 Joe Raleigh - ‘65, ‘66, ‘67, ‘68 Mark Ralston - ‘82, ‘83, ‘84, ‘85 James Ramsey- ‘72 Darrell Randolph - ‘82 J.T Rankin - 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16 David Ransom- ‘51, ‘52, ‘53, ‘54 Don Rasch- ‘73 Dean Ratledge - ‘74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 Jim Raudebaugh - ‘63, ‘64, ‘65 Bethel Ray- ‘47 Kenneth Redmond- ‘46, ‘47 Ronnie Reece- ‘69 Reed- ‘50 Buster Reed- ‘47 Corey Reed - ‘07, ‘08 Gerald Reed - ‘07 Harrison Reed- ‘14 Preston Reed- ‘14, ‘15 Robert Reed- ‘46 Samuel Reed- ‘45, ‘46 Zach Reed - ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 Joe Mack Reeves- ‘53, ‘55, ‘56 Randall Reeves - 2010, 11, 12, 13, 14 Ron Reeves - ‘62, ‘63, ‘64, ‘65 Richard Regen- ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Chris Reid - ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Harrison Reid - 2012, 13 Hayden Rettig - 2017 Heath Rexroat - 2018 Gilbert Reynolds - ‘89 Matt Reynolds - ‘08 Mike Rhoades - 2017, 18 Phil Rice- ‘68, ‘69 Troy Rice - ‘85 Steven Rich - ‘08 Richards- ‘39 Tate Richardson - ‘07 Clark Richey - ‘86, ‘87 J. R. Richmond - 2007, 08, 09, 10, 11 Jimmy Ritten - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83, ‘84 Andy Rittenhouse - ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 Jessie Rivers- ‘02 Kyle Rivers- ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Lorenza Rivers - ‘85, ‘87 Matthew Rivers - ‘97, ‘98 Bill Roberson - ‘63, ‘64 Bob Roberson - ‘63, ‘64, ‘65 Casey Roberts - ‘97 Glenn Roberts - ‘76, ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Jon Roberts - ‘98 Kevin Roberts - ‘09 Anton Robertson- ‘50 Joe Robertson - 2014, 15, 16, 17 Antonio Robinson- ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09 Bill Robinson - ‘54, ‘55, ‘56, ‘57 Darryl Robinson- ‘73 Decarlos Robinson - ‘04 James Robinson - ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 Victor Robinson - ‘78 Kevin Robinson-White - 2013, 14, 15, 16 Clay Rochelle - ‘08 Fred Rockymore - ‘76, ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Roddna Rockymore - ‘76, ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Da’Rick Rogers - 2012 Jimmy Rogers- ‘57 Mike Rogers - ‘97, ‘98 Ralph Rogers- ‘73
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Travis Rogers - ‘00, ‘01 William Rogers- ‘45 Zane Rogers - ‘08 Lee Roley- ‘73 Greg Rolfes - ‘04, ‘05 Craig Rolle - ‘75, ‘76, ‘77, ‘78 Avery Rollins - 2012, 13, 14 Terrell Rollins - 2012, 13, 14, 15 Matt Rongey - ‘01 Phil Rose- ‘71 Steve Rose- ‘68 Scott Ross - ‘88 Terrence Ross - 2016 Jordan Riundtree- ‘14 Eric Rowe - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96 Bill Rucker- ‘52 Dante Rudolph- ‘15 Jay Rudwall - 2012, 13, 14, 15 John Ruff - ‘01, ‘02 Michael Rukavina- ‘40, ‘41 Ben Rusche- ‘51 Alvin Rushing- ‘40, ‘41 Rusty Rushing - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73 Dakota Rushing- ‘14, ‘15 Billy Russell- ‘60 Tracy Russell - ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94 Marcus Rush - ‘96 David Rust- ‘72, ‘75, ‘76 Greg Ruth - ‘74, ‘75 Charles Rutledge - 2013, 14, 15, 16, 17 Hollis Rutledge- ‘85, ‘86, ‘88 Sean Rutledge, ‘01 Taron Ryce- ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09
S
Jim Sabo- ‘63 David Sadler- ‘66 Jason Sadler - ‘98 Jerry Sadler - ‘77 Henry Sailes - ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 Zach Salada - 2010, 11 Andre Sale - 2016, 17 Salmon- ‘39 Jack Sandefur- ‘41 Jamie Sander - ‘95 Darren Sanders- ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Phil Sanders- ‘42 Ricky Sanders - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91 Sammy Sanders - ‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97 Bob Sarn - ‘63, ‘66, ‘67 Satterfield- ‘40 Paul Satterfield- ‘52, ‘53 Brent Sayles - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Don Scale- ‘65 Michael Scavo - 2018 Jim Schaeffer - ‘61, ‘62, ‘63 Scott Schirmer - ‘85, ‘87 Xavier Schlueter - 2016, 17, 18 Rudy Schmittou - ‘58, ‘60, ‘61 Tom Schmittou - ‘82 Larry Schreiber - ‘66, ‘67, ‘68, ‘69 Steve Schroder - ‘68 Mike Schryburt- ‘69 Ted Schwanger- ‘55, ‘56 Barry Schwartz- ‘69 Scott Schweitzer - ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 John Scoble - ‘74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 Terry Scoggins - ‘78 Coy Scott- ‘52 Derek Scott - ‘94 Eddie Scott- ‘51, ‘52, ‘53
H.T. Scott- ‘55, ‘56 Justin Scott - 2017, 18 Sammy Scott - ‘64, ‘65 Tedarrell Scott - ‘97, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01 O. J. Sealie - ‘03 Clyde Sears- ‘45 Ron Seay - ‘96 Tommy Seigler- ‘69 Charlie Seivers- ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 Cody Seivers - ‘08 Paul Selesky - ‘79, ‘80, ‘81, ‘82 Ramsey Sellers - ‘09 Buford Self- ‘69 Angelo Sembiante- ‘70 Carmen Sensky- ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 Kim Sevitts- ‘73 Glen Sexton - ‘62, ‘63, ‘65 Billy Shackelford - ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92 Jim Shaeffer- ‘60, ‘61, ‘62, ‘63 Yusuf Sharif - ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 Zach Sharp - 2011, 12, 13, 14 Adonis Sharpe - ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Kevin Sharpe -’86 Max Sharpe- ‘54 Harry Wayne Shaub- ‘45 Lane Shaver - ‘92 Tay Shealey - ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 Gil Shearon - ‘65, ‘67 Brandon Shelby - ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Derrick Shepherd - ‘91, ‘92 Shaun Sherrill- ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 Wesley Sherrill - 2010, 11, 12, 13 Tim Shipe - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Larry Shipp - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 Terry Shirley- ‘68 Myles J. Shower- ‘58, ‘59 Mark Shrum - ‘74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 W.J. Shumaker - ‘57, ‘58, ‘59 Burt Shurette - ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 Josh Sublett - ‘00 Shawn Sickler - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96 Ronnie Sidler - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 Robby Sidler - ‘99 Robby Sills - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 Stevand Sills - ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 Brad Simmons - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Davis Simmons - 2017 Reggie Simmons - ‘05, ‘06 Don Simonic- ‘55, ‘56 Mike Simonic- ‘77, ‘78, ‘79 Craig Simonton- ‘02 ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Brandon Simpson - ‘97, ‘98 Jimmy Sims- ‘60 Cam Singletary - 2018 James Singleton- ‘68 Antoni Sinkfield - ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 Gerald Sinkfield - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88 Roy Sinkovich - ‘62, ‘63, ‘64, ‘65 Matt Sitton- ‘04 Mike Skiera- ‘73 Mark Skiles - ‘97 Thomas Squires - ‘85, ‘87 Cade Smith - 2018 Calvin Smith - ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09 Christian Smith - 2017 Danny Smith- ‘69 Flavious Smith- ‘48, ‘49, ‘50, ‘51 Gavin Smith - ‘07 James Lowell Smith - ‘91 Jeffrey Smith - ‘05, ‘06 Jimmy Smith - ‘56, ‘57 Jordan Smith - 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16
Josh Smith - 2013, 14, ‘15 Kenny Smith- ‘68 Kevin Smith - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 Lowell Smith - ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 Lynn Smith - ‘65, ‘66, ‘67, ‘68 Maurice Smith - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Matthew Smith - 2010, 11, 12, 13 Matthew Smith - ‘14 Reggie Smith - ‘99, ‘00 Rubert Smith, Jr.- ‘45 Sam Smith - 79, 80, 81, 82 Donald Snyder - 84, 85 Matt Solima - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Nick Solomon - ‘98, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01 Rick Somerall- ‘65, ‘66 Josh Sons - ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Frank Sorrells - ‘65, ‘66 Steve Souder - ‘93 Paul Sowders - ‘71, ‘72 Daniel Spann - ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Conor Sparkman - 2012, 13, 14 Taylor Sparks - ‘08 Charles Spears - ‘54, ‘55, ‘56, ‘59 James Spears- ‘91 Lafayette Spears- ‘70 Adam Spence- ‘15 Spicer- ‘39 Thomas Squires - ‘85, ‘97 Darrius Stafford - 2015, 16, 17, 18 John Stafford - ‘82 Jim Stamps - ‘64, ‘65 Bill Starnes- ‘52, ‘53 Jason Staples - ‘98 Alan Stephens- ‘68, ‘69 Charlie Stevens - 2007, 08, 09, 10, 11 William Stevens - 2010, 11, 12 Marty Steward - ‘86, ‘87 Herman Stewart- ‘50 Mike Stewart - ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92 Steve Stewart- ‘73 Eddie Stice- ‘02, ‘03 Howard Stidham - ‘72, ‘73, ‘74, ‘75 Ryan St. John - 2007, 08, 09, 10, 11 Sage Stockton - 2014, 15, 16 Bill Stogner- ‘52, ‘53, ‘54, ‘55 Darian Stone - 2010, 11, 12, 13, 14 Demond Stone - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96 Gus Stone - ‘63, ‘64, ‘65 Joe Stone- ‘54, ‘55, ‘56 Marcus Stone-’02 Tony Stone - ‘56, ‘57, ‘58 Bill Stonecipher- ‘42 Billy Stover - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83, ?84 Ray Stribling - ‘58, ‘59 Butch Strickland - ‘71 Steve Strickland- ‘70, ‘71 Wesley Stripling - 2018 Robert Strunk- ‘49, ‘50, ‘51 L.C. Stubblefield- ‘40, ‘41 Chris Stubbs - ‘91 Jerime Studor - ‘07 Edward Stumph- ‘57 Tim Sturm - ‘82, ‘83 Lonnie Styles- ‘57 Curtis Suffridge- ‘70 Sulentic- ‘40 Andrew Sullivan - 2017 Deven Sullivan - 2014, 15, 16, 17, 18 Dylan Sullivan - 2013, 14 Ronnie Summey - ‘72, ‘73, ‘74, ‘75 Mark Sutherland- ‘72 Jim Swafford - ‘89
JoJo Swafford - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89 Bill Swaggerty- ‘68, ‘69, ‘70 Dale Swain- ‘63, ‘64, ‘65, ‘66, ‘67 Frank Swain- ‘42 Grant Swallows - ‘98, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01 Matt Swallows - ‘94 Adam Swayze - 2016, 18 Lee Sweeney- ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09 Andrew Swicegood - 2016, 17, 18 Bill Swift- ‘55 Keith Swift- ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 John Swords - ‘83, ‘85 Johnny Swords- ‘66 Josh Symonette - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99
T
Jim Tallman- ‘68 Austin Tallant - 2011, 12, 13, 14 John Tanner- ‘69, ‘70 Tim Tarte - ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Billy Tarver- ‘72, ‘73 Anthony Tate - ‘14 Ben Tatum - ‘81, ‘82 Bobby Taylor - ‘81, ‘82 Brad Taylor - ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98 Damyen Taylor - ‘90, ‘91 Danny Taylor- ‘67 Deon Taylor - ‘-01, ‘02, ‘03 Derrick Taylor - ‘92 Greg Taylor - ‘02 Jalen Taylor - 2012 Kendall Taylor - ‘81, ‘82 Marshall Taylor- ‘53, ‘54, ‘55 Peter Taylor - ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Robert Taylor - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96 Thurman Taylor - ‘77, ‘78 Wilson Taylor- ‘66 Ralph Teague- ‘62 Kel Tears - ‘97 Lillard Teasley - ‘82, ‘83 Gabe Teeple - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98 Parker Teeter - 2012, 13 Danny Templin - ‘80, ‘81, ‘82, ‘83 Gage Terry - 2013, 14, 15 Bill Tesno - ‘73, ‘74 Yeedee Thaenrat - 2016, 17 Byron Thatcher- ‘71 Theodore Thaxton- ‘46, ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Brandon Thomas - 2016, 17 Gerald Thomas - ‘66 Jim Thomas - ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘72 Marrio Thomas - ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92 Ray Thomas - ‘57, ‘58, ‘59, ‘60 Anton Thomison - ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 Ben Thompson - ‘67, ‘68 Brad Thompson- ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08 Brian Thompson - 2018 George Thompson - ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92 Jamaal Thompson - 2018 Lewis Thompson- ‘49 Mackenan Thompson - 2018 Randy Thompson- ‘73 Trent Thompson - 2013, 14 Trey Thompson - 2013, 14, 15 Willie Thompson - ‘82, ‘83, ‘84, ‘85 Mike Thornton - ‘85, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88 Leon Tidwell - ‘60, ‘61, ‘62 Ryan Tighlman - 2010, 11, 12 John Edward Tigue- ‘42, ‘46 Gabe Tillman - ‘96 Jerome Tillman - ‘97, ‘98, ‘99
#WINGSUP
2019 MEDIA GUIDE Kevin Tillman - ‘77, ‘78 Tim Tinsley - ‘78 Wade Tippins - ‘82 Ikey Tobett- ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Phillipp Tolksdorf - 2017, 18 Bryson Tolley - 2017, 18 Richmond Tooley - 2008, 09, 10, 11 Gerald Tonmas- ‘66, ‘67 Kendrick Towles - 2008, 09, 10, 11, 12 John Trainor - ‘69, ‘70 David Treece - ‘91 Mark Trent - ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Scott Trent - ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 Patrick Trentham - ‘95, ‘96 Greg Triplett - ‘95, ‘96, ‘97 Brian Tucker - ‘96 Chris Tucker - 2017, 18 Johnny Tucker - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, 76 Riggs Tucker- ‘45, ‘46 Tommy Tucker - ‘72, ‘73 Wilburn Tucker- ‘40, ‘41, ‘42 Brad Turner - ‘94 Harley Turner- ‘71 Mike Turner - ‘73 Jerry Turner - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 Ronald Turner - ‘85 Tad Turner - ‘80, ‘81 Tommy Turner- ‘65 Wayne Turner-’65 Tim Turpin- ‘67 Bob Tuscano- ‘73
U
Taylor Uberti - 2017, 18 Taylor Underwood - 2015, 16, 17, 18 Jason Upton - ‘91 Adam Urbano - 2010, 11, 12 Chuck Usher - ‘84, ‘85
V
Tyler Vaden - ‘08 Jack Van Hooser- ‘51, ‘52, ‘53, ‘54 Tommy Van Tone - ‘64, ‘65 John Vanhorn- ‘45 Ladarius Vanlier - 2012, 13, 14, 15 Justin Vann - 2008, 09, 10, 11 John Varnell- ‘70, ‘71 Antoine Varner- ‘03 Branon Vaughn - ‘95, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 Brett Vavra - ‘01, ‘02. ‘03, ‘04 LaDarius Verge - 2009, 10, 11, 12 Ben Viaene - 2013, 14 McKenzie Viau - 2017, 18 Gabe Villarreal - ‘98, ‘99 Jerquin Vines - 2013 Mike Vise - ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 Robert Vise- ‘45, ‘46, ‘47 John Vukelick- ‘45
W
Jim Waddell - ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Mike Waddell - ‘76 Russ Waddell - ‘72, ‘73, ‘74, ‘75 Clint Wade - ‘77, ‘78, ‘79, ‘80 Bobby Waggoner - ‘66, ‘68 Donald Waggoner- ‘52 Jerry Waites- ‘69 Jackie Walker- ‘53 Jerry Walker- ‘62
#WINGSUP
Sherold Walker - ‘63, ‘64, ‘65, ‘66 Bryan Wall - ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 Mauricio Wallace - ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 Robert Walters- ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Walthall- ‘40 Logan Wannamaker- ‘15 Luke Ward - 2015, 16, 17, 18 Pete Warda - ‘88 Joe Ware - ‘74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 Gregg Warnack - ‘94 Will Warner - 2016, 17, 18 Buddy Warwick - ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Jack Warwick - ‘55, ‘56, ‘57 Jack Warwick - 2018 Jake Warwick - 2015, 16, 17, 18 Lonnie Warwick - 1962, 63 Toby Washinger - ‘81, ‘82, ‘83, ‘84 Brandon Waters- ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Del Waters- ‘63 Derrian Waters - ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, 09 Corey Watson - 2007, 08, 09, 10, 11 Dametris Watson - 2013, 14, 15 Max Watson- ‘57 Mark Wattenbarger - ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 Marlen Weaver - ‘84 Ronald Weaver - ‘79, ‘80, ‘81, ‘82 Jerry Webb - ‘61, ?62, ‘63, ‘64 John Webb - ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 Phillip Webb- ‘48, ‘49, ‘50 Stacy Webb - ‘67, ‘68 Woody Webb- ‘69 Cory Webber - 2011, 12, 13, 14 Terry Weber - ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Herbert Webster- ‘45, ‘46, ‘47, ‘48 Ryan Weeks - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89 Ryan Weeks - ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 Don Welch - ‘60, ‘61, ‘62 Daniel Wentzel - ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 Jim Werden- ‘69, ‘70 John Westmoreland- ‘69 Jim Whaley - ‘62, ‘63, ‘64, ‘65 Paul Whaley - ‘62, ‘63, ‘64 Kayson Wharton - ‘07, ‘08 Tommy Whitaker- ‘48, ‘49, ‘50, ‘51 Bob White - ‘60, ‘61, ‘62, ‘63 Danny White - ‘77, ‘78, ‘79, ‘80 Derek White- ‘03, ‘04, ‘06 Gill White - ‘84, ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 Kevin White - ‘82, ‘83, ‘84 Nick White - ‘10 Robert White- ‘60, ‘61, ‘62, ‘63 Willie White - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88 Ray Whited- ‘60, ‘61, ‘62 E.W. Whitfield- ‘45, ‘47, ‘48 Clarence Whitmore- ‘52 Joe Whitson - ‘54, ‘55, ‘57, ‘58 Will Whitson - 2017 John Wichelman - ‘65, ‘66 Rusty Wiggins- ‘69 Luther Wikle- ‘45 George Wilhelm - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, ‘76 Paul Wilhite - ‘90 Cederic Wilkerson - ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 Harry Wilkerson- ‘59, ‘60 D.J. Wilkes - 2016, 17, 18 Antonio Wilkins - ‘80, ‘81 Bryson Wilkins - 2016 Logan Wilks- ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Williams- ‘50 Aaron Williams - ‘05, ‘06 Curt Williams - ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Dustin Williams - ‘07
Jacques Williams - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 Jimmy Williams -’80, ‘81 Mark Williams - ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 Marshall Williams - ‘74, ‘75 Octavian Williams - 2017 Ralph Williams- ‘39 Storm Williams - 2016, 17, 18 Drew Williamson - 2018 Hunter Willis - 2017 Barry Wilmore - ‘82, ‘83, ‘84, ‘85 Randy Wilmore - ‘77 Silas Owens Wilshire- ‘46 Dennis Wilson- ‘69, ‘70 Deontay Wilson - 2015, 16, 17, 18 Don Wilson- ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Ethan Wilson - 2017 John Wilson- ‘54 Josh Wilson - ‘10 Robert Wilson- ‘83, ‘84 Steve Wilson - 2011, 12, 13, 14, 15 Travis Wilson - ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 S.O. Wiltshire- ‘47, ‘48, ‘49 Ron Windham - ‘67 Bruce Winningham - ‘81, ‘82, ‘84, ‘85 Chester Winningham- ‘61, ‘62 Dana Winningham - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘74 Jim Winslett - ‘71, ‘72, ‘73 Bubba Winter - ‘89, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93 Bill Wise- ‘55, ‘56 Brian Wolfe - ‘97, ‘98 Mike Wood - ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71 Byron Woods - ‘93 Geoffrey Woods - ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Jeremy Woods - ‘07, ‘08 Britton Woodall - 2013 Jim Woodall - ‘63 Dale Woodard - ‘68, ‘70 Danny Woodard - ‘66, ‘67 Luke Woodason - 2012, 13, 14 Jim Wordall- ‘63, ‘64 D.J. Worthy - 2017, 18 Larry Wray - ‘55, ‘56, ‘57 Adam Wright - ‘93, ‘94, ‘96 Carroll Wright - ‘58, ‘59 Dustin Wright - ‘07 Jerome Wright - 2017 Kenneth Wright - ‘55, ‘56, ‘57 Ron Wright - ‘86, ‘87, ‘88 Ryan Wright - ‘05 Terry Wright - ‘86, ‘87 Bryant Wyatt - ‘87, ‘88 Gary Wyatt- ‘63
John Zeigler - ‘70, ‘71, ‘72, ‘73 Art Zelaya - ‘73 Zach Ziegler - 2009, 10, 11, 12, 13 Clint Zierke - 2016, 17, 18 Chad Zinchini - 2012, 13, 14, 15 Bill Zulliger - ‘83, ‘84
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Nate Xanders - ‘05, ‘06
Y
Charles Yarn- ‘68 John Yokosuk - ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, ‘76 Tyler York - ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 Jamie Yost- ‘67 Glen Young- ‘52 Mark Young - ‘81 Jim Youngblood - ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘72
Z
Haidar Zaidan - 2016, 17, 18 Ed Zegarskie- ‘42, ‘46, ‘47 Mike Zeh - ‘81
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TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL
YEAR-BY-YEAR
1922 RECORD: 2-1-4 | COACH: LOYALL DUYCK X/X/1922 X/X/1922 X/X/1922 X/X/1922
Cumberland Bryson College Western Kentucky Bethel
T, 6-6 T, 7-7 L, 42-0 W, 25-13
X/X/1922 X/X/1922 X/X/1922
Milligan Bethel Ogden College
T, 0-0 T, 6-6 W, 26-0
1923 RECORD: 2-3-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1923 X/X/1923 X/X/1923
Livingston Academy King College Bryson College
W, 24-0 L, 75-0 L, 14-0
X/X/1923 X/X/1923 X/X/1923
Bethel Ogden College Sewanee Reserves
L, 12-7 T, 0-0 W, 14-0
1924 RECORD: 5-3-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1924 X/X/1924 X/X/1924 X/X/1924 X/X/1924
Livingston Academy Livingston Academy Castle Heights Cumberland Middle Tennessee
W, 32-0 W, 35-0 L, 20-0 L, 14-0 W, 6-0
X/X/1924 X/X/1924 X/X/1924 X/X/1924
Bethel Hiwassee Chattanooga Freshmen Ogden College
W, 22-7 W, 26-0 L, 14-0 T, 6-6
1925 RECORD: 3-2-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1925 X/X/1925 X/X/1925
Castle Heights Cumberland Middle Tennessee
W, 54-0 L, 51-0 T, 0-0
X/X/1925 X/X/1925 X/X/1925
Hiwassee Ogden College Gallatin
W, 39-2 W, 12-6 L, 0-14
1926 RECORD: 1-4-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1926 X/X/1926 X/X/1926
Sewanee UT Martin Cumberland
W, 9-7 L, 0-12 L, 0-19
X/X/1926 X/X/1926 X/X/1926
Tennessee Wesleyan Ogden College Castle Heights
L, 0-35 T, 0-0 L, 6-12
1927 RECORD: 2-5-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1927 X/X/1927 X/X/1927 X/X/1927
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Hiwassee Cumberland Castle Heights Georgia Normal
W, 12-0 L, 0-24 L, 0-9 W, 43-0
X/X/1927 X/X/1927 X/X/1927 X/X/1927
Tennessee Wesleyan Middle Tennessee Cumberland UT Martin
L, 0-19 L, 0-13 L, 0-13 T, 0-0
#WINGSUP
2019 MEDIA GUIDE
YEAR-BY-YEAR
1928 RECORD: 6-0-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1928 X/X/1928 X/X/1928 X/X/1928
Hiwassee Sue Bennett Cumberland Alabama Normal
T, 0-0 W, 68- 0 W, 24-7 W, 77-0
X/X/1928 X/X/1928 X/X/1928
Bethel Middle Tennessee UT Martin
W, 25-7 W, 25-12 W, 14-13
1929 RECORD: 3-3-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1929 X/X/1929 X/X/1929 X/X/1929
Sewanee Hiwassee Cumberland Sue Bennett
L, 0-46 W, 20-0 W, 26-6 W, 66-0
X/X/1929 X/X/1929 X/X/1929
Milligan Bethel Middle Tennessee
L, 0-13 L, 0-13 T, 13-13
1930 RECORD: 6-2-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL 9/27/1930 X/X/1930 X/X/1930 X/X/1930 X/X/1930
1931 X/X/1931 9/26/1931 X/X/1931 10/24/1931 X/X/1931
Sewanee Carson-Newman Hiwassee Bethel Lincoln Memorial
L, 0-14 W, 20-0 W, 65-0 L, 0-6 W, 57-0
X/X/1930 X/X/1930 X/X/1930 11/27/1930
Murray State Milligan East Tennessee Middle Tennessee
W, 26-6 W, 25-20 W, 19-0 T, 0-0
RECORD: 6-3 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL Murray State Sewanee Bethel West Tennessee UT Martin
W, 19-7 L, 7-24 W, 39-0 W, 13-0 W, 26-7
X/X/1931 X/X/1931 X/X/1931 11/26/1931
Carson-Newman Lincoln Memorial Vanderbilt Middle Tennessee
L, 7-20 W, 27-0 L, 0-6 W, 13-7
1932 RECORD: 4-0-3 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1932 X/X/1932 10/15/1932 10/22/1932
1933 10/7/1933 X/X/1933 X/X/1933 X/X/1933
#WINGSUP
Lambuth UT Martin West Tennessee Sewanee
W, 13-9 T, 0-0 W, 24-7 T, 0-0
X/X/1932 X/X/1932 11/24/1932
Union Murray State Middle Tennessee
W, 27-0 T, 0-0 W, 32-6
RECORD: 4-4 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL Western Kentucky Lambuth Arkansas A&M Union
L, 6-7 W, 39-0 W, 12-0 W, 14-7
11/4/1933 X/X/1933 11/18/1933 11/30/1933
Sewanee Murray State West Tennessee Middle Tennessee
L, 0-13 L, 6-9 L, 0-13 W, 6-0
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1934 RECORD: 3-5-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1934 X/X/1934 10/13/1934 X/X/1934 X/X/1934
Arkansas State Union Western Kentucky Murray State Hiwassee
W, 6-0 L, 0-19 L, 0-27 L, 7-40 W, 21-6
11/4/1934 X/X/1934 11/16/1934 11/29/1934
Sewanee Howard West Tennessee Middle Tennessee
L, 6-7 L, 0-27 T, 0-0 W, 12-0
1935 RECORD: 1-5-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1935 10/5/1935 10/11/1935 X/X/1935
Milligan Louisiana Tech Western Kentucky Murray State
W, 26-7 L, 0-44 L, 6-31 L, 0-13
11/2/1935 11/10/1935 11/28/1935
Sewanee Memphis State Middle Tennessee
L, 0-6 T, 0-0 L, 6-7
1936 RECORD: 2-5-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1936 10/3/1936 10/9/1936 10/27/1936
Alabama Teachers West Tennessee Western Kentucky Sewanee
W, 33-0 W, 25-0 L, 0-27 T, 0-0
X/X/1936 X/X/1936 X/X/1936 11/26/1936
Union Morehead State Murray State Middle Tennessee
L, 0-25 L, 0-14 L, 0-47 L, 6-7
1937 RECORD: 3-5-1 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1937 X/X/1937 X/X/1937 10/18/1937 10/22/1937
Eastern Kentucky Murray State Cumberland Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee
L, 0-6 L, 0-23 W, 15-0 L, 0-20 T, 13-13
10/30/1937 X/X/1937 11/12/1937 11/26/1937
Sewanee Morehead State West Tennessee Middle Tennessee
W, 9-6 L, 6-9 W, 14-13 L, 0-29
1938 RECORD: 6-3 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL 9/23/1938 X/X/1938 10/7/1938 10/15/1938 10/21/1938
Chattanooga Jacksonville State Middle Tennessee Western Kentucky West Tennessee
L, 6-27 W, 21-0 W, 7-0 W, 7-6 L, 13-26
10/29/1938 X/X/1938 X/X/1938 11/24/1938
Sewanee Cumberland Austin Peay Middle Tennessee
W, 7-6 L, 0-6 W, 28-0 W, 12-0
1939 RECORD: 6-3-1 (SIAA Co-Champions) | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL 9/23/1939 9/29/1939 X/X/1939 10/13/1939 10/21/1939
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Vanderbilt Chattanooga Xavier (Ohio) Western Kentucky Sewanee
T, 13-13 L, 0-20 L, 0-19 W, 10-0 L, 7-9
10/28/1939 X/X/1939 11/10/1939 X/X/1939 11/25/1939
West Tennessee Austin Peay Youngstown State Union Middle Tennessee
W, 15-0 W, 25-0 W, 7-6 W, 33-12 W, 20-3
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1940 RECORD: 2-6 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL 9/27/1940 10/4/1940 10/12/1940 10/19/1940
1941 9/26/1941 10/4/1941 X/X/1941 X/X/1941 X/X/1941
Chattanooga West Tennessee Sewanee Western Kentucky
L, 0-28 W, 16-13 L, 6-25 L, 0-6
10/26/1940 X/X/1940 11/16/1940 11/28/1940
Youngstown State Maryville College Vanderbilt Middle Tennessee
L, 13-28 W, 35-0 L, 0-21 L, 0-6
RECORD: 5-4 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL Chattanooga Vanderbilt Morris-Harvey Sewanee Murray State
L, 19-26 L, 0-42 W, 25-6 W, 14-0 W, 14-6
10/31/1941 11/7/1941 X/X/1941 11/24/1941
Youngstown State Western Kentucky Union Middle Tennessee
L, 0-14 W, 26-6 L, 7-14 W, 6-0
1942 RECORD: 3-4-2 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1942 9/26/1942 X/X/1942 X/X/1942 10/16/1942
Eastern Kentucky Vanderbilt Camp Forrest Morris-Harvey Chattanooga
L, 0-13 L, 0-52 W, 54-0 T, 0-0 L, 0-20
X/X/1942 11/7/1942 11/26/1942 X/X/1942
Murray State Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee Union
W, 19-6 T, 6-6 W, 25-6 L, 12-14
1943 RECORD: 1-5 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL 10/1/1943 10/18/1943 X/X/1943
Georgia Vanderbilt Milligan
L, 0-63 L, 0-30 L, 0-27
X/X/1943 X/X/1943 11/25/1943
Milligan Sewanee Vanderbilt
L, 7-18 W, 12-0 L, 7-47
1944 RECORD: 1-2 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1944 10/28/1944
Oak Ridge Vanderbilt
W, 52-6 L, 7-19
11/4/1944
Vanderbilt
L, 9-20
1945 RECORD: 1-8 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1945 9/29/1945 10/6/1945 X/X/1945 X/X/1945
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Eastern Kentucky Vanderbilt Chattanooga Murray State Camp Forrest
L, 12-14 L, 0-12 L, 7-20 L, 7-13 W, 62-0
X/X/1945 X/X/1945 X/X/1945 X/X/1945
Oak Ridge Milligan Eastern Kentucky Milligan
L, 6-12 L, 7-12 L, 0-32 L, 6-7
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1946 RECORD: 5-5 | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL X/X/1946 9/28/1946 10/4/1946 X/X/1946 X/X/1946
Eastern Kentucky @Vanderbilt @Chattanooga Cumberland @Eastern Kentucky
L, 0-13 L, 3-35 L, 6-37 W, 7-0 W, 20-7
X/X/1946 11/1/1946 X/X/1946 X/X/1946 11/28/1946
@Bradley Tech Western Kentucky @Georgetown (KY) @Murray State Middle Tennessee
L, 13-34 W, 20-7 W, 32-6 L, 13-20 W, 21-7
Murray State @Vanderbilt Florida State Georgetown (KY) @Middle Tennessee
L, 2-7 L, 0-68 W, 27-6 W, 33-6 L, 0-21
@Murray State @Maryville College Wofford @Union Middle Tennessee
L, 6-34 W, 21-0 L, 6-8 W, 35-0 W, 32-7
1947 RECORD: 4-7 | COACH: HOOPER EBLEN X/X/1947 9/26/1947 10/3/1947 10/11/1947 X/X/1947 10/25/1947
@Carson-Newman Maryville College @Chattanooga @Western Kentucky Cumberland @Tennessee
L, 7-18 W, 13-7 L, 0-12 L, 7-13 W, 42-0 L, 0-49
X/X/1947 11/8/1947 11/14/1947 11/22/1947 11/27/1947
1948 RECORD: 5-6 | COACH: HOOPER EBLEN 9/17/1948 9/25/1948 10/1/1948 10/8/1948 10/16/1948 10/23/1948
@Morehead State Carson-Newman @Chattanooga @Georgetown (KY) Morehead State @Tennessee
L, 7-19 W, 26-7 L, 7-18 L, 19-27 W, 19-6 L, 0-41
10/30/1948 11/5/1948 11/13/1948 11/19/1948 11/26/1948
1949 RECORD: 3-6/0-3 OVC | COACH: HOOPER EBLEN 9/24/1949 10/1/1949 10/8/1949 10/15/1949 10/22/1949
Murray State @Howard Georgetown (KY) @Morehead State @Tennessee
L, 7-26 W, 33-18 W, 39-6 L, 7-12 L, 6-36
10/29/1949 11/5/1949 11/12/1949 11/24/1949
Union Marshall @Wofford @Middle Tennessee
W, 34-0 L, 7-20 L, 7-26 L, 0-14
1950 RECORD: 4-7/1-5 OVC | COACH: STAR WOOD 9/16/1950 9/23/1950 9/30/1950 10/6/1950 10/13/1950 10/21/1950
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@Carson Newman @Murray State Howard Morehead State @Eastern Kentucky Union
W, 21-6 L, 0-6 W, 61-6 L, 16-20 L, 7-47 W, 41-12
10/28/1950 11/4/1950 11/11/1950 11/18/1950 11/30/1950
Western Kentucky @Marshall @Tennessee @Evansville Middle Tennessee
L, 0-21 L, 0-13 L, 14-48 W, 13-0 L, 7-27
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1951 RECORD: 5-5-1/3-3 OVC | COACH: STAR WOOD 9/15/1951 9/22/1951 9/29/1951 10/6/1951 10/13/1951 10/20/1951
@Kentucky Carson Newman Murray State @Morehead State Eastern Kentucky @Western Kentucky
L, 13-72 W, 42-6 L, 7-20 W, 17-14 L, 14-15 W, 14-7
10/27/1951 11/3/1951 11/10/1951 11/17/1951 11/22/1951
@Tennessee Marshall @East Tennessee Evansville @Middle Tennessee
L, 0-68 L, 13-20 W, 33-0 W, 38-13 T, 14-14
1952 OVC Champions: Front row: captain Tom Fann, alternate captain Ken Broyles. Second row: Bill Starnes, Hugh Denny, Donald Waggoner, Jerry Daniels, Jimmy Savage, Bobby Jones, Hugh Jones, Virgil Raines, Don Ervin, Jack McKee. Third row: Charles Parris, Bobby Holloway, Joe Collins, Bill Stogner, Bill Omar, Gene Massengale, Hugh DeBrogue, Coy Scott, Tommy Jones. Fourth row: Erwin Mitchell, Ken Eddleman, Bill Rucker, Lynn Pugh, Hugh Dixon, Ted Pearson, Ken Sircy, Newt Johnson, Ed Scott, James Kidd, Gene Davis. Fifth row: Charles Pearson, Malvin Chapman, Paul Anderson, Dennis Olson, Don Francisco, Gordon Miller, Paul Satterfield, Glen Young, Ronald Waggoner. Sixth row: Conrad Totty, Bob Kirby, Charles Freeman, Eddie Pingston, Bobby Potts, Jack Van Hooser, Robert Lynn, David Ransom, Jack Matthews, Leonard Allen.
1952 RECORD: 9-2/4-1 OVC (OVC Co-Champions) | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL 9/20/1952 9/27/1952 10/4/1952 10/11/1952 10/18/1952 10/25/1952
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Fort Campbell Murray State Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Arkansas State Western Kentucky
W, 27-0 W, 14-13 W, 30-6 W, 28-14 W, 21-13 W, 21-13
11/1/1952 Marshall 11/8/1952 East Tennessee 11/15/1952 Memphis State 11/27/1952 Middle Tennessee TANGERINE BOWL AT ORLANDO, FLA. 1/1/1953 East Texas State
W, 28-7 W, 21-13 W, 35-0 L, 7-19 L, 0-33
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1953 OVC Champions: Front row: co-captains Virgil Raines and Bill Starnes. Second row: Jack McKee, Eddie Scott, Erwin Mitchell, Hugh Jones, Don Francisco, Hugh Denny, Johnson, Ken Eddleman, Charles Pearson. Third row: James Kidd, Bob Kirby, Ted Pearson, Jerry Daniels, Raymond Barger, Paul Satterfield, Jack Van Hooser, Kenneth Broyles, David Ransom. Fourth row: Charles Parris, Bill Stogner, Jim Passons, Sonny Allen, Paul Anderson, Bobby Holloway, Corky Highsmith, Tommy Jones, Bill Davis. Fifth row: Jack Bowman, Marshall Taylor, Bobby North, Joe Mac Reeves, Johnny Clark, Bobby Lynn, Larry Bradford.
1953 RECORD: 7-4/5-0 OVC (OVC Champions) | COACH: PUTTY OVERALL 9/19/1953 9/26/1953 10/3/1953 10/10//1953 10/17/1953 10/24/1953
Florence State Murray State Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Memphis State Western Kentucky
W, 14-7 W, 9-0 W, 27-0 W, 7-0 L, 7-14 W, 34-21
10/31/1953 11/7/1953 11/14/1953 11/21/1953 11/26/1953
East Tennessee Miami (Ohio) Arkansas State Northeast Louisiana Middle Tennessee
L, 13-21 L, 4-6 L, 7-14 W, 42-20 W, 46-13
1954 RECORD: 4-4-2/1-3-1 OVC | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/18/1954 9/25/1954 10/2/1954 10/8/1954 10/16/1954
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Florence State Murray State Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Memphis State
L, 7-20 L, 12-19 W, 32-2 L, 7-14 T, 25-25
10/23/1954 10/30/1954 11/6/1954 11/13/1954 11/25/1954
Western Kentucky East Tennessee Austin Peay Arkansas State Middle Tennessee
L, 12-32 W, 21-7 W, 27-13 W, 47-0 T, 7-7
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1955 OVC Champions: Front row: Don Simonic, Bill Baxter, Jack Warwick, Robert Eliot, co-captain Dean Kirk, co-captain Joe Mac Reeves, Earl Parks, Billy Hull, Alfred Cate, Joe Whitson. Second row: Charles Holt, Howard Locke, James Gaylor, Charles Spears, Bill Stogner, Johnny Clark, Garmon Jones, Joe Stone, Doug Caldwell, Don Crutcher. Third row: Bill Wise, Bill Robinson, Earl Leach, Ted Schwanger, Kenneth Wright, William Leach, Marshall Patterson, Norman Herrod, Robert Brannen. Fourth row: Dewey Alverson, Ronald Hickman, Larry Wray, Marshall Taylor, Bill Swift, John Morehead, Jerrry Hunt.
1955 RECORD: 7-3/5-0 OVC (OVC Champions) | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/17/1955 9/24/1955 10/1/1955 10/8/1955 10/15/1955
Florence State Murray State @Morehead State Eastern Kentucky @Memphis State
W, 26-7 W, 20-7 W, 55-0 W, 13-7 L, 12-20
10/22/1955 10/291955 11/5/1955 11/12/1955 11/24/1955
@Western Kentucky @East Tennessee Austin Peay Arkansas State @Middle Tennessee
W, 19-7 L, 6-14 W, 37-7 L, 20-24 W, 55-14
1956 RECORD: 5-4-1/2-3 OVC | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/15/1956 9/22/1956 9/29/1956 10/6/1956 10/13/1956
@Florence State Memphis State @Morehead State @Austin Peay Western Kentucky
W, 20-6 T, 14-14 W, 26-19 W, 17--7 W, 39-26
10/20/1956 10/27/1956 11/3/1956 11/10/1956 11/22/1956
@Murray State East Tennessee @Eastern Kentucky @Arkansas State Middle Tennessee
L, 7-34 L, 13-20 L, 13-25 W, 26-6 L, 6-26
1957 RECORD: 6-4/4-1 OVC | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/21/1957 9/28/1957 10/5/1957 10/12/1957 10/19/1957
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Florence State @Youngstown State Morehead State @Memphis State @Western Kentucky
L, 0-20 W, 12-7 W, 14-6 L, 7-40 W, 34-14
10/26/1957 11/1/1957 11/9/1957 11/16/1957 11/28/1957
Murray State @Chattanooga Eastern Kentucky Arkansas State @Middle Tennessee
W, 26-14 L, 0-26 W, 34-14 W, 7-6 L, 0-22
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1958 OVC Champions: Front row: Don Grider, John Morehead, Ronnie McCurry, Max Davis, Tony Stone, Dick Mann, Lowell Smith, Eugene Oliver. Second row: Billy James, Dennis Cebe, W.J. Shumaker, Tony Heitzman, Robert Hargis, Kyle Kilgore, Lonnie Styles. Third row: Alcy Baggott, Louis Johnson, Jan Jeffers, Carl Thrasher, John Clayton, Jerry Flatt, Carroll Wright, Joe Mac Jacquess. Fourth row: Ed Browning, Jimmy Newsom, Alvin Frey, Ray Stribling, Charles Lawler, Tommy Hackler, Bob Hines, Buddy Parrish. Fifth row: Gordon Mason, Joe Whitson, Ray Thomas, Charles Black, Ralph McMillan, Jimmy Smith, Alfred Cate, Pedro Paz, Rudy Schmittou.
1958 RECORD: 7-3/5-1 OVC (OVC Co-Champions) | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/13/1958 9/27/1958 10/4/1958 10/11/1958 10/18/1958
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@Florida State Memphis State @Morehead State East Tennessee Western Kentucky
L, 7-22 L, 0-13 W, 22-7 L, 14-25 W, 7-3
10/25/1958 11/1/1958 11/7/1958 11/15/1958 11/27/1958
@Murray State Chattanooga @Eastern Kentucky @Florence State Middle Tennessee
W, 15-14 W, 13-12 W, 20-19 W, 20-14 W, 14-0
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1959 OVC Champions: Front row: Coach Wilburn Tucker, Ronnie McCurry, Alcy Baggott, John Clayton, Rudy Schmittou, Kyle Kilgore, W.J. Shumaker, Eugene Oliver, Robert Hargis. Second row: Coach Bill Dupes, Ronnie Lane, John Matlack, Jerry Flatt, Don Frider, Tony Heitzman, Ray Thomas, Clarence Blevins, Ken Fults. Third row: Coach Ray Drost, Jimmy Newsom, Charles Spears, Dick Jacquet, Charles Lawler, Lawrence Ponder, LaRue Adcox, Joe Mac Jacquess. Fourth row: Ralph McMillan, Gordon Mason, Tommy Hackler, Billy James, Bobby Carter, Myles Showers, Dave Baxter. Fifth row: Dennis Cebe, Alvin Frey, Ralph Broyles, Carroll Wright, Lowell Smith, Phillip Christopher, Lyman Jones. Sixth row: Coach Chuck Newman, Jerry Parris, Harry Wilkerson, Dink Adams, Wayne Larkin, Charles Black, Ray Stribling, Pedro Paz.
1959 RECORD: 6-2-2/5-0-1 OVC (OVC Co-Champions) | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/20/1959 9/27/1959 10/3/1959 10/10/1959 10/17/1959
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Florence State @Memphis State Morehead State @East Tennessee @Western Kentucky
T, 14-14 L, 3-14 W, 48-0 W, 19-7 W, 29-19
10/24/1959 10/30/1959 11/7/1959 11/14/1959 11/26/1959
Murray State @Chattanooga Eastern Kentucky Arkansas State @Middle Tennessee
W, 29-16 L, 3-6 W, 14-10 W, 16-6 T, 21-21
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1960 OVC Champions: Front row: Richard Hullette, Eugene Oliver, Tony Heitzman, Robert Hargis, Daniel Oliver, Billy Russell, Richard Jacquet, Harold Watson, LaRue Adcox, Harry Wilkerson, Tom Hackler, Gordon Mason. Second row: Jimmy Sims, Don Welch, Jimmy Newsom, Rudy Schmittou, John Matlack, Leon Tidwell, Howard Locke, Lowell Smith, Robert White, Clarence Blevins, Ronnie McCurry, Donald Grider, Kenneth Fults, Jake Libbey. Third row: Jackie Corbin, Joe Mac Jacquess, Thomas Beam, Ralph McMillan, Phillip Christopher, Charles Black, Dave Taylor, Ray Thomas, Don Phillips, Lyman Jones, Dave Baxter, Ralph Broyles, Don Williams, Eugene Fizer, Ray Whited.
1960 RECORD: 8-3/6-0 OVC (OVC Champions) | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/17/1960 9/24/1960 10/1/1960 10/8/1960 10/15/1960 10/22/1960
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Louisville Memphis State @Morehead State East Tennessee Western Kentucky @Murray State
W, 21-7 L, 6-37 W, 27-7 W, 21-7 W, 10-7 W, 14-12
10/29/1960 Chattanooga 11/5/1960 @Eastern Kentucky 11/12/1960 @Arkansas State 11/24/1960 Middle Tennessee TANGERINE BOWL AT ORLANDO, FLA. 12/30/1960 The Citadel
L, 6-20 W, 20-0 W, 17-6 W, 35-8 L, 0-27
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1961 OVC Champions: Front row: Jimmy Beasley, Bobby Haile, Donnie Farley, Richard Jacquet, Jim Collins, Dennis Cebe, Don Phillips, Phillip Christopher, Garlan Gudger, John Matlack. Second row: Johnny Jenkins, Charles Black, Carl Beidler, Ralph McMillan, Leon Tidwell, Rudy Schmittou, Lowell Smith, Lyman Jones, Terry Evans, Clarence Blevins, Jim Ragland. Third row: Jim Shaeffer, Bob Borkowski, Fred Haile, Gary Collins, Don Grider, Dave Baxter, Jerry Webb, Ivan Klepzig, Tommy Roberts, Frank Dowling, Pat Cross, Chuck Lewis. Fourth row: Jackie Corbin, Jake Libbey, Bill Cherry, Jerry Long, Bob White, Ray Whited, Ralph Teague, Ken Fults, Tate Moore, Don Welch, Joe Mac Jacquess.
1961 RECORD: 7-3/6-0 OVC (OVC Champions) | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/16/1961 9/23/1961 9/30/1961 10/7/1961 10/14/1961
@Louisville @Chattanooga Morehead State @East Tennessee @Western Kentucky
L, 13-29 L, 7-19 W, 20-16 W, 12-7 W, 13-12
10/21/1961 10/28/1961 11/4/1961 11/11/1961 11/23/1961
Murray State Louisiana Tech Eastern Kentucky @Fort Campbell @Middle Tennessee
W, 27-8 L, 10-12 W, 14-8 W, 33-0 W, 7-6
1962 RECORD: 2-8/1-5 OVC | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/15/1962 9/22/1962 9/29/1962 10/6/1962 10/13/1962
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@Memphis State Chattanooga @Morehead State East Tennessee Western Kentucky
L, 6-12 L, 7-20 L, 6-14 L, 6-26 L, 7-24
10/20/1962 10/27/1962 11/3/1962 11/10/1962 11/22/1962
@Murray State @Louisiana Tech @Eastern Kentucky Arkansas State Middle Tennessee
W, 16-12 L, 20-33 L, 0-21 W, 20-12 L, 0-20
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1963 RECORD: 6-4/3-4 OVC | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/21/1963 9/28/1963 10/5/1963 10/12/1963 10/19/1963
@Arkansas State @Chattanooga Morehead State @East Tennessee @Western Kentucky
W, 42-0 W, 7-5 W, 21-17 L, 0-16 L, 12-14
10/26/1963 11/2/1963 11/9/1963 11/16/1963 11/22/1963
Murray State Louisiana Tech Eastern Kentucky Austin Peay @Middle Tennessee
L, 27-28 W, 21-19 W, 21-19 W, 28-13 L, 14-21
1964 RECORD: 1-9/1-6 OVC | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/19/1964 9/26/1964 10/3/1964 10/10/1964 10/17/1964
@Arkansas State Chattanooga @Morehead State East Tennessee Western Kentucky
L, 0-27 L, 0-18 L, 0-35 L, 6-7 L, 14-19
10/24/1964 10/31/1964 11/7/1964 11/14/1964 11/26/1964
@Murray State @Louisiana Tech @Eastern Kentucky @Austin Peay Middle Tennessee
L, 21-28 L, 6-25 W, 27-7 L, 0-29 L, 0-24
1965 RECORD: 3-7/3-4 OVC | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/18/1965 9/25/1965 10/2/1965 10/9/1965 10/16/1965
Arkansas State @Chattanooga Morehead State @East Tennessee @Western Kentucky
L, 7-12 L, 0-21 L, 14-15 W, 34-14 W, 46-6
10/23/1965 10/30/1965 11/6/1965 11/13/1965 11/25/1965
Murray State @Louisiana Tech Eastern Kentucky Austin Peay @Middle Tennessee
W, 23-14 L, 6-20 L, 14-28 L, 12-23 L, 21-28
1966 RECORD: 5-5/4-3 OVC | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/17/1966 9/24/1966 10/1/1966 10/8/1966 10/15/1966
@Arkansas State Chattanooga @Morehead State East Tennessee Western Kentucky
L, 13-49 L, 7-17 L, 7-14 W, 14-3 W, 21-14
10/22/1966 10/29/1966 11/5/1966 11/12/1966 11/24/1966
@Murray State Louisiana Tech @Eastern Kentucky @Austin Peay Middle Tennessee
W, 51-13 W, 21-9 W, 7-3 L, 15-20 L, 14-21
1967 RECORD: 3-7/2-5 OVC | COACH: WILBURN TUCKER 9/16/1967 9/23/1967 9/30/1967 10/7/1967 10/14/1967
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Youngstown State @Murray State Arkansas State East Tennessee @Western Kentucky
L, 28-31 W, 22-21 L, 7-15 W, 43-22 L, 0-56
10/21/1967 10/28/1967 11/4/1967 11/11/1967 11/23/1967
Morehead State @Chattanooga @Eastern Kentucky Austin Peay @Middle Tennessee
L, 16-21 L, 13-28 L, 0-24 W, 38-13 L, 20-33
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1968 RECORD: 2-8/2-5 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/21/1968 9/28/1968 10/5/1968 10/12/1968 10/19/1968
@Northwestern Louisiana Murray State @Arkansas State @East Tennessee Western Kentucky
L, 15-33 L, 0-19 L, 12-15 L, 6-14 L, 0-13
10/26/1968 11/2/1968 11/9/1968 11/16/1968 11/28/1968
@Morehead State Chattanooga Eastern Kentucky @Austin Peay Middle Tennessee
L, 12-14 L, 6-20 L, 14-28 W, 10-0 W, 7-3
1969 RECORD: 5-5/4-3 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/20/1969 9/27/1969 10/4/1969 10/11/1969 10/18/1969
Northwestern Louisiana @ Murray State Arkansas State East Tennessee @ Western Kentucky
L, 24-35 W, 28-21 L, 22-29 L, 0-30 L, 0-42
10/25/1969 11/1/1969 11/8/1969 11/15/1969 11/27/1969
Morehead State @ Chattanooga @ Eastern Kentucky Austin Peay @ Middle Tennessee
W, 21-6 W, 23-11 L, 7-17 W, 56-20 W, 21-7
1970 RECORD: 4-6/2-5 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/19/1970 9/26/1970 10/3/1970 10/10/1970 10/17/1970
1971 9/18/1971 9/25/1971 10/2/1971 10/9/1971 10/16/1971
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@ Youngstown State Murray State @ UT Martin @ East Tennessee Western Kentucky
W, 32-19 W, 21-7 W, 17-6 L, 7-30 L, 0-28
10/24/1970 10/31/1970 11/7/1970 11/14/1970 11/26/1970
@ Morehead State Chattanooga Eastern Kentucky @ Austin Peay Middle Tennessee
L, 10-31 L, 7-21 L, 13-20 L, 6-10 W, 17-13
RECORD: 8-2/5-2 OVC | COACH: DON WADE Western Kentucky @ Murray State UT Martin East Tennessee @ Western Kentucky
W, 27-17 W, 27-3 W, 10-7 W, 20-3 L, 7-15
10/23/1971 10/30/1971 11/6/1971 11/13/1971 11/20/1971
Morehead State @ Chattanooga @ Eastern Kentucky Austin Peay Middle Tennessee
W, 26-8 W, 14-7 L, 7-14 W, 37-12 W, 14-3
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1972 OVC Champions: Front row: Rusty Rushing, Terry Johnson, Mike O'Brien, Russ Waddell, Ray Brophy, Gary Harley, Steve Evans, Larry Austin, Jim Thomas, Doug Allen, Dana Winningham, Bruce Pearson, Mike Ledford, Jay Bonds. Second row: Danny Albert, Don Rasch, Pat Dyer, James Ramsey, Thomas Lynn, Tommy Pemberton, Jim Dorsey, Allen Byrd, Tony Plavich, Paul Souders, John Fitzpatrick, Ikey Torbett, Don McDaniel, Bruce Atwood. Third row: Billy Tarver, Mark Southerland, Larry Monteen, Eddie Nunley, Ottis Phillips, Larry McDermott, David Rust, Dickie Fulton, Murray Cunningham, Ronnie Sumney, Sam Anderson, Robert Dalton, David Garner, Jim Winslett, David Ashley. Fourth row: Mike DeRossett, John Zeigler, Howard Stidham, Joe Jachimowicz, Gary Moeller, Boby Graham, Gary Perdue, Paul Hunter, Ronnie Fain, Sam Graves, Jim Youngblood, Mike Defino, Elois Grooms, Guy Plavich.
1972 RECORD: 10-2/7-0 OVC (OVC Champions) | COACH: DON WADE 9/9/1972 9/16/1972 9/23/1972 9/30/1972 10/7/1972 10/14/1972 10/21/1972
Morningside @ Western Carolina Murray State @ UT Martin @ East Tennessee Western Kentucky @ Morehead State
W, 37-7 L, 13-31 W, 10-0 W, 13-10 W, 24-23 W, 30-10 W, 28-17
10/28/1972 Chattanooga W, 24-8 11/4/1972 Eastern Kentucky W, 14-0 11/11/1972 @ Austin Peay W, 19-7 11/18/1972 Middle Tennessee W, 24-10 GRANTLAND RICE BOWL, BATON ROUGE, LA. 12/9/1972 Louisiana Tech L, 0-35
1973 RECORD: 2-8-1/1-6 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/8/1973 9/15/1973 9/22/1973 9/29/1973 10/6/1973 10/13/1973
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@ Western Kentucky South Dakota @ Murray State UT Martin East Tennessee @ Western Kentucky
T, 10-10 L, 0-30 L, 17-18 W, 16-9 L, 14-27 L, 0-41
10/20/1973 Morehead State 10/27/1973 @ Chattanooga 11/3/1973 @ Eastern Kentucky 11/10/1973 Austin Peay 11/17/1973 @ Middle Tennessee
L, 10-23 L, 3-7 L, 14-30 W, 31-12 L, 10-17
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1974 RECORD: 6-5/4-3 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/7/1974 9/21/1974 9/28/1974 10/5/1974 10/12/1974 10/19/1974
@ South Dakota Western Carolina Murray State Appalachian State @ Youngstown State Western Kentucky
W, 17-13 L, 7-9 W, 26-0 W, 24-14 L, 0-23 W, 10-6
10/26/1974 @ Morehead State 11/2/1974 @ East Tennessee 11/9/1974 Eastern Kentucky 11/161974 @ Austin Peay 11/23/1974 Middle Tennessee
L, 7-14 L, 0-13 L, 14-29 W, 28-7 W, 41-2
1975 OVC Champions: - Front row: Mike DeRossett, Marshall Williams, Russ Waddell, Don McDaniel, Ronnie Summey, Ronnie Fain, Howard Stidham, Tony Plavich, David Quay, Joe Jachimowicz, Matthew Brooks, Danny Albert, Eddie Nunley. Second row: Mark Ogletree, Jimmy Poore, Jimmy Brock, Dwayne Morse, Durrand Estill, John Yokosuk, George Wilhelm, Jeff Jacoby, Johnny Tucker, Tom Walters, Ricky Kinney, John Shelton, Cecil Fore, Murray Cunningham, Paul Green, Jack Borden, Craig Rolle, Steve Jellicorse, Brad Gordon. Third row: David Gooding, Carl Heinzig, Dub Cofer, Hubert Lester, Barry McCulley, Larry Hammons, Pat Dyer, Dom Petrozello, Frank Caputo, Jesse Dorsey, Frank Krause, Tony Watson, Lamar Davis, Carman Sensky, John Dethridge, Johnny Fowlkes, Bill Napier, Lamar Mike, Joey Wood, Mike Vice, James Burse, Fred Rockymore, Mike Waddell, Barry Sinor. Fourth row: Jack Cunningham, Dave Britton, Jimmy Maynord, Gary Perdue, Cornice Hoke, Mike Settle, Mark Shrum, Mark Davis, John Scoble, Trent Evans, Greg Ruth, Ken Dew, Joe Ware, Dean Ratledge, Tommy Florence, Fred Curry, Ed Burns, Wayne Miller, Lance House, Greg Hamilton, Milt Jenkins, Chuck Tilley, Larry Pearson.
1975 RECORD: 8-3/6-1 OVC (OVC Champions) | COACH: DON WADE 9/13/1975 9/20/1975 9/27/1925 10/4/1975 10/11/1975 10/18/1975
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@Furman Youngstown State @Murray State @Appalachain State Eastern Illinois @Western Kentucky
W, 17-5 L, 0-15 W, 14-7 L, 10-17 W, 37-0 L, 7-20
10/25/1975 Morehead State 11/1/1975 East Tennessee 11/8/1975 @Eastern Kentucky 11/15/1975 Austin Peay 11/22/1975 @Middle Tennessee
W, 28-13 W, 48-6 W, 14-3 W, 20-0 W, 30-3
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1976 RECORD: 8-3/5-2 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/11/1976 9/18/1976 9/25/1976 10/2/1976 10/9/1976 10/16/1976
Furman @Youngstown State Murray State Nebraska-Omaha @Eastern Illinois Western Kentucky
L, 7-17 W, 13-10 W, 24-7 W, 56-28 W, 41-14 W, 22-12
10/23/1976 10/30/1976 11/6/1976 11/13/1976 11/20/1976
@Morehead State @East Tennessee Eastern Kentucky @Austin Peay @Middle Tennessee
W, 28-23 L, 7-18 L, 14-28 W, 31-13 W, 33-10
1977 RECORD: 9-2/5-2 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/10/1977 9/17/1977 9/24/1977 10/1/1977 10/8/1977 10/15/1977
@Western Carolina Youngstown State @Murray State @Nebraska-Omaha Jacksonville State @Western Kentucky
W, 41-21 W, 38-22 W, 21-19 W, 35-28 W, 27-20 W, 31-20
10/22/1977 Morehead State 10/29/1977 East Tennessee 11/5/1977 @Eastern Kentucky 11/12/1977 Austin Peay 11/19/1977 @Middle Tennessee
W, 24-22 W, 63-20 L, 21-28 L, 21-24 W, 21-9
1978 RECORD: 5-6/4-2 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/2/1978 9/9/1978 9/23/1978 9/30/1978 10/7/1978 10/14/1978
@Nicholls State Western Carolina (FBS) Murray State @Cameron @East Tennessee Western Kentucky
L, 10-20 W, 22-20 W, 24-14 L, 10-21 L, 17-38 L, 20-26
10/21/1978 10/28/1978 11/4/1978 11/11/1978 11/18/1978
@Morehead State @Troy State Eastern Kentucky @Austin Peay Middle Tennessee
W, 21-20 L, 0-45 L, 16-20 W, 28-14 W, 35-10
1979 RECORD: 1-8-2/0-5-1 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/8/1979 9/15/1979 9/22/1979 9/29/1979 10/6/1979 10/13/1979
@Western Carolina (FBS) Cameron @Murray State Nicholls State @Jacksonville State @Western Kentucky
L, 7-24 W, 21-6 L, 3-24 L, 10-13 L, 7-23 L, 7-49
10/20/1979 Morehead State 10/27/1979 Troy State 11/3/1979 @Eastern Kentucky 11/10/1979 Austin Peay 11/17/1979 @Middle Tennessee
T, 3-3 T, 17-17 L, 0-35 L, 14-21 L, 14-17
1980 RECORD: 4-7/1-6 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/13/1980 9/20/1980 9/27/1980 10/4/1980 10/11/1980 10/18/1980
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Western Carolina (FBS) @Northeast Missouri Murray State @ UT Martin Jacksonville State Western Kentucky
W, 26-10 W, 28-20 L, 3-10 W, 30-28 L, 3-7 L, 17-28
10/25/1980 @Morehead State 11/1/1980 @Troy State 11/8/1980 Eastern Kentucky 11/15/1980 @Austin Peay 11/22/1980 Middle Tennessee
W, 31-29 L, 3-52 L, 7-48 L, 10-13 L, 7-21
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1981 RECORD: 6-5/4-4 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/5/1981 9/12/1981 9/26/1981 10/3/1981 10/10/1981 10/17/1981
@East Tennessee Northeast Missouri @Murray State UT Martin Akron @Western Kentucky
L, 22-31 W, 16-7 L, 10-15 L, 21-24 L, 7-10 W, 14-3
10/24/1981 Morehead State 10/31/1981 Troy State 11/7/1981 @Eastern Kentucky Austin Peay 11/14/1981 11/21/1981 @Middle Tennessee
W, 35-17 W, 37-28 L, 10-63 W, 29-24 W, 28-9
1982 RECORD: 3-8/1-6 OVC | COACH: DON WADE 9/4/1982 9/11/1982 9/18/1982 9/25/1982 10/2/1982 10/16/1982
East Tennessee @Western Carolina @Youngstown State Murray State @ UT Martin Western Kentucky
W, 14-0 W, 17-10 L, 14-37 W, 10-3 L, 21-35 L, 14-28
10/23/1982 @Morehead State 10/30/1982 @Akron 11/6/1982 Eastern Kentucky 11/13/1982 @Austin Peay 11/20/1982 Middle Tennessee
L, 14-28 L, 14-28 L, 17-34 L, 27-31 L, 3-10
1983 RECORD: 2-8/2-5 OVC | COACH: GARY DARNELL 9/10/1983 9/17/1983 9/24/1983 10/8/1983 10/15/1983
@East Tennessee Youngstown State @Murray State Western Carolina @Western Kentucky
L, 7-14 L, 22-34 L, 6-20 L, 10-42 L, 0-17
10/22/1983 10/29/1983 11/5/1983 11/12/1983 11/19/1983
Morehead State Akron @Eastern Kentucky Austin Peay @Middle Tennessee
W, 14-3 L, 12-43 L, 7-24 L, 7-21 W, 12-8
1984 RECORD: 0-11/0-7 OVC | COACH: GARY DARNELL 9/8/1984 9/15/1984 9/22/1984 9/29/1984 10/6/1984 10/13/1984
East Tennessee @Kansas State Murray State @Western Carolina @Youngstown State Tennessee State
L, 3-10 L, 12-28 L, 0-38 L, 6-34 L, 0-51 L, 3-33
10/20/1984 @Morehead State 10/27/1984 @Akron Eastern Kentucky 11/3/1984 11/10/1984 @Austin Peay 11/17/1984 Middle Tennessee
L, 14-43 L, 9-17 L, 14-21 L, 7-17 L, 10-28
1985 RECORD: 1-10/1-6 OVC | COACH: GARY DARNELL 9/7/1985 9/14/1985 9/28/1985 10/5/1985 10/12/1985 10/19/1985
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@Nevada-Las Vegas (FBS) Western Carolina @Murray State @Georgia Southern Youngstown State @Tennessee State
L, 7-35 L, 3-30 L, 21-29 L, 0-34 L, 16-23 L, 13-26
10/26/1985 Morehead State 11/2/1985 Akron 11/9/1985 @Eastern Kentucky 11/16/1985 Austin Peay 11/23/1985 @Middle Tennessee
W, 59-6 L, 9-27 L, 17-35 L, 20-24 L, 12-45
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1986 RECORD: 0-10/0-7 OVC | COACH: JIM RAGLAND 9/6/1986 9/20/1986 10/4/1986 10/11/1986 10/18/1986
@Tulsa (FBS) @Chattanooga Georgia Southern @Youngstown State Morehead State
L, 0-51 L, 3-33 L, 13-59 L, 6-30 L, 20-28
10/21/1986 11/1/1986 11/8/1986 11/15/1986 11/22/1986
@Murray State Akron @Eastern Kentucky Austin Peay @Middle Tennessee
L, 16-23 L, 13-38 L, 14-42 L, 13-23 L, 6-21
1987 RECORD: 5-6/2-4 OVC | COACH: JIM RAGLAND 9/12/1987 9/19/1987 9/26/1987 10/3/1987 10/10/1987 10/17/1987
Liberty @Abilene Christian @Austin Peay Arkansas-Pine Bluff Youngstown State @Morehead State
W, 43-23 L, 30-41 W, 14-9 W, 49-6 L, 15-18 W, 52-14
10/24/1987 Murray State 10/31/1987 @Cincinnati 11/7/1987 Eastern Kentucky @ Chattanooga 11/14/1987 Middle Tennessee 11/21/1987
L, 21-24 L, 17-38 L, 8-44 W, 20-13 L, 13-17
1988 RECORD: 1-10/1-5 OVC | COACH: JIM RAGLAND 9/3/1988 9/10/1988 9/17/1988 9/24/1988 10/1/1988 10/15/1988
@East Carolina @Liberty Samford Chattanooga @Murray State @Eastern Kentucky
L, 13-52 L, 20-24 L, 9-19 L, 0-41 W, 16-13 (OT) L, 7-14
10/22/1988 Western Kentucky 10/29/1988 @Tennessee State Morehead State 11/5/1988 11/12/1988 Austin Peay 11/19/1988 @Middle Tennessee
L, 17-20 L, 23-27 L, 3-20 L, 6-10 L, 0-51
1989 RECORD: 5-5/3-3 OVC | COACH: JIM RAGLAND 9/2/1989 9/9/1989 9/16/1989 9/30/1989 10/14/1989 10/21/1989
Lock Haven @Chattanooga @Samford Murray State Eastern Kentucky @Western Kentucky
W, 38-17 W, 28-10 L, 23-27 W, 21-20 L, 20-21 L, 14-61
10/28/1989 Tennessee State 11/4/1989 @Morehead State 11/11/1989 @Austin Peay 11/18/1989 Middle Tennessee *later forfeited`
L, 19-21 L, 8-14* W, 17-15 L, 3-24
1990 RECORD: 6-5/3-3 OVC | COACH: JIM RAGLAND 9/1/1990 9/8/1990 9/15/1990 9/22/1990 9/29/1990 10/6/1990
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W, 45-14 L, 17-40 W, 21-7 L, 32-42 W, 16-3 W, 24-7
10/13/1990 Western Kentucky 10/27/1990 @Eastern Kentucky 11/3/1990 @Tennessee State 11/10/1990 Austin Peay 11/17/1990 @Middle Tennessee
W, 33-22 L, 20-29 L, 14-26 W, 20-14 (OT) L, 0-42
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1991 RECORD: 2-9/2-4 OVC | COACH: JIM RAGLAND 9/7/1991 9/14/1991 9/21/1991 9/28/1991 10/5/1991 10/12/1991
@Chattanooga @Ohio (FBS) @Samford Eastern Kentucky @ UT Martin @Southeast Missouri
L, 14-35 L, 14-35 L, 16-20 L, 13-19 L, 16-24 L, 31-34
1019/1991 Austin Peay 10/26/1991 @Morehead State 11/2/1991 Murray State 11/9/1991 @Tennessee State 11/23/1991 Middle Tennessee
W, 32-7 L, 20-21 W, 45-7 L, 10-14 L, 10-28
1992 RECORD: 7-4/6-2 OVC | COACH: JIM RAGLAND 9/12/1992 9/17/1992 9/26/1992 10/3/1992 10/10/1992 10/17/1992
Lock Haven Samford @Eastern Kentucky UT Martin Southeast Missouri @Austin Peay
W, 31-21 L, 13-37 L, 0-35 W, 17-13 W, 49-14 W, 10-0
10/24/1992 Morehead State 10/31/1992 @Murray State 11/7/1992 Tennessee State 11/14/1992 @Marshall 10/21/1992 @Middle Tennessee
W, 31-12 W, 35-10 W, 26-15 L, 14-52 L, 0-21
1993 RECORD: 8-3/7-1 OVC | COACH: JIM RAGLAND 9/4/1993 9/11/1993 9/18/1993 9/25/1993 10/2/1993 10/9/1993
Illinois State Lock Haven @Samford Morehead State @Austin Peay @Southeast Missouri
L, 18-23 W, 45-14 L, 3-30 W, 21-3 W, 35-17 W, 24-3
10/16/1993 UT Martin 10/23/1993 @Eastern Kentucky 10/30/1993 Murray State 11/6/1993 @Tennessee State 11/20/1993 Middle Tennessee
W, 20-3 L, 7-10 W, 31-16 W, 24-21 W, 35-14
1994 RECORD: 5-6/3-5 OVC | COACH: JIM RAGLAND 9/1/1994 9/9/1994 9/17/1994 9/24/1994 10/1/1994 10/8/1994
Lock Haven @Marshall Samford @Morehead State Austin Peay Southeast Missouri
W, 27-0 L, 0-24 W, 20-7 W, 56-14 L, 27-34 L, 14-19
10/15/1994 @UT Martin 10/22/1994 Eastern Kentucky 10/29/1994 @Murray State Tennessee State 11/5/1994 11/19/1994 @Middle Tennessee
L, 10-20 L, 3-23 W, 38-21 W, 28-20 L, 3-31
1995 RECORD: 3-8/2-6 OVC | COACH: JIM RAGLAND 8/31/1995 9/9/1995 9/16/1995 9/23/1995 9/30/1995 10/7/1995
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Campbellsville @Marshall @Samford Eastern Kentucky @UT Martin @Southeast Missouri
W, 49-0 L, 14-45 L, 24-27 L, 3-21 L, 31-36 L, 12-33
10/14/1995 Austin Peay 10/21/1995 @Morehead State 10/28/1995 Murray State 11/4/1995 @Tennessee State 11/11/1995 Middle Tennessee
L, 17-20 W, 36-29 L, 14-45 W, 28-24 L, 6-31
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1996 RECORD: 5-6/4-4 OVC | COACH: MIKE HENNIGAN 9/7/1996 9/21/1996 9/28/1996 10/5/1996 10/12/1996 10/19/1996
@Appalachian State Samford @Eastern Kentucky UT Martin Southeast Missouri @Austin Peay
L, 3-16 W, 20-10 L, 7-18 W, 21-14 (2OT) W, 30-20 W, 23-17
10/26/1996 11/2/1996 11/9/1996 11/16/1996 11/23/1996
Eastern Illinois @Murray State Tennessee State @Illinois State @Middle Tennessee
L, 27-35 L, 3-41 W, 21-19 L, 15-26 L, 10-16
1997 RECORD: 6-5/3-3 OVC | COACH: MIKE HENNIGAN 9/6/1997 9/20/1997 9/27/1997 10/4/1997 10/11/1997 10/18/1997
@Chattanooga @Samford Eastern Illinois @Austin Peay @Southern Missouri UT Martin
L, 10-13 W, 14-7 L, 7-10 W, 36-3 W, 17-14 W, 33-2
10/25/1997 @Eastern Kentucky 11/1/1997 Murray State @Tennessee State 11/8/1997 @ UAB (FBS) 11/15/1997 11/22/1997 Middle Tennessee
L, 7-26 W, 16-13 (OT) L, 21-28 L, 14-38 W, 30-20
1998 RECORD: 4-7/2-5 OVC | COACH: MIKE HENNIGAN 9/3/1998 9/191998 9/26/1998 10/3/1998 10/10/1998 10/17/1998
Kentucky Wesleyan @ UAB (FBS) @Eastern Illinois Middle Tenessee Southeast Missouri @UT Martin
W, 52-0 L, 6-38 L, 6-13 L, 16-19 L,24-29 W, 31-24 (OT)
10/24/1998 Eastern Kentucky 10/31/1998 @Murray State 11/7/1998 Tennessee State 11/14/1998 Western Carolina 11/21/1998 Samford
W,31-29 (3OT) L, 3-23 L, 21-42 W, 17-6 L, 12-22
1999 RECORD: 5-5/4-3 OVC | COACH: MIKE HENNIGAN 9/11/1999 9/18/1999 10/2/1999 10/9/1999 10/16/1999
@Bowling Green (FBS) Liberty @ UT Martin @Southest Missouri Western Kentucky
L, 15-40 W, 18-15 W, 45-9 W, 21-7 W, 23-10
10/23/1999 10/30/1999 11/6/1999 11/13/1999 11/20/1999
@Eastern Illinois Murray State @Tennessee State Eastern Kentucky @Samford
W, 14-7 L, 11-22 L, 19-25 L, 20-23 (2OT) L, 15-19
2000 RECORD: 8-3/5-2 OVC | COACH: MIKE HENNIGAN 9/9/2000 9/16/2000 9/23/2000 9/30/2000 10/7/2000 10/14/2000
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Harding University @Ohio (FBS) @Eastern Kentucky UT Martin Southeast Missouri @Western Kentucky
W, 29-27 L, 14-52 W, 9-3 W, 46-6 W, 31-6 L, 14-17
10/21/2000 Eastern Illinois 10/28/2000 @Murray State 11/4/2000 Tennessee State 11/9/2000 Samford 11/18/2000 @Western Carolina
L, 16-27 W, 36-21 W, 56-23 W, 29-0 W, 37-35
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2001
RECORD: 7-3/4-2 OVC | COACH: MIKE HENNIGAN
8/30/2001 Fayetteville State W, 31-10 9/8/2001 @Air Force Academy (FBS) L, 0-42 9/15/2001 @Samford Canceled 9/22/2001 West Virginia Tech W, 44-3 9/29/2001 @Eastern Illinois L, 33-44 10/6/2001 Murray State W, 15-12
10/20/2001 10/27/2001 11/3/2001 11/10/2001 11/15/2001
@Eastern Kentucky Southeast Missouri @Jacksonville State Tennessee State @ UT Martin
L, 10-34 W, 41-21 W, 35-27 W, 63-13 W, 41-7
2002 RECORD: 5-7/2-4 OVC | COACH: MIKE HENNIGAN 8/29/2002 9/7//2002 9/14/2002 9/21/2002 9/28/2002 10/5/2002
@Bowling Green (FBS) @Iowa State (FBS) Chattanooga Valparaiso Jacksonville State Eastern Illinois
L, 7-41 L, 6-57 W, 13-3 W, 62-10 L, 29-35 L, 28-35
10/12/2002 10/26/2002 11/2/2002 11/9/2002 11/16/2002 11/21/2002
@Murray State Eastern Kentucky @Southeast Missouri @Samford @Tennessee State UT Martin
L, 14-31 L, 0-19 L, 30-36 W, 51-44 W, 20-14 W, 68-7
2003 RECORD: 2-9/1-7 OVC | COACH: MIKE HENNIGAN 8/30/2003 9/6/2003 9/13/2003 9/27/2003 10/4/2003 10/11/2003
@Memphis (FBS) L, 10-40 @Northern Illinois (FBS) L, 17-42 @Chattanooga W, 35-10 Murray State W, 49-24 @ UT Martin L, 23-30 (OT) Tennessee State L, 23-27
10/25/2003 11/1/2003 11/8/2003 11/15/2003 11/22/2003
@Jacksonville State Samford @Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri @Eastern Kentucky
L, 20-37 L, 24-42 L, 10-37 L, 20-24 L, 14-27
2004 RECORD: 6-5/3-4 OVC | COACH: MIKE HENNIGAN 9/4/2004 9/11/2004 9/18/2004 925/2004 10/2/2004 10/9/2004
Gardner-Webb @ South Florida (FBS) @ VMI @ Murray State UT Martin Chattanooga
W, 32-26 L, 7-21 W, 16-10 L, 15-34 W, 49-20 W, 52-34
10/23/2004 Jacksonville State W, 16-13 10/30/2004 @ Samford L, 17-20 11/6/2004 Eastern Illinois W, 40-37 (OT) 11/13/2004 @ Southeast Missouri L, 28-31 (OT) 11/20/2004 Eastern Kentucky L, 18-19
2005 RECORD: 4-7/3-5 OVC | COACH: MIKE HENNIGAN 9/3/2005 9/8/2005 9/17/2005 9/24/2005 10/1/2005 10/8/2005
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@ Chattanooga L, 23-30 (OT) Lambuth W, 52-10 @ Northern Illinois (FBS) L, 3-42 @ Eastern Kentucky L, 3-52 Murray State W, 42-21 @ UT Martin L, 16-46
10/13/2005 10/29/2005 11/5/2005 11/12/2005 11/19/2005
Tennessee State @ Jacksonville State Samford @ Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri
L, 20-31 L, 17-43 W, 42-21 L, 20-31 W, 31-24
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2006 8/31/22006 9/9/2006 9/14/2006 9/21/2006 9/30/2006 10/5/2006
RECORD: 4-7/4-4 OVC | COACH: MIKE HENNIGAN (Medical leave) INTERIM HEAD COACH: DOUG MALONE
Chattanooga @ Gardner-Webb @ Middle Tennessee (FBS) Eastern Kentucky @ Murray State (OT) UT Martin
L, 7-31 L, 26-30 L, 0-44 W, 27-14 W, 20-14 L, 16-35
10/14/2006 10/28/2006 11/4/2006 11/11/2006 11/18/2006
@ Tennessee State Jacksonville State (OT) @ Samford Eastern Illinois @ Southeast Missouri
L, 20-30 L, 10-17 W, 20-14 L, 14-38 W, 32-29
2007 RECORD: 4-7/3-5 OVC | COACH: WATSON BROWN 8/30/2007 9/6/2007 9/13/2007 9/20/2007 9/27/2007 10/6/2007
@ Eastern Illinois Cumberland Concordia Murray State @ UT Martin Austin Peay
L, 24-45 W, 45-21 W, 55-7 W, 48-24 W, 13-10 L, 27-30
10/11/2007 Tennessee State 10/20/2007 @ Jacksonville State 10/27/2007 Samford 11/3/2007 @ Auburn (FBS) 11/17/2007 @ Eastern Kentucky
L, 28-45 L, 10-38 L, 52-59 L, 3-35 L, 34-38
2008 RECORD: 3-9/1-7 OVC | COACH: WATSON BROWN 8/28/2008 9/6/2008 9/11/2008 9/20/2008 9/25/2008 10/4/2008
Gardner-Webb @ Louisville (FBS) @ Southeast Missouri @ Western Michigan Central Methodist Eastern Kentucky
W, 28-12 L, 10-51 W, 27-29 L, 7-41 W, 19-47 L, 12-33
10/11/2008 10/16/2008 10/25/2008 11/1/2008 11/8/2008 11/22/2088
@ Murray State UT Martin @ Austin Peay @Tennessee State Jacksonville State Eastern Illinois
L, 21-51 L, 7-35 L, 28-31 L, 14-41 L, 17-41 L, 20-38
2009 RECORD: 6-5/5-3 OVC | COACH: WATSON BROWN 9/10/2009 9/19/2009 9/26/2009 10/3/2009 10/10/2009 10/17/2009
2010 9/4/2010 9/11/2010 9/16/2010 9/25/2010 9/30/2010 10/9/2010
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Pikeville College @ Eastern Kentucky @ Kansas State (FBS) Austin Peay @ UT Martin @ Eastern Illinois
W, 51-10 L, 7-17 L, 7-49 W, 31-23 W, 35-28 L, 15-23
10/24/2009 Southeast Missouri 10/31/2009 Tennessee State @ Georgia (FBS) 11/7/2009 11/14/2009 @ Jacksonville State 11/21/2009 Murray State
W, 28-16 W, 20-13 L, 0-38 L, 28-55 W, 45-14
RECORD: 5-6/4-4 OVC | COACH: WATSON BROWN @ Arkansas (FBS) @ TCU (FBS) Lane College @ Southeast Missouri UT Martin @ Austin Peay
L, 3-44 L, 7-62 W, 43-0 L, 21-23 L, 24-27 W, 34-21
10/16/2010 Eastern Illinois 10/23/2010 @ Tennessee State 11/6/2010 @ Murray State 11/13/2010 Eastern Kentucky 11/20/2010 Jacksonville State
W, 34-20 W, 21-10 L, 13-44 L, 29-44 L, 24-35
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2011 OVC Champions: Front row, from left: Darian Stone, Alden Olverson, Tim Benford, Will Johnson, Jamere Hogue, Adam Urbano, Demetrous Garrett, Ty Fields, Ryan Tilghman, Tre Lamb, Ron Durbin, Taylor Hennigan, Marty Jones, Corey Watson, Marcus Edwards, Austin Tallant, Matthew Hamby. Second row: Caleb Mitchell, Zack Ziegler, Carter Crutchfield, Connor Maitland, Steve Wilson, Cory McDonald, Doug Page, Richmond Tooley, Josh Pleasant, Cody Forbes, James Huguely, Dontey Gay, Dominick Baker, Stephen Bush, Jamel Cook, Ronquez Beech, Tra’Darius Goff. Third row: Jake McIntosh, Chris Dickerson, Howard Griffin, Justin Vann, Cy Ables, Patrick Prewitt, Zach Salada, Heath Dyer, Seth McDonald, Cory Webber, Kedrick Towles, Charlie Stevens, Blake Adams, Matt Brown, Brannon McCoin. Fourth row: Luke Woodason, Tommie McBride, Dwight Evans, Ryan Weeks, Jerry King, Avery Rollins, Matt Moran, Malcolm Jones, Nick White, Sam Miller, James Normand, Jordan Adams, Randall Reeves, Matt Mercy. Fifth row: Justin Ivory, Ryan St. John, Michael Baker, Ben Davis, Ross Heatherly, Tommy Campbell, Hunter Beedle, Slade Adams, Wesley Sherrill, Matthew Smith, Jacob Hoot, Nathan Bush, Scott Schweitzer, Wade Plemons, Neil Gannaway, William Stevens. Back row: Travis Adkins, Adam Hunter, Cody Matthews, Kevin Casler, DaJuan Brown, Josh Wilson, Anthony Williams, Matthew Barker, J.R. Richmond, Nick Campbell, Midoho Okpokowuruk, Lamar Moore, Zach Sharp, Stepfon Davis-Boyd, LaDarrius Verge, Jordan Johnson.
2011 RECORD: 7-4/6-2 OVC (OVC Co-Champions) | COACH: WATSON BROWN 9/3/2011 9/8/2011 9/17/2011 9/24/2011 10/1/2011 10/15/2011
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@ Iowa (FBS) Maryville College @ Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri @ UT Martin Tennessee State
L, 7-34 W, 56-7 W, 31-20 W, 38-31 W, 34-31 L, 40-42
10/29/2011 @ Jacksonville State W, 21-14 11/5/2011 Murray State L, 37-38 11/12/2011 @ Eastern Kentucky W, 28-21 11/19/2011 Austin Peay W, 49-7 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION PLAYOFFS 11/26/2011 Central Arkansas L, 14-34
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2012 RECORD: 3-8/1-7 OVC | COACH: WATSON BROWN 8/30/2012 9/6/2012 9/15/2012 9/22/2012 9/29/2012 10/6/2012
Hampton North Greenville @ Oregon (FBS) @ Southeast Missouri @ Murray State Jacksonville State
W, 41-31 W, 42-14 L, 14-63 L, 38-41 (OT) L, 35-70 L, 28-37
10/20/2012 Eastern Kentucky 10/27/2012 @ Tennessee State 11/3/2012 Eastern Illinois 11/10/2012 UT Martin 11/17/2012 @ Austin Peay
L, 28-42 L, 21-22 L, 24-31 W, 45-44 (OT) L, 31-38
2013 RECORD: 5-7/2-6 OVC | COACH: WATSON BROWN 8/29/2013 9/7/2013 9/14/2013 9/21/2013 9/28/2013 10/5/2013
Cumberland @ Wisconsin (FBS) @ Hampton Tennessee State Indiana State @ Murray State
W, 63-7 L, 0-48 W, 30-27 L, 21-41 W, 38-37 L, 24-35
10/10/2013 10/19/2013 10/26/2013 11/2/2013 11/9/2013 11/23/2013
UT Martin @ Eastern Kentucky Jacksonville State @ Eastern Illinois @ Southeast Missouri Austin Peay
L, 17-28 L, 10-24 L, 14-34 L, 21-56 W, 41-16 W, 34-0
2014 RECORD: 5-7/4-4 OVC | COACH: WATSON BROWN 8/28/2014 9/6/2014 9/20/2014 9/27/2014 10/4/2014 10/9/2014
Kentucky Christian @ Indiana State @ Tennessee State @ Northern Iowa Murray State @ UT Martin
W, 33-7 L, 14-49 L, 7-10 L, 7-50 W, 30-27 (OT) L, 10-17
10/18/2014 10/25/2014 11/1/2014 11/8/2014 11/15/2014 11/22/2014
Eastern Kentucky @ Jacksonville State Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri Chattanooga @ Austin Peay
W, 39-31 L, 3-49 L, 10-49 W, 27-26 L, 17-38 W, 41-15
2015 RECORD: 4-7/3-5 OVC | COACH: WATSON BROWN 9/5/2015 9/12/2015 9/19/2015 9/26/2015 10/3/2015 10/8/2015
@ Houston (FBS) @ Wofford Mercer @ Murray State UT Martin Eastern Kentucky
L, 24-52 L, 14-34 W, 29-22 W, 31-29 L, 17-31 L, 17-48
10/17/2015 10/24/2015 10/31/2015 11/14/2015 11/21/2015
Jacksonville State @ Eastern Illinois @ Southeast Missouri Austin Peay Tennessee State
L, 13-42 L, 20-51 L, 17-38 W, 42-24 W, 30-24
2016 RECORD: 5-6/5-3 OVC | COACH: MARCUS SATTERFIELD 9/1/2016 9/10/2016 9/17/2016 9/24/2016 10/1/2016 10/8/2016
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L, 7-21 W, 41-7 L, 27-34 L, 23-44 W, 33-30 (OT) L, 21-40
10/15/2016 10/22/2016 11/5/2016 11/12/2016 11/19/2016
Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri @ Tennessee (FBS) @ Tennessee State Murray State
L, 24-30 W, 21-20 L, 0-55 W, 44-16 W, 55-19
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2017 RECORD: 1-10/1-7 OVC | COACH: MARCUS SATTERFIELD 8/31/2017 9/9/2017 9/16/2017 9/23/2017 9/30/2017 10/7/2017
Western Illinois @ Kennesaw State @ Ball State (FBS) @ Eastern Kentucky Jacksonville State @ Eastern Illinois
L, 41-14 L, 27-14 L, 28-13 L, 24-21 L, 34-7 L, 24-23
10/14/2017 10/28/2017 11/4/2017 11/11/2017 11/18/2017
@ Southeast Missouri Tennessee State Austin Peay @ Murray State UT Martin
L, 31-3 W, 30-26 L, 35-28 L, 31-21 L, 24-0
2018 RECORD: 1-10/1-7 OVC | COACH: DEWAYNE ALEXANDER 8/30/2018 9/6/2018 9/13/2018 9/22/2018 9/29/2018 10/6/2018
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@ Chattanooga Kennesaw State @ Utah State (FBS) @ Jacksonville State Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri
L, 34-10 L, 49-10 L, 73-12 L, 48-20 L, 52-38 L, 70-38
10/20/2018 10/27/2018 11/3/2018 11/10/2018 11/17/2018
@ Tennessee State @ Austin Peay Murray State @ UT Martin Eastern Kentucky
L, 41-14 L, 41-10 W, 27-24 L, 38-13 L, 37-6
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YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY Year 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
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Overall 2-1-4 2-3-1 5-3-1 3-2-1 1-4-1 2-5-1 6-0-1 3-3-1 6-2-1 6-3 4-0-3 4-4 3-5-1 1-5-1 2-5-1 3-5-1 6-3 6-3-1 2-6 5-4 3-4-2 1-5 1-2 1-8 5-5 4-7 5-6 3-6 4-7 5-5-1 9-2 7-4 4-4-2 7-3 5-4-1 6-4 7-3 6-2-2 8-3 7-3 2-8 6-4 1-9 3-7 5-5 3-7 2-8 5-5 4-6 8-2
Total 2-1-4 4-4-5 9-7-6 12-9-7 13-13-8 15-18-9 21-18-10 24-21-11 30-23-12 36-26-11 40-26-15 44-30-15 47-35-16 48-40-17 50-45-18 53-50-19 59-53-19 65-56-20 67-62-20 72-66-20 75-70-22 76-75-22 77-77-22 78-85-22 83-90-22 87-97-22 92-103-22 95-109-22 99-116-22 104-121-23 113-123-23 120-127-23 124-131-25 131-134-25 136-138-26 142-142-26 149-145-26 155-147-28 163-150-28 170-153-28 172-161-28 178-165-28 179-174-28 182-181-28 187-186-28 190-193-28 192-201-28 197-206-28 201-212-28 209-214-28
OVC -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0-3 1-5 3-3 4-1 5-0 1-3-1 5-0 2-3 4-1 5-1 5-0-1 6-0 6-0 1-5 3-4 1-6 3-4 4-3 2-5 2-5 4-3 2-5 5-2
OVC Total -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0-3 1-8 4-11 8-12 13-12 14-15-1 19-15-1 21-18-1 25-19-1 30-20-1 35-20-2 41-20-2 47-20-2 48-25-2 51-29-2 52-35-2 55-39-2 59-42-2 61-47-2 63-52-2 67-55-2 69-60-2 74-62-2
Coach Loyall Duyck Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Putty Overall Hooper Eblen Hooper Eblen Hooper Eblen Star Wood Star Wood Putty Overall Putty Overall Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Wilburn Tucker Don Wade Don Wade Don Wade Don Wade
Year Overall 1972 10-2 1973 2-8-1 1974 6-5 1975 8-3 1976 8-3 1977 9-2 1978 5-6 1979 1-8-2 1980 4-7 1981 6-5 1982 3-8 1983 2-8 1984 0-11 1985 1-10 1986 0-10 1987 5-6 1988 1-10 1989 5-5 1990 6-5 1991 2-9 1992 7-4 1993 8-3 1994 5-6 1995 3-8 1996 5-6 1997 6-5 4-7 1998 1999 5-5 2000 8-3 2001 7-3 2002 5-7 2003 2-9 2004 6-5 2005 4-7 2006 4-7 2007 4-7 2008 3-9 2009 6-5 2010 5-6 2011 7-4 2012 3-8 2013 5-7 2014 5-7 2015 4-7 2016 5-6 2017 1-10 2018 1-10
Total OVC OVC Total Coach 219-216-28 7-0 81-62-2 Don Wade 221-224-29 1-6 82-68-2 Don Wade 227-229-29 4-3 86-71-2 Don Wade 235-232-29 6-1 92-72-2 Don Wade 243-235-29 5-2 97-74-2 Don Wade 252-237-29 5-2 102-76-2 Don Wade 257-243-29 4-2 106-78-2 Don Wade 258-251-31 0-5-1 106-83-3 Don Wade 262-258-31 1-6 107-89-3 Don Wade 268-263-31 4-4 111-93-3 Don Wade 271-271-31 1-6 112-99-3 Don Wade 273-279-31 2-5 113-104-3 Gary Darnell 273-290-31 0-7 113-111-3 Gary Darnell 274-300-31 1-6 114-117-3 Gary Darnell 274-310-31 0-7 114-124-3 Jim Ragland 279-316-31 2-4 116-128-3 Jim Ragland 280-326-31 1-5 117-133-3 Jim Ragland 285-331-31 3-3 120-136-3 Jim Ragland 291-336-31 3-3 123-139-3 Jim Ragland 293-345-31 2-4 125-143-3 Jim Ragland 300-349-31 6-2 131-145-3 Jim Ragland 308-352-31 7-1 138-146-3 Jim Ragland 313-358-31 3-5 141-151-3 Jim Ragland 316-366-31 2-6 143-157-3 Jim Ragland 321-372-31 4-4 147-161-3 Mike Hennigan 327-377-31 4-3 151-164-3 Mike Hennigan 331-384-31 2-5 153-169-3 Mike Hennigan 336-389-31 4-3 157-172-3 Mike Hennigan 344-392-31 5-2 162-174-3 Mike Hennigan 351-395-31 4-2 166-176-3 Mike Hennigan 356-402-31 2-4 168-180-3 Mike Hennigan 358-411-31 1-7 169-187-3 Mike Hennigan 364-416-31 3-4 172-191-3 Mike Hennigan 368-423-31 3-5 175-196-3 Mike Hennigan 372-430-31 4-4 179-200-3 Doug Malone* 376-437-31 3-5 182-205-3 Watson Brown 379-446-31 1-7 183-212-3 Watson Brown 385-451-31 5-3 188-215-3 Watson Brown 390-457-31 4-4 192-219-3 Watson Brown 397-461-31 6-2 198-221-3 Watson Brown 400-469-31 1-7 199-228-3 Watson Brown 405-476-31 2-6 201-234-3 Watson Brown 410-483-31 4-4 205-238-3 Watson Brown 414-490-31 3-5 208-243-3 Watson Brown 419-496-31 5-3 213-246-3 Marcus Satterfield 420-506-31 1-7 214-253-3 Marcus Satterfield 421-516-31 1-7 215-260-3 Dewayne Alexander
* - interim coach after Mike Hennigan took a medical leave
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MILESTONE VICTORIES 1 50 1 (OVC) 100 150 50 (OVC) 1 (Tucker Stadium) 200 250 100 (OVC) 1 (FBS) 50 (Tucker Stadium) 300 150 (OVC) 350 100 (Tucker Stadium) 400 200 (OVC)
Tennessee Tech 25, Bethel 13 | X/X/1922 | Site Unknown Tennessee Tech 25, West Tennessee 0 | 10/3/1936 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 13, Evansville 0 | 11/18/1950 | Evansville, Ind. Tennessee Tech 42, Carson-Newman 6 | 9/22/1951 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 48, Morehead State 0 | 10/3/1959 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 21, Eastern Kentucky 19 | 11/9/1963 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 14, East Tennessee State 3 | 10/8/1966 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 17, UT Martin 6 | 10/3/1970 | Martin, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 63, East Tennessee State 20 | 10/29/1977 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 63, East Tennessee State 20 | 10/29/1977 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 22, Western Carolina 20 | 9/9/1978 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 10, Murray State 3 | 9/25/1982 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 26, Tennessee State 10 | 11/7/1992 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 16, Murray State 13, OT | 11/1/1997 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 63, Tennessee State 13 | 11/10/2001 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 13, Chattanooga 3 | 9/14/2002 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 45, UT Martin 44, OT | 11/10/2012 | Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee Tech 41, Southeast Missouri 16 | 11/9/2013 | Cape Girardeau, Mo.
TENNESSEE TECH SHUTS OUT OPPONENT YEAR OPPONENT MILLIGAN (T, 0-0) 1922 OGDEN COLLEGE (W, 26-0) 1922 1923 LIVINGSTON ACADEMY (W, 24-0) 1923 OGDEN COLLEGE (T, 0-0) 1923 SEWANEE RESERVES (W, 14-0) LIVINGSTON ACADEMY (W, 32-0) 1924 LIVINGSTON ACADEMY (W, 35-0) 1924 1924 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (W, 6-0) 1924 HIWASSEE (W, 26-0) 1925 CASTLE HEIGHTS (W, 54-0) MIDDLE TENNESSEE (T, 0-0) 1925 ODGEN COLLEGE (T, 0-0) 1926 1927 HIWASSEE (W, 12-0) GEORGIA NORMAL (W, 43-0) 1927 1927 TENNESSEE JUNIORS (T, 0-0) 1928 HIWASSEE (T, 0-0) 1928 SUE BENNETT COLLEGE (W, 68-0) 1928 ALABAMA NORMAL (W, 77-0) 1929 HIWASSEE (W, 20-0) 1929 SUE BENNETT COLLEGE (W, 66-0) 1930 CARSON-NEWMAN (W, 20-0) 1930 HIWASSEE (W, 65-0) 1930 LINCOLN MEMORIAL (W, 57-0) 1930 EAST TENNESSEE (W, 19-0) 1930 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (T, 0-0) 1931 BETHEL (W, 39-0) 1931 WEST TENNESSEE (W, 13-0) 1931 LINCOLN MEMORIAL (W, 27-0) 1932 UT MARTIN (T, 0-0) 1932 SEWANEE (T, 0-0) UNION (W, 27-0) 1932 1932 MURRAY STATE (T, 0-0) 1933 LAMBUTH (W, 39-0) ARKANSAS A&M (W, 12-0) 1933 1933 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (W, 6-0) ARKANSAS STATE (W, 6-0) 1934 1934 WEST TENNESSEE (T, 0-0)
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1934 1935 1936 1936 1936 1937 1938 1938 1938 1938 1939 1939 1939 1940 1941 1941 1942 1942 1943 1945 1946 1947 1948 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1952 1953 1953 1953 1954 1955 1958 1959 1960 1961
MIDDLE TENNESSEE (W, 12-0) MEMPHIS (T, 0-0) ALABAMA TEACHERS (W, 33-0) WEST TENNESSEE (W, 25-0) SEWANEE (T, 0-0) CUMBERLAND (W, 15-0) JACKSONVILLE STATE (W, 21-0) MIDDLE TENNESSEE (W, 7-0) AUSTIN PEAY (W, 28-0) MIDDLE TENNESSEE (W, 12-0) WESTERN KENTUCKY (W, 10-0) WEST TENNESSEE (W, 15-0) AUSTIN PEAY (W, 25-0) MARYVILLE COLLEGE (W, 35-0) SEWANEE (W, 14-0) MIDDLE TENNESSEE (W, 6-0) CAMP FORREST (W, 54-0) MORRIS-HARVEY (T, 0-0) SEWANEE (W, 12-0) CAMP FORREST (W, 62-0) CUMBERLAND (W, 7-0) CUMBERLAND (W, 42-0) MARYVILLE (W, 21-0) UNION (W, 35-0) UNION (W, 34-0) EVANSVILLE (W, 13-0) EAST TENNESSEE (W, 33-0) FORT CAMPBELL (W, 27-0) MEMPHIS (W, 35-0) MURRAY STATE (W, 9-0) MOREHEAD STATE (W, 27-0) EASTERN KENTUCKY (W, 7-0) ARKANSAS STATE (W, 47-0) MOREHEAD STATE (W, 55-0) MIDDLE TENNESSEE (W, 14-0) MOREHEAD STATE (W, 48-0) EASTERN KENTUCKY (W, 20-0) FORT CAMPBELL (W, 33-0)
1963 1968 1972 1972 1974 1975 1975 1982 1992 1994 1995 1998 2000 2010 2013
ARKANSAS STATE (W, 42-0) AUSTIN PEAY (W, 10-0) MURRAY STATE (W, 10-0) EASTERN KENTUCKY (W, 14-0) MURRAY STATE (W, 26-0) EASTERN ILLINOIS (W, 37-0) AUSTIN PEAY (W, 20-0) EAST TENNESSEE (W, 14-0) AUSTIN PEAY (W, 10-0) LOCK HAVEN (W, 27-0) CAMPBELLSVILLE (W, 49-0) KENTUCKY WESLEYAN (W, 52-0) SAMFORD (W, 29-0) LANE COLLEGE (W, 43-0) AUSTIN PEAY (W, 34-0)
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TENNESSEE TECH SCORES 40+ POINTS POINTS GAMES 77 ALABAMA NORMAL, 1928 68 UT MARTIN, 2002 68 SUE BENNETT COLLEGE, 1928 SUE BENNETT COLLEGE, 1929 66 65 HIWASSEE COLLEGE, 1930 63 CUMBERLAND, 2013 63 TENNESSEE STATE, 2001 63 EAST TENNESSEE, 1977 62 VALPARAISO, 2002 62 CAMP FOREST, 1945 61 HOWARD, 1950 59 MOREHEAD STATE, 1985 57 LINCOLN MEMORIAL, 1930 MARYVILLE COLLEGE, 2011 56 56 TENNESSEE STATE, 2000 56 MOREHEAD STATE, 1994 56 NEBRASKA-OMAHA, 1976 AUSTIN PEAY, 1969 56 MURRAY STATE, 2016 55 CONCORDIA, 2007 55 MOREHEAD STATE, 1955 55 MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 1955 55 CAMP FOREST, 1942 54 CASTLE HEIGHTS, 1925 54 SAMFORD, 2007 52 LAMBUTH, 2005 52
52 52 52 52 51 51 51 49 49 49 49 49 49 48 48 48 47 47 46 46 46 45 45 45 45 45 45
CHATTANOOGA, 2004 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN, 1998 MOREHEAD STATE, 1987 OAK RIDGE, 1944 PIKEVILLE COLLEGE, 2009 SAMFORD, 2002 MURRAY STATE, 1966 AUSTIN PEAY, 2011 UT MARTIN, 2004 MURRAY STATE, 2003 CAMPBELLSVILLE, 1995 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, 1992 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF, 1987 MURRAY STATE, 2007 EAST TENNESSEE, 1975 MOREHEAD STATE, 1959 CENTRAL METHODIST, 2008 ARKANSAS STATE, 1954 UT MARTIN, 2000 WESTERN KENTUCKY, 1965 MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 1953 MURRAY STATE, 2009 UT MARTIN, 2012 CUMBERLAND, 2007 UT MARTIN, 1999 LOCK HAVEN, 1993 MURRAY STATE, 1991
45 44 44 43 43 43 43 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 40 40
LOCK HAVEN, 1990 TENNESSEE STATE, 2016 WEST VIRGINIA TECH, 2001 LANE COLLEGE, 2010 LIBERTY, 1987 EAST TENNESSEE, 1967 GEORGIA NORMAL, 1927 AUSTIN PEAY, 2015 NORTH GREENVILLE, 2012 SAMFORD, 2005 MURRAY STATE, 2005 ARKANSAS STATE, 1963 NORTHEAST LOUISIANA, 1953 CARSON-NEWMAN, 1951 CUMBERLAND, 1947 AUSTIN PEAY, 2016 AUSTIN PEAY, 2014 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, 2013 HAMPTON, 2012 UT MARTIN, 2001 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, 2001 WESTERN CAROLINA, 1977 EASTERN ILLINOIS, 1976 MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 1974 UNION, 1950 TENNESSEE STATE, 2011 EASTERN ILLINOIS, 2004
42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 40 40 40 40 40 40
EASTERN KENTUCKY, 2012 TENNESSEE STATE, 2011 NORTHERN ILLINOIS, 2005 SAMFORD, 2003 NORTHERN ILLINOIS, 2003 AIR FORCE, 2001 TENNESSEE STATE, 1998 MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 1990 OHIO, 1990 EASTERN KENTUCKY, 1986 WESTERN CAROLINA, 1983 VANDERBILT, 1941 WESTERN KENTUCKY, 1922 AUSTIN PEAY, 2018 TENNESSEE STATE, 2018 WESTERN ILLINOIS, 2017 TENNESSEE STATE, 2013 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, 2012 JACKSONVILLE STATE, 2008 TENNESSEE STATE, 2008 WESTERN MICHIGAN, 2008 BOWLING GREEN, 2002 MURRAY STATE, 1996 CHATTANOOGA, 1988 JACKSONVILLE STATE, 2016 MEMPHIS, 2003 BOWLING GREEN, 1999 CHATTANOOGA, 1990 MEMPHIS, 1957 MURRAY STATE, 1934
OPPONENT SCORES 40+ POINTS POINTS GAMES 75 KING COLLEGE, 1923 UTAH STATE, 2018 73 70 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, 2018 70 MURRAY STATE, 2012 68 TENNESSEE, 1951 68 VANDERBILT, 1947 63 OREGON, 2012 63 EASTERN KENTUCKY, 1981 63 GEORGIA, 1943 62 TCU, 2010 61 WESTERN KENTUCKY, 1989 59 SAMFORD, 2007 GEORGIA SOUTHERN, 1986 59 57 IOWA STATE, 2002 56 EASTERN ILLINOIS, 2013 55 TENNESSEE, 2016 55 JACKSONVILLE STATE, 2009 52 EASTERN ILLINOIS, 2018 52 HOUSTON, 2015 52 EASTERN KENTUCKY, 2005 52 OHIO, 2000 52 MARSHALL, 1992 52 EAST CAROLINA, 1988 52 TROY, 1980 52 VANDERBILT, 1942 51 EASTERN ILLINOIS, 2015 51 MURRAY STATE, 2008 LOUISVILLE, 2008 51 51 MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 1988 51 TULSA, 1986 51 YOUNGSTOWN STATE, 1984 CUMBERLAND, 1925 51 NORTHERN IOWA, 2014 50 49 KENNESAW STATE, 2018
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INDIANA STATE, 2014 EASTERN ILLINOIS, 2014 JACKSONVILLE STATE, 2014 KANSAS STATE, 2009 WESTERN KENTUCKY, 1979 ARKANSAS STATE, 1966 JACKSONVILLE STATE, 2018 EASTERN KENTUCKY, 2015 WISCONSIN, 2013 EASTERN KENTUCKY, 1980 TENNESSEE, 1950 EASTERN KENTUCKY, 1950 VANDERBILT, 1943 MURRAY STATE, 1936 UT MARTIN, 2005 SEWANEE, 1929 TENNESSEE STATE, 2007 EASTERN ILLINOIS, 2007 MURRAY STATE, 1995 MARSHALL, 1995 MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 1985 TROY, 1978 UT MARTIN, 2016 UT MARTIN, 2012 EASTERN KENTUCKY, 2010 MURRAY STATE, 2010 MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 2006 SAMFORD, 2002 EASTERN ILLINOIS, 2001 EASTERN KENTUCKY, 1987 LOUISIANA TECH, 1935 JACKSONVILLE STATE, 2005 MOREHEAD STATE, 1984 AKRON, 1983 JACKSONVILLE STATE, 2015
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OPENING DAY Year Opponent 1922 Cumberland College 1923 Livingston Academy 1924 Livingston Academy 1925 Castle Heights 1926 Sewanee College 1927 Hiwassee 1928 Hiwassee 1929 Sewanee College 1930 Sewanee College 1931 Murray State 1932 Lambuth College 1933 Western Kentucky 1934 Arkansas State 1935 Milligan College 1936 Alabama Teachers Eastern Kentucky 1937 1938 Chattanooga 1939 Vanderbilt 1940 Chattanooga Chattanooga 1941 1942 Eastern Kentucky 1943 Georgia Oak Ridge 1944 1945 Eastern Kentucky 1946 Eastern Kentucky @ Carson-Newman 1947 1948 @ Morehead State 1949 Murray State 1950 @ Carson-Newman @ Kentucky 1951 1952 Fort Campbell 1953 Florence State 1954 Florence State 1955 Florence State 1956 @ Florence State 1957 Florence State 1958 @ Florida State 1959 Florence State 1960 Louisville 1961 @ Louisville 1962 @ Memphis State 1963 @ Arkansas State 1964 @ Arkansas State 1965 Arkansas State 1966 @ Arkansas State 1967 Youngstown State 1968 @ NW Louisiana 1969 NW Louisiana 1970 @ Youngstown State 1971 Western Carolina 1972 Morningside 1973 @ Western Carolina 1974 @ South Dakota
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Score T, 6-6 W, 24-0 W, 32-0 W, 54-0 W, 9-7 W, 12-0 T, 0-0 L, 46-0 L, 14-0 W, 19-7 W, 13-9 L, 7-6 W, 6-0 W, 26-7 W, 33-0 L, 6-0 L, 27-6 T, 13-13 L, 28-0 L, 26-19 L, 13-0 L, 62-0 W, 52-6 L, 14-12 L, 13-0 L, 18-7 L, 19-7 L, 26-7 W, 21-6 L, 72-13 W, 27-0 W, 14-7 L, 20-7 W, 26-7 W, 20-6 L, 20-0 L, 22-7 T, 14-14 W, 21-7 L, 29-13 L, 12-6 W, 42-0 L, 27-0 L, 12-7 L, 49-13 L, 31-28 L, 33-15 L, 35-24 W, 32-19 W, 27-17 W, 37-7 T, 10-10 W, 17-13
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
@ Furman Furman @ Western Carolina @ Nicholls State @Western Carolina Western Carolina @ East Tennessee East Tennessee @ East Tennessee East Tennessee @ Nevada-Las Vegas @ Tulsa Liberty @East Carolina L ock Haven Lock Haven UT-Chattanooga Lock Haven Illinois State Lock Haven Campbellsville Appalachian State Chattanooga Kentucky Wesleyan @Bowling Green Harding University Fayetteville State UT- Chattanooga @ Memphis Gardner-Webb Lambuth University Chattanooga @ Eastern Illinois Gardner-Webb Pikeville College @ Arkansas @ Iowa Hampton Cumberland Kentucky Christian @ Houston Wofford Western Illinois @ Chattanooga
W, 17-5 L, 17-7 W, 41-21 L, 20-10 L, 24-7 W, 26-10 L, 31-22 W, 14-0 L, 14-7 L, 10-3 L, 35-7 L, 51-0 W, 43-23 L, 52-13 W, 38-17 W, 45-14 L, 35-14 W, 31-21 L, 23-18 W, 27-0 W, 49-0 L , 16-3 L, 13-10 W, 52-0 L, 40-15 W, 29-27 W, 31-10 W, 13-3 L, 40-10 W, 32-26 W, 52-10 L, 31-7 L, 42-24 W, 28-12 W, 51-10 L, 44-3 L, 34-7 W, 41-31 W, 63-7 W, 33-7 L, 52-24 L, 21-7 L, 41-14 L, 34-10
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HOMECOMING Year 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
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Opponent Lincoln Memorial Middle Tennessee Memphis State Lambuth College Howard College Middle Tennessee Murray State Middle Tennessee Austin Peay Middle Tennessee Maryville College Middle Tennessee Union College Sewanee College Eastern Kentucky Middle Tennessee Georgetown (KY) Middle Tennessee Union College Middle Tennessee Eastern Kentucky Middle Tennessee Eastern Kentucky Western Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Western Kentucky Murray State Western Kentucky Murray State Western Kentucky Murray State Western Kentucky Murray State Western Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Western Kentucky Morehead State Western Kentucky Morehead State Western Kentucky Morehead State Western Kentucky Morehead State Western Kentucky Morehead State Western Kentucky Morehead State Western Kentucky Morehead State Western Kentucky Morehead State Western Kentucky Morehead State
Score W, 57-0 W, 13-7 W, 24-7 W, 39-0 L, 27-0 L, 7-6 L, 47-0 L, 29-0 W, 28-0 W, 20-3 W, 35-0 W, 6-0 L, 14-12 W, 12-0 L, 32-0 W, 21-7 W, 33-6 W, 32-7 W, 34-0 L, 27-7 L, 47-7 L, 19-7 W, 7-0 L, 32-12 W, 13-7 W, 39-26 W, 26-14 W, 7-3 W, 29-16 W, 10-7 W, 27-8 L, 24-7 L, 28-27 L, 19-14 L, 24-18 W, 21-14 L, 21-16 L, 13-0 W, 21-6 L, 28-0 W, 26-8 W, 30-10 L, 23-10 W, 10-6 W, 28-13 W, 22-12 W, 24-22 L, 26-20 T, 3-3 L, 28-17 W, 35-17 L, 28-14 W, 14-3
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Eastern Kentucky Morehead State Akron Eastern Kentucky Western Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Western Kentucky Murray State Morehead State Murray State Austin Peay Murray State UT Martin Murray State Middle Tennesee Murray State Southeast Missouri Murray State Eastern Illinois Samford Eastern Illinois Samford Eastern Illinois Austin Peay Jacksonville State Tennessee State Eastern Kentucky Murray State Eastern Illinois Jacksonville State Southeast Missouri Austin Peay Southeast Missouri Austin Peay Murray State
L, 21-14 W, 59-6 L, 42-14 L, 44-8 L, 20-17 L, 21-20 W, 33-22 W, 45-7 W, 31-12 W, 31-16 L, 34-27 L, 45-14 W, 21-14 W, 16-13 (ot) L, 19-16 L, 22-11 W, 31-6 W, 15-12 L, 35-28 L, 42-24 W, 40-37, OT W, 42-21 L, 38-14 L, 30-27 L, 41-17 W, 20-13 L, 42-29 L, 38-37 L, 31-24 L, 34-14 W, 27-26 W, 42-24 W, 21-20 L, 35-28 W, 27-24
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FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION CONTESTS Tech is 2-34 in Football Bowl Subdivision games since the Division I (1-A/1-AA) split before the 1978 season. Date Opponent Score Conference Ranking 9/9/1978 Western Carolina W, 22-20 Southern Conference* L, 24-7 Southern Conference* 9/8/1979 at Western Carolina 9/13/1980 Western Carolina W, 26-10 Southern Conference* 9/15/1984 at Kansas State L, 28-12 Big Eight Conference 9/7/1985 at UNLV L, 35-7 Pacific Coast Athletic Association 9/6/1986 at Tulsa L, 51-0 I-A Independent L, 38-17 I-A Independent 10/30/1987 at Cincinnati 9/3/1988 at East Carolina L, 53-13 I-A Independent 9/22/1990 at Ohio L, 42-32 Mid-American Conference 9/14/1991 at Ohio L, 35-14 Mid-American Conference 11/15/1997 at UAB L, 38-14 I-A Independent 9/19/1998 at UAB L, 38-6 I-A Independent 9/11/1999 at Bowling Green L, 40-15 Mid-American Conference 9/16/2000 at Ohio L, 52-14 Mid-American Conference 9/8/2001 at Air Force L, 42-0 Mountain West Conference 8/29/2002 at Bowling Green L, 41-7 Mid-American Conference 9/7/2002 at Iowa State L, 57-6 Big 12 Conference 8/30/2003 at Memphis L, 40-10 Conference USA 9/6/2003 at Northern Illinois L, 42-17 Mid-American Conference 9/11/2004 at South Florida L, 21-7 Conference USA 9/17/2005 at Northern Illinois L, 42-3 Mid-American Conference 9/14/2006 at Middle Tennessee L, 44-0 Sun Belt Conference 11/3/2007 at Auburn L, 35-3 Southeastern Conference 16 AP 9/6/2008 at Louisville L, 51-10 Big East Conference 9/20/2008 at Western Michigan L, 41-7 Mid-American Conference 9/26/2009 at Kansas State L, 49-7 Big 12 Conference 11/7/2009 at Georgia L, 38-0 Southeastern Conference 9/4/2010 at Arkansas L, 44-3 Southeastern Conference 17 AP 9/11/2010 at TCU L, 62-7 Mountain West Conference 4 AP at Iowa L, 34-7 Big Ten Conference 9/3/2011 9/15/2012 at Oregon L, 63-14 Pacific-12 Conference 4 AP 9/7/2013 at Wisconsin L, 48-0 Big Ten Conference 21 AP L, 52-24 American Athletic Conference 9/5/2015 at Houston 11/5/2016 at Tennessee L, 55-0 Southeastern Conference 18 AP 9/16/2017 at Ball State L, 28-13 Mid-American Conference 9/13/2018 at Utah State L, 73-12 Mountain West Conference 9/7/2019 at Miami (Ohio) Mid-American Conference Big Ten Conference 9/12/2020 at Minnesota
Attendance 12,746 32,000 22,123 29,702
18,500 21,326 28,525 40,155 26,101 18,123 25,546 26,123 20,806 85,754 38,694 48,094 92,746 69,596 37,117 70,585 57,091 77,785 30,479 98,343 14,265 15,011
* - The Southern Conference was a I-A (Football Bowl Subdivision) conference from 1978 to 1980, before reclassifying to the I-AA (Football Championship Subdivision) level in 1982.
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TENNESSEE TECH IN THE POLLS College Division Era (1958-1974) 1960 UPI (10/6, No. 14; 10/27, No. 20; 11/17, No. 19) 1963 UPI (10/2, No. 13; 10/9, No. 11) 1971 AP (9/22, No. 20) UPI (11/3, No. 19) 1972 UPI (Preseason, No. 21; 9/13, No. 11; 9/27, No. 18; 10/25, No. 16; 11/1, No. 11; 11/8, No. 8; 11/15, No. 8; 11/22, No. 8 Division II Era (1975-1977) 1976 AP (10/20, No. 9; 10/27, No. 6) 1977 AP (9/21, No. 10; 9/28, No. 7; 10/5, No. 11; 10/12, No. 9; 10/19, No. 7; 10/26, No. 6; 11/2, T-No. 3; 11/9, No. 7) Division I-AA (1978-2005) 1990 1-AA (10/16, No. 18; 10/23, No. 18) 1993 1-AA (11/17, No. 24; 11/24, No. 22; 12/1, No. 22) 1994 TSN (Preseason, No. 18; 9/7, No. 16; 9/14, No. 18; 9/21, No. 16; 9/28, No. 11; 10/5, No. 20) 1999 TSN (10/26, No. 23) 2000 TSN (11/14, No. 24; 11/21, No. 22; Final, No. 22) 2001 TSN (11/20, No. 23; 11/27, No. 23; Final, No. 23) Football Championship Subdivision (2006-present) 2011 TSN (10/3, No. 23; 10/10, No. 19; 10/24, No. 25; 10/31, No. 20; 11/14, No. 23) FCS Coaches (10/3, No. 23; 10/10, No. 19; 10/17, No. 23; 10/24, No. 19; 10/31, No. 15; 11/7, No. 20; 11/14, No. 21; 11/21, No. 20)
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SERIES VS. ALL OPPONENTS ABILENE CHRISTIAN 0-1 ABILENE, TEXAS DATE SITE 9/19/1987 ABILENE
SCORE L, 40-31
AIR FORCE 0-1
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. DATE SITE 9/8/2001 COLORADO SPRINGS
SCORE L, 42-0
AKRON 0-6
AKRON, OHIO DATE SITE 10/10/1981 COOKEVILLE 10/30/1982 AKRON 10/29/1983 COOKEVILLE 10/27/1984 AKRON COOKEVILLE 11/2/1985 COOKEVILLE 11/1/1986
SCORE L, 10-7 L, 28-14 L, 43-12 L, 17-9 L, 27-9 L, 38-13
ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM 0-2 BIRMINGHAM, ALA. DATE SITE X/X/1997 BIRMINGHAM 9/19/1998 BIRMINGHAM
SCORE L, 38-14 L, 38-6
ALABAMA STATE 1-0 WAS ALABAMA TEACHERS COLLEGE MONTGOMERY, ALA. DATE SITE X/X/1936 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 33-0
APPALACHIAN STATE 1-2 BOONE, N.C. DATE SITE 10/5/1974 COOKEVILLE 10/4/1975 BOONE 9/7/1996 BOONE
SCORE W, 24-14 L, 17-10 L, 16-3
ARKANSAS 0-1
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. DATE SITE 9/4/2010 FAYETTEVILLE
SCORE L, 44-3
ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO 1-0 WAS ARKANSAS A&M UNTIL 1971 MONTICELLO, ARK. DATE SITE UNKNOWN X/X/1933
SCORE W, 12-0
ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 1-0 PINE BLUFF, ARK. DATE SITE 10/3/1987 COOKEVILLE
ARKANSAS STATE 9-8 JONESBORO, ARK.
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SCORE W, 49-6
DATE SITE 11/29/1934 COOKEVILLE 10/18/1952 UNKNOWN 11/14/1953 UNKNOWN 11/13/1954 UNKNOWN 11/12/1955 COOKEVILLE 11/10/1956 JONESBORO 11/16/1957 COOKEVILLE 11/14/1959 COOKEVILLE 11/12/1960 JONESBORO 11/10/1962 COOKEVILLE 9/21/1963 JONESBORO 9/19/1964 JONESBORO 9/18/1965 COOKEVILLE 9/17/1966 JONESBORO 9/30/1967 COOKEVILLE 10/5/1968 JONESBORO 10/4/1969 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 6-0 W, 21-13 L, 14-7 W, 47-0 L, 27-20 W, 26-6 W, 7-6 W, 16-6 W, 17-6 W, 20-12 W, 42-0 L, 27-0 L, 12-7 L, 49-13 L, 15-7 L, 15-12 L, 29-22
AUBURN 0-1
AUBURN, ALA. DATE SITE 11/3/2007 AUBURN
SCORE L, 35-3
AUSTIN PEAY 32-20
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. DATE SITE UNKNOWN X/X/1938 X/X/1939 UNKNOWN 11/6/1954 CLARKSVILLE 11/5/1955 COOKEVILLE 10/16/1956 CLARKSVILLE 11/16/1963 COOKEVILLE 10/14/1964 CLARKSVILLE 11/13/1965 COOKEVILLE 11/12/1966 CLARKSVILLE 11/11/1967 COOKEVILLE 11/16/1968 CLARKSVILLE 11/15/1969 COOKEVILLE 11/14/1970 CLARKSVILLE 11/13/1971 COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE 11/11/1972 11/10/1973 COOKEVILLE 11/16/1974 CLARKSVILLE 11/15/1975 COOKEVILLE 11/13/1976 CLARKSVILLE 11/12/1977 COOKEVILLE 11/15/1978 CLARKSVILLE 11/10/1979 COOKEVILLE 11/15/1980 CLARKSVILLE 11/14/1981 COOKEVILLE 11/13/1982 CLARKSVILLE 11/12/1983 COOKEVILLE 11/10/1984 CLARKSVILLE 11/16/1985 COOKEVILLE 11/15/1986 COOKEVILLE 9/26/1987 CLARKSVILLE 11/12/1988 COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE 11/11/1989
SCORE W, 28-0 W, 25-0 W, 27-13 W, 37-7 W, 17-7 W, 28-13 L, 29-0 L, 23-12 L, 20-15 W, 38-13 W, 10-0 W, 56-20 L, 10-6 W, 37-12 W, 19-7 W, 31-12 W, 28-7 W, 20-0 W, 31-13 L, 24-21 W, 28-14 L, 21-14 L, 13-10 W, 29-24 L, 31-27 L, 21-7 L, 27-7 L, 24-20 L, 23-13 W, 14-9 L, 10-6 W, 17-15
11/10/1990 10/19/1991 10/17/1992 10/2/1993 10/1/1994 10/14/1995 10/19/1996 10/4/1997 10/6/2007 10/25/2008 10/3/2009 10/9/2010 11/19/2011 11/17/2012 11/23/2013 11/22/2014 11/14/2015 9/10/2016 11/4/2017 10/27/2018
COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE CLARKSVILLE COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE CLARKSVILLE COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE
W, 20-14 (OT) W, 32-7 W, 10-0 W, 35-17 L, 34-27 L, 20-17 W, 23-17 W, 36-3 L, 30-27 L, 31-28 W, 31-23 W, 34-21 W, 49-7 L, 38-31 W, 34-0 W, 41-15 W, 42-24 W, 41-7 L, 35-28 L, 41-10
BALL STATE 0-1
MUNCIE, IND. DATE SITE 9/16/2017 MUNCIE
SCORE L, 28-13
BETHEL 4-3-1
McKENZIE, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1922 UNKNOWN X/X/1922 UNKNOWN X/X/1923 UNKNOWN X/X/1924 UNKNOWN X/X/1928 UNKNOWN X/X/1929 UNKNOWN X/X/1930 UNKNOWN X/X/1931 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 25-13 T, 6-6 L, 12-7 W, 22-7 W, 25-7 L, 13-0 L, 6-0 W, 39-0
BOWLING GREEN 0-2
BOWLING GREEN, OHIO DATE SITE 9/11/1999 BOWLING GREEN 8/29/2002 BOWLING GREEN
SCORE L, 40-15 L, 41-7
BRADLEY 0-1
DISCONTINUED FOOTBALL IN 1970 PEORIA, ILL. DATE SITE X/X/1946 AWAY
SCORE L, 34-13
BRYSON COLLEGE 0-1-1
SCHOOL CLOSED IN 1929 FAYETTEVILLE, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1922 UNKNOWN X/X/1923 UNKNOWN
SCORE T, 7-7 L, 14-0
CAMERON 1-1
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SERIES VS. ALL OPPONENTS DISCONTINUED FOOTBALL IN 1992 LAWTON, OKLA. DATE SITE X/X/1978 LAWTON 9/15/1979 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 21-10 W, 21-6
CAMPBELLSVILLE 1-0 CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. DATE SITE 8/31/1995 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 49-0
CAMP FORREST 2-0
U.S. MILITARY INSTALLATION, CLOSED IN 1946 TULLAHOMA, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1942 UNKNOWN X/X/1945 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 54-0 W, 62-0
CARSON-NEWMAN 4-2 JEFFERSON CITY, TENN. DATE SITE UNKNOWN X/X/1930 X/X/1931 UNKNOWN X/X/1947 JEFFERSON CITY 9/25/1948 COOKEVILLE 9/16/1950 JEFFERSON CITY 9/22/1951 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 20-0 L, 20-7 L, 18-7 W, 26-7 W, 21-6 W, 42-6
CASTLE HEIGHTS MILITARY ACADEMY 1-3 SCHOOL CLOSED IN 1986 LEBANON, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1924 UNKNOWN X/X/1925 UNKNOWN X/X/1926 UNKNOWN X/X/1927 UNKNOWN
SCORE L, 20-0 W, 54-0 L, 12-6 L, 9-0
CENTRAL ARKANSAS 0-1 CONWAY, ARK. DATE SITE 11/26/2011 COOKEVILLE FCS PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND
SCORE L, 34-14
SCORE W, 47-19
CHARLESTON 1-0-1
WAS MORRIS HARVEY COLLEGE UNTIL 1975 CHARLESTON, W.V. DATE SITE X/X/1941 UNKNOWN X/X/1942 UNKNOWN
CHATTANOOGA 10-30
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SCORE W, 25-6 T, 0-0
SCORE L, 27-6 L, 20-0 L, 28-0 L, 26-19 L, 20-0 L, 20-7 L, 37-6 L, 12-0 L, 18-7 L, 26-0 W, 13-12 L, 6-3 L, 20-6 L, 19-7 L, 20-7 W, 7-5 L, 18-0 L, 21-0 L, 17-7 L, 28-13 L, 20-6 W, 23-11 L, 21-7 W, 14-7 W, 24-8 L, 7-3 L, 33-3 W, 20-13 L, 41-0 W, 28-10 L, 40-17 L, 35-14 L, 13-10 W, 13-3 W, 35-10 W, 52-34 L, 30-23 (OT) L, 31-7 L, 38-17 L, 34-10
CHATTANOOGA FRESHMEN 0-1
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1924 UNKNOWN
CENTRAL METHODIST 1-0 FAYETTE, MO. DATE SITE 9/25/2008 COOKEVILLE
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. DATE SITE 9/23/1938 CHATTANOOGA 9/29/1939 CHATTANOOGA 9/27/1940 CHATTANOOGA 9/26/1941 CHATTANOOGA 10/16/1942 CHATTANOOGA 10/6/1945 UNKNOWN 10/4/1946 CHATTANOOGA 10/3/1947 CHATTANOOGA 10/1/1948 CHATTANOOGA 11/1/1957 CHATTANOOGA 11/1/1958 COOKEVILLE 10/30/1959 CHATTANOOGA 10/29/1960 COOKEVILLE 9/23/1961 CHATTANOOGA 9/22/1962 COOKEVILLE 9/28/1963 CHATTANOOGA 9/26/1964 COOKEVILLE 9/25/1965 CHATTANOOGA 9/24/1966 COOKEVILLE 10/28/1967 CHATTANOOGA 11/2/1968 COOKEVILLE 11/1/1969 CHATTANOOGA 10/31/1970 COOKEVILLE 10/30/1971 CHATTANOOGA 10/28/1972 COOKEVILLE 10/27/1973 CHATTANOOGA 9/20/1986 CHATTANOOGA 11/14/1987 CHATTANOOGA 11/24/1988 COOKEVILLE 9/9/1989 CHATTANOOGA 9/8/1990 COOKEVILLE CHATTANOOGA 9/7/1991 CHATTANOOGA 9/6/1997 9/14/2002 COOKEVILLE 9/13/2003 CHATTANOOGA 10/9/2004 COOKEVILLE 9/3/2005 CHATTANOOGA 8/31/2006 COOKEVILLE 11/15/2014 COOKEVILLE 8/30/2018 CHATTANOOGA
SCORE L, 14-0
CINCINNATI 0-1
CINCINNATI, OHIO DATE SITE 10/31/1987 CINCINNATI
SCORE L, 38-17
THE CITADEL 0-1
CHARLESTON, S.C. DATE SITE 1/1/1961 ORLANDO, FLA. TANGERINE BOWL
SCORE L, 27-0
CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA 1-0
SELMA, ALA. DATE SITE 9/13/2007 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 55-7
CUMBERLAND 7-6-1
LEBANON, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1922 UNKNOWN X/X/1924 UNKNOWN X/X/1925 UNKNOWN X/X/1926 UNKNOWN X/X/1927 UNKNOWN X/X/1927 UNKNOWN X/X/1928 UNKNOWN X/X/1929 UNKNOWN X/X/1937 UNKNOWN X/X/1938 UNKNOWN X/X/1946 COOKEVILLE X/X/1947 COOKEVILLE 9/6/2007 COOKEVILLE 8/29/2013 COOKEVILLE
SCORE T, 6-6 L, 14-0 L, 51-0 L, 19-0 L, 24-0 L, 13-0 W, 24-7 W, 26-6 W, 15-0 L, 6-0 W, 7-0 W, 42-0 W, 45-21 W, 63-7
EAST CAROLINA 0-1
GREENVILLE, N.C. DATE SITE GREENVILLE 9/3/1988
SCORE L, 52-13
EASTERN ILLINOIS 6-19
CHARLESTON, ILL. DATE SITE 10/11/1975 COOKEVILLE 10/9/1976 CHARLESTON 10/26/1996 COOKEVILLE 9/27/1997 COOKEVILLE 9/26/1998 CHARLESTON 10/23/1999 CHARLESTON 10/21/2000 COOKEVILLE 9/29/2001 CHARLESTON 10/5/2002 COOKEVILLE 11/8/2003 CHARLESTON 11/6/2004 COOKEVILLE 11/12/2005 CHARLESTON 11/11/2006 COOKEVILLE 8/30/2007 CHARLESTON 11/22/2008 COOKEVILLE 10/17/2009 CHARLESTON 10/16/2010 COOKEVILLE 9/17/2011 CHARLESTON 11/3/2012 COOKEVILLE 11/2/2013 CHARLESTON 11/1/2014 COOKEVILLE 10/24/2015 CHARLESTON 10/15/2016 COOKEVILLE 10/7/2017 CHARLESTON 9/29/2018 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 37-0 W, 41-14 L, 35-27 L, 10-7 L, 13-6 W, 14-7 L, 27-16 L, 44-33 L, 35-28 L, 37-10 W, 40-37 (OT) L, 31-20 L, 38-14 L, 45-24 L, 38-20 L, 23-15 W, 34-20 W, 31-20 L, 31-24 L, 56-21 L, 41-10 L, 51-20 L, 30-24 L, 24-23 L, 52-38
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SERIES VS. ALL OPPONENTS EASTERN KENTUCKY 20-55 RICHMOND, KY. DATE SITE X/X/1937 UNKNOWN X/X/1942 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN X/X/1945 X/X/1945 UNKNOWN X/X/1946 COOKEVILLE RICHMOND X/X/1946 10/13/1950 RICHMOND 10/13/1951 COOKEVILLE 10/11/1952 UNKNOWN 10/10/1953 UNKNOWN 10/8/1954 UNKNOWN 10/8/1955 COOKEVILLE RICHMOND 11/3/1956 11/9/1957 COOKEVILLE RICHMOND 11/7/1958 COOKEVILLE 11/7/1959 RICHMOND 11/5/1960 COOKEVILLE 11/4/1961 RICHMOND 11/3/1962 COOKEVILLE 11/9/1963 RICHMOND 11/7/1964 COOKEVILLE 11/6/1965 RICHMOND 11/5/1966 RICHMOND 11/4/1967 COOKEVILLE 11/9/1968 RICHMOND 11/8/1969 COOKEVILLE 11/7/1970 RICHMOND 11/6/1971 COOKEVILLE 11/4/1972 RICHMOND 11/3/1973 COOKEVILLE 11/9/1974 RICHMOND 11/8/1975 COOKEVILLE 11/6/1976 RICHMOND 11/5/1977 COOKEVILLE 11/8/1978 RICHMOND 11/3/1979 COOKEVILLE 11/8/1980 RICHMOND 11/7/1981 COOKEVILLE 11/6/1982 RICHMOND 11/5/1983 COOKEVILLE 11/3/1984 RICHMOND 11/9/1985 RICHMOND 11/8/1986 COOKEVILLE 11/8/1987 10/15/1988 RICHMOND 10/14/1989 COOKEVILLE 10/27/1990 RICHMOND 9/28/1991 COOKEVILLE 9/26/1992 RICHMOND 10/23/1993 RICHMOND 10/22/1994 COOKEVILLE 9/23/1995 COOKEVILLE 9/28/1996 RICHMOND 10/25/1997 RICHMOND 10/24/1998 COOKEVILLE 11/13/1999 COOKEVILLE 9/23/2000 RICHMOND
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SCORE L, 6-0 L, 13-0 L, 14-12 L, 32-0 L, 13-0 W, 20-7 L, 47-7 L, 15-14 W, 28-14 W, 7-0 L, 14-7 W, 13-7 L, 25-13 W, 34-14 W, 20-19 W, 14-10 W, 20-0 W, 14-8 L, 21-0 W, 21-19 W, 27-7 L, 28-14 W, 7-3 L, 24-0 L, 28-14 L, 17-7 L, 20-13 L, 14-7 W, 14-0 L, 30-14 L, 29-14 W, 14-3 L, 28-14 L, 28-21 L, 20-16 L, 35-0 L, 48-7 L, 63-10 L, 34-17 L, 24-7 L, 21-14 L, 35-17 L, 42-14 L, 44-8 L, 14-7 L, 21-20 L, 29-20 L, 19-13 L, 35-0 L, 10-7 L, 23-3 L, 21-3 L, 28-7 L, 26-7 W, 31-29 (3OT) L, 23-20 (2OT) W, 9-3
10/20/2001 10/26/2002 11/22/2003 11/20/2004 9/24/2005 9/21/2006 11/17/2007 10/4/2008 9/19/2009 11/13/2010 11/12/2011 10/20/2012 10/19/2013 10/18/2014 10/8/2015 10/1/2016 9/23/2017 11/17/2018
RICHMOND L, 34-10 COOKEVILLE L, 19-0 RICHMOND L, 27-14 COOKEVILLE L, 19-18 RICHMOND L, 52-3 COOKEVILLE W, 27-14 RICHMOND L, 38-34 COOKEVILLE L, 33-12 RICHMOND L, 17-7 COOKEVILLE L, 42-29 RICHMOND W, 28-21 COOKEVILLE L, 42-28 RICHMOND L, 24-10 COOKEVILLE W, 39-31 GEORGETOWN, KY. (BOMB THR.) L, 48-17 COOKEVILLE W, 33-30 (OT) RICHMOND L, 24-21 COOKEVILLE L, 37-6
EAST TENNESSEE STATE 15-17
JOHNSON CITY, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1930 UNKNOWN 11/10/1951 JOHNSON CITY 10/30/1952 UNKNOWN 10/31/1953 UNKNOWN 10/30/1954 UNKNOWN 10/29/1955 JOHNSON CITY 10/27/1956 COOKEVILLE 10/11/1958 COOKEVILLE 10/10/1959 JOHNSON CITY 10/8/1960 COOKEVILLE 10/7/1961 JOHNSON CITY 10/6/1962 COOKEVILLE 10/12/1963 JOHNSON CITY 10/10/1964 COOKEVILLE 10/9/1965 JOHNSON CITY 10/8/1966 COOKEVILLE 10/7/1967 COOKEVILLE 10/12/1968 JOHNSON CITY 10/11/1969 COOKEVILLE 10/10/1970 JOHNSON CITY 10/9/1971 COOKEVILLE 10/7/1972 JOHNSON CITY 10/6/1973 COOKEVILLE 11/2/1974 JOHNSON CITY COOKEVILLE 11/1/1975 10/30/1976 JOHNSON CITY 10/29/1977 COOKEVILLE 10/7/1978 JOIHNSON CITY 9/5/1981 JOHNSON CITY COOKEVILLE 9/4/1982 9/10/1983 JOHNSON CITY 9/8/1984 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 19-0 W, 33-0 W, 21-13 L, 21-13 W, 21-7 L, 14-6 L, 20-13 L, 25-14 W, 19-7 W, 21-7 W, 12-7 L, 26-6 L, 16-0 L, 7-6 W, 34-14 W, 14-3 W, 43-22 L, 14-6 L, 30-0 L, 30-7 W, 20-3 W, 24-23 L, 27-14 L, 13-0 W, 48-6 L, 18-7 W, 63-20 L, 38-17 L, 31-22 W, 14-0 L, 14-7 L, 10-3
EVANSVILLE COOKEVILLE
W, 13-0 W, 38-13
FAYETTEVILLE STATE 1-0
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. DATE SITE 8/30/2001 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 31-10
FLORIDA STATE 1-1
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. DATE SITE 11/22/1947 COOKEVILLE 9/13/1958 TALLAHASSEE
SCORE W, 27-6 L, 22-7
FORT CAMPBELL 2-0
? FORT CAMPBELL, KY. DATE SITE 9/20/1952 UNKNOWN 11/11/1961 FORT CAMPBELL
SCORE W, 27-0 W, 33-0
FURMAN 1-1
GREENVILLE, S.C. DATE SITE 9/13/1975 GREENVILLE 11/9/1976 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 17-5 L, 17-7
GALLATIN 0-1
GALLATIN, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1925 UNKNOWN
SCORE L, 14-0
GARDNER-WEBB 2-1
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. DATE SITE 9/4/2004 COOKEVILLE 9/9/2006 BOILING SPRINGS 8/28/2008 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 32-26 L, 30-26 W, 28-12
GEORGETOWN COLLEGE 3-1
GEORGETOWN, KY. DATE SITE X/X/1946 GEORGETOWN 11/14/1947 COOKEVILLE 10/8/1948 GEORGETOWN 10/8/1949 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 32-6 W, 33-6 L, 27-19 W, 39-6
GEORGIA 0-2
ATHENS, GA. DATE SITE 10/1/1943 UNKNOWN 11/7/2009 ATHENS
SCORE L, 63-0 L, 38-0
GEORGIA NORMAL SCHOOL 1-0
EVANSVILLE 2-0
DISBANDED FOOTBALL PROGRAM IN 1997 EVANSVILLE, IND. DATE SITE
11/18/1950 11/17/1951
SCORE
BECAME COORDINATE COLLEGE IN 1932 INCORPORATED INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA IN 2012 ATHENS, GA. DATE SITE SCORE
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UNKNOWN
W, 43-0
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 0-2 STATESBORO, GA. DATE SITE 10/5/1985 STATESBORO 10/4/1986 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 34-0 L, 59-13
HAMPTON 2-0
HAMPTON, VA. DATE SITE 8/30/2012 COOKEVILLE 9/14/2013 HAMPTON
SCORE W, 41-31 W, 30-27
HARDING 1-0
SEARCY, ARK. DATE SITE 9/9/2000 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 29-27
HIWASSEE COLLEGE 6-0-1 MADISONVILLE, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1924 UNKNOWN X/X/1925 UNKNOWN X/X/1927 UNKNOWN X/X/1928 UNKNOWN X/X/1929 UNKNOWN X/X/1930 UNKNOWN X/X/1934 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 26-0 W, 39-2 W, 12-0 T, 0-0 W, 20-0 W, 65-0 W, 21-6
HOUSTON 0-1
SCORE L, 52-24
ILLINOIS STATE 1-1 SCORE W, 23-18 L, 26-15
INDIANA STATE 1-1 TERRE HAUTE, IND. DATE SITE 9/28/2013 COOKEVILLE 9/6/2014 TERRE HAUTE
KANSAS STATE 0-2
MANHATTAN, KAN. DATE SITE 9/15/1984 MANHATTAN 9/26/2009 MANHATTAN
KENNESAW, GA. DATE SITE 9/9/2017 KENNESAW 9/6/2018 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 28-12 L, 49-7
SCORE L, 27-14 L, 49-10
KENTUCKY 0-1
LEXINGTON, KY. DATE SITE 9/15/1951 LEXINGTON
SCORE W, 38-37 L, 49-14
IOWA CITY, IOWA DATE SITE 9/3/2011 IOWA CITY
SCORE L, 72-13
SCORE L, 34-7
JACKSONVILLE STATE 6-16
OWENSBORO, KY. DATE SITE 9/3/1998 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 33-7
SCORE L, 57-6
LAMBUTH 3-0
JACKSON, TENN. DATE SITE 9/16/2010 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 43-0
LIBERTY 2-1
LYNCHBURG, VA. DATE SITE 9/12/1987 COOKEVILLE 9/10/1988 LYNCHBURG 9/18/1999 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 43-23 L, 24-20 W, 18-15
LINCOLN MEMORIAL 2-0
HARROGATE, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1930 UNKNOWN X/X/1931 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 57-0 W, 27-0
LIVINGSTON, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1923 UNKNOWN X/X/1924 UNKNOWN X/X/1924 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 24-0 W, 32-0 W, 35-0
LOCK HAVEN 5-0
LOCK HAVEN, PA. DATE SITE 9/2/1989 COOKEVILLE 9/1/1990 COOKEVILLE 9/12/1992 COOKEVILLE 9/11/1993 COOKEVILLE 9/1/1994 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 38-17 W, 45-14 W, 31-21 W, 45-14 W, 27-0
WAS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 1999 MONROE, LA. DATE SITE 11/21/1953 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 42-20
LOUISIANA TECH 2-6
SCORE W, 52-0
KING COLLEGE 0-1
BRISTOL, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1923 UNKNOWN
LANE COLLEGE 1-0
LOUISIANA-MONROE 1-0
KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 1-0
IOWA STATE 0-1 AMES, IOWA DATE SITE 9/7/2002 AMES
GRAYSON, KY. DATE SITE 8/28/2014 COOKEVILLE
BECAME A UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS SATELLITE IN 2011 JACKSON, TENN. DATE SITE SCORE X/X/1932 UNKNOWN W, 13-9 X/X/1933 UNKNOWN W, 39-0 9/8/2005 COOKEVILLE W, 52-10
LIVINGSTON ACADEMY 3-0
KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN 1-0
IOWA 0-1
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SCORE W, 21-0 W, 27-20 L, 23-7 L, 7-3 W, 35-27 L, 35-29 L, 37-20 W, 16-13 L, 43-17 L, 17-10 (OT) L, 38-10 L, 41-17 L, 55-28 W, 35-24 W, 21-14 L, 37-28 L, 34-14 L, 49-3 L, 42-13 L, 40-21 L, 34-7 L, 48-20
KENNESAW STATE 0-2
HOUSTON, TEXAS DATE SITE 9/5/2015 HOUSTON
NORMAL, ILL. DATE SITE 9/4/1993 COOKEVILLE 11/16/1996 NORMAL
JACKSONVILLE, ALA. DATE SITE X/X/1938 UNKNOWN 10/8/1977 COOKEVILLE 10/6/1979 JACKSONVILLE 10/11/1980 COOKEVILLE 10/3/2001 JACKSONVILLE 10/28/2002 COOKEVILLE 10/25/2003 JACKSONVILLE 10/23/2004 COOKEVILLE 10/27/2005 JACKSONVILLE 10/28/2006 COOKEVILLE 10/20/2007 JACKSONVILLE 11/8/2008 COOKEVILLE 11/14/2009 JACKSONVILLE 11/20/2010 COOKEVILLE 10/29/2011 JACKSONVILLE 10/6/2012 COOKEVILLE 10/26/2013 COOKEVILLE 10/25/2014 JACKSONVILLE 10/17/2015 COOKEVILLE 10/8/2016 JACKSONVILLE 9/20/2017 COOKEVILLE 9/22/2018 JACKSONVILLE
SCORE L, 75-0
RUSTON, LA. DATE SITE 10/5/1935 RUSTON 10/28/1961 COOKEVILLE 10/27/1962 RUSTON 11/2/1963 COOKEVILLE 10/31/1964 RUSTON 10/30/1965 RUSTON 10/29/1966 COOKEVILLE 1/1/1973 BATON ROUGE, LA
SCORE L, 44-0 L, 12-10 L, 33-20 W, 21-19 L, 25-6 L, 20-6 W, 21-9 L, 35-0
189
TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL
SERIES VS. ALL OPPONENTS
GRANTLAND RICE BOWL
9/19/2015 9/17/2016
LOUISVILLE 1-2 LOUISVILLE, KY. DATE SITE 9/17/1960 COOKEVILLE 9/16/1961 LOUISVILLE 9/6/2008 LOUISVILLE
SCORE W, 21-7 L, 29-13 L, 51-10
SCORE L, 20-7 L, 13-0 L, 20-13 W, 28-7 L, 52-14 L, 24-10 L, 45-14
MARYVILLE COLLEGE 4-0 MARYVILLE, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1940 UNKNOWN X/X/1947 COOKEVILLE 11/5/1948 MARYVILLE 9/8/2011 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 35-0 W, 13-7 W, 21-0 W, 56-7
MEMPHIS 7-10-4
WAS WEST TENNESSEE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE UNTIL 1941, MEMPHIS STATE UNTIL 1994 MEMPHIS, TENN. DATE SITE SCORE 10/24/1931 MEMPHIS W, 13-0 10/15/1932 COOKEVILLE W, 24-7 11/18/1933 MEMPHIS L, 13-0 T, 0-0 11/16/1934 COOKEVILLE 11/16/1935 MEMPHIS T, 0-0 10/9/1936 COOKEVILLE W, 25-0 11/12/1937 MEMPHIS W, 14-13 10/21/1938 COOKEVILLE L, 26-13 W, 15-0 10/28/1939 MEMPHIS 10/4/1940 COOKEVILLE W, 16-13 W, 35-0 11/15/1952 UNKNOWN 10/17/1953 UNKNOWN L, 14-7 10/16/1954 COOKEVILLE T, 25-25 L, 20-12 10/15/1955 MEMPHIS 9/22/1956 COOKEVILLE T, 14-14 L, 40-7 10/12/1957 MEMPHIS 9/27/1958 COOKEVILLE L, 13-0 9/27/1959 MEMPHIS L, 14-3 L, 37-6 9/24/1960 COOKEVILLE 9/10/1962 MEMPHIS L, 12-6 L, 40-10 9/30/2003 MEMPHIS
MERCER 1-1
MACON, GA. DATE SITE
190
W, 29-22 L, 34-27
MIAMI (OHIO) 0-1
OXFORD, OHIO DATE SITE 11/7/1953 UNKNOWN
SCORE L, 6-4
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 32-357
MARSHALL 1-6
HUNTINGTON, W.V. DATE SITE 11/5/1949 COOKEVILLE 11/4/1950 HUNTINGTON 11/3/1951 COOKEVILLE 11/1/1952 UNKNOWN 11/14/1992 HUNTINGTON 9/10/1994 HUNTINGTON 9/9/1995 HUNTINGTON
COOKEVILLE MACON
SCORE
MURFREESBORO, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1924 MURFREESBORO X/X/1925 COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO X/X/1927 X/X/1928 COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE X/X/1929 11/27/1930 MURFREESBORO 11/26/1931 COOKEVILLE 11/24/1932 MURFREESBORO 11/30/1933 COOKEVILLE 11/29/1934 COOKEVILLE 11/28/1935 COOKEVILLE 11/28/1936 MURFREESBORO 10/22/1937 MURFREESBORO 11/26/1937 COOKEVILLE 10/7/1938 COOKEVILLE 11/24/1938 MURFREESBORO 11/25/1939 COOKEVILLE 11/28/1940 MURFREESBORO 11/27/1941 COOKEVILLE 11/26/1942 COOKEVILLE 11/28/1946 COOKEVILLE 11/27/1947 MURFREESBORO 11/25/1948 COOKEVILLE 11/24/1949 MURFREESBORO 11/30/1950 COOKEVILLE 11/22/1951 MURFREESBORO 11/27/1952 UNKNOWN 11/26/1953 UNKNOWN 11/25/1954 COOKEVILLE 11/24/1955 MURFREESBORO 11/22/1956 COOKEVILLE 11/28/1957 MURFREESBORO 11/27/1958 COOKEVILLE 11/26/1959 MURFREESBORO 11/24/1960 COOKEVILLE 11/23/1961 MURFREESBORO 11/22/1962 COOKEVILLE 11/22/1963 MURFREESBORO 11/26/1964 COOKEVILLE 11/25/1965 MURFREESBORO 11/24/1966 COOKEVILLE 11/23/1967 MURFREESBORO 11/28/1968 COOKEVILLE 11/27/1969 MURFREESBORO 11/26/1970 COOKEVILLE 11/20/1971 COOKEVILLE 11/18/1972 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 6-0 T, 0-0 L, 13-0 W, 25-12 T, 13-13 T, 0-0 W, 13-7 W, 32-6 W, 6-0 W, 12-0 L, 7-6 L, 7-6 T, 13-13 L, 29-0 W, 7-0 W, 12-0 W, 20-3 L, 6-0 W, 6-0 W, 25-6 W, 21-7 L, 21-0 W, 32-7 L, 14-0 L, 27-7 T, 14-14 L, 19-7 W, 46-13 T, 7-7 W, 55-14 L, 26-6 L, 22-0 W, 14-0 T, 21-21 W, 35-8 W, 7-6 L, 20-0 L, 21-14 L, 24-0 L, 28-21 L, 21-14 L, 33-20 W, 7-3 W, 21-7 W, 17-13 W, 14-3 W, 24-10
11/17/1973 11/23/1974 11/22/1975 11/20/1976 11/19/1977 11/22/1978 11/17/1979 11/22/1980 11/21/1981 11/20/1982 11/19/1983 11/17/1984 11/23/1985 11/22/1986 11/21/1987 11/19/1988 11/18/1989 11/17/1990 11/23/1991 11/21/1992 11/20/1993 11/19/1994 11/11/1995 11/23/1996 11/15/1997 10/3/1998 9/14/2006
MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO
L, 17-10 W, 41-2 W, 30-3 W, 33-10 W, 21-9 W, 35-10 L, 17-14 L, 21-7 W, 28-9 L, 10-3 W, 12-8 L, 28-10 L, 45-12 L, 21-6 L, 17-13 L, 51-0 L, 24-3 L, 42-0 L, 28-10 L, 21-0 W, 35-14 L, 31-3 L, 31-6 L, 16-10 W, 30-20 L, 19-16 L, 44-0
MILLIGAN COLLEGE 2-5-1
ELIZABETHTON, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1922 UNKNOWN X/X/1929 UNKNOWN X/X/1930 UNKNOWN X/X/1935 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN X/X/1943 UNKNOWN X/X/1943 X/X/1945 UNKNOWN X/X/1945 UNKNOWN
SCORE T, 0-0 L, 13-0 W, 25-20 W, 26-7 L, 27-0 L, 18-7 L, 12-7 L, 7-6
MOREHEAD STATE 30-20-1
MOREHEAD, KY. DATE SITE X/X/1936 UNKNOWN X/X/1937 UNKNOWN 9/17/1948 MOREHEAD 10/16/1948 COOKEVILLE 10/15/1949 MOREHEAD 10/6/1950 COOKEVILLE 10/6/1951 MOREHEAD 10/4/1952 UNKNOWN 10/3/1953 UNKNOWN 10/2/1954 UNKNOWN 10/1/1955 MOREHEAD 9/29/1956 MOREHEAD 10/5/1957 COOKEVILLE 10/4/1958 MOREHEAD 10/3/1959 COOKEVILLE 10/1/1960 MOREHEAD
SCORE L, 14-0 L, 9-6 L, 19-7 W, 19-6 L, 12-7 L, 20-16 W, 17-14 W, 30-6 W, 27-0 W, 32-2 W, 55-0 W, 26-19 W, 14-6 W, 22-7 W, 48-0 W, 27-7
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SERIES VS. ALL OPPONENTS 9/30/1961 9/29/1962 10/5/1963 10/3/1964 10/2/1965 10/1/1966 10/21/1967 10/26/1968 10/25/1969 10/24/1970 10/23/1971 10/21/1972 11/20/1973 10/26/1974 10/25/1975 10/23/1976 10/22/1977 10/25/1978 10/20/1979 10/25/1980 10/24/1981 10/23/1982 10/22/1983 10/20/1984 10/26/1985 11/18/1986 10/17/1987 11/5/1988 11/4/1989 10/6/1990 10/26/1991 10/24/1992 9/25/1993 9/24/1994 10/21/1995
COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD MOREHEAD
W, 20-16 L, 14-6 W, 21-17 L, 35-0 L, 15-14 L, 14-7 L, 21-16 L, 14-12 W, 21-6 L, 31-10 W, 26-8 W, 28-17 L, 23-10 L, 14-7 W, 28-13 W, 28-23 W, 24-22 W, 21-20 T, 3-3 W, 31-29 W, 35-17 L, 28-14 W, 14-3 L, 43-14 W, 59-6 L, 28-20 W, 52-14 L, 20-3 L, 14-8 (FORFEITED) W, 24-7 L, 21-20 W, 31-12 W, 21-3 W, 56-14 W, 36-29
MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE 1-0 SIOUX CITY, IOWA DATE SITE 9/9/1972 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 37-7
MURRAY STATE 46-37-1 MURRAY, KY. DATE SITE X/X/1930 UNKNOWN X/X/1931 UNKNOWN X/X/1932 UNKNOWN X/X/1933 UNKNOWN X/X/1934 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN X/X/1935 X/X/1936 UNKNOWN X/X/1937 UNKNOWN X/X/1941 UNKNOWN X/X/1942 UNKNOWN X/X/1945 UNKNOWN X/X/1946 MURRAY X/X/1947 COOKEVILLE 10/30/1948 MURRAY 9/24/1949 COOKEVILLE
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SCORE W, 26-6 W, 19-7 T, 0-0 L, 9-6 L, 40-7 L, 13-0 L, 47-0 L, 23-0 W, 14-6 W, 19-6 L, 13-7 L, 20-13 L, 7-2 L, 34-6 L, 26-7
9/23/1950 9/29/1951 9/27/1952 9/26/1953 9/25/1954 9/24/1955 10/20/1956 10/26/1957 10/23/1958 10/24/1959 10/22/1960 10/21/1961 10/20/1962 10/26/1963 10/24/1964 10/23/1965 10/22/1966 9/23/1967 9/28/1968 9/27/1969 9/26/1970 9/25/1971 9/23/1972 9/22/1973 9/28/1974 9/27/1975 9/25/1976 9/24/1977 9/27/1978 9/22/1979 9/27/1980 9/26/1981 9/25/1982 9/24/1983 9/22/1984 9/28/1985 10/21/1986 10/24/1987 10/1/1988 9/30/1989 9/29/1990 11/2/1991 10/31/1992 10/30/1993 10/29/1994 10/28/1995 11/9/1996 11/1/1997 10/31/1998 10/30/1999 10/28/2000 10/6/2001 10/12/2002 9/27/2003 9/25/2004 10/1/2005 9/30/2006 9/20/2007 10/11/2008 11/21/2009
MURRAY COOKEVILLE UNKNOWN UNKNOWN MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE
L, 6-0 L, 20-7 W, 14-13 W, 9-0 L, 19-12 W, 20-7 L, 34-7 W, 26-14 W, 15-14 W, 29-16 W, 14-12 W, 27-8 W, 16-12 L, 28-27 L, 28-21 W, 23-14 W, 51-13 W, 22-21 L, 19-0 W, 28-21 W, 21-7 W, 27-3 W, 10-0 W, 16-9 W, 26-0 W, 14-7 W, 24-7 W, 21-19 W, 24-14 L, 24-3 L, 10-3 L, 15-10 W, 10-3 L, 20-6 L, 38-0 L, 29-21 L, 23-16 L, 24-21 W, 16-13 (OT) W, 21-20 W, 16-3 W, 45-7 W, 35-10 W, 31-16 W, 38-21 L, 45-14 L, 41-3 W, 16-13 (OT) L, 23-3 L, 22-11 W, 36-21 W, 15-12 L, 31-14 W, 49-24 L, 34-15 W, 42-21 W, 20-14 (OT) W, 48-24 L, 51-21 W, 45-14
11/6/2010 11/5/2011 9/29/2012 10/5/2013 10/4/2014 9/26/2015 11/19/2016 11/11/2017 11/3/2018
MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE
L, 44-13 L, 38-37 L, 70-35 L, 35-24 W, 30-27 (OT) W, 31-29 W, 55-19 L, 31-21 W, 27-24
NEBRASKA-OMAHA 2-0
OMAHA, NEB. DATE SITE 10/2/1976 COOKEVILLE 10/1/1977 OMAHA
SCORE W, 56-28 W, 35-28
NEVADA-LAS VEGAS 0-1
LAS VEGAS, NEV. DATE SITE 9/7/1985 LAS VEGAS
SCORE L, 35-7
NICHOLLS STATE 0-2
THIBODAUX, LA. DATE SITE THIBODAUX X/X/1978 9/29/1979 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 20-10 L, 13-10
NORTH ALABAMA 4-2-1
WAS FLORENCE STATE UNIVERSITY UNTIL 1974 FLORENCE, ALA. DATE SITE 9/19/1953 UNKNOWN 9/18/1954 UNKNOWN 9/17/1955 COOKEVILLE 9/15/1956 FLORENCE 9/21/1957 COOKEVILLE 11/15/1958 FLORENCE 9/20/1959 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 14-7 L, 20-7 W, 26-7 W, 20-6 L, 20-0 W, 20-14 T, 14-14
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0-2
DEKALB, ILL. DATE SITE 9/6/2003 DEKALB 9/17/2005 DEKALB
SCORE L, 42-17 L, 42-3
NORTHERN IOWA 0-1
CEDAR FALLS. IOWA DATE SITE 9/27/2014 CEDAR FALLS, IOWA
SCORE L, 50-7
NORTH GREENVILLE 1-0
TIGERVILLE, S.C. DATE SITE 9/6/2012 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 42-14
NORTHWESTERN STATE 0-2 NATCHITOCHES, LA. DATE SITE
SCORE
191
TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL
SERIES VS. ALL OPPONENTS 9/21/1968 9/20/1969
NATCHITOCHES COOKEVILLE
L, 33-15 L, 35-24
OAK RIDGE 1-1
OAK RIDGE, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1944 UNKNOWN X/X/1945 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 52-6 L, 12-6
OGDEN COLLEGE 2-0-3
MERGED WITH WESTERN KENTUCKY IN 1928 BOWLING GREEN, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1922 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN X/X/1923 X/X/1924 UNKNOWN X/X/1925 UNKNOWN X/X/1926 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 26-0 T, 0-0 T, 6-6 W, 12-6 T, 0-0
OHIO 0-3
ATHENS, OHIO DATE SITE 9/22/1990 ATHENS 9/14/1991 ATHENS 9/16/2000 ATHENS
SCORE L, 42-32 L, 35-14 L, 52-14
SCORE L, 63-14
SCORE W, 51-10
192
SEWANEE 5-8-2
SEWANEE, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1926 UNKNOWN 9/28/1929 SEWANEE 9/27/1930 SEWANEE 9/26/1931 SEWANEE 10/22/1932 SEWANEE 11/4/1933 SEWANEE 11/4/1934 SEWANEE 11/2/1935 SEWANEE 10/27/1936 SEWANEE 10/30/1937 SEWANEE 10/29/1938 SEWANEE 10/21/1939 SEWANEE 10/12/1940 SEWANEE 10/25/1941 SEWANEE X/X/1943 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 9-7 L, 46-0 L, 14-0 L, 24-7 T, 0-0 L, 13-0 L, 7-6 L, 6-0 T, 0-0 W, 9-6 W, 7-6 L, 9-7 L, 25-6 W, 14-0 W, 12-0
SEWANEE, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1923 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 14-0
VERMILLLION, S.D. DATE SITE 9/15/1973 COOKEVILLE 9/7/1974 VERMILLION
SCORE L, 27-0 W, 33-18 W, 61-6 L, 19-9 L, 27-23 W, 21-7 L, 20-16 L, 37-13 L, 30-3 W, 20-7 L, 27-24 W, 20-10 W, 14-7 L, 22-12 L, 19-15 W, 29-0
TAMPA, FLA. DATE SITE 9/11/2004 TAMPA
SCORE L, 30-0 W, 17-13
SCORE L, 21-7
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 15-12
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. DATE SITE 10/12/1991 CAPE GIRARDEAU 10/10/1992 COOKEVILLE 10/9/1993 CAPE GIRARDEAU 10/8/1994 COOKEVILLE 10/7/1995 CAPE GIRARDEAU 10/12/1996 COOKEVILLE 10/11/1997 CAPE GIRARDEAU 10/10/1998 COOKEVILLE 10/9/1999 CAPE GIRARDEAU 10/7/2000 COOKEVILLE 10/27/2001 COOKEVILLE 11/2/2002 CAPE GIRARDEAU 11/15/2003 COOKEVILLE 11/13/2004 CAPE GIRARDEAU
11/19/2005 11/18/2006 9/11/2008 10/24/2009 9/25/2010 9/24/2011 9/22/2012 11/9/2013 11/8/2014 10/31/2015 10/22/2016 10/14/2017 10/6/2018
COOKEVILLE CAPE GIRARDEAU CAPE GIRARDEAU COOKEVILLE CAPE GIRARDEAU COOKEVILLE CAPE GIRARDEAU CAPE GIRARDEAU COOKEVILLE CAPE GIRARDEAU COOKEVILLE CAPE GIRARDEAU COOKEVILLE
W, 31-24 W, 32-29 W, 29-27 W, 28-16 L, 23-21 W, 38-31 L, 41-38 (OT) W, 41-16 W, 27-26 L, 38-17 W, 21-20 L, 31-3 L, 70-38
SUE BENNETT COLLEGE 2-0
SCHOOL CLOSED IN 1997 LONDON, KY. DATE SITE X/X/1928 UNKNOWN X/X/1929 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 68-0 W, 66-0
TENNESSEE 0-6
KNOXVILLE, TENN. DATE SITE 10/25/1947 KNOXVILLE 10/23/1948 KNOXVILLE 10/22/1949 KNOXVILLE 11/11/1950 KNOXVILLE 10/27/1951 KNOXVILLE 11/5/2016 KNOXVILLE
SCORE L, 49-0 L, 41-0 L, 36-6 L, 48-14 L, 68-0 L, 55-0
TENNESSEE STATE 13-19
SOUTH FLORIDA 0-1
SAMFORD 10-12
WAS HOWARD COLLEGE UNTIL 1965 BIRMINGHAM, ALA. DATE SITE X/X/1934 UNKNOWN 10/1/1949 BIRMINGHAM 9/30/1950 COOKEVILLE 9/17/1988 COOKEVILLE 9/16/1989 BIRMINGHAM 9/15/1990 COOKEVILLE 9/21/1991 BIRMINGHAM 9/19/1992 COOKEVILLE 9/18/1993 BIRMINGHAM 9/17/1994 COOKEVILLE 9/16/1995 BIRMINGHAM 9/21/1996 COOKEVILLE 9/20/1997 BIRMINGHAM 11/21/1998 COOKEVILLE 11/20/1999 BIRMINGHAM 11/9/2000 COOKEVILLE 9/15/2001 CANCELLED (9/11 ATTACKS)
W, 51-44 L, 42-24 L, 20-17 W, 42-21 W, 20-14 L, 59-52
SOUTH DAKOTA 1-1
PIKEVILLE 1-0
WAS PIKEVILLE COLLEGE UNTIL 2011 PIKEVILLE, KY. DATE SITE 9/10/2009 COOKEVILLE
BIRMINGHAM COOKEVILLE BIRMINGHAM COOKEVILLE BIRMINGHAM COOKEVILLE
SEWANEE RESERVES 1-0
OREGON 0-1
EUGENE, ORE. DATE SITE 9/15/2012 EUGENE
11/9/2002 11/1/2003 10/30/2004 11/5/2005 11/4/2006 10/27/2007
SCORE L, 34-31 W, 49-14 W, 24-3 L, 19-14 L, 33-12 W, 30-20 W, 17-14 L, 29-24 W, 21-7 W, 31-6 W, 41-21 L, 36-30 L, 24-20 L, 31-28 (OT)
NASHVILLE, TENN. DATE SITE 10/13/1984 COOKEVILLE 10/19/1985 NASHVILLE 10/29/1988 NASHVILLE 10/28/1989 COOKEVILLE 11/3/1990 NASHVILLE NASHVILLE 11/9/1991 11/7/1992 COOKEVILLE NASHVILLE 11/6/1993 11/5/1994 COOKEVILLE 11/4/1995 NASHVILLE COOKEVILLE 11/9/1996 NASHVILLE 11/8/1997 COOKEVILLE 11/7/1998 11/6/1999 NASHVILLE (NISSAN STADIUM) 11/4/2000 COOKEVILLE 11/10/2001 COOKEVILLE 11/16/2002 NASHVILLE (NISSAN STADIUM) 10/11/2003 COOKEVILLE 10/13/2005 COOKEVILLE 10/14/2006 NASHVILLE (NISSAN STADIUM) 10/11/2007 COOKEVILLE 11/1/2008 NASHVILLE (NISSAN STADIUM) 10/31/2009 COOKEVILLE 10/23/2010 NASHVILLE (NISSAN STADIUM) 10/15/2011 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 33-3 L, 26-13 L, 27-23 L, 21-19 L, 36-14 L, 14-10 W, 26-15 W, 24-21 W, 28-20 W, 28-24 W, 21-19 L, 28-21 L, 42-21 L, 25-19 W, 56-23 W, 63-13 W, 20-14 L, 27-23 L, 31-20 L, 30-20 L, 45-28 L, 41-14 W, 20-13 W, 21-10 L, 42-40
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NASHVILLE COOKEVILLE NASHVILLE COOKEVILLE NASHVILLE COOKEVILLE NASHVILLE (NISSAN STADIUM)
L, 22-21 L, 41-21 L, 10-7 W, 30-24 W, 44-16 W, 30-26 L, 41-14
TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 0-2 ATHENS, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1926 UNKNOWN X/X/1927 UNKNOWN
SCORE L, 35-0 L, 19-0
TEXAS A&M -- COMMERCE 0-1 PREVIOUSLY EAST TEXAS STATE COMMERCE, TEXAS DATE SITE 1/1/1953 ORLANDO, FLA. TANGERINE BOWL
SCORE L, 33-0
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 0-1 FORT WORTH, TEXAS DATE SITE 9/11/2010 FORT WORTH
SCORE L, 62-7
TROY 1-2-1
WAS TROY STATE UNTIL 2005 TROY, ALA. DATE SITE TROY 11/1/1978 10/27/1979 COOKEVILLE 11/1/1980 TROY 10/31/1981 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 45-0 T, 17-17 L, 52-3 W, 37-28
TRUMAN STATE 2-0
WAS NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1996 KIRKSVILLE, MO. DATE SITE 9/20/1980 KIRKSVILLE 9/12/1981 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 28-20 W, 16-7
TULSA 0-1
TULSA, OKLA. DATE SITE TULSA 9/6/1986
SCORE L, 51-0
UNION 6-4
JACKSON, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1932 UNKNOWN X/X/1933 UNKNOWN X/X/1934 UNKNOWN X/X/1936 UNKNOWN X/X/1939 UNKNOWN X/X/1941 UNKNOWN X/X/1942 UNKNOWN 11/19/1948 JACKSON
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SCORE W, 27-0 W, 14-7 L, 19-0 L, 25-0 W, 33-12 L, 14-7 L, 14-12 W, 35-0
10/29/1949 COOKEVILLE 10/21/1950 COOKEVILLE
W, 34-0 W, 41-12
UTAH STATE 0-1
LOGAN, UTAH DATE SITE 9/13/2018 LOGAN
SCORE L, 73-12
UT MARTIN 22-16-2
PREVIOUSLY HALL-MOODY (1926) AND TENNESSEE JUNIOR COLLEGE, BECAME UT MARTIN IN 1951 MARTIN, TENN. DATE SITE SCORE 10/22/1926 COOKEVILLE W, 12-0 11/24/1927 MARTIN T, 0-0 11/23/1928 COOKEVILLE W, 13-12 11/7/1931 COOKEVILLE W, 26-7 10/7/1932 MARTIN T, 0-0 10/3/1970 MARTIN W, 17-6 10/2/1971 COOKEVILLE W, 10-7 9/30/1972 MARTIN W, 13-10 9/29/1973 COOKEVILLE W, 16-9 10/4/1980 MARTIN W, 30-28 10/3/1981 COOKEVILLE L, 24-21 10/2/1982 MARTIN L, 35-21 10/5/1991 MARTIN L, 24-16 10/3/1992 COOKEVILLE W, 17-13 10/16/1993 COOKEVILLE W, 20-3 10/15/1994 MARTIN L, 20-10 9/30/1995 MARTIN L, 36-31 10/5/1996 COOKEVILLE W, 21-14 (2OT) 10/18/1997 COOKEVILLE W, 33-2 10/17/1998 MARTIN W, 31-24 (OT) 10/2/1999 MARTIN W, 45-9 9/30/2000 COOKEVILLE W, 46-6 11/15/2001 MARTIN W, 41-7 11/21/2002 COOKEVILLE W, 68-7 10/4/2003 MARTIN L, 30-23 (OT) 10/2/2004 COOKEVILLE W, 49-20 10/8/2005 MARTIN L, 46-16 10/5/2006 COOKEVILLE L, 35-16 9/27/2007 MARTIN W, 13-10 10/16/2008 COOKEVILLE L, 35-7 10/10/2009 MARTIN W, 35-28 9/30/2010 COOKEVILLE L, 27-24 10/1/2011 MARTIN W, 34-31 11/10/2012 COOKEVILLE W, 45-44 (OT) 10/10/2013 COOKEVILLE L, 28-17 10/9/2014 MARTIN L, 17-10 10/3/2015 COOKEVILLE L, 31-17 9/24/2016 MARTIN L, 44-23 11/18/2017 COOKEVILLE L, 24-0 11/10/2018 MARTIN L, 38-13
VALPARAISO 1-0
VALPARAISO, IND. DATE SITE 9/21/2002 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 62-10
VANDERBILT 0-11-1
NASHVILLE, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1931 UNKNOWN 9/23/1939 NASHVILLE 11/16/1940 NASHVILLE 10/4/1941 NASHVILLE 9/26/1942 NASHVILLE 10/18/1943 COOKEVILLE 11/25/1943 NASHVILLE 10/28/1944 NASHVILLE 11/4/1944 COOKEVILLE 9/29/1945 UNKNOWN 9/28/1946 NASHVILLE 11/8/1947 NASHVILLE
SCORE L, 6-0 T, 13-13 L, 21-0 L, 42-0 L, 52-0 L, 30-0 L, 47-7 L, 19-7 L, 20-9 L, 12-0 L, 35-3 L, 68-0
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE 1-0
LEXINGTON, VA. DATE SITE 9/18/2004 LEXINGTON
SCORE W, 16-10
WEST ALABAMA 1-0
PREVIOUSLY ALABAMA NORMAL COLLEGE LIVINGSTON, ALA. DATE SITE X/X/1928 UNKNOWN
SCORE W, 77-0
WESTERN CAROLINA 7-6-1
CULLOWHEE, N.C. DATE SITE 9/18/1971 COOKEVILLE 9/16/1972 CULLOWHEE 9/8/1973 CULLOWHEE 9/21/1974 COOKEVILLE 9/10/1977 CULLOWHEE 9/18/1978 COOKEVILLE 9/8/1979 CULLOWHEE 9/13/1980 COOKEVILLE 9/11/1982 CULLOWHEE 10/8/1983 COOKEVILLE 9/29/1984 CULLOWHEE 9/14/1985 COOKEVILLE 11/14/1998 COOKEVILLE 11/18/2000 CULLOWHEE
SCORE W, 27-17 L, 31-13 T, 10-10 L, 9-7 W, 41-21 W, 22-20 L, 24-7 W, 26-10 W, 17-10 L, 42-10 L, 34-6 L, 30-3 W, 17-6 W, 37-35
WESTERN ILLINOIS 0-1
MACOMB, ILL. DATE SITE 8/31/2017 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 41-14
WESTERN KENTUCKY 23-28-1
BOWLING GREEN, KY. DATE SITE 10/21/1922 UNKNOWN 10/7/1933 COOKEVILLE 10/13/1934 BOWLING GREEN
SCORE L, 42-0 L, 7-6 L, 27-0
193
TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL
SERIES VS. ALL OPPONENTS 10/11/1935 10/3/1936 10/18/1937 10/15/1938 10/13/1939 10/19/1940 11/7/1941 11/7/1942 11/1/1946 10/11/1947 10/28/1950 10/20/1951 10/25/1952 10/24/1953 10/23/1954 10/22/1955 10/13/1956 10/19/1957 10/18/1958 10/17/1959 10/15/1960 10/14/1961 10/13/1962 10/19/1963 10/17/1964 10/16/1965 10/15/1966 10/14/1967 10/19/1968 10/18/1969 10/17/1970 10/16/1971 10/14/1972 10/13/1973 10/19/1974 10/18/1975 10/16/1976 10/15/1977 10/18/1978 10/13/1979 10/12/1980 10/17/1981 10/16/1982 10/15/1983 10/22/1988 10/21/1989 10/13/1990 10/10/1999 10/14/2000
COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN
L, 31-6 L, 27-0 L, 20-0 W, 7-6 W, 10-0 L, 6-0 W, 26-6 T, 6-6 W, 20-7 L, 13-7 L, 21-0 W, 14-7 W, 21-13 W, 34-21 L, 32-12 W, 19-7 W, 39-26 W, 34-14 W, 7-3 W, 29-19 W, 10-7 W, 13-12 L, 24-7 L, 14-12 L, 19-14 W, 46-6 W, 21-14 L, 56-0 L, 13-0 L, 42-0 L, 28-0 L, 15-7 W, 30-10 L, 41-0 W, 10-6 L, 20-7 W, 22-12 W, 31-20 L, 26-20 L, 49-7 L, 28-17 W, 14-3 L, 28-14 L, 17-0 L, 20-17 L, 61-14 W, 33-22 W, 23-10 L, 17-14
WISCONSIN 0-1
MADISON, WISC. DATE SITE 9/7/2013 MADISON
SCORE L, 48-0
WOFFORD 0-4
SPARTANBURG, S.C. DATE SITE 11/13/1948 COOKEVILLE 11/12/1949 SPARTANBURG 9/12/2015 SPARTANBURG 9/1/2016 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 8-6 L, 26-7 L, 34-14 L, 21-7
XAVIER 0-1
DISCONTINUED FOOTBALL IN 1973 CINCINNATI, OHIO DATE SITE X/X/1939 UNKNOWN
SCORE L, 19-0
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 5-11
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO DATE SITE 11/10/1939 COOKEVILLE 10/26/1940 YOUNGSTOWN 10/31/1941 YOUNGSTOWN 9/28/1957 YOUNGSTOWN 9/16/1967 COOKEVILLE 9/19/1970 YOUNGSTOWN 10/12/1974 YOUNGSTOWN 9/20/1975 COOKEVILLE 9/18/1976 YOUNGSTOWN 9/17/1977 COOKEVILLE 9/18/1982 YOUNGSTOWN 9/17/1983 COOKEVILLE 10/6/1984 YOUNGSTOWN 10/12/1985 COOKEVILLE 10/11/1986 YOUNGSTOWN 10/10/1987 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 7-6 L, 28-13 L, 14-0 W, 12-7 L, 31-28 W, 32-19 L, 23-0 L, 15-0 W, 13-10 W, 38-22 L, 37-14 L, 34-22 L, 51-0 L, 23-16 L, 30-6 L, 18-15
WESTERN MICHIGAN 0-1 KALAMAZOO, MICH. DATE SITE 9/20/2008 KALAMAZOO
SCORE L, 41-7
WEST VIRGINIA TECH 1-0 MONTGOMERY, W.V. DATE SITE 9/22/2001 COOKEVILLE
194
SCORE W, 44-3
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AKRON, OHIO DATE SITE X/X/1981 COOKEVILLE X/X/1982 AKRON X/X/1983 COOKEVILLE X/X/1984 AKRON X/X/1985 COOKEVILLE X/X/1986 COOKEVILLE
11/4/2017 10/27/2018 SCORE L, 10-7 L, 28-14 L, 43-12 L, 17-9 L, 27-9 L, 38-13
AUSTIN PEAY 26-20 (1963-1996, 2007-present)
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1963 COOKEVILLE X/X/1964 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1965 COOKEVILLE X/X/1966 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1967 COOKEVILLE X/X/1968 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1969 COOKEVILLE X/X/1970 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1971 COOKEVILLE X/X/1972 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1973 COOKEVILLE X/X/1974 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1975 COOKEVILLE X/X/1976 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1977 COOKEVILLE X/X/1978 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1979 COOKEVILLE X/X/1980 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1981 COOKEVILLE X/X/1982 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1983 COOKEVILLE X/X/1984 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1985 COOKEVILLE X/X/1986 COOKEVILLE X/X/1987 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1988 COOKEVILLE X/X/1989 CLARKSVILLE COOKEVILLE X/X/1990 X/X/1991 COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE X/X/1992 X/X/1993 CLARKSVILLE X/X/1994 COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE X/X/1995 X/X/1996 CLARKSVILLE X/X/2007 COOKEVILLE X/X/2008 CLARKSVILLE X/X/2009 COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE X/X/2010 X/X/2011 COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE X/X/2012 X/X/2013 COOKEVILLE X/X/2014 CLARKSVILLE COOKEVILLE X/X/2015 9/10/2016 CLARKSVILLE
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SCORE W, 28-13 L, 29-0 L, 23-12 L, 20-15 W, 38-13 W, 10-0 W, 56-20 L, 10-6 W, 37-12 W, 19-7 W, 31-12 W, 28-7 W, 20-0 W, 31-13 L, 24-21 W, 28-14 L, 21-14 L, 13-10 W, 29-24 L, 31-27 L, 21-7 L, 27-7 L, 24-20 L, 23-13 W, 14-9 L, 10-6 W, 17-15 W, 20-14 (OT) W, 32-7 W, 10-0 W, 35-17 L, 34-27 L, 20-17 W, 23-17 L, 30-27 L, 31-28 W, 31-23 W, 34-21 W, 49-7 L, 38-31 W, 34-0 W, 41-15 W, 42-24 W, 41-7
COOKEVILLE CLARKSVILLE
L, 35-28 L, 41-10
EASTERN ILLINOIS 4-19 (1996-present) CHARLESTON, ILL. DATE SITE X/X/1996 COOKEVILLE X/X/1997 COOKEVILLE X/X/1998 CHARLESTON X/X/1999 CHARLESTON X/X/2000 COOKEVILLE X/X/2001 CHARLESTON X/X/2002 COOKEVILLE X/X/2003 CHARLESTON X/X/2004 COOKEVILLE X/X/2005 CHARLESTON X/X/2006 COOKEVILLE X/X/2007 CHARLESTON X/X/2008 COOKEVILLE X/X/2009 CHARLESTON X/X/2010 COOKEVILLE X/X/2011 CHARLESTON X/X/2012 COOKEVILLE CHARLESTON X/X/2013 X/X/2014 COOKEVILLE X/X/2015 CHARLESTON 10/15/2016 COOKEVILLE 10/7/2017 CHARLESTON 9/29/2018 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 35-27 L, 10-7 L, 13-6 W, 14-7 L, 27-16 L, 44-33 L, 35-28 L, 37-10 W, 40-37 (OT) L, 31-20 L, 38-14 L, 45-24 L, 38-20 L, 23-15 W, 34-20 W, 31-20 L, 31-24 L, 56-21 L, 41-10 L, 51-20 L, 30-24 L, 24-23 L, 52-38
EASTERN KENTUCKY 19-50 (1948-present) RICHMOND, KY. DATE SITE RICHMOND X/X/1950 X/X/1951 COOKEVILLE X/X/1952 UNKNOWN X/X/1953 UNKNOWN X/X/1954 UNKNOWN COOKEVILLE X/X/1955 RICHMOND X/X/1956 X/X/1957 COOKEVILLE X/X/1958 RICHMOND COOKEVILLE X/X/1959 X/X/1960 RICHMOND COOKEVILLE X/X/1961 X/X/1962 RICHMOND X/X/1963 COOKEVILLE RICHMOND X/X/1964 X/X/1965 COOKEVILLE RICHMOND X/X/1966 X/X/1967 RICHMOND X/X/1968 COOKEVILLE RICHMOND X/X/1969 X/X/1970 COOKEVILLE RICHMOND X/X/1971 X/X/1972 COOKEVILLE X/X/1973 RICHMOND
SCORE L, 47-7 L, 15-14 W, 28-14 W, 7-0 L, 14-7 W, 13-7 L, 25-13 W, 34-14 W, 20-19 W, 14-10 W, 20-0 W, 14-8 L, 21-0 W, 21-19 W, 27-7 L, 28-14 W, 7-3 L, 24-0 L, 28-14 L, 17-7 L, 20-13 L, 14-7 W, 14-0 L, 30-14
X/X/1974 X/X/1975 X/X/1976 X/X/1977 X/X/1978 X/X/1979 X/X/1980 X/X/1981 X/X/1982 X/X/1983 X/X/1984 X/X/1985 X/X/1986 X/X/1987 X/X/1988 X/X/1989 X/X/1990 X/X/1991 X/X/1992 X/X/1993 X/X/1994 X/X/1995 X/X/1996 X/X/1997 X/X/1998 X/X/1999 X/X/2000 X/X/2001 X/X/2002 X/X/2003 X/X/2004 X/X/2005 X/X/2006 X/X/2007 X/X/2008 X/X/2009 X/X/2010 X/X/2011 X/X/2012 X/X/2013 X/X/2014 X/X/2015 10/1/2016 9/23/2017 11/17/2018
COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND RICHMOND COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE RICHMOND RICHMOND COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE RICHMOND RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE GEORGETOWN, KY. COOKEVILLE RICHMOND COOKEVILLE
L, 29-14 W, 14-3 L, 28-14 L, 28-21 L, 20-16 L, 35-0 L, 48-7 L, 63-10 L, 34-17 L, 24-7 L, 21-14 L, 35-17 L, 42-14 L, 44-8 L, 14-7 L, 21-20 L, 29-20 L, 19-13 L, 35-0 L, 10-7 L, 23-3 L, 21-3 L, 28-7 L, 26-7 W, 31-29 (3OT) L, 23-20 (2OT) W, 9-3 L, 34-10 L, 19-0 L, 27-14 L, 19-18 L, 52-3 W, 27-14 L, 38-34 L, 33-12 L, 17-7 L, 42-29 W, 28-21 L, 42-28 L, 24-10 W, 39-31 L, 48-17 W, 33-30 (OT) L, 24-21 L, 37-6
EAST TENNESSEE STATE 10-10 (1958-1977)
JOHNSON CITY, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1958 COOKEVILLE JOHNSON CITY X/X/1959 X/X/1960 COOKEVILLE X/X/1961 JOHNSON CITY COOKEVILLE X/X/1962 X/X/1963 JOHNSON CITY X/X/1964 COOKEVILLE X/X/1965 JOHNSON CITY X/X/1966 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 25-14 W, 19-7 W, 21-7 W, 12-7 L, 26-6 L, 16-0 L, 7-6 W, 34-14 W, 14-3
195
TENNESSEE TECH FOOTBALL
SERIES VS. ALL OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE OPPONENTS X/X/1967 X/X/1968 X/X/1969 X/X/1970 X/X/1971 X/X/1972 X/X/1973 X/X/1974 X/X/1975 X/X/1976 X/X/1977
COOKEVILLE JOHNSON CITY COOKEVILLE JOHNSON CITY COOKEVILLE JOHNSON CITY COOKEVILLE JOHNSON CITY COOKEVILLE JOHNSON CITY COOKEVILLE
W, 43-22 L, 14-6 L, 30-0 L, 30-7 W, 20-3 W, 24-23 L, 27-14 L, 13-0 W, 48-6 L, 18-7 W, 63-20
EVANSVILLE 2-0 (1948-1951)
DISBANDED FOOTBALL PROGRAM IN 1997 EVANSVILLE, IND. DATE SITE X/X/1950 EVANSVILLE X/X/1951 COOKEVILLE
SCORE W, 13-0 W, 38-13
JACKSONVILLE STATE 3-13 (2003-present) JACKSONVILLE, ALA. DATE SITE 10/25/2003 JACKSONVILLE 10/23/2004 COOKEVILLE 10/27/2005 JACKSONVILLE 10/28/2006 COOKEVILLE 10/20/2007 JACKSONVILLE 11/8/2008 COOKEVILLE 11/14/2009 JACKSONVILLE 11/20/2010 COOKEVILLE 10/29/2011 JACKSONVILLE 10/6/2012 COOKEVILLE 10/26/2013 COOKEVILLE 10/25/2014 JACKSONVILLE 10/17/2015 COOKEVILLE 10/8/2016 JACKSONVILLE 9/30/2017 COOKEVILLE 9/22/2018 JACKSONVILLE
SCORE L, 37-20 W, 16-13 L, 43-17 L, 17-10 (OT) L, 38-10 L, 41-17 L, 55-28 W, 35-24 W, 21-14 L, 37-28 L, 34-14 L, 49-3 L, 42-13 L, 40-21 L, 34-7 L, 48-20
LOUISVILLE 0-0 (1948-1949) LOUISVILLE, KY. DATE SITE NO OVC GAMES AGAINST
SCORE
MARSHALL 0-3 (1949-1951) HUNTINGTON, W.V. DATE SITE COOKEVILLE X/X/1949 X/X/1950 HUNTINGTON X/X/1951 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 20-7 L, 13-0 L, 20-13
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 19-26-2 (1952-1998)
196
MURFREESBORO, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1952 UNKNOWN X/X/1953 UNKNOWN X/X/1954 UNKNOWN X/X/1955 MURFREESBORO X/X/1956 COOKEVILLE X/X/1957 MURFREESBORO X/X/1958 COOKEVILLE X/X/1959 MURFREESBORO X/X/1960 COOKEVILLE X/X/1961 MURFREESBORO X/X/1962 COOKEVILLE X/X/1963 MURFREESBORO X/X/1964 COOKEVILLE X/X/1965 MURFREESBORO X/X/1966 COOKEVILLE X/X/1967 MURFREESBORO X/X/1968 COOKEVILLE X/X/1969 MURFREESBORO X/X/1970 COOKEVILLE X/X/1971 COOKEVILLE X/X/1972 COOKEVILLE X/X/1973 MURFREESBORO X/X/1974 COOKEVILLE X/X/1975 MURFREESBORO X/X/1976 COOKEVILLE X/X/1977 MURFREESBORO X/X/1978 COOKEVILLE X/X/1979 MURFREESBORO X/X/1980 COOKEVILLE X/X/1981 MURFREESBORO X/X/1982 COOKEVILLE X/X/1983 MURFREESBORO X/X/1984 COOKEVILLE X/X/1985 MURFREESBORO X/X/1986 MURFREESBORO X/X/1987 COOKEVILLE X/X/1988 MURFREESBORO X/X/1989 COOKEVILLE X/X/1990 MURFREESBORO COOKEVILLE X/X/1991 X/X/1992 MURFREESBORO X/X/1993 COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO X/X/1994 X/X/1995 COOKEVILLE MURFREESBORO X/X/1996 X/X/1997 COOKEVILLE X/X/1998 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 19-7 W, 46-13 T, 7-7 W, 55-14 L, 26-6 L, 22-0 W, 14-0 T, 21-21 W, 35-8 W, 7-6 L, 20-0 L, 21-14 L, 24-0 L, 28-21 L, 21-14 L, 33-20 W, 7-3 W, 21-7 W, 17-13 W, 14-3 W, 24-10 L, 17-10 W, 41-2 W, 30-3 W, 33-10 W, 21-9 W, 35-10 L, 17-14 L, 21-7 W, 28-9 L, 10-3 W, 12-8 L, 28-10 L, 45-12 L, 21-6 L, 17-13 L, 51-0 L, 24-3 L, 42-0 L, 28-10 L, 21-0 W, 35-14 L, 31-3 L, 31-6 L, 16-10 W, 30-20 L, 19-16
MOREHEAD STATE 29-16-1 (1948-1995)
MOREHEAD, KY. DATE SITE X/X/1949 MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE X/X/1950 X/X/1951 MOREHEAD X/X/1952 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN X/X/1953 X/X/1954 UNKNOWN
SCORE L, 12-7 L, 20-16 W, 17-14 W, 30-6 W, 27-0 W, 32-2
X/X/1955 X/X/1956 X/X/1957 X/X/1958 X/X/1959 X/X/1960 X/X/1961 X/X/1962 X/X/1963 X/X/1964 X/X/1965 X/X/1966 X/X/1967 X/X/1968 X/X/1969 X/X/1970 X/X/1971 X/X/1972 X/X/1973 X/X/1974 X/X/1975 X/X/1976 X/X/1977 X/X/1978 X/X/1979 X/X/1980 X/X/1981 X/X/1982 X/X/1983 X/X/1984 X/X/1985 X/X/1986 X/X/1987 X/X/1988 X/X/1989 X/X/1990 X/X/1991 X/X/1992 X/X/1993 X/X/1994 X/X/1995
MOREHEAD MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE MOREHEAD MOREHEAD
W, 55-0 W, 26-19 W, 14-6 W, 22-7 W, 48-0 W, 27-7 W, 20-16 L, 14-6 W, 21-17 L, 35-0 L, 15-14 L, 14-7 L, 21-16 L, 14-12 W, 21-6 L, 31-10 W, 26-8 W, 28-17 L, 23-10 L, 14-7 W, 28-13 W, 28-23 W, 24-22 W, 21-20 T, 3-3 W, 31-29 W, 35-17 L, 28-14 W, 14-3 L, 43-14 W, 59-6 L, 28-20 W, 52-14 L, 20-3 L, 14-8 (FORFEITED) W, 24-7 L, 21-20 W, 31-12 W, 21-3 W, 56-14 W, 36-29
MURRAY STATE 42-28 (1948-present)
MURRAY, KY. DATE SITE X/X/1949 COOKEVILLE X/X/1950 MURRAY X/X/1951 COOKEVILLE X/X/1952 UNKNOWN X/X/1953 UNKNOWN X/X/1954 UNKNOWN X/X/1955 COOKEVILLE X/X/1956 MURRAY X/X/1957 COOKEVILLE X/X/1958 MURRAY X/X/1959 COOKEVILLE X/X/1960 MURRAY X/X/1961 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 26-7 L, 6-0 L, 20-7 W, 14-13 W, 9-0 L, 19-12 W, 20-7 L, 34-7 W, 26-14 W, 15-14 W, 29-16 W, 14-12 W, 27-8
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MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE MURRAY COOKEVILLE
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W, 16-12 L, 28-27 L, 28-21 W, 23-14 W, 51-13 W, 22-21 L, 19-0 W, 28-21 W, 21-7 W, 27-3 W, 10-0 W, 16-9 W, 26-0 W, 14-7 W, 24-7 W, 21-19 W, 24-14 L, 24-3 L, 10-3 L, 15-10 W, 10-3 L, 20-6 L, 38-0 L, 29-21 L, 23-16 L, 24-21 W, 16-13 (OT) W, 21-20 W, 16-3 W, 45-7 W, 35-10 W, 31-16 W, 38-21 L, 45-14 L, 41-3 W, 16-13 (OT) L, 23-3 L, 22-11 W, 36-21 W, 15-12 L, 31-14 W, 49-24 L, 34-15 W, 42-21 W, 20-14 (OT) W, 48-24 L, 51-21 W, 45-14 L, 44-13 L, 38-37 L, 70-35 L, 35-24 W, 30-27 (OT) W, 31-29 W, 55-19 L, 31-21 W, 27-24
(2003-2007)
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. DATE SITE X/X/2003 COOKEVILLE X/X/2004 BIRMINGHAM X/X/2005 COOKEVILLE X/X/2006 BIRMINGHAM X/X/2007 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 42-24 L, 20-17 W, 42-21 W, 20-14 L, 59-52
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 15-12 (1991-present)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. DATE SITE X/X/1991 CAPE GIRARDEAU X/X/1992 COOKEVILLE CAPE GIRARDEAU X/X/1993 X/X/1994 COOKEVILLE CAPE GIRARDEAU X/X/1995 COOKEVILLE X/X/1996 X/X/1997 CAPE GIRARDEAU X/X/1998 COOKEVILLE X/X/1999 CAPE GIRARDEAU X/X/2000 COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE X/X/2001 X/X/2002 CAPE GIRARDEAU X/X/2003 COOKEVILLE X/X/2004 CAPE GIRARDEAU X/X/2005 COOKEVILLE X/X/2006 CAPE GIRARDEAU X/X/2008 CAPE GIRARDEAU X/X/2009 COOKEVILLE X/X/2010 CAPE GIRARDEAU X/X/2011 COOKEVILLE CAPE GIRARDEAU X/X/2012 X/X/2013 CAPE GIRADEAU X/X/2014 COOKEVILLE X/X/2015 CAPE GIRARDEAU 10/22/2016 COOKEVILLE 10/14/2017 CAPE GIRARDEAU 10/6/2018 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 34-31 W, 49-14 W, 24-3 L, 19-14 L, 33-12 W, 30-20 W, 17-14 L, 29-24 W, 21-7 W, 31-6 W, 41-21 L, 36-30 L, 24-20 L, 31-28 (OT) W, 31-24 W, 32-29 W, 29-27 W, 28-16 L, 23-21 W, 38-31 L, 41-38 (OT) W, 41-16 W, 27-26 L, 38-17 W, 21-20 L, 31-3 L, 70-38
TENNESSEE STATE 13-17 (1988-present)
NASHVILLE, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1988 NASHVILLE X/X/1989 COOKEVILLE X/X/1990 NASHVILLE X/X/1991 NASHVILLE X/X/1992 COOKEVILLE X/X/1993 NASHVILLE X/X/1994 COOKEVILLE X/X/1995 NASHVILLE X/X/1996 COOKEVILLE X/X/1997 NASHVILLE X/X/1998 COOKEVILLE X/X/1999 NASHVILLE X/X/2000 COOKEVILLE X/X/2001 COOKEVILLE
SCORE L, 27-23 L, 21-19 L, 36-14 L, 14-10 W, 26-15 W, 24-21 W, 28-20 W, 28-24 W, 21-19 L, 28-21 L, 42-21 L, 25-19 W, 56-23 W, 63-13
X/X/2002 X/X/2003 X/X/2005 X/X/2006 X/X/2007 X/X/2008 X/X/2009 X/X/2010 X/X/2011 X/X/2012 X/X/2013 X/X/2014 X/X/2015 11/12/2016 10/28/2017 10/20/2018
NASHVILLE COOKEVILLE COOKEVILLE NASHVILLE COOKEVILLE NASHVILLE COOKEVILLE NASHVILLE COOKEVILLE NASHVILLE COOKEVILLE NASHVILLE COOKEVILLE NASHVILLE COOKEVILLE NASHVILLE
W, 20-14 L, 27-23 L, 31-20 L, 30-20 L, 45-28 L, 41-14 W, 20-13 W, 21-10 L, 42-40 L, 22-21 L, 41-21 L, 10-7 W, 30-24 W, 44-16 W, 30-26 L, 41-14
UT MARTIN 14-13 (1992-present)
MARTIN, TENN. DATE SITE X/X/1992 COOKEVILLE X/X/1993 COOKEVILLE X/X/1994 MARTIN X/X/1995 MARTIN X/X/1996 COOKEVILLE X/X/1997 COOKEVILLE X/X/1998 MARTIN X/X/1999 MARTIN X/X/2000 COOKEVILLE X/X/2001 MARTIN X/X/2002 COOKEVILLE X/X/2003 MARTIN X/X/2004 COOKEVILLE X/X/2005 MARTIN X/X/2006 COOKEVILLE X/X/2007 MARTIN X/X/2008 COOKEVILLE X/X/2009 MARTIN X/X/2010 COOKEVILLE X/X/2011 MARTIN X/X/2012 COOKEVILLE X/X/2013 COOKEVILLE X/X/2014 MARTIN X/X/2015 COOKEVILLE 9/24/2016 MARTIN 11/18/2017 COOKEVILLE 11/10/2018 MARTIN
SCORE W, 17-13 W, 20-3 L, 20-10 L, 36-31 W, 21-14 (2OT) W, 33-2 W, 31-24 (OT) W, 45-9 W, 46-6 W, 41-7 W, 68-7 L, 30-23 (OT) W, 49-20 L, 46-16 L, 35-16 W, 13-10 L, 35-7 W, 35-28 L, 27-24 W, 34-31 W, 45-44 (OT) L, 28-17 L, 17-10 L, 31-17 L, 44-23 L, 24-0 L, 38-13
WESTERN KENTUCKY 18-16 (1948-1981, 1999-2000)
BOWLING GREEN, KY. DATE SITE X/X/1950 COOKEVILLE X/X/1951 BOWLING GREEN X/X/1952 UNKNOWN X/X/1953 UNKNOWN X/X/1954 UNKNOWN X/X/1955 BOWLING GREEN
SCORE L, 21-0 W, 14-7 W, 21-13 W, 34-21 L, 32-12 W, 19-7
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SERIES VS. ALL OPPONENTS X/X/1956 X/X/1957 X/X/1958 X/X/1959 X/X/1960 X/X/1961 X/X/1962 X/X/1963 X/X/1964 X/X/1965 X/X/1966 X/X/1967 X/X/1968 X/X/1969 X/X/1970 X/X/1971 X/X/1972 X/X/1973 X/X/1974 X/X/1975 X/X/1976 X/X/1977 X/X/1978 X/X/1979 X/X/1980 X/X/1981 X/X/1999 X/X/2000
COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN COOKEVILLE BOWLING GREEN
W, 39-26 W, 34-14 W, 7-3 W, 29-19 W, 10-7 W, 13-12 L, 24-7 L, 14-12 L, 19-14 W, 46-6 W, 21-14 L, 56-0 L, 13-0 L, 42-0 L, 28-0 L, 15-7 W, 30-10 L, 41-0 W, 10-6 L, 20-7 W, 22-12 W, 31-20 L, 26-20 L, 49-7 L, 28-17 W, 14-3 W, 23-10 L, 17-14
TENNESSEE STATE 13 17 UT MARTIN 14 13 WESTERN KENTUCKY 18 16 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 0 6 OVC (468 games) 215 258
0 0 0 0 3
.448 .538 .529 .000 .457
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 0-6 (1981-1987) YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO DATE SITE X/X/1982 YOUNGSTOWN X/X/1983 COOKEVILLE X/X/1984 YOUNGSTOWN X/X/1985 COOKEVILLE X/X/1986 YOUNGSTOWN X/X/1987 COOKEVILLE
TEAM AKRON AUSTIN PEAY EASTERN ILLINOIS EASTERN KENTUCKY EAST TENNESSEE EVANSVILLE JACKSONVILLE STATE LOUISVILLE MARSHALL MIDDLE TENNESSEE MOREHEAD STATE MURRAY STATE SAMFORD SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
198
SCORE L, 37-14 L, 34-22 L, 51-0 L, 23-16 L, 30-6 L, 18-15
W L T PCT. 0 6 0 .000 26 20 0 .578 4 19 0 .182 19 50 0 .279 10 10 0 .500 2 0 0 1.000 3 13 0 .200 0 0 0 .000 0 3 0 .000 19 26 2 .426 29 16 1 .641 42 28 0 .594 2 3 0 .400 14 12 0 .560
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W L T PCT. 0 1 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 0 6 0 .000 1 0 0 1.000 1 2 0 .333 0 1 0 .000 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 1.000 9 8 0 .529 0 1 0 .000 32 20 0 .627 0 1 0 .000 4 3 1 .563 0 2 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 0 1 1 .250 1 1 0 .500 1 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 1.000 4 2 0 .667 1 3 0 .250 0 1 0 .000 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 1 .750 10 30 0 .256 0 1 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 1 0 0 1.000 7 6 1 .536 0 1 0 .000 6 19 0 .250 20 55 0 .270 15 17 0 .469 2 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 0 .500 2 0 0 1.000 1 1 0 .500 0 1 0 .000 2 1 0 .667 3 1 0 .750 0 2 0 .000 1 0 0 1.000 0 2 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 2 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 1.000 6 0 1 .923 0 1 0 .000 1 1 0 .500 1 1 0 .500 0 1 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 6 16 0 .286 0 2 0 .000 0 2 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 1 0 0 1.000
KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 1 0 0 1.000 KING COLLEGE 0 1 0 .000 LAMBUTH 3 0 0 1.000 LANE COLLEGE 1 0 0 1.000 LIBERTY 2 1 0 .667 LINCOLN MEMORIAL 2 0 0 1.000 LIVINGSTON ACADEMY 3 0 0 1.000 LOCK HAVEN 5 0 0 1.000 LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 0 0 1.000 2 6 0 .250 LOUISIANA TECH LOUISVILLE 1 2 0 .333 MARSHALL 1 6 0 .143 MARYVILLE 4 0 0 1.000 MEMPHIS 7 10 4 .429 MERCER 1 1 0 .500 MIAMI (OHIO) 0 1 0 .000 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 32 35 7 .480 MILLIGAN 2 5 1 .313 MOREHEAD STATE 30 19 1 .610 1 0 0 1.000 MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE MURRAY STATE 45 37 1 .543 NICHOLLS STATE 0 2 0 .000 NORTH ALABAMA 4 2 1 .643 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0 2 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 NORTHERN IOWA NORTH GREENVILLE 1 0 0 1.000 NORTHWESTERN STATE 0 2 0 .000 OAK RIDGE 1 1 0 .500 OGDEN COLLEGE 2 0 3 .700 0 3 0 .000 OHIO OMAHA 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 .000 OREGON PIKEVILLE 1 0 0 1.000 11 10 0 .524 SAMFORD SEWANEE--UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH 5 8 2 .400 SEWANEE RESERVES 1 0 0 1.000 SOUTH DAKOTA 1 1 0 .500 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 14 12 0 .560 SOUTH FLORIDA 0 1 0 .000 2 0 0 1.000 SUE BENNETT COLLEGE TENNESSEE 0 6 0 .000 TENNESSEE JUNIORS 2 0 1 .833 TENNESSEE STATE 13 19 0 .419 TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 0 2 0 .000 TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE 0 1 0 .000 TEXAS CHRISTIAN 0 1 0 .000 TROY 1 2 1 .375 2 0 0 1.000 TRUMAN STATE TULSA 0 1 0 .000 UAB 0 2 0 .000 UNION 6 4 0 .600 UNLV 0 1 0 .000 UTAH STATE 0 1 0 .000 UT MARTIN 19 16 1 .559 VALPARAISO 1 0 0 1.000 0 11 1 .042 VANDERBILT 1 0 0 1.000 VMI 1 0 0 1.000 WEST ALABAMA WESTERN CAROLINA 7 6 1 .536 WESTERN ILLINOIS 0 1 0 .000
WESTERN KENTUCKY WESTERN MICHIGAN WEST VIRGINIA TECH WISCONSIN WOFFORD XAVIER YOUNGSTOWN STATE TOTALS
23 28 1 .452 0 1 0 .000 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 .000 0 4 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 5 11 0 .313 421 516 31 .439
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INDIVIDUAL RECORD BOOK RUSHING Most rushing yards Game: 261, Michael Penix vs. SEMO, 10/9/1993 255, Larry Schreiber vs. NW La., 1969 235, Travis Rogers vs. W. Carolina, 2000 Season: 1,522, Larry Schreiber, 1969 1,260, Derek White, 2007 1,251, Larry Schreiber, 1968 1,228, Willie Queen, 1992 Career: 4,421, Larry Schreiber, 1966-69 Most attempts Game: 40, Larry Schreiber vs. MTSU, 11/28/1968 38, Larry Schreiber vs. UTC, 1969 38, Larry Schreiber vs. Austin Peay, 1969 Season: 286, Larry Schreiber, 1968 271, Larry Schreiber, 1969 249, Michael Penix, 1995 Career: 877, Larry Schreiber, 1966-69
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Highest average gain per rush Game (minumum 10 attempts): 13.5, Derek White, vs. UT Martin, 10/4/2003 Season (minimum 20 attempts): 10.24, Henry Sailes, 2007 Career (minimum 60 attempts): 6.97, Henry Sailes, 2007-10 Most consecutive carries without loss Season: 97, Eddie Hayward, 1987 94, Larry Schreiber, 1969 Career: 147, Eddie Hayward, 1983-87 Most rushing touchdowns scored Game: 5, Derek White vs. Concordia, 2007 4, Larry Schreiber vs. Austin Peay, 1969 4, Michael Penix vs. Campbellsville, 1995 4, Michael Penix vs. Morehead State, 1995 3, Five players (last: Dontey Gay, 2011)
Season: 15, Dontey Gay, 2011 14, Michael Penix, 1995 13, Larry Schreiber, 1969 Career: 32, Larry Schreiber, 1966-69 26, Derek White, 2003-07 25, Dontey Gay, 2008-11 Most rushing yards per game Season: 153.9, Larry Schreiber, 1969 (10 games) 128.4, Larry Schreiber, 1968 (10 games) 116.0, Willie Queen, 1992 (11 games) 109.8, Michael Penix, 1995 (11 games) 105.0, Derek White, 2007 (12 games) Career: 116.3, Larry Schreiber, 1966-69 (28 games) 95.8, Willie Queen, 1991-94 (31 games) 91.1, Michaael Penix, 1992-95 (38 games) 78.2, Jason Ballard, 2001-03 (25 games) 64.5, Derek White, 2003-07 (47 games)
JASON BALLARD
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INDIVIDUAL RECORD BOOK PASSING Most attempts Game: 58, Tre Lamb vs. Tennessee State, 2011 57, Tre Lamb vs. Southeast Missouri, 2012 57, Lee Sweeney vs. Southeast Missouri, 2006 51, John McCrary vs. Tennessee State, 10/13/2005 50, Lee Sweeney vs. Tennessee State, 2006 50 Bert Browne vs. Middle Tennessee, 1989 Season: 406, Lee Sweeney, 2006 372, Robert Craft, 2004 346, Michael Birdsong, 2016 313, Tre Lamb, 2011 310, Robert Craft, 2002 Career: 1,160, Lee Sweeney, 2006-2009 837, Robert Craft, 2001-04 Most completions Game: 38, Tre Lamb at Southeast Missouri, 9/22/2012 34, Tre Lamb vs. Tennessee State, 10/15/2011 32, Lee Sweeney vs. Southeast Missouri, 11/18/2006 31, Andre Sale at Kennesaw State, 9/9/2017 30, Tre Lamb vs. Central Arkansas, 11/26/2011 28, Lee Sweeney at Eastern Illinois, 8/30/2007 28, Lee Sweeney vs. Tennessee State, 10/14/2006 Season: 217, Lee Sweeney, 2006 216, Michael Birdsong, 2016 204, Tre Lamb, 2011 202, Robert Craft, 2004 168, Robert Craft, 2002 161, Grant Swallows, 2001 161, Andre Caballero, 1997 Career: 672, Lee Sweeney, 2006-2009
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462, Robert Craft, 2001-04 421, Tre Lamb, 2008-12 Most passing yards Game: 481, Tre Lamb vs. SEMO, 2012 437, Lee Sweeney vs. SEMO, 2006 412, Grant Swallows vs. Jacksonville St., 2001 410, Robert Craft vs. Jacksonville St., 2002 383, Bailey Fisher vs. Eastern Illinois, 9/29/2018 Season: 2,597, Lee Sweeney, 2006 2,577, Michael Birdsong, 2016 2,448, Robert Craft, 2002 2,389, Robert Craft, 2004 2,361, Grant Swallows, 2001 2,342, Tre Lamb, 2011 Career: 7,630, Lee Sweeney, 2006-09 6,306 Robert Craft, 2001-04 5,301, Tre Lamb, 2008-12 Most passing yards per game Season: 267.4, Tre Lamb, 2012 (7 games) 236.1, Grant Swallows, 2001 (10 games) 234.3, Michael Birdsong, 2016 (11 games) 217. 1, Andre Sale, 2017 (7 games) 216.4, Lee Sweeney, 2006 (12 games) Career (min. 10 games): 177.4, Lee Sweeney, 2006-09 (43 games) 167.7, Robert Craft, 2001-04 (36 games) 160.6, Tre Lamb, 2008-12 (33 games) Most touchdown passes Game: 5, Grant Swallows vs. E. Illinois, 2001
5, Stephen Britton vs. Murray State, 10/2/2005 5, Grant Swallows vs. Southeast Missouri, 10/27/2001 4, Bailey Fisher vs. Eastern Illinois, 9/29/2018 4, Michael Birdsong at Austin Peay, 9/10/2016 4, Tre Lamb vs. Hampton, 2012 4, Tre Lamb vs. Eastern Ky., 2012 4, Tre Lamb vs. Maryville College, 9/8/2011 4, Robert Craft vs. E. Illinois, 2002 Season: 20, Lee Sweeney, 2006 19, Grant Swallows, 2001 18, Mike Jones, 1993 17, Michael Birdsong, 2016 17, Tre Lamb, 2012 17, Tre Lamb, 2011 Career: 52, Lee Sweeney, 2006- 2009 45, Tre Lamb, 2008-12 38, Robert Craft, 2001-04 Most times intercepted Game: 6, Joey Bailey vs. SEMO, 2003 5, Jim Ragland vs. East Tenn., 1963, 5, Milt Jenkins vs. Nicholls State, 1978, 5, Mark Powers vs. UT Martin, 1982 5, Mark Powers vs. EKU, 1983 Season: 18, Lee Sweeney, 2006 17, Robert Craft, 2004 15, Mark Powers, 1982 Career: 47, Lee Sweeney, 2006-2009 34, Robert Craft, 2001-04 22, Tre Lamb, 2008-12
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INDIVIDUAL RECORD BOOK RECEIVING Most pass receptions Game: 18, Da’Rick Rogers vs. SEMO, 2012 14, Dontez Byrd vs. Murray State, 11/19/2016 14, Brock McCoin at Murray State, 9/26/2015 12, Dontez Byrd at Murray State, 11/11/2017 12, Zach Ziegler vs. Murray State, 2013 11, Brock McCoin at Wofford, 9/12/2015 11, Brock McCoin vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 11, Ken Gilstrap vs. Morehead, 1987 Season: 78, Dontez Byrd, 2017 74, Dontez Byrd, 2016 68, Tim Benford, 2008 65, Tim Benford, 2011 61, Brock McCoin, 2015 61, Da’Rick Rogers, 2012 Career: 216, Tim Benford, 2008-11 204, Larry Shipp, 2004-07 Most receiving yards Game:
303, Da’Rick Rogers vs. SEMO, 2012 264, Brock McCoin at Houston, 9/5/2015 262, Ken Gilstrap vs. Morehead, 1987 206, Craig Rolle vs. UN-Omaha, 1976 198, Dontez Byrd vs. Murray State, 11/19/2016 197, Krys Cates vs. Mercer, 9/19/2015 Season: 1,003, Dontez Byrd, 2017 933, Dontez Byrd, 2016 928, Larry Shipp, 2007 923, Tim Benford, 2011 909, Craig Rolle, 1976 Career: 3,097, Tim Benford, 2008-11 3,075, Larry Shipp, 2004-07
Steve Harris 1, Antonio Carter 1, Tedarrell Scott 1, Marshall Hale 1, Jim Bishop 1, Craig Rolle 1, Jack Kelley 1, Brad Millice 1, Kendall Taylor 1, Terry Goodloe 1, Kenneth Gilstrap 1, Antonio Robinson 1). Season: 10, Da’Rick Rogers, 2012 10, Tim Benford, 2010 10, Tim Benford, 2008 10, Larry Shipp, 2007 10, Derek Lee, 2002 8, Three times (Brent McNeal 1, Larry Shipp 2) Career: 27, Tim Benford, 2008-11 27, Larry Shipp, 2004-07 19, Derek Lee, 2001-03
Most touchdowns receiving Game: 3, Five times (Derek Lee -2, Da’Rick Rogers - 1, Brent McNeal - 1, Larry Shipp - 1) 2, 39 times (Larry Shipp 6, Tim Benford 6, Brock McCoin 3, Derek Lee 3, Dontez Byrd 2, Demond Stone 2, Cody Matthews 2, Brent McNeal 2, Da’Rick Rogers 1,
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BERT BROWNE
TOTAL OFFENSE Most plays, total offense Game: 69, Tre Lamb vs. Tennessee State, 2011 64, Tre Lamb at Southeast Missouri, 9/22/2012 64, Lee Sweeney vs. SEMO, 2006 63, Darian Stone vs. Eastern Illinois, 11/3/2012 62, Darian Stone vs. Eastern Kentucky, 10/18/2014 61, Bert Browne vs. Middle Tennessee, 1989 Season: 454, Lee Sweeney, 2006 450, Michael Birdsong, 2016 422, Tre Lamb, 2011 415, Robert Craft, 2004 410, Andre Caballero, 1997 374, Bailey Fisher, 2018 Career: 1,308, Lee Sweeney, 2006-2009 Most yards gained, total offense Game:
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474, Tre Lamb vs. SEMO, 2012 467, Darian Stone vs. TSU, 2012 437, Lee Sweeney vs. SEMO, 2006 419, Grant Swallows vs. J’ville, 2001 404, Robert Craft vs. Jacksonville State, 9/28/2002 389, Bailey Fisher, vs. Eastern Illinois, 9/29/2018 359, Cass Barnes, vs. Jacksonville State, 11/20/2010 357, Tre Lamb vs. Hampton, 8/30/2012 354, Randy Beaman vs. UT Martin, 1991 Season: 2,803, Michael Birdsong, 2016 2,570, Lee Sweeney, 2006 2,555, Tre Lamb, 2011 2,434, Grant Swallows, 2001 2,362, Robert Craft, 2002 Career: 7,276, Lee Sweeney, 2006-2009 5,754, Robert Craft, 2001-04 5,632, Tre Lamb, 2008-12
(pass/rush) Game: 5, Grant Swallows vs. SEMO, 2001 4, Seven times (Randy Beaman-1, Patrick Pope-2, Larry Schreiber-1, Tommy Van Tone-1, Robert Craft-1, Michael Birdsong-1) Season: 23, Tre Lamb, 2011 21, Michael Birdsong, 2016 21, Grant Swallows, 2001 20, Lee Sweeney, 2006 19, Tre Lamb, 2012 19, Mike Jones, 1993 18, Robert Craft, 2002 17, Patrick Pope, 1987 Career: 57, Lee Sweeney, 2006-2009 54, Tre Lamb, 2008-12 41, Robert Craft, 2001-04
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INDIVIDUAL RECORD BOOK ALL-PURPOSE Most yards gained Game: 312, Larry Schreiber vs. NW La., 1969 303, Da’Rick Rogers at Southeast Missouri, 9/22/2012 301, Larry Shipp vs Samford, 2007 299, Larry Schreiber vs. WKU, 1969 294, Larry Shipp at Eastern Kentucky, 11/17/2007 Season: 1,976, Larry Shipp, 2007 1,901, Larry Schreiber, 1969 1,767, Lorenza Rivers, 1987 1,722, Larry Schreiber, 1968 Career: 5,819, Larry Schreiber, 1966-69 5,392, Ladarius Vanlier, 2012-15 5,162, Larry Shipp, 2004-07 Most all-purpose yards per game
Season: 164.7, Larry Shipp, 2007 (12 games) 147.8, Dontez Byrd, 2016 (11 games) 147.5, Ladarius Vanlier, 2015 (11 games) 123.0, Henry Sailes, 2008 (10 games) 122.8, Derek White, 2007 (12 games) Career: 128.0, Dontez Byrd, 2016-17 (22 games) 117.2, Ladarius Vanlier, 2012-15 (46 games) 112.2, Larry Shipp, 2004-07 (46 games) 107.7, Ladarius Vanlier, 2012-14 35 games) 90.0, Henry Sailes, 2007-10 (41 games) Most all-purpose touchdowns (rush, rec, ret) Game: 5, Derek White vs. Concordia, 2007 4, Ladarius Vanlier, vs. Austin Peay, 11/14/2015
4, Michael Penix vs. Campbellsville, 1995 4, Michael Penix vs. Morehead, 1995 4, Willie Queen vs. Tenn. St., 1994 4, Michael Penix vs. Morehead, 1994 4, Willie Queen vs. Lock Haven, 1992 4, Larry Schreiber vs. Austin Peay, 1969 4, Derek White vs. Murray State, 2003 Season: 15, Dontey Gay, 2011 15, Larry Shipp, 2007 14, Michael Penix, 1995 13, Larry Schreiber, 1969 12, Jason Ballard, 2003 Career: 32, Larry Shipp, 2004-07 32, Larry Schreiber, 1966-69 31, Derek White, 2003-07 27, Tim Benford, 2008-11
SCORING Most Points Game: 30, Derek White, Concordia, 2007 24, Ladarius Vanlier, vs. Austin Peay, 11/14/2015 24, Derek White vs. Murray State, 2003 24, Michael Penix vs. Campbellsville, 1995 24, Michael Penix vs. Morehead,1995 24, Willie Queen vs. Tennessee State, 1994 24, Michael Penix vs. Morehead State, 1994 24, Willie Queen vs. Lock Haven, 1992 24, Larry Schreiber vs. Austin Peay, 1969 Season: 90, Dontey Gay, 2011 90, Larry Shipp, 2007 84, Michael Penix, 1995 78, Larry Schreiber, 1969 78, Justin Kraemer, 2007 73, Zach Sharp, 2011 Career: 253, David Collett, 1998-2001 200, Josh Foster, 2001-05 Most PATs kicked Game: 9, Wayne Anderson vs. ETSU, 1977 8, Derek Scott vs. Morehead State, 1994 8, Murray Cunningham vs. UN-Omaha, 1976 8, David Collett vs. Tennessee State, 2000 8, Zach Sharp vs. Maryville, 2011 Season: 46, Zach Sharp, 2012 46, Zach Sharp, 2011 42, Wayne Anderson, 1977 39, Justin Kraemer, 2007 35, David Collett, 2001 35, Murray Cunningham, 1976
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Career: 119, Zach Sharp, 2001-14 106, David Collett, 1998-01 104, Josh Foster, 2001-05 Most consecutive PATs made 66, Nick Madonia, 2016-2018 (10/9/18) 59, Zach Sharp, 2011-14 46, Bobby Holloway, 1951-53 Most field goals made Game: 7, Ryan Weeks vs. UTC, 1989 4, Nick Madonia, at Utah State, 9/13/2018 4, Zach Sharp vs. TSU, 2011 4, Casey Roberts vs. UT Martin, 1997 4, Wayne Anderson vs. W. Carolina, 1980 Season: 16, Ryan Weeks, 1989 15, Nick Madonia, 2018 14, Josh Foster, 2004 14, David Collett, 1998 14, Murray Cunningham, 1975 13, Nick Madonia, 2016 13, Justin Kraemer, 2007 Career: 49, David Collett, 1998-2001 37, Nich Madonia, 2015-2018 32, Josh Foster, 2001-05 Most field goals attempted Game: 7, Ryan Weeks vs. UTC, 1989 5, Matthew Barker, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 11/13/2010 5, Nick Madonia, at Utah State, 9/13/2018 5, Zach Sharp, vs. Tennessee State, 10/15/2011
4, Casey Roberts vs. UT Martin, 1997 4, Wayne Anderson vs. W. Carolina, 1980 Season: 22, Nick Madonia, 2018 20, Josh Foster, 2004 18, Justin Kraemer, 2008 17, Justin Kraemer, 2007 Career: 68, David Collett, 1998-2001 52, Nick Madonia, 2015-2018 50, Josh Foster, 2001-05 Most Consecutive Field Goals Made 11, Wayne Anderson, 1980 Most points kicking Game: 22, Ryan Weeks vs. UTC, 1989 16, Zach Sharp vs. TSU, 2011 15, Casey Roberts vs. UT Martin, 1997 15, David Collett vs. Tenn. State, 2001 14, David Collett vs. West Virginia Tech, 9/22/2001 14, Nick Madonia at Tennessee State, 11/12/2016 Season: 78, Justin Kraemer, 2007 73, Zach Sharp, 2011 72, Josh Foster, 2004 72, Nick Madonia, 2016 67, David Collett, 2000 67, Murray Cunningham, 1975 Career: 253, David Collett, 1998-2001 200, Josh Foster, 2001-05 186, Nick Madonia, 2015-2018 185, Zach Sharp, 2011-14
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INDIVIDUAL RECORD BOOK TACKLES Most Tackles and Assists Game: 23, Jim Youngblood vs. UT Martin, 1972 21, Barry Wilmore vs. Austin Peay, 1985 21, Jeff Daughtry vs. UT Martin, 1982 21, Jeff Daughtry vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1982 20, Josh Poplar, vs. Eastern Illinois, 9/29/2018 20, Corey Reed vs. UT Martin, 2008 20, Broderick Jamison, Eastern Kentucky, 2007 20, Joshua Symonette vs. Samford, 1998 Season: 156, Jim Youngblood, 1972 151, Jeff Daughtry, 1982 143, Barry Wilmore, 1985 Career: 476, Jim Youngblood, 1968-72 Most Tackles for Loss Game: 8, Chad Evitts vs. Western Carolina, 1998 7, Branon Vaughn vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1998 6, Shane Queen vs. Austin Peay, 1991 6, Eric Allen vs. Eastern Illinois, 2000 Season: 24, D.J. Bleisath, 2001 24, Chad Evitts, 2000 23, Chad Evitts, 1999 23, D. J. Bleisath, 2000 20, Branon Vaughn, 1997 Career: 68, Chad Evitts, 1996-2000 Most Yards, Tackles for Loss Game: 43, Branon Vaughn vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1998 33, Shane Queen vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1993 31, Marcus Edwards vs. Eastern Illinois, 2010 Season: 125, D.J. Bleisath, 2001 123, Branon Vaughn, 1997 99, Dean Ratledge, 1977 98, D.J. Bleisath, 2000 Career: 271, Shane Queen, 1990-93
SACKS Most Quarterback Sacks Game: 5, Branon Vaughn vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1998 5, Elois Grooms vs. Murray State, 1974 Season: 10, D.J. Bleisath, 2001 10, Branon Vaughn, 1998 10, Shane Queen, 1991 9, Dean Ratledge, 1976 8, Three players (last: John Ruff, 2002) Career:
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FUMBLES Most Fumbles Caused Game: 4, Ricky Sanders vs. APSU, 1991 2, Eleven players: (Zach Reed, Branon Vaughn, Shane Queen, Marlon Placide, Gerald Dossett, Jay Rudwall, Austin Tallant, Stephen Bush, Daniel Wentzel, Maurice Harris, Josh Poplar) Season: 9, David Hooper, 1977 Career: 11, David Hooper, 1976-78 Most Fumbles Recovered Game: 3, Donald Snyder vs. MTSU, 1984 Season: 4, seven players Career: 8, Norman Drake, 1988-91
INTERCEPTIONS Most Interceptions Game: 4, Marty Jones vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 3, Robert Taylor vs. Samford, 1996 3, John Fitzpatrick vs. WKU, 1972 Season: 12, John Fitzpatrick, 1972 10, Johnny Tucker, 1976 9, Robert Taylor, 1996 Career: 22, Robert Taylor, 1993-96 Most Yards Returned Game: 98, Joshua Symonette vs. APSU, 1997 Season: 197, Robert Taylor, 1995 191, John Fitzpatrick, 1972 144, Skeet Owen, 1981 Career: 302, John Fitzpatrick, 1969-72
PASSES DEFENDED Most Passes Defended Game: 4, James Huguely vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 4, Taron Ryce vs. Southeast Missouri, 2008 4, Robert Taylor vs. Samford, 1996 Season: 20, Robert Taylor, 1996 Career: 48, Robert Tayor 1993-96
PUNT RETURNS Most punts returned Game: 7, James Robinson, vs. Murray State, 9/27/2003 7, Sam Brooks vs. Tennessee State, 1989 5, Ladarius Vanlier vs. Kentucky Christian, 2014 5, Brian Davis vs. UT Martin, 10/2/2004 5, Brian Davis vs. Lambuth, 9/8/2005 5, James Robinson, vs. West Virginia Tech, 9/22/2001 5, Bryon Ottrix, vs. Cumberland, 9/6/2007 5, James Robinson, at Chattanooga, 9/13/2003 Season: 31, Brad Perry, 1994 31, Walter Hill, 1997 28, Tony Chatman, 1978 Career: 78, Brad Perry, 1992-95 65, James Robinson, 2001-03 Most punt return yards Game: 112, James Robinson, vs. Murray State, 9/27/2003 105, Kendall Taylor vs. Morehead, 1981 93, Ladarius Vanlier vs. Cumberland, 2013 Season: 328, Mike Stewart, 1992 279, Bryan Ottrix, 2007 247, James Robinson, 2001 245, Ladarius Vanlier, 2014 236, James Robinson, 2001 Career: 644, James Robinson, 2000-2003
KICK RETURNS
Most kick returns Game: 11, Ladarius Vanlier vs. Murray State, 2012 9, Mike Stewart vs. Western Kentucky, 1989 8, Gerald Bentley vs. Marshall, 1995 7, Lorenza Rivers vs. Cincinnati, 1987 Season: 35, Larry Shipp, 2007 34, Lorenza Rivers, 1987 33, James Coney, 1986 32, Ladarius Vanlier, 2012 Career: 109, Ladarius Vanlier, 2012-15 79, Larry Shipp, 2004-07 75, Henry Sailes, 2007-2010 65, Gerald Bentley, 1992-95 Most kick return yards Game: 237, Ladarius Vanlier vs. MUR, 2012 200, Gerald Bentley vs. Marshall, 1995 183, Dontez Byrd at Mercer, 9/17/2016 172, Dickie Fulton vs. ETSU, 1973 Season: 975, Larry Shipp, 2007 813, James Coney, 1986 700, Gerald Bentley, 1995 686, Lorenza Rivers, 1987 Career: 2,505, Ladarius Vanlier, 2012-2015
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INDIVIDUAL RECORD BOOK PUNTING Most Punts Game: 13, Chad Zinchini vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2013 12, Jonathan King vs. UNI, 2014 12, Chad Zinchini vs. Oregon, 2012 12, Mark Pemberton vs. WKU, 1981 12, Butch Gentry vs. La. Tech, 1972 11, Mark Pemberton vs. MTSU, 1981 11, Mark Pemberton vs. Jacksonville, 1980 11, Scott Meadows vs. Akron, 1985 Season: 81, Tom Pemberton, 1973 79, Jonathan King, 2014 79, Steve Davis, 1979 76, Mark Pemberton, 1981 Career: 251, Scott Meadows, 1983-86 Most Yards Game: 548, Chad Zinchini vs. Eastern Illinois, 2013 523, Jonathan King vs. UNI, 2014 492, Chad Zinchini vs. Oregon, 2012 450, Chad Zinchini vs. Wisconsin, 2013 446, Scott Meadows vs. Akron, 1985 442, Tracy Graham vs. Tenn. State, 1988 438, Andy Dorsey vs. E. Kentucky, 2000 Season: 3,442, Chad Zinchini, 2013 3,359, Steve Davis, 1979 3,279, Jonathan King, 2014 3,111, Scott Meadows, 1983 3,018, Tom Pemberton, 1973 Career: 10,251, Scott Meadows, 1983-86
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Highest Average Game (min. 4 punts): 52.6, Chad Zinchini vs. Tennessee State, 2012 52.5, Scott Meadows vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1985 50.8, Jason Lennartz, at Eastern Illinois, 10/17/2009 50.5, Andy Dorsey vs. Western Carolina, 1998 50.3, Nick Madonia, at Mercer, 9/17/2016 50.2, Chad Zinchini vs. UT Martin, 2013 Season: 45.9, Chad Zinchini, 2013 44.8, Chad Zinchini, 2012 44.5, Jon Mahan, 2005, 43.2, Scott Meadows, 1986 Career: 45.37, Chad Zinchini, 2012-13 41.4, Jon Mahan, 2003-06 41.2, Jonathan King, 2013-15 41.0, Nick Madonia, 2015-18 40.8, Scott Meadows, 1983-86
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TEAM RECORD BOOK RUSHING Most Attempts Game: 83 vs. Morningside, 1972 79 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1976 74 vs. Austin Peay, 1977 Season: 773 in 1972 585 in 1977 578 in 1975 Most Net Yards Gained Game: 412 vs. East Tennessee, 1956 409 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1976 404 vs. Morningside, 1972 Season: 2,694 in 1955 2,593 in 1972 2,551 in 1977 Most Touchdowns Game: 10 vs. UT Martin, 2002 8 vs. Tennessee State, 2000 7 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1976 7 vs. UT Martin, 11/21/2002 7 vs. Concordia College, 9/13/2007 Season: 28 in 2000 28 in 1977
PASSING Most Attempts Game: 58 vs. Tennessee State, 10/15/2011 57 vs. Southeast Missouri, 9/22/2012 57, vs. Southeast Missouri, 11/18/2006 52, vs. Tennessee State, 10/13/2005 51, at Tennessee State, 10/14/2006 Season: 413 in 2006 399 in 2004 394 in 2008 Most Completions Game: 38 vs. SEMO, 2012 34 vs. TSU, 2011 33 vs. Murray State, 2008 32, at Southeast Missouri, 11/18/2006 31, at Kennesaw State, 9/9/2017 31 vs. Ohio, 1990 Season: 241 in 2008 219 in 2016 218 in 2006 217 in 2004
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Most Yards Gained Game: 481 vs. SEMO 2012 437 at Southeast Missouri, 11/18/2006 428, vs. Eastern Illinois, 9/29/2018 420 vs. Jacksonville State, 2002 413 vs. Samford, 2007 Season: 2,923 in 2002 2,684 in 2004 2,658 in 2012 2,610 in 2006 2,608 in 2016 Most Touchdown Passes Game: 5, at Samford, 11/9/2002 5, vs. Murray State, 10/1/2005 5, vs. Southeast Missouri, 10/27/2001 5, vs. Valparaiso, 9/21/2002 5, vs. Eastern Illinois, 9/29/2018 4 vs. eight opponents Season: 27 in 2012 22 in 2002 20 in 2006 20 in 2001 18 in 2016 18 in 1993 Most Times Intercepted Game: 6 vs. Southeast Missouri, 11/15/2003 6 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1983 6 vs. Nicholls State, 1978 6 vs. Troy State, 1978 Season: 21 in 1981 21 in 1980 21 in 1978
TOTAL OFFENSE Most Plays Game: 96 vs. Eastern Illinois, 11/3/2012 96 vs. Austin Peay, 1977 95 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1976 94 vs. Morningside, 1972 94 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 10/1/2016 Season: 843 in 2004 834 in 2013 817 in 1972 815 in 1977 814 in 2012 801 in 2011
Most Yards Game: 644 vs. Valparaiso, 2002 631 vs. Morehead, 1987 623 vs. Austin Peay, 1955 Season: 4,822 in 2002 4,516 in 2011 4,481 in 2012 4,230 in 2004 4,225 in 2007 4,183 in 1977
SCORING Most Points (since joining OVC) Game: 68 vs. UT Martin, 11/21/2002 63 vs. Cumberland, 8/29/2013 63 vs. Tennessee State, 11/10/2001 63 vs. East Tennessee, 1977 62 vs. Valparaiso, 9/21/2002 Season: 355 in 2011 347 in 2012 343 in 1977 332 in 2007 328 in 2002 Most Points (both teams) Game: 111 vs. Samford, 2007 (Samford 59, Tech 52) 108 vs. Southeast Missouri, 10/6/2018 (SEMO 70, Tech 38) Most touchdowns (since joining OVC) Game: 10 vs. UT Martin, 11/21/2002 9 vs. Cumberland, 8/29/2013 9 vs. Valparaiso, 9/21/2002 9 vs. Howard, 1950 9 vs. East Tennessee, 1977 Season: 47 in 2011 47 in 2012 47 in 1977 45 in 2002 Most PATs Game: 9 vs. East Tennessee, 1977 8 vs. Maryville, 2011 8 vs. Tennessee State, 2000 8 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1976 8 vs. Morehead State, 1994 8 vs. UT Martin, 2002 Season:
47 in 2012 46 in 2011 42 in 1977 40 in 2013 40 in 2007 Most Field Goals Game: 7 vs. Chattanooga, 1989 4 vs. Western Kentucky., 1980 3 vs. 14 opponents Season: 16 in 1989 15 in 2018 15 in 2004 13 in 2016 13 in 2007 Most Points Kicking Game: 22 vs. Chattanooga, 1989 16 vs. Tennessee State, 2011 15 vs. Tennessee State, 2001 14 vs. Western Kentucky, 1980 Season: 79 in 2007 75 in 2004 73 in 2011 73 in 2016 67 in 2013
FIRST DOWNS Most First Downs Game: 36 vs. Tennessee State, 2011 32 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1976 31 vs. Tennessee State, 1995 30 vs. Tennessee State, 2001 30 vs. Jacksonville State, 2010 Season: 238 in 2011 227 in 2012 221 in 2004 214 in 2000 214 in 1977 Most First Downs Rushing Game: 25 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1976 18 vs. Austin Peay, 2011 17 vs. UNLV, 1985 17 vs. Morehead State, 1985 Season: 144 in 1972 132 in 1977 118 in 1969 118 in 1971
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TEAM RECORD BOOK Most First Downs Passing Game: 20 vs. Tennessee State, 2011 19 vs. SEMO, 2012 17 vs. Tennessee State, 1995 15 vs. Illinois State, 1993 14 vs. Middle Tennessee, 1993 Season: 113 in 2008 107 in 1995 105 in 1990 105 in 2004 101 in 2012 101 in 2011 Fewest Total First Downs Half: 0 vs. Middle Tenn., 1983 Fewest Total First Downs Half: 0 vs. Middle Tenn., 1983 Game: 4 vs. Western Ky., 1974 Season: 97 in 1960 115 in 2011 116 in 1963 117 in 1972
DEFENSIVE RECORDS FIRST DOWNS
INTERCEPTIONS
Fewest First Downs Rushing Game: 1 vs. five opponents Season: 54 in 1971 56 in 1972 62 in 2004
Most Interceptions Made Game: 7 vs. Middle Tenn., 1980 6. vs. SEMO, 2003 5. vs. Lock Haven, 1993 5 vs. Akron, 1982 5 vs. Ark-Pine Bluff, 1987 Season: 30 in 1972 25 in 1969
Fewest First Downs Passing Game: 0 vs. four opponents Season: 41 in 1968 42 in 1975 50 in 1972 50 in 1974
TOTAL OFFENSE Fewest Yards Allowed Total Offense Game: 1 vs. Morehead, 1975 Season: 1,947 in 1975 2,139 in 1972 2,145 in 1961 Fewest Yards Rushing Game: -41 vs. Morehead, 1975 -6 vs. Morehead., 1993 -6 vs. Eastern Illinois, 2011 0 vs. Austin Peay, 1997 Season: 810 in 1975 926 in 1972 1,023 in 1971 Fewest Yards Allowed Passing Game: 7 vs. Eastern Ky, 1994 15 vs. East Tenn., 1974 19 vs. UT Martin, 2000 Season: 538 in 1956 611 in 1959 678 in 1962
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Most Fumbles Caused Game: 11 vs. Austin Peay, 1991 Season: 41 in 1981 39 in 1976 Most Fumbles Recovered Game: 5 vs. Austin Peay, 1993 5 vs. Austin Peay, 1991 5 vs. Lock Haven, 1990 5 vs. UT Martin, 1975 5 vs. Eastern Ky., 1973 4 vs. Chattanooga, 1989 4 vs. Middle Tennessee, 1984 Season: 20 in 1962 20 in 1973 20 in 1975 20 in 1977
SACKS / TFLs Most Quarterback Sacks Made Game: 8 vs. SEMO, 1999 8 vs. EKU, 1998 8 vs. EIU, 2010 7 vs. Troy State, 1981 6 vs. UTC, 1989 Season: 47 in 1976 32 in 1998 32 in 1997 30 in 2002 Most Tackles for Loss Made Game: 18 vs. SEMO, 1999
18 vs. EKU, 1998 17 vs. Chattanooga, 1997 16 vs. Austin Peay, 1988 Season: 114 in 2001 109 in 2002 108 in 1998 Most TFL Yards Lost Game: 91 vs. Harding, 2000 83 vs. Austin Peay, 1991 79 vs. UTC, 1989 64 vs. EKU, 1998 Season: 474 in 2001 444 in 1997
PUNTING Most Punts by Tech Game: 13 vs. Eastern Illinois, 2013 12 vs. Oregon, 2012 12 vs. Louisiana Tech, 1972 12 vs. Western Ky., 1981 11 vs. four opponents Season: 81 in 1973 79 in 2014 79 in 1979 77 in 1974 77 in 1982 Most Yards Punting by Tech Game: 523 vs. UNI, 2014 492 vs. Oregon, 2012 450 vs Wisconsin, 2013 446 vs. Akron, 1985 442 vs. Tenn. State, 1988 Season: 3,359 in 1979 3.442 in 2013 3,279 in 2014 3,018 in 1973 2,933 in 1974 Highest Punting Average Game: 52.6 vs. TSU, 2012 52.5 vs. Eastern Ky., 1985 50.8 vs. Morehead, 1976 50.5 vs. WCU, 1998 Season: 45.9 in 2013 44.8 in 2012
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TEAM RECORD BOOK 42.5 in 1979 41.9 in 1998 41.8 in 1986 Most Punts Forced Game: 13 vs. Western Ky., 1974 11 vs. Morehead St., 1993 10 vs. E. Kentucky, 2000 10 vs. Liberty, 1987 Season: 91 in 1975 90 in 1974 Most Punts Returned Game: 7 vs. Tenn. State, 1989 6 vs. Maryville, 2011 6 vs. Ark-Pine Bluff, 1987 6 vs. Middle Tenn., 1971 Season: 40 in 1972 39 in 1975 35 in 1971 35 in 1994 Most Yards Returned Game: 105 vs. Morehead, 1981 90 vs. Ark-Pine Bluff, 1987 90 vs. UT Martin, 2000 83 vs. Maryville, 2011 77 vs. Tennessee State, 2000 Season: 323 in 1992 321 in 2007 301 in 2014 278 in 1997
TURNOVERS Most Turnovers Game: 9 vs. Nicholls State, 1978 8 vs. Tulsa/Murray, 1986 8 vs. Eastern Ill., 2003 7 vs. Eastern Ky., 1983 7 vs. Western Ky., 1967 Season: 41 in 1978 39 in 1982 39 in 1983 Most Turnovers Caused Game: 10 vs. Western Ky., 1972 7 vs. Middle Tenn., 1980 Season: 49 in 1974
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41 in 1977 40 in 1981 Best Turnover Margin Season: +16 in 1981 +12 in 2000 +9 in 1971 +9 in 1972 +8 in 2009 Worst Turnover Margin Season: -20 in 2008 -18 in 1978, 2003, 2007 -16 in 1983, 1986, 1988
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PENALTIES Most Penalties Game: 14 vs. E. Kentucky, 2000 14 vs. Austin Peay, 1982 13 vs. Austin Peay, 2012 13 vs. Morehead St., 1993 13 vs. Middle Tenn., 1983 13 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2010 Season: 88 in 1975 86 in 2012 82 in 2002 78 in 2010 78 in 2011 77 in 1982 Most Yards Penalized Game: 141 vs. East Tenn., 1975 140 vs. E. Kentucky, 2000 127 vs. Morehead St., 1993 Season: 815 in 1975
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TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
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Gordon Mason Jim Ragland Jim Ragland Jim Ragland Paul Whaley Tom Van Tone Dale Swain Larry Schreiber Larry Schreiber Larry Schreiber Roger Hill Jeff Axel Mike Ledford Gary Perdue Gary Perdue Gary Perdue Gary Perdue Jimmy Maynord Kevin Tillman Jimmy Maynord James Aaron Tony Costantine Mark Powers Tony Costantine Brent Fisher Eddie Hayward Brent Fisher Patrick Pope Thomas DeBow Thomas DeBow Bert Browne Randy Beaman Willie Queen Mike Jones Mike Jones Jamie Sander Andre Caballero Andre Caballero Michael Peeples Grant Swallows Grant Swallows Grant Swallows Robert Craft Jason Ballard
866 803 539 1,396 714 1,030 859 1,069 1,251 1,522 677 875 857 923 804 1,136 1,317 1,040 791 889 1,121 1,186 1,069 835 811 1,021 1,384 1,938 1,239 926 2,031 970 1,228 1,921 1,762 1,658 1,329 2,225 1,318 1,293 1,019 2,424 2,362 955
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Robert Craft Stephen Britton Lee Sweeney Lee Sweeney Lee Sweeney Lee Sweeney Tre Lamb Tre Lamb Tre Lamb Darian Stone Darian Stone Jared Davis Michael Birdsong Andre Sale Bailey Fisher
2,290 1,533 2,267 1,371 1,548 1,619 1,074 2,555 1,882 1,544 1,424 1,215 2,803 1,450 2,027
TOP 10 SEASONS 1. Michael Birdsong (2016) 2. Tre Lamb (2011) 3. Grant Swallows (2001) 4. Robert Craft (2002) 5. Robert Craft (2004) 6. Lee Sweeney (2007) 7. Andre Caballero (1997) 8. Bert Browne (1990) 9. Bailey Fisher (2018) 10. Patrick Pope (1987)
2,803 2,555 2,424 2,362 2,290 2,267 2,225 2,031 2,027 1,938
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RUSHING LEADERS 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Ralph Broyles 495 Ken Fults 663 Jack Corbin 377 Ron Reeves 555 Ron Reeves 398 Ron Reeves 723 Larry Schreiber 579 Larry Schreiber 1,069 Larry Schreiber 1,251 Larry Schreiber 1,522 Roger Hill 677 Jeff Axel 875 Jeff Axel 677 Mike DeRossett 552 Terry Johnson 462 Jesse Dorsey 542 Cecil Fore 516 Cecil Fore 741 Kevin Tillman 791 Ronald Bond 474 Marvin McClennon 623 Marvin McClennon 558 Reggie Bazel 889 Allen Lawrence 456 Brent Fisher 354 Eddie Hayward 1,021 Travis Dunlap 340 Lorenza Rivers 975 James Hird 466 Billy Shackelford 403 Fred Lowery 448 Willie Queen 568 Willie Queen 1,228 Michael Penix 1,037 Michael Penix 932 Michael Penix 1,208 Brant Billen 466 Jerome Tillman 668 Nick Solomon 610 Jerome Tillman 598 Travis Rogers 809 Travis Rogers 514 Jason Ballard 1000 Jason Ballard 955
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Trey Bonner Anthony Ash Anthony Ash Derek White Henry Sailes Dontey Gay Jacque Crawford Dontey Gay Darian Stone Darian Stone Darian Stone Ladarius Vanlier Yeedee Thanerat Andrew Goldsmith Andrew Goldsmith
795 627 689 1,270 433 556 668 1,045 553 536 495 754 707 589 484
TOP 10 SEASONS 1. Larry Schreiber (1969) 2. Derek White (2007) 3. Larry Schreiber (1968) 4. Willie Queen (1992) 5. Michael Penix (1995) 6. Larry Schreiber (1967) 7. Dontey Gay (2011) 8. Michael Penix (1993) 9. Eddie Hayward (1985) 10. Jason Ballard (2002)
1,522 1,270 1,251 1,228 1,208 1,069 1,045 1,037 1,021 1,000
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PASSING LEADERS 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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Gordon Mason Jim Ragland Jim Ragland Jim Ragland Paul Whaley Tom Van Tone Dale Swain Dale Swain Rock Horne Steve Ailey David Fair Jim Waddell Mike Ledford Gary Perdue Gary Perdue Gary Perdue Gary Perdue Jimmy Maynord Milt Jenkins Jimmy Maynord James Aaron Tony Costantine Mark Powers Tony Costantine Tony Costantine Brent Fisher Brent Fisher Patrick Pope Thomas DeBow Thomas DeBow Bert Browne Randy Beaman Randy Beaman Mike Jones Mike Jones Jamie Sander Andre Caballero Andre Caballero Michael Peeples Grant Swallows Grant Swallows Grant Swallows Robert Craft Robert Craft Robert Craft
868 449 456 1,135 569 805 654 867 299 533 361 324 492 674 559 868 952 812 602 730 1,338 1,321 1,101 906 566 323 1,165 1,541 1,213 933 2,050 610 778 2,000 1,912 1,738 971 1,893 1,527 1,140 1,037 2,361 2,448 1,009 2,385
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Stephen Britton Lee Sweeney Lee Sweeney Lee Sweeney Lee Sweeney Tre Lamb Tre Lamb Tre Lamb Darian Stone Darian Stone Jared Davis Michael Birdsong Andre Sale Bailey Fisher
1,514 2,292 1,453 1,644 1,768 974 2,342 1872 1,008 929 1,132 2,577 1,520 1,681
TOP 10 SEASONS 1. Michael Birdsong (2016) 2. Robert Craft (2002) 3. Robert Craft (2004) 4. Grant Swallows (2001) 5. Tre Lamb (2011) 6. Lee Sweeney (2007) 7. Bert Browne (1990) 8. Mike Jones (1993) 9. Mike Jones (1994) 10. Andre Caballero (1997)
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RECEIVING LEADERS 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Tommy Hackler 37/508 Rudy Schmittou 15/277 Jim Schaffer 11/184 Bob Haile 32/436 Sammy Scott 14/147 Sammy Scott 19/320 Terry Parks 23/267 David Hudson 42/492 Harry Abofs 20/364 Jim Bishop 31/536 Jim Bishop 30/355 Jim Bishop 15/271 Tommy Pemberton 15/323 David Quay 28/411 David Quay 17/233 David Quay 28/387 Craig Rolle 38/909 Craig Rolle 42/734 Craig Rolle 53/878 Glenn Roberts 25/344 Jack Kelley 35/748 Reggie Bazel 31/280 Jack Kelley 32/490 Jack Kelley 27/419 Larry Hamrick 25/369 Lorenza Rivers 9/68 Nate Hooks 34/443 Kenneth Gilstrap 42/729 Sam Brooks 23/252 Sam Brooks 31/419 Marshall Hale 30/690 Marshall Hale 27/465 Glen Puryear 18/156 Steve Harris 25/389 Brad Perry 29/262 Gerald Bentley 54/616 Demond Stone 21/291 Walter Hill 55/808 Walter Hill 43/555 Walter Hill 34/426 Stevland Sills 24/373 Tedarrell Scott 24/219 Derek Lee 39/624 Derek Lee 36/760 Derek Lee 38/383
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Brent McNeal 42/565 Larry Shipp 50/803 Larry Shipp 51/799 Larry Shipp 53/900 Tim Benford 68/782 Tim Benford 33/580 Tim Benford 50/812 Tim Benford 65/923 Da’Rick Rogers 61/893 Krys Cates 28/390 Cody Matthews 48/670 Brock McCoin 61/747 Dontez Byrd 74/933 Dontez Byrd 78/1,003 Josh Cunningham 30/287
TOP 10 SEASONS (Receptions) 1. Dontez Byrd (2017) 2. Dontez Byrd (2016) 3. Tim Benford (2008) 4. Tim Benford (2011) 5. Brock McCoin (2015) 5. Da'Rick Rogers (2012) 7. Walter Hill (1997) 8. Gerald Bentley (1995) 9. Craig Rolle (1978) 9. Larry Shipp (2007)
78 74 68 65 61 61 55 54 53 53
TOP 10 SEASONS (Yards) 1. Dontez Byrd (2017) 2. Dontez Byrd (2016) 3. Tim Benford (2011) 4. Craig Rolle (1976) 5. Larry Shipp (2007) 6. Da'Rick Rogers (2012) 7. Craig Rolle (1978) 8. Tim Benford (2010) 9. Walter Hill (1997) 10. Larry Shipp (2006)
1,003 933 923 909 900 893 878 812 808 799
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SCORING LEADERS 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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Ralph Broyles 30 Jim Ragland 34 Jim Shaeffer 24 Ron Reeves 36 Paul Whaley, Ron Reeves 18 Jim Stamps 30 Frank Sorrells 30 Larry Schreiber 54 Larry Schreiber 36 Larry Schreiber 78 Butch Gentry 34 Jeff Axel 42 Butch Gentry 60 Murray Cunningham 35 Murray Cunningham 46 Murray Cunningham 67 Murray Cunningham 50 Wayne Anderson 57 Wayne Anderson 51 Wayne Anderson 23 Wayne Anderson 49 Reggie Bazel 60 Reggie Bazel 44 Ray Mullican 29 Bruce Winningham 30 Eddie Hayward 42 Ryan Weeks 34 Lorenza Rivers 56 Ryan Weeks 36 Ryan Weeks 65 Daniel Gipson 46 Daniel Gipson 61 Willie Queen 60 Daniel Gipson 49 Derek Scott 62 Michael Penix 78 Ryan Kelly 50 Casey Roberts 46 David Collett 64 David Collett 63 David Collett 67 David Collett 59 Jason Ballard 68 Jason Ballard 72 Josh Foster 72
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Josh Foster Larry Shipp Larry Shipp Tim Benford Tim Donegan Tim Benford Dontey Gay Zach Sharp Zach Sharp John Arnold John Arnold Nick Madonia Nick Madonia Nick Madonia
65 48 90 60 42 60 90 64 48 60 58 72 48 66
TOP 10 SEASONS 1. Dontey Gay (2011) 1. Larry Shipp (2007) 3. Michael Penix (1995) 3. Larry Schreiber (1969) 5. Justin Kraemer (2007) 6. Jason Ballard (2003) 6. Josh Foster (2004) 6. Nick Madonia (2016) 9. Jason Ballard (2002) 10. David Collett (2000) 10. Murray Cunningham (1975)
90 90 78 78 75 72 72 72 68 67 67
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ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE LEADERS 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Ralph Broyles 558 Ken Fults 663 Jim Shaeffer 919 Jim Whaley 702 Roy Sinkovich 558 Terry Parks 947 Terry Parks 924 Larry Schreiber 1,617 Larry Schreiber 1,722 Larry Schreiber 1,901 Roger Hill 998 Jeff Axel 875 Jeff Axel 677 Mike DeRossett 573 Lamar Mike 606 Craig Rolle 670 Craig Rolle 1,353 Cecil Fore 943 Kevin Tillman 1,266 Sam Smith 518 Marvin McClennon 838 Reggie Bazel 800 Reggie Bazel 1,038 Jack Kelley 553 Mike Beal 558 Eddie Hayward 1,021 James Coney 982 Lorenza Rivers 1,767 Kenneth Gilstrap 818 Mike Stewart 916 Marshall Hale 1,281 Marshall Hale 866 Willie Queen 1,299 Michael Penix 1,238 Michael Penix 1,193 Michael Penix 1,335 Brant Billen 582 Jerome Tillman 1,092 Nick Solomon 1,199 Jerome Tillman 791 Nick Solomon 1,152 Nick Solomon 943 Jason Ballard 1,096 Jason Ballard 1,061 Trey Bonner 998
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Larry Shipp Larry Shipp Larry Shipp Henry Sailes Dontey Gay Henry Sailes Dontey Gay Ladarius Vanlier Ladarius Vanlier Ladarius Vanlier Ladarius Vanlier Dontez Byrd Dontez Byrd Andrew Goldsmith
883 1,180 1,887 1,230 833 833 1,262 1,065 1,278 1,426 1,623 1,626 1,190 804
TOP 10 SEASONS 1. Larry Schreiber (1969) 2. Larry Shipp (2007) 3. Lorenza Rivers (1987) 4. Larry Schreiber (1968) 5. Dontez Byrd (2016) 6. Ladarius Vanlier (2015) 7. Larry Schreiber (1967) 8. Derek White (2007) 9. Ladarius Vanlier (2014) 10. Craig Rolle (1976)
1,901 1,887 1,767 1,722 1,626 1,623 1,617 1,475 1,426 1,353
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TACKLES LEADERS 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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Jim Youngblood 99-57=156 Dana Winningham 70-63=133 Howard Stidham 71-61=132 Howard Stidham 69-39=108 Joe Jachimowicz 61-47=108 Mark Shrum 54-47=101 David Hooper 45-41=86 Barry Courtney 47-29=76 Tony Chatman 42-42=84 Tony Chatman 59-30=89 Jeff Daughtry 93-58=151 Jeff Daughtry 49-93=142 Jeff Daughtry 53-48=101 Barry Wilmore 68-75=143 Bruce Hatfield 53-36=89 Thomas Squires 74-62=136 Gerald Dossett 56-47=103 Gerald Dossett 65-50=115 Tim Ford 56-40=96 Maurice Draine 53-31=84 Maurice Draine 58-32=90 Maurice Draine 48-25=73 Jeff Moran 62-23=85 Jeff Moran 65-41=106 Sammy Sanders 65-61=126 Sammy Sanders 36-68=104 Josh Symonette 47-61=108 Chad Evitts 30-65=95 Chad Evitts 48-70=118 Jameel Brown 43-55=98 Daniel Wentzel 79-53=132 Daniel Wentzel 36-69=105 Tommy Harrison 26-75=101 Brandon Fields 38-45=83 Aaron Williams 27-58=85 Broderick Jamison 30-77=107 Corey Reed 37-93=130 Dustin Dillehay 39-39=78 Kelechi Ordu 31-59=90 Austin Tallant 34-58=92 Tra’Darius Goff 29-72=101 Tra’Darius Goff 36-65=101 Marty Jones 47-66=113 Tra’Darius Goff 54-78=132 Josh Poplar 40-65=105
2017 Aderick Moore 38-57=95 2018 Deontay Wilson 44-59=103
TOP 10 SEASONS 1. Jim Youngblood (1972) 2. Jeff Daughtry (1982) 3. Barry Wilmore (1985) 4. Jeff Daughtry (1983) 4. Jim Youngblood (1971) 6. Thomas Squires (1987) 7. Dana Winningham (1973) 8. Tra'Darius Goff (2015) 8. Howard Stidham (1974) 8. Daniel Wentzel (2002)
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INTERCEPTIONS LEADERS 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
W. J. Shumaker Gordon Mason John Jenkins Jack Corbin Jim Whaley Jim Whaley Jim Whaley, Jerry Cantrell, Andy Odom Billy Bastle David Francis, Joe Mulvihill Joe Mulvihill, Stacy Webb Joe Mulvihill, Bill Perkins Butch Strickland John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick Dana Winningham, Ronnie Summey, Frank Lynn Johnny Tucker Brad Gordon Johnny Tucker Greg Bauer Greg Bauer, Danny White Greg Bauer, Greg Hamilton Tony Chatman, Rod Demps Tony Panebianco Billy Blaylock, Danny Crooks Danny Crooks, Greg Maysonet Billy Stover, Willie Thompson Tim Maybin Jimmy Isom, Tim Maybin Jimmy Isom Frankie Bankhead, Norman Drake Felix Parham Alfonzo Alexander, Felix Parham, Kevin Smith
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5 4 2 2 3 6 3 3 2 2 6 4 6 12 4 5 4 10 6 3 4 2 7 6 3 4 5 3 5 1 5
1991 Marrio Thomas 1992 Kevin Jackson, Ted Lockerby, Andrew Mathis, Mike Stewart, George Thompson 1993 Brad Simmons 1994 Robert Taylor 1995 Robert Taylor 1996 Robert Taylor 1997 Corey Chamblin, Chad Evitts, Trent McNaull 1998 Chad Evitts 1999 Troy Grant 2000 Jahi Henley 2001 James Robinson 2002 Jesse Rivers 2003 Brandon Shelby 2004 Brandon Shelby 2005 Brandon Fields, Anthony James 2006 Maurice Smith 2007 Taron Ryce, Broderick Jamison, Maurice Smith 2008 Justin Vann 2009 Richmond Tooley, Dustin Dillehay 2010 Marty Jones 2011 Corey Watson 2012 Seven players 2013 Bill Dillard, Marty Jones, Austin Tallant 2014 Marty Jones 2015 Maleek Hall, Daniel Pierce, A.J. Flemister, Chris Moore 2016 Maleek Hall 2017 Clay Davis 2018 Shannon Fayne, A.J. Flemister, Josh Poplar
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2 3 5 6 9 2 3 4 4 3 2 3 5 3 4 2 2 3 4 3 1 2 4
1 2 3 1
TOP 10 SEASONS 1. John Fitzpatrick (1972) 2. Johnny Tucker (1976) 3. Robert Taylor (1996) 4. Tony Paneblanco (1981) 5. Greg Bauer (1977) 5. Billy Blaylock (1982) 5. Danny Crooks (1982) 5. John Fitzpatrick (1971) 5. Joe Mulvihill (1969) 5. Bill Perkins (1969) 5. Robert Taylor (1995) 5. Jim Whaley (1964)
12 10 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
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CAREER LEADERS TOTAL OFFENSE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Lee Sweeney (2006-09) Robert Craft (2001-04) Tre Lamb (2009-12) Grant Swallows (1998-01) Larry Schreiber (1966-69) Darian Stone (2011-14) Gary Perdue (1973-76) Mike Jones (1991-94) Michael Penix (1992-95) Andre Caballero (1996-97)
YARDS RECEIVING 6,805 5,757 5,621 4,800 4,421 4,404 4,180 4,001 3,463 3,196
Lee Sweeney (2006-09) Robert Craft (2001-04) Tre Lamb (2009-12) Grant Swallows (1998-01) Mike Jones (1991-94) Tony Constantine (1980-84) Andre Caballero (1996-97) Gary Perdue (1973-76) Michael Peeples (1997-00) Darian Stone (2011-14)
7,157 6,032 5,301 4,634 4,321 3,599 3,222 3,053 2,893 2,753
RUSHING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Larry Schreiber (1966-69) Michael Penix (1992-95) Willie Queen (1991-94) Derek White (2003-07) Jason Ballard (2000-03) Dontey Gay (2008-11) Reggie Bazel (1979-82) Nick Solomon (1998-01) Cecil Fore (1975-78) Jerome Tillman (1997-99) Tim Benford (2008-11) Larry Shipp (2004-07) Dontez Byrd (2016-17) Walter Hill (1996-99) Craig Rolle (1975-78) Derek Lee (2000-03) Brent McNeal (2003-06) Gerald Bentley (1992-95) Cody Matthews (2011-14) Jack Kelley (1979-83)
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3,097 3,075 2,813 2,125 1,962 1,936 1,759 1,683 1,683 1,668
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Larry Schreiber (1966-69) Ladarius Vanlier (2012-15) Larry Shipp (2004-07) Michael Penix (1992-95) Nick Solomon (1998-01) Derek White (2003-07) Henry Sailes (2007-10) Dontey Gay (2008-11) Willie Queen (1991-94) Tim Benford (2008-11)
5,925 5,392 4,938 4,055 3,802 3,749 3,589 3,354 3,215 3,116
10. Norman Drake (1988-91)
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INTERCEPTIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 9.
Robert Taylor (1993-96) John Fitzpatrick (1969-72) Johnny Tucker (1973-76) Greg Bauer (1976-79) Greg Hamilton (1976-79) Marty Jones (2009-14) Danny Crooks (1982-85) Jim Whaley (1963-65) Brandon Shelby (2001-04) Joe Mulvihill (1967-69)
22 21 18 17 14 12 12 12 11 11
SCORING 4,421 3,463 2,972 2,948 2,315 2,219 1,986 1,932 1,850 1,781
RECEPTIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10.
Tim Benford (2008-11) Larry Shipp (2004-07) Craig Rolle (1975-78) Walter Hill (1996-99) Derek Lee (2000-03) Dontez Byrd (2016-17) Jack Kelley (1979-83) Ken Gilstrap (1985-88) Marshall Hale (1988-91) Anton Thomison (2000-03)
ALL-PURPOSE YARDS
PASSING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10.
216 195 152 148 146 129 111 111 110 103
1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10.
David Collett (1998-2001) Josh Foster (2001-2005) Michael Penix (1992-95) Murray Cunningham (1973-76) Daniel Gipson (1990-93) Larry Shipp (2004-07) Larry Schreiber (1966-69) Ryan Weeks (1986-89) Zach Sharp (2011-14) Derek White (2003-07) Wayne Anderson (1977-80)
252 200 198 198 196 192 192 190 185 180 180
TOTAL TACKLES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Jim Youngblood (1969-72) Jeff Daughtry (1981-84) Tra'Darius Goff (2011-15) Tony Plavich (1972-75) Marty Jones (2009-14) Austin Tallant (2011-14) Josh Symonette (1996-99) Bruce Hatfield (1984-87) Maurice Smith (2005-08)
476 473 373 364 356 354 349 348 336
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LONGEST PLAYS Longest Run From Scrimmage Yards Player 92* Michael Penix vs. Murray State, 1994 89* Lorenza Rivers vs. Chattanooga, 1987 88* Larry Schreiber vs. Middle Tennessee, 1967 87* Derek White vs. UT Martin 2003 87* Jerome Tillman vs. Middle Tennessee, 1997 85* Patrick Pope vs. Austin Peay, 1985 84* Radir Annoor vs. UNI, 2014 80* Patrick Pope vs. Liberty, 1987 76* Jack Kelley vs. Morehead State, 1980 75* Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1993 75* Eddie Hayward vs. Tennessee State, 1985 74* Darian Stone vs. Maryville, 2011 74 Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1991 72* Michael Penix vs. Southeast Missouri, 1992 Lorenza Rivers vs. Morehead State, 1987 72* 72* Cameron Kirnes vs. Eastern Illinois, 2005 Lorenza Rivers vs. Youngstown State, 1987 72 Longest Pass Completion Yards Player 87* Grant Swallows to Tony Fragale vs. W. Kentucky, 1999 Brent McNeal to Antonio Minor 86* vs. E. Illinois, 2004 Bailey Fisher to Darrius Stafford 85* vs. Southeast Missouri, 2018 Rock Horne to Harry Abofs 85* vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1968 Gordon Mason to Rudy Schmittou 85* vs. MTSU, 1960 Robert Craft to Ronnie Sidler 82% vs. Murray, 2002 Randy Beaman to Marshall Hale 82* vs. APSU, 1991 Andre Caballero to Walter Hill 80* vs. Eastern Illinois, 1996 Tony Costantine to Larry Hamrick 80* vs. ETSU, 1981 80 Grant Swallows to Steveland Sills vs. Murray State, 2000 Darian Stone to Ryan Tilghman 79* vs. UT Martin, 2012 Lee Sweeney to Henry Sailes 78* vs. Austin Peay, 2008 78* Robert Craft to Derek White vs. UT Martin, 2004 78* Bert Browne to Marshall Hale vs. Western Ky., 1990 78* James Aaron to Jack Kelley vs. Morehead State, 1980 77* Tre Lamb to Adam Urbano vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2012 Robert Craft to Derek Lee 73*
* Indicates touchdown on the play
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vs. Valparaiso, 2002 Robert Craft to Anton Thomison vs. No. Illinois, 2003
Longest Punt Return Yards Player 87* Joe Lancaster vs. Howard, 1950 79* Marshall Hale vs. Ohio, 1991 74* Kendall Taylor vs. Morehead State, 1981 74* Jim Whaley vs. Morehead State, 1963 72* Mike Stewart vs. Southeast Missouri, 1992 Longest Kickoff Return Yards Player 100* Dickie Fulton vs. East Tennessee, 1973 100* Dontez Byrd vs. Mercer, 2016 99* Lorenza Rivers vs. Youngstown State, 1987 Larry Shipp vs. Concordia, 2007 97* 96* Lamar Mike vs. East Tennessee, 1976 Jim Schaeffer vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1961 95* Ladarius Vanlier vs. Murray State, 2012 94* 90* Larry Schreiber vs. Middle Tennessee, 1967 Mike Vise vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1977 90* Longest Interception Return Yards Player Joshua Symonette vs. Austin Peay, 1997 98* 96* Robert Taylor vs. Southeast Missouri, 1995 Robert Taylor vs. Samford, 1995 92* Chip Holmes vs. Austin Peay, 1989 92* John Deathridge vs. East Tennessee, 1975 91* Mike Stewart vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1990 90* David McMahan vs. Tennessee State, 2003 78 John Fitzpatrick vs. East Tennessee, 1972 78* Brandon Shelby vs Tennessee State, 2003 72 Longest Punt Yards Player Justin Kraemer vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2007 86 Andy Dorsey vs. Eastern Illinois, 1998 86 Carl Heinzig vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1975 85 Jon Mahan vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2007 84 75 Scott Meadows vs. Morehead State, 1983 73 Jon Mahan vs. Jacksonville State, 2005 Steve Davis vs. Middle Tennessee, 1977 73 71 Mark Pemberton vs. Morehead State, 1980 Steve Davis vs. Middle Tennessee, 1979 71 69 Jason Lennartz vs. Eastern Illinois, 2009 68 Tracy Graham vs. Austin Peay, 1988 Scott Meadows vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1985 68 67 Chad Brummitt vs. UT Martin, 1992 Tom Pemberton vs. Youngstown State, 1974 67
60 58 57
Murray Cunningham vs. Murray State, 1973 Nick Madonia at Tennessee State, 2018 Derek Scott vs. Tennessee State, 1994
Longest Field Goal Made Yards Player 57 Nick Madonia at Tennessee State, 2016 54 Nick Madonia at Utah State, 2018 53 Nick Madonia at Jacksonville State, 2018 53 Ryan Weeks vs. Morehead State, 1989 53 Murray Cunningham vs. W. Kentucky, 1974 52 Nick Madonia vs. Southeast Missouri, 2018 51 Justin Kraemer vs. SE Missouri, 2008 51 Justin Kraemer vs. Murray State, 2007 51 Josh Foster vs. Lambuth, 2005 51 Ryan Weeks vs. Tennessee State, 1989 51 Bruce Winningham vs. Akron, 1984 Murray Cunningham 51 vs. Eastern Illinois, 1975 John Swords vs. Austin Peay, 1966 51 Ryan Weeks vs. Austin Peay, 1989 50 Longest Scoring Play Yards Player 100 Dontez Byrd kick return vs. Mercer, 2016 Dickie Fulton kick return 100 vs. East Tennessee, 1973 99 Lorenza Rivers kick return vs. Youngstown State, 1987 Joshua Symonette int. return 98 vs. Austin Peay, 1997 Larry Shipp kick return vs. Concordia, 2007 97 Robert Taylor int. return vs. SEMO., 1995 96 Lamar Mike kick return 96 vs. East Tennessee, 1976 Jim Schaeffer kick return 95 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1961 Ladarius Vanlier kick return 94 vs. Murray State, 2012 Robert Taylor int. return vs. Samford, 1995 92 Michael Penix run vs. Murray State, 1994 92 Chip Homes int. return vs. Austin Peay, 1989 92 91 John Deathridge int. return vs. ETSU, 1975 90 Mike Stewart int. return vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1990 90 Mike Vise kick return vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1977 90 Larry Schreiber kick return vs. MTSU, 1967
Longest Field Goal Attempted Yards Player Ray Mullican vs. Middle Tennessee, 1983 61 David Collett vs. Fayetteville State, 2001 60
% indicates longest non-scoring play in history
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100+ RUSHING YARD GAMES 261 255 235 219 215 213 208 203 194 192 190 187 185 184 180 179 178 176 173 171 170 164
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Michael Penix vs. Southeast Missouri, 1993 Larry Schreiber vs. NW Louisiana, 1969 Travis Rogers vs. Western Carolina, 2000 Larry Schreiber vs. Austin Peay, 1969 Larry Schreiber vs. Murray State, 1969 Derek White vs. Cumberland, 2007 Trey Bonner vs. Chattanooga, 2004 Michael Penix vs. Morehead State, 1995 Larry Schreiber vs. Chattanooga, 1969 Derek White vs. Concordia, 2007 Dontey Gay vs. Austin Peay, 2011 Larry Schreiber vs. Murray State, 1967 Darian Stone vs. UT Martin, 2012 Michael Penix vs. Morehead State, 1994 Randy Beaman vs. UT Martin, 1991 Reggie Bazel vs. Austin Peay, 1982 Jeff Axel vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1971 Jason Ballard vs. UT Martin, 2002 Larry Schreiber vs. Austin Peay, 1968 Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1991 Lorenza Rivers vs. Morehead State, 1987 Michael Penix vs. Samford, 1995 Travis Rogers vs. Murray State, 2000 Derek White vs. Murray State, 2007 Lorenza Rivers vs. Murray State, 1987 Michael Penix vs. Murray State, 1994 Lorenza Rivers vs. Chattanooga, 1987 Willie Queen vs. Austin Peay, 1992 Larry Schreiber vs. Middle Tennessee, 1967 Larry Schreiber vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1969 Reggie Bazel vs. Morehead State, 1979 Ronald Bond vs. Middle Tennessee, 1979 Yeedee Thanerat vs. Tennessee State, 2016
162 160 158 156 155 154 153 152 150 149 148 147 146 145 144 141 140 139 138
Derek White vs UT Martin, 2003 Michael Penix vs. Tennessee State, 1995 Michael Penix vs. UT Martin, 1995 Adam Urbano vs. Hampton, 2012 Larry Schreiber vs. NW Louisiana, 1968 Jerome Tillman vs. Samford, 1999 Dontey Gay vs. Maryville, 2011 Anthony Ash vs. Lambuth, 2005 Brant Billen vs. Middle Tennessee, 1997 Michael Penix vs. Southeast Missouri, 1995 Nick Solomon vs. Western Carolina, 1998 Willie Queen vs. Tennessee State, 1992 Larry Schreiber vs. Western Kentucky, 1969 Willie Queen vs. Lock Haven, 1992 Jason Ballard vs. Murray State, 2003 Derek White vs Murray State, 2003 Michael Penix vs. Samford, 1994 Eddie Hayward vs. Nevada-Las Vegas, 1985 Larry Schreiber vs. Middle Tennessee, 1968 Cecil Fore vs. Murray State, 1978 Trey Bonner vs. Valparaiso, 2002 Dontey Gay vs. Southeast Missouri, 2011 Derek White vs. Gardner-Webb, 2004 Eddie Hayward vs. Tennessee State, 1985 Larry Schreiber vs. Arkansas State, 1968 Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1992 Willie Queen vs. Tennessee State, 1994 Ladarius Vanlier vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 Marvin McClennon vs. Austin Peay, 1980 Trey Bonner vs. UT Martin, 2004 Jerome Tillman vs. Middle Tennessee, 1997 Willie Queen vs. Illinois State, 1993 Michael Penix vs. Morehead State, 1993 Jeff Axel vs. Morehead State, 1971
137 136 135 134 133 132 130 129 128 127 126 125 123 122 121 120 119
Adam Urbano vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2011 Lamar Mike vs. Austin Peay, 1977 Michael Penix vs. Middle Tennessee, 1993 Randy Beaman vs. Southeast Missouri, 1991 Ronald Bond vs. Cameron, 1979 Cameron Kirnes vs. Eastern Illinois, 2005 Marshall Williams vs. Middle Tennessee, 1977 Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1993 Roger Hill vs. Middle Tennessee, 1969 Darian Stone vs. Austin Peay, 2014 Oscar Bonds vs. Fayetteville, 2001 Jeff Axel vs. Murray State, 1971 Patrick Pope vs. Murray State, 1985 Larry Schreiber vs. Western Kentucky, 1968 Jocque Crawford vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2010 Marvin McClennon vs. Murray State, 1981 Jerome Tillman vs. Southeast Missouri, 1999 Jocque Crawford vs. Eastern Illinois 2010 Allen Lawrence vs. Morehead State, 1983 Dontey Gay vs. Southeast Missouri, 2009 Larry Schreiber vs. Morehead State, 1967 Jason Ballard vs. Chattanooga, 2002 Adam Urbano vs. North Greenville, 2012 Willie Queen vs. Lock Haven, 1993 Nick Solomon vs. Tennessee State, 2001 Sylvester Gregory vs. Morehead State, 1984 Andrew Goldsmith vs. Eastern Illinois, 2017 Jason Ballard vs. Eastern Illinois, 2002 Darian Stone vs. Eastern Illinois, 2012 Adam Urbano vs. Murray State, 2011 Terry Johnson vs. Appalachian State, 1974
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100+ RUSHING YARD GAMES 118 117 116 115 114 113 112 111 110 109
Lorenza Rivers vs. Youngstown State, 1987 Ron Reeves vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1965 Jason Ballard vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2003 Trey Bonner vs. Chattanooga, 2005 Jason Ballard vs. Tennessee State, 2002 Yeedee Thanerat vs. Murray State, 2016 Derek White vs. Samford, 2006 Nick Solomon vs. Eastern Illinois, 2000 Eddie Hayward vs. Morehead State, 1985 Jeff Axel vs. Murray State, 1972 Terry Parks vs. Western Kentucky, 1966 Jason Ballard vs. Chattanooga, 2003 Derek White vs. UT Martin, 2007 Brock McCoin vs. Austin Peay, 2015 Terry Johnson vs. Middle Tennessee, 1971 Henry Sailes vs. Southeast Missouri, 2008 Brant Billen vs. UT Martin, 1996 Michael Penix vs. Southeast Missouri, 1994 Willie Queen vs. Morehead State, 1991 Patrick Pope vs. Liberty, 1987 Reggie Bazel vs. Murray State, 1982 Cecil Fore vs. Austin Peay, 1977 Eddie Hayward vs. Murray State, 1985 Jason Ballard vs. Southeast Missouri, 2002 Willie Queen vs. Murray State, 1994 Lamar Mike vs. E. Tennessee, 1977 Terry Parks vs. Western Kentucky, 1965 Anthony Ash vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2006 Darryl Robinson vs. Morehead State, 1973 Jeff Axel vs. Western Kentucky, 1973 Larry Schreiber vs. Morehead State, 1969 Jason Ballard vs. Southeast Missouri, 2003 Larry Schreiber vs. Murray State, 1968
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108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100
David Gist vs. Southeast Missouri, 2018 Dontey Gay vs. Iowa, 2011 Cameron Kirnes vs. Southeast Missouri, 2005 Willie Queen vs. Morehead State, 1992 Fred Lowery vs. Murray State, 1989 Anthony Ash vs. Eastern Illinois, 2006 Larry Schreiber vs. Arkansas State, 1969 Larry Schreiber vs. Chattanooga, 1967 Mike Stewart vs. Samford, 1989 Eddie Hayward vs. Youngstown State, 1985 Larry Schreiber vs. Chattanooga, 1968 Larry Schreiber vs. East Tennessee, 1968 Derek White vs. Samford, 2007 Anthony Ash vs. Samford, 2005 Jerome Tillman vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, 1998 Jerome Tillman vs. UT Martin, 1998 Jason Ballard vs. UT Martin, 2003 Derek White vs. UT Martin, 2004 Nick Solomon vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2000 Willie Queen vs. Southeast Missouri, 1992 Cecil Fore vs. Murray State, 1977 Darian Stone vs. Austin Peay, 2012 Dontey Gay vs. Murray State, 2009 Anthony Ash vs. Samford, 2006 Cameron Kirnes vs. Samford, 2005 Roger Hill vs. UT Martin, 1970 Larry Schreiber vs. East Tennessee, 1969 Nick Solomon vs. Murray, 1999 Michael Penix vs. Lock Haven, 1994 Billy Shackelford vs. Samford, 1989 Ron Reeves vs. Morehead State, 1965 Lorenza Rivers vs. Youngstown State, 1985 Andrew Goldsmith vs. Tennessee State, 2017 John Webb vs. Murray State, 1989
Willie Queen, TB Michael Penix, TB Derek White, TB Jason Ballard, TB Dontey Gay, RB Eddie Hayward, FB Jeff Axel, FB Jerome Tillman, TB Nick Solomon, TB Lorenza Rivers, TB Anthony Ash, RB Adam Urbano, RB Darian Stone, QB Trey Bonner, TB Terry Parks, RB Reggie Bazel, FB Ron Reeves, FB Cameron Kirnes, RB Cecil Fore, RB Jocques Crawford, RB Ronald Bond, FB Marvin McClennon, TB Roger Hill, RB Terry Johnson, RB Yeedee Thanerat, RB Andrew Goldsmith, RB David Gist, RB
13 13 11 11 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
All players with 100-yard games Larry Schreiber, RB
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200+ PASSING YARD GAMES 481 437 412 410 383 367 348 346 339 336 333 329 327 324 322 321 318 312 305 304 302 301 299 297 294 291 284 283 282 281 280 278 277 276 274 273 271 269 267 266 265 264
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Tre Lamb vs. Southeast Missouri, 2012 Lee Sweeney vs. Southeast Missouri, 2006 Grant Swallows vs. Jacksonville State, 2001 Robert Craft vs. Jacksonville State, 2002 Bailey Fisher vs. Eastern Illinois, 2018 Lee Sweeney vs. Samford, 2007 Tre Lamb vs. Tenn. State, 2011 Jamie Sander vs. Tennessee State, 1995 Tre Lamb vs. Hampton, 2012 James Aaron vs. UT Martin, 1980 Robert Craft vs. Eastern Illinois, 2002 Grant Swallows vs. Eastern Illinois, 2001 Michael Birdsong vs. E. Kentucky, 2016 Lee Sweeney vs. Austin Peay, 2008 John Conrad McCrary vs. Tenn. State, 2005 Robert Craft vs. Northern Illinois, 2003 Patrick Pope vs. Morehead State, 1987 Bert Browne vs. Morehead State, 1990 Lee Sweeney vs. UT Martin, 2009 Jared Davis vs. Houston, 2015 Lee Sweeney vs. Tennessee State, 2006 Andre Sale vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2017 Lee Sweeney vs. Eastern Illinois, 2007 Jared Davis vs. Mercer, 2015 Jamie Sander vs. Austin Peay, 1995 Andre Sale vs. Kennesaw State, 2017 Michael Birdsong vs. Eastern Illinois, 2016 Tre Lamb vs. Central Arkansas, 2011 (FCS Playoffs) Robert Craft vs. Jacksonville State, 2004 Tre Lamb vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2012 Tre Lamb vs. Southeast Missouri, 2011 Robert Craft vs. Gardner-Webb, 2004 Grant Swallows vs. SE Missouri, 2001 Robert Craft vs. UT Martin, 2004 Tony Costantine vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1980 Michael Birdsong vs. Austin Peay, 2016 Tre Lamb vs. Murray State, 2012 Mike Jones vs. Illinois State, 1993 Michael Birdsong vs. Murray State, 2016 Darian Stone vs. UT Martin, 2012 Robert Craft vs. Chattanooga, 2003 Mark Powers vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1983 Tre Lamb vs. North Greenville, 2012 Michael Birdsong vs. UT Martin, 2016 Cass Barnes vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2010 Cass Barnes vs. Jacksonville State, 2010 Robert Craft vs. Southeast Missouri, 2004 Mike Jones vs. Austin Peay, 1994 Robert Craft vs. Valparaiso, 2002 James Aaron vs. NE Missouri, 1980 Robert Craft vs. VMI, 2004 Bailey Fisher vs. Southeast Missouri, 2018 Bert Browne vs. Western Kentucky, 1990
262 256 251 249 246 245 242 241 240 239 238 237 234 232 231 229 228 227 225 224 223 222 220 219 218 216 215 214 213 212 211 207 206
Jared Davis vs. Murray State, 2015 Lee Sweeney vs. Gardner-Webb, 2006 Robert Craft vs. Bowling Green, 2002 Lee Sweeney vs. Murray State, 2006 Grant Swallows vs. Tennessee State, 2001 Tony Costantine vs. Western Kentucky, 1981 Tre Lamb vs. Southeast Missouri, 2010 Darian Stone vs. Austin Peay, 2012 Andre Caballero vs. Eastern Illinois, 1997 Mike Jones vs. Lock Haven, 1994 Mike Jones vs. Middle Tennessee, 1993 Mike Jones vs. Tennessee State, 1993 Tre Lamb vs. Eastern Illinois, 2011 Grant Swallows vs. Western Kentucky, 1999 Michael Birdsong vs. Mercer, 2016 Andre Sale vs. Ball State, 2017 Robert Craft vs. Samford, 2004 Bert Browne vs. Ohio, 1990 Bert Browne vs. Middle Tennessee, 1989 Mark Powers vs. UT Martin, 1982 Lee Sweeney vs. Austin Peay, 2009 Lee Sweeney vs. Samford, 2006 Bert Browne vs. Tennessee State, 1990 Patrick Pope vs. Abilene Christian, 1987 Thomas DeBow vs. Liberty, 1988 Lee Sweeney vs. Southeast Missouri, 2008 Bailey Fisher vs. Murray State, 2018 Jamie Sander vs. Murray State, 1995 Tony Costantine vs. Youngstown State, 1983 Tre Lamb vs. UT Martin, 2011 Stephen Britton vs. Chattanooga, 2005 Grant Swallows vs. Murray State, 2000 Grant Swallows vs. Western Kentucky, 1999 Darian Stone vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 Thomas DeBow vs. Samford, 1988 Mike Jones vs. Lock Haven, 1993 Andre Sale vs. Western Illinois, 2017 Tre Lamb vs. Maryville, 2011 Grant Swallows vs. Murray State, 2001 Mike Jones vs. Southeast Missouri, 1994 Lee Sweeney vs. Eastern Illinois, 2008 Andre Caballero vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1997 Darian Stone vs. Southeast Missouri, 2014 Michael Birdsong vs. Wofford, 2016 Andre Caballero vs. UT Martin, 1997 Lee Sweeney vs. Cumberland, 2007 Michael Peeples vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1998 Grant Swallows vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2001 Grant Swallows vs. Harding, 2000 Stephen Britton vs. Murray State, 2005 Milt Jenkins vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1977 Tre Lamb vs. UT Martin, 2010 Joey Bailey vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2003 Brock McCoin vs. Austin Peay, 2015
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Robert Craft vs. Eastern Illinois, 2004 Cass Barnes vs. Murray State, 2010 Grant Swallows vs. UT Martin, 2001
All players with 200-yard passing games Robert Craft 13 13 Lee Sweeney 13 Tre Lamb Grant Swallows 10 Michael Birdsong 7 Mike Jones 7 5 Andre Caballero 5 Bert Browne 4 Darian Stone Andre Sale 4 Bailey Fisher 3 Jamie Sander 3 3 Tony Costantine 3 Cass Barnes Patrick Pope 2 James Aaron 2 2 Mike Peeples 2 Thomas DeBow 1 Five players
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100+ RECEIVING YARD GAMES 303 264 262 206 198 191 183 178 177 171 170 169 164 159 156 153 146 144 141 139 136 135 132 131 130 128 127 126 125 124 123 122 121 120 119 117 116
Da’Rick Rogers vs. SE Missouri, 2012 Brock McCoin vs. Houston, 2015 Kenneth Gilstrap vs. Morehead State, 1987 Craig Rolle vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 1977 Dontez Byrd vs. Murray State, 2016 Larry Shipp vs. Samford, 2007 Derek Lee vs. Valparaiso, 2002 Anton Thomison vs. Jacksonville, 2002 Tim Benford vs. Southeast Missouri, 2010 Cody Matthews vs. Austin Peay, 2014 Ryan Nichols vs. VMI, 2004 Dontez Byrd vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2017 Larry Shipp vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2007 Tim Benford vs. UT Martin, 2009 Anton Thomison vs Northern Illinois, 2003 Larry Shipp vs. Chattanooga, 2005 Larry Shipp vs. Southeast Missouri, 2006 Kenneth Gilstrap vs. Abilene Christian, 1987 Walter Hill vs. UT Martin, 1999 Rudy Schmittou vs. Ft. Campbell, 1961 Craig Rolle vs. Eastern Illinois, 1976 Jim Bishop vs. Middle Tennessee, 1969 Jack Kelley vs. UT Martin, 1980 Jack Kelley vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1983 Kenneth Gilstrap vs. Akron, 1986 Derek Lee vs. Bowling Green, 2002 Tim Benford vs. Maryville, 2011 Antonio Robinson vs. Austin Peay, 2009 Craig Rolle vs. Middle Tennessee, 1976 Tony Fragale vs. Western Kentucky, 1999 Brock McCoin vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 Craig Rolle vs. Morehead State, 1978 Walter Hill vs. Eastern Illinois, 1997 Derek Lee vs. UT Martin, 2001 Dontez Byrd vs. Eastern Illinois, 2017 Sam Brooks vs. Ohio, 1990 Tim Benford vs. Eastern Illinois, 2011 Ryan Tilghman vs. UT Martin, 2012 Tim Benford vs. Austin Peay, 2008 Marshall Hale vs. Tennessee State, 1990 Craig Rolle vs. Furman, 1976 Jack Kelley vs. Western Kentucky, 1980 Derek Lee vs. Eastern Illinois, 2002 Tim Benford vs. Tennessee State, 2011 Tim Benford vs. Tennessee State, 2009 Tim Benford vs. UT Martin, 2010 Dontez Byrd vs. Tennessee, 2016 Larry Shipp vs. Southeast Missouri, 2005 Larry Shipp vs. Samford, 2006 Brock McCoin vs. Southeast Missouri, 2014 Cody Matthews vs. Murray State, 2012 Walter Hill vs. Eastern Illinois, 1996 Jack Kelley vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1980 Larry Shipp vs. Tennessee State, 2005 Tim Benford vs. Murray State, 2011
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Dontez Byrd vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2016 Derek Lee vs. Eastern Illinois, 2001 Derek Lee vs. Jacksonville State, 2001 Craig Rolle vs. Murray State, 1976 Tim Benford vs. Jacksonville State, 2010 Craig Rolle vs. Nicholls State, 1978 Derek White vs. UT Martin, 2004 Marshall Hale vs. Morehead State, 1990 Craig Rolle vs. Western Kentucky, 1976 Kendall Taylor vs. Western Kentucky, 1981 Dontez Byrd vs. Tennessee State, 2016 Dontez Byrd vs. Tennessee State, 2017 Walter Hill vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1997 Sam Brooks vs. Morehead State, 1990 Bubba Griffin vs. Austin Peay, 1981 Craig Rolle vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1978 Marshall Hale vs. Morehead State, 1989 Dontez Byrd vs. Kennesaw State, 2017 Anton Thomison vs. Chattanooga, 2002 Jack Kelley vs. Middle Tennessee, 1980 Larry Hamrick vs. Austin Peay, 1984 Brock McCoin vs. Murray State, 2015 Anton Thomison vs. SE Missouri, 2001 Stevland Sills vs. Murray State, 2000 Nate Hooks vs. Austin Peay, 1986 David Hudson vs. Morehead State, 1967 Walter Hill vs. Tennessee State, 1997 Jack Kelley vs. NE Missouri, 1980 Trey Bonner vs. Jacksonville State, 2004 Derek Lee vs. Memphis, 2003 Darrius Stafford vs. Murray State, 2018 Gerald Bentley vs. Austin Peay, 1995 Gerald Bentley vs. Murray State, 1995 Harry Abofs vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1968 Dontey Gay vs. Southeast Missouri, 2011 Kenneth Gilstrap vs. Tulsa, 1986 Larry Shipp vs. Murray State, 2005 Steve Harris vs. Illinois State, 1993 Marshall Hale vs. Western Kentucky, 1990 Sammy Scott vs. Chattanooga, 1965
All players with 100-yard games Tim Benford Larry Shipp Craig Rolle Dontez Byrd Derek Lee Jack Kelley Marshall Hale Brock McCoin Ken Gilstrap Cody Matthews 15 players
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Larry Schreiber vs. NW Louisiana, 1969 Da’Rick Rogers vs. SE Missouri, 2012 Larry Shipp vs. Samford, 2007 Larry Schreiber vs. Western Kentucky, 1969 Larry Shipp vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2007 Ladarius Vanlier vs. Murray State, 2012 Michael Penix vs. Southeast Missouri, 1993 Larry Schreiber vs. Middle Tennessee, 1967 Ladarius Vanlier vs. Austin Peay, 2015 Ladarius Vanlier vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2014 Travis Rogers vs. Western Carolina, 2000 Kenneth Gilstrap vs. Morehead State, 1987 Dontez Byrd vs. Tennessee, 2016 Lorenza Rivers vs. Abilene Christian, 1987 Michael Penix vs. Morehead State, 1994 Brock McCoin vs. Houston, 2015 Nick Solomon vs. Eastern Illinois, 2000 Dontey Gay vs. Southeast Missouri, 2011 Lorenza Rivers vs. Youngstown State, 1987 Trey Bonner vs. Chattanooga, 2004 Willie Queen vs. Tennessee State, 1994 Gerald Bentley vs. Marshall, 1995 Dontez Byrd vs Mercer, 2016 Lorenza Rivers vs. Murray State, 1987 Michael Penix vs. Morehead State, 1995 Henry Sailes vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2010 Larry Schreiber vs. Austin Peay, 1969 Larry Schreiber vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1969 Larry Schreiber vs. Murray State, 1967 Derek White vs. UT Martin, 2004 Gerald Bentley vs. Austin Peay, 1995 Craig Rolle vs. Western Kentucky, 1976 Larry Shipp vs. Cumberland, 2007 Derek White vs. Murray State, 2003 Larry Schreiber vs. Middle Tennessee, 1968 Lorenza Rivers vs. Youngstown State, 1985 Lorenza Rivers vs. Morehead State, 1987 Ladarius Vanlier vs. Tennessee State, 204 Larry Schreiber vs. Chattanooga, 1969 Dontez Byrd vs. Kennesaw State, 2017 Marshall Hale vs. Tennessee State, 1990 Larry Schreiber vs. Austin Peay, 1968 Reggie Bazel vs. Austin Peay, 1982 Ladarius Vanlier vs. Indiana State, 2014
All players with 200-yard games Larry Schreiber, RB 9 Lorenza Rivers, RB 5 Ladarius Vanlier, RB 5 Larry Shipp, WR 3 Michael Penix, TB 3 Dontez Byrd, WR 3 Gerald Bentley, WR 2 Derek White, TB 2 Dontey Gay, RB 1 Brock McCoin, WR 1
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OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE STATISTICAL CHAMPIONS The following players led the league in the following categories: Total Offense 1956 Bill Robinson (800) 1959 Gordon Mason (1,098) 2006 Lee Sweeney (2,276) All-Purpose Yardage 2007 Larry Shipp (1,887) 2016 Dontez Byrd (1,626) Passing 1959 Gordon Mason (903) 1960 Gordon Mason (878) 1993 Mike Jones (2,000) 2006 Lee Sweeney (2,292) Rushing 1957 Kenneth Wright (684)
1959 W.J. Shumaker (874) 1963 Ron Reeves (555) 1968 Larry Schreiber (1,251) 1969 Larry Schreiber (1,522) 2000 Travis Rogers (809) Receiving 1959 Tommy Hackler (30/522) 1960 Tommy Hackler (37/508) 1963 Bobby Haile (32/436) 1976 Craig Rolle (38/990) 1978 Craig Rolle (53/878) 2006 Larry Shipp (51/799) 2011 Tim Benford (65/923) 2017 Dontez Byrd (78/1,003) Scoring 1959 W.J. Shumaker (60) 1969 Larry Schreiber (78)
1972 Butch Gentry (60) 1975 Murray Cunningham (67) 1977 Wayne Anderson (57) 2007 Larry Shipp (90)
1998 2012 2013 2014
Andy Dorsey (41.9) Chad Zinchini (44.8) Chad Zinchini (45.9) Jonathan King (41.5)
Interceptions 1972 John Fitzpatrick (12) 1976 Johnny Tucker (10) 1987 Jimmy Isom (5) 1989 Felix Parham (5) 1994 Robert Taylor (5) 1996 Robert Taylor (9)
Punt Returns 2007 Bryon Ottrix (11.5) 2014 Ladarius Vanlier (14.4) Kick Returns 2014 Ladarius Vanlier (23.5)
Punting 1954 Jack Van Hooser (31.6) 1978 Steve Davis (40.5) 1979 Steve Davis (42.5) 1987 Tracy Graham (40.2) 1989 Tracy Graham (40.2)
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GOLDEN EAGLES IN THE NFL NFL/AFL DRAFT YEAR 1954 1956 1957 1959 1961 1961 1961 1968 1970 1971 1972 1973 1973 1975 1976 1983 2005
PLAYER Jerry Daniels Ted Schwanger Don Simonic Homer Schmittou Tommy Hackler Gordon Mason Tommy Hackler Bill Hull Larry Schreiber John Tanner Jim Bishop Jim Youngblood Mike Hennigan Elois Grooms Howard Stidham Billy Blaylock Frank Omiyale
POSITION ROUND T 24 B 14 T 12 E 17 E 13 B 20 E 22 G 17 RB 10 LB 9 TE 5 LB 2 LB 4 DE 3 LB 15 DB 12 T 5
PICK 287 163 137 202 174 272 169 445 243 221 116 42 81 63 416 314 163
TEAM San Francisco 49ers Baltimore Colts Baltimore Colts Cleveland Browns San Francisco 49ers Chicago Bears Denver Broncos Minnesota Vikings San Francisco 49ers San Diego Chargers San Diego Chargers Los Angeles Rams Detroit Lions New Orleans Saints San Francisco 49ers San Diego Chargers Atlanta Falcons
LEAGUE National Football League National Football League National Football League National Football League National Football League National Football League American Football League National Football League National Football League National Football League National Football League National Football League National Football League National Football League National Football League National Football League National Football League
NFL CAREERS POSITION PLAYER YEARS LB Lonnie Warwick 10 RB Larry Schreiber 6 LB John Tanner 3 Mike Hennigan 6 LB Jim Youngblood 13 LB DE/DT Elois Grooms 12 Howard Stidham 1 LB Corey Chamblin 1 DB DB Josh Symonette 1 T Frank Omiyale 6 WR Tim Benford 2 WR Da’Rick Rogers 1
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TEAMS Minnesota Vikings Atlanta Falcons San Francisco 49ers Chicago Bears San Diego Chargers New England Patriots Detroit Lions New York Jets Los Angeles Rams Washington Redskins New Orleans Saints St. Louis Cardinals Philadelphia Eagles San Francisco 49ers Jacksonville Jaguars Washington Redskins Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Seattle Seahawks Dallas Cowboys Indianapolis Colts
SEASONS PLAYED 1965-1972 1973-1974 1971-1975 1976 1971 1973-1974 1973-1975 1976-1978 1973-1984 1984 1975-1981 1982-1985 1987 1977 1999 2000 2006 2008 2009-2011 2012 2012, 2014 2013
NOTES Started five seasons Started two seasons
Started one season Started seven seasons Made one Pro Bowl (1979) Started seven seasons
Started two seasons
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GOLDEN EAGLES IN THE PROS Harry Abofs Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) Toronto Argonauts (CFL) Wayne Anderson Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) Buffalo Bills (NFL) Kelly Averitt New York Jets (NFL) Reggie Bazel Seattle Seahawks (NFL) Pittsburgh Maulers (USFL) Tim Benford Dallas Cowboys (NFL) Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) Michael Birdsong Seattle Seahawks (NFL) New Orleans Saints (NFL) B.C. Lions (CFL) Jim Bishop Birmingham Americans (WFL) Billy Blaylock San Diego Chargers (NFL) Arizona Wranglers (USFL) D.J. Bleisath Chicago Rush (AFL) Dontez Byrd Atlanta Falcons (NFL) Memphis Express (AAF) Corey Chamblin Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL) John Chuy Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) Howard Cochran Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) Jacksonville Sharks (WFL) David Collett Indianapolis Colts (NFL) Murray Cunningham Seattle Seahawks (NFL) Steve Davis Seattle Seahawks (NFL) Buffalo Bills (NFL) Chad Evitts Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) Brandon Fields Chicago Rush (AFL) Georgia Force (AFL) Beau Fullerton New York Giants (NFL) Butch Gentry Hawaii Rainbows (WFL) Troy Grant San Diego Chargers (NFL)
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1975 1983-84 2004-09 2018 1999-2002 1972 1973-77 2002 1977 1980-81 2001 2007-12 2004 1974 2001
Derrick Gray Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) Elois Grooms New Orleans Saints (NFL) St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) Bruce Hatfield New York Jets (NFL) Jahi Henley New Orleans Saints (NFL) Mike Hennigan Detroit Lions (NFL) New York Jets (NFL) John Jackson Peoria Pirates (AF2) Iowa Barnstormers (AFL) Perry Kyles Louisville Fire (AF2) Milwaukee Iron (AF2) Calgary Stampeders (CFL) Chicago Rush (AFL) Derek Lee New York Jets (NFL) Chicago Rush (AFL) Georgia Force (AFL) Columbus Destroyers (AFL) Dallas Vigilantes (AFL) Frank Omiyale Atlanta Falcons (NFL) Carolina Panthers (NFL) Chicago Bears (NFL) Seattle Seahawks (NFL) Tom Pemberton Washington Redskins (NFL) Patrick Pope Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) Lorenza Rivers B.C. Lions (CFL) Da’Rick Rogers Buffalo Bills (NFL) Indianapolis Colts (NFL) Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) Toronto Argonauts (CFL) Craig Rolle New Orleans Saints (NFL) Larry Schreiber San Francisco 49ers (NFL) Chicago Bears (NFL) Larry Shipp Detroit Lions (NFL) Alabama Vipers (AFL) Georgia Force (AFL) Flavious Smith Los Angeles Rams (NFL) Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)
1993 1975-86 1988 2001 1973-79 2007-12 2007-11
2004-12
2005-12
1974 1988 1988-89
Donald Snyder Detroit Lions (NFL) Thomas Squires New Orleans Saints (NFL) Howard Stidham Green Bay Packers (NFL) Josh Symonette Washington Redskins (NFL) Green Bay Packers (NFL) Miami Dolphins (NFL) John Tanner San Diego Chargers (NFL) Toronto Argonauts (CFL) John Trainor Toronto Argonauts (CFL) Jerry Turner Birmingham Steeldogs (AFL) Las Vegas Gladiators (AFL) Odessa Rough Necks (NIFL) Bakersfield Blitz (AF2) Kansas City Brigade (AFL) Arkansas Twisters (AFL) Spokane Shock (AFL) Georgia Force (AFL) Lonnie Warwick Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Atlanta Falcons (NFL) San Antonio Wings (WFL) Terry Wellesly Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) Branon Vaughn San Francisco 49ers (NFL) Jim Youngblood Los Angeles Rams (NFL) Seattle Seahawks (NFL)
1986-88 1988 1978 2000-02
1971-75 1971-74 2003-12
1964-75
1970-75 2000 1973-85
2013-16
1979 1970-78 2005-12
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ALL-OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE OVC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
OVC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
1969 1971 1972 1998 2000 2011
2006 2008 2018
Larry Schreiber (Offensive) Jim Youngblood (Defensive) Jim Youngblood (Defensive) Branon Vaughn (Defensive) Chad Evitts (Defensive) Tim Benford (Offensive)
Lee Sweeney, QB Tim Benford, WR Bailey Fisher, QB
FIRST TEAM ALL-OVC 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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Flavious Smith, E Flavious Smith, E Tom Fann, T Eddie Scott, E James Passions, T Marshall Taylor, E James Passions, T Ted Schwanger, B Bill Stogner, T Don Simonic, T Doug Caldwell, B Darrell Ferguson, T Ken Wright, B Rudy Schmittou, B Tommy Hackler, E Gordon Mason, QB W.J. Shumaker, B Ralph Broyles, HB Tommy Hackler, E Gordon Mason, QB Ray Thomas, T Lowell Smith, C Ken Fults, FB Ralph McMillan, G Rudy Schmittou, E Dave Baxter, T Jim Schaeffer, E Bryan Draper, C Ron Reeves, FB Bob Borkowski, G Bryan Draper, C Jim Whaley, DB Steve Dillard, G Bill Holloway, C Bill Hull, DT Larry Schreiber, RB Bill McPherson, E Larry Schreiber, RB J.R. Mulvihill, DB Larry Schreiber, RB Bill Swaggerty, OT
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Jeff Axel, FB John Chuy, G Mike Defino, OT John Matlock, DE Jim Youngblood, LB Jeff Axel, FB Allen Byrd, OT Howard Cochran, G Jim Dorsey, C John Fitzpatrick, DB Butch Gentry, K Elois Grooms, DE Mike Hennigan, LB Jim Youngblood, LB Mike Defino, OT Elois Grooms, DE Dana Winningham, LB Ed Burns, OT Murray Cunningham, PK Gary Perdue, QB Tony Plavich, DT Howard Stidham, LB Ed Burns, OT Joe Jachimowicz, DT Craig Rolle, WR Johnny Tucker, DB Wayne Anderson, K Greg Bauer, CB Cecil Fore, RB Lance House, OT Dean Ratledge, DE Craig Rolle, WR Joe Ware, TE Wayne Anderson, K Steve Davis, P Ken Dew, OT Cecil Fore, RB Craig Rolle, WR Steve Davis, P Ken Dew, OT Fred Rockymore, OG
1980 1981 1982 1983 1985 1987 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Wayne Anderson, K Brad Millice, TE Billy Blaylock, DB Scott Meadows, P Willie Thompson, DB Jimmy Isom, FS Ken Gilstrap, WR Thomas Squires, LB Lorenza Rivers, RB Felix Parham, DB Ryan Weeks, PK Jerry Jared, C Maurice Draine, LB Mike Stewart, CB Mike Jones, QB Shane Queen, DE Chris Reid, OG Craig Long, DT Maurice Draine, LB Chris Reid, OG Tracy Russell, C Brian Pankey, DT Gerald Bentley, WR Scott Trent, TE Sammy Sanders, LB Branon Vaughn, DE Branon Vaughn, DE Josh Harris, DL Joshua Symonette, DB Andy Dorsey, P Branon Vaughn, DE Chad Evitts, LB Joshua Symonette, DB Wes Gallagher, OT David Collett, PK Joey Bishop, OC D.J. Bleisath, DL Chad Evitts, LB Troy Grant, CB Andrew McGraw, OL Joey Bishop, OC
2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017
D.J. Bleisath, DE Jameel Brown, DB D.J. Bleisath, DL Burt Shurette, OG Daniel Wentzel, LB Larry Shipp, WR Larry Shipp, WR Geoffrey Woods, DT Larry Shipp, WR/RS Maurice Smith, DB Tim Benford, WR Tim Benford, WR Tim Benford, WR Scott Schweitzer, OG Marcus Edwards, DL Richmond Tooley, DB Chad Zinchini, P Wesley Sherrill, OL Chad Zinchini, P Marty Jones, FS Tra’Darius Goff, LB Ladarius Vanlier, KR/PR Dontez Byrd, WR
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ALL-OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM ALL-OVC 1965 1971 1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Jerry Cantrell, LB Jim Waddell, QB Jim Bishop, TE John Webb, FB Marlon Placide, LB Gerald Dossett, LB Tracy Graham, P Daniel Gipson, PK Ricky Sanders, DL Shane Queen, DL Maurice Draine, LB Shane Queen, DL Tracy Russell, OC Michael Penix, RB Tracy Russell, OC Michael Penix, RB Brian Pankey, DL Scott Trent, TE Michael Penix, RB Kevin Jackson, DL Chris Reid, OC Michael Penix, RB Robert Taylor, DB Mike Lytle, OL Gary McVicar, DL Wes Gallagher, OL
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Walter Hill, WR Josh Symonette,, DB Wes Gallagher, OL Mark Williams, OL David Collett, PK Eddie Arnell, DL Jerry Turner, DL Chad Evitts, LB Mark Williams, OL Jerry Turner, DL Troy Grant, DB David Collett, PK Andy Dorsey, P Grant Swallows, QB Derek Lee, WR David Collett, PK Daniel Wentzel, LB John Ruff, DL Jason Ballard, RB Frank Omiyale, LT Brett Vavra, LB Brandon Fields, DB Josh Foster, K John Jackson, DL Shaun Sherrill, OG Lee Sweeney, QB
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
John Jackson, DL Geoffrey Woods, DL Scott Eller, OG Maurice Smith, DB Slade Adams, OL Justin Hilliard, DL Dontey Gay, RB Travis Adkins, DL Will Johnson, DB Nick Campbell, P Ladarius Vanlier, RET Tra’Darius Goff, LB Malcolm Mitchell, DL Marty Jones, DB Austin Tallant, SS Jonathan King, P Ladarius Vanlier, RS Maleek Hall, CB Brock McCoin, WR/QB Charles Mouton, OG Dontez Byrd, WR Nick Madonia, K Josh Poplar, LB Nick Madonia, K
OVC ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM 2005 Cameron Kirnes, RB Greg Rolfes, LB Maurice Smith, DB 2006 Lee Sweeney, QB 2007 Henry Sailes, RB/RS 2008 Tim Benford, WR 2009 Slade Adams, OG Caleb Mitchell, DB 2010 Jocques Crawford, RB 2011 Austin Tallant, DB 2012 Da’Rick Rogers, WR Ladarus Vanlier, RET/RB
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Chad Zinchini, P Jonathan King, P Brock McCoin, W Yeedee Thaenrat, RB Michael Birdsong, QB Dontez Byrd, WR Bailey Fisher, QB
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OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 1978 Offensive 9/11 9/25 11/13 11/20 1979 Rookie 10/22
Milton Jenkins Cecil Fore Jimmy Maynord Jimmy Maynord
Reggie Bazel
1980 Offensive 10/6 James Aaron Defensive 10/27 Kent Pettyjohn Rookie 9/22 Marvin McClennon 10/6 Marvin McClennon 11/17 Marvin McClennon 1981 Offensive 10/19 Tony Constantine Rookie 11/16 Mark Powers 1982 Offensive 11/15 Defensive 9/27 Rookie 9/21 1983 Offensive 10/24
Reggie Bazel Jeff Daughtry Brent Fisher
Allen Lawrence
1985 Special Teams 10/14 Scott Meadows 1987 Offensive 9/14 Patrick Pope 10/5 Patrick Pope 10/19 Lorenza Rivers 11/16 Lorenza Rivers Defensive 11/16 Marlon Placide Offensive Lineman 9/14 Clark Richey 10/19 Clark Richey Special Teams 10/12 Lorenza Rivers Rookie 10/26 Tracy Graham 1988 Defensive
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Gerald Dossett 10/17 Special Teams 10/31 Tracy Graham Rookie 10/3 Norman Drake 10/24 Norman Drake 1989 Offensive 9/11 Ryan Weeks Defensive 10/2 Felix Parham Offensive Lineman 10/2 Bruce Lamb Special Teams 10/16 Tracy Graham 10/30 Ryan Weeks Rookie 9/5 Mike Stewart 9/18 Mike Shackleford Mike Stewart 1990 Offensive 10/8 Bert Browne 10/15 Bert Browne Defensive 10/15 Rick Sanders 10/29 Felix Parham Offensive Lineman 9/24 Carlos James 10/15 Jerry Jared Special Teams 9/4 Daniel Gibson 10/1 Daniel Gibson Rookie 9/4 Shane Queen Damyen Taylor 9/10 10/1 Maurice Draine 10/15 Daniel Gipson 11/12 Damyen Taylor 1991 Defensive 10/21 Shane Queen Special Teams 9/16 Marshall Hale 10/21 Daniel Gipson Rookie 10/7 Randy Beaman 10/14 Randy Beaman 11/4 Willie Queen 1992 Offensive 10/4 Randy Beaman Defensive 10/11 Kevin Jackson Special Teams 10/18 Chad Brummitt 10/25 Mike Stewart
Rookie 9/20 10/11 10/25
Mike Penix Gerald Bentley Craig Long
1993 Offensive 9/5 Mike Jones 9/12 Willie Queen 10/10 Michael Penix 11/21 Mike Jones Special Teams 10/31 Jay Henderson 1994 Offensive 9/25 11/6 Defensive 9/11 11/6
Michael Penix Willie Queen Brian Pankey Brad Simmons
1995 Offensive 10/22 Michael Penix Special Teams 9/10 Gerald Bentley Newcomer 11/5 Jamie Sander 1996 Offensive 9/22 Andre Caballero Defensive 9/22 Robert Taylor 11/10 Robert Taylor Special Teams 9/29 Jay Henderson 11/17 Jay Henderson Newcomer 10/6 Brant Billen 10/13 Andre Caballero 1997 Defensive 9/7 Branon Vaughn 9/28 Josh Symonette 11/2 Corey Chamblin Special Teams 10/19 Caey Roberts 11/16 Jerome Tillman 11/23 Andy Dorsey Newcomer 10/19 Stanley McGraw 1998 Defensive 9/6 Jerry Turner 10/25 Branon Vaughn 11/15 Chad Evitts 11/22 Josh Symonette
Special Teams 9/27 Andy Dorsey 10/25 David Collett 11/15 Andy Dorsey 1999 Offensive 10/3 Walter Hill Defensive 9/12 Chad Evitts 10/10 Branon Vaughn 10/17 Branon Vaughn 11/14 Josh Symonette Special Teams 9/19 David Collett 2000 Offensive 10/29 Travis Rogers 11/19 Travis Rogers Defensive 9/24 Chad Evitts 11/12 Chad Evitts Special Teams 9/24 Andy Dorsey 10/15 Andy Dorsey 11/5 Jahi Henley David Collett 11/19 2001 Offensive 10/28 Grant Swallows 11/4 Grant Swallows 11/11 Grant Swallows Defensive 10/7 Jameel Brown 10/28 D.J. Bleisath 11/11 D.J. Bleisath 11/18 D.J. Bleisath Special Teams 9/2 David Collett 11/11 David Collett 2002 Offensive 11/23 Jason Ballard Defensive 9/14 Daniel Wentzel Special Teams 9/14 Nick Hodges 9/28 Nick Hodges Newcomer 9/21 Trey Bonner 2003 Defensive 9/13 Brandon Shelby 9/27 Yusuf Sharif Newcomer 9/27 Derek White 10/4 Derek White
2004 Offensive 10/9 Defensive 10/9 10/23 11/6
Trey Bonner Perry Kyles Brett Vavra Brett Vavra
2005 Offensive 10/2 Stephen Britton 11/6 Anthony Ash Special Teams 9/11 Josh Foster 10/30 Jon Mahan Newcomer 11/6 Cameron Kimes 2006 Offensive 11/19 Lee Sweeney Defensive 9/24 Aaron Williams Special Teams 9/24 John Mahan Freshman 10/1 Lee Sweeney 10/15 Lee Sweeney 11/19 Lee Sweeney 2007 Offensive 9/9 Derek White 9/16 Derek White Defensive 9/23 Maurice Smith 10/14 Corey Reed Special Teams 10/28 Larry Shipp Newcomer 9/9 Justin Kraemer 9/23 Henry Sailes 11/18 Justin Kraemer 2008 Offensive 9/14 Henry Sailes Special Teams Justin Kraemer 9/14 2009 Offensive 11/1 Tim Benford Defensive 10/11 Dustin Dillehay 11/1 Caleb Mitchell Newcomer 11/1 Caleb Mitchell 2010 Offensive
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Specialist 9/27 2016 Offensive 11/20 Specialist 9/18 11/13 11/20 Newcomer 11/20
Maleek Hall
Dontez Byrd Dontez Byrd Nick Madonia Nick Madonia Dontez Byrd
2017 Defensive 10/29 Specialist 9/17
Aderick Moore
2018 Offensive 11/4 Specialist 10/7
Bailey Fisher
Nick Madonia
Nick Madonia
2012 Offensive 11/11 Darian Stone Special Teams Ladarius Vanlier 9/30 11/11 Zach Sharp Newcomer 9/2 Da’Rick Rogers Da’Rick Rogers 9/23 2013 Defensive 9/29 James Huguely Marty Jones 11/10 Specialist Ladarius Vanlier 9/2 9/8 Chad Zinchini 9/29 Jordan Johnson 2014 Offensive 10/19 Darian Stone Defensive Marty Jones 10/19 Austin Tallant 11/9 Specialist Ladarius Vanlier 9/7 John Arnold 10/5 10/19 Ladarius Vanlier Newcomer 10/5 Trey Thompson 2015 Offensive Brock McCoin 9/7 9/20 Krys Cates Ladarius Vanlier 11/15 Defensive Tra’Darius Goff 9/27
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TEAM AWARDS GOLDEN EAGLE/TECH PRIDE AWARD Presented to the player who best exemplifies the “Pride” in Tech Pride: 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
James Coney, WR Jimmy Isom, FS Sam Brooks, WR John Webb, FB Sam Brooks, WR Shane Queen, DE Mike Stewart, CB
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Maurice Draine, LB Willie Queen, TB Chris Madewell, FB Robert Taylor, CB Andre Caballero, QB Brad Taylor, TE T.J. Christian, FB Jeff Hunnicutt, LB D.J. Bleisath, DE D.J. Bleisath, DE
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Burt Shurette, OC Danny Wentzel, LB Anton Thomison, WR Brett Vavra, LB John Jackson, DL Anthony Ash, TB Larry Shipp, WR/RS Derrian Waters, RB Derrian Waters, RB/LB Kelechi Ordu, LB
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Corey Watson, LB Taylor Hennigan, DB Seth McDonald, LB Marty Jones, FS Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded Jake Warwick, LB
SONNY ALLEN LEADERSHIP AWARD Presented to the most inspirational member of the team: 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Kevin Sharpe, DE Bruce Hatfield, LB Jon Barksdale, DE Gerald Dossett, LB Jerry Jared, C Travis Wilson, DT Ricky Sanders, DT
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Marrio Thomas, LB Maurice Draine, LB Tracy Russell, C Michael Penix, TB Adam Wright, DT Josh Symonette, ROV Branon Vaughn, DE Josh Harris, DT Branon Vaughn, DE Nick Solomon, TB
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Grant Swallows, QB Ben Mebane, LB Burt Shurette, OG Tommy Harrison, LB Shaun Sherrill, OL Anthony Ash, TB Brandon Barnes, OT Scott Eller, OL Taron Ryce, DB Tre Lamb, QB
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Tre Lamb, QB Matt Moran, LB James Normand, OL Austin Tallant, SS Not awarded Not awarded Alex Carling, TE Josh Poplar, LB
Mike Jones, QB Michael Penix, TB Michael Penix, TB Robert Taylor, CB Jeff Norman, LB Branon Vaughn, DE Branon Vaughn, DE Chad Evitts, LB Grant Swallows, QB D.J. Bleisath, DL
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Derek Lee, WR Jason Ballard, RB Perry Kyles, CB Larry Shipp, WR Larry Shipp, WR Larry Shipp, WE Lee Sweeney, QB Henry Sailes, RB Lee Sweney, QB Tim Benford, WE
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Dontey Gay, RB Tre Lamb, QB Marty Jones, FS Marty Jones, FS Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded
Tommy McDaniel, FS Tony Gomez, DT Marcus Stone, DL Tommy Harrison, LB Drew Hixon, WR Curt Williams, S Curt Williams, S Curt Williams, S Curt Williams, FB Derrian Waters Brendon Fisher, DL
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Cass Barnes, QB Zack Ziegler, RB Jordan Adams, LS Blake Adams, LB Ben Viaene, LS Stephen Bush, RB Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded Deontay Wilson, DB
HEADLINER AWARD Presented to the player most exciting to cover and accessible by the media: 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Nate Hooks, WR Lorenza Rivers, RB Sam Brooks, WR Thomas DeBow, QB Bert Browne, QB Marshall Hale, WR Shane Queen, DE
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
TEAM PLAYER/UNSUNG HERO AWARD Presented to the non-starter, redshirt or player who doesn’t receive many headlines, yet has made a major contribution to the team through daily effort: 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
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Eddie Hayward, RB Mike Thornton, DB Terry Goodloe, WR James Hird, FB John Webb, FB Mark Wattenbarger, TE
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Jerry Boyd, DB Norman Drake, DE Gerald Bentley, WR Troy Petersen, LB Willie Queen, TB Gerald Bentley, WR David Clem, C Al Bohannon, DE T.J. Christian, FB Sant. McKeever, FS Zach Reed, DL
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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TEAM AWARDS ACADEMIC AWARD Presented to the player with the highest cumulative GPA: 2007 2008
John Jackson, DT Bradley Thompson, DE
2009 2010 2011 2012
Taylor Askew, DE Corey Watson, DB Ben Davis, OL Corey Watson, DB Brett Dillard, OL
2013 2014 2015
James Normand, OL Steve Wilson, WR Cody Matthews, WR Patrick Prewitt, S Not awarded
2016 2017 2018
Not awarded Not awarded Seth Huner, WR/H
2015 2016
Brock McCoin, W Not awarded Not awarded
2017 2018
Not awarded Not awarded
2014 2015 2016
Austin Tallant, SS Not awarded Not awarded
2017 2018
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Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded
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OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2009 2010 2011
Tim Benford, WR Jocques Crawford, RB Tre Lamb, QB
2012 2013 2014
Tre Lamb, QB Darian Stone, QB Darian Stone, QB
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2009 2010
Dustin Dillehay, DB Dustin Dillehay, DB Kelechi Ordu, LB
2011 2012 2013
Corey Watson, LB Howard Griffin, LB Tra’Darius Goff, LB
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2009 2010 2011
Josh Paz, DB Henry Sailes, WR/RS Nick Campbell, P/HO
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Chad Zinchini, P Chad Zinchini, P Ladarius Vanlier, RS
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MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS 2010 2011 2012
Slade Adams, OG, O-Line Justin Hilliart, DT, D-line Jamere Hogue, DL, D-line Scott Schweitzer, OG, O-line Jake McIntosh, LB, linebacker Dontey Gay, RB, offensive back Tim Benford, WR, receiver Michael Baker, offensive line Da’Rick Rogers, WR, receiver
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Cody Matthews, WR, receiver Tra’Darius Goff, LB, linebacker Zach Ziegler, WR, receiver Bud Golden, RB, offensive back Stephen Bush, RB, offensive back Tra’Darius Goff, LB, linebacker Cody Matthews, WR, receiver Ladarius Vanlier, RB, offensive back Jay Rudwall, LB, linebacker
Jibrin Linge, OC, offensive line Kevin Robinson-White, DE, defensive line 2015 Not awarded 2016 Not awarded 2017 Not awarded 2018 Not awarded
TONY STONE BUMBLE BEE DB AWARD 2011 2012 2013
Richmond Tooley
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2017 2018
Deontay Wilson Shannon Fayne
BILL DUPES INSPIRATION AWARD 2017 2018
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icker Nick Madonia was the 2018 recipient of Tennessee Tech football’s highest honor -- the Robert Hill Johnson Award. Robert Hill Johnson, a native of Sparta, Tenn., was a student and assistant football coach at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute when he was killed in an auto accident on January 14, 1952, at the age of 22. The son of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Johnson, he attended White County High School and was a standout in football for one year. He then transferred to The Baylor School in Chattanooga where he earned three football letters. He enrolled at the University of Alabama, but a shoulder injury ended his playing career. In the fall of 1951 Johnson became a student at TPI, where he also coached offensive and defensive ends. After just one season at TPI, Johnson was killed instantly when his car crashed into a concrete bridge railing at Cripple Creek, about seven miles east of Murfreesboro, on U.S. Highway 70. The Jan. 25, 1952, edition of the Tennessee Tech Oracle said Johnson “exemplified all that is fine and good in the great game of football,” and urged that the university do something to honor his memory. Since then, Tech’s highest football honor has been called the Robert Hill Johnson Award. It is presented annually to the player who makes the largest contribution to Tech during the season and is selected by members of the football team. The first winner, based on his play during the 1951 season under Coach Johnson, was end Flavious Smith, now in the Golden Eagle Sports Hall of Fame. Among the other winners of the award have been all-Americans Tommy Hackler, Jim Youngblood, Larry Schreiber, Robert Taylor and Chad Evitts. In 2007, Larry Shipp captured a share of the award for the third consecutive year. Schreiber captured the honor in 1967, 1968 and 1969. 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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Flavious Smith, E Tom Fann, T Ken Broyles, HB James Passions, T Johnny Clark, RB William Robinson, QB Kenneth Wright, FB Richard Mann, QB W.J. Shumaker, HB Tommy Hackler, E Lowell Smith, C Jackie Corbin, HB Jim Ragland, QB Bob Borkowski, OG Ron Reeves, FB Sherold Walker, T Larry Schreiber, RB Larry Schreiber, RB Larry Schreiber, RB
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
John Tanner, LB Jim Waddell, QB Jim Youngblood, LB Dana Winningham, LB Elois Grooms, DE Ronnie Fain, DE Joe Jachimowicz, DT Lamar Mike, RB and Mark Shrum, LB Craig Rolle, WR Steve Davis, P Wayne Anderson, K Brad Millice, TE Billy Blaylock, DB Danny Templin, OT Jeff Daughtry, LB Barry Wilmore, LB Nate Hooks, WR Lorenza Rivers, RB
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Mike Thornton, ROV Fred Edgington, LB John Webb, FB Ricky Sanders, DT Marrio Thomas, LB Maurice Draine, LB Brian Pankey, DT Michael Penix, TB Robert Taylor, CB Sammy Sanders, LB Josh Harris, DL Branon Vaughn, DL Chad Evitts, LB Grant Swallows, QB Daniel Wentzel, LB Jason Ballard, RB Tommy Harrison, LB Larry Shipp, WR Anthony Ash, RB
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and Larry Shipp, WR Larry Shipp, WR and Derek White, RB Tim Benford, WR Lee Sweeney, QB Tim Benford, WR Tim Benford, WR Tre Lamb, QB Jordan Johnson, DT Darian Stone, QB Brock McCoin, WR/QB Michael Birdsong, QB Dontez Byrd, WR Nick Madonia, K
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ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S HONOR ROLL Listed below are members of the Golden Eagle football team who have been named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll at least one semester. To achieve the Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn at least a 3.0 GPA for the semester. The numbers in parenthesis indicate the total number of semesters that each player has been named. The Athletic Director’s Honor Roll was established in 1989. Cy Ables (2) Blake Adams (3) James Adams Jordan Adams (2) Slade Adams Chris Abrams (2) Dami Adekunjo (2) Anthony Akers (5) James Akers (3) Blake Alberts Alfonso Alexander (3) Hayden Alexander Andrew Alford Aveory Allen (2) Colin Allen (5) James Allen Sammie Allen (2) Chris Anderson William Andrews Radir Annoor (8) Christopher Ariks John Arnold (5) Jason Arrington (2) Anthony Ash (7) Taylor Askew (8) Tim Atcher (2) Manny Avina Colton Baker (3) Joey Bailey (1) Kyle Bailey (1) Dontrell Baines Dominick Baker Michael Baker (3) Justin Banks Keith Baldwin (4) Jason Ballard Matthew Barker (2) Mike Barnard (2) Brandon Barnes (2) Billy Bates (8) Randy Beaman (4) Aaron Beckwith (2) Ronquez Beech (4) Hunter Beedle (2)
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Colton Belew Eric Belew Tim Benford (3) Gerald Bentley (2) Kyle Berglund (9) Joe Biache Brant Billen Michael Birdsong Joey Bishop (4) Scott Blankenship D.J. Bleisath (5) Bobby Blevins (2) Riley Bodine Al Bohannon (2) Oscar Bonds (1) Gevar Bonham (1) Trey Bonner (1) Jon Borum (4) Justin Borum (6) Brady Bose (2) Michael Bowen Jayden Bowman Jerry Boyd Quintavious Boyd (3) Stepfon Boyd-Davis (2) Gary Boykin Jason Brewington Robert Bright Lee Brock John Bronson Robert Hill Bronson Sam Brooks Barrett Brown Chris Brown (3) Colby Brown (3) Cole Brown DeJuan Brown Greg Brown Matthew Brown (5) Steven Brown (2) Adam Browner Brandon Bruce (2) Chad Brummitt (2) Jeff Bryant (3)
Matt Buckner (2) Trey Burks (2) Michael Burton (6) Nathan Bush (2) Stephen Bush (9) Zach Bush Matthew Butler Scott Butler Jacob Buttram (3) Dontez Byrd (2) William Byrge Andre Caballero (4) Mike Cain Marc Campbell Nick Campbell (5) Tommy Campbell Anthony Carano (2) Alex Carling (4) Seth Carlisle Peter Carlson (5) Jordan Carroll (2) Dorin Carter (1) Kelvin Carter K.J. Carter Ryan Casey Kevin Casler (6) Charles Cassidy (5) Krys Cates Brett Cavender (2) Corey Chamblin Rusty Chapman (5) William Chatmon (3) Bradley Cheatham (5) Matt Childs Matt Christian (3) T.J. Christian (8) Brad Clark David Clem David Clepper Charles Cline (2) Tyler Coen (3) Hunter Coleman Raymond Coleman (2) JayQuan Coles
Tim Collins (5) Matt Cook Hunter Cope Miles Corpening Nathan Counts Robert Craft (4) Ethan Crum (2) Carter Crutchfield (2) Chris Cummings (2) Riley Darden (5) Alvin Davie Ben Davis (6) Brian Davis (3) C.J. Davis Clay Davis (2) Jared Davis (6) David Daughtery Corey DeBoe (4) Brett Dillard (8) William Dillard (2) Dustin Dillehay (6) John Dockery (2) Tim Donegan (2) Demario Donnell (2) Andy Dorsey (8) Jarred Dorton (2) Myles Douglas Norman Drake Blade Durbin Bryan Duncan Leslie Dunford Travis Dungee Curtis Dunn (8) Heath Dyer Kevin Eakes Collin Earnhardt Fred Edgington (3) Senquay Eichelberger Scott Eller Greg Elliott (2) Carl Ellis Jason Eskridge Aaron Evans Dwight Evans (2)
Jacob Evans (2) James Evans (1) J.P. Evans (2) Marc Evans (10) Robert Evans (2) Eriq Fadahunsi (2) Shannon Fayne (4) Brandon Felix Ty Fields (2) Brendon Fisher (5) Dalton Fisher Jamie Fitzpatrick (3) Nick Fletcher Taylor Fletcher Cody Forbes (6) R.D. Ford Scott Ford (3) Tim Ford (2) Johnathan Forrest Joel Forrester Aaron Foster Jason Foster (4) Josh Foster (5) Kewon Foster (2) Shade Foster Tony Fragale Beau Fullerton (2) Lowell Furlow Robert Gaines Wes Gallagher (10) Greg Gallatin Neil Gannaway (8) Brandon Garner Michael Gatson (2) Dontey Gay (2) Loftin Gerberding (3) David Gist Jale’n Gladney Tra’Darius Goff Julian Goins Bud Golden Tony Gomez Nick Goodwin Tracy Graham (4)
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ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S HONOR ROLL James Grantham (2) Kevin Graves Derrick Gray Jason Green (2) Howard Griffin Arkee Grooms John Guice Ethan Guinn (2) Jackson Guy (3) Maleek Hall (2) Matt Hamby (3) James Hampton Brian Hamrick Norman Hand (5) Troy Hangen Jason Hardy (2) Gerel Harlan (2) Brandon Harris Chris Harris (7) Josh Harris Maurice Harris Tommy Harrison Kyron Hart (3) Alec Haston (3) Dylan Hayes Robert Hazelwood Bruce Heady John Hendrix Jahi Henly (2) Michael Henningan (2) Taylor Hennigan (8) Austin Hicks (3) Jason Hiett (2) John Hiett (3) Andrew Higgins (3) Justin Hilliard (5) Alan Hire (2) Spencer Hissam (4) Nick Hodges (4) Jamere Hogue Jordan Holbrook (4) Elijah Hollis Jacob Hoot (4) Jamere Houge Jared Houston Slater Howard (3) Kip Hubbert (2) Andres Huerta John Ross Hudson (3)
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Kurt Huff Kevin Huggins (2) William Hughes James Huguely (2) Greg Hunnicut (2) Jeff Hunnicut (4) Adam Hunter (2) Jimmy Hull (2) Cole Huner Seth Huner (5) Justin Ivory (1) Cooper Jackson Daniel Jackson John Jackson (7) Jordan Jackson Carlos James (4) Ty Jobe Andy Johnson (8) Brian Johnson James Johnson Jordan Johnson (2) Nate Johnson (2) Will Johnson (1) Zach Johnson (1) Ben Jones (1) Corey Jones (3) John Jones (2) Malcolm Jones (2) Martin Jones (6) Marty Jones (5) Seth Jones Eric Kareem (3) Charles Karlovsky (2) Danny Kava (3) Bryan Kaylor (2) Travis Keeton (2) Nick Kelly (4) Ryan Kelly (6) Matthew Kenty (2) Jarrett Key Tavin Kilpatrick (3) Jerry King (7) Jonathan King (1) Virgil Kirkland (2) Jake Kiser (4) Reggie Knighten (2) Richie Koons Justin Kraemer (2) Bob Kyslinger
Trey Lamb (5) William Lamberth (4) Skyler Lane Tory Lane Antonio Lansdon (2) Jimmy Laughlin (4) Jim Ledford (5) Derek Lee Josh Lee (2) Matthew Leifheit (2) Jason Lennartz (5) Randy Lewis Stephen Lillard (2) Leon Lindsey Jibrin Linge Ted Lockerby (6) Matt Lollar (7) Joseph London (2) D’Juan Love (2) Allen Lovelace (2) Daniel Lovette Fred Lowery (2) Blake Luevano (3) Blake Lynn (2) Mike Lytle (4) Chris Madewell Nick Madonia (2) Jon Mahan (8) Conor Maitland (2) Robin Maitland Corey Malone Cory Malone (7) Zach Malone (5) Bryce Martin Drew Martin Isaiah Martin Matt Martin (2) Thomas Martin (1) Brent Masingale Andrew Mathis Cody Matthews (9) Luke Maynard Tommie McBride (2) Trey McCalla Matthew McClurg (3) Mitchell McClurg (3) Brannon McCoin (3) Brock McCoin (2) Deosha McColley (3)
Conner McChurch Tommy McDaniel (6) Tevin McDermott (3) Cory McDonald (8) Jeremy McDonald Seth McDonald (9) Chris McElderry Andrew McGraw (5) Jake McIntosh (2) Dewayne McIntyre (2) Santravius McKeever Chris McKinley (3) Isaiah McKinney (5) David McMahan (4) Marcus McMeans (2) Daniel McMillin Cody McMurtry (2) Brent McNeal (4) Gary McVicar Jon Mebane Craig Melton (9) Matthew Mercy (2) David Mikel (2) Corbin Miles (2) Dedrick Miley Daniel Miller Michael Miller Samuel Miller (2) Caleb Mitchell (5) Malik Mitchell Malcolm Mitchell Nicholas Mittel Dan Money (2) John Montgomery Tony Montiel Aderick Moore (2) Bryan Moore Lamar Moore (9) Jeff Moran (4) Matthew Moran Josh Morgan (7) Charles Mouton Ryan Muench (4) Chris Mullins Chip Nanney Jonathan Nash (3) Chandler Nelson (3) Jim Nelson Marc Nelson (5)
Sherman Nolen (2) Jeff Norman (3) Elliott Normand (8) James Normand (6) Spencer Norrod Adam November (8) Adam Nunley (2) Ryan Ogletree Midoho Okpokowuruk (3) Sam Oldham Kelechi Ordu (6) Justin O’Toole Bryon Ottrix (2) Tamario Padgett Christian Padrnos (2) Doug Page Brian Pankey Aidan Panni (4) Price Patrick (2) Marcus Patton Riley Patton (7) Jonathan Paz (3) Josh Paz (5) Burlin Peace Michael Peeples (6) Anthony Pelham (2) Josh Perez (2) Brad Perry (5) Trey Perry (8) Rasohn Perry (2) Troy Peterson (3) Jamie Pettit (3) Daniel Pierce Taylor Plemons Josh Poplar (9) Shaun Potter Patrick Prewitt (7) Colby Prichard Wayne Pruett Xavier Purdy Glen Puryear Justin Qualls (2) Shane Queen (4) Ted Quinn Trey Ralph Aidan Raines Marcie Ramsey J.T. Rankin (9) Corey Rathbone (5)
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ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S HONOR ROLL John Raulston (2) Jamison Real Corey Reed (2) Preston Reed Zach Reed (4) Jason Reel John Reeves Randall Reeves (6) Chris Reid (5) Harrison Reid Mike Rhoades (2) Kyle Rivers (4) Richard Roark Casey Roberts Jon Roberts Joe Robertson (7) Antonio Robinson Emmett Robinson Kevin Robinson-White (1) Mike Rogers (2) Travis Rogers Zane Rogers Terrell Rollins (6) Mark Romero Terrence Ross Jordan Roundtree (1) Jay Rudwall (4) Dakota Rushing Tracy Russell (4) Charles Rutledge (2) Zach Salada (6) Andre Sale (3) Darren Sanders (2) David Satterfield Taylor Sauers Brent Sayles (2) Andrew Saylors Xavier Schlueter (5) Scott Schweitzer Charlie Scott (1) Tedarrell Scott Charlie Seivers (6) Billy Shackelford Keith Shackleford Yusuf Sharif (7) Zach Sharp (4) Austin Sherman Shaun Sherrill Wes Sherrill (3)
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Larry Shipp Burt Shurette (5) Shawn Sickler Ron Sidler (2) Robbie Sills Stevland Sills (4) Reggie Simmons (4) Craig Simonton (5) Tim Singleton Matt Sitton Mark Skiles (3) Jacob Sluder (4) Calvin Smith Jordan Smith (9) Josh Smith (5) Kevin Smith (2) Matthew Smith (4) William Smith Blake Smotherman Chris Smotherman Matt Solima (3) Nick Solomon (8) John Sons (2) Josh Sons (5) Steve Souder (2) Conor Sparkman (7) Hunter Spencer Cody Spivey (3) Darrius Stafford Charlie Stevens (4) William Stevens (6) Craig Stewart Sage Stockton (4) Darian Stone (4) Demond Stone (3) Marcus Stone Wesley Stripling (2) Chris Stubbs Jerime Studer (6) Andrew Sullivan (2) Deven Sullivan (4) Dylan Sullivan Grant Swallows (11) Adam Swayze (3) Lee Sweeney (2) Andrew Swicegood (3) Keith Swift Joshua Symonette (2) Austin Tallant (3)
Brad Taylor (5) Deon Taylor (2) Derrick Taylor James Taylor Peter Taylor (4) Robert Taylor (3) Gabe Teeple (7) Joseph Teeter Parker Teeter (4) Gage Terry (2) Yeedee Thanerat (2) Kevin Thomas Marrio Thomas (2) Anton Thomison Bradley Thompson (8) Brian Thompson Jamaal Thompson James Thompson Mackenan Thompson Trent Thompson (2) Ryan Tilghman (5) Philipp Tolksdorf (2) Bryson Tolley (3) Michael Tomlinson Andrew Tompkins (2) Richmond Tooley Kedrick Towles (2) Scott Trent (5) Greg Triplett (7) Chris Tucker Jerry Turner (2) Taylor Underwood Adam Urbano Tyler Vaden Justin Vann Brett Vavra (8) Benjamin Viaene (3) McKenzie Viau (3) Gabe Villarreal (3) Nick Vinson Paul Wade Rob Walters Luke Ward (2) Will Warner (3) Jack Warwick Jake Warwick (6) Brandon Waters (7) Derrian Waters (4) Corey Watson (7)
Demetris Watson (3) Mark Wattenbarger (5) George Weaver John Webb (2) Cory Webber (3) Ryan Weeks (2) Bryson Welch Daniel Wentzel (3) Kayson Wharton Luke White Nick White (4) Tyler Whitlock Will Whitson (2) Cedric Wilkerson Logan Wilks (4) Curt Williams (3) Jacques Williams (2) Mark Williams (5) Storm Williams (3) Hunter Williis Deontay Wilson Josh Wilson Steve Wilson (2) James Witt Jason Wolf Adam Wood (2) Britton Woodall David Woodall (3) Luke Woodason (4) Geoffrey Woods (2) D.J. Worthy (2) Adam Wright (6) Bryant Wyatt Nate Xanders (7) Stephen York (3) Tyler York (2) Haidar Zaidan (4) Clint Zierke (5) Chad Zinchini
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Running back Larry Schreiber was an Associated Press all-America selection in 1969, three-times named all-OVC, and was selected the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year as a senior. He won Tech’s prestigious Robert Hill Johnson Award three times and is still the all-time leader in total offense and rushing in Golden Eagle history. He had three 1,000-yard rushing seasons, then went on to a professional career in the National Football League with the San Francisco 49ers and the Chicago Bears. He’s a member of the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame.
Linebacker Jim Youngblood was a two-time all-America, two-time all-OVC selection, and was twice named the league’s Player of the Year on defense. He holds the Tech record for career tackles and was the Robert Hill Johnson Award winner in 1972. Jim played 12 years in the NFL with the L.A. Rams and the Washington Redskins. He is a member of the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame as well as the College Football Hall of Fame.
Defensive end Elois Grooms was named first-team all-America in 1974 and was twice named to the allOVC squad. He was also the recipient of the 1974 Robert Hill Johnson Award, before embarking on a successful professional career that spanned more than a decade with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints and St. Louis Cardinals. Elois is a member of the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame.
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ALL-AMERICANS Tech has had 31 players named All-America a total of 55times by the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp (WC),The Football News (FN), Kodak (K), The Sports Network (TSN), Don Hansen's Football Gazette (DHFG), Phil Steele’s Football (PS), Teamlink.com (TLC), Beyond Sports Network (BSN) and HERO Sports (HERO): 1939 Holmes Neal, T (AP) 1939 Creed McClure, G (AP) 1952 Tom Fann, T (AP) 1959 Tommy Hackler, E (AP) 1960 Tommy Hackler, E (AP) 1961 Dave Baxter, T (AP) 1969 Larry Schreiber, RB (AP) Jim Youngblood, LB (AP/AFCA) 1971 1972 Jim Youngblood, LB (AP/AFCA) 1974 Elois Grooms, DE (AFCA) 1976 Ed Burns, OT (AP/AFCA) 1979 Steve Davis, P (FN) 1980 Wayne Anderson, PK (AFCA) 1987 Thomas Squires, LB (FN) 1989 Ryan Weeks, PK (AP/K/TSN) 1996 Robert Taylor, CB (AP/WC/TSN) 1998 Branon Vaughn, DE (TSN/DHFG) 1999 Branon Vaughn, DE (TLC) 1999 David Collett, PK (TLC/AP) 1999 Wes Gallagher, OG (AP) 1999 Joshua Symonette, DB (AP/TLC) 2000 Joey Bishop, OC (DHFG) 2000 D.J. Bleisath, DE (DHFG) 2000 Chad Evitts, LB (DHFG/AP/TSN) 2000 Troy Grant, DB (DHFG) 2000 Andrew McGraw, OG (DHFG) 2001 Joey Bishop, OC (DHFG) 2001 D.J. Bleisath, DE (AP/TSN/DHFG/WC) 2004 Frank Omiyale, OT (DHFG) 2004 Brandon Shelby, DB (DHFG) 2007 Larry Shipp, WR/RS (AP/TSN) 2010 Tim Benford (TSN/PS) 2011 Scott Schweitzer (AP, TSN) 2011 Tim Benford (PS/TSN) 2012 Chad Zinchini (CSM) 2013 Chad Zinchini (CSM/BSN) 2014 Ladarius Vanlier (BSN) 2016 Dontez Byrd (HERO, 3rd team)
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HOLMES NEAL
CREED McCLURE
TOM FANN
TOMMY HACKLER
Neal was one of two Golden Eagle players to earn All-America honors in 1939, becoming the program’s first to earn the distinction. Neal played tackle on both sides of the ball.
McClure joined Holmes Neal as the first Golden Eagle players to earn All-America honors, receiving the recognition as a guard during the 1939 season. They helped coach Putty Overall’s team to a 6-3-1 record.
Fann was a two-way tackle for coach Putty Overall, earning All-America honors in Tech’s OVC Championship season in 1952, helping the Golden Eagles post a 9-2 overall record and advance to the Tangerine Bowl.
Hackler was Tech’s first two-time All-American, winning honors in 1959 and 1960 as he led coach Wilburn Tucker’s team to back-to-back OVC titles. He was a sure-handed, fleet-footed wide receiver.
DAVE BAXTER
LARRY SCHREIBER
JIM YOUNGBLOOD
ELOIS GROOMS
Baxter anchored the offensive and defensive lines as a two-way tackle for the 1961 OVC Championship team under coach Wilburn Tucker.
Schreiber received Associated Press All-America honors in 1969, the first to win the honor under coach Don Wade. Schreiber set school records with 1,522 rushing yards and 78 points scored.
A future College Football Hall of Fame inductee and NFL Pro Bowler, Youngblood was twice voted All-America by both the Associated Press and the American Football Coaches Association, the first to be selected by two organizations.
Grooms was a 1974 All-America pick by the American Football Coaches Association. He set the school record with five quarterback sacks in Tech’s win over Murray State that season. He also went on to a successful career in the NFL.
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ED BURNS
STEVE DAVIS
WAYNE ANDERSON
THOMAS SQUIRES
Burns was such a standout as an offensive tackle that both the Associated Press and the American Football Coaches Association named him All-America in 1976. He is also in the Tech Sports Hall of Fame.
The league’s top punter, Davis was tabbed All-America in 1976 by The Football News. He set a school record for punting yards that stood until 2013 and started a strong tradition of Tech punters.
A future Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Anderson earned All-America honors in 1980 from the American Football Coaches Association. He set the school record with 11 consecutive field goals made.
Squires was chosen by The Football News after his 136-tackle effort at linebacker in 1987. He was the leader on a team that went from 0-10 in 1986 to a 5-6 under coach Jim Ragland.
RYAN WEEKS
ROBERT TAYLOR
BRANON VAUGHN
DAVID COLLETT
Weeks earned All-America nods from all three organizations in 1989 (AP, Kodak and The Sporting News). His 65 points was, at the time, the second-most by a Tech kicker in a season. He was inducted into the TTU Sports Hall of Fame.
Taylor was the first All-American under coach Mike Hennigan, earning the award from the AP, Walter Camp and The Sporting News in 1996. He led Tech and the OVC with nine interceptions.
Vaughn earned All-America honors in both 1998 and 1999. He was a three-time first-team all-OVC defensive end and was signed by the San Francisco 49ers after earning the OVC Defensive Player of the Year award in 1998.
The 1999 season produced four All-Americans for the Golden Eagles, including placekicker David Collett, who led Tech in scoring all four years and was signed by the Indianapolis Colts. He was a first-team all-OVC selection.
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WES GALLAGHER
JOSH SYMONETTE
JOEY BISHOP
D.J. BLEISATH
One of four All-Americans for the Golden Eagles in 1999, Gallagher was the leader on the offensive line. He was the first Tech football player to earn All-America and Academic All-America honors, the latter three times.
A three-time all-OVC selection, including back-to-back first-team honors, Symonette was an All-America pick in 1999 prior to an NFL career with Washington, Green Bay and Miami.
Bishop was part of a record season for the Golden Eagles, who placed five different players on the All-America lists in 2000. An offensive center, Bishop was a first-team all-OVC pick on a team that went 8-3, and repeated as All-America in 2001.
A two-time All-America selection, Bleisath received the honor in both 2000 and 2001. A three-time first-team all-OVC pick, he was a national finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award. His 2001 All-America selections came from four different organizations.
CHAD EVITTS
TROY GRANT
ANDREW McGRAW
FRANK OMIYALE
One of five All-America picks in Tech’s 8-3 season of 2000, Evitts was also named the OVC Defensive Player of the Year. A first-team all-OVC pick, he topped Tech twice in tackles, including 118 stops in 2000. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The team leader in interceptions in 1999, it took another year for Grant to receive national honors with his 2000 All-America pick. He signed with the San Diego Chargers.
A first-team all-OVC selection on the offensive line, McGraw was one of five Golden Eagles to capture All-America honors in 2000 when the Golden Eagles posted an 8-3 mark.
Before being drafted by the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, Omiyale distinguished himself as an outstanding offensive tackle with his 2004 All-America selection by The Football Gazette.
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BRANDON SHELBY
LARRY SHIPP
TIM BENFORD
SCOTT SCHWEITZER
Shelby led Tech in interceptions in both 2003 and 2004, including five as a senior, and was rewarded with All-America distinction by The Football Gazette.
A first-team all-OVC selection in three consecutive seasons, Shipp capped his record career in 2007 with All-America honors from the AP and The Sports Network. Shipp was inducted into the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.
The OVC Offensive Player of the Year in 2011, Benford earned All-America honors in 2010 and 2011. He finished his career ranked second all-time in the OVC in receptions and yards.
Schweitzer was chosen to three All-America teams following the 2011 championship season, including the Associated Press, College Sports Madness and Phil Steele’s College Football.
CHAD ZINCHINI
LADARIUS VANLIER
DONTEZ BYRD
A two-time all-OVC punter, Zinchini was listed on the College Sports Madness All-America team following his junior season and two All-America teams after his record-setting senior season.
Following a fantastic junior campaign that saw him score three return touchdowns, Vanlier captured his first two career All-America nods from Beyond Sports Network and TonySoftli.com.
After setting the Tech records for receptions and receiving yards for a single-season, Byrd was named a third-team All-American by HERO Sports in 2016. Byrd went on to become Tech’s first 1,000-yard receiver and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Falcons, then played for the Memphis Express in the inaugural season of the Alliance of American Football.
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TENNESSEE TECH SPORTS HALL OF FAME 1975 Preston V. “Putty” Overall (1923-67) Creed Denton McClure (1937-39) B. Holmes Neal (1937-39) Tom Fann (1950-1952)
Edd Zegarski (1942, 1947-48)
1976 Malcolm P. “Mutt” Quillen (1930-33) Raymond H. “Bull” Brown (1933-37) Elwin W. “Wink” Midgett (1930-34) Emmett T. Strickland (1933-36)
1986 Glen “Pete” Davis (1938-42) Elois Grooms (1972-75) Mike Hennigan (1971-72)
1977 Hooper Eblen (1941-74) Joe B. Sills (1927-31) Wilburn Tucker (1941-67) Eddie Watson (1922-28) 1978 Benton Bilbrey (1940-43) Jack Van Hooser (1951-54) Lonnie Warwick (1961-63) Homer “Rudy” Schmittou (1959-62) 1979 Carl S. “Cotton” Barlow (1936-39) William Dupes (1949-51) Flavious Smith (1948-52) 1980 Albert Jobe (1927-30) Jim Ragland (1960-63) Marshall “Stick” Taylor (1953-56) David C. Williamson (1927-33) 1981 Frank R. Adams (1927-31) Lowell Smith (1958-61) 1982 David Baxter (1958-61) Kenneth Broyles (1951-53) Virgil Rains (1949, 1952-54) Ray Thomas (1957-60) 1983 Edward Gracey (1939-42) Gordon Mason (1957-61) Charles Pangle (1943-45) W.J. Shumaker (1957-59) Jim Youngblood (1968-72) 1984 William C. Francis (1949-52) Tommy Hackler (1959-60)
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1985 Earl Carrier (1929-34) Homer Hamdorff (1936-39)
1987 R.L. Highers (1940-43) L.C. “Lusk” Stubblefield (1938-42) 1988 Dana Winningham (1972-75) Kenneth “Moe” Wright (1955-57) 1989 James M. Gaylor (1951, 1955-57) James G. “Red” Jarell (1944, 46-49) 1990 L.D. “Speedy” Carden (1946-50) 1991 Ray Drost (1958-64) Joseph “J.R.” Mulvihill (1967-69) 1992 Jim Harrison (1943-49) 1993 Don Wade (1968-82) 1994 Murray Cunningham (1973-76) Don J. Henderson (1946-49)
2003 Barry Wilmore (1982-85) 2005 Leonard “Sonny” Allen (1951-54) 2007 Eddie Scott (1951-54) Ryan Weeks (1986-89) 2009 Jim Bishop (1967-71) John Moorhead (1955-59) Tony Stone (1955-59, 1967-73) Branon Vaughn (1995-99) 2011 Ralph Broyles (1959-60) Chad Evitts (1997-2000) James “Redbone” McMillan (1958-61) 2012 Kenneth Fults (1958-61) Grant Swallows (1998-2002) 2013 Wes Gallagher (1996-99) 2014 Howard Cochran (1969-72) 2015 D.J. Bleisath (1998-2002) Frank Omiyale (2001-2004) 2018 Larry Shipp (2004-07)
1995 Ed Burns (1975-79) 1997 Wayne Anderson (1977-80) 1998 Bob Joye (1967-80) 2000 Bill Branch (1949-52) 2002 John Fitzpatrick (1969-72)
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2019 SCHEDULE AUGUST 31 | COMMUNIVERSITY NIGHT
SAMFORD
6 P.M. TUCKER STADIUM
SEPTEMBER 7
@ MIAMI (OHIO)
1:30 P.M. YAGER STADIUM
SEPTEMBER 14 | FAMILY WEEKEND | RUNNING OF THE FRESHMEN
VIRGINIA-WISE
6 P.M. TUCKER STADIUM
SEPTEMBER 21
@ WESTERN ILLINOIS
3 P.M. HANSON FIELD
SEPTEMBER 28
@ EASTERN ILLINOIS*
4 P.M. O’BRIEN FIELD
OCTOBER 5
@ SOUTHEAST MISSOURI*
6 P.M. HOUCK STADIUM
UT MARTIN*
6 P.M. TUCKER STADIUM
OCTOBER 12
OCTOBER 26
AUSTIN PEAY*
1:30 P.M. TUCKER STADIUM
NOVEMBER 2
@ MURRAY STATE*
1 P.M. ROY STEWART STADIUM
NOVEMBER 9 | HOMECOMING
JACKSONVILLE STATE*
1:30 P.M. TUCKER STADIUM
NOVEMBER 16
@ EASTERN KENTUCKY*
NOON ROY KIDD STADIUM
NOVEMBER 23 | SENIOR DAY
TENNESSEE STATE* All times Central * - denotes Ohio Valley Conference games Events and times subject to change.
1:30 P.M. TUCKER STADIUM